Now this is special - twice in one day!
We had the three little princesses here this evening and had a very lively time, as usual. Wish I had some of their energy.
Have a good week.
Buckeye planted a tree at his lake house.
Jack,
Here is what I have so far. The 2023s are done, but the 2333s need one horn on the unpowered unit, all eight portholes, and one number board for each unit. I went through them, and they have really impressed me for early F3s. Very nice runners. There is also an old silver Madison Hardware sticker on the inside of the powered unit shell with the SPring phone #, so they must have been serviced there at some point.
The last I saw the 2343s was while Debbie was wrapping them. I haven’t had a chance to unwrap them yet. I’ll get to them asap.
I know, I could get to them if I could stop playing with this during my free time.[swg]
Colin,
[bday] Hope you had a good time.
Spank and Bob,
Glad you are back.
Rich,
Hope everything goes well.
Brent,
Continued [angel] for you and Susan. Did you call my cell the other day? I had a call from a number that I didn’t recognize.
Good evening
84 right now.
I didn’t go anywhere today, just goofed off around the house. I did run one train though. Banilla is ready and I have not had any today so I will share…S.J.
To all,
Test Post.
Mike C. from Indiana
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEIWTITN. Thanks for the tips. I can post now. Very abbreviated synopsis of events. Saw Captain America. Saturday in Bloomington for grandson’s b-day. Scored Christmas present for wife as well at B&N. Went to Celtic fiddle show on Sunday. Menard won at Brickyard. Lucas 5 year checkup ok. Hard to believe it has been that long and you all were there every step of the way. Good day at work. Lucas and I took down tree limb that split off tree from Friday’s rain. Wrote check for last bill for dad’s estate. Should be up to lawyer to make the final settlement and we will be done with it. Regular fare for breakfast. TBIL. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
BIG PRAYERS. Brent and Susie are in route to FL. Safe trip with a safe return trip with DAUGHTER!!!
Meetings over. Popcorn time. Long day.
Sleep tight all.
Radio gave the temperature as 104 at 7:45pm today.
Brutus - I agree about salt. It seems to be in just about all prepared foods, both at resturants and from the store. It is seldom that I add salt in anything I cook. Figure that the ingredents I use have more than enough.
How about those Tigers? It is after the all star break and they are still in 1st place.
I realized that I can almost assemble a complete 200 series Alco out of my spares. With some custom paint, this could be a solution for my Minuteman themed locomotive.
All for now.
Evening all
Dennis - Enjoy the article
May God bless
Jim
Ditto!
107 here today. Hotter later this week.
Glad to hear from Colin (HBD BTW) and DJ.
Off on business trip tomorrow - back next Wed. Stay cool!
Good evening all and happy August! Cooler air will happen this month! (I hope)
#2 Daughter turned 28 today and we did what we have done since she was 1, took her out for an ice cream on he birthday! She loves it, I love it, wifey doesn’t, not her birthday so no ice cream![(-D]
Jack - As the Yanks and Sox keep piling up the wins, it’s very appairent that the wild card’s coming to one of us. So the Tigers, Indians and White Sox can duke it out. Likes like a good one.
Chief - Thanks for the update one Brent and Susie. Good luck guys!
DJ - Welcome back!
JoeD - If it wasn’t for Colon and Garcia this year, I don’t know where we would be.
Night All!
Ray
Brent and Suzie - BIG CONGRATS and GOD SPEED!!!
Mike - glad you are back online and wow, 5 years!!! That’s a big day!
DJ - welcome back!
Laz - if I was you, my basement would be done already! You’re a maniac!
Okay guys - trying FIREFOX now - it said it imported my stuff, but I can’t find my favorites? Had to search for CTT. Where did they go - anyone know?
Yeah, IE9 is a pain, I’ll try this for a while and see if I like it.
Blah day and weird stuff at work. My boss stepped down from management, which is good for her but bad for us. She was one of the very very few that I liked. She’ll still be there, but she’ll be in her old job. With luck, she can get a promotion and we can work together again, as co-workers.
TARDIS Is ready and had some nice chats tonight with Charlie, SJ, and RT.
Hello all,
Quick [C] this morning
One more trip to Pittsburgh, then wait & see.
Deer issue is better but still not good. Last weeks rain helped very little. Still feeding hay.Making some progress on outdoor projects. Man do I need to get back to trains.
Been using Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird for 10 years +/-. Works well. Our IT people at work put it on all the computers. Tell us to use IE only on sites that require it. Over the years those sites have become few. I added it to my home machine and have had no issues there either. Still using XP both places.
88 [angel] continue
DJ Spanky welcome back
ANJDEVIL great news
SS fund calls
Prayers for those in need
Good Morning from Blueberryhill…
It is a foggy 70 degrees. Going up to 90 today with sunny skies.
Today is a busy day. I have an appointment this morning and then the usual chores when I gat home. Maybe I can relax this afternoon.
Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.
Y’all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Morning all. Sunny and will be hot again. Got to mow grass. All the dogs got their Intercepter and Frontline with the assistance of Neddles [cat] helping me open “packages” on the kitchen island. [sigh] No scheduled meetings today [so far]. Now for some Cheerios and coffee.
Later
Aloha. Beautifully hot. Nice meeting to encourage our pastor last night. So glad DJ picked up a few items for himself as well as Corey - happy pre-birthday to him! I like August. I get a lot done because everyone else is on vacation [Y]. Found another online resource to peruse in-between CTTs.
Good Morning
75 and 90 today, storms possible later.
Our grass has grown some from last weeks overnight storms. But not enough to cut yet. Breakfast is unknown at this time. I’m afraid of the kitchen. Yesterday I fried 2 eggs that looked scrambled and 1 bologna for a sandwich. Let the pan cool, put soap and water in it, put it back on the burner to heat the water and then forgot about it. The flippers in the garbage and I’m not sure if the pan will survive…S.J.
Edit: The weather guesser’s say this was the hottest Michigan July on record. Official rainfall was good but we got very little of it.
WOO HOO!!!
Mornin’ all! Looks like another hot & steamy one today. Man, it’s been brutal this summer
Dropped the kids off at camp this morning - bit of a PITA for this week. Tyler’s in lacrosse camp, which they’re actually holding at his school (Charlottesville Catholic School, or CCS) and Corey’s at the main ACAC Camp. (The lacrosse camp is run by ACAC, and Tyler gets bussed over there for lunch and afternoon swim.) Next week they both go to the main ACAC camp. so that will be much easier, and I should be able to make the gym before work.
Got a lovely case of poison ivy which I picked up last weekend when I was up in NJ. I was stripping some vines down at my parent’s house so that is where I caught it. It’s been 10 days since I was exposed, and now it seems to be getting worse. I’ll give it one more day, then it’s off to the doctor for some steroids.
I need to get Corey something different train-wise from what Tyler has for Christmas. Linda thinks I should get him a theme set because he really likes Tyler’s Polar Express. She actually mentioned giving him her Hogwartz set. Tyler has the PE and another steam engine, while Corey has the Strasburg Passenger set plus a Dockside Switcher. Maybe a diesel engine or a diesel passenger set? I don’t know.
Ran to the store as forgot a couple things when I was there yesterday [banghead] also got some peach ice cream by bryers as will make some peach shakes tonight for the wifey and I. [Y]
Wish you good travels Brent