Good evening all,
Busy day at work. Good weather for a walk. Quiet evening at home. Stur-fish, does your exchange student play soccer? Could he play on your local high school team? Cool beans that you are doing that. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Afternoon all.
Finally got the date for my ct biopsy, next Tuesday. Now we can finally find out whether the mass malignant or benign. Hopefully it is the later and not the former. Eventually we may be able to get around to rescheduling the hernia repair.
Banks, That is funny.
All the goodies are packed up for tomorrow. What a pain in the tush being on weight restrictions, have to pack only 5 maybe 6 cars to a tub so somebody don't yell at me. Ain't even going to consider my die-cast 4bay hoppers.
Murph, Take care of that back.
About time for the mid-day meds.
Later all !
Edit: The BetterHalf and I talked to her B-I-L a few minutes ago. He made the right choice and departed Port Charlotte, via I-75, in the wee hours of the morning to get away from Irma and whatever Josie decides to do. His first overnite stop was Macon, then on to Atl and fight traffic for 2 hrs. Next bottleneck Chattanooga an 1 1/2 hr to get thru. Heard from one of his friends who also flew the coop that there were no motel rooms available between Port Charlotte and Tn.
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Good Afternoon from beautiful clear 70°F w/ 50% humidity Southern Ohio,
What happened to August? I have been busier than the crazy busy of late at work and at home. We now have an exchange student living with us from Madrid Spain. Really nice 15 year old boy. He speaks English very well which makes things so much easier. The garage build continues as the block walls are going up now. I spent a good part of Labor Day butchering the 10 broiler chickens. The kids including the exchange student, helped and we processed a little over 60 pounds of chicken out of 10 birds. One of the torsion springs on the garage door broke and after a temp fix ordered new springs. Bride picked up huge screw in the not very old tires on the van. The screw went in sideways and I could not get it plugged so it went to the shop to be removed from the wheel and fixed from the inside. I’ll be closely monitoring the pressure to see if the patch holds.
Banks – Nice engine! Prayers for your friend.
Kev – The previous owners of our new home had piles of limbs all over the place and it is Puck. Like you said, great for bonfires, we just may have a fire this weekend.
Lunch time over and need to get back to work
May God bless
Jim
Aloha. Looks like a beautiful fall day. . . Boy, do we have lots of apples on the trees in the yard - I'll try to talk the neighborhood kids into coming to pick them. The bride pointed out a few wasps floating past the front door last night - I found out they're building a nest - so blasted them with the spray. I will need to go back to seal up the spot they found. Praying for those in Irman's path... I hope people go inland if they can - so many of my FL friends weren't there during Andrew and aren't budging. Fife, I am sorry to say I didn't get to sail this season with my back and some other issues. I will live vicariously until next season.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning. Sunny, cool and lower humidity. Maybe, just maybe an early frost and no mosquitos during deer season. Special prayers for those in Irma's path. Same for wildfires out west.
Had an extra busy day yesterday No subs so far.
Haircut this AM. About time. Have a good one.
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cnw1995 - Good to hear from you. Hope you didn't hurt yourself sailing... Perhaps it's time to pull everything up to the front 5 feet of that crawspace.
Roy - Hit a roadblock when the driver wheels had to be shipped out for additional repairs. Work still going on though. Will have a repainted GP30 rolling out soon.
Busy day at work with meetings. Rested at home tonight. Lucas called and they are doing well. Not much else going on. Weather is cooler. I hope everyone has a good day.
Kev - bonfires are good!
Regards, Roy
wrmcclellan Kev - does that tree add to the firewood pile?
Kev - does that tree add to the firewood pile?
I cut down a 14" and a 9" tree this morning.
Only 56 out there so I figured I would not break a sweat. Both were long dead and destined to fall across the driveway so now their gone.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Hello there,
quick check in while waiting on Chinese take out on the way home from work.
Good news on mom. The rehab is going to keep her til her apartment is ready at personal care. Mixed emotions. Hate to do it but relieved we won't have to deal with her anymore.
No news on friends son other than is still touch and go.
Food is ready. Later.
Prayers for those in need
Evening all!
Been a very busy couple of days. Boat is out and winterized as are the Waverunners. It is sad as the end of summer is signaled when the boat comes off the lake...
Anj - glad the weekend off was great! And retirement - I've been so busy - I just moved from a paying job to --- what?????
Hey Fife - any status on the Allegheny project?
Dennis - love the comment about fiber content!
DougM - take care of the back!
Hey, it's September!!
Weekend away was great, very relaxed and shoved the phone on the charger for the most part and lived the beach life for 3 days.
Sunday arrival was cool but dry, Sunday was windy and warm with a cool night and yesterday was warm.
Walked the boards and enjoyed the atmosphere at night, tanned during the day.
Going to Wildwood for convention in 2 weeks for more beach time.
9/11 related activites Sunday and Monday.
Fife - WM sceanic railroad came up in conversation last night at the line/exec meeting, as did your name, a visit is way long overdue and I'm sure Lionroar would agree.
Prayers for all in need, especially those in Texas and Florida.
Roy - congas on the retirement!
Off to see the wizard......er, boss
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Aloha. It is nice cool fall weather downtown today. I am busy at the new job. Thinking about making some layout changes after hurting my back for the first time in my life a few weekends ago so that everything would be closer to the edge of the layout and I wouldn't have to go crawling on top of it. Praying for Bank's friend's son. Dennis, lentils can be tasty!
A quick roll-by inspection. Damp and 60 in the Potomac Highlands. Gotta head to station for some admin stuff, then over to yard to start some clean-up.
Banks - Good luck with everything you have goin' on there.
Busy day at work. Good weather for walk. Watched the girls lose 9-0 and heard that the boys lost 5-2. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all!
Capped a great day yesterday with a final cruise on the lake. The boat gets winterized tomorrow. Got to pull it out of the water today. Otherwise taking it easy today.
Banks - prayers for your friends son and your mother
another lazy day here. Not as lazy as the last 2. Watched the 2 littlest grandkids this evening.
Asking for prayers tonite for the son of a friend. He was involved in a one vehicle accident last evening. Life Flighted to Pittsburgh and is still touch and go.
Crawling into bed now. More tomorrow.
Wife and I did a jigsaw puzzle. Weather warm. I hope everyone has a good day.
KRM Winter is on the way.
Winter is on the way.
Hello there.
Lots of signs of that here too. The high Saturday was 54 with a cool rain most of the day. All but a couple pairs of Barn Swallows left this week. Bet the rest will only be here a few days as they usually arrive a week or so before Memorial Day and leave around Labor Day.
Somebody wanted the O Guage track I was after as I got outbid. I only bid cause it was in really nice condition and it was cheap . Can any of you guys tell me what O track is worth ?
I'm planning on having a loop for Prewar O on my layout when it's done.
No word from either kid so Mrs &I had burgers, tater salad and corn on the cob on our own.
Best move on. Mrs wants to make some no sugar peach jam.
Good Morning,
Took a ride with Jim back to Pontiac to pick up his tractor. A lot of guys loading out. Was a good show this year and the weather was perfect.
Very nice here 79 heading to 87 later then the bottom falls out for the rest of the week, The Shag-bark hickory are turning already. Winter is on the way.
Chief......I remember while visiting Beaufort one August bout 30 years ago. We got up one morning and were relieved it was only 78 degrees. Coolest since we'd been there. The locals were wearing jackets and complaining of the cold.
HHave a good Holiday
Morning all. Sunny and 84. Drywall folks puttingon another coat of mud. Subs seem to be dragging it out.
Took Wifey on a road trip to a town 20 miles away [around 3 PM yesterday]. first time I have driven on Sunday after meds on Saturday. Did good. Did get tired but a break at Cracker Barrel helped.
Rob, did not get where you are living. Must be a YANKEE by putting on a sweater.
That brings up a subject. Guy on rifle forum takes all comments about CA serious. Told him he would have a problem here as we joke on the CA guys all the time. All in jest. We do the Yankee and Southern thing on there and everyone picks back and forth. Oh well.
Have a good and safe holiday.
Wish it was July 4th instaed of september 4th.
It's kinda gray skies but suppose to reach 84 before late sfternoon storms arrive.
Still a little tired from a Saturday night wedding but moving along.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Had a great day with beautiful weather. Spent the day on the water and with friends.
Ray - thanks and glad you came up with a fix for the pool!
Mike C - sorry about your fender bender. Hope the damage is minimal to fix.
Banks - hope the rehab helps your mother. Enjoy the break as best you can.
Robmcc - thanks! 3 days in - so far so good!
Roy, congratulations on retirement. Enjoy! I recommend it.
I've just been laying low with this heat wave for about a week. Been over 105 for over a week now. My son helped me fix a problem on the pool. We installed a new water intake pipe that goes to near the bottom of the pool. Now don't have to worry about low water causing filter sucking air. I can still put my skimmer back on if needed. The ideal situation would be to have two intake pipes. One for the skimmer and one for the filter. It used to be that way but got dumped when they redid my pool years ago. At least now, I can go away for a few days without worring about the pool. Hope all are well. We are'nt having any problem with ash/smoke from the fire yet. Hope they get it out soon.
Ray
SPMan
Ruined Saturday by having a fender bender with Encore :( Worked all day Sunday in the yard. Listened to Indycar race. Foyt team was 10th and 11th. I hope everyone has a good day.
been a lazy weekend so far. Yesterday was cool and rainy. Kept the gas log lit most of the day. I had a couple of naps and went to a parade to see the grandaughter followed by a pleasant meal at a local eatery. Today was 7AM Mass and a trip to the flea market and more nap.
Got mom in a local home for rehab so we get a chance to rest. Not sure how long they will keep her.
No plans so far for a picnic for tomorrow. Maybe Mrs &I will have a hamburger and tater salad on our own if the kids don't show.
So far I'm high bidder on 50 pieces of O guage straghts on the bay.
Best move on.
Prayers for those in need.
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