Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired NS Signal Construction Gang Signalman
Good morning! It's 63° in Tipton.
Running Bear's Coffee Shop July 2024
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Mike
Those little guys deserve a good home. I hope you are able to find that for them and the mama cat. Good luck! Is there 4 of them? Nice mix of colors. I like tuxedo cats myself although I do not have one at this time but had one in the past. They will need a vet visit for sure. To make it. keep us posted!
My condolences to you Hughie. Our fur babies give us a lot of companionship and stress free times. You definitely gave him his best life! Have comfort in that.
Wiring neatness is something I don't do well at all!
Unfortunately mama has moved them overnight to some other location. I wonder if she had them in that window well, and didn't feel safe raising them there. My daughter and I looked at the other window wells and all over the yard and don't see a trace of them. If they grow, we will see them again, our area has a huge wild cat population. There is several restaurants a block east of us, and they scavenge food from their dumpsters.
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KriegslokBR52
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Hey, what are you trying to do to us?
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 69°, clouds will keep the temperature in the 80's for another day. Gradual rise but still not out of the low-90's for another week. Lots of thunder yesterday, but the isolated storm slid by to the south of me. Drat!
Yikes! The pool temperature dropped down to 81° yesterday morning due to all of the cloudy days. That's close to too cold for me, and is below my wife's tolerance level. This is unheard of in July! Less than 2 weeks ago, it was 89°. With the wind-free days, evaporation has also been down and chlorine needs have been reduced.
Another week's worth of firewood yesterday, this one for the '25-'26 season, as I start to clear some other areas of the yard out. I did about 45 minutes of mowing as well. These cooler temperatures are really helping with the yard activity.
I have a morning appointment with my Cardiologist today, a 2 year follow-up on the stent. While there wasn't a great amount of blockage at the time (about 30%), I could really tell the difference afterward. Now if I can overcome this sciatica, I'll feel like I'm 60 again. After this morning's doc appointment, I will be stopping at the PT center to set up some therapy for it.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I mainly started the quarterly cleaning, on segment 3 of the lower level. It's a ~40' segment that is entirely made up of my largest town, Fort Wish. It has a main line, a passing siding, and 11 industries with 18 spurs.
Downtown is on the turnback peninsula.
Some of this area is more finished than this picture shows, but it's the only one that I can find this morning.
Part of it is in this still unfinished strip along the north aisle.
Yesterday was spent examining the ROW along the main and passing siding for any stray rolling stock parts. Next will be all of the industry spurs and then track cleaning with the Woodland Scenics Tidy Track wand. None of the freight cars will need cleaning since I did all of them last fall, but all structures will be removed and cleaned as needed.
I also added two figures to the roof of the ADM elevator.
Todd - Quite similar to the crap that we have but never used!
Joe - I don't believe in investing in cryptocurrency, even though I have seen it make some significant gains at times. I have also seen it take some significant dives as well. I just can't invest in something with no physical assets, properties, employees, etc.
Mike - Mama Kitty probably needs to move the family soon!
Hughie - Sorry for your loss.
Ken - I thought that a no show in court resulted in an automatic guilty sentence.
Bill - I'll pass on the breakfast and leave all of that to Troy.
Today is the 59th birthday of Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. While I was never a big fan of the band, I disliked the vocalist, Slash is a good guitarist though. TRIVIA: He comes from a rock & roll family. His father designed album covers for Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Jackson Browne among others. His mother designed clothes for David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Janis Joplin, Dianna Ross and The Pointer Sisters.
Everyone have a fantastic Tuesday.
Yikes! The pool temperature dropped down to 81° yesterday morning due to all of the cloudy days. That's close to too cold for me, and is below my wife's tolerance level. This is unheard of in July! Less than 2 weeks ago, it was 89°. With the wind-free days, evaporation has also been down and chlorine needs have been reduced.
Another week's worth of firewood yesterday, this one for the '25-'26 season, as I start to clear some other areas of the yard out. I did about 45 minutes of mowing as well. These cooler temperatures are really helping with the yard activity.
I have a morning appointment with my Cardiologist today, a 2 year follow-up on the stent. While there wasn't a great amount of blockage at the time (about 30%), I could really tell the difference afterward. Now if I can overcome this sciatica, I'll feel like I'm 60 again. After this morning's doc appointment, I will be stopping at the PT center to set up some therapy for it.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I mainly started the quarterly cleaning, on segment 3 of the lower level. It's a ~40' segment that is entirely made up of my largest town, Fort Wish. It has a main line, a passing siding, and 11 industries with 18 spurs.
Downtown is on the turnback peninsula.
Some of this area is more finished than this picture shows, but it's the only one that I can find this morning.
Part of it is in this still unfinished strip along the north aisle.
