When it comes to the strange, it doesn't get much weirder than ol' K-Pax. But we picked a couple of other notable #Texas oddities, from #Austin to #Lufkin, in the latest Strangest State column: https://www.texasobserver.org/strangest-state-may-june-2023/

From the May/June issue of our magazine.
(#Cartoons by Drue Wagner)
#politics #weird #Houston #firefighters #corruption #TXlege #USpol #KenPaxton

These weird C-clamps are super weak. I googled the manufacturers "#Starrett, #BrownAndSharpe, #Mitutoyo and #Lufkin" and they aren't even known for making clamps! And these clocks aren't running, but even if they did it looks like some kind of #metric time. Useless.

At least there's some #Craftsman in the lot.

#machining

These weird C-clamps are super weak. I googled the manufacturers "#Starrett, #BrownAndSharpe, #Mitotouyo and #Lufkin" and they aren't even known for making clamps! And these clocks aren't running, but even if they did it looks like some kind of #metric time. Useless.

At least there's some #Craftsman in the lot.

#machining

Father-in-law's neighbor is downsizing and FIL noticed a bunch of #machining tools on the way out. Gonna score a bunch of vintage #Starrett, #BrownandSharpe and #Lufkin DTIs and suchlike for the shipping cost!

I didn't really do an #introduction post.
Born and raised in Texas, mostly #Lufkin (East Texas).
My husband and I watch a lot of sci fi/fantasy tv.
we have a rescue dog who I'll post pics of from time to time.
I enjoy hiking and travel.
We've lived in Los Angeles since late 2005, fleeing a period of freezing in Chicago for a number of years.
#transisbeautiful #landback #climatechange #blacklivesmatter #decolonize #unhousedneighbors are all issues I'm attuned to with varying degrees of action.