Evenin' All.
Been runnin' on empty for a while, just readin' not postin'.
Sorry Chief, A belated , better late then not at all.
to FifePup !
Laz, Don't be in to big a hurry to trash the alarm clock. On your first day it mite provide some satisfaction in turning it off and rolling over to go back to sleep.
Prayers for all in need !
Nite all.
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Konbanwa,
The weather was pretty fair today; partly cloudy and warm enough. I spent the majority of the workday taking care of administrative tasks. We had a hodgepodge of things for dinner tonight so I had Frosted Flakes. Last night I spoke to Walter Matuch from RMT. I’ve been trying to order the Air Force coal hopper set for the past week or so but I could never get the website to accept my address. Walter said he would take care of it. I’m looking forward to running these hoppers with my RMT Air Force missile flatcars.
Doug M. – That is a very cool find. Did you take more photos of the cars? Thanks for sharing.
Dennis – I hope the funeral goes well and no knuckleheads try to mess up the dignity of this event.
Congratulations to Fifepup!
Brent – Great photos. I think you captured the most important part of the trip in the photos.
V8 – I hope the sale goes through.
Sayonara,
Joe
Happy retirement Laz. Feels great doesn't it? Now, see that alarm clock that's been waking you up all those years? Take it outside and set it on a tree stump or a large wood block and using the biggest sledge hammer you can find smash it flatter than yesterdays pancakes. Then go get a NEW clock to wake yourself up for an early start on the honey-do's. Now that you have all this spare time (yeah, right. I work harder now than I did at the wood shop!) that list is gonna get big fast.
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
Hello all,
Hectic here,
Dad's older brother died May 27. and his youngest sister from New Mexico came for the funeral and is staying at his house. Unfortunately at 83 she isn't in much better shape than Dad so a lot more work for Mrs & I. She leaves today
Thanks for your prayers.The coworker of Mrs is back at home. Never did get a full explanation but she came to school one day to reassure her class she is alive and well. Mrs said she doesn't look well.
Blown out prayers for you
Congas to Fifepup on Graduation and to the new CSX employee.
Belated to Chief.
SS Fund calls.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Hi GUYZ,
Again TANKs for all DA CONGAs on retirement!
JEFF, DOUGDAGRUMP, KEV, about da alarm clock. I haven't had to use one in years. Seems my internal alarm clock goes off abou a half hour before real alarm clock. And if my internal alarm isn't working, very rare, my MINNIE wakes me up about 5 minutes before actual time to rise and shine.
BRENT, WOW what a PRICESS you got there. Better start cleaning the shotgun. Keep those young gentlemen away from her.
FIFE, BIG CONGA on FIFEPUP GRAGIATION. WINGs and YUENGs, gonna have dat tonite after GOLF.
Stay frosty,
laz57
laz 57 JEFF, DOUGDAGRUMP, KEV, about da alarm clock. I haven't had to use one in years. Seems my internal alarm clock goes off abou a half hour before real alarm clock. And if my internal alarm isn't working, very rare, my MINNIE wakes me up about 5 minutes before actual time to rise and shine. Stay frosty, laz57
Another beautiful day on the north bluff today, Laz, I had that same internal alarm clock. It took several months of hard work to reprogram it to 8:00AM instead of 4:45AM. BUT UcanDO IT. Reprograming the dog may be harder! Off to haul the last of the gravel, Have a good day guys.
Another beautiful day on the north bluff today,
Laz, I had that same internal alarm clock. It took several months of hard work to reprogram it to 8:00AM instead of 4:45AM. BUT UcanDO IT.
Reprograming the dog may be harder!
Off to haul the last of the gravel,
Have a good day guys.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
First Congrats Laz Also congats for dennis
Now all you say congrats to laz as I did did you just realize we now have to work alittle more each so we can now pay Laz'z paycheck too.
At work right now looking forward to 3:30 P.M. as off tomorrow but have to work the weekend.
Well looks like I made it thru the week. So guess I'm going to be fine. just still tender from the ordeal. And have been told probably will be for a while
Not a lot going on yet will talk more later hope all have a good day.
