He's alive great to see you John hows things been going. Been sos o here but on the good side.
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AF53 Thanks guys for the birthday wishes and the pending wedding. Had a great day as everyone was over for dinner and cake. York is a couple of weeks away and John and I will be there. Later.....
Thanks guys for the birthday wishes and the pending wedding. Had a great day as everyone was over for dinner and cake.
York is a couple of weeks away and John and I will be there.
Later.....
Ray, I'm also sorry i missed your birthday so "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"
And this John will be there too.
AF Ray, sorry I missed your
Getting ready to head south. Frankie lives 43 miles from me. Long county.
Sun did come out.
Later
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Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Good morning all,
Pool guy came yesterday and replaced the drain plug in the filter tank that was leaking. Thought they might include the part (only $10) in the price of the service call but wouldn't. Thought that was excessive. That's short sighted. I'll think twice about using them again. They missed an opportunity to win a new customer.
Fife, I don't want to shun the guy, just see a little less of him. Sorry to hear of your experience.
Talked to a friend this morning who might be interested in my bad order MTH 4-8-4 for a display model. Don't know what I should ask for a selling price. I think it's worth at least $300. It has that much DCS electronics in it that could be reused in something else.
My number two son is back in the dating game again after a long hiatis. He is dating a gal with a PHD who might want to go to medical school. Hope something works out for him.
Started walking again today after two days of goofing off.
Pleasant weather for a few days but gradually heating up by this week end.
later,
SPMan
Fife,
It had no damage other than the rust throughout. It's just looks so bad because good original fog lights and headlight motors are rare and worth so much. My only regret is not destroying the engine and transmission so the yard couldn't make money on them. Still ran great at 204,685 with only routine maintenance. Didn't use or leak anything. Only bodywork every done was some PDR on the passenger door and small rust repair on the roof.
Brent,
It's weird. I feel relieved, but I miss both of them at the same time. The day it got towed out was the first day since 1992 that there wasn't at least one Probe here. Between my dad, brother, and myself, we've had six of them.
Jim
fifedog 88 - Fifepup should score a calendar or something at least... If I were a bettin' man, my money would be on you having some sort of Christmas layout under the tree. So, you guys are stayin' put?
88 - Fifepup should score a calendar or something at least... If I were a bettin' man, my money would be on you having some sort of Christmas layout under the tree. So, you guys are stayin' put?
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Hello all
A fairly chilly morning here on the mountain. W/ Oct rapidly approaching we will soon be below freezing.
Joe - love to see a pic of the XF-85 at the AF Museum. I've seen the one @ Offutt.
JimT - I feel your loss. There are time's when I think I might want a newer car again. Prob if I had to drive more I would. Fortunately we don't have the rust issues in AZ and it's really nice not to make car payments.
Don - use hominy instead of corn, then the Chief can install an O scale grismill
Time to get on w/ the day
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Afternoon all. Had EARLY breakfast meeting with school system. Then errands. Still cloudy but not rain. Suppose to have cleared off. More errands to run and then go to Frankie's. He has shoulder operation tomorrow AM. Then I "nurse" till Friday. Told him we would eat a lot of Snoopy's hotdogs [a hotdog chain near his house].
John, what it really should do is pop corn all around the tracks. Then I could just walk around picking it up and eating it.
Have a good one.
Mornin' fellasHaven't posted since the trip to FL... still getting back into the swing of things.Redfire - you'll be happier now that they are gone. You can spend the money more wisely and on more worthy ventures! Fife - I'm glad I didn't have a sip of coffee in my mouth when I read your last post! Customer-of-the-month!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!Looks like I won't be making York in October. I'll be ordering the kitchen cabinets tomorrow and the flooring this weekend. Also have to call my general contractor friend to see if I can get the number for the countertop people... not looking forward to all the work, but sure am looking forward to the results! This will also most likely mean that I will not get the train garden under the tree done this year... sigh.
Thought I better check in before the end of the month or I might be evicted. Read a couple of pages and it appears that everyone is in reasonably good health.
Don, I liked the popcorn idea for the Chief's engine. Help keep him from dozing at the controls.
