Hello all,
Not much here since this AM.
I think the Chief had some thing besides Ginger Ale in his glass
Busy weekend again. Still working on the mess in the basement. Contemplating weather to put down new carpet or to paint the concrete with Garage Epoxy. Since the kids are gone there is little activity down there and the carpet is a pain to maintain any way with three muddy dogs when the weather is wet. Hope to squeeze in a trip to the local antique tractor show tomorrow and a big 5 0 birthday party for a niece on Sunday.Also have a bunch of tomatoes to make juice out of.
Have decided to replace the storm sewer inlet in Dad's front yard. It was getting pretty bad and the recent heavy rain really accelerated the problem. I'll have a couple of days in removing the old one , building a form and pouring the new one.
Picked up a 145 gate man for $5 last evening at a local train store. It's not pre-war but I'm going to add it to Dad's Christmas layout. The Crossing sign is repaired and the base could use a new coat of paint but it's pretty nice shape for $5.
An early trip to bed is in the works.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good Evening
55 feels chilly.
The news for today is granny Pat is home. With her walker she got into the house on her own, has slept most of the afternoon. Tomorrow will tell the tale when the hospital drugs wear off. Banilla is ready...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
Evening all. Thank you for all the kind thoughts. Must be helping as I feel a bit better today. Did followup with the doc today and got better explanations of what is going on and my "second opinion" doc agreed. Start a 7 day steroid treatment tomorrow to reduce the inflamation. Then we see what next steps are. They believe the nerves from the central spinal cord that exit the cervical vertebrae to tne back and arms are being irritated by the arthritic bone condition closing the opening,. He says the pinching is not due to compressed or hemorrhaged disks.
Chuck - that is great news! Hang in there
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Gray, chilly, dreary day today. Somehow a fitting day for our 11 year old border collie mutt mix's last trip to the vet. He was a good one.
RI52 - I was not surprised by the plant manager change. It happened a little quicker than I expected. The new plant manager seems to have a management style about 180 degrees different than the last one - traded General Patton for General Bradly.
Prayers for healling.
All for now.
Granny, Chuck and Roy
Thanks for the congrats, Jack - we are excited for the kids and also the clock. I hope to pass the clock down to my daughter and a ring from my great grandfather down to my son one day.
Worked - frustrating day. After work, I drove home about 1/2 hour, then out to O'Fallon for about 45 minutes, so lots of driving. My buddy wanted to do a birthday dinner at a pizza place out there. It's okay, but not worth that drive for me. Oh well, had a couple cold and was a lot happier about things
Nice chat with SJ tonight. Congrats to the boys, Mike! TARDIS is ready, so let's hit it!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
8NT - sorry for your loss
Rainy and chilly. Got bar-be-que cookoff in Roseyville. Pork and chicken [no oposums or goats like in Ohio]. I am a judge. Judging starts at 11 AM. Some already cooking.
8NT, that is sad. A family member.
Roy, Granny and Ray's Sis, prayers.
Chuck, keep up the good work.
Off to bed.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Lots more rain over the last few days, but I think it is finally starting to cool off. Was clearing off as I was driving up to work this afternoon. Very beautiful evening. Will be working on the roof soon. I'll try and post some pictures.
Chuck - just one more week!
SJ - glad to hear Mrs SJ is back home and recovering well
Ray - thoughts and prayers for your sister and family
Brutus - good news on Char!
Got a long distance view of a doublestack UP train crossing Willcox Playa (been there SP Ray?), but nothing closer up alas. Maybe I should stop and wait sometime on the way back.
Have the mini-lathe up for sale for a pretty good deal w/ all the tooling, but no serious bites yet. Just too many projects to keep up with. Motorcycle parts arrived but haven't got around to putting them on. Hopefully next week. Then sort out the sheetmetal I need cleaned and powder-coated for the Corvair engine. Time to get some engines started. It's been too long.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good morning everyone. Been real busy with work. Woke early this morning and figured I would do my daily reading and prayers. Looks like I will be adding more since looking here. Ray, sorry for your sister's condition. I pray for her peace and comfort and for the guidance of those caring for her.Roy, I too have issues with my neck. I don't have a pinched nerve...yet, but I still am in a bit of pain on a constant basis. Some days are better than others. Pray for your relief.SJ, glad granny is home, praying for her continued progress.8N, sorry. Praying for peace and comfort to the family.
