Happy Global Warming, everybody!
Flo.... Give Ray a double order of oatmeal on me, please. I'll have coffee and a donut myself.
GMTRacing Ken - Ryan is the 3rd Planit guru hereabouts. Even did a tutorial on the E-magazine. I have the program but haven't had any greater success than you. I still do my attempts at planning on graph paper since I still have my old drafting board and K&E drafting machine. Jeff - love those low light shots. Adds drama, Garry - I am to the point where I can try to clear the floor space to layout a perimeter for the new layout room. I'll enclose it like last time even thought we deported the cat to the neighbors (found it in the basement the day after the fire and it left like a shot). The neighbors fed it while we were in the rental and we agreed they'd formally adopt it. To tell the truth, I like it better this way expecially now that we have two dogs. CUL, J.R.
Ken - Ryan is the 3rd Planit guru hereabouts. Even did a tutorial on the E-magazine. I have the program but haven't had any greater success than you. I still do my attempts at planning on graph paper since I still have my old drafting board and K&E drafting machine.
Jeff - love those low light shots. Adds drama,
Garry - I am to the point where I can try to clear the floor space to layout a perimeter for the new layout room. I'll enclose it like last time even thought we deported the cat to the neighbors (found it in the basement the day after the fire and it left like a shot). The neighbors fed it while we were in the rental and we agreed they'd formally adopt it. To tell the truth, I like it better this way expecially now that we have two dogs.
CUL, J.R.
JR Let's summon Ryan about 3rd planet: .... Cajun Chef Ryan ..... There. Like magic, Ryan will see we are talking about him. Perhaps, he can talk about the tipic. Better yet, perhaps, he'll bring scrumptious goodies to the diner.
Jeff ... Thanks for telling about how you took the picture. Here's a good website on layout photography. http://sites.google.com/site/railphotog/ Bob Boudreau posts in the forum, and that's how I found out about his website. It helped me becuase my photo skils are not good. My photo in Trackside Photos of January MR is a result.
JR ... Glad you will be able to re-build. "The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train". I bet the model railroad bug is biting you. Glad your truck driver is being safe. Do you still have old layout pix before your house fire?
Ulrich ... I like that track plan, and I bet the MR bug is biting you often, too. .
Bama ... Good luck with the loco painting. Let us know how it is going.
Galaxy ... Bummer about the humidfier. I think just about everything has limited production these days.
Lee ... Sounds bad on I-90. Hope you can stay safe and warm.
Todd ... I still wonder about the roof on the MN football stadium. Designers must be like the un-civil engineers who designed our roads.
Robby ... Any new weathered cars?
GARRY
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mourning {creaking and groaning}. DId too much Saturday and paid for it yesterday and stillahve teh creaks and groanst his AM .
Getting tougher to do stuff. Went grocerys hopping yesterdaya dn unloaded the van and put the groceries away and was EXHAUSTED. Of course high moisture in the air did not help my breathing. ANd i have to do things twice as much or carefully due to my back.
Sir Madog Ray - have you noticed Ray´s Cookie Co. and Howard´s Groceries? Guess why I did that!
Ray - have you noticed Ray´s Cookie Co. and Howard´s Groceries? Guess why I did that!
Gee, and here you could have had "Galaxy Cookie CO." With the perfect advertising slogan "Our Cookies are Out Of This World!"
Maybe you have room for Galaxy BREAD Company next to Howard's groceries...same slogan "Our Bread is Out Of This World". Dunno.
-well Not sure what we are doing MOH gets some vacation adn personal time today that needs to be taken before the endof the year. WE may go help a friend with somethings {If I am nto too exhausted}.
-Gotta paint teh train board for under the tree...it is 42"x42" as close to 3/4" as I could get {it is 22/32" NOT 3/4"- a gyp if you ask me} and is it HEAVY. Gonna be white for snow. got the table teh tree is to go on mostly cleared off.
