dwiemer wrote: We were ready to get another, but wife wants..........oh, I can hardly stand it..........a mini van. I can hear the song now, "married man, married man, gets around in a mini van". Anyway, we shall see. As long as it is Hers, I guess I can live with it. I just don't want to drive the thing!Dennis
We were ready to get another, but wife wants..........oh, I can hardly stand it..........a mini van. I can hear the song now, "married man, married man, gets around in a mini van". Anyway, we shall see. As long as it is Hers, I guess I can live with it. I just don't want to drive the thing!
Dennis
Dennis, Go for the Porsche Cayenne ! Then when you think of that little song you can mumble to yourself "At least it's a Porsche !".
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jefelectric wrote: At the Chief's request a few pictures of the grandkids.
At the Chief's request a few pictures of the grandkids.
Careful John, she's gonna expect a pony soon!
Kurt
A good day to all on the pot!
Hope everyone is doing well this fine day. I think Kevin finally opened the door and our highs are down to the upper 90's today. Not much going on, I am on call and have a few cases this afternoon. It is nice to be able to relax a little while prior to going in. Usually, I am up and out the door at 0430.
Brent, know what you mean about loving the cars. Have my wife's 94 Accord, my old 94 Bronco that never give me any problems, then I have a Mercedes that every time I bring it in, it is another 1100-1200 dollars. The thing is, it drives sooooo well. We were ready to get another, but wife wants..........oh, I can hardly stand it..........a mini van. I can hear the song now, "married man, married man, gets around in a mini van". Anyway, we shall see. As long as it is Hers, I guess I can live with it. I just don't want to drive the thing!
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Good Morning All,
70/86 today with sct. t/showers air is heavy, sky clouds. I'd like to be able to say that until next spring, but. When I check my boat trailer lites, I turn on the four way and parking lites and everything should work. Quick check around and you can do it alone.
I liked the pictures of the kids but was wondering why they were wearing fur coats so I looked again and saw it was about the OTHER kids in the pictures.sorry, silly me.
My next door neighbor has woodchuck troubles and is getting a cage from the city to try to catch it. She has all kinds of wild greenry across the back of her lot, no telling what is in there. she is trying to involve me and I reminded her it was in her yard not mine. LATER,
Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good morning from a clearing and muggy Chicago where I am recovering from being awakened at 3 am by a strong storm that blew all kinds of things over. The pressure change from the front actually woke me up with a headache. I got a bit of sad news last eve too; one of our friends lost their son in an accident last night. He had just started working for Com Ed and was electrocuted.John F, those sure look like some championship goats. I noticed our county fair turning into more of a carnival and less of a fair as the farms disappear.
Jon, good to 'hear' from you. That Great Lakes circle tour sounds great. I see a fair number of bikers during the summer heading north along Lake Michigan.Jim A, hope your med check went well yesterday. So you got that Marx engine to run after all?Chief, out here there is a significant vandalism problem in newly building subs - including arson. Of course, the collapse of the housing market is finally being felt here...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
laz 57 wrote: Hi GIZ, Got almost 3 inches o rain since Sunday. Went to BARRYS and got a great deal on the George Washington set by Lionel. Its the 4-6-2 Pacific with 7 passenger cars, dinner car has announcments and all cars have people in it. Runs great! JELECTRIC, not much new there, talked to MIKE for about an hour wife went to that consignment shop on 743 Now where this, she loves that place. Also saw one of your ELECTRIC TRUCKS turning the corner at BARRYs. Said JOHN FULLERTON ELECTRIC. Some guy with a beard driving? CHIEF, How much to boarder there for a week? In deer season? In service day for me today and tomorrow.Later.laz57
Hi GIZ,
Got almost 3 inches o rain since Sunday. Went to BARRYS and got a great deal on the George Washington set by Lionel. Its the 4-6-2 Pacific with 7 passenger cars, dinner car has announcments and all cars have people in it. Runs great!
JELECTRIC, not much new there, talked to MIKE for about an hour wife went to that consignment shop on 743 Now where this, she loves that place. Also saw one of your ELECTRIC TRUCKS turning the corner at BARRYs. Said JOHN FULLERTON ELECTRIC. Some guy with a beard driving?
CHIEF, How much to boarder there for a week? In deer season?
In service day for me today and tomorrow.
Later.
laz57
A good morning to all. About to head to the fair and the beef cattle competition, it is under-roof at least. Still drizzling here, but we were fortunate not to get the rain like the mid-west.
