Lunch time:
Congrats to all the Grads.
Laz, The count down continues. 189 for me.
Jim Probe, 100,000 is the norm for sparkplugs.
SJ, Glad to hear all is going well. I will try to be on the Tardis and bring the Lemon Ice Cream.
Brutus, Great News on your Dad and Char.
Jeffrey, What is that guy’s problem?
Fife, Enjoy the yachet. I will try to uncover mine this weekend.
Chief, The box is coming great.
Ray, Up for some BBQing?
Anyone heard from Traindood?
Enjoy the weekend and Holiday.
John
Chief box looks great! [tup]
Hope everyone has a nice Holiday Weekend! [ip]
Other than having some kind of fantasy that I somehow lifted a loco from his collection I have no idea.
A quick sip to let youse guyz know I am alive and saying some prayers for our walking wounded. Blownout, SJ, and Jeff, Brutus’ Dad and Char, SP Ray, and any others I have missed. [angel]
[angel] and [bow] to the members of our armed forces this Memorial Day weekend, past and present, who have given us the ultimate gift, the freedoms we enjoy.
It has been a whirlwind week with a couple of days in Maine, the wife’s trip to CA., and the honey do list I was given on her departure.
Got the carpets steam cleaned, 2 major trips to/fro the dry cleaners as the wifey retires the Winter wardrobe for another 6 months, repair a kitchen shelf that nearly collapsed which would have wiped out half our daily use stuff, reschedule Doc appointments for the wifey, start passport update process, measured and replace broken glass on our coffee server (grandchildren are the usual suspects), haircut, find and book accommodations for a road trip this Summer to Canada, finish packing away Christmas decorations (!!!), got the SRX fixed and serviced, got final instructions/heads up from nephew on my sister’s upcoming visit.
I can’t believe it…someone hit the front fascia on my SRX while parked (again, third time hit in the past 12 months) and the second time the jerk skipped. Helen Keller parking? No matter where I park and how careful I am by choosing spots way out away from the masses, it is like there is a bulls-eye on my car. Paint on front fascia was all spider-webbed, looked like Mrs. Chief’s Wiley doo-doo, license plate bracket mangled. So I stopped overthinking it, dropped it off at my favorite auto body shop, and had it refinished. That makes about $1,400 in out-of-pocket insurance deductibles I have had to pay in the past 12 months with folks hitting my (parked) vehicles and then driving off, leaving me holding the bag. It is as if no one
RockIsland - You, as I like to put it, are good people. Good luck with the event.
RIJack, Good to see your back to killing your keyboard.[xx(]
Sounds like a great event in store for all. Great work for a good cause. [Y]
As for the SRX, trade it for a KIA and you worries will go away. [:-^]
**Fife…**I think of you and your family every time I work on this event. I pray He/She forever keeps you out of harm’s way and protects you. [angel]. You are the good person, serving and protecting others. [tup].
Jack
**KEV…**a Kia gets scraped, scratched, dented, and bashed too. I detest driving a vehicle that looks like it went through the wars, especially when someone else’s carelessness caused it…and then they skip. [banghead] When I hit 100K miles and/or 6 years on a vehicle, I like it to look and run close to what it was when it was new (or new to me). I drive them longer than most, 10-12 years, before moving on to the next one. My Dad instilled in me these things…by putting me at a young age in charge of doing all of the washing, inside/outside cleaning, and waxing. His attitude? “Dog vomits in the car and slobbers all over the windows? No problem…Jack, go clean it up like it didn’t happen.” [banghead][swg]
Jack
John,
I have a feeling that if I would have left the plugs in the Mustang until 100K, it would’ve been snap, crackle, and pop x8.[X-)] Three separating at 45K was bad enough.
Jack,
I’d move if I were you.[;)]
Spent the morning driving around trying to find a new rechargeable NiMH battery for the PS1 Turbine. Found an Energizer rated at 175mAh, which is better than MTH’s 120mAh for the same $10.
I would’ve gone with a BCR, but I don’t want the engine sitting for a minute while the BCR charges. With the way the smoke unit consumes fluid, it would be a recipe for disaster.
Just typed a long post and deleted the whole thing accidentally so I’m not going to do it again. Here’s the abbreiviated version:
Colonosopy yesterday went OK. New medicine prescribed but with side effects. “Bummer”. Lowers your immunity.
Jack, thanks for the prayers. I can use all I can get.
