My wife had a host of pictures, mostly family, that no one can identify. Her children are not interested in them.
My cousin, whom I visited last month, had sent me several pld family photographs, some with somewhat vague descriptions written on the backs. SOme I was able to figure out, and some were indecipherable. The best one was of the stone at my paternal grandfather's grave--she asked me if I knew anything about him--and I was able to tell her and, with a little more information, tell just how she is related to me (her great-grandmother was my grandfather's sister).
I am a strong believer in identifying people in photographs.
Johnny
Back home from returning the daughter's dog to them - funny how I'm still thinking in terms of "where's the dog...."
Daughter brought back a suitcase full of old photos and other memorabilia from my late aunts. There are some real gems there, not to mention some photos that will take cross-referencing to make sure I have the identities right.
And a whole lot of scanning - the vast majority of the individuals are already listed on the geneology on Ancestry.com, so these will be added to their files there.
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...
Johnny, I wouldn't blame you for not believing this, but our regular dental checkups are scheduled for the 19th (my visit yesterday was due to an old filling that finally fell out). Our appointments are around noon, so a trip in beforehand is out of the question. Might be able to hurry down afterwards, but please don't hold us to anything.We were supposed to go right from the dentist to visit my oncologist (quarterly checkup, semi-annual shot), but that appointment was moved ahead a couple of days.
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 sent some power westbound after work.The local was working uptown as well.Chores and such to do.
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").
CShaveRR Which was the most important filling? Do you have plans for Thursday week? I expect to arrive on #29 and leave #5 on 10/19. CSSHEGEWISCH Weather was quite mild (almost hot) yesterday and spent the morning at Elmhurst exercising the camera. Had a good outing and also took note of the larger inbound passenger loads at the station after the morning rush. Also stopped quickly at Berkeley station since outbound power often waits to pick up its train at that point. Darn, Paul! Just missed you by a couple of hours. I arrived in Elmhurst at 1320 for a 1600 dental appointment. And I spent much of the afternoon looking for shade and moving air.Not much action, except for the scoot crowds you mentioned. Of course, after the dental appointment, when I was ready to go home, the manifest train arrived and sat...just when my scoot arrived. Needless to say, I missed that scoot. The freight sat there on Track 1 while another eastbound passed it on 2 and crossed over in front of it. So I missed the next scoot as well. I finally called Pat and she agreed to come to Elmhurst for dinner. When she arrived, my target freight was still pulling in. The train yielded a few good things like more dates for a series, a lot number on a certain order, stuff like that.So it was a fulfilling day...my tooth, my belly, and a few notepad pages all got filled!
Which was the most important filling?
Do you have plans for Thursday week? I expect to arrive on #29 and leave #5 on 10/19.
CSSHEGEWISCH Weather was quite mild (almost hot) yesterday and spent the morning at Elmhurst exercising the camera. Had a good outing and also took note of the larger inbound passenger loads at the station after the morning rush. Also stopped quickly at Berkeley station since outbound power often waits to pick up its train at that point.
Weather was quite mild (almost hot) yesterday and spent the morning at Elmhurst exercising the camera. Had a good outing and also took note of the larger inbound passenger loads at the station after the morning rush. Also stopped quickly at Berkeley station since outbound power often waits to pick up its train at that point.
Darn, Paul! Just missed you by a couple of hours. I arrived in Elmhurst at 1320 for a 1600 dental appointment. And I spent much of the afternoon looking for shade and moving air.Not much action, except for the scoot crowds you mentioned. Of course, after the dental appointment, when I was ready to go home, the manifest train arrived and sat...just when my scoot arrived. Needless to say, I missed that scoot. The freight sat there on Track 1 while another eastbound passed it on 2 and crossed over in front of it. So I missed the next scoot as well. I finally called Pat and she agreed to come to Elmhurst for dinner. When she arrived, my target freight was still pulling in. The train yielded a few good things like more dates for a series, a lot number on a certain order, stuff like that.So it was a fulfilling day...my tooth, my belly, and a few notepad pages all got filled!
I lived in Wesson, Mississippi (home of Wesson Oil) 1962-65. There was a bootlegger who, of course, paid the"bootlegger tax," about eight miles down the road; I did not know anybody who admitting patronizing him. However, my mother's step-cousin (the step-daughter of one of her uncles), who lived in Jackson, and her husband had alcoholic beverages in their home.
