Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please...
Got the rest of the ballast in place on the upper staging tonight. My back will pay for it tomorrow!
Just about time to turn in for the night. To what, I don't know...?
Hope you all have a peaceful and pleasant night! Prayers for all in need.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Garry
I gotta ask, what kind of car??
Karl
NCE über alles!
Heartland Division CB&QRemember the light bulb jokes? "How many people does it take to change a light bulb?"..... Well, it's not funny to me anymore. A firend and I spent a long time trying to change the front turn signal bulb in Shelley's car.. Wow! After removing a zliion fasteners and screws from the front end, we still could not get into the dang thing!
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Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Howdy ... Keep wondering about Ulrich. hope he returns very soon.
Curt ... Praying fir your family situation.
Remember the light bulb jokes? "How many people does it take to change a light bulb?"..... Well, it's not funny to me anymore. A firend and I spent a long time trying to change the front turn signal bulb in Shelley's car.. Wow! After removing a zliion fasteners and screws from the front end, we still could not get into the dang thing! I will have to take the car to a shop with a hoist and pay a mechanic to wok from under the car.
Yep. It's a rant.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
wetidlerjr cudaken With us being in Noblesville Ind and all, Go Monon! Too bad but the Monon didn't run through Noblesville. Bill, they ran thought Carmel IND which is just 20 miles from Noblesville IND. That is why Carmel was better!
cudaken With us being in Noblesville Ind and all, Go Monon!
With us being in Noblesville Ind and all, Go Monon!
Too bad but the Monon didn't run through Noblesville.
Bill, they ran thought Carmel IND which is just 20 miles from Noblesville IND. That is why Carmel was better!
I hate Rust
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a glass of ice tea while I decide what to have for supper tonight.
Got about 2/3rds. of the lawn mowed this afternoon. Mower ran out of Battery energy the same time I did so it is back in the shed recharging and I am sitting here at the computer typing... have all the "Hazardous Waste" recyclables packed away in the truck for the trip to the county landfill collection is done. May actually get a bit more done in the train rooms tonight.
Jeffrey, I guess we can either call you a "Redskin" or a true Redneck for a while? Seriously hope the burn improves soon. Sunburn is not a good thing. I also take a couple medicines that say to be careful not to be out in the sun without extra strong sunblock. Then My dermatologist tells me to go sit in the sun for 30 minutes a day...
JimRCGMORay, so you'll still have the same internet provider, but they get to peek over your shoulder (virutally...)? (Ever watch the show "Person of Interest"? Or does your solar cell company cover (part of?) the cost of your internet?
Jim, Hmmm. Never heard of "Person of Interest"... Of course, I gave up watching the idiot box years ago and don't miss it at all! As far as them looking over my shoulder, 1. They do not have any access to any of my computers (they would need a password to be able to access it). and 2. There is really not anything of interest stored on here anyway that couldn't be intercepted with some types of software from most any computer company. The connection to their equipment is all they can access and that connection is separate from the computer. It does go through the router, but not my computer. Would be no different than you using a Wi-Fi connection at Starbucks. I'm not worried as all the companies serving us with solar and wind projects are doing the same thing. Us includes many businesses who have solar and/or wind power. If there was a problem, I think it would have been noticed and complained about big time before now! If you use a smart phone there are many more less trustworthy companies out there watching your every move already!
Oh, speaking of smart phones... Last night on my way out of Geneva to go to the museum, I was on the road going North out of Geneva at a major intersection when I noticed the lady in the big SUV right behind me yacking on her phone... At one point, since there was a long line at the intersection waiting for the light to turn green, she started to pull around me like I was blocking her from getting closer to to the light. After we went through the intersection she hung up and put her phone on the seat... I noticed in my rear view she was totally ignoring the road! A few miles down the road she was back to talking on the phone and tailgating me. I could also see in the mirror that the car behind her was also on the phone. The car ahead of me put on his left turn signal to pull into his driveway. I was a good distance behind him and slowed down accordingly. Of course the lady behind me didn't notice as she was yacking on the phone. She came right up to my bumper and slammed on her brakes. I had to stop short of the car ahead. No sooner did I stop when I heard "Crrupppnch!" Nope not my bumper, the car behind me. She braked hard and the guy on the phone tailgating her rear ended her. I just kept going after the car ahead turned left. The lady looked very shook up and upset...... Got to put the "Hang up and Drive Bumper Sticker on my car! Sometimes there is justice!!!
