07-25-2024, 09:17 AM
Good morning
I finished a decoder install in an older Athearn locomotive. I guess it is almost 50 years old because it is a bicentennial locomotive. I runs great, It got a good lube in the process.
Don it is not only Walmart but I have noticed price differences in Home Depots and TSC too, Several years ago I needed some cement and the difference between the HD in beaver Falls Pa and Salem, Ohio was almost 5 bucks a bag. We live about half way so I can drive either way. # months ago I wanted some 3/4 thick rubber stall mats. TSC in Salem had a price of 54 bucks each, East Liverpool, 48 bucks and Beaver Falls was 39 for the exact item. Now that is a considerable difference.
Tom, I am glad your trip was as good as it was and that you are home safe. I want to visit my friend that is CMO at the Heber Valley and it is just shy of 2000 miles one way. I will not fly, and a train does not come very close and I would need to rent a car so my only option is to drive. I hope I can do it next year, and I would like to have 4 or 5 days to visit him and see his operation there.
I got the battery for the car yesterday. It is twice as heavy as the original and when I looked at it in the box I thought no way could it fit. They had a foam insert the size of the battery top and I put it in the tray and it was 1/2 inch longer but there was room for the battery. Honestly when looking at it in the box it looked to be 4 inches longer, a real optical illusion. It is installed and my wife and dogs are happy to have the car back.
Gas here is 3.35 and not fluctuating much.
We did get a nice rain yesterday and it is mild here today.
Cheers to everyone.
Charlie
I finished a decoder install in an older Athearn locomotive. I guess it is almost 50 years old because it is a bicentennial locomotive. I runs great, It got a good lube in the process.
Don it is not only Walmart but I have noticed price differences in Home Depots and TSC too, Several years ago I needed some cement and the difference between the HD in beaver Falls Pa and Salem, Ohio was almost 5 bucks a bag. We live about half way so I can drive either way. # months ago I wanted some 3/4 thick rubber stall mats. TSC in Salem had a price of 54 bucks each, East Liverpool, 48 bucks and Beaver Falls was 39 for the exact item. Now that is a considerable difference.
Tom, I am glad your trip was as good as it was and that you are home safe. I want to visit my friend that is CMO at the Heber Valley and it is just shy of 2000 miles one way. I will not fly, and a train does not come very close and I would need to rent a car so my only option is to drive. I hope I can do it next year, and I would like to have 4 or 5 days to visit him and see his operation there.
I got the battery for the car yesterday. It is twice as heavy as the original and when I looked at it in the box I thought no way could it fit. They had a foam insert the size of the battery top and I put it in the tray and it was 1/2 inch longer but there was room for the battery. Honestly when looking at it in the box it looked to be 4 inches longer, a real optical illusion. It is installed and my wife and dogs are happy to have the car back.
Gas here is 3.35 and not fluctuating much.
We did get a nice rain yesterday and it is mild here today.
Cheers to everyone.
Charlie