DJSpanky Flintlock76 I hear you! When we lived in New Jersey I didn't stop worrying about snow until after May 1st! Getting caught in a snowstorm in the middle of April while trout fishing will do that to you! When I was at Rutgers, one year we got 6" of snow around April 25th. Fun times!
Flintlock76 I hear you! When we lived in New Jersey I didn't stop worrying about snow until after May 1st! Getting caught in a snowstorm in the middle of April while trout fishing will do that to you!
Getting caught in a snowstorm in the middle of April while trout fishing will do that to you!
When I was at Rutgers, one year we got 6" of snow around April 25th. Fun times!
Yeah we figure April 15th as last frost here but have been hit later than that. I also recall a guy that planted corn on the 10th of April and got away with that as well, so you never know?
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
KRMSnow is melting from yesterday's last blast,,,I hope! Can never tell in March what will happen.
I hear you! When we lived in New Jersey I didn't stop worrying about snow until after May 1st!
39 and cloudy, (Yankee Weather) Better tomorrow will be mid 50s.
Well shot one of Moderena is in the arm, went well,1.5 hours from leaving home till I got back even with a stop at Menards. Go back the 13th of next month for # 2.
After the shot I drove over to Menards for some sealing paint to touch up the basement wall where I fixed a crack. That is done. Next will be the rest of the white wall.
Snow is melting from yesterday's last blast,,,I hope! Can never tell in March what will happen.
About it.
Morning/afternoon all!
Cloudy, warm, maybe some storms later. For first time in many years - the old adage for March, comes in like a lion and out like a lamb - may be the case?
DJ - lotsa action there - JLC would be proud!
Regards, Roy
Been tearing down my layout to make a more friendly way of getting to derailments or other things. I'm thinking either 8' x 20' or 10' by 20' with access thru the 2' going up the middle long way so I would end up with being only 2' max reach anywhere on the layout. Right now trying to get as much as I can into the main part of the house (the train room was a garage I enclosed that was an add-on at some point before I bought the house. And the turn to get into the garage was way too tight to do in my truck without having to go back and forth about 4 times. Use to have to go outside to get to the garage also, so took where there use to be a window and made it bigger and put a window in that spot. so now can access the train room from in the house.
39 and raining [Yankee weather]. Slept till 8:15. Raisin Brand and coffee. Chatted with Wifey until she left for work. Few errands to run. Computer meeting at noon.Hope all are OK. Enjoy the day.
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Morning. Looks like a decent day ahead.
Garage cleaned out over the weekend and started to think about a few projects on the burner. Everyone is doing well on my side I hope the same for all of you!
Take care all!
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Good morning folks!
Sunny and 70+ today. Went out and soaked up some vitamin D to start the day!
46 and some clouds. Cooler this week. Off to Raleigh for some errands.Enjoy your day.
Happy Sunday all! I hope everyone has a great week.
Afternoon folks!
Some light rain this morning, cleared a bit to partly cloudy, 70. Nice out. Recall we have our BIL's dog. Been walking him every day. He is really good on a leash. BIL did not do well answering social workers questions. When asked if he had any daughters, yes, two, named them. Asked about sons, yes, two, could not name them - he does not have any sons. If it is decreed he cannot live in independent living again, he will not be able to have the dog. His oldest daughter plans to take him should that happen. We are keeping him until that point to avoid bouncing him between homes - confuses him and he gets sad. At this time he has adapted well to us and our house/yard.
Not doing much the last several days - energy levels very low. Good NASCAR race yesterday. Watching the race today and the Gatornationals just prior.
Fife - continued prayers for your mom
EDIT - almost forgot - today is PI day - at 1:59 one could celebrate 3-14-1-5-9! I am sure Buckeye is hung over from all the celebrating!
Hello there.
Prayers for Fifemom.
Kev....how did he manage to break that? Can it be welded?Went to the show in Altoona this morning. A large turnout. Lots of new dealers. Bought 2 girder bridges and a gallon baggie full of mostly junk cars. I'll probably salvage brake wheels and couplers then toss the rest. Total investment of $12. Couldn't stay long, today was my turn to deposit the church collection. Mrs and I got an appointment to get the 1st Pfizer shot March 22. Progress on the kitchen is slow. The flooring is a pain. Went better after I figured it out, almost done. Also did a grocery pickup at WalyWorld and visited cardio doc for a followup. No problems other than I'm up a few pounds. Hope to fix that after the weather improves Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good afternoon all,
Frontier must have had a system wide outage as I was disconnected from work for about 3 hours Friday. I did a lot of errands Saturday and got the 21 inch mowers ready to go. Weather has been nice but supposed to get interesting the next few days. Prayers for Fife's mom. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
dbaker48 Kev, hope the wifes B-day party went well.
Kev, hope the wifes B-day party went well.
Don, we had a great time for Sandra's 60th and the weather was perfect.
All of the grandkids and their parents were here at the same time but the two oldest, one working and the other, Dan's from another never shows, but he does cash those checks in his cards.
There was a lot of playing at the creek, gator driving and dirt bike riding and grilling.
Today is kick back and recover. Clody and cool with winter on the way back.
My neighbor is sick about what he did to his T190 Bobcat yesterday. He snapped off the bottom of the left lift arm above the bucket pin!!! That will be costy! Everybody stay safe!
56 and sunny. Guessed high 70. Getting ready for outdoor church. Then travel south to a visitation with daughter. Son too busy with 4 wheelers. All the kids except Col have 4 wheelers. He and Wifey have them too. New phase for him.
