Good evening ...
Evidently Barry and Ken each had a "flying F3" day. I hate days like that. Sorry to hear about it.
I think some of you others have had bad days, too.
Thanks again for the anniversary wishes.
Chris, I'll have to remember the contract renewal line. That's funny. Also, THAT car is really something.
Duke! ... Good to see you in the diner. Those are great pictures of Entertrainment Junction. I was there a couple of years ago while visiting Cincinnati. ... That is a "must see" layout. ...The numbers were amazing. I don't recall exactly, but I think the building has about 80,000 square feet, and the owner invested about $10.0 million. .... Now, that's a layout!
JR ... Good to see you.
Paul ... Texas has been in the news a lot. I hope you and your family are enduring the fires as safe as possible.
Rob ... I hope it is not too wet there.
Cheers, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good evening all. Haven't been able to stop in in the past couple of days, but I have been able to glance into the windows!
Barry I am sorry that you had your troubles, although I can agree with today being "battery day", I installed 6 of them myself at w**k today.
Rob, so how do you control the kudzu once its filled in where you want it?
Well (full as of this moment, other than about 4 inches of rain, nothing bad came up yesterday, the tornado siren went off a few times as storms would skirt just to the east or north of town. Today was windy, overcast, and cooler. This week is only supposed to get up into the lower 80s, so it'll be a much welcomed relief for us!
Not going to have anything tonight, but I am going to hang out a while and see what stirs up!
teen steam fan A friend of mine was using the table saw under the instructor's supervision, adjusted his grip on the board, and the board caught and launched back. My friend was out of the target zone. The kid that was messing around wasn't so lucky He got a glancing blow from his "family area" and the board flew across the room (I'd say it was about 70 feet) and slammed into the scrap wood box, moving the scrap wood box on impact.
A friend of mine was using the table saw under the instructor's supervision, adjusted his grip on the board, and the board caught and launched back. My friend was out of the target zone. The kid that was messing around wasn't so lucky
He got a glancing blow from his "family area" and the board flew across the room (I'd say it was about 70 feet) and slammed into the scrap wood box, moving the scrap wood box on impact.
Well, today I received four locos in the mail. One worked but had a cracked shell. The other three had good shells but two had slow motors and one had a dead motor. The one that worked OK is a Proto 2000 E6 chassis with a Trainline E7 shell. The nose was cracked so I put some super glue gel in the crack and held the crack closed for fifteen minutes while I played some solitaire. The motor in the BL2 worked but it ran extremely slow even on straight DC. So I changed the motor out with one from an Athearn SD40. The other two locos are Stewart F9's, an A-B unit set. The A unit had a weak motor so I changed it out with one from a Proto 2000 FA1. The motor in the B unit was DOA. It wouldn't even show up on the meter. I shoehorned in a motor from an Athearn switcher. While I was at it I changed out the trucks with a set that were compatible with the motor. So now it has AAR trucks. Point is it works. I don't much care what it looks like as long as it runs good. Someday I'll be able to get decoders for these four.
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
Evening, all. Sorry I haven't been dropping in more often.
Boy, did it feel COLD today! High couldn't have gotten out of the 60's, after pushing 100 over the weekend. Yeah, I know - in a few weeks from now a high in the 60's will feel downright balmy. Like they say about Indiana weather: if you don't like it, just hang around for a while. It'll change.
Not really much to share tonight. I'll just have a slice of cheesecake and be on my way.
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
Chips and medium salsa, please.
***Bama, our plan is to fence the critters out of the "canyon", toss in a twig of Kudzu and run like heck. Then, rely on our 22 pygmy goats to keep it trimmed as it grows through the fence. That's the plan anyway. We also have a bushhog and a torch if they need assistance.
Rob
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood evening,
Glad to see so many enjoyed THAT "car." It was in the Rat Rod class, but I think it could've been in a class all it's own!
GARRY: I got THAT line from the great Walter E. Williams. When his wife was still alive, he'd talk (guest host for a popular radio talk show host heard nationally) about special birthday, anniversery and Christmas gifts he'd get for her, such as: a new iron so she could iron his shirts properly, cleats so she could scrape his windshield safely in the icy conditions of winter, a new vacuum cleaner, various kitchen utensils...etc., etc., etc. On his website, he had posted a set of "rules" for the "modern housewife" from a 1950s era magazine. It had specific requirements for a good wife, such as having dinner ready when the man would return home; making sure the children were clean, cheerful and quiet; not discussing anything which would disturb, upset or otherwise interfere with the man's pleasant meal and digestive process...
