Computers and shag carpeting do not mix
I have been having a problem with my PC randomly freezing up, at the most inconvenient times. Then I have to shut off the power supply, go get a snack,…
Does anybody really know what time it is?
I really like this sort of lazy clock I got for Christmas. It displays the time in sentence form, changing to catch up every five minutes. That’s close enough for…
What I sez
“What I sez it, don’t put up your umbrella ’til it rains!”. I think they mean, lighten up. There seems to be a whole series of these lazy “What I…
It was fun a quarter century ago. Outdated software galore
I was looking for a certain CD but got sidetracked looking at my old games; Simcopter, Simtower, add-ons galore for “The sims”… I guess I was into simulations back then.…
Uber, The Christmas Donkey
I don’t know why this lady’s donkey doesn’t want to go to Reno with her. He has been in a funk since “Hee Haw” got canceled.
How to Marl your boro
I bought something from someone in the Netherlands, and they helpfully included this instruction manual. Apparently the process of opening a pack of cigs has a learning curve? You will…
What would TSA think of this portable Zenith?
This portable (luggable?) Zenith radio featured a proprietary antenna that flipped out from the radio to pull in stronger or more distant am radio signals. When stowed, it looked like…
OH. Those Christmas cards.
When I was a kid, I sold Christmas cards door to door, from a sample catalog. They were beautiful cards, with all manner of sparkly crap and embossed gold or…
Bring it back! #112719
Seems like every day I find that something is better the way it used to be. Case in point, Ipana squeeze bottle toothpaste. Toothpaste tubes are just nasty. Looking for…
Santa is in a minefield
I never know what to get my wife for Christmas. They are pushing those fancy Pelotin exercise bikes on TV as a gift, with some inane zoomer taking 38 selfies…