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Toby - wittering about cars, technology, showtunes and other stuff since… ooh, ages ago.

A headline reading "Woman, 86, orphaned as child opens prized garden to public to fulfill lifelong promise"
The demon Pazuzu from 'The Exorcist'.
Domed oil tank lid being blown into the air in Moscow.
The scoreboard for Letteris in Sudden Death mode, with yours truly (just) in the top ten.
Lon Chaney in the lost 1927 movie "London After Midnight"
Just a woman and a big ol' alien head.
Google Search result for the search term "Jane Austen Mary Shelley": • Al Overview Jane Austen and Mary Shelley were both famous female novelists in the early 19th century. They shared a mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote The Vindication of the Rights of Women. Connections between Jane Austen and Mary Shelley • Shared mother: Austen and Shelley were both daughters of Mary Wollstonecraft. • Possible influence: Austen may have been influenced by Wollstonecraft's work, but she didn't use quotation marks to avoid identifying with Wollstonecraft. • Works that combine the two...
First Cartoon: woman smiling as she sees an approaching demonstration (consisting entirely of men in raincoats) carrying a banner that reads: ' BRING BACK HANGING'.
Front three-quarter view of a perfect MG Montego Turbo.
Anton Lesser as Major Lio Partagaz in Andor
Another detail from the blasphemous 'Trump as Jesus' picture - but maybe I'm interpreting a bit too far. The bearded man's hat could say 'Petunia'.
Another detail from the blasphemous 'Trump as Jesus' picture, apparently depicting the angelic forces of... the Creature From The Black Lagoon, a ticket inspector, a Transformer, an old-fashioned diver and the Mummy.
Detail from Trump's blasphemous Jesus picture, showing the Statue of Liberty wearing a blindfold.
Donald Trump's clearly blasphemous AI image of himself as Jesus.
Father Fintan Stack saying "I had my fun, and that's all that matters".
A disappointed (and very wet) Parson Russell terrier.
Winged badge from a 1920s Stutz car.
Winged badge from a Ford Thunderbird.
Winged enamel car badge used for pre-war Invicta cars
Two consecutive skeets, both talking about the sack race.
A picture of Tom Hiddleston.
Google AI result from when I googled "Jane Austen Mary Shelley", hoping to find whether they'd ever met: Jane Austen and Mary Shelley were both famous female novelists in the early 19th century. They shared a mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote The Vindication of the Rights of Women. Connections between Jane Austen and Mary Shelley • Shared mother: Austen and Shelley were both daughters of Mary Wollstonecraft. • Possible influence: Austen may have been influenced by Wollstonecraft's work, but she didn't use quotation marks to avoid identifying with Wollstonecraft. • Works that combine the two
The Starship Enterprise (looking rather like Epstein Island).
Benny Hill in 1954
Giant Fruit Bat silhouetted hanging off the branch of a tree in Surrey.
A Tweet by Mr Roger Quim
A Bill Thomas Cheetah - one of the noisiest cars ever.
Gwendoline Christie looking worried.
A still from "Brass Eye" showing Noel Edmonds - seated behind a desk - saying "It stimulates a part of the brain called 'Shatner's Bassoon' "
J R R Tolkien smoking a pipe and smiling, evidently having been impressed by the Yellow Pages.
Fossil of Deinocheirus forelimbs, making you think that the rest of the creature would be some utterly terrifying Grendel-on-steroids shit. Sadly, it turns out to have been a sort of beefed-up Dodo.
The 'Murder Board' meme - a manic-looking man in chinos, a short-sleeved shirt and striped tie gesticulating in front of a wall covered in notes, photos and red tape. It's actually a scene from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"
Charles Ogle as the Monster in the 1910 film version of 'Frankenstein'.
The 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic - one of 4.
Tweet from Senator Markwayne Mullin: I will lead the breach. I will lay down cover fire. I will take the high ground. I'll expose myself to [some redacted words] @SecDef @PeteHegseth.
A rather louche-looking Windsor Davies.
ABC News report (excerpt) Subheading: Support for equal marriage rights softening While a strong majority of Americans favor equal marriage rights, support appears to have softened in recent years, according to Gallup --60% of Americans supported same-sex marriages in 2015, rising to 70% support in 2025, but that level has plateaued since 2020. Among Republicans, support has notably dipped over the past decade, down from 55% in 2021 to 41% this year, Gallup found.
The amazing Cheetah - the car that out-Corvettes the Corvette - seen here at Goodwood in 2021.
A Frazer-Nash/BMW 319/328 convertible (I think). For sale at Prescott last weekend.
A crappy list of US presidents with their portraits...
A 1907 American Underslung
Peugeot 504 Break Riviera by Pininfarina.
Rollie Free setting a US motorcycle speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1948. His leathers were damaged, so to minimise drag he rode his Vincent Black Lightning in his swimming trunks... at 150mph.
1954 Bentley R-type Continental
ZZ Top's 'CadZZilla' at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2010.
A can of Tango.
Johnnycab from 'Total Recall'.
1935 Derby Bentley shooting brake. With four doors.
Will Smith IS Ali Bongo in 'Ali'.
A still from the baffling 1979 film 'Phantasm'.
A reply from the X AI Grok to the poster: Yes, limited evidence exists: Musk visited Epstein's NYC home once briefly (~30 min) with his ex-wife Talulah Riley for her novel research, seeing nothing inappropriate. He attended a 2011 dinner where Epstein was present, though direct interaction is unclear. A 2014 photo with Ghislaine Maxwell was a photobomb, per Musk. No flight logs, black book entries, or wrongdoing. Musk denies deeper ties.
Colani-designed DAF Aero 3000 concept truck from 2001.
George Sanders (not the novelist) as Mr Freeze in Batman.
British Leyland ECV3 concept car.
Michelle Oh... that's wrong.
A Rolls-Royce Cullinan
An orange MG4
An electric pepper and salt mill, with USB charging cable attached.