Time for me to call it a 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
Greetings from the secret bomb shelter (National Conference Center - a giant concrete BUNKER with cold floors, tiny rooms, but good food). Training is going okay, can't wait to get back home of course. Char did fine with the test and apparently they got a good sample of bone marrow and lots of blood, which are great signs. Last time she really suffered as she had a clot in somewhere down in the muscle tissue, but this time she is doing fine - new intern. She can still feel it a bit, but not the really painful event of last time. Her mom already went back to KC today as STL is due to freezing rain tomorrow or something. Trying to get used to the 1 hour time change and get some sleep in a strange room etc. I'll probably be fine about the time I can go home I caught up on the pot and glad to see all are doing pretty well. Jack - glad your friend is doing so well. 8NT - ditto for your Mom. John Hudson, continued prayers for your co-workers and the young man. Nice to see Colin again! Chief - I have passed the word Great stuff guys, just can't comment on it all and I'm falling asleep now!!!
SJ - you let MIKE drive tonight and come pick me up - no loop d loops for me please!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good evening everyone. Was a good, but long day. Did an early case this morning, but everything went very well and that is always a good thing. There was a big medical staff meeting tonight as a consulting firm has made some suggestions to cut costs and to manage the schedule a little better. Our biggest issue is the number of emergent cases we do. You can't schedule emergencies, if you could, they wouldn't be emergent.
One of the ortho surgeons who lives around the corner from me had significant damage to his house, built in pool, and car from the storm that came through. I did a secondary search around our house and vehicles to make sure of things. Only problems are some trees that were knocked down and plenty of pine straw and mulch all piled up. There were some flyers on the door and mailbox for tree removal. I have a chainsaw and matches, I will take cars of it myself.
Regarding Joe P., I don't know what he knew, but I do know a pro football player who had gone up to a training camp for boys in high school and when he got there, he was warned to stay away from Sandusky. So, some folks knew and this went back awhile. Can't mention the name of the player as he was a patient, but I would say he is credible. I personally believe the only real way to move forward is to forgive. Even for the poor kids who endured the abuse. Sandusky will be punished, but to hold bitterness in your heart does more to hurt you than the person you are mad at. Joe P. was well loved and respected by many. He will be missed.
Joe, yeah, mocking the 6's kid is poor form if they outrank you. Silence was certainly the best method. I have scolded kids in front of their parents (only if it affected my child) but sometimes, a child need discipline, even if their parent doesn't know better. In your 6's case, she is going to raise a child who is afraid to compete. Probably will hide from a baseball too.
Chief, was good to talk the other night. Hope you are able to find the remote. Sounds like the box is coming along. You may want to get aome Halon fire extinguishers that have the heat release just in case. Your trains need protecting.
RT, we have several computers, including two laptops. Our latest laptop is a Toshiba satellite. You can get one for about $350.00. In our experience, it was money well spent. it has plenty of memory and has lasted being used by two small children for some time now.
Time for bed. Hope each of you has a blessed night.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
nevermind
John, thanks for your good work at the museum. Glad you're on the mend, Traindood. Kev, that's my youngest a few years back - he's nine now . I was just looking for a shot of the layout before I set it up. Jack, my wife has been pretty good at making albums over the years though she still has a closet full of old photos to do someday. I think I have everything digital now and save them all to multiple places in the cloud. Finally converted all the old VHS and mini-disk videos to DVDs. Isn't it interesting how these things change? SJ gave me some great ideas for fastening track together. Off to the basement!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Evenin' all! Not much going on just the same old, same old. This past weekends games turned out to be great games. Sometimes when you watch a game without a favorite playing you can find yourself rooting for one as the game goes on. Thats how I was with the Ravens. I felt for the kicker. He missed an easy one, sorry fifedog.
Charlie - Nice pics of you and the kids. Looks like it was a real good time.
HudsonJohn - Getting this issue ironed out with my AF prewar 561 will be real nice and thanks for your help. It will run on your loop within 10 days (I hope).
Jack - NONONONO! You've got it all wrong! You have one of the all-time greats throwing that ball! We get the points.
Brent - I can't say I agree with SJ entirely but I can't fully disagree either. I admit that I don't know all the details. But one thing is true. It happened under his watch. Sadly we may never find out the whole truth and for all the good he did, and there was alot of good, his reputation is somewhat tarnished.
traindood - yyyyyyyour back? NICE!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Ohayō (O-hi-o for Chuck),
I just wanted to quickly check in and apologize for my initial comment about JoePa. I did not intend to start any heated discussions, I only wanted to comment about his passing and make a quick comment alluding to the different ways his career may be viewed. We all have different opinions on this subject and many other subjects as well, and I wasn't trying to stir up anything in the Pot. I'm sorry. I'll stick to harassing the old guys and the Rebs.
Sayonara,
Joe
Colin was here???? Where??? I didn't see him.
Tomorrow is the start of the GREAT RAID. I even bought a nice gift for the Chief's train layout. I know Mrs. Chief will love her gift. Chuck, make sure you check on my welfare and if I come up missing unload the snow gun on Roseyville, NC.
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
Thunderstorms are past for now and we're getting a long slow rain. The radar picture is improving but the weather guesser is promising more doom and gloom. I'm glad I got the tractor back together before the storm busted loose. I hate working in the rain. Weather guesser says tomorrow there will be 70% or better chance of showers and severe thunderstorms with heavy rain. I may get to work on the Athearn after all. The rest of this evening, tonight and early tomorrow morning are looking ugly. Hope I don't lose power. That would majorly suck. Well, it's time to get back to the bed and rest my weary body.
Good evening
32 degrees all day
Don B you have one week then you can get a fresh pot. No errands today, still congested. yep I just couched. Banilla will be waiting, in fact I might cheat and have some early..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
laz 57 DOUG DA GRUMP, Sent your club pics out to sis in Escodido. She said that there are two places one in Balboa Park and the other in La Mesa. Where is your club at? laz57
DOUG DA GRUMP,
Sent your club pics out to sis in Escodido. She said that there are two places one in Balboa Park and the other in La Mesa. Where is your club at?
laz57
Laz, We are in the San Diego Model RR Museum in Balboa Park. The biggest layout is the "HO" but there are also "N", 2r "O" and the most popular "The Toy Train Gallery"(3r).
Went by a new Hobby Lobby in Temecula, ain't got squat as far as trains are concerned. Maybe a half dozen HO sets and nothing else, no scenry items or anything else. Maybe it's just a Christmas item for them.
Oh well, the Better Half treated me to lunch for taking her there, some really good Mexican food, best I've had in a long time, now I feel a bit like a piggy. Oink, oink ! Probably had enuff salt for the next three days.
Lost another drive gear on one of my Lionel FT's, worst part is that there are no replacements available. Will have to have it replaced with a non-flywheel can motor.
Later all.
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ChiefEagles Kev. simular word but starts with a "S". BTW: your package is in route.
Kev. simular word but starts with a "S". BTW: your package is in route.
Please tell me Chief that you did not package it all up with GRITS as popcorn.
Kev
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Hey Roy,
You getting any of that Texas rain at your place??Kev.
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Haven't posted a lot recently. But it sure is obvious, need a new pot brewed, this one sure is getting bitter! Don't see where "the last word" ever really scores.
Don
It was my intention to let the JoeP subject drop. However there is someone who won't let it go. He has to answer for his own actions.
RockIsland52 Jeffrey........is there anything you can't fix? Thought of you yesterday when both of my knees were barking at me all day long, and I don't even know what I did to them.
Jeffrey........is there anything you can't fix? Thought of you yesterday when both of my knees were barking at me all day long, and I don't even know what I did to them.
Well I finally got the Peerless tractor back together. Had to go back twice because of one small part. It's a small snap ring that holds the left front strut/spindle assembly in place. The first one was a hair too big and didn't fit properly. Got the right one the second time around. It's simple to put in. Just start it on then knock it into place with a hammer. That's after you're already using two hands to hold the strut/spindle in place and hold the ring so it can be hit. I put the wheel on the spindle with no bearings then put my foot under the tire to hold the assembly in place so I could use my free hand to swing the hammer. After that greasing the spindle and putting on the bearings and wheel was a cake walk. The tie rod went back on without a problem. So, my beast is ready for the mowing season. Problem now is I'm so tired I don't want to work on the Athearn F7. Guess it'll have to wait a while.
It has turned into a beautiful day with lots of sun but it ain’t shirtsleeve weather. Shot a big red squirrel for the neighbor to bate the coyotes with. RI Jack, same here but not near so many pictures in our collection. I just let the kids do the taking. Not a day goes by that the daughter is not e-mailing us another picture of the granddaughter. JohnF Sounds like fun having someplace you can go to keep busy and be around trains. Chief, Thanks for sending the package. I got your e-mail and replied. RT, I would like a laptop next time too. The house is wireless because when I was working they paid to get it set up so I could have my privacy invaded at anytime they wanted to do it. The PC I have is from about 2003 I had got it for the daughter then she blew its hard drive up with the SIMS game so I had a new hard drive installed and have been using it ever since. SPRay dose not sound like you need heat that often anyway. Kev.
