Good morning. It's 76°and partly cloudy. The high will be 88 and there's a 50% chance of a strong afternoon thunderstorm. I hope it brings plenty of rain with it.Nothing in particular planned for today. I have to move the scenery further on down the layout as the tree planting operation is ready to move to the next area, the join between the extension and the main part of the layout. I put some dead fall under some trees yesterday. It's pretty obvious that Ezra doesn't clean up under his trees.
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Hi Folks,
it is already late afternoon/early evening here in Germany. I am just back from a train trip to Kiel to see my Mom in hospital. She is doing fine, according to what her docs say. Looking at her tells me a different story, though. She is still fully "wired" and all of her face is swollen from being intubated for nearly 3 days. My Dad cried when he saw her... I know that she is on the way of improvement.
Zoe, I am hungry, I´ll have the burger platter, a salad and a
Garry - wish I could still do that! Your a blessed man with such lovely grandchildren !
Jeff - I love that house. Nice shot!
I won´t comment on gas prices - you folks are still spoiled rotten!
On the good side - my package from Japan has arrived at home. And another one ... Oh joy, oh rapture!
Have a good one!
There will be vacancies for full time RR bridge tenders in the Chicago area soon. I don’t recommend listing me as a reference….
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Afternoon All,
Last day at w**k this week. It is supposed to get to 94 or 95 today with humidity and no rain. Yesterday's high of 96 tied the all time record in 1916 as the hottest day on record during May in Orlando. Joy, Joy.
Tomorrow I go to Chiro, then vaccum the house. After that I need to clean out the junk-Oh I mean sewing stuff from under the layout in preparation of wiring. I then need to string the 2 main busses in preparation for Sunday. I am stoked, I am actually going to be able to run trains on my layout. After this it is install 26 Tortoise switch machines then scenery, although I can do these together.
Todd- Wow, you really thought that out. The only thing I would change is having the speculators tied to the gas pumps when they blew up. Well deserved I say.
Lee- Are you saying you didn't make any friends from the civilian side while in the CG? Good for you. It sounds like you took your job seriously and that makes it safer for all of us. You know I almost joined the CG out of HS but decided the mandatory ice breaker duty was not for me, so I went subs in the Navy...go figure.
Ulrich- Glad you are safe back home. Enjoy your new loco.
Everyone have a good day.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Happy Lunch Hour Crew,
Zoe, I'll have a devilled egg sandwich, a bowl of potatoe soup and a diet Dr. P.
Guys and Gals, I wanted to share an old video with you that is one of my favorites because it shows so many aspects of railroading that often get over looked. These were some of the un-sung heros and kept the roads operating day and night, fair weather and fowl.
It will be especially interesting for our Canadian Pacific fans.
But I warn you. It will take up about 22 minutes of your day. But well worth it. You will want to save it, I know.
So here it is:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/railroaders
Hope you all enjoy it and I will check back in later. Off to do more house repairs for my Son.
Johnboy out............................................................for now
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
There’s no mandatory ice breaker service, sounds like you had a bad recruiter, LOL. I hope you have enough piano wire and color coded wire for those switch machines. I’m installing mine off a bus wire I ran under the bench work, using a radio shack wall mount power converter. I figure it will run 30 machines with double pole double throw center off toggles. This way I can leave the switch machines off if I’m not running on that section of the layout.
Me again, just dropping by for a night cap before I hit the hay. No, not right now - I´ll be watching a feature on the "Great Little Trains of Wales" on TV before retiring.
Johnboy - that´s a great video, certainly one of the best spent 22 minutes of my life. Thanks for sharing!
Curt - no, not yet home, still at my parents´ place taking care of me ol´ dad. Preparing the meals, shopping, doing the laundry, cleaning the house, taking care of the garden, driving to the hospital - it´s a full time job! I hope to able to go home by the end of next week, when my Mom )and my Dad) will go to the convalescence center.
I am eager to unpack those two packages!
TTFN!
Coffee refill, please.
Wonder how those border agents managed to get hit by a train? Would like some details on that one. Those UNION PACIFIC locos would look a lot better moving down the tracks, too.
