Hey they changed the print color on the threads, much better now, easier on the eyes.
"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
Good evening all,
Just taking a quick break from the football game. The Yankees are off tonight. These next few months are brutal for my wife as baseball season heads into the playoffs and football season picks up steam.
John - Fortunately, my wife knows my limitations, as well as our budget, and doesn't get too crazy with the HGTV ideas. We enjoy it because we plan to purchase a home in Italy when we retire.
Doug - We were in OK for those quakes, but they were in the southern and southeastern parts of the state. Enid is located in the NW part.
More prayers for Lee. As usual Dennis says it best.
Good night,
Joe
Prayers for Bob, Lee and navyjack's grandkids!
Chief - thanks for the dough, it is appreciated!
Jack - sounds like a good Plan B to me! I'm sure you will be able to order your appliance soon. Maybe call and do it on the phone, that is often patched through to a central office somewhere and not affected by your local store.
Spackled the ceiling. I'll give the two small patches a 2nd coat tomorrow night or Saturday. Doesn't look too bad now though. This stuff was really light and supposed to dry in 15 minutes enough for painting.
I have some used dvds I'd like to sell, but ebay prices are so low it would probably cost me money to do it. I think I'll give them to friends at work or something.
TARDIS is ready and we have all the usual stuff. Jack, since Mike can't drive tonight, you can have the honors We need to go over and buz Brent's and Kurt's houses!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Evening everyone. Doug, You can expect to see gators near most bodies of water and often crossing roads near swamp type areas. Not like some of the photos you will see of "alligator Alley" in Florida, but enough to know that you may not be swimming alone.
Banks, Heavenly Father, I pray that you will be with our brother, that you will bring peace and comfort to him and his family and that you will meet them at their need. In Christ's name, Amen.
Lee, Lord, we ask that you will give guidance to Lee and his wife to financial stability. Help them to get through these troubled times with the security that is found in You. May they keep healthy and may they have peace that surpasses all understanding. We ask these in Jesus' name...Amen.
Chief, glad you are able to get that varmint rifle a good workout. Hope you are able to hit your mark every time. 243 is one of the few rifles that I don't own. It is a very good round for most game found in these parts. You may want to hold the line at Bear and get a bigger round for those bruins.
Jack, you are wrong for that...but I love it! Sounds like a good idea if you are not the one it is being done to. With regard to fixing washing machines and other appliances, I have fixed our washer, dryer, dish washer, Above Range Microwave, and a few other items around here. On one occasion, the washing machine had given it her last run. Even with me doing the repairs, the cost would be prohibitive. I found an older fellow who fixes appliances and also sells them for low prices to the less fortunate. I gave him a call and told him he could have the unit if he hauled it. Figure he could either use the parts, or get the other parts from another machine and fix that one. We went to Sears and picked up a "Consumer Reports Best Buy" Kenmore for a very good price. In the past, I have gotten good deals on some appliance "resale" places. They had W&D sets that were brand new from a military installation that was being closed. Units had never been installed and I got the set for $250-delivered!
John, within reason, I will not interrupt my family time to talk to a vendor. I do have a fair amount of time when I am home during what are considered normal working hours. Because of what I do, my schedule may have me working through the night and then taking a morning off to recover if possible. Either way, my family is more important than any call from work.
Speaking of family, time for me to join mine for bed time. We have some friends of our kids coming over to spend the night tomorrow. Then, on Saturday, we will return them to their parents and we have a project that our Sunday School class is doing. One of the neighborhoods that is used in the movie is impoverished. We will be setting up in the park in the center of the area and having all the kids and families join us for horseback riding, games, food, etc. It is just a time to love on some folks who certainly can use it. Be a little Salt and Light in the community. I hope to have our kids there for it as it is a important lesson to be learned.
God Bless,dennis
TCA#09-63805
Evening all
Paryers for Lee and navyjack's grandkids
We are going camping this weekend with friends. It will nice to be out. I'll put a for sale sign in the camper window and see if anyone bites.
