Good morning all!
Still have power! Temps moderating to teens and 20's. One more day and we start to climb outta da freezer!
All doing well here. We have 6 at the house. Daughter and SIL apartment has power now but the complex cut the water and will bring it on carefully to make sure any broken pipes do not cause a lot of damage.
Sister and her husband in Houston got their power back yesterday afternoon.
Regards, Roy
Mornin' boys. Snohizo and 23 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Waiting for courier to call, for work related matter. Not looking forward to traveling into town.
Grandmom back home. She enjoyed her time with the new grandson. They got new carpet in 3 rooms yesterday. It's one of those great smells, isn't it?
KRM I did not know Texas is the only state in the lower 48 with their own power grid. Seems that is a large part of the issue from what I have seen They can't get power from elsewere?
Texas' power grid is networked with Oklahoma and Louisiana, but the problem right now is the whole area's been slammed and no-one has any excess power to sell.
There's an interesting discussion on the "Trains" magazine Forum under "General Discussion" about the Texas power problem if anyone wants to look in. Lots of good entrys from the participants, they actually know what they're talking about!
Good evening all,
Much more shoveling tonight along the street where the plows have piled it up and packed it down. Ugh. Finally cleared a spot for one vehicle to park. If plows come thru again, I will chase them down and have them reclear what I shoveled out. Been 15+ years since we have had this much snow and I do not miss it one bit. Global warming......right..... Work was a bear today as well. Ugh. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Still cold here but we are used to it by now. They say Sunday it may be above freezing.
Well I did okay. Got by and around getting kitchen and bathroom cabinet knobs for 14 years till today. Finally caved in to wifey and now she is happy. So when she told me this morning she had a knob job for me I thought humm, well 29 knobs later,,,, I am done.
I did not know Texas is the only state in the lower 48 with their own power grid. Seems that is a large part of the issue from what I have seen They can't get power from elsewere?
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny and 16 on top of Allegany Mountain. Visiting with FifeMom, so Dad can go shopping. Brought her 3 bags of birdie seed, so her "kids" can stock up before the big front moves in overnight.
Bathroom remod got a slow start, as I only got all the doodads off the walls. Lots of shoddy drywall work to try and correct. Will try and prep and mud the walls and ceiling over the next couple days. Plus, I can use the excess mud on the new scenery section in the train room. Ain't I smart?
34 and sunny. Guessers are now trying to say we will get some glaze and then turn to rain Folks north of us ice. This is the doom and gloom station. Always drama in their news. We'll see.Eye Dr. for semi annual. Then nothing.Really feel it for those in the deep freeze and especially those with no power. We have some above us with no power for two days. Puke Energy now saying bringing in out of state crews. Well, about time.Have a safe and good day. Stay warm.
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Happy Mardi Gras everyone! No snow here in East TN, which makes me sad. I hope you all stay safe and warm.
Good afternoon all,
Snow finally stopped and sun came out. Shoveled once this morning to clear a path and this afternoon to widen it. Neighbor did the alley again for us. I hope everyone has a good day.
Roy, my friend in Springtown TX. told me yesterday that their power is being turned on and off in one hour times. His water has froze twice so far.
At least here we are ready for this crap here. But long spells make it way worse. They say above freezing for us by Sunday. Hang in there!
Afternoon folks - been hunkered down with the disaster in Texess...1.2M of 3.7M customers of our transmission provider have been without power since around yesterday morning. A map in the paper this am noted nearly every single ZIP code in Dallas area.suburbs had 1000+ outages. Lotsa failures of people and machines. Had the same issue, but not as widespread just 10 years ago. Utility regulator ERCOT committed to resolve it - obviously not - totally avoidable but for corrupt politicians and businessmen....we have lots of both here....
There events are fairly regular here - not like 100 year events - but when you keep building 10's of thousands of high density apartment/condos and do not add any power generation - you run outta power at some point.
Hit -2 this am at the airport. It was a balmy +1 here at the house. Using my ski gear when I have to go outside. Quite comfortable!
Our power stayed on (lucky) but a lot of neighbors and friends did not. Had to chuckle at some friends who eliminated their fireplaces (wood and gas) and equiped with candles/lights/plants. Firewood became scarce as hens teeth Sat/Sun. Daughter and SIL lost their power yesterday morning. Toughed it out until this morning and they came over when the temp in their apartment hit 40...
Well it just keeps snowing on top of snow. Nothing is melting so it is sure is piling up on The North Bluff. Sitting at 9 degrees right now. I did see that MikeC and those south and east of us got a lot of snow yesterday!
Fife, CN should be a good stock to get now that the pipeling has got the boot. "The Alberta government has signed contracts with Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to lease 4,400 rail cars to take oilsands crude to American and international markets." Money makes money!
Not a whole lot of snow but plenty when you got a driveway that is 1/2 mile long.
On the deck.
