OCTOBER coffee pot. 11 years running, Sweet ice tea and grits for the southern gents, coffee and donuts for the ,Yanks

[Banks]

Hello there,

Quick check in to say WELCOME BACK to Mike C. I missed ya. We're here for you keep us posted.

I'm with the rest of you.... More pills than I like

Speaking of missing.......has anybody heard from Laz???????????

Fife....Good luck with the House hunt

Best get busy

Prayers for those in need

[dougdagrump]

Mornin All.

Mother Nature will be turning up the heat starting today. SDG&E will be counting the profits again. Got the AC fixed just in time, 100+* expected for the next several days.

Been kinda dopey for a few days, more so than normal, dentist pulled a wisdom tooth, feel dumber already, and it took awhile. Thought he was going to have to resort to blasting powder but eventually it came out.

Really glad to see Mike is back. Most of us are in the same boat, personally I get really tired of keeping the pharmaceutical companies going with all the pills I have to take but it sure beats the alternative.

Well gotta get to work, one of my favorite LeMax halloween buildings (Monster Ball) is having some problems. Going to try to repair it. Got all kinds of stuff all over the garage in variuos stages of preparation. need to really get my butt in gear, this is going to be a very busy month. 10# in 5# bag month.

Posted a Heads Up regarding Hobby Station.

Later all !

 

[dbaker48]

Welcome back Mike!  I wouldn't be a bit surprised if at least 70% of the guys here are fighting the ACL, BP, and other issues.  Me too.

Been working on the Chiefs upgrades, got one running, but have to decide on what I'm going to do.......  (space problems)

- Board set stacks too high, guess I will have to elevate the body.  Make it look like one of the big trucks with the body raised about 4' above the ground.

- Second issue is the speaker not enough room, so since the body is going to be elevated, might as well use two speakers, one on each side of the hood.

As a result I might have to extend the stack a little, but its been very dry here and havn't  popped much corn.  Some would say its drier than a "poppcorn flart".

Later, and stay healthy!

[Brutus]

Welcome back Mike!  Glad you are doing better, hang in there man :)

I have 6 days off in the next 10 days - two 3 day weekends due to Columbus Day.  I can't wait!

[MichRR714]

Happy October gang!

[KRM]

Very glad to see you are doing better MIKE C! 

[rtraincollector]

WOO HOO !!! Mike is back. Glad to see you back. if you ever went in and read what all posted after your last you will know how much you mean to us. I had to give up my diet pepsi as I learned the hard way that sugar is sugar is sugar even the flavored water affects me and the crystal light type products I'm like 99.9% water now days maybe once a week I will have one  diet pepsi if that. normally just water its hard. I bought back around last christmas some hard candy in a seal-able glass jar and I will have one of those in the evening as my snack there fruit flavor and it works. 

Glad to hear about the soccer girls doing so well. Take care Mike and keep us updated. 

Evening all been a busy day here today. And tomorrow looks like it will be also. for first part anyway. 

Need to look at my brakes tomorrow or friday and see how they look getting some kind of warning but they looked fine about 6 months ago and I mean close to new so need to see if maybe its something acting up from when it was vandalized back about 6 months ago. always felt they didn't get something right. 

Anyway hope all had a good day about time to call it a night talk to you all later

[Plate Rail]

Evening all!

What?  When?  It's October?  Drat!  I must miss the Hershey flea market this year due to health issues.  Where will I spend all this green stuff?

But then again, bring on the train shows!  Will my Neil Young FOM add on set arrive soon?  Maybe a Saturday trip to NY or MI is in order?

So many questions...so little patience.

Prayers to all who need them.

