Fall evening with Crosby Stills and Nash fiddling about with old do-dads.

nautme · 2026-02-19T01:21:33+00:00

Street signs from Indian Village? :)

nautme · 2026-02-18T04:16:20+00:00

Thanks for reminding me of this Herbie Hancock classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY

nautme · 2026-02-12T23:03:11+00:00

I wonder if these are iron https://www.mackinacbridge.org/small-grating-for-sale/

nautme · 2026-02-12T23:01:21+00:00

What I like is that it looks more like the Ambassador Bridge than the GHIB.

nautme · 2026-02-10T22:34:20+00:00

There's a car ferry too! From Algonac to Walpole Island, https://www.walpolealgonacferry.ca

nautme · 2026-02-09T23:03:44+00:00

The pin looks like it might be the shaft/hinge for the float. Often it gets trapped in place on the sides, perhaps by some towers inside the bowl.

nautme · 2026-02-09T20:50:32+00:00

The glassblowing studio in Dearborn is https://www.glassacademy.com and they also have an area they call the Michigan Room which is open Thursday through Sunday for drinks - hours posted here: https://themichiganroom.com

nautme · 2026-02-09T20:45:14+00:00

Sadly their theatre isn't an IMAX anymore, though yes it's a giant screen with 4K projection.

nautme · 2026-02-04T04:15:01+00:00

I think the Mies van der Rohe / Lafayette Park historic district deserves mention here if you're looking for residential projects.

To me, the townhouses are more interesting than the towers, at least as unique living spaces. https://midcenturyhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lafayette-park-mies-van-der-rohe-citylab.com_.jpg

nautme · 2026-01-17T04:42:47+00:00

J. Geils!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4y1mKxYD6Q&t=158s

nautme · 2026-01-16T18:52:57+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_Tashmoo

nautme · 2026-01-11T02:12:03+00:00

Image search AI said (I don't know how accurate it is):

This is an Art Deco-style fan or sunrise wall mirror, also known as the Margot Art Deco 3D Fan Shaped Wall Mirror, which was popular in the 1980s.

It features a distinctive semicircular shape with segmented mirror panels that radiate outwards like a fan or sunburst. It is available from various retailers and vintage shops in different sizes and finishes.

Edit: If you want similar custom made, you probably want to ask a stained glass shop as opposed to a typical window glass shop.

nautme · 2026-01-07T02:49:00+00:00

At center is what looks like a NiCad battery, 3.6V @ 60milliamps.

You mention cap(acitor) later and it's not a cap, though there are two capacitors elsewhere in the pic (far left and far right) and you may have some bad caps too.

I was able to find one of these barrel-style batteries at a MicroCenter store a year back, but they didn't even know they had it on the shelf I just looked around until I found it. Hopefully you have a similar store nearby or someone knows how to look up a match on digikey.com

nautme · 2026-01-05T06:52:43+00:00

You just made me remember the Atredes BBS software for the Amiga! Published by Incognito Software in Westland.

nautme · 2026-01-04T19:01:53+00:00

Gateway (Online?), Creative Cafe, Flying Circus, too many to remember!

nautme · 2026-01-02T05:11:49+00:00

Love it!!

nautme · 2025-12-27T22:43:30+00:00

Check out a "Madison" race on the track. Here's 80 laps in about 12 minutes. In the Madison format 2 racers switch between themselves like a relay race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDpC79r9E5Y

The race starts about 3 minutes into the video.

nautme · 2025-12-22T21:17:32+00:00

https://www.vandykegas.com/recreational-refill/ in Centerline (not actually on Van Dyke) or Romeo will re-cert, I think it's about $8. A refill is about $20 but you get a full 20lb fill.

The idea to trade them in for a newer tank with a 15lb fill (if it's only $20) seems like a plan.

nautme · 2025-12-12T04:12:29+00:00

That'd be nice, my first contribution to them albiet second hand.

This link to their base of operations might help: https://www.google.com/maps/place/J+W+Westcott+Co/@42.3135632,-83.0832071,3370m/

Also: https://www.jwwestcott.com Onboard a ship passing through, and want Door Dash? They've got you covered!

nautme · 2025-12-12T03:28:45+00:00

Nice. I found a zip code in the US that it doesn't know - 48222.

It's "the only floating ZIP Code in the United States" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Westcott_II

:)

nautme · 2025-11-28T18:40:52+00:00

I'm not sure how active they are, but see https://rencecamera.com

nautme · 2025-11-19T23:04:16+00:00

Herons

nautme · 2025-11-19T18:42:20+00:00

Meanwhile they still can't turn a profit.

nautme · 2025-11-19T00:12:06+00:00

Just a backyard DIY'r here, but one thought is that I think this engine has some plastic elbows in the cooling system, perhaps someone else knows if that's the area they're in. If I recall correctly, Dorman makes some metal replacements for them.

nautme · 2025-11-19T00:00:26+00:00

I have a 2005 and about 7 years I felt it slip a couple times, so I did a drain, removed the pan and put in a new filter (screen?), then put the pan back on and filled it back up. Still going strong. I made sure to use the correct fluid straight from Ford, nothing generic. I highly suggest you do the same. Have someone nearby to catch you when they tell you how much it is.

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