2008 [PART 2] and the Coffee Pot is still on and now 4 years old. Here we gather as friends with trains. Sweet ice tea too.

[sir james I]

Guys, I just had an idea, probably why I get headaches. Take the TARDIS make a raid on the south and grab the Chiefs popcorn to go with the cold ones. Don't say anything we will need for it to be a secret.

[Brutus]

Okay, I'll hold it hovering just outside the window and you go in - watch out for Burg and Lucy and that 12 gauge! 

[sir james I]

No problem with them, milk bones will do the job. we just need to make sure the Chief is nappin. He's the one I'm afraid of. remember all those poor little varmits he kilt and et.

[dbaker48]

Hey guys,

Got more detail from the Dr., when I got home.  The Xrays were negative, no subsequent lung damage.  The Dr. thought that the pain may be a mild form of plurasiy.  (According to the definition Pulmonary infarction, I found I guess that its like a lung f*rt.) 

So will just continue to watch him.

THANKS A LOT FOR ALL THE CONCERN AND THE PRAYERS.  IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED !!!!! 

[ChiefEagles]

Hey guys,

Got more detail from the Dr., when I got home.  The Xrays were negative, no subsequent lung damage.  The Dr. thought that the pain may be a mild form of plurasiy.  (According to the definition Pulmonary infarction, I found I guess that its like a lung f*rt.) 

So will just continue to watch him.

THANKS A LOT FOR ALL THE CONCERN AND THE PRAYERS.  IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED !!!!! 

That is good news. [got your voice mail, was in Town Board meeting]  

Good night.  Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 62 degrees. Going up to 84 today, with lots of sunshine.

Today is a busy day. I will be driving into Cambridge for groceries. The gas prices have stayed at $3.69 a gallon. I don't trust it. Food prices have soared. Can't find Folger's coffee at less than $8.12 a can. That's really high.

Prayers out to folks in Florida. "Fay" is getting nasty.

Don Baker..Glad to hear that all is OK.

Dining car is here and it's time for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

Chuck

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

Nice weather in SE Indiana.  Boys scored moral victory, losing only 9-0 when I expected it to be high double digit loss.  Almost scored once, but hit crossbar.  JV lost 1-0.  Good evening.  No one got hurt.  Some one mentioned Dollar General a few posts back.  If anyone goes there, please mention Sarah Fisher Racing.  They sponsored her at Kentucky and will at Chicago.  Rumor is they may sign on for 2009 as well full-time.  Usual fare at breakfast.  I hope everyone has a good day.  Work heavy.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[anjdevil2]

Hello from Soggy NorthEast Florida

Aunt Fay is about 15 East of the Cape and coming up for a visit.  Right now we have the outer bands hitting us, winds 20-30 and steady rain, sometimes heavy.  The weather "see-ers" are saying we're gonna get it tomorrow, so as a result the Emergency Center has closed the schools until Friday and they are discussing closing on Friday as well.  Work is still on, obviously.  So far, so good, just wind and rain right now.

Had a nice dinner last night, had chicken and shrimp, wifey gave me and engineer's hat, a Thomas Engine that goes over the bath tub spout (dodn't fit, the spout was too big and a Hallmark NYC A unit for the Christmas tree. 

Don B - Glad Chris is OK!
Phish - Was going to document that today, but pictures and further work on the beast is on hold until this "weather event" is over.  Maybe Friday, I hope!

Hope Asch & Lee F. are ok, my Aunt in Vero got almost 6" of rain yesterday, but so far, no other problems there!!

Gas here is as low as $3.60-3.69.

We'll try to catch up later..!!!

[sir james I]

GOOD MORNING

How are we this morning? I'm still sleepy and clueless. It's still to early to decide my day. weather is sunny and 80s,no rain even mentioned till Friday nite. Called off the southern raid, could not get enough volunteers, I think it was the 12ga. that did it, plus in the dark we might have grabbed his box of instant grits instead of the popcorn box. Oh well enjoy your day,you guys in Fl. keep your feet dry and good luck....S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  On the run.  Down east to Mom's for business and then back for a meeting.  Just like my Florida friends on the forum, holding all the rain down there and not sharing with us.   Good luck guys.  Later.  

