santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. 54° and cloudy. A few sprinkles here last night, maybe .1", not nearly as much as I drove through coming home from my daughter's 40th B-day party last night. Dallas received slightly over 1/2", more might be here later this morning. Speaking of that party, the theme was a throwback to 1998, her 20th. There were a number of tv's set up around the house with video games from the 90's, and the music sucked. I donated floppy discs and cassette tapes for decor (am I a hoarder or what?). Party was still fun even though my wife and I were the only ones from our generation there. Earlier in the day, I did some more mowing to stay ahead of the chore.
Out back in the train shed, things are kind of on hold until I manage to get some sustained time out there. I did manage to glue together the rest of the pillars for the "Rix Highway Overpass" that I will be using as a scene break once I get closer to the staging yard on the current project. Took some pictures of progress but they were all blurred...should have used the flash instead of the "night" macro on the camera. Still looking for the picket fencing.
Phil - Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Life, Candyland, Go to the Head of the Class; where have the good times gone?
Terry - No heat for over a week, that sucks. I know that you cannot fire your landlord if I recall.
Garry - Click on the words "complete version" in Doyle's post #406 for the different obituary. While I learned (and later taught) the Heimlich as part of my First Aid training, I have been fortunate to never having to practice it. I did have to perform CPR once upon a time. Using that damn mouthpiece was cumbersome though. I actually learned before the mouthpiece came into use and had to be retrained. Fortunately the EMT station was less than a mile away and they were there very quickly to take over. The guy survived thankfully.
Justin - I like the pictures. The vines on the coaling tower would add a nice touch to the model.
Sherrel -Congratulations to your grandson. Best of luck finding the tooth. I'd just go with the new one myself as a reminder of a lesson learned.
Regarding sneaking train related purchases into the house: My wife is generally supportive of my hobby, although she demanded equal payback when I built an 800 sq ft "Train Shed" out back to house it all.
Hope that everyone survived St Patrick's Day. Have a great day.
Willie
Out back in the train shed, things are kind of on hold until I manage to get some sustained time out there. I did manage to glue together the rest of the pillars for the "Rix Highway Overpass" that I will be using as a scene break once I get closer to the staging yard on the current project. Took some pictures of progress but they were all blurred...should have used the flash instead of the "night" macro on the camera. Still looking for the picket fencing.
Phil - Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Life, Candyland, Go to the Head of the Class; where have the good times gone?
Terry - No heat for over a week, that sucks. I know that you cannot fire your landlord if I recall.
Garry - Click on the words "complete version" in Doyle's post #406 for the different obituary. While I learned (and later taught) the Heimlich as part of my First Aid training, I have been fortunate to never having to practice it. I did have to perform CPR once upon a time. Using that damn mouthpiece was cumbersome though. I actually learned before the mouthpiece came into use and had to be retrained. Fortunately the EMT station was less than a mile away and they were there very quickly to take over. The guy survived thankfully.
Justin - I like the pictures. The vines on the coaling tower would add a nice touch to the model.
Sherrel -Congratulations to your grandson. Best of luck finding the tooth. I'd just go with the new one myself as a reminder of a lesson learned.
Regarding sneaking train related purchases into the house: My wife is generally supportive of my hobby, although she demanded equal payback when I built an 800 sq ft "Train Shed" out back to house it all.
Hope that everyone survived St Patrick's Day. Have a great day.
Willie
