ChrisBcritter

Fun with old packaging (had to add to it so it would fit in around here )

Explanation for shock absorbers glued to grille goes like this: well, I was seven.

ham radio operators

I'll admit to making a contribution to that genre of humor; I had a license plate frame made for my '72 Chevelle Super Sport that read "NICE PIECE OF SS"!

from the Gatekeeper

Found at an estate sale on Friday: Six out of seven ain't bad, and they're still liquid inside. Neat display. Unfortunately, the vintage AMT Trophy Series kit carton they had in their photos was gone when I got there: I did make a lucky find there: a big box of slides that include about a dozen shots taken at the San Fernando drag strip circa 1960.

Sister Mary Elephant

Cottontail's got three rabbit siblings: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Peter.

"Useless" was an odd thing to see on an instant coffee jar lid, so I looked again and realized it said "Use Less".

Chicago Cubs 0

Aw, man - the old "JoHan wheelcover" problem.

Ladies of the sweet cream variety, forward march!

Interdigitation; is that how the little boy in Holland stopped the dike from leaking?

California Kid's kid.

Signal 30 (1959) was the first of these, followed by Mechanized Death and Wheels of Tragedy. Red Asphalt was the California Highway Patrol's take, followed by four sequels.

One from 1983 with my '62 Imperial: With my Aztec dance group in Lincoln Heights, L.A. 1987 (the friend to my left passed away about a week ago): And over last Christmas/New Year's week, Laguna Beach, CA:

with candy stripers

otherwise called "suckers"

dry them off

robin's egg blue

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Get-off-my-lawn clickbait from Facebook: Me being a smartass:

All you have to do is take a drill and spin the odometer back.

Mind your Ps and Qs, especially when writing words like "quadruped" and "applique".