Good morning,
Things are better on The North Bluff! As most know Sandra had two spine injections two weeks ago and that helped some but she still has the bone on bone hip pain. Then they found that cyst on her ovary when they did the spine and hip MRIs and had to do an ultrasound and biopsy on that last week. Like I said, those results came back Tuesday clean. So yesterday they did the hip injection just to help her till it gets replaced. Won't know how that helps for a day or two but as of this morning she seems way better. We hope the replacement can be done before the holidays or at least Christmas. I want to get it done before the end of year and all the Ins charges start over. We are almost at max out of pocket now and those hips are not cheap. So progress on the home front. I spent yesterday afternoon making the tunnel through Ravine 1 large enough for the new Gator to fit through. I had to raise the canopy for the roof of the Gator to clear so I got a heck of a lot of brush for Jim's bonfire.
Prayers and hope for those who need them.
Best do something.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Home from Human Services Board meeting.
Prayers for Rich's Dad.
When typing on this forum, some stupid add popsup. From this site.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning,Been awhile, We are doing fine out here, Kay got a sympathy card from AARP and a new ID card. But that's been about it, I was thinking about going over to the local office and applying for life insurance.The Santa Ana winds are kicking up again, so the fire threat is extremely high for the foothills and normal areas. SCE has threatened turning off power for some 300k people in the threat area. (Wouldn't be surprised if some disgruntled person sets a fire deliberately out of revenge, hope not but you can't tell).The neighbor to my east has hired a tree trimming service, and are they ever making a difference! The jungle in the back yard is gone! That has taken 2 days! Today they are finishing up on area between our houses and huge tree in the driveway area. As it turns out I found out the city gave them a citation requiring the trimming of trees in the front of their house, because the house was not visible from the street. (I had nothing to do with the cities efforts.) Then to my surprise the foreman told me that the neighbor on our west side told me he was going to be trimming trees for them on Friday! That is great, will be wonderful not having all the fall-out in the pool! I think we will end up being exposed here. Another benefit is there should be a significant decline in the critters using our place as a thorough fare between the two.Finished my awning project, finally. It looks pretty good! Also, got some good news, Chris' car was involved in an accident, (at a dual left turn lane, the car on the right ran into the passenger side). The other driver's insurance finally accepted responsibility, damage estimated at $12k. So it is finally going to get fixed. (Accident happened while I was in PA)Think I going to start working on Chris' old room, repaint etc..Glad to hear Banks and Buckeye is doing well, and continued prayers for Rich's Dad, Doug DG, Kevin's wife, Spanky's wife, Roys families and others.Take care all and be safe!
Don
Good morning all!
44 this am! Snowed in Amarillo yesterday/last night. Constant rain since yesterday around noon. Supposed to rain all day today. Most of the heavily damaged houses have tarps over them. Those with roof damage have tarps nailed to the roofs. Almost all the folks on our street have some roof damage. We only have scraped up shingles where tree limbs and pieces of houses/roofs hit our house. No shingle loss. Ins adjuster shows up next Wed.
DonB - good news re the trees, Chris' car, and your continued view from the other side!
Kev - glad to hear further promising news from your camp!
Banks - prayers for you and your daughters healing!
Buckeye - beware of any get well packages from NC...
Regards, Roy
68 out. Mighty warm for Oct. Fall Festival in front of house tomorrow.
Prayers for those who need it on the forum.
Prayers for CA and the fires. News video showed how windy it was there.
Would love to hear from Ray.
Have a good one.
Fall Festival in full swing. Street full of vender tents and people. Already had my first hotdog [mustard, chili and onions]. Photo taken by pretty admin. asst. for PD department. Free hotdogs as long as they last. Last year, 1,500. Now back out to the street. Pretty day. Already 75 degrees and sunny. Enjoy the day.
Morning folks!
40's this morn and headed to low 70's today...partly sunny!
City did a special garbage pickup today since we had none for the past week due to the tornado. In my 25 yrs here have never seen the truck and crew move soooo slooooow...must be on time and a half....
Evening folks!
Sunny and made it to 76 today. Same predicted tomorrow.
Finally saw a storm debris cleanup truck late today. Neighborhood is a mess to navigate.
We had a nice dinner for sons 26 th bday at a sushi/Japanese restaurant. Cake at the house after and some time chatting with the kids re final wedding prep. Wedding is just 2 weeks away now.
Spent the day cleaning up a room stacked up from sons move back to the house last Jan. Consolidated the remnants of 9 moving boxes into clothes for Goodwill, trash, and just 5 smaller bankers boxes of stuff he is keeping. A bonus was I found a box of daughters shoes and she took that home after the bday celebration.