Bob, I would love to have a mini lathe, but still have a number of tools in the box, but too many projects ahead of even them, never mind more. I used to work for my dad doing some machining and learned a lot. It would be great to pass along to my son, but just don't have the time right now.Laz,, I learned so much between my shop teachers and working with my dad. I am able to do most things around the house, or on our vehicles. When I get the time, I enjoy working on them. When I don't have the time, I have it done for me. Still, good lessons to pass along to the next generation. I want my son to take shop and learn.
Well, gotta run. Hope everyone has a blessed day.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
GOOD MORNING FROM BLUEBERRYHILL....
It is cool today, What happened to summer?
Working out today, muscles starting to ache,. I have to get stronger before I come home, BREATHING GOOD.
gotta go....see you guys later
Morning. Chilly and wet. Bar-be-que cook off today. Off to judge it. Got big fire truck from Midland PA here and cooking. I will have my spies tell me which bar-be-que is their's. No Yankee bar-be-que gets an award from me.
Chuck, quit chasing the nurses.
Bob, keep up the good work.
Have a good one.
Hi GUYZ,
Had a nice fire with the WIFE last nite, made potatoes with peppers and onions with turkey *** over fire. Good eats and a nice two hrs. watching fire and talking about past weeks dramas.
CHUCK, watch out your shirts are gonna get tighter, with all those workouts. Pace yourself BIG GUY.
8NTRUCK, sorry for your loss of your best friend. When I lost my JANEDOG last year seemed like part of me was lost as well. Got my MINNIE now, so its stings a little less. I know deep in my heart we'll see our best friends again some day.
ROY, I'm tellin ya try hanging upside down it will alighn all them bones and make you feel good.
DENNIS, thanks for the pat on the back for being a shop teacher. Seems like we are going to lose this field and other parts of the arts in our school system because of budget cuts. Sad but true. We are just teaching our youth to be tested and pass math and reading to get the state grade and the heck with everything else. Sorry for rant but sometimes its needed.
Oh yea, ran trains last nite for an hour and you guessed it NO PILE UPs!!!!
Stay frosty,
laz57
Mornin' boys. Cool and cloudy here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Dropped off pickem-up truck at garage. Was making awful squeeling which turned out to be the balancer pulley. Can't fix that one myself...$$$ What I will be fixing is the EGR valve and front rotors on the Chevy.
V8Vega - I saw that incredible video. Fabulous rescue, then they all walked away from the dude
8ntruck - Regards on the truck-mutt. Jonadel sent me an uplifting post on the Rainbow Bridge after our Lassie-dog passed.
Chief - Not a good week to take yatchet out. Seems that our waterways are boogered up big-time from all the flooding caused by TS LEE (go figure...)
RockIsland - American voters truly deserve the representation they receive...
Good Morning
54 overcast.
I was hoping to cut the grass today but this is the first few minutes I've had to myself since I got up. Granny Pat is moving around the house when needed using her walker. I just got everything settled down and now the nurse is coming. Oh well.
Have a good weekend...S.J.
First things first. I have been reading the Pot regularly and saying prayers for Chuck and Paula. God does indeed answer prayers. Welcome back, Blueberry!!!!!
New semester started three weeks ago with three classes. I pick up a fourth on Monday so the semester will be busy.
I got my Vision Line Hudson in mid-summer and was having some issues with it. I thought, for a while, that weak batteries in the Legacy remote were contributing. I disconnected the Legacy and things worked in conventional so I bit the bullet, got the RA number and sent the engine back to Lionel in Canfield, Ohio. It arrived Wednesday and was back at UPS on Friday!!! I'll get it sometime next week and will report on what Lionel found.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Good afternoon,
I woke up this early and went for a 10-mile run with some classmates. A couple of us are going to run a half-marathon on 1 Oct. I am watching PSU play Temple right now and Temple is playing very well. PSU has about 10 minutes to find a way to win. A few of us are going out to have steak tonight.
