John Bakeer wrote: Just after Xmas my Vet got a kidney reading that said I was dying. Turned out some gook in the Lab read 1 as 7, I don't know what the thing was they were measuring it was 777 but should have been 111, had a second test- 65 normal 50ish. So Robinsons can stay in business. Nevertheless Mitch my deepest best wishes for your friend, I hope it's just a fright like I had and he recovers.
Just after Xmas my Vet got a kidney reading that said I was dying. Turned out some gook in the Lab read 1 as 7, I don't know what the thing was they were measuring it was 777 but should have been 111, had a second test- 65 normal 50ish. So Robinsons can stay in business. Nevertheless Mitch my deepest best wishes for your friend, I hope it's just a fright like I had and he recovers.
I can relate to medical blunders someone I know hurt their arm and the doctor said it would need physical thearpy and the nurse wrote the script for theapy on the NOSE the thearpist had to call the doctor to settle the matter.
Got the gondola finished & may as well start another one now ! I think they look better on the flat cars but the RR has to make money somehow !!
Thanks, John
Good afternoon all,
It is sunny and cold in SE Indiana with temps in the 20s. My thoughts and prayers are with all those who going thru some medical issues. We watched "Cars" last night. The opening sequence was hilarious. Lucas worked yesterday and today. He and I went driving after work and he did ok. Got up early enough to watch Thomas the Tank Engine on the local PBS. It is fairly good. Desperate Housewives is on tonight. I should have posted this morning about the dining car, but it was too early for a Sunday. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
By the way Lisa if you your husband and chief and his wife ever want to do some fishin let the chief bring his boat and there some oof the best fishin right here in VA I'm surounded by water here theres more inlets and rivers here than you can shake a stick at and you even have the cheasapeake bay here. of coarse the atlantic ocean isn't that far either by land or by water. So you don't have to goto Ohio of coarse we could get you to go to PA for some nice vacation also lots of great areas up there too as laz he'll tell you.
Think i over did it yesterday guys think I pulled a muscle.
Oh well no pain no gain but just need to take it careful next few days.
not much else going on here will tal to you all later
Chief should be in soon so watch it you all sure you got him all rowled up trying to get sweet lisa to go north again lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Survived the Scout leader training weekend. It was cold but no rain, so all went well. Picked up a new tent for this (needed a smaller one than the family tent - so got a Coleman 9x7) and I still remain amazed how they pack these things in a "reusable" carrier that once you take it out it will never go back in . There should be a law that says anything you sell has to be tested by a normal consumer and they have to be able to repack it into the supplied container.
Prayers for those in need.
Have a great evening!
Regards, Roy
RT- Thanks for the invite. Have done quite a bit of fishing in the Bay - I have a B-I-L who lives in Salisbury MD - so we go out on that side - usually around Deal Island. Seems my BIL allows orders lots of wind and rough water when we go! Have caught a bunch of nice fish. Soon be time to hit the river here- ready to do a little nighttime catfishing.
Lisa
1688torpedo wrote: Hello All! Don B- Glad your issue is resolved with the other "Forum". As a sign of gratitude send them a can of Hormel Spam with a letter of Thanks. Hope that all who have sickeness/illness get better soon. CSXJohn- Another nice job. Something is missing here though? hhmmm, I know. How about a Corvair on a Flatcar with CTT Markings on the Corvair & B&O or C&O markings on the Flatcar? (No N&S or any of the southern roads on a classy flatcar) Even Bruce may like one although on a Flatcar with CN Markings. Take Care all.
Kieth,
John's too late. Check out the latest pic I posted in Foto Phun. My 2 Corgi Corvairs have been a permanent flatcar load for a few years now. Probably cuz nobody wants to unload them due to safety issues
Gotta agree....John's gondola load looks awesome, especially now that it's painted up.
MAN [LADY]!!!! How many posts since I posted Friday??? At this rate we will overload the CPU before June.
Lisa fixing her wire problem show, Southern Gals can Survive!!!!!
After reading all those posts, I know you can NOT believe anything Buckeye posts. So many things, I can not remember to answer all I had intended.
Tired. Stopped by a distant VA cousin's [84] whose wife had died about 9 months ago. Then came by In-law's and ate. Took car back to rental office.
Got busy day tomorrow and Town Board tomorrow night. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Welcome home, safe and sound Chief. Be sure to check out the Sunday Photo Fun thread, lots of good pics.
Sounds like you are not going to get much train time again this week.
Take care.
Sitting here watching the ending of Silver Streak on AMC. The AMRoad equipment is thinly disguised CPRail F units and Budd cars. The Chicago station into which the train finally crashes is in reality interior shots of Toronto's Union Station. Sorry for spoiling the illusion and the ending
Bruce Webster
CXT. We used to refer to Asians as WOGs; Wonderful Oriental Gentlemen. Not very PC, really!
We get so much US TV/Film here that a lot of your inferior language and mannerisms are creeping in to our culture. An instance is table manners- not using the knife and shovelling food into the mouth with the fork (like firing a switcher)-UGG!!-Disgusting! Enough to put the rest of us off our food.
John Baker
OOps, That was a Senior Moment! Should have been addressing CSX with that last one. I was going to ask CXT "what that rather nice 3 rail track was in the photo you posted?".
Good morning from Gettysburg. Currently 28 with high to be about 45. Wind gusts of 35+ mph so I better hold on to my hat...
Brent - Glad you got your application. Get'er in the mail to the TCA ASAP and then the application to the Eastern Division for the York Meet. You won't be disappointed, although you better wear some comfortable shoes.
FYI - I went to see my buddy Dave. The dialysis has really helped and he was pretty cheerful and able to enjoy some visitors. Kidney biopsy today, with preliminary results by the end of the week and full results in about 3 weeks. Should find out if the kidney failure is the result of permanent damage or if the kidneys will recover. Keep him in your prayers.
Well I better get going. Dining car has passed through already.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good morning from New England!
Had a great weekend of train running with the kids. We have a pair of Santa Fe F3s pulling a long train of coal filled hoppers. Sure looks good winding around the layout!
I took Julia to a Father/Daughter dance Friday night and had a ball. It was nice to see her enjoying herself so much. The next day, we were back in the same gym for basketball practice. She got 3 baskets!
John, I love those loads you made for the flat car and gon! Wow! You da man! We ran out of "coal" for our hoppers. I'll stop by the pet store this week and buy more. I use aquarium filter charcoal (not gravel).
Have a great day, everyone.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Hi GIZ,
Same forcast as MITCH gave but suppose to get higher winds? 45-50 MPH?
Ran trains last nite for and hour all good, no pile ups.
Looked like a great turn out for Sunday Foto fun over 1000 views.
later.
laz57
ChiefEagles wrote: After reading all those posts, I know you can NOT believe anything Buckeye posts. So many things, I can not remember to answer all I had intended.
, it is true you can't remember squat!!!
The home network is back running, so I can do work from home again.
Ran the trains yesterday. No pileups and everything is running perfect. Awaiting a big order of track so as to expand the layout. I have been collecting accessories for the new addition for the last two years.
Mitch, sorry to hear about your friend.
Everyone have a good week.
See ya down the tracks,
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
WOW, you miss reading the board for 1 day and there are over 3 pages of posts to read, remember, try to responde to, lose your response, read through posts again because 35 yo mind isn't what it used to be, realize you had forgotten to responde to 3/4 of the posts you were going to responde to, then start typing again, and lose post again! Oh well, guess you can't expect much from a free board! Anyhoo haw...Buckeye, I was in Pissburgh visiting my family. My mother turn 60 on Saturday so I made the trip to celebrate with her. Also had to go visit the new tenants at my house and install a new ball trap grate (old grate cracked an no longer prevented the sewage gases from escaping into the house), new grate works great! Also had to stop by a place I used to purchase my trains from so I could do my part to keep him in business, had to pickup the F-3 B Unit to the Chessie F-3 A-A set I got at the train show last weekend. I haven't even finished emptying the car! Found my old O-27 30" K-Line track sections, so I snagged them for shelving, also found the 30 old ceiling tiles I had been keeping for mountain production... told the tenants not to toss those in the trash! Fife,I did some research and found that the B Unit only comes in one road number, so I decided to only get the 1. I know I could renumber the second one, and that may be a possibility if I don't spend all my York money at York. Mitch,App is with me as I type this. Going to write the check, address the envelope, stamp it, address it and drop it in the mail in a few mins.Mitch, Fife, Laz, John, et alHow long will it take to get the membership number? Do I need it to get a badge for York, or could I copy the app and check and fax that to the York folks to get a badge?Brent
Good morning all,
It is sunny today with temps in the 30s in SE Indiana. Buckeye, welcome back to the homeland! I hope you enjoy your stay. Watch out for the construction on I-70 on the eastside of Indy if your travels take you that way. Chief, welcome home as well. John Bakeer, don't worry too much about "Americanisms" as we still struggle with the differences between North and South as you can tell. "Desperate Housewives" was a little different last night with a different narrator. If Lucas does not eat all the bran muffins this morning, there may be some on the dining car before it heads to "Points East". Jim, it is good to hear that Julia had a good evening. I hope everyone has a good day.
lionroar88 wrote: ..........then start typing again, and lose post again! Oh well, guess you can't expect much from a free board!
..........then start typing again, and lose post again! Oh well, guess you can't expect much from a free board!
