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...and if you are into die cast, Greenlights has an open house at their offices in Indy on Friday (9/21)

Is that the SCIMA show? If so I think I have the flyer

Some shelters care more than others. One of the dogs we have, we went in and filled out the paperwork. We were approved and had to get her later in the week from their vet after she had been fixed. Another one, we had to bring out the other three dogs to see how the potential fourth dog got along with the current threesome on semi-neutral ground. That helps cut down on the chances of an animal being returned. However, they didn't take just a few minutes to cut the badly overgrown fur off his butt so he could 'drop some friends' and not have skidmarks in his far. My Aussie came from a shelter that used the foster system as they didn't have a location equipped to handle dogs. If I travel out of town for a model show, I raid thrift stores and rummage sales for crates, cages, towels and other things that rescues and shelters can use but don't always have the $$ for. If I can drop $10 for lunch or $20 on a kit, I can give back to the folks that take care of our furry friends. Final tally from the event......Thank you adopters. Because of you, 455 animals found heir furever homes this weekend. Not bad for a first time event (the winter event is six years old....this was the first try in the summer).

Six years ago, the area had an animal adoption event know as My Furry Valentine where shelters/rescues (some over an hour away) brought their animals to a suburban convention center for a common cause...finding homes. Although it's usually on Valentines weekend, they are seeing what happens if they go twice a year...... From thier Facebook page..... We are so happy for all the dogs and cats that went home in the arms of their new families on Day One of our My Furry Valentine Summer Event, including more than 300 adoptions, and our 5000th adoption since 2012!

Auction find.....about 30 1/64 mixed lot and the General....total less than $10. Nothing missing. There's several accuracy issues with this one but the one that causes the heartburn is the black interior. I may leave it as is as it's in perfect condition.

I learned the benefits of Rain-X when I had my Stealth and in monsoon rains the wipes even on high couldn't keep up with the size of the windshield.

I thought that was box was the missing JoHan Marlin.......Nope.

Revell parts replacement is 'not available at this time'....guess I'm not moving on to the Foose Caddy for right now

Could have went with 'Weird cars' on this one as well.... (L to R) 1/18 Messerschmitt, BMW Isetta and Goggomobile. I missed out on the BMW Luxus LS

I didn't think about that as most athletes charge even more for an inscription.

The schedule below is for the Comic Expo coming to town next month. Not my kinda thing but I stumbled onto the Facebook page and was curious about who was coming which lead to checking the autograph schedule/prices.....WOW....In order from L to R is the price for an autograph, a picture and then a selfie. I think the most I paid for an autograph was John Gruden (he came to Dick's Sporting Goods for a MNF awards program for a local school) but the money went to his foundation. No charge for the a pic and got to meet him (I was working there part time and being a Bucs fan begged to work that night). Other than him, my max was $3 for a former college basketball player who was a huge fan fav. GuestDays Attending AutographPro Photo OpSelfieNote Manu Bennett Fri/Sat/Sun $50 $50 Michael Bell Fri/Sat/Sun $25 $25 $40 auto/selfie combo Camren Bicondova Sat/Sun $40 $50 $30 Paul Blake Fri/Sat/Sun $40 $60 $40 LeVar Burton Sat/Sun $50 $50 $30 $70 auto/selfie combo Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Fri/Sat/Sun $80 $80 Noclick here for Nikolaj Experience Package Charlet Chung Fri/Sat $40 $60 $40 $35 selfie with any purchase Cary Elwes Sat/Sun $50 No $40 Summer Glau Sat/Sun $40 $50 $40 Clark Gregg Sat $70 $90 Noclick here for Clark Autograph Package Charles Martinet Fri/Sat/Sun $40 TBA Peter Mayhew Fri/Sat/Sun $50 $60 $40 $70 auto/selfie combo Mary McDonald-Lewis Fri/Sat/Sun $20 $20 $30 auto/selfie combo Bill Ratner Fri/Sat/Sun Free Sean Schemmel Fri/Sat/Sun $30 $30 $50 auto/selfie combo Karl Urban Sat/Sun $60 $60 $50 $100 auto/selfie combo Benedict Wong Sat/Sun $50 $60 $30 William Zabka Fri/Sat/Sun $40 $50 $40 $60 auto/selfie combo

He was a stray. He has two chips but neither had current owner info. His fur was so overgrown that his first trip was to the groomer/vet and they cut over 4 pounds of fur off him! His fur was so bad that he couldn't even even have a bowel movement without it sticking to his butt (the shelter could have at least trimmed THAT) Too many humans failed him!

