My well is drilled into limestone. To call my water "hard"" would be an understatement.
But it does taste good. I've been using what was my daughter's filter pitcher more because it reminds me to refill it when I use it than because I need to filter my water.
My water heater, on the other hand, has to be mucked out from time to time to get rid of all the stuff that settles into the bottom.
I tried using tap water in my ultrasonic humidifier, which resulted in a fine white dust throughout the house.
All the weather happened east of us again today. More forecast for the rest of the week, with Thursday supposed to be particularly wet.
Truck cleaned out, now to get my clothes ready for tomorrow. I'm one of the engineers, but I like to keep my conductor's uniform ready to go "just in case."
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...
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
Wasn't Mud's fault, the railroad's or the weed-spray contractor's fault. But sure got the blame for it and visits from several county officials and a deputy or two.
"Hello? Topeka? What's the ten digit item number for bail money?" (for at least the second time in my career)
mudchickenMooks knows all about Mud, K-Mart & the weed spray truck "incident"
Now that sounds like quite a story!
I just returned from buying a 10L container of water, along with some other groceries. If I remember correctly from my school days, that should be 2.75 US gal. for our American readers.
I got my first, on foot, close up look at the river and you can see it has dropped from obviously the highest point it has ever been. I am glad I wasn't close enough to see that, when it was happening. I wasn't out of the house three minutes when I saw a really big John Deere excavator rumbling down the road. In normal times you would never see a machine that size not being moved on a lowboy trailer. I guess compared to using the business end of the machine, moving down a paved road must put almost no strain on the engine. It didn't make any more noise going down the road than any car.
Next month I predict that one of the headlines in the business section of the newspaper is going to be "Canadian Suppliers of Yellow Police Tape Experience Record Second Quarter Revenues"! That stuff is now lying on the ground all over the place.
That's it for now.
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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Bruce:
The city, in an over-abundance of caution, has "charged" the water line pipes to disinfect the system. You will see this in places where there are line breaks, repairs or heavy fire hydrant use. Pretty standard stuff.
It doesn't matter how small the break or opening - a small impurity can thrive in a water system. If floodwater (tainted with sewage) gets into the well field - look out! The hypersensitive hypochondriacs will crowd the hospital ER. (Mooks knows all about Mud, K-Mart & the weed spray truck "incident")
(and it is amusing how "not really clean" some of that bottled water can become. - Like El Gato Mooks, bottled water is much over-rated in my book. What's mineral water to some is just hard water to others. DiningCar managed to survive water so hard you had to chew it where he grew up....He is getting a little rusty and crusty around the edges now)
Mud (= Water + Dirt)
New babies always make the world seem like a better place - for a few minutes, at least.
Bruce - I am with you on bottled water. We have some of the best tasting water in our state and yet our duplex neighbor carts in cases of bottled water. Maybe he hates carrying all the extra $$$ around.
Not sure where it came from since I haven't been paying close attention, but a storm went thru Sun nite and really tore up parts of Omaha - 50 miles NE of us. Still some power out and trees all over the place. Didn't hear a thing! I think it went just west and north of us -
Had to hold off fishing a little this morning. Up @ dark 30 but squall line going thru - more noise and lights than wet. So finally got to fish @7:30. Breezy/cool - good sit in the car and read the paper! Driver caught only one - but it makes him smile all day. That's what counts.
CA company all day tomorrow. Gone Thurs noon. Think it is what they call a drive-by?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Good Morning.
Things have started to settle back to normal around my place. We received a notice from the landlord that when the power went off abruptly Friday morning it damaged one of our two hot water heaters, so the laundry room is closed until further notice. Yesterday afternoon I got a knock on my door from a policeman who was going around doing a count on everyone and making sure everything was alright.
