RockIsland52Ray......she lands in Long Beach in about 15 minutes, so you, DougDG, and Don better go into hiding. She refuses to take any sort of livery to the airport on this end and wants me to drive her. That way she can be as late as she can be and then can beat the horse (me) to make sure she doesn't miss her flight. If I came out there to drive her around, I could dump her off in Santa Ana and we would have time to go visit the "infamous neighbor" and some train shops. Jack
Ray......she lands in Long Beach in about 15 minutes, so you, DougDG, and Don better go into hiding. She refuses to take any sort of livery to the airport on this end and wants me to drive her. That way she can be as late as she can be and then can beat the horse (me) to make sure she doesn't miss her flight. If I came out there to drive her around, I could dump her off in Santa Ana and we would have time to go visit the "infamous neighbor" and some train shops.
Jack
Jack,
LB Airport is about 15 min from my place. COME ON DOWN ! I will make "special" arrangements with the neighbor. Got plenty of stuff to occupy the time.
Just let me know, (BTW I know the path to both Doug's and Ray's places also.)
Don
8ntruckgot up to see mom in Michigan on Monday
8N maybe we past each other on the road ?
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
fifedog What the heck. MAY wasn't so bad...keep it. dougnotta - Thanks for the heads-up. Gonna pass. 88 ---> Tellyawhatimagonnado... Will be droppin' fifepup off to you for your company's 4th of July picnic. I think you boys will dominate in the 3-legged-race. Okay, that was bad. Those of you who laughed,smiled,geffawed,snickered,spit soda out your noses, look ashamed.
What the heck. MAY wasn't so bad...keep it.
dougnotta - Thanks for the heads-up. Gonna pass.
88 ---> Tellyawhatimagonnado... Will be droppin' fifepup off to you for your company's 4th of July picnic. I think you boys will dominate in the 3-legged-race.
Okay, that was bad. Those of you who laughed,smiled,geffawed,snickered,spit soda out your noses, look ashamed.
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Hi GUYZ,
5 more dayz o school.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 68 degrees. Going up to 78 today with a chance of thunderstorms later. Humidity high.
Today is a busy day. I have paperwork to do and chores around the house. Legs are achy, as usual, from PT yesterday. Plan on taking it easy this afternoon. I need to run trains.
Dining car is here and it's the usual for breakfast. Then, it's all aboard for all "Points West".
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
rtraincollector fifedog What the heck. MAY wasn't so bad...keep it. dougnotta - Thanks for the heads-up. Gonna pass. 88 ---> Tellyawhatimagonnado... Will be droppin' fifepup off to you for your company's 4th of July picnic. I think you boys will dominate in the 3-legged-race. Okay, that was bad. Those of you who laughed,smiled,geffawed,snickered,spit soda out your noses, look ashamed. And you said my comment to dennis was wrong about getting his porched screened in.
Good morning all,
It is rainy in SE Indiana. Hopefully it will clear off in time for my game tonight. I am so looking forward to the season. (For a long time, that was the only thing getting me up in the morning.) Watched "Glee" last night. Again a bit uneven, but at least they try something different. I had the regular fare on the dining car this morning as it rolled in from "Points East". TBIl anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
lionroar88 rtraincollector fifedog What the heck. MAY wasn't so bad...keep it. dougnotta - Thanks for the heads-up. Gonna pass. 88 ---> Tellyawhatimagonnado... Will be droppin' fifepup off to you for your company's 4th of July picnic. I think you boys will dominate in the 3-legged-race. Okay, that was bad. Those of you who laughed,smiled,geffawed,snickered,spit soda out your noses, look ashamed. And you said my comment to dennis was wrong about getting his porched screened in. I missed this exchange... Fife - That was HILARIOUS!!!!!!
88 goto http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/p/173337/1909481.aspx#1909481 and read about the whole page but it acually starts with dennis at the top and then me
Man.....I can't keep up!
Rich.....you are a road warrior! What a haul!
SJ......I was glad to hear you are still doing so much better. A trip to the dentist or the doctor is no picnic except sometimes there can be a visual distraction or two as Chuck has found.
RT.....we have your back, right after we take great delight in teasing you. Thank you for your timely "renewal" efforts for the rest of us, even if you got lost in a mental time warp. BTW.....it's 2010.
Dennis.....sometime kids forget themselves and do what is expected, to our surprise. Fear not, they are highly resistant to brainwashing and should return to normal shortly.
Hudson.....realizing our mortalility can be a scary thing. I was raised with the expectation that wakes and funerals are not to be missed. Nothing needs to be said at those uncomfortable situations. Our quiet presence says it all.
