Classic Horizon F1 Documentaries

Vintage 1980s Horizon documentaries on the ground effect in F1 cars of that era.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x659u24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS4pejg43Ug

Interesting Ultimate Articles/Blog

A short history of the elusive stampers:

http://www.filfre.net/2014/01/the-legend-of-ultimate-play-the-game/

A reverse engineering blog:
http://www.livewiredesign.co.uk/?tag=/Stampers#sthash.CYvkcv1C.dpbs

Land speed record footage

Restored footage of Donald Campbell's world record speed attempts on land and sea in Australia:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28308872

Vulcan Bomber

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28276162

Operation Sleeper

I had to help move a double mattress yesterday.  Not between rooms, but moving it across town - 1 mile of carrying.

I did not think it was possible, just too big an item for two people to carry.  But amazingly we managed it, setting out very early 6:15 am - and doing the move in about 30 minutes.  We were very lucky with the weather, it held off.  Later on we went to the seafront and walked along there, by which time the wind had really picked up.

I think we now hold the record for mattress moving by hand...

Ceefax retired

The analogue switchover has happened in the UK now, the last transmitter has been closed off. With it dies Ceefax, after 38 years - the BBC website had the final shutdown transmission pictures...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20032882

The Flashing Blade

For some reason I thought back to my summer holidays when I was growing up. For a couple of years there seemed to be re-runs of a French imported series called The Flashing Blade. It was an epic series on horseback it seemed, so I looked it up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flashing_Blade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ZEDNkZ2L4

Lottery

Going back to Saturday 19th of November 1994. The first ever UK lottery draw, I was at University and this was a shared ticket. Only a few shops had got their lottery terminals working, so it was a struggle to get one. But here it is, we lost. Every few years I sort through some things and find the ticket again.

So this is my 400th post, and this seemed like a good thing to put up - from all of 17 years ago.