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Morn' All [8D] Well our Overtime that is on/off/on/off/on/off/on/off/on/off/on is now off again. I do wish I could find that "coin" our management must be flipping and drop in down the coke machine (it is quite the bandit it is [:(!] ) Guess what? [?] I bought a can of biscuits tonight (this morning at 2 am). I have "talked" myself into a nice breakfast of homemade sausage gravy with some canned biscuits. [:D] [;)] [:D] [:p] [:p] (Sorry Paul [;)] ) It might be about 10 am before I have breakfast since I eat late (after work). Fergie [:)] We have "holders" at work, for our soldering irons. They work much better than your lap. Try it, you might like it. [}:)] [;)] <Jim is running for cover [;)] > Noah [:p] Now that I think of it there is a nice booth over in the corner (Depot Dinner and Coffee Shop). You can bring your transfer caboose and Scott's turbine can pull it around the layout in the dinner. (That is if I don't have my Spectrum Mountain pulling some Frisco heaveyweight passenger cars. [:p] ) Going to Austrailia . . . you lucky dog you. [:p] Mitchell Legg ( GDRMCo ) lives there. You might email him as he is about your age. Also there are at least two other forum members I can think of from there. You might post a thread about going there and ask about railfan places. You might be able to actually meet some of the forum members who live there. That would be a nice trip. Just remember to keep the car windows up as that first mud puddle is kinda deep. [;)] John [:D] About floor furnances . . . I am not sure they are even made anymore. But the principle of operation is basically convection heating, the floor furnace is usually installed in a smaller home as it does not have a fan to force the air anywhere. It is installed below floor level with a "grate" over the furnance. It works on a thermostat just as a forced air furnance would but remember no forced air, convection heating. When it is "on" you cannot stand on the grate as it is way too hot. Duchess is now 2 years and 4 months olds, and I had to block the "hall" where the furnance is because she was bad (when younger) about pulling the blankets off the bed and dragging them around the house. So you can see that under certain circumstances that it is a real fire hazzard. I don't have a basement but under some of the house I can somewhat stand up. The hot water heater and floor furnance are both in that area. I hope this gives you an idea of what it is and how it works. It is "fired" by natural gas. When I was little I remember seeing the "coal bin" under the house where my grandma lived. There were still some very tiny pieces of coal and a lot of coal dust in it. However she had stopped using coal to heat with years before I was "there" [;)] . Bob [8D] I am glad you are now home safe and sound. I know that after a trip of that duration you must be tired. I don't know if you heard about it or not but we had a tour bus wreck near the Arkansas Tennessee border that killed 15 people. It was a family owned tour group (only had the one bus). The owner was home in Chicago but his wife and brother (I think) were on the bus with the brother driving. They were headed for one of the casinos for the weekend but the bus failed to negotiate a curve and left the road. I thought of you and your business when I heard about the wreck. It also reminded me of the saying, "There but by the Grace of God go I." That might not be exactly the correct saying but I think it conveys the appropriate thought. Well the rain has stopped. We had some sun this afternoon and the temps were in the mid 60s. If you stood in the sun it felt nice and would have been a good day for outdoor work. Now it is 3 am and about 53 degrees. Our forecast is calling for temps in the 70s again. I will clean out the floor furnance but am not sure about lighting it just yet. I do have a small electric heater which I did use last night. It takes the chill off of one room and is better than nothing. It also has a small compartment for water so I can add humidity to the air, which is a good thing for winter as the heat dries out the air (and skin). Well Duchess is giving me that "I am lonely" look so I guess I need to give her some attention. Everyone take care (and stay warm). Signed Chilled In Arkansas [B)]
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