Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a foggy 48 degrees. Going up to 56 today, with more rain.
Today is an easy day. I plan on taking it easy with the exercises, as my legs are aching. I think I will do some reading.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
Cloudy and getting cooler in SE Indiana. So-so day at work yesterday, but today off to a good start. Watched "Glee" last night. Regular fare on the dining car. TBIL and I can crive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Dennis I was going to tell you tell your son to shoot the deer I will eat it for him
but probably right about Bambi thing,I had a girlfriend that would eat deer but if you even mentioned Bambi she would go get sick.
morning all. Not a lot going on here just relaxing today as back to work tomorrow.
took wife to auction house up the street last night she got some stuff and she got some junk including cost + commission (10%) plus tax less than $110.00 so not bad we did get a nice microwave table ( or as she calls it a island kitchen) for $10 plus above mentioned tax and commission and she got a nice drop leaf table for like $25 plus above mention and then the rest was basically junk and stuff she likes hey she enjoyed herself so I'm happy as you make them happy it makes whole house happy right
Ordered a new Mixer and its going to be delivered today auction said between 11/21 and 12/03 so wow this is quick. It new in box some business uses ebay to sell there stuff and got a good deal on it. Its a good one been wanting a good one for a long time well finally got it though last year I did but ended up returning it as it couldn't handle double batch of chocolate chip cookies as it was only like 150 watt model well I got the 575 watt model this time top of the line lol.
That won't be till late tonight thou as UPS normally gets here like 7 pm as were the end of his route.
Well think I hear the late dining car come talk to you all later time to make breakfast.
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Good Morning
45 and bone chilly.
It looks like's we're going to Kohl's or Kmart this morning. Granny wants to shop. I don't like shopping, I go, I find, I get out and go home. Lipitor seemed to give these old joints pain, I switched to a different statin and it's working for me...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Aloha from a sunny and cold Chicago where Winter has arrived - its about 32 right now. No Cheerios today. I'm back in the office after more than a week away. Lots of paper to read and technology to fix. Played around with a Tech II 800 sound machine last night. Not quite the same sounds as Thomas expects, but I love being able to play with the chuff rate and whistle / horn.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Dennis, the couple to which I referred is not normally a problem. Hopefully, it won't happen again. My wife and I do like them but don't want to overdo it with going out a lot. I agree that sometimes we just go out on the spur of the moment and don't want to feel like we have to call them everytime. Like you, I value our time alone sometimes.
Chief, sending the deer to a processor sounds like the way to go. That's what I would do If I ever had one. I don't mind cleaning fish but I don't know the first thing about dressing and cutting up a large animal.
Brutus, hope you get through the healing process with chewy. One reason I don't have pets anymore but admire those who have the patience when they get sick.
Going out to see Union Pacific 844 tomorrow. Suppose to be a nice day weather wise. Called a former co worker of mine on the U.P. He says that he doesn't want to see anything with U.P. written on it. Guess he is ready for retirement but can't go yet.
City got the water leak fixed yesterday in the street in front of our house. They put in a new copper water line from the main to my meter. That ought to last longer than me. Street department is here this morning to pave over the place where they dug up the street.
Looking forward to Cal Stewart meet on Sunday.
V-8 Dennis, hope to see you there.
Ray
SPMan
Ray, good deal. I got to have an actual lunch date with my wife today! I cherish these moments. Love my kids, but she is still my wife before she became their mother.
Enjoyed the video of train feast. We rarely get any such train shows here. Closest thing would be in Atlanta and that is three plus hours away. We lost power here temporarily. Had quite a storm come through and still have a tornado watch till 9pm. Wife and kids are setting up decorations, think I will go do some work on the layout.
God bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Evenin' boys. Sorry about the lingering odor of diaper dooty. New grandson spending first few days @ fifedom. Haven't had time to post pics, but will get around to it. Everyone healthy and fine. Wifey in 7th heaven (her 1st).
Went to my parents place for dinner today. Tacos! I had six. That's somewhat light for me. Dinner guests included my niece and her husband.Storm last night dumped an inch and a half of rain on us according to the rain gauge. My father drove home from work in the thick of it. He was glad he was driving a big heavy Marquis. The wind was giving lots of the smaller vehicles a hard time and there were a lot of trucks pulled over waiting for the storm to pass. I wouldn't have wanted to be out in that! My van gets pushed around a bit by wind sheers and it doesn't require much imagination to figure what last nights winds would do. Add to that it's flaky wiper motor and you have a couple of very good reasons not to drive in the rain.
