A large ATSF mug full of, Please & Thank You!
***Jeffrey, nice old building there. I wouldn't touch that sign either....it's perfect.
Regarding pools overflowing from storms: Some extra leaf/trash vacuuming/cleaning of pool & filters, backwashing out the extra water, and then gradually re-establishing the proper chemical balance. No problem, just time. (Coach, lifguard, etc...in a former lifetime)
Looked at H2O holding tanks yesterday and having them delivered. Will measure for new leafless gutters today for every large roof on the farm. Hope to have this all set up in a week or two. Still need to look into what kind of pump to transfer water from a tank into the household line(for toilets & washing machine). Anyone here ever do this before?
Have a great day all. Time to go work anywhere the MIL isn't.
Rob
egmurphy wrote:Hope Steve (BaylorMax) and Teffy make out okay, as it looks to me as if Humberto is going in right over Beaumont. I half way suspect that's why Steve hasn't posted yet this morning. He's usually an early riser.Ed
Hope Steve (BaylorMax) and Teffy make out okay, as it looks to me as if Humberto is going in right over Beaumont. I half way suspect that's why Steve hasn't posted yet this morning. He's usually an early riser.
Ed
Talked to Teffy this morning... actually woke him up Lots of rain and wind, the rain beated up reverberated on the A/C unit and kept him up until 6 this morning. As he said the trees and bird feeders are still up.
Later All
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Afternoon folks!
Hey Steve, nice to see you back and around again!
Jeff - you might need a weed eater soon to keep up with all the grass sprouting up on your layout! Great work there! Good luck with the storm!
Ed - Hasta mañana!
Jim - hope you get to feeling better soon! Have some hot green tea with honey and fresh lemon, it works wonders!
Mike - yes the cool front is headed our way, Sunday low is supposed to be in the upper 50's
Sue the mater paste will make the salsa thicker, and cooking it down too will do that!
Trent - welcome back!
Phil - Chicken tacos looking good!
For those who requested it I emailed my salsa recipe, check your Inbox!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good afternoon, all!
Humberto made its way over Beaumont early this morning. There was lots of rain and 80-90 mph winds, but no real serious damage to the area. My home is without power but the office is ok.
My pool is full to the brim. With an underground pool that really doesn't make much difference. I'll drain it when the power comes back on. No air conditioning in the house, but my girlfriend has a guest room and power and air conditioning. I think I'll camp there tonight.
This link is to some video shot a couple miles from my home by our local television station about 4:00 am this morning: http://www.kfdm.com/video/index.php?bcpid=1138292619&bclid=1155100354&bctid=1184738748.
All things considered, it could have been a lot worse. This storm literally was a tgropical depression until last night. When I went to bed at 11, it had worsened to a tropical depression but was supposed to miss us to the west. My girlfriend called at about 3:00 am and told me her son in law had called and that it was now a hurricane. The eye passed just south of Beaumont.
We really were lucky. If the storm had stayed in the Gulf a couple more days it would probably have strengthened significantly and that would not have been good!
Now if I can just get my power back....
Thank for all your concern!
Steve
refill please & thank you.
***Steve, glad it wasn't worse for you. Just one favor to ask, PLEASE send whatever is left of it up to North Georgia...we're desperate for any water. Heck, I'll take a tornado or two as long as there is rain with them. Hope your power returns quickly.
Still trying to figure out how to buy a big ol' Kato diesel without getting caught.
Howdy y'all!
I don't know how much I'll be posting here within the next few days...
Tomorrow morning I go into Baltimore for my Norfolk Southern orientation at the yard, bright and early at 8:00am. Later that day, the family is going out to dinner as a congradulatory means of wishing me the best for my career.
Saturday morning, I am going to leave bright and early, drop in on my girlfriend so we can say our goodbyes, and then hit the road for Georgia. Y'all don't have to worry, the trip is split between Saturday and Sunday. Since I'm leaving early Saturday, I can take my time and still arrive in Georgia mid-afternoon on Sunday. There's no way I would make that trip straight through. As much as I love driving, even I need a break! :swg:
So if I don't get the chance to post again before I leave...Y'all are great, and I don't think I've ever met a group as encouraging as everyone here! I'll miss you all!
Scott
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Steve, glad it wasn't worse for ya. Looked bad enough as it was.
