Trust me I'm definitely not mildly aggravated I'm very aggravated!
I'm not taken to pofanities but if I had the chance I would have a few choice words for AT&T Direct TV management!!!
The trouble is the big box companies make these decisions that negatively affect customers... they've gotten to big to remember who made them so big, that's just big business though, as horrible as it is...
I'll get off the soapbox now
Top of page, put your drinks on my tab...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
NWP SWPWent to turn the TV to the usual "Rat Pack" channel from SonicTap on DirecTV and found that AT&T/DirecTV has changed the music service to "Music Choice" and the Rat Pack channel is gone as well as "Beautiful Instrumentals"
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That might be good for you. Maybe they are telling you it is time for you to find out why everyone says Bruno Mars is so amazing.
Broaden your musical exposure.
Timmy: If I only had one ELO album it would have to be "TIME". While not so heavy on marketable singles, it was a really good concept album and can be listened to in its entirety again and again.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Oh Bruno yeah I know him he's the one that says "Bruno's the star, Bruno shall go first!" Wait no that's looney tunes...
I am slowly branching out into other music types, we really just play the "Rat Pack" channel as background music...
Here's three of my newest musical excursions, also by Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
For those unable to access the videos here the songs are: "Shot Out of a Cannon", "Fire Escape", and "Walking in my Sleep"
Good morning!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning ....
Bill T ..... Good to see you again. ..
gmpullman Heartland Division CB&Q Ed ..... In WPF, you asked about NKP Car Company. They produce passenger car kits with brass sides. Other componants are plastic or resin castings. Thank You, Garry! I'll keep an eye out for them in the future — Regards, Ed
Heartland Division CB&Q Ed ..... In WPF, you asked about NKP Car Company. They produce passenger car kits with brass sides. Other componants are plastic or resin castings.
Thank You, Garry! I'll keep an eye out for them in the future —
Regards, Ed
Ed .... Here is another car I made from an NKP Car Company kit..... CB&Q 308 is a Diner Parlor car.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Kitchen Remodel Update:
The appliances were delivered yesterday. Since the cabinets are not installed yet they are all just sitting in my garage.
I finished all the tiling on the kitchen floor. I will grout it either today or tomorrow. Grout is my favorite part of tiling.
The cabinets are supposed to be delivered on March 3rd.
Eveing Diners
Flo, get the gang a Crown Royal and a chaser and give Steven and Rick a Pespi or Coke. Leave a Stein outside for Ulrich.
Work Front Seems like yesterday was a good day for me. If I am right I made aroud a extra $340.00 in spiffs. Today was boring even with Nancy at the store. Only one customer that I got and they only bought a box spring for $112.00.
Hum, Wife Question? If I buy something at the gtecory store to eat my Wife says it is our's. If she buys something (With the money I gave her) it her's? Is this just my wifes way of thinking or is this common? With me being the ripe old age of 62 I still donot understand woman! But, nices thing at this age? I no longer even care!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Hi, Folks...
Just popping in for that boilermaker Ken has set up for me
cudakenHum, Wife Question? If I buy something at the gtecory store to eat my Wife says it is are's. If she buys something (With the money I gave her) it her's? Is this just my wifes way of thinking or is this common?
How long did it take for you to figure this out, Ken???
Besides, at least wife is buying FOOD! If it were left up to you, you would blow your money on those silly trains and then starve yourself!
Just nod and smile... "yes dear" — "you're right, honey" — "Marrying you was the smartest move I ever made"...
Repeat these phrases several times a day, in rotation, and you'll suddenly see things in a whole new light
No guarantees, of course!
Cheers, Everybody...
old4a_368 by Edmund, on Flickr
Later, Ed
cudaken If I buy something at the gtecory store to eat my Wife says it is are's. If she buys something (With the money I gave her) it her's? Is this just my wifes way of thinking or is this common?
I don't know. I can say this:
My wife stopped working almost six months ago, and since then the finances have shifted from half hers to ALL hers.
I will never understand.
The guy who won the Olympic cross country race, he fell at the very start and won at the end. Amazing. For the younger audience, people used to crash much more often in the old days; in ski jumping, luge, bob sleding. My recollection is that bob sleds wouldn't show up at the next camera. There wasn't continous coverage all the way down the track and the tracks were built such that you could go into the woods.
Baltimore did an "emergency" track inspection and closed their light rail down for a month for repairs. Most of the system was build about the same time, so it is not surprising that if some track is badly worn, a lot of the track is in the same shape.