From the Facebook event page of a local event My Furry Valentine.... Today we celebrate mixed-breed dogs, or mutts. This special day was created to be celebrated on two dates per year, July 31st and December 2nd to raise awareness of the plight of mixed breed dogs in shelters around the nation, as approximately 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds. Most pure breeds that end up in the shelter are generally rescued quickly by either the public wanting a “less expensive” purebred dog or by a pure breed rescue. The day’s mission is to educate the public about the sea of mixed breed dogs that desperately await new homes and to celebrate the amazing characteristics that the mix of breeds creates in each individual dog. Here's three of my foursome (all four are rescues) Turner...Jack Russell/Sheltie Bear....Pekingese/Border Collie Brian....Husky/Aussie Not shown only because she turns every time I try to get her pic....Jamie, purebred Aussie

1/24 Die cast...$12 including shipping. I miss the days when MPC issued trucks and gave 2x4, 4x4, standard bed, stepside, etc variants Wife's nephew has a 1:1 similar truck without the stripe.....$44K

1975 Chevrolet Impala Polaris Slingshot Subaru SVX

1968 Dodge D100 Crew Cab (!) 1959 Dodge Coronet Police car 2018 Jeep Wrangler

Despite filing for bankruptcy twice in just over two years, RadioShack announced a partnership with HobbyTown, a toy and hobby retailer, which will bring the electronics retailer's branded merchandise to 60 HobbyTown franchise locations across the U.S. The new stores will be called "RadioShack Express." Over time the new RadioShack Express “store-within-a-store” concept will be rolled out to HobbyTown in over 100 of their locally owned stores. The first Express stores will open next week. Total Retail's Take: Good news for RadioShack and its loyal customers. It's the first big announcement from RadioShack since it emerged from its Chapter 11 reorganization in January with 400 dealer locations across the U.S. (mostly in rural locations) and a focus on its e-commerce business. This partnership with HobbyTown will give RadioShack more exposure to many of the suburban markets it had to give up when it shuttered more than 1,000 stores after filing bankruptcy the second time in 2017. What's more, the store-within-a-store concept has been a popular and successful strategy for many retailers over the years, so it will be interesting to see how it fares for RadioShack. Seems like the marriage of Sears and KMart version 2.0

I would like to see the 4x4 'off road' version come back

From the Derby City Modelers show last weekend...... The 36 and 48 Ford are sealed. I didn't think the Supra was going to be on Round2's horizon so I had to grab it. The Viper ACR is a Bbuargo die cast (needs some detailing)

I got into Mr Potato Head's a few years ago with the Three Stooges version......

I have an uncle that is a chiropractor. I have TMJ and read on line of people getting relief from treatment so I reached out. After watching the 20 minute demo with the cut outs in his office and big words sailing WAY over my head (I was a solid D- student, with the curve in high school Zoology) I gave it try. The sounds were creepy and was hoping I wasn't going to need a helper monkey the rest of my life as he adjusted me. It took several treatments but it did work.

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Thank you for what you do (!) especially giving a head up and not pulling the plug then telling us later you had to take it down. Most IT I've worked with take it down and then get snotty because they have to close the fifty work tickets people put in because their Internet quit working.

My Aussie hurt herself (most likely playing with one of my other three dogs) so I called the vet. She was limping on a front paw as well as had that old man walk (that I myself know and do too often). It was almost the end of their day and she was able to lay comfortably so I asked if they had an appointment the next day. Will 10:30a work? Absolutely! I gave her an anti-inflammatory (took care of the limp) and she slept through the night. I can call my vet (we recently changed as the other one was farther away but they knew how to treat greyhounds which both have passed) and get an appointment within half a day (either one would do this for me). Call the family Dr (four in the practice), spewing from both ends like a fountain....we have an appointment a week from next Tuesday? BTW.....Jamie is doing fine. They gave her an Rx for the anti-inflammatory and a steroid shot. Strained the muscles in the middle of her back.

I'm more drawn to the McDonald's colored vehicle with the cross-eyed headlights