Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 68 degrees. Going up to 80 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. Grocery shopping. Not the wife's favorite job. But, it has to be done. Chores to do this morning. I need to dust the trains again. That will happen this weekend.
Dining car rolled in from "Points West". The usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
71 and hot here going to 91. 8 more dayz o school, its great to be 8.
RICH, WELCOME to DA POT!!!!
CHIEF, GET the FLOCK out of there.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good morning all,
It may be rainy today in SE Indiana. I agree with all the comments about the lack of variety at Indy any more. I never saw any of the front wheel drives race, but I have seen most of the other variations mentioned. The sweetest sound was the Novi. Hopefully some new choices will appear again. Personally, I think some front engined Silver Crown cars that USAC tried a couple of years ago would be the best option, but I doubt if that option would be considered. I am not sure how this race will play out. The "push to pass" may make passing feasible again or it could be another snooze fest like last year. We shall see. I scrimmaged with the high school kids last night. I had a little extra on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL after the yard is mowed. I hope everyone has a great day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Brutusthen had nice chats with RT, SJ, Spanky, and Wes tonight. Just solving the problems of the world
Sorry I missed the ride. I was helping Toni pack for the weekend. Catch up with you guys Thursday night!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Came across this link tonite, great video with great music. Enjoy:
http://vimeo.com/5645171
Forgot to add that it is quite appropriate considering what's just aroud the corner.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Mostly sunny and 80's today. Muggy too.
Mowed the lawn tonight. Got some front porch swing time in while I was drying out after mowing.
I'll have to agree about the 'uniform' equipment they are currently running at Indy. It does taks some of the creativity away. Long and interesting history of equipment run there over the years - Smoky Yunik's side pod car, Crosworth V8's, Eagle V8's, Offinhauser, a couple of Cummings diesels, Buick 215 aluminum V8's, Buick & Chevy 'stock block' cars, twin engine car with a Porshe engine on each end, front wheel drives, rear wheel drives, four wheel drives, and of course, the turbines. I'm sure that I missed lots of other interesting stuff.
Interestingly enough, I immediately noticed the architectual similarities of the Ecotech four in my Cobalt to the Offinhauser - four cylinder, cross flow four valve head, dual overhead cams.
Sorry for the car talk on the train forum, though I've run across a couple of references that interest in both toy trains and cars is not uncommon.
Have I ever mentioned how nice this forum is? I've been lurking on some car related forums lately. A lot of the things posted there would not be tolerated here. The keepers of this forum are doing an excelent job.
All for now.
Chief - neat flamingo flock!
Storm came through, then had nice chats with RT, SJ, Spanky, and Wes tonight. Just solving the problems of the world
Tardis is ready to fly, so beacons on boys. Mike, dunno if you are up for driving? If not, I think it's Pat's turn. Gotta get some of these famous Yeungs one of these days. Maybe trade some Old Mills for them with Laz when we pick him up? Let's go!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
The answer to the million $$$ question. NO!
Passing through. Actually going to hit the bed. Got to be up at 5:30 AM for a 7 AM Human Services Board meeting in Raleigh. Then home to pick garden and mow grass. Then back to the lake house. Was going to mow this afternoon but lost an hour and a half looking for Lucy. She suddenly got missing. Showed up 1 1/2 hours later. Folks riding golf carts looking for her and several including me walking in the woods calling her. Mystery!!!!! Either chasing a deer or treed a squirrel and would not leave the tree. ????
Now for my friend Fifey. Wifey fixed this just for you.
New planter bed at the street at the lake house by new power pole.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Jack. I am a member of the Milwaukee Road Historical Assocition Great Britain and Irland.
Just because there is a drop of H2O between us doesn't mean we don't know what gives over your side. After all we invented just about everything you have.
John Baker
Good Evening
Still 79 degrees out.
I had the task tonite of a funeral home visit, a 26 year old girl mother of 1. Ran a stop sign, the daughter gets out of the hospital tomorrow. ............ It was nice and warm here today, feels good.
Banilla is waiting for the thingy crew, heck root beer for all aboard...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
Evening all!
Jack (SPMan) - the wind here this spring has been 15-20 mph+ every single day until this week. So there was no point in taking a ski/wakeboarding boat out as the ride is rough as a cobb. I was going to go today, but then I had a critical meeting move from Thurs to today so I moved up the launch a day. Wind yesterday was 5-15, so it was nice and smooth behind the dam on the lake. The winds today were 0-5 mph - and guess what? - the meeting today got cancelled . It is supposed to be decent for the holiday weekend with winds no worse than 10 mph which is good - I will have 6 16 year old wake-boarding bums with me.
