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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

questionableadvice: ~ Good Housekeeping, 1917via HathiTrust Digital Library“Unmindful of pedals or levers, attention undiverted, at a mile an hour on high gear you smoothly weave your way - in your Haynes!”

questionableadvice:

~ Good Housekeeping, 1917
via HathiTrust Digital Library

“Unmindful of pedals or levers, attention undiverted, at a mile an hour on high gear you smoothly weave your way - in your Haynes!”

questionableadvice: ~ The County Gentleman and Land & Water, July 1915“The Courses embrace just what LADIES NEED TO LEARN.”

questionableadvice:

~ The County Gentleman and Land & Water, July 1915

“The Courses embrace just what LADIES NEED TO LEARN.”

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