Well, I ran my new train a little last night. Need to get some stuff done on the basement, but instead I'm watching a dvd of Bugs Bunny cartoons with the kids! I love that one where Porky and Sylvester are in the old house and the mice make them think it's haunted! Going over to our friends later for some cook out, but probably won't stay long as De Anna is at the hospital with her dad who had an angioplasty last night. Please add him to the prayer list. Praying for Zeke and Jenny and Mable, too! I used to love the Prairie Home Companion radio show - I'd love to eat those buscuits for sure! The Norwegian Bachelor Farmers were great too. The best story ever was Tomato Butt! I tried to read the book that came out a few years ago, but I couldn't get into it. I'll watch for the movie, thanks for the headsup Chief.
Happy 4th of July, folks!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Jim Fortner wrote: Well, I ran my new train a little last night. Need to get some stuff done on the basement, but instead I'm watching a dvd of Bugs Bunny cartoons with the kids! I love that one where Porky and Sylvester are in the old house and the mice make them think it's haunted! ...
Well, I ran my new train a little last night. Need to get some stuff done on the basement, but instead I'm watching a dvd of Bugs Bunny cartoons with the kids! I love that one where Porky and Sylvester are in the old house and the mice make them think it's haunted! ...
Jimbo,
I LOVE those old Warner Bros cartoons! The one you mentioned is hysterical!
Ran trains this morning while the wife and kids were outside. I ran my new scale F3, my B&M Pacific, and Julia's Girl's Train. The whole room was filled with smoke! Emphasema here I come! All trains hauled freight this morning.
My Williams membership is about due for renewal, and I'm trying to decide which freight car to purchase. I'm thinking orange New Haven or Boston and Maine. The last 2 years I've bought cabooses. I wish all life's decisions were this hard.
Getting ready to head off to a cookout. I hope everyone has a great holiday. Remember that we live in freedom becuase others thought it was worth while to fight for it.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Happy 4th all !!!!!
Was surfing around this morning and came across this in a post at another site, I've bookmarked the site and looking forward to his next release. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree why they are there, what this LHS is doing is truly worthwhile.
Check them out. http://www.bobshobbyshop.com/soldiers/
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Wow, lay low for a few days and look what happens. Zeke and Jen, prayers are with you both. From what I have read on the posts, my biggest concerns are that the infection, hopefully it did not cause any endocarditis or that when he had moments of stasis, (lack of blood flow) that he didn't throw any clots. If his legs are not cold, then they are probably OK, but clots can cause strokes to different tissues.
Lot been happening here too. We had the anniversary of the fire in which we lost 5 guys on July 1st, always brings me down and I take pause to remember them. Then, had a friend of my wife and mine who had ovarian cancer that has metasticized and things look bleek at this time. In the mean time, had my son's 5th birthday party on Saturday, my daughter's "gottcha day" on Friday, and we went to a amuzement park with the kids on Monday. Long day at work on Tuesday, and so here I am on the 4th and trying to catch up.
Currently watching Voyages on the train hobby, mostly on Lionel. Neat program. Then, dinner and get ready for fireworks. I don't think we have any cases in the morning, so hopefully a late night won't be too bad. Hope everyone has a great 4th. Remember the troops who fight for the freedoms we enjoy.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Back from the cookout. I ate too much and loved every minute of it. Played some tennis with the kids, watched the ballgame, and flirted with my wife. All in all, not a bad afternoon.
Laying low now as the weather has turned and it's now drizzling. Wifey and the kids are making popcorn and watching "You've Got Mail".
Looks like we'll watch the Boston Pops tonight on tv. Might go run some trains now. Maybe even a pink one!
Hope everyone had a nice 4th. today ! I'm making progress on repairing the car. Just quit for the day & have to bring home the torch tomorrow .
Sure hope Zeke is getting through it all ok.
Doug : really nice what that hobby shop is doing !!
It almost rained here today but maybe tomorrow they said.
Oh, I'm hoping now our Cleve. Indians beat Jame's Tigers !! Again !! (let's see if he sees this !!)
Thanks, John
hi everyone this is zeke,
they let me up to roll around for a lil bit in my wheelchair so I wanted to come outside and post my thank you's to everyone.Its 113 here today so this will be brief. Im glad jenny posted and was blown away by all the response's. thank you.
