Yes, you would think that with the knowledge that a vaccine of some kind was coming eventually a distribution system and priority list would have been established and waiting for the word “GO!”
I really can’t say I’m surprised. The problem as I see it is we’ve got a group of office holders in all levels who are perfectly competant when it’s “business as usual,” but when a crisis hits go all to pieces.
But that’s something as old as history itself. Some things never change.
Good evening all,
Wow! Is it January or May? It was sunny and in the 60s this afternoon. The boys and I took the puppy for a long walk and some outdoor playtime while the wife hosted some friends for brunch. I burned some leaves and piddles around in the garage before eating leftovers for dinner.
Fife - Way to take care of business.
Good night all,
Joe
Good evening all,
February CTT finally got here. Good issue. Wife and I played a variety of games this evening, which was nice. Watched some “footie” as well. Good match ended in 3-3 tie. Weather was dreary as well. Finally had a full Mass at the local parish. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
My Rock Island 5100 thats the big boiler Northern that there have been threads on on how to fix them, sounds lile it’s grinding coffee too.
Mornin’ all!
Stayed up real late last night, 'til 4AM. There’s a show I absolutely love, Person Of Interest, and WGN plays 2 episodes, at 2AM and 3AM. So I indulged in a guilty pleasure and stayed up to watch. Which led to…
The weather throwing us a curve, as we were supposed to get rain and it’s now snowing. No problem, except I was sleeping late and Linda was supposed to be at work at 10:30. Well, she shouldn’t have left, but, well, yeah, women. So she did, got out on the main drag where it was apparent the town was also not expecting snow was sliding too much so turned around and came home. EXCEPT…remember those hills I mention that I walk in the morning? Yeah, she couldn’t get up them and calls me at 10:20. So I get out of bed (fortunately I was already awake and just being super lazy), get dressed, grab a shovel and walk down to where she is. Which leads me to my next point…
I. Hate. New. Cars. Anything that’s been built in the last 10-15 years. They. Suck. Normally I can get a car up the hill, it’s a matter of spinning the tires, getting some momentum, dropping the speed to get traction, etc. Well she was halfway up the hill, and the damn traction control would not allow me to spin the tires to get any momentum. WTF??? So for the sake of just getting it off the road, she was right across from the tennis court which has a little parking lot, so I turned in there and parked. Once this crap ends and melts, I’ll bring it up here.
So Corey and I were running all 7 Christmas trains last night. Looks like after we take down the layout I need to do some work on the middle boards. Here’s the thing, I have 2 long boards at each end (7’ 4") and 2 short boards (4’) in the middle between them to form a square. The 2 long boards are half inch plywood, while the middle ones are one step down, I think three eighths inch plyw
Afternoon. TV Church. Now do projects. Mainly Train Box. Got one 120V circuit across main isle to power lights and etc. Its on that main breaker under the edge of the layout. Now running the same to the other end of the layout. Throw that breaker on, everything on the layout is on. Off and everything on layout is off.
55 degrees and cloudy. Had 1 1/2" of rain over night.
Will stay dry until next Friday so guessed.
Have a great and safe week ahead.
Forget to mention that I got up into the attic yesterday evening while the salmon was marinating and got the front support in as well as the one which went over those lag bolts that I countersank last week. And, I’m almost out of lag bolts, only have 3 left, so I just had Linda order another box of 100 from Amazon.
Went out and brought the car up the hill, the schmucks finally got around to spreading some salt. Fixing a late brunch for the boys right now.
Spank, when I’m feeling homesick (for lack of a better term) about Jersey roads, the maintanance of same, and the drivers on them I go to the “Route 80 Rant Page.” It’s a Facebook thing but you don’t have to be a Facebook user to see it. We get a lot of laughs from it!
I just may do it shortly, it’ll help pass the time on the grey, wet, raw day we’ve got down here today.
Happy New Year all!
Been incognito - radiation accumulated affects after 4 weeks+ finally have me pretty run down - but OK. Treatment #20 tomorrow - continuing the countdown…two weeks and a day to go! Yowzeers!
Watched Texas A&M beat NC (Chief!) last night (Yes!) in the Orange Bowl.
Be careful all!
