Hi GUYZ, 72 already going up to 90. If 90 NO GOLF. 7 dayz left o school.
8NTRUCK, LUCKY KIDOs! Sorry for da loss of the buses.
Stay frosty,watch your topknot,
laz57
Morning all. Quick stop over as I am on the go....again. Have a few bigger cases today and plenty to get done. Joe, thought about you out there. Tornadoes were one of the reasons we turned down a position in Enid. We were looking at going, but they had a tornado and wife noted the report about how many they get out that way. Having lived through one here, she was not too happy about the prospect.
My son and I have watched a few episodes of the training of Green Berets and also some of the other special operations teams. The training is quite rigorous as you could imagine. My daughter was in the room playing and at one point, she looked at the screen of a screaming instructor and said "why is he so mean?".
Hope everyone has a blessed day and a safe one.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good Morning,
Worked late last night, decided to stop at my Mom's to check on her. She is 10 min. from our shop, I live an hour, so since I was beat I decided to spend the night there. She was watching American Idol and yes Chief Scotty won. I was so excited that I fell asleep and missed the Tardis.
Prayers and Thoughts for all of the victims of the recent Tornados and Flooding.
Time to get ready for the Safety Huddle.
Everyone have a great day,
John
Good evening all,
The weather was somewhat pleasant today except for the winds. Yesterday we had more tornado warnings, but nothing came too close to us this time. Unfortunately, at least 10 people died throughout OK and many homes were destroyed. Most of the folks who lost homes appeared resilient when interviewed which was nice to see.
I only have time for a short note tonight since it is already late and I need some sleep. I'll catch up more tomorrow.
Good night,
Joe
Good evening guys. Wes, glad to see you stopping by. Hope things are well in your neck of the woods.
Jack, you are correct on so many fronts. We have taken much into making the decision. We have many friends who home school and a good number of colleges are getting to accept home school students as they would traditional. Nationally, home school students rank higher on achievement tests, but I think that is because so many schools are failing. If you find yourself in a good school district, consider yourself lucky. Our county system is rated very high, while the next county over is very poor. They just hired a superintendent who's application looked like a first grader filled it out. More misspelled words and grammar issues, and they make this guy lead their system? Regarding the other issues of school systems, they have them in private schools too. Fortunately, many of the school teachers and administrative folks go to our church and are godly people. You can only pray that if your kid gets out of line that they are caught early, before it becomes a habit.
Well, I have a few cases I am hoping not to have to go back for. With any luck, I will get some sleep tonight. Been a rough week.Roy, saw some bad weather down your way too. Hope all is calm by now. As for us, we have had high pressure keeping things both hot and dry here. Need to get out and water our fruit trees.
God Bless,Dennis
Bill (8NT) - we heard about the school on the radio. There were tornadoes in Harrisonville, where we have family, but everyone was okay. We had huge storm here with tornados here and there and cells all over the place. The closed work at 3:30 but let everyone stay in the building if they wanted. I stayed put until 5:30 when it was past us, then drove home and took until almost 7 (usually 20 minute drive) due to accidents and stuff. Glad to get home, that's for sure! They were all in the basement again here, but nothing hit near us again, thank God.
Chief - you can both belong to both
Ole Timer - so glad to see you again good buddy! We sure miss you, come back more often!
Nice to see all those blue spinning Tardi! Anybody want's to sign up, just PM me - it's for all us mad Potters
Speaking of which, let's hit it guys - we have rootbeer, icecream, and Old Mills of course
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Interesting day today. Tornado warning at 11:30 in the morning. All clear at 1pm. An F1 or F2 had skipped through town. Hit a mobile home park, a stretch of businesses, and a nieghborhood. Property damage, but no serious injuries. Missed my house by 10 or 12 blocks - was close enough that it left bits and pieces of somebody else's insulation and celing tiles on my lawn.
Rolled a semi into the front of our favorite Saturday morning resturant too That picture might have made the national news, it was on the Kansas City 6pm news.
Laz - they canceled the balance of the school year here - the tornado hit the school bus garage!
All for now.
Good Evening
Downpours of rain this afternoon, no storms though. banilla is waiting for the Tardis crew...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
Home for a few hours. Meeting tomorrow AM, physical at 1:30, come home, mow grass and hit the road.
