…so I became a sailboat. And now I’m at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay. Kids, it’s important never to have ambitions.
Last Call indicates the end of the Hooniverse broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.
Jeff Glucker
Who’s this Eric Rood person?
That’s just his pen name. His real name is Murilee Arraiac.
Don’t dodge the issue, Eric, you were aspen for it.
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So, today… I saran wrapped the tires of our forklift. As you do.
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As it happens, they want all their science exhibits re-installed, but they don’t want you driving your Komatsu over the freshly polished concrete.
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I bet you already figured out how we did it.
but… why not polish it after you reinstall the exhibits?
I just realized that my most recent Last Call post last Friday was my 500th Hooniverse post.
Yay Hooniverse!
AMC had bigger aspirations…
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I’ve seen that ad a kajillion times, and it it’s still instantly…distracting.
Pacer? I only just met ‘er!
I am trying to clean out my loft and found tons of nostalgic stuff. Like the time 15 yo me asked Peter Horbury for an autograph, and he actually did that. The soon-to-be-real S80 adorned this postcard:
I am also utterly shocked at the mountains of handwritten correspondance I found. So much spare time in pre-internet times!