By deduction then, if you’re not a slave, tell the cable and satellite companies, their advertisers, and corporate masters to go get fucked. Then, go do something useful. Unplug or die.
The Virtue Of Industry
This article was written by Daisy Luther and originally published at The Organic Prepper
Times are stressful. In many homes, there are unopened bills in the basket by the door. Bank accounts are in overdraft. Every week the charges at the grocery store are a little bit higher than the week before, and for less food. Kids want new clothes and that latest video game, the car needs to be fixed and people’s jobs are draining the very life from them.
It is vital to take time out of the day to relax. It rejuvenates you, improves your health, and calms your mind so that you can think more clearly.
When you have a million and one things to do, though, sometimes it’s difficult to force yourself to stop. This is because stress releases two hormones into your body: adrenaline and cortisol. Excesses of these hormones can cause blood pressure spikes, food cravings that lead to weight gain, and heart disease, to name just a few of the pitfalls.
Many folks decide they need a hobby, and that hobby ends up either costing them money with nothing to show for it, or it kills off a few brain cells as the person sits there, passively entertained in an altered state in front of the television or a video game.
Studies have shown that watching television induces low alpha waves in the human brain. Alpha waves are brainwaves between 8 to 12 HZ. and are commonly associated with … brain states associated with suggestibility…Too much time spent in the low Alpha wave state caused by TV can cause unfocused daydreaming and inability to concentrate….Advertisers have known about this for a long time and they know how to take advantage of this passive, suggestible, brain state of the TV viewer. There is no need for an advertiser to use subliminal messages. The brain is already in a receptive state, ready to absorb suggestions, within just a few seconds of the television being turned on. All advertisers have to do is flash a brand across the screen, and then attempt to make the viewer associate the product with something positive. (source)
Passivity actually opens up the door to your brain and allows you to be programmed – mass media uses this as a tool, by promoting ideas (like gun control, acceptance of the “big brother” philosophy, or the politically correct flavor of the month). It inhibits your critical thinking skills and leaves your brain craving even more time in this low Alpha state. This is the reason that some people sit blankly in front of the TV for hours every night, until they fall asleep on the couch and then get up to do it all again.
Because of this, it’s important to choose your spare time activities in a manner that enhances your brain function, instead of reducing it. In a world where entertainment means playing on your Iphone or sharing photos on Facebook, opting for industry for your downtime can be an unusual choice. But, stepping outside the path of the herd and choosing productive hobbies is a great way to relax. What’s more, if your brain is engaged in an activity while you view a television program or movie, then you are not as susceptible to messages, either subliminal or blatant. This means that you don’t actually have to keep the TV turned off at night – you just need to refrain from zoning out in front of it.
In 1726, 20 year old Benjamin Franklin sought to cultivate his character. He listed off the thirteen virtues that he believed were important to living a good life, one of which was industry. Franklin wrote of this characteristic, ” Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.” He believed that the pursuit of productivity would build character and help the practitioner to lead a more successful and moral life. In his autobiography Franklin wrote, “I hope, therefore, that some of my descendants may follow the example and reap the benefit.”
We can absolutely apply Franklin’s philosophy of industriousness and productivity to our lives today. When choosing leisure activities, consider opting for a productive hobby.
It should either…
- Teach something
- Create something
- Repair something
- Improve something
That leaves the door wide open to a broad range of choices! If you tend to be an overachiever, then you can relax without the guilt of worrying about all the things that you “should” be doing instead of chilling out.
Think back to the days before television. People worked hard all day long, producing food, cutting wood, cooking, hunting, building…it was a full time job to survive and thrive. In the evenings, by candlelight, they could stop and put their feet up for a while. Books were not widely available like they are now, so families passed the time by performing stitchery, carving, making furniture, mending things and creating items that made their lives more pleasant and beautiful. Sometimes a family member would read aloud, play an instrument or sing. Time was of value and not to be wasted, and there was rarely money to spare on an “evening out”.
Productive hobbies not only improve your brain – they can save you money and better your chances for thriving in a post-SHTF world. The ability to create or repair something will improve your standard of living and provide you with valuable skills for barter should an economic collapse occur. Time spent teaching your children these skills will, in turn, pass down arts that would otherwise be lost to generations of the future, while helping your child become a more critical thinker and problem solver.
Following are some examples of productive hobbies.
