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Good Morning from the Heartlands :wave: It looks like a gray day on tap as the sun isn't shining through, we've had a wonderful week of weather, really does lift the spirits. Tom--sorry about your loss. Death can be a blessing but not at that age. For me the hardest thing I have ever done in...

Doug--good Iowa weather is on the way east and today looks acceptable also, fortunately we have no flooding and I'm amazed as our sub soil moisture/tanks are full. Most of our snow is gone and perhaps some rain tomorrow, that would be nice to get the salt and sand off the streets and highways...

Spring has arrived in the heartlands, it was 61 yesterday and simply FANTASTIC:yep: I was outside a good share of the day picking up limbs and sticks and detailed one more filthy car, I was even able to open a few windows and BBQ last night. Sure slept well. The train room will soon be...

Brutus-- Yes, I was kidding about the Claymore Land mine but there are times.... I've ridden ATV's for quite a few years and I get frustrated with some of the fools who pretend to be riders and wreck it for everyone else. Just simply respecting private property would be wonderful but for some...

Chief-- Claymore land mine might come into play to stop the perps. No posts, no cables, no evidence and just a small indentation in the ground. Just make sure you remember where you put it :eek:

Sending GOOD weather east, I actually washed a car outside today with beautiful sun and no wind, that's a first for '08 :thumb: Dennis--I enjoyed the trailer. It reminded me of the days when Sharyl and I were actively involved in Marriage Encounter as presenters. Good memories, thanks for link.

From my perspective, I prefer larger font w/flair, much easier on the old eyes, that's why I also prefer O scale trains. Jon

So, I go over to CTT to see what the hub bub was and just as I was about to share an opinion it was locked, probably just as well, the only one that ever listened to me was the dog and he's been gone for 5 years! I think spring might be teasing us in the next several days, 50's by Tuesday or...

Greetings from the Heartlands where we woke up to an even zero, no snow nor wind so it doesn't seem so bad, 50's by Tuesday :thumb: Dennis--I did get the frozen pipe issue fixed, finally. It's throw away morning here, getting rid of catalogs/magazines/etc., no--the train catalogs/magazines are...

Here we go again, it's snowing lightly and the wind chill is below zero :cry: Sure looking forward to spring and next week's temps will consistently be in the 50's---(that's a heat wave for you southerners who think that might be the lead story on the evening news). While we were in Florida...

Arrived back home last night after a wonderful week in Florida, what a great time. Only spent one day doing "touristy" things (Universal) other wise it was spent with family or walking on the beach at Vero, I could easily see us spending a month or two in Florida once the boss retires. We...

Chief-- I used to do all the work on my cars back in the day for two reason, to save money and I enjoyed it a lot. I did points, plugs (gapped 'em), filters, rotated tires, etc. I haven't done that for years, got to busy I guess. There's a shop in town that will do the oil/filter/rotate...

Our forecast today: freezing rain followed by 4-6" snow, what else is new? Orlando forecast: sunny, high of 79 Can't wait! Lots of errands and prep today for take off tomorrow. We took the princess to the train store on Saturday and that was fun. One of the geezers turned to my wife and...

We've just had a tremendous weekend taking care of our granddaughter at her house. We found a real Carousel yesterday in a mall and of course she and Grandma got to ride it, may post some pics when we get home later today. I can't tell you how much we enjoy being grandparents, it's the best...

Greetings from northern IA where the temps are better, it was getting to warm in our area, 33. We are taking care of the granddaughter this weekend so that means she will get to go to a wonderful train store in Cedar Falls, Caboose Stop Hobbies. Doug--let's meet there, they always have free...

Dennis-- For me when I left teaching after 32 years of 6 days a week and 3 weeks off in the summer was the beginning of my retirement. I rarely had a Saturday off and I always taught during the summer so when I left that responsibility it was the dawn of a new life for me. I knew I would stay...

Good Morning-- Can tell it's warmer, the house doesn't feel nearly as cold and the furnace stopped after a 10 minute warm up. We really need a serious thaw, there are places on our driveway with 2" of solid ice, the steep part :cry: We are off to northern IA tonight to take care of the...

Sorry to hear about all the Windoze computer problems, glad I don't have to deal with any of that, dealing with DirecTV satellite is enough of a problem for me. Technology is wonderful----when it works. We might be going up to 32 this weekend :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb: You know it's...

Happy Belated Birthday Buckeye, may all the frozen lakes open up soon so fishing season can begin by at least July. Woke up to -12 and wind chills at -30. Needed to travel to northern IA yesterday, what was I thinking? The ditches are full and and the winds were howling last night, more...

Wow, we are really in the ice box here and more snow today, we are in a pattern of snow every other day, dang. Had a nice afternoon yesterday of just goofing off and running trains all by myself, very relaxing----time really does fly when having fun. Time for coffee and toast. Jon