Being a country boy, I love country jokes.
Here is one from the new RFD-TV magazine.
Dolly Parton is talking about how the 11 Parton children took baths. In the summer time they bathed in the river, but in the winter time they had to wash up in the house. Using a wash pan, the girls would wash up as far as possible, and then down as far as possible. Then when there brothers left the room they would wash possible.
I just had to tell someone besides my wife. I do apologize.
Patrick
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Good Afternoon Ya'll From Sunny Taxachusetts (what happens to one's spelling and accent after too much exposure to the Chief),
Time to gas up the snowblower! Storm expected to hit around 6 pm to assist the knucklehead MA drivers in their never ending quest to see what it is like to simulate Nascar and roll their vehicles over. I'm positioned on the edge where 4" is forecast but as much as 15" in the Mt. Washington Valley North of here. Local ski areas ecstatic. Some kids off school this week and the remainder next. Some school districts are pondering the cancellation of part or all of Easter break to catch up on required school days and avoid pushing the school year closer to July.
Jim SP......I've been to the Finger Lakes region twice, both times to Watkins Glen at the Southern tip of Seneca Lake. Both times were reunions with old school buddies at the vintage car races. Both times we were immersed at the track and the downtown area for the festivities, so I can't be of much help about what to see and do. Some of my partners in crime did stay on to check out the wine country. There are 11 Finger lakes.
Chief.....I hope you are feeling better but am sorry to hear the better half has caught your crud. I had two doctors with different opinions on one of those skin buggers, played it safe, had it excised, negative, better safe than sorry. One drawback was that the procedure left a dent in my temple, the source of a lot of good jokes at my expense.
Laz.....my post about our aborted train room fun was exaggerated, said we only got in a few laps. Actually a few laps was really many as I shouted to wife we had to burn off the smoke fluid to avoid damage to the steamer's smoke unit before I could shut er down. That was my story to her and I'm sticking to it.
DougM.....I remember the good old days of each kid's disaster of the week. Was like participating as a referee and watching tag team wrestling, non stop action, grief, and aggravation. Hang in there. I'm surprised you haven't ventured into a boat. McHenry County is where we would venture to get away from the City, as kids with the parents and later as teens when the driver's license was the tickey to a whole new world. It was pretty sparsely populated back then and was like going on vacation. Too bad everyone else had to discover how nice it is out your way.
Brent......I agree totally with the tankless system. I'm on my 4th hot water tank in this home. We are not allowed to have basement floor drains, so all homes have overhead sewer in the basement. Leaking tanks have been a pain, not to mention the expense of having 40 gallons constantly heated and at the ready. Wifey likes 15 minute showers. When I get tired of being the next person in line and get 97 degree water, or we have overnight company, I crank the tank water temperature to 145, crank the boiler temperature to 200 (hot wtaer baseboard heat), or both. With a tankless system and unlimited hot water, you can get that jacuzzi Susan has secretly been pining for.
Brutus......take your wife's advice with the crud. Drink more beer. You seem to have the same hot water issues the rest of us have. Brent's got the right solution, tankless. I think Lee said his tank was acting up yesterday.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Well fellas, the bank excepted our offer! Closing is April 3rd. Thanks for the prayers. Time to start packing!
Wes
WOOOO HOOOO!!
Congas Wes and family!! Good Job!!!
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
Wes Whitmore Well fellas, the bank excepted our offer! Closing is April 3rd. Thanks for the prayers. Time to start packing! Wes
Know the feeling that was our feeling last may and for us it was 7 days later on closing thou talk about rush city lol. Congrats for you. haow far will you be moving we were moving like 200 miles away. But it involved a new and better job for me.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Thanks fellas! Brent, I'm pretty sure my dance resembled yours...
i found this house on Sunday evening. It was a foreclosure that went to sheriff's sale, then the bank bought it back. They are an out of the state bank that just kept reducing the price until common folk like me could afford it (there goes the neighborhood). I got it far below appraisal value, which is awesome for me. Helps the loan amount. It's a big house, and has a finished basement already. One big bedroom downstairs, a large living room, full bathroom, etc. Plenty of room for trains! Best part is that it has a stairway out of the basement into the garage, so I can sneak train purchases in...just kidding!
