@jfreedy -- Wait.... an "old-timer" (the cob pipe in the pocket is a nice touch) a crystal ball, and tarot cards? What? A fortune telling Gabby Hayes? BTW, here's a young George "Gabby" Hayes smoking a pipe; the Gabby character never did.
The publisher of your sidewalk find is https://www.facebook.com/CharactersUnlimited/ << We specialize in designing and building affordable animatronic people, birds, animals, fortune teller machines, dinosaurs, and more.>>
@RockyMountainBriar. Somehow I had a feeling you would say that... Christmas may get me one, but if I went ahead and obtained BOTH, the SWMBO would probably change the locks on all the doors... 😧
Lying around, pondering the problems of the world, I realized that at my age I don't really care anymore.
If walking is good for your health, the mailman would be immortal.
A whale swims all day, only eats fish and drinks water, but is still fat.
A rabbit runs and hops and still lives only 15 years, while a tortoise doesn't run and does mostly nothing, yet it lives for 150 years. And they tell us to exercise? I don't think so.
Now that I'm older, here's what I've discovered:
1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.
2. My wild oats are mostly enjoyed with berries and all-bran.
3. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
4. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
5. If all is not lost, then where the heck is it?
6. It was a whole lot easier to get older than it was to get wiser.
7. Some days you're the top dog, some days you're the fire hydrant.
8. I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
9. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.
10. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.
11. It is hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
12. The world only beats a path to your door when you're in the bathroom.
13. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.
14. When I'm finally holding all the right cards, everyone wants to play chess.
15. It is not hard to meet expenses. They're everywhere.
16. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
17. These days I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter. I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm "here after.”
18. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.
19. It is a lot better to be seen than viewed.
20. Have I sent this message to you before? Or did I get it from you?
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An astonishingly idiotic dope pipe......... Only a dope would want one.
I bet it smokes like $#!t😬
Yep. I predict you can easily separate a fool from his money.
I also predict you may have a good smoke today.
A fortune telling Gabby Hayes?
BTW, here's a young George "Gabby" Hayes smoking a pipe; the Gabby character never did.
The publisher of your sidewalk find is https://www.facebook.com/CharactersUnlimited/
<< We specialize in designing and building affordable animatronic people, birds, animals, fortune teller machines, dinosaurs, and more.>>
The symbol at the bottom is found at https://www.dreamstime.com/illustration/pickaxe-tool.html
It appears popular in China.
https://doninmass.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/47ywr.jpg
Thumbs up - roughly understood as meaning "up yours"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qumd17407uk
I have a meerschaum pipe box that looks exactly like the blue and gold one you have on the bottom shelf🤔
Maybe Christmas... 🤞
I have seen versions of both, some are very sharp. It would be a tough choice......I say....buy both😬