Good morning, Chloe. Coffee, please. I had a great evening climbing last night.
Galaxy, I am with Ray. Hopefully it is the 95% person who opened it. It is tax time and they are probably looking for the same thing. I have had checks show up 10 miles away. Similar street number and the road name started with the same letter. The people called me and I went over to get it.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning All,
34F and a typical grey New England winter morning. Spent last night going through the rolling stock we use on the grade school introduction to model railroading program. Today is the last day and after an attack by Mr. Murphy last week I wanted at least a fighting chance we could operate without too many delays. I did cut the center of the gorge on the layout away after bracing the part of the base I was leaving. I'll end up with about an 18" deep river bed when I'm done - should be cool.
I hope you guys are correct about G's mangled mail but I get suspiscious none the less.
Ken - Hope the house front works out for you. It's been a long slog I know and you're not done yet. but hang in there. BoA and a couple of others are still in deep mire with the gov't about their fraudulent practices including the bad advice they routinely gave out to folks like you. Here Conn just settled with them for a ton of relief money for people they messed around in the state so there's hope beyond just the fix to get you up to date.
I won't comment any more on the PO issues - the annoyance about the war we had with them a couple of years ago still rankles me. sayonara, time to pick up tools J.R.
TMarsh G- I’m with Ray on the opened mail thing. Not that I’m oblivious to the possibilities, but if someone were to do it for the info, why would they send the letter back with a wrong address note? Just throw it away. They wouldn’t care if you got it or not. They just want to use your SS until they get stopped and they don’t do that very long so they won’t. I would pay extra attention for a while, but I wouldn’t lose any sleep. So, what’s this guaranteed delivery charge? Never heard of such a thing! And here I believed it was guaranteed all along.
G- I’m with Ray on the opened mail thing. Not that I’m oblivious to the possibilities, but if someone were to do it for the info, why would they send the letter back with a wrong address note? Just throw it away. They wouldn’t care if you got it or not. They just want to use your SS until they get stopped and they don’t do that very long so they won’t. I would pay extra attention for a while, but I wouldn’t lose any sleep. So, what’s this guaranteed delivery charge? Never heard of such a thing! And here I believed it was guaranteed all along.
ANd the Post Office wonders WHY their revenues are declining!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We get about 10 pieces per year that are mangled and damaged and torn or shredded. That is about once a month. I have complained LOUDLY to them about shredded opened CC statements, That someone might be abel to scarf the account # and use it!!! Everything form catalogs to CC staements and who knows WHAT we never had delivered!!!
I once called my CC company to complain I had not received my monthly statemnet and paid by phone so it wouldn't be late. The CC statement arrived mangled and shredded about 3 days AFTER THE PAYMENT WAS DUE!!! Good thing I called!
Liek I say, and the PO wonders why people are abandoning them!!!!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good morning. It's 49° and cloudy with dense fog. The high is looking to be 69° and it will be partly cloudy.Well I didn't even get one weathering project started yesterday. Maybe today will be different. I hope today doesn't turn into a repeat of yesterday. My father thought it would be much better if I spent time at his home than at my own. Problem is there's nothing to do there than spend time with them and I can't take any projects with me because I can't spend time with them if I'm working on something and weathering projects tend to be dirty affairs which are best not done in the presence of two attention starved (spoiled rotten is more like it) poodles and one very curious cat that demands to be in the middle of whatever is going on. And now you know why I didn't get anything done yesterday. Right now it's way too humid in here. I have to get the moisture level down a bit or the weathering powder will tend to clump and not work right. Be back later.
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Good Morning!! Coffee and one of them sweet rolls with caramel and pecans thank you. Areas of snow and freezing drizzle before 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Weather guessers will probably say we had an inch or 2 accumulation, but my stick says about ¾. So we had snow. Rain tomorrow with high of 45 so look fast snow lovers cause the temps are in the mid to upper forties thru next Monday at least. G- I’m with Ray on the opened mail thing. Not that I’m oblivious to the possibilities, but if someone were to do it for the info, why would they send the letter back with a wrong address note? Just throw it away. They wouldn’t care if you got it or not. They just want to use your SS until they get stopped and they don’t do that very long so they won’t. I would pay extra attention for a while, but I wouldn’t lose any sleep. So, what’s this guaranteed delivery charge? Never heard of such a thing! And here I believed it was guaranteed all along. Well today is grocery truck day the w**k this evening. No snow blowing as there isn’t enough. No floor to do. Could pick up a little, no should pick up a little, no WILL pick up a little. Cleanup some messes made and just basically straighten up from the Floor Wars so far. I then must get Brenda’s car running. ….But not today. Too busy. Maybe tomorrow. Now I must prepare for the arrival of the stove tomorrow. That includes practicing waiting. Could be rough so what's our motto? Be Prepared. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and one of them sweet rolls with caramel and pecans thank you.
