Paul, We just have a few beef and christmas trees. It is just a toy farm.
On the cap idea, hmmm, we have some of the transparent paint that would work if you have several knives. It seems like there is always one cap that is lost.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Hi Gang: I just got in to work. I Mary Ann and I both had to go get lab work done this morning and then we went and had breakfast. I had to go back to the doctors and get a slip saying that I had been there for the company. Whatever.
Sue: Are you in the cattle game? You mentioned moving pastures in your last post. That idea about coloring the caps for the X-acto knives is a good one. I think that I'll just paint mine. I'll leave enough clear so I can see what blade is in them.
Well I should get to work. Actually have to go take the doctors slips down to health services and turn them in.
I'll see you all later.
SilverSpike wrote:
They should make the caps in a color so they do not sprout legs and disappear.
Guys, Glad that you like the open spaces. We do have deer, coyotes, and rabbits. We have some bald eagles and hawks that fly over daily. They hang out more when I have mowed one of the pastures. What a way to control the rodent population.
It only made it down to 20 last night. Brrrrrrr. JR, 70 degrees is sounding great right now.
Just a Hobo wrote: Is this the lovely waitress standing at my table to take my order ? Stop her from eating all that dessert !!!
Is this the lovely waitress standing at my table to take my order ? Stop her from eating all that dessert !!!
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Morning all!
How is everyone on this fine, fine morning?
Mighty warm around here for this time of the year!
hey Cloe... you need a 50. cal?? you can barrow one from Never Ending Story on Jeff's forum..
lol
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having the ham and eggs today.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/12/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
Wind Chill: 62°FHumidity: 100%Dew Point: 63°F So Far TodayHigh: 63°FLow: 62°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 15mph SSE High: 73 °FLow: 59 °F
Now through 09:00 AM CST January 12, 2007
High: 75 Through 9 AM...scattered showers will continue developing over the coastal waters east of Cameron as well as south central Louisiana. These showers will move into eastern portions of central Louisiana with rainfall rates between a tenth and a quarter inch an hour. This area will cover those east of a line from Cameron and Lake Arthur to Crowley, Ville Platte and eventually Bunkie and Marksville and will include the cities of Lafayette and New Iberia. Movement of the showers will be north at 20 mph.
Today High: 75 Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. A 20 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 62 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
I have my weekend project lined up. Building a new backdrop. I got new poster paper today for the back plate. The scene is printed but still needs to be cut out, that's a couple hours work right there. I have to take down the old back plate, as the backdrop on it is fading and is definately looking it's age. The new back plate will have to be assembled and attached to the wall. This will be done with wood glue, as before, and the back plate will be held in place with thumb tacks until the glue dries. The seams will be covered with masking tape, then the whole thing will be painted Nimble Blue. After the paint is dry, the printed sections will be joined together and attached to the back plate with a thin layer of white glue and allowed to dry. The last touch will be to add some clouds.
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
Forgot to mention earlier for Lee(LSWR), that Social Security offset wouldn't apply to every civil service job. Just the ones that don't pay full SSA taxes. Apparently Ohio has (or had) elected to have their employees only partially covered by SSA. I work for state gov't in PA (Social Security Disability in fact) and we pay full SSA taxes and will be fully covered for SSA retirement benefits. Best advice, check with your own retirement plan and SSA local office for your specific situation.
Good Morning All,
I'll have a cup of Lucs' coffee, cream no sugar and one of Bills donuts please.
37F and partly cloudy out just now. A late start so I can see the sun already. High today should be in the low 40's with clouds then rain starting tonight. So much for sunny and mid 70's this weekend - it's supposed to rain. Anyway I'm off to Philly tomorrow am using the local to Stamford andthen the Acela to Philadelphia. The local from Stamford only takes an extra 20 mins so we will have some longish stops (probably New York City) but I did want to go on the Acela just to see what it's about.
