Howdy guys - thanks for the well wishes. They took Char off of food restrictions and cut her TPN in half so hopefully she will be eating more real food now. Prayers for jobs and good health for all. Had to take off early today as number one child missed his bus, so I had to pick him up at the school. I told him next time he will have to wait 2 hours in the office staring at the wall 'cause this is a one time deal Tardis will be ready shorty, just waiting for some more beacons to show up. TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening all. Tired. Hope all are well. Early morning meeting in Raleigh.
Jack, ours is called the Batmobile. I'm sure it was bought with a grant.
Sleep tight.
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Good evening guys. Was stuck late as we had an emergency case. Fife, "some dude" strikes again.....GSW to chest. Some day, they are going to catch "Some Dude" and all these mysterious shootings/stabbings/etc., are going to come to a halt. Our movie that should be out next year deals a lot with gang activity, perhaps it will have a positive impact on these thugs.
Bob, I hear that there is supposed to be a meteor shower tonight. Best time to see it is the few hours before dawn. I think I will be inspecting the backs of my eye lids about then.
Well, I see that the first Gitmo prisoner tried in civilian courts was acquitted of just about all the charges. Things like this really cause me to question the decision makers of this country. My personal thought is that they can do like Charlie Daniels says in "Simple Man", chain them to a stump in the swamp and let the alligators and snakes do the rest. They can put the child molesters and drug dealers with them.....OK,
Have a blessed night,Dennis
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Good evening all,
A very cold, wind, rain storm rolled in this afternoon - I actually thought it was freezing rain for a few moments. I had to leave work to pick up the kids and their bikes from school. This storm was not in the forecast when we sent them out the door this morning. Fortunately for me I was able to get my morning run completed before the weather turned foul. The wife made homemade macaroni and cheese and salad for dinner tonight. My kids are fortunate their mom cooks meals like this; they will never have to eat that boxed stuff.
R.I. Jack - I completely agree on having date nights. Unfortunately we have not had one in a while due to the baby. We do not have family very close by, and we are not too comfortable leaving a 4-month old with teenage babysitters. My wife's parents will be here for Christmas so we will have one or two then.
88 - Thanksgiving is next week so you better get cracking on the layout.
I watched The Ultimate Fighter and now it is time for bed.
Good night,
Joe
Hi GUYZ,
40 here, lots o wind yesterday, all da leaves are down now. Hope they all blow away.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a foggy 26 degrees. Frost. Going up to 50 today.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and a project to work on. This afternoon is PT and a nap. Good plan.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
SJ,
I am starting to see your point about the battery dependent trains. I am just starting to wake my PS2 locos up that haven't been run since early 09, and they keep forgetting their DCS info..
Brent,
I am glad to know that I am not alone on running out of time to get trains ready for Christmas. I keep working on Flyer locos, but the list seems to keep getting longer.
I got the 314AW back together last night and it runs, smokes, and whistles quite well. More later.
Aloha all. A grey and cold day in Crystal Lake where the bride wants to 'wrap up' Christmas shopping. Sigh. Jack and MikeC, unfortunately, as you know, there's no easy way through Chicago - I usually go around it on I-294 > I-290 > IL 53 > I-90 but then you end way out there by NavyJack and me. I especially like how eight lanes go to four before reaching the spaghetti bowl of interchanges downtown. Sir J, that sounds like a delightful day - and I appreciate the fresh pot 'o Joe. As Jack mentioned, I recommend grabbing a date night whenever possible - if you have enough of them, you eventually pass through the mundane, day-to-day things you have to communicate about and can talk about other fun things, like ... trains. or rather, you get to listen to whatever your bride wants to talk about whilst thinking of toy trains. It's sure hard when the kids are young though. i appreciate having a built-in babysitter (older kid).
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
its so cold out that the long haired dogs are sticking to the sidewalks. there were three deers in our yard today. rutting season, but left by the time gigi had to open the garage. snmmbob, what color are you painting the navy train. ha..ha..
Good morning. Looks great outside, but I hear it is on the cool side. Supposed to head to 70 today. Wife took the kids to school this morning which gave me a chance to sleep in.
Joe, I hear you about date nights and leaving the kids with strangers, or teenage baby sitters. We have no family close to us, so for a very long time, dates were few and far between. Now, we take advantage when we are both home when the kids are at school...lunch date, or when we can arrange for some friends to watch them. But it has taken us 5+ years to get to this point.
Wouldn't it be nice if the train manufacturers and dealers had "Black Friday" for us? Somehow, I think we are only going to have higher prices in the year to come.
God Bless,Dennis
A late Good Morning
40/50s today, some sun.
I think tomorrow will be my last leaf chopping day, anything after that can stay. I'll empty the gas from the mower and run it dry. I had forgotten how much fun running old engines could be, going to do it again soon. I think most of you know I have no problem with MTH, just the battery issue and if they get rid of it as promised I would buy. My morning started with a shopping trip, now I can goof off..S.J.