- Reading
- Sewing clothing, curtains and soft furnishings
- Knitting and crocheting
- Carving
- Repairing broken items
- Mending
- Darning socks
- Building furniture
- Making pottery
- Cooking and baking
- Writing
- Drawing and creating art
- Playing an Instrument
- Singing
- Archery
- Making cards
- Making jewelry
- Fletching
- Gunsmithing
- Making ammo
- Welding and soldering
- Learning a language
- Doing a puzzle
- Playing a word, math or strategy game
- Marksmanship
- Exercise
- Gardening
- Preserving food
- Practicing outdoor skills like hiking, camping and foraging
The list is endless but those are a few suggestions. How do you unwind? What do you like to do in your spare time?
Eddie says:
Naps are good.
Oh, wait, that isn’t productive, is it.
I have a lot of hobbies, but I tend to run hot or cold on them. For instance, I can’t remember the last time I did any fletching….but I have the gear if I need it.
Lately it’s mostly been gardening. Gardening here is an engineering job, since we have to use imported dirt. Lots of construction required.
Cooking is something I get into when I have lots of energy and then tend to neglect when I don’t. I eat out too much, and it does bother my prepper sensibilities.
One thing I have learned, and that is that it’s good to do something that exercises a different set of muscles and brain cells than your day job. If you’re a dentist, you shouldn’t build ships in bottles. Better to go outside and dig in the dirt..or go sailing.
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5th February 2013 at 8:36 am
JIMSKI says:
Baaah TV. You mean people PAY for TV ?
HAHAHAHAhahahahahahaah really? See they make these things called antennas that pick up signals from the air. I have about the same amount of money in my antenna and cables as a month of basic cable. Of course this only works if you don’t watch TV. Our family reads as our main hobby. I bet we have a ton of books in the basement. When I say ton I mean an actual 2,000 lb storage of books. All boxed up like the OCD prepper I am.
My other hobby I am an Ork. It actually fits my personality well. Loud, mean, violent but funny as hell. My son and I about 4 years ago became interested in tabletop Gaming. We chose the game Warhammer 40,000 and have a lot of fun with it. 40K has rules like chess with the randomness of dice. Movement, shooting, assaults and not a power cord to be seen. We take our armies of plastic miniatures and paint them and do battle. There are multiple game stores to play but I tend to stay at one location at the group of guys are about my age and they are, for the most part, serious about the hobby and all play well. Here are some of the models my son has painted.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/user/68737-Bulaven.html
My kid paints the damn eyes on these things. I can not even see the eyes. He uses a fly tying scope and a single hair brush for detail work. The models come in grey plastic and have to be built.
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5th February 2013 at 9:02 am
flash says:
..or answer to the Obamanator!
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5th February 2013 at 9:15 am
card802 says:
I unplugged three years ago. I used to be a fox news drone, mainly Gretta, Shepard Smith, and the Judge.
Then one day they started going off about Wikileaks, and Bradly Manning and what a danger they are to the country, amongst other bullshit.
WTF?
Done.
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5th February 2013 at 9:33 am
AKAnon says:
“I hunt deer because I love the entire process; the preparation, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woods-lore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures.”
“I come home with an honestly earned feeling that something good has taken place. It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent.”
“Go afield with a good attitude, with respect for the wildlife you hunt and for the forest and fields in which you walk. Immerse yourself in the outdoor experience. It will cleanse your soul and make you a better person.”
“If some of our teenage thrill seekers really want to go out and get a thrill, let them go up into the Northwest and tangle with the Grizzly Bear, the Polar Bear, and the Brown Bear. They will get their kicks, and it will cleanse their souls.”
Fred Bear
I must admit, I spend a lot more time fixing and building stuff than hunting, though.
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5th February 2013 at 10:28 am
Eddie says:
Men need to hunt. It fulfills an essential emotional need we have as male humans and teaches us reverence for life….and helps us understand that in order for us to eat meat, that an animal has to be sacrificed.
Taking the life of an animal is not a small thing. The way we live now, where we are so insulated from the process of harvesting meat, is not so good. I think hunting is a good way to learn about death…what it means, how serious and real it is.
Hunting cures Sensistive New Age Guy Syndrome.
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Hope@ZeroKelvin says:
The only thing worth watching, IMHO, is “Chopped”, “Good Eats” and “Iron Chef America”. At least you can learn something about cooking strange and unusual foods.
Oh, and mebbe some stuff on the SciFy channel, gotta have my Zombie fix now and then.
I would cancel the whole fucking cable thing in a heartbeat but Mr. HSK loves his hunting (infomercials) shows and we might have some marital discord if we actually had to talk to each other every day, aha, aha,.