Well i turns out i had a stroke not a heart attack. I lost some feeling in my legs, but the dr said it may come back, hopeing it does. I know have a pacemaker which is what i was told i should have had in the first place, dang german dr's. the dr here said hes not seen anyone with this many problems at 30 ys old,think he was trying to make me feel good so anyways i lost alot of blood and my heart stopped beating for 4 minutes he said while i was under the knife, but im a survivior, i aint going out like that. So i had this horrible infection around my heart and was causing my diflib to mis read and was shocking the heck out of me for a week and causing me not to sleep. CHUCK you were right. My chest looks like i got tracks going all over it. Guess im a true rr fan now! Well they were gonna take out my tumor at the same time until i died , and so now i have to wait. They want me to recover fully from this ordeal first. I am okay i think, still have all my parts and i think they all still work! Hey JIM its hospital gown thurday and im not wearing any underwear,lol! Well guys nurse ratchet is goming to take me away so i will leave you for now. I am not sure yet when they are letting me go but my posts wont be as often for right now. Were are all the pretty nurses? Anyways thank you all so much for caring. I miss you all!
BTW HAPPY 4th of JULY
The zekester
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Hello Zeke................
Good to hear from you. Hang in there. You will be fine. Our prayers are for you.
Chuck
Hey Zeke !! Gald to see you post & recovering !! Maybe you'll make the Friday night chat with 53 !! Just take care & get well & nice 4th. greeting too !!
WOO HOO !!! yeah we heard from the zeke it great tyo hear from you take care and one day at a time . hope all is fine it is here.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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csxt30 wrote: Hope everyone had a nice 4th. today ! I'm making progress on repairing the car. Just quit for the day & have to bring home the torch tomorrow .
I guess I missed it, John? Are you cutting a car down or something? Hope your flag is still waving today!
Won a "new" craftsman drill on ebay. I dropped mine one too many times from my ladder I guess and the clutch was broken. This is the same model, so I'll be able to keep the same batteries and stuff. I actually had 2 14.4 volt drills, one a pistol grip and the other a tall side drill model with 2 chargers and 4 batteries. Now I'll have 6 batteries, 3 chargers and 2 good drills (I hope).
Ran my train as long as I could, but the family wanted to watch tv. Oh, don't run the boom cars under the overpass - Mistake # 9,876!
I'm thinking strongly of changing my plans entirely and putting my next layout down in the basement, near my workshop in an unfinished corner. I think I could do a U shape, about 8 by 7, with a bridge at one end.... This would do away with sound restrictions while others want to watch tv and also alow me to use the smoke units! I'll have to get my friends to help me move a work bench, and I'll need some light fixtures, but I think my wife would be overjoyed to see this stuff out of "Her" family room!
Jim F : no, I'm trying to change a rear control arm on a Buick & the bolt won't come out of the rubber grommet so I have to burn it out. What a job !!
Yes, I think you should put the layout in the basement too !! The WHOLE basement !!
Evening All
Great news about Zeke getting better. Going the fast track prayer route!!!
Went and cut grass for my friend Bob. Came home and we cooked out brats. Grandkids and daughter came up and we had fun. Got some rain so we didn't go for the fireworks. Nice evening. Got some things to take care of then going to bed. No alarm in the morning!!!
May God Bless all your needs ; especially Mable and Zeke!
ZEKIE!!!!!!!!!! Glad you are able to get around. Did they crack your br e a st bone? [have to do it that way as software will zap] That was the worse part of my heart surgery. Cough pillow was my best friend for several months. If so, DON'T SNEEZE!!!!! Had me walking the next day after surgery. Get those legs going old buddy. Keep posting as you get a chance.
All the fireworks are gone now. Would you believe, 7 deer stood out in the field while the fireworks were going off [and that is close] as well as neighbors setting their's off right at the edge of the field. Made cherry/pineapple ice cream. Make regular vanilla and add chopped maraschino cherries and can of crushed pineapple [drained]. Will slap your Mother for this. Just checked with Maglight, deer still out there eating. Now it is ..................................[you guessed it] microwave popcorn time. Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Happy 4th of July!
It is nice to Zeke is back on line and up and about, if in a wheel chair. The best to you Zeke.
Hope everyone had a nice holiday. Jean and I spent it eating and shoping, even worked in a game of miniture golf. Had breakfast at the world famous Round-the-Clock Diner in York, PA. But didn't have scrapple. Or grits!
Tomorrow I'm going to the Reading Days at the PA RR Museum in Strasburg. Supposed to be some modular layouts there, not sure what scales, and other vendors and displays on the Reading RR.
