Just reminds me of when my nephew went through a preschool phase of playing Superman, and leaping just like that on visitors, from the bookshelf behind the couch.
His parents refused to discipline him, so some of their friends refused to visit.
I couldn’t really, being family and all.
My brother said “Don’t worry, he’ll outgrow it.”
….
An unsatisfactory approach, IMHO…
But I do have to admit that he doesn’t do it anymore (AFAIK) at 53.
“(Original Caption) 3/13/30-Paris, France: Mrs. Frederick H. Fleitman of New York, with five of the Siamese cats she exhibited at the International Show of the Cat Club and which won first prize.”
It blows the canopy into small (lightweight) pieces so if a pilot needs to eject he doesn’t need to wait for the canopy to get out of the way.
It was first used (i believe) on the Harrier Jump Jet.
If you are hovering close to the ground and something goes terribly wrong and you decide leave you don’t want to wait for anything. 🙂
I admit, I don’t know. My first thought is radio aerials. As far as explosives for ejection seats, it is only over the rear seat, not the pilot. It could be that the front part comes off intact.
The distortion makes identification tricky, but I’m pretty sure these are AT-28 Trojan attack (or COIN) aircraft. The AT-28 is a modified T-28 piston engine trainer. They were used in Vietnam. The T-28 didn’t have ejection seats, and those lines are not present on the trainers. The ejection seats were only used on the most modified version, the one with 3 hard-points under each wing (which we see on these). But along with the ejection seat, the AT-28 also had more communication equipment.
I knew this was a rare toy… It’s called “Popeye Heavy Hitter”, and was made by Chein, a very collectible brand of tin toys, in the 1930s.
Cartoon and celebrity figurals in really good condition are generally worth a premium, especially popular characters like Popeye.
It’s quite old, so you expect a tiny bit of rust and wear, and sometimes no one knows or cares whether the mechanism works because no one is allowed to wind it.
But until I just googled it , I didn’t realize that I’d see it sold at auction in approximately this same condition for $1,000 and up.
One sold at Hakes, a very reputable toy auction house, in 2016 for $1,600.
And one in near mint condition, with its original box, sold at this auction for $11,400!
Hi Susan,
I added to yesterday’s discussion of the childhood games, and the answer to #1 (tag?). The two points were: 1- there was a Game called Red Rover, that may have had multiple chasers, I never played and only heard of it after growing up; 2- There were multiple versions of tag, and I’m a bit fuzzy on them, but vaguely think I may have played one where the ‘its’ increase with each tag until the last untagged person is the winner.
We called that last one tag along tag. Once you were tagged, you held hands in a line until the last person was tagged (usually by the line surrounding them).
This is a beautiful poster from Stel Bel. I have no memory of having seen it previously. Based on the date, I would have to think it is one of her last.
This may or may not have been the most recent poster Stel designed…
But I do remember that it was the first after quite a long gap.
She and I discussed it quite a bit in the making, and some of the conflicting stories about Billy the Pup.
I did some more research while she was working on it, so I was flattered that she was happy with what I wrote.
With that in mind, I hope nobody minds that I’m repeating that post:
….
Not a movie, this time, but a very important book in the history of the Old West, and its wild bassets.
Billy the Pup was one of the wildest… a notorious outlaw and killer, possibly himself a victim of untreated rabies or distemper, along with a genetic predisposal to bad behavior, in the days before Animal Control was motorized and had lethal drugs at their disposal.
A beautiful cover, the Pup standing alone, challenging his pursuers.
You can possibly see the madness in his eyes.
Also a pictorial guide to actual clothing and accoutrements of its day and place, very useful to reenactors… A small but important market in its category.
….
Pat Grrrett, as noted in the subtitle, was the actual Sheriff who took him down…. not only an eyewitness but a co-creator of history as it was made, and as it turns out, flamekeeper of the Pup’s legend afterwards.
…
The book was so engrossing to the many seekers of true Western basset history, that it never went out of print or copyright… I think not to this very day.
The rights were sold over and over, and many versions exist, but this is the very first, in its “dime novel” paperback format.
Oddly, it never sold well in Grrrett’s lifetime, or made him the fortune he desired, but after his passing, it became the allegedly definitive source of information on Billy the Pup, and made Garrett an icon of old West lawmanship, as well.
….
Unfortunately, it was discovered, years later, that it contains many inaccuracies, purposely written to counteract already-published criticisms of Grrrett and his methods, and show him in a better light, which was very successful.
Still, though, a good read, which, taken with the proverbial grain of kibble, does give a lot of actual information about the two as well.
Just read it with a proper eye for hyperbole and whitewashing.
Wow, talk about timing, I just saw John Thorogood & the Destroyers perform Bad to the Bone live last night. They were pretty good, but the headline act: John Fogerty & Credence Clearwater Revival was OUTSTANDING!!!
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“I love you this much!”
“You’re home! – Join me for dinner.”
Just reminds me of when my nephew went through a preschool phase of playing Superman, and leaping just like that on visitors, from the bookshelf behind the couch.
His parents refused to discipline him, so some of their friends refused to visit.
I couldn’t really, being family and all.
My brother said “Don’t worry, he’ll outgrow it.”
….
An unsatisfactory approach, IMHO…
But I do have to admit that he doesn’t do it anymore (AFAIK) at 53.
This image should come paired with the Twilight Zone intro music.
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The amazing thing is that she has those Siamese on leashes.
The caption below comes from HERE
“(Original Caption) 3/13/30-Paris, France: Mrs. Frederick H. Fleitman of New York, with five of the Siamese cats she exhibited at the International Show of the Cat Club and which won first prize.”
