Monday, September 20, 2021

[Opa George]

Monday, Monday,

And back to work. Retirement countdown calendar is in the 140s now!

Late September and where has summer gone?  I'm enjoying the cooler weather though. We gathered chestnuts from my father-in-law's trees Saturday and roasted a pound or two yesterday. Quite good, I must say. My wife, of half-Italian heritage, grew up loving them, but I had to be convinced.  Now I'm a convert.

Sending best wishes to Deb for her surgery today.

--Opa George

[Janbouli]

Good morning , my retirement calender is under 70 , months that is  .  After 2 months of healing I'm at 4-5 hours of work 4 times a week , going well though and feeling good .

Hope you all have a great day.

[MAP]

Good morning!

[vinceg]

Good morning, all. Forecasting some rain in the Chicago area today. Sure hope we get some....

Other than that, modeling for much of the day.

Cheers.

[Raymo]

Morning. I actually spent time at the bench yesterday   A new addition on the F&SM

[GPdemayo]

Present

[ReadingBob]

Morning all,

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to all those who need them.

Spent time at the workbench trying to apply decals to a model.  I got it done but not with a few tears and other assorted mishaps.     Not my forte. 

Count down to retirement is at 949 days (or less).  Not nearly as impressive as Opa George's countdown.   

Have a great one!

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

Today we're continuing and hopefully finishing the sewing room and cleaning out the downstairs bedroom so we can start moving Dad's furniture from his old house.

I hope everyone has a good day.

[MartyO]

Morning,

Election Day, time to vote and then hear complaints about it being hacked ... never in Canada?

[Keep It Rusty]

Morning all.

Burned some midnight oil and processed all my open house photos. Got a thread started for them.

Here's a taste. A photo George wanted:



Straight back down to reality today though. I have my first work related meeting at 0800.

Have a great day!

[Dennis Bourey]

Good Morning Everyone.

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

My post retirement count is 273 months. Every day is Saturday.

Have a great day ya'll.

Tom 

Thom Driggers, tct855, painted the F&SM locos.

[Jim Donovan]

Good Morning Folks;

Thanks to everyone for well wishes for Deb, she should be home today. What she is going through is nothing compared to what others in this group are dealing with. We hope everyone heals quickly.

Rusty, keep the photos coming, that layout is so rich in details, I hope to get back there next year but might be in area for October open house.

Today it will be helping my bride after her surgery. Perhaps a little modeling, who knows. Have a great day everyone.

Jim D

[deemery]

George, what kind of chestnut do you have?  I've been very tempted to pay the big bucks for one of the latest hybrids that should be resistant to chestnut blight. 

Today's International Paella Day, I made paella yesterday and we'll have the leftovers today. 

Work continues on the stone factory, but I got a lesson in under-painting.  I forgot I primed the first set of windows, so when I sprayed the second set with the finish color, the result looks quite different over Tichy grey than it does over Badger neutral yellow.   I think I'll just dig out another set of windows and start over again.  I do want the two wings of the building to match.

dave

[Jerry]

Morning everyone


A brisk 58 here in South Jersey but sunny.  Later on 75.
Well Autumn 2 days away I guess the modeling season will be in full swing later this week!


Errands to run this morning.  Then some bench time doing pastels on the roof panels I just primed.


Everyone have a wonderful day!! 


Jerry