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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, February 20, 2015 8:08 AM

jefelectric
 
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Just accross the river, FIFE.  It is frozen so you can drive now.  Enjoy, Liverpool.  I'll be at the Allentown show on Saturday.

 

 

 

Laz, have you seen the forecast for Saturday?  May not be the best day for that trip!

Take care.

 

 

Thanks JOHN, for the update.  May or may not go now gotta wait and see. 

Stay frosty my friend,

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, February 20, 2015 7:43 AM

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

It is sunny and cold.  10 below.

Today is an easy day. A few chores and then relax. Not going out.

Breakfast of Cheerios on the dining car.

Buckeye & LAZ............ TGIF

Y'all have a great Friday.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, February 20, 2015 7:26 AM

Aloha. Don't know why schools were off yesterday (for Buckeye's birthday?) but it's even colder today and they're back in session. Go figure. I drove the kids to school that were waiting at the corner for the bus at 21 below zero. Good basement weather. At least there's no snow on the horizon... And this is supposed to last as far as the weather-guessers can see. Yeesh.

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Posted by fifedog on Friday, February 20, 2015 7:21 AM

Mornin' boys.  I just heard that it's so called the chickens are lining up at KFC to get warm...  Like jefelectric said, calling for 3-5 inches of snohizo tomorrow for PA, which is really putting a damper on our trip.  Penn-DOT is notoriously bad for clearing highways.  Wifey don't care, but she ain't the one gripping the steering wheel...

I'm so freekin' tired of watching newscasters bundled up outside, compaounding the obvious.  If I were Sublime Emporer, I would have all channels piping in live feeds from Fiji.

Buckeye ---> Happy B-Day

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Posted by cheapclassics on Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:51 PM

Good evening all,

Happy birthday, Buckeye!  Still very cold here, but I did walk outside at noon.  Not as far as my regular walk, but still good to be outside.  Work was ok today.  Some progress made on the house planning tonight.  Might be getting there.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Banks on Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:45 PM

Hello there,

Busy dealing with the cold, work, and Mom.

Thanks for the prayers for Mrs' sister...........not much time left..........

Laz..........where've ya been?????????? Hope the Allentown Show is better than Monroeville was. Now I remember why I quit going. The 3hour 60 mile drive in a snow squal return trip made my day that much better.

Got York passes in the mail today. Sure sign of spring.

Is it really Buckeye's Birthday?  Enjoy.

Best move on

 

Prayers for those in need

 

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Posted by jefelectric on Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:22 PM

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Just accross the river, FIFE.  It is frozen so you can drive now.  Enjoy, Liverpool.  I'll be at the Allentown show on Saturday.

 

Laz, have you seen the forecast for Saturday?  May not be the best day for that trip!

Take care.

 

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Posted by KRM on Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:06 PM

Buckeye, I know what it is a sign of and it is not that you need a mental health professional. Wink  Smile, Wink & Grin Laugh

Hope you had a Happy Birthday. Happy B-Day

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:25 PM

Hey guys I'm flattered that you remembered. Smile, Wink & Grin Of course it takes someone with a computer programmed to the correct date to remember.  Thanks Murph.

I used to get upset when someone at work did something stupid.  Now I am laughing.  Is this a sign that I should see a mental health professional? Bang Head

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:41 PM

fifedog

Wifey and I will be visiting Liverpool this weekend.  Hope to see Ringo or Paul.  Maybe see Laz...

 

Just accross the river, FIFE.  It is frozen so you can drive now.  Enjoy, Liverpool.  I'll be at the Allentown show on Saturday.

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:39 PM

Happy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-DayCakeBeerBeerBeerBeerBeerBeer  BUCKEYE!!!!

Hope you get something with flanged wheels.  Enjoy your day BUDDY!!!

Stay frosty my friend,

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:29 PM

Never sure about Buckeye, but just in case.

Happy Birthday Buckeye.

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Posted by SPMan on Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:20 PM

Good morning all,

Not much to report but just checking in.  Took wife to a new doctor yesterday for her dementia problem.  Very nice lady doctor who proscribed some new medication which we hope will do some good.

No news on the train front here.  No time for it lately.

Grandson has been getting several offers for college scholarships.  Has not decided which one yet.  We are very grateful for his opportunity.

Live in son has started dating a new girl yesterday.  Sounds a lot more promising than the last one.  Hope he meets a good one.

Had long telphone conversation with my sister in North Carolina yesterday.  She is still fighting her cancer.  She is terminal and she knows it but keeps going.  Gave her an update on our sitiuation.  Good talk.

