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Yes, if you are not in the North East, it’s a trek 😄 just to get there.

The Star Trek Original Series Set Tour calls it a “Trekonderoga.”

But if you can go, William Shatner will appear in November.

While pricing for “Bridge Chats” and other close-up events with Bill is definitely not cheap, a regular tour ticket will include seeing Bill answer questions and talking at a larger setting in a school auditorium.

The most recent addition to the tour is the completely restored Galileo Shuttle, which was used on some episodes of TOS.

It is surrounded by video walls that can project moving stars or other backgrounds.

I was there for the unveiling of the shuttle. 🖖

Got this with a bulk Facebook marketplace buy. Turns out that even though this item was made in the 90’s, they kept cranking them after this initial release. At most it’s worth maybe $10.

(I gave the mini communicator to a friend - it beeped and booped and lit up!)

Now if it included Kirk and Spock, I think it would have appreciated. Live Long And Play! 🖖

Wow!

After James Cawley, the creator and owner of The Original Series Set Tour, located in Ticonderoga for over a decade, posted on FB about moving out, the Ticonderoga Chamber of Commerce announced a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Galileo Shuttle Craft.

I do not have a way to confirm that the TCOC did this on reaction to this warning phaser shot across the bow, but it is possible.

James posts on FB fairly regularly, but usually cuts off commenting, and does not reply to his posts to any that are able to comment before he closes comments.

He has been quite unhappy with Governor Hochul’s position on the expansion of the Star Trek tour building. He had built the bridge set of The Next Generation, but was denied a permit to build an expansion to the current location.

Our 2010 Prius III was recently drenched by rain through the moonroof I left open. Full blame on me.

Followed advice from Reddit and tried Damp Rid, using a wet/dry vac, but the sound deadening insulation was still really wet. And smelled. It was time for drastic measures.

I bought a carpet blade today at Home Depot (btw - apparently this triggers a warning to store personnel to check me out - see if I look like a crazy person?? 9/11 terrorist?? WTF).

Both sound deadening pads were still wet and stinky! Removed both and trashed.

I was about to buy a roll of carpet padding to replace it, but Google says nope.

A 48” x 54” piece is $130. I think I will need two.

Anyone use any other less expensive material that would work here?

I’d like to keep Penelope till the wheels fall off. Note the 250k badge for mileage. Still getting 48-50 mpg highway.

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A Facebook rendering. Not too shabby. Anyone with wrapping experience have an idea on what this customization would cost? Ballpark figure?

Just watched the YouTube video of Adam Savage and one of the creators of Cushman Cutouts.

A 20 foot print sells for $599.99.

A smaller print will also be for sale later on, but I am not sure if the less expensive print is available now.

Who would buy this given the price? It is absolutely an amazing piece of TOS art, as well as a look at the science behind TOS.

Right now, I’d have to wait for the low budget edition. 🖖

Because I belong to some FB Star Trek groups and post a lot about The Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, I recently have been getting a lot of friend requests from Trekkies all over the world.

Normally I don’t accept friend requests unless the person lives in my area and I actually at least know them IRL.

I posted a picture of my upcoming trip for the Galileo Opening and the number of friend requests are multiplying like Tribbles.

I decided to accept most of them.

Well.

When I started to see obvious MAGA posts from my new “friends,” I started to at least ask them how they could truly be Trekkies if they supported a felon who was completely against diversity - one of the tenets that drew me to TOS in the first place.

Some did not respond, some took offense that I was bringing politics into Star Trek. Most seemed to be able to compartmentalize their fandom of Star Trek alongside their diametrically opposed views of its philosophy.

I only check their profiles after I see a clear indication of cult posting.

Might have to revisit my current always accept FB Trekkie friend requests. LLAP 🖖

I had to renew my drivers license - Real ID - as we are taking a plane to Chicago this month for a weeks vacation. We are seeing my wife’s relatives in Milwaukee, going to a Brewers game, a Shakespeare play, and the Obama Presidential Center. Going to be fun!

The picture on the left was taken in 2023 - on the right is the new picture.

I could have waited a bit longer, as it was not expiring before our trip, but I did not want any issues with TSA screening because my face changed in three years.

I am also looking forward to not asking for an extender for the seat belt.

Still learning to use the Kwikpen - think I will keep using it.

Henry Louis Gates writes:

“On May 8, moments after the world learned that an American cardinal named Robert Francis Prevost was becoming Pope Leo XIV, my inbox was flooded with emails. For the past 13 years, I’ve hosted a PBS show called “Finding Your Roots,” where, with the help of a team of genealogists, we trace the family history of prominent figures, often turning up fascinating details about their ancestors that they didn’t know they had. As soon as Prevost became one of the most eminent people in the world, fans of the show wanted to know what mysteries lay in his family’s past.

