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Wally Booth
Wally may refer to: People and fictional characters * Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Wally the Green Monster, mascot of the Boston Red Sox * Water Wally, mascot of the Singapore's Public Utilities Board * Wally (Wallabies mascot), the official mascot of the Australia national rugby union team Arts, entertainment, and media * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * ''La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani * Wally, an episode of the American TV series ''Highway to Heaven'' Businesses and organizations * Wally's, an American convenience store chain * Wally Yachts, a maritime design and manufacture company Other uses * Wally (anonymous), a name often called out at British rock venues in the 1970s and early '80s * The Wally, trophy given to NHRA national event race winners * WALLY, a proposed rail service in southeast Michigan, United States * The Wallies of Wessex, a group of people who squatted on grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally (given Name)
Wally or Wallie is a given name, and a nickname for Wallace (given name), Wallace which ultimately means 'Wales' and Walter (given name), Walter. It may refer to: People * Wally Amos (1936-2024), American personality, enterprenaur, and author * Wally Badarou (born 1955), French musician * Wally Bayola (born 1972), Filipino actor and comedian * Wallie Branston, Canadian pioneering race car driver in the 1940s and '50s * Wallace Smith Broecker (1931–2019), American geochemist * Wally Bruner (1931–1997), American journalist and game show host * Wally Butts (1905–1973), American football coach * Wally Chambers (1951–2019), American football player * Wallie Coetsee (born 1972), South African golfer * Wally Cox (1924–1973), American comedian and actor * W. A. Criswell (1909–2002), American pastor, author, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention * Wally Dallenbach Jr. (born 1963), American race car driver * Wally Dallenbach Sr. (born 1936), American race car dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally (anonymous)
Wally is a British English expression referring to a "silly or inept person","wally" Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 6 September 2013. which later developed into an umbrella term for "vulnerable individuals". It is thought to have originated at a pop festival in the late 1960s or early 1970s; many sources suggest the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. An audience member named Walter (Wally) went to buy food for his friends and was unable to find them in the crowd when he tried to return. His friends called out "Wally" but he remained bemused, lost in the crowd. Others people started to shout Wally for a joke (at his expense) and the chant spread all the way through the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walley
Walley is a surname and given name. It may refer to: Surname * Augustus Walley (1856–1938), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor * Byron Walley, a pen name of writer Orson Scott Card (born 1951) * Chris Walley (writer) (born 1954), Welsh geologist * Chris Walley (actor) (born 1995), Irish actor * Deborah Walley (1943–2001), American actress * Denny Walley (born 1943), American guitarist * Ernie Walley (1933–2025), Welsh football player, manager and coach * Hugh Walley (), footballer * Jaden Walley (born 2001), American football player * Joan Walley, (born 1949), British politician * John Walley (died 1615), English Member of Parliament * Justin Walley (American football) (born 2002), American football player * Keith Walley (born 1954), English footballer * Nigel Walley (born 1941), English rock bass guitarist with The Quarrymen * Richard Walley (born 1953), Australian Aborigine performer, musician, writer and activist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally (horse)
Wally (9 November 1991 – 20 February 2024) was an Argentine-bred thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Group 1 Gran Premio Estrellas Sprint three times and being named the 1996 Argentine Champion Sprinter. The Paulick Report described her as "pretty much the fastest thing to wear plates in the racing world" during her racing career. She was known as the "reina de la recta" ("queen of the straight"), referencing the straight courses that 1000-meter races, her specialty, are run at. Background Wally was a solid bay mare, bred and raced by Haras La Quebrada. Southern Halo, Wally's sire, was bred in the United States, sired by the notable sire Halo. As a racer, he never quite achieved a stakes race win, although he placed in several. Southern Halo was much more successful as a sire, being named champion sire and broodmare sire in Argentine multiple years and siring notable sire More Than Ready. Welcome, Wally's dam, was an unraced homebred for Haras La Quebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally The Walrus
Wally the Walrus, also known as Wally the Wandering Walrus, is a male Walrus, arctic walrus who attracted much media attention for appearing, and hauling out, during 2021 in several locations across the coast of western Europe, mainly Ireland and Great Britain, Britain, far away from the Walrus#Ecology, typical range of a walrus. He is estimated to weigh around . Biography Wally is thought to have first appeared in March 2021, on Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland. Days later, he was spotted in Wales near Broad Haven South beach, Pembrokeshire. Wally was then seen basking on the Tenby Lifeboat Station, RNLI lifeboat slipway in Tenby. While in Tenby, Wally would regularly sunbathe on the lifeboat slipway, causing problems when the lifeboat needed to be deployed. The local lifeboat crew used several methods to deter him, on one occasion using an Air horn, airhorn. Wally also sank a dinghy and attempted to board a fishing boat in Tenby Harbour. Following these sightings in Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickled Cucumber
A pickled cucumber – commonly known as a pickle in the United States, Canada and Australia and a gherkin ( ) in Britain, Ireland, South Africa, and New Zealand – is a usually small or miniature cucumber that has been Pickling, pickled in a Brine (food), brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment. The fermentation process is executed either by immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. Pickled cucumbers are often part of mixed pickles. Historical origins It is often claimed that pickled cucumbers were first developed for workers building the Great Wall of China, though another hypothesis is that they were first made as early as 2030 BC in the Tigris Valley of Mesopotamia, using cucumbers brought originally from India. According to the New York Food Museum, archaeologists believe ancient Mesopotamians pickled food as far back as 2400 B.C. while, centuries later, cucumbers native to India were being pickled in the Tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wallies Of Wessex
