Konbanwa,
We had a fairly busy day today. The kids had a Christmas play rehearsal this morning. We took them to lunch at McDonald's afterwards - I stuck to the Big Mac this time. We then went to the Japanese Wal-Mart. It is called Seiyu, but I really believe it is a Wal-Mart. They carried a few of the same clothing brands and had Wal-Mart credit card applications near the elevators. Yes, this place had five floors. My wife picked up a few things but I did not see anything I had to have. We had some donuts as there was a Mister Donut connected to it. We came home so the older two kids and I could rake the leaves. The older son and I then went to clean a car I bought this past week. It is a '94 Honda Accord wagon. It is in pretty good mechanical shape and I only paid $800 for it. It only has to get me to work and back. We also had to buy a new propane tank for the new grill. After everyone was rested, we went off base for dinner. We went to a Turkish kebab house tonight. The food was great, but we didn't stick around for the sheesha pipe.
Doug M. - I hope you are feeling better.
Dennis - The Japanese can be stoic. They are very polite and they do not want to embarrass or offend people so if I were to say something offensive to them they probably would never tell me or show it.
Fife - I wasn't sure if I should laugh at that photo or tremble in fear.
Tardis Crew - I was hoping to catch you guys this morning but you must have been making your rounds late. I was able to chat with Doug M. for a few minutes.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good Morning
18 and sunny
Daughter and 2 grandsons are here baking cookies. Very good of course but they will make dozens more than either of us need. No breakfast in my future this day...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
Good morning. It's 39° and mostly clear. The high will be 53° and it will be mostly sunny.Yesterdays rib cramps seem to be gone, that's a big relief to me as I hadn't felt pain like that since I cracked a couple of ribs on my left side back in the very early 80's. Maybe today I'll be able to get some light weathering done on the well car. Maybe someday I'll be able to get my hands on some Gunderson articulated well cars but at what those cost I don't hold out much hope of that ever happening. At the prices I've seen listed for those there must be some gold in there somewhere. Earlier this year I was thinking maybe I should replace my heater but now I don't see why I should. The temp outside is in the thirties and according to my travel alarm clock the temp in here is in the upper seventies and the heater is on a low setting. Think I'll keep it around a bit longer. One thing I'll have to see about doing today is clearing away some of the project clutter that has accumulated on the layout.
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
DougM and Jeffrey.......hope both of you are on the mend.
Wifey had her girlfriends over last night for her annual GF Christmas party while I was told to make myself scarce so they could swap embellished and untruthful husband stories .......which means I was their gopher (pick up dinner) and handyman (build fire) and A/V technician (Christmas music) and dog walker (poo and poo patrol).
Off to Maine for another Christmas party. Too much!!!!! And our stuff isn't getting done.
Later gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
16 degrees and sunny. Not to much on the plate today.
Build a fire,
Get some food from Kroger's
Check the shed HVAC project,
Relax.
Later,
Kev
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Afternoon FellasProbe - glad my 'incite' was some help. Fife - that is just wrong... funny as heck, but wrong... but really, really, funny. Well TheQ and I took the day off yesterday to do our Christmas shopping. Headed to Delaware and Lancaster, PA - got probably 80-90% of it done. While in Delaware we even got The Princess's picture taken with The Clauser! She wasn't feeling too well so the first picture she wasn't smiling and The Clauser didn't have his eyes open so we got a second shot... and The Princess gave us one for the memory book!!! On a sad note, seems The Princess has contracted a minor Upper Respiratory Infection. Running a temp of 101, and she is coughing really bad. TheQ took her to the Ped this morning and we're to keep her quiet... seriously? The Ped hasn't gotten to know The Princess very well. The beauties are sleeping now. I got some work done around the house this morning! Got the wood rack on the screened porch restocked, got the flower beds raked and the rest of the lingering leaves vacuumed and mulched. While working in the yard I started taking mental notes on some trees that need to be cleared. Have a fairly large one in the front yard that appears to have some insect damage near the bottom of the trunk. Going to talk to my neighbor about taking it out because I'm going to have to fell it onto his driveway. Got another on the other side that looks to be dying so need to talk neighbor on that side as it may fall onto his driveway... won't take them down in the same day...Hope to get the house decorated today and to also get into the trainroom... speaking of which, since the beauties are sleeping this may be a good time to make my move! Wish me luck fellas... I'm going in!
