DECEMBER COFFEE POT HO HO HO Hot coffee with grits for the good Southerners and oatmeal for the Yanks.

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

65 today, sunny. Same for tomorrow with increasing clouds and then a lot of rain predicted for the weekend. 

Did not get to scooter today and may try this weekend, but rain may obviate that. Busy week next week so next chance will be next weekend.

Mike C - thanks for the good report on the new HP style movie. I also really liked that Marx display layout article. Nice change from the norm.

Chief - great news!

Don - fires were only about 5 miles away so no problem. Smoke was terrible. Couldn't go out some days. Everything covered with a layer of ash. The big one in the recent news was SE of Knoxvillle. Hurricane force winds whipped a normally slow moving undergrowth fire into a NASCAR speed inferno. Had that wind happened to the fires in the Chattanooga area at the time, it would have been a massive disaster. Without a big wind the fires in TN did not move very fast and did not burn the trees much, mostly undergrowth/dead leaves. The drought only hit TN this year, so trees were not dried out like in CA. Last few years were abnormally wet. The areas are very hilly and very unaccessable. 

Regarding York Don - you are giving the Chief too much time to prepare his defense.

Going to a huge monthly flea market tomorrow in Canton TX.

Watching the C'Boys try and eake one out over the Vikings. 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Very quiet at work today as everybody else was gone.   Went to see "Fantastic Beasts....." tonight.  Very good flick.  Perhaps the best in the Harry Potter world.   Marx display article in latest CTT is wonderful.  Never realized Marx got into display railroads.   Cold around here.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[dbaker48]

Good Morning!

A new fresh pot!  The aroma woke me up.

Chief, Really glad to hear about the good news regarding your grandson!  My great niece has CF, she is only 2 1/2 yrs.  That poor kid has been in the hospital as much as she has been out.  Talk about a fighter she always has the nurses in tears, reminding them about the treatments she needs, and it isn't a problem.  She knows that she needs them.  Her resolve is unimagineable.  Her twin brother was fortunate and didn't have it.  The parents have gone through living hell all this time!  (Her dad, uncle, grandad, are all firefighters, the grandad is Kay's brother.)

I made it through the dentist visit yesterday, many more to come numerous extractions planned, then partials.  Going to cost significant bucks, hope the ROI works out!  Probably be done in Jan/Feb..

Today going to work on cleaning track in the train room, while listening to tapes.  Then in the PM/Evening, Kay wants to go to Knott's to see the lights and craft fair.  The good part is that admission if free for Vets and spouse until 12/16.  (have to pay for parking, no big deal)

Ray, You asked what i was doing for the weight loss, a combination of two things.  Due to the Diabetes I take metaformin daily, a side-affect is weight loss.  The other is life style changes; no soda, limited sweets and carbs.  The Dr tells me the majority is due to the latter.

Roy, Hope the TN fire isn't near your place/vacation spot.  And, yep I am planning on York this spring.

Hope everyone has a great day, and Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all!

[KRM]

Good morning,

Cloudy and 39 and that will be the high for the day.

 Woke up to a dead PC. Second time this POS Lenovo has done this. Got lucky this time and it fixed it’s self after a few startups.    Running a scan now.

Off to Krogers for food and supplies is the do of the day.

Be good!

Chief, my bet would be none of them. Bet there were plenty of adds.

 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning. 58 degrees and sunny. Been watching the news on NBC, CBS and FOX. I'll let you guess who had more news and not BS.

Vacuum the house today. Do some errands. Being half way lazy is fun.

Good news here. Seems genetic Dr. thought Col [Frank V] may be born with SF. Last night tests results came back negative.

How could I forget.  Sir. J was texting me every 5 minutes.

Have I told you lately what I think of this software?

Have a good one.

[sir james I]

Sun and 40s today.

I figured the thought of sassafras tea for all of December would keep the Chief awake....

S.J.

[lion88roar]

Mornin' Fellas

Took Matthew to daycare and informed them his last day will be December 23rd. They were surprised. Not sure why, their practices are going to make it difficult for other families. Oh well.

Brought the trees up and got them setup (not decorated yet) on Tuesday. Christina is of the opinion that decorating them should have already occured and is driving TheQ nuts , so I've been tasked with dusting and vacuuming the dining and living rooms today so we can proceed with decorating tonight. Gotta love Christina!

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Clearing and 43 along the Patterson Creek cutoff.  Need to finish placing all the doo-dads on the North Pole layout, hook up the LW's, then that will be done.  No, I have to put away all those Dept 56 boxes, then I'll be done.  Wifey says we dine out tonight. 

Did speak with Fifepup, and he sounded overwhelmed.  Told him to hang in there.  He said returning to Maryland not an option, he just wished he had prepared better.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Good Morning from Southern Ohio,

Wow 2016 is flying past!

May God bless usone and all

Jim

[rtraincollector]

SJ was worried you wouldn't see his reminder and forget to do it. I had faith in you. 

Morning all.

[ChiefEagles]

Waited up to get this done.  Sleep tight.