Joan Crawford and husband Alfred Steele with Jackie Cooper and Cleo (aka canine actress Bernadette) at the 1955 launch event for NBC’s sitcom “The People’s Choice.”
You’d think a record on a cereal box, with the grooves facing out into the world, would be scuffed out of any playability by the time you brought it home, ate the cereal, and cut it out
But I’ve heard they worked fine… If listening to the Archies was fine.
They came on boxes of various sugary Post cereals, and people still sell them on eBay.
Couldn’t get any info on this one except that it was included on sites with titles like “New York City in the Rain”, and “26 Rainy Day Pictures.”
I’m guessing she’s hailing a cab. I hope everybody has good brakes.
I had a friend… well, sort of a friend…. many years ago who had moved out here from New York City.
She didn’t drive, but neither did I or most of our friends. We did a lot of walking.
She couldn’t believe.. in fact it annoyed her to no end… that we all waited so obediently for traffic lights, even though California had, at the time, some of the most pedestrian-friendly laws in the country. The pedestrian technically had the right of way at any unmarked intersection (not any more) but we all waited politely for cars.
She said nobody waits in New York.
Now, this was a long time ago, so I don’t know if it’s still the same… but she said jaywalking was a way of life back there, and if you were going somewhere you just went. Walking together, she’d be across the street and down the next block before I stepped off the curb.
She was a wee little bit aggressive, in a New York kind of way, which led to a bit of a falling out over something else… so I don’t know how that worked out for her.
Wolves have a longer nose, with a very narrow bridge. Their ears are shorter and rounder.
And like the fox I posted the other day, one thing that distinguishes wild canines from domestic dogs is that their eyes are almond shaped, not rounded, and their eyebrows less (for want of a better word) elastic …. so they don’t make the soft or happy expressions dogs do.
Some scientists think dogs learned, and were selected, over the years, by trying hard to communicate with humans.
a closer look… spoiler…
Oops… I was trying to enlarge a crop of the picture, but that only works on my tablet if I upload directly instead of a link. And that doesn’t work in a spoiler box.
Okay… I guess I’ll do it again. Why? Because it’s there, I guess.
Most search results for this image, even on sites selling the picture, just said things like “A football player jumps for a ball.” Wow, thanks.
But one site, somebody’s Facebook page, quoted the actual newspaper caption from the picture:
“Packers Aerial Expert. Green Bay, Wisconsin: The Green Bay Packers Mr. Herber, passing expert extraordinary, is shown in action here. He will see plenty of action next Sunday, when the chips are down, when the Packers clash with the New York Giants at Milwaukee for the National Professional Football Championship. The contestants are champions of the Eastern and Western divisions of the National Professional Football League.”
There was no date given… so … since I know nothing about football but for some dumb reason I don’t give up… I googled the matchup.
According to the results…
“The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 27–0 in the 1939 NFL Championship game at the Wisconsin State Fair Park (the ‘Dairy Bowl’) in West Allis, Wisconsin.”
Ah, my bad, it would have helped if I’d watched the video before replying. He would either put the queen with the rest of the bees, or keep her separate until he got them to the hive and then used her to move them. If he kept her separate, then he wouldn’t have to find her again if they were reluctant to move to their new quarters.
He could use generic queen bee pheromone to start the bees moving, but it would be a bit of a tug-of-war until he found the queen. Then he could remove her (or move her.) He certainly wouldn’t have destroyed her — she’s too valuable and he’s too professional.
Wow… William Demarest was one of those actors you’ve seen in everything but never recognize.
He was in… I dunno… 7.2 million movies? A decades long career… And he replaced William Frawley, of I Love Lucy fame, when he later got too ill, as the crusty old uncle on My Three Sons.
And Patsy Ruth Miller played the beautiful Esmeralda, opposite Lon Chaney, in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Empire State Building-1941
The Empire State Building, when it was still the tallest thing around, from across town,.in the direction you don’t usually see, in 1941.
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The 6th St market, in Richmond VA, 1908
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Joan Crawford and husband Alfred Steele with Jackie Cooper and Cleo (aka canine actress Bernadette) at the 1955 launch event for NBC’s sitcom “The People’s Choice.”
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Definitely wouldn’t want to walk that street if it was icy!
That’s one reason it’s a good thing San Francisco rarely gets any ice.
Happy trails! Sayonara. So long. Later, gator. How many ways is Cleo gonna say goodbye?
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Poor little cube.
Meanwhile I’m getting hypnotized.
And he will never ever get there,
Poor little cube indeed!
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You’d think a record on a cereal box, with the grooves facing out into the world, would be scuffed out of any playability by the time you brought it home, ate the cereal, and cut it out
But I’ve heard they worked fine… If listening to the Archies was fine.
They came on boxes of various sugary Post cereals, and people still sell them on eBay.
Oooh … look what I found…
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Jeez… I think I’d pull the fawn into the house and shut the door, not challenge the big kitty cat.
Maternal instincts come to the fore!
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Couldn’t get any info on this one except that it was included on sites with titles like “New York City in the Rain”, and “26 Rainy Day Pictures.”
I’m guessing she’s hailing a cab. I hope everybody has good brakes.
