Hobby Thread - January 18, 2025 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread and we are rolling out the red carpet.

We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and the result shows the Wheel pays attention to current events. It said PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY. Hail to the chief!

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Update: At the time of posting, DJT is currently in the air en route from Florida to Washington DC (SAM47 for those tracking the flight which is a nod to DJT being the 47th President of the United States).

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How is Presidential History a hobby you might ask? Let me count the ways...

Are you a collector of election memorabilia? Buttons, bumper stickers, pennants, etc.? Tangible election ephemera might be mostly a thing of the past, but most antique stores or malls have at least one election themed display case.

Are you a collector of White House memorabilia? Notecards, playing cards, State Dinner invitations or menus, and anything with a White House seal is unique. While not rare, many collect ornaments from the White House Historical Society.

Have you toured the White House? Have you been there for a special event like the Easter Egg roll? Have you been to the White House for a State Dinner or ceremonial bill signing? Have you toured though to see the full Christmas decoration treatment?

Are you a visitor to Presidential birthplaces, homes, or burial spots? The old joke for many colonial era residences is that "George Washington slept here." Perhaps so, but he also built a swank estate on the Potomac River called Mount Vernon. Do you have a favorite?

Are you a visitor to Presidential libraries? FDR's library in Hyde Park was the first official Presidential Library. Others before him took measures to collect their papers, such as Rutherford Hayes in Fremont, Ohio. My unofficial count is 13 official physical libraries open and operating. Do you have a favorite?

Are you intrigued by Presidential aircraft? Fixed wing and helicopters are on display at various locations around the country. Air Force One and Marine One designations follow the President rather than the aircraft. Some retired aircraft live at presidential libraries but others are scattered elsewhere.

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What are you hobbying these days? As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Your participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Given the subject matter, let us discuss the office without focusing on the questionable conduct or judgement of the occupants. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Please dress appropriately in the oval office.

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We start with Presidential history via song:

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The East Room at the White House:

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The National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida has a VH-3A Sea King helicopter that was used by Presidents Nixon and Ford. A similar helicopter - the one in which Nixon departed the White House after resigning - is on display at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California.

The Presidential Libraries of George H. W. Bush and Ronald Regan have helicopters used as Marine One during their terms. Together with Nixon, I think those are the only three with a Marine One chopper.

The Navy Museum in Pensacola also has the S-3 Viking President Bush used for his "Mission Accomplished" trip to the USS Abraham Lincoln. It was designated "Navy One" for the trip.

A major part of the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright Patterson near Dayton, Ohio is comprised of Presidential aircraft. The museum has some other cool stuff too...if you're into that sort of thing. Which I'm sure you are, right?

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TRex asked Grok for the three most underrated US Presidential libraries. No idea what the reasoning is, but the answers are Ford (Michigan), Hoover (Iowa), and Truman (Missouri).

The Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California is consistently the most frequently visited.

This is Richard Nixon's Library in Yorba Linda, California:

This is LBJ's Library in Austin, Texas:

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The Beast of the Ronald Reagan era:

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Learn birthplaces with music!

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Five very random trivia bits about Presidential burial sites:

1) Only two U.S. Presidents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. You know Kennedy, but did you know Taft?

2) Woodrow Wilson is the only President buried in Washington, D.C.. He is buried at the Washington National Cathedral.

3) John Adams and John Quincy Adams are the only Presidents to share a burial site. They are both buried in a family crypt at the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.

4) As per his wishes, Andrew Johnson was buried in Greeneville, Tennessee with his copy of the Constitution and his body wrapped in the American flag.

5) Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia, the most for any single state.

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Do you collect campaign buttons? Here is an Abraham Lincoln button from 1864:

It is part of a collection at the University of Delaware.

The original MAGA - Ronaldus Magnus. Button from 1980.

It is part of a 3,000 button collection at Harvard.

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Abraham Lincoln funeral flag sells for $525k

President Abraham Lincoln’s coffin flag, used in the funeral-train procession after his assassination in 1865, sold for $525,000 Friday at Guernsey’s. The high pre-sale estimate was $1.2 million.
The flag, which sold for the first time publicly, was draped from Lincoln’s coffin during the journey from Washington D.C. to his burial site in Springfield, Illinois.

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Help for hobbying Horde: Request received from BifBewalski:

I'm considering getting a Falcon 2 40w laser for making parts for my rockets. Centering rings, bulkheads, electronics sleds, deployment charge holders, parachute protection bays (keeps them from melting when the deployment charges fire).
This is the model, I'm thinking about.
Basic question...does anyone in the horde have experience with these, what are the wish I'd done it differently things they noticed? Would a three-axis hobby cnc be as good at the same-ish price point?
I like the idea of creating intricate puzzles, doodads, and maybe a naked pendulum wall clock.

What say you Horde? Can you help?

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Solid Brix Studios spent two years crafting this enormous diorama of a scene from the Clone Wars using over 250,000 Lego pieces. Nuts. Professional large scale Lego assembly challenges the foundational principles of the Hobby Thread, but thought some among the Horde would enjoy seeing.

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Interested in watches? How about macro photography? If so, this video is for you:

Being able to see activity at a micro scale is fascinating. It often shows a remarkable amount of intricate activity in its own micro world. Among other things, the contact between gears in this video caught my attention.

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Scott sent this fascinating video showing the development and painting of custom treatments to Aurora Monsters Kits:

Thank you!

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For the automotive inclined among the Horde, the ex-Steve McQueen Gulf Porsche 917 failed to sell on the auction block this afternoon. It reached a high bid of $25 million. Still could sell through a negotiated deal but $25m was not enough to buy it on the block. Some guy named Seinfeld is the current owner.

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of model trains? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

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Notable comments from last week:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 05:31 PM (fwDg9)

2 I have been to Hyde Park in NY and toured the estate
Might be the only presidential home, have to think about it

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 05:34 PM (fwDg9)

3 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?

Posted by: LASue at January 18, 2025 05:37 PM (lCppi)

4 I remember as a wee lad finding campaign buttons (badges?) fascinating, but I don't recall collecting them. Of course back then there were a lot of buttons for various things, and I probably found those fascinating as well.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2025 05:39 PM (CHHv1)

5 Hobbietses!

Posted by: Gollum at January 18, 2025 05:39 PM (+myjY)

6 I googled sam47 and it came up Society of Magicians. I guess that's about what Trump will need to get the job done.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 05:41 PM (jQ+5q)

7 Well, let me see how many I can think of. I've been to the LBJ Library many times having been born in Austin. (I worked across the street for 25 years.) Also been to the George H.W. Bush Library in College Station. Also been to the LBJ Ranch which was surprisingly cool.

Seen the two Adamses burial place in Quincy. John Adams home, Peacefield, is definitely worth seeing, particularly the library.

Been to the Lincoln home in Indiana, the Hermitage, Moncticello, Mount Vernon, and James Madison's Montpelier (my favorite).

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 18, 2025 05:41 PM (FEVMW)

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Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?
Posted by: LASue

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No, but I've been thinking about it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 18, 2025 05:42 PM (lCaJd)

9 I have been to the Eisenhower museum, but didn't go to the library. I saw LBJ in real life. Somewhere I have a "nixon's the one" and a JFK campaign button. That's about it.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 18, 2025 05:43 PM (NQtI0)

10 I have a few Women for Nixon bumper stickers i got as a wee child at the Seattle Center Also many hydroplane pins

Posted by: LASue at January 18, 2025 05:43 PM (lCppi)

11 Had a buddy who flew the VC (congressional, VP, etc) planes... mostly 757s.

Some other ones.