Bruce

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all, Frank called about a month ago to check on me. At the time, I still did not know what the situation was. Now, it looks better. Finally got blood sugar under 200 and blood pressure down to 150 over 88. Not great, but much better than what it was. Giving up the chocolate and Cokes is pure misery. I will adjust...sort of. "My" soccer girls are one day and one game away from a winning season, the first since the Norwegian played. My fall league has been marred by postponements, but the team may be a good one as we are 1-1. Scored a Grand Central Express set from Train Express at a good price. Shelves are getting bare there. It is good to see some familiar faces back, and I will try to post again on a regular basis. I hope everyone has a good day. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana

[SPMan]

Good afternoon all,

Took Honda in for oil change this morning and came out with a $400 bill.  Things that needed replacement etc. Red warning light turned out to be a bad sensor and was a false reading.  Brake pads are OK.  Needed some new bushings under car but none in stock.  Had to leave the car until tomorrow.  They will get parts tonight.  They did give me a rental car free.

V8, saw the story about plastic bags but will not take effect here until next year sometime.  I never get bags anyway at places like Costco.  Just keep a box in my trunk and transfer everything from shopping cart to that.  Heck, I would need too many of those for sale bags to carry all my weekly shopping in.

Finally started doing a battery charge on my new portable oxygen concentrator which I've had for several months.  Haven't needed it for trips yet because I haven't been anywhere since wife started having problems.  Anyway, battery has to be recharged or will go dead.

later,

Ray

 

[KRM]

Thanks Buckeye! Do you got time for another Job??

 Well today is the first day of don't go into the woods without orange on.    Funny, I pulled out to go to the bank and mom and her twin fawns were standing in the yard. I think they know today is opening season. I just did a drive around on the Gator to check for poachers on the west line.

Enjoy the day!

[lion88roar]

fifedog

88 - Really want you to look at Winchester, as well as Frederick Co, VA, and see what your money can buy. 

I kinda like my wife! She is a born and raised, die-hard in the blood, Baltimoron. I have looked online at properties in those areas and we could really build something nice with some awesome acreage.

We are at least 5 years from even considering building a home, so a lot can change in that time frame. Heck when we were in FL for her conference on the 19th she was offered a job in Orlando! Neither of us could take the humidity so that isn't happening... but if she ever speaks in AZ and is offered a job I know where we'll be living!

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Sunny and a bit warmer. Happy October! Brutus, I am also looking forward to see that Menards's building in the December CTT. They're still playing baseball? 

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Happy Fall, Y'all!  60 and a little hazy in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Very busy @ work last night; lots o' knuckleheads.  Too many 47-percenters crammed into one region...  Our O's take on Granny's Tigers tomorrow.  We planted orange pansies to bring them luck.    Unfortunately, our Olympic hero has self-destructed; again.

88 - Really want you to look at Winchester, as well as Frederick Co, VA, and see what your money can buy. 

[Brutus]

Howdy guys - no real train news today, but I have a 3 day weekend coming up and so hope to do something fun with electricity and toy trains :)  That Menards building looks super neat :)  Prayers for those in need.

[Buckeye Riveter]

With KRM on the SS gravy train with the Chief, I better see about getting a second job.    

I was out in Eastern Ohio today.  I have never seen so many railroad tank cars parked in every little siding waiting to be filled.  The Zanesville Yard, long dead,  looked like it had new tracks.  I can't wait to tell OPEC to go pound sand.  A friend of mine just received his lease check for his small family 100 acre farm.  He only got $5,000 per acre for the mineral rights lease.  The watershed district board of directors just cut my assessment in half due to the oil leases.  

Looking forward to my trip east in two weeks.  

[KRM]

ChiefEagles

Surprise, Surprise!!!!  I remembered before walking out the door. 

Have a prosperous and happy October.

Buckeye, keep working to send my SS checks.

Later

It is not time yet Frank, Like SJ said but I know it is past your bedtime.

Me too Buckeye, I get my first SS check on the 15th,,

[sir james I]

He cheated, it's not October yet. Although our gloomy day seemed liked it.

S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Surprise, Surprise!!!!  I remembered before walking out the door. 

Have a prosperous and happy October.

Buckeye, keep working to send my SS checks.

Later