Good Afternoon, Yall,
How did that trojan get into my pc? Not where I left it. Same with my last virus. Seriously, things go South for me on my pc because my son's laptop is inoperable, and he has been using mine for music and video downloads. They can eat up space on the hard drive in a hurry, 15gb so far. Same issue with his Playstation 3. Keeps screwing up my ISP's ability to recognize my computer. You guys with kids coming up......like I said, they leave home but keep coming back! And even when they leave, they don't take their stuff with them and your home becomes a free storage unit. After about 15 years of telling you they really want and need the stuff, they walk in and throw it all away in about 15 minutes having barely glanced at it.
MikeC......prayers for your friends' Dad.
RT.......nice Nascar collection. Can't wait till your layout construction begins so we can "help" you. Doesn't seem that long ago you were house and job hunting. Re getting the wife into a hobby. That can backfire on you. My wife plants annuals and perennials. She doesn't clear the garden. She doesn't debone the soil of rocks. She doesn't dig the holes. She doesn't drag out all the tools. And she doesn't do cleanup or put away anything. Just plunks the stuff in the ground and covers with dirt while telling me I'm not working fast enough and I need to go get the hose. Nothing else outdoors. She considers anything outdoors MW (men's work). When I pointed out the next door neighbor's wife snowblowing a couple of weeks back, I suggested it was a female bonding moment and that she should join her as soon as I got the snowblower out and started. If looks could kill. The dog and his training is her hobby, and it's far too expensive. Plus it is time consuming. Drove 240 miles Saturday just doing dog training and a puppy reunion of sorts at the breeder's with the other owners. Her hobby requires my participation, so there is no respite for me there.
Chief.....hope you are feeling better and the meds are helping. Didn't know hooch was a med, though. Send me some. Have you got a fancy label of sorts on the bottles with the Eagles' Nest crest on it?
DougM.....get off the roads and take shelter. My FIL had cataract surgery with an iol impanted last week. He's back behind the wheel. And reading 3 newspapers a day. More "up" on everything in the world than any 3 people combined that I know. Enjoying his HD again. God bless him. The miracles of modern medicine.
Jon......if you had people prepare a list of just 3 of the most influential people in their lives, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't have a teacher on that short list.
Brutus.....sorry for the pile in the Tardis last night. Forgot my doggie doo doo bag and hoped no one would notice it. Laz was polite and said nothing when the dog mistook his leg for a fire hydrant, but SJ was somewhat intolerant of the amorous advances.
JimSP.....had to leave the upright piano behind with one of my sisters when we cleared out the folks home after their passing. Was in the family since the turn of the 20th century and followed the family migration from Canada through Michigan and finally to Chicago. No room in my place. I kick myself every time I see it restored to its original glory. At least it is still in the family, has a good home, and has been improved upon. No one ever plays it though.
GregM......I used to go around the car races with my wife, taking in the sights with me looking like Marty Feldman with the eyes that point in two different directions. A real strain on the eyes and got my wife to suggesting I go see an optometrist. Switched to mirrored sunglasses. That worked and kept me safe from bodily harm.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Ole Timer Not only music sites but those chat and myspace sites along with AOL especially put those trojans and highjackers all over your systems ! Spybot is also free and updateable and my wife ... thanks to my grand-daughters had over 100 on her system and only MALWAREBYTES .... not any of the mega priced programs saved her pc . Got my second Lionel=Reading crane .... going to put my work train together .... stil need more cars but can't hold myself back .... LOL
Not only music sites but those chat and myspace sites along with AOL especially put those trojans and highjackers all over your systems ! Spybot is also free and updateable and my wife ... thanks to my grand-daughters had over 100 on her system and only MALWAREBYTES .... not any of the mega priced programs saved her pc . Got my second Lionel=Reading crane .... going to put my work train together .... stil need more cars but can't hold myself back .... LOL
Have to agree about AOL as they teach ways to cause virus (IE fwd with out using BCC) I use to have problems about every 3 - 4 months when I was with AOL but since I left them about 7 years ago I have had one problem ( virus wise) and for somereason it seemed to come from ( can't think of company but its avertises on tv and all they do is dial up) them as I had no problems til I switched to them got there stuff out and my putor ran fine again so who knows that was my putor befor this one. But friend I gave it to is still using it.
