It was a cold, wet, raw day out here on the West coast. I went to the train room to get some work done. I made the mistake of turning the layout on and sitting in the lazyboy with a MRR magazine in front of the fire. Once again no work was accomplished.
Errr…partly cloudy and 75 here in the West Coast of SoCal. What part of your West Coast is so miserable today?
That would be the cold wet coast of British Columbia. Wanna trade?
It’s ok Batman, down here in southwest washington the rain and clouds are invading.
Here in New England, not a good day for running trains. Sunny, warm and a light breeze, very pleasant outside. We could use a nice soaking rain, rain has been a bit light so far this spring.
Did get some outdoor work done with the help of two sons and a grandson. Still plenty to do, but it was a good start.
Maybe this evening I can get a little done, that is unless I sit down with a magazine and hold it in front of me with my eyes closed. Hey, that never happens, does it? Wife has gone to work, nobody here to tell me if I do.
Have fun,
Richard
We had our wet weather here in Northern California on Wednesday and Thursday, then it left for Utah. Didn’t get much here in the Central Valley, but got rain in the mountains (snow above 8000 feet). Considering the dry winter we’ve had and the fire danger so far this spring, we’ll take any ‘weather’ we can get.
You may send all the BC wet weather south you want, Batman, all you’ll get from us mountain folk is our thanks.
Tom[:D]
I would say you DID accomplish something. You relaxed and enjoyed your hobby. That’s true armchair modeling. [:P]
Thanks for the weather report there.
Here in Upstate New York it was breezy and cooler, about 67F.
MRRers will find any excuse for running trains!
The weather is just one.
You know you are hooked …when you not only model Mother Nature, but let Mother Nature dictate when you run trains!
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So last night I was back in the Lazyboy reading with a couple of trains chuffing around. On one side was a glass of wine and on the other the throttle for the trains. (life was perfect at that moment in time[(-D])
In comes my kid with a buddy who had never been to the house before. He sees the situation I have placed myself in and goes COOOOOL! He ask what the remote was for, I picked it up, pointed it at him like a phazer and let a long blast of a steamers whistle from the mountains behind me go. At that point I got an “AWESOME!” So I wrestled myself up out of the chair and let the kid run the trains. The video games at the other end of the house were completely forgot about for an hour or two.[(-D] New convert? Unlikely. But at least another member of society has discovered, and has had a little hands on with our hobby.[:D]
Some of my kids friends (son and daughter) check out the trainroom every time they come to the house. One thing I have observed about all the kids that come through the house is the correlation between the interest in the layout and the kids knowledge of the roll railroads play in society, whether past, present or future. At my kids school they have studied the CPR extensively. They learned how and why it came about and the roll it had in building the country.
Of course then there is the other end of the spectrum. You know, the end where people get hit by a train at a level crossing because they thought trains were a thing of the past, they didn’t know trains still existed.[D)]
One thing I have learned as a MRR hobbyist is to never question why someone has an interest in something, no matter how off the wall it might seem. A little education may just spark an interest in the same thing for you.[:O]
Today it is overcast, cool at 64 degrees, with intermittent showers here in the Northern part of the Valley.
I have no excuse not to work on the layout so I’m signing off to do what I like the least, weathering track.
Bob
well my layout bit it, I was going to work on it today but now I gotta wait to get some lumber to replace and reinforce the legs.
Nice here on the west coast, if you live in the bay area!
Relatively cool (88 degrees F) but the sun will still raise blisters on a turtle’s back. That’s why all the smart turtles stay indoors…
I seem to recall some rain a few weeks ago - but it didn’t wet my roof. Half a kilometer down the road, the great deluge hit (for about ten minutes. Then it quit.)
Humidity - normal. (Translation: leave a wet washcloth balled up on the rim of the sink. Come back an hour later and it’s like cured plaster cloth.)
Just a few of the wonders of living where I can hear UP horns on the LA&SL…
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in the dessicated desert)
When its August and 115 degrees down here, sure! [;)]
Cold and wet here in Northern Minnesota; but, at least the wildfires are out and it’s not snowing!