Ms Mook - My aunt still tells the story about how our Sheltie mix kept her company while she was nursing a knee problem. We were visiting the cottage and brought the dog along, as we often did. The aunt was stuck at the cottage while everyone else went somewhere, and Keiko (the dog) provided some TLC.
Beautiful day here in the north country - sunny, warm. Quite the change after the past week plus of cool and rainy.
Getting the house whipped into shape and "mom ready." But there's still more to do. Back to work!
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 time at the Sunday school picnic.Need some R+R myself right now.Back to work tonight.
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 Evening
Everything is all well in cobwebville..the dust bunnies and spiders have fled the scene and now the layout is clean again..I even managed to glean the tracks a bit and ran some trains around....YES!!!
It was a kind of dull day here for awhile but the sun did show itself more often...but..we are getting some dull and rain for tomorrow...sigh.
Anyway...off I go checking out the forums...
Mooks: He was keeping an eye on me.....
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/
Ya know, every now and then we go to a motor vehicle accident that makes you wish you'd seen it happen - it was probably as good as anything Hollywood turns out. Unfortunately, there's usually a bad outcome for someone.
Had one of those tonight.
Arrived in the area of the reported accident, found some skid marks, but no car. The skid marks indicated that a vehicle had narrowly missed a power pole.
Further investigation of the tire tracks through some tall grass led us to the car, well concealed in a small copse of small trees.
They apparently "flew" it in, as the tracks in the tall grass disappeared, and there was no damage to the trees between the last tracks on the ground and where the vehicle was found.
The tracks and skid marks indicate they went off the road on a slight curve, overcorrected, crossed the road, a driveway, the field of tall grass, went airborne after hitting a high spot, and ended up in the trees - a distance of 200-300 yards.
By the time we arrived, all three occupants were gone - taken to the hospital by persons unknown.
We're figuring that speed was most likely a factor, especially considering the reported ages of the occupants - around 20.
morning
we have a set of curves down the road from us. The fences get plowed over in winter. Makes the twp trustees and cemetery keepers most unhappy. The NS crane at work can't come out until an autorack train gets out of the siding.My Monday is done.time for bed.
Good Morning
Back to dull and raining again....and tomorrow as well now...yay
Today is just sittin' 'roun' doin' nuthin' day...my lungs need it...cough cough cough gack hack hack....so I be jus' sittin'....
Tree - kids were very lucky. Sometimes no one "find" the car until way past too late - as you know.
Joe - maybe crane could move interloper? At least take out one car for a pass-thru?
Kalmbach - I renewed - now will you take down my yellow banner?
Moo....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
tree68 Ya know, every now and then we go to a motor vehicle accident that makes you wish you'd seen it happen - it was probably as good as anything Hollywood turns out. Unfortunately, there's usually a bad outcome for someone. Had one of those tonight. Arrived in the area of the reported accident, found some skid marks, but no car. The skid marks indicated that a vehicle had narrowly missed a power pole. Further investigation of the tire tracks through some tall grass led us to the car, well concealed in a small copse of small trees. They apparently "flew" it in, as the tracks in the tall grass disappeared, and there was no damage to the trees between the last tracks on the ground and where the vehicle was found. The tracks and skid marks indicate they went off the road on a slight curve, overcorrected, crossed the road, a driveway, the field of tall grass, went airborne after hitting a high spot, and ended up in the trees - a distance of 200-300 yards. By the time we arrived, all three occupants were gone - taken to the hospital by persons unknown. We're figuring that speed was most likely a factor, especially considering the reported ages of the occupants - around 20.
I do not remember just how many mishaps occurred while we lived there, but some stand out. One, which I have mentioned on a thread or two, occurred the evening after one of my brothers trimmed the hedge drastically--and a Greyhound bus started up the alley because the driver was looking for a tall hedge to indicate that he needed to turn. Another evening, as we were eating supper, we heard a noise out front, went out, and found that a car that had gone through the hedge was stopped just short of our front porch.
Three others came about during night hours. One was quite simple: a car came up the alley and stopped in a wire fence. Another was not so simple, at all: a big (for back then) rig with a load of coffee, instead of turning right turned left and landed in the ditch in front of the house; the driver said the brakes locked. The third one had the possibility of being the worst of all: a rig with tankload of gasoline turned turtle after making the lefthand turn; there was no fire, but all of the gasoline drained out.
I do not remember that anyone was hurt seriously at any time, though.
Johnny
Mookie Kalmbach - I renewed - now will you take down my yellow banner? Moo....
Never mind! Funny business is back.
Mookie Never mind! Funny business is back.
yep....same here....
*comes in wheezing and coughing...coff coff coff coff coff..gasp WHEEEZE...coff coff coff coff gasp WHEEEZE....*
Hello...it is now very muggy but cool out here....69F feeling like...would you believe 80F?....great galloping mugginess!!
well, the day of doin' nuthin' got kickstarted by doin' a bunch of runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff by wife who thought I needed some working out...oh joy...oh bliss...at least it only took a couple of hours...now I an sittin' 'roun' doin' nuthin'....
