Good Evening,
Had a laid back day, cleaned out my tool bag, and wiring kit, then needed to work on our website adding data. Tomorrow think I will spend in the train room. Nothing significant but straighten things out a bit, and maybe hook up a couple of lights. Speaking of lights I wonder if Roseyville will be in the dark tonight since the Chief was working on wiring in the Box. He called me one time and asked "How he could tell the difference between Hot and Cold. I told him to just go in and look at the faucet handles, the side that has the red dot is hot, so just apply that to your wiring, Red wires are hot. He called back and was confused that he only had black and white wires, and wanted to know if the black was the dirty side and white was the clean side. I told him to call an electrician.
Ray, hope you get some well deserved rest! You've been through a lot! At least you can relax a little knowing the Helen is receiving good care. I'm sure it was the best decision for both of you!
After reading the various posts above, you guys sure have a lot of ambition, it would have taken me weeks just to get through the Preliminary Procrastination on the tree removal.
I managed to survive through the day at Dland, I was worn out by quiting time. We did ride the "Cars" ride, it was really fantastic. They did a great job with all the scenery and affects.
Hope everyone enjoys the day tomorrow.
Take care and be safe!
Don
Good evening all,
As good as Friday was, Saturday was bad. AJ's team missed the setup on reds....again and will start deep in the pack. Grandson's baseball team lost 16-4 in their first game today. Went back to their apartment for a brief visit only to find water all over their bathroom floor..... Only positive for the day was finishing the John Adams DVDs. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Kevin I have a couple of Ash Trees that need to be takened down. The Problem thou to many homes in the area. If I had a lift truck or access, It might be a different story, that and if I could opperate a gas Chain Saw.
Tried my electric Chain saw this am and it worked great. It did what I wanted it to do. Was very happy with the results from it.
The pics of york if I rememebr correctly Brent is looking for a new Hosting place for pics as his is now charging.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Today,
Well I went ahead and cut that 60+ foot dead Ash next to the driveway in front of the shed. Was pretty puckered up before it fell hoping it would go the way I wanted it to, but it fell perfect. Got to use the grapple a lot. Gave all the core stump age wood to Brian to split and sell to the campers. I have more than I can use of dead Ash. Saved a few small trash loads for when the grand kids came over so they could ride along to the burn pile. Man O man I can't believe how well Jordan the two year/almost three old can steer the tractor. He even knows how to pick up the RPM. We had fun, for sure.
Have a good night, I am beat.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Morning from "Doggie Daycare and Dinner Delivery". The BetterHalf who is staying with one of our friends after knee replacement says she is doing great, even the physical therapist is surprised by how well she is doing. Surgery was wednesady afternoon and she already has 70% range of motion.
Banks, The Oaks are one of my favorite groups, I chose their song "Thank God for Kids" as the song for the Father/Daughter dance at her wedding reception.
York Photo !!! With all those mugs in the same shot probably broke the camera or at the very least fogged up the lens.
Mitch & Pfish,
Gotta run, check in later.
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Mornin' boys. Overcast and 71 in the Mid-Atlantic region. I remembered to order the new tank on flatcar from Menard's today, and it is there last day of their 11% off RR stuff. Tanks have been quick to sell out in the past.
Banks - No bites yet. Gonna be a Wild, Wonderful weekend... Finally gonna get to try out my new spinning reel combo (from last year's birthday...)
for all the lady folks here, and also to those that care so much for them.
Sunny and 68 degrees. Rains yesterday afternoon and night. Worked in the Train Box from 6 PM to 2 AM. Doing some more overhead lighting. Then fixing problems with Realtrax [MTH needs to be "strung up" for their poor performance]. All runing good now.
Go visit MR's Dorothy and take her some Cokes. She was begging for a Coke the other day.
Rich, prayers for job.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Morning all. Yes I have two Ash trees here one looks okay but the other I see big dead branches so I think I need to have both come down. To big for me to even think with the location so close to houses. Don't have the equipment to do so.
I have other things I need to take care of anyway.
Hope all are having a good day talk toy ou all later
Banks Kev.......howmany six packs to bring your stump grinder???????
Kev.......howmany six packs to bring your stump grinder???????
Just depends on how big the tree is and how many I can drink as I watch you run it Banks,,, All our Ash trees are dead to.
Well the house deal fell through for Katie and Dan. Seller backed out after saying okay. Long story but it would not of happened if they were not tring to get the loan through FHA. Too many nit-pick rules. Scared the seller off.
Got cold here, 42 right now heading to 68 later in the day. Katie and the kids may come out after 2:00pm
Wifes' car is fixed and the two log cars are weathered and on the layout.
Have a good one.
