Lucky Dip

 Welcome to today's Lucky Dip !!

                   A FABULOUSLY awesome shower curtain printed with mermaids !!

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/beautiful_mermaids_print_shower_curtain-256808720710835856

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                                              Fun wallet for the horsewoman !

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1940s_pin_up_gal_and_horse_print_trifold_wallet-256032564334824927

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                                          History's Most Marvelous Print Tablecloth !!

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/baroque_italian_motifs_collage_tablecloth-256514333629599924

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                                                              Celtic cufflinks!

Get 'em here: www.zazzle.com/celtic_cartouche_cufflinks-256704969199391399

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                                                           BEEYOOTIFUL lamp !!

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/renaissance_jewels_print_table_lamp-256136055467927077

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                                                          COOL 'n COLORFUL paperweight !

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/red_white_and_blue_xes_and_stars_paperweight-256722113245236291

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip.  More next week !!!

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is pretty much forgotten, but you've seen him in action if you've ever seen the Marx Brother's film's A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. He played the male love interest in each.

                                     Allan Jones for French's Worcestershire Sauce
 

Allan Jones was the father of Jack Jones, famous for singing lotsa early 1960s pop songs, like 'Wives and Lovers,' and 'Lollipops and Roses.'  Jack also sang the Love Boat theme. 

See Allan and Jack on this clip from The Love Boat:

 

Lucky Dip

So sorry this has taken soooo long, but I've been soooo busy. Plus my Fridays - Lucky Dip was originally a Friday thing - have gotten all kinda crazy.

Nevertheless, on to the you came for.

Today's collection is Victorian womanhood:

 

 It's time - get it - 'time' (ha ha) to see some maahvelous Victorian/Edwardian ladies and a goofy gent wearing pink socks marking time for you.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/circa_1910_vaudeville_performers_print_square_wall_clock‑256845767622510047

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                                         Lovely ballgown - fun jigsaw puzzle

  Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1879_ball_gown_fashion_print_jigsaw_puzzle-116195375363458451

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                       A VERY impressive addition to your cigar lounge decor, no? (Yes.)

It's interesting that advertisers used pretty ladies to advertise tobacco back when it was considered very bad form for a woman to smoke. 

When automobiles became a thing, a lot of the advertising for that included pretty ladies, although at the time - and for some time to come - nearly all driving was done by men. 

Anyhoo, get that very fabulous tapestry here: www.zazzle.com/1890s_old_virginia_cheroots_ad_tapestry-256382602897298054

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              A stock character in Victorian theatre was the sharp-tongued dowager/old maid. 

Get her - and the necktie she's on - here: www.zazzle.com/the_tough_chick_neck_tie-151463502561158575

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Found in one of the Victorian books I got at the Goodwill Outlet (see my August 18 post).  The print is titled 'The Model.'

She's shown here on a throw blanket.  Something VERY neato for the Victorian decor!

www.zazzle.com/the_model_fleece_blanket-256193186399275473

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Today's collection ends with a hand-colored print in poster form, originally titled 'The Parting Wreath'
 
 Get it here: www.zazzle.com/victorian_print_the_parting_wreath_hand_colored-228797365945696853

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Next we go back to random items.  That's if I don't get jury duty.  (Yeah, I got a summons.)

The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Boy George is in the house !!

                                                              Time (Clock of the Heart)

I'm wondering if adding 'Clock of the Heart' to the song title is there to differentiate this song from the Alan Parsons Project song entitled 'Time.'

The Star Made Me Buy It

 Today's TSMMBI has somebody we haven't had before:

                                           Anne Baxter for Chesterfield cigarettes

I remember her mainly from The Ten Commandments, and little bits here, and little bits there, including playing Marcus Welby's lady friend.  .The movie mentioned in the above ad is something called You're My Everything, came out in 1949. 

I know she's mainly known for All About Eve, which is the talkiest movie I've ever seen.  

Nevertheless, she was sorta appealing.  Maybe sometime TCM will have her during the August 'Summer Under the Stars' dealie. 

True fact: She was Frank Lloyd's Wright's granddaughter. Speaking of whom, he appeared as the mystery guest on a What's My Line episode in 1956.  He came off as SUPER arrogant.  

You can find it on YouTube. 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

So sorry we haven't have a TSOTW for awhile. 

It's been a very weird couple of months, which I'll explain (probably) in an upcoming post.

On to what you came for:

something SUPER clever

'They're Eating the Cats' - The Kiffness

Dennis Township NJ School District SCAM SCAM SCAM

I never put political stuff on this blog.

Too boring.

But this really burns my fuzz.

Dennis Township is having a ballot referendum on raising school taxes by

28%.

That's bad enough, but voting is scheduled for September 17, and only for the hours from 2-8 pm.

Obviously they're hoping nobody comes out for this, or they'd have scheduled it for normal election/voting day, i.e. Tuesday, November 5. When the polls are open from 7:00 am-8:00 pm.

There are a lot of seniors in this township, and lots of folks are on fixed incomes.  This will be a disaster for them.

Not exactly a disaster for me, but we're living close to the bone, and I don't relish my taxes going up by hundreds of dollars a month. 

I'm praying that EVERYBODY who's a registered voter in Dennis Township comes out for this.

And I'm guessing 100% of the votes will be NO.