Obsolescence Project

Day 136 – Hole Punch

Hole Punch

Single Hole Punch.

I saw a business card once with holes punched out of it in a sort of design. I really liked them. But didn’t rush to use my single hole punch tool. I also have a big hole punch .  Neither have been used in quite a while. It’s the concept that they are so utilitarian and there are amazing (Peter Combe’s work) examples of creative uses of the hole punch.

Hole Punch

Status: It’s so humble. Find uses for. There’s lots of business cards hanging around that could be put to use.

Kill-ratio: 32: 2 or 16:1

Untitled Dip of the Day:  “Hey Untitled No. 2, have you seen the hold punch, I need to vent”

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Day 136 – Nokia Phone

Nokia Phone

Nokia Cell Phone. c.2007 – Mate of the Nokia Earbuds, for which I had said were from 2008, but a rethink made me realise it was probably earlier than that, but who’s counting?

This Nokia was a smartphone, but the type with the telephone keyboard. 3 taps per every letter that is the 3rd one over. c, f, i, lo, v and y for the record. s and z required four taps. Although it was a smartphone, it was never hooked up the network. That came later with the iPhone’s entry into Mr. and Mrs. OP’s lives.

Nokia Phone

Nokia Phone

Status: Disassemble some more for the sea monster. She needs to process messages.

Kill-ratio: 63-3 or 21:1 and still want to re-shoot, but alas keeping to this daily schedule prevents that.

Telephone Operator

Telephone Operator, 1938 – Watch at archive.org

Untitled Nod of the Day: “Operator Get Me Untitled 3489 on the line….
Yes, please hold….I’m sorry Sir, Mr. Untitled at Untitled 3489 is not taking any calls today.”

p.s. Not having electrical engineer type screwdrivers and tools, let me tell you it is actually quite a task disassembling a device like this. It’s a solid beast. The sea monster better appreciate how many nails I’ve chipped for her.

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Day 135 – Gauztex – For Sportsmen

Gauztex

Gauztex Bandages Tin. Prevents Blisters for Sportsmen. 1939.

Que sera sera, sung by Doris Day, happens to be playing on the radio right now. [ Espace Musique ]
It’s all dovetailing together, Doris and How to Win and Hold a Husband, possibly a sportsman.
Although Que Sera Sera was not published till 1956, and both the book and this tin are from the 1930s.

Gauztex

Gauztex

gauztex ad

1946 ad from U of Michigan Library Archives [archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/article/1946jun65.pdf]

Status: Borrowed. So free from decision making.

Kill-ratio: 43: 3 or 14:1

Untitled Joke of the Day: “Hello Mr. Untitled, is that a golf ball in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me sportsman?”

 

 

 

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Day 133 – How to Win and Hold a Husband

Book

How To Win and Hold a Husband. Dorothy Dix. 1939.

Sample Chapter Titles:

XII – Lures Men Can’t Resist. Page 88
XVII – “Dont’s” Every Girl Should Know. Page 118
XXVIII – Lift Your Spirits Rather Than Your Face. Page 185
XXXVIII – Is Marriage Outmoded? Page 242

Vintage Book

Although I haven’t read The Rules, I think the gal who wrote it probably stole all her material from this book.

“DON’T be too ready to tell a man you love him. Keep him guessing — and keep him interested. Any girl who faithfully follows these rules can marry any man she chooses”. Page 123

Book Open

This was a gift. And if it had its dust jacket cover, it would probably be valuable. It is valuable to me.

I adore the paper. Paper sucks me in every time. The creaminess, the thickness, the ruffled edge, the binding, the space on the page.

Journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, aka Dorothy Dix [wikipedia]

Status: Keep.

Kill-Ratio: 2 Takes, lost notes for Take 1.
~33:3 or 11:1

Untitled Joke of the Day: “Miss. Untitled, Do You take Mr. Untitled to to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold…. cause then you get to become Mrs. Untitled”

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Day 132 – Postcard from Rhyl

Vintage Postcard

Postcard from Rhyl – Pass of Aberglaslyn.

Stamp enthusiasts out there can help me identify the date.
It looks like it’s either 1909 or 1929 if the way the 9 comes in on the left at the back is continuous.

Daisy had a lovely time at Rhyl bathing in the sea every morning and afternoon.  She had a friend named Edith. These names have a Downton Abbey feel.

What I’m curious about is why the note itself is written in pencil and then the address in ink. Was she conserving ink? Such neat and precise handwriting. The addressee text could pass for a font.

Vintage Postcard

Status: Keep. This is part of the postcards I got recently in Victoria, to be added to the unearthed ephemera collection, which will now be properly stored, displayed, as opposed to shoved into some drawer gathering dust and mites.

Kill-ratio: Two Takes. Take 1 were all deleted, so I’m not sure.
Say 18:1

Untitled Quip of the Day:

“Dear Mrs. Untitled, I’m having a lovely time bathing in the sea…. Love, your Untitled Friend”

What is this Untitled nonsense? Go back to the source  to find out.

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