WAY TO GO CHUCK!!!!TGI EVERYDAY!!!!!
laz57
THE CHEERIOS KID IS BACK!! GREAT NEWS!
Pat
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Great News CHUCK
Way to go will continue
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Jack,
It's not my mind, but my body that is in danger from those things. They should have hazmat labels.............
John Baker
Hip Hip Hooray !
Great news Chuck.....
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The news about Chuck made my day!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
wrmcclellan Morning all! Spent a good part of the day yesterday at the local "first Monday trade days" in Canton TX. The wind was blowing as the front was coming through and kept temps down to 95. This morning it was high 60's and currently it is 75 and a high today of 85. 80's for the rest of the week. We have the TS Lee to thank. That nice low pressure zone dragged the cool air down. The bad news is it is very dry here. We are 9 inches shy on rain. House is moving and we now have two cracked tiles in the kitchen (retiled in 2008). Not good. Cannot poor enough water on the foundation to keep the ground saturated and keep it from moving/subsiding and we have water use restrictions to boot. Fife - the Baltimore race was a good one although I do not like street races in general - no passing and all strategy is pit stops and avoiding wrecks. That is not really racing. Prayers for Chuck, Char, and those in need. Have a great Labor Day all!
Morning all!
Spent a good part of the day yesterday at the local "first Monday trade days" in Canton TX. The wind was blowing as the front was coming through and kept temps down to 95. This morning it was high 60's and currently it is 75 and a high today of 85. 80's for the rest of the week. We have the TS Lee to thank. That nice low pressure zone dragged the cool air down. The bad news is it is very dry here. We are 9 inches shy on rain. House is moving and we now have two cracked tiles in the kitchen (retiled in 2008). Not good. Cannot poor enough water on the foundation to keep the ground saturated and keep it from moving/subsiding and we have water use restrictions to boot.
Fife - the Baltimore race was a good one although I do not like street races in general - no passing and all strategy is pit stops and avoiding wrecks. That is not really racing.
Prayers for Chuck, Char, and those in need.
Have a great Labor Day all!
Roy I agree with you on the street racing.
HELLO RT - STILL AROUND.
Good afternoon all,
Most excellent news about Chuck!!!!
Keep on training,
Mike C.
PS To answer the question about the soccer league, we select new teams each season. Over time, I get to know several of the "returnees". This fall there appears to be a lot new faces, which is good in a way, but bad for somebody like who has a hard time learning names. It will be an interesting season, I am sure.
Morning Fellas.Been off the pot for a few days... was going to post an update but everything doesn't seem as important as the news about Chuck!We knew you could beat it Chuck! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outstanding news, way to go Chuck.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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fifedog
Beautiful plates of wings.
In a rush to get going to Raleigh. Tornado warnings all around us and at lake house. Raining hard. Had to post this as just came up on computer.
A miracle has happened - doctors did not think Chuck would live one day and now he is off the ventilator and in a private room - 1-740-439-8312. He is sitting up, eating and learning how to walk again. Will be moving to Summit Acres nursing home in next few days for three weeks and then home. I guess all the prayers worked, because there was no hope he would make it. Had pneumonia, emphasema, copd, congestive hear failure and stepsis (a fatal blood disease), now on the way to health. He asked me to e-mail you Frank and all his other friends, but I can only find your e-mail in his computer, so can you please pass on this great news to his friends. When he gets to the rest home, he will have access to his own computer, and he will e-mail all of you. Just wanted you all to know. Also his cell phone bit the dust, got a new one, but he is not sure how to set it up yet, so cannot call out. Well thanks for all your thoughts and prayers, and you will hear from Chuck soon. Paula Outstanding!!!! Later.
Outstanding!!!!
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Mornin Ya'll From Rainy and Cool Taxachusetts,
Prayers continue for Blueberry and for Paula.
Today I volunteered to help a friend who is moving. The plans for a mini-van he was going to borrow from a friend fell through, it is raining heavily, and the forecast is for rain here through Thursday and into Friday.
He thinks we can fit a matress and a box spring in the back of my CUV, not to mention other furniture. Somehow he keeps focusing on the length of my cargo area versus the dimensions of the bed and furniture stuff. He can't get it through his head that the rear hatch opening is only so large, smaller than his mattress and box spring for sure, no matter how you tilt them. Transport by placing these items on the roof is out because of the heavy rain and, in his inimitable style, he neither purchased any plastic to cover the stuff nor payed any attention to the weather forecast. Bet he has no rope,bungee cords, or blankets to protect what little furniture we can squeeze in there. I am too old for this type of activity.