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sir james I A late Good Morning 40/50s today, some sun. ...........I think tomorrow will be my last leaf chopping day, anything after that can stay. I'll empty the gas from the mower and run it dry. S.J.
...........I think tomorrow will be my last leaf chopping day, anything after that can stay. I'll empty the gas from the mower and run it dry.
S.J.
Just got in from doing that, SJ. Dropped the blade to the shorter Winter height recommended. I think I'm finally done with mowing and leaf pickup for 2010. But I still have to do some final garden cleanup, put my wife's pots away, remove the last remaining items from the deck, and drop a coat of the Winterizer fertilizer. It never ends. I noticed the SIL returned coolers he borrowed, but he did not return them in the condition received, clean, and I am missing one......will have to clean those out as well and chase him down for the missing one. .
Has everyone fired up their snowblowers yet?
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Oooh, I'd like a 'Black Friday' for toy trains. LOL. Back from Christmas shopping with the bride. Shocked to find the local Hobby Town USA has vanished. I was just there. Never even know it was closing and now it's cleaned out like it never existed. Spooky.
Good evening All
A nice afternoon, nap, tv, some PS2 golf. Had a foot long Subway for supper,stuffed. I'm not sure I can get down that piece of pecan pie or not. But banilla and rootbeer will be waiting for the Tardis....S.J.
Good evening everyone. Has been a nice day with the exception that our son is on the sick side. Has a fever and feels bad. Most likely, he will stay home tomorrow, which he hates as he was to go on a field trip. Oh well.
Have to share a local story. Fife, you are going to love this. Two gang bangers trying to initiate into a local gang were to break into and rob an occupied house. Only the house that they broke into just happened to be full of rednecks playing cards and pool. The bad guys pulled out their pistols, only to face a bunch of guys with bigger guns. The bad guys took a few rounds as they tried to escape the house. The rednecks dragged them back into the house and beat the stew out of them!
Doug, I have had that happen. It is a shame that these places just vanish. The hobby town in Columbus kept dwindling their supply of trains and I no longer bother to stop in....they never had anything below suggested retail and were most unfriendly. I doubt they will be in business much longer.
I had better get some sleep.God Bless,Dennis
Greetings from Saint Louis. Colder today, I think the high temp was about 42 degrees? We had a party for a co-worker who is moving to San Diego. She said they don't have White Castles, so we had 3 Crave Cases of burgers, plus chips and cake, etc. Good food! Tardis will be ready shortly - TTFN
Hey All !
Beautiful few days weather wise, SWMBO has kept me hoppin' this week. She is having a "garage sale" on saturday, just finished putting halloween stuff away last saturday now all this other "stuff" had to be set-up and staged. Did take some time to get my stuff together for tomorrow, Thomas & Friends will share the road with some B&O stuff.
Brutus, Tell your co-worker to take heart, at least we have the "frozen" sliders. Beats nothin' but not by much. One year my niece was coming for a visit and she brought a cooler with about four dozen of them, needless to say we weren't even off the airport property before I was digging in. continue for Char.
Later all, leftovers from last nite should be warm by now. To tired to cook anything tonite.
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Well after dropping SJ off we parked the tardis and called it a night just hope Jim can figure how to get it out of the tree tomorrow night it got hung up and is now hanging there upside down
Not much going on her just bought another PA-1 NYC so now will have 2 of them and I might be able to figure out how to make the piece missing from mine from the other.
Well night all pills doing there thing so I'm ready to goto bed talk to you all later.
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Cloudy and rainy in SE Indiana. I am under the weather as well as the intestinal issues do not want to let go of me. Wednesday afternoon was sheer misery. I stayed home today and will do so on Friday. TBIL but some one else will have to drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
I just returned a short while ago from the Northwest Oklahoma Law Enforcement Association’s holiday dinner. It is held at one of the local correctional facilities, which means some inmates make us a turkey dinner. The food is good; about what you would expect at a prison. The dinner was fun and some nice door prizes were handed out, but unfortunately none of the prizes had flanged wheels.
Tomorrow, the family and I are off to Abilene, TX. We will attend a wedding on Saturday. We will return on Sunday. It should be a fun trip. We used to live there when I was stationed at Dyess AFB so we still have many friends there.
Dennis - The wife and I take full advantage of having lunches together while the older two are at school. However, the baby will make his presence known from time to time. I hope your son gets well soon.
CNW - I wonder if that Hobby Town moved to another location. You would have thought they would have had a closeout sale if they were shutting down. I do agree with Dennis: I never saw any good deals at their chain when I visited.
Mike C. - I hope you feel better.
Good night,Joe
Good night all. Day started ay 5 AM and now to bed. Long day of meetings.
Dennis, when I ordered my fiber cleaning rod, I ordered a cleaning vice. Always used a cleaning cloth and table or the floor. Sure makes cleaning easier and faster. Should have bought one long ago.