I had a friend… well, sort of a friend…. many years ago who had moved out here from New York City.
She didn’t drive, but neither did I or most of our friends. We did a lot of walking.
She couldn’t believe.. in fact it annoyed her to no end… that we all waited so obediently for traffic lights, even though California had, at the time, some of the most pedestrian-friendly laws in the country. The pedestrian technically had the right of way at any unmarked intersection (not any more) but we all waited politely for cars.
She said nobody waits in New York.
Now, this was a long time ago, so I don’t know if it’s still the same… but she said jaywalking was a way of life back there, and if you were going somewhere you just went. Walking together, she’d be across the street and down the next block before I stepped off the curb.
She was a wee little bit aggressive, in a New York kind of way, which led to a bit of a falling out over something else… so I don’t know how that worked out for her.
Illustration from Poe’s “The Raven”
Could be his demons are coming back to haunt him. Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
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I’m hsssssssinging in the rain ♪♪♪… just hssssssssssinging♪♪♪ in the rain….
see the wolf?
Nope.
Got him, but maybe if he was wearing sheep’s clothing he’d be easier to spot.
Or an orange safety vest.
I mean, it’s hunting season, after all.
Took a moment… but yes.
And after you see him once, he’s plain as day.
Wolf or Husky?
Definitely wolf.
Wolves have a longer nose, with a very narrow bridge. Their ears are shorter and rounder.
And like the fox I posted the other day, one thing that distinguishes wild canines from domestic dogs is that their eyes are almond shaped, not rounded, and their eyebrows less (for want of a better word) elastic …. so they don’t make the soft or happy expressions dogs do.
Some scientists think dogs learned, and were selected, over the years, by trying hard to communicate with humans.
Oops… I was trying to enlarge a crop of the picture, but that only works on my tablet if I upload directly instead of a link. And that doesn’t work in a spoiler box.
Thank you!
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Okay… I guess I’ll do it again. Why? Because it’s there, I guess.
Most search results for this image, even on sites selling the picture, just said things like “A football player jumps for a ball.” Wow, thanks.
But one site, somebody’s Facebook page, quoted the actual newspaper caption from the picture:
“Packers Aerial Expert. Green Bay, Wisconsin: The Green Bay Packers Mr. Herber, passing expert extraordinary, is shown in action here. He will see plenty of action next Sunday, when the chips are down, when the Packers clash with the New York Giants at Milwaukee for the National Professional Football Championship. The contestants are champions of the Eastern and Western divisions of the National Professional Football League.”
There was no date given… so … since I know nothing about football but for some dumb reason I don’t give up… I googled the matchup.
According to the results…
“The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 27–0 in the 1939 NFL Championship game at the Wisconsin State Fair Park (the ‘Dairy Bowl’) in West Allis, Wisconsin.”
There. I did my bit.
I was going to guess Normie Kwong, but you’d have to be a real CFL nut to think that! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Kwong
CFL nut, I am obviously not.
If you wrote the names of all the Canadian players, past and present, I’ve ever heard of on a standard 8½ by 11″ sheet of paper….
You could still use it to write a letter, cos it would be blank.
American players?
I think you’d still have room for a pretty long grocery list.
I hear of them in the media, so I know more names… but don’t ask me what teams they’re on or how well they play.
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Aww… He just wants to help.
And maybe… um… never mind… let’s assume help.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
And we will leave it at that!
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Makes the hair stand up on my arms… but interesting. I do worry about the bees.
I couldn’t catch what attracted them to the box he got them to go into, and why they were so willing.
He caught the queen with his bare hands!! But I never heard him say what he was going to do with her. Give her back, I hope.
Probably use the queen to move the swarm to a transport box.
They’d already flown and crawled into the transport box, quite readily, which is what I was asking about… but the queen lagged behind.
He picked her up, and she was wriggling in his fingers… but he didn’t say what he was going to do.
Ah, my bad, it would have helped if I’d watched the video before replying. He would either put the queen with the rest of the bees, or keep her separate until he got them to the hive and then used her to move them. If he kept her separate, then he wouldn’t have to find her again if they were reluctant to move to their new quarters.
He could use generic queen bee pheromone to start the bees moving, but it would be a bit of a tug-of-war until he found the queen. Then he could remove her (or move her.) He certainly wouldn’t have destroyed her — she’s too valuable and he’s too professional.
You might think Cleo could play Bullet, cos she’s pretty much a slug.
But in this case, she’s pretty much the creature kind of slug, not the lead kind.
Rushing is not in her repertoire.
At least she didn’t say “Do you feel lucky, punk?”
Sociable Tricycle.
Instead of a back seat driver, you have one right up beside you. I suppose it’s a fairly easy way to find out if you’re at all compatible.
Sociable Tricycle – Patsy Ruth Miller and William Demarest ride a side-by-side trike.
Wow… William Demarest was one of those actors you’ve seen in everything but never recognize.
He was in… I dunno… 7.2 million movies? A decades long career… And he replaced William Frawley, of I Love Lucy fame, when he later got too ill, as the crusty old uncle on My Three Sons.
And Patsy Ruth Miller played the beautiful Esmeralda, opposite Lon Chaney, in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.