Mornin' Everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a cup of your finest dark roast coffee and a couple glazed sour cream donuts this morning. Thank you Ma'am. Yes, put it on BN24's tab...
Another dark gray, gloomy day so far here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 48°F with a high around 51°F later this afternoon during the time the sun is supposed to show up for a few minutes. I will need to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things, but most of the day will be spent just doing more cleaning around here.
Last night, I had just shut down the computer when I heard "cli-snap". For a second I thought, what the heck was that? Then remembered I had set the mouse trap under a box (with a hole in the side) out in the kitchen. By the time I got there both cats were thoroughly engrossed in checking out what was under the box. Yep! Caught one! when I got up this morning I had caught another one. Haven't been down cellar yet to see what might be waiting for me down there. Guess I am going to have to do some more checking top see where they are getting in. I thought maybe they got in when the solar panels were installed as the back door was open most of the time and they could easily get in under the screen door... Time will tell.
Ulrich, I certainly do remember my very first train. I was 6 years old and came down stairs on Christmas morning to see this thing going round and round in front of the tree... T'was a Lionel steam loco with two cars and a caboose. Dad told me that Santa brought it and set it up for me top make sure it ran OK... Even then I thought, "Yeah, Right!" I got more track, buildings, and equipment every year until I reached High School I think. At one time I had filled the floor of a spare bedroom upstairs in what was then my Grandmothers apartment with "O" scale trains. Then I went to college and promptly forgot about them. I have no idea what became of them. Last I knew they were all boxed and stored in the walk in closet in that bedroom. Right after college my Dad sold the farm and built a house nearby. Have no idea what happened to the trains of my childhood???
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Garry-it was the three tracks that bothered me but most of my friends had Lionel.I think that I got this second train layout about 1950.Could you contact your friend for me ? I would love to see a picture or maybe where I could find it on the internet. Thanks Cheers! John.
Once Upon a time.........
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I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
Morning Dinners
Flo, Pleases and a grill cheese sandwich.
I broke my own rule this morning, worked called and I picked up. Yep, they need me to come in early. I guess I don't really mind, have a good week going and hope to break the $550.00 mark.
Might not drop by the dinner tonight. I have to be at work Wednesday at 9:00 AM, that is a little early for me.
My first trains? Guess I was around 6 or so and got two Lionel F7A's in Santa Fe Warbonnet's colors. Only car I remember is the flat bed hauling a Sub. Use to play with the sub in the bathtub.
Going to run the trains a little, then get going.
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Morning Dinners Flo, Pleases and a grill cheese sandwich. I broke my own rule this morning, worked called and I picked up. Yep, they need me to come in early. I guess I don't really mind, have a good week going and hope to break the $550.00 mark. Might not drop by the dinner tonight. I have to be at work Wednesday at 9:00 AM, that is a little early for me. My first trains? Guess I was around 6 or so and got two Lionel F7A's in Santa Fe Warbonnet's colors. Only car I remember is the flat bed hauling a Sub. Use to play with the sub in the bathtub. Going to run the trains a little, then get going. Ken
Any word on that job you had the interview to Ken?
Good Morning,
Like others here, my first train set was a Lionel steam freight back in the mid forties. For the next 10 years I added to it with track and one or two other steam sets. All the building were PLasticville and all the accessories were Lionel. The layout ended up being 4' x 16' with another 4' x 8' "L" shaped extension. One day this older couple who lived a couple of blocks away asked if they could see my trains. After watching them run for an hour or so, he asked if I wanted to sell them. As I was wanting to switch to HO, I agreed. Best deal I ever made. Apparenly money was no object for them.
Back to my local diner. We decided when we got up this morning to go and have breakfast again this morning. Now here's the reason I love this place. Not the cooks fault, but the bacon just wasn't very good. Very hard and just broke up into little pieces that were not chewable. Never happened before and the problem was the bacon itself. Anyway, the waitress got all concerned when taking the dishes away and wanted to get me another order of bacon. I turned her offer down as I was full anyway. Then she wanted to get me an order of sausage. No, I'm fine, don't worry about. When leaving the cook came out and she was all concerned because I didn't eat my bacon. Now she is from Egypt, and speaks very broken English. She is funny, because sometimes instead of two pieces of toast, I will get three. The reason, the cook thinks the bread is too "skinny.' In other words the size is smaller than what she thinks it should be. Or if one of my eggs break, she will add a third to the order. None of which is important to me as I'm not too picky, but it matters a lot to her and the waitress. The CEO's of the chains could learn a lot about customer satisfaction from those two.
