KRM Jeffery, I am not going to argue with you on who feels the worst. No point counter point from me. I will just keep it to myself. I do know alittle about what pain is after having a crushed left arm since 1996, three botched surgeries, the 14"+ scar from them, chronic ulner nerve pain and 7 years on 7.5 Vicodins 6 times a day. I finally said to heck with it and quit the meds and did the mental pain block. It can be done.
Jeffery,
I am not going to argue with you on who feels the worst. No point counter point from me. I will just keep it to myself. I do know alittle about what pain is after having a crushed left arm since 1996, three botched surgeries, the 14"+ scar from them, chronic ulner nerve pain and 7 years on 7.5 Vicodins 6 times a day. I finally said to heck with it and quit the meds and did the mental pain block. It can be done.
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anjdevil2 Colin (and Probe) - Check out this months Motor Trend...Horsepower wars...Dodge Cummins right there at 700 hp....I think 800 lb/ft of torque. Never heard of the Cummins having driveline issues...Viper at 660 HP, and GM thought that it would make a splash with the 580 HP Camaro....lmao...The Mustang weights in at 600!!! I'd rethink any GM purchase...I'm more Mopar, but that 600 HP horse sounds tempting! Rich
Colin (and Probe) - Check out this months Motor Trend...Horsepower wars...Dodge Cummins right there at 700 hp....I think 800 lb/ft of torque. Never heard of the Cummins having driveline issues...Viper at 660 HP, and GM thought that it would make a splash with the 580 HP Camaro....lmao...The Mustang weights in at 600!!! I'd rethink any GM purchase...I'm more Mopar, but that 600 HP horse sounds tempting!
Rich
Colin, Rich, and JimmyT........you guys must be rich, or you own stock in Royal Dutch Shell or EXXON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My 2007 SRX has a 4.8L Northstar rated at 320hp/315 lb.ft torque. It is an AWD 7 passenger crossover vehicle. It consumed slighly more than $4,000 in (premium grade) gasoline this past year, maybe a little more because the prices per gallon were a tad higher a few months back (climbing once again now toward $4 per gallon). That covers roughly 20,000 miles for me in a 4,450 pound GVW vehicle with a 6 spd automatic transmission. @ a guestimate average fuel mileage of 18-19mpg for the year. Around town with a very light right foot it gets 15-16 while I can squeeze 22+ mpg pure highway on cruise control at the posted speed limits with no stops or traffic interference to speak of.
The vehicles you guys are talking about weigh more, have far more motor, have far more horsepower and torque, and are less aerodynamic........so I might argue their fuel mileage will be less than what I get. Add in a heavy right foot and the variance will grow. Get out your wallets!!!!!!
When I was your age I was exactly like you guys. I didn't think twice about fuel costs or mpg. But by the time I was about 30, I finally stashed my fun car (1969 Corvette) for fun driving only. I had a more practical and mundane, dependable daily drivers you guys might not want to be caught dead in.
Ah, to be young again, and without the serious overhead that comes with accumulating stuff and having a family. I say, do it now while you can and have the budget to do it!
JimmyT........the Corvette was purchased used, with a 5.7L 350ci solid lifter small block rated at 370hp. It was 4 years old when I bought it "preowned." And the exhaust sound? It came with factory side exhausts. Then I swapped them out for Hooker headers and Hooker full race side exhausts. Each side exhaust had two removable muffler cartridges, so you could vary the exhaust note from merely obnoxious to totally obscene.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
I'm with Jack on this one. My first two trucks were little 4 bangers with lock out hubs, needed the 4 X 4 to get up our driveway. Graduated to a full size 1/2 ton Tundra, great truck. Four years ago when gas was approaching $4.00 I bought a new 2008 Tundra 5.7 liter 4 x 4 -- they were practically giving them away and that's why I bought it, no one in their right mind would buy a 1/2 ton with such a big motor. I love that truck, I can pull a trailer with a 1/2 ton on it from here through the mountains of Colorado and it doesn't even hiccup .... the only issue is fighting the steering wheel going past a gas station, ahem. I bought that truck knowing it wasn't going to be a daily use truck, that changed last fall when the boss totaled our "economical" car. I then started driving the Tundra daily, ouch. Last week I bought a car that gets 49 MPG on the highway and 51 in town and I love it. I still have my truck, always will, but I gotta tell you ... paying $60.00 - 70.00 for a tank of gas sucks, and that's at today's prices. Add on .50 for diesel. Just sayin.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
evening all figured I would start the next page. Not much going on here today, did my 8 hrs and came home was offered OT but turned it down as to who was working ( thats another story I'll be glad to stay away from)
Jeff and Kev hope your pains start feeling the best they can at a manageable level or no pain at all.
Talk to you all later. no train relate things today have a good one.
