I don’t know what calendar you’re using but mine shows DST ending on Nov 6th this year. My father changed his clocks this last weekend and can’t figure out why the TV schedule wasn’t adjusted accordingly.
Afternoon folks!
I’ll have a cold iced tea. Can’t imagine how you Southern folks can stand the year around high heat down here. I mean, right now it is 77°F in Dallas… Flo, got the air conditioner fixed yet?
Ah, Jeffrey, Ulrich is using the dates they use over in Germany… http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html They aren’t bound by American laws you know… LOL The rest of the world isn’t either…[:-^] (grin)
I filled the gas can for the chain saw and filled the truck while I was at it this afternoon. Have a couple trees to saw into firewood later this week. managed to bring the wrong gas can for the gas for the snow blower with me. The one I brought has some extremely old, stale stuff in it THAT will go to a Hazardous Waste collection next year. Don’t need THAT one filled quite yet anyway. (I hope!)
Did some picking up outside and started to remove the now dying string bean vines from the deck. The broccoli is still growing strong. May have broccoli on Thanksgiving if it keeps up with the mild temps around here. Also did the rest of the printing I needed to get done.
Mail just arrived, so I be back later!
73
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Jeffrey, that Santa Fe is a handsome loco. E7?
***Garry, that looks like a great museum with some excellent layout work.
Ran some errands today and am exhausted. Might be nodding off in a corner booth awhile.
[sigh] -Rob
Yep. Walthers Trainline E7 shell on a rebuilt Proto 2000 E6 chassis.
I edited my posting about the time to turn back clocks to properly read “we will GAIN an hour of sleep”…Those who quoted me may have noticed I misspoke and said we’d LOOSE and hour of sleep.
I edited it to read correctly, however for those who quoted me, the quote still reads incorrectly.
Darn. I can’t fix that…
Those who change the clocks will be looking for their extra hour!!!
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I think I will celebrate by sleeping in an extra hour more…[;)][:D]
73
CSX and FEC have yards in Miami/Dade County.
There hasn’t been a railroad to the Keys since the 1935 'Cane. FEC 135, the engine that took the rescue train as far as it could,is at The Gold Coast Museum in south Dade next to the Miami Zoo.
Passenger car NO.1, the Ferdinan Magelllan is also there.
Bedtime for this 75 year old grouch. Up at 4:15 to get to work on time. Yep, still driving the wheelchair bus.
Prayers for all. Nite,Nite.
Flip
SHHHH!!!
GOOD NIGHT!!!
Sleep Well!!!
Hopefully the clickety-clack of the tracks will rock you to sleep!!!
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Evening all. Just got home a bit ago. I see we’re in southern California, and heading my way eventually. I would be more than happy to do Thanksgiving for everyone on the appropriate date. Thanksgivings are always a big holiday for my family, so the more the merrier. Had a side job this afternoon (replaced a leaking fuel injector on a new Hemi engine), got home a little later than planned, have to be at w**k tomorrow at 0600 as my boss has to have a MRI on his knee and possible surgery on it. Tomorrow is truck day at my job, so I’ll be putting parts on shelves all day and of course selling parts too!
Think I’m going to have a hot ham and cheese sammich with a large sweet tea. I have a little research to do on the Hemi I played with earlier, still got some problems with the cylinder reactivation system, which I’ve got to figure out, but shouldn’t be too hard as I’ve got the internet and numerous answers to find.
I’m going to sit in the corner booth and watch the towns pass by during the evening and night.
Time for me to call it a night. I didn’t get much sleep last night and having a busy day didn’t help much. See y’all tomorrow.
Evening Folks
Flo, mattress and a pillow please
While not officially dead, I am close! Who ever said “If it does not kill you it will make you stronger” lied. [:-^]
Ken
Eh? Just what was in that coffee???
I’ll have some of the Lions coffee! I had a long ride in the rain and snow today. Gonna head off to bed see you all later. Thayne.
Good Evening,
Looks like I might be the only one left in the diner tonight A large coffee and a toasted cinammon bun please Chloe. That should keep me awake for at least a half hour.
We didn’t do anything for halloween. In recent years we have often bought the candy and then waited for several hours for maybe one or two kids or sometimes none so we decided not to do that and just turned out the lights and went downstairs to watch a little TV.
Another warm day here, we hit 50F but it is supposed to be down to the low '30s by Monday which is a little more normal. Oh well it has been a really mild fall so far.
Not much new here, just work, eat , errands and then it is time to sleep so the cycle can start over. I did do a little on the N scale tonight. I got the approaches to the bridge fixed up by putting in another riser to get the height up another 1/4". Next will be the roadbed in that area , then I plan on getting all of the trackwork and feeders sorted out for the spot that has most of the turnouts.
Rob, just reading about all those critters made me tired thinking of all the feed and water they must need. No wonder you are tired. I had to look up those cattle to see what they look like and how big they are as I’ve never seen one. Are they raised just for pets here? We saw some very small cattle in Bali a few years ago that might have been similar.
I’m tired too tonight so I think I’ll turn in early.
CN Charlie
Nah, I’m still here Charlie, just been looking into some auto-related stuff for a customer that I have to give a call to tomorrow. I’ve been looking to try to get my CSX CW40-8 into my paint shops for a weathering job (really just to dirty it up, not to make it look as hard-run as my SD40-2). Thinking that tomorrow evening is going to be the day. Of course, I could also end up getting more side jobs to do, so who knows.
Think I’m going to head to bed (as its taken me 2 hours to get this posted…)
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011!!!
It’s a cool 32* in Upstate NY, but a nice 48* here in the south out there!!!
… and it is going to be a bright and sunny day here in Germany, with temperatures in the 50´s! Most unusual for this time of the year, normally we are to expect the first sn*w around this time.
Jeff - DST was introduced in Europe in 1977, but not before 1996 all of Europe changed clocks on the same date. Since then it is always the last weekend of March when we change to DST, and the last weekend in October, when we change back to CET. The older I get, the more it becomes a nuisance to me. The intended energy saving has actually never been proven… [:-^]
Ken - for years, I had a 12 hrs. + work day. Add to that 3 hrs. commuting time, so 15 hrs. away from home was my regular fare. 1 hour each day for eating, talking to the family, 15 minutes just for myself, and 45 minutes to keep up a minimum standard of hygiene (including shaving) - that was my day. Oh, yes, the rest was used for trying to catch some sleep. Life happened only on weekends, but not always.
Have a good day!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
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Good morning gang! Well I am up and off to w#$k, Ulrich just posted a life like the one i live the only difference is I don’t spend 45 min on hygiene… Guess i better go shower… Got to stop at the doctors on my way home to get some stitches out. He stays until 8pm on Wednesdays. I will see you all tonight. Have a good day!!
Thayne.
mmmm…Here my commuting time is about 45 minutes either way. Helps to be near where one works I guess.
Good Morning…
It is a going to be a sunny day today…and a high near 60F![swg]…that means I’ll get to do some HD things outside…like yardwork, cleaning out the garage, blah blah blah…[B)][|(]
Have a few things to do this morning as well…
Flo, I’ll have a coffee and a breakfast bagel as well please…I’ll be at the RC …
