From the WAY back machine… My step-grandfather was an auto mechanic for about 50 years, starting in the early-20s… 1920s… He worked for a dealer out of Chicago for about 10 years, then ended up at Studebaker, working in the … Continue reading
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One wonders why THIS hasn’t gotten any MSM coverage… Gen. Joseph Votel, the chief of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and future commander of U.S. Central Command, sent a letter in early December to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter requesting … Continue reading
It’s actually enjoyable to see the sunsets from other than inside the car on the way home from work… Lousy phone camera pic, but taken from the driveway while I was fighting the leaves in the garage… sigh Today is … Continue reading
The last update from 2015… I’m not the type of person you should put on speaker phone. I can’t wait until I’m old enough to pretend I can’t hear. Common sense is a flower that doesn’t grow in everyone’s garden. … Continue reading
JP forwarded me a collection done by Yago F. de Bobadilla, and I’m going to put one up each Sunday for a while… There will be a little detail with each picture, but these are all classic aviation paintings mostly from … Continue reading
Did anybody that went to SHOT see this??? While I don’t really see it as a self-defense round, I can see other applications, like drones, or taking out an entire window… I’m not sure how stable this would actually be … Continue reading
Frack is going on??? If I’m retired, WHY am I so damn busy? Or maybe I should ask why am I in the handbasket and where are we going??? I only got about 1000 words in today, between all the … Continue reading
Oops… Apparently this morning’s post… Didn’t… Sorry! A different time… When our country pulled together… Nothing more need be said… h/t JP … Continue reading
Well, we got Lawdog back to blogging, so score one for us… Peter and Dot are getting settled, and we’re getting into a routine amongst the group. I don’t mind cooking, and I’ve actually cooked more in the last month … Continue reading
In flooring, not the other kind… A question came up with respect to matching transitions to the floor color when we were doing the laminate flooring for Peter and Dot. On the right side of the pic, you can see … Continue reading