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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 14, 2016 6:14 PM

evening

Ns was clear when I left work.Had to go give hugs for a friend.Saw the Goodyear blimp fly over town.Csx ran a couple stack trains.The ND&W shoved some cars into the CSX siding at Fc too.Chores to do tomorrow.Then to G+G house.Hope everyone treats their sweetie good.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, October 14, 2016 10:32 AM

Frosty morning here, but it was nice enough by the time the kids came out for the outside portion of our Fire Prevention presentations.  Back this afternoon for the kids' visit to the fire station...

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, October 14, 2016 9:50 AM

We had a cold night last night, but it's warming right up today, and tomorrow is supposed to get into the 70s again.  I'd love to go train-watching this afternoon, but I guess it will be train-listening instead--the lawn needs tending to, desperately (it hasn't been done since I got home from the hospital nearly a month ago, and I'm now cleared for doing it myself).

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:29 PM

afternoon

Cooler here in Nw Ohio.Guessers say frost for tomorrow morning.Saw the COG ns unit lead a coal train westward.Not long after that an eastbound empty came by as I left work.Chores and errands to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 2:48 PM

afternoon

Chores to do.Ns was clear when I left work.Work is progressing on Clinton street.Csx backed out of helping to pay for lowering the pavement under the viaduct.So it will remain the can opener.There will be a steep price to pay if a trucker makes one of CSXs trains late.

stay safe

Joe

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 12:49 PM

tree68

Made a trip down to the world headquarters of the Adirondack Scenic today to deliver a couple of things and have what I thought would be a one hour meeting.  

It ran over three hours...  Not a bad thing, though - lots of good discussion.

Whilst visiting with our mechanical folks in the yard we heard an eastbound blowing for the station, as they usually do.  Huge train.  One loco and one three well car with all of three containers. 

Must have been three very hot containers...

And that was my excitement for the day.

 

Somebody dancing on the carpet for missing a connection and creating another train start? (Politicians take note: At least railroads honor their commitments!)

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6:56 PM

Made a trip down to the world headquarters of the Adirondack Scenic today to deliver a couple of things and have what I thought would be a one hour meeting.  

It ran over three hours...  Not a bad thing, though - lots of good discussion.

Whilst visiting with our mechanical folks in the yard we heard an eastbound blowing for the station, as they usually do.  Huge train.  One loco and one three well car with all of three containers. 

Must have been three very hot containers...

And that was my excitement for the day.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 5:16 PM

evening

Ns local was uptown working when I left.Just took a shower so my nose is clean.Going to check on Matt's homework.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:32 PM

Deggesty
Mookie, is your nose wet as well as cold? 

I suffer greatly from summer/fall allergies, so yes - it is cold and wet most of the time.  Probably not a most attractive feature....Alien

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:46 PM

Johnny,

If your dog's nose is cold, it may be that you left the refrigerator door open. Wink

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 10:18 AM

Murphy Siding

 

 
Mookie

Tree:  check off Mookie and the Driver - we changed all of ours - including 3 smoke detectors and 2 CO detectors.  Was a big bag of batteries!  Idea

Rainy and cold today.

Now - about my cold nose...

 

 

 

What's that phrase? "Cold nose, warm heart"?  Or maybe it's "Wet nose, cold dog"?  I forget.

 

 

I have heard "cold hands, warm heart"--and I have posited a corollary--"Warm hands, cold heart," but nobody has agreed with me on that.

And, I have understood that if a dog's nose is wet and cold, it's in good health; Mookie, is your nose wet as well as cold?Smile 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:12 AM

Mookie

Tree:  check off Mookie and the Driver - we changed all of ours - including 3 smoke detectors and 2 CO detectors.  Was a big bag of batteries!  Idea

Rainy and cold today.

Now - about my cold nose...

 

What's that phrase? "Cold nose, warm heart"?  Or maybe it's "Wet nose, cold dog"?  I forget.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:32 AM

Had the day off yesterday so I got out to Elmhurst to exercise the camera.  Did pretty nicely, getting a number of Metra trains, a few intermodals, a perishable freight and the Pleasant Prairie coal train.  Very pleasant weather for this time of year.

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 10, 2016 10:04 PM

Tree:  check off Mookie and the Driver - we changed all of ours - including 3 smoke detectors and 2 CO detectors.  Was a big bag of batteries!  Idea

Rainy and cold today.

Now - about my cold nose...

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, October 10, 2016 10:04 PM

It's a little early for the real color show around here, though some trees are pretty well involved.  It's Pat's birthday today, so we took a walk in the Arboretum, and everything was still pretty green.


Also today, I had my PICC line removed.  No foreign matter in my body any more, for the first time in over a month.  The infectious-disease doctor said she hardly recognized me, I was looking so healthy (Pat was along; she recognized her right off--that probably helped).  I have weekly physical-therapy sessions, and daily exercises to help in my recovery, and walking for exercise also is good.

