October Coffee Pot, 16 Years Strong, Eggs, ham and lots of Coffee.

[anjdevil2]

Good Morning......

Happy Birthday, Roy - and prayers for a good outcome to your surgery today.

Banks - that's a decent size bear - enjoy your trip!!!

Buckeye - Happy Birthday - just in case.....lol

DonB - glad things are working out on the MIL thing and the pool?  Good luck, hope it's a inexpensive repair....

Friday night ran to Jenni's parents, got there at 830, had dinner and brought more of her stuff home.  Another 1 AM bed time. 
I got my phone back on Saturday, the mobile internet wasn't working, Saturday afternoon, it was out again.
The road runner was cleaned and detailed, went to Jenni's car club bonfire, home by midnight. 

Sunday up at dawn to get the car ready, some minor touch up and getting the car show stuff in the car, then off to Jenni's and work on her car.  Spent the day at the car show, Jenni won a Top 50 award.  Took a nap, got some groceries and cleaned the piggie's cage out.  Had to run to the pharmacy at 11 to get the rest of her meds.  In bed back at Mom's by midnight.

Still thinking about a mental health day, soon.

Sunny and 65-70 today and tomorrow - that's all from here.

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Cloudy & 50 along the Patterson Creek cut-off.  Gonna be a chill-out day, after hosting family all weekend.  Found out Middle Princess is going to have a baby boy.  Grandsons were here, so oldest boy wanted to make a campfire, and the curly-top wanted to run trains.  They all went to a pumpkin patch yesterday afternoon, whilest I stayed behind, picking up around the house.

Roy - Good luck today! 

[ChiefEagles]

Slept late. Then country ham biscuits and grits [with ham gravy]. Now to get going. Taking pickup to mechanic and give instructions on how to set gear lash on steering box. Something he should have done 2 years ago when it was installed. He has been messing with the steering for two years. Finally got to talk to him and show him. Seems they write it up and he didn't understand.

Special prayers for Roy.

Tax hearing tomorrow and Wednesday.

Have a good week.

[dbaker48]

Good Morning,

Best wishes and prayers for Roy today, may the surgery be a great success!

Also for Mike C's wife and the her eye, hopefully good news on Wednesday!

Congrats Fife with the news from the Princess

Congrats to Jenni on her car club award.

Take care all and have a great day!!

 

[Banks]

Hello there from Assateague.
Sitting on a picnic table by the bay watching the tide go out. Only a handful of people here. Water is calm with a light breeze. Mrs and I enjoyed a picnic lunch now enjoying the sights and reading. Got ribs in the crockpot at the camper for supper.

Prayers for Roy and Mrs Mike

Fife......congas on the news. I'll keep you posted on the show.


The bear was 300lb and 20 years old,  5 years older than grandson. SIL had been watching it on gamecam for weeks.

Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic

[ChiefEagles]

Good attic report, Spanky.  Looks good. 

[lion88roar]

Evenin' Fellas

Been a rough go of it lately. Had my yearly cardio checkup and everything looks good, had to go for an MRI calcium scan, and a nuclear stress test. Follow-up next Wednesday to see how it all looks. Sisters came for a visit last week end and I guess it went OK. Found out last night that my Mom's cousin passed away, expected but not so soon. We used to go up to their house in central PA every Friday night before PSU home games, wake up early Saturday, pile into their motorhome and go up to State College for tailgaiting and the game. As the years passed we would go up to his wife's brother's farm and stay in their hunting camp before going to the game. So many memories!

Fife - conga on the new grandson!

Banks - nice bear! Does Fifey's Wifey know your grandson shot her bear? 

Prayers for those in need... will try to check in more often.

[MartyE]

Morning all.

Liking the attic Spanky.  Hope Roy is ok.

Losing another shop in the area.  Mercer Junction is closing by the end of the year.  Real shame as Dave is a great guy and the store was way cool.  Fallout from MTH closing.

Everyone have a great day!

[ChiefEagles]

61 and fair. Doesn't seem to be foggy like yesterday AM.

Off to werk. 

Enjoy your day.

[anjdevil2]

Good Morning - 

Congas on the Grandson, Fife!!!

Nice progress, Spank!!

Sorry about your Mom's cousin, Brent

Gray and damp now, up to 70 later.

Nothing much on the docket - watched Top Gun last night, raviolis for dinner then bed.

Off to Maryland for a funeral tomorrow, my nephew's grandfather in law passed.

That's all for now - 

[Banks]

Had a text from Roy last evening.  Lots of pain but doing Ok.

[Banks]

V8Vega

Banks how do you get 300 lbs out of the woods? nieve question I know.

Lots of help.

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

First day went well for wife.  Tomorrow is the biggie.  Work computer has been giving me fits lately.  Working after 5 PM seems to cause all sorts of internet lost connections.  Took half hour to do 5 minute job this evening after I got home and Monday night was an eternity.  If problems persist during the day, will seriously look at retirement.  I do not need this kind of aggravation.  Congrats on new grandson to be, Fife.  Roy, continued prayers.  My congrats to Jennie on award as well.  Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Good evening from cloudy 58°F Southern Ohio, 

The puppy has been extra energetic today.   

