Thanks guys.
As I was doing a couple chores this morning I was thinking about yesterday's phone interview. I now think I may have been too optimistic about it. Only time will tell.
Had a thought that made me laugh a few minutes ago when I was reading the posts since my last one. A comment about racing made me realize I will be able to watch the twin 125 qualifiers tomorrow. Would have missed them if previous plans hadn't fallen through.
The rain has melted just about all of the snow around here. I don't think Ohio has a law like Michigan but I won't be surprised if it starts snowing soon.
Morning all. Dark, rainy and warm today. Thinking back on the shingle I found in the yard after the snow really melted this past weekend. Not sure what to do about repairing that. Good ride in the Tardis last eve. Thanks for waiting 'til I got out of class, Brutus! Jack and Mike, I remember as a youngster watching... was it Cam-Am? - big wide race cars at Lime Rock. Praying for your next interviews, Greg. Brent, you need new glasses? Jon, I was fortunate to see a 'live' eagle once up in the UP (not the two legged kind - haven't had that pleasure )
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
No problem Brent in fact thou I found a SD-80 MAC Dummy in the NS Road name for a certain member here who was glad to get it. I would of taken it but my engine is Lionmaster it was scale which is what he has.
Morning all not a lot to do today told other half just resting today as I have OT the next 3 out of 4 days I work Yes thats my out on VT day I'm working from 7 am to 8 P.M. actually she knows thats extra $$ for us to have fun with so she don't mind.
As stated last night we went to an auction we like the every other Tuesday night auction as it sold by the table and we can get a bunch of stuff cheap and go thur and get what we want and then resell the rest up there in a auction or at a yard sale here at the house.
Got my new glasses in Saturday (the VA mails them/ or you can pick them up I asked to pick them up ) well I could see better with no glasses than with them so went in Monday and asked if maybe they got a set in as I also got a not e at work they were in and remembered they had to reorder mine as they didn't come in. Well the correct pair was there and they said pair I got in mail ( which I already knew) was wrong frames and wrong prescription so there somebody out there with out a pair of glasses wondering where there glasses are lol
Well time to go check out the dinner car I guess and see whats for breaqkfast this am.
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jonadel Good early morning What a great day yesterday, temps in the 60's so I loaded up the cameras and headed to the open rivers hoping to get a few eagle shots as they are working the open waters. No luck but I did interrupt a young couple in a remote area, ahem........ Last year on the upper Mississippi near LaCrosse, WI area we had two eagles fly over on our bikes-----it was awesome.
Good early morning
What a great day yesterday, temps in the 60's so I loaded up the cameras and headed to the open rivers hoping to get a few eagle shots as they are working the open waters. No luck but I did interrupt a young couple in a remote area, ahem........ Last year on the upper Mississippi near LaCrosse, WI area we had two eagles fly over on our bikes-----it was awesome.
We always are awesome. See them all the time at Kerr Lake. Was up at Fontana Lake [in the Smokey Mtns. National Park] fishing one spring. Saw two lock tallons and fall until almost to the water. Unbelievable.
Morning. Lucy would not let met sleep late. Had stayed up late watching a western on Oncore. Maybe a snooze after breakfast. Sunny and real warm. Was 69 yesterday and I am sick and can not go fishing. Glad the "sausy winch" is getting better. Prayers for all those looking jobs. Dr's apt at 3:45 this afternoon. Where is Rich? Cold weather in FL get him. Later.
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Mornin' Fellas.Not much goin' on in these parts - except this crazy project at work.Wanted to thank RT on here for tracking down an AC6000 for me. Didn't need the one he found because I don't want the 'dummy' unit, just the power unit, as I have the SuperBass unit on order at the LTS. But thanks anyway RT!So did I read that right? Dr. Dennis is going to be at York in April??? Looks like we could have a live one this year! Need to call the eye center today to find out when they are open... website says till 7pm yet when I stopped last night at 5pm no one was there! Then need to call the LTS to check to see when the owner's brother is going to be around so we can get together to discuss the construction schedule for the curved wooden trestle... also need to locate a funding source - maybe I can get some of this stimulus bill seeing that our lovely new 'Pres' has seen fit to raise my taxes... ---Edit---GregM - Best o' Luck on the job front. Looks like things are starting to move for you... hope it leads to something permanent!
Greg, hope that if this is the job God wants you in, you'll get it and it will be even better than the one you left.
Supposed to get up to the mid 70s...again. If all goes well, I should be home in time to enjoy it with the family before dark.
Chief, hope you are on the mend. You are probably sleeping late after that codeine.