 

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, October 10, 2016 6:54 PM

Yeah - my driveway slopes the wrong way...  I think the road has been raised at least a foot since the house was built.  I think I've got most of the drainage under control, though, and the recent work done on the road across the road will help as well...

Nice day today - very "fall."  Colors are starting to come around here.  Pretty sure they've peaked in the Adirondacks.

Might rain later in the week - but we're hoping for a dry day on Friday so we can visit outside with the kids for Fire Prevention Week.

And this is Fire Prevention Week.  If you haven't replaced your smoke detectors with the new ten-year battery variety, think about doing so.  

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 10, 2016 6:42 PM

evening

work is now busy.Ns had some empties uptown.Came home and took care of the yardwork.Matthew wondered why the  slight slope in the driveway.Where do we want the rain water to go I said.Time to watch some baseball.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by BOB WITHORN on Monday, October 10, 2016 3:24 PM

Seven years, ?, of having needles stuck in my knees every 6 or 7 months and you would think I would get used to it. The needles look like they are 6" long!! Trade off would be knee replacements, so a little stiffness for three weeks and I'll be good to go for another 6 or 7 months.

 

Edit:  I did see some action on CSX in Grand Rapids, Mi while there.

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, October 9, 2016 3:26 PM

Pretty good turnout for our chicken barbeque.  There's a lot of competition this time of year.  

On the road tomorrow to deliver a radio and pick up some cables for my new laptop.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, October 9, 2016 1:45 PM

afternoon

beautiful fall day here in Nw Ohio.Saw my breath this morning.We went and walked around our local resivouir. We stopped afterwards and watched some csx trains go by.Motorist just missed becoming a hood ornament for csx q 389 at FC in Defiance.When we came home we helped neighbors.One was to load stuff up as they are selling their mom's house,the other needed to borrow our mini air compressor because he had a flat tire.We took care of other little projects too.Going to watch football,baseball or eyelids.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 7, 2016 2:37 PM

afternoon

thank you.Only 22 years.Went to Niagra Falls on our honeymoon.Matt is staying at the G+G motel.He is not quite old enough to drive but the training will begin soon.Mamma just wants to go out and eat.Mother nature is going to drop the temprature on us overnight.Ns was clear when I left work.Need to go get ready.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Uncle Jake on Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:25 PM
Congratulations Joe! Best wishes for many more.
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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 6, 2016 5:09 PM

Happy anniversary early, Joe/Stacey.  Will you be going over Niagra Falls; parachuting out of an airplane; dinner @ McDonalds?  Any of those exciting things?  

How many years are we celebrating?  Will Matt do the chauffeuring? (Lend him your DL...)

What fun!  Have a good time! 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 6, 2016 3:08 PM

afternoon

ns was clear when I left work.New driveway has been poured.Tomorrow is Friday.Saturday is anniversary.chores to do.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, October 6, 2016 8:13 AM

CSSHEGEWISCH
I can remember doing something almost as stupid in my college days.  My service fraternity was responsible for preparing the area for tug-of-war competition as part of the Springfest.  The ground was near the lagoon and needed to be dried out, so I was busy hauling four gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel and one gallon of gasoline (several times!!) to the area so the members of the crew could burn it and dry out the field.  Somehow I didn't get incinerated.

What fun is a dry tug of war ground?  Struggle in the slop and the mud.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, October 6, 2016 7:16 AM

I can remember doing something almost as stupid in my college days.  My service fraternity was responsible for preparing the area for tug-of-war competition as part of the Springfest.  The ground was near the lagoon and needed to be dried out, so I was busy hauling four gallons of No. 2 diesel fuel and one gallon of gasoline (several times!!) to the area so the members of the crew could burn it and dry out the field.  Somehow I didn't get incinerated.

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 8:13 PM

 

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:48 PM

mudchicken

Tree: I still remember the pictures of the guy in Omaha after he discovered why one stores and moves Oxy-Acetelene bottles just so. (his station wagon became a crispy critter/ roman candle too.)

Some years ago, a fellow running multiple errands ran into a bit of problem.  One of his purchases was a nice new car battery.  He sat it on the floor in the back seat of his car.

His last stop was at the gas station.  He filled up a five gallon can (metal, as they all were at the time).  So far, so good.  Then he sat the can on the floor in the back seat of the car.  Right on top of the battery.

You know how many amps you can pull across battery terminals with a direct short?  Enough to set gas on fire....

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:45 PM

mudchicken

Tree: I still remember the pictures of the guy in Omaha after he discovered why one stores and moves Oxy-Acetelene bottles just so. (his station wagon became a crispy critter/ roman candle too.)

 

I wonder if he tightened the valve on the acetylene bottle to make sure it was well-closed--not knowing that the acetylene valve works backward from all other (that I know of) valves. 

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 6:56 PM

Mookie
Maybe they should have called themselves before digging?

Yeah, called themselves a cruder version of "less than intelligent donkey" or worse.

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