Didn’t get this posted last night…
Harvey’s Sandwich System.
Taken on Chouteau Avenue in South Saint Louis, in 1979.
Info condensed from several sources: apparently, early in the 20th century, East St. Louis was a national meatpacking giant, and brain sandwiches became a cheap delicacy around the area.
By the time of this photo, they were no longer served, but the building owners maintained the sign. At least two St. Louis restaurants still do offer them, though.
On one of the pages, someone posted that her mother in law died of mad cow disease caused by eating brains 20 years before she had symptoms. I think you can take that with a grain of salt.
Elephants are actually very good swimmers. They are naturally buoyant and have a built in snorkel.
Asian elephants have been seen swimming rivers and even between islands in southeast Asia and the Indian sub continent.
It seems strange that people wanted 20 million pounds of borax….
But a lot of modern chemicals weren’t around, so it was used in more industries.
You can still buy 20 Mule Team borax, a really old brand, to use as a household cleaner and laundry booster, but it’s a skin and lung irritant.
I got some years ago, cos I read that a trail of it would kill ants, and was safer than insecticide, but it didn’t work, and the powder created dust, that made me cough.
So of course, a couple of years ago, maybe, on Tik Tok, the home of idiotically dangerous fads and challenges, people were touting it as a cure-all, and swallowing it, even though it says right on the box not to.
I got a private tour of the Borax mines in California. Even got to take home some samples of Realgar. It looks for all the world like a candy cane — made of Borax and Arsenic…
I didn’t even know we had borax mines in California…. nor have I ever heard of Realgar or any possible uses for it, besides murder, which isn’t generally condoned.
Doesn’t sound like something that should be given out as samples!
Actually, ground up dried potatoes, oil, salt and preservatives, plus artificial and real flavorings, if they’re not the plain ones.
You can only call a real, fried slice of potato a potato chip, legally. It’s funny, cos a corn chip doesn’t have to be a slice of corn.
Confession: I occasionally eat Pringles. Not many, not often…
But I don’t eat much salt, and a few years ago, I was getting very faint, usually in hot weather. My doctor said my low salt diet had become too low, and to eat something salty if i felt faint or weak… But not to overdo it.
You can’t keep potato chips very long, and an open bag is an invitation to binge. Pringles, though, are barely food… I kind of like the taste, but not as much as real chips. I can easily eat a few and stop.
I eat 5 or 6, close the lid, and take a week or longer to finish a 5 oz can, and it works.
I’m also not quite as strict about salt as I used to be, and apparently it’s okay.
From a Facebook page about growing up in New York:
Brian Sullivan 13 years old walks with his brother on 42nd Street 1972.
From a Life Magazine piece called “The world of a 13 year old in New York City, 1972.”
“My brother John and I—he’s 25—take a lot of walks. This one was down 42nd Street. I can’t go there by myself, and don’t want to,” Sullivan said.
Bill Ray The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock.
Wow… so young! Okay, maybe not so much Sonny, the oldest.
And yeah, Cher might be the tallest, but she’s not as tall as she looks, or even terribly tall. She always seemed to tower over Sonny, but she wore very tall heels. I think it was part of the act.
Not absolutely sure about Bob Dylan, but I think he’s almost the same height as Cher… she’s 5’7½”, he 5’7″…. while Sonny was 5’5″.
Not only are there stairs, but there’s no landing, and the sliding bolt lock makes it look like the door opens outward, to knock you over, especially if you’re having a hard time walking, or with balance.
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“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me sleepy…”
Sunshine
In my eyes can make me sneeze.
Hey!
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Better make mine a double.
Didn’t get this posted last night…
Harvey’s Sandwich System.
Taken on Chouteau Avenue in South Saint Louis, in 1979.
Info condensed from several sources: apparently, early in the 20th century, East St. Louis was a national meatpacking giant, and brain sandwiches became a cheap delicacy around the area.
By the time of this photo, they were no longer served, but the building owners maintained the sign. At least two St. Louis restaurants still do offer them, though.
On one of the pages, someone posted that her mother in law died of mad cow disease caused by eating brains 20 years before she had symptoms. I think you can take that with a grain of salt.
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I really, really hope that wasn’t an oil spill!
Crossed a river, it’s just water. Cool we can see the actual water level on the large one.
I’m actually surprised though… in videos I’ve seen, elephants are enjoying water .. submerging themselves, and squirting it on their backs.
Places to go, things to do, you know. Life. Gets in the way of fun much too often.
