First off prayers Chris and a speedy recovery Fife jr.
Morning all. Was a good weekend, helped my dad's friend who wanted a flatscreen tv installed in her bar/restraunt. She wanted all the wires snaked through the wall, so the job ended up paying pretty good. Good timing as it's my daughter's birthday thursday,so at least I have some more spending money. Bought all the garden plants yesterday will plant today after I cut the grass. Dosn't look like any train time today. Later I need to get breakfast started for the kids.
Jason
B&O = Best & Only
A GOOD MONDAY MORNING TO ALL
We have bright sun this morning but at 5:45am it was 39 degrees. Still feeling like ****so no plans for today. I noticed that my wife, who had this first is still coughing once in awhile so may be a long one. You know what we need is a shipment of new trains to come in, thats a good "pick me up". Everyone stay safe and prayers to the recently injured and ill....S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Mornin' boys. Sunny & 55 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Not much chance in the swimming pool warming up by next Monday. Lot's to do today; call the pediatrician, schedule a specialist, chat with P&D, purchase a new impeller for the pond pump, paint, trim some cedars, cook dinner....anything else?
rt - You're on your way, mate. Love to help, but I've got my hands full at the moment.
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 60s. Prayers going out for Baker and Fife families. Busy days at the track this weekend with both Manning and Sarah in the show. Bonus qualification of Jeff Simmons give Foyt two semi-competitive cars in the race instead of one. Action was really intense last 45 minutes on Sunday. Watched "Desperate Housewives" season finale last night. I am not sure jumping ahead five years is a smart move. Reminds me too much of "Lost". Did some track work at the YMCA and went for a walk with my wife on Sunday. Soccer practice tonight. Had the regular fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning !! (And how good it is!)
Hope fife's son (Chris?) has as good of a report!
The Dr. came in after we left the hospital last night, and talked with Chris. As a result of the XRays that were done late yesterday he has a 90% restore of the lung and air evacuation of the space between the chest wall and lung. (As I understand it.) Chris was suppose to take his last final today, (1st yr of Jr. College), but I'm going to go by the school and talk with them about makeup. Probably will get an incomplete until he makes up the final, which is fine. Then stop by the hospital on my way to work.
I sure have learned alot about collapsed lungs! I thought it was a primarily a result of trama, or injury. But, apparently it is quite common for men between the ages of 20 and 44, especially if they are thin. (Chris is 6'2, weighs 170). That a cyst or bleb on the lung may rupture causing air to leak into the chest cavity. I thought too that it may have been a result of being in that "pit" area of the concert. But both he and his gf insist that they were not in the "mosh pit" where all the bumping goes on. That they were concerned about her and all the groping that goes on, and stayed outside of it. So I don't really know for sure, cause later he said he did get forced into it a couple of times, and did receive a "minor" blow to the chest. So who knows?? Im just thankful that when he had the attack on the way home while driving, he didn't get in an accident, or the attack didn't happen during the concert. It was a hot day and the gf almost fainted twice due to the heat, it was around the high 90's, and apparently there were "thousands" of people at this place.
Certainly brings back to reality very quickly, how EVERY day is a GIFT, and how quickly we seem to forget. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes, I'm sure it helped!!!!
Don
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cnw1995 and all,
The 500 is built on tradition, and one tradition for the longest time was that events at Indy lasted 30 days. Memorial Day was the 30th, and the track opened on the 1st. Back in the day, baseball was the only other major sport going on at the time. NASCAR was mainly in the South and F-1 was overseas. The 500 was "IT" for Indy as well. No Colts, no Pacers. The pace of life was more leisurely and teams did not spend a bazillion bucks to run. Four days were allocated to qualifications to give everybody an opportunity to run. Also the individual process was two to three times longer than it is now due to the lower speeds and longer engine warmups. During one or two energy crunches, they had only one weekend of trials, but weather messes with the schedule more times than not. While it may take longer to get the grid set this way, at least they avoid the mess that can occur when it rains out NASCAR qualifying and people line up by points rather speed. This year is one of those rare occasions where the field is lined up in order totally by speed. Does not always happen, but it did this year. Thanks for asking the question.
Good morning,
Getting hot down here in south Florida, around 92 for the high today again, need some rain.
Worked on the riding mower over the weekend, changed blades and cleaned and serviced the battery and cables, now it will start much easier and cut much better-no more half cut rows!
