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Yep, Huell was from Tennessee and had the drawl to show for it. But he sure loved Cali.

You must be older than I thought! Wasn't Doug McConnell "California Backroads"? He was super enjoyable as well.

Scott
Yes, he did Bay Area Backroads from the '80s until 2008. My youthful appearance has fooled many. It gets embarrassing when my son's girlfriend's girlfriends ask him for a date with his "older brother."
 
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Talks like crazy ... most people don't know that Budgies (parakeets) can talk and are very trainable.

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I don't know if you enjoy Michael Chricton's work. RIP, Michael. In his satirical novel Next, a transgenic African Grey named Gerard plays a large role. This parrot, equipped with human intelligence, is very vocal and constantly quips cleverly at those around him, including coyotes who try to eat him. Parrots are awesome birds.
 
I don't know if you enjoy Michael Chricton's work. RIP, Michael. In his satirical novel Next, a transgenic African Grey named Gerard plays a large role. This parrot, equipped with human intelligence, is very vocal and constantly quips cleverly at those around him, including coyotes who try to eat him. Parrots are awesome birds.
Budgies (parakeets) are the actually the smallest parrots (body size) in the world if you don't count their long tail in their length. They are in the parrot family.

https://www.thesprucepets.com/types-of-small-parrots-390928
 
I was not happy with the dim backup lights on the Mini. I installed LEDs. Then I got a backup camera and the LEDs were too bright. So I went back to the dim incandescent bulbs. :LOL:
No backup camera on the 2005 Tacoma - just rear view mirrors. Here's a shot in the dark garage with the backup lights shinning on the garage door. Big difference, maybe I can drive in reverse now. 😄

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Intalled an LED backup light bulb on the driver's side only for now so I can test it out compared to the stock bulb when it's fully dark. Here's some photos when it was still light out, so I'm betting the LEDs will be way better at night than the stock bulbs.

Stock bulb.
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LED bulb.
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LED bulbs are quicker for brake lights too …
 
High feed 2” mill I blew up when I was an apprentice. Mill was spinning at 2,000rpm and feeding at 200 inches per minute, forgot to move my Z zero which resulted in it trying to take a 1/2” depth of cut instead of 1/16” 😬

Saved the part after allowing my heart rate to drop back down and replacing the cutter though… sounded like a gun shot!
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^^^ Is that snow on the grass along the building wall ?
White rocks that line the bottom edge of my shed.
I need to figure out a natural grass killer to clean up those rocks. I used to keep that a little better looking because the white rocks match the white trim around the gray shed and it looks nice.
I may just end up pulling them out and doing a proper job of digging out the grass and keeping it edged once the rocks go back in.
 
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