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The Protopopovs, winning the World Skating Championships, 1965 (Ludmila Protopopov 1935 - 2017, Oleg Protopopov 1932 - 2023)

6m 6s - beautiful death spiral at 50s

Amazing story of the couple, with so many unique events and innovations. And the special beauty and fluidity of their dance.

 

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This reminds me of gonks which were really big in the UK back in the day. We called them gonks or trolls, lol. I didn't like them so never bought any. People liked to have them in the car.

We had those too

 

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The Protopopovs, winning the World Skating Championships, 1965 (Ludmila Protopopov 1935 - 2017, Oleg Protopopov 1932 - 2023)

6m 6s - beautiful death spiral at 50s

Protopopov is a tongue twister!

 

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Treating myself to a coffee at the bakery, aänd this is what I see rn lol. These xmas gnomes have been a thing in Germany for years. Why? Lol
do any of yoy have these???

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Ja, tatsächlich!

 

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This reminds me of gonks which were really big in the UK back in the day. We called them gonks or trolls, lol. I didn't like them so never bought any. People liked to have them in the car.

They were everywhere! Troll, we called them.

 

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Another one bc I just remembered I was going to make a silly joke about this being @Fuzball .

But I'm too tired, so I won't, lol.

Fuzball!

 

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Another one bc I just remembered I was going to make a silly joke about this being @Fuzball .

But I'm too tired, so I won't, lol.

This one reminds me of "Furby" toys. These were huge thing in the 1990s

 

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This one reminds me of "Furby" toys. These were huge thing in the 1990s

Weren’t they later? Early 2000s? Disclaimer: Sweden is probably behind.

 

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This was the real shit.

 

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Weren’t they later? Early 2000s? Disclaimer: Sweden is probably behind.

I don't know the exact date. I just remember seeing them in a small local store (which got closed in early 2001)

 

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Muskatnuss Herr Müller!

 

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(By the way, do you use a matchbox for size reference, too? Or is that just us?)

 

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I don't know the exact date. I just remember seeing them in a small local store (which got closed in early 2001)

Sure!

 

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And let’s not forget about these.

 

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This was the real shit.

Yep. Loved them.

 

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A lot of the modern ones I'm seeing online are too elaborate and fancy. Plainer is better, imo.

 

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(By the way, do you use a matchbox for size reference, too? Or is that just us?)

In the UK we use Wales!

 

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And let’s not forget about these.

No, let's!

 

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Amazing story of the couple,

Mm, the Protopopov's were one of my earliest loves in the skating world. So elegant. Brilliant, brilliant athletes. I believe he was 15 when he started to train as a skater which is pretty late and Ludmila started even later, at 16.

Amazing what they both achieved. Starting as late as they did, I don't know how they developed that pure, classical line that they had.

with so many unique events and innovations.

They created three death spirals. I don't think I quite picked up on that at the time. Or maybe the commentators did mention it and I've just forgotten. It was a long time ago. I can remember exactly what they looked like when they skated, though.

And the special beauty and fluidity of their dance.

They were so elegant and expressive. They weren't flashy. I guess their style wouldn't work nowadays but I loved them.

 

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Ludmila Protopopov, 1965

 

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Oleg Protopopov, 1965

 

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Another one of my fave Russian athletes. Ludmilla Tourischeva, supreme gymnast.

 

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I adored Ludmilla Tourischeva back in the day, she will always be my fave gymnast. Amazing composure here even though she wasn't able to 'stick' her dismount bc of the apparatus collapsing behind her. She won the event, though!

40s

 

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Why do we do it to ourselves?

Anyway, let's have a silly poem. Brian Bilston started off writing stuff on TwitterX and then got himself a publishing deal. Here's his poem for 6th December which, apparently, is the day that London - in 1897 - became the first city to license taxi cabs.

A Far Cry

I can never get a taxi
to stop for me in London.

Hardly a surprise, given
I hail from Birmingham.

Is hail a verb here? I don´t understand the poem

 

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This one reminds me of "Furby" toys. These were huge thing in the 1990s