Garry: Great to see you back home!!
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
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Morning All,
Just got a voice mail from MOH to call her concerning a skunk rescue transport so I think my plans for the day have just been OBE (overtaken by events).
Garry- Glad you are back home and are doing well.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Another good thing about being a teenager: I just slep less than 5 hours and I'm good.
Samuel A. Kelly
I can draw pictures with my keyboard!
-------- ( It's a worm)
Good Morning!!!
Prime rib medium rare, baked potato with butter and sour cream and a side of green beans with onions please. Oh and a Dr Pepper thank you.
IT RAINED!!! For 30 seconds with no measurable amount. Now south of us got 4 ½ inches.
Jeff- Didn’t you used to have a G scale in your front….yard I guess til a few years ago until a storm or something? Hope things go well with your Mom today.
Lee- Oh so true about the end cost of taxes. Around here you can’t raise taxes above the inflation rate or something like that but we have this thing called a multiplier. They take the assessed value of property, divide it by three then add, or more correctly, multiply by the multiplier which is usually 1. If the county decides they need more money they raise the multiplier. No limit on that, but usually is point something, and voila! More taxes without raising taxes or boosting the assessed value which they allegedly can only do once a year.
Paul- Glad your wife is doing better.
Garry- That’s great news!. Well mostly. Get some rest now and worry about the other two later.
What pie fights.
Well, best get back on the floor. Things came to a grinding hault yesterday as the water shut off valve to the toilet won’t shut off without leaking all over. Should have known. Told you Mr Murphy sets up camp at my place. Anyway, didn’t have a valve and I wasn’t gonna run into town for it yesterday. I may today. Depends.
Also I’ve been keeping an eye on the Olympics looking for womens beach volleyball ya know. Haven’t seen it but once for a minute. Now I like fit women, but the one I did see, well, let’s say she had a six pack that’d made Arnold jealous when he was competing. Thaaaaaat’s a bit much. Actually I’m looking for China’s games. Mainly Chen. Can you imagine 6’3” of nagging, complaining Chinese women? Whoa. Hey, we can see eye to eye. Literally. I think I’m in love.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning
Nice and sticky out...75F feeling like 83F now going to a high of 90F feeling like 105F later...
Going to be doing some mall walking and other stuff today...need to get doing these things at some point.....
Lee: We are doing the water and sewer thing here..and a bunch of other things as well. Here..because our mayor promised 4 years of no tax hikes he has backed a number of things up...to the point of having suggested at one point that street lights be turned off in the middle of the night...and around the big city..with all the druggies.....?
Ray: Oh!! But it will be so much fun explaining all that wonderfulness!!...No Vinnie, I will be only explaining this...not doing this....
Good Morning All,
Garry, glad things worked out well for you.
I think there have been 8 of us that have had some “interesting” health issues so far this year or issues with our family members. Hopefully we can continue to support each other and get everyone healthy before the holidays. There are only 143 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes, and 48 seconds left until Christmas (at the time of my typing) so let’s get out there and get healthy!
Paul, don’t you just love small government billing offices?
I called the dealership last night. The guy that answered was really cool after he found out I retired from the military. He said this call might be monitored or recorded and I might get fired but don’t bring your truck in and spend $89 for us to troubleshoot it. My truck doesn’t have a battery isolator, so according to the troubleshooting data base I have a dead cell in one of my batteries. He told me to take it back to the shop that sold me the batteries and have them remove the batteries from the truck and do a certain test, not a load test or a continuity test something only the big roll around battery testers can do. Since the batteries have a warranty it should be a $21 fix.
Galaxy, the sales tax limit in Ohio is 8% otherwise Cuyahoga county would be higher. We literally are paying for the new Medical Mart they are building downtown, the improvements to the baseball stadium, and the football stadium. Not to mention the failed and abandoned shopping center/condominiums complex on the river that was started 4 years ago. These condos were going to sell for $250,000 for a 2 bedroom unit, or so they thought. I really need to move 5 blocks to the east into Lake county and free myself of these idiot plans…
Ray, I’ve learned a lot about mills and tax rates since we have had a few around here. In 2000 my house was valued at $108,000. I was paying $2000.00 a year in property taxes. Now my house is valued at $51,500 (I owe $84,000) and I’m paying $3,600.00 in property taxes, $420 for trash removal (use to be part of my taxes) $120 for street lights (use to be part of my taxes) $753 to build new energy efficient elementary schools, and $300 to cover the new sewers for the failed condo project (in Cleveland (2 towns to the west) a year. I’m getting tired of the TAX GAMES…..
