Saturday, March 18, 2006
RANDOM BRITISH ORATION POST
just says his name was eliot-1628(opposition during charles the 1st)
-, our disorders still remain our greatest dangers. It is not now so much the POTENCY of our enemies, as the weakness of ourselves, that threatens us, non tam potentia sua quam negligentia nostra(this and my EBs assume i can speak greek, french, latin, and german). our want of true devotion to Heaven, our insincerity(i am talking to you talibornagains) and doubling in religion, our want of councils, OUR PRECIPITATE ACTIONS, the insufficiency, or unfaithfulness of our generals abroad, THE IGNORANCE OR CORRUPTION of our ministers at home, the IMPOVERISHMENT OF THE SOVERIEGN, the EXHAUSTING OF OUR TREASURIES,the WASTE of our provisions, consumption of our ships, DESTRUCTION OF OUR MEN- these make the advantage to our enemies, not the reputation of their arms. and if in these there not be reformationm we need no foes abroad! time itself will ruin us.
emphasis mine.
back to that 2nd estate sale and all the blown glass. did i say it was quite BAD blown glass? umpteen clowns, fruit, paperweights(very ugly).and, oh, it was just too terrible to catalogue. and people around me were spending around $100. one dealer snagged a vintage lamp maybe worth $, but the lady in front of me spent more on mainly crap. jeez. even the large blown glass rooster was bad.
just says his name was eliot-1628(opposition during charles the 1st)
-, our disorders still remain our greatest dangers. It is not now so much the POTENCY of our enemies, as the weakness of ourselves, that threatens us, non tam potentia sua quam negligentia nostra(this and my EBs assume i can speak greek, french, latin, and german). our want of true devotion to Heaven, our insincerity(i am talking to you talibornagains) and doubling in religion, our want of councils, OUR PRECIPITATE ACTIONS, the insufficiency, or unfaithfulness of our generals abroad, THE IGNORANCE OR CORRUPTION of our ministers at home, the IMPOVERISHMENT OF THE SOVERIEGN, the EXHAUSTING OF OUR TREASURIES,the WASTE of our provisions, consumption of our ships, DESTRUCTION OF OUR MEN- these make the advantage to our enemies, not the reputation of their arms. and if in these there not be reformationm we need no foes abroad! time itself will ruin us.
emphasis mine.
back to that 2nd estate sale and all the blown glass. did i say it was quite BAD blown glass? umpteen clowns, fruit, paperweights(very ugly).and, oh, it was just too terrible to catalogue. and people around me were spending around $100. one dealer snagged a vintage lamp maybe worth $, but the lady in front of me spent more on mainly crap. jeez. even the large blown glass rooster was bad.
Friday, March 17, 2006
RANDOM BRITISH ORATION POST
read Sir walter raleigh's 'speech' before he got his head chopped off. he was quite accomplished. did much exploring. and introduced the potato to ireland in the 1500's. and his speech was blah. and he was quite old. well. for the time.
read Sir walter raleigh's 'speech' before he got his head chopped off. he was quite accomplished. did much exploring. and introduced the potato to ireland in the 1500's. and his speech was blah. and he was quite old. well. for the time.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
first-should we do a betting game for when georgie nukes iWan? i'll pick the 3rd week in nov. after the dems win and before impeachment. damned if they can during armageddon.
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST-2 SALES!
1st sale. a tad out of my way, but from listing thought maybe carnival glass and other goodies as it was teasure traders. nope, lots of 'collectable' pottery-roseville and SHIT like that. but did find some things. a furniture store give-away desk calendar with pen holder. 20's-40's era. not sure. ebay or i have started a new collection.(have an old marble and brass bank one and a flat globe one). a small petrified wood chunk for 25% off 50¢, a copper + brass pitcher that came with some awful plastic flowers, but some old good fake weeds(ebay?) and a ruler advertising to vote for Beaudry for judge. 'SWEEP OUT THE FREELOADERS" (but why a ruler? can't sweep with a ruler you putz).spend $7.20(25% off day-would have been $9.60)
oh, the house was icky, but bet it sells for $300k.
2nd sale. not familiar with the 'sellers'. newer post WW2 home. go to garage. ooh, interesting upholstered furniture and a shitload of boxes. hmm.
