Re: Covid 19 Check-In

Posted by Mike Trent on May 09, 2020; 3:39pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Covid-19-Check-In-tp15600p15632.html

Hey, everyone. Glad to hear all seems to be well.

Here in the Huntsville area in NE Alabama, both Judy and I have actually not missed a beat in the last couple of months at all. She is in the mental health field, and deemed essential. I have been very busy with project work for both a Space and Rocket contractor and the US Army at Redstone Arsenal. I would probably class what we have been doing as more expendable than essential, but it keeps the bills paid.

Alabama has been under a stay at home "mandate", but from what I saw during that time, it seemed loosely enforced. Now things are opening up. And there is much evidence that people are coming out. Pretty much everyone is using common sense, and giving wide berth and understanding to those who wear masks and are obviously at high risk.

Consequently, I have had little workbench time, which has been pretty much the way things have been over the last year or so, anyway. But I'm still very much enjoying running trains 6 days a week as would have been the case in Dickey in 1935. I must tell you, after years of building and restoring my collection from the sort of losses we encounter in life, being able to actually enjoy even such a small operation as I have is enormously gratifying at this time in my life.

Stay alert and be well, safe, understanding, and kind. A lot of folks out there are having real trouble through this.

Mike