blownout cylinder Tree: The line went through here with barely anything but a couple of flashes and nothing...
Tree: The line went through here with barely anything but a couple of flashes and nothing...
Round One barely wet my driveway. As long as Round Two is clear of us by 1230, we're golden.
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 Morning
Well, after our return to winter we are now in summer mode...going to a high of 76F feeling like 84F....
Today will feature some train running and cleaning out the lost cause that is our so called garage....
Have a good day!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
We're about to get wet courtesy of of friends to the north, but it looks like it might clear out by noon, if the thunderstorms they were threatening don't start firing early.
I can narrate from the relative safety of my canopy, but that still leaves the students out in the rain. Not good.
morning
muggy outside here in nw ohio.matt did well in his presentation yesterday.his teacher was impressed.Chores and errands to do later.breakfast is all set.
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").
John: Probably. You get water, you get ergos. So....
Serve with mustard!
Q - our humdity went down as temp went up, but now just the reverse is happening. I turned on air, ceiling fans and floor fans. But before that - we went fishing (fish were hiding) and then train watching. Trains were sorta hiding. Lunch, however, was not!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie Now 98 and I am definitely passing this on to the east! Getting out my cookbook - "How to cook Iowa and beyond!"
Now 98 and I am definitely passing this on to the east! Getting out my cookbook - "How to cook Iowa and beyond!"
Jen.....some of it has already leaked on east.......We were in the upper 80's here today...Some humidity with it too.....Did you send that along....In fact, it was still 80 at 8 pm. Have my ceiling fan on here in the office.
Quentin
You mean ergos as in snails?
Baked Alaska.
Boiled Iowa.
What'll they think of next?
John WR I never knew Iowa is something to eat.
I never knew Iowa is something to eat.
We'll take about 80 of those degrees here in NY. Actually, we're supposed to see them later in the week...
Would be nice to have some of that warmth tomorrow, though, as we bring the prom-goers out and try to scare the daylights out of them by staging a serious accident. I get to narrate. It's not as easy as it sounds, especially when "victims" are laying "dead" on the ground...
We haven't done one at this school in several years, and last time we did, texting wasn't the factor it is today. In fact, I'd suggest that texting while driving today is a bigger problem than kids of high school age driving drunk.
Mookie Yo! Houston! Come and get your 96 degrees! We are trying to have spring up here!
Yo! Houston! Come and get your 96 degrees! We are trying to have spring up here!
Spring?
What’s spring?
Oh yeah, that week between not summer and summer….I remember now, you guys have it as a whole season, right?
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I wish this were Facebook and I could just click "like" on your post (Joe's, too!), but it isn't. So I'll just tell you that I'm out train-watching today in shorts and short sleeves (86 in Lombard right now), so Joe, it's definitely headed your way--no guessing involved!I'm trackside in Elmhurst while they're gutting parts of our house. I suspect the kitchen is completely devoid of kitcheny things by now. Last night was the first night that they left the passages between the old house and the new room open, and after today we probably have no choice. The final opening should be punched through where our dining room window used to be. In other news, it's outlet and switch boxes going in on the interior of the new room (who knows...maybe the kitchen, too!), the outside steps are done, the driveway gets paved today (add-on project, but very necessary).Metra has been having a rough time on this line today, beginning with switch problems downtown at Lake Street again. But the trains are only down about ten minutes or so now, instead of 30-40. Meanwhile, the freights have kept me busy, and I'm logging things nearly as quickly as I get them. And there's some good stuff, too! Time to pack up and venture back home. I had to retire my old computer case, and this one isn't quite as bicycle-friendly. That and the headwind will make it a long, hot trip back.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Just thought I'd drop in a say "Hi" to you all. Clear skies here in Shepherdsville this morning, going for a high in the low to mid 80s this afternoon.
Will be up in Louisville again next Wednesday, the 20th, for a visit to my family doctor. Will have to go without one of my meds until I go see the doc.
Everyone have a good day, take care and see you all later.
Frost this morning. Up to +44F right now, but those balmy 70's are still a few days away...
Going to be dull and cool again...high of 50F this time...tomorrow? 77F....up and down, up and down....
Off to work at work...have a good one!!!
tuesday done.Need to take professor Matt to school today.It's teach the teacher day.He has his speech already done he just wanted help packing up the train cars.breakfast is ready.Chores and things later.Guessers say a warm up is on the way.
Joe
Mookie Been watching a little hockey. I was musing - if you tear someone's head off and throw it on the ice - do you later tell him that it was nothing personal - just part of the game?
Been watching a little hockey. I was musing - if you tear someone's head off and throw it on the ice - do you later tell him that it was nothing personal - just part of the game?
BC We live with the 'in" crowd - our duplex holds the cold in winter - in.... and the heat/humidity of summer - in. So central air is really important with a big winter wardrobe for lounging.
