05-02-2018, 01:27 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by
Jem
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Where's Fruitcake these days? I hope he didn't check out.
I be here I be.
As Mrs Pie mentioned, a lot has been happening at Fruitcake Folly concerning the older generation who live with us, and it has kept me from the more important virtual world of scribbling.
I like the Marx brothers filums, in fact I like a lot of old filums. Did you know that Harpo Marx could speak, but chose not to after someone was rude about his voice, unlike Buster Keaton who couldn't shout loud enough to be heard in the cinema from the film set.
Apropos of absolutely nothing pertinent, I started a new project in my workshop last week. Just to be clear, I don't work, well not for money, and I don't have a shop, a-cause I don't sell things, but a workshop it is neverthemore.
It has a skylight. This isn't a light, nor is it in the sky, for that would be impossible, but it is a hole in the roof to let in light, and the sky can be seen through it if you don't mind getting a crick in your neck doing so.
Anyway, I wanted to make a new clock to go above the garage door a-cause the previous version had failed, and the one afore that was vandalised.
I had somehow acquired the end of a beer barrel. What happened to the rest of the barrel, or indeed the beer contained within, I know not.
So, I started repairing the aforesaid barrel end that had come apart, planning to use it as the base of a widdershins clock. Unfortunately at this point the Chancellor of the Handbag decreed that three new projects were required, namely the manufacture of a small table and two stools, pushing my clock down to fourth priority. *sigh*
Women, what ever would we do without them?
Oh well, the table is complete so I can now make a start on the stools once the woodstain has dried. With luck I might get to restart work on the clock some time next week ...
Imagine if you will, an image of me not holding my breath.