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Good afternoon all. Dark clouds approaching.

One for airplane spotters.

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"We are safe." Granddaughters in the cockpit of a 'Tornado'

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santafewillie said:
Wasn't sure if you were repeating it, or made the same mis-identification. Jackson has called for cognizance tests for all older politicians on both sides of the aisle, including #45, Nancy, Mitch, and Chuck G. If I was him, I wouldn't be calling the kettle black, given his past checkered history.
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And Mitch. Don't forget him. He freezes more than Biden does. ;)
 
santafewillie said:
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 76° here in North Central Texas. High today in the low 90's like yesterday, next few days will be breezy with 12-15 mph winds from the SE. While SE winds usually bring moisture, the NWS has removed the rain from this week's forecast. From my years of observations, I think that there's still a reasonable chance Wednesday night/Thursday morning. But they don't pay me for that.

I hope that all had a good Father's Day yesterday. I spent the day at daughter #1's in a Buffalo Wing eating competition. Not the all you can eat type, but who could eat the spiciest.We had four competitors and nine levels of spicy dipping sauce. Participants were me, my son-in-law, my 15 yo grandson, and the father of my granddaughter's best friend. Dipping sauces from mild to spiciest were these:
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The Truck Stop listed was a Tabasco Pepper blend, not sure what Hot on the Road contained.
All of us made it through all nine, although the Carolina Reaper nearly knocked two tasters out! Grandson and I ate the entire final wing.
For those unfamiliar with spiciness of peppers, here is the Scoville Scale.
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Carolina Reaper is a recently developed variety, seemingly bred for events just like this. It actually had a good taste besides being quite spicy.
No prizes were given other than recognition. My other grandson and his dad did not participate, nor did any of the ladies present.
After getting home for the evening, I grilled a Strip Steak and some Yellow Squash and made sauteed mushrooms and a garden salad.

Back to the homestead grind today. Time to start gathering and stacking the various piles of firewood scattered about the place. There's still some debris leftover from the tornado that has to be gathered up, mostly in the woodlot area where I don't mow anyway. Most of the garden is unsalvageable, although I may still get some tomatoes. All of the quarter-sized ones and the blossoms were blown off the vine by the tornado and ensuing winds, and then it got too warm for the flowers to pollinate. I think that I will be able to harvest some squash soon, as those plants survived OK, but the fragile Green Bean plants will not recover.

The best thing that could have happened on Father's Day would have been an uninterrupted day out in the train shed. But that didn't happen. I never made it out there. Several projects are still in the works. I should rework that ground foam that washed away around Miss Betty's Diner; that shouldn't take long. And then repaint the spots in the parking lot that I scraped away when removing the foam from there. Rebuilding that house is also in the works since I have already printed it out and made a few cutouts. I'd like to run a train or three just to keep the engineers busy. No shortage of other stuff to do either.

Swal - Congratulations on the successful garage sale. At first I thought "Ten clocks! Holy Cow!". Then I counted and we have at least ten plus and at least that many more connected to appliances and Alexa. We may have even more back in the unused kids bedrooms!
That golf course law is an unusual law for New York. Who are they taxing to pay for it???
Troy -

Did you mean Dr. Ronny Jackson? He's the one in Congress that was physician to both Trump and Obama in the White House, who now represents my former district in Congress. He has been very vocal about testing all older politicians.
David - Those news sources may hold a partisan agenda regarding their home country, but when reporting news from the states, they are mostly non-partisan. While that's where I get my unbiased news reporting, I also read both sides of the spectrum here, like CNN and Fox. Always interesting is their individual spins on the same news. I form my opinions after reading many sources.
Curt - If you landed at Love Field, then you flew directly over my property. All Southwest flights from the west come eastbound overhead and then turn south about 25 miles east of me. they're generally flying between 6500' and 8500' when over me. That is when prevailing winds are out of the south which they are about 325 days of the year here.
Terry - I have also been reading of the high maintenance costs, and the even higher costs for accident repair (and the ensuing rise in insurance costs). It's partly due to all of the sensors and other technology (some government mandated) that are in our vehicles now. Can't just replace a fender or bumper, a specialized mechanic has to install and calibrate all of the sensors.

Everybody have a great day.
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Willie- I love the Thai peppers and use them on a lot of my dishes. When I lived in Florida I had two giant bushes of them that grew year round and produced every month constantly. I miss having them fresh like that. I swear though the orange ones are hotter than what the scale says but I don't know. My plants that I had grew green peppers but the longer they were on the plant then they would change color to bright red. The other plant same green then to orange then yellow at times.. They were amazingly tasty though! I have had habaneros but that pretty much as hot I will go but I will taste test some but I am a fan with flavor not just hot!
 
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Afternoon All,

Started out the day with a walk at 77F and humid. After that I watered MOH's plants and collected dead palm fronds after the heavy rain on Saturday. After breakfast I washed clothes and did a couple of inside chores. Today is our 46th wedding anniversary. We're not doing anything special since we were just on vacation.

Terry- Unfortunately I recognize all but 2.

Karl- Welcome back.

Troy- Very nice delivery.

Mike- Nice video.

Chad- I feel your pain with the house.

John- Neat photos.

Mac- Great photos.

Todd- Good looking cat and dogs.

Smudge- Interesting.

Willie- While flying over TX I noticed that a large number of fields with circles in them. What is that?

David- Very nice granddaughter photos, she looks like a natural. Great job on the layout buildings.

I hope everyone has a good night.
 
PRR Modeler said:
Willie- While flying over TX I noticed that a large number of fields with circles in them. What is that?
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That would be center-pivot irrigation. It is an irrigation system with a pump or a pipe going to the center of field feeding sprinklers on a raised rotating arm on wheels. It is best explained here. They're not used in my area much, but are popular up around Lubbock and Amarillo.
 
Afternoon all,

Busy running grandkids around. Picked a couple more cucumbers. They are producing well. Tomato plants are loaded, but not turning yet. Many baseball sized fruits.

I keep thinking the corn is dead after I see it laying flat after the storms lately, but within a day or so is right back upright. Currently 40 inches high. So far doing very well.

PRR Modeler: Congrats on the 46 years. That says a lot in today's world. Give our best to your bride.
 


Strange weather. It was mostly sunny up until mid afternoon and the temperature slowly went up to around 69F (from a low overnight of around 56F or so) and then it got really windy and a bunch of clouds came through and the temperature started going down. Its now 5:40pm and 56F. Good for trying to cool down the houses. Luckily the wind has calmed down somewhat.
 
My phone rang at 4 am this morning, I knew it had to be about my wife. They told me they were admitting her to Putnam Hospital. I go there at 7am. She was asleep in the emergency room with all kinds of tubes stuck in her. I went back at 7pm she was awake and wanted me to take her home. I told her I would love to, but I can't.
Swal
 
Good evening gang!

Just slipping in for a snack before bed. Maybe a donut, or one of Troy's Scotcheroos.

Curt congrats on 46 years!

troyphoto said:
Found a gem hiding on YouTube

Hoping Curt and his special lady have a bottle of red, or a bottle of white. Whatever kind of mood you're in tonight.

And yes, that really is him! (Not Curt) in the video...

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Troy, I was surprised to find Al Yankovic sitting in on this tune. He's also appeared in Weezer's video of Toto's "Africa".
The man is a nut!

Tomorrow gang!!
 
good morning all

- Celtics Won, well iam still a Lakers Fan since 1992 (dont ask my why since then hahaha)
- Airport ZRH is up and running smooth
- Sun is out
- today it could hit 25 celcius, the first time i guess this year

ordered something nice, i hope my wife wont kill me when she sees it. maybe i have to sneak it into my trainroom haha.

picture of today:

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dont ask me what it is, but it looks funny i was thinking :D
 


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