Luckily, not a lot of elephants live near oil spills…
There have been some oil spills in Nigeria, but they have very few elephants.
Elephants are actually very good swimmers. They are naturally buoyant and have a built in snorkel.
Asian elephants have been seen swimming rivers and even between islands in southeast Asia and the Indian sub continent.
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I had the model! Ronald Regan used to hype it on “Death Valley Days!”
It seems strange that people wanted 20 million pounds of borax….
But a lot of modern chemicals weren’t around, so it was used in more industries.
You can still buy 20 Mule Team borax, a really old brand, to use as a household cleaner and laundry booster, but it’s a skin and lung irritant.
I got some years ago, cos I read that a trail of it would kill ants, and was safer than insecticide, but it didn’t work, and the powder created dust, that made me cough.
So of course, a couple of years ago, maybe, on Tik Tok, the home of idiotically dangerous fads and challenges, people were touting it as a cure-all, and swallowing it, even though it says right on the box not to.
It put people in the hospital.
I got a private tour of the Borax mines in California. Even got to take home some samples of Realgar. It looks for all the world like a candy cane — made of Borax and Arsenic…
Eeek!
I didn’t even know we had borax mines in California…. nor have I ever heard of Realgar or any possible uses for it, besides murder, which isn’t generally condoned.
Doesn’t sound like something that should be given out as samples!
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Mashed taters.
Actually, ground up dried potatoes, oil, salt and preservatives, plus artificial and real flavorings, if they’re not the plain ones.
You can only call a real, fried slice of potato a potato chip, legally. It’s funny, cos a corn chip doesn’t have to be a slice of corn.
Confession: I occasionally eat Pringles. Not many, not often…
But I don’t eat much salt, and a few years ago, I was getting very faint, usually in hot weather. My doctor said my low salt diet had become too low, and to eat something salty if i felt faint or weak… But not to overdo it.
You can’t keep potato chips very long, and an open bag is an invitation to binge. Pringles, though, are barely food… I kind of like the taste, but not as much as real chips. I can easily eat a few and stop.
I eat 5 or 6, close the lid, and take a week or longer to finish a 5 oz can, and it works.
I’m also not quite as strict about salt as I used to be, and apparently it’s okay.
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LOL!
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This has to be Times Square in the 1970’s.
From a Facebook page about growing up in New York:
Brian Sullivan 13 years old walks with his brother on 42nd Street 1972.
From a Life Magazine piece called “The world of a 13 year old in New York City, 1972.”
“My brother John and I—he’s 25—take a lot of walks. This one was down 42nd Street. I can’t go there by myself, and don’t want to,” Sullivan said.
Bill Ray The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock.
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Or maybe just buy things for three dogs.
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Ooh – ooh – I know!
The men must be standing on risers.
Wow… so young! Okay, maybe not so much Sonny, the oldest.
And yeah, Cher might be the tallest, but she’s not as tall as she looks, or even terribly tall. She always seemed to tower over Sonny, but she wore very tall heels. I think it was part of the act.
Not absolutely sure about Bob Dylan, but I think he’s almost the same height as Cher… she’s 5’7½”, he 5’7″…. while Sonny was 5’5″.
Yup.
And again…. sigh….
Not only are there stairs, but there’s no landing, and the sliding bolt lock makes it look like the door opens outward, to knock you over, especially if you’re having a hard time walking, or with balance.
Maybe it’s a way to get in to help the disabled person who got stuck after coming in through the handicapped door on the other side.
find the teddy bear
Bunnies!
Bunnies.
Gotcha!
Only one teddy for all those babies.
No wonder they need so many pacifiers.
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Oh my…
“Psychology?”
“a treat instead of a treatment?”
Just what kind of treatments are they advising giving up?
Nonprofitable ones….
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You’d think he’d grab something from a little kid instead.
Pretty arrogant.
I can see this one.
Alpine Cleo!
Will we get to see her ski in Cortina d’Ampezzo next? Or maybe just chillin’ in Milan?
Street Art – Philadelphia, USA.
LOL…
Goldfinch.
European goldfinch, to be precise.
Stieglitz or Distelfink in German.
The American is much less flamboyant. Strange…
I do like the sound of “Distelfink!”
“Boy, was my face red…”
Sweats are just leggings for guys.
Yes?
The more intelligent an animal is, the more it needs play as an adult.
Looks like a Lada, the model which over here sold as the Lada Riva, so my guess is that this is in one of the old Eastern Bloc countries.