Yesterday was spent examining the ROW along the main and passing siding for any stray rolling stock parts. Next will be all of the industry spurs and then track cleaning with the Woodland Scenics Tidy Track wand. None of the freight cars will need cleaning since I did all of them last fall, but all structures will be removed and cleaned as needed.
I also added two figures to the roof of the ADM elevator.
Todd - Quite similar to the crap that we have but never used!
Joe - I don't believe in investing in cryptocurrency, even though I have seen it make some significant gains at times. I have also seen it take some significant dives as well. I just can't invest in something with no physical assets, properties, employees, etc.
Mike - Mama Kitty probably needs to move the family soon!
Hughie - Sorry for your loss.
Ken - I thought that a no show in court resulted in an automatic guilty sentence.
Bill - I'll pass on the breakfast and leave all of that to Troy.
Today is the 59th birthday of Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. While I was never a big fan of the band, I disliked the vocalist, Slash is a good guitarist though. TRIVIA: He comes from a rock & roll family. His father designed album covers for Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Jackson Browne among others. His mother designed clothes for David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Janis Joplin, Dianna Ross and The Pointer Sisters.
Everyone have a fantastic Tuesday.
Boris
Beach Bum
That's essentially the point Jamie Diamond makes. Crypto is trading in intangible "things" that cannot be seen or touched. Bernie Madoff went to jail for the rest of his miserable life for less.
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
What I meant by a no show, was the defendant and his attorney didn't even come to the courthouse. They just had the trial date moved to late October and didn't bother to let me know about it. I suppose they thought it was clever that I had to drive all the way up there for nothing. That's how ya get your sentence increased by playing games in the court system. Now, if I'm asked for input on sentence, I'll ask for the maximum.
migalyto
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Good morning everyone!
Another decent Northern Illinois day. No rain in the forecast and temps in the mid 80s. The humidity will be fairly high, so the mowing will have to be done early. Some laundry is also on the agenda today as well.
I need to find a better source for plaster cloth. When I built my N scale layout years ago, I bought bigger rolls for a much more attractive price then these smaller rolls I have just bought. The rolls I bought were 4'X180" and 12 came in the package. The rolls I had earlier were about the size of a paper towel roll and had probably 25' of cloth on them. Guess a web search outside of Amazon and EBay are in order for later today.
Have a safe day all!
Another decent Northern Illinois day. No rain in the forecast and temps in the mid 80s. The humidity will be fairly high, so the mowing will have to be done early. Some laundry is also on the agenda today as well.
I need to find a better source for plaster cloth. When I built my N scale layout years ago, I bought bigger rolls for a much more attractive price then these smaller rolls I have just bought. The rolls I bought were 4'X180" and 12 came in the package. The rolls I had earlier were about the size of a paper towel roll and had probably 25' of cloth on them. Guess a web search outside of Amazon and EBay are in order for later today.
Have a safe day all!
That seems to be a game played by the defense. Keep getting continuances until the other party gets tired of wasting their time, then get the case thrown out because the plaintiff didn't show.
TLOC
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Good morning. The 49% chance of rain overnight turned to 100% at 4:15 when the thunder shook the house. It continued on until I zonked out again about 5. Then at 7:30 the pounding rain on the window woke me again. It’s moving east and Wisconsin should be dry the next few days where I will be…
I’ll be driving over to Kohler, Wi around 9am following behind the storms moving east to the lake. We’ll play Blackwolf Run this afternoon and then Whistling Straights tomorrow and Wednesday against the shores of Lake Michigan in New Haven
Enjoy the day
I’ll be driving over to Kohler, Wi around 9am following behind the storms moving east to the lake. We’ll play Blackwolf Run this afternoon and then Whistling Straights tomorrow and Wednesday against the shores of Lake Michigan in New Haven
Enjoy the day
Alcomotive
Grandson of an ALCO Builder
Mike
Those little guys deserve a good home. I hope you are able to find that for them and the mama cat. Good luck! Is there 4 of them? Nice mix of colors. I like tuxedo cats myself although I do not have one at this time but had one in the past. They will need a vet visit for sure. To make it. keep us posted!
Alcomotive
Grandson of an ALCO Builder
My condolences to you Hughie. Our fur babies give us a lot of companionship and stress free times. You definitely gave him his best life! Have comfort in that.
migalyto
Well-Known Member
It almost looks like a photo of the underneath of my layout if you flipped it on its side.
Wiring neatness is something I don't do well at all!
migalyto
Well-Known Member
James-Yes there are 4 of them.
Unfortunately mama has moved them overnight to some other location. I wonder if she had them in that window well, and didn't feel safe raising them there. My daughter and I looked at the other window wells and all over the yard and don't see a trace of them. If they grow, we will see them again, our area has a huge wild cat population. There is several restaurants a block east of us, and they scavenge food from their dumpsters.
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