The one ongoing problem that is beginning to annoy me is that the City, while saying the water system is safe, has has had to put much more chemicals into the water to deal with the increase in debris brought on by the rising water. They say taste is affected by smell and that smell is really making it difficult to enjoy a drink of water as well as any juice or coffee made with it. During the high usage time, around suppertime last night, I flushed my toilet and within about two minutes you could smell those chemicals all through the apartment despite having windows open. I have never been a big bottled water user but I am going to break down later today and buy a couple of gallons to use for making juice, coffee, and ice cubes, as well as drinking it to take my prescriptions.
The cleanup activity near my building has subsided somewhat and moved on to other parts of the city.
Have a good day.
Sticky here in the wilds of northern New York, too. Yesterday you could break out into a sweat just standing there. Not quite so bad today. Still a threat of thunderbumpers.
Ran an EMS call last night for childbirth. Except that mom had already delivered when the 9-1-1 call was placed, so we just made sure everything was on the up and up and sent mom and son to hospital for a checkup.
Cute little bugger - had a pout that would do any pouter proud.
Running on a VIP special tomorrow. I'm in the engine, so I won't be doing much, if any, schmoozing.
Good Morning..Another sticky one today...and, of course, one gets to go and continue the process of getting all the crud out of the lair of doom...hopefully we will see some progress here soon....Anyhow...better get cracking here and get this dog and pony show on the road...have a good day!!
Randy: Stay cool down there!!
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/
morning
another triple h day here in Nw Ohio.had some flash and boom last night but little rain.Right now it's north of the border in Michigan. Breakfast is all set.Chores and things to do this morning before it gets to hot.Ns local has alot of work to uptown in Archbold this morning.We still have 2 southern gons in mow service by our warehouse.Time to get it done and get to bed.
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").
AgentKidBeing a publicly traded company, you would think CP should be required to post the bad news along with the good, to aid shareholders on making investment decisions.
Ask and you shall receive:
http://www.cpr.ca/en/news-and-media/news/Pages/cp-recovery-from-floods-ahead-of-schedule.aspx
The release notes that CP had outages at over forty locations. No wonder I couldn't keep up with it all. Glad to read no loss of life was incurred during the restoration process.
Greetings from deepinaholein Texas, otherwise known as the Dallas Flying J......
Got all settled into my new(er) truck, am enjoying many of the "extras" that were spec'ed with this order, like the stereo with the 10-inch subwoofer under the bed in the sleeper. I don't know if I now sound like those kids with the big stereos in their cars, they probably couldn't hear it over that big Cummins of mine anyways......
The truck also has a factory installed 1800 watt inverter, have the laptop plugged into it at the moment. When I get some extra money, I'll go out and buy a microwave and a small flat screen TV to fit in the cubby and the flat screen mount, respectively......
About 95 here today, supposed to be about the same here all week, hopefully after tomorrow I can start getting some good mileage, these little checks are not going to cut it much longer......
See everyone later....
I thought I would write and let you know how things are going around here. It is quiet right now, but there was a lot of unusual activity yesterday evening. I didn't see them, but you could hear a lot of unusual diesel powered vehicles moving about. I thought at the time they were redeploying Tonka Toys that would normally be moved on lowboy trailers. But I see on one news website that the City looks like they are using big trucks that are normally used in the oil patch, to suction up water. These trucks don't normally get used on paved roads, so they look like they are all axles and dual wheels from behind the cab to the back of the truck.
The Mayor of Medicine Hat was just on TV saying that CP is diligently working on restoring service through the area. There are some odd reports on activity on the Crowsnest line, but what I think people are seeing is supplies being moved in to repair the damages in the area. Being a publicly traded company, you would think CP should be required to post the bad news along with the good, to aid shareholders on making investment decisions. But I suppose they would tell you everyone is to busy to post updates on their website.
I might try and get a look at the river later on today.
Joe - sending you some more of that weather. It moves slow and really brightens up the radar. Hate to lose a house over rain!
Blown - I lived in an apartment that sounded like that. Also had a mouse in an office where I was working. Didn't hear the mouse, but turned around to get something behind me and on the floor in the corner was a pile of pink bubble gum. That moved! Nice young men came in a disposed of "litter".
Tree - Oh Deer!
MC - Big and Brave when small animals around, but nice to have Big Daddy & Mom during a rainstorm.
