Scott Colmer

So my son who lives in Spain is visiting. It is time to take him to the airport for his trip home. My wife somehow got the departure time as 7:15 when it was 6:20. No problem we planned to arrive at the airport almost 2 hours early. We get to the Iberia Airlines counter at 5:30. No one there. We go to other airline counters they all say the Iberia staff has gone to the gate. The information guy is completely useless. Turns out that the entire counter crew shut down the counter 1 hour before flight time and left. No one said they could call the gate. We ended up having to pay $120.00 to reschedule his ticket. It will not be pretty when we take my son back to the Iberia ticket counter today. At least I got to spend another day with my son.

I have a one-off fast food that is (was) really good. Up until about 1975 the was a place in Martinez, CA called Buds. All they served was an amazing breaded pork chop sandwich. When Bud was ready to retire, no one wanted the business so he shut it down. A few years back I did a search an found out that many years prior Bud had been to a place in Montana and had the amazing sandwich. After a bit of persuasion he talked the owner into giving him the recipe and Bud opened Buds in Martinez. If I ever go to Montana, I am finding that place. Scott

We have Farmer Boys- Pretty good but expensive. Jack in the Box. Not bad. But my favorite is the Filet O fish from Mc Donalds. They are like fish candy. I once bet that I could eat 10 in one hour. There were three of us trying. We ordered 30 of them at the drive through. Yep, we got pulled to the waiting spot. The final results... I did the best with 7 and one half. I think I could have done it if I paced myself better because I finished the left over 2.5 sandwiches about an hour later. Scott

Quote: 2. Landscaping. This is apparently the year we add trees and shrubbery to the backyard. A SHRUBREEEEE! Bring us a SHRUBREEEE! Little bit of The Grail there. Sorry. Had to do it. I got lots of house stuff to do too. Mount sinks. Build brick columns for the patio posts. Put in an irrigations system. Trim trees. Pick up doggy poo. The list is endless.

113 in Riverside. Summer School got out at noon. During the school year the AC is controlled by the district. I found out at noon that how the teachers can turn it on in their class room during the summer. Felling pretty sticky.

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I would see what I could do with masking tape laid on fabric from an umbrella. You will need a good pattern first.

OK, I'll jump back in. Do they even sell these anymore? They used to have one at my grade school. That will never happen again. Hosted on Fotki This was one of those gotta-have-it for Christmas when I was a kid. I found out many years later that my parents had to drive to a few different stores to find one. I still remember the original ad - "Hey, you knocked my block off!" I bought another one as an adult. Hosted on Fotki

Thanks for the well wishes. 7th grade was my last choice for a grade level. I'll be teaching special ed kids. There is room for a little more creativity there because of Individual Education Programs. Yep....It won't be easy. I'm OK with that. I taught 1st graders for the first month of my subbing career. That was hard.

Just got my first job as a real teacher. It's official. I've been subbing for most of the year as I finished up my classes. I lucked out and get to teach as a paid intern instead of student teaching (working for free) for 4 months. New journey ahead!

I accidentally hit him with the garden hose. The pieces I could find are back, but there is still a touch up to do. Hosted on Fotki

BRAVO!

Wow. Did I write that? That's one of my worst.

I see some Jennifer Aniston in there, but that's a bit your for this proud.

I have to confess...When I saw this thread I googled 60s and 70s toys. I am a nostalgic person. I save a bunch of images of the ones I remembered. It seems I always had the one below, but I never remember asking for or buying one. Hosted on Fotki

Speaking of Mad Men days. Do you remember these babies? Hosted on Fotki

Wow. I really like this one! Excellent scratch building on the rails. Looking forward to seeing more.

Did the mattel shooting' rifle or hand guns have red plastic bullets? I have a faint memory of having a gun like that. We shot it in the house once, during the Tom Jones show. The bullet hit a lamp, made a lot of noise. My Mom screamed about it and was the last we saw of that toy. And here's one more of my favorites. Hosted on Fotki

You can still find the spin welders. I got this one off eBay. Hosted on Fotki

I think I might have had that Mr. Machine, but I am not sure. I have a very vague memory of a clear toy I could take apart and put back together. I thought we had two and one was a train. SSPs Smash up derby cars!!!! I just started looking for those. A bit pricey now. Don't for get these for ruining carpet and scorched fingers. Also constant complaints from Mom about the smell Hosted on Fotki

I've really enjoyed following this project. You are doing a fantastic job! I do have one question.. Where did you get the transfer case? Scott

Am I the only one who also checked out that cool streamliner bus in the Barbara Eden shot? Sorry to go off topic.

Yesterday I turned in my last assignment on my way to getting my teaching credential. This morning I woke up, sat by the pool with a cup of coffee and thought about what I wanted to do instead of what I needed to do.

Glad to see this one is back. I've been looking for it.

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