I finished moving the circuits that were ran in the main soffit.  Another short section to do but I’m going to get the recessed lights in first. 

Mike – is any of the other workstations acting up? 

Banks – Your answer reminded me of an article in Field & Stream years ago Titled “Where is the best place to shoot a moose?”  the answer in the piece was, “in the back of a pickup truck” 

Spank – what you’ve done in the attic is unreal.  Looks really nice.  Great measuring and cuts. 

Roy – Glad to hear you’re doing good.  Prayers is being offered for you 

May God bless you and you families 

Jim 

 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Clear and 50 in the Potomac Highlands.  S'posed to get to the 80's today.  Wifey and I drove down to Romney to look around our lot down there.  It's 10 acres of wooded mountain terrain, and she wanted me to mark off the boundaries.  We've had a couple offers, so we'll see what happens.  She loves this piece of land, and we had so many dreams of building a house there...until she found our current digs.  On our way south, we saw the Potomac Eagle tourist train running through Vanderlip, WV.  It's a lousy shame my outfit ain't running right now.

cheapclassics - Best wishes on the "biggie" today with the Mrs.

DJSpanky - Your falt.  Now move along...

[ChiefEagles]

Morning. 69 and fair as the sun rises.

 

Off to werk [oh my, two days in a row].

Stop by Boj's on the way out of town. 

All have a great day.

[MartyE]

Nothing exciting to report.  Been cloudy for most of the day but the Green Tea is hot.  Thinking about going home and adding a temprary siding so I don't have to load and unload locomotives.

Everyone stay safe.  Wish I were getting ready for York but it is what it is.

[Snip]

@DJSpanky, I might have missed the post, but what is the attic work for? Are you building it for a layout?

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

My wife can see!!!   Operation went very well and much more quickly than originally told.  Doc was very pleased.  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.  Maybe there is hope life will get back to normal someday....   More problems with work computer...Got it back to 90% functional.  Hopefully that will be fixed soon as well.  Not sure how many others are affected.  Maybe sunspots after 5 PM.  Thank you all again.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Flintlock76]

Glorious news Mike, I'm thrilled for the both of you!  That's a bright spot for us in a very dismal year.

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Sunny and 50 along the Patterson Creek cut-off.  Pretty stretch of weather actually.  

Today the Youngest Princess turns 20!  Holy frijoles!!  I done sang to her already.

Yesterday, took Wifey to Wally-World to buy a costume for a party we're headed to this weekend.  She chose a cool witch outfit with a great hat.  She was looking for a broom, when I innocently asked "What's wrong with the one you use at home...?"  

I'm healing nicely, thank you.

cheapclassics - GREAT news.

DJSpanky - I've had good results using the little bags of grass seed at Dollar General.  They usually stock them after the holidays, and I buy a few to keep on hand.  Then just before a snowfall, I scatter seed over bare and trouble spots.  The snow acts as protection from the birdies, and the moisture allows the seed to germinate.

[ChiefEagles]

Wow, what a long early Human Services Board meeting. [for which I do not get paid but donate stipend, that is for certain folks  ]

 

71 and sunny [feels warmer].

 

Actually worked overtime yesterday.  Finished at 2:30 instead of 1:45.  Too many folks showed up for tax appeals.  

 

Now go help a school board member get reelected.

 

Have a good one.

[anjdevil2]

Happy Pre- Friday!!

CheapClassics - Awesome news!!!!

Happy Birthday to your youngest Princess, Fife!!  Glad you are healing nicely.....

Nothing much to report - cloudy and 72F.  60's tomorrow, 

Jenni has RCIA tonight, I'll sit back and sleep, probably.

Ran over to her house last night after visiting West Chester, PA for a funeral.  Watched Terminator: Dark Fate over Taco Bell.  Great movie.

Should be bringing the sheet foam and a small board over to Jenni's eith Friday or Saturday.  Will be starting a layout there soon.  O and N.  Have plenty of trackage for both.  Making mountains soon enough.

I'm thinking if the weather holds, to do the right rear axle on the Magnum.  If it's crappy, then up to the train room.

That's all from here - check back soonest

[Banks]

Hello there,

Mike......great news

Back from da beach. A 7 hour trip, including a stop for lunch,  gas and 2 pee stops. Saw the temperature readout on the Tahoe as high 84 during the trip. A bit unusual for mid October. Still 65 when the dogs had last call lastnight.

Was stewing about missing York again last evening and decided to call John Fullerton, we had a nice chat.

Spanky....... moss is usually a sign the soil is very acidic. Great for moss, not so good for grass. Adding lime should help. Burnt lime works now, ground lime will take a while.

