Good night all.
Jack, you are incorrect. We do have walleye and sauger in the SOUTH. I am expecting walleye fellets frozen and overnighted from all the sucessful Yanks. Here is some walleye photos:
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Briefly, just thought I would mention, so everyone is aware, and can pay proper homage.........
July 9th, "National Cow Appreciation Day"
Thought you would like to know.
Don
Morning all!
Charlie: That's a great haul! BiL met us up north...he has walleye on the brain, so that's what we fished, and the sunnies for the kids. I'm rigged for bass, but never went. Maybe we can gather up Sir James, dust off that boat, and feed some Bass.
Nice Walleye, and tamaetas Chief!
Jack: Congratulations on the Grandbaby. Prayers for your Friends and Family.
Jon & Rich: Sounds like nice rides!
Kurt
Good morning all,
It is rainy in SE Indiana today. Ooooopppss, I did it again. The ultimate result of the soccer game last night was a beautiful knot just below the left knee and above the shin guard protected area. Add to that the fact we lost 4-3 does not help matters. I played keeper the second half and once more prevented the other team from scoring but unfortunately could not prevent an errant kick from one of our own players from going in :-( I was talking to the "saucy wench" afterward about this is the most injuries I have had in a year and she pointed out this is the hardest I have ever played. Hmmmm....there is a lesson there somewhere, just not sure where and not sure I want to know. Prayers going out to all who need them. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car this morning. Beacon is NOT lit for tonight. Leg hurts too bad. Will pass on refereeing soccer game tonight as well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning
Sunny and 80 today. I have lots of cleanup to do but my lower back is saying oh no you don't, not today. I took a Celebrex, which I only take when I am desperate.
Kurt I have a 16 ft open hull 50 HP boat that I bought in 03 and since 06 has only been wet when it rains. The paint has not even wore off the prop. Your welcome to use it anytime.
Got to try and do a little cleaning so enjoy this day...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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I forgot to mention the fish Chief post are just bluegill stuffed with cotton and grits. So don't be fooled.
Morning all. Cloudy here. I see that Sir. J is jealous and wants some grits shipped Nawth. May not be going to lake house until Sunday after Church. Wifey changes plans every time the wind changes. I will be staying all week as they are refinishing the hardwood floors in house. Have to keep the kids away. More outside work to do today. Got this box with a John Deere vintage box car. Must have gotten it from Choochoo. Can't remember but will surely keep it. Will certainly pay homage to the cows as National Cow Day. Sorry, but I do not eat more Chicken. Never understood why they use Holstiens to advertise when they are milk cows and not beef cows. Oh well. Later.
Good Mornin', Ya'll, From SUNNY Taxachusetts,
My Lord, what is that bright object in the sky? A local weather forecaster this morning stated that we have had only 3 days that could meteorologically be termed "sunny" since May, and that was all last weekend. He may have missed it by a day or two, but it has been like living in Seattle here this summer. I don't need a lawn mower at this point behind the house. I need Pat's hay bailer.
Welcome to all of the newcomers to the Pot whom I have missed greeting the past two months. And thank you for joining us.
Chief.......nice tomatoes. I haven't received your shipment yet. I need to correct you on your correction. Grit-fed Walleye and Sauger are not 'good eatin' fish. BTW, nice Michigan plates on your boat trailer. Gift from Kurt or SirJames?
Bob.....I'm about 45 miles South of Kittery ME, a mile from coast. But since many main and minor roads in MA follow previous cow trails and Indian paths, none of the roads go directly anywhere. The New Hamphire border is only a couple of miles closer to me than Kittery.....if you look at a map, you will see that NH only has a thin strip that abuts the Atlantic. Your comment about your GGGG Grandad building ships in Kittery and Portland ME. struck a chord. Essex MA, about 11 miles North of me, was once one of the largest shipbuilding centers in the US. The trade began back in the 1600s. By 1850 they were cranking out 50 ships a year, most of which were 2 masted schooners. And by the mid 1850s, 1 out of 28 ships flying the American flag were buit in Essex MA. But the industry is now gone. On a related note, the Tall Ships are in Boston this week!
Brutus......I told you that a hot tub and beer were the ticket to a healthy back. Glad you are feeling better. SirJames......give it a try. Just make sure you wear a flotation device.
