Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 70°. Got a very little rain last evening, less than an inch, lots of thunder though, from an extreme leading outer band of showers from Laura. The main storm is about 120 miles east, with the eye over on the Louisiana side of the border about 180 miles away. Look out Shreveport for some more rain. Then look out
Garry,
Karl and others east to the Atlantic!
It must be Thursday here, grocery/beer trek into town this morning, 25 miles away.
Wife had me retrieve her cane yesterday, didn't use it yet but that's a real positive sign. Today is one week ago for the surgery. Last year, it took her three weeks to switch from the walker to the cane, and only because the doctor told her to; about ten days after I told her to.
A couple of breakfast tacos this morning Flo. Sausage, egg and cheese only.
Thanks for the reactions and comments yesterday regarding my progress;
Guy, Karl, Sherrel, Chad, Jerome, Patrick, James, Louis, Lee, Hughie, Curt, Tom O, Joe, Phil.
Still limited time in the train shed yesterday, but it was all useful. I made some more fence segments for the current project area, and continued testing the trackwork into and out of the piggyback yard. I made five in and four out without incident, so I think that all of my fine-tuning of the one troublesome car has been resolved. I also made some effort at cleaning and organizing some of the "under-layout" storage area and I came across a lost relic. A notebook with all of my freight car maintenance records from 1994-2003. Hooray!
Now if I can just locate the missing one from 2003-2009, I can update my database completely. I originally had those records in a database on a computer that crashed before I took data backup seriously.
Since progress was minimal yesterday, much time switching the piggyback yard in and out, I will have to leave you with additional museum pictures from The Foley AL Historical Museum. They have a very large Lionel O scale layout in addition to the large display cases I showed the other day. If I recall correctly, it is 22' x 64'. The layout is open free to the public three days a week for four hours or so a day.
Guy - Didn't get to comment yesterday, but those are some really nice rock wall pictures; nothing boring about them.
Sherrel - Great news about Kate. Now it's time to start shopping for new clothes!
Speaking of investments, how's that Tesla stock doing for your son, or was it your son in law?
Karl - I'll have to remember that line the next time the doc asks me my lightest weight. Fine response. As far as progress, I don't always make as much as planned, but I mostly get in an hour or more a day now that retirement has kicked into a reasonable schedule. Wonder why I don't see any ads, political or otherwise in between posts? I do have this site "white-listed" on Adblock.
Lee - Very nice work.
Patrick - Many thoughts and prayers for all of your family members with current medical issues. Thankfully when I was employed, if I needed time off, I just took it when needed without the HR hassle. My boss always advised me to leave them out of the loop.
Troy - Hmmmh! No door on the train room? That could spell T-R-O-U-B-L-E!
Everybody have a great day.