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Bob Starkston

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Retired from semiconductor tech development. Enjoying cycling, woodworking, gardening, and building up a garden scale train with the grandkids

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Prepping?

31.01.2026 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And buy a big mattress to keep it in

30.01.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Add yeast if you can't bulk.

29.01.2026 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think your concierge medicine experience is not what the rest of America has to deal with

29.12.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought tech bros wanted everyone else to move to Mars so they can have earth to themselves

25.12.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How much voting stock does musk control?

16.11.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next time 3d print it for almost nothing. Something that simple you could figure out how to draw up in 3d cad if you couldn't find a design

21.09.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How much more will it cost to pay a claim with 15-50% tariffs?

18.09.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like Melania

03.08.2025 04:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We don't mix chocolate and orange in our family...

18.07.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't group Intel woes with tech. They have been mismanaged for 20+ years into this current disaster

17.07.2025 04:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Umm, what happened during Reagan's second term. I guess that was fine

09.07.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm just glad there is no climate change and we don't need NOAA because we can watch the weather on Fox

09.07.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amen

03.07.2025 04:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How do you paint that detail - stencil?

02.07.2025 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really, $45 per car with lights and metal wheels?

02.07.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe a strip of copper sheet would be best

05.06.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Newsom Admin proposes to break 2 mill solar contracts: Californians respond on the Solar Rights Alliance Podcast. Dwight, father of five and business coach, calls out the corruption in the proposal.

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#rooftopsolar

18.03.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Yikes!

25.04.2025 04:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are there some common fonts used? I've never seen that documented anywhere (newby)

21.04.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am so newby confused about G scale scaling. 1:29, 1:32, whatever is easiest to convert? I picked up 2 piko flatcars that the body of the cars are 14" long. Is that a 40' flat car? Seems real trains are 60 or 80' #modeltrains

08.04.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Douthat's an idiot and nobody should read him anyway.

05.04.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Beginning Dates Used: Today = 2/5/2025. Great Recession = 12/11/2007. Great Depression = 9/3/1929.

Beginning Dates Used: Today = 2/5/2025. Great Recession = 12/11/2007. Great Depression = 9/3/1929.

Here is a graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Index over the last 40 days (orange) overlaid with the Dow Jones over the first 40 days both the Great Recession and Great Depression.

After 40 days:
Great Recession = -11.20%
Great Depression = -15.81%
Today = -14.38%

#EconSky

05.04.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bessent's brilliance: Chart-topping hedge genius. #econsky

05.04.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not significantly different with a clear trend higher...

30.03.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Libraries pay the author

20.03.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A whole circuit board for 1 led?

18.03.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! I'm slowly building up an outdoor G scale layout through our backyard in Sacramento area. My grandson loves trains

18.03.2025 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. Very nice. Any tips / links for a newby - inexpensive/ free but good 3D modeling software, what to look for in a print service, etc?

16.03.2025 05:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was thinking about trying something like this, but wondering if I could weather harden it for outdoor garden scale

03.03.2025 05:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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