Classic November weather here today. Cold, cloudy and drizzle.
Ate at the Arby's for lunch yesterday. As I pulled in, I noteced a pair of locomotives on the rail siding across the street from the resturant. Unusual because they usually only run one locomotive for switching duties there. I then noticed that the grain hopper and two or three box cars on the other side of the street next to the resturant looked a little odd - kind of tilted. A closer look revealed that one set of wheels had slipped down between the rails, and on the other side the edges of the wheel flanges were on top of the rails. OOPS!
The prototypes I built last weekend are passing tests. I can do with some good news like this on my rush projects. Two down and one to go. Unfortuantely, the one to go looks like it is going to need to be worked on during Thanksgiving weekend . I am manageing to avoid the situation meetings by publishing an update e-mail before I go home at night. Two fold purpose - provides updated information for people in the morning and time stamps how late I'm having to stay to push these projects along - for whatever that is worth.
My wife has started water exercise sessions again. Good for her back and reduces the stress on her knee.
All for now.
38 and cool here. Going down to BARRYs TRAIN SHOP after school today to pick up CHIEFs NS GENSET switcher and mine too. Hope they are nice?
CHIEF sent you an E mail.
BUCKEYE and CHUCK, TGIF.
Fire tonite with wife,
TGIF....What a week in Ohio.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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It is a foggy 36 degrees. Going up to 48 today with a little sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have to take dog #2 to the Vet for his yearly shots. Then, I have a meeting this afternoon . Checking up on the health insurance. Then, home for a short nap.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Morning all. Took horse [Finn] to the groomers. Will take Lucy week after next so she will be sharp for the Christmas Parade the first Sunday in Dec. Had a good frost this AM in places. Warming fast though. Got a little Town stuff to do by phone. Most of the day off. May hunt foxes with .22-250 this afternoon. Hope all have a great weekend coming up. Later.
BTW: Big DOT Engineer was whinnimg about having to build a highway [actually a 4 lane street] over some train tacks. Was going to close the crossing for several weeks and divide the town in half. Emergency services would be delayed to one half of the town due to detour. Told them I had an Engineer Buddy in Ohizo who could do it and still maintain traffic flow over tracks.
Good Morning
Wow 27 and 38 for the day.
Grannys going on a trip with the church seniors, I passed as it also includes a boring christmas play. I will give the front yard leaves one last chop and then the mower gets drained for the winter. After that, hey the day is mine.
Aloha all. It is a tad brisk here at 33 but I can see the sun rising over Lake Michigan which is a good sign. Sorry for the goings-on by the Ohio lake house, Buckeye. TGIF indeed. Brutus and Doug, I sure wouldn't mind relocating to San Diego - especially as winter dawns. Laz, nice sloppy win for the Bears. I still am not 'believing' even though they are 7-3. First decent team they'll play - rare in today's NFL - they'll be crushed. I was overjoyed to simultaneously run trains whilst watching the game on the little basement TV. No cornfield meets. I'm experimenting with a small LED flashlight as a simple way to add a marker to Percy's homemade brake van. Joe, did you win a door prize? SJ, that sounds like you made a delightful choice to end up with a great day. I figure if I close my eyes or don't look out the window, I wont see the leaves still out there.
8ntruck Classic November weather here today. Cold, cloudy and drizzle. ...........The prototypes I built last weekend are passing tests. I can do with some good news like this on my rush projects. Two down and one to go. Unfortuantely, the one to go looks like it is going to need to be worked on during Thanksgiving weekend . I am manageing to avoid the situation meetings by publishing an update e-mail before I go home at night. Two fold purpose - provides updated information for people in the morning and time stamps how late I'm having to stay to push these projects along - for whatever that is worth. My wife has started water exercise sessions again. Good for her back and reduces the stress on her knee. All for now.
...........The prototypes I built last weekend are passing tests. I can do with some good news like this on my rush projects. Two down and one to go. Unfortuantely, the one to go looks like it is going to need to be worked on during Thanksgiving weekend . I am manageing to avoid the situation meetings by publishing an update e-mail before I go home at night. Two fold purpose - provides updated information for people in the morning and time stamps how late I'm having to stay to push these projects along - for whatever that is worth.
8N.......that's great news on the wifey front, just as long as she doesn't conclude that water therapy is better done on some Caribbean island.
Re the status update emails. Wise on three fronts. It keeps the rabble out of your hair with their inane and off-base "advice." It cuts out the time waster meetings. And it shows what you are made of when the chips are down in an emergency to those that count.
DOUG M.,
I watched the first quarter, they're not that bad, but CUTLER gotta get rid of the ball faster he's holding it to long. I thought it was the OL, but instead of taking 3 steps back look one way then the other then release, he's taking way to much time. Oh well a wins a win. Have faith buddy.
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