NeO6874 wrote: dansapo wrote: NeO6874 wrote:'morning everyone.... it's COLD and WET here... I'll have a cup of coffee to chase away the cold...PC - I blame you for this weatherNothing much happening here. Just trying to survive another week, although tomorrow night will be fun - get to go to my first meeting of the MRR club up here . Hey NeO6874Are you going up to Willoughby?If so I'll see you on FridayHmm... guess I never rightfully intorduced myself here - name's Dan. Though you guys can keep calling me neo if you want....I'll be there tomorrow... provided my stupid hunk o' junk car decides to not die..again. Battery was dead last weekend, so I went to the local car parts place & got a new one (wow, they're expensive), replaced* the old one and took it back there. Drove it for about an hour Saturday just to be sure everything was working OK... and to be sure it was charged up. Had to run some errands on Sunday - OK everything is fine... went to start it this evening to see a preview of Fast Food Nation (boring movie... good thing it was free)... all i got was a click and the console lights got really dim...Took a few tries but it finally started..... hope its OK tomorrow... it's going to the dealer on Tuesday for an oil change (if ti starts... stupid car)... hopefully it's nothing major....*Don't get me started on how stupid the design for the battery compartment is..... if I was of age, there would have been a VERY stiff drink afterwards....
dansapo wrote: NeO6874 wrote:'morning everyone.... it's COLD and WET here... I'll have a cup of coffee to chase away the cold...PC - I blame you for this weatherNothing much happening here. Just trying to survive another week, although tomorrow night will be fun - get to go to my first meeting of the MRR club up here . Hey NeO6874Are you going up to Willoughby?If so I'll see you on Friday
NeO6874 wrote:'morning everyone.... it's COLD and WET here... I'll have a cup of coffee to chase away the cold...PC - I blame you for this weatherNothing much happening here. Just trying to survive another week, although tomorrow night will be fun - get to go to my first meeting of the MRR club up here .
-Dan
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LSWrr wrote:dansapo: What Scale is your model railroad club? Euclid here..
Evening all and just a real short one
Hey Duke, been missing you too!
to all the newbies and best to those on sick call and recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Well I was given an early xmas present my wife bought me a lionel standard gauge set it consist of an 8E engine and a 337 passenger car and a 338 observation car. 11 curve tracks only need 8 and 4 straight tracks. I ordered 2 - 36" tracks for it .
Well tomorrow have to replace stove the oven went out night before last. ( bought it used about a year ago so for $15.00 it did its job for the past year. ) heck this one I'm picking up tomorrow is like new only 2 years old but was only use on weekends at a lake house so its in good shape. but it will have to last 20 years to get the same dollar value out of it lol.
Well just got my assignments for this eveing from the CFO so I need to run. will talk to you all later have a good evening
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hi to all,
what's going on, just walked in the door from work. Good day most are but there are those where its a race to get home and into the basement,and onto the latest project. I jump around alot that way,never like working on the samething to many days in a row. Alot of times i'll just spent a hour or two just switching. I use to be a die hard Soo fan but now i run what ever i want. Soo,CNW, MIlW, IC, and my lasest is NYC, but only with lighting stripes.
Only have to work a half day tomorrow, thinking about going down to the boat and hopfully win alittle money playing poker. Was there 2 weeks ago ended up with more then enough to pick-up my new Kodak 650 and a 512 mem stick. Now I have to learn how to get my pics on here so i can post some that i took at the big show in Milwaukee last weekend.
I did stop by the weather stone when i got home, same as yesterday dry meaning no rain, cool to the touch say about 43, i could see it so its not foggy, it was moving alot more today so its alittle windy, the string was hanging staight down which means low humitity. Just so its not covered with ice that means freezeing rain and thats the worst.
Jeff, I am surpised you are able to hold a drivers lic. most times when you start blacking out your doctor pulls it. I lost a few guys at work because of this, but we have CDLs, their alittle harder on you if you have a CDL. Hope someday they maybe maybe they can find a cure for you.
Thats one of the great things with the Dems. winning big last week now they can hopefully very soon move forward with all stem cell research.
RT welcome back! you have been missed by all here.
grayfox1119 wrote: RYAN: Almost Friday, and a short week next week, hang in there !!!!!
Dick, I have a short one this week too, I flex out for tomorrow! Since I work 9 hour days I get to flex out every other Friday, and since we were off last Friday for Veterans day, and next Friday I will be off for Thanksgiving too, I aint workin' any Fridays this month!
Hey, Jerry, since you're buying, I'll have a chocolate malted please, Chole!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Morning all... Its another cold windy rainy day here...Its almost dinner time I'll have a Cheese Burger Onion Rings and a shake Please..Thank you...I had trouble getting in this morning I was'nt logged in when I tried Nothing worked ened up changing my name to Coxy 47 and it worked anybody else have any trouble...My brother-in-law came over yesterday and brought a cord to hook up my new printer..Nothing was wrong with the old one but it was out of ink a new ink cart cost 7.00 more than just buying a new printer...This toss it out out and replace it just ain't right....Ran some trians yesterday I am getting to pull everthing off the layout to ballast track in back and do some more scenery work....Gota get goin You all have a good one ...Jerry
pcarrell wrote: NeO6874 wrote:PC - I blame you for this weather Just tryin' to share the love!
NeO6874 wrote:PC - I blame you for this weather
Just tryin' to share the love!
SilverSpike wrote: Good Morning PC, Dick, and Paul!
Good Morning PC, Dick, and Paul!
Mornin'!
Hi Chloe, just some of that fruit over there for me please. Thanks!
