sir james I wrote:Coffee is getting old, I'll toss in some fresh grounds. I learned that a couple nites ago. Hope zeke is ok. Maybe his gf will keep us posted.
You learn fast Jim !!
Hope Zeke does well & we'll all be praying for his recovery here too. I talked to him just last night on that chat place along with Chuck & a couple others.
Well, just taking a little break from working on the car again. It had to break again. Then we are going to the fireworks later tonight !!
Glad that other Jim is enjoying his new home computater !! He could at least wear his pajamas while talking to us !! I'm always fully dressefd when I talk to you guys !!
Well, hope everyone has a nice evening & a great 4th. !! I'll have my flag up there a wavin' in the wind !!
Thanks, John
Jaabat - TMI = Too Much Information!
Prayers were said for Zeke and Jenny. If you log on again, Jenny, please let us know what hospital etc so we can send a card or something.
Well, I got off 10 minutes early from work - I think that's a record! Going to friends' house for dinner tomorrow and have eye doctor appointment Thursday. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July! Watched Boneyard - I think I saw your Dining Car, Chuck! It was an old UP model?
Anybody know how to download pics from a Razor Phone to a computer? Colin?
Got my TCA Quarterly, but I'm not in it yet - probably the next one. I did notice there is another member in Arnold though! Also got an email from my division guy - they have a meeting in September, so I'll have to put that on the calendar.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
jaabat wrote: Gonna be nice to come downstairs tomorrow morning, get myself a cup of tea, and visit the forum from home. I could get used to this home computer stuff.Jim
Gonna be nice to come downstairs tomorrow morning, get myself a cup of tea, and visit the forum from home. I could get used to this home computer stuff.
Jim
With his little pinky curled out from the cup handle. Sippy Sippy
jaabat wrote: I'll be here bright and early! And most likely in just my underpants..." border="0" width="15" height="15" /> Jim
I'll be here bright and early! And most likely in just my underpants..." border="0" width="15" height="15" />
We always knew there was something a little "strange" [won't use the Q word] about Jimmyboy.
Back from my walk to the pond and feed the fish. Found a BIG fire ant nest on neighbor's property. Went over and treated it for him. Sucker was 3 feet long and 2 feet wide and 6 to 8 inches tall. Made those sucker mad. Saw 6 winged ones come out of one hole. All were dying when I left. Then ran into the ground hog that lives in hole at property corner [under fence but mainly on neighbor's side]. Would have shot him with 9mm but the whole town would have gone crazy as loud. Might have thought it was fireworks. He is living chramed life. 22 LR or 17 HMR will get him soon. So far he has been eating neighbor's soybeans [along with the deer from my lease]. This time he was in one of wife's flower gardens.
Later.
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Evenin' boys. It's been a long week, and it's just Tuesday. Taking the family unit to the Beach Club tomorrow during the day, then working the fireworks at night.
88 - I'll spend $50 on supplies for a $10 repair, just to avoid going back to Lowes-Depot. But I tell ya, 2x3's are pretty cheap right now.
prairietype--->. Keep us posted on your layout design.
Chief- the fish kill seems to have ended. Now, will everybody come fetch their cats.
Fortner - Good luck with the peepers.
zeke - GEEZ LOUISE! Best of luck.
jaabat - Remember not to use the wife's good dishtowels to sit on...
...and I wonder if Dudley Doright has caught up with our buddy from Ohizo yet...?