Good Monday Morning…..Friday night went out with the BIL and sister for a cocktail, stayed for 2 songs from the band and left. Small venue and amps up to 11 = ringing ears. Yes, they were a good band, just the ears cannot tolerate ear bleeding volume.Saturday, we got 1 portable garage up and the roadrunner now has a dry home. Will try to get the 2nd one up within the next 2 weeks. Jenni’s car goes in for surgery before Thanksgiving, so we need to get it up before then. Saturday night we attended a bonfire with one of the car clubs and that was a great time, it sprinkled most of the night.Sunday full blown rain and wind in the morning, and the garage was stable and dry. Even the blacktop. Should be able to get the Vespa in the garage, the Road Star may be another issue. Jenni’s Charger will just barely get in, but with the vinyl sheeting, we have some movement.Sunday night we ran down to Manahawkin for her niece’s birthday and was home by 10. Weather did clear up at 2 and the Sun came out. Tonight after dinner, will meet up with a vendor I purchased a repainted Blue Comet engine body. It was cheap enough, especially with free delivery.Oh, FYI – Michael’s has O scale Christmas wreaths, they match perfectly for front of houses or businesses, just not “door” size”. We stopped there briefly yesterday.Gotta run out work calls.Prayers for those in need – Roy, nice that the cleanup has begun….
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
Off to the hunt after a busy weekend. Be a rest for me. Back tomorrow night.
Still no word from Ray??????
Gray and drizzly today...70's. They are claiming a big temp drop mid week...we'll see.
Daughter, wife, and I heard to the adult beverages store to pick up the wine and beer for the wedding. A quick calculation says adding $10 to each guest's cover charge will cover it....
Lost another 2 hours of my life on phone with AT&T on a 'simple' activation...
Dennis - so glad the fires are not affecting our west coast friends. Agree with Chief - wish we had some news re Ray.
Kev - continued prayers for Sandra!
Had a nice talk with Banks today re his metal lathe and some things he is trying to work on.
Neighbor behind us is already getting his roof replaced....me....still Waitin on State Farm adjuster...tried to dump them years ago but it is not possible with the discount structures all the ins cos have in place....
Roy, State Farm will never get even with us. They were one of the best after the tornado here, Paid up for everything but they all take time. You wanted to get screwed,,, Alstate was the place. Just hang in there and at the end of the day ask your neighbors and you will know who is good and who is bad for your area. Then maybe make a change , but State Farm has been good to us. We have them for everything. But they are from here so I don't know how they work in other states?? If anyone , bragges they got paid their full amount of their INS,,,,they were under insured.
We were luckey we had a video of Katie's 2nd birthday 3 months before to watch because they knocked down our house two weeks after the tornado. Sandra went through the video and spent about a month and a half. You can't beleve the things you forget you have when it is all gone. She made 56 pages of stuff in the house to claim and it got us a extra $57,000 in the claim, so the thing is always have records and pictures of what you have and doing the work pays off.
Evening,I am very sad to pass on information of the passing of "Council Raymond Sugg III".
Since Ray has not posted on any of the forums recently, I thought I would try to give him a call, there was no pick-up. Then this evening I was thinking more about it and knew his health wasn't great and thought maybe I should pursue. I did a Google search on his name and found the following; Ray Sugg (Obituary posted by his son.)Sorry to be the bearer of such news. Ray was the epitome of a TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN! He will certainly be missed!Rest In Peace, RAY
Rest in peace Ray, you surely will be missed
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Mornin' boys. Sunny & 41 in Slackerville.
Sad to hear of SPMan's passing. Hopefully he's in a better place, with familiar faces.
Final week of Fall Foliage train trips, then a momentary breather to get geared up for the Polar Express. I'll be behind the scenes, but not in red.
Sad news about SP-Ray......very sad. He lived his dream and that is wonderful!
Status quo on Dad, I think he is suffering from radiation poisoning, sees the radiaologist today, new meds arrive about 10 EDT, Oncologist tomorrow, Chemo Thursday.
Picked up my "Blue Comet" repro body and some rods for my 259E last night, very nice people. She is moving some of ther Dad's Lionel pieces as he is downsizing and looking to move some stuff. There may be other perchases in the offing, just need to see what he has. Now if I can find some Pacific running gear.....
Rain and 55 today so far, took the Princess to work, this ordeal was 2.5 hours from home to Philly to my job, so I was on time, by my watch I was 40 minutes late. Usually it's an hour 10. People loose there minds when it rains.
Off to work.............
So sad to hear about SPRay. He seemed to be such a nice man. RIP Ray.
Calling fo 1" to 2" of white stuff tonight. We will see.
Rainy here and same for tomorrow. May delay the ins adjuster appt scheduled for tomorrow morning.
RIP Ray - you will be missed, not forgotten!
SP RAY RIP
Sun and 60 today but a whole heap of rain headed this way for Wed. & Thur.
"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
Good afternoon all,
Prayers for all concerned. Sorry to hear about SP Ray. Every time I check here, there is more bad news. I think I need to stay away longer until some good news arrives. I hope everyone has a good day....soon.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Very sad to hear of the passing of SP Ray. Thank you Don for posting this news.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Hello there
RIP Ray.........