BOC - work fascinates me...
I can sit and watch it for hours.
Mookie BOC - work fascinates me... I can sit and watch it for hours.
ROFL!!!
Good Morning...
Another dull drab kinda dribbly day here...high of 70F expected...
We are going out later on to pick up supplies for our very expensive hobby ... and check out a couple of music stores as well...mmmmm...come to think of it..seems about fair...
afternoon
busy doing errands this morning.Had to get things back in line on the vehicle.Guessers calling for thunderboomers tomorrow.Getting everything set for the weekend.Glad someone cleaned the lunchpail.Back to work tonight.
Joe
AM, PM, what's the difference? It's calling Mom to see where she is as I'm standing at the airport, only to find out she hasn't left yet, and that I'm 12 hours early at the airport.
That's OK. Had a nice lunch with daughter and grandson anyhow.
Naptime, then heading for the airport. Again.
I tried that ONCE, the Boss didn't appreciate it!
Of course that was well over 40 years ago!
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!!
....and now for a roaring chorus of "Smoke On the Water".....oops - there is not a drop of water to use at 100 Degrees.
Big smoke plumes as one looks north or south from my 8th floor perch.
guessers say we could get rocked and rolled this afternoon and tonight. Ns crane still in the siding.Saw a nice C&O passenger car on the back of the capitol limited this morning going west. Let Carl know it was coming. Went into town already. Saw 3 CSX westbounds too. Time for a nap. Tonight is last night before vacation.
Yeah Joe. Vacation - mmm - they are nice. Especially when you never have to go back to work-work.
Fishing @ 7 am. 3 bass. Since I guard Millie while he fishes, I play dodge the sun. But for right now - I have a good plan, altho it calls for parallel parking in diagonal parking. But at 7am - I could park in all the parking spots. Drive me an 18 wheeler, to boot!
Off to organize trains for BNSF. Lunch under the bridge and a nap between trains. Nice north breeze.
MC - you and Houston Ed really ought to think about moving to the Land of No Nonsense. You could just smell the smoke from Colorado and Houston could have heat and humidity offset by snow and cold. Plus I would have people to take train watching that would know more than I do and would stay awake, too!
Had to go up to Louisville today for my 6 mo. visit to the Opthalmologist. Glaucoma is beginning to rouse its ugly head. So whenever I get a text message from the Pharmacy, will be starting on the glaucoma eye drops. Next dr. visit will be in December. Other than that, everything else is going all right for me. Nothing exciting, although I DID get to see ONE CSX train today, on the way to the eye doctor.
I knew it was hot & muggy outside: the heat index at 4:18 is 101 degrees; haven't heard the current temp.
Everyone have a good evening, take care, and see you all later.
SMOKY FEATHERS - The wind shifted around here.
CW - I have had glaucoma for around 15 years. Have had laser surgery twice and more rounds of drops than I care to think. But it is controllable and my eye dr yesterday said everything looks very good. Drops are a nuisance, however.
Sir Chicken - cof , cof.....maybe go sit closer to "aspragus" ....
Joe - weather doesn't look all that good. Actually something I don't think I have ever seen or heard of before. Remember: Stay Safe!
Saga of my electronic world and welcome to it. I know 99% of you have cell phones - no biggie. Mine is silent in my purse and only used when I want to recharge it or add time. No emergencies at all. But tonite - in all my brilliance - I figured out I can use my cell and maybe a whole minute to call downstairs here at the 2 story and have the Driver pick up the portable he has at his elbow to tell him something. Didn't want the portable either but it came with new answering machine.
Yelling down the stairs was so much easier and..... free!
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
Hey, Joe! DUCK!!!
Looking pretty nasty out there. Lots of watches and probably warnings.
Noting your comments on your cell phone Jen....I changed my cell phone and type several months ago. No contract now. And somewhat of a good deal on minutes. Purchase one hr....and receive three hrs.
The deal is good for the life of the phone....It came with 1400 min. too, so need not buy any for a while, but believe I'll do so one of these days and watch how it works.
Quentin
Q - no contract here. But I have over 100 min that I don't need - in my purse. So getting 4 more hours - would only make my purse heavier.
Why can't I trade them in on gas for Millie? Now that makes sense!
Mookie -
Sorry to hear about your health issues. Best for a full recovery.
8 N' Sand
rvos1979Smoked chicken, tasty...... Little damp here at the house, missed the big stuff so far. Time for bed, have to be rolling at 1am for Fairfield, OH......
(and you would also be 35 miles SE of a nicely repainted MILW GP-20 that ought to get your Cheesepicker's attention in Connersville,IN)
EightNSand Mookie - Sorry to hear about your health issues. Best for a full recovery. 8 N' Sand
Pssst: Tree? Did you find Mom? If so, tell her hi from the crowd! ^~^
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