This week is “Operation Diner”: If you choose to accept it, locate and patronize a local diner. Enjoy the atmosphere. Report your findings in a comment below.
I actually hit a couple this past weekend. Renyolds Roadhouse is by far my favorite eating establishment. They have the best breakfasts, coffee, people watching, and friendly staff(Not to mention their burgers. wow).
Enjoy.
I’m a little late in posting this.
Costco had a package of Maglites the 2-AA LED, and a 3-D Cell LED
My hose nozzle cracked last winter so I needed a new one. Gilmour has a Zinc Pistol Grip Nozzle
Starting today I’ll be providing you with missions for the upcoming week. Click here for your Mission.
I love this stuff, and Goo Gone is Made in the USA. Just remembered I bought some to take some stick stuff of a table.
Thanks for reminding me Cool Tools
∞Visit the Magic American
North Star Leather makes some fine leather wallets and many other leather acessories out of their factory in Ruby South Carolina.
I was in need of a new front pocket wallet. I ordered the Leather money clip/card ID pockets. I had been looking for a wallet for a while now. I’ve seen a couple cheap wallets at the flea market that would do… but I wanted something someone made, here.
The Leather money clip arrived and something was just not right about it… It was built perfect, Everything fit perfect.. but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Finally, I realized it was Brown instead of the Black I had ordered. I Emailed Northstar and got a prompt response offering ot replace the wallet and shipping cost for the return of the Brown wallet. Keep in mind this is for a $7 wallet. That is some great service.
I declined the deal to ship the wallet back and ordered a new black wallet. It would cost us both more in time than it’s worth. I now have an early christmas gift for someone who likes brown wallets.
All is good now. I have the black wallet, It’s very built very well. I expect I will get many years of service out of it.
I checked out a Pelican case at a local Outdoors store (Alpine Shop). The Pelican cases are very well built and have some great features. For example The Pelican i1010 Waterproof Case for an iPod
They also carry a full line of cases for anything you could imagine (within reason). I have a DSLR Camera I’d like to take with me on a trip to Japan. The Pelican 1300-000-110 Small DSLR Camera Case
Another great selling point, everything is backed by Pelican’s Legendary Lifetime Guarantee of Excellence, “You break it, we replace it…forever.”™
Pelican Products are made in Torrance, California.
Not a whole lot this week.
Minuteman Pens, but their store has been closed since I ran across it.
I was happy to find my new favorite website, http://www.backfence.com/
It has all of the small local business’ in a number of areas listed. Another great looking site is http://www.locallectual.com/ I’ve not had time to check them out very much, but they seem to have a wealth of information.
∞Enjoy.
I had a race this weekend and I came in dead middle. My class was running only 3 cars, I came in second. Everyone running consisted of roughly 100 people, I came in 50th. I hit no cones. It was pouring down rain half of my runs.
Luckily I had SilBlade. Even when the wipers weren’t on I had a relatively clear view in front of me. They seem to have some additive on the blades that bead up rain on the windshield. I must say, I wasn’t too keen on this at first. However(and there is always a however in life) I fell in love with the beading rain, and the SilBlade, this week.
Normally when it rains, I have a thin layer of water streaming down my windshield. This is not good at high speeds when you need to see where you are actually going. Even with a light mist, the ability to see out the windshield is greatly improved.
Now to the wiper. I say wiper because I purchased only one. What can I say, I’m cheap and I wanted to compare directly the difference. The SilBlade wiper glides smoothly over the windshield weather it’s wet or not. While my passenger side blade is chattering due to lack of lubrication, the SilBlade on the driver side is perfectly wiping the light mist away. That sold me on this blade instantly.
Get your SilBlade on Amazon
To give you an idea of what it was like sunday, here is a video of a fellow autocrosser… And this was the dry part of the day.
I’ve been looking for a new sleeping bag for a few months. My current bag(eggplant) is from when I was like 10 and going to summer camp. Eggplant protects to temperatures down to 65 degrees. Enough about this, Let’s talk about Equinox.
So, I ran across Equinox on the PennPortal blog, Equinox makes Hiking/Day bags, cargo bags, Sleeping bags, many other outdoor living accessories. They are made in Williamsport Pennsylvania, for over 20 years.
I’m going to go with the Forest Green Koala camp bag. (I’ll skip the Eggplant this time)
Equinox Outdoor gear found via PennPortal
I smell great.
Clubman has got some amazing scents. Lime sec is where my experiment started… well let’s go back a bit…
I’ve never worn any sort of cologne or deodorant, because I don’t, normally, need it. I did want to smell good though. So, I tried some crappy stuff from some online cologne shop. About 10 different scents, they all gave me a headache.
Now, I’ve found an American manufacturer that makes some of the best scents I’ve had on my body.
As mentioned, it started with the Lime sec. Got it in the mail, shaved, slapped some on my face, and fell in love. Crisp spring/summer smell, Limey with a spice after smell.
I went back and ordered some Virgin Island Bay Rum(Which I’m wearing right now), Lilac Vegetal, and the Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic. Each of them remind me of barber shops and my grandpa.
There is a hair stuff called American Crew that I normally use for my hair, just to keep it under control. It works very well but I have no idea where it’s made. I can go without, but the hair can go crazy at times. Figured I would give the Clubman Hair tonic a shot.
I smell great, You can smell great too.
The Hilight of this week is the Orbix razor via thecelebritycafe.
The REV360™ moves in a smooth oscillating motion. Cutting hairs with a straight edge to minimize bumps! And it can actually reduce shaving time.
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