RichC | March 24, 2023
Who among us wouldn’t smile back at this unique plant? Very unusual looking to say the least? Although Friday Filler — or is it Filler Friday(?) — isn’t really a thing on MyDesultoryBlog, it does tend to be a way for to fill space on Friday with a Filler Foto when there’s no time to write or post. […]
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RichC | January 10, 2023
As I commented on Twitter … “until nuclear fusion arrives in bulk, there are limits to living without fossil fuels.” We need political leaders, climate activists and business leaders restricting capital through ESG measures who can exercise a little bit more commonsense when it comes to restricting and going to war with US domestic energy […]
Category: Environment, Humor, Nature, Photos |
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Tags: bald eagle, climate, esg, nest, snow
RichC | December 25, 2022
Merry Christmas to all … and may your next year be a healthy and happy one. Here’s a little (very little) cowboy humor as a filler post for the day. 😀
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Tags: christmas, greeting, Humor, Navigation, saddle, satellite
RichC | December 24, 2022
Jane Wells has been a reporter for CNBC (“Janie” as the late Mark Haines called her) that I’ve followed for years while watching business news channels (or should I have said, “is a ‘has-been’ reporter?” – hopefully a little humor that she would appreciate!). Anyway, I always smiled when watching her “quirky” stories and reporting […]
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Tags: birth, christianity, christmas, cnbc, comedy, eve, jane wells, jesus, kickstarter, podcast, quirky, story
RichC | December 6, 2022
No … we don’t have snow in Cincinnati just yet, but the snowbelt areas of western New York sure got their share in November. I’ll include a leftover Twitter photo from the Buffalo NY area that is sure to make someone smile (very creative snowman or mailbox)? On the Amazon rant subject, I ordered an […]
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Tags: anti-capitalistic, book, buffalo, Humor, ludwig von mises, mailbox, mentality, new york, rant, reading, snow, snowman
RichC | December 1, 2022
With Thanksgiving behind us, I’m wondering if Brenda is adopting a new-to-us December holiday tradition? Perhaps or most likely not … but I do see something that looks like a Seinfeld-like “Festivus” pole in our foyer. For those familiar with the the long running television comedy Seinfeld, you will recall immediately the 1997 episode call […]
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Tags: brenda, christmas, decoration, festivus, Holiday, Humor, pole, seinfeld, tree
RichC | October 13, 2022
"Five ants rented an apartment with five other ants. Now they are tenants together."
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RichC | September 27, 2022
After fixing “Arthur Avenue Pork Sausage and Pepper Heroes with Melty Mozzarella Cheese and Garlic Potato Wedges” … as the recipe card states on Sunday night, which was the last of our subscription meal for a while … my son Taylor called at 8PM after getting himself “in a pickle” (a perfect place for a Shakespearian […]
Category: Archive, Food, Humor, Idioms, Personal, Photos, Space, Volkswagen |
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Tags: apartment, asteroid, condominium, dart, family, hellofresh, Humor, idiom, idioms, mattress, moving, nasa, space, taylor, walnut hills
RichC | August 30, 2022
Having recently ordered some Permethrin SFR 36.8% from DoMyOwn.com in order to hopefully prevent the sod webworm invasion that happened last year, I started a late August spraying this past weekend. Little did I know that the bearings in my aging 25 gallon sprayer were almost all failing (except for one – photo below). I […]
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Tags: bearings, Humor, insects, lawn, repair, sod, sprayer, webworm
RichC | June 22, 2022
I’m sure what I think about this, but when I heard about it on Twitter from someone in Texas, it did make me laugh. As the story goes, it seems a couple of neighbors enjoy joking with each other as they attempt to “outdo” each other with practical jokes. One neighbor was out of town […]
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Tags: armadillo, charcoal, grill, joke, kingsford, neighbor, practical jokes, twitter
RichC | June 4, 2022
