Hi guys! Been away for awhile. Been real busy a work, Last week though my computer was infected with a worm! So I had my computer guy fix it, he also reformated it and upgraded it. Maybe I can get some more years out of this dell.
Jack - I've had two leaf cleanings already this year and usually within a few days it looks like nothing was done. Too many trees around here with all the woods around my house and some nieghbors do nothing to help. I usually do it two times in Dec to finish it up.
NJDevil - Sad news. But don't loose hope as hard working people a hard to find and often excel elsewhere when other don't.
DougM - Nice work! I seem to remember my father and I putting together a balsa wood and tissue airplane back in the 1960's. Being about 10 years old I'm sure he did most of the work.
Chuck - Believe it or not your recovery over the past months has been a real inspiration me and probably to all of us on this POT! Keep it up!
SJ - Like a good team, I believe Granny is good therapy for you as you are for her. You two keep each other going.
That's about it for now, good night all!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Rich,
Sorry to hear about the job not working out for you too. We are in the same boat about 130% not being enough, although in my case, I think one of them set me up. I won't go into detail here though, because it could get messy. It would have been nice to know sooner than half a year into the job, but it is what it is.
Jack,
Are you still in the market for 2343s? I haven't looked at the pair that I bought at Toy Town back in July since Debbie wrapped them. I might be looking to sell.
I got the Flyer 660 series aluminum passenger cars and gray roadbed in today. Both are really nice. I will try to get pics posted asap.
Has anyone heard from Brent? Hope everything is ok.
Evening all!
Just a quick hello. Tired after a very long day.
We got an inch of needed rain at our house last night, but the official rainfall was only o.5 inch.
Nice weather predicted for Thursday - low 70's.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Good evening all,
It is a soggy day in SE Indiana with temps in the 60s. Work has gone surprisingly well the past two days. If tomorrow goes as well, it will be a good week. Not much else going on. I see where a Hoosier won the NASCAR title. He has only two more races to win, Indy and Daytona. Probably should win Daytona some day, Indy not so sure. He paid a nice tip of the hat to AJ during his interviews. I see where AJ is doing some promos for a local Houston hospital. I also see where the women's Olympic qualifying games may be on antenna TV in January. That would be cool. I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL and I can drive. Been missing some rotations so I need to get back in the grove some. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hi Guys,
SJ,
Sounds like Granny is doing a lot better,
David P.
All of us are praying for Jeffery. Thanks for the update.
Doug M.
Got to love this weather.
I got called off work last night for today because they can do Lime in light rain. So I was going to sleep in then work on the water leak in the basement. Got up at 8:00 AM and am glad I managed to get some sleep.
Started on my on the water like thingy.
Water leak???????? Like all of my projects. Should of been no problem but turned into 2 trips to Menards in Morris and 6 hours later I think I am good.
Seems to be okay now, hope it stays that way.
You all have a good night.
Kevin
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Evening
36 and it has been raining since late afternoon. Granny baby sat today, she said the boys kept a close eye on her so she didn't have to overdo. She's got em again tomorrow. 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
Just a quick splash and go from cold, soon-to-be monsooning Taxachusetts,
Dropped to 28 last night, 40 was the high today, 2" of rain expected tonight, dry and warmer by Thanksgiving, and back to the 60's by the weekend. If you don't like New England weather, be patient for a day. Like Chief, one more pass with the leaf blower and the mower are in order here to get the balance of the 2011 leaves picked up before the snow flies. I like to wait until around Thanksgiving for the last cleanup, until after the neighbors have picked up theirs.
Rich.......prayers continue that your job search is successful. I know you are disappointed that 130% was not enough. While you were trying to do it right the first time, they had other ideas. They should have just given you the answer up front and turned you loose.
Chief......you are a good friend to your buddy. Prayers he keeps making progress. Isn't it strange how someone comes to your rescue with picking up leaves just when you get done helping someone else? Coincidence or something else?
Train Master........thanks for the update on Jeffrey. I am certain I speak for all of us here extending prayers that he takes it easy and that he is feeling better. His power outage should either give him the opportunity to rest, or conversely have his adrenalin pumping.
DonB.........that bridge of yours is a masterpiece! regarding LAZ' Minnie being a member of PETA. I think she is just yanking LAZ' chain so he doesn't bag a buck this year. Re Cal Stewart......it is nice to have something like that local to you guys.