UNPLUG!!
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5th February 2013 at 12:00 pm
KaD says:
I don’t watch much tv, never have. I do like to take walks though. The problem with doing most things is it costs money, at least for the initial set up and supplies.
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5th February 2013 at 12:14 pm
AWD says:
Great article.
Commercials and T.V. in general have “love for sale”. Somehow, you are going to feel love and warm inside when you buy their product. People are empty, and everyone wants more love, so they spend money they don’t have on shit they don’t need. Then it’s a viscous cycle of credit card debt, trying to earn more (more stress hormones), more eating, then a food coma and T.V., and the whole process starts again. People are just hamsters on a wheel, with the masters getting the efforts of their labors (and the government stealing it in taxes).
man, life is great isn’t it?
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5th February 2013 at 12:51 pm
ThePessimisticChemist says:
One of the reasons I stopped watching football is due to the NFL’s politics. Its an evil corporation just like any other.
NCAA is hardly better, and even in highschool all I see is senseless stupidity.
Much as I love the intricacies of the sport, I just can’t stand the massive con game it is.
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5th February 2013 at 2:39 pm
matt says:
I just broke all the rules, I bought a new 55″ Samsung (at Admin’s favorite store Best Buy) on credit (24 month no interest) to watch the Niners piss away the Stupid Bowl, although it was worth it watching Beyonce, damn that woman is fine!
For my next trick, I am going to lease a Chevy reVolt and then meet my realtor, she wants to show me a sweet little 2 bed 1 bath So-cal closet for only $450k. She said it is the very best time to buy, and I believe her.
Hot debate. What do you think?
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5th February 2013 at 4:14 pm
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matt
You should have bought it through my Amazon button.
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5th February 2013 at 4:16 pm
Eddie says:
Admin, are you able to see what gets bought through your Amazon button? Just curious.
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5th February 2013 at 4:33 pm
matt says:
Admin,
sorry, it was an impulse buy and I needed to pick it up that day.
I like Amazon, so I will use your button next time for sure
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5th February 2013 at 4:50 pm
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Eddie
I can see what gets bought. But I can’t see who bought it.
The red dildo was the most interesting purchase thus far.
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5th February 2013 at 5:10 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
I’ve got a cart full of stuff at amazon collecting dust.
I’ll be sure to order through your link Admin.
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5th February 2013 at 5:28 pm
llpoh says:
Admin – seeing as there are only a few women around these parts, it is pretty easy to narrow it down:
Hope, Teresa, SAH, Pirate Jo, Mary – fess up. Who bought that thing?
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5th February 2013 at 6:29 pm
llpoh says:
Add Maddie’s Mom to the list of suspects.
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5th February 2013 at 6:30 pm
llpoh says:
And flash.
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5th February 2013 at 6:30 pm
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llpoh
I think it was David Pierre. He bought it for his favorite sheep.
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5th February 2013 at 6:59 pm
olga says:
I like to READ, exercise, paint watercolors, mind the chickens & knit. The empty nest is all that I thought it would be (and more) and the %$$@$@ day job is definitely getting in the way of my personal fulfillment.
I haven’t watched 10 minutes of TV in the last two years (super bowls excluded) and am getting ready to tell Time Warner good-bye. Roku rocks.
I am trying to shop local but Amazon makes it so damn easy. And private.
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5th February 2013 at 7:04 pm
SSS says:
“I can see what gets bought (on Amazon). But I can’t see who bought it. The red dildo was the most interesting purchase thus far.”
—-Admin
“Admin – seeing as there are only a few women around these parts, it is pretty easy to narrow it down: Hope, Teresa, SAH, Pirate Jo, Mary – fess up. Who bought that thing? Add Maddie’s Mom to the list of suspects. And flash.”
—-Llpoh
“I am trying to shop local but Amazon makes it so damn easy. And private.”
—-Olga
Things that make you go “Hmmmm.”
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5th February 2013 at 7:49 pm
Administrator says:
SSS thinks he’s found a clue to mystery of the red dildo.
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5th February 2013 at 8:01 pm
ziff says:
Stucky bought it and he asked me not to tell anyone
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5th February 2013 at 8:05 pm
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Admin
The most challenging task at the CIA was trying to separate the rat shit from the coffee beans. And believe me, there was plenty of both to sift through. I loved it. I breathed it. And I was very, very good at it.
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5th February 2013 at 8:11 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
You can see what texts I buy?
My secret major is in jeopardy.
