I'll open a new one then.
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pcarrell OK, so we've ripped through 50 pages in about 20 days! Man we're a talkative bunch! Looks like the switcher is headed this way. Hey Flo, you got the kitchen ready to move?
OK, so we've ripped through 50 pages in about 20 days! Man we're a talkative bunch!
Looks like the switcher is headed this way. Hey Flo, you got the kitchen ready to move?
I thought we had our own switcher---
I'm up and getting stuff together for a day of dribbling again---we had a 40% shower come along and surprise us with its presence---can't seem to shake the rain around here
Chloe, I'll just have a quick coffee-----have a good one people--
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Evenin' folks!
OK time for everyone to wake up!!!
Actually that was the "salute" to the flag as it was being lowered during Retreat tonight before dinner.
Here at camp learning is very often an active thing. The Renewable energy group spent part of the week building these solar heating panels for the pool.
The Engineering Track took apart some old computers:
Bugs, Birds, and beasts did a study of the deer in the Northeast with the NYS DEC. And... This afternoon we had a Career Fair. This was part of a working exhibit from ITT/Goulds. They were using a laser to scan in a deer skull. After several scans, you have a 3D image of the object that you can rotate on the computer screen....
Hope all of you had a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
We had a big storm blow through earlier today that dumped nearly an inch of rain in less than an hour. I was coming back from Alexandria when it hit. The rain was so heavy my speed was limited 30 or less with the wipers on high. Even with that I was barely able to see the road. I've been working at the fire station tonight helping to get it cleaned up. We got our brush truck fixed too. Both batteries were shorted out, both alternators were burned out and the starter was jammed. To top things off we have another big storm heading in.
JimRCGMOJeff - nice-looking patrol cars, though with that lightbar on top, I'm not sure how well that 'unmarked' one will be able to sneak up on the crooks... I won't tell JR about the Schultz Garage building if you don't. Oh well, you tipped him off on that.
Jim Thanks for the score..I just checked in the 5th inning Cards were out in front..Maybe they will sweep the Dodgers!!..I ran trains for awhile today..Got most of track cleaning done...You all have a good nite...Jerry
As far as the room I'll have, it'll be whatever I make it, since I'm going to be building a completely separate building to put the layout in, so I know that I'll have plenty of room, and it'll also be a multi-level layout. I know that it won't be easy to do, but I do plan on modelling most of the entire sub, from Montgomery, AL. down through Dothan, AL (about 120 road miles, haven't really measured how many rail-miles. Thankfully most of the route is through the woods, so I know that I can creatively compress the distance that way, but I've just gotta get an idea of how long the trains are going to be, and how many other locomotives I've got to tie into the layout. Oh well, any other suggestions would be more than welcome. I'll still be hanging out here in the window booth, watching the night-time train action.
Good Evening, Diners. Chloe, I'll have a bowl of beef stew and some whole grain bread, please, and a glass of milk, too. Thanks - I'll maybe have a RBF for dessert later on. Just bring it to the RC later on.
Kinda rainy tonight in Cape Girardeau (and points south) - looks like Memphis has some tornado watches and warnings this evening. Jeff, better watch yourself down there! Garry, you may get some rain, depending on how much this front moves, whether mostly east/slightly south, or if it creeps north and up the Ohio River valley.
Garry, take care of your bride, and thank you for sending along my thoughts and prayers to your daughter and SIL in NC. As JR said, hope her physical recovery from the surgery will go well; the other will take a bit longer, alas. Send her a hug from us in the Diner.
Ulrich - ah, now that you mention that use of 'Donner and Blitzen' (the non-Claus one), I do sorta recall hearing that before. Hmm, I just realized that the Donner Pass probably gets a lot of storms through it, after hearing what 'Donner' means...
Jerry, I heard the Cards won in the 15th inning last night (but I wasn't up that late) - Got that news from our true die-hard Cards fan at work today.
