Patrick: Bada boom - bada bing - poof! Forget-about-it.
Kurt
Doug, you could always take one of the latest business magazines and tell them that your house has suddenly been valued 30% less. Main city where the hospital is has just increased everyone's tax burden with valuation on last year's study.....not taking into account current conditions and forcast.
For the musically inclined here, my son want to learn violin. Not the easiest instrument in the world to learn, but any instrument is a plus. One of the girls in his class plays and it would be good that he not be the only one learning.
Just waiting for one case to get done and then I am outttta here! Look forward to doing a little bit of layout work if all goes well.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Dennis-
How old is your son? Any piano background? I believe for even the youngest the piano lays a tremendous foundation for everything else. If you do choose to start with violin do not buy a full size one, little fingers struggle. The best way for young beginners is to enroll in the Suzuki method, it's an amazing program. Tried and proven.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Buckeye & Chuck--stop over later for smoked turkey and Hennesy, feel free to pick up Doug on your way past Chicago, he'll have plenty of extra gas money after his new home appraisal. HA! We can sit on the deck and bid adieu to the last piles of snow.
kpolakPatrick: Bada boom - bada bing - poof! gone. Kurt
Patrick: Bada boom - bada bing - poof! gone.
Congratulations Kurt! You found the magic wound, and you used it! I appreciate it. The POT truly is one for all and all for one.
Patrick L
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LawsonFarmsRR Congratulations Kurt! You found the magic wound, and you used it! I appreciate it. The POT truly is one for all and all for one. Patrick L
Brutus keeps one in the Tardis! Just in case.
cnw1995Afternoon all. Working through more school issues with the middle boy. Motivation is a challenge.
Doug...Here's how you do it.
Son if you make good grades you could go to OSU, if you don't you will be going to Michigan. Works wonders on children living in Ohio.
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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LawsonFarmsRR Hi Ray - No, they never were. I just had the proverbial wild hair (can I say that?). If I could wave a magic wand and erase all memory of one post, I would. Patrick L
Hi Ray - No, they never were. I just had the proverbial wild hair (can I say that?). If I could wave a magic wand and erase all memory of one post, I would.
Patrick
That shouldn't be a problem, the Chief has one and forgets HIS posts all the time. He's really good at it then he posts them twice, and forgets that. I think a lot of it is because sometimes he doesn't understand them himself.
Don
Good afternoon, ya'll,
Hit 0 last night. It was so cold that the dog's pee was solid before it hit the ground! Just got nailed for $200 by the plumber. The kitchen sink was clogged, and the snake just kept passing through the gelatinous clog and couldn't dislodge it or break it up. If I wasn't standing there watching the length of cable feed (10 feet to the clog) and see this guy changing tips, I wouldn't have believed something in this pipe could have these properties. My SIL had the same type of clog with his main drain, PVC, and his plumber had to actually cut the section out and replace it! Any of you guys have this problem?
Sir James and Mitch......I'm partial to the Hudson myself. With two of you running, it sounds like you had twice the fun.
Brutus.....a hearty get well to your family. Hope you dodge the bullet. Hope Chewey didn't get sick as well. If you get to Chicago this August on a road trip, along with the Rail Museum out his way, have DougM point you and the family to the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and some deep dish pizza at either Due's or Uno's. You won't regret it.
Buckeye......prayers for your friend. As I get older, the illnesses my friends get remind me of my mortality.
Dennis......don't mess around with your son's ear infection. Call a doctor. At first I was impressed that your son has shown an interest in the violin, all the way to the part where you said a girl in his class plays. Hmmmmm. You're lucky she doesn't play the tuba.
Chief.....it shocks me that you would think that Patrick has you and I beat in verboseness. While you and I may have talked to a draw (not drawl) on the phone, I think he's got a long way to go to catch us. Re the shoes, this addiction must be tied into the name Pam since 500 pair would just about cover my wife's Summer collection.
MikeC......family! I can't tell you how discouraging it is for me to have a loved one come to me for advice, then do the opposite, and then come whining to me about the outcome . I spent the better part of a year helping an older sister get into a condo and then renovating it in a fashion she could afford. The amount of personal time I spent on that one was measured in weeks. Within a year, she called me on the phone and said wanted to move. She couldn't understand why I would have nothing to do with it any more, but my wife knew. That "help and advice" strained my marraige, and I vowed never again. Family will burn you out and leave you for dead sometimes. Lots of hurt feelings that don't subside quickly. If you disagree with them, they think you are either criticizing them or are not supportive. A lose-lose proposition.
Lee.....seriously, all of us have our weather challenges. While I freeze to death, move mountains of snow, and send huge checks to the fuel oil company, you are battling hurricanes, heat, and electric bills. Maybe we should join forces, move into Chief's lake house, and split the difference weather wise.