Now to laundry. Oh boy, I usually do most of it on Mondays after we are done with shopping and other errands, and just the bedding and towels on Tuesday. But yesterday we had quite a bit to do and by the time we got home late in the afternoon, I decided to wait until today. Now I will be doing laundry all day. With there just being the two of us, we seem to generate an awful lot of dirty clothes. I think this stuff breeds in the hamper when no one is around.
Efeveryone have a good one. Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
tcwright973 Now to laundry. Oh boy, I usually do most of it on Mondays after we are done with shopping and other errands, and just the bedding and towels on Tuesday. But yesterday we had quite a bit to do and by the time we got home late in the afternoon, I decided to wait until today. Now I will be doing laundry all day. With there just being the two of us, we seem to generate an awful lot of dirty clothes. I think this stuff breeds in the hamper when no one is around. Tom
-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.
TA462With the amount some of you guys pay for shoes and inserts I guess I got off lucky spending 200 on the wifes 2 pairs.
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jeffrey-wimberly TA462With the amount some of you guys pay for shoes and inserts I guess I got off lucky spending 200 on the wifes 2 pairs. My nephew goes out and drops $150+ on ONE pair of shoes then whines and complains about not having money to do the things he likes to do. I'd tell him to buy cheaper shoes but I know it would go in one ear and out the other without impacting anything in between.
On another note, it's been a busy day today with w**ing on the sun room, running to HD for a bag of insulation. That burns me, having to buy a 16 piece bundle of fiberglass itchy stuff when I only need 4 pieces. Now what do I do with the rest, store it forever?
Went to the LHS today and lo and behold.... bought 2 DCC Backman or however you spell it Diesels in Early CP Livery and the modern Orange livery. How much?? $82 Cdn each which is a good buy. Plus, they have a huge consignment of pre owned that just came in, still in the boxes so it's going to be buy buy buy a freight car fleet or two or, well, we'll see just as soon as Ben the shop owner gets to sort it out and price it all.
Going to Cow Town AKA Calgary on thursday if it doesn't snow and while there I'll drop in at trains & such and buy the Digitrax DCC stuff I need. There goes about a $1000 bucks. Sheesh, sure glad I've got such cheap tastes...
Later Folks
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
chochowillieHey Jeffery, new generation only buy Brand Name stuff. Status you know.
I don't spend much on my shoes,
1 pair of sneakers for yard work, washing cars, etc
1 pair of sneakers for work (replaced every 5-6 months),
1 pair of hiking boots (railfanning/snow shoes)
1 pair dress shoes (black penny loafers)
1 pair cowboy boots
thats it for me, but HER closet, why, Imelda Marcos would be jealous!!!
Various shoes of all types and descriptions, even 7 identical pairs!!
Well, almost identical. The style is the same, same heel height, same open toe, just 6 different colors and 1 patent leather black!!
Why??? I've been begging for this answer for years!!!
Someone once told me, that the shoe industry was in trouble! Why, have they stopped making women?? I'm afraid to look for receipts here, it may just depress me!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evening All,
Been a couple of busy days for me, with closing shifts and still standing guard dog at the hospital, so I am kind of beat. Wife should be moving back to the oncology ward tomorrow or Thursday and out of "The Snake Pit" as my daughters call where she is now. Her spirits are good and she is ready to take on the next round of chemo.
Shoes, I have several pair of hunting boots, even though I have not been hunting in years, but great for the snow and hiking around the Nevada high desert, one pair of Merrill slip ons, and one pair of dress shoes. OK don't laugh, I have had theses dress shoes since 1967, I bought them when I worked at Macy's, part time back in NY during my senior year in high school. Cost me $45.00 back then, over a weeks pay, had them resoled once. Probably the best buy in history. I wore em in the Navy, as my dress shoes, and they still keep a great shine.
Curt - glad to hear your friend is doing better.
Jeremy - I say take whichever job comes up first and then if you have to quit the part time one for the full time I would do it with an explination.
