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Posted by myred02 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 11:49 PM

Evening all, I'll have what Jim's having... Evil [}:)]

Gee, I haven't been here in a while.

Zeke: I'm glad to hear that you're doing better. I know how those long hospital visits feel, and I'm sure you're not having alot of fun right now... Hospitals never feel like home, no matter how much they try to make them. Hey, at least you have good lookin' nurses and a loving girlfriend! The best of wishes to you.

Garry: Bet that trip to the KRM was fun for the whole family, huh? Although I've never been a really big fan of the 1:1 scale Thomas, (although I loved the TV show growing up) seeing him in that picture on real rails brought back happy childhood memories. The CF7 really had to work that day. I hope Tish didn't have to work very hard, though! (She's the only female engineer there, and she's usually operating the CF7.) By the way, did you see the L&N E6A #770? I heard from Jim Finley (one of the engineers there) that they were sending it up to Evansville or somewhere for cosmetic refurbishing. Hopefully, they can raise the money while it's up there so it can be restored to running sondition!

P.S. You're pic of the L&N 152 is outstanding! really shows the beauty of that locomotive.

Everyone: I have learned a lesson on the 4th of July that I won't soon forget. Bottle rockets hurt! Especially if it was your girlfriend's overpretective cousin who shot you! Whistling [:-^]

Ya'll have a good one.

-Brandon

 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, July 5, 2007 10:09 PM

Evening, Chloe - I'll have a hot fudge brownie sundae, please.

Thanks, Paul

 Fergmiester wrote:
[quote user="Heartland Division CB&Q"]
Look at the 0-6-0T next to grand daughters. (Don't tell Fergie, he'll be cornering the market for 0-6-0T's next.)

And your Point would be....Angel [angel]

I went to the LHS this morning and well there it was, the cutest little 0-6-0 Tank engine by Mantua. $65 and with a DCC plug fitted, very heavy and... 25% OFFBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

That makes ... count them now, 3  0-6-0's 

Anyway just thought I'd share that with ya.

... 

Fergie 

Okay, Garry - so how do you know what Fergie's going to buy next? Uncanny sense of timing there, fella... Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^] Fergie, leave one of those saddle tanker 0-6-0T's for me, if you would. I have an older (MDC?) version of that one, which isn't running and I need to replace it with the Spectrum version, I think. They're cute little things!

 pcarrell wrote:

Dick,

That, my friend, was a thing of beauty!

Not wanting to start anything, but Sign - Ditto [#ditto]...

 

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GARRY: Pliers used by women for???????? I'm not going there Garry, Sue may be in the Diner and she may throw a dammmmmittttttt tool at me.

- and Dick, my guess is Sue's aim might be way more accurate than you would like. Shock [:O]Black Eye [B)]Laugh [(-D]

(I was going to post something for Paul, but I figure it's past his bedtime.) Evil [}:)] Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]

Called our LHS/MRR club member today to see if he had some of the metal coupler pocket covers that Athearn uses. I discovered when I was putting KD's on some boxcars over the Fourth, that one of the coupler pockets didn't have the cover (and I didn't really want to re-fit/drill out the pocket to fit a screw like the Accurail kits use). He has some, so I'll pick some up on Saturday.

On the financial front, we got our paystubs in our mail slots today at work (tomorrow is the actual date the money will show up in our banks), and I am amazed. I had figured on having to beg mercy from my attorney because I didn't see having enough for his 50 percent deposit plus the filing fee for the bankruptcy. But, I turned the matter over to the Big Boss Angel [angel], and guess what happened? My on-call (second) check  (besides the usual bimonthly check) was way bigger than it is most months, and I think there's enough for the attorney's half, the filing fee, plus an offering out of the on-call check. (Coincidence? I don't think so!Bow [bow])  God is amazing indeed (Really, though - why should I be amazed? But He blows me away at times).

I'll be at the corner booth, working on my hot fudge/brownie sundae if anyone needs me, Chloe. Dinner [dinner]

 

Blessings and thanksgivings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Thursday, July 5, 2007 9:22 PM

Evening Gang: We just got back fro supper at a new Tex-Mex resturant. It was prtty good.