Somehow I can't picture V8 Dennis, RaySP, and DonB behaving themselves at Cal Stewart. Too much mischievousness in those three.
Chuck......your muscles and joints are sore because you are USING them!!!! And getting stronger. Keep at it, you keep the rest of us inspired. Just 90 days ago......you get the drift.
8n..........you could have gotten a lot of new saw blades for free from 88/Brent.
LAZ......ya gotta teach Minnie to flush dem bucks toward you, not away from you. My problem is that my dog is smarter than I am.
Later gang. I have to rustle up some grub for our dinner. Like SJ, I am not exactly a gourmet chef in the kitchen. Can't believe my wife eats what I cook.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Back home till Thanksgiving evening. Lots of leaves gotten up. The Sthil backpack blower was a life saver. Neighbor brought up his commercial zero turn mower and a big motor driven bagging unit. It attaches to the back of the mower with a big bin on the top. Extra 10 hp motor sucks and grinds the leaves. Then he just goes to "where-ever" and dumps the bin without getting off mower. So I blew the leaves out onto the grass areas, he came and "sucked" them up. Life saver. When I left, ground and etc covered again. We had our frist real freeze Friday and Saturday. Ground covered here as pecan trees' leaves frinally froze too. Then temps jumped up. Slept the last two night with stormdoor glass down and window open. Suppose to cool for a day and then jump back up.
Town Board tonight, Dr. tomorrow [fighting over statins] and Thanksgiving Thursday. Back up north Thursday night. There for a long stay. Bill Davies is doing well but is having to stay in Duke Appartments. Hope he can make it home soon.
Don, great job on bridges. If my drop down was not in a curve, I could do the same. Got two large Lionel bridges like that. Hope to get the "box" done in Jan or Feb. If so, will use it for some areas in new layout to gain access to "out of reach" areas.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Jeff will not be with us today unless the cable gets fixed. The whole area is out. I could not get out on my satellite hookup until the clouds cleared enough. The problem with the cable is that a line of bad thunderstorms came through early in the morning and tore up things pretty bad. The power and cable were knocked out a little past 8 . The power came back a little while later. The cable has been out all day and by my tv is still out. Jeff's internet is by cable so if something does not change he will not be back on. To those who are of a praying disposition and even if you ware not, he is not doing well in spite of what he says. He has trouble standing and he cannot keep his balance well. I hope he gets better soon so he can get back back to work on his trains, Some might not like the pics he posts but I think they are great.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Bob, selective compression saves me - the Graf is only about a foot and a half long. It's flying near the back of the layout...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Mornin' Y'all.
Been busybusy, between naps. Had a great run last friday at the museum then it was up to the armpits in aligators finishing up the halloween stuff while unpacking and starting the Christmas decorations. On the brite side SWMBO has decided to scale back some of the stuff we would normally display.
Jack, Maybe Minnie is a "limited" member of PETA and helping to protect Bambi.
Ray, The next time I'm at the museum I'll take some photos of the double track main lift bridge at the back of the club layout. Instead of a hinge like Don's it has a pivot that is forward of the track joint so a short section drops down while the main portion lifts up. No bridge structures used as well.
The GATS is far from my favorite show/sale, I'm hoping that the WGH on Tour will be back very soon. The last one was great but that was at least three but possibly four years ago.
Made a quick run to the museum to drop-off some Christmas decorations and a Christmas flatcar to sit on a siding, next monday will be the clean-up and decorating day.
Later all.
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Bob, yes the 4 unit F3's are quite long but I have a fairly long loop around a 24 X 20 room. I run about 6 or 7 streamline N&W cars with it which looks believable behind them. Of course the prototype uses passenger cars from the former N&W relettered now for Norfolk Southern but they are the same tuscan red color. So being frugle (cheap) I decided to just use my N&W cars. It doesn't make sense to buy another set of identical cars except with different lettering.
Looking forward to the sunshine today and tomorrow. Hope it doesn't rain much on Thursday.
V8 Dennis, D. Baker is probably talking about the Great American Train show but I'm not sure. He goes to a lot more of them than me.
SPMan
Clear and cold here on the mountain this morning. After the weather cleared off last night we are open again for business. Last shift of the week before I go home for TG.
Don - nice bridge setup!
Ray - your ABBA setup must be as long as some of my trains
8N - a few of the guys on the model airship forum (yes, there is one) have done scratchbuilt stick and tissue models. I'll have to try one some day.
