[quote user="galaxy"]. It would have to come down $23k to meet out top line budget and may not. was built 19 60 I think there abouts...so may have good electric, amybe not. Dunno until we look at it. It mentions 3 brs and 1 bat, but 1 br is in basment and doesn;t have a window of egress, a law now that we could see on a drive by.
Galaxy, Just a reminder, that a lot of the house construction that went on from around 1960 to the early 70s had aluminum wiring in them. It did work but is more of a hazard than copper.
Well, I had an eventful evening last night. Wish I could remember it, and yes I was sober. I was up on a four rung step stool working on the light above the vanity mirror in the 3/4 bath ( that is the last I remember). The next thing I vaguely recall is sitting on the edge of the bed with my wife there, telling me that she had heard a loud noise and came to see what it was. She found me laying with my head towards the doorway with my right shoulder through a hole in the drywall I had just newly created. She said she had helped me to the bed under my own power and that I had laid down for awhile and then sat up. I don't recall any of that from being up on the stool to sitting up on the bed.This must have taken up about 15 minutes in all. She said that I spoke to her, answered a couple of questions, briefly, But it is not in my memory bank. This is a little scary, as if I had slipped, I think I would have remembered it. Will check this all out with the sawbones (Dr. for you young ones) later this week.
I did sleep well and slept in to boot, I am now quite hungry, so will go to have some bunch.
Hope you all have a great week-end.
Johnboy out................................and now some drywall repairs.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
G - on the house front I agree with Johnboy but the appraisal should note the presence of aluminum wire. Also the house with the bulgie concrete block foundation is a no go - sounds like it's already on the way out. I hope you don't have to look at as many places as we did before we found ours, but patience is a virtue.
Johnboy - scary stuff. You very well might have a concussion from falling and no memory of it. I had a friend who slipped and hit his head have just those symptoms though you would have some lumps from it. Any history of heart trouble/blood pressure issues? Hope you're ok either way.
Had just about enough fun in the shop - waiting for the Magnaflux to warm up then once THAT stuff is done it's off to home. Back in tomorrow to finish up loading as the last two cars are not going to be done until then. oh and the tractor won't be ready til Monday now either Oh joy, oh rapture. J.R.
J.R. - Magnaflux, now that's a word I haven't used in many years. In the mid-sixties when I was being trained to be an Aircraft Engine Repairman at the US Army's aviation school, we learned how to use that process. I thought it was very interesting. However, when I got to Viet Nam, we didn't have access to it so I never had an opportunity to actually use it. Many other special tools and testing equipment weren't available either. Oh well, 95% of our training was on reciprical engines and the rest on turbines. In fact I never saw a complete turbine engine in school, only what you would call a short block. As you have probably guessed by now, I ended up responsible for 33 UH-1 helicopters powered by Lycoming T53 turbine engines. I should add however, we still achieved excellent flight availability and rankings. I really came to enjoy the work.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
JOHNBOY: Sounds to me like you got ZAAAAAAAAPED! Definitely go talk to the 'Ol Sawbones... I don't think just blacking out and dropping would've put you through the wall like THAT. I'm thinking you had a little "help," like maybe 110, 120 volts worth of "help?"
VINCENT: You could've had a "chat" with the Hondurans I had to w**k with a few years back at the auction house. Nice guys (mostly), but they did love to stand around and yak away on their cellphones. They also did a wonderful magic trick of disappearing when there was w**k to do. And, on the rare times we'd get a box of "dirty magazines" in for auction, they'd grab a handful and disappear into the mens room for a few hours...
YOUGOTTAWANTA: I can use "THAT" sparingly, when no other word will do... HER (THAT Editor) objection is THAT it is so heavily used, THAT whenever possible, any word other than THAT should be used. THAT is why she doesn't like "THAT."
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon everybody. BARRY-sized cheeseburger basket with a bucket of Coke please. Thank you.
Well (with a skeleton in cement shoes at the bottom), I finally had to go mow the yard today. Cleaned the air filter, changed the oil, dumped in some gas, primed the heck out of her, pulled the cord a hundred times, primed it some more, pulled the cord a dozen times; and va-roooooooOOOOOM! The mower roared to life. Did the backyard, took a break, refilled the gas; and she started on the first pull. Got the front mowed.
