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Coffee Pot #3 MARCH 2013 NINE years [April 1 is Anniv.] and going strong and its for all to chat. Plenty of coffee and sweet ice tea for all. Come and join us and chat. Grits for the Yanks. Locked

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Posted by cheapclassics on Friday, March 22, 2013 10:49 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 30s.  A long hard week is coming to an end.   Good news first.  Second and last drainage tube was removed from daughter yesterday.  She is home and doing better.  Thank you again for all the support.  Work is going well.  Indycar racing is starting this weekend.  Local high school team plays for Class AAA boys baketball championship Saturday night.  Congrats to Chief for 27 years.  Condolences to Bo on last of friend.  Continued prayers for Fife Princess.  Prayers for RI52 and all the issues he is facing. 

As far as that which I cannot talk about, we have taken some financial hits on that situation, but it could be much, much worse.  We are taking steps to compensate for what was lost, but there has been an emotional stress as well.  One way or the other, we will reach an endpoint to one phase by the first of May and then I will be able to discuss it here.  Until then, I continue to ask for your thoughts and prayers not so much for myself as I just trucking (or maybe training) along, but for my wife and the rest of the family.  The one point I can clarify is that no member of the family is having any medical issues.

TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by fifedog on Friday, March 22, 2013 10:57 AM

Mornin' boys.  Sunny & 37 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Just imagine how much colder it would be without global warmingDots - Sign  Speaking of, our state overlords just passed legislation forcing windfarms off the Atlantic beachheads, raising the electric rates now to pay for the privilege.  Now they are mulling (read arm-twisting) a 21 cent per gallon gas tax.  Beware the teflon leprechan...

Brutus - Hope y'all feelin' better today.

TGIF!

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Posted by fifedog on Friday, March 22, 2013 11:00 AM

cheapclassics - Continued Angel.

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Posted by Banks on Friday, March 22, 2013 11:19 AM

Hello all,

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breezy cold with occasional snohio flurries here today. Sure is cold for March

Going to fry fish later. Kinda hope it's a slow night. My sinus' are pounding Got some pills from the Doc but they don't seem to be doing much. Only one more to go for this year. I'll try t get back later.

Best get back to the SS Fund

Prayers for those in need

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Posted by Hudson#685 on Friday, March 22, 2013 11:19 AM

Started at 27 and up to 41 at noon.

I had a good time with Mom last night. she made chicken for dinner and I rewired, cleaned the motor and serviced a recently purchased 2046w tender. Waiting for the wife and we are going out to lunch and a nice day out.

Jeffrey: I hope your knee is doing better.

Brutus: Jim, I hope you and the family feel better.

Demay, Joe: That will be great if you can make it to York in October.

Buckeye: Good luck with the doctors.

Mike C: Prayers for your situation and your daughter's recovery.

Fife: Contiued prayers for Alexis.

AF53, Ray: 2 boxes here.

Everyone Have a Great Day!

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Posted by Zero Export on Friday, March 22, 2013 11:47 AM

Mike C. / CheapClassics:

Keep your head up. It will get better.

This is hard for me to say because, I, like alot of you guys, am whallowing in my own misery

An Old American Indian once told me this, and I think theres merit to it:

We have all allready survived the WORST day of our lives.  That was the day we were born,

Why is this you wonder? Think about this.   You just popped out of your mother, your BROKE your HUNGERY,  your soaking WET, your NAKED, you have no CLOTHES, you have no MONEY, your COLD, and then, someone you never met, nor did anything to, picks you up and slapps your butt.

That is the WORST day you will ever endure.  yes here and there we'll run into one or more of the above, but never all of them at the same time.

My food for thought for today

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Posted by SPMan on Friday, March 22, 2013 11:49 AM

Bo, condolences for the loss of your friend.Angel  You read about these things but it's hard when it is so close to you.  Tragic loss!

Ray

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Posted by KRM on Friday, March 22, 2013 3:23 PM

Hudson#685

 Just a quick peek, I have been running all day. Just got back from a run to Alsip to pick up a 2012 Kia for the dealership and now I have to get ready to leave and go to Joliet for Jerry's wake.

 So if you don't mind John I will let you sum it up for me. Wink

Jeffrey: I hope your knee is doing better.

Brutus: Jim, I hope you and the family feel better.

 Buckeye: Good luck with the doctors.

Mike C: Prayers for your situation and your daughter's recovery.

Fife: Contiued prayers for Alexis.

 Everyone Have a Great Day!

John   Kev. I will catch up later.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Friday, March 22, 2013 7:01 PM

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Chief,

Please give Ms. Pam my condolences.  I know she puts up with too much after my Roseyville Raid last year.  Laugh

 Buckeye The next raid you plan, give me a call I would like to ride along. Whistling

Kevin.....Make sure you watch about a dozen Dukes of Hazards movies such that you have the training to run from Boss Hog  The Chief.  Do you know how close I came to getting the cuffs put on me and spending the rest of my life on a chain gang in the swamps filled with snakes south of Roseyville living on bread and water? (Have you ever seen Cool Hand Luke?) Blindfold  The situation  was not for the faint of heart.Broken Heart

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Friday, March 22, 2013 7:23 PM

Ryan: Wise words!  I believe it!

