IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Morning gents!
Definitely colder today than yesterday, here in the Mid'lantic region. No ice or snow at least.
Ray/Paul/Tom - The winter storm that really sticks out in my mind is late January 1996, when we had 3 storms in succession, each 2 days apart from each other. Every time highway dept crews were on the verge of getting the roads cleared, another blizzard would hit. All of the supermarkets in my area were sold out of the basics like milk, eggs and bread - people were going nuts trying to find these items. Sure hope I never have to go thru something like that again!
Jim, snow is just barely infrequent enough around here that a snowblower would not be a worthwhile investment. Also, one of my neighbors has an ATV with a snowplow attachment on it and automatically plows everybody's driveways - works fine as long as the accum level stays below 6".
Rex, that's a fine looking mobile home you have there! Hope you'll be in 'bama when my family and I visit our Pell City relatives in later August, instead of some other side of the country.
Steve - too bad Nicki's cell phone wasn't equipped with a video camera. She could have caught the jerks on 'tape', then you could have sent that to the corporate HQ of the store. Or maybe shared it on U-tube. Then who'd have had the last laugh!
Been working on 2 cement hoppers for the past week, painted in the orange-yellow Chessie scheme. I've joined MTW to get their guidance on weathering them. And this Saturday I'll be visiting an N-scaler on the Eastern Shore ('wm3798' on the MR forum). Meanwhile, my layout lies neglected and unused...
Definitely colder today than yesterday, here in the Mid'lantic region. No ice or snow at least.
Ray/Paul/Tom - The winter storm that really sticks out in my mind is late January 1996, when we had 3 storms in succession, each 2 days apart from each other. Every time highway dept crews were on the verge of getting the roads cleared, another blizzard would hit. All of the supermarkets in my area were sold out of the basics like milk, eggs and bread - people were going nuts trying to find these items. Sure hope I never have to go thru something like that again!
Jim, snow is just barely infrequent enough around here that a snowblower would not be a worthwhile investment. Also, one of my neighbors has an ATV with a snowplow attachment on it and automatically plows everybody's driveways - works fine as long as the accum level stays below 6".
Rex, that's a fine looking mobile home you have there! Hope you'll be in 'bama when my family and I visit our Pell City relatives in later August, instead of some other side of the country.
Steve - too bad Nicki's cell phone wasn't equipped with a video camera. She could have caught the jerks on 'tape', then you could have sent that to the corporate HQ of the store. Or maybe shared it on U-tube. Then who'd have had the last laugh!
Been working on 2 cement hoppers for the past week, painted in the orange-yellow Chessie scheme. I've joined MTW to get their guidance on weathering them. And this Saturday I'll be visiting an N-scaler on the Eastern Shore ('wm3798' on the MR forum). Meanwhile, my layout lies neglected and unused...
You are going to have the Federal Formaldehyde Inspectors out to certify that you new toy is safe, aren't you? Good to hear CJ is out and about again. I can tell you from personal experience writing CAD system software for police and fire departments that you can't do that full time - you'll go insane. One day a week will work fine. 
