Thank you all for the prayers, #4 Stepson came home today, IV antibiotics brought his temp. down from 104 to normal, he is still in discomfort, but being home is worth at least ten points.
Overcast here today, and cool. Took a walk behind the house into the marsh, jumped a nice drake mallard and was able to drop it on the second shot. I took Shelby the female Chessie with me for her first hunt. I have been working with her with frozen duck bodies here in the house, no real field training like I once did. The marsh was quite an experience for her, and I was pleased she found the duck, she did bring it back, but it became evident she REALLY did not want to give it to me. I had to give the OUT command rather forcefully before she decided that it might be in her best interests to do so. We went through the " I want it, I want it, I REALLY, REALLY want it" mode before she settled down. She was a rescue dog, spent most of her time in a dog crate, in a garage because her owner at the time thought she was 'Food Aggressive". This person had three children between the ages of 2-5. I never had a dog that you could trust around a five year old, holding a PB&J sandwitch, that the dog would not end up with. I learned long ago not to walk from the kitchen to the living room holding an edible below my waist. Food aggression is growling, snapping, lungeing, or biteing, not gently latching onto one end of a food item, and shareing. The first time I fed her I put on a welders glove and placed my hand in her food dish. She never offered to snap or bite, she just sat down and looked at me as if to say," I don't know what you are doing--just hurry up, I'm hungry". This spring she started showing that she "Had it in the blood" a strong desire to retrieve, would deliver to hand, and quickly learned to follow hand signals. That was the result of a really lousy wet day I did not want to put my oilskins on to unwrap her from a bush at the end of the run. (I use 150 feet of an old anchor road off the North end of my deck for their main run.) I used exaggerated body movement, and the command "over" to steer her out of the tangle. FF six months, and I can now just use standard arm movement to direct her. After today I believe that I will start a regular program with the whistle-sit,stay,come,-and train her for blind retrieves. Hooper, my male Chessie, has had so much work done on his hind legs, (hinges, screws, pins,) I hesitate to start working him this time of the year in the cold water. (Plus he has to learn that swimming is OK, and he Really is a water dog. He feels he is a Wading retriever, --he works on Wading shore birds.)
So--Thanksgiving dinner was Mallard, fried in Cajun seasonings,-- sandwitches, with pickled green beans in hot sauce. I am going to wait before I check my sugar level, actually ate two sandwitches---carb heaven.
Lion, great pictures. I believe I could identify apple, pumpkin/squash? pies, and perhaps a pecan pie. And the others were??
Herrinchoker is Canadian/DownEast slang for commercial fisherman. A choker of people is what I would arrest and place in the hoosegow.
I am thankful to have been able to do the things that I have done, the people I have known, the dogs that I lived with, the women who were crazy enough to live with me, and all the blessings the Almighty has granted me lo these many years.
Glad for all that had a good day.
Prayers for those in need--
herrinchoker
Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are visiting my daughter in Arlington, VA. Nice weather for late November. Two walks with the dog with only a flannel shirt. Not bad for this time of year. Daughter cooked a mean turkey with all the fixings. She even wore her chef's jacket and hat while cooking. She actually studied food and nutrition as an undergraduate and had formal training in cooking so the food is good when she cooks.
ROR, just finished David Mccullough's Wright Brothers bio. Very interesting. Just bought another James Lee Burke mystery and Across Atlantic Ice, the story about North America's possible first settlers.
Ulrich, thanks for the excellent rendition of the brick layers story.
Jim
I hope everyone here had a happy thanksgiving. Thank goodness the holiday is over working in a grocery store as q cashier for thanksgiving is brutal. Been a stretch of several trying days of work
Today had me catch a real heritage unit on the wheeling and Lake Erie, a GP unit still in Rio Grande. i also started learning to solder tonight. I got as far as tinming the tip of my soldering iron. Open house for my club starts Saturday, so at least I have open house going for me this week. Oh, and I won second place in another bring and brag.
(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).
Happy Thanksgiving
HERE COME THE TURKEYS...
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed will have Wild Turkey on the rocks and I will have a .