The Wallies of Wessex were a group of people who squatted on ground close to Stonehenge in 1974. The Department of the Environment and the National Trust landowners started court proceedings to have the squatters evicted. The squatters, both to make a counter culture point and to protect themselves from court costs, all used aliases in court that included the name Wally. They lost the case and had to move a few feet to an alternative site, but the case was reported in the national press. The Wallies were involved in the organisation of the 1976 Trentishoe Whole Earth Fair. Aftermath Nigel Ayers states that largely through later publications by Penny Rimbaud of the punk band Crass, the name `Wally' became increasingly identified with one man, Wally Hope Philip Alexander Grahame Russell (9 August 1947 – 3 September 1975), known as Wally Hope, was an experimental philosopher of the UK Underground and organiser of the Windsor Free Festival and the Stonehenge Free Festival. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WALLY
Wally may refer to: People and fictional characters * Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Wally the Green Monster, mascot of the Boston Red Sox * Water Wally, mascot of the Singapore's Public Utilities Board * Wally (Wallabies mascot), the official mascot of the Australia national rugby union team Arts, entertainment, and media * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * '' La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani * Wally, an episode of the American TV series '' Highway to Heaven'' Businesses and organizations * Wally's, an American convenience store chain * Wally Yachts, a maritime design and manufacture company Other uses * Wally (anonymous), a name often called out at British rock venues in the 1970s and early '80s * The Wally, trophy given to NHRA national event race winners * WALLY, a proposed rail service in southeast Michigan, United States * The Wallies of Wessex, a group of people who squatted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wally
''The Wally'' is the trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event. They have been handed out at national events starting with the 1969 NHRA race season. With an antique brass plating over a standard metal mix and a solid walnut base, the "Wally" (named after NHRA founder Wally Parks) is 18 inches tall and weighs 12 pounds. Contrary to popular belief, the Wally trophy does not feature Parks himself, but is rather modeled after Top Gas racer Jack JoneAccording to the June 30, 1995 edition of National Dragster, in early 1969 Jack Jones was at his day job, and got a call from Wally Parks. Parks asked him if he would be willing to pose for pictures for a trophy at Pomona Raceway. Pomona is a 16 minute ride from Glendora where the NHRA is based. Jack agreed and a number of pictures were snapped, including the now iconic photo of him with his safety equipment and a tire. Later that year, the famous Wally trophy was introduced. It is the same design as in 1969. Background The NHR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Yachts
Wally Yachts is a yacht brand headquartered in Monaco. Company history Founded by Italian entrepreneur Luca Bassani in 1994, Wally started out with sailing boats and then branched out into designing motoryachts, including the 118 WallyPower. Wally launched sailing yachts ranging from the Wallynano day sailer to the flybridge carbonfiber sloop ''Better Place''. Wally is known for being a pioneer of carbon fiber as a yacht-building material. On 31 January 2019 Ferretti Group acquired Wally Yachts. In film In 2005, the 118 WallyPower was featured in the film '' The Island'', starring Ewan McGregor. The yacht appeared to be a distant memory in the mind of McGregor's character. A 2004 Top Gear UK TV episode also featured the 118 WallyPower. See also * List of large sailing yachts * List of sailboat designers and manufacturers This is a list of notable sailboat designers and manufacturers, which are described by an article in English Wikipedia. Sailboat design and manufa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally The Green Monster
Wally the Green Monster is the official mascot for the Boston Red Sox. His name is derived from the Green Monster, the nickname of the 37-foot 2-inch wall in left field at Fenway Park.The Wally part of the name is also derived from the 37-foot 2-inch wall in left field. Wally debuted on April 13, 1997. Although he was an immediate success with children, he was not as well-received by older fans, because of his green and smelly attire. Wally has since become more accepted by Red Sox fans of all ages, in part due to the Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy creating stories about him and sharing them during televised games. Fictional biography According to the Boston Red Sox, Wally has been a long-time resident of Fenway Park, residing in the Green Monster wall since 1947. He wears Red Sox jersey #97, indicating the year of his emergence from the wall, and consistently wears his team-issued size 37 cap. In his spare time, Wally likes to play catch with the Red Sox players, and read his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally's
Wally's is a small American chain of convenience stores and gas stations. Established in 2020, the chain currently has two locations in the Midwestern United States. History The idea of the Wally's business had originated in 2017 when cousins Michael Rubenstein and Chad Wallis of rural Missouri were experiencing an unexciting drive home from Colorado and came up with the proposal for their own convenience store and gas station that would serve as a tourist attraction for travelers. Rubenstein had worked in the real estate and supply logistics industries while Wallis had experience in operating convenience stores and gas stations and, with their combined experience, would subsequently create plans for their business. The first Wally's location was opened along Interstate 55 in Pontiac, Illinois in September 2020 after its initial plans to open on Independence Day were delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The travel center covers a total area around , with a 76 fuel pump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
