Running Bear's February 2026 Coffee Shop

[troyphoto]

Well, howdy there internet peeps and those checking themselves twice or more,

It's Troy again.

Not much happened today. Put some already painted orcs onto the bases, and used some of that Woodland scenics blended turf to blend them in and cover the foot glue joints to the base.

I took the wife out to 3-Fires pizza (where she wanted to go) for dinner:

It's hand tossed and wood-fired yumm. All meat, appropriately called the "Carne" pizza. - A bit of Spanish Lingo for those of you in Rio Linda.

While there, I figured I'd keep the theme going and told the wife about Ken Patterson's layout fire. Told her he's going nuts over flamable foam board used on layouts.

"Well, isn't everything on your layout flameable?" she asked.

I thought, and after a moment said "real stone ballast, plaster, and unpainted rails aren't... but the rest pretty much is..." Even the ground foam used in flock, and the nylon in static grass is.

Back to Bad Bunny at Half-time....

For those of you wondering why they have a half-time show, I direct your attention to any high school football game on Friday night under the lights (outside of tourney season). Gives the marching band something to do, I guess.

Friday nights meant a lot of work for me as a news photographer. Shoot first quarter and a half at one game, drive like mad to get to the second game. Photograph some feature shots of the band doing their thing, get some cute little kid cheering pics, some cheerleader pics... then at least one quarter of action, rush back to the newsroom and start souping the film... We published Saturday morning, so no time to waste.

At least the front page editor was happy I got shots of the Band, or the cheerleaders to fill in space on page 1.

 

[chadbag]

For anybody wondering, you can't use a backup from a Crapple device using Apple Silicone to restore a device using Intel hardware, even if they are the same version of OS.

You really shouldn’t need to restore a Mac that way (like you would an iPhone or iPad). Just log in to the same iCloud account and all your settings will move over. I moved from Intel to M4 chip last spring and that’s all I did.

 

[chadbag]

For those of you wondering why they have a half-time show, I direct your attention to any high school football game on Friday night under the lights (outside of tourney season). Gives the marching band something to do, I guess.

That’s only 20 min.

 

[RhB Michael]

Here we go with the passkeys again...
The new laptop took it upon itself to generate passkeys for every website I've logged into since I turned it on, and I had to delete them so I can use my passwords stored on my non-Apple devices to log in.

Try this instead, go to Settings > Accounts > Your Info. There under "Account Settings" choose "Sign in with a local account instead".

 

[troyphoto]

That’s only 20 min.

The Superb Owl halftime show is only about 12 minutes long.

 

[NYC_George]

I've taken some drastic measures after my kidney eGFR blood test was only 65. They say that fasting is one way to detoxify all the organs in your body and bring down glucose levels in your blood. I haven't had anything to eat in 75 hours only water. I'll keep going on this fast for who knows how long. There was a guy on a telephone pole that went without eating for 32 days. They said the only thing he did wrong was not get any exercise. Swal

 

[santafewillie]

The sound was muted except for the 1/2 time entertainment. I didn’t understand the words but like Troy wrote it was toe tapping and I felt like dancing.

I am reminded that back in the 60's, I listened to the "Singing Nun", who sang in French!

 

[bnsf971]

You really shouldn’t need to restore a Mac that way (like you would an iPhone or iPad). Just log in to the same iCloud account and all your settings will move over. I moved from Intel to M4 chip last spring and that’s all I did.

Try moving from M4 to Intel. It don't work. Or, in my case, M1 to Intel. It goes from Intel to M just fine, but I was not able to do anything that would move everything back to an Intel machine.

 

[bnsf971]

Try this instead, go to Settings > Accounts > Your Info. There under "Account Settings" choose "Sign in with a local account instead".

It doesn't work that way on a Mac.

 

[RhB Michael]

My Applefu is lacking.

 

[Texas Hobo]

If that's what they are called. Hence the picture to cover my ignorance on correct terminology.

Amazon

 

[Kusojiji]

Good thing I checked my email this morning as the hospital made me an appointment for today. They called me twice yesterday so I was expecting a call. So, I guess I know what I'm doing today and not what I had planned to do, which is to install a headlight in my Pannier tank. That one needs me to build an adapter to wire the headlamp onto since next18 decoders don't have solder points and the loco doesn't either.

I hope they don't dilate again.

 

[santafewillie]

I've taken some drastic measures after my kidney eGFR blood test was only 65. They say that fasting is one way to detoxify all the organs in your body and bring down glucose levels in your blood. I haven't had anything to eat in 75 hours only water. I'll keep going on this fast for who knows how long. There was a guy on a telephone pole that went without eating for 32 days. They said the only thing he did wrong was not get any exercise. Swal

I wouldn't be quite that concerned unless it persists for more than one test. At least that's what my doctor has said. On the other hand, there's no need to run the dishwasher!

 

[santafewillie]

I am reminded that back in the 60's, I listened to the "Singing Nun", who sang in French!

Oh! And let's not forget Santana who had many songs in Spanish.

 

[kbkchooch]

Good evening gang!

