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Mussels are a speciality of Belgium and North France. I don't know how popular is is in other countries.
We definitely eat mussels here in the USA. They are readily available in any supermarket all year, at least where I live. Clams might be more popular, but that likely varies by region.
Also, to avoid going off-topic in a “pictures” thread, this is my Elmo ST100 in its original box (to keep the dust off). I may take it out and play a film or two this evening. Perhaps a Three Stooges short. We shall see…
I simply cannot resist responding to this Dom. Just along the coast from here, the town of Whitstable is renowned for its Oysters. However, we Brits also eat mussels, whelks, winkles, prawns, shrimps, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, eels which are often Jellied. All caught from various parts of the U K coasts. In the days of my youth, it was quite a tradition to have shellfish for tea on Fridays. However, lobsters were too expensive for many people. When I was a boy, living in Woolwich, London, every Friday you could buy the shelfish from the fishmongers van in your street. I also remember trays of live eels in a fishmongers shop in Woolwich. (Hereford Square). If only my more recent memories were as good as my early ones! 😊
Burroughs in Coldharbour Lane Brixton. All Eel and Pie shops used to display live eels; not any more. The closest E&P to this shop now is Manze's in Peckham or maybe Arment's in Walworth. Still the same food as ever.
Far away from the mussels, in the Siwa Oasis (where I was also last year), the salt lake.
I actually selected 5 pictures but only 3 are displayed.
Looks like the third picture was taken with a drone and shows something big, but it's actually a small quantity of water (it is a "maquette" effect).
With the new uploading system, I see my pictures twice, could only pu three of them and could not choose the size. Sorry for that mess.
Complete mystery : the "Upload Attachments" button came back, together with the sizes option and the possibility to upload 5 pictures. So I don't know if there is a new system or if there was a bug or if I start to be cursed by an Egyptian god...
Despite your uploading issues, your photos are stellar! Loved seeing your my handsome face in one of them. Looks like you're having a wonderful time. Enjoy!
The Skyline Drive-In, located riverside in Brooklyn, NY. Two screens are for new releases, one is for older films. I went for a screening of The Mummy (1999), a fun film to see here, even if I do have a Super 8mm print of the feature.
It's natural to ask what this astounding assembly is (...other than a Chevy Pickup, of course!).
-but that large object in the truck bed is a hot-air balloon. (This is what they look like on their days off!)
The envelope itself is very carefully stuffed into a large zipper-bag which is stowed between the basket and the truck's tailgate. (To think I gripe having to fold down a tent!)
(The location was Lake George, New York last weekend.)
I like that Drive-In, Doug: it's the first anywhere on Long Island since the 1980s!
Last edited by Steve Klare; September 26, 2023, 05:48 PM.
My cousin and his wife had moved into their brand-new house and we landed there just in time to go to their first barbecue. This awesome sight flew not very high over the neighborhood and my son and I ran up the street to see it land in a field. .
("Balloon growing out of the kid's head" shot is intentional! -at least THIS time!)
A few days ago I was in Snodland (yes.... that is really what it is called), a village/small town about 30 miles south east of London, when I came across this old cinema which is still standing and now serving as an excellent antique shop....
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