santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Cloudy and 65°. While the rain has been removed from today's forecast, there's a 60% chance tonight but only at 0300. No real change in our ever-changing 10 day forecast. They're usually but not always good for 3-4 hours at best at this time of year.
I did get to mow the NW corner of the yard yesterday, the only area where the ground was firm enough to drive the tractor on. That would include the area around the garden, train shed and bordering on the hay field and pond. Unfortunately that's not where it's needed the most and it's really low on my priority list, but it is at least done. I finally got most of the water pumped off the pool cover yesterday. I'll remove it this afternoon before it can potentially catch some more rain. Looking at the imaginary weather forecast, I don't see that the water will warm up enough to use the pool for at least a week.
I got an unexpected E-Mail around 4:00 yesterday afternoon informing me that the train shed A/C delivery had been switched to UPS and wouldn't arrive until today. Last night I received another E-Mail stating that it had delivered on Thursday, except the E-Mail was sent on Wednesday??? Something's wrong here!
Weekly grocery trek is this morning. I have a list but it's only about half of what I usually get. My wife is leaving Saturday night to overnight at my daughter's house, and they're headed out Sunday morning for South Padre Island along with our other daughter's family for a week-long stay. I'll have the granddogs here while they're gone. SIL and one grandson are coming with the dogs to help install the A/C. Other than girl watching, I have no desire to sit on the beach for 7 days. Maybe Elon will launch a rocket for them while they are there...the SpaceX launch site is very close and can be seen easily from their condo.
Later this afternoon, I should be able to mow some additional acreage and use the weedeater where needed.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I found the last car, according to my database, that has the old McHenry couplers on it. For those who may not be familiar with them, they came in two styles.
Some came with whiskers and some were made to use the Kadee brass centering spring. While they are to be commended for being the first (that I know of) to use the whisker centering method, their shortcoming besides being made of plastic was the actual coupler spring. It tended to straighten out after several backing or bunching movements and no longer forced the coupler face to close.
Here's a "sprung" one.
I have saved all of the good ones, along with all of my plastic wheelsets and horn-hook couplers because I met a dealer once at a train show who said that there was still a market for that stuff. He offered to buy the ones that I had if I brought them to the next show. However I haven't seen him since! But I still have all of them in case I do see him and can get a card or an address to do some business with.
Bottom left - McHenry's; top left plastic wheelsets with metal axles; bottom center are plastic wheelsets with plastic axles and bottom right is horn-hooks. Since I am a hoarder, I'll probably never get rid of them!!!
Louis - A belated Happy Birthday to you. Now instead of just being an old fart, you are an older fart.
Marlin - I don't know which growing zone you are located in, but I am in Zone 8 and I plant Sweet Potatoes in May and harvest in late October.
Kgstakes - Looks like a really neat book.
Karl - Praying for you on your upcoming surgery. I'm positive that you will have no problems.
For many Christians, today is Ascension Thursday. It is also the birthday of the late President John F. Kennedy.
Everyone have a great day today.
EDIT: I just stepped out on the back porch and discovered my A/C sitting in the front yard! Right next to the cart that I intended for them to put it in.
I did get to mow the NW corner of the yard yesterday, the only area where the ground was firm enough to drive the tractor on. That would include the area around the garden, train shed and bordering on the hay field and pond. Unfortunately that's not where it's needed the most and it's really low on my priority list, but it is at least done. I finally got most of the water pumped off the pool cover yesterday. I'll remove it this afternoon before it can potentially catch some more rain. Looking at the imaginary weather forecast, I don't see that the water will warm up enough to use the pool for at least a week.
I got an unexpected E-Mail around 4:00 yesterday afternoon informing me that the train shed A/C delivery had been switched to UPS and wouldn't arrive until today. Last night I received another E-Mail stating that it had delivered on Thursday, except the E-Mail was sent on Wednesday??? Something's wrong here!
Weekly grocery trek is this morning. I have a list but it's only about half of what I usually get. My wife is leaving Saturday night to overnight at my daughter's house, and they're headed out Sunday morning for South Padre Island along with our other daughter's family for a week-long stay. I'll have the granddogs here while they're gone. SIL and one grandson are coming with the dogs to help install the A/C. Other than girl watching, I have no desire to sit on the beach for 7 days. Maybe Elon will launch a rocket for them while they are there...the SpaceX launch site is very close and can be seen easily from their condo.
Later this afternoon, I should be able to mow some additional acreage and use the weedeater where needed.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I found the last car, according to my database, that has the old McHenry couplers on it. For those who may not be familiar with them, they came in two styles.
Some came with whiskers and some were made to use the Kadee brass centering spring. While they are to be commended for being the first (that I know of) to use the whisker centering method, their shortcoming besides being made of plastic was the actual coupler spring. It tended to straighten out after several backing or bunching movements and no longer forced the coupler face to close.
Here's a "sprung" one.
I have saved all of the good ones, along with all of my plastic wheelsets and horn-hook couplers because I met a dealer once at a train show who said that there was still a market for that stuff. He offered to buy the ones that I had if I brought them to the next show. However I haven't seen him since! But I still have all of them in case I do see him and can get a card or an address to do some business with.
Bottom left - McHenry's; top left plastic wheelsets with metal axles; bottom center are plastic wheelsets with plastic axles and bottom right is horn-hooks. Since I am a hoarder, I'll probably never get rid of them!!!
Louis - A belated Happy Birthday to you. Now instead of just being an old fart, you are an older fart.
Marlin - I don't know which growing zone you are located in, but I am in Zone 8 and I plant Sweet Potatoes in May and harvest in late October.
Kgstakes - Looks like a really neat book.
Karl - Praying for you on your upcoming surgery. I'm positive that you will have no problems.
For many Christians, today is Ascension Thursday. It is also the birthday of the late President John F. Kennedy.
Everyone have a great day today.
EDIT: I just stepped out on the back porch and discovered my A/C sitting in the front yard! Right next to the cart that I intended for them to put it in.
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