evening
Ns was clear when we left work.Went into town to mow.Csx MOW was picking at FC to make sure the ballast was in the right spot.Saw an eastbound and westbound frieght with mixed cars.They also had some csx safety cars in the loads but they weren't all together.Tomorrow is Friday.Guessers say the triple h's might be coming next week.
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").
Those CSX safety cars might have been the Massachussets Call Firemen cars - usually blue and yellow. They make the rounds of the country to teach first responders about railcar safety.
Edit - several of the cars were at Fort Drum on Thursday for a drill...
Mowed the front lawn tonight - more to even things up than anything else, as it as been pretty dry here. That rain I hit around Toronto Monday stayed north of the lake and river for the most part.
I am enjoying that Vernors I picked up in MI a bit too much...
Off to the railroad tomorrow.
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...
Thanks, Mookie and Carl.
The quail, I am sure, do not miss being disturbed if I make a sudden motion (inside) when they are foraging.
I hope to be ready to travel by early November because I also have a non-refundable reservation in Milwaukee (...and got my reservations (hotel and Amtrak)....
If I make it, I am hoping to see more of my friends from the forums here. So far, I have met Carl and KCSFan, who posts primarily on the Classic Trains forum.
Johnny
Vernor's...VaVaVOOM!(I remember those commercials, and they are definitely the go-to brand for ginger ale!)Johnny, Pat and I are delighted to hear that you're planning to be at the gathering!We don't have hotel reservations yet, because we're tying other things into our trip, so we'll probably not stay close in. You do know that there is a fabulous train show at the fairgrounds earlier in the day, right? They try to get a picture of Trains Forum members at noon at the Kalmbach booth. I don't know if your schedule allows for this, but if we know you're around, transportation shouldn't be a worry.
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)
afternoon
Ns had a coal train in the siding when I left work.Looked at csx in Defiance.The local parked the power and caboose in the yard instead of by the shack.Going to work tomorrow part of the day.Going to Deshler to see our newlywed afterwards.
larry
the csx safety cars were not together in a bunch.They were randomly scattered in the train.Wonder if they were hauling items in them.
CShaveRR Vernor's...VaVaVOOM!(I remember those commercials, and they are definitely the go-to brand for ginger ale!)Johnny, Pat and I are delighted to hear that you're planning to be at the gathering!We don't have hotel reservations yet, because we're tying other things into our trip, so we'll probably not stay close in. You do know that there is a fabulous train show at the fairgrounds earlier in the day, right? They try to get a picture of Trains Forum members at noon at the Kalmbach booth. I don't know if your schedule allows for this, but if we know you're around, transportation shouldn't be a worry.
I have a reservation at the Doubletree by Hilton Milwaukee Downtown (811 West Wisconsin Avenue), which is close to the station.
Edit: We Need Spel Czech!
Johnny, I have no details, except that the show is on the same weekend. Are you in town all day Saturday? If so, we can ensure that you get to the show for the picture. The show seems to be mostly for modelers to peddle their wares, but a couple of historical societies and publishers also show up. Ran into Andy and Cheryl Cummings there last year, along with their two short-Cummings.
Carl, I appreciate the offer of transportation while in Milwaukee. My reservations call for me to arrive the day before, on #28, so Iwill be in Milwaukee all day Saturday (and Sunday).
For your, SJ's, all else who may be interested, my condition has improved greatly in the last two or three days. I have both occupational and physical therapy twice a day M-F, and once on Saturdays. I will say that I know of no one who goes to a hospital for the food.
By the way, I know what it is to be dosed through a port; I do not remember what the other way of getting hooked up called, but I went through the same process. I hope Linda's treatment is not as enervating as mine was--and that she is not nauseated by it.
My advice to all: if your doctor tells you that you should get a colonoscopy--get it!
