LAZ .... I'd love to see a pic of your shays double headed !!
Buckeye Riveter Jim.....I believe Jack is correct, corn liquor must be the cause. I don't think I want to do that nine days thing for the Chief. We have been working him over for the last six years and he has not gotten any nicer. You don't suppose we need to do it for nine years, do you? Chuck.....Have you gotten the HOTOHIO fan fixed yet for another unbearable summer for NC, VA and MD?
Jim.....I believe Jack is correct, corn liquor must be the cause. I don't think I want to do that nine days thing for the Chief. We have been working him over for the last six years and he has not gotten any nicer. You don't suppose we need to do it for nine years, do you?
Chuck.....Have you gotten the HOTOHIO fan fixed yet for another unbearable summer for NC, VA and MD?
Chief ... put the reserves on alert ...
Pat .... looks like they're not wasteing any time .... have you got the calvary ready ?
Navyjack ... you can outflank them from the north .... they won't know it's coming .... they'll be caught in between .
Good Morning All
Sunny and 20s going to 40.
No real plans for the day, granny fixed me an egg,cheese and spam sandwich on a bagel. Friday is our eat out day so i will let her choose. Have a great day....S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Aloha all from a sunny and cold Chicago. TGIF indeed. The only solution I have for skunk-smell-eradiction is the old favorite: tomato juice. Looks like a busy weekend for moi with class tomorrow and church-work Sun. I may need more work on both the 96 and gateman to get them to work.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning from Town Hall. Here signing checks so folks and bills can be paid. Payroll is on automatic deposit so that is good. Real warm already. Hope all have a great weekend. Got meeting this afternoon at 2. Might go to the lake house. Later.
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Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI (for those new to the pot and those using the home version of pot, It Is Another Beautiful Sunny Day In South Eastern Indiana) with temps in the 40s. Did the YMCA and built some with LEGOs last night. Chuck, you may have some good and good looking PTs, but the best one is in Norway (slightly biased). Thanks guys for all the comments about Lucas. Did not mean to alarm anybody as he is doing much better and is back to classes. It was a just a "perfect storm" of various ailments, cures, and new allergies that took him down a notch or two. Nothing as severe as last time and nothing like what Brutus and Char are going thru. Congrats on the numbers, Brutus! Intense prayers still headed your way, just as bran muffins are headed to "Points East" on the dining car. A good time was had by all on the Tardis last night. Don's neighbor was in extremely fine form. TBIL after "Numb3rs" and I can definitely drive. Thank you all for the support and the fellowship over the years and may the pot simmer for many years to come. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
CHUCK keep up the good work!!! Must be those pretty therapists?
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 26 degrees. Going up to 40 today with some sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have the usual chores to do and some paperwork to make out. Then, I have my terrific PT session. I really enjoy it. Wish I could stay for two hours. They approved another 4 weeks for me.
Buckeye.......... TGIF
Dining car is here and I am having the usual Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday. I know I will.
Chuck
BRUTUS,
GREAT NEWS, prayers are still going out on Prayer train.
HI GUYZ,
32 and nice here to get to 43. Started ripping off roof of porch yesterday, took a madock to it seemed to work great. I sawed it up in strips of 3 feet or so the ripped it up with madock. Wife was on clean up crew. Tonite another 2 hrs worth and will see how much we get done. Tomorrow I have another emotion class for teacher education, 9-4. Then back at roof on Sunday.
BUCKEYE, the ERR Cruise works great. Really goes slow. I have them hooked up in a double headed Shay and WOW just creeps along at 1MPH. Really cool. Got the boards from a fellow OHIOIAN from NORWALK OH. Nice price too. If you want I'll send you his Email address.
Oh yea,TGIF!!!!
Stay frosty,
TGIF
Mike C......Tell Lucus to be strong and patient.
Brutus.....Outstanding news.
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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Steve W. Chief...Stay the he..ll out of the big box stores and you won't have those type of things..Hell your my age havn't ya learned yet? Go to a local dealer that will take care of you and the product they sell. You will usually get a much better product to boot.JUST SAYING...LOL
Chief...Stay the he..ll out of the big box stores and you won't have those type of things..Hell your my age havn't ya learned yet? Go to a local dealer that will take care of you and the product they sell. You will usually get a much better product to boot.JUST SAYING...LOL
Yes, and usually do. Only thing is, you have Lowes, Home Depot and Stock. That is basicly it. They have put the old lumber companies and local hardwares [except for ACE and TrueValue] out of business. For things like trains, guns, fishing supplies, furniture and farm supplies, I use locals [not related to chains] because they are still here. Can't go buy nails and etc by the lb. weighed out anymore. Have to get them in a box at a big box. Use Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's for a few things not available here [when working there, get discount too]. Love to use private drug stores too but CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens have run them out of business. Rolesville had one of the best meat stores in the world. Food Lion, Lowes, Korger and Harris Teeter ran them out of business. Us "Trainies" are the same. We buy them from China because they are cheaper. Me, I rather pay a few $$ more and buy USA. Wife buys Toyota [she use to drive Chevy when I paid for them] and I drive Chevy. There you are.
