Hey Sam,
I know the feeling. The video card drivers on my computer are acting up. Screen occasionally goes haywire. Got a call in to my guru but haven't heard back. Just one of life's aggrivations.
Norm
"Um.....Son? can you come look at the computer for a second?""Awe geez Dad. What did you screw up this time?"
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Mookie:
I know it has been a couple of days since you posted this, but today we had a similar happenstance to the family 'puter.
All of a sudden we had black lines over the 'favorites bar', and patches of black where instruction screens would normally appear. |(] Got mad, and throttled my PC by the cord. Unplugged it. That did not fix anything but I felt like I won the battle with the machine. Anyhow, after several hours, Iturned it back on, and 'Windows was 'updating' went thru that for about 40 minutes, and now it seems to be back to 'normal'... No idea what the problem with it was, but I now feel better, and my wife is not complaining ,"...I Broke it..." I guess you just have to take your victories where you can.
happy birthday Larry.Ns had a frieght going eastbound and the local had gathered cars to take back as well.Ma Nature is going to cool us off and blow the leaves this weekend.Going to work on a project for my Dad.
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").
locomutt Happy Birthday Larry & Carl!!
Happy Birthday Larry & Carl!!
Geez - you'd think I'd remember Carl's birthday. Been so busy getting stuff ready for Pumpkin Trains that I've lost track of everything else...
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...
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!!
Colors are past peak around the house, and most of the trees around Thendara are bare. On the up-side, with no leaves blocking ones view, you can see just how rugged the countryside really is.
Headed for the railroad Friday to set up for Saturday and Sunday's "Pumpkin Trains." Lots to do. Maybe someone will show up to help!
afternoon
swamp mowed.Our trees are starting to turn.Two days ago they were green now they are a golden yellow.Ns had a westbound in the siding and 2 trains going by when I left work.No cars uptown.Back to chores.Tomorrow is Friday.
Mookie Puter found a new game to play - hide the favorites. Puter doctor just left! No more games! At least the patient will live and act like it should now. It sits really close to a window to be doing "funny" things!
Puter found a new game to play - hide the favorites. Puter doctor just left! No more games! At least the patient will live and act like it should now. It sits really close to a window to be doing "funny" things!
(Our cyber-geeks are trying figger out how Outlook started talking in multiple tongues (like Russian & Japanese) by encrypting what's being sent out as e-mails. Other folks firewalls decided the thuff was spam instead of legit. Weird...)
Joe - we found your rain.
All quiet here today. Had some middle schoolers at the fire department on a community service project. They got the trucks all washed for us, and cleaned up our banquet hall, too.
Still gathering up all my stuff for the Punkin Patch. It's amazing how things wander in a year...
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
all clear on the main and siding.local has empties to pick up.Matt has confirmation class tonight.time for chores.
Joe
rain here in nw ohio.ns still has an empty coal train in the siding.The local is parked uptown as well.Csx had to clean up an engine fuel spill west of town.Chores to do.
Last day of the regular season at Thendara is in the books. Next weekend is our "Pumpkin Trains" (Carl's been there!), then it's quiet until "Black Friday."
It wasn't a bad day - 101 on the first train, which averaged the day out as still passable, even if only 7 rode the second train of the day. Holidays can be funny like that. Sometimes people come out, sometimes they don't.
Our Polar Express trains start November 21 - I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of running, if last year is any indication. I enjoy working on the train (the people are fun), but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
have a wepx train waiting to go back west plus a tank train.(couldn't see the placards).The local was also uptown moving around.Got my flu shot today after work too.Time to catch up on things around here.
But you can drive thru this zoo. And... Park in the park.
I was going to say something about a fence around...but I will retain my ladyship and not say it.
We have something similar to this. We call it a zoo. It has other animals too.
Murphy- I am sorry to report that the elk that were there last year are now missing and the bison are in that enclosure. The bison look very well fed....and were all down for a nap when we were there.