Survived another Thanks Giving. One of the cleaners one we have had, no dishes in the sink! I was in the kitchen most of the time with Sue. I started washing dishes as we went, dryed them and put them up as I went. Used our Turkey Roaster and it works so much better then the oven. Small bird this year, only 12 pounds. It was done in 1 hour and 49 minutes. Sue an I ate around 2:00 PM, I kind of wanted to get it over with. Sharyon and Shawn came over to pick up there food around 4:00 PM. Was happy to see Sharyon out of her house this soon after the surgery!
ricktrains4824House - Dryer cord shorted out.... Caught it, before it caused a fire... Not sure if that is a good thing or not though.... Huh? It would have taken care of the whole needing to do some repairs thing, but...
Rick I sure know what you mean by that! Sometimes a I think a house fire would be the best thing that could happen to me!
1 Full replacement on the house it self. Good buy sagging floors, cracking plaster and so forth.
2 $70,000 on content.
3 All of Sue's junk is gone! She has so much cluter nick nacks it drives me nuts! Second bedroom is so full of boxes of crap I can not get into the room!
Train Insurances Is there such a thing? If so where did you get yours? I have guess I have around $10,000.00 in trains over the 10 years I have been in the hobby. This year I have spent $1200.00. Some years maybe $300.00. (unlikely that little) 2 nd year when I was making a fair income and found the the good stuff say $3200.00. So $10,000.00 sounds like a fair if not a tad low number.
Ed Only rolling stock you sent that is not in a drag are the coal cars. Got the bulkhead flat car fixed and it was pretty easy. Would you call the wood load Pulp Wood? When I got started I wanted long trains so all I bought was 50' and longer rolling stock. Did get some 40' cars by eathier getting the cheap Bachmann or Life Like junk up to snuff. The 40' foot cars you sent are very welcomed!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
V8Vega The only bad thing about being retired is you guys who work get paid for today, I don’t.
The only bad thing about being retired is you guys who work get paid for today, I don’t.
Hi Gang,
Just stopping by to wish all, no matter where you live, a very Happy Thanksgiving Day. We all can find some things to be very thankful for even in these troubled times.
Today, you should be able to set your diets aside and just enjoy.
Johnboy out........................How do you get a turkey down a tube ??
I'll find a way....
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
CGW121 So what are you thankfull for?
So what are you thankfull for?
My nieces who are well-loved (people throw out things that are spoiled) and my Mom & Dad (if it weren't for the ranch, I wouldn't have a place to have my layout). There are probably more but I can't think of them right at the moment.
For some of us that do work, we don't get paid for Thanksgiving unless we work it or use time off for it. (I have to work later and deal with the shoppers for the early Black Friday specials this evening. Work is supposed to feed us but we shall see. There is a history that us afternoon/evening people get forgotten about when it comes to food.)
Afternoon folks and a happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today (and to the rest of you as well...)!
Chloe, I could use a refil for my Seneca Lake Blend Organic Dark Roast Coffee at the moment. Stuffing has been made and is heating in the crock pot (that will; blend all the flavores together well. Winter Squash I cooked up yesterday is in the oven being baked to perfection.
Garry I've Flipped the Bird to a lot of Turkeys in these parts....
Today it is 38°F outside, the sn*w is melting, and the drizzle is falling out of the sky. The solar panels actually came on long enough yesterday to make..... Are you sitting down?........ 0.01kWh of electric. Whoa! That does mean they would have heated up enough to help melt the sn*w on them. Haven't been outside yet today to check and see if any of them have cleared.
Ricky, I take it you live somewhere near Lake Erie around the lake from Buffalo. That is a good place to get lots of Lake Effect! My son gets some at times just living on the east of Seneca Lake, although most goes to the South of where he is. Seneca forms quite a bit actually due to the depth and total amount of water it contains.....
