adamstrange Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 1:33 PM, buttock said: I don't know. The guy was going to Penn premed. The next year he told him he wouldn't support him if he transferred to Ohio State. Sounds like the issues were clearly parental control. Any decent parent would move heaven and earth to prevent their child from going to Ohio State. jimjum12 and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 11:38 AM, adamstrange said: Any decent parent would move heaven and earth to prevent their child from going to Ohio State. THE Ohio State. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 10:23 AM, adamstrange said: Mystery Tales #9? Indeed a good one for sure. And Bill Everett Larryw7, jimjum12 and Mmehdy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 2:29 PM, Robot Man said: And Bill Everett Agreed It's a shame so little of his art survived. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 9:31 AM, Robot Man said: Haven't done a new "subset" in a while. A recent purchase made me think about some others in my collection. One summer I actually got a job in the Lake Tahoe morgue. I was up visiting a friend and needed a job. His mom did make up on the really departed. She got me and my friend part time jobs there. Now before you say no way... It was a swing shift job from 3:00-11:00 PM. Allowing us to hit a few parties after work and sleep on the beach during the day. We didn't have to cut our hair (big thing back then) or wear uniforms. The best thing was the pay however. While, our friends were making $2. an hour working in restricted jobs dealing with the public, were were making $5. an hour working basically un-supervised. What did we do? Mostly clean-up and maintanience. But the creepy part was we had to wash up the new guests as they came in. So we would tie our hair back, put on a smock, gloves and mask and scrub them top to bottom with a scrub brush and rinse them off. Then back to the cooler. Real creepy at first but mostly older folks that passed from natural causes and the occasional OD. But once in a while... But pretty quiet and easy overall. And lots of practical jokes and gallows humor. Easily, the weirdest part time job I ever had and none of which is portrayed here except maybe the occasional card games... Great story Bob and it reminded me of one summer when I worked as a civilian intern for the US Army on a base back east at the now closed Fort Monmouth. Most of my summer was spent trying to find something to do as they gave us nothing to occupy our time. Luckily the department had a TRS-80 computer so I wrote code for it to stay busy. About half way through the summer they asked all the interns if we wanted to work overtime as they wanted to spend the overtime budget so they could get it the next year (remember I had nothing to do.) Being college kids looking to make some dough of course we said yes. Our department cleared out at 4:30 like a stampede leaving us looking at each other wondering what to do. We finally decided playing cards for paperclips was the best way to earn our ill gotten pay!! What an experience; never went back there but I made some good dough that summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 2:50 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Great story Bob and it reminded me of one summer when I worked as a civilian intern for the US Army on a base back east at the now closed Fort Monmouth. Most of my summer was spent trying to find something to do as they gave us nothing to occupy our time. Luckily the department had a TRS-80 computer so I wrote code for it to stay busy. About half way through the summer they asked all the interns if we wanted to work overtime as they wanted to spend the overtime budget so they could get it the next year (remember I had nothing to do.) Being college kids looking to make some dough of course we said yes. Our department cleared out at 4:30 like a stampede leaving us looking at each other wondering what to do. We finally decided playing cards for paperclips was the best way to earn our ill gotten pay!! What an experience; never went back there but I made some good dough that summer. I spent a summer at a large Air Force Base that employed 18,000 or so. On my first day at work I was making conversation with my new colleagues and asked, "How many people work here?" "Five or six", was the reply. He was not one of them, using his large, angled drafting desk as a convenient sleeping platform for his afternoon nap. jimjum12 and 50YrsCollctngCmcs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) On 1/24/2022 at 11:54 AM, adamstrange said: I spent a summer at a large Air Force Base that employed 18,000 or so. On my first day at work I was making conversation with my new colleagues and asked, "How many people work here?" "Five or six", was the reply. He was not one of them, using his large, angled drafting desk as a convenient sleeping platform for his afternoon nap. It's a tough environment for those who do work! I do have some other funny memories. There was a guy with a limp who would get up from his desk and loudly say, "Walk this way!" as he trundled off