Good Morning All. Clear and 74°, heat advisory for today with expected high around 103°. Unfortunately with the removal of the large ash tree last fall, my pool is no longer partially shaded and the late afternoon water temperature is now hovering between 89° and 91°. It's close to 85° in the early morning.
Picked just over 25 lbs. of tomatoes yesterday. Looks like Marinara processing will begin Monday. I also need to pickle some Jalapenos.
Mowed some yesterday and I will mow some more today after the weekly grocery trek. I have my follow-up doctor appointment after the recent stent surgery this morning while I am in town. It's a bit of a compromise as I was supposed to see him 7-10 days after the procedure, but his office wouldn't schedule me until July 5! Five weeks later! Yesterday they called and had a cancellation today so I took the opening. I am not experiencing any issues, but I am not happy with the additional medications. One of them cost me $320 for the first 30 days. I am also experiencing BP of 110/64 at certain times which I don't consider good. Too much medication I think.
We are getting ready for the upcoming two day trip out of town to San Antonio for our latest grandson's christening Saturday afternoon. Leaving tomorrow morning around 0900 and returning home on Sunday. While there, we will be visiting with my wife's surviving older brother for lunch Saturday. Not sure whether or not we'll be visiting any tourist attractions while there as that's my wife's duty. I just drive safely and quickly. One of the roads that I use is known as TX-130, a 91 mile toll road with speed limits up to 85 mph, that bypasses the congested IH35 through Austin. The recently opened Tesla factory is alongside that road about halfway along the route, a bit SE of Austin itself. Texas Highway Patrol usually gives between 11 and 13 mph leeway to drivers on all highways, so it is a quick ride. I have only used that road a dozen times and I have never seen a patrolman yet. It is also electronically tolled so no slowing down for toll booths. Most of the portion on IH35 is 75 mph. It is a 335 mile trip that generally takes right at 4 hours not including bathroom breaks or meals. Since we'll be stopping for both, we'll roll into our hotel about 1500. I can usually make it on one tank of gas.
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Steve J, Smudge, Gary, Tom O, Hughie, Karl, James, Moermusic, Dave B, Mikey, Patrick, Curt, Chad, Guy, Jaz, Rick, Joe, Louis, Tom, OB Ken.
Not a lot happened out in the train shed yesterday. Working on that billboard kit or should I say scratchbuilding that billboard. As I posted yesterday, all pieces have to be cut from a sheet of styrene.
The face was OK.
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The back was a PITA.
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But I got it done and painted and then cut and attached the two legs.
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Not my best effort.
Guy - Those new clean freight cars were probably a neat sight for your eyes. They certainly looked good in the photos. I occasionally get to see that with new or rebuilt engines coming from the Wabtec plant (formerly GE) that is in Ft Worth alongside BNSF tracks.
Joe - You're correct that the octane of the gas never came into play when my wife bought the Acura. One of my daughter's had one that she liked and that's what she went looking for.
Ken (D&J) - I also thought self-checkouts were just for a few items when originally installed. The Kroger that I use has 12 of them clearly marked "15 items or less", but it is obvious that many people can't read or count. They also have two other self-checkouts with conveyors for folks with a lot of stuff. Always lines at all of them. At the time of day that I go, there is usually two staffed checkout lanes open and there is rarely a line. I have observed the same actions that you described.
Gotta go and prepare for the grocery trek. Everybody have a great day.