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. It's 76° at 6 am. Humidity is 99% and it's already getting sticky out there. The high will be 95° and will probably feel like 108°.Today I'll be getting the second half of the grocery shopping done. I have $47 to play with so I should be able to get everything I need.I'll probably rewire an Athearn/Proto F3B with more flexible wire so I can get started on converting the body to a chopped roof slug. I've never seen an F unit slug with a chopped roof (all the F7 slugs KCS had looked like regular F7's) but that doesn't mean I can't make one. Besides, it gives me something to do.
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
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, August 3rd, 2012!!!
The last day of the work week!!!
Enjoy it and smile!!!
-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.
TMarsh Sakel- No problem on the not knowing the procedure, you just get to clear the tables and wash the dishes this month. Sorry, it’s a rule. Hey you took the initiative and that’s what counts. Saw it needed done and did it. Oh by the way, would you wipe this table a bit, I seem to have dripped some BBQ sauce there. Thanks. Oh Young Sam……I seemed to have dripped another spot of BBQ sauce here. Could you please…..
Gidday All, I see some of you guys have been keeping the young fellow busy on cleaning duties, and not letting him have time to show us, from foreign climes, the grand tour. A bit sad when we have to go wandering around on our own.
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Pleased to see positive results from Galaxy's and others candles.
Currently 2048 hrs and 47 F , forecast high of 57 F and occasional showers tomorrow.
W**k tomorrow so a hot chocolate while watching some Olympics on the box then early to bed.
Thoughts and best wishes to those who need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Just checking in to say hi, I am a teenager so this time is normal for me.
Hi Gang,
Not much news from this end, Just replying to a few posts here.
Glad to hear the good news from Garry, Ken, Jeff and others here.
That was a real shot of health issues all at once. Galaxy must have been burning the candles at both ends for you folks.
Well, I got my two days in and have a three day weekend. Started it tonight with a dinner out with friends from work. My wife had a salmon pizza, and I had beef tenderloin and shrimp. "Prairie Surf and Turf."
This was at a nice little place that we have never been to before and everything was great.
We had a heavy rain just before supper. We were supposed to start our evening off with a pontoon boat trip around our in-city lake, but that was cancelled due to all the lightning and rain. More rain is forecasted for tomorrow, you could have guessed it as this week is our Provincial Exhibition. I usually rains fair weeks doesn't it ???
Tomorrow I hope to get started on the retaining wall that you see in pictures of the "Honeymoon Tunnels" in the Feather River Canyon. Not a really big project, but one that I have been putting off for awhile. We'll see how that goes.
All you Schoolboys, enjoy your last couple of weeks and then hit the books hard. It does pay off.....
I feel my pillow calling me, so I'm off to get some ZZZZZzzzzzsssss.
Happy Rails all,
Johnboy out.........................................Later Taters.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Garry, sounds like good news. Take it one step at a time.
Ray, sounds like a good vision report.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a nice tall glass of lemonade please.
blownout cylinder Todd: Should we tell Sakel about the wonderful pie fights , errr, incidents we had in here?
Todd: Should we tell Sakel about the wonderful pie fights , errr, incidents we had in here?
Ah, Barry! Let's not get Vinnie upset again!!! NO!
Went to the eye doctor early this afternoon so i wasn't able to do much of anything for several hours until the drops wore off..... He says my vision hasn't changed much at all, and I just still need reading glasses. No sign of anything like Glaucoma..... (Whew!) He did say I have a start for cataracts though. Also said what I have is normal for my age and not to worry about it as it would have a long way to go before I would have any problems from it.
Tonight I finished up the scenery on the lower staging. Huh? Well yes, I put some trackside scenery there. It will be in full view of anyone looking at the trains, so I decided to go ahead and finish it off just like the rest of the layout with a bit of trackside weeds, grass and some small shrubs growing up. Also rusted up the sides of the rails real good too! Photos by tomorrow..... I made the end plate for the upper staging and stained it to match the oak board. I will brad it to the end of the board and finish varnishing the whole thing tomorrow.
But..... The big thing I accomplished was to have finally started on the mold for the Octagon Blacksmith's Shop! Remember THAT? Yep, I now have what I think is a workable plan of attack. I put together the frame for the positive wall to use to make the mold to pour all of the walls on the building tonight. The negative will, of course, be the mold.......
