SOme of life's rules and mysteries: {part one}
1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.4. There is great need for a sarcasm computer font. 5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?6. Was learning cursive really necessary?7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died. {actually my father said this and when my mother died, he insisted her cause of death be inserted into hers}9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least "kind of tired". See #3 again.10. Bad decisions make good stories.
-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.
Hey, Rob ..... Is that photo a scene from "Nightmare on Elm Street"? ...
Jeff..... I liked the idea in your photo yesterday of a dead tree next to the GP38. Your layout is looking good.
Oz Jim ... Great progress down under!
Ulrich.... I have to wonder why Germany agreed to the Euro.
Chris .... Ouh, oh.... THAT editor again!
Galaxy ... Your list could become a long one.
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GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Whew! Made it. Large mug of Dark Roast coffee please. I'm chilled. Things went well today so far other than meeting every Tom Dick and Harry in central Illinois out gallivanting around in the cold and drizzle. Rain still tonight then it appears the rest of the week is just the opposite of Ray’s. Speaking of him, Ray- I should know and when you tell me I’m sure I’ll say “duuuuhh”, but what is ‘dry gas’ ? Jeff- Went to Castle Trains today as well as poked around my “stash of to do things” May have a deal for you after all. Check your PM’s…. IM’s…QM’s…Converses….whatever their called. Welp, I got a bit of time earlier this morning to hit the train room but just poked around looking. Good thing I did. I found a few things I’d bought that I forgot I did. Nothing big, but things like….horses. My coral can now have horses without any additional cash outlay. Something Jeff might reeeally like, some ladders and safety cages so I can add that to my grain bin, which just reminded me I need another one. Some fencing too so I think the Bed and Breakfast is going to get a fence. Several other things like roof top details and leftovers from other projects. Also went to Castle Trains (FLHS) while we were on that end of town and got some scale 2 X 6's and the last tunnel portal. Miscounted last time but should be good now. There was something else I needed but I got sidetracked when I was there and forgot what it was. Best get downstairs before I get sidetracked again.
Whew! Made it. Large mug of Dark Roast coffee please. I'm chilled.
Things went well today so far other than meeting every Tom Dick and Harry in central Illinois out gallivanting around in the cold and drizzle. Rain still tonight then it appears the rest of the week is just the opposite of Ray’s.
Speaking of him, Ray- I should know and when you tell me I’m sure I’ll say “duuuuhh”, but what is ‘dry gas’ ?
Jeff- Went to Castle Trains today as well as poked around my “stash of to do things” May have a deal for you after all. Check your PM’s…. IM’s…QM’s…Converses….whatever their called.
Welp, I got a bit of time earlier this morning to hit the train room but just poked around looking. Good thing I did. I found a few things I’d bought that I forgot I did. Nothing big, but things like….horses. My coral can now have horses without any additional cash outlay. Something Jeff might reeeally like, some ladders and safety cages so I can add that to my grain bin, which just reminded me I need another one. Some fencing too so I think the Bed and Breakfast is going to get a fence. Several other things like roof top details and leftovers from other projects.
Also went to Castle Trains (FLHS) while we were on that end of town and got some scale 2 X 6's and the last tunnel portal. Miscounted last time but should be good now. There was something else I needed but I got sidetracked when I was there and forgot what it was.
Best get downstairs before I get sidetracked again.
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.
TMarsh Jeff- Went to Castle Trains today as well as poked around my “stash of to do things” May have a deal for you after all. Check your PM’s…. IM’s…QM’s…Converses….whatever their called.
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Evening Dinners!
Flo, a beer please. Wife made chili so I will eat when I get home.
Work Front The 54 degree temperature (This is May Right ) did not help the store today. Only had 4 customers closed 3 of the 4 (made a deal) but, 2 where turned down for financing by Wells Fargo. Only person that bought spent a whole $360.00 and it took over a hour to pry it put of there hands as there 2 kids went wild in the store.
Jeffery I have been meaning to say this for awhile but your layout looks pretty good in the pictures you have posted. Only real thing I would have done different is to have a paved road running through the town and not gravel.
See you all Monday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' fffffffolks!
c-c-c-c-c-cold! Spent most of the day outside in the cold pouring rain at the museum today. Flo, I could sure use a hot cup of decaf to warm me up a bit.
