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Post by Dallas Landers » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:37 pm

Right you are Rich. Who could forget the sales slogan " Hay, its whats for supper"


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Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:01 pm

A lot of people felt that way. Not just the Pythagorians.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:18 am

And speaking of Pythagorians, .... Giorgies Marquette left his homeland during the
siege and famine, hiding out in neighboring Lesbia for a couple years, before emigrating
to the Chugwater area through the Tilford Tunnel. Marvin Perkins, taking a break from
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and Perkin's lack of checking for correct spelling, created the sign we all know today.

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Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Jun 06, 2020 10:36 am

Ahhh, the stories of that store. How great to see that photo with Hennessy's new bicycle out front.
Hennessy often delivered prescriptions for Mr. Gower, the druggist.....
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Wait a minute, that's a different story. Milton Springs Beverages bought out the old Happy Sally bottling works when they moved to Drunkard Street. Several barrels of ingredients were left over and Milton enjoyed mixing up different flavors. He quickly learned to use rubber gloves and work behind a blast shield. However along the way he came up with the most delightful array of non-alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Kackle Kola, Little Lulu, Sucker Punch, Mountain Don't and the ever favorite Dentist's pail.
At any rate the creaky wood floors and squeaky screen door were music to one's ears for generations.
The Falicson Brothers rented the upstairs room on the right. (Second Door) there they tied flies and dyed Eggs out of season.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:13 am

In the early years, Sucker Punch was made with real Wallop and had quite a
kick. After the Mansard Act made use of substances like Wallop illegal, the drink
was for flavor only. There were many reports in all the Chugwater news rags
about Sheriff Wombat coming around for surprise inspections, catching the Falicson
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Pythagorian love chants, in minor keys, no less. It was a non-stop source of scandal
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:03 pm

I still have a partial six-pack of the original Sucker Punch with "Wallop" in the basement. I'm afraid to open it as it has been eating away at the concrete a little.
I guess I need the old Floor Machine KD designed the following September. Our modern Stanley Steemer hasn't got anything on that.
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While the invention was perfected in the Wilson street facility, it blew out the floor three times while adjustments were being made. Later with some reinforcing the Adams Ave location became it's home even with the scaffolding pirates next door. A rope was strung to guide customers through the green haze to the entrance. The initial model proved a bit large for some closets so a smaller version was experimented with but didn't prove defensible. KD became side-tracked on the spiltch digester about that time so it sat on the jesting block for the duration.
I remember the story about Kristy Spadaford getting her lingerie caught in the chain drive but can't tell it here as the little ones may be listening.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:07 pm

Milton Spring emptied into Sasquatch Creek about a mile below Cuthbert’s west pasture. The Falicson boys built the flume that diverted the stream into the bottling works. Milton Wallop produced the beverage line for ten years. He never let on that the “wallop” ingredient was actually owing to his error in erecting the electrical line that supplied the bottling works on the flume supports. Birds of all species found the wires an irresistible perch, as insects were especially plentiful where the flume bordered the moss plantation. Moss workers were always careful to drink upstream of where the power line met the flume.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:59 pm

There were some interesting hoatzins that perched on that line and folks from the East used to come to Milton Springs to watch them spawn.
Most of the wood used to build the flume came from the Litchwaggle Mill north of the willows (sometimes spelt with one "g"). The boys bartered with the Litchwaggles with jackalope pelts and Sucker Punch. Close grain Kalimite as I recall. Henessey and Nimrod often played among the timbers at frothing time, sometimes getting a shock.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sun Jun 07, 2020 3:36 pm

Rich, thank you for supplying that excellent photo of the flume. It’s remarkable in that it clearly shows KD’s raceabout negotiating Sasquatch Creek on one of his excursions to photograph the migratory Opisthocomos in their spawning plumage. Balloon tires on the raceabout improved flotation. Dick is not present in the photo, presumably Cuthbert took it.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:18 pm

I believe you are right about the Racabout. It looks a bit like it.

Sebastian returned from Vehicle Storage in the basement with this photo. It may have some relevance.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:57 pm

Kristy Spadaford favored yellow pantaloons. It’s documented in the archives. Very relevant !
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:28 pm

Many area childhoods were well peppered with memories of riding the flume.
Locals found it much easier to ride down than up, though no one knew why.
What WAS known, was that the linoleum purifier was what made the green haze,
and is still prized by both collectors and specialists alike. Includes Indians too !
Parsnip Jones taught me how to make it when I was just a kid. Got a hot batch
brewing up right now, in fact. By not using the guide rope, you can have a lot
of fun with those unfamiliar with the bonding stirrups. Everyone has a laugh in
the end, but many end up needing new shoes, on account of the sticky stuff.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:07 pm

And the sticky stuff may well be what the bucket on the right was for. How well I remember riding the plumes in our neighborhood although I do miss Felix.

