Sunny and 44 going to 71 today.
No train work today because I will be out of the house for at least 4 hours today while it is getting Fumigated. It is something we do twice a year to kill off the spiders from the woods. They have not been too bad this year because of the drought.
So I am going to cut away on that downed Red Oak and split and stack the wood. Then later open up the house before wife gets home. Maybe go to Home Depo too.
Have a nice day and prayers for those in need.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Hi GUYZ,
47 here getting up to 76? Nice had to put on a jacket for PT tis morning. Now gotta throw out all old junk in basement today. Get rid of dumpster Monday. Lost on E bay, was bidding on an MTH Reading Camelback lost by 4 bucks. Oh well didn't really need it anyway. Got my bow yesterday. Used Bow Tech Independence bow from 05. Came with everything but the trigger release great deal. Shot it now I gotta tweek it a bit. Shoots good. 61 lb. pull and 80% let off.
SUBMMBOB, love the Corvairs too. Love the van. What year?
SIR JAMES, when did SUBMMBOB take that pic in Michigan, yesterday?
Stay frosty,
laz57
Since I have been off the air there have been so many good posts and a lot of stuff so worthy of comment. But I find myself overwhelmed by it all this morning.
The first frost this Fall hit in the mountains in Western Taxachusetts, and in the valleys in the Central and North parts of the state. Near the coast we got down to 46, not the coldest we've had. But for sure the beginnings of the Fall color is upon us. Crystal clear today but cooler, high in the high 60s. Warmer as we approach the weekend.
Brent......you are fighting a losing battle with the Q when it comes to Christina. The first child or grandchild is always the most difficult because the fairer sex practices "overkill protection" until they gradually come realize the futility of what they are trying to mandate. The child tunes them out after a few zillion warnings over everything the child is doing, not a good thing because then child does not learn "degrees" of danger and takes on everything they are told with the exact same (low) level of importance. Arguing the counterpoint with my wife is useless. So I just become the safety engineer and take pre-emptive measures on the big stuff, like stairs, burns, poisonous stuff, and escapes from the house. I remind the wife that,as in "other" things in life, nagging is counterproductive. Cheer up. It does get better with time. Years. How old are you anyway? Don't worry, you will heal up just fine by the time you get to be my age.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
To all,
Thank you for the support. Again I can offer no details at this time, if ever. I will try to keep up on the activities here, and occasionally post from time to time. Special thanks to those taking my driving shifts on the Tardis. If and when I can, I will do double shifts for those who are covering for me.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning. It's 63° and the humidity is at 70%. Could the gauge be broken? The high today will be 85°.We have plenty of sunshine this morning. It's streaming in through the window in the door and shining right on my video screen. Makes it somewhat difficult to see what I'm typing. I'm wondering if I should mow the grass today. With there being very little or no cloud cover it could make for a bad burn. Because of a side effect of one or more of my meds I sunburn quite easily unless I take certain precautions and then I'm very uncomfortable. Power went out a little while ago for just a matter of seconds. When it came back on my clock came right back with it. No need to reset it. Proof positive that the problem with it was the backup battery. My new keyboard is working out quite well. I had to print up some sticky labels to put on the keys so I can see them better as they came black with small gray/white characters. I have a hard time seeing gray. The labels are white with large black characters an dare much easier to see. Two things nice to have are the keys for 'My Computer' and my internet home page. I can bring up my Firefox with all ten tabs by pressing one key. No more having to click the Firefox icon and hope I don't accidentally click something else. Time to get about the days business, whatever that may be.
Oh yeah, got a haircut yesterday. Maybe now my neighbor will quit trying to put a leash on me.
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
Laz he must of stood on the Ohio side of the border and took a picture of I-75 yesterday...:) Yeah right the Chief paid for dinner but he forgot to mention it's tax deductible.When I got home from the skin doctor, the post cancer(s) exam seems to be that everything is ok, granny had real fried potatoes and eggs waiting for me. Lowest price for reg. gas this morning was $3.83, I bought E85 for $3.53. It's overcast and 55, I'm waiting for some sun before I cut grass even if it takes till Saturday..S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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RockIsland52 Brent......you are fighting a losing battle with the Q when it comes to Christina. The first child or grandchild is always the most difficult because the fairer sex practices "overkill protection" until they gradually come realize the futility of what they are trying to mandate. The child tunes them out after a few zillion warnings over everything the child is doing, not a good thing because then child does not learn "degrees" of danger and takes on everything they are told with the exact same (low) level of importance. Arguing the counterpoint with my wife is useless. So I just become the safety engineer and take pre-emptive measures on the big stuff, like stairs, burns, poisonous stuff, and escapes from the house. I remind the wife that,as in "other" things in life, nagging is counterproductive. Cheer up. It does get better with time. Years. How old are you anyway? Don't worry, you will heal up just fine by the time you get to be my age. Later, gang. Jack
Hello all
Got down to 46 deg last night. Another nice I think, but I haven't gone upstairs and looked out the window yet.
