Cox 47 wrote:Jeff.....Saw you photo out on the thread....I have to say you are a bigger feller than I thought...If you don't mind me asking how tall are you? I was going by your photo you use to have on your posts and I guess you must have been setting down in tha photo?...
Jeff.....Saw you photo out on the thread....I have to say you are a bigger feller than I thought...If you don't mind me asking how tall are you? I was going by your photo you use to have on your posts and I guess you must have been setting down in tha photo?...
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Rob, only the 2 inner most rings count (the 4 & 5 point area) anything outside of that is considered a miss. This was a praticl pistol course (PPC) it requires a bunch of position changes, re-loads and your under the clock (about 1-2 sec/round). On the basic marksmanship courses I tend to score expert on rifle and sharp shooter on pistol.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Afternoon, Janie! I'll have a large root beer float, please.
and would you put these chewing gum cigars in a jar here by the counter, please? Blue ones, yep!
Diners, may I present Drew William, born at 2:49 a.m., April 6th, 2008 A.D., 8 pounds 1-1/2 ounces, and 21 inches in length (and for our metric-based Diners, that's 3.67 kg., and 54.61 cm.). Long fingers and fairly long feet, too.
and here's the future model railroader with his Mom (my daughter Sarah):
Andy (Drew's Dad) will be off this week from his job (elsewhere in the hospital), and Sarah's mother will be staying to help Sarah out, too.
Oh yeah, and Drew's a redhead, too (his Mom has some red in her hair, and Drew's (late) maternal great grandfather was definitely a redhead, too). Wish the pics were better, but I'm still getting the hang of my w**k cell phone's camera. Once the hospital posts their pics of Drew, I may post a link to that. They'll also be putting a pic of young Drew on the hospital's billboard (one of those digital ones, and in full color), so if I go home after w**k on this one route, I'll get to see an even bigger pic of Drew.
I found out that the contractions started off on Thursday, and Andy & Sarah made a total of three trips to the hospital, but until the last time, the contractions weren't strong enough (and Sarah wasn't dilated enough), so the hospital sent them home. Sarah and Andy were pretty insistent on the third time, and Sarah wasn't too bothered by the contractions (though they weren't fun) - until they broke her water per the Dr.'s orders (and luckily that was about when they were giving her the epidural shot. Sarah said she almost was able to go to sleep once the medication kicked in. She was pretty tired from all the contractions. Glad the young'un is here. And yes, of course I got to hold Drew and rock him for a while. Me? Proud GrandDad? Sure! Oh yeah, this was a couple of weeks early on the predicted delivery date. Sarah was a little early (less than an hour or two).
I'll be buying root beer floats for all the Diners who want one this afternoon, Janie. Set 'em up! Somebody call Sue and tell her, too!
Blessings from the new GrandDad,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Congratulations
GRANDPA JIM!
To the new little railroader.
Cape Jim, What wonderful news. I am so glad it all went well and everyone is doing fine. It is a great blessing when all the parts are in the right place and they are closer to full term.
By the way, I like red hair no matter what color it is.
I will sure take you up on the Root Beer Float, but I don't smoke so keep the cigars. I also don't want to hear that you have been smoking in that new car either.
Congratulations Buddy, do enjoy your Grandson, They are young for such a short time, so it seems.
Johnboy out....................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
***Grampa Jim, CONGRATS to Sarah & Andy & the whole family. And I will gladly take you up on the root beer float.
***Jeffrey, I'm in the same boat you are and honestly don't mind a bit.
Rob
CONGRATS Jim
evening all just a tea please hows every one?
my little angels are back and have seemed to forgotten what bins are already!!!!!!! lol
found a lift full of rubbish from 1 flat alone and it stank took 1 1/2 hrs to clean the building tonight so tea well deserved
Gav
p.s.
hope you're all having a better night than me so far
I thought that I would stop by for a RBF courtesy of proud grandpa, Jim.
Looks like a cutie. Congrats. Have fun with your new MRR buddy.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Congratulations, Grandpa Jim!!
Thanks for the root beer float!!!!
How about key lime pie and all the other good stuff?
It's celebration time in the diner!
Call the marching band!
