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Hot. Humid. Rinse. Repeat.
Got up at 6:30 AM to head up to my mom's in Northampton. She had a list of things my youngest brother wasn't proactive enough to deal with according to her expectations, so I volunteered to knock out her list. Gave us time to talk, which is always good. Replaced a light fixture, re-hung a mirror, added a transition between two types of flooring, stained a portion of her coffee table. Had a nice lunch and spent time on the back patio kicking things around. Headed back south and I'm back at the homestead. Too hot to do much outside, so I'm back down in the office and can do a little railroading tonight - hoping to add more scenic details to my slide-in module tonight and maybe get started on the coal conveyor/loader that came with the Coal Dealer kit.
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Greetings, gang.
63 going to the upper 70s. Partly cloudy with a slight chance for rain this evening.
The humidity finally broke for a few days and it was really nice yesterday. I did some grocery shopping and discovered that Lipton has apparently discontinued their instant tea. No available in the local stores and on line they are selling for $10-15 dollars a jar. Guess I'll have to start brewing my own.
Tended to my wife's and son's grave but forgot the trimmer. I'll go back this morning to take care of that. Also got the car washed yesterday but I think I'm going to take it somewhere and have it detailed. It's clean but just looks a little run down around the edges.
Gas was down to $3.11 yesterday.
All stay safe.
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Good Sunday morning to ya all, it's hot and a bit muggy (humidity at 25%), but the dew point is around 35 degrees making it unlikely that we'll see rain anytime soon. They show a 2% chance of rain by the end of the week..... whoopee-do....
Not much else to talk about since it's summer and not much going on this time of the year. I'm going to try to get to my build challenge today, but then I said that for the past few weeks. I still have a few things of higher priority, but I'll try.
We were talking about the dangers of fireworks burning down homes here, not sure where this was, but I saw an article about a guy that was showing off by setting off fireworks on his head.... that was the last thing he'll ever do in life. Really stupid way to go.
Enjoy the day and take time to smell the roses.
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Dayle finally had enough with the pain spasms in her back and we went to emerg this afternoon. Arrived at 1:30 and left at 5:30. Took a while to get in. I left to feed the cat and take my pills for 4:00. When I got back she'd been seen and was waiting for lab results. Went to drug store and were home around 6:30. For some reason, parking was free today.
We managed to complete a lot of the NY Times puzzle and I read a lot of a book.
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Monday 7/8
Hello Blue
Sun 88 and humid for the day. The Texas hurricane will bring us rain on Wednesday.
Our weekend activity was spending some time down the street where our DIL lived. Her parents have passed now and she was having a garage sale. In spite of all that was sold, didn't even make a dent in all that's in that house. Our son told her to rent a dumpster and empty the house. No plans for today.
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Greetings, gang.
Sunny and 70 going to the upper 70s.
Very quiet day yesterday. I did watch a very entertaining F1 race. Also had a nice conversation with my son in Houston. My daughter is visiting him and was scheduled to return home yesterday. Her flight got canceled because of the hurricane so she was spending another couple of days there. Since she had already checked her luggage it went ahead without her. She had my son take her to Walmart to pick up a few things for the next couple of days. Took her a long time in the store. When he saw her coming back he told me to be quiet but left the phone on speaker phone. He started giving her a hard time about taking so long and how dad would be really upset if she took that long. After putting up with it for a while she said "Well, dad's not here." About that time I chimed in with "Wanna bet?!" My son and I had a good laugh. All I heard from my daughter was "Oh, s***!"
David - hope your wife is feeling better.
Gas was down to $3.11 this morning.
All Stay safe.
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Good morning folks
It is currently 89 on its way to 95. According to the weather guessers today is the first day of our second heat wave of the season. The humidity is 54% which means it is hot but not oppressive.
Over the weekend we tried to limit our time outside. Saturday was downright oppressive. My wife and I made a short venture to the pharmacy and the post office. I had to drop off the SD40 locomotive that is going back to Athearn for repairs. We did some cleaning around the house but nothing heavy. Sunday I worked on fixing the herb garden. The garden is planted in a raised wooden planter. Several boards had come loose, and two legs were barely holding on. It took my wife, my daughter, and myself to get the planks back in place and I was able to place brackets to hold them in place. We realized that we are going to have to do the same to the other two legs. We are not sure if the planter is going to make it through the season. My wife found a metal one on Amazon and we are hoping the current planter can make it until Prime Day. You may be questioning why my sone didn’t help. He was at work as the Coordinator of the Upper Darby Mural Arts Program. He spent all day Saturday preparing the wall for the painting. Sunday, they began painting the mural. Despite the heat they had a good turn out of kids who helped them. If you go to Facebook and search for Upper Darby Mural Arts Program, you can see the pictures.
I worked on the subway entrance and assembled the sidewalk and stairs, and the fencing. I now need to paint them and assemble them together. I was able to run trains.
On the way home I need to stop at the hardware store and grab another corner bracket set. Hopefully I can add them to the planter. If time permits I want to run trains and work on the subway entrances and the Bridges Area.
I hope everybody has a good day.
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o well its Monday again the old hands are hurting so can't do much with them till I get to see doc.
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Good afternoon.
It's overcast here from the tropical storm. We are not to get much rain because it is supposed to stay west and travel north of us. I have friends in Texas that cleaned a tree from their driveway and went camping, the downed tree was the only major damage for them and they were high and dry though they did get lots of rain.
