John M.

The first day of picking up the school kids.

He's a real Einstein.

There would be lots of cheers if Atlantis worked out licensing deals with Ford and Chrysler like it did with GM.

I got an E Mail from Atlantis and it says that the company is taking preorders for the 1920s chain driven Mack Stake Truck. It'll come from the old Monogram tooling and will even be molded in yellow and black just as the original Monogram issues were. With the hundreds of molds that Atlantis purchased from the current owners of Revell back in 2018, the company still has quite a few number of them to crack open and see what gems that are inside.

6 replacement buses have arrived today and they're the final ones in my boss's year and half long endeavor to turn over the entire fleet. If all goes well, they'll be in service in the next couple of weeks. He also is sending 10 or so school buses that have been long out of commission to the big junkyard in the sky in the fall so as to tidy up the lot and open more parking space for the other buses and the personal cars of the drivers.

The elementary school kids and I were so excited about the last day of school back in June that I wish that I had this type of school bus to get them home quickly for the summer break.

I got not one by two calls from Comcast yesterday morning while I was reading the Boston Herald on line with my morning coffee. The employee at the other end first tried to entice me with a $50 monthly special if I got cable TV again. I said no thanks and hung up. A few minutes later, she called back and tried to use the old pressure sales move on me. I told her that if she keeps doing it, I'll get my internet service from someone else. She quickly hung up.

I got an unexpected day off today. The summer day camp run that I've been doing has been called off due to unexpected problems but I'm getting a full day's pay and a three day weekend to relax.

A quiet and relaxing weekend off as I put a Johan 64 Plymouth Fury back together. I got it at a yard sale years ago and forgot that I had it.

My apologies Mods. I got in from work at my school bus company doing a summer camp run as well as a charter. Please delete at your leisure.

Good for you. I also sent my land line phone packing the same year you pulled the cable plug since I got my flip cell phone and it's alot cheaper to use monthly . I've been living more practical mainly due to being more Conservative with my spending habits. (Except when it comes to my styrene addiction)

I'm now into my fourth year without cable TV. It was getting expensive and I didn't watch it as much so it was Adios to the service. I saved almost $1300 a year and some of that was rerouted to feed my styrene addiction. One less bill means less stress.

Yesterday, I ran into unusually heavy traffic on I-93 that runs through Boston after dropping off the summer day camp kids and the counselors late in the afternoon at one of the area Boy's and Girl's Club. Normally I get back to my school bus company around 6:00 PM but I ended up returning after 7:00 PM. I-93 was packed like I've never seen it before.

Some parts of the flagship of my collection an MPC 1975 Chevrolet Caprice were coming loose from the car due to the old cement drying out so I re glued them back on. She's good and solid again and is back on display.

My normally assigned school bus came back from the shop yesterday with a fully rebuilt front suspension and steering system and it was like driving a new bus. I drove a group of day camp kids and counselors to New Hampshire today on a charter and the bus drove flawlessly on Interstate 93 both ways. I'm happy.

Or this bus when the roads are clear on Friday afternoon.

My school bus of choice for getting the school kids home when there's heavy Friday afternoon traffic.

The coffee maker.

Seven 1941 Plymouth kits for roughly the same cost as a recently reissued kit of any other car is a smokin deal in my book.

I bought a nice Willys street rod/gasser on E Bay last weekend from a seller in Marin California who shipped it this past Monday. It was suppose to have arrived at my house on Friday bur so far, it's been bouncing between several USPS distribution centers that are located throughout New England like it was inside a pinball machine. As I tracked it, I got a message earlier from the USPS saying that the Willys will now arrive this coming Monday. GRRRRR!

SWEET diorama Doug. I never could develop the skills that you had to make one from scratch. My only option was to buy a complete diorama from E Bay and I got a small one that's made up of a one car repair shop and a lot for 6 cars. The time and work that you put in to build yours paid off.

I just got through watching "Aloha Bobby & Rose" from 1975 online. I haven't seen it in years. The 68 Camaro that Paul Le Mat drove in the movie was a killer ride but I still have a soft spot for the 32 Ford Deuce Coupe that he drove in "American Graffiti"