Fireworks, too!!!!!!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Congratulations JIM !! From friends who are grandparents, I hear that it is even better than being a parent. You get to spoil them rotten and have none of the consequences! Yes, it is never too early for a Thomas set or indeed Thomas video so he will think a train is second to nature.
Well the weatherman goofed again here as it didn't even break freezing this week-end but the sun is so strong that it is melting anyway. In July when it is 90 degrees and humid with the air conditioning humming, it is hard to imagine it can get so cold here. What a crazy climate! It is strange how you can get acclimatized though. A few years ago we went to Borneo and after a few weeks the heat seemed OK and it was hot! We were 60 miles from the equator in the rain forest so the humidity was over 90%. We went to an Iban village, about 2 hours by boat and part of the welcome to guests is a dance. When it is done the guests are obliged to perform and as I'm still here my performance must have been OK. They certainly were laughing a lot. Iban by the way were headhunters who gave up the practice a hundred years or so ago. At least that is what they claim. I started out this paragraph on the weather and somehow I would up in Borneo. My apologies. South African wine is really quite good.
I'm still working on the scenery and find it slow going. Perhaps I shouldn't watch TV at the same time. I don't mind doing it and actually enjoy it sometimes but I can't seem to get fired about it. I went to the LHS on Saturday to order a couple of small items and get a set of grade crossing signals. Came home with another CN boxcar kit. It's part of my new motto; buy it when you can because they won't have it when you really want it. Good motto don't you think?
CN Charlie
CONGRATS! Jim, there's a railcar delivery out front for you and the family
There;'s a boxcar of diapers on it's way.
-Morgan
Evening Gang:
Great news Jim. He looks like a real keeper.
Gerry that was alot of dirt moving allright and again today. I still have maybe another day of it before it's done.
Lee that's pretty good shooting. Was that with a 9mm? What rifle do you shoot?
I'm really bushed again. I'm going to make this real short and hit the sack.
Good Night All
Congrats Jim glad to see your a grand pa . Hope al is well.
Not to much happening today talks to you all later
Oh yeah give me one of those bubble gum blue cigars and a rootbeer float thanks jim.
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Evening again, Janie - just a cup of decaf for now, please. Thanks!
last mountain & eastern hogger wrote: To the new little railroader.Cape Jim, What wonderful news. I am so glad it all went well and everyone is doing fine. It is a great blessing when all the parts are in the right place and they are closer to full term.By the way, I like red hair no matter what color it is.I will sure take you up on the Root Beer Float, but I don't smoke so keep the cigars. I also don't want to hear that you have been smoking in that new car either.Congratulations Buddy, do enjoy your Grandson, They are young for such a short time, so it seems.Johnboy out....................................
Hey, Johnboy, you missed part of my post - they're bubble gum cigars (not tobacco). So if you hurry, Janie may still have one of those left for you!
Thanks, everyone, for the kind wishes and all. Janie, I'm covering this page, so no charging Sue for the TOP tonight. Thanks!
For those who mentioned Thomas the Train, I think I'm going to start Drew off with one of those wooden train sets he can play with on the floor or table top. Well, he can play with it until Joey their dog (schipperke) decides it's her toy - and steals it. BridgeTom's cats have nothing on Joey if it's at a height that Joey can reach! Oh, here's what a schipperke looks like:
Paul, with all that dirt-moving, you might be on a less strenuous track with switching your efforts to HO instead of the 7.5 scale (no offense to any 7.5 scale people here). Otherwise you'll be too pooped from farm and the 7.5 scale to do anything else! At least with HO scale the landscaping and scenery uses less energy. Get a good night's rest!
Well, I need to send some emails out to other people with pics of young Drew (and his Mom). See everyone in the morning (and I'll see about settling my bill then, too, Janie. Thanks!
Blessings on your evening and the week ahead of us,
GrandDad Jim in Cape Girardeau
I'll have another root beer float and if there are any extras, a bubble gum cigars for the wife who is as fanatical about bubble gum as I am for coffee. mmmmm....coffeeeeeeee
Looks like I'm at 2/3rds of the way to that new Athearn BB. Was reading that thread on Challenger & BB sounds and I am wondering if I am going to be terribly dissappointed with that aspect of one, in particular for a DC only guy? Who here has the N scale version of either the Athearn Challenger or BigBoy and what do you have to say about them, in particular the SOUND? Hmmm, for the same price I could have an Atlas Shay PLUS a Proto 0-8-0.
