06-04-2026, 06:27 AM
Greetings, gang.
Hillyard - thank you for the kind words. It's been fun and challenging working on this stuff.
Yesterday I spent about 3 hours working on the right of way for the Backyard & Southern. Several sections of tie strips needed to be replaces and there are more that need some attention but the sun, in its inexorable fashion, moved to provide me with more light. Unfortunately it also provided an excess of heat, making the project uncomfortable to continue. This morning is yet another baseball game. I will take time out (pun intended) for that but will be skipping the games next week.
It will get very busy around here as the kids thought it would be a great idea to throw a big party for my 80th birthday. I turned 80 back in March but the decision was reached to hold the party in June as kids would be out of school and that would allow more people to attend. Only drawback - everyone except me lives out of town. Guess who's planning and dealing with all the logistics. Oh, and paying for it. In all honesty thought I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone.
Enough rambling for today.
All stay safe.
Tom
Hillyard - thank you for the kind words. It's been fun and challenging working on this stuff.
Yesterday I spent about 3 hours working on the right of way for the Backyard & Southern. Several sections of tie strips needed to be replaces and there are more that need some attention but the sun, in its inexorable fashion, moved to provide me with more light. Unfortunately it also provided an excess of heat, making the project uncomfortable to continue. This morning is yet another baseball game. I will take time out (pun intended) for that but will be skipping the games next week.
It will get very busy around here as the kids thought it would be a great idea to throw a big party for my 80th birthday. I turned 80 back in March but the decision was reached to hold the party in June as kids would be out of school and that would allow more people to attend. Only drawback - everyone except me lives out of town. Guess who's planning and dealing with all the logistics. Oh, and paying for it. In all honesty thought I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone.
Enough rambling for today.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)
Dinosaur Rider