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    Evening All: Well 7 days to go now. I hauled my tool box home today. I'll take just my tool bag to work for next week. I got some more sheet metal on the head frame. I really like this method of doing the corragated metal siding. I make it as I go along so there is no worry about running out...
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    Steve: My sympathys on you and your familys loss. I'll be thinking of you all. Well 8 days to go. Mary Ann and I had a great day today. I took another sick one and we got a bunch done. It's going to be great being retired but alot of work. Daisy the dog needs to go out so I'd better get...
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    Hi All: Ken I'll have to send some pic's to you at your regular E-mail address. I still haven't tahght myself how to post pictures. Also the dial up I'm on is slow and since I'm RETIREING I won't have the high speed set up here at work. I think I'll miss that the most. I'll take some pictures...
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    Morning Gang: Another day down and 9 to go. I'm going to take a sick day tomorrow so that takes care of another of those work days. I got the mine building for the 2nd head frame covered with the coragated foil siding. It came out all right. I'm going to try doing some using scale 3ft wide...
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    Hey Steve those are great pictures. Give me some mor information on that steam boat, please.
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    Morning Gang: CJ: Could you run the connecting rod to a location that you could get at it easyer? If it's along run you may have to use a stiffer rod. Just a thought. I've even run through a couple of bell cranks. Most of the time I can just curve the rod to the place I need to get to. Have...
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    Afternoon Gang: Just a quick stop and I have to get out and plant the cedar trees that we dug up at our sons ranch yesterday. Cjcresent: I've been useing double pole single throw slide switches to throw my turnouts. I drill a hole in the slide switches button and insert a 1/16 piano wire. This...
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    Rex: Thanks for backing me up there. Retirement is doing what you want when you want and the way you want. Grandman: You were in DFW? Dang I'm just 15 miles west of Ft. Worth. I wish that we could have at least talked a bit. Let me know the next time you are in the area. Well it's time for...
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    Hi Gang: Rex: 11 days to go. Of course 3 of those are weekend days and there will be a few sick days. It's raining here and cold so I'm trying to stay inside. Of course that isn't always possible on a ranch. I had to get out and air up the left rear tire on the big tractor and check the...
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    Evening All: The weather certainly has been a bear. It's raining here and about 35f. It feels cold and the humidity just eats through you. Mary Ann and I are already to go to bed. I guess Oklahoma is going to get hit again with freezing rain and snow. They are still trying to recover from the...
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    Evening Gang: Well I woke up this morning and what do I fine? Snow. We had 1.5in and the weather guessers said there wouldn't be any accumulation. I called the boss he said that he wasn't really expecting me to come in. Only 16 days left. No MRRing today. We had our hands full of taking care...
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    It's going to take more then hot sauce to get me warm. It is getting really cold here. I think that we hit the high this morning early. KenNZ: I'm sorry to hear about your forced exodus. I'm glade that it's wasn't something like a fire though. When I saw one of the gang give you his sorrys I...
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    Just the thought has made me feel great. We got all signed up for SS and Mary Ann got on Medicare A & B. I'm busy laying in supplys of scratch building stuff. I got a 4x8 sheet of 2mm PVC sheet and have a sheet of 1mm on order. That one should be in Monday. The weather is getting bad. There is...
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    Hi All: It's 3;30 on Friday. Quiting time and Saturday is a train show in Plano. Yes I'm going even though it's a long way. I usually don't go to the shows that are this far but I figured that I'd do this one once and see if it is worth it. The Plano show is supposed to be a good one. I'll see...
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    Steve carefull with taking those meds. Sometimes a change in routine can do strange things. I think that I'd still let the doc know what happened. Just to be on the safe side you know. 23 days to go. I'll see you all tomorrow. My Best
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    That's a great idea. I'd hate to see that go to wast. You have done some super work .
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    Hi Gang: Not much going on. I've got 25 days to go now. I'm not trying to make you jellous KenL. he he he I did get to the basement last night and tonight. I didn't do much just sorted out ore loads between Walthers and MDCs. Some how I got them mixed up. I also did some cleaning up. Well...
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    Paul: Sorry to hear that your surgery had tobe post poned. After getting all worked up for it it is a let down. Well I'm into the last month of work here. by this time next Feb I'll be retired. It's going to seem funny not having to get up and drive in here daily. I'll have plenty to do but...
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    Evening Gang: Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Happy and prosperous new year.
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    Hey Ken: Since you have got the expereance now you can come out and help my son and I clear out these mesquites. Between the two places there's only about 40 acres to do. Shouldn't take an experianced guy like you long at all.




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