Typing this from the Toy Train Museum. Cut back on my volunteering to one day a week in Strasburg instead of two. Now alternating between here and the PA RR Museum on Tuesdays. Saves 40 miles of commuter time driving a week
Weather here has been great for September with cooler than normal temps most of the time, could have used a little more rain, but not yet in a drought as year to date is a little above normal.
John
Mornin' boys. Kinda sticky here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back on nights. Had a big sigh of relief yesterday as Youngest Princess passed her eye exam. Celebrated at Friendly's afterwards.
Redfire - Ahhh, you and fifepup are part of the same club. Good luck with the repair. Fifepup's up for customer-of-the-month at our favorite body & fender joint...
AF53 --->
cnw1995 - Let's hope you don't see any proto-smoke while in the chair.
SPMan - I've recently had a dear friend shun me...be gentle, but honest.
Doug: Had a tooth pulled the other day. Good luck at the dentist.
Rain again here in "sunny" Orlando. Having the outside of the house painted. Slow go with the weather. Can't wait for the "Dry Season".
Have a great day.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill........
Good Morning, Joe....
It is a cool 50 degrees. Going up to 72 today with a chance of rain this evening.
Today is a busy day. I have several errands to run and chores around the house. Lunch and a nap, later.
Cheerios for breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Just a quick drive-by. Saw this and just couldn't resist: http://www.youtube.com/embed/TmsozWDwz_A?rel=0
Been really busy with club & home stuff so just to pooped to do much of anything. Will be in the dentist chair for awhile tomorrow, we''l see what it brings.
Nite all !
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V8Vega Redfire the damage doesn't seem that bad but I guess its gone. Is that a Probe? Even in our big self service junkyards parts would be hard to find. Tue. 85 Wed. 86 Thur. 97 Sat. 106My 87 Prelude Si started to shimmy especially noticeable at low speed. I could feel the steering wheel move back and forth a little.I looked at the front tires carefully and didn't see anything wrong. So I jacked up the front and with it idling in low gear watching the rotating tire one had a lump tread separation you could plainly see then.One good thing about living amongst the illegal aliens is there is a tire shop every couple of miles. I'll get a used tire tomorrow. Used as I plan to sell this car in a year and a half.We have wild Parrots here, I've lived here 25 years and they were here when I moved here. I heard they escaped from a Avery in a wind storm. They stick together, fly around in a flock, land in the trees and make a lot of noise. I don't mind, I think their kind of unique.
Redfire the damage doesn't seem that bad but I guess its gone. Is that a Probe? Even in our big self service junkyards parts would be hard to find.
Tue. 85 Wed. 86 Thur. 97 Sat. 106My 87 Prelude Si started to shimmy especially noticeable at low speed. I could feel the steering wheel move back and forth a little.I looked at the front tires carefully and didn't see anything wrong. So I jacked up the front and with it idling in low gear watching the rotating tire one had a lump tread separation you could plainly see then.One good thing about living amongst the illegal aliens is there is a tire shop every couple of miles. I'll get a used tire tomorrow. Used as I plan to sell this car in a year and a half.We have wild Parrots here, I've lived here 25 years and they were here when I moved here. I heard they escaped from a Avery in a wind storm. They stick together, fly around in a flock, land in the trees and make a lot of noise. I don't mind, I think their kind of unique.
Dennis,
I had a steel brake line pop as I was backing it down the driveway. After 17 years in PA, it was too rusty to be worth fixing. The missing parts are because I stripped it before sending it to the yard. Probes, especially in GT trim, are seldom seen around here anymore. Even the yards don't keep them long
SPMan Speaking of a pain in the neck, still trying to figure out how to see less of a friend from church who has latched on to us like glue since his wife passed away. Don't mind once in a while but I see more of him lately than my own kids. She passed away over a year ago and he seems to be adjusting in most ways. He needs more friends than us. The trouble is, he keeps doing favors for us. Hard to complain when someone is nice to you.
Speaking of a pain in the neck, still trying to figure out how to see less of a friend from church who has latched on to us like glue since his wife passed away. Don't mind once in a while but I see more of him lately than my own kids. She passed away over a year ago and he seems to be adjusting in most ways. He needs more friends than us. The trouble is, he keeps doing favors for us. Hard to complain when someone is nice to you.
