ChiefEagles Evening all. Back from meetings. Today's County Commissioners' meeting; First WRAL-TV [they always miss the point] http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/5812974/ Second WTVD [she was my Grand Marshal in parade and a good reporter] http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6969556 One County Commissioner, Paul Coble, read from tapes and transcripts of the meetings that Wake County Schools staff influnced some of the Commissioners to vote yes on this site. He opened with, "I quote Mayor Eagles by saying I told you so." Now lets see what happends. Now for a rest. Had big rain storm this afternoon right after I left County Commissioners. Was washing away all the bad "stuff" the Wake County Schools had said. Good night.
Evening all. Back from meetings.
Today's County Commissioners' meeting;
First WRAL-TV [they always miss the point]
http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/5812974/
Second WTVD [she was my Grand Marshal in parade and a good reporter]
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6969556
One County Commissioner, Paul Coble, read from tapes and transcripts of the meetings that Wake County Schools staff influnced some of the Commissioners to vote yes on this site. He opened with, "I quote Mayor Eagles by saying I told you so." Now lets see what happends.
Now for a rest. Had big rain storm this afternoon right after I left County Commissioners. Was washing away all the bad "stuff" the Wake County Schools had said.
Good night.
No trains today. Got busy doing other stuff like picking out new tile for extra bath room. Called my aunt in Chocowinity, N.C. who is layed up in a nursing home after a fall. They discovered she had osteoporosis. She is not doing well and won't cooperate with the people trying to do therapy. She is not eating enough and losing weight. She is 85 now and I fear that unless she gets out of that bed she might just give up. Hate to see it but all we can do is keep her in prayer. I'm 3000 miles away so I can't do much. Even the phone calls are problematic because they use a cordless phone for patients and it must be a cell phone that keeps dropping the call when you're talking. I have some cousins in the area that are keeping tabs on her.
Had a chat yesterday with D Baker and got some info about the bullfrog snot. Have to hang it up now for bedtime.
Good night all,
Ray
SPMan
Good morning all,
It is another day of odd weather in SE Indiana with some heat and some rain. I did go to practice with "my" soccer girls. The assistant coach would show one of the kids how to pass the ball and then I would go work with them. The upside is that I get some touches with the ball as well so it is ok. Also, as long as the kids benefit,it really does not matter who is on the sideline during the games. I did weights at the YMCA, and worked on my LEGO building. The garbage collectors are really starting to hate us because we have several loads each week. This week I had one container of sticks that had fallen in the yard and another full of trimmings from the trees between us and the neighbor. Work was ok. At least I have fairly comfortable working conditions and working in the HIV-STD division usually leads to some "interesting" conversations. I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast this morning before sending it to "Points East". Tardis ride was good last night. There is something reassuring knowing that familar faces will be there evening after evening to share experiences and the day's events. Beacon is lit, by the way. I see where one of Sarah Fisher's sponsors sprung for a brand new race car for her. She was using an old 2003 version. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. HHH here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Waitin' to see how Bill will effect my weekend.
I never mind the heat anymore. Worked during 2 solid weeks of ice storm back in 93...learned to never curse the sun again. Also, every Feb-March my knees ache badly from the cold. I say, let them polar ice caps melt!
Morning all!
Wow Chief! I guess they didn't do any borings before they bought the site...I bet it will get built there anyway...sorry to say, with the costs, passed on to the residents. The worst part is they (school board, and commissioners) all keep their jobs. Additional inquiry into who owned the land, and any possible connections to those who voted for this are in order. We have some of that here, too. Responsible parties were voted out, but we're left to carry the financial burden.
Busy day of running around today.
Kurt
Chief,
You have done us proud! It was interesting watching the expressions on the folks around you when you were speaking. I would think there are a lot of embarrassed people this morning, and sure you are the topic of many breakfast conversations. Hopefully commonsense will prevail. Seems like their may be some "hidden" agendas somewhere.
Great Job !!
Don
Morning all from cloudy Southern Ohio
This is the last day of vacation. We took the truck camper to SLeeping Bear Dunes Natl Park in Michigan. It was great. The truck camper worked out great. The fifth wheel was spacious and comfotable but the mobility of the truck camper is a real plus.
There is a furneral today and I hope the rain holds off.