Went fishing for 2 hours - dark 30 to still dark 30. Then heard a way off sound! Either the troops are coming with a cannon or that is thunder. Sure enough - we sat outside our closed garage door and gave Millie a good bath! No more birdy "stuff"!
But 3 bass were caught, enjoyed and returned safe and sound before we made a hasty departure!
Too bad about the teenager that made so much noise while we were fishing that I had to hold his head under water.... Now don't get all excited - that was written for the people that know me - I didn't even get close to him. But I could have whacked him on the knee.....easily! Wouldn't even have to get outta mah chair! Accidently stick a pole in his mouf.... oops....
Good MorningGoing to be warm and sticky here...85F feeling like 103F...yay.Oh goodie....I get to go out in that and start working on that "Lair of Doom" again....I am now thinking about hazmat suits for glow worms for this one. There are things in there... I did hear something last night that sounded a little like something shuffling around in there...
breakfast is all set .More triple H today. Had thunderstorms that caused a power line in Delta to hit a house. House caught on fire and crews couldn't go in and save it. Chores to do and back to work tonight. Packing extra water in my lunchpail.
PDA -Deer whistles now ?
We had some actual rain last night....Hope the firefighters got it where they needed it to at least slow down the wildfires...thunder and lightning created a pair of clingy dogs. (Velcro1 and Velcro2)
Well, I'm home, too. Unfortunately, I had a run-in with a deer on the way home, less than a mile from the house, that left the driver's door dented. At least I didn't hit the deer straight on, and despite some wind noise from the deformed door, the truck is completely drivable.
Still, it's back to the shop...
Well I am back home.
The only difficulty I encountered was a somewhat appalling smell from my refrigerator and my garbage can. It certainly wasn't the worst example of those smells I had ever encountered, so that was actually a good thing. I have already replaced the groceries I lost.
In CPR news; there is no longer a mainline through Canmore west of Calgary due to erosion of the ROW, no southern line through Blairmore, AB due to a missing bridge (including the abutments), and no ROW due to erosion near Okotoks, AB (EDIT: I had incorrectly said Aldersyde earlier.) on the line south of Calgary.
Some are speculating the erosion at Canmore is Mother Natures revenge for diverting Cougar Creek into a man made channel. Now the creek is flowing down the median dividing the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. Speaking of the TCH, it is going to be closed at 7:00PM tonight at Medicine Hat, AB as the flooding moves there. CP will be affected at the same time.
Glad to be home.
Bummer.
Good Sunday afternoon everyone. Sorry I haven't made it in for several days. A lot going on.
Joe, hope you saw/read my Birthday wishes to you on FB! Sounds like you had a great time. And the picture on FB of Matt holding his newest little cousin is absolutely great.
Unfortunately, I have some sad news to deliver to you all: for those of you who may remember Nance69, who would post for her husband, Bob: he passed away 3 weeks ago. Nance had lot my phone #, so couldn't call me to let us know. He had been in pretty bad health for about a year now. Turned 92 on May 11th.
I had been trying to call them for a month now, because I just had a feeling that something wasn't right. Never could get through. Then, yesterday morning, finally made the connection. If anyone wants more details, feel free to email me at my bellsouth.net address.
Everyone have a good afternoon/evening, take care, keep safe and see you all when I can.
Good Morning everyone.
The last thing we did before going to bed last night was to check the City of Calgary's website, and we saw that the city has given us the go-ahead to return to our neighbourhood. Now I just have to wait for our Housing Association Manager to look through my building and post their approval on the Association Facebook page. I'm not trendy enough to have a Facebook page so I will get my niece to look for me.
Everyone have a good day and hopefully my next post will be from hone.
Good Morning
Thanks for the breakfast Joe..
Well...today get to go up to 86 feeling like 103...summer is here!!
Tonight is going to be our neighbourhood BBQ...hopefully we do not see rumblepuss show up...
Today I'm heading off to our neighbourhood mall to do some shopping...getting some 'early' Xmas shopping done for niece and nephew...heeheehee
Have a good'un!!!
