Good late evening fellow 'Rail Benders and Spike Drivers',
Hi Flo & Francine, How are my two favorite waitresses this evening? I'm always amazed that both of you always seem to keep Jeffreys' Dinner open as well as being here here no matter when we drop in!! I still haven't quite figured that one out yet but I working on it! LoL
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Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Cooler than today.
Today
High 82 | Low 50 °F
0% Chance of Precip.
Yesterday
High 79.6 | Low 44 °F
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Pressure 30.12 in
Visibility 4.0 miles
Clouds Clear
Dew Point 47 °F
Humidity 76%
Rainfall 0.00 in -- My Total still stands at 1.83 Inches
Afternoon All,
CA Dave- Hope you get your leak fixed and be safe.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Curt: Thanks for thinking of me, in many cases it's a trial and error process work on an old Shake Roof as it's really the tar paper underlayment that carries the water down if it get under the shakes or where a portion of shake is missing or even an exposed & elongated nail hole that may be the clupret? It's sort of a best guess not know exactly where the leak origiates from so it a matter of looking to see what looks like it maybe the source and putting a patch or two under the old tar paper if possible which it usually is but sometimes it's a real challenge to try and lift the shakes up on top of that area without breaking them and then also reach my fingers up under the shake/s to lift the old tar paper up so I can slide the new patch in place. Actually I made a thin metal shim out of some Aluminum to sneak under the old tar paper first and then slide the new patch under it and then pull the shim out. I had it with me the last time I went up on my single story ranch style home but forgot to make use of it but things worked out ok anyway. Being a single story ranch style house the low edge of the roof is only about 7ft up from the ground so it's not a great fall even if I had to jump of slid off which happened a couple of times in the past but no harm occurred.
A few weeks ago, we had a bit of a discussion regarding news and news sources. Following up, today is Walter Cronkite's 100th birthday, the most trusted man in America at the time. Some of us grew up with him and probably wish newscasts were still the same. Back then they were newscasts, not news shows like now!
I had the pleasure of meeting him in person in our living room as a teenager in the mid-60's. His nephew was my father's boss at work and he brought Walter over to our house for "cocktails" one Sunday afternoon for us to meet. I was severely impressed with him just being in our house.
Happy Birthday Walter, RIP.
Willie
Say Willie: I'll also agree that Walter Cronkite was a very good News Broadcaster and very responsible and earnest in his reporting what he said! There are not many that seem to have his integrity anymore!
Good Day to Jeffrey's Coffee Shop Hang Outs!
Nuther nice one around here. Clear, calm, and working towards a high of 80 as opposed to 96 (whew) yesterday.
Had a wonderful call from Phil yesterday afternoon. He was all excited (as he should be) and telling me that he got to "ring the bell" when he was told that he was CANCER FREE! That's truly great news for any of us who have fought that Devil and Won! Next is to hope, and pray, that ERIC gets to do the same! I have not had my doctors tell me that I am "C free" in so many words, but I seem to be on a 4-6 month checkup -- so I take that as a YES.
Have a hundred things to do so better not stop here too long. Glad to hear that all are fine!
Say Sherrel: It's very understandable that you would have the compassion you do about others that are fighting the Devil's Disease as you sure had your problems with it! It is good that Phil is clean of it and that Eric is doing a lot better too! Having any ailment can sure knock the sap out of us not to mention the anxiety it causes.
Say Terry: Migraine Headaches can be a forewarning that something is developing so I would highly suggest that you get checked out so nothing happens! Mom had bad migraines for some time on and off and then had a large Stroke that left her incapacitated.
Karl went through it too, I hope you can prevent that from happening to you.
Good Morning All. Overcast and 63° here in North Central Texas this morning. Made it up all the way to 71°, with rain and drizzle yesterday, supposed to be the same today with no rain. Fall must be approaching in this neck of the woods. I saw part of the annual snake migration going on yesterday. They come in from the fields and wooded areas on my property and hibernate under the floor and elsewhere in the barn. Saw three different ones. They tend to avoid the house as the cats bother them under there!
Grocery/beer trek and lab-work took up lots of time yesterday, but I did get to the train shed after lunch/nap. Added some more track and wiring yesterday. I'm running out of blank benchwork, so I'll have to clean off the last remaining wall and continue to build some more. About 40' more (20' on each level) and I will have completed the original rough plan. Much of that space will be staging.
David - Stay safe on that roof.
Everybody have a great day.
Willie
Say Willie: Thanks for your concern. I've been up and down from my roof so many times it hard to say what the count might be? As I said to
Curt or was implying that while it does have a pitch to it, it's not all that steep and the edges are fairly low to the ground. The ridge areas are of course higher but I very cautious, but thanks.
Say Karl: Thanks for posting the shot of the NW2 Switcher. That's a very neat little loco alright!
Good morning. 27 degrees to start off the day. We have been getting into the low 60's for the past few days with the same expected for almost the next week. No complaints from me.
David - Be careful up on the roof. There's no age discrimination when it comes to gravity. It always works.
Catch you later.
Say Chet: Thanks too for your concern, it appreciated indeed! That is a very interesting way to state that yet so true! Fortunately I've had very little problem but have had three times when things didn't go as planned but no injury on two of them. Many years back the roof was a bit slick where the evaporative cooler on the back side of the house had been dripping and running down to the edge and rain gutter that is only about 7' off the ground but in the process of jumping up a bit to clear the rain gutter I wound up having to straddle a rock that happened to be laying there that is about 12" in diameter and my boys nearly took a beaten but I lucked out and was able to prevent that. Another time
out front and on the West side of the garage where there are oak trees that over hung the roof there was a build up of Oak leaves and again I slid off the roof edge bending the rain gutter but fell into a Itialian Cypress bush that let me down ever o gently it was kind of neat! I almost wanted to do it again. I was in the process of sweeping the Oak leaves off the roof.
Now in another incident about five years ago I was coming down off the roof on a single car garage like tool shed that I had covered one side with a corrugated metal roof and had just got finished putting on the ridge cap. I was feeling tired, lacking on energy due to a low thyroid or maybe lack of iodine, anyway I had an extension ladder propped up against the slopping edge of the tool shed roof and was coming down caring my cordless drill in one hand and hanging on to the ladder with the other. The ground is level there as it's just off one edge of the back yard and everthing went just fine till I decided to step off the ladder thinking I was on the last rung and was two rungs up instead! I stumbled back about four steps trying to stay on my feet and fell very firmly on my butt even though my free hand was trying to break my fall as my butt hit the dirt and I felt that shock right up to my jaw bone and the base of my skull. There I sat being all alone for a few seconds trying to ascertain if I was alright and realized I could get up and walk but my pelvis was very tender for at least three weeks after that!
But I'm still here and functioning, thank God, and I'm no Angel either.
I hope everyone has a good weekend and a safe one too!
But that is wishful thinking, lots of baseball yet to play and life to live to see how it pans out. I'll keep you posted. He is every coaches dream player. The thing about potential is it really only means you have not done anything yet. Maybe he will, maybe he won't but he has the passion and love for the game.
