After visiting a Halfway House in Brooklyn where our daughter worked as a volunteer pre-Covid time, relatives will be driving us around sightseeing etc. in their cars.
I mention our daughter doing volunteer work in Brooklyn. She wasn’t one for doing ‘girlie things’.
She was in the British Armed Forces just before the Falklands War. She could stand her ground when she and her RAF brother argued who was the better. Grinning face with big eyes
Then when she left, she joined a company that was building schools for children around the world. She helped to build two; one in India, the other in Tanzania.
Now she spends most of her time travelling the world.
Looking forward to seeing her when we arrive in Toronto in a month or three.
When we arrive in the U.S. tomorrow and travel to Allentown and Albany, I will be building bridges.
(I may have mentioned previously) my grandmother was a WW1 war bride following my grandfather from Scotland to ‘the New World’.
My grandmother was not liked by other family members. A common theme at the time. Anyway, my grandmother supported her new husband throughout the trials and tribulations, only to stop when grandfather died.
Disowned by her new family grandmother, with her children packed their bags and returned to the U.K.
Now we are in contact with my descendants and the family is to be brought together again.
Missing pieces of family history to be added. Meet a new addition to the family who is named after my good Lady. (She has an unusual Greek name.)
Dang,… knocked off work just before 3:00. All that bending over on the floor made that tooth socket feel like it was gonna explode out of my head
Good thing some heavy artillery was still left from the dentist, cuz the ibuprofen just wasn’t cutting it some more.
Hi Chris. Not at all.
First of all, most sugeons probably won’t be too keen on the idea. A conflict of interest if you will.
Unfortunately it was not covered by insurance when my personal mechanic referred me to his speacialist. He arranged an F&F rate of $900. Better than the the cold call charge of $2500.
If you shop around, it’s not a very difficult procedure that takes a rocket scientist to do it.
The doc said he expects it to eventually be covered by insurance as the positive results increase in numbers through a few years. That was when it was a fairly new procedure about 5 years ago.
It’s certainty is a lot cheaper than surgery, to where the insurance companies may catch on. Whether they have or not by now, I’m not sure.
I’m by no means pushing this prceedure on anyone. I’d pay to have it done again in any area of pain that won’t go away. But it worked for me, after it worked for my mechanic. Obviously some too far gone ailments do require surgery.
I wonder if there was a coin toss to see who gets to be the first to ride across the ‘this’ll do for now’ timber trestle? Almost looks like ‘Honest Abe’ standing there in the foreground!
David, you blew me off like a wet rag speaking bridges in tongues. I’m confident it wasn’t intentional, as I’m sure you missed my early morning PS tener posts ago.
Well anyway happy world travels again my brother.
Id like to jump from here to Canada to hop over to visit Brent. Skip over to Australia to slide over and see The Bear, and South Africa… Don’t know anyone in South Africa.
No wait,… Lions are prevalent to Africa. But the best one is in North Dakota!
Was there really a this will do for now Timber Trestle built in 9 days? I’m sure that’s possible, but there must have been a hundred guys or two jumping around like spiders. But I’m just a carpenter, what the He-double hockey sticks do I know?
Gen. Herman Haupt was a true genius in the art of trestle building. His soldiers were highly skilled at replacing destroyed trestles and bridges throughout Virginia, a task that required precision, speed, and ingenuity. I researched this extensively for a graduate-level course on the Civil War, and I was continually amazed by how rapidly his crews could restore a railroad to full operation. These crews included some of the most skilled and renowned Union railroaders of the era, among them J. H. Deveraux, who would go on to become a celebrated railroad executive after the war.
Haupt deserves the same recognition as the battlefield generals of his time because his innovations and leadership made it possible to move troops and supplies with unprecedented speed and efficiency. In every sense, he was an extraordinary railroader, engineer, soldier, and patriot—a man whose contributions were as crucial to Union victory as any clash on the battlefield.
Thnx TF, I appreciate the info. My surgeon does administer PRP treatments and they are not covered by insurance. I have an appointment with his PA Wednesday to discuss where I’m at, including discussing PRP. I’ll keep you posted.
@NorthBrit Good for you for repairing those family connections.
I think I would volunteer to get some cars rolling that could then roll across the bridge without me. Otherwise that’s a job for someone else!
I love what you did with that. That’s hilarious!
It’s employee annual review time at work. I did the reviews for my employees yesterday. I get mine today. I used to really put a lot of stock into my review, but my perspective over the last few years has changed. Whether I get a good or great review seems to depend more on what direction the wind is blowing than anything else. New boss this year too, so we shall see.
Coffee, bacon, and over easy on an english please. I’m taking a brake from that floor. A bit too soon ya wouldn’t think after two weeks.
Thanks Mike. Wont argue that one. An eye for color as well. She decided lifes to short not to have a splash of colour to accent the walls with the art.
A burgundy and harbor blue. It’s amazing what some rich color accents can do to a room. She did done good.
Well, since I’m still a bit out of commission, I’ll put #1 on the board today.
Good morning, diners. Foggy start to the day with rain in the forecast. Honestly love days like these. It’s a good excuse to stay inside and have something warm.
Ordered a few things off Amazon yesterday; some brass wire and CA glue debonder. I want to see if the CA glue debonder will allow me to remove the steam dome on my 2-10-2 project without damaging the part. Worst case scenario I have to rip it off and replace it.
@Water_Level_Route the seminar presentation I gave went well yesterday evening. I’ll get some feedback here in a week or so, and that’ll help presentations in the future.
Well, it’s gonna be a busy morning at work. I best get started! Have a good Tuesday, y’all!
The first sign of Spring! – On our walk along the creek this morning, Cookie the Deaf Dog and I got to witness two robins fighting it out for territory. Those are the first robins we’ve seen since last Fall.
I used to do that with the teachers in the school. I tried to find positive things to say (that was pretty hard to do sometimes). The teachers also got a form to review my performance. Sometimes I needed a stiff drink to read through my review forms, but it was usually just one or two teachers who were negative, and they were negative with students, parents, and other teachers, too, so just one drink usually took care of my hurt feelings. This actually is a great thing to do (not the drinking, but the reviews) – it helped me a lot to see my areas of weakness and encouraged me to make changes in the way I did things.
Have a great day, everyone.
Supply trains along the Union Pacific track, 1868:
TF, sorry I forgot to ask earlier, was your mechanic’s or your issue a torn rotator cuff or some other issue? I have an appointment tomorrow. As always, much thnx!
TF