Good morning all, it's almost noon. Got up late today. We had dinner out last night with church friends at a place where we haven't been for a while. The place used to be a bank so now they call it the village vault. BTW the vault is still there, they made a restroom out of it.
Sent a long Christmas letter and update to an old friend of mine in Virginia who is suffering from Lou Gerig disease. Also sent nice Christmas forwards to other friends and relatives.
Jeffrey, hope you make it to the new year before seeing the doctor. Of course, you could always go to the emergency room if you had to. At least here, they have to see you by law. We certainly do need a better healthcare system. The way it is now, the hospitals have to charge the people with Insurance more to cover those without it, so what's the difference. We will have to pay one way or the other.
V8 Dennis, sounds like you and your buddy are a big threat to golf balls. Sounds like fun though. I'm afraid that gun collecting would turn into another obsession for me. One hobby is all I can afford.
Sleep well tonight, The Chief is on duty watching out for those pesky Northern Squirrels who are invading the South. He can shoot their eyes out at a thousand yards with a BB gun.
Turned down an invitation from a friend of mine to go to L.A. Union Station today for the 40th anniversary celebration of Amtrak. There is a special train on display and Santa Fe steam engine number 3751 fired up for the occasion. Somehow, I just couldn't get motiviated to go downtown early this morning. Having worked for the railroad myself, sort of takes the excitement out of it. I still enjoy my O gauge trains though.
Chuck, hope you made it to the train room today. Your track probably needs cleaning if you haven't run for a long time. I know mine gets that way when I don't run often.
Got two Christmas get togethers coming up next week. Only problem is that they are both on the same night. Might go to one and just go for desert on the second one.
Have a nice weekend y'all,
Ray
SPMan
Aloha. 11 degrees today and I'm feeling better again. Have to work myself through the meds. Nice chat with Joe last night and finally figured out how to post here on the iPad!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good afternoon, pretty day here. The kids had their violin recital this morning. Our daughter started off a bit rough, then I told her play what you want. She started playing an old folk song and played quite well. Then both kids joined in on a duet and it was great! Took the FIL and his wife out for lunch. Absolutely stuffed. Wife is wrapping presents with the kids as we have Christmas with one side of my bride's family tomorrow.
V8 Dennis, yeah, we have a lot of fun with 22's and pellet guns. We take eye hooks and screw them into the golf balls,then we tie a string and string them up from a board at set distances. It is a fun time. With regard to buying more guns, think my wife would not like that too much...there would be gnashing of teeth! The squirrels around here are prime targets. The ones that one of my friends won't cook, I leave for the hawks and eagles.
Doug, glad you are on the mend. I have been posting with the iPad for some time now. Getting used to the typing is a little different, but you get used to it. I have only experienced a few times when the message didn't post. Not sure what the source of the problem is, but it happens too few times to worry.
Chief, I think we really need to secure that border, that is one scary buckeye heading our way!
Currently watching a program on the 24 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pretty good show.
Have a blessed night,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Nice sunny day in the 40's today.
Broke down the Polar Express Layout, took it to the KATY depot (three trips), re-set it there, ran it for the kids, broke it back down, and carted it home again. Pretty much wiped me out today.
Worth it though, 'cause the kids at the program enjoyed the layout. I pointed Santa's arrival out to one little fella . He glanced in Santa's direction, gave a 'so what' kind of look and waited for the train to come around again. I think he might be a future poster on the Pot.
No mechanical problems, and the P.E. Berkshire was smoking better than I've ever seen it. Probably the uphill grade and extended operation was causing the smoke unit to run hotter. The only problems were minor ones - due to the operator.
All for now. I'll post pictures later.
