Morning all!
92 at 10 am - gonna be a scorcher today - 100+ easily...
Tried to do some spray primer on some lathe parts yesterday, but is was so hot the paint was starting to dry before it hit the surface, making the surface "fuzzy". Some light sanding will be required before laying on the enamel. I am brush painting the enamel so that will be an indoor activity while watching some NASCAR today (thinking of Chuck!).
Banks - good luck with the surgery. You sure accomplished a lot with a broken wing! Anything I can do to help with the lathe reassembly just give me a shout when you get back to it!
Fife - a 2-6-6-2 really? That's a big machine! Cudos to the group running that place!
Mike C - feel better. I know it is depressing to spend a lot of time not feeling tip top.
Regards, Roy
Hello there,
Roy got to admit the pills they gave me help a lot. Also learned what motions to avoid.fifedogBanks - D'atris Would like to get up to that theme park, s/e of Altoona, before summer's end.
fifedogBanks - D'atris Would like to get up to that theme park, s/e of Altoona, before summer's end.
Fife....I'll call or text when it gets closer. Are you talking about DelGrosso's? It's aa couple of exits north of Altoona on I99. Nice little park with a new water park.
Drags rained out again. Putz'ing around the house today.
Best move on
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Hey all
Dennis I believe your DR. would agree to this statement that some of mine has made. In moderation ( in other words once in a while ) it is okay. Just don't make a daily habit of it.
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Good evening all,
Did nothing today. Wife told me to stay home and rest. May try to see grandson play tomorrow. Ugh. All I did was sleep today. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Sun and 80s today.
Finally got a CTT to read. Page 11 has a pic from club member Bob Shaw. He has a knack for great detail.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Morning team!
68% humidity, 85 right now, cloudy, and might rain? Ok with me.
SJ - I was admiring that photo, NYC to boot!!
Dennis - I would love to attempt a live steam project but not sure I would ever complete it! I do make custom parts for trains for projects with the machinery I have.
Banks - good deal. Again good luck tomorrow!
Mike C - I'll bet your rest day paid off!
RT - totally agree!
Excellent NASCAR Infinity race at Indy yesterday. They made a lot of aero changes to the cars and it made the racing more competitive. A 19 yr old won against 6 NASCAR Cup drivers. Impressive. You could tell in the Martin Truex (2nd) post race interview he was not happy he could not get around the kid!
More NASCAR at Indy today!
Hot and humid. 109 and 125 heat index. Weather station is in the sun due to rain gauge. Still HOT.
Been watering when not doing Mayor stuff. Trying to keep things alive. Squirrels eating up all my tomatoes. Someone said they needed the moisture due to heat and not rain. ????
Hope all OK. Banks, hang in there.
Dennis, you too.
Got another busy week ahead. Have not even had time to look at CTT.
Rooms have walls and sheeting on top. Electrician due to get things moved by Wed. so roofer can do Thursday and Friday. Then things will really move on.
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
Howdy All !
Hope everyone's weekend was fun and relaxing.
Dennis, Since I was defined as having CHF, 6 years ago, I have been the consumate label reader for sodium(salt) content. As I have been told, heaven knows how many times, where salt goes water follows which ain't good for folks with a bum ticker. I was told to stay in the 1800 to 2000 mg of sodium per day range, however I targeted 1200 mg/day so the days I exceeded that goal in the long run I could come in closer to what the doc's wanted w/o going over. With what we tend to have for lunches and snacks at the museum I have to be somewhat flexible unless I'm doing the cooking. My approach must be working since I made it past the 5 year mark, the last study I read indicated that a little less than 50% achieve that, the next goal is 8 yrs.
Some sad news for our club. In the past week and a half two of our members have passed away. Only 49 and 51 yrs old with families, far to young to leave this world.
Enuff bad news, hope all have a good week.
Prayers for all in need.
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Evenin' boys. Demolition derby at Brickyard. Too much time under red flags. Strange race.
I've been working on the railroad. Odds and ends tomorrow in admin office (yep, they've got me in there too....). Great news is 1309 has her tubes and flues installed. Driving wheels are in position to go under boiler, and side rods are polished. Now I'm getting stoked (pun intended). What's cool is some of the faces showing up from across North America to work on the big engine.
Doug-notta. I'm sorry; 8 simply isn't good enough. Give me 20.
Chief - 125. No where to hide at that number. Woof.
Did nothing again today. Finally starting to feel better....maybe. Tried to watch taxicab race, but it drug on forever. Race ended at 9 PM. I hope everyone has a good day.
We got a rare late July 1/2 in of rain last night. High winds prior. No damage here but it filled the pool with debris from the trees. Cleaned it out this am.
Agree the race "last night'" was a strange one. Glad Kahne took the checkered.
Mike C - glad you are feeling better!
Dougnotta - my grandfather and a cousin had CHF. My cousin made it into his 80's. As Fife says! Bring it!
