Good morning!
Toast with butter for me this morning, just a quick bite for me today! Thanks Chloe!
TMarshRyan- Didn't we have a constipated cat in here a little while ago? Nope haven't herd from Garry. I hope all is well, the spider bite sorta kinda has me a bit worried. Oh I see he's stopped in. Also haven't heard from Galaxy.
Ryan- Didn't we have a constipated cat in here a little while ago? Nope haven't herd from Garry. I hope all is well, the spider bite sorta kinda has me a bit worried. Oh I see he's stopped in. Also haven't heard from Galaxy.
Yes Todd, in fact I am taking her (Kitty) back to the vet this morning for some more procedures, she is still leaking blood and has been relegated to the front porch for now. Not easy giving her meds either I might say, the pill is hard to swallow and the bubble gum flavored antibiotic is not what I call her favorite flavor, maybe fish flavor would do well!
Jerry, congrats on the 20 pounds!
nik.n, sorry about your step uncle, thoughts and prayers for you and the family.
Ohhhh.....Teen Steam Fan is getting some sauerbraten in the Diner! First time I made that dish was at the culinary school for and Oktoberfest celebration and Chef Gunter Preuss was giving us the recipe and preparation steps. Love that stuff, now I may have to make it again soon!
Joe, sounds like a great adventure on the boat....Cuba and all! Actually, I sail too, just wish I had a sail boat now.Did a few overnight trips on Lake Pontchertrain in LA many moons ago...
Der John, glad to see you survived Bill! And that tar trailer is something special too!
Off to the vet now with Kitty! ...
Opppppsssssss........belly up folks! Breakfast and lunch are on me today. Been some time since I got the TOP honors!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
I'll have the steak and eggs this morning.
Good morning.It's 69 and cloudy. The high will be around 90 and there's a chance of rain.Good thing I got the grass cut Tuesday because we had a line of freak thunderstorms yesterday that just popped up out of nowhere. My mother and I had gone to Burger King about 10:15 yesterday morning and it was mostly clear. Within just a few minutes it clouded up and suddenly it looked like late evening. A couple of minutes later it started pouring down rain. We got a little over an inch in about half an hour. The only layout work I got done was to make the edge of a cloud more rounded. I really didn't feel like doing much. Recently I order two of those 'Windshield Wonders' cleaning brushes you see advertised on TV. What I got in the mail were two boxes labeled 'Glass Wizard'. They look a little different from what's presented in the ad. I'll find out how well it works when I clean the inside of my cars windshield. I gave the other one to my sister so she won't have such a hard time cleaning the windshield of her Honda Civic Si. You almost have to be a contortionist to pull that off. Maybe today I can get more layout work done.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/27/2009Wind Chill: 69°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 65°FSo Far TodayHigh: 70°FLow: 69°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNEToday High: 90 with a heat index of 101. Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. South winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 70 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
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, Coffee and a sweet roll please. Too much Spam yesterday.
High today 83F with a 30% chance of scattered T-storms. Currently it's 70 F with humidity at 88%
Not much going on in the RR world today. Mom day then work.
Ryan- I hope all turns out well for Kitty. As to the fish flavored meds, we used to give Missy, our dog, worm medicine that was chewable and had a beef flavor. Monthly medicine day was a breeze. We have since changed to something else with a guarantee and does more with one pill, but the point is, if one can do it, why can't the rest. Now, though it's not exactly enjoyed, Missy will sit there and let you shove theses pills down her throat. She liked the beef ones better.
Jerry- Congrats on the 20 lbs and prayers for Sallie. I have not forgotten what it's like to be in constant pain.
Jeff- I have ceased buying anything that is as seen on TV. So far the only thing that has worked as described is...... No not that, um...... I'll get back with you. Don't wait up.
Have a Great Day!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning
We're dull today---very dull. High will be sitting at 19C and will go to a low tonight of 10C. Currently we are sitting at 11C. Oh, did I tell you we are under a cloudbank? And therefore dull?
