Aloha. TGIF the 13th. I've taken the day off to celebrate my bride's birthday. Dennis, my son's birthday is tomorrow too - something else he shares with your son (though he's turning 18 - sigh). Happy birthday to them both! Then my anniversary is next week. Expensive month! Sad story here overnight - big stable fire killed 15 horses just a town away.Nice ride on the Tardis with Brutus, SJ and Charlie . I can feel the York excitement. Good news on Char's numbers, Brutus. Ray, Nevada was damaged and grounded near the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The story of the recovery and reconstruction of the battleships there is very interesting. By D-Day, she was unrecognizable from her 1941 self. Praying for your diagnosis, RT. I got one too. I gotta see a surgeon about taking out some skin cancer - supposedly not the kill-me kind...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
RockIsland52 Been sitting with the wife in shock, watching extensive coverage of the local news. Forty miles North of us in Greenland NH, a town we drive through very often, police officers this evening were serving a warrant at a residence.........five officers shot, one dead, and the latter was the police chief just 8 days from retirement. The gunman is still holed up in the house, possibly with a hostage. Jack
Been sitting with the wife in shock, watching extensive coverage of the local news. Forty miles North of us in Greenland NH, a town we drive through very often, police officers this evening were serving a warrant at a residence.........five officers shot, one dead, and the latter was the police chief just 8 days from retirement. The gunman is still holed up in the house, possibly with a hostage.
Jack
Chief.....update, the warrant was being served by a drug task force made of officers from the surrounding local towns, being served on a man who was "well known" to local law enforcement and has been previously convicted on drug charges. The police re-entered the house overnight and found the suspect and also an unknown woman dead, both from gunshot wounds, apparent murder/suicide or double suicide. Police Chief Maloney leaves behind a wife, children, and grandchildren. Of the four wounded officers, two were treated and released from the hospital but two are in critical condition.
Stating the obvious, your Frankie is in harms way every minute of every day, protecting all whom he serves.
While my religion espouses one thing, my heart and my mind right now are saying quite the opposite. How do you explain the senseless taking of a life? What can one say to the bereaved family at the loss of a husband, father, and grandfather? Whatever our safety guys are getting paid, police and fire, it isn't enough.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 60s. Semi-quiet night last night. Spent hour on phone with son-in-law. Not too sure anything was accomplished or that it could have been. Maybe a good weekend for AJ's team and Sarah's as the Chevvies are all changing their engines and starting 10 places back. Will have to see how this all plays out. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning. It's 64° and partly cloudy. The high will be 82°.Well after my weight lifting exercises yesterday (lifting the front of the tractor) my arms still ache a bit this morning. I have no particular plans for today. Right now I'm watching my Bachmann GP38-2 lead my Atlas SD27J around by the nose.Had a somewhat interesting turnout issue this morning. The points wouldn't move over completely resulting in one derailment after another. A close inspection revealed a bit of ballast had gotten caught between the point rail and the stock rail. Removing the offending debris solved the problem. I guess I can count that as a resolved Friday the 13th issue. Should I attempt anything technical today or will that result in one disaster after another? I think I'll just run some trains and watch some TV today. That should be safe enough.
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Mornin' FellasWell since it has been a month I guess I can share my good news. In 5 weeks I have lost 11lbs! Only 29 to go! Have to go in for bloodwork tomorrow and a followup Dr visit next Thursday. BP has been 150/100 for a couple weeks and they put me on some meds to help bring it down. TheQ told me to stop taking one of my antihystamins (on Singulair and Zyzal) as they can raise BP. Stopped the Zyzal last night, did OK.Need to get the lawn fertilized this weekend (actually weed & feed), mow the lawn, take out some under brush that has been driving me nuts while mowing. Also need to wash the cars and rotate the tires on them as well, maybe do an oil change on TheQ's Murano... Looks like the trainroom isn't going to see any action this weekend.
