Hello all
We got some more snow on the hill today. Looks like it is shaping up to be a quiet evening.
Chief - that is one big pig. Around here a 200# javelina is considered pretty big.
SPRay - how abut Port Hueneme?:)
Found a 1/48 kit of a deuce and a half for the Navy train. This will be the Seabee representation (see Pt. Hueneme above) for the train. Now need to find a flatcar for it.
Work on the little Telechron continues. Apparently is was made to be a timer for a TV set.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening all,
Wife's eye checkup went well. Not much improvement, but no deterioration either. Dropped off 2 engines at Train Express for repair. Scored another LEGO building set and picked up some ordering hints for parts. Got some CDs at Half-Price books, and wife got some movies. Wife got a new pots and pans set at an outlet store. She was really happy. May head to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow to see Sherlock Holmes exhibit at Columbus Science and Industry Museum (COSI?). Grimm is up next. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Browsers -- I've used Safari and Firefox and have preferred Firefox for quite some time. I just download Chrome after receiving glowing reports from folks I trust and respect, I hope it works for me.
Spring has arrived in the Heartlands (at least for now) and it just feels wonderful. We have no snow anywhere except in the far corners of the big mall parking lots. I do see buds on certain perennials and that always worries me at this time of the year. The really good news is that I've been able to fire up the smoker twice this week for some awesome eats and tomorrow will bring baby back ribs to the table.
I know I have too many hobbies but smoking meats for the last 18 years has been great fun. I've assembled some killer recipes over the years and now our two sons have also begun the tradition. We've been talking about attending the Memphis In May BBQ extravaganza .... it's only a long day's drive from here, hmmm.
Not much new on the train front, I REALLY need to do some serious track cleaning .........
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Aloha. Happy Pi Day! Hope you are having pie to celebrate. Sunny and warm - for one day - then back to freezing with snow overnight tomorrow. Sigh. Daughter and BF and my middle boy are coming home for the weekend - we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style... I use Chrome here without any problems... I've cancelled my project to extend Pugh's Farm on the layout - the corrugated (furrowed) cardboard looks decent but I can't find a huge bag of ground foam I was saving for this - it'll begin again once I discover it - though it might've been used by someone for another project.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
ChiefEagles PS: bet you can not correctly pronounce Conetoe. not Cone Toe it is an American Indian tribe pronounced Co
PS: bet you can not correctly pronounce Conetoe.
not Cone Toe it is an American Indian tribe pronounced Co
Try La Jolla , Chinquapin or Pico de Gallo
Ray
SPMan
Chief try this name
Mackinac
Mack in awe
"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
Morning all. Sunny and warming fast. Beautiful day out. Off to a lunch meeting.
Dougsnotagrump, yes, big fellow. I bet Buckeye will claim he migrated from Ohio along with the rest of the Yankees. 500# hog is a big hog.
http://www.wral.com/edgecombe-hunter-bags-really-really-big-pig/13470160/
Hope all are doing well.
Later.
not Cone Toe it is an American Indian tribe pronounced Co knee toe
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
RedfireS197lion88roarEvenin' Fellas Well it appears this software doesn't like IE 11... sigh I'm still around... garage doors get installed on Friday. Hope to hear from the accountant tomorrow on how much Uncle Sam stole from us this year... hopefully they give us back enough for us to pay for a new HVAC system for the house. prayers for those in need Brent, What's going on with IE11 for you? No issues with it here. I actually switched back to it when Firefox started acting up for me.
lion88roarEvenin' Fellas Well it appears this software doesn't like IE 11... sigh I'm still around... garage doors get installed on Friday. Hope to hear from the accountant tomorrow on how much Uncle Sam stole from us this year... hopefully they give us back enough for us to pay for a new HVAC system for the house. prayers for those in need
Brent,
What's going on with IE11 for you? No issues with it here. I actually switched back to it when Firefox started acting up for me.
https://brentsandsusanspicutures.shutterfly.com/
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.........
Good Morning, Joe......Have a relaxing weekend.
It is sunny and 32. Going up to 60 today with sunshine.
Today is busy. I have an errand to run and the usual chores to do. I will be busy until lunchtime. Then a nice nap.
Buckeye & LAZ........TGIF
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
This was one busy workweek and I’m glad it is over. Today, I completed quite a bit of paperwork and then I ran a teambuilding event for my office. Another coworker and I organized an event that was like the Amazing Race but on a smaller scale. The event only lasted about two hours but everyone had fun. I’m looking forward to some relaxation tonight and the rest of this weekend.
Lee – Depending on the browser you use, the site can give you fits. Some of us have started using Mozilla Firefox.
Dougdagrump – I’ve heard nice things about Kyoto as well; also heard it is more expensive than Tokyo which is incredible. That would be one of the places I would take the bullet train to get to.
Sayonara,
Joe
To use all the features of the forum, I have to use Firefox. It works ok, but that is another browser I have to open. Work went very well. Paid some bills on my walk but did not go my usual route as every cell in my body was screaming at me. There may be some benefit to exercise, but I do not see what it is sometimes. Taking the day off tomorrow to take wife to eye doctor for checkup. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evenin' All.
Chief, Did you see the size of that Boar that some guy bagged in N.E. N.C. Estimated at 500#'s.
Joe, If you have the time the area around Kyoto is much prettier than the Tokyo area. Spent almost a week there chapperoning kids from the company I worked for as well as kids from the San Diego school districts.