-What really burns me up is that about 6 years ago we bought a whole house humidifier adn now Lowes no longer carries teh wicks for them, or the COmpany that builds them no longer makes them. We also bought an Air purifier about 4 years ago, and are lucky if we can find the filters to go with it. WE were about to pay $79-99 for a new humidifier until we though about a smaller one we have and have wicks for and that they were still carrying wicks for so we dug it out to use at least for this winter. The air purifier may have to buy a new one...as it is hepa filters for it cost $39.99 and we only paid $50 for teh purifier to begin with . It's like printers and ink cartridges.
WEll gotta go now to see whate lse is here and call our friends to see what we can do.
Have a great day!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good morning. It's 26° here and sunny. The high will be 49°.Today I'll be removing the high spots from the drywall compound I put down on the layout a couple of days ago. It should be hard enough for that by now. Got my Christmas shopping done yesterday and only spent $112. I still have rolling stock to get rid of. The list can be found here. In a few days I'll be putting up a new list.
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Good morning All,
44F with the rain holding off for now. Even the weather guessers are unsure what we'll get as we have two lows competing for dominence over our area. I'll have a regular and a corn muffin please Zoe.
Ray - love the shot of the layout. When did you and Ulrich become partners and will the factory feature Petras' recipies ?
My truck driver is about two hours outside of Chicago this morning on his way out to Iowa with the rig to get it repaired. I spoke with him this morning and repeated that later and safe is fine with us. Willy said he'd lost count of the tractor/trailers laid over and cars in fields. We wouldn't have sent him at all except the trailer needs to be done for next season and this is the only time slot we could get.
Lots to do in the shop so I'd best be after it. Hope the rest of you are surviving this crazy weather ok.
Heartland Division CB&Q Jeff ... Your WPF photo with pedestrian bridge looked good, and I was pleased to see you got complimented for it.
Jeff ... Your WPF photo with pedestrian bridge looked good, and I was pleased to see you got complimented for it.
Well car started and is warming up as I type.
Ulrich Right now I am trying to figure out how to use the 3D Plan It program. Here I thought the RTS program was a pain to learn. If you know how to use the program, I will send you the file.
Off to work I go!
Ken
I hate Rust
Good cold/snowy morning.
We have about 2-3 inches right now, and I have no idea if we are getting more. Hopefully we don't get what Lee has!!
Almost all of my train show cars have sold. I have three left, and they are at the LHS. I'm glad I made the money back, and have some for Christmas and our wedding anniversary.
Today.........Shovel snow , maybe some layout work, and who knows!!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning,
Great S.L.O.W. picture!
The drive in this morning was a little hectic. I-90 was untreated and the area by the power plant was taking spray from the 6-8 foot waves coming off the lake coating the road in 3” of ice. It felt like I was driving over large rocks. There was an accident looks like a 4-door car was stuck into a garbage disposal rear bumper first since only the passenger compartment and hood remained undamaged.
Anyway I made it in one piece. The snow in my driveway was higher than the bumper on my truck (F250 with a 3” body lift) due to drifting snow, they project 5-8” additional by noon and 4-6” more coming by this late afternoon-evening.
Currently: Wind NW 31MPH Gusts 41 MPH, 19F, Wind chill feels like Zero F, Winter Storm Warning in effect until Wednesday evening.
London, ON and Finger lakes look out, I plan on sharing all of this snow with you! Heck Robby you might get some of this as well.
Global Warming is officially on hold.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Ulrich: Like how that is looking!! at Howard's Groceries and Ray's Cookies
Good Morning from a somewhat snowsqually London ON were we are now clear of the dang things and seeing a high today of 16F...yay...
Yesterday was rotten enough that half of the vendors to the trainshow did not make it in...and the crowd was a little less crowded...I, on the other hand, got some good deals out of there...2 more Arnold S-2's and a couple more Bachmann H16-44's as well as several covered hoppers, a bunch of trucks for the mill sites, as well as some new cars...and some houses to fill out some HO dioramas I'm building up...and all under $70......Deals Galore...heeheehee
I'm also getting the room somewhat ready to rebuild the layout---need to re-wire the room better as well as add better lighting...as it was getting a little dark in there
Anyhow, Flo, I'll have a barrel of coffee and a bunch of breakfast bagels please--need to feed me here--- I'll be at the window booth watching the sunrise...
