Month: July 2023

Comic postcard family at the beach
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Beach Adventures

   July 31, 2023  0 Comments on Beach Adventures

My mother was concerned that the undertow would drag me out to sea while she was sneaking a Kool behind the restrooms.

1950's couple standing in yard
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Tune the UHF channel for your vicinity

   July 30, 2023  0 Comments on Tune the UHF channel for your vicinity

Teresa’s maternal grandparents living in Renton, Washington, in 1957. I would bet that this was taken late on a Saturday…

1950's halloween costume
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Mother-In-Law had secret identity!

   July 30, 2023  0 Comments on Mother-In-Law had secret identity!

Teresa’s mother, Carol. On the back of the photo she wrote, “me at 15″. I’m going to go out on…

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Booze Innovation

   July 30, 2023  0 Comments on Booze Innovation

I don’t normally pick up emply little booze bottles by the side of the road, but I had to show this to Teresa.

Monkey climbing tree in Costa Rica
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Climb up here to get a better angle to fling poop

   July 28, 2023  0 Comments on Climb up here to get a better angle to fling poop

Our friend sent me a picture from Costa Rica, while we are experiencing a cold snap. Just good timing I…

1909 Wisconsin tornado insurance
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Read the fine print!

   July 27, 2023  0 Comments on Read the fine print!

It specifically excludes farming equipment, reapers, mowers, wagons, buggies, and the like.

Animals are out also; Horses, mules, and colts, cattle, sheep, hogs.

A job count sheet from when I was working.
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How did this get in my pocket? So old!

   July 25, 2023  0 Comments on How did this get in my pocket? So old!

I was fixing to throw these jeans in the laundry, and found this old tally sheet from 2017. I haven’t…

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Mister Tree Head TREE ART

   July 24, 2023  0 Comments on Mister Tree Head TREE ART

“Mister Tree Head” doesn’t roll off the tongue like “Mister Potato Head”. Not enough syllables?

Driveway eggs
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Making the best of it

   July 21, 2023  0 Comments on Making the best of it

A guy on the next block thinks he’s a chicken! His wife sells eggs in the driveway. I guess she…

How records are made in 1961
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Check it out! How music tracks are laid down.

   July 18, 2023  0 Comments on Check it out! How music tracks are laid down.

This is how LPs were made in 1960. It’s probably all robots and whatnot now. If only today’s music was…