Laz, does the GW have TMCC? I guess you mean the shop just off the 283 exit? I have been retired from the business for almost 7 years, don't even know all the employees anymore. Just the old timers, there are a few with beards. Looks like it is back to work for another 9 months or so.
Chief, I thought you were retired, what is this working YORK WEEK?
Take care,
Dropped the car off at the mechanic... drove him to FiL's so I could get the truck for the day... hate being without wheels... during the trip he says it feels like a bent rim, warped rotor, or something else is bent under the front of the car... either way I should know today what the problem is and what the fix is... if it is brakes I'll pick up the car and do that myself, if it is rims I'll pick up the car, order the new rims, take it to my tire guy and have the new tires remounted on the new rims, if it is something else I'll have him fix it... still have to find out about the drive shaft... fun...Now I'm hungry... where's the dining car?JimF - glad you got your light fixed! We have people driving around over here with taillights out, brake lights out, turn signals that don't work... drives me nuts! One thing I can't figure out is... we have a law in MD that when your wipers are on your lights must be on... why can't the auto manufacturers have the lights come on automatically when the wipers are on? If you use the mist feature they should not... doesn't sound too difficult to me... although they would probably charge you $2,000 for that 'feature'!Chief - You would rather go to LA instead of York? Gotta find out what is going on with those houses... if all the new houses in Roseyville burn down before they are finished building them, it is going to be difficult for new people to move in...JimA - I'm sure Yaz doesn't mind being run over by two boys pushing a shopping cart... he probably just laughs it off and smiles... then as he is walking away he thinks to himself 'Now why can't that guy control his darned kids! Probably has them do that to me on purpose!' Doug - Hope the eye heals up good!Laz and Mitch - Best of luck with the upcoming school year!JohnF - Great pics of the grandkids. I always like going to the state fair and seeing the 4H exhibits... Not sure I would let a goat sleep on my lap... looks painful!
Good evening all,
Last night was one of those nights you wish you could bottle and keep forever. I finally got to see one of the high school teams just absolutely CRUSH another team. For years I have been going to games and seeing our kids get stomped all over the place. I got to ring my bell a lot as the team won 8-0. The main difference was the kids finished their shots. It was nice seeing that at home and to make the evening even sweeter, "my" soccer girls won on the road as well 2-1. As I said in an earlier post, this game would say a lot about the team and it looks like it could be a good season. The girls are home Thursday while the boys take on a potential sectional foe on the road. By the way, it is hot and humid again in SE Indiana. My wife and I went to the YMCA and did some track time. Once again, it was the usual fare at breakfast on the dining car as it heads to "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hey Laz, Maybe you could work on the Chief's layout at night, and hunt deer during the day? I'll bet you could get a lot accomplished there in a week!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 68 degrees. Had some rain last night. Going up to 88 today with a chance of more rain. I sure hope not. I'd like to see a sunny day.
Today is the grocery shopping day. My trip to Cambridge and all the fun packed adventures. Gas prices are still too high. Lowest I have seen, around here, lately is $2.68 a gallon.
Jim Fortner....I'm glad your brake light problem is solved.
jefelectric......Nice looking grandkid's pictures with their animals.
No time for trains today. It would be nice to relax and run some.
Dining Car is here and serving breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Good morning all. I hit the sack early last night and feel much better for doing so. Feels good to catch up on some sleep.
I spoke with the Chief last night about the fires. Told him to call in some real investigators. It could definitely be arson. But it could also be shoddy craftmanship ie, electrical or venting, etc. When houses go up in flames that fast in the same development, something needs to be looked into. Get some state or federal investigators on the case.
Glad to hear that Lisa had a nice birthday! Today is Carl Yastrzemski's birthday. He is 68. Yaz was my idol when I was a boy. Man, how time has flown by. My wife and kids bump into him (literally) at the market on ocassion. The last time, the boys drove the shopping cart right into him! Happy birthday, Yaz!
Morning Folks.
MAde a fresh pot. Lots of rain here in the last three days, more than we've had all summer. Grass is green again. When the sune comes out and dries things out I will definitely have to mow again.
jonadel wrote:Mitch & Laz--been thinking about you and the beginning of the school year, an exciting time and yet sad as the summer comes to an end.John F.--also thought about you and meeting you last year at York, received my info yesterday, we loved PA and the meet. We will pass this fall but will be there next year, I think every other year will be perfect for us. If it weren't for the distance we would be there every year.
jonadel - Sounds like a great trip around the lake. My brother is a motorcycle rider. Rode his bike from Maryland to Florida and back a few weeks ago. Talking about a cross country trip next summer with a stop in Sturgis on his way back. My butt would be so sore I wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
John F - also got the York Notice. Will be mailing it back this week.
