Banks, Here is what the corn crop looks like around here. The ears are super small and have no kernels. Jeffery, Shark Bait was my nickname in high school.
Banks,
Here is what the corn crop looks like around here. The ears are super small and have no kernels.
Jeffery, Shark Bait was my nickname in high school.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good morning all,
A little cooler this morning but warming up later.
Jack, you're right. I am keeping cordial but cautious with the neighbor. I told the wife the proof of the pudding on this job will be this winter when the rains come to see how the drainage is. It test OK with a water hose but that's nothing like a heavy rain run off.
Chief, with all that tobacco behind the box, you can make your own cigars. Been a long time since I saw any growing but helped put it in once when I was a kid just handing bunches to women who tied it on the sticks to hang up in the tobacco barn. Prayers for all the farmers having drought.
Tomorrow is the memorial service for my friend, Ed Harrigan.
later,
Ray
SPMan
KRM Jeffery, Shark Bait was my nickname in high school.
I haven't seen corn that bad off in many, many years.
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Well, turns out that this "older" guy needs cataract surgery. A little apprehensive! Have any of you had this done? As always, many thanks.
traindaddy1 Well, turns out that this "older" guy needs cataract surgery. A little apprehensive! Have any of you had this done? As always, many thanks.
This is what I've done on the chopped roof F unit slug shell so far. The roof will stay taped down until the glue dries. Later I'll work some modeling clay into the seam to close it up. For a comparison of how low the roof is the end of an uncut shell is to the right. I'm using an old Athearn Hi-F shell for this project.
TGIF boys. Long week. It's 5 o'clock somewhere...
jeffrey-wimberly traindaddy1: Well, turns out that this "older" guy needs cataract surgery. A little apprehensive! Have any of you had this done? As always, many thanks. My mother had the cataract surgery some years ago. She went from blind as a bat to reading without glasses or contacts.
traindaddy1: Well, turns out that this "older" guy needs cataract surgery. A little apprehensive! Have any of you had this done? As always, many thanks.
Traindaddy........all of the folks I know who have had cataract lens removal and replacement surgery with the correcting IOL interocular lens replacement lens (pretty much standard now) have declared the results as "miracles!"
My mother-in-law had both eyes done a half dozen years ago and for the first time in about 80 years she did not need to wear glasses or any other form of corretive lens except for "readers."
The plain, clear IOL lens was first introduced to the public back in the very early 1980s and was subsequently upgraded with correctible ones (nearsightedness and farsightedness correction are the most common corrections). I worked at American Hospital Supply Corporation back then. They were subsequently acquired by Baxter Healthcare. We were one of the first outfits to distribute them. Sold like hotcakes!!
So you can rest assured that a zillion of the IOL procedures have been performed and refined over the past 3 decades. Talk to your opthalmic surgeon about the results you can expect.
Do some internet reading and it will not only ease your mind but might make you chomp at the bit to get it done. Think my MIL was in and out in under 45 minutes (done under local anesthesia, outpatient) and within 48 hours the postoperative results were stunning. One other major advantage of the cataract removal will be your night vision. For example, the cataracts make the oncoming headlights miserable to contend with, and the cataract removal helps with that too.
Good luck!!! Now you just might be able to see like an eagle!!!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
HELP!!!!!! Should have known!!!
Buckeye, when working for a former employeer, surveyed all the bridges and tunnels for NS. They were to determine what to do with them so double stacks could travel through them.
Well, seems I need to hire Buckeye to come to a study on the Roseyville Division of the NS. The two Lionel bridges at the main lift bridge are 1" too short for double stacks.
RockIsland52 Chief.......with all of that lawn mowing you do, you ought to charge the wifey and see if she pays you. Jack
Chief.......with all of that lawn mowing you do, you ought to charge the wifey and see if she pays you.
Pays me no mind.
Now to mow here and then we drive up to the lake house and mow [Three times as large as here plus neighbor's. Sad but also good for me here. Widow lady neighbor {I mowed yard here} who had lost both legs and was in very poor shape, passed away this past week. Do not have to mow that yard anymore]
Hot and humid!!!
Later
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fifedog TGIF boys. Long week. It's 5 o'clock somewhere...
We just got back from grocery shopping in the 104 temps. I think it is now 5 o’clock here. Heading to the basement to play with trains in the cool. More of the same tomorrow 105 +
Chief, It is Mr Murphy's fault.