Take care,
Good evening all,
It was a cloudy rainy day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s, but the weather was fine for the parade this morning. Watched my soaps and spent the rest of the day upstairs in the attic running trains. I ran the 8E and the 10E with both the freight and passenger cars. I also cleaned off the train table with an old Electrolux sweeper that was my grandparents. All I had to do to get it to work was get a new hose for it a few years ago. I think it was made in the 30s or 40s as it has the Art Deco look to it. It seems appropriate to use it to clean my standard gauge stuff. I know Zeke has a long road to go, but it sounds as if he is on the way to recovery. The dining car had the usual fare for breakfast this morning from "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening, Just came in, waiting for the noise outside to quiet some fireworks still going off everywhere. yes the indians gave the tigers a pretty bad time but we detroit fans whichever sport don't give up till the bitter end. I hope everyone had a great day,till the AM good nite.
Mich. Jim
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
csxt30 wrote: Jim F : no, I'm trying to change a rear control arm on a Buick & the bolt won't come out of the rubber grommet so I have to burn it out. What a job !! Yes, I think you should put the layout in the basement too !! The WHOLE basement !! Thanks, John
Too late for that, man, right now I've got all the walls up and pipe and cable run - looks about like this:
You can see the corner I'm thinking about here in this pic - back next to that cement wall, where I have a big pile of old ceiling tiles we got when my wife's place of business switched ceilings. These are metric and don't fit regular ceiling systems. Plus, they are pretty beat up. I think they'll make some nice hills and mountains, though!
ChiefEagles wrote: ZEKIE!!!!!!!!!! Glad you are able to get around. Did they crack your br e a st bone? [have to do it that way as software will zap] That was the worse part of my heart surgery. Cough pillow was my best friend for several months. If so, DON'T SNEEZE!!!!! Had me walking the next day after surgery. Get those legs going old buddy. Keep posting as you get a chance.
chief--you couldnt be more right, when i got shot it split my breastbone in half almost, will never forget that pain. And of course it was done again, i tell you that is some horrible pain, its almost imbearable, but they have me on a morphine drip, i can just press the little button every 10 min if needed, and i need to. Plus the nurse is keeping my full of something so i dont feel much.They moved me to a regular room and now i can have my laptop, so i now will be online some, when I am not passed out. or too loopy from the drugs. The doc told me i will be able to leave tomorrow. I couldnt believe this, i would have thought id be here longer. This is good cuz the hospital food sucks, and i miss my trains, oh and jenny. I mean jenny then trains, ya. I guess i had a blod clot to but they did something all i know is i cut stitches on my legs too. I must have picked to older persons side cuz all my nurse's are 50+ were are the young cute bubbly ones. Oh well .Jenny told me that i aint here to look at nurses, i tried to argue the point but lost. They tell me this new thing in my chest is better and its been improved, but i will have to keep being monitored and have to get a new battery in 8 yrs, i feel like some dang cheap toy. All n all im okay now, i am now wheelchair bound though, atleast for a little while, i cant get my legs to work right.. But im alive. for now. I have to come back in a month and they want to do this tumor removal. they tell me its almost a in and out thing, might stay 2-3 days and then go home. Crazy, still not thrilled about someone going in and tickeling my brain. I guess theres room to do so,lol. well maeds are kicking in tomorrow is a bunch of of my legs. so much fun. And dont worry chief there will be no it hurts really bad i already did that once, you want pain have your chest ripped open. Thank you everyone for your support its nice to see i was missed.
By The way i got to see some fireworks from my window they were great, but what was even better is there is a huge train bridge that must span 1200 ft or more will the fire works were going on a laong train went buy it was all black because the fireworks were behind it but it was high in the air and had 4 diesel's pulling it i bet it was around 125 or so. beautiful to see, made me think of all of you guys and gals!
Happy 4th
zekester passing out!
Morning to All,
Had a lazy day yesterday. Had cookout at my sister's and got to see Brian. Also got to see my Dad's cousin, she's 84 and still goes bowling every week. Lives by herself and you'd never think she was 84 by the way she gets around.
Zeke - glad to see you are on the road to recovery, you know you are feeling better when you are checking out the nurses. Take care of yourself.
Jim Fortner - been there and done that with the layout in the family room (and also on the wife's sun porch). I am now relegated to the garage in a small space, but SWMBO does not complain about the noise, or the mess, and has not been measuring the space to see if a new sofa will fit. My space may be small (and hot or cold depending on the season) but it is all mine. The size also has put me on pretty tight train restriction, if I buy something, I gotta get rid of something, because there's no room at the inn.
csxt30-John - that must be one frozen control arm rubber bushing. Hope you get it out, but try not to set anything else on fire
Chief - sounds like you need to bring LAZ down for a little deer hunt. Those are some pretty brazen deer that don't move during fireworks. Cherry-pineapple sounds like a great combination.
