Good golly, Kevin! Here's hoping that your recovery goes as it should. My wife had back surgery a number of years ago followed by a knee replacement, so we know something about the road you are travelling. Godspeed.
Aye chihuahua! Rest up Kev! Godspeed on your recovery!
Same me, different spelling!
KRM - Geez Louise, Kev! You sound like the Agony of Defeet skier. Hope your recovery is a quick one.
Holy cow, Kevin, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, I hope you get on the move again soon, I kinda know what you're going through, back when I had my open heart surgery when I finally got home I basically was bedridden because of the super antibiotic they had me on. It would send me through the moon when I cough but had to do it to clear my lungs of buildup. Prayers for you
Oh My Goodness Kev,
So sorry to hear of the accident and the pain that it is causing. I hope you have a speedy recovery and plenty of help once you get home.
Northwoods Flyer
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Holy smoke! Best wishes for a speedy recovery 'K!
I've taken tumbles on ice myself but luckily never broke or damaged anything, except my pride!
Hi from a bright and mild North Bluff,
Been kinda laied up as of late. Yep this is what they mean by watching out when you walk on snow that might have ice under it broke my ankle in three spots, cracked one of the broken bones as well and also broke my back at the L2 again and that calls for an upper body cast / support.So I have not been doing much. Pain is something like you could never know without having it. Been in the hospital in Rockford after being transferred there on the night of the 17th from Ottawa. They tried to re-set my ankle twice at Ottawa and gave up, sent me by ambulance to Rockford and re-set it again, then 3 days later did the operation. Two plates, with bolts, and some screws have been installed to hold together the mess. Ankle had full fractures on all three ankle bones. Tibia, fibula and talis. If I spelled them right. With a crack in addition to one of them. And all the ligaments are torn. I got out of there on the afternoon of the 25th. Now for the hard part. Six weeks "no" weight on the foot. The cast they put on me just keep getting bigger. In home PT starts today but doubt I get to do much other than learn how to get around with the walker. You just never know!
I feel for you Rich, You have had a lot to deal with, I hope Jenni gets better soon.
Prayers for anyone else in need of them.
Best get,
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
As always 'Devil, best wishes for Jenni!
Good Morning
Slept late yesterday, went to Home Depot for some stuff and headed to Jenni's to do some home repairs and feed her animals. The door closer on her screen porch broken, so I replaced it. Door closes much better and stays shut. Just need to sand down the door to fit the opening. The door is so way off, the top has a 1 inch gap. I may address that at a later date, I'll need to secure the wood frame to the concrete base at some point. Another time.
Spent the rest of the night with Jenni, left at 945. We had dinner together. She is feeling better, still dealing with the pneumonia. She has a CT scan tomorrow, I'll be taking her, since no insurance pays for the transport.
Sunny and 31F now, with bright sun. 37F later.
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
Mornin' guys and gal(s). Cloudy and 31 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. My engineer buddy called me yesterday, with the sad news that his 37 yr old son had passed away on Sunday (medical issue). All I can do is be a friend.
anjdevil - Thanks for the update, and continued for you both.
Good afternoon.
Minor set back as Jenni has (again) contracted pneumonia. She's on anitbiotics. Making more progress, walking more everyday. Still gaining strength in her upper body, she took her 2nd shower yesterday, so slowly Jenni is getting back to some kind of normalcy.
Rained this morning, 45F now. Cold again tomorrow. Looks like the rehab center is going to boot Jenni on the 7th, but we will see. Much more PT has to happen.
Good to see LionRoar again!!
After much screamiong and yelling not to mention 4+ hours of MY time, the internet, phone and cable are back on line and in my name. I may return the cable boxes, looking like streaming is the way to go for max channels for minimal cost.
OK, back to work, may jump out early as overtime is verboten. And I still have to work tomorrow.
MichRR714 Duluth is one of my favorite places. What a great ship and rail town. I love standing on the pier and watching the lake boats come in under the lift bridge.
Duluth is one of my favorite places. What a great ship and rail town. I love standing on the pier and watching the lake boats come in under the lift bridge.
I agree. It is also a great place to live. In spite of very cold winters and lots of snow it is a terrific place all year round. We retired here because most of our family still lives here. Being an international port it has a lot of things going on that you might not expect of a city in the Northwoods. It has a lot of history associted with rail and maritime commerce. I'm enjoying getting to know that history.
It is 1 degree above 0 at the moment with bright beautiful sunshine. It should be up in the 20's today with temps reaching into the 30's in the next two days.
Have a Great Day
Northwoods Fyer
88 - This weekend is the RV Super Show up in Harrisburg, PA...
It's all about helping people.
Evenin' FellasBeen a long 2 months... grr. Have been having PC problems (desktop and laptop) and just could not figure out what the hecht was going on. Well 2 weeks ago my desktop that I built 12 years ago and had to upgrade last fall took its trip over the mountain. Debated getting a new desktop till the laptop started acting up so TheQ said to buy a new laptop and deal with replacing the desktop next year... but as I was researching this laptop I think I'm just going to get a nicer laptop with a Thunderbolt port and go that route.Started getting quotes to have some painting done. The foyer and great room have 20 ft ceilings and those on the forum for over a decade know what happened to yours truly when I stayed on a ladder too long one day. This has turned into a bit of a project since TheQ has decided to get quotes to 'upgrade' the living room. We are still debating if we are staying in this house long term, or building again in a couple years. Trainroom is scheduled to get finished next Spring and depending on the last sentence I may or maynot build a layout here.Great to see Jenni is making progress!Can't remember what else I was going to say.
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Mornin' guys and gal(s). Awaiting some type of frozen precip over the next 24. Will head to the nearby DG in a bit to pick up bread and eggs.
Yesterday was beautiful, weather wise. Wifey picked out 3 trees; weeping willow, red maple, and crabapple. I will plant them after this cold snap. Did cover the front garden with red mulch, and the rear lawn with grass seed. Had burgers, brats, and beer for supper.
Northwoods -Rails & Sails
Good Morning Folks,
Well the storm is over! Depending on which source you listen to the amount of snow that we got varies. Here in our part of Duluth the best estimate is 17". With the drifting some measurements are more, some less. Over toward the south shore in Wisconsin and upper peninsula of Michigan the totals were 30+ inches. The sun is currently out, the sky is a bright blue with a current temp of -2 degrees. We will have bitter cold the next few days before we "warm up" into the 20's for the weekend.
fife,
from our deck we can see boats coming and going at the ore docks. With binoculars we can watch boats coming and going into the harbor in Superior. We can see boats moving under the Blatnik Bridge coming into the inner harbor. We have to drive about a mile and we can see the panorama of Duluth and Superior and watch the boats come and go through the canal. Shipping on the Great Lakes will resume in Mid March when the Locks reopen. We can hear the boats sounding their horns and the Ariel Bridge answering. There is still a lot of rail traffic going on and we hear the horns daily.
anjdevil,
Prayers continue for Jenni.
Mornin' guys and gal(s). Balmy today, winter returns overnight. Ms. Kelly wants to buy some saplings for planting, mulch for the front flower bed, and a new flag. Saplings will have to spend a few nights in our greenhouse (aka garage).
anjdevil - good to hear of Jenni's improvement. Slow down some, if you can...
Good Morning!!
Up to 70 and rain today. Temps drop on tomorrow, which sucks, I need to clean out the garage.
Jenni is making more progress, walked further than the day before. Progress is good. Brought her a pepper and egg sandwich from out favorite Italian place.
Took a quick look at the train related stuff in Jenni's basement, if we agree that she moves in with me, there is a LOT of train and HO slot car stuff that gets moved. I don't even want to think about the stuff over the Princess's/my house.
On with the work day..................
Northwoods - It's amazing watching those big freighters sometimes being tossed around before they can get to the safety of the canal. Can you see that drama from your house at times...?
fifedog Was watching the Duluth Harbor live cam last night, and Wifey asked where that nasty weather was happening... Perfect locale for a Polar Bear plunge, me thinks.
Was watching the Duluth Harbor live cam last night, and Wifey asked where that nasty weather was happening... Perfect locale for a Polar Bear plunge, me thinks.
Day 2
Still snowing today. It slowed down for a few hours overnight. The wind is not as strong today but it is still moving the snow into big banks. The storm prediction has been extended into the early hours of Wednesday. Its 6 degrees at the moment.
The polar plunge here took place 2 weeks ago. Now we are just dealing with arctic blasts.
Good afternoon!!
Jenii continues to make progress, walked a total of 44 feet in 2 different times yesterday. Her strength and stamina need to improve and that will with her PT.
More cleaning and dusting, I bought 2 tables, one with 2 shelves for my printer, since I work from home and another for my TV room, with a door on it, to put my books and other materials away, eveything is off the floor.
With those 2 tables (stand by for train related information), I got a Marx Western Pacific set (#7925?) with a 702 switcher. It needs some cleaning but runs and I'll need to check the light operation, but for $14 I ain't complaining. Came with a 1025 transformer and a bunch of tubular track. The 2 tables and trains were a total of $23.
Most of the train stuff here has been consolodated in 1 room. Once the house is cleaned, I can redecorate. Already took over the cable/internet. And that was a fiasco that took an hour and 10. What a joke. But it's done now.
I'll be looking into streaming services at some point, but I have access to Prime, Netflix and Youtube in 1 room for nada, and that's my kinda price.
60 and rain here right now -
Northwoods FlyerThe forecast is for 6 - 10 inches here in Duluth. Other parts of the Northland may get up to 15+ inches.
Temps here in the Richmond area are going up to 70, and 73 tomorrow, with rain.
Don't hate us, please!
Mornin' guys and gal(s). A little damp and mild in the Potomac Highlands.
Wifey and my roadtrip led us to Shanksville, PA, where we visited the Flight 93 Memorial. Combination of pretty weather and holiday, there were plenty of other couples and a family or two. We skipped the visitors center and went right to the site. It's a quiet, solemn location. There were friendly staff at memorial to answer any questions.
Our usual Italian eatery was closed, so we had dinner at our go-to sports pub. Had the shrimp basket and a Bahstan Lahga.
Was sunny and 70 today here in mid Mo. Heading to a high of 30 tomorrow.
No train news, as I have been busy mentoring the local high school robotics team. After a long four day weekend thrash, the kids got the robot assembled today. Once the programming group gets the code they have been working on loaded into the robot, they will be ready to bring the robot to life. We've got about 2 weeks until our first competition to debug the thing and give the drive team some practice time.
Today is Day 1 of our two day snow event.
Currently it is 14 degrees with blustery winds that are moving the snow around.
On clear days we can see Superior Wis and parts of St Louis Bay from these views.
The forecast is for 6 - 10 inches here in Duluth. Other parts of the Northland may get up to 15+ inches.
In my heart I know that spring is coming.
Mornin' guys and gal(s). Sunny & 34 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. S'posed to get up to the 60's today, so Ms Kelly wants to get out for the day. Haven't discussed which direction we'll head.
Spent weekend watching all the NASCAR races, and continued working under the layout. Only thing left is organize the closet in the train room.
Today is Mom's birthday (1st since her passing). Maybe eat a little seafood, drink a little wine, and listen to a little Patsy Cline.
After reading Rich's post, I realized that under my tv are two Knick-knacks, Kermit and Ms Piggy, with the words "Take a leap of faith".
Good afternoon
Day 2 of Jenni's rehab, not going so well, issues with one or two of the staff - PT has started and she has her sneakers. We'll see tonight. I brought her 2 slices from our favorite pizza place for dinner and that made her smile.
68 now, windy. Should drop down soon, expecting rain later.
I may run over to get my HazMat refresher course at the FD if I can, it is drill night, haven't been since December. I have to take care of her piggies and frogs afterwards. Might be a long night......
Not much on the train front - I spent too much last month, but I don't regret it too much. I have some nice stuff for the layout. I have the Menards Valley Dealership which is now a Plymouth dealer with my '70 road runner convertible on the roof rotating around, lol. That needs some work, just need the time to do it. It is pretty cool.
That's all from here for now
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