Good Morning All. Clear and 84°, just expecting 109° after the record breaker 110° yesterday. Should break the record again today. Humidity was only 12%, so it was the proverbial "dry heat". Morning walk was pleasant this morning with the breeze, but it's getting later due to darkness.
Anniversary of sorts today. Seven years ago today, I started my current job of
retirement. I was supposed to work at the old job through Friday, but the boss told me to GTFO, which I promptly did. They did give me two weeks of severance. Leaving was easy and I never looked back. That boss got fired three months later. He was a jerk and wouldn't take my advice or the warnings that I gave him regarding what he was doing wrong. He always resented the fact that I was paid 15% more than him! He had come to our plant from another plant nearby that the parent company shut down since it wasn't making any money.
I tried freezing Yellow Squash yesterday, as I have picked quite a bit in the last week. According to the preserving experts, that's the best and only way to preserve it. I ended up with 6 quart Ziplocs of it in the freezer.
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I saved two (not pictured) for eating today and I have about a half dozen still on the vine. This morning, I found five more squash in a different drawer in the fridge!!!
There is a slight breeze this morning, so I am going out right now while it's only 87° to whack down the last two trunks on a dead tree. I'm late posting since I emptied the dishwasher and straightened the kitchen out in prep for making something else out of tomatoes this afternoon.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments regarding the latest project;
Patrick, Tom O, Chad, Sherrel, Louis, Hughie, Dave B, James, Karl, Smudge, Rick, Tom, Mikey, Guy, OB Ken.
Mostly out in the train shed yesterday, I worked on adding finishing touches to the fire department headquarters. I had previously installed lights and some personnel in the structure.
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Yesterday, I made a wall to install behind them.
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Looks like I need to darken the doors and reinstall.
Added the blue buss wire to the three lights that had been installed. It will go through the hole in the base to the not yet installed light circuit underneath the layout.
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I reinstalled the ceiling/floor that is there only to prevent light bleed-thru. Maybe in the future I might add figures to the second floor, but I doubt it.
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Over in town, I added the crosswalks to the intersection. Next will be striping the remaining streets.
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Curt -
No, they're just there to help me draw straight lines and verify distances.
Karl - Hope that the primary election went your way.
Dave B - Nice video of the layout. Now it's time for some trees! Your workbench is just too neat.
Yes I use tarpaper to make most roads. I find that it's quite realistic.
Tom O - The transload facility should be a neat project. Gabby should be happy with the A/C. I am not impressed with Scenic Express Super Trees either, yet. I need to revisit them at some point. It seems like I can get something nice out of them, but I find that they are quite tedious to make.
Everyone have a great day.