Aloha. Sunny, ferociously windy and warm! Might hit 50! (cold returns next week but I'll take it!). All quiet on the home front. Except for said wind. Might take Mr. T (the pup) for a walk. Happy Happy Happy Birthday Buckeye! Fife,
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
49 this morning and headed to 62 today. Very windy today out of the south at 35-40 but lots of sun. I have all the supports built for the bucket grapple and it is ready to weld up. Will do it tomorrow at the neighbors because he has a nice mig welder. I only have a old Lincoln buzz box stick machine. I will pull the snow plow blade off today so I can haul the bucket over there tomorrow.
Enjoy Your day Buckeye.....
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCKEYE......
50 today but very windy.
At 4:40 pm it is very windy and 61 degrees in Michigan, in FEBRUARY.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Buckeye
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Happy birthday Buckeye!
SPMan
Was it my birthday today I thought my birthday was next week. (That's an inside joke for you newcomers to the forum.) Oh well, thank you everyone for the birthday wishes and yes Laz, I got five things with flanges.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Buckeye you can't count the cars you bought on the road the other week
rtraincollector Buckeye you can't count the cars you bought on the road the other week
Yes he can RT.
If I could not count the things with Flanged wheels I get for me I would not be able to count anything.
Once I told wifey I wanted a John Deere Gator for my birthday,,,never got it so the next day I went and got it for me. That was ten years ago... I just told her I figured she did not know what one I wanted and thanked her for it.
Evening all!
Buckeye!
70's today and still 70 right now. 70's again and maybe some rain this weekend. Lowest temp so far this winter - 27 - nice!
Doug M - saw on the news ya'll had a bit of wind today
Regards, Roy
Good evening all,
Happy birthday, Buckeye! 100 days to "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing". Good day at work. Went to see a movie that was filmed in Greensburg. Surprisingly good. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny & 39 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. 1 day to DAYTONA! Looks like I picked the wrong time to buy time-sharing in Fiji...
We saw our first Robin this morning.
Not much sleep till after 2am as the winds were howling w/55mph gust.
61 degrees yesterday and 50s today, back to 30s next week.
Sunny and 55 degrees. Warming fast as suppose to go to mid 60's.
Yesterday was one of those dreaded early and long sessions with Town Board and staff and budget expansion. Glad that is over.
Buckeye, Thought your birthday was last month and the month before and so on. Anyway. Your present is in the mail. Couldn't afford the high dollar fast delivery postage. It is on the slow delivery route. [newbees, Buckeye has a birthday every month]
Got lunch with former intern and her boyfriend. Must be serious. She is introducing me to him. I'm like her second Dad.
Got to clean the Train Box. Full of engine boxes. Had to dig through the whole group to get one for the enigne that is at Lionel repairs. Got some kids that want to see trains run.
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
Hola Dudes & Dudettes !
Been a 10# in a 5# sack this past week and a half. Glad thats over ! Had my first wireless ICD test and even though I didn't wake up during the test it must have been a very restless night. My c-pap mask and half the bedding was on the floor when I wokeup about 4 in the morning. When they called the next day they said that the ICD and I both passed with flying colors.
Any of you have some of the K-Line die cast 4 bay hoppers ? I currently have 13, unlucky maybe, on my roster that hadn't been run in quite awhile. Was a real pain to pack for the museum due to weight. Yesterday I finally got them out to run and discovered a potentially big problem. One of them in the 4 car Chessie color scheme has developed a bad cas of zinc pest. It has grown in length about 3/16" and 1/4" in width at the center, as well as exhibiting a lot of other irregularities. If you got any check your inventory.
Doc's are still making changes to my heart meds trying to reverse some of the decline in function.
A belated Buckeye, seems like we just did this last month. With many more to come !
Later all !
P.S._Anybody have any ideas as to finding some "Alice In Wonderland" characters in aprox "O" scale ?
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I did 8 miles in 2:19:19 today outside at the Y. Not a great time, but still sufficiently fast enough. Was very worn out when I got home. Still have Sunday to get some items done. I hope everyone has a good day.
Doug, got a large number of them. Mrs. Edna put them on sale when K-Line went under. Also, picked up some from ChooChooAuctions real cheap. So heavy, got them stored. Will check them out.
Wifey and I ate at Golden Corral. Got a batch of free passes Heather [old front end manager] gave me when she left to be GM in Reidsville, NC. Prime rib.
Later.
Bust week. Had CAD traiuning in Kansas City Monday and Tuesday, an all day seminar on Wednesday, worked late on Wednesday and Thursday doing some 3D modeling for a tool that was broken - oh also caught a pretty good cold on Wednesday.
RT - good luck on your blood shgar project. A short time back my doctor told me I have the opposite problem - low blood sugar. Reccomends smaller and more frequent meals, cut the carbs and get more protien. More meals - guess I can handle that!
Nothing new on the train front. On the robot front, the kids got the compitetion robot together and are starting to do testing. As typical, some re-desigining and re-building is required. Double the work, cause we've got to make the same changes on the practice robot.
Looking forward to the Daytona 500 tomorrow.
All for now.
Good Evening from warm (60's) clear Southern Ohio
It was beautiful outside today. Got up into the mid 70's. Gotta love it. Spent most of the daylight hours in bed since I'm at work all night, but what I did experience was great. Assisted at two Vigil Masses then came into work.
On the work front, the funding for our project has not came through and I'm going to get laid off the end of this month. The threat has been there since last September, and so it's not like it was unexpected. Crazy, going from working 24-36 hours of overtime a week to being laid off. I was hoping to make it to March 17 because that would have been 39 years I've been working here. We'll see. When one door closes another opens, and I just turn it over to God and ask for a point in the right direction. Sent out resumes for some interesting jobs still in the nuclear enrichment field that are nearby.
SJ-We had some wind but nothing near 55mph!
Dougdagrump-Try the Disney store. I think I remember seeing something there.
Good night and may God bless
Jim
Jim sorry to hear that prayers something works out for you.
Morning all. Been one of those up and down nights just couldn't sleep. sleep for a couple of hours wake up can't go back to sleep get on computer for a bit go back to bed sleep a few more hours.
Morning all!
Got sprinklers fixed and tested. Found 3 more buried CATV cables. Cut another one (nicked the jacket) and yes it was an active one Even though I was digging carefully with small hand tools. This is only a 15 in deep x 12 in wide x 24 in long hole. They come next week to put in a new one. Glad this is over. Bet my internet and TV provides are also!
Supposed to rain this afternoon. We'll see.
Mike C - 8 miles, impressive.
RT - I had a restless night also. We also are dealing with an aged dog that has to go out two or three times between 11 pm and 6 am. Rough.
Phish - that's tough
Daytona today. Chase Elliott won race last night. He is good like his father. Rising fast.
Our February club meet video is now posted on that other 3r forum. Last I checked it was not on detroit3railers yet.
After the race I did my final look over on the Grapple install for lines and I think I have a plan, but then you know how that can work. I will have to go to Peru tomorrow because they don't have farm stuff at Farm & Fleet anymore. They have lost track of what their name means. So it will a trip to Rural King tomorrow.
SJ I saw four robbins today here.
The race was Okay but had to go to Krogers when it started but did get in on the last 1/2. They sure did some nice things at the track for the fans. Doubt the George family would ever do that for Indy. That place could use some up grades at least the last time I was there. Oh sure they got everything for the rich, but the regular fan,, well they are years behing what Daytona had before the up-grade. The other NASCAR tracks,,,not so much from what I have seen.
No train news, but I did run them the night before last for about a 1/2 hour.
Phish, that sucks. I have been there and at older ages it is only worse. Can you retire yet?
Good Evening from mild (mid 50'sF) and wet Southern Ohio,
Thanks guys for your words and prayers. I am 60, and will draw full retirement from the company and they are offering a generous severance package and I'll cash out 592 hours of vacation, so I am blessed in that regard. There are some openings in with other contractors for jobs that I would qualify for and have done in the past so I'll continue to submit resumes.
I am blessed with great health, and I look at being laid off as a blessing too because I do not know yet what doors may open. It does get me off shift work and can spend more time with my family.
Thanks again
May God bless you guys
Started converting a Marx 490 into a saddle tanker today. Gonna need a new cab, pilot, and mechanism. Also put some of my collection on the market, hoping to get enough funds to finish some tooling work I started a little bit ago. Who knows, Mebbe a few new engines and some passenger cars will finally make it onto the market lol.
Got some projects done around the house today. Picked up the yard, replaced a light fixture in the barn and took out a storm window screen no longer needed. Watched some of the taxicab race. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hey sometimes just having a companion around is all that counts
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 41 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Fifepops duty today. Hopefully will be mild enough for a little outside time. Wifey still undecided on WV prospects.
Phish - Can't keep a good man down. You'll be fine.
Got some light rain last night. Not much.
Phish - good to hear.
Built some new shelves in garage yesterday. Slowly getting rid of steel floor shelving. Too hard to clean under them. New ones attached to wall.
Aloha from a sunny and colder Chicago. Certainly enjoyed the 50 degree temps last week but, boy howdy, as Roy said, the wind sure was howling. Scared poor Torben the Wonder Dog too. I like those metal shelves, Roy. I have them in the basement and you are right, they are impossible to clean under, (and they rust) but I would've come by the pick them up if I lived down the street SJ, I'm glad you saw a robin; that is always a sign that the weather might have finally turned (though we are supposed to get 3 inches of snow on Wed. Ha!). Thanks for the video heads-up too, SJ. I love visiting those layouts!Worked at church this weekend; getting a bit tired of it - told them they have to find another person to do what apparently only I can do for them; the youngest got up sick late last night or was it early this morn, so he is home from school today. Fortunately, he's old enough to stay by himself.
8n, congrats on the CAD training. One of my relatives who has struggled in lots of things just earned a cert in CAD Drafting. it sounds interesting. Kind of like what I learned but used to do on a large drafting table. Not too useful anymore (along with my mad slide rule skills) Stur-Jim, I hope you find something new that is interesting and lucrative too - wil lpray for that.Doug, There's a Disney store just up State St. and they sell lots of these figures - the figurines at their website are fantastically expensive: they are large for our scale but frankly perfect for the Thomas line that is a bit larger: http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Alice-Wonderland-Figure-200647/dp/B003DV55R6
Hello There,
Been MIA lately. Feel like a long tailed cat in a room full of rockers. Started a post Friday after frying fish but my phone was doing silly things. I ended up dozing off while phone restarted............. The fist week due to lousy cold weather we only served 514. A nice day this past Friday brought us 795.
Son's progress is slow on the truck. He hopes to be ready to start installing the body next weekend.
Fife.....hope you find a basement soon. Make sure it's dry.
RT........glad Kitty made it home.
Kev.....The grapple looks good.
I've been treating the Ash trees in my yard. Hope it works
Phish........prayers for your job hunt........Can you afford to retire?? Your grand kids go to a Catholic Grade school? The diocese recently said they were closing our parish school. We said think again. It's our school and you can't close it. If we get half of the kids that say they're coming we should be fine.
Mom has been keeping us stepping. Seems to be on the decline
There have been a couple of hardy robins hanging around here all winter.
Seven weeks till YORK
Best move on.
Prayers fo those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
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