Ken, I'm trying to think of a cute answer to your earlier post..... I can think of several rude but funny comments, but Ulrich and Dennis and the other moderators might remove my membership here...... LOL! Hmmmmmmm.......
About THAT time I think, so I will say goodnight!
Prayers for all!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Howdy...
Good to see everybody here.
Ulrich .... sorry you have had your health problems.
Mixed results with my surgery. Just arrived back home from Nashville. The surgeon planned to do three things and the operation was to be 8 hours. One task was completed which was urgently needed. The surgeon decided it would be "too risky" to perform the other two items because of unique situations with my heart failure condition, and therefore he did not do the second two items.. This means, I will need more surgery at a later date for the high risk stuff. He hopes advanced surgical techniques will be available at a later date to reduce risks. The good part is the surgery was not as long as expected (2 hours), and I will recover faster. I'm sore now for sure, but it will improve. Also, my condition is being controlled so I can live a normal life for now. Thanks for prayers. they helped.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening everyone. Wife had a pretty good day she rested most ofit. I was able to be at work all day, which is good cause we can use the $. Tomorrow we get the results from all the biopsy work. I hope is good news.
Jeff, good news about your mom.
Our water here has had a lot of arsenic in it so the powers that be decided to build a new water treatment plant. It was finished 3 years ago and our H2o bill went up $18 a month. This year it will go up another $30 a month, but will be added to our property tax. And the water is still terrible.
Two years ago the city decided we had to have trash service so $70 a quater for that. I used to take my garbage to the dump for about $4 a month. I have been fighting with the refuse company since last OCT when I turned 62 because thet have a senior rate for people 62 and older. The bill always comes for the full amount. I go down there and they fix it so I get my discount, then in two days I get a bill for the past due amount that is suppose to be my discount. They say it is fixed, and next statement the same thing.
herrinchokerJeffrey, Might check the alternator to make sure the rectafying diaode hasn't gone bad.
Good Evening.
I spent a glorious day indoors with my choochoos.....
It was kind of stifling out there...we got to 88F feeling like 103F so it did feel a little sticky...
Evening All,
Had about a 100 errands today it felt like but got them done so I can do MRR stuff tomorrow. I talked to my Dad and he said to weather his 2 steamers so I will do that tomorrow. When I was at Jon's today I picked up 3 old time PRR passenger cars that he had on consignment. He says they are Model Power but they are really nicely done and will look good behind my American or Mogul. They already had metal wheels and KD couplers.
Jon also saved me some money. I thought I had a blown speaker on my BLI M-1b but he showed me how the tender shell vibrates on the frame.The fix: Some scotch tape on the edge of the frame. Works great, so I learned a new trick today.
Rob- Hope your brothers infection is controlled quickly.
Jeff- I am glad you Mom is returning home tomorrow.
Ulrich- Hope you are doing better.
Paul- Hope your wife feels better real soon.
Ken- Glad things went so well for you today at the VA. I guess it is a good thing you did not need a graft on your head. Sorry couldn't resist.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Cuda Ken-
Check your PM's as soon as possible!
-G
cudaken Spent the day doing the VA Marathon and it paid off! I started out at Jefferson's Barracks VA Clinic. 1 Went to the foot Doctor (can say the word but no way in heck I can spell it)
Spent the day doing the VA Marathon and it paid off! I started out at Jefferson's Barracks VA Clinic.
1 Went to the foot Doctor (can say the word but no way in heck I can spell it)
Ken: It's Podiatrist
Evening Dinners
Flo Beer Pleases.
1 Went to the foot Doctor (can say the word but no way in heck I can spell it) and he looked at my feet. First thing he asked was "where did the blisters come from"? Ah, blisters, what blisters I answered. I sleep with my socks on and did not look at the bottom of my feet today while I was getting ready. New Tennis Shoes (I only wore them 2 days) had cause blister in the center of my feet! Told me they had to go, before my feet do! My appointment for my diabetic shoes fitting is next week. Told me"go to Prosthesis there main offices is here and explain what is going on".
2 Prosthesis Offices Went over and explained what was going on. Boy I was lucky! They got me right in and I now have a new pair of Diabetic Shoes! Feel way better then what I have been wearing.
