HI GYZ,
31 and not to bad here, little snow here today then getting colder. Suppose to hit 50s by weekend?
Stay Frosty,
laz57
We put a reasonable offer on a house we are interested in last night. Let’s hope they bite. Here are a few pictures of the add-on shop extension. It’s 8’ x 39’, and needs insulation, more power and lighting. Great potential though.
Wes
Last thought about musicians. One of the most inspiring trumpet players to my kids was Maynard Ferguson who recently passed away, he was a screamer icon (high notes) and he surrounded himself with some of the best musicians in the world. His Bop Nouveau band was unbelievable, I always felt comfortable taking my kids to his concerts and they came home inspired. The other two that I forgot to mention was Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, even though those concerts were almost 40 years ago I still remember them clearly.
Jack–I should also mention those were the BS days (before Sharyl) and BC days (before children) but more importantly, those concerts were very affordable. I look at ticket prices now and I just close my eyes and get out the plastic. What do I listen to now? The last two concerts within the last year—Anne Murray, we would walk across a frozen parking lot with wind chills well below zero to hear her any night (which we have) and Harry Connick, Jr. We heard Harry one year ago this month, one of the best concerts I’ve heard in my life, unbelievable. He, like other great musicians surrounds himself with the best players on the planet plus his banter with the audience is absolutely hilarious.
Mornin’ Fellas.
Long day yesterday getting the End of Month Reports finished.
Wes - nice space! I have 3 8’ Shop Lights you are welcome to if you get it. That would be more than enough light for that space! I’m installing some recessed can lights in the ceiling to replace the shop lights, they just don’t belong in the space I’m about to remodel.
JohnF - Sorry to hear about Jean’s friend. That is rough. Prayers will be raised.
Roy - Need to email you about the ‘power’ solution we discussed in October…
Concerts… Mine have included:
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
George Jones
Linda Ronstat
Clint Black (2)
Reba McEntire
Rush
Metallica
Jimmy’s Chicken Shack
Green Day
Pieces of a Dream
David Benoit
Chris Boti
Dave Coz
Mindy Abair (hubba hubba hubba)
And some others that I can’t remember
Thanks Brent. I’ll come over and get them, then hang them out of the sunroof on my way home!
Good morning all,
It is Snohioing in SE Indiana with temps in the 20s. Did very little last night. Did weights at the Y and a little juggling. I asked my Norwegian soccer friend how many juggles she could do and she said 70 was her best so my 7 means I am 10% as good as her (at least in one aspect of the game). At least that gives me a target to shoot for, but then she said some people could do over 1000 in a row. And of course (for those who have been here for a while), all of the above info just pales compared to the fact that I got an e-mail from her in the first place 
Work was good yesterday and I surprised myself with how much I got done. Still fighting the cold I got from Doug on the Tardis the other night, but I slept well and did not have to drive. May just stay home tonight. Mrs. Fields cookies on the Tardis? I am so there. I will even drive. Beacon will be lit. Patrick, leave the beacon on and we’ll fly by to pick you up. I had the regular fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning. Partly cloudy and cold. At 2:30 AM it was snowing up a “storm”. Sticking to the grass and my storage area roof top. At 8 AM no snow to be seen except on my turnip patch. Temp is 35. Lucy is here trying to help me type. Off to cook breakfast of sausage and waffles. While eating, watch the rest of a DVD’d Extreme Trains. Got a meeting at noon and one at 1 PM. Rock, glad you are getting more and more snow. gives you something to do during the day. Clean places for the pup to poop. Anyone heard from Patrick?
Have a great day. Prayers for those mentioned and those who are looking jobs. May we not loose any here.
Guys, got to ignore the sauced out over the hill band teacher. He gets on the bottle due to the blizzard conditions he lives in. Then he gets on his rants. He is really a nice guy when he is sober.
Mornin’ Boys…
Cold and windy here in Paradise up to 50 today, wind making it feel colder. I got a call from the LTS’s owners wife, he’s in ICU with sepsus…Dennis I’m not sure what that is, but feel free to chime in…kidneys were shutting down, but now it’s better, so a little prayer would be appreciated.
I know 2 of youse giz have acquaintances with the big casino, prayers out to those as well.
Went to bed early last night, I was exhausted 0500 is way too early in the AM for me, that’s for sure…
Bands, huh? OK, I’ll try to remember who I saw:
The Who (once)
YES (many times)
Emerson Lake & Palmer (The Pirates Tour)
Beach Boys (many)
Dokken
Whitesnake
Scorpions
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (jealous?)
RUSH (2)
Beaver Brown Band (Eddie & the Cruisers) at Asbury Park(2)
I think that’s all of them. Would like to see Bruce without the commentary and Joan Jett (my daughter saw her and I’m jealous) 'cause her music is good and she’s hot for 50!!! Maybe Metallica and Queensryche. That stuff just gotten way too expensive (Bruce’s tickets here were $100 and up).
That’s all the news for now - tried to get to Denny’s for breakfast - OVERFULL PARKING…so not today…!
Good morning from chilly South Georgia. Rich; you got my curiosity up so I looked up sepsis on Yahoo. Sepsis is a situation in which the body puts on a major fight against some infection.
Chief forgot to post the concerts he has been too, he’s much to modest but I’ve heard that he even has the autographs that were personalized for him.