Need to check and see if there is any water on the floor down cellar.... Probably will want to drain the pond behind the back stairs before I head over to the family feast mid afternoon.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon Diners,
Happy Thanksgiving.
der5997 Angelob6660: I'm been debating on whether to get two cabooses or one. Since my layout design is a branch line concept with one to two trains. One passenger one freight. But I thought if I didn't want to run the layout as a branch line but a normal town with active locomotives running at least three. Making two cabooses really possible. – I’d go for the second one if funds allow. There’s always a spur to double as a caboose track isn’t there? I have to purchase at least one for this layout – but that / those will have to wait. I noticed as I walked over from the layout just now that my probable caboose track spur (very short, is misaligned. Since I had just finished soaking the newly laid ballast on that section I think it’s a case of “too late now”! See Ken’s remarks re his layout as he pretty much nails it!
Angelob6660:
I'm been debating on whether to get two cabooses or one. Since my layout design is a branch line concept with one to two trains. One passenger one freight. But I thought if I didn't want to run the layout as a branch line but a normal town with active locomotives running at least three. Making two cabooses really possible.
– I’d go for the second one if funds allow. There’s always a spur to double as a caboose track isn’t there? I have to purchase at least one for this layout – but that / those will have to wait. I noticed as I walked over from the layout just now that my probable caboose track spur (very short, is misaligned. Since I had just finished soaking the newly laid ballast on that section I think it’s a case of “too late now”! See Ken’s remarks re his layout as he pretty much nails it!
The track plan doesn't have a spare spur for the cabooses. It does have a tail track for the NW2 switcher and two tank cars for the propane facility.
It not really about money, it's more about the full enjoyment of the layout. I thought of having a small branch line in the 1950-1960s. Most of my old cars are 50s and 60s that can converted with Micro-Trains couplers. Without really spending a lot of money. I was hoping my modern layout was going to be my first layout.
Garry- We do not call or name your turkey.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
For reasons of political correctness, turkeys in whatever form of serving have been banned from the menue in this country!
One may call us various bad names, but we are no cannibals!
Garry - I could never eat anything which either carries a name or looks at me!
Do you Diners name your turkeys? We call ours " Flip, the Bird".
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning all.
Chloe, I will take the brunch special, Garry's pancakes, eggs, bacon, a slice of that pumpkin bread, and a slice of the Dutch apple pie alla mode style for desert. And, a large OJ please. Thanks!
Howmus - We got hit pretty good by Argos, with the lake-effect to boot here as well, ended up with about 18" of the white stuff. Today we are foggy and misty-rain.... So I can definitely sympathize with your weather related issues... It was a fun few days getting to w**k during that!
Ulrich - Glad to see you posting again. Sorry that your area has gone crazy though...
YGW - I've always like NASCAR, and always said, if I could do it safely, I would love to do it. The schedule would be brutal though.
Weather - After Argos, with it's 18" s**wfall, we now have ~40 degrees, with fog and misty-rain today. Forecasters are calling for a nice bit of cool rain for the next few days.
W**k - Not that busy the past couple days, but expecting lots of people this weekend... Stayed busy prepping for it though!
House - Dryer cord shorted out.... Caught it, before it caused a fire... Not sure if that is a good thing or not though....
It would have taken care of the whole needing to do some repairs thing, but...
At least we caught it with no damage, other than we need a new cord... The good news? I sell those at w**k!
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
A year ago I was walking around with hardly any blood pressure and felt like it. I am grateful for better health and people that love me.
Happy and a safe Thanksgiving to all, and you don't have to go back for a 2nd and 3rd helping of stuffing.
Maybe we should all post pics of something, the turkey, a desert our family. Just a thought.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Happy Thanksgiving ....
CentralGulf Heartland Division CB&Q You Might Be a Redneck This Thanksgiving If... ... your stuffing's secret ingredient comes from the bait shop. You mean behind the bait shop. CG
Heartland Division CB&Q You Might Be a Redneck This Thanksgiving If... ... your stuffing's secret ingredient comes from the bait shop.
You Might Be a Redneck This Thanksgiving If... ... your stuffing's secret ingredient comes from the bait shop.
You mean behind the bait shop.
CG
CG ... LOL ...... The bait shop here served Bait Shop Pizza for many years. They went out of busineess when State Highway Department bought it. They demolished it to make room for a new highway. .... That's why I no longer bring Bait Shop Pizza to the Diner to share.
