Poor Oliver just can’t win for losing it seems. Our boy from Alabama is OK while he’s in the motel room. I’m making this part of the game somewhat more interactive than ‘Paradise Cove’. Of course it’s not going to be as big either. So far Oliver can search the room and the bathroom. He can turn things on and off, he can open and close the medicine cabinet. So far he can find two items. A red key and a note warning him to be wary of goons. He ignores the note, balls it up and drops it. on subsequent searches of the bathroom it’s mentioned that’s there’s a balled up note on the floor. After finding the red key any further searching of the room results in him being told he already has the red key. After he turns on the TV and hears Mr Blurry Guy he’s free to leave the motel. However if he tries to leave without turning on the TV one of the guys waiting outside says “I didn’t hear no TV. Turn on the TV”. Once the TV has been turned on and Mr Blurry Guy says what he has to say Oliver can leave. Now things start to go badly for him. He opens the door and walks out of the room. The two big guys outside grab him and throw him in the back of their car and a third guy in the car swings something and Oliver’s lights go out in an explosion of stars.
This is as far as I’ve gotten. When I pick it up again Oliver will wake up in a sub-basement compartment under the observation car at the end of a train of dead-head equipment being sent back up the line behind a trio of GP40’s. Now I don’t know if these sub-basement compartments open into the interior of the car or not (probably not) but this one does. He searched the room so Oliver already has the tool he needs to get out. Trouble is, once he’s out where does he go? He’s trapped on a train with I don’t know yet how many bad guys. So far he has only the red key. Other than that all he has is his wits, his fists and whatever he can find.
Hey all. Just a quick stop as the computer is about to die on me (won’t charge as I dropped it on the floor from the couch). Wanted to catch up on things before I head off to bed as I have to w**k tomorrow. A big thank you from me and mine to all those that served, are serving, or will serve in the military. Y’all are the real superstars and heros that need to be asked for autographs.
Welp, that’s about it for me, going to go hit the sack and see what I can see tomorrow, probably won’t be much rail-related, but I’ll get something RR or MRR related done this week even if it drives me to the funny farm.
We’ve heard about 3 dog nights, but here it will be a 3 cat nights. Shelley just acquired a third rescue cat for the household. The 3 came from cat rescue centers in Cincinnati, OH, Paducah, KY, and now (as of today) from Clarkesville, TN. … And to think we used to be dog people.
Ray … Glad it was a nice time with your Orlando sister and prayers for he as she deals with cancer.
JP, Lee, Flip, Duke, and several others: Thanks for your service. Have a good Veterans Day.
Thank you to all veterans, before, with, and after, especially the air crews involved with Operation Ranch Hand, VietNam-63, and Dragon Rouge Stanleyville Africa-Nov.64. Schoolmates Merwin Delano,kia-5/24/66 Phuoc Long, Wayne Cyr,kia 05/07/68 /Quang Nam. May God bless us all. herrinchoker
Let us in the USA be thankful to our vets and honor them for their service in keeping us safe and free, Hey, Thanks, Veteran!
Let the Canadians and Australians take today to honor those veterans who have passed while in their duties.
Today’s fun limmerick:
A climber nicknamed Gorgeous George Fell down into scenic Gorgeous Gorge. He wasn’t hurt, so he tried, And managed, to climb outside. Now they’ve renamed the place Gorgeous George Gorge.
Evening All, Well here in New Zealand today is actually known as Armistice Day, because WWI ended at 1100 hours on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, (even you guys with your backwards way of writing dates can’t get this one wrong !!! 11/11/1918.[swg] ).
Commemorating Armistice Day is rather low key for us and the Australians as ANZAC Day, 25 April is our day of remembrance for those who have served and paid the price in various conflicts around the world.
Still we do owe , in particular, those in the US forces who fought in the Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942, a great deal of Thanks.
“Although a tactical victory for the Japanese in terms of ships sunk, the Battle of the Coral Sea would prove to be a strategic victory for the Allies for several reasons. Japanese expansion, seemingly unstoppable until then, was turned back for the first time.”
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All Those who need them.
Zoe, just a bowl of organic granola and lots of dark roast coffee for me… Sugar is higher than I like it again this morning. Had order out Chinese at my Son’s house last night and I only ate about half of the rice in my meal. Even skimped on the cake and ice cream to celebrate DIL’s birthday… Didn’t have a snack before bed (It was high then) and it was still 140 this morning! Have a blood test tomorrow. Don’t like where this may be leading…
I too will add my voice for the Veteran’s. Thank you for your selfless service! I hope all of us will take a moment to stop and consider the cost of humanity’s greed and hatred that leads to so much pain and suffering. I still pray that somehow all of us will learn to live in peace, respecting all cultures and people on this old earth.
Have a bunch of odds and ends to get done today so I best get started…
Good morning. It’s 60° with 76% humidity. There will be some clouds.
No work on the //e this morning or early afternoon. I have an appointment with the cardiologist today. Hopefully they’re going to see if they can find a blocked blood vessel. I may do some work on the game this evening.
I was doing maintenance on this computer yesterday. It’s been slowing down significantly in the past few weeks so I checked it yesterday and found the hard drive was over 50% fragmented. Little wonder. So at 7:00 last night I started a defrag on it. Seven hours later (2:00am) it was still at it so I turned the monitor off but left the computer running. It finished sometime between 5:30 and 6:00 this morning. That’s the first time I’ve seen a defrag take almost eleven hours. The computer is running faster though.
On this Armistice [now Veterans day] please remember to thank those who have or are serving, but also remember the sacrifice of the families and what they go through at home. We have a grandson in the Army and 2 nephew’s now active duty, 1 air force, 1 marine.
Thanks to all veterans and those who’ve filled our shoes
Mike [USAF, INANG]
I see several postings listing their service. I feel a bit inadequate. My Father served during Korea, and I had the draft to sign up for. Never got drafted though. My father WOULD have strongly suggested I go into the military, BUT once my cat brought home a mouse {a LARGE field mouse} that wasn’t quite dead. To put it out of its misery as its back was obviously broken, my mother told me to kill it with a shovel. Bash it in the head. I hit it once {barely connecting}. I had to do it again, and again and again and again. Five times I could not hit it hard enough to “finish it off”. Didn’t “have it in me”. My father had to finish it off as I could not kill it. A spider, yes, a fly, yes, but a rat? No. So, my father said he decided then it may not be best for me to serve military, if I could not kill a rat, I probably couldn’t kill a human being and would die first instead, SO he dropped the idea completely. We DO realize there are “behind the scenes” positions one can do in the military for support. However, we also do know also that ultimately any soldier must be willing to fight and if need be, kill for our fair country, and If I cannot kill a lowly field mouse, what would I do facing the enemy with a gun in his hands?
I DID however, work in a truck stop while I could have been serving and that kept the "goods flowing’ here at home. some to military support. Some even Miltary vehicles on the move. I may not have been a “rosie the riveter”, but maybe I helped in some ways to keep home fires and freight going while whose who could, did serve.{I know not train freight, darn it!} Had it been direct war time, keeping trucks with supplies moving would have been VERY important.
So a bummer day. MOH made pretzels all day.
I have a headache moving in as a storm approacheth us. It bringeth sn*w witheth it. Four letter words, shame shame.
Also on some personal notes. Im going through some personal stuff here and wanted to say thanks to the fellas I have talked to about there advice they can offer ( you guys know who you are ). I just wanted to say thanks and let others know if you are going through some tough times there are some great people on this forum who will be kind enough to answer back and make you feel better and give some tips and ideas you may not have thought of.