DougM - I'm going to assume your Graf Zeppelin is not to scale. I say this because I was recently curious how big an O-scale zeppelin would be. Well, a guy was recently asked to build a model of a German WW1 zeppelin for a museum is Seattle at 1/48 scale so it would match all the airplanes. This airship is much smaller than the Graf (a mere 400 feet) and it came out to be over 13 feet long!
Anj - hope you find another job soon
Jeffrey - glad to hear you are feeling better. Rain coming your way, if it isn't already there.
Time to find some breakfast
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Aloha from a grey, cold and misty Chicago where pilots use Jack's Christmas tree as an approach marker for O'Hare. 2,000 lights must make your meter spin like in the movie Christmas Vacation. Wowee. Looks like I'm the only one on this floor so far today. Should be able to get lots of work done. Daughter and Not-Boyfriend get in tonight.SJ, I admire your strength of character and wallet to be able to visit the train store without buying anything. Dennis, white chocolate cures everything. Glad you're feeling better.Don, that's a great bridge. How did you step down the track connection on the 'inside' line. It looks like you had to tilt down the track from the bridge. or that might just be the photo angle.8n, I used to make balsa and tissue models. Good memory.
Good Morning
32/50 today, rain expected later.
Chuck you are right, getting old sucks. During my working years I dreamed about how much fun retirement would be. The BIG important thing I forgot was that when retirement does come so does old age and all the pains that come with it. I'd rather be young and working...S.J.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a damp and foggy 46 degrees. Going uo to 50 today with more rain.
Today is a busy day. I have an errand to run and a few things to do around the house. Joints are aching from the weather. X-rays said no arthritis, so I guess it's old age. Getting old sucks.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Don, your evaluation of Cal Stewart was accurate I thought. It is true that York ruins anywhere else you go by comparison but at least it's close to home. Thanks for the pictures of the lift up bridge. The main thing I like about it is that it seems to work. Don't worry about the cosmetics. That can come later. I think I need to build a section which is wider than just a bridge which will accomodate a double track main on one side and a diverging track on the other.. In other words, I will have three tracks on the lift section rather than build two separate ones. I have some wiring on the bottom of my old stationary bridges crossing the aisle so I would have to figure a new way to get those across the gap. Maybe run them on the floor with some kind of cover over them or up to the ceiling and over.
I ran my newly aquired NS executive B unit to form an A-B-B-A consist with a long N&W passenger train today. Looks realy good and the single powered two motor A unit is more than adequate to pull the whole thing. One of the guys on O gauge even put ditch lights on his but I haven't got that far yet. The WBB units have simulated ditch lights as delivered by using decals.
Talking about my N.C. visit, the bar-b-que was great but the hush puppies were not what I remembered. Maybe mine were too cold. At home my grandmother would make fried waterground cornmeal cakes. Everything else was good though including the fried chicken and Brunswick stew. We got all this stuff from a local Bar-B-Que restaurant that makes genuine Eastern North Carolina Bar-B-Que.
Good night all,
Cloudy, damp day in the 40's today.
I did manage a trip to the hardware store today for a new saw blade for my Fastrack cutting adventure.
Bob - A balsa and tissue version of an airship should not be too hard. The framework could be keel, former and stringer type. The tissue covering would be a pain, though - you'd have to do it in lots of pieces to handle the compound curves at the ends.
All for now.
Howdeeeeee !!!! (Been listening to Minnie Pearl)
As reported went to the Cal-Stewart meet this weekend. Unfortunately it seems to be getting smaller every year. Wasn't any manufacturers at all, a couple of dealers and majority seemed to be individuals. I would say 80% of was post war stuff. Some command control, but mostly conventional. I always liked this show but ever since I've been to York I'm always disappointed. Just to put it in perspective it isn't really much bigger than a York "Bandit" show, and $15 entry with $9 parking. Have a couple of the commercial shows coming up in December, The Big Train Show, which is all gauge. That is better in my opinion.
On the positive side, ran in to a LOT of people at Cal-Stewart, Ray and Dennis of course from this forum. Was the first time had the opportunity of meeting Dennis, seems like a very nice gentleman, we should keep him. Now Ray, that's another story, he was recovering from his trip to NC. He was having difficulty with his speech, every other word was "You'all" and was very, very slow. So slow he even forgot what he was working on saying, and just kept muttering something about grids. (I think he OD'ed on the grits, while he was down there.) I finally was able to get out of him he had been preparing himself to hook up with the Chief at Raliegh Durham airport, and had been practicing his dialect and now can't get rid of it.
