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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! TomPM - prayers for your FiL. Hope he recovers quickly. Beautiful day here. Cool front went through last night and it will be 70's today! 80's through the weekend. Only glitch is have to get the yard mowed this weekend. Man - the repair guys are moving slower than ever. They...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! Another beautiful sunny day today. Started in the 50's and heading toward 82 today. CSXect - congrats! As I said yesterday, I have all this work being done on my house. All soffits and eaves fascia being replaced with a concrete based "Hardie" board. New gutters. Fence being...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! Been a while. Traveled for nearly 2 weeks straight and finally back home for a couple of weeks. Nice sunny day here, starting at about 45 and headed towards the high 70's today - nice! Chief - the drought looks to have really ended here. We had good rain last year, but then it...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! Chief - I am very sorry you will not make it to York. I was looking forward to seeing you there. LAZ, John, and I will have some grits in your honor! Big storms rolled through here early this morning. Heard there were some tornados east of here. 50's this morning and maybe 65...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! Cloudy here and might rain today. 70's? Hope everyone has a great day today! Roy
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Another late evening all! Tom - glad your wife is OK! That must have been pretty frightening. Chief - nice switcher - think of how nice it would be in NYC colors :thumb: Spent the first part of this morning pulling weeds in the front yard. The drought the last couple of years really took...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Late evening all! Doug - sorry to hear about the van esp after all the work you have had done on it recently. Hopefully it is something simple. SJ - congrats! Busy day today starting with soccer game at 8:30 am. Our team got the hoo-hah beat otta them today. They are starting to get pretty...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Doug - ignorance is bliss! TomPM - sorry about your foot. Hope it works out easily. Marcie - my wife and I fear the day as the same thing could happen here. Deadbeat boyfirends appear to be in copius supply. Good luck! Sunny here and 85 today. Hope everyone has a great evening!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Long day today. Finally got the mechanical seal off the pool booster pump shaft. Can take the motor into the motor repair shop tomorrow. They charge about $60 - $75 for repair/overhaul (new bearings, seal, true the armature, scale and repaint) vs >$200 for a new motor. Plus thay can also replace...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Morning all! A windy day here today. 70 and sunny predicted. Pool sweeper booster pump quit. Trying figure out if it is jammed or if the motor start capacitor gave out. Have to go to Home Depot to get a hose connector so I can remove the pump and still let the main pump operate. These pumps...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part V

    Happy Easter from a blustery Dallas where the temp is about 56 and cloudy. Maybe some rain tonight. Early services today. Daughter and her choir did a great job this morning. Off to my wifes niece's house for Easter lunch! Tom (Spankybird) - those photos of the museum layout are great. You...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

    Good morning all! It is good to have the kids home and accounted for! Beautiful day here today! Sunny and 70's predicted. Train club meeting tonight. We are having a running session on the rewired modular layout. Next week we tear down and take it to Grapevine for the Thomas the Tank...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

    Buckeye, those disposals cause a lot of trouble for the Chief in Roseyville. The last time someone installed one the woman of the house showed up at the town council meeting complaining that garbage disposals did not make it any easier to get trash down the drain. In fact she had to use a stick...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

    Late evening all! Well the daughter finally made it home at midnight. The trip via Atlanta got canceled first thing this am. Trips obtained (some direct , some via connections in Chicago, Nashville, Washington Dulles, etc.) for all back to DFW, so no OKC drop offs. Got all but 2 of the kids...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part IV

    Evening all! The missus and I are back from San Antonio. Had a great trip and got to visit my brother for a couple of days. The bad news is my daughter is stuck in NYC with her HS choir and theater group (25 including chaparones) due to all the flights canceled here today.They cannot get out...
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