Hmmmmm, I should go see if he still has that up!
***EDIT*** Yes, yes he does: http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/misc/days.pdf
Here's hoping for a better tomorrow for us all, since today doesn't seem to have really been much of a bargain for anybody!
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
I see, I see. Was just curious as I know how rampant kudzu can grow!
Jeff, glad that you were able to get the locomotives running, even if modifications were in order, as they say, there's a prototype for everything.
Welp, I think I'm going to be off to bed, tomorrow is my off day from my "real" job, so that means I'll be in the back yard replacing the timing belts in the Odyssey that we have....
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2011!!!
With all this rain for 3 days, and more for the next week to come, I guess our roof will NOT get done today!
Enjoy today while you can!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good Morning...
Today just has to be better than yesterday..we got a 60% chance of drizzle bits and showers today..high of 65F...
Well..after getting the groceries that should have been bought BEFORE I got home...I am now going to be going out and picking up a couple of things from the LHS today...neighbour loaned me his old pickemup and I be using this until I get my new car...
Oh..and Audrey's car does have a new battery in it for now........thanks to our neighbour...
My elbow is now all swole up...my arm looks more like a sausage link.......and, of course, it is very sore right now...
Flo, I'll have a 3 egg special..sunny side up..and with hash browns and whole wheat toast please..oh..and a coffee as well..I'll be at the corner booth...wherein I....BBBLLLLAAAAAAAATTTTUUULLLAAAAAARR!!!!....oh goodie..another whoopie cushion....
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 All,
We went from 95F-105F last week to 55F-59F this week. Big shock to switch from shorts to wind breakers over night. I see Lee is falling apart to our southeast. I spent last night doing yard work and ended up with about 10 trash bags out front and several bundles of branches. Tonight is the local MRR club meeting and Friday is the NMRA DIV 4 meeting.
The rolling stock dresser is coming along, MRR friend stopped over and after he figured out what I was building asked me to build him 2 dressers. I think he will be waiting until spring, only about 8 weeks left to work outside in the garage. If this dresser works out I might build a second one for myself.
Ken, those telemarketing jobs are tough, the people you call aren’t always that friendly. Good luck. Good luck finding your credit score for free, I would ask your bank or credit union to see if they will help you out. Also I’ve learned that your credit score varies depending on what you’re buying. Credit card, home loan, and Auto loans use different variables to award you a Credit Score.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Train MasterMom and dad have plans for me to attend college. They never did.
Good morning. It's 54° and clear. The high will be 84° and mostly sunny.No plans for today. We'll just see what happens. The front area of my layout looks like Gomez Addams paid me a visit. There are pieces of old locos strewn about, motors, trucks, motor mounts, flywheels, frames, circuit boards, couplers with their springs gone.
Good morning, Chloe. A NP mug for my coffee, please.
Summer is finally here. We are continuing temps in the high 80's, with a possible 90 on Saturday. Our ladies trip climbing might be moved to another weekend, due to temps close to 100 at our destination. Go figure. It takes for ever to get here, and then.............
Off to work.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good evening folks from spring time Brisbane!
Been doin' some kit buildin' the last few days, I've had three kits sitting on my desk for 12 months or more so I finally pulled my finger out and completed them. Two Micro Engineering warehouse kits and Walthers ADM grain elevator kit. I've attached a photo.
You can also see I've done 85% of the ballasting on the layout and 'poured a road' for the town. My Grain elevator just needs decals and light weathering, also the warehouses just need some decals done up, the large one will become a produce distributor and the smaller one in 'town' will be a bathroom products wholesaler as thats the industry I work in. :D
Once my order from Model Train Stuff arrives I will populate the hills with trees, the next order in a about a month from now I will be buying a few more sctructure kits for my town, A service station ( Gas ) a little diner some strip shops and about 3 houses.
Jeff: I'm not too sure if you follow monsterrailroad on youtube or even have heard of him but there is a chap commenting on one of his videos username 'driline' bagging your weathering skills, just thought you might like to know. If I can find the video again I will link it to you. Hope it's not too wet down your way.
I will have more to add to the weekends WPF, Might even start it if I can get in quick enough.
TTFN
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
LSWrr Ken, those telemarketing jobs are tough, the people you call aren’t always that friendly.
Um, that would be me. IF you don’t accept my first polite “no thank you, I‘m not interested.” After that, you’re free game.