Well Don you idea didn't work to well I told wife I got a great idea for you today I got a new hobby for you its called raking the leaves well that didn't work to well as about 10 minutes later she showed up with 2 rakes and said she need my instruction on how to do it. I tried to tell her it was her new hobby not mine but that didn't work to well and she mentioned something about I wouldn't like were she wanted to put the rake if I didn't come out and help.
Okay thats not how it happened but it sounded good to me acually she got up early ( 10:00 am) and said she wanted me to help her rake the leaves in the back yard today as its supose to be windy tomorrow.I said good let the wind blow them away just open the gate. well that didn't go over to well either so I ended up raking leaves for 3 hours today.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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dwiemer EDW, I, and I am sure the rest of the folks here would rather return to the nice discussions and fun jabs at each other that this thread is known for.
EDW, I, and I am sure the rest of the folks here would rather return to the nice discussions and fun jabs at each other that this thread is known for.
Dennis,
We've had some good times along the way, too.
Why, I can recall one of our very first forum conversations, I believe I was giving you some advice about how to go about getting a patent for an idea that you had come up with.
Hey man, what do you say, you wanna hug it out.
Thanks Chief! Yeah, Ole Timer, it is amazing how many of these things we have to look out for. I will be running a few of the removal tools. Makes you wonder about the nature of someone who would come up with such bad things. I don't know, but could the folks who make spyware detectors, etc., also make the removal tools so they can sell them? Not sure as a number of good sites with free removal tools.
I got home and there was a package for me with a number of repair/replacement items for me to get some trains back in shape. It will be a good distraction instead of watching the news. That'd just make you depressed.
Chief, have a good trip, hope you are feeling better.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
EDW, I, and I am sure the rest of the folks here would rather return to the nice discussions and fun jabs at each other that this thread is known for. You say that my angry response seems entirely unwarranted. Well, lets see. You claim that there is confusion on the forum as to my having my MD as you claim "you yourself have said", Go ahead, find one single time I have said such. The advice I have given the folks here has been well within the scope of my practice and knowledge base. I use my knowledge for the good of others, not for my own glory, and not to put others down.
The original comment from Jack, was in response to my son's illness. I took his comment as toung in cheek and appreciate Jack's contributions to this forum. Your use of his post:
"Why Jack, are you suggesting that Dennis is not really a doctor? He certainly has given us that impression on the forum.Go ahead Dennis, tell him. "
Is clearly an attempt to discredit me. If I had the intentions of deceiving people, do you think I would list my profession on the information page? My knowledge comes from years of schooling, research, and finally practice. I do not give advise for something to which I do not know about. As for getting the name "doctor" from some, it comes from giving valued advice and information. Ask anyone here to whom advice was given, if it was not spot on. Even some of the MDs that I work with will call me "Doctor" because of the same. I often get asked my opinions and thoughts on everything from patient care and intervention, to how to fix a pressure washer.
The fact that you used Jack's comment with regard to my son's illness just shows how cold your heart is. Do yourself a favor and look at the 145 or so posts you have made here since coming on. See how many negative comments you have made, how many times you have put people down, how many times you just had to show how high and mighty you are and think. Doesn't give a very nice picture.
For me, this is the end of this issue. I will ignore any further comment from you. Regarding my anger, I'm over it. You are forgiven, regardless of your asking for it or not.
May God Bless,
dennis
dwiemer Did have one issue with the computer at home. Some kind of Trojan invaded. Got a guru in all things computers helping me with that. Supposedly, music downloads are notorious for these things, so if you download these files, just have a good protection. God BLess, dennis
Did have one issue with the computer at home. Some kind of Trojan invaded. Got a guru in all things computers helping me with that. Supposedly, music downloads are notorious for these things, so if you download these files, just have a good protection.
God BLess,
Dennis, your answering machine is not picking up. Sent you an email with a link. Recommended by Time Warner Computer guru. Its free and it works. Had one in my computer the other week. We were wondering if it was in an add on CTT. Anyway. Fixed.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hello All:
Couldn't post thus morning. I was at the grocery store doing a Jack thing. One hour shopping took three.
Jim - Do you still have the white piano? Or did you sell it for train money, after giving your bride the $100.00 of course.
rt - Your pics were a great tease for the completed display. You are committed now. NASCAR will be my first purchase of Lionel trains to run on my MTH layout!