MLC... Thanks for the kind words re recovery from surgery.
What am I thankful for ? ..... Actually, my long list is growing. Suffice it to say I have much to thank the Lord for this Thanksgiving.
CGW121So what are you thankfull for?
To have survived being held at knife-point in a holdup a few weeks ago. And for each day I have without major health issues. And for the love my wife gives me - an aging, hairless and snoring monster!
Thanksgiving is not celebrated the way you do that in the US, celebrating the first harvest in the new world. Families do not gather and there is no special food. It boils down to a special church service on the 1st Sunday of October.
It is Thanksgiving day in the USA. Kinda wet and rainy here in the land of government corruption. We will have a housefull as all the kids and grandkids are coming over.
We have a tradition of saying what we are thankful for.
I am thankfull that I have enough money to indulge my model railroad habit and I am thankful for a wife that enjoys the hobby as well.
Mike
... and blessings to all!
Good Morning!
The sun is just rising now and it looks as if we will have a dry day with some sunny spells - good! I have no plans for the day, maybe just a little daydreaming with SCARM, my track planning tool, for a little British outline narrow gauge layout. I have a couple of ideas in my head for a simple layout and, if my memeory is not failing, I still have some 9mm track put away somewhere. The chap who build the loco also wrote me that he will be sending an open "Summer" coach to go with the loco. I really feel honored!
Ray - nice looking car! I like the color! I just wish they´d market a cheap little electric car here. For the little we drive, an electric vehicle would just be perfect - that is, when the world around us still were the place it once was.
The story of yours was turned into a song called "The Sick Note" - here is it sung by the Dubliners:
Happy days to you!
Flo, Ed will have Crown Royal on the rocks, here Flo I brought some rocks that where on the patio. I will have a Please.
Well, lets forget about work today OK.
Sure not ready for Thanks Giving. What it means to me is working in the kitchen helping Sue make stuff I really should not eat. While I like Turkey some what I would rather have ribs. I love stuffing! I all so it will kill my next A1 C test. I should not eat bread, and there is no way my wife would use Whole Wheat bread. Sharon (my daughter) will not be coming over this year. Dr told her it is still to soon to try eating any meat.
Jay Hope you find your happy places.
Herion Choker. Hum, my new son in law name is Herion, no I do not want him choked yet. Best wishes for the Step Son #4.
Ulrich Sorry to read what sad state Germany is in. Good looking Engine!
Ed Yes I found the decoders. Any idea how to get the QSI decoder out of it socket? Bessmer cabosse is on the rails and I think the conductor has a bottle of Crown Royal in his desk. He seems pretty happy!
Depending on how Thanks Giving goes I may made up and take some photos of the Ed Ball Express. If the wife leaves me some what a lone I hope to get the Mighty B&O F7's pulling the Ed Ball Express.
Authers Ones I like
1 Tess Gerritsen. While written from a woman point of view (I skip the sex stuff) a great mystery, crime, medical point of view (she is a Dr) and just a plain good writter.
2 Coben Mystery and crime.Pretty good action books. OK writter but with good storys.
3 Lee Childs Love Jack Reacher to a point. I guess I relate some what to Reacher because I was Military Polices. But, I do not like many of his actions. Story's hold my intrest. OK writter and worth reading.
4 Dale Brown Was in USAF and SAC. Flew in Buffs Big Ulgly Fat F----rs. All so know as B-52's. When he started writting he was pretty bogged down on the tech end. Still pretty good story lines, all around the Air Forces. Books where better and better as he wrote more. I am now on my 28th book by him and it is pretty good. Last time I looked I think he was up to 33 books. Best read in oder but not a must!
Feel Good Movies
Just finshed watching Second Hand Lions. One of the best movies I have seen in some time.
Bar Fight, pretty funny.
Evenin'......... Ah.... Hello?
Well OK, as long as no one is in here. I'll just post this little note on the Bulletin Board to see how many read it....
I am writing in response to your request for additional information. In block number 3 of the accident reporting form, I put “poor planning” as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more fully, and I trust that the following details will be sufficient.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the brick into it. Then I went back to the ground and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the 500 pounds of bricks. You will note in block number eleven of the accident form that I weigh 135 pounds.
Due to my surprise to being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate of speed up the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming down. This explains the fractured skull and broken collarbone.
Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two-knuckles deep into the pulley.
Fortunately, by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope in spite of my pain.
At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Devoid of the weight of the bricks, the barrel now weighed approximately fifty pounds.
I refer you again to my weight in block number eleven. As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles and the lacerations of my legs and lower body.
The encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell onto the pile of bricks and, fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked.
I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the bricks, in pain, unable to stand, and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my presence of mind --
I let go of the rope!
You Might Be a Redneck This Thanksgiving If... ... you've ever had Thanksgiving dinner on a ping-pong table. ... Thanksgiving dinner is squirrel and dumplings. ... you've ever reused a paper plate. ... if you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Cool Whip on the side. ... if you've ever used your ironing board as a buffet table. ... your turkey platter is an old hubcap. ... your best dishes have Dixie printed on them. ... your stuffing's secret ingredient comes from the bait shop. ... your only condiment on the dining room table is ketchup. ... side dishes include beef jerky and Moon Pies. ... you have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge. ... the directions to your house include "turn off the paved road." ... you consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food. ... you have an Elvis Jell-o mold. ... your secret family recipe is illegal. ... you serve Vienna sausage as an appetizer.
Evenin' folks...
Janie, I'll have a pot of decaf to warm me up tonight.....
I managed to get about half of the things I wanted to get done today, done today. But all told I am almost ready for the festivities of tomorrow in the family. Still waiting to hear what time I should be showing up at my son's house with the squash dish and the extra stuffing.... I drove the Volt over to the nearby plaza and bought the seasonal imbibment items that I stock up on once a year (Southern Comfort, the original 100 proof, and a large bottle of Myers Dark Rum for spiking eggnog). The electrician (who used to be Scoutmaster of the same troop I was only after me) came over to turn the electric outlet 180° (he installed it the wrong way technically back when he did it) dedicated for charging the car (15amp seperate circuit). Had a good chat with him and no charge for the service. Took him about 5 minutes to do. Finished the wash so I will have something clean to wear for the feast tomorrow.
Oh, I got a few photos of my new toy:
I am little by little figuring where all the stuff I will want to use is located on the Volt. Roads are clear and the sn*w is melting. Of course, the forecast for overnight is: Snow Showers, Few Snow Showers, Rain, Light Rain, Freezing rain, Snow Showers, and clouds tomorrow..... That time of year here. I think I shall retire to the train rooms for a few minutes and see what I might get done.
Later!
Good Evening,
Not a bad day here with a temp around freezing but cloudy. Still better than normal for this time of year.
Yesterday I ran the new RS3 which is an Athearn model. I must say that I am impresssed with its running qualities. A step 1 it just crawls and it only has about an hour at most on the clock.
Went to the track today but only walked a few laps and then rode on the stationary bike. I can't walk too long as I have an inflamation in my heel. I am on Naproxen for it and it is slowly improving.
Hope everyone is doing well,
CN Charlie
FRRYKid & Mr. B: Sorry for the confusion. My comment about horror novels was directed at Stephen King generally, since this is what he is known for. I figured 11/22/63 was not of that genre. It is on my list.
Ed: I will take a look at Erik Larson. I, too, am a fan of Stephen Ambrose. I have read Undaunted Courage, D-Day, The Wild Blue, and Nothing Like it in the World (of course). As for David McCullough, after reading The Johnstown Flood, Mrs. ROR and I scheduled a vacation to Johnston to see the dam site and museum. I have also read John Adams and 1776.
Today is a glorious example of why we live in Arizona. I went out for a lunch time bike ride and it was sunny with a slight breeze and 75F. Gorgeous.
Richard
Afternnon all,
Just checking in.
Garry glad to see you back and that surgery went well.
Not much happening on any front. Had family in over the past weekend so we had our thanksgiving then.
