Good evening everyone…got a good start on planting the veggie garden today, I should get the rest done tomorrow. We didn’t get much rain here today, the air is so dry that as the front approached it literally dried up.
GARRY: The rhubarb is up and ready for picking, and the strawberries are right behind. Shhhhhhhh , don’t let DUKE know or he will be on his bike headed East in a flash. I think he broke the record the last time makin it here in 10 hours from MI.
FERGIE: Yes, the Jays beat the Sox up in Toronto, but that was weeks ago, the Jays came down here and the Sox beat them 3 straight, plucking a few feathers on the way. Is the news about a week late out there on the high seas ??? LOL BTW, is that Tsunami both sound AND motor control??
PAUL: What is going on with those new ants in Texas??? They are really raising havoc, they love electronic devices and other equipment also. They multiply by the billions. The only good thing so far is that they also love to attack and eat Fire Ants.
RT: That is really good news !!! If I lived closer I would take you up on the suds and pizza offer to help move you guys into new home.
JEFF: Glad to hear that no serious damage was done in your area, it really looked bad on the radar.
Here we go again!!! Top of the page, plenty of fresh Starwberry Rhubarb pie left, and Vanilla Bean ice cream to top it off, followed by a root beer floats for everyone. Hoople, have some pie !!
Some places north of me got hit pretty hard. Lafayette and surrounding areas took a big punch too.
Tell me about it. It made a mess here. Tree limbs down all over the place, roads flooded, lines down. The power here was out about three hours while the power in town was out in spots. Wal-Mart was without power for only twenty minutes but it took nearly two hours for them to get the computers back up.
It wasn’t too bad here. North and east of here got it pretty bad though. The storms were getting really wound up coming across the Texas line. Thankfully there were no tornadoes here, just straight-line winds.
Okay, 103 here in Carmichael, dry north winds. Several small forest fires in the hills east of us, Welcome to California–“Shake and Bake”, only it’s the “Bake” part, and too darned early. Winds are supposed to die down tomorrow, but the temperature’s supposed to go UP until about Monday, then get back down to the high '80’s. Would you believe that foggy old San Francisco got up to 94, today? That may not sound like a lot to some of you, but we’re talking about a city that has a normal temperature of about 70. I hope this May isn’t a harbinger of Things To Come this summer. I’d like to be in Oregon right now, but this heat wave extends clear up to British Columbia, so no-one on the West Coast is having a great time, right now.
But after what the rest of the country has been going through, I think I’ll shut up about our weather[:I].
Got the turnout put in this morning, it was a snap, even if the Peco wasn’t the same length as the Sinohara it replaced. Just did some cutting and filing and–wham, the Peco slipped right in. Dang, guys, I’m actually starting to get GOOD, LOL! Ran a couple of my brass 2-10-2’s through it without a hitch, and if THEY can handle it, anything can, by golly! Hey, those Peco turnouts are really cool–they SNAP! And this is right near the edge of the layout, so I think I can save on a manual connector (I can reach all of my turnouts, so I don’t use Tortise motors, just those neat Caboose Hobbies ground-throw thingys) Supposed to cool down a few degrees this evening, so I’m going out to put in a couple of small details–some road signs and wood road crossings in the yard. Just ordered a pot-load of detail parts from Cal-Scale to jazz up some of my brass locos–bells, whistles, cab-deck extenders and a couple of big ash-pans–I think y
Evening Gang: just dropped in for a bit of coffee and a chicken strip. I’m not really hungrey but it’s the last chance before tomorrows surgrey.
Dick It sounds like you guys are getting into the drought thing. It is strange the way the storms just dryed out before they got to you. Down here we see alot of rain go buy us and fall farther east by about 20 miles. We are just west of the line for less rain.
Well I guess I’ll head out and get ready for bed. If I can get myself up before 4:30 am I can have a cup of coffee. Woopee.
Sorry I have not been in for a while, but I’ve been busy getting everything in order for my trip to the ‘Sand Lot’ in 19 days. Yes, I know. It does not seem like it’s upon me already, but time does fly when you’re busy. Speaking of the ‘Sand Lot’ daytime temps there have been averaging 120+ for the last month + with overnight lows around 90ish. Anyways, while I am gone, I’ll be unable to access my personal email accounts, along wiht most train related sites. But hey, that’s the military for you when you’re in a war zone!
Well gang, I’m outta here. I just got depressed thinking of the trip again.
John P … Best wishes and prayers. A huge thanks for your service!!! Keep in touch.
Paul … Surgery??? I did not know. Sorry if I missed anything you said. God bless and prayers to you. I hope you can get back to the diner soon.
Dick … Starwberry Rhubbarb pie sounds terrific! Duke’s been out of the diner lately and I now suspect why. I bet he’s been sneaking up to MA for pie. … well, er … uh VROOM, VROOOM … I guess Duke’s not exactly sneaking up on you… It must have been Duke playing classical music on his bike earlier.
Tom … Sounds like you are in an oven!
Rob … Those are neat model vehicles you posted.
RT … If you’re about to be out of touch, perhaps we can have the picnic just before you leave. When will that be?
Where’s Ryan … My son and his wife have arrived in his area now.
…and Ed … Somebody asked about him. What’s up with Ed. Are we low on OJ yet?
Der said he’d give areport on Luc. Dod he do that yet?
Well, put up for auction on the-bay my last articulated loco, a vintage Rivarossi Mallet. Also a Life Like F7. Hope they do well.
***Jim, tried setting out track on the board following the most basic plan and discovered something…“that door is toooo dang small”. Moved a few sections around here and there and still there is little room for any kind of plant/complex. Will take a pic of it to show you what I mean. If I could increase the layout size by even 1/2, there would be ample room. [sigh]
Rain is gone, now there is thick fog filling our little Salacoa valley. Today when the fox came through, I hopped in the 6x6 and followed it (for about 5 seconds) before it vanished down the creek bank. It has helped itself to a couple of our birds recently, so I need to double check the fences and then let out big male Pyrenees out in the evening to patrol the barnyard.
While in the pasture, I had a little fun putting the pedal down with our horses galloping along side. Haven’t done that in a long time. Horses are beautiful animals to watch when in motion like that.
Raining here, glad I fixed the downspout problem yesterday, oh and I found a magnolia tree to plant in the front yard to replace the one the neighbor kids destroyed last year. HD is having a tree and bush sale up here almost 50% off the normal prices.
John, good luck in the litter box, if you make it to Camp Spearhead tell me what is going on, Rumor control central said they have regular barracks there now and a Starbucks. I’ve built almost all those buildings I got from you about a year ago. Again good luck.
Thanks for the well-wishes. I guess the best thing I have going for me on this trip is the great group of co-worker’s that will be going as well. 18 days and counting to takeoff!
Well, need to get going. Have to hit the dr office on the way in to have some stitches removed from my right calf area. Then, off to work. After that, will be haircut, and shopping for items for the party my mom is having tomorrow.
It’s 62 and cloudy here. That’ll be clearing to mostly cloudy later with a high in the high 70’s.
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Today’s Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/16/2008
Wind Chill: 61°F
Humidity: 88%
Dew Point: 58°F
So Far Today
High: 70°F
Low: 62°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 11mph NNE
Today High: 78 Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers in the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of showers 20 percent.
Tonight Low: 55 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
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Music to my ears: This morning my wife commented what a neat layout we’re going to have one day. [:D] Then she asked if they sell HO scale Civil War figures? She wants to have a “reenactment” battle on her layout. (I think she is going to need a 4’x8’ table to include everything she wants to have)
Afternoon everyone. Friday afternoon, the supervisor left for the day and I’m just killing time till I can do the same.
Dick, I would send you some rain if I could, we’ve had too much here. Not more than 2 or 3 dry days in a row. A construction crew has been trying to build a new bridge over a creek I cross on my way to work. For at least three weeks they have been trying to build the center pier in the middle of the creek. They set up barriers, pumped out the water, dug the hole to bed rock and set up reinforcing rod for the foundation. Then it started to rain. The barriers have been washed out twice, the third one they put in is higher and heavier but the last rain the water still flowed over the top. Yesterday I noticed it was below the top of the barrier again, but it has been raining all day today. By the time they get the water pumped out again they will have to take out the reinforcing rods and move a lot of mud.
Weather guesser is calling for thunderstorms tomorrow too. That’s okay for me though, the girlfriend works all day tomorrow and there is a train show in Allentown. Sounds like a good day to be inside with trains all day.