I am a bit tired today as the dog kept us up a good part of the night. He kept seeing the deer in the back yard as the moon was very bright. Wife tossed a pillow at him...didn't help. Let him out for awhile, then he came back in all out of breath and drank a bunch of water. Stayed by the windows for the longest time. When I got up this morning, started to bark at him... I know, didn't bother him, but made me feel better.
I have the parts to fix a Polar Express tender that one of the guys at work broke at his home on Christmas morning. Now, I just need to spend a little time getting it done. Seems that when I am not busy with cases, I just want to be with the family or sleep. Two more weeks and the new guy will be here. Credentials Committee passed everything, so he should be up to speed in a month or so. Then, I will be able to be off call more and can actually take some time off. Looking forward to York.
GOD BLESS,
Dennis
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Good morning all,
It is cloudy but warm (for now) in SE Indiana. Did some Second Life last night and some eBaying. Went to the YMCA for the regular routine. Sometimes I can do the soccer ball juggling fairly well (like once in 10 or 20 tries) and most of the time it is one or two bounces at most. Practice, practice, practice. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast this morning as the "saucy wench" was under the weather. She went to a dinner for her volunteer CASA group and soemthing must not have agreed with her. Hopefully she will be better today. Ran the trains on the Tardis last night with NO pileups! Beacon is lit for tonight after "Lost" (I know Doug M will be watching as well). I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
OHIO - High Wind Warning Today!!! Be careful out there and hopefully the power stays on.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Hi GYZ,
35 here today going up to record 61?
Stay Frosty,
laz57
Evenin'/Early Mornin' All,
Crazy morning here, really cold and super frost last nite so the sun comes up and starts drawing some moisture up from fences, patio, etc. Next thing I see is it's raining on the patio under the patio cover, seems the corrugated tin roof was still frost covered and any humidity the limited sun brought up condensed on the underside of the cover and started drippng like rain.
Don, Since I am only an "indian" I sent my thoughts about the meeting on to the "chiefs" and haven't gotten anything back yet. The more I think about it though maybe a friday would be good since he pretty much eliminated a saturday, the "younger" working folks might have the ability to take a vacation day and make it a three day weekend. With the layout available as well as the Pacific Beach Room adjacent to the layout any kind of meeting with a demo/show & tell could be handled quite easily.
Supposed to be in the 20's tonite, gotta get out the long woollies to keep warm.
Nite All !
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Doug, Count me out of the 'green thumb' group! I can't get sod to grow. I have a really good crop of dandelions though. I gave my lawnmower to my fil, he now has 2, I do just fine with the weedwacker.
SJ,, When you talk about the weather, we had 3" of rain last weekend. The current forecast is for showers begining tomorrow and going through NEXT Tuesday. Then the LA County water dept, is announcing their plans for water rationing that is coming. Things are just totally crazy, and of course everything is related somehow to the state budget issue. Go Figure!!
RT, You forgot you offered to me, to take all the cookies I wanted. How could I pass that up! The Raspberry Rumble ice cream was better than the Choc. Chip, sorry! BTW, how about using that HO stuff as loads for the Nascar?
Mike C., As a matter of fact I did hear reports about the earth moving. But that is pretty commonplace. Our whole area is located above a "liquification" area. So most of the activity is very well moderated. Sounds like your advice must have been rock solid.
Brutus, I hope you don't forget where I am, I have concerns that the "dancing neighbor" may be moving. The past two weeks the trash pile on pick-up day has really been huge! Maybe they are just renovating the poles?
Greg - That right position will show up when you least expect it! Glad to see you don't let it get to you. It is always tough. Prayers for your success!
Chief - Watching a dog show on TV???? You need to adjust the rabbit ears!! Or does Lucy control the remote? BTW, answered your question on the thread regarding TMCC & DCS. (I see you answered the questions regarding the characters.)
Charlie, How do I adjust the intensity of the light on that beacon. There are all kinds of strange aircraft flying around here. That is awesome!
Doug DG, Got the phone call, and explained where LA was in relation to SD. He was going to send contact info, but havn't received it yet. I did send an email out to the members about the idea of coming down. Probably about 4 0r 5, are interested. So keep me informed if a date is established. I will invite Ray, to come along if he is so inclined. If you saw the "Mentalist" wasn't the restaurant in the show the one next to the club in Balboa Park?? Sure looked like it, with just a little morphing.