Ray,
There are plenty of examples around for you to follow to drive him ( or anyone ) away. Your acts of kindness may pay off at some point. Or don't go to so big a church.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Just thought I'd check in. Haven't felt like doing much since this happened:
Done after 17 years and 204,685 original miles. Stripped it and set it to the crusher.
Good afternoon all,
Still waiting for pool repair guy to show up. Took wife to doctor this morning. She is doing good physically. He prescribed some muscle relaxers for her neck pain but a mild dose.
Aloha from a sunny and warm Chicago. Looks like this will last a few days before it gets cold right before the weekend. Joe should be happy as that cold front usually heads east. We had a pleasant quiet weekend marred by the Bears loss. Didn't make it down to the basement to play with trains...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morninng everyone, and Chuck!
I'm typing a quick post during my lunch break at work. The weather is fantastic, but still a bit too warm for me. It's almost October and I'd prefer cooler temps. The weekend was busy with chores and baseball games. However, on Sunday I took the boys to the Air Force museum since they had a WWI commemoration event this past weekend. There were many WWI aircraft on display and flying which was really cool. They had many activities so it was a fun day.
I hope you all have a great day.
Joe
Good Morning,
AF53, Congrats on the wedding plans!
Everything going well here. I went to a couple of swap meets this past weekend with Chris, I did the sales, he did all the physical work. We did well.
Of course our drought conditions continue and "is getting worse". I cannot recall when we were not IN a drought. I mean the rainfall hasn't really changed a lot over the the past decade or so, but there sure are a lot of new developments and a significant increase in population, strange. Then. with all the water main breaks, at least one a week, and they are in excess of 20,000 gallons per hour, seems it is a resource management issue to me.
Plan on working in the train room today. Want to get some lights resolved on one engine, and then start doing the upgrade for the Chief's engines. (Was thinking about a minor mod to one of his engines. With a slightly larger smoke stack diameter, and removing the wicking from the smoke unit, then substituting popcorn kernals for smoke fluid. And, could always use the "Popcorn" scented smoke fluid in the other unit? Hmmmmm !)
Hope everyone has a great day, and Stay Healthy!
Don
Sunny and warm today.......HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY af53
Nice warm hi 70s.
Those 2 teck geeks should have their own forum. It would be fun to watch them duke it out.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Yeah I bet it is coming from MD area to WV I'm sure it is.
rt - We did the math. The move is definitely in our favor.
Cloudy and rainy good morning. Suppose not to have to a lot of rain. We'll see. Actually will be good for some light showers.
Getting things kind of wrapped up around here. Got an early morning breakfast at PNC Arena about school volunteers tomorrow AM. Go to Frankie's tomorrow night as he has shoulder operation Wed. AM. Be his nurse until Friday AM.
Hope all of you have a great week. Buckeye, work hard for my SS check.
Later.
Hey Fifedog I seem to remember W.V. wasn't retirement friendly ( meaning they tax your SS and your retirement. And for me I will not live where there is a HOA I can not see living where I have to pay someone to tell me what I can and cannot do. I understand the good to it but if you find a decent neighborhood over all. Yeah I can also see the bit about cars unless there old classics kept up in good shape then I would be in awe but I know what you really meant
Morning all Not a lot planned for today there calling for rain like 80% today. So thinking I just may get some
Hope all had a good weekend time to get some stuff done like breakfast so you all have a good day
Mornin' boys. Red sunrise and 60 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Spent a very nice day with Fifepup yesterday, especially witching our RAVENS destroy the Carolina Cams. Then, came home and oldest princess treated us to dinner.
Chief - I would've said,"You gals are welcome to stay, but the doggies gotta check into Motel 6..."
SPMan - Normally I'd offer to watch your train collection, but things tend to get lost during a move....
AF53 - We're starting off with 7 next month. There will be comers and goers, but if she falls in love with one... Deal killers will be school district, high taxes, high HOA fees, and neighbors with a row of old cars in their front yard.
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