Morning all. Chilly but the warm Southern air is about to hit. Will drive the Yankee cold away.
Prayer for NH. Sad news when folks do senceless killing. Even worse when it is law enforcement that is killed.
Brent, go man go!!!!
Waiting for lake neighbor to come by and go to BoJangles for breakfast. Then to Sam's. Back and then to lunch meeting.
Have a good one. [Friday 13th is always a good luck day for me. Already as balanced check book and found nice error in my favor ]
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning..
Sunny and a high near 62F today..right now we are sitting at 32F....
Got some good news this morning..friend will be out of the hospital Monday morning...yay!!!
I had a bit of a turnout issue of my own last night...and, it appears that Jeff already delineated what the issue was....darn ballast bit...
Sad news is right....will send to the officers involved and their families...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Sad news from NH. Can only pray for their healing. Nice picture Dennis. Hope you get him home soon. Jeffery, take it easy today. I am taking the day off. Can’t seem to shake the retirement thingy. 88 Nice job on losing the weight. Something I should do. I checked yesterday and I am at 193lb. I would like to be 170lb. Well got to do some pre-work before I see my lawyer tomorrow to update our wills. Been 14 years, long over due. Have a great Friday the 13th. Prayers for all in need and pain. Kev.
Sad news from NH.
Can only pray for their healing.
Nice picture Dennis. Hope you get him home soon.
Jeffery, take it easy today. I am taking the day off. Can’t seem to shake the retirement thingy.
88 Nice job on losing the weight. Something I should do. I checked yesterday and I am at 193lb. I would like to be 170lb.
Well got to do some pre-work before I see my lawyer tomorrow to update our wills. Been 14 years, long over due.
Have a great Friday the 13th.
Prayers for all in need and pain.
Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Happy Friday the 13th
42 with bright sun, 60s later. Talk about senseless killings, Detroit has them every day, it's like the wild west in there. Millions spent on the Detroit waterfront while the rest of the city turns into a wasteland of burned out house's and tumbleweeds. Not to even mention the 911 calls that go unanswered for hours. Not much going on today except our Friday meal out. A very busy weekend coming up though..S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good Morning CTTFans!
Had a few short downpours again during the night and they are still saying maybe turning to snow by the weekend. Went from a overly dry March to a wet April so far...
It's Friday the 13th
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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Stourbridge Lion Good Morning CTTFans! Had a few short downpours again during the night and they are still saying maybe turning to snow by the weekend. Went from a overly dry March to a wet April so far... It's Friday the 13th
Darren. Send us some of that rain. We are dry as toast.
Kev
Kev, let me know if you need the correct spelling of my name for the will. Brent, great job on losing that weight.I see Korber's tooling got sold again. I love their stuff. (Bride can't make up her mind about what she wants to do for her birthday... maybe I'll go play with trains whilst we wait. )
Well, I decided it was time to abandon a turnout in place and instead of taking up the ballast and pulling up the entire turnout and replacing it with a piece of straight track then laying in new ballast I decided to have a bit of fun. I left the turnout (Bachmann #5 that has never worked properly) right where it was. I used my Dremel to make a few strategic cuts in the rails then used a pair of pliers to remove the pieces of rails curving to the diverging track then pulled up the points and all but one of the guard rails. Last thing to come up was the metal frog. I used the Dremel to cut under the ends of straight rail that were left to make room for rail joiners then took a piece of straight rail with a joiner already on it and slipped the joiner onto the straight rail at one end then holding the rail beside the other piece of straight rail determined where it had to be cut so it'd fit the gap then cut it. Slipped a joiner on the newly cut end so the joiner was pushed all the way on, positioned the rail end so it met the end of the existing rail and pushed the joiner forward to join the two pieces of rail. I used my NMRA gauge to get the rails in gauge and while holding the new rail in place I pump a line of super glue under the rail and held the rail in place for a few minutes while the glue set. At 10:30 the glue was dry and I ran two locos pulling fourteen cars over the newly worked area and there were no problems. That part of the track now has a unique look to it. The spur will be abandoned in place and the engine house it goes into will be removed.
cnw1995 Kev, let me know if you need the correct spelling of my name for the will.
