Coffee Shop Part 10
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jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
That's the thing. There's no pain. Neuropathy from my diabetes has caused some verve damage that all I can feel in lower legs and lower arms is pressure.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Yes, I have to be constantly aware of where I place my feet and I have to clean the wounds daily. It's hard for someone who's never had problems like this to even imagine it. My father tries but still has trouble with it. I just have to tell him whether or not I can do whatever he's asking me to do.Jeffrey,
I would imagine then, that you have to be extremely careful not to injure your feet and be unaware that you have hurt yourself. Seems like infection could be a huge issue.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired N&W/NS Signalman
05-21-2008
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
vato loco
Just a Foolish Saint!
Good Morning From Sunny Florida!
weather:
Rain we gots rain, not alot mind you but enough to green thing's up abit!
8 AM 78 °F Cloudy Mostly cloudy and steamy.
2 PM 85 °F Partly Cloudy / Showers Variable clouds, with a few showers around.
10 PM 79 °F Partly Cloudy A few clouds
Local News:
Nothing fun!
Personal Note:
Got's to go to work, running late! Have a great Day people...........!
weather:
Rain we gots rain, not alot mind you but enough to green thing's up abit!
8 AM 78 °F Cloudy Mostly cloudy and steamy.
2 PM 85 °F Partly Cloudy / Showers Variable clouds, with a few showers around.
10 PM 79 °F Partly Cloudy A few clouds
Local News:
Nothing fun!
Personal Note:
Got's to go to work, running late!
Have a great Day people...........!
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Good morning.
It's 74 and cloudy at the moment. The expected high is the low 90's.
Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/21/2008
Heat Index: 79°F
Humidity: 92%
Dew Point: 72°F
So Far Today
High: 75°F
Low: 73°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 6mph WSW
Today High: 92 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 70 Increasing clouds. Lows around 70. Light and variable winds.
It's 74 and cloudy at the moment. The expected high is the low 90's.
Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/21/2008
Heat Index: 79°F
Humidity: 92%
Dew Point: 72°F
So Far Today
High: 75°F
Low: 73°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 6mph WSW
Today High: 92 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 70 Increasing clouds. Lows around 70. Light and variable winds.
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tompm
Active Member
Good morning folks
It was 48 F and there was a strange orange ball in the sky this morning. We will never know what the ball is because it will be behind rain clouds by the afternoon. It has rained 15 out of 20 days in May. Our high temperature yesterday was 53 F which is 20 degrees below normal. High today will be 65 F.
Last night I had some modeling time but it was not relaxing as planned. I began assembling a P2K Mather Stock Car kit. I had some minor troubles with the doors but I quickly resolved the problem. Then I started on the roof and brakes. I managed to break one of the roof supports. The brake hardware would not stay in place and I had a devil of a time lining up the “chain”. When I finally did so I noticed I managed to break one of the stirrups. I repaired that and walked away from the car before I did something drastic to it. I still have the brake platforms to add and its supports. Since the supports are similar to the broken roof support I am not looking forward to adding them. I have three more of these kits and considering I have had trouble like this with every P2K kit I have built these will most likely be the last ones I purchase. I did call Walthers and left a message about the broken parts.
Tonight is my daughter’s flute lesson and we have the last Cub Scout Den Meetings of the 2007-08 Scouting year.
I hope everybody has a good day.
It was 48 F and there was a strange orange ball in the sky this morning. We will never know what the ball is because it will be behind rain clouds by the afternoon. It has rained 15 out of 20 days in May. Our high temperature yesterday was 53 F which is 20 degrees below normal. High today will be 65 F.
Last night I had some modeling time but it was not relaxing as planned. I began assembling a P2K Mather Stock Car kit. I had some minor troubles with the doors but I quickly resolved the problem. Then I started on the roof and brakes. I managed to break one of the roof supports. The brake hardware would not stay in place and I had a devil of a time lining up the “chain”. When I finally did so I noticed I managed to break one of the stirrups. I repaired that and walked away from the car before I did something drastic to it. I still have the brake platforms to add and its supports. Since the supports are similar to the broken roof support I am not looking forward to adding them. I have three more of these kits and considering I have had trouble like this with every P2K kit I have built these will most likely be the last ones I purchase. I did call Walthers and left a message about the broken parts.
Tonight is my daughter’s flute lesson and we have the last Cub Scout Den Meetings of the 2007-08 Scouting year.
I hope everybody has a good day.
OldGettysk
Running the MC & Buffalo
Good Morning Chris , Bill , Jeffrey & Tom !! Looks like the rain might be leaving Western New York for now but it left it cold. 43 going up to a whopping 52. Another day around the house. Jeffrey I'm sorry to hear about your feet . I'm also Diabetic Type 2 but I'm on insulin. Ever since my transplant my insulin producing was comprimised by my medicine. I've battled it ever since. Some days my nerves buzz like mad especially when a low front comes in . Oh well not as bad as yours . Just praying that everything will heal for you . Here's hoping everyone has a nice day !!! Tom I have a P2K kit sitting in my train room and I'm ready to throw it out the door !!!!!!
rhoward
S.L.O.&W. Trainman
Mornin' Everyone!
