Morning Folks,
A fresh pot is on the burner. Still rainy and damp here, but I'll take it. Starting to feel like fall.
LAZ - surpised you and your bro could get in nine yesterday with the damp weather.
DonB, Doug and Misty - here's hoping for clear skies or rain. No more smoke.
Fife - hope you are on the mend. Hope they figure out what is happening with you Fifey.
Colin - glad to hear the knee is improving. Hope they figure out what's up with the choking/esophagus issue.
Have a great day.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Morning!
WOW!
RT: Prayers for you buddy.
Sir James: Glad things went well...but now what? I bet I'd flunk one of those stress tests too. We'll be praying for you.
DougNutinGrumpy, Don & Misty: Glad you're all safe....well that remains to be seen with Don...
Brutus: I see Fisher-Price has added Brutus to their offerings. Dubbed "This GeoTrax team are the biggest bullies in town!"
In other news...I watched National Geographic Build it Bigger yesterday, and the Arizona Cardinals grass field moves in and out of the stadium on train tracks.
http://blog.joins.com/usr/a/n/anastasia105/11/stadium.jpg
Kurt
Wow lots going on !
RT - Hope things work out RT!!! Remember health is the first priority, other issues second.
Sir James - Glad the wife is doing well, hope you will to soon! Maybe some dog treats might sooth the stomach.
Chief - Grits, we may need them soon. Did you know there are over 12 Ways to fix Life cereal?
Fire Update - The worst is all over! Finally, now by Monday we may have blue skies again. The sky here in our area is brown, from all the smoke. Will continue because of the Santiago Fire in Orange County, smoke heading west, over ocean. Thank gosh its over!!! Hope life gets back to normal for Misty, her family, and Doug soon. (Too close for Doug). We are now having ash fall-out, things will look as if it we had snow fluries.
My travelers ar now in Oklahoma, they made 464 miles today !! That's a lot for them !!!!
Welcome back John !
Have a great day tomorrow, all !!
Don
Good evening,
Just back from another short trip, this time by bus. Read a little of the last two pages. RT, good luck on your defib. I had read the article about those leads. It sure took them long enough to discover that they had a problem! Been so busy here that most of my York purchases are still in the shopping bag.
Take care,
Blueberryhill RR wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: SPLAIN THIS!!!! Went into Raleigh by Captial Blvd [one of the main entrances to the downtown area]. CSX runs on the right and then crosses with NS runs on the other side. All lines are on a hill above everything. 8 NS engines and 1 CN MU'd to the back of them all coupled to a train. Never seen that many engines together. Now since some of the "smart" Yankees will say it takes that many NS engines to pull a train, lets get that out of the way. I guessed they were towing engines to some location. Sure were a lot of stallions in a line. Little Ponies ............
ChiefEagles wrote: SPLAIN THIS!!!! Went into Raleigh by Captial Blvd [one of the main entrances to the downtown area]. CSX runs on the right and then crosses with NS runs on the other side. All lines are on a hill above everything. 8 NS engines and 1 CN MU'd to the back of them all coupled to a train. Never seen that many engines together. Now since some of the "smart" Yankees will say it takes that many NS engines to pull a train, lets get that out of the way. I guessed they were towing engines to some location. Sure were a lot of stallions in a line.
SPLAIN THIS!!!! Went into Raleigh by Captial Blvd [one of the main entrances to the downtown area]. CSX runs on the right and then crosses with NS runs on the other side. All lines are on a hill above everything. 8 NS engines and 1 CN MU'd to the back of them all coupled to a train. Never seen that many engines together. Now since some of the "smart" Yankees will say it takes that many NS engines to pull a train, lets get that out of the way. I guessed they were towing engines to some location. Sure were a lot of stallions in a line.
Little Ponies ............
NS = The Little Pony Line....Nice one Chuck.
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HI GIZ,
Prayers to you RT hope all goes well.
Beat BRO at GOLF shot a nice 45 for nine holes not bad on a damp nite. Cheesesteaks sandwich and beers were great.
