Good Morning
37 and cloudy
Joe I'm going to enjoy reading your post from Japan, should be some interesting stories for us.
Laz grab that shotgun and go hunting don't let a little snow scare you away.
Saturday football so you know what I'll be doing this afternoon.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Aloha from a sunny and crisp Crystal Lake where I'm off to take the youngest to his first karate class. Then maybe drive into Chicago for some trick-or-treating with his nieces. Good evening running trains. Watched the 7th game of the messiest Series ever. Lots of excitement and drama, but it seemed like mid-May interleague play - everyone rusty. Glad you made it safely and smoothly to Japan, Joe. Condolences to those getting snow in October.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Pat keep the refector shiel up and set to ricochea all that white $#!% north. Loved it as a kid but don't want it now thats why I moved to SOUTH CAROLINA
Normal morning here at work you all have a good day
nor the ones in the mid west congrats on the world series win
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Brrrrrr boys. Wintery mix and 35 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. If news is correct, Brent is burried. Laundry today, RAVENS tomorrow.
Demay - Glad you all arrived safe & sound.
UNCLE UNCLE!!!!! OU UNCLE, CHUCK!
Getting 6-10 inches of SNO HI O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It just started at 7 45 this morning, suppose to last til 10 to niter? Looks like NO PHEASANT Huntin today.
Took my gal MINNIE for a walk in the woods yesterday for 1.5 hours. She had a ball chasing squirrels,6 of em. Came close but they went up trees. Came home had a nice fire with wife and dog. Ate deer steaks that neighbor got last week. Wow was that good. Came in ran trains for 1.5 hrs, watch WS Cards won and ALASKAN GOLD.
JEFF in LA, WOW the dogs can tell the difference with BK bacon and McDs? Amazing!
JOE D., Konitchiwa! My God mother was president of a Catholic University there in Japan. Good Luck to you and your family.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Konnichiwa,
We arrived to Japan this past Wednesday. It was a long flight, but all of us - even the 15-month-old - did really well on the journey. We are currently living in temporary lodging on base until a base house becomes available. The base wants all the military families to live on base but it does not have enough houses available. Hopefully we will not have to wait too long. We would not mind living off base but the base leadership will not allow it at this point. The family and I have just about adapted to the time difference; Japan is 14 hours ahead of what we were used to in OK. We will all be on track after tonight. I had some real Japanese sushi yesterday for lunch and it was terrific. We are going to visit a Christian church off base tomorrow morning.
SJ – Your CTT arrived before mine did.
Sayonara,
Joe
Time for me to head for the bed. See y'all tomorrow.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Hello all,
Busy week, busier weekend. Hope to help son pick corn tomorrow. Weather guessers are saying 2 to 12" of snohio tonight and tomorrow. Depends on who you listen to. Hope that @#$%^&* Snow Cannon misfires. We haven't even had a hard killing frost yet. Haven't got any corn picked since Wednesday because of the rain and now ...................
Very very few Trick or Treaters last evening. I think the cold rain may have contributed to the drop off. Mrs and I still sat out front with a fire from 6 till 8.
Looks like Mrs & I will be watching the grandkids for the weekend. Their mom will be working. Trains will be run.
Schools.................As Mrs is a Classroom Assistant in Special Ed all I'll say is they're going down hill at a frightening speed. The company I work for sometimes hires local Vo-Tech Grads. (I'm showing my age. Now it's the "Career and Technology Center.) I've had them come on my projects and they barely know which end of the screw driver to hold. A radio commentator I was listening to today said the total student count in PA has decreased and Faculty & Administration increased more than the decrease.
Now that I'm all wound up I'm going to head to bed. I'll tr to get back over the weekend.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Took my mother into town this evening to Market Basket as she's not supposed to drive after dark. That doesn't stop her sometimes if she figures she just has to make it to a clothing sale at Stage. Anyways she got the vegetables, cheese, meat and fruit she needed and I got $20 worth of rice and pasta dinners and a jar of sliced olives. She paid for it as that was my fee for taking her there and back. Also dropped a letter at the post office then went by Burger King to get a side order of bacon for her poodles. They like the BK bacon but absolutely will not touch the McDonald's bacon. I guess they like the fat. The Mickey D's stuff is lean. Taking the bags from the car to the house was work enough by itself but in the shuffle the BK bag got lost. I searched the car and the area between the car and the house several times, checked where my mother set her purse and coats, yeah you read right, I said coats. The woman's a lizard! It can 75 degrees out and she's cold. I'm hunting for an air conditioner because I'm hot. My father's the same way. Both of my sisters are hot house plants. The hotter it is the better they like it. I finally found the bag with bacon. It was in behind the right front wheel of the car. After all that exercise I shouldn't need any for the next few days! I'm sore enough as it is. Walking for me is hard work. If you wonder how simply walking can be hard just strap on a fifty pound back pack and put on a shoe with a normal sole (right foot) and a shoe with a sole two and half inches thick (left foot) and try to maintain a somewhat steady rhythm. Add a bad back, sore hips, low energy reserve and nerve problems due to diabetes and meningitis and you're going to be real sore in a hurry. Why the odd shoes? That's to mimic what I have to put up with. My left leg is two and a half inches longer than the right leg. My father is seventy-seven and is in better health overall than I am.
