Good morning from a sunny and warm Chicago where I am thinking about what I have to do to prepare for taking a week off in June - yes, I am actually going to try to go 'South' through Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina (just the tip), and end up at the very end of South Carolina. I am experimenting with running two trolleys in tandem if that is the right expression on the same track. They catch up with each other which I wanted - I just don't know if I am doing something bad to the motors on the the trolley that ends up pushing the other one a bit. What do you think?
Jim A, I haven't touched the A/C in my small car in quite some time too. Not worth powering up for 10-15 minute-long drives. Yes, the rest of the family think I am crazy.Nice to see BB and Buddy up and about.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning all. Busy yesterday cut grass went and got plants so I can use those jugs. Read a thread this AM from someone in NORTH carolina saying things about us folks that live in SOUTHERN Mi,Oh,In. Il.,very strange things going on. Have a good day and play nice.
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
Mornin' boys...and fellow quadropeds. I see this forum has gone to the dogs, which could be a good thing. Of course it really went to the dogs 4/6/06.
Chief - dealing with pea soup in my pond as well = not enough rain, not enough vegetation shielding sunlight...adding barley.
FORTNER - save evaluation...will need for Power of Attorney...
Elvis has left the building, David!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Blueberryhill RR wrote:Jim ( jaabat )....Don't worry about Jim Fortner's evaluation of you. He wouldn't be able to post it, anyway, due to the Forum rules. LOLChuck
Jim ( jaabat )....Don't worry about Jim Fortner's evaluation of you. He wouldn't be able to post it, anyway, due to the Forum rules. LOL
Chuck
Whew!!! What a relief!
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 Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 50 degrees. Going up to 84 today, with sunshine all day. The weather has been beautiful here.
Today, I have to drive up to Cambridge, to do the grocery shopping. Gas is at an all time high. $ 3.24 a gallon for 87. Prices of food reflect the high transportation costs. We pay from all directions. Tomorrow, we are going to Zanesville to have the Wife's foot looked at by her Doctor. May have a broken toe. She still needs that out-patient surgery on the other toe. She is in a lot of pain. Hope this takes care of it.
Well, it's time to board the Dining Car for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Good morning all,
It is another beautiful sunny day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s today. Watched a tape of last week's F1 race, and took it kind of easy last night. Tonight will be a sad night as we watch the last two episodes of "Veronica Mars" :-( Just the regular fare on the dining car this morning for "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
FJ and G wrote: Hi Don,Here’s BB on Sunday, my hound helper. She's tired of eating mice over the winter and glad the rabbits are now out and about in great flocks.
Hi Don,Here’s BB on Sunday, my hound helper. She's tired of eating mice over the winter and glad the rabbits are now out and about in great flocks.
buddy said bb is just his type and he wants to meet her! lol
Hi GIZ,
40 here to get to 76.
JIM, LOL with the DOCOTRS PROGNOSIS, Hope BUCKEYE gets the help he needs?
10 days o school left.
Rock on,
laz57
well good morning everyone..
been up most of the night trying to figure out differant designs for my layout.....
well off to catch cpl hrs sleep before i head off to sacramento at around 9 so i get arouns 4 hrs snooze if i go now...
so have a great morning...try to catch me a cup before i leave...have a good one all!
Hi Don & everyone,Here’s BB on Sunday, my hound helper. She's tired of eating mice over the winter and glad the rabbits are now out and about in great flocks.
Been busy experimenting with various forms of casting resins. Here’s some pictures. Be happy to answer any questions. i found out you can make some cool industrial style train wheels by drilling holes through toy train wheels.
Nice weather here in Virginia; too bad have to work. Army took away our YouTube priviledges but they may give me an exception as my team puts Army videos on YouTube.
Drive carefully, Dennis. The life you save may be your own. My car's AC hasn't worked in 2 years. I just grin and bear it. The beast is 10 years old.
Recently I've had a series of nice little restoration projects that's kept me entertained. Now that they all seem to be finished, I find myself wishing I had some more. Maybe now is a good time to start working on Julia's pink girl's train. I've decided to use a starter set 4-4-2 as the motive power. Initially I had planned to use a K-Line Pacific that came in holiday colors. Nahhh!
TCA#09-63805
I cringe at what Jim Fortner would write in an evaluation about me!!!!
Good morning from sunny New England!
Mowed the lawn last night and let me tell ya, it was a workout. 4 days of rain made the grass quite tall. The mower's bag had to be emptied constantly.
