Author: NeverJetHot

1950's halloween costume
Posted in Friends and Kin

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 a limb here and surmise…

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Car Pandora app plays Convoy by... Mannheim Steamroller?
Posted in Back in My Day

We got a mighty convoy… With orchestration

When I worked at Radio Shack many, many years ago, the manager would insist on playing Manheim Steamroller holiday music, he thought it was a…

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W.C. Fields Battery Tester from Noveltronics
Posted in Flotsam

Things it’s best not to win at auction #602

Things I am glad I did not win on Listia This W.C. Fields battery tester. I understand that the company has the made-up word “Noveltronics”…

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Charles Miller, his friends called him Buddy, and everybody was his friend
Posted in Friends and Kin

R.I.P. Bud Miller

My brother and friend Bud Miller AKA Charles S. Miller, passed away in October, in a house he was renting next to a river, way…

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My Uncle, Police chief Smith of Hartford, AL. circa 1970
Posted in Friends and Kin

A salute to Chief Smith of Hartford, Alabama

This is something my cousin in Alabama posted about my uncle, who died 25 years ago. I wish I had been able to get to…

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Mother In Law wedding bridal photo
Posted in Friends and Kin

R.I.P. Carol

Teresa’s mom passed away a few days ago, she will be greatly missed. I wish I had started this site a few years ago, I…

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Dowel Painting tool
Posted in Grey Gardens West

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. So…

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