HEY! is that? YES! it's a heater. outlet, where's an outlet? it was light and big and unusual. smoking lady poited one out, was worried about plugging it in, but the cord looked good. is it working??? squat down and stare at the coils. ooh, i see some orange! yes! it worked. and smoking lady says $1. SOLD. o can always ebay this oddity.
oy. go into house. kitchen, no kitchen stuff, and catch site of somebody clearly with a sickness. blown glass has exploded in the small livingroom. and the divider between it and dining area. not cheap either. hmm, a wood crane collection. hmm, that elephant taint bad. but i hate elephants. but but but he is hand carved in kenya! and heavy.and 'ivory' tusks(short-broken?) and inlaid eyes. $2. take him. carved well. did you know elephant feet have 'prints', like fingerprints? and toenails? (at my cousin's wedding at his future RICH inlaw's house had a elephant garbage can by the bathroom-yes, i notice EVERYTHING-also the meissen porcelain and the colonial furniture. SHIT, somebody is gonna leave a ring on that 1700's table!). do quick check of bedrooms. ick ick ICK. more odd collections. oh, did i mention the precious moments in the kitchen??? ICK POO ACK ACK! make hummels look good! do basement. crap upon crap. hey, now that branch of glass 'grapes' looks older and more natural.$3, but early 1900's. take that. nothing else. SO, $6. ay home i discover they had used brown tape around the old wire 'grapes'. either the 'branch was ickey, or maybe what originally was thjere is gone. take it off and rearrange it. put in basket with the antique glass ball fishing net floats(yes, another collection).
the petrified wood is nice. quite small and very smooth. definately a keeper. i should sell that other big chunk. not that it gets much on ebay.
oh. apparently we had a winter storm today. or they said we would. didn't even get 2 inches. they SAID up to eight. PFFT.
i wish i could pos a pic of the heater, grapes, desk dater, and and, um, farmer?
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST-2 SALES!
1st sale. a tad out of my way, but from listing thought maybe carnival glass and other goodies as it was teasure traders. nope, lots of 'collectable' pottery-roseville and SHIT like that. but did find some things. a furniture store give-away desk calendar with pen holder. 20's-40's era. not sure. ebay or i have started a new collection.(have an old marble and brass bank one and a flat globe one). a small petrified wood chunk for 25% off 50¢, a copper + brass pitcher that came with some awful plastic flowers, but some old good fake weeds(ebay?) and a ruler advertising to vote for Beaudry for judge. 'SWEEP OUT THE FREELOADERS" (but why a ruler? can't sweep with a ruler you putz).spend $7.20(25% off day-would have been $9.60)
oh, the house was icky, but bet it sells for $300k.
2nd sale. not familiar with the 'sellers'. newer post WW2 home. go to garage. ooh, interesting upholstered furniture and a shitload of boxes. hmm.
HEY! is that? YES! it's a heater. outlet, where's an outlet? it was light and big and unusual. smoking lady poited one out, was worried about plugging it in, but the cord looked good. is it working??? squat down and stare at the coils. ooh, i see some orange! yes! it worked. and smoking lady says $1. SOLD. o can always ebay this oddity.
oy. go into house. kitchen, no kitchen stuff, and catch site of somebody clearly with a sickness. blown glass has exploded in the small livingroom. and the divider between it and dining area. not cheap either. hmm, a wood crane collection. hmm, that elephant taint bad. but i hate elephants. but but but he is hand carved in kenya! and heavy.and 'ivory' tusks(short-broken?) and inlaid eyes. $2. take him. carved well. did you know elephant feet have 'prints', like fingerprints? and toenails? (at my cousin's wedding at his future RICH inlaw's house had a elephant garbage can by the bathroom-yes, i notice EVERYTHING-also the meissen porcelain and the colonial furniture. SHIT, somebody is gonna leave a ring on that 1700's table!). do quick check of bedrooms. ick ick ICK. more odd collections. oh, did i mention the precious moments in the kitchen??? ICK POO ACK ACK! make hummels look good! do basement. crap upon crap. hey, now that branch of glass 'grapes' looks older and more natural.$3, but early 1900's. take that. nothing else. SO, $6. ay home i discover they had used brown tape around the old wire 'grapes'. either the 'branch was ickey, or maybe what originally was thjere is gone. take it off and rearrange it. put in basket with the antique glass ball fishing net floats(yes, another collection).
