New August Coffee Pot. 10 years old. For those to visit and chat. Open to all. Besides coffee; soft drinks, water, oatmeal and GRITS.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Sunny and a little warmer today...cool off starts tonight though.

Going to be somewhat busy this weekend here...we are onstage at the club and then we are having a BBQ on Sunday....we are going to be hosting a block party...with my band playing. ...

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Looks like rain any minute. Going up to 78 today with a humid rainy day.

Today is a busy day. Wife is grocery shopping. She is not happy about it in  the rain. I have chores to do and a project to finish. Put groceries away and have lunch. Then, a nice nap.

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Buckeye & LAZ.............  TGIF

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Brent and I will be headed to the Nauti Goose in Northeast (Cecil Co), MD tomorrow (Sat) around 2.  Any of you guys that wanna join us, let us know, we'll save you a chair.

[dwiemer]

So sorry to hear of Don's misfortune.  He will be OK, you know how tough them Railroaders are!  Don, will keep you and the team taking care of you in prayer.  Gotta watch out for those steam engines, they can be a dangerous place to hang around.

been busy with work and adoption ministry we are starting in our church. Both require time and effort, but it all runs together...not enough time in the day.  Kids start school today, so that will only add to the running around. Have to run as need to do my morning reading and prayers...will certainly be lifting Don and those putting up with him, I mean taking care of him.

May God Bless,

Dennis

[blownout cylinder]

Big Congas should go to Jonadel and The Chief for running the news of Don's upcoming surgery to us...great going, guys!!

Many  going to Don and his family in this time..we have him on our churches prayer list as well..

[SPMan]

Got a phone call from Don himself about the time we were fixing dinner.  Sounded good considering.  The accident happened yesterday and he said they didn't get his overalls off of him until today.  Had to cut them off.  He said it was his guess that he would probably remain in the hospital until Monday but nobody really knows at this point I guess.  As of now the surgery is scheduled for 1:00PM on Friday.  He said surgeon was too busy today.  I told him that I would stay in touch as things progress.  We should all be hearing more from him when he gets back on a computer.

Ray

[sir james I]

Sorry to read about Don. I hope all goes well for him and that he can heal quickly.

S.J.

[AF53]

DonB - !

[SPMan]

Frank and Jon, thanks for the updates on D.Baker.  I don't think I have his cell number.  I have his home number but didn't want to bother Kaye until things settle down.  I will be talking to him ASAP but don't want to interfere with family.  Sounds like he did a number on that leg. for good recovery.  Left message on the home phone for Kaye

later,

Ray

[cnw1995]

Wow. Prayers for Don to be comfortable overnight and through surgery tomorrow. 

Threshing Bee was great. Lots of steam tractors, and big and small steam engines, including a gigantic Corliss.  Photos later. 

[ChiefEagles]

Home from lake house.  Don is doing OK for a broken leg the length ways.  Left femur is the one basically shattered.  Putting in plate and screwing bone to it.  He hit the like lower step of the engine when he fell and that did the damage.  The other bone is broken but has been set.  Had hole in his right foot [two stiches] from unknown source.  Think maybe a shoe tack came up through the sole.  Mystery. Has bad jammed left thumb.  He is left handed.

Don this morning.  Finally cut overalls off.

What a happy face.

Surgery is tomorrow at 1 PM PDT. [we hope]

Kay is in for a time when he gets home.  He is not a good patient.

He may be calling some of you. [bored]  Testing him some phone numbers.

Later

[jefelectric]

Don is on good spirits considering his situation, talked to him about 4:30 and he told me about the surgery delay until tomorrow. He had just gotten some pain killer and was feeling pretty good. They let him use his cell but signal is sketchy, texting is more reliable.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Don.... You know that I'll get the Chief for doing this to you.   It might take me some time but the snow cannon, the hurricane mixer and maybe another Roseyville Raid will teach that Rascal a lesson.  

If you need a good doctor, I would suggest Doctor 88 be flown out from Baltimore.  He has a great reputation for cutting skin.  

Chuck....Make sure you give Don that name of that physical therapist who you bragged upon and made us all jealous.  

 

[rtraincollector]

Gee Don knew you said the neighbors where upset because of the chief being there but man did they ever take it out on you sorry to here maybe you need some of the chiefs body guards.

Okay seriously now Don you and all concern in this are in both Donna's and mine prayers Hope you come out of this A OKAY Take care there Buddy.

Started a thread on the main page as need some help in removing some paint I'm thinking the blue probably came from a paint by numbers the gold not to sure.

