Doug - how long is your auger? We had one that was about 5 feet long and half the time it wouldn't work until you had tried it a couple days in a row. We got a newer one that was another few inches and that did it - it would still take some work, but the toilet would clear every time. FYI - somewhere I have a review spreadsheet of toilets showing the best ones based on flushing capacity (ahem). Let me know if you want it in an email.
Charlie Okay, you drive tonight. I'm wiped out and will leave the keys in the usual place. See if RT will bring me some of his special soup, though, okay? Hmmmm - does beer cut plegm?
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
danrunner Lionroar, Rt 40 through Laurel Highlands is awesome. Take the wife to Nemacolin resort for lunch or the Summit Inn sometime. Frank LLoyd Wright's Falling Water home is right there, too.
Lionroar,
Rt 40 through Laurel Highlands is awesome. Take the wife to Nemacolin resort for lunch or the Summit Inn sometime. Frank LLoyd Wright's Falling Water home is right there, too.
danrunner, we've been to (actually just walked around) Nemacolin. We hope to stay there some time in the future. We've been to Falling Water also, but haven't been to the other Wright house that is nearby.
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I hear that train a coming.
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Good evening All
Charlie, when did you start wearing underwear?
Brutus, I told you I thought that wachamacallit was loose. The thingy steered better with it fixed.
Middle thirtys today but nasty tomorrow. we get the "works" as the temp goes up and then down. Time will tell. Banilla is waiting...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Evening all!
Watching Am Idol. Remembered our fried chicken recipe requires chicken to soak in butttermilk overnight. Needed to go out for dumplings, and fried rice. Fried Chicken tomorrow.
Wes: Best of luck on the house!
Brutus: I have a spare wachmacallit...beacon is on! We remove the lue if the pipes need to be cleaned.
Kurt
Home again. Went to Dr. Got chunk cut out of back of right leg. My pretty Dr. said she might have to cut more out later. Waiting for lab report in a few days. Went to Home Depot [in Raleigh, don't like HD but one in Raleigh is better than the rest] and got a pruner attachment for my Ryobi weedeater. Has the chain saw on and extension pole. Then went ot Walmart and got synthetic oil and filter. Came home and serviced Pam's 4 Runner. Then off to Town Board meeting. Came home and ate a bag of popcorn. Now watching Flower Drum Song on TCM. Was chilly tonight but calling for rain tomorrow. Need to get upstairs and run new NS dummy that RT put me on. Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
We received a counter-offer on the house we are pursuing already. We met most of the demands, and adjusted the offer price. Hopefully we know what's going on by tomorrow at 5pm. I'll take all the prayers we can get...
Thanks guys,
Wes
Well, finally finishing up here (better not say that too loud as I was finishing up around 6pm when this last one hit the door). This morning, I watched a real neat Trains and Locomotives episode on the NW's articulateds. Was a great program with plenty of long coal drags and plenty of old time scenery. I'm a bit tired, so I'll sign off and head to the hacienda for some ZZZZs.
Dennis
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I can't keep up with all of the goings on here on the Pot! A couple we know casually came over to help us repost the dog's cropped ears. Since the wives were highly organized and had everything under control, I asked the husband if he'd like to see my trains. "I'm sure he doesn't, honey" my wife interjected. Wrongo. Didn't get in more than a couple of loops before the wet blankets stepped in and said our assistance was needed. Even our assurances that they were doing a good job without us didn't help. Why is it when you try to take charge of something, the other half complains you don't show enough faith in their skills and abilities, always want to do things your way. Then when you do turn them loose, they don't like it. The good news is that the guy is thinking of resurrecting his stuff from decades of storage. He's got me by a couple of years but can't remember what he's got. Must be some postwar stuff.
Jon and Fife.....I consider anyone with a boat among my closest of friends. I'll bring the beer! My wife and I have been friends for 21 years with a couple that has two boats. One is a 24'' Grady White, but I can't remember the make of the 28 footer. They have the larger moored in Manchester harbor North of us and the Grady trailered in their back yard with a public boat launch 100 yards down the road. They built an attached high ceiling 4 bay garage plus a work room with lawn and garden storage. So the boats spend the winter indoors. The ocean is unforgiving, and the weather up this way has a way of severely limiting extensive comfortable use. Even if the wave heights cooperate, it's pretty cold out on the water in late May and early June. Same after mid September. The salt water and air really jack up the required maintenance. A lake is the way to go, even here.
