Good evening all,
Reffed 2 games and watched another one on Telemundo. Went to a "Power of the Past" event in town and was mostly flea market and toy tractor show. Did some work on projects. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening all!
Another busy week. Completed several projects.
Dealing with our geriatric mutt. Her liver is in bad shape and vet cannot predict how long she has left. Strangely she has really perked up in the last couple of days. We stopped any meds that were making her uncomfortable and that has made her even better. But she is at that point where she cannot completely control herself so at times she wants outside every 4 minutes.
Have a great day tomorrow all!
Regards, Roy
Morning all. Passing through real fast. Been extra busy. Need to retire.
Sunny and not as humid. Watering as DRY.
Oldest and Wifey have b'day dinner later this afternoon.
Roy, sorry for your dog. Are family members. Wifey has a corner of the back yard next to the fence as pet grave yard. Had stones, flowers and a dog "monument" in the middle. Been through quite a few here over 30 years.
Glad Buckeye is behaving. Don't have to come and call him down.
Hope all have a great week ahead.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Roy, sorry about the dog. Best you can hope for is a peaceful passing.
Gold line had a station dedication in Arcadia yesterday. Drove by there enroute to TCA meet but did not stop. Big crowd and lots of cars parked. Local politicians holding forth on the occasion.
Picked up 10 train video tapes at the meet. Turns out I already had one of them on the Pacific Electric. Maybe I can trade with somebody. One tape was all about the Big Boys over Sherman Hill with commentary by Steve Lee, former head of the U.P.Steam Program. It was made before the 4014 was moved from Pomona back to Cheyenne for restoration but that project is looking dead lately.
Still nursing my cold/flu or whatever. Taking over the counter stuff for the weekend. Will check in with Doc next week if I need it.
Got a lot of tapes to look at.
Ray
SPMan
Hey Roy, sorry about the dog. That always sucks. We have not been able to bring ourselves to replace Lacey who passed 6 years ago.
Well the house is quiet and still. Jordan was overall very good for a two year old., He did however find the spur switch and drive Thomas at full speed into the rear of the parked General set causing death and destruction on a massive scale at the antique tractor and car show on the layout.
Ray, Take care of that cold/flu or whatever. You got enought to deal with.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Roy sorry to hear about your dog they are family.
Ray take care of the cold/flu you don't need that right now.
Evening all not much going on today. just relaxing. I see the Chief came back glad to see him he's beem mia for a while.
Prayers for all in need talk to you all later
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G'day All !
Been nursing the same thing as Ray, cept I made a visit to the dac last Tuesday. A Z'pack and a big bottle of cough supressant later it hasn't let go yet. The cough supressant has lots codeine, so one dose and it's . Good stuff. Didnt take any to the museum on Friday so it kinda made for a long day.
Roy, tuff to lose a four footed family member. We had to say goodbye to our last one about 12yrs ago. In spite of everybody's insistence I am adamant in saying no to getting another dog. He was my cabinet making buddy, he was always welcome to the lumber yards and the bank drive up tellers knew him by name and always sent out a treat with my receipts.
Been kinda crazy here at the house, had a contractor do some rebuilding of the balconey prior to a complete repaint. So you know how that goes, you find a whole host of "hidden" repairs before the original work can be completed. What starts as not so cheap work turns into WHOA. The biggest issue was the beam that spans the 2 car garage door and supports the fireplace and double french doors in the living room wall had to be replaced. They showed me why it had sagged almost 2 inches in the middle, there was a split that ran almost the full length down it's side.
Oh well, it will be almost new when finished and the new paint is really looking good.
Later guys.
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Good news, bad news weekend. Girls won 4-0 Saturday and the boys tied 2-2. Sato got a 6th for AJ this weekend. Bad news is that Justin Wilson was badly hurt in a wreck. Tony Stewart loaned his plane so JW's family could be flown by his side. Roy, I feel your pain on the family pet. I worked on a couple of projects that needed to be done, but they took much longer than they should have. Leg is doing better. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mornin' boys. Humid and 71 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back to school for last princess today. She was so excited, she woke up at 0430. First day of high school.