A very good day. Started moving CDs to credit union which pays more. Got my starting spot for the Mini, which is in the 4th wave. That gives me an extra 15 minutes to finish the race, which hopefully I will not need. It does give me a psychological boost. AJ's team was 1-2 in practice today for the first time....ever. Bodes well for the weekend. Ran trains tonight as well and the foot is really starting to heal nicely. I hope everyone has a good day.
"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
Hello there,
TGIF!!!!!!!!!
Whatever happened to the YORK Photo????????????
Been a long week. Mom is keeping us stepping. Struggling to get enough people together to man a one day cold outage at a local mill. Been robbing Peter to pay Paul. Still in the running for the big project that bid last week. Been working through that to see if there is any additional savings and to make sure there's no mistakes.
Was suposed to rain here for two days. Nothing yet. We really need it. Son has oats planted and corn ground ready. A bit early for corn though.
Ray..... seems like it's working out for you.
Rich.....the job and house work out.
Speaking of house.......Fife.......what's the latest??????
Laz..........lot's O dieing ash trees around here. I'd offer the wood but I'm sure you'd be taking the Ash Borer to your area if they aren't already there. I treated several in the yard. waiting to see if they survive. Two large ones near the house I didn't treat. They were ready to come down befor the borer got into them. Kev.......howmany six packs to bring your stump grinder???????
Mitch........Congas on retirement. Lost a good foreman to retirement today. Mrs is counting down. 378 school days till retirement. Not that she's looking forward to it.........
Bought tickets earlier to a dinner show featuring the Oak Ridge Boys. A little pricy but Mrs asks for little. We will enjoy it.
Don......the doc's layout looks great....
Phish......best of luck on the new job
Best move on. Test & Tune at the hill tomorrow. Son is going to work a half day and go to the hill after lunch Off t bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Mitch you'll enjoy it.
Kinda crazy day for me, I had a package mailed back on tuesday to me from trainz ( I was not expecting anything ) turns out they discovered they sent me the wrong postwar tin plate passenger cars I didn't even notice I had won 2442 (x2) and a 2443 they sent me 6442's and a 6443 all where brown and looked the same to me I never paid attention to the numbers lol anyway I thought that was the package coming today by Fedex no it was the one shipped yesterday how it did that beats me, things must of just clicked as thats not a normal.
then in the package was a 2671 tender ( minus the whistle) that someone put Southern Pacific on well it was partially gone anyway so figure I would soak it in very hot water with dawn dish detergent put it in there went back after a little and the sides where a milky white so I guess someone put either wax or a oilbase product on it. Any way that was one mess to get off.
Rearanged some of my trains to where all the military stuff are in one area 5 short shelves ( 5' long each ) and one long shelf ( 11' ) I'm also aranging other stuff where all my tinplate passenger cars are all together also That will be 5 shelves ( one prewar 4 postwar)
Evening Folks,
One more work week down, 68 calendars, 53 work days, 38 student days. Today was a wild one, full moon in an elementary school equals behavioral chaos. Heading to Richmond for the Xfinity and Sprint Cup races. Hoping the weather holds up, not supposed to rain.
Thanks for the kind wishes for retirement.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
TGIF!!
Another day, another interview....will have another one next week with the local manager.
Tried to rain but only thunder...cloudy right now.
Heavy rescue drill with cars and tractor-trailers, that after my work out made for one tired puppy, then got up way too early.
Had lunch with a friend in Trenton today. Tomorrow have to get a new tire - bubble in the sidewall - then off to electrion training for primary in June, extra bucks....GF treats for dinner in Elizabeth tomorrow night.
Hope to sleep in tomorrow, may til 10AM, but we'll see......
Chief - nice score!!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Raining and thunder. .90" and going. Out to the Train Box for a work session.
About stole a 19.2 Craftsman reciprocating saw. Regularly $69.99. On sale in store for $49.99. I had seen online $39.99. Nice lady from the Islands [accent] helped me. She checked the online. Gave me the $39.99. Had $10.00 in points. Walked out with it for $32.00. Not bad. Got two already. Those are plug ins.
Ray, so sorry. She will be better off. You need the rest. God bless.
Pam's Mom not long.
Rain yesterday and cloudy and colder today 80 by Sunday.Rain washed some of the fines into and off of the new gravel. Those fines make a mess.
Wife is burning another day off.
Tough decision, Ray, you two are in our prayers. I would nope to never have to go through what you have been going through. God Bless you.
The switch for the wife's tail hatch and two log cars I ordered show out for delivery. So I will have some garage and train room work today. Got to do my weather tring on those crappy looking plastic Lionel log loads so they will look like logs.
Nothing much else.
Morning all. Hope this Friday ( TGIF) is a good one for all. Nothing planned for today 69* going up to 79* today. I'm supose to get a package today not train related but it appears another one is also coming as they both are at the Fedex location in Columbia, S.C.
Not much else going on
Another quiet day at home. Did get the truck back. Been watching John Adams on DVD. Wife got it for me a few years back and never got around to watching it. Pretty good. Ray, thoughts and prayers are with you and your wife. Sad to hear about Prince today. Like or hate his music, he was a major player in the recording industry for a long time. I hope everyone has a good day.
Tough decision, Ray, I know it was hard.
Praying for you and your family.
Ray a very hard decision you had to make there. Prayers for the both of you. But not sure this will help but from what you have been saying it almost sounded like if you didn't you might of ended up there from stress.
Evening all. The other week I got a set of metal brown passenger cars Post war ones any way I had won 2442 (2) and a 2443 I open the box and loved them and put them on my shelf well then I get a email from Trainz my purchase was being shipped ( this was yesterday ) What happened was they sent me two 6442's and a 6443. So now my 2442's and 2443 is on there way, I already been in contact with them and there sending a lable to ship the original ones back. I told the lady at the other end you mean I don't get to keep them, She goes No I don't think so. I know by law if you get something in the mail and didn't request it you can keep it but this is a little different. Thats if someone sent you something and then wanted to charge you for it. Any way I won another set of tin passenger cars last night two 6442's two 2443's all Brown and a 2430 ( Blue )
Any way not much else going on here today. About ready to get supper going. Hope all had a good day today.
Ray, Prayers for you in this time of making some tough/hard decisions.
Just a quick note to all my friends who have been praying for my wife and me. Yesterday I made the decision to put her in a long term care facilty that specializes in care for memory loss in all it's forms as well as physical care. We should be making the transfer soon and I am looking forward to some much needed rest and trying to get my life back.
Ray
SPMan
Aloha. Turning out sunny and warm today - can't wait to take the dog for a walk. Grocery shopping and laundry done. A little work too. That's some great ball playing, Rich. Boy, Don, that's quite a layout project. Looks impressive and a bit ...weird. Like you said, a lot of track. Glad to hear the yachett is launching, Fife. Even with this weather, nothing gets going out here until Memorial Day...
Tonight I will go to an honor society induction for our youngest - proud of him as school has been hard. Tomorrow is our anniversary - 27 years. Forgot to get a card at the store so should probably head back out.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
dbaker48 Kev, How far behind the stump grinder were you? I would have been at least 15 feet.
Kev, How far behind the stump grinder were you? I would have been at least 15 feet.
I was way closer than that Don. Here is a link to the same one I have and how it works.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Vermeer+SC130+stump+grinder&view=detail&mid=239D50C223E3FA8943C7239D50C223E3FA8943C7&FORM=VIRE
Great little unit for small stuff but can beat you to death on big stumps like the 3' one we did yesterday.
Lite rain and 60s today.
Did my first grass cut of the season yesterday.
S.J.
Good Morning!
Had a good day yesterday, kinda. I screwed up though, when I was hooking up all the switches I didn't connect the "Non-Derailing" feature. I was thinking that with the switches being so close together it would be ineffective. Yesterday he asked about doin it and wants it done. I should have done it initially! Now I have to lift every switch and add two wires then splice them into the switch wiring harness. Oh well I own it.
Taking today off, and taking wife to Disneyland, (think I would rather be working). Need to keep the home fires calm.
Good luck with the Yatchet today Fife, sounds relaxing, but know today is probably more work than fun.
Going to get busy and on with the day.
Have a great day all!
Wait for me Fife!!!!
Good morning.
Sun is out and it is 60 degrees. Just enough rain late yesterday and last night to make thing pop green and will keep the farmers off the roads today. They having been been going at planting this week. A bit sore from standing behind that stump Grinder yesterday and I let Mark do most of it so I wonder how he feels today. Otherwise just some running to do and that is about it.
Mornin' boys. Splashin' the yatchett today at 1300 hrs. You're all invited!
Stay foamy.
Good Evening for beautiful Southern Ohio,
It was sunny and the low 80's F today. I assisted a the Elementary School Mass today then worked on utility room some more. I disconnected and capped off the supply and drain where the washer was and put the color coat on the wall cabinets and between coats cut grass. Going to patch the drywall tomorrow.
Recycling the cabinets saves a lot of money and they are better built than most you would buy today.
Calling for rain tonight. My bride grilled pork loin chops for supper with fried potatoes. Kids all good. Only running to town was Gabriel wanted to watch the High School baseball team play.
Chief - Sounds like great leadership and cooperation going on!
Brent - I use photobucket, but the adds are frustrating.
Kev - pack a set of wheel bearings and a spare. Setting is hard on those.
Mitch - I was laid off the end of February, and going to start a new job this Monday. The almost two months off have proven to me I could really enjoy retirement.
Don - The doctor's layout looks fantastic!
Time for showers, prayers and bed
Good night and may God bless
Jim
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