I forgot to mention that I am now running Windows Vista on a new computer. (My old computer was at least nine years old with major screen burnout problems and I still would not recommend an upgrade to Vista. John, I finally got a flat screen like yours. ) Needless to say one big advantage is that I can have multiple websites open and running at one time making it easier to see the things the Chief said four pages ago and then writing my truthful response to him on another "tabbed" web page. Cut and paste from Shutterfly became much easier, too.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 27 degees and cloudy. Going up to 34 today with a mostly cloudy day. Maybe a few snow flurries.
Today is a typical Monday. Have a bunch of chores to do around the house. Wife has a routine Doctor appt. this afternoon. I will stay home and run trains. I got a lot cleaned up and put away, in the train room. Getting all my scenery material together. Finding it is a job.
Dining Car is here on time. Breakfast is served. Later.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Buckeye Riveter wrote: lionroar88 wrote: ..........then start typing again, and lose post again! Oh well, guess you can't expect much from a free board! I forgot to mention that I am now running Windows Vista on a new computer. (My old computer was at least nine years old with major screen burnout problems and I still would not recommend an upgrade to Vista. John, I finally got a flat screen like yours. ) Needless to say one big advantage is that I can have multiple websites open and running at one time making it easier to see the things the Chief said four pages ago and then writing my truthful response to him on another "tabbed" web page. Cut and paste from Shutterfly became much easier, too.
Morning all. Things to do. Reports to send in. Pretty day here but someone said it will be windy. Fire warning here.
Buckeye, you have never typed a truthful answer. Why would you start now?
Coffee time. Later.
I have 2 19" LCD screens on my desk, so it's safe to say that I can open a couple of things up at one time and see everything...
Wes
John Bakeer wrote: OOps, That was a Senior Moment! Should have been addressing CSX with that last one. I was going to ask CXT "what that rather nice 3 rail track was in the photo you posted?". If you are refering to me CSXect the only track I may have posted is MTH track on the kitchen table. When I get around to buildinhg my layout I will use gargraves track.On the PBS station we get some British shows like are you being served, keeping up apperances, waiting for God and a few others. We even get a real funny Canadian show called The Red Green show.I whish they would start showing Doctor Who again.
If you are refering to me CSXect the only track I may have posted is MTH track on the kitchen table. When I get around to buildinhg my layout I will use gargraves track.
On the PBS station we get some British shows like are you being served, keeping up apperances, waiting for God and a few others. We even get a real funny Canadian show called The Red Green show.
I whish they would start showing Doctor Who again.
As for British TV, we get a few on Sat. The one show that is very funny with quick wit is Benny Hill.
Sunny with blue sky this morning. I am on call, so I hope to manage some train time.
Have a great day,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good morning from the sunny (and thankfully calm) south.
It's been an eventful weekend for the Johnston family. On Saturday morning, my son was driving home from school in Birmingham when an 18 wheeler forced him off of I-65. He did the smart thing and got off road rather than have the trailer crush him, but his Jeep Wrangler got sideways and fishtailed, he ended up crossing back over two lanes of traffic facing the direction from which he came, he almost held it, but the Jeep went over on its left side. Thankfully, the roll bar worked as it was supposed to. He got out without a scratch. Some guys helped him set it back upright and it cranked right up! If two tires weren't off the rims, he could have driven on. Thank the good Lord and the designers of the Jeep. He'll have to get a new canvas top as his was ripped pretty good. Also lost mirror, driver side running board and dinged up left rear fender. All stuff that can be easily fixed. Ryan could have easily been killed. Yes, he was wearing his seatbelt. God was certainly watching him that day!. He's not even sore! He's driving my old '90 Blazer back to school until the Jeep is fixed. Oh! And a plug for HP laptop computers - his was thrown 20 feet out of the Jeep and it still works fine!
Later that day, my 81 year old mother fell (she has Alzheimers) and banged up her face and shoulder. Again, no broken bones and cuts were shallow. My wife (an RN) fixed her up and she's doing fine. Again, God was watching out for us.
Then, to top it off, my older daughter's boyfriend called that evening to see if he could come by and talk to me. Uh-oh, I think I know where this is going. He came by Sunday afternoon and, sure enought, asked permission to marry Dana. We like Joel a lot, and (after letting him sweat a bit ) gave our blessing. They've been dating for almost 6 years. He's a good kid, works for Hyundai as a mechanic. Dana graduates from Samford University in a year and they'll get married that summer. He's a patient guy too, which is good since Dana tends to be a bit high-maintenance.
SO . . . I'm taking the day off today to deal with insurance and police reports on the accident - and I do so gladly, when I consider what might have happened. All in all, it was a very good weekend!
Dr. John, you are indeed fortunate that your weekend did not turn out as bad as it could have. I hope your mom and son are ok. And congratulations on your daughter's engagement!
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