pcarrell wrote: Ryan, we love the bird, don't get me wrong. She's great! But I'm working full time and going to school full time. Seems like I'm never around, ya know? My wife and children have Muscular Dystrophy and they are getting worse. They can't get the bird out as much or pay her the attention she needs, so the bird is upset and started to pluck herself. The situation isn't going to get better either, so in an effort to do what's best for the bird we found her a new home. She went there last night. It's a shame really, because we all loved her, but this is whats best for her.
Ryan, we love the bird, don't get me wrong. She's great! But I'm working full time and going to school full time. Seems like I'm never around, ya know? My wife and children have Muscular Dystrophy and they are getting worse. They can't get the bird out as much or pay her the attention she needs, so the bird is upset and started to pluck herself. The situation isn't going to get better either, so in an effort to do what's best for the bird we found her a new home. She went there last night. It's a shame really, because we all loved her, but this is whats best for her.
I know what you mean about time and working and going to school. I was in the same boat 6 years ago when I was working full time and going to night school, did that for 2 1/2 years to get my bachelors degree in IS.
Hope all is well with you and the family!
Take care,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Morning all!
Just some coffee Chloe! Thanks!
LilRob2005 wrote: Hey guy's. Just an ice cold coke for me. Please put my (the Leavings) family, the Dawson family and Nix family in your prayers. Mine and the Dawson family: My cousin by marriage (Dawson) was killed last night (07-15-06) in an auto-bicycle accident. He and his wife (my cousin) had just left my house heading home when it happened. Mine and the Nix family: My aunt's boyfriend's mother died less then an hour of my cousin's accident. Thanks for all your prayers. I'll sign up for msn messenger and join in on the chat. I'll let ya know when I do. Until later, Robert
Hey guy's. Just an ice cold coke for me.
Please put my (the Leavings) family, the Dawson family and Nix family in your prayers.
Mine and the Dawson family: My cousin by marriage (Dawson) was killed last night (07-15-06) in an auto-bicycle accident. He and his wife (my cousin) had just left my house heading home when it happened.
Mine and the Nix family: My aunt's boyfriend's mother died less then an hour of my cousin's accident.
Thanks for all your prayers.
I'll sign up for msn messenger and join in on the chat. I'll let ya know when I do.
Until later, Robert
Concider yourself and your family on my prayer list. I pray that God provides you and yours with that peace that surpasses all understanding.
inch, don't you worry about that! I've got that covered!
Ken, anything you want to ask, you go right ahead. You can Email me if you want to ask a little more privately. I did a lot of soul searching and praying before I did anything. If my experiences can help you in some way, I'm all yours!
Well, I've got to run.
Prayers for all, especially LilRob!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Good morning! How about a hot cup of coffee and a bowl of cereal with some ice cold milk, and a glass of Ed’s fresh squeezed OJ.
Finally got to work on the lawn this weekend, spent over 2 hours in the yard and did it wipe me out. The heat really got to me this time, or it is a product of getting older too. It had been two weeks and the grass was getting high in some areas. Why is it that the grass will not grow where you want it to, but takes over areas where you want it to stay out?
Went to the dentist on Saturday, had a gold crown re-cemented and the bi-annual cleaning too. Dentist said my teeth looked like I was chewing rocks, worn down and that I should stop chewing the pebbles. I have a bad habit of chewing ice, guess I need to stop that activity. Before you know it all I will be able to eat is pureed food. Smoothies are not too bad, but a nice thick steak is fun to eat every once in awhile.
So I spent about 2 hours in the train room on Sunday afternoon, cut the leading edge off the plywood to form a nice curved edge. Then I finished cutting the template for the next section of track to be laid.
I was tired this weekend, and just felt drained most the time, like all the energy is getting zapped out of me. I suppose that a doctor visit is in order soon. I just want to go back to sleep now too…
Not sure why, but the quotes feature is not working this morning in my preview of this post, so....
Jim, I am just about to put down some cork roadbed onto plywood sub-roadbed and have not quite decided how to go about doing it, at least in the adhesive to use the process for getting the cork to stay in place while it dries. What process and materials do you use for your cork roadbed?
Happy Birthday Alex! Any celebration plans for the BD?
Nigel, I am still in the track laying and wiring stage, but hope to have the DCC system hooked up soon. I will be sure to keep you all updated on the progress. You can always visit my website link below my signature to see the latest updates on my layout.
Welcome back TrainFreak aka Scott! I agree, the new forum is not as user friendly! Gonna take some getting used to I bet!
