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    OK... I Admit It.... I'm Cheating.

    ok, now you guys have me looking into getting one of these kits, but dang they are kinda pricey.... and not even coming with anything . just molded base. no track or anything.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    you know, i had a big surgery, but the pain is not as bad as one i had in 2004, im up moving around a lot sooner/faster. maybe im just getting used to the pain, this does make surgery #5.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    well each day gets better then the last as far as pain, i just got to remember not to over do it, i may go to train club monday night and say hi, maybe bring and run some trains from home, or just work on my modulars some more, i have some more grass to plant,
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    dr giggles,,,,, lol i remember that movie!. low budget but freaky movie!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    they took the lung out, could not save the top lobe . cancer was in all the "plumbimg" leading to and from that lung as well. they got all cut out that they could but had to leave a few cancer cells, hoping to wipe whats left out wih chemo after im healed from this surgery.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    im home from surgery today, better update to come in a day or too, hurts to sit at the computer.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    its 5:57, i well be heading out the door for surgery in 10 min.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    well yesterday i went to the club, worked on one of my o scale modulars , i planted some grass, laid some ballast, and added gravel shoulders to a highway. and run some trains. with the surgery tomorrow i wont make it back to the club for a couple of months. today i rode the harley...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    well the count down started,,, surgery on monday, doc says he might leave the top lobe of my lung but wont know until he opens me up. test results from MRI back today of my head. the cancer has not got to my brain yet. they still think that the cancer is still just in my right lung. ozzy
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    train crash in LA at least 2 dead...

    LOS ANGELES - Federal officials investigating a commuter rail collision that killed 25 people said they want to review cell phone records to determine if an engineer blamed for running a stop signal before the crash may have been text messaging at the time. With...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    deer are a bad thing on a bike, lots of deer hits on bikes in my county, but i been lucky so far, but then i dont ride at night much anymore after i hit a cow with my truck. and i dont run as fast anymore,,, guess im getting old!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    hi all, i have not been on here much the last few months , but i thought i would give you an update, THE OZZMAN IS GOING UNDER THE KNIFE! on sept 22ed they are going to completely remove my right lung, chemo stopped working but as far as they can tell my lung is the only place the cancer is...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    here is a cut and paste of an email my wife been emailing out to friend, cancer update on me. ----------------------------------------------------------------- After visiting with the doctor today who seems to be very knowledgeable on this type of cancer, I am sending an update on what we...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    hi all, monday im off to iowa city to see a new doc, chemo stopped working.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    you can have some of our rain, we got way to much!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    i did not see anything to negative in it,, one thing tho..... 2200 is a small town????? HA! my town,,,,,,,500 people!....lol was a lot bigger when the train went through tho....lol
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    Something different

    sometimes you need helpers not because of grade, but because if you get so many cars/weight they can bust couplers, so by putting helper engines in the middle it takes the stress off of the couplers. same with engines on the back. remember that the first rail cars couplers in a train is...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    hi guys, nice and sunny today, not sure what im going to do today, i may get the motorcycle out and ride the 60 miles one way to the club and work on my modules. or i may take a ride on the bike and do some rail fanning. im just starting to get into this.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    but do ya have room for trains!!!!!!!!!!!????????? thats the important thing !!!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    well i went and worked on the club layout today, put some highway stripes in. ran some trains, still learning how to run the DCS, i will get it all figured out at the club then i will know how to work it when i get around to buying it for here at home. i want to get a better transformer...