Q: What do you call a religious person who claims that the end is near? Answer: A fanatic. Q: What do you call a secular person who claims that the end is near? Answer: An environmentalist. When my podcasts on my weekend playlist are finished and I’m still in the mood for some audio content, […]
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Tags: commercial fishing, dennis prager, environmentalist, fanatic, fireside chat, global cooling, global warming, lake erie, podcast, pollution
RichC | May 16, 2022
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Tags: backroads, country music, daewoo, forenza, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, ricky van shelton, suzuki
RichC | May 13, 2022
FoxBusiness/WSJ graphic For the good or bad, whenever I’m away from my daily routine, it seems like the financial markets lose stability and investors go into crisis mode? The past couple of weeks, those invested in stocks, bonds and crypto know that it has been painful; there have been very few refuges from the sharp […]
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Tags: aapl, anigif, biden, bonds, congress, crisis, cryptocurrency, economy, energy, federal reserve, inflation, investing, oil, spending, stock market
RichC | May 3, 2022
My dad was known for saying he was planning to live to 160 years old and I’m following in his ridiculous longevity theories and his questionable medical advice (he died at 86 in 2015). Years ago I jokingly theorized that when Jesus told us that “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are numbered” (Luke […]
Category: Advice, Faith, Health, Humor, Medical, Personal, Technology |
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Tags: advice, bible, cholesterol, colonoscopy, dadc, fitbit, hairs, heart, heartbeat, jesus, life, medical, relaxation, stress, theory, versa, verse
RichC | April 29, 2022
With Y2K in the past, I wonder if I still need to keep this 3.5 inch disk from a Windows 2000 emergency repair? I suspect I can toss the disk since I don’t think I even have a 3.5” disk reader anymore … although in the pile of old computer gear … it is likely […]
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Tags: disk, floppy, Humor, tech friday, techfriday, win2000, y2k
RichC | April 9, 2022
Saw this “trash” can on social media the other day and don’t know if there was an R2-D2 Star Wars intent or not, but it did make me smile … ALMOST as much as receiving a photo from Katelyn and Drew while on spring break vacation with Drew’s family in South Carolina. It sure looked […]
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Tags: audio, drew, family, katelyn, r2d2, Star Wars, starwars, taylor, trash, trashcan
RichC | April 3, 2022
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Tags: annalyn, archive, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, laughing, laughter, passport, phone call, puzzle, smiling
RichC | February 13, 2022
We’ve never been all that timely in getting Christmas decorations put away after the holidays, but this year we … and by “we” I mean Brenda … has been slower than usual. To be fair, most everything has been packed and put away, but there are a few stragglers still around our house. I’m not […]
Category: Books, Financial, History, Holiday, Humor, Millitary, Personal, Photos |
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Tags: barton biggs, book, brenda, christmas, decorations, house, investing, momc, santa mouse, war, wealth, wisdom, world war 2
RichC | February 9, 2022
Last week I had dinner with my buddy Jeff after taking him to pick up his car from a seat repair/re-upholstering job. He previously planned it so we could go to our “old” favorite Acapulco Mexican Restaurant (which is no longer tolerated as well in my digestive track as it was 20 years ago). He […]
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Tags: acapulco, bike, book, Humor, jeff pitts, jeffp, mexican, photo, pink onesy, puddle, Restaurant, trivia
RichC | January 9, 2022
It might not be a current movie (it’s 2011), but it was one neither Brenda or I watched over this past decade, but it was an excellent comedy. “The Big Year,” with Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black (several others), was exactly what the “doctors” (Katelyn and Drew) ordered over our family Christmas. They […]
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Tags: artwork, audubon, comedy, disney, drew, granddaughers, jack black, katelyn, movie, owen wilson, recommended, spin art, steve martin, streaming, the big year
RichC | December 25, 2021
Wishing all who read My Desultory Blog a very Merry Christmas, good health and a very Happy New Year.
