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howmus Evenin' folks! Janie I'll have Sweet Italian Sausage on a hard roll, fruit cup, and trip to the salad bar.... Oh, a pot of decaf would be good as well. What? No! Regular this time of night can give me PVCs. Huh? Oh those are Premature Ventricular Contractions... "Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart's two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest." (Mayo Clinic) Yep, one of the only times I really had any surgery, I was under a spinal block and I threw 18 of them in a row. Man, doctors and nurses were running around all over the place getting all kinds of stuff to stop them.... My heart started beating back properly all on it's own by the time they had the stuff drawn up to hit me with. They did insist that I make an appointment before I left the Horsepiddle the next day to see my regular doc. He looked at the strip they sent him and then at the EKG he had in his file, listened to my heart, then looked at everything again several times. He finally said, "I refuse to think there is anything wrong with your heart! This Horse Hockey happens often when you have been nailed with the pre-op stuff they give you. Now back when I was 40, too much coffee did give some PVCs every once in a while, but I would get one followed by several regular beats. Doc. said that is actually very common and not to worry about it.... Unless I feel them often. And to cut down on the coffee! I told him I only have one in the morning. He said, "Oh, one cup won't bother you." I told him I meant one pot.... Thought he was gonna have a heart attack on the spot. LOL Spent part of the day looking up the scale size (actual) for the measurements that I will need to do on the bridge. Will build it from the closest materials I can get for each size. The bridge will be a lot of work, but should be fairly straight forward. Need to figure out the best sequence to build it to be able to get everything in place. Mheetu, So...., where are you from and what are you driving with a 60gal tank? That would be about 1.6 years worth of Fossilized Dinasaur Dung in my car..... (I've owned the car for 5 months and driven 3200 miles so far and have used about 18 gallons of that stuff!) Catch you all later! 73
Evenin' folks!
Janie I'll have Sweet Italian Sausage on a hard roll, fruit cup, and trip to the salad bar.... Oh, a pot of decaf would be good as well. What? No! Regular this time of night can give me PVCs. Huh? Oh those are Premature Ventricular Contractions...
"Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart's two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest." (Mayo Clinic)
Yep, one of the only times I really had any surgery, I was under a spinal block and I threw 18 of them in a row. Man, doctors and nurses were running around all over the place getting all kinds of stuff to stop them.... My heart started beating back properly all on it's own by the time they had the stuff drawn up to hit me with. They did insist that I make an appointment before I left the Horsepiddle the next day to see my regular doc. He looked at the strip they sent him and then at the EKG he had in his file, listened to my heart, then looked at everything again several times. He finally said, "I refuse to think there is anything wrong with your heart! This Horse Hockey happens often when you have been nailed with the pre-op stuff they give you. Now back when I was 40, too much coffee did give some PVCs every once in a while, but I would get one followed by several regular beats. Doc. said that is actually very common and not to worry about it.... Unless I feel them often. And to cut down on the coffee! I told him I only have one in the morning. He said, "Oh, one cup won't bother you." I told him I meant one pot.... Thought he was gonna have a heart attack on the spot. LOL
Spent part of the day looking up the scale size (actual) for the measurements that I will need to do on the bridge. Will build it from the closest materials I can get for each size. The bridge will be a lot of work, but should be fairly straight forward. Need to figure out the best sequence to build it to be able to get everything in place.
Mheetu, So...., where are you from and what are you driving with a 60gal tank? That would be about 1.6 years worth of Fossilized Dinasaur Dung in my car..... (I've owned the car for 5 months and driven 3200 miles so far and have used about 18 gallons of that stuff!)
Catch you all later!
73
I am from southern ontario and it an old Cessna with a big thristy Continental O-470 engine so it kinds of drinks fuel for free........
Back again - for a night cap only! Janie, something to make me go to sleep again, please.
Got up after only 3 hours of sleep. No chance to get back into dream land for the next couple of hours. There are just too many thoughts in my head, keeping me awake.
