CambriaArea51
Well-Known Member
Good morning....Coffee Flo in the big cup today. Rain later today so I'll have to get outside stuff done early.
Graupel......pretty much what you described.They can't be called hail;
Actually I thought so being as they were friends of yours.Believe me, You want folks such as these!
I'm a born Yankee and I just don't grow these. I've grown both before but okra is touchy. Plant one plant and it will die. Plant two and you will have to pick as much as five or six dozen okras a day. Much more than my wife alone can eat.how about some okra and black eyed peas?
Sherrell - I think that's become a known problem with ALL acid inhibitors, regardless of who the manufacture is. There needs to be sufficient stomach acid for calcium to be adequately dissolved in order for it to be absorbed into the bones, which isn't possible if it's always being neutralized. It forces guys like us to make a "pick-yer-poison" type of decision between stomach cancer risk and osteoporosis. I did a google search on gastric metaplasia and the two main takeaways are (1) 25% of all people who get endoscopies have it, and (2) those of us who do have it are 6X more likely to develop cancer in the upper GI track at some point - hence the need for an endoscopy every 2 years.IBKEN - sorry to hear of your troubles - I was plagued with bad acid reflux all through my 20's and half of 30's = I couldn't go anywhere without a pocket full of Rolaids and Alka-Seltzer. Then it simply went away. After my "C" surgery the Dr;s had me on Omeprazole daily until finally my Primary told me to stop - that it was not good for the bones, like you? Seems as if there is dividend within the ranks sometimes?
Good luck with yours. My best to you... did you get that generator "up and running"?
Happy Sunday, Shop Dwellers! It's 80*F under sunny skies with a 11mph WSW breeze in my central MD community.
I spent most of yesterday doing yard work, except for a 2-hour visit with my local RR friend Keith. Today I hope to get started on decluttering the trainroom so I can get it ready for the "official" MER 2021 op session I agreed to host. I've been getting cold feet about this event recently, not just because of the clutter but the infrastructure. My layout is NOT in a magazine-presentable space with cozy paneled walls, carpeted floor and drop ceiling w/valance lighting, which seems to be the norm on many of the forums these days. It's in a temporarily-repurposed 2-car garage - semifinished, with full climate control and the ceiling and walls insulated. Acceptable for running trains, but still a number of eyesores that can never be hidden.
Every time I've gone in there recently intending to start the decluttering process, I am confronted with this ugliness and think to myself "Whats the use, I can never make this space look decent" without dismantling the layout and doing a complete renovation from scratch. It would be easier to just bow-out of this commitment, but that would disappoint my friends who have been planning to help me with it. And the layout is already listed as an option on the MER 2021 registration website, so no reason other than death or serious illness would be acceptable for cancelling at this point. I'm just gonna have to make the space as comfortable and presentable as possible, make sure all the trains and trackwork function as intended...and hope for the best.
I'm gonna head out there now and hopefully make some incremental progress - BBL.
I think it's a mistrust of certain entities, rather than anything else.Vaccination thoughts:
"Help me understand - you've eaten hot dogs and bologna all your life, but you refuse a vaccine because you don't know what is in it?"
One question- Did you build your layout for your enjoyment, or for others ???Happy Sunday, Shop Dwellers! It's 80*F under sunny skies with a 11mph WSW breeze in my central MD community.
Thanks everybody for the "like" and other affirmations on my previous posts.
Wife just told me about a headline in the Baltimore Sun that the expansion of the CSX [formerly B&O] Howard Street Tunnel has finally been approved. This is something that I and many of my local railfan buddies had thought was never going to happen because of all the funding challenges, NIMBY opposition and other red tape; apparently the last hurdle has now been cleared. Hopefully Maryland will NOT become the next state in the union to be without any Class 1 freight rail service!
Sherrell - I think that's become a known problem with ALL acid inhibitors, regardless of who the manufacture is. There needs to be sufficient stomach acid for calcium to be adequately dissolved in order for it to be absorbed into the bones, which isn't possible if it's always being neutralized. It forces guys like us to make a "pick-yer-poison" type of decision between stomach cancer risk and osteoporosis. I did a google search on gastric metaplasia and the two main takeaways are (1) 25% of all people who get endoscopies have it, and (2) those of us who do have it are 6X more likely to develop cancer in the upper GI track at some point - hence the need for an endoscopy every 2 years.
BTW - The generator is ready for action, thanks for asking! I did a power outage drill in late March to load-test it, and confirmed it can handle every critical function that requires electricity - the furnace, well pump, water heater, 2 refrigerators, plus lights and outlets. Of course it can NOT support my central AC system since that has a startup power demand of 17K watts, that would've required a commercial-grade generator. We'll just hang out on the [cooler] lower level if we lose power during the summer months.
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I spent most of yesterday doing yard work, except for a 2-hour visit with my local RR friend Keith. Today I hope to get started on decluttering the trainroom so I can get it ready for the "official" MER 2021 op session I agreed to host. I've been getting cold feet about this event recently, not just because of the clutter but the infrastructure. My layout is NOT in a magazine-presentable space with cozy paneled walls, carpeted floor and drop ceiling w/valance lighting, which seems to be the norm on many of the forums these days. It's in a temporarily-repurposed 2-car garage - semifinished, with full climate control and the ceiling and walls insulated. Acceptable for running trains, but still a number of eyesores that can never be hidden.
Every time I've gone in there recently intending to start the decluttering process, I am confronted with this ugliness and think to myself "Whats the use, I can never make this space look decent" without dismantling the layout and doing a complete renovation from scratch. It would be easier to just bow-out of this commitment, but that would disappoint my friends who have been planning to help me with it. And the layout is already listed as an option on the MER 2021 registration website, so no reason other than death or serious illness would be acceptable for cancelling at this point. I'm just gonna have to make the space as comfortable and presentable as possible, make sure all the trains and trackwork function as intended...and hope for the best.
I'm gonna head out there now and hopefully make some incremental progress - BBL.
Vaccination thoughts:
"Help me understand - you've eaten hot dogs and bologna all your life, but you refuse a vaccine because you don't know what is in it?"
Both, Phil. Originally just for me, but after hosting my first op session, I realized that my enjoyment is multiplied 10X when I share it with other hobbyists. That's why I rebuilt it in 2010 with wider aisles, so guest operators who were less mobile/flexible than myself could enjoy every part of the layout as much as I did.One question- Did you build your layout for your enjoyment, or for others ???
Phil
I'll bet you will get many thanks for opening your layout to others. And there will be NITWIT NITPiCKERS who will tell you how it should have been better. ---- 'em. Get it cleaned up and enjoy. Dont let the ba---rds wear you down.Both, Phil. Originally just for me, but after hosting my first op session, I realized that my enjoyment is multiplied 10X when I share it with other hobbyists. That's why I rebuilt it in 2010 with wider aisles, so guest operators who were less mobile/flexible than myself could enjoy every part of the layout as much as I did.