COFFEE POT #8, for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going.

[MichRR714]

 Happy Birthday SJ !!!!!!!!!!!!

Your a good friend and I wish you the very best on your 70th Birthday....many..many more to come!

Here is SJ playing trains with my son...

[Brutus]

Happy Birthday Sir James - hope those SLIDERS don't get you up early tomorrow!  Thanks for the good chat tonight to you, Doug, RT, Bill, and Wes

Thanks for all the good prayers guys.  I know that the BIg Guy is listening.  Talked to transplant doc, manager and an intern today ("Fellow").  Doctor P said that we have a 50/50 chance to cure her condition with a transplant.  They are checking wife's sister's to see if they are good blood matches.  Basically, she will be in the hospital for about 4 to 6 weeks where they will do chemo to kill her bone marrow etc, then they give her good cells from the donor and they engraft into her bones making new clean marrow.  Then she will be out for a few months - maybe 6 months.  Doctor says he sees this about once every 5 years - pretty rare condition.  We saw some pics of her bone marrow and it looks like spiderweb, that's the scar tissue.  Other tests are negative so far, so no apparent cancer, which is GREAT news.  So, no new bad news and actually some encouraging news compared to some stuff we had read.  Funny - on drive home, we were comparing notes and although we were sitting there and heard the same stuff, we heard some things differently   I sort of do this stuff for a living (read medical reports), so I trust what I think I heard, lol!

Chief, good news on your Father-in-Law, keep us posted and glad the prayers are working for you as well.

TARDIS is ready and I'm ready to drive tonight, so you guys get ready - had a nice dinner with just my wife and kids and could go for some banilla and rootbeer tonight

[dbaker48]

Jim,

That really sounds encouraging !!!  Needless to say the prayers will continue.

 

Just so no one gets the wrong idea, I may not posting much in the next few days.  (I'm not ignoring myself, lol.  I've got some real busy days ahead, until next Monday.)  So don't think anything is wrong.  I never take the Chief seriously anyway.  

Later

 

[dwiemer]

Morning all!  I am at work, finishing a few loose ends before heading to my meeting.  Did some last minute shopping last night.  Most of it will work for both Hilton Head and the cruise in September.

Doug, don't get your hopes up with Bull Street Station.  It is just about all HO and smaller.  A few lionel starter sets, but that is it.  They have a HO layout in back, but I have never seen it run.  It is usually covered with junk.  Also, the atmosphere is not too kid friendly.

Brutus, that is good news on your bride.  Won't be easy treatment, but at least you are heading in a good direction.  Gonna be plenty of rough spots, but keep her focused on the final outcome.  She will remain in our prayers.

Chief, glad the FIL is responding to the treatment.  Hope he is back to his usual self soon.  I am sure Miss Pam is happy with that.

Well, I will check out, but I do hope that everyone has a great week ahead and a good Father's Day.  I may be able to check in from the resort, but not sure.

God Bless,

Dennis

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It will be another odd day weather wise in SE Indiana.  Hopefully will get our game in tonight.  I practiced with "my" soccer girls last night until the thunder chased us off the field.  Also got to visit a little with my Norwegian soccer friend and her girlfriend.  She is nice as well. They are staying at our place Thursday night and hopefully will watch my game tonight (weather permitting).  After I dried out at home after the practice, I swept the house.  The plumbing work went well.  Everything was fixed in less than an hour and the bill was much less than expected.  Work went well.  I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast.  Beacon is lit for after the game.  Jim, glad to hear maybe the tide is turning in your favor.  Bob, good to hear your situation may be getting better as well.  Happy birthday, Sir James!  Prayers as always going out to those who need them.  I hope everyone (especially my Norwegian soccer and her friend) have a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Still rainy.  Not much to do until 3 PM.  Then go to regional transportation meeting.  May go to the lake house tomorrow for a few.  Gas has jumped up 25 cents per gallon in a week.  Hope all have a great day.  

dbaker48

Just so no one gets the wrong idea, I may not posting much in the next few days.  (I'm not ignoring myself, lol.  I've got some real busy days ahead, until next Monday.)  So don't think anything is wrong.  I never take the Chief seriously anyway.  

Later

Like yesterday, stayed at home in case the phone guy needed him.  Made Kay run the shop.  Now what did he do when he was waiting.  Played trains all day!!!!

[rtraincollector]

HAPPY

           70TH

                    BIRTHDAY

SJ

[laz 57]

HI GYZ,

  Another cool one here today.  WIFE is now done with school, so at least I have someone to talk to during the day and tell me what to do.  Did a nice easy 6 mile run then a nother 6 mile bike ride, felt great.  Got to go for wood today from retired carpenter, see what he has?

BRUTUS Prayers are still going out.

CHIEF, prayers for you too for FIL.

SIR JAMES 70 years young?  Hope I look that good?

Stay frosty,

laz57

[sir james I]

Good Morning

Thanks guys.

RT, Even at 70 I can read that eye chart.

[Blueberryhill RR]

S.J....

Question...... How close to the eye chart are you ??   LOL

Chuck

[anjdevil2]

SJ - Happy Birthday 70? - heck you have at least another 30 left!!!

  Chief's FIL & Brutus Wifey

Check in later really b-z

[cnw1995]

 Morning all. More moving offices today.Got hilarious questions like why can't I remote into my computer which is disconnected and packed?  Happy Real-Birth-day to Sir J!

Good chat last night with Brutus and the gang until the Blackberry just quit - dead battery. Glad you're feeling better, Bob, and your bride's news sounds better, Brutus.

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Overcast & 66...

This just in... WE INTERUPT OUR REGULAR BORING MORNING POST FOR THIS IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN.  FIRE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ARE ON HIGH ALERT.  THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REPORTS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES ACROSS THE STATE TODAY.

IN A RELATED STORY, RETAILERS ARE REPORTING A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF CANDLES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION...

...here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The boy and I were outside finishing up the debris pile from last week's storm, and I worked on a section of downspout.  Not much else going on.  Work tonight.

Oh, btw, sir james --->

[Ole Timer]

 Fifey ..... you must have really got hit by that storm .... we did'nt get anything close to that kind of damage here TTL !  Now you have me looking at boats .... LOL .   .... has been a bad year for boating with gas prices and weather and the prices are down .... finding some great deals .....  

 SJ .... was early on the other wish so here's one for the actual day  ...............

[LawsonFarmsRR]

SJ - If you are like me, you can read the eye doctor's office chart with out leaving home. How does it feel to be 70? I will be there myself in just a few years.

Fife is working nights. That means we will get more posts from him!

Sounds like a our Mayor has bankers hours today.

Today's wise farmer saying - Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot Easier than puttin' it back in.

Pat

 

[kpolak]

Sir James:  Happy Birthday!  They beat me to the sliders...Talk about the gift that keeps on giving...

Charlie:  Happy Anniversary!  Belated.

Brutus:  Great news!  ...  about no new bad news.  I'll take a 50/50 chance!  We can beat that one with prayer easy!

Chief:  Prayers for FiL.

Beacon is on for tonight!  I'll bring the Root Beer and Banilla...I was hoping for cake, but I can't seem to find any candles.    Someone has been buying them all up for some Birthday Party...I guess we settle for Root Beer Floats!

Kurt

[Buckeye Riveter]

Another meeting tonight.

Happy Birthday SJ and many more. 

Jim..prayers for your wife.

Gotta run.

[rtraincollector]

Evening gents you to english. and if our lady ever comes back and says hi hi to you too Lisa we do miss you.

Any way had fun today NOT!! I put up 2 ceiling fans one simple one a pain every which way but loosw to put up and guess which one had to be put up twice as first time for unknow reasons nothin worked when tested and can't be tested till all together which is a bear.

Hope all had a better day wasn't good day here for my BP

Talk to you all later time to make some din din

[RRCharlie]

SJ!!!!!!

 Hope there is lots of cake, and banilla too!!!!

[sir james I]

Good evening

A great day for me, thanks to all my forum friends..I got phone calls from Brutus and Charlie and all the wishs from here. And our critics just don't get it do they. A shame, they are missing a lot  We had rain this morning so granny and I walked at the mall, had an afternoon dinner with daughter and family at a local steak house. Boy I ate too much. Then # 1 son shows up with guess what, yep two bags of White Castles. Well it's not my fault, I had to eat something with him didn't I? so here I am after two games of PS2 golf,they let me win. No room for cupcake or banilla but it's here for ya. Thanks again "potters" for a great day.......

I figure if I don't eat till sunday I can enjoy fathers day...S.J.

[Brutus]

Jim - don't forget that giant BLT and Chocolate Shake for lunch!  Oh, wait, I ate that at Crown Candy.  Well, I thought about you while I was eating it   I might put that up on SPF - took a pic, just couldn't believe it!  Happy Birthday again!