Is there some reason Mopars were singled out yesterday? (chuckle)
Good Morning!! Coffee and the #2 special please, over easy thank you. I'm in a good mood today. Not that I'm ever in a bad mood, that's unusual, but today I'm in an especially grand mood.
Sunny, with a high near 75. Pretty much feels like sub zero out there now. Should warm up.
Ken- I can’t remember what brought the subject up about the spell check. But trust me, it wasn’t a complaint. Must have been spell checks choice of words for something. Funny what words the thing can come up with , but odd other things it can’t.
Well, today is the Anniversary of the third luckiest day of my life. The day I married Brenda. Yup we have been married for…..ever it seems. Can’t remember life with out her, or imagine it. Aaah I still get butterflies when I remember…never mind. You know, to this day, when ever she walks into the room, everything in my life stops. My heart beats a little faster and the breath leaves my body…as I wonder what I’ve done wrong this time. Tonight we will dine at either the Lonestar or the Roadhouse. Have only been to the Roadhouse once and was not impressed at all. We will see what she wants. I’m betting Lonestar as we both enjoy that place. Even though they don’t carry Lone Star Beer anymore. Mafia you know. Some things haven’t changed since Prohibition.
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.
Happy Aniiversary to Todd and Brenda !
Todd, if you look at the link Chris posted about a "good wife" dated 1955, you may enjoy it.
Chris... Thanks for posting the link. Walter Williams has plenty of wisdom. I've heard him a few times, and have read some of his columns. He's a good guy.
David P .... Great to learn you have plans to attend college! Feel free to tell more about it.
Jeff ... Your shops have even more work going on. I have to wonder what happened to the motors in the Stewart engines because they are good quality.
I'm still working on the layout. I'm painting my own clouds and was about to post them in the "Show Me" thread, but another clouds photo was already there when I was about to do so. It's part of about 16' of backdrop I am working on. Maybe I'll post it in WPF although I rarely show my work in progress. Stuff like that is messy.
Morning all.
Flo, Coffee to go.
Todd I know you get a kick out of the spelling mistakes and was not worried about that. I was just wondering what triggered it this time around? Brats did not look right to me if that was it.
Telemarketing Job. Believe me, it is not a job I want. But, I cannot make it on what I will be getting this time from unemployment either. Only good thing is it is only 8 miles from the house. On days my wife needs the car she could take me and pick me up from works.
Well, got to run, need to get the tire put on the car so I can go to the Services Writer interview.
Looks like I will break the 5000 post mark today.
Ken
I hate Rust
Well, with the way it's , , , we are NOT going to get the roof done today I tell ya! It will have to be next week as we are supposed to have rain until tuesday next.
Todd- my sympathies, I mean my congratulations! In that pic are you sure you don't have you eyes closed thinking "I wish she would disappear, I wish she would disappear"??? MOH and I have been together 11 years now. Where DOES time go...Einstein never DID answer THAT question!!!
Well, saw the Dr. about the muscle fatigue and weakness I have been experiencing and getting worse for 2 months now. By evening I feel like an 85 y/o man and I ain't there yet!!. He took me off the cholesterol lowering drug as they often have such side effects. We shall see what we shall see when we shall see it! Hope it works cuz I can't bear this any longer. Can't get anything done.
Well, because we both have a wee bit 'o the Scottish in us, we are going to the Scottish Festival up towards Penn Yan in Dundee this coming Saturday if not raining so bad. They lost a soldier recently so I am sure they will have a tribute to him in there somewhere. Folks in town are going to tie yellow ribbons around the trees along main street. We both have more Irish and welsh in us than the scottish, but a wee bit will do! Men wearing Skirts! I never! Oh, sorry, KILTS I meant. MOH think me would look a bit 'o good in one! Now if I can find my tartan....
The train nut wanted to go with us, but then the wife decided she wanted to go and then mentioned it to her parents who wnat to go along so train nut friend will be bored stiff. Even though there are no trains involved.
Speaking of trains, at Steamtown Trainfest we both and train nut friend too entered contest for the Amtrak 40th anniversary Keystone Express train ride. It is free 2 round trip tickets form NY Penn station to Harrisburg, PA, then back to NYC in COACH {darn not first class}...and all we have to do is follow certain rules aobut booking to clear the trip to free and take a bus to Port Authority in NYC to take train. Train nut wants to go along...aparently it's only $51 one way? We have to work out detail and plan to try for my birthday weekend {the 25th for folks who wish to send he he} but MOH has to put in for 2 days vacation. Wish we had the $$$ to go to NYC spend the night on the town and then take the train and bus back home. We have some time to plan, but Mr. Bachmann from Amtrak said we can't wait to long, or it will expire.
