Good evening all,
Sunday was a great day! Got several autographs and saw a good race. Conor Daly got a top ten for AJ and we saw the pass for tenth right in front of us! Monday was a relaxing drive across southern NY.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
RT - two holer of course! Nothing but the best for Da Chief!
Sturg - happy 39th to you and the missus!
Regards, Roy
Good Afternoon from sunny 87°F & 38% humidity Southern Ohio,
It was a good weekend on Stockham Lane. Rained a lot on Friday but I was doing inside stuff. I re-keyed all the locks on the house and garage. It seemed like each door was a different brand but all had the same type of cylinder so once the locks were apart they were easy to re-key. Saturday was full tilt grass cutting attack. We reclaimed more overgrown area, but there is still more to do. In the evening after Mass, my bride and I celebrated our 39th Wedding Anniversary. She made tomato pie, one of my favorite dishes. Sunday was Mass at 9 am and 11:30 then a football team fund raiser. A little more grass cutting and another great meal made by my bride. On the train front I finally won an All Aboard Crossover Panel on ebay at a price I was comfortable with paying. It’s taken the better part of a year, and a piece of track will need repaired but it is an easy fix. I think I’m going to set up the All Aboard panels in the soon to be dedicated train room.
Don – Happy Birthday
Roy – I thought it would be a Jonny-on-the-spot too!
Fife – Stopping can sometimes be the hard part
Chief – Once in the dry is a turning point and a little less stress
Time to get ready for turnover
May God bless
Jim
dougdagrump wrmcclellan ChiefEagles Plumbing contractor just did walk around. Be here tomorrow or Wed. We are on a roll. How much planning and how long does it take to drop a porta-potty? It takes some time to carve the Half Moon in the door, not to mention digging a new pit. Howdee Peeps ! Not much going on here. Not allowed to do much of anything otherwise the BetterHalf will be giving me the skunk eye. Following my daily PT regimen for the "trapezious" muscle in the back, progress seems to be awfully slow. Got a surgical consult this Wednesday for a different issue, want to get in and get it done. Gettin' old ain't for sissies ! Speaking of "getting old" to "shake-n-bake" . think this cake needs a whole bunch more candles. Later all.
wrmcclellan ChiefEagles Plumbing contractor just did walk around. Be here tomorrow or Wed. We are on a roll. How much planning and how long does it take to drop a porta-potty?
ChiefEagles Plumbing contractor just did walk around. Be here tomorrow or Wed. We are on a roll.
How much planning and how long does it take to drop a porta-potty?
It takes some time to carve the Half Moon in the door, not to mention digging a new pit.
Howdee Peeps !
Not much going on here. Not allowed to do much of anything otherwise the BetterHalf will be giving me the skunk eye. Following my daily PT regimen for the "trapezious" muscle in the back, progress seems to be awfully slow. Got a surgical consult this Wednesday for a different issue, want to get in and get it done. Gettin' old ain't for sissies !
Speaking of "getting old" to "shake-n-bake" . think this cake needs a whole bunch more candles.
Later all.
Wife wants to know if it's a one or two seater
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Roy - Actually, I want nothing to do with hands on the throttle. Just need to know how to stop the train...
Plumbing contractor just did walk around. Be here tomorrow or Wed. We are on a roll.
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Good morning all!
Well the weather guys came through. It only got to 91 here yesterday. Low humidity and nice temps this am. Nice! 93 today and 88 tomorrow! Maybe some rain.
Don!
Chief - also saw the bomb sniffing dog funeral. They had a vet on the restored LST to put him down. Made me cry - reminded me of putting our dog down last year. Glad the addition is dryed in!
Buckeye is hard at work making sure SS is ready for him!
Fife - when do you get "cab" certified? "16 tons, and what do you get..."!
Shake & Bake!!!
Roy - From time to time; yep.
Chief - 'Tis nice to have one day off...
Where is Buckeye???? Fishing along the Upper Peninsula?
Morning. Cooler. Mow this AM. Dr. at little after noon. Special Town Board meeting called by two drama queens.
Today is Shake and Bake's birthday. Wished him a happy birthday little after midnight eastern time. He had 3 hours to go at his time zone. Wasn't going to sit up and wait.
Have a great week ahead.
The Ioway is back. Sounds good out there. BTW: we have a local Church that has a food pantry. They opened a clothes closet. Gives away clothes. We donate to that as other organizations sell them. Know the Golden Knights will miss you. Just saw on news where a Marine lab [bomb sniffer] was "retired" due to bone cancer. Gave him the same parade and burial as a Veteran. That was good.
Now if we could get that old Dr. in South Ga. to pop up.
Additon and all has new shingled roof. All buildings on the lot except big shelter [metal roof there].
Cooler and less humidity. Also some breeze.
Trying to take a day off. Got home at 10 last night. Earlier, had a 3 hour Church thing honoring black ladies over 95.
Mow tomorrow.
Have a good one.
Morning all!
82 at 10 am and only to hit 91 today according to the pundits. We'll see. Still saying low 90's for the next 7 days. Norm is 96/97 this time of year.
Fife - looks like you are fulfilling the dream - chief cook and bottle washer!
Dennis - good luck with space for the slot car track!