Now, I gotta write an article for THAT Editor... I've been cogitating on it since Thursday afternoon, still don't know quite how I'm gonna pull this one off.
Wishing all a good, SAFE rest of the day, and a very happy and SAFE Easter tomorrow!
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Tom,
You didn't miss much. The only stuff you can do is ferrous metal, the rest we have to use dye penetrant on which makes a horrible mess. IIRC, most of the choppers were aluminum and the turbines were mostly hi- temp stainless which is non magnetic. Still it was a good job for a rainy Saturday. J.R.
Today is Shelley's b'day, but she's still with the new grand-papoose in MI. Iplan to go there in a few days, and we'll celebrate late. She want to do Frankenmuth again. Thosefamiliar with MI know what I mean.
Larry... I'll be going through OH via I-75 and could stop for coffee , Coke, or dome food if you're interested. Do you ever have cause to go to Findaly or one of those I-75 towns?
Lee ... I know you are farter from I-75 than Larry, but if you happen to be over near I-75, let me know, too.
I'll try to locare Duke in MI, too. Berkshire! .... No reply. ... Dirty Berkshire! ...No reply... Dirty old broken Berkshire! .... Still no reply .... Oh well.
Then a week later, I might be dring down from Grand Rapids through IN. ... Bill T or PC ... I could stop for coffee in In, too, perhaps. PC? Has anyone heard from him lately?
Sometime I'll have to go through IL and bother those guys, too. Jerry or Inch told about a great hamburger place. Still want to see Rob and others in my travels.
Johnboy ... I suggest not waiting to see sawbones. Sooner the better! Head injuries may be very serious .... Vinnie! I'm reporting JohnBoy for not seeing Jawbones, yet! Suggest you take care of the matter.
Barry ... You too. See sawbones about your ankle.
Chris .. I saw that post of yours about writing that story for that editor. That's something.
Looks like thinderstorms will be here daily ofr a few more days. Warm and humid now. I hear thunder approaching in the distance.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Barry, hope you didn't do anything too serious to your ankle. "Lots of ice".
***Jeffrey, careful there not to mimic my sleep patterns.
Cheers! Rob
Afternoon folks!
Janie I'll have the Chicken BBQ special with salt potatoes, coleslaw, and all the trimmings please. Cup of decaf would go well with THAT too I think. I'll be here at the Rivet Counter for a bit.
Barry, hope the ankle get to feeling better (you should probably go see a doc you know...).
Johnboy..... Not good! Not good at all! You really need to get to the doc ASAP! Nothing to play around with whether it was just you blacking out, or if you got zapped...... Take care of it!
Berkshires??? What's a Berkshire? Hope it ain't one of them diseasally thingies! (THAT ought to get Duke in here... heh, heh, heh....)
Chris, THAT editor still giving you a hard time? Or, is THAT the other way around....???
A couple days back I mentioned I finally picked up my Christmas present from my sister in Canandaigua. The guy she bought it from stopped by while I was feeding miss Monét Marie and Gus the feral cat. Got a quick photo today of it. I will wire brush (maybe sand) all the loose paint and repaint with rustoleum flat white before mounting on a heavy piece of angle iron set in concrete near my deck on the house.
It is from the LV ROW nearby. The guy who had it told me his grandfather worked for the LV and was killed when a train somehow got onto a section of track they were working on. The train hit the handcar and sent a tool flying. It hit his Grandfather in the abdomen and he died from peritonitis a few weeks later. Said That happened in the 1920's. His Father also worked for LV and used to tell him that the best fishing in the creek by the tracks was just below that particular sign. When they took up the tracks after LV became a fallen flag, he managed to get the whistle sign....
