Rodent

"Blank" ammunition isn't all fun and games, just ask Jon-Erik Hexum. (Oh wait, you can't...)

When you decide to fix it, you will need to find a trained watchmaker, and they are getting very hard to find. "Jewelers" typically can only replace batteries. I live in California in a metro area of about 2.3MM people, and I don't think we have one anymore. I used to use a guy downtown, but I think he retired. He used to close for a year at a time (haha, joke) to travel to Switzerland for training and certification. If you dropped anything off with him, it would be months before you got it back, but it would be perfect. I have an art-deco Gruen that my mom gave my dad for his birthday in 1952 (it's engraved). He wore it when they got married about a month later, and I wore it when I got married in 2008. It pretty much was always broken, and it even grew mold inside when Dad was in South Texas in the Air Force. It spent most of its time in a drawer not running. If my parents decided to get if fixed, it never ran very long and it went back in the drawer for another 10 years. I also have a 1967 Omega Seamaster "pie pan" that somehow wound up with my step-father in law. He bought watches at estate sales, and we believe that is where he got it. I cleaned it up and it worked and kept decent time. The crystal was scratched, but that was about it. It seems kind of rare due to having a gold back. Most you see nowadays have stainless steel backs. Long story short, Michael got the Gruen working for me after Dad passed in 2003 and it still works great today if I choose to wind/wear it. I mostly wear it on his birth anniversary and that will soon be 73 years ago that he received the watch. Michael also worked his magic on the Omega. He sourced a N.O.S. crystal with the trident, and generally cleaned it up and lubed it with modern products. The bumper wind mechanism was worn, so he added jewels (jewels act as bearings in watches) and kept it for several weeks to make sure it was keeping good(ish) time. Watchmakers add or subtract miniscule amount of weight to make the watch run faster or slower. That said, just put that watch in a drawer and keep looking for a chain. At some point in your life you will have the desire and money to make it run even though the watch isn't worth what you will spend. My dad had his grandfather's Hamilton pocket watch which usually didn't run either. I really didn't want it, and I don't have kids, so I gave it to a male cousin that has a son. I hope someone fixed it and is keeping it in the family. Again, not worth anything other than sentimental value. I also wound up with my paternal grandmother's Elgin. I recently reconnected with some cousins and gifted it to one of them. Her daughters are sentimental like their mom, so I am sure the watch will be cherished through many generations.

Kits, I have too many of, so I will trade them for eggs and toilet paper.

Grandma's ballistic panties

Doesn't need to be a woman, just ask anyone who cooks. Your stove, sink, and fridge need to be nearer to each other or you will walk 1/2 mile just making your biscuits and tea. Maybe put your corner cabinet in the upper left corner, or make the windowsill smaller so your sink can go under the window and arrange the other stuff as needed. M'lady can have a view of the garden whilst washing the dishes since you haven't given her a dishwasher.

Donald Turnupseed's cousin

apple trees only

In the mirror

I drive my stickshift Mazda3 every day and we enjoy making meals for each other all week. Breakfast, brunch, and dinner. Just remodeled the kitchen with an induction cooktop and convection oven. Roast chicken is amazingly easy and it turns out crispy and juicy. I bought some beautiful ahi tuna at WalMart a while back for not much $$. Seared and combined with a chopped salad mix from Grocery Outlet with some doctoring, it was fantastic. We play the "What would you have to pay for this in a restaurant" game, and the tuna was valued at $30/plate. Sadly or not sadly, my model building creativity has been repurposed in the kitchen. I am planning on making a blackberry honey cheesecake tomorrow.

You have dropped 70 lbs? Congratulations if this is true. IIRC, you are still a smoker, right? (apologies for taking the Marketplace thread down a dirt road)

Swiss cheese in

worn on Sundays

Joel is a good guy with great products and is to be trusted. That said, and not speaking for him, he would probably prefer that you buy directly from his website rather than FeePay. I am very happy with everything I have of his and I am happy to not support FeePay when I can get it directly from the artist.

in their faces

Dude, you live in OREGON. It's a lifestyle, LOL. Want me to send you some oranges from Northern California? (Just kidding, no malice intended.. Today's 80 degree weather made my Seattle-born-and-bred friend complain about hating summer here)

Brother, can you spare a dime bag?

I have found that SpazStix clear doesn't affect the "chrominess" of Revell Chrom. In fact, the first thing I tried it on was a pair of taillamp bezels that were anodized aluminum in the 1:1 world and I was looking to tone it down a bit.

full of water

might surprise you

and Shamrock Shake

Don't hurl, Len!

Beam me up

So, was that the interior or the engine?

Starman is stranded

Elon's Tesla Roadster