Bounder
Bounder may refer to: *Bounder (character), a dishonorable man * ''Bounder'' (video game), a 1985 computer game *'' The Bounder'', a television show *Myasishchev M-50 (NATO reporting name "Bounder"), a Soviet Union prototype bomber aircraft * Pseudonym of Jon Bounds Jon Bounds (born 30 June 1975), is a writer and blogger from Birmingham, England. Raised in the City's Perry Barr district, he attended King Edward VI Aston, King Edward VI Grammar School, Aston. After working as a technical and commissioning ...

Myasishchev M-50
The Myasishchev M-50 (russian: Мясищев М-50; NATO reporting name Bounder) is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service. Only one flightworthy prototype was built, which was first flown in October 1959. The M-50 was constructed by the Myasishchev design bureau. Design and development The M-50 was a fast jet bomber with four engines: two Dobrynin VD-7 non-afterburning turbojet engines at the outer and two VD-7F afterburning turbojet engines at the inner positions. The two inner engines were located under the wing, and the two outer on the wingtips of its shoulder-mounted, truncated delta wings. The second aircraft was designated M-52 and carried Zubets 16-17 turbofans, around which the aircraft had been designed. The engine installation was modified, and a second tailplane added to the top of the fin. The fore-end of the M-52 has been redesigned: in place of the tandem cockpit of the M-50 with seats in a row, the M-5 ...
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Rake (character)
In a historical context, a rake (short for rakehell, analogous to " hellraiser") was a man who was habituated to immoral conduct, particularly womanizing. Often, a rake was also prodigal, wasting his (usually inherited) fortune on gambling, wine, women, and song, and incurring lavish debts in the process. Cad is a closely related term. Comparable terms are " libertine" and "debauchee". The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the "Merry Gang" of courtiers, who included as prominent members the John Wilmot; George Villiers; and Charles Sackville, who combined riotous living with intellectual pursuits and patronage of the arts. At this time the rake featured as a stock character in Restoration comedy. After the reign of Charles II, and especially after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the cultural perception of th ...
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Bounder (video Game)
'' Bounder '' is a 1985 action game published by Gremlin Graphics in which the player navigates a variety of courses as a bouncing tennis ball. Gameplay Courses are composed of numerous tiles, which are suspended high above ground. The ball must be bounced past walls and over enemies; coming into contact with either, or plummeting over the edge of the course, results in the loss of one of the player's seven lives. Courses feature power squares, which push the tennis ball forward and allow longer jumps. These must be utilized to complete the course. Power squares are also used to enable the tennis ball to reach mystery spaces, tiles with question marks, which contain extra lives and bonus jumps which are used on bonus screens. Mystery spaces can also destroy the tennis ball, resulting in the loss of a life, through instant destruction or by freezing the ball in place while a missile flies across the play area and explodes. The bonus screen is accessed every time a course is complete ...
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The Bounder
''The Bounder'' is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles (of ''To the Manor Born'' fame) as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail. He lives with his brother-in-law, Trevor Mountjoy ( George Cole), and his sister (Trevor's wife), Mary ( Rosalind Ayres). The latter left after Series One in 1982. It also starred Isla Blair as the next door widowed neighbour, Laura Miles. This series was created by Eric Chappell. Production ''The Bounder'' was specifically written by Eric Chappell for Peter Bowles to play the lead role. The pair had first worked together on a 1977 episode of '' Rising Damp'' and then the four series of '' Only When I Laugh'' which aired between 1979 and 1982. Chappell told the '' Reading Evening Post'' in 1982, "Peter played the part n ''Rising Damp''with such flamboyancy and style. It was the first time I had seen him in situation comedy and he did it so bea ...
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