We got frost last night. That's an ugly ome considering it just keeps raining.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Deggesty As I recall, Mississippi used to be a dry state. Perhaps the storms do not realize that the situation has changed?
As I recall, Mississippi used to be a dry state. Perhaps the storms do not realize that the situation has changed?
You mean the storms figure that they need to wet it?
I still get a kick out of their history on liquor laws. It used to be a dry state, but liquor was sold openly, especially in resort areas like the gulf coast, and the state taxed it. There was a push to legalize liquor, but the legislature didn't have the guts to do it. Around 1970-ish, the courts finally said -- You tax it, therefore it's legal. Shortly after that I heard that people were saying that liquor was harder to come by.
I used to like the Mississippi beach area better than Florida's. The sand is brown and the water is not as clear, but it had a relaxed, easy-going attitude as opposed to Florida's intense "Spend money! Have fun! Buy your fun here!" As far as I'm concerned, the gambling casinos have ruined much of that old atmosphere.
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blue streak 1Well we just had the best non hurricane possible.
Here, too. For days we were watching Nate and being warned to expect at least tropical storm force winds. On Friday I furled awnings, moved stuff in from the yard and put the garbage cans against the house. Saturday I waited. Around midnight when the storm was closest, about 70 miles east of us, I looked out and it was perfectly calm and the ground was dry. It's typical that most of the action is on the eastern side of a storm, but in this case it was extreme.
There is something about Mississippi that seems to attract storms. Camille devastated them in 1969. Because of the flooding from Katrina in 2005, New Orleans got most of the publicity, but Mississippi actually caught the fiercest part of it. In between, there have been several smaller hurricanes that, like Nate, just missed us and headed for Mississippi. And while Harvey was dumping on Houston, we got some rain, but Mississippi and Alabama seemed to catch worse weather from an outlying band.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Well we just had the best non hurricane possible. 6 inches of a steady 2-1/2 day rain but very little flooding. Wind didn't get over 25 MPH. Irma brought all the limbs and twigs down and left none for Nate. Fortunately this poster got all Irma debris up before Nate. Prepared for worse and hoped for best which was even better than though possible.
Carl Tell Pat we said "Happy Birthday". Ns local was on the main.Ns also sent a westbound with a BNSF,UP,CP combo when I left work.Chores to do.Colors are just starting to come out here in Nw Ohio.
Our temperatures are still warm, as in "above average" for the date. We got up to 78 yesterday, 'twill be somewhere in the 70s today. Friday and Saturday we got about 0.7 inches of rain each day, and it cleared out nicely for the Chicago Marathon yesterday. (It also dried off enough that I could sweep up four bags' worth of leaves out of our yard. We need to mow it again...by "we", I mean "I".)I have an emergency dental trip to make this afternoon...I think I'll leave about 2.5 hours early for it, since the dentist's office is just a short walk from the Elmhurst depot. Scoots will be crowded this afternoon, with the Cubs in the playoffs at Wrigley and the Bears playing at Soldier Field tonight.Speaking of football, my granddaughter's team is 3-1 so far on the season; the first game was the loss, they won the second, and shut out their opponents the last two. She's loving her tackle position! (I'm not getting reports on Nico's team, though they lost their game this past weekend, and there are a lot of pictures of a very muddy #60!)And, while I'm playing Chatterbox, this is the start of Birthday Week: 9: Boss Hen10: Willy, Pat Shaver12: Aimee Blysard13: CopCarSS15: Zardoz16: Tree and CShaveRR
(I know whom is the oldest of this bunch, but I'd best not say. Hint: I'm second-oldest!)
The remains of the latest hurricane are over us now, unloading moisture - already two inches since not long before dawn. If this was the white stuff, I'd be regretting not getting the blower out yet, but I think there's one more mowing in the cards as well...
It's 41 degrees and bright sunshine here right now. We did have some rain about two days ago. It must have been rather cool between here and MC for him to get snow from the clouds.
