Nat Richards
@historyandscale.bsky.social
Historian, Writer, Social Commentator, Sometime Wit, Reader of Books, Builder of Scale Models, Reluctant Sage, Master of Pointless Information, and Occasionally Flightless Bird.
Another great reason to scale build models! It's a creative hobby, though not actually mentioned in the article, pursuing a creative hobby is good for the thought processes and your general brain health.
www.foxnews.com/health/creat...
www.foxnews.com/health/creat...
Creative hobbies keep the brain young, study finds; here are the best ones to pursue
An international study of 1,400-plus adults reveals creative activities like music, dance and art make brains appear biologically younger than their actual age.
www.foxnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Another great reason to scale build models! It's a creative hobby, though not actually mentioned in the article, pursuing a creative hobby is good for the thought processes and your general brain health.
www.foxnews.com/health/creat...
www.foxnews.com/health/creat...
Teach your children to love to read!
If you don't love to read, you need to change that!
If you don't love to read, you need to change that!
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Teach your children to love to read!
If you don't love to read, you need to change that!
If you don't love to read, you need to change that!
You know you are really British if, while flying your DeHaviland Hornet fighter, you do it while wearing a bowler hat!.
Stumbled on to this image, not information, but my guess is that it is a DH Test or Acceptance pilot flying a new aircraft - note no squadron markings - the late 1940s.
Stumbled on to this image, not information, but my guess is that it is a DH Test or Acceptance pilot flying a new aircraft - note no squadron markings - the late 1940s.
September 21, 2025 at 5:56 AM
You know you are really British if, while flying your DeHaviland Hornet fighter, you do it while wearing a bowler hat!.
Stumbled on to this image, not information, but my guess is that it is a DH Test or Acceptance pilot flying a new aircraft - note no squadron markings - the late 1940s.
Stumbled on to this image, not information, but my guess is that it is a DH Test or Acceptance pilot flying a new aircraft - note no squadron markings - the late 1940s.
"Well, Hello Dali..."
Posted for no other reason than I've always wanted a mustache like that.
Posted for no other reason than I've always wanted a mustache like that.
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Well, Hello Dali..."
Posted for no other reason than I've always wanted a mustache like that.
Posted for no other reason than I've always wanted a mustache like that.
I know I should be more concerned with my health as I age, but honestly, there are just some changes I am not willing to make and plan to 'take my chances" on such things as bacon - yes, bacon grease is my favorite 'Essential Oil'.
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I know I should be more concerned with my health as I age, but honestly, there are just some changes I am not willing to make and plan to 'take my chances" on such things as bacon - yes, bacon grease is my favorite 'Essential Oil'.
"My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers." ~ Woody Allen
This also describes my educational experience. Despite that, I turned out frighteningly normal...or perhaps just frightening.
This also describes my educational experience. Despite that, I turned out frighteningly normal...or perhaps just frightening.
August 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"My education was dismal. I went to a series of schools for mentally disturbed teachers." ~ Woody Allen
This also describes my educational experience. Despite that, I turned out frighteningly normal...or perhaps just frightening.
This also describes my educational experience. Despite that, I turned out frighteningly normal...or perhaps just frightening.
About 2110 Pacific, 1910 Hawaii, the Tsunami hit Midway Atoll. The height was less than two meters By the time the wave gets to the west coast, it will be smaller. As I recall when the big quake hit Japan about 15 years ago, the wave was about a foot. The distance from Midway to LA is 3,470 miles
July 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
About 2110 Pacific, 1910 Hawaii, the Tsunami hit Midway Atoll. The height was less than two meters By the time the wave gets to the west coast, it will be smaller. As I recall when the big quake hit Japan about 15 years ago, the wave was about a foot. The distance from Midway to LA is 3,470 miles
I really like to cook, particularly when it involves bacon. So this meme struck a chord. In my world there is no such thing as "leftover bacon" just as there is no such thing as "leftover wine".
July 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I really like to cook, particularly when it involves bacon. So this meme struck a chord. In my world there is no such thing as "leftover bacon" just as there is no such thing as "leftover wine".
Feeling the need for a long vacation some place quiet. But, as the saying goes, "If you could travel around the world for a quarter, I couldn't get past the next block." So I'll just have to settle for a quiet weekend here at home.
May 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Feeling the need for a long vacation some place quiet. But, as the saying goes, "If you could travel around the world for a quarter, I couldn't get past the next block." So I'll just have to settle for a quiet weekend here at home.
It doesn't matter what type of cat it is - a good box is where they are most comfortable!
May 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It doesn't matter what type of cat it is - a good box is where they are most comfortable!
The Coho operates, reliably, daily between Port Townsend Washington and Victoria British Columbia. She's been doing that reliably for 66 years - which is more than can be said for either the Washington State Ferry System or the British Columbia ferry system. Seen here entering Port Townsend.