Not much since this afternoon. I didn't get to take the nap. I went out to put up the case of oil that I got for the tractors. 12 quarts cost me $45. Ouch. I guess I'll save the quart bottles for when I am goin to add some. I'll get a couple of jugs of oil for oil changes. It's around $20 a 2 gal jug that way. The bad thing about bulk is having to have something to mesure with and then keeping it around and clean.

As I was re-arranging the shelves for the oil I got stung by a wasp. Since I'm allergic I went in and took 2 benedril and had Mary Ann drive me to the ER. I didn't have a real bad reaction but I figured better safe.

Right now I'm tired and will head for bed. I'm doing that alot lately and not feeling guilty.

Good Night All

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Posted by egmurphy on Thursday, July 5, 2007 7:29 PM

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers

Reporting in from Little Catalina, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.  Great weather up here, high of about 20ºC today, and sunny.  Supposed to start raining and turn cold tomorrow.

We've seen a bunch of icebergs, so Fran is happy.  And it looks like we'll have more for a while yet.  Also saw one moose and a small colony of puffins.  Not much to photo here railroad-wise.  I did get a couple of shots of old abandined right-of-way.  And I found a couple of books in the local library on the old Newfoundland Railway, so if nothing else I can read about it.

We've also been doing some fishing.  At least wetting our hooks, if nothing else.  No trout to show for our efforts yet.

Zeke - good to hear that you're up to posting again.  Hopefully the change of electronics will help out.

Talk about high gas prices, it's now $1.20 (CDN) per liter up here.  That's over $4 (US) a gallon.  Ouch.  And we figure to burn up quite a bit touring around the place.

Anyways, that's about it for this evening.  Have to watch the Boston Red Sox on the computer.

Later

Ed

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 7:11 PM

Good evening gents.....very heavy clouds here, and very humid. Severe storms have moved north of us and south, so far we have avoided the worst, 0.67" of rain the last 24 hours, NOTHING compared to our good neighbors in the South and Midwest.

GARRY: Pliers used by women for???????? I'm not going there Garry, Sue may be in the Diner and she may throw a dammmmmittttttt tool at me.

FERGIE: I see from the satellite over NS that there is a convoy of MRR's headed to your LHS's to raid all the 0-6-0T's.

PAUL: A local boat builder here has started to build ARKS, are you interested in one yet? I can have it shipped via Fergie's carrier RR line flat car to TX.

DAVE: I don't have 1/4 of those tools either, but I sure do have the "dammitttttt tools. And I have many missing ones also after raising 4 children, all teenagers at one time, 13 to 19...talk about missing tools. I have found missing tools, all rusted, have buried up back in the yard when tilling the garden, or cutting grass, etc.

Ohh oh, the radar just went off, we have a TS bearing down on us, so we will signoff  for a while.

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:42 PM

Hi Gang: Would you believe that it's raining? We're just sitting in the bedroom watching videos. I'm sure that there are things that I should be doing but I just can't get up the motivation. I think that I'll take a little nap.

See you all later.

I guess that I'm buying. Maybe I should head for the not so LHS and grab a couple of 0-6-0Ts before Fergie gets them all.

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:44 PM

Dick,

That, my friend, was a thing of beauty!

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Posted by Cox 47 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:33 PM
Afternoon All....Hotter than a pop corn.....here this afternoon maybe more storms latter...Dick got a kick out of tools...I got a whole work bench full of those dammitt tools....Cox 47
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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:27 PM

Howdy everyone.

Dick is safety officer AND ALSO ..... entertainment officer!  So, DIck, women use pliars for just exactly what?

Fergie's busy now with 0-6-0T's .  Tanks, Fergie Tanks. (so to speak). Actually I have one of those mantua 0-6-0T's.  Of course we'd be interested in how the steam shovelk turned out.

Best wishes to Zeke, and I must say I'm not one bit fond of hospital stays myself.

