Afternoon all. Busy day. Sunday School and then some errands. A few things to help the Wifey. Installed two new low voltage decorative handing lamps on a short post. Fed to park deer their corn in the feeder. Now off to the lake house.
BTW: Did NOT fall out of, on, under and on top of the steam engine. Rode lots of kiddies and parents. From 11:15 until 7:15 except for 15 minutes judging twice. Finally stopped about 4 PM and told them the steam engine was out of water. Went and got me a bottle of water and gurgled it down. Back on the train and away we went.
Off to the lake. Back Tuesday night just in time of Town Board.
Later
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Good afternoon from beautiful Newport, RI!
It was around 2100 when I got to my lodging room last night and I was tired. I called the family and unpacked my things and was in bed by midnight. I woke up a few times during the night as my body was not used to the time difference yet, but I forced myself to sleep in until 1030. I went for some lunch at the galley and then picked up some groceries at the commissary. The weather here is amazing. I'm watching the Dolphins-Colts game right now. It is nice to be able to watch an NFL game at a normal hour. I contemplated driving up to Boston for the Yankees-Sox game tonight, but I think I will pass as it's a late game and I have an early start time tomorrow. Boston is about two hours away by car.
Dennis - That is neat about them having sushi. Unfortunately, I think I developed an allergy to shrimp and have avoided sushi now for about a year.
Harold - Thanks for the welcome and the info about the train store. I'll call them to see about their hours.
Don B. - I think the drive was worse than the flight, but that's just par for the course out in Japan.
Joe
Good morning all,
Went to the Roaring twenties music festival yesterday. It was pretty hot and I had to walk a long way lugging a folding chair and ice box because the parking lot was full and I had to park in overflow. First time have ever had to do this. Seems like the event has become too successful. My wife decided not to come. Best decision she made all day. It would have been uncomfortable for her. I set through two sets of music from the band that my friend Larry plays in. I missed the first set because I was late on account of a traffic jam. I wanted to take in the other band also but I ran out of time. They also had a fashion show of women in flapper clothes and other twenties styles as well as dancers in period dress. Lots of things for sale as well. Of interest was old cars on display and a guy playing a wind up Victrola with old 78 records from the jazz age. Sounded darn good for the technology of the time.
I saw a woman who came with another friend whom I haven't seen in about 34 years. However we still remembered each other. Had a nice conversation with her. She was in a wheel chair and was still recovering from surgery. We are all beginning to look like walking wounded. Time marches on.
Hot again today. Hope air conditioner is working at church.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Fife--I was surfing through the channels yesterday afternoon and found the America's Cup regatta from San Francisco Bay. Knowing your love of sailing I thought you might enjoy tuning in or at least recording it for later viewing, it's absolutely amazing what the Kiwi's and the Americans are doing. Years ago (pre kids) we used to race every weekend on our Hobie Cat and loved every minute, I truly wish we could turn the clock back to those years, they were the best. If you have DirecTV it's on 220 at 2:30 CDT, or NBCSHD.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good Morning
We are having dull dull dull with a chance of afternoon showers here...high of 66 expected.
Yesterday was my getting things ready for the redo of the attic for Audrey. That meant finding even MORE junk ending up you-know-where, that's right...MY space. These extra 'things' came out of two...mmmmm....storage rooms we forgot existed up there. So, even more junk to haul off to the recyclers....
Today will be finishing off the prep and getting some supplies to start laying in a new floor up there....
BTW...does anyone know whether they found the cause of that fire in NJ?
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/
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
It is a cold 43 degrees. Going up to a sunny 74 today. You can see the leaves starting to turn colors.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will spend a few hours running trains. Probably need to do a little dusting too. Baseball game and Nascar race this afternoon.
Breakfast as usual on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
Good evening all,
Saw Grandson play soccer today. He got 2 goals and an assist in a losing 8-6 effort. Team will improve. Daughter is coaching. Spent the rest of the day doing "retail therapy'. Scored John Allen's book on the Gorre and Depheatid in an antique store. Good day. Good weather.
Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening everyone. Thanks Don for the kind thoughts. Funny thing about obamacare, a lot of payment schedules are tied to patient satisfaction. If I do my part well, they will never know I exist. I do make rounds on the patients who are very sick and come in emergently. They need a number of folks with a coordinated effort to get them well.
Chief, there is a lot to. Be said for a couple mile walk. Between the lake and the picturesque town you live in, it must be a pleasure to take in.
Hudson, glad the shop is OK. Terrible fire there. I spent many a summer between Seaside and Manasquan.
time for bed. God bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Don, glad to hear that you are going on an excursion. Getting out of the house sounds like good therapy.
Chief, congas on the two mile walks. I'm doing good here to walk jiust 20 minutes each morning what with the heat and all. Be careful running that choo choo. Don't join the birds like some other guy we know.
I am going to try and make the music concert this afternoon a few miles from us in a park. It is billed as "A Ticket to the Roaring Twenties." There will be two bands. A friend of mine is playing in one of them. Wife will go if she feels up to it. She has been having trouble with neck pains but wears a collar sometimes that helps. Whatever happens, it will probably be hot. However, there are lots of shade trees there.
