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Rodent

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  1. I am not a coffee snob by any stretch of the imagination, but I rejected the Mr. Coffee (etc.) coffee makers a long time ago. The first cup tastes good, but after the leftovers have been kept at 190 degrees or so (I have measured the temp) the second cup just tastes burned to me. I switched to a French press and just made one or two cups at a time. Now I am using a pour-over system and just make one cup if for me or two if we both want some. Additional cups are easy to make if you want seconds. You can heat the water in a tea kettle on the stove, but we have an electric one that plugs in. No moving parts, and I throw the used grounds on the azaleas and camellias.
  2. disassemble their gluebombs
  3. Looks like he was having login issues and created a new username. Not sure why he hasn't checked back in since October.
  4. OK, that says a lot. There were repops on Corvette C4 chassis (as well as Lincoln chassis). If DMV calls it a Chevrolet, that must be what it is.
  5. Roger, if your original pic is clear enough, what is the make listed on that temporary plate? As others have said, there are several repops around.
  6. Brookfield Collectors Guild did a Neon promo. They turn up on FleaPay from time to time.
  7. How about this one? Looks like a few of the kit breakers on FleaBay have parts available. Edit: Nevermind, you beat me to the punch Rich.
  8. Who cares about the water pipe rollbar, the fuel tank is in the back seat!
  9. A few years ago (on April 1), my neighbor put sticks in Brussels sprouts and frosted them. His kids thought they were cake pops. One bite told them otherwise. The downside was that the kids are both good eaters and actually liked them.
  10. I don't like Plum Crazy so much anymore, but I am going to have to build one of these in that color. Dad was used car shopping in 1973 and my barely teenage brain wanted him to buy the one we found at the Pontiac dealership. "Dad, it's just a 340, it must get better fuel economy than Mom's car (64 Galaxie 390), and manuals get better fuel economy than automatics." Didn't work. He would have been sleeping in the garage if he brought home a purple car. Brown 351W 2 door 70 Galaxie wound up being the choice.
  11. Mike, if this doesn't work, PM Mr. Geiger or someone else involved with NNL East and ask if there are any leftover shirts in your size.
  12. Gas-electric, like a Chevy Volt (or Cadillac ELR). The engine doesn't drive the wheels, it's just a generator. It is an interesting idea outside of the railroad application.
  13. A number of years ago, we toured this place: https://prestoncastle.org/ It's not too far away and is an amazing building with an amazing history. We didn't feel anything weird, but several of the digital pictures I took contained orbs when I viewed them later. After some time, I looked at the pictures again and the orbs were gone. In 2006 or so, we were house shopping and attended an open house at a home that was built in 1941 that was occupied by the original owners until the lady died there. I don't feel spiritual presence much at all, I think that they know that they can do what they want and I won't call a priest to evict them. However, as soon as we entered the living room, I felt the overwhelming sense that it was Christmas (90 degree day in September when we visited) and there were a group of men in old fashioned suits in the corner of the room fussing with a TV set from the early 50s even though the room was devoid of all furniture at the time we toured. It was a pretty nice house for its day in this town, just under 2000 sf, 3 bedrooms, two baths. Large detached two car garage in the back, with an attached den and fireplace on the side. (Hello, remote office 2020?). Spousal unit was making disparaging comments about the design, calling the house a "bowling alley" which describes many of the 40s and early 50s houses here. They were built on narrow but deep lots, and the joke is that you can set up pins in the main bedroom and roll a bowling ball from the front door. We wound up in the kitchen which was an unfortunate mashup of 40s galley kitchen and early 60s remodel. The original service porch was now part of the kitchen, with a washer, dryer and freezer. Not a place for someone who likes to cook without a serious kitchen remodel. Again, 90 degree September day, and the door to the back yard was open. No breeze whatsoever. After the third or fourth negative comment about the kitchen, the back door slammed closed with a loud enough bang that the hosting realtor came into the kitchen to see what we were doing. We were about 20 feet away from that door when she arrived and she seemed puzzled about how the door slammed so loudly. We are thinking that whatever spirits were there weren't quite through with the house, and they may have embraced me (somewhat) due to the fact that they were of Portuguese descent as I am (44% or so) but not appreciated the comments of my Scandinavian French Irish mutt partner. That was the only in the face spiritual experience I have ever had.
  14. Until someone farts
  15. True. I didn't mean to sound like I was bashing Megahobby, I just wanted to let you guys know that at least two vendors have this back in stock in the US.
  16. I received emails from both Hobbylinc and Megahobby that they have it back in stock. I thought Megahobby's shipping was a bit unreasonable, so I just ordered 2 cans from Hobbylinc.
  17. You get the next issue after you subscribe. If you just subscribed, you will get #222 since #221 went out a while ago.
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