Good Morning Everyone. 70° and clear to start our day. A dry day yesterday so I gave the mower a workout, not without incident though. Early on, I had a wheel bearing disintegrate as well as one of the large washers on an axle. Rough conditions on the SFW estate!
I had a spare bearing but had to make a trip to the local Ace Hardware store for another washer. All is well again. Wife wanted to bet me that they wouldn't have a washer of that size, but I declined to take her up.
Surprisingly, the pool is warming back up, up to 76° yesterday, almost to the lower limit of what I normally tolerate. I hadn't put the cover on yet because of the rainy days and despite three days of projected thunderstorms from the Gulf, temperatures are going up which means maybe I'll be able to use it for another week.
I wasn't able to spend as much time out in the train shed as planned, but I did work on the chain link fence some more, It's time consuming to begin with and I am doing 63" total. I have gotten to the point of gluing the top rail to the top of the fenceposts and adding the diagonal braces. At best I can glue three or four posts at a time and then wait for the glue to set up. As I proceed, I generally have to go back and redo an earlier one. Gluing .018 wire to the top of another piece of .018 wire takes some doing. There are 66 posts at a scale 8' apart. I could have gone with a 10' or 12' spacing, but from past experience 8' is visually more acceptable. While waiting for glue to dry, I played around with the layout of structures and streets in my next big project area. There's adequate room for all of the structures that I have earmarked for it, and I am going to actually need a few more. There's eight buildings comprising seven businesses for now. More to come on this project.
Louis - We all earn the right to become grumpy old men, although being a grumpy old b***h comes about a lot earlier in life.
Johnny - Nice work on "Robert's". I don't recall what I named my build of this structure, as a matter of fact I think that I may have two of them in separate areas. Didn't realize that you vacated the master bedroom as well during your remodel, I am most comfortable sleeping in my own regular bed! It doesn't end there unless you have already done every other room in the house.
Chet - It took me two years to use the remote car-unlock feature on my 2009 Civic. My wife chides me for not ever looking at the back-up camera screen in her Accura RDX. I feel more comfortable turning my head and looking like I have done for over 50 years. I can't turn that feature of the screen off, but everything else is OFF.
Stay safe on the East Coast. Prayers for all who are affected.
Everybody have a great day.