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    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    From my local news files: My dad, without putting down his Pabst Blue Ribbon, proclaims, "Bu77 5h!t. No way. This is a set-up. That guy wasn't even running. Who would know that you had a newborn, know how to get into the house, which room to find the baby in, then casually walk away with...
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    His body has taken a lot of damage over the years. He is old and gray. Speaking from experience, combat sports sends you into middle age with a lot of aches and pains. He is not hitting with the same strength or speed as a half a lifetime ago. As for who picks a fight with him? A...
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    Harbor Freight tool cart modification

    Thanks. I used all the swivel casters from the two boxes. They can't be changed without a complete disassembly of the cart. It was put together from bottom to top. It moves easily through my basement. It'll travel from a storage location at one end of the basement to my train room at the other...
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    Self Rediscovery

    The loquat at my Dad's house was "overgrown". In reality, it was just doing whatever a tree is suppose to do. Grow. It's 30 feet tall. Loaded with fruit. Some of the fruit is the size of limes. I have a pole saw from Harbor Freight. Not what a professional would use. I did some...
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    Harbor Freight tool cart modification

    Well done. Now you can work on the next modification. Install casters that will support more weight. Harbor Freight can be hit or miss. Some of their items are excellent quality for the price. I used their pole saw today. It did what I needed it to do. It's not the best saw that you can...
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    In the modern era of cancel culture, and being politically correct, many have passed judgement on actor Will Smith. Now video emerges of retired athlete Mike Tyson. You hear it parroted, repeatedly. Violence is wrong. No matter what, people don't deserve to be hit. No matter what, we...
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    Pocket Knife

    Very nice. Great condition.
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    Experimenting on foods.

    In the days of my youth, I had a training officer who was really old. On his way out, as I was coming into The Life. One of his main teaching points, was eating. Meals. On long shifts, and overtime, you have to find sustenance. This guy would find food, no matter where we went, or what the...
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    You could try the USPS Police. Although I am still a little fuzzy as to what they really do.
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    College could be for more people. Our society could invest more into the community college system. We could teach trade skills applicable to that community. In my area, the community college has certificate programs for things like phlebotomy, x-ray tech, and ornamental horticulture. Yes...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    It's all perception. At a local grocery store, there's a clerk who likes to link her arm around my arm. She also calls me "hun". I don't know what that means. Could it be, that she thinks that with my beard, I remind her of Attila The Hun? My ex said that the grocery clerk is rubbing...
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    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    In our modern "American" way of life, the path to success is suppose to be higher learning. A college degree. Even if that degree is non-applicable to whatever job hires you. You find people with a degree in history, opening new accounts at the credit union. As jobs were leaving The United...
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    Pocket Knife

    According to what is on Wikipedia, my knife was made in the 1960's. to 1976 That's when they were stamping "WESTERN USA" on the blade. There's no value here to a collector. The condition is not pretty. The original sheath is gone. I have a sheath bought off eBay or Amazon. It's the right...
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    Pocket Knife

    In my rotation of knives that I carry, is an old Western. Very little information online. Wiki has a page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Knife_Company I got it from an Uncle who told me that the knife is older than me. Of course, he doesn't know much about knives. It's just one of...
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    Pocket Knife

    On her mother's side, her grandfather was French. On her father's side, her great-grandmother was French. She was 3/8 French. She looked like Maggie Q, with green eyes. Only at that time, it wasn't quite so popular to be "exotic looking". Her parents, were able to escape Vietnam when...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    She was some sort of refugee. Indo-Chinese family from Vietnam, with a few French ancestors when Vietnam was colonial. By way of a refugee camp in Thailand, with a stopover in Australia. She was born and raised in Australia, and speaks with the accent. Here in America, she's like any other...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    Wahl is one of the last companies to manufacture in The United States, and produce a good product. The parts are now made overseas - for the obvious reason. Even if they wanted to source the parts in The USA, they can't. Nobody is making any of that stuff here. As far as I know, the...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    For Context: In the days of my youth, I picked up extra money working on movie and television film sets. Whenever the production companies got the permits to close off streets, a perimeter would be set with barricades. I would be the guy sitting on a motorcycle in front of the barricade. It...
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    It finally happened. My hair clippers broke. Not by defect. I dropped them. A few teeth broke off the blade. The blade slide is bent. The nose which the blade assembly mounts onto is chipped, but still works, since it's just a piece of plastic which doesn't move. This should be an easy...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    Over The Holidays, a cousin gave me this plant. No explanation. Just, "here, take this". It was winter, and the plant had lush green leaves, and flowers. Over The Winter, it grew this thing. I didn't recognize it, or know what it was. Bigger than an egg. Smaller than an orange. I...
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