Finally some beautiful ... air cleansing ... refreshing RAIN !! The water table was extremely low here ... this should bring it up some .
Good Evening Damp and overcast all day.
I just stayed in. Got banilla for floats or pie so come and get it.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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navyjack ...........jack the pics of your dobie bring me back. what a good looking dog. does he have a nice temperment?.......... navyjack
...........jack the pics of your dobie bring me back. what a good looking dog. does he have a nice temperment?..........
navyjack
Thank you for the compliment about Maximus. He is our fourth Doberman. He has the perfect family temperment and is great with the grandchildren, our relatives, all of our friends, strangers, and with other dogs. Maximus will be two next month.
In the past year he has been the booth greeter for our dog trainer's business at four festivals that were raising money for local humane societies and animal shelters, and at two church festivals, more fundraising. Our job is to help teach the kids and parents about dog safety. Maximus and my wife also participate in the dog obedience demonstrations at these events..
Maximus goes with us to our granddaughter's soccer games, cookouts.....any and every place we can take him in the real world to keep the socialization at the front and center, even if that means taking him to the Mall and my working him around the entrance/exit doors while my wife shops. Any place where there are a lot of distractions, new sights, new sounds, weird people. Our plan is to eventually earn his TDI (Therapy Dog International) and get his certification to work at rehab facilities, nursing homes, and extended stay health care facilities. We train with about a half dozen Dobermans that are also therapy dogs.
I realize most folks look at Dobermans with a jaded view. Breeding, upbringing, and training. Blame the owner, not the breed is my motto.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good luck Jim hope you get it and it pays you well and it turns out to be a very enjoyable place to work.
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LawsonFarmsRR RockIsland52: Whoever hit my car in the parking lot and skipped, may the Lord give you a rash where the sun doesn't shine. NavyJack...... continued prayers for your wife's and your recovery. Didn't all of this start out with food poisoning? SJ......it must be depressing to have to suffer over so long with the Lions. What is wrong with that franchise anyway? Congas for Raymans and Seayakbill for your CTT appearance! Jack A good spot for bed bugs! It wasn't the GRITS! They are using the Redskins system! Yes, Congrats, but where is my CTT? Did they grab them all up? Pat
RockIsland52: Whoever hit my car in the parking lot and skipped, may the Lord give you a rash where the sun doesn't shine. NavyJack...... continued prayers for your wife's and your recovery. Didn't all of this start out with food poisoning? SJ......it must be depressing to have to suffer over so long with the Lions. What is wrong with that franchise anyway? Congas for Raymans and Seayakbill for your CTT appearance! Jack
Whoever hit my car in the parking lot and skipped, may the Lord give you a rash where the sun doesn't shine.
NavyJack...... continued prayers for your wife's and your recovery. Didn't all of this start out with food poisoning?
SJ......it must be depressing to have to suffer over so long with the Lions. What is wrong with that franchise anyway?
Congas for Raymans and Seayakbill for your CTT appearance!
A good spot for bed bugs!
It wasn't the GRITS!
They are using the Redskins system!
Yes, Congrats, but where is my CTT? Did they grab them all up?
Pat
Got mine about a week ago pat.
Evening all A/C just a little low on freon which I thought.
Well all went okay at doctors appointment
Did forget to pick up my meds after I went and set it up to pick up lol. Oh well will get them tomorrow morning.
Did get some of the pine needles off the house while waiting for the A/C guy still have more to get. next day off or maybe some afternoon when I get home.
JimmyT.........it doesn't get any better than that unless the job is in the Bahamas and you can live for free on Fife's yacht.
Jack.
Don,
Hope you feel better soon.
Jack,
I just got a call a few minutes ago from a local company, and they want me to come in on Friday for an interview. Can't wait.
RockIsland52 Whoever hit my car in the parking lot and skipped, may the Lord give you a rash where the sun doesn't shine. NavyJack...... continued prayers for your wife's and your recovery. Didn't all of this start out with food poisoning? SJ......it must be depressing to have to suffer over so long with the Lions. What is wrong with that franchise anyway? Congas for Raymans and Seayakbill for your CTT appearance! Jack
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Good Afternoon From Rainy and Chilly Cape Ann Taxachusetts,
High temps have gone from the high 80s to the high 50s in a couple of days! I had the heating plant serviced last month to make sure I was ready for Winter. Wife hasn't complained about being cold, even though we had a couple of nights in the low 40s. I must be keeping her HOT! We need some global warming here.
On the pest control front, I took the FIL's advice. Started spraying Raid Wasp and Hornet spray into the window a/c unit, even though I couldn't see where it was all going......only two bees in two days, so the elder statesman knows what he's talking about. Repeat applications to continue. Dropped the SRX off this am to have the quarter panel repaired, and the whole expense will come out of my own pocket because I carry a high deductible. Whoever hit my car in the parking lot and skipped, may the Lord give you a rash where the sun doesn't shine.
