Good evening all,
Had a busy, busy Friday yesterday as I had much work to catch up on and then the office Christmas party last night. Today was the same as the older son had a soccer tournament, the Princess went to a birthday party at the ice skating rink, and I needed to have my new tires checked since I quickly put 80 km on them and the tire shop wanted to check the pressure and nut torque after I drove 50-60 km. The wife is battling a tough migraine so I was taking care of things solo today. I did mange to get most of the laundry done and complete some Christmas shopping.
Dougdagrump - Keep up the great progress.
Nice tribute Becky.
Have a great day,
Joe
Evening all!
Got cheated today. Was supposed to get to high 60's and then high 50's and what we got was 46 . They are still saying 71 tomorrow and now some rain in the am. We'll see.
Lazy day spent recovering from NYC trip. Listened to Christmas music and then watched some Hallmark channel Christmas movies.
Regards, Roy
wrmcclellanBecky - nice Mercury capsule model, nice tribute!
Thanks! Doesn't look like paper, does it?
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
A good day. Mulched leaves for the last time. There are still a few on the tree, but the weather will be so bad this week that doing any more is not an option. Did a lot of errands today. Maybe work on Christmas cards tomorrow. Get those knocked out and most of my work is done for the holidays. Watched a Premiere League match this afternoon and the MLS final tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Cat wants out,
We have about 4" this morning and depending on whatever they say 2 to 7 more today then it heads to points east.
Temps below 0 by Tuesday night. Got to be sure to plow before it gets cold.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good morning. Slept until 8:30. 36 degrees and warming with plenty of sun.
Fifey, I wondered how long it would be before you went back to LE at least part time. Cooked scrambled eggs and sausage mixed [my Mom use to cook that for me, Wifey doesn't "know how"]. Had grits too. All washed down with OJ. Now coffee and news. Being lazy. Should rush to church but not going to. Hope all have a great week ahead. Will get my Christmas shopping done this week. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Joe D come and get it.
Todays post....SNOW and way more than I want to see.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Fife - tonight will determine how cold it will get in da Big "D"...
This,
or,
Afternoon everyone. Received a small amount of snohizo during the early morning. Just came in from hiking (yes physical activity) with youngest princess. We started on the C&O canal path, then walked across the Potomac River via the former Western Maryland RR, thru Knobley Tunnel to Carpendale and back. We had fun. Scouted out a few other spots for future launch points.
Chief - ...just playing to my strengths. BTW, Fifepup told me last night he likes southern style grits, with shrimp.
fifedog BTW, Fifepup told me last night he likes southern style grits, with shrimp.
BTW, Fifepup told me last night he likes southern style grits, with shrimp.
Fife!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you go wrong with that child??????????
Snow is starting again for round # 2
Good Evening from 40F Southern Ohio
The Christmas decorating is almost finished. Finished the outside this afternoon after Masses. The sun peeked out a few times. Now to clean up the house.
Fife - Sounds like you’re getting the area scouted out.
Becky - The model you made is amazing! You are gifted,
DougDG - Prayers answered.
I’ve got a date with a vacuum cleaner
May God Bless
Jim
Did 7 miles in 1:44:49 and was not tired or sore. I think I found those 6 or 7 seconds I have been looking for. Need to build on this weekend. Cards are all done as well. Weather is wet but above freezing for now. I hope everyone has a good day.
Right around freezing and drizzle here today.
My wife and I were principals in putting on the Polar Express event at the KATY museum this year. We ran two hour open houses, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Near as we can figure, we had about 250 kids come through. Including their families, there were something like 600 people. My Polar Express layout was a popular exhibit.
As Sir James commented, some of the small hands were troublesome. Not sure why some parents don't supervise their kids at events like this. No trains on the floor, so, all in all, it was a good day. Spent today taking the layout down and cleaning up from the other activities.
About all for now.
Mornin' boys. A little frozen precip has area schools on a 2 hr delay. Fifey stayin' inside.
KRM - The pup has always been my "learn the hard way" child.
Morning gang,
Sunny and 39 this morning. Not as chilly as it was in the C'Boys flight home last night. High 50's today and 60's tomorrow, then a cold front.
8n - glad the Polar run was a success! Makes the effort worthwhile.
Mike C - glad your run went well!
Colonoscopy tomorrow so today is "all out"...
Good morning,
17 now, might get to freezing today, then 8 tonight and down from there. Winter has set in for sure. Cat is in.
I am a hydraulics guy, but electricity and hydraulics are a lot alike but with hydraulics if you have a leak something moves. This problem I had yesterday with the layout had me for awhile. The new cars are a impossibility to work on.
Fife, mine to, even now and he is 37.
Roy best of results tomorrow! Have fun today.
Morning. 52 damp degrees. Misty around. No really pour downs. Had a dentist cleaning. All went well. Then some Town business at Town Hall. Think I will go to Golden Corral as I have a freebie.
Roy, hope all is OK.
Fifey,hope you don't lose power.
Everyone stay dry and warm.
Chief - just routine.
By tonight I will be looking at a chicken boullion cube like it is a $100 steak at Ruth Chris.