Scott, once again, congrats! I know you're going to be the best employee they have!
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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hey all yes I'm still alive and kicking been a while scince i've stopped in and said hello. Well I finally got a job I start tomorrow in a grocery store Deli/bakery. right up my field probally try to move into mangement of a bakery/deli in the future so start here and work up.
Talk to you all later
I agree with Rob, but please save some of that rain for us up here in North Carolina too!
Scott - Congratulations my man! Sounds like things are really falling into place for you. And like RT said, if you get to passing through the Piedmont Division around Raleigh, give me a heads up!
RT - Congrats on the deli/bakery position! Maybe you can start providing some daily specials in the Diner now!
Hello everyone...
You may be interested........
These photos were taken from the VIA train as we departed Halifax on September 15, 2001 after being "stranded" in Nova Scotia by the 9/11 attacks. No flights home and tons of stranded Transatlantic air passengers delayed our return home. Flying was out of the question.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Gang: I'm early tonight. I've been having a little depression lately. We're lucky in having a gas well sending us a check every month but there is a 5 acre pit that we can't get rid of and it's really getting under our skin. It's my falt it's there still and I really feel bad for Mary Ann. She talked to our lawyer today and I guess she is going to have him try something. We might end up in court about it.
Other then that I've been hauling hay again. This is hay that we baled last year and didn't get hauled to the haylot. It was stored on the side of the field so no problem.
Rob I hope that Humberto brings you some rain.
Steve congrats on the job and move. New Zealand is a beautiful place from the pictures I've seen. There is a lot of live steam activity down there also.
Other Steve. Good to hear that you weathered the storm all right. That was a strange storm. They say it will be looked at for some time.
Well I've got to go. The doc gave me some pills for the depresion. I'll see you all later.
Good Night All
Thanks for the back. I've got some projects in the works @ the shop all of them consist of our own line of products. We're also gonna put out our special run of H.O. and O engines. once the prototypes are finished there will be pics forth comming.
Emily is still dealing w/her ADHD, dislexia, disgraphsia, and hand spasums. Her teacher is stonewalling us and I'm developing a dislike for her.
Sarah is driving now and OH BOY!!!! Stay off the sidewalks!!! I think the RR tracks are safer. LOL
Kelly is getting ready to go back to school for the spring semester.
Me actually got a chance to start on my new layout other than demolition. Emily helped and we had a GREAT time. Can't wait til I get the deck and foam down so I can lay some track. House repairsand yard work come first at the price of my layout. Winter, yeah winter will give me time in w/my layout. The hope and dream of every modeler.
My heart grieves for those who've sufferer losses and is full joy for all as we have had another day of friendship. Remember our service men , women, their families and pray for their safety!
Night all and God bless all.
Trent
P.S. take it easy on my credit card PLEASE!
Good evening ......late to the Diner once again, it is getting so busy here now with Fall approaching fast. Helped the wife with a few chores that involved work on a ladder to get at lights and fans ( you know guys, Fall house cleaning help ?? !!!! )
Then I got to work in the Train room. Built storage shelves under the 30" wide tables, this will keep stored supplies and other stored items off the floor and any chance of dampness or water damage.
FERGIE: You are headed to sea at a bad time mon ami!!! The peak of the hurricane season is right now!!! Several areas of convection are moving off the west African coast, and will need close watching. And the lesser Antilles is very active region this year also.
I like what you have added to your sig at the bottom Fergie, very, very appropriate tribute to dad!!!!!
MIKE: Pellet costs are rising, and oil has hit an all time high of over $80 a barrel. A news story last night said that oil could easily hit $3 a gallon this winter, especially if we get hit early with cold wave, or, if the winter is colder than normal. Be prepared!! I locked-in a contract for oil at $2.67 a gallon......600 gallons, we shall see. I also have 5 cords or firewood stacked and ready.....let it snow!!!
ED: Yanks and Toronto tied 1-1 in 7th, maybe Toronto can pull ONE game out this this series!!! 250 yards across the stream????? What is this "stream" the Oronoco???LOL If the little rusty cable breaks on the Ferry, where do you wind up...the GOM??? LOL I pictured in my mind this stream that was about 150 feet across and maybe 10 feet deep.
