I know I know.

 

 This is a postcard I bought in Yosemite in the

mid 1960's. It features a picture of the "Fire Fall".

The "Fire Fall" was started in 1872 and continued until 1968.

It was discontinued because it eventually drew too many

spectators and the crowds practically ripped Yosemite a new

one with all of their trampling and messes.

It was a hot afternoon. We decided to

stop into Denny's...

...for an ice cold glass of ice tea. Not really

a glass though. More like a plastic. Not quite

as enticing, but still good for a hot day.

I'd been wanting to go to the Container Store for over

a year, ever since I had heard about the place.

My mom wanted to go as well...

 

So we took the day and went. I was hoping just to find some

lotion bottles. I am picky about what kind I use and I have not

found any I like... anywhere. Hopefully here I would

find one, or some.

I also wanted a container for some of the blankets that I don't

always use but want to have at hand if I need them.

 

They have lots of containers alright. And baskets too.

 

 And clothes hangers by the hundreds. And trunks.

 

 Lot's of cleaning supplies for the home as well. Just lots of stuff.

No good lotion containers though, none even to speak of. They

seem to have a lot of the same kind of containers from small to

really large, but they are all the same KIND of containers, just

different brands is all. So if you do not want the kind of containers

they have, you are outta luck.

My mom picked up an extending pole with an attachment

to clean the ceiling fans and an attachment to change light

bulbs as well, both between 20 and 25 feet high.

 

I was hemming and hawing about buying this little Swiss-Tech

plier/screwdriver tool that I found in the impulse section. It was

about $8.50 and I was being wishy-washy about it because of

cash being in shorter supply these days.

 Mom said, "Get it. I'll buy it for you." "SOLD!" said I.

Thanks mom. Yer a pal!

 

 

These are pretty nice pliers. The whole thing was

dang stiff so I slicked it up a little with some Hoppe's

gun oil and now she is as happy as a pig in..... mud.

We had a nice day and we don't need to go back

to the Container Store for a long while.

I was going to watch "Fury" with Brad Pitt tonight, but I got

a really late start and decided to watch a movie more suited

for late night. Something (slightly) scary. "Mountaintop Motel

Massacre". I have not watched this one since I bought it in 2011.

All I can say about this movie is that these guys should just go ahead

and at least TRY to move that tree that is blocking the road keeping

them from leaving the remote mountaintop motel and

get the Hell out of Dodge...

...because this chick be CRAZY.

Worth a buy and a watch.

A photo taken at one of our favorite stores ever, the Indian

Store. Some of their steer skulls. I used to have one or two

of these. I think they got lost somewhere during life's events.

Or maybe I have them in a box or two around here someplace.

Anyway, yeah, the Indian Store. Boss City.

 I decided today that some hot dogs sounded good.

This is the way that I like them.

Hot dogs with bacon. Even better!

Shmooshed and greasy and these can't be

good for me but I am good with it today.

I had to eat them fast. The bugs were feeling

their oats on this hot afternoon.

Money has been kind of tight lately for one reason or

another so instead of buying a few of the newer and more

expensive releases that I want, I have been stretching my

dollars a bit by buying more budget friendly

DVDs and Blu-rays.

This week I actually found two over at Walmart that I have

been searching for. "Beyond Skyline"... This sequel to "Skyline"

is a guilty pleasure that I have had on my Amazon Wish List for

a while. I found it in the $5.00 bin. That's about ten dollars

cheaper than on Amazon. Hip hip! The second feature is

"The 5th Wave" on DVD. It is not going to be great, but I am

hoping it will be fun. Chloë Grace Moretz is in it and I like her.

And I found a copy of "Urban Cowboy" for $3.74. I had to

buy it to have a backup to my backup to my backup DVDs.

I just love Bud and Sissy. But this low price.... Insult to the

movie. And when the heck are they going to give it up and

release a Blu-ray for this movie. C'mon you guys. DO IT.

And as for the newer release movies on DVD and Blu-ray

that I want and can't afford right now? Things will swing

back and I WILL have them. You betch'ya.

I don't know who this lady in the Memorial

Day parade is, but she is heeled and cool.

Let us revisit "The Cabin in the Woods".

On second thought, let us not. It sucks.

Especially the narcissistic doper.

Momma rat update: She is gone.

Life can finally get back to normal around here.

And now I don't have to worry about

spelling "momma" wrong anymore.

 

The movie "Baby Driver" on Blu-ray finally came

down to $9.99 so I picked it up. I heard good things.

I took this picture on the L.A. Universal Studios Tour

sometime around 1968 or 1969. Best I can remember

it is just a display of some miniatures on a sound

stage. Not a very good picture. The tour was pretty

primitive then. Nothing like it is now.

I liked it fine.

I took that photo with my Polaroid Swinger camera

(that I still have). Not the best camera in the world for

not the best picture taker in the world. I found this

photograph of a Swinger camera on the Internet.

Someday I should post a picture of mine.

 

~ I voted. June 5th, 2018. ~

I found more .22 ammunition at Walmart. I couldn't believe

my eyes. There was LOT'S of .22 ammo on the shelf. I really

can't afford it right now, but I could not afford NOT to either.