I’m in agreement with this lady!
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We were big fans when I was growing up.
So where’s the grownup picture?
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Could one of you airplane guys please explain the black lines?
I always assumed they were explosive charges to split the canopy to aid escape if needed, but I don’t know for certain.
https://www.militarysystems-tech.com/sites/militarysystems/files/supplier_docs/CEUK-Canopy-Severance-Cord.pdf
It blows the canopy into small (lightweight) pieces so if a pilot needs to eject he doesn’t need to wait for the canopy to get out of the way.
It was first used (i believe) on the Harrier Jump Jet.
If you are hovering close to the ground and something goes terribly wrong and you decide leave you don’t want to wait for anything. 🙂
Good to know that my guess was right.
But, that is not a Harrier Jump Jet. I don’t know what those lines are.
I admit, I don’t know. My first thought is radio aerials. As far as explosives for ejection seats, it is only over the rear seat, not the pilot. It could be that the front part comes off intact.
The distortion makes identification tricky, but I’m pretty sure these are AT-28 Trojan attack (or COIN) aircraft. The AT-28 is a modified T-28 piston engine trainer. They were used in Vietnam. The T-28 didn’t have ejection seats, and those lines are not present on the trainers. The ejection seats were only used on the most modified version, the one with 3 hard-points under each wing (which we see on these). But along with the ejection seat, the AT-28 also had more communication equipment.
So, we again end at, I don’t know.
I have little doubt that Popeye has the strength to ring the bell.
OMG!
I knew this was a rare toy… It’s called “Popeye Heavy Hitter”, and was made by Chein, a very collectible brand of tin toys, in the 1930s.
Cartoon and celebrity figurals in really good condition are generally worth a premium, especially popular characters like Popeye.
It’s quite old, so you expect a tiny bit of rust and wear, and sometimes no one knows or cares whether the mechanism works because no one is allowed to wind it.
But until I just googled it , I didn’t realize that I’d see it sold at auction in approximately this same condition for $1,000 and up.
One sold at Hakes, a very reputable toy auction house, in 2016 for $1,600.
And one in near mint condition, with its original box, sold at this auction for $11,400!
https://milestoneauctions.hibid.com/lot/115023370/chein-tin-windup-popeye-heavy-hitter-w–box
I put the picture below.
Oops… Picture:
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I’m sure you guys don’t need me to post a solution 😁
Hi Susan,
I added to yesterday’s discussion of the childhood games, and the answer to #1 (tag?). The two points were: 1- there was a Game called Red Rover, that may have had multiple chasers, I never played and only heard of it after growing up; 2- There were multiple versions of tag, and I’m a bit fuzzy on them, but vaguely think I may have played one where the ‘its’ increase with each tag until the last untagged person is the winner.
We called that last one tag along tag. Once you were tagged, you held hands in a line until the last person was tagged (usually by the line surrounding them).
Funny… I’m no lip reader but she clearly says “take my picture”.
One way to cool off in the heat…..
This is a beautiful poster from Stel Bel. I have no memory of having seen it previously. Based on the date, I would have to think it is one of her last.
The classic Billy the Kid photo that was printed back-to-front resulting in him going down in history as “The Left-Handed Gun.”
Right –the way it appears on Stel’s poster.
This may or may not have been the most recent poster Stel designed…
But I do remember that it was the first after quite a long gap.
She and I discussed it quite a bit in the making, and some of the conflicting stories about Billy the Pup.
I did some more research while she was working on it, so I was flattered that she was happy with what I wrote.
With that in mind, I hope nobody minds that I’m repeating that post:
….
Not a movie, this time, but a very important book in the history of the Old West, and its wild bassets.
Billy the Pup was one of the wildest… a notorious outlaw and killer, possibly himself a victim of untreated rabies or distemper, along with a genetic predisposal to bad behavior, in the days before Animal Control was motorized and had lethal drugs at their disposal.
A beautiful cover, the Pup standing alone, challenging his pursuers.
You can possibly see the madness in his eyes.
Also a pictorial guide to actual clothing and accoutrements of its day and place, very useful to reenactors… A small but important market in its category.
….
Pat Grrrett, as noted in the subtitle, was the actual Sheriff who took him down…. not only an eyewitness but a co-creator of history as it was made, and as it turns out, flamekeeper of the Pup’s legend afterwards.
…
The book was so engrossing to the many seekers of true Western basset history, that it never went out of print or copyright… I think not to this very day.
The rights were sold over and over, and many versions exist, but this is the very first, in its “dime novel” paperback format.
Oddly, it never sold well in Grrrett’s lifetime, or made him the fortune he desired, but after his passing, it became the allegedly definitive source of information on Billy the Pup, and made Garrett an icon of old West lawmanship, as well.
….
Unfortunately, it was discovered, years later, that it contains many inaccuracies, purposely written to counteract already-published criticisms of Grrrett and his methods, and show him in a better light, which was very successful.
Still, though, a good read, which, taken with the proverbial grain of kibble, does give a lot of actual information about the two as well.
Just read it with a proper eye for hyperbole and whitewashing.
A link to Project Gutenberg Australia’s online copy of THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF BILLY, THE KID by Pat Garrett.
John Denver.
Wow, talk about timing, I just saw John Thorogood & the Destroyers perform Bad to the Bone live last night. They were pretty good, but the headline act: John Fogerty & Credence Clearwater Revival was OUTSTANDING!!!
LOL, GEORGE Thorogood (not John)