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RichC | December 16, 2021
The years go by quickly and I’m not sure how to keep up with the time anymore, except maybe by watching our granddaughters grow up … or noticing gray hair and elbow wrinkles. UGH! The 8 years and 8 months our son-in-law Drew has been married to Katelyn and part of our family have been […]
Category: Archive, Humor, Memories, Personal, Photos, TBT |
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Tags: birthday, drew, family, katelyn, oldlyweds, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday
RichC | December 1, 2021
Earlier this week on Twitter I shared this parking photo and thought that maybe my next vehicle should be “green?” But really just wanted to archive the kind of grass seed being used to reseed and along the edge of our new driveway.
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Tags: cars, driveway, ev, grass seed, green, Humor, landscaping, topsoil, vehicles
RichC | October 24, 2021
When your state takes pride in home of the Wright Brother’s and their “First in Flight” Wright B Flyer, you’ve got to at least get the flying direction correct. (Thanks for the link, Drew!) Ohio had to change the design of its new license plate because of an error discovered after it had already had […]
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Tags: airplane, bureau, license, motor, ohio, plate, sunrise, vehicles, wright b flyer, wright brothers
RichC | October 15, 2021
Who doesn’t enjoy a funny military rivalry video clip. HA!
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Tags: air force, army, friday filler, Humor, marines, mp4, navy, video
RichC | September 28, 2021
Look out on the roads … and no I’m not talking about driving dogs. HA! FSD Beta is an unfinished version of Tesla’s premium driver-assistance software, FSD, which the company sells in the U.S. for $10,000 upfront, or $199 a month. Tesla has rolled out a software update for their controversial Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD […]
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Tags: automotive, beta, cnbc, dogs, driving, fsd beta, mode, self-driving, tesla
RichC | July 1, 2021
While reading one of my favorite investment strategist, Brett Owens wrote a REIT and CEF-focused Contrarian Outlook newsletter and occasional webinars that I enjoy. He commented tongue-in-cheek … that “we dividend investors really only need three things:” Hm, how hard can that be? Brett partnered with Tom Jacobs a few years ago to write […]
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RichC | June 20, 2021
Received nice photo from Katelyn and Drew last week and since I included one of Taylor and Megan last week, this is one that needed to be archived on my blog. Most most personal photos nowadays are of our granddaughters as Brenda and I have long ago moved past the stage of photos our ourselves […]
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Tags: birdhouse, coyote, drew, family, katelyn, megan, mp4, raccoon, sunset, taylor, trapping
RichC | June 16, 2021
So why do I always end up trying to open the wrong end of a trash bag? With human intelligence and adaptive learning being what it is, one would think knowing which end of the trash bag to open when pulling one out of the box or roll would favor me getting it correct? I’m […]
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Tags: bags, garbage, Humor, intelligence, kitchen, learning, odds, recycling, statistics, trash
RichC | June 3, 2021
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Tags: aftershokz, cars, concert, covid19, delray beach, florida, funny, jimmy buffett, margaritaville, mp3, pandemic, Photos, radio, siriusxm
RichC | May 23, 2021
Category: Automotive, Humor, Video, Volkswagen |
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RichC | April 29, 2021
Personally I don’t like using the word "bold" for taxing and spending by big government since it has a positive attribute (at least to my thinking), but President Biden’s Joint Address last night was unlike any we’ve ever seen. It looked far more like a socialist spending wish list than a unifying address to bring […]
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RichC | March 10, 2021
After having a server glitch and failed update this morning, it seemed like a good time to backup, updated Linux and test WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza” with a post today. For the most part everything has been running fine since setting up SWAP space, but any issue triggering a crash makes me question what I’m missing? […]
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Tags: childhood, crash, crossed-fingers, favorite, gilligan's island, linux, mp4, server, swap, television, tv, update, video, wordpress
RichC | February 12, 2021
It was the Zoom video that nearly broke the Internet this past week and it made me smile enough to save the mp4 video to my blog. Very funny. 😊
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Tags: ani gif, cat, condo1718, court, desk, Humor, idea, judge, lawyers, meetings, mp4, Technology, virtual, zoom
RichC | January 30, 2021
My basement woodworking shop is a dust-making mess in our house, but there isn’t much I can do about it now other than to improve how I collect and filter and keep dust from gravitating into the furnaces cold air returns and upstairs. In our previous house in Hudson Ohio, I was fortunate to have […]
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Tags: collection, dust, ideas, miter, saw, video, woodworking, workshop, youtube
RichC | January 22, 2021
