fifedog Last week, when Alexis and I were at Mario's Trains, while I was shopping for the boys, she grabbed a pastel train set and said,"Look Daddy, for a little girl." "Put it down", I quipped. "But what if Jamie has a girl...?" Then we go "all in" on a Disney themed layout. "Do you have any idea how many Disney trains are out there, let alone the Dept. 56 stuff?" I may need to find a full-time job...
Last week, when Alexis and I were at Mario's Trains, while I was shopping for the boys, she grabbed a pastel train set and said,"Look Daddy, for a little girl." "Put it down", I quipped. "But what if Jamie has a girl...?"
Then we go "all in" on a Disney themed layout. "Do you have any idea how many Disney trains are out there, let alone the Dept. 56 stuff?" I may need to find a full-time job...
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Thanks guys. Fifepops will be busy over the next 1/2 year, helping to paint and prep the baby room. The happy couple lives just 4 minutes away from us, so it's certainly convenient.
Good Evening from a wet 71°F Southern Ohio,
Pretty easy-going day today. I cut some beams for a TV stand for youngest daughter. The beams will sit on two old fruit crates, it will look neat. Also glued some turned legs on an OLD table that had split. Then cleaned up the garage.
Fife – Congrats!!!!!
Dennis – I like the older cars too. Bride has a 2019 Odyssey my cars are a 1995 Accord (Daily driver) a 1998 Ranger (beater weekend truck) and my garage queen a 2003 GMC Duramax Dually.
May God bless you and you families
Jim
Evening folks!
TAking it easy for the weekend. Not much to report - finished several projects around the house.
DonB - good news about the El Cam! I will get back to work on mine this fall.
Fifer - congrats!!!!!!!!!
Dennis - great to hear the Del Sol work is progressing well!
Anj - Indianna Jones'ing it!
Chief - well - he's da Chief! What else could one say?
MikeC - good to have you checking in!
Regards, Roy
Major conga's fife and fifemiddleprincess !
I do believe that this applies to Grandkids as well !
86 and partly cloudy. Sun out and suddenly goes back in for a few. Been babysitting Granddogs and cat. Home to shower and a break. Go back for a while to let them out and in and visit. About 10 miles one way. Come back and mow as grass needs drying after middle of the night rain. Spoiled worse than ours. Good bunch to keep though. Spend the night and tomorrow AM. Watch a lot of movies and do a lot of "rubbing".CA fires are horrible. Then two hurricanes in the Gulf.
Saw Ford Rancheo while delivering produce boxes. Body in good shape. Think not running. Someone should restore it.
Good news on El Camino
Congrats Fifey.
Have a good one.
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Congratulations Fifedog! Wonderful news!
Congratulations fife, to your entire famiy. How exciting to be expecting a new member to the fifedom.
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Mornin' boys. Sunny & 71 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Will be headed up the mountain shortly to visit FifeMom.
Wifey and I spent afternoon at Middle Princess's castle. Wifey does housekeeping on Fridays, and I repaired a broken pantry door, and did some gardening.
And, I can share this news now...
Middle Princess is expecting a March 2021 bundle.
dbaker48 Good Evening, UPDATE to the EL CAMINO UPDATE Took it to the alignment shop this morning, and picked it up tonight. It is resolved !!! I can actually make U-Turns, so I wont be bothering you all with this stuff anymore. (Its only a car.) Looking forward to the weekend lots of racing to watch. Take care and have a great weekend!! Later
Good Evening,
UPDATE to the EL CAMINO UPDATE
Took it to the alignment shop this morning, and picked it up tonight. It is resolved !!! I can actually make U-Turns, so I wont be bothering you all with this stuff anymore. (Its only a car.)
Looking forward to the weekend lots of racing to watch.
Take care and have a great weekend!!
Later
Glad it is back to normal
Don
To all,
Went to see my second Silver Crown race in less than a week. They put on a good show. Maybe will go to more of them.
Mike C.
TGIF !!!Had to run over to Jenni's last night and help her out, her foot swelled up at work, so I brought her dinner and did her laundry.We've been mowing the lawn and kept hitting some landscaping bricks. Tuesday night, I removed them and found some kind of brick and mortar "thing" and some type of concrete encasement. The area was farm prior to 1948 when the house was built and some research shows that Gen. Washington's Colonial army encamped and frequented a tavern about 1/2 mile away. Also found out that there were 1 or 2 "stops" on the underground railway near by. Depending on time, we'll try to unearth this and see what it is. Her property is very deep and we were just trying clear up a lot of brush and save the flowers and the bushes.80s again today. Humidity will rise during the day. Making arraignments to be downtown as the 9/11 tour comes through. I owe a few friends some adult beverages.Not much else, late dinner with my daughter tomorrow, so that will be fun.OK, I'm off to work!
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
Produce box deliveries. Out the door.
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny and 65 in the Potomac Highlands. Will be back inside the bathroom "project", patching and repairing what the "demo duo" accomplished yesterday. The newly painted shed looks beautiful.
dbaker - I've had my share of good vs bad body shops. The bad ones make you feel like you're being held hostage. Once I found a good one, I stayed with it (especially with 4 teenage drivers, woof).