After dinner, my wife and I watched the Sopranos. Yawn! Then she clicked onto Dancing with the Stars and I felt my skin begin to crawl, so I retired to the friendly confines of the History channel upstairs.
This week I will buy some lumber to build my train storage shelves. I've toyed with the idea of designing them to look like a vintage Lionel display.
Off to see Dr. Tinker at lunchtime. He says my 2018 is all fixed. The repair cost more than the engine...
well good eveneing everyone...been a slow afternoon and evening just hanging out at the house...
went for a gorgeous ride today with the top down and beagle by my side
stopped by a creek and watchedthe pup chase ducks...quite a nice day...
well till next time...stay out of trouble...the zekester
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Chief, Brownish/greenish water is the norm here in OHIO rivers and ponds are nasty looking even the Lake ERIE used to look blue from a distance but up close it was pretty nasty......better than it used to be.
what do you stock your pond with???? Ilike fishing for Sunfish,Bluegill,Bass and Paper mouth(crapie) and also like perch and the occasional catfish.
Are there any good fish frys in the south? In Ashville south of columbus and north of circleville they have a fourth of July fishfry that is pretty good.
Glad you all enjoyed the quite. HUMM, had to read pages since last night. Think the Yanks are mouthy too. OH, I see the forum will be down for upgrades. There goes the neighborhood again. Maybe they found the problem. Works great sometimes and then drags some. Had busy day. Had pack some train items that a Yank bought and I "took to the cleaners." Love doing that to Yanks. Get even all the time. Got those done and then rush to County Commissioner meeting. Rush home to return to Raleigh for Mended Hearts meeting [just got back]. Had to fill up truck and car today. Standing up typing. Tomorrow, I do hope I can get some trains in. Pond turnning green like pea soup. Real puzzle to everyone. Got something from runoff. Suspicion: water running in at a dry creek bed next to a sewer manhole may not be a spring but.... If so, City of Raleigh is in deep .... [no pun intended]. A real puzzler as it has been clear water for years and I could not get enough fertilizer in it to make it turn. This year, only one bag in 6 weeks and that was because the supplier was out of fertilizer. No farmer's fields close by so???? Hoping it [algie] does not die too fast or bacteria will eat up all the O2 and get fish kill.
Got to go. Popcorn time
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
fifedog wrote: Mitchelr, did you join the WESTERN MARYLAND Historical Society?
Mitchelr, did you join the WESTERN MARYLAND Historical Society?
Fife - I am working on the application. Need to write a check and send it.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Jim Fortner wrote: Chuck, decided to go with a "what would this 'pot talk all look like to some psych doc who didn't know it was all in fun or who anyone was etc" angle. Hope it gets a laugh or two, it took a little time to do it.Don - glad to hear your son got to go to Prom - hope he liked his day off today, too. Your room is really coming along and looks like you've got some great help, too.
Chuck, decided to go with a "what would this 'pot talk all look like to some psych doc who didn't know it was all in fun or who anyone was etc" angle. Hope it gets a laugh or two, it took a little time to do it.
Don - glad to hear your son got to go to Prom - hope he liked his day off today, too. Your room is really coming along and looks like you've got some great help, too.
Jim...Your efforts were worth it. LOL
sir james I wrote:I just can't always decide whether I want to spend the money or not.
Spend it! It will be more expensive later
DENNIS,
I understand, my Favorite train store likes my wife to come in with me.they tell her the things I've been looking at but not buying and she tells me to get them. I just can't always decide whether I want to spend the money or not.