Got my toys packed and ready to go tomorrow morning, hopefully there won't be any gremlins out-n-about.
Got a pork tenderloin going, bourbon and maple marinade, with garlic mashed taters. Had some fruit for lunch so I could splurge tonite.
They are talking 90's+ for the weekend.
Later all !
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Barry, good to see your still kicking!
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Jim
Hello there43 yesterday morning, then lots o rain.......Slop in the barn again.......10 this morning with a steady 25 MPH "breeze" BRRRRRRRR No snow
for david barker
Fife.......hope the floor flattens when it driesBest get busyPrayers for those in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Afternoon. Sunny and chilly. Cooked up sausage and egg biscuits for breakfast and more in frig for tomorrow. Washed sheets for Wifey and cleaned kitchen. No to do some of my "stuff".
Banks, good luck on cath.
Hope the weather breaks for those getting more snow.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill........
Good Morning, Joe.......
It is a cold 10 degrees. No snow. Going up to 37 today with some sunshine. This weather is nuts. 60 tomorrow.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax. Maybe do some reading. I will have lunch and take a nice nap.
Breakfast was served on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Good Morning....well....sort of....
Right now we are at the lonely 1F out here...going for a high near 20F later on....with about 10" on the ground here...then this part of London seems to get more than some other parts.....Byron got a foot....
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/
Back @ work collecting photons again.
Had some fun today w/ the car. Starter gave out while I was doing errands getting ready to come back to the hill. Gave me some fair warning over the weekend, but I was hoping to put it off until my next time off. Had the car towed over to my friend who has been 'boarding' the van for me. Flipped out the starter on it into the car. I have the original starter for the van in the storage unit and will have this one looked at when I have the alternator bearings in the van unit checked out.
Got the helium car today. Looks like it will be a good candidate for the Navy train. Will have to find myself some haze grey paint soon.
Banks - hope the cath proceedure goes well. I had one a few years back before they figured out my gall bladder was causing issues. Hope you don't have too many stairs:)
Nice and warm in the Ol' Pueblo today, must have been in the 80's. Some wind and a lot of dust in the air though on the drive back to work.
Working on an old Telechron clock tonight. Should give me something to look @ besides my phone in the living room/kitchen area. Kind of matches one of my old Zenith radios.
I had plenty of sleep last night and I needed every bit of it. The workday was extremely busy again and I am pretty beat. The wife made dinner and went out to karaoke with some friends so the kids and I are hanging out for the rest of the night. I’m sure I’ll be in bed early again tonight.
Doug M. – It was covered well out here too. It’s hard to believe it’s been three years already.
dougdagrump – Thanks for the info. We visited the palace and its surrounding grounds last year; it was impressive. I definitely need to plan a bullet train trip before we leave.
Wind and pouring rain for about one minute. Then a nice shower. Temps dropping to near freezing by morning. Chilly tomorrow. Cold tomorrow night but then warming again. No wonder I can not get rid of this cold.
8ntruck My wife got several seasons worth of Downtown Abby CD's. The show is set out in the country, and has nothing to do with a church - is anybody else confused by this???
Well, not really. We have watched it from the "get go". We donate to Public Television [UNC TV]. Now the next series [based on a true story about an American starting a big department store in London] starts soon followed by another one [another famous department store and its owner]. Then Downtown comes back. Master Piece Theater is the title for them. We watch/DVR all of them. All set in England. Recommend them all.
Sleep tight.
Work was quiet today. Played indoor soccer tonight. That was fun. No more for March due to spring break. Cold today. Will warm up this weekend. I hope everyone gets over what ails them. I hope everyone has a good day.
Afternoon/Evenin' All,
BOC, Glad to see you "Up-N-Runnin" again. I had a visit to urgent care Saturday before last for the same thing, fortunately no need to go to ER afterwards. Can always tell when I eat things from my "Forbidden List".
DB, for your upcoming hospitalization. Be back soon !
Banks, Don't go around showin everyone your stitches after your procedure. Glad to see that you are being pro-active instead of ending up in ER.
Doug M, Will those stones end up as scenery on the layout ?
Joe, If you guys are going to be doing some tourist stuff before your pending transfer here's a couple of ideas.
Kinagawa Hot Springs, the Imperial Palace and if memory serves correctly the park adjacent to the Palace has all kinds of deer that will eat out of your hand. Can't forget the Bullet Train.
Lee, Good luck on the new job.
Rich, Hope you get over the crud real soon.
Hudson, We can't forget a speedy recovery to our favorite "Ice Cream Lady" !
Shucks, now I've forgotten what else I wanted to talk about.
BOC, Glad to see you posting. We sure were worried about you!
Prayers for all that need them.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Evenin' boys. Evenin' English. 67 & dropping here in the Mid-Atlantic region. S'posed to get down right nasty for a day and a half, then slowly bounce back. Spent yesterday after work at the boat yard. Discovered that the 5 amp fuse did let go on the bilge-o-matic thingie. The cabin floor is still "wavy" in the really damp parts. Sanded the whole bottom, and when I was done, I looked like a one of those lawn ornaments...
out to Barker, cnw1995, dbaker and Banks, as well as Mrs Hudson. Hope Richie loses the crud.
Phillyreading - on the new job.
Anyone check on Brent to make sure he isn't lying under a new garage door somewhere?
Hope everyone else is doin' fine.
Stay foamy.
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