talking to sj and brutus on the tardis and still can't solve any of the world problems lol. Not much happening today did work 8 OT to help pay dons and chiefs S.S.
Well will talk to you all later
oh fife off the 21st but just a bit far to drive for the day for me lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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lionroar88I would love to do it. I've been looking for 'work from home' options and the more I think about staying home with the kids the more I'm liking it. Would be a HUGE life-style change for Susan and I because of the lost income... really wish I didn't have the rental property in PA or it would make it so much easier.We'll see. The comment was made more in jest than anything.
I was aware that you were not serious. Just pointing out the options. It is becoming more common, with the wife being the biggest earner in some couples it is the obvious choice, but that is not always the deciding factor. Work from home would be great.
Buckeye--
Stay safe under da underpass -- please remember .... don't move SE!
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Tomorrow is to be horribly hot and where does old Buckeye find himself; out on the road inspecting a bridge.
I might get some good photos of some trains, which reminds me, I better charge the batteries.
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
'Evening Guys!
NavyJack, if it were up to me, retired vets would pay 50% taxes, combat/disabled vets 0%. And FREE healthcare for their spouses. Hey, it's only fair...but this "monarchy" is really making a mess mockery mistake of things...
Brent, I retired...but not really..money runs out waaaaay too fast for me....
Have a job interview tomorrow and a sitdown with the temp agency......juuuuust in case. I won't jump too fast, but if its good enough, I may jump anyway
No calls today...bummer...but there's always tomorrow. Had a mutual aid yesterday, made the truck and got recalled a mile out of the station.
Was supposed to be in the 90's here today, I was warm about noon time and rolled down the windows in the Miata my BIL is letting me use.....
that's all thats fit to print for now, I'll be checking back later!
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
Good Evening
90 and very sticky.
I stayed inside today spoiled by AC. Ran my TMCC Wabash F3s today, boy what great sound. My fried eggs this morning looked scrambled by the time they made it to the bread. lol Beacon is spinning but will have to wait till after we ride home with Doug M., then we will break out the banilla and root beer....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
hello guys, hope that you are fine. it is 98 here today and very humid. air conditioner is not working. fan runs but no cold air. congrats on those who retire. be thankful for social security. i spent a career in the service and became disabled. when i retired(i spent 22.5 years in service) and i started to receive 1/2 pay they take 30 percent disabilty pay out of my retirement (va), and there is not much left. this is called the disabled veterans tax(dollar for dollar) maybe govt plans to use this system on civilians also. p.s. all the time i was in service i payed into ss also. will look at trains tonight. navyjack
this system is used on disabled vets only who are rated below 50 percent disabled by va(i am 30 percent and have not walked or got out of bed for ten years), if i had retired from other than the military i would draw both pays. like the post office, teaching or mcdonalds. pres promised to end this but did not. 450,000 vets are involved
Brent, while retirement may sound good, Chief and others on SS really need us to contribute to the "fund". Perhaps if we got a special pass from the mayor, we can retire.
Wife is bringing daughter to ballet tonight. Been a nice day so far, early case, done and home. Then, wife and I watched "Matrix" on tv. Picked up the kids, went to vote, and then home for some dinner (Flounder, veggies, rice and garlic bread).
Will be DVRing the show "19 kids and counting" tonight as they are having the episode of when the Duggars came to our local town to participate in the filming of our latest movie. Should be nice to watch, but we will be sleeping by then.
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
jefelectriclionroar88 Mornin' Fellas.I am considering a career change. Retired is sounding more and more like my style. you. Brent, After the adoption goes through, you can be a stay at home Dad. I had a friend who worked IT that did just that. John
lionroar88 Mornin' Fellas.I am considering a career change. Retired is sounding more and more like my style. you.
Mornin' Fellas.I am considering a career change. Retired is sounding more and more like my style. you.
lionroar88Mornin' Fellas.I am considering a career change. Retired is sounding more and more like my style. you.
RT .... okay will try to ...
Brent ... if you can swing it .... GO FOR IT !!!!
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s. Stayed up and talked to Lucas past 1 AM this morning. Then he seemed surprised I took the day off as well. May be reffing my first youth soccer game of the fall this weekend. Grass is really dry. Supposed to be good chance of thunderstorms this week. I had waffles, sausage and cereal on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL any time tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning everyone,
Doug - Thanks for the information about painting the foam. Fortunately, I tried it on some small sample pieces and did not lose anything substantial.
SJ - Thanks for answering the volatage question. I have it hooked up to the 0 - 11 constant posts, which is at the low-end of manual's spectrum. It lights up and runs great, now I only need to decide whether I want to have the train set it off or not. I probably will not since my son and I like pushing the buttons.
I'm not sure of the temp right now, but I know it is going to be hot again. We did not the rain I was hoping for yesterday, and there isn't any on the horizon. I guess I will have to keep watering the plants myself; they are taking a beating in this heat.
Back to work for now.
Joe
Mornin' Fellas.I am considering a career change. Retired is sounding more and more like my style. Fife - will email you.
Good Morning All
Sun and 90 today
Constant voltage is A-OK as long as its not too high. VAC will give you a working voltage without the possible chance of a burned out coil. Coils can burn out anyway if left on too long. No plans for the day, got to find something to burn for breakfast. Have a good day.
S.J.
Aloha all. Muggy and grey in Chicago. Delightful. I love summer except for the skeeters large enough this season to carry off a Volkswagen. . Church meeting canceled last eve, so I got to catch up on 'my' TV - more Top Gear and Toy Stories - in last night's episode, they built a full-size bridge out of Meccano (Erector) sets. Fife, our Menards has lots of 1:43 cars. I'll look later this week. Last class of the summer tonight. I'll look for 'riders' to join me on the train ride home in the station at 830p CST.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
cnw1995 - Oh, forgot, 1:43.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Hot. MWAC.