I let MOH plan things like that. After I planned a few surprise things trip wise and MOH didn't like the motel, or didn't like the restaurant, or didn't like th rental car or didn't like whatever....I stopped the planning. THat way, if MOH plans it and isn't happy, I can say "YOU did it, not me!". Safer that way. How many of you guys do the same thing???
Well, getting yet another migraine headache due to this stinkin' weather. Awiating approval for anohter migraine medication. Hope it helps.
Later guys
Good Afternoon Folks,
back from the STALAG. Herr Klink seems to like me - no wonder, I seem to be the only one who participates. Puts a burden on me, being in his focus all the time, no time to sleep
Brenda & Todd - congratulations on your anniversary. Judging from the picture, you have retained your preference for blue shirts over those years
Ken - maybe its a new start for you, even if this is not what you are looking for. Take it, if nothing else shows up and keep on looking around.
James - I like the look of your layout very much. It is good to see a layout not plastered with track
Sue - we are enjoying the typical Washington State weather right now, not warm, but not really cold, either. But plenty of that wet stuff coming down ...
Jeff -bobber cabeese - I just love them
David - getting as much education as possible is never a bad idea. Learning when you are past your sell by date is much more exhausting, I can tell you!
Barry - that was shocking news! I am glad you escaped with only minor injuries. Take care!
Chris - THAT car would be an inspector´s dog´s breakfast in my neck of woods. It´d never see a public road here.
Joe - sounds like a fun schedule. I still remember my high school days back in 1974. Compared to my German school, the curriculum was a walk in the park during sunshine. That has changed considerably since, but the level of education has also dropped. More people now get their diploma, but with a lot less preparation for real life.
Ray - the Ford F-150 was the car I learned how to drive on - I still love it.
Hope you all are having a good one & stay safe!
Mornin'
Zoe, I need something hot this morning to.... Oh my dark roast coffee! You brought it with you... OK, let's have a short stack of Blueberry Pancakes with Maple Syrup and a side order of breakfast sausage to go along with the coffee. Thanks!
As Barry would say.... Dull! Very Dull here in the Finger lakes, and chilly as well. As of 11:30 we finally reached 60°F outside. The high may get up to 63°F....... "We're havin' a Heat Wave... Tropical Heat Wave". Last Saturday it was 90° here and bright sun..... Pouring out at the moment. We had .63" of "partly cloudy" overnight and they are calling for 2" today and another 1" to 2" tonight. Better keep a watch on the water level in the basement. Of course the gents are coming on Friday to evaluate some models.... I really don't want to have them bring boots....
Speaking of Barry... Take care of THAT arm sir! Hope it get to feeling better quickly.
David..... Get thee to college! You will be doing yourself a big favor.... I know a good many people who now wished they had gone and gotten more education, I have never had anyone tell me they should not have gone..... No matter what you choose to do in life, a good higher education will serve you well.
Spent part of last evening getting some new photos of the Roundhouse at Hopewell Junction. I'll share a couple with you folks:
And a night shot:
Best get checking out some things and accomplishing some other stuff.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Ray, perhaps you're tired of hearing this, but I've got to repeat, "that's an amazing layout you have there."
***Todd, CONGRATS on the Anniversary. Perhaps you two could work up some smiles?
Have a good day all.
Well, well, well, {overflowing with flood waters}
Iff'n y'all don't see me for a few days, It's because we got flooded out.
Flooding everywhere will match the Great FLood of '06.
WE won't actually get flooded..but will get flooded in and will loose power if the transfer station in Castle Gardens gets flooded out. In '06 I think it was 5 days we were without power!
1-2" RAIN still coming for the next 3 hours and we are already flooding everywhere. They are in state of emergency and evacuating people quickly!
I don't how or what route MOH will be able to take to get home and that is still 2 hours away!
After 1.8 BILLION dolars in damage form Irene, now we have LEE dumping on us heartily and flooding where it DIDN'T flood with Irene.
When it rains it pours..litterally!!
SO you all stay warm, cool, safe and dry. We will suffer.
To bad we couldn't send it down to Texas!!!
I wil mail them zip-lock bags full of rain to help out!
Good Afternoon Everyone!
It's been a while since I last dropped by, things have been rather busy, and I was still having problems with the page, but it seems to be ok now. I finished 3 paintings since I was here last. Here's the CP painting fo my friend who owns this locomotive:
And here's a shot of the Broadway Limited in the snow:
Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the third, it was a portrait of a 67 Ford Galaxy 500 in front of a chicken restaurant in Elmira, NY. My friend used to own the car, and manage the restaurant, so I painted it for his birthday.
