Ace-Garageguy

Words can never hurt me, but sticks and stones can cause grievous bodily harm.

Looks very good, and I bought one to torture myself with after seeing your WIP, which is most helpful. Builders like you who post WIPs, especially on difficult kits that don't go together easily, are the best resource on this site.

"Personality" used to be what folks said the 400 pound zitty horse-faced girl with the pig-nose and webbed fingers had to compensate for her lack of looks, but today we're not s'posed to judge appearance.

Friendamine gave me some stuff called Patriot Flex Roll On some years back, said she'd tried it and it worked for her. Mr. Skeptical me poo-pooed it, until one day my hands were so bad I tried it. Didn't knock the pain all the way out, but man, it sure as h. dulled it. Definitely enough so I could work. Kinda smells like the old Vicks VapoRub or Ben-Gay. Been using it the past coupla days and it still does the job. Anyway, apparently they don't make it any more, but it worked so well that Mr. Prudent me laid in a supply back then that ought to last for years at the rate I use it. I keep some at home, in my toolboxes at both shops, and take a bottle when I travel.

Winter just isn't winter without snow.

Products that used to be made in the good ol' USA are now mostly made elsewhere.

Most interesting. I like the beads "rolled" into the roof filler panel. Are you planning to use the QC center section with IRS?

"1" used to be widely touted by a certain car company as the job-number assigned to "quality".

Annoying more than anything...arthritis in both hands flaring up, apparently with the cold weather snap. I guess using them for hammers all those years wasn't the best possible thing to do. But who knew? And another thing...clueless resellers of built-up models slathering gloo all over them "repairing" loose parts. Really? You think gloo smears and globs and runs and fingerprints make a once-nicely-built model more valuable / salable than putting the loose stuff in a baggie? And hey...if you're going to put tape and price stickers on a model, don't put it over paint or decals...mmmmkay? And if you have to put price stickers on a vintage kit box, use a few brain cells and put it under the box, NOT on the printed parts that have display-appeal to collectors, using tape that can't be removed without damage. Common sense is in increasingly short supply. I like pie. ?

"Car" is used by a lot of folks referring to anything with 4 wheels (more or less), and it drives me nuts.

Just saw Wrath of Man. If you like Jason Statham, a twisty plot that keeps you wondering, and aren't turned off by extreme violence it's great.

Finest whiskeys come from Kentucky, Ireland, and Scotland, but there a few great ones from Japan too.

"FREE BIRD!!!!!!!"

Days may come and days may go but "the customer is always right" is a philosophy that comes from long ago in pre-Karen times.

There's a joke about horticulture and thinking in there somewhere...

I've rigged so many shady vehicles just to get 'em home, I could write a book on the wrong...but effective...ways to do things.

Nice models. I know it's popular to hate on PT Cruisers, but I really like them. They're fuel-efficient, they ride nice, they're quick enough and handle well enough to be fun to drive, and they're comfortable and practical on long trips. Only downside is some unnecessarily difficult maintenance procedures (the required timing belt replacements in particular), and the fact so many were made, kinda like Mustangs, that you used to pass yourself coming and going. It would seem the majority have been junked by now though, because the cost of doing the T-belt got to the point it exceeded the value of the vehicles, and the lowballers just drove 'em until they quit. But like Mustangs, they were different and cool for their time period, and good ones will most likely begin to increase in value as they become "rare".

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

Stuff happens.

"I think, therefore I am"...I think.

Underground is the domain of the Morlocks.

Room for Jello there always is.

Line dancing used to be a big thing 'round here, but most of the C&W bars and clubs are long gone, replaced by almond-flavored soy frappuccino emporiums serving things like vegan imitation free-range escargot, that play monotonous depressing music and don't take cash under any circumstances. https://culinarywitch.com/vegan-escargot-escarnon

Yesterday I accomplished less than I'd planned, so today I'm trying to make it up.