Evening, everyone.
Been doing nothing but honey-do's to prepare for Bunco at the house Monday night. Don't ask me what that is except it's some kind of game women play and they yell and laugh a lot. The good thing is that I should finally be able to get down to the layout with three solid hours of not being asked to do anything else. I painted, changed toilet seats, put up new curtains in the bathroom, replaced a burned out halogen lamp in the bathroom fixture, and replaced out American flag out front. All this in between questions like "how come my computer won't come on?" (plug was out) and "How come my camera battery won't charge?" (battery was in backwards).
Apparently, part of Bunco is a household inspection to make sure you're a good housekeeper so that's why we have to do all this work even though the house looks fine to me. I guess I'd have to be a woman to understand.
Chris, you're generally right. Arguing with your wife does no good. If it's just a matter of taste, I usually defer to her because the only thing I notice is things like a wrong paint scheme on a locomotive. If it's something major, we can usually discuss it and come to a reasonable agreement. This was much easier with my late wife after 38 years of marriage. Only being married for three years is kind of like learning to ride a bike again.
CJ, Highway 82 about two miles east of my house was completely washed out by the flooding. There must have been some huge variations in rainfall in a short distance since I only clocked 1.57 inches and there must have been at least 4 inches where the washout occurred. Of course, the fact that the area was logged last year and none of the logging debris cleaned up contributed to the little four foot culvert becoming completely blocked, which took out both the culvert and the road. DOT is now scratching their heads about what to do but, judging by the amount of K-rail and barriers they have set up, I don't think we're going to see the road opened again any time soon.
William, good to see you again.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We're looking forward to seeing your pictures.
BOC, I've got a Suzuki Grand Vitara and it can carry an amazing amount of stuff with the back seats down. It gets 26 mpg on regular, has a 100,000 mile warranty, and has been totally reliable (except for those danged headlight bulbs.
) for the 47,000 miles I've had it. The 2006 through 2009 models are basically identical so, if you can pick up a good used one, you'll have a good vehicle. It handles really well too.
Corey, that Lionel set sounds like another project. It would be cool if you could get it running around the tree. If I didn't have four cats, I'd get a G scale set for the tree but they'd destroy it in a heartbeat.
Ken, I really need a new computer. I'm using a PIII laptop with a lousy 512 Mb of RAM and my 40 Mb hard drive is always 95% full. I've been looking at new laptops but the prices keep plunging so I'll hold off for a while yet. This old piece of junk is really getting on my nerves though, with all kinds of error caused by low memory.
Bob, ballasting is both my least favorite but most satisfying part of building a layout. It's tedious, makes my neck hurt, and slow. When it's done, though, the layout starts to look like a real railroad. Is your back pain upper or lower? Have you ever been screened for sciatica? That's a common cause of back pain that starts in the middle of your back and runs down your butt. Both my late and present wife have it and, in both cases, Soma was the only thing that did any good. It beats all the narcotics out there and doesn't leave you dopey all the time.
Jeffrey, having been both single and married, there are times I wish I was still single.
However, the support and love of a good wife is hard to beat, as much as I complain sometimes. I hope you can get that brake line replaced without it killing your wallet too much.
Josh, I hope your taillight lense is easier to replace than my headlight bulb.
Shoot, I probably forgot a bunch of other people. Sorry. There's lightning to the north and it looks like we are going to get some more storms in the next hour or so. None look too severe but they are real slow movers. I hope they fall apart or start moving faster before they get here. The soil is so saturated it can't take much more heavy rain. Unfortunately, it looks like we have a much better chance of all-day thunderstorms tomorrow.
The Less she thinks I know, the I less I have to do! Mess a enough chores up and dang near die in a couple others and she will not both asking you to do it again!
---we need that at some point----ever try hauling home an 19th century/20th century Hoosier cabinet with a Audi? Not a lot of space and it don't like pulling small trailers around----let alone camper trailers---
) I guess that's because we both want this marriage to be the one-and-only for at least the first one of us who dies. Unlike over half my siblings who got divorced before they reached their 10-yr anniversary.
. Yea,guys,I am going to spend the day with my brother and his family,and he and I,are going to go and see the Hunley,over at the old Navy base. But,get this,the first attempt,the place where the Hunley is,was closed for some reason,so when we left out,from the base,I happened to spy a couple of old L&N cabooses tucked in between to buildings on a spur track. I also found a third caboose on a CSX freight,that was parked on a siding,
