Make it a Friday, bring the wife and we'll meet you there. Then maybe a visit to the club for a tour.
Running Bear’s April 2026 Coffee Shop
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On another note, I was working with my image generator this morning to make images to go with character bios in my Pixie series. Yuri, a Russian wereshark shifter, who looks like OddJob from the Goldfinger movie was up. Yuri is a nice guy at heart, despite being head of security on the local casino boat.
And he LOOOOOVES cookies.
So I was a bit shocked when the image generator spit this one out. Seriously! Would you accept a cookie from this guy?
Someone's getting a Bean Down in 3-2-1
I guess not. I dont know of anywhere around here that still does that unless its the older shops.
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santafewillie
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Good Morning All. Cloudy, breezy with occasional light rain, and a chilly 47°. Only warming to the mid-60's later today and it might drop to 40° tonight. Then back to our regular weather tomorrow, with more rain later in the week. This is traditionally our rainy season.
Mowed about 1.5 acres yesterday, more lush than I originally thought, so it took longer. Yard now looks like a hayfield with the windrows from one end to the other. Otherwise, a pretty boring day.
One further observation on the dilapidated taco trailer that we stopped for lunch at on Thursday, he accepted credit cards! I think that his two varieties of hot sauce were both made with Habanero Peppers, as they were quite stout. Even I couldn't eat the green stuff. I'll save it and blend it with water, filter it and make an organic bug spray out of it for the garden. Repels just about everything! On the subject of the garden, I was surprised by a Tomato Hornworm on one of the plants that I transplanted into the garden Tuesday! It was big enough to have been on there when I purchased the plants recently, as opposed to being from an egg laid after I got them home.
Probably won't do much outside today, too wet and a stiff north wind. I am going to have to dig out the blue jeans once again!
Project continued out in the train shed yesterday. Here's what happens when I don't remember to charge the battery in the screwdriver.
Couldn't finish this one! Had to stop...
The chain-link fence is almost completer at the home next door though.
I still need to fasten some of the sections to one another and maybe add a little weathering. Behind the church, I plan to use some fencing from Tichy.
A little more ground cover and two more driveways were also done. Ground cover is still glistening from the wet glue.
I also realized that we are in a new quarter and I should have resumed my quarterly cleaning schedule about two weeks ago! I've been so intent on this area that I completely forgot, so I will be starting that as I continue along here. This quarter's 60' of targeted layout is the second section on the lower level. That will include downtown Gainesville and the entire mostly rural town of Graham.
Mike - I think that it is a poor business decision by ScaleTrains to not equip their rolling stock with Kadee couplers to begin with. I only have engines so I don't know about changing them in freight cars. And I can only use the whisker couplers, the centering springs for #5's don't fit in their coupler boxes. While I don't consider it costly, it is an extra step that I have to take to get them road worthy. Their couplers seem to work well with each other, but do not play well with my rolling stock equipped with the Kadees. Overall, it won't stop me from future purchases.
Karl - I'm with you on Lynda Carter.
Snowman - I was a teen in Dallas at the time of the Bubbles Cash incident. It was well covered by all of the media in Dallas at the time. I do believe that it gave Tex the impetus for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, as they formed soon afterward in '68.
Everyone have a great Saturday. The rain has moved off to the East to ravage you guys in that direction.
Mowed about 1.5 acres yesterday, more lush than I originally thought, so it took longer. Yard now looks like a hayfield with the windrows from one end to the other. Otherwise, a pretty boring day.
One further observation on the dilapidated taco trailer that we stopped for lunch at on Thursday, he accepted credit cards! I think that his two varieties of hot sauce were both made with Habanero Peppers, as they were quite stout. Even I couldn't eat the green stuff. I'll save it and blend it with water, filter it and make an organic bug spray out of it for the garden. Repels just about everything! On the subject of the garden, I was surprised by a Tomato Hornworm on one of the plants that I transplanted into the garden Tuesday! It was big enough to have been on there when I purchased the plants recently, as opposed to being from an egg laid after I got them home.
Probably won't do much outside today, too wet and a stiff north wind. I am going to have to dig out the blue jeans once again!
Project continued out in the train shed yesterday. Here's what happens when I don't remember to charge the battery in the screwdriver.
Couldn't finish this one! Had to stop...
The chain-link fence is almost completer at the home next door though.
I still need to fasten some of the sections to one another and maybe add a little weathering. Behind the church, I plan to use some fencing from Tichy.
A little more ground cover and two more driveways were also done. Ground cover is still glistening from the wet glue.
I also realized that we are in a new quarter and I should have resumed my quarterly cleaning schedule about two weeks ago! I've been so intent on this area that I completely forgot, so I will be starting that as I continue along here. This quarter's 60' of targeted layout is the second section on the lower level. That will include downtown Gainesville and the entire mostly rural town of Graham.
Mike - I think that it is a poor business decision by ScaleTrains to not equip their rolling stock with Kadee couplers to begin with. I only have engines so I don't know about changing them in freight cars. And I can only use the whisker couplers, the centering springs for #5's don't fit in their coupler boxes. While I don't consider it costly, it is an extra step that I have to take to get them road worthy. Their couplers seem to work well with each other, but do not play well with my rolling stock equipped with the Kadees. Overall, it won't stop me from future purchases.