somewhere. There was also a fairly unattractive secretary who was going to get married for the third time and would routinely say that summer, "well if this one doesn't work three strikes and your out!" Oh and my boss had a stack of Playboys in his bookcase! Edited January 24, 2022 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 3:31 PM, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: It's a tough environment for those who do work! My roommate had a permanent job there and the looks he got when was working on Friday afternoons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 12:54 PM, adamstrange said: I spent a summer at a large Air Force Base that employed 18,000 or so. On my first day at work I was making conversation with my new colleagues and asked, "How many people work here?" "Five or six", was the reply. He was not one of them, using his large, angled drafting desk as a convenient sleeping platform for his afternoon nap. One of my good friends interned at a missile base. His job was to sit in a chair, outside, and watch the internet cable to make sure nobody physically tapped into it. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 4:41 PM, buttock said: One of my good friends interned at a missile base. His job was to sit in a chair, outside, and watch the internet cable to make sure nobody physically tapped into it. How many saboteurs and infiltrators did he capture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 3:11 PM, adamstrange said: How many saboteurs and infiltrators did he capture? None. His job was just to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDGray Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 3:41 PM, buttock said: One of my good friends interned at a missile base. His job was to sit in a chair, outside, and watch the internet cable to make sure nobody physically tapped into it. There is a guy I know who now OWNS a missile silo. Last I had heard he was contemplating putting it up for sale. PDG buttock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 9:46 AM, buttock said: I was just talking with someone yesterday about how their grandfather wouldn't let their dad back in the house after he went to college and grew his hair out. As the parent of a 17 year old, rebellion sure has changed. Kids have been pizzing off their parents since the dawn of time. My dad’s era was big band jazz and “zoot suits”, the ‘50’s brought leather jackets, pegged jeans and rock ‘n roll. My era was long hair, hippies and louder rock ‘n roll. I remember my dad asking me and my brother why we wanted to look “homeless”? He was an LAPD photographer and probably took a lot of abuse from his cop buddies. God bless him though as he pretty much let us alone about it. The late ‘70’s brought us goth and the punk rock look. One of my daughters came home one day with half her head shaved and blue. My other one had several piercings. They liked Rap and Hip Hop. What do 17 year olds do today? Is the pants below your cheeks and your designer skivvies showing at the top still a thing? jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2022 Had a fun day yesterday. It has been quite some time since we have had a comic show around here. A small hotel show but some decent dealers. Was great to see some vintage comic boxes and some fellows I haven’t seen in quite a while. littledoom, KirbyJack, Tri-Color Brian and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2022 My booth was packed all day! People were buying like crazy. Seemed like I was stuffing money in my pocket all day. I came in and set up the boxes but didn’t open right away. Thought I’d try to pick up a couple books and say hi to some people. A couple of my regulars who know what kind of stuff I have were following me around waiting. Problem is I am having a real hard time replacing any vintage books anymore. I guess I can dip into the collection as there is always some stuff I can live without. Larryw7, littledoom, jimjum12 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Terry was there with his usual outstanding display. Here he is mocking me about the mask mandate… sagii and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 This walked in the show and was offered to me. Luckily, I already have one and it was out of my price range. I think even Terry and Harley passed after me. littledoom, sagii, Larryw7 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 If there is a con going on anywhere in the free world, Harley is there! Had my eye on that Capt Flight but it was priced really crazy… sagii and Tri-Color Brian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 My booth mate and fellow junk scrounging buddy Jim Maley. He is always worth checking out. Not a ton of stuff but he often turns up interesting stuff. He is talking with local flipper David Arnold who is always buying and flipping anything he can get his hands on. jimjum12 and sagii 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Local dealer Brad Sloan of F-VF comics. Always a great selection of vintage books at very fair prices. littledoom, jimjum12, sagii and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