8N.....what a weekend you had. Among the miles driven, the family visited, and the emotions of your Dad's interrment, you must be fried. I was glad to hear your Mom is so encouraged by her PT and knee replacement that she is contemplating having the other knee done.
Roy.....prayers that you get some rain. We are too dry overall up my way too after being under water just two months ago.
Fife.....you are assuming Brent's unbroken shoulder (left side vs right) matches up with Fifepups' repaired leg. One of them may have to hop backwards. Your observation may have spelled the death of my keyboard!
Ray, Don, and Doug.....if I had gone along with the wife to CA I would take you up on your offers. I was left behind to hold down the fort and take care of the dog.
Later, gang.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Aloha all from a stormy, grey Chicago where it is in the 60s and humid. Rain on its way to Michigan. Wish I could send some damp to Texas. Took the family out for pizza last night to celebrate the end of the school years - now I have to make a few phone calls about summer school LOL, Hope students enroll in my summer course. I need the $. Prayers for SJ at the dentist. Condolences on your father's burial, 8n. Glad your mom is doing well. Jack, there are little patches with the Nike 'swoosh' on the shoes worn by the Jordan statue today. Funny!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning fellas...
We spread 10+ yards of bulk mulch over the weekend at the new house. It took 2 days! Looks good though.
So it turns out that both of my eyes are infected. I haven't been able to keep my contact lenses in and happy for the past week. Went to the eye doctor yesterday and he put me on some $50 antibiotic eyedrops. Hope the help. Wearing really old glasses now.
Memorial Day parade was soggy, but the kids had fun. Jack made the local news parade coverage again this year.
Worked on the train table with Jack last night. We hooked up an MTH Fire Station and he probably hit that button 50 times before I made him get ready for bed. I hit it a couple times too :)
Wes
dbaker48Ray......she lands in Long Beach in about 15 minutes, so you, DougDG, and Don better go into hiding
Jack, too bad you can't come too. Don does in fact no the way to my place and it would be nice if we all got together.
My number 2 son is off to places in the East today. He is taking a rambling vacation starting at Steamtown in Scranton and then on to some other places.
Ray
SPMan
fifedog 88 ---> Tellyawhatimagonnado... Will be droppin' fifepup off to you for your company's 4th of July picnic. I think you boys will dominate in the 3-legged-race. Okay, that was bad. Those of you who laughed,smiled,geffawed,snickered,spit soda out your noses, look ashamed.
Fife,
I should probably go stand in the corner now. Seriously though, I hope fifepup has a quick recovery.
Wes W.,
Glad to see you back.
Wes Whitmore Morning fellas... We spread 10+ yards of bulk mulch over the weekend at the new house. It took 2 days! Looks good though. So it turns out that both of my eyes are infected. I haven't been able to keep my contact lenses in and happy for the past week. Went to the eye doctor yesterday and he put me on some $50 antibiotic eyedrops. Hope the help. Wearing really old glasses now. Memorial Day parade was soggy, but the kids had fun. Jack made the local news parade coverage again this year. Worked on the train table with Jack last night. We hooked up an MTH Fire Station and he probably hit that button 50 times before I made him get ready for bed. I hit it a couple times too :) Wes
Wes.....I've been wearing contact lenses for 44 years, and most of my problems have been self-inflicted. I've been lucky, to say the least. Like you, when an issue sets in, I have to scramble to lay off the lenses for a week or two and make due with "old" glasses that are not cutting it. Surgical correction is looking mighty tempting. I got a stye around January each of the past two years, first the right eye and then the left.. I looked like Rocky Balboa after 15. Each stye took over a month to clear up 80%, with hot compresses, antibiotics, and lens abstitnence. I've gotten more religious about sterility and lens cleaning/disinfecting (gas permeables). We'll see where that takes me. My optometrist of 20 years recently seems to be undercorrecting for my up close reading needs......particularly for less than perfect lighting conditions. This is particularly disappointing when one invests a lot of money in varilux lenses and has them also for sunglsses, then I wind up buying reading glasses at the drug store for $12.
So Jack is your VP of QC. If your set-up can withstand him, you must be doing it right! Loved the pictures. Miles of smiles.
DougM.....the Black Hawks better take it to the Flyers in Philadelphia. The Bruins went to sleep and watched a 3-0 advantage in the win collumn and a 3-0 edge in game seven to flush the season. Philly isn't dead until the fat lady sings. There is no quit in them.
Jack.
