Good Morning from the Jersey Shore. Cloudy/Showers, 76 with 88%Humidity going to 92.
Left for fishing at 5:15, on the way out the wind picked up, got real cloudy, headed back, loaded the boat on the trailer and when we got home we had a light shower. Real cloudy now with a forcast of 30% rain this morning.
8ntruck, You have a well behaved dog. Our 8 month old Lab keeps going and forgets about COME when he gets distracted. He is real good otherwise.
RT, I got a bad feeling about the Ebay seller that you mentioned and I refrained from buying.
Chuck, The dining car brought me the same. Enjoy your day.
John
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 72 degrees. Going up to 90 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have the chores to do and an errand to run. This afternoon, I will go to PT. More walking. That seems to be the best exercise for the legs.
Dining car is here with the usual Cheerios breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
well 74 right now calling for 102 for a high today and tomorrow and then add the humidity down here wow its going to be a scorcher here for next few days anyway. Feel for you all up in the north east as you all don't get that very often so probably worst on you all than us who do get. Hope it cools some for you soon and the humidity drops as well
Not a lot going on here today took today off as came home early yesterday with a stomach virus of some sort and don't feel much better this morning although was feel better last night so figure just take another day and see how it goes.
Got my train engine in from mwinternetauctionsonmain from ebay well yes they accept returns but by time I send it back I'm out about what it probably will cost me to repair it so seeing this is the second engine I got from him needing repair in a row over last year I guess somewhere around there I decided I would not buy any more power units from him and tried to politely inform him of same well got email back from him this am stating he would honor my wishes and block me from bidding on any more of his auctions Tells me he doesn't care about his business as I just said power units to him if he treats others the same way I wonder how long he will stay in business. He gets some nice looking items so just say be careful if you buy from him as it is as is period.
Just taking it easy today hope all doing well will talk to you all later.
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Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in 80s and the possibility of some rain later in the day. We won not one, but two games last night. It seems as if one of our ties last week was turned into a win when the other team was shown to use an unregistered player. Hmmmm....Combining the win on the field (3-2) with a tie between two other teams ahead of us and we went from fourth to first in the standings in one week. If we win the next two games, we will win the regular season title, which gives us top seed in the tourney. I played adequately and a lot for me last night. I also got an e-mail from my Brazilian soccer student. If she gives me permission to do so, I will post a portion of it here at some point in the future. In one short paragraph, she sums up what the passion for the sport is all about. Good day at work yesterday and perhaps a better one in store for today. I had the regular fare on the dining car this morning for breakfast. TBIL anytime tonight and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Another mixed bag of weather today. Low 80's with humidity to match. Today's 'gully washer' arrived about 6pm.
The decree has been passed down that the plant's air conditioners would not run this week during shutdown. It is not terribly hot, but it is humid. When you sweat, you just get wet - no evaproative cooling. I'm fortunate in that I'm about 50% in the office and 50% on the floor, so I have a chance to dry out and cool off.
Won three out of four on e-bay today. The automated stock car got away, but I did win a white Frisco box car, a Lionel Lines anneversary box car and a Buick century celebration box car. Think I've got about as much in shipping fees as I do in purchase price on this batch.
I bought the MGA as a basket case. The original engine and tranny were not there. The original 4.33:1 rear axle is, though. That is going to get changed, as I don't want to live with a V8 geared that deep. My friend had a Healey 3000 that was set up for gymcanna. I think he said it had 4:56 gears in it! Really strong off the line.
Seems to me that the Spitfire would do about 83mph with the top down, and maybe 85 with the top up. It stayed dry in the rain above 60mph with the top down.
Our dog is mostly boarder collie. When he sees rabbits or neighbor's cats in the yard, he will chase them right up to the lot line - then stop.
All for now.
P.S. - I'll point all of our fans to the north east. Maybe it will blow some of this 'cool' air that way.
Good Evening from the Jersey Shore, Down to 80 with 79% Humidity.
