David Phelps
@JRGStuff
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Love travel,M/Sport,Aviation,American Football,Cricket,history,family,cats,fine art,autographs,books & great people
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#FerrariFriday The wonderfully curvaceous #Ferrari 330 P4. The most beautiful & arguably most valuable car in the world, driven by 3x #F1 World Champion Jackie Stewart @FormulaOneWorld #FOS 2017
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Ex-leader of Reform in Wales is 'ancient history', says Zia Yusuf, Reform's Head of Policy. A traitor to the country, a trusted ally of Farage, jailed only last week should now be forgotten about? Repost if you don't agree that this treachery should be swept under the carpet.
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Signed bottom left by the artist Kaoru Yamada One of the best contemporary illustrator /photographers working today I think. Crowd pleasing pieces and that is a difficult ‘ask’ Japanese artist
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Fabulous as usual Kaoru Yamada once again knowing what we want to see. Shes talented, painting and digital work . A favourite of mine
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Denny Hulme, McLaren, Monaco, 1970. Photo: Bernard Cahier.
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Jochen Rindt, Lotus, Zandvoort, 1970. Photo: Bernard Cahier.
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Born this day 22nd.Nov. 1914. S/Ldr. Peter Wooldridge Townsend. DFC. DSO. One of THE FEW. https://t.co/iR6A8HZivt Very interesting man and read in Link above.
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Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t. Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t. And we could surrender now. But we will not. We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t. Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t. And we could surrender now. But we will not. We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.
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There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end. We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine’s security, and therefore Europe’s security, will be Europe’s responsibility. And now it is. Entirely. If you are a
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My favourite war film opening sequence and music is "Where Eagles Dare". What's yours?
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Jackie Pretorius, born #OnThisDay in ’34, raced 3 #F1 GPs in South Africa, in ’68, ’71 & ’73, making his F1 GP debut in a privateer Brabham BT11 fitted with a Climax straight-4. Later in ’68 he won 2 #SAF1 races in an #F5000 Lola (shown here at Kyalami in ’69), beating F1 cars.
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is cinematography on a god-tier level. Lean shoots the desert like an endless cathedral, every wide shot a painting, every silhouette iconic. It’s the kind of visual filmmaking that never gets topped, only referenced.
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#OnThisDay in ’57 Stefan Bellof was born. He started only 20 #F1 GPs, & he won none, but he might have become an F1 world champion had he not been killed during the #Spa1000km race in ’85. Yes, he was that good.
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Born this day 20th. Nov. 1919. Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson. DFC. DSO. Czech Medal of Merit. Dutch DFC. AFC. CBE. One of THE FEW. https://t.co/fjiJn9blQh He survived the war. Worked in the aerospace industry.
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This is Hugo. He’s locked in an intense stare-down with his toy ball. He won’t make the first move… but he’s ready if it does.
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Stefan Bellof who was #BornOnThisDay in 1957. He competed in Formula One with Tyrrell Racing during 1984 and 1985. Bellof was killed in an accident during the 1985 1000 km of Spa, a round of the 1985 World Sportscar Championship. His lap record on the Nordschleife configuration
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