All kiddin aside the three of work checking out a lift up bridge that was on an AF layout. It was well done, but pretty much consisted of just a strategically placed hinge and backplate. One of the operators told us the club had paid $750 for it. And, that it was a TIG welded assembly that made it so expensive. We were flabbergasted! (Unfortunately I forgot the camera I had planned on bringing, so no picture of the bridge.) After discussing the bridge for awhile, I said mine works pretty much the same way, but was not NEARLY so expensive. (I believe I have about $25-$30 in mine, without the bridge cost.) So, I told Ray I would put up some pictures of mine up, so here it is.......
The bridge is a MTH plastic 2 track bridge. I had a piece of CRS cut, and mounted the bridge to that. As shown it exceeds the on the right side considerably. I only wanted to provide the size of opening I needed for the pass through. I plan on doing some landscaping on the left side eventyally.
In the upright position, as shown has plenty of clearance. (Note the internal plastic guard rails have not been securely fastened. (Testing for some clearances)
The "bronze" color is the actual hinge. As you can see the pivot point if well above the track surface. (Next phase will be to set the bridge INTO the layout surface. Left it on top of layout due to clearance issues and curves feeding into the bridge. (Scale Big Boy boiler clears the bridge by 1/8th on approach of outside track.) Wood blocks are "stops" and resting points when bridge is open.
Now its going to get real ugly! The actual hinge is the bronze. The hinge is an offset cabinet door hinge. The strap on top of the hinge really isn't necessary, I need to put another hole in the hinge and secure to the layout frame.
This picture actually gives an overall view of the hinge shape. The L bracket is just added for additonal support.
This last picture shows the track clearance when the bridge is open. I have the track that lead up to the bridge powered from the same block as the bridge, that way when the bridge is open the adjoining tracks dont have any power and the engines stop. Also the connecting tracks on the non-hinged side have "knife edge" track connectors to accommodate bridge closing.
So there you have it, NOT pretty for sure, but that will come. The important thing is that it does work well and has ever since I built the layout. 2007. Need to really address the cosmetics but that will come.
Don
Raining and cold in Saint Louis today. Running late tonight, sorry I missed you SJ. We had a party at work, so I took in donuts this morning. One guy brought in turkey legs - one for each of us. He smoked them in a big Green Egg smoker. They were great! I don't think I can justify $1500 for a Green Egg with all the accessories that he has, but I might have to get a small smoker for myself
Good luck, Anj - hope a good job comes soon!
TARDIS is ready, so let's get it moving!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hello all,
Finally got caught up from the weekend,
Anjdevil. I'll add a you find a job
Things get busier here as Christmas approaches. Son struck a deal with a local feed store to sell them ear corn for $8.00 a bag.
Good news....... we don't have to shell it. at that price we're about 25% over market value of ear corn.
Bad news .............we have approximately 10 ton to put in to 70-80 lb bags. (bags supplied by feed store) They tell us that during peak season they'll need 40 bags +/- per week
Thinking about hunting deer next Monday. Haven't seen a deer since the soybeans have been harvested. Did find tracks to indicate at least one deer has been in the drive way, under the dusk to dawn light, eating some soybeans that spilled while we were working on the combine.
Son will be hunting bear this week during the daylight hours that he isn't working. He's been doing lots of OT and weird shifts due to two people in his area being off. SIL is also bear hunting. He has a pretty good average as at 32 years old he's all ready bagged three.. I've never even considered hunting them.
May travel to the train show in Kittanning Pa on Sunday. It is a small show but usually pretty good. Close but far enough away there are different vendors than the local shows. I haven't made the trip in two or three years.
Also hope to finish up winter preparations this weekend. Game plan is tomorrow will be last day of work till Tuesday.
I'm tuckered out. Off to join Mrs in bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Once again it's time for me to wrap it up for the night. 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
Getting some much needed rain here. 54 right now and should be nice later this week for the holiday.
Not sure how much rain we will get so will have to go out and check the gauge later.
Anjdevil - so sorry about the job. Hope you find another soon
LAZ - gotta agree with Jack - Minnie is working for the "Preserve a deer today" society.
8ntruck - interesting about cutting Fastrack with a carbide blade - I have always used a bandsaw. Will have to try that sometime.
Good evening everyone. Been a good day. Think the crud is on its way out. The white chocolate and caramel cheesecake was a hit at the party today. Had a afternoon meeting and then home. Finished my homework for bible study for tomorrow's lesson.