Areas of snow and freezing drizzle before 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Weather guessers will probably say we had an inch or 2 accumulation, but my stick says about ¾. So we had snow. Rain tomorrow with high of 45 so look fast snow lovers cause the temps are in the mid to upper forties thru next Monday at least.
Well today is grocery truck day the w**k this evening. No snow blowing as there isn’t enough. No floor to do. Could pick up a little, no should pick up a little, no WILL pick up a little. Cleanup some messes made and just basically straighten up from the Floor Wars so far. I then must get Brenda’s car running. ….But not today. Too busy. Maybe tomorrow.
Now I must prepare for the arrival of the stove tomorrow. That includes practicing waiting. Could be rough so what's our motto? Be Prepared.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Valentine's Day Morning
Where we are it is currently 30%'ing on us with snow dribblebits and more icy and slippy road conditions...again...sigh.
Got a doctor appointment to get to this fine morning then it is off to HD to pick up some ideas for the kitchen floor...thank goodness all our appliances were put on those wheel thingees awhile back...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the window booth watching the scenery
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/
SO ny
Good {late} Morning!!!
Today is Tuesday, VALENTINE'S DAY, February 14th, 2012!!!
DOn't forget the flowers, candies, ANd card for your *Sweetheart*!!!
{I am not feling well, hence the late getting up}
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Fellow Dinners.
Flo, Beer please.
Work Front Well it was slow when I got to the store, they had only worked on maybe 10 vehicles if that by the time I got there. Larry the Services Nazi left at 4:00 and Jim I cant handle the stress Manger left at 5:00 PM. Snowing pretty good, then the phones lite up and people start coming in. Now, if it was not for stupid stuff (Phone calls and customers) it was not that busy. But at the same time no one had records (hard to look up) or knew what they needed.
So what should have been a medium paces evening was a little hectic. Last customer showed up at 8:55 PM, 5 minutes before closing! But you could hear the air coming out of his tire, what are you gong to do?
Bank Of Stupid sent a Foreclosure Letter Today! I did call them (man I hate doing that) and they do have on record that IHDA is going to get the loan current so it really was nothing to worry about. We will see, I don't believe anything I am told by them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See you all in the morning.
Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Konbanwa minasan!
Janie, just my evening cup of decaf please. I'll be in the back booth staying warm by stove.
Garry! Bad! bad, bad, Garry................. THAT's awful! Love it!
Galaxy, It is very easy to get something like that in the mail which belongs to someone else, and open it before you realize it belongs to someone else.... I have done it on several occasions. Usually it was something for my next door neighbor. I always took it over and apologized for opening it. That way they at least knew who did it. (And hopefully trust me as well!) Probably about a 95% chance it was an accident and your info is safe.... Hope it doesn't turn out to be the other 5%.....
I finally decided, since I have people coming over to w*rk here this week THAT I should clear off the deck and the driveway of the accumulated white stuff even though it was melting today. By tomorrow it would be ice. So I burned a bit of fossil fuel and did my part for the destruction of the neighborhood air quality.... Only the second time this Winter I have fired it up. The other time we had about an inch more..... This time it was all of two inches but blew around into 6 to 8" piles...
Did a bit of rail rusting and fiddling with some things down in the train rooms today. Seems THAT everything I need for projects is not in stock at the various stores I use, so I will wait a bit longer to finish up the yard area I started a few weeks ago. Lots and lots of stuff I can do in the meantime!
My new Credit Card arrived today. I called the # to turn on the card and pushed all the right buttons only to be told to hold for a Human..... Human verified my blood type, Mother's Maiden Name, my Fathers age at death, and how many children I sired...... Then told me it was all set. (Actually I think he said, "codjsoias jdf hjb ; UI9! Or something like THAT.) Checked my account online, put in the new # and my info came up with the fraudulent charge still being listed! This time as being paid!!!! Next thing was to call the Human Being who works at the Credit Union in the loan dept..... She wants to know how I am? I told her it was difficult to tell right at the moment. Mentioned the fraudulent charge still being listed, and she looked it up. Said it is listed (as fraudulent) and will be moved back to the old card for disposition and not to be worried. Just hadn't been done yet. She will check and verify it has been removed for me... I will keep checking the account myself as well.
There is a certain Big Box/Warehouse store that I will no longer be shopping in... They have been a frequent name brought up as having an insecure computer..... Know of at least 2 times they have been hacked..... (Not Wally Worst, BTW. I haven't been inside one of those dumps in over a dozen years.....)
