Recent content by Grampa Don

I have a Smartflip phone. It's a flip phone with some smart functions. It does what I need. It could play music and even has an FM tuner. And there are a lot of apps available. All I use it for is to phone and to text my son each morning that I'm still here. He's been after me to get one...

I follow Hackady.com where a lot of these show up. It's fun to watch someone rebuild old gear.

Match books?

I joined a pipe smoking forum. It's interesting. A lot of these guys (almost all are guys) came from cigarettes to pipes. Pipe tobacco can be expensive too, but you get more mileage from it. A good pipe smoker can go over an hour on one pipeful. The goal is to keep it barely lit and not...

Oh, I have sympathy for folks addicted to nicotine or anything else. I don't think most intend to become addicts. And, breaking addictions can be difficult. I've seen people struggle with it.

That's why vapes have become so popular. And who knows what effects they have on health.

I don't think I'm any wiser than when I was younger. I'm dumber is some ways. Losing brain cells does that. So I don't expect any special treatment just because I'm old. If I've been talked down to, I'm too stupid to notice. I generally find that if I treat others with respect, they treat...

One Mother's day my two teenage sons and I took my wife to a swap meet. We wandered around and she bought a small lacquered box. Then we drove down to the shore and had date shakes. She said it was the best Mother's day she ever had. I'd love to relive that day.

I have a beat up old rattan armchair in my patio. It swivels and rocks on springs. The patio is covered and in the winter the sun shines part way in. I move the chair to where all but my head gets the warmth of the sun. I like to sit in that chair with a cup of good green tea and rock...

For some reason, my mother spelled my middle name Le Roy. Why, I don't know and never asked. When needed, I've always signed it as plain Leroy.

I looked at that, but it doesn't say anything about vast quantities. I think it's long been known that subduction of ocean seafloor due to continental drift has brought hydrated minerals deep into the mantle. When molten lava hits it you get explosive volcanoes like mount St. Helens. I...

I'm such a doofus. Here's the link.

Did you know there is a Willoughby in Ohio? Looks like nice place.

It's the same with other types of stores too. I read that Joanns yardage and craft stores have declared bankruptcy. Eventually, on line will be all there is. Strange new world.

It's a little misleading. Here's a link to an article on the BBC. The water is in hydrated minerals. Ordinary rust is a hydrated mineral. So, we're not talking about liquid water.