Charlie, that is a nice buck! Bet he left a good dent in the car that took him out.
Bob, we get a lot of deer kills down here by vehicles. With all the farms, we are overpopulated. Our season starts in September and goes well int January.
I hope to check in later. May God bless each of you.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
RockIsland52 Jeffrey......hope you are rebounding and are feeling better.
Jeffrey......hope you are rebounding and are feeling better.
its 37 now.
I got in & out of the train store without buying anything. Granny entertained the neighbor girl for a few hours this PM as there wasn't going to be anyone there to watch her. Each afternoon she has to go to a relative's house till someone picks her up. We will have banilla tonight if we can find a warm place to eat it..S.J.
Hey guys...long time, no see...
Job ended Friday, 130% job production wasn't enough as the owner wanted 200%. No problem, he paid me way fair and we parted friendly. He'll store my tool box until after Thanksgiving, then I'll have to retrieve it.
Decorated firehouse Saturday with4 other guys. Came out OK...spent 1.5 hours testing and sorting LED string lights, then tossed the majority for rope lights that all worked and installed with 2 men. Go figure.
Sunday was all day Boating course paid by the FD, ao now I can pilot the rescue craft...and the new Zodiac that is on the way.
Santa Parade is Friday, so that's the reason for the decoration, I'll start on the Christmas layout for the Fire House Tuesday morning.
Thanksgiving is in Centerville, VA this year. and I'm thankful the Princess is happy and here. Just need a job now (again....)
for our ailing members...
I'll check back soon
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,
Rain is over and sun is out today. This should help my winter rye grass come up now.
V8 Dennis, glad you made it home OK yesterday. It was raining hard when I left too and all the way home on the freeway. Glad to report that there were no pile ups. Sounds like you made a big haul on your E bay purchases. The only thing I bought at Cal Stewart was that NS B unit I mentioned. Good that at least three of us West Coasters including D. Baker were able to get together yesterday. Too bad Doug not so grumpy from San Diego couldn't make it but he is still recovering from health issues I presume.
Got my Thanksgiving bird out of the freezer this morning and put in the fridge for a slow thaw out for Thursday morning.
Chief, good on you for sticking by your friend. Hope he is doing better.
Jack, congas for Maximus behavior at the shopping mall. I can't blame some folks for giving him a wide berth however if they didn't know him. I would probably be in that group myself with a strange dog. I have passed several dogs when out walking though without any mishap. Just kept my cool and kept going. Most dog walkers with their pet on a leash seem to be well behaved. Maybe I have just been lucky. My wife is scared to death of barking dogs and jumps all over me when one approaches. Good luck with the Christmas decorations. Good idea to stay off ladders and outside lights. The eves on our house have a low overhang so they are easy to reach from a step ladder. I still let my son do the honors though.
Pat, sounds like an exciting finish at the race. I'll have to ask my son if he saw it. He likes car racing but I was at a train meet myself.
Charlie, hope no one was hurt hitting that buck. What do they do with road kills like that? I suppose some of it might be salvagable providing it was taken care of without too much delay.
Jeffrey in La., hope your thumb is better or that you are getting some medical treatment if needed.
Taking dieuretics today so got to run!
Good Mornin' Ya'll From Overcast and Cooling Taxachusetts,
Holy smokes! The posts are coming fast and furious. I thought I had caught up early yesterday before we headed out for the entire day. We didn't get home until after 10PM. Missed NASCAR's exciting finish and all of the football except for the second half of the Sunday Night Football game.
At least we enjoyed the entire sunny and warm 66 degree day, day trip to New Hampshire. Sun roof open most of the day. We got in an outdoor canine obedience class and another indoor one later in the day with Maximus. We also got some Christmas shopping knocked off up in New Hampshire where there is no 6.5% state tax.
The dog saved me from shopping. I hate shopping. Since we had the dog with us, the Wife went into the stores while I remained in the parking lot and around the doors to the various stores, working on the pup's obedience in a high-distraction but "real world" environment. One somewhat fearful woman passing on the sidewalk in front of Target took one look at a politely sitting Maximus, saw his loose leash with me standing off 4 feet to his right, and warned me not to let go. I feigned concern. "You aren't planning on stealing him, are you?"