Good morning. Slept till 9. Muffin and a few cups of coffee. Got ready for the day and then, call from Aucrite rep. [she is in WI. Cold and snowing. Working from home she said. Excellent customer services] Had to do some tweaking on new weather station. Put it up today as no RAIN [until tonight] Sun is in and out and 52 degrees. Possible freezing rain north of us near the VA line. Had a tornado in one coastal county near Wilmington.
Stay warm and well.
V8VegaI'v started watching UTube model trains vidos at night and i like all layouts but critisize to myself things I don't like. Do you do that?
Not really. I might think to myself "Well, I probably would have done it differently," but it's all good. I'm pretty easy as far as layouts go, I don't think there's any real right or wrong as long as the layout builder's happy.
V8 - I like the vids where the trains are running, and not a whole lotta talking (unless it's a product review). I prefer segments around five minutes, and those set to music are a plus. Cameras on tripods are appreciated. Background conversations are not.
Mornin' boys. Clearing and thawing in the Potomac Highlands. Will start the downstairs bathroom remod today, as we got supplies yesterday. Hope to be done by St Patty's Day. Speaking of, Wifey has all the Valentine's stuff put away, and all her green shamrocks out.
Oldest Princess will be up this weekend with the grandsons, who are eager to meet their new cousin.
I tend not to talk about current events, but this is train related... A certain tech giant has bought controlling stock in Canadian National. What will it mean going forward, and is it tied to "Event 201"?
Lots and lots of snow today. Work was busy. I hope everyone has a good day.
Where's the caboose?
Seriously though, that's one way of getting a lot of railroad in a limited space!
This is like something out of the "Twilight Zone".
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I like your club gathering vids, too, Charlie.
37 and cloudy. As you guessed, slept late. Then relax to a sausage biscuit and coffee with Wifey [who slept later]. Now to get moving. Wifey going back to where she purchased a dish set yesterday. Seems when she opened, 2 were not the same pattern. Hope I don't drive.
Roy says COLD. Old fishing buddies in Houston and T'Bend say snowing. Houston!!!
Guessers say T'storms tonight. Maybe wind south and east of us.
KEV, those were semi-autos. Not the bolt actions most of us have. Semi's are gas and spring operated. Did cycle like it should have.
Stay well and warm.
fifedog I've been catching up on watching laz57's Whistle Stop Wednesday segments on youtube. Good to see what he's been up to.
I've been catching up on watching laz57's Whistle Stop Wednesday segments on youtube. Good to see what he's been up to.
These are great to watch. I look forward to them every week!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Banks - The Altoona group has been sending out mailers for March 14. If it's on, we'll be there.
Mornin' boys. Overcast with impending snohizo, along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Wifey says we "need" to go shopping, so she better get her fanny in gear.
We had the baby shower Saturday, via Zoom. Youngest Princess provided the IT, and it turned out pretty cool. We had icey roads, so it was good that it was done this way. Plus, the baby was what folks really wanted to see anyway.
Been watching racing all weekend, by land and by sea. Cool to see one of the "little guys" take the big prize at Daytona. Not a fluke either, as he was running up front all night. In the Prada Cup, Italy was 4-0 over the Brits last I checked. Best of 13.
Hi All
Been a bit since I last checked in. Looks like everyone is doing OK. Glad to hear Roy has been stringing good days together.
Our big storm is quickly being downgraded but looks like we may get some ice in lui of the snow.
Everyone stay safe and keep the green tea on the stove!
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Hello there,
belated happy birthday to Doug, Buckeye too just in cases.
Roy.......glad you're feeling better
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
I think it was 18 below this morning. (cold!)
After Mass I helped serve hot coffee and hot chocolate to those that hung around afterwards.
My wife and I made beef barley stew in the Insti-Pot.
Our daughter's "not-a-boyfriend" has taken her out for supper.
Cody will still want his walk tonight.
Oh yeah, what is a Honda train?
Chief, I had a friend with one of those .17HMRs and it blew up in his hands. I think Remington recalled the gun. Model 597? Not sure if it was the gun or the ammunition that was to blame? I like those small bore hi velocity shells like the 223.
Man just cold here, -3 now never got over 8 today. Had about an extra inch of snow this afternoon. Otherwise not much going on.
Those smallbores seem a little too small for serious work, but what do I know?
Aside from the .22's all my other rifles take bayonets. Pays to have a back-up, you know?
.17 HMR is small but high impact. I have a newer caliber. .17 Winchester Super Mag. It is small but such high speed. Same projectile but bigger shell. Can coyote hunt with it. The .22-250 is a .22 caliber bullet [longer than .22 rimfire but still .22] with a necked down centerfire shell. Travels at such super speed. Impact is so great. Shoot a deer in the neck, it breaks the neck. Shoot a fox and it will lift it off the ground. Drops a coyote in its tacks. All these have such a flat trajectory, they are great a shooting long range.
PS: wind has changed. We are now going to Longhorn.
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