Oh laz now your retired you don't have any more T.G.I.F "s
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cool 52 degrees. Sunny. Going up to 77 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores to do and then a big errand to run. I will be gone for a few hours. Hope to be home by lunchtime. Then, my usual nap.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Good morning. About to get ready to head in. Joe, the group didn't get the permit to protest. Who knows, may have been for their own safety. Either way, it all went well. Many businesses along the route closed for the procession and services. They pre-empted the local television stations as well. He was a big man, 6'8" and had a big heart. It was a IED that took his life.
Laz, unfortunately, I have the same internal clock. Even on days when I don't have to go in early, I am up. Has really worked against me when I would get home at 0200, then up at 0400. Even on Saturdays!
Roy, we too are getting rain, fortunately, it is manageable amounts. Just hope it doesn't get to the flood stages you had in Texas several years ago.
Hope each of you has a blessed day.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 80. Weather was good last night, but the team was not as we got beat 3-1. I did ok for me, and was not the cause of any of the scores. Quiet day at work. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning. Pretty day. Suppose to be raining. Got up to clear skies. They missed it again.
Brent, great photos.
Off to fix the "pond riding mower". Then bench work.
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 morning. It's 69° and partly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. The high will be 92° with a 30% chance of rain in the afternoon decreasing top 20% in the evening. Storms came through yesterday ind screwed up the cable again. Except for brief periods here and there I couldn't get online and when I could the speed was so slow it'd take five minutes for a page to load. This happens a lot more often than I'd like and is more than mildly irritating. If it wasn't for my phone service I probably would have changed to satellite by now. Of course then I'd have the clouds to contend with. My Magic-jack needs an upload speed of at least 128 kb/s minimum to operate and satellite only provides 56 kb/s. Yeah, they talk about it being so fast on the TV ads but that's comparing to dial-up, sorta like comparing a two cylinder riding mower engine to a battery powered weed eater. Comparing the satellite speed to what I have right now is like comparing that same two cylinder mover engine to a small block V8. I've been looking at the new Magic-jack Plus that doesn't need to be connected to a computer like my existing Magic-jack does but it still needs to be connected to a modem, so the cable problem is still there. It'd be nice if it could work through the house wiring, then I could skip the cable altogether. But alas, it doesn't appear to work that way. Today I need to see if I can get the layout cleaned up some. It gets cluttered so fast when I'm working on things.
Good Mornings CTTFans!
WOW, what a night, the storm went into overdrive about 1AM with Rail, Hail, and Wind that pounded for over an hour. Reports of flooding and damage coming in but mostly local issues for those unlucky enough to live at the bottom of hills and/or near drains that got clogged. Our work parking lot is filled the leaves from the trees. Large Icebergs of hail near most storm drains and grassy areas look like it's covered in snow. They say Round #2 might be heading at us again tonight. My poor neighbor and 5yrds of dirt in front of his house for a weekend project and I would say about 20% of it washed down the street so he is shoveling it today to bring back up the hill to his house.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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dwiemer Good morning. About to get ready to head in. Joe, the group didn't get the permit to protest. Who knows, may have been for their own safety. Either way, it all went well. Many businesses along the route closed for the procession and services. They pre-empted the local television stations as well. He was a big man, 6'8" and had a big heart. It was a IED that took his life. Dennis
Dennis -- The WBC group typically calls ahead to the grieving community to tell them they will be there and want protection while there, more often than not they do not show up. It can cause great strain to the LEO's trying to protect them when they do show up as every community in the USA despises their presence and their objective. Thanks to the PGR the families rarely see or hear the WBC, I could share many stories about them but they are not worth it.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Aloha. Sunny and warmer. Still dry. Have a bunch of meetings to which I have to bring the youngest due to some scheduling 'miscommunication' - that's OK though. Brent, great photos! Banks, condolences to you and your dad. I was wondering how that works, Jon. I have a few more shots of the UP executive train - it wasn't the big one, Joe. Here's today's shot - looks like a model, right?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
DJ - What did you use to skin your curved bridges?
