WOW, DougDG watch out! Heal up pal. Those falls are bad!
Cousin Terry's wife passed yesterday as soon as they took her off the machines.
A big 8 degrees out there and may make it to 13 today. Kind of a heat wave of late. Had about 1.5" of new snow last night and they say maybe 3" or 4" more today. Going to light the fireplace and watch Rawhide.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Was 12 degrees on phone this AM. Weather station indicated 14. TV station, 16. Whatever, its cold. Already 23 and going to 42. 50 tomorrow. Then 33 Sunday. Guessers saying below freezing from then for 60 hours. BURR.
Off to check on Daughter. Then meeting at town hall. Hunt tomorrow as going to be 50.
Dougsnotagrump, holy comoly. Get well and be careful. My chemo tablets made me "drunk" for the first three takes. Now body has gotten use to them. Only get tired real fast for a few days. Hope you adjust.
See Buckeye posted. He is still hiding from the chunk of coal her got from Santa.
Yanks, stay warm and safe.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Brrrrrrr boys...
Dougnotta - Holy cow! Do I need to come out there and be your orderly?
Phish - My folks gave me a 1956 American Flyer Washington 4-4-0. The oldest Princess won it on ebay for $158. (She is my little blonde assasin when it comes to bidding) Took a few hours for the engine to shake off the cobwebs, but now it runs and smokes just fine. Need to figure out a way to keep those pony trucks from derailing. I'm surprised how closer to O27 scale it is then S.
Need to drive to Frederick for the Wifey hand-off today.
Good evening all,
Prayers going out for all concerned. This time of year tends to be bad as well as good. Did not sleep much last night. Still cold. Did go see Star Wars. Not sure where they are going to with the story line now. This one is still better than any of the "prequels". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening ladies and gents !
Fife & Kev, thoughts and prayers for your families. Seems like this has been a very rough year for everybody. Kind of put a bit of a damper on Christmas this year.
My cancer drugs kept me from going to the museum last Friday as well as tomorrow. But the real kicker was passing out and taking a header on the bathroom floor last Saturday. Must have been out for awhile as there was quite a puddle of blood on the floor but the worst part is the fractured ribs. They remind you of what happened anytime you sneeze, cough or roll over in bed. This to shall pass.
I am planning on being at the museum on New Year's Day. It has turned into a tradition, our BetterHalves join us for the day as we have a nice lunch together followed by a bit of bubbly. Shrimp Creole w/garlic bread sounds good for New Year's Day.
Getting tired, time to sign off.
Prayers for all in need.
Happy New Year !
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Fife....My condolances to your family. I'm glad you were able to stop in Baltimore.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Hello there
Fifefor you and yours
Phish. ....is there electricity available in your chicken coop? There are lots of different style heaters available to keep the water from freezing. What style waterer are you using?
Lots of running and appointments today.(in a waiting room now) The temperature never got over 16. I'll finish unloading the coal during tomorrow's heat wave. Supposedly 23 for the high temperature.
Time to go.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good Afternoon,
Gee lots going on for everyone, Prayers for everything that all are going through. Fife's BIL & Family, Kev's family, Chief's daughter, and everyone else in need !
Things quite here, the weather is crazy again, see everything going on in the mid-west and east, and we are sitting out here in 80 deg.. Doesn't make sense.
New law goes into affect on Monday, Recreational Pot is legal. They did put out a "reminder" no smoking pot while driving! I don't know if there is any test for driving while under the influence, but it could get real crazy.
Hope everyone has a Happy New Year, and try to be safe!
Don
Fife, Kev, and Chief - prayers for your families ......
20F here in Central Jersey - me no like.....
Endoscopy tomorrow, should be a blast - Princess is taking me as Mom is REALLY sick her cold is really bacd.
I think I'm on the downside, but my lungs tell me different.
Just a quick pass through. I'll check in tomorrow...
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
There seems to be no end to the craziness,
Yesterday I hooked up the plow to the Ranger and it does nothing?????????????? It was working fine when I took it off the truck this summer after mounting everything up... WTH???? So anyway it seemed to be electrical. I got it to move up twice and power down once then it just sits there, Checked for power at the unit and it has it. To cold yesterday to be in Sandra's garage more than a few minutes at a time so I un-hooked it and came back in. So today, Brian helped me lift the plow blade up to where I could get it hooked to the truck and the truck with the plow is warming up in the shed where it is 60 degrees. After the truck sat in the shed with the heat on for an hour it all works???? WTH anyway? What good is a plow if it can't get cold??? So I am guessing I will leave the plow on the truck and just swap trucks in the shed before a storm. Good God!!! My luck stinks!
Fife, Kev, and Chief - prayers for your families ...
Back from doc appt - she could not do the physical - time frame does not meet Medicare "secret" rules - but we were able to do a Medicare approved "wellness checkup" which is not a physical - went through my medical history/needs - rescheduled the physical in Feb - our government at work....
Banks - you load sixteen tons and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go...I owe my soul to the company store....
Regards, Roy
Good afternoon from sunny 14°F Southern Ohio,
It was 5°F this morning when I left for work, but the was no breeze so it did not feel too bad. It is a challenge to keep the water for the critters from freezing. The kids are going out several times a day and dumping ice and refilling the water bowls.
I had a GREAT Christmas. With Christmas Eve being on Sunday, I had the regular Sunday Masses, then three Christmas Eve services. It made for a joyful, busy day.
Our daughter came in last Saturday from Hollywood and it has been a really nice visit. We went and saw the new Star Wars movie, it was good, not the best of the series but not the worst either. I’ll drive her back to the airport in Cincinnati on Saturday. She had a picture of our old home painted for us. It is beautiful. Seeing it kinda choked me up as this is the first Christmas I’ve ever had away from that house and in only the second home I’ve ever lived.
My second favorite present was my new garage. I did staple a big red bow over the garage door.
Spank – I’m lucky in that I’ve got a really good ACE hardware about a mile from home. I usually go there one or two times a week.
Fife & Kev – I’ll keep your family in my prayers
Lunch over and time to check on the guys
May God bless
Jim
fifedog KRM - Geez Louise, Kev. Some family's burdens are bigger... Best regards. Chief - Here's to hoping your girl has a speedy recovery. Been there.
KRM - Geez Louise, Kev. Some family's burdens are bigger... Best regards.
Chief - Here's to hoping your girl has a speedy recovery. Been there.
Yeah Fife, no kidding! Just nuts.
Chief prayers for your daughter!!
Started out at 0 today.
Prayers Fife,
Seems it is that time of year.
My cousins are dropping like flys. Cousin Dick the one that died this summer, his daughter Muffey, called me Tuesday night to let me know that my older cousin Terry, Dick's brother in Florida had a stroke and Jodie his wife had a spell of low blood sugar and took a fall , hit her head that caused a brain aneurysm and is not excepted to live. Then last night my cousin Tom, my younger cousin called and told me what I already knew about Terry and Jodie. He said Andy there son called and said Terry is doing fair but they still have Jodie on machines and it don't look any better. Then to top that off he told me Sandy, Tom's older sister has lung cancer but he does not know what stage or anything yet. Never smoked. He also told me she had cancer 27 years ago and seems it has come back. I never knew that. So I had to let my other cousins in central IL and my brother know.
Morning all. COLD and wind chills in teens. Started typing and curser was moving but no letters were showing. Only here.
Headed east to pay farm property taxes. Then hunt afternoon. Come back.
Daughter is doing good in hospital. Back surgery went longer than predicted. Wifey going to stay some.
Prayers for Fifey family.
Hope all stay warm and safe.
Fife - prayers for your BIL's family and yours
Banks - Funeral is Tuesday. Fifedog has been a road-dog. By the end of the week will have logged a thousand miles on the Durango.
My train room has been my "sanctuary". Wound up installing 3 of the 4 loops, and all are up and running. Before I know it, a couple hours pass by, and I fall asleep easier and longer. Sound like the My Pillow guy...
Thanks everyone for the sentaments. I will certainly pass them along to Ms. Kelly.
