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

[van buren s l]

John
I hope your wife is on the mend and can return home soon. Be prepared to do some pampering. My wife had some surgery a couple of months ago and had to take it easy for several weeks.Some how she survived my cooking! I know you are anxious for her to come home but be prepared to put the trains on hold for a while.
Bob

[Anonymous]

Hi all
I think I have worked out a way to seperate your good wishes from the rst will do that tonight and will be delivering them to Cath on the weekend, will talk to you all when i get back.
Dont descus anything too interesting while i am away.
Vic when I get back and have found the Metro Cammel Trolley style coach drawings will see how they scan I will have to soet that out when i return or when Cath is allowed home it will be big trouble in little china[B)]
regards John

[TurboOne]

Happy St. Patrick's Day !!!

to all

Hope this St. Patricks day finds everyone having a great holiday.

Lots of green all over the kids school today.

We had potato's and cheese today, but not green. Oh well

Off to work, have a great day guys.

Tim

[vsmith]

Didnt get a chance to say it ealier, but ...

Happy St Patrick's Day

to all those of Irish descent out there. [:D]

I'm Scots-Irish-English-Swedish descent. The Scots and English parts of me are always fighting, the Irish parts just want to party and the Swedish parts are calming enough to keep the other parts in line[;)]

[underworld]

Hello John, Best wishes to Cath and you from Toledo, Ohio. TurboOne has the right idea, just copy and paste the messages you want.

underworld

[Anonymous]

NICE out today , i was out checking the garden RR , i got to rebuild a bridge, add alot of ballast , the winter was hard on the ballast this year. the bridge is 3 ft long, that will be a few days work, need some split jaw clamps ,well i got to get busy makeing a new bridge . .BEN

[TurboOne]

Vic, in December I pulled and killed the 5 footers. Now all I have are sprouts, and they got sprayed this last weekend. Have 1 4 footer that survives, so he is getting pulled today. Hill is too wet for track so just a loop on the patio. Oh well, wait til spring. When did you think SoCals would say that. At least my ground hasn't shifted, knock on wood.

Tim

[vsmith]

I'm getting worried, some of the weeds in the backyard are getting very large and are beginning to look like deadly man-eating Triffids!!!!!

[vsmith]

Tim

I 'm having to take time off from work this friday just to get the [censored][censored] yard cleard up. It rained last Sunday, the only days I have free to get things done always are rain days. Spring, where are you?

[TurboOne]

Good morning all,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Bought some LGB track this week, to start my outdoor layout. Just putting a loop on the patio for now. More rain coming this weekend. Was going to put on the hill on the backside of yard, but it slides when it rains. Guess I am going to have to do the retaining wall thing to keep it in place. Can't put track on main yard, only place dog doesn't use is the swamp part of yard. Can't wait until we get back to normal SoCal weather. At least the house is OK, some condo's in town are sliding down their hill, and the people are evacuated.

Take Care all

Tim

[TurboOne]

John,

You can copy the messages using ctrl-c, and paste them into office or whatever WP program you have usig ctrl-v. Do them one at a time. Then you only print what you want.

Tim

[Anonymous]

John, glad to here her spirits are up! Thoughts and prayers still with you both!

[Anonymous]

Hi John,
I've tried a few ways of printing just one message but to no avail, it looks like you have to print the whole page. Go to a page, I tried page 8, hit print and it will print that page, headers and all. Best wishes to you both.
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

Hi all
Just a quick line to let you know Cath is in good spirits.
And was a little surprised about the good wishes coming in from around the world.
They brightend Cath's day no end.
They have also helped me no end in a dificult time.
I spoke to my boss today and he is sorting things so i can take off on an open ended leave form.
So important question from a computor higerant
Is there a way I can select the good will
messages and print them or do I have to print tne whole topic??
As I would like to take your good wishes too Cath when the boss has squared away my disapearance from work
regards John

[aljay]

John,
Sorry to hear about this. Thoughts and best wishes to you and Cath. And a speedy recovery.

AJ

[powlee]

John
My very best wishes to you both and a speedy recovery to Cath.

Ian P

[Anonymous]

Very sorry to hear about this John.Let's all hope for a happy outcome.
Best wishes,Troy

[Anonymous]

Thoughts and prayers are with you and yours!

[grandpopswalt]

John,

Our thoughts are with you and Cath, let us know how everything turns out.

Walt

[Rastun]

John,
Talk to us when you can. We'll be thinking of you and Cath here. Hope she gets back soon.

Jack

[vsmith]

Hope all turns out well, John. Come back when you can.