Ken, I hope your toe is getting better.
Paul, you (and your family) are in my prayers during all this!
Curt, hang in there! You folks are also in my prayers...
Ken, yep I was trying to post and it gave me an error as well.
Catch you all later!
Seems the site shut down for a few minutes while I was trying to post! I really like the save feature we have now!
Ken
blownout cylinderKen: No Autopsy talk..take care of the foot....
Did you folks notices I seemed to stop in mid post?
I just remember I need to make a Electric payment on line and tried to. I got a Code 14 and the card was declined? Called the electric company and I was told code 14 meant I was DEAD? Guess the VA is putting out the Word!
Just got off the phone with my Bank (NOT BANK OF STUPID) and the teller enter the wrong deposit code.Guess I should not have been flirting with her! I have known her for 20 years now, she is cute.
OK, back to the rest of the day.
Took Sue for her Stress Test today. She was all worked over nothing and passed with flying colors! Reason she refused to take the test the first time was because they where going to give her a I V that would make here heart beat faster. She did not like that idea and wanted to do the treadmill! Doctor said no and I agreed! Her back is a mess and her knees are just as bad!
Test went fine and she was in and out in about 1 hour with the I V. Her main worry was her heart would not slow down. It was a tad slower coming out than going in.
Far as my self, toe is still fat, but color looks good. I will see what it looks like Saturday.
See you all later Ken
uummmm...Ray, todd....my father left us not one, not two, not three...but SIX Slim Gyms..slim jims(?)..and a few other oddments....
Ken: No Autopsy talk..take care of the foot....
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/
Evening Folks!, Ah Hello?
Flo, where is everyone? Yea, there must be a train show. Whole site has been dead for a few day's. Well I will take the usual.
VA Care, guess they think they will know more after the Autopsy.
Good Afternoon, Zoe - I'll have a RBF, please. Thank you!
Diner's been fairly busy lately, I see. I think it was a day or two ago I stopped by, and we already have four pages of posts (or is that five?). Might (if I'm lucky) get caught up tonight; if not, tomorrow.
Jeffrey, how's your sunburn healing up? Did you put any aloe or such on it to help some of the burn pain?
Ray, so you'll still have the same internet provider, but they get to peek over your shoulder (virutally...)? (Ever watch the show "Person of Interest"? Or does your solar cell company cover (part of?) the cost of your internet?
Ken, nice photos - I'm guessing that is the layout in the K-10 hobby shop? Or is that a club layout? Rest up your feet (doctor's orders, y'know...) (hee, hee, hee...)
Well, about time to head for home (and laundry...).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Mornng All,
Currently 59 with an expected high of 91 under sunny skies.
Rough couple days for my wife. She was still bleeding a bit so the sawbones decided she needed yet another test to see where. Wed. early afternoon they did an angigram. Surprise surprise, results were negative. But we think it irrated wherever she was bleeding from, because 3:00 AM Thursday she was bleeding alot. BP dropped to something like 62/42, temp was 95.7 breathing shallow. They moved her from oncology to Cardiac Intensive Care. I got the call at 4:35 AM, was at the hospital around 5:10. Oncologist does not want any more tests, gastroenteroligist wanted to do more. I had to step in and pilot this ship since there did not seem to be ayone in charge. Told everyone involved the Oncologist is in charge and anything has to be approved by him. Nurses agreed with me. Got home around 9:30 PM. She is almost stable now, so chemo will not start until she is stable.
Curt - prayers for your son and family during this difficult time.
Jeff - take care of the sunburn. Med side effects can be tough. I bruse like crazy now because of the neds I take.
Bob - My Italian blood keeps me from burning in the sun. Only got sunburned once in my life. Fell asleep in a boat with arms overhead.
Ken -Prayers for you foot
Prayers to all others in need.
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Buckwheat Pancakes with local Maple Syrup form here in the Finger Lakes, a few links of breakfast sausage, and a cup (or 3) of Dark Roast Seneca Lake Blend coffee to get me started this morning. Why the Buckwheat pancakes this morning? Yesterday, I believe, was the 50th. anniversary of Birket Mills and the Village of Penn Yan, NY getting into the Guinness Book of World Records by creating the world's largest Buckwheat Pancake for a festival in Penn Yan...
Galaxy, you forgot Mother Myrtle's Snake Oil in your list! (W. C. Fields in "Poppy" 1936). It also made me think of the routine by Victor Borge where he tells the audience that his grandfather was an inventor, "He invented the cure for which there was no disease back in those days! Unfortunately his wife later caught the cure and died..." My MIL still had some opiate teething salve that was very popular way back when. Even used some on my oldest son when he was an infant. Yep the stuff did work well... He slept it off in a few hours! My father swore by a local Canandaigua NY remedy called "Dr. Brown's Black Oil" which could "cure" almost anything. In fact he bought several bottles of the last case the late doctor's wife had.... You were warned on the bottle that it shouldn't be taken internally though!
Sue, I got the garden rototilled yesterday afternoon before heading out to the museum. No little bunny rabbits appeared chopped up during the process so I guess momma bunny moved somewhere else! It will be a couple weeks probably before I start building the raised beds.
Todd and Barry, It took my sister and I close to 6 months of working 6 days a week 5 or 6 hours a day to clean out and dispose of the junk my parents saved. Completely filled a 20 yard dumpster and a large garbage truck after that. The great find was 3 bags of plastic utensils saved form Chicken BBQs. We are talking 30 gal garbage bags stuffed full. One had knives, one had forks, and the other spoons! My sister found them... I didn't ever think she was going to catch her breath! The other great find was an unopened bottle of "Mop and Glow" that was about 35 years old sitting in a cupboard. It had been brought with them from the farm because they might need it, you know. All the floors in the entire house were wall to wall carpet!
Bob, carpenter ants are a lot of fun to deal with. I have had them in the house 3 times.... The first time I had to call the exterminator for a very large colony in the wall in my kitchen. The second time was in some old exposed framing outside. I got the queen so they were easy to remove), and the last time I had a guy rebuilding the cellar entry. he ran to his truck, grabbed a big can of spray and nailed the colony really good. he also saw and killed the queen. Don't want them around the house... Nope!
Today I have to find all the "Hazardous Waste" around here (batteries, old fluorescent tubes, etc) to take over to the landfill for the Hazardous Waste collection day tomorrow. Only happens once a year and I have to be there right on time, prove I am a resident of this county and then wait in line to drop everything off.
bogp40Jeff: It sure sounded like you were going to overdo it yesterday, I guess so. You gotta do what you gotta do though. Take care of yourself today. I'll tend to do the same, but I'm lucky the sun doesn't bother me- must be that Italian blood, just tan like crazy.
Good morning, I guess another coffee will do and that Eggs Benedict sounds real good!
The weather's been great here the past few days, temps are starting to drop into high 40s at night, but 70s during the day. May still get that last touch of summer I hope.
Jeff: It sure sounded like you were going to overdo it yesterday, I guess so. You gotta do what you gotta do though. Take care of yourself today. I'll tend to do the same, but I'm lucky the sun doesn't bother me- must be that Italian blood, just tan like crazy.
Curt: That's a rough couple of days, hope you'll be feeling better today. Sorry to hear of you son's troubles. I know how difficult these addictions can be. the physical and especially physcological problems can be so hard to overcome. Hopefully w/ all your support and early intervention your son can turn this around. A family member is dealing w/ an opiate addition- That Demon is almost impossible to get out of your head. Prayers for you and your family, a rough road ahead.
GARRY: Your trip is taking you near so many, but I guess just not close enough for any visits. I was also wondering about TSF's signature, Maybe it's just so large, I didn't get the IH at first. Kinda unique anyway....
Todd and Barry: Sounds like a lot of us have the same trouble w/ years and years of "STUFF". I dread the day I have to go there. Now w/ all 3 kids out of the house, what do I need 4 bdrm for? well other than a huge basement filled w/ 30 years of my construction stuff. It looks like Tool Time, Lumber yard and hardware store combined (trains only take up a small 16 x 20 spot). And of coarse my son has all his car parts from 2 project V8 S10s everywhere. Now I know what my Dad went through w/ 4 boys into muscle cars, dune buggies and Jeeps. Paybacks are a female dog!!!
Ken: It just never seem to end. But glad that that toe is returning to some sort of normal. Have they pinned down just what's wrong w/ it? Circulation, sugar, joint ?? And "BOOTS" are a PITA, don't trip and wreck something else.
Galaxy: I know those Mopar/ caravan pumps tend to be troublesome, My full sized van has had pump noise for years but still hasn't failed, the older caravan had a problem w/ the rack itself but never any leaks in the PS pump or hoses. Low fluid/ bad pump will let you know from just the sound, binding may be a rack problem, I hope not though. Go figure. My son is a Chrysler/ Jeep tech and maybe he has been maintaining this all along. Many times just takes the vehicle and does what it needs and never tells me 'til later. Hope that the furnace trouble can be blamed on that terrible sealing of the roof jack. Not many sealants tend to hold up under the expansion/ contraction of the pipe, unless it is a "B" vent. For added insurance, may be good idea to make sure there is that added ring/ collar positioned just above the seam. Plumbers/ heating contractors always want to leave that crap for me. Then I "Own" it. Last job the heating contractor left the jack just slid over the pipe and told the homeowner, have your contractor fit the jack to the roof shingles- we don't do that!!!!! They sure did it or they weren't going to get thier final Check!
Ray: Sounds like a great time @ the Museum, know you'll be filling us in.
TSF: Well at least your sister's thermostat let you know in some decent weather, always will happen to me when the snow's flying and 20 degrees out.
So w**k this past week was rather unusual. My neighbor has been having trouble w/ lots of carpenter ants on their 3 season porch, wanted me to check it out. The neighbors laughed over my commute, moved my truck over to the next driveway. At first, no evidence of any obvious problem. Real PITA to "dissasseble", alum siding over 8" claps and build that unusual 50's style framework w/ storm window. End wall/ floor shows age and some rot. Well in 30 years of doing this, I've never seen such a concentration of a colony, the entire fir 4x8 girder was "Eaten" and loaded w/ ants. Didn't realize the extent until I ripped into it w/ a bar. My God, not hundred or even thousands- just a black mass poured out all over me and my curious dog looking on. Reminded me of the movie The Mummy, where those black things covered you up. I had ants all over me up my legs (wearing shorts) and all up my arms. "Say ants in your Pants" They where even all over the dog. What a weird feeling and the dog was rolling and shaking them off too. Must have quite a sight! to see.
Thoughts and prayers, seems there's many needing them.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Good morning, Diners. Coffee, please, Chloe. I have another all day class. You can count on good weather, because I am stuck inside.
Curt, Glad you only had bronchitis. I hope you son is doing better.
Ray, How did the rototilling go? Did you get your raised beds started?
Tonight is the MR meeting. Fun times.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Todd: Our problem just was not limited to our house. I found my BIL and sisters house to be just as bad as ours, then my other sister? OY. It was a clutter. Now my BIL is going through it with his mother passing away...and what are they doing? Moving to the country as well...with all this other stuff...it is like being a turtle carrying a whole bunch of barnacles on top....
TMarshJeff- Luckily, I don’t burn. Yes I get red in the beginning, but it doesn’t burn except in the shower with hot water and it is just barely a burny feeling. Then I usually don’t peel, it just turns tan.
My younger sister is the one who tans well. She burns once then peels and afterward is a rich golden brown. My older sister just burns. I used to tan up well with only a very light burn. Since I started taking a certain med for hypertension I get only a light tan and burn savagely. Hardly an equal trade.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and eggs Benedict please. Thanks.
Barry- 7 years….well, I guess we’ll probably be there soon. Problem is Mom had soooo much stuff and you can’t just throw stuff away without going through it first. Never know what’s in there. So we still have a basement full of that stuff and then when Brenda’s Mom passed unexpectedly so soon after my Mom’s, well, I guess it was over a year, but Brenda spent many a day and night through this period and frankly didn’t have the time to go through much, then add her Mother’s stuff to that…. We do have a mess. Oh boy do we have a mess.
Upstairs ain’t much better either with the remodel still having things in shambles (shakes head). Not like downstairs, but with Brenda in harvest and me….well….being me, the place hasn’t even been put back in order from that. We’re counting on this winter to get things back to pre turmoil. We’ll see what comes up to stop that. Never lived in such a mess. Gettin used to it. May just add some more stuff and say to heck with it.
