"...sweaty"

I just read about the internet,...on da internet. How it's now a tool of Satan. See action above. My solution? Besides trials. Scrap the whole evil mess, and go back to writing letters ranting on the street, and mimeographing broadsides. I've done it. It's good honest work. It was not only more fun, but people actually read your deranged sweaty crap, and thought about it too.

"...fireballs"

One of the neat things about being an elder is not giving a fuck, and doing stuff ya always wanted. That, and everyone being okay with it,...within reason. I mean I ain't climbing the damned Empire State Building with Roman candles sticking out my butt shooting bright orange fireballs. Tho' there's something to consider. Being older is to stop worrying,...mostly. There I feel better now.

 

"...we're all set"

 

A TV set,...a radio set stereo-set. The term lived for over a century. They began with 19th century telegraph sets as in set ups. I played with a Scrabble Set. There were no 1970's 8-Track sets. There were Cassette decks, but no sets. Certainly no VCR sets. I think the term "Set" vanished in the late 1960's.

What would things be now?

Would you buy an iPhone Set a Flat screen or a Virtual Reality-Set?

See 1940's table Radio Set below,...which I remember using.

A little story about my first radio set.

It was a 1942 small "Zenith". 'Made of plywood which was really new, and cool in the 40's. Anyway this was about 1963 or so I'm around 12. My Aunt Sybil gave me her old radio set.

Above is a near spitting image. Thanks Aunt Sybil.

I cleaned the housing. Put fresh varnish on it. Cleaned the electrics rack replaced the old tubes. They still sold radio tubes then. That, and she was in business. She played Motown, and the Beatles with some of her 1940's tubes still working.

 

"...Long term project"

Heatwave at the Royal Sydneyland shipyard. I just tinkered with my still unfinished HMS Iron Duke kit,...or if you will. "...Set". The image is from near eight months ago. This happens now. Like that cathedral model I'm still sometimes working on,...remember that one? Anyway like the real things battleships, and cathedrals take time. 

Mind you when I was a kid I'd have knocked out both in a few weeks tops.

These days one considers the nuances of the project. 

The morality, and values of the time the original existed in. Yeah right. That's lame bullshit for me never getting around to finishing stuff. So I'm working on *His Majesties' Ship Iron Duke again,...or thinking about it at least. I did paint a few more bits. *...and it was "His Majesties" back then. No offense to QE-II. Stand by for future signals.

"...Vintage"

This from the Great Carousel Barn on the Coney Island Boardwalk. This carved horse is everyone's favorite, but ya can't ride it. She's an original "1901". Dedicated to Civil War Vets. Many of whom were still very much around when she was first installed. 

We have to make do with the others. 

Nice, and almost as vintage.