Tom Geiger

One of the benefits of getting older. Every time I open a box, I find models and parts I swear I've never seen before. Like Christmas morning! ?

Since we are all sharing... here's my 53 Stude Miss Deal Funny Car... when I first posted it on boards there was one guy who decided to chastise me... "Don't you know anything? Funny cars are fiberglass and don't rust!" ?

Interesting times! I was at a major Pharma today and was shown a large conference room turned warehouse with several thousand new laptops and iPads.. I was told that the manufacturer told them they needed to take their annual contract all at once because they couldn’t guarantee any future availability.

I don’t think I do anything today that I did as a kid! When i got back to building at age 30, my models looked like the models I built when I was 15 because I still only had that skill set. Bummer! I figured that was as far as my talents would take me! Then I found and joined a club. Several members took me under their wing and taught me how to build better models. It wasn’t raw talent I was missing, I just didn’t know the materials to use! And the tips and tricks! My models improved exponentially!

Nice work AB! Funny thing, I just shared your Aurora 1/32 album with Rick Hanmore this week! Maybe someone will find that Aurora Chevy truck mold... be worth it just to hear guys on the boards have their coronaries! ?

Yes. Rich had heart surgery in 2020. He hadn't built in a while because he couldn't get to his workspace in his basement. After that I was pushing him to build something, and he just wasn't feeling it. He never complained about his health. For those who don't know, Rich had a stroke some 20 years or so ago. Prior to this he created the most intricate multi colored interior flocking. He was the king of flock! He stopped driving at that point and sold his 1959 Dodge... the Ram Fins. He got back to the workbench as part of his therapy. With every model he got better and his friends quietly celebrated each of his builds! So sad to lose him!

I know both Doug and Rick, in fact I just saw them both in September. I remember at the last Toledo NNL when Doug and his son were taping the interviews for this new series. I watched the interview with Steve Hinson with a tear in my eye. When we saw him in Toledo, we had no idea it would be the last time. I'd see Steve at national events like NNL and GSL, and we'd talk NNL issues. So sad to lose him. And this is why the work Doug is doing now is so important!

Apartment electric story- when we got married 40 years ago we moved into a brand new apartment complex. We were the first occupants of our unit. The apartments were all electric and advertised as $80 a month on the budget plan. Well we moved in and never had that low a bill! It started at $120 in the summer and climbed to $600 in the winter. Outrageous and we felt it was a truth in advertising issue. The rent was only $360! So we bought a house and broke the lease. I sent the owner company a letter to justify our leaving. I included copies of all the electric bills. About a month later I got a letter from them. I anticipated it would be about their intent to sue us to collect all the lease amount. But I was shocked.. It said they did an investigation of my claims and found our apartment had been the original model home. As such they had wired all the complex common areas.. such as all the parking lot lights etc to our meter. They included a check for the entire amount of my bills!

Miles, Amazon is like everything else on the Internet… it’s all free. Get the general public hooked, then start charging money!

Rich Argus of the Liars Club distributed an email that Rich died this past Friday. Rich was a long time member of the Liars Club and a good friend. We both thought it ironic that we both landed in Pennsylvania, although at opposite ends of the state. We kept in touch on this board and via email. I looked forward to seeing him every year at NNL East. Add his name to the growing list of friends who last attended the show in 2019. This is indeed sad.

Gotta love it! I like everything about it. It's so cool that Round 2 brought this one back. And from the response they will do well, and hopefully we'll see more new issues like this in the future! PS - Does Bill Ringer fix smart phones? My iPhone needs a new glass! ?

R&R has been out of business for many years, since Ray Parsons died. So any R&R you may find for sale is old stock from resellers. RMR did buy the tooling and has revived some of the kits into their line. No telling status of that Olds. MCW is in business now. You can place an order direct with them and have the product in a reasonable timeframe. They have a good reputation.

Okay, the “I’ll wait to pay $10 at Ollie’s “ crowd has spoken! This occurs every time R2 tries to do something cool for us. And as Tim has said before, they read the boards! Fortunately there is a big following for C Series trucks and guys who have entire shelves of them. That’s part of why that truck was chosen. Second part is the incredible rewriting of history. You have to love that part!

Hmmmm... Maybe it's not the lazy and unmotivated part.... Maybe not the cost... Lego just announced a 9,000 piece kit of the Titanic. Available for pre-order from November 1 and general sale from November 8, the ship will retail at $629.99. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/titanic-lego-model-intl-scli/index.html

Of political adversity

I had DVRed it from Turner Classic Movies

So it looks like this now?

Okay... fair warning here! AVOID at all costs an Aussie movie from 1989 called "Sweetie". Watching paint dry would be more interesting. Boring, scenes did not connect. Left ya wondering about a lot of stuff. For instance there was a little boy named Clayton who somehow lived in the house. He was always playing out in the back yard with his Tonka trucks (The only highlight). He called all the adult characters by their first names... they never explained how / why he was there at all! AVOID...

When I was a senior in high school there was a girl whose father owned a Chevy dealership. She drove a new Corvette to school! Best car in the lot! She was plain and dumpy, but somehow got asked out a lot!

Very cool! Did GM make any? Sometimes they made vehicles for their brand dealers to use as shop vehicles.

And I read that a container from China was in the $4000 range and current charges are $10,000 or more.. ya know who is going to be paying for this! And R2 said the next release would be a stock ambulance!

Oh yea! I’m a frequent user! I’m seldom happy with my posts after I publish them! I always find a typo, something Spellcheck dropped on me or a better word!

And you can give multicolored spoon sets as Christmas presents!

You did well! I just sold my Screechasaurus Astro van for $29.99 plus shipping. It was a thick brick I knew I’d never build. I saw there was only one listed for over $100 in England, so I popped it on eBay! Funny thing.. over 90 views, more than a dozen watchers and it sold at opening bid with a snipe bid in the last seconds!

So sorry to learn of your wife’s passing! Sincere condolences to you and your family! ❤️