Ken, that is a fine bit of negotiating, well done!been putting off doing another amended return for 2018. Did one amended return for that year already then I found another 1099 that I had lost track of and forgot about. I think that will carry forward a loss into 2019 so there's another amended return I'll have to do as well.
I have an electrician coming by this morning to install my Tesla wall charger. No, not the plug in the wall kind but the heavier duty charger with the special cable end that Harris thinks ya have to hold in the car outlet like at a gas pump. Initial bids from some electricians were well over $3,000 to do this. Job should take no more than 10 minutes and require a 60amp breaker and 5 feet of #4 cable. I have the wall opened up and the charger mounted on the wall.
This electrician is only asking $315. Yeah, he's licensed and has the county permit.
I guess I could post a dozen pictures or so of this, but I won't.
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How could I have forgotten Arab-Israeli wars?! My late sister's husband, Khaldun is Palestinian, she met him in college. Khal and I played many games of Arab-Israeli Wars. No need to guess what side I played every time."Steel Panthers" was (is) an awesome game. I played it for hours back when it was being updated.
I played Panzer Blitz (and Panzer Leader and the later Arab=Israeli Wars, modeled on the same system) some, but never really got into that.
The very first Avalon Hill I played (that was not in their leisure series, where I had played "Acquire" which is still available and is an awesome game), was "Luftwaffe". My friend had that and we branched out from there. This was in junior high.
We also played a bunch of War in the Pacific and War at Sea and even made our own mash-up of the two games, since they were basically the same system adapted to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Another really fun one is "Richtoffen's War". I had that (and sold it to my dad) and we played it a ton. I recently bought a copy off eBay to try and get my son to play. We've played once. We also had WW2 and modern air games (not Avalon Hill -- I forget who did the WW2 ones, which were part of a system -- the modern (70s/80s) air sumulation was SPI - Air War.
Ah, the good times. We actually play a lot of games as a family now. Things like the various Ticket to Ride versions, Machi Koro, Tokaido Road, and various other Japan themed board games from the game store. Stuff like that. Usually a Sunday afternoon thing at our home, recently we've not played as much. Need to get back in the habit.
I did not realize Gettysburg was an Avalon Hill game. I bought a version of it where one post the moves in a file and you send it to a friend. They import your moves, make theirs and send it back. Slow but gives one a whole lot of time to develop a battle plan. Not played in years,,,, no decades now.Yes, I agree with you Bruette about the old Avalon Hill board games. I still have Battle of the Bulge and Gettysburg. I used to play Battle of the Bulge with a friend of mine and we played the game for an entire afternoon.
This would have never happened 10 years ago.Once again, I failed to hit "Post Reply". This was written 4 hours ago!
Let us know when you are back and safe SFW !We are under a tornado WARNING for the next 45 minutes or so. Current projections put it passing maybe 3-5 miles west of me, but these things are quite unpredictable.
Safe room is ready.
Willie your not alone I have no idea eitherGood Morning All. Cloudy and 60°, 100% chance of thunderstorms starting around 9:00 am this morning. The forecast is for about 1" by nightfall. Warm day yesterday at 78° with a lot of wind. There's grassfires all over the place just west of here. Wind advisory in effect all day with gusts approaching 45 mph. The rain however should help with the fires. I am hoping for a slow steady rain as the garden and all of the surrounding landscape needs it. Nothing here is green except the lush field of winter wheat next door. Not a single tree has budded out yet.
So this rain will develop while I am headed for and undergoing a CT scan this morning at 9:45. I'm not real sure that I need it, but it's free and if it's raining I can't do anything outdoors anyway. I think that it's mostly peace of mind for my doctor. I am finally over the shortness of breath associated with the pneumonia, but I am still not up to full stamina yet.
I feel that I have been missing something in life after reading through many of the recent posts here in the Coffee Shop. I have no PC games or any game consoles, so I have no idea of what y'all are posting about! Maybe it's best for me. I did have Pong about 45 years ago!
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's loco pictures; Smudge, Lee, Joe, Patrick, Louis, Tom, OB Ken, Curt, Hughie, IB Ken, Jaz, Mikey, Tom O, Guy, Tom H, Rick.
Another short Sunday out in the train shed. I applied ground cover to a small area, but that was about all. Moving forward, I am going to populate some scenes as I have built up a good reserve of figures.
Meanwhile a few more engine pictures. First, a pair of newly painted GP35's that I use for local switching.
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Another pair of SD40-2's.
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These are the "snoot nose" variety.
Todd - Have a safe trip.
Lee - That flatcar load is actually aluminum billet for an extrusion plant. I made the load by cutting up the leftover ends of aluminum brazing rod.
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It's a reminder of the aluminum extruder that made window components where I worked for 43 years.
OB Ken - Good luck on your first day.
Everyone have a great day. Hmmmh! Where's Karl this morning?
Curt- I had to look twice to make sure it was a model picture instead of a prototype shot.Good Afternoon,
Started out running the 2 reverse loops without issue and from there it went to crap. I was moving my RS1 back to where it belonged around the turntable and it dies on the bridge. From that point on it was downhill. I spent 4 hours trouble shooting which included talking to my buddy Jon 3 separate times. Now the bridge won't turn and the rails are dead. Speaking of dead I think the thing is finally dead. It's the first generation one that has been removed from layouts several times, stored, and reinstalled. I'm at the point of giving up and removing it completely. The wife is adamant that I need one, so she says order one if I need to. I checked and the new pit has the same dimensions.
Tomorrow Kathy and I have to drive about 2 hours roundtrip to pick up a refurbished pool pump motor. It's half the cost of a new one. The current one we got refurbished from the same company and it lasted about 2.5 years. Wednesday is the setup for the book fair at daughters school.
Thank you for the photo likes yesterday.
Mike- I hope things went well for you today.
IB Ken- The ring sounds much better than the alternative.
Joe- Congrats on the layout success. Cool photo but it sure looks like it would be very top heavy in heavy weather and seas.
Louis- Prayers for your buddy Willy.
Smudge- That's a pet peeve for me also.
Willie- I like the "snoot"" variety. It looks unique. Nice car load.
Ken (IL)- I hope your day went well.
Guy- Thank you. It's "For Sale Sign" styrene sprayed with Auto flat black primer for 3 coats and brushed on gray weathering powder. Around the track crossing I use modeling wood for the height.
Greg- That's definitely a rust bucket.
Dave- Nice looking truck.
Steve- Congrats on a successful run. You must have better luck than me. Nice shot of the layout.
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I hope everyone has a good night.
Curt: They are surprisingly stable in what I would describe as rough seas...ok Rough for the Chesapeake Bay between Norfolk and Cape Charles. .it sure looks like it would be very top heavy in heavy weather and seas.