My friend Mike will be heading back to Utah after the Empress arrives back in Calgary tomorrow. It has been a long trip but what an excursion for him. He has been on the train for the entire trip. The railroad is going to put the locomotive into a heated storage building and he says he doesn't know of plans to run it again.
I worked on a locomotive yesterday that was noisy. I disassembled it and lubed it well and it helped a lot. I think it will run well after some more run time.
Another friend has passed away, 9 years younger than I am. He was a great guy and helped me many times. I will miss him.
Wishing you all a great week ahead, and remember, you don't have to shovel heat 
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Wed. 7/10
Hello blue
We have rain and lots of it, from the Texas hurricane. Too bad this didn't go west to the wildfires.
No outdoors doings today.
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Afternoon, all. Trying to survive this heat a few more days until they say it starts to cool off this weekend. I've lived in Phoenix nearly my whole life, and never really paid much attention to the heat until last summer. These past two summers it feels like we have had extended periods of 113+ degree heat where it seems like it never cools off. If not for Some very important work duties, I would try to get out of town.
In other news, I donated blood last week, and my blood test said my total cholesterol was a whopping 322. I have had high cholesterol results before, but those were in the 240-250 range. I have never heard of anyone having a total cholesterol above 300, so of course I made the earliest appointment I could with my doctor, and for now making a priority of 1 hour of gentle exercise per day and cutting as much saturated fat as I can from my diet. I am extremely concerned about this.
Tonight, I will do more work on my challenge project. So far it has been good motivation for me to do quiet activities in the evening to reduce stress. That is very important right now.
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Greeting, gang.
Clear and 62 this morning in the remote reaches of northern Iowa. Supposed to be in the mid 80s today and tomorrow then the 90s for the weekend.
It's been a quiet week for me. I did take the moped to get a free ice cream cone that I had won at a baseball game. I did something to my wrist to the point that I it can be painful just to pick up a glass. Going to Walmart later to get a wrist support to see if that helps.
Travel news - I will be leaving here on Monday or Tuesday for some travel. Expected trip length will be 10-12 days so participation may be spotty for the next couple of weeks.
Kevin - hope you can get that under control quickly.
All stay safe.
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Good morning all, another record-breaking day, 115 for a high, 92 for a low, both new records. Can you imagine it being 100 at midnight? One more day of this and we're suppose to drop below 110 for a few days. Oh yeah, and a chance of rain too.
I need to make my annual run to Costco today, not sure when the last time I was there, except for gas, but it's always so crowded that finding a parking spot within walking distance is out of the question. Living along and buying in bulk just doesn't work, but there are a few things there that I can use, and an ecoTank color printer on sale. My current printer still works fine, I'm just tired of it telling me that I need to buy more cartridges if I want to print anything.
Kevin, that is a high number, I've been on statins for as long as I can remember since my triglycerides and cholesterol have always been high, but the statins have side affects, so my doctor cut my dose in half. I'm guessing that at my age, the doctors don't care as much about numbers as they do about making life a bit easy for the patient. A fine balance. Good luck....
A very busy week so far, but nothing on the agenda until next week where I have a full dance card of appointments.
Take care everyone, enjoy the weather, whatever it is you have your way....
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(07-10-2024, 01:47 PM)nachoman Wrote: Afternoon, all. Trying to survive this heat a few more days until they say it starts to cool off this weekend. I've lived in Phoenix nearly my whole life, and never really paid much attention to the heat until last summer. These past two summers it feels like we have had extended periods of 113+ degree heat where it seems like it never cools off. If not for Some very important work duties, I would try to get out of town.
In other news, I donated blood last week, and my blood test said my total cholesterol was a whopping 322. I have had high cholesterol results before, but those were in the 240-250 range. I have never heard of anyone having a total cholesterol above 300, so of course I made the earliest appointment I could with my doctor, and for now making a priority of 1 hour of gentle exercise per day and cutting as much saturated fat as I can from my diet. I am extremely concerned about this.
Tonight, I will do more work on my challenge project. So far it has been good motivation for me to do quiet activities in the evening to reduce stress. That is very important right now.
Kevin, have them do a thyroid workup too. My wifes cholesterol went sky high and they found thyroid problems. When she started the thyroid medicine it went back to normal.
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(07-11-2024, 05:52 AM)ezdays Wrote: Good morning all, another record-breaking day, 115 for a high, 92 for a low, both new records. Can you imagine it being 100 at midnight? One more day of this and we're suppose to drop below 110 for a few days. Oh yeah, and a chance of rain too.
I need to make my annual run to Costco today, not sure when the last time I was there, except for gas, but it's always so crowded that finding a parking spot within walking distance is out of the question. Living along and buying in bulk just doesn't work, but there are a few things there that I can use, and an ecoTank color printer on sale. My current printer still works fine, I'm just tired of it telling me that I need to buy more cartridges if I want to print anything.
Kevin, that is a high number, I've been on statins for as long as I can remember since my triglycerides and cholesterol have always been high, but the statins have side affects, so my doctor cut my dose in half. I'm guessing that at my age, the doctors don't care as much about numbers as they do about making life a bit easy for the patient. A fine balance. Good luck....
A very busy week so far, but nothing on the agenda until next week where I have a full dance card of appointments.
Take care everyone, enjoy the weather, whatever it is you have your way....
Don, I bought an ecotank 6 months ago and bought a set of refills for 33 dollars. I have to use the USB connection because it won't play with the router from T-mobile but it is the best money I have ever spent. Just be sure to use it often to keep everything from drying out (especially in your dry heat)
Charlie
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