I’m still around, been crazy around here. Trying to meld everything from the office into the house area, and then get Christmas decorations up, etc… In a nutshell;
Business has been busier the past month, since we moved. (no complaint)
FIL had some bad days, was in the hospital for a week, but is doing really well now. Wife spent a LOT of time in the support role.
Took trains to the Cal Stewart meet, did OK, but wont do that again. Most buyers were looking for items that they could get at a “steal”. 80-90% of attendees were either dealers or 2nd tier buyers/sellers. Sunday did have some “public” in, not many but some. I think I may have 9 or 10 cars to people that bought other stuff. AND best of all they were excited about it.
Trying hard to “FIT” stuff in the house, sure is an uphill battle!
Friend of mine is building a Christmas layout for a party for Bob Eubanks, and renting the layout. Asked if I would help him set it up next week, he is also building a home layout for some Dr., and needs help wiring. So will try to give him a hand.
ALL is well here, have a quiet evening at home tonight, so think I will have a bowl of Chili, and go out to the train room, and try to straighten things up.
-REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THE CHAR MAY BE COMING HOME THIS WEEK !!! THAT IS WONDERFUL !!
Like the signature image RT, looks great.
Take care all, hope everyone stays healthy, and happy. GOOD LUCK for all on the job hunt, this can be a terribly tough time of the year. Just remember you don’t have to look far to find some people worse off!! God Bless.
Spent monday and a good part of tuesday at the museum, decorating for the layout for Christmas. Got park wide “Christmas on the Prado” starting tomorrow afternoon, it will be mobcity for the weekend. Needless to say with some of the changes that the exhibitors have to live with I avoid the place.
Yesterday and today have been decorating days at home, not getting a lot accomplished though. SWMBO has been out & about so the “stamp of approval” has not been issued yet. [:-^]
Great news Brutus, continued [angel] .
Chuck, No matter what just pull the cord and not his finger. [(-D]
Thanks for the prayers guys - working! She is scheduled for early afternoon release tomorrow and they actually called in her meds ahead of time this time, already got reports from Walgreens at 2 locations that they have received the orders, so maybe they will have it all ready when we need it!
Dropped kids at school and then did my labwork (fasting) this morning. Stood in line outside Quest Diagnostics in the cold for about 1/2 hour, but I was first in line. Work was crazy with meetings and training, etc. Did manage to get one thing done though!
Talked with Char tonight and she is really excited to come home. She will be on precautions again - hand sanitizer and stuff. We’ll keep her settled down for a while until she is back on her feet and off restrictions, but it will be better for her to be home again. I’m off Monday too, as her Mom can’t get here until Monday afternoon, but she will be a huge help.
Tardis is ready and everything is on me tonight boys, so belly up!
Brutus - That is awesome news! I’ll keep praying all continues to go well and for smooth sailing when she gets home.
Jim - I don’t think it’s an addiction; it’s enthusiasm [swg].
S.J. - Glad you and Charlie are having fun. I’m having a root beer float tonight.
Fife - Be thankful your wife knows you want train-related items. My wife keeps asking what I want, but after I tell her she rolls her eyes and suggests something I actually need such as clothing. I just recently educated her on scale and gauge.
I’ve been busy with work and Christmas shopping this week. I’m looking forward to the weekend since there is a train show. I may do some Christmas shopping for myself at the show - I’ve been eyeing some SD90s and Dash 9s from Williams by Bachmann.
Thats from my dads original set from 1953 that we ran every year either under the tree or in the basement on the ping pong table, It’s a 316. Needs a little tuning up. I hope to have some time during the holidays. Runs a little slow while ON the track. OFF, it runs super!
Brutus, Great news [wow][yeah][tup] Prayers will continue.
Going to hunt till noon tomorrow. The Dog (my son) has to work second shift. I’ll spend the rest of the day trying to finish some projects in the house. Train show on Sunday near Johnstown.
Supposed to be cold all next week. Keep that cannon pointed some where else.
Mornin’ boys. Cloudy and 32 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a reminder [I], Greenberg show is at Timonium this weekend.
jefelectric- C’mon now, you know I’m not a “purist”, as I love to run a lot of mid-70’s LIONEL. But at 40-50 bucks per car, I expect the manufacturers to properly label them. They go through all the trouble to produce beautiful molds, then don’t check with quality control. Those ATLAS cars are beautiful [Y]…and are numbered wrong [N]. [sigh] (Source - Chessie combined system equipment fleet roster, 79-80 edition.) Thanks anyway.
Demay- Wifey is pretty good at buying the right stuff, and quick to pull the trigger if I want something.
Brutus - GREAT NEWS!
