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I do have hawks around, the bluejays usually make quite the racket when they appear. If so, it likely took off with the bird after a brief battle. This may explain the trail of feathers across my yard and pool. Nothing showed up on my Bird Buddy which was about 8 feet away.

And to think that ships have used massive chains for at least 100 years. I'd like to see how they were done back then.

I was out on my deck in the late afternoon and came across a huge amount of bird feathers. I don't see any hurt bird or blood. I tried to ID the feathers online with no luck. I think this may be molting. I'll see who shows up at the Bird Buddy with a bad haircut.

He was also a master-shredder for his time. Listen to some of his recordings with Mary Ford. He was in a bad car accident at some point and shattered his right arm. He had the surgeons set it in a way that he could play guitar.

That takes up some serious electric power 🔌. Looks like all was done by induction welding.

Ivan from last night. The first 2, he is nesting in a box that Chinese food came in. Right on top of the bag of noodles and fortune cookies. The last, he is under the ottoman. A thunder storm rolled through and he went to his safe space.

It rained last evening from 7 to at least 9. Probably after that too since my deck and patio were still wet this morning. 71 right now with 97% humidity. A little cloudy.

I may have that exact kit around. They always built up nicely.

I got 2 new 26" bike tires and tubes for my garbage picked Schwinn. I installed them yesterday... rides like a new bike.

74 at 6 this morning, 93% humidity. Inside i already have sweat running down my back. It may rain later on. If anyone wants me, I'll be in the pool.

I did have a dead cicada yesterday in my pool. Took it out, put it on my deck table. Went inside to get my phone... came out and it was GONE... some bird had a nice breakfast....

Brie was curled up with me yesterday. She's a very sweet little cat.

I had some of those issues. NL got into trouble a couple of times. One was a spoof VW bug ad that said if Ted Kennedy had one, he'd be president today, since they float.

A few more shots. Got it painted and most of the assembly is done. Paint is Extreme Lacquer, I will be using their clear.

It was pretty funny. I'm not sure if it is still in print.

Ivan from last night, he showed up early for a change.

65 F and cloudy. It did rain after 8 pm, although the weather app on my phone said 0% of rain. I drove both old cars around. Glad I put them away to beat the rain.

When I was flush, car magazines were the ticket. Hot Rod, Car Craft, Popular Hot Rodding were my favorites. Of course MAD magazine and National Lampoon as well.

I had the '59 out yesterday. It started right up after sitting for a while. Still too hot for longer rides.

68 and 88% humidity. Overcast with possible rain later on.

I always save up unused ones or find them at model shows. They come in handy.

The last I had was a '65 Belair in 1978. It had the non-synchro first gear. That was a small transmission aka the peanut box.

64 this morning and I turned my bedroom AC off about 2 am. Yesterday got hot again in the afternoon. I cleared out all the junk on top of my '59 Ford in the garage, charged the battery and fired it up.

The drain plug was taken our of most automatics in the 1960s. It probably saved a few bucks at the factory. But the sell to the consumer was to force the pan removal so the filter could be changed with the fluid. I get my fluid changed at 60k miles, with the filter of course. This helps them live longer. Not everyone does that. I agree on why do we need 10 speeds. I'd think that 6 would do the job and leave room for more robust parts in the case.

I have one in my collection of BACK IN THE BOX!! specials.