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Good Afternoon All!
70F @ 52% partly with slight wind.

Late posting, but not late up. Have been puttering around, Maria made French Toast for BFast an hour or so ago. Yummy! We finally got around to putting in the AC for the bedroom as we are to see 100F+ this week and the next. I can not hold the thing up and balance it for the wood that replaces the window glass...

For all of you new to Montana. Just think: it was 102F yesterday, in a few months it is gonna be ~120F less than that.

Waiting on HD to confirm our order ( already taken $$$ out of the V/MC ) and call us with delivery date. Even though they charged us ~$75 for delivery, it is still cheaper than renting a trailer and the gas to and from. So in-between sweating bouts, gathering the pressure treated for the bottom plates amongst some other stuff. Lazy day kinda.

Want to cut my helix ramp boards. While looking at the track plan, I decided there were spots that were just to crammed together where the helix meets the rest of the layout. Looks to be framework spaghetti. So, thinking of moving the helix to a room corner with enough wiggle room for maintenance. That should give me more room to play with in the interior layout section. Going to make the isle ways to 4ft ( was 3ft ) where possible. Still will probably have some 3ft or less squeeze areas though. Reality's Bairwood yard will become Bairwood Exchange Yard. Other than that, not much will change track wise with the outer plan, although the interior will change some. In case you have forgotten, the interior section is the 'mountainous section' which changes a whopping 12" from upper end to lower end. Gonna have to fake some grades and perspectives, I guess.

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Well both ambulances and fire rescue squads just left and no transport. There are about 5 police squads here now plus an unmarked which means in our City a detective is there! No police tape on the outside of the apartments.

The neighborhood kids that had school today should be arriving soon

This will make great fodder for the neighborhood gossip. The dog walkers all seemed to come out and congregate on the corner. The ones that know me asked if I knew anything and I told them nope, nothing! I know nothing and am presumed innocent until they can prove otherwise.

This Summer we had an illegal run the stop sign and hit a squad. That afternoon an ICE confrontation down the block. This past Spring on the street behind me we had an abusive ex-cop ex-hubby get stabbed by the ex-wife. Fun 6 months or so!
 


I notice that he is hiding behind the bush. 🤪
I’m not hiding I’m sitting in my 2nd favorite outdoor spot here at the house
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Just got back from a short walk with the dog. There's a forested green belt behind our development that has a little access road for servicing the sewer line. Our side of the street slopes down so the sewer lines run out the back.

Anyways, as we are coming back out to the street a guy, with mirror sunglasses, puts his hands up in the air and asks if my dog is friendly. I'm thinking meth head, but it could have just been a normal person.😐 My response was "she can be". Right after I said that Sugar got stiff, tail and hackles up, and started that low deep growth. I responded, "she's in guard mode". He took a half dozen steps away and we went on our way. Every few feet Sugar stopped and turned to check on his position,. Sugar is pretty good at sensing a potential threat.....all 115# of her.
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Just got back from a short walk with the dog. There's a forested green belt behind our development that has a little access road for servicing the sewer line. Our side of the street slopes down so the sewer lines run out the back.

Anyways, as we are coming back out to the street a guy, with mirror sunglasses, puts his hands up in the air and asks if my dog is friendly. I'm thinking meth head, but it could have just been a normal person.😐 My response was "she can be". Right after I said that Sugar got stiff, tail and hackles up, and started that low deep growth. I responded, "she's in guard mode". He took a half dozen steps away and went on our way. Every few feet Sugar stopped and turned to check on his position,. Sugar is pretty good at sensing a potential threat.....all 115# of her.View attachment 236803
Did you say she’s good at sensing a threat, or a treat?
 
Well both ambulances and fire rescue squads just left and no transport. There are about 5 police squads here now plus an unmarked which means in our City a detective is there! No police tape on the outside of the apartments.

The neighborhood kids that had school today should be arriving soon

This will make great fodder for the neighborhood gossip. The dog walkers all seemed to come out and congregate on the corner. The ones that know me asked if I knew anything and I told them nope, nothing! I know nothing and am presumed innocent until they can prove otherwise.

This Summer we had an illegal run the stop sign and hit a squad. That afternoon an ICE confrontation down the block. This past Spring on the street behind me we had an abusive ex-cop ex-hubby get stabbed by the ex-wife. Fun 6 months or so!

I don't know if you are in Dane county or elsewhere, but if you had scanner you could find out in a hurry what is going on in your area. I tried searching one of my sites to see if your services are encrypted, and for Dane county it appears only sensitive tactical information is encrypted. It's all P25 transmission though so you would need one of the scanners that can do P25 digital.

All of my receivers and scanners are conventional analog since no one around here uses digital or encryption.
 


I just tried two other browsers for my credit card issue. I tried them with ad and content blockers on and off. The little "amount due by" on them is missing in all cases. So,unless I manually go in to each one, I have no way of knowing if a payment is due, and when.

Cap1 sends me emails when my bill is due. Gives me the date and the amount, the remaining balance, and credit available. Why aren't you getting this email?
 
Just got back from a short walk with the dog. There's a forested green belt behind our development that has a little access road for servicing the sewer line. Our side of the street slopes down so the sewer lines run out the back.

Anyways, as we are coming back out to the street a guy, with mirror sunglasses, puts his hands up in the air and asks if my dog is friendly. I'm thinking meth head, but it could have just been a normal person.😐 My response was "she can be". Right after I said that Sugar got stiff, tail and hackles up, and started that low deep growth. I responded, "she's in guard mode". He took a half dozen steps away and we went on our way. Every few feet Sugar stopped and turned to check on his position,. Sugar is pretty good at sensing a potential threat.....all 115# of her.View attachment 236803
sounds like a good doggy and deserves a treat or something
 
Good afternoon to all on the forum................

Finally getting into town today to deliver trash to its proper receptacle and getting a few things at the grocery store.
I have a neighbor that has a dumpster but I cannot seem to connect with them to see if I can share in the monthly fees and have access to it. On the other hand, being a single guy, I don't generate much garbage and usually just take it to town, like today, when I do grocery shopping. But sometimes get in a rush to leave and forget the trash. Oh well.

I have to do a test fit on my layout for the Walthers Champion Packing building and stock pens. I added a second main line and may have crowded the aloted space for the building area
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I aving tro I am having trouble in typing a post

keyboard is not responsive on the forum. Works well everywhere else but just locks up here................Bye, John
 
I don't know if you are in Dane county or elsewhere, but if you had scanner you could find out in a hurry what is going on in your area. I tried searching one of my sites to see if your services are encrypted, and for Dane county it appears only sensitive tactical information is encrypted. It's all P25 transmission though so you would need one of the scanners that can do P25 digital.

All of my receivers and scanners are conventional analog since no one around here uses digital or encryption.
Dane County but only City of Verona PD and Fire and Rescue were there. Still no clue but I’m fairly sure one of the local funeral homes is there now. Still 2 squads on scene
 
we're mostly dryish on that floor
Nice! Glad that it is as the condensation part is the real pain when it comes to floor standers. I've been in mostly humid areas so emptying those things were part of the rounds.

What I did not think of is that the split unit a/c is a dehumidifier with all the plumbing taken care of. The power consumption is about the same as a floor stander. Japan likes to do each room separate for energy conservation, but they end up creating different climates within the house, which is not good as it can create condensation on the in-between wall. Bathrooms are typically not covered so it is terrible in there. May be motivation not to camp there, I guess. I finally convinced the wife to leave the main door open downstairs to allow the split unit down there to take care of a larger area while I leave the main door upstairs open as well. So far, the electric bill hasn't increased by too much (especially since I am home all the time now) and the whole house is much more comfortable now.
 
Good (late) afternoon all. A bottle of Old Speckled Hen please, Flo.
The workmen have gone home. They will be back in the morning; 8.00am.

Dawn has been ill today. Nurses have been and the doctor has prescribed some medicine to be delivered today.

Pork Loin Steaks for dinner tonight.

The rain has stayed away.

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I'm looking hard for the Time team excavating for Roman artifacts... :)
 


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