That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 01, 2023

Gerrit took an early retirement due to back problems.

/// He’s an activist, keen to attack

every con artist, sell-out and hack.

He walks miles, town to town

hoping to win renown

with his soapbox strapped tight on his back.

Harald was the concrete slab salesman of the year.

the oneman puppet show comes to town!

In the successive gradual developments that led to the compact Cell Phone, few people now remember the Portable Phone Booth.

Early postmen’s mailbags were poorly designed for the task but were sufficiently heavy and hard enough to discourage territorial dogs.

Ishmael looking for a new place to show his talent.

https://youtu.be/dK6yfR701oQ

Now available the “Port-a-Cot”! Yes! You can now take that nap whenever and wherever you want!

The old Volga Boatman, long since retired,

Remembered the years he daily perspired

And trudged along the muddy canal banks

Moving a barge with muscular pulls and yanks

Singing sad songs with a mournful tone

At least he did not have to struggle alone —

Along with a gang of hardworking men

He worked in camaraderie back then —

Unlike this job, that he needed to take

In order for all basic needs to make:

Carrying bricks day after day in a hod,

At least it’s a steady job, thank God!

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8WD0WVL-HjE

Hans was so angry at the world that a mere chip on his shoulder was not big enough

In the early years, Captain America kept his shield in a box and costume in a red bag until they were needed. Ironically he figured out this looked kind of weird.

Christmas, Shristmas! Jan couldn’t wait for Boxing Day!!

The original Pet Rock??

Afraid someone might steal it, John carried his tombstone with him everywhere.

Test subject employed by the Royal Dutch Backpack Research Institute.

The original UPS delivery

Sure, his wife packed a nice bag lunch, but how could he call it a meal without everything he needed to make some fresh advocatenborrel?

The Little Free Library version of the bookmobile.

Itinerant cabinet salesman carrying a sample.

I don’t think I’ve ever gone away on vacation without at least a half dozen books in my suitcase. Now I can carry several hundred e-books on my Chromebook & never have to worry about being stuck somewhere without something to read (to say nothing of it being a whole lot easier on my creaky back & shoulders)!

This would be the first (and last) day Larry volunteered for the “books for shut-ins” program.

Portrait of Gerrit van Schoorl: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portret_van_Gerrit_van_Schoorl,_RP-T-1940-168.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info (perhaps best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) about this roughly A6 paper (i.e., postcard) size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3089 (March 1, 2023) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). First work by this artist used here.

“Gee, you didn’t have to dress up for me..”

Gerrit vowed to never again fall for an invite to the school “Book Fair”….finding it to be just a high pressure sales gig

Swen not knowing when he had to “GO” carried the toilet around with him.

That’s not how you should carry a pizza!

“But He Doesn’t Know the Territory!”—The Door-to-Door Anvil Salesman

Haha, he looks like the artist from the fast show.

/// The sharp cleats on the first baseman’s shoe,

injured Hoover, who now plans to sue.

Testimony’s rehearsed.

Don’t know who is on first,

but right now the first base is on Hoo.

I asked her to pack a Box Lunch and this is what I get

The artists face off: de Kruyff challenged, and Gerrit chose watercolors at dawn.

She had a body that could stop a train and she also could not stop spending my money!