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No significant weather today, so we went to St. Jacob's for muffins. On the return trip, we were stopped by the crossing lights at the Waterloo Central railway. This was a snowplow -- looked like a hi-rail unit with a plow and sweeper. Crossed the road and continued. Nothing listed in the trackside guide. I don't think the railroad is operating, but it may service a couple of industries there or in Elmira.
David
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Greeting, gang.
It's a positively balmy 19 degrees outside my window this morning and the NWS is teasing us with a predicted high of around 34. If that's true it will be the first time in over 3 weeks that it's above freezing.
Had a basketball game for one of the great-grandsons yesterday morning. The family was in the bleachers waiting for the game to start when my granddaughter's dad arrived. As he started to climb the bleachers he put his hand on top of my head and used me as a handrail. I spent the rest of the day laughing about it. It's nice to know I'm useful for something anyway.
Got about an inch of snow overnight but I'm not gonna rush right out and clean it. The NWS is talking about possibly some freezing rain later this morning. I'll wait till that's over as it will be easier to clean than having the rain fall on bare cement. Nothing else planned for the day.
Gas was $2.37 when I was out yesterday.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Good afternoon folks
It is a balmy 29. Our high will be 30. We have not been above freezing since January 23rd. Everything is frozen and turned to ice. We may see 33 tomorrow and end the streak.
This weekend has been a rough one. Started out Friday with frozen pipes in the master bathroom. We did not have any cold water going to the sink, toilet, and shower. We did have hot water to the sink only. Plumber came out and cut a hole in the living room ceiling but could not access the pipes. He opened a hole in the wall and applied a heat gun but could not thaw the pipes. We ran a space heater in the bathroom from about noon until the evening. At about 8 PM water started to flow again. At the moment we have no leaks, but I am wondering if we will have issues once the temperature goes above freezing.
Saturday we were supposed to run errands, but we did not. My wife and I felt lousy. She was having issues with low blood sugars, and I was again experiencing a UTI according to an over-the-counter test. For me this would be the 3rd UTI since August. We are thinking that it is actually the same infection that has been resistant to antibiotics. I am on my third antibiotic currently.
Sunday, I went to urgent care with my daughter as the driver. With her help I was able to get the grocery store, PetSmart, and the pharmacy done. I felt a little better but still not 100%. I am scheduled to have hernia surgery next week. I hope we don’t have to postpone it again due to the UTI. My wife was still having issues with blood sugar. Today she is doing much better as she has been able to adjust her medication.
I did not get any train running or assembly any rolling stock kits. I did some inventory updating on the computer. I am hoping to do something train related tonight.
Tomorrow will be fun as we have the heater repair people coming again. I have a phone appointment with the anesthesia nurse. Later in the afternoon I have an appointment with the urologist.
I hope everybody has a good day.
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Greetings, gang.
19 now going to maybe 30 later. Mid 40s for tomorrow.
It's been quiet around the headquarters for the Backyard & Southern lately. Just trips to the gym for sweating and the great-grandkids' sporting events. Only 3 more basketball games an then some time off before soccer starts. Looking forward to spring when I can get outside again.
Gas was $2.31 when I was out yesterday.
All stay safe.
Tom
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2/4/26 Wednesday.
Hello Blue
We have sun this morning @ 13 degrees. 25 for the day. We went grocery shopping yesterday as we had not been out for a while. The list was so long it was on a TP roll. Gas was around $2.89. Price of 80/20 hamburger was outrageous. We bought some chicken breast instead. Stew meat was $10.00 lb. Need a haircut will probably be my excitement for the day.
S.J.
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Greetings, gang.
28 and cloudy with a speculated high in the mid 40s. Possibly near 60 next week.
Quiet day yesterday. Routine trip to the gym then tried to finish a project with quarter round in the living room. Had a miscut and the only piece left is about a quarter inch too short. I need to but another 8 foot stick (about $10) for a 15 inch strip.
The gouging gas station tried raising the price to $2.69 but everyone else is sticking with $2.31. When I saw the price increase I headed for my preferred station to fill up.
