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!
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
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
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.
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.
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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
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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
fifedog He's probably well across reb pickets by now, so here is Buckeye's disguise...
He's probably well across reb pickets by now, so here is Buckeye's disguise...
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 28 degrees. Looks like sunshine and 46 today.
Today is a busy day. I have a project to work on and the usual chores. Maybe I can get this e-mail working. I will need a nap, later.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Kowabunga Demay. Partly cloudy and 38 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Today is the big day for setting up the bank layout. Half of it is loaded in the truck already (takes two trips). Hope to be all finished by the time wifey gets off. Gonna start things off with a PRR Mikado (MTH 2.0) and some freight.
KRM Roy, the shed has not dropped below 48 degrees yet so I can’t tell if the thermostat switch is working yet. Must be living off of slab head and I was working in there yesterday and had the heat on. Going into the teens tonight so maybe I will know tomorrow how low it will go.
Looking forward to the answer!
KRMWell the wifey will soon be home so I better look like I am doing something. Guess I will go stand in the laundry room for when she comes through the door.
Kevin - brilliant! I have to remember that one!
Chuck - yes - basement is a healing process!
Doug M - I think I forgot to complete the PM. Got it off to you tonight.
Concrete guys showed up today! We have a new sidewalk! Will be able to walk on it Sunday. It is stamped decorative concrete and it has a heavy dusting of dry dyed concrete. They will be here Sunday to wash it down. Looks great so far! Has to cure for 2 weeks and then they come and finish the coloring and then seal it. Sort of a rock face surface, pecan colored and will have a walnut colored border. SWMBO is pleased!
Long day today with meetings starting at 7 am and wrapping up with a little customer event from 5 to 6:30, then met wife and friends for dinner. Gourmet Tex-Mex.
Calling it a day. Have a great day tomorrow!
Regards, Roy
ChiefEagles "I shoot squirrels with my pellet gun. With the .22 mag and .17 HMR, I shoot their heads off." Well yeah !! .22 mag and .17 HMR, I shoot their heads off. That should shoot their heads off! I use a sling shot, BB gun, and a 22 LR. I need to leave something for bait. Kev.
"I shoot squirrels with my pellet gun. With the .22 mag and .17 HMR, I shoot their heads off."
Well yeah !! .22 mag and .17 HMR, I shoot their heads off. That should shoot their heads off!
I use a sling shot, BB gun, and a 22 LR. I need to leave something for bait.
Kev.
KRM ChiefEagles: Yanks must have slipped in to Edgecombe Co. and stole all the deer. Saw only squirrels. Actually no tracks in the fields since rain [day before yesterday]. This is a first. Usually fresh tracks everywhere. ????? Chief: Yeah this "Yank" has all of the North Central IL. squirrels running your way. I shot Red's wifey today and gave her to the coyote bait pit next door. May they rest in peace. All the rest of the squirrels were heading southeast last I looked. Lots of deer here they must be coming from your way. Buy the way it takes a lot better shot to hit a little old squirrel than a great big deer, anybody can do that! Kev.
ChiefEagles: Yanks must have slipped in to Edgecombe Co. and stole all the deer. Saw only squirrels. Actually no tracks in the fields since rain [day before yesterday]. This is a first. Usually fresh tracks everywhere. ????? Chief: Yeah this "Yank" has all of the North Central IL. squirrels running your way. I shot Red's wifey today and gave her to the coyote bait pit next door. May they rest in peace. All the rest of the squirrels were heading southeast last I looked. Lots of deer here they must be coming from your way. Buy the way it takes a lot better shot to hit a little old squirrel than a great big deer, anybody can do that! Kev.
Yanks must have slipped in to Edgecombe Co. and stole all the deer. Saw only squirrels. Actually no tracks in the fields since rain [day before yesterday]. This is a first. Usually fresh tracks everywhere. ?????
Chief:
Yeah this "Yank" has all of the North Central IL. squirrels running your way. I shot Red's wifey today and gave her to the coyote bait pit next door. May they rest in peace. All the rest of the squirrels were heading southeast last I looked. Lots of deer here they must be coming from your way. Buy the way it takes a lot better shot to hit a little old squirrel than a great big deer, anybody can do that!
I shoot squirrels with my pellet gun. With the .22 mag and .17 HMR, I shoot their heads off.