Curt- I’m sorry to hear of your son’s issues. My prayers go out for all of you. I am glad you’re out of the hospital and it wasn’t pneumonia at least.
Jeff- Luckily, I don’t burn. Yes I get red in the beginning, but it doesn’t burn except in the shower with hot water and it is just barely a burny feeling. Then I usually don’t peel, it just turns tan. Brenda says she’s jealous of that. I remember as a kid and occasionally now with some adults(odd), they would grab my arm and say “ooo! That burn?” to which I would look at them quizzically and say….”um…..nooo, why?” I have burned a time or two in the past so I do know what it feels like. Mom used to say it’s because as a baby she would put me out in the sun and I guess roll me around to brown me evenly on all sides. Basically roast me. Like eating poison ivy, I’m not too sure that had anything to do with it. My sister used to, and still does....I guess, haven't talked to her in almost two years, complain about the non peel part too. Guess Mom didn’t roast her like she did me. Myself, I couldn’t care less about a tan. It’s something that just happens. Kinda like gas.
Garry- Yup, I-55.
Galaxy- Oh yeah I’ve read aaaallll about the “gay ‘90’s” ( now you know why they called it that). They used some pretty potent stuff, but really, othern the over the counter part, is it much different than some of the stuff they use today? We’ve just relabeled the stuff from yore. It wasn’t until years later I learned what it really was, but as a kid my nighttime cough medicine was Honey, Lemon and Jack Daniels mixed in equal parts and served elegantly in a Mason jar. (We have noticed that our potion tastes a lot less whiskey-y than Mom’s so we think she may have put a touch more Jack in hers. She, however, denied that. )Yup, guess what Nyquil is. Just substitute Black Licorice I guess to mask the whiskey taste. I have tasted Nyquil and preferred the taste of Mom's. Brenda wouldn’t touch the stuff, but finally tried it a few years ago for the first time on a particularly coughy and sleepless night for like the third night. Slept like a baby and no nightmares. She can’t take Nyquil because it gives her vivid nightmares. She swears by Mom's tonic stuff now. I tell her it's a very common thing for...well, almost anything that ails you including cuts. Odd. She gets sick a lot more in the evening too. Must be she’s getting older
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. It's 55° with 95% humidity. It's partly cloudy. The high will be 85°.Well this morning I'm definitely red and it hurts to move. The plan today is to stay in and do as little possible. I may get some cleanup done on the layout later.
Galaxy:
Good Morning!!
And on that note..I'd like to say that we are experiencing some sun, some cloud, and a bit of rain later on...high of 66F expected this afternoon.
Going to spend part of the day at our local food bank helping out...without doing heavy lifting here...
Have a good day!!
Monring Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date
Our grandparents and great grandparents {and perhaps parents for some of us} often spoke of the "good old days", and times when you didn't really need a Doctor to fix what "ailed you" unless you were dierly ill. Swamp Water and even a refreshing drink Of Coca Cola {containing Cocain until illegal to do so} could "cure you". Here is the reason, And no wonder why!: {these are actual "OVER THE COUNTER" medicines "for what ails you" from late 1800's through early 1900s}:
Have you ever wondered why our great grandparents all had such fond memories of their youth?Well... I'm surprised they remembered anything at all !!!Forget Tums & Tylenol. Forget Aleve & Benedryl. Look at the cool stuff they had back then! A bottle of Bayer's 'Heroin'. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine..It was also used to treat children suffering with a strong cough. Coca Wine, anyone? Metcalf's Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it would make you happy and it would also work as a medicinal treatment. Mariani Coca Wine.Mariani wine (1875) was the most famous Coca wine of it's time. Pope Leo XIII used to carry one bottle with him all the time. He awarded Angelo Mariani (the producer) with a Vatican gold medal.Maltine.take a full glass with or after every meal Produced by the Maltine Manufacturing Company of New York . It was suggested that you should meal. Children should only take half a glass. Paperweight advertisement containing Ferratin- "Iron Tonic and Food" and Lactophenin- "antipyretic sedative, Etc". Also touted as the "Largest makers in the world of Quinine and cocaine! promoting C.F. Boehringer & Soehne ( Mannheim , Germany ). They were proud of being the biggest producers in the world of products containing Quinine and Cocaine. Opium for Asthma:At 40% alcohol plus 3 grams of opium per tablet. It didn't cure you... but you didn't care! Cocaine Tablets (1900).All stage actors, singers, teachers and preachers had to have them for a maximum performance. Great to 'smooth' the voice.Cocaine drops for toothache.Very popular for children in 1885. Not only did they relieve the pain, they made the children very happy! Opium for newborns.I'm sure this would make them sleep well. (not only the Opium, but also the 46% alcohol) It's no wonder they were called, "The Good Old Days".