Although everything went fine with Petra´s surgery (at least so far), it made me contemplate the way we live. We are wasting too much precious time and urgently need to change directions. I don´t know how, as our means are limited, but I don´t want to continue wasting the few years we may have left.
Big thoughts for an exhausted mind!
Hello Railfans!
Flo, draw me a sasparilla whilest I fires up the slide projecting device. Fellas, sit back and enjoy the show!
Hard to believe at one time this loco was visionary...
A beautiful string of cars. Not that Im partial or anything, ...
The outside G scale layout I mentioned...
Some of the exhibits are open to walk through...
And for those who dont like alot of walking...
There is a very interesting story behind this car, and the dozen others like it sent to America after a war. Know which war, or the story?
Ya think modellers are the only ones with coupler height problems? Heres the prototype for your woes...
You could eat off this loco, though Id kick you in the shins (twice!) if you did...
Even in disarray, still a very powerful and proud face...
The B&O Museum - Linking Railfans with heritage and history...
And lastly my friends, bringing up the rear as it should ever be done - our lil red caboose! Goodnyt...
Douglas
Ed: (GMPullman), thanks for the ads out of the B&O Public TT. Brings back fine memories. I actually got to see a movie in the coach on the George Washington, between DC and Cincinnati. (This, of course, after the National Limited was defrocked). Also recall riding in the Dome on the Capitol, Eastward approching Harpers Ferry. The B&O, (and C&O), did go after the passenger business. Today's railroad is quite different.
Checking in and catching up, I have been busy with w*rk and some house renovations on top of my radio restoration side "business"
Ulrich : glad Petra is doing better3,
YGW: glad they found your issues.
Garry: have fun in the Sunshine state.
I have a strange condition where the mesentary (around your guts) gets inflamed and causes discomfort. First they thought it was a block blood vessel but surgeon got another opinion and said, nope not it and we are not doing surgery just to confirm that yes that is, it. I found that with a few ibuprofen and some probiotics it goes away. They have done numerous CT and noted no chnages so they say. Take ibuprfen and probiotics when it flares.
It only flares about once every 6th months , stress a big factor along with long work hours and such. We did a lot of renovating the past two weeks and flare it did.
Now doing better back to normal today... as normal as one can call me!
Check with you all later.
Ulrich: Your thoughts and prayers for Petra are doing a marvelous job! She feels much better today and if nothing happens during the night, I may take her home tomorrow afternoon! I think she will be much happier at home, being taken care by me instead of those dreadful nurses. I gave the place a good clean-up, re-stocked the groceries, bought a bouquet of flowers for her and also some of the sweets she likes so much. I am a little exhausted now, but much relieved! Huge points for the flowers! Seriously though, it’s very good to hear that Petra is in better spirits. From my wife’s experience of this procedure earlier this year, once the initial following of the Mayo Clinic’s “What to eat post gall bladder surgery” time was over, her diet returned to just about normal. The Mayo diet thing was not grueling (no pun intended!) So, here’s hoping she’s up and about, and chowing down really soon! Prayers continuing for all of that, and for you both.
Your thoughts and prayers for Petra are doing a marvelous job! She feels much better today and if nothing happens during the night, I may take her home tomorrow afternoon! I think she will be much happier at home, being taken care by me instead of those dreadful nurses. I gave the place a good clean-up, re-stocked the groceries, bought a bouquet of flowers for her and also some of the sweets she likes so much. I am a little exhausted now, but much relieved!
The day’s worn on, so I’ll go and see if the chap in France has any news for me. TTFN, and Prayers for all in need.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
yougottawantaEd - What is the lower right photo of ? A projected movie on a screen ?
YGW—
You Are Correct!
The B&O was catually trying to attract passengers in the late 1960s, just prior to Amtrak. Through the efforts of Paul Reistrup and Bill Howes at B&O they tried to make passenger travel on the B&O an enjoyable experience.