What a day! Even with the rain it was a record crowd. Haven't heard the final count but it was well over 500 (possibly close to a thousand).. The coach was heated, the Depot was kept warm with a nice wood fire in the stove, the refrigerator car was nice and warm with a small electric heater.... I spent the day in the Baggage car..... No heat. All the 5 docents we had today also have to help with the loading and unloading of passengers every half hour out in the pouring rain. I did mention cold pouring rain didn't I? I was soaked to the bone and turning hypothermic so the last couple hours out there I helped in the Station office as much as possible and stood right by the nice hot wood stove......
TMarsh Speaking of him, Ray- I should know and when you tell me I’m sure I’ll say “duuuuhh”, but what is ‘dry gas’ ?
Dry Gas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_gas
Currently 46°F under cloudy skies and a bit of precipitation here in the Finger Lakes. Got all the way up to 61°F today....... We have gotten .66" rain in the last 24 hours (almost all of it today). The good news is we have also had 0.00" of snow this month! Yippy!
Back to getting a few needed items finished beofre I head to bed tonight.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening All,
All of the layout is wired now. I am having issues in the coal tower area that may be because of the switches moving shorting out the section.They are PECO Insulfrog #5 turnouts with the spring removed for Tortoise switch machine installation. They just seem to want to stay in a intermitant position. The track down stream has power so I believe it is a switch position issue.
I have run a H10-44 with 4 stock cars on the the two mains and also ran a LL P2K E-7A/B. I had to fix one area that had verticle movement causing the B unit to decouple, after shimming no decoupling. I also had to sand down part of a atlas turnout so now the B unit does not derail there.
All in all a very good day. still a huge amount of testing to do but at least I can run trains while I work
Ulrich- I remember when we first moved to Germany in 1971. Initially we rented a house on the economy. It was October so it was cold. The house burned coal for heat requiring my brother and I to go to the cellar for coal. I remember that it scared the you know what out of me. It made me feel like I was in a horror movie. I still get chills thinking about it.
Chris- Hopefully there was no sequel on the14th of the Engine rollover.
Rob- You look like you are really taking care of buisness on that roof.
Galaxy- I am with you. I should of taken more naps, because I feel like I always need one now.
Todd- If I remember right it isa liquid additive poured in the gas tank that removes water somehow.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
TMarsh I should know and when you tell me I’m sure I’ll say “duuuuhh”, but what is ‘dry gas’ ?
I should know and when you tell me I’m sure I’ll say “duuuuhh”, but what is ‘dry gas’ ?
Hi all-
I'll have a cup of Chicken Noodle Soup, its chilly here. Just won a Athearn RTR GP35, which was detailed to match the SP prototype for $46 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=140546451244&si=5pxWBpGNfzA7B7bTdO8ZhHQACk0%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT)
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Hey everyone. Well, the evenings entertainment has ended. I was right when I said it would be interesting. No laughs though. I got home from work and she wanted to start in right away but I told her I was taking a shower and getting some dinner first. Then it started. She presented me with a list of six questions and said I could take a couple days to think about it if I wanted to and said I "couldn't" file the divorce papers until Friday. (Why do women always have to make lists like that instead of just asking?) I looked through the list and told her I've done nothing but think about it for the past six months and could answer every question right now. We spent about an hour at it, even had some really meaningful conversation, but the whole thing seems to have been another delaying tactic. She TOLD me not to file the papers and said she wanted to think about it. Then she said if we did try to save the marriage she was still going to sleep in the other bedroom until we worked things out. That's when when I told her that was okay because I wouldn't touch her again until she was tested for STDs including AIDS since I know she has been having s*x with other men. You all should have seen the fireworks. They were so pur-r-r-ty!! The evening ended with her trying to get into my room to get the divorce papers and tear them up then hitting and kicking the door several times when I wouldn't let her in.
I don't know if I will be able to get them to the court house tomorrow or not. It's her day off work and she will probably stick to me like glue to keep me form taking them to the court house. But she has to go to work sometime, like Tuesday morning. So I will get them there soon.
Ain't life grand?
Hello all
Been a pretty good day. Fixed one of my antique radios so I can use it in the garage and set up the Kato Unitrack this morning and ran some trains. The Unitrack goes together very nicely and is much smoother than the EZ track and looks a bit better too.