Hope you are all having a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Goooooooooooooooooood Evening,
W**k continues on the article for THAT Editor. I'm probably way, way, WAY over-cogitating on this one. Here's the deal: a lady in Solon makes a display window every few months for the Solon Library. Last year themes included motorcycles, 2-lane highways and Harry Potter. With Memorial Day coming up, she just finished one to honor the vets. Solon has ties to WW1, having lost two brothers (Stinocher family) in the war. The Legion Post is named for them. Plus, a man lucky enough to survive the battles and return home to Solon brought home poppy seeds from Flanders Field....yes, the one in the poem. Several flower generations later, they still grow in Solon. So, the lady decided to emphasize the WW1 connection while honoring all of our vets from all of our wars; leaving anything/everything political about them out in the parking lot. Half of the "window" is set as the parlor of a Civil War vet on a Memorial Day in the WW1 era. His son is fighting in the war, and home on leave. Posters of the era, WW1 equipment, some Civil War stuff, and other period pieces dominate the "room." The other half is set in a WW1 era cemetery with veterans' grave markers and a picnic lunch recalling the days when families piled into their car to visit other family members and then go to the cemeteries. Instead, today, they go to mattress stores..... ***JUST KIDDING CUDAKEN!***....or fire up the grill for the "official start to summer." She has artifacts from the "War between the states," WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam. The current conflicts (except for Libya) are represented by selected books. Featured books (it is a library afterall) focus on stories about the wars, as told by the men who fought them.
She put a LOT of time, effort and thought into this display...and I felt what I write should reflect THAT care and dedication to the vets on her part. I told THAT Editor, I felt it deserved better than just slamming something together. She agreed. Mr. Boss said "just slam something together." I wasn't sure if he was joking or not. THAT usually does the features on the gal's displays. I got the job this time since I cover a lot of the veterans/military/public safety (fire/PD/EMS) stuff.
RAY: No...no issues with THAT Editor. I just though YOU GOTTA WANTA and any other newbies might wonder why there is so much emphasis on "THAT" around here....
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe if I take what I just said above about the display, tidy it up a bit with some newspaperese....
I'll be in a corner booth trying to hammer this out!
A big THANK YOU to our veterans...
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Ok, Ok I have been in the back booth and as usual,not much to say.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
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
Duke ... Good to see you in teh diner.... I'll be in MI soon, but not sure exactly when Are yo there for a while?
Garry, I’ll be in Toledo, OH tomorrow, and then on May 13th and 14th I’ll be in Utica, MI. Findlay is about 2.5 hours from me.
Frankenmuth, MI, home of the year round Christmas Store wahoo!
Curt, feel free to flip through my progress pictures.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good evening all. Busy day today. Up early off to DMV to renew drivers license, then off to the church to borrow the van so we can take a family to the big service sunday who dont have transportation, then back home, clean up in preperation for our daughters 6th birthday next weekend, off to my fathers house to have lunch with them and my sister who is up from NC. The tornados did some damage around her home town. Flattened a nearby Lowes, guess they wont be given out free trees for earth day . Then off to wally world , home, more clean up , get kids off to bed and finally time to get on the forum. Phew !!
Galaxy I agree with the others skip first house . An unstable fdn is e x p e n s i v e to fix.Its not hard to drop 10 to 20 k just solving that problem. Dont go there. I have 35 years in the construction industry that is one of the worst and hardest problems to fix. Block are almost never used in fdn any more.
Johnboy I agree with everyone go to sawbones asap. You must be cut from the same cloth as my father. He started to pass out while driving home one day. He pulled over, passed out , woke up, drove home. A week later he told me about it. I asked him if he went to the doc. He asked why ? When he came to he was okay and didnt need a doc anymore ! I nearly had a coniption ! I told my mom either she was takening him or I was. Fortunately dad told me he had already made an appointment. I love my Dad and even though he is in his 70s I want him around as long as Heaven will leave him with us. Please go see a doc asap.....
73 - man ! nice sign
Barry - if I might offer some advice. Elevate the ankle above your heart, alternate hot and cold. Switch every fifteen twenty minutes. Hope it feels better. How is it doing now ?
Rob you know I bet that coffe taste great in a UP mug. But I do believe it will tatse better in an M&W mug
Chris THAT sounds like a great plan on THAT article about THAT store front veteran display. I bet THAT will end up being an article THAT is read widely and enjoyed by one and all THAT read it.
Bedtime all. I hope you all have a great Easter for those that believe REJOICE ! HE IS RISEN !
