davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2025

[davidd]

... or to be sad because sometimes you can read the story in the pictures – some elderly person couldn’t keep their home up anymore and it fell down around them until they finally either died....

In other weirdness: the US government is considering bringing back pirates; or, more specifically, privateers.

Bahahaha!!! This genuinely made me laugh. I don’t suppose one senator making a random suggestion counts as “the government considering it” but hey, you never know – all bets are off these days, aren’t they?

That’s a cool photo. Which of the gang did the wheel come with? Nice little detail that they put steering ropes on it. This reminded me of the Bounty … which had them and was a b^gger to steer.

Yes, the pictures of deteriorated houses used to leave me feeling angry or frustrated, but with costs rising I understand. As people get older and their income decreases while their physical abilities decline, the costs of home repairs are simultaneously rising and the jobs needing to be done are more physically challenging. After retirement, people simply cannot afford to tackle the major repairs that, coincidentally, start needing to be done when a house is 30 or 40 years old. And people no longer have the physical stamina, strength, and mobility to be crawling under the house or climbing up on ladders.

What's really cool -- I think, anyway -- about the "one senator making a random suggestion" is that the guy is the senator from Utah! Woo hoo! I live in the Pirate State!

'Kay, what's genuinely cool is that you've had the ex-perience of steering a sailing vessel using a massive wheel via steering ropes!

The wheel was an accessory included with the bargain-priced Captain Jack Sparrow figure I found via eBay a while back.

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3 March - A Doll A Day 2025:

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Dread Pirate Margot'chelle Rumscupper

Dread Pirate Margot'chelle Rumscupper, a 1/6-scale action figure assembled using bits and pieces from a variety of sources. The body is a Jiaoudoll 10E. The head sculpt is a SuperDuck SDH021B. The costume includes elements from 1/6-scale action figures (TBLeague Red Sonja, DiD Colonel MacKenzie, BBK Pirate Sophia), Hasbro GI Joe figures, and Barbie.

3 March - A Doll A Day 2025