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

    Hi everyone, still pretty busy here....ground is ready for plowing so I have to get the garden ready tomorrow. Butchering a couple of pigs on Sunday and still have to get the boat ready for fishing. Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Looks like spring is here. We could use some rain.... Been working on the house this week pretty hard. Trying to get everything done! The dirty part of the tear out is finished so I can start on the train stuff!!! Chief, cool pics of the grand kid....they are great! My 4 yo grandson says...
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    Summer of 69

    Great looking stuff there....I remember the summer of 69.....I was too busy chasing girls to think about trains much! Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Morning all. We are under a snow watch:curse: . Have to go to Fargo today. Then this evening I'm assisting in a SCUBA class as a pool swimmer with the students....1st "dive" of the year! Chief, you a grandpa yet? Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Morning everyone. Busy week ahead, working on the house today, VA appt tomorrow. Then more house work, gotta finish the house work (at least the dirty tear out part) cause I bought my track and roadbed. Don't want to lay that out till most of the dust is out of the air....only have 2 walls and a...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Afternoon everyone.......was about 16 here this morning......too darn cold for the easterbunny...... I thought that it was cause the south suckssign1 that all this cold air got pulled down here from the artic circle......sign1 :D Have a great afternoon all Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Darn....plowed twice today....about 12" total and it still hasn't stopped.......gotta go to VA tomorrow and the next day...goingto spend the night at my son's place. Have a good couple of days. Chief...if ya had a Wheel Horse it would run and not be in for servicesign1 ...you would just use...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    SNOWjawdrop I got up this morning and had to plow SNOW:curse: Got about 6" on the ground and looks like we are going to get at least that much more:cry: Good day to work on the sewing room I guess. Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Chief.....sure....if you will let me borrow your Bass Pro credit cardjawdrop Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Morning everyone. Long weekend with company. Going to try to finish her sewing room so she will stay outta my hair.....and a couple of VA appt. Have a great day. Rick
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    I was caught !

    LOL she has her own computer! Rick
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    95+ year old track being replaced

    Jim, once you get past the first 50 miles of west MN...the part that kinda looks like ND.....you know...hills are over passes and trees have wires attached....then yer in the good part.....LOL Rick
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    Looking to buy a digital camera

    I would start looking at what "pro field guys are using in the point and shot cat." Rick
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    New DCC????

    I'm going to upgrade my Bachmann DCC system in May. I have been looking at the Digi Trax stuff as well as Prodigy. For some strange reason that I can't explain I'm kinda drawn to the Digi Trax system. I am going to have a double main line that can be run continuously with sidings and a small...
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    95+ year old track being replaced

    They are going to be running a new spur for the ethanol plant they are building near Fergus Falls MN (the good side of the Minnesota North Dakota border). When they start laying track I will see if I can't get some pics to share. Cool Pics! Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Everyone in every area of the country had some off the wall stuff they call food. Up here in the nord country they pickle fish and soak others in lye.....they also take perfectly good potatoes, mash em, roll em flat and thin....dry fry em and put sugar and other crap on em....darn...
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    I was caught !

    Micheal....REAL NICE....if it were my tools........lets just say you wouldn't think I was nice! Herc, Ozzy, isn't it funny how the hearing only gets worse when the wife/girlfriend starts with a to do list! Rick
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    I was caught !

    Herc, yup I had a blast....a job for 20 years that I liked going to! Funny thing about tanks.....they do the same kinda thing to yer ears! Rick
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    LOL corn makes chops, ribs and steaks! Whiskey too! Sorry guys but I got fed cold lumpy oatmeal for breakfast 6 for months while staying with a farm family while I was 16. Don't eat "hot" cereals anymore! Morning all, taking grandsons to preschool this morning. Going to try to finish the...
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    I was caught !

    Cannonball....it's over rated. I retired at 49 due to service connected disibilities.....seems the human body isn't designed to run 3-7 miles 5 days a week or bounce around inside or on top of a maneuvering tank for 20 years....but I had fun doing it! Be careful what ya wish for....jawdrop Rick