Jack, we will be flying, but the trip my not come off as planned. We have a wedding on Monday 8/9/10, in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. My wife wanted to go the week ahead and see Yellowstone, an est. 18hr drive. We learned this afternoon that my son, who wants to be a NJ State Trooper, has been accepted in the Trooper Youth week the week of 8/2-6. So now we may spend the week in Southern Colorado or we may not be able to go at all because another issue has come up.
SJ, I would loan you our pup, Mack, but he would want to keep rabbits as pets. He goes after everything else and his favorite is chasing deer, which I am trying to break him of for fear of him getting hit by a car.
Mike C., I give you credit for playing a game that you seem to enjoy and excell in and enjoy coaching and passing on your skills. They did not have soccer when I was in school and I never played it. I am just understanding it now.
Thoughts and prayers for all in need.
Sounds great SJ - I'll be along shortly with the guys. Had a headache again today, think it's the weather as some rhinitis, but no fever or other symptoms. Oh well, tomorrow will be better, I hope.
Jack - I don't like most of the AB products myself, but I don't see any actual slam on Saint Louis? Dad goes by Jack also, btw - probably one of the reasons I liked you right off the bat
Mike - soccer was my favorite sport when I was a kid, we played it all the way through 8th grade.
Clearing data and programs off an old xp computer so I can pass it down to a sister, but tonight I just don't feel like it. Watching tv shows and relaxing, waiting for chat time and then bed. Nice talk with RT already
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Evening
95 that say's it all
My son's cat would take care of the wabbits in no time at all but I'm afraid she might wonder off trying to get back home. Well I don't like it but I spent the day indoors, hard to breath. Strange how we change. I spent more than half my life without AC now everybody has it. Banilla will stay in the freezer till thingy pickup time. I hope all had a good hump day..
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Chief, congratulations on the new school. Your hard work paid off. Sounds like a population explosion on the deer. They love to hang around land with crops on it. Need more hunting in that area? I will send my deer hunting buddy back there. He went all the way from California to West Virginia one time for deer hunting and never saw one. Guy he went with said they were as thick as rats and rabbits back there. Only venison they got was out of a deep freezer from the brother in law who was the local game warden.
Back at dentist today again for denture inspection and temporary reline. Good for another three months then need new permanent reline.
Cool weather continues but high temps predicted for later in the week.
Later,
Ray
SPMan
hello guys, hope you all are ok. pat i liked your method of keeping critters out of your garden. in our garden we use railroad ties to raise it up off the ground and the neighbors cats to keep the critters away as well as a rabbit fence which i believe is 20 inches tall. seems to work ok. i guess those virginia critters are pretty persistent. it has been hot here also, 90's and humid. thank god for air conditioning. pat you have got to let us see a pic of your layout. please buddy? i wish i knew how to put pics on this or i would send more. that is why i change my avatar so much. it is the only way i know to share pics with you guys. chief how do you guys pay for schools there? all they do here is go after the property owners and they make the taxes sky-high. navyjack
sir james IGood Morning Sun and 81, going into the 90s. It's finally getting warm here, I had to take a shower, just had one on my birthday last month. Grass still has some green but starting to turn brown. I don't water it, to much $$ and it's just grass. It will turn green again when it rains. I'm having wabbit problems in the garden tried the chiefs hot mix, tried wabbit repellent but they still come. No I can't shot them we are inside city limits and its a huge fine to fire a gun. Have a great hump day. Doug happy to get you home safe and sound....S.J.
Good Morning
Sun and 81, going into the 90s.
It's finally getting warm here, I had to take a shower, just had one on my birthday last month. Grass still has some green but starting to turn brown. I don't water it, to much $$ and it's just grass. It will turn green again when it rains. I'm having wabbit problems in the garden tried the chiefs hot mix, tried wabbit repellent but they still come. No I can't shot them we are inside city limits and its a huge fine to fire a gun. Have a great hump day.