Hope all is well?
laz57
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Sir James (again - sorry, just catching up to all the posts) -- Things could get Hairy!!! Better watch out!!! Be sure to not eat any chocolate if you find yourself baying at the moon! Chewy was sick as a DOG! Can laugh about it now!
RT - God bless you too, man! What an ordeal! I sure hope yours is a-okay and if not they can go in and fix that without
Jim - some great stuff you got there! Thanks for the pic!
Jumijo - With the Hogwarts in the mail, I don't think I'll be getting Thomas at least for a little while!
hmmm - for a minute there thought I was gonna read about how a CSX was helping some NS find their way home!?!? I'll bet John S would get a kick out of that picture!
Doug M - liked the blog and will visit again from time to time. All caught up on October now anyway!
CSXect - Pizzeria UNO is pretty great, esp in Chicago. Or go across the street to Pizzeria DUE. I had a t-shirt from there, but I wore it out over the years. We eat a lot of Dominoes, Pizza Hut, Pappa John's PIzza, and another local place called Bertonnollis (sp?).
Rich - sounds like a lot of fun, have a great trip!
jimtrumpie- thanks for the tip, I've tried most everything I could think of including roughing up the ramp,another suggestion was to raise the base about a 1/4 inch,that helped slightly,tried cattle with the cloth feet,about the only thing that will run those horses through is to line up about a dozen of them and they push each other through the car. Of course you have to keep them standing up. they were never know to be a good operating acess. I have another one in the PW773 set, never took it out of the set box. not worth the trouble.
Brutus- everything in moderation, a little ice cream ,a little of what you like ,I don't believe is harmful, It's when we jump in whole hog,thats the problem. glad your HW X is coming, I my not get one for a long time.waited to see it first and the preorder list was 2 1/2 pages long. He has received his first shipment. Sir James
sir james I wrote: EVENING ALLBrutus- save that o/t money for trains.If you go on a diet will I still get my ice cream?GOOD NEWS for a change, spent most of the day at the hospital for wifes catherization and the Dr. said one small place 20% blocked. He said they don't need to treat it as to small to do any harm. We will see what her primary Dr. says in about a week.That was our day so no trains ran here today, but happy just the same. Sir James
EVENING ALL
Brutus- save that o/t money for trains.If you go on a diet will I still get my ice cream?
GOOD NEWS for a change, spent most of the day at the hospital for wifes catherization and the Dr. said one small place 20% blocked. He said they don't need to treat it as to small to do any harm. We will see what her primary Dr. says in about a week.
That was our day so no trains ran here today, but happy just the same. Sir James
Good news on the test, Sir James! God bless her. I always have icecream, but usually it is weightwatchers anyway, so I will always keep a little treat for you and John too! Sometimes it's Ben & Jerry's though - can't take the healthy eating thing too far!
Worked another hour tonight. Trying to get some $$$ ahead because we've got some insurance, property taxes and other junk coming up soon - right on top of Christmas. Don't you just love it - what perfect timing.
Oh, also TRAINZ shipped my Hogwarts Express! Can't wait - it's my birthday present!
ChiefEagles wrote: rtraincollector wrote:Hey chief saw a NS with 3 engines heading your alls way the first few cars were flats with millitary humvees on them. SPLAIN THIS!!!! Went into Raleigh by Captial Blvd [one of the main entrances to the downtown area]. CSX runs on the right and then crosses with NS runs on the other side. All lines are on a hill above everything. 8 NS engines and 1 CN MU'd to the back of them all coupled to a train. Never seen that many engines together. Now since some of the "smart" Yankees will say it takes that many NS engines to pull a train, lets get that out of the way. I guessed they were towing engines to some location. Sure were a lot of stallions in a line.
rtraincollector wrote:Hey chief saw a NS with 3 engines heading your alls way the first few cars were flats with millitary humvees on them.
Hey chief saw a NS with 3 engines heading your alls way the first few cars were flats with millitary humvees on them.
