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[AF53]

Evenin' All

Work has been busy and will be until October. Not much else going on here but with the one day a week I have off I have a lot of honey do list things to finished before her cousin from Texas pays us a visit at the end of the month.

MikeC - Hope things will work out for you. You've had your share of woes the past few years. Please reconsider and keep us informed. Many here support you.

Fife - As with all accidents it makes the drivers involved better. I've once heard that the best truck drivers out there are the ones who have had an accident before. Can't take the road for granted. As long as he didn't hurt anyone, including himself, he'll get better.

Later..................

[cnw1995]

That's a great gift for a gardener.

[ChiefEagles]

Evening all.  Wifey's birthday.  Out for steaks.  Totally surprised her with a big fancy rain barrel.  Yes, she is delighted.  Hard lady to surprise.  She has been catching rain in 5 gallon buckets.  Uses it to water her many plants.  Always bragging about how much water she collects.  

Busy day.  Town and personal.  Got a bad pain in lower left back and leg.  When I got home yesterday evening, could hardly get out of Fred's little truck.  Do good until I get in and out of vehicles or sitting position.  Shame to get old.

Just saw a nice [worn but not bad] 262 tinplate set.  Guy at "junk" shop acquired it.  Does not know what he has.  Switches, light tower, switches, water tank and transformer.

Joe D is probably in transit.  Long ways back home.  

Have a good one. 

[submmbob]

Hello all

Back up on the mountain for a few days. We have been getting a fair bit of rain in the Grand Canyon state recently.

Continuing to work Fri and Sat w/ the trolley guys. My first official task of installing handles in the floor hatches of the car we are working on  is completed. Turned out fairly decent for a guy who doesn't do too much finished carpentry:) Got to sit in the driver's seat of a 50's Ford Motor Coach Sat. Very cool.

Had some fun w/ the 4dr recently. A couple of push rods and a rocker arm and we were back in business. Chased down a vacuum leak and need to reset the carbs.

Hope Mike checks in once and a while. This group is a good support network.

[anjdevil2]

Prayers for Mike C - Fifie is right, dude....you'll never walk alone

Super busy with work and Hemi Meet.  Can't wait for convention in 3 weeks from today.

That's my vacation!!!  for now.  All is good.  Hope to speak with you all soon!!

[sir james I]

It's quite possible that Joe D has not gotten an internet provider yet.

S.J.

[KRM]

  

No sign of JoeD anyplace.

[rtraincollector]

Chuck I sent a email to Joe about 2 days ago myself. Hope he's just super busy. 

Well going to do the glasses thing for Donna again today as it came apparent it wasn't going to happen yesterday. As it was getting closer and closer to that 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. that I hate driving and she knows it as that's everybody rush to get home to get to the bar time and its crazy  even on not main roads there ready to run you over. Oh well looks like were doing 11 this am  

Hope to get back in time to Put new storm door up. Probably not thou we will see. 

Talk to you all later

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill........

It is raining and 75 degrees. Going up to 85 today with more rain.

Today is an easy day. I have a few chores and a project to work on. Then, I can do some reading.  Lunch and a nap.

I don't know what happened to Joe D. I emailed him and did not get an answer.

Cheerios on the dining car for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

Chuck

[rtraincollector]

ChiefEagles

Evening.  Back from the farms.  New feeder up and running.  Tired.  Hope all OK.  Where is Chuck and Cheerios?  

Later, 

Where is Joe D.

[ChiefEagles]

Evening.  Back from the farms.  New feeder up and running.  Tired.  Hope all OK.  Where is Chuck and Cheerios?  

Later, 

[dougdagrump]

Afternoon All.

Really nice out today, humiditty is down a bit as well as the temps.

Today started with a bang. Had a load in the truck and it shifted when I had to brake a little hard. Scratch one rear window. Waiting for a glass company to come out and replace it.

Chief, I thought that you were retired. 

Banks, My nephew up in Virginia does the asphalt drag bike thing. Seems to be doing quite well as far as victories are concerned. I gave up bikes many years back when we came to Ca. The traffic was bad but the worst part was riding on the freeways, the grooves they cut in the concrete for better traction in the rain really makes the front tire dance. One ride and it scared the bejeebers out of me.

Waiting for big brown to deliver a package, a couple of repaired engines on their way home.

Hope the rest of the day goes better.