ChiefEagles ......Sad but also good for me here. Widow lady neighbor {I mowed yard here} who had lost both legs and was in very poor shape, passed away this past week. Do not have to mow that yard anymore]...... Later
......Sad but also good for me here. Widow lady neighbor {I mowed yard here} who had lost both legs and was in very poor shape, passed away this past week. Do not have to mow that yard anymore]......
Prayers for your neighbor, Chief. You were a good friend to her and a most thoughtful neighbor. They don't make them like you anymore.
RaySP.........hope your buddy Ed Harrigan's services are local and you can make the services. May he rest in peace. They don't make them like him anymore either from all you have written about him.
Traindaddy, granny had both eyes done last year. She could not believe how bright colors really are after surgery. She read 20/20 without glasses. I doubt if everyone gets results like that though. Our "potter" Doug M. just had his done. He will probably reply as well.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Fife........you are several hours late, should be following London time.
Jeffrey: Jack: Sir James: Thanks, so much for your encouraging posts. I'll let you know the results.
Evening all. TGIF man its been a rough week but all is fine now. Off this weekend so should catch the tardis tonight and tomorrow night.
Well train set looks like it won't be here till maybe tomorrow las update by USPS it was in Baltimore HMMM wonder if a certain MD. finest has anything to do with its delay It states
Departed sort facility Baltimore, MD and that was this am but no given time.
We will see if later tonight or tomorrow morning says anything different.
Way behind on what all is going on. for all that need them have seen a few but didn't really see who all so to cover it, its better to just put it out as to all who needs them.
Pizza for dinner tonight.
need to go down into den and see what all else I can get packed up to move up here to the extra bedroom. Will talk to you all later. Also need to put table saw together ( legs and safe guards) if i can find my tool box lol. Its buried some where in the extra bedroom.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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The slug is as done as it's going to get for now.
Aloha. Boy, it's hot. And gas just jumped 40 count 'em 40 cents a gallon the last few days. Allegedly due to a pipe spill in WI and refinery issues. Sheesh. Todays trip to pick up the teen after his orientation week at college probably cost me $30 in gas for a quarter tank. Sheesh. Great chat with the TARDIS guys last night. Bride went to her high school reunion with her GF tonight so I will run trains. Lucky I didn't have to go.Jack, I think the boy will get better with his z-pack now. The CDC suspects a lot of pertussin / whooping cough vaccine years ago was too weak so many kids are getting these illnesses in the county lately.Traindaddy, I just had cataract surgery - it went easy and pain-free, just took a while - first one eye done, then two weeks later, the other eye, then wait a month. Private-message me here and I'm happy to reassure you in more detail and give you any details
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good evening all,
It is cloudy but no rain in SE Indiana. Lucas got an apartment in Greensburg today so we spent most of the day transferring stuff to the new place. Most of it got moved today, and they will be getting help tomorrow. "Saucy wench" and I helped more than we thought we would. Tired. Getting for Mid-Ohio trip as well. TBIL and I can drive. Conway and Newgarden were in top 10 at practice today for AJ and Sarah. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Still 90. My dad always said don't fish on Sunday cause all the good fish are in Sunday school. I'm going anyway. I hope I don't come home looking like a boiled lobster. I sat out for a little while but it doesn't take long to feel hot. Banilla is in the freezer but we will take it along in the thingy..S.J.
Hello All,
Busy weekend planned.
Some of you may remember the AMTMA lost the lease on their digs??????????? Well they found a new location and now will be open every weekend. Only 5 minutes from me. Hope to take the grandkids this weekend
May go to dirt drags with son tomorrow evening. A young friend of his needs coaching and he asked me to help
Kev, That corn looks similar to a lot of what I saw while traveling. Some was completely brown as if it were late fall and only 3 or 4 feet high. Even some that was under irrigation was really short. Low water table & high energy costs mean they can't irrigate as much as needed.
Had to take Dad to the Dr. yesterday. He looked like he**. Doc said he had a flu & probably a cold. Gave him Z-pack to take. Must've been a miracle cure. 91 degrees when I got home this PM & he is mowing grass
Son checked some of our corn today. The ears are small and some of them are blind(no grain) That could have been caused by many things. Hoping the high corn prices will allow what we do get to get us to the breakeven point.