Got some more bents made up last night--knocking them off like an assembly line here- Of course--little "Spring" has to headbutt them as well----he's our stress tester here-LOL!!
Today will be running around doing the library thing as well as doing the grocery getting thing as well as---well, you get the idea.
Chloe, I'll have a large coffee and a toasted bagel please---I'll be at the RC.
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Morning Folks, Hope all are well... I know I haven't been here for a while. Time seems to evaporate this time of year.... especially this year.
Skipping breakfast this morning, have an "inspection" with the Dr. this morning.
The heat seems to be abating for a few days. The train area has been much too hot to work in. The work room has no AC and the attic, well, it's an attic. Maybe this willl give me incentive to get back to the MRR stuff.
Been super busy at work and the family issues finally seem to be coming to a close. The great state of New Jersey agreed that we don't have any hidden assets or Van Goghs laying around so we don't owe any estate taxes on our meager holdings. When all is said and done, the 3 of us get to split the remaining $25,000.00. At least I can pay for school and graduate. The lawyer already got his $14,000.00...... To be honest, the work he did do saved me a lot of time and grief.
Hope to check in soon, Eric
Good Morning All...Its sunny and 77 here this morning we had some foogy..Weather guesser on TV says high by Sunday will only be 71 kinda sounds like we may have an early fall..Thanks for the prayers and thoughts for Sallie they are going to run more test as soon as they can at hospital..I still havn't had much time to work on trains..I blew a tire on my old power chair first time that has happened since I got the chair..Tire guy here in town is airing it up ..its a slow leak and he is posta come this morning and put a new tube in it.hope that holds it..Hooveround says I should have my new chair in 3 or 4 weeks but that seems kinda fast for Medicare to get things done..You all have a good day...Jerry
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry buckweat pancakes with NYS dark amber maple syrup. Please and thank you! I'll go sit in the front booth so I can watch everything going on out in the yard.
City is back this morning with a backhoe, a small roller, a hand roller and several rakes and shovel and other instrument of deee-struction to do some w**k on the project across the street. Now I am guessing that they are going to be installing a catch basin to lower the lake in the nieghbors lawn every time we get more than a sprinkle...... Right now there are 5 workers who are not doing any. Every once in a while one of them points to something and says stuff while the others either stand there or lean on something..... Should be an interesting morning!
Ryan, ask your vet for something called "Pill Pockets". They come in several flavors and come in at least 2 sizes (one for cats and one for dogs). They can make pill time for a cat much, much easier! I had to give my mom's old cat, Sheila pills daily for the last year and a half of her life and the pill pockets were great!!! You simply wrap the pill in the pocket, squeeze the pocket shut, and give it to the cat as a treat. Most cats will take the pill without problem. (Of course, cats being cats......) Dogs swallow them so fast that the they have no clue they just took a pill! It makes a lot less stress on a sick animal as well. There are also some pharmacies that will make a Tuna flavored liquid for getting medications into cats. If you have a Medicine Shoppe near you, they will do that. Trying to medicate Manét when he had FUTS several years ago was no easy task. Even the vets had trouble. I went to pick him up once when he had almost died because of it and they gave me a packet of pills.... I said, "Yeh, Right!" The vet laughed and said, "We know, he just had his pill! There is one very big, very ticked off cat in the back room right now." It took 2 of us to get the liquid down him, but he at least got medicated! Hope the cat can recover!
Oooooo, a dump truck just showed up with hotpatch, work is again under motion.......
Thoughts and prayers for all who who are in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon. Give me the cheesburger basket, with a sweet tea.
Well I'm finishing up a boxcar, which I will post later. I also have to do what Barry is doing today......Grocery shop .
Got my check today for jury duty. $17.50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can put that down payment on my new yacht .
Der John........Your project is really coming along. Very nice.
Nik N...........I'm also sorry for your lost.
Jerry........Thats bad about your tire, but at least something is being done.