I did get a chance to run the trains quite a bit last month. Here's the Pennsy M1 doubleheader crossing the fill with a westbound freight:
Well, now that everything seems to be w**king right, I'll have to get caught up on what everyone's doing. Tom in Ca, I want to post a few images of the DM&IR painting I'm currently working on sometime this week.
Catch ya all later!
-Stan
GARRY I don't recall exactly, but I think the building has about 80,000 square feet, and the owner invested about $10.0 million. .... Now, that's a layout!
I don't recall exactly, but I think the building has about 80,000 square feet, and the owner invested about $10.0 million. .... Now, that's a layout!
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
Hello Fellow Dinners
Flo, what a free beer for my 5,000 post? Well thank You! Ah, could I have a pitcher of ?
Services Writer Position. Hum, they don't own the building yet? It is not what I thought it would be, but still maybe a good job. They are closing today on the building and it will be a higher end used car lot. All cars will be certificated and sold with a aftermarket warranty. We would handle all warranty work depending on the warranty package they bought.
Interview went OK, but I did not feel like I hit it out of the ballpark either. With the shop being no where ready to open I did point out I have opened 3 of shops so I could help get the shop going.
There will be no body shop. That is something I would have enjoyed. He all so said they will sell no cars that have had any paint work done to them. Told him then I could help with buying cars. Having been in the business for 20 years I can spot paint work that most people would never see. I all so bet he will get over that part real fast if I help in buying! Most people would be shocked at how many NEW CARS have had some paint work done on them!
He did tell me to E-Mail him with any questions I have. I think that is the key if I want the job. It was a long drive and the lot is not in a great spot. It is next to the interstate but in a deep gully. Cannot be seen from the interstate period.
Telemarketing Job Sort blow them off. Told Matt I was still interested in the job, but do to family issues I could not start till the 19th. Told me he was starting a training class on Monday the 12th. Said I would call him back and see what I could do. Personally I think there is a training class every Monday. While I was there Tuesday, he told me 2 new people quit. Go figure.
Have two other interviews set up for Friday and Saturday. One of the reasons I wanted to keep my options open. One is for a larger builder in the area and the other one is for a finical planner position / insurances agent.
Finical Planing is something I would like to do, I would be helping people. It is so sad I never had any plan set in places. If I had, I would not be in the position I am in. Hard to believe but I have made close to $1,000,000 on my life according to the IRS. Heck, if I had paid on the house instead of my toys I would own the house out right. Never thought things would go south $ wise.
Ray Outstanding pictures! How big is your layout anyway?
Todd Is that you and Brenda?
Todd you lucky Dog you.Guess it was after she married you she figured out see need glasses! That was only 1990? How old are you anyway? In 1990 I had all ready been married 12 years?
While it was not the picture I was looking for, here is my wife when I meet her in God, 1973?
Jeffery Glad you are having luck with the engines. I had not noticed the crack in the E-7 shell. Sorry about that. I still have a PK E-6 and undercoated shell with no cracks.
Ulrich How much more time in the Stalag? Think you said it was 3 weeks?
Well this was my 5000th post. ore than likely I will still be in the dinner for the 6000th and on.
Flooding Flooding Flooding!!!
Getting deep around here.
River near me is flood stage at 18', is now at 26.4', and expected crest at 33'!!!!!!!
No wonder we are headed for the Flood of '06 - the "500 year flood"-that only expected to happen once in 500 years??? Try at least twice in a decade!!! Add in a few "100 year floods" in the past decade and we've had our share.
Now if only we could send it to Texas!!!
We will be high and dry and Red Cross has ashelter nearby we should be able to get to if we need to.
We will probably loose power overnight or sooner.
Was out 5 days in '06.
We should be high and dry!!!
Opps...better charge my cell phone!
cudaken Jeffery Glad you are having luck with the engines. I had not noticed the crack in the E-7 shell. Sorry about that. I still have a PK E-6 and undercoated shell with no cracks.
jeffrey-wimberly cudaken: Jeffery Glad you are having luck with the engines. I had not noticed the crack in the E-7 shell. Sorry about that. I still have a PK E-6 and undercoated shell with no cracks. The crack was easy enough to fix. I put some super glue in it and held the pilot down with my left thumb for 15 minutes while I played solitaire. In the first photo you see the glued crack running from the middle of the number board hole down to just above the first wheelset. In the second photo you can see the Athearn motor I shoehorned into the Stewart B unit. I quickly found that the rear truck had a busted gear in the top of the tower. Since I didn't have a good set of Kato trucks floating around I milled out part of the bottom of the frame on each end and refitted it with AAR switcher trucks either from an old Athearn switcher or a Proto switcher. The loco frames look near identical.
cudaken: Jeffery Glad you are having luck with the engines. I had not noticed the crack in the E-7 shell. Sorry about that. I still have a PK E-6 and undercoated shell with no cracks.
