JOHNBOY! Good to see you sir!
SOrry to hear of your failed esophagial testing. I had some such testing done, but in my case they could fix the problem. It was NOTHING like yours! I had to have surgery on my stomach and esophagus to keep from involuntarily vomiting all the time. They took part of my stomach and sewed it up around the base of the esophagus and anchored it there to make it so the food doesn't reflux easily.
In order to be approved for the surgery, I had to pass a test by failing it miserably. They stuck a metering device up my nose down my thoat and into the stomach {you do feel it}. Then, while laying down, they have you eat/drink water and it registers the function of the LES muscle between the stomach/esophgus. The nurse, well, I told her to get a bucket ready when they wanted me to drink water while lying down, i said "it WILL come back up". SHe INSISTED "no it won't". SO I did not feel bad when I projectiled all over her!!! Three times, no less! Tehy got the reading instead of functioning at 100% like is supposed to, functioned only at a miserable 3%, so I failed the test and passed to get the corrective surgery!
well,
3 kinds of boeufs in the oven, when done chix will go in too. Made macaroni salad {I limit my eating of it but MOH doesn't have to and LOVES it} Eggs boiling for egg salada.
weill check in later...
-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.
Here it is the first day of summer and what's it doing outside.... raining, cloudy and of course windy. Yesterday was beautiful. Glad I took advantage of it and went on a photography jaunt. Even say a beautiful buck deer but didn't get a picture as I don't have a mega lens (yet).
Fire Bird front... It's at the body shop but just as I suspectecd, the $2000 dollar repair bill turned into a $4000 repair bill when they did the tear down and could see the real damage. Frame is bent, side rear 1/4 panel has a slight wrinkle and the exhaust system is bent and can't be straightened out. The insurance company grudgingly approved the extra $2000 only because it's a vintage car.
A friend of mine tells me there is a company that specializes in vintage car insurance. You get the vehicle apprased for actual value, and insure with them. Limited of 5000 K a year but that is no big deal as I drive it only from May to the end of September. I'm going to look into it because regular insurance just want to write older vehicles off at 1/2 the book value.
Been building some structures for the Railroad the last week when it was raining. Not my favorite job but what can you do. I have one of those computer programs that lets you design buildings and print them on photo paper. Then you glue the photo on cardstock and cut them out and build them. I have a number of background buildings designed but my printer won't print right now. Print heads are clogged. Have to call Epson to find the solution if there is one otherwise it's go buy another printer. Junk Junk Junk.
Just about finished the meds for the Diverticulitus. Maybe then I won't be spending all my time in the bathroom. Feeling not too bad other than that. If it isn't one thing it's another.
Oh ya, gas prices just jumpted 20 cents to $1.45 per l. Multiply that by 4 to get a US gallon. Sure glad I bought the gas mizer car.
Cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Gd'Morning Gang,
Chloe, when you get a moment, I'll have a cinnamon raisen Bagel and a HC. (wishful thinking)
I had hospital appointments yesterday that didn't go as good as I had wanted. I did get a new stomach feeding tube put in as the old one was almost seven months old and getting a little grundgy, so that was good. But then I was to have and esophigelscope (spelling) where they go down your throat with a light and scope to check for any other problems I might have.. WELL the Dr. found them real quick... Spent about 8 minutes trying to get the adult scope down , to no avail. Then another five minutes trying to get an infant scope down, to no avail, then stated " I guess we have found the real reason that you can't swallow, there is no opening into your throat, the radiation must have sealed it right off. Now he is as old a Gentleman as I am and he said in his career he has only seen one other one like this throat of mine. So now I guess surgery is the order of the day. There was going to be a little surgery anyway to sew the two valves (flaps) at the back of your throat together as mine arn't playing well together, so the Plastic Surgeon can do both those jobs while he is in there.
Railroad scene update, I have finally committed to finishing the mountain and river section on the north side of the layout. I had originally wanted that done for Christmas two years ago, but life got in the way. New Grandson and then this darn Cancer. But I am on a bit of a roll now.. Must start taking some pictures too, how often have I said that???
Sure would like to hear from some of the ol' boys, IS Jerry, Cajun Chef Ryan, Tom White, Terry in Wisconsin, Texas Chuck and others and of course Ulrich. Also, it's been a while since Rob off the georgia ranch has had much to say.
Hope everyone has a great week-end with good weather.
