Modelcar .....Good luck with that project Walt.
.....Good luck with that project Walt.
Spent Friday and today (Monday) sticking little reflective dots to the diamondplate on the back of our pumper and rescue truck. I may regain use of my thumb (gotta make sure each and every one is stuck down good!) in a few days.
Here's what the finished project looks like when you hit it with the flash from the camera:
Were it not for the dots, all you would see of the trucks would be the marker lights and a few strips of reflective material. The truck on the left is our rescue - the area around the tail lights is nice, shiny diamondplate, too, but you see almost nothing of it. I decided not to put the dots there so they didn't mask the taillights and turn signals.
Interestingly, you can see quite plainly that one of the axes is missing from the back of the pumper - it was getting a little touch-up and the paint wasn't dry yet...
If my calculations are correct, there are upwards of 10,000 .75" dots there...
Chevrons such as this are now becoming standard on the rear (and sometimes the front) of fire apparatus.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Quentin
Good evening, all. Sorry about not being around since this morning; but, Walt has been on the computer, working on getting things ready for his National Guard pension, come November.
So, supper is going to be: leftover roast, taters & carrots and the other leftovers from your dinner yesterday. And if anyone wants, I can fix you up a burger/cheeseburger and fries.
You all have a good evening, and I'll see you all in the morning.
Still waiting on that .56" of rain, but nothing in sight yet. A winter storm is a'coming and the upper (western) state will likely have a bit of snow later tonight. Our projected low is 35, so the .56" will be all rain.
Looking forward to supper, thanks in advance
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
....Been melting snow in our area all night as well as this morning too....Stayed above freezing and it looks to do so on thru this week.
Overcast, but pretty bright and nearing 40 degrees. Good by snow at least by Wed. or before....and that's a good thing.
Now we're sailing into March....a transition month in some locations and the weather can go in any direction. But daylight hrs. and temps avg. are incereasing, so onward towards Spring....Just weeks away.
And just weeks away from lawn mowing....{huh,..not kidding}....If it continues in a normal fashion, that we'll be doing by the end of this month.
good morning
matt is on time and on the bus.Going to be a busy day.need to go to bed now.Mookie good luck with all the paperwork.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Good Monday morning, and Happy March 1st to everyone.
Mookie, here's your coffee (and mine, too), along with the rest of the morning beverages: Juices (oj, oj/tangerine, apple, grape and pineapple), hot chocolate, milk, hot cider and hot water for hot tea are all fresh and ready to go.
On the warmer/serving station this morning: bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, pork sausage (links & patties), scrambled eggs, fried taters, made from scratch buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy.
I originally started out on IE this morning, and it kept booting me out all the way to my desktop background. So now, I'm on Firefox, and the only thing is, I can't type in color on here.
We have cloudy skies this a.m., with a temp around 35, 36 degrees. Our high today is supposed to be 42. Possible sunshine today, but maybe we'll get lucky and see some rays today.
Everyone have a good morning, keep safe and take care.
Good morning Madamozle La Mook and everyone. 31 degrees and clear in Carolina nearing sunrise. The boffins are calling for, get this, .56 inches of rain later. One must endeavour to be accurate, I suppose. We shall see.
With that, see yall later. Stay safe
Happy March 1st.
I am still totally uncollected - too much going on right now. Among other things - think we will go file retirement papers for the Driver. After 20 years of marriage, decided maybe we can live together full-time ok.
MC - sounds like Lurch is hazardous waste site? Poor baby!
CW - coffee, coffee and more coffee. Going to be a busy day/week/maybe month!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
rvos1979 Afternoon, everyone..... Sorry about the smell in here, picked a little too high of a gear coming down the 6% grade into North Carolina, and on the 6% grade coming into South Carolina on Interstate 26, got the brakes a little warm. Didn't see any smoke coming out, and truck still stops, so no damage done. 50 degrees in Duncan, SC, right now, have the windows and vents open and airing out the truck, feels good. The smell should clear out in a little while, no longer than an hour, so dinner should not taste funny. What's on the bars still tastes ok, and I have not felt funny yet...... See everyone later...
Afternoon, everyone.....
Sorry about the smell in here, picked a little too high of a gear coming down the 6% grade into North Carolina, and on the 6% grade coming into South Carolina on Interstate 26, got the brakes a little warm. Didn't see any smoke coming out, and truck still stops, so no damage done. 50 degrees in Duncan, SC, right now, have the windows and vents open and airing out the truck, feels good.
The smell should clear out in a little while, no longer than an hour, so dinner should not taste funny. What's on the bars still tastes ok, and I have not felt funny yet......
See everyone later...
Paula; thank you for the concern bout my knee. The staples come out mon. afternoon, wow those things itch. The irritating pain has gone, replaced by irritating itch. I cant' scratch cause the knee is wrapped up with a streachy bandage. So much for my mud games for a while. Be warm and dry.
Jim
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Boy, these new places come around fast....! But that means starting tomorrow, we'll be into the month of Spring startup.....Snow melting all day here. And expect it to continue to melt all this week until it's all gone.
Perhaps we can do that by tomorrow or Tuesday....To be up to 40 or so all week.
Randy, no problem! The smell is completely out of here, and I've reset the serving station for tonight's Sunday Dinner.
1. There's the roast, taters, carrots w/beef gravy, your choice of green breans or broccoli w/cheese sauce, corn, your choice of cole slaw or tossed salad, and dinner rolls or made from scratch buttermilk biscuits.
2. Beef casserole w/above mentioned vegetables from #1.
3. Ham & cheese subs
The three of us went out for a couple of hours this afternoon. Stopped by an Open House, and went over to the CSX yard. Nothing much at all going on, while we were there; although, it did look like a train was preparing to leave the yard shortly.
Everyone have a good evening, Joe take care going back to work tonight, and you all take care.
afternoon
well glad to make it in the new place.matt and I brought mamma home and went and got nw ohio off of the buick.after that we waited at FC for q 368 and q 393.Q 393 was westbound and down with a csx/cn zebra/bnsf norange combo.going to get a quick nap in.it's back to work tonight.
joe
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Joe and Tom, thank you both for breakfast this morning. Slept in again: it was after 11:30, when I went to sleep last night, and didn't wake up until after 7:30 this morning. Took care of kitty cats and doggie before getting in here this morning.
Yeah, I'm glad I had started packing up non essential things last Thursday! I think that helped you guys with the moving (I hope!)
We may see some sunshine today, but highly unlikely. Too much cloud cover around here, but we still should see a high of around 42 for today.
I've got a big pot of roast, taters, carrots going on the stove top for our Sunday Dinner. Now, to get started on the other side dishes to go along with the roast; and I'm making up a batch of dinner rolls. Yeah, I try to do some things the old fashioned way, and make things from scratch.
Everyone have a good morning, those going to Church services, be safe, and make it back in here A-OK!
It looks nice in here. The sun shining very brightly through the windows. Have a great Sabbath.
Well, it's time to move again, so welcome to the new digs. Enjoy the buffet and warmer bars, on the house today only.
It's 29 and clear in Carolina at the present, expected to warm up some, I hope.
Everybody take care and stay warm.
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