Ray.......I would love a job like that. Five watch and one works. Of course I would be the one working .
I will get some pictures of the boxcar up later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Had to take my mother to the diagnostic center this morning for a CT scan. It was going to be about an hour before they got around to her so I went to BJ's Diner for breakfast. I was in very good appetite. I had steak and eggs with hash browns and pancakes. The steak was an 8 oz sirloin and the 4 pancakes were each the size of dinner plates. Now that's my idea of a good breakfast.
Morning all. Chloe, is it too late for some french toast? Thanks.
Not much going on today, mostly just hanging. Might head up the beach if these clouds ever clear.
Ryan, actually, I was pretty close to Cuba. At the Southernmost Point in Key West, you're 90 miles from Cuba, and 120 from Miami. My Grandpa has (had) a boat. He took it out of the water over 10 years ago and put it in our yard, claiming that it would end up back in the water. But that didn't happen, so it's STILL sitting in our front yard, and as I look at it this very second, it's a piece of crap. We tried to donate it to the Boat Angels, a company who takes boats and sells or scraps them and gives the money to charity. Even THEY wouldn't take it! That's saying A LOT about the condition of this boat.Let's all board the FAILboat!
Well, I'll be in the back booth waiting for the intermodal.
My Model Railroad: Tri State RailMy Photos on Flickr: FlickrMy Videos on Youtube: YoutubeMy Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives
Afternoon folks!
Robby P. Ray.......I would love a job like that. Five watch and one works. Of course I would be the one working .
I have to say that at the time, the "one" wasn't w**king either....... Actually as soon as the truck with the hot asphalt showed up, all of them were w**king their behinds off, so no complaint from here. I guess they have decided not to put in the storm sewer collection after all. What they are doing now is just a good repair of the edge of the street. They put in several inches of large stone asphalt today and rolled it. I would assume they will be back this afternoon to put in the finish coat. (Yep a truck just showed up....) To bad, I was hoping the guy across the street could get his water in the yard problem solved. They may do something to make the water move down the road and into the creek a couple of hundred feet away. (That is where the storm sewer empties anyway............)
Just got an email saying the layout won't get judged in September. Hopefully some time in October.... Oh well, that gives me that much more time to get everything ready.
Coffee in a large SOGGY SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
Lots of thunderstorms passing through today.
Hope everyone is doing well today.
Rob
Ray.....About a year ago the city was going around redoing the storm drains. No if they would do something with the pot-holes. Then this is PA.
Jeff......You always seem to eat good. All we have around here is your "choke and pukes". Maybe I need to take a trip to LA. Get some of that "Southern Hospitality" that I miss.
Here's a few shots of the boxcar.
Before:
After (side 1, and 2):
Well, it don't look good. Vet just called and said that Kitty has a prolapsed rectum that just showed up this afternoon.Waiting for Ben to get home from school and Monique is leaving work early so we can tell Kitty goodbye before they put her down.
Ryan, my deepest sympathy to you all. It is always hard to lose a loving pet. I will keep you all in my prayers!
***Ryan, that sucks! You and yours are in our thoughts and have our sincere sympathies. Losing a four-legged companion is always difficult.
Wife is attending the introduction of some new program being offered where her folks reside. If the nursing aspect of it doesn't cost too much, perhaps my wife won't have to make as many trips out there to check on them.
Trying to get motivated to head down to the train room. Kinda tuckered out today.
Ryan: Sorry to hear about Kitty.
Whoot, High school football tomorrow. Aiken High Hornets (my school) vs. our arch rival South Aiken Throughbreds (my girlfriend's school, lol). They nickname this game the Battle of Aiken (the original battle of aiken was one of the last confederate victories of the civil war). I think my school is gonna win, lol.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Ryan- I'm sorry to hear about Kitty. Pets are not pets but family members who have a more efficient way to get around. You and your family are in my prayers.
