I probably wouldn't care lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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8N congrats on the Genral Motors Industrial Design award for your team.
RT, has been a long time since I was a POTHEAD but now I am getting old and I hear it is medical now!!!! Maybe it could help you with that cold.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Nice sunny day here - about 70. Got the lawn mowed tonight. My new company iPhone informs me that it is about 2000 steps to mow the lawn.
Amazing how good a workout the first lawn mowing provides.
The robot team also received the Genral Motors Industrial Design award at the meet last weekend.
cnw1995 As RT said, some of our fellow Pot-heads are on Facebook.
As RT said, some of our fellow Pot-heads are on Facebook.
Shhh Your not supose to tell
Evening all. Somehow I got the Fly/Bad cold. hope I can kick it soon. Other than that not a lot going on. Hope all are having a good week talk toy ou all later. This cold is dragging me down
Running boards arrived for the Durango today. Took all of 45 minutes to install after I figured out how to hold the bracket with one hand and assist the other hand with putting washers on bolts and nuts on the bolts... looks very nice (mud guards were last Friday), kids find it much easier to enter and egress the vehicle now!
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Aloha. I can't believe it is winter here again after a weekend of wild weather (sun, winds, rain, hail, snow, repeat). Typically April but this is every day... Ah well, sending it all off to 'points east.' Had an enjoyable weekend - despite the weather - the highlight was spending quite a few hours in a local bookstore whilst my bride 'reunioned' with former nursing colleagues. As RT said, some of our fellow Pot-heads are on Facebook. Fife, that was a great April Fools prank.Brent and JT, it is sure a wonderful milestone when potty training is complete. I couldn't believe what $ was saved in diapers...Like Brent and Dennis, I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to adopt 3 orphans as infants to build our family; now 24, 22 and 13!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Cloudy, feels like winter came back.
Saturday afternoon it snowed like a blizard but at 40 degrees it did not stick. I still haven't got use to the idea of Wild Bills Trains being closed, Elmer was the best repairman I ever knew but health issues change our lives.
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
Mornin' FellasLove reading about you retired fellas... makes me like working from home even more. Fife - nice joke!Banks - that can't be easy with your Mom. Prayers it works out.Don - Now we know 'Now why don't he write.' TheQ is now the President of her sorority alumni chapter, and vice chair for the local ASQ chapter, still teaches for UoP, has 2 online webinars she does, teaches at MCCC when needed, and has a full-time job - AND tops it all off with a lot of mothering. I have committed myself to taking the kids out of the house at least one Saturday a month so she can recharge. I honestly have no idea how she does it, but we are starting to see the benefits of all her work. So best of luck to Chris! He has turned into quite an impressive man.Need to get a York thread up...Matthew is now 4 days accident free.
Good Morning,
The gravel guy just called and wants to start hauling loads this afternoon need to put down 140ton for just my part of the lane. . Temps is 34 with a high of 38 today. What a change from yesterday's 70.
Good Morning from Sunny Southern Ohio,
Bride and kids back in school today. The house is quiet. Just me and the dogs. With the proposed start date of the new job next week this will probably be my last week off. I’ve got several things on my to-do list for today.
Don - Good to hear from you. I believe you about being busy in retirement. In the month I’ve been laid off I’ve been busier and a more packed schedule than when I was working. Amazing how work gets in the way of things you’d like to do but don’t pay as well.
Roy/Dennis/8n - Most of the racing around here is dirt track. There was a ½ mile oval about 3 miles from my house and during the racing season the sound would carry and you could hear the racing.
Fife- Good prank! I’m going to keep that one in mind.
Banks - My mother-in-law fights the UTIs also, and with my bride being a nurse and nearby, she is the one taking care of her. I believe taking care of our aging parents falls squarely into the Honor you Father and Mother, commandment, and being a corporal work of mercy.
Buckeye-Glad you’re back in buckeye land. I was driving past the Portsmouth bypass and the amount of earth moving for the bypass is mind staggering.
Got to go
May God bless
Jim
Chicago certainly lived up to being the Windy City this weekend - albeit without the snow that those to the north and east encountered. Got some good train running time with Noah - and also worked on repairs to get the C&O 8204 tender I received as a child running with its Mighty Sound of Steam again. Whistles great and chuffed on the bench, but something seems a bit amiss when chuffing on the track. Will need to double check the tether in the coming days. As a side question: does anyone know what adjustments each of the trim pots on the board make?