Dish Network has an international flair to it today. Every other channel is either in arabic, indian, russian. Probably just a glitch, if not = bye-bye Dish Network.
Our DELL has got a serious case of the slows 88 -Help!
Chief - I'll send ya a PM.
cnw1995 - Been tryin' to track down a MENARD'S diecast NASCAR (Paul Menard - 15). Are they sitting under dust at the store?
Banks - Could probably use some corn and tomaters on the 21st...
Hello all,
Stopped in for a quick cup before I get started.
Busy weekend. Supplemented tomatoes from garden with some from Produce Auction. Ended up with 50 Quarts of juice and 32 Quart of whole tomatoes. As we were working on the juice Son arrived and said "Corn is ready". The ears are small but we husked 5 feed bags last night after dark. It'll be in the freezer before noon today. Lots of work but it'll taste good this winter.
Not much on the train front.
Church Festival and Hill Climb this weekend.
Prayers for all who may need them
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Humid. Going up to 92 today with a chance of rain.
Today is an easy day. I am achy from PT yesterday, and plan on relaxing after a few chores. I may work on some scenery in the train room. Not much else new here.
Dining car has arrived and it's the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Morning all had a good chat with brutus last night didn't cure any of the world problems but we tried lol.
Not much going on doing OT today so thats helps Chief and don with there SS checks.
Hope all have a good day will stop in later.
Hey O.T. Stop being such a stranger and come join us on the tardis some night
A fairly good day today. Went to look into some of the last things on the Jeep. My friend James who is staying w/ me for a bit did the heavy stuff. Found I messed up on the automatic adjusters for the rear drums a couple weeks back and started doing some machining on the fly. I realized I'm not sure I ever messed w/ one of those. Who needs automatic stuff anyway (but, yes I fixed it)? Well the drums had another turn in 'em so it wasn't a huge mistake. Drives like a dream now. May have to wait a bit before I sell it as the surgeon doesn't want me riding the bike 'til the end of the month.
The surgeon was happy w/ my progress, but cautioned me to take it easy still. She cleared me for light duty at work (I go on the hill tomorrow) and when I told her what I was going to be supervising this week (the scaffolding), she added to the release "no climbing". I told her I'd have them tie me to a chair in the chamber. Two computer types and one electrical engineer setting up 50 ft. of scaffolding right next to the critical surface of the dish. They need supervision.
Brutus - I second 8N's suggestion of Ace for the dremel brushes. I seem to remember at set when I was working there. Try to find a bigger Ace. The bigger the store, the more Dremel stuff.
Forgot who was thinking of me and Rich when looking on old iron. It is a labor of love. I connect w/ the car with every job I do. Each car has a spirit, some good and some not so good. Probably a reflection of the folks who put it together, after it's really all about people. What we often remember about our cars is the little problems they had. We call this "character". And I know this is really just a me thing, but I can't stand new cars. I'm getting to the point where if the engine isn't air cooled and in the back, I don't want anything to do w/ it. Leaning over a fender just doesn't feel right to me, but I digress.
Hope everyone has a good week
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
wrmcclellan dougdagrumpWill be filling in at the museum again tomorrow, all packed and ready to go. Doug - does that include the chili !!!! Forecast here next 5 days - 103/82
dougdagrumpWill be filling in at the museum again tomorrow, all packed and ready to go.
Doug - does that include the chili !!!!
Forecast here next 5 days - 103/82
Sorry Roy, no chili tomorrow. Everyone must fend for themselves.
Joe, When I am working with the styro/expanded foams, strictly a rattle can painter, I give them several light coats of a water based aerosol primer than they will accept the oil based aerosol paints.
Weather has been GREAT out here, other than a short hot spell we have been seeing mid to low 80's as the high and getting into the 50's at nite.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Proud New Member Of The NRA
Good evening all,
I received a Lionel 445 Animated Switch Tower reissue (12917) today I won on eBay. It works great and I am very pleased with the price I paid. I do have one question I'm hoping someone here can answer: Does it matter if I have it hooked up to my constant AC posts? The instructions state it runs best on a certain VAC range, but since I am using the on/off switches that came with it, I believe it is okay to use the constant posts. It worked fine both ways, but I want to make sure I am not messing it up.
See you all tomorrow,
Regards, Roy
Evenin' All.
Is it me or does the site seem to be moving a tad faster?
Been a very busy time past few days. Spent today helping daughter get ting her classroom ready for school on monday. Wifey helped with the paper preps and detailing, I was used for grunt labor. This year I double checked w/daughter before doing anything, last year I apparently ruffled some union feathers with some of the things I did. Just trying to clean up cabling for an efficient and cleaner work space.
Will be filling in at the museum again tomorrow, all packed and ready to go. Will definitely be glad when vacation times are over and done.
Later all.
Evening all!
The good news is the heat here has not let up and all is well with the world ?
Not much going on. Wife and daughter are at the American Idol tour show tonight, so the son and I are are on our own. Junk food evening!
Hope everyone is having a nice evening!
Sunny and high 90's today - typical August weather here.
Back to work today - the SS fund suffered enough last week. The new plant manager seems to be settling in and starting to make some changes. Gonna be an interesting few weeks.
Brutus - you might try an ACE hardware store for the Dremel brushes. Sometimes they carry a small selection of accessories.
Missed a couple of 200 series Alco beaters on e-bay this weekend. There will be others.
All for now.
77 and cloudy.
I watched the weather radar all afternoon as rain approached it got here and split north and south. Bet the snow won't do that.
Suppose to be meteor showers for the next few nights but we have clouds. Of course. If you have clear skies look N.E....Banilla is waiting and the beacon is humming, I'm ready.
Evening all
God bless you guys
Jim
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