Johnny, I think the other way is just intravenous, or IV. Since they use it for chemotherapy (injecting chemicals that would be poisonous to cancer cells), I'm sure it could be considered poison IV.Linda still has her port, but the chemo is done in capsule form...believe it or not, she has to take eight capsules twice a day. She still has nausea from time to time (Thursday was bad for her), but overall she's feeling a lot better. The port has to be flushed from time to time, even though it's not in use.At their apartment is a dry-erase board that cntains a record of all of Linda's medications, and when they have to be taken. It's an effective system, and I don't think anything has been overlooked since we came up with it. Of course, when she had her port installed, somebody drew little stars in every available place on that board...so she'd have a starboard to go with her port. (I'm her father...you don't think I'd do such a thing, do you?)Hoping for a speedy recovery for you, Johnny! You'll have to let us know whether you feel like you can be on your feet for any length of time. This is not an easy show to navigate!
Deggesty My advice to all: if your doctor tells you that you should get a colonoscopy--get it!
Hey Carl, I'm not finding anything in the Trains.com calendar coinciding with the event you're discussing- could you provide details?
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Check out trainfest.com , Brian. It's all there!
Quoting Carl: "Johnny, I think the other way is just intravenous, or IV. "
When I would go into the treatment place, I would see a sign that asked the patients to tell if they had a port or something similar--and I do not remember what the something similar was. I think that I had the similar thing in my port (it was not for port wine) arm; I do know that it went way deep inside me so as to make sure that the poison was pumped all through my body.
A little more progress today; tomorrow is rest day.
I was sorry to hear about the airline problem in the East; Katie left Edinburgh (after twelve days in England/Scotland, taking a walking tour) this morning, and expected to be home late tonight.
morning
Ns was busy when I was at work yesterday.After work we went to Deshler. I took a local birthday boy with me to pick up a pizza order for supper.In North Baltimore we found a chessie crane.Also q 386 was held up at the intermodal yard so stack trains could come in and get out.They had a bnsf grain hopper with a Northern Pacific logo.Today is relax day at home.
Johnny - Hope Katie gets home sooner rather than later. Pretty bad when you travel all over only to find out you can't get into your home yard!
Mud - Hyundai Sonata - hmmm - and you are at least an inch taller than I am...
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
CShaveRR Johnny, I think the other way is just intravenous, or IV. Since they use it for chemotherapy (injecting chemicals that would be poisonous to cancer cells), I'm sure it could be considered poison IV.Linda still has her port, but the chemo is done in capsule form...believe it or not, she has to take eight capsules twice a day. She still has nausea from time to time (Thursday was bad for her), but overall she's feeling a lot better. The port has to be flushed from time to time, even though it's not in use.At their apartment is a dry-erase board that cntains a record of all of Linda's medications, and when they have to be taken. It's an effective system, and I don't think anything has been overlooked since we came up with it. Of course, when she had her port installed, somebody drew little stars in every available place on that board...so she'd have a starboard to go with her port. (I'm her father...you don't think I'd do such a thing, do you?)Hoping for a speedy recovery for you, Johnny! You'll have to let us know whether you feel like you can be on your feet for any length of time. This is not an easy show to navigate!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery for you Johnny.
Thanks, SJ. Katie called me this afternoon--and came down a little later; I asked if she had been delayed in New York, and she said she did not know of any delay; she was home about the time she had expected to be.
MC--did you have an option to rent a bigger car?
I drive a Cruze, and I have to be careful when parking in the garage so I will be able to open the door wide enough to get in; Katie parks on the right and I park on the left. I have never measured them, but I think her doors are longer than mine, so she may need more sideroom than I do.
Jackie's car does not have a working defroster, so she put her car into garage at night during the winter, and Katie parked hers in the street. One day, I went out to go somewhere--and found Katie's car behind mine. By much careful jockeying, I was able to move mine over far enough to get past hers. I told her that the experience reminded me of the only time I ever drove a horse and wagon; I was working in a general store which used that means for deliveries. One day, the man I worked for looked out the back door and saw that the horse had pulled loose from where it had been tied and found greener grass to graze on. He called to me, "Red (two of my brothers, both with red hair, had worked for him in past years), go out there get the horse and wagon back to where it was tied." So, I went out, climbed into the wagon, took the reins up, backed the horse until it could pass an obstacle, slapped its back with the reins, drove it back to where it had been tied, and then tied it. I was glad to finish that assignment. I found that loading 100 pound sacks of flour, cowfeed, cottonseed hulls, or cottonseed meal (though the yellow meal would sift through the finest weave) easier.
work busy.Ns was busy when I got to work.Was clear when I left.Chores to do here at home.Might get wet outside.