Wishing you all prayers of safty and health and healing for those with that need.
Will try to get back sooner but I know that is why our count is down here as well, it is all the summer chores that must get done in a short period of time and in between rain storms.
Johnboy out..................................and back to work for 6 hours today.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good Morning All! Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then we had our first open house yesterday and once we stomped the start up gremlins things smoothed out. I had 2 derailments in the first 15 minutes the oddest was a truck failure on a Roundhouse FMC 50' boxcar.-the screw dropped from the truck with the expected results.. After that 8 hours and 45 minutes of derailment free operation.The mystery question is how did I overlooked a lose truck screw when I inspected the cars I was going to use last Sunday? One thing I gotta share by 4 o'clock I was pretty wore down and I found coffee is indeed the nectar of the Gods.A follow club member bought a cup of coffee for us and that perked me up and I was good to go until closing.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Good morning. It's 73° with 95% humidity. The high will be 92° with a small chance of rain. with Still not feeling good today. I'm waiting on the Home Health nurse to call then I'll head over to my fathers place with a couple of bags of laundry. At least I'll get something accomplished today. I don't feel like doing anything else.
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
Wow, nobody in for hours...wonder if the diner is being boycotted against?
Went to the Phone class last night. The first part was review, but the second part was new nitty-gritty. Still not sure on that newer stuff.
DRug {actually I think it's "dragged" for correctness} MOH with me, as MOH really wnated the smart phones! Was tired, but I declared "you ARE going, you wanted the smart phones, NOW you will attend class to learn how to use them!"
Guess what I picked for the wallpaper background to the home screen??? A RR Crossing sign! Natch! It is a plain white sign, so no "markings on it" but it is clearly a RR crossbuck!!
Well, today I will do some cooking. I think MOH is going over to the FILs to help him.
Cooking:
Parmasean encrusted chicken filets topped with melted Ceddar cheese
Boeufs {beefs {or more correctly "Beeves" {look it up!}}}
Crock pot lasagna
sausage and peppers/onions
Ranch style mac. salad
ANother thing or two
I'll see what else I can rustle up! maybe ill go get more grape tomatoes for tomato/basil/mozzarella salad.
Then I won't have to cook for a few days! Just heat n eat.
well, then I will see what else I can get into..
OH QUESTION: Do any of you/have any of you used the "electric rodent repellant" devices? They are supposed to be quiet adnd emitt a high frequency noise that humans and non-rodent pets can't hear. Well, they DO make an easily audible Buzzing noise, quie, but audible. MOH can hear it too. Now, My QUESTION is: can any of you HEAR The high pitched noise too? I ma super sensitive to high pitched noises, and I do declare, I can hear the "resonance after effect of the noise". so to speak. You know how you hear the high pitched squeal of a microphone, and the "sound of it diminishing" as it goes away after the squeal? It isn't hte exact high pitrhced squeal itself, it is theAFTER EFECT taht can be just as defening. THAT is what I hear. Or like being in an airplane, and the highpitch "after effect" of the noise of the jet engines. I feel like "airplane head" when I am around the emitters. They SEEM to be working at keeping the resident rodents at bay, So I think it is great, but I am wondering if I can suffer damage due to the noise i "hear" from them.
Just wondering..We have three of them in the house...I was thinking of getting another 3 pack. for the other rooms.{we have 6 rooms total}.
well, I think a nap is in order as I have been up since 2:15.
later guys
morning coffee in the diner with Daisy...
I hate my dishwashing machineMy dishes, they never come cleanThey don't look like newAfter I put them throughThey're as dirty as I've ever seen.
-dave/kh
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. -Salman Rushdie, writer (b. 1947)
howmus Galaxy, do hope tha Ulrich is OK! Thanks for bgettimng in touch with him. Will be keeping all those listed and more in the evening prayers!
Galaxy, do hope tha Ulrich is OK! Thanks for bgettimng in touch with him. Will be keeping all those listed and more in the evening prayers!
He also did say I could say he was "improving"....and would be in as soon as he was able to visit the diner...when he is able to do so.
But, very seriously, lets keep him and the others {flip and Barry are MIA of late?} in our hearty Healing prayers!
