Good Morning All. Clear and 57°, that's warmer than it was all day yesterday. Temperature started rising after the southerly winds blew the persistent fog away around 10:00 pm. Headed for a high of 80° today and tomorrow. I am letting the fire go out in the wood-burning heater so I can remove the ashes tomorrow. Always a more pleasant task without embers!
On tap today is the weekly grocery/beer trek into the big city. Added stops include Dollar General for household stuff, Post Office to pick up a package too big for the mailbox and stamps, Vitamin Shop for assorted goods and maybe even Home Depot. Since the mailbox is over a mile away, they do not leave packages.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments on the posts yesterday;
Sherrel, Karl, Guy, Steve J, Chad, Christian, Rick, Patrick, Tom O, Joe, Gary, Hughie, Tom, Louis, IB Ken, James, OB Ken, Jerry, Jaz.
Good Morning Flo. Let me try some of that scrapple that
Karl brags about along with a pair of over easy eggs.
Not exactly a great day out in the train shed yesterday. OK, but I spent too much time resolving problems of my own making.
First is a picture of the engine truck hanger that I repaired the other day.
From there, I went to an unfinished area on the lower deck at the Magic Pan Bakery. This photo was taken before I added the upper level.
The specific area that I need to complete is to the left by the storage tanks.
But first I need to install the overhead LED lighting fixture. This took about 30 minutes.
OK, went well until I went to plug in the power cord into one end.
Whoops, that is the output end for when you string fixtures together! The other end is butting against a 1" x 4" so I had to uninstall and reverse it, hassle since it is under the upper deck. That set me back about 30 minutes.
That is now done and I vacuumed the area.
Whoops again as a part was unknowingly swept into the full vacuum. I spent another 15 minutes sifting through a lot of debris to find it.
Here it is after the rescue.
At that point I called it quits and opened a cold one and just ran trains for a bit.
Patrick -
While 7-8pm isn't "late", when you get up at 3:30a the added hour and 10 minute drive does make it a "late" night.
My daughters asked me to stop coming to their high school basketball games because it was "embarrassing" to them when I leaned back and fell asleep around halftime.
Sherrel - Does one still have to take the Civil Service Exam to work for the Post Office?
Steve J - Both of my SIL's took my wife and me out to dinner and asked
us for permission to marry their prospective brides. Wife had already instructed me to say yes which I intended to do anyway! I don't readily know whether my son asked his in-laws or not.
The oxide (rusting) that develops on nickel-silver rail is conductive. It's whitish in color.
Mikey - I can only dream of being talented enough to paint a sunset, let alone as good as Mother Nature can do.
Joe -
Not for nothing, what does it take to get certified to do state inspections?
Not much around here. High School kids do it at the place we have gone to for years. Drive around the block and check turn signals, lights and brakes. Sometimes they look at tires. Of course at state mandated $7.50 a pop, it isn't really a money-maker. No emissions test unless you live in a big city.
Tom O - I have been following your pulpwood car progress on a couple of threads and I can't tell you how realistic I think that you are making them. I don't see those kinds of cars here, but compared to pictures that I have seen, I can't tell the difference except the Kadee couplers!
I am not totally sold on the term limits thing, as I believe that experience can play a role in governing. I shudder to think what a scenario we would see if we had a whole Congress full of "The Squad" types. Then I look at the House Speaker and wonder?
Joe - Thanks for the well wishes. My wife still has a few medical issues to deal with, the chipped tooth with the temporary filling and a follow-up laser thing with the cataracts in one eye. Other eye is perfect though. However she is really enthusiastic about the newest replacement knee. Three days now without the Hydrocodone, just a week after surgery.
Ah yes! The SALT deduction reduction got you. That's not a real issue in Texas where there is no state income tax. My wife really doesn't do a lot of rich folks as they all employ accountants.
I do wish you well with the cold(?).
Everybody have a great day. Stay safe.
The wife and I were blessed with good kids in all seriousness.
