dwiemer wrote: Dr. John, sorry for the news, but at least it was caught before any negative issues. Some of the new implantable devices are amazing. They can trigger and track better than anything imagined only a few years ago. UAB is a very good facility and she will be good hands.Chief, years ago, when I was a firefighter, we used a engine to airate a lake. Use a stiff leg with strainer and then a deck gun to shoot the stream to the center of the lake. Not sure if it would be possible to get a fire engine down near the lake, but worth a try.Dennis
Dr. John, sorry for the news, but at least it was caught before any negative issues. Some of the new implantable devices are amazing. They can trigger and track better than anything imagined only a few years ago. UAB is a very good facility and she will be good hands.
Chief, years ago, when I was a firefighter, we used a engine to airate a lake. Use a stiff leg with strainer and then a deck gun to shoot the stream to the center of the lake. Not sure if it would be possible to get a fire engine down near the lake, but worth a try.
Dennis
Just back from Dr. Tinker's. My 2018 is now waiting patiently for me in the car. He had a beautiful scale Hudson sitting on his mantle. No way would that thing fit on my layout! The tender alone was longer than a starter set loco!
Another picture-perfect day out there. I feel an illness coming on quite suddenly. Better go home and rest out in the back yard!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Dr. John wrote: Hi all, haven't posted much lately - it's been a busy time for us. Warm and hazy this am. We're getting a good bit of the smoke from the Georgia fires over this way. Sure could use rain!My wife's cardiologist says she may need a defibrilator implanted. She's been diagnosed with Brugata Syndrome. Her heart muscle and blood flow are fine, but there's a potential for a dangerous or even fatal arrythmia with this syndrome. We're trying to see a cardiologist at UAB for a second opinion. The good news is that the defibrilator should take care of the problem. Odd thing is she has never shown symptoms (tacchycardia or fainting) but the EKG is a textbook example. If the doc in Birmingham concurs, she'll have the procedure up there - usually just an overnight stay and quick recovery. The funny thing (to us, anyway) are the restrictions after the procedure: can't use a chainsaw, arc welder or work on a car engine when it's running (no redneck jokes, please! ). Microwave ovens, etc. are not a problem.
Hi all, haven't posted much lately - it's been a busy time for us. Warm and hazy this am. We're getting a good bit of the smoke from the Georgia fires over this way. Sure could use rain!
My wife's cardiologist says she may need a defibrilator implanted. She's been diagnosed with Brugata Syndrome. Her heart muscle and blood flow are fine, but there's a potential for a dangerous or even fatal arrythmia with this syndrome. We're trying to see a cardiologist at UAB for a second opinion. The good news is that the defibrilator should take care of the problem. Odd thing is she has never shown symptoms (tacchycardia or fainting) but the EKG is a textbook example. If the doc in Birmingham concurs, she'll have the procedure up there - usually just an overnight stay and quick recovery. The funny thing (to us, anyway) are the restrictions after the procedure: can't use a chainsaw, arc welder or work on a car engine when it's running (no redneck jokes, please! ). Microwave ovens, etc. are not a problem.
DR. john I had one put in last april a year ago. I also lost my CDL because of it as there is a chance of insinc (I think thats how its spelled) where if it triggers you could momentarly pass out. I'm allowed to drive my car but not a big truck ( I guess i can kill one or two but they don't want we wiping out a bunch. ) But heres the kicker i still can drive the big 6 wheelers (F-800) as long as it has farm tags on it .
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Hello all from cloudy KC. It was supposed to rain today but it that has changed to clouds and perhpas rain Thurs. So, I watered my flower beds. That should make it rain now. Going to finalize the paper work on my Tahoe today. Install the trailer hitch and get ready for a fishing trip.
John, hope all goes well.
Oh What a Catastrophe !!!!!!!
DENVER (Associated Press) -- A string of runaway rail cars spilled beer in downtown Denver Wednesday after they crashed into a parked locomotive and derailed.
No one was hurt, and the railroad's mainline operations were not affected, said Steve Forsberg, a spokesman for BNSF Railway, based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Forsberg said a switch engine was assembling a train around 4:30 a.m. when the crew lost control of the 34 cars, which rolled downhill into the stationary locomotive.
A tanker car carrying Coors beer overturned and spilled its contents onto the rail yard, Forsberg said. Another car carrying asphalt was damaged and leaked.
Forsberg did not know how much beer and asphalt spilled.
Two parked locomotives were heavily damaged, and several freight cars were damaged.
Wait a minute, no big loss. It was only Coors !!!!!!