Lunchtime in icy cold northern Germany!
Thought, I´d drop in before having a nap - last night saw only 2 hrs of sleep, and that ain´t enough for a man of my size!
Zoe, just a tall glass of OJ, please!
After running some errands, I spent the better part of the morning at my notebook to incorporate the changes that Carl had suggested. Little things only, but they matter a lot!
Here is the now updated version:
Track plan:
And the 2-D view:
The lower drawing is slightly larger in scale.
Ken - how are your ideas coming along. That track plan idea from Chris (not Chris with the eight ball) seems to be very close to what you are looking for.
Blessings! I am out for a nap!
Mourning Floks!
Flo, lots of Coffee!
Well it is cold, 8 degrees outside according to the internet. I am going to leave for work today around 7:30 AM, classes start at 9:00 and it is a 40 minute drive with no traffic or bad weather. Will start the car up around 6:00 AM,give my self some breathing room in case I need to but a charger on it.
Turned down the heat in the garage last night, and it still pretty brisk out here. My desk is a old metal monster from the 50's and takes a while to warm up.
Guess I get back in a normal sleep pattern again now that I am working. I was up at 3:40 this mourning.
Charley I glad the services went off as plan and it was a fitting fair well for your mother.
Jim Sorry to hear about you getting hit. I need to reread your post about the accident after I get more caffeine in me. Did the polices officer determine who was at fault, or do the insurances company's need to fight it out?
Ulrich When are you going to post the new layout plans?
See you all later today, stay warm.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
A not so late Good Morning to all of you!
Stayed up late (or early), as I had my usual difficulties finding the sleep I need. It is certainly showing signs on me now!
Janie, a strong dark roast coffee for me, please, no, nothing else, if that´s fine with you.
Charlie - I am glad to hear that your mom´s funeral was a worthy farewell. It is so important for those who are left behind.
I started a lengthy and intensive discussion with Carl Arendt, the guru of small layouts, about my little layout idea. He suggested some minor alterations, which make a whole lot of difference. I will incorporate his ideas into my plan, which will be nearing perfection through that. Carl hinted, that the plan will be featured in one of his Small Layout Scrapbook editions early next year! It´d be nice to catch a recognition like that!
It is icy cold outside! Temps are at 22 F and all our roads are covered with ice. Thursday and Friday last week saw temps at 40 + F, so all the snow is gone, but it´ll be back later in the day today.
Have a safe and comfortable day!
A good early morning to you all, nothing much to report on my end of the world here, just about to head off to bed so I can go and do the w*rk thing later. On the MRR front, I've been able to get some time put away for repainting of locomotives. I currently have three that will be seeing the paintbooth. I've got a LL GP38-2 currently in Chessie System colors, a Athearn BB GP40-2 currently in blue and primer, and a Bachmann SD40-2 currently in CSX YN2 paint. All three engines are going to updated with CSX YN3 (or Dark Future as some call it) paint and will be renumbered as I see fit.
Other than that, nothing else to report, will be seeing y'all I guess later in the afternoon after I get off from w*rk and get on home.
Peace, health, and warmth to everyone. Later taters!
Just stopped in before going seepy seep. Still windy out there. I thought it was suppose to die down about 9.
J.R.- LOL! Nope didn't get the pole. In fact I believe I was lapped a few times. (chuckle)
This weather does not bother me as far as having to drive in it. I grew up learning driving in the country back when we got some snow. And I mean some snow. We haven't had that much n years. It's the other yahoo's that I worry about. Usually when it's bad I don't drive unless I have too for that reason.
Inch- Hope you don't loose power.Sounds like you got more snow than we did. We maybe got 2" but most blew up into piles. Another cute grand daughter.
Maybe I'll get a good picture of my grand daughter to post. Don't hold your breath though.
Charlie- I'm glad to hear the funeral went well.
I don't blame any one for the weather. Well, maybe the French. But not much. I had plenty of opportunities to live in more, how shall I say, hospitible climates. Several times before I became entrenched in the area, I had the chance to resettle in Austin, but nooooo. Oh well. If I had, I wouldn't have met Brenda therefore....., would have been no Missy.