Fife - interesting about the volunteers. Guess folks want a chance to work on big iron. Me - remember I need a lawn chair and a "beverage" - I will cheer the troops on!
Prayers for Banks' surgery today
The 'job' ends this week except for a few follow-on and transition tasks. They'll reclaim the co PC around the end of Aug.
Roy - Some volunteers. Mainly hired guns.
Quiet day at work. I think I may be shaking this bug. Did a short walk today. Spent two hours edging and trimming. I hope everyone has a good day.
got home 'bout 6(i think)started to get my wits about around an hour ago.
Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Not much discomfort yet. They did a nerve block that should last +/- 18 hours. that will be up 'round 6 AM. Right now right hand, arm and shoulder are numb.
Gonna get back in recliner and try to sleep.
Prayers for those in need.
Banks
Morning gang,
Yesterday ended up being a pretty mild day. Did not catch the high but don't think it made much past 90 in my area. Today to get to 95/96. Nice!
Mike C - glad you are feeling better. 2 hrs in the yard is pretty strenuous!
Banks - heal quickly! Glad the surgery went well!
Fife - still impressive!
Morning all. 96/48=106 Tomorrow cooler. High 80's. Then back up. Going to farms tomorrow. Got Grady hired to help cut shooting lane.
Big hole in dinning room wall. Walk through to new den being framed. Rheumatology Dr.'s ofc. called and wanted me to go tomorrow instead of today. "No, I have already planned to go out of town Also, only day Fred can go this week. Rescheduled for next Monday. Dr. wants to confer with someone. ????? Why did they offer today if she didn't want to see me. Guess she didn't get up with other Dr. ????? Don't have arthritis. Oh well. Can't live without them. .
Good Afternoon from sunny 70°F & 58% humidity Southern Ohio,
It is very pleasant outside today. Part of me wishes I were at home working! My last check in and post was last Thursday. My bride and I went to Indianapolis over the weekend for a convention. The judging went well for the Girls and their 4-H projects. The oldest Felicity won 1st place with her quilt, and the youngest Kalie won first place with her artwork. Both will be going to the Ohio State fair later this week, unfortunately not on the same day so two trips to Columbus. Bride’s mother’s heart is acting up again and she spent the day with her in the hospital. The doctors are working out the options. MIL is 88 and generally speaking in good health.
Banks – I’m glad your surgery went well. 9 weeks for the broilers is about right. There are days when you can almost see them grow. The cooler weather helps with the weight gains.
Fife – It sounds like you are having a blast!
Chief – can you seal off the addition with a tarp or anything to keep the dust from the finished house?
Lunchbreak over and time to go
May God bless
Jim
Good afternoon all, just checking in. It has been a while since I checked the coffee pot. Doug, sorry for your loss of club members in San Diego. I have just been attending to my ailments lately. Nothing exciting going on. My friend Larry is back in Denver riding the U.P. Cheyenne rodeo train to and from the latter place powered by the U.P. 844 steam engine. I may have mentioned it already but I'm going on a private car trip up the California coast this fall to and from San Luis Obispo. Trip is to celebrate retirement of a close friend on the U.P. Chief, sorry to hear that the squirrels are having their way with the tomatoes. Time to feed those pesky things some soft lead. A neighbor across the street gave me a cherry tomato plant in a pot. It is bearing fruit now. I leave it in the sun and give it water every day but maybe I'm giving too much of one or the other. I had an in the ground plant in this same location though and it did well. Have a good week all,
Ray
SPMan
Stur-fish, if you came back I-74, you were within 2 miles of my place. Sorry to have missed you, but perhaps for the best as you would not want what we had. Work was busy but quiet again today. Finished trimming tonight and clearing sidewalks of weeds with trimmer. Feeling better today, but throat is scratchy tonight. Fortunately I get to rest the next 2 days before prepping for Mid-Ohio and trip east. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
Pretty busy today working on last projects for work before retiring. Also had to call Direct TV to get them to explain a billing issue I did not understand. They checked and were able to explain it Clearly. I would have never figured it out. Then I had to speak to Norton about their antivirus packages. They told me there is a newer package called Norton System Protection which is half the price of the older Norton Internet Security. So I signed up and they had a 40% off sign on bonus. Nice.
Chief - so you said roof on the addition was to be Wed or so. So they cut an opening before having the new area covered? Does it have a temporary cover?
Ray - good to hear from you. The private car trip sounds pretty cool! Good luck with the tomato plant. I love the cherry tomatos - make a good snack off the plant!
Mike C - glad you are continuing to improve!
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 57 along the Patterson Creek cut-off (actually saw my breath while getting the trash out to curb). FifeMax just chased two big does from the back of "his" property. He better leave Wifey's hummingbirds alone.
Company picnic today. Still have to go to station 4th floor to tend to some admin duties before hand (Phish, this is the non-fun part of rr-ing). Wifey is looking forward to putting faces to all the names I mention (she has already met big boss man).
