evening
Stacey had to wait on the Ns local before she picked me up at work.Mower is ready to go.I just need to fill up the gas can.Guessers say rain and cold for tomorrow.Other chores to do here.
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").
Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test 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...
Can you believe the present jeapordy champion? $110,000+ for one day !
A true quantum-leap in winnings ;)
The two others did not stand a chance.
tree68Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow.
huh?
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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zugmann tree68 Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow. huh?
tree68 Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow.
WHAT!?
Seriously though, hearing loss is a occupational disease for railroaders, and I suspect many others (the sirens probably do it for Larry).
I've actually had earplugs vibrate right out of my ears while riding in one of our NS-spec SD70M-2's, better known as "thundercabs".
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
I guess it's hot!
I actually hate taking hearing tests - I'll either hear the tone and not react, or will develop a memory of it and hear it when it's not there.
That said, apparently I've suffered a bit of a loss since two years ago. Not real significant, but not as good as before.
afternoon
Ns local was waiting to hook back up to his train and go west after work.Need to get cleaned up.Matt and his group are doing another supper at Church.The group leader is bringing the Pastor a birthday cake since his birthday is Friday.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch near the Mile Hi City.....
After much whoop-de-doo in the local media, the snow finally arrived to go along with the wind we've had all day (40-60mph)...now we get to see if the chicken-littles from good 'ol Weatherliar U were even partially correct.
(It was predicted 9-14 inches of blue slop, then they all went into CYA mode. This time yesterday it was 80 degrees. Blizzard warnings got moved-up three hours and not much happenned for the next six hours.)
Cowabunga?
Currently having a "weather event" here. They've been screaming BLIZZARD!!! for several days. Now, they're thinking maybe 2-4 inches locally. Lead article in the paper is morning was about this week's storm of the century. They went so far as to predict snowfall amounts to expect (in addition to the usual up to 24" or more!!!). Snowfall on the northeast corner of town was predicted at 2"; at the northwest corner, 12". The 2 spots are 12 miles away from each other. Now that's why they call it accuweather.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
We were supposed to get snow Friday--they've been talking about that since last week. Then they added today to the snow event. Today, we got some rain; the snow stayed a county or two away from us to our north. Friday, the high is supposed to be in the low 50s. But now Sunday might be the snow day, they say.Regardless, with the high today about 35-40 degrees below yesterday's high, and the rain and all, we decided to stay in. I was supposed to work on upgrading a series of reports from a fellow carchaeologist, but have only made a little progress on one of the half-doz or so that's there for me. When I have to use my own files to work on them, I often see things that need upgrading or correcting, so yeah, that gets done, too. I also found about 120 cars for the new-builds table that have been around for a while, just not there. I think that's why they keep me around for a while--everyone knows I'm not all there!
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)
Racing at VIR this weekend - weather looks iffy!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Nice and sunny this morning - and +21F. Mother Nature can't seem to line up sun and warm weather at the same time...
Bucking some snow drifts just to get to work this morning. Some of them were at least 5/8" to 3/4" deep! Some big maroon still managed to put car off the highway and into a cornfield.
SD70Dude zugmann tree68 Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow. huh? WHAT!? Seriously though, hearing loss is a occupational disease for railroaders, and I suspect many others (the sirens probably do it for Larry). I've actually had earplugs vibrate right out of my ears while riding in one of our NS-spec SD70M-2's, better known as "thundercabs".
Ns had some cars uptown after work.Need to go run errands.Seems a semi decided to flip onto CSX overnight along Baltimore road.Hopefully it is all cleaned up by now.
Cold here, but windy off the lake. We took a business, shopping, and lunch trip into Elmhurst this noon. Not much in theway of freight action, but the one train we did see gave me about three pages' worth of notes to tackle. Little research involved; just check, copy, and move on.
Murphy SidingBeing married has the same effect. After so many years, you lose hearing in that range your spouse broadcasts. As of last Sunday we've been married 30 years. I'll swear that all I hear anymore is Charlie Brown's teacher......"Wa-wa, wa, wa-wa wa-wa, wa?".....Yes dear
FB meme: My girlfriend yelled at me today saying, "You weren't even listening just now, were you?!"
I thought, "Man, what a weird way to start a conversation."
Mother Nature's wind is drying us out from the earlier rain today.Nice outside.Yard is still a swamp.Ns had an eastbound detroit edison train creep up to the signal on track 2 when I left work.Matt is going to look at a car tomorrow.Yes a car not one that rides on rails.Time flies.
Runs on filtered Frymax or french fry oil? Yikes!
Moms Nature disrupting racing at VIR today - intermittent shower made tire choice a crap shoot. Start on slicks and 5 minutes into the session and it rains. Start on rains and the line dries out, destroying the rains and slowing lap times because they don't have the grip of slicks on the drying surface.
3:45 PM They call it a day account a large T'storm cell lighting up the sky.
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tree68 Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow. huh?
Being married has the same effect. After so many years, you lose hearing in that range your spouse broadcasts. As of last Sunday we've been married 30 years. I'll swear that all I hear anymore is Charlie Brown's teacher......"Wa-wa, wa, wa-wa wa-wa, wa?".....Yes dear
[/quote] HOLY COW! Norris ...I think we're married to sisters!
Murphy Siding SD70Dude zugmann tree68 Got my eyes checked today - I passed. Hearing test tomorrow. huh? WHAT!? Seriously though, hearing loss is a occupational disease for railroaders, and I suspect many others (the sirens probably do it for Larry). I've actually had earplugs vibrate right out of my ears while riding in one of our NS-spec SD70M-2's, better known as "thundercabs". Being married has the same effect. After so many years, you lose hearing in that range your spouse broadcasts. As of last Sunday we've been married 30 years. I'll swear that all I hear anymore is Charlie Brown's teacher......"Wa-wa, wa, wa-wa wa-wa, wa?".....Yes dear
Earlier this year I had my vision and hearing checked to recertify for my engineer's license. I always tell my wife that I have proof that I can hear just fine.
No change since the last check three years ago. At that last check three years ago, my hearing actually improved since the previous check. I think changing occupation medical clinics is the reason for the improvement. It seems the clinic I'm sent to now has headphones that fit better.
Jeff
Took off 1/2 day at work.Took old water heater to be recycled.Took Matt to his annual checkup.He is good to go.Csx had some old ballast hoppers at Omni and the extra spine cars were gone fron the yard.Going to go help catch up on laundry.
Weekend was spent at VIR outside Danville, VA racing with about 540 other racers.
Rain fell or threatened full time Friday through Sunday. Had rain tires on an off the car about four times as conditions changed. As it turned out all my sessions were run on slicks - but it was dull, gray, cool, high humidity weekend that inhibited the track drying when the showers did stop. Finished both Saturday and Sunday races (Friday was for Practice & Qualifying and alll that got seriously affected by the showers and wasn't completed until Noon on Saturday) and drove the car onto the trailer to come home. A successful weekend.
Went to Deshler after work for our first meeting of the year.Found some leaky spots in the museum.Csx did run a few trains during the meeting.Plenty of work to do.Going to publish the meeting notes and get to bed.
Ns sent a westbound when I got off of work.Came home and mowed the swamp. Yard still squishy in the back.Guessers say we might need a boat.Going to get cleaned up.
Quite the thunderbumper rolled though Deshler a little while ago, and flashes and rumbles are still apparent.
OTOH, it was nice and sunny today here. Not complaining one bit...
Work done until Monday.Had passing showers today at work and on the way home.Ns local was uptown shuffling cars.Chores to do here.
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