Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
RockIsland52 Brent, while you are indeed trapped awaiting the movement of red tape, at least you are trapped with your wife and your special bundle. Not a bad pair to be trapped with.
Brent, while you are indeed trapped awaiting the movement of red tape, at least you are trapped with your wife and your special bundle. Not a bad pair to be trapped with.
RockIsland52 Dennis and DougM and Brent........I find it sad that adoption has to be this difficult. I understand caution is the order of the day, but it sounds like the bureaucracy throws so many obstacles and delays into the process, ones that would discourage even the most determined folks. Who has the time and resources to outlast the delays, let alone an employer who has your back?
Dennis and DougM and Brent........I find it sad that adoption has to be this difficult. I understand caution is the order of the day, but it sounds like the bureaucracy throws so many obstacles and delays into the process, ones that would discourage even the most determined folks. Who has the time and resources to outlast the delays, let alone an employer who has your back?
Hello all,
Quick check in while passing through the office
ChiefEagles Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later
CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did Pam think of the strippers?????
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Gotta run
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
73 a beautiful summer day.
I did some odds and ends things today, nothing worthy of the pot. Had my banilla with chocolate syrup and peanuts. Got plenty for tonight's thingy trip though...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
So the Chief has been out chasing strippers at the lake again. I guess there are not enough in Roseyville.
The Chief is right about one thing. I can't post from a Blackberry or Ipod to the forum. From what I can see, there is not a version for a mobile. Maybe Prof. Murphy knows something about using the mobles to post on the forum.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Good Evening,
Quiet night here at Exit 8....80's and cooler today, still humid. Just finished dinner and watching the Yanks pound the Angels...Cano is a single away from the cycle. And, for desert Yankee Pinstripe Brownie Blast ice cream..
Fife, Thanks for the invite...we'll see what transpires. York is still a possibility, and glad you're doing better.
Came home changed and fell asleep on the couch for 45 minutes...
Jack - Facebook is how I keep tabs on her...and sometimes I don't have to intervene...
I should stay up and watch Rescue Me, but I'm starting to feel tired. Monthly fire meeting tomorrow night as well. More hot air
Will check in tomorrow!
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
Partly cloudy and about 80 today.
S.J. - That sounds like a tin roof sunday to me. Not many people south of the Michigan border call them that, though.
Demay - ever try the tuna appetizer at PF Changs? It is one of my favorites.
Laz - The Lokie probably has a fuze plug somewhere in the boiler. That is a plug with a metal filling that will melt out at pressures and temperatures that will occur if the water level in the boiler gets too low, venting the steam and releasing excess pressure. One of those peace of mind things.
All for now.
Hi guys! Off tomorrow for a day trip to da Bronx. Been tooo long. Should be nice and 82 degrees with low humidity.
SJ - I don't profess to be a good cook but even I don't ruin a frying pan and flipper! How'd you do that one??
Jack - I have no excuse for the way we play against your team this year. I heard an interesting thing on tv while watching tonights game. They said "I heard that the Red Sox fans are calling the radio station up there and saying that if we can beat the Yanks 10 games out of 12 (or something like that) why are we only a couple of games ahead of them?" Interseting.
NJDevil - Save some Brownie Blast for me!!!!
Later
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
As a kid in Toledo they did call that a tin roof.
As for the frying pan,,well i put soap and water in it, put it on the burner to warm the water and forgot it was on until the stink found me.
sir james I As a kid in Toledo they did call that a tin roof. As for the frying pan,,well i put soap and water in, it put it on the burner to warm the water and forgot it was on until the stink found me.
As for the frying pan,,well i put soap and water in, it put it on the burner to warm the water and forgot it was on until the stink found me.
Banks ChiefEagles: Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did Pam think of the strippers?????
ChiefEagles: Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later
I WISH [too many "p's" in that spelling].
Got my vintage H&R .22 mag semi-auto rifle. In excellent shape. Beautiful stock. [its already in the safe] Drilled and tapped for base. Ordering bullet drop scope for it.
Sleep tight.
LEE - prayers for you and your family, man!
Toro UPS'd the new handle piece for my mower to replace the one I bent
I got a VAC dial from an online store on ebay. It looks great - need to check it with a transformer an against my volt meter. If it works well, I will order a couple more for my new layout. It will be neat to see how much power each block is drawing etc. (Yes - I'm copying Charlie, but he has GOOD idears as we say in MO).
