January 7, 2023

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dennisinseattle
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

They just dont make furniture correctly for you, do they?

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  dennisinseattle
1 year ago

Maybe he just needs to be taught “butt in first.”

Sometimes a toddler will do the same thing… put his/her head and torso on the chair, and have to be taught to climb in correctly.

I knew a little girl who liked to take naps that way…. feet on the ground.

Can’t you just picture this guy sitting upright, maybe with his book in his lap?

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

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P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

He probably is comforted by the smell of his owners.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

My brother had a Great Dane that would lay her butt over on the couch first. And sometimes stop there. Sitting on her butt, front feet standing on the floor.

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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

My brother sent in for a 1950’s version… the ads looked almost the same for many years, so I bet the toy stayed the same, too.

He thought they’d be like his regular “green army men”, and he’d have a huge force when he played with his friends.

But no…. they were WAY smaller …. flatter, less detailed, and mostly unable to stand.

At least this more modern ad has a clue… my brother didn’t get a footlocker.

How small do 100 toys have to be if they all come packed in a box that’s 6 1/2″ long and half that wide?

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

A friend of mine did also. Same thing. Flat.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
I found a clearer picture.
The dimensions listed for the footlocker are 6 1/2″ × 3″ × 2 3/8″.
Accepting 1/16″ as wall thickness the interior dimensions are 6 3/8″ × 2 7/8″ × 2 1/4″
Accepting that all finished pieces contain the same volume of plastic (I know that’s not practical) then each finished piece would reduce to a cube 0.74433227711324971648500698110078″ on a side (that’s a smidgeon under 3/4″).
 

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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Ooooh! I lusted after those back in the day. The Civil War set was a particular longing (during the centenary 1961-65)

P51Strega
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 year ago

You should’ve told us two days ago, and we could’ve gotten it for your b-day. Oh well, I’ll just have to remember for next year. ☺

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

The banana ones were the best.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  happyhappyhappy
1 year ago

Banana flavoring, blatantly artificial as it is, and gross as I ought to find it, is one of the only fruit flavorings, I enjoy.

I love fruit, and things made with real fruit, but not fruit “flavored” candy or beverages…

No Kool-Aid, No Fanta.. I almost like orange flavor Jello, and every now and then I’ll eat a few bites of some other flavor Jello at a buffet

But give me some good old fake banana taffy, banana flavored marshmallow “Circus Peanuts”, or banana Kits,that other people consider inedible, and I love them.

I really miss banana popsicles… the only flavor I would eat, except, of course, for Fudgicles. Where did they go?

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

 
You may be able to get these at a Safeway near you.
There are other brands, but Nestlé discontinued theirs in Canada.
 

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I remember “Banana Quik”, strangely, not that “banana-y”, but, also strangely, was a quite enticing flavour to me and my older sister. We would even just take a spoonful dry, into the mouth, no milk.
Same with the “Strawberry Quik”.
We kids were weird back then…

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

OK… now I see.

Nighthawks.. it’s January!

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
Just think, 18 days from now, and it will be Christmas; where did the time go?
 

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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

It took me a minute.

I saw the page header and then you said that, and for a moment I thought maybe I’d accidentally gone back a month on Cleo.

But the January 7th puzzle is up above, so I must be on the right page!

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
There are those of us who like aircraft on this site…..
 

 
It’s going to be auctioned off too ! !
 

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1 year ago

@ —comment image    MontanaLady

From elsewhere in place and time.
 
A picture link of Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse and Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon in the Hulu biographical drama series “Fosse/Verdon” you were asking JanLC about.
Scroll down to the episode list and select by left clicking.
Then click through the clutter (make sure you get the “x” on the small clutter in the centre, and just close out the big clutter (if any, there shouldn’t be a this phase in the process / if you need to reselect the episode; just do so; it’s tedious, but you will get there) by closing the tab as usual, and then go full screen.
 
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Here’s the real Gwen Verdon as Lola.
 

