Toy train operating and collecting

Mornin' boys.  Damp and a miserable 54 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Those suffering from trescadecaphobia, hang in there.

dwiemer - Held off 'til you returned.  Sincerest condolensces.  Sounds like your family had a magnificent support system.  I haven't had to face that kind of pain, but I know it's coming.  I can only hope that when that day arrives, I can face it with the strength and bravery that my son (at age 13) faced last year when his mother died.  Talk about walkin' tall.

Happy Friday the 13th

Dennis sorry for your loss.

A brite chilly sunny morning. No big plans for the day.

Chief I am angry with you, cannot walk by a box of instant grits without thinking of you. That does not mean that I would even think of eating them though....S.J.

dougdagrump:

Welcome home Dennis.

Aside from family having the support of friends like you experienced is one of the best things in life.

Dennis, I agree 110%. I have been there. The support was great.

8ntrack - Could it be Lionel wants us to take or send items to them for repair?

I got a new supply of GRITS. All is right with the world!

Pat

LawsonFarmsRR:

dougdagrump:

Welcome home Dennis.

Aside from family having the support of friends like you experienced is one of the best things in life.

 

Dennis, I agree 110%. I have been there. The support was great.

8ntrack - Could it be Lionel wants us to take or send items to them for repair?

I got a new supply of GRITS. All is right with the world!

Pat

 

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 50 degrees. Going up to 68 today, with sunshine.

It is a busy day today. Lots of chores around the house. Wife is leaving, to spend the weekend with grandkids, up north. I will be cooking again. Lots of peace and quiet. Only the sounds of a train whistle.

Buckeye......TGIF

Dining car was here from "Points West". Had the usual for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

Good Afternoon all from Beautiful Southern Ohio

On lunch break and a quick check in.  Thanks for the continued prayers for our family.  Still working issues, but the kids are happy and safe with us.

Dennis – I will continue prayers for your Mom and the grieving loved ones.  Sounds like the FD are a class act.

May God bless

Jim

TGIF......too busy even to stop and read the postings.

Afternoon.  Rushing out the door to the lake.  Been in meetings all day.  Stopped raining and was cool.  Now light rain again.  4.5 inches. 

Dennis, love you buddy. 

Everyone get well!!!!  My sniffles are better it seems.

Have a great weekend.

Hello all, windy here today.Waiting on the rain, supposed to be a lousy weekend.Continued prayers for those who need them.Enjoy the weekend.

Afternoon All,

Had a great week!!!  Its been an "attitude adjustment" week.  Kay, said stay home I will handle the office, you need some time off!  That was on Monday, Tuesday, she says, Nope you still need more, Wednesday, today is Veterans Day, take it off you deserve it.  (Monday and Tuesday was spent doing chores and stuff.  Wednesday, I started putting some additional shelving up in the train room.)  Thursday, "Finish the shelving, get that done, then come in to work on Friday.  So that's exactly what has happened.  Got more shelving up.  Sure was a pain though.  The wall is stucco with a "thin coat" of plaster applied over it.  Sometimes the stucco is worse than cement, then depending where you go through their maybe chicken wire, or sheet metal.  Fortunately did not get into any plumbing!

So with the additional shelves have more space on the layout, but still have too many trains, need to get rid of some.  If I don't I wont be able to buy anymore!  So will have to start weeding.

Prayers for those in need!!  Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Dennis,

             Welcome back.

I installed my Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade today, and I love it. The issues that Vista had are gone, and all of the great Aero features are still here. W7 is much faster all around as well. I will be going to a Greenberg show tomorrow, so I am looking forward to more Flyer. I want a four piece 302, but I might just be able to afford a 332 Northern. I am keeping my fingers crossed on that one.

Thanks guys.  We were blessed with Mom for these many years.  Spoke with a friend from the FD tonight who has lost both parents.  His were both deteriorating before him.  Watched the health just continue to go down and the concerns go up.  In the end, there is something to be said for a quick demise.  After having spoke with Mom's cardiologist who is a friend of mine, we are going to pull her records and do a joint M&M which is a morbidity and mortality conference.  Plan is for our group down here to review the case, operative report, etc., and to highlight any concerns. Perhaps we can all learn something from this and prevent another family from such an outcome.

I will be home alone with the kids tomorrow as bride has to work one of her two days  a month tomorrow.  Plan is to get some layout work completed.  Also, want to take care of some items in "O" that have come in recently.  Need to oil some wheels, etc.  Another thing, today I got the latest OGR, so I hope to spend a little time in the "reading room".

Again, thanks for the kind thoughts.

Dennis

Good Evening

Sunny and 56 today, no rain here for quite a while.

# 2 son is  out of the hospital and doing well. Can't go back to work till Doc sees him on monday. we had our friday out meal early today. November special, fish and chips $4.95.

Banilla is ready and I am waiting for the thingy....S.J.

Ole Timer:

 I installed WIN7 and I love it over vista ... you will too . Microsoft gave me the $49.00 deal since I beta tested it . You can use 180 + gigs of ram with it if you want to and it uses every bit .... unlike vista with only 3 gigs useable . Makes everything soar with just a few extra gigs !!!! 

Surprisingly, the new 32-bit versions of Windows 7 still have the same upper memory limits as the old 32-bit Vista, although they do make more efficient use of that first 4 GB of RAM. Only in the 64-bit versions, has the upper limit of physical RAM actually increased from 128 GB in Vista to 192 GB for Windows 7.