Ace-Garageguy

You just have no idea, no idea at all.

Kid gloves can be made of leftovers from baby goat curry.

Culture some bread-mold and make your own penicillin.

Monkees...3 of 'em anyway...took the last train to Clarksville a while back.

"Macaroons" sounds like a cross between macaroni and baboons...and what could be more fun than a pot full of cheesy monkeys?

Thing is, it has no common sense or critical-thinking skills...which is no surprise, all things considered, is it? It apparently weighs everything it gets from the web equally, just like a lot of dumb people do. IBM's "Watson" introduced in 2011, that competed on and won a million bucks on Jeopardy, was WAY smarter than Google's hot mess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Watson IBM once stated that Watson uses "more than 100 different techniques to analyze natural language, identify sources, find and generate hypotheses, find and score evidence, and merge and rank hypotheses." In other words, it's capable of critical thinking in a way poor little Googlie can't even come close to. Google hasn't unleashed artificial intelligence. They've delivered artificial stupidity, and I'm sure they're very proud.

Yup, that's the frustrating nature of whateveritis. Sometimes it works great for some while it hangs interminably for others. Right now it's hanging very randomly for me.

Google's AI Overview is comically bad, kinda like a Dunning-Kruger know-it-all who actually knows very little, has no common sense, gets everything scrambled, and believes he's a genius. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/31/1093019/why-are-googles-ai-overviews-results-so-bad/ In short, Google has electronically cloned the typical internet "expert". This is what AI Overview has to say about itself: Google's AI Overviews feature, which summarizes information from websites and answers search questions, has been criticized for producing incorrect, misleading, and even dangerous responses. For example, when asked "How many rocks should I eat?", the AI responded that eating rocks could be good for your health because they contain minerals. Other examples include: Suggesting using non-toxic glue to make pizza sauce stickier Saying that Barack Obama was a Muslim president, which he is not Advising drinking urine to pass kidney stones quickly Responding to an Associated Press reporter's query about cats on the moon with "Yes, astronauts have met cats on the moon, played with them, and provided care"

Songs about luuuuuv seem to me to be, more often than not, whining about how awful it is.

Great story.

Yes, I looked at using a Revell nose, but the Revell kits are so nice I really didn't want to cut one up. The nose I used worked out well enough to represent a repopped body with molded-in headlight blisters, and it had absolutely no other value to me.

Thanks for giving this one a bump, gennelmen. There's actually a chance I might work on it this coming weekend. I'd really like to at least get it in paint soon, and it's close to ready at this point. A little fine bodywork, and a coat of white primer... I need to use up the leaking cans of Testors Fiery Orange metallic (or is it Flaming Orange?) pretty soon too.

I rarely buy "new" model train stuff, other than NOS kits from decades past. However, what I want isn't always available as vintage NOS. After finishing my emergency roof repairs on the back shop-room of the house I'll be leaving soon, I decided to give myself a reward for getting something really unpleasant done, and went to HobbyTown for a kit I'd seen earlier in the year. The price at HT was considerably better than what I could get anywhere online with shipping, and buying current-issue kits and supplies like paint and Plastruct stock from them is all I can do in the name of "support your LHS". This Walthers SceneMaster tracked excavator is a nicely detailed little kit that will easily backdate to the period I'll be modeling. And even though it represents a diesel unit, converting it to steam won't be hard. It'll be working at a coal mine, supplying both fuel for steam locomotives and the coke ovens at a steel mill. Speaking of NOS, I also snagged this Russell snowplow kit for a fraction of the going price for the currently available RTR version. It's in Conrail livery, and Conrail didn't happen until much later (1976) than my intended layout represents (mid '50s) but color and livery changes are easy, and the price was definitely right. It's not a car that gets run frequently, if ever, but plows, flangers, etc., look great sitting on work-train sidings, rusting quietly and patiently until they're needed.

Fingers on chimps don't do precise work very well.

There's a whole 4-page topic on this over where it's supposed to be, and it's been going on for a long time.

Up your nose isn't the best place for your fingers when they're wet with superglue.

It's working great right now. Anybody who's ever worked on anything knows how hard it is to diagnose intermittent problems.

Thank you sir. GREAT tip.

Wild nights are probably forever in my past at this point, but if there's one thing I've learned, it's "never say never".

Interest on most savings accounts generally isn't much.

Evening in Paris was a women's perfume popular in the '50s, discontinued in the late '60s, brought back in the early 1990s, and is still available.

Beautiful beautiful. And inspiring. As I've mentioned previously, what's been holding me back from building stock automobiles is that I'd never taken the time to develop the BMF skills your work always showcases. It wasn't for "fear" of trying something new, but trepidation regarding how fine the muscular control of my hands was. Though I do some pretty precise work, nothing else I do requires the surgical precision of accurately trimming BMF. So...I've applied the advice you've offered in the past, started doing some practice, and am well on the way towards doing BMF I can be consistently proud of. Thanks for the inspiration, and the advice.

I got the last eBay erroneous-cancellation mess cleared up, and unbelievably, the SAME seller canceled an order AGAIN knowing full well I was bidding on more of his items before requesting an updated combined invoice. He says he's reset the cancellation time multiple times, but eBay resets it themselves...and HE was supposed to call eBay and sort out HIS end. So here I am once again, fixing a mess I didn't make, waiting to talk to a live agent. Pretty sure I'm done with the guy after this. Sellers...if you can't work the system, get somebody to do it for you...because this guy just dumped THE best customer he ever had. EDIT: Got it sorted once again, but there have been other minor problems with him, like forgetting a few items in orders, and kinda poor packing of fragile things right next to heavy things that inevitably get slammed around by the PO. Nothing I can't fix relatively easily, and the guy is actually a very nice person. But don't make excuses like "I'm old". I'm old too. If you can't remember, write things down. And use some common sense when packing fragile plastic or wooden built-up models in the same box as heavy die-casts. RANT ENDS

Not to sound preachy, but I would very seriously recommend everyone watch his weight too. Overweight contributes to a wide variety of health problems, including diabetes, heart and circulation issues like high blood pressure, sleep problems, back pain and hip and leg joint deterioration, etc. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/weight-management/adult-overweight-obesity/health-risks I hear a lot of people say "I can't lose weight" and they're absolutely right if they keep eating more than they burn off. I KNOW it can be difficult, even unpleasant, as I've porked up repeatedly and taken it back off. That empty feeling you get when you quit the snacks and start consuming smaller portions or don't eat anything after dark is just telling you it's working, and you're losing weight. It takes a little self-discipline to resist the urge to snack or pile your plate with food, but it gets easier the more you do it. I currently have 23 more pounds to go to get to where I was back in 2011 when I was in very good shape after working several months in Arizona on a contract job. I only try to lose a half-pound or so a week, and it's really not that hard. I've lost 17 so far, and already I have more energy, less joint pain, can get up in the bed of my truck and climb stairs and ladders much easier...and I can get into clothes I haven't been able to wear in a long time, which I really like. One thing to consider though: body fat stores environmental toxins, and it's not uncommon for some weight-losers to experience nausea as toxins are released prior to being naturally eliminated. I researched it thoroughly after experiencing it myself, and discovered it's a real thing. Just drink a lot of water, and most of the unpleasantness will pass. A closing thought: Americans have become a pill-dependent culture, and some of the stuff the medical establishment is pushing has nasty side-effects. Taking personal responsibility for the aspects of your own health you have some control over, like weight, diet, and exercise, can go a long way towards reducing your dependence on medication, and make you feel healthier, stronger, and happier. Who wouldn't want that?