It's 74 and sunny.
Nice photos guy's. Doug how do those trains run without a middle rail? I am back home, stitches out, Now for the healing. I hope this little episode has ended. We just had sausage gravy over a muffin, it was good. I might cut grass today after my couch date...S.J.
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Good afternoon guys, Nice pictures DpugM amd DJ, Well we are done with gravel for now. 27 loads or about 8 semi loads.160 ton $300.00 in fuel, $225 for a tire, 1,134 miles and just over $1,200 in gravel. Well got to go do some grooming on the lane and I will be done.
Good afternoon guys,
Nice pictures DpugM amd DJ,
Well we are done with gravel for now.
27 loads or about 8 semi loads.160 ton $300.00 in fuel, $225 for a tire, 1,134 miles and just over $1,200 in gravel.
Well got to go do some grooming on the lane and I will be done.
Glad all went well SJ.
Later guys,
Had a frustrating day at my regular doctors appointment yesterday. They changed my appointment from 10:30AM to 2:45PM. That was no problem. However when I got there, no one was waiting ahead of me and I signed in. The assistant put me on the scales and checked BP, temp, heart rate, blood oxygen level etc. So far everything is normal. Then I sit in this examination room which is too hot by the way for 45 minutes before the doctor shows up. I had thought of everything I wanted to discuss with him about my GI condition and things my gastrointerologist was doing but by that time I had lost interest and was slightly angry. Have to give the doctor some slack here. He is a good doctor and probably had a good reason for being late. I was just the victim of a situation. I was dissapointed in my tryglyceride number. It had only come down from 314 to 305 after two months of double the amount of medication and more excercise. Only thing now is to steamline my diet and see what else I can eliminate. I told the doctor of my concern over lack of communication between me and my G.I. doctor. He said that he plans to coordinate better between the two of them about my condition. He is stepping up the frequency of my office visits and blood test to monitor things better. He said that the GI doctor was going to do an endoscopy too at some point but I don't know when. This is the first I have heard of that. Meanwhile, I am feeling half way decent and eating better. Went for about a 30 minute walk this morning and had a low fat breakfast.
Weather has been hot lately. Pool water is evaporating at a faster rate now. I almost overfilled it yesterday but caught it in time. Water is warm enough to swim now without a heater but I haven't been in yet.
V8 Dennis, congratulations on the rental sale. Hope it goes through with no trouble.
Might have Thursday night guys over for trains tonight if they can stand the heat.
Later,
Ray
SPMan
Ray, sorry to hear of the issues. As we get older and have more specialists on top of internists, etc, it is hard to keep things straight. I am glad you have confidence in your Doc. With regard to your triglycerides, one suggestion is to log everything that goes in your mouth for a couple of weeks. Some foods that we are told are good for use can have a negative effect in some ways. Then, take the journal to your doc or even an endocrinologist. We had a patient who was trying to control triglycerides and doing everything right. Still had high levels. In the end, he had been drinking orange juice and that was what was causing the trouble.
Spanky, I private messages you, but for everyone else heading to Florida in the next few months that has children and going to Legoland, if you search Pepsi Legoland promotion, they have a code you can get to buy tickets with free child with each adult ticket. It saved us $130.00. One site has the code you enter, then the Pepsi/Legoland site has the place to put the code and buy the tickets.
Hope everyone has a good night,
Two nights Two Dead Coons, Yes, That is why I retired, Maybe another tonight! See what you can do LAZ?
Two nights Two Dead Coons,
Yes, That is why I retired,
Maybe another tonight!
See what you can do LAZ?
Evening from the Box. Dummy me had not thought of my laptop with wireless sitting in the office. Not anymore. Got Pond Mower fixed. Built both ends of Box benchwork [just the framing] and from workshop door to right wall [as walking in]. No work until Monday. Maybe a small amout or two. Town stuff tomorrow. Later.
Someone keeps bring the old Pot up to the top. Gets confusing.
BTW: Installed Cissco extender. Extender under equipment shelter. Now have 5 bars in the Box.
