hey all 44 here this morning. I'm off today ( normal day off) but work the weekend and Monday. but I'm off super bowl Weekend
Not much happening today think I will get some track out and set a loop up for my trains. Hmmm I have 042 curve and O31 might do a double loop on the floor for the time being. No switches in fast track thou yet not sure I want to go that route yet. trying to decide what track I will be using when I do build my actually layout. I have a fair amount of gar graves but if I go with switches may get Ross. (O-54 and O-42 curves enough for a 1 1/4 circle of each)
hope all have a good day or at least a better day than yesterday was.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold and snowy 18 degrees. Going up to 26 today with a chance of new snow. We have about 6 inches of snow on the ground.
Today is an easy day. I do not plan on going outside. I have a few chores to do and then I will spend a few hours in the train room.
Buckeye & LAZ.... TGIF
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Hia GUYZ,
23 and we got a couple a tree inches here. Just got done shoveling driveways. 2 hr delay is great. I get new kidos today so there are 89 days o school left.
CHUCK & BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!
Stay frosty boyz,
laz57
Mike - more prayers for you and your family, esp your Dad.
JimGP - Had a blast, you and my son really took me to the cleaners!
SJ & Charlie, sorry I missed you guys tonight. I lost track fo time and wife and kids were watching a dvd, so didn't realize how late it was. Got on a little after 10 and had a nice chat with RT. I'll do the wayback circuit and come get you and the banilla will be safe again!
Tardis is ready, so lets get moving.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
MIKE C.
Continued prayers for you and DAD. Lost my DAD in '98 due to stomach cancer, so know what you are facing. It's tough. Give him lots of love. Hug him a few times and tell him you really love him. I did for my POP. I really miss him, and talk to him every day. I also always say a prayer for him everynite whereever he is? Remember all he's done for you and enjoy all those fun times and cherish all the other times he was a bit more wiser then you. It's a tough thing MIKE.
PRAYER TRAIN IS A CHUGGING,
green97probe Mike, Continued
Mike,
Continued
Ditto from here mike. sorry to hear the bad news. Prayers for you and your family. Try to enjoy his company the best you can for the next few months and then Cherish the memories for the rest of your life.
Brutus,
It was fun playing NFS today. I'll see if I can recruit some of the guys from work next time so we have more competition.
Hit the job hunt hard today. I have gone from frustrated to determined now. I need to get these resumes in the mail in the morning. Spent some time on the PGT tonight cleaning and getting the alternator out. Almost there. I ordered a new OEM dipstick to replace the original due to the top being broken, and I need to get oil and a filter tomorrow weather permitting.
Good evening all,
Snohio cannon was aimed at Indiana all day today, and then a deep freeze tonight. Long day today. Left for Indy at 5 AM with dad. Scope took 3 hours today. Good news, bad news. Good news is it is a miracle dad is still alive. Connection from stomach to intestine was a string's width. Wonder he has not starved to death by now. Ballooned and stented that. Stented the bile duct as well as it was really narrow. Bad news. Appears cancer may be from colon and that is what is pinching duct work. Doctor today had great bedside manner. Talked to me while dad was still "out". Basically 3 months tops. Can make him comfortable, but...... Told wife, sister and kids. Will have meeting this weekend to discuss options. Wife and sister will meet with local docs Tuesday to discuss results of Monday's biopsy.
I am sincerely overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. Page after page from all of you. Words fail me. As I said, long day and I need to get to bed.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hi GUYZ,
Been busy today end o marking period and had to do grades and such. Getting things done, and just got a call, you guessed it 2hr. delay! GOOD for me.
Watched BARRET JACKSON tonite on SPEED CH, Some great looking cars!
Stay frosty,
Evening all
Bride went in to work, kids in bed. School cancelled for Friday. It is snowing pretty good now and the ground is covered again. It is a very heavy snow. It will make driving to work and from work for my bride interesting.
Continued prayers fro Mike's Dad and Char, and all others
May God bless
Jim
Good evening everyone. Was a nice day...Chinese for dinner, real pretty out. Doug, you are always welcome down here. We have four spare bedrooms and two spare bathrooms, so y'all would be covered. Thaw out for the winter. We do have a few days of cold, but not many. We just had the Quail Unlimited Celebrity Hunt, but the visitors are gone.