Snickley found this in the "Sketches on a Napkin" repository after reading the other day's memo.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Mon Jun 08, 2020 4:55 pm

The sketches on napkins file is probably the largest single collection of documents in the archives. No doubt this is one of KD’s concept sketches for the floor sanitizer. The notation, “tuna on rye, no mayo” dates it to the first edition when KD was allergic to mayonnaise.

Meanwhile, Snickley located Heinrich behind the fourteenth bale of napkins from the top. He was embarrassed to say Heinrich was wearing the yellow pantaloons. I’m pretty sure it’s just an optical illusion though. Lighting in the basement is rather poor.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:33 pm

You are right as usual. Here is a photo of him hiding.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:06 am

The hall is remarkably clear of green haze, don't you think ?
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Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:57 am

Yes, partially due to the recipricators installed in November. There was just a touch of avocado.

I just wanted to point out before I go to sleep and loose the thought that what the sketch on the napkin did not show was the fine line between the condescending and non-condensing aptitude of the evaporator core.

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Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:17 am

Rich, that lapse is most likely due to the note “meet Lulu at 10:30”. Obviously KD drew the sketch before that meeting. Lulu was well known for her condensing aptitude, no doubt inspiring the later improvements he made to the design.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:51 pm

In KD's note, he stated that it was an unexpected result to find condescending milk,
based on the settings of the evaporator core, as opposed to the condensed milk normally
seen. The napkin sketch collection is noted amongst historians worldwide for having
many fine lines going unseen. The Vermiculum Society did a bi-yearly audit to try and
get a better handle on why, but no conclusions could ever be solidly proven in fact.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:54 pm

I'm sure someone could write a book about Lulu if they haven't already.

The precipitation on the evaporator core was simply the milk of human kindness. Beloved by all the Three Corner area was indebted, in awe of and almost bewitched by Kalamity Dick although not all three at the same time. Often one or two or even in fractional combinations. Mixed with malted barley, wheat flour and fresh strawberries it made a wonderful bedtime nightcap. KD always slept well and even the mechanical demons he dremt of didn't bother him that much.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:07 pm

Not exactly a book, but “Lulu” (not her real name) was featured in a special issue of “Precision Machining and Ox Shoeing Journal”. An article by Binford Stroschlap titled “Oiled Doves” covered several of the Tri-Burg ladies who were employed in various capacities developing improved machinery of all types for the basin’s diverse industries. See the glossary if you’re interested.
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Post by perry kete » Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:33 am

I also believe that "Lulu" was once the centerfold for the "Better Farms and Barns" magazine and a cover girl for "Mechanics Monthly"
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Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:33 am

The “Better Farms & Barns” centerfold was the cause of much salacious gossip in the Basin when it appeared. It’s possible those yellow pantaloons found in the Institute’s basement may be the originals. I wish Heinrich would put them back. They really need to be examined for authenticity.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:40 am

LuLu's close association with Grunda Fulpants goes back to childhood. Both received
their addocation while attending Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow and went on to form
the Uvula League and build the Home for Unwed Police Detectives. It was her idea to
purify the linoleum and the resultant green haze is entirely to her credit.

Remember the radio ads, .... "Big LuLu's like you. She's on meds too !" ? Classic !
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Post by Rich Eagle » Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:39 pm

Well, I guess we've all heard the stories about Lulu and nearly all are true. However she was a a blessing when Aunt Finigradd had her vanadium spells. Waiting on her day and night with cold lotions and rubefacient liniments.
Wonderful thoughts but I need to get back to the workbench.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:19 am

Doubtful that anyone outside the Chugwater Basin knew that the scenes from
Man Without Burlap, of character "Charmane" waiting on "Aunt Mildred" were
direct and accurate depictions of Lulu and Aunt Finigradd, but Chugwater area
residents enjoyed the local lore being put up on the big screen. The rubefacient
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:52 am

And speaking of effervescent sponges and drip rings, ... who amongst us hasn't ?
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Post by Rich Eagle » Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:49 am

Well I did not know that even after reading the screenplay and two comprehensive books about the movie by Skippy himself. KD was living in Ernie's basement about that same time so his equipment would have been available. Much of it was strained through one of the model G Holley's shown.
Lulu had a cousin James who new lived in Dearborn and knew James Cousin's cousins Philbert and Louis, for anyone keeping score. As far as we know, no songs were written regarding either.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:00 pm

