60 today. Wife and I are still sick. No worse today but no better either.
Was a heat wave here today all of 9 above.
Roy,
Guess it is our turn,
Sandra woke up with a good case of the crud. Hacking and coughing all day. I will be next! Just wrote a check for $160 from her last check up so she waits till the new year to get sick and now I got to start all over on this years $800.00 deductible. Go figure! [banghead]
A guy charged me $29.75 to re-seal a tire yesterday…WTH?? The guy I used to use retired. He used to charge $15.00. Seem like a lot to me? maybe not, Darn if I know?
Guess the new plow brain will have to wait. [:S]
Good evening all,
Cold here. Took down a lot of Christmas stuff. Still a lot to go. Did Pizza King after Mass tonight. Not much else going on. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Guten morgen,
We moved in to the temporary lodging on base yesterday with no problems. It is essentially a two-bedroom hotel room with a kitchen and living room. It is only for 9 more days so we will survive. Although it is Sunday, the wife and I will be busy today making the final preparations at the house. The packers will arrive tomorrow at 0800. The youngest child and I are the only ones awake right now, but I need to make some breakfast and do some laundry.
Fife - Yes, I hope she makes friends and plugs in to some activities soon after our arrival as I know that will help.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Joe
Sun. 74 Mon. 60 Rain Tue. 1st rain this winter.
Many have the flu here, I had it a week ago and am just getting over my cold. I’m grateful I am ok to go to church.
The illegal alien tire shops here never clean the rim, they just put the tire on.
Hello there,
Spent most of yesterday napping and watching the PA farm show on PCN.
Last evening went through Lights on the Lake with daughter & kids. Then we dined on pitza at a local place.
It was -6 when we left for 7AM mass. -7 when we got home. Up to -4 after I chcked the barn and fixed the fire at the other house.
Mrs made us bacon and French Toast for breakfast.
Probably naps and the Farm Show for the rest of the day.
Prayers for those in need
Morning. 6 degrees at house at 7 AM. RDU reported 4. Don’t think that makes a difference to me. Cold is cold.
Got a Human Services thingy this afternoon. Mighty cold to get out. Suppose to be in the 60’s by Friday and weekend.
Roy [and wife] and Dennis, get well.
Joe, she will be OK after a few months in school here. Us REBS will keep an eye on you in VA.
Schools been out so we will see if they start late tomorrow due to cold.
Stay warm all.
Good morning,
AT long last!!! [Y] 22 degrees and heading to freezing today. The melt down starts today. 50s by mid week then back to normal temps by the end of the week.
Chief, I will send you some of our Yankee heat. [;)]
Man I did not sleep for crap last night. About 2:00am I turned over in bed tore/pulled my Rotor Cuff again on my right arm and I have been in very bad pain ever since. WTH. OLD AGE??? Well gona to look for some IcyHot and try that. I am going to have to give up and get this worked on I think.
Dennis, The reason they need to clean the rims and re-seal the tire to them is because of the reaction to the sub 0 temps and road salt. It grows a a crud build up on the rims that allows air to get out. So they have to clean all the crud off the seal surface of the wheel and tire and then they use a bead sealer when they put the tire back on. It is far worse on alloy wheels than steel wheels.
Another day with a 59/60 high, cloudy, and rain predicted this afternoon.
Wife is worse today. I am the same as last couple of days. If no better tomorrow will have to see if I can get back into the doc again…
Thanks for the get well thoughts.
Kev - sorry about the cold/flu and the shoulder. I have been unable to sleep through the night the last couple of years. Same for the wife. I do that bad rotation at night a couple of times a year to my neck (2 compressed disks) and pinch the nerve. Incredibly painful.
Banks - give me a shout about the 259 when you have time.
A goodie from your parked on the sofa reporter…
The Moving Image Research Center at Univ of SC has been posting a lot of cool rr videos from the old Fox Movietone News archives (1920’s and 30’s). Some are cutting room floor clips of discarded stuff from the final as presented in theaters as much more film was shot than needed for the final films.