Here's something funny. The forecast info at the top of my screen says it's mostly sunny. I just looked outside and the sky is heavily overcast and I can hear thunder. Mostly sunny my eye!
Parmesan Encrusted Tilapia, please & thanks.
***Sawyer, does this mean you're a Confederate? I mean, if you want to win and History repeats itself, then... Of course I hope your team wins, although I really do like thoroughbreds. Use to have one here on our farm.
Raining on & off here this evening and looks like it will continue for some hours still. It's good for our pond and creeks.
Ryan: Sorry about your cat. Quoteing my grandma, "This month is a bad month to live in."
Ryan: Sorry to hear about your furry one.
Cederstrand ***Sawyer, does this mean you're a Confederate? I mean, if you want to win and History repeats itself, then... Of course I hope your team wins, although I really do like thoroughbreds. Use to have one here on our farm.
Either way Aiken wins, jsut pulling for then Hornets (AHS) over the thoroughbreds (SAHS)
Good Evening
Another showery day for us--seems that the weekend is still a go---so far One never really knows until that day---
Ended up doing all kinds of shopping of various sorts including new repair bill for the car. Dang headlights died.---no LHS trips either
Chloe, I'll have a RBF and a plate of fries as well please---gonna go sit in the corner booth by Duke here and pout
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll just have a hot fudge sundae and go and chat with Barry in the corner booth. maybe we can wake ol' Duke up so he stops that infernal racket that kept me awake last night.... So Barry, just don't drive it at night........ (Just kidding, really.... OW! sheesh what a mood!)
Well, I found out exactly what the city crews have been doing over across the street. They are not putting in a catch basin, but rather put a small ditch right in the street to carry the water further down the street towards the creek. They also put a hump in the driveway of the people across the street to stop water from draining into his lawn that way as well. Actually an inexpensive solution to his problems. We will see how well it works tomorrow night as they are predicting over an inch of rain.
Just got an email from my son Matt at Argonne National Labs. He has just had his 15 seconds of fame on ABC Chicago news. If you want you can see it here: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=6984009
He was telling me about the open house at the labs a week ago when we talked. Wish I lived close enough to pop in for a tour......
Ryan, my condolenses for the loss of your four-legged friend. Weather for today was fairly well spot-on, it rained with a few rumbles of thunder here and there, overall, just a good soaking rain. Tomorrow is supposed to a lesser chance of rain, but rain nonetheless. The GP40-2 project is going very slowly right now considering that its raining outside right now. I do have a question though.
Would there be any ill-effects if I were to leave the front drive shaft assembly disconnected from the engine, but left the electrical contacts in place? I know that I probably wouldn't have the same pulling power, but at least I wouldn't have to dig around and actually find a worm gear set-up and driveshaft.
I'll take a RBF and hang out in here with everyone else. Any comments would be welcomed.
Good evening...
Ray wants to wake up Duke. Good luck. If you razz Duke about his beloved PM Berkshire, he might stir. Hey! Look! There is Vinnie spraying grafiti on the PM Berk now!
Pittsburgh Tom...You mentioned the GE Little Joes. I recall seeing the South Shore Line's Little Joes in action in northwest Indiana. It's been a long time since then.
Barry..... Sounds like you have a Spring loaded stress test for your bents!
Der John... Your tar trailer is impressive. N Scale! Wow!
Jerry ... I hope Sallie's pain gets relief soon! You lost 20 pounds? You can find them on some of the chow hounds here.
Ryan ... Sorry about the loss of "Kitty". Our 16 year old cat, "Little Kitten" goes to the vet tomorrow, and I fear similar fate for her.
This was a sad day for Shelley and I. We went to the hospice to see our church friend with terminal cancer.
Also, I am working with my sisters to identify and recover major losses pertaining to my 90 year old mother being scammed. This is a really emotional experience.
I have not had any mrr'ing time in several days.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening..Just stopped in for a RBF before bed...
Ryan sorry to hear about your cat..
You all have a good nite...Jerry