Laz,Prayers for you and your family. When you post about trout fishing with your brother, all I can envision is the scenes in 'A River Runs Through It'. Catch one and toss 'em back in for me! Then catch and eat one for me! Really miss eating freshly caught trout... one of these days I'll get back out there - hopefully with my son (no no news yet).
Cloudy and showers again today. One of them was hard enough to back up through my basement floor drains again. I'm being charitable when I call what backed up through the drains gray water. Started scrubbing the basement tonight. Noticed the new floor paint I put down after what was left of Ivan flooded the basement last fall was starting to come up - another project . I'll have to call the city again Monday. If they don't know that there is a problem, they'll never get around to fixing it.
Came home from work to find that the USPS had delivered my Autolite box car. Eary 70's, Scout sized. Interesting piece - inexpensive too.
When I got back to work this morning, I found that the guys had left me a 'lab report' from Thursday's date with the endoscope. Opened it up and found a copy of my badge picture along with a note stating that the above was the only item found. My wife got a really good laugh out of that one. Think I'll take it in for the follow up appointment I've got with the doctor.
Laz - condolances for your loss. I know what you are dealing with. Dad died in early December last year. He was creamated and is currently waiting patiently on one of mom's book shelves for us to decide what to do with him. We will probably inturn him in the family plot at a time that will allow most of the family to get together.
Another Black Friday at the plant. Today was the last day for about 80 people. Sad, but a sign of the times. If nobody is building cars, we don't need to build parts. If we are not building parts, we cannot afford to keep people working.
Prayers for your brother, Laz
Tooks kids to Borders in two shifts since daughter was off school and had to go to a party tonight. Son spent some of his allowance and earnings on video games and some on books. I picked up new headphones since my old ones were broken and this set has a mic, tried it on the yahoo messenger and it worked great. Hmmm - feels like zombie hunting could become a little more fun! "You go left and I'll go right, Boomer around the corner," lol! Wife is not amused as all she has had to listen to is something like this:
Click. Click, click. Shoot! Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click-Click.... DRAT!" Or words to that effect
8ntruck, I think Tom (Spankybird) had a flooded basement a couple years ago? Are your trains down there?
Tardis is ready and I see some beacons and some banilla, so here we go
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Rainy & 64 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Still have to go in for baseball parades...
anjdevil - Iffff M-o-m-m-a aint What was the rest...
88 - You could always take me fishing. I'll even call you "Dad", ask "are we there yet", proclaim "I'm bored", then ask "can you buy me something?"
8ntruck, I remember years (and years) ago we had the same problem at home. My dad installed a one way valve in the floor drain that prevented the backup. As I recall it was simple to do. Chipped out a little cement around the drain, removed the drain and cemented in the new one way valve drain. Have you heard of this?
Patrick
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Good Morning.
Lots of layoffs here too, and with the Chrysler plants shut down small local business are feeling it already. The biggest industrial area in Mich. is turning into a ghost town of empty buildings.
Now, the sun is bright and going to the 60s. Laundry is in progress and a birthday party this PM for our two oldest grandsons. That will be my day so I don't think trains will be on the menu today...TTFN..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
Fife, Don't forget "I'm hungry, what's to eat" !
Morning All.......
May gray is here.
Workin on some loads for the "Unofficial Thomas Day" tomorrow, should be a real hoot. Need to make a Michael's run when they open to pick-up a few odds & ends so I can get it all together. Then it will be yard work time, yuck. The gophers have messed everything up so bad that the "yard & garden desire" has withered on the vine. Was pretty nice, not Homes & Gardens stuff, but very green and well planted. Now it looks like WWII was fought out there, major bombardments.
Yesterday at the museum was a pretty fair day, although one engine was being a real PITA. I believe there is some sort of an electrical/electronics issue with it somewhere and just can't get it figured out. Oh well, tackle that on another day.
The "better half" is having some hens in this evening so I think I'll find something to do in the trainroom tonite.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Laz .... sorry to hear that Bro ....
Rain then sun then rain .... ... over and over . Did get lucky though ... got a NIB Hobo Jungle on the bay for $8.00 .... could'nt believe it . Wife's day off 2 friends brought their messed up computer ... wanted to get out to dinner ... she won't let them down though .... .... she's too darn good hearted .... WOMEN !!!!!!!
High speed car tests.......one of my favorite model train pastimes, especially when the car is not mine.
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
TCA 09-64284
Good afternoon all,
It is dry and cooler in SE Indiana. Watched "Dollhouse" and "Numb3rs" last night. Did two soccer games today and watched half of another to review a couple of kid referrees. Lucas is going to his girlfriend's prom tonight. He looks sharp and she looks pretty, but her dress is laced up the sides and has an OMG look to it. Oh lordy! May go to a movie tonight. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning for breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day. Beacon is lit and I can drive.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening all from overcast Southern Ohio
Laz - I will keep your family in my prayers
Ever do something that you thing is a good hing and it backfires? My bride was in a all morning meeting so I thought I would surprize her by doing something we have been putting off. I rented a rug shampooer and shampooed all the carpet and rugs in the house. Just as I am finishing bride comes home and asks what am I thinking, shampooing carpets on a overcast day, I say well it was too wet to cut grass. That comment was taken all wrong.
