Do something even if it's only touching up damage, updating things or superdetailing a scene or two. It's great therapy and doesn't cost you $300.00 an hour like the other kind!
My random thoughts (which hopefully won't get me in trouble)
1: California: Some, but their biggest problem is trapping the water before it runs off. Unfortunately, most of it will likely wind up in the ocean.
2: The clown car. I predict mostly disfunction and crapshow investigations for political theater. It'll mostly be about revenge. Since the new speaker basically handed his gonads over in a little velvet sack to get the job, I very much doubt he'll be able to function effectively.
3: Refugees: It must be terrible, especially when some of them are here because this country interferes with the governments in their home countries, which either creates the problem, or makes it worse. Not blaming any party or faction here, it's been happening for a good century or more. It's what we do. Our biggest problem is that in spite of all the rhetoric and dog and pony shows, our business owners love that cheap labor. Instead of marching out a hundred chicken pluckers in chains for a headline or a sound byte, I recommend we march out the business owners in chains and watch the change commence! I recall living in Phoenix many years ago when I was young, and seeing these poor people. I was having difficulty finding work myself and made some sort of comment, and an old geezer snorted and said "Don't worry about them boy, they only get the jobs you wouldn't want anyway." Not 100% true of course, but let's face it, Americans by and large don't want to pluck chickens, pick fruit or be day laborers.
4: I question that Musk is a genius at all. Most of his success early on was being in the right place at the right time, and hiring the right people and staying out of their way. Now that he's personally involved in day to day operations we see what his management skills really are. My rating: I wouldn't work for him. Toxic! I don't use twitter and never have, but from what I've seen of it in screen caps it seems to be mostly a sh*t flinging fest on monkey island. It's a little disturbing that as a society we hold these people up as examples of success and all but worship them. Especially when most of them started out with inherited wealth. Nothing like starting your climb up the mountain from 95% of the way up!
And now back to trains. I spent a good bunch of time yesterday with those tank cars. Pics over on the weathering thread!