Have photos... somewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2025 05:44 PM (Q4IgG)

12 Cicero Daughter done got wedded at the Nixon Library. They have a full-scale replica of the Nixon-era East Room that's a pretty cool place to plight one's troth.

There's also a vintage Marine Corp. 1 chopper on the grounds, parked right next to Nixon's preserved boyhood home.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2025 05:44 PM (+myjY)

13 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?
Posted by: LASue at January 18, 2025 05:37 PM (lCppi)

Yeah. I even tried it on.

It was tight.

Posted by: FBI Special Agent Hammon Egger at January 18, 2025 05:46 PM (+myjY)

14 Have a Jimmy Carter medal. I wonder if it's worth something now? Not interested in keeping it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 18, 2025 05:46 PM (0eaVi)

15 I love the Hobby Thread.

When JFK was shot my Mom collected all the newspapers about it, and a memorial book about the assassination. No idea what happened to them.

Posted by: Diddly Squat at January 18, 2025 05:47 PM (Ii0B5)

16 Have a Jimmy Carter medal. I wonder if it's worth something now? Not interested in keeping it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 18, 2025 05:46 PM (0eaVi)

I think I need to see an optometrist. I saw "medal", and read "model". Who would want a Jimmy Carter model?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 18, 2025 05:50 PM (VNX3d)

17 I think I need to see an optometrist. I saw "medal", and read "model". Who would want a Jimmy Carter model?

It would make an excellent addition to any Christmas nativity scene. Stick him in with the Wise Men.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2025 05:54 PM (+myjY)

18 I was born pre JFK assassination... barely. There's a lot of talk about it. Coins, medallions and whatnot are not valuable.

Some... "some" coinage might. Not what you might be expecting. IOW you will not make bank on a 50 cent Kennedy half dollar.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2025 05:57 PM (Q4IgG)

19 Posting again to try and get the whole Horde working on this.
Hrothgar's daughters texted that thre was a complication with his surgery and he is in the ICU.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 18, 2025 05:58 PM (t/2Uw)

20 Helping Mom sort through decades' worth of accumulated stuff, we found invitations to Nixon's inauguration. Or perhaps inaugural ball. I'll have to look at it again.

Probably mass mail sent to donors, but it was kind of cool nonetheless.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 05:58 PM (OX9vb)

21 19 Posting again to try and get the whole Horde working on this.
Hrothgar's daughters texted that thre was a complication with his surgery and he is in the ICU.
Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 18, 2025 05:58 PM
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Thanks Sharon. Prayers up.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 05:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 Never got into collecting presidential stuff or learning presidential trivia but I've had my share of contacts.

I met President Eisenhower and shook his hand when he came to town for a ceremony when I was in grade school. We had a box of M and M's with the presidential seal and (I think) a ball point pen. I've visited the homes of George Washington (beautiful), Jefferson (fascinating), and Monroe's home, Ash Lawn (homey).

One item I wish I still had. I had a bumper sticker on my car in the late 70s: "Don't blame me I voted for Ford".

Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 06:00 PM (yTvNw)

23 Do you collect campaign buttons?
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I have an 'I Like Ike' button.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:00 PM (XeU6L)

24 You buy a Prius and China builds 100 new coal plants.
Your smug is worthless.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 18, 2025 06:00 PM (gbOdA)

25 Good afternoon to the Horde! I've just barely started the process of moving my house to be closer to work. I think I'm going to try to get the place in Galveston County with an acre and a large workshop.

More space for hobbies!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 18, 2025 06:00 PM (iZEhM)

26 Sharon, thank you so much for the update. Extra prayers for Hrothgar and his loved ones.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:01 PM (oT+t6)

27 Lincolns funeral train car was purchased by a private party and ended up in my grandparents side yard where it burned in a fire in 1911.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:02 PM (1FWWQ)

28 Neighbor across the street was in the Air Force stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin. He was taking me and his son out of school early on Friday, November 22, 1963 to meet President Kennedy's plane when it arrived in Austin.

When he arrived to pick us up he was silent and took us both home to let our mothers tell us what had happened.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at January 18, 2025 06:02 PM (FEVMW)

29 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?
Posted by: LASue

No but she wore a beautiful white pants suit to depart FL. Looked like brocade. Surprise...she wore flats instead of her signature sky high heels.

Posted by: Tuna at January 18, 2025 06:02 PM (oaGWv)

30 25 More space for hobbies!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at January 18, 2025 06:00 PM
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More space, more better!!

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

31 Animaniacs had some great songs. I learned a lot from them.... Though it is kind of telling (if also ironic) that the song included Hillary in the list. And it's funny that the last line was about the 'press distorting everything you say.' That cartoon truly understood the world...

Posted by: Castle Guy at January 18, 2025 06:04 PM (Lhaco)

32 I am not fond of the plane tracking thing. I would feel better if they were flying over the ocean.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:05 PM (oT+t6)

33 Thanks for the update, Sharon. Prayers ascending for Hrothgar and his family and his medical team.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:05 PM (OX9vb)

34 Mrs. JTB has been to the White House. She was present when the Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping was there in 1979. This was the first such visit from a Chinese leader since Madame Chang Kai-Shek in 1943. It was a big deal at the time.

Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 06:06 PM (yTvNw)

35 Afternoon, hobby folken,

No, I've never collected anything to do with presidents. My mother did keep the Life or Look issues re: the JFK assassination, and I may still have them -- but less about JFK than as a slice of American history and pop culture.

The "Don't blame me, I voted for Ford" bumper stickers, and similar ones ("Somewhere in Kenya, a Village Is Missing Its Idiot") would be cool to have. I did have one in 1996, though I didn't put it on my car: "Picard/Riker '96."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 18, 2025 06:07 PM (omVj0)

36 12 Cicero Daughter done got wedded at the Nixon Library. They have a full-scale replica of the Nixon-era East Room that's a pretty cool place to plight one's troth.

There's also a vintage Marine Corp. 1 chopper on the grounds, parked right next to Nixon's preserved boyhood home.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 18, 2025 05:44 PM (+myjY)

Super cool!

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 06:08 PM (VnUSN)

37 Thank you for posting my question to the horde, TRex! Off too read the comments.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 18, 2025 06:08 PM (MsrgL)

38 Yay, hobby thread! This week I moved into making one of the tunnels. I was planning on doing two, each on the narrow ends of the track, but I'm rethinking that as I'm not sure I like the symmetry. I may do canyons on the other end, which still disrupts LOS but has a different look.

A few engines haven't been working, but hitting the underside with oil seems to help.

In addition to that work, I put away some Testors paints that are still liquid, but were bought when Carter was president. I need to clear out space because it's winter in Michigan, and that means time to play Warhammer 40k.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

39 The one piece of presidential memorabilia we have is a WIN (whip inflation now) pin that was a pathetic program Gerald Ford tried.

Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 06:08 PM (yTvNw)

40 Despite family ties to Hyannis on Cape Cod the main JFK summer white house was in Newport, RI. It was Jackie's childhood home. Incredible property.

For a while it was a museum and I've been there a number of times. The property sits right on Narragansett Bay, great fishing spot.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2025 06:09 PM (LkLld)

41 Speaking of presidential choppers, won't it be cool to see DJT zipping around in the first ever AF1 eVTOL?

https://tinyurl.com/3scb46sx

Posted by: Slow Learner at January 18, 2025 06:09 PM (dZG6s)

42 I have a set of presidential seal cuff links with Reagan's signature engraved on the back. My room mate when I was stationed at 8th & I was an Oval Office sentry and scored them for me.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 18, 2025 06:10 PM (2UnvF)

43 I was mobilized for President Ford's funeral worked at the Media Operations Center, and got a trove of stuff from the Ford family afterwards.