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Dr. John, "electrician" heart Dr. talked to us Monday night at Mended Hearts meeting. He was real good. Talked [showed too] pacemaker and defibrilator. Interesting how they work and are implanted. They can now get them to all the chambers of the heart wtihout "cracking" the chest. Wish they could do open heart surgery without that. Would cut down on Dennis's length of OR time.
Been pond evaluating with County Soil and Water. Still looks like sewer but can not prove. Raleigh City Council buddy called his public utilities dept. Now they are saying, "NOT US." This is what I expected.
Got Roseyville EMS and Fire Dept Appreciation Dinner tonight. County Commissioners and other friendly politicians will be there. Bar-be-qued pork loin.
Well, may cost several TMCC engines worth to aerate pond. Why does this software keep changes font size right in the middle of typing a sentence??? I guess that is part of the new upgrade.
Train time. Who knows when.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Mickey - Is this the type of hitch you are putting on the Tahoe?
Boring day at work, watched the clock most of the day, wanted to be working in the train room. You retired guys have it made!
Hopefully tonight will get the guard rail up so we can resume operations. Or may just end up with a lot of flat cars running around powered by a electric motor car. Who knows?
Chief if your aerating the pond why can't you just put a pump in the pond pumping the water straight up in the air like a fountain? I'm sure Dr. John's wife could rig up something.
Think I will leave work early.... Gone...
Don
rtraincollector wrote: Dr. John wrote: . DR. john I had one put in last april a year ago. I also lost my CDL because of it as there is a chance of insinc (I think thats how its spelled) where if it triggers you could momentarly pass out. I'm allowed to drive my car but not a big truck ( I guess i can kill one or two but they don't want we wiping out a bunch. ) But heres the kicker i still can drive the big 6 wheelers (F-800) as long as it has farm tags on it .
Dr. John wrote: .
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I army put one in me almost 1 1/2 yrs ago when i took a round to the heart..i also had a cdl that was taken..i feel ya there...not that id want to drive again...and the insinc you are refering is a threat..i suffer from it.....i know when its gonna happen usaully and i can prepare for it...i was never told not to work on cars though or use a chainsaw..i was told about the arc welding and told not to play on powerlines...lol....
my thoughts are for your wife but she isnt alone.....i had a few complications after mine was installed..but they were due to my particulair body...
i hope everything works out ok for her!
lionroar88 wrote:Good one Dennis! Give the Chief ideas on how to play with fire engines!
Brent, The Chief was a firefighter. I think he knows how to play with them.
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dougdagrump wrote: Oh What a Catastrophe !!!!!!!DENVER (Associated Press) -- A string of runaway rail cars spilled beer in downtown Denver Wednesday after they crashed into a parked locomotive and derailed.No one was hurt, and the railroad's mainline operations were not affected, said Steve Forsberg, a spokesman for BNSF Railway, based in Fort Worth, Texas.Forsberg said a switch engine was assembling a train around 4:30 a.m. when the crew lost control of the 34 cars, which rolled downhill into the stationary locomotive.A tanker car carrying Coors beer overturned and spilled its contents onto the rail yard, Forsberg said. Another car carrying asphalt was damaged and leaked.Forsberg did not know how much beer and asphalt spilled.Two parked locomotives were heavily damaged, and several freight cars were damaged.Wait a minute, no big loss. It was only Coors !!!!!!
Probably another MTH kink, defect?
laz57
lionroar88 wrote:I see that Mitch was in my area over the weekend and didn't bother to call... So now I have a dilemma - we are thinking of building a 2 car garage at the new house. I could have a second story added and have a 26 x 40 train room... hmmm....
Brent - quick trip with a college buddy - we were only there about 90 minutes - known him 35 years and just found out he is a train guy. He has a 7 by 9 layout in his dad's garage attic that hasn't been run in years but has turned into a carpet runner with FasTrack that his nephew got with a Thomas the Tank Engine set. He picked up a MTH Gondola they had for sale at the museum. I am going to try to get him to come to York in October. 26 by 40 is a huge train room... go for it if you can swing it.
LAZ - I am jealous we have 15 student days.
Today the Board of Education approved my appointment as the new principal of Ebb Valley Elementary School in Manchester, MD. The school is currently being built and will open a year from August. The new job will be effective on 7/1/07 to get the school ready for occupancy. I am really excited....... and a bit anxious. I will be busy this first year with ordering everything from pencils to desks, then interviewing for staff, finding secretaries and custodians, deciding on books and getting them ordered, etc., etc. In the next few monthsredistricting will take place and the school will open in August 2008 with about 500 students.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
dbaker48 wrote: Mickey - Is this the type of hitch you are putting on the Tahoe?
Evening all
Don - I love the hitch! Where did you find that?
Dr. John, Prayers for the wife, glad you found out something wrong before it causes trouble.
