Good morning world.
Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
So for those of you that were not in the Military, you might not get the reference of today's title.
When the Big Guy was in Sea Cadets, then the Naval Reserves, and then finally in the Canadian Forces, when he was in training and would have to march around, in order to make sure that he was looking up and straight forward, his instructors would yell, "THERE ISN'T ANY NICKLES ON THE GROUND! HEAD UP! LOOK STRAIGHT FORWARD!".
But in the day, a nickle could get you candy and what not. Now, I'm surprised that they haven't banned the nickle, like they did the penny.
Now, if you got pennies, you can't even turn them into the bank for cash.
At one time, electricians would use pennies as a stop gap measure for a burnt out fuse. Most people now a days wouldn't recognize an older glass screw in fuse.
As a child, the Big Guy would play with the burnt out ones.
Also, as a child, the Big Guy did stick his finger into the socket where the glass fuse was and got quite the shock. He learnt a valuable lesson that day.
Now, they use circuit breakers. MUCH safer for everyone.
Your Blast From the Past
Your Daily Video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog got snow on his fur
Bye bye fur now
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