Finally, a decent cup of coffee. Hope you all have a great month. Mine has started off great with several good rains. Thanks to all you good workers, my SS check will be here. [8D] Run those trains. God bless all.
Morning Mayor hows it going all. didn’t sleep well last night glad today is a normal day no ot and I’m off tomorrow.
Well guess I need to start getting ready for work so I can pay the mayors SS check well my part of it anyway.
talk to you all later hope you have a good week
Good morning and Happy August. Heading in and I will be off call in about an hour. Has not been nearly as rough as the last call rotation. It does look like the start of a busy week ahead though. Chief and Joe, glad the knuckleheads in DC got things worked out so Y’all get paid. I just wish they’d learn to do what is right for the country without worrying about the next election. Oh well.
Figured out a little issue I had with scenery planning. Had one side of the stanchions to hold up the elevated rail line where the ground level track was a little too close to the wall to be able to allow enough clearance. I am going to use a graduated upright that should do the trick. I know, pictures will make it clear.
Jim, got the article…thanks. I have to read it still as I just found it on my bible. Wife must have placed it there the other day and I was using a different study bible for church, so I didn’t get to it.
God Bless,
Dennis
Good morning all,
Tried to post several times with IE9 on home PC. Would not work. If can’t be resolved, will not be posting as often. Will try to stay in touch in other ways, but quite frustrating. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill…
It is a clear and sunny 70 degrees. Going up to 90 today with a chance of rain, later.
Today is a busy day. I have a few errands to run and the usual chores. Not much time for trains lately.
Dining car is here and , yes, it’s Cheerios for breakfast
Y’all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Mike I don’t have it but have heard chief and Brutus and a couple others state theres a tab at the top I believe for compatability mode and thats what you have to click when you are getting ready to post with IE9 Chief or Brutus can tell you more about it.
Just download FireFox and your problems will be over [:D]
Good morning on the first day of August.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
They have just started repaving the road in front of my house. I am not anxious to have it done as even in the rough shape it is in, I take my life in my hand every time I cross the road to collect my mail from the box. With a newly paved road they will be driving 65-70 in stead of the normal 55-60 that most drive when they crest the hill about 100 yards from my driveway. The posted limit BTW is 40!
Put the RMT Buddy (shortened RDC car) on the small loop and am having some trouble with it derailing at one of the MTH switches, have to check that out. It may need to be modified as I have done to others by reducing the width of the flangeway.
Hi GUYZ,
Starting out ran a nice 3.25 miler, felt good, nice and cool this morning. Today I start the big and final wall this afternoon. It is in full sun until 330 this afternoon so that is when I will start. Suppose to get to 94 and don’t want to be in that full sun then so will wait. Got to fill in courses with mortar so probably do that til 3.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Aloha. Whew, that was a good workout, Laz. Spent a pleasant afternoon watching the Soxes play. Then tried rearranging the garage to see if I can fit the van inside now that my bride has decided she wants to park her new car on the ‘long’ side. Finally gave up and spent a nice evening with friends at a local establishment sampling their craft beers.
Hang in there, Hudson! As you said, this too shall pass.
John, that is too scary - there is this interesting traffic concept of situational awareness where drivers don’t notice what they don’t expect to see - like a bicyclist or someone trying to get to their mailbox. (the psych folks tested it by having two people pass a ball back and forth while watching a film of people walking in front of them. Occasionally during the test, a gorilla suited subject would walk in as part of the film, beat his chest and loll around for 10 seconds – no one ever remembered the gorilla.) [:D]
Expect to take phone calls today from a few men at church undergoing major marital issues. [:(]
Good Morning
79 now 92 later
Well you know me, I feel a little down this being August already. The summer months are so short. Granny is BBsitting this week so breakfast won’t be nearly as good the next five days. #2 son sold his boat and took mine home with him. It will be good for me not having to bother with it but can still use it if I want…S.J.
Good Mornin’ Yall from Crystal Clear and Warming Taxachusetts,
We had just a smattering of rain the past four days despite some significant fronts passing through. The Western part of the state got some damaging microbursts that hit the very same neighborhoods that were devastated by tornadoes a few weeks back. Winds hit category 1 hurricane proportions. July closed with 11 days at 90 and above, with two touching 100 and the lows century mark. Nothing like what the rest of you guys got, so I feel lucky. We need rain badly and have for the past 6 weeks.
**LAZ…**that is what I do, work on the side of the house that is in the shade. Mow early or late too. The days of throwing myself out there hammering out an outdoor project start to finish are past. Slow and steady is my theory…except when it comes to snow and the resulting ice on the drive and walks if I don’t get to it right away.
**Mike…**I had a chance to upgrade to IE9 and saw no practical value of upgrading for what I need the PC to do. Same with my operating system…still on XP. Hence, no issues, except when I set the security features a little too restrictive.
**JimmyT…**I don’t believe you mentioned the cosmetic condition of the 2343s and the NYC F3s you picked up.
**SJ…**that sounds like the perfect set-up. Your son does all of the heavy lifting with the boat and you get to use it (still yours!). [tup]
**Rich…**I am happy for you with the Princess joining you in NJ. I never had to contend much with an ex and all that goes with it, was fortunate in one respect that they basically faded into the woodwork. I will pray that you
Morning. HOT and HUMID [sunny too]. Picking garden and now soaking wet.
Off to County Commissioners and then Town Board tonight. Going by computer store for new computer at Town Hall. Also visiting Verizon to get new fancy cell foir Town use.
Jack, uniform is a golf shirt with embroidered Mayor Town of Rolesville, NC on right side. Campaigning all the time. [;)] All my vehicles hav a front plate with the same on it. [:-^]
Got to run.
