ooking in the mirror every day and saying i am beautiful i am strong and there's that there's an awful lot of research behind that idea of positive thinking so why when someone tells it to you do we automatically like ping pong it away it's you know that's hard because i think i don't know it's it's an interesting it's a really interesting question so you know if someone pays you a compliment today say thank you very much and then see what the person's reaction is yeah i think too yeah i think too i feel you know i feel sorry really for young people and that sounds terrible but i feel sorry for young people now with with filters and what have you in that say for instance you are inclined to use a particular filter that gives you you know something does something with your eyes and teeth or whatever and you get a lot of compliments on social media you look great and you accept those compliments then there becomes a great deal of pressure in the real world and that is something i don't think you had to do with the younger person or i had to and it's a whole layer on top of this as well because it's probably is a reality and a fantasy representation of ourselves out there but i think with all things social media and i could talk about social media for days on end it's it's learning to read it and learning to realize that what you're seeing is not real life and even the people who are as real as possible online still show you what they want you to see um filters you mentioned are a massive issue at the moment even for adults and i think what's also happening with social media is that the norms that we're setting for ourselves as normal are not normal so if someone looks a certain way with a filter that's not real life if someone is posting how organized their fridge is and all this different stuff is going this is how i live my life every day although that's them that's their choice that's fine in their own home but if you're looking at that thinking oh i'm not doing that's why i'm feeling there's a problem there yeah you know yeah the caller says uh greg often hear my wife being complimented for an example on something she's wearing in her responses this is in pennies which is is fine and i get why people do that but that's one of the examples you actually gave in the blog uh another caller says yes we all know that us irish aren't good at taking compliments myself included if someone comments are that's a nice top they'd probably get the reply i've had this top for years which you talked about jeans as well or uh your haircut suits you and i reply i'm fed up with it instead of just replying thank you which is exactly what we're talking about so there's an awareness of it there is and i think we're becoming more aware as well of um of we mentioned those those kind of social norms it's it's putting yourselves under it's becoming aware of of what's in front of you as your reality um and the targets that you have in your own life and the things that you want to achieve in your own life they don't have to be the same as the person that you're watching or following or that you're listening to on the radio we're watching on the tv um i do you mentioned about the children you know i do worry that age group have an awful lot to deal with an awful lot of an awful lot to contend with and with ai now as well it's so difficult to know what's real and what's not real i can we're getting to the stage where what's in front of you in your hand and what you can see with your eyes in this room right now that's all you can actually be sure of um and we're seeing that more and more and more so that's another but again it comes back to that idea of being aware of it being aware of these things and been able to read them been able to be aware of them but also just give compliments if you thought you know it doesn't have to be just someone you know i'm the best in the world if i'm in a in a restaurant or a bar or a bathroom or whatever and you say oh i love your top or i love your it may be nice just it's not that hard sometimes it's actually just that it's something you know it's very hard really i suppose to it's a hard but you to accept so i expect someone to love us right if we don't love ourselves do you know what i mean if you if you if you've not if you don't you know if you don't love yourself it's a lot to ask someone else to love what you don't be you know and for some people it doesn't matter how much you compliment them or how much you tell them that they are one thing or the other if they can't say it there's nothing no but then we're complex because sometimes you look in the mirror and you go you know i feel great man yeah and then like the next day you're looking and for some people it can get to a point where it's really you know damaging uh there's something that needs attention but then the other day you can look at it you'd think you're looking at a completely different person it's just whatever way your mind is going i think it's important too to remember that you know even someone who comes across and says oh i'm good at looking at the positives i'm good at those things that doesn't mean that that's how they feel all the time like people would say oh you're very confident i still get nervous about doing things like this i still get but for me it's i weigh up the do i enjoy doing it am i making a point that i want to make or do i be nervous for five minutes beforehand and that's that's a choice i make um but no one ever is constantly happy all the time with everything you're about their lives and if they are i wish i could find the magic i could bottle that and make a fortune you know but yeah i think small small steps small things being nice people make a compliment use people's names i think people also love to hear their name which is i'm called you marie once by accident but no i think people people love if you pay an accompaniment use someone's name as well and it really will you know make them feel it's affirmation isn't it yeah excellent uh all right marie i keep it up pay away can people find your blog and the latest writing because we've kind of touched on it but uh there's a lot in here for people there's a lot and to recognize as well yeah because it's funny the people and they may not necessarily necessarily have read your blog but they've sort of come back with the same sort of examples of how they bat away the compliments yeah well i was always writing as they asked one blog um i stopped writing with the kids a few years ago and just kind of i left it for a while i just parked it so it's more of a lifestyle now but i am still going to obviously talk about being a parent because that's what i am i'm a mommy of two beautiful girls um but i do tend to dip my toe into it's just lifestyle whatever i feel like rambling about sometimes it's funny sometimes it's serious sometimes it's colorful um i'm trying to get back into it myself more as well so um i'm on facebook is probably where you'll see the most regular uh posts at the moment on living out loud and then i also have a website um that i'll be updating shortly as well so yeah trying to get back out all right well done listen great uh a great return if that was your first thank you thank you very much okay uh i'm going to tap to dany after these the county's number one talk show the nine till noon show on hyland radio the nine till noon show is brought to you by letter kenny credit union offering low-rate car loans with fast approval apply online at letterkennycu.ie or in office today are you ready for caring community games come and make some noise throw shapes run paint cycle sing take to the stage and make friends it doesn't matter where you're from or what you're into there's a place for you a caring community games because together we're all in play your part of caring community the cfc interior stock disposal sale is now on due to renovations an incredible 1.5 million pounds 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the interview there was very interesting and not i've been i was looking at it and i i can't take a compliment like at all really because oh you know we never used to get them as children i don't know just because of an irish thing you know my mother and father were both irish but uh but back in my day or when i say like that uh like in the 50s and 60s even at school nobody complimented you that if you've got something correct or done well that they just expected that off you you only got scolded when you did something wrong so so compliments was very scarce like you know and and and i realized that now so so with my nieces and nephews i've always sort of complimented them well when you know just to to give them sort of like self-confidence you make a conscious decision yeah yeah but yeah no if they do something well i say that's a good job because you see i used to do like good i still do good jobs but but you never got any compliments because it was just expected the people it wasn't harsh like my mother and father was very loving people but they just expected you to to pick it up straight away and do everything correctly yeah you know and as a youngster you you make mistakes but then i find in life like that that was going through school but then when i left school and i was a a young lad like i was very conscious of different things but not like my body in a way but but my hair used to i used to be conscious conscious of that because my hair was a bit un unruly like you know even if now now i comb i brush and comb my hair in the morning but but when this wind comes it sends it all over the place i might as well not bother right does that and does that bother you it does indeed yeah yeah because i like to be you know my my relatives they always used to look sort of like spick and span but but i looked you know like a bit dishevelled as my niece said to me one time because i was doing the farming i had i think i had different boots on like working trousers and he was tied up with with rope and she said what do you look like i said i'm look like a sort of farmer she said you look like compo you know and and i i i found that very funny but but that's it i'm not self-conscious of barmy appearance that way but my as a youngster like in my teens my hair was was very um uh something i was sensitive about but does it has has safe i get you but say how you you say right you didn't receive compliments as a young person in fact you were only spoken to when you were scolded we all remember you know children speak when they're spoken to has that in any way damaged you as an adult not damaged in a i'm not trying to say you know in a in a necessarily uh you know very very bad way but it has do you do you think it's affected you as an adult and your confidence so oh yes it's impacted on my life a bit yeah because you know you not self-conscious but i am conscious of things like that and i don't go