DougM......was glad to hear that the Glock Fife sent you did the trick on your office window.
MikeC......with all of the discussion about iron skillets, then that alleged sports-injury-induced contusion below your knee, I can't help but to suspect that the actual cause was a solid backhand delivered by the Saucy Wench, not a soccer-related injury as you stated. Nice try.
Pat......thanks for the welcome back. Another Bag Balm application. My new granddaughter is a chow hound and consequently is doing a number on parts of my daughter's dairy factory. When they were visiting over the weekend, I pulled out the tin of Bag Balm. Got a big laugh.
Rich......[tup] on the links you provided. You stated "I apologize for all the shop talk." When it comes to never forgetting the safety personnel and service men and women who have given their lives in the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, protecting each of us 24/7/365, your reminders and links are most welcome. Keep them coming. As you know, Dobermans are my dog of choice. My wife and I received photos of Firefighters and search/rescue Dobermans from 911 and the Worcester MA fires. Need to frame one and hang it on our family room wall.
Jon.......it was heartwarming to read your technical post helping out fellow Nawthener Rich, possibly saving his "assentials." Maybe he will take your advice and then go on that Niagara Falls road trip after all. Mustang Wide Vinitage Seat with Backrest. BTW, why are the Dakotas roads so boring on a bike? Seems to me that any road that is nothing more than 25 years of pothole patchwork like we have in MA. would be preferable.
Don......you saved my hide. Thanks for the reminder that today, July 9, is National Cow Appreciation Day. I forgot to mark my calendar. My wife depends on me to remind her of all of this important stuff! And this is another paid holiday the MA. pols are looking for to continue their never ending quest to reduce their annual number of work days below 100. Seriously, we have paid holidays here for state and local workers you guys have never heard of.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Jack, sorry about your friend. That was awful. Just noticed while reading some of the post I missed.
Chief, that fish looks big enough to eat. I like the tomatoes too.
Don, thanks for the reminder. I will have to go find a cow to hug today.
Have doctor appointment at 3:00 PM today. Just a follow up as far as I know. This is the one that prescribes all the expensive medicine and puts me in the donut hole. I read a piece in the AARP bulletin about a proposal by the Obama administration to cut the price of drugs in half while you are in the donut hole. It was some kind of deal struck with the pharmaceutical companies. If they can afford to cut the price by 50%, what do they call what they were charging before. I call it highway robbery. Even with half off, it's still cheaper from Canada. Actually about one third of what you pay in the U.S. at least on one drug I know of. The drug companies must be worried if they are making concessions. Don't quite think this is out of the goodness of their hearts.
Have a good day y'all,
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon All:
Jack - You have your choice of the hay bailer or several cows for grazing. As to the Bag Balm, I would bet if we listed all its uses the list would be longer than the uses for WD-40.
Chief - You are right about Holsteins. They are milk cows, but schools Etc. show them as "the" cow, so everyone thinks of them as meat cows. BTW, The best eating beef is a Holstein raised solely on corn from birth, no grass at all. We use to raise and sell them.
Don - Every day is national cow day for us. Without them we could not survive.
RT - Your gift to the Chief has me . You live in South Carolina, but show all northern traits, and no southern traits. Once I get you up here under the guise of doing farm work I may be able to turn you around a little bit.
Today's Smart Farmer Saying: The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Jack--I have thought seriously about writing the DOT in South Dakota to compliment them on their road conditions, without a doubt they are the best state roads I have ever been on. I'm sure there are exceptions to that comment within the state but every two way road we were on I would rate as highly superior---wide and smooth and without pot holes. They are working on I-90 (main east/west interstate) and there are long stretches of single lane where the opposite side of the interstate is being reconstructed but the two lane roads from the Badlands to the Blackhills were incredibly smooth and wide, I couldn't believe it. I'm sure that the lack of population in SD and the lack of a lot of needless roads contributes to the good conditions of the roads they have. Their tourist season is short to be sure but they have taken all the right steps to make sure the tourists are comfortable so lots of money can be thrown in the state coffers.
Now if they could just do something about Wall Drug
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Anyone seen Doug Murphy today? I heard there was a massive arrest of felons in the Chicago area. Oh well.
ChiefEagles Anyone seen Doug Murphy today? I heard there was a massive arrest of felons in the Chicago area. Oh well.