Speaking of cracking open chests, I don't know if I had mentioned that my buddy Dave who has the Goodpasture Syndrome that wiped out his kidneys had to have 5 bypasses about 4 weeks ago. His lungs were filling with fluid, which at first they attributed to dialysis not being effective. Turns out that his heart wasn't able to pump away the fluid. He said his chest wasn't as bad as his legs where they took the veins. His leg is still a mess, but finally healing. You never know what life is going to hand you. This guy rarely ever had to take a sick day in 33 years, then wham. He's been off since February 12 and there's no sign he's going to be coming back soon. He's trying to decide whether it would make financial sense to retire or continue to stay out on medical leave and use up his sick days.
Have a great day,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Zeke , Glad to hear you are recovering Happy 4th of July(late)
My dad has a pacemaker and a mechanical heart valve and they did not give him a pillow but a big stuffed gorilla with a Grant Hospital shirt on it when they did the valve replacement.
Get well soon so you can run some trains
Good morning from New England!
It poured here last night. The grass isn't complaining.
We ran trains last night. The Polar Express pulled a long freight through Jumijo while Julia's pink train refused to smoke...
Zeke, put some clothes on! You want Jenny to get all hot and bothered? Besides, everyone knows that tomorrow is Commando Friday!
Get well!
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 70 degrees. Going up to 80, today with a chance of more rain this afternoon. Got a shower, yesterday, for about an hour.
Today will be a resting day for the wife. She over did it, the other day and a lot of pain came back. So, I will be taking care of her and she will be in bed most of the day. Told her, she has to take it slow.
No time in the last few days for running trains. Maybe today, I can spend an hour in the train room. Need to.
Zeke....Glad to hear you are doing better. Jenny is a " keeper ". You both are in our prayers.
Well, Dining Car is here and self-serve again. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Good morning all,
It is a cloudy warm day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s. Yesterday was one of those days you would like to bottle and keep on the shelf. It was very relaxing. As I was running the trains last night, just about everything was perfect. The layout was swept off, all the lights were on (which is a rarity), and the trains were running fine with few stutters or unexpected reversings. I was switching cars back and forth and alternating between freight and passenger runs. The temperature in the attic was comfortable with the fan blowing and life was good for a while. Sometimes I wonder if the effort spent on collecting is worth it and moments like that make it all worthwhile.
I have been following the status of Zeke and I am glad to hear he is doing better. It is amazing the power of the internet in being able to reach out to people thru out the world in time of need (or celebration). I do have some good news to share with you. Lucas went in for his last regularly scheduled CAT scan on Tuesday, and all the results came back good. For those of you relatively new to the forum, my son Lucas started his battle with testicular cancer about this time last year. He will still have to be monitored for the next four years, but no more CAT scans.
I am sending the regular fare on the dining car to "Points East" this morning. I hope the waitress is doing better there. I hope everyone (especially Zeke and Jenny) have a good day.
Zeke, good to hear from you. Glad you are up and about. Pretty nurses are becoming a thing of the past, so I had to marry one to have around. Anyway, I suspected clots could be a problem and the stroke. They will probably want to do a echocardiogram to see if you have any growth on the valves in your heart. The infection is not a good thing, so I am sure you are on antibiotics and they are high doses. If you start to have problems of a GI nature, you may want to get some yogurt to eat. That should help with the side issues of antibiotics. Anyway, keep getting better and don't over-do it. With a wired sternum, you will feel some "clicking" as you move. You don't want to be doing any lifting for a little while.
Chief, my deer are like yours, they hang around to the point you can walk up to about 8 feet from them. The shephard does tend to make them dart away.
Not much going on. Thankfully I don't have a case this morning, so when I am done, go to the gym and work out a little, pick up kids and head home for Train Time. I did get the OGR in the mail and it was interesting checking out the CTT car being made. I hope to get some reading in on the Sanda Kan factory in China.....I saw many similar buildings while over there. They are a very industrious country over there. These people will start work at 7am, not move from their post till the bell at lunch and then right back to work till the 7pm bell.
I hope to catch up with Y'all later. Till then, God Bless,
Morning...Looks like morning in the Blue Ridge,lite fog and damp. 82 today I think. Got to sleep about 11:30 as the closest neighbors with fireworks finally ran out. blocked out the rest and went to sleep.
Zeke, good to hear from you, do what the Drs tell you and get well. I would ask for a blowup doll instead of that squeeze pillow though. Mich. Jim
HI GIZ,
ZEKE glad to here your doing better remember one day at a time.
Stuffy here today had little rain last nite and to get some today. laz CAMP was at 0530 today did a nice 4 miler then ate breakfast now I got to go to school shop and make some molding out of poplar. Got cement board down and precut all tiles. Going to set on Saturday morning.
GOLF tonight with brother weather permitting?
Happy FRIDAY EVE!!
laz57
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