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I have to face facts. There is no way I'm going to be able to park all these Land Rovers in one post. This is the first of ...several. Also, I am not able to identify LR versions with 100% accuracy. This Series II and its odd custom suspension lives on MV full time. Same for this one. It turns out they're very good for advertising. The lighting is brutal, especially with the asphalt. I cheated by converting to B&W. I like the vintage look in this case. It's not an eye patch. Arr! There is an entire industry of replacement LED lamps for old Land Rovers. This ambulance was kind the star of the show. It a 1979 Series IIIa and served as part of a volunteer rescue outfit in the UK. It is a right hand drive model. I talked with the owner an he said did okay, but certain turns could be scary. Defender 90s are my favorite. Short wheelbase, reasonably modern powertrains, and they still look like an actual LR. Don't get me wrong, I really like 110s (and the nutball 130s), but I wouldn't want to have to navigates MV roads (and MV traffic) for any length of time in one. There is a lot to be said about the looks of Series IIs. Not an LR, but still very shiny. The swooped nose is the body style of the microbus that everyone likes. I've read conflicting information on it. Supposedly 1967 is the last year to have it, but I've seen what was supposedly a 1970 model with the V nose. In any case, the new 2025 "ID Buzz" version is downright fugly and has exactly zero charm. To quote my favorite line from one of my favorite films: Tune in next time for more LRs and gratuitous photos of Corgis.

Invited to a Birthday Party by a friend who works in Film trade / Craft Services. Some of their Call Sheets The Birthday Call Sheet There was Craft Services food Complete with an Oyster Shucking Station, and assistant in training With some smooth grooves (yatch rock?) drifting on the breeze They know their stuff. Tasty. Approved EDIT: Hey Kids, Let's put on a show! EDIT 2: And there was cake Of course there was cake.

Got a good start today. I laminated the parts that needed laminating. I got the channel section that rides over the existing table saw fence built. The plans didn't call for the insides of the channel section to be laminated on the inside, but I knew that it would slide on the existing fence so much better, so I made that improvement. The channel has no slop whatsoever, but slides absolutely perfectly over the fence. It's also put together with screws alone, should I ever need to micro-adjust it. Tomorrow I hope to dado the slots for all of the T-track, put a water based poly on all of the raw plywood parts and assemble said T-tracks. Possibly even route the arch for the adjustable angle arm. After that it's just building accessories. A splining jig, a slide rail that has several functions, including a tapering jig etc...

Love seeing Odd Lots, one of my favorite podcasts, get a writeup from NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/odd-lots-podcast-bloomberg.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8.vRJd.bckYB2Fm0bIg&smid=url-share

OK, didn't take the time to read or watch, but I had that PCDP on the right and that + Porta Pro Jrs is what got me into this game for real. ❤️

Some morning Al

Because everyone's summer should have a little counterbalance with Nietzsche. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gay-science-1-preface-i-1-i-9/id1573808070?i=1000661659055

This Lando v. Oscar battle is making what would ordinarily be a boring season of dominance by a single team quite entertaining! The later and later we get with these two separated by less than a single race worth of points keeps the tension high. Helps that their personalities are also so different from one another.

Gangstagrass

ew... {begin rant} Well you were right. I didn't have the stomach to watch past a few minutes. As soon as I heard 'Physics Establishment' I knew that it was Crackpot time and I was done. I am sorry I gave it that much time, they probably got credit for a view. I at least was able to give it a thumbs down. There are several vids by Angela Collier about Crackpots - and they are scary people that are mad.... I like Sean Carroll - I read his pop physics books back in the day: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time The Particle at the End of the Universe: How the Hunt for the Higgs Boson Leads Us to the Edge of a New World Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime I would rather read papers than books aimed for public consumption now. But Sean is a well respected in the industry with over a hundred published research papers. He falls in the camp of Brian Greene for me as a science educator. In some ways I hate that he did this. It raises the status of 'people that yell' that their theory is worthy of debate. {end rant} Back to working on my theory of everything that they cannot handle....

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/common-sense-324-whats-good-for-the-goose/ Common Sense 324 – What’s Good for the Goose A little out of date for these times, but I always want to hear what Dan had to say.