Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 42 degrees. Going up to 60 today, with a little sunshine.
Today is a busy day. This morning, anyway. I have some chores to do and a little project to finish. Then, I will be free, this afternoon, to work on scenery, in the train room.
Physical Therapy went well, yesterday. I walked with a cane for a long distance. Felt good. A little achy today.
Dining car is here and the usual, for breakfast. Then, it will depart for all " Points West ".
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 60. Sometimes it is the Tardis and sometimes it is Tardy. Sorry about the mixups and non-pickups the other night guys. Just goes to show even the best electronics are not enough if the driver (me) is not paying attention to the screen. Extra zucchini bread and Old Mils as an apology offering. Dennis, sorry to hear about the loss.
Speaking of losses, it is interesting how different families handle the grieving process. Been to two funeral home visits lately. One had a long line, but moved along fairly quickly. The other one had a much shorter line, but seemed to drag on forever. Ended up spending about the same amount of time at both places. Not sure which approach is better for family.
Yes, Chief, I do have a friend from Brazil as well, but no, I do not know Portugese, but Sunday was a good day.
I do have a prayer request for a cousin of mine. Very long story short, he has a colloidial cyst in his brain. They will operate on Wednesday to remove it. They had to drill a hole to get it to drain to relieve the pressure, which was affecting his memory. It is located in the front of the brain. Dennis would probably have a better explanation than I can provide, but it sounds serious. Thanks in advance as always. His wife has had it rough with this illness popping up and losing her dad at the same time.
Moving on to more mundane topics. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast as it rolled in from "Points East". TBIL after "Lost". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning all
Dennis – you are so right. Many times the media passes over the number of killings that occur around the world due to someone standing up for their faith. We are blessed. We too have opportunities to be martyrs when we stand up for our faith in the face of persecution, albeit taunting, ridicule we may experience are hardly in the same category as dying for Christ, we are called to act when we see wrong. A lot of the current trend in our government is directly a result from “silent” Christians. The loved ones of the martyr can be consoled in the fact that the one they loved are at this moment in the presence of God, which is what we all are striving for.
Jim F – Great find! Larsons are great doors.
Chuck – Steady progress!
Got to go
May God bless
Jim
Good Mornin', ya'll, from sunny Taxachusetts,
After 2 solid days of rain the wet stuff quit last night about 7. Waters are receding and the aftermath is not pretty for many up this way. Did you ever wonder how so many people can watch one weather forecast after another for days, and yet their cars still sit in a parking lot or other places until under water? Or how others think cars are amphibious vehicles all the way to the point where they are not?
During this rain "event" I got to talking with a neighbor I have known for about 22 years and I asked him if his house was ok. His house sits lower, and operating sump pumps are an absolute necessity to keep his basement dry. Well, he wasn't ok. Seems about 3 weeks ago when we had heavy rains and widespread power outages (my place too) that his basement flooded. Then it flooded again during the the last two days. He still has no generator. He can find the money to keep refinishing his basement, replacing furniture and carpeting, buying new appliances, and getting his furnace back up and running. But he won't fork over a few bucks to buy a generator or re-landscape a bit to divert water away from his house.......all he would need is about a 12" rise in the height of his lawn near and around the house with a drop off further away. His basement has gotten wiped out more than just the last two times in recent weeks. This has been going on for years. Wonder what mold removal will cost him.
How can you pray for folks like this?
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Morning. Cloudy and cooler [but not going below freezing all week]. Going to take bagger off of JD. Pull fertilizer distributor over garden and put out several hundred lbs. of lime. Disk it in. Get ready to turn it over with bottom plow. Will check moisture and if too wet, wait a few days to plow. Today is my day. Got a short meeting around noon if I want to attend. ???
