‘Afternoon, Boys & welcome back John B.!!
Spent the morning running around “picking up” after everyone else here at work, just now getting back to “normal”. Fife, just before you posted that, I got the alert on my e-mail about the collapse – listening to the scanner from New Castle County, DE, where there is an ongoing collapse at Townsend Fire Co. (I had scoped out going there before I turned down the PHL airport gig).
Weather here is breezy 54F, tomorrow the weather prognosticator sez high of 40 with soaking rains – geez, that’s nice...
Englishtown? My home on Sundays......Church on Saturdays, race on Sunday. Did very well there, made the North East Finals, getting beat in my second time by the eventual winner. Turn your speakers down a little for this: http://216.109.136.172/
Just another reason to go home – season starts on the 28th of February – wow!!
Buckye – youse just keep singin’....and glad you are feeling better.
for Mrs Brutus, Di & Ray.
Check ya back later...
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
This snow buidup reminds me of the year we had close to the same conditions ... then came warm rains and massive damaging flooding . Tore up and almost destroyed many of our old stone pre-civl war vintage bridges here ... . Man if we get rain before a melt period ... we're in trouble ! They're calling for another 8 + inches in a couple days again ... .... YIKES !
Jack / Rockisland52 .... yes she is a dear ... my mail-lady ... not only to door delivery but always a big smile and fun chat when she comes . Lord I have'nt had any mail for almost a week now ... she'll need a trailer on the back of her jeepster for me alone .... .... can't wait to hear that familiar tooting of her horn out front ... not only that she's pretty darn good looking too ! .... not that I notice ... LOL . Nothing like fabulous items from a beautiful woman yet ....
As far as women's hair color ... I made a wise crack to my wife about her ending up like Ronald Reagan ... an old woman with 20 year old girl's hair ... never had the worst tasting coffee in my life that day or the blast of horrible - flameing backlash... LOL ... I kept sniffing it for ant-freeze flavoring ....
Chief......if the newspaper article about the meeting is not shining a very uncomfortable light on the knuckleheads, your incendiary article comment did in few but effective words. Obviously got others on your bandwagon, naming names, asking even more uncomfortable probing questions about plain fact and simple math. The momentum may be swinging your way. One of the comments about you was obviously either a cheap shot or a display of (paid) ignorance. BTW, I didn't know there were any Democrats in the South.
Sadly, by the time egos were set aside or forceably crushed, our local high school cost four times as much. Correction, cost the taxpayers four times as much to get what we could have gotten two decades ago. Time is money, and half- truths and speculation costly.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good Morning
Sunny and 20s today.
Main roads are clear, streets have been plowed, well ours anyway, so all is normal today.
I have no outdoor plans so will get at least some train time.
RI, I don't have the "stuff" for posting pictures, Charlie does them for me. They were posted on last months POT on page 33/34. Have a great day...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
RockIsland52 Admiral Chief......has a ring to it. An idea for a TV show? Bob may be on to something here. Who will portray you? The site for the new Rolesville High School discussion drags on, you must be frustrated. Your city is much like mine. It took 20 years of debate to determine if the existing high school should be fixed up and expanded versus torn down and rebuilt. The price tag for either project went through the roof in the interim.http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/new-board-questioning-cost-estimates-for-abandoning-forest-ridge Jack
Admiral Chief......has a ring to it. An idea for a TV show? Bob may be on to something here. Who will portray you? The site for the new Rolesville High School discussion drags on, you must be frustrated. Your city is much like mine. It took 20 years of debate to determine if the existing high school should be fixed up and expanded versus torn down and rebuilt. The price tag for either project went through the roof in the interim.http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/new-board-questioning-cost-estimates-for-abandoning-forest-ridge
Jack
Big local newspaper [Democrat run] tries to make it Republican VS Democrat. It is not. Constantly slanting the articles. I told them off.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/new-board-questioning-cost-estimates-for-abandoning-forest-ridge
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Wow, now it's 7 - an hour ago, it was 9. I thought the temp was supposed to get higher as the sun rose. Off to take the youngest to school. May hit a few hobby stores today - I mean visit. Jack, I liked an interview with earthquake expert "There wasn't a fault line there in Illinois. But there is now." Mike C, my bride is due at Daytona airport right before the race begins. I'll tell her at the last minute to get there early...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hi GUYZ,
No School today again. Slept in till 7 and then read Wednesday and Thursdays paper. I guess deliverly person couldn't get through so got 2 papers today. Gonna shovel snow today, gotta knock down other snow bank at end of driveway so wife can see if coast is clear. Got the upper side done yesterday. Then maybe go crosscountry skiing or run on treadmill. Run trains later.
