Good Morning All. Clear and 77° this morning. Weather forecast now has thunderstorms for next Tuesday, we'll see! Today is the weekly grocery/beer trek into Denton. Not needing a whole lot except fresh vegetables and restock of beer since my wife is out of town. I will need to purchase a few things to have on standby for when she returns Tuesday; if I go and pick her up!
For Father's Day recently, my son and DIL sent me a large box of meat from some place called
Crowd Cow. FedEx originally broke the package and spilled the dry ice, so it was late in arriving since it had to be sent again. Lots of steaks and ground beef, but no Wagyu Prime Rib.
How about a sausage, egg and cheese omelet this morning Flo. Doughnuts on me for the next dozen customers.
Thanks for the likes on the CUP progress yesterday;
Sherrel, Rick, Chad, Patrick, Guy, Garry, Tom O, Curt, Jerome, Phil, Tom.
Out in the train shed, I started on Jessica's Salon. I painted all of the windows and assembled the walls.
Next up is the concrete window sills and maybe a new batch of mortaring paint.
On Monday or Tuesday,
Sherrel asked about a burned out structure on my layout. Here it is.
It is a Model Power structure that was pre-weathered. It is appropriately enough called "Burned Out Townhouse".
Tom O - Great layout scenery and pictures. Welcome to the Coffee Shop, finally! I had seen you lurking recently,
Sherrel -
Willie - You better put up some warning signs at that crossing? The approaches look as if they could launch "General Lee" into the next county! I hope that the semi's don't hang up there?
I did not realize that I had told the armadillo story?
The crossing is not really that bad, lousy camera angle.
If I recall correctly, it was you who posted the story from your youth when your father brought one home under a bucket in the pickup.
Greg - Funny thing about armadillos on the highway, is that when spooked, they jump straight up and hit the underside of the vehicle passing over them. They would have a better chance of survival if they just froze in place.
The tomatoes were sent FedEx, so someone at their terminal is enjoying them.
Do you have any locomotives that aren't "rust buckets?
Curt - Sorry that you are still feeling badly. Get well soon. I'm with
Chet regarding the Florida humidity. It seems to be like the humidity in the Texas Gulf Coast region, especially Houston. Duh!
Joe - Glad to read of your progress so soon. You are obviously in better physical shape than my wife was at the time of her replacement. She was also very hesitant to push herself too much.
Chet - I realize that it is after the fact, but Blair Line now makes a 24" radius crossing that I was able to fit comfortably in a 28" radius curve with a slight amount of filing.
Chad - Congratulations on the house plans.
Everybody have a great day.