Hey Inch, nice pics, but what is that a field of anyway in the foreground?
Congratulations Ken on the new born there, how does it feel being a grand pa now?
Hey, PC, sounds exciting to be getting ready for the new house. But why you getting rid of the bird?
JP, sorry to hear about the vandalism on the car, that is always frustrating. Years ago we lived in a not so good side of town and my truck was vandalized on a number of occasions, really not a good feeling. I am sure it was really a shock since you are in a nice area. Looks like the kind of stuff teenagers would do late a night. Best of luck with getting it all straightened out. Thanks for sharing the video.
Robert, sorry to hear about that. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time.
Have a safe trip Gumby!
Welcome to the CS Ron!
Cheers,
Good Morning Zoe and everyone;
Coffee sure smells good, how about some grits, eggs, link sausage and biscuit.
I'm new to the neighborhood and will drop in from time to time for especially the coffee and conversation. Just retired and so far both me and the wife are enjoying it. We get to hang out and talk, like we did when we were first married 45 years ago. Kids (B &G) Both married and children of their own. It's rough for the parents of today. I would not like to raise a family in this day and age with all the changes they face.
Enjoyed the breakfast Zoe. So long folks.
Ron
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Mornin all, a short stack n coffee Zoe, since PC found his way back on top..
Won’t be much goin here today, plan on spending most of it in the AC. The last couple days bout has me down, I can’t take the heat well anymore.
KJ, congrads on the new addition to the family, a fine looking girl.
PC, you keep buyin new furniture, your not going to have money left for trains.
JP, sorry to hear bout the CFO’s car getting sprayed, who ever does that kind of stuff needs to be taken out behind the wood shed.
LILROB, sorry to hear the bad news, hang in there, we’re here for you. We’ll keep you an the families in our thoughts.
Got Jussy n Mac staying here fur two weeks, plan on putting their backsides to work some, and I’ve got Leroy n KC today too. Hope every one stays cool and has a gooden
inch
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Morning Gang: I am here at work having a quick breakfast before punching in. Thanks to Bill T. again for bringing in the donuts and putting on the coffee.
So far the only problem I'm having with the new forums is that I keep getting notified of replys to the coffee shop and any other post that I made a reply to. I'v gone into my profile and placed a no in the notifey of reply space. Every time I check my E-mail I have a dozen notifeys in there. So any way any help would be appreciated.
Lil Rob: You will be in my thourhts and prayers. That was sure a hard string to take.
Ken: I'll be in touch today. Again that presentation was great.
I'd better go and punch the clock. I'll see you all later.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
07-17-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All!
Coffee and a donut please Chloe, thanks.
Just stopped by before hitting the road again. Going to be in Austin this week, I may get a chance to check out some of the LHS. Of course it is suppose to be 150 degrees in the shade there so I might just hide in the room.
Be safe and have fun. See you on Thrusday.
Good evening gents. Well I re-upped my membership here, not sure that I like the new bells "n" whictles, but time will tell.
JP Sorry to hear about all that vandilism,never seems to be any sence to it at any point.
Ken M Congrats on the new arrival, looks as thouhg you will be spending more time and money at Toys R Us.
Well I'm not sure if John from NS has been in latley. Just wanted to thank him again for taking time out of his conference last week and meeting Heather and I at the museum, it was afun afternoon.. Well I'm off for now to see if I can make anymore sence out of the "new" forum.
Rob
Hey y'all...Guess what...Anyone here like Transformers???TRANSFORMERS: HEARTS OF STEEL is about our favorite Autobots and Decepticons back in the Wild West...And they are disguised as STEAM POWERED ITEMS! Well, some of them are at least. Megaton is a giant cannon...But it's cool nontheless. I got the first comic in the series today...John Henry's in it. All I can say is...It's about time they did something like this.
CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/hos.shtml
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Good evening gang, I was just passing thru so I thought I'd stick my head in. This is my first visit here since the forum moved to its new digs, it took awhile for me to figure out how to restore my previous 'trademarks'...
Paul, glad to hear about the new addition to your stable, I enjoyed our wireless chat this afternoon.
Speaking of new additions...KenM, congrats on becoming a GranDad!
JP - I saw the video and I feel Kristin's pain. Vandalism enrages me more than simple theft; a thief is merely selfish to the point of being indifferent, but a vandal's actions spawn from sheer malice. Hope somebody nails the ******* since apparently the local police aren't interested in doing so...