Good night. Up at 4 AM.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
ChiefEagles Yanks must have slipped in to Edgecombe Co. and stole all the deer. Saw only squirrels. Actually no tracks in the fields since rain [day before yesterday]. This is a first. Usually fresh tracks everywhere. ????? Chief: Yeah this "Yank" has all of the North Central IL. squirrels running your way. I shot Red's wifey today and gave her to the coyote bait pit next door. May they rest in peace. All the rest of the squirrels were heading southeast last I looked. Lots of deer here they must be coming from your way. Buy the way it takes a lot better shot to hit a little old squirrel than a great big deer, anybody can do that! Kev.
Good Evening all
27 now, a cold wind today. We went out late afternoon to eat and froze our yatzee's off. We haven't adjusted yet. Sadness at # 1 son's house today, the family cat was found dead in the road. She was a good hunter, really good at catching rabbits. She will be missed. Banilla is ready but I'm waiting inside tonight..S.J.
Edit: Jack your tale of parenthood was very well done and quite accurate.
Good evening everyone. Tried to post earlier, but for some reason, site was locked up. Was a early day with just a few minor procedures. That was till I left, heard they had a bigger case this afternoon, but I was long gone. Picked up some supplies for the violin recital tomorrow. Father in law is heading down for the recital, so we had some straightening to do.
Chief, that sounds like a great rifle, is it glass bedded? My 300 sniper weapon is pillar bedded so that I can completely remove it from the stock, tear it down and put it back together without changing zero. If yours is not bedded, you might want to have a gunsmith take care of that. It is a 300WM, so they don't walk away. I have a buddy who has the 700BDL, it is a tac driver. We have fun shooting golf balls at 500yds.
Joe, from what I hear, the Japanese people are pretty stoic, so it may be hard to read their emotions. I think they are more sensitive to the way the war ended for them verses how it began. We are a lot more forgiving that the Chinese with regard to WWII. There is still much hatred since the "rape of Nanking".
Had a funny thing happen today. I had bought my wife some red velvet and some carrot cake cupcakes. When I got home, she was nice to share with me and then tells me that she had had to "sample" the cookie dough I had bought earlier.
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Time for me to call it a night. Got what feels like cramps in the rib muscles on my right side so time to take some muscle relaxers and try to get some sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Buckeye Riveter The Great Raid is on schedule.
The Great Raid is on schedule.
REB interception scheduled.
Howdy all. Yanks must have slipped in to Edgecombe Co. and stole all the deer. Saw only squirrels. Actually no tracks in the fields since rain [day before yesterday]. This is a first. Usually fresh tracks everywhere. ?????
Off again tomorrow morning before light and return dark 30.
Dennis, got my new Remington 700 CDL Boone and Crocket .30-06 with Luepold 3.5 to 10 X 50mm Boone and Crockett scope. Even the sling matches the .243. Now I have big brother and little brother. They look identical.
Later.
Yes, Jack, this will be the first time since I was in the hospital.
Blueberryhill RR I may try to go down to the basement this weekend. I need to run trains.
I may try to go down to the basement this weekend. I need to run trains.
Chuck.......is this the first time?
I apologize for the exceedingly long post to RT about childproofing and taking care of kiddies while the wife is out. Once I got rolling I couldn't stop. RT teased Brent with something to the effect "How hard can it be?"
When the kiddies are not mobile, it isn't bad at all. But once they get their feet under themselves, it is a different story. The newfound freedom goes right to their head!!!! And off they go.
I would like to say that the whole thing was meant to be humorous; and I was hoping the guys with children and grandchildren would get a good laugh because much of what I posted wasn't far from the truth. My house isn't set up too well for the grandchildren because my wife has too many low lying temptations for them.
Spent part of my day trying to get dried up ice cream off the kitchen chairs, compliments of the gradndkids, of course.
The fact of the matter is, taking care of the grandkids is a joy. And they usually go home at night.
Buckeye... Wence forth yonder ye goeth?
Long Friday. Started at 6:30 and I have just finished the paperwork.
TGIF
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
KRM Jeffrey, who said the health car system here does not need fixing??? I can’t believe they can limit your doctor visits.
Jeffrey, who said the health car system here does not need fixing??? I can’t believe they can limit your doctor visits.