Garry- I had the same thought myself about the roof. One would not have expected that type roof in the land of heavy snowfall.
PFTIN
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.
CN Charlie ... Just read your post. Sad to learn about Mum's funeral. Also, I should not complain about our weather based on what yours is like.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me please.
W**ked on my Christmas Cards this afternoon and evening. Carted and stacked a couple wheelbarrow loads of firewood until it started to precipitate again.
For those of you who haven't got a tree yet, how about this: Holly Trolley
Think I'm going to turn in for the night, I fell asleep twice at the computer while printing stuff, and once after firing up my wood stove earlier this evening.
Keep safe and have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening.
We've been on the southern fringe of the big wither storm and there is plenty of cold wind. It's 13 degees and headed for single digits. We have snow, too.. ... I have to wonder about the MN football stadium. Why build that style of roof in that climate?
Der John ... You were talking about plubing problems and then a place called Sheet Harbor". I was afraid you were reacing for a dirty pun. I though "Don't go there!"
Ray and Inch ... Thanks for sharing the pix of the grand kids! Cute!
Ken ... That's a beautiful dog.
Jim ... Sorry to hear about the accident. Glad you're not hurt.
JR... Did you like the plane? Actually it was a very interesting museum. ... Any progress yet rebuilding a layout? I still miss the picures of the old one. Feel free to re-post old pictires, and other diners will know hat I mean.
Todd ... Sounds like quite a pile-up on the highway there. Glad you were not involved. Perhaps, staying home would be best.
Ulrich ... I saw Europe had cold weather reported in the news last week.
Robby ... I did a little more weathering with the powders.
I'm enjoying the 2 E7's. These are my first sound units. Two tegther is a bit too loud, however.
Good Evening from Winterpeg,
It certainly is Winterpeg tonight as the temp is now -20F. I just came in from taking the dogs out in the backyard. Pippa can't see too well so I have to carry her in and out when it is dark. Luckily there isn't any wind tonight. I wear an old down filled parka that I bought 30 years ago. I really haven't seen any new high tech coats that are even close to being as warm as it is but then it was made right here in town when there used to be a big garment industry. Anyway I can stand outside in -30 and with the hood up I can't feel any cold at all. I also go out now at night as we have a great horned owl in a nearby golf course which parked in tree right beside our house a couple of weeks ago. While it couldn't carry off one of the dogs it sure could do a lot of damage. According to the info I read on them they would certainly try.
Well Mum's funeral went as well as could be expected yesterday. It was held in a little, very old church on the edge of the city. St. Pauls Middlechurch Anglican is the second oldest church in western Canada dating from 1825. About 60 people turned out which is really good considering it was a cold morning. Mum would have liked the service and we had a nice reception in the basement afterwards. We hired a classical guitarist to play at the reception as Mum loved music and was a very accomplished pianist and organist in her younger days. I grew up listening to Chopin. In a funy way I actually feel somewhat relieved as she is now at peace. The last few months were really hard on her.
Ken, Good Luck tomorrow! Say my FIL was a Town Car man too. He had a long string of Lincolns the last being a '99 Touring Edition. He really did love them. Great to hear Tiff is doing well and will soon join Pippa in the 16 year old club.
Will likely get started back on the model RR this week that is if I'm allowed the time as I've been informed I may have other plans by SWMBO.
Jim, Glad you came out unscathed from your auto accident. J.R. is right, bent metal can be fixed and from what you described it wasn't too serious.
Oh, to Todd, and the other mid-west diners, I am not responsible for your present snow, and wind. It didn't come from up here. Mind you likely can expect a delivery of nice, clear, sunny and cold weather soon as it usually comes after a winter storm. Did I mention that it is a dry cold? My compliments of the season when it arrives. Hope you have a block heater in your car!
Time for bed as it is back to work tomorrow.
CN Charlie
Good Evening All,
Lots of crazy weather last two days. No blizzard though we did get a couple of inches of snow. It cleared up last night for the company Christmas party and that went well. Had to get up and do my annual speech also. Today it was freezing rain early then buckets of rain followed by fog and the temp up to 54F. Right now it's in the 40's and clear. Go figure.