Just me puttering about the layout tonight, fixing bridges and adding new abutments. Trying to understand all this puter talk about intel chips, passkeys and such. Might as well be in Cantonese for all I know. I know my PC and my I phone both suck, and I wanna go back to Windoze 7. It's all just getting too complicated for an old farm boy who just wants to play with his trains.

Oh! And let's not forget Santana who had many songs in Spanish.

Who could forget Oye Como Va?

Or one of my Favorite Santana songs, featuring another Latin star, Mana.

I can't fully understand it, but I like the melody, harmonies and the Guitar work of Carlos

 

[Bruette]

A regular season NFL game wraps up in just over three hours. The Super Bowl drags on with extra commercials, for close to three and a half hours. With halftime shows long enough for you to eat the food many order (more money) and still be wondering when the teams will return.

With added pre-game and post-game shows and ceremonies the Super Bowl has become an all-day and night event!

It's all about the money!

A 30‑second commercial during Super Bowl 2026 cost $8 million on average, with premium slots reaching $10 million or more. This is the first year Super Bowl ad prices crossed the $10M threshold. Bad Bunny was a good bunny (good money) for the NFL!

My wife and I normally watch NFL games on the DVR, the Super Bowl is no exception. We saw the first half today, outstanding defense, I'm loving it! I can't wait to see the second half tomorrow! Usually, I fast forward the commercials. My wife wants to watch the entire spectacle that is the Super Bowl. "Happy wife. happy life"

I have to say, I really enjoyed watching Green Day perform live during the pre-game show, and the artists who sang "America the Beautiful" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" were fantastic! USA - USA - USA!

I skipped the half-time show; I had other things to do. If it had been Shakira...

My wife said Bad Bunny was fun to watch and listen to, she enjoyed the show. I seldom enjoy the half-time shows, unless of course it is Shakira

The Super Bowl has become an all-day and all-night, all-American capitalist extravaganza and some like me actually enjoy the game!

 

[TLOC]

I've taken some drastic measures after my kidney eGFR blood test was only 65. They say that fasting is one way to detoxify all the organs in your body and bring down glucose levels in your blood. I haven't had anything to eat in 75 hours only water. I'll keep going on this fast for who knows how long. There was a guy on a telephone pole that went without eating for 32 days. They said the only thing he did wrong was not get any exercise. Swal

George! I am not a doctor, never wanted to be and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

R you sure it’s the eGFR blood test the doctor is worried about? Per my charts my eGFR is also 64 and considered in the normal range. I am 73 years old and no where near as healthy as you.

Here is where that info comes from:

My test result

Chronic Kidney disease starts below 60. 60 to 89 is degradation mainly due to aging not disease. Unless there are OTHER factors in play. That is my test result from last Thursday. Based on your age 64 eGFR is a good reading since you are 80 years old. I’d call that doctor and ask. Sorry but to me your fasting unnecessarily but of course listen to your doctor. Or check webMD 1st then call your doctor.

Optimum is 90+ but at our ages degradation is normal. But stay hydrated before your next blood test and see what happens. I was fasting for 12 hours at my testing time! I retest next Monday because of a couple other test results.

Cheering 4 you

 

[migalyto]

I would just about prefer to hear a fat lady fart as to watch pro football. Or basketball for that matter.

Same here!

At least the only consolation (for me anyway) of the the SB being over is Baseball season is just around the corner!

 

[Bruette]

Baseball season is just around the corner!

The Orioles Pitchers and catchers report to spring training on February 11. The rest will report February 16.

Play Ball!

 

[truckdad]

A regular season NFL game wraps up in just over three hours. The Super Bowl drags on with extra commercials, for close to three and a half hours. With halftime shows long enough for you to eat the food many order (more money) and still be wondering when the teams will return.

With added pre-game and post-game shows and ceremonies the Super Bowl has become an all-day and night event!

It's all about the money!

A 30‑second commercial during Super Bowl 2026 cost $8 million on average, with premium slots reaching $10 million or more. This is the first year Super Bowl ad prices crossed the $10M threshold. Bad Bunny was a good bunny (good money) for the NFL!

My wife and I normally watch NFL games on the DVR, the Super Bowl is no exception. We saw the first half today, outstanding defense, I'm loving it! I can't wait to see the second half tomorrow! Usually, I fast forward the commercials. My wife wants to watch the entire spectacle that is the Super Bowl. "Happy wife. happy life"

I have to say, I really enjoyed watching Green Day perform live during the pre-game show, and the artists who sang "America the Beautiful" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" were fantastic! USA - USA - USA!

I skipped the half-time show; I had other things to do. If it had been Shakira...

My wife said Bad Bunny was fun to watch and listen to, she enjoyed the show. I seldom enjoy the half-time shows, unless of course it is Shakira

The Super Bowl has become an all-day and all-night, all-American capitalist extravaganza and some like me actually enjoy the game!

Louis, I miss the Punt,Pass and Kick events that ran for 50+ years during playoffs I think. I’d love to see that again during a half time show.