Angel for the Princesses...Mike C., Ryan & Jack, Bo and his friend

Happy Anniversary Chief & Pam

Major fire in township Wednesday night....Got to bed at 945 that night, was up at 1100 for ladder assignment, turned out to be a false alarm, back in bed by 1200 midnight.  Up at 0120 for fire, got back to the station, got trucks back in service off to shower and shave then to work.  Saving grace was it was half day for me.  Got home at 230, napped until 5, ate then off to firehouse for drill then home at 9. 

Wild and woolly...I used to do those all nighters when I was younger....forget it now....OMG I was so tired I did 2 cups of joe...I usually only do 1 per day..... made it through.  1 injury, some dope left his helmet in the truck and go whacked with a hose coupling...4 stitches.  Occupant got out with her dog.  I heard her cat was missing...can't confirm it, though.

Work tomorrow...if the blinkin' car starts Bang Head...almost wouldn't let me go home tonight...and my parts are in Edison....stupid USPS........I paid extra for Priority shipping.

Brent  -  good talk!!! Thumbs Up

off to bed

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Posted by Lehigh Valley 2089 on Friday, March 22, 2013 7:35 PM

Hello. Nice to finally get on today.

Not a whole lot to do today. Did some more body work on the ol' P-38J. Still plenty of body work to do on it, but I'm going to be able to do some more painting on it soon.

Angel Prayers for those who need them.

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, March 22, 2013 8:42 PM

Temp is 36

Banilla is ready, so let's see who shows for the Thingy ride...S.J.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, March 22, 2013 8:43 PM

I went to the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery today and registered for internment there when that time comes. There are after all many more days behind than there are ahead. I hope I don't have to make another trip to town and back before the first of the month. I'm pretty low on gas. With that minor chore done I went to my fathers place and had lunch with him. Chicken pies, mashed potatoes, corn, broccoli and some small potatoes about the size of walnuts. I then talked him into letting me have his Blue-Ray player. He's had it for a couple of years and never once opened the box. It was one of those things my mother bought on QVC. She was always buying stuff just to be shopping. I have it hooked up here and it works great! Very little done on the layout today.

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.



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Posted by Lehigh Valley 2089 on Friday, March 22, 2013 8:55 PM

Getting late. Night everyone.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Friday, March 22, 2013 9:48 PM

Evening all!

Certainly glad the week is over. It got pretty cool here today. It is only 50 Mischief

Looking forward to a low key weekend!

Stay well all!

Regards, Roy

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Posted by KRM on Friday, March 22, 2013 9:58 PM

Buckeye Riveter

KRM

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Chief,

Please give Ms. Pam my condolences.  I know she puts up with too much after my Roseyville Raid last year.  Laugh

 Buckeye The next raid you plan, give me a call I would like to ride along. Whistling

Kevin.....Make sure you watch about a dozen Dukes of Hazards movies such that you have the training to run from Boss Hog  The Chief.  Do you know how close I came to getting the cuffs put on me and spending the rest of my life on a chain gang in the swamps filled with snakes south of Roseyville living on bread and water? (Have you ever seen Cool Hand Luke?) Blindfold  The situation  was not for the faint of heart.Broken Heart

Buckeye. Good point  I was thinking  I  just don't want our escape don’t end up like the last shot in the movie Macon County Line. Surprise

Long day, we have the munchkin so they don’t have to worry about her during Jerry’s funeral tomorrow. She would just be too much to handle at 30 months old. It will work out better this way.

Time to put Lexi down for the night.

Catch you guys tomorrow.

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Posted by Demay on Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:10 AM

Konnichiwa,

I was able to sleep in until 0930 this morning.  I was the last one to wake up.  I took the kids for a quick 1-mile run (pushed the 2 y/o in a jogging stroller) and came home to a big breakfast/brunch.  The wife made eggs, bacon, sausage, and biscuits and gravy.  She makes the biscuits and gravy from scratch which makes them even better.  The weather is pleasant and after I finish some schoolwork I’ll do some more work on the playhouse.  The wife will be playing Bunco tonight with the rest of the wives from my office.  That means the kids and I will be on our own so who knows what will happen.

BOC – I need to move near you; I wish we still had snow.

Jack – I’m glad all is well with you.  You are a very generous and caring man; your family is truly blessed.  It's too bad you bring yourself down by liking those Sox. Laugh

Mike C. – It’s great to hear your daughter is doing well.  You and your family are in my prayers.