Time to go check my blood sugar for the evening. Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Perhaps, it was the Rio Grande that coupled a caboose to a Cookie Box Car, and thereafter the caboose was known as the Crummy.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
It's up to 53 now and looks like we'll have a warm night (compared to the last two 50 is a blistering heat wave). At least I won't need the heater tonight. So far all I've done today is watch a movie and have lunch with my parents. Steak, sliced carrots, green beans, biscuits, onions. I thought I'd do some weathering today but I haven't even started one project.
Todd: Now would be a good time to find a blast furnace to throw the skillet into.
Whoops! also 66099 and 66172 . Thats a total of 9 Cookie box cars. Should be enough for Barry for a week and a half.
Prayers and Blessings for all.
Flip
Yes, indeed it is. I now have 60004.60010,60058,60082,60026,60028and60052. However, mine have NOT been weathered ala JEFF. lol
Coffee refill, please.
***Todd, you're a funny guy! Hey, have you figured out a use for that extra grout somewhere on the layout?
Spun my wheels today with little progress on much of anything.
Will be over next to the stove awhile. Rob
Good Afternoon
Galaxy: Good Grief!!! I remember something like thhat happened up here just once...that was enough!!
Todd: I'm lucky that Audrey stays out of my way pretty much the entire time I'm doing the work around here. The kitchen will be the next weeks big project by the way....
Well, I did say that there was going to be evening classes but I got a phone call this afternoon that classes were cancelled for tonight..the room we were supposed to have was being repainted......again....growl grumble mumble snort...
Good Afternoon All,
I'm dirty and frozen but the brakes are done. Jeff will be proud to know (not) that the entire wiring harness for the magnets is joined with suitcase connectors and crimp style splices. Now of course I used the new style suitcases with dielectric silicone inside and strain reliefs and the butt connectors have shrink tubing with sealant on them as well for protection and strain relief. In point of fact, we rarely solder any automotive electrics as the cars get bounced around so much the wires break at the end of the solder joint. Hi temp crimp connectors, shrink tube and strain relief is the order of the day. Same as modern military vehicles. When we use screw connectors, we also use a dab of silicone sealant to secure the screws. Just a whole different world from Jeffs van I guess.
Galaxy - that is really terrible. Obviously whoever opened your mail did so on purpose if they peeled it all back and didn't rip it open. Probably thought there was a check in there... Hope the rest works out for you without any other nonsense.
Todd - NOW would be a good time to hide that skillet . I can imagine the tone "fine" had. J.R.
Waiting for grout to dry enough to sponge again, BUT the floor is done. After, of course, a trip to Springfield to get another 23 United States dollars worth of grout, and that is the smallest bucket, tinted the exact color it needs to be, Naturally, I used approximately.........1/8 of the amount when I was done. Just as it should be. Like the extension cord that is long enough for the prongs to reach the outlet, but too short to actually plug in. You know, we all have one of those. Brenda is pleased. Sort of.
Speaking of Brenda, JR- What my fuming....I mean blushing bride decide it was time for was, well I use the kitchen sink to rinse the sponge out in, cause a bucket of water actually works well until you need to rinse the sponge for the first time, then it's just a bucket of mortar water. Anyway, she decided to do DISHES! Oh it gets better. After I waited to rinse out my sponge, and got that done, I wait a while for the mortar to reset, then do another swabbing. She came downstairs a few minutes later. I assumed she was done because there weren't very many dishes at all. What two plates two pans, no three if you count the skillet and the baking dish the meatloaf was in and of course the bowl she mixed and then silverware for two. Me, I only use a fork. I went back up at the end of about an hour, and swabbed some more. She came back up and started doing dishes again. Apparently she took a break to wait until I needed the sink again. This little event happened AGAIN! Yep, three times. This time, being the third time, the alleged Charm Time which wasn't, I asked "are you doing this on purpose?" To which she looked at me, calmly put her dish rag in the water and walked away and said "fine". After hearing that word......I have yet to allow her behind me. Maybe tomorrow.
galaxy- welcome to the club. Around my house there are 3 roads that all have "lake" and the same address number. We get everybodies elese mail they get ours. We send it back, they don't. We complain at PO, it fixes problem for lets say.. a whole whopping week!!
Ironically we pay the PO to get insurence so our stuff gets where we want it, is that not their job in the first place?
"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp
MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"
And yes I am 17.
Well, the mail came today.
That is not so unusual.
But, I got a letter from Social Security about my disability payments last year. It is a fold over and sealed at the sides and top wiht tear-offs to be torn off to open it to read it.