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5th February 2013 at 8:19 pm
flash says:
Admin – I just ordered on of these to match the dildo. You will make a fortune – it wasn’t cheap.
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5th February 2013 at 8:20 pm
Kill Bill says:
The guilty dog barks first.
““`
Muse was the Greek word for thought.
A before the word means without.
Amusement is to go without thinking.
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5th February 2013 at 8:20 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
My last purchase:
My next purchase:
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5th February 2013 at 8:22 pm
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El Jefe
I didn’t see that Finance textbook. They sure cost a lot.
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5th February 2013 at 8:23 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
This was my first purchase from Amazon:
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5th February 2013 at 8:25 pm
Eddie says:
Admin.They really do tell you, no shit?
Okay, I just bought something using the link. Can you see what it was already, or do you get a list from time to time?
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5th February 2013 at 8:27 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
And I just finished this one. Now if my girlfriend will only come to the party, I’ll be rich as Midas:
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5th February 2013 at 8:32 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
Here is a photo of my girl. How much do you think I can charge?
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5th February 2013 at 8:36 pm
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Eddie
There is a one day delay. I run a report that shows the items sold, how much they cost, and my 6% slice of the sale.
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5th February 2013 at 8:37 pm
El Jefe Muy Cansado says:
Make a spreadsheet.
I have a feeling it would tell a story.
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5th February 2013 at 8:38 pm
El Jefe Tiene Libros says:
Me in my new suit. Damn, I am lookin’ fine:
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5th February 2013 at 8:42 pm
llpoh says:
The gimp suit wasn’t for me.
Purely for employee discipline. It gets cold in the factory basement.
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5th February 2013 at 8:53 pm
Eddie says:
One more question. Don’t mean to pry but I want to make sure when I use Amazon you get a pop.
If I use the link, and then I click on an Amazon featured seller that then takes me to THEIR site, do you still get a cut?
And a red dildo is NOTHING! Now if TBPers start ordering these, I might start to wonder.
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdnlx71-aAA
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5th February 2013 at 8:55 pm
llpoh says:
The ball gag too.
Sometimes they chew through the cable when I don’t feed them for a week.
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5th February 2013 at 8:57 pm
llpoh says:
Damn dirty doppelgangers need to be horsewhipped.
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5th February 2013 at 8:58 pm
nonner says:
reading the comments here, i learn that flashdance is seriously disturbed about vietnam. many others are seriously disturbed. i recommended this website to a few friends and now i have even less friends. good thing they were only facebook friends.
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5th February 2013 at 9:10 pm
nonner says:
crap, i hope they didn’t think i am “el jefe”
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5th February 2013 at 9:13 pm
AWD says:
The night of the red dildo
Sounds like a good name for a movie.
Goes great with a red ball gag. I wish we could gag a few people, but they could still type
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5th February 2013 at 9:22 pm
SSS says:
Nonner said, “Many others (on TBP) are seriously disturbed.”
The article on leading a virtuous and industrious life segged to The Mystery of the Red Dildo to a pic of a cross-dressing male to a link to X-rated products. I’m not following your accusation of people here being “seriously disturbed.” Do you have any proof?
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5th February 2013 at 9:24 pm
llpoh says:
nonner – fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.
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not el jefe says:
el jefe gots a hot girlfriend, looks kinda latina. i like black chicks, my favorite store is bed bath and beyonce.
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5th February 2013 at 9:26 pm
AWD says:
“good thing they were only facebook friends”
Only disturbed people hang out on facebook. Get a fucking life.
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not el jefe says:
AWD could you friend me on FB? i need one more hater. friends come and go but haters seem to hang on to the bitter end. oops, no reference to your shitty job, doc.
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5th February 2013 at 9:39 pm
AWD says:
Yea, I’ll bet right on that
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5th February 2013 at 9:41 pm
nonner says:
llpoh says:
nonner – fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.
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5th February 2013 at 10:00 pm
Kill Bill says:
I just watched some reality show called “The Diggers” featuring two dummehs with metal detectors that use the words ‘juice’ and ‘nectar’ way to much.
These two goobst traveled to New Orleans and dug up a Mexican Peso, a debloom, [something they give away in Mardi Gras parades] and an Indian Head nickel worth maybe five dollars….O and a slug from a metal junction box.
So they are not actual morons but the people who sit thru the commercials during the show because these two are not making money by finding gold.
I wasted 30 minutes, time that would have better spent twiddling my thumbs, digging lint from my belly button, trimming ear hair, or trying to figure out how much juan chen stalker el jefe could get for pimpng out his bearded mate.