Another damp, chilly day here in the Finger Lakes. Oh well, at least the air conditioner isn't running.....
Tonight is the MLK Scholarship Dinner. I have been playing phone tag with several people so far this morning. A state of NY Senator wants to come and speak for a moment at the dinner tonight and I have been trying to get in touch with him.... His office called me last night and asked me to call him. Ever try to contact a politician? (edit - just got off the phone with his office..... All set.) Then got a urgent call from the Boy Scout Office asking me to call back ASAP. I called within 5 minutes of him calling me. I got, "I'm sorry, he's not in right now. Would you like his voice mail?" (While I was typing the edit, he called back - must have been on the morning coffee and donut run....) And I was supposed to be at my son's house to help him move stuff a half hour ago..... At least life is not dull around here.
Have a good day!
Another damp, chilly day here in the Finger Lakes. Oh well, at least the air conditioner isn't running.....
Tonight is the MLK Scholarship Dinner. I have been playing phone tag with several people so far this morning. A state of NY Senator wants to come and speak for a moment at the dinner tonight and I have been trying to get in touch with him.... His office called me last night and asked me to call him. Ever try to contact a politician? (edit - just got off the phone with his office..... All set.) Then got a urgent call from the Boy Scout Office asking me to call back ASAP. I called within 5 minutes of him calling me. I got, "I'm sorry, he's not in right now. Would you like his voice mail?" (While I was typing the edit, he called back - must have been on the morning coffee and donut run....) And I was supposed to be at my son's house to help him move stuff a half hour ago..... At least life is not dull around here.
Have a good day!
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Afternoon, fellow kit busters,
Tom, I did one Mather stock car since I like stock cars. Never again. That was about the furthest thing from a shake the box kit ever made. They sure looked nice in the Walthers catalog but it's the last one I'll ever buy.
Jeffrey, that's a tough condition you have to fight. About all you can do is try your best to keep your diabetes under control and hope that those wounds continue to heal.
Paul, I don't think I ever read what kind of organ transplant you had. I know the anti-rejection medicine plays havoc with almost every part of your body. If Jean had gotten into remission from her leukemia and had a successful stem cell transplant, I really dreaded the anti-rejection regimen she would have to gone through. I hope you're able to keep things on a reasonably even keel.
Ray and Tom, I'm sure Rex and I would be happy to transport some warm air up your way if we could. It was 95 yesterday and we had a "not as hot" front go through last night so it's only 93 now. I think summer has officially begun down here. Spent all of yesterday weeding the flower beds and spreading out 40 cubic yards of mulch...in the heat. I could have done this last week when it was cooler but no, I procrastinated and paid the price. I think I lost a couple of pounds of pure sweat. Still, at 62, I'm not complaining because I can still do the work and wake up the next morning and function. Not much chance for rain until Friday, which figures, since that's when number two daughter has her high school graduation in an open football stadium. I'm not sure what the school's plan is to handle that.
Tom, I did one Mather stock car since I like stock cars. Never again. That was about the furthest thing from a shake the box kit ever made. They sure looked nice in the Walthers catalog but it's the last one I'll ever buy.
Jeffrey, that's a tough condition you have to fight. About all you can do is try your best to keep your diabetes under control and hope that those wounds continue to heal.
Paul, I don't think I ever read what kind of organ transplant you had. I know the anti-rejection medicine plays havoc with almost every part of your body. If Jean had gotten into remission from her leukemia and had a successful stem cell transplant, I really dreaded the anti-rejection regimen she would have to gone through. I hope you're able to keep things on a reasonably even keel.
Ray and Tom, I'm sure Rex and I would be happy to transport some warm air up your way if we could. It was 95 yesterday and we had a "not as hot" front go through last night so it's only 93 now.
I think summer has officially begun down here. Spent all of yesterday weeding the flower beds and spreading out 40 cubic yards of mulch...in the heat. I could have done this last week when it was cooler but no, I procrastinated and paid the price. I think I lost a couple of pounds of pure sweat. Still, at 62, I'm not complaining because I can still do the work and wake up the next morning and function. Not much chance for rain until Friday, which figures, since that's when number two daughter has her high school graduation in an open football stadium. I'm not sure what the school's plan is to handle that.Yeah Jim, it has been warm. Today has stayed in the low 80's here, but we are expecting temps to go back up. Like you, I have procrastinated again on some of the major projects around the house. I promised myself to do all of them before the heat came in, but guess what...
(Guess that goes along with retirement )
Glad to see everyone and hope your day is going well.
(Guess that goes along with retirement
)Glad to see everyone and hope your day is going well.
suprduc
Member
Afternoon all
Crazy busy at work lately, can't even get close to the internet while I am there.
Great to hear about Manchester United Steve, wish I had better coverage of REAL football here. I do get an occasional European or South American game and quite a bit of MLS. I used to get quite a bit of the English Premier League and Deutches Bundesliga but, we lost that channel.
UPDATE: Looks like I may have spoke too soon. Championship game coverage is starting right now (18:00 CDT). Woohoo!!!!
