Title- "Bob Carney with his bullock team attached to a car outside the Fitzroy Hotel, Coffs Harbour, circa 1912 [picture]"
Coffs Harbour Regional Museum
Anyone who stands on my hood will be trampled by my oxen!
The car looks like a '16 - brass radiator, electric lights, painted headlight rims.
Great picture!
Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ
Are oxen the basis of the the modern expression, Bullocks?
That sure looks like a lot of ox power for one little Ford!
I'm sure its the camera angle but the T looks like someone shrunk it or it was in the land of giants!
Ralph, Why on earth do cows have anything to do with a department store?
Hadn't thought about that, John. Mebbe because Bullocks Dept. Stores were long gone before I saw the term from our King's English speaking friends.
Oh, oh: just realized the term is Bollocks. Sorry for the diversion. Here's what wiki has:
"Bollocks" /ˈbɒləks/ is a word of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning "testicles". The word is often used figuratively in British English and Hiberno-English, as a noun to mean "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to mean "poor quality" or "useless". Similarly, the common phrases "Bollocks to this!" or "That's a load of old bollocks" generally indicate contempt for a certain task, subject or opinion. Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as "the dog's bollocks", "top bollock(s)", or more simply "the bollocks" (as opposed to just "bollocks"), which will refer to something which is admired, approved of or well-respected.
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More questions:
Do those bullocks have bollocks?
What is Hiberno-English?
Learning never ends, especially as you forgetter improves.
rdr
Hibernian means Irish I think.
Manuel in Oz
I see the boys have all torn themselves away from the bar to watch the entertainment outside.
The gentlemen in white don't think it is funny.
The car looks small on my screen as well.
Manuel in Oz
Ralph,
Thanks for the clarification. I guess we're getting too old when we remember this trivia!
Mom used to haul me to Westwood once a year to see Santa. I just didn't remember ever seeing any cattle or their genitalia during those visits.