We are screwed.
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5th February 2013 at 10:15 pm
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Eddie
As long as you go through my link, they’ll give me 6% of any sales, even if they go to another site.
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5th February 2013 at 10:27 pm
sangell says:
Metal detecting is ridiculous. Yeah, some guy in England found a 2000 year old treasure trove using one in some farmers field but that’s just it. People just won’t let you take a metal detector across their property so you can dig up their yard looking for ‘treasure’. You go and spend $1000 for a metal detector and you are going to find yourself with nowhere to use it save for areas that have been combed before.
I’ll give you a hint. If you follow utility crews who are digging up pipelines on old city streets you’ll have access to lots of free lose dirt to search. If the streets were first paved 75 years ago everything under the asphalt will be old but people didn’t like to lose a quarter in 1920 or even a nickel in 1920. That was real money. That’s where I used my metal detector, but then, I was a city employee. I moved a lot of dirt to find my treasure and I had authorization to be there. I don’t know if the city cops are going to let some ‘civilian’ prowl around behind barricades by an open trench to root around with their metal detector. As it was I got a handful of Liberty nickels, some pennies
and a few mercury and barber dimes for my efforts. Maybe $20 in coins for a lot of work. The best things I ever found were old Matchbox toy cars from the twenties. Those things were made to last. The paint even survived. Pot metal toy cars came up in fragments but the only thing those Matchbox toy cars needed were new tires. I made them out of faucet washers.
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5th February 2013 at 10:49 pm
Kill Bill says:
As I suspected, sangell, these reality shows are a farce.
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5th February 2013 at 10:58 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
llpoh,
lol
I’ve never been on a “list of suspects” before.
That I know of.
I really think Admin made it up..
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5th February 2013 at 11:01 pm
SSS says:
sangell
I collect Liberty nickels. What are the dates?
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5th February 2013 at 11:04 pm
SSS says:
Maddie’s Mom
Llpoh is a sexist pig. Pay him no mind. You’re off the “Mystery of the Red Dildo” suspect list. The finalists are Olga and flash.
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5th February 2013 at 11:09 pm
llpoh says:
Moi?
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sangell says:
More on ‘treasure hunting”. An old shopping mall was being remodeled. I pull into the parking lot and there is this enormous pile of steel sitting in it. I’m curious so I ask what’s going on. The construction superintendent says they are putting new escalators into the Sears store ( this was at least 10 years ago so Sears may have still it had a future ( as did this second tier mall owner). My avaricious mind starts to click and I tell the superintendent I need to trace some gas lines that run under where those old escalators are lying. I remembered when I was a kid wondering what happens to the escalator steps when they reach the top. They must reach a ‘landing and then begin their descent down again so anything laying on the step when it disappeared must fall as the step heads back for the return trip. Sure enough, there it was the escalator step transition point. 50 years of crowded Christmas shoppers, little boys and girls holding their piggy bank contents in their sweating hands as they ran up the escalator steps dimes and quarters slipping from their grasp. Silver certificate dollars landing unnoticed on the shrinking escalator steps before they slid forever from view. Now I, this man from the future was standing there, gazing upon the forgotten treasure of long ago holiday shopping.
My hands trembling I began to probe into the filth and grime of decades past. Nervously I pulled hair away from a round shape. It was a coin! My greed overcame me as I began to dig feverishly into the thick residue. Coin after coin appeared, then a greenish piece of paper came into view. I pulled it gingerly away from the grime and, oh my god, it was a five dollar bill still folded into a pocket sized shape as it was when it was lost so long ago. I was beside myself now and I raced back to my truck to get a container to put my treasure in and tools to expedite the treasure hunt. Lost in my delirium I did not even notice the escalator workers as they came back from lunch and stood over me as I continued my search. It was only when one reached down to touch my shoulder did I realize they were standing there. “What do you think you are doing here” he asked.
I looked up with my one hand full of coins and the other a putty knife I was using to scoop up the bounty. I mumbled something about the superintendent giving me permission to be here but I could see my treasure hunt was coming to an end. I was ‘claim jumping’ on men who had long ago discovered what I had only recently found to be true.
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5th February 2013 at 11:30 pm
sangell says:
SSS would you believe a 1913. Found two of them.
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5th February 2013 at 11:33 pm
nonner says:
Chilly Willy – “I wasted 30 minutes, time that would have better spent twiddling my thumbs, digging lint from my belly button, trimming ear hair, or trying to figure out how much juan chen stalker el jefe could get for pimpng out his bearded mate.”