Turned cold this evening. Actually was a great deer hunting day. Never got below freezing last night. Stayed cool but not cold until almost dark. Now tomorrow is a different story. COLD.
By the grace of God and the Chief, three does [especially one big one] are still alive. Had them under one of my feeders near one of my stands this afternoon just before dark. Actually Pam had something to do with it. Seems there was a wedding at Church late today. Church was undecorated for the wedding [guy is being deployed so wedding was pushed forward]. I had to help Wifey [on the committee] redecorate. Time was to be back by 6:30 or soon there after. If I had shot, would not have made it back in that time frame. She will wait for Fred to take the shot. He is the one that wants the meat for his freezer.
dwiemer Chief, I think we really need to secure that border, that is one scary buckeye heading our way! Dennis
Got it covered. He is not due for some time. I will have photos of him in the special snare.
Off to Subway for a dinner sub. Wifey has now gone to a "girls" party.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Evening all!
50's today and supposed to cool off tomorrow? Maybe some light rain?
Tried to go to one mall and no place to park. Went to another one and tons of parking.
Daughter went with us to dinner. Fish place that is real good and 1/2 price bottles of wine on saturday nights!
Home and have a fire in the fire place. Kicking back.
Fife - that stealth Buckeye pic - MY EYES!!!
Have a great evening all!
Doug M - got your PM. Let me know!
Regards, Roy
Good Evening
25 cold degrees.
I got my exercise today. Walked 2 malls with daughter and family. Granny stayed home. It was good to get out and not have to drive with the Christmas crazies. We ate at a good but overpriced placed called Champs. I think they are a chain. Banilla will be waiting...S.J.
Sorry we missed you guys - we were on last night and again tonight? Nice chat with SJ tonight, but no world problems were solved.
Routed a wider groove in a wooden base to accept a glass dome my wife bought. It worked pretty well, but that super-fine dust from the fake wood base is hazardous. I took precautions, but I can still smell it - yuck!
Worked 4 hours OT this morning, then stopped at Radioshack and picked up a crimper and some new plastic connectors for ethernet cable.
Char has a little cold going on - just a bit of coughing and tightness in her chest right now. We're watching it carefully.
TARDIS is ready, so let's get moving guys
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Well it was a busy day for me. I WAS going to weather my well car today but suddenly life started getting in the way. First my father calls and wants me to go check on my mother because he can't get through to her on the phone. So I go check on her. She's fine. Sitting up in bed watching TV. I check out the phones. Nothing. No service. There's ten phones in the house and two more outside making for an even dozen and not a one of them works. So I go back to my place and call my father and tell him she's fine and the phones are all dead. Well then next he wants me to call Suddenlink and set up a service call. That took up the next forty-five minutes which I'll never get back. Got that done. Now I'm going to start on weathering the well car. Phone rings. It's my mother. Somehow she figured out how to dial out on her cell phone. She wants to know if I'm available to take her to town. First to Buffet City for lunch then to Stage then Lowe's then Ivan Smith Furniture. All this in a car I have never once driven. I didn't even know if I could get my five inch wide boot to the gas pedal without hitting the brake in the process. Well it turns out there was a little over an eighth of an inch clearance. I had to be careful that my boot didn't hook under the end of the brake pedal. Before I drive it again I'll have to lope off half an inch of the brake pedal to make the car safe for me to drive. Oh, what kind of car is it? Nothing much, just a Pontiac G6 with a retractable roof and the ability to take off from a dead stop like a Camaro Z28 running on nitro methane. A very sporty little car and very fast! So we go to Buffet City and have lunch. A very big lunch. Then we went over to Stage so she could sort through some clothes that had been picked out for her. That took longer than she expected. Somehow I wasn't surprised. Good thing was she was wiped out by that time and wanted to go home. On the way back we stopped at a furniture store (not Ivan Smith) so she could look at a new couch. Too late! Somebody else had already snatched it. We got back to the house sometime around three. My father was home by then so I talked with him for a time. He was going through his mail. Most of it was junk. To hear his comments about it is like having a comedian in the house! He comes up with some one liners that put Archie Bunker and Fred Sanford to shame. One of those was about his electric bill, which hadn't come yet. All the others had come. Mine, my sisters, my niece, my nephew, but not his. Well, it was probably so big they needed more time to print the extra pages then worship it in hopes of getting a dividend or a revocation of a volume discount. Maybe they were trying to figure a way to bill him for the extra paper. By that time I was a quivering pile of jelly on the floor. I had to get out of there. I bade them goodbye - see y'all later and I was out the door. I had other things to keep me busy at home for a while and I never did get to weather the well car. Oh, my electric bill is the smallest one. A mere $55.See y'all tomorrow.