May 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Coho operates, reliably, daily between Port Townsend Washington and Victoria British Columbia. She's been doing that reliably for 66 years - which is more than can be said for either the Washington State Ferry System or the British Columbia ferry system. Seen here entering Port Townsend.
May 20, 1927 - 98 years ago today - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris. His aircraft, the "Spirit of St. Louis" built by Ryan in San Diego. The trip took 33 1/2 hours covering nearly 3,600 miles in a single-seat, single-engine aircraft with no forward vision.
May 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
May 20, 1927 - 98 years ago today - Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris. His aircraft, the "Spirit of St. Louis" built by Ryan in San Diego. The trip took 33 1/2 hours covering nearly 3,600 miles in a single-seat, single-engine aircraft with no forward vision.
Spock does not understand exactly how cool it is to rock-out with an air guitar. 😆
May 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Spock does not understand exactly how cool it is to rock-out with an air guitar. 😆
Not quite the Batmobile.
April 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not quite the Batmobile.
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. " ~ Diane Arbus
This is one of my favorite self-portraits of Diane Arbus...one of the most brilliant photographers to ever work a camera....sadly, her career was much too short.
This is one of my favorite self-portraits of Diane Arbus...one of the most brilliant photographers to ever work a camera....sadly, her career was much too short.
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. " ~ Diane Arbus
This is one of my favorite self-portraits of Diane Arbus...one of the most brilliant photographers to ever work a camera....sadly, her career was much too short.
This is one of my favorite self-portraits of Diane Arbus...one of the most brilliant photographers to ever work a camera....sadly, her career was much too short.
"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly." ~ Lauren Bacall
April 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly." ~ Lauren Bacall
It's been a very challenging 10 days or so. Work and life have my frustration levels very high...so much so I have been feeling this powerful urge to call out: "Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
But I am slowly returning to normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIy...
But I am slowly returning to normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIy...
Monty Python And The Holy Grail Dennis The Repressed Peasant
YouTube video by Francis7a
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April 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It's been a very challenging 10 days or so. Work and life have my frustration levels very high...so much so I have been feeling this powerful urge to call out: "Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
But I am slowly returning to normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIy...
But I am slowly returning to normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKIy...
"Three things have proven difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer. " ~ Spiro T. Agnew
Have to confess that I didn't realize that old Spiro was that witty.
Have to confess that I didn't realize that old Spiro was that witty.
April 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Three things have proven difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer. " ~ Spiro T. Agnew
Have to confess that I didn't realize that old Spiro was that witty.
Have to confess that I didn't realize that old Spiro was that witty.
"He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. " ~ Douglas Adams
Why is it that men's intellectual pursuits are always under-valued by the female of the species?
That said, I'm going back to my knuckle-dragging pursuits of the day.
Why is it that men's intellectual pursuits are always under-valued by the female of the species?
That said, I'm going back to my knuckle-dragging pursuits of the day.
March 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. " ~ Douglas Adams
Why is it that men's intellectual pursuits are always under-valued by the female of the species?
That said, I'm going back to my knuckle-dragging pursuits of the day.
Why is it that men's intellectual pursuits are always under-valued by the female of the species?
That said, I'm going back to my knuckle-dragging pursuits of the day.
If the clothes dryer has a setting called 'Normal', why does it not have a setting called 'Weird"? There is a meme kicking around of a young girl asking her mother 'What is normal?' to which the Mom replies 'It's just a setting on the dryer".
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If the clothes dryer has a setting called 'Normal', why does it not have a setting called 'Weird"? There is a meme kicking around of a young girl asking her mother 'What is normal?' to which the Mom replies 'It's just a setting on the dryer".
Some days are just so frustrating that you have to let it all out by shouting at the sky.
I am much better now!
I am much better now!
March 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Some days are just so frustrating that you have to let it all out by shouting at the sky.
I am much better now!
I am much better now!
Sorry to report the passing of the last of the pilots that fought in the Battle of Britain. John 'Paddy' Hemingway flew with 85 Squadron in France and then in the defense of Britain. He retired in 1969 at the rank of Group Captain. He was 105.
raf.mod.uk/news/article...
raf.mod.uk/news/article...
The last surviving Battle of Britain Pilot, John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC, passes away
John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, passed away peacefully on 17 March 2025 at the age of 105.
Paddy Hemingway, one of a number known as ‘...
raf.mod.uk
March 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Sorry to report the passing of the last of the pilots that fought in the Battle of Britain. John 'Paddy' Hemingway flew with 85 Squadron in France and then in the defense of Britain. He retired in 1969 at the rank of Group Captain. He was 105.
raf.mod.uk/news/article...
raf.mod.uk/news/article...
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ~ Oscar Levant
March 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. ~ Oscar Levant