Good Morning All. 32° and cloudy to start the day here. Not going to warm up much over 40° until Monday when it returns to the 60's. Wind will pick up out of the east which usually brings moisture and inevitably rain by tomorrow. Monday starts a string of at least eight days of 60° days with no rain.
Why are the damn ads on the top of the page now? I have always whitelisted this site to help support it, even clicked on a few and read them, but I may have to invoke AdBlock now.
Yesterday was a household chores day on the SFW estate. Early peak tax season and my wife is working six days a week for a while more. Did laundry, dishes, swept and mopped several rooms, took out the trash, all along with bringing in firewood. Had to remop the floor since I had mud on my shoe that I tracked around!
Today is grocery/beer trek day, I can go earlier and it isn't as crowded as Sunday.
Later I was able to spend some time out in the train shed. I wasn't interested in doing scenery yesterday so I just ran trains and did some general cleanup of the room. Same mud issue out there, no matter how much I wipe my feet. Took some pictures over the last two days.
First up is some sides of beef. I needed a way to mount them inside the slaughterhouse. After painting them, I glued them to a small piece of light-painted .020 styrene and glued them inside. I also added Tony the butcher and a few other details outside. You may not notice but Tony has only four fingers on his left hand!
Here's an "in progress" shot of the rear of the two structures.
Louis - Pretty scary picture of AOC that you posted in post # 346. I feel that she will be a source of entertainment for a couple of years. She has already shown that she missed both political science and economics classes in school.
Willie I had not considered the State and Local Tax deduction. Somebody is not trying to make friends in the blue states
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Garry posted,
I think your conversation about what the culture has become clearly shows government should stay out of personal lives. That also explains the demise of US cities.....Remarkably, the definition of government says nothing about being a source of funds to pay living expenses for individuals.
Maybe the blue states should cut back their welfare programs. Why do you think that all of the migrant caravans are going to CA instead of TX?
Chet - Wow! First the shoulder and now the ribs. It
is Jack Daniels time. Get well soon. I get to hear stories like the free-loader almost every day during the early tax season. Then they take the online survey and blame my wife because they didn't get more!
Beady - You are quite correct that sometimes very good things come from ideas and proposals that seem outlandish before they are refined with some sensibility.
Greg - Ah yes. The trusted Weather Rock. I use one as well.
Mark -
Obviously to the rest of you weather is not as important as it is to me, as you give no details.
Weather is very important to me as well. While I don't post barometer readings (most don't know how to interpret them), they are also important. Several reasons weather is important out here in the boonies. I heat the house with wood exclusively so I have to be very forward looking to ensure a dry supply is always in the pipeline, as well as not overloading the stove and wasting fuel. I am also an avid organic gardener and planting times, harvest times and frost protection times are quite important. Thirdly, here in our part of Texas, snow/ice removal equipment is non-existent, so one always has to be aware of upcoming conditions for any needed travel, although I am pretty much self-sufficent for two or three weeks if need be.
Garry - Continued prayers and best wishes for your MIL.
Been busy here in the Coffee Shop and there are a few other posts that I would like to comment on, but I have run out of time for now.
Everybody have a great day.
