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Good Morning Folks, Janie, just a mug of coffee, please. I´ll stay here at the RC and watch who will drop by today. We came in late yesterday, too late to say hello here. We went to my parent´s place to celebrate my mother´s 82nd birthday. As we have not been able to go there for quite some time, I was shocked to see, how fragile both my mother and father have turned in recent months. I sure wish I could go there more often, but with the price of gas over here, I just can´t afford to do that. It was a nice day, though. Petra prepared lunch for us and her birthday cake earned here more than just a smile. My father gave me a stack of old "Trains" magazines, so I now have plenty of reading material to cover my days. We did a lot of talking about old times and I won a few new insights on my parents which I did not have yet. The best part of all was that we are starting to make plans on how to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in June next year. It will be a family affair, as all their friends have died in the meantime. Ray - Thanks for your compliments on my track plans. I don´t think that I am good enough to have them published. First of all, they are not all my own ideas, but a cut and paste assembly from various sources, and second, the system I use is to crude to be used for professional graphic work. They are all drawn in WinRail, which is like the freebie RTS from Atlas. Good enough for the home use, but not for professional work. Jeff - I chuckled at your little story. Yes, these are the modern times. Either you can hook up something to a computer, or you can´t repair it. Reminded me of the story of the long-time retired doc who once paid a visit to his successor. While walking down the hall with his successor, he noticed a man waiting for treatment. Upon his question what was wrong with the guy, he received the answer "Well, we need to run some more tests on him, as the computer analysis is not yet firm on the diagnosis". His answer was "Ask your computer, whether this man is a Chinese, otherwise I would say he is suffering from a bad case of acute parenchymatous hepatitis!" Your van will be turning 30 next year. In Germany this would earn you a tax break and lower insurance rates, as your car will be entitled to join the ranks of "historical vehicles". You all have a good day.
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