RT, yeah, I placed my max on the crossing gates, but someone thought they were worth more than I was willing to pay. Good luck with the steam engine. It will be nice if you win her. Traindood, I will place it on order for NetFlix. There is a town in Jersey by the same name. Sparta is a nice area. I used to be on staff at Morristown Memorial.
Time for bed. Hope everyone has a blessed night.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Hello: here's a great movie for a cold winter nite; or if you live way out west you can imagine it's a cold winter nite. it's all about coal mining and trains and stuff in West Virgina in the 1920's. the movie is from 1987 and is called MATEWAN . some of you may have heard of it. it's terrific! one of my grandkids got it for me. seems there wasn't too many copies made into digitally remastered. anyway, i got one and i'm lovin' it. just a hint; my favorite loco is in it. i hope you'all will be able to watch this flick. so well done, you will want to see it numerous times.a real sleeper. enjoy! later.
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Evening all.
Dennis I was looking at the scale crossing gates that you got out bidded on but by the time I looked back didn't think it was such a great deal to out bid that guy + shipping so let it pass.
Not a lot going on. My leg/hip is hurting again they took ex-rays today I'm starting to wonder if it might not just be some arthritis I sure hope not. I'm sure pushing those heavy carts doesn't help any either.
Other than that things are going so so here. nothing to jump for joy about ( if I could ) and nothing to go mad about either.
Hope all been having a good week. No real breaking train news should be getting a few cars in this week early next week and then an engine, transfer caboose (both reading railroad) and a NS stock car.
Have a few bids out hope I win one has a TMCC steam engine ( don't have any at present) Southern Pacific but I can live with that as normally don't buy left coast items maybe do a repaint on the tender to a New York Central, PENNSYLVANIA, or Virginian if I win it.
Well will talk to you all later
Good Evening
22 degrees and some lite snow, just enough to make rush hour a mess, 7 degrees tonite, glad I'm not in Chicago for -15. No breaking news so I'll just wait with the banilla for Brutus to show in the thingy..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
Aloha all. Ken, that's quite a story to hear on the radio. Sunny and brisk here - as navyjack mentioned, dropping to 15-20 below tonight - that's without wind-chill. Why don't I live in western GA? Of course, my bride and I are heading into Chicago for a work function related to our city'sChinese visitors. It should be a late one.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning all, starting on clear liquids only today to prep for my procedure tomorrow. So far so good. I didn't even miss breakfast. Just had a cup of coffee about 10:00 AM and that was enough.
Big space launch today at Vandenberg AFB according to local news. Suppose to go off around 1:00PM in the afternoon. Don't know if we can see the contrails from L.A. area or not but will take a look. This is suppose to be the biggest type of rocket they launch over there and will make a lot of noise.
Did not get in the train room yesterday but maybe today since I need to do something in place of eating. Have to start the prep flush around 4:00 P.M so need to do trains early. Will be busy later on in the day.
Regarding the car window story, I will have to shop around for gasket prices etc. If it cost more than the car is worth, I will just keep using car cover when it rains. Its only a second car anyway. I think the car will be qualifed to become an antique in a couple more years. Maybe it will become a collector car if I hang on to it but I doubt it would be worth much. Who knows?
Watched a movie last night called Cold Mountain with Renee Zeilwegger amoung others. Not much of a movie IMHO but it drove me crazy with all the commercials. Had one about every two minutes. Only good thing was that the period Civil War music was historically correct played by a Reb band near the beginning of the story. The story covered in part the search by the confederates for deserters. By 1864, I think half of the army was AWOL, especially near Christmas and such. I don't think they had time or men to worry about catching deserters at that point. Story did not seem believeable to me. I would have to see the movie again under uninterupted conditions to make a better judgement.
Wish I could send some of the good weather we are having to all you guys in snohio and even places in the South.
Chief, hope your trigger finger doesn't freeze up on the rifle range.
Have a good day y'all,
Ray
SPMan
MikeC........you have my sincerest prayers for your Dad's prognosis, for the family, and for yourself. JimSP said it best. Prayers, patience, and acceptance. I might add persistence. I've been through this drill with my own parents and found that worry and wondering got me absolutely nothing. You will be the best son and the best advocate for your Dad (and the family) if you are informed, at an emotional even keel, and don't cross bridges before you come to them. Easier said than done, but it has to be done. Hang in there, buddy.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good morning, enjoying a nice morning with my bride...watching Criminal Minds before heading in. Got a delivery of a MTH train station yesterday and some more on the way. At this point, I really just need to get some people to populate the layout.
