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Sir Les Patterson on his finest form. Check out the top of his left trouser leg.

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Reg Watson, creator of Neighbours.

This sounds like you were on board the Norrona which was on charter to B&I Line in 1990 - http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/new-mv-norrona-past-and-present/ I'm not afraid to out myself on this thread; I sail on, write about and collect anything and everything to do with passenger shipping (car ferries and passenger steamers (not really cruise ships)). The Norrona is now a missionary ship, the Logos Hope. I had the doubtful pleasure of visiting her in Kiel towards the end of the conversion from car ferry in February 2008; the Christian charity operating the ship had stripped out a rather funky 1970s interior with cosy bars, restaurants and saloons and replaced it with all over wipe-down white formica bulkheads, tables and chairs. I've never seen one of my best friends, who wrote a big coffee table book about the people who originally designed the ship and many others of the era, look quite so downcast as he was during that tour at what they'd done to one of his favourite ships.

Best "how I met my wife" story ever. Thread.

The French version of our breadcake vs baps debate - https://www.thelocal.fr/20170119/pastry-wars-is-it-a-pain-au-chocolat-or-a-chocolatine

Peter Mayhew ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48142765

Hugh McIlvanney https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/25/hugh-mcilvanney-veteran-sports-reporter-dies-aged-84

A windy day in the port of Olbia. (from outside - https://www.facebook.com/PortalMorski/videos/342043563061046/ )

The first Kangaroos in the UK. The mascot couldn't cope with the cold and later died.

I hate to **** on one of Rugby League's great images but... the picture's doctored... http://www.myyorkshire.org/jpage.asp?jpageid=171&journeyid=102

Oh ****. (this morning in Barcelona).

I find myself in Rennes for the afternoon today where the locals have filled the main square on a national day of striking and protest. When looking up what it was they're striking about I learned instead about The Great French Moustache Strike of 1907.

The can opener bridge.

No matter how bad your day, scrolling through In Otter News for a couple of minutes will make you happy again. https://twitter.com/Otter_News

The art of old B&H ads

Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea

Took a day-long round trip on the Umea-Vaasa ferry between Sweden and Finland the week before last. It was absolutely freezing - the coldest I've ever been (beating Workington vs Leeds in December '94) but we spent an amazing day crunching between the two countries.

That Andrew Harris was years ahead of his time - probably too many years. They have the modern equivalent of his brochures here - http://www.visitoldham.com/ (which mentions Kevin Sinfield as one of a list of famous people from the town )

The abandoned Eurostar

CJ Supercut