It has turned into a beautiful day with lots of sun but it ain’t shirtsleeve weather.
Shot a big red squirrel for the neighbor to bate the coyotes with.
RI Jack, same here but not near so many pictures in our collection. I just let the kids do the taking. Not a day goes by that the daughter is not e-mailing us another picture of the granddaughter.
JohnF Sounds like fun having someplace you can go to keep busy and be around trains.
Chief, Thanks for sending the package. I got your e-mail and replied.
RT, I would like a laptop next time too. The house is wireless because when I was working they paid to get it set up so I could have my privacy invaded at anytime they wanted to do it.
The PC I have is from about 2003 I had got it for the daughter then she blew its hard drive up with the SIMS game so I had a new hard drive installed and have been using it ever since.
SPRay dose not sound like you need heat that often anyway.
Kev.
I stand by what I posted. I was NOT the one who posted about it originally and what was posted couldn't be further from the truth. Anyone who knows anything about Joe Paterno would not have posted what was posted, because Paterno has never stood for anything other than what was right and just.What has been broadcast in the media is nothing more than a witch hunt and slanderous campaign in an attempt to smear Joe Paterno's name and reputation. The media, specifically sports media, has been looking for any reason to bring him down for the past 40 years. Paterno won college football games with STUDENTathletes, he preached the need for a quality education and higher GPA standards, and academic program standards, than what the NCAA required and people HATED him for it.That's all the more I'll say and I'm done.
Trying to catch up!!!!!!!!!
It was 50 this morning when I got up at the crack of dawn to let the pup out. Crystal clear and sunny on tap for today or tomorrow. The 40s temps and the rain the past two days eliminated what little snow we had. At this rate, we may sail through the 2011-2012 Winter with a near record low snowfall.......which I think was 14 inches a few years back. I have not even fired up the snowblower in earnest yet!!!!
Re the Giants versus the Patriots in the Super Bowl.......I need to know how many points you faithful Giants blowhards die-hards are going to spot me for our bet.
Was working through the honey do list. Used some "Stainless Steel Magic" on the refrigerator to eradicate spillage, drips, dog slobber, and kiddie fingerprints. It did a remakable and fast job!!! What does my wife notice? "Hey Jack......where did this dent in the door come from?" I also wasn't fond of the cost of the water filter cartridge which came to $48 and came with installation intructions that were incorrect on the deinstallation of the old one. In the old days we didn't need no stinking water filters, and there were no ill effects.
Also on the wifey front......her car is sitting safe and sound in the garage. Told me she was taking my car this AM. I incorrectly assumed it was because my car was blocking hers. Nope. The gas gauge on her car is pegged on "E."
8N........prayers for your Mom's continued recovery. And for your recent road trip for a visit. I hear you about the distance issue. For the wife and I, it's nearly 1,100 miles each way by car, or a Fort Knox expenditure if we fly/rent car. Pick your poison.
HudsonJohn........prayers continue for brave little Kyle. Puts an eye-opening, attitude correctiion on the small issues we face each day.
Brutus.......hope all of Char's test results are solid. Hang in there, buddy. Prayers continue for more good news.
KEV.......you had better lock up your Deere or you might find it missing should Roseyville's mayor have trouble finding one just like it. His complimentary comments on yours was disturbing. He has tow vehicles and trailers at the ready.
Rich........I hope you take the time and have the space to prominently display your award rather than placing it in a drawer somewhere.
Charlie........great shots of the family, taking in the wonders of a Michigan Winter. Chief is jealous. I would like to see photos of SJ, his dog sled, and his team up there to join you.
JoeyD.......it doesn't matter the sport. You always get that type of response from some parents overly worried about injury to their child. Silence was certainly golden in this instance or you might have found yourself out scrubbing birdie doo doo of of runways.
LAZ.......exactly how many minutes OTJ until retirement?
JimmyT........if you someday care for a wife the way you care for your ProbeGT, you will have her for a very very long time. That could be a good thing, maybe not.
COLIN........where have you been? It was good to hear from you again. In a conversation I once had with my Dad, I compared going to school like serving out a prison sentence with no opportunity for parole. He was not amused.
Dennis........I still have not read the instruction manual for my new camera. Frustration is a huge motivator!
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Howdy All.
Hudson John, A package is on it's way, Priority Mail so it should be at your place Thursday/friday time frame. They really came thru, think they felt a tad guilty for being a bit slow.
