Topic: MOTHBALLS (Read 6508 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #60 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:39:13 PM »

There.

There now.

bk · « **Reply #61 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:56:58 PM »

I went back to bed at ten-thirty, just stayed there and I guess I snoozed on and off for two and a half hours almost. Guess that was a good thing to do. I'm groggy and stuffed up but I think all that sleep was helpful. I'll go eat something in thirty minutes or so.

FJL · « **Reply #62 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:57:14 PM »

So glad it's not the end of the world.

FJL · « **Reply #63 on:** November 30, 2015, 12:58:26 PM »

"I feel groggy and stuffed up" - sounds like the beginning of an alternate version of "But Alive"

FJL · « **Reply #64 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:00:02 PM »

bk - Do you know, is Genealley on Talkin Broadway the same person who used to go by the name "Danny"?

FJL · « **Reply #65 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:00:44 PM »

or if anyone else knows, please chime in.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #66 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:06:15 PM »

I'll chime in - but I don't know.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #67 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:07:20 PM »

DR CHAS SMITH many decades ago my grandmother had an aluminum tree with a color wheel which was most entertaining to watch.

At that time we also learned that it could be hazardous to pets especially felines.

AND that you could NOT add lights to the tree.

FJL · « **Reply #68 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:11:54 PM »

Quote from: Jrand65 on November 30, 2015, 01:06:15 PM

I'll chime in - but I don't know.

Thanks.

bk · « **Reply #69 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:18:58 PM »

I think Genealley was around when Danny was around? But I can't say for sure - why?

bk · « **Reply #70 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:19:59 PM »

Not sure how I'm feeling yet. Will go have some chicken soup, get unstuffed and then I'll have a better idea. And of course I'll keep doing the Sambucol (will have to get more tomorrow) and Airborne and stuff.

John G. · « **Reply #71 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:26:34 PM »

George, are you recording the Wiz Live! (hint, hint)?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #72 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:27:00 PM »

COLD BE NONEXISTENT vibes for BK!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #73 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:36:59 PM »

Quote from: Jrand65 on November 30, 2015, 01:07:20 PM

DR CHAS SMITH many decades ago my grandmother had an aluminum tree with a color wheel which was most entertaining to watch.

In December 1960 we had just moved from Ohio to Florida, and we'd also just moved into the house we'd be in for a while. We'd always had real trees, but given the moving circumstances and the impending visits of some of our extended family, the decision was made to keep it simple and clean and go for one of those newfangled aluminum ones. And so we did, just a four-footer or thereabouts. I think we used that for a second or maybe third Christmas before returning to real trees, and I have no idea how long my folks kept it around.

Fast forward to about 2001 when I found that vintage aluminum trees were becoming very popular, and of course pricey on eBay and such, and I just had to get one. So I finally found this one, a six-footer, for a reasonable price, and I especially loved that it was in its original shipping carton showing that the manufacturer shipped it to a Sears in -- I think -- Rochester, NY in 1961. Sadly, the box was lost to the water heater leaking a couple of years later, so it is no more. I should have kept that shipping label, but I don't remember, maybe it was damaged, too. Anyway, I loved knowing its origin and age, and still treasure the tree for that. I'd have no interest in any modern-day artificial tree, never mind all the "advances" in the technology.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #74 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:45:36 PM »

So, a year after I acquired this tree, I decided I must have a rotating base and color wheel as well, for the complete and authentic experience. I went back to eBay and got those, both of similar vintage to the tree. The base is still fine, but sadly, the motor in the color wheel seems to have died while in storage, so I'm trying to scare up another one.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #75 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:53:42 PM »

TOD

I'm pretty sure there were a few scary things. Almost certainly there was a rubber hosed something or other. I seem to have succeeded in erasing any detailed memories of same, which suits me fine.

We definitely used mothballs but I haven't been around any in years. I remember the smell, though. But that one wasn't particularly offensive to me. I don't think. Maybe I need to smell some again.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #76 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:56:00 PM »

Now that I think about it, there were probably quite a few things in bathroom cabinets or wherever that our parents used that were scary or yucky to us kids. They wouldn't even have to be something we'd find odd or weird or yucky now. It was just part of being a kid.