I've been thinking about MTLs' dilema at the Maine Railway Museum and how it's similar to the one we have with our steam and other power, and also other museums such as the one in Chandler (Arizona Railway Museum). It is all well and good to hit the public up for funds especially for operations, but if we're to save our railroad heritage shouldn't there be some grant program in place for non-profits to tap to keep expensive equipment restored? Clearly letting the private sector do it doesn't work well as only a few people have the cash and patience to see a project though and then they have no place to run or even display the equipment. Mostly and this was the case for a lot of steam power, they end up stored outside unstabilized until they are really only good for scrap and the equipment becomes lost forever. One might ask how many pieces need to be preserved, but I think the more the better so that a long trip to a distant museum is not the only way to see our heritage and learn. There are so many programs now that surely another that actually benefits people couldn't hurt. J.R.
Hmmm smileys not working again on the work computer.
Good morning
Happy MRRing
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-12-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
I'm gonna have a late night snack. Tacos seem good.
HI ALL!!!!!!!!!!
Latest Weather News ::: 8 That is eight inches of SNOW on the ground wednesday nite. Got up this mo0rn and all I could see was white.......First time in 25 years that we have had that much snow. You can probably git to sea it on the wether channel.Didn't even move the 4 wheel drive out of driveway. Temp. is now 30 degrees and going to 21 tonite with a high of 33 tomorrow, friday. Wether guesser says no higher then 35 untill sometime after monday, then it is supposed to start raining again, and go back up the 5o's daytime and 4o's low at nite.............I'm glad someone stole the shovel......Lots of time to work on MRR hahahahaha. I'm slowly learning how to work the new camera also the printer, Kathy loves the deal of shooting the picture and then going and printing rite away....Instant gratifaction. We are really having FUN. Iv'e even taken pichures of MRR, have not learned how to transferred to comp yet.That is next step. Both cats have gone out into SNOW and when they walk the SNOW comes up to their tale big cats and deep SNOW. Its a 1/4 till 9 and Kathy has eaten but I havn't,so I'll go out to the kitchen and get something to eat [ Kathy had fresh salmon and baked tater with cottage cheese and fresh pairs ] , I don't eat fish any kind no not at all.Her numbers are fine losing weight down to 215 after 250 on sept first very very very very good. Drs still say thatshe can have operation on one knee at a time when she gets below 180 then they will start on left knee and after healing [ 6 months ] they will do the other. Cancelled surg on back that would make 9 so they decided not to.
Well I'm going out to kitchen to get something to eat now watch some more of Thomas the Tank Engine than go to bed.
Good nite to all and God Bless and keep you well
Chuck and Kathy
Way to go Paul. If napping is practicing for retirement I practice all the time, just not when I'm driving. Well it is getting colder - Dick will we really get winter this year? Interesting day with tacos for breakfast and snowy pictures of Sues' back yard. Still it is supposed to get back up to the mid 70's here on Saturday.
As an aside, how are we copying all these pictures to the forum? Is this all cut and paste work or do some of you have laboriously assembled photo archieves? It's not easy being semi literate with computers I tell you, but I'm willing to be taught.
Der - if you are not careful with your references you will end up not with a wharf, but with a Worf. The green paint worked a treat, and the gloss mod podge over painted plywood for the water loks a bit like natural swells/ripples (scale dependant - in Z they would be breakers)Time to get some shuteye, I'll check in tomorrow after I get the youngest off to school. J.R.
Evening Gang: Nice looking back yard Sue. I've got pic's of our fields that are looking liking like that. That hasn't happened for some time now.
It's been in the upper 60's today. Mary Ann and I went to the SS office and were taken care of by a very nice young lady. We're all set and will be getting more then I had figgured on. Mary Ann is also sighned on for medicare A and B so that is out of the way. We went to her doctor to get some other stuff taken care of and then went to Weatherford to check on our parts and pick up feed. By the time we got home it was too late to go to work so we practiced being retired and took a nap. After that I went and finished cleaning out the east corral. I think that I'm going to like this retirement.
Let's see now, 21 days to the real thing.
Well it's time for bed. I've got to go in for lab work tomorrow morning. I may or may not go to work in the afternoon. I'll probably go in since it's supposed to be raining.
Good Night All
Oh.....
Hobo, that is Chloe's grandmother, she used to work in the Diner years ago.... they still use some of her old recipes though... she was just lost.....
