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AlbinoDragon
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This is fantastic! I've toyed with the idea of having custom ex libris bookplates printed up for my own and rather humble library, but I might just look into one of these instead.
Thanks for posting this and planting an idea in my head. Have fun re-visiting every single book in your collection!
I sold my Mustang a while back and needed a weekend vehicle. I wanted something fun to drive around in so I purchased this…
It’s been a long time coming since I sold my ‘86 CJ Laredo years ago. Wish I had that one back!
Going to tag @JeepologyOffroad. Maybe he will send me a duck! lol
It’s been a long time coming since I sold my ‘86 CJ Laredo years ago. Wish I had that one back!
Going to tag @JeepologyOffroad. Maybe he will send me a duck! lol
Moxie Mike
Full House
New podcast setup is almost complete:
What is the deal with ducks and Jeeps? My daughter just bought a Wrangler about 2 months ago and her dash has about 20 rubber ducks on it!
I hate it when someone leaves a duck on my Jeep. I think they are so dumb.
Oh, do share . . I listen to multiple podcasts on TONS of subjects.
Here is a pretty good explanation of the "duck, duck, Jeep" craze that started back in 2020. I know many may not get into it and I have not received one yet but if it makes a person smile, especially in this day and age, then why not!
Of course with the amount of Jeeps out there it may end up costing a fortune!
Not sure I will participate but if so I may have any idea for the one I will give, one with a personal tie in. If nothing else it could bring a smile to someone's face which is great. As the saying goes, "You never know what someone is going through. Be Kind. Always." I recently have been on the receiving end of going tough stuff from taking care of my 87 year old Mom. Hard to keep a smile but when you run a company you have to keep smiling so your employees follow suit.
EastCoastCali
Straight
Nothing crazy, but for literally just a few dollars it’s a great starting point for a new project. The spots on the rail are just from the bungies seatbelt, rails spotless. Now the fun part, what to do…what…tooo…dooo….
4SUMERZ
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chipcity
Sitting Out
Whoa! I gotta get one of these.
Rooster410
3 of a Kind
buzzmonkey
Flush
2025 Ford Maverick Lariat Hybrid. Was going to get the XLT but they had a Lariat on lot and since there were no customization or delivery fees, it was only $600 more than the one I speced out.
Its not the Old Antique Lamp in the remote office...
Its not the Wild Tripped out Visitors Chair in the remote office...
Its the Slurpee.
Can't explain it - but ended up inside a 7 / 11, first time in many years, so long I can't even remember when was the last time.
Anyway, sounds of my youth starting saying - its time for a Slurpee.
Well here it is.
Its not the Wild Tripped out Visitors Chair in the remote office...
Its the Slurpee.
Can't explain it - but ended up inside a 7 / 11, first time in many years, so long I can't even remember when was the last time.
Anyway, sounds of my youth starting saying - its time for a Slurpee.
Well here it is.
AlbinoDragon
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Bear with me for a moment. This is a bit of a deeper dive.
The TLDR version, I finally got my hands on a rare and unusual audio oddity. I've had digital rips of this for nearly two decades now, but only recently made an effort to find an original copy. I got one and one of the newer expanded releases.
[Begin Ben-book story]
20 years ago I had one of the "driveway moments" that some people talk about. In the days of linear, over the air radio, there's the occasional story or program that is so compelling that you sit in your driveway after arriving home (or office, or wherever) to hear it to the end. You weren't going to be able to catch it again (easily) and wanted to know the entire story. Thankfully, with modern archiving and internet streams that can be replayed on demand now, and here is the exact story that kept me from my front door:
https://www.npr.org/2004/11/12/4167689/music-by-the-numbers-stations *
I played around with secret codes when I was younger, like many young boys do. My Dad had an older radio that had a shortwave channel that I would tune through at times, mostly catching HAM radio operators or the WWV time signals. Both of these came crashing together in my mind as I listened to the segment.** I had no idea that shortwave radio was still being used to communicate with espionage agents in the field. I figured that hadn't been used since maybe early part of the Cold War.
Of course, long nights at the observatory with a hearty internet connection and time on my hands led me down the rabbit hole of these signals. I found an active listening and logging group called ENIGMA 2000 shortly after and dove in feet first. Most of these signals were (and still are) best heard in Europe, leaving me pretty much high and dry to try to listen myself. I did find an old shortwave capable receiver at a pawn shop for a few bucks and was able to use my location to add to the monitoring of the Cuban transmissions for the group. Nobody was going to decode these messages (look up "one-time-pad" for more info on how these are likely encoded), but chasing and finding broadcasts and reporting them to the group was a great deal of fun. Internet connected and adjustable receivers opened up my listening to those stations in Europe that I couldn't receive.
