A shout-out to Doug at FOS Scale Models, and Art and company at Bar Mills: both of these gentlemen (and, Art’s crew) are master designers of structure kits. In the last two yrs, I’ve built ~three dozen kits from these two kit manufacturers (and, one, so far, from Kenny Crump’s KCWorkshop), and I just love the “character” of their designs. It just makes building the kits a lot more fun, and also … [Read more...]
Archives for 2019
Originally posted to FB – structure kit instructions
May 24, 2019 By
So, a few days ago, I wrote a short post praising a new kit manufacturer, for doing a really fine job with their instructions (yea, Mine Mount Models). Today, I’m going to share one quote from the instructions from a now out-of-business (OOB) kit manufacturer (not OOB due to their kits being bad, but most likely due to their retirement), and will then share something (vis paraphrasing) I read in … [Read more...]
Originally posted on FB – shoutout to Mine Mount Models
May 22, 2019 By
Received my first kit (Palzer’s Plumbing Supply) from “Mine Mount Models” this morning, and have to say I love the way this guy did the instructions. Might be “too long” for some people, but they are quite “readable” (“professionally” formatted), with numerous photos, all in color (I believe), showing lots of angles, and all sides of the final structure. Not to show disrespect toward my other … [Read more...]
Trump – fake news
February 13, 2019 By
Here’s a great quote. It’s from an article at Bloomberg.com regarding the financial state of the parent publishing company of the National Enquirer (they apparently have a negative net worth - their debt/liabilities exceeding their assets). “...Trump said last month that the National Enquirer produced ‘far more accurate’ news stories than the Bezos-owned Washington … [Read more...]
Charter cable – argh
February 13, 2019 By
I go online to charter/spectrum, and want to check out how much it’s going to cost me to add a new service to my account. They will provide pricing (via the web) if it’s a brand new account, BUT will not provide pricing if it’s an existing account. They force you into talking via phone or online chat to a live person. So, I open a stupid chat session, after actually logging into my spectrum … [Read more...]
Bezos and Nat’l Enquirer story
February 11, 2019 By
Re: the Jeff Bezos, National Enquirer story and then totally unrelated Re: Alex Jones/Infowars website/“talk show”. I think, if I were Mr. Bezos, with the wealth he has, I would just buy up the parent company, if they were publicly listed on a stock exchange, and then shut them down. For the National Enquirer, it seems they are owned by a larger firm (Which also owns several other mags), so the … [Read more...]
movie theme songs
February 5, 2019 By
Why is “Superman” (the movie theme song) playing in my head at one in the morning? … [Read more...]
Jury duty day 2
February 5, 2019 By
Day two of sitting in the basement of Dakota County Courthouse, waiting to be selected (or not selected) for a jury trial. Me, and several dozen of my “closest friends”, twiddling our thumbs... Will provide an update at the end of the day. … [Read more...]
“Executive time”
February 4, 2019 By
Boy, I really need to take some executive time. I’ll either be in the residence napping, watching Fox News, or twittering for hours on end. If either of my pals, Vlad, or Kim Jong-un call, please wake me up - I love talking to them, they’re my BFFs! To heck with this leading the nation nonsense, it obviously can run very well without me. I don’t understand why people think this job is so hard?? … [Read more...]
People not remembering a Halloween custume they wore??
February 3, 2019 By
Admittedly, I’ve probably only gone to a handful of Halloween parties in my lifetime, but for someone to say, “oh my, I just don’t remember exactly which costume I wore that year in medical school, I know I was one (the KKK robe) or the other (being in blackface), seems to be stretching the truth a little bit. Or, am I mistaken? I mean, even if I had gone to forty Halloween parties over the … [Read more...]
Little Girl Activities
February 3, 2019 By
As noted with my photos and video, I was able to spend time with the little girl, and her GranMaRose yesterday. Afterwards, we spent the evening playing games, drawing, etc., and Jordan (Lailah’s dad) drops by, to drop off Lailah’s little sister Ruby, for the girls to spend the night with GMR. Most of the evening, I played with Lailah, and GMR played with/watched Ruby. While I was watching … [Read more...]
Boys and dolls – a confession
January 28, 2019 By
Ok, I’ve shared most everything else about my life, here is something so very personal I’ve never shared with anyone before, in the last fifty plus years. I played with dolls as a very young boy (very early elementary school years). Both GI Joes, as well as “Barbie, and Ken”. Don’t ask me how I got started with Barbie, or which came first (Barbie or GI Joes), since I don’t remember. I’m sure my … [Read more...]
Misc thoughts at a flea market
January 27, 2019 By
Was invited out to go see a local indoor flea market here in “Beautiful Downtown” Apple Valley, after having brunch at the nearby breakfast place (“Mason Jar”, in Eagan) with the little girl, her parents (Jordan & Katie), baby Ruby, and GranMaRose. Saw lots and lots of vintage / antique stuff, such as old cameras (1960’s plastic “instamatic” era, as well as perhaps, 1940’s “Brownies”, and a … [Read more...]
Survey: English muffins, and Sleep Apnea
January 24, 2019 By
Two unrelated questions tonight, first one is not so serious, second one is. When choosing English Muffins at the grocery store, do you buy/prefer Bayes, or Thomas?? If you don’t know the difference between them, let me know, and I’ll elaborate. Who out there is willing to tell me (via commenting below or private IM) if you have sleep apnea, AND are using a CPAP machine? Do you feel it works, or … [Read more...]
Misc words from our “great” president
January 21, 2019 By
“Who knew being president of the United States could be so hard?” “Who knew being a world class leader could be so hard?” “Being President is so complicated, who knew??” “Leading the government of the United States is so hard, who knew?” … [Read more...]
Movie review – “Three Billboards”
January 2, 2019 By
Rented “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” on New Year’s Eve. I knew going in, only that it had won some academy awards, and that it was a drama. It turned out to be more of a black comedy, and everyone’s performance was excellent. Especially, as you may already know, Sam Rockwell (whom I have always liked), and Frances McDormond. Both of them won academy awards (best support actor, and … [Read more...]
Latest Clint Eastwood movie
January 1, 2019 By
Went and saw “The Mule” this evening. Got to say, I do still enjoy Mr. Eastwood’s stories. Glad to see he’s still got it at age eighty-eight (director, producer, and star). … [Read more...]
Another person’s thoughts of the president using FB, in place of twitter
January 1, 2019 By
Not my idea or words...so I’m not able to take credit for them. ==== Does anyone think it would be neat if Donald Trump used Facebook instead of Twitter? Then he could write longer pieces, with more in-depth information and commentary on his thoughts and ideas and statements, instead of being limited to very short tweets. Also then people could respond on his page, like China and whatnot, and … [Read more...]
Structure Model Building – Baker’s Produce – finished
January 1, 2019 By
Tonight, we finished Baker’s Produce. We built the clerestory, gluing the four walls, adding the six windows, and gluing a tarpaper roof onto it. The building of the clerestory was a pain since I wrongly assumed both of the longer walls were of equal height. But due to the slight slant of the roof, one wall is slightly shorter than the other (and, I had to do a do over while gluing the walls of … [Read more...]