It was pretty interesting, but the best part was being billeted in the Amway Grand Plaza over New Years. The staff put all the leftovers from the holiday meals out for us. It was great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:10 PM (ZOv7s)

44 32 I am not fond of the plane tracking thing. I would feel better if they were flying over the ocean.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:05 PM
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I don't know the logic, but it clearly is intentional. Maybe they prefer to stay closer to land to give them more options in an emergency. DJT's personal jet went ahead and it cut straight up over the ocean.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

45 Seems I am volunteering to work on a co-worker's train hobby. He has N scale and has getting things to go with it every month from some company. Well he gets building kits but only put 1 together. So he gave me 3 houses and a commercial building to put together. Starting with a house and have to paint it.

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:11 PM (fwDg9)

46 My Dad purchased a royal armored Rolls Royce about 20 years ago. It was a car that Prince Chuck and Diana used a lot. It was kind of cool to mess around in.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:11 PM (1FWWQ)

47 As for my pipe smoking hobby: The tobacco apocalypse looms (two of the biggest tobacco suppliers have been bought out, and the buyer is going to discontinue a lot of products that are not big big sellers). This week I ordered a few more items, 2 oz. each of pipe leaf products that may vanish soon. Considering that I smoke about four times a week and it takes a while to go through an ounce, I think I have enough in my "cellar" to last me quite a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 18, 2025 06:12 PM (omVj0)

48 Presidential stuff, 10 Ike commorative silver dollars and a MAGA cap

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:12 PM (oT+t6)

49 Wright-Patt's museum is awesome and so much better since they brought the Presidential planes inside. Well worth the visit if you have the chance.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 18, 2025 06:12 PM (2NHgQ)

50 At the pretty elaborate old-school spa hotel in Berkeley Springs WV is a rock formation they call "George Washington's bathtub." Over a spring, it's a solid-stone square depression just about the size of, well you know. I had a little drink from it. There's solid evidence young GW was there; town was called Bath then.

It's been a while, but they had a good selection of 'better' wines from the Virginias.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 18, 2025 06:13 PM (zdLoL)

51 I have a bunch of Trump stuff. Trumpy Bear, talking Trump action figure, little spark-spitting Trump wind-up toy, a talking birthday card with Trump talking about so much winning.

And, I have a Jesse Jackson campaign button, oddly enough. I never supported him, but there it is, in my little box of weird stuff.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:13 PM (OX9vb)

52 I've got a President Madison, a Washington, a Grant, a Jackson, a McKinley, and a Thomas J. 1970's Uniden chassis in all.

Oh, not that kind of president? Sorry.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at January 18, 2025 06:14 PM (lUFok)

53 I found a couple of Goldwater bumper stickers among my mom's stuff. What was the first election where bumper stickers were a thing?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 18, 2025 06:14 PM (Dm8we)

54 Mrs. JTB has been to the White House. She was present when the Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping was there in 1979. This was the first such visit from a Chinese leader since Madame Chang Kai-Shek in 1943. It was a big deal at the time.
Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 06:06 PM (yTvNw)
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My grandmother had a Chinese ornamental screen and in due time I inherited it. It's nice, quality material and all that, but I didn't think much of it until my mother informed me that it was part of the first wave of Chinese imports when relations were restored. With the grandkids running around, we put it away.

Naturally, one of my kids immediately set it up as a privacy screen and we had serious words about heirlooms and respecting property.

Kids these days!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)

55 >>My Dad purchased a royal armored Rolls Royce about 20 years ago. It was a car that Prince Chuck and Diana used a lot. It was kind of cool to mess around in.

That sounds better than a campaign button.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 18, 2025 06:14 PM (LkLld)

56 Addendum, my wine drinking glass has the Presidential seal with 45 on it.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:16 PM (oT+t6)

57 And, I have a Jesse Jackson campaign button, oddly enough. I never supported him, but there it is, in my little box of weird stuff.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:13 PM (OX9vb)
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I have a Walter Mondale button picked up at (I think) the state Dem convention. I was dragged there with my very Dem mother. It's gaudy as hell, as befits a guy who lost 49 states.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

58 56 Addendum, my wine drinking glass has the Presidential seal with 45 on it.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:16 PM
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Fancy!

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

59 My solitaire comment got deleted? it was a joke!

Lol!

Ok then, Iets talk ukuleles. I just got a base ukulele. Beautiful rich sound. Ukuleles seem to be easier, well smaller, for my arthritic hands. I think I have 8 now.

Posted by: Diddly Squat at January 18, 2025 06:17 PM (Ii0B5)

60 The Rolls was green. Ugly as shit. The doors must have weighed 300 pounds each

Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:17 PM (1FWWQ)

61 My dad's favorite tshirt was a Jesse Jackson for President shirt.

He got some weird looks as we lived in TX at the time.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:17 PM (mT+6a)

62 TRex, I raise a glass to PDT everyday

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:18 PM (oT+t6)

63 3 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?

No butt here's what she was wearing today boarding AF1.

https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:19 PM (jQ+5q)

64 Excellent job, sir. I was in HMX-1 during Reagan and know that the 1st Marine One was in fact, Eisenhower. But it swapped between USMC and USA until the VH-34 of LBJ's era, and then the current VH-3D of today.

Posted by: Jeff E at January 18, 2025 06:19 PM (N41Po)

65 One reason I volunteered was knew I didn't have much to go on my 2nd British horse artillery battery and if had something to do might keep me from getting more troops to paint

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:20 PM (fwDg9)

66 My interest in presidents is 90 percent historic: Washington, Jefferson and a few others. In my opinion there were only two excellent, but not perfect, presidents in the 20th century: Coolidge and Reagan. Honorable mention to Eisenhower. My distaste (huge understatement) for Wilson, FDR and LBJ (spits) limits my interest.

I won't collect it but I suspect there will be some 'interesting' memorabilia from the second Trump term.

Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 06:20 PM (yTvNw)

67 We keep a George W. Bush campaign magnet on our fridge to teach us humility and chastise us for idolizing politicians.

He was stunningly mediocre.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:20 PM (ZOv7s)

68 27 Lincolns funeral train car was purchased by a private party and ended up in my grandparents side yard where it burned in a fire in 1911.
Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:02 PM (1FWWQ)

Was that an HO scale?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:20 PM (jQ+5q)

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I met President Eisenhower and shook his hand when he came to town for a ceremony when I was in grade school.
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Same happened for me...except I didn't get the hand shake.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:21 PM (XeU6L)

70 I do have my flag, ready to go Monday on my thruck
Trump 2024
The rules have changed

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:22 PM (fwDg9)

71 Skip. way cool.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:22 PM (oT+t6)

72 I think there will be a special division in heaven for everyone who had the patience to construct all the miniature train and town sets with the little pine trees.. Choo Choo

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM (jQ+5q)

73 I drove that armored limo and can attest to the weight. First off, one would get a terrible headache peering thru the warped glass, and it was absolutely critical that the vehicle be on flat ground when the doors opened, lest it break off the hinges or worse, cut off a limb while closing.

Posted by: Jeff E at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM (N41Po)

74 3 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?

I understand the dress designers boycotted her in 2016, but now they are all after her. Shes now ignoring them and using a couple that were loyal to her. Word on the street.

Posted by: Diddly Squat at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM (Ii0B5)

75 72 addendum
Except for the serial killers

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM (jQ+5q)

76 Biden was born in Shit-headville located in Shitsylvania...

He will be buried in Red Square next to Salin....

Posted by: Buster Hymand at January 18, 2025 06:24 PM (FDlb9)

77
Same happened for me...except I didn't get the hand shake.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:21 PM (XeU6L)
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I have personally interacted with every living Michigan governor. My mother big into politics and when I got older, I went in (on the other team) and then I was National Guard Public Affairs, so when there was ceremonial stuff, I was there.