Just say it was in a crossing acciedent.
Russell
Good evening. It's a nice 85° here with hardly a cloud in the sky.I spent most of the morning at my parents place helping my father cut bushes out of the fence and trim low hanging limbs. OK, he did that. I drove the tractor with a trailer on behind and loaded the limbs and bushes into the trailer and hauled them off to the burn pile. For lunch we went into town to Buffet City. Only place in town where you can get chicken cooked eighteen different ways. Then we dropped my mother at Stage so she could do some quick shopping. Fifteen minutes she said. Yeah! Right! Thirty-seven minutes later she emerged from the store with a small bag as evidence of her efforts. Still she set a new record for herself. Her shortest time before that was one hour and twenty-five minutes and she walked out with a store clerk carrying two large bags for her while she carried a third and I carried the fourth. I remember that particular trip because I had a little fun while I was waiting for her in the store. I was sitting near one of the checkout stands (they're sprinkled all over the store) just resting, leaned back with my left leg crossed over the right leg and my arms crossed, not moving a muscle if I could help it. This young girl about ten or eleven is standing close by looking at me. I'm not moving. She steps closer. Maybe she thinks it's some kind of display though why a clothing store would have a display of a bearded man in jeans and t-shirt is beyond me. She steps closer and reaches out and touches my left arm. I opened my left eye and while my left eyebrow disappeared into my hairline I said in a conversational tone 'BOO!'. She let out a short scream and jumped two feet up and four feet back. Back to today. By the time I got home it was 5 pm. I'm just sitting here trying to recover from the day. I'm sure that later I'll be hurting in places I didn't know I had. My foot is a bit swollen from the work this morning so I'm going to have to take it easy for a while.
jeffrey-wimberly Good evening. It's a nice 85° here with hardly a cloud in the sky.I spent most of the morning at my parents place helping my father cut bushes out of the fence and trim low hanging limbs. OK, he did that. I drove the tractor with a trailer on behind and loaded the limbs and bushes into the trailer and hauled them off to the burn pile. For lunch we went into town to Buffet City. Only place in town where you can get chicken cooked eighteen different ways. Then we dropped my mother at Stage so she could do some quick shopping. Fifteen minutes she said. Yeah! Right! Thirty-seven minutes later she emerged from the store with a small bag as evidence of her efforts. Still she set a new record for herself. Her shortest time before that was one hour and twenty-five minutes and she walked out with a store clerk carrying two large bags for her while she carried a third and I carried the fourth. I remember that particular trip because I had a little fun while I was waiting for her in the store. I was sitting near one of the checkout stands (they're sprinkled all over the store) just resting, leaned back with my left leg crossed over the right leg and my arms crossed, not moving a muscle if I could help it. This young girl about ten or eleven is standing close by looking at me. I'm not moving. She steps closer. Maybe she thinks it's some kind of display though why a clothing store would have a display of a bearded man in jeans and t-shirt is beyond me. She steps closer and reaches out and touches my left arm. I opened my left eye and while my left eyebrow disappeared into my hairline I said in a conversational tone 'BOO!'. She let out a short scream and jumped two feet up and four feet back. Back to today. By the time I got home it was 5 pm. I'm just sitting here trying to recover from the day. I'm sure that later I'll be hurting in places I didn't know I had. My foot is a bit swollen from the work this morning so I'm going to have to take it easy for a while.
Jeff!!!!- that's cruel, but very funny.
Well, it's been around upper 60s today. Nice by my book. Cleaned the inside of my Jeep up for Elwood days this weekend. Tomorrow I may spend the morning shooting the breeze with a friend in the morning. Late start early dismissal tomorrow, and I only have 3 classes, two technically because I'm going to be working during my advisory in the welding shop making a repair part for my mom's lounger. Needs a thing to keep the incline set. Cheap plastic thing broke last year and I have to talk to the welding instructor about welding up an aluminum pot.
Coffee for me. Thanks.
Crud, Top again? Got any work that needs to be done Vinny?
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