Chief, good work on the box. Have a good weekend at the lake.
later,
Ray
Dougnota - I trained the herd well. They go out, find the beer, drink there fill, and return home with some for their owner. Haven’t had to buy beer in a long time. Laz - can I sell you a few beer gathering cows? By the way, their milk tastes great!
Pat
GONE!!!
I am with you Jack.
I can’t stand to be seen in a wreck on wheels. I have kept the Dakota in what I think is nice shape considering I use it as a truck, a lot. Hauls the cargo as needed.
I am at a crossroad with her now. She is starting to get the one problem you can’t ever win from. RUST. [:'(] I have told myself I will just let it rust and keep driving it [X-)] but I find myself looking at the new Chevys a lot. [:-^]
Still not bad for 165K and 11.5 years.
Today’s project.
Cool in the basement train room so a good place to hide out today.
Added ladders to the homemade fuel storage tanks. Steps scale out right at 1’ apart.
Fifedog, I sent you a PM [;)]
Aloha [ip]! TGIF and happy long-weekend. My deepest thanks to the many of you who served. SJ, glad it went well. Brutus, good news about your dad! Ray, glad it’s over for you too. Speaking of Kia, I just came back with a nice used one for the daughter’s use to get to work: a sensible sedan with not even 12K miles on it.
Nice job on the ladders Kev.
Of today’s two projects, to install DCC decoders in the GP35 and U25C the GP35 is done (Digitrax DH120). The U25C will have to wait as the Digitrax DH123 is DOA. I thought the problem may the harness so I put the DH120 on it and the Zephyr read it fine. Put the DH123 back on and Zipp, Zilch, Nada, d na. It’s like there’s nothing there. So that’s the end of that idea for now.
Hi GUYZ,
I was off today, personal day, so down to 6 more dayz to go!!!
Took my MINNIE dog for a good 3 mile walk early this morning then a 2 mile run just now, she is pooped. Sandwitched in between did the grass, purged thr filters for the ponds, pulled weeds, weed wacked, and watered the yarden flowers. Had a good day.
PAT, if them there cows came to my backyard during one of our many nites o fires. We’d be eaten steaks and also drinkin OL MILs.
CHIEF, hope da plan for the WRECK TANGLE is going good. What type o track you gonna put down? Fasttrack or going to some other brand?
KEV, nice truck. Mine I got in a HAIL SALE. Truck looks like a golf ball all dimpled up, but runs great for a 2003 F150 with only 51k on it.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Now the LA Times reported that police had to lasso a 1,500 lb bull in someone else’s backyard in Fresno CA…[(-D]
Good Evening
mmmmm…my formatting must be messed up here…[:-^]
We ended up getting to 83F with heat index reading at 95F…by Tuesday our heat index is supposed to be around 108F…
Today was actually a lazy day…they spent a bunch of time working on my ICD and sent me home all fixed up…with new meds[sigh][xx(]
As for mall parking vehicles I ended up getting an old chev cavalier…now NO ONE comes near it…
Evening all. Well today has been an interesting day to say the least. I went into work and went to the ER to see if they could figure out what was making my back on the right side so tender to the touch. Well the great doctor ( I use this term very very loosely) must not of understand what I was saying was the problem as he gave me this cream to put on it. it says to apply small amount to affected area. So I’m glad I decided to come home and let the wife put it on me. well she put it on me and I thought some one put hot coals on my back in that area well after about an hour it seemed to go away about 3 hrs after being applied wife asked me to take her to store to get something when i got in the truck I thought the coals were back got home calmed down about the 4 1/2 hr point I decided to move the drop front desk to beside the bed on my side so I could put laptop there and put the hope chest thats there in the room where it was being stored. well that little bit got me sweating a little and dang if the coals weren’t on my back again ( this was 4 1/2 hrs after being applied mind you) geese going to try and take a shower later to see if I can get the rest out of my skin. ( cool shower per doctors advice ) Well anyway i got reading the box and it says its for temporary relief of minor aches and pains of muscle and joints associated with arthritis,simple back aches, strains and sprains. Not a word about where you have rash like on your skin. [banghead]
Now I have missed a half day of work and was ready to take tomorrow off but instead now I need to goto the ER again tomorrow and tell them what has happened and see if they can suggest another idea to take care of this.
Well did run my trains some today. either forgot or never paid attention to but my PB-1 which has railsounds train sounds in it actually has crew talk in it. I didn’t think they had it back then but I guess they did I