Politicians are not particularly remarkable up close.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

78 Fact nugget about the chopper on display at the Nixon Library - we were told on our visit that photos of the interior were prohibited by stipulation of the Marines. No idea why, but if you search for photos on the interweb, you will have a hard time finding interior photos online.

No such limitation for the chopper on display at the Navy Museum in Pensacola.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

79 63 today boarding AF1

https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:19 PM (jQ+5q)

So great!

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 06:25 PM (VnUSN)

80 I bought a few six packs of PDT's Revenge Beer for the kids as part of their Christmas presents last year. Took forever to get them, but they're selling on Ebay now for a pretty penny.

Also ordered the Fight Fight Fight Beer, but it hasn't arrived yet, so they'll get it for Easter.

That about wraps up their inheritances!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (3ImbR)

81 Oh my.

Prayers for sweet Hrothgar. Please dear Lord, guide his team. Hold our friend in the palm of Your hand. Bring strength to his family.

Please let him be ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (mT+6a)

82 Politicians are not particularly remarkable up close.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I sat and had coffee with Lester Maddox, just a plain normal guy, whatever the media had to say.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (XeU6L)

83 Posted by: Jeff E at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM
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Good stuff. Appreciate your posts. Thanks for jumping in.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 69
I met President Eisenhower and shook his hand when he came to town for a ceremony when I was in grade school.
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Same happened for me...except I didn't get the hand shake.

Did you notice Biden tried to have his Eisenhower 'Military Complex' moment when he mentioned the social media 'Oligarchy' . ore like Old Malarky .. Pffttt. what a rube

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (jQ+5q)

85 it was absolutely critical that the vehicle be on flat ground when the doors opened, lest it break off the hinges or worse, cut off a limb while closing.
Posted by: Jeff E at January 18, 2025 06:23 PM (N41Po)

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True. The doors did not hang true because of their weight. No hinge could hold them true

Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (1FWWQ)

86 I understand the dress designers boycotted her in 2016, but now they are all after her. Shes now ignoring them and using a couple that were loyal to her. Word on the street.
Posted by: Diddly Squat

Well she wore Ralph Lauren to the first inauguration ceremony. Maybe she'll wear a Lauren to the ceremony on Monday.

Posted by: Tuna at January 18, 2025 06:28 PM (oaGWv)

87 Back to top comment, don't think ever been to another presidential home except FDR. Never been to Monticello even.

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:29 PM (fwDg9)

88 Did you notice Biden tried to have his Eisenhower 'Military Complex' moment when he mentioned the social media 'Oligarchy' . ore like Old Malarky .. Pffttt. what a rube
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (jQ+5q)
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He's hasn't been in charge of anything for a couple of years. He gets stuff put in front of him and reads it.

I'm looking forward to all his faithless hack staffers who are even now finishing up their tell-all accounts about how he did nothing but eat applesauce and crap himself.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

89
Did you notice Biden tried to have his Eisenhower 'Military Complex' moment when he mentioned the social media 'Oligarchy' . ore like Old Malarky .. Pffttt. what a rube
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!
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Of course I noticed. The guy is pathetic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:29 PM (XeU6L)

90 Well she wore Ralph Lauren to the first inauguration ceremony. Maybe she'll wear a Lauren to the ceremony on Monday.

Posted by: Tuna at January 18, 2025 06:28 PM (oaGWv)

I did not know that. Thanks. She is a class act.

Posted by: Diddly Squat at January 18, 2025 06:29 PM (Ii0B5)

91 I have a Goldwater bumper sticker for my Studebaker. The Studebaker family were personal friends with Benj.Harrison, and were accused (in Texas, which was solid Dem then) of paying employees to vote Repub, or perhaps not paying those who did not. They went to a lot of trouble to show that the firm was non-partisan to its employees.

We have a set of Wendell Willkie glasses that my uncle picked up. It's funny because...they're "dribble" glasses. Must have been a Dem prank.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 18, 2025 06:30 PM (zdLoL)

92 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:30 PM (oT+t6)

93 I got to shake Bush 1's hand and got a hug from Barbara in Kuwait City in 93. Had 210 rounds of 5.56 and my M16 on me at the time too. Wasn't even supposed to be near there but SS sent me that way when I got off guard duty. I wasn't going to argue with the dude he was like 3 times my size. Whole bunch of Saudi princes and the Emir of Kuwait were all there to celebrate the putting out of the last oil well fire.

Posted by: Reforger at January 18, 2025 06:31 PM (xcIvR)

94
Politicians are not particularly remarkable up close.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025

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"Politics is Hollywood for ugly people."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 18, 2025 06:31 PM (omVj0)

95 One reason I volunteered was knew I didn't have much to go on my 2nd British horse artillery battery and if had something to do might keep me from getting more troops to paint
Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:20 PM (fwDg9)
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I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum: I paint only if a game is coming up. My motivation is use on the tabletop. Without that, stuff just sits there and my table gathers dust and cobwebs.

With games coming up, I'm now cleaning things up and making space. My Chaos Marine army is pretty matures, though, so I'm not sure what can even be done for them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)

96 92 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:30 PM (oT+t6)

Lol. This. Maybe I should try to AI that image.

Posted by: Diddly Squat at January 18, 2025 06:32 PM (Ii0B5)

97 were personal friends with Benj.Harrison,
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Ah. Ft Benjamin Harrison, AKA 'Uncle Ben's Rest Home'.
I have stories...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:33 PM (XeU6L)

98 I've been to Eisenhower's place in Gettysburg PA and to Coolidge's place in Vermont. Also have Carter's signature on my commission as Ensign.

Posted by: Cosda at January 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Avm4U)

99 What was the first election where bumper stickers were a thing?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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Checked Wiki, and in answer to my own question it says the '52 Eisenhower/Stevenson.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 18, 2025 06:35 PM (Dm8we)

100 I've been to the White House, Mount Vernon, and Monticello, but that's about it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2025 06:35 PM (BpYfr)

101 UK Daily Mail reports that Melania's stylist upset with all the designers refusing to dress her. That's fine, she looked fabulous the last time this happened and am sure she will again on Monday.
http://tiny.cc/6ie6001

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 06:35 PM (IQ6Gq)

102 I've been to Eisenhower's place in Gettysburg PA and to Coolidge's place in Vermont. Also have Carter's signature on my commission as Ensign.
Posted by: Cosda at January 18, 2025 06:33 PM (Avm4U)
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I have my retirement certificate from Biden, which is funny, because it was denied twice and caused by his stupid, illegal vax mandate. My first instinct was to throw it out, but I set it aside because it is a historical document.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)

103 My little brother got to shake Ronald Reagan's hand when Reagan visited his school in the early 80s.

My brother swore he'd never wash that hand again.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:36 PM (mT+6a)

104 92 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.
Posted by: Ben Had

Her preferred designer should make a burlap dress for her. I'd be amused.

Beyond that, I am probably the most disinterested female regarding first ladies' wardrobes.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:36 PM (OX9vb)

105 100 I've been to the White House, Mount Vernon, and Monticello, but that's about it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 18, 2025 06:35 PM
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Congratulations on the century post!

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 Wolfus kind of brought it up ( couple weeks ago) that I think we might see a couple magazine covers with Melania and that just might break down their boycotting

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:37 PM (fwDg9)

107 Sort of hobby related...assembling new computer desk. Right now, the only big, dumb, awkward bit left is me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2025 06:38 PM (CHHv1)

108 Her preferred designer should make a burlap dress for her. I'd be amused.

Beyond that, I am probably the most disinterested female regarding first ladies' wardrobes.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:36 PM (OX9vb)
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It was darkly humorous seeing all the entertainment/fashion magazines trying to pretend Michelle was in any way attractive.

