Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I'll make that loop one day. Were you camping or hotelin? Wish I'd have known you could have checked out a tractor in ND for me, lol.

Hotels. I wouldn't pull a camper that far, and it would have cost more to do so. Knocked 2 states off my list, only 4 to go to have visited all 50. Originally we were going to the west coast and take 3 weeks, but will leave that for another trip. Was within a few miles of Montana and Wyoming, but we've been there before. Did hit Teddy Roosevelt NP in ND, then down thru Badlands in SD.

 

[ArlyA]

Hotels. I wouldn't pull a camper that far, and it would have cost more to do so. Knocked 2 states off my list, only 4 to go to have visited all 50. Originally we were going to the west coast and take 3 weeks, but will leave that for another trip. Was within a few miles of Montana and Wyoming, but we've been there before. Did hit Teddy Roosevelt NP in ND, then down thru Badlands in SD.

We've been to the teddy R parks many times. Have friends just north of there. So you weren't out to look at a tractor? This photo was taken while doing the Maah Daah Hey

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Started our trip with a visit to Dad, he was doing better than the last time I was there, so that was the deciding factor to head west. My next older brother and his wife met us for supper the first night. The next day we went up to SugarCreek Ohio, to the Age of Steam Roundhouse. A private collection of steam locomotives. 18 Bays full of old steam, and the capability to rebuild. They currently have 1 certified, and another will be soon.

SugerCreek is also the home of the worlds largest Coo Coo clock, that plays every half hour.

while waiting for it to play, we went around the corner to a hot dog / ice cream stand that was good. Right across the street, I discovered the GeoThermal supply house where I bought my geothermal loop pumps.
Supper that night was at the Der Dutchman restaurant, place we ate at a lot growing up..

 

[Thomas]

Sharp looking book ends Lou.

 

[Thomas]

70F cloudy another day no rain.

Good day at work,boss would report waste outdate for the last 4 weeks tomorrow before he leaves on vacation Friday afternoon reports are ready. going to be interesting.
Sent couple hours with mother and her cubs,cubs were playful cubs snuck up behind mother jump on her mother pin 1 cub to ground other got knock on it's back...yep they got some learning.
Plans for the evening...deck feet up enjoy cigar.

Enjoy your evening all.
.........................................
Last month cubs have double in size,mother to right in picture.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 2.8C and it's presently 17.7C, clear with a wee breeze.

A successful 'into town' excursion yesterday and, according to my local hardware store "Mitre 10", if I spend just A$48 more I will achieve GOLD STATUS. What that will entail remains to be seen but it surely can't match the accolades and privileges received when I reached Super Star Member here on TBN!

I did get the woodheater flue whacked/cleaned and re-built the fire in it.

Nothing planned for today. That's about it, take care all.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening,

you need a good seal between the fill spout and the nozzle

Bill, or a scully fitting with a scully on the oil hose from the oil truck, then that whistle will work

Dennis, thanks for the beautiful pics

 

[Looking4new]

My heart goes out to the families of these 5 cops.
3 police officers killed and 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 69ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, afternoon build ups, and high temp was 95ºF. Made coffee to start day, Men's Meeting, trip to Costco with stepdaughter, lunch, nap, catch up on news and dinner with group.
Ron glad nothing wrong with ducts but balance. Glad duct work ready for winter. Glad front grass cut. Hope garage siding cleaning going well. I wonder how they catch food before it drops?
Billy glad you were able to get hike/swim in despite the forecast. Neat pics and glad more rain at home.
Drew glad hot shower helped, too bad hot tub out of commission. Hope you made it through day. Hope you got some rain.
Drew thanks for the info on Toyota recall.
Scott(vt) hope you got the forecasted rain. Sounds like you hit the ground running when you got home. Good luck with radio test.
Happy sorry about no rain, no rain here either. Hope more progress on reorganize the shop.
ArlyA glad it cooled off. Hope the celebratory dinner was good. Nice pic.
Bill hope you are ready for winter when it hits you. Hope day was good.
Paul hope trip went smoothly. Enjoy your time off.
Buppies glad you are getting some drizzle. Hope Holly getting good sleep. prayers sent.
Frits glad you got rain sorry you and Cody got soaked. Enjoy the deer.
Ken glad you go some rain. Memory is the second thing to go
Mike glad rounds are in burn pile, hope you can keep real job happy. Glad you found the paperwork you needed.
Dennis glad you are getting rain. Always take a few days for grass to revive after rain.
Lou nice looking trucks.
David sorry you didn't get everything you need for man gate install.
Bill glad disks got greased. Hope chain adjust on conveyor went well.
RS sorry still warm. Glad more progress on post holes.Good to hear Deer netting in cart. looks like water helping progress on post holes. Good to hear tranny line fixed. Hope rest of Wednesday went well.
Dennis glad you are getting good rain. Sound like quite the trip. Looking forward to pics.
Dennis sorry you had change itinerary.
Dennis glad you dad was doing well enough you could go on the trip. Steam Roundhouse looks neat. Do they fire the steam engines, looks like vent hood over the stack.
Thomas glad reports for Boss are ready. Moma going to keep cubs in line for a while.
Randy(wag) glad good town run. glad flue cleaned and new fire in heater.
Bill thanks for link to info.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mostly, some of the engines are capable of being fired up. They had pulled one outside and was washing it.
One in repair shop was almost ready for use, was being recertified.
Tour was 2 hrs long. The turn table originally from Hagerstown MD, near me.
All built and paid for by a millionaire train lover. Awesome facility.
One under repair

Turntable

back of roundhouse

 

[buckeyefarmer]

station, visitor center.

