On the return trip from taking my wife to an appointment today an ‘Engine Hot, AC Shut Down’ warning came on in the truck, though the water temp gauge stayed at 160° (I’ve been watching the gauge for about 1 1/2 years because it wasn’t reaching the ‘normal’ 210° I was used to and figured there was a thermostat issue lurking somewhere). And the ( Read more... )

After binging “Beastars” to the end I found myself in need of a TV fix. I tried several old westerns, none of which worked out, and then explored some cartoons.

“Tom and Jerry” - The movie is on HBO for a few more days. Unimpressive, to me; I did not get far. I finally settled for watching classic Tom&Jerry cartoons.

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Just a few things seen online that I found funny-


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Vacation ended and I’ve been back to work since Monday. I got lazy after discovering the rotted floor upstairs, but did manage to fix the leaky bath faucet and get another toilet installed. I got the garden mostly clear except for my August-planted peas...


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 So begins a three-day weekend: Columbus Day (still not renamed). We finally got our quote and I have lots to do in preparation for getting the house connected to street water. There are trees to cut out front, and a freezer and cabinet to move in the basement. I also have a shower to look at to see if I can repair it and washerless valves to ( Read more... )

With a little bit of luck and perseverance I was able to find at least one of those Bugs Bunny stamps I mentioned in my last post. Here it is along with a newspaper I had forgotten that I also saved from ‘97 (click to enlarge) -


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My Wolfling turned me on to this comic


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After a friend’s post, I was looking around online for ‘copyright free’ old comics and remembered DCM. I couldn’t find my login info (not unusual) so I scanned about for anthropomorphic critter covers only. I saw this


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Taxes are done!


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I never followed Walt Kelly's Pogo comic when the local papers ran it, but tonight I came across this copy online:


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