DougM.........what color roofing did you select? MY FIL went lighter to cut down on heat absorption in the sun and cut his A/C bills. My MIL was not thrilled......with the light grey. She wanted black.
Fife......why is it all of our ex-girlfriends' pictures from many years ago keep showing up on the internet?
JimmyT........[swg] Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.
MikeC........how is it that you aren't familiar with the players on your soccer league team this year? Ringers from abroad?
Roy.........those fires in Texas look devastating. Some official was on the news this AM, repeating the Smokey the Bear mantra to a great extent. Hope you don't get affected.
JimSP.........will their be a train room in the attic above the new addition?
RaySP.........would a back brace help you out?
JoeyD........syonara to OK. Goos luck in school on AL. How is your Japanese coming along?
Dennis and Chief........the weather looks ominous down your way. Hope you guys didn't suffer any damage.
Rich...........glad to hear the Harley is running well. A nut, washer, and a bolt.........could have been far worse.
Gotta run.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Aloha! 58 cool degrees. Fall has fallen - at least for this week. Roofers arrives at 0-dark-30 to get started. That encouraged me to go to work early. . Nice long weekend. Watched NASCAR 'for Chuck'. Couldn't watch the White Sox almost-no-hitter because Kelly was recording too many shows. Not sure why it has a limit so I listened on the radio which is always more fun. Boy, they got schooled earlier by the Tigers this weekend. Oh well. SJ, that's a good movie!Brutus, sounds like Pappy's was worth it. I could go for some BBQ right now, even though it's 8 am. Roy - congrats on your photo in OGR! Praying the fires are far from you. If the ground shrinks from the drought, I'm presuming that's bad for a house even without a basement. Hope it rains soon.Fife, the MD uniforms must be the worst in college football. I'm told the helmets are supposed to look like a turtle shell. Magnificent 7 is one of my favorite movies - I like its Japanese inspiration even better.Joe, safe travels. My graduate course students are usually super-motivated because they're paying for the course. DennisV8, I'm jealous. Gasoline here is still 4.09.Mike C, you are my Standard Gauge inspiration. Someday...Bob, tell us more about your new motorcycle. Don B, hurray for Chris! A campus job is great. Can you just cut-down the flag pole and 'replant' a new one nearby? That sounds like a lot of concrete to access. My daughter spent the summer parking cars in the Cedar Point amusement park lots. Sounds like that was a nice job.Jim, good priorities in running the Aerotrain rather than cleaning off the pool table. Hope you scrubbed thoroughly after your dip in the sewage pit after that dropped tool.Prayers for Chuck and Paula, Doug's and Char's continued recovery
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning
55 and overcast, cold weather sure spoiled the holiday weekend for many. We cooked out, ate in, then I ran some trains. Watched Heartbreak Ridge the night before, forgot what a good movie it was. S.J.
Mornin' b.... Okay, hold on a sec. Rich, are you sure that's your daughter...?
Where was I? Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. ,, and more in the Mid-Atlantic region. Did get to the pyull before the heavens opened up. Had nice dinner, then put on a billiards clinic against oldest boy. Then watched the Terps beat Miami. Uniforms look like someone chewed up a MD flag and threw up on a football player.
laz -wing on wing...
Tricky part is keeping wind directly to stern. (No, this is not my boat) You're thinking of this...
Pay attention.
Morning Guys,
for Chuck & Paula, Char
A rainy start today, was up early for MVA and rescue, so just got ready for work.
Jack - the Harley is not making any weird noises right now, put 100 miles on it Sunday night. However, during the ride, the shifter bolt disappeared ...Dad had a bolt and nut so it could be fixed.
Jon will tell you, shoulda bought a Honda (or Road Star...).
Princess had dance rehearsal last night...and being PAID! She has a gig at the Corner of Chaos during Halloween season. If it weren't for her 2 night classes, she would have had the lead, but her education is more important.
OK....off to work.....Have a great day everyone!
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
Good morning all,
It is cooler in SE Indiana, but should be dry for tonight's game. Rest of week will be iffy as far as rain is concerned. Worked on finances last night. Balanced checkbook, which is always an adventure. Slept well. Not enough. Will go to bed as soon as I get home from game tonight. Bran muffins on dining car. TBIL. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mike C. from Indiana
Ray,
I would, but I've got a feeling that I wouldn't get them back. I really need to figure out where to keep them.