Bye.......

GARRY

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Posted by claymore1977 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 12:15 PM
Greyfox.... your grasp of the reality of the workshop is awe inspiring to us all :)  Outstanding post!  I might add, however, that there are a few of us that have no other tools BUT the Dammit Tools.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 11:10 AM

Good noontime everyone, well almost noon for some, afternoon for others, and morning to still others...ohh the h.. with it , just HI !!!

The sun is trying to make an appearance, it is 72F, 86% RH and DP of 68F here, very humid and tropical feeling. We just did get the cooking done outside yesterday before the showers set in, the kids got to enjoy the pool with it's 80F temp, the adults just enjoyed a nice 4th holiday.

I have a SAFETY NOTICE for all members of the DINER. As safety officer for the Diner, it has been brought to my attention that there has been far too many accidents using power and hand tools by the members. So, I have posted a description of each tool and what they are used for.......




DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your soda pop across the room, splattering it against that freshly-stained heirloom piece you were drying.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under
the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and
hard-earned guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to
say, "Yeou sheeeet...."

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes
until you die of old age.

SKIL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of
blood-blisters. The most often used tool by all women.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor
touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal
your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt
heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer
intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction
of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable
objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside
the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.

WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and
motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or ½ socket you've been searching for the last 45 minutes.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood
projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after
you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly
under the bumper.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward
off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel wires.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool, ten times harder than any known
drill bit, that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible
future use.

RADIAL ARM SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops
to scare neophytes in to choosing another line of work.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of
everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that
inexplicably has an a ccurately machined screwdriver tip on the end
opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a
drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the su nshine vitamin,"
which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside,
its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate
that 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours
of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is
somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids
and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your
shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips
screw heads. Women excel at using this tool.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to
convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning
power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that
travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty
bolts which were last over tightened 30 years ago by someone at Ford, and
instantly rounds off their heads. Also used to quickly snap off lug nuts.

PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or b racket
you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is
used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent
to the object we are trying to hit. Women primarily use it to make gaping
holes in walls when hanging pictures.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of
cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly
well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic
bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic
parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in
use.

DAMMMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage
while yelling "DAMMMMMIT" at the top of your lungs . It is also, most
often, the next tool that you will need! 

Now please use these tools carefully!!


MIKE: We have had our first meal of zuchinni squash, excellent flavor, and the earliest that we have ever had this squash ( global warming ? ) Beets are almost ready as well as Spinach.

FERGIE: ANOTHER 0-6-0??? Now your trying to corner the market on 0-6-0's ?????  Quick everyone , get to your LHS's !!!!!

ED: Any "Bergs" up there today ? Sox won again and the YANKEES LOST ...YEEEEESSSSSSSS !

time for lunch, see you guys later


 

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Posted by Fergmiester on Thursday, July 5, 2007 10:33 AM
[quote user="Heartland Division CB&Q"]
Look at the 0-6-0T next to grand daughters. (Don't tell Fergie, he'll be cornering the market for 0-6-0T's next.)

And your Point would be....Angel [angel]

I went to the LHS this morning and well there it was, the cutest little 0-6-0 Tank engine by Mantua. $65 and with a DCC plug fitted, very heavy and... 25% OFFBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]

That makes ... count them now, 3  0-6-0's 

Anyway just thought I'd share that with ya.

Later All

 

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Posted by Cox 47 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 9:06 AM
Good morning All....Looks like its gonna be sunny and humid here today....I was surprised to hear Inch say they were able to get the fireworks off at Marshall last night...Zeke...Good to see you in the Dinner this morning....JR....I'll bet at that speed and only 3 inches of the track is a real thrill!! Do you have anything to do with super modified dirt track cars or stock cars?...Jeff...Did you have any celebration for the 4th in your town...Hows David havn't heard from him for awhile?....Cox 47
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, July 5, 2007 8:31 AM

Today's weather for the Sundown area.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms occurring at 8 AM along and southwest of a line from Lufkin to Kirbyville Texas to Vinton and Johnson bayou Louisiana will move northeast and east 30 mph. The storms should move into the area near Toledo bend dam to Longville to Lake Charles to Cameron Louisiana by 9 AM. Other showers and thunderstorms from north of pecan island to Marsh Island at 8 o'clock will move through the Intracoastal City area and to coastal Iberia and Saint Mary parishes through 9 AM. Isolated showers will occur elsewhere over the region. Over the coastal waters...scattered showers and thunderstorms will occur from the lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City and from Cameron to High Island out 60 nautical miles.  

