Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 5

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning. Thanks for opening Rick.

It's 69f degrees with 98% humidity and little breeze at 2 mph! High temperature later is 90 per the guessers.

Trees, trees and more trees! I enjoy making trees but yes they can get boring. I like wire armatures for tree making. I just have never had the success others have had with twigs, dead roots, Woodland Scenic plastic armatures and plants. Plus the start up costs are much less and I prefer trees taller than the trains

Looking at just the birch trees. 90% of these 44 created are trees for the forest, only 5 will qualify for foreground or as 1 of the guys calls them "hero" trees! It's pretty much the same with all the species only 10 to possibly 20% will qualify for being "that" foreground tree. I'm not treating those 10-20% any different while building them but some are just better looking than others when all is said and done.

I'm taking the grandson and 2 of his buddies to the Top Golf facility in Madison at 10:15. 90 minutes for $26 for up to 6 golfers. So it doesn't cost me anymore to bring his friends until we do lunch. Probably Raising Canes on campus. With the students back and with the warm weather the boys (including me) will enjoy the scenery walking by!

After dinner, the conifer and maple tree builders are coming by. Sounds like the conifers are ready for some coloring. I've never built one so I am anxious to see how these look in person. The maples are ahead of schedule too but I'm not exactly sure what we are discussing on those! The UP Michigan layout owner has a medical appointment at 5:30 and should be at the shop around 7pm. He is bringing the found deciduous trees from the old layout but definitely not the puff balls. We will sort those out and then the 2 kids can work on them tomorrow. So not too much has changed on the schedule from yesterday just more precise time slots! I resisted the effort to start another new bridge between tree sessions yesterday. That was hard!

The daughter said the doll house scheduled for the printers and laser cutters this week for Wednesday AndyThursday are delayed as the next part of the deposit is late. So she is going to cut the walls for the bleach plant and Paper machine building for the PNW layout. She will print the wall hangers and other details for the liquor tanks and test if she can print the pipe racks I drew up. It doesn't affect the tree schedule but is impactful down the way.

Enjoy your day
TomO

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Rick thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
That is a beautiful picture!!

Jaime you must have done things right your still working there!! 

Curt I hope you get the pilings the way you want them.

Larry I'll be looking for the update.

Ron isn't work aa PITA???

TomO you sound like your lost in the forest!! 

Weather in South Jersey is P. sunny/76.  Later on 86.
Almost done with wall 4.
I'm tired of shingles for sure!!!!
Hopefully it will be done today and I can move on to the weathering and making doors & trim.

Everyone have a wonderful day!! 

Jerry

[KentuckySouthern]

Sun and heat are back in MI.  Heat index to approach 100^o is forecast.  Might be stuck inside. We had a t-boom around 3 pm, noise and rumble and only 1/10" of rain. 

Amazon did get my plaster cloth here by mid afternoon.  I was tied up tho on a project.  I disassembled my old, obsolete 3d printer and harvested a power supply and some hardware and tossed the rest.  Was over $1k and I had to assemble it.  Tech surpassed it's abilities and it's been an area hog for some time.  Got into that when our friend and one time RR-L chef Burly Jim gave a clinic on it at an NMRA even in Grand Rapids.  I could replace it with a new printer with better resolution these days, for $200 or so depending on sales.

Today, Rx to fetch then return to the layout or the work room clean out. 

Rick, I never was a morning person, worked nights 90% of my law enforcement career.  I liked busting bad guys not running bs errands for supervisors with nothing to do but pick nits.  Had some real pros at that at our place.  Sgt Pat Perfect was a sad sack wannabe state trooper.  He and I had a years long battle over my mustache length. Spit shine and such doesn't work for a K-9 guy. Cops now days don't even shave.

Enough, back to today. 

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Rick, thank you for the coffee, breakfast, and opening.  Wishing you a great hike at the park.

Jaime, congrats on the "no news".

Curt, good luck with the big dock.

Larry, looking forward to the update.

Ron, many of us have felt your pain.  This too will pass.

TomO, what wire gauge do you use for the trees?

Jerry, congrats on wall 4 progress.  Shingle on!

Karl, sounds like the night shift was a good one.  BTW, someone hijacked my post and said I went 90mph...

How is the rest of the crew?

It's a nice morning, but heating to 93F later.  Yesterday I made good progress on the engine shed facility.  I'll do more of the same today. 

This morning I filled bird feeders, watered outdoor potted plants, replaced eve light bulbs (didn't fall of ladder), and repositioned a couple of feeders. 

Have fun,
mike