I was asked to come off shift work and work dayshift for a while, certain talents are needed. This means lots of changes schedule wise. Sleeping like a regular human for a change (no offense Zeke )
Need to do a little study before bed
Mitch -
Congradulations Congratulations on the Priniple Principal position. Only bad thing is their there goes your summer!
dbaker48 wrote:Mitch -Congradulations Congratulations on the Priniple Principal position. Only bad thing is their there goes your summer!
Don - Cute... Thanks, but I haven't had a summer off since before I was 14. I have worked every summer since then or gone to school full-time.
Wow! Lot's going on here today.
Dr. John - our prayers are with you and your wife. I am glad this was found before it caused her a problem.
Hmmmm - a running car engine or any spark plug ignited machine would be a serious problem I think. Watch out for wool carpets in the winter also!
Mitch - Fantastic and congrats buddy! Hey and a year without dealing with kids! Nice break for you!
Isn't spilling Coors like losing a tank car of water?
The Chief, a fire engine, and a lake - there must ba a joke in there somewhere?
Mike C - we will miss Veronica Mars also. It was a good show.
Took 4 dump trunk loads to haul the excess dirt out of my back yard today (It wasn't a big dump truck).
Regards, Roy
Dr. John, prayers for your wife. The Great Physician will get her through this. God bless.
Mitch - congrats. I guess you are a real man of principles now!
Well, bad news guys - they got me. I'm writing this on a padded wall with a crayon. Here's what the doc said:
Mental status examination. Medical history: Mr. Fortner was admitted this morning against his will. His wife and children brought him to the emergency room, apparently pretending they were taking him to a local hobby store to pick up a "Legacy system" for his toy trains. He had to be escorted to the ward on admission and was quite agitated, telling staff that "it was supposed to be out last year, then SPring, now August? When will they stop tormenting me?!" & etc.
Alert? Fully alert. Oriented? Not apparently oriented to place or situation. Appears oriented x 2 (person, time). Reports he waited a long time for the "dining car" this morning and no bran muffins? Staff notes that his tray was left untouched, despite double portion of grits.
Appearance? Mr. Fortner appears clean and well groomed, but older than stated age with gray hair and balding. Eye contact? Poor to fair. Speech/communication: Normal in rate and rhythm. Volume is variable. With distraction, it is possible to keep him on track, but he tends to change the subject repeatedly back to toys and "layout" plans.
Motor behavior: Twitches a lot, appears to be working some kind of knobs or buttons at times and makes quiet "whoooo-whoooo sounds" that are disruptive to other patients.
Hallucinations/Delusions? Clear evidence of highly disrupted reality testing. Suicidality/Homicidality: No suicidal ideation or plan. Homicidality - absent. Cognitive/memory deficits: Average cognition, able to recall 3 objects at 5 minutes. Spells "world" backwards slowly. Serial 7's normal. Recalls current and past presidents back to JFK.
Estimated intelectual capacity: Low to average. Insight: Impaired. He is not aware of his problem. Judgment: Impaired. Wife reports impulse buying of expensive toys has gotten out of hand, especially with Ebay and some other sites or online stores. She fears he is unable to prioritize and is depleting their resources in order to build bigger and bigger train layouts, taking over first the living room and now with plans to move to the dining room area.
Findings: Although once able to function at an average level, Mr. Fortner has developed increasing problems with reality testing and now devotes most of his free time to "working" on toys instead of finishing his basement. His children seem alternately delighted or bored with his additions and obsessions and wife has tried to be understanding, but is clearly worn down. He focuses on item after item, scouring stores and websites; then, once it has been acquired, his focus shifts to new items that he "needs" at an alarming rate!
Diagnosis: Axis 1: Train Mania Conventionalis Controlus (5 finger control type) GAF: 14. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a GAF score of 11 to 20 indicates gross impairment.
Plan: Assist wife with durable power of attorney and re-assign assets. Stabilize and longterm inpatient therapy may be required. Guardianship papers should be ready in a few days.
That's it - these take too long to write!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
1688torpedo wrote: OH, The Humanity! Zeke- Did the E-unit arrive for your 2025 yet? Take Care all.
yes and thank you very much it came yesterday i forgot to send a thank you email....can wait to get it on there...
Jim -
I took the liberty of contacting your Dr.. He indicated that since your condition is irreverisable that the only thing left to do was to try and console the family. To this end it would be best in his opinion, to get all the reminders of the condition and its cause removed as soon as possible. Also, that they need to be relocated as far away as feasible. Therefore, it would be best if you were to package up all the trains, accessories, related tools, and miscellaneous items and ship them to me immediately. To help you in this regard, I will pay all the necessary shipping costs.
Sorry, that it has come to this, but it is obviously the best option available.
Your Friend,
Chief,
A local store has started selling iced tea, OMG it'll be GRITS next!!
+20C in Stockport this morning 0940GMT on a damp, drizzly day. Jonah from the BBC says it will drop to +5C over the weekend with the possibility of sleet/snow, and of course, it's a bank holiday, so all the poor wage slaves will have a rotten time. That's why half the population head for Spain every summer.
John Baker
Good morning from beautiful Ohio, where the current temperature is 64 degrees and I look forward to starting the JD.
Congratulations Mitch on the new position. Since it is Maryland, you must live very near the famous Mason Dixon Line.
Chuck, is the bridge painted, yet?
Jim, it is much cheaper to ship to Ohio than California and you will need as much money as possible for a comfortable confinement.
John Baker, as long as they don't call it sweet tea, you are safe. I assume Spain in much warmer in the summer for holiday.
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
Good morning from New England!
Temps expected in the upper 80's today, and 90's tomorrow. Time to get out the stained white tank tops!
I painted a perfectly good starter set 4-4-2 pink last night for no other reason than my daughter asked me to. Truth be told, she did pick out a nice shade. I want to re-letter the tender for Lionel Lines. She wants it to say Julia's Train!
I tried installing 2 car speakers up to my MRC Soundstation in an effort to get better or louder sound. It ended up doing the exact opposite. Not as loud and not as good as what we were getting with the original speakers. So back they go to Walmart!
My 2018 is back and running well. New drum and plunger in the e-unit. New pickup rollers. Smokes well! Dr. Tinker says hello!
Animal House was on cable last night. At one point, all of the Delta House pledges are in the Dean's office. Almost all of the actors in the scene, including the Dean, are now dead!
Watch your fingers, I'm hanging up!
Top of the morn'n Y'ALL, Had a nice dinner with the family at Waffle House....including GRITS. Only reason for WH was wife told son we would go to Bruster's Ice Cream and I highly recommened we eat something for dinner and WH was on the way. Anyway, early case this morning and then hair cut and yard work. I hope to get some train time in this evening. I have been catching up on some old CTT/OGR/RR Model Craftsman. Plenty of ideas, now I just need the time.
God Bless,
dennis
good morning all....its a nice and cool morning here in ca ..got plans to work in the train room today some and get the new e unit in my 2025......
normal i am headed to bed about now but i changed my sleep pattern so i can be up during normal everyday hrs....theres a local train club for beginners i am gonna try and get involved in....mostly o scale but also ho and g...get a little hands on learning and experience. plus i need to get out the house and meet people..im turning into a hermit!
well i have figured a way to put in my ho and o together and am gonna draw up some plans...thanks and hope everyone is well today.!
its a great day to be alive!
HI GIZ,
Nice here at 60 to get to 80. GOLF today, spring training after school.
8 days o school left.
MITCH, remember you put the PAL in PRINCIPAL. Good luck with your promotion.
Happy Friday Eve!
Mitch, congrats on the promotion! That's the old pepper!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 67 degrees. Going up to 88 today. Looks like summer is upon us.
Today, I will be outside, working in the yard. I may mow the side yard, before it gets too hot. This afternoon, I need to do some cleaning in the train room and put some tools away for the company on Sat. Looking forward to seeing the kids after a year and a half.
Buckeye....Bridge painting will be in a couple of weeks. Have to tear the track out and remove the bridge. I will post pictures. BTW...Good luck today.
I see the Dining Car coming. Here it is. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
It is another beautiful sunny day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s. Last night was a very good night. Our soccer team got the season off to a good start with a 5-1 win. While I did not contribute much to the victory, I was on the field for about 30 minutes (out of 50 played) and acquitted myself fairly well. I was mostly midfield and forward with a short stint as stopper (that was a riot). We have a good mix of players and it may be a good season (or we may lose the rest of our games). Was able to get home and get everything ready for work the next day before and during "Lost". That was an interesting two episodes, but they kind of took the edge off the suspense by showing at least two people after they got off the island. The dining car is headed for "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. Sunny & mild here in the Mid-Atlantic today. Let's see, missed a day here...
88 - "...if you build it, HE will come." A-? I expected better from you.
mithcelr - congrats...now let's start dreaming up that E.V.E.R.R.
dougdagrump - Ya know, that explains an overwhelming feeling of sadness I had yesterday...
A quick good morning from a sunny and warm Chicago where I have to submerge in a 'diversity' retreat for two - count 'em two - days. Sigh.
Congratulations, Mitch.
An early thank you to our veterans and those who pay the ultimate price for us in anticipation of Memorial Day...
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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