Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

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Well, howdy there internet peeps and those who's brushes are dry...

It's Troy again (and again...)

Showered and changed the bandage on my skinned knee. Sprayed it with some antiseptic cleaner I got from a nurse (it helps to have one in the family). Then smeared antibiotic ointment on the pad of the big bandaid, and applied.

Overnight I sold the last big New In Box "Mega Army" I had on Ebay. It's for my second fantasy game. I overbought, and now I'm losing money on a few things that I have no desire to build. This one normally retails for $140, but has been on sale for $120. I was at 100 with free shipping. Lots of watchers, no biters.

I reduced it to $90 but buyer pays shipping. That worked. Found an email from Ebay with the good news this morning.

It's boxed and labeled. I'll drop it off this morning.

So, I found the last three items I have on Ebay, and did the same formula. Removed free shipping, lowered price by what I budgeted for shipping. I'll let the buyers do the math.

Over the weekend I went to a small local game convention and ran some demos of Conquest: First Blood.

But, I got to chat with friends from other parts of the state/other states. One was running the "BIG GAME" of Kings of War:

And another friend was running Konflict 47, a game built on Bolt Action by Warlord Games, but with the "what if the aliens opened an interdimensional portal after the nukes happed? And started shoving advanced tech through? What would the war look like in 1947?

Jump-suits, automatons, Tesla energy Cannons, etc...

 

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Try counting cabooses, I heard it works!

Or rivets.

 

[Kusojiji]

Pics or it didn't happen.

Show us your finished project!

Video of the jerkiness zipped.

No pics of my pushups.

 

[Patrick]

Morning all,

Gotta find some time to get on over the weekend.

Kind of busy as we had the furnace company out to service the furnace. voted early, got me the pneumonia shot, watched the oldest granddaughter's middle school cheerleading team take a superior rating at the only contest they entered this year.

Yesterday was kind of a killer as I mostly stayed in my chair watching tv. Couldn't do my normal routine until I revisit the cardiologist. I was told to get a couple of tests done this week, but once the insurance ok's the tests to where the can be scheduled, we're looking at probably the 2nd week of December. Dr is part of a large group that has their own testing facility, and still 6+ weeks behind.

I'm pretty sure my last words will be "Damn, that didn't work!"

BBL

 

[Bruette]

We're all going to die eventually

No one gets out alive!

My daughter was an army nurse, trained combat medic stationed at the US Army medical center in Vilseck, Germany. Worried about my diet, high in cured and processed meats. She asked her CO a Colonel and the senior Doctor, "What could happen with my dad eating so much cured meats?" His answer "Your dad can live as long as anyone. The difference will be your dad's body will be preserved for some time after his death" They went on to discuss it further, my conclusion; there are many factors, diet is only one.

If I could do one thing differently, it would be to get more sleep. I grossly underestimated the importance of sleep. I used to foolishly say "there will be plenty of time to sleep when I'm dead" - Now I firmly believe not enough sleep will bring on death quicker than many other things. Hydration from only coffee, beer and bourbon can't be good. I think lack of sleep was a major factor in all my various chronic conditions.

My cholesterol has always been low, never more than 113, now 87. My diet has always been high in fat. I love hotdogs, all kinds of Sausages, USDA choice or better beef and almost anything fried! My low cholesterol must be genetics.

I believe God's creations are complex miracles we have only begun to understand. Do your best and let God worry about the rest.

 

[Bruette]

Couldn't do my normal routine until I revisit the cardiologist.

I'm glad you are following the doctors' instructions, keep it up and please keep us posted.

Speaking of lemon pepper,

I've seen my wife using that on fish, its good stuff!

Have you heard of the new wine that's being developed for incontinence sufferers?

For personal reasons I no longer find anything related to piss to be funny. That is just me, please, carry on, no offense taken.

both dogs and the cat decided that my recliner was THE place to be.

Not the recliner, the place they wanted to be was with you! I'm glad to see you are so well loved.

 

[Bruette]

I hope Everyone had a Blessed Sweet Sunday!

My Sunday was not spoiled by the Ravens' historically dismal 2nd-half. I saw the well-played 1st-half and fell asleep. Other than 3–4-bathroom trips (I'm getting better!) I didn't get out of bed until after midnight. Sleep schedule... I have no sleep schedule, i get sleepy and sleep. Life is Grand!

 

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Good morning from Wisconsin! Cooler today but still above the seasonal average. 50f degrees now 62 later. 70’s are back the rest of the week.

We have nothing planned and this has been confirmed with the planning department for today. No medical stuff for Terry until the blitz of appointments on Thursday and Friday.

I have so many things to do I’m not sure I’ll be doing any. The mojo understandably has disappeared for now as too many more important things have happened. At least I got the diesel weathering commissions out the door.

My friend stopped by for a couple hours yesterday. He had a paid version on his brand new IPadPro that honestly the difference between my 4 year old IpadPro and his was nothing. A better screen but I don’t watch movies on my machine so the color difference isn’t worthy. My iPad pencil though doesn’t work on his machine. He caught on quickly but we did not come up with a decent backdrop for his Wenatchee , Wa location. It’s a matter of phrasing the commands, requests and questions. I’m still working on that. This month is a year since I started dabbling with Ai. I started with Claude that was free on the Duck Duck Go browser I use. We asked to create a scene overlooking past Apple yard. We obviously needed a better description. Here’s a sample and a Google earth view of supposely the same scene

Ai generated

Google Earth view

He texted this morning that he deleted the chat we started with and will start over this morning

Ai is a tool to use like it or not it’s here to stay

 

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