Good day,
Joe
Good morning all, Cool cloudy weather continues. That's good for us.
Chuck, way to go buddy! You are doing good and we hope you will be home soon.
Chief, being a bar-b-que judge in North Carolina sounds like a good gig unless they throw in some of that stuff from other places. Out here they call bar-b-que anything that they overcook and throw some bar-b-que sauce on.
Roy, glad you are feeling a little better. Those steriods for 7 days should help reduce the inflamation a lot. My doctor said that they thought it was a miracle drug at first until they found out about side affects. That's why they don't like to use it for long term. If they do, then they have to taper you off of it a little at a time. Anyway prayers for healing.
Got an update this morning about my sister. She had a good day yesterday and is responding to the pain management. They prepared her with a port for getting chemotherapy. Any plans to do any patch work on her back has been put on hold for a while. Her daughter says the plans seem to change day by day. They are talking now of letting her go home next week. I suppose they have to figure out how to give her medicines at home before they do that however. She is getting plenty of company and mail from relatives. Her own children mainly but two other brothers are planning on seeing her soon. Thank each and every one of you on the forum for your prayers.
We are going to a dinner tonight to help celebrate our pastor's 25th anniversary as a priest. We also have a new associate pastor who will be there.
Have a good weekend,
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon all!
Better again to day and thanks for the kind thoughts - they continue to help! This really is a pain in the neck!
The good news - My son just got an acceptance letter to Univ of Oklahoma so we know he is locked for college
The bad news is one of my cousins in Ohio lost her oldest daughter to cancer a few weeks ago. She had been battling it for a couple of years and even went into remission for a while but it came back with a vengence.
Watching NASCAR today and resting the neck.
Chuck - thanks for the positive update!
Have a great day all!
Afternoon. Full of BAR-BE-QUE. Truck from Midland PA was from when our REB Fire Dept went Nawth and captured it. They are converting it to a pig bar-be-que truck. Hauls its own water, room for all the cooking things and cookers go inside in the back.
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Later.
Aloha from a beautiful fall day. Back from an all-day college visit to Carthage in Wisconsin with the family. Up at dawn, 2 hour drive, 2 hour presentations and tour, 2 hours back, with stops and wanderings sprinkled liberally therein. Hope it all ends positively soon. Roy, congrats on your son's acceptance into OU. Glad your neck is feeling a bit better. 8n, my condolences on the loss of your buddy. Glad granny is home and doing well, SJ. Almost forgot congratulations on the kid's baptisms, Brutus!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Evening all
SJ Glad granny is home to put you back in line
8N sorry about your best friend.
Roy Congrats on sons acceptance
Chief I got a compliment that you will try to trash I'm sure but this was from a real southern gentleman I made the comment I was a da mn Yankee and he asked how long I have been living in the south and I told him since 1975 so 36 years he said that long you are a southern and from what I have seen you have the politeness of one. you have learned well and you can concider yourself one that just was born in the wrong place.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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rtraincollector Chief I got a compliment that you will try to trash I'm sure but this was from a real southern gentleman I made the comment I was a da mn Yankee and he asked how long I have been living in the south and I told him since 1975 so 36 years he said that long you are a southern and from what I have seen you have the politeness of one. you have learned well and you can concider yourself one that just was born in the wrong place.
About time you admitted it.
Always said I felt I was born in the wrong area of the united states I like the south better.
61 now.
It's been a very long day. Granny's doin ok, a nurse and the PT were here then the neighbors, then the kids. I'm pooped..
Banilla is here but someone will have to come and get it..S.J.
Interesting day here on the hill. We have had power down to the site for the last couple of days during the daylight hours for the yearly maintenance on the system. We have a portable generator (mil. surplus) to provide us with power for the maser, which is an atomic clock. It can't lose power or it loses calibration, and the only way to calibrate a maser is w/ another maser.
Well the portable wouldn't produce electical power this morning. The other operator woke me up (I'm working a night shift since there's not much to do w/ the power down.) and it was definitely down for the count. Ran a number of extension cords over to the utility building where they had another portable generator to keep things alive. Couple that w/ a major fuel leak on the primary backup generator (800 KW) and life gets interesting. I think it's time to look into our own portable.
