Everybody sleeping in this morning ?
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Morning,
AND the LEFT COAST has a reputation for being laid back?????
Gee, I've already been to the auto shop (2hrs), delivered ink to a customer, ran 2 errands to the bank, and it ain't even noon yet!!!!
Doug, maybe the power is out back east or something???
Have a great day all, (even though it will be a short one)!
Don
Doug, thanks. Go back and add 16 years please to the title. Thanks again.
Home. Cloudy and 84.Afraid this will be sad news.www.wral.com/search-for-chil...nues/19264376/Maybe mow wet grass.Long agenda tomorrow. Last item is atty. representing a block of homeowners. undefined Then Food Security meeting at 4:30 across the parking lot.Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Got up at 5, ate, showered, went to doctor at 10:30, DISCOVERED ON THE WAY THAT MY FAVORITE TRAIN STORE (TRADING POST TRAINS) WAS GONE, encountered crazy new arrangements at hospital for covid protocols for the first time, went to get blood test and new shingles vaccine (OY does it make you sore! ) ate at Bob Evans, home by 4. Just another day o' fun!
Same me, different spelling!
"SOS and coffee." Oh, THAT SOS! Hee, hee, hee!
Therin lies a tale. Years back my brother-in-law "Big B" took Lady Firestorm, Lady F's mom, and myself to a brunch buffet at a very nice restaurant in Rockland County NY, the "Duck Cedar Inn" if I remember correctly. They had quite a nice spread, and on my third trip to the buffet bar I spotted something that looked familiar. "Aha!" says I, "It's creamed chipped beef, and there's the toast!" It looked like hardly anyone had taken any. Then an evil thought popped into my mind, "Let me see who all the WW2 vets are in here!'
Put some toast on the plate, piled on the creamed chipped beef, and returned to the table in a roundabout way tolding the tray at waist height.
Found 'em all right! Every grey-haired guy in the place turned green when I passed him! But you know what? The stuff tasted pretty darn good!
"Big B" knew what it was, he's not a veteran, but a student of military history. He started snickering as much as I did!
Ain't I a stinker?
SOS. "Slop On a Shingle." Hey, this is a "family-friendly" website, you don't think I'm going to use the REAL name, do you?
Add-on: What happened to "Trading Post Trains" Becky? Retirement? COVID-19? I remember the video you posted, it looked like a great place!
The owner, Jim Berilla passed away. The assets were sold by the family to: http://www.cornerfieldmodelrailroadmuseumandhobby.com/home.html. Unfortunately, since I don't drive, that puts it out of my reach. The old store, formerly known as "Pearl Home Supply" (I always wondered what they sold besides Lionel trains? ), has a sign on it announcing it will soon be a "latin dance studio". I'm not sure what's worse ending for such a great store, a dance studio or a 7-11 like Madison Hardware .
Good Evening from a beautiful clear 79°F Southern Ohio,
September? What happened to August?
Got home from work and shot the pellet rifle, then cut some grass. Supper, the kids cleared the table, cleaned up the kitchen and now some rest. I have a class to teach to the new hired operators on auxiliary substations so I’ll look over the lesson plan before bedtime.
Chief – That is tough. Prayers for the family and first responders
May God bless you and you families
Jim
Flint, During the majority of my time at one AFB in Texas there was only one cook who made fantstic SOS. Unfortunately when he wasn't cooking that morning you could hardly tell it was sos, it looked more like grease and who knows what sitting in the steam table.
It looks like our good weather is coming to an end looks like 100* Fri, 107* Sat, 110* Sun. That's what they are forecasting but the prior hot spell they under estimated the highs hope they aren't doing that again.
pennytrainsThe owner, Jim Berilla passed away. The assets were sold by the family to: http://www.cornerfieldmodelrailroadmuseumandhobby.com/home.html.
Oh, that's a shame. Sorry for the loss of your friend and his shop.
A train store I enjoyed going to on my trips back up north was the "Old And Weary Car Shop" in Tappan NY. Now closed, it was a wonderful place, and run by a great guy named Al Seebach. Sadly, he passed away in April of this year due to COVID-19 and the shop's been closed since.
I don't know what the future holds for the "O&W" shop, I haven't been able to find out anything. I only found out about Al's passing from the Bergen County Model Railroad Club's website, but there's been nothing on the site since.
