Morning. Sunny and real warm. Storms on the coast but nothing here. Got a luncheon and then help Wifey haul plants for garden club's plant sale tomorrow.
Tomorrow I go to the HS and judge the Cow Patty Bingo. I follow the cow around the football field and watch for her first deposit. Then tell which square she deposits on. Winner $500. Ticket sales goes to boosters club.
Have a good one.
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Good morning all,
Don, glad you're on the downhill side of your procedure. Re the tornados in Oklahoma, a friend of mine was going through there on the way to Milwaukee for his mother's memorial service. Hope he is OK. Friend Larry is on a driving trip through the midwest too.
We got some good rain during the night. Really pounded on the roof about 3:00AM. Lawn will love it. Possibly more showers today.
The only thing I ever shipped home from York at my expense was a Lionel large power station. I think it cost about $50 shipping back then. I had a dealer do me a favor and ship some stuff to me too but he did it no charge. Can't beat that. I used to carry trunks and extra suitcases for trains but wouldn't now even it I could go. We used the trunks mainly for taking stuff to sell. Made some good bucks back then with standard gauge and prewar O gauge. The charge for a trunk was cheap then compared to now. You had to use cheap trunks because the airline handling would destroy them after a couple of trips and you had to buy more for next time.
Ray
SPMan
Good Afternoon Guys!
84 and Sunny here in Central NJ.
It has been a while since I had posted. I had more time BEFORE I RETIRED! Between Babysitting the Granddaughter and taking care of Mom it has been tough. We almost lost Mom a month ago. She had a prolapse of her rectum, virgina, and bladder, add the big hernia that she has, plus she decided not to drink because she did not want to have an accident. Without going into too much detail, all of her organs were shutting down, an incompetent doctor with a medling my sister in law who ment well, I got her to the ER just in time. They had to postpone her operation until she gets stronger, so she has been in rehab center doing good and will be discharged next week. then she needs to be cleared by her primary doctor, cardiologist and surgeon. I have the primary appointment for next Friday. That is the reason why I missed York. We will be there in October!
Fife: Good luck with the countdown! Johnsson is doing good. Thought about you during the riots.
Back to the rehab for a care meeting.
John
Sounds like a good job for you Frank. To follow the cow around. And a game like that?? Olny in N.C.
They just reported that we have the highest tree pollen count ever recorded today. No kidding! Man it is bad!
I saw where they have now put restrictions on water use in California and have told people to put in desert lawns. Some places like Beverly Hills has to reduce by 32% I think is what they said. So bet you guys are glad to get some rain.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good evening all,
Today created a vacuum. I hope everyone else has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there,
TGIF! !!!!!
Now you know how I feel about that!
Lots of things need done, getting the s**t out of the barn is near the top of the list. Also up there is cutting grass, putting tiller on Gravely for garden, mrs' flower beds, 2 4 D on lawn for broad leaf... a small portion of the list
Fife. .....when's the weddin?????
Nite.......keep dozing off
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Cloudy and 80 today storms last night and more expected today. 86 yesterday. The snow is almost gone now. Club meet tonight, looks like a good one.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Hi Guys.....................
Hot day. 80 already. Baseball this afternoon. No race today.
Y'all have a great weekend,
Chuck
Aloha. Grey and cooler today. It rained overnight which made the dandelions grow tall and all the other weeds that kind of make up the lawn. It's funny how a little moisture makes everything turn so green. Showed off the layout to an appraiser who stopped by as part of a HELOC renewal. The bride wanted to clean the whole house before he got here. I talked her into going to the library as I knew the guy would be here only 5 minutes. . . Don, that's always a nice drive down Rt. 2 along the Rock River. As you know, it's only about 40 minutes from here.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hudson John, prayers for your mom
All is well here today. No more rain though. V8, sorry you didn't get more.
My first post in May & also since York. Summer has arrived here, think we skipped spring. Farmers are pretty well along in planting and the lawns are looking good. Only down side is we are 4.5" short for the year in rainfall. Hope we make this up, may get some from the tropical storm heading up the East coast.
Enjoyed York and meeting up with old friends. Didn't buy much as I am trying to downsize the collection somewhat.
Enjoy the rest of Mother's Day weekend.
Good evening, Got a 1” of rain last night. Some got more some got less, spotty it was. Where we used to live they got 2.6" so who knows? More on the way for tonight and tomorrow. Got groceries. Messed with my Marx motor grafting job. Added an E-unit to the 1666 motor and now need the spreader bar for the Canadian Pacific engine to fit it in.Also working on some power up-grades on the loops on the fare side of the layout from the transformer but had to stop till I can get more wire.Have a good one tomorrow for mother’s day for those of you who still have moms. The rest be good to the mother of your children.
Sato got a top 10 for AJ so it was not a bad day. Only a little bit of rain before the race, and we got to walk on the track afterwards. Will Power won for Penske, but Rahal made the Hondas look good with a 2nd. I hope everyone has a good day.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...........
It is a beautiful day. Going up to 86 with sunshine.
Well, today I am 73. That sounds old. Good thing I still play with toys. Love those electric trains.
I heard the WPAFB is on a "HIGH ALERT" for terrorists. Good luck to Joe, who is stationed there.
Well. you Guys have a great day.
Morning all. 71 going up to 87 today.
Not much else planned there calling for rain
Happy mothers days to the wives/daughters and the mothers we do have here on the forum
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Happy Mother's Day
Happy Birthday Chuck
Had our club meet last night, you know where to find the video.
Happy Mother's Day ALL!
Happy Birthday Chuck !!!!
SJ - Charlie sure did a fantastic job on the Video, looks like lots of fun.
Chief - Sure hope you wiped your feet off before going in the house yesterday. I sent an email to the City Council, (Cerritos was previously Dairy Valley, and the intercity bus line is called the COW, Cerritos on Wheels.) Suggested they might consider such an event as a local fund raiser, but they are already flinging so much BS, and they thought it could create a major scene trying to distinguish the difference.
Did get garage finished, now if the weather holds the next project is painting the pool heater/filter. THEN the G-Scale dogbone in the backyard.
Later, Have a GREAT Day,
Don
Happy birthday Chuck!!
Getting ready for church. Just remembered I have to fill out my ticket stubs and turn in the money today for a church raffle during our Festival next week end. Need a rubber stamp.
Son bought flowers for his mother and I cooked a big breakfast.
Happy mother's day to all,
Happy Birthday Chuck!
Been awol again. Just really busy. Really intense week coming up so likely I will not be able to post until next week.
Hudson John - great to hear from you. for your mom, you, and the family in this tough time. Good luck!
Had tons of rain here. I think most all the lakes are full. Our direct supply lakes are and now there is flooding in the area due to all the rain.
Had a great Mothers Day here and daughter is here tonight cooking for the family.
Have a great week all!
Regards, Roy
Aloha and happy Mothers Day to all the moms from a grey, wet and cold northeastern Illinois. We didn't get near the rain that Kev's old neighborhood did, but enough to keep everything green. I think the bride enjoyed her big day, especially as I took the boys out for an afternoon of visiting hobby, toy and video game stores.
Happy Mother's day!
Good evening, Chuck, Happy Birthday. Good trick having it on Mother’s day. Day started out like Doug’s but as the day wore on it just got better. Never got a drop of rain they said we would but we have enough. MY pal in Denton TX dodged the tornadoes and like Roy they are all happy about the lakes filling up. With exception of those washed away or blown away that is. Both kids made a call into Sandra but they were no shows otherwise.
Howdy All !
Chuck,
Daughter and SIL had us down this morning for brunch, I know why my daughter married him. He cooks much better than I do, like mother like daughter I guess. Later after we left they were going out to Fort Rosecrans to put flowers on his mothers burial plot.
Hope all had a good Mother's Day today.
Later all !
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Happy birthday, Chuck! I hope everyone has a good day.
Mornin' boys. A little patchy fog and 70 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Spent the weekend in WV with an impromptu visit with Fifemom. Hadn't seen her in months, and it meant so much. We talked, and fished, and basically were just connected at the hip. Stopped by the new fifedom acreage to do a little more site surveying. Looks like the structure will be a little closer to the road, due to the big crane that has to put everything in place. Also, will give wifey the mountain back drop she wants. Could hear a wild turkey nearby, and a rooster way off in the distance, but that's about it.
Banks - Nuptuals in 2 weeks. Then I'll be busy as Hudson John watching grandson for ten days.
Hudson - Mom is lucky to have you.
Blueberry - Any left?
Good Morning
Another muggy, boggy day here...gonna get to 77F later on with the ever popular chance of thunderingkaboomers and showers.
Had an interestiing past few days here...not much done outdoors but we managed to get the basement/attic/storerooms cleaned out...now we have no more gubbage than we normally end up with here.
Well....gotta run...need to buy some basic survival foods here...
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Aloha from a grey and rainy Chicago. Thunder overnight here too blownout. The bride was happy with her Mothers Day and it looks like a busy week. Happy belated Birthday Chuck. Hope there is still cake. Here's a wash-down in the IC yard in 1943-ish. Love those wheels...
Rainy good morning. No big amounts of rain. Hope it is moving out.
Happy birthday Chuck [Toots].
Guess Buckeye will be crying as we forgot his "birthday".
Send some of the big rains in Texas and OK to CA.
Hope all have a great week
Prayers for John's Mom.
Later
Happy Belated Birthday to my fellow Buckeye, Chuck! Wishing you many more.
fife..... Looking forward to the open house in WV. How far from Cass will be the fife estate?
Chief.....I believe you have finally found your calling in life.
When I go to York, I drive a truck.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Afternoon fellasSeems we have all be busy adding to the reserves for Fife's pending 'retirement'. Had a relatively nice weekend with the family. This morning Christina got her cast removed, but apparently that was not enough to earn her forgiveness for the doctor. LOL. She has shown no signs of improvement with the knee or ankle so she is now in a walking boot for 2 weeks. She is home resting with mommy... sure there will be lots of stories tonight.Hudson - for your mom and your family.Fife - I'm sure you aren't looking forward to 10 days with fifegrandpup...
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