Hello there,
A rare Sunday AM post from me. It was 34 and cloudy this AM as we left for 7:00 mass. Been busy trying to mow grass between rain showers this week . Also a couple little league games to attend. Then there was the Dirt Drags yesterday. Add to the mix a couple of appointments for my Folks..
I've missed a couple birthdays I think. Belated
Glad Roy stopped in to say hello.
Condolences on the loss of 88's kitty.
Glad to see Rich got a new scooter.
A big to Johns son.
Fife Congas on finding another prize.
Think I'm gonna try t squeeze in a nap before heading to a turkey dinner that supports Volunteer firemen. a big and thank you to them
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Morning. Lazy. Wiley and Mirra let me sleep late. Usually Wiley jumps on me. He did at 6:30. I told him to be quite. He did. Lucy and Finn will sleep as long as you do. Actually, Lucy will stay longer.
Sunny and cool but clouds on the way. May have a shower this evening. Send it to CA.
Guess the Shake and Bake clan are all hung over from Chris' graduation celebration.
John, figured out why neighbors do not buy a lawn mower. Getting theirs mowed free.
Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hi GUYZ,
Picked up lots o flowers with the WIFE yesterday. Gonna plant them today then cut grass. Lots o yard work this next week, then tear down a old pavilion and I will build a bigger newer on in June. The one now is only 13x 13 ft. The new one is gonna be 20 X25 foot with a storage enclosure in that of about 6 X 20 feet. So I'll be a busy beaver. Chewin up some wood.
SPMAN, Tanks on the update of the BB. Didn't know it was in Wy.
HUDSONJOHN, another round of ice cream for HUDSONJOHNSON! CONGAS BUDDDY!!!
CHUCK, No SNO HI O this morning? Its cold here.
Gonna marinate my wild turkey I shot today and grill tomorrow.
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
laz 57 Hi GUYZ, Gonna marinate my wild turkey I shot today and grill tomorrow. Stay frosty my friends, laz57
Good morning all,
Church festival going on this week end. I usually buy some raffle tickets but haven't seen any yet. Will probably get some today but hate to have to fill them out standing outside. Need to get a rubber stamp for such things.
Ate out again last night with our widower friend. We have really been living high on the hog this week eating out. Probably cook tonight. Our friend is going to a graduation in the bay area next week end and then to another one in Georgia the following week. He has grand kids in both places. I envy anyone who has the health to fly to those kinds of things. I have to make too many preparations for travel so I haven't been in quite a while.
Have a nice Sunday,
Ray
SPMan
Good evening all,
Saturday was just a bad all around as everything went to h--- in a handbasket, but Sunday was much better. They say everyone needs a "happy place" to go to. For me, that place is IMS and I spent a very relaxing enjoyable day watching the second day of qualifying. Good weather, good seats, good crowd and good speed was a recommended recipe for curing what ails you. I hope everyone has a good day. One thing did go right on Saturday as I got an email from my Norwegian soccer friend!
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
I had a nice 7-mile run this morning before heading into the office. The workday was uneventful and I was home a few minutes early. We have baseball practice tonight.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.......
Good Morning, Joe.......
It is a cool 46 degrees. Sunny. Going up to 72 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have an errand to run and the usual chores to do. Lunch, later and a nap.
Usual breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Morning all. Sunny and warmer. No rain yesterday as forecasted. Stayed in SC. Did some things at Oldest's house. Sprayed grape vines, fruit trees and garden. All looking good.
Dr's follow-up this AM. Willy Nelson/Alison Krauss concert tonight.
Mike C., glad things turned around for you.
Guess the Shake and Bake crew sobered up from graduation. ????
LAZ, thought I smelt turkey cooking. How was it?
Have a great week.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Sunny & 47 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back to the grind this afternoon, but it was a good weekend. Even got down to the yatchet yesterday. Youngest princess oiled the topside teak, and all it cost me was a cherry snowball. Hudson, let me know when you want the boat bottom painted; she works for cookie-dough too....
cheapclassics - Your feelings on Kurt Busch running the double...