SCOTT: Good luck on the trip, make sure the oil in your car has been changed, the coolant is checked, the hoses and fan belt are in good shape, the tire pressures are checked, cell phone is charged, and gas tank is topped off. And call your mother when you get there !!!! They worry a lot you know !!!
RYAN: Thank you for recipe, we love salsa......will it burn my toes???
JEFF, STEVE: Glad to see that no serious damage was done......that had to be the fastest Tropical Storm development into a hurricane on record.
JERRY: Yes, I am making "some" progress, but not as much as I would like, too many distractions, you know how that works.
RT: Glad to see you landed a good job, we certainly are happy for you buddy, can we expect fresh pastry in the Diner tomorrow???
JIM: Are you feeling better today? What was your cure ?
SUE: Are you using a hand posthole digger, or the gas powered two person digger?
Pax Vobiscum,
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
The coffee is good, hot and strong. And the banana cream pie is excellent. I recommend it.
Lazy afternoon to go with the lazy morning. Some things never change. I did get to read the entire September issue of Trains Magazine, which was up near the top of my "to read" list, so it wasn't a totally lost afternoon. No, I don't have the October issue yet. Since my mail gets packaged up and sent down once a month I won't see that until around the 10th of October.
The cable operated car ferry is still out of service, and the latest word is that maybe tomorrow afternoon they'll be back in service. We're tied up on Saturday, so that means it will be Monday at the earliest before we can report on progress out at the orange grove.
Dick: 250 yards across the stream????? What is this "stream" the Oronoco???LOL If the little rusty cable breaks on the Ferry, where do you wind up...the GOM???
Ryan - thanks for the salsa recipe. Will try it out. We made some crab stuffed mushrooms today (okay, Fran made them , I cobbled together the recipe) and they turned out pretty good.
John (jwar) - welcome to the diner. It may be your first stop in here, but I think you made an appearance in The Coffee Shop thread, which was the long running precursor to this thread. Cook? Don't think we know. We only see the waitresses, Chloe and Zoe, or whoever.
Steve (BaylorMax) - glad to hear that lost power was the worst you suffered. Kind of suspected that when you didn't post early this morning.
Trent - nice to see you stopping by. By the way, gang, Trent's train shop is huge. Lots of stuff. (Even though they do give kind of short shrift to Normal scale.) Glad to hear that business continues to be good for the shop despite all we hear about other shop closings. Must speak well for your managing and customer service.
Hasta mañana,
Good evening again....
WELCOME JWAR!!!!!!!!!
Some of that Salsa discussed by Ryan, Sue, and others would hit the spot if available here.
Now I feel badly. I'm not done with spring cleaning and Dick's handling fall cleaning now.
Paul... I did find some C&S 2-6-0 pictures and drawings in Colorado books here. The C&S 2-6-0 was a former DSP&P locomotives.
RT Congrats to you!
Scott; best wishes again regading NS job.
Fergie, we're beginning to see what you mean regarding closing an estate. Looks like Shelley is the appointee from her family for handling Janet's stuff. Shelley is the type to do stuff needing to be done while family members do little to help.
Good to to see continued progress on Jeff's layout including lighted building.
Belated birthday wishes to Jerry's Sallie and to Philip. Actually, I had birthday and we had anniversary first week of Septemebr while we were concerned with Shelley's sister. Not a happy time.
Trent ------ good to see you again, and hope you can spend more time in diner.
Steve in GB (for now)...best wishes for NZ move.
Steve (Baylormax) ...........glad the storm was not too bad.
Ed..... you must have compeleted posting those pix now. They were good stuff.
TONIGHT/TOMORROW/TOMRROW NIGHT 100% Chance of Rain here...HURRAY HURRAY HURRAY! Sure wish I could have purchased one of those water storage tanks and got the gutters up before thi hit. However, beggars can't be choosers and I've been begging Mother Nature for a good long while now. I hear rain as I type...HURRAY!
Oh, a BIG slice of Banana Cream Pie, please and thank you!
***RT, congrats on the new job. Temptation would be too much for me working in a deli/bakery and I would get fired for eating all the proceeds.
***Garry, beautiful photos.
***Paul, sure hope that 5 acre pit thing can be resolved without much hassle.
***Trent, DO post some photos when you start on the new layout. Preferably starting with pics of the benchwork. Always looking to learn from others.