I am wiped out, going to say evening prayers then off to bed
May God bless
Jim
Good Evening
Well summer left right after labor day. 69 was our high. Grandsons still running a fever so I'll be without grannys breakfast tomorrow..Burnt egg sandwich, yuck. But I got banilla and the beacon is scanning the sky so Brutus drop on in...S.J.
Evenin' All.
RockIsland52 Looks like the wifey and I will have to do our laundry over at the daughter and SIL's place this weekend, use their detergent/bleach/fabric softener, use their water, use their electricity, eat their food, drink their beer, be couch potatoes on their furniture, and help their children (the grandkids) mess up their house. Jack.
Looks like the wifey and I will have to do our laundry over at the daughter and SIL's place this weekend, use their detergent/bleach/fabric softener, use their water, use their electricity, eat their food, drink their beer, be couch potatoes on their furniture, and help their children (the grandkids) mess up their house.
Jack.
Jack, Don't you love it when a plan comes together, at least the best part of it anyway.
Joe, Were you guys in Ok when they had the little quakes ?
Sad to say a couple of people killed and another injured on the tracks in Orange County this morning, at 6:30am. As of yet nothing said as to why they were there, some neighbors have said that the area tends to be a "party place". Of course the rails were shut down for several hours for investigation.
Tomrrow is museum day, pot of Chili readied for lunch. Hope to leave early since the munchkin is spending the nite with us, plan on taking him down to see the hot rods & customs then Pizza Time.
Later All.
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Back from another pork bar-be-que political fund raiser. Finn is in trouble. Today he got into the bamboo on the livingroom harth. Got muddy water on the rug in the center of the floor. Cleaned up the hardwood floor. Put most of bamboo back in pot and added water. Just came home and he had done it all over again escep the bamboo and muddy foot prints are on his Mom's leather couch. She is at a Church committee meeting. Got up the muddy water and stones from the pot. Left the bamboo on the couch for his Mom. I beat him good with newpaper this afternoon. Seems it did no good. So this time I took him by the color and lectured him and told him what a bad boy he was. Who knows, might understand better than a newpaper beating. Only 5 months old [well almost].
When we got him [compare him with Lucy].
About 3 months old.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
RockIsland52 Doug Murphy's Law......if it can go wrong it will. I tried to buy a washing machine, but the appliance department's (and/or the store's) systems were down. The sales rep could not look ANYTHING up, let alone process a transaction. So I did what any sensible guy would do...... I killed time by looking at some flat screens in the adjacent TV department, waiting for the systems to come back up. Kept checking with the appliance sales rep, but no go. So I gave up after an hour of waiting and came home. Better luck tomorrow perhaps, but this pushes off delivery until next week when I can be home to let the delivery and installation boys in to do their thing. Looks like the wifey and I will have to do our laundry over at the daughter and SIL's place this weekend, use their detergent/bleach/fabric softener, use their water, use their electricity, eat their food, drink their beer, be couch potatoes on their furniture, and help their children (the grandkids) mess up their house. Jack.
Doug Murphy's Law......if it can go wrong it will.
I tried to buy a washing machine, but the appliance department's (and/or the store's) systems were down. The sales rep could not look ANYTHING up, let alone process a transaction. So I did what any sensible guy would do...... I killed time by looking at some flat screens in the adjacent TV department, waiting for the systems to come back up. Kept checking with the appliance sales rep, but no go. So I gave up after an hour of waiting and came home. Better luck tomorrow perhaps, but this pushes off delivery until next week when I can be home to let the delivery and installation boys in to do their thing.
Jack might be a little late now but sometimes if you go home and get on your putor and goto the stores website you can order and pay for it that way and set up delievery .
Evening all not a lot going on here just taking it easy talking to brutus on chat.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Sorry Jack. (a little). I love how there's never an alternative when the 'systems are down'
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
I haven't been on here in a while. Trying to save the house from foreclosure or bankruptcy. My main purpose seems to be holding on to my house. Even the homeowners insurance is going up!
Looks like moving day is coming very soon!!!
