May 16, 2020
NeverJetHot
It’s the personal blog of a somewhat bored retired airplane factory drone. Oddly, my name anagrams to “Never Jet Hot”. Go figure!
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September 17, 2021
MONOPOLY HOUSE RULES. Stop picking your nose.
A rainy day plan; Try to make Monopoly less like monotony. We came up with some house rules, will modify/add/delete when they are tested on the field of battle.
September 15, 2021
Finally got the Larry Tate card!
I got some more of those “Desert Storm Trading Cards” and there was a Tariq Aziz...
September 13, 2021
Festive in Spain, matches light it up
Spanish Matches say “Fosforera Espanola” on the saddle. Literally, “Spanish Matches” or, “Spanish Phosphorus”. Same thing.
September 11, 2021
Geocache hidden in plain sight
There are a bunch of caches at River Meadows park, we found two- because we brought our elderly dog and he got pooped out.
September 9, 2021
How to bag your own groceries
There will be some store employee who drew the short straw, and now has to help when your merchandise has no UPC code, your card won’t scan, or if you are just befuddled.
September 8, 2021
Aluminum can recycling will not make you rich!
My dad was obsessed with recycling cans. He built a thing where you load cans in a chute, and when you pull a lever, it squashes and ejects a can, then you push the lever back up to reload. It was quite the workout.
September 6, 2021
It’s just a log, being a navigational hazard.
We were walking the dog on the trail by the sewage treatment pond. Teresa spotted this log jutting out of the waters of Ebey Slough- but it’s not a log to her
September 4, 2021
Ode to Alfred E. Nueman
I recently acquired a large batch of old MAD magazines and books. I was really happy...
September 2, 2021
Cow tattoos of the old west
You would think that the others would hear the plaintive yells of that cow, essentially saying “OW! You son of a bitch!”