Hey Dudes and Dudettes,
I don't li8ke the new forum, but the phot galleries are a nice feature I WILL be using.
Should we think about moving the Diner now that it is the 31st, and we've hit 60 Pages?
EDIT: Yeah, I think I'll get her moved before the dinner rush. Let's batten down the hatches! (And the ceramicware)
Here's the new siding. Shouldn't be too awful hard to find.
-Morgan
cudaken Hum, looks like I am the first back to the dinner! Flo. Big Dew to go, got to get back to the floor, making good head way. Cuda Ken
Hum, looks like I am the first back to the dinner! Flo. Big Dew to go, got to get back to the floor, making good head way.
Cuda Ken
Beat you by 3 min Cuda Ken Just playing I was going to say, first post - but didn't want to offend anyone
Looks like I'm #5 in line
Since the weather seems to not pose any chance of raining for a little bit, I'm gonna try and save that one GP9. If all that fails, it gets a re-paint.
Chris, not really sure on what the BN ACFs generally carried. Some were refriderated, others were for cement or company sand service (all of those being grey to white). Other than that I'm not really sure.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Well, aint this just fancy!
It will take some getting used to I guess, but we will endure.
I see I must be about 4th to enter in unless someone else beats me. I just took a chance to see if up and running and see it is.
Well I shall hunt and poke around and see whatelse is new and what else I have now to get used to on this new fangled forum!
TTY'ALLL8R
-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.
Steak and a milk, Flo.
Hi everyone!
Just dropping in to see how everyone is, and it appears that most, if not all, are fairing well!
Everything is good at the homestead. I'm doing a display with the Endless Mountains Model Railroad club at Bridge Days in Nicholson, PA. So if you come, I'll be glad to talk to you.
Also, my sister is back in collage studying for a nursing degree. She is also trying to get into the guard, so this will be interesting to follow. But there are some downturns. My dad is being laid off from work. But the good news, though, is that the company has absolutely no idea as to how to run the railroad, and is outsourcing all of its field staff (including cell techs, store sales staff, and regional managers (which is what my father is)) to India. So how is that going to work?
I have been keeping busty with life. I have been active with the previously mentioned club, and I have been working on restoring a 1967 John Deere 110 lawn tractor with hydraulic lift:
(not mine, BTW)
I'm currently stuck trying to find a new engine block, as the rod explosively left the engine under the ownership of the previous owner.
Anyway. Nice to see you all here. Have a great day!
Nik
I see we are back and running, plus I see Ken was the first back in. Well I guess I'm second .
I've been working on a boxcar most of the day, and I honestly didn't do much since the other day (MRR wise). Maybe tomorrow I might go and do some train hunting, but today will be spent in the basement.
Hope everybody is doing good, and I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
I hate Rust
Good Day Folks!
Just a cup of coffee for me!
Off to look around the new site!
Mornin'!
Zoe, just a dark roast to go!
later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I am back, guess the IT guys stopped for breakfast as well.
Well, like many people are going to be reading this, but I am waiting for paint to dry. Looks like it is going to rain today so I am painting the Luna on the train layout. Laid down a section of foam over the rails and have the Luna on top of that. I wonder how long it is going to take to dry?
With any luck (I stay feeling good) I may have Floor War's part II Laying of the tiles going when the dinner reopens.
Bought some Quikrete Adhesive to glue the Luna to the concrete floor patch. Wife is going to be gone most of the day, so I hope it stops smelling by the time she gets home.
Ken Villa
Good morning. It's 75 and cloudy. The high will be 94 and there's a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms.The plan for this morning is to remove the 2 way police radio, light bar switch box, police air horn module and in-dash stereo from the Century. If I'm feeling strong enough I might even take the light bar off the roof. This afternoon I may get some layout work done. There's a load of wires that need to moved or rerun through different areas. Yesterday I ran my two SDP40F's over part of the new track. No problems were evident. I also ran the two GP7's over the new track with no problems.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Morning. (Walks in with purpose carrying chains and padlocks)Large coffee please. And a straw. Thanks. ( wraps chains around body and booth table and padlocks self)
I won't leave. If this place goes it's taking me with it. Me and Ray. Ray? Ray! Where's you go?! Ray! I thought we, ........RAY!!! WERE"S THE KEY!!!!! Can I get an empty bucket please?