Well, It arrived mangled, dirty and taped shut but sliced open on top and the side tear off strips were opened {not torn off but peeled open} and someone had written on it: "Mailman: please check address!!!"
That means whomever it was erroniously delivered to actually OPENED IT first, and GUESS what information a letter from the Government agency known as the Social Security Administration would have on it??????
You got it. My social Security number!!! Not only in one place, but in case the opener missed it there, it is in a second place on the form!!!!
I have to go to the PO tomorrow and make a loud complaint as it is arecurring theme to have mangled mail of all sorts come here and in this case was obviously erroneously delivered to the WRONG ADDRESS!!
I will certainluy tell them in no uncertain terms that SHOULD MY IDENTITY Be STOLEN< I WILL launcha lawsuit against the Postal Service for making it so!
Fortunately at the moment I do have a monitoring service that will tell me if other loans aret aken in my name and I will have to freeze my credit AFTER I apply for something I was going to apply for anyway.
I Am NOT A HAPPY CAMPER!!!
I ALWAYS read who what is addressed to when I get mail and have returned to teh PO any misdirected/delivered mail WITHOUT OPENING IT. OTHERS apparently randoly open their mail, wihtout paying attention!!!
SIgned,
FUMING in NY
Got it ,Jeff. They are and they're yours. I'll try to get them out This week yet.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Terry: Check your PM's.
Columbian coffee in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug, please.
Some really great pics being posted in here.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Good mid-morning. 19f and windy. No work today, again.
Pretty fun weekend, lots of MRRing. Met a guy at the show who was looking for a Soo Line caboose, have one I won't use ,so sent it to him today. He said he might have a BN caboose laying around for a swap. Nice!
Speaking of surplus stuff, I have an Athearn Soo Line SD-45( shell only, no railings) and a Bachman C&NW F-7 A shell I won't need if anyone's interested. Free to a good home. Reorganizing the workbench ( thanks for the push, Ray!). might find some other stuff to dispose of.
Got all but 1 caboose into revenue service yesterday, will finish that one today.
Forgot who asked, but, no I've never lived in the south.
That's all for now.
BBL!
Morning Fellow Dinners.
Flo, please.
Sues SSI I sure wish at this point she did not get any! It seems every other month they send us a letter saying she was over paid, this time $1,400.00. Then I have to fill out paper work for the said over payments to be waived.
What we have to do is every month send them copies of my pay stubs for the month before. Then they review how much I made, then they send her a check if she gets one. Then a few months later, they want it back because she was over paid?
We all so have to fill out a questionnaire and these 2 questions kill me.
Q. What did you do to cause the over payment?
A. Sent you my pay stubs.
Q. What are you going to do so yo will not be over paid in the future?
A. Send your department a new Calculator?
Will we get Snow today? I have no clue but they are calling for up to 4 inches. So Sue is all stressed out? Woman is deathly afraid of the white stuff!
Well time to fill out the paper work again!
Flip - if you stop by again, is the Cookie Box car pic Jerrery posted the type car you were talking about all that time ago? J.R.
Kon'nichiwa!
Zoe, I will have the #2 special, over easy on the eggs, side order of bacon, homefries, and a double order of sourdough toast along with my dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug please.
Barry, nice Mother Hubbard.
Jeffery, you southern boys must be a-shiverin' ta beat the band......... It's nice here today. Currently 30°F with the sun a shining. The white stuff is melting off the driveways, roads, and roofs of the houses here due to solar energy..... Blackie the cat is laying on the table where my plants are, soaking up some rays (His coat is hot!). Sun coming in the picture window has the house heated up to 70 at the moment. I'll wait to light the wood stove until the sun goes and hides behind some clouds.
Went to dinner and Birthday party (for his MIL) at my son's house last night. Took the usual back road over to get there. Found myself 3 cars behind the snowplow.... Not a bad thing at all as the wind was making some nice big drifts across the road in a lot of places! Took the main road through Waterloo (About 3 miles longer) on the way home!
Not a whole lot going on here today. Need to write my column for the NMRA Division newsletter and get in touch with a couple people about the Spring Meet in April... Hopefully will get some w*rk done on the layout as well. Oh I need to decide what exactly I will do at the Troop meeting (Merit Badge) tomorrow night....... Guess I do have some things to get done!
Catch you all later!
Good morning. It's 38° and wet. Wind chill is 32°. Showers in the morning. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. High will be 55°. There's a 90% chance of rain. The rain will continue tonight.It seems damp, cloudy and wet are the words of the day today. I won't be doing anything outside today so no problem. I'll see if I can get started on some weathering work today.