To clarify - I have always been a touch typist long before puters were born. Don't like to mouse any more than necessary. And in our "office" (spare bedroom) we have the Dell Studio for me and the Dell laptop for him.
They both have keyboards, a mouse and are easy to use. Have to be careful on the laptop - it has touch screen which is totally unnecessary!
I hate this laptop - even at 150% it is hard to read and it has the biggest screen I could get. Text size is the largest I can go and it just drives me nuts to work on it. But....
It works and that is more than I can say for the studio. I have this connected directly to the router. I can't do that with the studio - would require some crawling and fussing and since it is only sick until Monday - I can wait.
I had an optical mouse at work few years back. Hated it. They were still using batteries and it would go dead every few days. Gave it back to boss and plugged my trusty mouse back in.
For Murray - is cooler here, but humid. Did get a little rain last nite - raining right now. Sorry 'bout that!
CW - what color is Mookie and what color is da chicken?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie, Baby Mookie and Baby Mudchicken are both black. About the only way to tell them apart, is Mookie's back legs have a reddish tint to them. Mama is also black, and Daddy is white w/and orange back half.
Been out running errands: getting bus tickets for both Walt and myself, and doing a little bit of grocery shopping.
Our Friday Fish Fry is ready and on the serving station. All the regular kinds of fish, and all the regular side dishes and desserts.
Everyone have a good evening, take care, and if I don't make it back in this evening, see you all in the morning.
cherokee woman Mookie, Baby Mookie and Baby Mudchicken are both black. About the only way to tell them apart, is Mookie's back legs have a reddish tint to them. Mama is also black, and Daddy is white w/and orange back half. Been out running errands: getting bus tickets for both Walt and myself, and doing a little bit of grocery shopping. Our Friday Fish Fry is ready and on the serving station. All the regular kinds of fish, and all the regular side dishes and desserts. Everyone have a good evening, take care, and if I don't make it back in this evening, see you all in the morning.
The "Kitties" almost look like twins!!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Watch for safety glasses on baby MC....
I don't think it is the glasses you have to worry about, but those work boots....
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cherokee woman Well, we have decided to name the little kittens: the one we know is female, is now called Mookie, instead of Explorer; the other one, formerly Bashful is now Mudchicken.
Well, we have decided to name the little kittens: the one we know is female, is now called Mookie, instead of Explorer; the other one, formerly Bashful is now Mudchicken.
Now those must be some high-tone cats!
Larry, I saw you in the video. Now I know how to say Thendara. I was riding on the Alberta Prairie tourist railway a few years ago when were were "robbed" in a similar manner. I was carrying my scanner, and the fellow I was with said it didn't quite seem so spontaneous when we could hear the conductor calling out; "½ a car length... 15 feet...10 feet... 5 feet.... that'll do!"
It is noisier than a boiler factory in here again today, but at least I know what they are up to now. My building is on the stub end of a street that had been blocked off a number of years ago. It did have parallel parking on both sides, but now they are taking out some of the boulevard on one side and creating angle parking on my side of the street. Where the cars used to park on the other side is now the access way. I have a couple of more weeks now to put up with this racket.
75° and sunny now, but we are under a thunderstorm watch. We can look forward to similar type weather for the next seven days. I heard a meteorologist on the news last night say we received 80% more than the average amount of snow last winter, and 40% more than the average amount of rain this spring. So, it is no surprise that the minute we get nice warm weather we get thundershowers.
No new RR news.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Picture of the "Outside Cats" at feeding time. "Dad" is the white/orange one, kitty closest to the house is "Mudchicken", kitty closest to camera is "Mookie" with "Momma cat" at the far right.
Haven't seen safety glasses or work books near any of them.
Should mention that the flowers in the foreground are in one of Sarah's flower beds.
Good Saturday morning everyone. Getting an early start this morning. Today is our annual Health/Fun Fair at the Community Center, and before I get there to work, have to go pick up my meds. Have to be there around 10 a.m., to help with setting up. The Fair itself runs from 11 a to 3 p.
Everyone have a good day, keep cool, take care, and I'll see you all this evening for our pizza fest.
afternoon
went to the church to get things set up.mother nature sent some rain our way.we should be okay for tommorow morning.have chores to do here at home.
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").
Peace be with you and good afternoon. It is 88 and sunny in Carolina, with a chance of thunder later. We had a lot of thunder last night, noisy but very little rain with it.