Have a Great Day!!!
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.
Morning Gents a large coffee and a bacon egg & cheese sandwich on a hard roll with a side of home fires please.Just wanted to pop in before they take the wheel off the site for some refitting and a new paint job. Lets hope t doesn't go the way of most websites when they "make improvements" aka nothing works any more....lol Well seems I've done built myself into a corner. I built my new yard section which is l shaped 27' long and figured well I can just make a lift out or swing bridge to connect it to the existing part of the layout.
Where I planned in my head of course and not on paper a semi helix to bring yard trackage up to the branch line level which is 4-3/4" above the yard. Well if I put the helix where i had planed in my head again and not on paper the exit track is right in line with another section of track that can't be removed. So unless I decide to put a crossing section of track right there it ain't gonna go as planned. So along with doing a bunch of stuff with my son today who is home in between summer camp and school I have to figure a way to make this work or I'll be stuck with a separate switching layout.........lol
I guess nothing the sawsall can't fix. You all have a good day and we'll see you in a few, happy model railroading.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning,Rob, I bought the WS metal street lights for my town, the budget didn’t have the money for lighted streetlights so I went with these, very nice and they would fit a late 1930’s and later town. I painted mine Kelly green with flat white globes.This weekend’s projects: custom painting my limited fleet of Diesel locomotives yellow and black. I printed a few decals for them as well. I have 4 GP7’s, 2 GE44T and a GE70T on my diesel roster. Back in the early 80’s I kit bashed one of the GP7’s into a “B” unit. Today I have some ¼” material on the bench that will be the footers for my Hewlits. I’m cutting dados in the strips every 5/32 and will be hand laying ties then gluing N-visible rails for the Hewlit tracks.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning Folks!
Just a cup of coffee please!
Hope everyone had a good weekend, I took the lazy route this weekend. See ya'll on the new and improved location.
Steven
Bama - good to see you!
Good Morning,
well, just a few more hours and the forum will be closed for the migration to "new and improved" spheres. Hope to see you all back there!
It is a gray and ra*ny day, temperature around 10 C - way too cold for the season. Time to get ready for hibernation .
Yesterday, I was leafing through the remains of my library - due to the move to this little flat, I had to part from many books, in fact, too many. I found a book on log homes and cabins - oh, sweet dreams! Why can´t I just beam Petra and me over the Pond and have a peaceful and serene life? It may be just the weather outside, but I feel a little depressed.
You all have a good time!
CYA
Hey y'all! I know that it has been a while, but I've not been able to catch up. Nothing major has prevented me from stopping in, but lots of minor stuff has. Where to begin? Hmm, guess that I should begin at the beginning, eh?
First things first, shortly after my last post in here at the end of July, the monitor on the laptop decided "I don't like you anymore" and quit. Well that problem is now resolved partially as we are using an external monitor tied into the laptop, but that's how things go. On other hands, at w**k, my store manager quit, leaving things a little confusing for about two weeks. Things are much better now, and the result is that I am now "acting assistant manager" of my store. I've also had a rather large number of vehicles that have needed my attention and expertise. So, overall, yeah, its been a might bit busy. Good news is that I managed to get a coat of blue on my GP40-2, and its the right shade! Can't say the same for the yellow as its the brighter YN2 shade of yellow instead of the more golden colored yellow used in YN3 schemes.
I think, if possible, I'd like to have a RBF and see if I can play a little catch up on here.
Flo? Pour RAY here another cup...on my dime, or quarter, or whatever it's costing us these days...
