Day 2942

 I woke up a little after 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that it was Amazon.

Overnight I'd decided that I wasn't going to buy the Axial Power Wagon.  After all, I already have one from FMS that I built a wooden back end for.  I decided to spend less than half the money on hop up parts for both it and the SCX24 Jeep. Of course that meant hours of looking at options on Amazon.

The Jeep was relatively easy because I'd been looking at options for it for days.  I'm going to add weight to it by getting brass suspension links and steering knuckles.  The FMS was harder because I'd never looked at parts for it.  There were a lot of options.  Eventually I decided on brass links and steering knuckles for it, too.  The idea in both cases is to add unsprung weight down low without adding weight that spins (wheel weights or driveshafts).  There are additional things I can do to the FMS if it needs it.  The Jeep should be fine.

After placing the order I started work on the two vehicles.  I redid the wiring on the FMS.  It was really sloppy and cleaning it up made putting the body on much easier.  It's still a pain though and I'm going to see if I can use magnets.  It won't be easy though due to the body design.

When that work was done I installed the parts that came yesterday onto the Jeep.  Ironically I'll have to remove them to install the new suspension links.  That's OK though.  It's only two screws on each side and installing them let me know how they fit and look.  They fit and look good.  When I finished I cleaned up and put everything away.  I even sorted out the plastic bags in both the bedroom and the garage.

Ellen fixed grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch.  After lunch I surfed.  That turned to videos about the time she went to the club.

Dinner was a HEB quick cooking spaghetti and meatball dinner.  It was pretty good.

After dinner was football.  It was a good game.  The Seahawks trailed most of the game, going 90 yards to score the go ahead touchdown with 45 seconds left in the game.  Then they made a spectacular interception to end the game.

During the game Eric texted me.  I'd mention to Pat in an email today that I was thinking about getting an iPad and could Eric get me a discount.  News travels fast.  He texted me a couple of hours later.  After a couple of texts we'll send him the money and he'll order it after the first of the year at a 25% discount.  I'll probably have him send it to Hooch to avoid the $75 in sales tax.