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 Good Morning, Everyone!Zoe, some coffee in my LKAB mug and a bagel to go with it, please. I´ll be at the window watching the switcher switch whatever it has to switch, while I wait for the gang to drop in.Folks, it is a wonderful day! The doc came in yesterday evening and  told me that I could go home, all the values and checks were just fine. I called my wife and she picked me up (or shouldn´t I say it this way?) So I am at home now. Can´t really move around choppin´ trees, but all I feel is a little pain in the chest. While the doctor´s kept me knocked out, I had this strange dream. The surgery did not go well and there I was, at the gate, requesting permission to enter. St. Peter looked in his book, but did not find my name. You are not in my book, he said, but as you are already here, tell me, what have you made out of the life given to you? I told him that I worked hard, built a house, planted a tree, raised a family, but the focus was on work. St. Peter answered, that this is not what he wanted to know, he wanted to know about my life, my happiness, my sadness. Step aside, he told me, while I think about what to do with you. Next in line was an old man, who told St. Peter, well, I am dead now. I am not sorry for this, because I had a fulfilled life. I enjoyed all the gifts the Lord has given to us - the beautiful girls, the good food, the wine and the sunshine. I had a good life, for which I am grateful. Come on in, answered St. Peter, you are welcome! He turned at me again and said, "This guy has understood life, you - not yet!"  Finally, he concluded, that he cannot let me come in, that I had to go back, to find out what life is about.I really feel having been given a new chance for my life - to start all anew. Petra and I will do a lot of thinking on how to make best use of this and if you allow, we will share our thoughts with you - to be followed by a supply of Petra´s special Strudel! [C=:-)]Bama - that track plan of yours is looking great - lots operation! Good work!Hope to see pics of it here soon! PC - GREAT bike! Looks like an Indian, but I am sure, it isn´t , is it? Could not check on the beard, though, as Photobucket would not enlarge the pic. I had a beard until a year ago - just to compensate the lack of hair a little more up north [:D]. Might start to grow a beard, again...  Philly Bill - being a full blooded model railroader requires a certain dry humor and sarcasm to put up with some of the "challenges" of our hobby. It is this "Has anyone seen the soldering iron - ouch, I found it" - thing. Monty Python, actually my personal favorite, is the epitome of this type of humor, closely followed by a former BBC TV show called "Allo, allo" with my favorite character Herr Flick saying "Ve hav vays of making you talk!" Jim - I will have a word with Vinnie, Vinnie? - about a constant supply of Strudel - it´ll keep Petra busy and out of mischief!Ray - that "dead" tunnel looks just great -  a real scenic high light. Reminds me of the Hagermann tunnel on the former Colorado Midland RR.Barry - you are into teaching now ? Congrats! I always wanted to do that, but unless you are a former politician, like our Mr. (?) Joseph Fischer, aka Joschka Fischer, of the Green Party, who received a call to Boston University, you don´t have much of a chance to share your experience with the younger ones. Fischer made some career - from hurdling rocks at policemen to secretary of state to professor... [:-^] Have a good one!
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