Glad Jack has not gotten water damage and the rain has stopped. Jack, I have sump pump with two boat bilge pumps on deep cycle battery as a back up in case power goes off. Learned that from big hurricane. Now I also have backup generator and it powers sump pump. Still feel good with back up system. Speaking of cars flooded. Long time ago SIL and I went to mall at lunch. When we left, creek behind her office was within its banks. Started raining harder and within an hour, we returned to her office and her car was flooded. Water had risen 10 feet to get to her car. Hour later, big mall flooded. Water started coming up out of the drains instead of going in. Was a mess.
Out to the garden I go. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
navyjackpat do you remember a singer called billy ed wheeler? he was one of my favorites. he had a song called "ode to the little brown shack out back". it was really funny. a person would have to have used one to find it so rib tickling. i remember when my grampa would bring me up to his house in wisconsin when i was a boy. if i had to go at night he would walk me to the other side of the road to use the outhouse, and during the day i would use it to the accompanyment of the yellow jackets drone...ha..ha..navyjack
pat do you remember a singer called billy ed wheeler? he was one of my favorites. he had a song called "ode to the little brown shack out back". it was really funny. a person would have to have used one to find it so rib tickling. i remember when my grampa would bring me up to his house in wisconsin when i was a boy. if i had to go at night he would walk me to the other side of the road to use the outhouse, and during the day i would use it to the accompanyment of the yellow jackets drone...ha..ha..navyjack
Navyjack, I don't remember the singer, but I do remember the song. I also remember the house out back, using Sears catalog pages, the yellow jackets, and the lime and shovel we ended each visit with. Good ole days?
Joke:
Chief opened the outhouse door and Buckeye was sitting on one hole with his arm down the second hole.
Chief said "What are you doing?"
Buckeye replied "I dropped my jacket down there".
Chief said "You aren't going to wear it are you?"
To which Buckeye replied "No, but I have a biscuit in the pocket!"
Pat
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Good Morning All
A sunny 32 this AM, going into the 50s.
We are heading out this morning for a trip with the church seniors to bad more of them don't show. A half day outing is a break from the norm. Enjoy your day...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Morning All!
Glad to hear Spanky, Jack and others have not had any damage do to the weekend storms. Hope all your familys do as well!
We had an abrupt awakening this morning, a little shaker just to remind us where we live. The epicenter was located about 10 miles from here, (almost equidistant between Ray and myself,) it was a 4.4 at 4:08am. Woke everyone up, we felt a small rolling, then a jolt, (sound of glass breaking), then some more rolling. Must have lasted 4-10 seconds. Checked everywhere in the house, couldn't find ANYTHING, broke. No glass anywhere, strange. Did splash water out of the pool, and ejected the skimmer cover out of position. Probably have some aftershocks in the next day or so. (Of course, the Chief is going to claim it is a result of me mentioning the "grits escapade".) Funny thing, half an hour after the quake, the local news was showing a freeway with CalTrans doing repair work, and reporting that it was related to the quake. When they interviewed the job supervisor, he told them they were just repairing a pot hole, from the night before. The reporter was quite embarrassed. And of course they are interviewing anyone that will talk with them, the comments are the same. "Woke up, felt shaking, got nervous, then fell back to sleep." Oh, hum !
Been working on a little train project. When a visitor comes over to the layout, and of course they would like to run a train. With the number of switches I have all over the place, (25) it can be confusing. So I am writing up some Operating Sequences. I have documented a "Objective, Set-up, and listing of switch settings. It is working well. I've done some simple ones to start with and plan on doing various others becoming more complex. Then can just show some basic operation instructions and the guest can run a little sequence. Better than just going around in a circle and blowing the whistle. Then when they are done, I have a little wallet sized laminated card I give them, showing they have successfully run trains "Without any Pile-Ups" (stolen from Laz). As it turns out even when I go out it is enjoyable to do something with an apparent objective. Or seeing if I can run two at once, or making some even more challenging. Just another way of ringing my bell.
Later,
Hope everyone has a good day.
