49.9 for a MPG commute average this week--Many things occurred this week that i will not speak of---for there is no use in it---
Soon this ridiculous election will be over, empty men with empty promises fighting over who controls the corpse of a society in it's last days...I will give no more political advice...i was stupid enough to vote for hope last time---never a vote from me, ever again.
The above is a diagram of the markings of the males---this is both beautiful and amazing at the same time........
People in New Mexico take their dogs to work with them quite a bit---
on my daily commute i see many dudes with a dog either hanging out in the bed
of their Pickup truck or sitting up front with them like a bud.
I get somewhat envious of this---it must be nice to go to work
everyday with your best pal......
We have two dogs, both Boston Terriers and Buddy our oldest, somewhere
between 13 thru 16 years old is now pretty much blind and deaf....He is however
teaching me how to get old---this has become his job----he gets around good,
enjoys his naps immensely, is quite proud of his farting capability, He is
intently interested in any visitor we get sniffing them from top to bottom
since he cannot really see much any longer, and he really enjoys his doggie
treats with lots of eating noise and lip smacking...
Getting old and having afflications has not crippled him---that's what
he is teaching me...some days are better than others and he has spells where he
gets a bit confused---or he has a hard time jumping up and down from the
communal bed...but that's just the way it goes and he doesn't let a bad day
ruin everything for him, he doesn't focus on the bad that just happened----he
stills holds up his end against the younger dog BB when they play with the pull
toys....Last weekend i was outside painting and Old Bud came out the two doggie
doors and laid down in the sun with a smile on his face. He is the best role
model for aging that i could every want to have...and i am trying to take in
everything he teaches me..........
Playing with Javelins can obviously put an eye out---the link below
leads to a German news story about how a 74 year old javelin coach was
'accidentlly' killed by a javelin thrown by one of his students while the
codger was downrange..apparently this guy was the local, jolly old, hang
around, track and field judge dude, loved by all---was is the
main point here, as in past tense---now why do you allow a 74 year old guy
anywhere near a field where javelins are being thrown about? At my age already
i cannot see shit--much less observe a javelin traveling at the speed of sound
heading for me and evade it--there is no dodging shit like javelins after 50
years old is attained---there is just staying the fuck away from impact area
when you are an old dude....old dudes can hang around synchronized swimming, or
that thing the canadians do with sliding an iron aross the ice with
brooms---that kind of shit old dudes can hang around---not Javelin or
archery---we wander about us old dudes and yelling watch out or duck does
nothing for us since we also can't hear....mental note to self on retirement---no
volunteering as a javelin coach.
I built a small vehicle trailer from scratch for an Italian vechicle
set i am working on. Pretty proud of it I have to admit---the wheels that i
salvaged from a bad 1/48th kit made the job possible---but the rest of the
trailer is made from stolen coffee stirrers, and sheet plastic---a few odds and
ends cobbled together from my still very small parts box for the added
details....
i have to detail the trailer with cargo--tailgate handles and
whatever comes to mind---but I am pleased with the job---I'll post additional
photo's of the finished product painted and outfitted when completed.
Italian vehicles, armor and figures are offered by
companies only on a limited basis here in the United States since there is
apparently a very small market for them--Scratch building this little trailer
is the begininng of a process of modifying kits, figures or building from
scratch, Italian early-and prewar objects in 1/35th scale. After a fruitless
search for an italian military 
truck kit---I just ordered a german end of the war, primitive cargo
truck kit, they make a million german kits--where wooden cab and bed took the
place of limited steel in truck production. My intention is modifying this kit
during construction to match as closely as possible an Italian Royal Army truck
of 1930's vintage....it may be difficult, but at this point based on supply
limitations it is the best i can do---and may be way more entertaining overall
that simply building the perfect kit.
It is also wonderous to build these items in my mind during work---the
trailer simply flowed together since i had built it in my mind 20 times the
week before while at work....i am hoping for the same success with modfying the
truck kit...pictures to follow.
Incorporating the closed circuit monitoring capability of our homestead I just added perimeter motion detection alarms.
"There has to be a mathematical explanation
for how bad your tie is.
John Nash in the film "A Beautiful Mind".
1 comment:
Youre right about old dogs teaching us how to grow old gracefully. bottom line if they don't like us farting, staring, eating noisly and falling asleep while talking to us. Well that is there problem.- Stay cool my brother
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