April 2024 – Never Jet Hot

ENIAC doesn't outperform my cellphone

Vacuum tubes are HOT

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April 30, 2024April 30, 2024

Back in My Day, Mildly Interesting

This announcement is touting the new faster, more powerful ENIAC conputer, thanks to your friendly war department, and IBM. IBM, formerly the king...

The RyKrisp Triangle

Doping up the Ry-Krisp girl

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April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

The Advertising

Ry-Krisp was sold as a tool for the long unpleasant slog that is losing weight. Not sure what happened here, I think the boyfriend on the left was...

Night Raiders at work.

The Night Raiders

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April 26, 2024April 26, 2024

That guy hauling cheese is going to get a hernia.

Add up your groceries and cry.

Click. Click. ClickClickClickClickClickClick

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April 24, 2024April 24, 2024

Mildly Interesting

Many years ago, a grocery shopper might use this device to add up the items in their shopping carts, up to $20. I don't know what they would do...

The toast window

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April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

Flotsam, Observations

When using a toaster, there is only a small window of time between "It's not done yet" and "It's burned!"

A skeleton in the closet

Skeleton in the closet

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April 20, 2024April 22, 2024

Honestly, I have no idea what is going on with this postcard. The guy with the giant plaid butt, the Va-va-voom lady with the impoosibly tiny feet,...

Doctor’s Orders

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April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

My liver doctor told me I needed to be on a high protein diet. So I immediately went to the nearest Denny's and had a big ol' steak, so...

Old man sleeping in the afternoon

The medicinal value of a nap

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April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Here’s to the humble afternoon nap - may we all embrace its restorative powers and bask in its blissful embrace whenever we can.

■ 7/4 Teresa says some dude blew his thumb off, but I don't know where. That dude will never hitchhike again!
■ A "Life hacks" email I get says to relieve headaches, eat a teaspoon of mustard! Can you imagine? Maybe Grey Poupon will do something for constipation? ("poupon")
■ I cleared the bathroom sink drain with Liquid Plumber. It was very effective, but now the bathroom smells like a poorly run municipal swimming pool.
■ HOW DO DOGS TELL TIME- Our dog has a huge appetite, the vet advised us to give him a mid-day treat of frozen vegetables, which we do at 2:30- Now the dog pokes me with his nose PRECISELY at 2:30 every day. It makes me wonder what other things he can perceive that I cannot.?
■ Sept. 11 2023 ANACORTES WA • Anonymous party called stating that an elderly female neighbor was beating several carbon monoxide detectors with a hammer. Officers located smoke detectors in the garage smashed next to a frying pan with bacon in it. The homeowner stated she was cooking bacon and all the alarms started going off. (Don't they have reset buttons?)
■ More warped prose in this old Stephen King book; "Opal! Diamond! Sapphire! Jade! I smell Gary's Lemonade!" I wonder what his parent-teacher conferences were like?
■ I WAS on YT and ran across an outfit called "TypingDNA" - Serious big brother stuff here! Here is what it does. "By continuously authenticating your workers’ identities by the way they type on their devices, ActiveLock mitigates threats that arise with remote work such as fraud, device sharing, and unattended devices — giving you peace of mind that only trusted users are accessing your company’s computers."
GEEZE LOUISE I am SO GLAD that I am retired, discarded from the rat race back when rats stood a chance of winning.
■ I have half a mind to make some Jello, but put grapes, carrot peels, and other kitchen castoffs in it. Like they do at the juvenile detention facility.