Brutus,
I am looking forward to Forza 4 myself.
Never did get the pool table cleaned off today. I went down and looked at it, then ran the Aerotrain for about half an hour. Cleaning is kind of like working on a Probe. You open the hood, realize that you either can't see the problem or can't get at it easily, then shut the hood and walk away.
I am also trying to figure out what to do with the excess Lionel and AF. It is to the point that it has overflowed into my daily space and is starting to feel like a burden. I'd sell some of it, but I can't bring myself to do that. Not sure what to do.
Good evening all,
We had a busy day today as it was my last day here in OK. We spent time with the wife's family at a cookout and finished up some errands. Tomorrow I begin my Southern invasion to AL. I checked in online tonight and was offered an upgrade for only $75; the first flight is 2 1/2 hours long so I decided to splurge.
AF Ray - Today's game was crazy. We are now two games up.
Good night,
Joe
Storms rolled through Saturday night. Temperature dropped into the very pleasant 70's yesterday and today.
Picked up and re-set about 8 feet of brick walk yesterday. Looks so good, my wife wants me to do the other 40 feet now. Goody.
Pole saws - I have one of the combined manual saw, clipper types on a fiberglass handle. Has about a 16' reach. Like others have said - once you get all of the limbs pruned off that are in reach, the saw is a dust collecter.
Took care of a wind damaged limb with mine yesterday. Had to put the ladder on the tree trunk and climb up probably 4 to 5 feet to reach the damaged limb. All went well until the limb pinched the saw and pulled it out of my hands when it fell! No worries. Unlike some of the folks on this forum, I was able to stay on the ladder and both the saw and limb missed me on the way down. Had to hammer the kink out of the saw blade, though.
Prayers for healing. There are several that need them.
Brutus - I am going to be through St Louis in October. Is The Electric Train Outlet store worth a stop and look around?
Back to keeping SS solvent tomorrow. With Laz going on the lamb at the end of the school year, it needs all the help it can get.
All for now.
Prayers out for Chuck, all our loved ones and friends, and our intentions.
Nice weather in Saint Louis today - no rain and it didn't get hot out. I picked up Char and the kids at the Kirkwood Station and then took my son up to the store to get a new videogame, but it doesn't come out until Midnight. Oh well, might be able to pick it up tomorrow or this weekend? I had taken a train book to read while waiting for the train, but it was right on time, so I didn't get to read it
Neat icecream parlor!
TARDIS is ready, so let's get a move on
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evenin' all! Slept in a bit today but still had to put in 8 hrs today. Looks like rain is comin' our way tonight and all day tomorrow.
HudsonJohn - Will probably pay you a visit tomorrow as the UPS man had today off!
Jim - If you have no place left to store you AF goodies I know someone who will watch them for you????
Jack - Tough loss today. But what hurt more? The game or losing Beckett for a while?
JoeD - Today's game was about 2 hours old and still in the third inning, nuts or what!
for Chuck!
Later all!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
It was cloudy and cool in SE Indiana. Washed all three vehicles today. Tired. Had bran muffins this morning on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East". Fighting a sore throat. My soccer league starts tomorrow night and once again I just know one player on the team. WIll have a different color shirt this time. It will be a novelty for that alone. Long week ahead at work. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evenin' All.
Important business first, continued prayers for all in need especially Chuck & Paula.
Weird weather here today, no sun with rain off & on and the humidity sucks. Us Californians ain't used to this stuff, at least it didn't get much over 80*.
Putzed with the trains a bit trying to figure out what I'll be taking to the museum friday. Looks as though one of my Atlas SD35's will need to go in for some repair work. Definitely needs P/U roller(s) and possibly a volume control pot or speaker replacement/repair.
Completely off diuretic and potassium chl now so if that goes well the cardiologist will work on the other drugs to help the ticker. Actually had enuff energy to do some work on the yard yesterday, felt good. Of course SWMBO was watching like a hawk as to what I was doing and how long I was out there.
Happened to turn on a college football game, Miami v. Maryland. Who designed those uni's for the Terrapins ? Better yet, what were they taking/smoking ?
Doesn't someone here have a good connection to an ice cream emporium ?
Saw this on "Choochoo Auction".
Later Dudes & Dudettes !
Raining and more rain in the forecast. Pat may be due a flood in those VA hills. Us at Kerr Lake hope so as the idiot Corps has dumped tons of water from our lake.
