2026-08-19
Well my clone finally arrived…
It’s just kind of a fun experiment. It looks good and runs well. We’ll see if the Chinese movements are any good? It’s by far the cheapest mechanical watch I have. They’ve certainly paid attention to EVERY detail. You can even see the “crown” etched on the glass floating over the 6 o’clock position in the second pic from the bottom right after the last S in Swiss.
I’m not gonna pass it off as the real thing, but I do really like the function and look, but not for $25K! I still cringed at a few hundred bucks… 🤪
2026-08-18
Julie digging up old pics…
She found this among her mom’s stuff while going through it recently. It was from pretty early in our dating life.
Mostly done.
The built in shelving system it came with made the task so much easier! You can see how Andy set it up including building a box for some of his longer tools on the lower right side. He’s got one more box to build on the left for long stock and his tripod vise. It’s gonna be sweet when he finishes. My dad always wanted a setup like this where he could have all his tools and parts close at hand, but still be mobile. He would have loved to see this in his grandkids❣️
All hands on deck!
A few of us helped Andy move into his new truck. Brandon is treating him well as a thank you for what Andy is bringing to the table :)
It was fun to jump in with some of the guys and help out. He has TONS of room. Four of us could work in there and stay out of each other’s way. There’s even room for the microwave in the bulkhead over the passenger compartment!
Julie’s mystery snails are making babies…!
She found this attached to the inside of the lid on her fish tank. Pretty creepy and cool all at the same time. We will see what happens. Might be cool and fun to watch.
Cool spiderweb at John and Savannah’s
I noticed this when pulling out of our driveway a few mornings ago. I liked how the morning beads of dew were hanging on the web.
I used roughly a 24x zoom on my phone to capture it. Pretty cool. That’s like having a 600mm on a 35mm camera… Crazy that you can carry something like that in your pocket these days and get a decent image of something like this without even having to get out of the car…
2026-08-17
Crazy storm fronts moving through last week..
I don’t remember a summer that was this wet before, especially August. I guess it’s making up for all the drought last year?! Cool clouds though!
I like little details like the airplane shaped date hand pointer…
Mechanical works of art! I like the hand currently showing August 11th.
The man behind the legend
It was fun to see this YouTube of Junlge Jim’s and Jungle Jim (the guy on the left that created it). The YouTuber on the right got dressed up in one of “Jungle’s” costumes and roamed the store with him while they chronicled their history adn approach to the fun that defines the place. I put a link to the video here along with the screenshot in case you wanted to check it out.
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