3 Next Stop VA Hospital Went to Vascular Surgery (did the graft last week) and they looked at the toe. They where going to do a second skin graft today, but the toe looked so good they decided there was no reason to! In fact no more bulky dressings, just a simple bandied!
{*Moderated*}
Work Front Back in the saddle again. Told Dave things went well. So he is sending me to another store for the next couple of day's to help out. I have to be at the store at 8:00 AM and will more than likely work till 9:00 PM. Going to be a real test of the new shoes!
Well, going to try to run the trains. Last night was a mess.
See you all Friday.
Dick Foot.
I hate Rust
Packers#1 Afternoon all, a double bacon cheeseburger and chili fries please...dnt forget the RC! Well school is only a few weeks away, so I'm hunkering down on schoolwork. I have to read two books for school, and the first one I read without highlighting, and am now going back to do it...bad idea! I also have to review some old precal work for Calculus this year...funnnn. Oh well, I plan to get prepped for school the next couple of days and then have the last few days to enjoy
Afternoon all, a double bacon cheeseburger and chili fries please...dnt forget the RC!
Well school is only a few weeks away, so I'm hunkering down on schoolwork. I have to read two books for school, and the first one I read without highlighting, and am now going back to do it...bad idea! I also have to review some old precal work for Calculus this year...funnnn. Oh well, I plan to get prepped for school the next couple of days and then have the last few days to enjoy
Ha, I do online homeschool so I am online all the time!
LSWrr Galaxy, I’ve done that when the fork truck at work wasn’t available to take the crate from the UPS guy. But I doubt that was the case with you. We also get hit with a $75/quarter sewer charge and a 7.75% sales tax. $5/mo for every street light that benefits your property (I have two lights that benefit my property I’m told by the city). Next month we will probably hit us with a fresh air sir charge and try to bill us for rain. So a $15 raise in lot rent isn’t too bad. The high sales tax is needed to make repairs to our professional sport arenas and cover the cost of the medical mart. The sewer tax is to cover a riverbank revitalization project that became un-profitable when the housing market crashed and the contractor quit after the sewers were upgraded for the town houses that would not be built, we got stuck paying for the sewers.
nO its a box of 4 shirts...I doubt a fork lift is needed..speaking of which it is now heading for 3:30 and still no UPS! FED EX ALWAYS gets it right,,,UPS 50% of the time there is a problem!
You mean you are not already paying the FRESH AIR tax?
Actually I DO pay for some fresh air..its called oxygen and I have a machine rental for that!!!
Our sales tax is and has been for years at 8%. 9% comes next.
Others here pay about that as I uderstand it for sewr and h2o based on your usage and #of baths.
Our lot rent incudes the city water/sewer and garbage pickup and our fair share of taxes, probably including the three street lights on our street. Not sure how much a 80 x25' lot is going for these days for taxes, but...
Even in death there is taxes!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Galaxy, I’ve done that when the fork truck at work wasn’t available to take the crate from the UPS guy. But I doubt that was the case with you.
We also get hit with a $75/quarter sewer charge and a 7.75% sales tax. $5/mo for every street light that benefits your property (I have two lights that benefit my property I’m told by the city). Next month we will probably hit us with a fresh air sir charge and try to bill us for rain. So a $15 raise in lot rent isn’t too bad. The high sales tax is needed to make repairs to our professional sport arenas and cover the cost of the medical mart. The sewer tax is to cover a riverbank revitalization project that became un-profitable when the housing market crashed and the contractor quit after the sewers were upgraded for the town houses that would not be built, we got stuck paying for the sewers.
Todd, trouble is you reduce the value of the house by 50% then you double the tax rate, then you charge separately for trash pick-up and street lights it really doesn’t save you anything.
Ray, if you want pictures of the Hojack Bridge you better get over there this weekend because it’s going to look different by next weekend.
Jeff, that is some good news.
TMarsh Sakel- No problem on the not knowing the procedure, you just get to clear the tables and wash the dishes this month. Sorry, it’s a rule. Hey you took the initiative and that’s what counts. Saw it needed done and did it. Oh by the way, would you wipe this table a bit, I seem to have dripped some BBQ sauce there. Thanks.
Oh, OK.
TMarsh Oh Young Sam……I seemed to have dripped another spot of BBQ sauce here. Could you please…..
Oh Young Sam……I seemed to have dripped another spot of BBQ sauce here. Could you please…..