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Afternoon All, Started out the day in the high 60's. Tomorrow thru Sat. is supposed to be in the 90's range. After animal chores I headed to the work bench and finished cleaning tower edges, removed all the "glass", and did some touch up on the window frames. I also soldered the overhead lamp...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with a walk at 62 F and clear. Today I cleaned the joint seams on the tower. In most cases they weren't as bad as I thought, although in some areas I had to gently use a file. After that I chauffeured MOH to ALDI. Saturday I'll be by the LHS and get new glue...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with chores including laundry. I had a cavity filled at noon which means I'm finally done with this treatment cycle :D...until next time.:( Not so good news on the model front. Sunday I was gluing the tower walls together and discovered the windows and the...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with a walk at 54F and currently 81F. After breakfast I did a couple of chores then headed to the train room After gluing the walls together, I discovered that the upper edges don't fit flush and for some reason the canopy glue (windows), Testor's glue, or...

Afternoon All, I spent the morning at my buddy's Tom's house and after getting home I did some chores. Nothing else planned for the day. Moh comes back tomorrow from Tampa. Karl- I agree, most of us resemble that remark. Patrick- Sounds like a fun trip. Bill- Nice photo. It resembles one of...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with a walk at 64F and breezy. After animal chores MOH and I (mainly me) used bleach water to clean window frames (painted aluminum) of the mildew they accumulate. MOH made up the water, but she used so much bleach I ended up with a minor chemical burn on the...

That is a great series. I've watched all seasons twice. You might like "The Brokenwood Mysteries". A 10th season is coming out soon.

Afternoon again, I forgot to mention today is the US Navy Submarine Service's 124th birthday. The sub forces that are in port celebrate with formal events ( cocktail hours, speakers, toasts to those still on patrol, and a formal dinner) that always devolves into serious drunken shenanigans. I...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with chores then headed to the train room where I did a lot of interior tower painting then built a 2-piece wood floor that will have all the detail parts on it (switch machine etc.). I think tomorrow I'll be ready to start assembling the brick wall portion of...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with animal chores then ran a couple of errands. In the train room I did some brick wall dry fitting, repainted the black interior, drilled 2 holes for exterior lights and realized I need to paint the upper interior a light green. I also made the upper floor...

Afternoon All, Most of the day has been spent at the VA and getting bird food (9:30-2:30). The doc was happy with the lab results but because of the allergic reaction I had to give another 6 tubes of blood for testing and what they called a clean mid-stream urine sample-sorry. :confused: I have...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with a walk at 58F and clear. Went outside at the appropriate time and it was a bust. Didn't see anything of note. So much for the big event. Earlier I finally finished getting the pool summerized and did a bunch of inside chores keeping me busy for the...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with chores and the stove was delivered around 1 pm. Now I'm just goofing off. We may go out to supper tonight, but not sure. Jazz- Beautiful dog. Karl- Sad news about your friend. Nothing brings a layout to life like signals. Grizzled- Great looking dogs...

Afternoon All, Started out the day with a walk at 57F and clear. I had a HOA meeting this morning then after lunch I puttered around the train room for about an hour. Our stove went out last night (pretty old) so wife bought a new one (duplicate of current stove) which is supposed to be...

Afternoon All, Started out the day doing animal chores and getting the pool ready for the extended season. I still need to use chlorine on the pool deck and vacuum the pool afterwards. I also got a haircut, dropped off books at the library and got 10 gallons of pool chlorine (4 jugs). Tomorrow...