Phish - Good luck on the intervew...or not...
Good Morning from cloudy 69°F Southern Ohio,
TGIF- was it Laz that opened his Friday posts with that? I
t is a beautiful morning out. Slept in till 6am then made coffee and the dog and I ate breakfast on the front porch. A fox family that lives up behind the house was really carrying on this morning. Squalling yelping and running from ravine to ravine. It is neat, but if the foxes would leave I would not mind because they’ve killed two of our chickens.
I had an interview for what would be a promotion to process area manager which is one level above what I’m doing now as shift supervisor. We have a very flat management hierarchy as the next level is plant manager. I would be ok to get the promotion or not as I enjoy what I am now.
Don – I must have missed the post, did the El Camino in an accident? It sounds like you’re handling the repair situation well.
Dennis – stay hydrated!
Great Evening!El Camino UPDATEToday was great! My research paid off! After extended discussions with the alignment shop, we were able to form a plan. I was able to locate some used parts that were in good shape. So spent the morning rounding them up, then took them to his shop for his approval. Got his estimate, and then went to the body shop.I planned on going in and have a calm non-threatening discussion. It worked! I expected the body shop to offer to "repair" the front-end problem. They did. But I didn't want them too, lost confidence in them. So in a non-threatening manner I told them "I wasn't comfortable with that, I would be more confident in a specialized front end shop. He than asked what I thought would be appropriate. I told him at least 1/2 of the bil to rebuild the front end. He countered with he felt he should pick-up the "entire tab"! I thought that would be great! I know a significant amount of his business is referral from the OPG parts supplier, and he wanted to protect that relationship. So we ended up with a "saved" relationship, and mutual satisfaction. I respect him for standing up and accepting responsibility!So as of 7am Friday morning the El Camino will be at the alignment being repaired! Hopefully all will be good.
Good Morning,
Another HOT day, but its OK, for us. Everything pretty comfortable around here.Buckeye, did you get my voice message regarding the Taconite?
Dennis, Glad to see your taking care and being careful in this heat! I've seen on TV the stories regarding your Church. Hopefully this heat will end soon, and the fires will be under control.Having a some problems with the El Camino! Been working them--- Upon picking it up discovered some initial concerns, (expected). The hood was difficult to close/open, some emblems were not reinstalled. Pointed this out and they were immediately taken care of. Shop owner and I had a discussion about how fortunate I was that there was minimal frame damage, that they had to repair. Cosmetically it is beautiful.- A couple days later I was driving it, and tried to make a Left U-turn. I couldn't without backing up a couple of times! Then I also noticed that looking at it from the rear the car had a slight "list" to the right. Went back to the shop, they "checked" it out and told me, they had to make a "slight" adjustment on the right side tie rod, (cutting a 1/4" off the end (?), and the listing problem was due to the rear air shocks, (left side stroke was 6", right side 4"). Ok, shock not their problem, didn't like the tie-rod explanation. So I just thought I would take it too the alignment shop I use.- So I've done that, and the alignment shop, (which I have a long relationship with) inspected both issues. They showed me were the tie rod was cut, and compared to the left side 3" was removed. Also the Upper Control Arm is bent, also the Lower, Spindle also bent. Then, where the upper is connected to the frame the mounting hole on the frame has been elongated to accommodate the Upper Arm! And the rear air shocks are fine, the right front shock is leaking though. The listing is because the car is setting "cockywampus". According to the alignment shop the frame issue is minor and can be resolved with a shim, however the control arms, spindle, and tie rods DO need to be replaced. I've asked will they align correctly without frame work. They said YES. And that the turning radius will be resolved.- As a result I've taken it to another alignment facility, and got the same analysis. So I've been doing investigating and researching part availability, and I think I have that resolved. (Should be able to get them today from "my" parts guy.) Then going to the body shop today, and confront him regarding the lack of proper repair on the front suspension, and see where we go. I'm expecting some retribution on the additional cost, if not I will have to implement plan B. (Letter and formal complaints, etc.). I'm sure he will want to correct it, but I have zero confidence in letting them work on it again. There's quite a bit of additional details to above, but don't want to bore you all too much. I've maintained a daily diary on all the interaction and activities.So that's what I've been involved with the past week or so. It will all get resolved one way or another.Take care all and be safe!
Good Evening from clear 69°F Southern Ohio,
It is a beautiful evening out. Cool clear and low humidity. After work I leveled the deck on the mower and cut the lower east side to check out the cut and it looks better. Bride made tomatoe pie, it was soooo good. The week is flying by. Lots going on.
Chief, Why am I not surprised by that in NC???
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Lazy this AM. Slept till 9. Then got email from El Centro Hispano. Think I stuck a needle in someone about poor County response to testing the Latina community. 50% of those testing positive in Wake County are Latina. Yet the County has made no effort to go into this community and do testing. A lot of them will not come out to testing sites as they are scared. A lot of untruths [lies] have been spread about this and other subjects.Now got to take Wifey to Raleigh and pick up a vanity for FIL's. Suppose to pour. ?? Who knows.