around looking for praise or compliments but but there and when i do get some now in later life i get quite embarrassed yeah you know the only time i've really accepted a compliment is when elderly men unfortunately that they've all you know because that they would have been familiar with my grandfather and they said oh god you know you you've done that just like your grandfather you work just like your grandfather and and i accept that compliment with pride but anything else if they say uh you know it's a nice appearance i like your suit i just get embarrassed with them okay well you shouldn't Danny you shouldn't you should embrace your goals no no it's not i mean i'm because i'm not like a totally self-conscious you know like i say about my hair i've been cutting my own hair for over 50 years now i got fed up with going to the barbers and paying them to to cut my hair make such a bad job of it that i had to come home and rectify it so for the last 52 years i've been cutting my own hair which wasn't a problem for for me during covid and also shoes my father was a great lover of good pair of shoes and so i am like like to keep them in good order good but an expensive pair of leather shoes you know was too costly well when i was younger so i had to go and get the cheaper version and if any of my friends found that i had the cheaper version i would be slated like you know it was all about aspiration you know sort of money and things like that you know that you're wearing more expensive that that's why i was pleased when you said about about the uh the charity shops because i've done a lot shopping in charity shops yeah people would be proud of it now yeah going into them i think so when people pick up a bargain in a charity shop it's a double wabby because they get a compliment and happy about that but also you know they're donating to a charity and for some reason that seems to be like a shield that allows them to say thank you i do look great danie listen keep it thank you very much we'll chat to you again young people seem to believe table manners are no longer relevant a uk study by census wild has found more than three quarters of people over sixteen think keeping elbows off the table is outdated nonsense with a while a third use their phones at dinner the mere utterance of such a statement i can see uh on my screen here that no cunning and briefly passed out uh but he has recovered and joins us now good morning noll how are you i'm very well and a very good morning to you and your listeners as usual uh you with the bell of the ball at uh the bonnington on saturday night looking fabulous and i have to say sporting a lovely pair of white shoes which set off the entire outfit rather remarkably well what a splendid opportunity to celebrate somebody that i think is slightly um how shall we say flowing under the radar moya brennan is respected and loved all over the world and she's one i mean when you think forget about broadway in new york and hollywood she's won every possible award and accolade that can be attributed to any international star and to see her talk with such passion about her love of dunny gall and her lovely mother um baba brennan and her late father it was a joyous occasion and it has to be marked with enthusiasm and excitement because she deserves that uh incredibly humble lady as well at least that's uh the impression i got i can't play i've interviewed moya a couple of times but certainly the way she holds herself uh which is perfectly as well though it if you didn't know of her achievements she doesn't give off that that uh of the country it's the contribution he has to not just to music but to culture and you know absolutely and you are so right i have seldom met someone of such renown and such a note that carries her humility like a beautiful cloak a gorgeous person a lovely soul a lovely family beautiful son and daughter who who have a lot of their lovely mum and dad's quality so a really cosy lovely evening and well done to the dunny gall association and doublet and just finally on that i mean you know bono gets a bit of criticism in arland but he's one of the biggest superstars in the world uh packing out that new uh dome over in america you know internationally renown recognized i thought he was never gonna shut up in his praise of of moya brennan on the night he went to town it was absolutely unbelievable it was lovely now bono has been accused of being a bit like myself tends to talk a little bit too much at times and he didn't let us down shall we say but you know what uh behind all the beautiful um sort of things he said and reading between the lines you could see the respect and love he has very clever his language was very clever and it landed right on point obviously you know it was in his own inimitable way but the points that he wanted to make were all there landed there talked of the the change uh the change in the rules somewhat where someone from outside of the county can now be uh dunny gall powers and it just set the whole i think it was he referenced that but anyway it was and it just set up the night really really nicely so lovely to to actually be able to touch base with you on that no um because it was just a lovely evening and just to recognize that but talking about table manners i find i'm confused on this one right because you know what i'm one of these live and let live types as well do you know what i mean but you do you can't help but notice that sometimes you see people i've got a son myself who despite my protestation struggles to actually use an iphone fork should i care you know what i have i have this wonderful wonderful sentence that i use when i'm discussing this with younger members of my family my loving nephews and nieces and now their children because their children are now coming of an age my grand nephews and grand nieces or rather i'm i'm of an age and i say to them look at a b or c you take a girlfriend or a boyfriend out to dinner why would you bother if you want to spend the entire evening on your mobile phone on instagram on snapchat on whatever and may i ask you do you think a girlfriend or a boyfriend is going to be very impressed if you're gobbling down your food speaking with your mouth full unable to use a knife and fork properly and you know we have to have some basic standards the lovely freda stare going back a lifetime ago said how do we expect our children to have good manners and how to conduct themselves socially when they see none of it in the home and it should begin in the home because my point is always this i'm not an old buddy duddy i think i'm quite cool for an old fella that's the reason for putting on my sneakers with my beautiful mickey suit on saturday night to be real cool but i say there is nothing old-fashioned about doing things right also too i think to know people might get mixed up in what we're talking about here because people might think it's about class or i don't recognize classes by the way but people might think it's about you know whether you're wealthy or you're not what your background might this is nothing in my view anyway it's got nothing to do with that this is about i suppose you know a celebration of the food a recognition of it and respect for that but also those in your company as well that you know what i really believe um greg that you have hit the nail on the head we confuse doing things properly conducting ourselves in a proper manner turning up for an interview are properly attired knowing how to address someone hold the door open all of those things are nothing to do with class but we kind of have that bloody inferiority complex that that's all to do with class and upper class what a load of nonsense because i have been in the company of many so-called or so titled upper-class people and some of their manners left something to be desired so it's not about class about it's about me instilling in my children and anybody i come in contact with by example that there's a better way of doing things and a nicer way of doing things otherwise why would we set a table why do we look at things of beauty why do we sort of immerse ourselves in art and beautiful music those are the refinements that have come with evolution of man and why should we now decide to start a retrograde process of going back to live in trees i mean for heaven's sake it's pure common sense do things beautifully do things nicely and it looks and is so much better in the societal situation lovely stuff no always a pleasure thank you so very much indeed have a wonderful monday and rest of the week and to your listeners and to you greg and your team thank you so much bye bye no that's noel cunning him there what do you think 08 660 25 000 watch the show live now on youtube facebook and at highland radio dot com the nine till noon show with letter kenny credit union simplify your debts with a debt consolidation loan from letter kenny credit union call us on<PHONE_NUMBER> or apply online via our app or 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you looking to change career but what is the best way to do it sarah guarantees head of careers at the communications clinic hiya sarah hi great how are you good morning i do fantastic great to have you on the program right okay i was saying a little earlier on it's really important isn't it that we present ourselves best prepare ourselves best for the job interview process but because there are actually those actually are stuck where the rat because they don't really want to go through that oh it's so much more common than we think you know i meet people all the time who are really capable and they've loads of great experience and they'll often say i'm not going to go for it and when you drill down into it with them it's because they don't want to go through the interview process and but what i'd really impress upon people is that if you can prepare in the right way you're putting yourself in a really really great position and not only to do a good interview but also to feel confident and prepared about doing it you know because they'd always say like confidence can't just be plucked out of the thin air you know you have to get it from somewhere so a couple of the pitfalls that we see people make and throughout my job in the communications clinic are that people prepare but they don't prepare in the right way so they might for example have put together a super cv and a great cover letter but when it comes to the interview for i was just listening to your ads there you know for the bus driver to be you know working car sales to go in for a role in johnny gall county council and they've learned maybe their cv off by heart but that hasn't put them in a position that you're doing every day i suppose which is going and talking like a human being out loud to another group of human beings you know so the first thing that i would say to do is you want