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Afternoon all! 50's today. Cloudy and raining on and off here. Not a lot of rain at my house - but a lot of thunder, some rain, and consistent drizzle/light showers since about midnight. Probably less than 3/4 inch at my house. If you believed the weather guys last night - we were all going to...

Morning all! For once a day without endless mind numbing meetings. The bride and I are going for our weekly Friday lunch today. The V-Day dinner did not go extremely well as our daughter showed up too late to eat and we had schedule a late dinner just so she could attend. It turns out she...

Afternoon all! Been in meetings all morning - argh. Warming here with temps supposed to be 70 but I think just 65. Strong breeze from the south - might be kite flying weather. Supposed to cool off and rain for Friday and Saturday. Might make for good indoor train time. Cleaned off more of...

Jim - Very glad you mom is doing better. I am glad we are not having snow days here. They just extend the school year since the days must be made up at the end of the school year. John - how do you like that software? Chief - is the rain recently helping make up for the drought in your area?

Morning all! Don - and those of us watching snow on TV cuz we don't have any! Freezing this morning, but up to 55 today and sunny! Got about an inch of rain night before last. We needed it. Got the Lionel catalogs in the mail yesterday - some nice stuff in there! Have spent the last 3...

Morning all! Cloudy here and maybe 70 today. Cooling off tonight with possibility of rain - then 50's tomorrow. Have a great day today all!

Afternoon all! Beautiful and sunny here today. MIght hit 70 but it better hurry if that is gonna happen. Feelin' lazy today and the wife is out til 5 - so I can followup on this lack of productivity with no problem! Hope everyone has a great day! Roy

Morning all! Sunny and cool here. Maybe 60 something today. Supposed to be high 60's all weekend :thumb: Chief - too many free lunches and dinners for hiz honor :razz: Jim - just what did you do to Spanky anyway :confused: Jeffrey - looks like you are having some good fun there! Nice...

Don - I hope your neighbors are keeping their garages locked? Buckeye - I thought you were supposed to build them - not blow them up! Started out at 32 today and made it to 55. Nice and sunny! Prayers for those in the Tennessee state area where the tornados ripped through last night. Not...

Don - I think you have a very good theory there! :thumb: Big front blew through here. Temps dropped from 75 to 60 in an hour. Heavy rain follwed by a hail storm (pea sized) by light rain. This is good as it was too warm here for this time of year. Need a little more winter :winter1: Got my...

Afternoon all! Warm here today. Gonna be 77 degrees. Did some yardwork yesterday, knocking some dirt down where we had a tree root barrier put in next to the house. It never settled even with all the rain last year. Mulched and bagged a lot of leaves (about 40 bushels worth :cry:) that ended...

Evening all, Started out today in the 20's and then moved up to 50's :thumb: Nice outside, but windy again. Ozzy - that is good news for you! Jim - glad you are having a great time in FL - and Grits too!sign1 Doug - yep - help her fill them out and then help her take the apps into the...

Afternoon all from blustery N Texas! High today was at midnight I think and temps dropping all day. 41 right now. Wind is gusting pretty hard from the nawth this afternoon. Doug - you need to do what we did and as we were advised by good friends with older kids. Take you daughter to the...

Morning all! Sunny and cold here - nice - warming to maybe 50 today???? Chief - you are so right - and you have the added bonus of Buckeye running around on a dogsled looking for you - in the cold of course - but he loves it - right! Chuck - we are glad you are there to make sure Buckeye...

Incredibly windy day here today. Temps last night were around 68 with southerly breezes and then the blast hit today with 40 mph sustained winds - 50 mph gusts from the nawth. Will get to 30 tonight. Wife is sick with the virus I finally shed yesterday after a 3 week stint. Son is up late...

Doug, Yes - we have most of those conversations you mention also - minus the one about a job. We got to revisit the low grades conversation just this weekend with her report card that came home Friday :cry:. I am not sure the job she has is really a job, but they pay her and she likes it...

Afternoon all! Warmer here today. 56, but might hit 70? It is gonna have to hurry up for 70 to happen. Very windy and cloudy. Doug - you'll be interested to know I had a nice time with my daughter yesterday as we spent about 1.5 hours getting all the shoe polish off her car's windshield and...

Evening all! Buckeye - you didn't expect anything from the Chief to pull well did you? I thought the bad bearing sound was coming from the GP30 the Chief sent :twisted: Beautiful day here. High 50's. Worked outside mulching and mowing up leaves that Buckeye says I do not have. Also took down...

Jim, The BFOC should still be in warranty. Give Lionel a shout and see what they can do? We have had one running on the Grand Central Terminal display since Thanksgiving and no issues. We have been impressed with its durability for such a fine thing. Been working on a Bowser 24 inch...

Buckeye - I use a small shop vac with a soft brush attachment. I know it sounds violent, but I really bonded everything down with matt medium. As I said above, I have a few areas of ballast that I need to rebond before the vac hits it. I think I will use a diluted white glue mix this time vs the...