[cnw1995]

Morning all. Sunny and pleasant here - going to be in the low 80s. Good news about Chris!!

Why were popcorn kernels all over the floor of the Tardis?

Rich, sounds like a nice anniversary. Where did your bride find that Thomas engine 'cover' for the tub spout?

[phillyreading]

Good Morning,

From a soggy southeast Florida! Tropical storm Fay has passed over the area and left severe flooding in a couple of cities to the north of West Palm Beach.  Saint Lucie county is extremely flooded and won't have school for a couple of days because the roads are covered with water. My yard is sort of soggy and the pond is extremely full, even filled the drainage ditch between my neighbors property. I had some rain come in one of my skylights in the roof, also lost power upstairs because a GFI outlet tripped, the circuit breaker to the dryer outside quit as well.

Spent about 35 minutes picking up palm tree branches or palm fronds that the storm took off the palm trees. Carport where RV trailer is still has some water in it, work on that maybe tomorrow.

Other news, the train show had a decent crowd, I sold a few things. Bought a new Williams Pennsy F7 ABA set, $165.00, works good & has QSI sound board in it.

Anjdevil2, you are getting a powerful tropical storm capable of dropping eight to ten inches of rain in just over 26 hours, also there were four tornadoes with that storm down here below you.

Lee F.

[anjdevil2]

Lee, glad you are ok.  My aunt in Vero, said she got a lot of water, but no real damage which is good.

Yeah, we're bracing for up to 10" of rain today and tomorrow.  Schools are out today and tomorrow and optioned for Friday.

I think the fun is just beginning!!!

[SPMan]

Don, that's good news.  I have had Pluracy (check spelling) myself in the past.  It's no fun.  It hurts when you cough.  I think it's some kind of inflamation of the lungs.  I beleive anti biotics will clear it up though.  Hope for the best.  Ray

[Buckeye Riveter]

My sources tell me that the Mayor of Roseyville is looking for more commercial developement.  Well, we want to help the Mayor so we have contacted the following to see if they will build in Roseyville:

Buckeye Pulp Mill

Buckeye Slaughtering House

Buckeye Tannery

Little Buckeye Mushroom Farm

Buckeye Chicken Farm

Buckeye Rendering Plant

If they are good enough for Buckeyeland, then they are darn sure good enough for Roseyville.

Unlike Budweiser, I did not give away the brewery.

[dbaker48]

Buckeye,

I thought you were a loyal OSU fan???  How would you expect the team and the boosters to survive the season if you were to export all those critical suppliers???

Buckeye Pulp Mill  -  Supplies all the propaganda supplies

Buckeye Slaughtering House - Supplies the tailgate party appetizers, pork rinds, pigs feet, etc.

Buckeye Tannery - All the chip covered facimile footballs, used in practice

Little Buckeye Mushroom Farm - Coaches boarding house where they are kept in the dark and fed s---  (stuff)

Buckeye Chicken Farm - Weekend brooding ground for the players, and field colorant

Buckeye Rendering Plant - Booster raffle prizes and buffet.

And obviously, you left out the stockyard where all the BS culminates from.

I think you should reconsider.

 

[dougdagrump]

Don B.-     

Don, Great news on Chris.

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  Well it was 50 degrees here today and got up to 77.  Nice day to sit inside and listen to an all day inservice about teaching.  Anyhow I did get a 2 miler in this morning before school.  Nice a cool on the hands. Tomorrow another day o in service.  Then off for friday.  I will celebrate the new school year by going down to BARRYs Train Shop and buy something?

  BRUTUS, tanks for the OL MILs last nite made me sleep well.  How bout a couple of three tonite?

  laz57

[fifedog]

Evenin' boys.  Save some of that rain for my lawn please.

Phish - LOL!

dbaker - kinda good news/bad news.  Pluracy layed me up for two weeks...chest hurt.  It's a dry pneumonia.