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rtraincollector Jeff and Kev hope your pains start feeling the best they can at a manageable level or no pain at all.
Amen, RT. Prayers continue for the both of you guys, and I hope your Docs can get a handle on at least some of this stuff.
Good evening everyone. Very long few days. Went up to Atlanta to do a site visit at a hospital there. Last night, we went out for dinner and had the Romney caravan speed by. Boy, I can't wait till we are past the primaries here. Anyway, was up all night, then went in early and spent the day. Drove back 3hours, and now have to host our friend's kids as the wife went to the ER.
Regarding aortic aneurysms, Rich, was he a heavy smoker? Majority are.they are very serious and can be fatal in a big hurry. Unfortunately, some folks try to endur the pain and medicate themselves with a fifth of liquor. By the time they present to the ER, they are either ruptured, or about to.
Banks, your spell checker probably tried to "fix" it, but it should read "hyperbaric chamber". They use them for chronic wound healing. Another technique is to use platelet rich plasma which is extracted from the patient, separated in a centrifuge, and mixed with thrombin and injected into the wound. It is high in growth factors and really promotes healing.
Well, gotta run, hope everyone has a great night.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
RockIsland52 anjdevil2: Colin (and Probe) - Check out this months Motor Trend...Horsepower wars...Dodge Cummins right there at 700 hp....I think 800 lb/ft of torque. Never heard of the Cummins having driveline issues...Viper at 660 HP, and GM thought that it would make a splash with the 580 HP Camaro....lmao...The Mustang weights in at 600!!! I'd rethink any GM purchase...I'm more Mopar, but that 600 HP horse sounds tempting! Rich Colin, Rich, and JimmyT........you guys must be rich, or you own stock in Royal Dutch Shell or EXXON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My 2007 SRX has a 4.8L Northstar rated at 320hp/315 lb.ft torque. It is an AWD 7 passenger crossover vehicle. It consumed slighly more than $4,000 in (premium grade) gasoline this past year, maybe a little more because the prices per gallon were a tad higher a few months back (climbing once again now toward $4 per gallon). That covers roughly 20,000 miles for me in a 4,450 pound GVW vehicle with a 6 spd automatic transmission. @ a guestimate average fuel mileage of 18-19mpg for the year. Around town with a very light right foot it gets 15-16 while I can squeeze 22+ mpg pure highway on cruise control at the posted speed limits with no stops or traffic interference to speak of. The vehicles you guys are talking about weigh more, have far more motor, have far more horsepower and torque, and are less aerodynamic........so I might argue their fuel mileage will be less than what I get. Add in a heavy right foot and the variance will grow. Get out your wallets!!!!!!
anjdevil2: Colin (and Probe) - Check out this months Motor Trend...Horsepower wars...Dodge Cummins right there at 700 hp....I think 800 lb/ft of torque. Never heard of the Cummins having driveline issues...Viper at 660 HP, and GM thought that it would make a splash with the 580 HP Camaro....lmao...The Mustang weights in at 600!!! I'd rethink any GM purchase...I'm more Mopar, but that 600 HP horse sounds tempting! Rich
Evening all,
KRM, ANjdevil2, Rockisland52: I've never understood why Ford designed their trucks in a way that involves removing the cab from the frame. It's a nightmare to disassemble, but I heard mechanics like it because it's extra $$$ in their pocket for labor charges. The worst part about the 2003-2007 (I think 07 was when the 6.0 was retired) diesels are that they are 6.0's, otherwise known as 6 leakers. Ford should not have killed the 7.3 International motor they included in the trucks.
I know the Cummins motor is one of the most dependable on the market, but my only issue it that the truck itself, not the motor, is notorious for rusting and they transmission isn't that great. I love the Cummins motor though. It's still up in the air, if I can find a good Dodge Ram Cummins or a GMC or Chevy Duramax for a attractive price which has a clean bill of health, I'll jump on it. I prefer the older body style Rams (98.5-02) but I like the newer (preferably 08) Sierra's or Silverado's. My friend Mike owns a 2008 Silverado Duramax that regularly gets 26 on the highway and 18 around town so I know these trucks can be tuned for multiple uses. I have a feeling I'll be using the smoke tune often though.
Well, I just finished packing! Now I'm just waiting to get picked up for a relaxing weekend up the mountains!
Talk to you guys later in the weekend!
36 now, sunny all day. tomorrow will be much different...
Got taxes done today, then took a nap...S.J.
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Looks like I'm calling it a night a bit early. I'm tired and my arms feel like lead. See y'all tomorrow.
KRM Hi neighbor, My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property. Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you. Thanks again, Kevin Myers
Hi neighbor,
My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property.
Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you.
Thanks again,
Kevin Myers
Not me sir. Some guy in gray from NC came by and said something about an old war still going on. He walked into my woods and then I heard shots being fired.
