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A few years back I had baby RATS in my yard, about 4 of they playing out front. I picked up some black plastic Victor traps that were excellent. I used some crackers for bait. I caught 2 right away, then found a Robin in one... Oops... From then on I placed an old cat litter container over the traps, with the side cut out. With the cap off, it had space for the little rats to get in. No birds or squirrels. I used a brick to hold it down.

I saw a stray orange cat yesterday at a shopping center, following some lady meowing at her. If it was kitten-ish I may have grabbed it.

I worked my night machine shop gig by a sump. By dark, all of the geese with the little ones marched back to the sump, at least 30 some evenings, right through the parking lot. My wife's day job was close by and she had to make a post office run one morning. This is in an industrial area, back-ish roads. She gets close by, traffic is all backed up. Someone was impatient and plowed through the geese. I read an account in the paper, something like 12 geese mowed down including little ones. I always liked to see the little ones go from yellow and fuzzy to full grown in a few months time.

Yesterday was hot, about 85 by mid day. The pool was great finally. Heavy rain rolled in around 7 last night. 66 F right now, we might hit the beach early then back in the pool.

How cute! Do you plan on getting them fixed?

I'll call it more accurate than Days of Thunder. I raced under the NASCAR banner for 4 years, I was a licensed driver (limited late model, bomber, street stock) from 1981 to 1987. The NASCAR officials have a very low tolerance for on the track nonsense. This is something that the film makers seem to miss.

Polecat for sure. They have a series, "short track heroes" deep in the site. Lots of old NE modified decals.

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.