Recent Comments

1. about 4 hours ago on Working Daze

   Why did I hear the word “impressive” in Darth Vader’s voice? “Impressive; most impressive.”

2. about 4 hours ago on Working Daze

   Not so much “perky” as “full-figured”. Looks like her headlights enter the room a couple minutes before she does.

3. about 5 hours ago on That is Priceless

   You know, if I hadn’t caught my grandparents there, I’d never have known why it was called a “root cellar”.

4. about 5 hours ago on Crankshaft

   My father passed away in the wee hours of Christmas Eve of ‘97. The only recording of his voice I have is from their answering machine, and it’s his voice giving a rather stilted greeting. The worst problem is that it’s on a micro-cassette, and I think we dumped the answering machine after my mother passed. I may never be able to transfer that snippet and hear his voice again.

5. about 5 hours ago on The Argyle Sweater

   At first glance I thought this was Bob and Larry from Veggietales.

6. 2 days ago on Pickles

   Sounds like Earl will need to talk to Dusty over at “Elderberries”. He’ll have some suggestions for what to do with charcoal and raw meat.

7. 2 days ago on Crankshaft

   No; it’s not plugged in. I’m hoping the lack of usage will keep the electronics from degrading until I’m ready to digitize the tapes, using the method “Mopman” described.

8. 2 days ago on Bad Machinery

   Apparently Romesh’s tingle is quite perspicacious.

9. 3 days ago on Crankshaft

   I still have a VCR, but have no idea if it still works. We’ve got some VHS tapes that were converted from our Super 8mm home movies. I didn’t move fast enough, so I converted from one obsolete format to a different obsolete one. I was planning to convert the VHS to DVD, but that might be too late already.

10. 5 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    Sounds like you two had reached your “Sell By” date, and it was time to move on.