DonB AKA Shake-N-Bake, prayers for your fast and complete recovery. You and your steadying influence are needed here, especially by the Southerners.
Chuck......you said you went to PT for a few hours. What were you exercising over such a long period of time? Are your eyes out of shape?
Bob.....glad your visit from your Mom was great. I miss my folks, lost my Mom 16 years ago.
Pat......I agree with you about the Southern belles. It's the Southern gents we Northerners find tedious.
RaySP.....prayers you don't wind up with more wildfires. It seems if it isn't wildfires it is mudslides and earthquakes out there on the Left Coast. At least you have effective, honest politicians. BTW, what's next on Arnold's agenda?
Chief......sharing your rain all up and down the East coast. We sure did need it here. Thank you for the heads up on DonB.
RT........hope the a/c repairman finds something cheap and simple to repair.
Dennis.......what a birthday bash you must have had with your saint of a wife, your SIL, and your MIL! to them!
JimmyT.....have some anal retentive, detailed person go over your resume with a fine-toothed comb. You might be surprised what another pair of eyes finds that you missed.
Wes.....we missed you over the past few months, despite what Chief says. He missed you too, so much so that he has been scarce on the Pot himself......until about a week ago or so.
SJ/Brutus/Wes........hot apple pie ala mode. YUMMY!
DJ......glad you arrived home safely from your trip up and back to NJ.
HudsonJohn......I moved to NJ in 1973 from Chicago. Hard to say it, but from the sounds of things a Mall was far preferable to what it replaced. My wife liked it. A buddy of mine, an engineer at a chemical plant, kept inviting me to join him for lunch in Carteret at some bar that featured ladies who were less than scantily clad. I didn't want to join him, but I felt he would be hurt if I didn't.
Can't wait for Laz' fish stories.
I was three days behind on posts, so prayers for those need them, for those whom I missed. Later, gang.
Evenin' boys. Rain and 77 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Had a good weekend, with sail on Saturday, and RAVENS game with fifepup yesterday. Cleveland fans, take heart, yuz guyz have a good offense in the making. Hillis is a bear. Making bar-b-q chicken for dinner.
dbaker - Please get well. And do so quickly.
Harold - The John Brown's home port is here in Baltimore. I've had the cool experience of sailing near her, and man, is she big.
Looks like our own Raymans and Seayak Bill made the latest issue of CTT. Kudos.
Chief, thank you for the heads up about D.Baker. I am concerned about him and will try to follow up. He and I have become aquainted since I started posting on the Forum and he has done me some favors for which I am grateful. Hope he is feeling better and I will certainly include him in prayers.
Hot weather still with us on the way to 107 forcast for today.
My wife tried out the new printer this morning and as soon as she turned it on, it started printing out some AOL news garbage automatically that we did not request. Got to figure out how to stop that. It is a waste of printing paper. Printer also had a paper jam but got that cleared out. Now everything is back to normal.
Technology is wonderful. Have a good day,
Ray
SPMan
Mornin' All.
Finally begining to recover from the whirlwind tour of Nv.
Saw very limited rail action while on I-15 going up-n-over Cajon Pass but once we were on I-40 out of Barstow it was one right after another in both directions. Saw a few really long ones with 4 and 5 units, BNSF, on the head end with 2 and 3 pushers bringing up the rear. Got a bit of a chuckle when SWMBO saw some double stack containers for the first time while waiting at a crossing on US-95.
Thankfully all went well at the museum friday, since I was kinda wandering around in a fog. Been hotter than you know what here of late, they say it should be cooling off mid-week or so (believe it when I see it).
See where Michael's is having a 40% off sale on their Lemax halloween stuff, almost popped for the ferris wheel but still to hard to justify the expense.
Prayers & thoughts for all in need, especially Senior Shake-n-Bake.
Opthamologist tomorrow and dentist on wednesday.
Later all !
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Speaking of apple pie toppings, has anyone heard of putting giblet gravy on apple pie? No kidding, my grandfather's favorite some 45 years ago. I haven't had it lately, but it was good.
Shake n Bake - eat more GRITS, the boxed kind or the Bumper Sticker kind.
Boring NASCAR race Sun. we need to retire Jimmie Johnson. Even Edwards bowed down to JJ by backing off and not spinning him out. They were running 1 and 2 at the time.
Aloha from a grey Chicago. Only 50 here. Furnace started last night too. I figure why be cold? Looks like a busy week. Prayers for Don's recovery. I'll take banilla with my apple pie.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
sir james I Good Morning Chilly 40s overnight. The furnance is running right now and set at 70. I'm tired of winter already..lol S.J.
Good Morning
Chilly 40s overnight. The furnance is running right now and set at 70. I'm tired of winter already..lol
Could move South were we have little snow and temps are not bad at all. OOPS, second thought....
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
No plans for the day so I'll start with coffee and the newspaper.
Morning all. RAINING and has been since I posted. Inches they say. Meet with farmers at noon and then lake house.
Big prayer request. Shake and Bake [Don Baker] has been sick and is now recovering [per email]. It was rather shakey [really].
