Don't Do Stupid Things Like A Younger Me.

                                                Stupid Thing Number One
When I was a kid my parents had what was called a wringer washer which had head rollers to press the water out of the clothes. One day I decided to put my arm through the wringer rollers and then had to yelled for my mom to help. My mom came down the basement and press the quick release of the wringer rollers and then rinse my arm with  luke warm water. Why didn't any body tell me it had a quick release?  Good thing I was not at puberty yet. It may have increase in size but it'll wind up flat.I thought about it when I had reached prudery but I didn't. That'll  definitely would smart.

                                Stupid Thing Number Two
One day I need two double "A" batteries to be recharge. So I borrowed my dad's 12 volt car battery charger. I was able to connect the small batteries. I plug the battery charger into an outlet and turn the unit on. Suddenly I heard a sizzling sound and I immediatly  duck under my bed. The two double "A" batteries exploded and there stuck on the ceiling was a  piercing screw driver.Not only that I was covered with charcoal and went down stairs from my bedroom and told my parents "My batteries exploded  !". A little patch , paint work on the ceiling and a baking soda bath everything was back to normal.

                                Stupid Thing Number Three.

When I was a little older I was able to get a place of my own and even owned a gas powered lawn mower.Thing is once the lawn mower was started it wouldn't turn off using the controls, so I tried removing the wire from the spark plug with my  bare hand , that was a big mistake, it shock me and knock me to the ground.After I recovered: I now use a broom handle to disconnect the wire from the spark plug. I still could feel the current going through the wood handle but not as bad as touching the bare wire itself.

Now I am not the only one that had done stupid things. I have a relation who once tried connected an one watt speaker to hundred watt amplifier. Do the math please, do the math .

Also I had a co-working who tried to pour gasoline in a wood burning stove. Glad I was able to catch him in time. Our other co-workers showed up and decided to report him. Needless to say he got fired.
Yes, we use kerosene for the wood burning stoves not gasoline and anybody who does not know the difference between the two stays away from me. 

Convicted Being Falsely Accuse

Pictured is our late dog Snoopy we named him that because  he always seem to us to be always snooping around. One day we moved in some small town and that was a big mistake rumors galore and not only about people but animals as well.


I am not saying all small towns are like that but the small town we used to lived in took the cake.

One day a man and his teenage daughter showed up at our place and said that Snoopy attracted her. He showed my dad and I her left ear, to me it look like it has been pierced, if it was really from a dog attack most of her ear would have been gone and would needed a complete reconstruction; Not only that she was only a few feet from Snoopy  not showing any signs of fear at all and 
wouldn't Snoopy be attacking again .How stupid were they?

People in some small towns start rumors because they are bored.  The subject does not even have to be in town to be accuse of something. If someone or someones actually did something they still have to prove it. otherwise it is nothing but hear say.

Below is a 1986 movie titled "Convicted" about a mail man being falsely accused of rape (true story).You'll be crying near the end of the movie and it also shows that even tough one is completely innocent they still can go to jail. The movie length is one hour and forty minutes:
                   click here for Convicted movie.

Sewing Two Handkerchiefs Together ? But Why?

In the 1950's and 1960's in participating stores if you spend so much money they would give you green stamps and books where you can paste them and redeem them at any participating store.

My mom eventually had enough green stamp books to trade in for a manual sewing machine which of course uses a foot pedel.

I was into magic in my teenage years:When it was my turn to use the sewing machine, I put one handkerchief over an another (same color),and started to sew  the three sides of the handkerchiefs all the way through, except when I reached the forth side. Starting from the left I only sewed part way, then I started from the right side, and again sewed only part way which left a pocket between the two handkerchiefs to insert objects.

Making sure the pocket is on top ,I would show both sides of the gimmick handkerchief to an audience, and would raise the bottom to the top, and would put in a small object (like an audio cassette case) into the pocket of the two handkerchiefs . I would let bottom half fall, and again I would show two sides of the handkerchief; Of  course to the audience it only look like one handkerchief.They had no idea that the object was between two handkerchiefs.

              Yes, that would make a nice sleeveless trick--lol;And never show the same trick twice.

By the way, on Netflix right now they're showing "Breaking The Magicians' Code" starring "The Masked Magician" and shows you how various illusions are done. None of which should never be performed at home. Take heart though  he will also show you how to do magic tricks which can be done at home.

Below is a 1921 silent video that shows you how to make a bra out of two handkerchiefs. But why? 
click here for how to make a bra video out of handkerchiefs