santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. 69° and partly cloudy; wind is gusting at 1 mph from the SE. Severe weather in the area last evening, but not here. Fifteen miles west and thirty miles east saw thunderstorms/scattered hail/high winds, but I saw no damage reports from nearby...some south of Dallas though.
Hello Francine, let me have the Sunday Special today, good, it's Eggs Benedict and Canadian Bacon. Yummy!
Spent most of the day yesterday repairing stuff that the wife managed to break as she went through the house. Broke the pull chain on the living room ceiling fan, sigh! I have a spare one for a light fixture, but will have to go to HD today for the three speed fan control. Then it was a pole in a closet that was overloaded that came crashing down, clothes that I haven't seen in 25 years. Then her pool float got an air leak and the belt on the vacuum cleaner broke. I didn't get a break all day! Meanwhile when I got outside, I was able to sharpen all three blades on the mower deck since I have it off anyway.
Attention fellow pool owners. I am really happy with the decision to switch from granular chlorine to liquid chlorine (10% Chlorox bleach). Cost for the first six weeks has been under $25 and the commercial granular would normally have cost me $125 by now. Added bonus is that I am not having to add any clarifiers or algicides yet.
Thanks to all for the likes and comments regarding the flatcar loads yesterday; Chet, Phil, Jerome, Sherrel, Ken.
Yesterday was a general maintenance day in the train shed. Did no modeling and only a minimal amount of train running. Vacuumed the floor, emptied the wastebaskets, replaced two florescent bulbs, upgraded some wiring from #20 to #16 and gave the beer fridge door a workout.
Chet - I cheat and also use Chooch loads on some flatcars.
Those small crates came from somewhere else.
Sherrel - Hope that you're feeling better today.
Ray - Since you mentioned it, it is A-Line chain. I just couldn't remember and didn't have time to go and look.
Terry - Your tales of the warranty remind me of the time I purchased a brand new 1996 Honda Civic. Now I do not purchase extended warranties for any reason and I told the salesman that. He tried to convince me that the extra $16/month on the car payment wasn't really a great amount for the peace of mind. I pointed out that since I had three kids in college, I was using a five year loan and his extended warranty was for only three years; and therefore I would be paying two years for something that I couldn't use! It was actually going to be shorter since it was 50,000 miles and I was putting nearly 24,000 miles on my cars each year. He persisted so I got up and walked out the door and was chased down by his manager in the parking lot. I didn't buy the warranty, and the manager threw a full sized spare into the deal to keep my business. They went out of business shortly thereafter anyway.
Karl - Have a safe and enjoyable trip.
Everybody have a great day and stay cool.
Hello Francine, let me have the Sunday Special today, good, it's Eggs Benedict and Canadian Bacon. Yummy!
Spent most of the day yesterday repairing stuff that the wife managed to break as she went through the house. Broke the pull chain on the living room ceiling fan, sigh! I have a spare one for a light fixture, but will have to go to HD today for the three speed fan control. Then it was a pole in a closet that was overloaded that came crashing down, clothes that I haven't seen in 25 years. Then her pool float got an air leak and the belt on the vacuum cleaner broke. I didn't get a break all day! Meanwhile when I got outside, I was able to sharpen all three blades on the mower deck since I have it off anyway.
Attention fellow pool owners. I am really happy with the decision to switch from granular chlorine to liquid chlorine (10% Chlorox bleach). Cost for the first six weeks has been under $25 and the commercial granular would normally have cost me $125 by now. Added bonus is that I am not having to add any clarifiers or algicides yet.
Thanks to all for the likes and comments regarding the flatcar loads yesterday; Chet, Phil, Jerome, Sherrel, Ken.
Yesterday was a general maintenance day in the train shed. Did no modeling and only a minimal amount of train running. Vacuumed the floor, emptied the wastebaskets, replaced two florescent bulbs, upgraded some wiring from #20 to #16 and gave the beer fridge door a workout.
Chet - I cheat and also use Chooch loads on some flatcars.
Those small crates came from somewhere else.
Sherrel - Hope that you're feeling better today.
Ray - Since you mentioned it, it is A-Line chain. I just couldn't remember and didn't have time to go and look.
Terry - Your tales of the warranty remind me of the time I purchased a brand new 1996 Honda Civic. Now I do not purchase extended warranties for any reason and I told the salesman that. He tried to convince me that the extra $16/month on the car payment wasn't really a great amount for the peace of mind. I pointed out that since I had three kids in college, I was using a five year loan and his extended warranty was for only three years; and therefore I would be paying two years for something that I couldn't use! It was actually going to be shorter since it was 50,000 miles and I was putting nearly 24,000 miles on my cars each year. He persisted so I got up and walked out the door and was chased down by his manager in the parking lot. I didn't buy the warranty, and the manager threw a full sized spare into the deal to keep my business. They went out of business shortly thereafter anyway.
Karl - Have a safe and enjoyable trip.
Everybody have a great day and stay cool.