Jim - glad the only damage was to the cars. Those you can fix.
Todd - didn't qualify on pole in the snow eh?
Der - did the pooper scooper at least wear a mask - like the robbers in the olden days? And to add insult to injury you suspect he's keeping the GST, PST, LST and EST? Ouch.
Garry - that was quite a flight of fancy, no?
Spent storm time doing indoor HD stuff. Hang curtains, replace caulking on base of tub in bathroom, tidy up basement and add flourescents over hobby bench. Yeah - progress! I actually have the old staging yard (all 6 feet of it) mounted over the bench so I can activate it and use it to test rolling stock.
Well, enough excitement for one day. Good to see some missing names show up. Iove the duct tape comment Inch i always preferred the large size tyraps. Reusable and leave no tape residue. J.R.
Evening all,,, an irish coffee [heavy on the irish] please Flo.
Thought I’d drop in with a weather update from here, got tween 2” n 3” sn?w, high winds [gust to 30+] and fallin temps, with a winter weather advisory in effect till morning I think. Tomorrow, windy, blowing snow, high of 15 and no school., so it looks like I’m stuck inside with 6 kids all day. Good thing I’ve got plenty of duct tape.
Got the CB on,, guess there’s a pileup over by Effingham on 70,, and tempers are runnin just a tad short out there with slow going everywhere.
Best get movin,, the lights are kinda flickering now n then.
Happy birthday to those I’ve missed
Enjoyed all the pics so thought I’d leave Yazee Christmas pic
thoughts for all those in need n hope ya’ll stay warm
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Jim- Glad you weren't hurt. I do believe a prayer of thanks is in order this eve.
MADE IT!!!! Looney day on the roads. How was I too know. Hot coffee please. Oh and a piece of Pecan pie. Thanks. Naasty out there just plumb nasty. Luckily the roads were occupied by professional expert drivers and they all could drive just as fast as when the roads are dry and you could see in front of you. Unfortunatley there were a few out there like me who aren't as good as they are and seemed to be horribly in the way. Of course, I won't need a tow truck.
MADE IT!!!! Looney day on the roads. How was I too know.
Hot coffee please. Oh and a piece of Pecan pie. Thanks.
Naasty out there just plumb nasty. Luckily the roads were occupied by professional expert drivers and they all could drive just as fast as when the roads are dry and you could see in front of you. Unfortunatley there were a few out there like me who aren't as good as they are and seemed to be horribly in the way. Of course, I won't need a tow truck.
Speaking of tow truck, as we were leaving, or as I was retrieving a screen that blew off the house, I heard the sirens from the fire department. Then Brenda got a call from her brother checking to see if we were OK. He had heard, how that soon I don’t know, that there was a 5 car pile up north of Williamsville on the highway. As we pulled out of town to go south on said highway, the state patrol was blocking the northbound exit. Couldn’t see far enough (blizzard, remember? B-L-I-doubleZ-erd. Visibility less than 1300 ft) to see the wreck. Got into the city and heard on the radio it was a 15 car pile up. Then in Mom’s room we saw the banner across the TV say a 20 car pile up. Ate at Ryan’s, almost had the whole place to ourselves. I thought it was romantic, Brenda thought not so much so. Good thing I didn’t choose to propose there. She would not have been impressed. Maybe the lights were too bright. Oh well home safe and warm and once again fat dog is asleep at my feet. Sounds like a plan.
Ray- I like that photo. Two things I hadn’t noticed when you posted it before. 1) I wouldn’t want to be the guy standing in the wagon with the horses acting that way and 2) I love the work you did on the crane. Bravo! Oh and kudos on the coloring for the platform also! Especially the framework.
Ken- You my friend, can have ALL my snow. No problems there. Just call me generous.
Welp, guess I’ll head on down to the train room and do some straightening up in preparation for my eventual return. I’m going to go ahead and finish the …..WHAT is THAT!!?? Holy moly! How is an animal suppose to survive in the wild when they snore like that? I’m surprised Ray didn’t hear that snorty snore. Anyway, I’m gonna finish the bench work on this half of the layout so I can w**k on completing the loop so I can run a train around. May take a bit to get to that point but I’ll get there. Big news when I do. Did I mention I found my tripod? I’ll use that on the next photos to see what difference it makes now that my neew camera can be set manually. Or……, not.
