Ken: I thought about you last night. We went to Sears to get a new double wall oven. (Two ovens, not two walls.) As the young guy was finishing up our order, I asked him if he was on commission. He responded that he was, and that this purchase made his day. All he had for the day was an ugly return. At thirty minutes to close, we waltzed in and bought a $2000 oven. It was nice to play the part of the hero, even if it was because our oven broke.
While we were there, my wife showed me a $5000 refridgerator. $5000!?! For that kind of money it better not only store the food; it better order the food from the store and prepare it when it gets to the house!
Edit: It looks like I am in the pole position so the drinks (and breakfast and lunch and dinner and pie and...) are on me. I hope the dinner takes monopoly money; after unexpectedly buying an oven, I am a little tapped out.
Richard
RideOnRoad While we were there, my wife showed me a $5000 refridgerator. $5000!?! For that kind of money it better not only store the food; it better order the food from the store and prepare it when it gets to the house! Edit: It looks like I am in the pole position so the drinks (and breakfast and lunch and dinner and pie and...) are on me. I hope the dinner takes monopoly money; after unexpectedly buying an oven, I am a little tapped out.
Um, actually, They DO make fridges that WILL keep track of contents AND order form a store, IF you have such in your area!
SO except the cooking the food part {you can get ovens that will start and cook just before you get home} you are spot on in some areas!
What won't they think of next???
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
here's a clock for al you guys' train rooms!:
http://www.designtoscano.com/product/all+aboard+locomotive+train+wall+clock+-+ql55635.do?sortby=bestSellers&from=Search
i may just have to get one...
oh PS: no word on the house yet, we looked at another one, but on second htought it might have too many problems to crop up. The problem is hte seller on the one we want want a seller's market pricce, whwn we are clearly in a buyer's market! We can "command our price" so to speak..i mean think about it, in over 3 months listed , and 2 open houses, OURS is the ONLY offer they've had! They would do well to think twice before rejecting our latest!
oh well,
this too, shall pass.
we hsall see what we sahll see when we shall see it...
YGW- It sent a Commo Sat. up.
Flip
Evening Dinners
Flo, please.
YGW Good luck on the up coming test. Just be glad the VA is not doing it, they would use a 12 volt battery and jumber cables from WWII. Far as inspectors, I had to deal with them when I opened New Body Shops when I was a area supervisor. Springfeild ILL was the worst, had everything done the way they said after, 1st and 2nd inspection. On opening day, they shut me down? Seems I did not get there hints, $500.00 later I was open again.
Richard, now think of it the it happened to me. You walk into Sears by your self at 3 mintues before closing and tell the same guy "My wife wants a new oven" and she is not with you?
People in glass houses should not throw stones. Well that is something my wife does not understand!
Remember last year when I posted about Tony a neighbor was letting his Boxer run free? Sue is deathly afraid of the dog and told Tony that in around about way last year. Other night she took Sparkie The Rocket Dog out and guess who was walking his Boxer with no leash? Yep, Tony. The dog ran into our yard and Sue draged Sparkie and ran into the house.
Guess who called Aminal Control? In someways I don't blame her, well I really don't he is in the wrong. When I had Wolfhounds (180 pounds) I all wise walked them on a lead. While they would walk with me with out a lead I knew people would be worried about a 180 pound dog.
Reason I am worried? My house is a zoning nightmare.
1 16 foot of fence still missing.
2 Inground pool looks like a swamp with 6 foot tall plants living in it.
3 Backyard still could hide a platton of Vietcong. It was a division last year.
4 68 Road Runner is out side and look's like a POS and no plates.
Tony all ready thinks my wife called aminal control. (they don't give names out) and told Dwight he thought so and told him to tell her to come to his house, "he want's to talk to her".
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Mornin' sunshine!
Anohter day,still no word on the hosue, if they respond negatively, we may jsut hang it up for the winter.
dunno.
later
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Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good morning ..
