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.
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Ground mail
MAILBOX BLASTED So that’s what that noise was! Somebody on the next block blasted this mailbox to smithereens while celebrating our country! I thought it would be funny to put an election ballot in what’s left of the mailbox part, but I plan to cast my vote, and I don’t want to give the mailman…
What would TSA think of this portable Zenith?
This portable (luggable?) Zenith radio featured a proprietary antenna that flipped out from the radio to pull in stronger or more distant am radio signals. When stowed, it looked like a small, elegant suitcase. I have a https://neverjethot.com/blog/2019/02/25/happy-to-be-playing-again/ Zenith Transoceanic, which pulls in shortwave bands as well. It has a provision to run on batteries…
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 me so amused in my younger days, I think I bought it at a garage sale so it’s probably even older than that. Released in 1993, I was 33? So…
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, but it’s in my shop. it might come in handy someday. This dad on YouTube sure was happy to find a use for something from his…
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 in the hot sun, wearing suits. WAIT that guy in the foreground, he took off his tie! What a slob!
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 years ago, and except for the time Teresa knocked a box of bathroom junk from the shelf above into the gaping maw, it has worked flawlessly. The trick…
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 forgot the (paper mache?) colorful parrots we got at a yard sale so many years ago. The idea was to put in some jungle background sounds, and lots…
Too hot to haggle
We went to the annual “Junk in the trunk” municipal swap meet. It was pretty hot out. I probably would have brought home more crap if they put price tags on stuff, but in general I think the prices were high. Teresa found I don’t know what all. I did get the card game “Florida…