They didn’t have to wait long. Hours later, news broke: The New York Times, drawing on research by Jari C. Honora, a genealogist, revealed that Pope Leo had recent African American ancestors. Prevost’s maternal grandparents, residents of the Seventh Ward in New Orleans, were described in records as “mulatto” and “black.” This was earthshaking news, but we knew it was only the beginning.”

NOTE: This article was published on June 11, 2025.
I am aware that there is a timely post in this sub that references this article. Why it presented itself on my New York Times app early this morning, I do not know.

As a former Catholic - attended Catholic grammar and high school, baptized and confirmed (Confirmation name is Christopher), I found it extremely interesting. It obviously did not enter my reading material at the time.

Today, as a Unitarian Universalist, our church is celebrating the life of a Black member who passed away last week at the age of 85.

As a child in Virginia, the KKK burned a cross in front of her home.

When I heard her tell this story, I realized that the KKK was still terrorizing Black Americans in the 20th century, and not just during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.

Admins, if you deem this post a duplicate and wish to remove it, I fully understand. But please consider this in the context of my Catholic upbringing, as well as a tribute to a member of our church who found refuge from a burning cross within the welcoming principles of our faith. We honor all faith traditions.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/11/magazine/pope-leo-xiv-ancestry-family-tree.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

On this day in 1972, Yogi was inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame ⚾ with the shortest, but still poignant and quintessential Yogi, speeches in induction history.

Via The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center

https://youtu.be/-IC1Up\_ruyg?is=CUzvrOiyrVA8KGSC

I asked Google - “If have driven 250,000 miles in a 2010 Prius with an average gas mileage of 47 miles per gallon, how much money have I saved on buying gas compared to a car that got 25 miles per gallon?

Google did the math and said:

“I have saved approximately $15,447 on gas by driving my 2010 Prius III for 250,000 miles compared to a 25 MPG vehicle. This estimate is based on a realistic lifetime U.S. national average gas price of $3.30 per gallon between 2010 and 2026.

The Fuel Consumption Breakdown

25 MPG Vehicle: Consumed 10,000 gallons of gas ($33,000 total cost).

2010 Prius (47 MPG): Consumed 5,319 gallons of gas ($17,553 total cost).

Total Fuel Saved: 4,681 gallons skipped at the pump.

Has anyone done this comparison? This is about $1,000 per year of ownership. Not bad.

I made a new sticker for my car that I will print out, because Toyota does make stickers for this mileage.

I recently drove from the Poconos (East Stroudsburg) to Harrisburg PA. That’s a round trip of a little over 200 miles. My mileage was 48 MPG.

I might have bought one except for the giant Yankees emblem. It almost looks like a cheapie giveaway hat. But at $52.99, it’s definitely not a giveaway.

Watching Yankees Phillies game now, and the Phillies hat also has the outsized emblem.

Anybody like this design?

From Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18oaHVMAfK/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Apparently two wine glasses that Bill handled (and licked) 😛 were sold at his recent appointment in Ticonderoga in June.

I would hope that the buyer gets the DNA replicated asap, so when technology permits, another Captain Kirk can boldly go. 🖖

There was a Red Cross Blood Drive yesterday at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond. If you donated blood or paid $10.00, you got a guided lap around the “Tricky Triangle” in your own car.

Penelope Prius (2010 - 250,000 plus miles) went to the maximum speed - 93 mph. The Chevy Silverado pace truck was governed to that speed.

I donated $30.00, so got three laps.

So far, NASCAR has not contacted me for any driving opportunities.

Not sure who Bill Capes is, but apparently he has the pull to get a picture of himself and Shatner in front of the Galileo Shuttle during this past Trekonderoga weekend.

Mere mortals can attend the official opening in September. George Takei will be making a rare East coast appearance. TNG’s Brent Spiner will also be a guest.

Bill was Bill on the Bridge Chat I attended on Saturday. Entertaining and engaging as always. 🖖

I searched for when he appeared, but it seems like there are various answers.

Anyone from Niles Illinois remember the year that Captain Kirk beamed down to this Toys R Us store?

Heading to Ticonderoga this week to have a “Bridge Chat” with William Shatner. Only 13.6 pounds away from “Onederland”.

Vivite diu et prosperate. 🖖

Sometimes FB Marketplace can be a good place for a Trekkie! 🖖

I expect the seven second delay.

What are you driving to the coast, and driving right back again?