CHIEF, they run those trains in OHIO at BREAK NECK SPEEDs, gonna have a derailment soner or later. They should have a speed limit post there for toy train running.
JACK, AWD vehicle come on down and try it out. I need someone to break a trail for skiing.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good morning all,
It is cloudy and cold in SE Indiana with temps in the 20s, but no Snohio for once. Drive into work was fine. Worked on Indiana taxes (almost as bad as federal to fill out), and did go to the YMCA for soccer drills and weights. I had enough cardio with the shoveling. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast as it rolled in from "Points East". We will see how the "Danica" show does in the Nationwide race on Saturday. A top 10 there would be significant. TBIL any time tonight and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Mornin' Ya'll From Cristal Clear Taxachusetts,
Trying to catch up.
Brutus......the news on your bride just keeps coming out good. We better take up a collection to get you a cleaning service before she gets home, and fast. Prayers continue from the Northeast and me.
To the New Jersey boys, Englishtown brings back fond memories. A buddy of mine who was from Edison won Superstock E at the Summernationals there one year mid 70s in his 1969 Hemi Charger.
Chuck......haircut time, you and me both. Wife is making fun of my grey. Why do women supply you with a sure fire slam dunk response......like as if grey hair isn't growing on them. Yes, boys, our better halfs' hair isn't really the color we see.
navyjack.....good news of someone helping you set up a small layout so you can run some of that fine stuff. You may be surprised when I say this, but a whole host of guys on the forum have no layout or have a very modest one. You are in good company. Lots of Indian history in Illinois. My old neighborhood in Chicago still sports a small memorial called Treaty Elm. Google Chief Sauganash.
Buckeye.....we are still waiting for pics of your nose job. Hope you didn't have Michael Jackson's surgeon.
Bob......my SIL took a gander at all of the meds his parents are on and concluded the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, scheduled an appointment to lay everything out on the table to determine if it is all necessary or even counterproductive. I saw what they take and am surprised their stomachs still have room for food.
DougM.....Illinois earthquake. Yikes. I knew there was a fault line there but isn't 3.8 on the Richter scale one of the larger ones recorded?
Admiral Chief......has a ring to it. An idea for a TV show? Bob may be on to something here. Who will portray you? The site for the new Rolesville High School discussion drags on, you must be frustrated. Your city is much like mine. It took 20 years of debate to determine if the existing high school should be fixed up and expanded versus torn down and rebuilt. The price tag for either project went through the roof in the interim.
Dennis......re the Confederate Naval Museum......lots of historical stuff up this way. You Navy guys would really love a tour of the USS Constitution, oldest continuously commissioned warship and restored beautifully. Some yahoos complained about the annual firing of the cannons which is done when they take it out once a year to turn it around for even weathering. They should just shut up and move.
OleTimer......you have one dedicated mail lady. She must have gotten a heads up from you that you were waiting on a train delivery.
Welcome back JohnB.....glad they got those underwater trans-Atlantic cables fixed and you have rejoined us.
Laz and SJ.....need my F diesel fix. How about some pics of yours on SPF? Warbonnet is my favorite color.
Later, gang. Prayers for those who need them.
Buckeye Riveter dbaker48I had inadvertently let my subscription expire for CTT, took care of it, and received the March copy today. saw Buckeyes submission with the remote power off unit. Really a great idea! Good job. Don....When I installed the remote it was for an emergency off switch, but now I use it mostly to reset the breakers after a derail. Laz and I do not have derailments. Must be Ohio poor rail alignment or a bad engineer behind the throttle. Ray....Hope your recovery is going well. We all hope so. fifedog.....Have you ever thought of buying a dog sled so that you could portray Sgt. Preston? No snow today. Down for maintenance. The Buckeye Snow Machine should be up and running again this weekend. If we can get a NW wind we should be right on target although I do enjoy watching D.C. residents whine on TV. Let it snow, let it snow [on the Yanks only]. Hi Ho, Hi Ho its off to work I go, to pay the bills, to file the till, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho. When I "opened" the Coffee Pot, Lucy and Burg started hawling. Now I know why.
dbaker48I had inadvertently let my subscription expire for CTT, took care of it, and received the March copy today. saw Buckeyes submission with the remote power off unit. Really a great idea! Good job.
Don....When I installed the remote it was for an emergency off switch, but now I use it mostly to reset the breakers after a derail.