Sayonara,

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Posted by submmbob on Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:33 AM

Hello all

Worked on my buddy's Daewoo today. Cylinder head is back on, but the torque sequence is kind of interesting. Will need to do some more research there. Tomorrow, I hope to get the new timing belt on and the engine mount back in. Then he can clean out the oil pan.

Think I figured out the problem. He put autolite plugs in a GM engineStick out tongue

Jack - good to hear from you!

DougM  - incoming...

Mike - good news on your daughter and thoughts and prayers for the family.

Jeffrey - will see what I can find in 1/96 scale CorvairsWink

Car is running fairly well BTW. Need to put in the electric fuel pump up front @ some point. Will help w/ fuel boil off.

No more RR cars in today. Maybe tomorrow.

Hope to assemble the 'new' bike later this weekend.

Bob

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, March 23, 2013 3:50 AM

submmbob wrote: Think I figured out the problem. He put autolite plugs in a GM engineStick out tongue

LaughLaugh

Good Morning

Gonna be a somewhat sunny/cloudy sorta kinda day hereConfused high near 32 expected...

Had a good day yesterday..managed to find a few boxcars  of the correct vintage to make up a string of graincars 35 cars long...tying that lot to 3 RS2's  oughta look good on my layout...Big Smile

Today? A quiet day is planned....no runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff...hopefully, that is....Whistling

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Posted by KEVINK22 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 6:32 AM

Good Morning All,

 Early start to my day. One of my sons was up for most of the night with either growing pains, or teeth pains as he is only 2.5 and still has molars that are trying to come in. So i have been up for sometime. No breakfast as of yet. Having a easter egg hunt at the house for friend, and their kids so all are bringing some goodies for an in prompt to bruch, so i'll feast than;b ut first a COLD T-Ball practice for my oldest son this morning. Hope everyone has a good day!

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Saturday, March 23, 2013 6:56 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....

It is a cold 21 degrees. Going up to 45 today with some sunshine.

Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I can do some reading and relax. Not much else new.

Baseball game and Nascar race on TV today.

Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Saturday.

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:33 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  Ran trains last nite, NO PILE UPs!!!  Off to GUN SHOW.

Stay frosty my friends,

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:47 AM

Good morning. It's 60° with 100% humidity. The high will be 75° and there's a fair chance of getting wet.


No hard and fast plans today. I might do some cleanup work on the layout later. Otherwise it's looking like stay off the feet kind of day.



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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:17 AM

Temp is 31, and cloudy.

Well I had a nice chat with RT last night, Brutus must have been playing with his zombies. He showed up just as I stumbled out of the Tardis. For our "Other Forum" readers, I had a fried egg and Spam sandwich for breakfast. Happy weekend to all...S.J.

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:53 AM

Zero Export
Just popin in to say hi, I skimed the last few days of posts, hope to catch up tonight.  I have been busey and really sick.

It was all could do to get her at the airport yesterday.  I threw up so vionlently last night I pulled a musscle or some thing in my back.

Then I have to listen to her go on and on about the fact I did nothing while she was away.  I guess I am not entitled to some time off anymore.

Ryan

Ryan......Except for the illness part, this should be my post...... but I don't remember posting it.  Whistling  Hope you are feeling better! Angel

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Posted by Banks on Saturday, March 23, 2013 10:32 AM

Hello all,

First off Welcome to KEVINK22  as the Clampet's would say............ sit a spell, take your shoes off. Y'all come back now, y'hear?

The Seafood buffet was slow last evening. I didn't hear the count but I'll be surprised if it's over 600. When the count is low we still put out a lot of food because it's easy to go back through the line. (it is all you care to eat)

On a more unpleasant note the headline in today's paper was disturbing. It seems our Parish's pastor has been accused of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 90's...............................

Not sure what the rest of the weekend will bring.

Prayers for those in need

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Posted by KRM on Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:09 PM

Hi all

I have been running since Lexi got up at 7:00. I just put her down for a nap.  Zzz She pi$$ed off Grandma because she stuck her finger into two tomatoes?? What the heck why not she is a two year old. Mischief

I will check beck later.

     Welcome Kevin, BTW,,,,,,,, Great Name!!!  Laugh

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Posted by Zero Export on Saturday, March 23, 2013 3:34 PM

Boy, do i have alota catching up to do.

Still fuzzy

perhaps I'll try to catch up and comment later

were gonna try to go out to eat.

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Posted by Lehigh Valley 2089 on Saturday, March 23, 2013 5:54 PM

Ahhhhhhhh..............nice to finally get on.

Been working on an English term paper all day, about John D. Rockefeller.

Also got some great body work done on the P-38J Lightning. Pretty dusty right now. *achooo*

KEVINK22, Welcome

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:41 PM

wrmcclellan

Certainly glad the week is over. It got pretty cool here today. It is only 50 Mischief

Kiss MY GRITS!!!!  I suppose you are mowing the grass, too.

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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