Laz - the loss of shop classes is a sad state of affairs, but thanks for keeping the faith!
Keep going Chuck!
Joe.D. - 10 miles!? In the south? Thought you were in the Air Force not the Army...
Chief - you have a BBQ fire truck? Now that's innovation. The Mech. Eng. Dept here at the university has two old trucks that I walk past regularly. Not sure what there for. Need to post some pictures and see if the guys here can identify them.
Off to find some dinner.
Good Evening All!
Not much going on here just alot of work. Tomorrows going to be a nice day as HudsonJohn and another of my brother-in-laws head south (no Chief, not that far south) to Atlantic City for a nice dinner for my nephews bachelor party. Might even win some bucks!
8N - As much as they give us so much joy over the years it always seems to put a hollow feeling when they go. Time will heal this wound too.
Chuck - Almost seems like you're back to normal! Nice!
JoeD - Yanks win again as the Saux lose again (sorry Jack). Great to see Rivera saving number 601. Our last game for this year is Tue night. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Roy - Good news bad news! Probably takes the joy from your son's news. Congrats anyway.
Enjoy Sunday everyone!
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Prayers for Chuck, Ray, Roy, Granny, and for all our intentions. Congrats to the boy, Roy!
Kids are getting stuff ready and then heading to bed! They are bouncing off the walls! We got the ham and stuff over to my folks' house for tomorrow. We have had a lot of cold wet weather here lately and I finally got the back yard mowed, even though it was very wet. I couldn't mow the front or side, as it was too wet for the riding mower and I didn't feel like doing it with the push mower, that's for sure. I did mow down in around the trees and nearly stepped in a big hole, where an old stump that was buried has obviously rotted out. I'll fill it with some rock and dirt next weekend, as I have some piles of both available. A short but nice talk with SJ today.
TARDIS is ready and I know where the key is hidden for the banilla. AF - hope John is having a good time and wins some money, but I never win when I gamble, so that takes the fun out of it
sir james I Good Evening 61 now. It's been a very long day. Granny's doin ok, a nurse and the PT were here then the neighbors, then the kids. I pooped.. Banilla is here but someone will have to come and get it..S.J.
It's been a very long day. Granny's doin ok, a nurse and the PT were here then the neighbors, then the kids. I pooped..
We are getting Sir J some Depends.
Long day. Reclinerized until Lucy woke me. All out and back in. Stopped raining. Off to bed.
Sleep tight.
Off in an hour or so to see the Collings Foundation's vintage WWII aircraft with the son and the SIL. We won't be taking any rides in the B17 Flying Fortress, B24 Liberator, or the P51 Mustang.......prices start over $400 per person on the bombers for a 30 minute ride, and I think about $2,000 for the Mustang which has been re-fitted to seat 2, the pilot plus one. But I do hope to take a tour of the aircraft, pour over the displays, and take in the lectures on our history. And.......see some takeoffs and landings!!!
Continued prayers for Granny, Ray, Roy, and Chuck. Glad to hear all are doing better.
8N........you must be feeling pretty low after the loss of your pup. You may recall that nearly 3 years ago my wife and I unexpectedly lost our two just three days apart. Coming home to an empty house without them there to happily greet us was too much. You I just hope that you know that the awful pain you feel has replaced that of your pup's in that final, most difficult act of kindness.
As Laz said, getting another dog will soothe the soul and take some of the sting out of it......not that the dog we/you lost can be replaced, but the circle of life has to begin again.
SP Ray......a good canine trainer can help you teach your dog to NOT pull on the leash in less than 5 minutes. No food. No commands. Despite breed and instinct or age, and any and all distractions, including a herd of squirrels, rabbits, cats, other dogs, frisbees, and balls. I witnessed three such dogs yesterday at training and scores in our experience. The techniques never fail and are simple. And it does not require a tug of war or strentgh.
Later, gang!!!!!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
47 here this morning. Nice and sunny too. Gonna take my gal for a nice 3.5 miler this morning and then do grocery shopping.
DOUG M, hope da BEARS WIN?
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