Ohayō,
It is a beautiful Saturday morning here; the sun is shining and it is brisk. The 17-month-old woke up a little earlier than I would have liked, but he and I are the only ones awake right now so it is somewhat peaceful. Last night I took the older two kids to see Arthur Christmas. It was showing at the base theater. I'm not sure when it was released in the States as we sometimes get our movies later overseas. It was a very good movie and it had plenty of clean humor the kids and I could enjoy. It is playing again today at 1600 and we may go again. However, we do have some usual Saturday chores to complete. Specifically, we need to get to the post office to ship some presents back to the States.
Jim SP - I'm sorry for the late response. On base, I don't recall any huge Pearl Harbor Day ceremony; however, I'd suspect the Navy bases would do more. The Air Force bases usually mention it in the news cast or with an article in the base paper. It may have been low key here since we are in Japan. I am not sure how the Japanese view it. Since I am still pretty new here I didn't want to ask any of the Japanese folks who work in my office. On Monday I will ask one of my coworkers who speaks Japanese and has lived here for about five years.
Jack - That was a great post. As I was reading it and laughing our 17-month-old threw a tennis ball at the computer screen. I am actually the one in our house who breaks the "No balls in the house rule." And now the matchbox cars are flying.
Today feels like winter in North Central Illinois
DougM,
Did you get the big needle in the rear or just pills? A three-day note on Friday is not that much help unless it starts on Monday.
Roy, the shed has not dropped below 48 degrees yet so I can’t tell if the thermostat switch is working yet. Must be living off of slab head and I was working in there yesterday and had the heat on. Going into the teens tonight so maybe I will know tomorrow how low it will go.
Chuck, basement, basement, basement, basement!
Well the wifey will soon be home so I better look like I am doing something. Guess I will go stand in the laundry room for when she comes through the door.
Aloha all. Nice ride with the Tardis crew last night. Missed it. Well, felt so poorly this am I went to the doc and came home with a few things to take to treat this thing and whatever secondary infections I have too. The best part is a doc note to rest for 3 days - and not do anything. Never done that before. I plan to frame the note. . Roy, don't see the PM.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
It's a sunny and warm afternoon. Still trying to get this e-mail working. Windows 7 stinks.
Hello all,
The predicted snow never came.(Thankfully)
88 back when GFI's were new and expensive that's how they did it. Also made for lots of nuisance trips. All of your outlets are now GFI?
Jack, wish I'd had some one like you to instruct me 30+ years ago.
The gas wells are about 5 or 6 miles west as the crow flies and several hundred feet higher. About the time they started drilling my water went from hard to very very hard with a different taste. Coincidence? Maybe. My son has a lease on his 40 acres. it amounts to about $500 per year until they drill. If they drill he gets a pecentage. The numbers he talked about would not be enough to live on but would be a nice supplement.
Hunting and Christmas decorations are in the plans for this weekend.
SS fund calls
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good morning all,
It is cloudy in SE Indiana with a sprinkling of Snohio. RI52, I concur with Doug's assessment of your post. Perfect and so appropriate. Brutus, I parked the Tardis behind your garage the last time I used it. Check there. Work goes well. Did 4 miles walking at the YMCA Wednesday night. I see where SFR has a new American driver for her Indy car and a new partner, Hatmann Oli, as well. So now it is SFHR. Going to see "Hugo" tonight. Went to see daughter's choir perfrom at lunch yesterday. Very good show. I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning. It's 40° and cloudy. The high is due to be 55° with some sun and clouds.Got a call from the docs office yesterday about some kind of paperwork that had to be signed. They wouldn't tell me what it was. Went there this morning to see. They say it's a prescription review and since I'm out of doctors visits for the year I have to pay for the visit. That's nearly $100 I can't spare. Since January is only twenty-two days away and my doctors visits are reset then I told them it can wait. After it warms up later today I'll get started on applying some decals to the containers that came with the well car. A general dusting and some signs of wear should do for the weathering.
32 with some snow in the grass. The pavement is clear. There were 6 of us on the chat line last night, kinda fun with guys from all over being able to talk together. Breakfast is over as granny wanted me out of the way so she can fix cookie dough for tomorrow's baking session with our daughter. Yummy more Christmas cookies..TGIF for you working folk...S.J.
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