Made my annual trip to Hollyweird today. Delivered about 30 rolls of photo paper for the Oscar night. Got an invite to come back up and get a behind the scenes tour, so will probably take Chris up there next week. Could be interesting. Did get a couple of souvenier signs from last year, will hang in the office with the autographed pictures from the various beauty pagents we have. (One of our customers is the photographer for Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Ca., and Miss Teen USA. So when he takes their photos in the evening gowns, he has a mat available and has each of the contestants autograph it. Then his firm prints out 17x22 pictures of all the contestants. He then brings the image and signed mat into our office and gives it to me. I have probably 4 or 5, they are really awesome and conversation items. Doesn't do bad for potential customers either.
Finally, ran trains for about 3 hours tonight, with NO pile ups! Susie Q, has been quite the "hit" here on our layout. She has demanded alot of attention, however.
Don
Chief.......I WAS watching Westminster! You said it......that best-in-show win for Stump, at a record age of 10 years old no less, was the comeback of all time. How they kept that dog alive was a miracle. How they got that dog back in top form at that age provides hope for all us busted up old geezers. I don't know much about conformation and the perfect specimen in a breed. I just watch the show with the wife and try to pick the final 3 and the winner in each group, then the same for best of show. But I'm picking based on what I like. None of my picks even made it out of their group. For BOS, I struck out again. So did wifey.
You've got to have some serious cash laying around to travel around the country and show a dog enough and accumulate enough points to just get an invite to Westminster.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Got ya Charlie!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Charlie, I can see you all the way down in NC.
Jack, the Sussex Spaniel, Stump won best in show. Oldest [10 years old] dog to ever win best in show. Almost died in 2004. A team of vets at Texas AM saved him. The took 5 years off from dog shows. Came back this year to win best in show.
SJ, going to have to find the codeine as can not stop coughing.
Good night, Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite. [Buckeye, Jon, Don and Chuck]
Charlie, Even this old geezer couldn't miss that beacon !
Brutus can you see me ?
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Jack, can not believe you are not looking at Westminster on USA. Been on sicne 8 PM. Lucy standing in my lap barking at the dogs on the big screen TV. She thinks they are outside her door I guess.
Any one interested in the free link to the free spyware and trojan finder, email me. It is not a blocker but a scan you run once a week or two. Recommended by Time Warner computer guru here in the Triangle.
Back to Westminster. SJ, stil cough cough.
Later
GregM Wow, eventful day. Found a job posting for a position that I have the required experience so I submitted a cover letter and resume. Was quite surprised to receive a response about an hour later. After exchanging a few email messages I had an initial phone interview in the early afternoon. I believe I did okay and I think I will be asked to an on-site interview. We will see.
Wow, eventful day. Found a job posting for a position that I have the required experience so I submitted a cover letter and resume. Was quite surprised to receive a response about an hour later. After exchanging a few email messages I had an initial phone interview in the early afternoon. I believe I did okay and I think I will be asked to an on-site interview. We will see.
Okay guys Prayer time we need to get Greg this latest job. We can do it you all did it for me now its time for greg
Evening again all not to much happening went to a auction this evening only train item I found was an HO scale coke trolley set and I got it for $5.00 but got it home and it tries to run but thats about all and I know nothin about these tiny things lol. I know compare to n there not tiny but compare to my O or G they are lol.
Well, God knows what he's doing Greg, maybe he wants you closer to family. I hope that this other interview comes through and you are soon employed!
Left around 4:15 to drive to Wintersville to attend calling hours for one of my uncles, mother's brother. Saw many family members I had not seen for years. Seems the only times we get together are weddings and funerals these days and there aren't that many weddings. My immediate family was aware of my upcoming interview in PA so we talked about the company, traveling, how far away it was, etc. All wished me good luck and a safe trip.
When we got back home tonight, there was a message on the answering machine. The company that I was going to drive to tomorrow for an on-site interview has decided that they can't fill the position at this time so my interview is cancelled. Karen is relieved, she did not want to move that far away from family. She didn't feel that being only 30 minutes from York made up for being so far away from our grandson.
Life goes on long after the thrill is gone greatly diminished.
No train news, still looking into cieling fans
Okay Jack, remember paybacks are a B(ad thing)! You can clean it up tonight. Mike, I feel like driving tonight, so you can run the trains RT, you'll have to ask the others about that, as I barely had a dozen of those cookies? That banilla was great on the side, too! Sir James said he's under the weather, but I know where he hides the key. Right then, Mike, RT, Kurt, Don, Dennis, Ray, Laz, I'm not sure what time Doug get's off work, so I'll get you guys first and we can just hang out and watch the trains while we wait for him to get off work okay? Anybody else want a ride? Just turn on the beacon, we'll be along shortly
kpolak Oooo Cookies! I'm in! I'll be the one toting the Molson's! Now where is that switch for the beacon thingy??? RT: Nice looking collection! You're going to need more autos to put into those trains! Kurt
Oooo Cookies! I'm in! I'll be the one toting the Molson's! Now where is that switch for the beacon thingy???