We had a get together at my friend Larry's layout on Thursday night. Good time was had by all. Larry is a great modeler as well as an operator of trains. He has a large collection of scale trolley cars that he built in addition to the trains. Being from Chicago, he modeled a lot of the trolleys and interurban cars from there.
V8, I saw the news in the paper about Drivers License for illegals. What next? Also in the paper today, story about letting parts of the L.A. River go wild again. Hope they don't mess up flood control while they're at it. I think it is just the section from Taylor Yard and to the North towards Burbank and beyond. The lower part through L.A.. will remain lined with concrete. Otherwise, the taggers would have nothing to write on. Wouldn't that be too bad.
Later,
fife, the ice cream shop is Not on the boardwalk. John, wife and shop are A-OK.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good Morning!
I'm going on an excursion this morning! Kay & Chris taking me to Org Coty Fairgrounds to an antique show ! Yahingoo!
Fife - That is awesome to have seen the B-17 flyover! Could you imagine having a dozen or more flying over at once would have been terrifying!
Demay - Glad to see you coming home for awhile. 25 miles in 3 hours, then the long flight! Dont envy that though! I was in Nurita long time ago, just briefly though. And it was crowded then. Longest trip I was on was Bangkok to LA, or maybe Stockhom to LA via Paris, not sure.
Dennis, You sure have a way with words. "I also want to visit one of the folks on the short trip into eternity this morning." Thanks for what you do! Most people dont even know folks like you exsist. It would be interesting if a pole was done r surgical procedures of the patients on, How Many People Do You Believe Are In The OR During Your Surgery?
Chief - Im surprised you havnt had an "accident" yet. Out there inspecting the city on your 2 mile walk. PD probably has an unmarked car following you. Now IF your going to wear the uniform you must wear it properly, including the gloves and bandana! Also, 2 short = forward, 3 short = reverse, 2 long, 1 short, 1 long = crossing, 1 short = stopped.
Hope everyone has a great day!!
Don
Demay try Grandpa's in Warwick. It's on Warwick Ave right near the airport. The owner Ray is a great guy. Welcome to RI. FYI the airport is in Warwick not Providence.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 57 in what is gearing up to be a fabulous weather weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. Hope to make the most of it . Forgot to mention that the B-17 Memphis Belle flew right over the yatchet last Sunday while we were under sail. Very cool.
I don't think Hudson's wifey's shop is in SeaSide. Sure would like him to post and confirm all is well.
Demay - Safe trip.
Chief - NS #1073, the PennCentral Heritage unit, was in Baltimore this week. She certainly is the "homely" sister of the bunch.
Morning all. Fall like outside. Off to the 2 mile walk. Then we have to bar-be-que cook off. I will also be driving the train for the kids. Dress in my Shake and Bake uniform. Hopefully I will NOT fall out of the engine.
How bad it is for the businesses and boardwalk in NJ. I think the Feds and State of NJ should help rebuild.
Have a good weekend.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill..........
It is a cold 46 degrees. Sunny. Going up to 74 today with sunshine.
Today is a relaxing day. Breakfast as usual on the dining car. A few chores and then, I can run an errand. Lunch and a nap this afternoon.
"The Katy" is on the way.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Joe, I am sure it is too late this time, but for future, the Delta Skyclub there has Sushi! We had a several hour layover on the way to Beijing. Hope flight went well. Regarding Providence, never been there.
starting day early. Dogs and kids up, and I have to go do rounds at the hospital. Want to get that out of the way before daughter #1 goes to ballet theater practice. She has a part in Peter Pan this December. Hope to get some layout time in. I also want to visit one of the folks on the short trip into eternity this morning. Thanks for prayers Laz.
may Od bless each of you.
Konnichiwa,
It is now Saturday, 13:51 here in Japan. I am at Nartia now and will board my plane in about 45 minutes. The shuttle ride to the airport took longer than usual; just about four hours. I'm hoping to catch up on some sleep on the flight. I have a window seat so I should be able to get through the flight undisturbed.
Ohayo Chuck.
Sayonara,
Quiet day at work. Went to see "The Butler". Good movie.
Konbanwa,
It's almost midnight here and I'll be off to bed soon. I had a busy day of finishing up odds and ends before I fly out tomorrow. I leave for Narita airport at 0900 tomorrow morning. Even though it's only about 75 km away it takes about three hours to get to the airport due to traffic. The flights are long and I'll land in Providence, RI around 1930 EST. Then I have a short drive to Newport. So for about six weeks I'll be in the same time zone as most of you, and actually be able to watch baseball and football at a normal time. I should also be able to make some Tardis rides. If anyone has any train related (real or toy) recommendations for the Newport, RI area, please let me know.
Chief - Good for you on getting the walking in and avoiding carbs. We started eating "grain free" around Easter and the results have been amazing. If you want to know more, I'll give you my phone number when I'm in RI.
