June 15, 2006

  • Sadly, the second coat of paint did not work out so well. Between dust, which is inevitable out here; cats, which try to help...well, let's just say we get to do round three. Actually the worst was one portion where the paint got too thick and lifted the layers below. So, time to sand and reseal, and shoot a small area. Might get a touch up gun to handle this, actually an airbursh would be just the ticket. Hate to buy one no more often than I'd use it, but...Flag ceremony went fairly well last night, except the Officer's didn't know what they were doing, looked ridiculous up there. They definitely need to practice saying their parts a few times, and figure out what role they are playing. Virgil, bless his heart, was trying to stand where my place is at, and when it came time to read his part, just stood there looking around. So Jeff had to ad-lib real quick. Not impressive. Sam apparently wasn't impressed with the whole thing either, had one sentence to read, held his script up for everyone to see, stumbled through one sentence and shook his head, then sat down while the rest of us remained standing. Tough part of this ceremony is, there is a lot of sitting and standing, and I know that is hard for the elderly. Lots of people turned out, but what else is there to do in a retirement home. I only saw one Elk that wasn't a part of the ceremony there, certainly not an impressive turnout from our membership. The boys did great, as did Dawn, staging them when to go forward and all. Worked out well on their part for winging it. Time to head to Lincoln, set out another Radon test. I have to get a cable adapter at Radio Shack, got home to download the information yesterday and found I didn't have the right adapter, so wound up losing the readings on the machine...at least I was able to get the current and averaged readings recorded before turning it off....oh well....laters.....