Kev, let me know if you need the correct spelling of my name for the will.
DougM, I bet you want the trains. Well here is a shot of my newest addition to the layout. A thirsty Beep and Plymouth switcher wait on the guys to fuel them up. It is a K-Line K22 diesel fueling station I have done some painting to for better effect. I had to paint the inside and outside of the shed because it is white plastic and the light would shine through it and painted faces, hands and shoes on the men so they did not look like guys from Blue Man Group. Later, Kev.
DougM, I bet you want the trains.
Well here is a shot of my newest addition to the layout.
A thirsty Beep and Plymouth switcher wait on the guys to fuel them up.
It is a K-Line K22 diesel fueling station I have done some painting to for better effect. I had to paint the inside and outside of the shed because it is white plastic and the light would shine through it and painted faces, hands and shoes on the men so they did not look like guys from Blue Man Group.
Later,
Lunchtime,
AF53 is in NEW York for the Yanks opening Home Game. I guess that it is beter than being at work.
Dennis, Prayers for a quick end to your wait.
Ray, Prayers for your friend.
Jeffrey, The tractor is fixed. Time to relax. Prayers for Mom.
Chief, I agree with you 100% regarding the Police Officers. Prayers for the Chief's family.
RT, Prayers for your med problem.
Doug, Prayers for your med problem. Cancer is cancer in my book.
Kev, the fueling station looks great.
Have a Great Weekend Everyone.
John
KRM Stourbridge Lion: Good Morning CTTFans! Had a few short downpours again during the night and they are still saying maybe turning to snow by the weekend. Went from a overly dry March to a wet April so far... It's Friday the 13th Darren. Send us some of that rain. We are dry as toast. Kev
Stourbridge Lion: Good Morning CTTFans! Had a few short downpours again during the night and they are still saying maybe turning to snow by the weekend. Went from a overly dry March to a wet April so far... It's Friday the 13th
Trust we needed too and most storm patterns leave Denver heading NE up I76 towards you so maybe you will start seeing some your way too...
Good afternoon everyone. Turned into an exciting morning. Got to help save a life...can't get into details, but it was nice to end the week on such a note.
Thanks for the kind thoughts regarding our son. Yeah, we can hardly wait, but it is out of our control.
RT, pray for healing.
Regarding the killing of the police chief in NH, that is really sad. So many questions, so few answers. One can easily question why such a dirt bag was not behind bars, but we all know that if we toughened the laws, there would be folks jumping up and down about the "rights" of these poor, misunderstood souls. I too would have a solution, but would get in trouble if I posted it.
Was thinking over these past few days that Bob has shared his photos of the Iowa.....it really would have been great if these could have been shared with NavyJack. While I never met him in person, he became a warm personality here. It was great to see the outpouring of compassion by the folks here on this forum and those on the others. There are some bad eggs, but for the vast majority, train folks are pretty good folk.
Well, I have to get going. Pray that each of you has a great weekend.Dennis
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Dennis - I keep forgetting to congratulate you on the new son and daughter. You are working up a nice looking family!
Hudson#685 .........AF53 is in NEW York for the Yanks opening Home Game. I guess that it is beter than being at work.
.........AF53 is in NEW York for the Yanks opening Home Game. I guess that it is beter than being at work.
John.......if he loved you he would have taken you with him. Yankees cruising 5-0 in the 9th. After 6 games the Red Sox have won just 1, are in last place, and are already 3 games out of first place ........BUT they are up 4-1 in their home opener. But their starting super left fielder Ellsbury just injured his shoulder. That should make Ray, John, JoeyD, and the Chief happy. At least the Boston Bruins won their playoff opener last night and the Celtics are looking like the real deal over their past 15 games, especially after convincingly beating Miami on Miami's home court the other night. Who cares about LaBron James? I'm thinking at the end it will be DougM and Kev's Chicago Bulls as the team to beat.
WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SEND SOME RAIN MY WAY?!?
DougM........prayers now for both of your upcoming procedures. Either or both can be daunting.
Jeff........you are truly talented, think I likened you to MgGyver in the past. I couldn't fix a mower in a month of Sundays and, after a half dozen fruitless trips to the store for parts, would wind up gathering up all of the parts mid-repair and take them and the mower into a repair facility to get it done, and done right.
MikeC.......don't feel bad. I have to have another fruitless chat with my sister later. She is going to ask me for advice. Like always, she will agree with everything I suggest, thank me profusely after taking 10 pages of notes, hang up, and then do nothing. Reminds me of Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. .
Brent.......the last time you lost this much weight I think you did it using the "LionRoar tablesaw" program. I am down about 15 pounds myself over the past 15 months, need to lose about 15 more. How did I lose it? I reduced myself from being a 100% gluttonous pig to just 95%.
LAZ.......how many weekends left until you have gained your "freedom?" Maybe you will get just one more snow day in.
Blownout.........that is great news on your buddy, coming home (again) Monday. I pray he's home for good this time. .
RaySP.......the news on your long time friend must be most discouraging. I hope you get to see him again.
Dennis........thank you for the photo of your son. Beautiful! You and your wife must be besides yourselves with all of this bureacratic waiting and more anxious by the day. On the "life-saving" front, it must be extremely gratifying to have a career that helps so many others in deep doo-doo.. Alternatively, I can just imagine what it must be like to be placed in the position of saving some scum's life.
RT.........you must be going nuts with all of these "I dunno" from the cardiac experts. Prayers the Docs finally get to the bottom of this. Lay low in the meantime.
KEV.......really enjoyed the pics of your fueling station. Looks really sharp. Re your updated will and your trains......it's spelled R-I-5-2.........
Not much new news here about the Greenland NH shooting of the 5 police officers last night. The scuttlebut I heard very early this morning from a police officer friend was that the nutcase used an AK47, he's checking on that. Yes, the dirtbag has been in constant trouble in the past, was visited all too frequently at his home in the past by the local police, drugs (steroids) and illegal firearms charges, assault, domestic battery.........and two of the cases in court were coming up in a couple of months. And he was still walking the street despite all the police did to keep him under wraps. Today we got news from Chicopee MA 100 miles West of me that a State Police officer was shot. SJ is dead right about Detroit, Chicago in some respects not much better. A sad state of affairs.
Bless you guys, and prayers for anyone I missed.
Later, gang.
Thanks John and Jack. Bride enjoyed 'antiquing' up a few towns for her birthday whilst I browsed overpriced, broken Lionel items. I was interested in a rusty live-steamer but not for $550. Did find a Tom Swift book. Hope she lets me use a coupon for her dinner.
Hi all I go on vacation starting the 16th. well the 17th they want me in there for a 30 minute appointment. for chest pain clinic. then the 18th they want me in there to see cardiologist then 23 another Dr. appointment glad I wasn't still planning to goto York as I was planning on leaving the 17th lol for PA.
Brent found a free website to assist me in losing some weight ( yeah going to try again ) that I think will help me do it and you can even access it on your ipad you enter your current weight and how much you want to to lose and how fast ( it lets you do 1lb 1 1/2 lb or 2 lb a week ) it will give you a plan with how many calories, protein, carbs, a day then you enter what you eat each meal and snacks. www.myfitnesspal.com
Not much else going on today guys will check in later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Good afternoon all,
Been raining off and on most of the day. Cooked up a pot of ham and beans today with left over ham bone. Followed directions on package but it came out more like soup than beans. Probably too much water but it was good. Just can't eat too much at one sitting or you might launch yourself into space. Beano is a must have before eating this stuff. I used a medley of all kinds of beans together but if it comes out like mush what difference does it make. Next time I will go back to plain old Navy beans.
