521. System Day Challenge 2026: What’s in Your Wheelhouse?
SYSTEM DAY CHALLENGE 2026: What’s in Your Wheelhouse? It’s hotter than hell (literally) in Texas right now, but even though the MLB World Series doesn’t begin until the last week of October this year, about now I start dreaming about baseball. This has to do with my elementary school
520. SPECIAL BULLETIN: The 2026 POY “CAD Squat Bulldog #493” Drops Tuesday 8/18 @ SPC
SPECIAL BULLETIN: The 2026 POY “CAD Squat Bulldog #493” Drops Tuesday 8/18 @ SPC Back this evening from a much-needed Marian retreat, and want to let everyone who’s not a social media user know that the wait for the 2026 POY is almost over— “We have POYs scheduled to
519. Celebrating the 356 Revival + Ken Sigel’s “Every Pipe Has A Story” Challenge
Some fun this morning! First, a celebration of the awesome new small batch 356 Revival. Then, Ken Sigel has a Pete Geek Challenge for us, with an Ephemera Prize for the winner. . . so on with the show– Cheyen Lloyd CPG added this beautiful smooth 356 Revival to
518. Sandra Bondarevska’s Stage Version of THE PETERSONS OF IRELAND + Recent Releases
If you’re a Pete Geek and don’t know the name Sandra Bondarevska, it’s time to learn it. Sandra is a Latvian journalist who lived in Dublin for decades, along with over 20,000 other members of the Latvian diaspora–which is said to number about half a million souls worldwide. The
517. Collector’s Corner Gallery: Matthew Ramsey’s River Collection and Ken Sigel’s Kapp Bros. Carving Shamrocks
Banner: River Nore, with the Eamon Langton Pub in the background, Kilkenny, June 9, 2009. Readers of Patrick O’Brian’s Aubreyiad will know what I mean when I say not long ago I wrote to my “particular friend” Clint Stacy CPG that this time of year seems to land us
516. Five New Refurb Ideas Used on an 05a Dublin System Estate + Winston’s World Cup Fundraiser
IMPORTANT PSA AT END OF POST Since I was a kid I’ve had a disability called strabismus, which means I have little depth of vision and tend to run into things or knock things over. For several years after I had eye surgery Mom would take me out of school