Good evening all,
Last day of vacation before starting back to work. Hopefully this is the last new year I have to return to work. Went to see Wonder Woman 84 today. Very long, but after a year with almost no new movies, it was nice to be in the theater again. A good flick, not a great one, better than most DC movies. Had a preview for the Black Widow movie in May. Hope we get to see that one. Weather icky again. Ran a little DC powered train tonight. Used some of the 11 inch Marx straights on a siding. They work well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin’ boys and girls. Another incessantly damp day along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Weather can influence one’s mood; woof.
The grandsons are safely back home, and the dust has settled. I enjoyed having them and Oldest Princess at Fifedom, just wished the weather could’ve been better. My favorite moments were when all 3 princesses were gathered around. I must’ve done something right…
Best of luck to Roy on #20. BTW, the 1309 moved on its own this weekend. Check Trains Newswire.
Hi there, We have some nice looking conditions here on The North Bluff. We had a ice storm with snow behind it and it has left us with a winter wonderland. Most time we get something like that the limbs melt off within a day but the temps have fallen and it has been like this for three days now. Yesterday The son and grandson came by and we cut and split firewood for them. Other than that not much going on. Just enjoying what God gives us.
Roy keep on moving on with #20!
Wife and I did some night riding.
Some from today.
Trail out back.
Looking north from the deck. Got to love it. Will melt tomorrow.
Plop a lit Christmas tree down in front of the cabin, and there’s your greeting card for next year, Kev.[Y][8D]
Reading you guys posts about driving in snow man I hate the goverment here but it’s 65 and sunny.
Since I left my brothers atfter Christmas it’s rained so much there his backyard is a low spot and is a lake. He had a pump installed so can pump it up and out to the street.
Tks, Fife, you know a pine tree is the only trees we don’t have. Must be that forest clay we have?
Dennis, driving in snow is simple, just push the 4x4 button or stay home with your snow wimpy two wheel drive, wide tire, low to the ground car till it melts.Then you can do the burnouts and go fast. Nothing will go on ice. Wife has a AWD Torrent with traction control and has never been stuck in 12 years of driving it. [;)] Before she retired she drove over 100 miles a day back and forth to work in all kinds of weather conditions. Driving in winter just takes some thought and common sense. If it looks like it is going to be bad, stay off the roads if you don’t have the vehicle for the conditions.
When I was in high school if you took drivers ED in the good weather months and got your license they still made you put time behind the wheel later when it snowed. Today if there is 2" of snow they call off school. [(-D] Might have something to do with all the driving problems in bad weather.
Happy New Year - a little belated…
Cloudy now and 43F (Stolen from Fife!)
New Years was quiet, had Mom over with Jenni and we had a small dinner and Mom was tired so I brought her home. Returned to Jenni’s for Asti and Fireworks at Midnight.
Saturday, I helped the Princess get the house straightened out and took a road trip with Jenni - made a quick stop at Hobby Lobby and picked up a few road runner and Charger signs as well as a wooden train sign for the Train Attic.
Sunday I made breakfast for us, then headed over to my sister’s for her birthday - no Train Attic time this weekend - maybe next.
I did receieve a Log Loader from Jenni as a late Christmas present to replace the one that went missing - was in the garage for 30 years and suddenly disappears…go firure.
Prayers for Roy, FifeMom, MartyE’s Dad and Brent’s family.
Today is the 1 year anniversary of us placing Dad to rest. Still miss him…
That’s all from here in Central Jersey - will check back when possible.
Have a great New Year, EVERYONE!!
Home from driving Miss Daisy. Getting about as bad as driving Emma [my Mom after she got older]. Never can do anything right. Over reacts to everything. Patience Frank. Thing is, I asked, “You want me to go with you.” “Are you driving?” [her car was out] “No, you are driving the Cadillac.”
47 and the sun is out. Train box after handing up Christmas decor in the storage area. [I lit yesterday].
Chief, try printing this out and pasting it on the dashboard.
https://ifunny.co/picture/don-t-get-in-the-car-with-me-if-you-Tch6bnkn7
Hi All
Sorry haven’t posted much. We lost dad this morning. I want to thank everyone for their prayers. It meant a lot.
MartyE - My deepest sympathy, amigo. We’ll all be here for you.
