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Hang in there Jim. This will just make the finished product even more rewarding and satisfying.

Jim BRONKE (the name of a lawyer that was listed on the front of the Hazzard Courthouse. He's a real person who actually logged in here once after doing a name search of himself. Someone on the Dukes set was a friend of his and used his name)

Whenever I talk to someone about age I always joke "You've never been this old your whole life, have you?"

F1 was back this weekend after its summer break. The old-school Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium is one of my favorites, but I was out for most of yesterday, so I missed the first couple of laps. Championship rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc both qualified in the top four (1st and 4th respectively), but started in 14th and 15th places due to engine penalties, so their team mates Carlos Sainz Jnr and Sergio Perez were on the front row for the race. Lewis Hamilton made a reasonable start from fourth, but clashed with Fernando Alonso on the first lap and had to retire. Lewis later took the blame for the incident. Max made quick work of making his way to the front, helped partly by a safety car. Near the end, Ferrari called Charles into the pits for new tires to try to get the fastest lap. Their plan failed for two reasons: he was passed by Fernando Alonso, spoiling his lap before retaking the place, and he picked up a 5-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane losing the place again in the final result. Max went on to take an easy victory from the lowest start position his Red Bull team has ever achieved. With Red Bull's Sergio Perez finishing second, he now moves up to second in the championship behind Max's increasing lead. Belgium used to be seen as Max's home race due to its proximity to the Netherlands, but since last year, the Dutch Grand Prix has been back on the calendar, and that's where we're off to next week. You can see the highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix here.

Another day by the sea for me today, this time almost as far south-east as you can go in Ireland. The sun never properly broke through the clouds today, so no swimming. After exploring the village and quick walk on the beach we headed to the local town where I ended up spending far more than I'd planned to., but it was all stuff I needed.

Sorry, Roger, this is one for MM. My powers are limited to moderating/editing posts. Other than checking that Hobie has cleared cookies and site data, I'm not sure what to suggest.

That reminds of a joke I saw recently: My son was just born and another dad at the hospital congratulated me and said his daughter was born yesterday… said maybe they'll marry each other. Sure, like my son is going to marry someone twice his age...

Big weekend coming up in motocross. It's the last race and only one point separates the 2 leaders....talk about close....Eli Tomac (Yamaha) leads Honda's Chase Sexton 496-495.

What a pain. Something similar happened to me once when I was repainting a diecast model. It might have been the paint reacting to the undercoat in my case - this is not an skill I know much about. I moved house soon afterwards, and I've still never returned to the project.

Yay. Back to the sandpaper I go.