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It's guaranteed to be NEW, but HAPPY? Time will tell. Hopefully.

As the grandson of an Italian stonecarver, I approve.

Wait. 60 grit took down enough wood? 2 discs? Hmmm...

a) I would have used 36 grit on a grinder to hog down the wood.
b) Or, set up a router sled like so many YouTube vids show to flatten it.

Never, ever liked the guy. As complicit as Jean Paul II.

It's a political construct, New Year's Day.

We should all be celebrating the Winter Solstice, the only reality of this time of year.

My optimism.

Followed by the dinosaurs.

Medvedev sold his soul to Putin some time back.

I keep drawing comparisons to Ribbentrop for him and Lavrov. Not a good ending.

#11: +1!

I bought a new Wen. Not fabulous, perfectly acceptable for woodworkers. $251 through Amazon.

In B.H. Liddel Hart's book The German Generals Talk, there is a whole chapter devoted to German generals' observations on the Red Army. The differences between that army and Putin's seem to be rather...

I remember being absolutely blown away the first time I saw film of his famed 'bicycle' kick.

Luxuriate in it, Paul.

I do not miss that heavy snow at all. We had a dusting last night.

Now if only Putin would make the list...

HB, stay warm.

Four Senior Russians Died Suddenly Over Christmas (msn.com)

Indeed so, Happy Birthday and many more-

Dropping like flies in a Raid factory, they are:

Vladimir Putin's Top Tank Commander DIES SUDDENLY Hours After Russian Leader Cancels Meeting To Discuss War In Ukraine (msn.com)

14' tide in Langley today, I see. Wow. Our old stomping grounds.

Try to avoid the oxy, Joe.

I do NOT think Ukraine is thinking about developing nukes, they'd be crazy to do so. In fact, it's borderline asinine to speculate that way. By doing so they'd alienate Western support and embolden...

IIRC the first plastic airplane model I ever built as a kid was a Spit.

Man, I used to love Jimmie Dean sausages.

^ Good point. I never did understand exactly what they meant, except perhaps that people of color were so underrepresented in film back then that the studios finally figured if they had...

Never saw the blaxploitation films that made her famous, but she was transcendent in Tarantino's Jackie Brown:


Pam Grier Has a Chainsaw and She Isn’t Afraid to Use It (yahoo.com)

George Santos Grilled By Tulsi Gabbard On Fox News | HuffPost Latest News

Opinion: Rep.-elect George Santos poses a serious risk to the GOP | CNN

Do the Stumps care? No, because according to one particularly sleazy Republican operative, " winning is a virtue" ( she was reeferring to Hershel Walker during the campaign, ignoring everything about...

KFOR will have something to say about that. If Serbia is so dumb to do something, they fight NATO.

I helped proctor the Kosovo legislative elections in 2001, in Prishtina, the capital. What an...

It's the Stradale for me, always. Sort of shaped like a streetable Ferrari P4.

My Fiat Spiders have been red, burgundy, and my current one is red again.

Un oumo senza onore. (A man without honor.)

Nothing would become him more than the manner of his resignation, immediately.

You will note crickets from McCarthy's office. WHAT a schmuck.

Bill Buckner. 'Nuff said.

Wow, thanks for posting that link. I think I will bid on at least two items.

There is no way that Drumph is not the worst, followed by Dubya. THEN you can muse about Johnson, Buchanan, etc.

All the best, Barney-

Now that is a wonderful image.

Remember Admiral Sir Jacky Fisher: All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.

Putin does not deserve his idea of peace. Russian attitudes may change once he is gone.

^ I have high respect for physical therapists, they have always righted my muscular ills in the past pretty quickly.

That makes her a likely running mate for Drumph.

... and may the new year be actually happy.

Usually me too, but not this Christmas morning: I am making pasta fritta, yay!

We moved to Albuquerque and haven't looked back. And I am enjoying my new shop.

I do wish better fortunes in 2023 from our investments, though. 20222 was rough.

O, and the midterm results were...

Nice Photoshop.

#7:

Had a missionary couple come to my door once and start their spiel. I stood there completely expressionless like a cigar store Indian and they slowly faltered to a stop at my lack of...

I Do. Not Miss It.

Very unfun. i hope you get some relief soon.

I had a disc go in my early 30s, at S1L5, but thankfully no sciatica involvement. Half a year's worth of stretching exercise slowly ameliorated it, but...

My father used to take daily naps, he loved 'em.

A nice nap every once in a while when your body says ' I need one ' is good for you. Mine usually are 30-40 minutes.

The issue of new variants emerging from China now is indeed troubling. The world may yet pay still more for Xi's my-way-or-the-highway policies.

I miss the annual Letterman ritual of bringing Darlene Love out for Christmas ( Come Home Baby).

I have said for years that if the stupid 2nd amendment can't be negated, then simply mandating that all firearms be single shot only would do nothing to infringe on one's 'right' to own a gun, but...

Tucker Carlson foamed at the mouth about it too.

My simple guess is that they are knee-jerk against anything Democrats are for. It doesn't need to get any more complicated than that.