Good Morning All. Another muggy morning, cloudy and 76° with humidity at 90% with no wind yet. Low 90's today and tomorrow with possible 97° on Sunday. Despite predictions, it never rained yesterday although there was considerable lightning after darkness settled on us. Best as I can tell, it was north across the border in OK.
Yesterday's grocery trek was uneventful, prices seem to be stable compared with last week. Still outrageous compared to 3.5 years ago. Gasoline across town hasn't moved much, between $3.19 and $3.39/gal everywhere. Traffic was terrible everywhere, mostly distracted drivers on their cell phones. Denton is after all, a 2-college town and I think that everyone was moving out of dorms and apartments. Store itself was not crowded and there was no line at the manned checkout lane.
Afterwards, I made some repairs on my septic tank pump and it's good to go again. I also redid the window A/C install in the bedroom...don't let a wife assist in the first place.
Dishwasher and burn trash start the chore list today and then I figure out which other tasks I want to do.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I continued with my town project. It was time to add additional street markings. These come from a place called
Highways and Byways Model Railroad Graphics.
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I have used these in other areas before. They apply like dry transfers but are made of thin vinyl
Oh! And I found the missing foot, but I had already transplanted a new one on the lady as posted yesterday.
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Troy - Sorry, but the moth incident was amusing! Shelving looks good.
The race is actually on Sunday, not Memorial Day since 1974; although rain on Sunday could get it postponed this year.
Terry - An additional call to the emergency services department should speed things up.
Mac -
I watched the video without the sound and didn't realize that folks were yelling at her. There's a reason that we have rodeo clowns in the rink at rodeo events here in Texas, distracts the bull when a participant is down.
Joe -
I know that holds true in many areas, but in my area, manufacturers are finding it difficult to find and retain labor, even at $18/hr which is high for Texas. By comparison, fast food wages are still in the $12-$13/hr range, but they're hurting as well.
Curt - Good job on recovering from the scam. I don't remember if it is called Harvest Gold, it came with the house in 1981 so I never knew. But by golly, it still works even when the power is off!
This November's election is to me, the worst choice of candidates since 1976! I'll have to vote for policy instead of personality.
Patrick - Best wishes on the upcoming surgery.
Swal - One of my neighbors swears by his 0 turn mower, while another swears at his! I opted for a traditional garden tractor when I bought a new one last year. It's a Simplicity Regent 48" with the tightest turning radius that I have seen on a garden tractor, almost 0°! Cost was the most prevalent factor as well, Simplicity has lots of those 0 turn mowers in their product line. Their cheapest 0 turn is almost $3K more than my top of the line garden tractor.
Today is Bob Dylan's 83rd birthday. Great songwriter but he has one of the worst voices in music. My opinion only.
Everyone have a great Friday.