So I bought 2 boxes for a total of 200 rounds. I will eventually

use it. THIS time when I made the purchase they entered some

information from my driver's license into their system for the

transaction. This is intrusive. I will leave it at that.

I also bought the movie "Fury" on Blu-ray. I like Brad Pitt and

I like (for better or for worse) Shia LaBeouf as well. And

Michael "End of Watch" Peña is a favorite too. It is a "blind

buy" in a time of I really can't afford to blind buy, but we will see.

Momma Rat update. Well, Momma Rat is pretty comfortable

with me coming into the shed and talking to her and taking

flash pictures. One of these days I will go out there and she

will be gone, which will be good.

When the movie "Terminator Salvation" was released in 2009, this was

the best they could do for a less than expensive figure from the movie.

This is a Playmates T-R.I.P. (Terminator - Resistance Infiltrator Prototype)

six inch figure. I watched the movie again recently and I enjoyed it a lot

more this time around. Christian Bale takes everything so seriously.

I love that guy.

Just a beautiful last day of May, 2018,

during my weekly errands, looking up,

from my Subway sandwich lunch.

From the "Amarillo This Month, August 1970" pamphlet

I picked up in Texas, here is an ad for the Big Texan

Steakhouse. This place is still there and I still want to visit.

I've unfortunately never had the pleasure. However, I will pass

on the "Free 72 ounce Steak if Dinner is Eaten in One Hour" deal.

I can put good food away, but my limit is pretty much 71 ounces.

They still offer that deal and I think now-a-days they even have a

webcam that they turn on if somebody takes the challenge. Now we can

watch it from home. Anyway, someday I hope to go there. I left the scan

pretty big, so if you would like to open it in a new

tab you will see it better.

Update on momma rat.

I don't know what is WRONG with us because this

rat should be GONE. But nope. Here she is with

her babies resting comfortably surrounded by the

remnants of some great snacks that we have NOT

been giving to her. Ultimately this gal has GOT to go.

Honoring Our Heroes.

~ Memorial Day, 2018 ~

A soon to be a momma rat set up shop

in our shed. This rat's future is up in the air.

I bought the Chuck Norris Triple Threat DVD over at Walmart for

just $5.00. The movies included are "Missing in Action" (1984), "Missing

in Action 2: The Beginning" (1985) and "Braddock: Missing in Action III"

(1988). All three movies are on one DVD. I have watched Missing in

Action so far and the quality is fine. These movies are great 1980's fun.

They are no better or worse than you would think they are.

Hey, it's Chuck Norris. That DVD cover is epic.

When Chuck Norris pops up from under water unloading a barrage of 

7.62x51mm NATO rounds from a fully automatic M60 machine gun,

you know you are in serious Missing in Action territory.

It's all good.

Fun Fact #1: Chuck Norris does not do push ups.

He pushes the earth down. 

Fun Fact #2: Chuck Norris was once bitten by a venomous cobra.

After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra eventually died.

If you have ever been on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride

at Disneyland in Anaheim California, I am sure you will

recognize this guy. My son took this picture circa 2003.

I FINALLY got my hands on a Blu-ray copy of "Hostiles".

I went to see this movie in the theater and I had mixed feelings

about the story, but overall I liked the movie a lot. When Hostiles

was in the theater, people were dumping on it all over the place.

Either that or they were ignoring it. But when the movie came out on

Blu-ray on April 24th do you think I could find a copy? Nope.

Well today Walmart finally had one, and when I say one, I mean ONE.

And I am really happy to have it.

Extra Treat: Q'orianka Kilcher as "Elk Woman".

I do recommend this movie.

This postcard is dated 1965.

 

 I got it somewhere around that time in

I think Missouri or Virginia.

Hostel.

Johnny Depp's Driver's License.

 

When I went to the movies yesterday they had this display for the

new Star Wars movie "Solo" that will be released soon. This is one

Star Wars movie that I am probably not going to see in the theater. 

This movie just doesn't feel right. I will buy it on Blu-ray, but I am

99% sure that there will be no theater viewing for me.

I do hope that the movie does well.

I could not get a good picture of this pretty ravaged looking

display because it was facing the door to the outside and the glare

could not be avoided.

I went to see "Avengers: Infinity War". Another good one.

The way they left it.... Well, I cannot WAIT to see the next

chapter in this series. The direction this movie took is like

the poster for the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)

asked: "Who will survive and what will be left of them?" 

We need the next movie... soon.

The Avengers lapel pin you see there was given to me by

a friend and I proudly wore it today for my boy Tony.

Now here is another little thing that I think is pretty

cool. I picked this menu up from Golden West Pancakes

sometime during the mid to late 1960's. I don't really know

if they are still in business or not. I love the design of this

souvenir menu and will you look at those prices? $4.95 for

a 12 piece bucket of chicken. Nice.

I have no idea if the cover would be offensive to anybody

these days. I left the scans BIG so if you would like to open

them in a new tab everything is easy to read.