Good Morning All. 80° and clear. I got close to two acres mowed yesterday before deciding to give the tractor a rest. A bit over an acre left to hit today or whenever. It looks pretty ragged and there are mounds of clippings everywhere due to the delay in starting to begin with, and I will have to repeat in another day or so with the grass catcher attached to tidy it all up.
Remodeler was back out yesterday afternoon to tie up loose ends, and my wife showed him something else that she wasn't happy with, something that I hadn't seen and she hadn't told me about. Something about texturing being too thin in one place; so he sanded and applied new texturing but will have to return to paint it next week sometime. I paid him anyway. He'll be back as he really wants me to cut off two acres of hayfield on the north end and sell it to him.
Yesterday was an "odds & ends" day in the train shed. Installed a few more ground throws, cleaned up a few freight cars, admired the job I have done with the fascia so far and pulled out a ziplock bag containing the remnants of a ConCor 48' covered hopper that had become a "floor model" about fifteen years ago. I managed to piece together a number of shards of plastic to reassemble the roof with the exception of a minute corner piece. I rebuilt a stirrup with some scrap plastic replacing a missing support and found some matching paint for it. I added two ounces of glued together pennies to bring it up to NMRA recommendations (not sure if it had a weight to begin with, there was none in the bag), added metal wheels (already had Kadee #5's), and it is now back in service. Then I ran some trains for Felix the remodeler to observe.
Willie, how long does it take to cut 2 acres? I have a 50'x100' yard I cut with a 19" electric mulching mower. It takes me about an 1 - 1 1/2 hour to cut it. Depending on how many breaks I take. I usually take 5 or more breaks. No beer today, but it sure was hot enough for one!
Nice work with the restoration. That should help bring down the cost per mile, well done!
Louis - In their time, Deep Purple was generally the loudest, with Led Zepplin and Blue Cheer occasionally getting close. I have been told though that Motörhead was indeed louder, but I never saw them.
Thank you Willie, I had read Deep purple was the loudest way back when I use to read music magazines. I stopped reading them when they reviewed a new band that I heard after it made it's first US tour, Motorhead.
I never saw Zeppelin or Blue Cheer. I did see Deep Purple, but not until the "Perfect Strangers" tour. I sat on the floor of then Capital Center, where the Washington Bullets played. Hard to compare 4 years apart and a mid size arena 5000, maybe? To a 17000 seat arena, even more counting the floor seats. I only know enough about acquits to know that is a big difference.
Motorhead opened for the Blizzard of Ozz. The first time I saw them. The magazine reviewer said "Motorhead maybe the worst band ever!". I laughed and threw out the magazine. I can't even remember which magazine it was. There were several back then.
After seeing the show I immediately went out and bought the LP Ace of Spades and the Cassette "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith". I could not find the LP version, anywhere! Fast Eddie Clark is one of my all-time favorite guitar players. Motorhead was never the same without him, but still damn good!
Motorhead opening for the Blizzard of Ozz has to be the greatest show I have ever seen. I've been a Motorhead fan ever since. Randy Rhoads and Ozzy, and other substances, blew my mind. I was 10th row center on the floor of the Towson Center at Towson University in Baltimore County, just few miles north of Baltimore. In 1980.
They played this song even though it had yet to e released.
And of course they played this one, but I have to post this one too, it's a train forum!
I'm almost certain this is the original lineup. Sharon Osbourne is a bitch.
As you know I am not qualified to be a music critic and or music historian. I just like what I like, but I do enjoy having one to yack with and ask questions of, thank you!
I just wanted to hear this one... hey it's from an all-time great LP!