Today  High: 82    Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. 
 
Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.

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Posted by inch53 on Thursday, July 5, 2007 8:31 AM

Morning, think I'll have the farmers special n coffee Zoe.

Weathers turned hot, humid n rainy here, had enough rain here last evening, to fill the ditches and bring the creek over its banks and over the road, and that takes a lot of rain really quick. Don't know how much we got, the rain gage got knocked over.

They did get the fireworks in over to Marshall though, they had a 40-50 minute show planned, but shot it off in 20 [had another threat of rain coming], so it was a 20 minute finally. Air was heavy so no altitude and the smoke was thick on the ground [of course we were down wind].  Casey got rained out, so we may slip over there n watch them tonight

ZEKE,, sorry to hear bout the problems, but mighty glad your doing betters. That new wiring ought to do the trick, it did for little brother. We'll be keeping you n Jenny in our thought

Dick,, we had several days of cool weather, but it didn't last long enough for me. Plan on eaten fried green maters and cucumber tonight, first bunch out of the garden.

GMT,, I think your idea of operating over scenery is the way I'd go. Really like the video, kinda reminds me of a couple roads rounds, we used to rat race on.

 ED,,, glad your trips going well, hope you bring back a bunch of photos for us.

LUC you n Gloria have mighty fine granddaughter there, and you two are looking ok too.

Best get busy, need ta roll Macs backside out of bed n pick up sticks, so we can finish mowing this afternoon. Hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, July 5, 2007 8:01 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Looks like an off and on wet day around here, but thats OK, we got our fireworks in last night.  We were shooting them right up until midnight.  Isolated thunderstorms are possible today as a couple of storms may contain gusty winds and heavy downpours.

Hey Jeff, how's mom doing?  Feel like I almost know her.

Zeke, glad to see you're getting around!  Thats quite an ordeal you've been going through.  Sounds like you're mostly out of the woods for now though, huh?  Can't be feeling too good about revisiting the hospital in a month or so though.  Oh, and it sounds like you had the best view of the fireworks in the whole house!  Heck, your view was better then mine, and mine was great!

J.R., I model in N, but only steam.  I do however have a bunch of friends who model the "D" word in N and they mostly swear by Atlas loco's. 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, July 5, 2007 7:21 AM

Good morning, Zoe - I'll have a cup of mocha for a change, and one of Bill T.'s donuts, please.

Zeke, good to hear that you're about well enough to kick out go home and play nurse with Jenny...Evil [}:)]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Hey, I understand that somebody made a run to AutoZone and brought a bag back that they took to the operating room when they were operating on you - wonder what that was all about?Wink [;)] Seriously, be glad that it's only every 8 years on the battery, it could've been like those R/C cars that Radio Shack carries around Christmas (boy do they eat up the batteries!). Shock [:O]  You (and Jenny) keep taking care of yourself, and we'll keep the prayers going for you.

GMTRacing wrote:

Since I have the continuous running up above and a narrow set of shelves there, the only real opportunity to do ops is the lower level. It will all end up less than realistic but after all it is my layout, right?

JR, there's what some of the longer-time Diner (and Coffee Shop before that) people call the 'Teffy Rule' about that: "If you don't like the way I run the layout, don't let the door hit you on the way out." (loosely paraphrased, that is...) Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] If it works for you, and you're happy with it, that's the ticket! Thumbs Up [tup]

Well, breakfast is done, and I need to get out of here. Weather in Cape Girardeau area is supposed to be some scattered thundershowers today, but not quite as warm. See everyone later!