Banks - Notice any Heritage units in Tuna...?
rt - News on the VA; any of it surprising...?
Had a touch o frost this AM.
Hope it wasn't hard enough to get the fruit blossoms.
Fife......How is she with a weed eater? I haven't seen any. I don't get near the tracks often but the most common site is pushers waiting for a train behind the Station Mall.(Now Station Medical Center)
Back to the grind.......
Mornin' FellasBusy weekend, but got little done... lots of driving from point A to point B to point C to point D back to point A to point C and back home... you get the picture.Went to dinner Saturday night and it appears Matthew has an issue with anything containing mayonnaise. It didn't agree with his stomach... which leads me to my next question. If you are out and your child gets sick (we were at a Japanese steak house and were seated with a family we did not know), do you offer to pick up their bill? I didn't and after we were on our way home I felt really bad that I did not. Thoughts?Fife - speaking of the littlest princess. How is she doing with her recovery?
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Aloha. What a pleasant weekend! It was decent enough weather for the youngest to begrudgingly learn to mow the lawn. I picked up a few train books at a bookstore that was closing. The youngest and I even figured out how to launch an old model rocket he had that promptly landed on someone's roof about a quarter mile away. Oh well. Congrats on your son's hire, HudsonJohn! Condolences on the loss of your young cat, Brent. That is a kind gesture you were thinking about - picking up their meal - but if I was them, I wouldn't expect it - kids get sick, it happens - it wasn't your fault.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning! 62 now and it is not getting much warmer.
Weeding and doing the ledge rock on the far west side by the house is on the agenda for today followed by school tonight. Thanks for the congas and support for my son. I pass them on to him.
Banks: That turkey dinner sounded great and helping a good cause too!
Chief: Hope the Doctor's visit goes well.
Laz: Have fun with the yard work, doing the same here. Nice going on the turkey. Enjoy it.
SPMan, Ray, Good Luck with the Church Raffle. I hope your luck is better than mine!
Fife: No bottom painting on this boat. I trailer this one. My favorite for the last 34 years. She can have all of the cookie dough she wants, all she has to do is show up here!
Brent: Looks like Matthew has the same problem with mayo as I do! Offering to pay would have been a nice gesture, but people with kids, or raised their kids know what it is like. Personally, I would have politely declined letting you pay and told you that we understood. I think I would have been more embarrased for you and the Q.
Enjoy the Day!
John
88 - Pickin' up their tab (or at least dessert or drinks) would have been a welcome gesture. Alexis is doin' just fine, thanks.
Chief, Nelson/Krauss. Now that's a concert I would enjoy.
Really miss the Stattlers but can't blame them for wanting to retire.
S.J.
"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
Well, my perfect losing record on the church raffle is still intact.
Cooler today and welcome change in the weather.
Hope Don B. and family had a good graduation celebration and a parking place.
My oldest son has strained a muscle or something in his back with heavy lifting at work. Staying home today but I told him to see a doctor if he can't work.
later,
Mornin' All.
Woke up this morning to a Beautifull cover of May Gray which translates to higher humidity and much cooler temps. All the fires, except two, are 100% contained and in the mop up stages. Now if only we could get some rain to eliminate the blowing ash that will be making a mess of things when the wind blows.
The last of our company left early yesterday morning. The BetterHalf and I were dead tired so it was a vegatative state alll day. The museum on Friday had some gremlins all afternoon, think I may have fried a sound board in one of my RK 4-6-0's. If so this will be the second one in that same loco running on the same track.
Made out the check for our earthquake insurance, sending out today. For what it costs I'm surprised so many don't carry it.
Willie Nelson, wonder if he will be relocating to Colorado ?
Here's a quick time lapse video from the roof of the Stone Brewery over on the West side of town: http://www.youtube.com/embed/wdn-zblUXu8?rel=0
Laz, How close was your sister to all the going's on out here ?
Well got to get busy !
