Jazz. Cakes. Tanks

Music 101
     I apologise for using an Americanism here - "101" is apparently a Further Education notation for a beginner's class. 
     Jazz.
     What do I know about jazz?  Nothing at all, except I like most of what I've heard, and jazz is a particularly broad church, from the Tiger City Jazz Band to Weather Report. 
     I mention this since Grooveshark (see earlier BOOJUM! posts about streaming musical services) recommended a few jazz works, including Miles Davis - now, him I've heard of - and Gerry Mulligan and Lee Morgan and Art Blakey.  Brilliant stuff!  Probably best listened to at 2:30 a.m. in a smokey basement club through a haze of whiskies and cocktails in the company of Frank Sinatra and Sammie Davis Jnr - you get the idea.

Cakes
     Yes, cakes, a BOOJUM! staple, except this time Conrad is watching not making.  "The Great British Bake Off" commenced again on television tonight, so I sat and watched.  Entertaining as ever. Scary stuff, tho'. Remember for those who fall at the first hurdle, they are being watched by a team of presenters and bakers, plus a BBC camera team, and 12 other bakers besides. And, they are under the whip. Time limits, you know? That's why they use too much salt and grate their thumbs off. I would not care to do it! The Technical Challenge alone is enough to put me off.  Still, I shall probably be watching next week.

So - Tanks?

The one and only truly original Pink - no, er, sorry , Vickers 6 ton Tank
 

The Russian pirated version.  Sadly at the time, no PRI to refer to.

A Finnish version.  No, no, it's a "hakaristi" - predates Adolf by several millennia.

 

This above is one of the front runners in AFV terms of the 1930's.  Created by Vickers, who are still going (Google the Challenger), it was exported across the globe way back then.  At that time the Soviet Union was the China of today - buy a single item, reverse-engineer it, make thousands of copies, see if hapless Western barbarians will buy some from you.
     Now, I wonder, have Vickers retained the services of a no-win-no-fee lawyer who will seek recompense from Russia?