Concerned neighbor.
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Good night all. To bed early. Yankee chilly and suppose to turn Yankee cold by weekend. Winter finally here. No work on the Box deck today. Ended up being meetings day and then eye Dr. for the anual.
Buckeye Riveter Who is the poor soul from New Jersey that is traveling to North Carolina? Make sure you have your shots. Unfortunately they are very painful with a long dull needle. They are identical to the shots you take when you go to any third world country.
Who is the poor soul from New Jersey that is traveling to North Carolina? Make sure you have your shots. Unfortunately they are very painful with a long dull needle. They are identical to the shots you take when you go to any third world country.
Sleep tight.
We used a 20d nail on Buckeye. Not a needle.
ChiefEagles KRM: Hi neighbor, My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property. Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you. Thanks again, Kevin Myers Not me sir. Some guy in gray from NC came by and said something about an old war still going on. He walked into my woods and then I heard shots being fired. Concerned neighbor.
KRM: Hi neighbor, My name is Kevin Myers I live just to the north of your property. Please do not shoot to the north. I have found a bullet hole in a tree right in front of our house that looks to be from a high velocity shotgun shell, rifle or pistol and it lines up with your deer blind that Studeman built. Hard to believe it made it to my place but sure looks like to me. I am not sure you knew we were here but wanted you to know. If you would like to have a look, please do come over and introduce yourself. I would be glad to meet you. Thanks again, Kevin Myers
I guess the key is I said Just NORTH
Kev
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Howdy guys - well, Char's procedure went well. She said it was painful, though. We went back in the afternoon for a checkup and she had good results, they think 20/20 or better Other than that, I took care of her and made two trips to get the kids from school and then from robotics club after school. I know Doug Murphy had eye surgery, and it might have been the same one. She's a little concerned as she can see pretty clearly already for distance, but she can't really see very well for near out of that eye. I think it's probably due to the pressure from post-surgery swelling and changes. We'll see how it goes.
Hope your feet are better, Jeff and Kev!
TARDIS is ready, so let's get going. Banilla, rootbeer, and chips!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Stourbridge Lion OK, you made me post this (and now ducking for cover...)
Darren.........I looked at the picture and I believe it has been photo-shopped with Adobe software. Someone superimposed Schwarzenegger's face on the guy on our left and Stallone's on the right.
After closer examination, the guy on the left is definitely SJ, can tell by the physique and the hair. And the tattoos are a dead giveaway......that's Chuck on the right. And they both like to take naps.
ChiefEagles Howdy Dood. You said a word that reminded me. Where is Pat [VA]? Feeding the cows? Don't remember seeing him post lately. Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh. Later.
Howdy Dood. You said a word that reminded me. Where is Pat [VA]? Feeding the cows? Don't remember seeing him post lately.
Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh.
Later.
Chief, thanks for thinking of me. All is well, just busy. My 30-06 is getting a work out chasing buzzards away from new born caves and running off dogs bothering the momma cows. And the usual mending fences where cows broke through thinking the grass is greener on the other side.
Watching the progress of the "Box". Pictures really tell the story.
Pat
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LawsonFarmsRR ChiefEagles: Howdy Dood. You said a word that reminded me. Where is Pat [VA]? Feeding the cows? Don't remember seeing him post lately. Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh. Later. Chief, thanks for thinking of me. All is well, just busy. My 30-06 is getting a work out chasing buzzards away from new born caves and running off dogs bothering the momma cows. And the usual mending fences where cows broke through thinking the grass is greener on the other side. Watching the progress of the "Box". Pictures really tell the story. Pat
ChiefEagles: Howdy Dood. You said a word that reminded me. Where is Pat [VA]? Feeding the cows? Don't remember seeing him post lately. Well, time to get ready to go to Raleigh. Later.
Pat.......running off dogs? Strays, feral, or just the neighbors dogs? Glad to see you are back. Thought you went undercover, became a mole for the Chief, and were helping to plan future raids North of MD.
Morning all. Sunny but chilly. Got meeting in Raleigh until about 2 PM. Then work on deck. Will do new box photos this PM or tomorrow.
Glad to see Pat is OK. Shoot away. Don't shoot north or you might get Kev.
All have a great day.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 30 degrees. Going up to 38 today with some snow flurries.
Today is a busy day. Wife has a few errands to run and I have the usual chores to do. Then, I will work on a small project. I will be taking a nap, later. Did not sleep good last night.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
ChiefEagles Glad to see Pat is OK. Shoot away. Don't shoot north or you might get Kev. All have a great day.
KEV.........other than gang drive-by's, July 4 and New Years are the worst for stray bullets up my way. Folks run out of fireworks and use the next best thing. Acid rain? No problem.. Lead rain? Worse. Lucky it was your tree and not you or your car that got hit.