Jeff - nice-looking patrol cars, though with that lightbar on top, I'm not sure how well that 'unmarked' one will be able to sneak up on the crooks... I won't tell JR about the Schultz Garage building if you don't. Oh well, you tipped him off on that.
Bama, on those locos vs. train length questions, I'll leave the definite answer to those modelling more modern times, but I'd say it mostly depends on how much room you have, as much as what's truly 'prototypical'. Use your 'artistic license' (You did renew that this year, right?). Hey, I'm only sitting at the Rivet Counter, I'm "not really one in real life..."
BridgeTom - (Sorry, missed your post while I was typing mine) - I just want to know when you, Uff-Dah, and Princess Spooky are going to have a heart-to-heart about their slipping on one of their duties by NOT tending to that furry rodent... Tch, tch, tch - half-rations for the Felines, I'd say. As you said, at least now you have an access hatch, eh?
Thought I was going to swing by the Diner by way of Barnes & Noble's place (had heard they had opened up their WiFi for free now), but the connection seemed waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy tooooooooooo slllooooowwwww..... (had a flashback to my old dial-up days). So instead, I went the usual (Panera Bread Co.) route here.
Got our August on-call schedule for work this morning . Unfortunately (maybe partly since I'm taking a week of vacation in August), I'm on-call for this Sunday, the backup for four days after I get back from my 'off'/vacation time, and then I have an on-call the last Saturday in August too. Sheeesh!! Enough to discourage a guy from taking vacation (well, almost...).
Chloe, I'm ready for that root beer float now, please. Thanks!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hello from SunnyCal. I've been remiss in my visits here, sorry about that--been tied up for the last month with rehearsing a 'Farewell Recital' for Raymond, one of my Jesuit students. Took place last Sunday, and was a roaring success--about 500 people were there, and he got a standing ovation. He's off to the Cleveland Conservatory of Music next month. 18 year old tenor (just!) and a voice like a bloody Angel. Gonna miss him like crazy.
Weather has turned mild (upper 80's) after about a week and a half of 100+ temperatures, and if anyone says, "Yah, but it's a DRY heat out there," I will personally come out and clobber you! Heat out here means no breeze AT ALL and stultifying and SUV fumes and staying inside with the air-conditioner on so that you can actually BREATHE! And of course, the utility bill. Yecch! I could afford a Division Point brass steamer every month with what I pay the Sacramento Munincipal Utility District every month, and that's setting the AC at 80!
Okay, enough grousing. With the temperatures the way they are, haven't been able to do much on the MR until yesterday. Went out and hooked my trusty Atlas track cleaner up to my new (gasp!) DIESEL Athearn RS-3 (in black and yellow Rio Grande stripes, of course!), and it was running just perfectly, cleaning the track and everything, then it entered the South Yuba Tunnel.
BAM! WHACK! WHIRR!
Stuck. I mean, STUCK! Said tunnel is on a long 36" radius curve. There has NEVER been a problem in this tunnel. And it was too long to reach in from either portal--they're removable, BTW--it was right smack in the middle. Only thing to do was to go in from above, cut and peel back the scenery I had so carefully set down about 7 years ago. Hurt like crazy to do it, but me and the X-acto knife had to go to work. Peeled back the WS plaster cloth. Looked down. Went UCK! A mouse had crawled in there sometime this month and DIED! Lying on the tracks. Track cleaning car wedged into its little dessicated body. Peeled out said mouse, re-railed track cleaner. Dipped my portaVac down there to clean up--oh, never mind, it was all dry, anyway--lifted out track cleaner and RS-3, sprayed the whole darned thing inside with Febreze, then Brite-boy'd the rails. Well, at least I now have an access hole in case this thing happens again. For a moment, I thought I was in one of those CSI programs on TV.
So, I'm keeping the 'peel-back' access hole--going to disguise it with underbrush and trees. I've had raccoons use the garage as their passageway from street to back-yard, but I've never given mice a thought. And of course, this is the only tunnel on the MR that is non-accessable from the back. Now that I think about it, I'm really glad I didn't line the entire thing with foam forms.
