Good Morning All. A mild 57° and cloudy, quite windy though, out of the SE at 15-18 mph. Projected high today of 62° before the wind shifts from the NW at an equally ferocious rate, sometime after sunset.
Out in the train shed yesterday, things were varied. Several projects going on at once. Applied some more paint to the City Classics service station, and glued together the walls of the DPM structure. Painted a few figures on the side. Looked in vain for the freight car that may have lost it's brake air reservoir that I found on the layout the other day, and had to replace a couple of light bulbs in the overhead fluorescent fixtures. I also went back and added a bit more field grass along the ROW that I scenicked last month. Scenicked - that's a word I learned from
Johnny!
Chet - You have posted before that several members of your family have been on that Keto diet for three years now. Does it work? The more that I read about it, it seems that it is more of a lifestyle than a diet.
Joe - My weight also fluctuates 6-8 pounds in a week. A lot of my variance is based on how much and what I eat, exercise doesn't seem to have any effect. I'll drop 8 pounds and then go out to eat at my local Italian restaurant and gain most back (leftovers!) within a few days. I can lose but just can't keep it off.
Karl - I like all of the billboards.
Beady - Great story.
Louis - Good news about Angela.
I have to revise my thinking. I use to say it was chilly until the temperatures reach single digits. Now I will say it is cold when the temperatures are below 20! Another sign of getting old I suppose.
Maybe you're just getting wiser! Everybody's temperature reports this morning make me feel cold. Cold doesn't necessarily bother me as much as biting wind. Out here, there is nothing blocking the wind from Montana (or Minnesota) all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. I also dislike snow/ice.
Lots of postings lately regarding stores/internet buying and credit cards. I am one that likes to have merchandise in hand to examine it and take it home when I pay for it. Especially train stuff. I am fortunate to have five quality dedicated model railroad stores within driving distance in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. I did purchase some ScaleTrains locos online and I am pleased with them, but otherwise 99% of my layout came from brick and mortar stores. I know that this isn't the case (hobby shops) in certain other locales.
Store credit cards usually have insanely high interest rates from my observation, so if you don't pay them off immediately then there is no 5% instant-off savings. They exist for the benefit of the retailer mainly. I just use Amex for everything and pay it off every month. No interest and there is some kind of cash-back at the end of the year. That's free money for me since I don't pay any interest all year long.
Speaking of
Johnny, I pray that all is going well for his wife and all of the family also. Well, look at that. As I was typing, he reported in. Thanks for the update.
Also in my prayers is
Garry's MIL. Hoping that all is going fine there as well.
Everybody have an awesome day and stay warm.
