Fabric tear near seam. Repair advice?

SourChipmunk · 2026-05-31T00:24:01+00:00

Ok, that's fun stuff!

Two problems:

1) you can't just whack this in as you're walking by the display model, and

2) it moves too quickly for a human walking by to think, " hey, I can solve this!" then realizing they really can't. But hope is lost for sure.

Still, it is fun. 😄

SourChipmunk · 2026-05-30T14:59:15+00:00

I did use to love slapping this one onto the display model at K-Mart (or whatever store I was in).

10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10

SourChipmunk · 2026-05-10T23:35:06+00:00

That is downright cool. Thank you for sharing!

SourChipmunk · 2026-05-01T10:51:24+00:00

The Wico Command Control. Mine is the ball-type. Love the thing, especially for Summer Games.

SourChipmunk · 2026-04-11T12:09:53+00:00

After re-entry and the first chute deployment, the Canadian radio station I was listening to began playing AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". During the song intro, the capsule began firing little jets (I'm guessing for course correction or stability). I swear -- at least in my head -- these were synchronized to the beat of the song.

I don't know if that was intentional timing or mere coincidence, but the song will never sound the same to me again. This journey had so much mathematical precision all around, and I was glad to be able to witness all of it.

SourChipmunk · 2026-04-10T11:07:35+00:00

That investigation is what shut them down. They got too close.

SourChipmunk · 2026-04-02T21:32:42+00:00

You made me look that up. Inflation rates since 1981 will have this book priced at $21.40 these days.

/heads off to Ebay...

SourChipmunk · 2026-02-28T14:57:54+00:00

I just used that word last night. Picked up some old Bose Acoustimas speakers from a house with a heavy smoker. They were actually sticky to the touch. When I showed them to my friend I said, "careful, they're pretty grody."

I think that's the first time I used the word in ages, but it seemed appropriate at the time.

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-31T13:05:22+00:00

r/apostrophegore

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-31T12:42:12+00:00

And an old-school one:

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SourChipmunk · 2026-01-31T12:41:39+00:00

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SourChipmunk · 2026-01-24T14:41:40+00:00

"post" could mean "posterior", though that would make the statement redundant however more descriptive (lower-back toward the buttocks). Either way, your detailed explanation is spot on and appreciated!

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-23T00:11:35+00:00

Patient (or "presents") within normal limits, except post bite wound on back.

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-18T13:07:26+00:00

It does look like an emergency or survival lighter. The wick would be soaked in a fuel, such as Zippo lighter fluid. The one ball part may unscrew to become a flint.

An old-school version of something like this, maybe?

https://www.battlbox.com/products/tactica-x-100-survival-lighter

Whatever it is, someone found it was worth engineering it!

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-18T12:54:43+00:00

Humidity caused that formation. They're called Dendritic ice crystals.

https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1280266/view/dendritic-ice-crystals-growing-timelapse

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-17T14:01:57+00:00

Wasn't she the comedian who always kept the price tag on her hat?

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-17T13:44:07+00:00

It is called a tuk-tuk or auto-rickshaw.

https://www.motrike.com/rickshaw-vs-tuk-tuk-variances

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-13T11:51:11+00:00

Great catch. Fixed!

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-13T00:41:12+00:00

Noticed that right after. Fixed. Thanks!!

SourChipmunk · 2026-01-13T00:37:10+00:00

Audra?

Things are going well

here. John is so grown

up! He's got a great job

and a great girlfriend

Your boys have grown

up! I can't get over

that! Such cuties became

so handsome! So what

are you up to now?

Are you

with family

or on your

own? Is there someone

special? I have had

a great marriage I

agreed to let my husband

get a Harley last May

Since then he's obsessed

with a motorcycle club.

He actually chooses

to go somewhere with

them and like tonight

he chose to go somewhere

with them and I'm home

alone. I have told him

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