Been watching a little hockey. I was musing - if you tear someone's head off and throw it on the ice - do you later tell him that it was nothing personal - just part of the game? And if you happen to play on one side and then later get transferred to an opposing team to play with...well, you get the idea. Saw a stick go up under the visor - oops - I didn't realize this helmet was occupied?
I don't usually watch or even see hockey except play-offs. And it does keep me from seeing my seriously intellectual programs - like American Greed and Suze Orman (yeah, I really do watch 'em!) But any hockey is still better than - well, just about all of cable tv!
SJ: you mean...you have...air conditioning?We have cool bedrooms, and that's about it. Not cheap, just frugal. Contractors were showing us the way heat and moisture will be controlled by the design of the insulation in the new room. Sticking insulation "up there" is a lot more complicated than it used to be. This will be the first room tall enough to allow a ceiling fan with headroom; that ought to help.Today is moving day--got to clear out the kitchen, because walls and cabinets will be removed tomorrow. This little work station may not last too long, either...Since last week, we've gotten a new breaker panel to replace the old fuse box, soffit and fascia on the new room, electrical conduit in the new room (we know where the switches and outlets will be), and black dirt on the neighbor's yard where things got chewed up. Our driveway has vanished, to be repaved this week (fortunately, we have a place for our car to sleep).
If nothing else, the weather reports on here are a lot more interesting than the local weather!
Q - Sir Chicken travels a lot and always covers a lot of ground really fast. That's why he talks about my "net" cuz you have to catch him as he whizzes by (but always driving very carefully!) That's why a personal visit is so fun - he manages to slow down to a blur. (plus I live just off an access road - Interstate 80)
Off to see if switch needed from heat to air today - a process I don't like - thermostat is programmable and labor intensive! You rent - you get cheaper commodities!
Moo....
.....A beautiful clear sky and sunshine here this morning....but again, on the cool side.
Earlier, 41 degrees, and it's to rise to low 60's today....which would be 10 plus degrees below normal. But I must mow again, so this will be fine, after the grass gets dry.
Heard from Charlie...and he's on the go...{That seems like every day}....Highly in demand. "Fix it guy", and head on to next problem. Of course we speak of Mudchicken.
Well, we found 2" of snow on our lawn this morning...now pretty much melted off..thankfully...going to a high of 44F later on...
Doing the work from home thing this morning..then off to meetings this afternoon...project managing is so much fun....
Mayhaps may get some train time in later on...I do have an operating session planned for Wednesday...heeheehee
Have a great day peoples!!
Monday done.breakfast is ready.Frosty outside.chores to do later.
No accumulation, but we did get grauple - snow pellets (sometimes called "soft hail.") tonight, and it's been windy and cool all day.
Just got back from an interesting call. Dispatched as car vs pole, it turns out the car never touched the pole. The pole apparently broke from old age, causing wires to droop, and that's what the car hit. In the process, however, we think they pulled down the pole.
They ended up with the wire from a service drop wrapped around a front axle, so the car got towed.
While we were on scene we got snow...
It's only 8:30 in Phoenix, so time to call Mom and see if she had a nice mother's day.
Mookie Thank you CW. My daughter/family is in Malaysia right now on a missionary-type visit. She will be back the end of May, but with the magic of e-mail, she is never very far. May 12 and we are sitting @ 36 degrees. Mid 90's on Tuesday. They "think" this will be the last of the cold weather today. No comment.
Thank you CW. My daughter/family is in Malaysia right now on a missionary-type visit. She will be back the end of May, but with the magic of e-mail, she is never very far.
May 12 and we are sitting @ 36 degrees. Mid 90's on Tuesday. They "think" this will be the last of the cold weather today.
No comment.
Same difference here….Friday it was raining so hard it went sideways, flooded lots of the bayous out of their banks, muggy mid 80s…yesterday humid and 89, today, mild, maybe hit 80, sunshine and dry….ma nature must be bored and trying out new things for May.
Happy Mother’s Day to you all.
I know it's Mother's Day, Ma Nature, but could you please stop playing yo-yo with the temperatures? It's wreaking havoc on some of our immune systems......
Finished up spring landscaping today, got a few more projects knocked off the list. Garden has been worked up, should be ready for planting when it finally warms up. Now I can concentrate my efforts on the inside, which can finally involve model trains again.....
Tomorrow, it's back to the daily grind of work, and the realization that I am approaching three quarters of a million miles traveled in about six years.....
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
Well, good evening...
Well...we got to....35F with winds and snow/hail/sleet ...just a wonderful bunch of stuff for our viewing pleasure
I actually got a whole lot of rewiring done on a couple of yards and part of the back track here...now I can see if'n it will do better than it did the last time...dang tortoisii
Anyhow, have a peaceful evening...
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