Finished vinyl trim on building, pressure washed it and storm hit last night. Covered with dirt up to three feet high. Rewashed. Would not dry [in this heat 90+] so I used leaf blower to blow it dry. Painted this afternoon.
Fried fish for dogs and self. Drove home.
Pat L., being a Southern boy and a grits eater, you are intitled to a Charter BTTS membership.
Hope Scotty wins. Why, he's from here and a country singer. Lady GaGa was on there. Worthless showoff.
Later
PS: Welcome back OT.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Ole Timer..........welcome back! We're going to have to change your name to aOL Timer (absent Without Leave)!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Hi Wes.. How the heck are you ? Great to see your post!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Hi Wes! Today's turning out to be a good day - even though it's wet. I guess any day's a good day if you get a free lunch. Though any meal is truly 'free' - I wonder what I'll be asked to do now...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Ole Timer Hello folks .... it's been a long time .... thought I'd stop by and say hello !!!!
Hello folks .... it's been a long time .... thought I'd stop by and say hello !!!!
HE'S alive glad to see you welcome back stick around a while this time? Hope so maybe catch you in chat even? Good to hear from you hope all is fine.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good morning all,
Prayers for the tonado victims. Close friend lives 80 miles from where it hit in Joplin but they are OK.
Just when knee problem seems to be on the mend, another thing cropped up yesterday. I had a kidney stone attack (have had several over the years) and had to go to ER for resolution. I was treated and sent home last night. Everything is OK today. I don't want to go near a hospital for a while.
Looks like all kinds of fraternities are showing up on the coffee pot. Haven't joined any so far. Don't know how to add the avatars and logos anyhow. I guess the grit eaters group will show up next.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Good Afternoon !
Man, sure hope things settle down REAL FAST for everyone in the MidWest. Prayers for all ! Having lived in both Tornado and Earthquake country. All the agony of an impeding Tornado or a continuous Tornado Watch is soooo unnerving!! Hope everyone comes through this OK !
Been working on some facades, not real happy with results will have to rethink situation and approach. Also got into a little tit-tat regarding DCS and Remote Handheld Identify functionality on the other forum. From my perspective I don't see where there is ANY benefit or attribute that is realized. Will investigate it further.
So hope EVERYONE has a SAFE Day, God Bless !!!!
Don
Morning all!
Sunny and bright here. 90 today (I think).
anjdevil - That's a fun movie. The one evening I do not check TCM and it comes on again. Rats.
Taking boat to dealer to get it "un-winterized". This is the latest I have done this this year. Storms and work delayed the "launch".
Glad all are well! Have a great day!
Regards, Roy
Blueberryhill RR Good Morning from Blueberryhill.... .......Indians got beat last night by Boston. Maybe we will win today. Indians are 30 & 16...... Chuck
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
.......Indians got beat last night by Boston. Maybe we will win today. Indians are 30 & 16......
Chuck
No worries over the long haul, Chuck. The Boston Red Sox lost their #4 starting pitcher for at least the rest of the season. That bodes well for your Indians and SJ's Tigers who are dealing Tampa Bay with a come uppance this week, provided we all get to the MLB postseason.
Don't know what happened, but the Sun has returned for the time being and we hit 84 here yesterday.
Dennis......you hit home with your post, so much misery. And with many guys here on the forum in harms way, you can't help but think about it.
Home schooling to me is a two edged sword in my mind.
Your wife can beat the classroom setting every time from a book-learning and self discipline perspective. But isn't home schooling missing the social interaction and the conflict resolution skills a child develops amongst the classmates? That is what has me wondering.
My folks sacrificed to the bone to send my sisters and I to private schools. But my Dad used the vast differences in our classmates to teach us life's lessons.
Some kids were mentally challenged. Some were physically challenged. Some had more "things" than we did and some less, family financial dynamics. Different religions. Some families provided the better clothes and some would/could not. There were the heartaches of being excluded by the "popular" kids' clique. The social benefits of a coed environment. There were the after school, at home discussions about bullies and how to handle them. Sex. drinking. Respect for others. There were the self-confidence issues about not being picked for the playground games and sports. There were the discussions about conduct, good and bad. The list goes on.