Nothing much worth reporting. MIL ran away from home this evening, is back tonight, and I've dissabled her vehicle. No more tantrums allowed...at least none that will endanger others out on public roads. Anyone care to play "Throw Momma From The Train?" FIL continues to improve almost daily, both physically and mentally.
Good night all!
Being that it's night, how about a fitting pic.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-14-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/14/2007 Wind Chill: 70°FHumidity: 94%Dew Point: 68°F So Far TodayHigh: 71°FLow: 69°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 5mph NNE Today High: 90 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight Low: 68 Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Good morning, Zoe - I'll have a glass of Ed's OJ (small one - got to make it stretch)
Cup of coffee and a couple of waffles, please!
Thanks for the breakfast, Trent - and back to the Diner! I'd agree with the others, on wanting to see pics (of your layout, as well as pics of and info about whatever new stuff your shop comes up with).
My sinus thing is more manageable now (didn't have any whiskey in the house, and wasn't sure how much wine would've been the equivalent, Dick ). I wound up going the steamy shower route, and sleeping on my other side, so the one ear could drain off (or whatever...) from the ear with the earache. I'm still aware of some very slight discomfort in the sinus and a minimal pressure in the ear, but it's better. Thanks for all the tips, folks!
On-call last night/this a.m. had too many interruptions. I've been up since 4 this time (though I'm betting Bill T. or Jeff might have been up that early), so main goal for the day will be staying awake until I get off work this afternoon. Then maybe to bed a little early tonight.
(back) to the Diner, John W.! I found a Feather River Route webpage that might have been yours - if it was, it looked good. (If I'm wrong, please feel free to post some pics of your layout...
Rob, good to hear you're getting some rain. Humberto completely missed us. We're supposed to be having a cool front move in later tonight, and stay in the 70's or below for the weekend, but warm back up to Indian summer next week. Can't put away those short-sleeve shirts and the shorts just yet...
I'll be over at the corner booth working on my waffles for now.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Well, the start of another beautiful day here in the heartland! The weather for Indianapolis calls for the possibility is some very spotty showers, but for the most part it's 80's, low humidity, and sunshine!
It would seem that I took a temporary absence from my sanity last night and I stayed up too late. I figured, what the heck, tomorrows Friday! Now I'm paying for it! I'm half asleep! It'll be OK though. I started a pot of chocolate coffee a couple of minutes ago, so soon I'll have not just caffine, but sugar also coursing through my veins!
Yeah, life is that good!
Mornin, coffee, a chocolate milk and a couple doughnuts for me n J birds Zoe
Got some good news bout 6 am, Kris called and they were on their way to the hospital, so hopefully we'll have a new grand-daughter in a while. Me n Mothers planning on going up this afternoon.
Not to bad a morning here sunny n 56, head for a high in the 70's. The weather for the next few days is going to be crazy, lows tomorrow in the low 40's, with high in the mid to upper 60's and next week warming up to the upper 80's, close to 90.
ROB , a sallow well pump should work ok, you'll want a low pressure shut switch on it in case it runs dry. One other thing, if you leave your well water lines connected too [backup]. You'll need to install need install check valves on both sides, to prevent any chance contamination of your drinking water from back flow.
RYAN,, looked like you n ROB may get some rain left over from the hurricane today on the weather map this morning. Sure a hoping anyway
Texas STEVE ,,, glad you folks made it ok with out much damage. TV showed some areas didn't far so well though
RT,,, great to hear from ya, and good news bout the job, but it's it going to interfere with the diet, working in a bakery.
GARY,, liked the Amtrak pics
TRENT B, good to hear from you also. Sounds like thing are going well, even with a few problems. Keep us updated on the trains.
JWAR ,, welcome to the dinner n hope you enjoy your visit here.
FERGIE,, closing an estate is a pain I feel for ya. I helped mom with my grandma's. Hope ya has a safe trip at sea.
DICK,, the price of everything is going up as far as heating this year. We mix pellets n corn and at least the corn price is down. Just a thought, if I remember right we were running the stove some last Sept.
Needs ta get movin, J Birds hollerin to go outside. Hope ya'll has a good safe day
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I got this shot from the roof of the Midtown Consolidators shipping office. It was quite tricky to get balanced just right.
egmurphy wrote: And the banana cream pie is excellent.
*Throws Pie at random person's face and lands with a resounding splut*
Your right, that is good pie
-Morgan