I thought flash and kill bill were the same dude. i figure colma and el jefe are the same guy, if you’re looking for a date, you should hit up colma.
BTW, what did i ever do to you? go back in that fuel bladder for a few hours, chilly.
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5th February 2013 at 12:05 am
Administrator says:
Maddie’s Mom
I did not make it up. This is is the product that sold through my button for the low low price of $23
Don Wand Glass Pleasure Wand, Deluxe Swirl Mushroom, Pink
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5th February 2013 at 6:50 am
JIMSKI says:
I have a brother in law that has a hobby that i find totally gross. Him and a friend find and excavate old outhouses.
Yes they paw through shit looking for stuff. What kind of stuff? BOTTLES!
They have found bottles that have sold for $500 on Ebay. Most sell for $10-50 and he told me that in the last few years they have cleared about 20K.
Also has stories of the owners of the property suddenly having a change of heart and telling him to fuck off after they haul a dozen bottles out of the shit.
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5th February 2013 at 7:39 am
nonner says:
JIMSKI – i find it boring to visit people whose main source of entertainment is electronic. my in-laws have no books. my kiddults have no books. my married daughter has books because i started her off reading comics. when the end comes, the first thing to go will be TV, maybe even radio.
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5th February 2013 at 8:53 am
flash says:
With red dildo firmly inserted llpoh says : And flash.
A bit dog is always the first to bark.
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5th February 2013 at 9:07 am
Eddie says:
Whoever bought it, I hope it brings them a little pleasure. To me, sex toys are just a testament to a repressive society that doesn’t make it easy for a lot of people to get their needs met. And without a good imagination, they tend to just be objects, more symbolic than functional. Most of them live in drawers in bedside tables collecting dust, imho.
Maybe it was a Christmas present.
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5th February 2013 at 9:21 am
flash says:
Eddie- a testament to a repressive society that doesn’t make it easy for a lot of people to get their needs met.
Are you insinuating that SSS and jack-booted albeit dickless ilk either bought or gave cause for said purchase of pink dildo.
Maybe is SSS took a hit of the shit he made a career out of flying out of the golden triangle he wouldn’t need to plunge a huge glass dick up his state owned ass to relax ?
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5th February 2013 at 9:28 am
flash says:
If TBPers had any heart we would all chip in and buy Super Skunk Secretion and Loopy a two headed dildo so when they get together they can pretend to have one man between them.
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5th February 2013 at 9:41 am
AWD says:
Insert here:
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5th February 2013 at 9:45 am
Maddie's Mom says:
@SSS,
Whew!!! I’m happier than that pig in llpoh’s pic!
@Admin,
Just kidding. (But you said it was RED…)
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5th February 2013 at 10:17 am
Eddie says:
I have no clue who bought the dildo. To me it doesn’t really matter. I just thought I’d use that to segue into someting interesting to talk about. Personalities here, and pecking order, and who’s the Big Dog…that shit is just sophomoric hijinks. I’ve been around it all my life, but it’s not something I care about…and to me it doesn’t add anything to what admin and the other writers here have to say. Boys will be boys.
But the IDEA of the dildo…why someone buys one, particularly a cold glass object that has about as much relation to a real penis as a smooth rock…that does interest me. We live in a society that puts sex in the closet..and then fills the closet with fetish objects and paraphanalia of the weirdest kind. It’s not really natural.
But we are sexual creatures and we will find a way to get our satisfaction. Toys are neutral to me. They could and can be a turn-on for some people…but sex is not best practiced solo…so I hope that dildo is being used and enjoyed by a couple somwhere, and that it is used in a way that enhances someones enjoyment.
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5th February 2013 at 10:19 am
Big dogs says:
Eddie – blow us.
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5th February 2013 at 3:47 pm
Eddie says:
Hehehe. BDES!
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5th February 2013 at 4:03 pm
SSS says:
“Personalities here, and pecking order, and who’s the Big Dog…that shit is just sophomoric hijinks.”
—-Eddie
Correct. Absolutely, totally correct. I don’t like that shit anymore than you do.
In the end, it all boils down to what you say here and how well prepared you are to back it up. My record here is, uh, a bit mixed. But that’s ok. I’ll get these heathens to see the light sooner or later.
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5th February 2013 at 11:54 pm
Big dogs says:
SSS – The hijinks keep this place interesting, esp. During dead periods.
So assume the blowing position.
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5th February 2013 at 12:17 am