Ken-There has to be a reason why she is on SSI, and I think your stories tell the tale. So you know I know what I am talking about, Here is some of mine:
I am Bipolar {manic/depressive} and am currently on a manic tear for the past 2 months. I have exhibited my manic behaviors, one of which USUALLY come with very angry outbursts that MOH has to put up with even if not directed at MOH.
I assume with her getting SSI for years, you have known about her penchants for outbursts. There must be some reason for them that granted her the SSI. So you have to deal. Divorce is not the answer, as that doesn't help her or you...you need to find a support group for you to go to for people who deal with whatever her illness/condition is...they are all over the country for all kinds of illnesses. For instance there are groups for those who live with someone who is manic. If you can't find one for "those who live with someone who has XX", go to the support group for the "XX" and ask around, or maybe they will help you.
When I get manic, or very very depressed, for instance, MOH goes to the hospital support group for "family and friends of Bipolar people" group.
Try it- you can search the net for "support groups for family and friends of XX people" and your town or nearby city and see what you come up with...It may help...
Here, just as an example is a listing of support groups for those in my city as a "for instance":
http://www.gobroomecounty.com/files/senior/pdfs/Support%20Groups%20Alphabetical(1).pdf
She will only go to a group for her IF SHE wants to go, but you can go to one for yourself!!!
Godo luck!
-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 evening.
Got plenty done. Mainly with the P-38. It's looking really good right now. It has some major body issues, but just add a flashy paint scheme and *BAM!*, man does it make a difference.
Got parts for P-51D washed. Will possibly start building it in a few days
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
Lets sum up my day.
1 Guy that wanted to buy the Road Runner was a no show. While a little disappointing, not that much. I am now thinking about get her going again. Reason she stopped running? Fuel pump went bad, so cab's should have no gas in them so maybe they are still good. I hope so, just checked on line and 750 Hollies are $279.00 each. Hard part will be getting the 6 year old gas out of the gas tank.
2 Did some honey does today. Fought with the evil wild gape vines like the wife wanted me to. Lost my wedding ring while doing it. Wife is mad at me a course. I have lost around 5 to 8 of them. I have stopped counting but all where lost doing her bidding.
3 I am in the dog house. Tuesday is our wedding anniversary, think it is our 36th, need to get the toes out and count. Anyway I have to go to the VA Hospital Tuesday, afterwards she wanted to eat out. We where going to BBQ today but it is right now. I spent $30.00 in meat, so I told her we where not eating out Tuesday but BBQ the meat. Now I am the jerk because I don't want to waste the meat. (she will throw it away if it sets for 4 days) Besides I hate eating out, it is my wedding anniversary as well!
As she left the train / garage she yelled "I have nothing to look forward to"! Boy I wanted to say "Yes you do, being single" but I kept quite. By the way, I have gave her cash, flowers and some other stuff she wanted, not like I did nothing for her.
More than likely I am the jerk but all most everything I have done my life has been for her.
Ken, being a jerk again, I guess.
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I hate Rust
Hey guys, veterans current, future, and past thank you for your service. pulled the trains out, ran them and did a pair of sound dubbed videos.
watch?v=BP6RKFqzhdA
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
Afternoon All,
Waiting on the family for our Memorial Day get together. I finished loading my train videos on YouTube. I have a couple more, but I feel not a good enough quality to post.
I was touched last night when several co-workers texted me thanking me for my Navy service.
I would also like to thank everyone who has served or supported our troops over the years even when it was not popular to do so.
Jeff- Nice video.
Inch- I'm not sure what the issue was but I tried watching your video 2 times and both times my computer froze and had to be restarted.
Here are the 2 videos I shot of NKP 765 on Horseshoe Curve with the NS Pennsy heritage unit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZvXgkKJNks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6D4w6MCdiA
Hope everyone has a great day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Good morning to everyone. We're getting one nice day out of this weekend, anyway. It's 63 degrees and there isn't a cloud in the sky at 11 AM. Happy Memorial Day to all.