Crazy busy at work lately, can't even get close to the internet while I am there.
Great to hear about Manchester United Steve, wish I had better coverage of REAL football here. I do get an occasional European or South American game and quite a bit of MLS. I used to get quite a bit of the English Premier League and Deutches Bundesliga but, we lost that channel.
UPDATE: Looks like I may have spoke too soon. Championship game coverage is starting right now (18:00 CDT). Woohoo!!!!
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vato loco
Just a Foolish Saint!
For you Snake Lover's
Good evening everyone, found this on tv today! any snake lovers?
Want to take me home?
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/...n=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1
Good evening everyone, found this on tv today! any snake lovers?
Want to take me home?
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/...n=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired N&W/NS Signalman
05-22-2008
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
suprduc
Member
Good morning everyone.
We've been having some great weather here the last few days with the sun shining and temps in the 70s the whole time. No complaints from me.
The construction crews are nearing the end with our street. My daughter and I watched them pour the curbing on our side of the street yesterday afternoon and I suspect that they will finish the rest of the curbing today so that it has all weekend to cure before they put down the asphalt road. Here are couple pictures of the curb-forming machine and the curb at what will be my driveway again.
The other two pictures are from the utility company here in town. The bicycle trail runs right by there and crosses the staging tracks for the coal train to drop it's load. The utility company uses old rail for stacking new telephone poles and they store extra rail between the tracks on the exit line from the utility company. Just a couple of things I noticed that were kind of cool.
We've been having some great weather here the last few days with the sun shining and temps in the 70s the whole time. No complaints from me.
The construction crews are nearing the end with our street. My daughter and I watched them pour the curbing on our side of the street yesterday afternoon and I suspect that they will finish the rest of the curbing today so that it has all weekend to cure before they put down the asphalt road. Here are couple pictures of the curb-forming machine and the curb at what will be my driveway again.
The other two pictures are from the utility company here in town. The bicycle trail runs right by there and crosses the staging tracks for the coal train to drop it's load. The utility company uses old rail for stacking new telephone poles and they store extra rail between the tracks on the exit line from the utility company. Just a couple of things I noticed that were kind of cool.
tompm
Active Member
Good morning folks
It was 53 and threatening rain as I head out. I figured something is coming since our one cat was acting squirrelly this morning. She predicts weather better than a weatherman. Whenever a storm is coming see crouches low and tends to curl up in corners. High today will be 63 F.
I added the brake platform to the P2K stock car but not the supports. I think I can live with out them. With some weathering I think the car will look OK. Next problem is the couplers. In the kit they supplied the couplers with the plastic spring not the ones with the metal spring. On the recent P1K composite gondolas I got they had the metal springs, so you would think that the more detailed model would have the better couplers. Also the couplers are riding low. I am not sure if it is the couplers themselves or the height of the stock car.
I hope everybody has a good day.
It was 53 and threatening rain as I head out. I figured something is coming since our one cat was acting squirrelly this morning. She predicts weather better than a weatherman. Whenever a storm is coming see crouches low and tends to curl up in corners. High today will be 63 F.
I added the brake platform to the P2K stock car but not the supports. I think I can live with out them. With some weathering I think the car will look OK. Next problem is the couplers. In the kit they supplied the couplers with the plastic spring not the ones with the metal spring. On the recent P1K composite gondolas I got they had the metal springs, so you would think that the more detailed model would have the better couplers. Also the couplers are riding low. I am not sure if it is the couplers themselves or the height of the stock car.
I hope everybody has a good day.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Good morning.
It's 73 and cloudy. The expected high today is 90 with a chance of thunderstorms.
My next door neighbor and I went to Wal-Mart last night so he could buy a computer. He wanted someone along who knows about them so he wouldn't get stuck with a high priced slow poke. He got a Dell Dimension system with an AMD Sempron processor. We set it up last night and got everything he wanted on it installed. I was impressed! That thing is quick, quick, especially after I dropped kicked the Norton Antivirus into the next state and installed AVG 8.0. I finally finished with the setup just before two this morning. It's not a bad system for around $500.
Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/22/2008
Heat Index: 78°F
Humidity: 92%
Dew Point: 71°F
So Far Today
High: 73°F
Low: 72°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 8mph NNE
Today High: 88 Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.
Tonight Low: 72 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
It's 73 and cloudy. The expected high today is 90 with a chance of thunderstorms.
My next door neighbor and I went to Wal-Mart last night so he could buy a computer. He wanted someone along who knows about them so he wouldn't get stuck with a high priced slow poke. He got a Dell Dimension system with an AMD Sempron processor. We set it up last night and got everything he wanted on it installed. I was impressed! That thing is quick, quick, especially after I dropped kicked the Norton Antivirus into the next state and installed AVG 8.0. I finally finished with the setup just before two this morning. It's not a bad system for around $500.
Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/22/2008
Heat Index: 78°F
Humidity: 92%
Dew Point: 71°F
So Far Today
High: 73°F
Low: 72°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 8mph NNE
Today High: 88 Partly sunny with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds up to 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.
Tonight Low: 72 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
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