Dennis - Any chance there will be a later conversion from violin to fiddle and some good country music?
Chief - 10/4 on the shine running. My special shine runs the truck, remover paint, dehairs hogs, makes hens lay hourglass shaped eggs; and when I take a sip or two it makes all ugly women look like Daisy Duke of the Dukes of Hazzard.
Patrick L
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Brent, I have found that on those down times when I am working on paperwork and don't want to be bothered, I put the ear buds in and turn on the iTouch. People seem less inclined to bother me then.
Only had one case today. Planning on heading back to the house for a little lunch with the bride. I am not on call and it will be great to enjoy a few hours with just the bride.
Jon, we are looking forward to getting the piano. When it was shipped out to phoenix, the bench was shattered, so for the return trip, it will have to be very special transport. I think the actual date that my great grandfather made it was in the 1920s. From what I am told, he would stay late and work on it after his normal work. He was right off the boat from Germany and quite the craftsman. I think the halls of Steinway were mostly filled with folks like him.
Just because posts are deleted, don't think we haven't seen them, or have copies.
dwiemer Jack ... your original post was hijacked by someone else to question my credentials.
Jack ... your original post was hijacked by someone else to question my credentials.
Dennis, for some reason you have accused me of questioning your credentials.
I’m curious, as to why you feel this way, since nowhere in my original post were your credentials ever discussed.
The comments about you being a “doctor” were made in a light hearted way, as evidenced by the whistling smiley from Jack, and the winking smiley from me.
Apparently, there is some confusion on the forum as to whether you are a medical doctor. As you yourself have said, however, one need only read your profile to see that you are a perfusionist and not a doctor.
Nowhere in my very short post was your actual job as a perfusionist ever mentioned, much less your professional credentials.
Consequently, your angry response seems entirely unwarranted.
DON B.
I heard a good one on The BOB & TOM show this morning going to school. This comic was on vaction with his DAD, a trucker, coming back from Caloiforia, they were heading through the area that has The WIND FARMs out there. He says to his kid and nephew," I wasn't to come through here, your not suppose to see this". Upon enter the WIND FARM and seeing all the wind mills going he says to them "California has broken off of North America and the Government has all the fans on so it keeps it attached to the country". The kid and nephew believes him and goes on to tell everyone in their school. Funny when I heard this. Is it TRUE?
laz57
CHIEF, I tried getting on MTH site to upload DCS and couldn't get on. I tried afew times so I'm still at 3.10.
BRENT, gotta be oldtimers?
Good (late) Morning from wet Southern Ohio
It rained a good part of the night and morning which is good because it is washing the crud sand and salt left from the snow last week. Ran trains for a while yesterday. I like the semaphore on the layout. I’ll take and post a picture in SPF. It looks like the bride had been running the trains for company we had while I was at work and had a de-rail. Maybe she is secretly getting into trains!!!!!
I will bend your ear with a piano story. About 20 years ago, the bride was taking piano lessons and wanted a piano. There was an auction in the neighborhood of the home and contents of an at one time, well to do family and a piano was listed in auction listing. I went over saw the piano came home and described the piano to my bride. It was an upright, made in 1902, and was painted white. She was in a rush to go somewhere and impatient so despite my suggesting to go see it she said if you can buy it for $100 buy it and out the door she went.
I returned to the auction and waited for the piano. Close to the end of the items, the bidding started for the piano, and the opening bid was set at $1000! No one bid. The auctioneer kept dropping the bid to $100, and I raised my hand and won the piano.
I called my bride excited about the purchase. The bride was upset! She was only kidding about bidding on the piano, never thinking it would sell for $100. I said, well, we now have a big white piano and I have to get it out of the house tomorrow.
I got some friend from work and loaded the piano onto my truck. I noticed something very different about this piano. I had moved pianos before but this one weighed a LOT more. Well finally got it home and the bride was not happy. It was painted white, and had a few ivories missing and was out of tune. I contacted a piano tuner and he came and started the process of bringing the piano into tune. The piano tuner was very knowledgeable and I asked him about the quality of the piano, and just what did I buy.
The piano tuner said it was one of the top quality upright pianos made and was highly sought after by musicians because it was of a grand piano quality in an upright style. As it sat he said it was worth over $1500. Whenever the tuner came back for tuning he would just sit and play after he was done because he so enjoyed the sound of the piano.
