May Coffee Pot 15 years old. Grits and sweet tea or coffee and donuts. Your choice.

[lion88roar]

Afternoon fellas

Busy weekend, and I had to put in over 12 hours of work for work.... seriously need to find a new job. I went to college and grad-school so I wouldn't have to work weekends, esp holiday weekends!

Spent Friday evening driving Northwest of Frederick, MD. Went up and over the mountain 6 times! Tanked the Durango's MPG! but she held up beautifully. Kiddos are growing up far too fast, and are far more intelligent than I was at their age! Everything is a negotiation with Christina now, and Matthew is just... well the quintesential boy.

Fife - sounds like a lovely wedding. Can't wait to see the pics... speaking of which - we need to get together prior to the exodus!

Haircuts? If it weren't for the scenery I would cut my own!

Found this weekend that my 8 year old Kenmore gas grill has some new holes where there isn't supposed to be holes. Been pricing a new grill and am highly considering a Weber Summit. A bit pricey for my taste, but if it lasts 20+ years which many of the reviews are claiming it will be worth it, and I may be able to pass it down to Matthew.

Nothing new on the train front... still lots planned, but finding the time is getting harder and harder.

[dougdagrump]

venin' All.

Fife, Congas on the wedding success. Now the question is  "did Dad get a bit tearey eyed during the Father Daughter Dance" ?

Finally got my appointment for my ICD procedure, later part of June. However I do have a big question for the doc during the pre-op routine a week before. Just discovered that some states pull the driver's license of ICD patients, guess they are concerned that the defibrolater will fire while you are behind the wheel. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me since the reason for it firing would more than likely cause you to wreck anyway. DUH Oh well, if it happens I told the BetterHalf I'd get rid of the truck and buy a big sedan and a chauffer's cap for her. She chuckled and said if that's what it takes to keep you around for awhile.

Busy day at the museum on Friday and Monday, lots of visitors all day. Guess the not so nice weather brought everyone indoors.

Gettin' tired, see ya'll later.

 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Long day at work.  Longer night at home.   PT has some starting issues now.  No rest for the wicked....   Hopefully quiet day at work tomorrow.   Too many issues to deal with now.  Hopefully will get to play game in warmer weather Wednesday night.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep  on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Sunny & 70 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  During my travels yesterday, might have found an 1882 General...we shall see.  Finished stitching up my jib seam, so will hank it up on the rolling furler today.  Need to start cleaning the treeboogers from the rainspouts, before the nursery blooms.  Fifepops has been called upon to babysit every Tuesday for the near future.

dougnotta - I only teared up when I saw how small the 1k wedding cake was...

88 - Any Tuesday works for me....

[sir james I]

Fife women sure love to plan weddings, but few have to pay the bills, yes of course I know some do help. Our forum friend Mr Murphy is only a few weeks away from where you are now. Sun, high of 80. Storms yesterday afternoon, more expected for today's PM.

S.J.

[cnw1995]

Aloha from a sunny and humid Chicago. Looks like a nice day of work for all the Social Securians. Yes, SJ, there's always something new that requires just a tiny bit more added to the bill. At least I don't have to pay a pastor because I'll be doing the service myself. LOL. I will be taking Fife's advice about comfy shoes to heart. Thank goodness this is my only daughter. 

[dougdagrump]

Don't suppose a HoHo & Ding Dong cake would have gone over very well even if it were topped with Twinkies.  

Roy, Prayers for all those in Texas & Oklahoma.

[ChiefEagles]

Afternoon all.  Home schoolers and Mom's just left.  Viewed gardens and got tips.

Here are the tomato cages I built.

 

Here are the practical ones from Burpee I use.

Later

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Horrible day at work.  Good night for soccer.  Unfortunately, I stayed on the field about one run too many and got beat by a player on the other team who had a one on one with the keeper, which he converted.   Final score was 1-0.  Ouch.   Good news is that we should break ground next week on house addition.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Banks]

Hello there,

Watched grandson's little league team get clobbered

$!!#/%€_€%=÷+× Phone updated and screwed every thing up. Can't find anything and the colors all run together. May go to the Verizon Store and raise he**. Probably won't help but I'll feel better.(spent 15 minutes trying to make this post. Finaly went and got laptop)

Fife ............do you have a timeline on the exodus?????????

