Good evening all,
My condolences Buckeye. Watched several good matches today. Mexico's win over Germany was most unexpected. Took the mini van to get gas for it and it sounds like (Vroom) the exhaust system needs some work. Still hot here. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Buckeye, sorry for you loss. Condolences to your family.
Happy Fathers day to all. My two sons took me out to dinner. One yesterday and the other one today so I got two dinners. We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory today and had chicken Marsala with angel hair spaghetti. Very good. I am baby sitting my oldest son's cockateal bird for a week while they are on vacation. Bird drives you crazy until you let him out of the cage. Going to see my dermotologist Wednesday for foot problem. Some kind of fungus I think. Podiatrist gave me some meds but they are not working too good. Also have something that feels like an ingrown toenail on big toe.
My brother in Virginia on hospice was able to get in a wheel chair today and come outside for a few minutes. He has been bedridden for some time now.
Edison company is turning off all our power this coming Wednesday ---AGAIN. This will be about the third time. Last time power was off for about 12 hours. They are replacing some poles near us. That day temp. is predicted to be 95. Great time to have no air conditioner. I think I will just go somewhere and wait it out.
later, Ray
SPMan
Buckeye - My thoughts are with you.
Mornin' FellasCelebrated 12 years of wedded bliss with TheVPQ yesterday. I got a power washer for Father's Day, so I spent the day power washing the house, 1/2 the front walk, front porch, posts and railings, back porch, and tried it out on the wood decking on the stoop to the screened porch. It made quick work of it and the stoop looks really good. May just finish power washing it, then sand and seal it. Just have the side wall to the sunroom and the rest of the front walk to finish tonight - or later this week if we get the rain tonight and tomorrow night.Condolensces Buckeye. Prepping for the Turks & Caicos trip this coming Sunday... I can't wait!
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88 - Please remember to pack the SunBlock 3000. And your welders mask. And asbestos Speedo...
Hot is an understatement guys! 10:20 and it is 90 with due point of 75 and 70% humidity. Feels like 100 Uck.
Had to pull my car hauler out of the blazing hot shed and get it ready for a trip up north to carry the equipment Mark got at the auction. So that load out today at Ritchie's site should be a hot fun time. I should loose some weight and body fat at least. I can't go north with him this weekend because we have a High School graduation party for the oldest granddaughter over at the son's place. There will be another time.
Banks, that sounds about the same as the one I got ours is 8.5 KW. My son, (a IBEW Local 9 of Chicago Electrician) said it should not have a problem keeping the house alive as long as everything is not turned on at once. We will see..
Otherwise the rest of the day will be Stay Cool!!
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Afternoon from sunny hot 92°F Southern Ohio,
The weekend went by way too fast. Friday we went and picked up the twins from CYSC (Catholic Youth Summer Camp) and I assisted with the week closing Mass. It was awesome!
The Rotor Rooter Drain Camera showed the downspout drain was totally blocked and the leak at the drain pipe eroded a cavity down next to the foundation. They said I could dig it out and back fill but the cavity was not so much large as it was long and deep. They recommended to use a thin mortar mix and pour it down into the cavity. So Saturday I mixed and poured 640 pounds of mortar into the cavity. After that started cutting grass and finished up Sunday afternoon after Masses. Bride took the youngest to CYSC and we’ll pick her up next Friday. Sweat sweat sweat, as it was > 95°. Ironic as at work today we’re on light duty with reduced active work times and increased break time due to the heat. What ever happened to acclimatization to working in the heat?
Buckeye - My prayers for your Mom, may God have mercy on her soul.
Don - The kids, my bride and I are going to LA to visit youngest daughter in a few weeks.
Jim R - Good news from the eye doc.
Fife - we’re beginning to see some pretty healthy new fawns; the corn we fed the deer last year must be helping.
Stay hydrated! May God bless
Jim
Turns out it was the left front brake that locked up (hence the smoke from the brake fluid). It is home and the van is in the shop. Too hot for my walking buddy to go outside so we did the inside route which was almost as warm. Rain supposed to be here the next two days. Practiced with the junior high kids tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Busy busy. Just got home from a meeting. All day of this.
Buckeye, so sorry.
OGR featured my buddy Will Allen and Duck Under RR. Will and George [his buddy] are planning to drive with me to York next spring.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Mornin' boys. Overcast and 81 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. More princess moving today. Tended to the new "estate" yesterday; Wifey in the kitchen, myself on the lawn and siding.
I am currently dealing with an insidious bird-feeder pilforer. May have to begin the grandson's sniper training earlier than planned. Do they make gilley outfits in Size 4...?
Extra hot and humid. Heat advisory. Not as busy today.
Like I said, fifey has two places to keep up.
All have a good one.
Hello there.
Hot & muggy here. Big storm bout 230 this AM.
Back from Mass, looking to see what to get into.
Doc called daughter to office yesterday. Seems the "margin" was undefined in the biopsy. Surgery tomorrow to remove a larger area tomorrow.
Best move on.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Morning all!
Hot and muggy! Mid-90's. I'll take it! Summer starts Thursday!