Can one adequately replace all of that with after school activities and hobbies?
Later, gang.
Good morning guys. Been away for a few days, on call and been getting hit hard. Thanks for the thoughts on the adoption. At this point, I am just open to what God's will is for us. If He wants us to have more, they will come....for the time being, we will pray about this.
Joe, thanks for the thoughts on our daughter's graduation. You are right, they grow too fast. After the test, I had to head into the hospital. Wife and kids toured the schools and were most impressed. We have thought about home schooling, but wife doesn't have the confidence in her abilities. We are happy with this school system.
Glad Jim is OK and everyone else checking in. Having our friendships all across this great land (and across the pond (JohnB)), makes such disasters a more personal concern. Please pray for the folks having to endure these issues.
Well, time to get things together and head in. Hope that everyone has a blessed day.Dennis
Aloha. Thunder storm moving through the Loop. Doesn't encourage me to go outside to another building for a meeting in a few minutes. . Finished up last campus-based class of the quarter. I have a few more online that go until June. Not teaching in the next term for the first time in... forever. Will miss the cash but appreciate the time. Stay safe.
Charter member: Tardis Train Crew
Good Morning
60 with rain.
I hear some thunder, suppose to be this way all through tomorrow. I'm not complaining, we've had some very nice day's lately. Granny fixed me a good breakfast so I will skip lunch.
Wednesday is hump day so you working folk, get to it..S.J.
It is a cloudy 60 degrees. Going up to 76 today with a chance of rain.
Today is a busy day. Grocery shopping and chores to do. Maybe a nap later.
Indians got beat last night by Boston. Maybe we will win today. Indians are 30 & 16.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Hi GUYZ,
Plated maters and cut grass again. Probably have to do it on saturday too. 8 more dayz til school is out!!!
BUCKEYE glad you and da beer are ok.
Stay frosty and watch your topknot,
Good Morning!
Quick Check in...was watching TCM and watched a great Lionel race (Four's a Crowd with Errol Flynn).
Lots of tin plate accessories..
OK off to feed the SSI..
Have a great day guys!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Thoughts and Prayers for all of the tornado victims.
A quiet day here so far. Quiet is good.
AF53, Ray, another package arrived.
Got home late from the Antique Truck Club meeting last night. We were working on plans for the show in September.
I should make the Tardis tonight.
Have a great day,
Weather (lightning) may postpone opening game of soccer season. RI52, they have tried to hold speeds constant the past 15 years and have succeeded so far. Track record of 237 was set in 1996 and likely will never be beat. Race record could be broken if they have a race with few or no cautions.....(pause for loud laughter here). Interesting combination of efforts with Andretti and Foyt joining efforts. Perhaps it is well my dad did not see this although AJ has had two Andrettis drive for him in the past (Jeff and John). Local sports columnist was teeing off on the deal but such transactions have been occurring almost since the race started. TBIL after the game. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Storm sirens going off here. Another big band of storms hitting. Watching things here carefully.
Like the TTC spinning phone booth. John Baker's, being brick - may not spin as well?
Hi Guys.. nice day in Michigan.
Just checking in, hope everyone is having a great week so far!
Storm's are expected here tomorrow and Thursday, Brutus says the Tardis is ready to launch.
Evening all!
Bad storms here. Heavy rain, hail, possible tornadoes, but apparently nothing serious formed so far.
My daughter went with friends to the Rangers game in Arlington - they just evacuted them to lower levels of stadium (normally non-public areas - huge tunnels under there - saw it when I took a tour years ago). Report was baseball size hail - but it was only golf ball size and smaller. Not sure when she is getting out of there since storms between us and them.
Spent entire day starting at 4:45 am with cancelled flights. Rented a car and 3 of us drove from Austin back to Dallas. Worked in the car with cell phone and PC so not much time missed. Missed a face-2-face meeting in Kansas due to cancelled flights, but we made it to office in time for a make up conf call. Have business cohorts stuck all over midwest due to cancelled flights. At least a couple of us got home tonight. Hope all are safe out there.
Tired - long day.
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