Trying to get up enough energy to go outside and work on pulling nails from reusable 2x4's. If I didn't need to keep cover up (sun exposure is a big no no while on treatment) or if it was cooler outside, I could get more done. It is what it is....oh well.
Wife took her dad to the docs, routine visit.
Rob
Hey guys
Put together one of my C425s last night. I ran it and it ran pretty good (not as well as most would probably expect a Kato to; closer to an early P2K geep) and considering I've sunk less than 40 into the loco (10 for the loco, 10 for a newer shell, about 13 for a decoder) It's probably one of my better ideas. Now to figure out the wiring on the BLI RSD-15s with QSI (found a sound decoder from one, it's the same motor)
Ken, Being one of the "yuppies" I've never heard the "older" term for nitrous. But I know what a dual-quad is, weird I guess. As for the ford 302 it's 500, not 400 unless it is preceeding 500 . From what I've read, that applies to the later (and most common) block castings from the 80s and on. The original 289, the mexican-made 302 blocks, and the boss blocks are stronger. I read a magazine article where someone took a 289 block and bored it to a 331. With all the modifications (I think a girdle and supports were use) he got around 540 without juice. With juice it was closer to 750
Gas, I've been buying my gas recently from a small locally-owned gas station. There is no ethanol in the gas, but it cost a bit more (It was 4.25 or so for regular and 4.50 for premium). However I'm picking up 2-4 mpgs, and the price doesn't change every few hours (heck, it hasn't changed in a few weeks).
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.
Iced Tea please. What? Oh yes, of course sweet. Do you make it any other way? Oh. Thanks. Lee who? Oh, Chicago. Yep I know Lee. Great guy. Sounds like if you had done your job RIGHT, you’d like him too. Well I’ve got the front yard and the ditches mowed at Mom’s. Used the push mower. I got out there and realized I’m just walking behind the mower and I needed the exercise. Only have the back yard and around the sheds to do yet. Another couple hours and I’ll be ready to mow my own. PLUS I didn’t use near the fuel I expected. HAH! Try that on for size Mr Speculators who are ease dropping. Or is it Eaves dropping. Never really knew. Jeff- Looks like the guy who cleans up after the trees at Ezra’s is the same guy who cleans up under the trees at my Mom’s house. Curt- Me? Think something out? Not I. Good luck with the wiring adventure. Johnboy- I don’t have 22 minutes right now, but I will later.
Iced Tea please. What? Oh yes, of course sweet. Do you make it any other way? Oh. Thanks.
Lee who? Oh, Chicago. Yep I know Lee. Great guy. Sounds like if you had done your job RIGHT, you’d like him too.
Well I’ve got the front yard and the ditches mowed at Mom’s. Used the push mower. I got out there and realized I’m just walking behind the mower and I needed the exercise. Only have the back yard and around the sheds to do yet. Another couple hours and I’ll be ready to mow my own. PLUS I didn’t use near the fuel I expected. HAH! Try that on for size Mr Speculators who are ease dropping. Or is it Eaves dropping. Never really knew.
Jeff- Looks like the guy who cleans up after the trees at Ezra’s is the same guy who cleans up under the trees at my Mom’s house.
Curt- Me? Think something out? Not I. Good luck with the wiring adventure.
Johnboy- I don’t have 22 minutes right now, but I will later.
Ulrich- The beauty of being a United Statsian is the Constitutional right to complain if we got hung with a new rope.
Vincent- Ah don't sweat it too much. (this oughta get the Fordy's and Chevy's going) Ken,and I, deal with big block Chryslers mainly. They have a drop bottom block which makes them inherantly stronger due to the massive webbing cast in. Cross bolting is easily done because the material is already there, but usually isn't done until you approach, or excede 700HP. Some run 900 with out doing it. One study years ago (here we go again...) stated that to cross bolt a 440 block actually made it weaker due to the loss of material in the journal cap. Truth? Who knows. All I do know is it takes a LOT to blow the bottom out of one.
Best put something in my tum tum prior to work.
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.
Afternoon Folks!
