Dave Ambrose

I hadn't actually heard the Coldplay's original before I heard Aimee Mann's cover of The Scientist. Now that I've heard both, I still prefer Aimee's

Out standing subject, and you are doing a great job on it.

Official reminder -- We asked for no COVID discussions except for ways to cope with the pandemic. Getting the vaccine is one thing, discussing the efficacy, policies, and other matters crosses the line into areas we asked you not to discuss. We've hidden a handful of posts. Let's keep it to that. We'd rather not be handing out warnings. Thanks, Dave Ambrose

Thanks. That's a new one for me. I'll keep that in mind when we upgrade the forum software.

Some people do use the gallery. It got massively damaged some years ago, and hasn't been the same since then. Convention here is to start a thread in WIP or Under Glass. Seems to work well as people see the thread and can choose to respond -- something that isn't available in the gallery.

I'll admit that I've never signed up from a Mac. What was the problem? I don't recall anything in our sign-up process that's system specific. You do need an email address to acknowledge the sign ups.

Yes, it varies a lot. I ran a low-grade fever, and felt tired. Mary just felt tired. My daughter didn't have any side effects beyond a sore shoulder. Beats getting the actual disease by a very long ways.

My wife and I got our second doses of Moderna. Local pharmacy happened to have some leftovers. I'm in the high risk category, so this is a big load off our minds, and best of all, I get to hug my daughter, son-in-law, and grandson again.

It might be rare, but I've actually had that happen to me. A new alternator fried and disabled the entire electrical system. Never did find out the fault. Took it back to the shop that replaced it. They shook their collective head in wonder and installed a new one. Usually, I do these myself, but was too overloaded with other things. Oddly enough, it did not blow the fusible link.

What browser are you using? I’d also try clearing your browser cache. One thing we’ve noticed over the years is that some things get corrupted outside of our control and it messes everything up.

This actually sounds like a phone issue. If you can get a URL for your Google image, you can use the insert other media button to insert the image that way. There may also be some permissions needed to share photos. I know iPnones tightened down on this quite a bit after photo sharing was abused by some apps.

Thanks. We still have some more work to do in this area. I’ve tapped into some outside expertise to make sure we get it done right.

I impulse bought a Tiki Trike. In a break with my usual practice, I put it straight on the bench and started building it. This is just a fun build, and I heartily recommend this kit. It's a little fiddly, but I feel like someone needs to show the kids that art vehicles weren't invented just for Burning Man. ?

It's definitely an addiction. Creativity plus modelling is a hot ticket. Hot rodding is basically kitbashing with real cars. When I build model hotrods, I take great pleasure in swapping things around in a semi-believable manner in a quest for something a little different, and presumably cool. Probably the reason hot rods are the largest category of kits in my stash.

I've been getting updates for a few days. The type of failure we had might have gotten us marked as a spammer, and consigned you your junk folder, or perhaps blocked altogether. Sometimes this designation takes a while to reset. We know that AOL is blocking our emails. There may be others.

My wife came in with the news. We lost Chick Corea. I know at least a couple of us here were fans. He was an innovator, and all these years later, his music still sounds good. Glad I got to see him in concert. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283

The notification problem should be fixed. There may be some delays in getting them. One of the mail queues is completely overwhelmed, and we may have to clean that one out with the Big Ferrous Hammer.

Thanks. We found one obscure problem last night. I'm not getting forum summaries either. I'll keep digging. I am getting PM and some administrative notifications.

Update: Notifications look to be working again.

Guess I'd better include Shasta, my little build buddy. She has a bed on my hobby table, and she also likes to use the Titan IIIc box as an out of the sun bed. She's miffed that I finished that project (finally) and tossed the box.

Update: The short story is that the mail program on our server is down. The hosting company is still working on problem. It's been escalated, and should get some high-powered attention tomorrow. .

We're having a problem with our outgoing mail server. Our hosting company is working on it.

Email notifications aren't working. We're still trying to diagnose the cause and fix it. I'll keep you posted.

I tend to look at private equity deals with a jaundiced eye. Usually, the firms come in, find a way to turn asset value into special dividends, then go bankrupt, sticking all the suppliers, bondholders, and employees with the losses. The British press appropriately refers to this as privatising the profits, and socializing the losses. There does seem to be a different type where they invest in companies that need "patient capital." Plastic models is certainly one of these, and hopefully, this deal will be in this category. Science fiction modelling is one of the growing categories, and I wouldn't be surprised to see investment there. Star Wars is an enduringly popular franchise, and getting a license is big. I gave my grandson one of the Revell X-wings, and a year later, it's still one of his favorite toys. Given China's treatment of intellectual property and tooling, it may well make sense to manufacture in the US. Makes for good press, and you might be able to make it work if you set up in an enterprise zone, or work out some incentive deal in a depressed area.

We seem to be having some problems with notifications. I'll be diagnosing those tonight.