Good Morning All. Clear and 54°, more of the same pleasant weather for a while. Still no rain in sight.
I spent most of yesterday getting back into my routine at home. Well it's hardly a routine since it changes all of the time but it is normal. Found the horrid smell in the fridge and tossed a cabbage into the compost pile; unpacked and did laundry and walked the estate. I picked a handful of tomatoes, bell peppers and Jalapenos before irrigating the garden; and then looked at the pile of firewood that still needs to be split. Today is a trip to town to pick up the pool cover that was delayed. I put the old one with holes on before leaving, I will put the new one on over it rather than removing it. Need a few groceries as well.
I meant to mention that while on vacation, I had the opportunity to visit a Hobby Town that heavily advertised model trains. Boy, that was a waste of time. I had read before that some of their locations were good for hobbyists and some weren't. This place was horrible in all departments besides trains. The train aisle was maybe 15' on one side of the aisle and had mostly Bachmann track. The whole store had maybe three dozen cans of spray paint and under two dozen bottles of Testor's and Badger paints.
Substance testing at our place of business while I was there was rather random in itself. That is except for truck drivers and forklift operators. Some years random testing was in the budget, others it was not. Post accident was mandatory whether the individual was at fault or not. I had a janitor who was hit with debris when a forklift operator dropped a crate of glass, and he tested positive for cocaine! I had to terminate him but wondered how he could afford cocaine on a janitor's wages!
A glorious day out in the train shed yesterday. I ran trains which I hadn't done in over a week. I also sat at the workbench and made the second food trailer from the Walther's kit, this one is "Dos Hermanas Tacos". In English, Two Sisters Tacos. I will not bore you with the build pictures as they are the same as the BBQ place built last month.
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I am looking for appropriate figures to add to the interior, I may have to paint some new ones.
I took other pictures but posted them over in the Santa Fe Sunday and the Under Construction Industrial Building threads.
Ken (D&J) - Looks like your prediction regarding the Washington/Dallas game was a good one.
Tom O - Sale or no sale, unless the store is in the Austin area, most of stores in Texas wouldn't dare try to sell Waygu Beef!
Patrick/Dave B - I haven't been bored a single day since retiring 7 years ago. Except maybe a day or two while on vacation. My wife on the other hand seems to be bored more often than not and she just retired this year. She wants to combat this by "going somewhere and spending money". This talk reminds me of my last boss at work who unretired three times, saying that he could only go fishing only so many times a week. He never planned for retirement and had nothing to do. He also had a wife who is 15 years younger then him and wasn't ready to retire and join him.
Patrick's wife has different circumstances as this is an unplanned retirement.
Chad - Seems like you now have a full schedule.
Today would have been Stevie Ray Vaughan's 68th birthday.
Everybody have a great day.
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