nope Performance R/C Hobbies in Burlington. (near Mt Vernon)

PS: this is where I live:



... not a hobby shop in sight lol

Ah, yes. I used to live in Sedro-Wooley many years ago. If you ever get to Lynnwood check Galaxy out. Not to shabby of a "LHS". One wall is all kits, but, yeah, they also tend to cater to the RC crowd. They do have a good selection of paint. They even got some Gunze paint! Anyway, happy gluing. JT

It is beautiful up there. I hope to get back this summer.

Slightly closer to you than Galaxy, is Broadway Hobbies (downtown Everett), general purpose hobby shop mostly RR and a Hobby Town (Everett Mall). If you're making a day of it, check out Skyway Hobbies, south of Seattle. Emil only sells plastic kits, supplies and books. He's stuffed to the gills with kits tho. Call ahead for hours, he's usually closed on Mondays and normally opens around Noon the rest of the time.

No financial stake in any of them, but I have left a few dollars at each of them.

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that is lovely, i need to get the hell out of london, too many bricks and not enough trees !... or water...

paul

Crazy day yesterday. Woke up to find the water heater expired and was leaking for about 6 hours. $1500.00 dollars later = new water heater, insurance co. called twice and the water damage abatement co. left 7 dryer fans that are droning on and on, downstairs. Also a funeral to go to later and sinus junk kicking my backside.

The one bright spot is the WNW early production Sopwith Snipe 7 F.1 I am reviewing. Oh waitress! Mull wine, heavy on the cinnamon and light on the cloves, off with you lassy an be lively about it. A 20% tip is in it for you. . . Gadzooks and hot marimba I feel like a nap.

Sorry about that chief. Sounds like you got my water heater expert too. I think my wife spent thousands on a $800 tankless heater a few years back.

Barkeep! Get him a splash of the 30yo single malt.

Thanks Mark! I broke it down and the new tank was about 860.00 then there was two anode rods (to deal with the salt in the water softener unit) the overflow expansion tank that is code for Denver city limits. Installation and haul away was about 400.00. Then the water damage abatement an additional 1400.00 with my insurance the 1500.00 seems a reasonable deal.

Barkeep - Glen Livet please.

Well, I'm claiming this on the built list. It is plastic, it's an airplane, it's nearly 1/43 scale. OK, so there's no glue, about 7 screws and it was prefinished. But still.



My grandson was supposed to help me assemble it, but the screws confused him, so I got to do most of the work.

Nicely done! Grandpa!

Mark, seeing your lastest build was timely. My son and I just started a father/son build. It's his first 'real' build. He's even go to learn to use the airbrush for this one.


I hope 'sprues' don't confuse him and he sticks with it.

It being the Fourteenth day of the third month, and seeing as how many countries write that date as 3.14, it has been decreed that this day is Pi day! Go ahead and celebrate with a piece of pi.


And tomorrow is the ides of March. Beware, already!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_5h8CzRcI

If the Pi is as good as it looks, I suggest that we arrange another Pi day around July 22 (22/7 in our nomenclature) !

Cheers, D

That's called Pi approximation day. I guess you'd have to approximate a pi for that day

Just celebrate pi day everyday and make sure you have all the possibilties covered.

Yeah, that's why I said "around 22/7." I will just have to eat Pi on the days before and after to make sure that I don't anger the gods of ratio.

Alternatively, as Robert suggested, everyday !

Cheers, D

I celebrate "the Pi day" every time when I ride my car or use a scroll on my mouse...

So nobody wants cake? Ok I'll eat it.

Whether it's with pie or cake, we Northern types will be celebrating the ending of Winter on Wednesday.


Those of you in the antipodes will witness the beginning of Autumn.

Today on the Left Coast it's not raining and the strange round shiny thing is in the sky. The wind has blown all the clouds away and is now trying to blow all the buildings away as well.

In recognition of Winter's last gasps, drinks tonight will be coffee-based. Irish, Spanish, Monte Cristo and many other vriations. If you don't care for coffee, we will serve Polar Bears and Blueberry Tea as alternatives. We will not be doing as the Britons did in the days of Asterix.

...well, unless you want to have some, that is.

irish coffee for me please !

Jessie, in case you were worried about your weather, I think the wind blew most of it to me in Portland.

Easter Dinner just 90 minutes away on a bright warm day. Lets see, spiral cut ham, au gratin potatoes, green salad, corn and green beans. A bit of creamed broccoli & rice. Iced tea & fresh hot coffee. Dessert is a family special. Lemon bars and White cake covered in strawberry cheese cake frosting festooned with sliced strawberries. Drop by early its supposed to rain later.

Steve I am now hungry thanks.

I'd eat but tonight I was making lemon chicken. I didn't have a big enough metal pan for all the pieces so I used a big Pyrex lasagna dish.

After the chicken cooked I was heating the drippings over an element and poured a cup of room temperature chicken stock in. That's when things went bad.

The Pyrex exploded in spectacular fashion. Glass all over the chicken, in the sink, everywhere. The boy starts crying and the wife starts berating me for my ignorance of the thermal stability of glass.

Ouch! I am glad no one was hurt.

It pays to listen to the ones experienced in the household arts. On a project years ago, the design engineer listened to the Air Corps recommendation that a particular chemical was safely conveyed in stainless steel vessels and that household bleach was an effective neutralizer for the stuff. After the first trial run in Europe, the stainless steel tub had developed rust spots. Overhearing the uproar, our secretary remarked that ANY housewife knew that you didn't put bleach in a stainless steel sink.

Here is a bit of Spring time fun. Traditional yellow potato salad and recycled Easter Eggs!


Cooking burgers on the grill all the fixings. The usual line up of drinks & coffee. Strawberry shortcake and lemon bars.

Lets go with "The Hobbit" for a film.