Everyone have a safe cool day
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)
Obviously our cable company reads over our shoulders. We left for most of the day and miraculously - my puter is fixed! At least for now. Practically grabs the mouse out of my hand to get me to my destination!
Appt is still on for Monday for tech to check it all over. Going to let him....so TWC - keep him coming. I am not satisfied quite yet until we do a full exam!
Otherwise - sunny - not too warm but very humid. Nice day all in all. This is what summer should be!
Most of Texas is currently on day 39 of 100 degree plus temps.
Record is 42 days I think.
Doesn't stand a chance.
Touching switch stands and railcars bare handed has become dangerous.
Thermometer in North Yard read 107 at 1300 hours.
It was 89 this morning under my car port at 0530.
Hope it rains sometime in September.....bet Murray in San Antonio is cooking.
Mookie, I told you...magic!
Hi Ed....Currently 100 and Sunny over here. Dry drier driest all over the region....
Ed, you and Murray want to come to Louisville? Our high today was only about 86, 87 degrees. We had a lot of cloud cover, which kept the temp down a bit.
Our Health/Fun Fair had a very, very good turnout today. I think we had more people than ever before. Spent about 5 1/2 hours there ( I was a volunteer helper). One of our local TV stations had a cameraman there, filming the kiddos getting their back to school backpacks, and before him, there was a photographer from the local newspaper.
Our Saturday Night Pizza Fest is now on the serving station:
1. Anchovie; 2. Canadian bacon; 3. Cheese; 4. Chicago style; 5. Goetta; 6. Ham & green pepper; 7. Hawaiian; 8. Italian sausage; 9. Pepperoni/mushroom; and 10: Supreme
Hope everyone has had a good day; may you enjoy your evening and take care. See you all in the morning.
Good Sunday morning everyone. Well, we are finally getting some rain. Big ole thunderstorm rolled in around 3 a.m., and now we are just getting good, steady rain. N-i-c-e!
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready. Plenty of hot water for our hot tea drinkers. On the serving station this morning: cinnamon strudel coffee cake, blueberry muffins, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, toast and fresh fruit.
Hope everyone has a good morning, and take care going to Church, work or railfanning this morning. See you all later on.
Even though no one has been in this morning, I am posting our Sunday Dinner menu, after clearing away and cleaning up from breakfast. Here is what is on today's menu:
1. Meat loaf w/mashed taters and gravy, corn on the cob, broccoli w/cheese sauce, peas & corn, and tossed salad.
2. Pork chop abracadbra w/veggies listed in #1.
Hope you are all enjoying your afternoon; take care and see you all later.
meat loaf - yes!
thanks for supper tonight CW.Had an early rise for our churches mission festival today.good crowd and the weather held so we could have it outside.next 2 weeks its our neighbor church's turn for their festivals.going to get a quick nap in.back to work tonight.
Temperatures not bad, humidity a tad high - I think I drank 4 liters of water Saturday, and was still thirsty.
Had to split time on RR on Friday between running the locomotive and working as trainman - short crew. Got to do the fun part, though - running uphill at the speed limit. That old F10 will get up and go. Almost too quickly.
Saturday I was trainman all day.
Sunday I was conductor, but we had enough help that I to run the engine for one of the trips. Experience is a wonderful thing.
Came home with a length list of projects. Gonna be a busy week, and I'm considering heading out to MI next weekend for "Milford Memories," and maybe a visit to Deshler and Fostoria.
Wheeee!
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...
Good Monday morning everyone. Larry, sounds like you have an interesting, if busy busy week lined up for you, after a very busy weekend. And Joe, sounds like you all had a very busy day yesterday as well.
81 very warm degrees and muggy here in Louisville this morning. A little bit of fog around this morning, in the outlying areas. Going for a high of 90, 91 degrees, with a chance of some showers sometime this morning, then again later this afternoon. Hopefully, things will be clear about 10 a.m., when going to the grocery store for me, and Walt's trip to the hobby shop.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the serving station.
Everyone enjoy your breakfast, have a very good morning, and see you all sometime later this afternoon. Take care all of you.
Larry if you stop in at deshler we can show you the newly modeled museum.yardwork done.time for inside chores.Cw thanks for supper tonight.
Joe
Well, Walt and I got our errands done, and back home. I had been home about 12 minutes, when he got home. As a matter of fact, I busy putting groceries away, when he walked into the kitchen.
We got a pretty good shower, around 3:15: it poured for about 30 minutes or so, before it slowed down, then stopped completely. Somehow, though, not much accumulated in the rain gauge.
Leftovers from Sunday Dinner are warmed up and on the serving station. Will replenish every couple of hours, or earlier, if needed.
Everyone have a good evening, and see you all in the morning.
Well, I thought I would stop by for an early supper. At least here in Mountain time zone.
70° and sunny, now. Been the same for the last few days now. Last night though, the wind was running from the NW and it is still unseasonably cold. I think at one point I noticed the smell my heating system makes when it first gets used each fall.
Got a chance to visit with friends I hadn't seen in over a year on Saturday night. And yesterday I was just busy although I can't put a finger on exactly why.
The machinery on the construction job in front of my building left this morning, and now there are men pounding away building forms for the new sidewalk to be poured. I guess now I have cement mixers to look forward to soon.
No new local RR news.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Very comfortable this morning, with a temp of 75 degrees and less mugginess. Should get up to about 85 today. Maybe Walt and I should have waited a day to do our errands!
We watched a good movie last night: Heist, with Gene Hackman, from 2001. Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all sometime this afternoon.
nice outside.breezy and sunshine and low humidity.need to run errands into town.Cw thanks for supper tonight.
....We have a little breeze blowing now. Sunshine as well. Not as hot, but humidity still up there....Did get an inch and a half of rain over night. Some lightning, but I slept thru it rather well...
Over our long weekend out east, and in noting near our home area...{Somerset, Pa.}, a large storage area of large sealed white, tubes and rotor assys. and of course large prop. blades to assemble as Power Producing Wind Mills.
Located just northwest of Somerset. So I expect they will be moving to some location nearby for assembly / installation soon. The wide, higher area of Somerset County has had wind mill "farms", now for years. One can see them over the higher elevations of the County. We could see a half dozen of them turning in the wind from our Hampton Inn hotel room in Somerset.
Quentin
Rain, glorious rain. I'm sure the vacationers are not happy campers (pun intended), but we need it. Even my arbor vitae are bowing their heads. I was pulling some weeds up from the flower garden this morning (before it rained) and got nothing but dust from the roots.
Is this where we go to share happy thoughts? Any good story has a good back story: My wife's brother died of cancer in March. Jeff was a quadrapalegic, who managed to live for 30 good years, and then this sneaked up on him. She spent the last month with him and their aging mother. After it was all over, my wife's friends all pitched in some money and told her to go buy something nice, to help her cheer up. She had about $100. With that, she bought a raffle ticket fo the Children's Home Society fundraiser- one ticket for $100. She won. Tommorrow, we get to go pick up a bright red, 2011 Toyota Prius. Our 13 year old son gave Mom his savings- $50, to go toward personalized license plates that will say: JeffWon.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Been a busy day. 1. Produce; 2. Bread Truck; 3. Back to grocery; 4. Helping Walt with a clogged drain in downstairs half bath vanity. We had 52 people for Produce this morning. On the truck today: cabbage, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, milk, zuchinni and milk. The watermelons are on the small side, but I'm sure they're just as good as the larger watermelons. Haven't cut into ours yet.
For supper tonight, we have our Tuesday Mexican Fiesta:
burritos, tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, Spanish rice, chimichangas, fajitas, along with mesquite grilled steaks, pork chops and chicken.
Our temp ended up getting to 88 degrees today, 3 degrees above the projected high. But with the lower humidity, doesn't feel too bad outside. This morning at Produce, a few people said they wished they'd brought a sweater or lightweight jacket, because they were a little bit chilly. Guess the temp had dropped to about 72, 73 degrees, with a breeze blowing, around 8:10.
Hope you all have enjoyed your day, and that it has been a good one for you. Everyone take care, have a good evening and see you in the morning.
Murphy Siding Is this where we go to share happy thoughts? Any good story has a good back story: My wife's brother died of cancer in March. Jeff was a quadrapalegic, who managed to live for 30 good years, and then this sneaked up on him. She spent the last month with him and their aging mother. After it was all over, my wife's friends all pitched in some money and told her to go buy something nice, to help her cheer up. She had about $100. With that, she bought a raffle ticket fo the Children's Home Society fundraiser- one ticket for $100. She won. Tommorrow, we get to go pick up a bright red, 2011 Toyota Prius. Our 13 year old son gave Mom his savings- $50, to go toward personalized license plates that will say: JeffWon.
Norris, sorry to hear about your brother-in-law, but, as the late Paul Harvey would say, "And that's the rest of the story." Thank you, Norris, for sharing this with us. Hope your wife enjoys her new car!!
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