Good morning from cloudy 71°F Southern Ohio,
I’m off and the kids and bride at school.
Going to start a project. When we moved into our house three years ago, we loved everything except 1) the carpet, 2) the kitchen. After several months of planning and selecting styles and colors (know what I mean Fife?) we’re replacing the carpet in the living room with wood floor. It was ordered a few weeks ago and came in yesterday. I’m going to pick it up and let it acclimatize and start laying it Saturday or Sunday. Part 2 of the projects, the kitchen is awaiting delivery of the cabinets. They have been on order for 5 weeks and should be in in a couple more weeks. The new kitchen appliances are in the garage excepted for the fridge and it is in a stove warehouse waiting on us.
I’m sitting on the front porch watching 4 deer eating acorns. There are a lot of acorns this year but they seem smaller than last year.
On this anniversary of 9/11 the phrase “Let us forgive, but do not forget” comes to mind.
First responders always get the right of way
May God bless you and you families
Jim
Morning folks!
Sorry - missed a few days. Been super busy winterizing/pulling the watercraft from the water and into storage. The P/U A/C is still working!
Anj - ditto - the only reason they nearly block off roads for accidents is because idiot drivers killed/mained so many 1st responders. This years before cell phones - so now one can predict the carnage would be even worse.
DonB - glad to hear the MIL situation progress! BTW - I looked at your note. Will call this weekend. If you dont hear from me call me to remind!
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
Good morning. Cloudy and chance of rain. Especially in Edgecombe Co. per weather guesser [yes, said Edgecombe]. Build some shelves in a small little closet in dinning room where we keep vacuum. Plenty of room above for three shelves. Wifey wants to store some dinner wear. Said tired of pulling out items and tightly packing dishes in the two built in china closets in dinning room. Been hearing that for a month. undefined [self: maybe too many dishes]Is there anyone who is not tired of political advertisements? Stretching the truth and lots of lies. Can't stop them as media makes millions of $$$$ off of them. Less lawyers and cars dealers advertising. Rates go up during the political season.Prayers for CA fire fighters and victims.
Fifey, that is a shame.
Later.
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Mornin' boys. Gloomy and 67 along the Alleghany front-range.
Well, big boss man made it O-fishul. The scenic railroad will not run again until next year. What a shame...
Good Evening from 78°F Southern Ohio,
Just a quick check in.
Good Afternoon,Managed to get a haircut yesterday, barbers opened again yesterday, hopefully for good. We live on the border between LA and Orange counties, Orange county is at a lower Covid risk than LA, so restaurants, shopping centers, and even theaters ar now open in Orange county. However they are limited to 25% occupancy, according to the news customers are reluctant to participate. Many businesses on the LA side are really crying "Foul".Of course the fire situation is not improving much, it is being proclaimed that 2020 is the worst fire season yet, and its just barely begun. They are saying over 7600 fires through out the state, consuming over 2.3 million acres! The closest fire to us is the Bobcat fire, which is about 30 miles north of us, and with the Santa Ana winds today and tomorrow, the fire is moving south. It won't come this far to many cities in that distance. Ray Sugg lived in Glendora which is at the base of the foothills where the fire is located, that area is being evacuated as there is only one ridge line the fire would need to overcome. Many, many homes would be in the path if the fire overcomes that ridge line, all the way from Cajon Pass on the east, and Pasadena to the west.It has been raining ash here for the past 3 or 4 days, cars look like they have a covering of snow, and you can see the flakes floating in the air. Obviously, not a good thing to be outside breathing it.Rolling Power Outages are going on, but we haven't been affected yet. Its going to be awhile before all this gets under control.MIL situation not getting better, I think she is realizing that she needs to be in an assisted living facility, so that will help our situation, and be better for her. Time will tell.About all from here, take care all!
Don
Took an early ride with SonIL to Cabela's this AM. Picked up a new pair of Danner Pronghorn hunting boots. My ones I have now are 6 years old. Put these on the shelf and see how the old ones do. Subject to "crash" soon. Only wear them hunting. Last year, noticed if I stood in water long, right one leaked. Gortex so not suppose to leak.78 degrees and spotty rain showers off and on. Same for tomorrow. Humidity is horrible.Rest of the day, maybe a little of this or that. At least Wifey can't have me out doing her labor in her gardens.Have a good one.
Good Morning!Cloudy and chance of rain today - mid 80's I think for the day......Meeting went ok, ran over to Jenni's to get her dinner and clean the piggie's cage. With her left foot and leg being in pain, after a long shift at work, she can barely move......I was home by 11.....Apparently we had an earthquake about 15 miles from here, I was dead asleep and didn't feel or hear a thing....and 2020 rolls on....wtf is next.....I've been feeding some of the squirrels by hand here, we feed the wild animals bird seed, peanuts and dog food (for the foxes that hang around here). I have 2 that will come up and take a peanut from me. Some of the others will get close and I'll toss one over to them.Tomorrow's plan is work, then meeting. NY electric trains sale and then 9/11 I'll have to plan what we'll be doing, we still haven't decided.Since the fire house hall isn't making any money, I'm trying to plan having a huge train layout in the hall and run trains Friday Saturday and Sunday during the Christmas season. Donations or admission. God knows, I have enough track and rolling stock......