Lee.....some may consider a nine day cold pretty long from a time perspective. Mine always drag on like that, but I usually don't get more than 1 good one a year. Prayers you continue to improve. "Cut grass....weeds.....service riding lawn mower." My lawn is still snow covered, has been since Christmas. More snow on the way tomorrow night.
Brutus.....sorry to hear you too have now succumbed. Prayers for a speedy recovery for you and the little one.
DougM.....the dreaded plumber Bad news! You've got a whole mess of fresh water lakes out by you, and the Fox River can't be far either. You need a boat!
Wes.....continued prayers you get the house you want. Just make sure there are adequate accomodations for the rest of us. How's the knee coming along?
Dennis....reinforcements arrive next week. I wonder what the wife has planned for all of your free time.
Good night, all
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Hello all
In the middle of the shift and we have caught up on the work. It will get busy again in a few hours. If you all would keep my two daughters in your prayers. Youngest is in L.A. for an interview and was riding with a friend and was T boned by someone running a red light. She has a broken nose, 4 broken ribs and her hip is mis-aligned on top of bruises from the seatbelt. Oldest daughter coming to some decisions about her marriage.
Chief – I pray the spots being removed are not too serious and do not cause any complications.
DougM – I can sympathize. Toys are a pain to get out. Also stressed to the females not to flush sanitary items despite what it may say on the box.
Jack – The bride and I are planning our summer vacation and looking at the Finger Lake area. Do you recommend it?
Patrick – I think Fife has tracking devices on his flamingos
SJ – I like the multi color too. There is a house here that for several years decorated all in blue lights, it was “different” let’s say.
Buckeye – Fife will be raising fighting cocks when he moves, just look for the 55 gallon drums laid on their side spaced about five feet apart.
Jim F – Prayers to kick the crud.
Going to go check on things.
May God bless
Jim
jonadel - Holy cow, you're story makes me wisfull just reading it. Make you a deal...I buy one, you come sail mine on the Chesapeake.
Now there's a deal I like the sounds of, let me check the calendar! Our friends did a customized tour of the Carribean years ago with another couple on a sail boat (both couples very wealthy), had their own chef, etc. Sounded unbelievable and of course the scenery..........
We were in Marthas Vinyard for a day about 20 years ago, still have vivid memories of that area. I'm not sure how comfortable I would be with salt water sailing, I would want to take lots of classes from the coast guard first. Actually, I would even want to do that on Lake Superior.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Hi GYZ,
27 ere this morning,then slop is gonna come this afternoon. No trains last nite maybe tonite?
CHIEF, hope those spots turn out negative? I have melanoma on back last June. They cut out a patch 2 inches wide by 4 inches long and a half inch deep from me. Sorta like a lb. o flesh.
JACK, I heard ya with the women. Seems they always want our attention. Can't even run trains? SHEEES!
Stay frosty,
laz57
Mornin' boys. Gonna be a wet one today in the Mid-Atlantic region, so better break out the macs.
Phish - As a parent, I can understand the angst you must be feeling having the daughter hurt and being so far away. That's about right on the list of injuries for a T-bone. ...and the person who ran the light will lie out their tookus claiming they had the yellow, or even a green.
Chief - Hope everything turns out ok with the spots. Oh, and I checked some of my railfan sites on Carolina Coastal, and didn't see anything yellow. You may have seen a HELM leasing unit.
jonadel - You're on.
RockIsland/Lawson Farms - I plan on many a day out on the Chesapeake, before I set sail on the Atlantic. Seen too many movies.
Philaknight - I know you check in from time to time, read that you folks lost another brother this past week. That makes 8 in less than 3 years...hang in there.
Good morning all,
It is rainy and warmer in SE Indiana with temps in the 40s. Jim, prayers for your daughters and for all everybody else who needs them as well. Seems to be a lot of requests here lately in that particular area. I know we all need them from time and time and probably all should use them most of the time. Did preliminary work on taxes and should get enough of a refund to pay for the dryer and washer we got last month. Played indoor soccer with the Brazilian again last night. That was fun. I am more tired after one of those sessions than the regular exercise, but for some reason I do not notice it as much. My foot skills are definitely improving. I watched a "Nova" program on feathered dinosaurs last night on PBS. It was pretty good. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast this morning. It is headed to "Points East". While there may be further shipments to Georgia, there was a Pileup on the way to North Carolina (must have been another NS derailment!). Shipments will be re-routed west to St. Louis and the Chicago area and then to Patrick's place in Virginia and onto Maryland and Pennsylvania. May have to detour thru Ioway and Shake and Bake's area before heading to Florida and Michigan. That NC blockage is really messing up the entire delivery system. Beacon is lit. Tardis was much better last night. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning all from wet Southern Ohio
Just got home and waiting for the bank to open to make a call then to bed
Fife - you nailed it! The guy in the other car got out cussing and saying the car my daughter was in ran the red, luckily the car behind them saw the whole thing and made statements to the police verifying the other guy ran the red. She is to be home in Cincy Saturday.
