Afternoon, everyone.
Chris, you need to get some heavy duty nerve pills from your doctor and then spend the time resting while you're sick. Being out cutting grass can't be good for a cold.
Andrew, I hope you're feeling better and have caught up on your reading. I think you shipped the rain by DHL and they are going belly up here in the US.
Corey, I never glue down track until I;m 100% sure that everything is where I want it and everything runs well. I use track nails and maybe a few spots of latex caulk. Once I'm sure everything is right, I trace out all the track and then use latex caulk, one section at a time, to glue it down. I check the newly glued track with another train just to make sure everything stays in alignment. Getting all the trackwork as close to perfect as you can takes a big load off your mind and then you can move on to other aspects of building your layout. I think you're getting too hung up on trackwork, which means you'll be in the Plywood Pacific stage for about the next five years.
Dan, at least you get some diversion by watching that crazy senate race up there. I've often wondered if all those cold winters doesn't do something to cause Minnesotans to vote for nutty candidates more than the rest of the county.
David, looks like a pretty good off-shore flow is setting up for tomorrow and Saturday so keep your eyes open for smoke. Half of Southern California will be on fire for sure.
Rex, since I'm buying, I guess I'll just have a cup of coffee so I don't have help Flo wash dishes because of the rest of you gluttons. What model Glock do you have? I have found that
www.cheaperthandirt.com tends to have about the lowest prices on things like clips but don't forget to check with your local pawnshops too. We have one here that's a decent gun store and also has good prices. I got a 50 round magazine for my Ruger .22 rifle there and it was about $10 cheaper than on-line.
Steve, I'm sorry to hear the layoffs are hitting hard over there too. Is your job affected? I hope not but things do look bleak in the near term and laying off staff is the quickest way for a company to save money.
My brother tried to sneak his M-16 back from Vietnam in 1970. Had it all broken down and stashed in things like his socks and pants in his duffel bag. He almost made it except for a final bag check when they were boarding and the MP's found the firing pin. He also had a few pounds of C-4 they also found. He spent a month in the brig and was knocked back down to E-2 for that stunt. I think he holds the record in the US Army for the most times going from E-2 to E-5 and then back again.
Partly cloudy to cloudy, warm and muggy down here. Supposed to be some rain from some magical front which hasn't yet developed. It looks like the only thing we'll get out of this is a cold, windy evening in Tuscaloosa, hopefully watching Alabama kick butt again.
