Quote from: Raymo on August 25, 2026, 06:58:21 AMMorning  everyone. This morning's activities include having to go a couple towns over to have a Cat-scan done. This hospital is a pain in the butt to get to and park and local morning traffic is even worse. Been making slow progress with the detail painting on the lobster boat but should be done soon. Another photo from the Chicago area.

Sorry aboute your hospital inconvenience.
Would it be easier to go back to your old haunt (your job) and get a Cat scan? 

Quote from: Raymo on August 22, 2026, 07:05:30 AM

Quote from: NEMMRRC on August 22, 2026, 06:40:23 AMHowdy.

Cars and coffee at 8 so I better get going 

I saw this crane on a dam at Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs, AR. I wonder what they need it for.

Later.

Picking up things that are heavy..

Or to pull the plug on the bottom when the lake needs to be cleaned.

Quote from: NEMMRRC on August 18, 2026, 06:45:55 AMHowdy.

It has been too hot outside to go anywhere. I am staying indoors in the a/c. Although, I did got to some yard sales with my wife this past weekend. While at one of these yard sales I found an unbuilt kit of a 1958 Plymouth for $1. It was too hard to walk away from such a bargain. I keep hoping I'll find some cool craftsman kit bargains one day.

Stay cool out there.

Does that there Plymouth Fury have pusbutton Torqueflite in it? Damn, they were scary cars!

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Quote from: Raymo on August 03, 2026, 11:11:58 AMMorning all. Rainy and wet here in the northeast corner of Massachusetts.  Not complaining because we need it. Finished the lobster boat yesterday so now I can paint it. Will have to wait for the humidity to come down a little before  I can. There's a woman on FB marketplace in NH selling Jordan's for $15 a piece including the ERIE shovel.

$15 for the shovel is an amazing bargain. 

dave

Is that $15.00 for the shovel or the entire kit?

Jaime, 
I've heard of April Fool's Day and enjoyed quite a few of them myself (you get the opportunity during 84 years), but August Fools Day?
Beautiful.
For those of you who have never had the pleasure of meeting Jaime 1 on 1, I enjoyed meeting him, at Timonium years ago and I believe you'll see him IF you blow up the picture and look at the guy in the righthand background holding something in his hands.
Did I also mention, he ahs a wicked sense of humor?

Happy retirement, Raymo. You're about to become busier than you've ever been bef
What a neat surprise to see Jaime return this morning. Hope he remembers how he got here.

I just figured out why I post so late here.
I read JVB's breakfast menu above and realized that as a Keystoner, I'd have to include scrapple on the menu. I don't need to try to make enemies; it just comes naturally.
Tuesady Night Round Robin tonight at one of my favorite layouts. The day can't be all bad when you end it with an ops session.

Quote from: KentuckySouthern on July 17, 2026, 08:24:11 AMGreetings from the hazy filled UP. It's cooler this morning but still hazy and Smokey. It's not quite as bad as yesterday but super unhealthy.

We've decided to head home to get back into the real a/c.  We've had a good time. It's been nice have the Doll's kids and grands. They're headed back to AZ.

Jeff best luck with the knee.

Saw a video of a couple of the Blue Angels making a low pass of the beach in Florida. I'd guess there's some major disruption to their flight status after that trick.

Enjoy the day all.

Residents in the Pensacola area were a bit more tolerant of the Angels flights while I was stationed there.
I recall one afternoon when they came home from practice flying inverted in formation just off shore.  Low altitude pass. Don't recall any complaints being raised.

Slow start this morning. Caffeine hasn't kicked in yet and the rain and gray skies aren't doing much for my get-up-and-go either.
Too lazy to see if it's raining up Scranton way where 4014 is getting some well deserved rest.
Reading Week is fast approaching so guess I'll take a raiiny day to prep for that. This is one of the few times annually we have room for the full 170' length set-up. It does make putting it up a battle.
Hope it's sunny where you are.

Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on June 22, 2026, 08:02:21 AMMorning all,

Sunny and 57 as I took out the trash this morning, headed to 78 later.

A trip to the grocery store and mowing are on the agenda for later today.

Cut a piece of trim for the left edge of the backdrop area, while fitting it noticed I need to put the upper fascia on first, so I managed a 4 x 8 foot piece of masonite through the table saw which took a bit more energy than I thought, especially as I was so full still from brunch, and it was time to watch the Red Sox lose again.  So that needs to be put up and painted today along with the trim piece. 

Jeff

Doctor Jeff,
If you haven't seen any of the film yet, go on YouTube and see what the lovely Scots World Cup Fans have done to Beantown. Things have gotten to the point where the downtown pubs were afraid of running out of beer. Great laughs!

What we do for our grandchildren makes the sacrifices we made for our kids look insignificant.

Late to the party as usual.
Dr. (Ret) Jeff,
Hope this may aid your search.
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I've heard through members of the Reading Hsitorical Society that the Commonwealth has the best records of railroad history in the state.
Hope this helps. Now, what will help the Red Sox hitters?

Weather report from the mid-Atlantic states: currently 85 degrees F headed to 91. Chance of showers around 2 PM. Great day to keep the AC at 75 degrees and hide out in the basement. What to to there?

Being a master procrastinator, I was going to comment on the comments about postponement mentioned above. But I decided to get my thoughts better organized, so check back tomorrow for follow-up.

Just checking in; a task I haven't been real good at recently.
I have to get out today and caulk the ark as we're supposed to get rain daily until the middle of next week!