Sagitta Cantina

Once again the controversy over the minimum wage hits California. The reporter in this article can understand that the new laws in the San Francisco Bay area mandating a raise in the minimum wage there to $15 an hour by July of 2018, seems to have had an affect on the areas finances. Trying to survi...

Uncle Ted had a hard time with the Captcha access so I made it the easier reading variety. Guess a bot got through. Maybe if I made it the Q & A variety.

originally posted by Joe Wooten on Nov 06, 2015 on the original Cantina October 10, 2015 FSI E60-6 I did not save the case. Blew out both ends at about 150 ft off the pad. I wish one of the boys had gotten a video of it..... Oh well, next time, I still have 4-5 more...... The rocket was a little sco...

In the old Cantina, There was a discussion about who did what first and what was the true results of the work being done by Blue origin and SpaceX. I see where both of them are back in the news again this week. Blue Origin for the third launch and recovery of the booster. SpaceX for finally landing ...

Commander said Jan 02, 2016 I typically save all my receipts from shopping dumping them on the desk till sometime in the future I send them through the shredder. I have come up with a use for them while they wait for their ultimate doom. While working on the Der Red Max I received from my Secret San...

Commander said Jun 30, 2015 I occasion I would enter the duty office to see Bush painting one of his models a weird color. Like a pink panzer (ok actually salmon) or a purple P-51. No, he wasn't going over the top from agent orange (although he did serve in 'nam during that time frame). What he was ...

Commander said Jun 17, 2015 Paint thinner.jpg Remember as a youngster thinking there was something special about that small bottle of paint thinner for your model paints? I do. Then "Bush" set me straight so that I didn't waste my change at the local Hobby Store. I still want to try and be...

bernomatic said Jun 14, 2015 Sometimes, walking in the office, I would be greeted by this sight. tape forehead.jpg Yes, a forehead with masking tape on it. The adhesive on a lot of masking tapes is too strong for some applications in model painting. Applying the tape to the forehead "goops"...

luke-strawwalker said Jun 13, 2015
Yep... Second that... BGSP is good stuff... Great story BTW...

Later! OL JR

bernomatic said Jun 13, 2015 Putty One of the things Ray showed me over 40 years ago (damn, how time flies) was how to be frugal. To that end, he would use the Bondo Spot Putty instead of the Squadron versions which did (and still do) came in smaller tubes at vastly greater price. http://images11.pa...