santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Valentines Day Morning Everyone. It's also Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Mardi Gras is over. 44° and foggy this morning, forecast has been revised with the afternoon high reaching 75° today as well as tomorrow. They've also backed the rain projection to Saturday...still calling for a whole week of showers though. Today I'll be adding bone meal, wood ashes and compost to the remainder of the garden before the rain, in preparation for the upcoming next round of planting.
Trainwise yesterday, I continued to clean old flex and lay track in the yard. Didn't make much progress because I started to run a few trains (under the guise of testing track) and couldn't stop. What could really go wrong with two parallel 18' sections of relatively straight track? Nothing that I found! Of course I really didn't need to run them over the other 140' (many times) just to test that 18', but!!! And testing on the lower level really wasn't needed either. Not enough progress to warrant photos yet. Note to all - Those SD40-2's from Scale Trains are really nice runners, right up there with Athearn Genesis and Kato's at about 25% less cost than the Kato's. I am really happy with the purchase that I really didn't need.
Justin - My apologies if I mis-interprating your original post, but still, take it easy. You don't need to work to the point of frustration, after all this is a hobby and you're supposed to have fun. I definitely do agree that getting it right is the best course of action. You have already alluded to that many times.
Mark - That's better news regarding your wife. I still send best wishes for her (and your) health. Wow! +15° Time to get the shorts and tee shirts out! Weather - yeah! I do put up with four months of 90°+ temperatures, usually hitting triple digits on at least 20 days, but I never have to shovel heat off the driveway. And the pool is usable for four months normally.
Sherrel - Your aircraft story was just great. Even though that one was a cargo flight, it does make me glad that I didn't fly much when you were flying those big birds though. Sliding off runways, dropping engines on Montana, etc. Good news on the Big "C".
Toot - Is it humidity or drool?
Everybody have a great day.
Willie
Trainwise yesterday, I continued to clean old flex and lay track in the yard. Didn't make much progress because I started to run a few trains (under the guise of testing track) and couldn't stop. What could really go wrong with two parallel 18' sections of relatively straight track? Nothing that I found! Of course I really didn't need to run them over the other 140' (many times) just to test that 18', but!!! And testing on the lower level really wasn't needed either. Not enough progress to warrant photos yet. Note to all - Those SD40-2's from Scale Trains are really nice runners, right up there with Athearn Genesis and Kato's at about 25% less cost than the Kato's. I am really happy with the purchase that I really didn't need.
Justin - My apologies if I mis-interprating your original post, but still, take it easy. You don't need to work to the point of frustration, after all this is a hobby and you're supposed to have fun. I definitely do agree that getting it right is the best course of action. You have already alluded to that many times.
Mark - That's better news regarding your wife. I still send best wishes for her (and your) health. Wow! +15° Time to get the shorts and tee shirts out! Weather - yeah! I do put up with four months of 90°+ temperatures, usually hitting triple digits on at least 20 days, but I never have to shovel heat off the driveway. And the pool is usable for four months normally.
Sherrel - Your aircraft story was just great. Even though that one was a cargo flight, it does make me glad that I didn't fly much when you were flying those big birds though. Sliding off runways, dropping engines on Montana, etc. Good news on the Big "C".
Toot - Is it humidity or drool?
Everybody have a great day.
Willie