Ace-Garageguy

Duo and Denom can team up to give you a real pain in the guts.

Album covers in the '60s didn't draw me in like model box-art did, 'cause I already knew what the music sounded like, but when bookstores had CDs you could listen to before buying, I'd often choose something I'd never heard just because of the album art.

Hippie girls just seemed to find out early how to go through life on just a smile.

"Attraction" between hippos has always made me wonder "are they all blind?"

Cannibal Smith was Hannibal's younger brother, a chef with an interesting specialty, and who was occasionally charged with getting rid of "evidence" for the A-Team.

Lashes with a whip were supposed to encourage contrition and remorse on the part of an offender but sometimes had exactly the opposite effect, toughening the spirit of the one receiving punishment, particularly if it was unjust.

Jar Jar Binks had a face only a mother could love.

Few men live their entire lives doing work they love. Besides being a master craftsman and designer, he worked hard to share his knowledge with others to help them develop their own skills. I wish I'd met him, but I'll never forget him.

Help me, Rhonda.

Lucked into an unbuilt HO scale Roundhouse 3 truck Shay locomotive kit #370 for less than 1/2 of the typical online asking price. These have been around for decades, and the latest ones have "can" motors like this one (as opposed to the earlier "open frame" motors). But the even cooler thing about it is that, not only is it complete and unbuilt, the box contained upgrade parts worth at least another hundred bucks. Included are a more powerful 2-shaft can motor with an extra flywheel, better brass gears to replace the original plastic ones, and multiple packs of cast brass and plastic details. Shay locomotives were developed for applications where a lot of low-speed pulling power was needed, particularly on steep grades and poor trackage with tight turns on logging and mining operations. Power was transmitted to the drive wheels by bevel gears and driveshafts rather than the side rods more frequently seen on steam locomotives. These little workhorses were built in various configurations from 1884 until 1945, weighing from 6 to 160 tons, with several still in regular operation. This kit represents a 70 tonner. The kt, reputed to be particularly difficult, builds up to look like this and includes "custom" parts to date it to a particular period..

Snickers deep fried with a tasty outer batter can make your heart just explode with no other input.

I gotta tell you...the cheapest solution can also be the best. I use cheapo (pawn shop or thrift store) swing-arm lamps with 100-watt-(incandescent)-equivalent LED bulbs, and my bench is almost as bright as day.

No apologies necessary. Just pointing you in the right direction.

Big bummer. I was in Mojave at a conference at the airport just down the road from his shop in about 2011, but the party I was with was in too big a hurry to get going. Always figured I'd get to meet him after I moved out West, looks like I waited a little too long. I learned a whole lot from him over the years anyway though. They don't make 'em like that anymore...

Seven pages of ideas...

Who cares?

Lately, shoppers in my neighborhood seem to be hoarding eggs like they did with TP during the last existential crisis, and I have to wonder if they believe eggs keep equally well.

R.E.M. can mean rapid eye movement, a descriptor for a type of sleep that includes dreaming.

"Time and tide wait for no man."

"Them that's got shall get, them that's not shall lose..."

Larvae of anything, living or dead, has never conjured up the idea of "food" in my unashamedly Western mind...but if I got hungry enough, you just never know.

Man, I really like that concept illustration. If you can pull it off it'll be one seriously cool build. Good luck.

Man, some of the stuff on the web would gag a maggot.

Engine sounds of every kind appeal to me, from steam locomotives to Merlins to Pratt & Whitney J58 turbojets.

Face the music.