Hard to believe a 3/8" cube was ever a chicken to begin with - and why does it take a nuclear blast to dissolve it? On to the yellow Jello....yum!
Very quiet day at work. Should have stayed home. Traffic was good. Weather was cold but still went for walk at noon. Taking it easy tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mmmmm - slow day on the 'Pot.
Procedure came out very well. No polyps for first time in 25 years!
Cloudy and 51 this morning. High 50's today and low 50's tomorrow.
All Christmas shopping done. Never left the sofa except to answer door for UPS/FedEx/Amazon/USPS.
Good morning all,
Roy, glad your procedure went well. Seems like I get one almost every year now.
Picked up some Christmas candy on sale yesterday. Getting a slow start today. It's almost 10:00AM and I still have to shower and eat breakfast. No matter, nothing important to do today anyway. Going to Senior group Christmas dinner tonight. That's probably the high point of the day. Also found out about a place where retired rails get together once a month. Might do that in January. Dry weather is giving me skin itches. Driving me crazy sometimes. I am usuing hydrocortosone but it only gives temporary relief. Might have to visit my dermatologist after Christmas. This is my first Christmas alone in 57 years. Well, not really alone but living alone. My kids still see me and will come over the holidays. Wife's facility is planning a Christmas lunch next Tuesday. My DIL, grandson and I will go to that. Two sons have to work that day. I cooked some old frozen okra yesterday that I found in the freezer. Won't do that again. It worked like a laxative I think. My plumbing is not up to that kind of stuff anyway. My nephew in North Carolina who is a fishing guide near Jacksonville has been catching some nice speckled trout and a few striped Bass this month. Gettin limits on the trout. I just drool over the pictures. Looks like good eating. I had a piece of swordfish at a local restaurant lately. It was over cooked and too thin. Can't eat too much swordfish anyway because of the mercury problem they say. I figure at my age, I will outlive in problems like that.
Ray
SPMan
Ray - glad you have a bit of a calendar to fill out the days. I have a lot of hobbies but as I get older I wonder which ones I will really stay active in. A bit of a puzzle as I continue my slow/plodding focus on cleaning out closets, etc., so hopefully I and the family are not burdened with a lot of junk. A lot of the junk is associated with things I was interested in and saved for a future activity. Now some of it needs to go...
Roy, good news. My last was the fist without polyps also in over 25 years so they let me go 5 years this time.
Ray, sounds like you have a lot of nice plans.
We took a trip to Waldomart and got meds and some stocking stuffers for the grand kido Jordan. Loads for his new dinosaur train.
Great news, Roy! Some snohiozone came down today after I got to work. Walk today was very tiring as sidewalks were all slushy. I had to make sure every step was precise. Work was quiet as pain two was gone. Going to be very cold the next few days. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all. Not a lot going on. Tomorrow is Christmass shopping day lol. Been pulling trains out so I can rearrange the cubby hole ( as I callit ( it a space above the closet in here that is about 3'W x 3'H x8'L . ) Anyway I'm trying to do a inventory while I'm at it.
Figured out when it comes time to redo my insurance on them I need to up it. As I think my postwar train sets alone exceed the coverage or comes real close.
Hope all have a good day tomorrow
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Mornin' boys. Partly cloudy and 34 along the Patterson Creek cutoff. The day before the polar vortex, so I'll clean the pellet stove grates and throw a fresh bag in the hopper. FifeMax got me up way too early.
Roy - For Father's Day, ask the kids to rent you a 10 yard roll-off can. Wish mine had...
rt - Perhaps you'd like to trade some of the PW for N...?
Morning all. Not a lot happening . Going shopping today.
Hope all have a good day, talk to you all later.
Morning all. Sunny and 45 degrees. Al's super cold for us hits tomorrow afternoon, night and Friday. Now saying 39 degrees high. Normal high is mid 50's.
Roy, great news.
Got a ribbon cutting at a new subdivision at 2. Wells Fargo stage coach and horse giving rides around the streets. Christmas shopping this AM. Hope I don't see RT. FIL does not need transfusion. Dr. referring him to cardiologist. Have a good one.
Afternoon gang!
Cloudy all day again today. 49 for a high. Same tomorrow. High 60's or low 70's for Friday/Saturday. Then - BOOM - 31 Sunday...
Fife - only if they also agree to wheel it out also...
Chief - prayers for your FIL
Leaves are finally falling here - latest I have ever seen...
Good afternoon,
Back cracker did me in.
Ouch. One more time and I am done. Two weeks.
Went through all of my monthly bill receipts for the year and stored them away and burnt all of them from 2013.
Deer are lining up at the front door for a handout.
Had a beer with Brian and picked up a 55 gallon barrel he got me for a replacement burn barrel.
Temp got up to 20 but has been dropping since noon and will hit 0 tonight with strong wind out of the west. The north south roads are slick where it is blowing the snow across. If they are right Roy, -16 Sunday night with a daytime high of 1. And that is not windchill.
RT, is you e-mail not working? Sent you some info but never heard back?
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