05May 2010 by R&O 4 Comments
Simpsons-Sears circa 1963

Simpsons-Sears circa 1963

Observations, Of Interest, Silly Stuff
If you close to my age you'll remember those great Simpsons-Sears catalogues, full of all that great stuff we loved so much as kids but could never talk our parents into buying for us. Bicycles, transistor radios, record players, board games; all of it was contained within the numerous pages along with those spicy pictures of bras and girdles. My neighbours, who have sold their house and are clearing out the junk before the big move, offered me a few circa 1947 Vancouver Sun newspapers and a variety of pre 1964 magazines. I grabbed a few newspapers and a single Simpsons-Sears catalogue from December 1963. See the bottom of this post for all the full size images. 1963 technology included the Tower 8 mm. push-button movie camera with Power Zoom…
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31Mar 2010 by R&O No Comments

The Worried Gorilla

Of Interest, Silly Stuff
So what makes animals so blissful and happy? Could it be the fact that they're unaware of their own impending death? That's one of the things that separates animals from humans and may be the root cause of our problems as we make our way through life to our inevitable end. The Onion News had an interesting piece about primatologists at The Tulane National Primate Research Center teaching Quigley, a Western Lowland Gorilla about his impending demise and the reaction upon learning that his stay on earth is not permanent. A deeply thoughtful and penetrating look at how science may, at times, do more harm than good. Enjoy. [youtube]CJkWS4t4l0k[/youtube]
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26Mar 2010 by R&O No Comments

My Free Boat

Of Interest, People, Silly Stuff
So you're having a fight with your husband and looking for the best way to get back at him for being such a...such a...GUY! What to do? It's obvious. Give away his boat on Craigslist. Someone posted an ad in the Free category of Craigslist offering a '21 foot bayliner with 115 h.p. motor' for the taking. The small ad also stated 'having fight with husband phone vanessa @6045891455'. So I called. Vanessa was obviously too busy fighting with her husband to answer the phone so I left a message. While I waited for Vanessa to call me back with directions to my brand new boat, I did a bit of Internet sleuthing. I ran a reverse lookup on the phone number which returns the owner as a beleaguered Brian…
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