Good evening all,
Rested today. Wife and I did a puzzle. Changed some more outdoor light bulbs. Listened to some of Pocono Indy race. Two races in a row with a top 10 for the Foyt team. Found out the score for the boys' game. It was 9-1. At least they scored. Pretty sad in a sense when you conside a 9-1 loss and a top ten finish a good weekend. LOL. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Afternoon all!
Pretry warm one today. Clear skies. Checked out best eclipse viewing positions in the back yard, dock. All good. Big boats are heading up river for the night for the big day tomorrow.
Fife - Bristol - always fun to watch but you did not miss much yesterday.
RIP Jerry Lewis
Regards, Roy
May one of the best comics rest in peace. You served this world very well Jerry. "Joseph Levitch" Jerry Lewis 03/26/2006 - 08/19/2017 91 years young. You will be missed.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Mornin' boys. Sunny & 70 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Had last night off, and was jazzed about Bristol race...then a harsh reality set in; when the Redskins play on NBC, there will be NO Nascar.
Deee-jected.
Did have another gorgeous S gauge hand-made bridge arrive at my door from Buffalo. Got the AF loop set up and elevated, just need to level it all off and energize it. Hopefully no shorts, but the track is pretty old, so I'm hoping for a bit much. Haven't bench-tested the 4-4-2 303 either, so I'm ree-hee-hee-lee hoping for a lot.
Mornin' All.
Roy, I just wonder how many crazies will be camping out for the eclipse in Carbondale Ill then comeback in Apr of 2024 so they can say that they saw them both in the same spot. If you look at the map showing the projected paths it's almost as if "X" marks the spot.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Very cool videos, Doug!!
Roy Columbia, S.C. which is a town of about 135,000 is suppose to have over a million people in it tomorrow. Supposedly most are already here. Glad I'm not living there anymore. I still bet we have over flow here which is over an hour away.
Bummer - iPad won't play the videos but at least I know what was getting ready to happen - cool Dougnotta...!
At our river place in TN we are in the path of totality for the eclispe. We will have 85 seconds where those in the path center will get 2 1/2 minutes. We could go about 10 - 20 miles up River and get closer to the center but they are predicting 30,000 boats to converge at Watts bar lake/dam and no way we are battling that many idiots on the water. You think folks drive cars badly, get in a boat - you ain't seen nothin as they say...
As AJ would say, "All in all, it was a pretty good day." Reffing the two games went well. Both were blowouts so no close calls were needed to decide the outcome. What little of the Premiere League I did watch was the only score. Junior high kids let me ring the cowbell long and often as they won 5-2. "My" soccer girls will not win a game this year as they lost 6-0 to a team they had never lost to in the past. They have still yet to score. I have not heard how the boys did. AJ's team is in the back of the grid but still had competitive times. Got the October CTT early today. You might want to check the last page when you get your copy. Went to 4:30 Mass and then to a chicken buffet place wife has been wanting to go. Good food, reasonable price. Watched Indy 11 salvage a tie on the road. I hope everyone has a good day.
Wow that was neat Doug.
WOW Doug DG.
HOW NEAT IS THAT???
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
G'Day all.
Weather has been absolutely delightful this past week, no AC required.
Things went well for most of the day at the museum but two of my MTH engines demonstrated the need for new batteries. For now I am just going with new ones as opposed to spending a lot more for BCR's. Maybe in the future. The BetterHalf has been my chauffer for awhile now and by the time we close for the day I am just dead on my feet and more than happy to sit back and let somebody else do the driving.
Speaking of the BetterHalf, the munchkin's b'day is next month and he goes back to school on Monday. As a last hurrah for summer and an early b'day present they went and did something together while Gramps was at the museum. He is in the clip on the left and the BetterHalf is in the clip on the right. https://media3.iflyworld.com/flyer.php?id=QPW5Y&utm_source=confirmation+email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=media+purchase>*Please#
Now you know why we have been together almost 52yrs, we're both looney tunes.
Later all.
Have a safe and enjoyable rest of the weekend.
After today's news events thoughts and prayers for the men and women who put on the uniform.
Hi all! I finally got around to putting my mug in for my avatar. (I can change it back to the default if requested!!)
I picked up my latest and greatest SD70ACe today. I'll put it through the paces later.
I was going to go to the nearby ANG base for their open house/ air show today, but the weather is looking quite suspect, so I'll pass for this year.
Is anyone going to try and check out the solar eclipse on Monday? Prime viewing in my area is around 2:30ish, so I'm going to sneak out a little early......
Roy - glad the boat is up and running!
Fife - I'm having a craving for bear jerky for some reason........
Prayers to all in need and have a great day!
Rob
Good morning all. Sorry haven't been by in a while. Been bust town and county wise. Then running with Wifey to pick out stuff. Hope to mow today. Wifey wants to go to other side of county to pickup a chest.
Increase one more pill tonight. Seems same results. Get sleepy and then feel better late Sunday.
Out for a 4 PM lunch/dinner as Wifey's birthday tomorrow and Cathy's [daughter] Tuesday. Granddaughter's birthday in there somewhere. Col is a BIG boy. Tall and a little cubby. Eating everything [Lea grinding food for him]. Loves squash.
Someone calling now.
Later
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Morning all!
Warm today and low humidity. Perfect summer day and weekend on tap!
Got the boat back last night - shake down cruise good - no serious water in the bilge.
Also have had enough rain to keep the lawn green - first time in a decade!
Good morning,
Us "city folks" are taking it in stride, like our neighbors have told us. We call each other (about 10 homes in all nearby) when the bear is around. Geez guys, I was born in the morning, but not yesterday morning....
Fife, please careful with the bears. Usually when people and bears mix, the bears win. Good check up for wife today. Mowed yard with big mower. Despite tall grass, it kept moving well. Went to Frisch's for dessert tonight. Humidity lower today. KRM, I have to admire the logic on the truck. Going to be busy tomorrow. Two games to ref. One English Premiere League match on TV. Junior high kids play at 2 PM. Mass at 4:30 and the Indy 11 are supposed to be on TV Saturday night. Lots and lots of that "all American" sport that the Chief loves so much. LOL! I hope everyone has a good day.
Fife, wife worried about you and your bear friend.
Wifey loves that we have a bear visiting. She has even named him "Henry". "Henry" has been 3 feet from the rear porch, and 12 feet from the front door. She's only caught a glimpse of him. If she saw the bear guzzling down the hummingbird mix, she would just send me out to Southern States for more.
88 - I loved it when the boys were in pee-wee football. Good stuff.
Sun and 75 today. A nice breeze this morning. Windows are open. Some rain yesterday but the yard needed it. We have green grass instead of August brown.
S.J.
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Off to the dentist for a check up and cleaning at 9:45 then pick up some lunch from Dave's Dawgs and head home. Going to test run the Ranger.
Nice here today. 64 now with a high of 80. AC is off!
Fife, do you have any trail Cams out to get some pictures of your furry black friends? We have plenty of cridders here but I must say I am glad we don't have bear. They can be a mess to deal with.
Hey Brent - I can come to you for a ?
fifedog Evenin' boys. Bear struck the hummingbird feeder out front. Bent the fancy metal pole at a 90 degree angle, but couldn't figure out how to get the juice. Banks - I'm not going anywhere. When you can...
Evenin' boys. Bear struck the hummingbird feeder out front. Bent the fancy metal pole at a 90 degree angle, but couldn't figure out how to get the juice.
Banks - I'm not going anywhere. When you can...
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TGIF!!!!!!!!
Off to get my shoulder stretched.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Some rain today. Good day at work. Boys played well in an 8-0 loss which was much more competitive than the score indicates. A few inches lower on some of the shots and we would be talking about a vastly different outcome. The girls on the other hand got humiliated 15-0. Taking tomorrow off to take wife to eye specialist for a check up. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!
Another warm and muggy day but not 96 (Phish - ouch).
plus Phish - sounds like you work in a foundry?
Fife - I saw in one of those many Alaska wilderness shows that you should pee high up on your trees around your place as well as the house, etc. That way the Bears will think there is a big competitor claiming the territory! If nothing else the neighbors will be entertained - heck maybe the bears also!
Kev - average the two trucks annual cost -gets better every year the old Ranged makes it.
Good evening,
Made it through the day without anything else screwing up.
Ranger has a new dipstick tube $36.83 to go with all the rest and the house AC is fixed. Don't know what the bill will be on the AC. Weird thing is the only part Harley changed was the blower wheel and you can't see a anything wrong with it??? Weird!!
Dip stick tube had a rust hole in it and about as much fluid I put in it came out of the hole.
As for the Ranger. Yeah it is costing me some money but I look at it like this.
Total money in the Ranger to date is $2,100.00 + or - a few bucks, Divide by what I hope to get out of it, 2 years = $1,050.00 per year.
The new truck after tax and all the other stuff was about 35K+ or - a few bucks. So divide that by the hope of 15 years that will make me 80 years old, then that = $2,333.33 per year. Even more. But if the Ranger does better I win. If not I screwed up but life is risk.
So, so far I am sticking with the program, most because I want that plow on the Ranger. LOL Besides I like the fight as long as I can do it.
Jim, those snap ring pliers you have are for external rings and I needed one for an internal ring so they would not work, but thanks!
One thing for sure,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,best thing I ever did was install central AC in the shop along with the heat. If not for that I would not be working in there with this heat at my age.
Roy, I agree on the HF tools, can't go wrong. And I still have all of them even after the fix.
Weather cooled down nice and we have a nice breeze out there, very nice for drinking beer in front of the shop.
Chief, check in and let us know how your doing.
Have a good one.
Anyone know where Bob from AZ. is?? Is he stuck on that other forum I am not alowed at??? Hope he is doing well. Always liked his stories of working on things.
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