Monday October 16, 2006 5:20 am Lethbridge Sunrise 7:54 Sunset 18:40 Hours of daylight: 10:46

A. Morning Musings

6:10 am It is +2 C at the moment. The forecast is for snow (!) with a high of + 1 C.

My weight is remaining steady at 184.

I have coffee meet scheduled for 8:30 this morning. Then home to sand the undercoat on the bathroom vanity and apply the first coat of white semi-gloss paint.

From rear window	South patio
Both images taken at 11:30 am

B. Plan

Immediate
Health	Walk & exercise	1 hr
Chores	Paint new bathroom vanity cabinet	2 hr
Model Trains	Complete laying ground cover. Continue wiring outer mainline	2 hr
	Update train maintenance data base: add CN 473966 (a box car) CN 522360 (a stock car)	1 hr
Mathematics	Read & make notes for "Fearless Symmetry" chap 4	1 hr
Literature	Continue reading "The Major Plays" by Anton Chekov	1 hr
Later
Chores	Investigate water softeners for home
Technology	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Begin reading "iPhoto"
	digital photography - learn about using the various manual settings
Literature	Read "The Art of Living" by Epictetus
	Read "The Song of Roland"
Mathematics	Larson "Calculus"
	Read "The Computational Beauty of Nature" Chap 3
	Gardner "The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles"
History	Continue reading "Citizens"
	Watson "Ideas"
Model Trains	Build oil refinery diorama: add ground cover
	Assemble second oil platform kit
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #9

C. Actual/Notes

7:20 am

	Model Trains 40 October 16
Model Trains Chronology
7:20 am I have updated my train maintenance data base. Here is a screen capture of part of the report that gives the last date of maintenance for each car. Here is a screen capture of the actual record for one of the cars. 2:45 PM While downtown I dropped in the local hobby shop and bought one more roll of ground cover "summer grass". At an electrical shop I purchased eight 4- terminal barrier strips for wiring my mainline track. I have placed the ground cover on the layout - that completes the ground cover. Now I can focus on the wiring. I am not totally sure I have the best solution for a couple of the reversing loops and will see if I can discuss this with the people at the train shop in Calgary next week when we are there. I want to make sure that I know what DCC components I will need when I purchase my DCC equipment. 5:30 PM I have added 2 barrier strips, complete with wiring, to the outer mainline track system. I now have connections from Coaldale to Distillery Row. I want to add one more barrier strip near Black Diamond. This may complete the wiring for the outer mainline, but I want to review this from the perspective of DCC. I think I want two power blocks, one for the outer mainline and associated sidings and one for the inner mainline and its associated sidings.

D. Reflection