Good evening. It's 81° with a small chance of showers and thunderstorms.The visit to the doc in Oakdale went very well. Even so it was a miserable day for me for the most part. The wound vac was really cutting up bad last night and as a result I didn't get much sleep. When we set out this morning I was very tired and my eyes hurt badly if bright light hit them. I've never been one that was able to sleep in a moving vehicle bot this morning I was so exhausted I did. I got about an hours worth of sleep going to Oakdale so when we got there I at least didn't look like I going to fall over. Sure felt like it though. The doc removed the wound vac dressing, examined the wound, liked what he saw the trimmed up the edges a bit then applied a wet to dry dressing and wrapped it up. On the way back to Leesville I got a bit more sleep. Tells you how tired I was. We stopped at BJ's Diner in Leesville for lunch then headed home. I called Home Health from my fathers place and arranged for a nurse to come out tomorrow and apply a new wound vac dressing. Then I went home and slept a few more hours. Now I feel better and my eyes don't hurt anymore despite being in a brightly lit room.Tomorrow is laundry day so that'll serve two purposes. Getting the foot seen to and getting laundry done. All I've done today besides what's above is watch part of a James Bond movie. 'Goldfinger'.Time for me to call it a night. Despite the sleep earlier I'm still quite tired. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Pleases
Prayers For Herr Ulrich! Hope he returns soon and still has a layout.
Work Front If You Want To call It That! Got a call from Paul this morning before I left for work. Told me I could go in later, seems only 25% the building had power. I was under the impression that te Electrican had found the part, and was on his way back with the needed part. I was wrong! They had lost power yesterday at 6:00 PM and while the Electrian knew what part he needed had never came out to the store. Finally at 1:30 the store manager started calling other Electrican and by 2:00 PM the where there and by 2:30 PM we had power!
Speaking Of The Store Manager, heared him make a Caboose Comment about how "I sit on my butt all day!" I don't think Kameron knows I had and could get another Diabetic Foot Ulcer if I am on my feet to much. Think I will do a on line search and print out something for him to read. While the Ulcer is healed I was told in the first 6 months it would be easy for it to return!
See you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, just a decaf to sooth me tonight.
Karl, hope the pain subsides quickly.... Dental stuff is never fun!
I drove to Penn Yan this morning and picked up my sister's repaired lawn mower... Dropped it off at her house this afternoon. That took care of most of the day today.... Luckily my sister was in a hurry so I was able to get away from her after about an hour and a half....
Been trying to put together a meeting of the committee for the new Cub Pack here in town to put together a plan for the meeting on Wednesday. So far it may be the District Executive and I, who hopefully has some materials as the committee chair will not be around all of next week and she has the copies of the materials! Of course the District Executive has a District Committee Meetting at the same time the Pack is meeting... Fun and games, tag I'm it! Not even sure I will be able to get into the church where the Pack Meeting will be held.... On top of that, they may need a train crew at the museum for this coming Sunday... They are supposed to running Track Cars, but 2 of the 3 track cars are out of service right now. Won't know if I am on Crew Call until tomorrow night. Tomorrow I will be working out at Boy Scout Camp all day.
Layout? Work on the Layout? Don't I wish!
Oh, got a letter in the mail today from the Roto-Rooter place (Gastroenterology). They were informing me it's my turn again for a Colonoscopy. Ain't I lucky!
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi all,,,Flo,,can I just get some Jello?
Yes, the mouth is still sore, and already the stitches feel looser than they did yesterday. I had Ibuprophen and anitbiotics today at work, but as I walked my aching head in the house after work I had 2 requests for SWMBO....Speghetto O's and percocet for dinner....feeling better now.
I'm going to be skipping the Timonium show this weekend. A) its the smaller summer show, B) I'll be working tomorrow anyways, and c) there is an estate auction Sunday not too far from here with HO and N scale trains. I'd rather take my chances at finding a bargain there.
galaxyLets keep Ulrich, along with Barry, Flip, Johnboy and Jeffrey in our healing energies!
Absolutely!!
Later gang!
Karl
NCE über alles!
I was wrong about the bills...got yet another one for the "interpretation of the MRI" Doctor for MOH to find out about the bone disease!
I am not at liberty to say much, but I can say I have had contact with Ulrich. He will be in the Diner as soon as he is able. That's about all I can say.
Lets keep Ulrich, along with Barry, Flip, Johnboy and Jeffrey in our healing energies!