....something about digging holes....Just like Doug. All that talk of fishing he was probably looking for crawlers.
SJ: Let's plan an outing with Charlie.
Brutus: Beacon is on!
Just signed up for motorcycle safety course. Haven't been riding since high school...probably a good idea. Bride ok'd a bike as long as it's a fixer upper.
Evenin' boys. Evenin' English. Another beautiful day in the Mid-Atlantic region.. Last night I survived my first "soft" grounding. Actually occured in the channel leading out of my marina, which totally befuddled me (s'posed to be 7 feet). Guy in a motorboat gave me a tug, and sprung us free from the muck. I was pretty uptight about it, but it's water under the hull now. Got out to the bay in time to say the end of the Wednesday night sailboat race.
RockIsland - Certainly good to "see" you, sir.
I did hear from 88. Keep him and Susie-Q in your thoughts...
Fifey, how much water does your boat draw? Glad you got off without incident. I was with my brother once in a power boat that grounded in one of the inlets over on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay not far from the East side of the Bridge Tunnel across the bay. We were going along at a pretty good clip when the motors started stirring up mud. We were able to stop before anything bad happened. Hope you have better luck next time you sail.
Good Evening
I am running late tonite, still trying to clean and put things back. So I will grab the banilla and wait for the Tardis...S.J.
Jack,
Congrats on the granddaughter.
Fife,
Tell 88 and Q that we are praying for them.
Between work and the Probe, I haven't had time to post recently. Today was an easy, uneventful day at work. It seemed strange driving the Probe to work today. I drove it 30 miles yesterday to be sure everything was in check. It had a coolant leak earlier this week, but that was an easy fix. I can't get used to driving a car with power again! I need to find a longer way to work now.
Banilla sounds good to me We have visitors from KC today - sister-in-law and her children. Trying to blow up a couple air mattresses but the pump is not cooperating. We'll get it done eventually. I did work on the Thomas project for about an hour tonight - picked Annie as the attached car after all. The face is painted on and did not get in the way. The applied plastic faces on the troublesome trucks and S C Ruffey would have been an added complication. Plus, as Doug M said, this is the usual consist for Thomas -- Annie and Clarabelle. I put the tether hole in just under the grin, about at the chin - a little off center, but it fit the design better I thought. I was thinking about putting in enough wires to hook up a tmcc controlled lamp on Thomas, but that would make the tether too stiff and fat I think. I played around with it for a while and decided to just do power and whistle, so only 5 wires.
Now - does anyone know of a good material to put inside Annie and Clarabelle so that the windows are opaque? I might put lights in them as well Something like that window material on the regular passenger cars Lionel makes? My tmcc card will control front and rear lamps on a loco, so maybe I could use those and a 2nd tether between the passenger cars (2 wires) to control lights in the passenger cars? Decisions decisions, lol!
TARDIS is ready - Kurt, you can drive if you want; but I will if you want to hang out in the train room with the other guys? Mike, we'll check back on you tomorrow, hope you are feeling better!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evenin' All.
Great day here, hi 80's but very little humidity.
Jim, There was an earlier thread on here about the frosted windows, quite a few good ideas. I used a very thin vellum and sprayed it with a frosting aerosol. Worked ok, but not easy to get a uniform coverage.
As for lighting check out Scotts Odds-n-ends, he carries a pretty good line of universal LED's. This isn't "prototypical" but since you won't be using the headlight connection how about a pair of red LED tailights on the rear coach.
Museum day tomorrow, I'm going light tomorrow. Not up to hauling seven or eight tubs of stuff, still pooped from tuesday.
Are we in for a very early winter this year, my Christmas Cactus is blooming. It has never bloomed this time of year before, always late Nov. thru late Jan.
Bout time to sack out, nite all !
p.s. Patrick, Please extend my apologies to the cows, I forgot to stop for a Hallmark.
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jonadel Now if they could just do something about Wall Drug
Ken
BrutusNow - does anyone know of a good material to put inside Annie and Clarabelle so that the windows are opaque? I might put lights in them as well Something like that window material on the regular passenger cars Lionel makes?
Try cutting strips of clear styrene and spraying them with Dulcoat. When dry they'll be opaque. If you want more spray both sides.