PS to York attendees - Don't forget to send a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of your badge. I did that a few years back and the meet organizer had no sense of humor... plus I had to wait in a long line to pick up my badge.
It sure is different opening the school year without kids and staff. Makes realize even more that I am not ready to retire, even if I could affford it. Progress on the new school is coming along. Some delays in getting the siding materials. Windows are starting to go in. Roof will be going on if it ever stops raining. Electric Co should have full power to the building by end of month. The electrician will start pulling wires when building is secure. Interior dry wall is started. Really starting to look like a school.
Have a great day.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Morning All
Jim- Seldom is anyone available when doing car checks so I turn on the emergency flashers to check turn signals and brake lights; works unless you have seperate turn signal brake lights
Lee-I have a '03 Toyota Avalon w/67 K and before that a Camery that had 250 K when I sold it and never had a major failure. Also have '04 Honda Civic w/58K that has not had anything but routine maintenance. Got to love it.
Jeffelectric- Great looking kids. Goats are fun projects. When our girls were younger we had goats.
Still tweaking the coaler. The clamshell does not want to reopen consistantly. Could the activating soleniod not release all the magnitism and not release the plunger core?
All take care
csxt30 wrote: Ha !! When I was a kid, my Dad every year would roast pigs feet in the furnace, make blood pudding & a few other delacacies. Yuk !! No way would I eat that stuff !! Old Hungarian stuff I guess.
Ha !! When I was a kid, my Dad every year would roast pigs feet in the furnace, make blood pudding & a few other delacacies. Yuk !! No way would I eat that stuff !! Old Hungarian stuff I guess.
We grew up with pickeled pigs feet w/vinegar, and blood sausage...I still like blood sausage with some rye bread and butter, but Blood Pudding??? What's that?
Jim Fortner wrote: John S, man you sure cleared me out of gooey buttercake! That's a St. Louis delicacy, you know, like pig snout sandwiches or fried brain sandwiches or super thin crust pizza. Except that I like gooey buttercake All that's left is some more weightwatchers strawberry shortcakes. PS - Chewey said thanks for the peanut butter!!! She sure loves her Uncle John!
John S, man you sure cleared me out of gooey buttercake! That's a St. Louis delicacy, you know, like pig snout sandwiches or fried brain sandwiches or super thin crust pizza. Except that I like gooey buttercake All that's left is some more weightwatchers strawberry shortcakes. PS - Chewey said thanks for the peanut butter!!! She sure loves her Uncle John!
Oh, A St. Louie delacacy, huh ? !! Well just keep the Bacon Bits in stock, they're really good too, Oh, I mean they're really good for Chewy !! Nothin' but the best for my niece !!
R T : sounds like you may be going to work soon !! Wish you the best !!
The Chief said, when you get a lemon, make Lemonade !! Why didn't I think of that one ? !! (that was at another thread !!)
Well, I unwound enough for tonight !!
Thanks, John
Evening all. Finally got to read the psots. John F, was planing on it but got to go to Gonzolas LA that week or will just be getting back. Busy on the phone about fires and etc. Then fell asleep in recliner. Watered all day and then storms came. Inches of rain except in Roseyville. Again a hole came in the system and missed us. Lisa, little over .05 of an inch. Glad I kept watering. This is getting D--- reducilous. Raleigh got washed out and so did Frankilin County 5 miles away. One good thing. Sent to pond. Saw herd of deer [all does and little ones too]. Then across the pond a 8 pointer came out and drank. I wistled at him. He ignored me. There I was with rifle waiting for beavers. OH WELL!!!! Maybe during season. [sorry LAZ, no room for Yankee hunters ]
John F, great photos of the Grandkids and their goats. Keep them coming. they have some grand champion steers too don't they?
BTW: Fires may be suspicious. Well, maybe more to tell later.
Thanks Chuck (Blueberry Hill) - that did the trick. I had my son hit the breaks (he loved that) and found the bulb that wasn't right. Took about 5 minutes to replace, then 30 minutes to play some H-O-R-S-E with the basketball.
Working on a layout plan - I think it will be 2 or 3 layouts overlapping - separate trolley/BFOC line, separate mining line, and separate main layout with at least 2 loops so I can run 2 trains at once, plus some industrial spurs for sawmills, coal(someday) and dairy(someday) for Bing Cheeser's Farm.... Totally tubular, of course
Also, want to have a small temp layout for Halloween.
Man - does it sound like I want to play with all my trains again?!
John F - great pics! Looks like they had a lot of fun!
Kurt - TRAINZ! I still check their stuff pretty much every day though.... One good thing, apparently Hallmark has some new Halloween stuff and my wife is gonna buy it, so I'll get to put some of that on my layout I'll bet!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good evening,
We got 1.8" of rain since yesterday. It has pretty well wiped out the E-town fair as the parking lot is grass which is now mostly mud. Still operating but not many people except exhibitors. It pretty well wiped me out as well, worked in the church food stand last evening and got cold and wet, today can hardly move. Ah, old age you know. At the Chief's request a few pictures of the grandkids.
14 year old grandson.
12 year old grandson and 8 year old granddaughter.
8 year old again.
Do you think Hana might be a pet? She was bottle fed by granddaughter as she was one of a set of triplets, fairly rare for goats.
OK back to trains. I don't think the Chief read my last post, at least he didn't answer.
Evening all,
Chief, are we missing something here? Three fires in the same sub. in a short time Seems to go beyond normal. I lived in this sub 27 years and only recall one fire and that was from lightning.
Today was not an adventure day, just goofed off. I did watch the end of the tiger/indians game. seasons not over yet but it could be fun to watch how it goes.oh the tigers won.
I saw a post this morning on that other forum about grit on the track and thought one of those good ole boys had snuck in with grits, turns out it was just dirty track.
Pleasent dreams, Sir james
Thanks again for all the birthday wishes. Have had a fairly quiet day except while the grandson was here this afternoon for a few hours. We played chinese checkers and watched Nemo - "again".....
Got several gifts - non-train related but did get an Operating freight car with coal, bins and front-end loader and a section of operating/uncoupling track - AND money to buy more stuff (trains for sure!) No train stores close by for family to shop - just as soon have the money.
Chief - We got those storms before they got to you - got a whole 0.25" of rain and a yard full of leaves!!!
Dennis - Thanks for the info on the flat cars.
Lisa
ChiefEagles wrote: TWO MORE HOUSES TOTALLY BURNED AND THIRD ONE DAMAGED SO BADLY IT WILL PROBABLY BE DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. SAME SUBDIVISION AS THE LAST TWO THAT BURNED. ALSO AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. I GUESS 105 DEGREES STARTS COMBUSTION. NO! THING IS, THESE HOUSES WERE AREADY GONE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT GOT THE CALL. STRANGE. WILL BE REVIEWING BUILDING CODES AND MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS. NOW STORMS HITTING. WIND HAWLING LIKE HURRICANE. SKY BLACK. STILL NO RAIN.
TWO MORE HOUSES TOTALLY BURNED AND THIRD ONE DAMAGED SO BADLY IT WILL PROBABLY BE DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. SAME SUBDIVISION AS THE LAST TWO THAT BURNED. ALSO AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. I GUESS 105 DEGREES STARTS COMBUSTION. NO! THING IS, THESE HOUSES WERE AREADY GONE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT GOT THE CALL. STRANGE. WILL BE REVIEWING BUILDING CODES AND MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS.
NOW STORMS HITTING. WIND HAWLING LIKE HURRICANE. SKY BLACK. STILL NO RAIN.
Chief, Are you sure you don't have some sort of NUT, firebug or environmentalist, starting these fires ? I already know that I am a nut but not of the two prior categories.
Evening folks.
Pretty night here. Cool and clear. The kids are in rare form though. I'm about ready to get out the mallet and bop each one of them on the head!
We ran our new Marx 1666 tonight for a little while. Then we put out the trash, played some ball, and now we are watching some tv.
Blueberryhill RR wrote:Jim...The brake light filiment is burned out in your bulb. The running light filiment is working. That's why you see the lights on. Have someone hold the brake pedal down as you look at it. You probably already knew this. Chuck
Nope, I didn't know that! Thanks for the info, Chuck! Last time I changed a bulb on a vehicle was about 10 years ago, on a Ranger. My wife trades in cars too fast for bulbs to wear out I guess! I'll make my wife help me out when she gets home with the kids - they are at a school open house. I needed some Dad time away from the kids after 5 days of family fun. Got caught up on all my emails (deleted some that would curl your eyelashes and make you want to spit at the same time - YUCK! No, I didn't forward any, they were too gross.)
Good luck to Lee and RT on the job hunts!
Fife - what kind of tower was it you broke, a Dept 56 or something?
RAIN AGAIN! 3rd day in a row. Just showers on and off today. I think thats more annoying than steady rain. Weather Man says it dosn't look like it's leaving anytime soon. They're now saying showers till this weekend.
Gonna start building the Ark this weekend
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