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Hey guys I heard from jenny and zeke is going to be okay but will be in the hospital for about a week. I emailed her back and told her to come back in the forum and let us know hows hes doing
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BYE BYE FIFEDOG going back to RT's house thanks for the fish
Jim sent you an email
Wow, Its nice to see you all care so much for Zeke( btw his real name is Brian he hates it but thats what it is Zeke is his middle name) Well Zeke did suffer a heart attack last night. His heart stopped last night for 4 minutes. (sorry its hard to type this without cryin) They brought him back and he's in critical condition, they took him into syrgery last night and took out his diflibulator. I was told it was infected around the area of it. Also something i didnt know is that his heart is in backwards, and when he was shot in bagdad the bullet removed a section of his heart. Whoever performed surgery on him saved his life. But theres a section missing from his heart. Which in turn causes him to have a very slow or irregular heart beat, the doctor called it bradycardia. I believe thats how its spelled. so they gave him the diflb. But the doctors here said that he should have had a pacemaker instead. so they are installed a pacemaker. He hasnt woke up yet and the doctors are worried his body is nt responding. Hes still in critical condition right now. He also has this brain tumor they want to remove, not sure if they are gonna do it or when. waiting to hear from dr. Zeke is a survivor he will pull threw. This man has been stabbed three times, shot 3 times, suffered 2 heart attacks, a brain anurizim and has a brain tumor, he will pull threw this, he has to.
Goin back to the hospital now.
Jenny
Jenny - Thanks so much for the update. Please tell him everyone is concerned and praying for him. As someone already said - if you can post his address at the hospital, we'd love to send him some "snail mail".
Take care of him for us!
Lisa
Thanks for the update on Zeke, Jenny. Please keep us posted.
Our prayers are for you, Zeke.
Chuck
RT - Gotcha, thanks!
Well, I finally unboxed my new Lionel Lines Docksider. It's got a darker front end and actually is very sharp - engine #1. Unfortunately, the rear coupler doesn't work? I'll call Lionel on Thursday and see how fast they can mail me a replacement. In the meantime, I'll swap it with the front one I guess. Once the replacement comes, I'll take a screw driver to this one and see if I can figure it out.
jefelectric wrote:Jenny, Thanks for the update on Zeke, he will be in our thoughts and prayers. Please post a hospital address for him.
Same here Jenny. He's a survivor & a fighter. He's gonna make it .
Hey guys thought id post this.Im at the hospital (well actuall outside at a coffee shop). And he has woke up finally. He isnt talking yet just staring at me. Kinda creeping me out a little honestly, the way he's staring at me. Glad hes awake though. He was awake for about 20 minutes. No response though just awake. I told him i posted to you all and you send get well wishes, to him. he smiled. They doc's said he lost alot of blood during the operation, andhad minor difficulties with the pacemaker but its in. They also spotted a hole in his heart which they repaired, they told me he can leave here as soon as wed or thursday as lond as he shows improvements. Im not sure if he will be here if you mailed him cards. If you want to send them please just send them to our home, i dont think he will be here long they said its working properly and really only need him to stay here 1-2 days. Seems short time for a pacemaker operation but im not dr.
zeke watkins
4356 e bonnyview rd
redding, ca 96001
The dr did tell me zeke said he couldnt feel his legs before the operation, but he was having a heart attack. I hope he's alright
thank you
jenny
Prayers out for Zeke.
Jim-> Don't switch the couplers, just run it in reverse and think of it as a "Poor Man's CabForward".
Fife-> Not only is it KittyKats that will get your fishies, you also have to watch for racoons and snakes.
Chief-> Be glad you were out here earlier, it has turned hotter than here. Wouldn't you know it, the A/C goes whacko and can't get a service appointment til wednesday of next week.
Most of family out for a visit has headed back home. I am pooped, being chief-cook and tour guide wears you out.
Been doing a lot of work on the "G" layout, used some composite lumber to make what kinda looked like a curved girder bridge w/o the outside bracing. Function was good but was not happy with the form. Now I am going with some composite lumber I ripped down to 1/2 x 1/2 and cut to length. I'll use these to make rubble filled piers to support the track across the flagstone wash.
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dougdagrump wrote: Jim-> Don't switch the couplers, just run it in reverse and think of it as a "Poor Man's CabForward".
Ha - first thing I did! My daughter thought it was funny watching it go around backwards. I think there is something stuck in the coupler? The plate is hard to pull down. The coupler will close and click, but then just opens up. I might mess with it tomorrow.
Jenny, our friend's dad just had an angioplasty (literally about 2 hours ago) and they said he'll go home tomorrow or Thursday. He has to go back in 2 weeks for another one, but they want him to get better first. He was 80 percent occluded.
