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He named his first kid Moon Unit. Guessing she is somebody who can stand her own ground...

Good Luck with the move, Discovery9! Ever hear of Frank Zappa? He cut a ragged tune once about Montana, just might be the only tune out there about the State...it's about dental floss. Zappa, he was kind of whacked. You're not maybe working on a Floss farm out there yourself, are you?

This is an EXCELLENT project, plowboy. You GO!! Of course, the nuclear missles never went away, quite a few of them out there right now (live): - The touch of a button, and likely ALL of us are Toast. Aww, nuts.

Like waiting until AFTER the first shot at assembling something to read the Instruction Manual. I've done that so many times, I can't count 'em.

So sorry you had that episode, and sure hope you are on the mend and back at full strength! And, you know, there's a lot to be said for downsizing, you might be pleasantly surprised.

The saying goes: There are old pilots/ There are bold pilots/ But there are no old bold pilots :mrgreen:

I quit after 5 minutes (it's my attention span). Impressive. But any pilots here on the thread: - Is flying THAT close to the deck foolhardy?

Wondering if someone here (in the U.S.) made the purchase and just mailed it to you, if all that Shipping/ Customs complication could be side-stepped? The U.S. Mail is pretty much a bargain (mostly). I don't know about all this though. If you find a source, send me the cost and I'd be...

Maybe "start small", and then work your way up! It might be the ONLY way to afford any armor in the collection...

That's special, nice rigs! What are the 1/3 wheel "boxes" on the rims. some kind of counterweight or something?

Germany is well represented for sure, but there are folks in the mix from all over! That's fun!!

Glad you made it home alright. That was SOME adventure for sure.

That is very cool that GMC had an historian on the payroll. Brilliant. The stories that get lost in big long-standing companies is almost a crime. I used to work for J.A. Jones, a global construction operation that was once pivotal in the production of Liberty Ships during WWII (literally just...

That's real Gneiss!

Congratulations on the new baby girl, Floridanson!! What's your "grandaddy name" going to be?!