Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 18, 2014

It’s no picnic living next door to Heber Habner, owner/operator of Honest Engine.

Heber Habner’s wife Helga knows her way around under the hood.

The Grandkids Harold and Helmut are in charge of any bikes that find their way into the backyard. Start ’em young" says Heber.

I don’t get what they are! They look like gas-powered record turntables, for crying out loud! Or, maybe very badly-designed drones, that if they can ever stay up in the air, maybe Habner will be able to keep an eye on his neighbor better!

Don’t forget about the family patriarch, Heber’s gran’paw Abner Habner…he started the whole thing….

Meanwhile… Mitchell and Sally are just waiting for the Habners to move….

They’re not the type to do anything drastic…after all, they were raised to be polite…First they were going to NOT invite them to their barbecue last July…but that seemed too rude…So they just didn’t offer them seconds on Sally’s home made fudge cake.THAT would teach them…

but it didn’t.Not even painting their house purple just to annoy them has made them move away.

Maybe they won’t even buy them anything for Christmas!Take that, Habners!

Monkey!

I’ve got something for you!

If tinfoil beanies can stop aliens from monitoring people’s brainwaves…do you think maybe this handmade solid aluminum Sheriff’s hat will keep Madame Beviek from reading your mind?

I know….. flying turntables!!

Good morning everyone,reading Ballard Street this day. The ‘new’ air cooled engines use the cover for cooling and fuel storage. IMO. :) Peace.

gmornin fine BS city zens….as mahDam BeV stablishd yestidy thet she kin reed brayns…she nose ahm thinkin of havin a Fu “UGLY XMas Swetter Pardy” at teh TIKI tunite….!!!!!Everwun hoo wares a ugly swetter gits a picture of MUNKY’s Speshul EgNOG…. so go buy STeLs WWOI and Swetter Emporyum f’arts & crafts suplies… git yer artistik swag on…. lessee sum UGLY tunight!!!!

It always amazes me how much you ‘ballardeers’ know about the people that live in Ballard County – and you even have a lot of invasive pictures. Great story about the Habners.

Sherif M.Bluz, Please,send me one by PSYmail. I will not be able to post it to comments tho.sigh.Thanx. Peace.

How Heber Habner hates Henry Hoffer’s half-hearted hellos…

Perhaps the expression “strong fences make good neighbors” should be amended to “higher fences make better neighbors” in Ballard Street.

So that’s where my doohicky and thingamabob went!………

Great Ballard Street comics to go with this. Good job.

If you can’t re-sell it, chuck it back over the fence. My neighbour leaves her washing to dry on the fence and it blows into my garden. I throw it back once and if it happens again, I bin it.

@ 2OldHelga? Did Hebner Habner divorce Helen?

Hebner Habner had a haberdashery hut named “The Four H Hattery and Hubcap Home for the Hair-challenged Homeless” on the side. The other side.

For example:

Of course, there is always this:

I don’t think it was on purpose.Habner just gave a bit too much jerk on the starter cord and lost the handle holding on to it.How many remember the ones you had to “wrap” the rope around to start? Now we have electric starters, powered walkers, auto stop blades, four stroke engines with emission controls, AND SILENCED to run quietly.Of course I remember the hand pushed manual types. My dad got one of them new ones with the two stroke engine, you had to wrap the rope around like a top, hold this, engage that, and pull. Two stroke, smoke spouting engine, sounded like a motor cross bike without a muffler…..of course it did not have one. Bright and early 7a…my dad would send ME out to cut the grass……once I learned the starting technique……nothing said “HELLO NEIGHBORS” than a screaming two stroke lawn mower at 7am on a Sunday.Ahhhhh……fondly I remember pushing that monster across the yard….never had to worry about mosquitoes……the two stroke belched enough smoke to keep them off. I smelled of oil and gas all day. Better days there.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Have fun guys.

Ah thinks STeL is bringin me wun she poot tagether…(ah heres its a doozy)

What can I say, Red? Once I decided they looked like flying turntables, that’s all I can see when I look at them! But…I’ll take your and Bri’s word for it!! LOL

Looks like they may be part of a flying lawnmower.

Bev….not unless it’s an ugly Hannukkah sweater….

Hey….that gave me an idea….so I’m on my way to the Tiki….

Monkey…I hope this is eligible too….

And Happy Hanukkah, everybody!

Don’t worry… they’re electric flames!Not gonna set the trees on fire… or the Tiki….

or… sigh…the world, any more.

And Steve…. yep… it was on Cleo.Cos that’s where I wrote about storage media.

Am I too late to submit my entry in the sweater contest?

Uh, those candles are electric Bev. They might short if Fireman does that…Thanks for the Egg Nog, Fireman.Great party everyone. Ugly sweaters all around, except for Susan’s beautiful Hannukah Sweater! Although as holiday sweaters go, Susan did a great job trying to make it ugly!

Old joke.

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Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!