Hello–
Got all the running around for work done—had to finish off the garden stuff when I got home then got out the BBQ and done up some grilled asparagus and grilled Salmon. Now I’m kickin’ back with a cold one and doing laptop thing out on the deck----
Catch y’all in a bit-----
Bad wreck in DC/MD on the Red line metro looks bad one on top of the other . Prayers for all involved not a good situation.
Did Town Hall, mowed and sprayed [20 gallons this time]. Picked 4 more tomatoes and gave to neighbor. His is not ready yet. Will pack everything for lake house trip tomorrow. Got a 11:15 Dr’s apt and have to fast by midnight. Long fast till blood draw. Got Chamber Expo from 4 till 8 PM, come home, grab the “kids” and drive to the lake. Pam is off to Myrtle Beach at mid afternoon.
Seems they are suppose to have things worked out where trains are not suppose to run into each other. HUMM
Chief of PD’s youngest Daughter has Lymes/Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite. Started the big red rash ring around bite. DR. got her on meds and they are messing with her tummy. She should be OK later.
Good night all.
Good Evening
A nice day, middle 80s.
I got the grass cut and did some couching. Also oiled a couple more old engines and ran them a while. All is well today. Sat on the porch and waited for granny to get home from bible school. She is now enjoying the quiet. Banilla is ready for the Tardis ride so off we go…S.J.
Afternoon all. Only 4ish here. Got the bride to go hiking today - up to the top of Diamond Head in the blazing sun and then later up a muddy jungle trail to a water-fall in the middle of the rain forest. I think she is ready to kill me. Off to hide at the conference.
Barry, I’ve grilled salmon often, but never asparagus. How do you do it? I usually grill the salmon and steam the asparagus. Did you ever do red beats on the grill? We love them also.
Howdy guys. Thanks for all these prayers [:)] Wife will have another transfusion tomorrow, numbers getting low again. It’s about every 3 weeks or a little less. Class coming on July 8 for transplant stuff and after-care [tup]
Electric RR Co shipped my dc commander card today [:)]
Any of you guys sell stuff on ebay? Does the PO have like boxes that ship for a certain amount? I seem to remember they had a box you bought to mail something and it always was just like $8, no matter what you put in it? Is that right, or am I crazy (again)?
TARDIS is ready and I see some beacons and porch lights, so better get moving! Fat Tire Beer eh? It was good! All out of that, but have some Sam Adams Ale and Black Lager left as well as Old Mills and rootbeers, lol!
I love to do ham steaks on a grill … and veggies . Fish wrapped in foil with a tab of butter … hickory chips on my charcol grill … rarely use the gas grill anymore … no flavor enhancement … don’t like the phoney flavoring addons . Can’t beat the real smoke flavor . [:P]
Brutus … yea they do here … if it’s not too heavy . i like priority mail bucu better than fedex or UPS … fedex always beats up the boxes … have even got some from them " fedex " with footprints on them ! boxes all crushed and torn … [|(] … they suck !
Tardis was great tonight … RT … CHARLIE … BRUTUS … SJ … missed the rest of you guys … drop by !
Feeling like summer here in Michigan…finally!
Greetings from Deadwood, SD. Great week on the road.
Jim,
Check out the USPS web site, they have 4 maybe 5 different flat rate boxes. If it fits it ships.
John,
Never did asparagas on the grill, gas or charcoal, normally use the George F. or the Farberware. Just snap the stalks off, put them in a square pan, drizzle with olive oil, a bit of minced garlic, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper. Good to go!
Gonna be an early morning, have to be at the museum before 6:30, tv crew will be there at 7 to set-up for a 7:30 broadcast. Have to honk the horn a few times when I leave, make sure the birds are awake.
I think maybe summer has finally set in here in the Ol’ Pueblo. Still catching up on stuff around the house. Meds seems to be doing ok as I feel much less side affects. No word on the ultrasound. At least no one thinks I’m pregnant:) Talking w/ a friend today who had gall bladder issues and it sounds similar. Why does medical stuff always come in pairs for me?
Sad news about the accident in DC. Wasn’t it just last year they had that bad accident in the LA area?