Evening All,
Just got back from train club. Had a good time tonight. Hopefully the wife won't mind me laying track in the yard tomorrow. We aren't going to Mom's until about 1700. I then need to do a good cleaning with a dustbuster on the track. After some testing of cars I figure to install facia, install the UP-5's and the UR-92 and make a control panel with DPDT switches for turnouts then do the basic wiring and finally on to switch machines. Lots of work left to do.
LSWrr- Where is your photo alblum located? I tried finding it on photobucket with out any luck.
Everyone have a good night,
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Though it doesn't look like it this is a night shot. I used my Nikon L20 on it's night setting in a darkened room with a small light in the kitchen as the only light source. The camera is 10 megapixel but I has it set for 5. f4.8, exposure was eight tenths of a second.
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
Happy Easter!
Good Morning,
yesterday went by in peace and quiet. Christian arrived around noon, in time for a tremendous birthday lunch Petra made. Hard to believe that the little one already turned 24! His high school GF showed up in the afternoon, much to our surprise. She is the one we´d rather give the job as our DIL, but, alas, it is not up to us to decide!
We will be driving up north to see my parents today - at $ 8,75 for a gallon of a gas, this has become a costly undertaking.
Those of you who are annoyed by tornados, storms, snow or rain on this very special day - it is sunny and warm over here, with temperatures hitting 78 F or 25 C and not a cloud to be seen
Blessings!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
If you believe, The LORD is RISEN!
Have a great day y'all!
MOH has to work and I must go in seek of a ham to buy for Easter Dinner, with pineapple and caramel glazed brown sugar with clove pokes! I will go about an hour its now 5:25 Am so as to beat teh crouwds at Wally WOrld. Then we will have glazed carrots and asparagus and noodles...MOH loves noodles!
Whew! I am tired just looking at teh menu let alone cooking it! Hard part will be timing MOH may get asked to stay to work later.
Have had the hick-ups for the last three days {not all al;t once}. Thrid times the charm so maybe now I get rid of them?
WEll, I will sign off here...
TTYALLL8r
-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.
Happy Easter!!...He has Risen!!
I got the turkey all done up..now I've got the time to sit and go through the stuff we got to do today...
Have visitors coming this morning, then have sister and BIL coming this afternoon with niece and nephew, the neighbourhood family block do tonight....
Flo, I'll have a coffee please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...
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/
Happy easter morning guys
Went to a friends op session after work yesterday. Definately needed the break after this week.
I did ask the "new" (we used to work together before; everyone would joke we were married) girl out. I'm still par for the course as I got a no. But it was kind of weird cause she took close to 20 seconds to answer and she was really quiet about it. After that she was still messing with me like she used to. Weird...
JR, I'm actually tempted to turn her in ATM. Just a bit of payback (I did consider blackmailing; but that's just not me) cause I found out from other employees she had been playing and lying (various things) to me the whole time. Me getting on to other employees about the texting has already made me unpopular; so I don't she how being a narc would really change anything.
Chris, heck, every one else at work does the hounduran guy thing
Johnboy, hope you're alright. But you should get your head examined (for concussions mind you )
Ray, Nice looking sign. Although kind of unusual because of the W actually being cut out of it.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
HAPPY EASTER
Curt, go to my web site and there are links to my Web Shots pages. The layout progress pictures are in groups by year http://www.lswrailroad.bravehost.com/
Or here: http://community.webshots.com/user/cyberiantiger2
It hit 73F yesterday so I was able to paint a few sky boards and take care of some outside maintenance chores. Not to mention some indoor projects. Latter today we will travel to my Dad’s house for dinner. On the layout I finished laying the track for the ore docks and casted a few scrap and lumber molds.
He is Risen Indeed!
Morning everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal w/ brown sugar and a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug to start this day.
Packer, yep the W is cut out of the sheet steel. The LV had 2 ways of doing THAT. Mine is nibbled away using a machine called..... uh... A Nibbler. Many of them just were cut with a cutting torch. A bit rough but worked.
