Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 3

[Larry C]

Good Morning,

Curt thanks for the coffee and breakfast. The healthcare system is a joke and they really don't care about their patients anymore....end rant. Hope the Kit gets to you soon.

Jerry good new on the ultrasound and good luck with the car; hope the $ are minimal.

Well it was a sad sad day here yesterday. I had to put my best friend to sleep. He was getting weaker by the day and he was gone in about 1 minute; I'll miss Mr. B.

It's a sunny 57 with a high of 80 in New York. Doing the usual Friday morning errands but not sure about the rest of the day.

Have a great day!! Be well.

[PRR Modeler]

Larry I am very sorry for your loss.

[jbvb]

Good morning, Curt, Jerry, Larry and later arrivals.  Sorry to hear about your pet, Larry.

I'll put a jar of homemade grape jam next to the blackberry jelly.  My wife's first try at jam, she used less sugar than the recipe and apples instead of commercial pectin.  I checked my pawpaws again, nothing ripe yet.  This is quite late, might be the drought we've been in all summer.

It's sunny on the NH seacoast, with low humidity and wind forecast later.  No rain in the forecast, Gabrielle is expected to make a right turn East of Bermuda.  I've got a report to write for the trolley museum, then probably work on my Swift reefer scratchbuild.  I undid some poor work last night and sorted through Northeastern wood on hand.

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Curt, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  Good luck with the new VA team.

Jerry, glad the ultrasound results were good.  Good luck with the car service.

Larry, my heartfelt condolences for your loss.  Mr. B was a wonderful companion.

James, the reefer project sounds like fun. Good luck with the project.

How is the rest of the crew?

It's a bright morning with a forecast of 89°F.  We are loving this fall weather.

Yesterday, I made progress on the lodge lights, wiring, and furniture.  Painting details is on tap again today.

Have fun,
mike

[Jim Donovan]

Good Morning;

Sitting on the back porch enjoying coffee, very nice morning today. Had a hawk visit in nearby tree but he is off for his own breakfast now. Larry sorry about your buddy, it is the only really bad day having a furry friend brings.

It is good to see the site continues to grow and provide a place gather and share ideas. I need to restart my own layout posting but frankly I have been just enjoying seeing everyone else's.

Well, need to get stuff ready for our trip to Georgia latter today. The Boss is part of a dragon boat racing team. They compete in the breast cancer survivor events and a big one is this weekend in Macon. I will be rooting for her and doing some computer design work for my next model. Hope everyone has a gear day.

Jim

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Curt. Sorry for the VA mix up. No need to get into health care issues from me. I could right a book on just how screwed up appointments and lab work can get, or better yet how they don't get.

Larry, very sorry to hear about Mr. B. I've been more upset over family pet losses than some family members.

Jerry, no change is great news.

Jim, Thank you for keeping the forum going. We love this place.

I've made great progress on learning the DaVinci Relsove video editing. Some of it making sense and other parts are still a mystery. I'm getting there. I'm going to try my hand at doing one today and then working on one I can publish.

Have a safe and happy, healthy day everyone.

Tom

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

50 here currently in Quilcene but sunny with a high near 76 later.

Curt, thanks for the coffee and breakfast.
Sorry about the medical issues and hope it works out in your favor.

ACLTom, DeVinci Resolve is a very powerful video editor and I've used it a number of times.
I don't think I'll ever be able to use all of it's features and functionality.

Jim, good luck to your wife with the boat race.

Mike, have fun painting details.

James, thanks for the jam.
I'll have to look at your updates after I'm done here.

Larry, I'm very sorry for your loss. 

Jerry, great chatting with you and Diane and good news about the ultrasound.

TomO, hope the Endocrinologist visit was all good news.
Glad the SIL is feeling better.

Greg, Philip, Ron, Dave, Karl and everyone else looking in, what's new?

Droving to the trailhead yesterday there were signs saying the road and the trail were closed because of a fire.
Fortunately I had a plan B and that trail was open.
Climbed to the top of Walker Mountain.
7.32 miles and 2,096' of EG.
The climb up was a tough one.
Non stop uphill at an average grade of 15%.
Views at the top were nice but obscured some with smoke.

The biggest fire in the area is the Bear Gulch fire which has been burning since July.
I learned an interesting thing about forrest fires from park employees.
Lightning starts a lot of fires but I mentioned not seeing any thunderstorms while here.
They told me a lightning strike could smolder for a few months before bursting into flames. 

