Good Morning All. Clear and 69° with a light north breeze. While that cool breeze won't affect today's high in the mid 90's, it will keep the temperature in the 80's for a few days after.
Yesterday's outdoor tasks included shredding some more brush piles and weedeating the perimeter of the house. I'll split some wood this morning and I will mow when the dew dries around 11ish.
Meanwhile this sciatica is not going away like the doctor said it would. Most of the day it's tolerable or absent, but it flares up just before I normally get into the pool just before supper. Funny thing is that walking a mile in the morning seems to help immensely.
When I go on the grocery trek tomorrow, I need to purchase a new pool cover for the winter this year. I took the old one out and found three holes and some other potential trouble spots. The old one lasted three seasons which is average for winter covers.
Thanks for all of the reactions and comments on my ongoing progress;
Dave B, Sherrel, Joe, Tom O, Karl, Christian, George, Troy, Gary, Curt, Guy, Smudge, Chad, Mikey, Rick, Tom, Patrick.
Yesterday out in the train shed, I continued with the retail store, now known as Farmco Supply.
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I plan on adding an interior, so I added a partial floor and a LED light yesterday.
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An interior will go at the back of the partial floor and customers will go on the front.
Besides that, I painted a concrete parking lot on the layout and enhanced the green on the backdrop with highlights and trees.
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Note the additional downspouts on the front.
Over on the workbench are a couple of roof vents being painted that were left over from other Pikestuff structures, as well as a sidewalk to add. Time now for ground cover and look for a suitable interior picture on the Internet. Maybe I already have one; I'll have to look.
Tom O - Real soda sales here are always the week before a holiday. That's when four 12-packs go for $10 on some holidays or $12 on others. I haven't figured out what triggers the lower sale price yet. Other food prices are hit or miss. We get a lot of Gulf Coast shrimp here so that's still low. Chicken has exploded, pork came down earlier in the year and beef which went up during the Great Pandemic is now starting to come down. I think that pork came down due to Kalifornia's "swine crate" law and producers quit selling out there rather than remodel their entire operations. Beef went up from the packing plant closures, but is now coming down as drought is sending more cows to market. Fruit and veggies are in plentiful supply since much is grown in Texas and Mexico, but they're up due to transportation costs.
Pink Floyd is never a bad choice for the train room.
George - I wish that I had more time to watch concerts. I saw many in person in the days before my hearing started going away and I had to stop going.
Snowman - I'd leave the idea of a "What are you Listening to Now" thread up to the moderators, but I like it. I would participate when time permits. I primarily listen to rock and R&B, but I am also very eclectic with my tastes. I'm not a fan of pop, country or rap (hip-hop), but in the words of Bob Segar, "Give me that old time rock and roll". I was an early listener to Pink Floyd in the mid-60's when they were led by Syd Barrett. I also like much of the Mothers of Invention music from that time frame. I did say eclectic didn't I???
Besides being hearing impaired from loud music in the 60's -80's I also listen to tinnitus all of the time. My hearing aids are set to compensate for it and that helps when I have them in.
Today is National Beer Lovers Day. It seems like we have one of them several times a year. Doesn't matter as I celebrate every day unless I'm in the hospital!
Everyone have a great day and I'll hoist one for anyone who doesn't indulge.