[RRCharlie]

The Fickle Fingers of Fay are tickling the Jax area. Rain and wind supposed to get worse tonight and tomorrow. Got my Cab Forward back from Lionel last week. It just quit. I couldn't get it re-programmed. May try to get it back on the tracks tonight as not going anywhere. Want to drive to Savannah, GA Friday for an afternoon funeral of a high school classmate.

Good news about Chris. More proof, I believe, that prayers do get answered.

 

[dbaker48]

Your Definetly Right Mel !!!!

I sure hope everything goes well for all the folk along the southern coastline.  They've had enough.  But, I'm sure we won't be delt anything we can't handle.  

 

Thanks again for all the concern, it sure has helped !!

[Brutus]

Nice haul on your anniversary, Rich.  My marriage is 14 years old next week.  Man, where did that time go?

Don't know if it's related to Fay, but it was raining here tonight - just enough to keep me from mowing the yard tonight.    Oh well!  My daughter has a birthday coming up so we'll have a party on Saturday with a bunch of kids at a local pottery painting place - actually should be fun.  I made a frog the last time we went as a family, but I hope they have something train-y this time.

Laz, I think there are a couple Old Mills left after all?  Hmmm, we'll have to see what can be done about that.  Need to bring that beer tester to make sure they are nice and cold

Guys, I think that TARDIS is ready to go, but we need to take turns cleaning up after the parties?

Don - good news on your son, seriously!

[ChiefEagles]

My sources tell me that the Mayor of Roseyville is looking for more commercial developement.  Well, we want to help the Mayor so we have contacted the following to see if they will build in Roseyville:

Buckeye Pulp Mill

Buckeye Slaughtering House

Buckeye Tannery

Little Buckeye Mushroom Farm

Buckeye Chicken Farm

Buckeye Rendering Plant

If they are good enough for Buckeyeland, then they are darn sure good enough for Roseyville.

Unlike Budweiser, I did not give away the brewery.

Anouncement!!!!!!!  Roseyville hires full time Economic Development Director. 

Mr. Buckeye Riviter has been hired as Economic Development Director.  He is being paid the next to the highest salary of Roseyville staff.  Mr. Buckeye is being paid $1,000,000.00 per year.  His salary is second only to the MAYOR. 

Evening all.  Wish my buddies in FL would not hog all the rain.   Share with the other Southern States [not those YANKS].

Now back to trains.

[jonadel]

Laz--

May The Peace of the Curriculum Director be with you and the staff for the next 9 months. I sure miss those meetings..................

[sir james I]

EVENING ALL

Another great summer day coming to an end,sigh. No train news today, just old guy kind of stuff. Brutus I think we should elect Chewy to keep the Tardis clean. and if we go back far enough we can just toss the cans out the door. Where are all those cans and bottles now I wonder. Oh well its dark now, must be bed time....TTFN...S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Off to bed.  Good night.  Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.  If you live on the left coast, hope you don't get rocked to sleep.

[dbaker48]

Hey Brutus, What kind of smoke fluid does the Tardis use? 

[John Bakeer]

Hey Brutus, What kind of smoke fluid does the Tardis use? 

It's, British made and conforms to the 1954 Clean Air Act, hence-no smoke.

 

[John Bakeer]

EVENING ALL

Another great summer day coming to an end,sigh. No train news today, just old guy kind of stuff. Brutus I think we should elect Chewy to keep the Tardis clean. and if we go back far enough we can just toss the cans out the door. Where are all those cans and bottles now I wonder. Oh well its dark now, must be bed time....TTFN...S.J.

Cleaned up by the Wombles.

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

Hot in SE Indiana.  Had first soccer "tutoring" session with exchange student from Brazil last night.  She's no Marta yet, but there is potential.  Could be interesting experience.  Brazil vs US for Olympic gold in women's soccer today.  Balanced checkbook last night.  Read latest CTT.  Good articles.  Only 92 pages.  Not good.  Usual fare on dining car.  Both soccer boys and girls teams play tonight.  Tough opponents.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana