Good Evening...
Things are kinda quiet tonight around here...it got to a mighty 45F today..and will bottom out at 34F tonight....yay...
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Evenin' All.
Been really tired today, had a good run at the museum yesterday. No pile-ups as Laz would say. Did have some DCS/TMCC gremlins pop-up but didn't last to long.
Did run over to Harbor Freight and pick-up a couple of folding sawhorses that were on sale, not the best around but they are adequate for my workloads now.
While out-n-about went to Costco to top off after a couple of trips to the museum this week, $4.63/gl. Part of the problem here, not only the lack of refineries, is the state's air quality control board's use of different blends for different parts of the state which makes it impossible to bring in fuel from out of state. This is also the same bunch that talked about banning dark colors on cars and painting building roofs white because it could help reduce fuel & electricity consumption by reducing AC use.
Later all, gotta go anf start heating the oven for some baked taters, unfortunately can't have bacon bits or sour cream on 'em. Just lots some unsalted butter and maybe some brocolli.
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Evenin' FellasWell we are not waiting for TheQ's certification test results. When she got home I asked her if she was certified... she said she won't hear the results for a couple weeks... I said since she came home she must not be certified... she totally did not get it. This morning I went to get my car's emissions checked. Drove 30 minutes to Frederick only to find that all test stations were closed today for Columbus Day... On the way home Christina and I stopped by the LTS and they were running trains. Once she warmed up to the guys she REALLY enjoyed the trains. I asked her 'what does a train say'... 'CHOO CHOO'!!! Watched the PSU games today... what a game! really impressed with this team... lots of heart and no quit.
It's 54° here now heading for 49° with a small chance of an overnight shower.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Paid $3.29 9/10 about a week ago at my normal station but its back up to $3.37 9/10 today it jumps up and down as its having a mini price war with 2 smaller stations near by. they stay about 1 cent more as there easier to access than my normal station.
Well got my williams Reading SD-45 in today its new in box actually its in a sealed shipping box and also got my EF-4 Rectifier (Norfolk and western) in today also ( same package) its also New in shipping box unopened. Bought them at a deal to where I will put them back up on ebay to resell that was the idea of it when I bought them.
The G scale train set Circus which I bought the other week I bought it to resell and sold it today so that was good. Getting time of year to put my for sale items up not much this year as most I plan to keep now. Not sure about the santa- fe F-3 units I bought as they look nice on the shelf where the southern where ( sent them out to be serviced) Need to put up like 2 more shelves on the one wall and then later we will see about the other wall I plan on using. have like 4 shelves already. That will be nice. I put together my portable fireplace for the den it looks real nice when on. ( turned the fake fire on not the heat lol)
still need to find my soldering gun and solder so I can remove old cord and attach new cord to the zw and then test it. I wouldn't even try to test it the way the old cord was.
Not much else going on waiting to see if the tardis crew show up tonight been a while since I tried to catch it. Hope all have a good sunday I plan to sleep in some ( probably about 8 lol 5:30 is my usual so 8 is sleeping in for me lol)
Talk to you all later
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Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 50s eventually. I have now been to the "Promised Land" and it indeed is a land flowing with milk and honey. "My" soccer boys won the sectional title today 2-0!!!!!!!!! They got two goals in the first half and made the score hold up. After the game was over, I rang the cowbell long and loud. After the team gathered for "official" pictures they invited me to pose with them as well and hold the trophy. It is so SWEET!!!!!!! Maybe next to the wedding day and births of children and grandchildren, this is the best day of my life. I also reffed 3 youth games today as well. It is a good tired. TBIL and buckle your seat belts as there will be barrel rolls aplenty. Banks, I do want to express condolences on your loss. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
rtraincollector I put together my portable fireplace for the den it looks real nice when on. ( turned the fake fire on not the heat lol)
I put together my portable fireplace for the den it looks real nice when on. ( turned the fake fire on not the heat lol)
RT, We lit our first real fire in the fireplace tonight. Very nice, warmed up the place good.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Morning!!
Another fine morning to be had in our wonderful neck of the woods. The colours are just starting to peak out up here for our Thanksgiving weekend, which means that we are seeing a lot of yellows and reds and other such bright coloured leaves....I'm looking forward to walking through all kinds of leaves here
Right now, current temperature is 36F going to a low of 34F....clear night skies ..high later today at 54F...
Today is going to be a rather slow one up here, as our usual coffee klatch crew is meeting here rather than at the diner...have a good day!!
Good night [morning]. Busy day. Main thing was Box got uplights under front windows like the house. Looks great.
SJ, I hear barking and howling. Think the dogs are ready for a sled ride.
Reclinerized in front of TV. TWC came and replaced the cable box. It was the DVR one so lost all my recorded shows again. Wifey lost all her Christmas Movies. Took a while for the to reprogram all the shows I record. Now all OK.
Took David [David and Jeanie own Hunters Haven] and boys to Buffaloe Wild Wings for dinner. Jeanie ["adopted" daughter] is having girls weekend at their beach house. David hit a deer with big Dodge Pickup on the way home.
Mirra, our cat sounds like the rest. She is an indoor and outdoor cat. No litter box.
My pickup is a 97 Silverado 3 door. Great paint and runs great. 135 K and replaced battery, alternator, front hubs/ rotors on last brake job and about it. Runs strong as original 350. Does drink a little gas but that is because gas is not as good a quality as in the late 90's. Always has had synthetic oil.
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
Good morning. It's 48° headed to a high of 62. Humidity is 92%. It'll be mostly cloudy.Nothing particular on the agenda today, just whatever I get around to doing. I have a throbbing pain in my left ankle that's really bugging me. Bone pain isn't fun. Darn medicine side effect. There are several I take that can cause it so it's difficult to lock it down to a particular one. Oh well, it'll stop eventually. I removed the SP F7 body from the Mantua dummy chassis and put it on a powered Athearn clone chassis, a cut down Proto or Stewart. It has a Bachmann decoder so it's slow on startup but it runs smooth and picks up speed quickly. I'll have to modify the mounting slots on the sides of the body as they don't go back quite far enough. That's an easy fix.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 46 degrees. Going up to 50 today with a low tonite of 35.
Today is an easy day. I have a small errand to run and a few chores to do. Then, I will relax and watch the Nascar race from Talladega.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Morning. Yankee invasion of cool air and rain. Got lots of tomatoes this am before the rain. Turnips growing. Off to lake house tomorrow AM to take Fred to the range to shoot his rifles. Back Tues. around noon.
Now you ask what happened to the range you had at the lease in Roseyville. Here is the long awaited story. Grandson-in-law of the lady kept raising h*** about shoot and damaging land by putting lead in the dam. On Labor Day, Jaysen shot his rifle 6 times to zero. Guy came down there cussing and raising h***. Called me. Told him to shove it. His FIL called and I told him his SIL's actions. He denied it and parts of our recent conversation. Told him it was his. Took all our cables, poles and shooting range away. GSIL put up his own cables [which you can lift up and drive right under. No cable on the back side [he does not know the property boundries]. Property is already growing up and I'm sure pond will got to pot too. Sad. GSIL has already had a run in with my Town Board. All Commissioners are mad at him. Sad such a nice place will go bad. I was tired of putting up with him and not owning it. I did get a new pistol range from a guy in edge of Town. May result in a rifle range later.
Big thunder out side!!!!!! with cool winds.
Have a great week.
Good Morning,
Had a great day yesterday, did well. Did some wiring planning also. Want to optimize the use of wal worts and eliminate some, also have more flexibility with lighting. Adding some of the 4.5v 100 ma lights for accent, and also inside facades.
Off to day to see if I can manage the engine without creating any incidents. Should be able to I'm certain. AND its not going to be so hot.
Hope everyone has a great day! Take Care and God Bless
Don
blownout cylinderGood Morning!! Another fine morning to be had in our wonderful neck of the woods. The colours are just starting to peak out up here for our Thanksgiving weekend, which means that we are seeing a lot of yellows and reds and other such bright coloured leaves....I'm looking forward to walking through all kinds of leaves here
BOC......when I was a kid leaves were not a hassle. They were a precious gift from above. They were an exciting passage of the season leading up to Halloween and Thanksgiving. Their presence meant family gatherings when everyone would be out moving the leaves to organized piles for supervised burning and play. I remember the mesmerizing essence of the smoke and the hours spent "together" on those Fall weekends.
Alas, now we folks have burning bans, electronic distractions, or are just to busy to stop and smell the smoke. The good old days are gone. And the leaves burning is just another fond memory.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
It's 42, didn't go down to freezing, stayed cloudy. No sled team yet. Chief better be nice, us yank's just might send you a special present before next spring arrives. Yesterday was a good day for my Fav football teams and the Tigers won the first playoff game But, they used their best pitcher so only time will tell how it will end...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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RockIsland52when I was a kid leaves were not a hassle. They were a precious gift from above. They were an exciting passage of the season leading up to Halloween and Thanksgiving. Their presence meant family gatherings when everyone would be out moving the leaves to organized piles for supervised burning and play. I remember the mesmerizing essence of the smoke and the hours spent "together" on those Fall weekends.
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Went to my parents place for breakfast this morning. Scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, gravy. Came back home and vacuumed the dust out of the heater and tested it. It's working OK. Haven't required it's services yet. Weather guesser says the coolest night this coming week will be in the high forties. Shouldn't even need the heater unless we get a good north wind off the lake. Projected forecast says 10mph so that shouldn't be a problem. No heat on so far and it's a nice 70° in here. It's 50° outside with 16mph ENE gusts.
Hi GUYZ,
49 here and rainy day today. Gotta go take dog for second walk now. Making apple crisp this afternoon and laundry. Got another part of the yarden dug and put in compost. Only have to pull out tomatoes and peppers yet then dig that under and compost. Gotta take out pumps from ponds next weekend, and close down ponds.
BLOWNOUT, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! up there in the Great White North.
CHUCK, BIG TRIBE NEWS!!!! We got a new manager in TERRY FRANCONA. He's a JACK reject from Boston so I don't know if thats gonna work?
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
RockIsland52 blownout cylinderGood Morning!! Another fine morning to be had in our wonderful neck of the woods. The colours are just starting to peak out up here for our Thanksgiving weekend, which means that we are seeing a lot of yellows and reds and other such bright coloured leaves....I'm looking forward to walking through all kinds of leaves here BOC......when I was a kid leaves were not a hassle. They were a precious gift from above. They were an exciting passage of the season leading up to Halloween and Thanksgiving. Their presence meant family gatherings when everyone would be out moving the leaves to organized piles for supervised burning and play. I remember the mesmerizing essence of the smoke and the hours spent "together" on those Fall weekends. Alas, now we folks have burning bans, electronic distractions, or are just to busy to stop and smell the smoke. The good old days are gone. And the leaves burning is just another fond memory. Jack
In Roseyville we have an open fire ban. Can do grills and open fire pits only. One female Commissioner caused so much "noise" that everyone gave in and voted it in. One of those, "one person causes problems for all". A retired guy in her neighborhood burned something every day. Instead of address the probleming [she did not want to disturb him as he was long time resident and big in the Church ], she went this way. Now we the residents [not in our taxes so we can deduct] have to pay for street pickup of yard waste.
Later
Good Sunday morning everyone!
Cloudy and wet today. Yesterday was a great day for yard work and plenty was done before a family party for my son who turned 25 yesterday. Normally the birthday child gets to choose which restaurant to eat and I take the family out for dinner, but he chose hamburgers on the grill. Fine by me, whatever he wants.
Laz and Chuck - Francona seems to be a good choice, nice guy. But ownership need to give him the right players for them to compete.
RI Jack - I will be sending you a Yankees Fan Club application in the mail this week. With the form will be a hat and a Thurman Munson jersey. I hope you wear it and enjoy it.
HudsonJohn - When you talked with your financial planner this week, I was curious as to what advice my sister gave you?
Banks - Sorry to hear about your lose. We all go through this from time to time. And that's what will heal you, time.
JoeD - Game 1 tonight. 6:00 in Fifedog's neck of the wood's. Let the games begin.
SJ - There's a lot of talk here in Jersey about the MVP race between Cabrera (who I think should win) and a Jersey kid Trout. He's from Vineland NJ and is 21. He had a great year but my best argument is that Cabrera won the Triple Crown. I guess a tie would be ok too. Your thoughts?
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Nothing is predictable in sports. The Tiger pitcher is considered the best in the league. At age 21 they might give your guy the VIP award though.
No leaf burning allowed here. Can't rake them into the street either. They have to be bagged in those giant paper bags, no plastic. I don't get knee deep in leaves so I just chop them up with the lawn mower..S.J.
Jeffrey, does that Baldwin NYC diesel in your picture have the right kind of trucks? I don't know, I'm just asking. I know the 6 axle units had a different style naturally. I saw some of them when I was a kid on the old original Norfolk and Southern Railway but don't think they bought any 4 axle units.
Off to TTOS train meet this morning.
Don, good luck on the steamer today.
later,
SPMan
SPManJeffrey, does that Baldwin NYC diesel in your picture have the right kind of trucks? I don't know, I'm just asking. I know the 6 axle units had a different style naturally. I saw some of them when I was a kid on the old original Norfolk and Southern Railway but don't think they bought any 4 axle units.
It's a four axle switcher but I did change out the trucks on it with a pair from a Proto FA1. You can see the difference in the photos below.
Original trucks:
Replacement trucks:
DOUG M and KEV,
GO BEARS!!!!! Almost forgot.
Good Afternoon.
After all the closet shoveling and front end loading...plus all the NAS reformatting and who knows what all else I'm finally done all kinds of schtuff for the house....I hope.
We got all up to 53F today, in the cloud and partial sun...
Chief, Jack: We are kind of in the same boat here..no open fires and such...paper bag time for sure here..but we did this here for years now. As far as I am concerned we mulch ours...once we finish playing in it...lol!
Hi Guys!
Been AWOL this past summer. Been dealing with getting the youngest into college, the oldest moved out of the house (Yeah - empty nesters!!!!), construction at the lake house, and yard rework at our main house - whew!
Hope all are well. Headed to York week after next. Left a post on Don's York post.
Watching NASCAR - go Jr!
Regards, Roy
Went to my parents place for dinner. My mother was home from the nursing home for the day. She's being taken back there now. Before I left to come back home we all got together for a family photo. Myself, my father, mother, both sisters, their significant others, my niece and her significant other. Somehow the camera didn't blow into a million pieces. I've had all I can eat for today. I have a doctor appointment in the morning so that'll be the morning shot.
47 degrees
A quiet day. Maybe some banilla and the Tardis ride later..S.J.
I'm workin my way through the newest CTT, a very good issue.
Chilly and misting rain. Back from a political fund raiser for a friend of mine in the other part of the County. Can't even vote for him as out of my District. Kev, don't have a heart attack but the guy is a DEM. I'm doing the same for my house district. [not arguing politics, just stating my agenda and facts]
I use to mulch all my leaves into the garden. Well, with the Box taking up so much garden and then Wifey's garden is in boxes, not much room as my little garden is small. Since we have a giant oak tree in front and three pecan trees in the back, think I may have a problem this year.
Stay warm.
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