On the youtube webcams, I see multiple hi-rail trucks on every line. I assume some of them are there to inspect the track. Why would normal wear and tear, suddenly be an emergency, unless they weren't really inspecting the track on a regular basis.
We did not get 2.5" of rain, we got 3.5". Walking the dog, the ground sounds like a wet sponge.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening diners,
No modeling news today...
I'll stop in again later...
NWP SWP sounds like typical women in general...
I'm sorry but I think you are painting with a very broad brush. Or maybe it's just that almost all the women I know aren't typical.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
SeeYou190My wife stopped working almost six months ago, and since then the finances have shifted from half hers to ALL hers.
I stopped working about four years ago and all the money is still 'ours'. That is as it has always been. When we were first together my paycheque was quite a bit bigger than Dianne's (not that mine was huge by any means). We shared all the money and all the financial decisions. For the last 15 years or so, her paycheque has been much larger than mine. Now that I am retired and my pension is a pittance we still treat all the money as 'ours'. We still share all the financial decisions. She does not question the money I spend on the hobby and if she goes on a shopping spree I take the time to admire her new clothes. I simply can't see doing it any other way.
Evenin folks!
Janie, I could use a hot cup of decaf, hold the cream.... yep no more milk or milk products until after the .... uh... procedure.
hon30critter NWP SWP sounds like typical women in general... I'm sorry but I think you are painting with a very broad brush. Or maybe it's just that almost all the women I know aren't typical. Dave
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
NWP SWPsounds like typical women in general
Whoa Steven...
What in the world gives you any authority on this subject?
Not cool.
hon30critterWhen we were first together my paycheque was quite a bit bigger than Dianne's (not that mine was huge by any means). We shared all the money and all the financial decisions. For the last 15 years or so, her paycheque has been much larger than mine.
When Mary and I were married 30 years ago we both had NOTHING, and I cannot stress that enough. We were 100% flat broke. Both of us.
In the mean time, we have built a home, raised our three girls, and had our paychecks go up. She earned a lot more than I did the last ten years, now she earns nothing.
Everything we have is ours. There is hardly a scrap of anything that we came into the marriage with. I think it all works out better that way.
I didn't mean that all the money was hers. What has changed since she stopped working is how involved she is in financial decision making.
From my observations that is true at times not saying all women are like that...
Didn't know that comment was that inflammatory! Sorry!
Good evening all.
Just here for a moment so, .. Flo, could I have a slice of Banana cream pie ?
SeeYou190Timmy: If I only had one ELO album it would have to be "TIME". While not so heavy on marketable singles, it was a really good concept album and can be listened to in its entirety again and again.
Seeyou190, I have had ( at one point or another in my life ) Every E.L.O. album.
Time, Discovery, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue, are all on my favorite's list.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
When I told my wife we were getting a tax refund last year, she asked something like what is it earmarked for?
My translation: How can we spend it? It is my go to line now.
In all honesty we are both pretty frugal, although when it comes to food, I will look for sales and she will use coupons.
BigDaddyIn all honesty we are both pretty frugal, although when it comes to food, I will look for sales and she will use coupons.
I clip coupons and look for sales, too.
Funny thing, I'm disappointed when I find a 25¢ coupon has expired but when stuff like the stock market "dip" last week set my 401K back almost $20 K, I just shrug my shoulders and say, oh well!
C'est la vie — Ed
I am with Dave and Kevin. For most of our married life (35 years), I received a paycheck and my wife worked without monetary compensation as a homemaker. While I was primarily responsible for a few of the financial decisions, for example home insurance, most decisions were made together. The money has always been ours. It has never crossed my mind to think of the paychecks I received from my employer as "mine." We could not have had the successful home and family without her uncompensated contribution.
Also, for what it is worth, I, too, take issue with the globally disparaging comments about women.
Richard
I am not being disparaging to women, my best friend is a girl, I was just saying that is something women do, one could say women like to buy shoes, or it's like women might say men watch football every weekend, some guys don't watch football at all!!! I will redact the apparently offensive comment! And I apologize for any offenses! Didn't mean to degrade, make fun of, or insult anyone!
Now everybody have a drink on me!!!
RideOnRoadI am with Dave and Kevin.
Put me on that list, too. Mrs. Pullman and I both have contributed to our well-being and financial security. We both enjoy the fruits of our labors, while somewhat conservatively, there is no hesitation when one or the other of us has a need or desire and there's never any discussion that includes the words I me or mine... it is all "ours".