Not to digress, but subscribers to this topic will want to know that with just a month less one day until the annual St. Swithin’s Day Celebration, preparations are progressing apace. Bartholomew has brought the floor sanitizer up from the basement to purify the Institute’s foyer for the opening dedication, and Heinrich has promised to leave the yellow pantaloons in the forensic lab until Dr. Gutterberg arrives from Leipzig. Does anyone know if three cases of Happy Sally will be enough for the opening reception on Wednesday evening ? Hildegarde plans on baking six dozen canapés.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:08 pm

Good questions. Ask her not to bake the yellow pantaloons. The dedication will be at 5:30 followed by Happy Hour (3 HRS.) At Ernie's.
Problems at the alphabet mine were noted in the minutes and this photo was offered. Complaints about the F and G's or at least that's what it sounded like. The complete notes from that and the following two months are being sanitized as we speak, or tweeted, posted and emailed in this case.
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I'm reminded that track 4 was temporarily re-routed for the indecent against the switch-man's wishes. Dinwiddiel Frapforth if memory serves.

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Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:31 pm

Thanks Rich. I just tripled the order. After all, it keeps.

Interesting, KD’s raceabout shows in this photo of the alphabet mine, the adit where the richest vein of “Gs” played out just before the regatta in ‘23. Minors referred to it as the “G-string”. Most had their mouths washed out with lye soap, but for the Frapworth indecent. Once again, the yellow pantaloons were implicated. More research is indicated. KD was fond of yellow, although the raceabout was freshly painted maroon with black fenders. (See photo)
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Post by Rich Eagle » Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:51 pm

The photos really do show off that maroon color. (See photo) The raceabout took quite a beating scurrying from the Mine to the Mill to the cannery and back to the shop. KD stayed busy tuning and revamping all the modifications to equipment in the valley. Here we see him pushing Archiabld's wagon through the mud. As I recall he also had to tow the steam powered excavator out of the muck.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:40 pm

So much of the heavy work in the Basin would have been real slow drudgery without KD’s helpful know-how. Owing to the wizardry of his mechanical genius, every workday in the Tri-Burgs was practically a fun-fest. Workers in all trades looked forward to each 12 hour day with happy anticipation. Here we see how he was able to push Archiabald’s wagon with an inch and a quarter hemp rope. The advantage is obvious in the photo. Workmen were always awed at the impressive traction of the raceabout under grueling conditions.

Interesting side note, longtime readers of this topic may recall the treadmill device powered by Cuthbert’s zebra dun mule. Archiabald’s wagon became the running gear for that invention after “Ol’ Arch” lost it to Dick in a poker game.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:19 am

Funny that the push rope would come up, as it is the cover and featured story/
article in this month's German edition of Engineering Feats & Traction Utilization.
A long and comprehensive piece. It was interesting to note that early trials used
spaghetti pasta, and that all participants wore only yellow pantaloons.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:28 pm

Thanks for bringing that up, Burger. It’s often amusing to compare the advances and lapses in technology between here and Europe. The article made no mention of KD nor of the extensive use of push ropes in the Tri-Burgs over a century ago. Oh well. I understand yellow breeches were uniform in the Italian army at one time in the pasta. Uh, I mean, past.
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Post by Dallas Landers » Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:29 pm

KD used pushropes in the runabout engine as a mechanical study but his conclusion was that the timing for them was just not right. Looking through some files now for photos. The only file found was in the gas tank?

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The push ropes were also vital in getting the big air ships up where they could fly. While the spaghetti pasta was much stronger it did tend to give the "Ropers" heartburn. The hemp soon won out. The larger problem was getting the rope to flex for the pirates, cowboys and some of the bad guys. Apparently the stiffness was a drawback.
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The gas tanks in the files and the files in the gas tanks were given and in depth review in the "No Fuel like an Old Fuel" column in April's issue. She often has issues but none on file.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:55 pm

Again, a remarkable photograph. Doubtless, this launching is the maiden voyage of the KD Zepplin, which took to the skies from the Squamish field at Scratchankle College on St. Swithin’s Day, 1931. You can tell from the license plate on KD’s raceabout in the foreground, and the broken bottle of Happy Sally used to christen the ship. This was after the raceabout was re-painted Brewer’s Green with black fenders.

