Good evening all,
Good day at work. Quiet evening at home. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Chief, nice commemoration for the fallen. Sorry to hear about your MIL having to go in a facility. Must be better for the FIL. I'm doing better too since Helen went in. Deer stand looks big enough to put in some comforts.
I took my very first ride on the new Gold Line light rail between here and downtown L.A. yesterday. Cost me 35 cents each way for Senior weekend fare. Went with my oldest son on his birthday. We had a nice lunch at a well known restaurant (Phillipe's) near Union Station and rode back home. Took about 45 minutes each way. Pretty crowded for a weekend. The next section to be built will come even closer to my house but I don't care if it ever comes. As it is I'm only 5 minutes away from it now. They are building a lot of apartments near the new line to capture more riders. It's not as good as riding a train but at least it's on rails.
Ray
SPMan
Good morning,
71 heading to 81 and humid here guys. Had just enough rain last evening to pop the grass and spike the humidity.
Spent a good part of yesterday prepping the rest of the south house wall for stain, then moved the lift around to the front. Got a lot of repair to do on the end tails but can get stain on the rest first. It was hot and humid out there and your in the full sun working there.
Banks, Prayers for your Mom.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Aloha. Happy Monday, um Tuesday. Enjoyed the best weather for Memorial Day in memory. Highlight was wrestling the grill out of the basement and setting everything up. Prayers for your mom, Banks. Nice memorial, Chief. Tropical Depression Bonnie seems a little early for this time of year, Fife.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Hello there.
back to the grind tomorrow.
Sounds like everyone had a good weekend. Mine didn't go quite as planned. Saturday was ok. Grandson got 2nd on his old machine. Not so good middle of the pack with the new one. Need to take it apart and "Look Around " inside it next time there is a long enough break between races .At least piston and rings. Brady's tuning paid off. He trimed his ET by almost 4/10th of a second. 500 feet in 6.6 seconds.got him 2nd place.
Sunday went south when a "some assembly required " gas grill kicked my butt followed by rain.
This afternoon while watching the parade Mom had another TIA. This one was the worst that I've seen .Took her several minutes to come around .Meantime I got her into the Tahoe and headed to the hospital. They are keeping her for "observation". she didn't seem to come back all the way . Lots of tests scheduled for tomorrow.
Best get t sleep .
Prayers for those in need .
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
USA! USA! USA! An AMERICAN driver won the 100th running of the 500! Great weather, great crowd, great atmosphere! Traffic into and out of the track was much better than expected. Got to see a Foyt car in P-1 for 11 laps and loved every second of it. Watched the race again when I got home and we are watching the Victory Dinner as I write. Did very little today. Went to niece's wedding on Saturday as well. Long weekend. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all. Thanks Jim and other's but think I eihter need to get them sand blasted ( the rest of the cars ) or the humidity is getting to the paint and making it look like it was poured on ( not the ones you have seen but cars I did later which were not sand blasted. ) I have 3 green abd 3 blue I now need to redo also so It's hold off time I think. I'm looking at a sand blaster on line I may try and get I have a compressor but still will need to get a dryer for the line and filters. I hope to goto Michaels, or hobby lobby Friday when in Aiken and get what I need for doing the lettering and numbering, I have the stamps need a brayer and a piece of glass or something like that ( may stop in at lowe's or home depot and see if they have any scrap glass I could get. ( small piece about 4" x4" or in that area)
Been a real nice and quiet day was able to relax. we don't do the grill thing so I cooked my self a burger on the stove in a small frying pan, had potato chips with it.
Hope all had a good weekend talk toy ou all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Evening from beautiful Southern Ohio
Finally put the garden out. Reconfigured the beds brought in some new dirt and planted. Bride happy.
Busy weekend; haad Confirmation then downtown for the Corpus Christi procession; the twins helped. Then to a niece's high schppl graduation party.
Thanks to all Vets and those who gave for the service of others!
Jim - Got the 356; It will make a good project, Thank you
RT - The cars look great; nice color
Chief - Good looking deer stand, sure beats hanging from a tree
Good night and may God bless
Jim
Good Day Guys, Nice here on The North Bluff.
MEMORIAL DAY 2016
Chief, nice tribute.
We will be staying home today.Number 2 son and family will share burnt offerings from the grill. 80s today.
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
Ever thankful for those who have passed on. Have a great Memorial Day.
Afternoon all. Busy here as usual. Rainy [actually sun came out] and 84 degrees.
Had a dry spell of 6 days without rain. Garden growing up a storm. So does grass and weeds.
Went to the farms Tuesday. Could not believe it. Was dry which includes some big mud holes in the path. Actually drove on the fields [not planted ket].
Collected a lot of ticks while finishing my new deer stand.
Friday, we dedicated the Veterans' Memorial here in downtown Rville.
Group photo of veterans in attendance.
The monument.
Remembering those who didn't come home.
Ray, MIL in facility now. FIL doing so much better as he gets rest. You did the right thing.
Have a safe holiday.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Memorial Day remembrance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq2BbVZ2LEc .
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
www.sd3r.org
Proud New Member Of The NRA
I have a 11K Honeywell generator. The weak spot is the auto transfer switch. It has to work every time. I went that way so it would start and run if we were not home. Almost all regardless of brand name use the same 2 cylinder gas engine. The 11 K also saved me from having to change out the gas pipes and regulator.
88 degrees yesterday, about the same for today.
Morning to all. It has been a while since I have posted, probably not since the York meet. I have only about 23 work days left before I retire. I had 8 1/2 vacation days that I needed to use or lose. I'm a dedicated employee, but I am not a fool, so I'm not going to give away vacation days. I am taking off all of next week and a couple of three day weekends. It will be sort of a test to see if my better half can stand having me home full-time. We haven't done much for the first three days off other than go to a community celebration and go to some yard sales. The heat and the humidity have been brutal the last three days. I think the weather is going to cool down a little bit in the next few days, so I might be able to get out into the garage and the train room. Cleaning out the garage and working in the train room are two of my major projects as I retire. My wife's sisters are coming for a retirement celebration in the end of July, so there is a lot of prep work to get ready for their visit.
Today will be a major race day. Hope to watch Indy and the Coca-Cola 600.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 64 in the Mid-Atlantic region for now, but it looks like Bonnie is here to wreck the holiday for us east coasties. Cookout over in-laws later. Wifey making her eggs.
rt - Get well.
KRM - A Generac is an attractive "conveyance" on our home searches.
Morning all boy was yesterday rough I caught something. Weak, ache, chills . now I'm up as slept most of the day and that must of been what I need but now I'm sweating like a pig the feaver broke I guess. I actually have a fan on me now lol just barely but enought to move the air.
I started the sunday photo fun with my rebuild of a couple prewar passenger cars. Still more to go but thats a start plan to add some more pics later if I can get out to the garage as there calling for rain all day.
Hope all have a good day talk to you all later.
Nice day, 77 going to 86 with a good breeze and some clouds. Picked up Grand-son #3 about 24 hours ago he is 33 months old and full tilt or sleeping.. So that don't leave much time for anything else. When he gets up from his nap I will take him home and when I get back I will take a nap. ;) Holiday party tomorrow it his other grand parents house. Saves us the mess.
Power was out for three hours yesterday evening so the gen set got a good workout. It needed new gas anyhow so this helped drain it down some.
Hello there,
Belated TGIF on a 3 day weekend! !!!
Lots o stuff t do. Taking mom to "Decorate" graves soon. Got to be back early to head to dirt drags.
Tomorrow after Mass we'll get to any we miss. Loads of yard work after that. Monday will start with Mass, a Picnic then who knows.
Best get moving. Remember those who gave all........
Prayers for those in need
Good evening all, my oldest son tried out the newly opened expo line yesterday from L.A. to Santa Monica. He also rode from Azusa to downtown L.A. before transferring. It sounded like a horror story. It was standing room only most of the way and a lot of dirt bag characters were riding on the West Side. One guy was smoking a joint on the platform and daring anyone to say anything about it. My son had to walk about a mile from his stop to his workplace because the connecting bus failed to stop and pick him up. The story sounds like the movie "Trains, Planes and Automobiles". It took about 3 hours plus each way. He is back to driving now for a while until they get the bugs out of the system. I don't think I will be taking that trip on it to the ocean either for a while unless I go on Saturday.
A very good day at work. Completed a project that has been a long time in progress. The end result worked very well. Our newly hired director quit after less than a month on the job. Had a nice lunch with a coworker as well. Lucas and his intended were down for a visit today. Niece's wedding is tomorrow and of course the 100th running of the Indy 500 is Sunday. Hope the weather cooperates and the race is safe and AJ's team wins. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all I will put pics in Sunday Photo Fun of how far I have come from the begining of the restore of the two prewar Passenger cars. Need to get a couple of things to finish them up ( piece of glass and a Brayer ) so I can letter/number them.
Other than that not much going on here today. wife is finally going thru the boxes in her closet. lol. Been a quiet day which I enjoy.
Hope all have a good weekend
TGIF
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
Bright sun and 78 degrees. I'm lovin it.
I got a PW Erie Alco set from a friend. Cleaned, lubed,and running. Even the horn works, they usually don't.
Good morning all,
Kevin, you do have a point. I suppose I could ask, but I know I do not want to hear the answer. One of these days, I will walk away from this job. It is a ways away, but hopefully, the time will pass soon.
72 clody, will only get to 76 today with in and out rain.
Dr. apt at 9:45 to get biopsies on these marks then Jordan this afternoon and night.Think I will give him a ride on the lift.
Mike, I sometimes wonder what rating pain 1 and 2 give you?? Man I don't miss working!
Pain two was in rare form today and lived down to her reputation in fine fashion...ugh. Walk got rained out today. Did get yard mowed tonight as not much rain in hometown. Tomorrow starts a very hectic weekend. I hope everyone has a good day.
Jim I have found some real close matches and when you consider the trains I'm trying to match are 75 years old +/- a year and how much they may have faded in all that time I think I might be real close to the original. If I have to redo all of then so be it. I'm at this point enjoying it even with some boo boo's as a whole there looking real good. I have some other projects I want to do this year also that's not trains but will be nice when done. ( metal lawn chairs from the 50's/60's )
Was an easy day today went to Aiken for eye appointment because I'm diabetic. but first went to Home Depot to look at paint in spray cans and a couple of other things, then to Golden coral after DR. appointment then to Lowes and finally back to Home Depot for more items ( found my paint with better closeness at Lowes) any way got more Flowers at Home Depot and a few at Lowes. Bought 4" x 4" x 6' pressure treated to make a hand rail to the front porch not one there also got a 1" x" x 8' and a 2" x 4" x 8' all pressure treated to do the job and also some 1" x 4" x 8" for more shelves here in the train room. So I got myself some jobs for the next few days lol. Hope all have a great Memorial Day Weekend and Thank a vet.
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