May God bless
Jim
Sturgeon-Phish Morning all from cloudy Southern Ohio This is the last day of vacation. We took the truck camper to SLeeping Bear Dunes Natl Park in Michigan. It was great. The truck camper worked out great. The fifth wheel was spacious and comfotable but the mobility of the truck camper is a real plus. There is a furneral today and I hope the rain holds off. May God bless Jim
Jim..... That's a nice truck camper. I took my kids to Sleeping Bear, years ago. Had a great time. That's a neat place.
Chuck
Morning. Telephone interview. Borings were done. Lots of "unexplained" things here.
Sturg, good looking camper and truck.
Off to DR. Probably get spots "frozen" and hope none cut out. She likes my visits as she gets bags of tomatoes.
Got to sow turnips. Wish I had them in the ground yesterday. Had 1/2 inch of rain late yesterday afternoon.
Go to run.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning
Sun is up going to 85.
Walked to the store and picked up a few things. Best part of walking is I can only buy what I can carry home. Had a good chat with the guys last nite, all these friends are from the forums, so CTT there's more to this than toy trains. Well grannys doing some house cleaning and I am trying to be invisible, where's the Tardis? BLTs for breakfast umm good.
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
HATS OFF TO THE CHIEF!
To bad he isn't Mayor of a certain Central Virginia town. We have several School Board members and Supervisors with questionable conflicts of interest (land developers, contractors, mortgage lenders) that a good tar and feathering might be in order.
We just opened a second high school that ran well over budget, payed for by some of that taxpayer gold from the Yellow Brick Road.
Pat
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Chief - Got to be a money trail somewhere You looked good.
Phish - It's been a longtime since I've seen one of those campers. Local RV place is actually marketing newer tear-drop pull-behinds. You got the grass carpeting thing going, but still the site needs something...
jefelectric - Good to hear you're running on all 8 cylinders.
Frank, After watching those clips had to chuckle. Forgot which one it was but their closing comments sounded like they were more concerned about delays to football field construction. Reminds ya of the old adage "Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is already made up".
Those "Teardrops" are nice little travel trailers, towed & trailed great. Thank goodness they were light so you could dis-connect and move 'em around by hand, with those short tongues they were a pain to try to back-up.
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Check out this amazing video. Now that's what I call a model airplane.
http://www.videosift.com/video/RC-SR-71-Blackbird-with-actual-JET-ENGINES
edwCheck out this amazing video. Now that's what I call a model airplane. http://www.videosift.com/video/RC-SR-71-Blackbird-with-actual-JET-ENGINES
WOW! Enough to make you want to change hobbies (almost). Or add a new hobby to the list.
dougdagrump Frank, After watching those clips had to chuckle. Forgot which one it was but their closing comments sounded like they were more concerned about delays to football field construction. Reminds ya of the old adage "Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is already made up".
The one with the tar, feathers and rail should have had the "lead in". I asked the Commissioners if they remembered reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in school. They all responded yes. I then said they would remember Tom and Huck getting in with two "shister carpetbaggers" who, when caught, got dipped in tar, rolled in feathers and rode out of town on a split rail. They laughed and nodded yes. Then came the part about the permit, picketing and tar, feathers and rail.
Seems like the one to start with would be the Supt., he/she is the one that guides the board--in most cases the board mirror's the Supt. and simply rubber stamps his wishes. Or on my favorites, "let's form a committee to look into that" One of my best friends teaches in a huge and very affluent district that is quite top heavy with administration and they love committee's, they had so many committee's 7 years ago they formed a committee to look into committee's I KID YOU NOT, IT'S A FACT! I would think with that kind of money discrepancy that A. someone's head is going to roll or B. the whole project is DOA. Chief--keep us posted, you can't make stuff up like this.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
kpolakWow Chief! I guess they didn't do any borings before they bought the site...
Not only did they not do borings before the purchase, they didn't look a something simple like well logs in the area that are on file usually with some state agency. Well logs might not tell the type of soils, but they will tell you the approx. location of rock. We have done it many times to estimate the complexity of foundations.
Chief....We are working for three municipalities at this time that are all getting the shaft from the schools. One school system is building a new high school on a road that is about 20 wide and of course they want the mayor and council to cough up money for the new widening.
Doug M....Wes and I will want to get together with you when you hit the big city.
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 evening
Still 80 and no rain. Hi of 86.
So I cut the grass and played with trains. Had a short phone chat with Brutus and just goofed off. Banilla is ready so come on in with the thingy. I thought I saw the Tardis in a movie today but it turned out to be a blue port-a-potty.
