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Forum: The Library Café Jun 16 2022, 09:30 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Been in the high 80's low 90's here in northest Indiana. Actually feels nice to me since the humidity isn't all that bad. The bad news is that northeast Indiana had the third derecho in 10 years blow...
Forum: The Library Café Jun 11 2022, 09:53 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Yeap but the difference is at least three of my regular customers and I have connections outside of my work. 1 is my 2 youngest nieces former babysitter and we are friends of the family. Two others I...
Forum: The Library Café Jun 2 2022, 09:28 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

Love some of the cars especially the Jeep my middle niece has one but hers has an 18 inch lift kit on it. It is fun watching someone who is 4 feet 9 inches climb up into it. The Highway patrol car...
Forum: The Library Café May 24 2022, 06:16 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Zel that roof is a nightmare of a design and probably will hit the higher end of your budget without any problems coming up. And as you said with this house problems are guaranteed. A roof with 4...
Forum: The Library Café May 23 2022, 09:22 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Happy Birthday BD1
Forum: The Library Café May 21 2022, 08:06 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

The area in Fort Wayne where I live has a wide variety of cars used by the residents. From tiny little 2 door coupes to full size pickups like my stepdad drives (silver Ram Bighorn crew cab). I...
Forum: The Library Café May 10 2022, 10:41 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Well after just over a week of heavier then normal sales at my Walmart the Kroger Grocery that was set on fire was reopened this morning. The arsonist who had been quite busy on this end of town was...
Forum: The Library Café May 5 2022, 12:53 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

I'm not looking forward to the next few days if the Kroger stays closed because I work at the Walmart that will get a lot of the business.
Forum: The Library Café May 4 2022, 10:19 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Hope that everyone with health problems is feeling better and that things work out for you.

I am still trying to figure out what was happening at work over the weekend. We had the police in and...
Forum: The Library Café Apr 15 2022, 09:34 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Yeap they register tires because of a 25 cent fee that is collected on them. It is supposed to keep them out of landfills. The funny thing is there is a $12 deposit fee charged on batteries
for the...
Forum: The Library Café Apr 10 2022, 11:18 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Had some fun or at least a laugh at work this weekend. I am now the senior cashier at the Walmart that I work at and the interesting customers somehow find their way to my register.

First on...
Forum: The Library Café Mar 27 2022, 09:49 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Maw I wish your sister well working at Walmart it is not for everyone.
Forum: The Library Café Mar 4 2022, 12:12 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

And the news keeps on getting better. A small 5 acre office park is being built on the other side of the Menards Hardware Super Center to the right of us. And the big empty fields to the east of that...
Forum: The Library Café Mar 1 2022, 11:43 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

I live in the most ethnically and racially diverse part of Fort Wayne and for years we have had to fight for any major development. The last major businesses opening being the Walmart that I work at...
Forum: The Library Café Feb 24 2022, 11:20 AM
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Views: 12,859
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

I will second this.
Forum: The Library Café Feb 17 2022, 03:05 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

You're gonna love that machine if you can get it working. I still have ballistics pages for my Henry and Sharps that were worked out on that type of machine that are still usable.
Forum: The Library Café Feb 1 2022, 12:18 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

And Thursday was the anniversary of the Apollo 1 launch pad fire. Seems strange that the three American space tragedies happened on days that are so close calendar wise.


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Forum: The Library Café Jan 13 2022, 08:36 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

As weird as she looks she needs a weird paint color as well. How about a bright screaming orange with darker lime green and burgundy pinstripes. Alternatively if you want a more normal paint job for...
Forum: The Library Café Jan 8 2022, 02:46 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

I hope Kibby gets the help she needs for that or her life is going to be miserable as she gets older.
Forum: The Library Café Jan 5 2022, 07:21 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

I got my booster over the weekend at work where I got my shot of the single dose vaccine the first time. My doctor actually wants me to have a titer test to check both my levels of coverage and the...
Forum: The Library Café Jan 5 2022, 04:35 AM
Replies: 263
Views: 12,859
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

Nice looking car if just a bit different. Those back seats though. All I can say is that a big fat bastard like me would have a lot of trouble fitting in them. I can't help but hope all of you are...
Forum: The Library Café Dec 18 2021, 10:35 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

I won't say the timing of having to close the Fort Wayne northeast Walmart for deep cleaning due to COVID-19 was bad. But the only way it could have been worse is if it had been the 23rd and 24th....
Forum: The Library Café Dec 14 2021, 05:02 PM
Replies: 263
Views: 12,859
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

I'll be honest that newer blue? purple? car seems out of place compared to the rest of the fleet.
Forum: The Library Café Dec 10 2021, 09:53 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Not sure what Fort Wayne's weather is going to look like in the next couple of days. I haven't been paying attention.