Matt is sleeping in.We had the definition of scattered showers yesterday but had a great time.North Baltimore had thunderstorm warnings,rain in Deshler then when we crossed into Defiance county not a drop.Saw a jordan spreader and side dump ballast cars(B&O chessie & C&O) in the Ottawa siding.CSx was taking turnout track north of leipsic as well.Going to go help cousin Carlie celebrate her 3rd birthday today.Breakfast is all set.
Bruce - I saw your rain storm results on the national news. Boy, sounds like that came out of nowhere. Hope you can get back in your apartment if not today, by tomorrow.
We don't need 5 inches in an hour, but a good watering would be appreciated.
Driver took an allergy pill last nite and has had an out-of-body experience all day. Everytime I looked at him, his eyes were closed. The human face must all be connected - the eyes close and the mouth opens.....
Mookie: Plastic tub things work wonders for all those account books and such we found...they actually depict the development history for many of the surrounding communities up here!!!
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Good Evening!!we had a rumblepuss sit over us most of the afternoon..it finally started to drift off to the east of us'uns...rumblepuss being one of these pop-up thunderstorms that tend to sit for hours just grumbling and making thrashing sounds...Mnaged to actually...HAH!!...get a couple of hours nap and Spring session in air-conditioned comfort here...got to 84F and it actually felt like 106 out!!!!
Well, isn't this a fine how do you do. For those who may have missed CNN or read it on TRAINS Newswire we are having big time flooding issues in our part of the world. In fact, I have been evacuated from my home and am now staying with the family of the AgentKid's little brother.
CP has big time problems on the mainline west of Calgary, on their line through the Crowsnest Pass and on the line running south of Calgary down to the US border. My brother said as he was out walking his dog he could look down and see CP has parked rail cars on the twin bridges on the west side of the city. There were shoots taken from a news helicopter showing the same thing on other bridges in the area. They had just announced this new faster intermodal service and now nothing is moving.
And it happened so fast. There was no warning of anything bad happening on Wednesday and I was ordered out of my apartment at noon on Friday. I had already been without power since 12:50 AM that morning.We just saw shots of my area on TV and the streets immediately beside my building were dry but there is flooding just a few blocks away to the east, south and west. I could be here for a number of days yet.
I will be checking in periodically
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Happy Birthday Joe! And to your "twin" - wow 13 years apart. Guess having a big family helps the odds.
BC - I like the plastic containers idea. And a dehumidifier. With all your paper items, you need to think like a library.
Sharing HHH with rest of country. Summer has arrived as per usual.
Tree - enjoyed having Mom here. She was such a good guest, we never even knew she was here! Best to daughter.
Driver & I are spending the day playing possum. You need one of those every so often. Only way I know he is "in there" is an occasional SNORK. Makes both of us move a little!
First of all, happy birthday to Joe! You (and your sister) share this day with my baby girl (who's turning 30).SJ, the walls and floor are concrete, and should be okay--there is also insulation on the interior of the walls. I would be using plastic containers for anything stored in there, and might, if there appears to be a problem, invest in another dehumidifier, just for that area.Speaking of which, I am sitting directly above said crawl space as I write this! Desk/counter top was installed this past week.
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)
Not hot by local standards (and even a bit cool from Mom, who's used to AZ), but humid, with a 30% chance of rain.
Lunch with a bunch of cousins today, then Mom's alumni banquet (graduated 69 years ago) tonight. Outside chance I'll know some folks, but I'm not holding my breath.
Tomorrow it's a day on the train (and brunch at the Big Moose Station Restaurant), followed by a visit to daughter to see how her recovery is progressing. Mom's plane leaves at Oh-dark-thirty Monday morning, so she's spending Sunday night at the airport hotel. It's a lot better than having to hit the road at 3:30 AM to get her there on time.
And there's a 30% chance of thunderbumpers Sunday, too.
At least I got all my bedding plants in this week - I really wouldn't mind a little rain to keep them watered.
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