Okay, open Forum, off-topic, or whatever (grab a cup and sit)

[TurboOne]

Vic, my daughter and I found some kids pushing a shopping cart at the supermart parking lot with screaming kittens in the cart. Took them away from the kids, got petco to open after hours and bought some infant kitty milk. Took them back on Sunday after church to the cat people that save cats from the pound. She had a mom that they just gave away her kittens. These 3 that we found took to her. Probably save the kittens lives as they were only 10 days old. Clean though.

Sorry for the bad and the ugly, some challenges suck.

Ben, I think I saw bman on another thread, but it is late and I am tired.

Gas is up, so is the temp, but rain in the forcast.

Need some apple juice for the night, and gonna crash.

Take care all

Tim

[vsmith]

Been out of it for the last two days...It can be summed up with the phrase..

the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

the Good,

Revised my track plan again, Yes, this is a good thing as the old layout simply didnt work. This time the yard on the south side, flipped the roundhouse and the station locations, extended the track nearest the walkway to create a real passing siding, this will give me a more or less fully point to point operating arrangement on my layout. Got all the track down, just have to fini***he wiring.
Also got my LGB Chloe in the mail today, so thats definetly good![8D]

The bad

One of the neighborhood feral cats had kittens and somehow found a way up under the floorboards to get into the airspace under the bathtub, normally we might never have known about this but sometime after birth the momma cat went AWOL and on Monday night we started hearing crying, constant crying. [V]

the Ugly

So after only getting 2 hours of sleep, Tuesday i got to cut open the walls trying to find the little beggers. My first sawcut (love that Sawsall) missed them, couldnt reach. So after taking down half the closet system I made the second cut, Success! I pulled 3 filthy, emaciated and very sickly looking kittens, dont even look like the momma cleaned them off. No choice, given there condition, had to take them to the Humane Society, theVet told me they were in pretty bad shape and that it was for the best I brought them in. Sad,, so after coming home I got to trying to fill in the holes, when I hear what sound like a very low bird chirp from outside, i listen and realize its not from outside but from under the tub! Oh No, theres another one down there. I did a quick visual search thru the holes and found it on the far side of the tub, luckily a quick cut with the Sawsall and I pulled the worst looking one of the bunch out, I was heartbroken by its appearence and state, it could barely move and could barely cry. after doing my best to care for it, we decided it was hopeless and i took #4 to the pound, the Vet was also pretty shook by it to, she told me it probably had pnuemonia and would have only lasted a few more hours. What a pathetic way to die, starving and filthy. Poor things, we've taken care of other stray kittens but only when they were old enough to walk around and eat on there own, these were far beyond our meager abilities, I ended up taking today off from work also to finish rebuilding the closet, still have some spackling to do but otherwise its a done deal, plugged up the hole under the tub as best I could, walked the house and found where they were getting under the house, blocked that too, so we should be done with this for now. [V]

[Anonymous]

has any body herd any thing from b man 36 ?????????? I DIDN'T HEAR from him in a while,,he must be busy with that new GRR CLUB, BEN

[TurboOne]

Hello all,

the top of our ground is slowly drying out, but it is still very wet underneath. We have friends that are still pumping water out of their ground after flooding. It did hit 88 today.

Got another steamer, will put in pics this Sunday if I get time.

Mike, thanks for the info on Thomas.

Take care all

Tim

[Anonymous]

Tim, the Thomas train rides on Lionel brass G track. The cars are 5 1/2 inches tall, the same size as the Bachman passenger car I had given to me. Came with 4 foot circle of track and power pack. Got it for a great deal! Runs great!
Also happened to find a pair of New Bright cars on ebay the other day to go with the other set of equipment. Now only if the sun will stay out long enough to dry the ground up then we can start planning out the first shovel ceremony once we have all the track, hopefully soon.
Mike
Ingersoll ON

[TurboOne]

Good morning all,

Capt. that is how my yard started, green weeds, green is better.

Way to go Ben, tell the Mrs. took keep getting better.

Mike or Vic, tell me about this Thomas, sounds cool.

TJ, that would be a sight, and yes that is probably why you are behind the camera, not in front.

Take care all

Tim

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Hey jack, Just do as I do and throw some fertilizer at those weeds. Come August when everybodys good lawns burn out yours will be green and they'll be askin for your secret. Green weeds work just as well as grass!