Also drained a buried conduit pipe this morning, the clown who installed the pipe didn't glue it together anywhere and put up a metal box instead of a PVC box, so when I drilled into the pipe with a maunel drill & water squirted out almost two feet high! This is an electrical pipe, not a water pipe!! Used a shop vac to get more water out after it quit squirting. I turned off the power to that line first. That is why if you don't know what you are doing with electrical work get somebody who does know!
Cleaning out space under my layout so I can get back to wiring some switches and accessories.
Lee F.
Good Mornin, ya'll,
Suddenly every CTT post is being forwarded to my email. I checked my profile and nothing is amiss. Anyone know how to shut the floodgates?
Spent 4 hours yesterday doing yardwork and am now using the only muscles that don't hurt, the ones in my fingers. I need a lawn tractor. The grass got away from me with all the rain, and we bag because we don't want the dogs and grandchild tracking the clippings into the house. Victory nonetheless, caught up.
Sorry to hear about Fife Jr. Hope this doesn't hinder his chores too much around the homestead. Kid's are tough.
DonB.....get-well wishes for Chris. Partying is tougher than I remember it.
Sir James....take notes from all the "sick" posts over the last few months and see your Doc. Dennis has a discount for Pot members.
Fire Chief.....I looked up all the goodies you posted on the Pot last week, but none listed in our Rachel Ray cookbook. I did recognize Klondike Bar and popcorn. Hmmmm. Reminds me of the Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom movie where they served boa constrictor filled with live snakes, chilled monkey brains, and eyeball soup.
Doug under the weather? Geez. Must be a train-borne illness going around. Glad to hear that son's band debut was successful. Bet your proud.
Roger......moving Mount Everest around the homestead will do it every time. My elbows are still bothering me 12 years after one winter where we had 144 inches of snow and I didn't have a snowblower.
RT......sounds like you're plans are very ambitious: packing, moving, and starting work in such a short space of time. Might be a good idea to tell the boss you might need a tiny bit of flexibility getting the house in order while easing into the job.
Brent..... and congratulations on your graduation. I look back on those times and don't know how I ever survived going to school at night and working full time. I probably was lacking in productive grey matter and didn't notice I was overloaded. Prayers everything works out on the home front.
INDY 500 RULES !
JACK
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RockIsland52 wrote: Good Mornin, ya'll,Suddenly every CTT post is being forwarded to my email. I checked my profile and nothing is amiss. Anyone know how to shut the floodgates?
Yeah, wut gong on here?
RT =
Fife & Don = A Get Well Soon card to the kids....
Brent= Congas on the "walk", now it's pay back time...(you know....salary...)
Like Lee sez, up to 89 today had a spritz yesteddy, need a little more, I just don't like brush fires...too hot too smokey and it jest don't wanna go out!!!
Sister & Mom up Friday night, they went to d beach, I worked, had dinner Saturday and Ice Cream for d-sert. They left Sunday AM, be back Sunday or Saturday -- plans are fluid, so who knows? Had a great time as usual....
Not much else here, little one has exams, hopeful she goes to the next grade otherwise its SUMMER SCHOOL!!!!
Well, that's all fur now...oh yeah, bub by Flyers, see ya next year, your TEE TIME is ready....
Rich
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
ChiefEagles wrote:Fox on the run.
Sounds like sheep in fox clothing to me....
Well back from Sandy Eggos. Meetings were unproductive. Would rather have met up with Doug d'G and seen the museum.
Been too busy to post. Jr High son got himself in BIG trouble at school event Saturday and now all my time is being spent managing that mess. Sometimes they just seem to want to learn the hard way - over and over and over....
Hope all are well.
Regards, Roy
Went to glass doctor this morning. Should you still be able to clearly see where the glass was broken? It's smooth on the inside of the windshield, but a little dimple on the outside? I'm not impressed at all
Doing laundry again and need to fix a couple odds and ends around the house. So much for a day off. Could be worse, I guess. Could be raining. Oh, wait - it is raining! D'oh!
Hope Chris and Fife 2 continue to heal and that Sir James starts feeling better. TTFN
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Regarding my receiving every CTT post via email. No matter what I do I can't shut them off. In the last section of the "update profile" you can set your email preferences. I have them all marked "no," hit the update tab, and then get a message on the screen that it will take 10 minutes to update the profile.
Every time I go back to the profile, the "yes" box is checked again.
