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[tompm]

Good morning folks

It is a chilly and foggy 52 this morning. High is supposed to be 72. We managed to go through the month of October without any measurable rain. Our next chance for some is Sunday. The ground is so hard I could not put out soe Halloween decorations because I could not drive them into the ground.

This past weekend we did some of our usual errand running; the grocery store, produce store, Kohl’s for Amazon returns, and the post office and UPS Store to drop off some of the wife’s recent sales. My wife and daughter went to a Fall Festival on Sunday and stayed home and began taking down the Halloween decorations along with doing laundry.

I did not get to run trains, but I did organize some of the rolling stock. I built 8 Lehigh & New England Bowser covered hopper kits. I built another 12 Acccurail boxcar, hoppers, and wood reefer kits. Since the number decals came from Accurail I renumbered 3 LNE boxcars.

It has been awhile since I did any decaling and I was having trouble with the decals falling apart. I struggled through two of the cars and then I remembered to coat the decal sheet with Dullcoat. Problem solved. The last boxcar was much easier to do.

My son is working at the polls today. The rest of the family voted by mail weeks ago. I will probably watch some returns. My daughter’s work, she is a councilor, is preparing for taking on cases of election anxiety.

I hope to build some more kits and/or run some trains tonight.

I hope everybody has a good day.