Jeff - you'll get a laugh out of this one. After looking into the HO trailer kits, I was curious to see what was available in N-scale. As you have pointed out, not much is out there. I then found two unbuilt NuComp N-scale kits on Ebay, which I bought. Will be my first N-scale structures, so it should be interesting.
Galaxy - I agree w/ you, how do you fold a fitted sheet?
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
I don't fold the fitted sheet. I just put it back on the bed.
submmbob Jeff - you'll get a laugh out of this one. After looking into the HO trailer kits, I was curious to see what was available in N-scale. As you have pointed out, not much is out there. I then found two unbuilt NuComp N-scale kits on Ebay, which I bought. Will be my first N-scale structures, so it should be interesting.
I hate to say this, but.
Attaboy
1 Latex Gloves
2 Pillow (might need a 9 MM depending on how strong she is)
3 Frezzer
4 Chain Saw
5 Big Wood Chipper
6 Pound full of catfishes
There is a reason I like CIS shows!
Evenin’ bowl of warm milk please. And some toast in there too thank you. All this talk about mobile homes made me get into the train room and work on the interior of one of mine. That of course between commercials during some show about this guy who comes and gets wild animals people tried to keep as pets (what in the world would someone do with 2 tigers. Yeesh) and Hogs Gone Wild. An interesting and somewhat captivating show I must admit. Then I watched the first of many to come I’m sure, how we killed Bin Laden documentaries. Ain’t the Discovery Channel great? Curt- Glad to hear you’re up and running! Makes for much more relaxing going fom here on out for me anyway. Dry Gas. OH! Like Heat. A common brand around here. Truthfully, I never use the stuff. I figure with Ethanol in the gas now, I shouldn’t have water issues. I take that back, I did use it once. Late eighties. I used straight gas because for a long time I was scared of ethanol “enhanced” gasoline. You would to if you were old enough to remember “Gasohol”. Put the stuff in one year too late. Froze the gas line up as it moved the water out. Attaboy- Stick to your guns Hoss. I don’t have any idea what’s been going on other than what you say, but sounds to me from what you’ve said, you’d be better off without her. Good luck. Bob- Yes the mobile home kits are fairly easy to assemble. NuComp, you have to use super glue because they aren’t styrene so you have to pretty much get your corners square upon touching, but they are pretty easy. Like a DP structure. I think the skirting is probably the toughest part. Now in N scale when the trailer is as big as your thumb….who knows. Be sure to show us how they turn out. If this keeps up, in a couple of months, we’ll just roll our trailers up alongside the diner. PATOOOH!!! What in the heck is this? Warm milk and soggy bread! I can't stand warm milk and soggy bread makes me gag! PFTIN(Prayers For Those In Need)
Evenin’ bowl of warm milk please. And some toast in there too thank you.
All this talk about mobile homes made me get into the train room and work on the interior of one of mine.
That of course between commercials during some show about this guy who comes and gets wild animals people tried to keep as pets (what in the world would someone do with 2 tigers. Yeesh) and Hogs Gone Wild. An interesting and somewhat captivating show I must admit. Then I watched the first of many to come I’m sure, how we killed Bin Laden documentaries. Ain’t the Discovery Channel great?
Curt- Glad to hear you’re up and running! Makes for much more relaxing going fom here on out for me anyway.
Dry Gas. OH! Like Heat. A common brand around here. Truthfully, I never use the stuff. I figure with Ethanol in the gas now, I shouldn’t have water issues. I take that back, I did use it once. Late eighties. I used straight gas because for a long time I was scared of ethanol “enhanced” gasoline. You would to if you were old enough to remember “Gasohol”. Put the stuff in one year too late. Froze the gas line up as it moved the water out.
Attaboy- Stick to your guns Hoss. I don’t have any idea what’s been going on other than what you say, but sounds to me from what you’ve said, you’d be better off without her. Good luck.
Bob- Yes the mobile home kits are fairly easy to assemble. NuComp, you have to use super glue because they aren’t styrene so you have to pretty much get your corners square upon touching, but they are pretty easy. Like a DP structure. I think the skirting is probably the toughest part. Now in N scale when the trailer is as big as your thumb….who knows. Be sure to show us how they turn out.