It's a bit outdated, but nothing I can't fix over time.
RT - I live about 30 miles from work now, and this house is about 11. Cuts the commute time in more than half. Same for the wife.
Thanks again,Wes
LawsonFarmsRR Good Morning All: Kurt - Remove the lue? I for see a short ride tonight. Patrick
Good Morning All:
Kurt - Remove the lue? I for see a short ride tonight.
Patrick, Either a short flight or don't toss them beer cans out when emptied.
Wes, Congrats on the house.
Good excuse for a
ROADTRIP !!!!!!
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Wes!!!!!
Glad to hear you thought of the rest of us and provided us with our own living area, trains, a bath, and our own private entrance. No mention of a beer fridge though...... Hope the wife is pleased.
Okay, I made it to school and back to pick up our son. Now I can relax again. I feel worn out again. Don, Jack and Patrick - I think some alcohol would help kill all these germs, don't you? Better not. I'll just drink this bottle of cough syrup.... My Nana would have dosed me with honey and vinegar, hot, by the spoonful. I'm not sure what good it did, but it made you feel loved.
Wes - Congrats on the house, sounds like you got a great deal!
Had a nice call from a friend who retired and moved to SC and chatted on email with Sir James and RT, otherwise I just ran a load of laundry and sat around feeling icky.
Maybe I'll get one of those tankless water heaters, sounds like a good deal and our tank is getting to the end of it's life.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening all!
Wes: Congratulations on the new house! Sounds like you can move right in, and start building a layout! No beer fridge...At least we know what to get you for Christmas!
Brutus: You were home again???? Better yet? Prayers for you.
Took girls out to see the dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. Every time I tried to explain what something was 4-yo said "I know Dad". So it begins. We did addition flash cards today as well...She's good until we hit 6+, she ran out of fingers on the one hand. Also having a tough time with the concept of 0. Fried Chicken tonight!
Kurt
Great, now we can start building that 5,000 sq foot layout for Jack.
Phish.....Glad to hear the daughter is safe. I was hit by a red light runner about 30 years ago. After hitting me, he carrened off and headed for pedestrians on the sidewalk. Fortunately he stopped spinning at the curb. The pedestrians were in shock, but when the police arrived they did not mince words and he was slammed.
Chief.....I keep telling you that grits makes you see the doctor more often, but then again, maybe you are trying to see the lady doctor more often.
Don....U-Haul makes one way rentals.
Brutus...Take care of yourself. I hate coughing types of cold.
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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Lots of news on the Pot, tough to keep up.
Don B.--I can't imagine that kind of tax increase, holy cow. How will the retired on fixed incomes deal with it? How will the average wage earner handle it? Seems like a catastrophe in the making, very sad.
Had a good afternoon, worked with 17 inner city kids--trying to get them ready for a contest in two weeks. I know I couldn't deal with the challenges on a daily basis, God Bless the teachers that do, there will be a special place in Heaven for them
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Doug .... I'm so far behind it's terrible . Almost everything is half done ... wife threw me and the band saw and sanders out of the basement to the shed . Grand daughter wanted to clean up my wood work room where I cut train timber/wood . I had sanded alot and walked away leaving pounds of sawdust . Door was wide open ... shop vac was on blower mode ... well you get the picture ! The fresh washed chlothes ... rec room and everything was coated like a new baby's ..... lord the scolding that came out of that woman's mouth ... LOL . I did have to laugh when she came upstairs ... COATED with sawdust ... spitting and yelling " PAPPY .... HELP ! No heat in shed ... another half done project ....
Wes WhitmoreWell fellas, the bank excepted our offer!
CONGRATS!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good Evening,
Tired tonite, no reason may hit the sheets early. A decent day in the 40s but from tomorrow till tuesday 20s for the Hi. I still have not finished CTT, but Charlie had left me a couple of books about northern Michigan RRs and I have been looking at them. Of course we have banilla for all and those that want to belly up to the bar can have a rootbeer too. nitey nite....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
Good evening all, California legislature is suppose to bring a toothbrush for another all nighter. Looks like we will get some kind of tax increase sooner or later. We have to pay the fiddler. Those phonys in Sacramento have danced long enough. They never decide anything. Instead it's handed to the voters as propositions on our ballot. What are we paying these clowns for. It looks like a self service state anyway.