Happy birday BuckeyeHappy B-Day

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:36 AM

Aloha! Woo-hoo! It's a record for this date in February: - 7 and dropping at the airport though it's - 13 out here - probably similar down Kev's way. Sigh. Both the bride's school district and the youngest's school district closed. I'm working though. I know whose fault this all is...

HAPPPPPY BIRRRRTHDAY BUCKEYE! Happy B-DayYeah

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:11 AM

Wifey and I will be visiting Liverpool this weekend.  Hope to see Ringo or Paul.  Maybe see Laz...

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Posted by Demay on Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:00 AM

Good morning,

I believe today will be colder yet, and the windchill is supposed to keep it well below zero.  The kids and I are hanging out inside as the wife is taking care of a few errands.  I need to clear off the top of the layout so I can affix the grass mats.  I don't have much else planned.

Joe

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Posted by KRM on Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:00 AM

 

Good morning like Doug we are at -10 with wind chills in the -25 to 30 range.

School is closed so the wife is sleeping and the cat is outside trying his luck taking care of his business without getting stuck to the snow.  Surprise

Seems they are always closing the schools for something. I never remember them shutting down for cold??

We did have a snow day once in 1967 when it snowed 26" not many others. None of the schools had AC or our houses for that matter back then.

Well got to light a fire and get moving.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:38 AM

Mornin' boys.  Zero temps at zero dark-thirty.  Grandson coming to Fifedom today will help warm things up.

Looks like CSX caused a big one in WV.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:07 PM

Evening all!

Been busy building shelves in the garage. Trying to get organized and sort out the junk in the process.

Mike C - it is always nice when they "get it".

Sorry to say it warmed up nicely here today. 50's. May hit 60's & 70's next couple of days. But another Siberian blast coming Sun ?

Stay toasty!

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Posted by cheapclassics on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 8:21 PM

Good evening all,

Cold here.  &(*&(&^(^ cold here.  No soccer tonight since school was closed.  Long drive into work today.  Long day at work.   Shorter drive home tonight.   Watched Arrow.   Maybe getting too convoluted.  Liked it better when he just arrowed the baddies.  Stay warm all.   Global warming.....right.....   Did talk to Lucas tonight.  He is finally burning the candle at both ends like his sisters.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by KRM on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:33 AM

 

Morning, 10:00am,
Like Doug said,,,, COLD!!!!!!  2 above out there with sun and wind. Going down from here!!  Surprise
Been to the DMV got Sandra's car license sticker, new antique plates for the old Triumph, renewed my drivers license for 5 more years, went to Farm & Fleet for feed, drill bits, other supplies and a small space heater to see if I can get the condensate line in the shed to work. Then got all my hairs cut.
 
RT I like to get them used to. Got the Silverado 11 months old with 11K on it and saved $14K from a new one. I have bought one car and three trucks new in my life. The last one was the 2001 Dakota. It is nice to get them new but if they are less than a year old then so what? Save the $$$$$  Smile, Wink & Grin
 
Buckeye, I am going to order up the girder section and try my luck. I think it will be good.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:30 AM

Buckeye Riveter
 
jefelectric
BTW, what's with the crazy page numbers on this thread -1, 0, 1,2,3. ???
 

 

 
Choose one:
1. New math.
2. Bad programmers.
3. Spell checker corrected the page numbers.
4. Weather report from Wisconsin.
Laugh
 

 
All of the above.  I just clicked on last post and it went to the posts about Brent's wreck.  Had to check dates to be sure he had not crashed again.  This and no spell check is why I don't post here much now.  Page so small and have to manually makeit bigger.
 
Going to be COLD.  Sunny and thawing now.  Snow showers about dark and temps dive for a few days.  Then 55 and showers Sunday. ?????  One good thing is, if we are cold, Buckeye is a lot COLDER.
 
Off to a free lunch with banker.
 
Stay warm and safe.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:09 AM

wrmcclellan

Buckeye - bridge post looking good! Do I detect from the early underside layout shots that you were going to use straight girders?