Good night (good morning?) and may God bless,
Phish - That's the time when I get to tell Mr Might-wanna-change-yer-story, "Grey shaded area at the bottom. Press hard, Sir, you're making 5 copies..."
Woke up to light snow in western Maryland this morning ... calling for possible sleet ... then to rain . My new diecast woodsided C&O caboose arrived ! Next Reading crane due in tomorrow . Got a heck of a deal on both ... getting rare on ebay .... deals that is . Way ... way behind on scratch building ... come on summer ... !
Morning all. Raining. On its way east. Ole Timer, can't wait to see photos of those new additions. Prayers for both daughters, Jim and for things to work on with Wes' hopefull-soon-to-be-new house. Hope you got a contract with your renter. Brutus, hope you are feeling better - I couldn't figure out how to get the auger to work correctly. It has a crank at the end I was supposed to turn, and it's not that long, but it wouldn't 'feed' past the bowl. Bride (and I) still recovering from latest middle-boy episode earlier this week. He's fine though. Hopefully run trains tonight - Percy has yet to deliver Chessie car with it's new FRED add-on.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Jim/SP.....sorry I missed your post by minutes before I hit the sack last night.
First and foremost, I think you know you have the thoughts and prayers from all of us for your youngest as she recovers from her injuries and recuperates back near the ranch. It may be of little consolation to her at this point to say Someone up there must have been looking out after her since things could have turned out much worse. It was heartless of the other party to be angrily concerned with blame, not the condition of others. And for your eldest daughter, she likewise will be in my thoughts and prayers as she ponders her decision.
I commented to Dennis that when our kids hurt, we as parents hurt just as deeply. So I will keep you and your wife in my thoughts and prayers as well. Stay strong, brother.
Slept late. Lucy did not wake me. Pam home with cold. Taking her to work now. Got lunch with the Black church Preacher. I will buy [the Town]. Prayers for everyone and especially those needing job "relief". BTW: pile up is CSX. Always. Can't ship contraban through REB guards anyway. Have a good one. We have cold rain.
Jim - Prayers for the daughters - I can understand!!!
Cloudy and 60's, breezy rain coming.
Had Papa John's Pizza, breadstix and chicken last night, was another short night came home late in bed by 10 up again at 5.
Busy today at work, special sale is on for this weekend...bah, humbug.
Not much else, got my NJ Zinc car from Train City, a K Line piece, very nice it's O-27 size, but I like it!!!
I'll catch up later...losing what little mind I have left.....
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
Mornin' FellasGetting harder and harder to keep up with the Pot... Fife - goin' sailing? I thought you were more of a Mt Man? Wes - Good luck on the house! I've been working in the trainroom trying to get things to the point where I can build the shelves in the storage room to clear out the work room to start preping it for the conversion to storage area/bar/wine tasting room. Have the plans about finished and it is looking like I can get this project done for less than $3,000 (not including the bar, counter top) I don't think I can make this a wet bar because there is no where to run the drain for a sink... maybe have to get an ejector if I really want a bar sink... Also have to decide if I want to move the water tank or remove the water tank and go with an instant water heater. I'm really leaning toward the water heater because the water tank is in an area without a drain and I've had too many tanks start leaking... If I go the full blown route I'm looking at $5,000 = $6,000, which really isn't all that bad. I've still got the lights and they are still yours if you want them.
Good Morning
Phish Jim, I hope your daughter recovers quickly from her injuries, she will feel worse before she feels better. Got up expecting to see snow, suprise just rain. Wife said she saw some snow during the nite but it got warmer,ahh. Going to be a lazy day again so I can't say what the day will bring. Brutus get well .
TTFN...S.J.