The kink must have been part of the thrill.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

109 G.H.W. Bush spoke to my poli sci class after his tenure as CIA Director ended. He was there at the behest of our prof, with whom he was friends. My recollection was that his presentation was pretty good and afterwards there was a meet-and-greet. I shook his hand and probably mumbled something inane but it was something I'll always remember.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 18, 2025 06:39 PM (mH6SG)

110 Well, it's an early night for me, thanks again, TRex. I am photographing each step, so hopefully I'll have something to send you whenever I finish (or burn out).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:39 PM (ZOv7s)

111 96 92 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.

I GROKed that and yes, she still look stunning.

Posted by: Next2Nothing at January 18, 2025 06:39 PM (tA1/w)

112 107 Sort of hobby related...assembling new computer desk. Right now, the only big, dumb, awkward bit left is me.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2025 06:38 PM
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Congrats! Nothing like new, fresh and large space to work with.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

113
Prayers for sweet Hrothgar. Please dear Lord, guide his team. Hold our friend in the palm of Your hand. Bring strength to his family.

Please let him be ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:27 PM (mT+6a)

What happened ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2025 06:40 PM (VE6XX)

114 110 Well, it's an early night for me, thanks again, TRex. I am photographing each step, so hopefully I'll have something to send you whenever I finish (or burn out).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 18, 2025 06:39 PM
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Thanks for being here. Looking forward to seeing.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

115 I had my picture taken with Barry Goldwater, but he didn't win so I guess it didn't count.

I remember Dad's bumper sticker, AuH2O - and realizing I knew enough to decipher it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was online somewhere once at January 18, 2025 06:41 PM (Mud1j)

116 "Mr Bush, who really runs the CIA?" would be my question.

Posted by: davidt at January 18, 2025 06:41 PM (i0F8b)

117 I was a young teenager when went to FDR' Hyde Park and also saw practically next door Vanderbilt mansion. Think we were there a few days.

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:42 PM (fwDg9)

118 For the Citizenship merit badge, kid had to go to a civic event and get a "leader's" signature to prove it. So his Scout handbook got GW Bush's sign-off in it. That was remarkable enough for the book to get stolen, and I think I know who, too. Yes, a Dem.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (zdLoL)

119 Howdy hobbyists. Hope everyone is having an excellent weekend. Prayers lifted for Hrothgar and those around him.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (31p00)

120 If you want a chuckle, do an interweb search for the value of original newspapers with the 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

121 It's me donna, complications from a heart procedure, I believe

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (oT+t6)

122 Lincolns hone in Springfield IL is real cool as well as Trumans in MO.

Posted by: Life of Wryly at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (1FWWQ)

123 121 It's me donna, complications from a heart procedure, I believe
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:43 PM (oT+t6)

Oh no.. Prayers for him

Posted by: It's me donna at January 18, 2025 06:44 PM (VE6XX)

124 Presidential libraries: FDR, TR (home in Manhattan), JFK, Jefferson, Washington, Monroe, Madison, Wilson, Reagan, Nixon (way better than I expected), LBJ, and 43 (huge disappointment)
Have also visited gravesite of Presidents who don't have libraries, eg Chester Arthur in Albany NY.
Love the history, especially learning things that were never taught in school

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 06:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

125 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.

Posted by: Ben Had
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Michelle could wear a burlap sack and make it look appropriate.

We all know that Hillary looks appropriate in a Hoover vacuum cleaner bag.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:44 PM (XeU6L)

126 Oh, and prayers up for Hrothgar and his family.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 18, 2025 06:44 PM (mH6SG)

127 BeckoningChasm what was the movie clip from you put up early today?

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 06:44 PM (fwDg9)

128 107 Sort of hobby related...assembling new computer desk. Right now, the only big, dumb, awkward bit left is me.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 18, 2025 06:38 PM (CHHv1)

; )

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 06:45 PM (VnUSN)

129 Oh, yeah. I visited Wilson's DC house/museum. Looked through a pair of his glasses that were lying to a bedside table. Not much of a scrip. Maybe it was fake. Been through the WH tour. Was at a Reagan speech once. I believe that's the extent of my presidential interactions, besides one or two letter from the WH about certain things.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 18, 2025 06:46 PM (0eaVi)

130 Tons of content, TRex. Thanks. Toured White House. I don't have one, but the funny Nixon campaign button always make me laugh. https://tinyurl.com/mkcswh6e

Posted by: scampydog at January 18, 2025 06:46 PM (yMOnf)

131 It's me Donna, and others who care, but didn't attend prayer meeting this morning:

Hrothgar was hospitalized in need of a cardio-catherization. He has his son and daughter at his side.

And a little while ago, Sharon notified us that there was a complication and he's in ICU.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 18, 2025 06:46 PM (OX9vb)

132 I've got my mom's Women for Reagan pin.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 06:47 PM (rhmc0)

133 Well, OT, but I've not seen any comments from Farmer lately. Anyone know what is going on there?

Prayers up for Hrothgar

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:48 PM (XeU6L)

134 And a little while ago, Sharon notified us that there was a complication and he's in ICU.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Ugh. Scary...even more prayers going up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:49 PM (XeU6L)

135 I still have a magnetic Ron Paul 2012 "Restore America Now!" sticker in my trunk. I kept it in there to prevent door dings if needed, but sometimes fear I might get keyed if I put it out.

Posted by: wifey of ShainS at January 18, 2025 06:49 PM (peUU9)

136 Mike Hammer, last I saw his wife was at home for a little bit, was having trouble keeping food down at first but it was getting better

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:50 PM (oT+t6)

137 If anyone missed WD's, How naked World War II sailors ended up riding Mongolian ponies in the Gobi Desert to shoot bazookas at the Japanese, here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/nfkr8ppv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 06:50 PM (rhmc0)

138 136 Mike Hammer, last I saw his wife was at home for a little bit, was having trouble keeping food down at first but it was getting better
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:50 PM (oT+t6)

Saw him saying this (in the tech thread?) the past few days, maybe even the past couple of days.

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 06:51 PM (VnUSN)

139 m, thanks. I think that is where I saw it too.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 06:53 PM (oT+t6)

140 The top picture reminds me of when I was working on the Boeing AirBorne Laser program...where they put a big laser on a 747. It was the first aircraft bought by the Air Force in the new millennium. The tail number was: 00-0001.
It was a cool program but it was cancelled.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 06:53 PM (W/lyH)

141 Just informed that PDT just flew over our house.
{{{waves}}}}

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

142 Crossing the streams: the Rutherford Hayes home in the former Lower Sandusky, Ohio, not only has various military big stuff in the museum (Chinese cannon!), but a hell of a model train show every year. And, when winter cooperates -- which is never when I try to plan it -- there are horse-drawn sleigh rides around the property. Not much of a mansion compared to robber-barons, but a pleasant place that Hayes dearly loved. Obama never learned to pronounce his name.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 18, 2025 06:55 PM (zdLoL)

143 SAM stands for Special Air Mission IIRC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 06:56 PM (YHf5p)

144 141 Just informed that PDT just flew over our house.
{{{waves}}}}
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at

I would SO TOTALLY be outside waving like a maniac and jumping up and down!

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:56 PM (EmS+m)

145 Ben Had, don't know if you saw it but i responded to you last night in the cafe (I was quite late though). Are your plumbing challenges getting successfully addressed?