Rich - Welcome to the 'Pot! Stick around. What you will find is quite a few of us have found a way to meet face-to-face in our travels and have become even better friends. If you are a TCA member - come out and hang with us at York (April and Oct each year). If you are not a TCA member - we'll sign you up!
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
richhotrain 8ntruck Welcome aboard Richotrain. HO stands for half O dosen't it? Always wondered if one could run an HO train between the center rail and outside rail of three rail O gage track. I wondered the same thing. My brother-in-law is a Lionel guy, so maybe I will try my HO stuff out on his layout. Hey guys, thanks for the warm welcome to the Coffee Pot. I'm a 66 year old retired lawyer who ran a financial planning group at a large Chicago bank until hanging it up two years ago. Now, I am a bum. Play golf all summer and run trains all winter. When it gets too hot outside here in the Chicago area, I descend into my basement dungeon and run trains. Look forward to drinking some coffee with you from time to time. Is it decaf or regular or half of each? Rich
8ntruck Welcome aboard Richotrain. HO stands for half O dosen't it? Always wondered if one could run an HO train between the center rail and outside rail of three rail O gage track.
Welcome aboard Richotrain. HO stands for half O dosen't it? Always wondered if one could run an HO train between the center rail and outside rail of three rail O gage track.
I wondered the same thing. My brother-in-law is a Lionel guy, so maybe I will try my HO stuff out on his layout.
Hey guys, thanks for the warm welcome to the Coffee Pot.
I'm a 66 year old retired lawyer who ran a financial planning group at a large Chicago bank until hanging it up two years ago.
Now, I am a bum. Play golf all summer and run trains all winter. When it gets too hot outside here in the Chicago area, I descend into my basement dungeon and run trains.
Look forward to drinking some coffee with you from time to time. Is it decaf or regular or half of each?
Rich
I tried putting an HO on O gauge track back some years ago and it just doesn't quite fit
Glad your sticking around thou
one day you might realize why a lot of us go with S and O and thats when it comes to repair or detail work n and HO is to small hard on the eye man :)
Hang in there
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Alton Junction
PS - Jim, check USAJOBS. The Fed is hiring like crazy right now!
Hey Spanky - sent you an email
Okay - got on the computer late last night as we were out running around getting haircuts and icecream. Windows Vista, Defender, and my security suite all decided to update at the same time I got on the chat, got booted off, then computer locked for about 30 minutes, no joke. I rebooted it even. Eventually everything updated, but what a pain.
Read the new OGR and finished the new issue of Trains. Got a magazine on Historical Trains that I guess I ordered some time or other - looks interesting! That latest issue of Trains was about short-line railroads and was very interesting.
As Arnie used to say - I'll Be Back!
Mike,
You were right about the Lost finale. That was a long and boring 2.5 hours.
Jack,
Haven't had any calls regarding a real full time job yet. I am still working at a local grocery store until one comes along. It isn't bad, but as soon as something better is available, I'll definitely move on.
lionroar88 Ole Timer fifedog RockIsland - I am heading to my slip now. How soon can you get here Is it real silk or nylon ... and what color is it ? .... LOL ..... Rockisland52 ... CHIEF in a speedo .... what a site to behold .... Have you NOT learned anything? You have now given him an idea for the next CTT Photo in October...
Ole Timer fifedog RockIsland - I am heading to my slip now. How soon can you get here Is it real silk or nylon ... and what color is it ? .... LOL ..... Rockisland52 ... CHIEF in a speedo .... what a site to behold ....
fifedog RockIsland - I am heading to my slip now. How soon can you get here
RockIsland - I am heading to my slip now. How soon can you get here
Rockisland52 ... CHIEF in a speedo .... what a site to behold ....
Another disgusting thought......what if he doesn't have any tan lines?
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Howdy All !
Chief in a speedo ! Thought he said he preferred a thong.
Guys, Swimming pools and boats are a lot alike. Can't wait to get one but even happier when you get rid of it. When our daughter was in school, elemtentary/middle/high, the pool was in use at least six months out of the year but when college started it was little if ever used. Between the chemicals & electricity that thing cost a fortune, hopefully today's pumps are much more efficient.
SWMBO has a BUNCO party coming up so as usual the honeydo list is very extensive, spent most of yesterday on the sloping yard prepping & planting some Trailing Lantana. Should start rooting and spreading PDQ. Supposed to stand up to gophers pretty good.
Later All.
DJSpanky Howdy all! Had therapy this morning, did nothing with the hamstring - think we're just gonna shut it down for the week. Iced it down for about 3.5 hours last night, and will probably do it again tonight. I'm keeping it tightly wrapped during the day, which helps. Right now, any contraction of the muscle is painful.............
Howdy all! Had therapy this morning, did nothing with the hamstring - think we're just gonna shut it down for the week. Iced it down for about 3.5 hours last night, and will probably do it again tonight. I'm keeping it tightly wrapped during the day, which helps. Right now, any contraction of the muscle is painful.............
Spanky.....I'd be inclined to shut the hammy down for two weeks except for heat, ice, stretching, the pool, and either diathermy or ultrasound, maybe some analgesic under the wrap, based on your recent bumps in the road.
Granted, some of the pops and discomfort are from the surgical repair (site) itself and/or breaking adhesions from scar tissue, but all of them? Sounds like a combo of this and muscle to me. The diathermy is an old technology that I think uses electrical current to heat deep into the muscle. Keep aggravating an already damaged or pulled muscle, and this could extend things quite a bit.
I am certain the PT folks are well aware of what was repaired, how, and what they have to do to rehab the knee, but..... with Murphy's law, ya never know if the left hand (the doc) and the right hand (PT folks) are communicating.
Jack
Jack, I have the same pool problem with the declining use issue. Wife does not go in at all anymore. Only myself and grandson basically use it. Other two sons will go maybe twice a season.
Doug, you don't want to own a pool. Find a friend with one. If it were possible, I would give you mine. They are nice when the kids are growing up but after, not much use.
I put in the amount of dry acid yesterday per the pool store but upon testing, I find that it was a little too much. Now I have a slightly alkaline pool. I have been told that using the liquid chlorine will bring the PH back to normal in time. I don't want to start putting in soda ash to compensate for too much acid. Before you know it you would have a toxic waste dump for a pool. The pool at least looks good for now. I put in the stuff this morning to get rid of phosphates. I'll let you know how it all turns out.
Found a nice website yesterday about the new train museum in Portsmouth, Va. where I grew up. Same guy that put the pictures up had a whole set of historical things around town. Saw a picture of my High School being torn down and I almost cried. I saw the thing being built back in the 50's. It was still in good shape as far as I can tell but the population shift in the area caused the students to go to different locations so they were not getting enough use out of it. You can Google on Train museums in Virginia and find something on this. The train they have is a N&W class M 4-8-0 and some passenger cars. The engine was rescued from a scrap yard in Roanoke, Virginia.
Ray
SPMan
Fife....my private jet is down for maintenance! I hate when that happens. This ship will have to sail without me.
Navy Jack has asked me to tell you guys that his PC died and he will be off line for a while. He is ok and shall return.
Roger
ROCKISLAND,
JACK, nope on the dog for the run. She's 12 and it would do her in. I'll take her down to the creek this afternoon so she can take a dip.
Happy Wednesday!
This is my Friday, and I’ll be gone as soon as I can get the car packed up. Oh, yeah, need to get off of work, too!
I moved quite a bit of stuff from the train room to the living room and that’ll have to be packed up in the car. It’s amazing what I have and what I have forgotten. Maybe if I can complete my bucket list, I’ll find a place for all this. But, until then, it’ll be safe at my sister’s house in New Jersey. It’ll keep my roadrunner company....
I spoke to one of my firefighter friends the other night and she asked me why I'm moving all this up. I told her that maybe if I move enough stuff up, I’d eventually follow it.
Had an early morning ultrasound (no, I’m not pregnant) of the kidneys and bladder. results in 3 days or so. I think this is much to do about nothing, seems like my urine output is too high and the creatinin level is high as well. Went through this 2 years ago and nothing then, I suspect nothing now...
Cool and nice here, maybe a precursor to the weather in New Jersey, and I hope it is. Had the windows open last night and slept well. I hope the same for Jersey when I get there.
Jack, yup the ol’ Hog seems to be running well these days, knock on wood, it stays that way.
Mike, I used to love the Indy 500, until everyone had the same car and such. I loved those turbo Offenhausers and Granitelli’s Turbo car. The sanctioning bodies are so worried about parity (yeah NASCAR as well), the innovators and inventors have been run out of town. I mean really, is the HEMI that much of an advantage? Couldn’t you just see an Indy car with a 355cid Hemi going down the back straight of the Brickyard? Yeah, that would be NASCAR and Indy Car...and it would have happened in the 50’s (check your champ car history...).
Geez, I’m sounding like Jack ...ok, until tomorrow night,
See ya later!
Rich M.
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
Jack you know exactily what I'm talking about. I want to start with a good doctor not see him last. I've been bounced around too many times, tired of it all. S.J.
