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I have had an account for years and never been called.

Hope I didn’t just jinks myself

I get a lot from there, especially the CN vehicles
Maybe they have changed their tactics through the years.

I just remember signing up for the porters account as I was mildly interested in some of the grain hoppers coming out.

I received a couple of calls from them pressuring to buy.
 
Good morning everyone,

Windy and raw day here in Northern Illinois. That temp started to plummet last night as the front started to come through. We had the house open due to the 80-degree temps through the day yesterday. Been raining steadily since this morning.

I got the nudge from the wife in the middle of the night to get up, shut the house up and click the heat back on.

Have a great Sunday everyone!
 
Afternoon All,

Well yesterday was a fun day. We left the house at 8:45 and didn't get home util minutes before 6 pm. The driving was miserable. Most of the driving to the west side of the state and back home was stop and go, bumper to bumper traffic. This is on the 3 lane each way highway. Driving on I-4 is worse every time you drive on it. It is beyond ridiculous.:mad:

Today I have been doing chores including laundry. MOH informed me that I wasn't needed at the school tomorrow.:) I have discovered that the Reverse Loop on the peninsula has no power. I initially checked the wire connections on the PSX-AR and all seem to be tightly attached. The board is not displaying any lights. The board is potentially up to 10 years old or only 2 years old. I don't know which.

Eye Protection. My son was using a Dremel cutting metal and got a metal fragment in his eye. He went to the ER yesterday, but they couldn't remove it. He has to see a specialist. Wear eye protection. It's an expensive lesson.

Terry- I remember even in the early 80's buying a large wooden cabinet TV, but it was on a swivel base.;)

Guy- I don't think they know what beef is regardless of their commercials.

Smudge- Nice video.

David- Nice scene and video.

Todd- It sounds like a fun trip.

Willie- That is an unbelievable number of dead cows, Watch milk prices now. Nice layout scenes.

TomO
- That layout is gorgeous.

I hope everyone has a good night.
 


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Eye Protection. My son was using a Dremel cutting metal and got a metal fragment in his eye. He went to the ER yesterday, but they couldn't remove it. He has to see a specialist. Wear eye protection. It's an expensive lesson.
I learned early in my petrochemical career the importance of safety glasses, shoes and hearing protection. I got a metal fragment in my eye, luckily it was magnetic and was easy to find and remove. A few scratches on the cornea which healed and no lasting problems. I was cutting steel supports from inside a vessel, much of the internals were badly eroded from catalyst. Anyway three quarters through the cut the piece broke lose and fell catching my foot between it and the scaffold. I had on steel toed boots. It hit so hard it bent the steel toe. Estimated weight from the investigation 850 lbs. I walked away unharmed. Today I don't use any power tool without safety glasses, if more than one cut with a powered saw, I use hearing protection. Yard equipment gets eye and hearing protection.
 
Sriracha, I never had the stuff. My wife said it's extremely hot, I doubt I would like it. The only hot peppers I eat are Jalapenos.
"While copycats abound, the original sriracha sauce is made in California by Huy Fong Foods. (It also goes by “rooster sauce,” thanks to the design printed on its ubiquitous bottle.) A single factory produces 3,000 bottles every hour, 24 hours a day, six days a week. That’s about 20 million bottles a year."
 


Willie- That is an unbelievable number of dead cows
What's more unbelievable to me is that they were all inside at the time! For milking maybe?? Not with only employee. And there was obviously no emergency exit, or being cows, they were too stupid to head for it. Had to be an unbelievably large barn! I read in Vox that that many animals required a space as large as 26 football fields.
 

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Eye Protection. My son was using a Dremel cutting metal and got a metal fragment in his eye. He went to the ER yesterday, but they couldn't remove it. He has to see a specialist. Wear eye protection. It's an expensive lesson.
I always use eye protection when using cutting equipment, as well as ear protection in most cases. I use the ear protection for several other tasks. I had to train employees in the use of safety protection for many years as a manager in a factory. I also saw many, too many actually, incidents where the rules were ignored and serious injuries occurred. Worse yet for many employees, they were terminated after the investigation proved negligence on their part. I wish that I had known more about ear protection when I was younger; I wouldn't need hearing aids today!
 
What's more unbelievable to me is that they were all inside at the time! For milking maybe?? Not with only employee. And there was obviously no emergency exit, or being cows, they were too stupid to head for it. Had to be an unbelievably large barn! I read in Vox that that many animals required a space as large as 26 football fields.
It sounds as though those poor things are permantly linked to the milking system, if so seems pretty cruel. But then cows in stalls permantly is not nice, but with hoses etc and one person to switch on and off, I am not a bleeding heart but it sounds pretty cruel.
hee in the uk bird flu rules have kept my birds in all winter their accommodations have steadily declined, final earlier than last year we have a get out of gaol card, those birds will be SO happy
 
Well yesterday was a fun day. We left the house at 8:45 and didn't get home util minutes before 6 pm. The driving was miserable. Most of the driving to the west side of the state and back home was stop and go, bumper to bumper traffic. This is on the 3 lane each way highway. Driving on I-4 is worse every time you drive on it. It is beyond ridiculous.:mad:
Silly me, when I moved back here, I thought I could go visit my son every other weekend, with no more than an hour and a half each way. After all, it's only 75 miles, how bad could it have gotten? This was based on the last time I drove that road, in 2007.
Last time I went, it was nearly three hours, one-way. A couple of weeks ago.
 
Well, closet done and next room started...Master bedroom closet and then the master bathroom. Both should be quick, master bedroom...not so much. I got hurried on the master bath as I had just put the skim coat of compound on it and had to get it painted without completing the second coat as the boy was at Disney World with his sister and he's allergic to paint fumes. So patching the scratches and small bubble holes is on order currently. Closet is cleared and taped and ready for paint. Once all the paint upstairs is complete, we're going to look at carpeting and new sheet vinyl. Then I start the basement...
 


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