All stay safe.
Tom
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Greetings, gang.
16 at the moment under clear skies. Supposed to get to the mid 30s. NWS still claiming upper 50s on Monday.
Yesterday was fairly routine. Gym in the morning and a basketball game in the evening. This morning is another basketball game for the youngest great-grandson. Two more for him on the next two Saturday mornings will see his season come to a close. Also two more games for another great-grandson and his season will be over. Next events will probably start in April with soccer.
Some time during the night last night I managed to sprain my wrist. I vaguely remember trying to straighten it during the night but couldn't wake up enough. I'll get the brace on it soon. Just need to dig it out of the closet.
Tried for 3 days to get my car washed after the gym (generally around noon). Each time I found a line of about a half dozen cars. Tried when I got back from the game last night and was able to get right in.
All stay safe,.
Tom
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Sunday 2/8/26
Hello Blue
Today is starting like yesterday, beautiful blue sky, but cold with a hi of 20 for the day. Nice but no snow melt. I will watch the football game but skip the disgusting half time show.
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Good evening folks
It started out with extreme cold this morning and improving to just darn cold this afternoon.
Due to issues with the UTI, surgery was postponed. The main reason is the straining that I have been experiencing at times. Since straining is the most likely cause of the hernia it was felt until the UTI is under control no surgery. No sense in fixing the hernia only to have it return. Overall, for the entire weekend I felt lousy. We did not go out. My wife is going through getting used to lowering and possibly eliminating one of the insulins she has been taking for 30 plus years.
We did some light cleaning, and a couple loads of laundry. The refrigerator is no longer dispensing water. I thought it might be the filter and changed it. It is not the filter. Could the water feed line be frozen? Probably not but in our house who knows. At times we swear we have a water demon. Why you ask. The list of recent water problems are basement flooding for no apparent reason, two leaks in the heating lines in the basement, the steam heat furnace needing to be replaced, leak in a pipe inside the wall from the main bathroom (still trying to nail that down without ripping out the living room wall, moisture causing the paint to bubble on the living room and master bedroom exterior walls (still trying to find the source), frozen master bathroom pipes, and now the refrigerator water dispenser.
On the bright side. I ran my Broadway Limited PRR P5a Passenger Type pulling 20 cars of express reefers, express boxcars, and passenger cars. The loco could have easily handle more. I took some photos (see the monthly photo thread) and a video which I need to edit. I continued inventorying some new rolling stock and organizing the storage of said rolling stock. I built several Accurail kits. So, the weekend wasn’t a total loss.
I hope everybody has a good evening.
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Back from down south. Took I-70, hooked 340 west through Harper's Ferry, caught I-81 down to I-77 and down to Charlotte. Here's the amazing thing - snow-covered fields all the way from northeastern Maryland to Charlotte. Shows the extent of the last two storm systems on a major portion of the country. Some melting down south, but there's still a good snow/ice pack on my front yard and that snow fell more than 2 weeks ago and my front yard faces southeast.
Speaking of the front yard, after I got home from work today I got in the attic and got a snow tube out. My 2-year-old granddaughter will be here tomorrow for a full week and I'm sure PopPop's going to be busy wearing her out in the snow.
Cleaned up my office for her arrival and got all of the trains running well - I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of that this week. Braced for impact...
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Greetings, gang.
32 and headed for the mid 40s later.
Got the schedule for the next couple of weeks. Looks like I'll be getting the month of March off from chasing after great-grandkids. Basketball and some band concert this week and next. Then soccer should be starting in April.
This morning I'm heading to Des Moines to meet my SIL and her husband for lunch. I'd rather drive 90 minutes each way then have them spend the night. Yesterday I got some oak flooring sanded down. It came out of a friend's house when the did some remodeling. I need it to replace some plywood that was used on my floors. Apparently some previous owner decided that carpeting will always be used. Now that the carpet has been removed I'll be replacing the flooring, starting with the most prominent areas. I hope there's enough to do it all.
All stay safe.
Tom
Update: looks like it's going to noisy here for a while. A tree trimming service just showed up across the street.
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