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At least there is no 'yard patrol' needed to clean up the landmines....

Piqua (OH)....their 1st swap meet show. Wallet came home lighter! Everything is complete/sealed inside.....except the motorcycles and the NSX (F/S)

Optum mail order Rx customer service! For years, they've had my e-mail/phone number tied to my wife and her info for my name. Recently I had a new Rx ordered by my Dr which was showing as 'pending' but then disappeared. I would much rather do things on line than talk with someone but this was clearly going to be more involved. I called the 800 number and got "Mark"...while not an AI, clearly he is NOT on this shore. I said I need his help fixing two things.....the date in their system assigned to the wrong name and then a new Rx which disappeared....so I said let's do the name/info switch. He calls up my info and asked if I wanted to renew my BP med. Wait....what? NO! Leave my meds alone and focus back on the info. I explained what is going on and he asked if I knew the other person. Umm...it's my wife of almost 30 years so yeah we've met. What should have been an easy fix took 20 minutes. Then he asked if I want to renew three meds of my wife. 1) They too are on auto fill and 2) I don't know how many she has left so I will let her deal with those. Now onto my new Rx. It was in their system for me (which was correct) but they put it on her info which I presume someone saw and they cancelled it. I got a call a few days earlier from their automated system asking to speak to my wife. When it asked if was {wife's name} I said no. When it asked if she could come to the phone I said no (she was at work). Click...it hung up on me. Apparently they took that as approval to just scrap the Rx. "Mark" got it straightened out and due to the error they would expedite the medicine.....delivery time is 5-7 days. Glad its not an urgent med! I can go to their warehouse and pick up the Rx and be home in a nine hour round trip. All good.....of course not! That evening I get an e-mail they removed the autofill for my BP meds. OMG....seriously? He removed something we didn't even talk about! I sent back a very grumpy e-mail just lighting them up. I had an appointment the next morning so she went on line and fixed it. She's a nurse so she has the comforting ability whereas I have the moment of Bluto from Animal House when they all got expelled! Optum send me an evaluation e-mail this evening. If they really do read those, its not a pleasant review

Recent toy show acquisition It look like the Tamiya Jeep inside, but there is no engine?

Got the A1C down from 8.3 to 6.6 in six months! Down 30 pounds as well. Found a couple bags of white chocolate (w/ Fruity Pebbles) in the cabinet...passed them all out for Halloween. That hurt.....

Let the trio after their dinner Tuesday and I hear Bear barking folllowed by the clang of the fence. I figure it was one of the crazy cat ladys cats making break for it but nope....young deer hoped into the neighbors yard. It rained for two days here so just had that suspecion it could make a return appearance. Midday Wednesday bio moment, I checked the yard and it was back. Dogs are bougie so likely won't go out so just went back in. Waited a couple hours hoping Bambi.....nope decided it liked my yard and decided to hang laying down. Nooo!! Nine pounds of vicious terror of mini dachshund would be the most likely candidate to go check it out, I went back in for a couple more hours. Dinner time and I check yet again. It's standing up so I decided it was 'last call' and took a plastic grocery bag and walked towards it slowly russling it. It finally got the hint and went over the back fence again. My Aussie was abused before I adopted her and she still has bad memories so she is more passive aggressive type to bark from a safe distance. As the senior citizen of the bunch, Bear is not one to start a confrontation but certainly one to investigate

Doing yard patrol this afternoon and I see a hole in the ground. Suddenly I see bees coming out one by one....ugh! Looked on line and its recommended that you use cinnamon or peppermint (something with a strong smell) to get rid of them. I'll go one better! Wife purged a couple things out of the fridge yesterday, one of them being half a jar of sauerkraut. Waited until about an hour after sundown and dumped it in.

Gotta start paring down the collection as 1/18 take up so much room.

Forest Park OH location....no 57 Chevy sedan or wagon. Plenty of 69 Camaros, Lamborghini Diablo, couple of the Wacky Racer and the 1/32 semi trailers.

Took three sizeable boxes of blankets, bath towels and wash clothes to the shelter. The county shelter that I adopted Riley from runs is rural and runs completely on donations. I got talking with the reception desk showing the transformation she has gone through. I turned around the wife already left the building going back out to the truck. When we were in route, she told me we're not adding another dog...and then she leaves me inside unattended!

I didn't drive one in Vegas but my oldest gave me a Driving Experience locally. I went with the Ferrari 430. Almost tested the Scotchguard on the seats as the ride along employee told me to put the petal to the floor. He meant roll into it.....I heard stab/steer. I wasn't expecting that much power and immediate throttle response. They let my almost teenager (at that time) sit behind the wheel of the Lamborghini Gallardo.