Cold today. Went to see "Pitch Perfect 3". Not a great flick, not a bad one. Probably last one in that series. Did some other errands as well and read Feb CTT. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening all!Temps didn't breach 37 today. More cold this weekend, maybe some freezing precip'tn Sunday.Cleaned up the desk today - so far over 500 pages of Medicare stuff - made a binder...Doc appt - physical tomorrow...fasting...ugh...
Evening all. Not a lot got done today. Set out to do some Shopping for the weekend and it just never happened.
Hope all had a good day
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Hello there,
busy day. 12 this morning when son and I started hauling manure. Was up to 16 when we finished. Made a quick trip to the office on the way to get a ton of coal. A couple of stops on the way home so it was after dark til I got to unloading.
Got about half in and decided to quit. The 9 degree cold was making the asthma kick my butt.
Fife...hows the BIL?
Chief.....at today's prices coal is about 25% of the cost of oil.
Off to bed soon. I'm wupped?
Morning all. 37 degrees and cloudy. Snowing at the farms. Fred there hunting. Not going to amount to much as 35 degrees there. Suppose to stop soon. Nothing fell in R'ville.
Off to hospital this afternoon. Daughter has back surgery.
Hunt tomorrow even though they say real cold. Drive there and pay taxes. Then hunt afternoon. Charge you a big fee to pay online.
Buddy in Iowa on Big Blue forum said -10 right now and snow tonight. Burr.
Banks, sounds like a cheaper way to heat.
Stay warm all.
Cold morning
- 11 Out there.
Brian and I are going to Menards this morning to get stuff to re-do his fireplace fascia and I need a new switch for the back bathroom and softener salt. Other than that stay warm..
Fife prayers for your BIL.
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Banks, cold fired boiler.?????? Did not know they made those things anymore. Bet coal is cheap. Got an auto stoker?
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Chief...yep they still make them. Not cheap but available. Hard coal (anthracite)is about $220 a ton. Soft coal(bituminous) is $120. Hard coal is mostly used in stokers. To my knowledge there isn't a stoker available for soft coal. I have one of each. Mom's house has a stoker hot water system Dad put in in 1969. My house has a hand fired boiler I put in in 1981.
Best get a to bed.
A cold clear day today. Wife and I did very little today as we are both recovering from Monday. Mostly watched movies and other recorded material. Watched some PBS stuff. Will be more active tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
Afternoon all!
39 and drizzling. good stay inside weather.
Had a great time with sister, BIL, and the kids for Christmas. Sis and BIL left this morning. quiet now.
Fife - prayers for BIL
Anj - get well soon!
Rob -
Happy post Christmas.....
Dinner was late and Dad was getting grouchy, however, the turkey and ham were spot on and he was good from there.
Mom pooped out at 7, so Easter dinner willbe at my house to try to keep Mom outta the kitchen.
Fife - Prayers for you BIL - Can't make dinner until 8 from here....lol, but thanks for the invite.
Still trying to kick this cold, up and down last night.
The drive in was great left 5 minutes late and was 15 minutes earlier than I needed to be. Gotta love the fact that MOST people got the day off....not me, gotta keep the economy rollin'.
Prayers for those in need.....check back when I can....
Morning. Cold and sunny. Errands and then take Wifey east to shop in Smithfield NC. Go to Tractor Supply and get deer corn. Also some Carhart long sleeve shirts work shirts. Only thing I aseed for for Christmas and got none.
Spanky gave me a hint on posting photos. Switched to Chrome and works.
Prayers for Fify's BIL.
Notice Buckeye didn't post Christmas train photos. Ashamed. He got a lump of coal for Christmas.
Have a good one.
Morning all!
I hope everyone had a good Christmas. I'm just surveying the house after "Christmageddon" Ugh.... looks like Amazon puked from one end to the other!! My daughter was actually up first thing to help clean up. Talk about a "Christmas miracle". I don't think it has anything to do with her new boyfriend coming over later to "Meet the Parents."
Fife/Kev - Continued prayers for the in-laws.
Roy - Tres bien!!
Don - Can't beat a good Christmas eve train session!
I think the post Christmas cold is starting. Better get some whiskey and/or Nyquil into me.
Rob
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