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Yup, That is the Cliff Powers that I was talking about. He is definitely my mentor.
Long live the MA&G. and also the LM&E although it doesn’t quite compare, but we are trying.
Johnboy out
Looks like the major storm front has blown itself out but there’s still some small pockets of rain coming through here. We still have a 50% chance of rain today. The weather guesser is saying the high will be 62°. Looks like I should be getting a couple of DZ125 decoders today. I’m hoping a box of stuff from Canada will come in soon too.
I haven’t had anything to eat today. My guts are still twisted in knots from spending most of last night and this morning on the throne. Darn meds and their side effects! Seems like the side effects are worse than the conditions the meds are supposed to help correct.
Boy am I fit to be tied to a whipping post with a rag in my mouth to shut me up. Note [soapbox] follows!
I get a “lifeline” discount on the phone bill {land line} to ensure I have an emergency connection for medical help if needed at a discount of about $20 off the bill so my bill is about $30 regularly.
Dec: I get my bill on the 10, 11, 12th of each month. I get Dec bill and it jumped by the $20,! I called to find out WHY? they said it is because my LIFELINE {LL} fell off as I didn’t return the certification form. I said I never got it… they said they’d send another one. Now, TRUST ME< i would have returned something like that I read ALL my mail, and I have a locked box at the end of the road to the park. so My mail is secure. They send new form and i filled it out and returned. I have to pa=y full bill to not get disconnected!
Jan bill, NOPE, still $20 higher! I called, they said, “well we got your form but it says under notes you forgot to send proof of eligibility! " I did no such thing. {note they said they sent it out for resubmission} I get it and they send a new form at my request just to be safe. I send it in AGIAN with a copy of my medicaid card stapled to it!!! I should have sent it Return Receipt Requested.Mea Culpa!!! I have to pay full bill to not get disconnected! I send back the 17 of January with the copy Again. I called on the weekend, and THey TOLD me that when I Called [ the PHONE COMPANY} on Saturday that the “isssuing party for the LL discount” is CLOSED WEEKENDS” ,and I would have to wiat ttil MONDAY for them to OPEN!!! SO I called back MONDYA TO talk to them! They claim they never got hte copy of PROOF I have Medicaid. SO they send another form!!
FEb Bill: NOPE! Still $20 higher…NOW they CLAIM they Got it FEB 9th…and the bill was printed Feb 7th. So I won’t get ANY credit until next bill {in MARCH} with credits as of the
Ya think Jeffrey… [+o(] I unfortunately know exactly what you are referring to.
Just taking a wee break from swinging a paintbrush and rolling a roller, not to mention sticking masking tape on and removing it in yesterday’s room. Oh right, lets not forget the wall washing [:|]. Just have to finish up with the put the towel bars etc. back on the wall and the throne room will be finished.
Should be able to put the first coat on half the kitchen this afternoon… Yup, MOH wants 2 shades of the same color. Bet if she were doing the w**rk she would be more than happy with one color [;)].
Later… with an update.
Dennis
I keep a supply of anti-throne-running medication on hand {Imodium} ,as well as a supply of generic Benadryl {anti-allergy medication}, and a supply of laxative on hand {Magnesia stuff in a bottle} so IF any of these “complications” happen we have something to deal with it immediately.
Since MOH took the OTC med ALEVE and had a severe ALLERGIC reaction to it requiring an Ambulance and a trip to the hospital to get more higher dose of Benadryl and steroids via IV recently, MOH now sees WHY I keep the Benadryl on hand! In an emergency it is good to get it started quickly jsut in case. I spent 6.5 minutes legally dead due to a anaphalactuic shock reaction to Sulfa antibiotic. . SO I can say " I am deathly allergic to Sulfa"!!.
Now, having the back problems, MOH has complained too much of Muscle relaxer has caused constipation, so won’t try laxative, but {may later} try the enema bag to dislodge stuff, I said its because you took too many Flexeril’s. Not a bad thing to take them, but I experience same with that muscle relaxer too, so I take a differing muscle relaxer med.
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The Complication I DON’T like, is the damage certain meds do to and that they take the toll on teeth!!! I have lost my beautiful teeth in favor of partials and holes due to the meds. and there is not a thing I can do really, I can’t get the teeth back.
Still FUMING OVER THe pHone company RIppIng me off!!!
Glad I don’t need that ‘Lifeline’. A phone company told me I would have to get a land line installed here. That’s something I’ve never had in this trailer. I have my Magicjack on the computer ($30 a year) and I have my Tag Mobile cell phone (Free). I only use the cell phone for emergencies and I’ve only used it twice so far this year.
Good evening. Had a good day today. More money for the Scranton Train Show.
I COULD have a free cell phone, but then we’d have to give up the land line discount, and with the power outages we experience here, the cell phones go dead for a while too, and we are about the only ones on the block to actually have phone service via land line. MOH won’t give up land line, and it is less than $30 a month. Of course, the cordless phones don;t work, but we have a hardwired phone fort he land line that works without power… We also have a computer-based phone, but again, ti doesn’t work with the power outages we experience here!