Roy....I marked out the chords to see how much over hang would be needed if the girders curved or straight were above the deck based upon a 72' passenger car.  When you put the girders below the deck, the clearance requirements for the passenger cars vanishes. The deck could have been placed about 1/4" below the top of the girder and clearance would not have been a problem either.  When your friends in Dallas need some help on building bridges, you have my number. LOL

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:04 AM

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Glad you didn't get hurt to bad Brent but I'm in shock you bought a american brand car a Dodge whats this world coming to.Smile, Wink & Grin 

 



RT - the BMWs were the first non-American cars I have owned. I needed something larger, with towing capacity (don't have a truck so I need to tow in order to haul something), and quite honestly the foreign options didn't hold the muster. I could have gone Toyota - but you want to talk about the most self-asorbed group of people! We have been to 3 dealerships and have had what we felt were decent offers in hand (did tons of research) and all there basically said "What is on the sticker is what we are getting", never going to a Toyota dealer again. Susan's Mazda CX-9 was nearly identical in specs to the Toyota Highlander and she drove her's off the lot for more than $10,000 less! The Durango is larger than the Highlander/Pilot/CX-9/BMW X5/Lexus/Acura MDX/GMC Acadia/Grand Cherokee but not as large as the Yukon or Tahoe... so it was perfect for my needs. All that and it has more options on it than I really needed, and the dealer gave me an excellent deal and I got 0% financing. Thumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs Up

Still want a RAM 1500 or a Silverado, but that is a few years down the road.

Brent sorry seems I only remember the BMW did you have more than one in a row maybe that would be why any way I made the mistake once I had the extended cab Silverado and got rid of it got a Cadillac srx and hated it so after a year went and got another Silverado ( all of these where used ( I don't buy new but that's another story and personal preference ) 

Morning all not much going on here today.Have a little running around later but thats about it. 

Hope all are staying warm as possible talk to you all later. 

 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 8:31 AM

Aloha. Wow, it is cold outside - close to the day's high of 5... Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 3. It's heading in the wrong direction.

Buckeye, there is an very unofficial student group that races drones around the buildings in the Loop... I don't know how they do it with the blocked LOS. 

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Posted by lion88roar on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 7:19 AM

rtraincollector

Glad you didn't get hurt to bad Brent but I'm in shock you bought a american brand car a Dodge whats this world coming to.Smile, Wink & Grin 



RT - the BMWs were the first non-American cars I have owned. I needed something larger, with towing capacity (don't have a truck so I need to tow in order to haul something), and quite honestly the foreign options didn't hold the muster. I could have gone Toyota - but you want to talk about the most self-asorbed group of people! We have been to 3 dealerships and have had what we felt were decent offers in hand (did tons of research) and all there basically said "What is on the sticker is what we are getting", never going to a Toyota dealer again. Susan's Mazda CX-9 was nearly identical in specs to the Toyota Highlander and she drove her's off the lot for more than $10,000 less! The Durango is larger than the Highlander/Pilot/CX-9/BMW X5/Lexus/Acura MDX/GMC Acadia/Grand Cherokee but not as large as the Yukon or Tahoe... so it was perfect for my needs. All that and it has more options on it than I really needed, and the dealer gave me an excellent deal and I got 0% financing. Thumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs UpThumbs Up

Still want a RAM 1500 or a Silverado, but that is a few years down the road.

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Posted by 8ntruck on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:15 PM

Cloudy and in the low 20's today.  Supposed to go near zero tonight.

KRM - That was a good question, I needed to look it up.  Turns out that this General is powered by a Pulmore motor.  Looks like it was one of the last ones before they switched to the can motor.

All for now.

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Posted by Demay on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 10:16 PM

Hello,

It was cold again and we even had a few flurries this afteroon, but unfortunately they did not amount to anything.  I am not working this week so I am having fun with the family; the kids are also on Winter Break this week.  I picked up some grass mat material for the layout.  I purchased it at Hobby Lobby and with the coupon it is a great price.  It's about time for bed now.

Good night,

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Posted by cheapclassics on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:27 PM

Good evening all,

Surrounded by idiots and encapsulated by the clueless is a polite way of describing the chaos that was endured today.   Details would take 10 pages to list all the insanity that is my world.   Only piece of good news is that I found out I did do 8 miles Sunday in around 2 hours so the pace for the Mini is going well.  Just need to add an another hour and a quarter and I am good to go.   Watched the Flash tonight.  It was good, but somewhat bittersweet.   At least the baddy got a bit of what he deserved.   Tomorrow is another day in the coal mine.   I  hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 8:23 PM

Buckeye only you would think of that Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Laugh

Evening all thought I would jump in and say hi its been a while.

Getting on the cold side down here but nothing I can't handle seeing I grew up in it. Really Feel for RIJack and the rest up there. 

Glad you didn't get hurt to bad Brent but I'm in shock you bought a american brand car a Dodge whats this world coming to.Smile, Wink & Grin 

Hope all have been doing well I'm still hanging in there. Prayers for all in need and for those who don't quite know it yet. 

 

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