Happy birthday to Kay!!!
Chief – great deck man
TARDIS is ready and I'm running really late - catch you guys later!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Happy B'day Kay. Really good weather. Grape vines pruned [big time consumer]. Lazer sight installed on .380. Better to shoot you with.
Reading the Bible on Heaven. Discovered why it is so great besides being with the Lord. Only the "sheep" will be there. No "goats" and everyone knows Buckeyes are goats. So, no Buckeyes in Heaven.
Off to bed.
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Good morning all,
It is rainy in SE Indiana. See where Butler is in NCAA again. Duke had better watch out, right, Chief? Nice deck, by the way. Dennis, glad to hear the news about the movie. Looking forward to it. Watched Glee and V last night. Glee will leave you scratching your head, laughing your a-- off, and crying your eyes out all in one episode. I had the regular fare on the dining car before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL after soccer tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hi GUYZ,
32 here and lots o rain a coming. Suppose to get 2-3 inches? 60 more dayz o school left! 2/3s done, but who's counting? ME!
Stay frosty,
laz57
dbaker48 laz 57: Good JOB CHIEFIE!!!! A+++. I agree with DON, break out da breverages. laz57 Laz, Is this what you had in mind?
laz 57: Good JOB CHIEFIE!!!! A+++. I agree with DON, break out da breverages. laz57
Good JOB CHIEFIE!!!! A+++.
I agree with DON, break out da breverages.
Laz,
Is this what you had in mind?
BUTTA BING!!!!!! LMAO!!!!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is raining. 38 degrees. Going up to 44 today with rain most of the day.
Today is a busy day. I have a bunch of errands to run and the usual chores around the house. then, I will dry off and relax. An afternoon nap sounds good.
Chief....Us Buckeyes are already in Heaven. OHIO.
Dining car is here with an omlet for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. 39 in the Mid-Atlantic region with , , and yes . Wouldn't want to live on the shores of the Potomac or Susquehanna.
AF53 - We'll lose that weight together. Good luck with doggie.
Blueberryhill RR Chief....Us Buckeyes are already in Heaven. OHIO. Chuck
Great "come back", Toots
Wifey sent me this email. Pretty good.
Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time.Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies. One day the boss called him into the office for a talk. "Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-up job,but you're being late so often is quite bothersome." "Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it." "Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear. It's odd though your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Armed Forces.What did they say if you came in late there?" (scroll down...... ..............) "They said, "Good morning, Admiral, can I get you coffee, sir?" One of my favorite stories, ever! WAL-MART SENIOR GREETER
Cloudy. More storms in the forecast for this evening. Was sleeping late with the cat in the bed [yes, while I was gone she allowed the cat to move from guest bedroom to ours] when the weather alert went off. Guess they want to "cover their bases" since they goofed the other evening.
Think we will have Eggo's and bacon along with our coffee.
Later.
Good morning
36 and rain
I'll take it. Laz counts school day's, I count winter day's. We did our shopping yesterday so I shall goof off today. No breakfast yet but I did have a paczki. For those of you that may not know it's a high calorie, high fat, filled jelly type donut that they make the day before Lent begins....S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Aloha, Rain and grey here. Better than what's failling on Bob in Wausau Wisconsin. Sorry I missed Kay's b-day. though Don is probably still celebrating because of the time difference out there. Joe, congrats on the kid's reports. Dennis, that's going to be a great picture. Last class of the quarter last evening. Came out to all the streetlights out on Jackson between State and Wabash so I called the Mayor's office to tell someone about that. He can't be too busy these days. I thought a Buckeye was a nut, not a goat. Love the gas prices mentioned; just paid $3.76 here in the land of Lincoln.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Mornin' Fellas.Well this morning there was a tie-up on I-95 North of the DC Beltway, sign said 7 miles - 33 minutes! Holy Cow! So I took the back way into work which takes me past the Maryland Big Dig (also known as the ICC or Inter County Connector), it is going to be the first all electronic tolled road in Maryland, and it will be one of the highest tolls per mile of any tolled road in the USA... but I digress... there is a nice new sign where they are chopping down trees... 'Future home of the ICC Eastern Operations Building'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF the road being tolled is all electronic tolling, why do we need a HUGE and I mean HUGE building to run the danged thing??? I'm beginning to think I live near Jack!
Anyway I missed my Chic-Fil-A breakfast bagel... now I'm hungry! To top it all off The Q is in NJ doing an audit through tomorrow. Looks like I'll be enjoying Canadian Club and Sprite again tonight. OHIO is Heaven? I don't think so... everytime I've been there all it does is rain!Chief - Nice deck... did anyone try to saw off a leg or fall off a ladder? If not then it wasn't a successful project.JT - How's the stalking going? OH and I guess more importantly, how is the job searching progressing? Lots of jobs opening up in the DC area... and it is great for the single scene...
Re local gas prices and some price history........