Jack.
Hello all
Finally TGIF!!!!!!!!
It's been a long week. Lots o' stuff planned for the weekend but we'll see what happens. Waiting on Oliver parts to show up.
Maybe some train time??????? I hope so.
Laz has been slacking this week.
Anybody heard from Phish???????/
Best get busy
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Buckeye.... I received your invitation in the mail yesterday. Thank you for inviting me to your Birthday party on Feb. 18th. I can't believe you rented a private train car, for the party, to go around Horseshoe Curve.
Good morning. It's 45° and mostly cloudy with a small cave-in at one end of the culvert at the turn onto the main dirt road. The high will be 57° and there's an 80% chance of rain. That should help clear the culvert.Well I thought I was going to have to go in search of a heavy duty push-button or rocker switch to fix the random tripping of the starter relay on my van. I'm pretty sure now that's being caused by a fault in the steering column and I'm not changing THAT out again unless I absolutely have to. Thanks to a suggestion from a poster on another forum I've found the switch I need and it's already in the dash. The siren switch in my old police air horn. It's more than heavy enough and what thief (who would want to steal a rough looking thirty-one year old van?) would think to TURN ON a siren to start a vehicle? Come to think of it that would be down-right comical to watch. If the weather cooperates I can do that today. If not it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
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Waiting on Oliver parts to show up.
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Still around? Dad had one when I was just leaving the farm. Tuff tractors. Don't see any around here anymore.
Aloha . Grey and supposed to snow downtown today - lake-effect - think I'll be home by then. Hope everyone is feeling better soon. Spent all morning yesterday getting the airbag seat sensors swapped out of the SUV. Brutus, Good news about Char. I get the same thing done this spring. Just had some surgery to prep for it last Fri. I viewed some of the O gauge layouts at that Festival of Railway Modeling in England. Gorgeous work!TGIF!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
RockIsland52 KEV.........other than gang drive-by's, July 4 and New Years are the worst for stray bullets up my way. Folks run out of fireworks and use the next best thing. Acid rain? No problem.. Lead rain? Worse. Lucky it was your tree and not you or your car that got hit.
Good morning guys, Cloudy damp and 32 degrees nothing today looks better than now. Hope you get out of there DougM before the snow fall. I heard up to 6" if so that will be a mess. Slept in today did not have to see whifey off to work. RIJack,
Good morning guys,
Cloudy damp and 32 degrees nothing today looks better than now. Hope you get out of there DougM before the snow fall. I heard up to 6" if so that will be a mess.
Slept in today did not have to see whifey off to work.
RIJack,
I was hoping that the house, wife, cat or I were not hit, never thought about the car.
On the weekends it sounds like the 4th of July all year out here. Part of why they call this place Marstucky.
Pat I agree with Chief, just shoot a little to your southeast. You know some of them buzzards may be kin to Chief.
Banks, your right, LAZ and fifedog have been slacking this week. What year and size is your Oliver?
You know Chief, you can leave the farm but the farm will never leave you.
Had a guy come look at the boat yesterday, hope it sells could use the money for other things.
Got to get some breakfast, later,
Kev.
Good Morning CTTFans!
It's 19F and Sunny here at 5280+ and they still say we will see some snow on Saturday. Things at least melted enough yesterday that when I got home I was able to break away part of the road ruts in front of the house.
RI-Jack yep thats me, waiting for my IV lunch, nap after.
30 cloudy degrees with a couple inches of sno- expected overnight. Well it is winter and it's been a mild one so I can't complain. No train news but a nice chat with some of the guys last night....S.J.
RockIsland52 Stourbridge Lion: OK, you made me post this (and now ducking for cover...) Darren.........I looked at the picture and I believe it has been photo-shopped with Adobe software. Someone superimposed Schwarzenegger's face on the guy on our left and Stallone's on the right. After closer examination, the guy on the left is definitely SJ, can tell by the physique and the hair. And the tattoos are a dead giveaway......that's Chuck on the right. And they both like to take naps. Jack
Stourbridge Lion: OK, you made me post this (and now ducking for cover...)
When I was reading Jeff and Kev comparing pains it reminded me of some old war movies of Soldiers comparing battle wounds. I was about to see if I could find a photo or video clip when I saw this headline on in the news "Arnold, Sly in Same Hospital". They had a photo showing them laying next to each other and BANG, it seemed like it was the perfect photo. Can you imagine the talk that these two were sharing in such a setting...
Jeff/Kev, I do feel for both of you and with my wife having 8 screws and 2 rods holding her spine together I know 2nd hand what it's like to live with major life long pain. I also know when I find something that helps make the wife smile the pain seems to be less so please take this photo as nothing more then me hoping to have given you both a brief laugh / smile as well...
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