Don
Aloha all. Home sick. The cold going around the house finally caught up with me. Oh well. I should be back tomorrow. Hang in there, DJ, hope the news on your knee is good. Glad Jack is drying out. No figuring people that way. Brutus - score! Those Larson doors are pricey. Looks like a challenging day at the local high school district - massive layouts due to the state running out of cash, and some rumored bomb threats which they have to treat seriously - it is probably because of the sunny weather, but you can't be too sure.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Beautiful warm sunny day here in Stockport, not a cloud in sight. Heavy very wet rain coming Thursday from over the pond. Going to put a couple of Sou'westers on the radiator.
The police in Stockport are still looking for the blue police box stolen from Castle Street. They are talking of a reward for its safe return..
John Baker
Don, all we got from the quake was one sharp jolt. Did not feel any rolling and the whole thing was over in about two seconds. I'm not complaining. Nothing in the house or train room got knocked over. No evidence of water splashing out of pool either. Sounds like you felt a lot more where you live. Glad you are OK.
This is my week for appointments. Went in to order new lenses in my glasses yesterday since it has been over a month since my cataract surgery. Dentist appointment tomorrow followed by doctor appointment on Wednesday. I did not plan this, it just sort of happened.
I have been looking around for a MTH Southern Crescent proto 2 PS4 that I can buy reasonably or trade for. So far no luck. A friend of mine bought one in an auction and rekindled my interest when I saw it run. I had a proto 1 model and sold it. Should have upgraded but at the time I had just done four others and it was one two many.
Big sale this week end at local hobby shop in Burbank. It's 35 miles each way but might be worth a look.
Have a good day,
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon all. Garden limed and disked. Two neighbors' gardens disked. Lawn limed and fertilized. Went to Home Depot for wifey [her and Lucy went with me]. She got some plants and we got pinestraw for Gail [her USDA buddy who works with her and lives in Rolesville]. Now to shower and shave. Got Town Board tonight.
SP, speaking of cataract surgery and glasses. My eye Dr. told me not to mess with lasic surgery. Said when you get cataract surgery, Dr. is suppose to take your perscription and do lense inplants. This is done with Ins. money. Thought that was interesting.
Shake and Bake, now we know the truth. Told you what would happen if you were naughty.
Glad the guys up north did not get water damage. Great news. BTW: where is Hudson? Is he working OT due to the storms?
Later.
Good Afternoon,
Weather getting a litle cooler again, should be near 50 overnight, warm up to 74 by friday afternoon. Also a little rain in forecast. Still high and dry.
Not working as much but next few days I have some work.
Still no word on RV sale, guess it fell thru!
Working on trains a little, want to install a non-flickering set-up for some of my passenger cars.
Lee F.
Just a quick splash and go.......
MikeC.... prayers for your cousin's procedure. Just being there for him and his wife will mean so much to them.
Chuck......that isn't one of those fancy Irish walking sticks you are using, is it? Don't leave it laying around or the wife may find another use for it, one that hurts.
Pat......that joke was too much. I'll bet you have a lot of great cow jokes. The real life stuff you relate is even funnier.
Spanky......I hear what you are saying about never having had surgery before and going in for the first time. Apprehension city. But the surgeons can do amazing things with the meniscus cartilage and the ACL. Will say a prayer they can fix issues you have. Better to have those things repaired now than to wait, suffer, and wind up still having the repairs done anyway. Inevitable, necessary, and you need to be able to chase the little ones around.
DonB......did you check out quake damage with your surrounding neighbors? There may be a pole that needs a fixin.
DougM......take care of that cold before it becomes something else. Hope you are feeling better. If not, take four shots of Jamesons Irish whiskey and call me in the morning. St. Patrick's day is tomorrow, so buy a big bottle. Is the Chicago River still green?
Chief.....I finished the lime and fertilizer thing for the back half of the property before the rains hit, front is next. Do you ever do soil testing for ph or other content?
Lee.....74 by Friday in FLA? We'll be in the 60's by tomorrow and will be approaching 70 Friday. But this won't last. Back around 1997 we had what is known in these parts as the April Fools snowstorm. It was a big one.
Good afternoon guys. Been a crazy day. Have 3 emergencies, 3 scheduled hearts, and several consults all on this admission, so we will be busy for the rest of the week. I am getting ready to do case #4. Mike, you explained things pretty well. They do have to relieve the pressure. Also, they will have to evac the cyst and hopefully clip it and control any further issues.Spanky, most scopes for ACL, they evacuate the debris from the tear and it will relieve the pressure. Depending on the amount of damage, you will most likely not need to have more extensive work done. The surgery is nothing, the rehab is the tough part...sorry.
Better get running. HOpe that each of you have a blessed day.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Jack - Talk about coincidence, I am sitting her sipping my Jamesons and answering emails. Yes, tomorrow is my day. Cow jokes coming up tomorrow!
Afternoon All.
In from yard work, pooped. 87* and dry as a popcrn toot.
Been trying to come up with some ideas for the MTH lited billboard I'm changing. Got the verbiage just trying to come-up with a good idea on the paper/cardstock to use. Maybe I'll run over to Michaels later, my neighborhood craft/hobby store didn't have anything that ignited the imagination.
Anybody got one of the TMCC Army Missle launch engines ? Good/bad/indiffrent ?
Thinking about adding one to the roster, think the munchkin would have a ball with it. Maybe grampa as well.
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Good Evening
A beautiful day at 63.
We spent several hours with the church group, to a place no one had been but heard of. Turns out its an arcade but with all the old machines from days gone by. What a trip back in time, of course they cost fifty cents now instead of a penny. Had new stuff too for todays kids.
Brutus banilla is waiting and I'll be ready for the thingy....S.J.
Extremely beautiful day ... # 2 son's fiance flew in from England last night .... I love just hearing her talk with that full Britt accent . She said her and family live on the east coast of England only a few miles from the beach . I told her if I lived there I'd have to buy a boat to go over to France alot .... she told me the channel is very dangerous ... at times . Southern fried chicken - golden brown potatoes - veggies - cole slaw and homeade biscuits with real butter for supper .... she loved it .
PAT ... one of those jamesons would go great with this supper ...
Don and Ray .... can't imagine having an earthquake here ... ... you guys be careful !
SJ ... watched a funny skit on tv about the old peek movie machines they used to have in the arcades ... drop your penny in - crank the handle and watch the ladies dance ... RISQUE ... it was hilarious ... the guy's waife caught him watching them and beat him with her umbrella .
John Baker ... son's fiance told me to tell you she lives at Cornwall ... she explained where you are ... she said UP .... all I said was ... okay ... lol . Told me alot ... huh ?
HI GUYZ,
Beautiful here today got to 65 degrees. Broke out the pastie whie legs today and put on the shorts. Felt great took dog for walk then did an easy 2 mile run. Transplanted hydrangias, moved big concrete slab, now ready for contractor to start digging tomorrow.
SF,
laz57
Yea they had a couple of those movie machines. I watch the man was in love with his typewriter but then one day his wife visited the office and the typewriter got fired. LOL
That sounds like a nice jaunt, Sir J.I've broken out the Guinness already.
Evening all not much happening today did go in and worked O.T. for 8 hours. Waiting for parts to repair a couple of engines ( acually 3) one the new board for the NYC GP-9 with tmcc also I ordered coil couplers for it. also ordered a coil coupler for my GP- 38 ( or is it 40) B&O chessie ingine as the rear coupler doesn't like to latch will release easy but hard to shut so this will be an fix for that. also ordered rails and a coupler for a williams fm train master ( PRR) so when it comes have 3 engines to work on.
Hope all had a good day talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Doug....Tomorrow is the DAY!!!!
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. Finally made it home. Was a long day with plenty of excitement. Last case was quite difficult, but went much better in the end. The case load from patients referred today will bring us well into next week. Can't complain as I have plenty of times where I don't put in many hours at all.
Sir James, that place sounds like fun. I have seen those movie machines before. They have one at the car museum in Pigeon Forge, TN. I was quite surprised by the movie that was in there, considering the age.
I had better get to bed. 4 am rolls around before too long.
God Bless,
Dennis
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY YA'LL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A GRITS-FREE NATIONAL DAY OF CELEBRATION, WHEN SWEET ICED TEA IS BANNED, AND GUINESS AND JAMESONS ARE SERVED.
JACK
And a Happy St. Paddy's Day to youse guys as well....I celebrate it in honor of my grandma who even dyed her hair in honor of the day, God rest her soul.
Been VERY busy at work and that is good, weather has been windy but in the lower 60's up to 75 by Saturday for the company softball tourney. Practice was tonight and I fared quite well, ending the night with a leaping backwards catch and a reverse somersault with ball in glove. Not bad for the "old" guy.
Off to bed I am, another long day awaits.....
A closing note:One of my friends in Bound Brook, NJ has his basement under water and creeping up to the 1st floor....so the flooding in NJ continues.
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
Another quiet night on the hill. Tomorrow before I leave I will finish the re-installation of the windbird. Last night was entertaining between some focus tests and me tinkering on the 2025. I finally got the smoke unit in and wired up the light. It was one on those deals where how many times can you take the same thing apart and put it together, but it got there finally w/ a little persistence. It is a pretty good smoker. I set up a loop in the electronics shop and watched it run while eating popcorn. I put a short video on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooi4qO6Pn7w
Then since I was still up and the winds had come up, John suggested we run the new fiber optic cable for the bird since he had to close anyway. Ok, so we are closing due to wind and then we are going to hang out on the top of another telescope and work for an hour? A good, but cold idea. But besides freezing our keesters off, it went fairly well.
Mike C- thoughts and prayers for your friend.
Dennis - sounds like you had a heck of a day. I don't know how you doc's do it.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
anjdevil2 And a Happy St. Paddy's Day to youse guys as well....I celebrate it in honor of my grandma who even dyed her hair in honor of the day, God rest her soul. Been VERY busy at work and that is good, weather has been windy but in the lower 60's up to 75 by Saturday for the company softball tourney. Practice was tonight and I fared quite well, ending the night with a leaping backwards catch and a reverse somersault with ball in glove. Not bad for the "old" guy. Off to bed I am, another long day awaits..... A closing note:One of my friends in Bound Brook, NJ has his basement under water and creeping up to the 1st floor....so the flooding in NJ continues.
HAPPY PATTY'S DAY TO YOU ALL. Me dear ole mothers grandparents from both sides came straight from ireland so guess I'm half irish there with a german last name lol.
Cloudy, about 50 and mist here today.
Finally got my DSL connection problems fixed. Only took four phone calls and two visits of the srevice tech. Turned out to be a bad modem. The problem started last week right after a thunderstorm rolled through - lightning fried the modem? My wireless router is not talking to the modem yet, but a phone call to my youngest son should straighten that out.
DDG - I have one of the recent issue missile launching locomotives with TMCC control. Loads of fun. They have a Pullmor motor, so they make the proper sounds and ozone. Range on the missiles is somewhere between 2 and 3 feet. The billboards make good targets - even better are the exploding boxcars. An exploding ammo dump is on my wish list.
Work is nuts. By Friday last week I had about 60 hours in. Started counting hours this week on Saturday - I'll have my 40 in by mid morning tomorrow. Lots of extra work in preparing for the visit of a potential customer Thursday. I didn't lay low enough, as I got tapped to give a presentation - some birthday present!
Busy is good. I'm thankful I have a job to complain about.
Still waiting on the milk car and milk cans. Both are in route and should get here about the same time.
The LHS reports that Lionel has sold out the Harry Potter expansion set. Still thinks he can find me one, though.
Prayers for those with health and weather conserns.
All for now.
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