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I regret to inform all of you that after 9 months, my son Mark James Fortner passed away. I was at work at 911 when I received the call from my wife informing me that he had stopped breathing. He was rushed to the hospital and pronounced shortly thereafter. While I will read the boards...

Well, it is Thursday AM here and I thought I'd post a quick message to all of y'all. I got out of Crawford Long Hospital last night and while I am (very) tired I am glad to be home. The doctors won't let me do much for the next two weeks, but that is ok since Kate's mom is here until Christmas...

Hi all, this is Michael's wife. He asked me to log on and let you know that he had a heart attack last night, and won't be around for a bit since he's in the hospital. If anybody wants to continue to be updated, feel free to email me at fortner_kate@bellsouth.net Kate

Well, he's been home for about two weeks and he is keeping me pretty busy with the feedings and having to suction out the mucus and all since he can't swallow yet. We saw the neurologist today about his seizures and the gastrologist about his stomach tube. The neurologist says they will...

Well, after a premature birth 14 weeks ago and 3 surgeries later, my son came home Monday. Things here have been very hectic learning to take care of his feeding tube and his inability to swallow. The doctors say he has Pierre-Robin Malformation Sequence. Basically, his jaw did not develop...

Well, Kate is in her 34th week of this pregnancy and noticed yesterday that the baby was not moving much. So I left work early and took her to the hospital. Since we lost one child at this stage 3 years ago, they put her on the monitors and have done some ultrasounds and while some tests look...

I saw this on a siding near the NS Training center in McDonough, GA after I got off work. Fortunately, I had my new "cheapo" digital camera with me and managed some good shots of it. This could be good to model. First time I've seen an engine shipping like this. Michael

Well, I went to the doctor today to see about my medication. My wife and daughter went with me. The wife because she could talk about things she saw and the daughter because she is only 21 months old and she would only make a mess while we were gone. And to top it off, today is our 10th wedding...

I need to get this off my chest, so if you don't want to hear real-life, depressing things, stop reading now. I am not kidding here. Ok, if you are still there, you've been warned. I have some medical problems that are giving me trouble at work. I have depression and panic attacks that...

I found THIS link on an astronomy board I go on. I bet you would have problems modeling that car! :p Michael

I hate this week. First off, last Saturday I started getting sick with a sinus infection. Of course, my wife and kids are sick as well, so things are just so peachy at home. Then, on Monday, the plumbing in the main bathroom backs up! So sick and feeling lousy, I had to go climb under the...

Sunday Comic Michael

I saw a link to this on an antique radio forum I am on. This could be just what you need if you don't have an Alps printer. http://www.paper-paper.com/white-letter.html Of course, your mileage may vary. Batteries not included. Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. Wash...

I've been seeing a few interesting engines around the Norfolk Southern Training Center in McDonough, GA this year. I often don't have my camera with me when I get off of work in the morning, so I havn't been able to photograph them since their presence on the siding is not frequent enough to...

I found this through the How Stuff Works website. This guy figured out what real life engines Thomas and the other engines were based on. Check out his site at http://www.geocities.com/martinclutt/awdry/! :thumb: Michael

After 6 months, I finally got Erin to take a nap long enough for me to work on my layout again. Incredible how much time a baby can take up! :rolleyes: Of course, she didn't sleep long so I didn't get much done besides FINALLY putting in the industrial siding I have been wanting to do and...

Well, it looks like this old computer of mine is trying to die on me now. If it does before I can afford a new Motherboard and CPU for my wife's computer, then I will be taking a "vacation" from here for a while. It already tried to go belly up on me today, but I got lucky. I'm pretty sure...

I don't know if this has been covered before, but I thought I would pass it on. I am working on filling in gaps on my Feep (What? You havn't read about my Feep? Go ahead and read it, I'll wait... :) ) and I needed something to sand down the putty. While I was at Big Lots today, I saw...

Well, since the original post did not survive The Great Crash of 2004, I guess I'll just have to start it all over again.... -- Bubba Joe "Junebug" Wannamaker was late. He had to get his load of crushed gravel to the DOT bridge construction site for the new Eagles Landing Parkway bridge...

I found some train programming on my dish last week and I wanted to pass it on. RFD-TV shows two different train shows weekly, I Love Trains and Trains & Locomotives. Here are their times (Eastern Time Zone) I Love Trains: Sun 4am, Mon 10am, Thur 7pm, Fri 1am, Fri 7am Trains &...