 
P.S.
This is the site I use to watch the “Quantum Leap” reboot; which is finally back from that modern day abomination, the mid-season-hiatus.
 

dennisinseattle
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

Lola is entertaining, but hardly a seductress.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

thanks, alexi, i’ll do that when i have some free time next week.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

Here I am with the puzzle solution… not late, in my time zone, but a bit later than usual, due to problems with my image upload site…

But meanwhile… where are all my Puzzle People?

Yoo hoo! Puzzle Pals… Cleofans… I have your solooootion! Come out and play!

I hope nobody was intimidated by the complexity… there are nine differences and you can find them!

Give it the ol’ college try… this puzzle being a college or maybe high school hangout….

Then check your solution…

Right HERE

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Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

I’ve got eight, I think. So for the ninth diff, here is my solution. See the waitress in the foreground, center? See her name tag? In the left side image, her name is Marla. In the right side image, it’s Maria. That’s my answer, and I’m sticking with it.

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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

i only got 5!! no more time left to peruse!

P51Strega
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Dang, only 6. One was too small for my old eyes, the other two I should have seen.

Not a difference: The girl dancing has one short sleeve and one long sleeve… strange.

baconboycamper
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Another “tuff one”, but I did finally manage to find all 9. A very busy scene once again.

SusanSunshine
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1 year ago

OK… writing January 7, 2022 I understand…

But DECEMBER 2023????

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

Hey, I was going to delete this if you fixed the date… but how can I delete your like?
That wouldn’t be nice of me… 🙂

Liverlips McCracken
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1 year ago

Boy, time really flies when you’re having fun.

dennisinseattle
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1 year ago

Can you provide background on Anita and the wolves?

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Reply to  dennisinseattle
1 year ago

I looked at it on YouTube… this is the only info posted with the video:

“May 17, 2010
Anita had not been in Polar Zoo in about 2 months. When she returned i had the chance to film her first meeting in a long time with the wolves she spent a long time socializing from 16th of May 2008. The video is recorded in Polar Zoo and any questions related to socializing process should be taken with them. For more information about the socialized wolf pack go to http://www.polarzoo.no

I checked out Polar Zoo… turns out we usually call it “Polar Park” in English. It’s a wildlife park in Norway. I used the above link and also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Park_(animal_park)
to see more about the place

But I saw nothing more about “Anita”.

mr_sherman
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1 year ago

“December” 7?????

Alexikakos
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1 year ago

 
$23.99 (Canadian) + GST/HST + shipping + handling + ….whatever else they can grab.
French’s didn’t introduce the squeeze bottle until 1974.
 

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Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  Alexikakos
1 year ago

The White Mountains are in New Hampshire.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
1 year ago

And in Arizona.

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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

 
I’m not sure about this….
 

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JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

I’ve found one! Maybe I’ll try again later…

perkycat
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Is four good??? Little tough for me and I don’t have a lot of time today.

MontanaLady
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

it wasn’t ‘fun’ the 1st one was, but there’s no inspiration.

P51Strega
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

A little to tough. The only one that I can really object to is

Too Small
The reversed N on the sign

A puzzle this detailed should have larger differences (as you can tell by other responses, even the larger differences were hard to find).

baconboycamper
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

My first impression was “Wooooh Boy!!!” The differences were a bit hard to locate, but if you persevere they do eventually pop out. A challenge, for certain!

dennisinseattle
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Found five before it got tiresome. If it’s not fun, I’m out.

bambushie
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Reply to  nighthawks
1 year ago

Found seven after a long time looking, checked solution and missed the blue sleeve and the N, man I looked at that a lot and still did not see it, way to small for us old folks

dennisinseattle
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Reply to  bambushie
1 year ago

Yes, I still cant see it. Have to get that cataract surgery.

JP Steve
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1 year ago

Thanks to everybody for giving me a memorable birthday (and on time too!) Special thanks to Susan and Candi!
Steve. X

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
1 year ago

You’re very welcome!

And it’s about time we got it right.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
1 year ago

😀

Tigressy
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1 year ago

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1 year ago

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mr_sherman
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Reply to  Tigressy
1 year ago

ANIMAL ABUSE!!

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1 year ago

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