Good Afternoon from sunny 77°F & 65% humidity Southern Ohio,
It is really nice out today. Last night before bed we went around and opened all the windows and with the night time temps dropping into the 50’s it felt GREAT!
Nights like last night re-inforce our desire to install a whole house fan similar to what we had in our old house and may have this project bump up toward the top of the Honey Do list. I did get the inside of a couple closets spot painted and collecting information on a recirculating pump that needs replaced last night.
My bride’s mom is stable and they are not really sure what is going on with her heart so they are going to run some tests today. This puts a little stress on my bride because she is going to State Fair in Columbus today with Felicity and her quilt.
Mike – The trip home had to be non-stop; but getting a chance to see faces of folks you communicate with is always neat experience.
Fife – The admin duties are the most boring I agree.
Lunch time about over, may God bless
Busy day at work. Not quiet, but a good noisy. Lots of interesting projects coming down the pike, some may even may make it worth going to work! Feds have totally thrown another monkey wrench into one project. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Well, the feds are like that. Dumb, dumb, dumb. Oh well, I can just laugh when it fails miserably. Went to see Spiderman tonight. New guy is no Toby Maguire, but he is serviceable. Having Iron Man and Captain America make appearances helped. Movie is way too long. Got a haircut as well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Revised forecast says it will hit 101 today and tomorrow. Then a cool front hits Sat and possibly low to mid 90's next week. We'll see.
Fife - hope the pic-a-nic went well and no better-than-average-bears showed up.
Mike C - first time for such a positive work report - hope it holds!
Dennis - I have noticed if you go a few days without checking in it makes you log back in. Used to not do that unless you went for a couple of weeks. Good to hear from ya!
Sturg - 50's -nice Sleeping weather! for your MIL! Hope the quilt does well at the fair. There was a big news report last night about a person, maybe a 13 yr old, getting killed on a swing ride yesterday at the Ohio St Fair. The chairs came loose? Ohio governor shut all the rides down for inspection.
Good news it only got to 98 here today. Front is on its way - tomorrow night. Bring it!
Got signed up for Medicare today! Starts in Oct. Can't wait
News tonight said GE is moving some or all locomotive production (I did not understand the way they said this) to Ft Worth from PA. Reopening a plant here that closed recently and rehiring 225.
Evenin' boys. Tired and achey tonight. Did normal duties on the daily train, then got "drafted" into brakeman duty across the river for 3 hours. Must've drank a gallon of icetea when I hit the kitchen door. And waitin' at my door was a brand new handmade 3 ft long S gauge truss bridge, that I ordered from a feller in Buffalo, NY. Best $40 bucks I ever spent. Ssshhooooweeeettt.....
Very busy day at work. Got soaked during walk at noon. Very damp afternoon. Had nice visit with old high school friend tonight and his wife. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hey yo.....
Just checking in here. Been a wild week, not been to bed before midnight most nights and back here at 8 AM, mix in an hour commute one way, yeah, real shortage of nappy time...
Should be ok this weekend, it seems its gonna be a wash out, so I'll be replaceing the collector gasket - yes again - on the road runner, but this time with aluminum not cardboard. Great reviews saying its PERMANENT.....3 time in 1 year is enough. Need to trim my 2 hedges in the back as well. AH home ownership...
Hope y'all been ok, I'm just working and trying to sleep. Need a break and a change, hopefully soon. Haven't had any 2 wheel therapy since fathers day, very sad.
Off and running again. Be back when time allows.
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
Good afternoon all, I had a reaction to some BP meds I was taking. It caused my feet and ankles to swell up. I can hardly get my shoes on now. They put me on a new BP drug today which is supposed to be better and will not cause swelling. The whole thing started when my dermatologist thought that my BP meds might be causing me to itch. Well, there was no connection and all the switch did was create new problems. Sometimes it is better to leave well enough alone. The weather continues to be seasonally hot here and therefore the garage is too hot to run trains in the day time. It gets up to about 100 degrees in there during the day and takes a long time to cool off at night. Early morning is the only good time to go in there. I have been thinking about selling off all but a few favorite trains and thin things out a little. I know a guy who will handle it on consignment for 15%. Thats not bad and saves me all the headaches of dealing with E Bay etc. Went out to breakfast today with my train buddies. Larry just got back from riding the Union Pacific Cheyenne Rodeo special from Denver to Cheyenne with the number 844 steam engine. He said he also rode the Grand Canyon Railroad on the way home. He said it is all diesel now and all streamlined air conditioned cars with domes on some. They still run the steamer on special occasions. He said the reason they gave for not running steam on a regular basis was the lack of a good water supply at the rim of the canyon. They would have to spot water cars there I suppose. He said even in Williams that there is a water problem too. We have a TTOS picnic coming up next month at the Los Angeles Live Steamer venue in Griffith Park. Walt Disney's barn is located there too and has things inside to see. It came from Walt's backyard railroad before he built Disneyland. It was a gift from his daughter Dianne Disney.
Have a good evening.
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