Karl - I'm with you on Lynda Carter.
Snowman - I was a teen in Dallas at the time of the Bubbles Cash incident. It was well covered by all of the media in Dallas at the time. I do believe that it gave Tex the impetus for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, as they formed soon afterward in '68.
Everyone have a great Saturday. The rain has moved off to the East to ravage you guys in that direction.
ctclibby
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Good Morning All!
30F @ 72% clear and sunny.
Didn't make it home until ~1730, so went to the burger place as I did not want to cook. We did not attempt to unload the Expedition; it was 45F at the time, so did not worry about the putting stuff in the refer.
It is amazing what 5 years do. New hearing aids are wonderful. What I now hear has more depth than the older version; whole new bunch of sounds to get used to too. Same aid mfg. On top of that the aid widget also works on the phone so I can select various spaces ( TV, Driving, Bar/Restaurant ... etc ) and can add my own after modifying things. Tinnitus has gone down/further away ... what ever you wish to call it.
whoop whoop!
L8r
30F @ 72% clear and sunny.
Didn't make it home until ~1730, so went to the burger place as I did not want to cook. We did not attempt to unload the Expedition; it was 45F at the time, so did not worry about the putting stuff in the refer.
It is amazing what 5 years do. New hearing aids are wonderful. What I now hear has more depth than the older version; whole new bunch of sounds to get used to too. Same aid mfg. On top of that the aid widget also works on the phone so I can select various spaces ( TV, Driving, Bar/Restaurant ... etc ) and can add my own after modifying things. Tinnitus has gone down/further away ... what ever you wish to call it.
whoop whoop!
L8r
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
But a few said "Party on Anakin!"
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Drat! I was going to do an AI pic of myself dressed as the carpenter from Galilee flipping over tables of Monopoly players in the dining car of one of the passenger trains.
On another note, I was working with my image generator this morning to make images to go with character bios in my Pixie series. Yuri, a Russian wereshark shifter, who looks like OddJob from the Goldfinger movie was up. Yuri is a nice guy at heart, despite being head of security on the local casino boat.
And he LOOOOOVES cookies.
So I was a bit shocked when the image generator spit this one out. Seriously! Would you accept a cookie from this guy?
kbkchooch
Verified Human
I'm afraid I'd lose a finger if I reached for one!
migalyto
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With the look that he is giving, its more like you offend me with this paltry amount.
Someone's getting a Bean Down in 3-2-1
Good afternoon. It's 89 and sunny.
This morning I took the car in to get the brake rotors replaced from when the technician attempted to machine them and managed to make something resembling screw threads on them. The procedure itself went well, and I was on the road an hour later with new rotors, tires rotated and a car wash.
That's when the good times stopped. There were multiple accidents that shut down the Interstate on the way home, and I ended up taking the toll road around the North of Orlando, then back roads the rest of the way home. What should have been a less than 2 hour drive turned into a 4+ hour ordeal. At least I'm home now, and out of the chaos of traffic.
This morning I took the car in to get the brake rotors replaced from when the technician attempted to machine them and managed to make something resembling screw threads on them. The procedure itself went well, and I was on the road an hour later with new rotors, tires rotated and a car wash.
That's when the good times stopped. There were multiple accidents that shut down the Interstate on the way home, and I ended up taking the toll road around the North of Orlando, then back roads the rest of the way home. What should have been a less than 2 hour drive turned into a 4+ hour ordeal. At least I'm home now, and out of the chaos of traffic.
Land Shark!
TLOC
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I will let you know. Thank youMake it a Friday, bring the wife and we'll meet you there. Then maybe a visit to the club for a tour.
migalyto
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Amazing you found a place that still turns rotors. I thought I had heard they gave that up years ago due to liability concerns.
I guess not. I dont know of anywhere around here that still does that unless its the older shops.
In this case it was the Toyota dealership where I bought the car. I think they were trying to save the $600 for a new set.
migalyto
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As usual, it cost them more money in the long run to do it twice then do it right the first time.
DeaconKC
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Good afternoon folks from cool and rainy Arkansas. 54 here and light rain all day. Went to the first gunshow I have been to in several years, not bad, ran into several folks I know but did not find my goal, a Mauser C96 "Broomhandle". Want to pick one up again as they are great fun to shoot. Speaking of Lynda Carter, she makes a fun cameo appearance in Wonder Woman 1984. And she is still lovely. Have to give props to the current Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, as she is another classic beauty.
Hope you all have a great day.
Hope you all have a great day.
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We had rain and cooler temps earlier in the week. It dropped a much needed foot of snow on the Cascades. We live on the South side of Bull Mountain. Today I was driving down the North side over to my mom's house and snapped some photos of the "dormant" volcanoes.
Mount St Helens
Mount Davis partially obscured by hazy clouds to the left of the antenna
Mount Hood
Mount St Helens
Mount Davis partially obscured by hazy clouds to the left of the antenna
Mount Hood
migalyto
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about 2 -3 hours to the nearest trail head.
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