Evening all!
Uhhhh - the bunny slope kicked me square in the cotton tail today…the up side is I got more time in the bar!
Headed home tomorrow - wife called me this am, held the phone up to the pool pump and said “is it supposed to be making his noise” - uh no - had her turn the system off - so I have a little project when I return - maybe involve 10 large dump trucks of dirt…
Mike C & Chief - good news [angel]
Mornin’ all!
Quick checkin before I get Corey out the door.
Happy the temps are going up, just not into the cold this winter. Supposed to be 38° today and 51°/50° this weekend. Still got a pile or two of extremely dirty snow lying around which will hopefully melt away.
Have a good one!
Good Morning from 21°F Southern Ohio,
I am at work on my normal day off to support some maintenance activities. No operations, just give the OK for the work to start and verify it is completed when the maintenance folks says it done. It should make for an easy day but it is still a day away from home.
Our house had more insulation added through a project between Columbia Gas and the local Community Action organization. Insulation was added to the attic, knee walls and crawl spaces were sealed. These were items I was going to do, but through some government grant I got the insulation at about half price and the community action folks installed the insulation and did the sealing work. I inspected their work and it was adequate. Over the weekend I’ll verify the finished job in the attic as I did an in-progress check and it was being installed as I would expect.
It is to get up into the 50’s today and remain warm for a few days. The rain predicted for Saturday will wash the salt off the roads.
Roy – sounds like it is time for the Jacuzzi and an adult beverage instead of the slopes and hot cholate.
Mike – Great news, get home safe.
Chief – Great news too!
45 degrees out. Warming fast. Off to a freee steak lunch with some politico.
Still coughing dry cough.
Have a good one.
Mornin boys. Sunny & 26 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Need to slide by the yard after awhile to tend to some misc. biz. May have supper with folks tonight; they’ve been feeling bad this week.
Had claims adjuster over yesterday. He took some measurements, but didn’t cut any check as of yet…
V8Vega - Your talk of slotcars had me searching Youtube last night. TYCO US1 Trucking sets. I absolutely missed the party on this set-up back in the early 80’s. This series has to be one of the coolest items in HO I’ve ever seen. Intermodal docks, culvert loaders, log loaders, gravel loaders, semi-trailer interchanges, etc… One can hope the folks producing E-Z STREETS borrow a chapter from TYCO’s book.
Good morning,
Heading to 50 today crazy for January.
I feel like our granddaughter Lexi has outgrown us already at seven and a half. She does not have the drive to be out here very much anymore. Friends, school and other things. They sure grow up fast these days. Grandson Jordan takes up the slack though.
In four days it will be 9 years retired for me. I would not do it any different if I could do it over, Rather not Work! I have seen too many who did not get much retirement or none. Learned that lesson from my dad. Three years and dead. I guess to each his own.
Good afternoon all, feeling better today. Coughing a lot less than a week ago. Still working with Dentist. Got temporary crown this week. Permanent one in another week or so. Put some fresh flowers for Helen at the cemetery today and spent a little time there enjoying the sunshine. TCA meet tomorrow in Arcadia and Dixieland Jazz music on Sunday.
Ray
Evening all!
Just a quick pop in. It’s a rocking Friday night in my house. I’m on the computer and the Mrs. is snoring on the couch!
Fife/Kev - That Tyco US1 set looks pretty cool! I don’t recall ever seeing that one. I had a Cox slot car as I kid, but I still preferred my trains. [:)]
Jim - I’m looking to do the same in my attic. If the government wants to help pay for some insulation, who am I to stop them! I’m probably paying for it indirectly anyways.
Roy - Fingers crossed with the pool…
Mike C - The Lionel/Micro Racers set is neat! Another one I haven’t seen before. Did I miss the '80’s??
Have a good one.
Rob
Good evening,
I am finally winding down for the night and ready for bed. This was a long week. Tomorrow could be a busy day. I know we will update/connect the older two kids’ cell phones in the morning. The wife and princess will attend a baby shower. If I had my layout track plan finalized I would see about getting the wood for the benchwork but I am not quite there with the plan. I might also visit a couple of comic book stores or take the boys to the movies.
Good night,
Joe
Good evening all,
Thank you for the good response to the Microracer set. Actually it is my daughter’s set. It was made in 1989 for K-Mart. Speaking of which, the same daughter is the one we brought home today from St. Louis. She had to make a last check with the doctor about an issue, but they assured everything was normal and it will take time for her to make a full recovery. Her boyfriend is with her this weekend and my wife will be staying with her during the week. Weather was warm but windy today. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there,
lazy this AM, finished February CTT while waiting for Mrs to get up. Haven’t got March yet. Maybe today, they tend to come on Saturday.
Need to get a new cell phone. Mine was supplied by work. Since pretty much everything is done it’s gonna be cut off the end of the month. Getting to keep the number though. Leaning on a prepaid plan with an S4. Any thoughts?
Started to work on the Oliver’s brakes Thursday. Got far enough on one side to confirm the mechanism is stuck. Hoping to finish that project today.
Dogs are pesting for out. Best move on.
Prayers for those in need.
Morning. Slept late. 53 degrees and going into the 60’s.
Train Box today. Get a little done.
Wifey and I are coughing but better.
Banks, good luck on the Oliver.
Have a good one.
Sat. 76/47 Sun. 84/47 windy thru Monday
I had to sign in.
I retired at 62 as soon as you can get social security 11 years ago. I didn’t hate work but I live the life of Riley now.
I completels rebuilt my hot rod Vega with a 408 small block, worked and worked on it plus a lot of money and got old and conserative in the meantime and didn’t want to drive such a radical car and sold it. Then worked on my layout.
Afternoon all!
56 and cloudy.
The pool guy was able to fix the pump. Replaced the strainer lid and gasket. It is pulling a good suction and the seal is quiet, not leaking, and no funny noises. Fingers crossed.
Relaxing today. Still beat from the trip. Had a great time and my son had fun snowboarding the mountain with my buddy who is an excellent skier.
Dennis - 408 Vega, wowzers! Would like to have seen that!
Yes, from chasing all those snow bunnies. [:O]
Finally got in the Train Box. Got the two Legacy Powermasters programed in the system. Work great for my conventional engines. Don’t use them for command.
Also got the Lionel NS Salute to the Vets engine going. Was a little too close and engine moving too fast for phone to do good focus.
Snow Bunnies???
What Snow Bunnies???
Sixty one more days.
And then the real job starts. Since your retired you now have time to do this, and that, that,
[tup]
Good evening,
Today did not go as I hoped. Nothing went wrong but I did not seem to do much or get much accomplished. For some reason, I awoke with some neck and back pain. It started yesterday and I believe it is due to sleeping with a thicker pillow the other night. I usually use a very thin pillow or no pillow at all, but I used a thicker one my wife purchased a couple of days ago. The pain became worse throughout the day and I actually took pain medicine which I rarely ever do. I was still able to do some laundry, light grocery shopping, and visit a comic book store, but did not have the desire to do much else. I watched some NCAA basketball and read a few comic books. I am off to bed now and plan to not use a pillow tonight.
Good night,
Joe
