santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 56°, with a north wind of 1 mph. Next Tuesday's chance of rain has been removed from our forecast; maybe Halloween???
Had a good grocery trek yesterday, store was only out of one item. Aisles still filled with re-stock carts and pallets, but I have gotten used to that now. Customer satisfaction survey is now AI driven! Not that I think that it will make any difference; as long as I get my 50 extra fuel points for filling it out.
I've occasionally posted over the past few years about the state highway that was being improved and widened starting about 6 miles from my house to the Interstate; for a total of 6 miles. It appears to be completed now. So, wandering through cattle ranches/horse farms/pastures and wheat fields is a nice 5 lane (center left-turn) road complete with sidewalks. Note that there might be 20 houses along this initial 5 mile stretch to use these sidewalks, and most of them are about 1/4 mile back from the road itself. Biggest complaint from the local Facebook page is the current speed limit of 45 mph! Back before the improvements, it was a two-lane blacktop with minimal shoulders but a speed limit of 55 mph! So, the sheriff's department now makes good use of that center-left turn lane to station radar enforcement units. Note that there are just 4 intersections along this 5 mile stretch that this lane can be used for, but it extends the entire length. That, the sidewalks and the drainage system (installed because there are now curbs), probably doubled the overall cost of this project.
RANT over!
After lunch and a nap, I woke up with the most excruciating neck/shoulder pain that I can recall. Sure put a damper on the rest of the day. Not sure what caused it. I did a number of stretching exercises and the massager and eventually it went away about five hours later. I almost had to use a heavy-duty Tramadol, but resisted the urge. I'm just not too keen on using opioid type drugs.
Contemplating on today's activities until I see whether this pain returns. I know that a load of laundry is a definite.
Despite the pain, I did make it out to the train shed yesterday for some modeling. I trimmed up all of the shingle rows and the peak looked like this.
My plan was/is to add a piece of 3/32" x 3/32" stripwood into that groove like this.
Worked as planned and the color match is almost spot on.
On my previous build of this structure, I added "rafter tails" to the underside of the roof.
I'm leaving them off this build to differentiate this building from the older one. Makes it a lot more simple to build without them.
I did some other stuff, but I am having a whole lot of trouble with the forum right now, so I'll wait for a better time to post!
Kusojiji - I don't think that crew members wore uniforms since the 1940's. What I see is typical blue-collar dress, flannel shirts and blue jeans.
Marco - Most 6-axle diesels will easily run on 22" radius curves, but as Tom O posted, there is some overhang.
Put me in the camp that would like to see the "human" element return, instead of this flaky on/off behavior of the forum.
The late bassist for Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley was born on this day in 1947. Weird Al Yankovic is 67 today.
Everyone have a great Friday.
Had a good grocery trek yesterday, store was only out of one item. Aisles still filled with re-stock carts and pallets, but I have gotten used to that now. Customer satisfaction survey is now AI driven! Not that I think that it will make any difference; as long as I get my 50 extra fuel points for filling it out.
I've occasionally posted over the past few years about the state highway that was being improved and widened starting about 6 miles from my house to the Interstate; for a total of 6 miles. It appears to be completed now. So, wandering through cattle ranches/horse farms/pastures and wheat fields is a nice 5 lane (center left-turn) road complete with sidewalks. Note that there might be 20 houses along this initial 5 mile stretch to use these sidewalks, and most of them are about 1/4 mile back from the road itself. Biggest complaint from the local Facebook page is the current speed limit of 45 mph! Back before the improvements, it was a two-lane blacktop with minimal shoulders but a speed limit of 55 mph! So, the sheriff's department now makes good use of that center-left turn lane to station radar enforcement units. Note that there are just 4 intersections along this 5 mile stretch that this lane can be used for, but it extends the entire length. That, the sidewalks and the drainage system (installed because there are now curbs), probably doubled the overall cost of this project.
RANT over!
After lunch and a nap, I woke up with the most excruciating neck/shoulder pain that I can recall. Sure put a damper on the rest of the day. Not sure what caused it. I did a number of stretching exercises and the massager and eventually it went away about five hours later. I almost had to use a heavy-duty Tramadol, but resisted the urge. I'm just not too keen on using opioid type drugs.
Contemplating on today's activities until I see whether this pain returns. I know that a load of laundry is a definite.
Despite the pain, I did make it out to the train shed yesterday for some modeling. I trimmed up all of the shingle rows and the peak looked like this.
My plan was/is to add a piece of 3/32" x 3/32" stripwood into that groove like this.
Worked as planned and the color match is almost spot on.
On my previous build of this structure, I added "rafter tails" to the underside of the roof.
I'm leaving them off this build to differentiate this building from the older one. Makes it a lot more simple to build without them.
I did some other stuff, but I am having a whole lot of trouble with the forum right now, so I'll wait for a better time to post!
Kusojiji - I don't think that crew members wore uniforms since the 1940's. What I see is typical blue-collar dress, flannel shirts and blue jeans.
Marco - Most 6-axle diesels will easily run on 22" radius curves, but as Tom O posted, there is some overhang.
Put me in the camp that would like to see the "human" element return, instead of this flaky on/off behavior of the forum.
The late bassist for Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie, Greg Ridley was born on this day in 1947. Weird Al Yankovic is 67 today.
Everyone have a great Friday.
