Electronics just don’t have that smell of industrial lubricant and extruded plastic these days, and I kind of miss it.
Month: July 2024
Plain or peanut lawn ornaments
Our neighbor has painted some rocks to resemble M&M mascots. They make me smile when walking the dog.
Suddenly I’m Bob Villa? Not hardly.
I wanted to stain this vital component of our home security system (A stick that goes in the window frame) but it’s a dowel.
Ground mail
MAILBOX BLASTED So that's what that noise was! Somebody on the next block blasted this mailbox to smithereens while celebrating our...
SUPERHERO LEAGUE OF HOBOKEN LIVES
I was digging through some old junk, here's my copy of "Superhero League of Hoboken". I was looking wistfully at these resourceful heroes that kept...
It might be useful!
My dad had lots of odds and ends in his shop. For example, this block with a rotating dowel attached to it; I have no idea what it does,...
Friendship in war
Not sure precisely what is going on here. The dutch girl and the soldier on the tank seem to be hitting it off...
It’s time for the fair! Almost!
Just a few weeks until the state fair, I need to find a suit to wear! At least that was the thing in 1953. Can you imagine? All these men out...
Let’s talk about toilets!
My family laughs at me because I am always singing the praises of our Kohler Cimmaron upstairs toilet. It truly is a “throne”. We bought it several...
Don’t forget your birds
I keep thinking we are all done moving out of our old house, but today I was upstairs, and happened to look up. THE BIRDS! I almost...