Well so far I've moved five items from my two listings. It's not much but at least I am getting rid of some of the stuff I don't need. Somebody here said they needed flatcars. There are three on the list.
New Haven I-5 Packers#1: Thought it was about time to poke my head in and say I'm not dead. Just been real worn out the past few weeks. Also ahven't had anything to do on the layout because I'm at a standstill until I ballast the track. but anyways, jsut wanted to say hola and that i'll try to check in more haha. Same here Packer, except I've been gone for months. Nice to see everyone here though! Have a nice weekend!
Packers#1: Thought it was about time to poke my head in and say I'm not dead. Just been real worn out the past few weeks. Also ahven't had anything to do on the layout because I'm at a standstill until I ballast the track. but anyways, jsut wanted to say hola and that i'll try to check in more haha.
Same here Packer, except I've been gone for months. Nice to see everyone here though! Have a nice weekend!
Well, I'll join THAT club, guys! Oh, Good Evening, Flo, I'll have a big Rio Grande mug of hot cocoa please, with a cinnamon roll - just nuke it about 10-15 seconds in the microwave, that'll do fine. Thanks!
That stuff called 'the rest of my life' has been getting in the way lately, including yesterday evening... I was on the way to my local WiFi spot (Panera restaurant), the light for the street I was on was green WITH the left turn arrow (the street's a secondary, the cross street is the main one and its traffic had stopped - I thought). As I'm turning left and about 45 degrees or so to the left, WHOOMP! My car gets tapped by a white car that came from somewhere on my right (remember, where the other traffic was supposed to be stopped?). I pull the car over to the curb (on the side of the main street I had been turning into), but after a few seconds there, I see the other car pull into the Panera drive to their lot, and I'm thinking that I'll still be somewhat blocking traffic where I am, so I pull my car into the Panera parking lot. The woman (not the fault of her gender, as I know many women who can drive better than THAT) admitted (in front of the officer who came by in a few minutes) that "It was totally my fault" (Yeah, I think so, too...), and that she was distracted by her two kids in the back seat (one was 3 years old, not much older than Ray's Emily Grace) (and I guess looked in the rear view mirror or turned around, neither one a good thing to be doing when approaching an intersection).
When I checked my car, the hood was up a little (like when you pull the latch lever inside), and there was scraping around the right headlight. Her left passenger door was dented (she must've been *really* moving) - I'm sure not only my guardian angel but definitely those of the two little ones were w**king extra hard that evening!
Now for the 'fun' part - my insurance company? - I have already signed papers with my agent, and I am scheduled on the 24th (in a coupla weeks or so) to change over to a new company. So the current insurance company will have to pay their people to get the money from the woman's insurance company, and then I will shortly thereafter be leaving them (so they will not be able to recoup their expenses from me by jumping my rates). From the woman's comments to the officer (and mine to inform the officer that MY light was green and I had the left turn arrow on for me), I will be greatly surprised if the report doesn't say it's the woman's fault. But I'm hoping there's no major structural damage to the frame or anything that they can't just replace with a swap of a panel. Don't want to have to be out the cost of a rental car (I did add that coverage to my new policy) while the repairs get done.
(Okay, let's move that back to the corner...)
On the MRR'ing front, I was able to find a place that had the (Walthers) painted & unlettered paired window heavyweight coach to complete my 'older-time' passenger train consist, and got also an old Magnuson "Edison Street Powerhouse" kit (in fine shape) at a good price. I still need to get the wiring for the layout done... Have too many 'to be continued' half-started projects that it would be nice to get further along on, too.
Forgot who it was that had (as a present for someone else, I think) got the Woodland Scenics pickup with the veggies in the back, but I've been eyeing that one - how good does it look?
I have my tree up and the lights on it (and around the window behind it), but need to get the ornaments and other decorations put up (maybe later tonight). The stockings (well, two of them, anyway) are up by the phone jack on the wall.