Laz and I do not have derailments. Must be Ohio poor rail alignment or a bad engineer behind the throttle.
Ray....Hope your recovery is going well. We all hope so.
fifedog.....Have you ever thought of buying a dog sled so that you could portray Sgt. Preston?
No snow today. Down for maintenance. The Buckeye Snow Machine should be up and running again this weekend. If we can get a NW wind we should be right on target although I do enjoy watching D.C. residents whine on TV.
Let it snow, let it snow [on the Yanks only].
Hi Ho, Hi Ho its off to work I go, to pay the bills, to file the till, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Hi Ho.
When I "opened" the Coffee Pot, Lucy and Burg started hawling. Now I know why.
Morning all. Sun is out [the Yanks don't get much of that]. No wind but cold. Got one meeting today. Time for the grits.
Have a great day.
Aloha all. No earthquake this am. Watched Top Gear last night and old Star Trek episodes. LOL. I'm getting into the good rhythm with this Mr Mom thing. . . Good chat with SJ, Brutus, and Ole Timer last eve. too. Valentines ready for the youngest, lunch: check, dress him in red: check... What's that noise? Oh just Buckeye singing....
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 27 degrees. Going up to 30, today, with NO snow.
Today is a busy day. I need to get a haircut this morning. Then, the usual chores and nap times. Maybe I will run trains, this afternoon, and do some work on the layout.
Buckeye... I really enjoy your singing in the morning.
Dining car is here from " Points West ". The usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Ray....Hope your recovery is going well.
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
Morning all
It is cold but we did not get any new snow during the night. Kids on a two hour delay.
Ray & Buckeye and Char - Continued prayers for recovery! Time to go to work.
May God bless
Jim
RockIsland52 Chief has been foiled again. Got less than an inch of Snohio here versus the "morning of" forecast of up to 14". Prayers for you guys who continue to get hammered. We've been dodging bullets for three weeks now. In fact, my wife and I got our first AWD vehicle ever, and then God turned off the spigot. Will have to pack up the dog and take a road trip to visit Fife or Laz to check on the accumulations and help resupply their beer fridges. Ray.....great news on your successful eye surgery! And Buckeye on his continued recovery with his schnoz repair. Now the two of you can go out hunting together. Buckeye will scent track 'em and Ray will shoot 'em. Don't shoot Bob's skunk. Rumor has it he named it Frank. Jack
Chief has been foiled again. Got less than an inch of Snohio here versus the "morning of" forecast of up to 14". Prayers for you guys who continue to get hammered. We've been dodging bullets for three weeks now. In fact, my wife and I got our first AWD vehicle ever, and then God turned off the spigot. Will have to pack up the dog and take a road trip to visit Fife or Laz to check on the accumulations and help resupply their beer fridges.
Ray.....great news on your successful eye surgery! And Buckeye on his continued recovery with his schnoz repair. Now the two of you can go out hunting together. Buckeye will scent track 'em and Ray will shoot 'em. Don't shoot Bob's skunk. Rumor has it he named it Frank.
Foiled again. I'll get the snohio up there soon. BTW: skunk named Frank must mean O'Hare [Buckeye] and not Eagles.
Wind was suppose to stop at 9 PM. Think they forgot to tell it which time zone. Just went out with Lucy and Burg. Still blowing and cold. Off to bed. Reclinerized until Lucy woke me. Even Wifey's snoring on the couch did not wake me [don't tell her I told you about snoring].
Sleep tight.
LawsonFarmsRR .............Still waiting for Al Gore to fly his gas guzzling, air polluting jet in here and help us clear the farm paths of all this "Global Warming" so we can feed the cattle. WHAT!, hes not cumming? Another broken promise. Pat
.............Still waiting for Al Gore to fly his gas guzzling, air polluting jet in here and help us clear the farm paths of all this "Global Warming" so we can feed the cattle. WHAT!, hes not cumming? Another broken promise.
Pat
Yes, but give him a break. He invented the internet......
Ray & Brutus, really glad to hear about the medical reports!!
As a matter of fact I was in Glendale today, (doing a presentation at the Sr Center.) Had about a hour of free time, and went through the "Village" area. Really nice! Looks like the Historical Center was a former Fire Station. Didn't have enough time to go in, but looked interesting.
Ran trains for awhile tonight, really fun when EVERYTHING is working well. I had one switch where the position indicator led wasn't working, replaced it and all is well! Just had one of those days where everything I touched just fell into place, couldn't do anything wrong. E
xtremely RARE !
I had inadvertenly let my subscription expire for CTT, took care of it, and received the March copy today. saw Buckeyes submission with the remote power off unit. Really a great idea! Good job. (Just dont try it when YOU are standing on a bridge at work and see a train coming!)
Sounds like the weather has really dumped on the east coast. Definetly will be a winter for the record books.
Got a call from a LA County official, as part of the "Stimulus Recovery Plan" they had a great offer, If I would hire some of their pre identified applicants, for a minimum of $10/hour they will pay for the benefits for 18 months.
Going to go check out the March Issue. Hope everyone has a great day, and looking forward to more good news from Brutus.
God bless
Don
Sunny and high 20's today. Clear tonight, so it is going to get coooold.
Great medical news from Ray and Brutus.
The Boy Scout troup we were active in when we lived in Bowling Green hiked the Confederate approach to Shiloh and followed the army's movements during the battle. Hiking the battlefields gives a whole new perspective on history. After seeing the lay of the land, it is much easier to understand why things happened the way that they did.
All for now.
Some banilla sounds great to me! Wife's number went up again, up to 580 now. She ate lunch and dinner, too :) Sounds likely for Friday, so I scheduled off from work. If not, I'll still hang out with her and at least bring a lot of her stuff home, because I'm sure she'll be ready to come home on Monday then.... We'll keep our fingers crossed. Mammaw is cleaning house for 2 days. I gave Chewy a good bath tonight and we'll make sure things are as ready as we can get them
Tardis is ready - let's go!
PS - Ray, continued prayers and also prayers for us all and our friends and family.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Winds have died down some. Hawled all day. No damage as I know of at pond. Figured trees would fall as on thin soil on top of rock. COLD. Not much happening. Ended up in meetings all afternoon. Did feed deer [saw 4] and saw three foxes. One was eating bird food I put out. Took a shot at him with 9mm but he was a good 150 feet away. Came close and scared him badly. Any other time I would have had .17 along.
Later
Well at 3 o'clock started sno hi o blowing and finally got done with my driveway, neighbor ladies, next door neighbors, and place for JANE DOG to make YELLAR SNOW. Finished at 6 o'clock. Came in made pitza with WIFE, ate pitza, went down and ran trains for 2hrs. NO PILE UPs, LIFE IS GOOD. Great thing is NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!!!! YEA!!!!!
RAY quick recovery time, prayers for you on the prayer train.
We got about 13 inches of SNO HI O.
Ray, glad things went well. Continued prayers for a speedy recovery. Heading to bed....wife and kids are already there, but I can hear them all awake. I am quite sore from doing a little too much on the arms workout yesterday. Did legs today and a little cardio. Will do more cardio on Friday. Have to bring out the cold weather gear for the morning.
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
As SR on-scene OFC,when asked to give an update on conditions, I summed things up as such..."Well, let me see, the White Guard units are advancing on Yuriatin, Strelnikov's forces were reported somewhere south of Moscow, and Zhivago is held up at Barikino." Only the older folks got that.
hscsltb - Had to be surreal waking up to that 2-alarmer in your own quarters...
SPMan - Hey Ray, can you pass me the Splenda...it's right there next to y...oh, never mind I got it...
There is a certain amount of irony in a fire house fire.
Congratulations Baltimore!!!
You have a new record for snowfall. Now don't get too excited because you still have a long way to go to catch Buffalo at 199.4 inches or Cleveland at 117.9 inches.
Ain't it fun!!!!
Ray...Glad your eye surgery went well. Heal quickly.
Fifedog...... No more indoor Bar-B-Qs
Good Evening
Main streets are clear, side streets have snow but easily traveled.
Doug how did you like that new alarm clock, bet that was some suprise.
Ray glad your surgery went well, have a quick recovery.
Still have some banilla for the Tardis gang and a few root beers.
S.J.
Slow day .... only my jeep and a neighbor on his snowmobile going on these back roads . Pennsylvania just announced they shut down I-81 above us ... told all travelers NOT to try to navigate or enter it .... heavy fines and no assistance available if they get into trouble in the icy/snowy conditions on it ... special alert on our local TV channel .
Heading for the Bay and firing up the tardis .... I've been digging out train goodies and organizing for some serious " git er done " activity .
Glad you're recovering well, Ray. Lead editorial in yesterday's Chicago Tribune was on the joys of collecting tinplate Marx trains! "Collecting: It's not just a hobby, it's an obsession" by Ron Grossman
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