Not being an advocate for those advocating bigger government, higher taxes, progressive policies … or most Democrats in general, I was not looking forward to the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States this past week. In fact, I didn’t watch any live coverage and relied on the news clips […]
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Tags: america, bernie sander, big bang theory, creativity, culture, election, inauguration, internet, meme, Politics, united states, unity
RichC | January 6, 2021
Now that the final season of Last Man Standing has started (Jan 3, 2021), Brenda and I are finally catching up on the previous season that I recorded on the DVR. We had forgotten just how much we enjoyed this sitcom. It is hard to remember the last time both of us laughed at the […]
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Tags: brenda, comedy, last man standing, marriage, richc, sitcom, television, tim allen, together
RichC | December 16, 2020
Are you tired of this COVID19 lockdown yet? It is hard to believe the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic AND those politicians dictating shutdowns in their mini-kingdoms have not had more pushback than they have? Way too many small businesses, and especially people working in the travel and food service industry, will not be having much of […]
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RichC | November 18, 2020
Every once in awhile, an interesting and creative, but questionable, idea crossing my eyeballs. Here’s a pretty good one when it comes to the age-old tape, thread or strand of hair method of securing a door (below). Obviously the broken, and likely telltale orange Cheetos powder, would be a sure sign of an unauthorized entry. […]
Category: Humor, Innovation, Misc |
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Tags: 2020, cheetos, christmas tree, cincinnati, coronavirus, covid19, moderna, pfizer, security, taylor, vaccine
RichC | October 24, 2020
Contentious … doesn’t begin to explain the sentiment around the looming November 3rd 2020 election. Although I don’t mind discussions and debate on political thought and philosophy, this year the emotions and fervor I see and experience between a lot of Republicans and Democrats make open exchange and discussions nearly impossible. Emotions have reached uncomfortable […]
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Tags: campaign, censorship, corruption, election, election interference, joe biden, jonny quest, nypost, Pence, press, race bannon, trump, twitter
RichC | October 22, 2020
… and just so the humor category can be checked, here’s an Open vs Concealed Carry photo.
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, busy, filler, living the dream, turtle
RichC | September 23, 2020
The weather has been just perfect for evenings in the garage or outside, so it is a good time to be checking off a couple of to-do list items – it was enjoyable. Although I’ve been slightly overdue for an oil change, the Ravenol oil I have been using is high quality synthetic oil so […]
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Tags: BMW, maintenance, mouse, nets, oil, oil change, photoshop, photoshopped, rowe, x5 35d
RichC | August 24, 2020
Oh how the simplest humor can trigger a music flashback, at least for me! I’m not sure everyone’s brain operates like this, but the song Under Pressure from 1981/82 by Queen, and the late great David Bowie, is the first thing that came to mind when seeing the above image. Feeling Under Pressure? Perhaps you […]
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Tags: david bowie, death valley, hot, Humor, joke, music monday, musicmonday, pressure, queen, record, temperature, under, youtube
RichC | August 13, 2020
There is no doubt in my mind that I would have tried to do this if Photoshop would have been as advanced when my kids were younger (or if I would have been has skilled – I’m basically a retoucher). As it was, I did include one of Katelyn’s computer art pieces (on my Mac SE […]
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Tags: artwork, drawings, Humor, parenting, photoshop, photoshopped, TBT, throwback, thursday
RichC | August 12, 2020
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RichC | July 29, 2020
If you spend much time on social networks, this is the kind of stuff you start to collect. So before tossing it … why not force it on someone else? 😊
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, dogs, filler, Humor, jumping, knots, ostrich, pig, tree, wood, yoda
RichC | July 24, 2020
It’s an uncomfortable time to be a freedom-loving and patriotic American who misses old days of going about day to day business without wearing a facemask or triggering someone by “wearing” something with the wrong message. Heaven forbid a social media unaware person thinks (well, says out loud) “All Lives Matter” rather than only certain […]
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RichC | May 30, 2020
It has been a couple weeks of more states and localities re-opening. Brenda and I stopped at Fazoli’s to pick up something last weekend, but instead decided to try something new .. at least since restaurants shut down. We donned our face masks and ordered our meal sitting every other table. All was good. Then […]
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Tags: coronavirus, covid19, crochet, face, fazolis, Humor, mask, mexican, normal, ppe, Restaurant
RichC | April 25, 2020
If you’ve watched, read or remembered any of the Public Service Announcements (PSA) since the Coronavirus pandemic started, you will probably smile when watching this.