A few hours of work today and then I will head back to the Ol' Pueblo.
Laz - the van is a '62. They made the vans and trucks from '61 - '65. It came w/ a 3spd and the original 80HP engine. I am putting a 4spd into it w/ a later model car engine until I can get the original engine rebuilt. It's definitely a unique beast. There aren't many of the panel vans around anymore. This one was a work truck for someone.
Mike - still in my thoughts and prayers
Don - do you know what engine is in your Goose?
Laz, SJ - that photo actually was of Chief trying to get to the lake back in the Pleistocene when he used to hunt mammoths....
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good morning all,
Don, what a predicament at Knotts with all those people dangling from the thrill ride. Glad I wasn't on it.
No plans today except lay low when it gets hot.
Ran some trains for a while yesterday. I have a GP20 MTH that is acting up. I'm getting all kinds of wierd noises from the sound system or speaker on the unii. It's a screeching noise and the volumn is too low also. Must be in the electronics for the horn circuit. Could try to disconnect the speaker I guess but would miss the horn/bell. Don't want to get a big repair bill for something so small.
Picked up my old watch from jeweler who said it was bad order. However it has been keeping perfect time for the last 24 hours. Go figure! I'm using a new watch now but will keep an eye on the old one.
Funeral for Chris Vega wil be on Saturday. Probably a big turnout with all the kids he knew in high school.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Got the grass mowed this morning and still got a burn even through my shirt! I was at Lowe's this afternoon and spied a full set of 12" stencils. I've been looking for a set of those for a couple of years. So I got them and a can of starting fluid.
Afternoon all. Been busy putting together a new deer stand. Then worked on friend Fred's chainsaw. Got the carb adjusted right. Had to take mine to a shop as gas line inside the fuel tank broke into. Let them strugle with it.
Just shot 4 videos for promotionals seafood and fried chicken restaurant in Rolesville. Did not even offer to feed me.
Got 175th Aniv. meeting at Town Hall with Wifey tonight. Her thing but have to come along as my Town Board member I appointed as Chair is gone. Got to unlock and the lock back up.
KRM No train work today because I will be out of the house for at least 4 hours today as I really "Fumigated" the house first thing this AM. Even the skunks in the woods left holding their noses.
No train work today because I will be out of the house for at least 4 hours today as I really "Fumigated" the house first thing this AM. Even the skunks in the woods left holding their noses.
sir james I We had sun today and -- 66, but also had a chilly wind. So I will try and blow the snow .....S.J.
We had sun today and -- 66, but also had a chilly wind. So I will try and blow the snow
.....S.J.
Going down east to the farms tomorrow.
RT, get rid of the PO Box in my address. Never had it. Went to the wrong place. They hand delivered it to Town Hall. Just use the street address from now on. Just got your envelope. Will be Sat. before I can do as leaving too early tommorrow AM.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Chief P.O.Box address gone bye-bye lol Just what I had as you see it also had your street address so you local P.O. don't know who you are. Geese.
Evening all been told by owmbo that I need to cut the grass for probably last time this year tomorrow morning. Then I can get started on the flooring I guess. ( If she doesn't come up with another idea) lol Need to slice the onions yet but seeing where under a boil water advisory for the next few days I'm just going to wait till its over instead of boil water to cool it down so I can wash the onions lol.
Just received my track in ( 26 sections Of gargraves flex with darken center rail) It all looks pretty good shape so that will be great for my shelves once I can get them up. ( have to do floor first lol)
On lap top as running scans on desk top right now don't like to be running anything but that when doing that.
Not much train wise today did get the track in that I mentioned and suppose to be getting a seaboard train set in tomorrow but that will get new pics takened and put right back up for sale. ( got a deal on that. couldn't resist.) Waiting for them to ship the G scale set from CA. yet. ) They said they have to get it out of storage.
Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hi guys hope you all had a nice day,
Well the fumigation of the house went well. Had it locked down for 4 hours and then opened it up and cleared the air for 4 hours. Most times when we do this we will get a few like maybe 10 at best dead bugs on the floors upstairs and maybe 20 in the basement. Today only one upstairs and four in the basement. Must of been the drought. There was one big ugly bug we got today, it had a collar on it that said return to Roseyville NC. and the letters F.E. That is the problem with the south, Nothing dies. A good frost would kill it off.
Cut and split all of the wood that I could lift without killing myself and the rest will wait till I get some help.
No train work today, maybe tomorrow because they are calling for rain.
Have a nice evening.
Oh yeah , I stopped at a moving sale today and got a nice 3' shelf for $1.50 that I think will be nice to display the K-Line Plymouth Switcher and the Ore cars.
KRMThere was one big ugly bug we got today, it had a collar on it that said return to Roseyville NC. and the letters F.E.
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Well what I got today is a pretty bad sunburn and it wasn't even the hot part of the day. We're talking morning hours here! I even got burned through my shirt. Most areas that were covered got burned a little. I was wearing denim pants so no burn there except where the fabric was pulled against my skin such as the knees. But even through a long sleeve pullover shirt and a T-shirt it baked me a light red. The exposed areas are really red. Glad I can't feel my arms. Even my eyelids hurt. I've put on some Solarcaine burn relief gel and it's helping a bit. Man, what if I'd been out there in the noon-afternoon hours? It wasn't even 85 today. I suspect that in the coming days I'm going to be peeling like crazy! I installed some software today for my new keyboard. It was on a 3.5" floppy disk so I had to borrow my mothers USB floppy drive. She doesn't need it. I copied the files onto a USB thumb drive so I can get at them in the future without a floppy drive.Well that's it for now.
Another sunny day in the 70's today. Not quite as nice as yesterday though.
Bunch of little annoying things stacking up at work. The biggest of them being developments in one of my projects that require re-scheduling my long planned vacation next month . Nothing to do but work through them one at a time until they are no longer annoying . The really annoying thing is that I'm not entierly sure that management really apprecates re-arrangements of personal time like this.
Still soaking and scrubbing Alco shells. I discovered last night that a stiff short bristle nylon brush helps in removing the softened paint. A shot of hot tap water also seems to help.
All for now.
Time for me to call it a night. Maybe this sunburn won't hurt so much after a nights sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Well it might have made it to 70. The clouds disappeared so I did cut the grass. No trimming though. The only train news I have is a Marx scale tender that I won off the bay. It will be repainted and lettered for NYC and will sit behind my # 333 Hudson. I got banilla for the thingy guys so off we go...S.J.
lionroar88 RockIsland52 Brent......you are fighting a losing battle with the Q when it comes to Christina. The first child or grandchild is always the most difficult because the fairer sex practices "overkill protection" until they gradually come realize the futility of what they are trying to mandate. The child tunes them out after a few zillion warnings over everything the child is doing, not a good thing because then child does not learn "degrees" of danger and takes on everything they are told with the exact same (low) level of importance. Arguing the counterpoint with my wife is useless. So I just become the safety engineer and take pre-emptive measures on the big stuff, like stairs, burns, poisonous stuff, and escapes from the house. I remind the wife that,as in "other" things in life, nagging is counterproductive. Cheer up. It does get better with time. Years. How old are you anyway? Don't worry, you will heal up just fine by the time you get to be my age. Later, gang. Jack Jack - we actually see eye-to-eye on a lot of things and I am more protective of Christina than TheQ... she is MY little girl. That may be, but I think Christina is working for TheQ after reading what follows... I'm beginning to wonder if she thinks I am a rag doll. Last night I was on the floor playing with her and she bit my nose, my chin, poked me in both eyes, and then hit me in the head with a VTech ball (yes that one hurt). TheQ was having a great time laughing at us, she told me we reminded her of The Three Stooges! LOL! I did have a talk with Christina about biting again... I think she gets into playing a bit too much and forgets her manners... she is only 14 months old!DonB - Not sure I would want to push The Goose around... I'm thinking it would be easier to do that with another piece of equipment.
That may be, but I think Christina is working for TheQ after reading what follows...
I'm beginning to wonder if she thinks I am a rag doll. Last night I was on the floor playing with her and she bit my nose, my chin, poked me in both eyes, and then hit me in the head with a VTech ball (yes that one hurt). TheQ was having a great time laughing at us, she told me we reminded her of The Three Stooges! LOL! I did have a talk with Christina about biting again... I think she gets into playing a bit too much and forgets her manners... she is only 14 months old!DonB - Not sure I would want to push The Goose around... I'm thinking it would be easier to do that with another piece of equipment.
for Wes and anyone I missed. Trying to catch up after last weekend's laptop meltdown. New HP desktop is up and running. I am trying to decide if I want to load the preview version of Windows 8 on the laptop to play with it before the full version arrives next month.
I wanted to go through the 2025 tonight and fix the linkage, but I ran out of time.
Meeting over. Trains packed up and ready to ship. Rolling out early tomorrow AM for farms. Back way after dark. Will not be here to "rib" Kev or SJ. Have a good one and sleep tight.
Haircut night for the Brutus Family - got my spiky eyebrows trimmed up, but no shampoo tonight. We had some rain this morning and more is due tomorrow night. We might have company for dinner Saturday, but sounds like they are trying to cancel on us? Sunday my in-laws will be here for dinner, so that will be cool. Tomorrow is my last day on "answer" duty for a few weeks, so hopefully I can catch up on my own work in the next two weeks after helping everyone else get their work done this week, lol!
TARDIS is ready and we have banilla or chocolate, so let's go!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
50 here and got PT done already. I have to go to Ford dealer this morning at 8 to take truck in for recall on gas tank. Gonna take an hour. Then come home and take dog for long walk then practice with the bow. Got straw bales yesterday for backstop.
SUBMMBOB, WOW you are a lucky guy to have that van. Maybe someday we'll see it on BARRETT JACKSON car auction which is on SPEED CH. all weekend.
CHUCK & BUCKEYE TGIF!!!!
HUDSON JOHN, !
MIKE C. continued prayers.
SPANKY, my heart goes out to you and especially TYLER. Hope all goes well and you can stop this disease. Big PRAYERS for you and the family in your time of need. Keep your heads up.
jeffrey-wimberly KRMThere was one big ugly bug we got today, it had a collar on it that said return to Roseyville NC. and the letters F.E.Please don't send that thing down here! A bunch of rednecks would probably capture it and worship it!
That already happened in N.C. thats the reason behind the collar and tag.
And if you remember they had no run against him this last time as mayor .
Morning all. Not a lot going on today should still be sleeping but it was a restless night last night who knows what going on in my head lol.
well time for breakfast will talk to you all later
Good Morning!!
And on that note..I'd like to say that we are experiencing some sun, some cloud, and a bit of rain later on...high of 66F expected this afternoon.
Going to spend part of the day at our local food bank helping out...without doing heavy lifting here...
Have a good day!!
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good morning. It's 55° with 95% humidity. It's partly cloudy. The high will be 85°.Well this morning I'm definitely red and it hurts to move. The plan today is to stay in and do as little possible. I may get some cleanup done on the layout later.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 50 degrees. Going up to 70 today with some sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have to run an errand. Chores to do and work on a project. Lunch and a nap. Not much else new.
Buckeye & LAZ..... TGIF
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Spanky......I will continue to keep your little Tyler in my thoughts and in my prayers. And also, for you, your wife, little Corey, and the family.
Konbanwa,
I played golf today with some office folks today. I stunk as usual but at least I wasn’t at work. Today was also POW/MIA Remembrance Day. I hope we never forget those folks who went through that and those who have not returned yet, and their families. The wife made lasagna for dinner and we all watched Courageous.
Mike C. – It’s good to see you post. Hang in there.
SJ – I’m glad those exams came back okay.
DJ Spanky – I’ll continue to pray for Tyler, you, and your family.
Sayonara,
Joe
Yesterday ( Thursday )....... There was a gas war in Cambridge, Ohio.
Gas was down to $ 2.00 a gallon. It lasted about 4 hours.
Back to $3.68 today.
Aloha. Looks a little grey today. Puzzling through an Ivor the Engine game for the iPad. It's not very intuitive but has good 'scenes' to inform my layout planning. Kev, I watch the new Doctor Who on BBC America, like Jeffrey. It's on ATT's U-Verse. Where are you watching the Twilight Zone? Channel 23?Praying for Mike C, and Tyler. DJ, there's lots of positive treatment options for him (my wife is a pediatric nurse - long hem/oc experience) . Good idea to go north.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
DJ, thoughts and prayers for you and your family, especially Tyler. As the Chief so capably noted a few days ago, we do hang in there for everybody. I need to remember that. On a very insignificant note, "my" soccer girls won 4-1 while "my" soccer boys lost 3-1 to a team in a higher division. Both teams will play at home Saturday with the girls at 10 and the boys at noon. On another minor note, "Special Ed" won the last Indycar race of the season and Ryan Hunter-Reay won the season championship. I hope everyone has a good day.
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