50 today and cloudy. 30 tonight. Sorry about all the snow yuz guz are having to deal with.
The now full blown cold is much worse today. Could only sleep about 3 hrs last night. Head and stomach messed up. Feel like crap. Hopefully better tomorrow.
Forced myself to start deconstructing Christmas. Outside stuff down. Inside stuff down and almost packed. Son stopped by during his lunch and helped me get boxes down from attic.
Kev - my jack looks identical. If i did not feel so bad I would go out in the garage and check the number.
Roy, get better soon!!! On a good note all you south end guys have to look at the good side of cold. It kills off the bugs. Just hold your breath till it is over and you will be good. [;)] [(-D]
I found the original paperwork for mine today. Mine looks way worse than the picture I posted. Just found that picture on the net but that is it. The rebuild kit is around $45.00 I think I paid like $70.00 for it in the late 70s. It was a deal back then. That thing has been a great jack and took a beating over many years. I can’t say anything bad about it.
Busy back at work. Went for my walk outside at noon. I was bundled up and was fairly comfortable. Not too many others out. Did not see any of the normally athletic “posers” out there runnning/jogging/whatever. “Fair weather” wannabees. I hope everyone has a good day.
No new snow but what we got about a week ago is still with us. Another funeral home visit last night, I dressed in my flannel PJs but my wife made me change into street clothes.
We survived the storm!!! Got about 6-7 inches, heavy weird stuff, not the light and fluffy stuff I was expecting. Stairs and driveway are cleared off, but I haven’t touched the back yet. Corey wants to chop wood tomorrow, not sure about doing that with these temperatures. We’ll see.
Funny, no one is talking about the rain/ice/snow mix we’re gonna see on Monday. I think everyone’s just burned out from this storm.
I’m finally getting around to moving all my photos to imgur from photobucket - I had downloaded most of them in August, but hadn’t created the albums and uploaded them to imgur yet. Went through all of the albums on my viaduct construction: now that’s got me jonesing to get back to work and finish those up. Maybe I can do that this spring. The key is gonna be getting my dad’s table saw put back together and working, then getting a dado blade for it.
So far I’ve uploaded 75 albums, but still got a bunch more to go.
Thought I had uploaded backyard shots from yesterday, but apparently not. Will get to those tonight.
Aloha. Cold here like everywhere else. Hope you are feeling better from your cold, Roy! Working from home today so I could work on some car issues - what i thought was a frozen brake cylinder in the CRV (after sitting all day in -4 temps) and a loose connector for the airbag sensor in the bride’s car. Definitely a day for the flannel PJs, SJ!
Good morning all, still down with the flu/bronchitis/cold or whatever it is. It has been 7 days now and I’m still coughing and taking antibiotics. Will try to do a follow up with my regualar doctor’s office. My personal doctor is on vacation. I have a dental appointment Monday for a crown on a recent root canal tooth. Might not make that. TTOS meet tomorrow. I don’t think I’ll make that either.
Don, glad you got your leak problems fixed.
Good luck to you guys in the East where all the cold weather is.
Finally read the title today. Chief left out the Scrapple
Cold and windy today. T was 5 when I came in from the barn a bit ago. Mrs’ school was closed today so it was mostly a lazy day. I still feel like I’m catching a cold. Been a couple of days now No better no worse.
Finally got around to working on the 259E I got in the fall of '16. I knew when I got it it needed a new pickup assembly which I got from Jeff Kane back then. I had hoped to add a modern smoke unit but that was quickly ruled out as soon as I looked. No Room. While I was trying to figure out how to seperate the motor halves to replace the pickup I found that the drivers are loose on the axels. Any advice on either repair will be appreciated.
Rounded out the day at a viewing for Mother of Mrs’ coworker, paying some bills an early dinner out and a vist with Mom.
The past few days have been terribly busy. Yesterday was my last full Friday in the office here and I was there until 19:30. Today, we move out of our house and into temporary lodging on-base. The wife and I will be busy this weekend making final preparations for the packers/movers who will begin packing our house on Monday. I hope you all save some of that snow for me. We have not had much here in Germany this season.
Don - We have mixed feelings about returning to the States sooner than expected. We had many places in Europe we still wanted to visit; however, my parents are aging so it will be good to be closer to them. Also, the wife’s parents will move in with us in VA. She is an only child and they want to see the grandkids more often. Our oldest child, 16 y/o girl, is taking it the hardest. She is a HS junior and expected to be in this school until graduation. The boys appear to be indifferent about it.
Gluten free boys. A balmy 5 in the Potomac Highlands. As I was waking up, came up with a possible solution for a lift-away bridge for my “high” line, using O27 straights. Will work on that today.
Demay - I got that t-shirt moving the youngest Princess to WV. She concentrated only on what she left behind. Then she came to work on the RR in the canteen car. She finally met new young folks, and felt a part of something. Hope it all works out for you on that dot-point.
Morning All! (or in Fife’s case “Gluten Free” All!)
Your “German” is coming along nicely, Fife!! [:D]
Wow, still bitter out there. You know it’s cold when your Husky doesn’t even want to go outside.
Like half of you here, I’m still trying to shake this cold too. Going to Lysol down the house.
I’ve been doing a bunch of research lately on building freight cars using styrene. I might attempt something this winter. There’s a few good articles on the Other Guys Rag forum on building intermodal well cars. Might be a good first project attempt.
Since it’s Twelfth Night I was going to take down the outside Christmas decorations today but since it’s in the low '20s I just took down the wreaths on the flag brackets and unplugged the lights. Got the space heater in the “Chugger Barn” set on “max,” I’ll let it run for an hour or two and maybe I can get an operating session in today. Got two inches of snow on Thursday but I’m not complaining, it could have been worse. Still bloody cold though!
Here’s a little something from World War Two appropriate to the situation…