Toy show last weekend. The gentleman had a handful of built models and parts kits that someone made slot cars out of the bodies. This looked 1/25-ish made by Ideal. It was $10

Exotic car show Saturday night. Gold plated caliper.

Witness relocation program.....off the grid!! Go home and grab my two dogs (the dachshund is the wife's problem child) and out faster than the fat kid in dodgeball!!!

Picture plagerized from eBay. Grabbed an extra to trade off.... P

So since our Dr left the office we saw a new Dr at another office within the same organization. My wife is a nurse and my interpreter on medical terms or to what level I' screwed. I swear it was like watching a tennis match them two going back and forth like I'm not in the room. While I got the A1C down from down from 9.9 to 7.7, it's crept up to 8.3. WTH....No Doritos...no peanut butter cookies.....no pop. She's keeping me on the Metformin, but switching to extended release which more people seem to tolerate {read as less explosive diarrhea}. I also get one of the injectable meds too. Thankfully I married into the medical field as I had so many allergy shots as a kid I don't do needles! On the plus side, my BP actually read low for one in....ever. So we know those meds are working well. My mom died of a massive stroke in 2007 as she had high BP but never took the meds and tossed them I her dresser. I have a lesson close to my heart to do what the Dr says. Showing my age here but growing up one of my favorite bands was Molly Hatchet. Lead singer Danny Joe Brown left the band and came back a few years later but he passed of complications of diabetes. Just wasn't the same with the new lead and can remember how it impacted my music choice at that time. It really stuck with me....

Auto Scape - Sealed inside/complete including platform and background. Toy store find Porsche 928 - F/S. Auction win. Didn't need it but couldn't pass a sealed version. Last two pic....Louisville show a few weeks ago. Doubt we'll ever seen the Shock Wave issued since the death of the driver

Dr called in an Rx for pain med at 9a today until she can get in to see the neurologist. Walgreen's having no sense of urgency sends her a text at 2p it's ready. By the time I get Frank (dachshund) in his crate and a few other things its 2:20p so I make the ten minutes drive. One car ahead of me in the drive through (judging by the number cars in the parking lot it would be too peoplely inside). Few minutes later, I roll up....."Oh we're just finishing it up, should be another 5-10 minutes" Seriously? I told the young lady its no problem, put the car in park, put the tinted window back up and turned the stereo back on! I'm not driving around or going to do something as you texted her 30 plus minutes ago. About 90 seconds later, oh look the little ray of sunshine is back with my Rx. Wow...I seriously just channeled my father on this one! I still have a pact with a neighbor that if either of us catch the other mowing the grass in black socks and sandals, just take that person out! No warning shot!!

All F/S auction win...

Went to the lab to get my blood drawn for a twice a year check up. We went to an office on the East side but the Nurse Practioner left that office when the Dr she was practicing under retired. Until they got a replacement NP, they had floaters covering the office. Once they were drawn, they said a new set of orders were put in place for the next appointment. I show up and there's no orders......WTH?!?!?! I call the Dr office and they said that since I'm seeing a different NP, they would have to put in the orders not knowing what they want to check. Well......I didn't always see the primary NP at the former office yeah visit so since its all the same organization, not sure why this is different? I'm on blood pressure meds as well as A1C meds...maybe test for at least those??? She started making excuses again and I told her 'incompetance....total and complete incompetance!" and hung up. Two other times, that office forgot to tell me to fast before my visits so they couldn't run some of the tests. Last time, the NP asked me why and I told her to go ask Tanya at the front desk as I even asked if I needed to and she said I didn't have to.

I kept kicking myself over not grabbing the Cutlass last time and was fairly sure it wouldn't be there on my next pilgrimage.....I was wrong!

2026 Matchbox. Wish someone would 3D print the step side bed for this kit

It's keeping the Airflow company for now while I decide the custom route. Only missing the bumpers (front & back)

Ohio BMV!! Their motto should be Home of the Sloth!! Tried for trifecta of plates for the car I bought for my son for college, renew mine and get the updated drivers license. Can't do the drivers license as I don't have the plethora of ID's. When we got to the plates, he asked what color is the Hyundai? What did you have originally? It's still the same color! I said its a Genesis per the badging on the inside and outside of the vehicle. Ohio had it as a Hyundai (which make Genesis). Went back today for the drivers license. Presented the lady at the first counter all of my infot, gave me a form to fill out all the info they have on the current license so I packed it all back up and sat in the bullpen. When I got called up to the other guy, I had to start all over puling out the information. When I asked why, he said he had to scan it into their system. I presume that placing the docs on the scanner at Step One was above her skill set. The geek taking my pic encouraged people to smile for the drivers license pic. I had a serious over this three ring circus and it looks like a mug shot. Only time my license leaves my wallet is when getting carded or their is an officer at the drivers side window so I wouldn't be smiling at that time!

1972 Gran Prix promo