Of interest to those who delve into the fine details and other minutae, the pigment name is misleading - like “Dutch Pink” (which is actually yellow) Brewer’s Green is a shade of maroon. The nomenclature has something to do with mold spores in the malting process, I’m told.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:58 pm

Rich, check with your magazine stand operator and ask for the uncensored edition
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Post by Rich Eagle » Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:17 pm

27 I believe not to mention the aerial photography. Thanks for the tip.
Brewer’s also offered a Lime Lavender, a Lemon Orange and an Aqua Velvet all with Black Fenders. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Perhaps the tanks were fueled at a filing station rather than a filling station by mistake.
At any rate KD was asked not to park on the grass after that session or the following one.
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If you do get a copy, be sure to study the photos of the approach and the
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Post by Herb Iffrig » Thu Jun 18, 2020 7:28 am

This makes me wonder. Did KD invent the sky hook? I remember my dad sending me to the shed to "Go get the sky hook!" I was too young and knew nothing of history. I never came back with it and am still looking for one.

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Post by Rich Eagle » Thu Jun 18, 2020 1:51 pm

That's an interesting question Herb. Heinrich looked it up and found that though KD did use and modify them from time to time they were actually invented and brought to use by the Pythagoreans in the 16th century. Kajiabunk Lauwic had attached push string to arrows to retrieve birds from flight. Using a 300 lb bow he and his brother launched one into the stratosphere where it became stuck in a cloud. Using a Smith and Waggnles #14 pulley they snaked a manila rope up to the end where it also remained stuck. Thus the faculty to secure the end of sky hooks. In 1862 Brocks and Trackler formed the largest sky hook manufacturing plant in England just North of Big Ben. Their expertise in raising the big clock each morning was invaluable.
Possibly why you couldn't find one in the shed is that they tended to get away and take the roof off. That is why they seldom are stored there and there lies the joke.
This is not to be confused with the TV show "Sky Hook" discussed on an earlier program. Again, about a civilian pilot with a hook for a hand and his niece Two-pence and their dog Scruffy. They flew the skies apprehending ner-do-wells and misfits for the prize money.
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When I got back to the office the Commodore had sent this over from the Marina. A good example of a sky-hook it is straightening the power pole prior to the Regatta.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:20 am

That is one of my favorite photos of the sky hook in action. Eustis Gumdrop
was often employed to set the rigging. His use of hand signals to the sky hook
operator were proven faster and more accurate than even the early radios,
taking him to the world championships 37 times in his 40 year career. He
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was a master in that craft as well, and taught Level 16 at the Academy for 28 years.
Both the Commodore and the Admiral were his students. Pretty impressive for
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Post by Rich Eagle » Fri Jun 19, 2020 12:25 pm

It's one of my favorites too. Eustis Gumdrop had used smoke signals earlier as you mentioned. His Sister Youvanka showed KD how he generated them by burning old tires soaked in vodka. KD often watched her kids while she worked at the helix mill..
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Post by Rich Bingham » Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:19 pm

KD loved children, and not just parboiled, as W. C. Fields used to quip. He often claimed his best ideas came from the innocent and untrammeled minds of three-year-olds. That parallel also explains his long association with Cuthbert.
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Cuthbert might not have been too bright, but he sure did have a low IQ !
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:40 am

Not sure, Herb. Is that the St. Swithin’s Day Parade in downtown Saddlestring , 1914 ?
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Jun 20, 2020 11:42 am

Similar to Saint Swithin's Day.
As the banner reveals it's the Drantoolk Quattalo parade. Fellows in sparrow costumes pull the Grand Exalted King and Queen to a feast near the tower while surrounded by followers with pointed hats holding long ribbons attached to the walding pole behind the thrown. Obviously not Chugwater but Blattsville as per the twin trolley tracks and brick street. The King carries the Queen piggy-back through lilacs to the feast of fruits, vegetables, cakes, and candies. Knurled tomatoes being the ultimate treat. While not invited, KD often showed up in a monkey suit and played the kazoo.
For more about the festival chapter #24 in "Kings, Queens and Floats pulled by Sparrows" has details. It also includes photos, with the circles and arrows and a paragraph explaining what was going on.
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Knurled tomatoes are the finest of treats.
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How is it that we are 21 pages deep in this historic documentary and this is the
first time Blattsville has been mentioned ? Who here ISN'T deeply familiar with
the road to Blattsville ? KD often mentioned it after eating soap or Indian food.
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Do you have a recipe for knurled tomatoes?
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:24 pm

Blattsville had an extremely short life. One of the Basin’s remarkable boom towns, it sprang to life shortly after Elmer Purselane’s mule accidentally kicked up a vein of pure question marks. This was at a time when the alphabet mines were yielding practically no punctuation at all, so the market was at an all time high.