So we COULD pay the $50 for land line and I get 1 cell phone free with lifeline, but we still have to pay for the other cell phone anyway.s o its a wash as to what to do. My cell phone only costs $8 a month.
So we Will stick with what we have.
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Boy, they get you coming and going don’t they?
Good evening. Just thinking about what I should get at the train show in Scranton that is coming up in a few weeks. I know I want a #2055 Hudson with a 6026W tender. I am considering a 6464-500 boxcar and a 3459 dump car.
Getting late. Will head up soon. Night.
Well I’m having a little more trouble than usual with my balance. Just means I have to be very careful when walking. I feel much better than I did last night at this time. Maybe tonight I’ll be able to get some sleep.
I didn’t get anything done on the layout today as I was taking it easy and trying to keep things from getting any worse than they were this morning.
It’s time to call it a night so I’ll see y’all tomorrow. No rain tonight. How about that?
Good evening.
We’re still in Nashville. Long day. Shelley’s Mom is in hospital here. Doctors corrected problems with blockages in heart arteries including an 80% block of the LAD artery. She should recover okay.
Thanks to those who commented on this situation.
Have a good one.
Evening Folks
Flo, [B] pleases.
I feel beat to death tonight! Lets just say I was overwhelmed tonight and had a good batch of nuts as customers! It was for days like today that God made [B]!
Good chances I will get fired Wednesday (tongue in check) because.
1 Did not get a lunch break, services manger wanted to leave early. Told him I had not had lunch yet, he did not care. This is his last week anyway.
2 Did not get out of the shop till a hour and a half after we closed! Silly new rules I posted about a few weeks ago!
If by chances they where to try to fire me? [:D] I will get Dewey, Cheat-em and How as my Lawyers!
See you all later!
Ken
Hi everybody:
I haven’t been to the diner in quite a while - sorry, no time.
My dad passed away early Tuesday morning. Where did I go tonight to relieve the stress? Why to the MR forums of course.
Thanks to you all for being such a great group of people. No need for condolences - I will justifiably assume the best.
Dave
Night guys. Oh wait, it’s morning…
The train club had a work night. I brought my truck tuner (I’m the only one who uses it AFAIK), an electronic scale, and a pile of weights. I wound up only tuning 2 cars. I wound up cleaning track, then replacing 2 switch motors. 1 had a wiring issue that no one else saw, and it was puzzling them for a few hours. I looked at the wiring and saw it right away. 2 wires twisted together…
I never did get to do anything with my train projects. It rained all day and i had no energy till about 3ish…
Dave, sorry to hear about your dad.
Thanks Vincent.
Dave
Hawaii’s KONA coffee in the diner…
ALOHA!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, February 13th, 2013!!!
Fair Warning! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so get your sweetheart something special!!! You have been warned!
The prayer candles will be lit at 8 am for those in need, including Dave for his father’s passing.
Make it a GREAT day!!
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ALOHA!
We continue our tour on the Island of Lāna‘i, with the Maunalei Sugar Company railroad remants of yesteryear:
In 1899, the Maunalei Sugar Company embarked upon a major development on Lāna‘i. Founded by Fredrick Hayselden and his wife, Talula Gibson Hayselden (daughter of Walter Murray Gibson who in 1862 began to acquire large tracts of land on Lāna‘i). The plantation venture included construction of a sugar mill, a plantation town, water works, a wharf, and a railroad system, and at its peak employed more than 600 people, most of whom were Japanese contract laborers. While significant work was done, the plantation operation went bank-rupt in just three years, closing in 1901.
In 1899, the plantation manager was quoted as saying, “At the landing a very substantial wharf has been built, and a railroad to the camp two miles distant is in operation with a rolling stock of a locomotive and nineteen cars…” (Evening Bulletin. October 13, 1899, page 1)
The locomotive itself had been built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in 1882, and originally used on Maui at the Claus Spreckels Plantation. Named, “Waiahole,” this 24’ the narrow gauge was brought to Lāna‘i in 1899. By the time the plantation was closed, the rail had been extended to around 6 miles in length, and was used to haul materials and supplies to the Maunalei Sugar Company Mill and areas between the Keomoku Village/Mill site and the Kahalepalaoa Wharf. At the end of the plantation’s operation, the train hauled several loads of sugar cane as well, which were processed at
Packer, I had a thought earlier and thought of your coalgon dilemma I was looking through my MM catalog when I saw this http://www.micromark.com/parafilm-m,7551.html this stuff might make it easier for yopu to paint those cars.
I gave up on the intermountain NP FP7’s and gave into to the Kato NW2 guess the roadname [:P] I also picked up a steelers superbowl car I will give it to my dad as one his Birthday presents from me.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
It’s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
TIPTON