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Peter Gabriel last night in SF. I’m glad I got to see him while he is still doing his thing. With the same warhorse band he has been with for damn near 50 years at this point, no less. He can still hit the high notes, but his voice is more fragile now that gives the songs a different feel, appropriate for a guy who is now 73. The new songs are pretty good!

Met up with a bunch of old friends from Brighton. They had experienced the previously and left satisfied. We had Pork Belly Strips, Apple Sauce, Mustard Mash, Veggies and Gravy Bacon, Brie and Cranberry, And a bowl of chips. @ https://cockpub.co.uk/

Vladimir Horowitz - Horowitz in Moscow Vladimir Horowitz 2010 (Ed - 1986) https://album.link/i/1452506788 Example: A master playing a masters game. At 81 with his return to Moscow, he really did show that he had very few peers. I remember watching this in the 80's on "CBS Sunday Morning" with Charles Kuralt and being mesmerized. I need to play this more.

There's a French fella on Flickr named SBA73. He's got a Soviet made KMZ FT-2 panoramic camera from the mid 60s. Weird AF looking device. He's quite good with it: Apparently he develops the film himself.

Watch the power rail voltages as you see strange things happen, such as a low battery bottom voltage (-549V) coincide with negative output offset. Depending on your 10M90s in the PSU, you may need to reduce the current setting resistor values if they get into current limiting condition. It’s a good practice to load-test every power rails at 20% more than the rated current. Spend some time doing measurements across the board, mark the voltages at the key nodes in the schematic and verify the voltage and current that are marked in the pdf. Those are very valuable info.

Ask your contractor for a mock up first, or a "stool sample".

The hinged seat idea might work although it would make the space below far less usable for shoes, etc. I might opt for scrapping the existing vestigial bench altogether, sad as that may be. They could bring it back flush with the cabinets and either leave it walnut or else paint to match. Either way, I would make a couple of little bench stools that you can slide in and out as needed. They could be simple three sided inverted U shapes that are a little shorter and shallower than the cabinets and you can still stow shoes under them. Or just make two smaller stool cubes with a cutout hand hold that sit on either end. You could also leave the walnut the way it is and make stools of some sort, although I don't love the look. Oh, and bonus vocabulary and creative writing points for an excellent use of "vestigial."

It can certainly be done, but you'll have to attach wood under the current cubby holes, then build that up to support the seat extension. That support piece should be at least 8" deep. With about 2" to 3" sticking out past the cubby hole. Does that make sense? The other alternative, that might look more purposeful, would be to make a 4" or so seat extension. Hinge it to the existing seat, so that it can fold down when not needed. You can make triangular support pieces that are also hinged, and would fold out from the sides of the cubby holes to support the seat when upright. Fold them back in and the seat extension folds down. You loose a little bit of cubby space while it's folded, but none when it's extended.

It's not Cash. It's not Haggard. Not Jones or Waylon or Willie. Although I love all of those guys. My favorite male Country vocalist of all time is Ray Price. IMO his vocal prowess is unsurpassed. So effortless and smooth. Take that vocal ability and put some Kristofferson lyrics in his mouth, throw some strings behind it and you've got pure Country gold.

Most of the album is out on Spotify, in two forms.

Stay safe Tyler. If you know of any volunteer opportunities over there for an old guy that’s not working please let me know. Otherwise, I may have to go to one elite university at a time and beat the crap out all those in the student governments that are supporting Hamas.

Speaks for itself-