Ace-Garageguy

Tough times are hard on those who don't deal well with adversity.

"Woodpecker Treat" is the name of the suet cakes most of the local wild birds seem to prefer, including 4 species its namesake.

Run Spot, run.

I hope the bill passes. A little rationality as to how vehicles that contribute a miniscule, almost nonexistent amount to "pollution" would be a good thing. The state I'm in has very reasonable vintage vehicle emissions and registration laws, as does the one I'm moving to. I'll refrain from further remarks about California that would be blatantly political.

In difficult times it seems like it would be nice to have friends to lean on a little, but reality favors self-reliance.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." Martin Luther King Jr.

Bodega Bay was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

An apple a day is 365 apples a year, and that's a lot of apples.

Never put off 'til tomorrow something you can weasel out of entirely.

Knows the Nose a thing or two about Mrs. Calabash, but not apparently her location.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their qwertyuiop.

Folk-slingers are trebuchets that launch people.

Hand-over-hand rope climbing can be pretty much impossible for a lotta geezers.

PM'd. Cool little car. Too bad it didn't make it to production. I would have most definitely wanted one. Small, agile, mid-engined. Yeah baby. EDIT: Looks like it could have made a great kit-car.

Safelight in my area has had some problems with poorly-skilled employees ruining instrument panels, cutting through structural pinch-welds surrounding windshields, and leaving gaps causing major wind and water leaks...some of which one of the shops I work with has been called in to correct.

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..