HomerS

at Possum Lodge

They are just misunderstood.....I think the PC terminology is a horizontal recreation business manager of the service industry

1/18. Costco should be getting their annual shipment soon as well

Through Rock Ridge?

This one is going to be a rough build..... One of the very few models my father ever built was this 48 Ford. He brush painted the body blue (didn't do too bad for what it was) and a red interior. He had a 46 Ford when he was young and this was the closest he would ever get to a model of one. I still have it somewhere in my BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in his basement. He passed away a little over a year ago after a lengthy battle with Dementia including the last two years in a nursing home. He always loved cars and I would show him pics on my phone from car shows (cars of the 40s and 50s were his favorite), but as the disease progressed I had to stop as he grew frustrated that he could no longer communicate and tell stories or details of that specific car. I got it today at the Derby City model show in Louisville today. (pic plagiarized from eBay).

Absolutely! For me it's seafood...shrimp, squid, octopus, clam strips, gator, scallops, lobster. The wife's limit is the BBQ salmon at Lone Star. Both boys will eat my shrimp, but that is about it. I don't help matters when I also go for the Jamaican, Thai or other aromatic spices. (I'm fat because I can cook and apparently do very well)

GM.....why? This is why people ignore warning messages on the info center. I drove to Derby City Model show and around the two hour mark this popped up. It did it again when I drove across I64 to Lexington even though I spent about half an hour sitting on the highway while they funneled three lanes into one (resurfacing). I turn on the digital readout for the odometer as I know I have a tendency to exceed the speed limit and this is easier to read without my old fart 'up close' glasses on. Low fuel, low tire pressure, check engine....yes! We don't need the car to nag us.

Fried Calamari. Wife worked and my oldest son took his younger brother fishing so time to break out the one food only I will eat in this house.

Progressive Insurance!!! 1) My son had a flat so I called for Roadside Service. It was less expensive to put him on his own policy. I called their 800 line and after half a dozen prompts I get a live body. She proceeds to ask which vehicle I'm calling about. There is ONE on the policy! 2) I said he has a flat but if the tech can just inflate it, he can drive to the shop and I'l get the tire looked at. She said the tech won't have a pump. Say what? I have Safeco and twice I've broken a seal with the rim and the tech had a pump (this is an important part) 3) They text him with a message they will be there in 45 minutes. No problem. I call him two hours after my request and they haven't there nor updated him. I called Progressive and lit them up! Fifteen minutes later they track down the driver and they said he had a 911 kinda service call. That is fine and I can wait my turn, but the lack of communication was unacceptable. 4) They show up and yep, no pump so they put the spare on. I get the typical apology call from the service folks (who ironically do the roadside service for both Progressive and Safeco) and got told him this was by far the worst experience with Progressive. I dropped my policy with them as after about 10-12 years and no accidents/tickets my rates jumped For the outrageous rates they charge (especially single, male drivers), I expected much better service

In the six months after I turned 25, had to get the wisdom teeth cut out (three of the four impacted), got glasses (names and numbers on the back of the jerseys were getting too small to read) and have a knee scoped (torn meniscus).....30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 have been a walk in the park!!!

Not a fan of the laptop sized all-in-one accessory screen

I would prefer the impact colors like Sublime green but this is interesting.

Compared to the past couple years, very underwhelming.... Yellow w/ black stripes Viper GT2 Orange/gray Bugatti Chiron...got one for my son Gray Lamborghini Urus....got one for me Yellow 2014 Corvette Stingray Z51 Orange Jeep Rescue Concept Mustang police car Orange 1970 Chevy Nova SS Red Audi R8 V10 Yellow Ford GT Red LaFerrari w/ black wheels Turquoise 1939 Ford Deluxe Yellow Lamborghini Huracan Lambo Gallardo and Aventador (don't recall the colors) Yellow 2015 Ford Mustang

Both still in shrink wrap. Haven't decided if I'm building them or parting with them.....

Geese are not the brightest of creatures. I was a Facility Manager for an L shaped building with a pond out back. The pond faced the highway so little intimidated them. The building had a problem with them strolling up and dropping tootsie rolls on the patio for the cafe. One day I showed up and there was a iron decorative fence w/ gate around the seating area...less than three feet high. The building manager said that it has stopped the geese from strolling up on the bricked area. They would come up and stick their head through the rails and never figured out that they could still fly on to the patio or do a short burst and go over the railing.

My sister-in-law told me years ago that I'm hard to buy for because if there is something I want, I go get it. I said that is because I give people the exact thing I want, including texting a pic of the item, even the price and yet it doesn't come to fruition!! Latest example, last year Costco had a pearl green 1/18 Maisto Nissan GT-R (Skyline) in their Christmas merch....$14.99. The wife said our oldest son was trying to figure out what to give me and knowing his girlfriend's family had a Costco membership, I asked for that. She gave the info to them. It was a limited edition so I gave them this info when the cases were put out and explained it needed to be sooner than later. Weeks later, the wife informed me that this was redirected to her family to get me the gift exchange at her family. I told her the 1% that I clinged to went to 0.00% right then and there. Months later at the gift exchange, let's just leave it I didn't get the car!!!

TRU was their own worst enemy as well: Hot wheels (locally) were $1.09-$1.19 but more importantly several cases behind the WalMarts in the area so most of the stuff was peg warmers I collected McFarlane NHL goalies and they rarely made it to the sales floor. One of my last instances when asked if I found everything today, I answered no and said the goalies were gone. A young cocky manager came over and basically told me I didn't look for them in the right place. I said if you have that issue in the back still in the case, I will buy the box of six (only one was the goalie). He came up five minutes later....empty handed. Shelves frequently looked like they haven't been straightened in weeks....and the store only opened five minutes ago. The worst was the check out. Six lines, one open and five customers deep. When you did make it to the counter came the barrage of questions...need batteries, have frequent shopper card, want to sign up, want a TRU credit card, want to donate to....., etc. Can you scan it so I can pay and I go. (I LOVE the U scan check outs!!) Babies R Us I was in the management office years ago and we had one in the complex. They were far better organized except every time the fire department for came through for routine inspections they were bad for stacking stuff to the deck in the warehouse which was above the sprinkler system.

So would draft beer and hot wings act as a turbo?

Reminds me of one of my first cars.....FrankenMerc....however the Comet was made of other dead Mavericks and Comets

And this gem from Dodge.....

And the Flav-A-Flav sized grill lettering

Not the embarrassment the Daewoo built LeMans (88-93) https://www.chevrolet.com/upcoming-vehicles/all-new-blazer

The Cincinnati Zoo euthanized it's last white tiger today due advanced age medical issues. Their life expectancy is 15-20 years but she was 22. The zoo had a tremendously successful breeding cat program but it seems to have fallen from the spotlight due to the premature birth of a hippo a year ago and now the zoo is making a big $150M expansion to the gorilla area and building a parking garage.

Last report is they will all be closed by the end of June.

Reba I'd leave the wife and kids on Christmas morning for her.