Morning all. Got up to do my morning reading and prayers, then had to wake wife so she can wash her hair. We are going to FIL's house to have Christmas with that half of the family. I really don't like missing church, but for my bride, one Sunday a year is alright.
Plan is we will stop off in Columbus on way home to check out any deals on train sets, and I am sure shoes or some other items of female interest for the fairer ones of the family. I am hoping to get home in time to do some work on the train table. Have a few minor details to work out prior to having trains running for Christmas.
Chief, I too have had to hold off in pulling the trigger due to someone else's schedule. That is alright as I have had my share of deer in my sights. Speaking of trigger, there is a new program on the Military channel called"Triggers". This episode is on the M1Garand. I have one that has been accurized, and it is a pleasure to shoot! We will hold the line here in case that infiltrator heads this way.
I hope that each of you has a blessed day. I also hope that y'all don't get too cold.
Dear fife,
I believe you underestimate the technology for stealth in Ohio. Roger's Corner's used to help make these babies.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a COLD 18 degrees. Going up to 50 today with clear skies and sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I plan on relaxing and Maybe run trains. Football games onTV.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
We went to church this morning and then to Chili's (on base) for lunch. We relaxed most of the day, but I spent about 45 minutes rearranging some of our items in our storage room and shed. We don't have much space so we have to prudent. I used the new grill tonight for the first time. It's infrared and gets amazingly hot. I blackened some cod fillets in about three minutes. The great thing about such high heat is that the food does not dry out. I need to read some schoolwork and get some sleep.
Does anyone know what radius curves K-Line scale diesels will navigate? Choochoo has a couple listed but since K-Line is out of business I cannot find any information on them. I only have O36 curves right now so I have to be careful when something is listed as scale.
Brutus - I hope Char gets well soon and nothing else creeps up.
Good morning. It's 35° and cloudy with some sun. The high will be 53°. The weather guesser is making noises about rain and snow. Now personally I don't think he knows what he's talking about.I'm hoping to get a chance to weather my well car sometime today but the way things have been going lately frogs may sprout wings first. Here I don't even have my morning post done yet and my father already wants something. He won't say what so I'm fairly sure I won't enjoy it. I guess since I'm the one who has all this free time I must have time to do things for everybody.
Aloha. Not as cold this morning. Keeping my germs home instead of spreading them at church. Looking to swap out internet routers while everyone is gone. I get a kick of out the result of my asking our internet provider to replace the one I've got - they shipped me everything in 3 boxes with no instructions. Outsmarted myself. Should be pretty easy to puzzle out though. Roy, I'll let you know!
... And we're back. That wasn't so bad. Hope to root on the Bears, read the paper and run trains... rest up for real work beginning tomorrow.
25 with bright sun. I expected aches and pains this morning from yesterday's mall walking but everything seems to be in order. Peanut butter toast for breakfast but I'm still hungry so I might have to taste test some Christmas cookies. Lions football/nap on my afternoon to-do list. Maybe do both at the same time..S.J.
Not much going on today,
Wife is still sleeping,
Installed some LEDs in the K-line MP-15 #2215 and they are great.
Roy, the shed is down to 40 today and furnace has not run yet. Shed is still living off of slab heat.
Have a good day,
LAZ... Were you going to say something?
E-mail is working.
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Buckeye, look what you did; laz is speechless...
No Fifedog I would rather say look what you did with that Pitcure yesterday. GAG!!!
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