Like they said, if momma ain't happy nobody is happy.
Ther may be a homily in there somewhere
May God bless
Jim
Good evening everyone, not much new here. Been away from this forum for awhile sad to see so many with health issues and such, prayers for all.
If I shampooed all the carpets my wife would faint .... get up off the floor and look around and see if she walked in the correct house ... .... that's what she said when I told her you did for your wife ...
Laz- My condolences to your family.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good evening
We made it home from the birthday party, all went well and plenty of food. Oh we watched a program about trains in northern Michigan so I got some training in after all. Also watched the Kentucky Derby and boy a hundred dollars on a 50 to 1 bet would have bought a lot of trains. Waiting for the Tardis, banilla is ready....S.J.
Fox on the run!!! Been busier than a 8 tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs. Stopped at RJ's to use wireless and Microsoft had 11 updates. Went in to visit Rex. Came out and still running. No wonder. Loading IE 8.0. Well got to go as almost closing time for RJ's. Going home tomorrow. Had fun ad also worked. Fished too. Got to go hit th bed. Tired. Worked until 7:30 today. Then went to The Olde Place. Chat later. On the run like a REB Cav. being chased by Grant's whole army. Grits and sweet ice tea forever.
PS: LAZ, best to your BRO.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Howdy All! Just trying to keep up with the pot. Daughter's recital practice went well. They had someone pull a fire alarm mid way and so the rest was put on hold for about 20 minutes. Video taped most of the event. The guy who does the actual recital is horrible. Gets paid top dollar for very amature work. Borrowed a digital video camera from church and used it. Will make copies of the DVD tomorrow to give to the little girls' parents.
Dad and I picked up a portable basket ball goal and ball for the kids. Just have to fill the base with sand now. We then took the whole family to a seafood restaurant for some great food. Wife had frog legs and grits with some oysters, I had stuffed grouper with grits. It was all good.
Well, family is here till Tuesday. Hope everyone has a great week ahead.God Bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Just sitting down in front of the TV in my new house. We are finally moved in! Both sets of grandparents are here, and no one is on the couch! Jack's first night in a big boy bed...crib is already in storage. The new train layout will begin shortly in the future...but Beth has some things for me to do first...pretty exciting day to say the least.
Wes
Congratulations Wes! I'll be over tomorrow to start building the biggest layout in Ohio. We can make that 40,000 sq. ft. museum layout look tiny with your money.
Big congrats Wes! What a great deal, glad you are all moved in! That's the worst job in the world!
Got a lot done today. Lay sideways in a closet and worked through a 16 inch opening to cut out the bottom 10 inches from two steel studs just under another outlet and then built in place a box out of steel studs and some sheet metal to act as a return vent box. Wish I had known the return vents would be where they are now, because this would have been 10,000 times easier to do before I had drywall up! Then, after a fun 5 hours of playing around in on that, I went out and mowed the yard - after all that rain, it was about 6 inches tall and still wet, but it's going to rain again tomorrow so it had to be done.
Just had nice talks with Jim and Kurt and also watched the new Ron White DVD. It's great but very very R-Rated! Just FYI - my wife and I are still laughing!
Pizza and salad for dinner - room for banilla! I'm pretty sore, so Mike you are on my man! You drive and I'll watch the scope! Tardis is ready to roll. I have some Old Mills too, so swing by and see if Laz is still up!?
HI GYZ,
Just got done with fire with BRO, had burgers and dogs GOOD!!! Prior to this went TROUT FISHIN, BRO caught and released 7, me caught and released 3 so not bad for 2.5 hrs of fishin. He kicked my a&&.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONDOLENCES FOR MY SIL. ALL YUZ GYZ. I REALLY APPRICIATE IT, AGAIN THANK YOU from the bottom of my HEART!!! YUZ GYZ are the best.
laz57
Laz,
Sorry to hear about your SIL. Regarding fishing, I feel your pain. I have caught 6 fish this season, and my friend has somehow managed to catch 28 fish so far. We have had very good results with wax worms. We tried meal worms as well, but they don't seem to work quite as good as wax worms. Got about five hours in last night and three today.
Chief,
IE8 takes some getting used to. Also, if you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 3, the Internet Explorer icon might disappear from your desktop.
Finals are over, and I am just waiting on grades. I don't have to work until Friday, so I will relax this week.
Mostly cloudy today. Looks like it might be starting to dry out a little.
Saturday shopping in the morning, followed by scrubbing the basement floor. Got it about 1/2 done. Fans and dehumidifiers running at full blast. It is starting to get better. Grilled hambergers for dinner with corn on the cob. Watched a movie with my wife, then the last 100 or so laps of the NASCAR race.