House cat that takes the tour with you

Part of the roundhouse

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 50° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 86° with Sunny skies. Got 2 sides of garage pressure washed yesterday. Hope to get other 2 sides done today. After grocery shopping.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 60 to start going to 78. Looks like we have some of Ron’s weather along with Arly’s weather. Unusually warm for this time of year.

Work today, and up a bit too early. Slept solid for 5 hours but a couple more would have been nice

Dennis, the tour cat looks like a keeper

Kathleen convinced me to keep the pool open till next week, so we could both use the hot tub a couple more times It gets closed next week no matter what

Still cramming for my Amateur Extra exam on Saturday morning. Doing pretty well on the practice exams. Not next week but the following week we head back to Vt, I still need to replace the gas valve in the kitchen heating stove and cut up all the old decking and bring it out to the burn pile behind the barn. Will try and not send any boards out there with nails or screws, because I bush hog that area in the field

Hope all have a blessed day

 

[daugen]

good morning all
warmer 63 going up to 85 today in nice weather
I'm off early to hospital to get a CT scan of my hip, hopefully the machine
will not feel too claustrophobic.
slept very poorly, up almost every hour hearing the clock chime
had nice dinner last night but it got very loud in there due to a private party, and it took
almost an hour for dinner to come out. Apps were good, had a spinach and beet salad that was great.

Scott, good luck on the ham exam.

 

[WinterDeere]

Still cramming for my Amateur Extra exam on Saturday morning. Doing pretty well on the practice exams.

No Morse code component, anymore?

I took an evening course with my father back in the mid-1980's, preparing for the Amateur exam. He was big into ham when he was younger, and was hoping I'd also get into it, but I just never had the same interest. I remember taking exams, although they may have been just practice exams, if I ever received an actual license I didn't keep it. I remember practicing Morse code being a very big part of the course and exam, practicing it until we were damn near conversational, over the course of several months.

For some reason, the license rank of "Novice" stuck in my head, not "Amateur". I think the license numbers even started or ended with "N" to denote Novice. I wonder if that has changed?

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
Pleasant 57 this morning. Should make the mid 80s with wall to wall sunshine. We have had .14" of rain for the month. Nothing in the last 12 days. No rain in the forecast either. Sure could use some.

Another day of rearranging the shop. Got a larger workbench moved to it's new home and I like it there. Much more useable. And will have shelves above it. Mostly for electric work.
Plan today is more of the same. I look around and it's in worse shape then when I started. Oh well I know when it's finished it will be much more functional overall!

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[wngsprd]

64 going to 82. Rain ended, still some fog.

Thomas, great story about your bears.

BEF, sounds like a wonderful trip. Sugarcreek sounds like a neat town.

Scotty, I'm sure you'll ace that exam.

Drizzled or rained all day, so got some paperwork done, and some walking around outside, nice to do in the rain occasionally.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
56 going to a sunny 78.
Hard to believe it's Thursday already! Nothing much accomplished yet this week! Just don't feel like doing anything.
Puttered in the shop some. Not doing much as the safety gear is to heavy for my neck for long periods.
Did get a few projects done though.
Halloween gift made for the neighbor's son behind us.

A friend asked if I could make one of those phone amplifiers for him. Gave it a try. It works too!


A nice piece of alligator spruce showed up in the shop so I had to make something special:

Not sure what will be on the agenda for today. Keeping the plants watered is a full time job lately. We definitely need some rain!
Still have a few windows that need cleaning but can only be done with a ladder outside. Not sure if i'm well enough for that.
Will see how the day goes. That's all for now. Time for more coffee!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[riptides]

64 outside right now, heading to lower 80's. If it rained we did not notice yesterday. Misting and drizzle is all I recall.

May start the burn pile up today. Dance around it like a heathen. Let out some excess energy. Always fun!

Real job is calling today. It's either manageable chaos or chaos that requires thinking to get around and start doing things.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning TBM folks. In the 50's here now in Houghton MI and today's high is 64.

Got my trailer deck cleaned some yesterday in hopes it can dry, by blowing the dirt and leaves out of the joins and maybe get some preservative on it on Friday. We have not had a rain free week since June and are 7"-+ higher than normal. Did you guys need a photo of that?

Got more work done on the snow implement and minor things completed pertaining to the camp property purchase. We live pretty boring lives here.