Later all !

Continued prayers for Mike.   

[cnw1995]

Aloha, Grey and rainy turning into hot and humid - which this summer has not been at all. My last class of the summer is tonight, and another one starts in a few weeks. I like the look of some of the houses and 'ruins' from the pet store. I may go back - they  also have some nice Sponge Bob items that would entertain my younger visitors. 

[ChiefEagles]

Busy "Mayor" day.  Big storms came through during meeting at restaurant.  Fair now.  Off early to farms to do more work in the woods.

Sleep tight.  

[Brutus]

Sorry dude - for some reason I thought you were a moderator.  Well, I will email Kalmbach.  Watching Pickers on the DVR - they were in Memphis.  We were just there a few weeks ago.  Loved it - the food was great and Graceland was just too cool.  Hail to the king, baby!

[Banks]

Hello there

Made myself a 4 day weekend. Mrs & I went to Flory's Campground near Strasburg. While entering I heard a strange sound from right rear wheel. After trailer unhooked had bad sound and weak brakes. apparently the trailer brakes had been doing most of the stopping.

Trip to auto zone and got everything I thought I would possibly need. WRONG.

The drum brake was a mess. Two parts of the self adjuster looked like a pretzel. I'd have bet my bottom dollar they'd break while straightening. Wrong again. The Canadians who came to my rescue hammered and twisted till they fit. (Canadians made me think of Blown out ..any body know whats up with him) The one spring that was mangled the worst was not in the kit I bought so we re-manufactured one we didn't need to fit. Shot most of Friday AM but the brakes worked again. I'll be replaceing them before much driving.

The PM was spent at the Green Dragon Flea Market near Ephrata. I was disappointed there. 95% cheap import junk and over priced meat and produce.
Saturday found us joining the kids at a Dirt Drag at the Delta-Cardiff fair ground literally on the MD PA border south of York.

Got my meet notice last week. drove right past  Round the Clock on the way home.

Grandson had problems with the lights and ended up 2nd. Son and his friend won their classes. I got to reminisce with an ex hillclimber I hadn't seen since '95

Ray asked about Dirt Drag photos This is son about half track

Check HERE for for more pics.

For video search you Tube for BBDR

Made it home about 11:30 Sat PM only to get up early for Mrs family reunion.

Work is still crazy and blowing off 2 days made it worse.

Still worried about Mike C

Off to bed


Prayers for those in need

[lion88roar]

Brutus

Hey Brent/88 - I guess you are a moderator here.  Can you go in and change my user name to Gut?  That would be awesome.

You have me confused with someone else. I am not, and would not, be a moderator on here. It just isn't my style.

[SPMan]

Good morning all,

Starting a new week but no appointments today.  I have simi monthly care giver meeting tomorrow.  Last two were cancelled.  Wife has dentist and Xray appointment later in week.

Another brush fire in Azusa Canyon a few miles from us but we saw the smoke coming over the ridge in front of our house.  I think they have a handle on it now.  No smoke this morning.

96 is the high predicted today.  Around 100 yesterday. No rain in sight.

later,

Ray

 

 

[rtraincollector]

Morning all just puttering around need to get dressed and go check mail and bring trash can from the road back up to the back door area.

Hope all have a good day

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

Got a good soaking rain yesterday. Not heavy enough to really help the reservoirs significantly but every bit helps.

Doug M - building a train layout in the aquarium?

Have a great day all?

[sir james I]

Doug sounds like those would fit right into your RR theme.

S.J.

[cnw1995]

Aloha from a foggy Chicago where the air and water show was cancelled yesterday because of the low clouds. We have a new dog, we call him Torben (Thor's bear) which was the name of our tour guide in Berlin. He is a rescue from a kill shelter, some kind of mutt. The bride actually found him while I was away. We were told he was like a year old but he's more like five - the vet can tell by his teeth. But he's a good dog. The cats are not happy but they'll get used to him. 

While I was waiting for his first obedience class,  I got to wandering the pet store aisles and found some neat aquarium (ruined castles and so forth)  items that were perfect in scale and would look good on the layout. 

[Hudson#685]

Good Evening! Quiet Weekend for us. Just a weekend of yardwork, splitting and stacking firewood. No fishing this weekend. Continued prayers for Mike and all others in need. John

[ChiefEagles]

Afternoon.  Sunday School and some Jesse Stone.  Then assembled a grinder stand and put my grinder on it.  Resting now.  Hope all have a great week.