That's my Dad, in his WW2 Army Air Corps uniform. He served in a support role in Africa, and, fortunately for me, made it home in one piece. Cancer cut his life short. He'd have been a hundred this year. He built my first 4x8 out of plywood and 2x4s, and helped me put my Lionel track on it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Morning All,
Currently is is 54 with an expected high of 75 under mostly cloudy skies.
If I remember correctly, Memorial Day is actually May 30, but they changed it to the last Monday in May to give everyone a three day weekend. I never did like that idea, because it changed the focus from remembering the ultimate sacrifice that some gave, while some of us were lucky to come home in one piece. I guess I am a traditionalist.
I have the day off so it will be a day of w**king on the layout, and mowing the green stuff in the front yard.
Caboose Hobbies and Micro Mark are having Memorial day sales, so I may hve to spend some money to save some money. My late wife would be proud of me for that kind of thinking.
Jeff - nice little video. I am glad you were able to get all the glue out af that engine.
Enjoy the parades, picinics, bar-b- que's, and get together with family and friends, but please do not loose focus of what this day is all about.
"SeaBees Can Do" "
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special this morning, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of that wonderful sour dough toast. Oh, lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug as well.
J.R., I'll second what you said... I will spend this evening out at my son's house for a picnic. I have yet to start making the Potato Salad I will be bringing.
The Dump Truck from the Mennonite Landscaping place arrived an hour early. I was sitting here in my bathrobe finishing my first round of coffee when he pulled around the corner. I ran to the bedroom grabbed yesterdays clothes, threw them on and got my shoes on and met him at the door. Told him to let me put my hearing aids in and I would be right out. He was able to drop the boulder right where I wanted it, and then he drove over to the other driveway and dumped the topsoil there.
I am getting another Stye in my right eyelid... Fun. This is the second one I have had this year.
Another nice and sunny day with cool temperatures here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 60°F outside with a high about 67°F later this afternoon. Set a new record with the solar panels yesterday. 30.95 kWh produced! today may break that record....
Best get moving and start the potato salad I guess.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
jeffrey-wimberlyI got a short video of the trio in action this morning
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Lehigh Valley 2089Also checked to see what I got on my Trig final, and got a 97 on that!
Trig is easy (Well, LION *never* took trig, so him knot know fersure), it is just a bunch of triangles strung together. If you have enough of them you could plant them and they will grow into a tree. (GeeI'matree).
Calc is next, and that one is a real bad boy. YOu have to discover how many circles can dance on the head of a pin.
(Says the LION who got a 17 on his algebra final--apparently he ate all of the numbers--teacher did not like that!)
Back in second grade (that is when it all started) the teacher kept correcting my 4s and my 7s. Apparently she thought I was writing them backwards. The looked fine to me, and I never did figure out why she was changing all of my 7s into little picnic tables. Teachers can be so obscure.
LIONS like simple: Catch, Eat.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Morning All,
Haven't been here for a while though I drive by occasionally. I would however be remiss if I didn't wish you all a good Memorial Day and also to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so we could enjoy our lives as they are today.
My world has been a bit nuts with shop stuff and repairs and racing all piling on. Haven't been in the basement to play with trains for months and it isn't getting any easier but I'm not complaining.
My best to you all, J.R.
Morning, and happy Memorial Day.
Got PHEAA info this week, and I'm getting a little more from them than I did FAFSA. To be exact, almost $1700 MORE per semester! Real happy about that.
Also checked to see what I got on my Trig final, and got a 97 on that!
The 109 is also completely done (don't have photo bucket, so I can't share any photos of it), and starting work on the 38 again by spraying on a new coat of aluminum paint. Will start the Mustang when the 38 is getting decals.
EDIT: Top? Man it's been a while, eat up everyone!
Good morning. It's 69° with 100% humidity. The high will be 88°.The F unit trio got it's first run under load since I cleaned the super glue out of the trucks. I was just lucky that it hardly adhered to anything. It was good to feel the layout extension vibrating as the trio came around the loop. I don't know exactly how much it weighs but it's a good bit. I had a problem with the rear truck of the lead unit derailing on turnouts. Turned out the worm housing clip wasn't completely secure. No plans for today. Just tackle whatever comes along.I got a short video of the trio in action this morning. Just click the photo below.
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
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GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QJeff .... A suggestion for the B-unit with solid port holes. I have an old Varney shell like that, and I painted the port holes black. Then I applied a coat of clear gloss on them. They look surprisingly like real glass port holes. I remember it was tedius work with a very small paint brush, but worth the time.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a couple peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches, BBQ flavored chips (the thin ones) and some macaroni salad please, thanks.
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Cloudy, with a high near 76.
Hm, sounds like the L&A is run by Henry Ford.
Finished painting the bedroom, now for the closet today probably. Then who knows what. Nothing outside of course except maybe roll the yard again between rains since we’ve got 2.75” so far with more to come today. Oh wait, grass is too tall. Can’t do that I guess. Maybe do some more clean up w**k in the trainroom.
Remembering all those who gave for us to live our lives in safety and freedom.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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!" from Tipton IN
5/27/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD MEMORIAL MONDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, May 27th, 2013!!!
Today is Memorial Day, Let us pause for a moment of prayer...
Let us Remember, Lest we forget...
I will light the prayer candles at 9 AM for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
well, I'm a persistent bugger at that! I found some N scale SP&S coaches by intermountain!!! 4 road numbers in the scheme that matches #750 in hourglass scheme. Then to get some GN coaches and F units or a GN E7A. Con Cors are based off of GN cars so that'll square those away, then I'll get some undec. MTL cars to work on as I build the layout.
Jeff .... A suggestion for the B-unit with solid port holes. I have an old Varney shell like that, and I painted the port holes black. Then I applied a coat of clear gloss on them. They look surprisingly like real glass port holes. I remember it was tedius work with a very small paint brush, but worth the time.
Here is another photo of an old auto carrier. This one is significant to me because it is a load of 1950 buicks.
When I was a kid and growing up west of Chicago, our family had a 1950 Buick Roadmaster. I recall many long rides stuck in the back seat with my two sisters. Most of the trips were to visit family members in Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. Trips included going to my grandparents' farm in Iowa. It was before interstate highways and before air conditioning.I still remember passing smelly barn yards and following smelly cattle trucks. Also, I remember many of the Burma Shave signs. ... Those were the days.
Another Good Dog Fight video. P-51's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1gOYKmOCE
Night All
Evening All,
My usual 35 minute drive into w**k this morning took 98 minute. There was an accident on I 80, and out here there is really no other way to get to Reno from where I live. There was a basketball tournament in town, so lots of people from California who wanted to look at guns, but not buy because of CA's laws regarding firearms. Long day of not selling much and small commission.
Tore up the track with the dip and fixed the subroadbed, things run better.
Prayers to all in need.
Flo, Pleases.
Work Front, we closed at 6:00 PM, I walked out the door at 7:50 PM. Yep that sucked.
Selling The 68 Road Runner. Boy I lost sleep over this last night.
Main reason I have not worked on it for 6 years, is the darn train layout. It has taken up the whole garage! If I start working on the Road Runner again, it means tearing down the layout. When I rolled her outside it was to build the slot car track.
Reason not to sale.
1 I don't need the extra money right now. While a bigger nest egg is all wise good, I am in fair shape for now.
2 Nothing I want to speak off. With the 11 engines coming, how many more do I need? If I keep all 11 engines (that I will not do) I will have 41 engines. Yea, I want a few more big steamers but I will have to change a few turns to run them.
3 Can't build my dream layout! Because of Bank Of Stupid. If BoS modifies my loan that is a different story.
4 Cannot buy a Motorcycle. With Sue getting SSI we are only allowed two Vehicle's. (we never claimed the Road Runner, it has not been plated for 10 years or so) Not sure if I am allowed to have a bike with her getting SSI. I really miss riding. I have all wise said I won't sale a car unless there is something I wanted. So when Gino contacted me, I started thinking about riding again.
If Gino brings 60 $100.00 bills with him, might be time. If his Farther and Gino try to low ball me with something silly, no way!
More than likely another sleepless night a head of me.
Ken
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As I reported earlier the F unit Frankensteins are running again. Tomorrow I'll park the GP40's on a siding and put the trio to work on a 30+ unit freight. They should be able to handle that easily. Well for the most part I got a lot of nothing accomplished today. I deserved a break after yesterday. Tomorrow looks like it's going to be nice with just a tiny chance of getting wet.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Here's what the second unit of the trio looked like before it was painted black.When asked by the shop foreman what color should be used for the main color on the locos the L&A president told him "it can be any color you want it to be - as long as it's black".
Grand kids are spending the night watching the movie HOP. It is a instant classic.
Ray- Great video.
Jeff- Sorry that happened to you but at least you got your things back.
This is a second video from Strasburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXxto3qJy1U
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Evenin' folks!
Chloe, I'll have the Buffet that is set up so nicely over by the window.... You can just bring the first of several cups of decaf I will need to help me relax....
Had a great day out at the museum. Fairly good steady stream of visitors about as we usually have on days we run the track cars. Several families said they want to come back when we are running Diesel Trains so I guess we did a good job of getting them interested in the museum. I am just beat though. Two days in a row of several hours standing on my old feet has done me in. I can barely walk right now, back hurts, and one knee gave out and was causing me pain near the end of the afternoon. We had a new member come out to be a Museum Guide. He was a bit unnerved when he got there wondering if he could do the job. He followed us around for the first group, then took a bunch on tour after that. The rest of the day I just hung around outside and watched for safety around the yard and talked with the visitors who didn't go with the "tour". At the end of the day, the new guy said he had a great time and will definitely come back out to be a guide again soon.
When I got home, I had to do the meter readings for the electric for the month. I say readings because there are two different numbers I have to send to NYSEG for my home reading. One is the number of kWh I have used from the grid, and the other is the number of kWh I have sent out onto the grid. This month I used 269 kWh from the grid and returned 485 kWh to the grid. That gives me 216 kWh credit for a month I don't have extra electric generated here. According to the Online Solar info for my system it produced 650 kWhs of power from April 25 to May 26... (and today is not quite over... power is still up though not producing much by now). Still have to read the gas meter tonight and send that in.
Jeffrey, glad to hear you were able to repair the damage caused by the vandal! Hope he will think better of repeating his little game with anyone in the future!
Galaxy, hope you don't get a frost tonight... They have Central NY under a frost advisory for tonight. I doubt we will see any of it though as the temps are supposed to hold in the upper 30s.
Have to give my son a call and find out what is up for tomorrow. he says they will have a picnic but didn't know what time it was going to be. I have a delivery for the boulder and the topsoil scheduled for sometime between 11AM and 1PM tomorrow and I know he wants to get some more fishing in. This weekend is the Seneca Lake Trout Derby, so the city is filled with fishermen from all over. And I do mean from all over! We have had people fly in from Europe, and Asia for this event... Most are from central NY, but everyone who attends help give the tourist industry a big boost this weekend around here.
Catch you all in a bit!
Italian roast coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Following a really rough week physically, today was a landmark day here on the ol' farm. Got all the miniature Zebu cows and Pygmy goats sold, loaded and heading down the road to their new home. No more buying hay for the cows, no more damaged orchard trees from goat escapes, and I can remove the panels from the creek which were only there because of the goats. Tomorrow I can finally open back up the gates between the middle and front pastures for the horses. Plus, this put some change in my pockets. Going to celebrate with a restful few days to let this body heal a bit.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Cheers! Rob
Hi Guys,
Not much going on here today. The weather is somewhat cool with a strong breeze but its comfortable out. I haven't done anything today except enjoy a Sunday of Racing with the Monaco GP this morning followed by the Indy 500 this afternoon and will watch some of the Coke 600 tonight. I was planning on doing some railroading yesterday as I knew Id be sitting in front of the TV today but never really got into anything.
Back to work tomorrow, Happy Memorial Day to you guys down South
Well I said the trio would be running again by noon. I missed that by thirty minutes. The second unit had a loud rumble to it that I had to sort out. It could barely be heard without the shell on but then the shell is an old Varney metal shell and by itself weighs eleven ounces. And it was greatly amplifying the noise. The source of the noise turned out to be a wire dragging on a drive shaft. The trio was back in operation at 12:30.