A pacemaker actually replaces the electrical node in the heart that regulates the heartbeat, which is ablated or "killed" on purpose by the doc. This is also called an AV (atrioventricular) Block. Wish Dennis was online - I just read reports, I'm not a doc or anything and my books are all at work. I don't know how that would be related to his legs or neurological system and they didn't say he had a stroke, right? I'm sure they have him in those leg compressors and they are checking him for blood clots etc. My guess is that he is getting good care and will be fine. As for his tumor, I read up on them a little after his earlier post and they have a good success rate of removing them, so my guess is that they will stabilize him and then do that surgery after he has had a chance to heal up from this operation. I seem to recall that he said it was a tumor on his pituitary gland? This is tied to the endocrine system and all that that entails, so could result in heartrate problems I'd guess? Paging Doctor Dennis?
Mornin' boys and ladies. Overcast and 60's here in the Mid-Atlantic region. A rather subdued coffee-pot this AM...but still:
HAPPY 4th of July to everyone.
rt - Don't let Puss'n boots lick your face!
dougdagrump - No racoons or snakes. Foxes on the other hand...and the occasional blue heron.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
Happy 4th of July to Everyone !!!!
It is a cloudy 65 degrees. Going up to a sunny, 88 today, with a chance of rain this afternoon
Jim ( jaabat )...Time to wake up. Where you at ?
Zeke....Glad to hear you are doing better. You'll make it.
Today, I am taking the usual Wednesday drive to Cambridge, to pick up some groceries. Need to do that. Wife is doing much better. She needs to take it easy today. Still have not made it down to train room. Maybe, later today, I will get a few hours to run trains. Hopefully, we are settling down, here, to our normal living.
Dining Car is here and ready. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a Great July 4th Holiday.
Happy Fourth of July from New England!!!
Prayers for Zeke. Sounds like the guy has his hands full. Remind me not to get down when life hands me a little upset!
Stayed up late last night watching the fireworks, them Prairie Home Companion. Jeeez, everyone is in that movie! Kids woke me up early after I stayed up late last night. Pumping myself full of caffiene (sippy sippy!) to wake up.
I'm getting hungry. Time to tell the wife to get out of bed and make me some breakfast! Yeah, right...
Oh, in case anyone is wondering, and I know you are, I'm fully dressed.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Morning all,
Zeke (Jenny) - Thanks for the update; prayers continuing!
Jim-I did not know there was a dress code
I wonder how Buckeye's trip is going?
Happy Independence Day!!!! Flags aflying! Going to run some American Flyers!!!!!
Beautiful morning! Going to work outside some. Arm is moving ok without pain, until I lift, then ouch! Out of the sling though.
Take care
Good Morning from NE Ohio
Zeke - you are in our prayers.
Well it is overcast today and the weather lady says Mother Nature might provide us with her own fireworks!.
Boy do I like these short work week!
All be safe today.
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Morning from the Midwest.
It promises to be a hot humid Fourth today. Getting ready for a family cookout. One of them is a 4, almost 5 year old, and his little sister who are bound to be playing with the layout this morning.
One thing I like about Lionel is how easy it can be to adjust the route.- when I went down to clean up the work in progress this morning I realized I can smooth out a cuve with some O72 track. this will allow me to put in another siding and have additional capacity to spot rolling stock.
Prairietype
Morning all. Everyone's up early. Woke up to rain and boy do we need it, didn't last long but I'll take it. Hopefully zeke will leave the hospital feeling better than before, sounds like he had problems he ignored and should not have. Passed through the train room this AM think I might revisit before the day is done. don't expect much sleep until late tonite because of all the fireworks in the neighborhood. I hope everyone has a safe and food filled day.
Mich Jim
Hi GIZ,
HAPPY 4th to EVERYONE.
Watch fireworks in MILLERSBURG last nite on the SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, great as usual. Had nice cookout with bro and SIL. Great temps for JULY.
Got vanity in place and all the plumbing done yesterday,all works. Today going to start the cement board on the floor.
ZEKE prayers for you.
All have a good one.
laz57
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