Prayers to all 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
TA462 galaxy Boy my hip is really bothering me, my knee has settled down. Don't know if it is the fact that the arthritis has me there or just my weight impacting it...I know BOTH of which the Drs will say is causing it just to have an answer. Well, Soon to be dinner, Pizza Maybe you should start eating a little more healthier? With all the health issues you keep bringing up a diet change will sure help you. Maybe look around for a dietition that can help you with your diet and help you lose the weight that is causing your knee and hip pain?
galaxy Boy my hip is really bothering me, my knee has settled down. Don't know if it is the fact that the arthritis has me there or just my weight impacting it...I know BOTH of which the Drs will say is causing it just to have an answer. Well, Soon to be dinner, Pizza
Maybe you should start eating a little more healthier? With all the health issues you keep bringing up a diet change will sure help you. Maybe look around for a dietition that can help you with your diet and help you lose the weight that is causing your knee and hip pain?
I am not the only one here who has health problems you know. Why must you pick at me?
Pizza is something we have once in about every 3 months. It is a "healthy variety' based on mediterranean styles- not the crap USA pizzas. MOH enjoys it and I can't see denying myself a piece.
Dinner is usually a 4 oz serving of meat.{varied of them}, a tablespoon of starch {rice, occasionally potatoes or noodles {again MOH likes the noodles- I am not so fond of them}, and all the veggies I want- varieties among them. A salad starts it off if need be as well as works as a snack if I want one anytime. Lunch is a sandwhich and a salad if I want more. If I want something more than just a salad...I make it a full Greek salad.
I cannot eat that much as I had corrective surgery on my stomach and esophagus...called a Nissan Fundoplycation. They tie part of the stomach up around the esophagus to form a new LES muscle...the Muscle that keeps your food in your stomach. Before the surgery I vomited involuntarily 80% of anything I ate as the LES muscle didn't hold the food down. The muscle should function at 100% closed when not allowing food out. I had to pass a test for the surgery by failing miserably at the LES test. mine functioned only at a rate of 3% of the time closed. In other words it was NOT keeping the food in my stomach. I slept on a vertical bank of pillows at night but if I rolled over on my side, I would vomit in bed, sometimes all over My Other Half {talk about love...when someone who isn't your parent loves you even when you throw up on them!!!}
After the surgery , with a 125lb body that was constantly starved as I vomited 80% involuntarily, My body now stores anything I eat as fat rather quickly. I used to have a bucket I carried around with me in case I vomited and the garbage can in the vehicle, and swallowed hard it back down in public. I now weigh twice what I did then, but that is the breaks I got. The less I eat, the actual MORE weight I gain...as my body THINKS it is being STARVED again.
I drink only seltzer or Spring H2O { no sugary drinks}. If I want Breakfast it is Bran or Shredded Wheat.
It is that time of year again,so I will eat a few pieces of Halloween candy too, and will have some Christmas goodies if I like when they come out or if someone gives them to us.. I am not a total idiot and yet I see no reason to be a total vegetarian. Then It will probably be Valentines day or Easter before I get anymore sweets. MOH doesn't buy me any valentine candy, I do for MOH, but sometimes I may get a piece "shared" with me.
I am severely asthmatic and have been since a early teen. I can get winded walking to the mailbox 4/10th a mile away. Due to the back problems and that lot, I cannot walk far or do much either. so I am rather sedentary, not by choice. I get the household chores done as I can. but not being able to stand for more than 4 minutes without excruciating pain it is hard, let alone move too. The spinal nerve steroid injections only provide about 4 weeks of mild relief from the pain combined with TWO heavy duty pain killers,and a serious muscle relaxer. WHen they removed two tumors form my spine it was supposed to "help" but didn't. I WAS going to be a participant in a new surgery study, but it had been in place long enough to know it didn't return the results they had hoped on others, so they declined it on me.
You should be so lucky to be healthy, and thank your lucky stars. ANy more questions or critiques?
Now the day is over and rest will come in sleep. Train nut arriving tomorrow and I have some shopping to do, so I will be sore again. He also wants to go look at used cars while in the city. So we will do that too. He is looking for a small fuel efficient number. So are we, so I go with him.
have a GREAT NIGHT guys!
kbkchooch thats it for me, but HER closet, why, Imelda Marcos would be jealous!!! Various shoes of all types and descriptions, even 7 identical pairs!! Well, almost identical. The style is the same, same heel height, same open toe, just 6 different colors and 1 patent leather black!! Why??? I've been begging for this answer for years!!! Someone once told me, that the shoe industry was in trouble! Why, have they stopped making women?? I'm afraid to look for receipts here, it may just depress me!