Glad to see Bob is doing good. Keep up the good work.
Krispy Kreme [the original great donut from Winston Salem NC]. Better than those Yankee cake things you all call donuts.
Prayers for Chuck and Char. Dougsnotagrump, glad all is doing good.
Shake and Bake, you say you did a bar-be-que. That means you cooked PORK on a grill or coals and coated it with some type of bar-be-que sauce. Cooking on a grill with anything else is GRILLING.
We cooked PORK ribs, Pork tenderloin and beef brisket on my big charcoal cooker. Had Pam's family, Fred and wifey and some lake neighbors over. Pam's BIL cooked them. Folks raved and raved over it all but especially the ribs.
Now to settle in at home for a few days. Busy week with meetings.
Brent, photos photos photos
Good evening
59 and windy right now, not a nice day for being outside. It really spoiled the holiday but I see a lot of the east coast got rain all day. figures. Banilla is ready...S.J.
Considering the alternative, I realize that I am lucky to have a job. As long as I am getting paid, that's all I care.
Fife,
That's it. After reading your post, I've got the urge to clean the pool table off. I used to play regularly, but some of the the PW Lionel and AF that I've bought within the past year have been sitting on towels on the pool table.
Greetings Ya'll From Hazy Taxachusetts,
Continued prayers for Chuck and Paula. Like Laz, I can't get Blueberry off my mind. Also, continued prayers for DougDG's continued progress, Brutus' Char too, and RaySP's cranky muscles. I'd include Fife in here, but he seems to be having far too much fun in his recovery.
Not a bad day outside but a very humid 81. Like Laz, we are supposed to get rain all week with cooler temperatures. Grilled chops on the grill last night and served them up with a garden salad, sweet corn, mashed with pork gravy, and fresh french bread. Sadly, the shrimp cocktail had to be thrown out.........seems you can't keep frozen shrimp as long as I had thought. I had a fresh Tiramisu ready for dessert, but the Wifey said she felt like ice cream......so out I went to secure.
DonB.........personally, I love it when we as parents can brag on our kids. Kudos on your Chris. He must take after your wife.
Fife........10 "voyages" so far isn't a bad Summer sailing overall when you are trying to get in your time out on the water between those pesky work responsibilities and marine forecasts that don't cooperate.
JimmyT........I always wound up getting assigned to participate in special projects NOT in my area of responsibility or expertise. Due diligence for prospective acquisitions were the worst. Nothing was ever taken off my plate to make room for these, made for 16 hour days. Cheer up! It beats the alternative and will pay off one way or another.
DougDG.........great news that the meds adjustment has things moving in the right direction for you. Patience is the order of the day.
JohnBakeer.......I am really glad to see you have been able to post more regularly to the Pot. You must have figured out what was getting in your way from a technical standpoint. BTW......re Krispy Kreme donuts, if you eat enough of something that is sinfully delicious bit "looks revolting" your mind will adapt!!!
Rich........is the motorcycle you were referring to the same Harley that gave you mysterious mechanical fits a while back? Sounds like you won the battle of wills, yours versus the machine. Wasn't the problem something simple and electrical (ignition related)?
SubBob..........so, what kind of motorcycle did you acquire? You didn't supply any details.
Laz.............you and I are on the same wavelength as I too watched both Last of the Mohicans and Man In The Wilderness yesterday!!! Richard Harris in the latter looked much like Brent after he plays with his power tools and ladders.
Roy.........drought and cracking foundations, etc. That must be downright discouraging. What else can you do?
Gotta run and rustle up something to grill for dinner!!!!! Later, gang!!!!!!! Hope everyone is having a relaxing Labor day weekend 2011.
Jack
Happy Labor day all,
Got some precooked baby back pork ribs to warm up today from Tony Roma's. Got some corn, potato salad and baked beans for the trimming. Aiming for a late lunch/early dinner. We'll see how it goes.
D. Baker, thank you for your reminder about getting together to do some imagineering on the layout controls. I've just been waiting for the weather to cool down a little in order to work in there in the day time. As it is now, I only go in there in the morning. Afternoon and night is too hot.
Sounds like your son has taken a liking to his studies. Good for him. Nothing wrong with feeling proud about that. I am proud of my grandson too who just entered high school this year with an outstanding record in grade school. If I had been more like him in school, I might have done a few more things in life but I can't complain. I did most of the things I wanted to do or else I"m getting too old to care. anymore. Talk to you later,
SPMan
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