Good Morning All. Clear and 71°. It's wet outside and there's 0.1" in the rain gauge, so Mother Nature must have thrown us a rain shower last night, despite the weather forecast that had no chance of precipitation in it. Of course 0.1" doesn't really do a lot of good this time of year, except to wash the grass off. Upper 90's later today, might even reach triple digits.
MONEY FOR NOTHING!
We got a surprise yesterday that we weren't expecting. Under Texas rules, my wife wasn't eligible for unemployment payments until June 1. So it was quite a surprise when over $5K showed up in our bank account yesterday.
Not only did she get the first week from Texas, but she was back-paid for 8 weeks of that $600/week bonus money that she didn't know was coming. Thought it only started with the first state payment. Note that her job didn't end because of the pandemic! On the other hand, I lost money in my first day back in the stock market since February!
Finally got a haircut when we did the grocery/beer trek yesterday. A bit cumbersome with my mask on because I have to use one with the around the head straps, since the behind the ears straps dislodge my hearing aids!
Don't want to lose them.
A handful of bacon and a plate full of scrambled eggs for me this morning Francine. And doughnuts are on me all morning for all patrons in honor of the new wealth. Today coincidentally is National Doughnut Day
Thanks for all of the reactions and comments yesterday regarding the layout progress;
Sherrel, Jerome, Guy, Karl, Bob, Patrick, Chet, Hughie, Curt, Phil, Louis, Joe, GT, Joe, Ken, Tom.
Had a productive day in the train shed yesterday with the liquor store;
before I picked up the throttle and ran quite a few trains.
From that to this in a single session.
One thing that didn't work out, was the thirty year old dry transfers that I attempted to add to the side of the building. They just wouldn't adhere. Three strike-outs. That's when I decided to run the trains instead. All of the newly ballasted track worked fine, still need to clean up a bit of excessive ballast though.
Sherrel -
4th day of the month and after paying bills, I need to find a Mission to dine at; maybe I had too good of a time?
I miss those free samples at Sam's Club and Costco!
Karl - Good luck with the new owners. I went through that at least five times without ever leaving the building! It always led to an increase in benefits though, but not always an increase in pay.
Hughie - I try to run all of my locos on a regular basis. Some only get from one end of the layout to the other, about 165', some get more usage in switching operations. Although I have begun to remove a few to display shelves because I have too many on the layout. Got to make room for the three new ones that I pre-ordered from ScaleTrains. Due this summer, maybe!
Joe - Getting brave going into Walmart?
As I posted earlier, today is National Doughnut Day, free doughnuts at lots of places. I would have to drive 30 miles (each way) for one, so they wouldn't exactly be free. It's also National Moonshine Day; some of which is pretty vile! There used to be a pretty active moonshiner around the corner from me, but a few years ago he had to move into an assisted living center and the family dismantled the still. The local scrap metal dealer kept part of it on display for a few years until their bulldozer accidentally backed into it.
Everybody have a great day. Keep cool and safe.
The windows are going in, and the last car should arrive today. With a little luck it'll just need some decal work. The floors are assembled, and I've added a resistor between the trucks so the signaling system will be able to see them. We're getting close!
