BABE Of The DAY - SYBIL DANNING...

                 

                        None can quibble that fair Sybil is a shapely red-hot gal.
                        Sexy Sybil makes men dribble, how they wish to be her pal.
                        Kneel before her, don't ignore her, she's a woman of intrigue.

                        Men adore her, though most bore her, they're not even in her league.

                        Simply stunning, far outrunning all pretenders to her crown.
                        She's not shunning, just out funning, with a grin and not a frown.
                        Syb excites us and ignites us, her charms earn the highest score.
                        She delights us and unites us, as we grovel on the floor.

                        Sybil, Mistress, we're resistless, please accept our lovestruck hearts.
                        Be not listless, please assist us, we've succumbed to Cupid's darts.
                        We adore you and implore you, let us gather round your throne;
                        Bow before you (not deplore you), with a love you've never known.

Just dashed the above ditty off the top of my head.  May tweak it a bit later if anything occurs to me.  Feel free to write your own ditties devoted to Sybil, but remember - keep 'em clean or I won't publish them.

GLIDING ALONG ON THE CREST OF A CLOUD (IF SUCH A THING IS POSSIBLE)...

I was looking through a 1974 issue of VALIANT & LION earlier and saw the above ad for balsawood gliders, which took my mind back to around 1963 when I had the STRATO one pictured on the lower left-hand side of the picture.  Actually, it had started life as my brother's, but he bought a new one when his first one 'came a cropper' so I inherited it and got him to repair it for me.  In fact, we probably had a few of them between the two of us over a certain period, and seeing this ad immediately transported me right back to a specific point outside my house in the neighbourhood we lived in at the time.

It prompted me to look on eBay, and I saw one and immediately bought it.  That's the seller's photos above and below.  It's been opened, but is in brand-new condition so I can't wait 'til I get my hands on it.  Another part of my childhood re-acquired.  I was surprised to see that the gliders were still around in 1974, because I have no recollection of ever seeing them again after the mid-'60s, though at some stage I also had the SLEEK STREEK model pictured on the lower right of the ad, next to the Strato.  In fact, I've added a photo of one from eBay at the foot of the post.

Did any of you Criv-ites ever have one or more of these nifty balsawood gliders when you were a kid?  Then why not share your happy memories of them with the rest of us in the comments section?  When my glider arrives, I'll assemble it and add a photo of it to this post, so check back in a couple of weeks as it's coming from America.