Just got back from the doc appointment in Oakdale a little while ago and put in a call to Home Health to send a nurse out tomorrow to put a wound vac dressing on my foot. The doc removed the old dressing, did what he needed to do then did an overall inspection of the foot. He likes what he sees and said to call in and schedule an appointment when I think it's needed.We stopped at B.J.'s Diner in town on the way back home and had the lunch special. Pork roast, black-eye peas, cabbage, mashed potatoes and a rather large roll.I'm at my father's place at the moment but will be returning home within the hour.
wow!
Nobody in in 5 hours?
Well, like the delmations, I had 101 things to do today. GOt 96 of them done and one more is a class later on the smart phones. that and pay the wireless bill! I cannot forget that part! The other 3 items will just have to wait.
MOH should be home soon.
I thinl the mail';s in...the last of the bills besides the wireless bill jsut went out so NO MORE bILLS til the second week of JULY! Well, one bill will come in the first i guess..
later
Morning all, just a bowl of Cheerios and Crystal lite.
Jeff, I hope the wound decides to stay unfouled, and you have a good trip
Work's been okay, but I have been getting a few "You're doing great" from the higher ups, so I guess someone is noticing my effort. I may spend today doing a marathon watch of "Hell On Wheels"-the AMC series about the transcontinental railroad, and a few other created storylines, considering it is too foggy to go anywhere, and that is of course if I do not get a call about a Wheeling &Lake Erie train coming my way.
Have a good day everyone.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Well I'm up earlier than the planned 6am wake-up. The wound vac dressing started fouling up last night. About 2:15 the vac unit started sounding off various alarms. I'd reset it and it'd just sound off again five to ten minutes later. I even resorted to cutting the film away from the dressing and re-sheeting it. No joy there. So it must be a blockage where the suction head picks up from the filter. Only way to correct that is to remove everything and go all new. Can't do it as I don't have any of the supplies here. All that stuff is kept at my fathers place as that's where the nurse changes the dressing.Now that I'm up it's not sounding off so much but if I lay back down it'll go crazy. Not my first rodeo with these things. Tired as I am I couldn't get back to sleep no matter how badly I want too. So might as well do my morning post.Good morning. It's 73° with 96% humidity. Looks like it'll be somewhat cloudy with a high of 92°.Just waiting for the alarm to go off. It's set for 6:00. That'll give me two hours to prepare for the trip to Oakdale. Glad I won't be driving. The doc I'll be seeing is a good one and he doesn't give me a prescription for anything unless I absolutely need it. So many others try to load their patients up with stuff they don't need. I've had a few of those and I always changed to another doc at the earliest opportunity. One of the things I look for is can I understand the doc. Accent is a big factor. The way my hearing works is that everything I hear is just jumbled up noise that I have to translate into something that sounds like normal speech. Lip reading goes into that a bit too. Between what I can decode of the speech and what I can see I usually get it right. Talking to someone on the phone I get about seventy-five percent of it if it's clear. If the person has a heavy accent forget it. I'll get about four words in ten. This makes learning another language hard but not impossible. I've done it several times.Well, time to get on with the day.
morning coffee...
Rob, an odd fellow, designsPoems of equal length linesAnd he limericks with flairAs his forethought and careEnsure a word count of 3 9s (each line is 27 characters long, and the limerick is 27 words long)
No woodsman would cut a wood, would heIf woods would be woodless – nor should he.Yet no woodcutter wouldCut a woody-wood woodIf no woodsmen cut woody woods, would he?
Quotable quote:
“ Mixing one’s wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. ”
Another day, more games played on the //e and a movie watched along with an episode of 'The Bionic Woman' and a couple of episodes of 'The Six Million Dollar Man'. A friend came over and had some fun playing games on the //e as well. He really got locked in on 'Defender'. After you fly around shooting at aliens for a while daily life can seem sorta dull.As I said this morning, I won't be here tomorrow morning as I have a doc appointment in Oakdale. Nothing major. He's just gonna cut away some thickened skin around the edge of the wound. It's slowing the healing so it has to go. One nice thing about it, I won't feel a thing while he's doing it. Yeah, neuropathic nerve damage can get that bad. In my case it's more or less permanent and effects my hands and arms as well. I should be back home by mid afternoon.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all sometime tomorrow.
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Howdee all!
Something soft Flo,,,,like mashed taters, jello or bread pudding?