Here's our little monster Furnando
Karl: That sounds like my mothers shoe closet! She has shoes in there from the late 40's to the present. Just when you think she couldn't get another pair in there she'd work on it and space would magically appear. She can't add to it anymore as she's confined to the bed or couch much of the time.
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Murphy is alive and well and living under my kitchen sink. The outlet pipe on my water heater sprung a leak a few hours ago right where the pipe goes into the water heater. I turned the water off at the road but Murphy apparently has an address there too. The valve won't cut off all the way so there's a trickle getting trough. Just enough to build up pressure and spray out in a mist. If I'm not online tomorrow you know why.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just my usual decaf right now....
Dennis, noble looking beast you have there... Seems there are quite a few of us cat servants here in the diner. Dogs have owners, cats have "staff". Here are mine:
Manét:
And Blackie the Scamp!:
They are loving brothers (Litter Mates) I inherited form my Father. 39.5 lbs of kittie cats!
Speaking of "BIG CATS". California Tom hasn't been back in for a long time again... I miss his classy piano playing! Not to mention his modeling!
Shoes??? i only have one pair of "shoes"... Steel Toed Boots actually. Bought them for volunteering out at the Museum. I can't stand to have them on my feet for more than 20 minutes at a time, so they sit in the closet collecting dirt and spider webs. I do have 2 pair of sneakers though. I have been buying New Balance for years now. I have a "dress" pair I where to church and other fancy dansy things, and one pair used for everything else. Going to family gatherings, working in the muddy garden, volunteering out at the museum and everyday stuff. Oh I have a 15 year old pair of winter boots I use for shoveling sn*w and running the sn*wblower when needed.... Can't see any reason to spend $$$ for shoes, clothes, and other non-essential stuff. i wear old Boy Scout and museum t-shirts and have a pair of bliue jeans and a couple still usable work pants. I do have two pair of "Sunday-go-to-meeting" trousers and a fancy coat to go with it. I'm all set for a couple more years I think.
Hope you all have a good night. My prayers for all in need!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
I know, I know, I need to head to bed. Old habits die hard.
Today was real slow, then around 5:30 PM it turned into a train wreck. Good thing I like trains! Won't go into details, it would take to long.
Jeremy No news on the possible new job. In some respects I am sort of glad? In many respects I don't want to mess with cars anymore. I prefer cars as a hobby and it is a hobby that I have lost interest in for now.
Only Good News Today, I have a 3 day weekend coming and my LHS is open every day I am off!
See you all later.
Wolfhound love cats!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Wednesday, October 17, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
I'm more of a dog person (newfie and Aussie sheperd) my sis' cat hate's my trains I guess they frighten her. I'm off to the sleeper car for some shuteye.
g'nite all.
Gary
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Toto, Follow the Yellow Brick Road to...
Morning Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Often, here people talk of "robbing Peter to pay Paul", SO:
To take from one merely to give to another; to discharge one debt by incurring another.
There's a text, first published in 1661, that purports to explain the origin of this expression - Peter Heylyn's Ecclesia Restaurata:
The lands of Westminster so dilapidated by Bishop Thirlby, that there was almost nothing left to support the dignity; for which good service he had been preferred to the see of Norwich, in the year foregoing. Most of the lands invaded by the great men of the court, the rest laid out for reparation to the church of St Paul - pared almost to the very quick in those days of rapine. From hence first came that significant by-word (as is said by some) of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
A 350 year-old text claiming to explain the origin of a phrase is usually almost as good as a smoking gun for etymologists. Regrettably, Heylyn's understanding was flawed; the phrase was known long before 1661 and even before the birth of the 16th century cleric Thomas Thirlby. The ecclesiastical tome Jacob's well: an English treatise on the cleansing of man's conscience, circa 1450, includes the phrase in it's original form:
To robbe Petyr & geve it Poule, it were non almesse but gret synne.
The expression may be even earlier than 1450. John Wyclif's Selected English Works contains this text:
Lord, hou schulde God approve that you robbe Petur and gif is robbere to Poule in ye name of Crist?