Take care all

[dougdagrump]

jonadel

Heard from Chief earlier (at the lake) that he had received a  text from Don and will be having surgery at 1:00 PDT, sure hope he gets the pretty nurses   Chief wanted to make sure everyone knew of the schedule.

This might be a good time to stop and say a prayer for the Drs. and Don.  He's going to be in for a long rehab but I know he will give it his best.

Jon, Based on experience, it seems as though they only have the really pretty ones in the "Cardiac Critical Care Units". 

Been busy all afternoon working on the Better-Half's surprise anniversary party. RSVP's should arrive tomorrow at our daughter's house and the custom printed invitations on monday. Now if I can just get the printing done on the RSVP's without "You Know Who" finding them.

All packed for the museum tomorrow, will be there saturday as well for Family Circus Day. Some really nice Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey displays. They squeezed us out of the area where we did the G gauge circus trains last year, don't know yet what kind of space we have this year.
Later All

 for Don. 

[jonadel]

Just off the phone with Chief, Don's surgery has been postponed until tomorrow, same time.  Apparently the surgeon had a longer than expected surgery today and decided to wait until tomorrow on Don's, has to be tough for Don & Kay.  If I hear anything more from Chief I will post.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Prayers out for Don Baker. I hope his surgery and rehab go very well.

Chuck

[jonadel]

Heard from Chief earlier (at the lake) that he had received a  text from Don and will be having surgery at 1:00 PDT, sure hope he gets the pretty nurses   Chief wanted to make sure everyone knew of the schedule.

This might be a good time to stop and say a prayer for the Drs. and Don.  He's going to be in for a long rehab but I know he will give it his best.

[SPMan]

Don, this is terrible.  Sounds like you tried to join the birds while on the steam engine.  I do hope and pray that the surgery will go well.  I will try to call you when you get home and feel up to it.  Glad it wasn't worse.  This is bad enough.  Knott's has lost their best fireman and I hope not for long.

Ray

 

[wrmcclellan]

Afternoon all,

Wow! Prayers for Don B!

Just got e-mail access and some Internet access issues resolved after weeks of dealing with it.

[dougdagrump]

News Update:

Leg broken in four places between ankle and knee, surgery scheduled for noon today.

 

Hhmmmm, a couple of possibilities here:

>maybe still hungover from birthday celebration.

>or maybe a little messy handling coal/ashes and his walker tripped him.

 

All joking aside, that surgery goes well and recovery is quick.

[blownout cylinder]

Banks

DJSpanky

lion88roar

for Don!

Just saw this - what's going on with Don?

It seems he fell off the Steam Engine @ Knots and broke his leg. from here as well.

Not much time to post lately

Mrs has had  a backslide. After her Zpack wore off she got worse and worse till last evening she broke down & went to MedExpress where an Xray confirmed she now has Pneumonia.

SS Fund is screaming

Prayers for those in need

for both you and your wife...

for Don as well..he must have took quite a tumble there!!

[Banks]

DJSpanky

lion88roar

for Don!

Just saw this - what's going on with Don?

It seems he fell off the Steam Engine @ Knots and broke his leg. from here as well.

Not much time to post lately

Mrs has had  a backslide. After her Zpack wore off she got worse and worse till last evening she broke down & went to MedExpress where an Xray confirmed she now has Pneumonia.

SS Fund is screaming

Prayers for those in need

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Sunnier and a little less humid out today..high of 78 Feeling more like 84 later on.

Having a few friends come up for an operating session....get to run some trains today...then off to the diner for pulled pork sammiches!! Yay!!

Right now we are just sitting on our back deck overlooking what appears to be a wetland scenario...

Have a good day!!

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Going up to 80 today with rain coming.

Today is a busy day. I have chores to do and some paperwork to finish. Then, a small project to work on.  Lunch and a nap this afternoon.

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

Chuck

[lion88roar]

for Don!

[fifedog]

for dbaker.

[Blueberryhill RR]

dougdagrump

NEWS FLASH :

Word from Chief is he got a text from Shake & Bake, he is currently in ER after a fall from the steam engine, a broken leg that may require a surgical repair. This is a breaking story updates when available. 

I knew it.........Chief is on the "sauce"  again.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Let's now have the Buckeye Riveter interpretation of this news:

The Chief has not left California!!! Has anyone seen a photo of him in Roseyville as of late? He would be wearing a Bunny Rabbit costume. 

[dougdagrump]

NEWS FLASH :

Word from Chief is he got a text from Shake & Bake, he is currently in ER after a fall from the steam engine, a broken leg that may require a surgical repair. This is a breaking story updates when available.