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rain_gryphon) wrote2008-10-25 07:26 pm
rain_gryphon) wrote2008-10-25 07:26 pm
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We have three faucets in the breakroom at work: the usual hot and cold pair, plus one labelled "near boiling". I'm coming to appreciate the convenience of the near-boiling faucet, and miss it when I'm at home. I've got a Sunbeam flash heater (one of my most dearly loved kitchen gadgets) that will boil a pint of water in under a minute, but it's not like just turning a tap and having it right there.
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I need to clean out my closet, and make a massive drop-off at the Damnation Navy. I'm not exactly sure how I'll do that. In past, I've packed stuff in paper grocery bags, but those seem to have gone out of style. The paper bags were capacious, easy to handle, and had a more or less block-like form factor, which made them easy to pack full of clothes then haul around in the car. The plastic ones have many virtues, but don't cut it for this. I may have to get some boxes.
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After a lull of two or so years, A. Gusman Tratores Ltda, a Brazilian mining equipment supplier, has once again started sending me news about their latest deals on heavy mining equipment. It's a mystery to me.
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Only two months until Christmas. I need to get going on the restoration of my little houses.
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I need to clean out my closet, and make a massive drop-off at the Damnation Navy. I'm not exactly sure how I'll do that. In past, I've packed stuff in paper grocery bags, but those seem to have gone out of style. The paper bags were capacious, easy to handle, and had a more or less block-like form factor, which made them easy to pack full of clothes then haul around in the car. The plastic ones have many virtues, but don't cut it for this. I may have to get some boxes.
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After a lull of two or so years, A. Gusman Tratores Ltda, a Brazilian mining equipment supplier, has once again started sending me news about their latest deals on heavy mining equipment. It's a mystery to me.
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Only two months until Christmas. I need to get going on the restoration of my little houses.
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The windows and doors mostly need replacing - they've baked dry over the years, and eventually just crumbled.
They fascinated me as a child, and still do. They're part of my primary process material, the little houses glowing from inside, and the smell of baked cardboard and the C6 lights that looked like glowing candy, but were too dangerous to touch. They've got nice ceramic ones at the store, but I like my cardboard houses :)
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So... basically made out of the same materials as the full-size postwar houses, then. ;^)
I need to pick out which of the Lionel trains to keep out for Christmas. I've actually made it my new mission to sort and repack them all (but not back into the stinky trunk they came out of last Christmas season), since it's just not cool to have half the shelf and counter space in the garage occupied by dusty gear that I'm apparently not going to get around to fixing for *yet another year*. I'm thinking the picks (as will be case for the next few years) will have to be restricted to "sturdy and expendable". Last Christmas we were able to keep the trains out of a crawling-joey's reach, but this year I see trouble afoot (literally). My wife's been wanting to start a Village of her own to go with the trains, but... the rampaging toddler thing comes into play there as well. Probably not for a few more years.
That reminds me... In the garage last week I found a box of weird Christmas bulbs, including some of those bubbling-candle ones. I wonder if they work...
Yay, the season is approaching fast, ain't it?
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The best ones were made of enameled steel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustron_house).
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My wife's been wanting to start a Village of her own to go with the trains, but... the rampaging toddler thing comes into play there as well.
Like having a Qat with opposable thumbs, I'm sure. If you look online under 'paper models', there are quite a few places that sell model houses as files that you print out on a colour printer, then assemble for wargaming or trains. They might make an acceptable interim solution, until a proper village would be safe.
When I was very young, our village sat atop a medium-tall bookcase. I could see it if I got up on the couch, but I couldn't reach it from the floor.
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I found a box of weird Christmas bulbs, including some of those bubbling-candle ones
Oooh! Pictures?
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I bet there are probably some free ones floating around... I should look. There are *many* sites out there loaded with models of just about *anything*. I've already downloaded a few ship models that I hope to get to "someday".
Oooh! Pictures?
Your wish is my command. (http://spaceroo.livejournal.com/33590.html) ;^)