It is a beautiful day here. Supposed to get into the 60's and no sign of buckeye's snow cannon.
Have a great day.Dennis
navyjack it is 12 above zero now going down to -9 tonight. gigi will be home all day and i will listen to her play the violin. pat would love it when she charlie danielsizes. expensive to replace all the bows though. stay warm...navyjack
it is 12 above zero now going down to -9 tonight. gigi will be home all day and i will listen to her play the violin. pat would love it when she charlie danielsizes. expensive to replace all the bows though. stay warm...navyjack
I would love to hear her Danielsizes. I would provide the bows!
Pat
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Good Morning
17 and the usual overcast sky. No new snow though. Granny wants to go to the bible store this morning, Me, I've got no plans. Oatmeal and 1 toast this morning..S.J.
Snow day! They closed my office - wow! I expected a delay, but not closing. Time to make some breakfast and enjoy a nice hot cup of joe while watching the snow fall outside - TTFN!
Morning. Jacket weather but warming. Off to the range. [Yankees can't say that as they can't find it under the SNOW]
Yankee cold coming this weekend and a SLIGHT chance of snow FLURRIES.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
It is 34 degrees. Going down to 30 today with snow later.
Today is a busy day. I have an errand to run this morning, before the 4 - 6 inches of snow comes. Then, I will do a few chores and take it easy.
Chief... It's going to cool off by you and there's a chance of snow. Roll up your windows.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
A not too cold morning here on the beautiful North Fork.
Plenty of snow still left on the vines, with some more predicted for tomorrow morning.
My now 20 year old '91 Saab 900 still kicks it through the snow, that car reminds me of how well
my PW Lionel steam engines do compared to some newer generation ones.
Now allow me to vent.
I got a call at work from the assistant I had at my last job (I thought he was calling for a reference), and
he suggested I turn on our local radio station as they were reading the police report.
Turns out a former co-worker of mine was arrested for stealing from his employer, by writing
a company check to pay for a very large personal bill, and other things along that line.
I don't get it, this guy is 67 years old, wife, kids, grand kids, and now he is facing a very
serious charge, not to mention out of work.
Ken
hey pat, when i was in ca in navy, i had a 73 caddy, black on black, leather interior. i bought it from another sailor and got a great deal. one of the power windows went out, and a junkyard motor was 100 bucks. since that was two weeks food budget a chief engineman put in a block of wood to keep the window up. your story reminded me of that as i remember we put in 10-12 fruitless hours trying to fix it before we used the wood. i know it sounds redneck, but it let me keep the window shut on the cheap. navyjack
Howdy guys - we're scheduled for all that snow that is not gonna fall on Chief. Someone needs to check that targeting computer!
Good luck with the job hunt, JimGP. They say that it's easier to find a job if you have a job, takes the pressure off.
Don - glad you got it fixed anyway. Sometimes it's cheaper to pay them to do the job, but not always.
School was already cancelled for tomorrow as the snow storm is moving in on us.
TARDIS is ready, so let's hit it guys!
Good night all. A good day. Enjoyed the big walk with pack and rifle for about two miles. Tomorrow AM, off with new shooting buddy to a big private range to shoot rifles. Shooting in new Varmint Special scope on .22-250. Finish zeroing new .22 bolt action. Then check .223 and .243.
Off to bed. BTW: real warm outside. Big full moon but no "dogs" hawling that I can hear.
Good evening folks,
We just returned from Bible study and finished getting the kids in to bed. The baby is still up but he is easy to contain at this stage. Wednesdays will be a late night for us since Bible study lasts until about 2000 hours. By the time we get home and get the kids settled in it will be time for the wife and me to turn in for the night. We had a nice turnout for the study, 11 couples. That is good considering we only have about 150 folks show up for Sunday service.
Dennis - We are using a study titled Marriage without Regrets. It is a Precepts study and is very inductive.
Probe - I am sure you will find something you are more qualified to do soon, and I commend you for sticking with a lower paying job you are too qualified for; it shows a great deal about your character.
Chuck - Please aim the snow cannon this way tomorrow anytime after 1600 hours.
It’s time to get some sleep and get ready for our drive to OK City tomorrow.
Good night,
Joe
Jim - Maybe another 314 will show up. Good luck finding another job.
Rich so many good men killed needlessly
Laz - When you get a chance like ti see pictures of Minnie.
Good night and may God bless
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