May God bless
Jim
Wow, at this pace, might need a new pot every week. It rained a lot last night but clearing now. Prediction is for very warm temperatures today and tomorrow. Rain forecast for tomorrow. I hope that the rain doesn't turn to snow, have lots of driving to do Wednesday & Thursday.
Jack...Been there, done that with the grocery shopping. Karen and I went to a Trans-Am race at Mid-Ohio a few years ago. Karen made comments about the lack of clothing on many of the females in attendance and she also said that people paid an awful lot of money to have a place to take a nap.
Good morning All
We are still enjoying a break from winter, rained last nite and more expected for wednesday. high near sixty. Just finished a morning chat with Charlie, had to say bye as need to get some things done. Hope everyone has a plesant day...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Late mornin' fellas...Doin' my part to kickstart the economy... AC6000 located, confirmed, purchased, now anxiously awaiting its arrival! Have 70% of my report mocked up... can't verify content since the data in the database isn't complete, hasn't been updated to match the new report parameters, etc... Gotta love when you make a bunch of headway and then slam head first into a brick wall. Oh well, I have 5 more reports to get moving on... and of course I can't finish any of them! I feel like that NASCAR GP38 that's going to be on RT's layout trying to pull all them cars!Laz - I had a question for you and with this old age setting in I completely forgot what it was!
Dennis--
That's great news for your kids and the Suzuki method of learning a string instrument, I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how well it works. I've also thought about that Steinway piano you may eventually own. My only suggestion is---stay after it with dogged determination, it's an amazing instrument and even if it needs to be rebuilt, do it. We own a very old Baldwin 6'2" grand and we had it restrung 3 years ago, the craftsman that did it said you cannot buy that quality today, took him about 3 months in his shop.
Chief--try not to lose your faith in teachers. Yes, there are some that end up in the newspaper as they should but I have to think there was at least one teacher in your life that made a difference. There are bad apples in every profession.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Morning all. 54 so far! 'Course I'm in meetings all day and have my class tonight. Hope it will pass the record of 63. Then it crashes. But I'll take it! Nice time on the Tardis last eve. Even got a chance to run a few trains...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Dennis back fine I'm back to normal self. just a little stiff the next day after and minor soreness but all fine now.
Hey Patrick heres the boxes not tearing anything out yet as no where to put them at the moment lol.
Well not much going on this am as wife is still in bed Talk to you all later
Morning all. Real warm. Cough cough. Now for some brakfast and coffee. Going up to train room and check out DCS remote. I am having some issues since we downloaded 4.10. It seems I am not the only one but "some" think it is not true. Going to do some testing.
Dennis, that one has no respect from the "members" of the POT. Its like a shout in the middle of a forest. Only the trees and animals of the forest hear it.
New name for Shake and Bake. Shake, Bake and Slippery Slidey [rains cause mud slides in CA]. Earth quakes, fires and mud slides. Why live there????
Later.
Mornin' Fellas.Sittin here at work trying to work on a report while listening to people rustle chip bags and crunch... oh what fun!
Jack, Yeah, it is from Herron video and the episode was "Prairie Rails". It was all about Rock Island. One interesting tid bit from it, they had film and a story about how they had to demolish a coaling tower as they went into the diesle age. The demolition team had it rigged so that the tower would mostly fall away from the main line rails (tower was concrete). Well, the press got ahold of things and wanted a more spectacular blast. They told the demolition team to place dynamite at the top to make better pictures. When the blast went off, the tower came down away from the main line, and then the upper blast put the major part of the bunker right on the mains. All too funny.
Hope everyone is having a great day.
Chief, I know, ...
HI GYZ,
34 and another nice day here although cloudy but to get to 51?
JACK, every once in a while I do take a few days off. Sometimes its good for the body and the mind? I just gotta keep on movin.
BRUTUS, new exhaust sytem grrrreat. Better then my own.
