One of the longest times I remember our tree being up as a kid. We always put ours up the day after Thanksgiving. My brother was in the Air Force at the time and was supposed to come home for Christmas. His leave kept getting delayed and my mom refused to take the tree down until he came home and was able to see it. He finally made it home in July.
Good Morning All,
It’s a warm morning in NE Ohio at 75 deg and a light overcast sky. The days are getting shorter as I can’t tell what the skies are like until I get to work.
Matt – I have to agree with you, I really only drink one cup a day, and that’s before 8:00am. And I wish I could drink Beer, as I love it, but can’t
Big Girl – I hope it wasn’t a live (or by then dead[(-D] ) tree.
all have a safe day
tom
Its a cool overcast morning in LA, (from the center of Cubeville I can just see over the partition and out the windows) I dont drink coffee, makes me crazy, so I get a Cola to help jump-start my brain in the AM.
Hey Spankybird.
I read your post about your wife. If she want a Halloween villiage with a train running through it., Get an old time HO scale train and paint it in the colors suggested iin my forum. Creating a G-Scale Ghost Train.
Nick
Nope it was fake. Actually it’s the same tree I am hoping Big_Boy and I put in the living room this year. Maybe I can get him to put a little track down around it.
I just hope my ex gives me back all of my train orniments.[B)][:(][}:)][:O][banghead][censored][|(][sigh]
We’ve always put up and decorated the tree on Christmas Eve. 35 years ago it was me and Ma putting up the tree to surprise the kids. Then it was me and kids to surprise Ma in the morning. Now, Surprise, it’s me and Ma again and we’re surprised that we still bother.
Walt
(hummm…please read the following in four part harmony)
love coffie, I love tea, I love the java jive and it loves me [:D]
For me its a wee nip of rum…for medicainal purposes of course. Anyhow, I do so love the holidays, especially since we have the LIttle One now.
As Kris Kristofferson wrote/sang “and the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, so I had one more for dessert”
Seriously though, If I didn’t drink a whole pot of coffee in the morning I’d be[zzz]
I take it that means less egg more nog.[swg]
So do you bring the trains inside for Christmas?
This year I am going to “ring the tree” with a circle of track, I believe that is the one best destiny for that Bachmann Track that came with the Gold Rush Set.
I do love Beer, eggnog, and good wine, but my stomach and heath does not allow it. Maybe I can have a (like only 1) beer once a month.
I do have a G gauge Bachmann set, have not had it set up since II moved here 5 years ago. I wanted to set it up out side, but my wife says I would spend more time with it than cutting the grass. I don’t understand her problem, as it sounded good to me.
tom
let try to get this rolling again…
Hot here today HOT HOT HOT !!!
101 in Long Beach yesterday and it will be over that again in Pasadena again today, up to 107 in parts of LA today Holy Smoking Asphalt!
Yesterday went to the 25th Long Beach Blues Festivale, great show! Clarence Carter, Little Milton , Leon Rustle and my fav’ Buddy Guy, but the HEAT was horrible! no breeze till around 2pm wow!
At least we dont have to deal with the hurricanes though, sheesh, two in as many weeks, and another on the ay for next weekend!
out here were all waiting for the earthquake predictions to happen. Scientist predict a 6+ earthquake for the south-eastern part of the state, problem is the prediction window ended yesterday, but they also predicted the Northridge earthquake but missed the window buy a few days so we are still expecting it, This unusual heat is EARTHQUAKE WEATHER!
There, that should get some talk going!
Well, we had a gig last night in Victoria, Texas. As some of you may know, I play in a Mariachi band named “Mariachi Del Sol.” It was “Stage work,” we normally play at large halls for weddings or and people’s house when they hire us. Being on stage is something else, but there is no rush like it (of course, save a smooth running train on tracks you placed yourself!
Vic, I’ve never seen Buddy Guy but he does play Columbus Ohio quite often. I did however go to the BB King blues festival last year or the year before. I got to see the Fabulous Thunder Birds, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, and of course BB King. George stole the show though!
Capt, I play guitar and sing a little myself, I tell people the more booze you consume the better I sound[:D]
Ah… the “Alcoholic Music Postulate.” I am greatly familiar with it.
I wrote a song called the “Vanilla Polka,” I would like for ya’ll to hear it some time. I think the file is too large to send. If anyone wants a copy of in on CD, e-mail me and we can make arrangements, lest someone knows some download site that is secure (it is copyrighted material)
Matt,
seen all those guys including the King, BB King. Saw him last summer at the Hollywood bowl along with George Thorogood, NO ONE rocks like Thorogood, I saw him open for the Rolling Stones once, he was WAY better than the Stones!
I played drums in a Polka band in Cleveland, OH back in the early sixties. Mostly weddings and picnics (in hindsight, we were terrible). Later I hooked up with a piano player and bassist and we took a whack at jazz (again, we were terrible). Dave Brubeck was all the rage and Joe Morrello was my hero. We played a few clubs around town and you’re right, there’s nothing quite like being on stage. I haven’t picked up a stick in over forty years.
Walt
Vic, At the BB King Show the fans booed the concert promoters, you could see them motioning George to come of stage. … He played on! I did get to see him when he was on tour for his Boogie People Album/CD at a small club because he didn’t sell enough tickets, It was way better being 12 feet away watching him jam! I Have much of his music on vinyl and still spin’em!
Allright for the record- I think George’s version of THE SKY IS CRYING is better than Stevie Ray Vaughn’s.
Matt,
12’ away? Damn that musta been a great show! Bet ya couldnt hear right for a week! Eh?
I went to a Who concert back in the 80’s and I swear my ears rang for a week after, of course it didnt help being about 60’ from the stage…
As for the best version of Sky is Crying, I still defer to the original by Elmore James.