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RE:COFFEE POT #9 September 2011 for all to take a drink and chat. 6+ years and going. Plenty of better coffee and sweet ice tea to drink. Plenty of GRITS and Cheerios for the heart.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:07 PM

Evenin' boys.  Gurney bound at the crack o' dawn.  Gonna show 'em my good side...after wifey gives me a Fleets somethin'-or-other...Confused

anjdevil - it hurts to see you struggle, my friend.  Hoping it all works out.

Hudson - That was very nice about the job opportunity.

RockIsland - The wOes have gotten very little right this year...why start now?

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Posted by dwiemer on Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:23 PM

Good afternoon everyone.  Been a few since I last checked and lots of pages to catch up on.  Busy on this end.  First, we got our referral from China on a son with cleft lip/palate...we accepted and are in process on him.  Also, my bride let them know that we would be interested in a second child while we are there, so.....I may not be retiring before long!   I may need to keep things in check as the train room is hallowed ground!  The policy is that I can not post the photo of the child until everything is locked, so I will when I can.  Tomorrow is my anniversary, so we are heading to Hotlanta to see a play and have a nice dinner sanz children.

Chuck! what can I say....you are a miracle and answer to prayer!  Continue the effort towards restored health and when possible, take that bride of yours out for a much deserved dinner!

Rich, do you do any diesle work?  If so, you may want to look into the fire department shops.  We had two at HFD who were full time.  I am sure larger departments have a larger work force.  Good luck and I will keep you in prayers.

Bob, thanks for the photos.  Very nice view.  Also, will keep the prayers going....hang in there buddy!

Glad to hear progress on so many.  Roy, glad you are on the mend.
God Bless,
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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:17 PM

70 now we did have some sun today. 73 for the hi.

Good luck fife, today's the worst.

RI good tip, gotta check for empty pizza boxes too. You know how easy one could slide under the couch or chair. A church lady brought us cabbage rolls and a neighbor some kind of rice thingy so we ate well today. Got banilla ready for the thingy trip...S.J.


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Posted by wrmcclellan on Thursday, September 22, 2011 8:10 PM

fifedog
Evenin' boys.  Gurney bound at the crack o' dawn.  Gonna show 'em my good side...after wifey gives me a Fleets somethin'-or-other...Confused

Looks like some serious jogging occurs at Fifehouse tonight.

Evening all!

HOORAY for CHUCK and Paula! Being home after all this will raise one's spirits!

Still tired today and this was the last day for the steroids. With the steroids wearing off the arm (referred pain from the neck) and upper shoulder ache. Will move to ibuprofen tommorrow and contact the doc for next steps.

Dennis - congrats on the anniv and the adoption! Hope your wishes for another work out when you make your trip!

 Have a great evening all!

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, September 22, 2011 8:23 PM

A great day, Chuck is now at home.  YesYesYesYes

I am looking forward to seeing that special car in front of the Cheerios car when you run those trains.

and of course,

TGIF

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Posted by Brutus on Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:59 PM

Chuck!!! Big congrats man, so glad you are home now!

Dennis - cheers to you man, hope the adoption(s) all go through without a hitch.  Also - Happy Anniversary!

Prayers for healing and jobs galore!

Nice talk with SJ tonight.  Hope Granny gets back in that kitchen soon!

Treating our puppy for fleas - she brought home some visitors.

TARDIS is ready, so let's get going guys Smile

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:06 PM

Evenin' All.

Great news Chuck. Slow and easy as they say. Thumbs Up

Fife, No problem when the Fleets in Fleet will be out shortly, it ain't gonna wait for hi-tide. Laugh

Rich, When one door closes another opens, hopefully sooner than later.

Heading to the museum tomorrow, SWMBO is still going with me just to make sure I don't get to tired to drive home. My turn to bring lunch, Chicken Alfredo & Garlic Toast. Not exactly on my "good foods" list so I can't eat very much of it and no garlic toast. Crying

Dennis, Yes anniversaryYesYes adoptions.

Gettin' tired and can't remember what I wanted to say.

Nite All !

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Posted by 8ntruck on Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:51 PM

Good newsabout Chuck.

Where did I hide when my wife's bridge group was here?  At work.  Turns out that there are some advantages to not being retired.

97 Probe - that new find you are looking at sure looks like it turn into a major project.

About all for now.

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Posted by submmbob on Friday, September 23, 2011 3:27 AM

Just got home a bit ago from the mountain.