PURPLE friday. Steelers coming to town (older princesses in “lock-down” mode [}:)])
Aloha from a sunny and cold Chicago. Took the youngest to a school rolling-skating event. After dragging him unright for two hours, my workout is done. Ran trains about the same time as SJ and Charlie. Brutus, just remember that one thing as Curly said in the movie City Slickers… [Y]
Morning. Early hair cut [at least I have hair, unlike some I know [:-^]]. Now ot Town Hall and then off to the lake house for a couple of days. [Actually slipping over the M&D and turning that snow cannon back on the Yanks, better watch out [}:)]] Got to be back to wave Sunday afternoon in the Chirstmas Parade. Riding in the back of a pickup instead of a convertable. This is because Wifey, Lucy, Finn and myself will not fit in the back seat of a convertable. Finn is too big. Later.
Yep last nite was fun. We ran some MPC Lionel that hadn’t been on rails in maybe 15 years, a drop of oil on the axles and off they went. Charlie has no idea how much I enjoyed his company. Then had an hour chat with Brutus, I hope Char gets to stay home this time. TGIF…S.J.
The news could not be better, Brutus. [tup][tup][tup] Your wifey is coming home! Prayers for her continuing recovery. This will be a very special Holiday season for your entire family. And you know your friends could not be happier for you two. [angel]
On the local front, my better half unilaterally decided that we would be giving each other a new flatscreen TV for Christmas this year, our first departure from a tube television. Spent a couple of days boning up on the current brand line-ups, prices, and technologies, settled some differences with the wifey over screen size (translation, I lost), then pulled the trigger Black Friday. Got an LCD (versus plasma) because our viewing room is very bright in the daytime (glare), and Samsung had the only sets in our size category with a non-glare, matte screen.
Got home, then set it up only to discover our current Comcast HD box has no HDMI inputs from the set… So the 1080P/120HZ capabilities cannot be fully appreciated. No problem, right? Just swap out cable boxes? Not that easy.
Comcast RAN OUT of the 1080-capable boxes at both local Comcast stores, couldn’t get one until this past Wednesday. I ask you: how can a cable company, in such a cutthroat and highly competitive market, run out of cable boxes at the front end of perenially the most rabid TV sales period of each year!!![banghead] To make matters worse, these Comcast stores…you can’t call them to check on stock, They don’t have a phone number, don’t take
Good morning all, At the risk of getting shot at by the snow cannon, it’s going to be 70 again today but rain forcast for Sunday.
D Baker, glad to see you back on the pot. I kind of feel the same way about selling at Cal Stew. I haven’t tried now for several years. Did good on my last one though at the old hall. Sold an Excellent rating Lionel AA Santa Fe 2353 for $500. Nowadays, I can’t hardly give things away.
Jim, prayers and well wishes for Char coming home.
Jack, re the Chief’s SS payments, I feel the same way as he does about railroad retirement. Like to keep those young hogheads working a lot to keep the old man in clover.
No trains at my house last night but went to friends layout instead to see operation of new Z stuff crossing gate signals. They work real nice and even have a bell ringing along with the gates being lowered. Got a new music CD from my drummer friend and a Lionel two unit flatcar with Southern Pacific trailers from another friend at the get together. Now I need to get them something for Christmas.
Looking for UPS man today for my MTH Southern Railway PS4 according to tracking info.
Had some great Zuchinni squash with a little touch of garlic and spices last night but I think I overdid it. Still have heartburn from something. We have just about finished off the oyster stew I made but it was very good with a little bacon chips added. Only thing I like better than oysters is Eastern North Carolina Bar-B-Que. I think my Southern roots are showing.
Boys keep that cannon pointed away from Jersey. The temps are dropping and it is going down to the high 20s. I want to start getting ready for the Holidays and not working. I already have to work this Saturday and next. Then I am on vacation for the next 3 weeks, unless someone shoots the cannon at us.
Green Probe, Jim, Ray, AF53 sends his finds to my house. He got a nice AF clock work set yesterday. I may have to misplace a few of them.
Rich, Good luck on the job hunt. We still have a freeze on hiring.
Brutus, Great news on Char. Prayers continued for both of you.
Chief, You have to be a great Mayor to back the Fire Department with that new Rig. Santa is comong early.
RI Jack, I do not think that Navy Jack bought the new VW yet. Gigi has her sights on it.
[:)]hello guys hope everyone is ok. have been enjoying our 50 inch tv which we have had about a month. we still had a zenith console that we bought 25 years ago. cant upload avatar anyone having this problem? waiting to get my thunder mountain 0-6-0 engine and three christmas passenger cars. menards is selling a lionel set for 100 bucks with an 0-8-0. hope pat, rt, jack, ray and all the rest of the gang are well and healthy. navyjack