Well, had a long day and I'm beat. Going to go veg infront of the boob tube awhile.
Congratulations Jim! I look forward to the day I can call myself a grandpa.
Mike that burger video sure is a great one! I enjoy that Sunday Morning show on CBS when I get the odd chance to see it, and Bill Geist is a real hoot, seems like he had at least 2 or 3 of those Moon Burgers.
TTFN,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Almost 3:00am. Decided if I couldn't fall asleep, I would play online. Watched some clips of (N) steamers with sound and I can't say I'm super impressed, although perhaps it's the quality of recordings on the clips? There was one with LOK sound that seemed pretty reasonable. Wish there was a LHS out here in the boonies I could drop in on and listen to some sound equiped locos in person. As long as they don't sound like those cheap plastic, battery operated Christmas trains that run on plastic track. (I like those around the tree, but sure wouldn't on my layout) OK, enough rambling.
cheque please girls
see you all tonight
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin, an irish coffee please Zoe
TODAY:
JIM CG,
Congrads on grandkid #1 [reminds me of our first one]. I'll give you the same advice I got "try not to spoil'em to much. I all ready know you won't listen to it, I didn't. Even with the cell phone pic, it'd still easy to tell ya have a might fine looking daughter n grandson. Oh, Mother baked a cake for ya'll.
GARRY,
You have to go back a lot of years to find a state map with Moon Shine listed, but it's still listed on the county map. I'm with you on Chicago, other than the museums n watching a Cubs or a White Sox game, I have no reason to go there.
DICK'
Haven't had as many burgers as ya think, maybe a hundred or so. It might not be to bad a place to meet, but the nearest motel is in Casey, [bout 11 mile north] and it's a 30 or 40-mile drive for any good rail fanning on the weekend. Sure hope your cold gets better.
RYAN,
Mother told me Geist came out n set with her and some of the other girls from work and said, "he's even funnier in person.
Best gets round, hope ya'll has a gooden, thoughts for all those in need
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Morning all!
Here in Central Indiana we're supposed to be looking at a beautiful day out there. 70 degrees and sunny! Too bad I'll be stuck in this office all day. Oh well, I had fun yesterday. We had my parents come over and we grilled out in the back yard by the lake. It was about 67 degrees and we just sat out there and ate, talked, and watched the sun go down over the lake. It was quite nice!
So today I'm doing the work thing, how about you?
Oh, and.....
To Jim! You're officially an old man now! (cute kid!)
Good morning everyone......the sun finally made an appearance here this morning and the temp is headed straight up fast on the monitor now at 41.1F, which means we will be in the upper 50's later today. Doggone headcold is still hanging ON, very stuffy sinuses, but no more sneezing. Election day here in town, 4 running for two openings for Selectman, and 2 for Town Clerk position. I hope we have a good turnout, we have around 5000 registered voters, but for smaller elections we only get about 2000 off their butts sometimes.
NOTICE FOR TONIGHT ON HISTORY CHANNEL:
The history of locomotives is being aired. The time is 8pm EDST , The HISTORY Channel, under the title of Modern Marvels. This is in High Definition also, so if you get those channels also, you can watch it in HiDef.
MIKE: Only 100 burgers ???? How far to you live from the place? 70F huh, I guess you will beat me again with your early planting, we just can't seem to hit the 60's yet this Spring!!
JEFF: What is this I hear that your picture is somewhere on one of the threads in the General Forum?
RYAN: Don't rush into wanting to be a Grandpa, because then you will be an OF too!! LOL
Ok, some layout plans to work....see you guys later....Chili for lunch I hear, with Cajon sauce.
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: What is this I hear that your picture is somewhere on one of the threads in the General Forum?
http://cs.trains.com/forums/1405613/ShowPost.aspx
in a SANTA FE mug, please & thank you!
***Dick, thanks for the heads-up on the show tonight. No fancy HiDef TV here, but I'll be watching just the same.