Five coaches were outfitted with projectors and movie screens to help attract passengers.
Here's the "playlist" from an April, 1966 timetable:
The B&O even made an early attempt at an "Auto-Train" where you could take your automobile along with you using a bi-level auto rack tacked to the rear of the train!
Oh, those were the days, indeed!
Sorry to hear of your headaches at the job-site, YGW. It seems in every line of work there is NO Accountability in the workforce anymore... Sad but true. Somehow you have to distance yourself from all that stress. I know— easier said than done.
Cheers to all—
Ed
YGW, it seems you have a whole lot of people out there in the trades with little or no basic work ethic, not only from your last post, but also from many of your other post I have read. as well.
Good luck man, I feel your frustration. Maybe you'd be better off, work, family and health wise, if you put on your tool belt, and left all those problems to another guy!
Mike.
My You Tube
Sir Madog. . .I gave the place a good clean-up, re-stocked the groceries, bought a bouquet of flowers for her and also some of the sweets she likes so much. . .
You are a good man. (But now I am craving some chocolates.)
Richard
Lunch time.
Flo - set me up with a T-Bone cooked meduim, baked potato with LOTS of butter, sour cream, salt and pepper, bowl of slad with blue cheese dressing, some hot fresh made bread again with butter, tall glass of ice tea with lemon...
Very stressful start to the day. I scheduled haul off with about ten dump trucks at $85 dollars an hour to start hauling off. I scheduled the loader to start at 7:30. I get a call that there is no operator on site at 7:30 ! I start calling his boss to find out where he is at ! No one knows. I then head to the site to see what can be done. I arrive at the site and BY THIS TIME THE OPERATOR HAS SHOWN UP AND HE IS STANDING THERE DOING NOTHING !!!! He could have gone to the next lot and and started loading from there I again insturcted him to do so and he did NOTHING!! Ignored me. Had to call his boss and wait for him to call me back and then to call his employee. And to TOP IT ALL OFF the stubborn capernters had filled the lot we have to excavate with an entire lumber package of at least three tractor trailer loads !!! They had been order NOT to put anything on the lot ! I order the capenters to move their stuff and then the stinking fork lift tire explodes and their machine is now down and the material has to be moved by hand WHICH they REFUSE to DO. Now I am calling their supervisor.
So FINALLY an hour and half late the operator goes to start his machine and it is BROKE ! The incompetent operator and the stubborn carpenters and broken machinary has cost us three hours of trucks sitting around. Total cost for NOTHING being done $2550 !!! I will strongly recommend to our office that these cost be passed back to them.
No wonder I am having issues with my heart ! Stress is a major factor in heart problems.
JaBear - THANKS ! Lunch was teriffic thanks for picking up the tab ! Yea it is good news and not so bad news deal. At least I live in a country where they have real doctors vs. witch doctors ! Like where Lion lives in Africa !
Galaxy - Good luck on the employment thing - I think - not sure I would go back if I didnt have to especially after a day like today I have had !
Ed - What is the lower right photo of ? A projected movie on a screen ?
FRRYKid - Looking forward to the photos !
Ulrich - Hope all is well with you and Petra..
Histrory qoute of the day:
When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.
George Mason
Who are the militia, if they be not the people of this country...? I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers.
To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.
TTYL
YGW
Good Evening!
Bruce - good news about your knee! Just be careful not to overdue it, though. Wearing a brace for a while may assist the healing process!
Blessings!
Well, the cortisone shot has helped my knee a lot, at least for now. I was able to play a decent game of hockey last night - not good, but decent. I was not fully into the game mentally, still concentrating too much on the knee, but that will get better. And, this morning there is no particular soreness or pain.
Now, if the next activity, taxes, could only be as painless....
