It’s the personal blog of a somewhat bored retired airplane factory drone. Oddly, my name anagrams to “Never Jet Hot”. Go figure! I have the gamut of old fart hobbies, collecting old matchbook covers, and other midcentury odds and ends; because I want to go back there. We hunt for Geocaches, and used to travel […]
Have a royal smoke, all hail the king. Or queen.
Rooting around in a batch of old matches, I found one celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V (Elizabeth’s grandfather) in 1935. There was much revelry in the streets, so I assume he was beloved by his subjects. Sadly, he passed away less than a year later. Continuing the tradition of encouraging the people […]
Can’t have nice things
We set out to find the “Unicorn” geocache, at Jennings Park here in Marysville. Sadly, all we found was the Tupperware lock&lock with camo tape on it, out in the open. The log and anything else that was in there, all gone. We put in a little notebook to serve as a log, a pen, […]
Should have done the toothpaste math!
I got this toothpaste squeezer on a whim because I like gadgets. It costs $9.99 – Only now doing the math on that. Rounding up because Teresa does most of the shopping and does not even look at grocery prices as far as I know, say 30 cents an ounce. The catch is, even with […]
… And that goes double for covid
The age old vaccination double standard still stands. It’s even worse these days, because most of us have to go back for another shot in a few weeks.
Can Crushing for the fun of it.
There is something satisfying about crushing can after can, it makes a wonderful crunching noise, almost as good as the sound of breaking glass.
The Secret Admirer
The Mrs. bought some books at a thrift store a while back, and found a Hallmark card inside- (Estimated to be from 1975) The card says on the front, “I’m always telling other people how neat I think you are” (Next to a generic chubby cartoon bear), and inside, “Today, I’m telling you.” below that, […]
Take your medicine, Gladys. I don’t see any horses.
Folks were flush with postwar cash in 1946, and they were asked what they would like to splurge on. This little girl wants a horse in the worst way, and it looks like that’s how she will get it. I think this has the makings of a sitcom, trying to hide this steed from her […]
So this guy finds a bus in the woods…
When I was a kid, I used to like to go over to the neighbor’s house when they weren’t home, and pretend I was driving one of the “project” cars in their backyard. I came home smelling of motor oil and sadness, but maybe that’s what kids were supposed to smell like back then. Many […]
Those that can’t do, teach
I like the facial expressions on this one. The CO looking down this soldier’s gun barrel makes everyone uneasy. Even in the best case scenario, potatoes will be peeled.