Evening, everyone.
Sandy, those are some cute dogs. Are they Labs? Dianna love Labs. She's constantly working on me to let her get a Lab. I told her the vet bills from the four cats are almost enough to pay off the national debt already.
Both girls are doing fine although Amanda now has a case of the same crud as Tom. She decided the way to solve it was to get a big bowl of Wendy's chili.
She's paying for that error in judgement now. I swear, there are times you would never know she's a nursing student.
Tom, that same crud is going around here. I hope you get dosed up on codeine cough syrup so you can get some sleep.
Dan, don't sell everything. Pick 10 or so pieces you really love or spent a lot of time building. Hang on to them and you'll get inspired to build a new layout when circumstances permit. That's what I did, and it only took 28 years for everything to come together.
Corey, LOL, that's the same thing the termite guy said when he was inspecting the basement. He wanted to know where my little boys were. He seemed kind of shocked when I said it was my layout. He did a good job crawling around under it, and at least there's no sign of termites eating the benchwork.
Steve, I read about silliness of the airspace closures...again. I though that Europe and the airline engine makes had already come up with a minimum level of ash for exposure, which is much higher than the small amount of ash getting to the British Isles.
Barry, being a lifetime sailor, the throught of sailing the North Atlantic in, say, January, would make me take a chance with any ash cloud, since there's at least a chance I'd survive.
Mikey, me (and you) are getting way too old for marathon trips like that. Nice pictures of the caboose though. I always wanted my own caboose. Maybe I can trade Dianna a caboose for a Lab.
Rex, the high was 92 here today, so it seemed like a normal day in May here. Looks like we should cool down for the weekend, probably the last cool down for the foreseeable future. We had 4.29 inches of rain in 12 hours down here on Sunday. Pretty impressive for a non-tropical storm. Sounds like some nice changes coming to the layout.
Karl, you and Barry sure pick up some good deals. The best I ever get is some busted Tyco tank car.
Bob, I used to drag race a 65 Chevelle in my younger days. Had a 327 with trips, a Hurst close ratio 4 speed, and an insane rear-end. I think it got 5 mpg with a tailwind. It would turn a a 13.5 at about 125 mph, which got me several trophies. Also got me a bunch of busted camshafts, blown radiators , and other important parts that would fall off. It soon exceeded a 20 year old's budget.
Jeffrey, you tractor starting story made me spit Pepsi right out my nose.
BTW, you can pick up some pretty decent quad-shield RG-6 at Wallyworld for a good price. I love that Caddy emblem on your response vehicle. Much classier than a Buick. Is that a Whelan Edge strobe bar? We were starting to have trouble getting parts and strobe tubes before we switched to LED's. Only about $6,000 for a full-size unit, so time to pick up the next time your SSI check comes in.
Sandy, that Minatur Wonderland layout has been on here a couple of times but it's always amazing to look at again. I was able to see it when I was in Hamburg and the scale is really overwhelming. It's really impossible to see it one day. At about $18 a ticket and 8,000 visitors a day, they do make a few bucks.
Had to take the Grand Vitara in today, since the fan belt was squealing when the A/C was on. I was afrad it was the AC clutch but it turned out to be just an overstrecthed belt and a new one fixed it right up. I'm lucky I have a good mechanic, because he could have cheated me with no problem. I took the driver's side air ven out because the door that shut it off had become detached for the crappy plastic lever. Of course, the crappy plastic lever is bron in three places, so I though I'd just put the vent back in without the door. After an hour of trying to figure how the vent hose fits back on to the vent, and the trim ring fit back on to the vent, I gave up for the day. There about 20 slots catches, and square thingies that hold it all together, with no indication of what fits where or even what side is up. I'm sure it was easy for a robot to put in but it's like a Chinese puzzle for a human.