Fife - I glad you FINALLY got that painted.....omg, lol!!
On with the day....
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
Evenin' boys. Sunny & 82 in the Potomac Highlands. Hope everyone had a nice Laborador weekend. I have finally emerged from "the mines". Two coats of Rhythmic Blue. This met HRM's approval, but there was some critiquing from the throne. We ate at Applebee's tonight ; scratch that establishment off my list. Did get up the mountain twice to visit Mom. It's been a blessing each sunrise. When the nurses shows up, I fish out back at the pond, until their done.
We've been watching Ripper Street, on Netflix. If you like Sherlock, you'll like this BBC series.
V8Vega There was a small fire along the freeway Sat. as I'm going to church. I knew about it on the radio and knew a way around it but the freeway was going good so I stayed on and got caught in a traffic jam. The had parked a firetruck crossways on the freeway taking up 3 lanes and only one lane for traffic when I finally got there. Absolutly no need for that, they could have taken 2 lanes at the most. Really pisses me off when those in authority flaunt their ability to make life misarable for thousends just because they can.
There was a small fire along the freeway Sat. as I'm going to church. I knew about it on the radio and knew a way around it but the freeway was going good so I stayed on and got caught in a traffic jam.
The had parked a firetruck crossways on the freeway taking up 3 lanes and only one lane for traffic when I finally got there. Absolutly no need for that, they could have taken 2 lanes at the most. Really pisses me off when those in authority flaunt their ability to make life misarable for thousends just because they can.
V8 - If you saw the carnage that stupid, inattentive drivers do to my brother firefighters, police officers and EMS, you'd understand why they do that. Most people could give a rat's a$$ about what we are doing. I am part of a department that does fire and EMS to the NJ Turnpike. Fife will mostly agree with me....those people could care less what you are doing, they are busy with their I phones and texting and music and whatever else will distract them from driving responsibly.
I understand your frustration, but this isn't because the authorities can do it, it's to safe guard our police, fire and ems - My fiancee, my Mom and my daughter all want me home alive.
- Rant completed
Synopsis of the weekend - Took Jenni to the doctor's office on Friday, and opened a joint account. Saturday took Mom to breakfast and did 1.5 lawns - I broke the deck on the riding mower at Jenni's there are numerous stumps hiding in the grass, I thought I missed it, but something broke - that will be a project for next Saturday or Sunday. Spent 4 hours on the Magnum yesterday and same result - not shifting. Speed Sensor fault and TCM fault.....not sure what my next move it at this point. We made all the right calls on this one and still same result.Line/Exec meeting tonight, then run over to Jenni's for a bit to clean the guinea pig cage and bring her left overs from the weekend.Off tomorrow night, Thursday night regular company meeting and NY Electric Trains big no shipping cost sale. Friday - 9/11 I'm thinking of head to NYC for a bike ride to Ground Zero and still planning either Sunset Beach (Cape May) ceremony or Jersey City and Bayonne for Tribute Lights and the Tear Drop.DJ - Glad everyone is OK.....
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Chief - they sell outdoor WiFi extenders. I have never used them as I have always had adequate signal so no experience with them.
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Morning. Visit to dentist for cleaning was good. Not too long and "Mr. Frank, you are doping a good job." 80 degrees and less humidity. Changing by this afternoon as tropical low coming inland. Canceled trip to farms. 60% or more chance of rain tomorrow and Thursday. Next Monday now.Not much on agenda today. Got a few little things to do. Will slowly think about them and maybe check them of the list.Agenda reveal causes big CA fire. Frankie and Lea told us but had a thingy to tell everyone. Cupcakes with blue in the middle of the cake part. A lot safer.Dug up azaleas yesterday afternoon. Big 2' holes for each root ball. Mowed Grady's grass so he would dig them for us. He came over and started for about 3 minutes. Sid he'd be right back. I did the digging. Went to his house two hours later. Either gone of passed out. Probably the later. Hope all are OK.
Flintlock76 Banks The craziness continues locally with spiking numbers. The area school districts are all doing different things from 100% online to 100% in classroom and all sorts of things in between. Yes, I've been looking at news reports cross-country and there seems to be no consensus about what to do. It seems to be a 50-50 split as to whether kids should go back to school or stay at home and do on-line learning. One extreme example was a column in a New Jersey paper by a high school science teacher and school team coach where he, and he says at least half of his colleagues, want the school to open up and condemned as cowards those who don't want to open up. It's a quandary, that's for sure. I'm glad I don't have any school-age kids.
