Good Morning All. 36° and clear. Expect mid-60's later today, mid-70's tomorrow. Headed out this morning for the quarterly visit to the doctor, who will tell me to lose weight. Not much else going on around here. When I went for a walk yesterday, I went north for the first time in about three weeks, the incessant rains and shifting ground have ruined about 125' of road fronting my property in that direction. The asphalt overlay has crumbled away on the east side and the west side has sunk 8"-10" in response to the increased traffic shifting over to the that side. We're not due for a re-pave until 2020, so the county (after I call them) will scrape everything away and dump a few loads of caliche/crushed rock mixture down as a temporary surface until then.
Thanks for the additional comments regarding "Four-Fingered Tony's Meat Market";
Curt,
Chet and anyone else out there.
Minimal activity in the train shed yesterday, as it
was my wife's birthday. I did do about 30 minutes of switching while she napped.
Speaking of driving, when I worked, I drove 12 miles to get to the Interstate over two very good paved state roads with 55 mph limits. Most days I drove the entire 12 miles without seeing another car in either direction. This was between 5:15 and 5:30 am. The next 35 miles on the Interstate could vary greatly. The trip home was not as good, usually I hit the school zone in the afternoon. The "pull out and drive slowly" seems to be a universal phenomenon, people are just not cognizant of the ripple effect. Usually met with blaring horns or waving guns here in Texas!
Louis - Glad to read that Tucker has recovered.
Mark- I was going to respond to one of your posts, but I cannot find it now. It seems that MTV has encroached on the forum.
Beady - Watch out, take care and hope yesterday's work-out doesn't bite back too hard.
Curt - You have really done a great job on the loading dock.
Chet - I had to read up on that "total reverse shoulder replacement " procedure, as I had never heard of it before. No more complex than the regular procedure. Good luck if that's the path that you choose.
Karl - I have to agree with you. LZ just got played way too much, starting with Whole Lotta Lovin'. I can still listen to their first album without feeling that way.
Ray - Pretty interesting about the burning cattle pens. I see spontaneous combustion with hay bales all of the time, but never a cattle pen.
Terry -
For music, I have a collection of several thousand songs, from Religious to acid rock to classical to easy listening to new country.
When I hit the "shuffle" button, it is a very interesting selection.
Pretty much the same here except I have no country. I have downloaded approximately 40,000 songs on my iPod (out of 65,000 on the computer), and shuffle can be quite eclectic.
Time for me to move on. Everybody have a great day.