Tree - fire has been a busy word here, too. Burned down a favorite grocery store - opened in 1920's - no fire suppression - all wood and concrete walls. Boy, someone got some really charred steaks. 4 alarm and only memories left.
Grills on balconies - illegal - kitchen fires galore - water rescues - whole city off it's rocker.
Joe - I live with a vet. He is so important to me and I respect him so much and know a little of what he has been through. (Yes, the Driver and I are married) He survived the war but at what price....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Criminy! Usually our calls come in threes, but we went four today. Two were fairly easy - a lift assist and a branch in the road.
Then there was the fire in a conservation preserve, a mile from the access point over a trail. I don't walk those distances as well as I used to, especially over uneven ground.
Finally (so far) was a controlled burn that got into a barn that was being torn down. Lots of old hay and big timbers, which makes putting it out just that much tougher...
Gotta pack so I can spend the weekend on the railroad.
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...
afternoon
work done.Time to enjoy the weekend.Gathering items for Deshler tomorrow.Going to be warm so need plenty of liquids.Matt is bringing some engines to run on a buddys layout.Mookie they couldn't get the $$$ to lower the pavement of the viaduct.Haven't had any victims lately.Maybe after they get done with the project.Please take time to remember those that gave "all" this weekend.
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").
Murphy Siding Mookie Congrats, Tree! Now what will you do with it? Find some more people to talk to? Joe - are they really going to do something with the Clinton St Viaduct? Balt - humidity - high or low? Wow - 3 topics I can discuss - I am so proud of myself! 4? I believe we're all in agreement here that we'll let you be the authority on dirty tree varmits.
Mookie Congrats, Tree! Now what will you do with it? Find some more people to talk to? Joe - are they really going to do something with the Clinton St Viaduct? Balt - humidity - high or low? Wow - 3 topics I can discuss - I am so proud of myself!
Congrats, Tree! Now what will you do with it? Find some more people to talk to?
Joe - are they really going to do something with the Clinton St Viaduct?
Balt - humidity - high or low?
Wow - 3 topics I can discuss - I am so proud of myself!
4? I believe we're all in agreement here that we'll let you be the authority on dirty tree varmits.
MookieCongrats, Tree! Now what will you do with it? Find some more people to talk to?
In a way - there are segments of the radio bands that only Extra's can use - and I can use them now.
I don't spend much time on the "HF" bands (the frequencies that travel long distances). It's something I'll work in to.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
1st 90 degree day since September last year.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
evening
nice breeze here.Ns ran their executive special by as I was at work.Didn't get to see it.Went into town and csx had a cn/bc combo train and a Up empty salad shooter train.Matt also got to see my old jr.high school before they move everything south of town.No parade this year due to Clinton st destruction but the will have a memorial service at the commuinity auditorium.Tomorrow is Friday.Chores to do.
Murphy Siding Mookie Had a 12:45a squirrel wash here last nite. High power water spray, tiny hail to get the dirt out of fur, roaring air (wind) to dry all and no towels to turn in at the end. Took just about 7-8 min and then over. I'm a little concerned about why you have so many dirty squirrels down your way, but it's comforting to know that somebody is doing something about it. I think last night we had our 4th nightly squirrel wash in a row. An inch here and an inch there, and it starts to add up.
Mookie Had a 12:45a squirrel wash here last nite. High power water spray, tiny hail to get the dirt out of fur, roaring air (wind) to dry all and no towels to turn in at the end. Took just about 7-8 min and then over.
Had a 12:45a squirrel wash here last nite. High power water spray, tiny hail to get the dirt out of fur, roaring air (wind) to dry all and no towels to turn in at the end. Took just about 7-8 min and then over.
I'm a little concerned about why you have so many dirty squirrels down your way, but it's comforting to know that somebody is doing something about it. I think last night we had our 4th nightly squirrel wash in a row. An inch here and an inch there, and it starts to add up.