Last week, there was a bus trip for residents of my establishment to see fall colors; I understand that most of the trees were still clinging to their chlorophyll (Larry. don't feel bad about the no-show of fall colors two weeks ago.) About a week and a half ago, the aspens were beautiful west of the Front Range. Here, there is some fall color in the city.
mudchicken We see that the freshman class at good 'ol Weatherliar U has discovered what the "S" button does on their Mk.17 V-10d newfangled weather machine. 4" of very sticky wet snow on the ground and more coming. (and it was 80 degrees here yesterday, at least the roads are clear, but very wet) Farmers getting a break from cutting corn from a bumper crop and drilling in winter wheat
We see that the freshman class at good 'ol Weatherliar U has discovered what the "S" button does on their Mk.17 V-10d newfangled weather machine.
4" of very sticky wet snow on the ground and more coming. (and it was 80 degrees here yesterday, at least the roads are clear, but very wet) Farmers getting a break from cutting corn from a bumper crop and drilling in winter wheat
Weather guessers! I remember a birthday back in the late 1980's I had spent the day befor dropping and hooking trailers around Denver, Shorts and teeshirt..Weather was typical July. The morning of the next day was my obligatory call to my 'brain' in Memphis... At some point, he asked me if I was enjoying the cool weather? I remarked Yep! I was standing at a phone back in front of the 76T/S in Golden, Co. I had been waiting for enough time, the snow was climbing up my calf. Gotta love that Colorado sunshine. SHEESH!
Norm48327 Edwardsburg, Mi. It was the Smithfield Stables. Bob BOB WITHORN 3 years ago had a horse barn/stables fire where my daughter had kept her horses. 10 days after she moved them to different location the stables burned. Man does hay burn fast and hot. Owner had decided to burn leaves, left the pile unattended, maybe 15 ft from the OLD wood, and nearly a week later they were able to dig out the 19 horses remains. I think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire. Didn't help that the local town had emptied the water tower for maintenance. Bob, Although I try to keep up on Michigan news I have forgotten which town that happened in. Please refresh my memory.
Edwardsburg, Mi. It was the Smithfield Stables.
Bob
BOB WITHORN 3 years ago had a horse barn/stables fire where my daughter had kept her horses. 10 days after she moved them to different location the stables burned. Man does hay burn fast and hot. Owner had decided to burn leaves, left the pile unattended, maybe 15 ft from the OLD wood, and nearly a week later they were able to dig out the 19 horses remains. I think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire. Didn't help that the local town had emptied the water tower for maintenance.
3 years ago had a horse barn/stables fire where my daughter had kept her horses. 10 days after she moved them to different location the stables burned. Man does hay burn fast and hot. Owner had decided to burn leaves, left the pile unattended, maybe 15 ft from the OLD wood, and nearly a week later they were able to dig out the 19 horses remains. I think it was a 13 or 15 trucks fighting the fire. Didn't help that the local town had emptied the water tower for maintenance.
Bob,
Although I try to keep up on Michigan news I have forgotten which town that happened in. Please refresh my memory.
My sympathies, Bruce.
We have been preparing for the inevitable in our family; my mother, 93, has had cancer for the last three years; Pat's mother, also 93, has had several strokes, and isn't entirely cognizant of her surroundings.
AgentKid My mother passed away earlier this afternoon after a lenghthy illness. The ranks of people left who have lived in Canadian Pacific Railway stations has gotten smaller. Not sure what the next moves are. Bruce
My mother passed away earlier this afternoon after a lenghthy illness.
The ranks of people left who have lived in Canadian Pacific Railway stations has gotten smaller.
Not sure what the next moves are.
Bruce
Stay strong...
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Agent Kid-- Well I'm sure glad we got all that information on Sheerness , Alberta. Gives one a better understanding of your Moms background coming from just North of that remote area. She must have seen a lot of changes in Alberta. Stay strong.
My sincrest sympathies Bruce. It is tough to lose a parent at any time.
Sorry to hear that Bruce. (ditto Joe's comment)
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Bruce condolences to you and your family.Dealing with issues with my Dad as well.Deshler was it's usual self.Long trains.Engines that needed turned around and trains that sat and waited for hours.Mother nature sent wind and now rain.Tomorrow is going to be nice.
Sorry to hear that, Bruce. It's never easy. With my mother now 91 and with a couple of small strokes "under her belt," I don't know when to expect the end.
One of our longtime volunteers passed a couple of years ago. He was born an raised at an isolated station (literally the only access was by rail) in the Adirondacks, so a bit of history passed with him as well.
Wow. My condolences and sincere best wishes to you.
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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