Purselane’s partner, Nicodemus Blatt filed the first claims and was quick to capitalize on the rush. Within months Blattsville boasted forty saloons, fifteen houses of ill fame, a barbershop and bath house, livery stable, blacksmith shop, general store, brewery, dance hall, a Squamish court, and a population of 2,450. As self-appointed mayor, Blatt had grandiose plans for the community and invested heavily in infrastructure, including the brick-paved Main Street and twin trolley rails that were intended to link with the Chugwater Trolley line fifty miles distant. That never happened. In less than two years the vein of high grade question marks petered out to a trickle of exclamation points and a few mal-formed commas. When the mine closed, everyone left, and the buildings were either moved to Chugwater or torn down for salvage. Only the two blocks of brick paving and the trolley rails remain at the site overgrown with sagebrush once more.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:42 pm

I’m surprised to see a post to the “regular” boards titled “KD driving one of the rarest Fords on the planet - a 1905 Model B”.
Are we missing out somehow ?!? :shock:
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:55 am

Ernie's Uncle Frattsworth was born in Blattsville under the Squamish court that April the 14th. The future of the mine was questionable even then. Stories of youngsters playing around the old fraction shed tell of them returning with quarts of quotation marks. However prospectors have not been able to find anything worth putting in print.
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At one point Nicodemus ran screaming out of the nail salon next to The Terminal Cafe screaming " Interrogative Clauses are a Myth!". Later that same day he was apprehended by verbiage vigilantes and shook out to dry. He had invested his entire worth in phonetic characters and some of them double crossed him.
If you remember Grimlie's theater on Bladletter Ave. (no. 626 I believe) it had previously been the pencil brewery in Blattsville.
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Was anyone ever able to solve the mystery of the dangling participle ?
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Long time readers will remember this photo of a guard dog guarding a tomato, prior to knurling.
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In Montana where the sky was too big for sky hooks this derrick was constructed along Hebgen Lake to dangle participles as bait at the Pragmatics pits. As radio developed they were replaced by electronic columns. again part of the Eustis Gumdrop plan.
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As for the tomatoes, knurlers were brought to the 3-corners area first by wagon train and latter by rail or cable. Pomfret Connecticut had developed the process and many in the trade heard stories about the Keebeling and Nabisakaing possibilities out West. By adding the different blades to the Gilderfluke dicing head one could knurl a variety of patterns either concave or convex seasoning to suit.
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The origins of the phrase "Climbing the corporate ladder" were traced to
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the original. What, with electronic columns, how could they ? That too, was
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Meanwhile, back in Chugwater, a garbled telegram from Hebgen had sanitation engineers climbing the “corpro-ladder” [sic] descending into several of the Basin’s septic tanks looking for salvageable participles that had been inadvertently flushed. The poker term was not lost on regulars down at Ernie’s Saloon whose luck had been, to use a colloquialism, “in the crapper”.
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Indian food, soap, or not, many of the day referred to the basement quarters
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Post by Rich Bingham » Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:18 pm

Perfectly understandable, Burger. The Loop Saloon in Blattsville was a popular watering hole in its day, in spite of the fact no water was ever served there. It was remarkable for having a basement (easily seen in the photograph) in an era when most saloons were on the level.
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As a safety item I will remind everyone not to stand on a barrel of Happy Sally. Likely the barrel in the photo is some inferior brand as the Loop did not have a following of serious Happy Sally fans. Blattsville was more of a MacHickerly crowd. So no harm done. In 1924 Melvis Shinderwickle was trying to reach the spittoon flannel on the top shelf. Stepping onto a full and anxious barrel of the mixture produced enough pressure to set if off. Melvis and the barrel head crashed through the roof and nobody heard from him until the Calhouns returned form the convention in Laramie. They had seen him standing in the filbring pond in Deblow. He appeared in a daze and didn't recognize them. A crew of rescuers fetched him back but he never could eat square corn again. In the meantime a busload of pruners were brought in with straws to sip up the inch or so of liquid spilt from the barrel. It became a Holiday for several years but eventually was over shadowed by the Regatta. Also, what did soak into the floor gave it a permanent rise so the pool table tilted to the South. More reason to the claim "most saloons were on the level" as Rich stated.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wondered why this square corn topic was always such a
contentious ballot issue at every election. It wasn't until I got older that I learned
the Calhoun County voters have been squabbling over this since 1901, when Juan
Deere invented the square hay baler, and the idea naturally spread to corn. However
one falls out on the argument, few are not passionately posited one way or the other.
KD loved corn, square or not, and refused to get sucked into the politics of it all.

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Post by Rich Eagle » Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:21 am

Of course Chastworth O. Larkvonnet led the campaign for the corn. He claimed that square corn and knurled tomatoes were what made life worth living. He also had the funds to do it with owing to the family fortune from the dribbling mill.
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"The pungent kernels on the corners were out of this world."
Then again Chatsworth had never been blown through the roof on a barrel head either. Melvis claimed that had it's own rewards.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:07 pm

The Larkvonnet dynasty continues to this very day. Not long ago, scions of the Larkvonnet family were busily engaged in growing square melons, a boon to shippers, but a curse for the producers of melon balls. One might say Chatsworth’s vision has become somewhat “watered down”.