Good Mornin' Ya'll From Hazy Taxachusetts,
Another hot one today, should top 90 again, 82 in Boston already. In 22 years of living here I have never had to run the a/c in May......until now. When the wife is comfortable life goes a lot easier. I don't know if I have developed an allergy or have a cold. Lots of yard work lately. Sleep deprivation is setting in.
Roy.....good to hear from you. We were worried you got bitten by a Texas-sized rattlesnake or something. CNN had a blurb and photos last week about a 15 footer found in FLA......didn't know they had rattlesnakes in FLA! You are a little late getting that boat in the water, no?
MikeC.....don't you miss the Indy 500 days when there were so many engines, manufacturers, chassis, and different set-ups? The top qualifying speed of 227.9 this year is still 9-10 mph slower than the speeds achieved 14 years ago. To me the race is still fascinating, but to me it is dumbed down and too vanilla. Like Nascar, it seems like the technology and vehicle variation has taken a back seat, and the soap opera atmosphere has moved too close to the forefront. Still arguably the greatest motorsports spectacle, but not what it once was.
Chuck.....the pictures you posted of you with your PT dominatrix reminded me of Sean Connery's last James Bond role in Never Say Never Again where he is an older Bond at a clinic to get his body back in shape.
8N.....memories of Michigan. Many folks don't realize Lake Michigan is about 120 miles WIDE until they fly over it going West to East or visa versa. My Dad's family settled further North from Stony Lake, in the Charlevoix area and the Islands. Well before I was born, my grandfather pulled up stakes with the family to seek better employment and a better life in Chicago back in the late 1920s. When I was a child we would drive back to visit relatives and spend time at Walloon Lake and the islands.
Banks.......hope the Docs have clear sailing.
JimSP.....doesn't it get a bit hot out there in the garage running trains with the little ones? Toy train boot camp with DI Jim in charge!!!!
RaySP.....I think the problems I have with the pool are self-inflicted. If I would just keep up with the twice a week water testing and the primary weekly chemical regimen I wouldn't have the problems I have. I also suspect my filter pump is undersized or not up to snuff, isn't circulating enough water. Will have to increase the hours per day to compensate or get a new one. But I get discouraged when I spend all that time with opening and maintaining the pool. Everyone is excited about the pool when those first high temperature days hit and they are enjoying things that first and second time. Then interest goes basically dead for the remainder of the Summer and no one will use it. I spend the whole summer maintaining.....for what? Just in case? Thank you for all of the things to check, especially the place I use to do the water samples. I think I will bypass all of the adults and start booking my granddaughters for pool time every Saturday when they come to visit, and then have extra pool attire for them just in case the adults say "Oh, I forgot!"
DougM......my advice, cultivate friends and neighbors who have a boat or a pool. Don't get these things for yourself. What I have found is these folks are a lot like me. They invest time and money, have too little use in our climes because of the short season, and are ecstatic when they can get some use out of this stuff by inviting others over/along. Add in the ocean and the requisite cooperating marine forecast, and the boat use goes down further. I like to get "there" early to help out my buddies with the boat prep/cleaning, stowing the covers for the day, pay for gas, or help with pool prep for the festivities. Bringing iced, ice cold beer in a cooler(s) also helps. By noon and before things really get going, the boys are full of good cheer. Many hands make light work.
SJ......like you, I don't like to use Doctors I have little or no experience with, especially specialists. I had a bad sciatica and the relative rookies were clueless as to the cause. Yes, clueless. For three weeks they followed all their standard operating procedures to locate the cause including MR imaging, but they could not find a cause or alleviate my symptoms. I was in total misery. So I asked for the oldest, most experienced neuro doctor in the network. Although also a surgeon, he concluded I was structurally sound and changed medications. Presto! Pain resolved in 3 days and subsequent no flare-ups in the ensuing decade. He also suggested I lose the beer belly and six barrel abs.
Laz......do you take your dog along for your runs on these 90+ days?
Just a (horrifying) thought. I wonder if Chief wears a speedo at the lake.
Rich......from the sounds of things you have left your mystery Harley problems behind.
JimmyT......with the new job and increased income post grad, can that Mustang GT be far off?
Later, gang.
Aloha all from a sunny and pleasant Chicago which would be paradise if it was this way year 'round. (I know, I'd end up complaining about something). Great ride home with, at various times, Brutus, Sir J , RT and Ole Timer. Class is over for the Spring. Hope it starts up again mid-June. Ray and Jack, I'll be right over to try out your pools. Always wanted one, even if only good for 2 months. No room in the yard and no fence. Jim, glad your daughter enjoyed Chicago - it can be a very fun place. Banks, I didn't know Gilbert made HO. I'll have to check it out. I like the smaller scales too - we're all part of the same family - I started out in N.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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