Happy Hump DayCloudy and drizzle, looks like rain and I thought I heard thunder, this will be the norm for today.After work, went to Jenni's and did the front lawn, she can't get it with the riding lawnmower (which needed a carburetor) because of the slope. Did that and went over the back areas that were overgrown and then it was dark. Jenni served me dinner and was home by 11.Tomorrow it will be nicer. I have a 6 AM in Princeton with my allergy doc. SO it will be an early night. During lunch, I'll need to run over to the jewelry store and drop off my watch and Jenni's engagement ring, the prongs are loose.That's all from here, work at 0930....
Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 64 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Have PT in a little while, then back on the honey-do list when I get home. May head up to the RR museum tonight for the chapter meeting.
We took a break yesterday, and Wifey, Youngest Princess and I drove to Deep Creek Lake for the afternoon. Checked out the WISP ski area, and whitewater course (shut down of course). Had a lovely dinner at the Green Turtle, dining on the deck. Fifey got a new hat at the horse supplies store, as my straw one is wearing out after 2 years. Picked up some clam chowder for my folks, and dropped that off to them to enjoy.
Back from farms. No water in the woods. ?? No mosquitos. Unbelievable with the storms there. Think they have had less rain than we have.Feeders raised. Maybe bears will not mess them up now. We'll see.
Kev, Windows 10 with new "upgraded" Edge on a PC. Doesn't matter. Will act up one day. Few days will do good. R&R and TV. Tired.
Good afternoon/Evening!
It was 80 ish today, no rain, did rain last night.Nothing on the train front, I did try to run the 2046/Blue Comet and it would seem the pick up rollers are sparking. I did clean them. I'll bring the dremel over and try again. It was fine on the Fastrack, not so much on the Atlas. I thought that was odd....Mom went to Philly for a 2nd opinion.....adjust meds in a logical fashion. Looks like the new cardiologist is on the right track....as we prayed for....
That's all from here.....
Afternoon folks!
Been tied up the last couple of days with plumbing projects/problems. All resolved at this time, but a PITA.
Not much else to report.
Dennis - yes that is a great movie! I catch it on TCM regularly.
We are back from lake Shishebogama outside of Minocqua Wi. Grand kids had a good time at the lake SIL fished some and we took the pontoon out for some rides. All was good but when I cut down a tire on the Colorado putting the speed boat into the lake on a piece of steal. Had to stay an extra day to get a replacement, $200.00 latter. Sandra managed to get around on that leg and I liked to have killed myself changing that tire on the truck while the SIL was out on the boat fishing, but we made it.
Chief,
Looks like the only way you can use this site is with MS EDGE on a PC,,,what a POS. I will have to catch up later today. Be good.
Now I can't even LOG OFF FROM EDGE!!!! WTH?????
Good Evening from clear 72°F Southern Ohio,
I installed the hot water circulation pump this evening after work. Now we have hot water at the remote sink in the kitchen without waiting for it to warm up. Two online meetings today at work for a total of 3 hours. Bleh. But it does beat traveling several hours. Got a few things to do before bed.
Took 3 hours to do my Mom's lawn on Saturday ....... but it looks spectacular.And the rest of the day was at my house, I cooked dinner and watched more of Man in the High Castle with Jenni and sat with Smurf the Cat.Sunday, Mom had a racing heartbeat, she was better in an hour. Went shopping with Jenni, spent too much at Michael's (some stuff for the layout and them frames for Jenni). Went food shopping then more High Castle. On season 3 episode 4. Rained for most of the day, so more shopping than anything else.Mom is on her way to the cardiologist with my sister, she volunteered, I was all set to go. Tomorrow she's off to U of Penn.Might be a cruise to an Ice Cream shop on Friday, if Mom is up for it, we'll take 3 cars.....Took 9/11 off, may take a trip to NYC with the bike to assist some of the brothers up there. NYC is a $hit show as of late, cancelled the Towers of Lights then, when the FDNY and NYPD complained and MANY volunteers (including the Steven Stiller Tunnel to Towers foundation) put in to make it happen, NYC and the State of NY gave in. Funny how that works.....regardless, Jenni and I will be in Jersey City for the Tribute after dark.Sunny and COOL right now, very pleasant. Should've taken today off....lol.
Fife - That's up in the air - she has her own place, which she needed. Dates and times are still in negiotiation, and living arrignments are in flux, depending on Mom's health. She comes here, I go there depending on what's going on. Jenni's requesting a layout in her basement starting in the Fall, both N and O.
The Princess's consort has gotten a raise and sort of promotion. He's at HD and training at another store, now. IF the Princess and BF get married and want to have kids, we'll need to discuss purchase of my house, etc.....especially if they have kids....then I'll figure out my next "move" so to speak
This site is horrible. Giving me a fit. Later.
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