RAY: Thanks! You said pretty much what I was thinking... The adult expressed his disappointment, citing visits by W and Clinton also. I was hoping for a way to "play it right down the middle." I think you helped me tremendously with your insight! I've always said the reader of our little newspapers should NEVER be able to figure out where I stand on an issue. I don't get paid to write opinion pieces. To not mention the..."incident?" would be an almost glaring omission given the heavy media coverage prior. But...it's a fine line to tread in mentioning it. Again RAY, thanks for the help!
And THAT folks, is yet another example of what makes this group different from any other forum I can think of. And....hopefully it will continue after the "Big Change" hits. Count me among those hoping it does NOT go to a Facebook-based format, or other "social media" thing. But, I'm not paying the bills for what Kalmbach does...
Back to the Scouts, they probably enjoyed looking at Miss America more anyway... You know, the guys couldn't tell me what she had to say??
The now-CNW hopper is seeing progress made. I've hacked up the underframe, so as to remove one of the middle two bays. The prototype is a 3-bay, Athearn's is a 4-bay. It's an easy enough conversion and really makes a difference in the appearance of the finished product.
I forgot to mention earlier, hey TODD, I'm about to the "walk away sulking" phase of track planning. I've been whittling down the "wants," ever since I started doodling, sketching, and drafting plans, dreams, and schemes 5 years ago. The Quaker Oats complex is the biggest fly in the ointment. How big? Why thanks for asking... put it this way, it's a big, hairy 'ol thing... might need a couple dozen of KEN's bug-zapper/grass staticizers to knock it's heart.
The "best" way to even remotely accurately model a greatly condensed version of the Quaker complex, would be to build it in the middle of the room...even then, N-sane scale or Z scale would be the way to go. Even at half of Z sized stuff...It'd be a comedy/tragedy of errors and epic FAIL. Quaker might be all "in staging." The "City Yard" would be modelable, and provide opportunities for switching as the CNW yard jobs stage Quaker cars. THAT would allow me the two short industrial spurs for Jerabek (beer) and Loftus (lumber), and the CRANDIC connection I desire.
At the same time, all THAT stuff is south of the CCP yard and "City Yard." In my world, it would end up to the north. Quaker can still be represented, at least in part, as a large monolith along the backdrop (wall). Half grain silos (doubling the stock in a Walthers elevator kit) would give me "Elevator G" and I could still have G's grain dump complete with the yellow 44 tonner Cap'n Crunch uses to dump his corn.
Here's a shot in the "City Yard." Quaker is behind me, the power plant has the CCP yard alongside it (to the left, parallel to the power lines) Included is also a small sample of the variety of cars staged for Quaker: BN hopper (sugar?) ex-ROCK box for finished product (I think), and one of the many big yellow CNW malt hoppers.
A shot THAT gives a fair idea of what this latest concept would look like: an ex-ROCK box in the "City Yard" with the sprawling Quaker complex as backdrop. Shallow relief flats "should" do the job quite nicely... 'eh?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Stream-of-consciousness, and you guys are lucky enough to listen in to the inner workings of my brain.
Flo? Has the drawing table and pad for head banging been packed up yet?? It has?
Shazbot....
Welp, maybe, just maybe I'll have a drawing for you guys in the new location...
I'll go sit down and shut up now...'till Vinnie boots me out for the move.
Oh...Happy belated Birthday VINCENT! Your couplers should go into the mail sometime this week... And, I personally would pass on the Falcon SD40-2... one was wrecked prior to my era (6910, I think), and the other was repainted. Nice thought though!!! I might have to pick your brain on what BN ACF Centerflo hoppers (the big ones) typically carried...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Hello folks!
Another highly unproductive week here. I still can not make up my mind what route I want to go for controling the Unitrack turnouts, since by bright idea went dim. I'd hoped to get back to working on the rest of the wiring this evening, but I just did not feel up to it. Hopefully tomorrow evening.