Fife saw this and thought of you. I know you don't collect anymore but still the memory
Is that a Fife Bike or what !
Mornin' boys. Mornin' pennyt. Rain and 71 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Heading up the mountain to visit Mom in a bit.
Yesterday was shopping day. Wifey still hasn't picked a color... Check engine light came on. Couldn't find the culprit. Not running rough. Advanced Auto not doing diagnostic check due to Woo-han. Garage tomorrow morning.
LOVE the bicycle!!!
Fife, whenever a "Check Engine" light comes on in one of my cars and everything seems normal, that is, start, idle, acelleration, the usual stuff, I just ignore it for a couple of days to see what happens. Half the time "C-E" goes away of it's own accord. I've had the "C-E" light come on when I've changed brands of gasolene.
Go figure.
The last time "C-E" lit up in the Hyundai the guys at the shop couldn't find a thing wrong with the car. They just re-set the thing and I was on my way.
fifedog Mornin' boys. Mornin' pennyt. Rain and 71 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Heading up the mountain to visit Mom in a bit. Yesterday was shopping day. Wifey still hasn't picked a color... Check engine light came on. Couldn't find the culprit. Not running rough. Advanced Auto not doing diagnostic check due to Woo-han. Garage tomorrow morning. LOVE the bicycle!!!
Fife.....could be something as simple as a loose gas cap. BTDT Give it a few days.
88........I use ALAWAY eye drops by Baush and Lomb OTC and the work good. Flonase for sinus. Haven't tried a pill that didn't put me to sleep or made me crazy.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Half way through the work week......Not much went on last night, I did get the phone up and running now 4 years of updates......oy....Jenni was a foster Mom to 2 guinea pigs and we grew attached, so we're keeping themRain today and tomorrow will be sun...Chief - that's horrible - we just had a drowning here in town, he was 60 . And the weather was fine.
Fife - Cycle the key 3 times and the fault will pop up - It's the Durango, correct? Gotta love Mopar Diagnostics.......
PennyT - I've been lucky that my LHS is still kicking and we can go there. Trains and Things lives on, lol. Whenever we go someplace, we make sure to stop in the LHS to support them, no matter how little we spend.
And a word about SOS ---
I learned to like it at Walson Army Hospital in Fort Dix, NJ. No, never made the military, however, being a US Navy brat, I was often hospitalized with the vets from 'Nam. Great bunch, I was a teenager then. Most mornings it was SOS or eat nothing. Army food wasn't that bad, I gotta tell ya.
Off to work - another fun filled day....lol
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
I grew up around WW2 and Korean war vets. One thing they all complained about was SOS. It sounded awful. Later when I went into the Army they took us from the induction center to Ft. Knox Ky. We arrive late at night so my first Army meal was breakfast. You guessed it, I took one look and saw SOS on the serving line. First thought was wow SOS for my first meal. BIG SURPRISE WAS THAT i LIKED IT. From then on I looked forward to it for breakfast. Whenever I ate in mess halls I never really had much I didn't like. Wayne
On my arrival and our first breakfast wasn't on the serving line it was kp. After that I was very hesitant to eat some items the rest of my time in basic training and it also carried over into tech school. My eating habits didn't change until I was finally able to live off base and my BetterHalf could join me.
Morning. Hot and humid. Out the door to Dr. follow-up.Off today for a change. Produce boxes tomorrow. USDA extended them.One child found dead yesterday and still looking. Mom came around curve in the dark. Not a bridge but a pipe under road. Not her fault.Have a good one.
Good morning folks!
Sunny and 90 today. Got some good soaking rain and was able to turn off the lawn sprinkler system
Got a special socket (octagonal) so I can replace the high pressure A/C service port on my 2001 GMC Sierra P/U. For some reason - likely just to be different - GM uses a stupid/unreliable spring ball valve instead of the common Scrader valve for the high pressure A/C service port. It failed and let all the refrigerant out. Apparently these ports fail a lot and the replacement uses a standard Schrader and hex socket. So the goal today is to replace the port, pull a vacuum, hope the vacuum holds, and recharge the system.
