"Brave had too much wipe-um to play with."

Just to be safe. Check behind the shed in the event that the microwave may gone there with its cigs. Nothing worse than a MW doing up smokes behind the shed.


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Serious for the moment. See if you can get someone knowledgeable to check all outlets for possible breaks. This may show up potential problem areas. We had a lightning bolt strike years ago in which the breakers worked like a charm, but did have to replace a lot of electronics that did not survive the jolt.

May we interest you in a battery powered Rolo chair?

Nota Bene:

I bought a retired 1967 Bell South Ford Econoline back in the good old days. Had the Starter go out when at an Arts Festival. While GF was manning the tables, I took down the Starter and brought it over to a local Car Service Station a few blocks down. After checking the information in a Ford catalog, it turned out that there were two designs for the part back in 1967. Since I was in a hurry to get back, I grabbed the one that looked like the one I had.

Ran into a problem. The solenoid housing was on the wrong side of the starter. The clam shell was in the correct orientation and location, though. I brought it back to the Service Station. When I compared it with the old one from the Econoline, we discovered that it was indeed on the opposite sides and not matching either model number listed in the Ford catalog.

After a little scraping of the outside shell of the starter, it was discovered that my "original" starter was made for American Motors (!) vehicles. I learned later that when vehicles were ordered for the fleets, they were built with the lowest costing materials in bulk. For my particular model, the solenoids and housing were moved to and installed on opposite sides.

The solution to my problem back then was to replace the brushes in the starter and put it back together. Then replaced into my van where it worked perfectly for the next 200,000 miles I put on it.

So, "same ole, same ole." (depending on how you pronounce the words.)



I still tip my hat to the old Elm Tree Shade mechanic that day who was able to replace the brushes just like a Magician on stage.

Those bicycle bars make wonderful antennas.



Great "capture", as per usual.

I had a paper route when I was in 6th grade that took in six city blocks. A lot of three story buildings with back porches. I pushed the box cart with my papers for the route as I rolled up the papers, sometimes still warm from the presses. One of my supervisors taught me how to throw the papers up three stories as to land them close to the doors of the customers. And took me a little while but I built up the arm and accuracy working the route. I was able to target the paper with great accuracy. Two perks of the route. One bakery in the start of the march and the second bakery at the end leg. Got freshly baked items to munch on at both places. After some sixty years I still can taste them. When I was in my thirties, I had a paper route that I used my car to deliver my papers. Got a complaint about being able to do the route in record times. I used my legs to keep the steering wheel steady while folding and bagging the papers, then tossing them out the front windows right and left. The lessons learned at my first paper route stayed with me.

I'll have to bring along my big coffee cup and sit a spell.

With this talk, I was reminded of an old joke. "Why do you keep stretching out your arms further when you talk about the fish that got away from you?" "No one has caught it yet."

Often imaginary numbers are used to indicate the imaginary number when an finite number is useless. We still have not reach Dennis the Menace's "Gadzillion".

There is that old dictum that states "we are what we eat". I posit that it is also true in "what we do molds us as well".

Photography is a tool of expression that can be used in many ways to exemplify our view and our vision of the universe around us. Us, included.

I enjoy viewing your works.

Psst, it is in reality about the side-hustle of many phon----photographering equipment.


New word to replace "Ciao" and "Aloha" : "Smile".

Although, it is worse when finding something, wondering if it was what you were looking for in the first place. (I confess to having moments of panic at that moment.)

I do notice some slippage regarding short term memory. When I was younger, I could read a script and carry through from start to finish on stage. Now, when I am looking for information, I forget in the first couple of pages and get lost in what I am reading at the moment

"Let me get back to you on this. It will be at three in the morning. Thanks"

US Army, 1969-1974, MOS 95-bravo (as noted during term), spent a year as member of NAICP. (N as in Nuclear.)

What? Many people know how far a fully loaded trailer-truck needs to go to stop. Just look at the ones who cut back into lanes in which the semis are traveling. They cut in front of the rigs with a foot to spare.

The question I'd like to add to the pile: Why didn't the people on the ships shoot out the cables to wrap around the street lamp pole and force the ship to turn right or left. Batman does that just about in every turn. (Popeye did it a few times.)


NOTE: The above is done in a tongue in cheek.

Personal anecdote: Driving a fully loaded duece-and-a-half and pulling a water trailer up a hill in Wisconsin and having to push another truck with a company, pulling an arms trailer. The truck in front was with only half power air pressure and a inexperienced driver. Radios were used for communication, fortunately part of equipment we traveled with. Had to push our way uphill to reach a flat place. Granted it was not equivalent to the ship issue, but it exemplified how bad situations can happen. If it was not for me being there, they would have gone over the side and down the hill.

Great alignment of the horizontal lines. And a great shot overall.

I feel that the shot would have a stronger impact by cropping the right side past the lighted area in the next room. There several strong stories that other cropping can present. One would have the surfboard and the figure alone, left upper corner of the posted shot.

Again, great work.

Stephan G

At our advanced age, that is slipping by rather fast, too.