to be really really clear on what the job is and not just what the spec says because sometimes the job spec can be a language of its own which you want to be really really clear on the needs of the people hiring so the needs of that bus company the needs of johnny gall county council what specific skills are required what will help them what will add value to them and then gregg your best friend is coming up with a bank of stories that's going to help prove to those people that you have the skills and the competencies and the experience and the attributes required and in the environment that we're in like you want to fix the problem for the person because you know it can be difficult to hire at the moment so you and if you really want that job you have to also recognize all right you've got a problem and i'm the solution that's such a brilliant way of putting it i put it like that it's a you know a job spec is often a set of problems and i'm going in to prove that i can solve your problems or it's a set of needs so how do i go in and address those needs and that kind of comes to one of the greatest pitfalls that people make they don't approach the job interview from the employer's point of view they approach it from their point of view so it's interesting that you say that because i was talking to a vet a couple of weeks ago and the vet had all the qualifications and the academics that you would expect a vet to have thank god um but when we drill down into it what they realize going for an interview in a rural practice was that the the the boss the person in charge was looking at retiring in probably about 10 to 15 years or less than that if they were lucky and what they really wanted was someone who was going to be a safe pair of hands and that they could eventually pass this practice which was like their baby over to this new person who was able to build and maintain relationships with farmers in the local area and things like that so absolutely that's a set of problems and you're going in to say i know what your problems are let me help you solve them here's some evidence here's some stories to prove that i can do it for you yeah brilliant makes its common sense but often this is the the things that we over or these are the things that we overlook can we tend also to get together a decent cv and then sort of think that that's it it's a finished product rather than updating it tweaking it find out what might not be working or even maybe tailoring it that it seems more attractive to the role that we are applying for absolutely so great there's no point in me put together putting together a cv for highland radio and firing the same one out to dunagall county council to the insurance company in the area and to a couple of cafes and restaurants in the same you know in bunkrana and let her Kenny because they're going to look at it straight away and say you know do they know what we need do they know what our problems are do they know what our needs are and so absolutely i would say your cv is always it's always a work in progress and you should always be looking at adapting and tweaking it you can absolutely get a master copy down you know where it it it it has basically the components that that a good cv it requires but what i'd advise your listeners to do is have a little section at the top that you could call a profile summary a professional summary that has no more than five bullet points that are short and concise and to the point that speak to highland radio for example and say that you know i'm flexible and adaptable i'm willing to learn or you know dunagall county council i understand that and people in the local area the heart of everything that we do you know but they have something at the top of the page that will immediately jump off the page because remember everybody people going through cv's are doing a lot of that right they're reading through a lot of cv's and i want mine to be different to yours and you want yours to be different to your best friends and so on and so on so have a piece of the top that isn't just your leaving cert and you know the jobs that you've done over the past 15 years that it speaks to the job you're applying listen we're top third conditioned now whether it's you know the websites social media whatever you need to you need to hit us quick don't you um you uh also we were talking earlier on by coincidence about confidence you know we were speaking to a lady behind a blog about how we're not really good except in compliments so if you are that way how are you going to sit down really and talk about how great you are because you might have doubts in relation to that and i can imagine a lot of your conversations that you might have sarah is finding people's positives what they bring how good they are and you say no write that down that's a really good thing and they're like oh well i didn't really do you do you find that you sort of have to tease that out of people absolutely and what you really have to do is more than just write it down and say it out loud you know great i'm sure you're very familiar with the fact that you can't just think about what you're going to say when you come on air every day you're going to have to practice you're going to have to talk it out loud with the people that are around you in there it's the same with job interviews what i would say is if you can match your evidence so your your your objective facts to prove that you can do something so you know in my last job in a restaurant for example i was communicating non-stop with chefs who were under pressure with customers who required a high level service that's your evidence you match that with the talking out loud and remember forevermore everybody that the only way to prepare for a verbal interaction is to prepare verbally so if you can match those two things together that's where your confidence should come from because let's face it i mean everybody has experience you know it doesn't have to be record breaking communication skills but it can be let me tell you about a time when there was something confusing that needed to be explained and i did it or somebody was upset or i rate and i was able to bring them back down and they were able to understand what i was saying so the confidence like i said needs to come from somewhere and that confidence for job interviews comes from your bank of evidence and matching that with your uh dedicated and willingness to speak out loud to yourself as much as possible that's the local memory developed have you any questions about the company uh how important is that question it so it seems to always be in there and and maybe people don't think is it a place of space work and genuinely uh ask a question like you know uh will i get a will i get a promotion in 10 minutes or is it or is that a test you know what how do you answer that question if it's you know what Greg i i actually think it's not a test i do a lot of work with the interview panels themselves i think it's an unwise move in an interview because what's going to happen you're probably going to get people who have bought into the idea that you have to ask a question yeah for sure you know yeah i have to be a clever one or where do you see the company in five years you know and that's not what the question's about no and i don't not craving my ability to do the job either but then if you go no no actually i don't yeah so is there a response do you say no actually i think most of what we were what most of the questions i would have had have been covered in the course of the interview i think that's bang on i think what you can do there is say thanks a million for the opportunity just to reiterate you need someone who's got strong communication skills has an excellent ability to empathize with others and as a track record and project management just to remind you i have all those skills built up over 10 years um i've no questions everything's been covered in the job spec in our conversations beforehand or whatever yeah but i would certainly not advise anybody to go in and say when am i going to hear back or you know is there a work from home day that i can choose myself all of those things they're probably not adding value to you as a candidate and that's always the question to ask yourself is what i'm saying next going to add value to me as a candidate do all the same rules apply for internal promotions or i just wonder maybe people can be even maybe a little bit more laxie daisy because they think well sure you know i'm brilliant um i've seen people devastated as a result of that you know what also greg i've seen internal panels devastated because they've known you know sarah garity is great she's been doing this for six months she's been filling in for greg and she's done a brilliant job and then she shows up on the day and she doesn't do a great interview so my advice for internal promotions is not to take it for granted i would be preparing in exactly the same way i would also have a really really good think about maybe how i'm already perceived you know um what i've been doing what i've been bringing to the table already but don't take it for granted because on the day that panel has to treat you like the external candidates everybody has to have a fair shot at it so don't take it for granted because that's my advice and have you any simple tips to control the nerves because but i think i think a good interview panel should be able to put someone at ease and understand that maybe you know them being nervous in that environment has no real consequence on on the job they're you know they're applying for so we'd hope a panel does some of that work in that regard do you say listen sorry i'm a little bit nervous or how do you keep how do you cope with nerves in that interview environment you're right let's just accept the panel will know you're nervous i would always say Greg that i get nervous for people who aren't nervous going for a job interview going on radio going to deliver a presentation the interview panel should know they're human beings but what i would say the first thing to remember is talk out loud to yourself as much as possible that's probably the best piece of advice i could give to somebody when it comes to addressing the nerves secondly i would i wouldn't bother saying i'm nervous they'll know and you don't want to diminish yourself before you start speaking have a glass of water at the ready and don't be afraid to use it and make sure that you take a few deep four or five deep and breaths in and out before you go into the interview itself and in the run up to what like i said build up that bank of stories talk out loud to yourself as much as possible and remember that if you have the experience and you've practiced it out loud and you're coming at it from the employer's point of view and not your own point of view you're making sure that you're