PS: Mike C, I have missed something important. What is wrong with Lucas? Can't be anything as he is my hero for surviving his battle several years ago. Forgive me for not catching it in your posts.
Brutus, great news but I knew she would make it [too many prayers for her not too].
Sunny and about 50 here today.
Great news Brutus!
Stopped by the LHS today and put a Hogwarts expansion pack on order. We'll see what happens. The propietor is expecting the new Lionel catalogs to arrive in a week or two.
One of our 'maybe' new product projects got turned into a 'real' new product project today. More work for me - but, as I've said before - busy is good.
Later all.
hscsltb Great to hear Brutus.
Great to hear Brutus.
Ditto !!!!!!!!!
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Prayers for all, but special prayers for Lucas, poor guy.
Jack, sorry we missed you, but Mike did a great job. Tardis is bigger inside - I think there are 42 floors? There are a few doors I have never opened though - might be more!
Okay - great news today. Biopsy results are all in and bone marrow is 95 percent donor DNA. This is considered a successful transplant The last 5 percent will slowly be replaced and the fibers in the bones will be absorbed and replaced by good bone marrow. Lot's of thanks to all for prayers and intentions and to God for answers to prayers
Tardis is ready, beacons are lit and scope looks like a Christmas Tree! Let's go!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Chief, when you pay peanuts you get monkeys as the old saying goes.It applies to most of these big box stores. Steve is right about using local dealers.Usually make out better.
Chief,
I feel you pain with stores like that. I had a similar experience with a popular electronics store yesterday. I checked online to see if they had any PS2s in stock, and it said they didn't, so I called the store and was told the same thing. Since I was nearby, I stopped just to check. Sure enough, there were four on the shelf. I think the cause of our problems are lazy employees IMHO.
I am glad spring break is next week. I have been loaded down with work, and the time off is needed. I found a new laser for the PS2, so hopefully I can get it installed next week. If it works, I'll order a few spares for when the disk read error happens again. I might get back to work on the layout as well. With the stress from school, I haven't had the motivation to do any work on it lately.
On a side note, does anyone have any ideas on removing skunk odor from a vehicle? I crushed one with the sunfire on the way home from work, and it reeks now. I had no choice but to hit it because there was another car to my left and a mailbox on the right. I'd drive the Probe , but I won't have enough time to get it ready for tomorrow morning. It's been hibernating for the winter.
hello guys, hope that you are all well. snow is slowly melting. we are down to about two feet now. i cant see it but my wife tells me there is still four foot drifts in the side yard. lots of cardinals and bluejays hitting the bird feeder. physical thereapist cant come to house anymore. reason...medicare and tricare(retired military) insurance does not pay enough. lucky i know a good dr from the va, and you know the government has plenty of money. had fried clam strips for dinner. was great. hope breakfast is good also. have good peaceful night guys. your friend navyjack
Evening and good night all. Busy day. Got stormdoor from Lowe's. Went by Lowes later to get some extra keys made. They can't cut them. No blanks. Then they say you can only get them from Larson. They would call Larson and get them. I told them I would call. Called Larson and found out any Locksmith has them and can cut. I have had several conversations with Lowes since I found that out. I will not go into them. Anyway, got extras from locksmith. Now beautiful storm door on the back. Replaces one over 18 years old. OH, their favorite line, "I did not know any one locked those doors anyway." My reply to all of them, "Why do you buy a door with a keyed deadbolt them?" I think "stupid is as stupid does" and Forest is smarter than any Lowes manager. Its that "influx" of Yankees moving South and finding jobs at Lowes.
Been doing a lot of dozing. One thing, the cold meds will make you sleep. Sure was a pretty day here. Real warm. Suppose to get even warmer every day through Monday.
Back to snoozing. Can rest. Yankees to busy cleaning up from snow storms, floods and winds tha the Chief and Mother Nature cooked up for them. Later.
Steve W. Thank you all for your words of encoragment...I kinda like Decatur,its a gritty industrial town but I've spent my life working in the oil refineries of of NJ , so I know about gritty industrial towns...But its not all crammed together like NJ Its nice to have space between the big industrial plants... Drove by the catipiller factory yeaterday it was amazing...AND NO TRAFFIC..even at rush hour....Steve
Thank you all for your words of encoragment...I kinda like Decatur,its a gritty industrial town but I've spent my life working in the oil refineries of of NJ , so I know about gritty industrial towns...But its not all crammed together like NJ Its nice to have space between the big industrial plants... Drove by the catipiller factory yeaterday it was amazing...AND NO TRAFFIC..even at rush hour....Steve
The real question for Steve is he going to be a Colts, Bears or Rams fan? I would suggest he pick real carefully so as not to add stress to his life in Decatur.
Steve.....Good luck to you and you will find that there is a lot more space out here.
