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Slight hijack… The Mariners church where they rang the the bell 29 times rang 30 times the year Gordon Lightfoot died. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2023/05/02/gordon-lightfoot-mariners-church-detroit-bells/70175392007/ I saw that documentary about the Edmund Fitzgerald also.

Not sure if it’s what you’re looking for, but the Toni Fotki LAPD Camaro has a nice looking blown BBC. It also has super cool Milodon valve covers.

Hot rod wagons are the coolest. Brabus put a bored and stroked 580hp V-12 into a Mercedes-Benz station wagon for Michael Schumacher.

This is the bait launcher. Cool for sitting on the ground and slinging frozen liver into a lake. Not so much for launching projectiles made of pipe insulation. It has a pressure gauge so that it can have consistent trajectory. The trigger is a modified sprinkler valve that opens and closes so fast that it uses 35psi from a tank aired up to 60psi. I want the RPG to have everything in a straight line. Better for a toy that looks somewhat like a shoulder fired rocket launcher.

It will see very little pressure. I built something very similar to the Nerf RPG idea a few years ago. It’s a bait launcher. It can launch a 2” diameter plug of ice with bait in it, for fishing off the bank of a lake or pond. I tried it at a school yard and it went 91 yards with 60psi in the tank. The trigger is a slightly modified sprinkler valve. It’s a fast acting valve that only used 35psi for the launch. I’ll try to post a pic of the bait launcher this weekend.

It’s for a “Nerf RPG”. It will launch projectiles made of foam insulation. Pressure will be no more than 100psi

Something like the two gallon tank in the photo. It’s a thermal expansion tank for a water heater. It would be ideal, except it has a bladder splitting the tank in two; one side for air, one for water. Another option would be to remove the bladder, but I don’t know of a good way to do that and get everything out of the tank through a 3/4” hole.

The new(ish??) MPC 1968 Dodge coronet has a toolbox. Not sure about tools.

I found out what happens. The letter carrier goes to your house, doesn’t knock or ring the doorbell, then leaves a missed delivery notice on the door. I would guess it’s the same guy who damaged two packages marked “Do not bend” by folding them up on the same day.

I’ll darn sure pay it. I ordered a magazine back issue from Japan. An American magazine that I couldn’t find anywhere else. A second issue that my work schedule means I can not get to the post office on a weekday.

I live in a neighborhood that has several banks of mail boxes, instead of one at every house. A package is out for delivery and it will have a bill. I’m hoping I get a knock at the door, but I wonder how a letter carrier would take payment. Has anyone dealt with this?

This is a bummer. I bought an old motorcycle magazine from a seller in Japan. It sat in Japan for about 15 days, now it will arrive with a tariff charge. I ordered a paper model from Germany about two months ago. Due to a glitch from their supplier, it hasn’t shipped yet. Germany is not shipping to the United States. I’m waiting for replacement parts for a model from Slovenia. Also not shipping to the United States.

I don’t know about YouTube, but Facebook pays posters to be stupid…essentially. People get paid for clicks and comments, so many posters will get information wrong, just for the posts correcting them. It’s maddening, and it’s turning social media into a cesspool. Facebook groups can be a cool thing, but I can imagine a day when they will not outweigh the garbage. Also- anyone who uses AI to narrate a video is a lazy waste of oxygen.

Oh yeah- commission a model company to make a 1/8 scale Duesenberg Model J in styrene. Make several bodies for it; Mudd Coupe, Judkins Coupe, Murphy Town Car. Maybe more.

Buy a lot of land. Build a super efficient house. Build a Hobbit house for my brother (he would love that). Build a greenhouse the size of a football field. The middle would have a sunken area with a Koi pond and waterfall, surrounded by fruit trees. Not just a place to grow veggies and fruit; a place to get away from the real world and just relax. Some cool cars, too. Live the rest of my days in my little slice of paradise.