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  1. bobss396
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    56 F and cloudy. Yesterday was a monsoon all day, slowed down around dusk. Possible rain today.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Sleep is so overrated. Gotta get up with the birds 🐦 🐦‍⬛. Then again I am in bed by 9:30 or 10.
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    What a radical concept... doing what the manufacturer recommends...
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    Those look like older AMT issues to me. Possibly going back to the 1960s annuals.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Nobody sounded like them. Great vocals!
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    62 F and looks like rain... surprise! It poured yesterday for about an hour, overcast from there all day long.
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    This is at a local shopping mall. Every Sunday from 8 to 11. If you want shade .. show up by 7 It pulls a good variety of cars and has a coffee truck. But no rest rooms, drink wisely. We took the Belair and it ran very well. The 1st road trip after the wires, plugs, new fuel pump, etc.
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    For paying jobs, I'd buy drills in packs of 12, usually screw-machine type, some TiN coated. The costs were figured into the job. I still have a crazy assortment of drills, end mills, saws and various cutters. I have an account with one tool house, but the warehouse moved too far to be convenient. eBay is my tool go-to lately. I shop the industrial section and can usually find made in the US drill packs.
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    We have a tool vendor at local-ish shows who has a small drill assortment. BUT... the case they are in, you need 3 hands to open it up.
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    I'd like to see the '62 Ford as well. I have a resurrected hardtop glue bomb (BACK IN THE BOX!!) that I have to finish up. I have 2 complete '62 convertible kits too, unbuilt.
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    I hear conflicting info on DPA. It was on the small side and hellishly hot all summer. There is a new one on 109 in West Babylon, south of Sunrise at a dead Shop Rite. I hear it pulls lots of cars so far. OBI is gone, likely due to that double-fatality with the Cobra that got into the guard rail. Captree is 5 minutes from my house, 2 stop signs away. A good winter venue until they charge for parking. Smith Haven was good. Very spread out and had an expen$ive food truck. We got there at 8, left close to 10:30. I have to try Stop and Shop up by you soon.
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    Man did it pour most of Saturday. We had some thunder too. Sunday early on was good, took the Belair to a local cruise. Then rain after 6 or so. Today is cooler, not as humid and looks like rain... again
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    How is this for crazy low? LS powered, Porter Bilt back end with air bags. Part of the OG chassis was retained.
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    I have a ship-load of carbide circuit board drills picked from the trash at work. These are poorly suited for hand drilling, although they seem to be popular. I did buy some small drills from HF. About a 3rd were ground incorrectly and not usable. From the machine shop business I have a lot of small-ish drills since I bought them by the dozens. But few under 1/32". I found a source on eBay with free shipping that sells Walther drills. I recently picked up some #71 to #76 HSS drills and they work well. I have a couple packets of #79 and #80 HSS drills that I rarely use.
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    I recently tossed ALL of my little Testors bottles. To me, there are far better choices than 1/4 ounce bottles of enamel paints.
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    My next door neighbor did his time in Vietnam. I'd say he came home around 1971. He was real quiet and my dad would talk with him.. said he smelled like a distillery. He did become a bartender at one of our favorite watering holes. He was only 5 years older than me. He passed about 10 years ago.
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