Boiler Buffs Mugs

"We can probably just about afford to run the pilot-light."

Welcome Spring.

'I admire your floatibility.'

"I'm more of a 'How Jen stays thin' person than a 'Why Jen won't let Brad alone' person."

"I have to rest. The 'check engine' light on my activity tracker just came on."

Bernard Madhoff $50-billion Ponzi financial scheme.

Battery Lighthouse

Cross-country runners picking up water and spare batteries.

"It's a fairy simple procedure. We just take out the dead ones and put in two new ones."

'I've written six books on wine; owned my own winery and taught a wine class for two years. My next goal is to taste some.'

'It's a beautiful lighthouse. However, hauling the batteries up the stairs has taken its toll on my back.'

Lighthouse powered by batteries.

'I have identified 240 stages of organizational change. Before I discuss them, coffee anyone?'

'Times are tough, Smith, but I don't want to lay you off. So, to keep you working, I want you to wash our building. That should keep you busy for the next decade.'

West End Shows closing - box office piled high with boxes.

'What ever happened to that persnickety inspector?'

Conspiracy Theory Books

"Can you recommend a suitable white wine to drink with my red wine?"

Toy Store/Battery Store

'We've found the problem...'

Newton discovers surrealism

'When you're right, you're right. When you're wrong, you're fired.'

Vote Smith. That guy is a perpetual candidate - He's always running for something. He has a "promising" career!

Battery Chicken.

Betsy. Why you call you bulldozer "Faith"? Because she'll move mountains!

Internal Combustion.

"Yep! - Your boiler's definitely on the blink..."

World Battery Change

"But, Senator, all the cool kids were doing it."

Betting on $80 oil price.

I don't know what it is, doc,,, I just keep going and going and going,,,

'This $10,000 bottle of Bordeaux is also a powerful solvent. It entirely dissolved my savings account.'

"I've been working with pain-killers - anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants..."

I can't believe it's not food!

Preparing to paint an un-still life.