Well, unless one of the cats causes trouble. Then it is definitely MY responsibility
Cheers, Ed
I agree with Ed, in marriage I, Me, My, Mine leads to disaster... again I was just stating an observation, which is obviously flawed due to limited knowledge, I really didn't mean anything by it... I redacted the post and again I sincerely apologize for the comment...
The wife and I have always worked together, right from the start. Incomes combined to make everything work, whatever it takes, still that way.
This year, it will be 43 years.
Mike.
My You Tube
You know I saw a magazine in the grocery store the other day that said on the cover "secrets to a happy marriage" IMO it's just really teamwork without teamwork you got nothing... it's really a problem people today are way too distracted from real things that matter...
NWP SWP I really didn't mean anything by it... I redacted the post and again I sincerely apologize for the comment...
It is a classic example of the difficulties of communicating with a keyboard and not being able to use the inflection of humor.
Archie Bunker, Henny Youngman, Redd Foxx (Fred Sanford) and Jackie Gleason (Honeymooners), et-al will have audiences doubled-over in laughter. "Dingbat"; "Take my wife — please"; "One of these days, Alice!"; "My First wife, I'll never forget her... and I've tried" — all serve to get the idea across that these men are in "dysfunctional" relationships.
Still, the writers made sure to to sprinkle love and tenderness in these scripts and, of course, the informed viewer would know it is all done in the name of humor. It is strictly for the sake of entertainment.
In most, if not all, of the above examples the female came away as the one with the wit and wisdom.
I'm sure you had good intentions, Steven, perhaps you need to sprinkle more emoticons in there so us old timers can recognize it as humor
I have a hard enough time getting humor across in person let alone through a keyboard!!!
A few emoticons would've probably helped!!!
Well I sat down and had a conversation with my parents about me starting my own business, something I am an expert at... mowing grass... I have been doing it since I was 10 or so, and with 8 acres to mow you become an expert over the course of one summer! From that my money will be devoted to (other than operating expenses) model railroading and some saving... I hope to have a layout started by the end of the year and hopefully I'll be quite far along too...
I'm looking at some other music to add to my collection trying to broaden my horizons a little...
Well I might lurk around a little while longer before calling it a day...
NWP SWP, I was just saying that is something women do, one could say women like to buy shoes, or it's like women might say men watch football every weekend, some guys don't watch football at all!!!
Steven, it is not what was said, it was the source.
I have been maried 30 years and raised 3 daughters. If I make a comment about "women", the source is a guy that has had four strong, intelligent, dominant women have their way with him for decades. I have been battle hardened and my comments reflect that.
For a 17 year old still in high school to make a comment about "women", it will always have a different tone to the comment.
Put in your time, then make your comments from a perspective on knowledge and experience. Until then, enjoy the women of the world, they are quite wonderful.
Good morning ..... I'll have a bear claw with coffee, please....
NWP SWP Well I sat down and had a conversation with my parents about me starting my own business, something I am an expert at... mowing grass... I have been doing it since I was 10 or so, and with 8 acres to mow you become an expert over the course of one summer! From that my money will be devoted to (other than operating expenses) model railroading and some saving...
Well I sat down and had a conversation with my parents about me starting my own business, something I am an expert at... mowing grass... I have been doing it since I was 10 or so, and with 8 acres to mow you become an expert over the course of one summer! From that my money will be devoted to (other than operating expenses) model railroading and some saving...
Steven NWP SWP ..... I would encourage you to start the lawn mowing business. I base that on my experiences doing that back when I was in high school.... My friend and I did it together, and we called our business "The Lawn Kings". Living in the suburbs of Chicago, we had an abundance of prospective customers. We created a one page flyer to advertise and placed it in mailboxes. It did not take long to grow the business. We woked very hard. During summers, we would start mowing early in the morning and sometimes work until late at night. We maintained the lawn mowers ourselves. If we needed another lawn mower, we drove around on trash days to find one that was thrown in the garbage, and we fixed it up. Otherwise, we would purchase used equipment to fix up. By the time we graduated from high school, we had several power lawnmowers, one lawn mowing tractor called a Wheel Horse, and an old pick up truck. .... Our parents insisted we go to college, but we often wondered what would have happened if we continued our business. We like to think the business would have grown into a very successful enterprise.
Also, Steven, you metioned saving some of your money. That is extremely important. Save your money and invest it wisely. I suspect you have very good parents, and you should count your blessings about that.
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Ed .... Here is another car I made from a NKP Car Company kit. ..... This is a 40' baggage RPO car. Burlington acquired some of these in 1911 to use on branch line passenger trains .... It makes a good companion for my 2-6-2 Prairie type locomotive.