RockIsland52 Kevin.........your post reminds me of Maynard G. Crebbs on the 1960s show Dobie Gillis. "Work!?!" Wife and I watched yesterday's news segments of Ruth Madoff's interview, the infamous Bernie Madoff's wife, which will air in its entirety on 60 Minutes this weekend. Granted, her son committed suicide over the matter, and she and her husband failed at a similar attempt last Christmas. But she came across too self-centered about her own family's issues and legacy. How many victims lost their entire life's savings due to BM's actions?
Kevin.........your post reminds me of Maynard G. Crebbs on the 1960s show Dobie Gillis. "Work!?!"
Wife and I watched yesterday's news segments of Ruth Madoff's interview, the infamous Bernie Madoff's wife, which will air in its entirety on 60 Minutes this weekend. Granted, her son committed suicide over the matter, and she and her husband failed at a similar attempt last Christmas. But she came across too self-centered about her own family's issues and legacy. How many victims lost their entire life's savings due to BM's actions?
WORK!!!!!!!!! No kidding first day and they had me in the truck 11 hours! and they call it part time??
Jack,
I am with you on Ruth Madoff's interview and the self-centered part. I think if they wanted to get off they should of tried as hard as they did taking others entire life's savings . The world would be a better place.
Time to eat and sleep and do it again tomorrow.
Later,
Kev.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
LawsonFarmsRR ChiefEagles: Buckeye Riveter: I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post. BAMMM! I think it may have worked. Chief...I'm back!!!!! Ben gone? Haven't missed you. Rainy and chilly in VA. Pat, they say you may get Snohio. The Chief's snow rocket is aimed North. At lake house on broken Droid. Chief, my snow cannon deflector is positioned and ready to send the snow cannon shots back to Snohio. Bring it on Chuck. Pat
ChiefEagles: Buckeye Riveter: I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post. BAMMM! I think it may have worked. Chief...I'm back!!!!! Ben gone? Haven't missed you. Rainy and chilly in VA. Pat, they say you may get Snohio. The Chief's snow rocket is aimed North. At lake house on broken Droid.
Buckeye Riveter: I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post. BAMMM! I think it may have worked. Chief...I'm back!!!!!
I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post.
BAMMM!
I think it may have worked.
Chief...I'm back!!!!!
Ben gone? Haven't missed you. Rainy and chilly in VA. Pat, they say you may get Snohio. The Chief's snow rocket is aimed North. At lake house on broken Droid.
Chief, my snow cannon deflector is positioned and ready to send the snow cannon shots back to Snohio. Bring it on Chuck.
Pat
Ray
SPMan
Good Evening
46, we had sun today. It didn't feel cold as there was no wind. We had a nice lunch with my cousin but now I can't have a beer next summer. I had my 2nd one this year today. Got Banilla and a little apple pie left for the thingy trip, maybe Brutus can find something to bring...S.J.
ChiefEagles Buckeye Riveter: I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post. BAMMM! I think it may have worked. Chief...I'm back!!!!! Ben gone? Haven't missed you. Rainy and chilly in VA. Pat, they say you may get Snohio. The Chief's snow rocket is aimed North. At lake house on broken Droid.
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Doug they go into the cab 2 ( hand held remote for legacy) if I understand it right myself.
hey all not a lot going on here. Little frustrated but hopefully it will get better. ( dealing with the V.A.)
Hope all have a good weekend ( I'm working lol) but it will be good as off Monday and then next weekend.
Talk to you all later
Back from a tromp through the prairie and tall piney woods with the youngest... he complaining every step. Charile, thanks for the explanation - it looks cool. Given my 'conventional runner' ignorance, the little colored things go into and come out of the engine?
TGIF. It's a Mid-Atlantic kinda day in the Mid-Atlantic region. Wait .
Almost forgot, Great Scale Show at Timonium this weekend. I got other condiments, so I shan't be there.