My doggie issues are well chronicled here. Best wishes to Roy and his family.
Aloha from a pleasant looking Monday in downtown Chicago where i can hear the squeals from the Board of Trade already this morning. Roy, I'm sorry about your dog. Kev, that sounds like quite a wreck on the layout. I hope you have a contract with Herzog for clean-up. Fife, I looked up trains in WV for you to ride with Buckeye. It looks like there are quite a few lines to enjoy within a few hundred miles or so. MikeC, that sure was nice of Tony to lend his plane for Justin's family. What a tragedy! I'm still living without a cell phone for a few more days. I think I could get used to this except for missing work emails and calls and texts. Hmmm, why did I want another one again?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
A very nice cool dry day on the North Bluff. Would be a good day to do some yard work if I felt like it. But I don't.
Stock market????????? who talked me into it?
Doug. all is well on the layout. I should get a 1/43rd scale ambulance for these occasions.
Well have a good day!
Kev, Don't forget the first responders:
And by all means we can't forget the news crew:
KRM - News crews were never that big a deal on a scene. Only recall one bad experience in 3 decades. Now, the LOOKIE-LEWS, they drove me crazy. Especially the parents that wanted to walk right up to the sheet covering the deceased, toddlers in hand, wanting to snap a cell-phone pic.
Don't miss the job one bit...
Doug DG Good Idea, you got part numbers for those figures??
Fife, I hear you on the cell-phone picture takers. I bet you don't miss that.
I got some of that CRC 2-26 you were talking about to day and will be trying it out soon. I think I will like the stuff. Only one place around here had it. I had to go to HD 23 miles away to find it.
Kev, The first responders are by MTH, #30-11060, and the camera crew is by Prieser, #PSR65340.
I'm 60, was in Raceway Park's top ten 4 years running plus once more in the
'80's. Made the Division 1 bracket Finals 3 times. Lots of history for me at the 'Park....
Went to the Mopar show and there wasn't a whole lot going on, did meet up with 3 people I know and I guy gave me more information on my front end issue. We'll see....
Static on the house, will most likely withdraw the offer today or tomorrow, finish the car and then see whats up.
Sorry about your dog, Roy...
Get better soon, Ray...
back at it!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
After seeing the results of a steering wheel column through the chest of a fellow soldier I have no desire to ever 'document' a crash scene again, nor can I understand people's desire to witness such.All - I was asked not to share Christina's updates on the forum. I sent an email to as many of you as I could remember email addresses for, if you did not receive the update and are concerned, feel free to IM me - or send me an email.Doug - trains are one of the reasons Fife is moving West.
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Good afternoon all,
Had another scare this morning. Neighbor across the street told me that my wife came over there last night saying there were strangers in her house. The stranger was me. She forgot who I was I guess. I did not even know she went out. My son and I were both home but cold meds must have knocked me out. Anyway, neighbor's wife brought her back but I did not find out about it until she saw me watering the yard this morning. This is the second time it has happened. I got a padlock for the front door that I can lock on the inside and put a wood stick in the sliding glass door track at the back of the house. I will have to be more vigilent from now on. Also will order I.D. bracelet for her in case she gets lost. Need to relay these developments to her doctor.
Brent, For some reason I can't find how to IM you??? What am I doing wrong. And why would they not want you to up-date us????
Fairly good day at work except for one person. Weather is very nice. Some progress made on house, just not what we expected. I got the Victory drinks to "my" soccer girls. I started my sessions with my soccer "student", which went well. SP, my thoughts and prayers go out to you. Went down that road with mother-in-law many years ago. I hope everyone has a good day.
RIP JW.
Kev - the request came from TheQ, not the mods. Sent you an IM. Click on my name, then there is a 'start converstion' button that looks like an envelope.
Late evening all,
Thanks for all the kind thoughts for our pup. She is hanging in there. No telling how long this will last, but so far she seems pretty happy/comfortable.
Ray - for your wife and you.
The new Discovery show Cuban Chrome is fun to watch.
Mike - sad news about Justin Wilson. Saw there is revived discussion about some sort of cover or "canopy" for Indycar.
Hello all
Been a while since I checked in, so I just caught up on August.
Brent - hope you find a new job soon and thoughts and prayers for Christina
Kev - belated happy birthday!
SPRay - thoughts and prayers for your wife
V8 - nice score on the car!
We are still in summer maintenance mode, so I'm working 4 days on/3 off right now until late Sept. probably.
We are making good progress on the trolley. The outside painting is nearly complete and we are close to moving it under it's own power for the first time. My current project is coming up w/ air acuators for the sanders.
On the model train front not much is new except I got another Japanese N-gauge trolley. This one is a snowplow.
On the Corvair front, the van is nearly road-ready for full time use. This weekend we will install a new dual-circuit master cylinder and go thru the front brakes.
I also ended up w/ a '63 Monza Coupe that a couple of guys in the club bought to part out. We went to Page, AZ to pick up two cars (the other a '61 Lakewood wagon) and halfway to Flagstaff on the way back I convinced them to sell it to me. The fenders have been cut out and it was used as a dune buggy for a number of years. The car is fairly soild but will need a lot of work. I really like the look of the cut out fenders and bigger tires. It also has a later model front end and van axles so all the rims are now 5 bolt. And a 102HP engine under the hood which we are currently trying to un-stick.
Once I get the van fully road worthy, I will prob sell off the '65 four door. If the 102 has to come apart, I will finish the original van engine rebuild/upgrade and then put the '66 car engine that is in the van in the '63 coupe.
Needless to say, all this is keeping out of trouble:)
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 72 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Grandson duty today. Not sure what I'll accomplish.
cheapclassics - I was watching Pocono. Knew something was very wrong, right away.
submmbob - Like the ol' gal in the VW ad, you prefer 'em with "Mmaaaaannneee miles..."
KRM - funny, since I mentioned it, I can't find the 2-26 anywhere around my parts.
Good, morning,
Another cool one on the Bluff today with lots of sun. So cold last night the cat decided to stay in the house.Got the IM Brent, thanks and prayers for Christina. Bob, nice project you got there. I have found that soaking the cylinders in Marvel Mystery Oil will free up stuck pistons but I don’t know how that works on horizontal cylinders. You may have to put the Corvair on it’s side. Fife I do see you can get CRC 2-26 on line. Amazon has it in an 11 oz Can. For $5.67 You can also order it from HD.I watched Grave Yard Cars last night and they were rebuilding a 1970 SuperBee. Thought of Rich. Auto racing will always have accidents, part of the sport. Sure way better today than in the old days. Sad about JW.Well better move on.Have a good day.
An October morn.
Cloudy and cool today. The plants will take notice and start to change even though it will get warm again. No train news except for some work on a friends new modular layout.............S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Guys, thank you for your expression of concern and prayers for the wife and me. I was reluctant to post this kind of stuff here but I feel that I almost know some of you and I have met some. Everything is going along OK today in that department but I think I should get some kind of alarm system to alert me when the front door opens instead of a padlock in case of fire.
Seems humid here today. I was working up a sweat just doing light housework this morning.
Still waiting for a refund to cover repairs by Verizon from my painter who agreed to pay. Still have not received payment after three weeks. Put in call this morning. No more nice guy from me.
Glad to hear the puppy is comfortable.
Went to a TCA meet last Saturday. Someone had a prewar O gauge passenger train running with modern sounds and smoke. Interesting but not authentic. Kind of neat though.
Most of the local hardware stores sell a unit that attaches to a door that either chimes or sets off an alarm. They are usually battery operated and fairly easy to install
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=49855856
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