Finished up the boat lift cabling project last night. Just need to re-tighten the wire rope clips and pull out the temporary wood joists supporting the cradles/bunks thus morning. On to installing batteries, cleaning hulls, and changing oil and into the water this week! Phish - not only working in the heat, it was over 130 in the attic of the boat house. Had a turbine fan pointed at me!
Chief - now you've done it. You have warned Buckeye about a major crossing of the M-D line for Spring York! He has too much time to prepare!
Banks - prayers for your daughter!
Regards, Roy
Some rain moved through here late evening and took the 96 degrees with it. We are looking at 70s for this week. Got the patio door open. freah air feels good.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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fifedog 88 - Please remember to pack the SunBlock 3000. And your welders mask. And asbestos Speedo...
Good Afternoon from hot and humid (92°F @ 58%) Southern Ohio,
Last night after supper, bride had made the most delicious beef brisket I’ve ever ate, I push mowed the recovered area and backfilled the hole dug around the downspout drain. It wasn’t much three wheelbarrow loads of dirt and 3000 ft2 of stubble, but enough to work up a sweat. I put a stump grinder on reserve at the local tool rental place for Saturday. The stumps to remove are all wrist size but there is like 50 of them so I figure it will cost about a dollar to $1.50 a stump. I’ll update this after I’m done.
I received a Marx station whistle base I won off ebay. I already had the station and base but the original whistle wiring was shot. I got the base motor/whistle cheaper than I could fix the motor and it works good.
Dennis - I live in Portsmouth Ohio. It is right on the Ohio River middle of the state east to west
Roy - the great part of working in 130° is it makes 90° feel good.
Banks - continuing prayers
Fife - squirrels at the feeder?
May God bless
Last hot one will be today,
Picked up the welder gen set today
You right about the heat and me Dennis.
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Thank you everyone for the kind words. It is appreciated. There are so many good people on this forum.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Phish - Squirrels have made their presence, but it had to be a bear last night. FifeMax was going bonkers at 0130 hrs.
Buckeye Riveter Thank you everyone for the kind words. It is appreciated. There are so many good people on this forum.
That's the main reason for me to be here.
fifedog Phish - Squirrels have made their presence, but it had to be a bear last night. FifeMax was going bonkers at 0130 hrs.
I'm not sure about West Virginny but the PA game commission would tell you to quit feeding the birds.
Fife,
Min = 357 MAG. Bigger is better. No feeders of any kind if it is a bear problem. Down side of life in the wood.
JMHO.
Evening All,
Nice it "cooled" down a bit from the weekend. That was nasty. Not much on the go. Had to take the girls out shoe shopping for grad, with the Mrs. being on the DL. Ugh..... I think that was the hardest thing to deal with so far. Thank God for cameras on cell phones!!
Buckeye - So sorry for your loss.
Banks - Continued prayers for your daughter.
DougDG - Nurse Ratched!! I think I'll be the one flying over the cuckoos nest!
Have a good one and prayers.
Rob
Evenin' All !
Fife, Try mixing in some cayenne pepper with the bird seed when you fill it next time. Supposedly it won't bother the birds but squirrels will not have a pleasnt experience with it. I suppose that would apply to larger mammals, like bears, as well.
Tomorrow is my seventh anniversary of joining the CHF club, the next goal is to make it to ten years. However that only has about a 15% rate.
Lionel had screwed-up my parts order but they are correcting the issue. The parts manager recognized the error and sent out the missing items yesterday. Hopefully my repair goes as planned.
Slowly putting things together for Friday's museum visit, however the past few days have not been good. We shall see what happens.
Later all.
Continued prayers for all our friends and families.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Busy day at work. Some rain arrived. I hope everyone has a good day.
Aloha. More rain today after rain last night and the day before and the day before that... After a week of 90s, it is a relief. And everything green is growing like mad. Buckeye, my deepest condolences to you.
Banks, praying for your daughter.
Doug, praying for you to feel better today. 7 years is great!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Minivan fixed. Truck needs more work. Weather still hot. Strange game tonight. We should have won by forfeit, but we still played and lost 2-1. Not sure how that will be in the standings. Not sure it matters any way. I hope everyone has a good day.
Wow only two post today ( three now ). Thought I would do a run threw and say hi to you all.
Not much going on here.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Buckeye - condolances for your mother.
It has been hot here lately - temps in the mid to high 90's and heat index in the high 90's to low 100's. Had to take shorter walks with the dog. He started stopping and laying down in the shade. Then he'd look at me like I was nuts for taking him out on a walk. Today's rain seems to have broken the heat but not the humidity.
Not much train activity going on. Just have an order in for a mix of short pieces to complete a oval/figure eight type of layout for the museum.
About all for now.
Evening all!
Long day today. Hoomidity dropped so I spent the day outside getting the Yamaha Waverunners ready for the water. Changed spark plugs, oil, and oil filters. Installed the batteries. I will comment I am getting too old to contort myself to get into the hulls of the water raft, much less that they were up on their trailer. Launching them in the morning and if the weather holds on to getting the boat prepped for the water (oil change).
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