Well, school starts in two weeks--we have a week-long "Chamber Choir Camp" the week before classes actually start, beginning on the 17th. Classes start the 24th and I will be off and running. Busy year. Some private schools out here are suffering from the usual, but Jesuit still has a waiting list of over 100, so we seem to be trundling along, even despite the Recession out here. And remember---California is the last to feel the Recession. It's also the LAST to recover. And frankly, with the clowns we've got in our Assembly and Senate, the rest of you will be in GREAT shape before we are.
I remember when I lived in Texas during the 'sixties, my Air Force buddies said I was from the "Land of the Fruits and the Nuts." Well, yah--but the're always the ones we seem to ELECT to Office, LOL!
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Good evening ......
Thanks to Bama and JR for their thoughts on our recent loss. DIL is recovering OK from the surgery. They are still heart broken about losing their baby. Also, thanks to those who emailed me with encouragements.
I've been looking over recent posts and I see you diners continue to be chow hounds who report the weather.
Ray ... thnaks for sahring Sci-Tek with us. I'm glad to know some of our young people are doing things like that.
Chris... The CNW 429 looks great.
Robby... I like the AA car. Best wishes for the Fed Ex job. Regarding the Cubs, I used to go to their games when I was kid living in Chicago area. Rode trains to get to Wrigley Field.
JP ... That is great news about the GF, the SD70ACe, and so on!
JR .... Sounds like you are on the home stretch moving back home. Good to hear about it.
Jim CG .... Would you like some pun lessons?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening all, decided that I needed to come in and hang out with a few rail-heads. I'll have a RBF and a order of cheese fries. I've got a couple of questions. Considering the rather large number of locomotives that CSX has in its fleet, what do y'all think would be the "reasonable" fleet number when it comes to what I run on my upcoming CSX Dothan Subdivision layout? Another thing, what would "reasonable" compression be for something like a 100+ car autorack train, or similar unit grain train? I was thinking about 3 engines and 25, 30 cars, but I don't really know what to do since basically every train that runs through Troy runs with 3 or more engines and 60-130 cars.
Good Evening
I just spent a good part of the afternoon in the office fighting a recalcitrant XP Pro that was busy crashing-----I go and check with others --find out that the so called super effecient IT company we are contracted with had a few issues of their own. It appears that this company is in big financial doodoo--hence lots of PO'ed phone calls to non-existant people at a call center who just got this thing flung at them-----a series of phonecalls to from people this puppy knows got the issues settled enough to get the jobs we needed done-----done---but it all left me with a lot of'ing
Robby: Hopefully things will come out OK for the two of you!!
Chloe, I'll have a good bunch of RBF's for the gang------
GMTRacingJeff - nice additions to the layout. Did the building come prefab or is that all your handiwork?
GMTRacingSawyer - gf trubs come with the territory but as others have said, hang in there. When the right one comes along you'll both know.
Sawyer - gf trubs come with the territory but as others have said, hang in there. When the right one comes along you'll both know.
thanks man.
Well, I've been on the computer pretty much all today.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good Evening All,
Cloudy and 85F here but the rain held off. Checking out of the shop and off to the house just now. Have a date with some wasp nests that are in the way of progress in the garage and shed then re check the basement to see what I'll need tdo to remove the boiler.
Garry - sorry to hear about your son and DIL's troubles, Our prayers for some comfort for them. Hopefully your daughter in law will recover from the surgery ok.
Jeff - nice additions to the layout. Did the building come prefab or is that all your handiwork?
After two 3h days I'm ready to head back out to Nova Scotia - if only there was any w..k to be had there. Hope Robby has a good interview when it finally happens. I'll try to stop in later. CUL, J.R.
Afternoon folks!
Zoe just a RBF for me. I'll be at the Rivet Counter.
Just got finished with a Career Fair here at the camp. It was primarily for the Sci Tek Camp, but open to all Scouts here this week. Had some great booths. The one from ITT/Goulds brougt in a laser scanning machine and was using it to create 3D computer files of objects like a deer skull and some of the campers faces.