Chuck is home! Wahoo!!

Jack - no kidding. Lasted at least six months. Was a small one, but not a gourd. I guess it's dry in Phoenix.

Dennis - congrats on the adoption process!

Time to find something to eat and then a pillow.

Bob

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Posted by Hudson#685 on Friday, September 23, 2011 5:53 AM

Good Morning,

Very foggy this morning. Spent the night at my Mom's. Took care of a few minor maintenance issues and watched the Yankees loose. She likes the company and looks forward when I do stay over.

Thoughts and Prayers for all in need.

Chuck, it has to feel great being home.

Have a great day,

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, September 23, 2011 6:03 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  HAPPY FIRST DAY O FALL or AUTUMN.

Went GOLFN last nite got 7 holes in and it poured down on us, so went for Wings and Yuengs.  Good eats.

Today got half day for the Great Gratz fair.  I'm a going down to BARRYs after school just to see what a goin on.

CHUCK and BUCKEYE, TGIF.

CHUCK did you enjoy the STREEEETCH LIMO ride home?

Stay frosty,

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Posted by Banks on Friday, September 23, 2011 6:48 AM

Hello all.

TGIF

Prayers answered. Chuck is at home

Another busy weekend.

Grandson's 6th Cake party at     http://altoonatrain.com/

More work in the Basement this weekend. May go to drags with son tomorrow evening if they aren't rained out.

Probe, looks like a good one to walk away from.

SS Fund calls, try to get back over the weekend


Prayers for those in need

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:19 AM

GOOD MORNING from Blueberryhill....

IT is a beautiful day. And I have not even looked outside.

I feel pretty good today.  Tired. But, I am happy.

THANKS TO ALL YOU GUYS AND YOUR PRAYERS

BUCKEYE & LAZ.....TGIF

Y'all a great Friday

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:36 AM

fifedog

Evenin' boys.  Gurney bound at the crack o' dawn.  Gonna show 'em my good side...after wifey gives me a Fleets somethin'-or-other...Confused

 Bet it is a lot prettier than the face. LaughWhistling

Morning.  More rain and more rain.  Flash flood watch.   RT and Dennis's fault.  Streaming up from SC and GA.  Going to be lazy for the next few days.

Go Chuck, go. Big Smile

Bob, you are doing good. Wink

Later

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:51 AM

Good Gloomy Morning

Woke up to light rain and 54 degrees.

No plans for today. Nurse and PT are expected to see granny today. A small train show tomorrow if I can find a babysitter.

Chuck welcome home. TGIF to the working folk...S.J.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:58 AM

Aloha. Grey but clearing. Another college visit tomorrow - right near CTT headquarters.   Fife, it's Always Talk-like-a-Pirate Day. Arrrr. PirateDennis, congratulations and happy happy anniversary - and great news about the adoptions. We went for one and found two in one of our 'sequences'.  Rich, have you explored some of the fleet ops at local universities? We have a big one. Prayers for granny and Chuck! So glad you're home.

Bride has her 'cooking club' over onSat night with a early 1960s theme. I have to bring home vodka and cigarettes. LOL.  Hey, did you see the Lionel Blog?

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Posted by hscsltb on Friday, September 23, 2011 9:07 AM

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Friday, September 23, 2011 10:44 AM

Good Mornin' Ya'll From Overcast Taxachusetts,

More rain on tap today and tomorrow, coming up along the coast from points South.  Guess the Chief is donating some of his unwanted water to us, not realizing that we don't need it. Whistling   The temps last night at 11PM were in the high 60s, same overnight, and the forecast calls for a seasonal high of 75 today in my neck of the woods.  Fall is here!

Chuck........sure is great seeing your posts.  In a couple of weeks you will be scampering up and down the stairs back and forth to the train room like a hungry monkey chasing a bannana. Laugh

Fife........the Fleets has sailed. Pirate  Smile, Wink & Grin  Hope you have smooth waters today.

Prayers continue for Granny, RaySP and SIS, Roy, and Rich ........and also today, for all those with college expenses staring them in the face.

Gotta run, will check in later.

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Posted by Hudson#685 on Friday, September 23, 2011 11:19 AM

Lunch Time,

Raining hard here, calling for some flooding, already calling for weekend coverage. I am glad that it is not my turn.

Chuck, No place like home.

Dennis, Good luck with the adoptions.

Fife, I hope that all went well with the gurney ride.