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_home_page.html
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
cnw1995 Aloha, Rain and grey here. Better than what's failling in Wausau Wisconsin.
Aloha, Rain and grey here. Better than what's failling in Wausau Wisconsin.
Its a balmy 27 degrees here in Wausau Doug, and yes indeed we do have more of that crystaline delight falling here. In fact the prediction is for up to 6" of heavy wet snow. The driveway has been cleared once already and it doesn't show signs of stopping. The folks who run the ski hill should be happy. Fortunately neither my wife or I have to work today. Unfortunately we were going to take our daughter back to college today. At least two of us were not willing to make a white knuckled 350 mile round trip through hazardous road conditions.
So it looks like I might just put some time in on running trains or posting something on the PreWar thread.
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cnw1995 I thought a Buckeye was a nut, not a goat.
I thought a Buckeye was a nut, not a goat.
A nutty goat. Actually the only good Buckeye is the chocolate and peanut butter candy.
Brent, no mashed fingers, not cuts or bruses.
Gang, wish I could get to York. Got a retreat on Tuesday, Wed., Thursday and Friday morning. Then have to get back for parade on Saturday AM.
Maybe this fall.
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Too bad chief can't make York, I was well prepared to defend against a grit attack.
sir james I Too bad chief can't make York, I was well prepared to defend against a grit attack.
don't speak to fast SJ I can make York in about 10 hrs driving the speed limit and chief is about 4 hrs closer than I.
He just needs to fire up the chief mobile Friday afternoon. Stating her can't make it just might be his evil Rebel way trying to trick you all. Only Dennis would know as he has brain washed him into being a southern.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Morning all just had a late breakfast. It's supose to get to 68 today and no snow has been or is in the forecast for at least 2 weeks either way Presently its a chilly 61 degrees here. Taking it easy today as last day off have to go back to work tomorrow. been enjoying my time off but since I'm out of money guess might as well get back to work lol.Do acually miss being there so will be good to get back to work. Well coil couplers cam in so guess other box will be tomorrow
Woo Hoo mail man returned and put other box in mail box so now have all parts
Lunch time,
I had a reprieve today with the Command Center. It broke down. Power Steeing Pump. We will have the new one tomorrow. Try again.
Heavy Rains forecasted for here tomorrow. 3" or so. It may turn to snow. Panic Time.
Joe, that is good to hear about your kids in school.
Traindood, The Tick Tick is always a stop of mine. There is always a truck or 2 of ours there.
Gas Prices, I paid $3.29.9 a gallon for FULL SERVICE this morning.
Prayers and Thoughts for all in need.
Back to work,
John
Traindood, My wife reminded me that we ate at the Jefferson Dinner a number of years ago when my daughter went to camp. After she said that I remembered and it was on our list for places to definitely go back to. It may be a road trip this year.
Good Afternoon Ya'll from Cloudy and Cold Taxachussetts,
Recent rain and relatively warmer temperatures are reducing the snow cover. About 10% of the lawn is showing out front and 20% out back.....but 2-4' snow piles will take some more time. We've got 3 rivers at or above flood stage, expect more to come later in the week as 2 days of rain, 40s, and continued snow melt will finish out the week. Finally had to cave in and get a battery in the car.....got 8 Winters out of the original. Ya gotta love the way cars are engineered nowadays. Mechanic had to remove a shroud in the engine compartment to get at the old battery, and he still had to use two pair of vice grips clipped on the battery terminals to lift it out. In the old days.......never mind.
AF-Ray....... I will say a prayer for your pup's test. Fatty benign tumors called lipomas are very common in dogs. Let's hope that is all she has.
Apologies to all for going over the top with dog stuff on the POT.
HudsonJohn......it sounds like you and I are in the same flood warning situation.
DonB......[bday] to your better half. You must be glad she married an old geezer like you. It was very nice of you to send the Chief that classy deck accessory. I don't see where he has an electric outlet on the deck to plug in any spotlights for the shows or plug in a beer fridge. You would think that a clever guy like him wouldn't have missed such details.
DougM.......hope you got the homestead cleaned up before the return of your wifey. I usually place all of the empties in the bottom of the trash barrel and then cover them over with a couple bags of garbage.
RaySP......glad to hear the leg is feeling better. Re all the talk about fish on the menu, I am always amazed that I live about 5,280 feet from the Atlantic and the fish prices here are always comparable to what they are 1,000 miles inland in Chicago.
Buckeye........I have to agree with Chuck about the Lent list you prepared, about what to give up. Telling the truth about the Chief is tough enough. Remaining silent may not be the most Christian thing to do.
Chief......you are going on a retreat? I didn't realize the word retreat was in your vocabulary. It isn't one of those retreats where you have to remain silent for a couple of days, is it? If so, you might be asked to leave.
DougDG........your gas prices are always higher than most of the rest of us. How can you live so close to a major harbor and pay more for gasoline than those in Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana who have their gasoline trucked 500-1,000 miles? On the topic of rare, vintage cell phones. I may have you beat. Mine can only be used as a phone and a camera.....that's how old it is.