Brent go with the Rinnai instant water heater you won't regret it there great especially those run by propane. ( yes I use to work with a company that sold them and the demo we got were out of this world) They hooked one up to a water supply and we ran it over an hour still coming out piping hot.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning All:
This is no joke. Read in the paper where a train station in England put up a sign that said "No Kissing". They want to speed up unloading at the curb. The name of the train company - Virgin Rail.
Dug - You are suppose to play with your rubber duck in the tub, not the toilet.
Chief and Laz57 - There are easier ways to loose weight!
Brutus - My special Lightening cuts plegm (and a few other things to). Sending you a quart by Underground Express. You may have to park the Tardis for a few days.
Kurt - Remove the lue? I for see a short ride tonight.
Patrick
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Good Morning everyone! Jim, will pray for daughter....sorry to hear of the accident. Also, prayers for other daughter...pray that things work out the way God wants them. Brent, on the History Channel, they have a program called "Voyages" I DVR this as it often has train programs, but today's was on BMW. Thought you may be interested...I am sure they will show it again soon.
Many more to get to later, but I gotta run. God Bless,Dennis
Morning from a dreary and blurry St. Louis. I took a long hot shower, ran out the hot water, and feel better but weak. I kept my daughter home since I was home anyway and that will give her another day to recover from the krud. Wife talked me out of trying beer, but luckily RT dropped off a big pot of soup and some OJ too
JimSP - prayers for your daughters and thankful there was a witness!
Wes - continued prayers on the house!
88 - hope things come together on your project! Hey - how did your bench turn out? Got any pics? Any more word on Suzie's job she got, did she already switch?
Chief - prayers for a complete recovery!
Doug, did the plumber find anything down the loo that shouldn't have been? Often, you will find a comb fell in or maybe a smallish toy? OTOH, like I said, not all toilets are created equally. If this is a persistent problem, let me know. We found a real winner last time thanks to an online comparison report I found.
Talked to my friends John and Leah yesterday and their daughter, Cecilia, just wanted to go to the train museum for her birthday (3 years old yesterday), so I guess that Thomas toy I bought her did the trick
Thanks for not buzzing the neighborhood last night guys. I might be up for a ride tonight, we shall see. I'm definitely going to work tomorrow, don't need to stay home any more and I can sit at my desk and feel just a crappy as I do here in the living room.
PS - Fifedog, my friend Jeff has a pontoon boat and it's great for fishing, swimming, and about anything else, but no sails. It's a lot of work every few years though. Remember what Churchil said - a boat is a hole in the water into which one pours money. Something like that. OTOH - I will be super jealous of you when you post all the pictures of your sailing trips one day!
Good Morning !
Jim - If there is anything I can do locally, please let me know! Prayers for your family, those are always the REAL issues.
Brutus - Get well soon, just get rest and let it run itself out, before you get too active.
Mike C - Not a problem rerouting the everything resulting from the NS rails issues, they have a common work around in place here for that.
Going to take the day off today, not a lot going on at the office, stay here and do some layout work to not have to think about the economy. This state is really going down the tubes.
- Budget calls for a $14 billiion tax increase, Only 1 vote needed to pass, don't know how much longer the good guys can hold out. Then, govenator signed a contract this past weekend, protecting 40% of all state employees from layoff, EVER. Also, union agreed to give up 2 holidays, Lincoln B-day, & Washington B-day, in exchange for 2 personal days w/pay, whenever desired. And, forced 2 day month furlough, cut to 1 day, which can be made up with OT. Estimated tax increase between $1400 to $3500 per year for avg family!! Will have to pay that w/$13 weekly stimulus from fed. UGH !!!
Don
dbaker48 Good Morning ! This state is really going down the tubes. - Budget calls for a $14 billiion tax increase, Only 1 vote needed to pass, don't know how much longer the good guys can hold out. Then, govenator signed a contract this past weekend, protecting 40% of all state employees from layoff, EVER. Also, union agreed to give up 2 holidays, Lincoln B-day, & Washington B-day, in exchange for 2 personal days w/pay, whenever desired. And, forced 2 day month furlough, cut to 1 day, which can be made up with OT. Estimated tax increase between $1400 to $3500 per year for avg family!! Will have to pay that w/$13 weekly stimulus from fed. UGH !!!
Good Morning ! This state is really going down the tubes.
DON,
Maybe California would be better off falling into the Pacific? WOW!
sir james ICharlie, when did you start wearing underwear?
Now everyone is really gonna wonder about me :) lol
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
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