Good Morning All. Clear and 27°, last morning of below freezing temperatures for the next ten days if the NWS is to be believed. Highs in the upper 50's and a couple of days in the 60's, except Sunday when rain is predicted.
I seem to be over the cold that I got last Thursday, only a few bad hours on Saturday, and just slight cold symptoms the rest of the time. I don't generally get colds and stuff, so it bums me out when they happen. Never had the flu that I can recall, and never had a flu shot either. Did have pneumonia three years ago which was a real bummer; and that was about three months after I had my first ever pneumonia vaccine. Probably won't get that one again.
Fridge is close to empty, so it must be time for the weekly grocery trek today. I skipped beer last week (have more than I have storage room for), so that's on today's list.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I tied up the final loose ends of the quarterly cleaning project. it took a little longer because there were a few days that I chose to run trains instead of doing tasks. I missed a couple of days also because I didn't want to go out there in the cold and snow.
As I posted last weekend, after spending time at the train show in Plano, I went to visit a club layout in Dallas that I really like, the Texas Northern Model Railroad Club. They have a 1700 sq ft HO layout and a much smaller 80 sq ft N scale layout in their building. The N scale one is really just an afterthought and consists of a staging yard and some long loops for running.
I couldn't get an overall shot, but here are a few pictures attempting to get an idea.
David - It seems as though your weather forecasters across the pond are no more accurate than ours are over here. Did you ever get the severe weather yesterday?
Hughie - Wow! 17° in H-town. Pretty damn cold for your area.
Joe - At least it seems that your representative is working for some of his constituents. Unlike your ex-Senator who always seemed to be working for himself. Did he get a pardon???
Mikey - I haven't missed the memories of work at all. It's so good since retirement that I don't have to be somewhere every day when I wake up; unless it's my choice.
Patrick - Now I understand why you don't care for Medicare, you just have too much other stuff going on. Yes, it's true that if you don't sign up when you first become eligible, the penalties last a lifetime. But only if you go beyond just Parts A & B. It's been good for us. Other than premiums to Medicare, our supplemental Blue Cross plan and our Humana prescription plan, we have paid nothing out of pocket in 9 years of using it. That included 4 separate knee replacements for my wife, (the 2 original and the 2 required to undo and redo one of the originals). My employer provided plan was OK, but there was a co-pay for everything. Plus that premium was greater than Medicare and the Humana one. Blue Cross supplemental is an additional cost though, but that's the one that takes care of all of the co-pays. Somewhat evens out.
Everyone have a good day today.
I know (in most cases) being a home owner is always best.