RT.......should we nickname you Dizzy? Hope you continue to make progress with that one. My wife had similar symptoms. The root cause was never pinpointed. Doctors were stumped. After a year, a simple reduction in her sodium intake seemed to do the trick with no reoccurence. Go figure.
DougM.....hope your propert tax appeal was successful.
Patrick......ever use Bag Balm? We're using it on the dog's cropped ears.
Fife and Laz.....my wife will not permit this beer inventory reduction project at my place until we sign a contract stating we will put the toilet seat down. And that includes the bear.
RaySP......prayers for your friend. Every time I get discouraged with my physical deficiencies, I find someone else far worse off than I am. My college roommate is struggling with diabetes and it's impact on his eyesight.....at the age of 58! And here I am, whining to this forum about what snow shoveling does to me. Shame on me.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RockIsland - Nottaproblem. If I delve deep enough into your inventory, sitting will be S.O.P.
It worked! So my house is officially worth less - hmmm, why does this feel so... happy. I tried your motivation, Buckeye, but it doesn't work in Illinois. Don't worry, Jack, we'll show Brutus a good time. Jack, did the plumber use one of those gigantic power-routers?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Buckeye Riveter cnw1995Afternoon all. Working through more school issues with the middle boy. Motivation is a challenge. Doug...Here's how you do it. Son if you make good grades you could go to OSU, if you don't you will be going to Michigan. Works wonders on children living in Ohio.
DougM....
Some more words of encouragement and a digression to a devious plan.
No two kids are born with the same brains, ability, and aptitude. The persistence and dedication parts are the wild cards; they are learned behaviors, and kids can get discouraged easily. Kids can start convincing themselves that they are not the brightest bulbs on the tree, and the whole thing death spirals from there.
But these differences are what makes each child precious and unique in his/her own right. One child (in the same family) gets straight 'A' s with seemingly little effort while another struggles mightily to get Cs. Bottom line is that both can get high marks, but the latter might have to work three times as hard to get them. But the high marks are nonetheless achievable, for both. As a parent, I struggled with the differing results each child brought home from school. Then I got to thinking.....
With me, my father took aim at the one thing that hits home with every American male. THE CAR. My Dad started telling me in grammar school that for high school it would be "All 'B's or above and you get wheels. Get just one C, and it's syonara to any car while you are living under my roof until the next report card." I indeed had to work three times as hard with my schoolwork as my older sisters.
In desperation, I tried the same approach with my son.
Through freshman year, he was doing the c-d-f routine. His excuses reasons were quite valid to him and would fill a book. "I'm no good at Math. I'm not that smart. The teacher stinks. The teacher hates me. Everyone else is doing as badly as I am. Why do I need to learn this?" ETC.....Then I dumped the 'B' bomb on him, with wife backing me up (prearranged spousal oath to each other) and the rest is history.
He averaged 94%+ the rest of the way. His turnaround was immediate. His all out EFFORT and his consistency actually brought tears to our eyes. He was given nothing but the opportunity, and he grabbed it.
After the first post 'B' bomb grading period, he was on cloud nine as he presented his first report card Sophmore year, hit a 93% average with no grade lower than 91. I glanced at his report card and said with a straight face "You blew it." His smile turned to dismay and he just lost it "What do you expect from me? I did what you asked!" I said "This report card makes us so proud of you, son, but you did blow it. You can never look your mother and I in the face again and say 'I can't.....' " A Hallmark moment.
Nothing is more of an incentive to a male of the species than the prospect of his driver's license/the use of the car, and nothing more terrifying than the very thought of life without them.
If it takes tutors, get them. If it takes spreading the school load over Summers, do it. If it takes joining yourself at the hip with the teachers, call the surgeon. If it takes an incentive like a driver's license and the use of a car, dangle it.
cnw1995 It worked! So my house is officially worth less - hmmm, why does this feel so... happy. I tried your motivation, Buckeye, but it doesn't work in Illinois. Don't worry, Jack, we'll show Brutus a good time. Jack, did the plumber use one of those gigantic power-routers?
My wife promised me that a long time ago. I'm still waiting.
He used every trick in the book except for some sort of ultra nasty chemical (you and I can't get, noxious fumes and can cause third degree burns) and pipe removal and replacement. Used wires, power snake with different heads, a couple of different plungers, and pressurized air. No good. He tried the snake one last time, with the chemical scheduled next. Lo and behold. A big GLOOP, and the clog was history. The snake prevailed.
Jack - After reading your post I have to bow to the champion verboseter (it was a good post, I read every word). We do use Bag Balm on the cows teets ( let's see if that prints), but the most use is my wife uses it instead of lotion.
Haven't heard much from Chief, I guess he is hunkered down at the cottage, Ice fishing maybe?
LawsonFarmsRR Haven't heard much from Chief, I guess he is hunkered down at the cottage, Ice fishing maybe?
Naw....It's hooch season again, so we won't hear much from him and if we do, we don't believe a thing he says.
Good evening from balmy Southern Ohio,
The daytime temp went up to 52°F today, but I slept right through it as I am on night shift today.
Mike C – Hang in there. I can identify with son-in-laws who, shall we say are still searching for a purpose in life besides taking advantage of others.
Dennis – How is the boy?
Patrick – What post???? I may be odd but I love the smell of the feed with molasses
Jack – Bag balm is great stuff. I learned about it when I worked for a block layer many years ago.
As far as drain cleaning I use mechanical means first and resort to chemicals as a last resort.
Buckeye – TGIF
May God bless
Jim
ChiefEaglesMorrning all. Getting ready to hit the road to the lake house.
Yep...It's hooch season and he off making some new brew this spring at his so called Lake (Hooch) House. Grits hooch is the worst, but he just loves the stuff. The next thing we will see is that Roseyville will have a Hooch Fest. Heaven help us!!
Good Evening all
Bright sun today so ole James got a haircut, went to the mall and took wife out for a early supper. No trains though. Must have tired Charlie out as did not hear from him today.
Brutus I have had my banilla but there is enough for all so pile in the thingy and come on by. 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
John,Really sorry to hear about your friend. Obviously he must have been in really good physical condition. Still very unfortunate.Also, enjoyed the conversation this morning. Think I will continue with the story lines, I have saved a copy of them so far. And, when they are all done, will print them a put them in a book. I t would be fun.Tonight on the History Chanels "Modern Marvels" they have been doing a special on locomotives. I have seen it before but it is still good. Started off with #90 from Strausburg, and then did a in depth review of theory of operation for a boiler, and how to change tires. All that done from the maintenance facility at Strausburg. Really makes it more interesting having been there, and seen it first hand. One other thing that they had was a wheel crawler for re-railing locomotives that have been derailed in mine operations. I think I need that as standard operation on my layout.Glad to see the weekend here, with all the severe weather we are having, a couple days in the train room are easily justified. Going to work on positioning "highways" on layout, and take time out Sunday to attend a Train paraphanela show. Have attended it in the past and always found some "fun" stuff.Hope all you guys have a great weekend!Later
I'll see if I can remember everything.....Jack sets the bar pretty high.
John, sorry to hear of the loss of your church member. I have seen some spectacular crashes with snowmobiles, people just don't realize how fast they will go. Jon, both kids do play piano...for fun, no discipline. Wife plays and kids join in. I'd really like to get them both playing well as my great grandfather worked for Steinway in Brooklyn. He hand made a baby grand for my great aunt and we are working on getting it to the house....would be nice to have them play it. As for Violin, I had heard that the youth sized violin is appropriate for kids. The girl in his class is very pretty. She is the daughter of one of our friends (main guy behind the movies). Jack, I have dealt with that type of clog. Mix of soap, grease, who knows what else, and held in place with hair and other debris. One thing that I have done and seems to work well, I drop a box of baking soda down the drain. Follow this up with white vinegar....it will foam up, but the reaction cleans out the drain. Follow this up with boiling water. BIG CAVEAT, can't use this with chrome finish as it will ruin the chrome.Patrick, We use Bag Balm all the time. It works great on chapped hands and feet. It is great during the winter as the dry air and all the hand washing I do throughout the day (go figure), my hands get pretty rough.As for how the son is feeling, has been a rough day. He looks bad, eyes sunk and just not himself. Was rather sedentary until I got home. Packed up the family and took them out to dinner. Kids and wife ate grouper and I had the T-bone. Used that little bit of energy he had to get some good food in his body.
Well, I had better get to bed as I hear we may have a case in the morning. Hope everyone has a blessed weekend.
PS: Rich, any update on your friend at the train store?
HI GYZ,
Ran trains tonight for tree hours!!! One PILE UP. Had the coupler that was attached to the OLD MIL car open up. It wasn't DA OL MIL car but the Columbia Beer car that came open. Never DA OL MIL. But otherwise pretty cool. Had Fun!
JOHN FULLERTON, sorry for the loss of your friend, prayers for you and his famly.
laz57
Jack - all are well, but we had donuts and then a party at work so my tummy is a little off tonight, guess there is such a thing as too much of a good thing?
OT was cancelled for me tomorrow - what a shame, guess I'll have to go check out a local toy train store a buddy told me about - it's just a few miles from here! Then, wife wants to pick up a cell phone for our son now as he will be 12 next week. No texting! I want one with just prepaid minutes for a few calls and emergencies only!
Ray - prayers for your friend as well.