If this keeps up, in a couple of months, we’ll just roll our trailers up alongside the diner.
PATOOOH!!! What in the heck is this? Warm milk and soggy bread! I can't stand warm milk and soggy bread makes me gag!
PFTIN(Prayers For Those In Need)
Chamomile tea and a melatonin, please.
Tis' raining here. Good for the garden. Not so much for the roofless structures.
Wife has the roofers coming early in the AM. Problem is, the materials will not be delivered until closer to noon. Why do women get impatient and think they can make things happen this way? I would have told the roofers to hold off until the materials are here. I've already used up much of the rescued lumber on the tractor shed, which doesn't leave much for them to work on in the morning. Guess I'll have to get after the building supply folks to hustle the materials out here. Looks like an interesting day tomorrow.
Cheers! Rob
Good Morning,
another rainy day - good for the garden, bad for my spirit. My Mom´s recovery has come to a grinding halt. They had to get about a quart of fluids out of her lungs, which makes me nervous. We will go to see her in a couple of hours.
Flo, just a coffee for me, please.
Attaboy - try to get the papers to the court asap, just to put an end to this ordeal. She won´t be true in any case.
Curt - these times are long gone now. Heating is either natural gas or oil. Burning coal is prohibited - EPA laws. The late 1970´s and early 1980´s saw a series of laws passed to conserve energy and a lot of houses had to be upgraded. All of these measure put a steep price tag onto housing, and I have my doubts about the effictiveness of some of them.
Well, I have to work down my SD list (that´s for son, do) - CUL, folks!
Morning:
SOme one was right the list is long:
here is PART TWO fo ""Lifes little mysteries":
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day. For me that starts at about 10AM- when I take my first nap! Er, ah "coffee break".12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again. AMEN.13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to. Always choose "the Yes" option or else you will find out why and cry.14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this - ever.15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dang it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voice mail. What did you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.Caller ID saves the day and worth the money!
18. I think the freezer deserves a light as well. Yep it sure does.19. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with beer, wine or champagne than with Kay. Unless Kay is your date.20. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option. That would be so helpful.
Well a slow day. Everything done, so sit backa d enjoy the ride. I may pack up the under the xmas tree layout finally...the trains are starting to colloect dust what with the fan and A/c running. I'll pack up the trains, but we have to work ont he board. besides MOH wants it out of the LR.
Other than that, we are hoping to look at houses tomorrow, if our agent can get it set up.
TTYALL8R
Galaxy - I didn´t know you are a philosopher! I cannot help to agree to all points!
Good news - my Mom will be transfered to the convaescence center coming Thursday. I will take my father, who can stay with her, to that place on Friday or Saturday and will head home - oh, oh rapture! There are still to packages that await opening...
TTFN
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning...
Another dull rainy day for us'uns...we got dumped on huge yesterday...and it looks like the high will only get to 58F today...
Have a few things to do this morning then off to the office for a few hours today...get done doing the weekend thing tonight so ...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now...please..I'll be at the RC for now...
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. It's 53° and mostly sunny. The high will be 74° and mostly sunny.Only thing planned for today is to get more trees planted and start in on some bushes. There will of course be photos afterwards. What's the point of making scenery if there's to be no photos taken.
Good Morning!! Coffee please. Thanks.
Looks like I fell asleep in here last night. Sunny, with a high near 61.
Rob- To a woman,( This is what I gathered over the years. You are not alone in this.) if the material arrives then sits waiting for the workers to arrive, then you’re wasting time as nobody is doing anything and the material is there. If the workers are there twiddling their thumbs waiting for the lumber to arrive, then it’s like sitting in a tree stand waiting on the deer to them. Or, more accurately, like you sitting waiting for them to get ready. (Did you ever notice they are in a big ole nervous hurry for you to get ready only for you to sit and wait for them to finish?) To you and me, we see that the lumber will cost “X” amount of dollars being used or sitting. Makes no difference. The workers cost the same too. BUT, they charge to do nothing. The lumber don’t. Explain it to a woman and they will always go back to the “but when the lumber gets here they can jump right in and fix the buildings and we won‘t have to wait on them. So it's faster and a more efficient way of utilizing the lumber and can I have twenty dollars because the coffee waaaaay across town is 3 cents cheaper than at the corner." I think it's a servitudal thing. From way back in the day they used to wait on us hand and foot. I think they're just getting even. But that's just me.