Salary cuts are being dished out here in southeast Florida as well as layoff notices every day!! NO-body is safe from the budget ax!! Even police officers are being laid or fired!!!!! The economy is getting worse than worse done here, almost defunct economy!
May have to sell some lower end trains that I am not 100% fond of, to pay bills!
Lee F.
thanks john, you are very considerate
Morning all, just got some pictures of my oldest sister's family reunion from facebook relayed to me ( I don't get facebook). Nice to see them all but don't recognize some since I have'nt seen some of them in years. They probably would'nt recognize me either.
Got call yesterday from an old financial advisor whom we don't use much anymore. Wants a $1500 per year fee to continue with him. Wrong time to be asking for a raise in the middle of a recession. Good luck to him.
Cool weather continues here. Very nice for doing things outside.
Congratulations to all you guys with over 4000 post. When did you start doing this? Was it when you were in High School? Just kidding. I'm just a late bloomer on here myself.
All you foxes look out for the Chief. He is armed and dangerous.
No more news yet about the skunk attack next door yesterday. Hope the dog did not get sprayed.
Think I'll go for my morning walk now since the sun is coming out.
Have a good one,
Ray
SPMan
hello guys, thought you would like to see how a sniper in the german army, lines up his target. pat he is aiming at a turkey vulture. navyjack
Off to buy a washing machine. Between the wife and I, we put in about 6 hours of research on the internet first......and the retail outlets sure don't make it easy on their websites until you dig.....a lot.
Missing model numbers, pictures and price only. Missing prices (click here for price), ya gotta dig for availablity and varying delivery dates, same with special discounts and offers. Free delivery and installation means FD&I but you pay haul away charge, or it may include it. ETC. Some retail websites let you click on 3 or four choices so you can get side-by-side specifications......and some don't. Some of the "verbage" like for height, width, and depth doesn't match the specification page.
Extended warranties? Expensive and way too short. Factory warranties......way too short (the washing machines for example are about 1 year parts and labor).
This will probably take me 5 minutes to buy now that the wifey and I have concensus. This stuff is all cheaply made, so much so that the cost of repair makes your decision to simply replace a no brainer. My plumber once told me that with a lot of appliances nowadays 8 years old means "nearly cooked." Then I read pretty much the same thing in Consumers Reports.
Add in the fact that the wife then gets the bright idea we should buy a clothes dryer at the same time to be on the safe side. I refused that suggestion.
Later, gang.
Jack
Good morning all,
Just came home for a quick lunch break. Pretty nice day outside today. The rain is gone and the sun is now making its way out. Unfortunately, the rest of my duty day will require me to remain indoors to work today.
Brutus - I often wonder if HGTV forces the people on the show to buy a house they may not want. I've seen many episodes of the International and stateside version where the buyers did not seem interested in any of the houses they saw.
I hope everybody is doing well today.
Lunch Time in Central Jersey,
I just got back to my office looking at equipment in the field. I am convinced that these guys can break anything.
RI Jack, Sounds like you have the identical washer to ours. NEVER AGAIN. Top loader next time.
Demay, Joe, I would like to ban HGTV from my house. My wife gets some crazy ideas for projects.
Dennis, When a rep calls me outside my work hours, I don't deal with him and when he asks me why I tell him. I hate the co. cell phone.
Navy Jack, I am glad to hear that you and Gigi are on the mend, but my deepest prayers for the grandchildren.
Fife, Do you think that they would cast the Chief as "Marlon Perkins"?
Thoughts and prayers for all in Need.
John
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Weather can only be described as beautiful here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Just got home from Goodyear, where I needed 2 front tires for the . Stopped at DD for .
Chief - If you accumulate any more critters, Mutual of Omaha might ask to film in your backyard. Any wilderbeasts...?
Good Morning
54/75 today sunny.
RI my daughter had a 3 year old GE dryer plastic part holding drum wore out. Repairman said replacement part was the same one. Out it went still looking new. Everything now is throw away.
Loved Chet Atkins, got LPs back to to 50s and a boxed set of CDs. Grannys babysitting today, kid went to school 1 day got up sick the next morning. And the saga begins again.
