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I was in the Southeast in the early 90s and saw Uncle Tupelo a few times. After the split, I followed Son Volt and Wilco. The recent Son Volt "Day of...

Scary stuff. When I was stationed in Oahu, I lived on the west side under the approach path of Honolulu/Hickam. For the most part it was quiet since...

The Marines have a different mission and will shortly disestablish F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadrons. The Marines no longer send candidates to...

There are sometimes great views on a commercial flight when you're only 500' above the ground, but perhaps not so much when you're 9 miles from the...

The current lineup of musicians in Wilco is ridiculously good. WFH today, which means WFBY (back yard) with dog for office mate, followed by a...

Moving the body also moves the mind. It is why bicycles exist.

That’s awesome, Bill. I saw Wilco last night and they sounded great. Cooking a brisket (among other things) tomorrow for about 30-40 people....

Yeah, it's hot, but we are having a Goldilocks summer of adequate rain and ideal growing conditions, so the hills around are busting out in green. I...

I am working on my thesis for military history. I reached out to one of my favorite professors who is all things Six Nations (Iroquois) for research...

Yeah, that's quite a tagline for 1975. Too bad he couldn't get Exxon to buy in.

Cool. The Springfield (Mass.) Museums has a 1975 Corbin electric motorcycle. I guess Corbin was quite the bike guy, and set a record at Bonneville on...

For some reason I love the AC Ace more than the Cobra.

A song for your pre TDF playlist. slower unplugged version with the lyrics

Dave…I didn’t know that you took your cars with you to Switzerland.

Careful, it's like doing a 'few days' of snorting heroin. Once you start...............................

Last update on the Bulova for now - reached out to a handful of watchmakers, sent them pics/explanation of what's going on and asked for a rough idea...

Interesting classic sports cars seen at Lugano Switzerland last week.

Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh...cool place to visit if you're in town...from the website. In 1879, the Old Residents of Pittsburgh and...

If the Navy get their Cooperative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the guy in back (WSO) will have a new job, tasking the CCA's which are unpersoned,...

What museum is this? Certainly a more evolved design when compared to the CyberTruck ;)

Update on my son's flight school. A little history, when the Navy transitioned to the Tomcat from Phantoms, it was straight forward, a pilot and a...

Evolution.

It's #424 from Bob Thomason, who's still making them. This one was made in Sept 1990. Still looks brand new.

Damn, that dulcimer. Don't see those everyday.

1) Neither is cheap but both are good... Grand Central Watch*, RGM Watches * My brother has had good success with GCW for vintage Tissot/Oris/etc....

So my grandparents moved into an assisted living home recently and once they had all the stuff they wanted to keep the rest of the family got to go...

- Riding a bicycle is different and yet so much more enjoyable since I left the sport in October of 2019. I spend more hours in the saddle but pedal...

A noble decision. I would’ve been a smaller person than you in the same situation …

A B-29 Superfortress is flying around over the Dorptown this morning. The end of my ride was accompanied by very cool engine noise overhead. Big ...

I’d have to sit in the 1958 trim version to determine what it’s like. Supposedly this lower priced version will use lower grade plastics and...

Not me. Hope they determine the root cause. This phenomenon is real but there’s also equipment to mitigate it. The yaw damper larger cancels this in...