This has been going on since Friday.
Any ideas?
Jack
Hey Bergie......you out there?????
lionroar88 wrote:Mornin' Fellas.RT - Congrats on the house and job. Don't fret too much over house ownership... in 5 years you'll look like Chief!
88 I don't take kindly to threats
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Jack, The computer just wants to "Share the Love". Just couldn't resist, or as Flip Wilson would say "The Devil made me do it".
Drop a message to the webmaster, they should be able to correct the issue.
Weather folks say it is going to start cooling off today, 99* instead of 101*. Electric company is just gonna love my bill, wonder how many tons off pennies it will take. Had the garden trains running for a little bit saturday morning, per munchkins request, but didn't take to long before we were back inside, plus grampa wasn't at 100%.
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The pot has a lot going on for the middle of the day, but it's kind of scary with most of you doing,gasp,chores. streach out on the couch and take a nap. See isn't that better. S.J.
Jack-Dennis did send me a discount card, but with high gas prices it would cost the same as seeing a Dr. here.
Mannnnnn! lay low for a few days and all **** breaks loose here. Not sure I can remember it all, but here goes:
Brent: Congratulations and good luck on that issue. God Speed and blessings.
Roger: Sorry to hear about Lewis' mother. Even when they are advanced in age and have suffered for a long time, it is hard. May God give him and the family peace and comfort.
Don: Sorry to hear about Chris. Yeah, tall thin guys are prone to it. Will have to watch his exercise and athletic activities in the future. These can re-occur and at least he knows about it and can be on guard for it.
Fife: Sorry to hear about your son. Sometimes, the break is better than the damage from a sprain. Bones heal better than soft tissue and quicker too. Hope he is up and driving you nuts the way only a son can soon.
Lee: Glad you found the electrical/water issue this way verses some more dramatic and costly methods. Also, it is good that you know what you are doing so you can make sure the problem is fixed.
Chief: Look forward to it. Savannah would be good and Kim certainly needs a little vacation too. As for Colin and Greyson, I have not heard from them...are they OK? also, glad you were able to handle the fire. That may need some investigating. I know you mentioned that the guy is not the most stable personality and hope he was not doing it to his own place.
Brutus: I was in the scouts and enjoyed my time there. Some kids can make it rough, but those are not the kind that portray the honor code of the organization. If you don't get satisfaction from the leader, you can always go up the chain. I have seen that ultimately, they hold onto the core values of the original documents....wish they could do the same in Washington.
Laz: Have an aunt that lives in Cresco, PA. IS that anywhere near where you are heading? Nice area. We used to enjoy camping trips up near the "Gap". beautiful area.
Well, if I missed anyone, I am sorry. As for things on this end, wife has returned to working the 1 or 2 days per month at the hospital. She likes it better that way as she can spend more time with the kids. She started this weekend. When she came home, I had made stuffed fillet of sole with potatos-au-gratten and corn on the cob. She melted. I also had to play Mr. Mom at home with the kids and played "Starwars Legos" on the Wii till my eyes crossed. ON Sunday, took the kids to church and I was on Camera...so now I have a back ache. Never did get to the trains
I am now on call, so I have plenty to do, but, maybe somehow, I can actually get to the trains soon. My son graduates K5 this Thursday, so I have someone covering me while I attend. I know it is only K5, but I want my kids knowing that I made every attempt to be there when I could.
Well, Hope everyone has a great week ahead.
God Bless,
dennis
TCA#09-63805
dougdagrump wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: I have a traction tire off of my K-Line Diesel. Any hints on how to put one of these back on without taking the trucks off?Buckeye,I use one of those really heavy duty paper clips that I straightened out then with a pair of needle nose pliers made a hook on the end. Kinda like a shepperds crook. With the loco upside down push the replacement tire down, towards chassis, trying to catch the tire in the groove on the wheel. Using a small screwdriver to kelp hold it in place reach down with the hook end of paperclip and hook tire. Pull around sliding tire into groove much the same as an auto tire is rolled on. After it is on you can run the hook around a bit to even the tire on the wheel.Just make sure that there are no children present, even with homemade implements replacing tires can result in some not quite polite verbiage spilling out.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: I have a traction tire off of my K-Line Diesel. Any hints on how to put one of these back on without taking the trucks off?
I have a traction tire off of my K-Line Diesel. Any hints on how to put one of these back on without taking the trucks off?
