Saturday, 28 December 2024

It's Quiz Time - Number 3

 (Holiday mini-blog)

Transport Picture Puzzles
"Find The Fault"
Some of these are a bit obscure because legislation has changed since the 1930s! Some have stumped fbb completely like No 1!

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 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 
Remember when bus fares were available at 3d?

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 9 

 10 

 bonus 
For some, transport on skates is necessary.

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"NOT the Advent Calendar", but ...

     The      
  CHRIST -mas 
  Criss-muss  
   Confusion  
 Critique  28 

Always Missing From the Christmas Story

But it should be there!
She was incredibly old for the day 84! And she watched silently as just another baby came to the Temple for the ritual of "purification". Maybe she watched many such as the days passed by.

Gospel writer Luke had done his research and found out a bit about her.
There was a very old prophet, a widow named Anna, daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for only seven years and was now eighty-four years old. She never left the Temple; day and night she worshiped God, fasting and praying. 

Many people now, and way back then, would have tried to ignore her, as a rather sad old widow who had some strange ideas.

But she knew ...
That very same hour as Mary, Joseph and the baby, she arrived and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were waiting for God to set Jerusalem free.

She knew that the child was much more than any "ordinary" child! But how did she know?

And he knew even more!

To be continued.
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 Bad Tidings No Joy blog : Mon 30th Dec 

1 comment:

  1. Unless it is a continental visitor, the sidecar in no.1 is on the wrong side (offside rather than nearside).

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