practicing then in a way that will allow the nerves to you know give you that oomph that you need to perform in the interview but aren't going to impact your performance so the nerves are nothing to worry about in fact we need them to perform use them it's the flight and it's the flight or fight you know what i mean use them to your advantage is all in the same space okay interesting if anyone wants more information about the communications clinic sarah what do they do so we have a lovely new website called communications clinic dot i e and we have a dedicated careers clinic website attached to that if people check us out on linkedin as well we're constantly updating our linkedin with advice and little nuggets like we've talked about this morning that should help people to get their minds in the right zone when it comes to interviews but remember to build up your bank of stories talk out loud to yourselves look at the spec in forensic detail and understand what it is that person is looking for and believe in yourself you know believe in yourself as well there's an awful lot of people there that 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of the uh partial clips from our perspective is it jonathan yes it is from our from our location it's going to be a partial clips the sun as the sun sets the moon will be rising so it will and you'll just see the the bottom of the sun with the moon coming up into it and as it sets you know that's roughly about half an hour is the time it's further west we are which is donnie gall which is favours donnie gall the best and over here it's going to be in county andrew it's 23 minutes you want to see that effect if it's going to be clear now the weather forecast is always uh against this is going to be raining here so we won't see it at all so the best chance will be in donnie gall if it's going to be kind of broken cloud you'll see it you know out into the west and get get the high ground or out to the coast there if you can or whatever so 755 is it yeah 755 ish about 755 p.m. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yes of course around about that just as the sun's starting to set there you'll see it uh don't look directly at the sun you know if your sunglasses are you know or get a bit of paper and put a pinhole in and another paper that uh get the project the sun's image on date that's the safest way or if you've got solar glasses not to be even better you know but uh definitely don't look directly at the sun no of course not now in america though it's going to be it's going to be huge because there's millions of people descending uh to the part of the states that actually will see the total eclipse i mean it's a massive deal in that area i know i know and there's people have come over from the whole length of breath of air and the astronomers here amateurs they've went over to america to see it so they've posted and not the ones in uh a few year in montreal you know up in canada and negra falls and arkansas and all that sort of places it's basically the lines for montreal down through delos of san antonio torino and the anapolis so it's basically the whole length of that bear even the whole like the united states even in new york just gets 60 80 percent or 60 percent so and the further west you go it's up in the states it's going to be 60 and 40 and 20 percent but so you anywhere in the united states will see it but totality runs right the whole right through it so those you know right okay i do say there'll be big clouds out big crowds out there so hopefully the clouds will stay away but they're gonna have big clouds crowds we're gonna have big clouds johnathan i think is the story of our lives but you never know we might get no no no no all right listen we make it okay it's a story it's stable yes enjoy it thank you so very much all right take care johnathan no problem thank you very much okay who's chair of the northern arland amateur astronomy society so around 755 and the way uh our beautiful uh county is and uh all of the northwest for that matter is that some people will see it uh and some won't because the weather no uh driving from doblin yesterday and driving to doblin the day before it was like driving in seven or eight different countries from storm rain driving rain hail glorious sunshine rain hail glory it's unbelievable the way it is what a breath of fresh air we need more noel cunningham well said noel yet well we always love having noel on the show can i just reiterate that everything noel says is completely true he is a complete gentleman i've read his book cover to cover and it was great okay i don't have time for any more comments so i'm going to carry them over uh to tomorrow so thank you so much for all of you that have been messaging in in the show it's been lovely having you listening for the last three hours thanks very much uh we'll be back tomorrow morning at nine um but for me Greg Hughes uh caroline or who researched and produced the show assisted by uh shannon wilkin have a wonderful day stay tuned because mackayla clark is around the northwest after we take a break for the news at 12


Hey guys, we are here. We're going to make some more paper. Whoo. So I've got my Tray that I used to do acrylic pouring in on the table Just in case I get extra sloppy. It'll help contain some of the mess this is The tray kind of a tray that goes underneath a washing machine in case your washing machine overflows to catch some of the water Though I have to say it's not very deep. So I think if you're washing machine overflowed Yeah, this wouldn't catch a lot of water, but it's great for art I also am going to be using a dishpan from the dollar store And I've got a bucket of water just off-camera that way Of course my ninja blender my paper-making screen and Some cookie sheets to dry the paper on on my drying rack, and I've got different kinds of pulp If you will so we've got chopped up Junk mail envelopes no plastic windows, of course because we're making paper, right? So you want don't want anything with plastic on it. I have This is from these are a couple of coffee filters from the Paint water bucket in the other room if you haven't seen that video. I'll link it in the description below These are some various Cellulose pulp fibers some paint chips and things like that Although I do see a piece of metal in there and that would be bad to have Go in the blender. Yeah, we don't want that Not sure how that ended up in there, but anyway And then of course I have our pinecone pulp that we made before and I also have some of this sort of very cellulose e Cardboardy packaging material you guys have probably seen this if you've gotten any kind of Like Ikea furniture deliveries or anything like that. You know looks like this It's kind of the same stuff I think that like drink holders are made out of from the fast food restaurants So I've got some of that too. The first thing we're going to do is take The bottom of our ninja blender and I'm going to put some of my pinecone pulp in there I'm just like guesstimating. I have no idea. I don't know. Maybe that's like a quarter cup and Then I'm going to put some water in there. It's about a cup of water And we're going to just let that sit for just a minute And we're going to let that pinecone pulp sort of absorb some water and get a little softer than I know it already is So I'm going to let it sit for about five minutes or so and I'll be right back Okay, it's been I don't know six minutes or so.  So it's the smaller you can break the things up the Easier it's going to be for whatever you're using to chop your pulp up Now because we're working on my acrylic pouring thing I actually don't need to necessarily dip into my paint ship jar because This thing's got paint all over it and I can just pull up a few chips So we'll do that for now put that blender lid on And let's do some blending Maybe we need power first There we go Electricity helps. Okay. I think it's probably blended enough, but I guess we'll find out. I've got one of my silicone Painty scraper tools things Just scrape some of the pulp off the lid There might still be some big chunks in there the pine cone pine cones as we said before are kind of hard to chop up and we're gonna put our tray over and I'm going to pour Oops majority of the pulp out. I need some more water to spread the pulp out. It's a little bit dry Plus there's still some pulp in the container. So I am I added some more water I'm gonna scrape it down There we go I'm gonna lay this in the dish pan You can always tell when you don't have enough water because then it's hard to spread the pulp out I'm no expert with making paper. Let me say that I've said it I said it in the other video. It's been up until recently. It was like 20 years since I made paper. So There's lots of YouTube videos and there's probably better ways to do things This is just how I'm doing it. I'm gonna rest it on the edge of the dish pan And I'm gonna take that off I'm gonna put this on Pushing should probably do it this way. I'm trying really hard not to make a mess as I'm doing this Which is really funny because paper-making is very messy So there's our first sheet of paper. Now the trick is to get it to transfer to here So I just need to push down on one end and get it to with a sponge and basically get it to release from this Sheet and then it goes into here and I can put this on my drying rack to let it dry I am going to make some more paper So what I'm gonna do is take what's in here and put it in here. That's more bits and pieces Then I have next to me on the table. Okay, we got 11 sheets of paper made I did Use up one. I had one in a partial jar of the pinecone pulp and I used up one jar Which is fine. I live next to the woods. I got plenty of access to pinecones The painting Bob bits jars a little low But that tray is covered in painting blobby bits and I think I have more like paint skins around here somewhere So I'll be adding some of those to this jar at some point the Scrap paper junk paper pulp jars like almost empty. So I went in my husband's office and He pays he has the bill paying thing in there Let's be honest. I try not to pay the bills. I let him do it and I just get all the envelopes Without the plastic windows or I cut off the plastic window And then I just chop them up into this to smaller pieces. So they'll fit this into this jar and It's less work for the Ninja blender to cut up. So I try to keep these on hand for paper-making and keep these jars full I don't you know make 50 sheets at a time or anything. I just make like 11 or 12 pages at a time 12 if I have a another spare sheet But usually I can just do 11. That's how many cookie sheet spaces. I have to dry things on Who didn't mean to do that Some of the last few bits of paper these two included Get that off there without messing up the paper. I put some glitter in there we go and That's going to be