58 degrees going to the low 70s and cloudy with a chance of rain. (Fat chance that is.) In North Central IL.
No plans for today. Just going to let it happen. I am looking for (11) 35" straight tracks I got from a guy. for $20.00 to show up today.
DougM, Twlight Zone is on top of the news at 10:00PM on channel 23. That is okay with me I watch the news at 6:00. I will look to see if I get BBC America on DirecTV. Thanks,
Prayers for Mike C, Tyler, DJ and his wife, Bank's dad and anyone else in need. Been a bad week. TGIF
BOC Is a good example of what can happen with prayer and positive thinking.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
RockIsland52 Chuck......thank the Lord for your gasoline prices @ $3.68 per gallon (87 octane?) We are 15 cents per gallon higher than you. Add another 25 cents per gallon for premium grade. There is a Sunoco with a car wash up in Derry NH where we stop at while we go dog training, knock 30 cents off a gallon if you get a car wash. Brent.......I think JimmyT has it right. The girls in your household, the C and the Q, have you bamboozled and brainwashed, no hope for you despite our unsollicited advice.
Chuck......thank the Lord for your gasoline prices @ $3.68 per gallon (87 octane?) We are 15 cents per gallon higher than you. Add another 25 cents per gallon for premium grade. There is a Sunoco with a car wash up in Derry NH where we stop at while we go dog training, knock 30 cents off a gallon if you get a car wash.
Brent.......I think JimmyT has it right. The girls in your household, the C and the Q, have you bamboozled and brainwashed, no hope for you despite our unsollicited advice.
Good Mornin' Y'all From Cool and Overcast Cape Ann Taxachusetts,
Another weather front moved up from the Southeast but is primarily located off the right coast. We won't see 70 today, but the rain will probably miss us. Fridays on my schedule include de-pooification (highly technical term) in the back yard. The four legged manufacturing plant never quits.
We have some friends who are driving up today from the Pittsburgh, destination is Loudon NH and the New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the car races this weekend. Wifey and I are going to meet up with them tomorrow night for dinner some place on the water in Newburyport MA. At least, that is the plan.
My tax dollars at work (NOT). The city's workers are outside right now with some bucket contraption, first pulling off all of the curbside drain grates and then removing all of the accumulated leaves, mud, sand, and debris down below for better Winter street drainage......one would think they would do that AFTER all of the leaves have fallen and gone down the drain, not before. BTW......the city's delayed mosquito abatement plan (from earlier this week) seems dead with no word if or when it will occur. Guess the powers that be just figure we citizens can fend for ourselves against Eastern Equine Encephelitis and the West Nile virus-infected critters that were discovered in my neighborhood recently. Since I abut a pond and wetlands, my family is the most likely victim. And I even voted for the mayor!!!!
Banks.....I hope your Dad is doing OK, will continue to add him in my chat with HER/HIM.
MikeC......I hope you will not be MIA too long and that your challenge is overcome. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
RaySP......prayers for Chris and his family.
BOC.......that is very thoughtful of you to help out at the food bank today.
JoeyD.....thank you for the reminder that this is POW/MIA Day. I listened to the national news this AM and they could not find the decency to mention it amid all of the election politics stories and the rest of the garbage they aired. And I think I would not have cared if they had to drop a story on some (another) knucklehead teen who smashed his speeding car into a tree when he should have long since been home in bed. Medflighted into Boston, no life threatening injuries.
DougM.....I figured an ultra- techie like you would have spent last night camped out in line, waiting to get an Iphone 5. Seriously, don't people have better things to do with their time? Is this new Apple product that life-critical? Is it that much better than what they have? Are not these phones going to be available after today? Priorities? These types have none. I would be motified to be seen on local and national TV, smiling and cheering like I was some sort of buffoon.
Jeff.......along with the cupholder, add one of those canopies to the list of options on your Dad's next mower, like one sees on golf carts. It sounds like you need to wear clothing that lets less sunlight through when you mow your Dad's place.......or mow in the dark. That current mower got a headlight on it?
KEV........I sure hope the exterminators didn't kill off any of the "beneficial bugs."
LAZ......what are you doing out exercising before the sun rises? You are a retiree. Please act like one!!!! Re the visit to the Ford dealership this morning, I am certain while I type this that your "one hour visit" has been extended because you naively believed them, hope you brought along some good reading material. Re the vinyl fence you want to put up because of a neighbor issue, I thought that was what the new bow was for. BTW, the Speed Channel is now called the Velocity Channel, the change happened a couple of months ago. As a retiree, you also need to keep up with important changes like this.
RT......You live in the South. How on earth are you going to get by with just one last lawn mowing for the season (today)? Up my way we keep cranking until the grass stops growing and the leaves are all picked up, figure a week into November for the last pass.
Chuck......thank the Lord for your gasoline prices @ $3.68 per gallon (87 octane?) We are 15 cents per gallon higher than you. Add another 25 cents per gallon for premium grade. There is a Sunoco with a car wash up in Derry NH where we stop at while we go dog training, and theyknock 30 cents off a gallon if you get a car wash.
SJ.......usually I am wiped out when I get done mowing the lawn. Then I skip the trimming and edging, why my place always looks a tad unkempt because I never seem to get back out there and fininsh off the job the next day.
Brent.......I think JimmyT has it right. The girls in your household, the C and the Q, have you bamboozled and brainwashed, no hope for you despite our unsollicited, expert advice.
Chief......glad you are hard at work getting Fred's and your chainsaws in proper working order. Now you are ready for "The Roseyville Chainsaw Massacre" when you find those ne'er-do-wells who have been violating the deer stands.
8N.......you pondered whether management appreciates the fact that they have made a decision that will mean your postponing or cancelling your long-since communicated vacation plans. In a word, NO!!!! They don't care a lick nor even give it a thought. Your problem.
Years ago I postponed my honeymoon to make sure some life or death project was completed on time. So after I got done smoothing over wifey ruffled feathers, I rescheduled our getaway and knocked out the project.. You guessed it, three days before we were schduled to depart the second time, my workaholic/ has-no-life boss came up with another "life and death, you have to attend this meeting" scenario. I nodded in agreement, told him it was ok provided he could convince my wife, dialed the phone, then handed it to him. he was stunned. Long story short, he made me hang up the phone, we went on our honeymoon as rescheduled, and the world did not come to an end with my absence at the stupid meeting. I had one of my staff handle the meeting for me. Management DOES NOT CARE. Today matters are even worse: staffs have been cut to the bone, all flexibility gone, one hiccup and bad things happen. And there is the spector of job security looming over one's head.
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Hello all
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!
Not much time today. Special prayers for Wes Mike C and Spanky's Tyler
Been like a long tailed cat in a room full o rockers. Took Dad to ER last Saturday. He's supposed to get home today
Try to get back over the weekend
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
To all,
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.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
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.
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.
Chuck
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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!!
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/
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!
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.
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
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hi GUYZ,
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.
Stay frosty,
laz57
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.
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.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Time for me to call it a night. Maybe this sunburn won't hurt so much after a nights sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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.
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 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
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.
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.
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