Buckeye,
I use one of those really heavy duty paper clips that I straightened out then with a pair of needle nose pliers made a hook on the end. Kinda like a shepperds crook. With the loco upside down push the replacement tire down, towards chassis, trying to catch the tire in the groove on the wheel. Using a small screwdriver to kelp hold it in place reach down with the hook end of paperclip and hook tire. Pull around sliding tire into groove much the same as an auto tire is rolled on. After it is on you can run the hook around a bit to even the tire on the wheel.
Just make sure that there are no children present, even with homemade implements replacing tires can result in some not quite polite verbiage spilling out.
Thanks, Doug. I'll give it a try. I had another way, but yours seems that it would do less damage to the actual traction tire.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
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HI GIZ,
Well after school today I called Lionel to get parts I needed for my Niagara. And YES they had the nylon gear cost $2.00 so I got 2 and another gear underneath. Figured if it happens again now I got backup. Hope they come for the weekend?
RT, BIG CONGA on da house and da job way to go.
BRENT, BIG CONGA on GRADGIATION!!!!
DENNIS, CRESCO is about 2 hrs from me up outside the POCONOS. Close to TOBYHANNA, we use to go up there and fish with my DAD and UNCLE when I was a kid. Nice place.
laz57
Buckeye - Another method I have used is with a piece of Fishing line, I had some 60 lb stuff, and it really worked well. As a matter of fact I used two pieces, one to hold the portion I had on manually about 1/3, then the other piece to guide the remainder in place.
Mike C (Cheap Classics) - At the computer show I was working this weekend, I got into a conversation with a customer, as it turned out he was the designer for the Turbine Car. He had asked if I could remember the car. At the time, the race was only on the radio, I can hear in my mind the roar of the rest of the field, then the whine of the turbine. We ended up talking for about a 1/2 hour or so. As he was recalling incidents involving Andy Granatelli, and Parnelli Jones with the car. It was really interesting. Just to jog your memory, remember the car ended up not finishing, due to a gear in the rear end. He also reeled off a bunch names involved in the design effort, and even knew of a shop near Long Beach, that Granatelli owned. I was amazed.
On the way in this morning I stopped at the hospital, and fortunately the Dr. was there. Found out that the problem that Chris had WAS due to a BLEB on the lung that ruptured. Didn't even know that there was such a thing. Anyway, it seems everything is going well, hopefully he will get released tomorrow.
Better go and get the shipping done.
Later
LEE - OMG, I was just reading over the posts from before and read about your gusher! I sure hope that cable was rated for outside too!
Dennis - you are right. Wife is doing bookkeeping for the troop and should know tonight. Apparently little Timmy has also grabbed kids by the collar and shook them around, he's a big bruiser compared to some of the kids. I emailed the adult leader, whom I knew when I was a den leader with the Cub Scouts and told him this behavior is not in keeping with the scout oath, which I quoted to him from the manual along with what it means, per the manual. He emailed back and said he'll look into it, but that he and the other leader have always found Timmy to be a good boy leader and etc etc etc. Son said he wants to keep in scouts but if Timmy calls him a name again he will quit. So, that's where we stand right now
Mother-in-Law went home to KC and daughter is now having a little cry over it (she was here when I took them to school).
Big congrats to Brent 88!
Had a little Chinese food for dinner, but I think I left room for some banilla....
Jack - the emails stop when the threads to which you are subscribed "die", so pretty soon it should just be from the coffee pot. Then, we'll move to a new one and this will stop too. Assuming you have now turned off that "feature". I know this from bitter experience.
Ouch - hit 99 here today and broke last years' record of 98.
Don - my younger brother suffered from the detached lung thing. Happened to him three times in just a couple of years. I think he had some laser sugery to attach the lungs better to the chest wall muscles? Anyway - it hasn't happened again in over 20 years - but he slowed down a lot too. He is still thin - but mainly cause he continues to smoke.
Wow........................................All I can say is that if someone needs help do not put it off doctors and nurses can diagnose and treat most mental illnesses a lot better than what they could a decade ago, please anyone who has those kind of thoughts and symptums seek medical help.
Chief , I have heard of pumpkin seed, long eared, bluegill, and pan fish sunfishes.
I have deleted the post in question, and at the same time urged the poster to seek professional care immediately. He should do this for his own sake, but surely for the sake of potential innocents around him.
Please move on.
-Crandell
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