I wonder how bizzy fifepup (he works at the local grocery store) will be tonight, since the S-word is in the forecast.
V8, when I worked on the former Southern Pacific, now Union Pacific Railroad, one of our on duty points was in Carson but we called the rail yard there Dolores. I believe that name dates back to Pacific Electric days. Carson is slightly North of the 405 Fwy and West of the Long Beach Fwy. It's not far to the harbor from there either. Lot of oil refineries and stuff like that nearby.
Good afternoon. It's 52° and cloudy. The high will be 63° and mostly cloudy. There's a 30% chance of rain.This morning I went into town and got my flu shot. They told me it has a tendency to make the injection area burn a bit but so far I haven't felt a thing. I received my latest acquisition today. A Model Power 'Granite Rock' covered hopper. I've already cut of the truck mounted coupler boxes and body mounted Kadee #242 boxes and #5 couplers. It's sure a small thing, standing only twelve scale feet rail head to roofwalk and is thirty-six scale feet coupler head to coupler head. In comparison the Front Range covered hopper I was working on yesterday stands sixteen scale feet and is forty scale feet from coupler head to coupler head. I won't be doing much today as I'm still not feeling well.
lionroar88 RockIsland52: Seriously......we are having the same problem with our local schools. The public school students are lucky to hold their own year to year on the standardized tests. Meanwhile, the publicly-funded Charter schools are flourishing. Charter schools are not subject to all of the same State rules and regulations. But they ARE held to somewhat stricter performance standard, are filled before they open, have long waiting lists, and are making the average citizen question why the Charter schools can deliver a better education while the mainstream public schools seem dead in the water. The school districts fight tooth and nail the opening and/or the expansion of the Charter schools here. Why is that, when there is a better approach to publicly-funded education, with proven, better results..... and when there is a growing public outcry over the staus quo. My experience with our own kids and the public school system here was poor at best. There seems to be a widening chasm between the really good teachers and those who seem to have checked out, who seem to be playing out the string. I commented to my wife after one particularly frustrating parent/teacher evening that as a businessman I wouldn't have hired half of them. The really good teachers seem to be hamstrung by administration who in turn are hamstrung by State regulation. All unnecesarily complex. The inmates are running the asylum, with too many parents vacating their at-home responsibilities in the the education process. It was quite the amusement last week when the State announced the necessity to form a commission to study bullying. With regard to the smaller community banks, they are alive, well, and flourishing here. The big banks in my neck of the woods will soon learn that a customer does not need them, with their second rate customer service and growing fees out the ying-yang. Jack Jack - IMHO, the reason for this is that at most Public Schools the teachers have to teach to the slowest learner, therefore the more advanced kids don't learn as much as the potentially could. The exceptions to this rule are the advance placement kids. At Charter and Private schools they are permitted to pick and chose who they allow through their doors, so they can filter out the 'less desirable' kids. I have a few friends who teach in Public School and they are frustrated because they have special education kids in their classes that keep the other kids from learning to their potential. They aren't permitted to 'challenge' the kids because that may leave the SE kids behind. When I was in school we had different ciriculums for AP, regular, and SE kids, but No Child Left Behind changed all of that and we now have two groups of kids AP and the rest. Disgusting.
RockIsland52: Seriously......we are having the same problem with our local schools. The public school students are lucky to hold their own year to year on the standardized tests. Meanwhile, the publicly-funded Charter schools are flourishing. Charter schools are not subject to all of the same State rules and regulations. But they ARE held to somewhat stricter performance standard, are filled before they open, have long waiting lists, and are making the average citizen question why the Charter schools can deliver a better education while the mainstream public schools seem dead in the water. The school districts fight tooth and nail the opening and/or the expansion of the Charter schools here. Why is that, when there is a better approach to publicly-funded education, with proven, better results..... and when there is a growing public outcry over the staus quo. My experience with our own kids and the public school system here was poor at best. There seems to be a widening chasm between the really good teachers and those who seem to have checked out, who seem to be playing out the string. I commented to my wife after one particularly frustrating parent/teacher evening that as a businessman I wouldn't have hired half of them. The really good teachers seem to be hamstrung by administration who in turn are hamstrung by State regulation. All unnecesarily complex. The inmates are running the asylum, with too many parents vacating their at-home responsibilities in the the education process. It was quite the amusement last week when the State announced the necessity to form a commission to study bullying. With regard to the smaller community banks, they are alive, well, and flourishing here. The big banks in my neck of the woods will soon learn that a customer does not need them, with their second rate customer service and growing fees out the ying-yang. Jack
Seriously......we are having the same problem with our local schools. The public school students are lucky to hold their own year to year on the standardized tests. Meanwhile, the publicly-funded Charter schools are flourishing. Charter schools are not subject to all of the same State rules and regulations. But they ARE held to somewhat stricter performance standard, are filled before they open, have long waiting lists, and are making the average citizen question why the Charter schools can deliver a better education while the mainstream public schools seem dead in the water. The school districts fight tooth and nail the opening and/or the expansion of the Charter schools here. Why is that, when there is a better approach to publicly-funded education, with proven, better results..... and when there is a growing public outcry over the staus quo.
