Attended the AAA Columbus Clippers ball game yesterday afternoon, a great day for a ball game. The new ball park is really nice for AAA ball. Suppose to be some big time storms passing Through Central Ohio today which means I will be working in the basement most of the day on the layout.
The NS Buckeye Yard is filling up as a storage yard, all the feeder lines into the yard are full of excess rolling stock. A friend of mine that is a sales rep for the BNSF says they have 75,000 cars in storage. Probably not many new cars are being ordered from the manufactures.
Busy weekend planned. My son turns 3 today…amazing how time flies! We are hosting his Bday party tomorrow. If weather holds off, it should be nice.
Filled up the trailer with mulch last night and did the first round of “operation mulch”. I swear I could spead 20 cubic yards of mulch and not nearly have enough…but enough to look like I care.
I did one that way too but didn’t like the look from the flash it made it look like there was a flaw at the vents on the front and there not there when I get home tonight I will try to post that pic also so you can see what I mean.
It is overcast and muggy. Beginning to catch up from being on vacation earlier this week. Still more grass to cut and the garden needs some attention. Doing research on what type of hold down system to put on my truck for the truck camper. I am leaning toward happijacs. Any of you have experience with truck campers?
GregM – More jobs are being posted soon. Keep looking at the USEC employment site. Now the press release is out I can say there is plans to build a Nuke Power Plant at our reservation, in addition to the uranium enrichment plant I’m working on now. Between the two plants we’re looking at 1000+ permanent jobs at well above average wages.
Wes- Nice deck. Don’t you just love the deck screws! What are you going to do to rest up from Disney World?
I was getting a little confused when I saw happy 30th to charlie and his wife thought he was a little young for that then saw it was accually Mitch (mitchelr ) any way Happy 30th and you went to a great place guess it reopened as thought it closed down temp I guess the last time I was up that way and it wasn’t a smorgasbord when I was in it last.
Speaking of I manage to hit 25th the 29th with the wife so were just going to celabrate easlie on sunday at Golden Corral as i have to work on the 29th tried to get off but someone else already had requested it thats okay next year I’ll get it.
Got to go to pond with boat. Checking with depthfinder for a newspaper box. Saw where something had been drug under cable and down to pond. Mentioned it to Chief of PD. He said newspaper box stolen a couple of nights ago. Sure the “Jones gang” dumped it in the pond.
Have some more rain and t’boomers coming for our viewing pleasure–had another t’boomer with attending monsoon show up last night—just to wake the household up again-- Fog is clearing off leaving us with some more dull grey clouds and specks of blue thrown in—nary a sunspot to be seen–
Have some client visits to do today north of us—they are having more t’underin’ boomers than we are----lots o’ fun—[:-^]–
Weekend looks kinda busy though–do some grocery refilling and try to get some mowing done—hahaha[banghead]–we also need to redo the larvaecide into our semipermanent pond/lake in the back yard —[:-^]
It is a nasty weather day. Heavy rain. Lots of thunder. Started out with thick fog and then the rain came. It is suppose to get worse. Hail and strong winds.
This is an indoors day… Maybe run trains later, if the electric doesn’t go out.
Buckeye…TGIF
Dinng car was here early. Had the usual for breakfast.
Thunder woke me early this morning. It’s gone for now but more expected later. If Kurt goes to the zoo early he might make it.
Nice chat with the guys last night, of course they kept me up later than I wanted to be but thats ok. No breaking news here at the SJ house so I will wing it today…S.J.
Chief - CATION! Could be a Yankee grit destroying bomb!!
Are you growing Tobacco? Where can I see the picture?
RT - Early Congrats on the 25th.
Don - I liked your night picture on another thread.
A lot of posts today about rough weather. Building up to major storms here tonight. I better turn the AC down and fill water jugs in case we loose power.
Brutus - I will flip Mike to see who drives the Tardis tonight. Should be fun with all these storms.
Chief, that’s a nice looking garden. I don’t see any butter beans or okra in there yet? We used to grow butterbeans and let them climb strings strung between an upper and lower wire attached to poles. My grandmother planted red potatoes too but would dig them up when they were small. She cooked them whole and put some kind of glaze on them. Wish I knew what it was.
Sounds like something from Alice’s Restaurant with Arlo Guthrie. Maybe the Roseyville PD will take some 8X 10 glossy pictures when they drag it out and get the helicopter out to give bigger news coverage. Maybe it’s the monster planted in the lake by Ernest T. Bass.
We made it! Looked like the rain just ended as we entered Snohio. Nice and sunny 80 degrees at the Zoo! lots of tired people there. Nice new Neighborhood exhibit for the kids! Next week is Lucas county Free week, so there will be crowds.
Quiet evening planned after going out last night for dinner, and Summer Festival live music and dancing.
Good evening! Spent the whole day in meetings. Some exciting stuff coming down the road regarding surgical cases. Turning a lot of conventional wisdom on it’s head. My brain is about fried. While I have been in meetings, the family has been at the beach and the pool frying in the 100+ temps here. We are heading out to eat and then to the beach so I can get my feet wet for a change. More meetings till Sunday, then home.
Bob, check with your MD regarding the meds you are on. Some, like Atenolol are often better taken at bed time. Depends on your situation and the other medications you are on. Taking medications at the right time can make life a lot easier. You don’t want to take something that will make you drowsy in the morning, etc.
Chief, good luck trying to bring that box up if its down there. May need to borrow a grappling hook from the FD to pull it up.
It is looking like rain again in SE Indiana with temps in the HOT range. Just spent a wonderful evening Thursday with my Norwegian soccer friend, her girlfriend, and the “saucy wench” (no offense to Lisa and the other ladies who pop in every now and then, but the place was dripping with estrogen lol). They are going to be playing on the same soccer team in Norway and I cannot wait to see some more “action” shots of them on the pitch. I ran the 384E this morning in the attic before it got too warm and her girl friend was very impressed with the trains. Today I went to the YMCA to do weights and soccer juggling. We went to a very impressive demo of TRAINZ software where some one had recreated the Greensburg rail yard in the 1950s with NYC steam. Hard to believe the yard had seven sidings and the line was double tracked from Indy to Cincy. Greensburg had a five stall roundhouse at one time. Watched my soap operas and went to the historical society as well. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning for breakfast. Beacon is lit and I can drive all night if needed. I hope everyone has a nice day.