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Morning all
Just stopped by to get a cup of Joe and decompress for a second. On a scale of stress w**k is about 99 out of a scale of 1 to 10. So if my eyes are popping out, ny hair is every which way, steam is blowing my ears like steamer pulling 100 loaded hoppers up a steep grade you will at least understand why I look the way I look ....
I will be in the corner booth for a bit leting off extra steam
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
GOOD morning everyone!
Of shortly to mee the employment counselor about getting back to work.
Then train nut friend is coming to help with some things, for about 3-4 hours, will use him well, I think.
If we stay together and retire to Georgia, wiht no basements, wonder if we will give up the trains? We ahve been discussing that, as well as whether or not and where, exactly in the cluttered 750 sqft basement to build my new HO layout. *sigh* it may never get built is the sad part. I have long thought of Z scale, and MOH has thought of Z scale as well, It is compact and a nice coffee table layout would be cool in Z scale! So I have been perusing the ZSCALE MONSTER site. Expensive little buggers, aren't they? AZL has apparetnly stopped making DCC locos, you have to install a decoder yourself, or do with good old DC. A simple layout in a small space wouldn't require too much wiring or thought of wiring. LOL, I am thinking of a breif case layout or an under the bed box for a starter, nad maybe a finisher! If I start aquiring things now, I will be set for the odd retirement years to build it.
For now, though ALL extra funds nad even some not so extra are geared towards the MAUI trip. ALOHA!
well, I'd best get started I HAVE to trim my beard it IS a bit unruly before I go. Gotta get in the shower or I'll be late, not a good sign for an employment counselor!
Have a great day!
-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.
Hey,
Let's have another look at some neat B&O stuff, too! Shall we?
See 'ya later,
Hello, Folks
Ulrich—
I hope that you can find some time to "decompress" and find comfort and solace with this very exasperating experience behind you. It is more than just the surgery you have to recover from, it is the stress and anxiety as well.
I wish for you both a peaceful time together...
Regards, Ed
Ulrich,
I'm glad to hear that Petra came through the surgery in good shape. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Sir Madog Reporting back from the hospital! Petra´s surgery went fine and now she has started to move on the road to recovery. She has lost so much weight over the last weeks that I am really worried. Need to feed her well when she is back to normal food again! I am now trying to catch up on the missing sleep!
Reporting back from the hospital!
Petra´s surgery went fine and now she has started to move on the road to recovery. She has lost so much weight over the last weeks that I am really worried. Need to feed her well when she is back to normal food again!
I am now trying to catch up on the missing sleep!
After all the fiascos you and Petra have had I hope she recovers soon.
yougottawanta FRRYKid - We would love to see some photos of your project !
FRRYKid - We would love to see some photos of your project !
I will definitely post a sample picture or two of the coal hoppers. I also got the framework for a new holl carved today. (My previously mentioned hot knife came in very handy.) I didn't bring my camera to my layout, but considering it rained today, it was probably a good thing I didn't. I will take picts of the hill before I proceed any further with it.
Hello from the Sunshine State. There was a little "liquid sunshine" originating in clouds today however.
YGW.. sounds like doctors identified the problem and it is treatable. That's good.
Ulrich. .. I hope Petra recovers from surgery soon
Steven.. sound like you had a good birthday
...
i visited with a model train friend today .
Cheers
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening all
First let me say thank you for all of the well wishes, prayers and kind words. they are much appreciated. Also thanks for the posting or giving info on PVC . I read them all.
Hobby front - No new news. I was planning on installing ice and water shield on my roof when I arrived home but it started raining.
Steve - now that you are back Happy Birthday to you and here is a non alcholic drink for you and here is a full of well wishes and prayers for a year of good luck and prayers for good health
Ulrich - Sorry Petra had to endure that but I am glad she has FINALLY had her surgery and that all is well. I know that is a relief for you as well.