RT, hope you get cooled off.
Actually cool outside here. Seems fall may have finally gotten here. Think we made hottest September on record. Also longest run of 90+ days for September on record.
Coffee and cherry turnover time.
Morning all off today but have to go in this am as I have a medical appointment.
slept some last night as it was cool but strange bed as we don't use that bed and its smaller just a double not a queen.
Not much else going on.
Talk to you all later.
Good morning from Roger's Corners, where it is beautiful weather all the time except for days that end in "Y".
Raining this morning and several of the interstates are shut down due to overturned trucks.
Everyone take care.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a dark and cloudy 58 degrees. Looks like rain and 74 today.
Today is a busy day. I have paperwork to do and a few chores. Later, I will go to PT for a few hours. No train time today.
Dining car arrived from "Points West". Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Good Morning from Edison, NJ, Rain and Damp, Good Day to be here at work,
RI Jack & Dennis, I remember when Woodbridge Center was a Dirt Pit for the White Elephant Trucking Company. The Mall was built around 1970. Bergen County still has the Blue Laws.
Harold, My Uncle Stan served on the Liberty Ships during WW2. He had a fascination about them and he hand carved quite a few of them. My Mother has some in her attic.
Pat, I like the sticker, GRITS.
Navy Jack, Glad Gigi is better. How about a Thomas set for the little guy.
Thoughts and Prayers for all in need
John
Good morning all,
It is supposed to be rainy and cooler in SE Indiana today. We shall see. Watched "Desperate Housewives" last night. It was good. Funny and sad at different times. I had some pancakes, bacon, and cereal on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL after the HS boys' game tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello all
Had a good but busy week. I had a good visit w/ mom as well.
Back at the 'scope and tomorrow we climb on the roof to check the seals and then jack up the building to adjust the bearings.
Dennis - congrats on 10 years!
Harold - I've seen the SS Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty ship in San Francisco. Always wanted to see the John Brown. I know she was used as a school ship for years.
NavyJack - hope you get to feeling better soon.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening all,
Just finished watching the Dolphins and Yankees games. The Dolphins could not pull it out, but at least the Yankees won and clinched a playoff spot.
The temp dropped quite a bit today. I actually had to wear a sweatshirt at the church picnic today. It was a pretty nice day and I did enjoy the cooler temps.
Time for bed,
Joe
I'll take banilla icecream on my pie, in lieu of the milk. But, that does sound like it would taste good
Didn't do much today as back was stiff. Played some card games with the kids, watched 4 episodes of X-Files from the 2nd season set, killed some zombies on the x-box, visited with the in-laws and took them out to dinner, and that's about it. I did get some nice chat time with RT and then with Charlie and SJ.
Tardis is ready and I think I have some Coke Zero, Dt Pepsi, Sam Adams, and skim milk for those that want some - let's go boys
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Wes you brought back a memory. My dad use to eat apple pie with milk. Actually as I recall it was pretty good that way.
Wes,
I thought about getting Office 2010, but 2007 is fine for now. I can't say anything about the price because I just bought the Everybody Loves Raymond complete series boxed set. Love that show.
I rewrote and beefed up my resume, and I've been busy applying for jobs. Not much new on the train front, except that I was tempted to buy a high grade AF set of N.P. 490-492 diesels. I decided to pass due to the seller.
SJ .... it was 95 degres here friday .... 74 today .... now that's a change ... no rain yet ... we need it extremely bad . Don't feel bad about your team playing badly .... my Giants played worse than a middle school team against the Colts .... had 2 sons ... Colt fans razzing the devil out of me .
Got real lucky the other day ... my oldest son won 2 copies of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional at a microsoft training/seminar ... and he gave me one !!
Wife baked some homeade apple dumplings ... .... delicious in a bowl with milk and a touch of cream to richen things up . Have been burning movies for the family and friends .... seems they all come at once for them .... no rest for the weary .....
Good Evening
A gloomimg 62 today but I think they read the temp with a bic lighter. Whenever I looked it was 56. As predicted I shut the Lions game off before the end of the first half and enjoyed a nice nap. They lost as usual. Banilla is ready for the Tardis guys so swing on by the beacons humming....S.J.
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 70s. Busy weekend. Went to a movie premiere Friday night. Friends of ours were involved and so they invited us to be part of it. It was part of a B Movie celebration at Franklin Indiana. It was a nice evening with good (free) food, a rock band for entertainment before the show, and the movie was very good. It was low budget, but well done (sort of like D Weimer's works), but more pointed to a general audience. Still had a good theme and a good ending. Saturday I reffed two youth games and then went to Bloomington for a family gathering on her side. Sunday was spent cleaning accumulated stuff around the house.
Train related news: got a 9385 Alaska gondola off eBAY, my new Lionel Scout set was picked up Friday night (surprisingly nice) and I got the latest CTT.
I had pancakes and bacon on the dining car for breakfast this morning. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
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