Just a Dr. Pepper for me right now.... to go along with the hot roast chicken sandwich, broiled asparagus, and a trip to the salad bar....
I am still getting new reservations for the Scholarship Dinner... Called in the numbers earlier today with some extras added. They should sell as well. It is large enough this year to get the large, new Dining room upstairs at the dining services at Hobart and William Smith Colleges here in Geneva. This gives us a lot more room and has built in large screen(s) for showing a slide show of our activities and much easier for registration, etc. Got a good chunk of the 6 page program roughed out, and a few other needed items done.... We may make it by the deadline after all! Currently doing some laundry. As I walked through the train room I checked.... It is still there.
Best to all!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Flo, beer pleases!
Hello Fellow Dinners!
OK John Boy, you owe me! Watched the link you posted and it was great! Down side was I had cut down some trees in the backyard and no longer feel like dragging them out! I will send you my address so you can drag them out! Funny how the world seems better in black and white?
Packer The term Fogger is not a term used for NO2, it more used for systems that use more than 2 lines. If you saw the picture No2 and Gas each had eight lines, not one of each like most systems have.
OK older small block Blue Oval engines will take more power.
Todd is all so right about how strong the BB Mopar engines are, they are stronger the the BB Bow Tie Competition. If you blow up a Mopar Big Block you just about have to be a idiot! ( sure hope Todd never launched one! )
K-10 Model Trains Made it over there today and they only had 2 of the 4 turnouts I needed. Hope the other 2 will be next week.
See you all Friday before I go to work, unless I am dragging trees out of the back yard! Thanks John Boy!
Ken
I hate Rust
Well I sold my light bar this morning. $200 cash in my hand! I went to town and deposited it in the bank. I then went to one the oil change places (not the one I went to last time where they put in 10-40). I had my own and filter with me along with a bottle of Motor Honey. Oil change cost $17.22. I then got a new turn signal flasher as the old one had bitten the dust that morning and wouldn't work unless I slapped it around. I also checked on the price of a new windshield wiper motor. The old one still works most of the time but has a habit of stopping at some of the most inopportune times. Just a light push on one of the wipers will get it going again. Paid $38 for 9.557 gallons of regular unleaded gas. Highway robbery if you ask me. There was a bit of drama at the gas station. As I was pulling up toward the pumps some sorry sorry son of a goat in a big super size super cab type pickup cut in ahead of me and I had to swerve to keep from piling into him. In so doing I side swiped the concrete island and put a five foot crease down the lower part of the drivers side of my van just ahead of the rear wheel. I was about to climb out and give the jerk a piece of my mind and maybe a piece of a walking stick as well. He looked up and saw what was going on and bugged out. If you can't see the lower half of me the upper half can look very intimidating when I'm ticked off and downright scary when I'm mad, and I was mad then. I wasn't able to get his plate number. Thinking back on it I should have just kept going forward. I would have caved the side of his truck in like a paper bag. I hit the concrete island with enough force to lift the side of the van about four inches and had to back up to get off it.
Hi All,
Flo I would like a unsweetened ice tea please, and a slice of peach pie.
Well it was hot as hades here today. Even though it was actually a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday with the humidity there was a heat index of 100. We may get some rain this weekend, I will believe it when I see it.
Ulrich- I believe I read your post correctly about Americans complaining. You are dead on. I hate to say it but we have pretty much turned into a country of whiners and everything is someone elses fault. OK I am done venting.
Ken- I sent you a response.
Jeff- Glad you came into some money today.
I would love to post a picture but the station that I am at today for some reason will not let my air card connect (has always been that way).
Well I will let everybody go. Have a good evening.
Good Evening,
Johnboy, thanks for posting that video link! I've been to Revelstoke several times as we used to have a dealer store there. The CPR doesn't stop there anymore and most of the yard tracks have been torn up. There is a really good RR museum though, complete with a restored CP Mikado inside. It is one of the last ones built for the CP in about 1949. In winter the mountains look much the same but there hasn't been as much snow in the last few years..
