Rob Hall

Sad to hear..never seen them, but liked them since discovering them in the 80s. I like Billy Gibbons recent solo album...

I didn't realize it was out either...found it on Diecast Models Wholesale website.

Maisto 1/24 2021 Ford Bronco and 1/24 2020 Ford Mustang GT500, along with a Greenlight 1/64 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1.

That one says Fruehauf on the box and doesn't mention a reefer...the Great Dane reefer is a different trailer, I presume? Edit: it appears the Great Dane reefer is of '70s ERTL origin, while the Fruehauf 'beaded panel' van is of '70s AMT origin, last seen in Coca-Cola livery recently. Not sure if the Fruehauf is refrigerated, so maybe the Coors version is for hauling a load of warm beer...;)

Cool..I like that they are bring back the fratzog emblem also.

I had one last week I caught on my Ring cameras as it was being left—FedEx driver left one of the dry ice containers from Omaha Steaks and I ran out to the truck before they left, was for a house down the street..driver had transposed 2 digits of the house number.

Went to my office yesterday to meet my team after almost 6 months of working remote...it's a 40 min drive, so I won't be going in often, but maybe once a month or so as needed. The office is downtown Cuyahoga Falls, Oh along the river, lots of nice restaurants and brewpubs nearby. While walking to lunch, went past the Clifford Mini Auto Museum--going to have to check it out when I have more time. It's an old gas station and garage that's been made into an automobila museum w/ an Oldsmobile focus--saw a yellow '56 2dr ht and a tan '60 4dr sedan in the bays with the roll up doors open (beautiful summer afternoon). Saw a sharp aqua '67 GTO roll by... also saw a yellow early 50s MG TC being driven. Museum: https://cuyahogafallshistory.com/2013/06/cliffords-mini-auto-museum/

I generally haven't had many issues w/ the carriers...Fed Ex I usually use for overseas orders from Hobby Link Japan and others, and Home Depot home delivery (free delivery is nice). Got a couple boxes today w/ small boxwood shrubberies to plant along my back fence, one box was pretty smashed but the shrub was fine.

Didn't get pics as I was driving, but saw a very clean black '71 Torino 2dr w/ black vinyl top and Magnum 500 wheels, and a very clean black 2007ish Saleen S281 Mustang--haven't seen one since they were new.

Interesting... it is fun to think of strange factoids like that...like I'm now 1 year older than my Dad was when I was born, and he would 100 this year.

$61.xx at Model Roundup. Sounds like a $10 premium for the decals.

Having time to do a lot of cooking is a luxury. Maybe in retirement some day.

I can cook a bit and enjoy grilling burgers, hot dogs, steaks etc in the summer, but if I want a good pizza, Thai curry, Indian tikka masala, tacos, etc I get it delivered or take out..

Yeah, I wonder if the issue comes from cramming the parts into an NA box instead lf the wider, flatter EU style box. I don't see this issue w/ the convertible version.

I've found Grubhub to be consistently more error-free than Doordash...never sure if the error is with the service or the restaurants. I do like food delivery, makes sense in bad weather or busy days when I don't feel like driving 4-10 miles to a specific restaurant. Hard to beat the convenience of food delivered to the door...

Next release of the new truck kit, with new decals and box art, sounds like.

What you see is what you get.

A sharp Shelby GT500 in a parking lot.

Speaking of Triumph kits, don't think I've ever seen a kit of a TR6. My ex-brother-in-law # 1 had an orange one in the late 70s-early 80s. It was the first English sports car I rode in as a kid. I remember he was always working on it...

Neat...those are huge rear tires and wheels!

Got a good checkup at my ophthalmologist today. A concern last month about possible glaucoma is not an issue after a month of eye drops.

Haven't seen the coupe yet from any of my usual online vendors...I did get the new roadster kit last month from Model Roundup for my birthday...looks good..molded in dk green, tan and gray.

Hmmm...these look similar to some resin ones I got to use on the AMT Ford van. Can't remember where I got them from..one of the Detroit area casters, IIRC. Edit: remembered what I was thinking of--Morgan Automotive Detail. These hubcaps. https://madmodeling.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=dogdishtruck&sid=hy7391ay359am4883510997fe1139855

When I bought my Jeep Grand Cherokee in Phoenix in 2017, I couldn't believe what a high percentage were black (mine is metallic black)...the selection at the dealer were all black or white (I hate white). I remember going to my neighborhood car wash on a Saturday and most of the SUVs going through were black....Acuras, Jeeps, Mercedes MLs, Audi Q5s, BMW X5s, etc...had I stayed in AZ I would have hunted down a different color like dark red or brown, but I was in the process of moving to Ohio and in a hurry as my old Jeep was dying.

Speaking of big banks, I worked for Wells Fargo in software development for a couple of years a decade ago in Arizona. Horrible place to work. A lot of poorly documented, poorly implemented systems. 65-75 hr work weeks. Production support calls in the middle of the night. Incompetent management, and literal death marches—on a team of 25 people—there were 3 heart attacks (one fatal) in 6 months. I left after that and went someplace worse that paid better.