Regards, Roy
Afternoon fellasI can actually envision Fife riding that bike! Fife - if you lived closer you could stop by and use my code reader. I bought two (one from BAVAuto for the BMWs - they don't use the same code system every other manufacturer uses, and one from Advance for all other cars) they paid for themselves on first use because of how much mechanics and dealers charge to pull codes... Will Wifey ever choose a color? TheQ chose a color for the old house entry way, I'm color blind so I just painted. First time her Dad walked in... "Who would paint their walls a neon purple?"SOS - Never eaten it, never will. My uncle was a cook on a destroyer during WWII... he wouldn't eat it, so figured it wasn't safe for human consumption. Chief - that is heartbreaking!WRM - I've had a number of head scratchers over the years. Every time I do a brake job I have to head to NAPA for a new socket of some sort. I think I have metric up to 25mm now and SAE up to 1.25inch... don't ask.
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After my one day of kp there were a lot of things that I felt were not fit for human consumption.
New thermostat on order for fifemobile.
We may have a color selection. Oh, wait...
Stauffer's cream chip beef --->
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
KRM A lot of wind today and I heard a tree crash out back, I figured it was a dead Ash but when I went to look it is a huge old live oak and right on my back trail…. Best get on to the next adventure.
Better the trail than the house.
Back from the cardiologist and the result = .
Evening All,
Great News Doug! I agree w/Doug Kev, you were lucky.
Had a busy day......
- Supervised the crew resurfacing the street with a slurry coat, they did pretty good.
- Washed the car,
- Babysat the house for awhile.
That was enough .
Tomorrow, go to the VA for an eye injection, .
And then in for a hot day and weekend, suppose to get in the 100's here!! Not unusual for September a week of super heat, then the Santa Ana winds = Fires! Every Year!
Good Morning from a cloudy breezy 71°F Southern Ohio,
Kids and bride off to school and have the house to me and the dog. I’m enjoying breakfast with fresh perked coffee and a morning breeze on the front porch. I’m going to open the bee hive and put some traps for the small hive beetles that have taken up residence. It uses no chemicals so the honey is not affected. I’ll put on a new band saw blade to make foot for a gate leg table that was passed on to us from the bride’s mom’s stuff. And if doesn’t rain, cut some more grass, but that is wishful thinking.
88 – I use my code reader quite a bit on my own fleet and on friend’s cars. It is an Actron and about 7 years old. If I were to get another one it would be a code reader that goes for $100 called blue driver. It sends the info to your smart phone via an app. Tells codes and probable fixes. I used one a friend has and it is really nice.
Kev – Good troubleshooting techniques. We’ve got several trees that need to be brought down. The power company marked 5 they are going to drop. There is another 5 or so I’d like to get dropped, in a controlled manner.
Home. Had cute little lady riding with me. Dream Center [Church volunteer organization for feeding and etc.] assistant director. We covered all the trailer parks and individual stops. I bought her a cheeseburger and fries from food trailer. Came to house to eat. Pam and her visited. Then picked tomatoes, hot peppers and grapes. She left with a bag full. Lives with her folks about 6 miles from me. Originally from San Diego.So hot and humid Wifey is just sitting inside and not gardening. Now I'm doing the same. Need to mow again. Maybe later as it gets cooler. Tomorrow and Sunday to be really cool. Wifey talking about fall decorating.
Mornin' boys. Sunny and 51 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Actually could see my breath outside, while letting the dog do his Maxi-biz. Spent yesterday working on lawn, flower beds, and porch decorating for autumn. Looks "sooo cute", as Ms Kelly puts it.
And we have a winner = Rhythmic Blue. I should start painting, before something else catches Wifey's fancy.
Dougnotta - Good news on the ticker.
dbaker ---> This look is timeless:
Morning all, yesterday's project was to jackhammer a small ditch across the driveway to run conduit so I could run two circuits to the shed, and get the extension cord up off of the driveway and change it from one circuit to two. Done and wired up and all is good.
I moved the heavy workbench out there the other day. I still have a heavy cabinet I need to move out there. It's 7' tall x 3' wide and 2' deep made out of 3/4" Plywood with 3 shelves in it made out of 3/4" plywood.
Today no plans for anything strenuous.
81* going to 87*, a welcomed cool down, from the past few days.
Hope you all have a great weekend. We do not have any plans.
Later all.
Good morning. Cooler and lower humidity. May mount my new Pro Mariner charger in the Crappie Jon. Will not sweat like I would have for the last week.
Did get grass mowed late yesterday.
Grapes are really getting ripe. Lots of bunches this year.
Read back over page one as had time. SOS, was pretty good.
Have a safe and happy holiday.
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