Today was just run run run, kinda like a normal day for Chief I guess?  But, taking it easy now and had a nice chat with SJ too

RT - sorry I missed you?  Sounds like you have the same luck with ceiling fans that I have.  Glad you got the job done though

TARDIS is ready and see a bunch of beacons - oh wait, that's the glare from a zillion little candles?    Better go grab some of that good banilla and rootbeer! 

[submmbob]

Enjoying my first coffee since this started (yes, it's decaf). Boy does the selection get small when you are looking for decaf. 

Happy Birthday S.J. !

Brutus - glad to hear your news. Sounds promising. 

RT - I spend a day helping a friend set up an extra-fancy ceiling fan. Opened up the box and was tempted to call "many planes, heading Midway". It was pretty neat and a good unit, but a real project. Plus, I had to reinforce the box in the attic. Did I mention this was in Phoenix, in the summer? Oh boy...

Doing better today. Still sleeping a lot, but it looks like we will be adjusting the meds down, which is a good thing. More tests Friday on what is making my internals try an outside loop on occaision, from the inside. Being stranded at home has had his advantages. I'm catching up on appointments and such and on stuff around the house. 

 Hopefully this post won't run all together. Happy to have the little IBM laptop running Linux back. Never thought I would end up using a mac and longing for something else.

Hope everyone has a good night

Bob

 

 

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Eveining all

We're back from our trip to Cincinnati with the grandkids.  It was fun but
I am beat! 

SJ-Happy birthday!

Jim F - More prayers for your bride!

May God bless

Jim

[ChiefEagles]

sir james I

Good Morning

Thanks guys.

RT, Even at 70 I can read that eye chart with binoculars.

Good night all.  Had to put three traction tires on the AC6000.  Two on the same wheel set came off the first time I ran it.  Finally got time to take care of it.  Fishing line did not work as sides of trucks too close to the wheels.  Took shell off and then truck sides.  Not a problem but time consuming.  Then ran trains for about an hour before leaving for meeting.  Came home to supper of country style steak, mashed potatoes with gravy and spinish.  Plenty of sweet ice tea.  Watched a couple of movies with popcorn and now bed time.  Sleep tight.

[MichRR714]

Quick check before bed....worked till 8, family over till 10..worked from home from 10pm-1:30am....now to bed..  Lionmaster BB is in the train room..will open tomorrow.  :)

 

 

[strogey]

Brutis...glad things are looking a bit more positive for your wife. If you ever want to talk about the Transplant ordeal, shoot me an email. No experience with Bone Marrow so little help there, but did get a new Kidney in January. These Doctors today can do some amazing things! Keep the faith and I will keep her in my thoughts!

 Chief...glad to hear the good news about Fil. Tick issues sooooooooo much better than the "C" word. Friday marks the one year anniv. of my dad  passing from it at 69 years old. He was born in good ole' Altoona PA! His dad worked for the railroads way back when. Not sure what he did. Hmmm will have to ask my uncle.

Anyway, just wanted to catch up with everything and everyone and give my well wishs to those in need.....Night all!

PS...what the H*** is Banilla?

[John Bakeer]

 

[John Bakeer]

Tell him Brutus..

 

 

[Wes Whitmore]

Morning everyone.  I finished the deck last night.  One less thing to do before I can start working on the layout again.  I see why deck builders like to use nails.  This took a couple of weeks to build one screw at a time.  The honeydoo list doesn't really get any shorter...

Wes

[mitchelr]

 Morning Folks,

Put on a fresh pot.  Before I forget, prayers to all who need them, especially Brutus's family, Chief's FIL, and Submmbob.

Happy belated birthday to Sir James and belated anniversary wishes for Charlie. 

Wifey and I celebrated 30 years on Tuesday. We drove over toward Lancaster and went to Smorgasbord at Shady Maple.  We had a nice day. 

SIL is coming from FL for a visit will be here through Sunday.  Ran standard gauge for a little while last night before putting it away for the duration of SIL's visit.  Sunday will be a busy one with taking SIL to airport, visting Dad for Father's Day and then going out to dinner to meet our son's GF's parents.  I guess this relationship is getting pretty serious when the parents meet.  Her folks are coming to the East Coast for visit.  They live in California, but I believe her Dad is originally from Kentucky.

Take care,

Mitch