Mookie Millie's turn today. Trackside 2-4 pm and she got detailed with 2 inches of rain. One day we can barely get wet and the next day we are flooded again. But I like rain, so no problem.
Millie's turn today. Trackside 2-4 pm and she got detailed with 2 inches of rain. One day we can barely get wet and the next day we are flooded again. But I like rain, so no problem.
Keep it coming east, at least after the holiday weekend. We're pretty dry here.
There are showers showing up on the radar, but very little, if anything is actually reaching the ground.
Edit: Just checked the FCC database, and I'm now officially an Extra Class amateur radio operator!
Murphy SidingI think last night we had our 4th nightly squirrel wash in a row. An inch here and an inch there, and it starts to add up.
2 inches.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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CSSHEGEWISCHAny number of older garage roofs and the roofs on some public works department garages collapsed under the weight of the snow.
I suspect we may have caused at least a bit of the problem ourselves. The steel roof was due some maintenance and we did paint it. Unlike the original finish, however, the new finish had some "tooth." Where the roof had previously often shed the snow on it's own, it now stuck...
tree68 Unfortunately, the truss roof met its match in a heavy snowfall and down it came.
Unfortunately, the truss roof met its match in a heavy snowfall and down it came.
Our original banquet hall was a pole building. Once we finished the inside (panelling, tile floor) you'd have no idea.
Finished up teaching "hands only CPR" to all of the 9-12 students of a nearby school today. CPR is now a graduation requirement (Yay!), and this meets that requirement. We also went over AEDs with them.
Off to a meeting in the next county, as soon as my jeans make it out of the dryer...
Ns had a stack train go by as I left work.Chores to do here today.Tomorrow we go uptown after work.
Actually, I’ve supplied quite a few pole barn houses. The folks in the industry prefer to refer to it as post frame construction. (Shades of “Rich, Corinthian leather”. They are less money to build, but that’s primarily because you’re not getting as much. Since there’s no foundation, those types of houses can have setting issues if not built correctly. Also, there’s no basement, so you’ll want to keep a Kansas map handy, so that when a tornado comes through, you’ll be able to show your new neighbors where you used to live.
Went from early spring to midsummer on the past weekend. Temps have gone up to the 70's and low 80's and the weather prognosticators say that it will stay till at least through the holiday.
It sounds like pole barns aren't a whole lot different in construction than the large shed that was in Grandma's back yard in my old neighborhood.
Wow! What is not to like! They have built some beautiful houses! And farm buildings! Is there a big difference in cost of say a Morton house as opposed to a similar house I see being built every day here in the city?
Does this make sense?
Mookie I tried to look it up, but didn't find what I wanted, so....what is a pole barn?
I tried to look it up, but didn't find what I wanted, so....what is a pole barn?
MC, you know better than to string Mookie along. A cow barn is for keeping cows, a hay barn is for storing hay (except a building on campus when I was in college was named the "Hay Building,"--and many called it the "Hay Barn," and at least once the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds referred to it as the "Hay Bale."
Many students had some agricultural background; one night at dinner, I was getting all the milk out of a milk bottle, and a boy next to me reached over and started stripping it; I chuckled; I am not sure how many of the others at the table caught on.
Johnny
No foundation - Unless you want one. All of the vertical members below the roof trusses are essentially telephone poles.
rvos1979Larry: Those barn fires can burn for a long time, especially if the mow is full of hay..........
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
This one was basically empty.
With a lot of the farmers around here going to round bales, or large square bales, the number of hay mows stuffed full of regular sized bales has diminished greatly.
While we still get fires in working barns, they rarely get replaced with the same type of barn (hay mow upstairs, cows down). Instead, the cow barns are pole barns.
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
Warmer day here in Nw Ohio.Ns sent a westbound autorack train when I left work.Swamp got mowed,trimmed and sprayed when I got home.Matt's presentation went well.Chores inside to do.
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