Still waiting to see how long it takes before my (grown?) daughter remembers my birthday (which was back on Nov. 30th - hmmm.....)
A belated to those other Diners whose birthdays I've missed while I was away. Hope you had a good day.
I'll be at the RC for a bit, sipping my hot chocolate and munching on my cinnamon bun.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Ray, nothing wrong with Oat Meal, well not a lot.
Todd, Hate to see what you are getting in your end of the state. It is pretty nasty down here. It is 19 degrees outside with a nasty wind and some snow. Low is going down to 8 degrees tonight. The Town Car does not like cold weather and can be a bite to start. With Monday being my first day at the new Slave Camp, I mean work it would not be a good thing if it does not start.
Sure glad I have the gas wall heater out here in the garage! Nice and toasty. I love snow, like another 5 inches or so.
Sue keeps saying it to cold to let the girls out. (Dogs) Does this dog look like she would get cold out side?
By the way, it is 8 days till Tiff can get her Drivers License. She will be 16 years young on the 20th. What do you buy a dog for her birthday anyway? OK, MEAT!
Speaking of Birthdays, Lee I am sorry I am late in saying . I have had a lot of stuff on my plate and been a little self centered.
Jeffery, I am sorry but again I have forgotten to get the postage cost on your stuff.
See you all Monday after work.
Fondue, anybody?
Der John said: "Garry: I was going to comment on the Prop, but I see Johnboy got there first! ".... John, perhaps you could wing it or we could air out our differances.
Afternoon folks!
Zoe I'll have toasted bacon and cheese and a cup of hot cocoa for lunch.
I was not only the Head Usher this morning at church, but the Howard Family got to light the 3rd. advent candle on the advent wreath... My son, his wife, the 2 granddaughters and I got to do the reading and then light the "pink" candle for the 3rd. Sunday in Advent. After church i have to clean up the sanctuary and get certain materials with the number of people in attendance over to the office, deal with the Usher's name tags and file them away, then took some photos of the sanctuary to show the installer where he will be putting in the new recording mics...... Service was over at 11:30, I got home around 1.
der5997 Ray: John.... Obviously you know little about the Presbyterian Church.......... More than you may think, as it happens, but I get your drift. My favourite quote along those lines is Fozzie's , in "The Muppet Movie"; on seeing The Electric Mayhem in the de-commissioned church building - "They don't look like Presbyterians to me." BTW, I heard back from the chap about that photo - he doesn't have it any more. I did find his original post to me in my trash. The image has a url on it, and I looked that up. Asked them about any issues for the use you mentioned in your PM, but they haven't replied. Time, marching as it does, I don't know what else to do on this one. Would you like the url and do your own questioning?
Ray:
John.... Obviously you know little about the Presbyterian Church..........
More than you may think, as it happens, but I get your drift. My favourite quote along those lines is Fozzie's , in "The Muppet Movie"; on seeing The Electric Mayhem in the de-commissioned church building - "They don't look like Presbyterians to me." BTW, I heard back from the chap about that photo - he doesn't have it any more. I did find his original post to me in my trash. The image has a url on it, and I looked that up. Asked them about any issues for the use you mentioned in your PM, but they haven't replied. Time, marching as it does, I don't know what else to do on this one. Would you like the url and do your own questioning?
Yes! I remember THAT line! Went completely over the heads of most of the people who saw the movie I bet. I used to work as a musician for many years in the Episcopal Church... The line there was, "God's Frozen Few!" Also "Where 3 or 4 are gathered, you will also find a 5th." I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. Or in the words of Fats Waller, "I wouldn't be a Baptist ta save me"!
Der, thanks for trying with the photo. Yes, do send me the url if you have it. I decided to use this one for this year:
With the caption: "Looks like Santa ordered a LOT of coal this year!"
Morgan, No, No, No! The fire is IN the stove in the back!!!
Ah, why was Ken running out the door as i came in? He ate a BOWEL full of oatmeal??? Eeeeeewwwww! Groooossssssss!!!!!!!
With THAT I'm gone! Later!
der5997 Jeff: Be glad you live in LA! "Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
Jeff: Be glad you live in LA!
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." --Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina