05-22-2026, 09:16 AM
Good morning all
I have little to report. Rain again today, which is adding to the record amount we have had for May. My yard looks like a hay field and will be at least a week before it dries out enough to mow.
I finished a couple little train projects last night and did an early bed time.
My laptop would not load yesterday morning, and I suspect the hard drive is going bad. It is a solid state drive and hasn't lasted as long s I would have liked. This was the second time so I let that be the excuse to get the machine I really need for photo and video editing. It should arrive today. I will put a new drive in this one and use it as a dedicated layout controller. I have the wifi adapter for the layout. I can use my phone but it will be nice to have the computer to access all of the functions and programming decoders.
On another note, I talked with DrWaynes wife Monday. He was with his daughter so I did not get a chance to talk with him. He is failing rather fast. The last time we talked, about 3 weeks ago, he mentioned he had a lot of model trains. He also said he takes the motors out of them so he can just push them around. I think this is one of the memories he has because he always put drivers and drive gear together and tested them by rolling them on a glass pane. Marleen says he hasn't done a thing with his trains for months. It was heartbreaking for me to talk to him realizing he was wandering into his own little world. He still knew who I was but I wonder how much of our railfanning and talking times he has lost.
CNNutbar took him to the hobby shop last Friday but I don't hear from Ed anymore and he isn't posting hear. I lost Ed on FB when I had a glitch so we don't communicate there either. Getting old is bad, but losing track of your friends is worse.
Try for a good week end
Charlie
I have little to report. Rain again today, which is adding to the record amount we have had for May. My yard looks like a hay field and will be at least a week before it dries out enough to mow.
I finished a couple little train projects last night and did an early bed time.
My laptop would not load yesterday morning, and I suspect the hard drive is going bad. It is a solid state drive and hasn't lasted as long s I would have liked. This was the second time so I let that be the excuse to get the machine I really need for photo and video editing. It should arrive today. I will put a new drive in this one and use it as a dedicated layout controller. I have the wifi adapter for the layout. I can use my phone but it will be nice to have the computer to access all of the functions and programming decoders.
On another note, I talked with DrWaynes wife Monday. He was with his daughter so I did not get a chance to talk with him. He is failing rather fast. The last time we talked, about 3 weeks ago, he mentioned he had a lot of model trains. He also said he takes the motors out of them so he can just push them around. I think this is one of the memories he has because he always put drivers and drive gear together and tested them by rolling them on a glass pane. Marleen says he hasn't done a thing with his trains for months. It was heartbreaking for me to talk to him realizing he was wandering into his own little world. He still knew who I was but I wonder how much of our railfanning and talking times he has lost.
CNNutbar took him to the hobby shop last Friday but I don't hear from Ed anymore and he isn't posting hear. I lost Ed on FB when I had a glitch so we don't communicate there either. Getting old is bad, but losing track of your friends is worse.
Try for a good week end
Charlie