I just woke up, no longer feeling the effects on the morning. Had to be at the oral surgeon at 9:30, so they could yank molar 3. I have a horrendous gag reflex, so they knock me out for stuff like this. I lost the crown off of it a few weeks back, then it cracked and cut my tongue. Speech has been a pain for the last few weeks and I have to speak to do my job. My tongue already feels better! And the tooth fairy brought Percocet! Woohoo! On the job front I have decided to turn down the offer from the local Chevy dealership. My current dealership has started to put a plan of action into place that will have me running the Used Car operation by the end of the year, making almost twice what the other dealership was paying, so no move. Yes, its more hours, yes its a little further to drive, BUT I have to go where the money is if I want to retire in 13 years with toys and no mortgage!
Of course SWMBO had to take me. It was her 1st time driving since her hysterectomy last Friday. She's always nervous driving my car, but this time quite thankfull for the smooth ride the Impala gives. She did fine & will return to work next week.
Son #4 flew back from China last night, only to have his flight from Chicago to Charlotte cancelled,,got him on a later flight so he got into Charlotted at 1:30 this morning. He'll spend 2 months working in Wilmington N.C. before flying to Baltimore to see us for a week, then back to China for his final 2 semester. Son # 5 is already in N.C. until he reports to Ft.Benning in August. They both are staying with my older "spinster" sister. She never had kids, so she "borrows" ours from time to time.
Dennis,,,,,sorry to hear of your "pride & Joy" getting hit. Hope you get it straightened out soon.
Ulrich... I've just been catching up, and reading of his situation. I hope he and Petra can find a workable solution, and we can continue his friendship.
Well, thats all the news from the central right coast of the country. We'll check in later!
Good Afternoon Dinners! Flo :cheers: Pleases Boy I started out the day with such high hopes! :yesnod: Felt good and was going to work on the house! Lawyer Called she does not feel I will get a better deal with BoS so it is time to sign the papers. Well, it is more than I had hope for I think? Need to run to Loews to pick a sprayer tip and go to the bank. Sue just had to go! Went to the bank first and it is right across the street from Bob's. My car was sitting outside and was done! Picked up my car so Sue went on her merry way! Started my running and there was a lot! It was 93 degrees out side and my A/C works fairly well. But, by the time I got done with all the running I was lite headed and beat! As much as I wanted to, there was no way I was working on the roof!
Ulrich Front Main thing that is bitting me in the Coboose is it appears Petria has not let Ulrich say good bye to us!
Getting ready to BBQ and spray some plants I want to die!
Latter, Ken
Well,
Normal chores, lots of errands tomorrow, so usual here.
Will do some major cooking later too, then I won't have to but heat-n-eat later.
Mr. B: I read that somehow as as "still no word on the next Vallium at work". I'll bet some WISH there was a vallium at work! SOunds like you may have a FEW "all days" to wait.
Around here, the one few gov't contractor company just got a big new juicy gov't contract, and they said it would "create an additional 200 jobs". That followed up a few days later with "we are laying off and eliminating 40 jobs, mostly in food service and janitorial. We will be hiring subcontractors who will do those jobs at a more reasonable cost. Those employees laid off are welcome to apply at the new sub contractors who will do the job, and keep on working here under the subcontractors". Yeah. RIGHT. I'll bet it would come with a pay cut and heavier work load! IF, I say IF, a company gets a big juicy long-term Gov't contract like this one, it should be a gov't contract law that they cannot layoff any one if the posiitions STILL need to be performed at the company while the company performs its gov't contract duties... Just sayin'
well, the dryer is about to call my name...{start beeping at me}
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple syrup and a cup of Seneca Lake Blend dark raost to start the day.
New neighbor across the street appears to be "Officially" moving in today. he has been living there for close to month and had been doing a lot of painting, repairs, and the like before getting the rest of his belongings moved over from his old appartment. Older gentleman who is very interested in trains, BTW.
Last night, while I was doing sound at the Strawberry Festival, I was also supposed to be at the new Pack Meeting.... I let them know I had a conflict, and that should have been fine as the Committee Chair has had considerable experience both with Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts. Unfortuately she was stuck in Kansas City at a conference with her flight delayed and so could not get here for the meeting.... Therefore the Representative from the church and one other committee member were the only leaders there and they had no clue on what was supposed to be doing at the meeting leaving a bunch of disappointed Scouts... I will try to do some damage control today as time permits.
I have to finish unloading the PiP this morning, get all the sound equipment put away for another year (probably), and do a bunch of other stuff around here before heading iout to the museum meeting tonight and playing with the 1/1/scale trains.
V 8, what Galaxy said. They have a legal obigation to keep you covered if required by your mortgage company or local laws. If you had a fire during that period and you didn't have other coverage, you would be very glad you were covered! It is your obligation to notify and prove to your former insurer that you have coverage.... Be glad they will drop the charge when you send them proof of coverage for that period. Go back and read the fine print that is in your home insurance policy...
Sun is out for the time being. It is a nice 69°F currently here in the Finger Lakes with a high in the low 70's. I hope the sun stays out so I can get a good day's yield on the solar!
Catch you all later!
Good morning. It's 80° with 78% humidity. The high will be 92° and sunny with a small chance of rain. with This morning I decided it was high time I print an up to date listing of my Apple SD cards. I also wanted a look that would be in keeping with the age of the //e. So I used the ImageWriter II dot matrix printer. The result is five pages that have the look and feel of a bygone age. There's just no way to get either the look or feel of a document printed on a dot matrix printer with today's inkjet printers. A Laser printer may be capable of producing the look but it can't produce the feel of the impact of the pins.No plans for today other than the usual. Watching a movie or two, playing some old computer games or as my friend David says prehistoric games.I won't be here tomorrow morning. I have a doctors appointment in Oakdale. That's about an eighty mile trip then there's the wait in the waiting room, the time with the doc and however long it takes for him to do what he has to do then the trip back. Knowing my father he's going to want to get breakfast on the way there and get lunch on the way back so that's moire time. So I should be back home sometime in the afternoon.That's all for now.
Good morning, America, how are you? (Love that song.)
Cloudy day, for now, but the heat has broken and we will be able to live without AC for a week or so. I turned it on in the train room yesterday after work, and accomplished a minor milestone. I put Gypsolite over the last visible section of pink foam on the layout. It's just tinted plaster for now, but tonight I'll add the turf and ground foam, and hopefully finish up that small spot with some static grass and trees by the weekend. Thus "completes," insofar as that word can ever be used on a layout, Phase 2. Yeah, there are a few grade crossings yet to be properly addressed, and I want to add at least one set of crossbucks with operating flashers, but those are just details. Besides, I've got the lumber for the Phase 3 benchwork.
Still no word on the next Voluntary Layoff at work. Everyone seems to think it will happen. Human Resources keeps denying it, but they denied the last one until the day it was announced. The company has put itself into a corner, because now everyone (like me) who is ready to retire is going to wait for "the package," and they won't retire without it. Hey, I can wait. I've got all day.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
KEN,
I had coil springs with air shocks on my 86 Town Car. In my opinion, that set up is a lot better than air bags. Just sold the car, two years ago. The guy was tickled pink. Everything worked and the air would freeze you out of there. I had the R12 AC changed to 34. All it needed was a new high pressure line to do that. It was gun metal Grey, Black padded top, with Black Valour interior. Rear windows were tinted darker black, than the drivers and pass. side. My boys called it the ''Mafiosso Car''.
True Story: Before my Mother passed in 06, I took my Black Lab to see my Ma and on the way back I was stopped at a light and the car next to my left had kids in the back seat laughing their butts off...I was wondering, what the heck they were laughing at. I looked in the back seat and my lab was sitting like a human on the right side, with his forearm on the armrest, where the switches for the side reading/map lights were, he turned them on, so you could see him sitting there, I guess it looked like, I was the dogs chauffeur. I will never forget that nite. That dog just loved to go BB. Now I have a German Boxer that is the same way and he knows what BB means.
Have A Good One, All.
Frank
morning coffee..
Word for today: pungle
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The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. -Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942-2013)
V8Vega Thur.84 Fri. 90 Sat. 90My house fire insurance price went way up so I found another company that was considerably cheaper and insured with them.Now my old insurance company sends me a bill for the time my premum ended until they say I canceled. If I send them proof of insurance from my policy ending date then I don't need to pay.I wrote them a letter saying that my contract with them ended when I didn't renew my policy. If I would have tried to make a claim they would have said I didn't pay so I had no insurance. It's stealing to send me a bill, I am not forced to insure with them. They can't try to charge me when I had quit.I said don't try to extort money from me anymore.
Thur.84 Fri. 90 Sat. 90My house fire insurance price went way up so I found another company that was considerably cheaper and insured with them.Now my old insurance company sends me a bill for the time my premum ended until they say I canceled. If I send them proof of insurance from my policy ending date then I don't need to pay.I wrote them a letter saying that my contract with them ended when I didn't renew my policy. If I would have tried to make a claim they would have said I didn't pay so I had no insurance. It's stealing to send me a bill, I am not forced to insure with them. They can't try to charge me when I had quit.I said don't try to extort money from me anymore.
Whoa V-8!
Did you NOTIFY them IN WRITING you were Cancelling policy with them?
My insurance company {and others} do provide "carry-over"coverage beyond the termination date as an "in case of..."
Insurances {and their companies} often DO provide coverage-even after your policy term has expired- until you notify them in writing, or send PROOF that you are elsewise insured! Then and only Then can they actually terminate your coverage. SImply NOT paying them does NOT necessarily signify that you terminate coverage with them!
That is bascially so that it cannot be claimed "they droped me for no reason", or the "check is in the mail", also they DO provide coverage beyond the termination date until you prove otherwise {in case the payment is still in the mail}.
Particularly if the insurance is required by a creditor [mortgage} or other institution {town, village, etc}. That way you don't have 'no coverage" periods.
The catch-22 IS, that you are right, they MAY claim, that "insurance wasn't paid for and thusly "not in force"" during that period should you have a claim!
I don't trust my insurance company to "provide carry-over coverage",even thouhg they do, as my bill is due the 30th of the month and it never gets to us until the 26th of the month! They CLAIM they send it out the 1st, but that is not true! can't be! it doesn't take any other bill we get that long {26 days?! REALLY!!??!} to get to us. They say IF I mailed it in, they would have covered us during the period of the 30th through the date they got it-during the carryover period.
I DON'T TRUST them to provide that carry-over coverage, and having {cheap} insurance with an agent local, I GO IN and PAY it to them in the office by the 15th!
Now, your "extortion letter" will perhaps provide them with the "written notification" they need to terminate your policy, perhaps not.
Personally I think the "send proof of other insurance" is a way for them to "Spy" on other insurance company coverages and charges.
Insurance , like most everything else, is a racket!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf please....
Came out of retirement once again to do sound for the Strawberry Festival this evening.... Actually it was more that I supplied the equipment to get the job done... I had a strange hookup from a CD Boombox again this year that took some time to figure out how to do. Finally found a way to hook it up to my little 12 channel (4 mic inputs and 4 sterio chanels) to get it to work. (the CD was the accompaniment for the group.) Then, since I didn't have a monitor system I had to use one of the front end speakers as a monitor for the group... (so they could sing to the CD.) I wish these groups would let me know what they are trying to do before they arrive assuming stuff. Of course they have no idea what they need either....
The last group was fantastic. An accapella vocal group of high school aged kids that was just stunning! Excellent and a pleasure to do sound for! They actually knew what they needed and listened to what I suggested they do for mic use... It is group of about a dizen kids from two diffeerent school districts that got together on their own to form the group. They call themselves "Fermata Nowhere"
I got about half of the equipment put away before my back was screaming, "NO MORE". I'll finish tomorrow morning. Then I have to get the back seats put back up in the PiP. as I will be taking a car load out to the museum tomorrow evening. An old Teacher friend of mine and his son are going out to the museum and may join as volunteers...
Ken, you had better hope that your wife is not right.... You'll never hear the end of it!
Got a phone call today letting me know my sister's lawn mower is fixed.
Time to get some See you all tomorrow! (Now where the heck is Ulrich?)
Evening Dinners!
Flo, 's pleases!
How The Heck Does My Wifes Brain Work? I swear she works at worrying about stupid stuff that she makes up!
Case in point! She has friends coming from Indy this weekend so she needs her car. I called Bob today and told him to replaces my air bags with the coil springs and I need it Thursday. Said he might to beable to get it done, so I asked about Friday and he told me he was closed for some reason this Friday. Told him I really needed the car and it was because Sue had friends coming in town and they want her to drive when they get here. He said, I will get it done but it will be late Thursday.
Got home and told Sue he will try is best to have my Car done Thursday and what I told him about why I need the car.
Out of the blue she said "You should have not told him that! He may think I really don't need my Car and will not work on it NOW!
How the heck did she come up with that! I swear she is getting more and more ate up!
See you later, Ken