Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and 70° outside right now. Cool front came through just at dusk last night. Not supposed to get above 90° for the next few days. Rained last night as well, there's 1" in the gauge this morning. That's 6.5" for July, about three times our normal total for this month. Another day of no outdoor chores. Woke up at 2:00 and the damn thunder kept me awake for over an hour and a half after the rain had stopped. Power went off a few times during the night, and this morning our new tankless water heater doesn't work. So that's my chore today. I am hoping that it is just an internal reset button that needs to be activated.
Granddog was dropped off for an extended vacation yesterday evening while her family goes to Jersey. Great, the rain came and now I will have to deal with muddy paws from day one.
Dermatologist did a little more scraping and freezing yesterday, to ensure that he got all of the cancerous cells the last time about a month ago. He didn't see any, this was just a precautionary step.
Light breakfast this morning Francine since I have to get into a tight space to check out the heater. A BLT sandwich should do.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments yesterday regarding the train shed activity;
Tom O, Mopac, James, Justin, Guy, Sherrel, Chad, Joe, Patrick, Phil, Curt, Hughie, Garry, Rick, Tom.
OK, I am in a dilemma in the train shed. I am ready to deal with a project, but I am at a standstill on the current Charlottesville project. I have used twenty two structures so far and I have temporarily run out of appropriate ones to add. So I am looking at an area just south of the bakery, Sears Distribution Center and brewery that I pictured earlier this month.
I am looking at two probabilities here. An industry just to the left of the brewery serviced by a spur curving around next to the passing siding. Don't know what it will be yet.
Secondly I always intended to fill in the space between that peninsula and one further to the left (out of view) with an 8-10" flared extension to provide more room. The vise and pencil sharpener were removed after this picture was taken. The industry for this space which is approximately 52" x 16", will be a piggyback unloading ramp. There is already another spur coming directly off of the passing siding for this.
The tail end of that era just overlaps my era by about 6-8 years before overhead cranes started to be used. I spent many hours watching this type of operation as a teen, when I rode my bicycle over to the ATSF Zacha Yard near where we lived in Dallas in the 60's.
First step is to install the backdrop.
Those two railcars are just being stored there and have no significance. That's the current plan. More to come.
Justin - Good news about your father.
Sherrel - The grain elevator is one of the few plastic kits from American Model Builder. I got it when it was first released in 1991. It has since been redone as a laser cut wood kit. It is known as The Country Grain Elevator.
Good luck with Kate's medical procedure today. I hope that it turns out well.
Garry - Wife has had the bad knee for over ten years and has always been hesitant to have a replacement done. I finally convinced her to get the first one done last year and it responded well. Of course having one good one has now put more pressure on the remaining bad one. Then Covid hit and elective surgery was put on hold. Now it is back on, and she has finally scheduled it for August 24. Whether it will be done in the hospital like the last one, or the outpatient clinic is yet to be determined. We're waiting to see if Medicare and our supplement will pay 100% like the first one done in the hospital. My cataracts can wait until the knee is done.
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Patrick, today is National System Administrator Appreciation Day. Thanks for being there!
Little late this morning as I have been jacking with the water heater.
Everybody have a great day.