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.
It was really good to talk to Don Baker today at TTOS. To sum up about my wife, she has been in the hospital for 3 full days now and is still confined to the bed. I expect the doctor will transfer her to a nursing home at some point. Meantime, I have been getting some much needed rest. I tried to take care of her myself for about two weeks with a little outside help but I'm all done now. Have to turn it over to the pros and the man upstairs. Thank you all for the prayers. I hope I have some better news soon.
Ray
SPMan
wrmcclellan Buckeye - you came to the big D and didn't tell me?
Buckeye - you came to the big D and didn't tell me?
Not only did I post my trip plans, but the Chief posted a warning to you about my trip.
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
Good evening all,
Got back late Saturday night. Friday at zoo was a lot of walking up and down hills. Saturday at the LST 325 exhibit was quite good. Museum visit took longer than we expected. Trip home was windy. Listened to the Phoenix race. AJ's team had a rough night. Dixon won. Good to see Haas get points again as well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Nice weekend here. Sunny and about 60 yesterday, and sunny and in the 70's today.
The robot team went into battle again this weekend. Were ranked 16th out of about 45 teams after the qualification rounds, and ended up seated 5th in the playoffs. Didn't do quite as well this time, as they got eliminated in the semi finals.
Finished painting trim in the spare bedroom yesterday. Got the coarse sanding of the floor done today. This will become my wife's sewing room when done. That will free up the area in the spare room off of the master bed room to be converted into a master bath - the next project.
Put a charge on the lawn mower to get it ready for action tomorrow.
The Haas F1 team put a car in the points again today. Great results from our new F1 team from the US.
The local paper revealed that the State Fair Speedway will be having 7 races this year. It is a 1/2 mile dirt track. The program will include sprint cars, late models, and probably modifieds. It has been a number of years since there have been races there.
No train stuff, though. I do have a grand nephew that has a birthday coming up in July. I think he needs a Thomas starter set......
About all for now.
Hello there,
Been a wonderful weekend. Took Mom to the ER again Friday evening. UTI again. Maybe going to let her loose tomorrow. I'm really going to push for daily antibiotic or weekly test. This is getting really old.........
Belated Happy Birthday and or anniversary to those I missed.
Drug a new to us corn picker-sheller home for son Saturday pm. Appears to be lightly used. Should be able to recoup the cost and then some by selling the two items it replaces. The wind was crazy here last night and this AM. So since I didn't plug in the heat tapes last night it got way colder than predicted last night. The water was frozen in the barn this morning . More fun.
Looking forward to York. Anyone up for dinner Friday evening?
ray.......still praying for you and yours
Doug. ...glad to hear things are working out
Best get to sleep
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Evenin' boys. Windy, wild and wooley here in the Mid-Atlantic region. The kind of day that makes you think twice 'bout gardening in a kilt. We had our first "show" at fifedom this weekend, and it 'twas good to break that ice. My buddy Tom and I ventured over to Ranson, WV for a nice little train show. I picked up 3 huge empty set boxes, brought them home and sat them on the kitchen table. When Wifey had a cow, I "accidentally" dropped them on the floor, then she got the joke.
dbaker - Continued great news about the Mrs.
Evening all!
Beautiful day here today. 75 right now.
Don - that is good news about your family. Glad you are doing well.
Dennis - cool about the drag races. I really enjoyed them in my younger days also. Ran my 68 Vette a few times. Worked pit and the starting line/burn outs a lot for some buddies. Then I got married. I did get my wife to work the timing and the Timing Tower with me once at Texas Motor Speedway when it first opened. Hint - it was air conditioned. Really cool to watch the cars from behind and above the starting line. Hate the Pro Lights - preferred the tree.
Regards, Roy
Good Afternoon!
Been awhile since I posted last, but this retirement stuff I'm failing at! By the time I get home, eat, say hello, then set down,.......boom I fall asleep and lucky if I wake up to go to bed. Oh well! I will adapt!
Went to a local TTOS monthly train meet today, and ran into Ray, boy has that guy been through a lot! He really seems in good health and spirits, but I only see the surface. He sure could use all the prayers and well wishes that could be shared. I will not try to paraphrase his situation, that's up to him. But, I really enjoyed talking with him and hope he and his wife do well!
As far as my family everyone is doing great. Kay has been a year and 3/4 Cancer Free, and that is sooooo great!! Chris is doing fine, not married, but a steady gf, he is the onsite Geologist for a new Ikea store being built in Burbank. He is responsible for testing and inspecting all the ground preparation work being done for the new store. Additionally he is now President of the Southern Cal Geological Society, which is keeping him quite busy.
I'm still working on the "Dr's" layout, nearing completion soon. Need to install a few more accessories, adjust some switches, and connect a Ross turntable. Probably get involved in another one soon, but not near as complex or difficult.
Yesterday I had some time and decided to spend it in MY trainroom. Boy, did I get concerned quickly! NONE of my MTH engines would run or even start. I thought after a bit I had a TIU problem. Then for 20 minutes wasn't making any progress, then deleted an engine and re-entered it. WHALA!! It came alive, as did all the others, what releiv! (I had replaced all the batteries with BCRs and knew it took them a minute or so to charge up when power was applied. I thought there was a voltile memory capability in the engine that would retain the ID information. But apparently that is not the case. Reloading them resolved the issue. Thankfully!
The lesson there is to "Fun the trains more frequently"
I did review a lot of the posts and seems that everyone is doing well, so have a great week and take care all!
Don
Been 11 years on here for me. Being the southern plant to keep an eye on the chief for Buckeye and all up north there.
Morning all. No real plans for today. Going to go get gas for the mower and cut grass tomorrow. Let it dry out one more day here.
Beautiful out there with a high around 68* today 74* tomorrow. Hope all having a good weekend
Good morning from DALLAS, TX!!!!
Heading back to snow and cold today.
I can't believe I have been on the POT for 12 years, but then again when you are fighting for truth, justice and the American Way against the Mayor of Roseville, you loose track of time.
Good Morning from a cool (30F) Sunny Southern Ohio,
Stayed pretty busy yesterday. Cut grass in the morning cleaned up the garage in the early afternoon the Vigil Services, then dinner at a wedding reception from my nephew, home and watched Chasing Classic Cars.
It has been very windy here but not getting the rain predicted earlier. I want to get started on the re-do of the utility room this week. First stage is building some locker type units for the kids coats and shoes.
Got to go and start waking folks up.
May God Bless!
Happy Birthday Hope you enjoy your actual Birthday also on Monday.
A lot of kids about the same age here. Jordan will be 3 in June and sometimes he just gets too involved to do the duty. They are working with him, The granddaughter was easy, Jordan not so much.
Brent, Same kind of daycare issues with Lexi and Jordan. Jordan had a case of the runs and after blast #2 they sent him home. I went to pick him up because the daughter was at work and when I got him home I was schocked to see they did not even wipe him clean just stuffed himm into a new set of pull ups. Katie has been giving them money for 5 years. I don't know what to think.
I also agree that is is a nice thing so many have done so much for kids that otherwise would have things a lot worse.
Well I just got back from the house / duplex inspection on the place Katie and Dan are going to buy. Not too bad will need some roof repairs in the next 5 years or so but other wise move in condition. It is right next door to the one my son Russ had built back in 04 so it is 12 years old and the neighborhood now has nice trees and stuff but they are all on postage stamp lots. When Russ built there was no landscape. 5 minutes from Katie's work and 15 from Dan's. About 50 miles from here or a bit less depending on how you go there.
The wind here is pushing 50 to 60 MPH gust. The truck was showing 10 to 13 mpg fighting the wind and 30+ mpg with the wind at my back. Wife wanted to go to Walmart but has changed her mind with this wind.
Have a good one.
Yes I did forget about Dennis W. I'm getting old now and he doesn't post very often so I forgot. Hats off to the thousands of parents that have done the same.
Morning all and happy 12th to us!
Here's to those we have lost over the past 12 years
After a cold and cloudy day yesterday we have a nice sunny day today with 70 forecast. For the next week it is supposed to be mid/hi 70's/low 80's. Nice!
Ahh - daycare and potty wars...I remember those days with less than affection.
Have a great day all! (York, York, York...)
Yes very proud to say I know all three ( Brent, Doug, And Dennis ) as they have done what a lot couldn't or wouldn't do. I fall in the couldn't catagory but love kids to death just to old now ( 61).
Morning all gloomy day here with possible showers off and on all day in lower 60's at present and if lucky it will hit 70* today.
Just before Thanksgiving I think A certain good friend I would say ( By the name of Fife Dog ) who I haven't met in person yet ( hope to at York in a week and a half) mentioned he was looking for a 6519 Allis Chamber with both brake wheels still in place and not the remake well I found one almost immediately and sent it his way with a exchange of some $ which was a good deal for him and I made a couple $ of it also then I got looking for one for me. not to be had a decent price no where I could get them with brake wheel broke off but didn't want it. I wanted like he did well this am for some reason no one was bidding on it I picked up another this time for just $25 plus shipping and seeing I have like $20 in Ebay bucks after shipping it's still only going to cost me $17 and thats covered as go a refund on a tender that a guy sent me the wrong one last night.
Not much else going on here just taking it easy. Truck is in the shop hopefully getting repaired correctly this time ( from 2 years ago when it got vandelized) was told one thing was causing the ABS light to come on when finally was able to afford to get that fixed took it to a Chevy dealership ( the other was done at a body shop) they said no it isn't your hub it's your speed senser well that didn't work so then they saw where the wire harness had been tapped up ( from being spliced back together wrong by the Body shop instead of just getting a new one) So now hopefully there going to repalce the wiring harness.
Hope all have a good weekend. Not a lot going on here.
lion88roar Kev - Matthew turned 3 on 2/5. We thought this day would never come. TheQ just had enough of changing him (so did I) so last weekend it was underwear only, no diapers or pullups. He only had 1 accident each day and late at night. Monday he had 2 accidents at daycare. There was a note on his chart that "Matthew is
Kev - Matthew turned 3 on 2/5. We thought this day would never come. TheQ just had enough of changing him (so did I) so last weekend it was underwear only, no diapers or pullups. He only had 1 accident each day and late at night. Monday he had 2 accidents at daycare. There was a note on his chart that "Matthew is
My son Noah is about the same age and we're in the thick of training as well. #1 is conquered; #2 not so much. We used a bit of bribery - one piece of Halloween candy each time he goes. It'll all click when it does.
The Wif is visiting her nephews who are wrestling for state championships up north, so it's just me-n-the-boy this weekend. Too cold outside today (we had a whisp of snow earlier this AM) so I think we're going to get some good train time today for the first time in a couple of weeks.
Mornin' FellasDon't forget DennisW too! Doug and Dennis went many extra miles to complete their families!Kev - Matthew turned 3 on 2/5. We thought this day would never come. TheQ just had enough of changing him (so did I) so last weekend it was underwear only, no diapers or pullups. He only had 1 accident each day and late at night. Monday he had 2 accidents at daycare. There was a note on his chart that "Matthew is simply not ready, nor mature enough for potty training at this time." Then TheQ went to do laundry and found that his teachers had sent his poop home wrapped in the underwear inside a plastic bag, we were beside ourselves! I spoke with the daycare manager Tuesday morning and told her that to be treated that way after we had both our kids there and been paying them for 4.5 years that was totally unacceptable - and if it happened again we were yanking both kids and going somewhere else. I was assured it would never happen again. He had one accident on Tuesday and 1 on Wednesday (both because he was outside and forgot to go), so I told them - Make sure you have him go before and after playgroud time! Guess what, No accidents Thursday or Friday. I swear there are times the ladies that are his caregivers during the day simply don't use what God gave them between their ears.Last night we had to go back to TheQ's office so she could get the orchids I sent her for our 11 year aniversary, that and a 'Just thinking of you'. Well we stopped for dinner along the way, on the way home we stopped at McDonalds so the kids could go potty, not accidents the entire time we were out (2+ hours).On the 16th I am taking the kids to State College, PA for the PSU Spring Game (my parents and older sister will be there too), that is 3.5 hours each way. We'll see how he does. We just found with Matthew that if you let him 'stay the course' he will 'stay the course' he won't stray one bit. So if you want him to do something different, you have to force his hand. He doesn't wet the bed during naptime either!He has something to look forward too as well... if he continues with this, at the end of April he gets his ride-on John Deers Tractor. Kid loves his John Deere Green!
Just checking in
Showers & snow flakes forecast for today. High of 40s.
Yes hats off to Brent and Doug M. for giving five babies a chance for life as we know it.
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