Friday Flash 55.....

WANTED: Private Detective.....

I knew the Dame was trouble.
She had more curves than Mulholland Drive.
And even though she looked like a Kewpee Doll,
she wasn't first prize!
SUDDENLY...Everything went blacker than a bruised crow.
Periods of consciousness were as brief as a paupers will.
(Throbbing Head)
I shouldn't have answered that Ad!!




Ahhh...The theater of the mind!
I subscribe to XM/Serius.
My favorite station is 164..Old Time Radio!
Boston Blackie, The Thin Man, Richard Diamond, Johnny Dollar.
Any old Private Eye programming uses such vivid description, you don't need to see it! Old radios, and Old Time radio...I Love Them!
If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55.
Come tell The G-Man!
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment...Then BOOK!!!
So from the most ancient host from coast to coast...
Have a Kick-Ass Week-End.......Pal!!!!

Thursday Portrait......

The day before pay day.
Sometimes it seems that you are down to your last Two Cents.
But some days are luckier than others!
See ya tomorrow...
Peace...!!!

Retro Wednesday.....

I know what your thinking...Not another radio!!
Trust me, I haven't scratched the surface of showing you all my old radios.
This is a 1947 Zenith Holiday. The 2nd pic is an E-Bay pic. To keep old radios sounding great, one has to occassionally replace a tube or so...I can do that! The bottom pic is MY Zenith Holiday. Of course it sounds GREAT!
Of course I'll NEVER sell it.
There is a reason though that I'm showing old radios today....
You'll know why on Friday...hehehehe
Peace...!!!

TMI Tuesday.....

A Mr. Kirk Castile from Clingon Alabama asks....

Dear Mr. Knowitall.. "We don't see too much soap round these parts, whats it all about, and where did it come from"?

Dear Kirk, primitively speaking, soap is oil plus alkali. For centuries that meant fat plus lye. American pioneers saved their fat scraps from cooking. They also saved their ashes from the fireplace. The ashes were then placed in a barrel with a spigot at the bottom. Water poured over the ashes and left to soak would form lye, which was then drained off from the bottom. The cooking fat would be rendered in a separate cooking vat over a fire, then the lye would be added. After much more cooking and stirring, a chemical reaction would take place and soap was the result. Although too much lye and the soap would be harsh, and too much fat would make it greasy. The newly formed soap would then be stored into boxes to harden and cure for several months.
Legend has it that some time around 1000 B.C., the Romans performed many animal sacrifices to the Gods on Mt. Sapo. The fat from the animal sacrifices, then mixed with the ashes from the fire. Over a period of time, this mixture of fat and ash washed down the mountain and into the Tiber River and accumilated in the clay soil. Women washing their clothes by this clay, noticed that the clothing seemed a bit cleaner. The word soap, comes from Mt. Sapo!!
Recipe's for soapmaking were discovered on ancient Sumerian tablets dating back to 2500 B.C. And excavations of ancient Babylon has uncoverd clay cylinders containing a soap-like substance dating to 3000 B.C.


I hope that answers your question Kirk. Do not be afraid to use soap, it is your friend! This weeks post should be titled...Not Enough Information!!

Join us again next week for another exciting episode of..Ask Mr. Knowital.

Peace...!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrr..........

Hi Everybody...
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving...I Did!
I'll spare you all the obligatory T-Day Feast Pics......Your Welcome.

I have a brother thats retired from the U.S. Military. He lives in a town about 135 miles North of here called Oscoda. He is currently laid off from his job there, and his son lives with me while he is attending trade school.
Now don't get me wrong, I love my brother, but he is slowly turning into this anti-social, angry little right wing hermit, and it is driving me nuts!!!
While he is here he never leaves MY couch.
MY channel remote is glued to his hand.
HE ALWAYS LEAVES THE TOILET SEAT UP!!!!!
I know he misses his son, but he also has their dog 'Eddie' with them. That alone messes with my pets daily dynamics...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
When I leave for work, he is on the couch! When I return from wherever, he is on the couch! To top it all off he has had a nagging cough, and now my throut tickles.
My Sundays are very precious to me. In most cases it's my only day off all week.
He is STILL here!!!
I'm getting ready to go out this afternoon, and I'm not saying a word when I leave! I'm gonna find a friendly unoccupied bar stool, sip on a Diet Pepsi, and watch a couple of football games. I'll be texting Reese regularly to see if El Sluggo has left yet....Thanks for listening.
Peace...!!!

Friday Flash 55.....

What is now....Wasn't always!
But it is said...
The Knights Templar passed it on to the Illuminati!
They in turn selected certain enlightened individuals such as...
DaVinci, Newton, Liberace, Wilt Chamberlain, Susie The Barefoot Mistress,
And now, The G-Man.
To perpetuate and carry on the Tradition and Integrity...
Of Friday Flash Fifty-Five!


If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55...
Please come tell The G-Man.
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment...Then BOOK!!!
So from the most STUFFED host from coast to coast...
Have a Kick-Ass Week-End!!!
Peace...!!!

Thursday Portrait Math Quiz.....

Yesterday was Chinese Take-Out day. I do so much business there that the owner usually throws in an extra fortune cookie or two. Whilst reading my first fortune, I smiled at the bold prediction. Then when I opened up the second fortune, a strange eerie feeling started creeping up on me. My jaw dropped, I visibly started shaking, I broke out in a cold sweat, and I had to sit down.
(Uh...I may have embellished that reaction a wee bit...:P)
OK...I'm not exactly Sir Issac Newton, but I did kinda see something very odd. Of course the obvious is the ONLY lucky number that appears on BOTH fortunes is...?
AND, (now this is very very odd indeed) please ADD all of the lucky numbers on the first fortune...Then SUBTRACT all of the lucky numbers on the second fortune.
What is that number?.....Need I ask?
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!!!!!!!!