My experience with our own kids and the public school system here was poor at best. There seems to be a widening chasm between the really good teachers and those who seem to have checked out, who seem to be playing out the string. I commented to my wife after one particularly frustrating parent/teacher evening that as a businessman I wouldn't have hired half of them. The really good teachers seem to be hamstrung by administration who in turn are hamstrung by State regulation. All unnecesarily complex. The inmates are running the asylum, with too many parents vacating their at-home responsibilities in the the education process. It was quite the amusement last week when the State announced the necessity to form a commission to study bullying.
With regard to the smaller community banks, they are alive, well, and flourishing here. The big banks in my neck of the woods will soon learn that a customer does not need them, with their second rate customer service and growing fees out the ying-yang.
Jack
Jack - IMHO, the reason for this is that at most Public Schools the teachers have to teach to the slowest learner, therefore the more advanced kids don't learn as much as the potentially could. The exceptions to this rule are the advance placement kids. At Charter and Private schools they are permitted to pick and chose who they allow through their doors, so they can filter out the 'less desirable' kids. I have a few friends who teach in Public School and they are frustrated because they have special education kids in their classes that keep the other kids from learning to their potential. They aren't permitted to 'challenge' the kids because that may leave the SE kids behind. When I was in school we had different ciriculums for AP, regular, and SE kids, but No Child Left Behind changed all of that and we now have two groups of kids AP and the rest. Disgusting.
Brent...........we have three close friends who are primary and secondary level teachers who echo what you have said. No one is listening to the teachers and their recommendations, but they should be. IMHO you are exactly correct. The teachers, through no fault of their own, are caught between a rock and a hard place. Consequently, so too are those students who wind up with vastly untapped potential. Today's educational structure has created the very element of mediocrity it seeks to eliminate. But it was not always so, as you point out.
Back in the 1950s we had three separate groups too (A, B, C), evenly distributed by # of students. The cut-off between the groups was by grade point average and standardized testing scores.
The students were moved if required between the groups, up or down, every half school year. The group classes were rotated between the same teachers, so you or I had the same high quality teachers for the same subjects, regardless of your learning group. You found yourself at a learning level appropriate to your abilities, needs, and the results you delivered. And there was no negative impact on the student-to-teacher ratio.
The light bulb went off with some of the students not working to their potential. If you wanted to move up, you had to earn it. Peer pressure can hold you down, or it can suck you up.....your choice. For me, it sucked me up. For my best friend, no.....he remained at C level in grammar school and just got by in the mainstream in HS. In college, however, he was Deans list start to finish. Go figure.
My Dad used this level separation as a positive tool, first when I was underperforming grades-wise in grammar school. Then again later in high school when I was moaning about my lowly place on athletic teams.
He would say: "Son, life is not always fair. Every one of us is dealt a 3 card hand in life: God-given ability. over which you have no control. Dedication, drive, and effort, over which you have a lot to say. And luck, over which you have some control..... because some people seem to "make" their own luck with the effort and dedication they put forth. BUT........I have never yet met a man who held three aces, all at the same time. There is no substitution for doing your best. And if you don't start with the God-given talent, the game is not over."
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Buckeye Riveter I think I will give this computer a swift kick in the butt to see if I can get it to post. BAMMM! I think it may have worked. Chief...I'm back!!!!!
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
cnw1995 Charlie, what is a module holder?
Charlie, what is a module holder?
Doug its the black thing in the right hand side of the photo I posted. Made it to hold Lionel Legacy modules for the Cab2 controller. :)
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Aloha from a sunny and cold Crystal Lake where i am homeschooling the youngest and otherwise enjoying a work Friday at home whilst the bride journeys to Ohio. Charlie, what is a module holder? Ray, even with your son's presence, you don't need to wrestle with that stuff yourself. Depending on your transfer, I know you can note your ticket record that you need that help, Kevin, harvest is going on up here too.
36 and sunny
We had our first real frost this morning. I don't like reading about that S word so soon into November...Brrr. Charlie the module thingy looks neat, needs a Lionel logo on it though. A big lunch today with one of my few remaining cousins and wife. Always a good time with them. One big suprise, looks like B/C and Medicare aren't going up much..THIS TIME, big election next year then we'll see what happens....S.J.