Oh yeah, and a cup of too!
So, what's everyone up to today?
I'm just doin' the work thng and I'm going to try to get some schoolwork done on my lunch.
Weather is kind of nippy today (and wet)
And a shot of downtown Indy this morning looks like this.....
Just a hot cup of Café Joe for me this morning!
Ed says to tell everyone “Hi” and that the oranges are in full production right now, regular shipments of the “Fresh Squeezed” are still being sent our way too! He and Fran are doing well! Says he will be making a trip north for the holidays to visit family and LHS too...
Storms ran through here early this morning around 4:30 A.M., and the tornado warning was just lifted a few minutes ago. Drive into work was really wet and not too safe.
Cheers,
Ryan
Morning Gang:
Lee: I always thought that in the Coast Guard you didn't have to know how to swim. If the boat sinks you just walk to shore. Just kidding. I know that you guys and lades do a fantastic and at times dangerous job.
I'm back at work so I guess I'll get started with a cup of coffee and check the rest of the forum posts. See you all later.
it is going to be a nice day today. to bad i have to spend it in school. yuck!
for breakfast i want what jeff got
we had a nice time at the grand canyon. on the bad side my dads job search fell thrugh and our pos van broke down in the middle of kansas. i never belived it was as flat as people say, but it is. i could see for miles
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
GMT: It's gonna take more than a little wind and noise to get me worried. I have enough to worry about as it is.
Leesville, LA 71446 11/16/2006
Live Conditions 5:49 AM Fort Polk Wind Chill: 36°FHumidity: 68%Dew Point: 33°F So Far TodayHigh: 45°FLow: 43°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 14mph WNW
High: 60 °FLow: 35 °F
Today High: 60 Mostly sunny. Highs around 60. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 35 Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.
Bacon and eggs for me, thanks.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good morning ! from Indiana.
11-16-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning All,
Fresh coffee brewed and ready - I'll have a regular please Zoe. Mild again and not raining (at least not yet). We had a nice presentation at the museum last night with photos of the Berkshire from 67 on. Nice shots of the Berkshire Senic and Housatonic plus the last NH days and some PC and Conrail though the latter are hard to tell as in many cases only the road numbers changed, not the paint. Did figure out that the filter panels missing from the RS-11 I'm working on didn't just disappear. They were already gone in 1970 from most of the car bodies. Just the engine intakes remained filtered which also explains the 2 - 3 " of crud on the engine room floors now.
Jeff - I don't think anyone is advocating giving up, just staying careful. Even with everyone watching out for you at woirk we still worry about dizzy spells and falling. I assume you have some sort of flex time arrangement and by take it easy I'm advocating perhaps some more frequent work breaks just to give your equilibrium a chance to catch up. Keep active and involved, just don't push yourself to the point where you get hurt. Just reading about the storms outyour way. Glad to see you were ok after.
Dick - sounds like a full day for you yesterday. Hope your DIL's surgery went ok. My mom always said the best thing about grandkids was that they eventually went home and she could relax a bit. Yes, younguns' can be a full time job.
Paul - that's one of the adventures of becoming "more mature". You walk into a room and for the life of you, can't remember why. It's always fun when whilst looking for something you've misplaced you find something previously misplaced.
All for now work beckons. Found out yesterday the steering rack on the Lotus was 5" too long so we're now in the middle of shortening it. and lengthening the tie rods. Always something. CUL,J.R.
The faster I go the behinder I get.
Hoople wrote: Wassup. Sorry I couldn't make it for a while... Nothin really new over here... I don't have homework today, so I'll stick around....
Evening Gang: Well I made it in tonight but I don't know why. I'll try and figure it out later. Not much going on otherwise. I did alittle on the mine head today. I think that I'll give it a coat of primer tomorrow. That usually shows up the places that need work.
I'm going to head for bed. Since the time change it seems that it's later then it is.
Good Night All
Hey, with my family's history, I understand what you're saying Jeff. Really I do. But sometimes when your body is trying to tell you something it's just wise to listen, you know?
I'm not advocating giving up, but I am saying that sometimes it's better to rest so you can fight another day, that's all.
I actually had a pretty good day today. Even though I had some dizzy spells that ended up with me against a wall or on the floor wondering what the * happened, I got all my work done by 3 pm.
As for backing out and giving up and staying home feeling sorry for myself, I don't know how to give up, I wouldn't know how to go about it because I'm not that kind of person. All my life I've had to deal with my disabilities. I learned early on that I have to keep a positive attitude and tackle each new day as a new challenge. Through the years, many people have used me as a role model for their loved ones who have disabilities. If I could go out and do things for myself, there's no reason that someone who has fewer problems than I do can't do the same. Admittedly, there's not much that I can do as far as a job is concerned. But that doesn't stop me from setting goals and achieving them. Over time I have become an example of what a person in my position can do to help themself to the options that are available. I'm not going to let my problems stop me from achieving the goals that I set for myself.
I could have decided to just sit at home and think that I can't get anything done, so why bother trying. But I want to do for myself, as however I can. If that means working for minimum or near minimum wage in a wood shop that employs the disabled, so be it. It's honest work and an honest days pay and I set a good example for my friends and neighbors. Many of the fire fighters in the volunteer dept I'm a member of think that I'm a very special and determined person to keep pushing on the way I do. And I'm going to keep pushing on, ever forward, for as long as I can.
If anyone is thinking about giving up simply because they find it harder to get around or they can't stand or walk without some kind of difficulty or they have severe learning problems and can't easily learn new things, these are problems that I've dealt with my entire life and I will not let them stop me. Don't let them stop you, either.