[TurboOne]

Good morning garden folk. Hope all is well.

John, Cath is added to prayer list at bible study.

You take care and keep us posted.

Tim

[Anonymous]

JOHN
HOPE EVERY THING TURNS OUT WELL FOR YOU PEOPLE , YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS. KEEP US UP TO DATE BEN

[Anonymous]

Hope everything is ok John & Cath gets home soon. Everyones thoughts will be with you and for you.
Kim

[Anonymous]

Hi all
I will not be as comunicative as I would normaly for a little while as Cath was Flown to Royal Perth Hospital This morning By the Royal Flying Doctor after having some kind of fall yesterday.
While I was away the trip got cut real short as you can imagine all I know at the moment is a broken wrist and severe bruising to the face the next door tell me she was found in the front garden leaning against the front fence.
I would be greatfull if those with religiouse beliefs would add Cath to their prayres
While I try and find out whats happening the medical fraternaty dont seem to want to tell me anything.
I spoke to Cath this afternoon and that has not really helped much.
but at Least I know she is still with it if you know what I mean
Not very happy at the moment I cannot even go and see her.
so I ask your tollerance for a little while
regards john

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TurboOne

HJ good luck on the race. Hope you survive.

Let us know how things come out.

Tim

Hi Tim et al

Thanks!
Only the good die young![}:)][;)] A fact that doesn't apply to TOC or myself. [:o)][:o)] Of course TOC is a bit closer, at least he has some "Good" in his name. [;)][:D][:D]

Well gang, it was an interesting race.

After the trace of snow on Friday, Saturday dawned clear. Not a good sign for someone who had decided to do the 30km in Classic style.
I applied two coats of Klister grip wax, ironed it in and headed for the mountain, picked up my bib, stepped into the skiis and went for a try-out.
OK, wax is correct, but need more. Apply two more coats.

Race starts at 10 AM and off we go. Turns out there were 102 skiers in the 30km. I was in no hurry, since the skating crowd would leave me far behind anyway, but I had set myself a pace to stick to: 5:00 to 5:20/km which should get me to the finish in 2:40:00.
So far so good, the track is faster than blazes and I know the snow is very abrasive. So I double pole as much as possible, the downhill sections are super fast! I know the course like the back of my hand, since I skihost on weekends.

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, come km 13-14 a lot of my wax ist gone, by km 16 just about all my wax is gone and it is Plan B as I now get to tough it out to km 22, where I will get to re-wax.
There goes the time!!!
The downhills are still lightning fast, the real uphills are now tackled herring bone style, slight uphills I skate, on the (very few) flats I double pole (push with my arms and glide = it's the XC ski version of the "Armstrong" method.
I finally get to the liquids/food station by the lodge, my wife runs for the wax box, I rewax and about 10mins later I'm on the way for the last 8km. [;)][:)]

Sooooo, as expected I came deadlast in 3:12:39; but that's OK.

Oh yeah, today I was skihosting and got to apply the perfect wax to some peoples' skiis who absolutely wanted to go Classic.
Me? I used my skate skiis! I may be crazy, but not stupid! BTW they had perfect wax, not so sure it would have lasted for more than 12 km. [;)][:)][:D]

Of course this was also my first XC Ski race in 20 years. Next year I have no-wax skiis or I'm proficient enough at skating so I can hack the 30km.

[vsmith]

TOC

Bummer about the Cobra, put your sweat into a project only to see it get sold to the highest bidder. At least you have alot of memories and experiences from it.

[grandpopswalt]

Hi Guys,

Regarding the carrier America, from what I can gather, all of the usable and secret stuff was removed before she left Portsmouth, VA after her decommissioning in 1996. The recent photos I've seen suggest that only the hull and island are left, all the electronic and defensive goodies are long gone.

The tests and test site are being kept secret so there'll be no documentation of the actual sinking, and it will be done in deep, deep water.

I once calculated that as a commissioning crew member I was entitled to about 75 tons of steel in lieu of that wooden deck plank that was promised.

Walt

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Troy's got that right, my partnership once donated an ex USCGC to an outfit that was gonna make a museum/school out of her, and once out of our control she was sold several times and allowed to lay around and rot. last I heard some outfit down in FL bought her.

[Anonymous]

TOC
For what it's worth.With any saving /restoration project .--if you don't own it,then be prepared for complete and utter double crossing.
Whatever you may feel for me---I really do feel sorry for you.
My father has saved loads of vehicles from destruction.
It comes down to money at the end of the day!
troy