RT, thanks for the film clip.
Ray
SPMan
69 and raining here today. No big news here. Just relaxing today. Hope all had/having a good weekend
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Morning all!
20's this am. Brutal damp. No ice yet. 29 right now and still some slight chance for ice/sleet, but to hit 40 today so it will not last.
Vegging out on Olympics, live and recorded. Favorite event is short track skating. Particularly the relay. Chaos! Like NASCAR, only LEFT turns
Talkin about NASCAR - 7 days to Daytona!!!!
Banks - great fun!
Kev - nice snow - so to speak!
Regards, Roy
Morning. Rainy and extra warm. Unblievable. Being lazy this AM. Nothing on agenda today. Maybe Train Box again.
Got to take a friend to Will Allen's newest layout tomorrow. You may remember his layouts have been featured in most model train magazines. Haven't seen his latest one. He has been asking me to come by and see it. Great guy.
Way to go Banks.
Have a great week ahead.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
7:56AM
Good morning,
15 degrees and 5"+ of new snow on the ground,,,,,,,,,,Enough already. Temps will fall all day to -8 tonight so I had better get to it now.
9:32AM
Wow that took awhile.
Got everyone cleaned out finally and used the snow blower to make the paths to the shed and burn pile and now it is snowing again!!! We have way over a foot out there now.
Looks like a fun time Banks! You need MORE snow for that sled! .
Hello There
Yesterday was a good day
Fun was had by all
7 AM Mass , home for French Toast & Sausage. Now gotta head back to church to deposit collection
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
I ran out of time to post yesterday. I spent most of the day building drawers for the comic book storage cabinet and honey-do items. I also acted as a taxi to transport the princess to and from the mall. I am happy she found a group of kids to befriend. Then the wife and I went out to a nice restaurant for dinner. I had a delicious filet mignon. It rained all day yesterday and looks like that will continue today. I will be on a plan later this afternoon as I have to fly to Colorado for work. It is a very short trip and I will be home late tomorrow night.
Rob - The Leafs are doing well this season; much better than the Oilers.
Great detective work Chief.
Good day,
Joe
Here you go Ray
Good evening all,
Good day to stay indoors. Wife cut hair, I went to Mass, watched Indy car live stream of practice. Foyt team still among the top speeds. Local high school girls' team won regional in basketball. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Chief, that garbage episode sounds like what happened in the movie "Alice's Restaurant" with Arlo Guthrie. Good detective work.
fifedogcnw1995 - Hey, silver lining...when the snow totals go up, the crime rate goes down...
One of my good friends from Billings had a t-shirt that said "-40 keeps the rif-raf out"
Afternoon all!
Started around 40 this am and continued down. Been holding at 34 this afternoon but mid-20's tonight and cold tomorrow. Some concern for ice showers tonight.
Relaxing and watching Olympics all day.
Massive changes around the house means sacrificing online time. Hopefully once renovations are done I can get back to more train time.
Hope everyone is enjoying the 4 letter S word. This weather sure separates the men from boys out there on the roads. I suggest that awarding Canadian citizenship is only possible after extensive winter driving excersises and tests.
Talked to dad in Santa Ana this morning. His warm and sunny forecast didn't help my mood either!
Train show tomoorow. Might just go, if I can dig myself out..
Bruce
Layout legs L bracketed to the floor. Extra insurance. Ran Y6B some. Couldn't figure out why I lost control. Got to remember the right number in Legacy. DUHHH
Got several engines with the same combo of numbers. So have to use middle numbers instead for first two or last two. Get rid of some engines would help.
Taking Wifey shopping. Good part. Cracker Barrel.
Good Morning,
Suppose to be a bit cooler here today, low 70's, AND possible rain on Tuesday! That would be great.
Still playing around in the train room, no matter how much I get done, always seems that there is more left to do, than what I was aware of. The "To Do" list gets longer and longer, not shorter.
I may have mentioned I sent some Miller Eng. lights back for repair, their customer service was really terrific. IF anyone has any and they are not working correct, they have replacement signs for a lot of them that are out of "stock".
Ray, may see you in Arcadia on Sunday. Your upcoming trip sounds really exciting.
Fife, I think the SpaceX launch was really fantastic, can't imagine what the car floating around would look like. Whole thing seems like something from Flash Gordon.
Jim H, Welcome to the coffee pot!
Roy, Congrats on all the house sorting, you're welcome here anytime!
Doug M/Rob, I finally gave up on the 153 C's, and just hard wired them. I couldn't keep them adjusted due to the constant changing of the ambient light.
Banks, Sounds like a fun day.
Well going to get going, trip to Costco, then who knows. Hope everyone has a good day and great week-end.
Don
Finish post. ^*&~ curser disappeared and would not come back.
Do hope all have a great weekend. Hope all over the crud.
fifedog cnw1995 - Hey, silver lining...when the snow totals go up, the crime rate goes down... ...and watch the Chief and local politicians take credit for the sudden downturn in death rates... That was always amusing to me.
cnw1995 - Hey, silver lining...when the snow totals go up, the crime rate goes down...
...and watch the Chief and local politicians take credit for the sudden downturn in death rates... That was always amusing to me.
So does the birth rate 9 months later.
Hope all OK. Rainy and 62 degrees. Sad thing. Rain off and on for next 4 days.
Yanks in for a snow event [again].
Was so warm and pretty yesterday, Wifey was gardening.
Did catch a guy dumping garbage on pond property. Put on latex gloves, went through all the bags and bottom of last bag, envelope with address. Deputy [lives in R'ville] called dumper. Gave him 48 hours to clean up or have warrant against him. Cleaned up before dark yesterday.
I don't see any politicians taking credit for the for the stock market crash this week.
Good morning from a very fluffy North Bluff above Marseilles. We have pretty much the same conditions as SJ here. 8" to 10". Snow plow on the Ranger got a good workout yesterday.
Right now it is 17 degrees and snow covered. They claim 2" to 4" more by tomorrow night with -4 tomorrow night but 40s by Wednesday . Oh joy!
I may venture out today just to look around.
Ray, prayers for your brother and sister.
Wife's sister is still hanging on, I don't know how?
Hello there,
whole gang sposed to show up here at 10 to sled ride and snowmobile, First time this year it was fit on a weekend. Warming and rain this afternoon.
SJ..........glad you got help with snow removal.
best go
Snow and lot's of it. Most of lower Michigan got 8 to 10 inches with another 2 to 4 expected by Sunday night. Of course our street is snow covered but the main street is clear of snow. My wife's Red Wings lost last night due to some JA getting a 4 minute penalty.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Enjoying a quiet house and a nice, warm coffee. We had a nice evening. I took the Mrs. to our favorite Southern BBQ place for her birthday/Valentine's Day. Man, I really need to get a pair of "stretchy" pants for those meals!! We popped over to the MIL's after to do my good deed and shovel her driveway and have a few cocktails.......
I might have a lazy day today. I'm thinking about setting up the Carpet Central with my wide radius track so I can run my Autoracks. Might watch some Olympics too.
Ray - That's crazy. Sign of the times I guess. Most places want you to do everything online and not have any human interaction. Run those trains!!!! Best form of therapy.
Joe - Props for sticking with your team! Yes, they have had some lean years, but they've had some decent drafts lately, so the future looks good. Apparently this McDavid guy isn't too shabby...... (You want to talk lean years, try being a Leafs fan!)
DougM - Thanks for the feedback. Wow, a 153C actually needed an adjustment??
Have a good one.
Rob
Good evening all, just checking in. It has been a while. Warm weather continues here with temp in the 80's most days. Only rained once since new year started. I have finally completed all the dental work I had done. What a relief! Oldest son and I have our reservations made for going to Virginia and North Carolina this April. Still need to nail down seat assignments. My oxygen supply company sent a letter to my doctor about starting a new contract on my concentrator. They ran a test on me and found that my lowest blood oxygen level during waking hours was 89. They may run a test while sleeping. Medicare will only pay if you are 87 or below. Don't know what they will do yet but I have to plan ahead for our trip. It would be nice if they told me that I don't need oxygen for flying anymore. I made reservations over the phone and the nice folks at the airline charged me $80 for doing what they used to do for free. Checked bags are $25 each in both directions. Only break I got was frequent flyer miles but had to use double the normal amount to get the flight we wanted. Son will handle the rental car and I will get the rest. This may be my last chance to see my brother and sister both of whom have stage 4 cancer. I should get out in the garage and run some trains but my heart isn't in it right now. TTOS meet this weekend. Will try to make that on Sunday.
Good evening,
The older son and I returned a short while ago from the hockey game. It was fun and the Capitals beat the Blue Jackets 4-2. I had a mostly productive day at work before coming home a bit early to ensure we made it to the hockey game. I am ready for bed now and looking forward to no alarm clock for tomorrow morning.
Rob - You might say that 99 had something to do with it. Everyone else in my family is a Flyers fan; however, when I was old enough to watch and understand hockey (around 1980), the Great One was the hottest thing in the NHL and I was an instant fan. Although the Oilers have had many lean years I am still a fan. Happy Birthday to the wife; enjoy the dinner.
Good night,
Not a bad day. Work was semi-quiet. Foyt team doing well so far in Phoenix test. Went to movie night at the historical society. Watched Jane the Virgin. Looks like Izombie returns soon. Weather ok today, but could be lousy this weekend. I hope everyone has a good day.
Aloha. Lotsa snow here overnight - maybe 10 inches. This is the sixth day in a row with measurable snow. Sigh. At least it motivated me to take apart the snow-blower to see what's wrong with it. And it was a snow-day for the bride's school and for the youngest's high school. So they were around all day.
I also puttered around the layout - fixed one of the 151 semaphores that had a maladjusted I53C. Now I have to puzzle through the other 151 which isn't snapping as it should...
Rob, I've been using the Dollar Shave Club for the last few years - they are a great deal.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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
ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh.. Even us in the Great White North are done with this. I can't wait to start complaining about the 90 degree days......
Oh well, it's the Mrs. birthday today so we'll going out for a nice dinner tonight. Being so close to Valentine's Day, also gives me a chance to "double dip" for both occasions!
Thanks for the feedback on the blades. I think I'm going to roll the dice on Dollar Shave Club and I'll let you know.
Banks - A beast of a saw!
Joe - Have fun at the game! Oilers, huh? How did that come about? (99?)
Rich - How far "East" of Philly did the free Bud Light from the Eagles parade get?
JimH - Thanks! Now for sports, the Winter Olympics are canceled bacause it's TOO C-C-COLD!! back to you......
Have a good one and prayers.
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