The garage tale reminds me of our situation when the ex was still here.
I've got a 1 1/2 car garage. Single wide door.
One of our cars was a Pontiac T1000. The other was a Datsun.
With the garage floor completely clear, it was possible to tuck the Datsun in one corner, and back the Pontiac in off to the side, even if the other was there.
Of course, only the driver (or someone from the back seat using the driver's door) could get out of either car. The other side was hard against the garage wall.
Two 3/4 sized cars, one 1 1/2 garage - the math adds up!
That sounds in the same vein as a stunt that my brother and I pulled off many years ago in our youth. Dad also had a 1 1/2 car garage that held a 1965 Ford station wagon quite nicely. The garage was empty and we took my brother's 1972 Vega into the garage to change the oil. We came to the conclusion that we could turn the car around inside the garage and managed to pull it off although it took at least 5 or 6 changes of direction to do it.
Ns had a coal train in the siding pointed westward.Had an eastbound coal train go eastward.How many more coal trains will we see?? Work still busy.Chores to do.Tomorrow the guessers say heavy rain to break up the humidity.
Looks like we may see some rain this evening, even though the heavy stuff isn't supposed to be here for another day or so.
It is every bit of hot and muggy here. The weather station says it may have hit +95F, although a bit of that may have been sun-influenced. Still, the humidity is hanging above 50% and there's not much breeze...
(1) Hyundai was being passed-off as a "full size" car. Maybe for Smurfs and Hobbits. BossHen watched me stagger around in much pain for 20 minutes after a 5 hour drive, had never seen that before.
(2) Walked out of the house this morning only to encounter about a dozen 4" long Garter snakes getting warm on the driveway. Weird.
(3) Ma nature drowned us yesterday and then treated us to a rare 2am thunderstorm with some really loud thunderclaps.
(4) About to declare war on Mr. Squirrel who has taken to shopping in our vegetable garden. Brazen enough that BossHen saw him pick a green tomato an consume about half of it in plain sight of her in the window.
(5) No word yet on the arrival of the next generation scottie.
(6) Off to the bloodsucker tomorrow. Will be taking Johnny up on his advice within the month.
Ns was clear when I left work.Work still busy.Ma nature rained at work,but nothing here at home.Chores to do.
MC, can't stress strongly enough the importance of those tests. Just had a classmate of mine go through this with her husband...rough road ahead.Still awaiting the results of Pat's genetic tests. If they're negative I'll have to go in and give up a couple of vials.Linda's markers are still headed in the right direction (down!), and some signs of normalcy are returning to her life. She is strong enough to survive short trips without her brace (which still requires someone else to get her into it), such as trips to the bathroom. A couple of days ago she handled cooking a meal for the family on her own, for the first time since her diagnosis, and is actively working on her dissertation for the first time since March as well.Had a good trip out yesterday, getting the battery replaced in my trusty Bulova Accutron railroad watch...jeweler complimented the watch on its great mechanism--it's significant when one of these can go over three years without a replacement battery. I stuck around Elmhurst for a few hours and caught a bunch of trains (mostly stackers), but between trains I was able to finish editing the 210-page manuscript that a trusting friend had sent me. It's now on its way back to him, thanks to the post office also being within walking distance. The afternoon wound up with pizza and salad at my favorite pizza place with my favorite wife... we watched the rush-hour scoots and some rude drivers picking up spouses in strange places along the street.
Carl,
Where do you find Accutron batteries? I have one (Spaceview) sitting in my dresser. Havn't been able to get batteries for it in years. I have been told it needs to be modified to accept a different battery. The original batteries were mercury and are no longer available.
Norm
I just take my watch into a local jeweler (Hartmann Jewelers, in Elmhurst...less than a block from the tracks on York Road), tell him I need a new battery, and he takes care of it. Beyond that, I know nothing...
Ns had a westbound stack train when I left work.Stopped by our pastor's house to wish him happy birthday.We also got to greet a new parishoner as well.I told him there are girls that like trains too.Yardwork is done.Tomorrow is Friday.
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