really fun When it dries so as I said before When it dries, I will be adding some of this paper to the Etsy shop So you can check the link for my shop in my link tree link below I Live next to the woods. So as it warms up right now. It's still a bit rainy cold outside I will be collecting other things to try to make paper with like flowers Now that things are starting to just starting to bloom so I'll be collecting and drying flowers Maybe some pine tree needles Things from nature to add Not only make paper from but to add to some of these other things like the junk mail envelopes that we would normally throw away and make Paper from them paper we can use in our mixed media projects. We can use to make a tag or a card It's not really the kind of paper that you write on I suppose you could try but it's pretty rough Paper, which is white what I like Hang on one wanted to dig these two out for you These are the first two pieces of pinecone paper I made and this gives you a rough idea of what it's like when it dries it shrinks up just a little bit Lightens up kind of a lot actually, but it's a rough textured paper You could write on it. It'd be difficult though You could paint on it, but I wouldn't recommend doing like watercolor or anything Maybe acrylic paint, but if you could definitely glue to it and use it in your glue projects collage projects Again, make a tag out of it something like that. I really think it's cool. So I'll be making more of that For my own stash, but also again to sell in the Etsy shop I hope it gives you some ideas of what you can do in the way of Making your own unique art supplies. That's kind of the whole purpose of this little series that we're going to be doing Is exploring making our own supplies and our own materials to make works of art with and to make projects with and to use in our art journals Without buying necessarily a lot of store-bought stuff and using what we have So I hope this gives you some ideas if you want links to my Etsy shop or anything else Follow me on social media support the free content here on YouTube There's a lot of different ways to do that click on my link tree link in the description below You'll find my Etsy shop my patreon my Amazon store where to buy my book like there's a whole bunch of stuff my Instagram my Twitter all that stuff so Click on that and check it out. Don't forget to like share and subscribe Hit that little bell icon if you want notifications of future videos and the most important thing go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. I'll see you later. Bye guys


I was a Communist for the FBI. Sparring Dana Andrews and an exciting tale of danger and espionage. I was a Communist for the FBI. Many of the incidents in the story you're about to hear are based on the actual records and authentic experiences of Matt Sevettik. Who for nine fantastic years lived as a Communist for the FBI. Here is our star, Dana Andrews, as Matt Sevettik. I was a part of the whole dirty mess. For nine years I lied. For nine years I cheated and betrayed my country in word and deed. For nine long years I was everything that decent people hate. For nine years I was a Communist working as an undercover man for the FBI. This story may help you understand why I felt my job was important to everyone in America. In a moment, listen to Dana Andrews as Matt Sevettik, undercover man. Dana Andrews as Matt Sevettik, undercover man. This story from the confidential file is marked, Draw the Red Curtain. See this? That is what I think of your editing. Very well, Vladimir. I'll report your change of heart to party headquarters and ask for a new assignment. No, no. Wait, Comrade. What? I am sorry. I will put in the new dialogue. I do not want to disturb our comrades with such a petty quarrel. I was sure you wouldn't.  The party had me on an assignment. It should have been easy. A soft job. My only work consisting of editing a play to make sure it followed the party lines. The job was a snap, with the one exception of the playwright, comrade Vladimir Mishenko. Vladimir had a public, and to them he was a white Russian artiste. But I wasn't a part of his public. To me, he was strictly temperament with a capital temper. Please, comrade, don't look over my shoulder. Let's check in the new lines. Go away. And better be careful of the cop's speeches. It sounds a little like deviationism. Comrade, go away. You know I can't stand to have you look over my shoulder. Excuse me. This is a flash. Hello? Comrade Servetik? Yes? Comrade Nora speaking. Report to me immediately. And that's the way the job lost any softness it might have had. And trouble was mine without the asking. By now, I had almost gotten so that I was used to having trouble as a daily companion, but I never liked it.  Well, I went down to party headquarters, located in a forbidding graystone building that was ironically squatting between two symbols of everything communism was against. A church and a bank. Inside, comrade Norris, the local MBD chief, greeted me with all the warmth of a bowl of ice cubes. Sit down, comrade. Thank you, comrade. How was your work, comrade? Oh, it's fine. Glad to meet you. Keep it that way. I'll try, comrade. But that work is now secondary. What? We are going to take over the local dramatic art skill. This will be... The local dramatic art skill, but I... You interrupt, comrade. I'm sorry about that. The exact method you will learn from Evelyn Vickers Hall. Is she in town? Yes. You recognize her name, I see. Naturally. She's one of our best organizers. She's been brought in as a wardrobe mistress at the theater where Vladimir's play is to be put on. How did she get that job? That's no business of yours, comrade. Sorry. As you know, Vladimir belongs to the dramatic art skill. You must get him to vouch for you so you can join, too. That won't be any problem. Once in the guild, you're to report to comrade Hall for instructions. Clear? Clear. It was too clear. All except the technique to be used. I knew the local dramatic art skill had a membership of over 2,000, including people in all phases of the theater, from prop boys to set designers and stage hands to producers. I was plenty curious just how a handful of reds were going to take it over. Curious but not disbelieving, I'd seen too many of their operations to underrate the threat of this one. As soon as I was away from comrade Norris and party headquarters, I made my report to the FBI from a drugstore pay phone. Hello? This is the man with the red hat. We're in the market. Go ahead, Matt. Evelyn Vickers Hall is coming to town. Going to try and organize a takeover of the dramatic art skill. When? Right away. I got instructions to work with her. The commies aren't missing a bet in getting their message to the public. Go ahead with it, Matt. Send us a list of the reds you find in the guild. Then try to break up the deal without exposing yourself. That's quite an order. Yeah. Good luck. Comrade, you are looking over my shoulder again. Nice dialogue. I don't like it when you... Oh, it's good, huh? It's great. Can you get me into the dramatic arts guild? What? But why, Comrade? You learn soon enough. Can you do it? Of course. When? Tomorrow. But in what occupation are you? The guild takes in all of the things. What's the difference? Make it on the right hand. Okay. Well, thanks. Uh-oh. Here comes the angel child. A lot of me are my own beloved. My beautiful angel child. Did you miss your vlogging? Oh, yes, yes.  You see Comrade Svetik, Sally knows me. She loves me. Yeah. Sally, be a darling. Put the kettle on. Oh, of course. Would you help me, Comrade Mack? He'd be glad to. But I... Go ahead. I won't miss you. All right. This way to the kitchen. I know. The kettle is there on the... Mack. Huh? We're alone, darling. So we are. Well, I'll get the kettle and fill it in. Oh, Mack. Why do you treat me like this? I'll do anything you say on the... And turn on the stove. Here, give me the kettle. There. Now, will you talk to me like a human? Sure. What do we talk about?  That's nice. Well, what's wrong with me? Well, you're smart. You're very beautiful. Oh? But you've got the heart of a pawnbroker. Well, naturally. I'm a woman.  My mind is. But my feelings are pretty bourgeois. You need some discipline, Comrade. Badly. You did a good job bringing Vladimir into the party, but you're risking it with it. Nonsense. I can handle Vladimir. Either way, get a new boy to flick with. I've got a new job to do. I'll be busy. New job? Oh, don't tell me with Evelyn Vickers Hall. Yeah. Oh, that's wonderful. Oh, that's so blame-funny. You'll see my darling tomorrow. She was a sensation, Sally Northam. No doubt about that. Blonde hair making a halo over her face that looked as though it deserved it. Only I knew how many lives had been wrecked. How many men Sally had ruined as a communist lure. The next day, I met with Evelyn Vickers Hall backstage at the Regal Theater.  She talked around them as he worked on a costume. You know our objective, comrade, to that hit? Yes, but not how we gain it. We'll have a few party members in the guild. Twenty-eight, to be exact. We will need another hundred or so fellow travelers who will vote the way we say. That all? That's two thousand in the guild. Two thousand members, yes. How many attend meetings? I don't know. Three or four hundred. That's our strength, comrade. Stupid capitalists are not interested in their guild. For the most part, they don't attend meetings and pay less attention to what is done in the meetings. That's vital to their work. Believe me, comrade, they are sheep. They do what the guild says and never question why as long as their salary checks are good. In short, all we have to do is control the meetings. That's right. And we will do it. You will see. What's my job? Your first job is the same as my own and comrade Norstands. Sally? She's in on this? Rightly. She's in the guild as an actress. We three are the nucleus. Our first move is to become important and active in the guild. Secondly, to become members of the board of directors. That won't be easy. Most of the guild hates communists. From here on, we are not communists. You and Sally are socialists. I will be a reformed party member, now preaching a so-called new doctor. I see. Same thing by a different name. Exactly. We will work only on those members who attend the guild meetings and we will use three separate methods. Which are? Your method is to work on the intelligent. Use the progress team. The world must move forward. World unity. No more prejudice. I know that line. And comrade Norstand will work on those susceptible to her physical attractions. While I... Well, I'm the motherly type, so I've been told. I drag in the stupid, and the lonely, and the confused. What'll we do? Begin some get-togethers, some coffee clutches? That's the idea. Play down our real beliefs. Play up our concern about the poor and the oppressed. I understand. I'll use Vladimir's place as a cover for some party. Miss Hall, is that costume ready yet? In a few minutes, Mr. Tyne. Well, shake it up. Sally's waiting for it. Sally? Sally Norstand? Who else busters? Are you going to be the star of this year's drama? Well, who's that little bundle of vitamins? Nate Tyne, the director. Oh. Stay away from him. He hates the party, and he's the big wheel in the guild. Any chance for Sally to bring him around? None. Tyne's married and likes it that way. He's very careful with him. He's the guild president, and he's the one man who could block us at the elections. What elections? Two months from now. And he'll board a directors for the guild who'll be elected. How many directors? Five, counting the chairman. And three of the new directors are going to be communists. Well, back to Dana Andrews. Starring as Matt Sevedic. And I was a communist for the FBI. And the second act of our story. Matt, will you dance with me? Save it for the suckers, Sally. Get to work on that big actor over there. He's right for picking. Oh, all right. He dances like a tank with a broken thread. Why don't you ask me to dance, darling? No, no, but of course, son.  