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Filtered sun and 70 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Pretty weekend.  Wifey and I were invited to our best man's place in York County yesterday.  We had spare time, so we cruised up to Hanover, PA, and found Toy Trains Unlimited (CTT advertiser).  The place is a treasure chest of O-gauge (and Flyer), old and new.  Picked up a 19th century B&O gon, and a Harley Davidson crane car for Grandson.  Then we drove around Codorus Creek, which is a pretty area.  Was hoping to spot YORK 17, but must've been too late.  Then we spent a wonderful evening with our friends.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill.......

It is a cloudy 70 degrees. Looks like rain. Up to 85.

Today is an easy day. I have a few chores and then I will run trains until lunch.  Ballgame this afternoon.

Cheerios for breakfast on the dining car.

Y'all have a great Sunday.

Chuck

[8ntruck]

Mike - I'll keep you in my prayers.  Keep plugging.

Brutus - good to hear from you.  Sorry to hear about Chewy.  Dogs is people too.....

We will have another train day on Sept. 13 at the KATY Depot here in Sedalia.  I know a lot of you folks on the forum don't live too far away.  Would be great to see some of you.  I'm planning on having a 9' by 18' layout set up with maybe a one or two smaller loops in the middle.  The smaller loops will be on a TPC 400, while the big outer loop will be on my Legacy.  Send me a PM if you are able to attend and want to bring something to run.

We've been oiling the economy the last couple of days.  We bought a set of loppers at the State Fair that can cut through a 2" diameter limb like butter using a ratchet system.  Got one of those spicy Italian sausage sandwiches along the midway too.  Those things are so good, I can only stand having one a year. We stopped at the wine shop today and bought a case of assorted white wines, since the white section of our wine cooler was empty.  We also went to a 'Dutch' bulk food store a couple of towns east and bought a bunch of weird baking supplies (almond flour, coconut oil, etc.) for my wife's paleo diet.

I spent the afternoon patching up my front porch steps with a Locktite product called Magnacrete.  Neat stuff.  It is a resin and sand mix that uses an activator instead of water.  This stuff sets up in about 15 minutes, and sticks to the existing concrete much better than standard concrete or mortar.

For lunch today, we stopped at a small Mexican store here in town that has a lunch counter.  We got paposa's.  They were really good - as good as what we had in  El Salvador  on a trip a number of years back.

 

All for now.

[Brutus]

Hey Brent/88 - I guess you are a moderator here.  Can you go in and change my user name to Gut?  That would be awesome.  Not much going on here - worked OT, picked up a small desktop computer for my videos as it was half the price of the laptop.  Hannah's laptop is crashing from heat so the heatsinks failed.  It was a very cheap one I bought for travel years ago - the first year vista came out - so it lasted a good while for a laptop.  We'll pass the other laptops around and she and my son will both have "newer" machines.  Got an HP with AMD and Radeon (etc).  8GB ram and 2TB HDD for $499 on sale.

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

Chuck - nice post

Got a bit of rain this afternoon.

Nice weather and enjoying the weekend so far. Drainage project went well yesterday.

Chief - no lake house and no boat. What will you do with all the time?

Brutus - so sorry about Chewey. Our mutt is pushing 15. Seems to be doing ok but in the last couple of weeks  there have been a couple of times it seems her back legs collapsed. Keeping a watchful eye on that.

Have a great evening all!

[ChiefEagles]

I ate the whole thing!!!!!  Plop plop fizz fizz [Alka Seltzer].  Wifey took me to new eating place [for me] after I took her shopping in Selma/Smithfield NC [big outlet area and JR's].  Robin's Nest.  Buffett.  Fried chicken [Southern style, 4 pieces], eastern NC bar-be-que, slaw, fish, shrimp [two big helpings], 2 deviled crabs, [other meats I didn't eat], all the Southern style veggies [I ate only a bowl of butterbeans, lima beans to you Yanks] and chicken pastry.  Plenty of sweet ice tea with lemon.  

Now I will put on my "comfy clothes" [as the Wifey calls them] and slippers. 

Later 

PS: Fifey, at JR's I started to buy you a yard flag.  Had a blue sailboat.  Read, RED NECK YACHT.