Ace-Garageguy

I agree wholeheartedly. They have several flavors too, including a tomato-sauced version and a hearty "Boston baked bean" version.

Books printed on paper pages don't need batteries.

When I was working an aviation contract job in Az. back in 2011, I'd often go out to dry Red Lake (Mohave County), drive out to the middle, put the top down, crank the seat back, and watch the sky for hours. Not at all unusual to see satellites passing over with the naked eye, and "shooting stars" every few minutes. https://www.google.com/maps/place/35°33'41.8"N+113°57'10.6"W/@35.4191669,-114.0548416,88288m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d35.561613!4d-113.952942?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Couple times in the last 2 years it's been visible from my place in NW Arizona, which is several miles away from a smallish town that hasn't gone in for the massive lighting thing...yet. It's pretty crazy being in the desert at night and seeing the Northern Lights shimmering in the sky.

Yup. First time it ever hit home for me was Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Like you said, an occasional familiar comfort food from my youth. It had been going downhill for years, but last time I made a pot of it, it was so flavorless and bland and watery that I tossed it out...left it outside for whatever animal wanted it actually...and I NEVER waste food.

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"Undesirable" is often a term applied to people who have records of multiple convictions for criminal activity.

So sad that's even a question. I lived the early part of my life in a suburb of a major midwestern city, and "light pollution" wasn't yet a standard thing. I could go outside most any cloudless night and see the Milky Way, no problem. We've lost a lot by becoming a "civilization" that fears the dark because of crime perpetrated by our fellow humans.

Cool. I worked for several years in a "traditional" rod shop that wasn't much bigger than that. Some of the best and most satisfying work I ever did.

World Wide Web created by giant spiders is a thing, and here's the proof.

"Midday" sounds like it could be an Aussie middle-of-the-day version of "g'day".

Now I'm getting hungry, probably 'cause I missed lunch.

Fixtures and jigs can be very helpful in getting things symmetrical, square, or just holding things while they dry.

RED PLASTIC LEACHING COLOR INTO PAINT: This topic has been debated endlessly for years, with some insisting it's a problem, and some insisting it's not. The REASON people disagree is that SOME red plastics leach color and SOME don't...and not every red plastic from the same manufacturer does it. I know this to be true from extensive experimentation. SO...as in all things related to getting primo paint results on models these days: TEST ON THE PARTICULAR PLASTIC FROM THE MODEL YOU'RE WORKING WITH BEFORE DECIDING HOW TO HANDLE IT.

"Yours is mine, and mine is mine" seems to be a fairly common attitude today.

A very belated thanks for the comments. Going to see if I can get some bench time on this one over the long weekend. But nobody hold your breath, OK?

Steve's right. They're history. BUT...depending on exactly what you need, you can machine the soft rims off and save the centers. The chrome wheels on the left (below), from an AMT Cobra, had softened rims, but the centers were fine. I machined the rims off to use the centers with rims machined from the red wheels. Finito (right, below)

"Goes along to get along" is not something you would say about anyone with a backbone.

Word salad mixed with drivel and seasoned with meaningless pontificating is popular in some circles.

Man...NICE assortment of vehicles. Way mo better than any show I've been to in a long, long time.

"Granted" isn't the name of the rock we're warned not to take schist for.

Makes sense if you want to paint 200 models the same color.

"Entering the Twilight Zone" seems to be daily reality now.

Men who behave like decent grown men have nothing to be ashamed of.

Scroll halfway down to Art Anderson's post, below:: Photos missing on this one, but the text is good: