Evening All, (its dark out)
Kind of a down day, DID vote! But, that didn't help, 14 propositions/measures on the ballot, 13 going to raise taxes!!!! Trillions of $ for the next 45 years! Then polling place workers didn't help, very few spoke English. Primarily Cambodian, Korean, and others. I REALLY felt out of place. Its bad when the workers don't know the alphabet in order to find your name.
The highlight of my day was getting a haircut, which was good! Then came home and reorganized the shed in our backyard till the mosquitos ran me out.
Looking forward to tomorrow!
Hope you all have a great week!
Don
Don if you waited until Sunday you could of gone to great clips and got it for free. Being veteran, on veterans day they give it free to you or you can get a card to get one later, but must be used before 12/31/2018
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good evening all,
Quiet day. Voted. Did errands. Mulched yard....again. Lot of leaves down. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
71 and sunny. Voting was crazy here. All over the place. Folks are not informed on who they are voting for. Some real duds got in and some good ones gone. That means they will flip again next time.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Afternoon from overcast 55°F Southern Ohio,
The fall colors were really pretty but did not stay on long. Over the weekend pushed the leaves down the hill, and it already looks like I never touched them. We’re seeing the bucks moving too. Two really nice bucks, and four or five others are regulars at the feeder.
I finally finished back filling the ditch for the new downspout drain, and glad that job is done. Just when I thought I’d get to put time into the layout, my bride committed me to building a mantle for her sister in the new to them house. Ordinarily it would not be a big deal but they want the mantle to wrap around three sides as it is one of the fireplaces that sticks out from the wall and is visible on three sides.
I went and voted last Friday and hit the crowd just right, walked in voted and out.
Banks - Thanks for the thought. The All Aboard stuff is going up in price now. Easily 50% higher than 3 or 4 years ago.
Got to go; may God bless
Jim
Evening all!
Happy day after the election! Reduction in phone calls and commercials is significant and welcome!
Cold front has moved through. Next 10 days will be significantly below normal. nice!
Chief - agreed!
Regards, Roy
Semi-quiet day at work. Sunny weather but cool for walk. Rested tonight at home. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening/afternoon all!
Cloudy and 50's as predicted. some rain in the area but not at our house. News just said it is snowing in KC!
Dennis - yes that hit the national news. At some point the issues with mental health need to be addressed. Heard the same from DonB. That does not happen here in Texas, but a couple races here where dems took over repub house seats are showing how Texas urban areas are becoming more like CA...I will be long gone before that change takes hold!
Was out early to Human Services retreat which lasted most of the day. Headed east tomorrow and back Saturday night.
Hello there,
43 years ago today Mrs became Mrs.
Prayers for those affected by the craziness in CaliforniaBusy doing nuttin. Leaves are mostly down, to bad the yard is so soggy I'd get stuck trying to gather them up.
Started to get Mrs' Blazer ready to sell. It hasn't turned a wheel in almost a year. Jumped it the other day and moved it to the garage. It needs a new wheel bearing and I'm going to go over it to be sure it will pass inspection. The license is expired so can't get it inspected. The body is starting to show some rust but not bad for 18 years old. Probably going to list it for $1,500. Hopefully get $1,000.
Spent a couple hours yesterday and today getting equipment put away for the winter.
Voter turnout here was 55%.Usual turnout for a midterm is +/- 25%. Not thrilled with the results but it coulda been worse. Nuf said.
Off to bed soon Prayers for those in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good evening,
Banks, that sounds a bit low for the Blazer??
Election drama from North Central IL. This is about as good of drama as you can get out here, This place is about 15 miles south of here. Why I love it out here!!!
I call these towns old farmer pocket towns. Where the old farmers moved to when they were to old to work the farm anymore. More in the graveyards than in the towns. Places like this all over around here.
Thinking of getting some Hens for us here,,,,
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Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Another semi-quiet day at work. Adequate weather for walk. I hope everyone has a good day.
Evening,
Not a good day for So. Calif, but the shooting this morning, then the major fire going on now. Excessive high winds when it started this pm, in 1 1/2 hrs it went from 150 acres to 10,000! Tonight it is suppose to be really bad.
Kev, would that have been in Stillman Valley? They are always having weird stuff going on there! I have relatives in that area.
Mornin' boys. Cool and damp along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Wifey and I took a nice country drive to Winchester, VA, and did a little Christmas shopping at Mario's Trains. In Ms. Kelly's words, "this is the most stocked train store you've taken me to." 2 showrooms, and a warehouse 5 minutes away. Friendly, helpful staff, operating multi-scale layout, and mostly new products from Lionel, MTH, and Williams/Bachmann. I encourage anyone traveling down I-81 in VA to stop on in.
SJ,,, It is way to early in the year for what I got up to.
Kev your warning came too late. It's snowing here right now. Above 32 so the streets are clear but everything else is covered.
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
Headed east to hunt. Back tomorrow night.
KEV, give them a pint or so of corn each night ast the same spot. They will soon be standing there waiting.
Have a good one.
another really soggy day. 42 degrees and rain most of the day. Had some sleet mixed in this morning. 2 inches in the rain guage this evening about dark.
Pulled the front wheels and brakes on the Blazer. Brakes are like new. The bad bearing is on the right. Same one I replaced a couple of years ago . Left one is smooth with 150k on it. Go figure.......
Kev.......did some research on KBB and similar sights as well as a couple of local classifieds. For it's age and condition that's about what I hope to get for it,.
Ready to crash.
Prayers for those in need
Sun came out today and low 50's. We will stay in 50's and high 40's until late next week, then back to 60's which is still 10 below normal.
Kev - No snowhizo Here!
Banks - can never predict with bearings anymore, China steel. Good luck on selling it!
Fife - I'm sorta happy there is not a well equipped toy train store close by!
Very quiet day at work. Brisk weather for walk. Daughter's show tonight with her junior high kids was great! Her best show....ever. She really needs to take this on the road. I hope everyone has a good day.
Good evening all, just checking in. California got a double whammy lately with the shooting in Thousand Oaks followed by the big brush fire that is still going on. I guess I was lucky with the voting. I went to my regular polling place about 2:00PM and there was hardly anyone there. Girl had trouble finding my name on the list but is was there all the time. I finally got my "Real I.D." part of my drivers license done after three trips to the DMV. First time I went, I didn't know anything about it. Guess I should read the papers. I pulled a dumb stunt today. While out running errands, I could not get my car started. I thought something was wrong with the ignition because it felt funny when I pulled the key out. I did not have my cell phone with me so I caught a ride to the nearest place with a phone and called the auto club. The guy came out and I tried to start the car when he noticed it was still in gear. Duh! So after I put it back in Park, it started right away. Not my day! The ignition and the gear box must be interlocked somehow so that you have to be in Park to start the car. Duh! I don't know how I was able to take the keys out without putting it in Park to begin with. The whole thing was not my best performance.
We are having Santa Ana winds again along with the fires. Wind blows a lot of leaves in my pool and dirt. Be glad when it's over.
Still coping with my arthritis in my knees but I am wearing a brace which helps a lot. I had to get in this big AAA truck that came to start my car and I almost killed myself getting out of it because it is so high and has some wierd steps. I twisted my bad knee and thought I did some permanent damage but it feels OK tonight. I guess the brace saved me.
Need to get busy in my train room and start packing things up for protection except for ones I want to run. They just sit around and collect dust. Need to decide when to sell some stuff.
Ray
SPMan
Morning All!
We had our first taste of snow yesterday. Thankfully it didn't stay. Not too much on the go. I might go and do round three of the leaves today. I love my trees 11 out of 12 months!! Every year I say I'm going to put in the gutter guards, but I never pull the trigger.
Prayers to the folks in California. Wow, there's always something......
Banks- I had a similar issue with my bearings on the van. One was shot and other side was fine. Weird....
Spank - If you're still checking in here, good luck this afternoon. Go Blue!!
Have a good one and prayers.
Rob
We are spending some time in our 'other place. We were planning on raking and burning leaves, but the weather does not look like it will cooperate. Might be a window to get that done tomorrow and Monday, though.
We are planning on going to a train show tomorrow. It is sponcered by a HO club, so I don't know how much O gage stuff will be there.
We traveled by way of Ky. this trip. My wife found listings for two 10 acre wodded lots near the 5 acres we already own there, so we took an extra day to go see them. Turns out that the two plots are adjcent to each other and have a small stream running through them. Building will be a challange, but as we re-think what we want to build, we are beginning to visualize some interesting possibilities. When we go back to home base, we are planning on going by way of Ky. to take another look at the property.
Brought some bits and pieces of train stuff along to tinker with. I'm wanting to add a track for the Polar Express Trolley to the PE layout, and want the trolley to pause at each end of its track. Somebody mentioned using insulated outer rails on the mainline to start the trolley from each stop. I'll play with that idea this week.
About all for now.
Evening folks!
Running about 15-20 degrees below normal here and continuing, with rain, early morning freezes, and (Kev - correction from my last post) possible SNOWHIZO just west of here! Does not warm up to just 10 degrees below normal until Thurs/Fri?
Had planned to go over to a friends house (with a lot of tools) and install a winch on son's Jeep today - but it was too cool/blustery out, so maybe next weekend. I have all the tools also but it was to be a fun event with some friends.
Ray - good to hear from you! Man that was an experience! Glad the knee is no worse for it!
Kev - that's a lot of deer corn!
Prayers for the folks in CA suffering from fires and the shooting
wrmcclellan Kev - that's a lot of deer corn!
Roy, it sounds like a lot but it is only 1 Folgers Coffee 30oz container a day if it is above 0, 2 if it is below 0. We can get upwards of 10 to 12 deer a day when it is real cold.
Evening, Thought I would provide a fire update....
As of an hour ago 70,000 acres burned/burning, 5% contained, 2 fatalities (found in their vehicle), over 174 homes lost so far, over 265,000 people evacuated! A haze is hanging all over Los Angeles area east towards Palm Springs. (We are close to the beach, and therefore don't have lingering smoke, but can smell it.)
Evacuated people probably wont get back home till Monday/Tuesday. Lots and lots of issues, pets, horses. Electricity/gas has been turned off in affected areas. Water on a neighborhood basis. (Some houses in Malibu burnes as a result of low water pressure.) Most people don't have cell service, and traffic has been gridlocked for people trying to get out. Really, really a super bad place to be!
Most of the houses are burned as a result of embers getting in vents/chimneys, then igniting.
Also found out our 2 nephews are actively fighting the fire.
Tomorrow (Sunday) is NOT going to be a good day.
really cold and windy here today. A couple more days like this and I may be able to get into the yard.
Not much going on today, Took Mrs for a mammogram, stopped for breakfast, looked for a craft show we didn't find, stopped for a few groceries a few minutes with Mom and home before lunch. Did a few things around the house and it was time to head to Mass.
WOW!!!!!..those fires in California must be something. Gotta wonder. The way California legislates everything why they haven't legislated fire resistant houses. Especially when building in a forest.
Bed is calling.
Quiet day. Watched Tottenham defeat Crystal Palace 1-0. Went to see Lion King, Jr. tonight at local junior high as some of the soccer kids were in it. Good show. I hope everyone has a good day.
Morning all,
No snow this morning, but still around freezing. The deck was a little slippery when I let the dog out this morning. Not much on the go today other than the usual. (Hockey, church and watch football.)
I've been looking at redoing some of my ballast on my Super O layout. I think I might get a few bags of Brennan's to try.
Continued prayers for those in California.
Remembering those who made the Ultimate Sacrifice today......
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