Doug happy to get you home safe and sound....S.J.
SJ - What works for me is a woven electric chicken fence powered by a small charger. A little expensive but works well on wabbets, cats, dogs, opossum, raccoons, Etc. From www.premier1supplies.com/poultry.
Pat
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Jack--
Flash floods are now the problem as last night strong storms were the norm in NE IA and SC IA. Not far from our oldest son's home they received 7" of rain last night, they will arrive home this afternoon from New York and I sure hope everything is OK. I-35 in southern IA had several accident this AM as the water began to creep into some lanes, ugh.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Jon and Demay.......5 inches of rain already this month in OK. More floods. Hope you are safe, sound, and dry. Prayers for the many in OK who can't catch a break. I can only imagine the hardship for them.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Morning all. Hot and humid. Now Jack, I must take you to task on the hot air. Seems a high pressure is sitting over all of us. In a high, the air rotates in a clock wise direction. Since it is hotter up NAWTH than here and was before we got roasted, common sence says the hot air is rotating down from MA. Now on dogs. They chase deer, rabbits and squirrels. Burg is the only one home right now. He went out with me to send the culprit over the fence. Lucy can detect them while in the house. Burg is old and loves A/C.
Off to the lake house soon. Back Sunday or Monday.
Thanks for all of the prayers for Mom and the HS. Will tell you a story. Read morning devotional. Said give your worries and etc to God, He will take care of them. Said write them on a card and put them in your Bible, I wrote get HS for Rolesville [among other things, Mom and etc]. Two hours later the County Commissioner that was the "swing vote" called and pledged her support. Works.
Later
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Aloha all. Busy hot day here. I may have to come in tomorrow on my vacation to deal with some issues. Hope not as it is my annual take-the-teen-to-a-game visit with the White Sox. Nice company on the ride home last night after class: Sir J, Brutus, RT, Ole Timer and Charlie.Patio furniture from Sears holding up nicely, Jack. Haven't even lost the umbrella yet
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good mornin Ya'll from Steamy Taxachusetts,
Temps dropped to 78 overnight, back up to the mid 90s today. The humidity is way up over yesterday, so it will seem even hotter than yesterday with the heat index. I hate to burst Chief's meteorological bubble, but in the past few millenia it is my understanding that the weather patterns generally move up from the South/Southwest. So the hot air isn't coming from Taxachusetts as he speculated. Hot air is coming Nawth from Raleigh.
Got up at sunrise to turn on the front sprinlers and take stock of the continued chipmunk assault on my property. They had been busy creating one of their network of tunnels under my front porch a while back and decided to create an exit.....a 9" in diameter one right through our asphalt walkway. Asphalt sidewalks, walkways, driveways, ans roads......a MA. thing I don't understand. Anyway, I filled the hole with 4 rocks the size of my fist. They just excavated around the rocks and broke off more asphalt. Hole is now growing. Wife wants to try poison to eradicate the critters, but Pat is correct......the solution is spelled C-A-T, hungry ones at that.
Demay.....My prayers for a safe and uneventful delivery, if one can call childbirth uneventful. My apologies. I must be remiss in that I didn't know you and your better half are expecting. Congratulations on the upcoming addition to your family! Were there any presents with flanged wheels at the baby shower?
Today is the running of the bulls in Pamplona Spain. I was disappointed to see Chuck's post from SNOHIO. Looks like he is skipping this year's event to run from/chase something more interesting and dangerous at PT.
MikeC...... "If the Good Lord is willing, I will expire with my cleats on." Have to admit, that is a fetish I never heard of.
Wes.....sorry I mistook you for Buckeye and his wife visiting Jon and his better half in Ioway. It was Buckeye. I got my Snowhio boys confused. But Buckeye's photo tells it all. Nice watertower, Jon. Really like the local reference. Do you miss it?