Patrick - back flow preventers, flap valves, or check valves. Yup, I'm doing research on them. Since it looks like the city is using my basement for a storm water surge tank, I'll call them next week and see if they will help out with the cost of one of these things. Supposedly, the sewer system is designed to have the capacity for a 100 year storm before backing up. I'll write the back up last September off to that, but not the three that happened last week. Sedalia is a town of 20,000 or so and the sewers in my neighborhood are closing in on being 100 or so years old. There are not a whole lot of resources available to keep things updated. An article in the paper stated that a survey and evaluation of the sewer system is planned over the next couple of years. I suspect a check valve will be my best bet.
Brutus - the trains are safely up in the third floor attic - under a new roof. Sounds like you had fun with your duct work today. Why don't you do something more enjoyable Sunday, like rewiring your car's dashboard.
Sturgeon Phish - I know what you mean. A long time ago, I stopped off and bought flowers on my way home from work for my wife for no other reason than I felt like it and thought that she would enjoy them. I got home only to face the interrogation about what did I do, or what was I about to do wrong, and what was I apologizing for? Go figure.
Dennis - Frogs Legs and Grits. Now there's a meal worth fighting over! Brings back memories of frog gigging with my son when we had the lake cottage years ago.
Wes - Congratulations on your move. Hope this is the beginning of a long love affair.
Brutus - Couldn't you find a more comfortable, secluded place to take a 4 Hr. nap? Like the Tardis?
green 97probe - Relaxing for a few days for me would include trains. How about you?
8ntruck - You posted at 1:54 AM? You must be a night owl.
Its been raining here off and on for two days and forecast to continue for at least two more, and heavy today. The pastures love it! I love it! Time today to check out the SPF thread, both Forums and play with the trains. Life is great!
8ntruck . Sedalia is a town of 20,000 or so and the sewers in my neighborhood are closing in on being 100 or so years old. .
. Sedalia is a town of 20,000 or so and the sewers in my neighborhood are closing in on being 100 or so years old. .
Would that be Sedalia, Missouri? Way back when, I used to get out there at least once a quarter to meet with the folks at a facility the company had. If I recall correctly there were a couple of pretty good steak houses in town. Are the remains of the old train facility still sitting and rotting away?
Good morning
Wes, I hope you enjoy your new home.
Sunny and going to near seventy today. It was in the sixty's yesterday but the wind made it feel a lot colder. No wind today.
Wives seem to feel better about things they think they made us do. I don't know about this just volunteering stuff. It appears that it's not a good idea.
Enjoy your sunday...S.J.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 54 degrees. Rained this morning. Need some sunshine.
Today is a quiet day. So far. I plan on taking it easy and watching the ballgame in the train room. While running trains.
LAZ.....Sorry to hear about your SIL. Prayers out for you and your family.
Wes.....Good luck with your new home. Now THE question is... What kind of track are you going to use for your new layout ?? May I recommend " tubular ". It's the best. That ought to open a big can of "ideas". LOL
Dining car was here for the usual breakfast and then departed for " Points West".
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
sir james I Wives seem to feel better about things they think they made us do. I don't know about this just volunteering stuff. It appears that it's not a good idea.
Words of Wisdom!
8nTruck - we were running into that at my old house and it was tree roots mixed with the washing machine - have you had your line roto-rooted?
Wes - go with gargraves flex track and Ross switches, you won't be sorry! I hear Ross track is really nice too, btw.
Today, I plan to finish off that return vent and put in the 8 inch ducting to connect it all together. I had originally planned to use flex-ducting, but after some thought, I am going to take that back and get some of the solid stuff for this return. I think I need about 4 pieces and it's about $10 a section. I'll return the flex though and so that will offset most of that cost. Also need some low expansion spray foam to seal up the vent boxes I built. I used some metal tape here and there to make stuff fit, but there are some gaps around the metal studs that I want to fill.
Then, we are going to a birthday party for some friends' daughter this evening at Chili's, yummy! I think I shall indulge in a couple adult beverages!
green97probe Laz, Sorry to hear about your SIL. Regarding fishing, I feel your pain. I have caught 6 fish this season, and my friend has somehow managed to catch 28 fish so far. We have had very good results with wax worms. We tried meal worms as well, but they don't seem to work quite as good as wax worms. Got about five hours in last night and three today. Chief, IE8 takes some getting used to. Also, if you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 3, the Internet Explorer icon might disappear from your desktop. Finals are over, and I am just waiting on grades. I don't have to work until Friday, so I will relax this week.
JIM,
I'm with you on the trout for this year. Only caught 9 while BRO is at 13. Worst year ever for us. We are using mealworms, and catching lots o chubs, and whitefish. I think the early start that they give us has lots to do with it. Everyone north of us comes down here and fishes then 2 weeks later they have their own opening day. By that time all our fish are gone. Also we use to get more fish down here, now they took off one whole stocking and cut a bunch of fish out of the other stockings. Heck we use to catch fish, trout, until July 18th down here, now tough to find any in May. Might have to become a Bass fisherman?
Patrick,
I have to get the postwar layout back together. I'll probably start on it today.
Wes,
Congrats on the new house. When you build your new layout, make it modular. That way, if you ever need to take it down, you won't be back to square one when you put it back together (like me).
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