Ryan- He he. Got cornfused. (yuck, yuck) I took the two comments you made, one about Popeye's and one about Jury duty in New Orleans, and combined them into one and drew the wrong conclusion..... Jury duty was about Popeye's. (chuckle) I've been living with a woman TOO LONG! LOL
Rob- Spicy food. Worms hate it. My wife says that's because nothing stays in her long enough to let the little boogers grab hold. Apparently she has a problem with spicy food.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning All...Its sunny and 75 here...I'll have the same as Ryan..Hershals Breakfast...sounds great coffee please...Thank you..I worked on B&O caboose got couplers on one end..tuff for me to see anymore even with glasses..Jeff those DPM buildings looking great I think thats some of your best modeling..You all have a good one...Jerry
THANK YOU ALL
Just a note of thanks to each of the diners here for your friendship over the past year. You are all good people.
It was one year ago today that my heart acted up. An ambulance took me to the local hospital, and in turn, the helecopter transported me to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN. My heart had stopped beating six times by my arrival in Nashville. I would not have survived without the device in my chest that includes a defibrillator along with other functions. The little device is very high tech.
Perhaps, the good doctors saved my life to enable me to razz all the folks in Elliot's diner.
You chow hounds are appreciated.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin'
Zoe, I need some comfort food. Yea I seem to be raked over the coals in another thread for "insulting" those who do their MRing different than me...... So... A short stack of blueberry pancakes with some NYS Maple Syrup would hit the spot and a big bottomless cup of dark roast in a FGLK mug. there, I feel better already, Oh and I guess I have to sit at the Rivet Counter.
Jim that is very interesting about the URL. I would think that, as the problem is not just a Photobucket issue, the issue is something with the software at Kalmbach. That said, the Photobucket site has recently had some upgrades that could be contributing factor. I can no longer use the "new" uploader with my desktop Mac running OSX.3.9 and Firefox 2. My laptop using OSX.4.? and Firefox 3 can, but the url of the photo won't copy unless I go to the large picture and copy the url from there..... Go figure? Software incompatibility somewhere.
I may be without water for a while sometime soon as the city crew has been out front again painting circles and arrows (with a paragraph to be use as evidence..... oops wrong song....) on the street and on my lawn (they don't know that I plan to remove it when I mow lawn today....). So i guess the pole will be set straight and the water system is to be upgraded. They have been doing work in many of the "old" sections that have not been redone in many years. My house was built in the 1950s and most likely has the original water pipes out front so it is probably time to repair and replace. There were two water main breaks up the side street last winter so it is probably good to get it done.
Hope you all have a good day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hey, Ray, I take no offense at your exemplary modeling being better than my current level! Just gives me something as a guide to shoot for. As the saying goes, others' mileage may vary... Are you going to notify the city that their pretty circles and arrows (and a paragraph...) may not be there after you mow the lawn? Hate for them to get bent out of shape and not be kindly when your part of the block needs some work. And speaking of the Oops thingee, I could definitely see it being possible that the forum's software is set up a certain way for Photobucket (and maybe other)'s website, P-B changed their way of handling things, and the combination made the links cough and die on us. As one quote I heard said, if you really want to foul things up, it takes a computer. Oh, to copy a link in here, do a Control-click on it in Firefox (or right-click, if you have a two-button mouse like I do) and you should be able to copy and then go to another tab/window to paste and edit there. Hope that helps.
Been looking at prices for a newer (but used) PowerBook while I wait, but though there are some good prices out there, I'll have to be saving up a while. So my aged PowerBook 2000 (with a whopping 500 MHz CPU and 1GB of RAM) will have to trudge along a while more. Unlike some politicians' thinking, I don't spend what I don't have. (Oops, did I say that out loud?)
Time to get back to my coffee - Zoe, could I have a refill, please? Thank you.
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Afternoon folks!
A nice bright sunny day here in the Finger Lakes today. Currently 78°F with a high in the low 80s. May get a "stray" thundershower but a rather nice day.
JimRCGMOHey, Ray, I take no offense at your exemplary modeling being better than my current level! Just gives me something as a guide to shoot for.
Thank you Jim! I can honestly say that this forum has greatly increased my own modeling abilities as has being active in the NMRA. What I thought was great a few years ago and what I find acceptable for my own work today has changed a lot. So many little things that I did not know about then, and so many things that vowed only a complete nut would do have become part of my "common practice" now. I only hope that I will someday be as good as so many others that I see here on this forum..........
JimRCGMOAre you going to notify the city that their pretty circles and arrows (and a paragraph...) may not be there after you mow the lawn? Hate for them to get bent out of shape and not be kindly when your part of the block needs some work.
Nah! They also are known to get out bent out of shape if lawns are not kept properly mowed...... So I have no choice but to mow over there "artwork"....... In fact a truck just pulled up in front of my house and one of the city guys is pointing at the circles and arrows trying to explain what they are for to another guy who has the obligatory safety jacket on (meaning that he is a worker, I guess) and then they drove off...............
I too would like to "upgrade" my Mac but since I have a goal of being debt free within 2 years (currently paying off more than $1000 a month on principal - still owe around $23,000) before I make any unnecessary large purchases. I could never figure out why it was better to pay a dollar to the bank in interest than to pay 20¢ in taxes.... I am going to upgrade to OSX.5 while they still have something that works with the G5 processor.
I best get away from the computer and busy doing some needed things around here.... later all!
Well guys, finally got the 5 questions I have to answer for the Secret Life of Bees finished, I'll have to read back over them tonight and chekc for mistakes, better ways to say things etc., but overall got them done. Thank you lord!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
So, Sawyer. You been studying about the Bees, huh? Are the Birds next?
Think I have figured out what the city is planning on doing on my street. The guy across the street has his yard become a lake every time it rains. He lives in a small National Home built after WWII that has no basement (luckily for him). The level of his lawn is 3 or 4 inches below the side of the road. He asked me what he should do about the lake a year ago. My suggestion was to bring in a few loads of topsoil and reseed the lawn making the lawn higher than the road. Looking over all the circles and arrows outside the (white) lines connect over to the storm sewer drain in front of my house at the corner of the streets. The blue lines ID the water pipes coming to my house. So I bet they are going to install a storm sewer drain right in front of the guys mailbox......... They may have to shut off my water for a while to be able to do the project. I think my neighbor may still want to top dress the lawn with topsoil as well.
The repairman for the dryer just came and fixed my old dryer. Turns out I got it in 1996. I now remember that we had a small 120v electric hog before I got this one. $75 for the repair including the belt, tax, and the 10 minutes to actually do the w**k....... Oh well worth it as opposed to me trying to save money and destroying the dryer in the process.
Got 4 pints of string beans canned last night. I made the mistake of getting bush beans instead of pole beans for the garden so i won't get nearly as good a crop this year. Everything else out there is growing like mad. I am eating zucchini almost every night and soon will be giving away the excess. yellow squash is almost ready to pick, and the winter squash is in blossom with several small fruits set. So it looks to be a good harvest.
Well the sun finally came out. The fog left about lunch time.
I added some new tables to the layout. Then my wrist started to hurt, and thats with the brace on. So when I call the boss later, I will tell him its about 50 - 50. I was also trying the wrist out. If I can barley cut wood, how can I unload trucks? If he makes me take this night off, I only have one night left. He would be better off giving me the rest of the week of, to really make sure its better. I would just pick up my check next week of $75 dollars or so .
Oh...........It also seems like I've been locked out of MTW. Man have I lost sleep over that .
Ray.....Thats not bad at $75. My wifes grandmother had someone come out and it was $150. My yellow squash has come and gone. The whole garden is done. Maybe a tomato ever few days. We got waaaay more this year than last. Maybe it was due to adding "miracle grow" to the soil.
Well I guess I better run. I will talk to you all later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Hi all,
Now that the municpal budget was approved by the state (4 months later) work has been crazy. Now that we have money, I can fix everything that has needed repair since April. Needless to say I have been busy....besides the family stuff which the state seems to be putting off. The state isn't getting any inheritance tax so they won't approve our filings.. so it seems. Meanwhile the remaining assets are frozen and not accessable.
Looks like I got the bottom of the pile compared to Nittney! My 2 hudsons came in boxes but everything else was just thrown in the box. I have 3 shells each WM and AT&SF, but no chassis's. The WM and the NYC seem to be popular items. The Hudsons do run on nice on DC (they need lube). I did get a NYC tender base with a decoder unit, but like I said there are electrical issues with it. I'll make the one DC like someone else did (sorry). But I'll try and get the decoder equipped unit to work, the sound is pretty cool. It runs a short distance but stops.
Maybe this weekend I can go back a few pages and see what has been going on. Eric
Ray: I'm still trying to figure out what it was that got that thread locked up. the only thing said was that there was a potential for the thing to happen and then of course, our dear pal had to show up I guess---AACCH!! it's all quibble anyhoooo----
Garry: Take care of yourself---sending good thoughts
Rob: Now worms? Sheeesh---you take good care of yourself---we got you on our prayer list as well---
Robby: Yepm. I've BTDT. That type of injury is a PITA---it likes to stick around---keep good care after that---we'll keep you and yours on our list---
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The bridge/trestle project is slowly accumulating the pieces and bits for it---a buddy of Eric's dad is sending us some better pix of the bridge in question---hopefully with the circles and arrows and the paragraph on the back----and I did get a couple of the trestle bent jigs made up---Eric is going to try his hand at some---when we get the dang things stained first!!
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee for now----I'll be at the RC with Ray--
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
howmusSo, Sawyer. You been studying about the Bees, huh? Are the Birds next?
hahaha, who knows. I don't think we have to read To Kill a Mockingbird this year.
in other news, I now have a youtube channel. here's the first vid:
I've started on taking down the old backdrop. I've been taking out the screws that secure it to the wall. I'm halfway down the long wall now heading for the northwest corner. After that I'll work across to the AC unit. After reaching that point I'll work over to the northeast corner then south along the short wall. It'll be a little more tricky on that side as the background scenery is glued directly to a reversed dry erase board that covers a picture window on that side of the room. Of 9 windows in the room only 2 are visible. 6 are covered by the backdrop and 1 is dominated by the AC. Most of the windows are small, 16" x 16", 2 are 28" high x 10" wide. My trailer is similar to the one shown on the 'Robert's Road Mobile Home' kit from City Classics.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Evenin' folks!
Just got all the trash/garbahge and recycling out to the curb. So now I don't have to awake with a start at 2AM and think, "Crap I didn't put the garbage out!!!"
blownout cylinderRay: I'm still trying to figure out what it was that got that thread locked up. the only thing said was that there was a potential for the thing to happen and then of course, our dear pal had to show up I guess---AACCH!! it's all quibble anyhoooo----
The thread got locked because somebody didn't like that I stated that to me it does make a difference whether you run out and buy stuff to plop on the layout or make them from "raw materials" (found or store bought...) They also had a problem with my humor when I said RTR should be more accurately called All Fun Removed.... I personally like to make stuff for the layout and never buy RTR when I am doing scenery (now locos and other rolling stock, I buy RTR and redecal or do some extra detail. ). I can only hope that my skills will someday include at least one scratchbuilt loco...... But that is just where I am at in the hobby. Remember that bridge we saw at the Train Show last April? That has to be more fun than taking it out of the box.... BTW, why are you scratch building that trestlebridge????
I have apologized several times for offending anyone but it is still being brought up. I was hoping that the thread would just fade away..........??? Anyway I will not make any more posts to the thread and won't on the new version of the original thread either.
[edit] Barry, I just read your post over in that thread. What you bring up is exactly what I have been feeling! I did not think I was making a judgment on a person's way of doing their hobby and tried to say that in the post I made right before the thread got locked. It is just that they are two different things. Both valid within the breadth and scope of the hobby, but still different. I must have hit a very sore spot with a couple of people............. Funny thing is that I was having second thoughts about how I had said some things and was going back to change it (about a minute after I posted) and the thread was already locked..... I have to think the moderator was already closely watching that thread.
howmusI have apologized several times for offending anyone but it is still being brought up. I was hoping that the thread would just fade away..........??? Anyway I will not make any more posts to the thread and won't on the new version of the original thread either.
I just thought that there were a few------"Issues"----shall we say----that some needed aired out----
howmusBarry, I just read your post over in that thread. What you bring up is exactly what I have been feeling! I did not think I was making a judgment on a person's way of doing their hobby and tried to say that in the post I made right before the thread got locked. It is just that they are two different things. Both valid within the breadth and scope of the hobby, but still different. I must have hit a very sore spot with a couple of people............. Funny thing is that I was having second thoughts about how I had said some things and was going back to change it (about a minute after I posted) and the thread was already locked..... I have to think the moderator was already closely watching that thread.
I understood it for what it was but there seems to be an issue around comprehension-----then again---I ended up taking a couple of university courses on Philology --study of rhetoric---so what the beep do I know------
Evening, Chloe (No frying pan in hand, smiling, that's good...) - I'll have a cup of decaf in a D&RGW mug, please 'n' thank you!
howmusThe repairman for the dryer just came and fixed my old dryer. Turns out I got it in 1996. I now remember that we had a small 120v electric hog before I got this one. $75 for the repair including the belt, tax, and the 10 minutes to actually do the w**k....... Oh well worth it as opposed to me trying to save money and destroying the dryer in the process.
Yep, Ray, and if you'd have broken the dryer, have you looked at what price the new ones are running? You probably saved yourself a bunch of cash, all right.
Robby, take care of that wrist, so you don't have to be out for longer after you go in.
Ray and/or Barry, I went looking for the thread (the locked one), but found the follow-up one, and got a chuckle out of Dave V.'s 'literary joke' (and I won't even go into any possible current application in the polarized political atmosphere we have currently...) But I would agree that there are reasons for both approaches on MRR'ing. As a (mostly modeler), I would find myself frustrated at times with the 'collectors' of some older kits when I was bidding on the Bay place, when they'd run the bid way up there... (but that's my only).
I went by Hobby Lobby tonight and got some (poster/Bristol?) board tonight for background cloud stencils. I'm gonna start with the ones I borrowed from another MRR club member, but likely will modify the shape of the outline some to suit my preferences.
And speaking of backdrop mods, Jeff - what will you do for the whiteboard part where you have stuff glued to it for your backdrop? You got me curious once you started describing that.
I did notice that in their ad, H-L has brushes and art supplies on sale this week. If any of you Diners who dabble in weathering have a H-L nearby, could save some - the sale includes brushes and sets of brushes.
Less than 24 hours until my vacation starts - now, how to motivate myself on the de-cluttering...? I will likely head up to Chuck's Depot on Saturday and at least get another Kadee #308 uncoupler magnet, and possibly see what other turnout switch stands he has (besides the Rix ones I ordered through Walthers). Got word from Walthers that my brick sheets and the stands apparently are ready to/did ship today (but it's not in the shipper's tracking system yet). We'll see what I can do (and post some new pics perhaps this weekend in WPF)...
I'll join the bunch at the RC a while, and then I'll be back in the morning, I expect.
Blessings and prayers,
Thanks Barry!
JimRCGMOAnd speaking of backdrop mods, Jeff - what will you do for the whiteboard part where you have stuff glued to it for your backdrop? You got me curious once you started describing that.
Good evening, and I hope your day was productive. Heard from Ulrich, who was more or less on his way to the doctor's. The Church lunch thing went off well, even enjoyably, but was surprisingly tiring. (The Seafood Chowder was even better than last year, and that's hard to do! [yum] ) Had a nap afterwards, rather than doing anything more on the foundation project. After 3 straight days of sun, the grass was still too wet to flow up the grass collector from the mower deck, so I had to stop every too very often cutting it after dinner. I'll have to finish with the push mower tomorrow.
Ray: I haven't gone tot he thread in question, but I find that making scenery from scratch is an economic necessity for me. RTR built up buildings from the LHS only come into my hands as second hand, and the overwhelming majority of the "buildings" on ther layout are just cardstock shapes suggesting the idea of what will eventually be a completed model. While I do "just plonk down" a new acquisition on the layout, it's always on the understanding that I shall be "personalize" it in some way...usually to give it a "local feel" for area I'm modeling. Case in point is the church I was given some Christmases ago I intend to give that steeple a Maritimes look by putting four little "steeples" at the corners where it joins the tower, (and making the cross way thinner). That's something many church buildings around here have. That photo also shows a "cardstock station", and the houses, all second hand "plonks" awaiting adjustment and personalizing. The appartment building I mentioned the other day has a flat roof at the top of the dormered slope roof. I think an elevator house and a couple of tenants "up on the roof" would be .
My Micro-Mark order (100 XActo blades and a 61 through 80 drill index) came this week...and it has the catalogue. Drool city! Oh to be rich! I've been wanting to get a new set of those drill bits since our daughter's now-ex broke a bunch of the smaller ones back in 1995 or there abouts. (not that I'm one to remember that sort of thing, you understand )
Ryan:Yes, I hope Janie's eye clears up soon, real danger of the false lashes falling in the soup!
CapeJim:
And hey, you or CN Charlie might want to explain the meaning of 'nippy' to Todd there, who thinks 63 F (17 C) is 'nippy' - doesn't he live up in Northern Illinois? Send him up NOTB in about four or five months...
Had a plum as part of dessert this evening. The "sticker" # was 4040, which is a famous CPR loco, IIRC. I was wondering what other "famous locos" we get to eat from the produce department. Any thoughts?
I'm off to bed. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing (and Rob, I don't like the sound of those worms either), comfort, peace and prosperity.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Tall glass of cool lemon water, please.
Saw the Doc today and got a prescription for a wormer. I don't think it was the best (most effective), but he was concerned for my liver and said it was the one to use. He's the Doc, so I'll go with his expertise on this one.
Then at the place I went to have blood drawn, that gal was going on and on about how nurses are terrible at drawing blood and they need to have proper flabotomy training, etc... All the while my wife was giving me the eye so I wouldn't let on. Once that gal was finished filling all the viles with my life force, I just couldn't help myself (hey, I wasn't about to start something while there was a needle in my arm)....I said, "By the way, my wife here is a nurse". My wife quickly jumped in to say she agreed with her assesment of nurses. Maybe you had to be there, but to me, THAT was a funny gotcha moment.
Exhausted here and a long day ahead tomorrow. Have a good night all.
Rob
Packers#1 hahaha, who knows. I don't think we have to read To Kill a Mockingbird this year.
Actually, I quite enjoyed Tequila Mocking, or something like that. First one done read
-Morgan
Good evening to all, yet another foggy, showery, muggy day here, but the skies have finally cleared.
On the MRR front, the truss bridge is all weathered, my first attempt at weathering. I will post photo as soon as I clear my SD card so that it doesn't take so long to download over 100 other photos each time I want to post ONE photo to the Diner.
I have a height problem with the big bridge. I either have to cut away the 2" foam base, or, raise my track level higher to accommodate the height of the deck on the bridge. Right now I favor raising the track, but that will cause the track to have grade issues that I will then have to address. Surveyors have been sent to the mountain.
Time to hit the sack, prayers to all who are in need,
Good Evening Diners!
It is a warm, muggy evening here in Winterpeg which is unusual for us this summer but it looks as though our 2 days of 32C weather is about to end and so too I guess summer. Supposedly it is due to El Nino which if true to form, will result in a milder than normal winter. Well that is the weatherman's story and we all know how reliable and truthful he is.
It has been a while since I've been in but I have read the posts.
Ulrich, hope your situation improves, both economic and especially your heart. Glad to hear you are going to the Doc's. Take care of yourself.
Ryan, Good to see you back in here. I always enjoy reading your posts especially the food content. Hope that contract gets renewed in your favour and glad your Dad has made such a great recovery.
Jerry, that was a nice BMan Light Mountain you posted a while ago. I bought one and was amazed at the detail and find that it does run nice. I also have one in HO and find I run it probably more than any other loco even if it is a little large for my layout. I'm still a little intimidated by the small size of things in N.
Ray, you were lucky with your dryer. Ours conked out in the winter but when the repairman said the motor was seized with a $200 replacement cost we decided to get a new one. Besides it was 19 years old. Speaking of dryers, my wife said that she smelled something rotten in the basement a couple of days ago and that it seemed to be coming from the laundry room. Naturally she asked me what it was and naturally I told her that I couldn't smell anything so I couldn't possibly tell her. Anyway a day or two passed and then I too could smell something. She said she was feeling ill in the laundry but hey, I think women have sense of smell close to that of a canine. It seemed to be coming from the dryer, our relatively new dryer and so I took off the vent hose at the back and guess what, a dead chipmunk. Lucky he didn't get right into the dryer or we would probably have had to toss it out along with said chipmunk.
John, ah you mentioned seafood chowder. I remember having a good one at a little restauant that was beside a motel in Sheet Harbour. The best one I remember was in Pictou at a place in an old stone house. I sure do miss my trips to the maritimes!
Not a lot happening on the RR front. I've nearly finished an InterMountain box car kit. It has good detail and is going together fairly well but I'm not impressed with there not being any weight with the kit and the screws for the trucks having a head too small to hold the trucks. I had to scrounge some screws from an Athearn BB caboose that I've had since 1957--it was my first piece of rolling stock. I got it with a rubber band drive F7 that still runs, well sort of. Maybe I could sell it to Gary as I hear he'll buy anything if it is CB&Q. Oh and while I'm complaining, the paint colour is far too light for a CPR boxcar and it was a fairly expensive kit to boot.
I have an order from Klein's waiting for me at my friends in Thief River Falls but nothing really exciting except maybe for a passenger coach. It's CNR naturally and in N scale. Thought I told myself not to buy anymore N until I figure out what to do with it but maybe I didn't so why feel guilty.
Well it is getting late and it is another work day tomorrow. Not that work is a strain but more so lately in just trying to find enough to do to fill the day .
CN Charlie
Ray: As for the scratchbuilding of the dang trestle/bridge---blame that on Eric!! No, on seconnd thought on his father!! We got to talking awhile back about a scenic 'focal point' for one side of the layout--the side that will have the trestle actually measures out to roughly 48' long for pete sake and there was NO life in that area. It wasn't until his dad's friend out that way sent us an old photograph of a trestle over the North(?) Saskatchewan River that actually echoed the river that we were thinking of installing at that point---everything just came together since--
Well---i's be gettin' rather sleepy
I's be better gettin' off to
G'night---
Anyone want a cheap N-scale SP tanker that makes Tyco look like Exactrail weathered by yours truly?
Just kidding, but still, it IS ugly.
Goooooood morning. Going to be a muggy one. The high of 86 today.
Called the boss yesterday, and he doesn't want me back till I'm 100%. I will call him again later today and see what he thinks. Its still got a "sting" to it, and I can feel movement in the arm. So...I'm not 100%. I asked if he just wants me to take the rest of the week off, but he wants me to call anyways.
Worked on the layout yesterday, and showed the wife what I did. Well, then a small fight started. The layout came to be a 13ftx13ft. A unfinished bathroom, and a support beam is getting in the way. I said "forget the bathroom". BUT....She wants it to become a bathroom "finished". After about 15 minutes of going back and forth, I guess I will have to cut a corner off the layout. The layout will have three straight corners, and one triangle corner.
Not much more planned other than changing the car oil today.
Hope everybody has a good morning.
Robby P. Worked on the layout yesterday, and showed the wife what I did. Well, then a small fight started. The layout came to be a 13ftx13ft. A unfinished bathroom, and a support beam is getting in the way. I said "forget the bathroom". BUT....She wants it to become a bathroom "finished". After about 15 minutes of going back and forth, I guess I will have to cut a corner off the layout. The layout will have three straight corners, and one triangle corner.
Good morning.It's 72 and partly cloudy. The high will be in the mid 90's and it will be partly cloudy.Yesterday I got started on the task of taking down the old backdrop. I've removed the screws holding it to wall and am halfway down the long wall. Hopefully I'll get a chance to work on it again today. On the work schedule (there's that dirty 4 letter word) is the mowing of my parent's yard. That'll take a couple of hours, at least, then about ten minutes to get my legs working well enough to walk again. I also have to clean the AC filter today.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/14/2009Heat Index: 77°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 68°FSo Far TodayHigh: 76°FLow: 72°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNEToday High: 95 Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s with a heat index of 104. Southeast winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 72 Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
Well Jeff at first the basement was all mine, but all of a sudden the bathroom is in the way. You would still have about 2ft on the side of the layout, in case you have to get to the breaker box. Maybe you would have to squeeze to get into the bathroom, thanks to the beam. So in all.................Maybe you would have to squeeze maybe 2ft total. I was getting pretty hot yesterday.
Good morning, and the sun has finallt arrived too. 73F, DP of 66F ( not bad for DP ) but both are headed higher this weekend.
I see some chatter in the Diner regarding Scratch Building. My take on that is that you do what you must out of necessity or desire. And, to each his own, how can it possibly be anything else. If I could find what I wanted/needed already built, and I had the $$ to purchase it, then I would buy it. However, if I need it, and cannot afford it, and I feel I have the ability to build it, then that becomes the answer. And on the plus side, I save money and if I do a reasonable job on the scratch build, I then can take some self satisfaction in what I was able to do myself.
Jeff and John do some very nice work scratch building and/or modifying buildings & structures, very nice indeed.Hopefully I will do as well.
Ok, time for outside work, we finally have dry conditions.