weekend workers unite!
Hello Y'all. Friday is my day off (yes, only one day a week) but often I have no appointments on Saturday and Sunday afternoon/evening is usually free as well.
I did have an appointment this morning but spent the gorgeous afternoon outside working on my trellis for the raspberries I am planting there. Needed a 1/2 yard of earth to amend my soil (shallow layer of clay above mostly volcanic sand and river rock - dredge from the Cowlitz post-St. Helens). Got some great stuff with plenty of good organic matter (chicken poo, etc.) that reportedly will grow just about any seed you throw at it.
Anyway, no plans to work on any trains tonight...so I might just end up out in the garage. Yesterday the family all went to Costco...consumate temple of consumerism. I dropped my wife off at the front door then the boy and I headed across the way to the LHS.
Here I must put in a plug and some major kudos for the Hobbytown USA in Vancouver, WA, just off the Padden Parkway exit in front of the Home Despot. I had purchased a turnout and I decided I didn't really need it afterall, but it was past the 15 day return period. Well, the guy behind the register (kindly) decided to let me exchange it for store credit or another item.
I was so impressed with his decision to give above average customer service (vs being a hard-nose and sticking to store policy...his right, of course) that I went ahead and bought the Mining, Logging and Industrial Annual from Fine Scale Modeler...a worthwhile investment in hours of 'reading room' time.
Oh, and the exchange, well, I probably wouldn't have purchased it first, but since I had already 'spent' the dough, I got an Athearn RTR 40' reefer, lettered for the C.A. Carlson Cheese company of Chicago, IL. A lovely car which my 2-1/2 year old son spent much of the ride home admiring. Yes, it was still in the box...much to his chagrin. "duk, daaey, DUK!"...translated, "It's stuck, Daddy, it's stuck". I just hope he never intends what it sounds like...I'd be headed for a wallop, certainly.
Alright, enough rambling. I LOVE your workbench setup, Gary. The monitor displaying The Gauge in the background is a nice touch, btw.