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Morning all. Hope everyone who needs to, continues to heal. Son had a good birthday yesterday. Great news about Columbus streetcars - hope they do not have rubber tires. :thumb:

Morning all. Cold here too, Tom, but sunny - supposed to be in the 70s later this week - I'll believe it when it happens - near record distance between 70 days. Sorry to hear about that, RT. IRS letters are never good. Thank goodness for that rebate. Mine's going to pay the van repair bill -...

Evening all. Still celebrating the wife's birthday. We had incredibly bad weather yesterday - rain and snow - took nearly 2 1/2 hours to drive into Chicago but persevered - went to the Art Institute then an expensive dinner with friends. Today, gave her some gifts. Trolleys weren't accepted...

Evening all. Have you seen the new Atlas trolleys ? - they look fantastic compared to their Industrial Rail parents. Sorry about your kid's friends, Tom. I echo Dennis' suggestions. Good party at Don's. Took the bride out to begin her birthday celebratory weekend - to a local watering hole and...

Morning all. Clearing and warm this morn. It definitely reminded me of mornings in Peru - humid with diesel fumes. Temps supposed to crash tonight though. Hope they're wrong, and that the Chief feels better. The bride's 'birthday celebratory weekend' begins tonight. She's coming up with myriad...

Morning all. Raining here - supposed to get even more miserable into the weekend - the paper calls it a 1,800 mile wide storm. Wow. Happy birthday to Tom and Carter! bday2John Baker, it looks like you are doing the proper things to stay well - lose weight, eat healthier. Hope the tests go...

Woo hoo, good news Sir James. Champagne for everyone! Sox game on the radio. Wrapped the bride's gifts while she was out - explained the facts of adult life to the job-less daughter lamenting her lack of a car. LOL. Off to run trains for a while - got a cool light to shine upon the laptop keyboard.

Morning all. Grey and cold here though supposed to get into the fifties through the end of the week - then snow (!). Hope they're wrong. My turn to host our virtual gathering tonight - everyone welcome - how about large chocolate chip cookies and an assortment of ice-cold beers? David, I...

Morning all. Tom, I am v. jealous of that Type 25 - is it really three-rail? Looks like a Hornsby unit. Glad that Sir James is peeking out again from over the mounds of snow in Michigan. ;) Long day today with class tonight. Just about set for the bride's birthday this weekend. After I got her...

Morning all. Nice weather weekend in Chicago. Missed posting yesterday - after working at church, spent the afternoon making Bloody Marys and chatting with a few friends. Colder today - might get snow next weekend - just as I put away the snow-blower. LOL. Have to plan for the bride's birthday...

Probably - lets look it up - 63 vs. 81 - wow! Today's turned out to be a nice day! Took our youngest to the park. Happy birthday to everyone - wow!

Morning all - thanks for the heads - up about Phoenix. I'm only there three days. I guess I am officially far out of town - somewhere with the fake-sounding name of Carefree, AZ. LOL. Anyone going to watch basketball tomorrow and Monday?

Morning all. Cloudy and damp here. Looks like I get to go to Phoenix for a conference in May - hooray! Never been there. Brutus, they couldn't find anything wrong with the van so I'm going to start tracking mileage more diligently and go back. John and Kurt, there's this C&NW Baby Trainmaster...

Morning all. Nothing apparently wrong with the van when I bought it in this morning. I still think it is gulping gas - so I'm going to track that more closely. Beginning to cloud over with Jon's Iowa rain on the way. Never been to Colorado. Sounds nice. Does a Baby Trainmaster work on 027 curves?

Morning all. Sunny today but still cold. Dennis, wait'll she cuts her own hair with those scissors, or another one of her little friend's hair. Moms usually freak about such haircuts. Good class last night. Full in lab. Have to work latea again tonight - hope to watch some Thomas videos tonight...

LOL. Morning all. Love the April Fools posts. Grey here again. Tonight I start another class. Dennis, I'm sorry for that friend of yours losing her house. Wish we lived closer to bring them some grear.

Morning all. Opening day indeed - hurrah! Looking forward to my Sox battling the Tigers and Tribe this year - and every year Wore my Sox 05 ALCS champ hat today. TomP, glad things worked out. My bride has asthma too - as Dennis notes, it's nothing to take lightly. Poured and thundered with a...

Just got back from church where i video-directed the services. Now to check in with my just-started online class. Gus, when you see references to 'pileups', we're joshing. 3-rail O gauge runs like a charm. Roy, been there with daughter. Hope she has some girlfriends to come around here...

Happiest of anniversaries to Sir James and his bride!!:thumb: No banilla tonight, I guess. The daughter has landed safely at O'Hare - can't wait to show her her bills. Drove into the city to see my brother. He and his bride announced they're going to have another baby. My bride spookily knew /...

Morning all. Can't believe we got snow yesterday too. It snowed all day - didn't look like it was going to stick then all of a sudden, there were a few inches. Picked up the van last night. I've have blocked out of my mind how much it cost to fix. ;) Took the middle boy to work with me. Not...