It's getting late, and I work tomorrow, so...g'nite!
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Good Evening Gang: Good news tonight, at least for Mary Ann. We had a cow that looked like she swallowed the Good Year blimp. We've been expecting her to have the calf anyday for the last two months. Today she had a little heiffer. It's a cut little thing, much smaller then her mommy looked. It's doing well.
JP: Being vandalized is bad enough but when the police don't seem to care, that's really bad. If you get them I've got a tree that was used a few times in the past for handling that sort of thing.
It's bed time and I need it. I'll see you all tomorrow.
Good Night All
Hello All!
Just a coffee please Chloe, thanks!
JPowell - Looks like the local police are not even going to try to find out who did it. Stuff like that just makes one mad and the cops attitude encourages people to take the law in to their own hands. Hopefully in spite of the police, the vandels will be caught, then the insurance companies can do their "thing".
The movie Cars was much better than I expected. My boys loved it. As a race car fan, it was great to see how close they came to creating a race track feel.
Need to get ready for my trip. Night all!
grayfox1119 wrote:Lets ee if Microsoft Internet Explorer Version "7" can respond correctly to this coding: DUKE [x size = 12] I love that Berskire !!! [/12 size]
Greyfox - Guess not???? And when I quoted this post of yours, all that showed up correctly was 'Duke'
All -
Fot those that would like to see the tv video clip of my CFO talking to the news reporter earlier this afternoon, here's the link:
http://www.9wsyr.com/mediacenter/?videoid=111229
Take care and enjoy the evening!
JP
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Good Afternoon All!
Just a coffee for me please Chloe. Thanks
Finally rested after all the late nights. Good to take my kids to see "Cars". They have been wanting to go for a while so since the time presented itself we going.
Talk to you all later.
Man, this forum is so weird...I'm having all kinds of trouble with it. I finally managed to get page 1125 to appear for me...So, Good Afternoon everyone.
Okay, I can see my avatar and signature now...But I should have an animated avatar...I'll have to tinker with that.
Paul: I had considered going into teaching at one point. I'm not really all too interested in it at the moment...Which is kind of ironic, because I have almost 100 SSL hours done by tutoring and teaching alone. The other 30 or so have come from miscellanious odd jobs and projects. It isn't completely out of the question at the moment, and I have plenty of time to decide whether I want to try it or not. Teaching 7th throught 9th graders how to make PowerPoint games and watching them progress in only a week was actually quite rewarding.
KJ: CONGRATS! She's a fine lookin' newborn. And she's of a great size as well. I was only 7 pounds and 11 ounces when I was born...And I think I was under 18", but uncertain. Glad to hear that everything with mother and daugther is going well. And now it is your duty as a grandfather to expose the little one to Grandpa's Hobby.
Okay y'all, I'm off. I have about half an hour before I go to work...And after we close, I get to help with inventory...Woohoo...Catch y'all later.
Good morning one and all, hope your all having a fine day, on the lord's day.Watched a great movie last night, the best i've seen in along time. The name of the dvd was Hostel and it is a good one, a little on the bloody , but man it is good.
OH YEAH!!!!!
All is right with the world now! I'm back on top!
You guy's know what to do!
Cox 47 wrote: PCarell.....Congrats on all that new furniture..The coffee shop will have to throw you a house warming.....May you and you family enjoy it in peace and good health...
PCarell.....Congrats on all that new furniture..The coffee shop will have to throw you a house warming.....May you and you family enjoy it in peace and good health...
Thanks, but that party is still a ways off! We don't move till sometime in Oct.
Good morning all......Made a early morning run to the store on my power chair and it is already very hot and humid here...Weather man said last nite its should feel like 105 today with the heat index..I am planning to spend the day under a/c.....My brother is coming down today he cut a groove in base of turntable to put the pit rail in...He is also gonna put the folding foot board he made back on my chair the service man put the one the factory designed on and its doesn't work near as well as his...and it took them over a year to make it...He made his using 2 barn door hinges he picked up at Rural King....I found a picture of a coal mine bashed out of a Bachman coaling tower it was HO but they also make it in N....if I can locate one I am going to try to kit bash one....
KJ...Congrats on the new Grand Daughter....Ain't Grand Kids great!
Well Mosie and Skeeter are watching Disney Channel and eating Capt'n Crunch and Pa-Pa toast....And the toast is almost gone so I'd better go in and fire the toaster back up...You all have a good Sunday....Jerry