Watching a percy on ebay, Doug - I've been thinking that most of the "cheap" ones go for about 50 to 60 plus s/h of about 8 or 10? So about 60-70 bucks or so? I see someone selling the faces separately for like 20 bucks? I might get one of those and try to sell off the faces and also the eye mechanism in case someone would want that. That might bring the price down to what those cheap ones end up selling for?
TARDIS is ready guys - let's get going!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cool and sunny 56 degrees. Going up to 80 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have chores to do and an errand to run. Maybe I will relax this afternoon.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
Put in 7 hrs of pointing the stones yesterday. Hands at a little sore today from all the squeezing of the grout bag. I have about 2-3 hrs today to finish the LAST wall, then put a big done sign on it. Beers tasted good last nite. Got up this morning and just did a nice 2 miler. Temps here are the same as CHUCKs with low humidity.
CHIEF fishing for STRIPPERS? Gee I keep on looking for the roaming band of STRIPPER when I'm out deer hunting? They're on the water too?
8NTRUCK and SPMAN, the Lokie has two mud plugs that melt at 400 degrees. That is our safety feature. If the tubes would have blown out on a tour what we do is open up both injectors and flood the firebox. That will stop everything. The boiler man is to be there this morning taking the old ones out. I wish I could check it out but I'm an hour away and I gotta get this work around the house done.
Stay frosty, I gotta GOLF later today FORE!
laz57
DOUG and SPMAN,
Our Lokie is inspected every year before we get started. Has a tag on the boiler. I guess the tubes were ok but 11 years? We have the brother to this Lokie in the barn with new tubes in it and all it needs is mud plugs and a little plumbing to get it to go. I wish we could run this one, but don't know why we don't? The powers that be?
One more thing the insurance on this steamer is $40G/ year. OUCH!
Laz -- I was told a few years ago that over half of the Durango-Silverton narrow gauge train ticket went for insurance costs? I guess that makes sense when you consider that train runs along the side of a mountain with very little room on the outside rail plus the boiler liability.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good morning
63 bright sun, going to 82.
I have the new Lionel catalog, some nice things but the engines are getting too expensive for me. Yeah I could spend money on them but what for, lots of $$ just to get one repaired. Eggs, corn beef hash and 1 toast w/applesauce on it...S.J.
Banks Hello all, Quick check in while passing through the office ChiefEagles: Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did Pam think of the strippers????? 88 More
What I want to know is what the Chief did with the strippers once he caught them.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Morning everyone,
Prayers to everyone who needs them and a big congrats to Brent and Q!
Went skeet shooting with a few friends yesterday. I think it was about the fifth of sixth time I've gone, and every time I go it seems to get more fun! It was only three of us yesterday, but we usually have a much larger group. I shot my friends Remington 870 Express as well as his new Benelli Super Sport. I'm still absolutely in love with the 870, and his father happens to be selling one for $150 which I will most likely end up buying.
Well, I'm off to start packing for the shore! It's the final weekend that I'll be down for the summer, so I gotta make the best of it, especially before school starts!
Good Mornin' Ya'll from Clear Taxachusetts With high 70s On Tap,
Just a quick, amusing, weather-related story my FIL shared with me by phone yesterday, one that DougM can appreciate because Doug lives about 16 miles due North of him and he himself had recent weather-related problems at his homestead..
My FIL is 90 and understandably can't do many things he used to do. Much to his disappointment, he has to hire folks to mow, trim, and fertilize.
Over the course of the past few weeks his grass started yellowing/browning out. So he thought he should be proactive and give the fertilizer/lawn expert guys he uses a call to come out and assess the situation.
The guy shows up, and walks the property. Then he declares with a straight face that the source of the problem with the lawn is drought.
My FIL's city's average July rainfall is just short of about 4 inches. The previous record high amount recorded was over 9 inches, set in 1889. But in July 2011 he received a new record total of over 11 inches!!!!
FIL sent the lawn expert guy on his way.
Brent......it occured to me that the best way we here can help you, the Q, and Christina to pass the time waiting for the FLA and then MD ICPC departments' to push a couple of pieces of paper, and finally release you from your current incarceration, is to give you advice on parenting. As you know, most of us have been particularly adept at all manner of blunders. So we know what we are talking about.