After supper I went out to visit a friend who is in a nursing home. We graduated from Uni together and shared the same accomodation for a couple of years while there. He has MS and now colon cancer(again). We did have a good visit and I'll go back out to see him soon. It is tough to see him like that as he always had so much energy.
I stopped at the LHS as it is on the way to the nursing home. I picked up an old BMan heavyweight combine in CN that was on consignment. It will need new trucks and MT couplers but I was surprised to see it. Wish BMan would do them again. It must be fairly old as it was made in Hong Kong and originally had lighting.
Many years ago I worked as a sales rep for Sunoco so I do have some understanding as to how gas pricing works. Basically it is now traded as a commodity so price is determined by supply and demand. As supply really can't be easily increased the only way prices will come down is to reduce demand and that won't happen as China and India are now big consumers of oil. I think Ray has the right idea. While my Volvo isn't bad on gas the next vehicle will have to be a lot better. I'm thinking of a VW diesel. I want to seeng at least 40mpg on the highway and 30 in the city. Right now I'm getting low 20s in town and low '30s on the highway to the US gallon. I'm guessing a little as I still use Imperial gallons when calculat
Well time for a coffee Chloe and an order of raisin toast please.
CN Charlie
Evenin' folks!
Flo, just a decaf for me....
Brought in a movie for all of you. Shot by a guy from the R&GV RR Museum last October.... Sit back, turn up the sound and enjoy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDBbCxN2iLI
Jeffrey.... is it Totaled???
Have a great night!
Good Morning,
it is just 5.45 am and I am up, but I have slept through for the first time in years! Feels good!
Flo, coffee and a bowl of cereal, Alpen Muesli if you have, please & thanks.
If I remember correctly, there are about 60 million people of German heritage living in the US. It must have been the first Germans who brought the love of kvetching to the US - back in 1683, when they set off from Krefeld to join their British brethren in the colonies.
Kvetch as kvetch can ...
Have a good day!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Friday the 13th !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
wetidlerjr Good Morning ! from Tipton IN. Friday the 13th !
Just don't go near Crystal Lake and you should be ok...
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Morning all,
*grump* *AHem* NOTHING FOR ME, Please. Waitress *snap* And Serve it on the silver patter PLEASE!
Well we have 3 houses to look at next week. Each one has features we don't like or care for, but SOME thing can be changed.
Lately a lot of houses we have looked at or the RE agent has sent are :
1} in a 100 or 500 yr flood plain- we just had a "500 yr" flood in 2006, and FEMA now requires 100 yr flood plain insurance for the ares flooded in 2006, or areas that could have further flooded in 2006.
2} sump pumps in basements- ground water tables may be high, but if you loose power, your pump goes out- would have to get generator.
3} Have *gasp* ASBESTOS wrapped pipes- a no-go with my asthma and high cost of remediation
4} built on a slab- which means no basment to build layouts in!
5} have Fuses STILL for electrical, which means most like electrical upgrade IF not a rewiring job complete!
6} is techically not in a flood plain..but only because it is PROTECTED BY A DIKE- which held in 2006, but could fail anytime.
SO we prefer NOT to have those issues!
Any house that says things like: new furnace '06, new h2o heater '06, new carpet '06 automatically tells us it flooded in '06- DUH! We had a "500 yr" flood then.
We know it may take time. We also looked for first time buyers matching funds for houses, but nothing now...4 years ago they couldn't give away enough! Now all dried up. WE thought it might help boost up a notch on the price range we can afford, but no such luck! Sucks!
WEll I have starving blood work today at 10:30 and have to drive MOH to work to keep Caravan to get there...as KIA still in shop. I'm grouchy right now cuz I can't even have a coffee!!!! ANd I have a sour stomach with nothing but AM meds in it!
You all have a grumpy day too!
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.
BRAKIE wetidlerjr: Good Morning ! from Tipton IN. Friday the 13th ! Just don't go near Crystal Lake and you should be ok...
wetidlerjr: Good Morning ! from Tipton IN. Friday the 13th !
Up here it's Port Dover you need to worry about...
Good Morning.
It is kind of foggy out here this morning..