I am on call this week so I prob won't have tomorrow off. ( I am sure someone will break something)
rainy and cold here in far western KY
I will be finishing the Christams decor tomorrow.
later all
I am a happy person today. Just got home & all my Christmas shopping is done. I will wrap everything this weekend & just enjoy not having to go to the malls & fight the crowds anymore. There have been years in the past where all this has been accomplished by the end of October. Still, I'm ahead of the game I think.
Books & more books. I am an avid reader of fiction. We go to the library just about every week, & I buy some at Sam's Club, Costco & Amazon. My favorite author by far is W.E.B. Griffin. Beware though, most of his books are part of a series & it's far better to read them in order. Some other arthors I keep an eye out for are:
John Stanford, Peter Lovesey, Peter Robinson, C.J. Box, J.A. Jance, Preston & Child, etc.
The wife isn't able to read anymore, so it's audio books for her. She enjoys the above authors, but also likes romance novels. I pass on those.
Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
RideOnRoadJohnboy: I was thinking about trying Clive Cussler. Any recommendations for a good one to start with? I don't want to start in the middle of the series if the books build on one another.
I've read most of the Clive Cussler books by now. The original Dirk Pitt series is somewhat continuous, but I've read a number of them out of order and they're still fine that way. The Isaac Bell series is the same way. In both cases, the characters get a bit older as time goes by, but each book is complete unto itself and you aren't left hanging at the end, nor is there anything missing from the beginning.
There are also a lot of paperbacks based loosely on the framework set up in the Dirk Pitt novels, but they were not written by Clive Cussler. There was a series of authors, and the quality varies between them.
11/22/63 by Stephen King is not a horror novel at all. It's more like thinking-man's science fiction, exploring the oddities of time travel.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
RideOnRoad All: Thanks for the reading recommendations! Johnboy: I was thinking about trying Clive Cussler. Any recommendations for a good one to start with? I don't want to start in the middle of the series if the books build on one another. (I was looking and many of his books are not available as ebooks. I know many can't stand reading on an electronic device, but I am hooked.)
All: Thanks for the reading recommendations!
Johnboy: I was thinking about trying Clive Cussler. Any recommendations for a good one to start with? I don't want to start in the middle of the series if the books build on one another. (I was looking and many of his books are not available as ebooks. I know many can't stand reading on an electronic device, but I am hooked.)
I have enjoyed all that I have read, but I think the ones I would recommend to a new reader of his would be, "The Wrecker" "The Chase" and the "Dragon".
Happy winter evenings when the trains don't call you.
Johnboy out..........................
So, I am back in from shoveling off the section of the roof that needed to be done.
Now, time for breakfast. Chloe - How about a nice plate sized fritatta with some Wegmans Hickory Smoked, Maple Flavored, Center Cut Bacon. Oh, and a coffee please? Thanks!
On the work front... Wegmans is still keeping me busy. Got another pay raise at the beginning of November.
On the MR front... Nothing to report. I did attend the train show at the New York State Fairgrounds 3 weeks ago. And while I did make sure I had spending money, I did not buy anything. Figured the money would be better spent on getting my house put back together and cleaned up so I can start building a layout.
On the Life front... between personal counseling sessions and anger management group meetings, I'm doing better than before I had started them. I'm still not where I want to be as a person, but I am making progress and moving in the right direction. And, I have decided that I cant date another woman just yet until I am in a better place. Yes, it will suck being single for the holidays, but that's the choice I have made. It wouldn't be fair to any women if I were to date and still have these issues and not be in a "good" place.
On the Amazon business front - No progress to report. Still working out the legalities... name, business certificate, lawyer, etc.
On the Landscaping business front - Closed for the season. Although Monday was making me wish I had a bigger truck with a plow on it. There were a lot of residence in my area that got stiffed by the guy they hired to plow their driveways this winter. They were all scrambling to find someone else to do the job. I could have taken on a several of them and been making some good money, but unfortunately, equipment and insurance prevent me from doing that.
Anyways, I am off. Chloe just brought me my food. Time to chow down.
In case I don't make it in later tonight or tomorrow, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. And please, during these holidays, Remember Everyone Deployed (RED) who are making the personal sacrifice and wont be able to spend it with their families and loved ones.
Take Care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017