Typically Pa has  an early muzzle loader season York week with +65 being allowed to use rifles so I've missed it last couple of years. Spent a few hours today enjoying 81 degrees watching leaves fall like snow. Deer trails weren't obvious due to all the fresh leaves. I did see a fox squirrel which are fairly rare. Had to quit (it was 81 on the patio when I got home) early to catch granddaughters last soccer game of the season from the safety of the parking area. They won 7-0. Then takeout from a local eatery.

Now for a shower, hot tub and a glass of wine before bed.

Prayers for those in need, those affected by the fires, hurricanes and the end of this pandemic.  

[ChiefEagles]

Morning. Mostly sunny and 70 degrees. Warming for a deer hunt but hot hot. Cooler tomorrow with rain tomorrow night late [not much per guessers]. Holding off for my hunt.

Go Roy, go.

Finished voice recording for school board member buddy. I think she will win.

Putting on bagging unit for mowed. Suck up leaves. Shower and head east.

Will be the longest trip I've driven since the gear lash was adjusted on pickup steering box. Bet it will be a pleasure to drive this time.

Have a good one.

[Flintlock76]

V8Vega

Fri. 75 but it was the same yesterday and overcast and felt like 68.

Do people make money on YouTube videos? Many are obviously made for fun.

Some people have many videos also I think for fun.

But some I think they're make the videos as a way to make money, some have a sponsor with a brief ad. And many have a ad. I guess they get paid to have the ad in their video?

One guy reviews Chromebooks, he is a expert and good at it, companies send him Chromebooks and it's like a buisness with him. He must make money from it.

But for the more regular guy with a channel do they make money from it? 

And I'm guessing a YouTube channel is something you set up?

 

All of the above.

Some of the better YouTube channels do make money on them, some due to ads and some from subscriptions through Patreon or some from the YouTube organization itself.  I don't think they all  do but I'm not enough of an expert to know all the whys and wherefores and honestly I'm not losing any sleep over it.  Some YouTubers have found they could make a pretty good living at it.

I've got my favorites (historic channels) but I won't state them here.  Anyone can feel to PM me if they're curious.

[dbaker48]

Good Afternoon,

Mike C, Really Great News regarding your wife!!

We had a gravesite service for MIL yesterday, it was simple but very nice.  She is buried with FIL at Riverside National Cementary.  All went very well.  All the local family were present, and Chris arranged for a video link for those out of state.  That worked well as well.  Then we all had a lunch together.  Rather than just come home, I took Kay for a drive out to Palm Springs.  Boy, has that changed since we were last there, not for the better either.  Looked very deserted lots and lots of boarded up and abandonded buildings, was somewhat depressing.  But we enjoyed the drive.

Now we have to start disposing of ALL the stuff, lots of it!  Chris is going to be renting/buying the house from Kay, win/win.  So that is good.

We were planning a trip to Milwaukee, but that has been postponed until spring.  Too much Covid going on.  Out of 5 children there (newphews & neices), 2 of them are testing positive.  And we were going to stop in Branson on the way, but sure don't want to pick up anything on the way to Wis, or there, so just postponed.  Better for everyone.

Weather sure has changed, its 2pm and still haven't seen the sun yet!  Thick marine layer and overcast.  Temps down as well.

Prayers for Roy!

Going to go do some errands, wash cars etc..

So take care and be Safe!

[smokey1]

Evening all.

I cut down 3 more of the shrubbery today. I can not figure out why someone would plant like 2 - 4 bushes within 4" - 6" apart and then go about another 4' and do it again. I'm using Scott's 20-volt Chainsaw I got at Lowe's. It does good but I get 3 bushes done and the battery needs recharging. I think the saw is getting dull also. Need to get a sharpening file or to buy a new chain for it. I use to do ones we had when I worked the farm but that's been about 14 years ago now.

I bought a mini cutoff saw from Harbor Freight. wish I did this a long time ago. so much better than doing it with a Dremel. Cuts a nice straight cut.

Well that's about it for today, hope all have a good weekend

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Great checkup today on wife's eye.  Doc is very pleased with her progress.  Spent rest of day caring for her and doing domestic "stuff".  Good thing about working at home is that if she needs me for 5 minutes here or there, I can do that.  Got some good news on the billing for the facility in that we can make payments there interest free so it will take a while and delay retirement, but as long as I can work from home, it is not so bad.  Have seen the Honda train both Thursday and Friday hauling 80 autoracks each day.  Looking at those cars up close like I have been and then looking at "weathering" articles in MR and other such magazines....not even close.  Nothing against their efforts and I may make some effort when I work on the HO layout I have, but there is so MUCH detail it would take a year to duplicate.  Last Indy car race of the season is this weekend at St. Pete.  I will be in sports heaven this weekend.  "Footy" both days and the Indy car race all on network TV.  It does not get any better....well, maybe if they had allowed spectators at the 500.....  Thanks again for all the well wishes and support. I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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@smokey1 "I can not figure out why someone would plant like 2 - 4 bushes within 4" - 6" apart and then go about another 4' and do it again."

My guess, is they wanted the bushes to be 4 feet apart, but overplanted in case a bush would die, leaving an 8 foot gap.