Afternoon, everyone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REX At least I'll always be a year younger than you.
Sandy, nice picures and a beautiful part of the country but it sure gets cold there for this early in the year.
Jeffrey, that sounds like a lot of work changing out those heaters. watch that foot and don't overdo it.
Dan, don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I always figured that, no matter what kind of job it was, once I got my foot in the door, I had a chance to move up.
Corey, give the building mortar a good scrubbing with Windex and a paper towel before you do anything else. They'll look a lot better. Have fun at the hobby shop. I'm sure your wife views this as quality time.
Barry, you sure do have some strange looking oil wells in your part of the world. I've never seen them on such large concrete platforms.
Tom, cops love to entertain Scouts and show off their stuff. Most of them have kids and, contrary to what a lot of people think, they are pretty soft-hearted under that gruff exterior.
Dan, be careful. It was moves like that that got me a ride to the emergency room.
Terry, those Mantua 0-4-0 Camelbacks were about the worst kits ever made. You practically had to have a machine shop to build one and they still ran like crap no matter how careful you were. If someone offers you five bucks, take it and run.
Spent most of the weekend doing church stuff. I had time to do some detailing on the layout, adding some more signs and some safety striping to the street where the tracks come off the grade and into the road. Lester kept missing the fact that the big thing in his rear view mirror was a train and pitched a fit to the mayor after loosing a few bumpers.
It's actually raining here today. Most of it's through the area now but it was a decentstorm compared to what we've gotten. Looks like we should be under a southerly flow all week so we a chance of rain almost every day. All of a sudden, my lawn is covered in mushrooms. I guess they are going to take advantage of the rain and bloom while they can. I have no idea if they are edible but some of them are the size of dinner plates. They sure look tasty but they'd probably kill me.
Since Fred has gone to his watery grave, the tropics are unusually quiet. It looks like the best place for tropical storm formation is still between Florida and the Bahamas and even those chances don't look so good.
As for the platforms that one is kind of odd. Mostly they are situated on a mound like affair---although this one was on a bit softer ground