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 06:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

146 Melania could wear a burlap sack and make it look classy.

Or nothing at all and make it look classy. And she did.
😱

Posted by: mindful webworker - yes indeed at January 18, 2025 06:57 PM (Mud1j)

147 If anyone missed WD's, How naked World War II sailors ended up riding Mongolian ponies in the Gobi Desert to shoot bazookas at the Japanese, here it is.

https://tinyurl.com/nfkr8ppv
Posted by: Braenyard
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Terrific story. Too bad the Red-infested State Department was doing everything they could to undermine Chiang Kai-shek.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 06:57 PM (XeU6L)

148 Just informed that PDT just flew over our house.
{{{waves}}}}
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at

I would SO TOTALLY be outside waving like a maniac and jumping up and down!
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 06:56 PM (EmS+m)

Pro Tip
Do NOT signal the airplane with a hand held laser.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 06:58 PM (W/lyH)

149 Skip the rockets' red glare and a drone swarm also

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 06:59 PM (YHf5p)

150 My eldest grandson, who hasn't been setting the world on fire at school, was awarded for most improved. I thought I'd recognize by giving him a gift. After some thought, I recalled what I enjoyed when I was his age and I got him a model plane to build, a Junkers Ju-87G, a Stuka tricked out as tank destroyer with underslung 37mm antitank cannon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 18, 2025 06:59 PM (L/fGl)

151 Going way back, I have a Goldwater/Miller 1964 button, an AuH2O button, and an elephant wearing Goldwater glasses.

Posted by: jayhawkone at January 18, 2025 06:59 PM (9rPx3)

152 Interesting - looks like Trump is heading to land at Dulles rather than Andrews AFB. On final approach now.

Unexpected, but maybe a security call to do something unexpected??

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

153 Do NOT signal the airplane with a hand held laser.

Especially, like Bewalski's, something in the 40-watt range.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (zdLoL)

154 Hopefully it's not one of the new tool Ju 87G kits with 400 parts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (YHf5p)

155 Dulles is closer to the golf club in Sterling.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (W/lyH)

156 Grateful, I had a big laugh to myself this morning. I got to bitch about having to coach the young plumber and it hit me this morning that he has a tale about the bitch he had to do a job for. Temp fix until my regular guy can come.

Cheers!

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (oT+t6)

157 Interesting - looks like Trump is heading to land at Dulles rather than Andrews AFB. On final approach now.

Unexpected, but maybe a security call to do something unexpected??
************
He's going to stop at our house?

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

158 My eldest grandson, who hasn't been setting the world on fire at school, was awarded for most improved. I thought I'd recognize by giving him a gift. After some thought, I recalled what I enjoyed when I was his age and I got him a model plane to build, a Junkers Ju-87G, a Stuka tricked out as tank destroyer with underslung 37mm antitank cannon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 18, 2025 06:59 PM (L/fGl)

Wonderful - both the award and the gift.

Has he asked you to help build it?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 18, 2025 07:01 PM (VNX3d)

159 post by Farmer, from Jan. 16th, tech thread:

155 Jules is home now for one week, but she has been sick for several days, unable to keep any nutrition in.

After a new med yesterday she has now kept 2 meals down. I thought this would be much easier when she got home, but it's not.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=413263

Sorry, ust venting here and I'm sure things will be better tomorrow.
Posted by: Farmer at January 16, 2025 06:26 AM (55Qr6)

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:01 PM (VnUSN)

160 m - Thanks for Farmer info.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 18, 2025 07:03 PM (XeU6L)

161 Sprue Brothers is having a sale on MiniArt kits, high parts count is a given.

But they do have as a lightning deal the 1/48 Hasegawa Shinden, Godzilla Minus One, for $9.99 and shipping.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:05 PM (YHf5p)

162 155 Dulles is closer to the golf club in Sterling.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (W/lyH)

; )

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:05 PM (VnUSN)

163 Speaking of hobby stuff, I just treated myself to my first hybrid golf club. A #4 with a 22° face. The old dudes in geezer golf this Spring will be so jealous.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:05 PM (W/lyH)

164 m, do you really have a photographic memory?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:06 PM (oT+t6)

165
The Jerry Ford in Grand Rapids is also known as "The Bland on the Grand" and is a waste of space.

As customary, I note that the burial sites of Jerry and Betty are where the women's rest room used to be at the Millbrook Furniture Company.

Posted by: Auspex at January 18, 2025 07:07 PM (j4U/Z)

166 fixing the weird order in which I cut and pasted the info!

post by Farmer, from Jan. 16th, tech thread:

155 Jules is home now for one week, but she has been sick for several days, unable to keep any nutrition in.

After a new med yesterday she has now kept 2 meals down. I thought this would be much easier when she got home, but it's not.

Sorry, ust venting here and I'm sure things will be better tomorrow.
Posted by: Farmer at January 16, 2025 06:26 AM (55Qr6)

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=413263

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:07 PM (VnUSN)

167 Has anyone seen any hints of what Melania will be wearing Monday ?

No butt here's what she was wearing today boarding AF1.

https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!

She's got Sean Young in Blade Runner shoulders.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 18, 2025 07:08 PM (L/fGl)

168
I understand the dress designers boycotted her in 2016, but now they are all after her. Shes now ignoring them and using a couple that were loyal to her. Word on the street.
Posted by: Diddly Squat

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I hope Vogue asks her to grace their cover and she declines via a one-liner from her secretary. "Mrs. Trump must decline your invitation. Sincerely, Jane Smith."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 18, 2025 07:09 PM (lCaJd)

169 I googled sam47 and it came up Society of Magicians.

'SAM's are Special Air Missions, transporting people like heads of state.

SAM47 is on the ground at Dulles, at the moment.

Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2025 07:09 PM (7a3bZ)

170 Has he asked you to help build it?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I haven't given it to him yet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at January 18, 2025 07:10 PM (L/fGl)

171 155 Dulles is closer to the golf club in Sterling.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:00 PM (W/lyH)
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Ding! Ding! Ding!
There is an event at Trump Sterling tonight, including fireworks.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

172 > 'SAM's are Special Air Missions, transporting people like heads of state.

"SAM" Special Air Mission

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 18, 2025 07:11 PM (Q4IgG)

173 Teddy Roosevelt's presidential library is being built near Medora, North Dakota, in the Badlands where Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located. After all, "I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota", so ND decided to take up the mantle of building a library for its favorite adopted son.

Posted by: Vendette at January 18, 2025 07:11 PM (kRIgW)

174 164 m, do you really have a photographic memory?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:06 PM (oT+t6)

No, I don't. I've known people who said they did, and in conversation with them, I'd think, no, you really don't (although I didn't say that out loud)! I think Farmer's post stuck in my mind because it was so great of him to check in and update us and so many Hordians replied so very supportively to him.

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:11 PM (VnUSN)

175
I can't find the pic anywhere now, but there's a particular perspective on the Bill Clinton library that shows exactly where Hillary's library was intended to go. His is a big ol' box sitting next to a big ol' field of approximately the same size. It's a space not unlike that house she bought in Chappequa for the Secret Service to hang out in once she was elected and weekending at home.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 18, 2025 07:12 PM (lCaJd)

176 Presidential history - I've been a frequent visitor of the Reagan library given its proximity to Casa Sin Problemas. Waited about 8-10 hours to file past his coffin. Pretty emotional. Driving home, the line of headlights still lining the exit ramp and another mile back on Hwy 23 was almost as emotional. The home that I owned at the time was in the flight path of the fighter jets (codenamed Rainbow and Rawhide) that did the flyby during his interment. After watching it on TV, I ran out and watched them fly over the house. Reagan gave the commencement address to my graduating class of Seton Hall University in 1983. He'll always be my favorite..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 18, 2025 07:13 PM (bA75n)

177 Thankfully there will never be a Hillary Cliton Presidential Library.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:13 PM (YHf5p)

178 Teddy Roosevelt's presidential library is being built near Medora, North Dakota, in the Badlands where Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located. After all, "I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota", so ND decided to take up the mantle of building a library for its favorite adopted son.
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Been to the TR Natl Park, but guess this means a return trip once the library is completed. Thanks for the information.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

179 No butt here's what she was wearing today boarding AF1.

https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf

I liked the spot in the video where Barron was as tall as his father, but he still had another step to climb!

Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2025 07:14 PM (7a3bZ)

180 Daughter#1 of Diogenes lives there. She said the Club is closed for the whole month. A lot of fund raiser receptions scheduled.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:14 PM (W/lyH)

181 Anna A- Men

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 07:15 PM (fwDg9)

182
I'm considering getting a Falcon 2 40w laser for making parts for my rockets.

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I think scrupulous use of eye protection is called for. Safety glasses that selectively block the wavelength of the laser.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 18, 2025 07:15 PM (t1fZA)

183
Surprise...she wore flats instead of her signature sky high heels.
Posted by: Tun

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I'm pretty sure they were Christian Louboutins nonetheless. Those red soles.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 18, 2025 07:15 PM (lCaJd)

184 Anna A- Men
Posted by: Skip
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I'll second that Amen.

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

185 184 Anna A- Men
Posted by: Skip
**********
I'll second that Amen.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'll third it.

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:17 PM (VnUSN)

186 No butt here's what she was wearing today boarding AF1.

https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf

I liked the spot in the video where Barron was as tall as his father, but he still had another step to climb!
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2025 07:14 PM (7a3bZ)

Heh!
He was the only one who had to duck his head.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:17 PM (W/lyH)

187 Prayer up for Comrade Hrothgar.
I missed this mornings prayer thread.

Posted by: Reforger at January 18, 2025 07:18 PM (xcIvR)

188 Anna A- Men
Posted by: Skip
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I'll second that Amen.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

I'll third it.
Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:17 PM (VnUSN)
***

A-mens are rippling across the country.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:19 PM (W/lyH)

189 Sharia law must not be nice to people. Sheesh..
Iranian Judiciary: 2 Supreme Court Judges Fatally Shot Before Suspect Turns Gun On Himself

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 18, 2025 07:19 PM (jQ+5q)

190 SAM - surface to air missile

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:19 PM (rhmc0)

191 PBS has a list of the inaugural events

https://tinyurl.com/2pu7yvtf

including

Saturday
Fireworks show
Trump will host an evening reception and fireworks show at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia.

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:19 PM (VnUSN)

192 TRex, thank you again for the Saturday fun. Great job

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:20 PM (oT+t6)

193 192 TRex, thank you again for the Saturday fun. Great job

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:20 PM
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Thank you!! {{clink}}

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:20 PM (IQ6Gq)

194 https://tinyurl.com/4rxrf4nf

I liked the spot in the video where Barron was as tall as his father, but he still had another step to climb!
Posted by: t-bird at January 18, 2025 07:14 PM (7a3bZ)

Heh!
He was the only one who had to duck his head.
Posted by: Diogenes at January
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Was the last person on her father?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:21 PM (rhmc0)

195 Did anyone get the mystery click?

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

196 150 My eldest grandson, who hasn't been setting the world on fire at school, was awarded for most improved. I thought I'd recognize by giving him a gift. After some thought, I recalled what I enjoyed when I was his age and I got him a model plane to build, a Junkers Ju-87G, a Stuka tricked out as tank destroyer with underslung 37mm antitank cannon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I built that model back in the 60's, and went to the hobby shop
to get the last little bit of Testor's paint to finish it with instructions to my little brother to not touch it. He and one of his cronies wrecked it while I was gone.

A few years later he built a T-34 and I persuaded him that a Black Cat firecracker lit off in the turret would be really cool.

Posted by: Auspex at January 18, 2025 07:22 PM (j4U/Z)

197 I was at the Reagan Presidential Library not too long ago.

It was a lot of fun. And a beautiful setting. I really miss that guy.

Posted by: Ian Phlegming at January 18, 2025 07:22 PM (MB784)

198 Camp Mabry TX has Army One that flew Eisenhower and JFK. And LBJ when he was in Texas.

Posted by: Stacy0311 at January 18, 2025 07:25 PM (0wtkW)

199 We used to have the best hobby shop here. Most anything you wanted and a lovely Borzoi that greeted everyone. I was so sorry it had to close.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:25 PM (oT+t6)

200 200

Posted by: m at January 18, 2025 07:25 PM (VnUSN)

201 200!

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

202 Blot....201

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at January 18, 2025 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

203 That would be a nice hobby to have if I won a lottery, open a hobby shop crammed full of kits and goodies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:26 PM (YHf5p)

204 Time to say thank you and good night before the next act takes the Ace of Spades stage. Thanks to all for being here. Hello to the lurkers. See you next week with a different theme. The mailbox is always open.

God Bless Hrothgar, God Bless DJT, and God Bless America.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

205 195 Did anyone get the mystery click?
Posted by: TRex
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It'll be superb Monday.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:27 PM (rhmc0)

206 And God bless every one of us.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:28 PM (YHf5p)

207 TRex, the perfect closing, Amen

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:29 PM (oT+t6)

208 204 Time to say thank you and good night before the next act takes,,,

Before you go.

Charles Payne thinks Donald Trump’s presidency parallels William McKinley’s more than any other.

youtube.com/watch?v=mZNTOTe5knk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:29 PM (rhmc0)

209 47 ... Wolfus and the other pipe smokers,

Yeah, the STG buyout of Mac Baren and Sutliff ticks me off because they are discontinuing almost all their blends. That basically leaves Stokkebye and C and D. I hope someone takes over the HH series of blends. I would boycott STG except they make Granger, which is my favorite codger blend. Carter Hall is the codger fall back.

Posted by: JTB at January 18, 2025 07:29 PM (yTvNw)

210 Anybody knows when Presdent Obana's Plian is be going to land in Washergton, DC ????

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 18, 2025 07:29 PM (xjnDb)

211 So many questions...

Answer: Let's roll!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 18, 2025 07:31 PM (hXQfZ)

212 Evenin’, All.

I apologize for any offensive statements I made on the blog last week.

I can be kind of an asshole sometimes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:31 PM (77rzZ)

213 Bulg, over and done.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:32 PM (oT+t6)

214 I've driven by Monticello before on the way to somewhere else. Looked a bit rundown at the time. Walked by some president's home in Key West, don't remember which one.

Posted by: Farquad at January 18, 2025 07:33 PM (CFMhl)

215 Give my best to Hrothgar.

I've been on a Nixon kick for the last few days ... anyone seen the Elvis Meets Nixon film?

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 18, 2025 07:33 PM (YIxO9)

216 My late mother was from Fayetteville, NY, the birthplace of Grover Cleveland. I've visited the house he lived in.

Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2025 07:34 PM (IDphi)

217 213 Thank you, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:34 PM (77rzZ)

218 God Bless Hrothgar, God Bless DJT, and God Bless America.
Posted by: TRex
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+1. Thanks for the thread TRex.

Posted by: scampydog at January 18, 2025 07:34 PM (yMOnf)

219 Well time to crank up the airbrush.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 18, 2025 07:35 PM (YHf5p)

220 I saw LBJ at Syracuse University when I was a kid.

Posted by: Archer at January 18, 2025 07:35 PM (IDphi)

221
Heh!
He was the only one who had to duck his head.
Posted by: Diogenes

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That kid must have to duck his head ten times a day.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 18, 2025 07:36 PM (lCaJd)

222 I literally had a awake 30 minute contemplation before I knew Trump won in 2016 thinking Hillary might have won.
Sundowner hasn't got us to that dark place I could see but then he wasn't running anything, Hillary might have ran with a iron fist.