Good Evening All
Temp reached 40 and more grass is showing.
Didn't do much today so i'm ready for the thingy trip. We had banilla with real strawberries on top tonite made in USA. Must be Fl. or Ca. have a great tomorrow...S.J.
Evening all
Bride working and kids in bed. Watching Antiques Road Show. Then read pray and bed.
Buckeye- Maybe a heavy duty pray session to the saints for intervention
May God bless
Jim
How can hockey be over if the Blackhawks are still playing? Steve, Decatur is a nice burg - but definitely different from NJ. Didn't do anything I planned on today - hung out with the bride... re-arranged some wires on the new 'old tv' - ha, it still works - with a 4 button switch so the fam can choose what to do - play a game, use the dvd player, watch tv, etc. ... Took the youngest to the dollar store for a toy to recognize an accomplishment - the toy literally lasted until we got to the car then fell apart. Back we went. LOL. Boy, it looks cold in FL. Daughter (and boyfriend) almost here for Spring break. Jack, can't Steve write off every job relo expense on income tax? It's certainly a far-enough move. Don't worry, NavyJack, the Chicago gun ordnance is redundant anyway.
Hockey season is over for us in Columbus. I'm just glad I'm not a New Jersey Nets fan. How can a team only win six games and loose 54?
Working outside tomorrow. I'll be dead tired tomorrow night.
NAVYJACK .... You know the old saying about prying our guns from our cold dead hands also ... I think that would be one extremely bad mistake for them to try to take the guns from legal - law abiding citizens .... do they really want millions of irate gun owning citizens again like right before the revolutionary war with England ? I think not ... how about you buddy .... what do you think ?
hello guys, hope that you are all fine. i am glad you boys from the south got plenty of iron as i would not want anybody else at my back and i know that the u.s. could never be invaded from south of the u.s. it is the same with us guys from chicago. they are fixin to take away our guns.....but guess what. we are good at hiding things. we will continue to guard the good old u.s. from the north, and i can sleep well at night knowing who is guarding the south.
p.s. medicare is paying about 20 percent less for the same services. and state sponsored drug plan costs 32.50 per month to pay for my meds that i do not get from va that cost 5.00 per prescription at walmart. i told them to cancel. we need lots of prayers navyjack
Good Afternoon Ya'll From Snowing Taxachusetts,
Not much is expected from this event. Not much left of the old stuff, and the temps should keep things in check. May drop a coat of fertilizer in the next week to get things going a bit earlier this year. There is a lot of yard debris that needs to be picked up first, residue from last week's high winds. But my city's yard waste dump is still closed for the winter.....dumping prohibited and compost on one's property is encouraged. A bad move unless you have lost your sense of smell and don't mind angry bees and snakes down the road.
Rich.....re .that pharmacist you mentioned that used to live in Iselin NJ. Not a mile from where I used to live in Avenel. It seems amazing that 35 years ago I lived a stone's throw from Route1/9 (95) and am now 7 miles from the same road essentially, albeit 260 miles North of there. 34 degrees in FLA?!? I hate when that happens, but only when I am there. Keep the blankets on Shamu.
Dennis.......don't worry about causing a "big stink." Worry about getting caught! The manufacturing plant runs 24/7/365 and I can guarantee freshness. Color and texture preference? No problem.....custom orders available. Sounds like there is no protein in your diet and you are on the cusp of growing long ears and a fluffy tail....rabbit diet. Re your little guy's lost tooth, hope the Tooth Fairy has modernized protocols and leaves something that runs on 3 rails. Our granddaughter lost one of her front teeth the day we all went to a photographer for a family Christmas photo......she looked like one of the Boston Bruins only smaller.
Buckeye and JimSP.....it appears that our prayers and kindness have not worked for the "ornery" one. Must be the corn liquor.
Brutus......one of you guys sent me some B52 pics. I would have accepted your offer last night to pilot the Tardis but couldn't figure out how to get all of the ordinance loaded into a phone booth with all of the beer already in there.
Chuck......I see from your post this morning you didn't take the bait, and we still don't know the real skinny on this PT dedication.
MikeC.....sorry to hear about Lucas' new issue, but it is far better than the other one. Hope he is over the hump on the latter.
Steve......you are smart not pulling the trigger quite yet on the NJ end of things until you get the lay of the land in Decatur, on a number of fronts. The job stability. Property values have for the most part troughed and are on their way back up. If your company is providing any measure of relocation assistance, you may be well advised to hire a tax guy this time around. Reimbursed directly to you or company expensed? You may get a most unpleasant surprise when you find some/all of the stuff your company is picking up the relo or temporary commute expenses tab on winds up as an add on to your income on your W2.....and you are responsible for paying those taxes, federal and state. I made a lot of incorrect assumptions on a relocation once and paid the price for those assumptionsa terrible personal price. You also may want to bone up on tax breaks for non-reimbursed relo/commuting expenses and start saving your receipts.
Later, gang.
Jack
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