HAPPY EASTER ALL.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good evening all,
Mowed the new tall grass today. Went to Easter Vigil services so we could sleep in tomorrow. Almost 2 hours long. Will not do that again for awhile. Did get to watch train go thru Greensburg after church so that was a plus. Got CTT today. Good issue. Worked on taxes again and found a positive shift on our Indiana tax, which is a good thing. Happy Easter to all. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
8ntruck I'm officially an old guy now. Turned 60 a week ago Friday.
I'm officially an old guy now. Turned 60 a week ago Friday.
Thanks alot I turned 61 back in Feburary and now your telling me I'm an old guy. Thats alright my wife keep's saying I never grew up ( me and my trains )
Evening all. been a long day started at 4:30am ( I don't do mornings that early any more ) did a yard sale but the local paper forgot to put it in the paper as they where suppose to. But still did okay but would of done a lot better if it made it to the paper.
Still did okay but man am I sore from moving everything out on to the tables I made yesterday evening then putting everything back in the garage and taking the tables down and putting them up as it was starting to rain.
Good evening, Took down the 100' snow fence and almost tipped the tractor over pulling out one of the fence post. A bit too much angle sitting on the side of the berm. Put some of the free fuel from the transfer tank in the tractor and it runs just fine. So I graded the lane and then took down the fence. It was almost 60 outside and I was sweating out yesterday's beer working out there. We had stuffed Pork chops tonight, Wife wanted them and picked them up. I had fish thawed out but it will have to wait till Monday. Daughter called and wants me to deliver the kids elect jeep that did not work when she brought it out here but now after I fixed it and got a new battery for it she wants it there.. Indian giver......... In case I don't get back tomorrow,,,,have a happy Easter everyone!!!!!!!!!!
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Just got back from Sao Paulo Brazil yesterday. Toured three plants that we have in the area and Attended an awards banquet for natural work teams and innovation teams. We had representatives from teams all over the world. Gave presentations for the team I am on to the executive management team and board of directors. The team I am a member of was chosen as the top team in the company for 2015.
My thoughts go out to those who are dealing with health issues and making hard life decisions.
All for now.
Evenin' PEEPS. Sunny & 55 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Just got back from marina where I slapped some epoxy in a few small spots on the yatchet. Spent more time chattin' than workin' as a lot of fellow sailors were down there.
Ooops, middle princess just phoned with truck issues...
Good afternoon all from Sunny warm (60F) Southern Ohio,
The Triduum Services have been great. Practicing the Exhaultant for this evening Vigil. The 3 West side parishes combine into one church for the services Thursday Friday and Saturday.
Also been working on the damaged bumper on the Civic getting it ready for it’s repaint next week. I found a Bondo product made specifically for bumper repair. Neat stuff. Moldable sandable and remains flexible. Something to store away for a possible train repair. Also cleaned up the gas grill. Had to order some replacement parts and do a little rust patching. We’ll get a few more years out of it.
Ray-I will keep you in my prayers and you are right, taking care of the sick is a corporal work of mercy, perhaps a call to your parish and a eucharistic minister can bring you communion.
Bob-That trolly is really neat! Post it again this coming Sunday in the SPF
May God bless
Jim
Cooler today. Going to do hospital run. Mrs. Dorothy is in CCU and Wifey's Auntis suddenly there with bad cancer. Her Aunt has been going once a month for scans to be sure she has "kicked" it. Now suddenly, all over her body. ?????
Buckeye went hunting. Found a strange set of tracks. Followed them into a cave. He did OK until the train hit him.
Have a good one.
Hello all
Another quiet night on the mountain.
SPRay - hope you get a break soon
Chief - good luck w/ them varmits
Finished the conversion of my friend's trolley to a pantograph. Now it can be run on both track and overhead power.
Nice unit w/ directional and interior lighting and detailed figures.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Quiet day at home. Ran some trains. Watched Grimm. I hope everyone has a good day.
Hello there,
TGIF!!!!!!!!!
Hope everybody had a good week.
Tried several times to login via phone. Laptop worked 1st try
Ray........I'll keep praying for you
Was off work today. Slept in some but didn't sleep well. Think I pulled a muscle in my upper right arm tusseling with a 600lb bull we were preparing to make a steer yesterday. After the shot took effect he was like a lamb. Went to services at noon then Stations at 3. Straight from there to fry fish. The bad wing made that fun. Ibuprophen barely took the edge off. Unofficial count was 750 plus. I think thats about what the average shoud be.