Most folks just pass, stare, point, and smile, often with a compliment. A few always stop amidst their shopping rush to talk and chat; and the conversation inevitably touches on responsible dog ownership, negative breed bias, and questions about training.....how he got to be this way. A small number take a wide berth when passing. Can't blame them. There are far too many folks out there with dogs they have no business owning.
Scooped up some of those white Christmas lights my wife likes so much in anticipation of our annual "another light strand doesn't work" while trying to decorate our "real" tree. Last year we had 2,000+ lights on that sucker; and it really made for the fine centerpiece in our living room window for folks driving past. Beautiful from the inside as well. We love the smell and ambience of a natural tree. Bought 5 strands of 100 each just in case. We have decided to skip the outdoor lights this year, save for the large Christmas wreath on the front door, lit up with a floodlight. We put those "brass candles with the white candle bulbs in all of our windows front-facing windows. Wife likes the "all white lights" approach. And I like the fact that I don't have to climb ladders to decorate the outdoor trees which are just too high and difficult to get decorated (and the lights adjusted). Don't want to pull a "BRENT."
Finally got the "plan" for Thanksgiving dinner. Daughter and son-in-law are hosting dinner this year. What that means is that we get there hours early. Bring a desseert. Grammy Pammy occupies the grandchildren, keeping them away from the kitchen and from being underfoot. Grampy Jack rolls up his sleeves upon arrival and makes sure that all of the dirty cooking apparati in the kitchen is clean and at the ready, dishwasher running load after load, and stuff dried and put away. That way the post-meal cleanup (we stay to help clean up) is easier. Translation: football is not interrupted and there is time to nap and relax with family at points during the feast and after. Many hands make light work..
Guess you guys heard of the morning fatality at the parking lot of the annual Harvard/Yale football game Saturday. The initial accounts point to mechanical failure in a rented truck, sudden accerleration or a throttle issue. Driver not charged, passed a field sobriety test. He was hauling a truck load of beer for tailgating. Looks like a horrible accident. Say goodbye to the tradition of tailgating. Probably done to the extreme anyway.
Speaking of Brent, there are a lot of us POT guys with children and grandchildren. Don't want to disappoint them and the Christmas magic....so we decorate!. But we don't need to break a few limbs in the process of decorating.
CHUCK......keep at it, buddy. Can regular visits to your man cave in the basement be far off?
Chief........hope your friend is coming along nicely. I think you know how much your help lightens his burden at the very time when he needs it the most.
LAZ.......was sad to hear "progress" has reared it's ugly head again and wiped out your traditional hunting grounds. MINNIE's genes showing out there in the field are impressive, no? Personally, I think she has thrown in with the deer and is actually out there chasing them off and protecting them from you! Last lap on the parent/teachers conferences.
Dennis........hope your crud is moving on.
Charlie........that must be the most expensive buck that motorist ever bagged. Deer are bad news for motorists that unexpectedly and accidentally hit them. But North of me the moose make them look like Chihuahuas.
Brutus........is it time for the "FREE CHEWEY" chants and demonstrations?
Roy........you had to remind me one last leaf cleanup is in order in my neck of the woods. The leaves are all finally down, save for some on a neighbor's gargantuan weeping willow. Always the last to drop. My back yard is downwind........
8n........was glad to hear your time at work over the weekend was productive and will have permanent benefit.
SubmmBob.......you have more patience than I but that model looked perfect. With my luck, the dog would get ahold of it and have a good time turning hours of painstaking work into a million pieces. That, or my 2 year old grandchild would pull a king cong and crush it.
RaySP........sounds like you and the California boys had a wonderful day "training" and socializing at the meet. If it were not for some of the senior members, this tradition would not have been started and would die.
DougM and SJ......the Lions and Bears (OH MY!) refuse to let the NFC battle turn into a boring Green Bay runaway. The Wild Card will be interesting.
Gotta run.
Aloha from a grey and cold Chicago where i hope it's a quiet week (all the employees will be busy shopping...). Laz, Cutler out 6-8 weeks for a busted thumb; the OC has never liked the back-up QB. There goes the season. What a great end to the Chase - Even though my dog wasn't in the hunt. Great day working video at church. I volunteered for Christmas - that's a lot of services but I'll have the vacation. Wonderful that Dennis, Don and Ray could get together. Great airship, Bob. I have a plastic Graf Zeppelin cruising over the layout. Wow, Charlie, that's quite a buck. 'Tis the season to run into deer here in IL. Daughter and Not-boyfriend come home tomorrow for the holiday. Looking forward to running some trains over the break.
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