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.

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I’m a little late in posting this.

Costco had a package of Maglites the 2-AA LED, and a 3-D Cell LED. I have this weird thing for flashlights.. so I had to get them.

My hose nozzle cracked last winter so I needed a new one. Gilmour has a Zinc Pistol Grip Nozzle for a reasonable price at Lowes.  Be sure to check the label, Most of Gilmour’s products are made overseas. They do all seem to be of reasonably good quality.

Starting today I’ll be providing you with missions for the upcoming week. Click here for your Mission.

Tags: flashlight, maglite, mini maglite

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

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∞Visit the Magic American

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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.

∞North Star Leather

Tags: leather, south carolina, wallet

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 has the usual crushproof and water resistant case with a headphone jack built in. So you may listen to your tunes while in a kayak or hiking, without worry.
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 ought to work perfect.

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.

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∞Pelican

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Tags: california, case, cases, Outdoors, Travel