Good Morning All. Clear and chilly at 35°, not at all unusual for this time of year. It will be a bit warmer going forward; although the high today will struggle to reach 60°. Yesterday wasn't too bad with 71°, but the continued high winds made things seem worse than that. Especially when they shifted north around 3:00 pm.
Forum response for me yesterday was mixed; sometimes it went at it's usual speed, and sometimes it was slower, although not as slow as yesterday morning. That was like using a dial-up modem back in the 90's. Maybe
Bob has been checking into it. So far this morning (at 0600 CDT) it has been OK.
I resumed mowing on the tractor yesterday, starting over on the east side. Household tasks were at a minimum for a change, so I went back and also mowed the south side. It takes about 45 minutes for each area, which is my self-imposed max for chores outside. I try to intersperse with 30-45 minute breaks, pacing myself is important to me. I hate to admit that I am not as young and spry as I once was.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I resumed running trains since I was still really into what I was doing Sunday. While I took a few pictures, I left the camera out there and I am not venturing out there in just a bathrobe right now. I did take a couple of the maintenance shed after I weathered the metal roof and added the gooseneck lamps, but I'll have to post them later. In the meantime let's see how long it takes to upload a picture from the archives.
After 30 seconds or so, I got a message that read "Parsing Response Failed"; whatever that means.
Let me try again.
That took well over a minute that time, not satisfactory. So that's it for now.
Jaz - $25,000/year isn't unusual for a country club membership at a place with Trump in the name. The place that I mentioned in a post yesterday where I grew up is around $12,500 a year, but it has a $75,000 initiation fee! But a look around their parking lot reveals plenty of cars that cost more than $75,000! Many memberships are corporate ones as well.
Curt - Good luck at the dentist today.
Troy - Best wishes on your recovery.
Patrick - While doubling the BP medications might work for now, you need to find out what caused the change to begin with. All you are doing right now is masking the symptoms, not resolving the issue.
Musical birthday's today include Dianna Ross of the Supremes, 80; Kenny Chesney is 56, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is 76. Surprised that he has made it this far.
Now at 0730 CDT, the forum has slowed back down. Many pictures posted do not show up right now, so my joy of earlier has been diminished.
Everybody have a great day.