Ray - Thanks for the article I read it all. I have no problem with cigs or alchol, dont use either. Cutting down coffee from 4 cups to two cups ( this one will be tough to take ) BUT the stress is the worst part. Unless I quit working there is nothing I can do about that. My job first qaulification is STRESS.
DC Jim - Unfortunately I have a very HIGH stress position, the first day back to w**k I am in a very heated argument with a vender about an underperforming superintendent who FAILED TWICE a very critical inspection. They tried to blame it on the inspector. Thank you for the good words. They were much appreciated
ED - Thank you for the kind words. You are a gem !
Mheetu - Is that $500 hamburgers ? Or $5.00 ? If it is the former that is CRAZY expensive !
wdw3082 - I am so glad you took up the invite. I sure hope you become a regular in here. Why dont you tell us some about your RR ? What scale ? Freelance or proto typical ....? Which RR do you model ?
ROR - Here is a for you and I take a that you have commited to help such a worthy cause - Good job !
Johnboy - Thanks for the kind remarks. I am glad to here your son has found a "soul mate" I know as a parent we all fret over who they end up with and we all hope they choose wisely.
Douglas - WOW - I think this is the most I have seen you comment since i have been here. What a pleasant surprise ! Keep sharing your photos and comments they are AWESOME. Thanks
Lion - You crack me up - That is funny - PCV I would loved have seen their face when they looked it up !
Garry - for a safe trip and traveling mercies for you and yours.
History qoute of the day:
It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!
If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood.
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.
Ooh! I almost forgot!
I know it's a day late, but you wouldn't have gotten it yesterday anyway.... So, All together now:
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes, Hippo Birdie two Ewes, Hippo Birdie Deer Steven,...... Hippo Birdie Two Ewes. (And many more!)
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Sir Madog Steven - a belated to you! I hope I am excused for missing the occasion yesterday.
Steven - a belated to you! I hope I am excused for missing the occasion yesterday.
You, of all people, have the best excuse to have missed it.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
I'm back from my day off. Thanks for the wishes in the last thread, everyone. I spent my morning donating platelets (the blood component that's responsible for clotting), and in the afternoon got my teeth cleaned. Only a prostate exam could have rounded out that birthday of uncomfortable probings. But a lovely dinner out with my lovely wife turned it into a lovely day. Yum, chicken alfredo.
Speaking of uncomfortable things and the previous Diner thread, I hope we can leave discussion of other people's romantic situations in the past. None of us are qualified to judge how anyone else lives.
On a lighter note, this thread... started off with four posts in a row by Galaxy? I guess under Diner rules that means he buys himself breakfast, but he pays 4x as much for it.
And finally, Ulrich, it's good to hear that after all that difficulty and delay, Petra's operation finally came off. Best wishes for her speedy recovery.
howmus"Ventricular premature complexes are also known as: extrasystole
That´s what I call a hitch in the git-along. I will be concluding my 61st year with that in a few months and I hope to have some more years ahead of me!
Sir MadogPetra´s surgery went fine and now she has started on the road to recovery.
73 my friend and know both of you remain in my prayers!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a couple sour cream donuts and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Organic, Fair Traded Coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug filled for a while. (And cause a few PVCs.)
Dark and Gloomy outside the window so far this morning. currently 53°F and raining. I need to check the build up of water downcellar and likely start the siphon....
If I can get a check from my church for the MLK Scholarship fund (they have a special offering every year for it) I will be heading to Canandaigua early this afternoon to drop of a large amount of $$$ to our 501c3 account. The financial guy at church misplaced the check.... We should have gotten it a month ago. I got an email last night from him saying he found it.
Best get moving. It should be a busy day (so what else is new.....).
PS to Galaxy
galaxyRAY: I thought maybe it's a regional thing...like one man's penny is anohter man's Copper! It still could be.
I looked a little deeper, and what you said above appears to be true... (from http://www.healthline.com/health/ventricular-preamture-complexes)
"Ventricular premature complexes are also known as: