March 2, 2021
The stuff of nightmares
I don’t know how old I was when the television introduced me to the “Green Giant”...
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February 20, 2021
Annette? Yogi? Fried Chicken?
The paper says the Mickey Mouse Club is on at 5:30 on channel 9, and Yogi...
November 10, 2019
Wait until the other shoe drops
These “Ripple” shoes probably were fun and different to wear, and maybe changed a person’s gait...
November 4, 2019
Take your medicine, Gladys. I don’t see any horses.
Folks were flush with postwar cash in 1946, and they were asked what they would like...
October 16, 2019
Alternative to WAZE
Since cellphones with the WAZE app installed did not yet exist in 1906, motorists of the...
October 14, 2019
War is over, let’s go nuts
It’s 1946, the war is over, and Look magazine asks people what they want. to buy....
August 13, 2019
Missed opportunity
Consider the case of C. B. Moore, Optometrist. WHY did he not take the GOLDEN opportunity...
January 9, 2018
The Bricklayer’s Excuse- True story?
Fans of novelty music have all heard “The Bricklayer’s Song”, I have always thought of it...
March 18, 2017
Don’t let a broken leg slow you down!
P.W. Berge of Reno, Nevada, was not a man to let a broken leg slow him...