I went for an early morning walk and didst see some wonderful sites..of course I did not bring the camera...deer and a wild turkey decided to grace our front yard ....
I'm getting ready for another weekend of on-call and my Monday night thing...
As for kvetching...it's the weekend..time for the weekly kvetch sessions....
Flo, I'll just have a coffee and a toast/jam 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/
Good morning,
Getting ready for my road trip..
Curt I sent you an email this morning.
Galaxy keep looking, with this economy whatever you buy you’ll need to like it for a few years.
Came home and cut the grass, just finished up and the rain came, and it came really hard! The new roof over the computer room leaked, so I emailed the contractor and he is coming out first thing tomorrow to see what happened. I think it’s the flashing along the north side of the roof.
Planning my trip so I get into Utica, MI early enough to visit Great Lakes Hobby, and then check into the hotel room.
I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock… I’ll be reciting that until I see something really cool that I have to have!
Morning, all. Flo, I'll have three creme-filled doughnuts with maple syrup, a quarter-pound of bacn (not too crispy, please) and big glass of chocolate milk, please. After 22 years of marriage, I've embraced the concept of 'comfort food.'
Jeffrey, sorry to hear about your van. That really stinks. Though I must say that for the price you paid for gas, folks in my neck of the woods would be lining up to buy it! If I find it as low as even $4.09 a gallon, I fill up. It's killing our budget.
Looks like we won't be selling our house after all. Between the money we'd have to put into it just to make ot showable, the price we'd expect to get for it, and realtor's fees, we'd walk away with just about exactly the same amount of cash as we initially put down on our first house 20 years ago. whoopee. So at least the layout is safe.
And Lee, you can't say you don't need any more rolling stock. You always need more rolling stock!
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
Good Morning!! Coffee and one of them breakfast burritos please. Thank you. Why am I feeling grumpy? Like a curse or something. Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Nothing Severe is expected. Yet. Ken- Yep, that's what I thought. Fogger is a type of system or design as opposed to one of those “nicknames” for Nitrous. It’s been awhile since I really messed with hot rodding so I’m rather scattered on stuff. I wasn’t really into that anyway. But I did have one friend who was a bottle baby. Had a ’77 T/A. 400, red, real wires and never seen rain. The lettering had been removed and replaced with gold leaf (not the chicken of course) Pretty car. Ran surprisingly well. Not real challenging for even a 383 but had his share of surprised people. Barry- You have a guy who jumps out of Port Dover with a machete too? Talk about a small world. Well Bill reminded me it’s Friday the 13th. I suppose I’ll go do something somewhat dangerous today. I should be pretty safe considering I’d be expecting it. Always works that way. It’s those unexpected ones that really fling the hurtins. Gotta mow some more at Mom’s and build the other shed door. Opened it up and the bottom fell out of it too. I figure I can do that if it rains. Pole barn has electricity so I can work in there. Well, there weren’t to much dew last night so I think I’ll head out now and get a jump start on the yard in case it does rain. They have been wrong all week, and I’m not complaining, but if you call for rain long enough you’ll eventually be right. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and one of them breakfast burritos please. Thank you.
Why am I feeling grumpy? Like a curse or something.
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Nothing Severe is expected. Yet.
Ken- Yep, that's what I thought. Fogger is a type of system or design as opposed to one of those “nicknames” for Nitrous. It’s been awhile since I really messed with hot rodding so I’m rather scattered on stuff. I wasn’t really into that anyway. But I did have one friend who was a bottle baby. Had a ’77 T/A. 400, red, real wires and never seen rain. The lettering had been removed and replaced with gold leaf (not the chicken of course) Pretty car. Ran surprisingly well. Not real challenging for even a 383 but had his share of surprised people.
Barry- You have a guy who jumps out of Port Dover with a machete too? Talk about a small world.
Well Bill reminded me it’s Friday the 13th. I suppose I’ll go do something somewhat dangerous today. I should be pretty safe considering I’d be expecting it. Always works that way. It’s those unexpected ones that really fling the hurtins.