RT: Nice looking collection! You're going to need more autos to put into those trains!
Kurt
From what I understand I need to find stronger engines to put under those cabs as there very weak can pull what came with them but not much more and forget grades.
Good evening all,
A late night report. I am surprised Dbaker did not feel the earth move out his way the other day when my daughter and son-in-law took my advice about the vehicle. As Mark Twain would say about being good, "It will please some and astonish the rest." Miracles do happen from time to time. GregM, I have some pleasant memories of Mid-Ohio. Once I got to watch the Can-Am cars run there once. The ground did shake when they rumbled by. I was there Jackie Stewart won with the Lola after the two McLarens both had some sort of failure. This was before the Penske Panzers drove the series into the ground. Used to go there once in a while when AJ drove in the CART series. Been to the last two IRL races as well. Was really happy to see the #14 car run up front there both years. I hope everyone has a good evening. As far as the food consumption on the Tardis is concerned, just say the changes in the space time continuum make us hungry :-) The beacon is lit. I can drive again or I can run the trains.
Hey brutus the beacon is on but wife wants to know how 5 guys can eat 100+ cookies in one night and all the icecream and other items we have each night.
Good Evening all
A new record high of 59 today and about the same for tomorrow but rainy. Didn't do much today, mostly just lazed. A friend sent me some DVDs of layouts and I watched one of those, thank you friend. Not up to 100% today maybe from the Chief coughing on us yesterday but I'm hoping it's just one of those days. No trains but just a little tweeking here and there.
Banilla is waiting, Brutus bring your key I am done for today...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Don, on the Other magazine forum, there's a long and interesting thread about Lionel's distribution changes.I envy youse guys who have 'green thumbs' that produce miracles like Buckeye's magic garden railway and any of you who manage to keep trees and plants - and grass alive. I am very bad at it. One more hour to go...
RT & Jack, You guys need to pay better attention regarding the hobbies. Your going about it ALL wrong. Need to think about WHAT SHE WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO HELP WITH!!! That's why the beading worked, IF she is computer savy, then scrapbooking is an idea. Or just pick up a list of classes from a community college or Sr. Center. Then check it out, some of the classes have alternative benefits as well, like Modern Dance, (you could always be a supportive admirer at class,) Massage therapist, (You would need to be very careful with this one! But the class volunteer could really be rewarding as well, just a matter of risk.) I'm telling you there's a lot of opportunity hidden in those pages!!
Ray, Did you notice the mountains yesterday? Snow level was down to 2,000 ft I think. They were awesome! Never saw that much snow on the local ones before, and the air was so clear. On the way home I decided to get the camera and find a high spot to shoot. Got there took 2 pictures, battery dead!
RUMOR CONTROL: Got this from a guy in our club. It was a result of me sending out an email regarding a potential combined meeting with Doug DG's group. "David and I were up at Tehachapi on Jan. 23 to film the Coast Starlight going through the Loop. We always stop at the train shop in town. He said he was told Lionel is in the process of moving their stock to a new warehouse in Philadelphia. His two distributors told him Lionel will now charge the distributors freight charges from the new warehouse to the West Coast for distribution to the retailers (Lionel was absorbing those costs before). According to him, both of his distributors were dropping Lionel and he's not sure what he's going to do, yet." This could have a significant affect on shops, availability, and pricing for the western states. More and More mail order.
Greetings from the computer lab where my class is diligently working independently on a major project - so I get to stand up here and say hello. Didn't get outside today but have a beautiful view 'out to sea' - over Grant Park and Lake Michigan because we're on the 13th flr. I have a nice piano story, if you'll indulge me... My bride was talking about how my daughter would love to take piano lessons but we couldn't get one for now - one of her fellow nurses offered for us to 'borrow' hers for a few years. After another saga renting a truck, finding some friends to move this beast and get it in our tiny house, my daughter loved it - learned to play - and we've had it 'on loan' for the past 12 years. Whenever my wife asked her co-worker whether she wanted it back, she was waved off. I swear this woman wanted to get rid of it. I recommend running Ad-Aware and Spybot alternatively - there's also a nice free tool called CC Cleaner . My ultimate solution is to get a Mac...
Have to look out for Jack's dad... I saw Metra's first attempt at 'ad-wrapping' a bi-level today when passing Union Station - imagine a two story stainless car with the big picture of Lincoln. Quite a shock. I've had some good times at Chicagoland Motor Speedway....
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