Good Morning
Left early for some shopping, got home the same time rain showed up. I can't feel any damage to the new dental work so hopefully the meds are helping. For a small group there are lots of things gong on with the coffee drinkers. I hope everyone does well. Heck lets run some trains.....S.J.
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RockIsland52 Man.....I can't keep up! Rich.....you are a road warrior! What a haul! It's called youth being younger than we are. Dennis.....sometime kids forget themselves and do what is expected, to our surprise. Fear not, they are highly resistant to brainwashing and should return to normal shortly. If it were any other kids I'd be tempted to say "report card time". Later, gang. Jack
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SJ......that's good news! Both you and Rich (anjdevil) now have "choppers" that work! Hang in there, buddy. Prayers that you continue to feel better and that you find the right Doc to get to the bottom of this crap malady.
DougDG, RaySP, and Don......the smoke from the Quebec province fires is still blowing down the East coast and still has us in a total haze down here in Taxachusetts, past the Cape, and into Rhode Island and Connecticut. We need for the wind direction to change to an Easterly direction and send the stuff across the pond to John Baker.
Is the CA air quality considered better now than it was 3 or 4 decades ago? Wife called last night from your sunny climes, said the weather is beautiful. The folks from work were going to take her out to dinner for seafood on the water somewhere, Newport Beach perhaps.
The air quality has improved considerably with the exception being fire issues during the summer thru fall fire season. Believe it officially started yesterday but some of the brush rigs and CDF stations have been manned early this year. With the way the economy has been going out here the air will probably continue to improve.
RockIsland52Man.....I can't keep up!
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DougDG......doesn't CA have some sort of restrictions on the use of personal "charcoal" grills for cooking and outdoor fire pits?
Wonder what happened to Chief. He seems to have disappeared for the past two days, like he went into the witness protection program for mayors or something. Kinda miss having that grit-eating Southern geezer him around.
RockIsland52Kinda miss having that grit-eating Southern geezer him around.
He is at a political rally where they have free food.
Good Evening
I think chief said he'd be back before the end of the week. Well we use less pages without him lol. Rained this morning and just been a sun and cloud day. spent a lot of the afternoon napping. Banilla is ready and boy I'm ready to fly let me at those joy sticks and hang on.
S.J.
Scotty it sounds like Sir James is going to need 110% out of the dilithium crystals tonight!
RockIsland52 DougDG......doesn't CA have some sort of restrictions on the use of personal "charcoal" grills for cooking and outdoor fire pits? Jack.
Jack, I am going to beg off on answering that, if I completely express my feelings about our state politicians & state/regional/county regulatory agencies the coffee pot would probably be put on no less than double but more likely triple super secret probation.
MichRR714 Scotty it sounds like Sir James is going to need 110% out of the dilithium crystals tonight!
SJ, pulled over in the Tardis tonight for driving under the influence......of banilla. I better go look for my helmet for tonight's ride.
Fife.....I don't think Brent and Fifepup will be able to get through the metal detectors on their way into Brent's company's 4th of July picnic. And you can't build one healthy person using all of the remaining healthy body parts between the two of them.
dougdagrump RockIsland52 DougDG......doesn't CA have some sort of restrictions on the use of personal "charcoal" grills for cooking and outdoor fire pits? Jack. Jack, I am going to beg off on answering that, if I completely express my feelings about our state politicians & state/regional/county regulatory agencies the coffee pot would probably be put on no less than double but more likely triple super secret probation.
DougDG: did you know about Time Magazine's list of The 50 Worst Cars of All Time which included the 1980 Corvette "California."
http://205.188.238.109/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1658545,00.html
The California emissions braintrust banned the venerable 350c.i. engine for import into the Golden State, insisting on a 305c.i. replacement engine that put out an anemic 180 horsepower. And they weren't through, insisting on a 3 speed automatic transmission to make the complete nuetering of the car complete.
Good Evening, hot and sticky at the Jersey Shore,
Jack you are right about Funerals and Wakes. Your presence is enough. I have been going to too many lately. since January it is averaging 2 a Month.
John
Yes John kinda strange, we have been to six so far this year.
Way more than the norm.
8NT - sorry, I must have missed that - prayers for your family.
Prayers for us all and our friends and loved ones.
A little bird told me that Friday is a big day for someone on the coffee pot! Apparently, Chief will be having a birthday! Hope he's back to share it with us, but if he's at the lake, then I hope he gets his fill of grits and cake
Had the first watermelon of the year so it must be Summer now! Still have room for some banilla, so let's go guys - Tardis is ready, freddy!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
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