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The gypsy fortune teller lady at the fair said that "Larkvonnet" means
"eater of square pancakes" to those who speak the secret alphabet. Could
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Post by Rich Eagle » Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:30 pm

There is an obvious connection Burger. Most of the locals went to Zelda May Shinderwickle for their Readings in Blattsville. She was Melvis's older Sister and took care of him in his later years. With a degree in Gazing from Cornhill she was more reliable than the transient Fair prognosticators. Subscribing to the same maledictions and attestations she spoke many of the secret alphabets and supplied vowels to clairvoyants near and far. KD became involved while re-fractrulating the crystals for her.
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It was common for the locals to get a second opinion when they could thus the "eater of square pancakes" interpretation. Chatsworth, being a madcap show-off ate triangular, pie shaped and even pancakes shaped as Alley Oop characters.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:06 pm

Curiously, the expression “out of the loop” has its origin with Zelda May. In spite of the number of loyal followers she had in the Basin, most folks realized her prognostications were inaccurate 99% of the time, when they weren’t just flat-out wrong. Her location next to The Loop Saloon led folks to refer to those who consulted her as being “out of The Loop”.

Researching the origins of words and common sayings is much easier when one has an adequate supply of vowels. My thanks to Heinrich for supplying this interesting tidbit.
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Post by perry kete » Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:40 pm

Trapezoid pie was a favorite of many of the psychic readers
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Post by Dallas Landers » Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:30 pm

Mmm trapezoid pie. In school they teach that pie are square? Zelda May would have made a great teacher, especially reading.


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Post by Burger in Spokane » Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:04 pm

We've all been subject to the pie charts, and no one read them better than Zelda Mae.
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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:27 am

I don't know about pie are being square? But the best Modesto Califunny peach cobbler were square!


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Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Jun 27, 2020 7:49 pm

Amos Zinderplaster was the town cobbler in Saddlestring for three generations. Well known for his fine craftsmanship, honesty and sterling character, back in the old days folks referred to him as a “peachy, square, cobbler”. Kalamity Dick always patronized him, and ordered several pairs of custom made square-toed boots during his career. Alas, in advanced old age, his preference for banjo music and the Lawrence Welk Show branded him as “square” by the young generation of “hep cats” growing up. By then, “square” had an unfortunate connotation.
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Post by Herb Iffrig » Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:15 pm

Was he the town square?

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Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:35 pm

Loops was 2 blocks off the town square and he never noticed.
Thanks for mentioning Amos, Rich. While not related the Family friendship goes back eons. Amphibian skins were a specialty particularly any square lissamphibia. He was famous for the square toad boots and slippers. Kibbs and Blither awarded him the Slitherdale trophy more than once as I remember.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sat Jun 27, 2020 9:59 pm

Few ever even tried to make toad slippers. The tiny amphibians made for very
small feet, and they were notorious for not sitting still during fittings. The Cobbler's
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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Sun Jun 28, 2020 4:09 am

Open toad shoes may look nice? But I always thought they were a bit squishy to wear.

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Post by perry kete » Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:34 am

It's funny you mentioned open toad slippers Burger, I had a pair and they were great when you wanted to Hop out of bed in the morning. The only downfall was keeping them hopping in unison. I don't remember how many times I did splits and hit my head on the dresser!
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Post by Dallas Landers » Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:33 am

Open toad shoes are great to break puppies from chewing on shoes! :lol:

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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 28, 2020 11:21 am

Amos might have done well with snakeskin footwear if not for the reptile dysfunction.
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Post by Dallas Landers » Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:20 pm

The snakeskin shoes were a huge hit with librarians. The quiet footwear were known as sneekers. The favorite reptile to use was the sneeky snake that was pleantiful down by the slooshing pond at the alphabet mine . Amos was a pioneer in the development but the reptile dysfunction kept him from finishing the job.


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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:54 pm

Use of the Sneeky Snake skins led directly to work with four skins, as a means of
finding a durable material that was sensitve to the wearer. They tried 2 and 3, but
with the addition of the fourth skin, they nailed it. 5 was too much.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:34 pm

Well I'm glad they pulled back.

Often on car tours the youngsters come up to me and ask why we haven't talked more about Kalamity Dick's E-carburetor.
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Most of them weren't followers when the Institute gave the presentation in the '60s. Long story short, just after the Octane shortage KD wondered the same thing. Why depend on friction in the throat to atomize the fuel. Friction causes heat which was always a problem in gasoline motors. KD went to the Society of Carbonators with his plan to use magnetic flux to fractionate the propellant with magneto current homogenized by a strato-confabulator in series with the generator field coils. Tests on the prototype showed mileage as high as 85 miles to the gallon not to mention the additional cooling benefits.
It was considered a breakthrough at the time but the automotive physicists as well as the oil companies soon claimed that the lack of thermosiphoning could stagnate the atmosphere and endanger the migratory pattern of birds of the Northwest.
While most genius back country inventors would have taken this as a setback, KD looked at it as the bottle being half empty and went on to work on the steam powered vaccum sweeper.
Wurlitzer later disguised their version as a windscreen wiper system and sold dozens of the units to Epsom Coaches making thousands in profits. KD used it in the runabout but found the tank overflowed from the abundance of gas.
If you have your schematics you can see the similarities in the staverclasp circuit of the Model 12 windsnuffers and the Gylopiggenz.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:05 pm

The use of spark at the float bowl is brilliant. The auto switch is a great idea too.
The addition of a buzzer/bell seems oddly lacking. Maybe it was the overabundance
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:12 am

Heinrich was over, pawing through the trunk of values again, and turned up this photo
that corresponds with some ongoing research, and keys in with the current discussion.
As many know, the Brooks Brothers operated a suit mill next to the Mount Stinkmore
station, on the upper Chugwater portion of the C&N line to Silver Plume. This early
photo shows the special train from points east has arrived with the special excursion
train, carrying members of the Society of Carbonators seeking suits. Zumwalt
Fourskin (no relation) has swung the depot hack into position to whisk the weary travelers
off to the Brooks Brothers Hotel, where patrons took their resort, while expert tailors
fitted them with stylish formal wear for high occasions. Amos Zinderplaster operated
his toad slipper shop there in the foyer of the hotel, with his boutique fronting Main Street.
Heinrich recently discovered that Amos also made dentures for cats. He also stated that
the far-reaching effects of the octane shortage were a result of the decline at Blattsville
and the instability in the punctuation supply across the region. Zumwalt was a close friend
of Amos, and ironically, it was Zumwalt's idea to use four skins to make the toad slippers
that led to such success. Zumwalt was the only person to hold the office of Mayor of all
three burgs of the Tri-Burg triumvirate, .... at different times of course. "Zum" was a
friend of KD, and the two patented a process of making motor oil out of mushroom skrid,
marketing it under the name "Oilzum".

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Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:53 pm

Arlie Mixvinue's Grandson sent me this photo and a page Arlie wrote that day.
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"What a crowd gathered at the depot for the Carbonators suit train today. Most of Chugwater and a good share of the bridge dwellers from Blattsville turned out. The Convolution Band slid in from Deblow and played "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" and 3 other popular pieces. Slim Chowder gave a speech on raising Quiddles without twine and Pauline danced in the Elk outfit. A buffet was set up on the loading platform after the bails of Tweed had been delivered. Nadeen Pliffraffle made 3 Rodentia Pies without labels. Society Deputy asked me for the recipe as the members had eaten most of them even before the benediction. Other than the Studebaker catching fire the welcome went off without incident."
Arlie made no mention of the suit fitting being postponed due to food poisoning. Apparently the Sweeney's hadn't dissipated before the pies were served.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:11 pm

Arlie failed to reference the fact that KD was not only in attendance (note his raceabout in the lower left-hand corner of the above photo) but was on the program to deliver a dissertation on his latest discoveries in methods to de-flocculate the effervescence emanating from the spasmodle screen on the late model bi-strismic kaphistulators. Probably because Dick was last on the program, and Arlie, along with the crowd, had vacated the station platform and were eagerly consuming large wedges of Rodentia pie at the buffet.

KD, ever dependable and true to his word, delivered his speech in spite of the lack of an audience. It was their loss anyway. Only Cuthbert Maddox remained on the platform to hear his talk. When it was finished, the buffet had been cleared away, so the two friends repaired to Ernie’s for some rhubarb strudel and a flagon or two of Happy Sally. It was just as well, the pair thus avoided the spate of food poisoning that had overtaken the welcoming crowd.

PS: Cuthbert didn’t understand a thing KD was talking about, but applauded enthusiastically anyway. He was like that.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:55 pm

The way I heard it KD got bored giving the speech and went off on a tangent about trimming festabule leaves.

I was reminded by Harriet that Needles Vostrackkert, standing in puddle, worked for the Brooks Bros. about that time. A whiz at stitching up sack suits brought him there from Klappersburg. Double breasted with 3 buttons in cranberry wool or mohair were his favorite but he could whip out a taffeta Edwardian Tunic if needed.
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An ear infection after attending a Fittsellwitz concert actually improved his stitch speed to where he could outstitch a Willcox & Gibbs No.325 in 15 minutes. By then the needle was too hot to handle. A tub of Happy Sally was on hand to cool the needle and then the competition was on. This embodiment of rivalry kept suits production ahead of schedule and customers happy. By shift's end Vostrackkert was a little tipsy and they rolled him down the hill to his chamber. Life was good and on Sundays he would ride his unicycle to the attenuating ponds for rejuvenation.
Folks today are so caught up in the flaigans and parchmouths to appreciate how wonderful life was back in those pre-strapulating days.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:05 am

The Brooks Brothers Suit Express left Wood's Hole, Massachusetts every 3rd Thursday
without an "R" at noon, and highballed for Chugwater, arriving 3 days later. Eastern
high society often forewent winters on the Riviera for the opportunity to book a berth
on the Brooks Brothers Suit Express. Emil Cornswoggler was credited with the idea,
when he suggested to a group assembled at Ernie's, that a special train might be chartered
from an exclusive location back east, creating the illusion that Chugwater, and Mount
Stinkmore were upscale and exotic tourist destinations. Timing being what it is, Brooks
Brothers opened shop, with Amos' toad slipper boutique in the lobby, and the rest is
history. The whole experience is still known to eastern "society" types as "Time well
spent on the Chugwater Riviera".

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Post by Rich Eagle » Wed Jul 01, 2020 11:42 am

Looks like the 768 right on time. The Society's Quartermaster and Senior Quizitor was a man named Nathicklwood Hoskinz. Seated here with the curl in seat #23 and his usual smile. He and KD became fast friend's and was particularly endeared to the Valley by his Decimal Point collection.
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Many in his collection had been certified as uncirculated. The Hieroglyph Association sought his help separating some errant periods form their mix at the Bureau.
On long walks in the hills he and Dick and sometimes little Bozo would count the geraniums and collect paraffin. If lucky they might spot a camenplock prancing through the moss.
Back in Wood's Hole his Sister drew maps of the magnesium orchards for the disinfected. The Family had always supported bi-flasmic prapulators.
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Post by Rich Bingham » Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:47 pm

Always enlightening to read a sketch on the lives and careers of KD’s friends and associates. Nathicklwood Hoskinz’s decimal collection is the centerpiece of the punctuation display at the Institute. We are indebted to his scholarship for the modern system of distinguishing periods from decimal points. The uncirculated items are especially helpful to the process.

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Post by Herb Iffrig » Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:10 pm

I found some evidence of KD experimenting with the skyhook idea we talked about earlier..
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It seems he didn't get too far with due to the gravity of the situation.

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Post by Rich Eagle » Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:27 pm

It turns out the easiest way to tell the decimal from the period is the rotation. One is apparently counterclockwise.
In the photo KD was making a clean sweep of the sky-hook situation and business was bristling. With both belt and suspenders he assumed he would not get caught with his pants down. There is a reference to "Plum Bob Square Pants" there but I can't quite read it.
You may recall KD trying to replicate Sir Issac Newton's experiment and the apple fell up.
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Post by Burger in Spokane » Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:33 pm

Besides the clock-oriented rotational difference, the decimal point has a front-to-rear
rotation that is .375º magnetic left, from a comparable period as well. Many over look
this and get it wrong. Mrs. Maydwell's entire class missed this question in 1937 and had
take the course over. Speaking of Miss Maydwell, not much has changed over the past
100 years around the old school where she taught. Even the old hand cranked drawbridge
sees daily use, as the moss schooners pass, on their way to the mill. Things get especially
busy during the Regatta, when the parade goes by. The road to Mount Stinkmore was paved
with good intentions in 1950. Otherwise, the place pretty much looks the same ! And who
doesn't enjoy a sack full of those hard licorice "police button" candies they sell at the tent
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Post by Dallas Landers » Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:16 am

Ironic that its a photo of a drawbridge? I guess the iron makes it ironic.

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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:48 am

Ironic too that the sketch drawn on a napkin was found on this date (July 5th) in Mrs. Maydwell's 5th grade satchel by Johnny Klipenstrudel when she was out supervising recess. It shows how the finselwizlrer draw-bar was a drawback from the beginning.
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".375º magnetic left" North of the equator for our friends in Deblow.
Also appropriate is that good intentions spaced alternately with licorice candies on a bone china saucer around a cup of Ayurvedic tea is one great treat to celebrate ST. Swithin's Day. If you don't have the "police buttons" daisies will do.
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