the petrified wood is nice. quite small and very smooth. definately a keeper. i should sell that other big chunk. not that it gets much on ebay.
oh. apparently we had a winter storm today. or they said we would. didn't even get 2 inches. they SAID up to eight. PFFT.
i wish i could pos a pic of the heater, grapes, desk dater, and and, um, farmer?
first-should we do a betting game for when georgie nukes iWan? i'll pick the 3rd week in nov. after the dems win and before impeachment. damned if they can during armageddon.
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST-2 SALES!
1st sale. a tad out of my way, but from listing thought maybe carnival glass and other goodies as it was teasure traders. nope, lots of 'collectable' pottery-roseville and SHIT like that. but did find some things. a furniture store give-away desk calendar with pen holder. 20's-40's era. not sure. ebay or i have started a new collection.(have an old marble and brass bank one and a flat globe one). a small petrified wood chunk for 25% off 50¢, a copper + brass pitcher that came with some awful plastic flowers, but some old good fake weeds(ebay?) and a ruler advertising to vote for Beaudry for judge. 'SWEEP OUT THE FREELOADERS" (but why a ruler? can't sweep with a ruler you putz).spend $7.20(25% off day-would have been $9.60)
oh, the house was icky, but bet it sells for $300k.
2nd sale. not familiar with the 'sellers'. newer post WW2 home. go to garage. ooh, interesting upholstered furniture and a shitload of boxes. hmm.
HEY! is that? YES! it's a heater. outlet, where's an outlet? it was light and big and unusual. smoking lady poited one out, was worried about plugging it in, but the cord looked good. is it working??? squat down and stare at the coils. ooh, i see some orange! yes! it worked. and smoking lady says $1. SOLD. o can always ebay this oddity.
oy. go into house. kitchen, no kitchen stuff, and catch site of somebody clearly with a sickness. blown glass has exploded in the small livingroom. and the divider between it and dining area. not cheap either. hmm, a wood crane collection. hmm, that elephant taint bad. but i hate elephants. but but but he is hand carved in kenya! and heavy.and 'ivory' tusks(short-broken?) and inlaid eyes. $2. take him. carved well. did you know elephant feet have 'prints', like fingerprints? and toenails? (at my cousin's wedding at his future RICH inlaw's house had a elephant garbage can by the bathroom-yes, i notice EVERYTHING-also the meissen porcelain and the colonial furniture. SHIT, somebody is gonna leave a ring on that 1700's table!). do quick check of bedrooms. ick ick ICK. more odd collections. oh, did i mention the precious moments in the kitchen??? ICK POO ACK ACK! make hummels look good! do basement. crap upon crap. hey, now that branch of glass 'grapes' looks older and more natural.$3, but early 1900's. take that. nothing else. SO, $6. ay home i discover they had used brown tape around the old wire 'grapes'. either the 'branch was ickey, or maybe what originally was thjere is gone. take it off and rearrange it. put in basket with the antique glass ball fishing net floats(yes, another collection).
the petrified wood is nice. quite small and very smooth. definately a keeper. i should sell that other big chunk. not that it gets much on ebay.
oh. apparently we had a winter storm today. or they said we would. didn't even get 2 inches. they SAID up to eight. PFFT.
i wish i could pos a pic of the heater, grapes, desk dater, and and, um, farmer?
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST-2 SALES!
1st sale. a tad out of my way, but from listing thought maybe carnival glass and other goodies as it was teasure traders. nope, lots of 'collectable' pottery-roseville and SHIT like that. but did find some things. a furniture store give-away desk calendar with pen holder. 20's-40's era. not sure. ebay or i have started a new collection.(have an old marble and brass bank one and a flat globe one). a small petrified wood chunk for 25% off 50¢, a copper + brass pitcher that came with some awful plastic flowers, but some old good fake weeds(ebay?) and a ruler advertising to vote for Beaudry for judge. 'SWEEP OUT THE FREELOADERS" (but why a ruler? can't sweep with a ruler you putz).spend $7.20(25% off day-would have been $9.60)
oh, the house was icky, but bet it sells for $300k.