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. Did absolutely nothing last night. Leg was feeling better last night, but hurts again today. Wife was worried about possible blood clot, but I told her not to start count insurance money yet :-) I had bacon and biscuits on dining car for breakfast and sent it on to "Points East". Perhaps if a certain North Carolina politician would relax the embargo, an "extra" can be sent south as well. Maybe I will try re-routing thru Dweimer's neighborhood. Fife, thanks for the update on Brent and Susie-Q. Jack, if the "saucy wench" was going after me with a skillet, rest assured the knees would be the last area she would aim at. It was definitely a soccer related event. Beacon will be lit tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
good morning everyone.
Good to see Jack back. I look forward to his cliff notes on the pot...reminds me of the posts I wanted to reply to. As to the yellow ball in the sky, something tells me that since the grandbaby, everyday has been sunny around the house. Also, yes, bag balm would be good for that purpose too.
Jon, perhaps you can write them and they will send you a coupon for the toll roads...oh wait, they don't have any, ah, just forget it. Anyway, sounds like it was a great trip.
Fife, perhaps the draft on the boat is a bit lower in the water since you installed the wine cellar! Glad that someone came to your rescue. One thing I have found about the boating community, they don't leave folks stranded.
It was supposedly going to be a quiet day Wed. when I posted last. About 30 minutes before I was to leave, we had an emergency case come along. Was a rough one, but we got through it. Patient's heart was just in too bad a condition to sustain him. Despite all efforts on our part, we know that the ultimate call is left to a much higher authority.
Well, I hope that everyone has a great Friday eve,
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Ken--
We did stop at the Corn Palace on the way back to MPLS, it was our last day on the road and it was mid morning--time for coffee and a treat. There's a little mall across the street from the "Palace" with a Mom & Pop coffee shop, I ordered coffee and the owner say's his wife just made apple cobbler--coffee/warmed up apple cobbler a la mode/ $3.00!!!!!!! You gotta love those kinds of shops, when my son saw it he said we needed two spoons We sat outside the shop on a park bench in the shade and his wife came out and just chatted with us, she's the 2nd generation of that shop. That's the part of traveling I enjoy, I don't remember ever meeting anyone in a bad mood on vacation...... well I take that back, there was the guy in the mini van that just stopped in the middle of the highway and left his van to take a picture of a buffalo---I was unhappy for about 15 seconds
There's so much to see in this country, I love it. I'm not ready to trade the house for a motor home but I can see how those folks enjoy it.
Morning. Cloudy and cooler. Low humidity. Meeting for lunch and then one this afternoon with the Secretary of Natural Resources.
Jon, I thought maybe I had purchased a vintage John Deere box car from Choochoo. I did some checking and found out you sent it to me through someone so I would not know how nice a fellow you are. I will treasure it forever.
Got to run. Later. [where are pictures of Jack's new Granddaughter?????]
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a beautiful 70 degrees. Sunny. Going up to 84 today with sunshine.
Today is another busy day. Lots of chores and projects. I have a few items to finish up. Maybe I can relax later.
Dining car was here and we had the usual for breakfast.
Buckeye....TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
TGIF
Looking forward to working all weekend. Lift that, tote that, dig that, nail that, etc., etc., etc.
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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Beautiful day in NH finally sunny and about 80 degrees, finally some summer weather.
Aloha all. It wasn't me. Honest, I didn't do it. I had nothing to do with digging up those bodies so the cemetary plots could be re-sold. Ah, Chicago in the news again...Jeez, these guys just busted another window in my 15th flr. office - and it's raining of course.So I am huddling in the corner trying to keep everything dry whilst they run around trying to fix things - hard to work. Jack, no kidding about the Glock - when I used to work on the 20th flr. of a tower down by the projects across from old Comiskey Park, they used to shoot out the windows nearly every holiday.... Jon, there's no box car on the interchange yet. Kurt, did you get that tanker?Brutus, the local hobby stores hve opaque styrene strips that fit Annie and Clarabel perfectly. Though they are older cars and gas lit. I believe they are LBSCR coaches originally - more than you possibly want to know about them here:
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
I am experimenting with the photo postings, as I am new to this. Here is a picture of my attic O inside track which uses Gargraves and the outside is G scale. The ceiling layout is made by interrail, install was fairly easy the hard part was getting it plumbed to the ceiling that took a couple of weeks. I used toggle bolts to install into the ceiling. Layout is about 5 years old. I use conventional control.
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