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
www.sd3r.org
Proud New Member Of The NRA
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Long day. My feelings regarding Kurt Busch at the 500: I am glad he is here. I think he will draw some NASCAR people to watch the Indy 500. When those fans see open wheel cars racing side by side at over 220 MPH, they may get a deeper appreciation for what open wheel drivers do. The 500 has traditionally drawn stars from all over the world with all sorts of backgrounds. The Allisons ran Indy back in the60s or 70s as well as some others. F-1 champions drove here as well, and will do so in this race. Indy is not an easy place to drive. For example, today in practice, Mr. Busch, meet Mr. Wall. Mr. Wall meet Mr. Busch. By the way, IMS developed the SAFER barrier, and Indycar was using the HANS device years before NASCAR (one thing that totally ticks me off about stock car commentators!). I think if Kurt keeps it out of trouble, he could contend for a top 5. What scares me more about this race is the closeness of the speeds. There could easily be a 33 car freight train, and that could be disastrous if someone up front has a wiggle that goes wrong. We shall see.
Work was made on the back bathroom today, and the contractor says all will be functional tomorrow, but I have my doubts. I hope everyone has a good day.
cheapclassicsGood evening all, Long day. My feelings regarding Kurt Busch at the 500: I am glad he is here. I think he will draw some NASCAR people to watch the Indy 500. When those fans see open wheel cars racing side by side at over 220 MPH, they may get a deeper appreciation for what open wheel drivers do. The 500 has traditionally drawn stars from all over the world with all sorts of backgrounds. The Allisons ran Indy back in the60s or 70s as well as some others. F-1 champions drove here as well, and will do so in this race. Indy is not an easy place to drive. For example, today in practice, Mr. Busch, meet Mr. Wall. Mr. Wall meet Mr. Busch. By the way, IMS developed the SAFER barrier, and Indycar was using the HANS device years before NASCAR (one thing that totally ticks me off about stock car commentators!). I think if Kurt keeps it out of trouble, he could contend for a top 5. What scares me more about this race is the closeness of the speeds. There could easily be a 33 car freight train, and that could be disastrous if someone up front has a wiggle that goes wrong. We shall see. Work was made on the back bathroom today, and the contractor says all will be functional tomorrow, but I have my doubts. I hope everyone has a good day. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Evening,
Well we made it through the Graduation. I don't know when I have seen so many people. But it was really managed well. There were two ceremonies, the first was for the entire university, then a second one for each school. There were 10635 graduates this weekend. (Found out Fullerton is the largest university in the Cal State University system.)
The first ceremony had a processional of all the graduates, and fortunately there was not a lot of individual awards, a few speakers and that was it. Then the crowd was released to find their way to the individual schools. Again a few speeches and then the individual procession. Chris is in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. I couldn't believe how big the Biology Dept was, must have been close to 500 people. Chemistry was rather large as well. Then the Physics Dept, maybe 15 grads. And then the Geology Dept, about 30 grads. I was surprised to find out that the Geology Dept at the Fullerton Campus is the largest in the state.
After the ceremonies were complete the Geology Dept had a small reception afterward. Got to meet a few of the Prof's, and a tour of the Dept.
So we ended up avoided all the traffic by the time we left.
We ended up hosting a lunch for our little group, at the Elephant Bar. Then home.
Spent Sunday recovering and a low key day.
All in ALL a good day ! Everyone seemed to enjoy and had a good time.
ONLY 2 MORE DAYS WITH THE CAGE !!!!!!
Till later, take care and be SAFE and HEALTHY !!
Don
The weather is warming up quite considerably out here. The daily highs are regularly hitting the upper-70s. Before long, it will be in the 90s. Today was uneventful which is a good thing. I grilled pork tenderloin for dinner and it was fantastic.
Good Morning, Joe......
It is a cloudy 58 degrees. Going up to a sunny 80 today.
Today is a busy day. Wife is running errands and I am doing chores. I need to work on a project too. Lunch and a nap.
Cheerios for breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
dougdagrump Laz, How close was your sister to all the going's on out here ? Well got to get busy !
Hi DOUG,
She is ok. She lives about 8 miles from fires. Up near the Golf course in the hill section. She has the garden hose ready. Hope all is well with you, be safe.
Blueberry - Project = Lunch + Nap? Teach me....
