Good Morning All. Cloudy and 69°, the rain has been removed from today's forecast for us. There is a pretty widespread area of precipitation about 150 miles west, between Lubbock and Wichita Falls, but it's unlikely to reach here. Disappointed, as the rainfall total for me was only 0.3" over the last 4 days. Most evaporated before the next days event hit. Yesterday's accumulation of 0.14" was the largest and that's rather paltry.
Moving on, yesterdays weekly grocery trek was not as good as expected, Kroger was out of 4 things on my list, the most critical being fresh Jalapeno Peppers. Since I was going to Sam's Club next to get my hearing aids cleaned and adjusted, I just thought I would get some there. But nooo! They don't carry Jalapenos.
So I left with just my charcoal and rotisserie chicken, plus a few other items. It was already late for lunch, and I went home. Gasoline prices were 60¢/gal higher than 2 weeks ago. Yesterday it was at $3.19/gal just about everywhere. At the convenience store near me (8 miles away), it was $3.19 when I was outbound, and three hours later it was $3.39. Same deal at Quick Trip 12 miles away in town. Yes, the mighty town of Sanger TX (population maybe 9200) now has both a Quick Trip and a Starbucks, both opening in the last two weeks.
Observation: I went to a Schlotzsky's for a couple of sandwiches while in Denton. They have 22 tables inside, but just 12 customer parking spaces! Math just doesn't seem right.
I returned out to the train shed yesterday after a day of absence. Layout folks were glad to have the lights back on. I ran trains for a while and did some work on the coffee shop project. I scratchbuilt some long tables to use with some chairs that I already had, to use on the plaza out front.
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Today I will paint them and add a few more figures. These all came from two different Preiser sets, the figures in the red chairs were already attached.
I also painted a concrete parking lot next to the building site. Paint should have dried overnight and I will add stripes today.
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The scene is coming close.
Tom O - The first thing that went into the train shed when I was building it was the iPod and docking speakers. It's the most used tool out there.
I like your paint shelves, it's the first time that I noticed them. I have to look around, as I believe that I still have some 2" x 2" aluminum angle buried somewhere in the barn. Right now my paints are stored randomly in 4 locations!
Todd - Yes, it's been about a month since I last spoke with
Chet as well. He's still unpacking and walking the dogs. He is also now the head of his HOA, and getting some improvements done.
Today is the first day of Rosh Hashanah, if you are of that persuasion.
Hmmmh! The area of rain has moved closer without dissipating, now just 60 miles away. Maybe there's a chance yet!
Everyone have a fantastic day and an awesome weekend. Reminder: Hit "Post Reply" when done composing!