Some years ago I got to work, rushed to my office to pick up some stuff, and then hurried off to a meeting, getting there just a few minutes before the meeting started. That is when one of the women in attendance who knew a thing or two about children came up from behind and tapped me on the shoulder while I was pouring myself a cup of coffee.
She said, "Jack, you may want to make a quick trip to the mens' room and clean up a bit." That one caught me by surprise. Apparently I was sporting about 18 inches of spit-up down the back of my black suit coat. Never even noticed the smell driving to work.
Always check your clothing before you walk into work, both sides.
Morning. Took dogs to groomer early. Been cleaning office as have not had time to do a good cleaning since master bath was finished. Still had a lot of drywall and plaster dust. Now to mow here and widow lady's.
RockIsland52 Banks: Hello all, Quick check in while passing through the office ChiefEagles: Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did Pam think of the strippers????? 88 More What I want to know is what the Chief did with the strippers once he caught them. Jack.
Banks: Hello all, Quick check in while passing through the office ChiefEagles: Home again. Been reading this thread but can't post from phone. Can other sites but not this one. Wish they would fix their software. Caught strippers. Later CHIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!! What did Pam think of the strippers????? 88 More
Sent them north to my buddy named Jack in Taxachusetts. Figured he would know what to do with them. I had forgotten.
Later.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Just got back from Michael's. Needed a new hot glue gun and mini-sticks. Checked out the LEMAX/Spookytown stuff on display. The eye popper (get it?) was the OCTO SWING carnival ride. Has a lot of appeal for amusement park set-ups, lots of details. Lists at $99, so grab your coupons.
Evening all not a lot going on here. looking forward to 3:30 tomorrow afternoon as I'm off and off the weekend whoo hoo only get them every third week. No money but off the weekend so will be able to relax some and probably cut the grass sat ( about 7 am) morning before it gets too warm out there.
Need to plant some replacement trees also Saturday morning. ( will use the cultivator to dig the holes lol.
Think I need to get some brackets to put a couple of boards up ( 1"x4"x8') to place some track and some O gauge trains on.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Home a bit early, monthly fire meeting tonight...a quick bite then off to meeting. They'll have a small buffet after the meeting, so I'll eat again later.
Big time smoke condition down town last night at 0100....turns out that someone had a night burn in the backyard and told no one....another good night's sleep ruined....
ok off to get ready, I'll check back tonight.....
oh...BTW...Yanks win again, now 1 game behind the BoSox....
AFRay - Pinstripe Brownie Blast here for ya!
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the low 80s. Got some much needed rain. Work has been busy. Life at home has been busy as we getting ready to move Lucas and fiancee to apartment. Will be taking U-Haul van to Bloomington tomorrow. Took "Victory" drinks out to high school soccer kids. Saturday will be reffing two games of that American sport, soccer, for the youth league. Sunday will be watching traditional American open wheel racing (Indycar) from New Hampshire on ABC. Looked at the new Lionel catalog online. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Evening
75 now
A nice day spent with one of the few cousins I have left. It was a quick 40 miles, almost all freeway. Banilla is waiting for the thingy guys..S.J.
Evening all,
Kids cleaned up and in bed. They went to the county fair and Gabriel had football practice. Did more teaching of tackling and blocking fundamentals. The center a QB are starting to click. Working with them on the snap. It is fun, and they like it too!
I won some three rail tube track ( did I really say that?) on ebay for the Marx Tin plate. Looking forward to seeing it run. I remember something about Marx trains not liking switches?. Is that so?
Jim F - How is Char doing? I may of missed last report.
Brent - You and Suzy Q are in my prayers.
Jack - Looking Forward to your pot summary.
Greg NW Flyer - That tin plate is addictive!
Buckeye- almost TGIF
Still working on the weekend homily so I need to go.
May God bless
Jim
I'm BAAAACKKKK
Meeting was long and drawn out....Had salad and meatball sandwiches.
in the 70's a cool breeze...windows are open on the top floor going down to the mid 60's.
Plans laid out for 9/11and the 9/11 memorial run on the 20th....almost 3000 motorcycles will be going through town that day, all at once and one for every victim of 9/11. Class A uni's ... should be good.
OK off to bed
for our intentions...have a great night!
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