2nd sale. not familiar with the 'sellers'. newer post WW2 home. go to garage. ooh, interesting upholstered furniture and a shitload of boxes. hmm.
HEY! is that? YES! it's a heater. outlet, where's an outlet? it was light and big and unusual. smoking lady poited one out, was worried about plugging it in, but the cord looked good. is it working??? squat down and stare at the coils. ooh, i see some orange! yes! it worked. and smoking lady says $1. SOLD. o can always ebay this oddity.
oy. go into house. kitchen, no kitchen stuff, and catch site of somebody clearly with a sickness. blown glass has exploded in the small livingroom. and the divider between it and dining area. not cheap either. hmm, a wood crane collection. hmm, that elephant taint bad. but i hate elephants. but but but he is hand carved in kenya! and heavy.and 'ivory' tusks(short-broken?) and inlaid eyes. $2. take him. carved well. did you know elephant feet have 'prints', like fingerprints? and toenails? (at my cousin's wedding at his future RICH inlaw's house had a elephant garbage can by the bathroom-yes, i notice EVERYTHING-also the meissen porcelain and the colonial furniture. SHIT, somebody is gonna leave a ring on that 1700's table!). do quick check of bedrooms. ick ick ICK. more odd collections. oh, did i mention the precious moments in the kitchen??? ICK POO ACK ACK! make hummels look good! do basement. crap upon crap. hey, now that branch of glass 'grapes' looks older and more natural.$3, but early 1900's. take that. nothing else. SO, $6. ay home i discover they had used brown tape around the old wire 'grapes'. either the 'branch was ickey, or maybe what originally was thjere is gone. take it off and rearrange it. put in basket with the antique glass ball fishing net floats(yes, another collection).
the petrified wood is nice. quite small and very smooth. definately a keeper. i should sell that other big chunk. not that it gets much on ebay.
oh. apparently we had a winter storm today. or they said we would. didn't even get 2 inches. they SAID up to eight. PFFT.
i wish i could pos a pic of the heater, grapes, desk dater, and and, um, farmer?
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
oy, my typos.
eh!
RANDOM VARMIT POST
well, i MUST post about the varmit menace. another chippie appeared last week, so now we have 2 out there. of course i MUST pacify the chippie menace. they are my favorite menace!
what did the squirrel find in the compost that he was enjoying this AM? lets see, what was in that bag. celery, onion bits, 2 french rolls(not so good). ahh, was that the old 'hot' cross bun?
eh!
RANDOM VARMIT POST
well, i MUST post about the varmit menace. another chippie appeared last week, so now we have 2 out there. of course i MUST pacify the chippie menace. they are my favorite menace!
what did the squirrel find in the compost that he was enjoying this AM? lets see, what was in that bag. celery, onion bits, 2 french rolls(not so good). ahh, was that the old 'hot' cross bun?
DUTY POST (aha, titles)
one less Bush week to go
one less Bush week to go
georgie still thinks we can win in iWaq
have claude allen's evil twin shoplift his brain.(oh snap!)
one less Bush week to go
rhyming hard work.
one less Bush week to go
one less Bush week to go
georgie still thinks we can win in iWaq
have claude allen's evil twin shoplift his brain.(oh snap!)
one less Bush week to go
rhyming hard work.
speaking of stupid cats. basil has taken to lounging on my 'desk'(2 old endtables next to each other. or the mouse pad, actually he is big, so half of him. the BIG ass half. if you lift him, all the weight is in his ass. he has wanted more attention.
sybil just likes sitting on the mousepad.
RANDOM EB POST
AL-KINDI, Abu Yusuf- philosopher to the arabs, circa 961ish. very literate, many 'books'/trities/writings? and AND was the 1st to revolt against islamism. translated aristotle. just thought it was interesting that in that area, to be against Islam and his name to survive. he must have done some good writing.
sybil just likes sitting on the mousepad.
RANDOM EB POST
AL-KINDI, Abu Yusuf- philosopher to the arabs, circa 961ish. very literate, many 'books'/trities/writings? and AND was the 1st to revolt against islamism. translated aristotle. just thought it was interesting that in that area, to be against Islam and his name to survive. he must have done some good writing.
