Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

[Snowman]

Followup to the previous post. There is never yet...or has never been yet...a good time to reveal this bit of personal history. But for whatever reason this is probably the night.

One of my two younger brothers (they were twins, although quite different) put the wrong end of a "Thirty-Aught-six" (a large caliber rifle) into the wrong end of his mouth and pulled the trigger. This was around the early eighties, so he's been dead now longer than he ever was alive.
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I'm going to be very clear and explicit about this this so that no one thinks they will offend me or disturb me or twist me somehow. Don't worry about it. If you feel a need to address it, you won't offend me--I just told you I can take it.

My brother pulled the trigger and blew the back half of his head all over the wall he was living in.

I can deal with it, and even accept it almost casually now. So if you mention it, don't worry. I can always handle it.

But, and that said, I guess it still guts me, even today. Which is why, maybe, the adult beverage(s).

Just FWIW. In case anyone wonders why I yammer on too much, for one thing. I guess I've always wanted to burst loose and sob over all of it...but there hasn't been the place or time...or even the place and time together.

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And all that said, and even though I have (as far as I remember) never even touched a firearm, I FULLY support the Second Amendment: The right to bear arms. 100%, no qualifications. 100%.

So there you have it. My own REAL background.

Meh.

 

[Snowman]

Good morning from a rather wet Wisconsin. 65f now the high later is guessed at 67. It rained on and off yesterday and it was heavy between midnight and 1:30am when I finally went to bed. Per the WeatherChannel app it hasn’t stop though it’s just a drizzle now until noon!
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This is the next big project on the UP of Michigan layout. A Ai representation of Agate Falls. He texted us he was going to cut the frame out today to setup for the falls. The area is 18” deep x 72” long. I told him I can’t help on it till December and the other scenery guy is still recovering from deviated spectum surgery. He texted this morning he’ll wait to cut the frame

Enjoy the day

Are you actually going to model this sequence of falls in HO? If so, I have some advice.

 

[traiNscale]

Morning all

- Coffee is great!
- Beach Volleyball is also great! The Swiss Teams are always on top!
- About the weapons talk. i served in the Swiss Army and that was the only time i hade a gun, it was the Stgw90 when i "retired" from the army, i gave it back. and the guy on the other side was like, do you not want to keep it? and i was laike, hell no. then i have to go for a inspection every year, and clean it and stuff why should i? i dont like weapons and all the bullshit around it so no thank you you can keep it. he was like oh oh okay...

- about modelrailroading: well not that much happend because we still have the girl over. but on saturday morning i will go check out a CO2 laser. Maybe i buy it but iam still not really shure about. but will go and check it out.

wish you all a great day.

cheers
Marco

 

[troyphoto]

How's everybody doing?

I was up at 2am again. tummy not sitting quite right. thought it was too much cheese dip from the Mexican place.

So I made a cup of green-ginger tea and came down to the recliner. Started reading the interwebz and realized I was scratching my right wrist.

Hmmm... yep, there's a bug bite. Tis the season for the spiders to come inside. And I seem to be on their menu.

So a liberal schmere of benadryl gel later, and things are settling down.

I was never a big Narnia fan. Hearing that religious themes ran through it, more-so than Tolkien or Dune, wasn't what I wanted to read in my teen years. And seeing the uproar now about the voicing of Azlan, well, now I'm intrigued. Especially once I realized that Uncle Andrew was Daniel Craig. And the director (Greta Gerwig) has an intriguing resume.

Still, neither the wife nor I like hitting the theatre any longer. No pause button for potty breaks.

 

[troyphoto]

Oh.Something I forgot I was going to post.

The Port Burwell scene I'm leaning toward modelling with the railline and pier heading into Lake Erie and seeing Boomer's version of River Road way over in BC got me to wondering what Lake Eerie would look like for water effects.

And I was right around the corner from Port Burwell. Wife and I stopped in Port Rowan a few years ago:

the peninsula to the background is Long Point nature preserve. Port Burwell is on the other side of that. So I'm in the correct area, on the same lake.

Here's Boomer's version of the water.

Yep, his technique is what I'm looking for to do that little part of Lake Eerie

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good morning, Coffee Shop!
It's Thursday, 62°F (16.6°C) and cloudy in Tipton.

Have a great day!