Cafe open for business!

Wow,  didn't realize it had been so long since we've had visitors to the Cafe!  Guess I'd better start making up for lost time. Let me plug in the espresso machine and the jukebox and we'll get busy.

If you're new here, welcome, welcome, come in, sit down, and enjoy the ambiance.  The daily special today is free-range pelican pie, with a side order of Buffalo manatee flippers.  And, since today's Bastille Day, we'll throw in a free side order of escargot.

For the regulars, you'll find not much has changed.  Same lousy service, same sarcastic chef you've come to know and love.  Feel free to tip generously.

We do have a new item of decoration.  See the vacuum cleaner sitting over there in the corner?  That's the latest addition to the collection.  It's a Singer R5, produced sometime between 1940 and 1950.

Big deal, an old vacuum. What's so special about that?

Think about the dates.  This machine is somewhere between 59 and 69 years old. And yet...

... It still has its original bag.

... It still has its original CLOTH- (not rubber) coated cord -- which is still safely usable.

... Its cordwinder still works.

... Its headlight still works.

... Its two-speed motor still runs just fine.

When's the last time you saw a machine that old of ANY kind that works that well?

So, with that level of build quality, it must be made in Germany or Japan, right?

Try Elizabethport, N.Y.  

THIS is the quality we used to produce in America.