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| The Brighton Swim Club, 1863*, weren't low class yobs. They wore the top hats to keep their semi-nudity tasteful. |
I'm back from a 2500 mile round trip with my Mijnheer and the four pledges. It was really, really good. We spent a lot of time at the pool (not a discrete dip into a pool, hidden behind hedges, sitting behind a stately Dutch home but at a water park...with the Middle Class...who have tattoos (Oh my stars and garters! Ward maid Maisie would have loved it!)
Alas, I went into the wild without a Betty! How sorry I was not to capture any (ANY) Bettys in the Wild...or did I?
Yes! We traveled through Provo, UT on our trip and swung by our Alma Mater. While showing the kids through the massively huge
Harold B. Lee Library, I asked my husband if he thought they carried any Betty Neels. 'No way,' he said. 'And you'd never find them anyway.' Fifteen seconds later...Seriously, I'm like a bird-dog for Betty. They had 10 or so.
Anyway, I'm back and our epic march to the Best of Betty will continue. Tomorrow-ish.
*I found this image on
a great site on all things retro.
Welcome home, Betty Keira. And happy anniversary, Betty Debbie and Dr. van der Stevejink. I loved hearing on the radio this morning that "Debby is sauntering through the Florida panhandle." "I hope she gets some BitW pix while she's down there," I thought. Wrong Debby/ie...
ReplyDeleteAnd happy anniversary too to Betty Mary and the Prof.
I'm frankly happy not to be sauntering through the Florida panhandle at this time of year. If I were a tropical storm I'd wait for September or October. Popping up in June just seems a bit pushy.
DeleteBest video about a library ever. Seriously, e.v.e.r.
ReplyDeleteJust had a chance to watch the video. Absolutely hilarious, and very professionally done. Thanks for sharing!
Delete"Seriously, e.v.e.r." "Absolutely hilarious." Truly.
DeleteBetty Barbara here--
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Betty Kiera!
And thank you for linking to one of my favorite websites--Retronaut is too cool, and such a marvelous time waster!
Betty Debbie is correct--that is the bestest library video.
I have seen crime scene photos that disturbed me less than that did.
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I am in the B von S camp. With my eyes firmly averted.
ReplyDeleteI have no class because I'm laughing at the photo! Love it. Oh, let's wear top hats to look fabulous as we stand here in our droopy drawers. I wonder why the guy in front thought posing like a flamingo was a good idea.
ReplyDeleteYea for a library that has Betty Neels books!
Welcome home to Betty Keira!
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And the guys in back with triple-high top hats! What were they thinking? ('Brighton'. That's what.)
DeleteI remember reading Neels in the Harold B. Lee library (rather than studying) :) Happy days.
ReplyDeleteIf only I had known about The Great Betty when I was there! (I never would have graduated...)
DeleteWalked into a local library last summer--In the "Friends of the Library" bookshop--sign under book for sales--"Betty Neels" I ran (okay walked) grabbed the books off the shelf and hustled the "5 feet" to the counter before the books could be wrestled out of my death-like grasp. Cost abt. $5. Used book stores and libraries are my haunts on vacation.
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