Jan4

Yet ANOTHER random pic post!

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Yet ANOTHER random pic post!

We’ll call this my new year’s gift to you. We could also call it, “Betsy’s overwhelmed by the stupid amount of pics she’s held onto.” You decide which seems more likely.

I’m giving you your trivia question early: Guess how many pictures I still have in my random pic folder after this post. I don’t even know the answer yet. It will be a fun discovery for us all!

But this pic post has a theme! (I heard trumpet blasts. Did you hear trumpet blasts?)

The theme is: Signs–in stores or on cars. Here we go.

Points for puns!

Also punny. Not enough to make me buy fish or the above veggie straws, but I appreciate the effort.
So good. Way to thwart our expectations.

This reminds me, I meant to say in my last post that one way I make up for my neighbor’s awesomeness and my general suckiness is that she gets free lemons from our yard for life. Waaaaaay easier for me than attempting to keep up with her Christmas Craftiness superpower.

It was difficult to continue shopping while pressed against this door. Plus, anyone who wanted Jonny Pops was forced to reach them through the adjacent door. After an hour, I decided it was someone else’s turn. I’m guessing the door has an attachment disorder. I did my part to help.

Now I’m cheating. These next two I stole from online rather than taking myself, but I appreciated them because I love cats and I don’t love mornings. Also, if any of you were with me during the dark, accursed rooster days, ya feel me.

Just discovered I have a series of pics related to drinking, so I’m going to toss them in too.

In a shop in Williams, AZ. I thought my memory loss was due to age. I’m happy to blame drinking.

These are from the brewery where I won the Halloween costume contest.

That second one especially. Heh heh.
Creative, despite the inaccuracy. Carrots improving vision was a cover the Brits came up with for why their pilots were so good at targeting Germans in WWII. It was actually because they’d developed radar and didn’t want anyone to know it. (Just in case you hadn’t heard that already.) Though carrots do have vitamins that are decent for vision, so maybe this sign is fair game, and I ought not be such a nerd.
Sorry for the weird angle. And before anyone starts getting ideas about me, I’ve never in my life gotten drunk. At least, that I can remember. Badum-ch. But for real about the first part.
Bet you didn’t see this one coming. I took it because I really like vines. And whatever sign was next to this one must not have been funny enough to warrant a picture.

Now for my series on stuff seen on vehicles.

Funny and helpful!
Super cute.
This was on one side of the car… (Bonus images of my little dude and weird distorted me reflected at the base of this pic.)
And this was on the other side of the same car. Heh. 🙂
Random in the extreme. I love it. What do you make of this one? UPDATE: Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com just suggested “Panbo.” Brilliant!
Heehee. 🙂

I normally crop out license plates, but these people clearly want their plates to be seen and appreciated.

In case you don’t get it, Hogwarts from Harry Potter.
An old pic, remember. He’s probably updated his tags by now. I’d like this more if not for the misspelling of license. And I do regret not taking note of the kind of car this was attached to. Sorry. :/
Spotted this one just a couple weeks ago during the holidays, appropriately. The lack of tags makes me wonder if this is a seasonal thing. Is that legal? Kinda doubt it. Ah well. It brought me happy joy joy.

Another plate I didn’t get a picture of read: EV PJ. It was on a car ahead of me on the road. I NEEDED to talk to these people, so I was happy overjoy-joyed when they soon turned into a gas station and parked near the shop entrance.

Because I’m insane, I pulled in next to them.

“I see you’re fellow Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam fans,” I said to the two somewhat older gentlemen who emerged.

They turned to me and smiled broadly. Then we had a short conversation about concerts we’d been to, etc., and I thanked them for brightening my day before being on my way.

There you have it! Which sign do you like the best? And, just for the sake of conversation, any resolutions or goals you’re making for 2024? Mine is to declutter my life as much as I’m trying to declutter my pic folder. Don’t forget to guess how many pictures you think I have left. 🙂

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  2. Betsy, these were fantastic! I’m still laughing.
    My favorites were “Keep the door close at all times” 😆, the vet cat sign, and the T-Rex. Brilliant stuff!

    The new driver bumper stickers reminded me of one I came across recently while driving. It read: New Driver (on one line), with Nervous AF on the next. Had me laughing as I passed safely by.

    Happy New Year!