-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! from Tipton IN.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Tipton depot, Tipton IN-Schoolchildren waiting to take a trip by train to Frankfort-1949
Howdy ....
Ulrich .... Where are you?
Ken .... I like your photos of the club layout. I would like seeing it some day. Our trip through Illinois will be mostly on I-57, and that is too far east of you. We'll be staying west of Chicago most of the time, but will make a brief side trip to Milwaukee area.
Tod .... I think I'll be on the wrong freeway. You're off I55 if I recall correctly.
TSF ..... I was wondering what your square shapes were in your posts and then suddenly I paid attention. It's the IH logo. Is that on an old tractor there? .... You're near Joliet if I remeber. I'll be north of you next week .
Vincent.... Sounds like you have a challenging project.
Bill T.... That is a unique old depot. It has a bay window on the side as well as the front. Or may be the one on the side is a "bay door".
Curt ... Sounds like a nasty fever. Take care.
JR .... I'm glad you ar emaking layout progress. Maybe you can post a picture of teh swing bridge.
Lee .... 15 months away from the layout? ... Wow. I'd have a lot of trouble with that.
Time for me to call it a night. Maybe this sunburn won't hurt so much after a nights sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Well what I got today is a pretty bad sunburn and it wasn't even the hot part of the day. We're talking morning hours here! I even got burned through my shirt. Most areas that were covered got burned a little. I was wearing denim pants so no burn there except where the fabric was pulled against my skin such as the knees. But even through a long sleeve pullover shirt and a T-shirt it baked me a light red. The exposed areas are really red. Glad I can't feel my arms. Even my eyelids hurt. I've put on some Solarcaine burn relief gel and it's helping a bit. Man, what if I'd been out there in the noon-afternoon hours? It wasn't even 85 today. I suspect that in the coming days I'm going to be peeling like crazy! I installed some software today for my new keyboard. It was on a 3.5" floppy disk so I had to borrow my mothers USB floppy drive. She doesn't need it. I copied the files onto a USB thumb drive so I can get at them in the future without a floppy drive.Well that's it for now.
Curt WebbI ask that anyone that is willing, to say prayers for my son in the coming battle he and our family are going to face.
You got it Curt! Just when I was thinking my life sucked.
Evening Folks
Flo, a beer to take the edge off pleases.
Well I am still waiting to hear back from my Worthless PA. Oh, that's right they closed at 5:00 PM and it is now 6:10! My PA's name is Shelia Dunn, hum we know what Dun means! Should have drove my Happy Cabooses to the VA Hospital ER , but Know I did not want to wait 8 hours!
Sue is going back for her stress test Friday at 8:00 AM. After that I have a few lose end's to take care of and then of to the VA Hospital. I will be surprised if they don't admit me.
Going to run the trains for a while, i feel like steam tonight so I am breaking out the work horse Y6 b.
Evening All,
Last night after a day of feeling well my fever came back with a vengeance. By the time I got to the ER my temp was 102.7 F with a HR of 140 and O2 sats around 90-91%. After all the tests the MD says I have pneumonia and I need to be admitted. So I spent the night at the hospital getting IV antibiotics. Today my MD shows up asks what happened and looks through the blood work and chest x-ray and says the Radiologist said you don't have pneumonia and it is probably Bronchitis. He walks out of the room and within 30 minutes they are discharging me. That was the good news.
As I am leaving the room and my wife calls me and says she has brought our son in with a overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills (possibly 40). He is doing OK physically but obviously there are mental and addiction issues present.
I ask that anyone that is willing, to say prayers for my son in the coming battle he and our family are going to face.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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"JaBear"OzJim. What thickness of MDF are you using for your new layout top??
Bear : I use 9mm MDF.
Well it's friday. Top today of 98F so we should see a decent storm line develop this afternoon as the CAPE is very unstable. Here's hoping!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s