Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[gtmalone]

Text exchange with my sister last night:

me- storm's a comin' Ma
sis- I know Pa. Gonna get a 1000 inches of ice
me- that ain't much. I remember the great storm of '03 when we got about ten thousand
sis- I remember that was when our cows froze right in the pasture
me- Yep

 

[beans-on-toast]

Want an old phone or parts?


Oldphoneworks

 

[StereoPlayer]

I can't even seem to give away my old phones...

 

[beans-on-toast]

I can't even seem to give away my old phones...

Their prices are well up there. Years ago new old stock was under $20. I was looking for a five bar magneto.

 

[GonePlaid]

Want an old phone or parts?


Oldphoneworks

I have an old phone:

 

[GwenOnBass]

I have an old phone:

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I read about a time traveler from 2058 in search of one of these to counter a dumbphone revolution. He beamed into a White Castle in Paramus, New Jersey by mistake. Do let us know if you see him. It's probably important.

 

[StereoPlayer]

Wax on...wax off.
Power buff.
I've been wanting to do the fiberglass shower a long time. Tough work for old back, knee and arms. Ugh.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Wax on...wax off.
Power buff.
I've been wanting to do the fiberglass shower a long time. Tough work for old back, knee and arms. Ugh.

There's always an acid wash and then a refinishing product.

 

[gtmalone]

MeTV started running the original Mission: Impossible series a couple of months ago. I had forgotten how good they were especially making the story line clear with very little dialog. Attention to detail is good, the scenarios are plausible, and Barbara Bain is easy on the eyes.

They did stretch a little the other day. Stolen gold was removed from a vault by drilling a large hole up through the floor then inserting a heating element that unfolded to melt the gold. The melted gold ran through the hole and they collected it using some sort of hose/device to put it into molds. Yeah, okay. They stuck another device into the vault to spray gray paint to cover up evidence of the melted gold for when the corrupt gov official came to the vault.

 

[gtmalone]

Wax on...wax off.
Power buff.
I've been wanting to do the fiberglass shower a long time. Tough work for old back, knee and arms. Ugh.

We've reached a time in our lives where something might be within our ability but not within our desire to do it.

 

[StereoPlayer]

We've reached a time in our lives where something might be within our ability but not within our desire to do it.

But I seem to have more time now...

 

[GwenOnBass]

MeTV started running the original Mission: Impossible series a couple of months ago. I had forgotten how good they were especially making the story line clear with very little dialog. Attention to detail is good, the scenarios are plausible, and Barbara Bain is easy on the eyes.

They did stretch a little the other day. Stolen gold was removed from a vault by drilling a large hole up through the floor then inserting a heating element that unfolded to melt the gold. The melted gold ran through the hole and they collected it using some sort of hose/device to put it into molds. Yeah, okay. They stuck another device into the vault to spray gray paint to cover up evidence of the melted gold for when the corrupt gov official came to the vault.

My esteemed colleague is known to All Of Us ™ as "Mr. Phelps". There are few who walk this earth with greater knowledge of applied guerilla typography — Mr. Phelps taught All Of Us ™ how to get in on a site on Monday

and out clean on our Friday afternoon flight home

 

[GonePlaid]

I read about a time traveler from 2058 in search of one of these to counter a dumbphone revolution. He beamed into a White Castle in Paramus, New Jersey by mistake. Do let us know if you see him. It's probably important.

See? He shoulda gone to the Krispy Kreme.

 

[GonePlaid]

We've reached a time in our lives where something might be within our ability but not within our desire to do it.

Or t'other way 'round.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I read about a time traveler from 2058 in search of one of these to counter a dumbphone revolution. He beamed into a White Castle...

That doesn't sound so bad.

So long as the crapper works.

 

[the harp unstrung]

MeTV started running the original Mission: Impossible series a couple of months ago. I had forgotten how good they were especially making the story line clear with very little dialog. Attention to detail is good, the scenarios are plausible, and Barbara Bain is easy on the eyes.

They did stretch a little the other day. Stolen gold was removed from a vault by drilling a large hole up through the floor then inserting a heating element that unfolded to melt the gold. The melted gold ran through the hole and they collected it using some sort of hose/device to put it into molds. Yeah, okay. They stuck another device into the vault to spray gray paint to cover up evidence of the melted gold for when the corrupt gov official came to the vault.

...of course they did!


Martin Landau (R.I.P.) was a helluvan actor.
He Killed It on a Twilight Zone ( waaay pre-MI) episode I watched recently.

 

[the harp unstrung]

 

[gtmalone]

A little tune to relax by:

 

[ahc]

To which my retort would be:

 

[beans-on-toast]

That doesn't sound so bad.

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I built a Ravensburger puzzle with that top castle in the scene.