Coffee Pot #3 March 2012 5+ years and going strong and its for all to chat. Plenty of coffee and sweet ice tea for all. Come and join us and chat. GRITS for the Yankees.

[cnw1995]

Forgot it was March.

Aloha. Grey and cold today. Nice break to have lunch with pastor. Hope to run trains tonight. Great news about your sis, Ray!  Dennis and Rich, I remember the NYC radio ads. "Funny Car! Funny Car! Funny Car!" about the races in 'Englishtown, NJ"  Jon, sorry about the gas prices. Just gouging tourists or our heavy taxes I guess. Heck, we're still using winter formulation and the refineries (which process the heavy crude from up north) are right here. I don't get it.  Jack, I've always done my own taxes - and I do them as soon as I get a W-2 - because I consider my lending $ to Uncle Sam as a form of enforced savings.  Fortunately, my situation is pretty simple because we don't have much $. . Kev and SJ, I love paying bills online, and even tithing to the church that way too. I'm vexed when I have to write a check and mail something in.  

[rtraincollector]

Jack I have always like doing math and working out the results. By the way refigured how much track I have and home much it will take and I figured I should have 1 1/3 pieces of track over so that should cover and problems I have

Evening all not to much going on here just made two 14" Philly cheese stakes for the wife and me ( normally one for me 1/2 for her and 1/2 for me to take to work tomorrow

Got my coil couplers in today so when off again I can work on that much and have it done.

Have to ship out a switch that I sold so need to print label out tonight and ship it tomorrow.

talk to you all later

[Buckeye Riveter]

It was a bi-lateral lipotripsy.  That means that both kidneys were blasted. I'm sore, nauseated, hungry and thirsty.  They want to blast again in 6 weeks.  The rocks were described by the doctor as hard.

[fifedog]

KRM & dougnotta - Thanks.  Had to swipe my youngest princess's ladybug pillow pet for comfort.  ..and at the end of my rainbow awaits a "scopey-thingy" as sirjames would put it.... Of course, with the meds, no  nor .   BTW- youngest princess does not want her pillow pet back.

SPMan (trying to get caught up) - Great news on your sis.

cheapclassics - Princess Sparkle Pony was a non-factor...but FOX still made it 24-7 about her.  Thought it would have been fitting if the 36 had won due to track damage.  It was Blaney's points that were "handed" to Ms Patrick.

LawsonFarms - KyBu put on a clinic at the shootout.  Not sure why he faded in the 500.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Went to the parents place for dinner today. Started as stew, many things were added and ended up as General Sherman's Breakfast. Onions and homemade cornbread. Delicious!

[KRM]

cnw1995

 . Kev and SJ, I love paying bills online, and even tithing to the church that way too. I'm vexed when I have to write a check and mail something in.  

Doug M,,

It is all good and up to each person’s taste. Paying bills on line is like liver,,, you hate it or you love it. No one in the middle. For me I like face to face and the time it takes to oversee what I am doing with the money I have. My son would tell you I am a dumb$1***$2 

Oh yeah I love liver. My step mom had to make it for dad and me and something else for the rest.

Kev

 

[ChiefEagles]

jonadel

Kev -- I can't tell you how much we enjoy Galena, it's like we've stepped back in time when we go up there. 

WAY BACK!!!!

Back from smiling and shaking hands.  Good food.  Did pick up hot Krispy Kreme donuts for the Wifey and self on the way home.

Now to pay bills [on line of course] and then pack for flight to Ft. Larderdale.

Later

[jeffrey-wimberly]

KRM

Oh yeah I love liver. My step mom had to make it for dad and me and something else for the rest.

Son of a gun! So do I!

 

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.

[sir james I]

39 now.

Fife,,easy as she goes, get well soon.

Banking, we all have our favorite way. Got my pension, and state tax refund today, still waiting for the feds. I'll hang around and see who shows for chat tonight..S.J.

Like the locked post I had, I have know idea where all this empty space came from. I'm not a politician so don't have that much to say.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KRM]

Chief, Way back and all that goes with it is only in the old slave states. You have never been north of the MD line,,,, I can tell. Explains a lot about your blindness. I will be sending In my best worm to help U out.. Stay away from Krispy Kreme.

 

Kev

 

[AF53]

All you fans of Raceway Park - Check this out and see if you remember this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71KDuD0Lbo

Ray

[ChiefEagles]

KRM

Chief, Way back and all that goes with it is only in the old slave states. You have never been north of the MD line,,,, I can tell. Explains a lot about your blindness. I will be sending In my best worm to help U out.. Stay away from Krispy Kreme.

 

Kev

 

So you can eat them all. 

Sleep tight.

[8ntruck]

Sunny and about 70 here today.  Weather report is calling for snow flurries tomorrow morning.