[tangerine-jack]

Hey, Ben! Glad to hear that your missus is improving.

When I say "grass" I more or less mean a few strands of rye, and a patch or two of fescue, but mostly onions, alfalfa, and crab grass. Well, at least it's green..............

I'm stopping on my way home from work today (yes, I'm shamming on company time, it's good to be the King) I have to stop by Southern States and get 5 or 6 bags of chicken grit for my roadbed and Home Depot for some weed matting. I'm glad it's not a pond year for me, I just don't have as much time as I would like to get everything done as it is. Good thing about the time change, now I can work outside much later.


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[Anonymous]

TIM
The wife is doing better, tomorrow doctor appointment , she missed going to the train show , this year , Tangerine Jack cutting grass already???? mine is getting green, and has some high spots , i must go and get some more ballast to put along part of my GRR.still have some low spots. got the pond almost done cleaning it.
ben

[vsmith]

Mike

Hold onto that Thomas set, out of production and there going for big $ on Ebay now.



Otherwise, OMG am I out of it today! Spent Sunday putting down 50lb concrete pavers in the front yard. This is after a 3-mile walk with my wife. Normally that wouldn't be so bad but the time change this morning has really beat me down. I didnt think that one hour would be so rough...going to be a loooong day, and a loooong computer class tonight[xx(]

[tangerine-jack]

Yup, Tim, you betcha, I'll ride to ANY church with my knee high boots, Jolly Roger and bandanna flying in the breeze. Might be why they put me behind the camera filming the service instead of in front of it? I want to try an eye-patch or a parrot, but in traffic at 70mph, may not be such a good idea, although I do know a guy from New York that rides with a meat hook for a hand, not even a proper prosthetic, a freakin' meat hook. Now that's scary.

Got a chance to cut my grass yesterday, I had fun. It's always fun the first time, come late August when the skeeters are biting and the humidity and temperature are both over 90, may be a different story.


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[TurboOne]

Good morning all, hope everyone had a great weekend.

Mike, drive careful out there. Welcome to the coffee shop, or Whatever we call it now. Enjoy. The G Thomas sounds cool, wish I new where to find one. Will have to check Evil Bay and see what I can find.

Benny, how is the wife doing ? And you ? Hope all is well with both of you.

TJ biking to church. Now that is cool. Do you wear the pirate garb as you ride ???

Underworld and Capt. Bob, didn't know that the wind we had early in the week made it to you guys this fast. At least I haven't heard about the usual trees blow down that we seem to always have hear. Sorry to send it your way, I just thought it would blow out. [:D]

Jaime, watch out for left over yellow snow.

Take care all

Tim

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone. I'm Mike Johansen from Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. My wife and I are new to garden railroading. I myself have been a model railroader for many years in HO scale. As some of you already know we bought a 'G' scale train off of ebay. Not too bad, a New Bright. Yeah I know.Thanks for the helpful advice. We now have some solid brass LGB track on the way. and on Friday we picked up a Lionel Thomas the Tank engine set that my wife wanted so she could set it up for our grand daughter. Uses G scale track. Sounds a little off, but what the hey, as long as she's happy.
That's about all for now, it's 3:50AM and time for some shut eye. Probably be a few days before I check in again as I work night shift on the road as a truck driver.

[CandCRR]

Walked in the back yard today wearing a light jacket, and only sunk in and inch or so where the grass was not still covered with snow or our vernal pool. Spring is usually 40’s and 50’s F. and mud around here. So it must really be spring now.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Spring??? What's that???

Just 140 miles up the beach from Jack and yesterday heavy rains all day with strong 30 - 45 mph Easterly winds, today blowing 25 - 45 out of NW and barely 45 degrees F.

Still waiting for a day to get started on getting RR in shape, probably gonna have to waste a good day cutting grass when one finally gets here!

[tangerine-jack]

Yeah, what happened to spring???????????? Yesterday was in the mid 70's, very nice blue sky, I was out laying track (finaly!) and having a great time, now today it's barely 50 and windy. Almost got blown off my motorcycle going to church this morning. Oh well, such is spring..................



