Mike C

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Not answering the phone doesn't do anything. It always get answered even when nobody's home, we have an answering machine. Of course legitimate callers will leave a message.

I don't reply to their texts or emails.

I usually try to just use a real teller in the bank. There are so many scams to be on the lookout for. A couple of phone scams I recently got was "Why haven't you claimed your prizes yet?" and a "raffle" prize. I gave them very nasty responses and called them out as scammers.

I just installed this wireless door lock on my front door today:

I just got this new Fiio JM21 digital audio player.

I saw this on Aliexpress and they had it in different breeds.

I just got this air fryer

I have a list: Cowboy Beebop Ghost In The Shell Blue Eyed Samurai Dr. Stone Outlaw Star Death Note Love, Death & Robots Heavy Metal (1982) Fantastic Planet Light Years Fritz The cat & 9 Lives of Fritz the Cat Wizards Fire & Ice Wicked City The Apothecary Diary The Black lagoon (that's a few)

On plastic model cars.

I just got this one a few minutes ago:

Milk chocolate

I always use the link that is bookmarked in my browser to be safe.

Here's another one I keep getting. I have never used Geek Squad.

How about this one with a bird. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/seagull-smashes-cockpit-fighter-jet-200111554.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall

Those phone calls are quite an annoyance. We get them on our land line. I pick them up, don't say a word, then hang up. But if someone speaks up, I mean a live person then I am rude to them. All I say is "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Sometimes they speak up so then I'm rude and call them out as scammers from a boiler room in India. Sometimes they just hang up because they don't know what to say because they are probably expecting to hear a "Hello". Ignoring the calls just sends them to the answering machine, at least I cut the ringing short. They're never going to stop so rudeness is all they get. Most of the the time they're just automated, instant hang ups. Live people, instant rudeness.

He sure gave us the best quality model kits. Sorry to see him pass.

I've been using a Badger mixer for years. It's better than a shaker. When the pigments settle at the bottom of the bottle it gets thick. And if you have to add more solvent to the paint the mixer will do a better job although you can make a mess if you're not careful.

That sure is sad. Early Black Sabbath was great.

Hydraulic brakes were on mountain bikes for about 20 years before that started appearing on road bikes, since about the late 90's. I have a 2000 Cannondale SuperV700SX that came with hydraulic brakes. They even used to make hydraulic rim brakes too.

Here's a scam I just got today: Norton Receipt Date: Monday, July 21, 2025 Receipt no: XKS61427MB9997 Membership ID: 4850 Renewal complete. Your benefits continue. Hey Michaelj, We're notifying you in advance--your Norton plan will renew automatically. A charge of $558.77 will apply for the 1 Year subscription term. No further action is necessary unless you'd like to cancel or modify your subscription. Plan Snapshot: Service Plan: FullScope Shield Qty: 1x Duration: 1 Year Billing: Auto Debit Amount to be Charged: $558.77 We're happy to help at (859)-4O2-7872. Appreciatively Yours, Norton, lifelock I wonder just how they are going to "charge" me for it. It's certainly not a "renewal" because I never had it in the first place.

Here's the nose cleaned up from the bleed through.

Here's a little further progress. I just painted the red. Unfortunately the masking is never perfect and some red blew through some spots that I will be touching up after the red is good and dry after a couple of days.