Not much on the train front other than looking forward to York.
Son has been stalled on the truck project by helping out at his Mrs' garbage business on his days off. He did do some spring plowing this week.
Sub bob....your projects are interesting. Good luck on the jobfront.
Sir James...........that sucks that Wild Bills is closed. How did they empty it so fast?
Weather has been pleasanthere this week. Temps predicted to be lower but stll nice
Don't know if I'll make it back or not so I'll say HAPPY EASTER now
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good evening all on Good Friday. It has taken me a while to get logged on. Had to sign up like a new member or something. Whatever I did, it finally worked.
It has been a rough week. Wife has been bed ridden all week with her bad back. I'm trying to get her into a convelescent hospital but medicare won't cover it unless you spend three days in a regular hospital first and then get transferred. Thought we were going to make a move this morning but after waiting all day doctor said to keep her on the meds he prescribed until Monday and then they will run some lab test to see if she qualifies for admission. Meanwhile, I'm in charge of the diaper brigade plus cooking etc. I have been getting some paid help from a local agency and also from a lady friend of ours. My two sons will be here this weekend so they will help me until Monday when paid help comes back.
We are having beautiful weather for Easter. Sorry I'm going to miss it but I know I'm needed more here than at church this week.
Hope you all have a good one.
Ray
SPMan
Todays high about 40, yesterday was near 60 but it rained and rained. The sump pump did it's job but must have run about every 60 seconds ALL day. Good Friday service at noon followed by a potluck lunch. That will be my meal for the day. Wild Bills is an empty store now, just showcases and shelving left. The large layout is also still there, everything but the track has been removed.
S.J
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Buckeye Riveter TGIF Logging into this forum is getting interesting to say the least. I think I will work 1/2 day to day. Next week at this time I will be near Dallas, TX.
TGIF
Logging into this forum is getting interesting to say the least.
I think I will work 1/2 day to day.
Next week at this time I will be near Dallas, TX.
Be careful. They tar and feather Yankees down there.
Sunny and 72. May have a shower later.
Been a busy week for me.
Going to go check pond for poachers. They will be busy this weekend.
Morning all! Had a brief snowstorm here in Chicago yesterday; nothing stuck, but I'm sure it was caused by my next door neighbor running his snowblower to empty the tank the day before. Thus the reason I don't put mine away until after Derby Day.
I purchased a refurbished ZW-R off Da Bay this week, which I started to put through its paces yesterday. Wife wasn't happy when I told her about it. Tried to convince her that my V didn't have the power to really drive everything on the layout (which is true) and didn't have a whistle control, making the purchase necessary - but it was an unconvincing argument.
Going to do some work this morning and then observe the time of The Passion this afternoon. May all of faith have a blessed Easter this weekend (unless you are Orthodox, in which case you'll have to wait a few weeks)!
IT consultant by day, 3rd generation Lionel guy (raising a 3YO 4th generation Lionel Lil' Man) by night in the suburbs of the greatest city in the world - Chicago. Home of the ever-changing Illinois Concretus Ry.
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
A quiet night on the mountain.
We heard today that our director is no longer the director, so changes may be coming to the organization. It may be a good time to be exiting stage left.
Jim S - congrats on the job. I'll try and remember to take the camera next time I go to work on the buses. Gene got some pics of me driving the '73 into the new barn so I'll see if I can get a hold of those.
Working on my buddy' G-scale open car trolley by Bachmann. It came w/ a pole for decorative purposes only and ran off track power. I am isolating the motor and will install a switch and pantograph so he can use it either on overhead or track power. Nice little unit w/ lots of good detail.
Very good day at work. Feet are finally starting to feel normal. Daughter got an agreement finally signed by soon to be ex for the divorce. All over but the shouting, hopefully. Wife's sister got an offer on her house as well. Won't be back at work until a week from next Tuesday. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
Heck of a storm last night. It hailed hard and long. The hail sliding/blowing off the roof looked like an avalanche. Piles of hail on ground did not finish melting until around 1 pm today. Hail shredded all the new growth off the trees. The hail was mostly the size of ice like you buy at Sonic (balls of ice about 3/8 inch in dia). Pretty cold and breezy today. Will have to pull out a ladder and go up and see what damage, if any, was wrought.
70 and sunny for tomorrow.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
lion88roar Two of TheQ's employees were returning from Sierra Leone, their flight out was cancelled due to weather, so they had to fly to Israel, then to Brussels. They were waiting for their flight yesterday morning and had just left the Starbucks where the first bomb went off.
Two of TheQ's employees were returning from Sierra Leone, their flight out was cancelled due to weather, so they had to fly to Israel, then to Brussels. They were waiting for their flight yesterday morning and had just left the Starbucks where the first bomb went off.
I just saw a map on CNN of the terminal showing the Starbucks and the bomb location - they are disturbingly close to one another. Wow.
Well I was just saying,,,,,,,,
Never thought about the wind thing but bet you could find a place to mount it where it could work. I hate letting battries go dead.
Not having a very good day here.
I got a love letter today from the state stating that they want me to pay them $474.00 and asking for stuff I have no idea on. Something about verifying a subtraction on line 5????? So Now got to get that figured out when Mark gets back.
This is whats next. I went and put the new filter on the fuel pump and turned it on and it shot fuel all over the shed walls and me. Ugh!
So I am doing laundry right now.
I have the ProMariner. It's currently charging both cells in the fifegarage.
seems like a certain mayor on this forum use to sell the trickle charger. Think he still does from time to time you might talk to him
KRM - Solar panels are great to have on sailboats. I actually have one that I use from time to time. Unfortunately, it gets very windy on the bay in the winter, and thus the demise of a solar panel sitting 10-15 feet above ground. But thanks. All apart of spring commissioning, and I know that Doug and jonadel are living vicariously through my exploits.
fifedog Phish - Both deep cycle.
Phish - Both deep cycle.
Fife, if your not by power you could get one of these. Solar battery chargers. There are several kinds to chose from.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=solar+battery+charger+12+volt&Nty=1&D=solar+battery+charger+12+volt&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&cmnosearch=PPC&utm_source=bing_PPC&utm_medium=AlternativeEnergy&utm_campaign=Generic&utm_content=solar%20battery%20charger%2012%20volt&mkwid=vCLymu7I&pcrid=1435629650&mtype=e&devicetype=c&storeId=6970&langId=-1&type=search
Anything but nice on the North Bluff,
Rain all day today then a chance of snow tonight. So I guess that locks my day to inside. Maybe I will do something in the train room.
It is still snowing like mad up north. Those guys are stuck. I am glad I call off on this trip. They were going to come home today but not now.
Happy Holy Thursday from overcast Southern Ohio
Bob - Your bus project sounds really neat. Could you post pictures? Love to see vintage vehicles.
Fife- Have you ever used a battery tender to keep the charge up on the batteries? In the winter I don’t drive the truck much so I use one on it. I figure it costs less than replacing batteries, but I guess your boat has deep cycle batteries.
Mike-Maybe the body is saying let me heal some more. Have you tried something with less impact like biking or swimming.
Buckeye-on your way home if you swing by Portsmouth to see the by-pass project swing by and we’ll set another plate for supper, or lunch, or breakfast.
Brent-sounds like the grill is getting a workout and the Q gets a break too.
Dennis- The del Sol is such a neat car. Sporty and Honda reliability I’d imagine.
My neighbor came over and looked at the fender he painted for me on the Civic and he wants to repaint it. He pointed out a flaw and said he would go ahead and fix and paint the bumper too. I didn’t want to impose but he insists so we’ll do it. We trade a lot of work and he’s a great guy.
Faxed off all the paperwork for the new job and scheduled the physical. Start date is April 11. Looking forward to starting.
Later,
Mornin' boys. Very pleasant in the Mid-Atlantic region, weather-wise. Actually gonna "comb" the lawn today with the mower. Spent yesterday at the marina sanding the yatchet bottom. Then discovered the boat batteries were both drained, so had to hoist them off the boat on ladder, then had to hand pump the bilge. Might go back down to epoxy a couple spots later.
Horrible what happened in Brussels. Our rail system is very vulnerable, and unfortunately, an afterthought.
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