Jack, If somebody came into our house that didn't know my "better Half" they'd think we had 20 or 30 grandsons instead of just one. There is virtually no vacant wall space, and I don't mean just the puny 5x7 or 8x10 photos, she goes for the really big photos. With so many digital photos ever thought of setting up a photo slide show during family events, theme based of course.
Some of the photographers that do weddings are now doing this at the reception. They will set-up a laptop slide show of the wedding so the reception guests can view them at their leisure during the festivities.
Later All
Good morning all, had a big breakfast today with home fries, left over pork chop, eggs, coffee and toast. Probably should skip lunch!
Chief, hope you get the heat pump going today. I think I need to buy a new one myself. The old one still works on cooling but not on heat. Also the handheld controller does not work either even after changing batteries. Dealer has been trying to find me one but unit is obsolete and not made anymore. He says the law only requires that they keep parts for 10 years. After that you're on your own. If the unit did not work at all, I wouldn't hesitate to get a new one but I hate to throw it out when the air conditioning part still works. We use our heat pump in an add on room but the main house is OK with forced air heat.
Jeffrey, sounds like you are doing better or maybe just ignoring your aches and pains. Anyway, glad to see you are active and doing things.
Jack, bless you for taking care of your buddy. Good on you! as they say down under.
Rain gone and sunshine back. Going up to 80 by midweek. This is why I live in California in spite of negative things.
Prayers for those in need of them
later,
SPMan
RI Jack your photo story describes my daughter-in law almost down to the last pic. She takes pictures for every family event BUT I've never seen one printed except when she made family blankets for the 2 granny's. Having a roll of film developed just kinda kept things under control.
Chief ment to tell you I was sending you some warm air up to you from down here.
Kev I got it thru costco's there like sam's but I haven't seen the 5 year warnanty since I bought mine and yes its is a desk top I'm kicking the idea of getting a laptop thou for basicly maybe talking on the forum and storing my military records so if I go in and talk to the counslers and they want a copy of a DD-214 or something I could bring it up and print it out with there printer.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
It is shirt sleeve weather. What is that bright orange ball in the sky???? OH SUN!!!!
Off to a visitation for a senior member of the community.
Heatpump guys got it ready and are pulling vacum on lines and sytem.
Fred and I have boxed all the clothes and etc [junk] left by Wifey's niece.
Now I guess I'll haul it to them.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good afternoon,
Never seem to find time at home so I am posting from the National Toy Train Museum today. My latest project is putting the Periodical index in computer format from the old 3 ring binder setup now used. Should keep me busy for some time as I am also checking the actual binders to make sure we actually have what we think we have. So far have found a few errors.
Weather here started out with fog and drizzle and now the sun is out and temps in the low 40s, pretty nice for January in PA.
I read the last two pages and it looks like no one is on the sick list, hope that is so, and stays that way.
Keep that snow out west!
sir james I Good morning 32 gloomy degrees ........Folks who take pictures but don't print may never see them again. Enjoy your day....S.J.
Good morning
32 gloomy degrees
........Folks who take pictures but don't print may never see them again.
Enjoy your day....S.J.
SJ.........I have been unofficially designated the official family photographer, no matter the event. So the pictures just keep on coming. I can't afford to do what you suggest, although my wife would love it. She would be out buying even more picture frames if given additional prints. She couldn't help herself.
Flood, fire, age, heat, humidity, jeopardizes the prints. Now you and I both know there is so much overkill going on in my household with digital picture files, and that the concept of "favorite" photos abused to the point where the photos become far less meaningful, no matter how good the shots are.
My bet is that when I am gone, all of the digital files will never be looked at again while the framed ones eventually will. Photo albums? I'd need the space of a small library to store them.
Why? The wifey has me constantly taking pictures (7,500 digital shots since late 2004 and counting, stored on my hard drive and on a 2 terabyte external drive, plus my daughter has them all stored on her pc as well.....3 places).
Given more prints, the wifey would be out buying even more picture frames, given the opportunity to have additional prints laying around to display. As it is, my wife has all of the walls, table tops, mantel, entertainment, center, kitchen countertop, refrigerator, and hallway walls completely covered in framed "favorite" family photos. Only the ceiling and the stairwell remain vacant, for now. That is just the first floor.
Meanwhile, about 8 years ago my daughter purchased a renewable annual contract with JC Penney and has us sit for professionally taken photos a couple of times a year......and each sitting means more print "favorites." Since I am the family photographer, I appear in about .001% of the photos because I am aleays behind the camera. So at least these photos are eveidence for future generations that I was alive and part of the family. "Hey Mom, who's that guy?" " I'm not sure. I think he was your great great grandfather. He must have been a weird one because he is missing from almost all of the family event photos. Maybe he spent a lot of time in jail."
Overflow boxes of the wife's precious older framed "favorites" are stored in boxes in the basement. Why not just rotate newer photos into the existing frames and store the older prints? Beats me. Ever try to debate the illogic with the wifey on most things?
We also have boxes and boxes of older prints from the pre digital, film days, filling a closet, waiting to be scanned/digitized before their quality has overly degraded.
Add in 18 years of analog videotapes, stored in the same fashion, stored boxes, ready to be digitized and stored on both of my drives and on disk. Anyone here notice how once you take home movies they might be looked at once every decade (if that), and only when in frustration you "schedule" a viewing event? I have a lot of video that has never been viewed since shot, dating back to 1995.
An additional 200 or so alleged "favorite" photos are perpetually stored on the camera that has a 32 GB memory card so we can share photos with those outside the family during our to and fros......she always wants me to bring the camera to places we go. "Did you remember to bring the camera, and is it charged?"
Simple housecleaning is a lengthy nightmare because of the framed photos abuse. There are 36 framed photos in my familly room alone, half of which are on tables within grandchildrens' reach. There are now 8 framed annual "Grandchild/Grandchildren with Santa" photos on the mantel, a photo pictorial 2003 to the present, waiting to be put away until next Christmas. Every visit to Grammy Pammy's creates a massive cleanup project as the little ones want to pick up every one of the framed photos and look at them......little fingerprints on the glass and the frames, fingerpints with the consistency of glue (Goo Gone first, then Windex and Pledge).
Fail safe solutions beyond the in-house pc and external drive backup, and also sharing all of them with the daughter (off site): stash the external drive (they are small 5" X 6" x 2") in the safety deposit box and bring it home to update periodically, returning it to the box when done. Renting external storage on line. No matter how one chooses to store pictures, if the files are not indexed by date and then subject/event, they are useless; and no one will ever look at them again.
In order to enjoy the photos, all of them, I have been purchasing digital frames and storage cards, then smash the frames somehow onto some of the tables. Plus our pc screensavers constantly and randomly display the entire inventory of the 7,500 stored photos. Sharing photos with the Great Grandparents 1100 miles away becomes a snap.....yup, gave them a couple of larger digital photo frames and now send them loaded memory cards. Yup, Great Grandpa has to keep moving framed pictures that Great Grandma has blocking his surround sound speakers.
Thinning the inventory? Deleting the junk photos, the duplicates, and just keeping in storage the best shots? Perish the thought!!!!! Tried that, but the wife wanted to hang on to them all. "Oh, this one is so cute.....so is this one." After days or weeks of review, I might get a 20% reduction out of her.
Doug, I see now. Who is the happy child in the picture?
RT I looked up ZT Systems. looks interesting. Where did you buy it ? So is it a desktop?
KRM Good morning guys, I was in bed a littler longer than I would like but what the heck. It is 28 and partly cloudy. Not much on the plate. RT get that putor back already. What kind is it I want to make sure I don’t get one like it. If my old PC ever gives up. Kev its a ZT system znd it acually been a good computor they offer 24/7 phone suport and when I bought the putor it had a 5 year warnanty on it. its been a good computor but as in all things electronic they do have some slip thru that have an unseen problem and mine from what I understand had something to dowith the mother board. But its getting fixed free and the company is in N.J. so all I had to do was ship it to them and they will fix it and return it to me free. in fact I got an email on friday thay had it and to give them 3-5 business days to look and fix it and then return it to me and they will send me a tracking numkber once shipped to me. Have a good one guys, Kev.
Good morning guys,
I was in bed a littler longer than I would like but what the heck. It is 28 and partly cloudy. Not much on the plate.
RT get that putor back already. What kind is it I want to make sure I don’t get one like it. If my old PC ever gives up.
Kev its a ZT system znd it acually been a good computor they offer 24/7 phone suport and when I bought the putor it had a 5 year warnanty on it. its been a good computor but as in all things electronic they do have some slip thru that have an unseen problem and mine from what I understand had something to dowith the mother board. But its getting fixed free and the company is in N.J. so all I had to do was ship it to them and they will fix it and return it to me free. in fact I got an email on friday thay had it and to give them 3-5 business days to look and fix it and then return it to me and they will send me a tracking numkber once shipped to me.
Have a good one guys,
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