There is however, some dispute as to the date of the above. It is reprinted in a Victorian book but the original is now lost. If it does indeed arise from Wyclif the date would be 1380. Others have speculated that a more realistic date is around 1500.
The expression was well enough established in English for it to have been considered proverbial by John Heywood when he published A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue in 1546:
Rob Peter and pay Paul: thou sayest I do; But thou robbest and poulst Peter and Paul too
The phrase was also in use in other European countries and was known in France by at least 1611, when Cotgrave produced A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues:
Découvrir Saint Pierre pour couvrir Saint Paul [Strip Peter to clothe Paul]
The precise date is not the only aspect of this phrase that is somewhat uncertain. Scholars also disagree as to the thinking of whoever coined it. Given that any two names would work in a 'rob X to pay Y' proverb, why choose Peter and Paul? It has been suggested that the primary reason for Peter and Paul is the alliteration, i.e. the same reason that Jack was paired with Jill when they went up the hill. That may well be part of the story, but there's surely more to it. The similarities between Saint Peter and Saint Paul go deeper than their sharing of the letter P.
have a GREAT day
The prayer candle will be lit at 8 am
Good Morning
Well, good to see that I am not the only person up at strange times...dang chemo induced insomnia....
We are getting rained and winded on again...after a mainly dull day blossomed forth with sun..in time for sunset....
This morning will be rainy and cold as well as windy..supposed to stop raining later in the morning and be variably dull for the rest of the day...
As for kittehs...we have a little one here...
As for shoes...meh...the only shoes we have here are no label shoes...work boots, dress loafers, and deck shoes....oh...Audrey has her running shoes and a pair of penny loafers....big whoop....
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/
Shoes...I own two pair, Dr. Scholls, and I alternate them. They are both black and can act as dressy or casual. I have no need for steel toed boots, and I do have a pair of hiking style boots for winter wear, but rarely wear them, In fact Not sure where they got off to now...
As far as cats, I would rather have a dog, I think {having had both}, but we had 2 cats for many years. In June we had to put our 17 y/o to sleep with kidney failure. Now the 14 y/o orange fluffy long haired one is all who is left. I like the easy "maintenance" of a cat...a few litter boxes, a big bowl of water or two and a few bowls of cat food and one can go away for week and not worry to much. A dog has to have someone to let it out and walk it.
Train nut coming over and gotta do some shopping before he does...but I may delay shopping til tomorrow. He wants to look at cars while in the city so we may do that too, as he has the whole day in the city today.
Its clearing up to be a beautiful day! Warm and sunny high in the high 60s. We have some outside weatherization projects to do, so it is good...and we can get the train nut frined to help?
I DO have to go to the credit union for some banking.
it's early, but since I am up, I have lit the prayer candle for those in need!
have a great day.
Morning guys,
Up early as I have to be at that new job by 8am. They have quite the process of trying to get into the place if you dont have a access card. You have to go through a security check and they will open the doors for you. I hope I get that card or getting in and out will be a nightmare. I have to go grab and shower and some breakfast and take the garbage out. I will check back in later this afternoon. Wish me luck guys
Morning y'all ! it is about 7 AM in this part of the GWN.Funny years ago when I was working I always dreamed of retiring and sleeping in.Now that I am long retired I am up everyday about 5 or 6. Go figure.
Already on my 3rd coffee. Cheers! John.
Good Morning all,
53F, Hi today737F, Low 57F the Freeze-Thaw cycle starts
I went to the train sale last night. I thought there would be more stuff. I spent $110 but I brought home some Walther’s Proto 2000, never been run items so to me they were NIB:
X2 PRR E7’s units powered DC
X2 PRR FB2 units dummies
X1 PRR Drop end mill gondola
X3 PRR 4 bay coke service hoppers
According to the 2013 Walther’s catalog these were valued at just over $500 retail.
Galaxy, to keep my sanity on its toes I have 2 cats and one puppy. I warned Dorothy that the puppy likes to remove loose nuts and bolts (discovered this while Katje helped me assemble the futon in the living room) I understand Dorothy fell flat on her caboose because the bottom bolts were missing from her crutches yesterday while I was at work.
The town on the other side of the county line is Mentor, OH, but in 2000 when I bought this house the property taxes there was $2,000/year and only $1,000/year in Euclid. Mentor does an excellent job drawing in big companies. 12 years later Mentor property taxes are still $2000 and mine are about $2500.