Mornin' boys. Clear and 55 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Some random fifeythoughts.
Add conductor hat. Crew was excited for me last night. All went well.
If Ravens sign Colin K, Fifey will root for lionroar88's team.
Good luck on the healin' Banksie.
Jonadel, go ahead and rent a 10 yard dumpster.
My new S gauge truss bridge is for the AF line that will span the Old Town area of my layout. Anyone need info on the vendor, drop me a PM.
Hope to get to the Garrett County Fair this week.
Sad to see Blaney leave the 21.
FifeMax does not like seeing big doe in back yard, not one bit.
O's should trade #13, for a top starter.
The siren doodle at the VFD really takes their job to the enth degree...
Hello there,
been less than a week and it's really old already. Did sleep better last night.
Jon.....come back more often. I have bought a couple things on Craigslist but never sold. All ways cautious.
RT.......never heard that about Goodwill. I do have a problem with the Salvation Army. Not going there now.
Off to bed.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
A very good day. Trip went well to where we are staying. Did some shopping in Seville, Ohio. Daughter coached alums to first victory ever over varsity!!! 3-2! Yes! AJ's team gave me something to cheer about as Daly is starting 11th tomorrow. Best start of season. I hope everyone has a good day.
Afternoon all!
Partly sunny and 91. 95/96 today and then tomorrow starts a predicted 7 days of below normal temps - normal being 95/96. Below normal this year for 100 or greater days. But summer ain't over yet.
Chief - glad you got a roof for the new attached train room.
Jon - cleaned out garage - nice eh?
Banks - glad the healing is going well!
Jon from all I have read Goodwill is a for profit company. Nothing goes to charity. Salvation Army or Purple Hearts is a better choice
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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I do enjoy reading about everyone's daily happenings but keeping up is not easy. We have no thoughts about moving any time soon but we are trying hard to delete what we no longer use, but oh buddy, that takes time! Sharyl was gone last week for four nights and five days so I made a committment to purge the garage. We have a large and deep two car garage where I keep all of my tools and work bench and I do enjoy hanging out in it. It's below our living room and below grade on the north and west side, nice and cool in the summer and never freezes in the winter.
I did sell my motorcycle so that really opened up a huge amount of space. Let's just say that the "garage make over" has taken all of this week and it looks fantastic. Sharyl really helped big time and I appreciated her help, we now need to load the trailer and make a dump run next week.
One big surprise is that I have sold quite a bit of "stuff" on Craig's list. I was a bit nervous to use that list but our oldest son has used it successfully and he gave me some great tips. So far so good but it still makes me nervous. We still donate quite a bit to Goodwill stores and that I like.
Can't believe that August is almost here, wish winter would go as fast as summer. Hope all is well with everyone.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Morning. Cloudy. Had some big T'storms roll through Late yesterday. New roof on all. New addition, older part of house and garage. Garage done in a couple of T'storms. Guys worked through the rain and lightning. Nothing leaked due to new "paper" which is a rubber like stuff. Once down, protects. Shingles over that.
House is a mess. OSB board over windows where a door will be and a walk through. Office window gone and OSB board. That will be drywalled in. Other side is a new walk-in closet. Dirt and then mud. Have to move vehicles early every morning as work trucks block everything. BURR. Electrical being moved to new meter base. All this while busy Mayor stuff.
Got a Mayor thing at noon at local Church. Something all the time. Spent most of yesterday at loccal elementary school dooing things with kids.
Hope all hav a good weekend.
Hello there, TGIF!!!!!
Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes.
Been an interesting week. Hired a driver (Mrs) to take me to the office and visit a job site. Did some things that could have been put off but I feel a lot better knowing it's done. My driver had no rest yesterday till my desk got a long over due cleaning. The cleaning crew has standing instructions my desk and print tables are off limits. Took me days to figure things out the one and only time they cleaned and organized. Probably spent 12 hours working this week.
Shoulder feeling better than I expected . It would be easy to over do and screw it up. Been taking the prescribed pain pills more for a sleep aid. Ibuprofen in the day time.
John bummer on the maters. Son scattered a couple boxes of moth balls in the garden. Seems to be working so far and smells good too....Daughter picked 2 grocery bags of green beans and some green peppers today Got some zucchini and egg plant too. A handful of maters are turning.
Tonight is the 1st back in bed. Got some extra pillows to keep me off the shoulder. Sleeping on the recliner wasn't getting it. The pain pills are kicking in.
Night all.
Evening all!
Hot today at 101. Grilled out and it was 103 under the back porch. Cooler tomorrow at 96.
Ray - I forgot to mention a while back I also have the phantom itching. Back right shoulder and my upper thighs. Argh. Great ride your friend related about Cheyenne and Grand Canyon rides. Hope you get the BP meds back under control Soon.
Fife - sounds like you are having fun? And whatcha gonna do with the S scale bridge?
Mike C - safe travels!
Anj - so 4th times the charm?
Busy day at work,but good. Good weather for walk. Mowed yard with big mower in about an hour and a half. Not bad. MR and Trains came today, which is good timing for the trip. Will be on the road for the next week and a half. THIS will be vacation. I hope everyone has a good day.
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.
Ray
SPMan
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
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.
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.....
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.
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.
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