Marymere Falls in Olympic NP.



Have a great day everyone.

[deemery]

Larry, sorry to hear about Mr B.  Pets live forever in our hearts, I still miss Jersey our first toy poodle from 10 years ago.

James provided the weather.  We sure could use some rain here!

Today, I'll find the laser-cut parts and build a new chair underneath my seated figure.    The staffing pretty much completes the machine shop, of course there's always junk to add...  I'll dig out the kit instructions and look at the stuff for the second story interior.

dave

[KentuckySouthern]

De Ja Voo all over again, same old boring sun and cloudless sky with ~0% chance of rain.  Worse drought conditions since 2012 according to my go to sort of local weather guessers. 

Larry C, so sorry for your loss.  I miss my old K-9 partner, Wrangler, gone since 1998, every day.

Thanks to all for the best wishes, the Doll and I had a fine day yesterday. 

PT, added a couple new 'tricks' to the routine...

Today, so far unplanned, is probably to be close to home.

Jerry, et all, sorry for the health care "system" issues.  Plenty of that here where our coverage is constantly under threat.  The county I retired from just cut over $8 million from their budget including all of the Sheriff's road patrol and the kids 4H services and so much else.  Embarrassing to me.  Just subtle shift of the leanings of them that be in charge.  Defund the PO-lice strikes close.  All we'll have is the state police who while they have purdy cars and sharp threads are totally lost once beyond 1 1/2 miles of an expressway, or news camera.  Their PR staff is bigger than our road patrol...was.  -End O'rant-

ACLTom while never seen DaVinci I find the total flumoxing in video production to be status quo for any attempts I've made to learn.  Severely limited my attempts. Adobe Premiere Elements is my poison of 'choice' in past tries. 

I did finish up the 3d printer enclosure vent system, now to relearn the printer process. 

Rick, that forest fire, now more dramatically called, Wild Fire Control is big time ball breaking work.  Also very good for the fire truck factory KME in Wyoming, (W. Grand Rapids.)  When I passed their shop Wednesday they had dozens of minty green US Forest Service fire rigs and chassis for more at their facility.  I also saw half a dozen conventional style red CalFire rigs ready to ship out.  Big bucks for the Michigan economy. 


(Pix from 2023)


Enjoy the day, everyone. 

KSinMI

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning from 70f degrees in Wisconsin. They say (again) the 80 degree temperatures are done but the NWS is usually wrong.

Healthcare. My appointment yesterday went very well. I can truly say the 2 health care systems we have been over the years have been excellent with few minor glitches. Since 2014 retirement being in the UWHealthCare system has been pretty seamless, very good doctors and good scheduling. Before that 34 years in the Marshfield Clinic's system was awesome. They have since been merged or acquired but we left when I retired. I feel for you guys with all the issues you write about with your providers. We r lucky here! My sister in California, her healthcare is a clusterf..k to put it nicely. All her "approved" doctors are individual entities and do not communicate with each other.


Larry, sorry to read about Mr B.

Not really sure about today's activities

Enjoy the day
TomO

[Larry C]

Thank you all so much for your condolences concerning Mr.B; I'll miss him for a long time to come.

[elwoodblues]

Good morning Curt, Jerry, Larry, James, Mike, Jim, ACLTom, Rick, Dave, Karl, TomO and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Curt, hope your SW kits gets to the post office today.

Jerry, great news on the ultrasound and I hope the car servicing isn't too expensive.

Larry, very sorry to hear the news about Mr. B

James, have fun with the Swift Reefer build.

Mike, glad to hear you made some progress on the lodge.

Jim, Hope the Boss does great in the dragon boat race, safe travels.

Tom, looking forward to your video when you get it done.

Rick, I did not know that about lightning strikes and forest fires.

Dave, have fun building that tiny chair.  

KArl, glad to hear that the 3d exhaust system is done.

TomO, Enjoy your day.

Currently 14c (57f) and cloudy, looks like cooler weather is rolling in for the weekend.  Another Friday I get to work, but at least I get to work from home.  The goal is to make it to the bench later this afternoon.

Have a great day everyone.

[GPdemayo]

A working weekend coming up, but the skies are sunny and the temp & humidity are down a bit, y'all have a good one.....

[PRR Modeler]

Rick I hate to say it when I saw your waterfall photo I immediately thought of the urethra going thru the prostrate!

[Jerry]

Rick I hate to say it when I saw your waterfall photo I immediately thought of the urethra going thru the prostrate!

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Jerry