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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:42 AM

Good Sunday morning all.  Sun is shining brightly here in Shepherdsville (Sheeptown), KY.  Slept pretty well last night (have slept well all week, not waking up through the night at all).  

Quentin, have a safe trip and enjoy every minute. 

Joe and BC, thank you for taking care of things in here for me!  Will definitely be back in Thursday morning. 

Everyone take care and see you when I can.

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:12 AM

.....A sunshine morning in our neck of the woods....we'll, some woods.

Hope this weather holds now for most of the coming week as we're on the threshold to head on out east...a bit further this time.

Must get ready for church here in a few....and then catch Sunday meal someplace with niece and nephew up here from Florida....then final prep for early morning departure.

Everyone have a good week....

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, October 21, 2012 6:18 AM

BC thanks for breakfast and getting things around for lunch.had a good time at Deshler last night.Off to church and Sunday school.Might try to see a few csx trains this afternoon.back to work tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:33 AM

Good Morning

We got the breakfast goodies out...the lunch goodies are getting prepared as we speaketh....Wink

Weather here be going to be sunny and a little milder ...high expected to be 60F...with, of course, the ever popular 30% chance of rain be falling on our'n heads..

Not much going on here except getting a few things done around the house...have oncologist appointment on Tuesday to contend with however....Huh?

Have a good one!!

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Saturday, October 20, 2012 9:26 PM

I hope they had their feathers numbered for such a contingency.....

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:33 PM

Tom, I was hoping they would come back home with new alligator shoes.Sad

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:23 PM

Yowzers. It seems that our THUNDERCHICKENS are being thoroughly degaussed in Fla today. Looks like a little refeathering is in order!

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:52 AM

The MTH track is O31, but the center Lionel stuff is 27 that I have spaced each curve with a straight.

Ummm, wasn't plannin' on scenery.  Maybe someday on the tenth of never paint the plywood gray for a "yard" operation.  Soon as I pick up more plywood, (shoot that stuff is expensive nowdays!) I'll do two more sections elevated to stretch things out with a grade.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:34 AM

.....Adrian, you seem to have your new table loaded rather well with some nice {027...?}, equipment....Won't you have to remove it all as I'd expect you will really build a "real world" scene to support all the train action.....

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:18 AM

Been home for a week straight now, so the other day went up to Harrisburg and picked up some of my ole belongings from ma's house.  Headed over to Home Depot and loaded up some wood after clearin' out 3 trucks worth of BS from the basement.  Kegerator chillin, neon signs plugged in, and man cave comin' together.

'Bout 10 years ago since these wheels turned.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, October 20, 2012 4:39 AM

good morning

juice and coffee are ready. breakfast is ready.need someone to make the pizza tonight.The crusts are ready to go.We are going to be in Deshler at a fundraiser for the museum.Going to be a haunting good time.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:27 AM

Mookie

@ -  rough week.... pull mah blanket a little higher.....

 

{{{{hugs}}}}

Good Morning...

I'm up all energetic at a weird hour of the morning ...again.

Oh well..got some HD list thingees done and now I can sit and has some forum fun...

The weather here is rain rain and more rain..and our wetland out back has now spawned a river to the front as well...Huh?

Maybe soon I'll need a bridge to go with my sidewalk....a nice curved arch bridge....

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 19, 2012 9:25 PM

@ -  rough week.... pull mah blanket a little higher.....

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, October 19, 2012 10:40 AM

A partly sunny day but cool....and more rain expected.

But better stuff is coming starting about Sunday, and I hope to take advantage of it and head out east....a bit further {east}, than the original home site. 

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 19, 2012 9:51 AM

morning

had to run errands in town this morning.Lunch will be soups and salads.Supper is going to be our usual fish fry.happy friday.better get back to chores.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, October 19, 2012 1:53 AM

Good Morning

Well, here I is..all awake again...went for a snooze earlier then, just as my head hit pillow...POW!!!...all awake.....Sigh

Oh...no one forecast any thunderinboomers up this way...but...we here in LONDON got a couple of 'em ...so today? Now they are saying a 30% chance of thunderinboomers ....kinda late don't ya think?Laugh

So...today is going to be my try to catch up on some stuff day again...

Have a good one!!

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, October 18, 2012 10:46 AM

A breezy morning...but with sunshine.  Waves of rain passed thru Indiana overnight..

My rain gauge indicated we received 1.5" of it.

It's moved on east.  56 degrees currently, and to be a bit better later.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:28 AM

morning

looks like a good can opener job on the trailer.breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready.Rain all day today.So good sleeping weather.For supper tonight we'll have soup and sandwhiches.help yourself to the turkey or chicken ***.Thankfully today is Friday.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:59 PM

Good Morning!!!

My insomnia kicked in again....so I'm up and getting things ready for a general clean up of the layout...