Banks.....I'm sweating just reading your post about bailing hay. I was working Maximus the dog in the back yard last night for about 15 minutes and got heated up pretty quickly. Temps had dropped to a cool 88. The dog wanted back into the confines of the a/c too.
Chief......as a proper Southern gentleman, shouldn't you have already trained the pups to be working and hunting dogs? Burg, Lucy, and Finn should be patrolling your vast estates and protecting them from the intruding deer while you sit in your rocking chair on the porch, barking out commands, shotgun laying on the lap with a jug at your reach. With the opposing army on the run, it may be time for a full court press on the regional water rights.
SubBob.....both vehicles, the Corvair van and the MGBGT, seem to have exceptionally clean sheet metal for 40+ year old iron. They must have spent their lives up until now in the dry climes of the good ole American Southwest.
8n.......since the temps have fallen to the high 80s in your neck of the woods, it's time you do your neighbors a favor and put some clothes back on. Re the gully washer......send it here. I see you had a Triumph Spitfire. That and the Austin Healy Sprite seemed to be the open air British cars of choice in my realm of acquaintance. Those with the money jumped on used Austin Healy 3000s, MGBs, and the higher numbered TRs. If I recall correctly, the Sprite couldn't hit 88mph but was fairly reliable. I learned to drive stick shift in a Sprite, British racing green of course. I think of all the times riding on the luggage shelf of a Sprite......no seatbelt of course. Do you still have the original motor for the 1960 MGA?
RT......I don't recall us issuing Laz a pass to drop off the Pot. This is going to require some stiff disciplinary action on our part. Perhaps he is in jail for fishing without a license or got cited for FUI, fishing under the influence. Worse, he could have pulled a Brent and be laid up in a hospital somewhere.
HudsonJohn.....are you driving to Colorado? Last time I was there it was winter, I was young and single, and was visiting a "friend." We embarked on a drive up to Aspen but got waylaid about half way up, and not by weather. at a bar after stopping for an early lunch.
Later gang.
Sub Bob, As I was reading about Yellowstone, I remembered about the optional gas powered heater for the Corvair. The guy's with the Corvairs were telling me about it and it uses more gas than the engine. The guy's in the Gas Co. liked them in the winter for going up the hills in Jersey City. Great traction compared to the Ford, Dodge and later Chevy vans.
8n, I liked the line, "Lubed for Life". I will use it next time we have a failure at work and if it is warranty, I will use it on the rep.
Good Morning from the Jersey Shore, 82 and 98 is forecasted.
Dining car came and we had bagels, juice and ice tea before sending it to points North.
Today is a chill out day and plan for the trip to Colorado next month.
Jack if you remember last summer Laz disapeared also he seems to get real busy come summer were kinda like his kids at school we normally only see him durning the school semester hmmm wonder what it will be like when he retires will we see him at all?
Hope all having a good day talk to you all later
It is a humid 72 degrees. Going up to 94 today with 94% humidity. The A/C will be working hard.
Today is a busy day. I have the usual chores to do and a project to start. I hope to spend some time in the train room later.
Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s.
MikeC.....I'm curious. How many minutes playing soccer in this heat and humidity until the thrill is gone?
RockIsland52, from the moment I step onto the field until I step off, my whole world shrinks to the size of that round ball. At some point, I notice a lack of oxygen and maybe a bit of thirst from time to time. At my age, just the thrill of being on the field is its own reward. Growing up I never found a sport I enjoyed or was good at and now that I have found one, I am savoring every second of it. If the Good Lord is willing, I will expire with my cleats on.
Practiced with "my" soccer girls. Only 11 showed up, but there was lots of activity. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast before sending it to "Points East". Chief, congrats on the high school. Don't forget the soccer fields. TBIL after my game tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mixed sun, rain & clouds today with temps in the high 80's. Real gully washer came through about 10am.
Got a few bids in on misclaneous stuff on e-bay - we'll see how they come out tomorrow.
Chief - prayers for your mom, and congratulations on the new school.