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Hello all
Back on the hill after my days off. Clear and cold up here.
Got to see the #844 come thru town last week. Got to see her in the yard on Veteran's Day w/ some friends. Then went down to the depot to see her leave town on Saturday. Ended up chasing her as far as the town of Picacho about an hour north of Tucson.
The first picture was taken just outside my old studio downtown. People used to think the trains were about to come thru the wall when I was on the phone w/ them. This would be why.
On the other side of the studio building. Notice appropriate mural on the right.
Heading out of town.
At one point I was pacing her on I-10. Windows down, whistle blowing, drive rods flashing, and desert mountains in the background. Very, very special. I'm very grateful I had the chance to see this.
The UP police certainly had their work cut out for them. A bunch of them were following her to Phoenix and keeping lookout for potential problems.
Jeffrey - really enjoyed the story about the spider
Brutus - thoughts and prayers for Char and Chewy
Anj - good news on the job. Hope it works out.
I'm staring at a birthday card a friend gave me yesterday. It has a quote from Harry S. Truman, "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day". Now that's good advice.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good Evening
37 going down to 30 overnight. We did some morning shopping and I couched this afternoon. No breaking news here..Banilla is ready..S.J.
submmbob Jeffrey - really enjoyed the story about the spider
Dang, that's good advice, Bob. And another Happy Birthday wish for you. Great photos of 844. Fife, that's just great news. That's one lucky youngster. Back from a date night - just a beer with my bride at the joint down the street. Now to pick up the youngest from Adventure Club. Boy, it's cold here.. though should be back in the 50s this weekend.
Evenin' All.
Halloween layout is now gone into hibernation and the loco's/cars packed away til next year.
Went to Costco tonite looking for a few items. SWMBO is a big fan of the Harry Potter movies and wanted to pick one up but alas the Blue Ray & DVD set was all gone. Did see a set that caught my eye, 28 DVD set of the original "Twilight Zone Series" with Rod Serling but couldn't quite accept $93.
Started out looking for some plain old long sleeve t-shirts, need something to kinda protect my arms when working on/under the layouts. With all these drugs I am taking just a slight bump and it looks like the that area has the rot or something, heaven forbid a cut or scratch because I'll end up leaving red drips/smears everywhere.
Thought about going to Cal-Stewart but don't know if I would be up to the drive up-n-back with all the walking in between, maybe one of these years.
Fife, Don't know how your fellow officers can maintain their composure with these occupy idiots. Need to develop a "Stun Gun Net" . If I offend anyone, tuff noogies!
Need to pick-up turkey tomorrow to make sure it thaws,in the fridge, in time to do the Maple Brine although I will have to reduce the salt content of the brine.
Gettin a bit tired, later all.
p.s.- Bob, loved the Harry Truman quote.
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Bob think the Harry Truman quote is the Quote for the day for us here seems most liked it.
Well laid down about 45 minutes ago about 5 still wide awake guess being off and not going to bed till midnight did me in but didn't take sleeping pill while I was off did tonight but still no help.
Will try again in a couple of minutes have to goto work tomorrow
Evening all!
Cooling down here so we finally have a bit of fall season. Leaves dropping off the trees all at once.
Bob & Doug - I also like the quote.
Another long tiring day today.
Looking forward to a short work week and Thanksgiving holiday.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
DougW,
That net isn't enough.
Not much going on today other than an unpleasant and unexpected development at work this morning. Not happy at all.
Kinda noisy here tonight. The wind is NNE at 10 mph with gusts to 20. A piece of old corrugated vinyl panel hits the front slope of the roof during the gusts and makes a thunk, thunk, thunk sound. Not loud but enough I can hear it without it being irritating. At least there's no rain in the forecast tonight.Tired tonight. It's been a busy day for me, so it's time to hit the sack. See y'all tomorrow.
green97probe DougW, That net isn't enough. Not much going on today other than an unpleasant and unexpected development at work this morning. Not happy at all.
Jim, My first thought was one of those big truck mounted snowblowers like I drove in the Co. mountains but that mite be a tad messy although it could make for a fairly quick & quiet cleanup.
Dreary cloudy day in the 50's today.
DDG - your snowblower comment reminded me of a couple of scenes in the movie 'Soylent Green'.
I translated the 'three times around the tree' layout into Fastrack last night - a reasonable facimile of it anyhow. It will fit nicely in a 6' by 9' area. Next step is to make the risers for the elevation changes. It is going to have a pretty steep downhill section that I'll probably need to use the rectifier voltage reduction trick.