The local theater is putting on The Full Monty for the next couple of weeks.  My wife and I attended opening night tonight.  It is a really funny show.  Opening night was billed as 'lady's night', so I kind of felt like an onion in the rose patch.  The ladys did whoop it up some, which probably encouraged the actors.

The front office space in the plant is being re-modeled.  While that work is being done, those folks have temperoraly moved to other areas in the plant.  The real fun part is that nobody bothered to tell anybody where they were moving to, or what phone they were going to use.  Spent a good chunk of this morning searching the plant for the proper people I needed signatures from.  Stuff like this keeps the EF elevated.

All for now.

[Demay]

Konbanwa,

 

We had a rainy, cold day today.  The rain lasted long enough to melt all the snow we had.  At least we were able to play in it yesterday when we first got home.  I enjoy being on vacation and visiting new places but I always love to sleep in my own bed.  Today was my last day of leave for this week so it's back to work on Monday.  My next class also starts on Monday so I need to get all the sleep I can.  The two older kids have a kids party at the church tonight and I found a babysitter to watch the youngest child.  The wife and I are going out for a dinner date. 

 

Laz – Chuck’s cannon gave us a quick snow fix, but unfortunately it rained all day today and it’s all melted.

 

Buckeye – I’m glad your procedure went well.

 

Jack – I figured I’d let some of the younger guys watch over things for a few days.  I guess they did alright and my vacation ends today.  However, the Air Force still says I have too many days of leave saved up and I will have to use more soon. 

 

Fife – Welcome back.  I hope your healing is quick and easy. 

 

Sayonara,

 

Joe

[laz 57]

Hi GUYZ,

  29 and a little frosty.  Hope all goes well for the folks in the Ohio Valley, big storms a coming.  Prayers for everyone down there.

CHUCK & BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!!

FIFE, WELCOME BACK.  Hope all is well.

JOE D, Glad it's all gone.  Don't need that stuff.  We didn't get any for a while now.

BUCKEYE, those OHIO Docs using NITRO, or TNT for blasting purposes?

Stay frosty,

laz57

[Buckeye Riveter]

Arose from bed this morning and pulled out all the tubes (just kidding Dennis), brushed my teeth and off to work with pain meds in pocket and doctor on speed dial.  Need to drink something like 96 oz of water today.  See you in the men's room. 

TGIF Laz and Chuck

Smokestack Hobbies is closing in Lancaster, Ohio.  A great store to spend an hour or two just looking, but failed to embrace the Internet and forgot how to display products, especially the new ones.  Dale the owner was the greatest to work with, but his helper was sometimes a little sour.  I will miss the hour drive to the store or stopping by on my way back from WV. 

[Banks]

Hello all,

TGIF!!!!!!!

Frosty 29 this AM 50's and rain by bedtime.

Still sore and moving kinda slow from the steer escapade. Going to fry fish this evening at Parishes Seafood Buffet

Fife  welcome back. Hope all goes well. Mrs told me the check cleared a week or so ago but I've heard nothing from TCA.

We do pay most bills online. I give no one authority to tap my checking account. Also we have one credit card for online purchases and Paypal. It has a $1,000.00 limit to minimize the risk. Bank wanted to give me a 10k limit and when I explained it was only for Online use  they thought that it was a good idea.

Taxes!!! Many moons ago I did them myself. Then one year some coworkers convinced me to go to a CPA they used. I got a large return I didn't expect. Shortly after the CPA was indited and sent to jail for Tax Fraud. Luckily I was never audited. Then I used HR Block for many tears after that. When their fees were double the cost of Turbo Tax I switched to it and have been using it ever since.

Busy weekend planned. Try to get back tonight.

 

Prayers for those in need

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....

It is a frosty 28 degrees. Going up to 48 today with some rain due.

Today is a busy day. Wife is grocery shopping. I am doing chores around the house. Nap later.

Filled up our car's gas tank yesterday. 40 bucks. The last time I put gas in it was Feb.2nd. We ran a whole month on one tank. 28 mpg on a 2002 Chevy Tracker LT with V6 engine. I think that's pretty good.

Buckeye & LAZ.....  TGIF

Buckeye... Hope you are feeling better after your surgery.

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Blueberryhill RR

Filled up our car's gas tank yesterday. 40 bucks. The last time I put gas in it was Feb.2nd. We ran a whole month on one tank. 28 mpg on a 2002 Chevy Tracker LT with V6 engine. I think that's pretty good.

That's pretty good. I filled the tank on my van yesterday. That was $50 starting from a bit under half a tank. My gas mileage is somewhat less than half what yours is. Luckily I don't go much of anywhere.

 

Good morning. It's 72° and cloudy. The high will be 82° with a 20% chance of rain in the morning and 40% in the afternoon.

Looks like a slight chance of showers this morning followed by showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Glad I'm not doing anything outside today. No plans for layout work.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Going to be a bit of a funny day today...going up to 39F in the dull with showers beginning this afternoon and a possibility of those ol' t'underin'boomers coming through later this afternoon/evening. Winds will be picking up to about 50mph this afternoon/evening/overnight/tomorrow...et cetera....

Finishing up the updating/upgrading of the new computer we got..all software has been reauthorized and all has been running well...so far

Buckeye:  Hope the procedure works out for you!

Buckeye, Laz:  TGIF!! My weekend involves on-call until Monday..then I have Tuesday till Thursday off....

Fife: Nice to see you back...hope things are going well for you...

The Fascination was created by Paul M. Lewis, the creator of the Airomobile, current on display in the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection).

The first Fascination was built in the late 1960s in Denver, Colorado. Three cars were built in Sidney, Nebraska; the first Sidney car, powered by a four-cylinder engine, is the one here on display.

A total of five cars were built; all have survived and are owned by two individuals.

In the 1930s, Paul M. Lewis designed a three-wheeled Airomobile vehicle which would ultimately prove to be an unsuccessful venture. Though not a production success, it did inspire future designs, include the Fascination Prototype which was created in the late 1960s. The Fascination project was undertaken by the Highway Aircraft Corp. in Sidney, NE. Five vehicles were created before the company collapsed. 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Extra warm for March.  Storms in Charlotte and headed this way.  Probably hit as I take off.  Bumpy ride to Charlotte.  Then smooth to Ft. Laurderdale.

Buckeye Riveter

Arose from bed this morning and pulled out all the tubes (just kidding Dennis), brushed my teeth and off to work with pain meds in pocket and doctor on speed dial.  Need to drink something like 96 oz of water today.  See you in the men's room. 

Have to love this guy.  Keeps on working to get my SS paid even though he is in pain.

Fifey, glad you are back.  Love that dry witt.  Keeping Grandbaby is not a chore for the GrandPa.

Later from FL.

[KRM]

 

Cool and damp, 35degrees,

Not much going on today just waiting for some stuff I got on the Bay I do not need Or should not of bid on.

Bob, see you got the package, good luck with that.

DougM, hope you have the snow blower filled up. Chuck has the cannon pointed at you.

LAZ, TGIP thank god its payday!

Buckeye, good luck at the urinal today. 

Chuck, Chevy Tracker, don’t they tip over going around curves?

Fife, lay back and mend up.

Chief,

Another one from Roseyville? It just has to be! Is this one of the Jones boys??? 

The reason this officer is so mad is he had to put down one of those Krispy Kreme donuts you gave him. 

 

Later guys, Have a good one.

Humm,  had a problem with the link. I will e-mail it to you.

 

 

Prayers for those in need.

Kev

[Stourbridge Lion]

TGIF CTTFans!!!!!!!

Well, that snow storm they said was going to hit us overnight turned out to be nothing but a very light dusting, man I wish I could get paid as much as our Weather folks and be so wrong so often!  Oh well, currently 19F and a bit cloudy right now...

[sir james I]

37 and sunny. But rain and high winds expected from the SW tonight.

Joe, it's nice that the kids had some sno- to play in keep the reports  coming...S.J.

[Mononflyer]

Everyone remember to with Yellowstone National Park a Happy 140th Birthday.

Born on March 1, 1872.

[ChiefEagles]

The Oboma woman came to Raleigh for a fund raiser.  Caused big delays in flight out of RDU.  Flight not leaving RDU until I was suppose to leave Charlotte for Ft. Laurderdale.  Wish the Obomas would stay OUT of NC.

[KRM]

ChiefEagles

The Oboma woman came to Raleigh for a fund raiser.  Caused big delays in flight out of RDU.  Flight not leaving RDU until I was suppose to leave Charlotte for Ft. Laurderdale.  Wish the Obomas would stay OUT of NC.

Post the picture you had taken with her Chief. 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Partly sunny & 47 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.

sirjames/Demay/Banks/blownout - Docusate sodium does make things easier.  Thanks

Chief - Good to be here.

laz - T.G.I-ooo-ooo-ooo...

[ChiefEagles]

KRM

ChiefEagles:

The Oboma woman came to Raleigh for a fund raiser.  Caused big delays in flight out of RDU.  Flight not leaving RDU until I was suppose to leave Charlotte for Ft. Laurderdale.  Wish the Obomas would stay OUT of NC.

 

Post the picture you had taken with her Chief. 

Because of this and all flights booked solid by all airlines, I now leave RDU at 5:50 PM and then sit in Charlotte until 10:45 PM.  Arrive Ft. Laurderdale at 12:04 AM [do have free first class upgrade].  Do you think I would vote for them. 

[KRM]

Chief, 

Looks like some real bad weather heading that way too. May be a long day for you there guy.