Gotta mow some more at Mom’s and build the other shed door. Opened it up and the bottom fell out of it too. I figure I can do that if it rains. Pole barn has electricity so I can work in there.
Well, there weren’t to much dew last night so I think I’ll head out now and get a jump start on the yard in case it does rain. They have been wrong all week, and I’m not complaining, but if you call for rain long enough you’ll eventually be right.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Hum, Friday the 13th? We will see what kind of luck I have today.
Morning Dinners!
Flo, just a cup of Joe and a bagel with cream cheese.
Ulrich Glad you finally got a good night sleep, at lease one of us did. My shoulder on my left side, and my kidney on the right side hurt.
Nothing else to say, see you this evening.
LSWrr I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock, I don’t need any more rolling stock… I’ll be reciting that until I see something really cool that I have to have!
I am reciting that montra right now. Con-cor called the other day wanting to process my pre-order from November for their new "shorty" passenger cars in the B&O colors that will look SO cool behind my matched paint scheme FTA-B set {whether they would have been conisted that way or not in real life}.
I asked if they could call back in 2 weeks, which the gentleman noted on my account.
But in November I was financially able to buy them! The picture has changed a WHOLE LOT since then. Now I need repairs {or more presicely a new replacement complete firing assemblage on the furnace- IF one can be found without replacing hte whole durn furnace-which for a trailer is more expensive because the down draft furnaces, nto the more common updraft furnaces} to the furnace {don't know the $$$ yet}, and we need to have the trailer skirting re-done {$1k} and we had some auto repair bills {$2200) AND on TOp of all that, we are looking to buy a house so scrimping where we can, while MOH's hours at work jave been cut back.
So I think in two weeks, no matter how much "until I see something really cool that I have to have!" I gotta have them, I think I shall have to pass on them as we really can't afford them now. Adding to the CC bill right now for trains is just NOT in the cards!
Have a *grumpy* day
{at least until bloodwork is over and I get some food/drink in me}
Hi Guys,
I just woke uo from a mid-day nap - refreshing. I must be getting old
We were able to phone my Mom this morning, which is a good sign. She has started to kvetch about the bad food they serve - yet another good sign. My dad and I will go to see here tomorrow. Again, we will take the train. The route takes us over this little bridge, crossing the Kiel Canal high up:
We will be riding in this:
As an old age, handicapped person, my father and one person accompanying him pay only half fare, that beats auto costs (and is more fun, too!)
Barry - is that you on that picture?
Ken - ouch!. I hope your pain disappears soon. Watch your kidneys!
Galaxy - take your time! Although it is a buyer´s market these day, there don´t seem to be "good" houses available. I am sure, though, the right one will come up soon! Keeping my fingers crossed!
CUL
Sir Madog Galaxy - take your time! Although it is a buyer´s market these day, there don´t seem to be "good" houses available. I am sure, though, the right one will come up soon! Keeping my fingers crossed!
I fear that while the "right one will come along" it will "come along" in a changed market and we won't be able to afford it!!!!
{until I get teh bloodwork over and some food/drink in me}
Coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Have a great day, y'all.
Mornin'!
Humph! What's going on in here? Everyone seems to be super grumpy today.... and the one's who are always grumpy (like me) are even worse than normal.... Friday the what? Oh Lord! and I have a doctor's Appointment this afternoon........... Zoe, I need a couple Bavarian Creme filled donuts and a pot of dark roast coffee. Huh? I don't care what mug you use... Oh, use this one today!
Ulrich, that is great news from your mom! Sounds like she is recovering nicely, and lucky you getting to ride the train at half price even.
Galaxy, the house of your dreams will come along. Probably right after you move into the one you end up buying....
Hmmm. There were several others I was going to comment to, but I got interrupted by a phone call about the upcoming dinner and have now fogotten what i was going to say. Getting old I think?
As an old neighbor of mine when I lived in the Southern Tier of NY (He was both Polish and a NYS Trooper...) back when certain kinds of jokes were popular, which I would always tell him, would say, "Drive Carefully!" Then he would grin from ear to ear....
Have a great (and safe) Friday the 13th.