Doug - I just got a little contact rub on my steak from the grill as I left it plain and I cut off most of the fat, too; but I did eat a hot dog with mustard [B)] Do you notice that now everything tastes really salty to you if you eat out & etc? We don’t notice how much of this stuff we eat usually. I do fear I’ll be put on a BP pill next time I have a checkup, as my numbers keep coming in at about 140/90 which is hypertension now.
95 all week plus or minus a few degrees. Yesterdays humidity is gone, dry heat. It cools off here in the morning and evening, I understand it stays hot in some areas.
Sylmar the town I live in is part of Los Angeles city even though it is 30 miles from downtown. It is very much a residentual neighborhood, not big city like at all. Yesterday evening police helicopters kept circling near my house, news helictopters and police sirens also. I heard on TV someone had baracaded himself in his house and the Swat team was there. They said what he did but I promptly forgot it as I am prone to do. Police helicopters circle fairly often and naturally you assume some thug is running around nearby desperate.
Dennis San Fernando Valley CA.
Mike IE9 is a load of rubbish. I have tried it several times, only to delete it and return to IE8, it is quite happy on both my W7 and XP machines.
Train Sims run better on WXP. I keep W7 for the fancy stuff.
This is a record for me, got on CP#8 on its first day. Quite chuffed…
Afternoon Fellas.
Jack - yes we are! We were up late last night discuss the impending change to our lifestyle and it just seems to surreal to be true. I don’t think the impact will really hit home till we have her in our arms, and safely back in MD. It is hard to believe the beginning of the end to this saga may any second, but Sunday at the latest (if the darned Dr is finally telling the truth).
Good morning all,
Jack, thanks for asking about the knee. It seems to be doing OK. I am walking about 20 minutes a day now and have been for about a month. I think it’s about as good as it’s going to get. Wish I could say the same about some dental work. I went in and got a temporary reline of my upper partial plate last Thursday. Sunday, it looked like it was starting to delaminate. $225 for four days use. The next step will be to get a permanent reline. Will call them tomorrow. Too busy today.
Celebrated #2 son’s birthday last night with dinner out for the whole family. Homemade lemon cake and ice cream for desert afterward at home.
Chief, looks like there will be no interruption on your SS check. The same for me on railroad retirement. I like to see those young rails working hard. However, the railroads are trying to get rid of people as fast as they can. Yard jobs are down to one and two man crews using remote control engines (no engineer on board) and even on the road just two man crews and I’m sure they would like to have just one if they weren’t afraid he might fall asleep at the wheel.
Hot weather scheduled for the whole week in the upper 90’s. Called tree guy for appointment this morning to trim palm trees about 40 feet tall. They are starting to drop things now on my car.
Still no word on my retired Southern Railway friend, Bill Sellers in Gainsville, GA. since he had surgery and a heart attach following that. I guess no news is good news. My only contact is through his son.
Thought I had heard of everything but this morning there was an article in the paper about pet funeral homes. I have heard of pet cemetaries but I never heard of a pet funeral home.
Have a good week,
Ray
Howdy all!
I decided that since it’s a new month, I’d try to turn over a new leaf and start posting again. It’s funny, you get out of the habit of doing something and suddenly time goes by and ya never do it at all.
Welp, let’s see, on the train front, we got Tyler’s engine back a little over a week ago - seemed the E-unit board was toast, so after $53 we got it back. Really makes me appreciate Post-War engines which don’t experience damage like this when someone sneezes.
Just put an order in from Grzyboski’s for Corey’s birthday, which is Wednesday the 3rd. He’s getting the Pennsylvania Burro Crane, a Santa Fe Auto Carrier and a BNSF Flatcar with a Helicopter. And, since I was ordering, I thought I might as well get a couple things for me along with a couple things for them for Christmas. And just so Tyler won’t feel left out, I got a Depressed Flatcar with a Transformer for him. I really liked a 16 wheel depressed flatcar they had, but it was a little too pricey at this stage. Perhaps after we sell the house.
I’ve been playing volleyball all summer with absolutely no problems with the knee. However, I’ve found that I’ve lost a significant amount off of my vertical jump, so I’ve begun tailoring my workouts to recover what I’ve lost. We’ll see how that goes, but I’m not going to settle for being mortal. I must fly! Or at least be able to get a solid spike significantly above the net.
Hopefully we’ll have our house on the market soon. We’ve got just about everything done, just a few minor items which should be wrapped up in a long weekend up there. I was up there on the weekend of the 23rd because the HVAC unit was completely down. No heat, no AC, no blower. Linda had run into that at the end of June, so I was expecting the worst. We had set up a coverage contract with the local power company, but that only covered labor and I was dreading that we’d have to replace the sy
Wow 2 ghost from the past in one week first Colin and then DJ great to have both of you back. Saw you on line the other day DJ but got sidetracked and you were gone but glad to see your back.
Evening all not a lot going on here tonight just relaxing bought one of those 16" pizza’s that Walley World sells up in there deli case and we had that for dinner Bought a 16" pan for that about a year ago haven’t used it much as we normally buy the frozen pizza and it uses the 12" pan. Well we didn’t eat the whole thing only about 1/2 of it so I have pizza for tomorrow while I’m off [:)]
Hope all had a good day talk to you all later probably catch the tardis tonight.
Just returned from a great week of riding trains and boats in New Hampshire and Vermont. Lakes, mountains and trains; what a great way to live. Not one menu had grits listed. No waiters asking if you want “sweet tea”.
Yesterday was at the lake house doing some urban logging. I notice Chuck did not show up to help. [(-D]