I did have some fun at work today I got to ring up Santa Claus. No, Really!...
Forum: The Library Café Nov 26 2021, 09:25 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Well we had one crazy day at work. I am not sure how the other cashiers did but I rang well over $35,000 + through my register with 2 $10,000 hours.
Forum: The Library Café Nov 8 2021, 11:22 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is Happening, part II

Well how and when did that happen? I'm sitting here extremely puzzled. Sometime in the last two months I got a pay raise and have no clue when. Walmart gives raises once a year in February and it...
Forum: The Library Café Oct 11 2021, 12:07 AM
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Views: 12,859
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

I can't tell since I don't see so well these days is that a 4 cylinder engine?
Forum: The Library Café Sep 20 2021, 10:27 PM
Replies: 263
Views: 12,859
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: Zel's Automotive Antics & Occasional Distractions.

Sometimes looking at the Jag engine I have the feeling that their engineers spend their days thinking of ways to make it difficult for people other than their mechanics fix them.
Forum: The Library Café Jul 14 2021, 03:34 PM
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Views: 1,334,322
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

The NKT went from the paid board to a free board on someones server to missing in action and even the moderators like me have no clue if it will ever be restored. Welcome back.
Forum: The Library Café Jul 2 2021, 01:10 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Thank you to everyone for the congratulations. I've been at my sister's house since Sunday and have been over to see little Miss Alice and she is so tiny and precious. I would share pictures but I...
Forum: The Library Café Jun 25 2021, 12:15 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

As of Wednesday 6/23/2021 SpaceCowboy better known in real life as Uncle Jeff is Great Uncle Jeff for the 7th time with the birth of my Grand Niece Alice Elizabeth Rose Miller. Mom and baby are doing...
Forum: The Library Café Apr 20 2021, 01:33 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

They'd have to be.
Forum: The Library Café Apr 20 2021, 01:33 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Good for her I hope things go well.
Forum: The Library Café Apr 14 2021, 07:35 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

OK that makes sense and Indiana where I live requires the little stickers as well.
Forum: The Library Café Apr 14 2021, 12:41 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Can you explain the tax discs to an American? Are those normal for display or something you are choosing to display due to the age of the vehicles?
Forum: The Library Café Apr 6 2021, 10:13 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Thanks for the suggestion I never thought of Facebook because for me it is a way to keep up with family and my favorite animal rescue organizations. Hmmm, am I even still a member of the Pernese...
Forum: The Library Café Apr 5 2021, 08:02 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

The two of us aren't friends away from the forum.
Forum: The Library Café Apr 5 2021, 08:02 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

I know that is why I wasn't worried until the others asked about it.
Forum: The Library Café Apr 5 2021, 04:20 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

yeap
Forum: The Library Café Apr 5 2021, 02:44 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Unfortunately I can't get on there either. While I am a moderator over there that will probably need to be fixed by an admin. And as you both know the only admin over there at this point is Simon and...
Forum: The Library Café Dec 21 2020, 10:04 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Zelandeth, you would have been better off if they had sent those items with someone other than the US Postal Service. I once had something take 21 days to go from Colorado Springs, Colorado to me in...
Forum: The Library Café Dec 16 2020, 09:18 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

My grandparents had one of those Kovac calculators and I've always regretted that it went to one of my cousins when grandma passed away. I'd still have it the cousin lost it some time around 1980....
Forum: The Library Café Nov 18 2020, 09:41 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

You will be quite happy with that machine. The Walmart I work at had a used one installed in our personnel department when it opened in 2006. We finally replaced it in the summer of 2019 simply...
Forum: The Library Café Nov 10 2020, 01:08 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Your husband has my sincere condolences that is an awful way to die. :(
Forum: The Library Café Nov 5 2020, 09:50 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

So sorry Maw, but I am glad she was at peace. That is perhaps one of the hardest things an adult child can do in watching a parent slowly die.
Forum: The Library Café Oct 26 2020, 09:31 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Maw the fact that I was at work the night my mom passed is one of my greatest regrets. Make sure you won't regret not being there for her.
Forum: The Library Café Oct 2 2020, 01:15 AM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

OK this is both easy and complicated. The easy answer is no their vote won't count. Now for the complicated part.

ALL absentee ballots are supposed to be checked against the voter rolls and the...
Forum: The Library Café Jul 30 2020, 10:17 PM
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Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

The Flu and Pneumonia shots are also paid for by Walmart for their employees. In fact they believe so strongly in their employees being able to get the shot that they set a day aside in the fall for...
Forum: The Library Café Jul 28 2020, 09:52 AM
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Views: 1,334,322
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Re: What is happening

Worked for me did you take the greater than and lesser than brackets off?
Forum: Exhibit Hall Jul 7 2020, 11:42 PM
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Original fic: Vigil
Views: 4,052
Posted By SpaceCowboy
Vigil

This is a tribute I wrote in my head Monday at work after I heard Charlie Daniels had passed. I am a long time fan (mid to late 1970's) of his and have my century (100 concerts). ...
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