What's all this? What's all this?
Stuck on page 2.......
................not for long!!!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Evening all, just thought I would stop in for a Mt. Dew this eveing.
I may be going to Timonium in a couple weeks after all. Just filed my federal taxes and getting a larger refund than expected. Enough to do some train shopping on Feb 3. Ain't e-filing great?
Hobo, looks Chloe just had a rough night, go easy on her. OUCH, okay Chloe, I'm leaving.
Gotta run(literally), folks, see you later.
Ummmm.......
OK.
GROAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!! Oh mon ami Ryan, c'est bon!!!!
DER JOHN: Ok, I guess that is a nice set of tools, I'll go easy. Get ready for Winter John........we have a big Arctic cold front moving towards us with vigor, our warm Winter is about to end.
GEAR JAMMER: That is mighty pretty landscape in your back yard......mine usually looks just like that this time of year...go to my picture album at the bottom of my reply, and check the pics of deer romping in the snow last year at sunset in the background.
Okay!
A little Cajun humor...
Boudreaux died and was on his way down to Hell. In anticipation, the Devil turned up the thermostat to make it extra warm for Boudreaux.
When Boudreaux arrived, the Devil asked, "Hey Boudreaux, how do you like the heat down here?"
Boudreaux says, "Mais, it's just fine. It reminds me of Bayou PonPon in July."
That made the Devil mad. That night, he turned the thermostat up all the way it could go. Man it was hot! When Boudreaux woke up, the Devil asked him, "NOW how do you like it down here?"
Boudreaux says, "Mais, it's fine. It reminds me of August on Bayou Lafourche."
As you might expect, that made the Devil all the more mad. Well, that night, he turned the thermostat down all the way it could go! The whole place frosted over. Icicles started forming from the rafters. When Boudreaux woke up, the Devil asked him, "How you like it NOW, Boudreaux?"
Boudreaux, shivering, through blue lips, says, "Mais cher, I'm one happy Cajun!"
The Devil was infuriated! He yelled, "What do you mean you're one happy Cajun?!!"
Boudreaux, still shivering says, "The Saints done won the Superbowl!"
der5997 wrote: Ryan: Thanks for finding the X-Acto knife! Now, you didn't happen to see the cap did you? That's still misisng. Dick: Hey, don't be too hard on Ryan...If you had a cool gift like that tool chest, wouldn't you want to fill it up sharpish? (...and you can't get much more sharpish than that knife!)
Ryan: Thanks for finding the X-Acto knife! Now, you didn't happen to see the cap did you? That's still misisng.
Dick: Hey, don't be too hard on Ryan...If you had a cool gift like that tool chest, wouldn't you want to fill it up sharpish? (...and you can't get much more sharpish than that knife!)
Oh.....ahhhh......
.......you mean this little thing I found on the floor next to the trash can....
Good afternoon all: I’ll have a bowl of the home made pumpkin, chicken, and potato soup please Zoe.
Sue: Nice country...looks all peaceful like. Get much wild life?
Lupo: Spellings and English…welcome to the wonderful world of a living language with all the powers of acquisition of a Borg crossed with a Ferengi!
If you type dito in Word, on a clean page it stays as is (except for Word’s insistence on capitalizing the first word of every separate line.) If you run a spell check on it, a suggestion is 'ditto'.
If you type dito in a sentence as I have twice here, Word automatically adds a second ‘t’ (which I deleted, and it was not replaced.) Strictly speaking, dito would be pronounced ‘die toe’, and ditto ‘dit toe’. That’s despite the spelling and pronunciation of dit in one representation of the sounds of Morse and similar codes being ‘dit’ as in dit, dit, dit, da, da, da, dit, dit, dit = S.O.S.
So, on the basis of that, I’d say that ditto is probably correct, and the sign is not standard usage. That gets us back to Star Trek, and the concept of “Standard”. You can bet your bottom bar of gold pressed latinum that if it has anything to do with English by that time, it will not be able to hold it’s “Standard” form for very long!
Got a wharf to build.
TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Yum! Tacos sure look good! Thanks Philip for the nice lunch today!
Hey Sue! I want a back yard like yours....