Being bombarded with all kinds of E mails and phone calls that are politcal. I guess we are in for this until November. Got one today that said bridge contract was awarded to a Chinese contractor after all the redirect we have heard about jobs first in America. I would like to hear both sides of the story. I hope the job went no bid before they gave it to a foreign contractor. This story was put out on ABC by Diane Sawyer.
York must be coming up soon unless they already had it. I used to go a lot but haven't been now for over 10 years. Too far, I'm too old to travel much and I really don't need to buy anymore trains there. I can get all I want anywhere. I miss the social aspect though.
Jeffrey, glad you survived the latest battle with the tractor. You don't need that.
later,
Ray
SPMan
A Take On Music Theory...
Early one day, a C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. Later, a D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me. I'll just be a second." Then an A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims, "Get out now. You're the seventh minor I've found in this bar tonight." The E-flat, not easily deflated, comes back to the bar the next night in a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender (who used to have a nice corporate job until his company downsized) says, "You're looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development." This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit, and everything else, and stands there au natural. Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he's under a rest. The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless. The bartender decides, however, that since he's only had tenor so patrons, with the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything has become alto much treble, he needs a rest, and closes the bar.
And, on that note...
Good Evening
Everyone up here in our neighbourhood is out BBQ'ing and having a grand old time...I'm out in our back deck with the laptop here enjoying a few ribs and things...and having the little Spring staring at me through the screen door...
We went to see friend in hospital and he is doing well...they are keeping him over the weekend to make sure the treatment has taken hold....
Going to see how the trains are going to behave tonight..have a good evening!!
SPMan Jeffrey, glad you survived the latest battle with the tractor. You don't need that.
60 now
Well did you all survive the 13th? I had Almond Chicken this afternoon and I'm still full. A lot of food for $5.25. We ran a few errands and I bought some stuff that's suppose to break down the tree stump so it will burn. I have used this kind of thing in the past and sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I'll let you know in about 6 weeks. Granny's watching the Red Wings game and I will wait for the thingy crew..S.J..
Wings just won 3/2, granny is happy now.
Hello all,
This evening Mrs & I had a nice dinner out and went to the AT&T store & got her a new cell phone.
Should I be able to join the York gang would it be appropriate to wear a back-back to carry a couple bottles of water and purchases? I'm still planning on making the trip but I'm not committed 'till I get on the PA Turnpike at Breezwood next Thursday after w**k.
Getting the camper de-winterized is on the list of things to do this weekend.
cnw1995 Hope she lets me use a coupon for her dinner.
Hope she lets me use a coupon for her dinner.
Sounds like something I might do
Off to join Mrs in bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Wow Blown Cylinder, that is the kind of story I would have expected from Jon, the Iowa horn blower!
Was a good evening. Took kids to violin, then to a old style burger place called Checkers. First time to this one and everyone enjoyed it. Followed up with a trip to get ice cream to celebrate Andrew's birthday.
Going to hit the sheets as I have an early morning for a bible study. It will be at a local plantation which is always great. One thing we are doing is getting men into accountability groups. The world is a tough place and it is a good thing to have help keeping us on the right path.
I got an email from the lady who is taking care of our son. They will be celebrating his birthday on Monday. I hope to get some updated photos to share then. Brent, thanks for the kind words. You too are blessed with a darling little one.
Have a blessed night
Dennis
Time for me to call it a night. I got a little layout work done even if it was just ripping the diverging route rails and points out of a turnout and putting in a piece of straight rail to make it a piece of straight track with exceptionally wide ties. I'm currently watching an F3 A/B set (Proto 1000 shells on Stewart drives) pull a train around the layout. The A unit has a Mashima motor or maybe Proto Power West motor and the B unit has an Athearn blue box motor shoe horned into it. Both have Bachmann decoders and run very well. See y'all tomorrow.
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