Jane · « **Reply #77 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:57:24 PM »

Quote from: Jrand65 on November 30, 2015, 05:22:33 AM

We are expecting temperatures in the 50's all week, so I think we can remove the threat of snow.....at least for now.

I want to return to the 50's. It is 35 degrees today.

Jane · « **Reply #78 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:59:22 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on November 30, 2015, 05:59:28 AM

Wife Sandy gets her neck X-rays this morning and sees the doctor tomorrow. If he clears her, she'll be able to drive again.

Did the doctor clear Sandy to drive? Did the surgery work?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #79 on:** November 30, 2015, 01:59:47 PM »

I've been on a 2-hour nap. I needed it.

Jane · « **Reply #80 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:00:45 PM »

Quote from: John G. on November 30, 2015, 06:36:12 AM

Nurse couldn't draw blood from one arm. Now both have been stuck. Ugh.

Do you often have that problem. I did when I was young but not in the last 20 years.

Jane · « **Reply #81 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:01:57 PM »

Quote from: Amy on November 30, 2015, 07:57:48 AM

TOD:
Okay, this wasn't something in the house, but it was a very common thing that frightened no one but me. I was afraid of those industrial strength commercial toilets in public bathrooms. They were just too loud and powerful for me when I was about five years old. I thought they were going to suck me in and wash me out to sea.

Kind of like an airplane toilet. I always worried I would fall down the open drains in the street.

Jane · « **Reply #82 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:03:02 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 30, 2015, 08:16:01 AM

I am home from seeing my ophthalmologist and i have an appointment for next March.

The trips there and back went quite well. On my way home, when I got to the bus stop on Sixth Avenue and 23rd, the driver on the No 7 saw me coming and waited for me. he was one of the nicest drivers when I was taking the bus from Toyland over the past seven years, and it was nice to see him.

It is so very good to read a nice bus experience from you

Jane · « **Reply #83 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:03:43 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on November 30, 2015, 08:19:56 AM

And if that doesn't appeal, there's this:

A pumpkin/chocolate chip/toffee muffin.

That's not for the teething infant. That's for the Mom and Dad.

I would eat it.

Jane · « **Reply #84 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:05:11 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 30, 2015, 11:03:18 AM

Speaking of trees, I got the 1961 silver one assembled yesterday and I must say it's not looking bad for its age! We should all do so well.

But we needed a trial period to see how the cats were going to deal with it, and unfortunately, leaving it in its best place which is accessible to them just ain't going to happen because they need to be monitored and kept from nibbling at the "needles" -- which isn't good for them, or the tree. It's too bad, because they're all fine with real trees and pretty much leave them alone. But that silver stuff is just too great an attraction and we don't want little kitty intestines messed up now, do we? No we don't. So the silver tree goes to the basement. There's a space where it can be enjoyed just fine, and where the cats will only be admitted when under supervision. And a nice natural tree from the tree farm will grace the upstairs.

More than you ever wanted to know about the silver tree. Right? And why didn't I use this to get us to page eighteen?

The cats come first and yes, they do tend to like silver sparkly things.

Jane · « **Reply #85 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:06:41 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 30, 2015, 12:33:48 PM

Oh my.

No posts in two and a half hours?

I had work to do this morning and then went out into the cold for an hour and a half brisk walk. I could have walked longer but my feet hurt from walking on concrete here. Dirt roads and barked trails were easier on my feet.

FJL · « **Reply #86 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:18:55 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 30, 2015, 01:18:58 PM

I think Genealley was around when Danny was around? But I can't say for sure - why?

Seems like the same style somehow.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #87 on:** November 30, 2015, 02:25:59 PM »

Very interesting DR CHAS SMITH.

Jane · « **Reply #88 on:** November 30, 2015, 03:07:52 PM »

I am now friends on facebook with the daughter of my father's cousin. The cousin was the only family member who survived the Holocaust. After the war he moved to Israel. His daughter's name and entire page are in Hebrew which I cannot read.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #89 on:** November 30, 2015, 03:35:59 PM »

Quote from: FJL on November 30, 2015, 12:58:26 PM

"I feel groggy and stuffed up" - sounds like the beginning of an alternate version of "But Alive"

Or to the tune of I Feel Pretty.... I feel groggy, I feel stuffed up.....

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