Gary, I have DCC. One day I was getting ready to run trains and the locomotive wouldn’t move. I increased the power and it still wouldn’t move but the headlight came on. I double checked my throttle and increased the power a little more. Then it happened: kitty #2 was sitting on the tracks this whole time around the corner and got zapped and right after she flew off the layout the locomotive took off at about 75% power. I haven’t had any cat vs. layout problems since….
Karl, I don’t think us men folk are supposed to understand the women and shoes issue. I took my GF to buy one pair of nurse’s shoes and we walked out with 6 pairs of shoes, 2 tote bags, and 3 purses 3 hours later. If I go buy a pair of shoes for work I walk in buy 1 pair of shoes, typically the first pair I try on and leave all under 20 minutes.
TA462, I have good insurance, my orthotics out of pocket cost is only about $36, but then I have to buy shoes with removable insoles so the orthotics fit. Typically non-steel toe work boots so the ankle is supported and there is a hard sole to keep the foot from flexing. I consider myself lucky that’s my only real foot issue. If I wear something like sneakers for more than a few days I’ll throw my hip or lower back out because I unconsciously favor the one foot too much. I’m only 45 I can only imagine how bad it will be in 20 years…
Garry, I still have my first train. 1969? TYCO Santa Fe 0-4-0 switcher with a slope back tender (MANTUA) with a jade green stock car, red 250 ton crane and boom car, El Capitan Box car, and a steel caboose. Over and under figure 8 of track and I had a coke box to use as a tunnel.
Ulrich, I would have said it German-American day, I don’t know but there are some “Days” that you hear about its approach for days or weeks on the TV and in the Radio but then you have some “Days” that come and go without much fanfare. There was a time when the larger cities were settled in pockets of minorities and it was cool to go to “Little Italy” or “Slovak Village” or “Irish Town Bend” and immerse yourself in a different culture for a few hours, I’m afraid those communities have come and gone, but if they were still around German-American day would have been a week long party with whole streets shut down…. I really need to go back to Toledo and just relax at one of the beer gardens for a couple of hours, LOL.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning, Chloe. Sorry I missed you yesterday. I spent the whole morning trying to get online. I am on Larry's laptop. It is something in my 'puter, and not the connection. Sorry about the tiny print. The laptop does not change font or size.
The rest of the week is crazy, so my appearances will be sporadic. Have a good week.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and some of that cherry PIE please. Thanks.
Laundry. Hrmph. You guys ain’t seen laundry.
Sorry, no American Flyer of Lionel for me. T’was AHM. Still have it and as of last it still runs like new. Which, compared to new, is pretty crappy, but it does have a nice buzzing sound that fills the air reminding me so much of when I was a child with it.
Dennis- I used to grumble and store all the stuff from home projects too. Then before this remodel thing happened I found this wonderful place in Springfield called Habitat For Humanities. You’ve probably heard of it. The place that builds houses for the needy. What I didn’t know is to help fund these things they have a “store” if you will, that sells used stuff including appliances. Door knobs, hinges, odd boxes of tile…you name it. Kinda like a Goodwill for builders. I now take all sorts of “leftovers” there. The sinks I replaced, countertops, the stove, faucets. Today, I hope, I’ll take the old shower door (yes, all moutings hardware was retained and put in a bag), and an unused sheet of cement board. I could take it back to Menard’s I guess, and $9 is $9, but I’ll probably just give them that as the old bathroom mirror and the shower door will be on top, so I’ll probably just say take that too.
That place has been around for years I guess, I just didn’t know about it. Boy could I have helped them out with the tons of stuff Mom had. She hoarded many things for those rental houses she had. Probably could a saved a whole dumpster expense.
Shoes. When we go someplace and need to get dressed up, I pull on my good boots and ready I am. Then for some reason, Brenda comes up with a pair of shoes in her hand. One shoe in each hand. Lifts them up for me to see then asks “which one?” I say “I’d wear both. That’s how it’s usually done” She says “no, which one looks better with what I’m wearing” I look at the shoes, then her outfit. Then back at the shoes. Then I say…”they both look the same” She drops her arms, turns and returns to the closet mumbling “you’re no help” and something I have yet to understand. This went on for as long as we’ve been together up until maybe a year…nope. Forgot. She still does it. Same thing happened a couple months ago for a funeral. Don’t understand why either. She will tell people I don’t match things. I have blue jeans as pants because they go with anything. I have black dress up boots because…they go with anything. Yet she continues to get miffed when she asks me to do what she readily admits I won’t do.