Tdoay is my birthday, but no celebrating today. I'm busy getting ready to drive to Michigan tomorrow. Saturday, there will be a family get-together combining celebrations of birthdays and anniversaries. One of the anniversaries is ours which is Saturday.
I have a lot to do today, but hope to find time to complete my rural grain elevator this afternoon.
Happy Model Railroading, everybody .....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Afternoon, Folks!
Well, I don´t know whether your afternoon will be a good one - I hope it´ll be - but mine isn´t. My cardiologist was not happy with the results from the check-up, nor was I. To cut a long story short, he told me if I intend to hang around much longer, I´d better adopt an even more leisurely approach to my life. I suspect this means an end to whatever I have been enjoying so far. Believe me, over the years this has become a rather short list!
In any case, it also means I won´t be engaging into any bigger project. My activities will circle around sustaining my life and, weather permitting, go feed the ducks in the local park.
This has come as a tremendous shock, despite the fact I hadn´t been feeling well for some time now.
I will do some MRRing, though, but very small scale (not in terms of size, but complexity) - something like a scenic toy train set-up. Just for those days I can´t sit on the bench in the park and feed the ducks .
If I am lucky and my friend Lothar agrees to do most of the work (if not nearly all), this set-up could be like this:
No, I am not happy about the latest development
ulrich sorry to hear the news. As somebody who suffers from anxiety and panic attacks my doctor also suggest that I try to just relax and not sweat small things in life.
not much plan for today, as it's already 26c but feeling like 35c. A good chance we can get some storms later in the day. I have that job interview tomorrow. Maybe it's a good thing it's right before the holiday weekend, they might be in a good mood,lol
well I think I may go make a good breakfast and play some table top baseball and baseball on the PS3
GARRY- Happy and Healthy Birthday.
Have a safe trip.
Garry - !!!
Good morning everyone....I have time for breakfast today, so I'll have bisquits & gravy with a side of sasuage patties and a cup of joe. The mrs. keeps harping me about taking my pills and not eating
It's a beautiful morning here in S.W. Oklahoma, and after a couple of honey do's, it's off to finish a new backdrop for the larger layout and string some barbed wire along side of the patio layout to keep the cat from walking on it to get to the window...
You folks have a great day, no matter what you're doing.....BTW, I love Birthdays, so Happy Birthday Garry.....
Bob Berger, C.O.O. N-ovation & Northwestern R.R. My patio layout....SEE IT HERE
There's no place like ~/ ;)
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, just need a refill on the dark roast coffee to get me through to lunch time....
Just got off the phone with the vets office.... Decided to get Manét checked out. He is no worse than he was , but still just isn't acting right. So, hopefully she will find out what is going on and it will be something we can treat!
We need some rain here in the Finger Lakes. My garden is getting a bit stressed from lack of water and I am still waiting on the plumber to get over here to fix the outside faucet. I may take a few buckets of water out to give it a wetting later today.
Have a great day people!
73
Oh! Garry, Happy Birthday to you! What anniversary of your 29th. is it? Hope it is a wonderful day for you.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Extra strong Italian Roast coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Garry, a very "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" to you!
Here's a neat vid of a steam tractor puffing up a hill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2RcMhTGIw
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, a tall glass of ice cold lemonade would be very nice right now. Currently 85°F and humid outside here in the Finger Lakes Region.
I just got home from taking Manét to the vets. He is not a happy kittie..... He had a blood sample drawn and she is doing a complete blood work up on him. (CBC w/Differential, Complete Chemistry Panel, and a Thyroid T4) I told her what he has been doing and she put him on the floor to have him walk over to me.... said, Uh-huh! Asked me if he is related to Blackie? I said , "yep, littermates." She nods her head. She thinks he is going Diabetic. That would be the best guess at this point. Says the way he is walking points strongly to diabetes. I am supposed to get a urine sample from him here at home.... Yep, good luck on that. She was supposed to give me a sterile container to put it in. I will have to go back over I guess as I left before she came out with it.