Traindood......I also noticed the Chief has no gun racks built on his deck or any guard towers to protect against Nawthern invaders.
JimmyT......methinks you are not coming totally clean about your pursuit of Boisenberry. Lots of info from you on PGT gaskets and the like, but not enough work on the 96.
SJ.........how can an astute observer of women's ways such as yourself get hornswaggled into going shopping with one? Don't feel bad, however. You are not alone. I dropped my wife off at the front door to Target Saturday as she was just going to run in for a minute to buy some hair product, and she didn't come back out for 50 minutes.
Brent......the "Big Dig" here started out as a $2.8 Billion project and grew into the most expensive public works project in US history @ $15.5 billion. The tunnels leak like a sieve, one motorist was killed by improperly installed falling ceiling tiles (2 tons apiece), and all of the above ground space which was vacated when they moved the Central Artery undeground was supposed to be turned into parks......but they ran out of money. The Fed's funding was pulled when they eventually realized this project was a grossly mismanaged project and a huge money pit after the actual expenditures versus forecast reached 500% over budget. When the Government has your money, they show a particular callousness with how well it is spent and a blatant gross inability to manage it's use. No checks and balances, and certainly no ultimate accountability built right in to boot.
Later, gang.
traindood Good morning fellas and gals: Ash wednesday today. For those of you who paticipate, like me, that means no meat. But man, am i gonna load up on that fish! YUM,YUM,YUM!! Can't get the good catfish up here, goota go down Chief's way for some real fish fry. Hey Ray: Tick Tock diner is owned by my good buddy's family.Actually a Dutch name Tock, good food too!
Welcome any time.
traindood RE: gas prices. We are spoiled living in the best place in the world. Close friends came back from England where gas is 10 bucks a gal. WHEW!! Guess those joy rides are over for awhile. AF53, sorry about your pooch, went through same thing,really hurts, couldn't get a dog for a few years after that. Hey Chief: great story, the best ones are the ones with the punchlines you don't expect. You'all have a great day. P. S. Creeks and streams here are just roaring with water, more expected tomorrow. later.
You can't compare gas prices in England to the US, the countries are so dissimiliar it isn't even close to being comical. England is about the same size as Alabama! The population is mostly around major cities and they have extensive public transit. Towns in Europe are located along centuries old roads and the rail system connects the major cities and the minor cities along the rail routes, not every town in Europe has rail service. So most people commute via taxis or personal vehicle to get to the railline, then they hop on a train to get to their ultimate destination. The best comparison I can draw is Germany... the rail system in German is much akin to our interstate highway system and the Autobahns are akin to our rail system. If you catch my drift, the focus in Europe is on rail transit to get from point A to point B over long distances, in the US we either fly or drive. Also, in Europe passenger rail has priority over freight and therefore the passenger trains run at higher speeds. Can't do that in the States (unless there is a fundamental shift in how we approach high speed rail service). I also don't see how high speed rail is going to be successful here due to the trains not being able to compete speed wise with the airlines.
Afternoon All.
Lots of sun & bright blue skies @83*.
RockIsland52 DougDG........your gas prices are always higher than most of the rest of us. How can you live so close to a major harbor and pay more for gasoline than those in Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana who have their gasoline trucked 500-1,000 miles? On the topic of rare, vintage cell phones. I may have you beat. Mine can only be used as a phone and a camera.....that's how old it is. Later, gang. Jack
Jack,
Well let's see, I think it has been longer since a new refinery than our last nucleur plant. The highest fuel taxes in the nation as well as an overly agressive Air Polution Control Board resulting in different fuel blends around the state at different times of the year.
Camera phone, , I don't even think that was a dream when my phone was made. It even has an extendable antennae like a CAB-1 controller, although considerably shorter.
Don, That "deck accessory" you provided sure would make a mighty nice weather vane to mount on Chief's rooftop. Wonder if he has a cupola ?
Later All.
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Good Evening
39 degrees, it rained all day, it sure beat's having snow. Old cell phone what about the guy that had a crank on the side of his, that has to be an old one. Banilla is ready for the thingy ride..S.J.
Brent,
The weather keeps interferring with my implementation of the next stalking phase. It snows, then rains, and just as I am trying to get the PGT out, it snows again. As for the job hunt the place that I took my resume and application to hasn't called yet, but I received and responded to email for them through career services. Hopefully I'll hear something.
As for DC, I don't think that would be the best place for me.
Hopefully that will get to that point with Ms. Boysenberry. I wouldn't want to go into detail though as I've never had a post deleted by Bob before, and I wouldn't want to chance it.
Was going to post last night around 10:30 after work, but I went to bed since I had to work 9-5 today. I got the Kennywood Memories DVD from WQED in the mail today. Love it. I do regret not attending Rick Sebak's lecture when he was at CalU last spring though.
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