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Sibelius, Handle, etc. Chief is that old, trust me. He even took the boys out in his reed boat for some trolling but they made him go back to shore when he pulled out his bottles of moonshine. I can just see Chief & Beethoven (remember Mr. Beethoven was deaf), Chief telling him fish stories while swigging moonshine, what a sight that must have been [:D]
Good Morning from cold but sunny Southern Ohio
I never was much of a concert goer, I think I’ve been to 3, and I’m not sure of that. Not into music.
While the youngest daughter looks for a job, the oldest who was a waitress at Bob Evans got promoted to a management position and she is flying to Florida for a training session so we will have the grandkids for the next few days. It will be fun.
Got a few little jobs to get knocked out. Take care all
May God bless
Jim
Mel - sent you a PM…!
I’m with a lot of you on who I was able to see live…My group of friends tendered more time in the small local music (not dance) and comedy clubs.
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The Who
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ELP
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Yes
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J Giles Band
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Jimmy Buffet
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The Ramones (@ Michigan State Fair) (crowd of about 30)
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Social Distortion (@ a small club in Ann Arbor, the Blind Pig) (crowd of about 50)
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
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Charles Mingus Big Band
Great memories with great friends!
Kurt
Good Morning All
Can’t go to concerts or the movies, too loud. I have a noise in my ears that never goes away and “loud” makes it worse. We have however seen singers who do not have to scream over the noise of a band. Sunny but cold 19 this morning, lower tomorrow and then ah, warmer for awhile. I think the guy that left the rant was one of those that come in here from time to time, don’t understand it so they complain. Everyone welcomed him and he responded to no one. Maybe even a plant. Enjoy your day…S.J.
I’ve only seen a couple but RIVER DANCE was my pick of all the shows live or taped . I was lucky my oldest son took me to it … the first original one … right down front ! Lord those lil irish girls made me feel young again . They are fabulous !
Morning all. Brrrr. freaking cold again. Kept the Dearborn station tower in sight walking to work wishing I could take the Santa Fe somewhere warm. Kurt, Buddy Guys’ place is a few blocks away. Jon, Mothers was off Rush St. for a long time. You guys have sure seen some nice shows. I haven’t been to many concerts.I would’ve liked to have heard the Big Bands in their heyday. Mike C, thought of you whenever I saw Danica on Sunday.
Worked on the layout last evening. Wired up a homemade turn-table using a plastic lazy susan. Not happy with it yet. Did manage to glue my fingers together working on a portal to Thomas’ engine house. For the first time, I successfully ran Percy, James and Thom into their new house tracks.
Good Morning,
Sunny and near 65 here in south Florida. Going down to freezing tonight or tomorrow night, Laz you are going to get really cold if it goes down to freezing in south Florida as you live near Harrisburg PA and it will be extra cold there this week unless the weather man is wrong.
Got my trains running yesterday, the MTH nearly smoked me out of the room. The Williams S2 steamer must have too much fluid again as it won’t smoke.
Yesterday I noticed the Coffee Pot thread locked after I posted so I emailed the Cheif real quick. Seems we need a new pot every month now, guess the coffee grounds were getting too messy at CTT office or their coffee machine is going bonkers! Maybe the new website causes things to crash very easily.
Off to do shopping chores; K-Mart, recycle place(haz-mat items) have used AA batteries to dispose of and some used engine oil, some 35 pound plastic cat litter buckets(recycle people won’t take those at curb side pick-up, they leave a sticker on them saying you must take it to haz-mat to dispose of), they take the 20 pound buckets but nothing larger. Going to scrap metal to sell old copper pipes I cut out when water heater went bad and take the old brake rotors from the wife’s car. They are within four miles of each other so I do what I can to make a dollar or two on scrap metal as well.
Lee F.
Good Day to all. Had a nice chat with SJ last night. Going to try to stop in to see him this week or weekend.
Wondered if anyone else heard the rumors that Lionel has given walking papers to 23 guys at the Chesterfield, MI facility? Hard times here in Michigan and for the country.
Sure am anxious to look at this new catalog…
Good Afternoon. Rich, sorry I was not on this morning to respond to your question. Sepsis is BAD! can get to “Septic shock” in a heartbeat, so it is serious. You mention his kidneys shutting down, that may indicate that it started out as a kidney infection that got out of control. Once they get a good dose of antibiotics on board, and they can flush things through, the kidneys may come back. A rather dicey situation as too high a dose of antibiotics can also kill the kidneys. Once you start down the road of organ failure, it just gets worse…onto other organs, etc. Some end up on dialysis for a time or even forever. The kidneys can also shut down as a result of infection spreading from elsewhere and taking over. Again, heavy antibiotics given for the infection can cause kidney damage, so lots of questions remain. He could also respond in quick order to the antibiotics and do well. The next week will be big in determining how things will go.
John F., sorry to hear of Jean’s friend. It hurts when our loved ones hurt, I am sure Jean is upset and as in my case, just have to be there for them.
Doug, oh Willie Nelson…I have a CD of him singing “Pretty Paper” it sounds like someone dying in the bathroom (don’t ask how I know what that sounds like). He is super talented, but, unlike Clinton, he didn’t exhale.
Regarding other greats, I enjoy Buddy Rich for a great drum solo, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, etc.
for concerts I have gone to, when I was with the Fire Department, we went to a ton of concerts at the Meadowlands. Some of the best were Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Philip Glass, Drifters, Four Seasons, Martina McBride, Reba, Nashville string, Richard Elliot, Crosby Stills Nash, Diana Bogart, Chubby Checker, oh I can’t remember too many more CRS?
Dennis - pm sent!