Back from wife's nephew's 16th birthday party. Birthday week. Pam's is Thursday and Oldest's is Saturday followed by FIL on Monday. Youngest's was last Friday. Had bar-be-qued pork chops and grilled steak. Ate too much.
Buckeye Riveter kpolakWow Chief! I guess they didn't do any borings before they bought the site... Not only did they not do borings before the purchase, they didn't look a something simple like well logs in the area that are on file usually with some state agency. Well logs might not tell the type of soils, but they will tell you the approx. location of rock. We have done it many times to estimate the complexity of foundations. Chief....We are working for three municipalities at this time that are all getting the shaft from the schools. One school system is building a new high school on a road that is about 20 wide and of course they want the mayor and council to cough up money for the new widening. Doug M....Wes and I will want to get together with you when you hit the big city.
They did borings. They know it is going to take 2 million or more in drilling and blasting. Now you have the realize, Roseyville sits on a massive granite rock. It is known nation-wide. Runs from Stone Mountain to someplace in Maine. It is named the Rolesville something? Now there is land around here with rock but not sticking up out of the ground as big as a house [as this site]. The entrance to my pond is solid rock [been quarried]. The view you have seen looking across from a hill is on solid rock.
Need to add a few more numerals to that sign Chief, is it at least pointing in the rite direction ?
To quote Mawell Smart "Missed it by this much, 2,563 mi" !
Chief - great vids, shared with my wife and we were both laughing, you did a great job. Don't know if they are listening though. Maybe you could get that sign when (If) they replace it and put it in your train room?
Got some good advice from Sir James and then RT found what I was looking for - so now I have a GP-9 Wabash coming from MaPaJunction It is my first Williams locomotive, but gets good reviews from folks. Nice chats with them both and also Doug Murphy on his ride home tonight
Mike C - I agree with you wholeheartedly Also with what SJ said! Lots of good friends here!
Tardis is ready - have to get back in the school schedule now, get up an hour earlier. Luckily we have the way-back circuit that Rich and Laz perfected Let's go!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Dear NC DOT,
It is spelled Roseyville.
The next time you need help just call.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 65 degrees. Going up to 80 today with a chance of rain later.
Today is a busy day. I have a couple of projects to work on. This will take most of the day. Looks like no train time.
Chief...They left the " Y " out of Roseyville.
Dining car just rolled in. Time for breakfast. Then, off to all "Points West".
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
It is another interesting weather day in SE Indiana, rain, heat, and miserable. Went to practice last night, but they spent most of the time taking pictures. Worked on labeling "Victory" drinks (long story). Did some Second Life. I had the regular fare on the dining car as it rolled in from "Points East". Beacon is lit, and it was very relaxing after a long, hard day at work yesterday. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all. Ribbon cutting at new High School [within 2 miles of the site we are saying is bad]. Then meeting with Chamber followed by Regional Transportation Comm. ENOUGH!!!!! May just pack up and go to the lake for a couple of days. BTW: Wake Co Public Schools is now saying that the site is still the best in the area. UNBELIEVABLE!!!! No it isn't. They have always done that. New school board elected in Oct and should change the majority.
Later
Sun is up, going to 80s.
Sign...The spelling is wrong but the letters and numbers are all facing the right way. The sign maker must have ate INSTANT grits for breakfast. It messed with his mind.
Great chat with the guys last nite and the ride home with Doug M. I have a small outdoor paint project for today, thought I had everything done and then noticed the side garage door molding needed paint. Oh well it's easier to keep up than catch up.
Wow, lots of action these past couple of days. Chief, tell them in the words of the late Daniel Patrick Moynahan, from NY, "You are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts". Sounds like you are on top of things.
EDW, I had seen that video recently. One of the guys in my group had priced it out and it was very expensive. Unless you can pack your own rocket fuel, the purchase for each flight is also high.
Administration has informed us that we are to get ready for a site visit from one of the credential agencies. These usually are not too painful for us, but the white shirts in the front office get their collective panties in a wad as most of the stuff comes down to paperwork. I know it is a necessary evil, but I really could do without the paperwork side of things.
Hope everyone has a blessed day.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Best site?????? And they are going to spend how many more millions to blast away when they could have more teachers and more classrooms if they found a site they wouldn't have to do this work? I know location is important but so is using money wisely, good grief.
I would bet BIG money that the Supt., Arch., Bonding company, Contractor, etc. are in this together and their ego's do not want to hear of a better idea. They have already spent your tax dollars and want you to go away quietly. Been there/done that. How long of a process has this been? I think a new committee is needed
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