SJ, Wish Granny a speedy recovery.

Anjdevil, Rich, check the web site. I just got out of a staff infection meeting and according to a manager the jobs are to be posted.

Prayers for all in need, our list is getting large again.

Back to work,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, September 23, 2011 11:24 AM

Harold!!!  Don't think we have heard from you much.  Hope all is OK.  No storm damage???

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Posted by SPMan on Friday, September 23, 2011 12:31 PM

Good morning all,

Chuck, it is great to see your first post from home.  Have a wonderful day and welcome back.

Dennis, Happy anniversary and many more.  Also prayers and best wishes for the adoption process.

Roy, good luck on the post steriod meds for your pains.  I'm sort of in the same boat and maintaining with only one Aleve pill per day.  No heavy lifting or heavy exercise either.  Keep us posted.

Chief, good luck on your procedure, whatever the gurney and Fleet is for.  Got an idea, I have been there myself.

Getting reports about once a day about my sister in Jacksonville, N.C.  Her daughter is posting updates.  She is getting radiation every day this week.  Since her back has been affected by cancer, it is very painful for her to lie on her back during these treatments.  I don't know why they can't give her something to make her more comfortable during these treatments but there must be a reason.  My wife and I need to talk about trying to visit some of our releatives who are sick on the East Coast.  We are both feeling our age and haven't traveled by air in a long time.  I hear its a big hastle now but it must still be better than trying to drive coast to coast.  Taking the train is out of the question without sleeping accomodations and if you do that, it cost as much as flying.  Decisions, decisions.  I still have enough air miles for several free tickets but we better go in the fall or spring.  They don't have many of those seats at busy times.  We have relatives in New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida and North Carolina.  My sister in N.C. says they have an airport in Jacksonville but I don't think my carrier, American, goes there.  Probably have to go to Charlotte, Raleigh or Norfolk and drive from there.

No train meeting at my house last night.  Too hot and had dinner engagement.  Son took wife and I out for dinner.

Time for Cheerios now in Chuck's honor.

Have a good day all,

Ray

 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Friday, September 23, 2011 1:00 PM

Good afternoon all,

Terrible week soccer wise.  Everybody lost all their games except one lone JV girls win.  Not happy with situation trying to buy tickets for Kentucky Indycar race either.  Will post more details later.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 23, 2011 2:26 PM

V8Dennis,

                     What worries me is that the five speeds in these cars are quite solid.  For one to go, the car was probably beaten.  The automatics fail by regular use though even with fluid and filter changes every 10-15K, and are aound $2K to have rebuilt.  Did that around 174,500 miles on mine.  Still, I feel like I am supposed to save this 95.Smile  I'd hate to pass on it and see it get crushed. 

 

 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, September 23, 2011 5:29 PM

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V8Dennis,

                     What worries me is that the five speeds in these cars are quite solid.  For one to go, the car was probably beaten.  The automatics fail by regular use though even with fluid and filter changes every 10-15K, and are aound $2K to have rebuilt.  Did that around 174,500 miles on mine.  Still, I feel like I am supposed to save this 95.Smile  I'd hate to pass on it and see it get crushed.   

Think you need to let this one get crushed. your giving out bad warning signs you need to listen to What worries me is that the five speeds in these cars are quite solid.  For one to go, the car was probably beaten. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 23, 2011 7:03 PM

RT,

        I talked to the seller again this afternoon.  He came down a good bit from the price on the windshield to a point that I am comfortable.  He seems to know about these cars, and I don't have any concerns as to integrity there.  I've made the car sound worse than it actually is, but it is nice aside from the tarns issue.  If it starts and sounds healthy, I am good to go.  I worked alongside an older guy at my previous job who's son is a Ford tech that specializes in transmissions.  He helped me get my 97 back up when no one else could help, and refused to take any money for his time. Thumbs Up

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, September 23, 2011 8:42 PM

Good Evening

55 now, rained or drizzled all day. No train news today. The PT guy got granny to climb the stairs and he and I thought she did real good. but she won't go now, still wants to stay downstairs. I got plenty of banilla and root beer so bring the thingy this way...S.J.

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Posted by SPMan on Friday, September 23, 2011 9:09 PM

Good evening all, got an update on sis.  She had a good day today with radiation.  They found some position she could get into without giving her a lot of pain during the treatment.  Gave her a phone call tonight and she sounded pretty good considering.  Had a nice talk with my niece who was with her.  She is the one putting out the updates every day.  I felt a little better myself today and was able to help wife getting food for someone at the church pantry.  Made myself a little cart to put things on so I could avoid lifting and hauling.