Weather here was just great..sunshine and mild temperatures...and next to no wind here...got up to 72F....today will bring us a mixed bag....as it will get cooler with rain in the afternoon...maybe...

mmmmmm...spokeyone.....Trailer looks kind of messed up...I think the trailer did die somewhat...MischiefLaugh

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Posted by spokyone on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:24 PM

The Brady street RR bridge struck again, but did not kill the trailer on Wednesday morning. So late this afternoon the trucker ran a red light and got hit by a car. No injuries in either accident.

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:33 PM

Houston Ed.....Look at your Facebook page to see an "old" railroader.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:19 AM

Peace be withi you. 60 and hazy in Carolina, up from 53 at 0800. It is expected to make it up into the low 70s later. My weather toolbar has croaked and I don't have the instant forecast anymore.

A belated birthday greeting to Larry. Sorry I'm late.

CW, I can relate to your brother's back problem. I have a congenital defect that makes walking or standsing very painful. I played school football for 5 years, pulled a tour in the navy and worked in construction and never knew I had it. One day, I was lifting a plumbing fixture and it shouted HEY, HERE I IS at me very loudly. It has grown progressively worse over the years, Now, I virtually live on pain med. Please give him my regards.

Everyone take care and stay safe.

Tom

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:57 AM

Hi all.  Reporting in from Sunny Shepherdsville, KY.  I'm not even sure what the current temp is, but its really cool outside. 

Joe, thanks so very, very much for taking care of things in here this week.  From the way things look now, it'll be sometime next

Wednesday for I am back home.  When my brother & neice picked me up Monday morning, we ended up taking him to the ER:  he isn't sure what he did, but he messed up a crushed vertabrae in his back, and could hardly walk.  He is on muscle relaxer and pain pills.  Seems to be doing a little bit better, and is planning to go back to work tonight. 

Everyone take care, and see you all when I can manage to get in. 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:28 AM

morning

BC thanks for putting the coffee on.Juice and breakfast is ready.going to be a warm day here.Guessers say rain the next 3 days.Time for bed.need to go to town this afternoon.matt also has an early dismissal.Mookie your deex train has moved on.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:31 AM

Good Morning

Well, good to see that I am not the only person up at strange times...dang chemo induced insomnia....

We are getting rained and winded on again...after a mainly dull day blossomed forth with sun..in time for sunset....

This morning will be rainy and cold as well as windy..supposed to stop raining later in the morning and be variably dull for the rest of the day...

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:16 PM

jeffrey....We have started to catch up a bit on the deficit of rain much of this Summer...Really destroyed crops and any thing that grows in this area....Including my really nice lawn.

It too has come back, but has a way to go yet to equal where it was before the drought.  Grass is nice and dark green, just some spots take longer to fill in.

Believe we're to have a pretty nice sunny day tomorrow too.....

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:14 PM

Modelcar
I don't care for the weather scenario you just described....Clear skies here, and I just finished mowing the yard about an hour and a half ago....62 degrees then.

Wish we had clear skies here. The weather guesser didn't say anything about rain this morning but all of a sudden the local yo-yo is talking about a 40-50% chance this evening and/or tonight. Last time he said that we got an inch and a half inside of an hour! Speaking of tonight, seems that chimichangas with chili and cheese sounds good.

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:29 PM

.....Thank you Bruce.....I don't care for the weather scenario you just described....Clear skies here, and I just finished mowing the yard about an hour and a half ago....62 degrees then.

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Posted by AgentKid on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:07 PM

Good to see you around Quentin.

We have a snow storm blowing in. In the last few minutes you can hear the wind making haunted house sound effects against the building. The wind came up so fast that fallen leaves that had been on the ground are now soaked and have blown up against my living room windows. They were talking about winds of up to 50 mph last night. The last report I saw was 45° but it has obviously gotten much colder than that in the last little while.

Happy B-Day Larry.

If you folks get a chance, check out the thread on the old road/rail bridge at East Coulee. That was the end of the line that used to run past our station at Irricana. I hadn't seen pictures of that bridge in colour before, that I can remember. After everything that has been going on around here this past six months, seeing pictures of that part of the world kind of brought me up short for a few moments.

Hope everyone has a warm good day.

Bruce

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:45 PM

.....Walt, that's no fair.  You're breaking my records.  Had an FM antenna in a box for about 5 years before I got it out and put it to work...

And....I have at least two pairs of shoes in boxes...One pair, I've never opened since I brought them home...That must be 7 or 8 yrs ago....and another pair, that I have looked at, but they are not getting any use either...Wonder why we do such things...?  This last one is a pair of Rockport type tennys....black...just the opposite of what I use each day for general use....They are very light tan....Seems when something works for me....I stick with it.  And I'm not hard on shoes.

Edit:  Noting Walts comment of Larry's birthday...I pass on my best wishes for a good special day for him too.

Another edit:  Note a roller working over on the Roanoke Hotel cam view, what looks like a removed prior Passenger platform....Perhaps was concrete,  Now it's rolling the surface that was below the concrete....Are they preparing to redo a passenger platform.....?  Can't {so far}, figure out just what is going on there}.  It's ongoing now for several weeks.

Quentin

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