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I don't have the little index, I should get one.

What's with the rain? 63 F and a light rain right now. Next week is supposed to be like 90-100 for a few days. I'm not complaining about the cooler days. It helps with outdoor stuff I need to do.

My brother built a '66 Chevelle stock car in a hotel room in France while working for Northrop-Grumman over 6 weeks, on the E2C program. He had to find a hobby store to pick up a few things he needed.

I leave the Mustang parked when it snows. My main fear is breaking the front spoiler with snow piled under it.

I use mainly #71 to #76 drills, a #65 and #37 for 1/32" clearance, 1/32" and 3/64" for tight clearance with installing pins. I have a pill vial with various other drills with paper tags on them, 2 old end mill cases, one is .026" to .062"-ish, the other .065" to 1/8". Then my trusty Huot number drill set, #1 to #60. I have to replace some missing drills.

Thanks. I am taking notes.

Cucumbers are starting to climb! Corn and celery are doing well too.

62 F at 5:30 am. Cloudy, as was yesterday. Monday high was 70 and I got some garden work done. Pool went from 73 to 68.

I picked up 2 of the Galaxie issues last year, complete for $25 each, bad boxes and decals. Spotlight Hobbies had fresh decals for $8 per.

Likely headed to a new-to-me venue on Saturday, Smithtown NY at a supermarket lot. Supposedly it draws a lot of cars.

I pin mirrors in place. I try to use the biggest "pin" that the mirror mounts will accept. That with CA glue holds them on pretty well.

We were sitting outside on the deck after dinner and one of the squirrels was poking around. So I got some peanuts out for him/her and the bluejays. The little thing was pretty friendly and hungry. 20250615_171334.mp4

Sunday was cool, never got past 64 and no sun. We had a FD gathering outside, got drizzled on a bit, the real rain started after 8 PM. Today, a light rain and 59 F.

Very possible. I will take another look at it. They were a pain to get in place. The indent for the bottom is very shallow and fiddly to hold.

I'm a widower for 11 years now. My late wife despised the hobby. I have been dating a nice lady for almost 8 years, she likes cars, even models tattoos and firearms. She has a pistol permit and a couple of nice pistols. Ammo... I laugh when I read of an arrest somewhere and the perp's house has 1000 rounds of ammo.

56 F and cloudy. Yesterday was a monsoon all day, slowed down around dusk. Possible rain today.

I had at one point around 80 in my bedroom closet alone. Now I have maybe 6 in there. The basement is another story, about 200 in the boiler room, 50 in the finished basement side and around 100 that I take to sell at shows in a big closet. I know of a local kit seller that has a truly psychotic amount of models and another former club member with a stash of 5000 and growing.

Splurged for new repro mirrors for the Belair. The old ones were too short, likely for a smaller car like a Nova. Now I can drive a little more safely. Changing lanes is no longer an issue.

Yesterday was nice, the afternoon was around 75. I put new side mirrors on the Belair and me and a buddy went to a cruise (Bellmore train station). I get a text from my girlfriend who was about 45 miles north and east of us... it was pouring by her. Not a drop by us, everything was dry, but light rain now and 61.

We made PC boards in-house at work until about 1989. I was in the right place when the drill collection was headed for the dumpster. I have more than a few 50 quantity boxes of them around.

Sleep is so overrated. Gotta get up with the birds 🐦 🐦‍⬛. Then again I am in bed by 9:30 or 10.

What a radical concept... doing what the manufacturer recommends...

Those look like older AMT issues to me. Possibly going back to the 1960s annuals.

I had some weed vine I had to remove. The clematis vine is delicate and thin, dark too. It took a bit of work but I got it.

A little before and after. The clematis survived another winter, but the rest was full of weeds. I added 4 more Elijah Blue plants to go with the other 3.