Chief : true, Dark Side don't have any power !! No, when you see a lot of engines like that, it's cause they run more trains in one direction than the other, so then they group them all up on a train & send them back where they originated, possibly. They do here that way. There are a lot more trains going west than east up here. Also the CNN engine may have been making its way back up here to GE for warranty work & there could even have been other engines, from the dark side, going to GE also.
Thanks, John
sir james,
Use some fine sandpaper to give the ramp a bit of tooth. My corral had the same problem, and the sandpaper helped it work better. Also make sure the area the corral sits on is level.
Still misting rain. Pond still rising. More hard rain forecasted for tomorrow. Please. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Evening folks,
Brutus help-There's a bright full moon, am I going to grow hair again or was it a one time thing.
Sturgeon jim- a very nice A/F buy. I would have bought that deal and I don't run flyer except once in a while on the floor.
One of those goofy things today. My horse coral was shorted so I started the routine of elimi nation. turns out the coil wire touched the metal coil frame when the door was closed and then burned in half.I didn't notice at first because it looked like the grounded side of the coil. repaired and working,now if I could get the horses to actually climb the ramp that would be nice. Sir James
The December issue of Trains magazine arrived today. My letter starts at the bottom of page six and continues across the gutter on page seven. Letter title is MORE THAN TRAIN SERVICE.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Just got a call from Grand Luxe Train Tours. Their Washington-Miami and vice-versa trips planned for late December have all been canceled due to low reservation numbers!! There goes the anniversary trip Madge and I had planned, so now its back to the drawing board. Thinking about going to the Big Apple for a few days.
Chief beware Northern pizza chain is moving into N.C. I read were Donato's is going to open a few locations down your way.
Here in Columbus my personal ranking of pizza places
East of Chicargo the best
Cardo's
CI CI's alfredo/spinach pizza and Mac&Cheese pizza kinda cool cheap buffet with salad and desert choices.
Donato's
Pizza Hut
Dominoes
have not tryed UNO's yet
No longer in area but have to say it Godfathers was a cool and tasty pizza joint.
lionroar88 wrote: rtraincollector wrote: Morning all Got some disturbing news this am and that is the leads from my difibrillator my be faulty. suposely 5 have died from it so far but what can happen is I get 1 false shocks (shocks when I don't need one) or 2 don't get a shock when I really need one. I'm going to go see a doctor on the 8 of november to find out whats what and all. Personally I wish this doctor would say that I don't really need it . Prayers for you RT... doesn't make sense to me that they are waiting that long to get you in...Sir James - glad to hear your wife is fairing well!
rtraincollector wrote: Morning all Got some disturbing news this am and that is the leads from my difibrillator my be faulty. suposely 5 have died from it so far but what can happen is I get 1 false shocks (shocks when I don't need one) or 2 don't get a shock when I really need one. I'm going to go see a doctor on the 8 of november to find out whats what and all. Personally I wish this doctor would say that I don't really need it .
Morning all
Got some disturbing news this am and that is the leads from my difibrillator my be faulty. suposely 5 have died from it so far but what can happen is I get 1 false shocks (shocks when I don't need one) or 2 don't get a shock when I really need one. I'm going to go see a doctor on the 8 of november to find out whats what and all. Personally I wish this doctor would say that I don't really need it .
I haven't gotten all the details but my difib has a lead that is on the recall list. What there going to do who knows probally as little as posible thats why I have called a lawyer that advertised on TV about the problem and hes sending some paperwork for me to fill out.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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ChiefEagles wrote: Raining so hard it sounds like a cow peeing on a flat rock.
Raining so hard it sounds like a cow peeing on a flat rock.
Chief - Sure have a way of putting things...
Evenin' boys. Just got back from x-rays, where the gals were having a little too much fun with me posing in my dark socks and tightie-whities...
Jumijo
Trick or treating tonight at school with the kids. Then Saturday at a historical village in New Hampshire. Then whenever Halloween really is. Oh really, what are you wearing?
dbaker48
Don, I gave them GPS coordinates of your house. Be careful. You might get washed "clean". Even better, a load of GRITS. ...and will solve any potential mudslides in the rainy season...
anjdevil - Soooo, let's not stay away so long, Richie-Rich.
rt - Always something. Stay clear of the microwave til the 8th,buddy. GEEZ LOUISE!