I'll eventually get thetrack plan sketched up on AutoCAD. It seemed like everything snapped together, but I suspect that it ain't perfect. The AutoCAD layout should show me how close the track plan is to closing.
All for now.
Leaves and more leaves. Evening meeting. Hot and still. Showers around. "No tornados." You want to bet. Sleeping with one eye open. Some places have had it bad.
Sleep tight [early AM breakfast meeting]
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Cooler in Saint Louis today and felt like rain all day, but no rain (yet). It is getting cold at night now, though. Char was out tonight, so I made some chicken nuggets and fish filets in the oven and we just all fended for ourselves. I got a new historic rails catalog the other day and there are some books in it that look pretty interesting.... But I have a ton to read already! Thanks for the advice on Chewy, and we know you are right. We did call and ask, and they said that it is to stay on until the doc takes it off himself, so I guess she is just stuck with it until Monday. Oh well, she has adapted pretty well. She got her old regular dog food tonight and I think she overdid it, she's been passed out for a couple hours with a full belly!
FIFE - BIG congrats!
Nice chats last night with John, SJ and RT, and tonight with RT and then SJ.
CHIEF - You get better too, man! Hope the change in meds helps you out.
TARDIS is ready, so let's get moving guys!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Morning all. Cloudy cover, but not currently raining. Have to check for limbs, but was not too bad. Wife's old high school got trashed by a tornado. Supposed to have some more rain today. We found our daughter's orphanage on "google earth". While it is neat to see where they are, it is still on the other side of the world. Can't wait to get there!
Did some work on a elevated line on the layout. Hope to get a good bit more done over the next few days. Wife and kids are getting the house ready for Christmas and I would like to have the trains running prior to that.
Hope everyone has a great day.Dennis
It is a cold and frosty 30 degrees. No rain. Going up to 46 today.
Today is a busy day. I have a bunch of small chores to do and an errand to run. Then, I can relax. Cold weather is really being felt in my knees.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Bright sun but a cold 30 right now.
I'm heading to Kroger, gonna buy a turkey we don't need for thanksgiving, cause it's cheaper meat than hamburger right now. For you working folk, Fridays' 1 day away, but you already know that huh...S.J.
Good morning. It's 47 and sunny. The high will be 63 and it will be partly cloudy.Nothing much going on today. I have to go to Lowe's later to pick up a few things and I have to clear some project debris off the layout. I need to get it done today as tomorrow I have to attend a dinner at my father's work site. He insists on it.
Aloha. 26 and sunny. Brrrr. Trying to bring some big things in from outside and get them in the basement. Every year, I seem to forget how I got them down there... Ah well. Eye doc visit too.
Gone dog and cat sitting for awhile. Will check in on Droid [if it works ]. Later
V8Vega Uninterupted coverage on TV of the riff raff that is occupy LA right now. They have taken over a couple of streets and are inconviencing thousands and causing a giant traffic mess. The service employees union is also in on this. Sylmar where I live is probably the furthest from downtown, 30 miles, and is still part of Los Angeles City.
Uninterupted coverage on TV of the riff raff that is occupy LA right now. They have taken over a couple of streets and are inconviencing thousands and causing a giant traffic mess. The service employees union is also in on this. Sylmar where I live is probably the furthest from downtown, 30 miles, and is still part of Los Angeles City.
Hey All....
Glad to see everyone is doing well. Had a minor surgery, set me back a couple of days, but everything is OK. FIL still in hospital, in rehabilitation hopefully he will be home before Thanksgiving.
Been playing around with the layout, installing/building a couple of bridges, (TRWrx - B52), working on a drive in theater. (Have a small, very small building to use as the ticket booth, going to paint a guy selling tickets to the theater in the same colors as my Knotts uniform.) Going to have it so the same movie will play at the drive-in and the HDTV in the room. Should really be cool. Also as a result of relocating the drive-in, found some more space, going to put a Dance Hall and a Bar&Grill in. These two buildings will be on the same access road to the drive-in.
Going back to work at Knotts tomorrow, they've gone a whole week without me! I'm sure they are anxious to get me back.
Plan on going to Cal-Stewart on Sunday. Will help my wife get the booth setup, then leave around 10 or so. Should be there by 11-11:30, hopefully will run into you guys. (I will be wearing a blue denim long sleeve shirt with a SP patch. Also, have kinda pot belly, wear glasses, and gray hair.)
Need to get busy, never enough time.
Best Regards
Don
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