Jim Fortner wrote: Roy, Doug, Chuck, Buckeye, here's another mental status examination.Medical history: Mr. Buckeye Riveter is reportedly now deeply enmeshed in an addiction cycle. The street name for the substance is apparently "train smoke" and references to various subgroups, which he "chuffs" at various intervals. Mr Riveter was first thought to have suffered late onset paranoid schizophrenia, versus substance induced bipolar disorder. Paranoid ideations include a shadowy figure known as "The Chief" who will rain destruction down upon us all -- apparently able to fly and disburse clouds of white "grit" or "grits" with subsequent loss of Purity of Essence, or POE. "The Chief" is also suspected, by Mr. Riveter, of poisoning the water supplies and slaughtering good, "normal NORTHERN fish". Mr. Riveter had to be restrained and sedated during this interview.Alert? Fully. Oriented? Not oriented in any detectable sphere (person, place, time or situation). Appearance? Facial expression totally obscures complete mental deterioration. Eye contact? Good. Speech/communication: Normal in rate, rhythm and volume. Actual talk is consumed with ruminations on the relative merits of John Deere and hate of grits and all things "southern".Motor behavior: WNL Hallucinations/Delusions? Evidence suggesting highly disrupted reality testing. Suicidality/Homicidality: No suicidal ideation or plan. Homicidality - passive desire for total obliteration of delusional object or focus, figure called "The Chief" (NOTE - perhaps referencing old television show Get Smart?).Cognitive/memory deficits: Unable to measure at this time. Estimated intelectual capacity: Unable to measure at this time. Insight: Absent or obscured - see references "The Chief" and "southern". Judgment: Critically impaired. He is apparently capable of managing his affairs, but his singular focus on "dealing once and for all with the Southern Menace" makes appointing a payee or guardian a necessity.Findings: Although once able to function at the highest level, the patient has clearly descended into a Train Smoke induced near-constant delusional state.Diagnosis: Axis 1: Substance induced dementia with ideas of reference associated with exposure to unknown drug "Train Smoke"GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) score 25. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a GAF score of 21 to 30 indicates inability to function in almost all areas with behavior that is considerably influenced by delusions or hallucinations, or serious impairment in communication or judgment.Plan: Detox via inpatient therapy - immediately admit. Run all tox and laboratory. MRI/Contrast CT of brain and spine. Guarded prognosis.
Roy, Doug, Chuck, Buckeye, here's another mental status examination.
Medical history: Mr. Buckeye Riveter is reportedly now deeply enmeshed in an addiction cycle. The street name for the substance is apparently "train smoke" and references to various subgroups, which he "chuffs" at various intervals. Mr Riveter was first thought to have suffered late onset paranoid schizophrenia, versus substance induced bipolar disorder. Paranoid ideations include a shadowy figure known as "The Chief" who will rain destruction down upon us all -- apparently able to fly and disburse clouds of white "grit" or "grits" with subsequent loss of Purity of Essence, or POE. "The Chief" is also suspected, by Mr. Riveter, of poisoning the water supplies and slaughtering good, "normal NORTHERN fish". Mr. Riveter had to be restrained and sedated during this interview.
Alert? Fully. Oriented? Not oriented in any detectable sphere (person, place, time or situation). Appearance? Facial expression totally obscures complete mental deterioration. Eye contact? Good. Speech/communication: Normal in rate, rhythm and volume. Actual talk is consumed with ruminations on the relative merits of John Deere and hate of grits and all things "southern".
Motor behavior: WNL Hallucinations/Delusions? Evidence suggesting highly disrupted reality testing. Suicidality/Homicidality: No suicidal ideation or plan. Homicidality - passive desire for total obliteration of delusional object or focus, figure called "The Chief" (NOTE - perhaps referencing old television show Get Smart?).
Cognitive/memory deficits: Unable to measure at this time. Estimated intelectual capacity: Unable to measure at this time. Insight: Absent or obscured - see references "The Chief" and "southern". Judgment: Critically impaired. He is apparently capable of managing his affairs, but his singular focus on "dealing once and for all with the Southern Menace" makes appointing a payee or guardian a necessity.
Findings: Although once able to function at the highest level, the patient has clearly descended into a Train Smoke induced near-constant delusional state.
Diagnosis: Axis 1: Substance induced dementia with ideas of reference associated with exposure to unknown drug "Train Smoke"
GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) score 25. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a GAF score of 21 to 30 indicates inability to function in almost all areas with behavior that is considerably influenced by delusions or hallucinations, or serious impairment in communication or judgment.
Plan: Detox via inpatient therapy - immediately admit. Run all tox and laboratory. MRI/Contrast CT of brain and spine. Guarded prognosis.
WOW....I feel good about mine. Jim...the check is in the mail.
sir james I wrote: Dennis,I don't think you should be in to big a hurry to tell whats her name about the money you saved. Mi. Jim
Dennis,
I don't think you should be in to big a hurry to tell whats her name about the money you saved.
Mi. Jim
Jim, SWMBO (aka my Wife) takes it all in stride. In fact, tonight, she suggested that I pick something out for Father's Day....think I just did. The other thing she wants to get me is a 50 flat screen plasma TV, but I don't really need it. Anyway, I tell her the things I buy and hide nothing, in the end, it is more honest and easier.
Dennis
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