Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 69° this morning. No change in the long range fall forecast, other than the chance of rain tomorrow has been reduced to 15% and the night temperatures may drop into the upper 50's a couple of times.
Bad news on my freezer woes. Small inaccessible hole in the coolant line allowed all of the Freon to escape. Cannot be replaced so I need to purchase a new freezer. Blah! Serviceman confirmed that this one was manufactured in 1990, so we got 30 years of service from it with NO repairs. I have a neighbor who could and would surreptitiously refill it with Freon, but it would eventually leak out again. Meanwhile another trip today to see if I can get another one, along with a refill of dry ice. $$$ Guess where my stimulus money is going?
A couple of large breakfast burritos this morning Flo. Sausage, egg, cheese and hash-browns with a big bowl of spicy salsa for dipping.
A great big thanks to all who liked and commented on yesterday's booty pictures (store-bought and painted figures);
Guy, Phil, Patrick, Chad, Sherrel, GT,, James, Karl, Chet, Tom O, Lee, Hughie, Jerome, Curt, Tom, Ken, Joe, Justin, Rick, Jerry.
I did not get into the train shed yesterday, quite unusual for me. Spent the day dealing with the freezer, and later I had to wait in the house for the serviceman to arrive since my wife is convalescing and couldn't answer the door.
So a few more critter pictures are in order. The first is a flying fisherman that visits my pond regularly.
The rest are four legged creatures that I saw when I used to walk after work in the evening.
I now walk in the morning and they are gone by then.
Patrick - My wife is enamored with her My Pillow, so much so that she got another one for me. Nothing special as far as I am concerned. My best sleep comes after a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, regardless of pillow!
I hope once again that all of your family's medical issues get resolved satisfactorily. Including the doggie.
Guy - Good luck on the elk hunt. Seven years, hope that you're successful.
Lee - Your modeling talents extend to HO as well as O. Nice work on that F7 and surrounding scenes.
No I never modeled O scale myself. I just never really had the room until later in life when I could afford to build the train shed, but by then I had amassed quite a collection of HO. If I did go O, I would go with two-rail O because that third rail always bothered me, no offense to any one who models O scale.
Sherrel -
There have been two of them caught in the MIL's house this summer! No one can figure out how they are getting in - no doors are ever left open?
My experience is that they tend to come in where pipes, dryer vents, conduits, or other plumbing goes through the walls.
Today commemorates the day that the Mayflower set sail from England in 1620. I really don't think that
Sherrel was on board.
Closer to home here in Texas, many celebrate Mexican Independence Day. Barbecued goats and Corona beer are the staples of the parties. No, Cinco de Mayo is not their independence day, it's a holiday invented by US beer companies.
Everybody have a great day, I'm off to shop for a new freezer.