Good Morning All. Clear skies and 80°. Weatherman is going out on a limb with his prediction of 107° for today when it barely hit 100° the last two days. Weather Underground is calling for 2% humidity later today, rather dry if true. I think that it's a typo and they mean 20%!
Dental cleaning didn't quite go as expected yesterday, the hygienist was a little too aggressive and knocked a filling out. It was on the side of one tooth. So I was there for an extra hour while the dentist put a new one on (in?). Most of that time was waiting for the Novocaine to act. I wasn't charged for it; he had put the original in about eleven months ago. That kinda delayed everything else on my agenda and I didn't get home from the grocery/beer trek until almost 1:00. The dental drill (no pun intended) is to drive up and call them to let them know that you're there. When they are ready (almost immediately in my case), someone comes to the door or car, takes your temperature and ensures that you are wearing a mask. Then you go in and wash your hands for 20 seconds and they lead you back to the room. Then there is the 30 second swishing of antiseptic mouthwash and blood pressure check before they start with any procedure. Masks and face-shields were on all employees that come in contact with patients. I had been through this procedure a few months ago when my crown broke so I knew what to expect. It's good to see that they are being so precautionary.
Last day today to enjoy my granddaughter, she'll be going home. Still have the granddog for a few more days. Other daughter and family are leaving Jersey this morning for the three day leisurely trip back home. Their last two days were not pleasant as the state had to close the beaches in Sea Isle City and Cape May area where they were staying, due to excessive sewage levels in the water. Does that mean that they have acceptable levels? Geez!
Let's give this new filling a workout this morning Flo, a couple of egg, ham, cheese and hash-brown burritos for me today.
Thanks for the continuing likes and comments regarding the pictures of the museum layouts;
Guy, Jerome, Tom O, Karl, Sherrel, Chad, Joe, James, Patrick, Justin, Louis, Phil, Curt, Tom.
A good day to be in the train shed with the A/C yesterday. I made the necessary fix on the switch points that were not operating properly. Removed some excess ballast, even though that was not the ultimate issue. I loosened the ground throw and shifted it a bit and re-fastened it and that did the trick almost.
One car still gave me trouble so I took it to the workbench and did an overhaul. Surprise! It still had the original Accurail plastic wheels on it and were replaced immediately. That wasn't the actual issue, but since I had the trucks off, why not? I did some filing on the frame ends to allow an additional .025" coupler swing and that did the trick. All other cars were OK, although I may go ahead and do some filing on them as well in the future just for extra insurance and reliability.
Still adding some ground cover on the south end by the eventual entrance gate, and refined the trailer parking pad.
OK, I promised some pictures of the Lego layouts at the museum today. They have two of them along with several shelves of Lego creations.
I don't remember which pictures came from which layout.
Guy - I wish that you were closer to me so you could show me how to take better pictures. The bears are suburb and your train yard shots are also top-notch. I am hit or miss on my outdoor shots, I delete at least 75%, thank goodness for digital cameras!
Louis - Interesting series of historical photos yesterday.
Joe -
Worst issue right now is stiffness after sitting, and stamina.
I have those issues and I didn't even have surgery!
Thanks, I have noticed quite a rise in cases especially locally. While, I suspect some of this is inflated, the reality is that too many people are not following basic common sense. That is not wearing masks, or not wearing them properly, as intended... irony here is while the consensus is the bar and restaurant crowd over at the shore, Governour "Knucklehead" Murphy, is blaming church attendance and religious gatherings. I was in Lowes, twice this week, and the number of careless customers and employees was astounding.
The local media here has "put the fear of God" into many people in the bigger cities. Small rural communities are not so compliant as it's actually up to local governmental units to act in their own jurisdictions. They also have a much lower infection rate. I don't know whether it's cultural or what, but the most non-compliant people in the cities are young Hispanic men. That's especially true in the Rio Grande Valley where Covid is out of control. Cases are decreasing everywhere else. Our rural county has not seen an increase in either cases or deaths in almost three weeks; still only 256 cases and three deaths.
Today is VJ Day here in North America. Due to time zones, it's August 15 on the other side of the pond and down under. If you know of any veterans from that era, give them a hearty salute today.
Everybody have a great day and an awesome weekend.