Good Morning Everyone. 75° and clear, Weather Underground says wind gusts of 0 mph from the SSE. I wonder how they know that? Pool in the back yard is a very, very pleasant 82°. Spent much of the day doing small home projects, mostly in the newly remodeled bathroom. I added some hooks for towels, moved a bunch of stuff back in that has been residing in boxes for the last three months, hung some pictures and did some other stuff around the house. Yes, even threw some old stuff away.
Out in the train shed yesterday, the "odds and ends" odyssey continues, although yesterday was mostly running trains. I haven't yet decided where my next scenery project will be, but I have narrowed it down to twenty or so places. I'm looking at some small areas that will tie together some already completed scenes.
Garry - Nice picture of the E7's
Sherrel - Didn't use the grill last night, but I used leftover grilled pork chops to make "Pork Chop Hash". It was a new dish for me and it was great! In & Out Hamburgers just last month opened a place in Denton TX about 25 miles away, wife says that they are supposedly really good. They didn't make it to Texas until recently.
The spiders that I have in the train shed are the tiniest things I have ever seen. At best they are 1/8" across when full grown. But they leave a trail of "spider silk" wherever they go. Much is invisible until it balls up on something like a snowplow or axle. Doesn't cause any problem other than cosmetic. I prefer to not use poisons if possible.
Louis -
Jeff Bezos is rich because he is brilliant.
This is very true. I do wonder how long the Amazon bubble can last. He has admitted that the retail side of things does not make money, and that their cloud business supports everything. The Prime thing is also a brilliant idea, I often wonder how many people don't really purchase enough to make it worth the expense. We are barely ahead of the game. Trivia - WalMart, Kroger and Costco all have greater retail sales in the US than Amazon. Home Depot and CVC juggle the #5 spot.
Ray - Nice videos from the club. That's one long train in the second one.
Karl - Kudos to you on getting an adopted canine.
Everybody have a great Labor Day weekend.