Good Evening,
Had a good day, did a little work on Chris' house, then watched the Nascar race. Spectrum came out to troubleshoot/repair some telephone issues. No cost, hope they actually did something. Said we were experiencing low signal strength, so they tightened up some connections and cleanned contacts (?).
FIFE, sorry to hear about your Mom? Prayers for you and your family!!
Chief sounds like your right on top of the spring preparations.
Roy, glad to hear the laser surgery went well for wife. I wad 3 eye appointments this week! (Wed Field of Vision Test, Thur Optician for new glasses, Fri eye injection). All went very well. (Kay had annual check up on Tues)
All I know from hear, so take care all and be SAFE.
Don
Morning. Slept until 8:30. 64 and partly cloudy. Suppose to clear out. Get pine straw for Wifey [we didn't get time to get yesterday]. Disk garden again. Fertilize front yard.
Folks didn't leave until 10 PM last night.
Have a good one.
Moose Shrimp tonight for dinner and got a covid 1st shot set for 3-16-21 @ 10:45 AM.
Progress!
Fife, hang in there, it is hard. for your mom.
Hope all goes well with the B-day thing tomorrow for wifey. We shall see.
Haver a good weekend!
Howard Zane????? Don't recognize the name. A show in your area should do well. There used to be one in Bedford. It was usually the same weekend as fall York so dealers were few. It disappeared several years ago.
80 degrees. I'm here. Been in meetings all morning. how to HD to get big round bails of pine straw. SIL's chicken dinner later.Enjoy.
Good morning!
As before - cloudy, overcast, but warm! Storms predicted for tomorrow night.
Mrs. eye procedure went smooth. Apparently after cataract lens replacement (done years ago) a film can grow on the backside of the lens, so they have to use a laser to blast it off.
Been taking it easy the last few days. Got the '09 Tahoe in for service and state inspection yesterday. Oil change, Takata air bag replacement, deep clean of exterior and interior, wax, and the door ding trim (frt passenger door) replaced. Tahoe is black. All new door ding trim is white - so they have to paint it. They will get that done and I will take it back in Mon or Tues for them to install it.
Fife - prayers for your mom
Just got back from PT for the foot. Meds are working on the soreness. Will be headed up the mountain after dinner to tend to FifeMom. My sister is staying there until the end. Tough times.
Thanks for checking in, Shake-and-Bake. I was thinking of you.
Banks - Nothing scheduled for the Fairgrounds. I tried to get our chapter interested in doing an outside train "flea market", but that was met with tumble weeds.
There's a part of me that wants to seek out Howard Zane to learn how to organize my own train show in my region. I think it would work with the right venue. I don't know....
Sunny but normal temps are back over the next week so it will be on the cool side again.
Good to see you Don! Glad all is well. We are in the vaccine desert here. Guess they want to do all the places where the density is? I agree better safe than sorry.
Kids are planning a surprise party for wifey tomorrow but I think she already knows.
Good evening all,
It would be a shame if we had to pay to post. I would drop out as well, unfortunately and I have been around here before dirt was new. Enough to do at work to keep me busy but not overwhelming. Awning is up over the service doors to the pole barn and lean to. Not sure if they are done done, but what is done looks nice. Wet weather today. Did some errands after work. Ribs are feeling better. Just have to take it easy. I hope everyone has a good day.
Its been awhile, no issues, just havent got around to posting. Have spent quite a bit of time in the train room, serviced over 50 engines, greased, oiled, cleaned wheels, rollers, etc.. Took over a week or two. Also decided to electrify some shelves that have passenger trains stored on them. Looking pretty good, IMO.
Kay and I are doing well, got both of the Covid shots, (got the enhanced version with WIFI and Blue Tooth). Even with a lot of the restrictions being relaxed, I think we will continue to use caution with out activities.
Actually, did go to a train "meet" in a parking lot a couple of weeks ago. It was well organized and set up, plenty of space between vendors and everyone was masked. It went pretty well and was fun.
Glad everyone is doing well, so take care all! and be safe! Prayers for those in need!
REALLY GLAD to hear Roy is doing so well, Thank Gosh all that is behind you!
After a couple of really windy days with nice weather, today is windy and colder!
Hey all!
A tiny bit of sun - extreme winds - 70's...
The Mrs has a followup eye surgery today so I will be the driver. The clinic is on the other side of town and the procedure is 1.5 hrs. No one other than patients allowed in the building. There is a Lowes and HD close by so I may engage in some 'window shopping'. Gotta book if I can find a nice place to sit (other than the car).
fifedog Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 46 in the Potomac Highlands. Temps in the 60's this week, so I placed the palm tree out front on a dolly, so I can wheel it into the garage on cold nights. Bathroom remod coming along slowly, however the Nurture Green is definitely a Wifey pick. Woof. And she poo-pooed my buffalo-head tp holder idea. However, the joint compound applications to the new layout scenery have turned out nice. We're headed up to visit FifeMom today. Need to sort out final arrangements... Banks - I won't be there Sunday.
Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 46 in the Potomac Highlands. Temps in the 60's this week, so I placed the palm tree out front on a dolly, so I can wheel it into the garage on cold nights. Bathroom remod coming along slowly, however the Nurture Green is definitely a Wifey pick. Woof. And she poo-pooed my buffalo-head tp holder idea.
However, the joint compound applications to the new layout scenery have turned out nice.
We're headed up to visit FifeMom today. Need to sort out final arrangements...
Banks - I won't be there Sunday.
Fife.......Prayers for Fifemom. Bummer, on the show. Any word on the show at the fairgrounds this year.
ChiefEaglesIf they start the pay for forum use, I WILL BE GONE.
Same here, but I haven't heard that's in the offing. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
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