We have Sky Lab tonight for all the campers.
Catch you all later!
Sweet cars, structure,a nd pens Jeff.
Sundown got 2 new (new to them) police cars today, 2 well kept 2005 Crown Victoria's. One is an unmarked city police unit and the other is a county sheriffs unit.I also picked up Schultz's Garage, Walther's #243-20100 and a set of 3 Floquil earth tone paint pens.
Afternoon all, just stopping in for a moment to say hello before I get back off to work. Had an eye exam today, nothing huge, just a "normal" check-up to renew my contact lense prescription. Just a RBF for me right now, I'll be back in later this afternoon for a snack. At least I'm caught up on things in here so that I'm not going to spend the evening playing catch-up. Robby P, glad to hear about the possibility of expecting a bun in the oven. Garry, I'm really sorry to hear about your son and wife's loss, prayers for and to them.
Hello ......
I'm here just a few minutes. I'll come back to read your posts carefully later today.
We arrived home at 2:00 am. Shelley's back and knee injuries are somewhat better, and I think all will be OK eventually.
Our daughter in Detroit area is doing fine, and she is carrying grandchild number 5 who will arrive in August. All looks good with that.
We recieved very sad news from NC. Our son and his wife were expecting grandchild number 6. The baby died 3 days ago, and our DIL had surgery to remove the baby. We are very sad about this news.
Jim I turned TV off at 11PM Game was in the 13th inning..Did Cards beat the Dodgers?..They have one more game with Dodgers tonite...Jerry
JimRCGMO Donner and Blitzen, eh? Is that like sleet, or what?
Donner and Blitzen, eh? Is that like sleet, or what?
... thunder and lightning - but I thought those were the names of two of Santa´s reindeers? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen and ....my favourite, Rudolph...
Good Morning Zoe, I'll try Jerry's all-you-can-eat pizza and salad special, please, with a RBF. Thanks!
Ulrich - the prayers continue for you there. Hey, you 'educated' me - I had to look up the Beaufort scale (though I bet Lee knew that one already...). Donner and Blitzen, eh? Is that like sleet, or what?
Oh, Jerry, not to razz you or anything, but I noticed that 24 hours later, the Cards are back ahead of the Cubs...
JR. hope your house's progress continues well and that you can begin the moving back in soon!
I'll have to check the P.O. box today and see if my issue of the new MR is in yet. Check out what articles and stuff they have in it.
Not too bad of a morning at work today - my 10:00 came early (he got in to see our Dr. early, so he came upstairs after that and we were able to start (and finish) early. My 11:00 rescheduled (has migraine, he said), and I have an intake at noon.
I'll have my pizza and salad at the RC - oh, good, the salad bar has mushrooms, bacon bits and all the good stuff!
Blessings,
OHHHH...!! Looks like its on me..Order up and enjoy..How about an All you can eat pizza and salad bar for lunch?...Jerry
Good Morning All...Its partly cloudy and 73 here..I'll have coffee and toast please..Thank You...I havn't run trains all week so today I plan to run track cleaner and get rail road go'in....You all have a good one...Jerry
Good Morning All,
A reill of myregular in the travel mug please.
Back in the shop and hard at it already. Stuff to catch up with and stuff to finalize planning for all at once. That plus we need to get the last bits of cabinetry and counter tops for the house so we can get a C.O. and actually start moving back in. This weekend my oldest and youngest sons will help me dismantle and remove the old boiler from the basement and clean up so we have a staging area for the household goods once we get them out of storage. Once the furniture is moved upstairs we can continue insulating and finishing the basement so the CFO can get her wood working tools set up. Wish us luck.
I'll try to stop in later, J.R.
Robby- I'll reserve my congratulations til after the tests are in. Hoping for the best.
Say can you smoke cigars in this place? I know It'll be a while but just checking.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
jeffrey-wimberly It was just a 'DUH' moment on her part.
Good, That makes it funny then.