The ducks and geese were doing what they normally do - fertilizing all the ground around them. This must have been Illinois day since a lot of the license plates going thru the park were from there. Maybe they all come to Nebraska to celebrate Columbus Day?
DE - you are probably one of the few that know the postal abbreviation for Deleware. Congratulations. That was for Joe - Detroit Edison, don'tchaknow.
Murphy Siding " DE came in with 6 on the headend" Delaware?
" DE came in with 6 on the headend" Delaware?
Probably Detroit Edison.
Mookie Another successful 2.5 hours trackside. 21 locomotives - 2 of them CSX. Moving a lot of them around since DE came in with 6 on the headend, headed west. And a lot of grain moving back and forth. I heard they are just about done with harvesting in some areas, so this didn't surprise me. Went to look at the bison/geese/ducks at a local park. Couldn't find the Elk but did see a red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence post right in front of Millie's nose. He didn't seem too concerned about us. And while I was watching an eastern bluebird on a fence with binoculars, he was watching me thru the other end. No, Murphy - I had the binoculars, not him! Score one for Mookie! Life is good! Chilly, but good!
Another successful 2.5 hours trackside.
21 locomotives - 2 of them CSX. Moving a lot of them around since DE came in with 6 on the headend, headed west. And a lot of grain moving back and forth. I heard they are just about done with harvesting in some areas, so this didn't surprise me.
Went to look at the bison/geese/ducks at a local park. Couldn't find the Elk but did see a red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence post right in front of Millie's nose. He didn't seem too concerned about us. And while I was watching an eastern bluebird on a fence with binoculars, he was watching me thru the other end. No, Murphy - I had the binoculars, not him!
Score one for Mookie!
Life is good! Chilly, but good!
Well, under the heading "you just never know," patronage at our chicken BBQ was much less than we expected. Last time we had a good weather day, we sold out in no time. It was cool, but sunny today, and we ended up with around 60 out of 450 halves of chicken left over (plus salads, etc). It's always a ****shoot...
Off to the railroad tomorrow for Columbus Day trains. Hopefully they'll be well attended. It being a "solo" holiday (ie, people aren't planning longer trips, school vacations, etc) maybe we'll see a lot of "day trippers."
I miss the old-fashioned mechanical cash registers......
Carl - best wishes!
I survived the wedding train last night, mostly because I was sitting in the cab, running the locomotive. We did get in kinda late, which made for a really late bedtime for moi.
Today, we made salads. Tomorrow, we barbeque 450 halves of chicken and hope our area residents are hungry!
The cash register decided to give up the ghost, so I'm trying to get a new one learned and programmed for use tomorrow as well. They're wonderfully high tech, but still a pain to learn.
Back to the book.
ns had a westbound coal train in the siding.No cars to pick up uptown.Friend wants to come over and test his locomotives.Tomorrow is wedding day.I get to dress up in a tux and dance out the door after the ceremony.Going to be fun.
Seems that railroads aren't immune from bad truck drivers:
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/10/09/3904012_semi-crash-on-valley-highway-takes.html?sp=/99/100/&rh=1
Note that due to the proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal, "BNSF" is a "four letter word" around here, and anything involving the railroad is reported... getting sick of constant "oil train bomb" and "more trains=ruin of county" articles. Also, oil trains are used in local election attack ads, regardless of the inability of state government officials to do much of anything. Needless to say, toxic by inhalation gasses aren't even on the radar screen.
Today is our holiday. Cool, but dry. We will stay home so Pat can celebrate at her sewing machine. I will celebrate being married to an older woman while I can. Of course, we'll dine out today, at both of our favorite venues by the tracks.Hey! Look what I got back! Much appreciated.
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)
Why is it?? I have a paid holiday on Monday (Columbus Day) and it's supposed to rain all day
home safely from the wedding rehersal.Saw some ns on the nkp line.On the NS nyc line it was all clear.The local had some empties to pick up in town.Time for bed.
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