Many of these are early sound films so unlike many older silent rail fan films with dubbed locomotive sounds you get to hear what the subject locomotives actually sounded like.
Search on Speed Graphic Film and Video.
SJ - quite a bit of NYC!
Good evening all,
Took down the tree today. Did 7.1 miles in 1:59.32 at a 3.56 MPH average. I walked the entire time and got slowly faster with each mile. Can only get better. Weather is warmer, but could get interesting tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Howdy all!
Just a quick check in. My nephew had to cancel, was supposed to come over for brunch today, but late last night they were told they had to do a parade formation at 12:30. That shot that.
So this was the high temperature today:
Looking forward to it warming up. Although they’re talking about getting freezing rain during the afternoon rush hour tomorrow. Whoopee!
Have a good one!
Mornin’ all!
Looks like I’ve caught a cold now. Nose was running all last night until we went to bed, then I couldn’t breath through my nose for most of the night. Nice. Nyquil didn’t help a bit.
We’re gonna have a veritable heat wave today, with temperatures reaching 28°! Gonna break out the shorts and Hawaiian shirt for work.
Have a good one!
33 and a wet light snow over night. Shoulder feels better today. Cold and damp. Worse than -14 if you ask me. Cat is out!
Good Morning from balmy 34°F Southern Ohio,
It was 37° when I left home and as I drove north to work it got cooler and the roads turned icy. The plant is pretty well shut down due to the icy on the roadways.
We took down the inside decorations yesterday after Mass. It comes down so much quicker than going up. I hope to get to the outside decorations this coming Friday as the temperatures are to be above freezing again.
The kids have a 2 hour delay. I called home and left instructions for the boys to spread salt on the steep part of the driveway.
Kev – I hope the shoulder gets better
Spank – I’ve not heard of imgur, I too want to move my photos to something so I can post pics again. Photobucket cost >$100 if I remember was too much for me.
Got to go
May God bless
Jim
First time in 12 days the temp got above 15 and yep it snowed.
Looks like about 3 inchs, I haven’t been out yet.
S.J.
Morning. We are above freezing. [:O] 34 degrees right now. Climbing.
Hope all you that are sick, get well. Off to get my second flu shot. VA paying this time. Vets can go to Walgreens and get it. Dr.'s on my Human Service Board recommend two a year. Regular Ins. will pay for only one.
Have a good one.
Well I skipped the shorts, but am wearing the Hawaiian shirt. I really didn’t feel like wearing one this morning, which made it mandatory that I put one on. Those are the best times to wear them.
Currently working at resolving another stupid client trick. This weekend these schmucks decided to go live in production, but didn’t tell us they were planning on doing so. So Saturday morning they run into problems and, of course, reach out to us. After some preliminary analysis, the problem’s definitely on their end. But they still want us to help them resolve it. Brilliant!
I wish it had more flexibility in organizing albums, but other than that has worked out so far for me. I’m gradually moving over to it; so far photobucket hasn’t blocked my hot linking, but I think it’s only a matter of time. Here’s the link: https://imgur.com/
Good Morning,
With regret I feel I should pass on some sad news I recently found out. John Bakker recently passed, as a result of complications from an illness. I enjoyed his time here and the continuous jokes he shared. Even though he was Great Britain, he certainly enjoyed his trains. I lift a pint [B] in his memory.
Happy to see the temps beginning to climb again. I sure many significant accidents, but haven’t heard of any significant disasters.
The Thomas Fire is STILL burning out here, but in remote locations. We are supposed to get significant rainfall in the next 24-36 hours, as much as 4-5 inches. Of course the most significant is in the burn areas, so lots and lots of sandbagging going on. Bad thing about mud slides is they may not move for a week or two after the rainfall as the water penetrates the soil. Always seems to be something.
All is well on the home front, have dental cleaning today, and spend the remainder here around the house.
So take care all, and stay healthy.
May he rest in peace.