Sir James - best regards to your Misses, and to you.
Afternoon froom overcast Southern Ohio
RT-prayers for your electro heart problem
Sr Jim Glad wife is doing better.
Jumijo-That Thomas looks really neat.
Prayers continue for end of west coast fires.
Pulled the tarp off the concrete pad looks good except for one corner, a little rougher than I'd like. Curing real slow.
Took some pictures this afternoon and will share them Sunday. Here is a pic of the stuff I got from the local train shop.
Ran trains this morning and going to finish homework now for class Saturday. About to finish up.
Check back later
May God bless
Jim
Just back from my walk. Chilly and damp out there today. Did my walking in the garage again.
Doug, the photos I posted this morning were for you and Jim F. Trying to push you both over the edge and into Sodor. How I wish Lionel would make Gordon!
Trick or treating tonight at school with the kids. Then Saturday at a historical village in New Hampshire. Then whenever Halloween really is.
Candy season is upon us, and me on a diet. I'll bet the candy is going to win this battle.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
MORNING ALL,
Wife is sore but doing well and resting. THANKS to all for prayers and well wishes.
Chief- with that many bypasses were you still alive when they found them? Must be those grits that kept you going, OR blocked you up.
We have sunny 50s today rain expected later this week. I think I might just float today and see where I end up. Play nice and I'll drop by later. Sir James
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
dbaker48 wrote: Chief - Just a suggestion......Pass the word on to the NC Air Natn'l Guard, we have people in place to inspect those aircraft on there return, to ensure they are not taking any of OUR water with them !!!
Chief - Just a suggestion......
Pass the word on to the NC Air Natn'l Guard, we have people in place to inspect those aircraft on there return, to ensure they are not taking any of OUR water with them !!!
Don, I gave them GPS coordinates of your house. Be careful. You might get washed "clean". Even better, a load of GRITS. I bet our NC Forest Service air tankers are there too. BTW: my retired pilot buddy use to fly one of the NC Forest Service tanker and spotter planes. Seen them in action. Was flying with him in spotter [L19] and we called them out on a fire down east in the swamps. Impressive. Don't think I would want to fly around the big CA fires. Too many crazy currents. Hats off to the pilots and ground fire fighters.
Rain and more rain. Light showers off and on. Send more!!! Got meeting with DOT this afternoon. Errands to run this AM. Hope to get some train running in before meeting. Wife messed up meeting this afternoon to see new 4 Runner waiting for us [forgot and took carpooler]. Maybe after she gets home.
Later.
Gotta play catch up here....
Doug, glad the daughter is ok....sometimes those lessons are the hardest ones..
Fife..you too, there bud...becareful out there...
Don,Doug, MistyK....prayers to you guys...seems like you have a front row seat to the preview of he11....
Sir J, great news on the wife
Chiefie...good for you and the rain...quite FRANKLY..(& Mel will back me up on this) we've had enough water for a while.
I decorated the house of Halloween in between the rain, did quite nicely, got the lighting wired up, will probably test it Tuesday. The static displays are up (for the most part) took me 4-5 hours solo...weather turned coooler (thank you GOD!!!) so at least it feels a little like September in Jersey.
Tonight we pack up and head to Orlando for our annual trek to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal. Should be there until Sunday. Universal Friday night, Old Town Saturday night (for the classic car cruise...and me without my RoadRunner!!!!). Really need the release. NUTS AT WORK!!!
Got some more parts for the new project car (I'll post 'em next week there Fife).
TRAINS: Was up in time to catch a north bound FEC during morning commute. Nice picture I took....Final plans for the Christmas layout coming, the Train @ work layout just needs track now. I'll have time next week to complete that, Thanksgiving weekend (after I go to Daytona!) I should be able to finalize the Christmas layout.
Sorry to go long...been a while....but I have been checkin' up on y'all like the Union spy I am!
Later,
Rich
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
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