Good night and thanks for prayers,

Ray

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Posted by Demay on Friday, September 23, 2011 10:23 PM

Good evening,

We had another test today and I did well again - it's amazing how studying affects the outcome.  I have a paper due Monday so I will spend some time writing this weekend.  Tomorrow, my classmates and I are going to volunteer some time at a local elementary school.  We will paint some walls, perform some carpentry work, and do other odds and ends.  The schools in Montgomery are not in the best condition and they appreciate the help.

SP Ray - I'll continue to pray for your sister.

Dennis - Somehow I believe delaying retirement will seem very much worth it.  I hope all goes well with the adoption process.

Jack - The Yankees could end the Sox's playoff hopes this weekend.

I need to get to sleep now; a couple of us are going for a 10-mile run in the morning before our volunteer time.

Good night,

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Posted by Brutus on Friday, September 23, 2011 10:27 PM

Met a good friend at lunch today. He retired a while back and just got back home from a big vacation trip to Europe. He and his wife had tons of pics from Germany and Paris, but the best were from England, where they visited the war museum and all the usual sites.  Wish I could go!

TARDIS is ready - fire it up!

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Posted by dbaker48 on Saturday, September 24, 2011 12:45 AM

Hey, you all.....

Just to let everyone know I am fine and still around.  Go to post, and cant think of anything to report on and end up sleeping.  Tonight thought of a bunch of stuff.

- Got to Reno and back with no problems, just a heck of a lot of desert out there to travel.  Did get a compliment from a guy driving a "Vette", that I sure had one "quick" El Camino.  That was pretty good especially coming from a guy with a Vette.

- Did have some sad news, an Uncle of mine who lived in Arkansas passed a week ago.  Unfortunately, his 2 kids (ages 35 and 50), are heavily in drugs, and didn't have the money to pay for the funeral, etc..  His last surviving sister called to let me know.  And between her, a couple of cousins, and my brother, sent the money for the cremation.  (He didn't want any funeral or anything just cremated and ashes placed with his wifes ashes.

- Then some good news too, my sister who lives in Michigan, and is in here on little world doesn't have anything to do with ANY family members.  Well her middle daughter contacted me a wanted to re-establish a relation ship.  Talk about fantastic, it is.  So between my brother and myself, we have been talking quite a bit to her.  So sometimes it just takes time, but eventually a lot of times things do come around.  Then a couple of days ago my sister's ex-husband of about 30 years called me.  He lives only about 30 miles from me.  So were going to get together for lunch next week.

- Went to the train club a couple of weeks ago, and LA City, and Parks dept have decided to start charging rent for all organizations that occupy any land.  (Club location is at Fort Mac Arthur in San Pedro, was sold to the city for $1., but had to be used for public benefit.)  Anyway, the impact on annual dues, will drive the cost to between $375 to $400 per year.  And, with it being a 70 mile round trip, just makes it too expensive.  Could end up being disastrous.

- Our great govenor has put into affect a cut on state parks and museums.  One of them impacted is "Railtown" located in the Sierra's in northern California.  I was there a long time ago, but it is one of the few places with an operating turntable.  They also do excersions, and have a large volunteer force.  It is probably most famous for the filming location of Peticoat Junction.  In addition to 100's of other films, TV shows etc..  It is also quite historic.  Sure hope someone or a group picks it up and makes a revenue center out of ! (This is one of the many punishments taxpayers here are receiving since the most resent tax extensions where defeated.)  Legislation is in process to permit counties to impose a Income Tax, too !

- Worked all day on my shed, reconfiguring it too accomodate "rock" storage for Chris. And, wiring it up for some internal and external lights.  Will be able to have better light for using the (B-B-Q) grill.

Glad to hear all the good news everyone has been reporting, adoption activities, Chuck coming home, Roy doing better, minimal flooding damage, and more.  Also glad, Bob (sumilmtr) is doing well!  Hope the job situation improves as well. Now all we gotta do is support Doug(DG), and Ray's sisters health and recovery rebounds.  Also hope the job situation improves for everyone.  It is tough having to go thru those issues in these economic times.

Getting late, and have an early morning, so hope everyone has a great week-end ! 

Take care all!

Don

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