He also told me that although the soy bean is responding well he is afraid there isn't enough time for them to recover.
Off to join Mrs in bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Time for me to call it a night. Got the charging system on my van checked today. Alternator is good. Voltage regulator was bad, it was putting out 24 volts so replaced that. New one was $20. Just happened to have a $20 bill in my pocket. Battery checked out good. See y'all tomorrow.
Hats off to Mark Tarwater, who paddled 340 miles in 83 hours. I'll bet he is sleeping "good" in a real bed right now!
Worked and then went to Saint Charles to visit with family and watch Mark finish his race. Nice chat with the guys tonight. Could use some banilla, so let's get the Tardis warmed up - go!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Konnichiwa,
Our Saturday has been going well. The original plan was to go to the indoor batting cages and then to the local festival. Well, the plans changed. The kids did not want to do that and instead wanted to go to the pool and throw the Frisbee-like boomerang. So, that’s what we did. I will start dinner soon: we decided to grill some burgers. I was able to enjoy a nice chat earlier with RT, SJ, Kev, and Brutus.
Congratulations to your brother Brutus! That is very impressive.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good Morning
We be getting the ol' stick and mug today...91F going to feel like 108F here...and a 40% chance of those ol' t'underin'boomers as well...maybe
Had an interesting day yesterday...it rained in a few areas west of us...and east of us...here...not a drop.......Today I am going to go mall walking and see a few friends I missed seeing as I was told to avoid crowds a little while ago....dang chemo...
Brutus: Congrats to your brother there!!
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...
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Well it says the train set is out for delivery, we'll see I've seen that befor lol.
Brutus congrats to your brother in-law that is cool.
Morning all Wake -up chief time to get moving. you would think your retired or mayor or something like that ( Hmmm that all does seem familiar oh well)
Not much else going on time to eat some breakfast and continue empting the den ( I'm running out of room in the bed room lol)
Have a good day you all
Aloha. Up with the coughing youngest, but he seems better. Probably will be a quiet day. Dreamt of layout changes last night. . Good news about your BiL, Brutus. That's quite a trip. Time for coffee!
Brutus: Congrats to your BiL.
Good morning. It's 77° with 93% humidity. It will be partly cloudy with a small chance of rain. The high will be 95° with an index near 110°.My plan today is to stay inside as much as possible. I did a little more work on the slug last night. Sanded the sides a bit to smooth them out more. The hot glue I used to fill in the portholes made quite a mess and that stuff doesn't like to come off easily. I'll probably do some cleanup work on the layout today. It's a mess after all that work yesterday.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Going up to 86 today with thunderstorms , later.
Today is a busy day. Wife is visiting granddaughter up north this weekend. I have a bunch of chores to do and some paperwork. I will be busy until lunch. I will take a nap this afternoon.
Dining car rolled in with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
Humid here got a 3 miler in with WIFE and MINNIE. We were drenched in sweat. Humidity this morning is about 80% and temp at 72 so its muggy. Gotta do a bike of about 10 miles yet after I call MOM.
TRAINDADDY, Good luck on the surgery. Glad in was a Cadilac,and not a Lioncoln Continental?
SIR JAMES, lol on the fish in Sunday School.
BANKS, sounds like fun those dirt bikes. Have fun.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Brutus Hats off to Mark Tarwater, who paddled 340 miles in 83 hours. I'll bet he is sleeping "good" in a real bed right now! Worked and then went to Saint Charles to visit with family and watch Mark finish his race. Nice chat with the guys tonight. Could use some banilla, so let's get the Tardis warmed up - go!
Brutus to your BIL. About all I could do to match that would be the beer consumption after the competition was over.
Good morning, Hot and hazy 84 going up to 104. Calling for a little rain tonight. Worked on the layout yesterday added a Loc on in a spot that seemed a little slow it is a old Marx 34R turn. It is also the tightest turn on my outer loop. Seems much better now. Not much planned with that forecast. Train room sounds good to me.
Good morning,
Hot and hazy 84 going up to 104. Calling for a little rain tonight.
Worked on the layout yesterday added a Loc on in a spot that seemed a little slow it is a old Marx 34R turn. It is also the tightest turn on my outer loop. Seems much better now.
Not much planned with that forecast. Train room sounds good to me.
SJ, that fast dog video made me think of Jack.
Have a good day.
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