Enjoy your day...S.J.
BanksRoy, send some of that rain my way please.
Banks - don't worry. Oct York is coming and thus it will be pouring rain soon in PA.
Still raining a little here. Should end tonight. Weekend will be nice and low 90's but very humid with all the water about.
Good to hear most are on the mend. Continued prayers for NavyJack's grandchild.
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
Morning. Off to throw some .243 bullets at some paper. Want it right for some foxes, coyotes, groundhogs and maybe a deer. Prayer time at noon at Main Street Park. Political fund raiser at 5 PM. Town Hall time in between.
thank you guys for all the prayers. we are getting better. grandchildren are real sick now. little guy is on a breathing machine. appreciate your support. nice to hear from you mr. banks. navyjack
Hello all,
Been lurking lately not much time. Been having some issues also, a prayer would be appreciated.
Glad to see that Earl had little impact on every one.
Anjdevil, good luck and a prayer on your job hunt.
My son's job prospect is still there, thanks for your prayers
Brutus, Congrats on 4000.
Bob, glad to see you are on the mend.
Navyjack, hope you & the Mrs are feeling better.
Roy, send some of that rain my way please.
Best get to work, sorry if I missed any thing.
Prayers for all else who may need them
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Aloha from a sunny Crystal Lake where it is a brisk 47. Fall has fallen here. Jack, congrats on your 2K posts. You know, I never look at the counts. Maybe that's a good thing. I'm cleaning up Chicago in anticipation of your visit. Considering a run for mayor. Look what it did for the Chief! Dennis, are the gators just around - do you casually run into them like we do at Hilton Head? Caught up on Top Gear last night - watching old episodes. Lunch with pastor, have a couple of projects, including paperwork for the refi.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a foggy 50 degrees. Got cold last night. Going up to a sunny 74 degrees.
Today is a busy day. Grocery shopping and chores to do. I will be busy most of the day. Maybe I can relax later this afternoon.
Dining car is here for the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
SOSO in the weather area. Congrats on 4000, Jim! I did free weights at YMCA. First game of my season is tonight. Having usual first game of season jitters. Should not bother me but it does. "My" soccer girls got pounded again 4-0 on Tuesday night. Long season. Wife subbed yesterday and will again today. Told her she was paying for Chief's SS lol. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL after the game but someone else will have to drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Brutus, thanks for paying my SS. Now thank me for paying your salary. Just paid my quarterly Capital Gains Tax [sale of a farm to help keep Mom up until she died].
Thanks guys - Well, it took me about 6 years, lol! Most of you guys are going a lot faster! Demay, we have watched that show, but can't believe some of the houses people were buying. Lots of water damage and brick problems it seems?
Went to Home Depot and got some fast drying light spackle for the ceiling where the old light fixture bolts left holes. I also picked up some gromets for the cable to dress up the hole, but I didn't like them - black rubber and really made for a hole in a box or something. Went to Radio Shack and found some gromets that are white and made for coax cable. BUT - I will have to cut the cable to push through the gromet and then put a new connector on the end. SO - I also got a coax cable tool and a hex tool for locking it on there. Also picked up some batteries for the cordless phones in the house as the old ones won't hold a charge any more.
Wife has about finished cataloging our dvds and tapes - over 2300! I have a little section of just my train and toy train dvds
Tardis is ready after nice chats with RT, Jeffrey, SJ, and Charlie tonight. Jack, I'll have Mike pick you up on the way over here so we can pick out some movies for the flight tonight. Let's go!
Ate a couple of bar-be-que sandwiches about 2 PM. [leftovers from pigpicking] At about 8 PM, cooked some red hots and pan scrambled two eggs with cheese on top. Fried the red hots in bacon grease. Drained pan into a bowl of chopped fresh tomatoes. Spooned the tomatoes on top of the eggs. Great meal. Just saw on the news, friend at the lake, his son who was former drug force deputy for Durham Co., surrendered to the dept. Charged with taking some of the funds and an ounce of cocaine from a bust. Not good. He is really a great guy.
Off to bed. Good night all.
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