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  1. Brian Austin
    Shouldn't that be "meanah" ? 🙂
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    Unfortunately, the core group got tired of putting the MassCar show on, and by 2015 or '16 that was discontinued. Another group puts on a show and contest at the Taunton, MA venue that had hosted the MassCar event. Coincidentally some MassCar members also belong to this other group. IIRC that show is coming up next month. I have to wonder how it is that clubs like Classic Plastic can keep going this long, while my club got old and tired.
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    Considering "decal" is a shortened French word, "decalcomanie", does it matter? 🙂
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    My own club (MassCar) ran into problems finding a venue simply for monthly meetings, and this contributed to it folding just before the pandemic. When I joined in the early 2000's we were meeting in a church. We then moved to a series of venues that were free. Rent is expensive.
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    XKCD webcomic, by Randall Munroe
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    I've been noticing old bridges in my area have scars underneath, along with fragments of box truck roofs wedged in structural members. Even a new bridge that replaced an older one a few years ago bears scrapes in the shinyish paint. One old bridge in the same town had been hit numerous times, but the final punch came from a cement mixer. That bridge was removed and left to the side. That railroad branch (or siding?) remains out of service IIRC.
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    https://journal.classiccars.com/2018/12/22/bittersweet-the-hostetler-hudson-museum-sale/
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    My father and I stopped by this museum in 2016. It closed just a year or two later.
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    My father and I saw this museum in 2016. I'm glad we made a point of stopping there, as it closed a year or two later.
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    I saw this large beauty displayed, in all places in a breakfast area of a Hampton Inn in Auburn, Indiana in 2017. I since found the manufacturer is ID'd as Carl Schneider Million Dollar Collection, hand built in resin. 8
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    For years the Westwood PD posted videos of mishaps at a particular railroad bridge. This garnered social media attention. The bridge has been replaced so the clearance issues are gone. https://www.masslive.com/news/2016/12/westwood_polices_famous_east_s.html (Click "Watch on YouTube" to view the 2nd video).
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    Thankfully my brother had a spare pair of glasses and lives only a few towns away so last night I ran over and grabbed them. I did also make a pinhole box, and also improvised a paper plate pinhole viewer. Both worked, and were fun to experience, but neither netted wonderful photos.
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    Partial eclipse here in Massachusetts. This is the only shot that came out OK using the pinhole box I made. We had a light cloud cloud cover as well, but not enough to get in the way of the eclipse. My glasses worked fine. 🙂 All in all it was worth the hype.
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    https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/travel-in-style-1940-ford-camper/
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    Another one I wish I had more info and pictures on.
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