Oh well.... At least if it turns out to be diabetes, it is treatable and won't really cost anything as I have to throw out half of the insulin for Blackie every two months anyway.... The needles cost about 20¢ apiece. Think I can afford that....
Rob, Love the steam tractor video! There is a steam pagent every August just outside Canandaigua, NY that usually have a bunch of them up and working at some job. They even stage a "Slow" race every year. The winner is the tractor that completes the course in the most time but never actually stops moving. Fun!
Later!
Hello Railfans! Flo, my usual please...
Howdy folks! Its been a while since ive been in the diner. I took a job that was offered to me in Charlotte. Ive been busy with it the last month. While i had some free time today i wanted to stop by.
How is everyone? Did I miss anything good? Hopefully when things get a bit more settled I will be able to get here more often. Possibly even get the hobby going more than just daydreaming about it.
Hope all yall folkses are ok, safe and sound. See yall soon!
Douglas
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, give me and the Buick guy a Please
Garry Happy Birthday! What are you now, 55?
Ulrich my friend. Sorry to hear about your ticker. Hope you find some way to lower your stress level.
Health Front Went to the VA Leg and Ulicher clinic today. Seems the foot is heald once again! Got out pretty fast, I was there only 40 minutes
Rest of the day off. It was hot! 97 dergrees beat me up pretty bad today. Did a little need running and then went to Lowe's and picked up my 4 Ground Conatct Rated 2'X10"x8' and a 2"X4"X8' normal pressured treated lumber.
Used the Strap On Roof Rack I bought from Advances Auto. Stock hold down brackets and straps where junk! Bought some cheap $3.99 straps from Harbor Freight, now it seems safe. Bought a 4 pack Tie Dow straps as well to hold the lumber. While I got home OK, the lumber did slide on the rack. I am going to add some none slip tape to the rack bars.
See you ll later
Ken
......GARRY.
Take Care!
Frank
Gary:
Aren't we September Babies just grand???
Ulrich: perhaps you could design layout sot be published in a book for sale>?/ keep your self relaxed and get your affairs in order just in case. Be on the lookout for something in the post from the USA!
have a great nght all
Good evening ...
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes.
Ken and Ray asked about age.... Oh I don't know. ... I've been accused of acting like a 2 year old... LOL
Frank ... That cartoon is funny.
Galaxy ... Yep ... September birthdays are the best. As a matter of fact my youngest sister and I share the same birthday. ... She was my birthday present for my sixth birthday.
I will have little or no computer time for the next few days.
Happy Model Railroading
Mission accomplished!
Oh.... Evenin' folks! Janie, just a refil for the decaf please.
One thing I was supposed to do was to get a urine sample from Manét for the vet.... Right! How do you get a urine sample from a kitty cat.... Even the vet figured it might be iffy. She has a product that can be put into an empty litterbox where after the cat pees the urine isn't absorbed and you just pour it into a sterile container she gives me. I told her to let me see what I could do first....
Just a few minutes ago the kitties came begging for their evening canned food.... I found a plastic cookie container in the recycling box that would be the right size to put just outside the litter box if Manét would co-operate and miss the edge of the box and pee on the floor like he does half of the time anyway. So I feed them there nightly meal and Blackie heads to the litterbox right after eating. No problem, he always turns around and sticks his head out the door on the box and uses the back of the box.... Manét was still finishing off his (and the tail end of his Brother's) canned food at that time. Sure enough as soon as Blackie leaves the box Manét climbs in and starts to pee.... Of course he , this time is getting it all inside the box, so cookie tray in hand I reach over and pull his tail raising his hind end so he is peeing outside the box... Right into the cookie tray.... Got a good speciman, poured it into a clean pill bottle and it is now in the refrigerator ready to take to the Vet tomorrow.... Mission Accomplished!
Hey Janie, how about a couple chocolate cookies to go with the decaf? What? Yes I washed my hands! Sheesh!
Have a great night all.
Happy birthday and anniversary, Garry!
Good Friday morning everyone...I'll just have a cup of java and an english muffin this morning Flo; not feeling really hungry this morning. Been up since 4:30 for some reason I couldn't sleep and the cat was all over me for her daily does of tuna fish...that's mom's job however and she wouldn't let up.
Looks like its shaping up to be a nice day today...70 degrees right now, looking for a high of 97.
I put a 1 X 6 across the patio layout so the cat can finally get to the window; so now the repair work is on. The additions to the newest backdrop are coming along and I hope to finish it this weekend.
There's also a trip to the BNSF station in town for some pictures in the plans for the weekend. It's been closed for quite some time and it's fenced off, so it should be a challenge.
Have a great day no matter what's going on in your world.....
Good Afternoon, Gang!
It´s a gray day here, but I´ll try not to be let down by this. Did some more fidlling with the plan - no changes, just for the fun of playing with the software.
I even made a video out of the various snapshots:
Listen to the sound of the Swiss mountains!
I just received word from my Swiss friend, that he is sending me the track I need for this layout. There may be the odd piece of track missing, but that should not be an issue. Now I will try to persuade my local friend to build the benchwork for the layout ...
Have a good one, Folks!
Mornin'.........
Zoe, just another large pot of Dark Roast Coffee please..............
I have already made two trips to the vet this morning. First one was to drop off the urine for tests. I no sooner arived back in the house when I got a call from the vet (The Friday vet is a retired lady who works there on Friday only usually). Manét is definately gone diabetic and also has a urinary tract infection (common with diabetes that is not treated). So I had catch Manét and take him over for an antibiotic injection. Manét is not a happy kittie! I am to start him on the same amount of insulin that his brother gets tomorrow morning. Then I will call on Tuesday for further directions. I should hear from the regular vet over the weekend to see if the bloodwork showed any other problems. Hopefully it is only the Diabetes!
Overcast and humid here in the Finger Lakes Region this morning. Cool though. Temperature outside is 74°F right now and will get hot this afternoon (was 70 when I first went over to the vets). No rain in the forecast so I guess I will need to start hauling water out to the garden. Most everything is showing stress from it being dry.
Ulrich, I like that mini layout design! I'll get to watch the movie in a little while. Blackie is begging for his morning food...
Catch you all later!
Sorry to hear about the kitty problems Ray hopefully it is just diabetes. I will be thinking of you and the little guy.
just about to head out soon for that job interview. It's weird to have a interview at 4pm on a holiday weekend. I am not a fan of job interviews, but then again who is right. I will be back sometime tonight or in the morning to let you guys know how it went. Have to strat getting ready.
Flo, and more , I earned them today.
I love it when a plan comes together! While I still a far away from being done I can see some results on the Fence Front. Got out 6 wheelbarrows loads of gravel out, cut out a 4" tree stump and it roots, removed some more rotted fence boards, cut down some more small trees and draged them out front, built the first section of Ground Treated 2"X4"X 8' Retaining Wall and have it roughly in places braced with cement blocks.
I hope after work Saturday to start to get the retaing wall a little deeper and level. I will tell you this, two 2x10x8 and 2x4 brace are heavy!
See you all later
Good Morning!
Looks like we are getting a wet weekend! If our weather guessers are right, Summer is gone for the year and won´t be coming back. I do hope we will have some nice days before Winter gets its grip on us again.
Participation in this thread has reached an all-time low - only 6 posts in total yesterday! It´s good to see some folks have returned, but the list of the MIA´s is getting longer and longer. As it seems, interest in chatting with friends and sharing the day is waning. I´d really hate to see this place go - I already heard Cousin Vinnie mumbling about it´s not paying off to keep this place open, better to close it and retire to Florida.
I don´t think we want this to happen!