Enjoy the food.
Good evening all,
Thanks Chief for starting the thread early. I hope every one has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening from clear beautiful moon 65°F Southern Ohio,
Beautiful outside. The moon and stars are beautiful!
Morning. Out the door to Edgecombe to trim shooting lanes. Got a young man to handle pole saw. That is good as old back not the best this AM. Too much lifting working on tractor [now fixed and running good] and big bags of corn from tractor supply. Removed gas tank and washed it out. Seems they thought they had washed it out without removing it. Looked good inside. Got new strainer for gas bowl. All clean and running good now. Filled it up this time. Mow tomorrow all day.
Enjoy your day.
Morning. Green Tea in my mug this morning at work. Still building 53’ white boxes with TVs in them. Somebody has to do it.
Cool here again today. I’m not complaining as this is my weather.
Everyone stay safe and healthy.
Mornin’ boys. Sunny and 53 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Will be heading up to Cumberland, then the railyard later for some chores. Did finish painting the ceiling in nursery yesterday, then patched the scars-marks-nail holes in the upstairs hallway. Middle Princess needs to pick a color. Wifey and I power-washed and scrubbed their deck and back of house, then sat down to a nice bbq chicken dinner. I have a few small projects to finish up today.
Thoughts to all my friends hurting. Right there with you.
I had a pretty good day yesterday even though I was tired all day. Sure hate to be old. And it was very hot same today.
Afternoon folks!
Happy October! Sunny and low 80’s after a cool front last night!
Got the ECM in the El Cam to power up yesterday and proper voltages for test of wiring harness (with no sensors/controls connected). The fire did not destroy the ECM. Working on next level test with some sensors/controls and in parallel getting back to the AC hoses/etc/
Afternoon all.
been a quiet day here today. Had some errands this a.m. but after that, it’s just been-kick-back alley LOL.
Got more stuff removed from the train room and back into the shed :).
otherwise been keeping busy removing shrubbery that the wife wants it gone, ( well cutting it even with the ground. I will kill it later. Can only do so much at a time. The city restricts how much yard trash they will pick-up at a time.
Hope all doing well
Talk to you all later
Happy Friday Eve
After work, ran to pick up Jenni and go to Harbor Freight. That was a bust, they changed their hours and closed at 7 not 8. Had Sonic for dinner, and I brought my 1130 with me, in the off chance that Trains and Things was open. Yes it’s a Scout engine, however, being an early build and semi rare (silver stamped number), I dropped it off to have the E-Unit either repaired or replaced.
Looked around for a bit, will be back to purchase when the 1130 is done. Will most likely keep it as an occasional runner and display piece, like my Dad’s 1666.
Fire drill and we’ll see if the launch from Wallop’s Island is visible tonight. 938 launch time.
That’s all from here…
The countdown begins:
Tonight my church leadership officially cancelled our Christmas train theme outreach event. While I knew it was coming, it really hurts. Dang this virus.
Good evening all,
Billwiz, I know the feeling. Local history museum cancelled our Halloween event, where we have ran our spooky layout the past few years. Hopefully next year. Going to the track tomorrow. Foyt team had some bad luck in qualifying. Will see what happens in the first race. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening from cloudy 55°F Southern Ohio,
Beautiful outside even with the clouds. Real busy at work. We’ve hired 13 operators and we’re training them. Today’s classes were Operation of Auxiliary Substations and Operation of the Emergency Standby Generators. In additions to the new construction ramping up. As far as the kitchen remodel, I have the three pantry cabinets cut down and I hope to get them installed tomorrow. It is official now; the River Days parade that was cancelled on Labor Day will be combined with the Winterfest parade the end of November.
Mornin’ Fellas
Cooler temps are definitely appreciated. [:)] TheQ has me researching options to finish the nook in the great room. Found a place online that sells base cabinets that are precut to 18 inches deep (space is 51" wide x 19" deep). Figure that will be nice as it will leave an inch overhang for the top. Not sure how I’ll do shelves for above the cabinet (don’t want wall cabinets)… thinking 3/8" thick tempered glass set over a 3 sided frame, maybe 1 arm coming off the back for center support.
Also need to start planning the new Christmas Train Garden for under the tree… fun times!
Morning. Out the door to Louisburg and FIL’s. Ride the 140 most of the day. Going to burn the big burn pile out back. They lured me up there with promise of hotdogs on the coals.
Nice cool but warming fast day.
At my favorite stand.
In the rain. They are there every day. BUT, mostly early morning before light. [time stamp is 12 hours off.]
Enjoy your day.
TGIF - !!!
At lunch, yesterday, I ran over to pick up my phone and I needed to verify my gmail account. I didn’t have my other phone or my tablet and couldn’t verify the phone. I paid and brought it home. Annnnnnndddddd…it won’t boot up. Extremely frustrated. I renewed my paid phone, grudgingly. Jenni stopped by after fire drill (nice to get back to some sense of normalcy), we had a bite to eat then she took the phone. She lives closer to the phone repair guy, she’ll drop it off. My hours really suck, 930-630, and this leaves me no time to do things after work.
Tonight will run over to Jenni’s and return the faucet we bought last week (it’s a 4 hole) and get a 3 hole with sprayer. I’ll remove the hoses to make sure we have this done in 1 sitting.
Tomorrow I have to run up into the attic and get Mom’s house decorated for Halloween. I plan to reinforce the foam tombstones with Liquid Nails foam glue and either some plywood or 1x3’s to make them heavier and less resistant to remove themselves from the property in the wind. I’m toying w
I am putting a Halloween train together for Trick or Treaters this year. Found a nice Lionel switcher for cheap that I painted in flourescent orange, have some cars filled with pumpkins, skulls and Halloween figures, as well as our Halloween village buildings. At least Trick or Treaters can see some trains!
Then we are going to video our layouts and put a virtual train event onto YouTube, since we cannot do our thing!
Sorry to hear about your cancellation as well.
Good evening all,
I went home today. It felt good. The best AJ’s team could do was 13th, and I did not care. I was at IMS. There were Indycars on the track. The fans cheered, the engines roared, and all was right with the world. Best of all, I get to do it all again tomorrow. The pain of August will never ever leave completely, but today was the best therapy ever. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
I’m in the process of putting our Halloween together, essentially the same as in the photo. Depending on restrictions it will decide whether it is inside the garage with the ghouls and goblins coming in to watch and get their treat. If the worst happens it will be as close to the garage entrance as possible with a fence and the treats will be handed out from a “social distance”.