Morning. 2+ mile walk with Wifey. Now off to lunch meeting. Judging Womanless Beauty Pageant tonight.
Have a good one.
Aloha from a brisk and sunny northeastern Illinois where Fall has fallen, and I have some yard work to do now that the broken tree is gone. Nice Parents Night over at the youngest's school. The teachers sure put in the work with the kids. It was nice to be able to walk over there and back. Special dinner tonight celebraitng our particular church being 10 years old. I have to serve this weekend there too so that takes a good chunk of Sat. and Sun. but still looking forward to the weekend.I ran Ivor the Engine around the layout this morning. He's fine.Laz, Bears are undefeated!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
It is very cool out here this morning!! 48 and only getting up to 55?!
Had a very good day yesterday. Did a lot of nothing but fix and repair!! The op session turned out to be our Murphy Convention after all
Hope those who were evacuated out of the Boulder region in CO made it out ok...and they have something to come back too!!
Hello all,
Refreshing 56 this AM.
TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hudson, Mrs asked me if that was your Ice Cream Shop where the fire started.
It looks like the fallen rider will live but as he was brought out of sedation there appears to be more brain damage than originally thought. He has been moved from Altoona Hospital to one geared more for his injuries
Never did get to Dads heat on Labor Day weekend. That’s on the schedule for tomorrow.
Due to weather extremes our garden produced very very little this year. BIL gave us tomatoes and Mrs & I did 16 Qt of juice last evening.
Best get busy, try to get back over the weekend
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.............
It is a cloudy and cool 56 degrees. Going up to 68 today with maybe some sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax and do some reading. Not much else new here. Lunch and a nap, for sure.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Buckeye & LAZ....... TGIF
Y'all have a great Friday.
Hi GUYZ,
Busy busy busy as a bee in the spring. Trying to get all these chores done to get ready for bow season that starts Oct, 4. Still didn't get my badge for YORK which is about one month away.
Hope all is well.
DOUG, BEARS WON!!!!!
DENNIS, prayers for your ailing friends.
CHUCK & BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
Good evening everyone. Been crazy busy lately. Long cases and lots of meetings and busy work as we refine our practice to conform to the new government requirements.
Got several friends who are in the final chapter of life. It really is sad to see otherwise successful people who do lots of good in the community as they suffer with terminal illness. Just have to keep in mind that this is not our final destination.
for those who know great Italian cooking in NYC, I got the recipie for Patsy's tomato basil sauce. Cooked it tonight and will make some Ziti tomorrow. Looking forward to some good eating, but being on call, have to hope I don't get called in.
Well, I hope each of you have a blessed week.
Good evening all.
Lots of soccer scores. Boys lost Tuesday 7-3 and tonight 3-2. Girls won 3-1. My team lost 3-1, but 3 of the girls came over after their game to watch mine. It was so cool. They rang the cowbell when we got our one goal.
Good night all busy day. Another one tomorrow.
Got to judge a womanless beauty pageant. Fund raiser for a little boy of a fireman with special disease. Told them I would as long as I didn't have to kiss the winner.
Saturday, drive the train for the train for the kids. Also judge the bar-be-que cook off. Pork and chicken.
BRENT, You know better. In fact it said layout photos and to post them on a separate thread so you could update and have a progress report. As I remember, you made a "comment" about that then. Spanky and others have done that. Nothing said.
Tired so off to bed. BTW: two days in a row of walking a continuous 2 miles plus at one time. Also on carbs to speak off.
Sleep tight.
ChiefEagles Big reception and dinner in Raleigh this evening. Have to dress up in suit and tie. For those of you that don't understand suthern, let me interpret the Chief's comment. Big picnic and hog roast in the big city after sundown. I am going to wear the Easter Bunny costume since the tie is already tied. Buckeye had better be quiet coming this way. We will get him this time if he says a peep. I was in and out of North Carolina so fast it would have made your head spin. It was 94 degrees in the shade in Charlotte. There seems to be thousands of Buckeyes in Charlotte. Four state troopers watched me all the way back to the Virginia State Line yesterday, where I roared through the tunnel to safety. I then hid in the WV mountains last night.
Big reception and dinner in Raleigh this evening. Have to dress up in suit and tie.
For those of you that don't understand suthern, let me interpret the Chief's comment.
Big picnic and hog roast in the big city after sundown. I am going to wear the Easter Bunny costume since the tie is already tied.
Buckeye had better be quiet coming this way. We will get him this time if he says a peep.
I was in and out of North Carolina so fast it would have made your head spin. It was 94 degrees in the shade in Charlotte. There seems to be thousands of Buckeyes in Charlotte. Four state troopers watched me all the way back to the Virginia State Line yesterday, where I roared through the tunnel to safety. I then hid in the WV mountains last night.
Brent, I agree with Chuck. A couple photos were not the problem.
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Brent I seem to remember where it said a pic or two of family was fine but if your doing more than that please open a new thread for that . The problem the way I read it was those doing pics every post. and like 3 or more pics every post also
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