Working On A Different Layout

[jacon12]

different from the one in the garage, that is. Yesterday I went to pick up a pallet of centipede sod for filling a few places in the yard. Here in central Georgia, USA, the temperature was 96F, not real bad in itself... but the clincher was the 51% humidity. Now that can be a killer. But, I says to myself, I'm going into the office, pay for the sod and let the guy on the forklift load that honey on the truck while I sit inside with the AC on high.
Years of experience with life should have told me that what can go wrong .. will.
And it did.
The pallet, because of the outside wheel wells on my truck, wouldn't go in the bed for love nor money. It contained 56 rolls of sod, each approximately 5 feet in length and weighing in at 30 pounds a piece. Yep, thats over 1,600 pounds. So, I had a choice of leaving it or loading it by hand into the truck. The folks at the sod farm did tell the forklift guy to sit it in the shade and they gave me a bottle of water. The young man said I was going to need it and from growing up in the South I knew this to be true. But I got it loaded in about 45 minutes and the bottle of water..

and my wife and I got it put out from about 6 to 9 pm last night.
This was just one of the harder projects on the honeydo list I've been handling as of late. I guess it has given me a needed break from the 'other' layout, the one in the airconditioned room with the little trains running 'round on it. The fun one. I was getting frustrated with a couple of things and it was really time to put it down for a while.
I'm ready for winter.
Jarrell

[rrinker]

Sure you didn't mis-type there? 51% humidity, I would LOVE for it to be only 51%... we've been running 90-95 degrees and 70-70% right now, that's like walking into a steam room when you step outside, before even TRYING to do any work. It's those kind of days where you look out and even the kids aren't outside playing. They wait til after dinner when it cools off a bit. So does the yard work.
Guess I'm too cheap for sod - slowly but surely the damage from the pervious owner's neglect is being repaired - scratch up a section apply some topsoil, seed, and wait.

--Randy

[Medina1128]

I like Woodland Scenics better for putting in grass... a little diluted white glue, an old Parmesan cheese shaker and I'm done.

[jacon12]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker

Sure you didn't mis-type there? 51% humidity, I would LOVE for it to be only 51%... we've been running 90-95 degrees and 70-70% right now, that's like walking into a steam room when you step outside, before even TRYING to do any work. It's those kind of days where you look out and even the kids aren't outside playing. They wait til after dinner when it cools off a bit. So does the yard work.
Guess I'm too cheap for sod - slowly but surely the damage from the pervious owner's neglect is being repaired - scratch up a section apply some topsoil, seed, and wait.

--Randy

Randy, I don't doubt at all that it hit 70% humidity, I just checked and it's 60% now and 94F. I remember on a camera forum I frequent someone in the south mentioned 69% humidity and another person said he'd never even seen anything like that, that the person must be streching the truth. I need for him to visit in August sometime.. [:p] It is down right brutal.
I'm too cheap for sod too, but the CEO around here wanted it.. soooooo...
Jarrell

[jacon12]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Medina1128

I like Woodland Scenics better for putting in grass... a little diluted white glue, an old Parmesan cheese shaker and I'm done.

Marion, I do too. It is much easier on the back!
Jarrell[(-D]

[pcarrell]

rrinker,

You must live near me in central Indiana. It's been 85-90 degrees and about the same in humidity for days now! [:0]

Jarrell,

Look at it this way,....pretty soon you won't be able to work on your new 1:1 layout. It'll be too cold and you'll be "forced" to play with the little one! [:D][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Sounds like it's time to throw in the towel and take up garden rail roading. The CFO may "see" the light and insist you go to the airconditioning and play with your trains!!
Will

[jacon12]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

rrinker,

You must live near me in central Indiana. It's been 85-90 degrees and about the same in humidity for days now! [:0]

Jarrell,

Look at it this way,....pretty soon you won't be able to work on your new 1:1 layout. It'll be too cold and you'll be "forced" to play with the little one! [:D][:D][:D][:D]

It'll be a hard job, but somebodys gotta do it [}:)]
Jarrell

[jacon12]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Overdurff

Sounds like it's time to throw in the towel and take up garden rail roading. The CFO may "see" the light and insist you go to the airconditioning and play with your trains!!
Will

Yeah, thats the ticket! I have to dig up all that sod to put in the rails and the bridges!
Naaay.. she knows I'm not going into that furnace if I don't have to.. [V]
Good idea anyway, Will.
Jarrell

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

rrinker,

You must live near me in central Indiana. It's been 85-90 degrees and about the same in humidity for days now! [:0]

PCarrell , what city do you live by? My wife has some family south of Indy in a town called Greensburg. I visited last year for a family reunion. It was a nice little town, but very country. We talk about moving out there someday but who knows.