Went to doctor today for check up. Says I am making good progress but still need to lose some weight. I have to quit reading those post from the Chief talking about all the things he eats. It's too suggestive.
Doctor says I am good to go on my portable oxygen generator on pulse which only delivers oxygen when you inhale, thereby saving energy when the machine is on battery power as when you are flying for example. Maybe I can make it back to the East Coast for a visit before I croak with this new gadget.
No trains today. Just lots of walking. I did two miles this morning and went again with my wife this afternoon for another half hour walk. Mountains are pretty here with a heavy layer of snow that really shows up in the clear air and sunshine today.
later, Ray
SPMan
As Patrick stated earlier today heres the no kissing story
WARRINGTON (AFP) – A train station has erected a no kissing sign to stop lovers going full steam ahead with their over-amorous farewells.
Commuters have been told: if you want to get up to that kind of business, do it in the car park.
The sign has gone up at the drop-off point at Warrington Bank Quay station in the town of Warrington, between Liverpool and Manchester.
A man in a hat and a woman with a curly-looking hair-do puckering up show people where they cannot get down to some full-on lip-locking before boarding the 07:22 to Llandudno.
A similar kissing permitted sign has also been erected in a zone where smooching is considered tolerable.
"We have not banned kissing in the station," insisted a spokesman for operators Virgin Rail.
"But we have put the sign up at the drop off point because it is not a very big area and it often gets busy with lots of traffic.
"The sign is a light-hearted way of getting people to move on quickly.
"If people wish to spend a little more time with their loved ones before they leave, then they should park in the short-stay car park nearby."
The sign has evoked memories of director David Lean's 1945 masterpiece "Brief Encounter," based on Noel Coward's story of forbidden romance on a railway platform in then buttoned-down Britain.
The station scenes were filmed at Carnforth.
But now any encounters outside Warrington Bank Quay will have to be very brief indeed to avoid Virgin's wrath.
The busy station links the town with the major cities London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Manchester.
The sign is part of a one million pound station refurbishment plan.
There actually is a fridge in the basement...it's just empty! There is also a cast iron wood burning fireplace that I can't even begin to budge. That thing must weigh 800 lbs. Not sure how they got it down there, but it's disconnected from the wall already and sitting on plywood. I took a bunch of pictures tonight and am uploading them to shutterfly now. I'll include a link later for those who are interested.
Well if you want the fireplace out of there contact laz and borrow his bear you might have to wait till spring thou but thats about when you will be moving in so that should be just about right. Plug the frige in and fill it with beer for help moving and you'll get just about everyone here we'll hop in the tardis and head over.
Now on the serious note I would help if I was closer as I imagin most here would.
hope you enjoy your new home.
You might if you don't want it try selling tell them they must move it no help from you or call a junk dealer and see what he'll give you for it or a place that scaps might pick it up and give you a few dollars for it they probally would give the least out of all thou. you could see what it will take to rehook it up and have a woodburner for the winter to heat the basement acually it would help heat the whole house.
REAL SUGAR TO RETURN !
Kurt, I was off yesterday to babysit and today to sit - will go back tomorrow though. Coughing is a lot better, just tired and achey. Wife had this since last week, but she has asthma and it went to bronchitis. I'm hoping I'll have it kicked faster, like by tomorrow
Had a long talk today with an old friend who retired and moved to SC. Listened a lot. Got caught up on all the shenanigans in Washington - apparenlty, buried in that 1000 page tome, they repealed the Clinton Welfare Reform Act. I just don't know what to think about this - I pray that things get better.
Watched a bunch of train videos - one had a little coal operation with full cars being used to pull empties up a hill to be loaded. Hmmm, looked like something interesting to model!
Buckeye Riveter Chief.....I keep telling you that grits makes you see the doctor more often, but then again, maybe you are trying to see the lady doctor more often.
SHHH SHHH
Evening all. Meeting this afternoon and then wife had great dinner ready. Then we watched a movie. Think the title was And There Was Blood or something like that. About the great oil driller and his doings. Interesting. Now she is asleep on the couch and doing better than this AM. Will not go to bed so I have to wake her early to go to work. BURRR
Wes, congrats. Brutus, think you have the pewmonia. Don B, moving South looks better every day to you. Old Timer, women have to fuss about something. Patrick, one good thing about cattle farming. As long as you have cattle, you may go broke but will not go hungry.