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

 

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Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, July 5, 2007 6:41 AM

Good Morning All,

    And especially Zeke.  You must be getting better if you can gripe about the nurses. But Jenny - that ones a keeper mate. Glad to hear you're up and about and getting the pumphouse in order. Now for the control box and the two motivators and you'll be good to go.

   Jerry - the car gets up to just about 107 by the gear chart at the dip in the saddle. I don't think they get much over 115 ever though that's plenty fast when you're sitting 3" off the ground. The car is really stable though and lots of fun to drive though I have to add a second pad to the seat at the hillclimb because it's so bumpy.

Philosphy 102. I decided to keep the tracks and shrink the buildings to suit in the built up areas. Since I have the continuous running up above and a narrow set of shelves there, the only real opportunity to do ops is the lower level. It will all end up less than realistic but after all it is my layout, right?

For those of you using N scale, what sort of diesel locomotive works well? I see Proto has just announced RS-2's which would fit well at the museums' N layout in New Haven colors. How about Kato? A lot of the older locomotives seem prone to failure after just a few hours work. Is that the case generally? The display stuff gets a real workout on the weekends as the model railroads are a big attraction with the kids and any sort of advice especially as regards longevity would be greatly appreciated.   Time to pick up tools and get to it.  CUL,J.R.  

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, July 5, 2007 6:13 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

07-05-07

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Posted by Hoople on Thursday, July 5, 2007 2:03 AM
OI!
I just read the thread started by Zeke... Ouch...
Hope you get better... Doesn't sound like fun...
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:55 AM

chief--you couldnt be more right, when i got shot it split my breastbone in half almost, will never forget that pain. And of course it was done again, i tell you that is some horrible pain, its almost imbearable, but they have me on a morphine drip, i can just press the little button every 10 min if needed, and i need to.  Plus the nurse is keeping my full of something so i dont feel much.NurseThey moved me to a regular room and now i can have my laptop, so i now will be online some, when I am not passed out. or too loopy from the drugs. The doc told me i will be able to leave tomorrow. I couldnt believe this, i would have thought id be here longer. This is good cuz the hospital food sucks, and i miss my trains, oh and jenny. I mean jenny then trains, ya. I guess i had a blod clot to but they did something all i know is i  cut stitches on my legs too. I must have picked to older persons side cuz all my nurse's are 50+ were are the young cute bubbly ones. Oh well .Jenny told me that i aint here to look at nurses, i tried to argue the point but lost.Wink [;)] They tell me this new thing in my chest is better and its been improved, but i will have to keep being monitored and have to get a new battery in 8 yrs, i feel like some dang cheap toy. All n all im okay now, i am now wheelchair bound though, atleast for a little while, i cant get my legs to work right.. But im alive. for now. I have to come back in a month and they want to do this tumor removal. they tell me its almost a in and out thing, might stay 2-3 days and then go home. Crazy, still not thrilled about someone going in and tickeling my brain. I guess theres room to do so,lol. well maeds are kicking in  Nurse tomorrow is a bunch of Xrayof my legs. so much fun. And dont worry chief there will be no Messy Sneeze 


it hurts really bad i already did that once, you want pain have your chest ripped open. Thank you everyone for your support its nice to see i was missed.

 

By The way i got to see some fireworks from my window they were great, but what was even better is there is a huge train bridge that must span 1200 ft or more will the fire works were going on a laong train went buy it was all black because the fireworks were behind it but it was high in the air and had 4 diesel's pulling it i bet it was around 125 or so. beautiful to see, made me think of all of you guys and gals!

 

Happy 4th

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Posted by Hoople on Thursday, July 5, 2007 1:14 AM
Evenin' all. It may not be the 4th in everywhere except here, but what the heck.
HAPPY 4TH O' JULY!!!
Hope everyone enjoyed it.

