One of my friends here in Shaunavon owns a second-hand shop; Mostly there's a lot of junk in there, but there are a few treasures to be found as well.  He had an old Eaton's Fall & Winter Catalog from 1975, and he let me have it for free!  The catalog is darn-near mint, and even has the little mail-in order tags bound into the spine.  I've ( Read more... )

     ...try not to break it!

I haven't even gotten my "new" Haybine and tractor home, and the haybine is already broken!  I went over the Alfie's estate-sale last night after work, and I noticed the tractor and the haybine in the ditch at the farm.  Hmmmm, that really shouldn't be - once I own the thing, it's really not proper for them to be ( Read more... )

       Because, you know, everything is better when it's done in the Anime style!


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     One thing that I really enjoy is looking through old cataloges; the waves of nostalgia bring me a lot of pleasure.  Ones from my own childhood bring back the strongest feelings of course, but I also love looking at old cataloges from before my time.  Late last summer, I scored a couple of boxes of old cataloges at an auction; there are ( Read more... )

 I have a pretty good fear of heights, but that's nothing particularly remarkable - many people do.  What REALLY creeps me out and is pretty unique (so far as I know) is a combination of water-pipes and shadows.  Now, I'm not afraid of the small, standard water pipes that everyone has in their home.  In fact, small pipelines and valves and such ( Read more... )