Good Mornin' Ya'll From Clear and Crisp Taxachussetts,
A frosty 30 overnight!!!! Today will be the only break in the weather, and the rains/snow showers are scheduled to return tomorrow with a vengeance. Yesterday's rains turned to snow last night with accumulation in points West of me, nothing to write home about. The gound temps around my place last night limited me to a white lawn cover. Black ice in spots this morning, accompanied by the inevitable car accidents because of idiot Ma. drivers. Lawn mowing and leaf pickup to resume later today with mid 40s temps when things dry out a bit.
Brutus.........were you awake for the Cardinals' fantastic come-from-behind victory last night? Game 7 on tap for all of the marbles.
SP Ray.......the good thing about the wheelchairs (with attendant) to help you with your transport (and your stuff) to the gates and back to the curb is that you can call your airline to give them a heads up in advance of your trip. Both my Dad and my Mother-in-law have used them with good results. After you successfully complete this trip, you will be an expert at this stuff!!!!
Later, gang.
RockIsland52 Seriously......we are having the same problem with our local schools. The public school students are lucky to hold their own year to year on the standardized tests. Meanwhile, the publicly-funded Charter schools are flourishing. Charter schools are not subject to all of the same State rules and regulations. But they ARE held to somewhat stricter performance standard, are filled before they open, have long waiting lists, and are making the average citizen question why the Charter schools can deliver a better education while the mainstream public schools seem dead in the water. The school districts fight tooth and nail the opening and/or the expansion of the Charter schools here. Why is that, when there is a better approach to publicly-funded education, with proven, better results..... and when there is a growing public outcry over the staus quo. My experience with our own kids and the public school system here was poor at best. There seems to be a widening chasm between the really good teachers and those who seem to have checked out, who seem to be playing out the string. I commented to my wife after one particularly frustrating parent/teacher evening that as a businessman I wouldn't have hired half of them. The really good teachers seem to be hamstrung by administration who in turn are hamstrung by State regulation. All unnecesarily complex. The inmates are running the asylum, with too many parents vacating their at-home responsibilities in the the education process. It was quite the amusement last week when the State announced the necessity to form a commission to study bullying. With regard to the smaller community banks, they are alive, well, and flourishing here. The big banks in my neck of the woods will soon learn that a customer does not need them, with their second rate customer service and growing fees out the ying-yang. Jack
Jack - IMHO, the reason for this is that at most Public Schools the teachers have to teach to the slowest learner, therefore the more advanced kids don't learn as much as the potentially could. The exceptions to this rule are the advance placement kids. At Charter and Private schools they are permitted to pick and chose who they allow through their doors, so they can filter out the 'less desirable' kids. I have a few friends who teach in Public School and they are frustrated because they have special education kids in their classes that keep the other kids from learning to their potential. They aren't permitted to 'challenge' the kids because that may leave the SE kids behind. When I was in school we had different ciriculums for AP, regular, and SE kids, but No Child Left Behind changed all of that and we now have two groups of kids AP and the rest. Disgusting.---Think I have missed a number of ongoings here on the board... ---Hope everyone is doing well, and if not I pray you get better soon.---
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a foggy and cold 39 degrees. Had a slight frost last night. Going up to 44 today with some sunshine. Snow cannon is pointed south. Wind is from the south. Got to adjust for it.
Today is a busy day. Wife is grocery shopping and I am working on buudget. Yuk !!!...I will take a nap this afternoon.
Dining car rolled in from Points West. Cheerios for breakfast.
Buckeye & LAZ... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 50s. Played a dice game with wife last night and then watched the Charlie Brown Halloween show. I had the regular fare on the dining car before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL and I can drive after the movie tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
MITCH,
Nice modual holder I have mine in a tin box.
Hi GUYZ,
Nice and cool at 29 here and CHUCK is gonna shoot the SNO CANNON tomorrow at us 6-10 inches of SNO HI O!!!!(no joke) Way to go CHUCK!!!! Hope your aim is off a bit more south like NC.
BUCKEYE and CHUCK TGIF!!!!!
Good Morning,
Typical, Bayville, NJ / Mid Atlantic weather except snow in the forecast. there is panic at work already. Started last night. Get the plows ready, stand by crews etc., and it is only Oct. 28.
Spent last night cleaning and lubing my original 685 Hudson. Still my favorite after all of these years.
SJ, I hope good news about Granny's progress.
Thoughts and prayers for all in need,
John
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