Old age I guess. I know I wrote a post tonight but can't find it..Hmm
Oh well enjoy your tomorrow....S.J.
sir james I Old age I guess. I know I wrote a post tonight but can't find it..Hmm Oh well enjoy your tomorrow....S.J.
Its on the May Pot. Someone brought it back to the top. I posted on it before I realized what happened.
Sleep tight.
v8 - Congrats on the sale man!
Banks - prayers for you and your family
Ray and BoC - prayers for healing.
Laz - just detention tomorrow, right?
Glad you are okay, SJ!
I'm beat, Pete. Got home and added the peat moss etc, then retilled the new planting area. Dug a new and longer trench and replaced the drain line (corrugated 4 inch) from the downspout so it goes about 5 feet further away from the house. I'll have to do some more work on that, but it's good enough for now. I sure liked that tiller - maybe get one for Father's Day. Need to do some short walls and gravel work around the driveway and stuff, so it would really help a lot.
TARDIS is ready and we have goodies, including Famous Banilla!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Sunny aand low 80's today.
Got my wife's computer back from the shop today. They eended up wipeing it and reinstalling Windows. Upgraded to Windows 7 while we were at it. Had an adveture with the wi-fi. Turned out to be a missind encryption key code for the router. Tried it on the tablet and finally got it talking to my wi-fi at home.
Not much on the train front. Got a RA number to get the sound fixed on my Hallow's Eve Express. Need to get that packaged and out the door to Lionel soon.
The Scott Joplin festival is in town this week. Planning on wandering around downtown on Saturday soaking up the live Ragtime music.
All for now.
I see that I posted my evening post in the previous months pot as well. I'll just re post it here. Managed to get alcohol in my eyes this morning when I was changing out the dressing on my foot. The cap has one of those flip-top squirt things. I had flipped it up when I got the bottle out and when I picked it up it slipped a bit and I tightened my grip. Big mistake! A stream of alcohol shot of the squirt hole and hit me right between the eyes. That 90% alcohol makes your eyes burn bad. I flushed them real good but they've been aching all day. See y'all tomorrow.
Hello all
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!
Foggy mid 50's here
Laz- you have a long happy retardment. Are they going to continue your classes? Most of the school districts in this area have dropped Industrial Arts as it was referred to in my day. I think only spring Cove has a Vo-Ag program. In my day even Altoona had it. Even the Vo Tech (my Alma Mater) seems to be gearing up for adult students
On another note. Mrs is concerned whether she will have a job come fall. In order to save money local school districts are starting their own special needs programs and dropping the Intermediate Units.
Blown out
Sir James, glad you had a good report
I'm soon headed to Beaufort NC. Is there a way to avoid I95 between DC and Richmond VA?
Looks like a break in the wet weather this weekend. Hope t get lots o farming done
SS fund is calling
It is 50 degrees. Going up to 83 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. Just a few chores to do. All the errands are done. Got my first issue of Classic Trains mag. Nice articles. I think I will do some reading today.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
HI GUYZ,
FREE AT LAST!!!!!! I got done officiallly at 245 PM yesterday. Turned in my keys, turned the table saw on and then off one last time, turned out the lights, took one final look around the shop, then walk out the door that leads to the loading dock, down the steps and into the truck. Let out a big yippeeee and home I went. Gee it musta been my day yesterday I even won at GOLF. Today I already took dog for a mile walk and ran an easy two miler. Gotta pull weeds and trim all the bushes here and get ready to mulch next week. The GUYZ, from the TUNNEL gave me a call yesterday and left a message that if I wanted to come back in the fall and run the LOKIE, I am welcome, so thats great.
BANKS, yes they are keeping my shop open and hired a young kid to come in. My feeling about this situation is that eventually they will phase out the shop part and just teach the CAD (computer aided drafting) part. That is a shame, these kids need the hands on building part more then the computers at this stage of the game. For now the shop still stands but with all these budget cuts who knows? Hopefully your WIFE has a job come August.
CHUCK and BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!!! or TGI EVERYDAY!!!!!
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