I had a 1973 Triumph Spitfire for a while. Always carried a set of points and tools to change them. Installed a Radio Shack Archer Kit capacitive discharge unit on it. Seemed to help the point life some. That car liked to eat up the U joints in the swing axles too. The joints were so small, grease fittings would not fit. Turns out that they were 'lubed for life'. When the lube ran out, so did the life.
As far as future projects - I've got a 1960 MGA out in the barn waiting for its turn. Aluminium Olds 215 V8 for that one!
I just noticed. I've passed the 600 marker. Long way to go to close the gap on some of you gabby types.
'Nother day here in the Ol' Pueblo. Here's a complete photo of my '69 MGB-GT. Engine and tranny are out so she's a little light in the front end. Have all the engine parts but somehow got sidetracked on the van.
Here's a more complete shot of the van. This was a work van so the body has the usual dings but very little rust.
Hudson - heard the heat was like the VW's, but at least GM sprung for a blower rather than just the engine fan speed.
The "new to me" engine on end with the oil pan off. Looks pretty clean in there. Will seal it up tonight w/ a new gasket.
Chief - prayers for your mom
Saw my doc today for a follow up. She is happy w/ my progress, although my vacation schedule may have to change a bit. We'll see.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening all,
A warm, humid, cloudy day here. But since my work kept me inside today I did not mind it. Yesterday, the family and I drove to OK City for the evening. We had a nice dinner and it was probably our last night out for dinner before our newest child is born. My wife is scheduled for a C-section next week, but we find out tomorrow if the Dr. wants to deliver the baby sooner. My wife hopes it is sooner; this has been a rough pregnancy for her. On a layout note, I picked up a Walther's built-up gas station at a Hobby Lobby in OK City for a clearance price of only $17.97. It's original price was $54.
Chief - Congratulations on your school. From reading past threads I can tell this was something you were working to obtain for a considerable amount of time. I'm glad your perserverance and trust in the Almighty paid off.
RI Jack - You're not kidding about that Wii being dangerous. I almost pullled a muscle in my arm the first time I played one of the baseball games. And the Wii Fit programs are even more tricky.
Regards,
Joe
This settled the site in Rolesville.
HOT!!!! I hear that is coming from up North. This hot has to be a certain guy in MA. Was 101 at RDU International. Average temps for today was 89. Must be a Yankee trick to kill my tomato vines.
BTW: may start shooting deer. Just caught one inside my chain link fence at my apple tree. Never had that problem until this year. She got a real send off over the fence. Then shined Maglite into soybean field behind the house, 12 to16 deer within 25 yds. Gave them a "snort" and they took off across the field. Standing at the back of the field looking at my light. Just checked again and they are still at the back of the field.
Now for some popcorn. [Burg and I are going to the lake house tomorrow]
Hello All,
Baled hay this evening after work. Got seventy bales. I was hoping for 50. with some rain it would'a been 200. This may cover the cost of fertilizer.
It seems we are officially in a heat wave. Temps may break for the weekend with a slight chance of thunder storms.
Pat, ain't it the truth!!!
Bob , The Corvair looks good. My uncle had a blue one in the early "60s. That's as much as I can remember.
Chief Congas on the School.
Past bed time. Night all.
Prayers for all who may need them
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
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Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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Hot 94
Stayed in most of the day. Root beer and banilla sound real good right now.
Brutus light the fuse and fire up the thingy......S.J.
Chief, Gongratulations on the New High School.
Ole Timer and the rest of the British Sports Car guys, I am only teasing. I can tell you about problems with all of the cars of that era. That is why I still keep the points and condenser in my 1965 Mustang, or as they get refered to as Rustangs. Bob's picture of the MGB with the wire wheels reminds of the rainy night that my best friend Vince called me to help him change a flat in his. I remember laying in a puddle beating the wheel off of the hub spline with a sledge hammer. We Never Seized it after that.
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