Been reading a book I picked up at the GSNHM last summer. Talking about early British locos (“Planet” design) they give boiler dimensions like 18 x 20 inches. Is that just height and width? Or are the drugs affecting me more than I think?
Doug - sounds like you are having fun in Hawaii. Made it over to Pearl yet? Would like to see the AZ memorial and the Big Mo some day.
I’ve noticed recently that even though I volunteered on the NNR and worked on some of the full size locos, it’s the models that catch people’s attention. Interesting.
Brutus - cont’d thoughts and prayers for your wife
Bob
Good Morning from beautifl Southern Ohio
Just a quick check in before heading off to work. Work has been very busy and I am spending a lot of home surfing researching truck camper tie downs for our new to us camper, and it is bible school week!
DougM - Have fun, we enjoyed our Hawaii vacation last year, try and get to volcano national park if you can. It is really neat!
Jim F - Continued prayers for healing and the health care providers of your bride
Chief - I liked the shot of your co-pilot. I could not leave the truck door open around my golden retriever, or she would jump in and want to go for a ride!
Time to go.
May God bless
Jim
Morning fellas!
Well, the family ships out tomorrow for our first major road trip with our 3 year old. Our destination is Orlando for some Disney World and Sea World adventures…first stayover is in Macon, Ga, just south of Atlanta. Jack is very excited to see Mickey Mouse. I got the van almost all ready to go. Packing it up tonight and shipping out bright and early tomorrow morning for some all day driving. We will see how it goes. Wish me luck.
Hope everyone has a good day and gets/stays well.
Wes
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 90. Practiced with “my” soccer girls, mostly goalie work. I did terrible as I could not beat even the slow freshmen in one on one drills. Ouch! Did weights at the YMCA afterward. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast. Beacon is lit. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Mornin’
Have sun this morning then the mix of sun/cloud and some more chances of those t’underin’ boomers and showers-----humidity is up there I guess----although it don’t feel too humid right now—the high will be at 29C with the heat index of around 34C
Got some client visits to do then some work related running around—after that I got to do some looking for a good flatbed scanner for transferring some photos I took when I was a kid of some locos around the Woodstock ON area-------[:-^]
On the Asparagus side of things I was lucky to have found a grill screen kind of thing that we could use for our BBQ. We just do the basic drizzle of olive oil and seasoning then just toss them on to this screen----the resulting grilling does wonders to them----it only requires a few minutes—[:P]
Morning. Going to get hot this week. Getting ready to go to Dr. for blood work. Then some errands. Got Town stuff this evening and then hit the road.
Hey Cylinder, is London ON near Perth? Been there several times.
Prayers for Brutus’ wife. Pam needs to give your wife her blood. Pam is still having to give blood to keep her iron count down.
Hope all have a great week.
Morning all!
Chief: I think my youngest may have 2 tick bites on the backs of her upper arms. I can’t seem to find any descriptions on what these look like, just Lymes disease photos. We typically don’t see this around here. The bites are about round 1" in diameter, hard and starting to scab in the center 3/8". There is not a ring. Does this sound like a Tick? I thought this may have been from a spider but this is different. Thanks.
Will get the kiddie pool and sprinkler out today…another hot one.
Brutus: Prayers for your Bride.
Good Morning,
I thought it was hot yesterday and I was right! 101 degrees here in south Florida near West Palm Beach, a small community named Wellington got up to 101 yesterday, Vero Beach FL set a new state record with 102 for the day. Currently having a thunderstorm, wanted to get on before I go out this morning.
On I-95 early monday morning a fuel truck struck a parked car(empty car) in the middle of the roadway on I-95, destroyed both vehicles as the tanker went up in flames. The truck driver got out ok and one of his two dogs with him, the other dog was killed at the scene. It seeems that driving in a major city is hazardous, either rail or roadway.
Lee F.
Good Morning
Sunny and 85 today.
Kurt-Vampire bite.
My body is tired today doesn’t want to move. I am in slow motion. Breakfast has arrived, smells good so I am out of here. We grill veggies in one of those basket thingys, just about anything…S.J.