Stay Frosty,
Good morning all,
It is cloudy and wam in SE Indiana with temps near 60. Washed the van last night to get rid of the road salt. Went to the funeral home for the dad of some friends of ours. Still made it to the YMCA. One of the workers there made the evening a little better by practicing soccer passing with me. Long evening. Long day today. Woke up early because I could not sleep. Good thing I am not driving today:-) Good times on the Tardis last night. Beacon will be lit again with lots of zucchini bread for everybody. I had a little extra on the dining car for breakfast this morning. I hope everyone (especially me) has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening all,
It is COLD here, at 3:00 pm today it was ONLY 46 !!!! (Honey, pack the bags, find the kids its time to move!!)
RT - Speaking of wives, here is what you need to do. Help her get a hobby. IF she has a hobby she won't have time to extend the Honey Do List. IT WORKS !!! Our community college has an adults section, and they offer many different classes, and most of them are really cheap. I found a bead class for her. She started it in October, made a bunch of Christmas gifts, and tons more. Advantages: VERY time consuming, supplies are inexpensive, (more train money), can generate some revenue with her work, (buy more beads), Makes her own jewelry, (BIG savings), and did I mention it takes a lot of time. Really works. Don't do Tole painting, that makes lots more Honey Do's.
Brutus - Enjoyed the ride tonight, it was good to get out of this cold weather.
Don
Last Call, Ya'll,
Charlie, Chief, Lee, RT, and DougM......prayers for you guys to shake your sniffles, fever, back, back, and sinus crud. We need to start wearing hazmat suits until this stuff blows over.
Brutus.....I'll bring the dog biscuits and some Buttwipers for Laz. Will make him appreciate his Ole mils more. Pup has his coat on.....promised him he could leave SJ a present on his "green spot" when we drop in to pick him up.
Dennis......did I hear you mention "Rock Island" in your post? You've got my attention. So many old road names are gone.
Roy.......you said Texas rain is on the way. Since they do everything bigger in Texas, does that mean monsoon?
Laz.....was amazed you took a day off from running. Not enough snow and ice?
SJ....... re grocery shopping, my wife made an agreement with me many years ago to split some of the household chores. I was nominated to do the grocery shopping. So I figure, how hard can that be? Until I am at the store and each item she places on the list presents a cerebral challenge. List says "green olives." But.....what size of green olives? How large of a jar? Stuffed or no? With or without pimento? Or onion? Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian? What brand: store, brand x, on sale, or the expensive ones? If I call home for clarification, she gets annoyed. If I don't call home, I figure I have about a 1 in 15 chance of getting it right; and of course, I never do get it right. After spending 5 minutes on the first item on the list, I go to the second. "Hot dogs." Hmmmm beef, chicken, or turkey? Kosher or no. Bun size or regular. 4 to a one pound pack or 8? How many packs? You get the drift.
Don.....thanks for the layout pics. Was that big deep black cut out for your rendition of the Gulf of California? I'm with you on Nascar.....watch on TV only, unless it is on a road course where you can picnic and wander the various spots around the track walking or by car. I also like the vintage car races and used to go to SCCA events. Mid Ohio. Lime Rock. Road America. Watkins Glen.
DougM.....was nice of you to schedule a retreat for the wife. You didn't mention if that would be a retreat from you for her, or a retreat for her FOR you. We could all use a few days of train time.
JimSP.....you were right when you suggest we need to stop and smell the roses, give thanks for what we have.
RT......when it comes to honey do lists, keep your wife away from the pc and word processing software. Sometimes I think my wife likes to see how many pages she can fill up. And when I find the document and delete it.....and then hide her print out, wow!
Good Night, Ya'll
njalb1
GOOD NIGHT ALL.
On da way, guys - Kurt's turn to drive, need to grab Jack and Sir James, but first I'll get RT and we'll see how many cookies he's talkin about! Mike's on the scope and I see a couple more here and there too. Charlie, we'll get you right after Sir James. Doug too, of course. Laz should be credited with the new exhaust system, said he didn't like the old noisy version Oh, Don, Dennis, Ray and a few more just popped on the screen too!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
SJ, Brutus and RT.. Thanks for your comments over at the other place. I appreciate it.
494 is lit, pick me up I'll go for a ride!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Evenin' FellasNot much goin' on in these parts. Due to Fife's constant reminders I'm heading to Cumberland this weekend for a leisurely stay at a B&B with Susie-Q... I'll post any pics that are appropriate nature for this forum! For those with ties to train stores... I'm in dire need of a Lionel 6-28298 CSX AX6000... email me if you know the location of one for sale.
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