Banks The craziness continues locally with spiking numbers. The area school districts are all doing different things from 100% online to 100% in classroom and all sorts of things in between.
Yes, I've been looking at news reports cross-country and there seems to be no consensus about what to do. It seems to be a 50-50 split as to whether kids should go back to school or stay at home and do on-line learning.
One extreme example was a column in a New Jersey paper by a high school science teacher and school team coach where he, and he says at least half of his colleagues, want the school to open up and condemned as cowards those who don't want to open up.
It's a quandary, that's for sure. I'm glad I don't have any school-age kids.
Glad I don't have kids or grandkids in school right now. The last thing I need is for one to bring it home to me.
Beautiful morning out there, sunny and 75* going to 87*. Love this type of weather.
hope all have a good day,
Later all!
BanksThe craziness continues locally with spiking numbers. The area school districts are all doing different things from 100% online to 100% in classroom and all sorts of things in between.
Hello there.
Mike C.....glad you got your race fix.
The craziness continues locally with spiking numbers. The area school districts are all doing different things from 100% online to 100% in classroom and all sorts of things in between.
Oldest granddaughter was one of 50 some 8th graders sent home to quarantine for 14 days due to a "possible" exposure to someone they won't identify.
Hope all had a good holiday. Spent the week doing some house stuff and preparing for a trip to Delta PA, south of York, for a dirt drag. It was about 3hr 15 drive. Got my old Elsinore out, changed the oil and washed off most of the crud. Son had a good day winning the 250 and 400 class and 2nd in 500. Loosing due to way to much wheelspin to a bike he'd beaten soundly in an earlier round.
This evening was a picnic at daughters place with all the usual fare. Son and his family were no show. Not sure why. Best post this and get to sleep. Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good evening all,
Sunday Lucas and my wife and I went to Indy Museum of Art to see an Edward Hopper exhibit. Very neat. Lucas showed us another part of the museum we had not seen which was cool as well. Went to Fazzoli's for lunch and Barnes and Noble for some train magazines. A good day. Rested today. Did make motel reservation for Mid-Ohio. Really looking forward to the weekend. Going to Mid-Ohio is part of "normal" although the better half won't be going. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning,
Whew, it was hot here yesterday! 105 ! That is extremely rare for here. Then the fires of course comes with it, we got a showering of ash overnight. One fire is about 30 miles from our place, and it apparently was started as a result of a "Gender Reveal Party". But it is suppose to be significantly cooler today, low 90's.
Mike, glad your feeling better!
Watched the Nascar races over the weekend, enjoyed all 3. The Xfinity race I think was the most exciting, a really fun finish. The Cup was OK, was hoping Jimmie Johnson would pull out a win, but didn't happen. (Pit Crew had too many mistakes.)
Was outside yesterday only twice, once in the evening to water, and it was very warm.
Hope everyone has a great day, best to all!
Morning. Cooler and less humidity. Wifey in fall decorating mode. Wants me to dig up two big azaleas that are 20 years old. Wow.
Spanky, got Wifi extender for inside of the house. Can't reach train box. How can I get one that will do that?
Prayers for CA.
Enjoy your day.
Busy morning. Breakfast with Wifey's friend and hubby outdoors at restaurant. TV Church. Left immediately for Harbor Freight. I got discounted LED florescent shop lights and she got white outdoor lights . Of course, we went by garden/nursery center. She bought two plants and looked at a $100 fish for her pond. Had to install lights atop big pergola out front . Now inside. Will do my lights tomorrow.Wifey wants to start decorating fall tomorrow.
Mike, way to go. Have a great and safe holiday.
The healing is in process. Spent a wonderful day at IMS watching the Road to Indy cars compete (also a Mazda Cup (MX-5) event ). Got to see about 2.5 to 3 hours of racing on the road course. No tickets sold nor was the event advertised but the museum was open and so people could park there and we could watch on the spectator mounds inside the oval turn 2. We could see the action from the end of the back stretch to the last turn before the front straight. Weather was perfect. Some people were prepped for the whole day with folding chairs and food and others came from the museum when they heard cars on the track. It did my heart good to see wheels turn at IMS..... Not the same as May and not the same as the oval, but it was........home. Met a person I used to race against over 40 years ago. Sometimes you do something and you are pretty sure it is the right thing to do and then you get additional confirmation you were supposed to be there. I also heard today Mid-Ohio is on and fans will be allowed so next weekend is busy as well. There will always be a pain in my heart from this year, but all this helps..... I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening folks!
Quick stop. Cool front took the hoomidity down! Very pleasant this am and through the day.
The AC repair to the '01 GMC P/U is successful so far! Have driven it about 50 miles and so far so good. Fingers crossed.
Have a great day tomorrow all!
Well they weren't to far off, they missed it by two degrees. We peaked at 115* instead of 113*, either way it is to damn hot. Heaven only knows what the electric bill will be, but on the bright side we haven't been part of any of the rolling blackouts. Yet !
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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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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!
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