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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: vesta111 on February 15, 2010, 04:36:11 PM
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Some one started a thread on dreams, was that you Frank?
On another thread I mentioned how I felt Obama was just a Dummy sitting in someones lap. Got me to thinking about some of the movies that use that concept, First in Show, Chicago, a few horror movies and on TV Mary Heartman.
While dusting I came face to face with my guys that all came from a dream.
You know how it is, we tend to not notice something that we see every day for 30 years.
Long time ago I had this dream that had a vent doll in it. I got up that morning and dragged hubby to a flee market. I didn't just want one of those things but felt I NEEDED it. Soon as we walked in the door there he was sitting naked on a table with kids toys. Hubby slides his eyes to me in that Woman you are weird look. $5.00 bucks and a trip to the clothing area found him a size 2 toddler outfit.
Got him home and as Hubby has seen the Chuckie slasher movies was not to happy when I named the Dummy Chuckie. Took Hubby 3 night before he could sleep, he kept waking up listening for little footsteps running about.
Moving on 10 years, I had a coworker who had to settle her fathers estate. I needed new furniture so we took a truck WAY down Maine. Her fathers home was chock full of amazing stuff, he had been a well known artist in the area with studio jam packed with paintings. Needing furniture I bought just one painting from the estate for $10 bucks. As we loaded a few chairs and beds into her truck I noticed a big green dumpster with a kid sitting on top. Not a kid, But the Vent Dummy he had used in his stage performance, he was also an excellent guitarist.
She was going to throw the little guy away. I asked and she gave it to me.
Now I owned 2 Dummy's and for years looked at them but did not see them. Grand kids came in and half destroyed them did some damage.
So how this gets even weirder, last week Mom called to warn me not to let the censers takers in the house. How can I refuse, but she told me if they get obnoxious she plans to start singing and dancing around, scare the crap out of them.
Everything then came to a link to me, I had the dummy's, why not answer the door and have the Dummy tell them to go away. I really need a new Dummy so I went on line checking out the prices of a high tec Dummy, eyes and mouth move, all the goodies.
I found the first Dummy I bought for $5.00 bucks is dated in the back of the neck of 1963, to get another one of that time and same face used is $250 bucks.
The one my friend gave me is a home made kit from sears 1948. Wood body and ceramic arms and legs.Impossible to duplicate it ,one of a kind. It would have to go to auction to be valued.
Hubby came home and when he saw the price list he got off his butt, got out the tool box and fixed the suckers, they are called professional Vent Dummy's as both are controlled by a stick that runs down the back, the controls are levers. The really cheap ones $50.00 and up that are not professional have a draw string and ring to pull.
All this money from a dream's.
Now I realise why we Yankees hate to get rid of anything. Headed out to check Ebay, I found a Carol Changing Vent for $120.00 I bet 50 years from now she will be worth good money.