Today will be a busy one as I'm sure it will be for most of you). Church, then home to feed my kitties, then to Canandaigua to feed my sisters cats, then the rest of the day I will be at my son's house for Easter Dinner and a Birthday Party for his SIL. Most likely no MRRing today.
YGW, "73" is the old telegraph code for Highest Regards. My name is Ray.........
Have a great day out there!
Later!
HAPPY EASTER!!!! Beautiful looking day out there so far. The Easter Egg Hunt went as well as can be expected and was actually better than in years past in some ways. New Queen Hen in the Foundation (Brenda)is not making all decisions. She's letting other members get involved in planning and suggesting changes. They really are liking being involved again. Johnboy- DOCTOR! Today, we are going to make our return to Church, then we’ll be heading into town to have dinner at my MIL’s. Don’t know what the rest of the day will bring I know the yard needs mowed and if it doesn’t get done today….good gosh…it’s suppose to rain sometime later today or evening and heavy rain tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night followed by some rain Tuesday too IIRC. I think until at least Thurs. Grass will be to the roof by then. I knew I shouldn’t have got rid of that Scythe in the auction. See? And they thought I would never need it. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
HAPPY EASTER!!!! Beautiful looking day out there so far.
The Easter Egg Hunt went as well as can be expected and was actually better than in years past in some ways. New Queen Hen in the Foundation (Brenda)is not making all decisions. She's letting other members get involved in planning and suggesting changes. They really are liking being involved again.
Johnboy- DOCTOR!
Today, we are going to make our return to Church, then we’ll be heading into town to have dinner at my MIL’s. Don’t know what the rest of the day will bring I know the yard needs mowed and if it doesn’t get done today….good gosh…it’s suppose to rain sometime later today or evening and heavy rain tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night followed by some rain Tuesday too IIRC. I think until at least Thurs. Grass will be to the roof by then.
I knew I shouldn’t have got rid of that Scythe in the auction. See? And they thought I would never need it.
Ya’ll 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. It's 75° and cloudy. The high will be 85°. It will be breezy and clearing. Only thing on my schedule today is to get the other U25B (Stewart/Kato) decaled. I'll be putting on the cab numbers and the road name. I'm toying with the idea of adding a little graffiti to the long hood.
Hello Fellow Dinners and Happy Easter!
OK, has the site been really slow today, or is it my cable? With all the site problems it is sort of hard to tell. I could not get on Saturday after I got home and today it has taken 3 tries to get the message box to open?
Charter, we all know I am not a fan. But today, and it being Easter to boot I got so mad at one of there representatives that I started cussing at her. She would not let me explain what problems I was having and kept talking over me. I was trying to explain the problem just started (not just this site) yesterday and no hardware, soft ware or connections had been touched. I was all so tried to explain the last time I had this problem it was a line issue.
She explained (turns out she was wrong after I got hold of a supervisor) that there where no problems in my area. I asked her to send out a repair person, she said NO! That is when I went off, I have never been told they would not send out a repair person!
Told her after using a few ill chosen words that I wanted to speak to a supervisor. She then proceeded to lecture me about using profanity and would not transfer me to a supervisor till I promised not to cuss?
OK, I agree I should not have lost it and using profanity never helps. I am sorry I did. But, she is not my Mother and should have just transferred me! I finally got so mad, I hung up, called again and got transferred to a supervisor.
They have a repairman coming out Wednesday (they could have had one out today) and was told there are problems in m area. He all so did not understand why she would not set up a repair order either?
So if you don't see me for a few days it is because I cannot get on line.
I hope to see you folks later today. I need a nap so I going to bed.
Ken
I hate Rust
Happy Easter All,
Back in the shop waiting on the truck driver to show so we can load the Audi (yes, even with a lift gate it takes 3 people to load it). Did get the plumbing finished on the 44 Tonner in the museum yard on the way in. Went fine though I still need to machine a clamp block for the pipe where it goes through the radiator shroud.