But on a brighter note, the domestic warfare here has died down considerably.
galaxy Got a haircut also. In the seventies as a teen I wanted long hair that was feathered back on the sides, as was a popular style back then, so I had long hair then. Now, funny thing is I can't wiat to get it cut when it gets to be about an inch, inch and a half in length. I don't quite have it buzzed, but I DO have it cut to about 1/2 inch now every month now! The difference is I can not be bothered with the care and maintenance of longer hair now, and I don't like it sticking up in 14 different directions that I have to brush out when I get up anymore! My how things change as I age.
I've gone though a similar evolution. For years I looked like a long lost member of ZZ top...long beard in front....longer hair in back. Now days I go the full buzz-job route. Low maintenance and no barber bills.
Dealing with the breakins and young punks spreaging mayhem is a way of life here. Last year we had several thousand dollars in tools, jewelry, and collectables stolen. Even having 3 dogs, with two of them being pit bull look-alikes has not been a complete deterrant. A couple weeks ago we caught 2 teens on our garage roof trying to bypass the 8' fence by climbing the back wall using stuff from the neighbor's yard. Unfortunately, those who have spoken up against taking matters in your own hands are correct...a guy up the street spent 30 days in jail for going after a punk who hit him with a brick while on the way to the store. As frustrating as it is, let the authorities take the action.
Garry: To see me you would have probably been seriously lost...LOL We are on a little one lane side street. On the other hand, Saturday evening I would have been out on the porch listening to the ball game, so I could have waved back. I hope you had a good trip.
blownout cylinder *** i step into a quiet place*** HELLO!!!! Is anyone here?!?!? Good Grief I can actually get an echo in here!
HELLO!!!!
Is anyone here?!?!?
Good Grief I can actually get an echo in here!
I never claim to be all here <inset rim shot here>
I've noticed that pics of our pup friends have been popular...here's our wrecking crew
Sassy on the left, the "old girl" Princess in the middle, and "the pup" Pippin on the right.
Have a good one, all!
Reality...an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning.
Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
"Oooh...ahhhh...that's how this all starts...but then there's running...and screaming..."
(giggle) seems a bit......,symetrical. (chort) I see they were going for a 2- something. Would have been very interesting if they'd chosen a 4- whatever. (leaves chuckling)
Evening, less than 12 hrs now so I think I'll have a Canadian beer in a CN mug. Been nice up here, kinda airish compared to some days we've had here, but nice. Real nice. I'm glad we didn't have the wildlife over run as it looked like we were going to have after we got here, I guess they were just curious and now they are just ignoring us. I did pick up this great stuffed Beaver at a stand ouistide the yard gate. I think it even has this little motor in it. Sometimes when I come back it has moved. They sure do build some realistic stuffed animals up here.
LLC is just a legal addition, I don't think we need to add it to the sign. No, Jim, the LLC is not because of us. With the new upgrades to the site and all the lost post scare, They just decided better safe than sorry. You know, can't be to safe these days. Thanks for the progress shots. Looks good!
Hey, I see Inch made it to Canada!
Say, anybody heard from Jerry?
Congrats Sam!!
Well, gonna head for bed as I hurt all over tonight. Hope to see you all in the morning. But first I think I'll check out the NMRA's new logo. I hear it looks.......interesting.
Prayers for those in need.
Evenin' folks!
Well I see the packing has begun in earnest... Flo, got enough in the pot for one more cup of decaf for me tonight? Good!
I see Chris waving me over to his table......
AmanaMedicAny former Scouts care to weigh-in on this? RAY? My politics on the matter are securely locked in my pickup in the parking lot. I'm just wondering the best course of action.
Welp....... Tough one. I try to avoid politics here with a passion........... (BTW I tend to be centrist on most topics, on others I am way over on the Left, and some others way over on the Right). I guess if it were me I would mention in the article the Scouts enjoyed several of the well known speakers at Jambo but were very disappointed or even upset the President did not attend and only sent a video to them. I think it would be the truth, and an honest way to put it. There is already a large bunch of innuendos, half truths, and out and out lies circulating about the incident.
Funny, I have been a Scout Leader for 35 years and I don't remember much of a brewha when Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Carter, and Ford didn't speak at the Jambos. J. F. Kennedy had planned to speak but was assassinated before he could. President Johnson addressed the Jambo that year instead. Two other recent presidents (Clinton and G. W. Bush) spoke at one of the two Jambos during their terms of office and not the other. I would go easy and leave my political leanings out of the article.... Just my BTW, the Eagle Scout I had the Honor of helping during his ceremony recently had a fairly long and inspiring letter from the President read at the ceremony.
Well...... (deep subject). I think I will finish up a couple of things I need to do and head out for the night. May see you in the morning if I get up early enough.
Later!
A bowl of the House Stew, please.
After wiring all the street lights for wife's layout, a couple of them have that "burning plastic smell". Not sure if they are defective (cheapos from Hong Kong) or if something got crossed in my soldering/taping. Bottom line is they are ALL going to come out, as we're not going to risk a fire. Can anyone highly recommend any particular type/brand of street lamps (any style) for a small HO scale town?
I'm now on the next stage of treatment for the sarc and doing OK with it so far.
Where will the Diner move be taking us next?
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Cheers! Rob
Evening all, I'll have a barley pop please Janie
Ken,,,,
I've been using the VA for bout 18 year now and other than the drive [ 45 mile for clinic and 70 mile for one hospital, or 90 for the other one], have been satisfied for the most part with the care.
I couldn't afford any insurance I started, now we've got it through Mother's work and I still use the VA for the most part.
Mike
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Big Change Eve Evening to one and all.
Flo? Can I get a pair of BBQ chicken NMRA logos? Please and thank-you... with a large Coke to chase 'em down.
Welp, a mixed results day it has been. I got some paint splashed around successfully in the RR room after getting a phone call postponing an interview with a trio of Solon Boy Scouts who had gone to the big Jamboree a few weeks back. Then, decided to start on an Athearn blue box Centerflo hopper. Instead of Dullcoting the four sitting in wait of said Dullcote...I go and tear into another project. Anyhoo, said hopper is decorated for Enjay Plastics, and was to be assigned to appear on the future layout enroute to the off-layout location of Triangle Plastics in Oelwein.
But...Murphy had other ideas.
An attempt at faded/peeling paint went terribly awry. Now the poor thing sits in brake fluid. It will become yet another CNW Centerflo. Actually, THATs not all bad. Quaker had a bunch of 'em, big 'ol yellow things. I used to think they hauled some kind of corn byproduct to breweries. Now, after reading the ingredients on a cereal box...I'm wondering if they were bringing malt (malt service is why CNW got these hoppers) TO the plant. If Rerun hadn't destroyed all my North Yard switch lists from my '87-'93 timeframe...I'd know for sure.
So, I'm fiddling with the hopper, doing my best to turn it into a piece of crap...when I realize I was supposed to be on the road to Solon! A very quick shower and change of clothes (plus no less than three trips back upstairs for various must-have items...and I'm finally on the road. I arrive at precisely 5:30 (when I said I'd get there). The interview went well, should be a nice little article for THAT. I'm not quite sure what to do about one aspect of it though. They mentioned the on-stage guests, such as Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs), and Sec Def Gates. They also mentioned seeing POTUS on the big-screen. "I think that told us what he thinks of us" said one scout. "It (the video) was not well received" said an adult who went with them. I'm leaving MY opinion of the whole deal OUT of this... and I don't want to put in anything THAT might get these guys in trouble. The situation received national coverage...so to not mention it might seem...cowardly??? But to include it might have other ramifications...
Gotta cogitate on this one.
Any former Scouts care to weigh-in on this? RAY? My politics on the matter are securely locked in my pickup in the parking lot. I'm just wondering the best course of action. Discretion IS the better part of valor...however the guy who uttered THAT famous quote was hiding from a battle when he said it!!
Back to projects on the w**k table, I finally found a solution enabling me to finish the CCP caboose I started...last year? It's an Athearn wide-vision with the coupla replaced by a narrower one. All was well 'till I got to the final task: the end rails. I was not looking forward to snipping wire bits and Gorilla Glueing them together (no soldering iron...yet). I have in the past, and it turned out OK for a somewhat simplified product. I scoured the ATLAS site for end railing parts...no luck. By fluke, I found a guy on theBay who had 'em...for a reasonable price. Fortunately, they will fit just about perfectly. I removed their black/yellow paint earlier, will spray 'em red and paint the railing white in the next day or two, or three, or four, or...
I found the plastic ATLAS had the Chinese use to be kinda strange though. It's light gray (GREAT! no need for primer!), but it's a slippery, translucent kinda plastic...NOT what I'm used to seeing in plastic models.
With THAT...I'll enjoy these fine, plump BBQ chicken NMRA logos over at the RC... but not before saying "THANKS for your service!" to CUDA KEN, and tossing complements to STEVEN on the CNW diorama. SAM, good to see you again, the uniform looks sharp . Good luck with the move.
Hello All!
Todd- The photo was taken at the hotel where we layover in D.C. I prefer the paper from the other side as well! Speaking of D.C., I passed my check ride today! I am now qualified to operate a train in Washington Terminal! Thank you for all your prayers and support! I still have to get my check rides on the CSX and NS territories as well as passing my written NS examination and an Engineer Knowledge Test… Hopefully they will be forthcoming in the next few weeks and I get onto the Engineer’s Extra-Board in Manassas Crew Base!
Keith- Awesome progress on the layout front! I wish I had a house to build in, but as the current situation “Is what it is” THAT will have to wait!
Kuda- Hope your situation improves, with as much as you have helped others in the recent past, some of that “Karma” should be flowing back to you!
Well, I am off, have to prepare the apartment for my wife’s arrival on Tuesday! I am praying that she has a safe journey down I-95... Of course, we just found out it is supposed to be 98 degrees here on Tuesday and Wednesday… Thought we were out of the hot weather, but I guess not… I can only look at it on the “bright side” (yes, every pun intended!), I will be getting more than a healthy dose of Vitamin E!!!
Adieu, until next time!
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
Evening, Flo - I see you and Janie are covering the front while Vinnie and the twins pack things for the move in the back, eh? I'll have a hot fudge sundae before the Big Change occurs (Almost sounds like we're a bunch of women, doesn't that?) (WHACK!) Ow! Flo, I meant no disrepect to the fairer gender, honest I didn't. (Really, none intended!...) Ow, that hurts.. you really gotta stop watching so much NCIS, please, Flo?
TMarshOh, Ulrich, since they have referenced enhancing friendships made on the forums, I would assume they still have no problems with the diner. What better example of a group of friends made through a common interest in MR and on their Forums, than the ELLIOT'S TRACKSIDE DINER (LLC) The LLC is new. Tax and liability reasons.
Oh, Ulrich, since they have referenced enhancing friendships made on the forums, I would assume they still have no problems with the diner. What better example of a group of friends made through a common interest in MR and on their Forums, than the ELLIOT'S TRACKSIDE DINER (LLC)
The LLC is new. Tax and liability reasons.
This Diner? Incorporated? Obviously, someone has mistaken us for people with money worth suing - which means they haven't been watching very closely in here (or they'd know better thanTHAT!).
Welp, I was gonna post some pics, but the commentary will have to wait until after the move. Here (in order) are a Yardmaster 40' undecorated boxcar,
a Proto 2000 50' single door SP boxcar (only partially assembled),
and an Accurail 40' D&RGW boxcar:
These are all ones I've been w**king on lately - the Accurail was done and finished this afternoon, the others took longer (or are still in process...).
And Flo? Could I have that hot fudge in a 'go' container, please? Pager just went off - one at a local constabulary (or something close to that...).
Will see everyone on the other side of whatever is about to transpire (hope I don't have to have a Facebook (tm) account for the new forums, 'cause I refuse to do that...). Prayers, as usual, will continue whether I can get onto the forums or not.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau