Hi Guys and Gals,
How goes your week-end ?
Chloe, when you are free, I'll have a Toasted Bacon, Tomatoe and Onion Sandwich with a side order of Home Fries and a RBF float, Thanks much.
I have just finished eight days off and they have been fairly productive.
We got the fifth-wheel winterized and secure for the winter out at it's permanent site. Been there for thirteen years now. First with a Motor Home and for the last nine with the Fiver. It has been used for traveling several times as well in that period. Then I got the roof on my largest shed, here at home, redone. Tore all the shingles off of it and put on rolled roofing, (which seems hard to find these days). Just finished that up before supper yesterday then mowed the lawn and took up a lot of the leaves as well. In there somewhere I also found and repaired a solder joint on the second main line that had not received enough heat and had came loose. Took me awhile to locate that as I though the problem was in an electrical switch. However all is good to go for now. Still some more wiring to go. Glad I found it before that portioned got landscaped.
Well I am back to work for the week-end, my Wife is tied up (no I don't do that) with a nursing reunion for three days, so I won't see too much of her for a couple of days.
Seeing it is that time again, here is your week-end History lesson. This is about a tracked Traction car that goes where there are no tracks as it carries it's own. Kind of interesting.
Improved Portable Railway. Scientific American—August 5, 1868
The main principles upon which depend the movements of all wheeled vehicles are the same, whether like the locomotive and wheelbarrow the wheel is secured to the axle, or runs freely upon it as in other vehicles; the rotation of the wheels takes the carriage forward. But in the device illustrated in the accompanying engravings everything is reversed; the carriage moves forward on its wheels, the latter turning against the carriage instead of against the ground. The contrivance is very simple and quite unique.
The principal engraving represents a perspective view of a street car built on this plan; it has a very strong frame and is really elegant in form. The sides of the frame are of parallel rails meeting at the ends in a curve, so that the form of the continuous rail is a flattened oval. The rail, A, which is of a double angle section as seen in Fig. 2, is of steel and is firmly bolted to a rim of wood, B, thus making a side framing of unusual stiffness. To this the sides, roof, and floor may be secured in any manner desired. Running on this endless rail are a series of trucks placed at equal distances apart and connected by steel rods, C, Fig. 3, thus forming an endless chain. As those on each side of the car are separate from those on the other side, their action is independent; this is important in turning curves. The large wheels, D, have their peripheries in bearing with the outside of the rails, and are held in close contact by means of the small or keeper wheels, E. The frames of these trucks extend some distance beyond the outside rim of the wheels, D, and form a series of feet, F, which, as the trucks move over the rails or the rails and car are moved over them, come alternately to the ground and support the weight of the vehicle. The bottom of the feet may be made of any width to adapt them to the nature of the ground over which the carriage may pass; if it is of a soft and yielding nature the feet should be proportionally broad.
From the foregoing description the operation of the machine maybe easily comprehended. Whether the power is applied by turning one of the wheels, D, or by drawing the body of the vehicle forward by a span of horses, the result will be the same. As the wheels revolve the carriage moves forward, each truck with its foot coming down from the top portion of the rail and seating itself on the ground in front of and under the vehicle, and it thus remains upright supporting the load until the body of the car or wagon has been borne over it, when it is taken up at the rear over the curve and goes forward over the top to repeat the movement.
For the purpose of turning curves the spindles upon which the wheels, D and E, revolve are made longer than the bearings so that the body of the carriage may slide or be steered to one side or the other. This steering is effected by means of guide rods—a section seen at G, Fig. 2—which when operated bear against the sides of the recess in the caps of the journal of the small or keeper wheel. This operation is done by the side movement of the pole or shafts to which the draft animals are attached. There is no more cramping or binding of the wheels in turning curves or corners than with an ordinary carriage, as the wheels on either side are entirely independent one of the other. For public carriages in place of omnibuses or street cars this plan is intended and seems capable of being adapted, no permanent track being required. The carriage may be built very light or as strong as the heaviest freight wagon. It is believed by the inventor to be specially adapted to agricultural purposes on moist or swampy ground. Steam power can be easily applied in place of animal power; for water navigation the inventor claims that paddles may be substituted for the feet and operate the whole length of the boat. A boat on this plan is already in process of construction to be tested on the Erie canal for towing canal boats at high speeds.
Patented through the Scientific American Patent Agency, Oct. 22, 1867; an other patent is pending on improvements. All communications for information, etc., to be sent to J. Glenn, 141 Broadway, New York city. Foreign patents are already secured.
It was great that Jess Red Horse checked back in, I always enjoyed his postings.
I do wish Ulrich would check in more regularly, I worry about that Lad. He really needs a break as well as a lot of our regulars here. Lots of tough breaks right now. Those involved have my sympathies and prayers. Keep smiling Guys, if nothing else it will keep everyone else guessing. >>>
Go Redskins and Panthers this week..
Johnboy out...............................with my ear to the ground
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
TMarshIs Canandaigua pronounced “Cannon-daw-gwa”? Been driving me nuts for a long time.
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
Good Morning!!!
Just coffee please, I already ate. Thanks.
Hey JR! Glad you’re still kicking.
Ray- Is Canandaigua pronounced “Cannon-daw-gwa”? Been driving me nuts for a long time.
I see why the “incentives” are given. Kinda helps push things in a direction and People like Ray are relieving some burden, if you will, on the power companies and providing jobs for the installers and the manufacturers so good things other than just easing the power bill, getting a little more change at the end of the paycheck and helping conservenatural resources. Also the power companies are in fact a business and like all businesses they want to make a profit and the workers would like a raise from time to time, so many modifications not “necessary” will go undone unless you give them a way to still make a profit. Let’s face it no one starts a business to just break even though many would be happy if that would just happen. Unfortunately with every action, there is always a negative reaction. Less dependence on coal for instance, means less demand and therefore no need for as many Coal Miners, coal haulers (trucks and trains). Lost jobs. Of course there is the short term perks with increased construction of the facilities, and that is something that shows up in the state of the country reports so our politicians can say oo looky what I did for the jobless rate re-elect me. Same with tobacco. Less demand means less tobacco needs, therefore less tobacco farmers and every job that goes along with it. The answer? Who knows, got me. BUT all in all it’s good that Ray and others do what they are doing. It really helps them and others out so kudos. Hey he may run that AC unit more next summer.
I also am skeptical like Garry on some numbers. Especially when they give the most easily manipulated statistics of all……percentages. They can be factually twisted in just about anyway you want depending on which way you go an how you word it.
Got an early start on the plumbing and of course….gotta make a trip to Menard’s. If I did this for a living I’d have every little fitting in abundance, but as it stands, I'm cheap, er, frugal, and I buy what I figure I’ll need and find out I was wrong. Imagine that. Me...wrong. If I were smart I’d buy excess and spend less in gas running in and out of town.
Hope all and their spouses and families start feeling/getting better.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a nice bowl of granola with a handful of blueberries on top to go along with my dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug this morning. Thank you, Ma'am.
Currently 61°F outside with a high of 65°F this afternoon. No need for the air conditioners today, I guess (Doesn't hurt my feelings one bit). Partly cloudy skies around here alternating between bright sun and shaded within a second or two of each other.
I'll be heading out to the Museum early this afternoon to deliver the wood splitter to them so we can get the fuel supply split and stacked for the depot for the winter.
Sheesh... Once again i started this an hour ago and got side tracked... Guess i should hit post!
Have a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning.
My GE 44T is progressing. Looks like I will be able to use it with DCC after too much time and too many frustrations. I'll have more to report in a day or two.
JR.... I was wondering where you were.
Ray ... Thanks for the explanation. I hope you can forgive me for being too snoopy. By nature, I am very skeptical especially when it comes to numbers. Much of this is old habit. I am a retired number cruncher, and I get suspicious of everything I read automatically if numbers are involved. .... I am happy for you that you have your system, and I hope it works out for you..... Also, I wonder why government spends so much money. If they subsidized all 70 million houses as yours was at about $8,000 each it would add $560 billion to the deficits. ... The National Geographic article raises more questions in my mind. For starters, a tax break is not a subsidy according to the definition I use. Also, total taxes paid by oil companies after the tax credits is still about 30% of their total revenue. By comparison, cash dividends to shareholders is only 2% of revenue.... I conclude the government is the "price gouger" causing $4.00 gasoline prices; not the oil companies, and government is not giving significant tax breaks. .... Sorry for the rant, but many of the politicians misinform everybody they talk to. .... None of this means I think less of you. To the contrary, I admire you for taking advantage of this program. ..... Back to my background. My work included preparing operating budgets and capital budgets. Many department heads would "fudge" numbers in an effort to get their pet projects approved. I learned to double check, triple check, etc. everything they provided.
Ulrich ... please let us know how you are.
Actually, there are many MIA's now. Where are they?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ulrich!! Where are you?!?!?!?!?
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/
Morning All,
Flo could I have a cup off coffee please.
Not much planned today. Will probably go to Lowes today to pick up a couple of styrene for sale signs so I can finish the platform I am working on. MOH picked up the wood I needed from the LHS earlier in the week since she was in the area Thursday. I will probably go to the club later. My building lights came in yesterday. That is my next project after I finish what I am working on now.
Paul- I was thinking the same thing this morning about Ulrich.
JR- Good to hear from you.
Hope everyone has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Currently 54 with an expected high of 90 under sunny skies.
Had a closing shift last night, got to bed around 11:45, have an opening shift today, so wa up at 6:00 I am kinda tired. After work will stop at hospital. If I get home early enough I may make up a train.
Prayers to all in need.
Any word from Ulrich?
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Good morning. It's 69°. Humidity is 100% and there's a small chance of rain. It'll be mostly cloudy with a high of 88°.Nothing planned for today except staying off my feet as much as possible. May run the F unit Frankenstein trio.
Good Morning All:
GF and her friends went to Syracuse, NY for a CG conference this week so I get to run to her house and check on things while she is gone. This weekend plans are to get the 4x8 layout running. I have to take Katje to the vet this morning for her shots and heart worm medicine….
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning
We are getting a mix of sun and cloud today...high of 66F forecast for this afternoon...right now current temperature is 50F....we had a fair bit of rain out of the last batch.... a .75 inch fall...
Having some friends over this afternoon for an operating session to see if my yard ideas are actually going to work this time...they [curse mode] BEEEEEP!!![/curse mode] better......otherwise a 'minor' little fix will do the job....
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Saturday, September 15, 2012.
Former Wabash RR yards and station, Fort Wayne IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, September 15th, 2012!!!
We may often refer to our quick work in MRRing to be "a piece of cake"...but do you know where that phrase came from??? SO:
cake walk, piece of cake/takes the cake/takes the biscuit/takes the bun:
- easy task/wins (the prize) - from the tradition of giving cakes as prizes in rural competitions, and probably of US origin. Brewer (1870) tells of the tradition in USA slavery states when slaves or free descendents would walk in a procession in pairs around a cake at a social gathering or party, the most graceful pair being awarded the cake as a prize. This also gave us the expression 'cake walk' and 'a piece of cake' both meaning a job or contest that's very easy to achieve or win, and probably (although some disagree) the variations 'take the biscuit' or 'take the bun', meaning to win (although nowadays in the case of 'takes the biscuit' is more just as likely to be an ironic expression of being the worst, or surpassing the lowest expectations). The variations of bun and biscuit probably reflect earlier meanings of these words when they described something closer to a cake. On which point, I am advised (ack P Nix) that the (typically) American version expression 'takes the cake' arguably precedes the (typically) British version of 'takes the biscuit'. Maybe, maybe not, since 'takes the biscuit' seems to have a British claim dating back to 1610 (see 'takes the biscuit'). This all raises further interesting questions about the different and changing meanings of words like biscuit and bun. Biscuit in America is a different thing to biscuit in Britain, the latter being equivalent to the American 'cookie'. Bun to many people in England is a simple bread roll or cob, but has many older associations to sweeter baked rolls and cakes (sticky bun, currant bun, iced bun, Chelsea bun, etc).
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me... I had a very nice dinner at the Mexican Restaurant in Canandaigua with my sister and a friend of hers who teaches here in Geneva these days. Mid afternoon I remembered I told my sister we could go out to dinner tonight... Had to call my son and cancel out the dinner invite at his house. My sister does not like to be "stood up" and both my son and I figured it was best to go to Canandaigua tonight! Ran into a real downpour on the way up there. Lots of driving rain and high winds. By the time I got there it had passed and was just sprinkling out. Nice and cool outside as well.
As predicted, I didn't get much done down in the train room today. I spent about a half hour doing a bit more ballasting along the upper staging tracks. Tomorrow I will be taking the log splitter to the museum, Sunday I am w*rking Train Crew for the start of Fall Foliage by Trolley and Train. Busy weekend for me!
Garry, I was being very general in my statement. The Electric Companies here in NYS do qualify for grants from NYSERDA as well, but it is under a different heading I think. They also can get quite a bit in Federal subsidies as well. I have no idea what percentage of cost it amounts to at this time. I can tell you that according to a National Geographic (2010) article about a study using a worldwide inventory of national budgets says that the US subsidizes the Fossil Fuel industry (Oil, Coal, and natural gas) to the tune of $15,400,000,000 per year. Globally in "Developed Nations" it is somewhere between $45,000,000,000 to $75,000,000,000 per year depending on who tabulated it and whom they included in their report. So yes, I don't feel too bad about getting a Federal Tax Break on my investment as well...
Barry, good luck with the inquiries...
Tom, glad to hear your wife's vision has improved! It is great that they can help her... Are you going to make a wine run up this way this fall?
About time for me check my blood sugar (Should be a bit high after the supper I packed way), and then to bed for the night.
Hope all of you stay safe and do know my prayers go out to all in need!
Curt WebbJeff- Hope your foot is doing better.
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Time for me to call it a night. Fixed the trucks on a Gramps tank car but no other layout related work. See y'all tomorrow.
Good Evening All,
Haven't done much for the last couple of months but work or sleep. The container to Oz leaves Monday two weeks early because of an impending east coast dock strike the first of October. Of course we found out over the weekend while at Watkins Glen when we couldn't move to get anything done. Oh, well. It's stilll better than the alternative. It's just been a very difficult couple of months.
I'm trying to catch up posts to see how y'all are doing. Catch ya later, J.R.
Good evening everybody,
Took the wife to her Ophthalmolosist this afternoon. He did the same procedure on the left eye that he did on the right one two weeks ago. She is simply overjoyed with the improvement in her vision. Although she is still legally blind, she is much better than she has been for 6 or 7 months. We had to wait over 2 hours in the waiting room for this procedure that only took about 5 minutes. But we weren't complaining, as we would would have been willing to wait all day and night for these kind of results.
Afterwards, we went to a steak house for dinner. I had a delicious steak and baked potato, while she had her baby back ribs and baked sweet potato. We then celebrated with desert. They were so good, but I don't think I will test my blood sugar until Sunday. The results would probably scare me to death.
I think we will be railfanning again this Sunday. It should be a good day for it with the temperatures in the low 70's. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Stay safe and enjoy, Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Evening All,
Today was pretty frustrating. Wasted it driving my son around to complete the requirements to get a DL. Of course he was in line for several hours, it was 5 PM at the DMV, he was being taken care of and he had forgot his SS card. Needless to say I was not happy. So I get to take him back on Monday-lucky me.
On the MRR front I plan on working on the container area Sun or Mon.
Ray- Hope the solar power works out for you. MOH insisted several years ago on a small solar install to warm our pool. She says she can feel the difference but I can't.
Jeff- Hope your foot is doing better.
Paul- Continue to say prayers for your wife. I used Jeff's suggestion on latex paint for the rails and I am very happy with it.
Todd- I have a Spectrum 44T and I have given up on it. It is now a piece of scenery.
Chris- Looks like nice progress on your layout.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Good Evening...
A nice wet day was had by us up here..it is all sunny and a lot warmer now than it was earlier..
Been a quiet day as well...picked up a few things from Lee Valley tools and had a rather nice lunch at a diner near here...then started work on another elevator..this one may end up being a center piece to the blob at the end of the peninsula....
Ray: We are looking at it rather closely here....
Hello and happy Friday!
Ray ... Your new system is impressive, but I am wondering about your comments. Government funded over half of the investment, but you say that is okay because energy companies get over half paid by the government for their investment costs. I'll have to read the financial statements for the energy companies more carefully. No wonder government debt is sky high.
YGW ..... Sometimes, there are tough work assignments like firing people. I can recall preparing company budgets when the economy was struggling. If revenues decrease, costs must do likewise. That can mean job cuts.
Bill T .... I really like the old photo of the bridge!
Jeff ... When you talk about your foot, I cringe. Prayers for you.
On the model railroad, I have been working on my (blankety blank) Bachmann GE 44T loco again. This project is an example of why we should only install DCC in DCC-ready locos.
Cheers, everybody.
yougottawanta Started the day off the wrong way. Had to fire a crew of eight men. Sad thing, made every effort to correct the condition but they refused to perform the work correctly even after eight wornings , calls to their supervisor etc... Hate to do that especially in this econimic times.
Well the a/c repairman came while I was putting together my morning post. He replaced the condenser coil and did a couple of other things my father wanted done. Total was $1400. Glad that's not my house. I took a look at the electric bill one day. My bank account screamed and fainted! The repairman left shortly before 10:30 so I returned home. Turned on my computer when I got here and discovered I had no internet service. A quick call to Suddenlink on my cell phone revealed that there was an outage in the area and that it would be corrected soon. Internet service was restored about 11:30. Had to change the dressing on my foot as I was leaving a trail. I feel better than I did earlier so that's a plus. I may get a little layout work in later. There's always something that needs to be done.
Ah..., Hmmmmm, Afternoon folks! I started to say good morning several times only to interrupted. Son and daughter #2 stopped in to oogle at the roof... He had just come from the Barber shop, reminding me I needed to get my ears lowered again myself before museum duty this weekend. By the time i got home from the barber shop it was time to feed kittie cats and myself lunch. Zoe, I just need a coffee refill for the moment.
Ken, yes it can be done that way I believe. However, my understanding is it would just go against the total Utility bill (I get Natural Gas from the same company). There should be 3 months of the year where I should be producing more electric than I will be using (June, July, and August).
Sue, I think I might be just a little South of where you live (Trying to recall exactly where you live....). The amount of sunshine in this part of the world is considerably less than in the Southwest Dessert, but still plenty enough to make the thing work in my favor. During the winter months it will produce less electric because of the shorter daylight hours and the angle of the sun. This array should produce about 70% or slightly more of my total electric needs over the course of a year. To get the grant, the roof has to be within a SSE to SSW position and can't have much shading at any time during the day from trees or other buildings. Therefore not every house is a good candidate for them. MY roof came in at 84% of the available sunshine. It has to be able to use a minimum of 80% of the sunshine at that spot to be allowed.
Barry, Lee, and others, if you are thinking in terms of Solar Power, do a lot of research!!! Every installation is somewhat unique. Contact experienced and trustworthy companies for quotes and do the math to see which matches your needs the best. I could have gone with a more powerful system and paid less than $1,000 up front for a lease... And then paid thru the teeth later on or saddled my kids with some hefty payment after I die. Not what I wanted to do, so what I have seemed to be the best fit for my needs.
My son invited me over to his house for a fish dinner tonight. Son was about ready to pull out of the driveway when the Code Officer drove in. He stopped by to tell me the Fire Marshal doesn't need to inspect the installation after all. He said that is for businesses only. If my house burns down... Oh well, too bad (grin)! So all he still needs to do is just walk through all the places used for the installation too say he has seen it after the independent contractor does his inspection. then NYSEG needs to check it out, change over to a new meter, and it is done.
YGW, never a fun job to fire people... I have had to do that working for the Boy Scouts on a couple of occasions. At least they were being let go for their own doing. My son at Argonne Labs had to let go over 100 employees due to downsizing. He was devastated to have to do that to people. When it gets so it doesn't bother you, it is time to do something else!
Doubt I will do much on the layout today...
Catch you all later!
Hello all
Blue skies and cool weather here in Va. Nice day to have an outside job. Great day if you have a garden railroad : ) . Which I dont : ( . Oh well , maybe next year.
Started the day off the wrong way. Had to fire a crew of eight men. Sad thing, made every effort to correct the condition but they refused to perform the work correctly even after eight wornings , calls to their supervisor etc... Hate to do that especially in this econimic times.
Jeff - I have a friend who just had his left leg amputated. It was run over by a bull dozer (OUCH ! ) and to my cmplete astonishment he said they have a computer in the leg ! He had to go to a special place to learn to walk with the leg (two or three weeks ) but any way he is much happeir now. He is off just about all of the meds and seems to be happier. I hope the insurance/medicaid thing can be turned around for you. Living with conditions like that are miserable.
Gotta go to prepare for a meeting with my boss.
Morning folks,
Currently 59 with an expected high of 92 humidity 45%.
Stopped at the hospital yesterday before and after work. Wife still has some bleeding and did a red blood cell scan last night when I was ther to see if they could find out where. Have not heard anything on that yet.
Wednesday, I did weather some rail. It did not come out as good as I wanted, but it is better than the shinney stuff. I may try Jeff's idea of using household latex paint. At least I can get that locally, instead of driving 50 miles to the closest hobby shop, which is a Hobby Town, and they do not always have a lot of rail road stuff.
I have a closer today, so a stop at the hospital before work. I should get home around 10:30 tonight, then I open tomorrow so I need to leave here by 7:30 A long few days for sure.
Morning Gentlemen
Just in for a cup of coffee and a hello. :-)
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
cudaken Jeffery With the one foot being such a useless mass of flesh, why was it not removed? Heck I all most had to fight to keep my toe.
Good morning. It's 70° and mostly cloudy with a fair chance of rain. The high will be 88°.I'm at my parents house this morning waiting on the a/c repair guy to show up. He's supposed to replace a condenser coil on the system in the east wing. I'm on the far side of the house in the west wing where the a/c is working beautifully. He's supposed to know what door to come to. Looks like the weather is going to be wet and rainy today so no outdoor projects for me. Later I may get some work in on the layout. Depends on how I feel then. If it's how I feel now I may just go back to bed. The dizziness has returned and my ears are ringing. Hopefully it clears up. No more trouble with the Athearn tank car yesterday. The GP9F's got a good run.
Good morning, Diners. I would like a large coffee and a cinnamon roll, please, Chloe.
Ray, I am excited to see how you do in the winter. Are you further north than we are? Does the panel heat the water, too?
Tomorrow I leave on the ladies climbing trip. We are not roughing it. We have a view of Grand Coulee Dam from our hotel room on Saturday. There are six of us going, so it will be a lot of fun.
I will try to check in on Monday.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
BBQ rib platter with potato salad, coleslaw and baked beans with molasses please. Oh and a Dr Pepper too thank you.
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74.
When Jeff warns you if you’re squeamish I know what he’s gonna say. Learned that last time, or was it the time before. Anyway, needless to say I was prepared for what was to follow.
Haven’t done anything to speak of on the shower for what, a couple days now due to “other things” and today appears to be a repeat. Yes, “other things”.
Good Morning all,
66F, 78% Humidity, HI 68F, Scattered Thunderstorms
Ray, electric meter running backwards at a pretty good clip sounds great to me. It sounds like it’s time to convert everything from natural gas to electric and add solar panels to my house!
Jeff, that sounds completely miserable.
Gonna be a dull rainy day today...high of 70F expected....
mmmmm...that reminds me...fall cleaning project number 34...remember to go after all the cobwebs behind my effect racks....eeeeewwwwwwwww.....
Ray: Hydro One has a pretty good program up here as well...gotta look into this one a little further...