John - also for your friend's family, that's a shame.
Had a little email chatter from RT, but he had to go to bed early. Sir James and I talked about the phone thing too.
Doug - wife is figuring out something about training in Chicago (tdy) so might be there sooner? I've been to the Museum of Science and Industry about 10 times I think? Shedd's Aquarium a couple times. There is an old-time McDonalds there we visited once? And I've eaten at Pizzeria Uno and across the street at Due as well - I had one of their t-shirts, but it eventually wore out. Oh - also the Natural History Museum, love that one too! Anyway, maybe hook up for dinner or lunch or something? Have to figure it out when we get a schedule.
Buckeye - too funny! I thought they "cooked" grits in a bag in the toilet tank to make "squeeze"? Does Chief still let himself into the local sheriff's cell after he has a few too many? Sorry - couldn't resist that one! Maybe I'll pick up one of those St. Louis Style (yuck) pizza's and bring it for Chief tonight, I remember they made a big impression on him when he visited St. Louis last
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Laz - got any Old Mills left? Somehow I'm down to just one Sam Adams?
Brutus Laz - got any Old Mills left? Somehow I'm down to just one Sam Adams?
WOW, BRUTUS, your at EMERGENCY MODE! That can't be get DA MAN SOME BEER. Anything but BUTWIPER?
I got ya covered BRUTUS!!!!
Thank you to my forum friends for the prayers for my Washington friend. I will add them to my own.
Still raining tonight off and on. My son did a patch job on the roof a while back and it seemed to be OK. It held up through heavy rain all night last night but then late today decided to start leaking again. Go figure! It's just a little drip though so no big problem. Have to go back up there when the rain stops and look around again. Either that or call Doctor Roof.
Patrick, not to worry about that old post you referred too. It was legitimate at the time and probably a reflection of how you felt at that moment. Been there, done that myself. We are all entitled to sound off once in a while except Chief. He can sound off every day if he wants to,
Grandson and myself ran some trains tonight between rain showers. Grandson said he had a lot of fun. That's what it's all about and makes it all worth while. We had three running at same time with Grandson in control with DCS handheld and Grandpa cleaning track. No crashes either. That's a switch.
My son went car shopping tonight and found a good deal. He and his wife are coming home with a new car to replace one that just got totaled out last week. We all had pizza while waiting even though Grandpa got wet picking up the stuff.
I've been having fun this week trying out my new high speed internet after years of plain old dial up. I like being able to see You Tube and videos posted on the forum as well. There are so many links when you view one thing it leads to another. If you don't watch yourself, you can kill the whole day doing this.
Sleep tight and Chief, don't wake up those bed bugs.
Ray
SPMan
Morning!
Dennis: Great tip on the baking soda! I need to try that. We had a similar clog for Superbowl. I augered it out, pulled out a big wad of hair/grease/goo. The kitchen drain ran, but I plugged up the shower. I ended up with a cup of lye base cleaner. I'll add the baking soda and flush from the Kitchen again. The guy at the rental center said I couldn't use the claw on a branch drain...the 1/2" rod won't navigate the turns.
Ran trains with the girls yesterday! 4-yo ran the crane! She's getting good at it, but can't seem to hold down the magnet button, and operate the crane. 2-yo sat on my lap and pushed the buttons on the CAB-1, and switched the barrel loader. One major pile up. I may have thrown a switch mid train.
LIVE FROM ROGER's CORNERS!
IT"S SATURDAY MORNING!!!
For the first time in a month we are in for some bad weather. It is supposed to hit 50 degrees today. Oh horrible!
In honor of HIS HONOR, MAYOR CHIEF who is off making Hooch at his favorite Hooch House, with his Hooch Hound:
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A busload of Roseyville politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden, the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field.The old farmer, after seeing what had happened, went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a hole to bury the politicians.A few weeks later the local sheriff came out, saw the crashed bus, and asked the old farmer where all the politicians had gone.The old farmer said he had buried them.The sheriff asked the old farmer, "Were they all dead?"The old farmer replied, "Well, some of them said they weren't, but I didn’t believe them."
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The Chief and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from Roseville to Fairbanks. The Chief, never knowing a stranger, leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.The Chief persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains" I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep. The Chief, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500," figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game. The Chief asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the Chief. Now, it's the blonde's turn. She asks the Chief: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The Chief looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the Air phone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress. He calls Shake and Bake, Jon, and many others. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his CTT buddies. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $500. The blonde politely takes the $500 and turns away to get back to sleep. The Chief, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the Chief $5, and goes back to sleep!
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Busy day today. Wash car, grocery shopping, clean kitchen, haircut, fix something or other. Have a good day!!
Morn... OH HEck, howmy-gonna -follow-that...?
BTW Buckeye, loved your website.
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