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 07:36 PM (fwDg9)

223 Hey, TRex.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:37 PM (77rzZ)

224 Evenin’, All.

I apologize for any offensive statements I made on the blog last week.

I can be kind of an asshole sometimes.
Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:31 PM (77rzZ)
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Asshole???
You're lucky. I get call a scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp at least twice a day.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:38 PM (W/lyH)

225 223 Hey, TRex.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:37 PM
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Good evening Bulg! Good to see you here.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

226 God Bless Hrothgar, God Bless DJT, and God Bless America.
Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:27 PM

I'll toss in yet another Amen. Thanks for a fun thread, Mr. Rex.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 18, 2025 07:39 PM (mH6SG)

227 >>>Asshole???
You're lucky. I get call a scum-sucking Siberian snow pimp at least twice a day.

Posted by: Diogenes

>Good thing you're not a fithy skandi or we'd have to kick your pasty white ass!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (hXQfZ)

228 Diogenes, a fun evening would be you ,CrotchetyOldJarhead , a bottle and cigars.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (oT+t6)

229 I did see this past week Hobby Lobby has plastic models, I had to get more tiny paint brushes

Posted by: Skip at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (fwDg9)

230 224 I’m sorry that I call you that, Diogenes. (I don’t know what the appropriate emoji for that is.)

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)

231 226 I'll toss in yet another Amen. Thanks for a fun thread, Mr. Rex.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 18, 2025 07:39 PM
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Thank you Mr. Deal. Yes, Amen and God Bless the Horde.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

232 Diogenes, a fun evening would be you ,CrotchetyOldJarhead , a bottle and cigars.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (oT+t6)

Evening?
I'm thinking lunch!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:41 PM (W/lyH)

233

youtube.com/watch?v=R_LIM7GvA2w

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:41 PM (rhmc0)

234 I’m sorry that I call you that, Diogenes. (I don’t know what the appropriate emoji for that is.)
Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)

No worries.
All my friends call me Rat Bastard.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM (W/lyH)

235 225 Thank you, TRex. Good to be here.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM (77rzZ)

236
SAM47 Special Air Mission

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM (rhmc0)

237 Hey, T-Rex,
I have some pics for you if jigsaw puzzling is ever a topic. Lame, I know. But. Other than bird watching, it's all I got.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM (mT+6a)

238 Mary,

Obama's plane flying out of Havana, Cuba is scheduled to arrive later tonight ......

210 Anybody knows when Presdent Obana's Plian is be going to land in Washergton, DC ????
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 18, 2025 07:29 PM (xjnDb)

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM (6Zxan)

239 212 Evenin’, All.
I apologize for any offensive statements I made on the blog last week.
I can be kind of an asshole sometimes.
Posted by: Bulg

You're the best kind of asshole.

All is forgiven. Mom wants you back home. She made a pie.

A hair pie.

Posted by: Auspex at January 18, 2025 07:44 PM (j4U/Z)

240 237 Hey, T-Rex,
I have some pics for you if jigsaw puzzling is ever a topic. Lame, I know. But. Other than bird watching, it's all I got.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 07:43 PM
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Keep 'em handy. I'll put both topics in the queue. Thanks!

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

241 15 minutes’til Svengoolie.

Posted by: Bulg at January 18, 2025 07:46 PM (77rzZ)

242 I toured the Whitehouse in 66 as a HS senior, we hicks walked through like we owned the place. Hell, LadyBird even acted like we owned the place. And you know what, we’re about to own it again.

Posted by: Eromero at January 18, 2025 07:49 PM (LHPAg)

243 242 And you know what, we’re about to own it again.

Posted by: Eromero at January 18, 2025 07:49 PM
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Good evening Mr. E.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 07:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

244 Probably willowed, but a presidential memory, not memorabilia. My father was good friends with GHWB in Midland, Texas, while both were coming up in the oil business. According to my mother (who was also good friends with Barbara), I used to be given baths with GWB when we were 6 months old. The math doesn't work with GWB, but it might have been Jeb!, or my mother was making it up, which is more likely. Anyway, way later when GWB was running for governor of Texas, a rally was held in Houston. My father and I attended, and as GHWB was exiting, he stopped, recognized my father, and came over and shook his hand. It must have been 40 years after Midland. After that I always admired GHWB, GWB not so much.

Posted by: jayhawkone at January 18, 2025 07:58 PM (9rPx3)

245 TRex, any word on Hrothgar?

Posted by: Eromero at January 18, 2025 08:00 PM (LHPAg)

246 Actually, I heard that Obama was flying in from his hometown of Nairobi, Kenya via Air Hamas. But first making a stop in Mecca to pray with his childhood buddies.

Odd that Mary answered her own question also ????

Posted by: Franklin Stein at January 18, 2025 08:02 PM (Z4/qP)

247 245 TRex, any word on Hrothgar?

Posted by: Eromero at January 18, 2025 08:00 PM
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Nothing more than what's in the thread above. In ICU.

Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 08:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

248 Nothing more than what's in the thread above. In ICU.
Posted by: TRex at January 18, 2025 08:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Thank you. I’m rather fond of that old man.

Posted by: Eromero at January 18, 2025 08:05 PM (LHPAg)

249 I've been through the White House and Mount Vernon. Had lunch in the senate dining room. Also Washington's distillery. I was in Kansas City in '76 when the Republican convention was there. Saw lots of network people and thouth they were all very made up and a bit sleazy. I was at the hotel when Reagan arrived and didn't know anything political but when he arrived he got on top the the car and spoke to the crowd for quite a while. I remember thinking this guy has it!

Posted by: free tibet at January 18, 2025 08:12 PM (1wtUm)

250 I got to your the White House in 1983 on a senior high school trip. It was pretty incredible knowing that Reagan was President at the time.

I got to participate in "Presidential Classroom " a four day trip to DC. We toured the WH, Congress and met some of out Representatives. We also got to go to many of the Smithsonian Museums. The Mall and the Lincoln Memorial and the National Monument were amazing. It was pretty impressive to a teenager.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 18, 2025 08:17 PM (d8mPq)

251 Next week's hobby thread has been hijacked. If you have any jewelry made by Jewells please send a picture to TRex.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 18, 2025 08:41 PM (oT+t6)

252 Back in the day, we did a Presidential support mission hauling in a C-130 two of Bush One's Secret Service SUV. We went all thru the South. It was a lot of fun. Another time, we were shutting Navy pukes from San Clemente to San Nichol's Island. AF one came in with President Reagan and we got to get real close to him. After passing thru security, including a metal detector, I realized I had my Gerber dagger sheathed in my boot. That could have been an interesting conversation if it triggered the device. Then again, I wondered why it didn't go off....

Posted by: JML at January 18, 2025 09:09 PM (CzK0S)

253 Gerald Ford was an Omaha boy, and some group decided to turn the location of the family home into a tribute to him. One of the features were several upright slabs of granite, and Himself laid out and sand blasted the names of previous presidents. A squabble broke out over the proper abbreviation for the state of Georgia. As his habit when he wasn't sure of the spelling of something, he called me. My head was not functioning that morning, and I agreed with the "GEO" faction. Two days later, my brain untangled itself and I realized it should have been "GA", but it was too late. Himself was able to fix it, but it does come up occasionally during certain domestic exchanges of opinion.

Posted by: Livia Augusta at January 18, 2025 11:35 PM (RuqLJ)

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