Cold and rainy but said we might hear thunder???? Cold and thunder???? Oh well. Might get a little Snohio on Sunday.
Good night. Sleep tight and don't let the Ohio bed bugs bite.
PS: Lucy just allerted on something. Probably a cat tiptoeing across the concrete. We went out. A lot warmer than at 6 PM. Wind from the South. Front must be coming through. Still no thunder.
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Good Evening from Southern Ohio
The weather is calling for rain and snow tonight. We shall see.
To all who have had my daughters in your thoughts and prayers, especially those who have PM’d me, thank you very much. It is very heartwarming to experience the fellowship and your caring, you guys are great!. Daughter in LA is sore but getting better. She realizes just how blessed she is. Insurance for the car and medicals should not be an issue. The eyewitnesses to the wreck make things go a lot smoother, as Fife was referring to. Oldest daughter, is making decisions, knowing she has the prayers and support of a lot of folks. God’s will shall prevail, but she needs to be open to hear God speak to her and have the courage to act on God’s direction..
Received a 592A crossing gate off the bay. A little tweaking and cleaning and it is working well. Paint for the most part is good but the base will need re-done. Should be a nice quick project.
Wes – Can’t imagine what it would be like to move. A cast iron stove I installed a long time ago was huge. Even after taking it apart as much as possible I questioned the strength of the steps as we were going down the steps. Good luck, hope it works out for you.
Brent – The instant hot water tanks are pretty neat. Unlimited hot water but limited in the volume at one time. If you do multiple showers and laundry at the same time may creat an issue, but otherwise you don’t run out. I am going to change out the Tank to a tankless system at church and at home in the ’09 budget. With just the bride and myself we are wasting a hot of energy in keeping water hot in a tank. The kind RT suggested was installed in a church where the pastor is a friend of mine and they are really impressed with the savings.
Old Timer – LOL! Been there!
Chuck – You out there?
May God bless
Jim
Sort of locked out of the forum for a few days. Don't know why - would come up page not found. I could get to the CTT web site. So I decided to relog in (not sure why I did not think of that sooner) and it works again. Oh well...
Jim (sturge) - good to hear your daughter is getting better from the accident. Hope it continues to go well.
Not much to report here. Been too busy with w**k. Tried to retire a few years ago and now I work more than before. Well the extra cash is good.
Hope everyone else is good!
Have a great evening!
Regards, Roy
Morning to all. Just like Roy I have been too busy with w**k. Never dull spent most of yesterday at work piddling with video guys who were trying to figure out why our cable TV signal is poor. Turns out one of the amplifiers that was installed was defective. Never did get it fixed to my satisfaction. Think it is a hardware issue with TV Tuner cards. Got an early meeting so I must get going.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Laz, I need your help carrying this up the stairs...I too am worried that they will bust through!
Here is that beer fridge, sans beer...
Both of those items may just have to stay there.
Hi GYZ,
FOGGY here today to get to 37 then fall back?
WES, BIG CONGA on DA HOUSE!!!!!
WES, no BEER in FRIDGE? Da the old home owner shoulda left at least a 6 pack?
WES, no problem with that fire insert, might have to beef up the joist a little? Looks good is it a pellet stove or wood burner?
laz57
Morning!
rtraincollector As Patrick stated earlier today heres the no kissing story.
Partick, RT: Are you two causing trouble at the train station? Give her a smooch and get on the coach already!
Wes: Looks like a huge basement! The fridge looks like it will hold some banilla too! Maybe take the wood out of the stove first. I think that stove has to go. A sledge will break up that cast iron. Wear hearing and eye protection. Thanks for inviting Laz to that party! Maybe the bear can lift it.
Jim: Sorry I missed your post about your daughter's accident. Prayers for you and your family.
Wes: Looks like a huge basement! The fridge looks like it will hold some banilla too! Maybe take the wood out of the stove first. I think that stove has to go. A sledge will break up that cast iron. Wear hearing and eye protection.
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