Good to see Duke drop in - must have been sleeping in the tender again - I see a trail of coal dust footprints across Janies' nice clean floor. Betcha you don't ride that sickle with feet that dirty Duke
Spent some time on the foam sheet for the layout again last night. Actually I got tired of looking at a vast expanse of pink and started with the brown latex over it (not sure what shade, just some ancient leftover latex from the house or apartment or one of the previous shops). So far I can recycle all the factory buildings though I need to make at least one new backround building and one to start the row where i want to hide the entrance to the incline to the elevated section. Oh and i started laying out one side of the bridge abutments for the 0 2 large bridge over the river. Time to push cars, CUL, J.R.
cudaken OK, has the site been really slow today, or is it my cable? With all the site problems it is sort of hard to tell. I could not get on Saturday after I got home and today it has taken 3 tries to get the message box to open?
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Betcha you don't ride that sickle with feet that dirty Duke
Easter Blessings to everyone!
Heavy rain here now with thunder & lightning. ,,, I am wondering if it will ever quit after so many days of it.
Afternoon, Janie - I'll have some cheesey fries and a RBF, please. Eating a little lighter today... A'feared that my Dr. might say some harsh words to me next time I visit him. Sorta like UGW mentioned about those dratted scales. Hey, I think at least we ought to be able to slip off our shoes and not have to wear our coats when we step on those dratted things!
Yep, more this afternoon, after getting almost woke up by some thunderboomer last night (but it was far enough away that I didn't fully wake up). We're supposed to have today, tomorrow, and I think by Thursday we might get a chance of sunshine. Fed up with the local TV station's weather app (s-l-o-w-w-w), have deleted it and will see about getting another one.
Johnboy, watch out for spells like that one! Do get yourself checked out by your Dr. in the morning, okay? At least make sure whether there was something serious that caused it, and to rule out concussion after-effects.
Barry, you get that foot/ankle checked out too, y'hear?
Chris - we have 'Hoffa' at the bottom of the 'Well...'? Glad to hear you got your 'bush-hogging' done on the yard! That window display at your area library sounds really neat (the specific one, as well as how the lady usually does them up for the window displays).
Welllll (speaking of said skeleton w/those special shoes)... nobody was really an idiot with a death wish to get out into the storm last night and swim around in it, so I didn't get any calls out. S'posed to be more of the wet stuff tonight, so I may have another calm night. (I'm gonna hope for THAT, anyway). Now, if I could get some dry days later in the week when I'm off duty.
Garry, is that Frankenmuth place one of those crafts-type thingees? Good luck, if it is! Our one vacation (near the last of my marriage), on our way home we stopped at the "Precious Moments Chapel and Mall" (somewhere close by Joplin, MO, I think) - major overdose of sacchariny/cutesy stuff....'Nuff said! (I should have had a couple or three MR mags with me - but I didn't... Never again.) I wish you the best, though! Maybe this is one of those 'once-a-year-to-be-endured' things.
And I figured Duke would wake up, but after Garry had finished talking about Berkshires. Hi, Duke! (Now, if we could transplant some of Duke's sleeping genes into Rob and Jeff, things might even out better! Hmm, now how the heck could we do THAT?)
Galaxy, I'll just chime in with the others who commented on your house-hunting; skip the ones that are "iffy". Keep looking, and try to get your best house (and best deal) this time around. Better than rushing things and then regretting a choice. (My two , anyway)
Jeff - nice 'night' shot there! Heck, I bet you could take night-surveillance shots if a local possum or raccoon started rattlin' through your garbage can in the night.
Ulrich, I'd say your weather is making up for some of those grey and cold days you had earlier this year. Hope you, Petra, Christian and friends have a great and blessed Easter. Will you and he get to 'run trains' before he heads back home? Hope so!
Todd, about that scythe, it's a Mr. Murphy thing - if you had kept it, you wouldn't need it, right?
Ken, sounds like your connection there is just not up to snuff at all. Deep breathing, Ken, deep, slow breaths..(Watch your blood pressure, remember)
It has been raining for about the past hour or more here, so I'm going to head for home and see if I can get something MRR-related done at home before it's dinnertime (and afterward, too). Will see you all tomorrow (likely morning, after I take my problem child of a TV converter box by the guy who I think could fix it). for comfort, healing (of head, ankle, and other body parts as needed), and a good night's rest and sleep.
Blessings on your Easter,
Jim in Cape Girardeau