The Awesome Roar-some War-Winning Wonder Weasel!

Mayhap I Exaggerate A Tad
But then, you're not here because you want to read about finely-nuanced details of the ballfoot game and how to supercharge your car.  If you are, then you i) Mis-Googled really, really badly and ii) Will neither understand nor like what follows.

                             CAR                                                  BALLFOOT     

     Okay, enough preamble, on with the shoe.  Or show.  It's only one key over on the keyboard, so delete where applicable. As you should surely know by now, Conrad's though processes are as much a mystery to himself as to everybody else, and so it was that I was thinking (a dangerous thing to do at any time) "There's a scout vehicle called the 'Ferret', isn't there?" which was illustrated in today's earlier post.  "Why aren't there any called "Weasel" or "Stoat"?"  There was a "Wolverine",  a South Canadian Motor Gun Carriage, which Perfidious Albion made better by using the horribly effective 17 pounder anti-tank gun.  Art?

Entirely true

     It turns out I was wrong.  WRONG WRONG WRONG!  There, I admit it when I am.*     There was a "Weasel", more formally known as the M29, manufactured in South Canada.  'Twas not a big critter, deliberately so: it was designed to be able to negotiate snow, but it could deal with anything short of a rolling sea.  Art?

Waterborne Weasel

     The M29 could cope with mud, water, snow and all three combined if need be.  It's ground pressure was so low it could gaily skate over anti-tank mines without setting them off.  Why it got the name it did is unclear - "Otter" or "Swan" would have been more apt.  Not "Crocodile" - it had no teeth as it was unarmed.     So.  Military nomenclaturists - there is still the name "Stoat" floating freely around.
     Now to bury the motley in an anthill and wait for it to be attacked by swarms of strawberry jam!
     Hang on, have I got that -

CAUTION!  Dangerous when hot

Excuse me whilst I go get some food out of the oven.  Back in two minutes!

Conrad's Witterings On The Strange And Mysterious**
Here's one for you that I don't think "Because Science" has covered yet.  
     Q)  Why does butter stink like the devil when you squeeze it?
     If you know, let me know in the Comments.  
     Here's another one that also baffles your humble scribe.
     Q)  Why on earth "Strictly Come Dancing"?

They should televise this instead.  Really.

     Conrad is still convinced SCD is actually a giant practical joke on him, and the first time he ever indicates an interest the cast and crew will all shout "Surprise!  It's behind you!" and it will be.

Track To The Future
Ha!  Do you see - O you do.  I was watching Nick Moran, a.k.a. The Chieftain, on Youtube, as he presented which of the various tanks at Bovington were in his Top 5.  You see?  Tanks - tracks - O I give up I'm wasted here.
     What was his Number 1 tank?  Somewhat surprisingly (to you non-tankies out there anyway) he chose the ancient and diminutive FT17, a tank made by the M8's back in 1917the clue being in the name.  Art?

CAUTION: Puny human provided for scale is NOT Nick Moran

     Nick, being well over 6' tall, would never fit in an FT-17.  Anyway, I agree with his assessment, painful tho' it is (because Perfidious Albion invented the tank, dammit), since you have the layout for the next 100 years plus: a fully-rotating turret mounted atop the hull; parallel tracks alongside the hull; a power train at the rear; driver at the front.  Art?

Some M8 troops having a little rest

     Whilst it might be described as a self-propelled machine-gun (though some had a short 37 mm gun), when your opponents have nothing heavier than a fabric jacket to protect themselves, it gets the job done.
I think that's quite enough about armoured fighting vehicles.  Next!

Finally -
I won't post any SPOILERS, because you might fall out of love with me or the blog, yet let me tell you I've just seen the latest instalment of that flagship dramamentary "Doctor Who", one of the BBC's pride and joys.  Now, obviously they cannot go film on an alien planet - Equity would never stand for it - so where did this reconstruction get shot?  Definitely not in a quarry just down from Shepherd's Bush.  No, this one was shot in South Africa.  Art?

On location in the Rainbow Nation

     I must find out who does the incidental music, which I also like.

Okay, up to count, time to post this scrivel and see who's daft enough to read it -


*  This does not happen very often, and yes, this is an ambiguous statement
**  Hey, if Arthur C. Clarke can get away with it -