Doug.......Good luck with the Nuptuals

Chief..........Nice job

Kev..........lots of ash trees are looking poorly here too. We shall see how my treatment works

Best move on

Prayers for those in need

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Saucy day in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Did get yatchet all set up yesterday.  Perhaps get out on it tomorrow afternoon.  As for today, grandson is coming over, so nothing will get done.

Banks - My personal timeline is by October.  Ideally, by Labor Day.  In reality, one day at a time here.

[KRM]

Hi guys,

 57 going to 85 with 0% chance of rain. Bright sun and no clouds. The rains are coming to get Doug and us tomorrow. So no Trains today. I will be cutting grass as soon as the dew dries off.

Doug is the big day going to be done inside or outside?

 I should find out what time tomorrow Lexi's surgery is by noon. My job will be to care for Jordan during the surgery and tomorrow night so I will have my hands full and there will be trains then for sure.

Banks, Why they call them SMART phones. I don't even look for the dead Ash back in the woods but there is a lot of them in there to. I have way too many trees to treat them and they are dead everywhere around here. It just breaks my heart to see it.

[cnw1995]

Aloha from a beautiful summer day. As Kev said, rain tomorrow and temps crash in time for the weekned. The Big Day is outside - but inside if it is raining. Only wedding at the place so that makes it easier I hope.

[SPMan]

Doug, best wishes on the wedding.  Hope you don't get rained on.

Roy, hope you are safe with all the flooding in Texas.  Crazy weather!  We're still in drought over here.

Yesterday was graduation day for my grandson from local high school.  It was held in local college football stadium.  Got there early but still had to walk about a mile after parking.  Had a nice reception after with all the relatives on both sides of the family.  Ate a lot of crab claws and other seafood.  We all had  good time and grandson made out pretty good with a lot of cash gifts.  He got a scholorship to The University of California in Irvine this fall and will major in mechanical and aeronautical engineering.

Ray

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

For all the people who have been here awhile, IIABSDISEI!  As AJ would say, "All in all, it was a good day."  The upgrade went well at work and I got a tiny bit of payback for all the years of being corrected by one of the coworkers.   The weather was nice for my noon walk.  We got the car down to the dealership and the yard was mown in time for the weekend.   Doug M, good luck with the wedding activities this weekend.  You can do what I did with both of the girls and ask them before they went down the aisle if they were absolutely sure about what they were doing.  If it were only that easy......   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[KRM]

Good evening,

 Well I got my marching orders from daughter Katie. Lexi goes under the knife at 2:30PM tomorrow so I will pick up Jordan at 3:00 from day care and bring him here for the night. Katie warned me of what she called his sprinkler effect. When he gets mad he will cry till he pucks all over the place like someone turned on a puck sprinkler.    Oh Joy. Glad Sandra will be here if that goes down. He is one hard headed kid for sure. All should be fun.   What it should be Fife!!! 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Sunny, hot and humid.  No town stuff today [I hope].  Chores here.

Dennis, safe travels.

Humm, unAmerican sport heads in trouble.  Sad.  Such a great sprot and following.  It will keep going with out them.

Prayers Ray.  I understand.

Shake and Bake keeps failing the CA smog test.  Wonder what he has been eating?????

Well, Buckeye, Doug M and others get to take a few off for the weekend.  SS checks seem to be OK.

Someone stick a sock in RT's mouth.  Don't see any "smart" carpetbagger remarks lately.

Later

 

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill..........

It is a sunny and hot day. High 83.  Not much going on here. I am watching the Indians game from last night in Seattle. It was on at 10pm, so I recorded it.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Buckeye & LAZ...............TGIF

Chuck

[rtraincollector]

ChiefEagles

Someone stick a sock in RT's mouth.  Don't see any "smart" carpetbagger remarks lately.

Saving up for when I move close to you . 

[sir james I]

80s today, we are expecting rain/storms again before the day is over. It has come to my attention that some are not sure when ice cream season begins. So it starts on Jan 01 and runs through Dec 31. However Banilla is open season all year long. Just enjoy.

S.J.

 

 

 

 

[dbaker48]

Morning All,

Things going good here!  FINALLY, got ALL the painting done.  Finished with the pool heater and filter yesterday, and that was the things I was dreading the most.  But, they look good.

Also managed to get the El Camino to pass the SMOG tests, ended up having to have the carburator rebuilt, but may end up getting better gas mileage, hope so.

My FIL backed into some gates on his driveway, so will need to replace them this next week.  Tough getting old, he really tries hard, but just can't do stuff like he wants to anymore.

Then Chris bought a car yesterday from CarMax.  I think he got a pretty good deal, its a 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser, 4wd.  Really looks nice, and only 60k on it.  He bought an extended warranty that covers 5yr or 150k.  Normally I dont go for the extended warrantys, but thought this would be an exception.  It includes everything, all electronics, drive train, suspencion and was not very pricey.

Good luck this week-end Doug!!!  Hope everything goes as well for you as Fife's did.  That is awesome that YOU are performing the ceremony.  Now you can additionally hold them responsible directly to you for the vows they make to each other.  Best Wishes for the new couple!

Chief, you were commenting about me not passing the air tests, and wondering what I was eating.  Well, it was the "Golden Coral" 

Going to go and see what I can get into today, wont be anything too big as we are working both Sat & Sun this weekendl

So, you all take care, and Stay Healthy!

[rtraincollector]

Well since the chief asked here's a pic of his nephew cutting the chiefs back yard grass with his new lawn mower Pat sold him

 

 

 

[cnw1995]

Aloha. What a weird weather day - it'll rain suddenly, then sun, then rain again, sun, rain, sun... you get the idea. Supposed to somehow drop into the 50s over the weekend. Fortunately, the wedding is actually June 13 - not this weekend - so I have a bit more time to pray for good weather. 

[Banks]

Hello there,

TGIF!!!

Coulda swore I posted last night but I can't find it. Even saw it this morning when I got up??? Senior Moment I guess

OH Well......

Fife......You gonna have the new Fife House by August????? That'sa pretty quick turnaround even for Modular

Doug........You Can do that?????

Been meaning to ask for a while......How'd we skip from 12 years to 15 in the title????

RT.............Good One. Speaking of Pat. Has anyone heard from him?

Gotta go for fasting bloodwork in the AM. Doc not pleased with me. Started on Victoza today to try and get things under control. Biggest problem is I find myself eating cause it tastes good when I'm not even hungry.

Best head t bed

 

Prayers for those in need

 

[rtraincollector]

Banks usually all you have to say is Pat Lawson and he will pop in the next day sure all is going fine with him 

[Banks]

Hello there, 

Quick sip this am.

Sir james. ...I haven't seen him here in  forever. 

Seeing the flooding in Texas.  Anybody hear from Roy?

Gotta go 

 

Prayers for those in need 

[sir james I]

Banks you are right, haven't seen Pat here in quite awhile.

As for the 15 year thing I Thought I just copied the heading and changed the invite a tad. It should have said May 2015, then the years. On Monday morning someone can fix it for June.

S.J.

 

[rtraincollector]

Banks with some research it seems the pot is actually only 11 years old as it was started April 15 2004 by chief here is the link to the original post and that coffee pot lasted many years before some cried and had us change it to a monthly thing as it was to long for them also originally we could see who was on the pot by scrolling down to the bottom and more or less have a conversation with them directly like a chat room type thing. That went away first then the monthly came about 2 years later I think. anyway here is the historic link that started it all 

 http://cs.trains.com/ctt/f/95/t/14891.aspx?page=1 

 

[anjdevil2]

Back in the salt mines again....

Picked up a used twice Winter Wonderland Express for $100 cash...local guy.

Looks great very new...

STILL waiting for my license plates - 4 to 6 weeks from May 12

Just trying to get through the day, didn't sleep well last night and I'm up most of the night as the GF and I are going to the Korean Spa up in North Jersey.

Mostly cloudy and breezy about 80 right now....

Fife - glad the ceremony went smoothly.....I'm dreading my Princess getting married.....the waterworks may not shut off....

Back to work.... for those in need..

 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Sunny & 70 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Oldest princess gets AA today in Criminal Justice.  She works at our Circuit Court, and really likes her work.  Fifepup getting new job at Marine Max.  Middle Princess did a charity paint run down in DC yesterday.  Me, I worked around fifedom.

V8Vega - sounds like you've found a new home!

Banks - Start drinking water.  And if you use Splenda, stop.

anjdevil - You are really asking me to stip into it with the Korean Spa....