Hearing a radio broadcast anyone could pick up but was really intended for only one recipient was equal parts exciting and full-on spooky.
The deep dive continued and I kept up with this for quite some time, but time to spend on this became more limited. I wasn't able to keep up with the frequent logging and contriutions that were part of continued membership in the group*** so that came to an end. I still have a fascination with this and still try to listen in now and then on some of the internet receivers. The ENIGMA group publishes an online "newsletter" **** that I'll look at just to see what's going on.
Despite all of this, I never made an effort to find a physical copy of the Conet Project to add to my bookshelf. On a whim I did a random eBay search and found one (well, two, but one copy is a little abusively priced). The whole thing has been uploaded to the Internet Archive by the creator:
https://archive.org/details/The-Conet-Project
There's several Morse stations that are just beeps and bips, all of the newest "disc 5" are shortwave oddities that are probabaly data streams and not espionage related, but some of the voice stations are properly spooky. I helped a neighbor with a "haunted garage" at Halloween a decade ago and had some of the proper numbers stations on a loop lower in volume from a speaker in a corner to add to the ambiance.
I'll stop here as it's already too many words for a post about a stack of CDs.
I did have to provide a little context for what is an otherwise random mail item.* - The segment that stopped me in my driveway is here:
https://www.npr.org/2004/11/12/4167689/music-by-the-numbers-stations
The other part of this segment that caught my attention beyond the whole Numbers Stations strangeness was the connection to the band Wilco. They have been one of my favorite bands for quite a while, and figured the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was maybe an inside joke/reference using the NATO phonetic alphabet. I had no clue until that moment what the source was. I figured it was something done specifically for the song, not the rather obscure sample it turned out to be.
** - In retrospect, I'm pretty sure I heard a Numbers Station on my Dad's radio but, of course, had no idea at the time and probaby just scanned down the dial to something more interesting than some random numbers being spoken.
*** - No offense to @Tommy , but the ENIGMA group was probably the single best run forum I have been on. Upon application to the group, you had to state your interest and "what can you provide to the group" comments before being allowed in. As someone who could log stations from places where there weren't a lot of listeners, I was in. The group didn't abide browsers though. When I had gone six months without a contribution, I was sent a final notice and a few days later, dropped from the group. This was all in the info when I signed up so it wasn't a surprise. These were clearly put in place to drive active exchange of high value information. There was no introduction thread and almost no "newbie questions" as you had to have already done a lot of homework to get past the entry requirements to join. It was a headfirst dive into the deep waters, and it was a great deal of fun when I was actively listening.
**** - The webpage for the ENIGMA 2000 group is:
http://www.signalshed.com/
The link for the group itself there isn't active as they used to be a Yahoo Group which all of which are now dead. They might have moved over to something else, but I have no idea where that might be without a bit of research. The newsletters are there however.
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Picked up a couple Beaver candy machines off Marketplace. The candy is trash at ~20 years old, and they didn’t come with the keys. Or stands. But with a little TLC (and new locks) they’ll be a nice addition to the poker room.
It’s my first venture into coin op, I’ve got a feeling there will be more to come!
It’s my first venture into coin op, I’ve got a feeling there will be more to come!
AlbinoDragon
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That 20 year old candy isn't just trash but like chewing on fossils from the Paleozoic era. Better have a dentist on standby before anybody attempts to try one of those!
"Hello, I'm the Lockpicking Lawyer and today we have for you..."
Two posts in as many days. Looks like when I stop spending money on chips, the next thing will just step into its place!
These are limited edition prints of fantasy comic book covers with baseball angles. These 7 all showed up on the same day. They’ll go with the other 4 that are all framed up and ready to go. One more is still on the way. Now to find wall space……..
These are limited edition prints of fantasy comic book covers with baseball angles. These 7 all showed up on the same day. They’ll go with the other 4 that are all framed up and ready to go. One more is still on the way. Now to find wall space……..
I got new Klipsch Speakers on Sale at Crutchfield to upgrade my Home Theater speakers in the basement. I installed the new speakers this past Friday as they arrived 2 days sooner than expected. Wow the difference in sound upgrading from my Jamo Speakers to Klipsch is phenomenal.
The Speakers I purchased.
My old Jamo Speakers.
The new Klipsch Speakers
The Speakers I purchased.
My old Jamo Speakers.
The new Klipsch Speakers
merkong
Full House
Resin chess set. Some elderly lady pours into molds and sell them on FB. Doesn’t even play lol
My only non Staunton styled set.
Those pawns though. They look mad.
My only non Staunton styled set.
Those pawns though. They look mad.
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