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Year to Date
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Time Tables 2008
Year to Date
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
It is -15 C with a high forecast of -6 C. Sunrise 8:15 Sunset 17:12 Hours of daylight: 8:57
10:38 am
| Learning Category | Planned Activities for Today | Time |
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| Literature | Begin reading "The Gum Thief" by Coupland | 1 hr |
| Technology | Work on paper & workshop materials | 1 hr |
| Model Trains | Build benchwork | 5 hr |
Much of the day was devoted to building the benchwork for the addition to my model train layout. I began by visiting the lumber yard for a sheet of 4' x 4' 1/2" plywood and two more pieces of 1 x 2 x 8' spruce. I did much of my sawing on the front driveway (it is relatively easy to wheel by circular saw out of the garage). This avoided getting a lot of sawdust in the garage - generally a good idea. But working outdoors when the temperature is -10 C is not a great idea. But everything worked fine.
It took a couple of hours to cut a few extra pieces for supports and then I added the plywood.
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The next step was to see if my idea of adding a board at the proper height would work for placing the trestle as a connection between Black Diamond and this new Town1 site. Perfect! It worked like a dream. It is very satisfying to find a place for this kit, which I built almost two years ago.
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I am still playing around with various track placements.
The Coupland book is a delight! Cleverly written and relaxing.