Aloha. The weather was fine enough this morning for me to forgo my jacket. I had a horribly long commute home yesterday - on 3 different trains which is a new record for me, although over 25 years, I've certainly had my share of delays. Here's the story:It began when our 4:45 train died after pulling out of Clybourn station where the UP north and northwest lines diverge. This is the first station out of Chicago. We sat for an hour whilst the engineer tried to get the F40 to move forward. Of course we were before the cross-over so sat like a plug in a bottle for most of the rush hour trains. It was interesting to hear the radio chatter from the conductor, engineer and dispatcher in Omaha. What a bad day for them! The F40 could move in reverse so it pushed up back into Clybourn where we hurriedly boarded a train on the opposite (usually inbound) track like it was the last train out of Paris before the Germans arrived.Usually there's about 1,000 folks on a ten car train. So that's double the usual now on the train. This train became a local slowly moving homeward. This took another hour. Outside the Barrington station, we stopped because another F40 on a train already in the station died, blocking the outbound track as well as another train now stuck halfway into the small yard beyond the station. This took another hour or so. Finally it was decided that we would push the dead train in Barrington beyond the station, and we were allowed off - we all trooped down past the station beyond the barbed wire guarding against crossing the tracks, and crossed the 'live' tracks (which I'd never ever done), then trooped back to board another train on the usually-inbound tracks (remember this is the former C&NW and runs 'opposite.') This train left only to stop again for a while because the CN tried to run some freights across their crossing line just beyond the station during all this. Meanwhile apparently, our original train deadheaded back to Chicago where a UP switcher took the F40 to Metra's yard. Then the second train I had been on was used to push the other dead train further up the line past the cross-over so the yard could be cleared. A few inbounds were annulled because they usually used the equipment that would be turned at the end of rush hour. Now it started to rain...This third train had our original set of passengers, the passengers from the second train, and their own passengers. We toddled northwestwards and I finally got home 4 1/2 hours late. And the kicker is this morning, Metra distributed a pre-planned survey on how they were doing on my inbound commute. Bad timing for them, even if it wasn't anyone's fault. The most interesting part was listening to the radio as I was jammed next to the conductor and you could hear most of the dispatchers, engineers and conductors on the same channel trying to figure this all out - moving trains around, trying to restart the F40, troubleshoot the other F40, stop the CN freights, etc. Folks blame Metra but the UP - which runs 'my' lines - did a decent job...
Don B., glad the graduation went well. Hope getting the cage off goes well too.
Doug M., quite a story about your commute. Hard for us here in Southern California to imagine what it's like to commute in Chicago or New York. Here the automobile is king but I think that will change when they get some of the new light rail lines finished. We already have several and one under construction that will come near me. My son is looking forward to when he can ride the train to work. Now he has a killer drive every day.
Cooler weather this week is a welcome event. Even got a little drizzle this morning which gave me an excuse to wash the dirt off my car.
Some time ago, I wrote an article for Lines South Magazine about a train I rode as a kid. In the most recent issue I see a photograph of that same train standing in the station in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1947. Wish they could have used that photo with the article. Anyway, I am grateful for the photo. It means a lot to me.
Grandson has another orchestra recital tonight at the high school. My youngest son will represent us. I would like to go but we were given a pass by the grandson who knows how hard it is for us to go at present. The seats (folding chairs) are incredibly uncomfortable for older people. BTW, he is doing very well with his studies. He took a college entrance exam right after mother's day and did well according to him. I know he crammed hard for it. He is aiming for science and mathmatics and is quite good at it. Math was not my best subject.
Doctor appointment tomorrow for my wife with our regular doctor. Another one the following week with the neurologist. Probably a dental appointment soon too. Lots of appointments lately.
OH MY!!!! Just sobering up from Willy Nelson concert. No, busy Mayor day from early on till now. My new intern was here for first day. Had to get her setup and then we lunched with a former County Commissioner [still a political ally].
Sunny and beautiful.
Jon is right. Willy came on, played continuously until we left an hour and a half later [9:40 PM] and was still going strong when we left the parking lot [speakers].
Reception and then Town Board tonight.
Later
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