"Black August 1920" Men never really thought this one out all the way.
Just a few odds and ends to do today. We’ll see how that escalates. I hope to get into the train room today. Kinda gotta a hankerin for it today
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Coffee in a SOAKED & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Todd, that sounds good to me!
As predicted, roofers arrived before the materials, but with some "encouragement", we got the stuff delivered. In the meantime, I pointed out some obvious damage to the roofers that would need to be replaced, (so they couldn't sit on their butts waiting).
I've been working out there myself, to set an example, incase they need one. Figure if a sick guy like me can be doing stuff... Oh good, the rain has stopped. Back out there I go.
Have a good day y'all.
Rob
Mornin' all!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Buckwheat pancakes, leave the full bottle of Maple Syrup right here at the counter, and a cup of dark roast coffee. Oh, it would be nice if you made another pot of dark roast, Todd and I will be needing more I'm sure.
Lots of kudos flying around the R&GV RR membership last night and this morning. The 70 year old (newly reconditioned) Empire State Express Coach pulled by the LV 211 (our largest loco) ran beautifully and smoothly. Amazing how comfortable and smooth a ride the old coach still has. Personally, This morning walking hurts! Not used to being on my feet for 6 hours straight anymore. Lunch consisted of a bag of potato chips and a cream soda on the run..... The lunch I brought with me ended up being supper last night around 8PM after I got home.
Rob, sounds like things are happening quickly as far as repairs. THAT is good! Considering the amount of work contractors must have lined up around there at the moment, I am glad you were able to get them fairly quickly to get your place back in order.
Todd, yep Heat is one of the old brand names for dry gas. The new gas mixes that contain 10% or so ethanol have taken care of most moisture issues people have in their tanks these days. I have a feeling that since my sister leaves the gas can out under a tree all Winter, she may have had a goodly amount of H2O in it before she refilled it this Spring........ She doesn't take advise well! She had a small shed under the big old pine tree when she bought the house 30 years ago, but had THAT removed as it was ugly..... Any thing like THAT would distract from the wonderful garden she has created with pretty little plants and flowers and paintings and sea shells and driftwood she has in her little world... Don't anyone dare give her any practical advise! She would much rather have some neighbor come over and fix it for her later. Is there really any reason she shouldn't store her lawn mower with half a tank of gas in her cellar all Winter????
Hmm.. It was morning when I started this... best shut up and go do something else!
Good afternoon all,
Have just a few minutes. MOH is at NIH today getting her regular MRI. We will know in a day or so if the Avastin is working. Last report showed the tumor receding. Hoping and praying it continues in THAT direction.
Uhlrich- Will your Dad be able to spend more time with your Mom than a day or two a week ? Does he want to or able to ?
Chris - are you replacing the entire compressor or just the gauge ? There are local tool repair places where you may be able to pick up a gauge for under twenty buck?
Attaboy - are you NUTS ! Have you ever heard of Lorena Bobbit ? Man I would not sleep a lick with an angry crazy women and I would really not prode an angry tigress , and then go to sleep under the same roof . Better strengthen that door.
Rob - I think THAT picture would make a great scene on the ole MRR.
Back to w**k for me , talk to ya'll later
YGW - my dad is actually joining my Mom in that convalescence center. They will have a two room apartment, where they will stay the next three weeks. My Mom will have to do different exercises under a doc´s control, nut there will also be plenty of time for various kinds of entertainment for the old folks.
I am glad that they offer to take my father on board as well. taking care of the old gentleman is a taxing job, for which I don´t have the energy any more. I am pretty ill myself - my old ticker is acting up like mad in the last days.
Just checked on a shipment of upper/lower shelf couplers (McHenry MCH750) that I ordered on Friday. They're currently in the vicinity of Austin Texas and I should have them sometime this week. Now why McHenry's and not Kadees is probably the question you're asking. Well, I intend to superglue many of these couplers closed permanently to make them into dummy couplers and some of them will be cut down to lower shelf couplers and I just couldn't do that to a bunch of Kadee's. Also these are somewhat cheaper, just under 46¢ a coupler and they come in a bulk pack which Kadee does not offer. The Kadee #119 cost about 99¢ a coupler and I just couldn't see spending $50 on a project like this. Better to keep the expenditure down as much as possible.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, bucket of coffee to-go...gotta hit the road in an hour or so for Clear Creek Amana girls varsity soccer vs. Mt. Pleasant on the home field in Tiffin. Sunshine, blue skies....and the wind is only blowing 20-25 mph. Weird spring.
YOU GOTTA WANNTA: Hopefully, I'll just be replacing the el-cheapo plastic regulator/pressure adjustment knob assembly. A second look at Harbor Freight's website showed the newer compressor uses the same looking el-cheapo plastic part. IF I can find the paperwork, maybe there'll be contact info for the actual manufacturer, and maybe just maybe a replacement part can be obtained. Either way, it's a next paycheck issue. This one is gone on obligated obligations and gas.
No Vinnie Sir, you can go back to your nap, I won't be up on the soapbox...
ATTABOY: One word: SHOTGUN. Since the local LEOs probably can't/won't do anything for you until the papers are signed and filed, maybe a little 12 ga. persuasion is in order???? Any chance you can have her committed for a psych-eval as a "threat to others and herself?" Sounds like she needs some serious time with the shrink. Good luck, we're pullin' for ya.
ROB: Glad the repairs are moving...reminds me of a week spent helping my favorite uncle in Kansas after a little tornado picked up his hay shed then set it back down. You could see where the telephone pole posts had been lifted out of the ground. Fortunately, repairs consisted mostly of reattaching the roof back to the tops of the walls. But, "wood bees" (bumble bees THAT drill into wood, apparently) buzzing about the head and shoulders coupled with high heat made it an interesting time. Surprisingly, the huge, I mean gy-norm-ous bees never attacked. One did "patrol" an area just outside the shed, chasing out anything else THAT would fly into it's airspace... Strange.
Oh, and the tornado THAT lifted the shed? THAT system went on to gain strength throughout the afternoon as it moved to the NE and destroyed a part of Washington, Iowa THAT evening. I guess my uncle's shed was "breakfast," Washington was it's dinner.
RAY: A mower with a half-tank of gas...in the basement. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. The more you describe your sister, the more she reminds me of a disowned cousin....
ULRICH: Mixed news from you, but glad the care facility will take care of both parents. You've more than had your fill this year, on top of last year's struggles. Here's hoping you catch a break and get some much-needed and well-deserved rest and yes...relaxation!
One of the$1***$2t.) Chiefs from my Fire Dept. stopped by a little bit ago. I thought he was going to be wondering why they hadn't seen me in several weeks (w**k obligations trump FD meetings). Instead, he said "they found your truck in Nebraska."
Huh?
"They found your truck in Nebraska."
I'm seriously wondering what the h-e-double hockey sticks the man is talking about. MY truck is in the garage, my '53 Dodge/Towers pumper is still in the backyard.
Turns out, the guys who are still on the New Truck Committee found a 1997 International (Navistar?) four-door cab pumper which meets most of the specs I laid-out earlier this year as recommendations for discussion. Some guys are going west to look at it, possibly this weekend. The price is within our means...so we may finally be one step closer to replacing three vehicles at once: the 1970s pickup (former brush truck, only hauls the Jaws and airbags), the 1970s Ford pumper and the 1980-something ex-SnapOn Tools van we use as our "equipment truck." It pretty much is a big red closet on wheels since we carry our turnout gear in it to scenes.That means guys are getting geared up while standing up in a moving vehicle. Not safe. Not cool. Not Kosher. OSHA would have us for lunch. It's got SCBA "seating" for four, but again, we're donning them standing up...in a moving vehicle. The 1990 International/Smeal pumper is a two-door. We'll keep her, but she'll be the second-out Engine.
Now, if it's red...has at least a 1,000 gal tank (mostly rural, non-hydrant district), and a Federal Signal "Q" siren... I'll do a happy dance.
It's just not a fire engine without a "Q."
Once in awhile, 'Ol Lucky gets it right... Then again, I may have used up my "good ideas" for the year on this one!
Have a safe day....
Chris
***EDIT*** Now, how did THAT happen??? I typed A s s (t.) Chief (minus the spaces) and $1***2 etc. appears. Hmmmmmmmmmm. I guess I shoulda put "Donkey Chief" instead???? hee hee
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