Welcome to Zeke, I think I missed his post but have seen his name around here.
Well guys, gotta run now.
Mark
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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 10:36 PM
Evening All....Just dropped by to say Good Night....Lots of Thunderstorms around tonite I think some of the fireworks were rained out...Cox 47
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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:41 PM

Zeke, hospital gown, no underwear? That was alot more information then I wanted. No wounder you have the good looking nurses. Jenny has really got ot be speical to put up with that.

Well it's beginning to sound like L.Z. Liz out there. I could sleep through morters, quaid 50s. and 105s going off but not fire works. I'm getting old I guess. Actually I woke up when the stuff stopped firing. No rain on us today but some around the area. The folks that have been flooded out once, are getting it again. I feel for them.

Mary Ann and I picked up a book on the winners of the Medal Of Honor. There on page 80 was Fred Ferguson a friend of ours that I flew with at Ft. Wolters Tex. We were instructor pilots. After he got the Medal he was moved around untill he was assigned somewhere else and we lost contact. I think that we were both a little wild back then.

Well I think that I'll head for bed.

Good Night All

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 9:13 PM

Hey Zeke,  maybe the cute nurses only show up on the day shift...?Confused [%-)] Dang hospital doesn't have a wireless setup  so you can use a laptop or something and post at your bed? Double-dang, huh? (Heck, sounds like they're doing enough wiring inside of you) Wink [;)] You keep plugging away there (and aggravating the nurse, but I didn't tell you that...)

Jenny, you've got your hands full just keepin' up with Zeke. Thumbs Up [tup] Better eat your Wheaties! Wink [;)]

 

Blessings,

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 8:54 PM

Hello...

Luc...I typed a response earlier and I thought I posted it.  I don't see it.  Don't you love technology? One clue about the steamer long ago was my Dad spent time looking under the cab when loco was changed at the border. He said it had a booster engine. I can't recall much more because I was very young then. Where did all the years go?

Everybody .......thanks much for the fireworks, ice cream (or f.c.), and of course the friendship.

GO  4th!

 

 

GARRY

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 8:21 PM

Hey guys check this quote out

hi everyone this is zeke,

 

                               they let me up to roll around for a lil bit in my wheelchair  so I wanted to come outside and post my thank you's to everyone.Its 113 here today so this will be brief. Im glad jenny posted and was blown away by all the response's. thank you.

                         Well i turns out i had a stroke not a heart attack. I lost some feeling in my legs, but the dr said it may come back, hopeing it does. I know have a pacemaker which is what i was told i should have had in the first place, dang german dr's. the dr here said hes not seen anyone with this many problems at 30 ys old,think he was trying to make me feel good Smile <img src=" border="0" width="15" height="15" /> so anyways i lost alot of blood and my heart stopped beating for 4 minutes  he said while i was under the knife, but im a survivior, i aint going out like that. So i had this horrible infection around my heart and was causing my diflib to mis read and was shocking the heck out of me for a week and causing me not to sleep. CHUCK you were right. My chest looks like i got tracks going all over it. Guess im a true rr fan now! Well they were gonna take out my tumor at the same time until i died , and so now i have to wait. They want me to recover fully from this ordeal first. I am okay i think, still have all my parts and i think they all still work! Hey JIM its hospital gown thurday and im not wearing any underwear,lol! Well guys nurse ratchet is goming to take me away so i will leave you for now. I am not sure yet when they are letting me go but my posts wont be as often for right now. Were are all the pretty nurses? Anyways thank you all so much for caring. I miss you all!

 BTW HAPPY 4th of JULY

The zekester

 

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Posted by Fergmiester on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 8:06 PM

Happy Independence Day Everyone

Stay Safe and have a good one !

Fergie 

 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 7:59 PM

Hey, PC, look who Chloe raised on the phone - Look out the side door!

 

Me, I've got a triple decker already,  and I'm going to sit in my lawn chair and enjoy the fireworks...


 

 

Ooh!

Wow! - look at that!

 

 

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 6:33 PM

 JimRCGMO wrote:


HEY!!!!  Hook me up!

 

Goin' down town for fireworks in a bit.  How about you folks?

Philip

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