Good evening all,
Finally sunny in Hoosierland. Brisk weather for walk. Quiet day but busy at work. I got started on the 6 by 12 layout. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
ChiefEagles Special one for KEV. Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts. That face tell you something.
Special one for KEV.
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts.
That face tell you something.
Tells me it looks like it could be this person's Older Sister, maybe???
Now, now Frank, You will sound like someone else soon if you start to rate on a scale of 1 to 10.
And to think I posted that picture of the 8 point buck just for you.
Anyway like Doug M said still in the deep freeze so worked on the 252 crossing signals set up and posted this video on another thread.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Well, I suppose by now Don is playing a tape of Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again" and wheeling through Arizona or New Mexico. Doug, hope things go well for you during the holidays. Easy does it. One of my sons and I payed a visit to my wife at her memory care home last night. She has a new room mate who is not used to me yet. Shouted get out at me when I tried to put Helen to bed. Turned the whole thing over to a regular care give and beat a hasty retreat. I did not want this particular roomate for her in the first place because she has some issues. They assured me that if any problems arrise, they will move her. I think it's time to blow the whistle on her if she doesn't get along. I don't need this. Trying to get along over there but it's a challenge sometimes. Haven't done much for Christmas yet except go to church services but my kids will do whatever we need to do. Meanwhile, I am enjoying the Christmas music that two local stations are playing 24/7. Have a good Christmas week y'all and Don, keep on truckin.
Ray
SPMan
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Chief, we'll have to start calling you Parson Eagles. BBQ sounds good.
It would be quite an adventure to go with you Don and I would if I weren't already up to my waist in alligators. Prayers for a safe trip.
Aloha from the land of minus-temps. 9 below now although hopefully by the time DonB gets here, the temps will be more 'normal'. What a heartwarming story, Fife! On my commute the other day, half the train was 'reserved' as the Polar Express - complete with volunteer elves, Santa and very excited kids. They just go the hour-and-a-half into the city -- don't detrain; get more hot cocoa aboard and and then back again. Brought smiles to my fellow curmudgeonly commuters.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
fifedog Mornin' boys. Clearing and calm 23 along the Patterson Creek cut-off today. Might start Christmas shopping later on (gotta ease into these things...). Have to slide by the WM station later to drop off the threads. It was certainly a memorable experience working on the Santa trains this weekend. Got to see all the behind the scenes work done back at the yards (especially when the water lines freeze up), met some fine co-workers (all devoted to their railroad), and made a few friends along the way (especially the chef). Must have visited with 500+ children and just as many adults over 6 trips (I was bumped up to the big train after first night). Pets were high on a lot of "wish" lists (much to the surprise of parents...), including puppies, bunnies, guinea pigs, and one small chap wanted "a snake and a duck". I learned that Santa just needs to show love, joy, and have self-control (leave cheekiness at home). And although initially they thought Dad was "weird" for being Santa, the princesses loved reading the letters I brought home. I guess it was my way of hearing the call. Now grab a Kleenex. She was the second to last child, on the last train of the season, to visit with me at the station. I remembered greeting her (Mom was sleeping) in one of the coaches, and kidded Mom as my Sleeping Beauty. Mom didn't speak English. The girl said,"I'm 17 (looked younger), and I still believe in the magic of Santa". Then she proceeds to take me on the events of the past year, in which her father had a brain tumor removed, endured kemo, and was still rather debillitated with his motor skills. "All I want for Christmas is for my father to get his mobility back again." I told her he had my prayers. Then the dad in me bounced off that make-shift thrown, hugged her, and told her she had given her father the best gift for Christmas, by growing into such a beautiful, thoughtful, and selfless daughter. Phish, et al - Santa needs some back-up on this case.
Mornin' boys. Clearing and calm 23 along the Patterson Creek cut-off today. Might start Christmas shopping later on (gotta ease into these things...). Have to slide by the WM station later to drop off the threads.
It was certainly a memorable experience working on the Santa trains this weekend. Got to see all the behind the scenes work done back at the yards (especially when the water lines freeze up), met some fine co-workers (all devoted to their railroad), and made a few friends along the way (especially the chef). Must have visited with 500+ children and just as many adults over 6 trips (I was bumped up to the big train after first night). Pets were high on a lot of "wish" lists (much to the surprise of parents...), including puppies, bunnies, guinea pigs, and one small chap wanted "a snake and a duck". I learned that Santa just needs to show love, joy, and have self-control (leave cheekiness at home). And although initially they thought Dad was "weird" for being Santa, the princesses loved reading the letters I brought home. I guess it was my way of hearing the call.
Now grab a Kleenex.
She was the second to last child, on the last train of the season, to visit with me at the station. I remembered greeting her (Mom was sleeping) in one of the coaches, and kidded Mom as my Sleeping Beauty. Mom didn't speak English. The girl said,"I'm 17 (looked younger), and I still believe in the magic of Santa". Then she proceeds to take me on the events of the past year, in which her father had a brain tumor removed, endured kemo, and was still rather debillitated with his motor skills. "All I want for Christmas is for my father to get his mobility back again." I told her he had my prayers. Then the dad in me bounced off that make-shift thrown, hugged her, and told her she had given her father the best gift for Christmas, by growing into such a beautiful, thoughtful, and selfless daughter. Phish, et al - Santa needs some back-up on this case.
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wrmcclellan 27 degrees...wind is howling.... philly - welcome back!
27 degrees...wind is howling....
philly - welcome back!
Thank you.
Guess it is cold up north or north of Gainesville FL. Here in southeast FL it is around 82 again today. If we would get anybody to come down here for the holidays it would be Sandy Claws; a big house that is over weight at the beach, maybe Flipper could deliver stuff as well as there are canals down here too.
Turned on the news last night after coming home friend a friend's house and saw that Zsa Zsa Gabor died. I liked her younger sister Eva better, she is the one who played in Greenacres sitcom as Lisa.
Any way I am trying to work on my layout some more when I have time. Installing another shelf for displaying my O gauge trains. Just finished wiring lights in the houses on the upper level. When finished I should be able to run 7 trains at one time.
Lee Fritz
Morning. 34 degrees and wet. Hope no ice tonight. Got Mayor's Assoc. party tonight. If it wasn't for wasting the Town's money, I'd stay home. I'm sure others feel the same.
Prayers Fify.
Hope Don Baker makes Chicago OK. Will cell phone him later to see how its going.
Have a great week ahead.
Fife, Great job on your part and even better on the girl's part. Prayers for her dad.
Maybe Sandra will get dressed today, got to see how her foot and leg are. They look way better.
-3 with full sun 17 for the high today and temps will rise all week up to high 30s by Christmas. That is about it.
Oh one good thing about the cold. Only 9 people got shot in Chicago this weekend. That is way down from the norm.
Fife Prayers for her father. What a wonderful Daughter he has. Thanks for sharing. She sounds like some with internal beauty.
Morning all. No plans for today. 44* going to 54* today. Hope all stay warm and have a good day.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning all,
A rare morning post to compliment you, Fife, on a job well and tenderly done! I hope everyone has a good day.
Fife - Done and will continue prayers for this kind girl, and her dad. Fife, you're a good man.
May God bless
Jim
Aloha. 8 below in air temp. right now. Whew! Unfortunately the snow blower died. this am. The motor runs but the rotor doesn't move. I'll take it apart tomorrow. Hope DonB has a smooth drive. We live about an hour from his aunt in Rockford. We've gotten a lot of snow each weekend and bitter cold. But it looks to break warmer soon. We had a nice jaunt into Chicago for the symphony Christmas concert last night. The dire forecase for snow only ended up to be 4-5 inches...Bears lost again. Sigh.
Did not go for a run today. Instead, stayed in and put together the Mianne benchwork for the 4 by 8 table (future O layout). Only took one day. For the constructionally challenged such as myself, it is wonderful. No cutting, no measuring, just some assembly required. Only one left to do is the 6 by 12 for the standard gauge and hopefully I will have that one done by Christmas. No scenery as of yet but will have track down and trains running. I plan to have 2 standard gauge loops with trains on both so there will be thundering rails in the Hoosierland. I hope everyone has a good day.
Great weather here today. Single digit temperatures, calm winds, and a sparkling clear blue sky. The dog and I took a walk somewhere between 1.5 and 2 miles. When we were walking with the light wind, the sun was providing enough radiant heat that I almost felt like I wearing too many layers.
Nothing on the train front, other than I don't currently have any tracks set up. I really wanted to run some trains yesterday. Must be the time of year.... I've realized that I have all of the Polar Express add on cars. I wonder if the P.E. Berkshire can pull all of them. Will have to set up an oval long enough to try in the near future.
Good Evening from 30°F Southern Ohio,
The trip with a bunch of kids from the Parish youth group to the Columbus Zoo to see the Christmas lights and animals was beautiful. It was a breezy 17 °F and was fun, there is a great bunch of kids. The trip home saw rain turn to sleet and freezing rain. We left maybe 15 minutes before the others and went straight out of town and that little bit of lead kept us out of the bad driving conditions. We had no issues but the others had really slick roads. No one had a mishap praise be to God. The crazy weather was then up to 62°F on Saturday.
Going to try and get another AF Scenic panel off Ebay tonight. It is part of my plan for an All Aboard Layout that will be easy to set up and transport. Hopefully by next fall I’ll have the pieces.
Kev - That is a very healthy buck!
Lee - Welcome back
Roy - May God have mercy on your cousin’s soul
DougDG - Glad you’re feeling better
Don - Safe travels
Bob - I’m glad the truck fire went out without too much damage
Got to go
About to go cut grass for the last time this year. Actually go and mulch the leaves by running lawnmower over them. They cover the whole yard so might as do the whole yard.
Hope all having a good day
On very cold nights, the father of a long ago girlfriend use to put a work light with a 100 watt bulb under his car.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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15 this morning. If it is going to be this cold we should have snow.
Glad I am mostly retired and what work I do is from home.
Kev - thanks and glad it still works - you could go to the same place you got the first thermostat and get different temperature versions so you could switch in higher temps. I use 15W light bulbs under covers to keep outdoor water stand pipes from freezing. Also have a small light bulb arranged in a safe way in a garage wall with a north side wall faucet to keep that pipe from freezing. I could not find short heat tapes to use and winding heat tape is too hot. Builders here are very stupid (as well as housing codes) when it comes to building a home where pipes cannot easily freeze. The same idiots that came up with the codes for failing foundations in this crappy soil.
Regards, Roy
WOW It is cold out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0 here heading to -16 by midnight, Full sun,
Had to get out side and clean up some before it gets any colder. That John Deere can be a cold place. We ended up with less than 3" of snow and it is light and blowing so I still had to clear the drifts.
Want to watch people freezing?????,,,See the Bears packers game today.
Chief, Yeah I saw that to. Never thought the other group ever was a majority there.
Just looked out the front and here is a perfect 8 point.
Sun and a high of 20 today. 10 will be tomorrows high.
No snow in the current forecast and a little warmer by Wednesday.
S.J.
KEV, most of it is put out by the ulta left wing TV station. Doing the samething the other group did when they were the majority. Jealous.
Wedding went great. Meal great.
53 degrees and climbing. Was 51 degrees 30 minutes ago. Hit mid 70's later today.
Sleep tight.
Interesting day. Lucas had some issues going home Friday night and long story short he and wife are ok and car has some dings, but we did not hear from them for several hours and were quite concerned. Stayed with grandkids so parents could see daughter perform. We left as soon as they got home so we could beat the next round of bad weather. Younger daughter had some travel issues as well but she too is safe and sound. Strange weather. I hope everyone has a good day.
Yep I watch Hogans Heros and Columbo. I also like Carol Burnet if Mrs Wiggins has a skit.
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