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RichC | April 24, 2020
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that our brightly color cardinal enjoyed “looking at himself” in our window’s Canary cam – he was probably looking for a mate. Now that he’s found one … he seems to be avoid her; she is likely checking his usual haunts and asking “where is he?” I suspect there […]
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Tags: ani gif, birds, canary, cardinal, nature, painting, pry bar, tools, workshop
RichC | March 10, 2020
The “old school” razor sharpening animated GIF below has NOTHING to do with my emotional state after stomaching Monday’s stock market crash and “oil war” between Russia and Saudi Arabia … so don’t read anything into my poor attempt at humor. After watching the DOW drop over 2158 points and seeing the index close just […]
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, chart, coronavirus, economy, finviz, graph, investing, markets, oil, razor, sharpening, stocks, trading, wsj
RichC | February 19, 2020
Although I have not sought Katelyn’s approval to include her rounded “personal coffee table” or her pregnancy photo (cough, cough – one in the same) to MyDesultoryBlog, but I’m boldly going out on a limb by posting it. The longer I post daily, the more I find myself wanting to archive family milestones … as […]
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Tags: baby, baby oostra, babygirl, blog, deanna eppers, drew, family, grandparents, katelyn, parenting, pregnant, TBT
RichC | February 14, 2020
Nope … I’m not going to forget Happy Valentine’s Day and have remembered to get something “sweet” for Brenda … although it is a good thing she reminded me earlier in the week with a “be sure to pick up a couple gift cards for the kids” comment. Whew! I was also reminded by my […]
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, awareness, celebrate, Holiday, Humor, remember, remembering, single, valentine's day
RichC | February 11, 2020
A month ago Virgin Mobile sent this happy customer (great service) an update indicating that due to the Sprint T-Mobile combination that the Virgin partnership would be spun off to Sprint’s Boost Mobile prepaid group.They promised an equal or better “deal” which has yet to be noticed … but then it has only been a […]
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Tags: ani gif, anigif, automotive, awd, boost, carrier, Cellphone, gif, Humor, mobile, smartphone, social network, sprint, tmobile, tweet, twitter, virgin
RichC | January 18, 2020
While working on post highlighting the DJIA crossing 29,000, I realized that the stock market has blown through that milestone and is rocketing towards 30,000 and that I’ll have to start over (probably a “worry-wart” post is coming). One of the big contributors to this Dow Jones Industrial Average is Apple ($AAPL). It just continues […]
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Tags: aapl, advice, apple, charts, china, deal, djia, economy, financial markets, Humor, investing, News, notes, post-it, quote, stocks, trade, trading, usmca
RichC | January 10, 2020
This pet video of a dog in Turkey getting his back rubbed by a car wash is pretty impressive. I guess the human touch isn’t all that important to him?
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RichC | January 7, 2020
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RichC | December 31, 2019
While getting the Christmas decorations for Evergreen Farm Estates down from the poolhouse-garage loft earlier this month (Brenda and neighbor Pam have always decorated our neighborhood) … I spotted the yard game of Jarts. (you probably need to be a baby boomer to remember them?) What were they thinking??? Just as with the “design of […]
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Tags: brian regan, christmas, decorations, Humor, inventions, jarts, mp4, video, youtube