Afternoon, everyone.
Phillip, I forgot about the MD issues in your family. That does complicate the healing issues somewhat but Autumn should still be fine in a couple of days. Have you seen a police report yet?
Tom, if your wife likes it, lemonade made with real lemon is very good for people with kidney stones. It increases the amount of citrate in the kidneys, which inhibits the formation of stones. The main thing is that she drink as much liquid as possible, since higher liquid intake is the only thing that's been positively correlated with the reduction of stone production. I sure hope she doesn't get into a non-passing stone situation. No fun.
Rex, I was thinking of the Beach Boys modern "Kokomo" song, the one about all the tropical paradises. Now I can't the dang thing out of my head.
BOC, I guess that ship looked so disused because she was undergoing a refit. I'm sure glad they didn't have self-unloaders during my summer on the Lakes in 1965. The only port time we got was while the ship was being loaded or unloaded and that was only about 12 hours. I understand the newer self-unloaders can do the entire turnaround in less than four hours.
Ken, darned right you should take a tornado warning seriously. Nothing will happen most of the time but, if it does, being in the right place may save your life. There's an old saying in statistics about odds versus stake. The odds may be low that you'll actually be struck by a tornado but the stakes are high if it happens.
Sandy, we saw the Eagles at Red Rocks way back in 1987. It was after dark and lighting effect were surreal. There were a lot of people smoking those funny looking cigarettes, which I'm sure helped the effect.
Great concert and even better since I wasn't a cop in Colorado so I could just look the other way.
Chis, nice dolphin pictures. We were sailing in the southern Caribbean and one of our party was a fish expert guy - I can't remember the proper name - and he said single dolphins out hunting are teenage males that have been run off from the school to start their own school by seducing females away from other packs. Sounds pretty harsh but I guess that's how you grow up if you're a dolphin.
Jeffrey, fixing lawn mowers, it they're your own, is bad enough. Fixing them for lazy shiftless people is just plain irritating. Just take that machine shop building off the layout for now and forget about it. Once you have everything else arranged, the perfect place will pop up.
BOC, still stealing our rain, I see.
Nice pictures but what and where are they? I love bridge building but it can get awful tedious at times with a wood trestle.
Larry, I know it's a little more depressing now that the funeral is over and most people have left. I'll still be keeping you and the family in my prayers.
Wow, fall came early to Alabama. The low was 60 last night, two degrees below the previous record. It's only 84 now and it's actually...let's see, what's the right word...oh, yeah, comfortable outside. The humidity is only 35% so we have a negative heat index. If Alabama was always like this in August, this would be like paradise.
It's a good thing Bill stayed offshore. It has one of the highest energy indexes of any recent hurricane, including Katrina. It made landfall in
Newfoundland as a category one hurricane, the first time that has ever happened. It's now a strong extra-tropical depression headed toward Iceland and the north of England. It's amazing how much energy one hurricane can contain.
Well actually, it was a duplicate - the original fell into a black hole somewhere in the U.S. Mail system. So I promptly called the LHS in Winfield and had him order two wireless throttles, which should be in by Thursday. Now I don't need to depend on my all guest operators having to supply their own throttles, yeehaw!
! Hope your daughter heals fast!