Welp, I thought this would be a quick in and out today as I had not much to say, guess I was wrong. So I’ll just take my leave and continue on with cleaning up around here. Tomorrow is trash day so many things will leave this house. Also there is some MORE laundry to do and if all works out well, I will take a couple things to Habitat For Humanities. But first.....Ziva.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
Todd
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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.
Mornin'.... Opps! Ahem... Afternoon folks!
Zoe, I see you're still here so can I get a short stack of Buttermilk Pancakes w/real maple syrup, a side order of bacon, and a cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug? Thank you Ma'am!
Just getting to post here as I have been busy doing some other stuff this morning. So far the sun is shining out there, but is predicted to hide behind some clouds later on today. Can't wait for the Maple tree next door to lose its leaves... It definitely is shading my roof this time of year.
I need to do some laundry (Galaxy knows all about THAT) so I will be able to spend some quality time in the train rooms as well. I also need to do the grocery shopping I didn't get to yesterday. Actually good that I waited to today as my Credit Card is above where I like it to be so I can easily pay it off in full (No interest that way...). Today it should close out this month's charges and anything put on it this afternoon should show up on next months charges.
Todd, great way to have old items reused! I have a lot of boxes of old stuff I have been trying to find a home for without them landing in the landfill. I want to get rid of as much as possible this fall. I was hoping I could add items to my DIL's annual yard sale, but she didn't have one this year. There are a few second hand shops I need to check with to see if they are interested in any of the items. They are all "Family Heirlooms" from my Mother's accumulated junk...
Need to get back to doing some other items. Catch you all later!
Good afternoon. 78° here heading to 85°. Tried pulling the kitchen sink out this morning. Not happening! That baby is epoxied in there and isn't budging for anything less than a tank! So reverted to plan B. I removed the drawers and the roller mechanisms and ripped the front off the cabinet and dismantled the framework that held the drawers (four drawers stacked vertically). They WON'T be going back in. I'll put shelves in when it's rebuilt. The drawers were always in the way anytime one was open. Back to the problem. I still can't get to the pipe! It's right there in the open tucked in next to the sink. The water heater is back in the corner so I have to reach in bent foward while on my knees. Well, my foot keeps getting in the way! I can't be on both knees because the foot (in the boot of course, can't be in other way) does not bend at all and there's no ankle to bend so I end up twisted and in intense agony. I can't be on my left knee with my right foot flat on the floor because that's an impossibility. The aforementioned problems with the aforementioned result. Same for having my legs crossed. Ain't happening! No matter what I do I feel like I'm tied up in a series of knots. I'll just have to wait for my nephew to get in from work (incredibly that's lasted for more than two weeks) and let him tackle it. I asked him to last night and he gave me a flat 'No'. I called my father and asked him if he knew anybody who can do it. 'No'. Have X (I won't mention my nephew's name here) do it. I told him he already said no. "Be right back". A little while later he calls back and says X will be there tomorrow after work. Well I found out today what was said to X. "You've enjoyed living in my rent home for eight months rent free right? You've enjoyed having the use of my truck and trailer anytime no questions asked?". X answers yes to both. "Do this or bring me my keys and get out of my house and take your junk with you.". Talk about an offer you can't refuse!In other news Murphy messed with my vans battery. Three days in a row it's been run down. It's only two months old. I checked and made sure everything was off. No power drain. I checked the output from the regulator. 14v. Nothing wrong there. Took the battery to the parts place and had it tested. Lo and behold the tester said replace it. They did a load test on it. Absolutely failed! It wouldn't hold amperage for even three seconds! Turns out it had a dead cell with another cell showing as weak. Got a replacement under warranty. Cost was $0.00. Had lunch at my parents place as it's a bit hard to cook here with the kitchen in pieces. I also helped my father get his RV and tag-along car ready to go in for inspection. Hardest part of that was rigging the tow bar and that was a snap.
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Hi Guys
Well the first day at the new place was only a short 5 hour orientation and tomorrow I started the training with another guy, basically learning the ropes of the place. I also start on the afternoon shift on Friday.