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  1. Bugguy

    Essentials for the kitchen

    As I grew up, my family always had a bread box in the kitchen. However, only my grandmother in rural Wisconsin had a match dispenser, and only with the strike-anywhere wood matches. When the cousins were really being cool, we'd strike the matches on the zipper of our pants... tough guys. What...
  2. Bugguy

    Restaurantware in the modern home?

    We've been following the 'buy what you like and enjoy' approach for several years. As noted there are plenty of examples of green-stripe dinnerware. We have been collecting the style pictured below and exclusively the Homer Laughlin product (https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/474). We have...
  3. Bugguy

    Summertime then and now ...

    Three thoughts on this thread... 1st.: Play is an essential part of human socialization. 2nd.: The original mission of the Chicago Boys Clubs was to "provide our good kids with and alternative to the street". Unfortunately that devolved into "let's rehabilitate the gang-bangers" and we lost...
  4. Bugguy

    The Collectors Dilemma

    I'd wear the 1967 NOS... in my opinion they're not collectable "in the original box" like matchbox cars or beanie babies. where "pristine" is what counts. Frankly, who cares about mint boots - there are probably more out there in a crate somewhere. For a collector the value is in the story...
  5. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Yet another spin on AKC dock diving. Air Retrieve... Lure is suspended 2' above the dock and it's further back after each successful grab. The top tier is 21'. Ruby is grabbing it at 19'. I love the flat out form. I never knew this type of competition existed. Sure beats primping and running...
  7. Bugguy

    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    Mid-70's I started out with a Motorola Pageboy II - tone only beeper. I'd get paged out of a movie theater and thought I was pretty hot stuff. My work partner had one of the first mobile phones in his car. It was a radio phone and you had to connect through the mobile operator - like a ship at...
  8. Bugguy

    WW2 Tours

    I'll be visiting the Netherlands in November to meet up with Grateful Generation Tours (https://www.gratefulgenerationtours.nl/ to visit the site of operation Market Garden. My father landed there via glider and fought to liberate the town where this group is based. His uniform and various...
  9. Bugguy

    The shed got a new roof

    I'm also banned from ladders... several years ago I was wiping down a wood-paneled wall with Liquid Gold and was overcome with the fumes. I smashed by zygomatic arch - a.k.a. cheek bone. At least my eye stayed where it belongs. At this point I'm getting too old to heal and can't afford broken...
  10. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Ruby ended the 100 yqrd dash season with a >28 mph run. She broke into the top 100 fastest in the US AKC trials. Not bad for her 1st year! Summer's here and the latest competition is "dock diving". A 35" running start to how far she can leap into a pool. She skipped over beginner and master...
  11. Bugguy

    DAISY BB's

    I think I still have a CO2 powered pistol that shoots BBs.... or my son-in-law has it. Crossman. Growing up we always has Daisy pump-action rifles. The cylinder would screw in and take maybe 50 BBs.
  13. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Ruby... mostly Australian Cattle Dog. She's evolving as a tracker and speedster - if chasing a lure counts. She ran a 7.74 sec 100 yds last weekend. This week it was 7.57 sec (27.04 mph). Personal Best! They get 2 runs per day at this AKC sanctioned event. For her breed (mixed) - All American...
  14. Bugguy

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    From what I've been told, Australian camels have been captured and shipped to Saudi Arabia. Apparently they're healthier than the native ones. About 20 years ago I spent several weeks touring central Australia solo in a camper. On a backroad outside Alice Springs I almost ran down these guys...
  15. Bugguy

    Your most historically interesting militaria

    Thinking back to my high school days in Chicago, I wanted to try cross-country skiing. The only way I could afford gear was to buy army surplus from an outlet. I had a full set of WWII US 10th Mountain Division skis, boots, gloves, etc. While X-country gear was narrow, light and had sleek boots...
  16. Bugguy

    What Are You Reading

    How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea by Tristan Gooley He uses puddles and rivers as a proxy for lakes and ocean. I'm hoping I can pick up some tricks for 'reading' trout streams.
  17. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Born to fetch... outstanding eye-mouth coordination plus agility. Tomorrow she starts 'tracking" classes. She's being groomed as a 'cadaver search dog' per my daughter. I think with a keg around her neck, she could look for me when I go missing when lawn cutting.
  19. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Embarrassment., humiliation... What did D-Day say in Delta House (Animal House)? "Don't get mad. Get even." Doxies carry a grudge. Check inside your shoes in the morning.
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    Loungers' Pets

  21. Bugguy

    Loungers' Pets

    Mixed breed shelter puppy. DNA screen has her ~75% Australian Cattle Dog. She lives to fetch... anything, anytime, anywhere. She doesn't need the life jacket, but the river was pretty swift and she was curious about the rocks midstream. Brevard, North Carolina
  22. Bugguy

    Let's See Your Home Bar!

    We're in the process of moving, so the bar is not stocked. Mirror on top with stirrers and olive picks. There's also an orange light in the top. Not great condition, but as picked up at an antique store in Huntsville, AL.
  23. Bugguy

    Who got the oldest computer-contest! ;-)

    This topic got me thinking - a dangerous proposition. I bought my first computer (sort of) in 1974. Actually, I was a hospital radiology administrator and bought one of the first CT (CAT) scanners. It was developed by Electrical and Musical Industry (EMI) and ran on a 'Data General' main...

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