Oh, hello, Mrs. Walker.  It's just you two divine. Oh, thank you. I meant to tell you I heard what you said to Nate Tyne last night. I certainly thought you put him in his place. You were brilliant. Oh, why? Oh, my. Oh, but they really were your words I used. After you explained how backward we were growing up, I woke up to a lot of things. Good. We certainly need some progressives. People like yourself to fight for the real human values, to tell the public about it. Oh, don't you worry. I'm going to spread the word. My plays are going to have meaning from here on. Real social importance. There you go. And about the elections next week, you can count on me to vote for you and Miss Hall. And Sally. She's one of us, too, you know. Oh, yes. Only she seems... I suppose I'm just being a woman. I'll vote for her, too. Good. And get some of your friends, too, Mrs. Walker.  Oh, I will. I will, Matt. Oh, my. I called you Matt. I don't know if you don't mind. Oh, certainly not. Would you like to dance? Me? I'd love to. It was working, and a nastier operation had never been in, leading all the innocent and gullible for a red ride straight into trouble. We had nearly a hundred fellow travelers with us now, and Comrade Hall told us how we were going to use them. The divide and conquer method, Comrade. Tomorrow night is the last guild meeting before elections. We need a law passed making it mandatory that there be at least three candidates for each position on the board. One for us and the two other candidates to split the opposing vote. We won't have a majority to get the law passed. Yes, we will. Tomorrow night we're going to filibuster. We're going to stampede our law through. With only a hundred odd votes. By the time we've talked until four in the morning, so many of the opposing votes will have gotten sleepy and gone home. We'll have a majority. You'll see. There it was. The simple way to control an entire guild with a handful of trained and organized reds. Evelyn Vickers Hall knew her business, and even the stubborn fight of Nate Tyne, the guild president, couldn't stop us. We made sure of that beforehand. Our Comrades are down front. They know what to do, Comrade Hall. Good. Let's go on stage. The meeting's ready to start. I say that this new law to have three candidates is essential, fellow workers. If we are to have a truly democratic election, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, that great leader whom we all remember... All right, Miss Hall. All right. Make your point, please. We're waiting to vote. You were elected to the board under the two candidates, Sister Mr. Tyne. You know I was, but not... I can understand, then, how you would like to stop the passage of this new law. All I want to do, Miss Hall, is to get some sleep. It's after eleven. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Tyne seems to dislike freedom of speak. That's why I put it to you, fellow workers. Are we to have a voice in our guild, or are we to be forced to do the bidding of a few dictatorial leaders? Thank you. Thank you. I will go on. As I was saying, in the words of that great leader, Thomas Jefferson, whom we all remember is one more thing. Ten speeches and four hours later, the midnight session was losing attendance rapidly, and Comrade Hall wore a grin of triumph. The vote told why. The coming-inspired resolution was passed 120 to 98. It was the big test of our strength, and from there on the elections looked like a red cinch, all except for Nate Tyne. The sharp-eyed little director was smelling lots of rats, and he showed it. You did a lot of talking at the meetings of Eddick. You, too, Vladimir. What's your story? Story? We only said what we believed. Is there anything wrong with that? No.  Me? You. If there's any more of it, you may have to get yourself a new director. Where's Sally? It's time for rehearsal. She's in the wings with one of the actors I'll get. Henry, you're really a very sweet boy that I can't. It's a bit silly. Please. I hope you're looking for me. I am, and so is Tyne. He wants you on the stage. Henry, you find something to do, will you? Of course, silly. You train them well. Clods. I want you. No dice. You're holding up rehearsal. Fully, I'm the star. They'll wait. How did that happen, anyway? Vladimir talked to Tyne, Tyne auditioned me. He thinks I'm a good actress. Oh, by that. Too bad you're not as good a party member. Party member? Is that all you think about?  You'll be sicker after the control commission has you disciplined. Don't bet on it, darling. You won't report me. It's your word against mine. And I can lie like the devil. Goodbye, dearest. The laughing devilish angel child gave me the idea how to break up Comrade Hall's invasion of the dramatic arts deal. I didn't have much time before the guild elections, so the next night I went to the theater and found Vladimir backstage in Sally's dressing room. Ah, good evening, Comrade. Good evening. You're ready for the election? Sure. Who has the room next door? Tyne, isn't it?  Yes, it's his office. I thought so. Does he use it after rehearsal? Of course. Say, did you hear Sally in this scene she's doing on the stage? I think she's changed your dialogue. It doesn't sound so good. She's what? Changed my words? She wouldn't dare.  Vladimir went out like an angry jet and I went to work in a hurry on the ventilator shaft that connected Sally's dressing room to Tyne's office. In five minutes I had the grate open at both ends and in ten more I had the padded sound boards out of the shaft leaving it an empty tin cube. I had no time to test it. I could only hope that voices would carry through it. As the rehearsal was ending, I caught Evelyn Vickers Hall outside the dressing rooms. Yes, what is it, Matt? I think you'd better speak to Sally. She's getting ideas now that she's starting in this play. She's ready to quit the party. She's what? Why, I'll strangle that pretty cat. She'll be coming to her dressing room here in a moment. Yes, but I'll be inside waiting for her. Matt, where's Miss Hall? My costume needs fixing. She's in your dressing room, Sally. Oh, you're very welcome. Oh, Mr. Tyne. Yes? Aren't you going to your office? Not tonight. I'm going straight home. Why? Well, that is, I want to talk to you in private. Oh, can't it wait? No, it's important. Well, all right, but make it fast. Come on. Now, let's have a... I can't see. I can't see. I was like Miss Hall.  I don't like it. I think dirty. The guild elections are in a few days. You know your job. Don't worry about me. Yeah, so that's it. Now I see what... Static. Get out. Forget what you've heard. You've heard me. Not one word about this. Did it work? Was anyone's guess as Tyne hustled me out of his office? I waited in the hall. Then, to my surprise, Tyne came out in a few minutes and left without a word to anyone. For the next few days, I waited in tension for Tyne to go into action. Nothing. It was obvious as the day of elections came around that Comrade Hall had overrated Tyne's hate for reds, or underrated his susceptibility to side. Either way, the election meeting began with no sign that Tyne knew anything was wrong. And I sat on the platform with the candidates, feeling pretty sick as I knew my plan had failed. Look, Comrade Static. Our comrades are all here in a solid block down front. We'll win without a struggle. Yeah. And when we control the board, the guild will do as the party says. As I say, this hall, look! Look what's happening! It was beautiful. Through all the doors of the huge hall they came, by the dozens, by the hundreds. In 15 minutes, the hall was jammed with people. Practically the entire guild had shown up for the elections. It was easy to see who was responsible as the grinning Nate Tyne stepped up to the roster. Quiet. Quiet, please. Thank you. Fellow members of the Traumatic Arts Guild, as you know, tonight is the night of our elections. The elections that some of our members were certain of winning under the guidance of Miss Hall. Yeah! The very same Evelyn Vickers Hall who is at this moment sneaking from the platform unwilling to face a guild united in its determination to get rid of communism. It was a great night and a group of Americans had proven again that communism can and will be defeated by a democratic people. For me, I had to report to party headquarters the next morning and Comrade Norris was somewhat less than friendly. You failed, Comrade Soviet. You failed the party miserably. But, Comrade Norris, it was not my fault. It was Comrade Hall and Comrade Norston who were overheard by that fascist Tyne. I am aware of that. Therefore, you must share the blame. Yes, Comrade. Considering yourself lucky, you're getting only a reprimand. Comrade Norston has been turned over to the control commission for proper discipline. And Comrade Hall? Her crime is greatest. The punishment will be accordingly. Yes. It would be good if you kept in mind the penalty for failure. I think of nothing else, Comrade Norris, believe me. So there it was, another red plan gone wrong. But there were more plans, and behind them all, the deadly threat of their master plan, their historic mission. Until this threat was gone, I knew my work had to go on. And I would continue to be a man who walks alone. Dana Andrews will return in just a moment. This is Dana Andrews. The names, places, and organization mentioned in this story are very small. But the danger is a very real one, so be on your guard. Don't let your organizations fall into red hands. It can happen, and it has happened. But you can keep it from happening again. Next week we bring you another exciting story based on the true life adventures of Matt Svedig. Join us for it, won't you?