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[underworld]

Ok ok.....spring WAS here! [:p] low 40s today and wiiiiiiinnnnndddddyyyyy !!!!![:p] Supposed to be back in the mid 60s by Tuesday! [:)]

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[TurboOne]

Good Morning all,

Glad you wife is doing better Ben. [angel]

Matt, sorry you missed the show, but congrats to daughter, 18 is always a big deal.
And you got more SnowHIO ??? Brrrrrrrrrrr...

Vic, no wind today, last few days feel like SoCal weather.

Take care all,

Tim

[Anonymous]

Morning all, pretty depressed about not going to the ECLSTS[V]. Always next year. My 2nd down from the top and 3rd up from the bottom daughter turns 18 today! 2 down 2 to go[:p] but in reality your never really done are you. After a 50 to 60 degree week I'm watching snow out my office window, welcome to spring in Ohio.
Ben, glad to hear the Misses is doing better, wish I could have came to the show. Sounds like you scored well there on the deals[:p]

[Anonymous]

TO all my wife is home and doing a lot better, i got to the ECLSTS ,my daughter keep a eye on my wife , while i went, i got the show special an R S 3, A 100 TON HOPPER, a caboose that has lights and smokes all 3 for the price of 200 dollars the road name was western maryland ,and i got some needed things ,also i saw Bachmann cars , that were nice looking for 15 to 20 dollars each and then their was some high price stuff to,, all in all it was a very nice show, met marty , and some other forum people. i had a good time . BEN

[vsmith]

See what happens when ya post without reading to the last one...Missed your post Ben,

Hope your wifes OK and that you can still make it to the show.

Matt, sorry to hear you wont make the show. If its as big as the west coast show, then its a definite must see!

[TurboOne]

Ben, your wife is in our prayers, what is her name and at Bible study I will add her and you to our prayer list.

Heading to Sea World, today have a great day guys.

Take care all

Tim

[vsmith]

Well yesterday I logged onto AOL to find that I was high bidder on an engine I bid on Evilbay. One it arrrives I will be the proud owner of an LGB Chloe, which is the ONE engine I have wanted for years now. I honestly didnt think I would win it as the bugger's usually get top price even on Evilbay. Hope it gets here soon.

One a sadder note I have decided to scrap the older Aristo FA1 I have, although I plan to try and cut it in half and create a more whimiscle engine out of the front part of it, an FA 1/2 so to speak. That and I decided to scrap one of my older Big Haulers that has finally given up the ghost and stopped running. Oh well, I really need the parts for other projects.[8D]

[grandpopswalt]

Ben,

Very sorry to hear about your wife's illness. We'll keep in our thoughts as we wish her a quick recovery..

Walt

[Anonymous]

Ben, Hope the misses is a O.K. Thoughts and prayers with you and her.

Doubt I'll make it this year, I need to do better planning next year[V]

[Anonymous]

matt
any thing new on coming in to show, i'm hoping i get their , i had my wife in the hospital for 4 1/2 hours last night. she is having problem with her left lung , so i hope i get their not sure yet BEN.

[TurboOne]

Bens pics are great. Congrats on two stars Ben. [4:-)][4:-)]

Vic I am mowing today, making front look good, back managable. Watched my G go in circles, someday it will do more. Same with the O. Although it goes in squares.

Getting another HO engine today, $40 for a steam, don't know what kind yet, and another DD45. That will give me 3, hopefully I will convert 1 or 2 to DCC.

Underworld, stay warm, keep up on spring weather.

82 today guys, what a day for lawn work. [8D][8D][8D][8D][8D]

Take care all

Tim

[Anonymous]

underworld
E-MAIL ME with your E- mail address through garden rail roads and i'll send you pictures of my RR, i can't post pictures on the forum , ben

[underworld]

Spring is here in NW Ohio....at least for the rest of today! [:p] Up to 65 today....
but about 50 all weekend.....back up to mid 60s Tuesday!!!!!
Have a great day all! [:)]

underworld

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

[vsmith]

Tim, some wind tuesday, nice weather finally.

Spent all last weekend clearing out the backyard, no more 5 foot tall Deadly Man Eating Triffids back there anymore, got about 10 bags of yard waste to get rid of now. Can start planning to fini***he outdoor work I had expected to do this last winter before all the $%#^ rain fell for 4 months straight! Gonna be a busy spring!