Been so busy doin nuttin I haven't taken the time to post. Mrs and I did put out a few Halloween decorations (better late than never) today. I feel fine, it's hard to remember no lifting over 10lb. Been reading a lot. Finally dug out the 259E purchased a couple of years ago. I bought parts from Jeff Kane shortly after I got it and never got to it til now. The collector plate needs replaced. I found I need a tool to spread the frame to remove it. Called Roy yesterday looking for advice on that and repairs to my lathe that's been disassembled for a year or so. We got 2 1/2 inches of needed rain overnight Saturday most of it between 6 and 7AM. Getting ready for Mass Sunday something didn't sound right. Found water running profusely out of the light fixture in one of the empty bedrooms. By the time I got several garbage cans and buckets in place in the attic the rain was over. I knew the roof needed some attention but it's way worse than I thought. It's a metal roof that was old when Dad bought the place in '56. It was painted a couple of times with Agway aluminized roof coating, most recently in the 90s.
One contractor showed up yesterday. Had an estimate already prepared. Seems they measure the roof via Google Earth images. I'm a bit skeptical of his 10K quote. A neighbor had a much smaller 20 foot lower roof without the dormers and gables this house has plus they put the metal over shingles with no tear off at a cost of 6.8K. I questioned him about his statement of putting roofing felt then 2x4 purlins over the existing joists with lath every 8 inches and he said let me talk to my installer. A young Amish man stopped this afternoon. By the questions he asked he seemed a lot more knowledgeable than the 1st one. Promised a quote this week. Another guy coming tomorrow. Kinda surprised by the response I've gotten. The rain brought most of the leaves down. A lot less this year due to losing my ash trees. Yesterday son came and put the leaf sucker on the Gravely. I got the bulk of them in the trailer and Mrs dug them out of the trailer in the garden. Round 2 when the rest come down. Best get to bed. Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Saden by Ray's passing. Gone to be with his wife.
Big 6 I let walk last year, was a big 6 this year. Never grew to 8. Recognized him right off.
Dasher?!
Blitzen
Good Morning,
Dennis, You can turn that email notification off, IF you go into the settings, located at the top left of the sign in page. It took me awhile to figure it out, but there is a "box" you need to uncheck. Also, hope you are not affected by the power outages, and smoke, much less the fire. Will be good when the next couple of days pass!
I remember the visit at Ray's with Dennis, Chief, and myself, but thought many of you probably have not met Ray. So I thought it would be fitting to post a couple of pictures of him and his layout. He was quite involved with the Disneyland Dixie Land band, (incl Ward Kimbal). In the center of the layout (behind Ray in the below pic, he had a picnic table.) he and his friends would meet weekly, socialize and run trains. To acess that area he had two "duck-unders", since the guys were getting on in years, I offered to convert them to bridges. He really appreciated that. (Ended up with 1 bridge, and 1 lift out section, he didn't want me to change any track configuration. Ray also had quite a collection of one of a kind Disney memorabilia. RIP in Ray!
Below image is his pass station, the detail is really fantastic! Out of view on left side is an Elevator and Gantry Bridges. Both operational.RT, a belated Happy Birthday wish, sorry to hear about the early pick-up, hope ADT is able to accommodate you.
Chief, Looks like a celebration is in order, nice days work.Today maybe an exciting day, suppose to be getting 70 to 80 mph Santa Ana winds! I don't think my area will be affected, but they are headed through the burn areas of course, and the northern side of the LA Basin. Currently the NEWS is reporting 50 mph and it isn't even daylight yet. Bad day to be out driving around! Not to mention thousands have had their power shut off during the night. LOTS of frustrated people.Oh yeah, another crazy new thing! At Chris' apartment house in Seal Beach, they announced a new service available. Instead of using Lyft or Uber, you can now rent a car 24/7, car comes with insurance, gas, and everything. Pick it up nearby and return it to same location when finished. Cost is ONLY $45/mile, AND $135/month membership fee!!!! Unbelievable.
Take care all and be safe!
Temps headed to near freezing tonight. Pouring rain and big noisy t storms starting last night. Really big set hit at 5:30 this am. Hitting again as I type this. Weather 'pundits' stated a week ago (like last year and then we had wettest year on record) we were headed into a long dry spell. Been raining for 2 days so far. ..yard is a swamp...
DonB - nice tribute to Ray! Thank you! Glad the fires are away from you left coasters.
Had fun discussing 259 and lathe ideas with Banks!
Argh - Astros fell flat again last night...home field curse? Nats looking tough, peaking at right time (wrong time for me)....
Raining.
Downloaded photos from camera. Here are a few interesting ones.
Feeder across from the stand I hunt most [which I shot deer from]. This is the deer I shot.
On my shooting lane near stand.
At the end of that shooting lane.
Later.
Ray - May God have mercy on your soul.
Don- Thank for following up on Ray.
I will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for Ray
May God bless you and your families
Jim
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