I'm the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man, and I'm here to read the funnies to you happy boys and honnies.  Right out of the pages have poked the comic weekly straight into your living room. Your friend the comic weekly man, the jolly comic weekly man. Little Miss Honey, how are you today? Oh I'm just fine thank you and I'm very very happy because this week is Valentine's Day. Yes that's right Valentine's Day is this week. I like Valentine's Day because I get so many Valentine's. And candy too? Yes and candy too. And you know what else happens this week? What? I'll give you a hint. The birthday of a very famous American. Who? He was a very famous president. Who? One of the most famous men in the world. Who? You guessed it Abraham Lincoln. Yes and the funnies too. Oh yes read them please. Poked the comic weekly. Very well I will in just a moment but before I do let's listen to this nice man. Now here we go with Poked the comic weekly and on the bottom of page one Hop along Cassidy. Oh happy. Magic words for the music please. Very well my lady. Six cups blazing as he thunders along. Give us music for Hop along. Poppy and some of his friends from the Stebbins Ranch have gone after Calico, leader of the outlaw counterfeiting ring with the purpose of ending Calico's lawless rule. The secret attack they planned on Sulphur City the town that Calico runs was spoiled because one of Calico's men had learned of Hoppy's plan. A ferocious battle ensued during which Hoppy and two of his men were cornered in the freight office behind some explosives. Things looked very bad for Hoppy. Meanwhile a wagon drawn by two horses is stopped at the outskirts of the city by two of Calico's men. The driver says hey ain't that shooting? One of Calico's men says forget it. Some lawbreakers drifted into town gunning for trouble. Till we've settled with them our orders are to keep all citizens off on the streets. Just then one of the shots frightens the horses who will run away heading directly at the guards. Now look out the team's bulletin.  First picture next row in the freight office one of Hoppy's companion says hey we gotta find cover somewhere else Hoppy. We'll get our heads blown off of a while short find these explosives. Another one says yeah they're keeping us pinned down no way out.  At this moment the runaway horses pulling the loaded wagon are coming right past the place where they're hiding. Hoppy and his pals grab hold of the side and hang on unseen by Calico's gang and get a free ride to safety. When the wagon disappears Calico and her men across the street in an office window high above look down at the spot where they'd seen Hoppy a minute ago and one of them exclaims hey they disappeared. First picture bottom row some distance from the freight office Hoppy and his two companions who've been hanging on to the side of the wagon drop off as Hoppy says far enough boys let's double back and try to get them behind. Thinking Hoppy is still hiding in the freight office Calico and her men are closing in to smoke them out when they're just a few feet from the freight office one of the men puts a shot directly into a box of blasting powder and last picture the freight office goes up in a gigantic explosion taking some of Calico's men with it. I don't think that Hoppy was killed by the explosion because he was in the freight office. Cassin thinking he's dead they won't expect him to suddenly appear from behind it. No I hope he makes it. So do I and don't forget to follow Hoppy in the daily papers too. Oh I would just love Hoppy. Good now let's see what's over the page it ought to be Prince Valiant. You're right it is Prince Valiant on page three. I'm anxious to read that because Prince Valiant and his friends are on their way to do an errand for Val's father and everywhere they went houses were burned and things were destroyed and and even people killed it was awful. Yes cruel barbarian soldiers have been sweeping over that part of the country destroying everything that came before them. And just when Val came to the top of the hill he saw the whole army before him. I wonder what's going to happen. Well let's read now and find out with Prince Valiant and the days of King Arthur, Eckett, Breckett, Gray Malkin and Quintz music romantic for a fair fair prince. The rear guard of a horde of barbarians turns toward Prince Valiant Eagle Rufus and Arf. They finger their weapons and smile in anticipation at the thought of further slaughter. Val puts aside his lance and draws the singing sword saying remembering the burning village we passed and the horrible evidence of their visit I must do a little work. Will you join me? They do and Val and his friends ride at the rear guard and at a very short time the barbarian soldiers know they have met four tornadoes. After their moment of pleasure Val and his friends gallop laughingly away all morning they search unsuccessfully for a way across the towering mountains. Last picture of the row they share lunch with a wandering friar and he tells them of a monastery in the hills whose abbot knows of a secret pass through the mountains. First picture bottom row late that afternoon Val and his friends come to the monastery where lives the abbot who knows of the secret pass Val and his friends stop and gaze at it. The monastery is perched in a soaring crag impregnable as any fortress for Christians are being persecuted by the surging pagans. Val thinks that surely no one could capture this fortress placed as it is in such an out of the way and almost unreachable spot. Last picture they are at the door which is open to them and Val and his friends are made welcome and enter into one of the strangest segments of medieval life. Now that was the time of history which was about 700 years ago the middle ages of man which was marked by an earlier way of thinking and living just the way we see it in Prince Val. Oh I'm sure that when the abbot finds out that Val is a good man he'll tell Val how to get over the mountain. I hope so. Yes well now would you like to read Dick's adventure. Oh yes please. Very well if you'll turn over to the last page of the first section. Oh here's the page. Dick is with General Washington in the early days of America. Yes he's with General Washington's army and it's a cold cold winter. The soldiers don't have enough to eat and they don't have warm clothes. Washington has been slipping away from the British commander because he doesn't want to fight until he knows he can win. I'm anxious to find out what's going to happen today. Very well here we go with Dick's adventures and say the magic words with me.  An army driven by the British into what looks like a hopeless position on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. Suddenly Dick realizes that it's Christmas day. There's no yuletide cheer. Only a yearning for victory and peace. Officers bent hard against the storm are hurrying out of Washington's field headquarters. They are General Nathaniel Green, Colonel Alexander Hamilton and James Monroe. Dick thinks to himself something's big is going to happen today. Last picture top row a few minutes later the whole camp learns what it is. Washington is determined to catch the smug British forces off guard by moving his men secretly back across the Delaware and attacking the enemy hell town of Trenton. First picture next row the men prepare for the crossing because the Delaware is storm swept desperately dangerous to cross with men and cannon just for these reasons Washington is crossing it. He's sure the British won't expect it. About four o'clock the next morning just a few hours before dawn the last boats cross the river with Washington's army and cannons.  Gee this looks familiar. First picture bottom row Washington's army's on the march through the wind and snow heading for Trenton, New Jersey. The cannons are placed unloaded and then comes the command fire. The sleeping enemy is surprised terrified and utterly confused. Trenton is overrun by Washington's men. Dick yells ah and they thought Washington was late. They thought Dick sits up in bed his eyes wide open and he recognizes his own room in the year 1951 and he says oh I've only been dreaming again. Yes that was really daring crossing that rough river in those small boats in the middle of winter and at night. Oh I just love Dick's adventures because he has him. And next week I'm sure he'll have another one just as excited. Oh goody Dick's adventures and and the last week a squire bogs had found Rusty trailing him and he locked Rusty below deck on the old schooner. Yes but Rusty got out and saw squire bogs up to his mean business. And then squire bogs and Captain Cloon went down in the boat to get Rusty and Rusty slipped over and locked them up. Just then Tex and Mr. Kilgore the government treasury agent were on their way to find Rusty. Oh I hope they get there in time. Very well here we go with Rusty Riley. Gallop and run till the road is dusty give us music for his horse and Rusty. Tex and Mr. Kilgore are following Flip who leads them to the old schooner hook where Rusty has squire bogs and Captain Cloon locked below deck. Third picture first row. Tex and Mr. Kilgore are beside Rusty on the deck of the old schooner hook. Tex says a suffering horn told you lad what are you doing here. I thought I told you to hit the hay. Rusty replies. I know Tex and Mr. Kilgore too but but but I got them. They thought they had me but I fooled them. Last picture top row Tex asked. Well you got who Rusty. Yeah what are you talking about Rusty replies. What squire bogs and Captain Cloon learned a little cabin under this hatch way I'm sitting out. First picture bottom row Tex replies. They're great snakes boy you've got bogs and Cloon trapped down there. Yeah I hear them banging on the hatch. Here come on Mr. Kilgore we gotta let him out. Yeah but wait Tex wait until I tell you wait until I tell you what they were doing. Hey just look in that cabin over there Mr. Kilgore they stored away a lot of those metal cylinders just like the one we fished out of the water near our boathouse. Quickly Kilgore investigates in the cabin when he sees the metal cylinders he explains. Fine George I believe the boy has solved my case for me. Last picture he says okay Tex now we connect those two out thanks to Rusty I think we're about at the end of the chase and Tex explains the word and Rusty's eyes pop wide open with astonishment. Yes it is and I'll read them if you'll pick up the first page of the second section but first here's that nice man again with something interesting to say. Now here we go again with Puck the Comic Wiggly and on the first page of the second section Dagwit and Blondie. Magic words for the music please. Very well my lady Ramaphore Ramapham Zim Zim Zombie conjure me music for Dagwit and Blondie. Tootsie Woodley Blondie's neighbor has dropped in for a little chat and she's telling Blondie about a movie she saw last night she's saying oh Blondie you must go to the movies tonight it's simply wonderful it's so romantic why honestly Herbert is so sweet and affectionate since we saw it and Blondie says really.  Blondie thinks that maybe Dagwit might become nice and romantic to her if he saw such a romantic picture so first picture next row she says to him sweetly Dagwood darling would you like to go to the movies tonight and Dagwood who has settled down in a sweet chair for a long comfortable evening at home exclaims not so sweetly no so they go to the movies. Last picture of the row they're sitting in the theater watching a dashing hero making love to a beautiful girl on an island in the south seas and Blondie sighs with happiness and Dagwood sighs with disgust and then Dagwood falls asleep. First picture next row Blondie shakes Dagwood saying here comes the big love scene. So Dagwood wakes up just long enough to see that the hero is being pursued by South Sea natives the hero has carried the beautiful girl to safety with a knife between his teeth this everybody sighs with relief and from Dagwood we're here and that's the end of the picture. Last picture the row Blondie has managed to get Dagwood on his feet and has gotten his hat and coat on and leading him home and she says Dagwood wake up the show is over and we're on our way home but Dagwood doesn't know what happens he's so drowsy and by the time you can go Blondie and Dagwood are home Dagwood leans against the front of the house as Blondie says wasn't that romantic when he carried her over the threshold but Dagwood just answers and then slowly slides down to the ground and there he lies in the porch asleep Blondie looks at him with disappointment that he isn't carrying her over the threshold like the hero in the movie did and she gives a sigh oh well then takes him by the shoulders and drags him into the house saying that was no way to accept you like that well what would you like him to do put a knife between his teeth and pick Blondie up in his arms and carry her all the way home well no with a knife in his teeth no the key oh use me that's all right hey look underneath Blondie oh goody Roy Rogers last week he ended his last adventure so maybe he's gonna start a new one today so quick read please very well then here we go with Roy Rogers king of the cowboy hi yep hi oh now here we go with Roy and trigger hi yep hi oh Roy is on his way to Saddlebute a western town as he comes to a fork in the road he sees a man in a wagon lashing his horses furiously when Roy sees the man mistreating his horses he heads after him sees his one of the horses rattles and slows him down as he yells slow down mister you're running these horses to death in a moment Roy has stopped the wagon the driver explains zones it's my bosom friend Roy Rogers but there's no time to talk Rogers I must get to Saddlebute and Roy exclaims Jay Lucian Dangerfield you all scalloway hey what's the big hurry and sure enough it is Jay Lucian Dangerfield the head of the Wild West show that Roy got mixed up with once before Lucian answers I've been ranging the countryside for livestock to use in my wild best extravaganza but right now urgent business awaits me in town Roy replies last picture top row well you never get there if you don't give these horses a blow first picture bottom row Lucian says well I'll explain later Roy right now I must and suddenly a man jumps up from underneath the blanket in the wagon and knocks danger field out of the wagon oh it's a convict in jail where it's closed and as he holds his gun on Roy he snarls I told you to keep this wagon moving your jabbering ol maverick I gotta blow your head off reach both of you Roy asks who's your friend in the convict suit danger field the convict clams out of the wagon say I'm handles Baldwin I want your dutch cowboy start peeling Roy sees there's nothing to do but give him his clothes and as Roy starts to untie his neck a chief last picture Baldwin says I plug two guards breaking jail and I don't mind adding to the score that don't dodge so danger field whippers please mr handles no violence no violence and Roy says you won't get away with his Baldwin well that gun on him I don't know what else he can do well maybe when he's unbuckling his own gun belt he can pull his gun and bang bang before the convict knows that he will shoot his gun right out of his hand well that's something we'll have to wait till next week to find out but now let's turn over the page and see who's there well since it's your favorite favorite we'll read that right now so here we go with Uncle Remus and his tales of rare rabbit say the magic words with me hippity hoppy make it a habit to give us music for old rare rabbit uncle remus says these tales about the time bra rabbit and bra bar had the argument about old bra ghost living in that haunted house yes bra rabbit and bra bear are arguing about ghosts and bra rabbit is pointing to the old house on the top of the hill and he's saying but I think that haunted house is so full of ghosts it whammies and bra bar replies and you is full of ignorant there ain't no such thing as ghosts and bra rabbit says yeah I bet your wagon know the water matters to a barrel of honeysuckle juice that you is scared to spend the night in that haunted house and bra bear answers I accept the insult you has done lost yourself a barrel of honeysuckle juice and then bra bar signers off home to prepare for his evening in the haunted house rare rabbit wiggles his finger in the air and a moment later bra moth flies to him and lands on bra rabbit's finger bra rabbit whispers something to bra moth and bra moth flicks his wings which means yes and bra rabbit says now bra moth you do just like I told you and I'll give you in the boys an old woolen blanket for your dinner and bra moth answers I mean my family knows what to do in a way he flies to do what he in his family knows what comes the night and bra bar is sitting in the haunted house beside a lighted candle a gun in hand a pistol beside him an axe in a club on the floor in front of him and he says nervously everybody knows there ain't no such thing as ghosts I hope and all of a sudden first picture bottom roll a thing which looks like a ghost without stretched arms comes sailing through the air sailing straight for bra bear and it howls and bra bar looks up bra bar's eyes pop open and fear and the ghost makes a dive at him and then the ghost goes oh and bra bar leaps to his feet he drops his gun and dashes for the door yelling the help save me and he disappears in the distance never stopping to see that what looks like the ghost was 300 of bra moth's relatives flying in close formation making got something that looks like a white sheet last picture bra rabbit is giving the moths a nice wool blanket just what moth loved for dessert and he's saying well bra moth you sure make the fine ghost and here's the blanket I promised you now everybody just sit down and have a banquet and as the moths exclaim happily over the delicious banquet um sort of a moth ball uncle rima says most folks don't wait long enough to think twice yes brah bar he's a dumb one because there aren't any ghosts but bra rabbit we know haunted house and yeah I'll bet he won't either well now let's turn over the page right at the top they were escaping from the underground caverns which the widget had caused a cave in on them and their rafts were carried into the rapids of the underground river into the whirlpool and then when the rafts were destroyed and it looked like they were going to drown dead they were carried up against a huge gate or something and they held on to the bar so now let's we can see what's going to happen very well here we go with flash gordon regga regga dune dunes asuka matash let's have music for heroic flash flash and dale escaped from the underground whirlpool while prince feno helps queen suni dale suddenly notices a door and she wonders if that may be a way out flash and feno find a heavy beam of wood they pick it up and last picture top row better vainly at the stout barrier flash exclaims must be the wizards passage to the pool we can't break through it we'll have to make them open it for us they stop trying to break it down feno suddenly guesses that the channel leading out of the pool through the grate must be the wizards power turbine mill race the grading has been put there to stop any debris like floating raw trees or logs from going into the channel where the power turbines are and destroying them so flash first picture bottom row dives down to unfasten the protected grating feno bravely follows it under the water they find the hooks by which the grading is fast working quickly they soon have dislodged the grating and as they come to the surface of the water again flash laughs while the wizard will come in a hurry when all that debris hits their turbines and shuts off their metal melting rays and then with another scheme in mind flash has feno help him lift the grating up on top of the rock just above the heavy door leading to the engine room he barely has time to balance the heavy grating over the passage when the locked door swings open and like angry ants the wizards troubleshooters swarm out of the tunnel with tools and weapons above him and flash is going to drop the grating that's the plan oh how much of that's why he wanted to make the engine stop so they would come out and see what happened that's right and flash intends to overpower the guards and slip into the engine room himself and maybe find a way out i can highly wait until next week to see if he succeeds well i'm afraid you'll have to well oh oh read this one more please oh all right then let's go back to the very first page and we'll read snookums all right and here we go with little old snookums diddly da diddly do we come back and look them let's have a little tune for little snookums archie buys a pretty little puppy for snookums and brings it home last picture top row he puts the puppy down on the ground before snuffing saying snookums my boy look at the nice little puppy that daddy bought for you and snookums is so happy he runs for the little puppy with his arms out straight saying oh isn't he cute a little later archie hears snookums crying because the puppy ran away first picture bottom row so archie goes looking for it and he finds a puppy in front of the house and he exclaims oh there he is i'll get him snookums as we tiptoe toward it and then archie makes a leap at the puppy and finds that his head has banged against an iron dog and archie his eyes blackened and his head aching with pain comes in the house last picture and rosie asks him if he saw the cute little cast iron dog she bought for the long and archie exclaims i did dog comes the puppy the same day that rosie brought the iron dog because they used to like poor archie yes poor archie he certainly got fooled that time he thought the iron dog was the real dog well now that's all the time i have but before i go here's that nice fellow with some more interesting information honey and all your boys and girls they got to go now all right mr. comic weekly man but i'll be waiting for you next week okay that's a date and a date with all your boys and girls be sure to meet me with a little friend miss honey next week when i read pop the comic weekly for i'm the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man i'll be back to read the funnies to you happy boys and hotties don't forget boys and girls see you all next week your friend the comic weekly man the jolly comic weekly man