Coffee is on and clubhouse open. I woke up to frost on the entire yard today (central Florida) so that should help knock the bugs back next summer. It has already warmed up to 50 and nice and sunny.
Today I plan some more work on my bridge project but also need to start looking at taxes so we will see how much of either gets done. The bride is getting a little better day by day from her recent knee revision surgery. She was up to going out and having breakfast as well as meeting up with some of her friends so I took her and enjoyed the morning. Now back home and ready to get at it.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Jim
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Morning all,
Jim, glad to hear your wife is doing better.
A single degree here headed to a high of ten. Throw in the wind and it was REALLY cold when I took the trash and recycling to the curb this morning.
Started a kit, probably need to start a thread as well.
Patriots didn't look good yesterday, but still managed to win. On to the AFC championship game!
Jeff
In the early PA oilfields, a lot of the wells originally followed the creek lines. And oil was moved by building rafts to float collections of barrels downstream.
I'm done on the exercise machine, will head out to the store, and the afternoon should be mine (except for walking the dogs.)
dave
Temp in low teens and falling with two weeks of quite cold in the forecast. "Luckily" we on the E side of Lake Michigan get a bit of moderation in temperatures relative to WISC and the West. The first 20-40 miles from the W shore get paid back with huge amounts of snow, tho. Morning pics on GrdRapids tv show white outs Wind is in the teens, feels like is around zero. :o It IS bright and sunny at times 8)
A bridge project and some decalling (2 Ds? Spell check says so...) to do today. The driveway is in need of a ... visit from the Deere, but not going anywhere, why?
Daughter called earlier and said the roads were terrible, she went sideways in her 4x4 big SUV enroute to a doctor's appointment this morning :o
Well, that's enough. Be well all.
KSinthe chill mode
Morning all,
Glad to hear your bride is making positive gains on the recovery, Jim.
I'm waiting for my wife to get home from a dentist appointment. She took my vehicle. I want to run out and get lunch for Junior am myself. Maybe I'll take Juniors car although that involves contorting myself to get in and out of it.
Hopefully some workbench time this afternoon.
Have a great one!
Good afternoon, all. Snow stopped falling on the lower Merrimack Valley around 10. I was already outside knocking snow off my orchard trees. Got a lot of damage from a Halloween storm back in 2011, not again while I live. Then I started shoveling, but when family mobilized after breakfast I did plow banks with the tractor. Didn't touch a computer till midday.
After a late lunch, I'll return to layout projects.
Afternoon all.....
@deemery
Dave, there is/was a guy close to me (Victor,NY) by the name of Richard Senges. He built a model railroad based on Oil City Pa. in the TOC. It showed how oil was first transported on wooden casts on flat cars. Don't know whatever happened to him.
Bernd
Quote from: Bernd on January 19, 2026, 07:45:28 PM@deemery
Dave, there is/was a guy close to me (Victor,NY) by the name of Richard Senges. He built a model railroad based on Oil City Pa. in the TOC. It showed how oil was first transported on wooden casts on flat cars. Don't know whatever happened to him.
Bernd
I remember that layout from article(s) in the model railroad magazines. Very well done! Another early oil modeler was Cyril Durrenberger (Austin, TX). He modeled the late 1800s in southeast Texas. Cyril did several articles in model railroad magazines on oil tank cars and other topics. I got to meet Cyril on a business trip to Austin once, and we had a great chat.
dave