If the 3 days of sunshine last week put you in the holiday spirit then just take a look at this, a 1950s cruise on the Orcades liner touted as 'not just a ship, but a friend', it's making us dream of summer holidays on the high seas..
The ship has one very big draw: a barman with serious skills who could easily rival Tom Cruise in Cocktail. You may say this shows that boozed up Brits abroad are far from a modern phenomenon, we say chin chin!
Friday, 15 April 2011
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Gadgets a go-go, part 2: 1940 robot butler
Whilst technology has moved on leaps and bounds over the past century, with countless labour-saving devices cutting down the hours spent toiling over housework, we're still without the holy grail of gadgets... the robot butler! Yes the robot butler is still as much a dream to us now as it was in 1940 when this clip was made, how we've managed to live without Roll-Oh to cut our ribbons and hoover up any rose petals that happen to fall on the floor I will never know.
He may be a little bit cumbersome, have a sinister voice and move at least 3 times slower than the average person but we rather love this robot butler and wouldn't mind getting one for the office. The only drawback is his candle-lighter which looks suspiciously like a flame thrower, not sure if that would pass health and safety.
He may be a little bit cumbersome, have a sinister voice and move at least 3 times slower than the average person but we rather love this robot butler and wouldn't mind getting one for the office. The only drawback is his candle-lighter which looks suspiciously like a flame thrower, not sure if that would pass health and safety.
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