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  3. My big resolution for this year is to take more pictures, but not look at one of them … sorry that’s what I did last year. This year I resolve to take fewer pictures and look at each one within 24 hours of taking it. So far I’m doing well, I haven’t taken a picture yet.

    so I counted and you posted 20 pictures this time. I suspect that you have 537 left on your camera, so that means …… you have 27 more posts to do until you’re caught up with last year. assuming all this pictures were just from last year and you haven’t started taking new pictures …

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  9. What a thoughtful person you are, caring about the mental health of that door. Having no clue as to what the question actually entails I am going to guess 42.

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  10. I’m still smiling about all these pics while my brain struggles with numbers and resolutions. I think…and this might be off the cuff…but after you declutter your house you might consider stand-up comedy, a marvelous Ms. Maisel sort of thing? Just a suggestion, please don’t block me. Cheers to 2024! Hugs, C Oh my guess: 57

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    • Someone else suggested Marvelous MM. Still haven’t seen it. And you’re not the first to suggest stand-up. I think you’re the… third? In more than 5 years? So, not a huge demand, thankfully, as that would scare me to death. Thank you though!

      Happy to bring you some smiles, Cheryl! I’ll give the pic count in my next post. 🙂

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  11. 1. 332
    2. I love too many to name, but the one about drinking causing memory loss made me laugh out loud.
    3. Vegetables every day with my lunch at work. It was a 4-day week and I’m 4 for 4! Who says resolutions can’t be followed?! (The trick is to cut them up and put them in a container with a little vinaigrette. A while back I wrote a post about how I’d cracked the lunch code by making a salad every Sunday and eating it all week, but – shhhhh, don’t tell – I stopped doing that. Making a decent salad is a ton of work and so much chopping. I hated it. So now it’s just one veggie with vinaigrette, but much more sustainable.)

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    • In reverse order:
      Vegetables for lunch is quite the accomplishment! Usually those only make an appearance for dinner around these parts. Well done! I cheat on salads by buying the kits like the lazy person I am. But I often add tomato, avocado, and sometimes eggs. And even then, I’m like, “Auggghhh. This is so EXHAUSTING!” 😉 😛
      Glad the memory loss one made you laugh. 🙂 Do you remember which one that is? 😉
      And the number will be revealed soon!

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  12. Answer the door; it’s Marie Kondo. I would’ve scrolled mindlessly through the first two photos if not for last night’s viewing of Netflix’ “You Are What You Eat”. Suddenly Hippeas sound pretty good while salmon may be permanently deleted from my diet. More fruits and veggies in 2024, hurrah! (trumpets again) Favorite photo is the panda… the most “randa” in the collection.

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  13. My guess is 46. My fave sign is the T Rex. It makes me laugh to think of their tiny arms. And that book, All My Friends Are Dead, if you’re familiar. The freezer door sign . . . You just have to feel sorry for those who didn’t receive a superb NEOhio education, right?

    What are Johnny Pops?

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    • A superb NEOhio education. Haha! 😛 Good one, B.

      The T-Rex is adorable. I don’t know anything about this book, but I’m loving it by the title alone already.

      Jonny Pops were on the top shelf behind the freezer door that must remain close at all times. They’re red, white, and blue popsicles.

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  14. I like the wise observation that dinosaurs didn’t have beer and look where that got them. Coincidence? Me thinks not. As for how many more photos you have stashed away, waiting to drop them into a blog post like this one, I’d say 138. So, am I close?

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    • You might be close. A little high, maybe. I need to organize the folder. I think some pics aren’t really meant for the blog. It’s a scary journey into the dark caves of that pic folder.

      The dinosaur sign seems to be a favored one. It is super creative. 🙂

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  16. I loved the Panbo! I’m guessing you still have 110 pics. I really don’t make New Year resolutions any more. Old age has taught me I probably won’t keep them. 🙂 One goal is to get stronger this winter so I will be up to a road trip in July for our 40th anniversary.

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  19. Betsy, some great ones here, laughing at beer doubling one’s vision and thank you for educating me today, I didn’t know about the carrots for better eye-sight to trick the Germans during the war! Apart from writing projects etc I MUST tackle my filing – I have a big cupboard next to my desk where I just put everything into and when I can’t fit anything else I take a couple of days out to sort it – I’m at that stage now! Good luck with the decluttering!

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    • Your cupboard situation is one of those where I tell myself, “This would be so much easier if I put stuff away properly every time rather than throwing it in until I have to take more time to sort it.” And yet… 🙂 Thanks for reading, Annika. Have a blessed day!

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  20. The signs about drinking were my favorite, Betsy. They made me want to drink (more). And the rooster one made me laugh. I wonder how it would feel to go outside and start yelling through sunrise. Pretty good, I think. Might have to notify the neighbors and give it a try. 🙂 Super fun post, my friend.

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