Hey Gang!
Flo,,,,might I get a cup of tea, no not iced tea,,,hot tea please. Its a bit chilly here!
I finally finished a project I started back in 2010. I wanted some 2 bay Trinity cement hoppers. So as an experiment, I got an Athearn RTR car and another Trinity 3 bay,(IIRC Atlas) and cut them apart! I packed them away half done when we moved, and recently re-discovered them. Now Painted and decalled (not weathered yet) I'm happy with them.
One is a little taller than the other, shims can fix that.
Mister B, Lion and Galaxy,,,,shhhhhhhhh, Vinnie be given you the hairy eyeball!! You could say he has a poly-tick to the side of his face!
Curt, keep the choo-choo pics coming!!
Prayers for those that need em, for those that don't!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
kbkchooch Hey Gang! Mister B, Lion and Galaxy,,,,shhhhhhhhh, Vinnie be given you the hairy eyeball!! You could say he has a poly-tick to the side of his face!
Karl ..... Big thanks for reminding about "poly-tick"...... Comments were going too far in that direction, and I was not agreeing with some of it. . "nuf said.
Also, Karl ..... The cement hoppers look great. Have fun weathering.
Curt ...... I like the photos.
Ken ... I like the rail yard photo, too.
Jeff .... Glad to see the ABBB F-units. Nice work.
Barry ..... I hope your cold gets no worse. I've had a doozy of a cold for a week and a half, but it is improving now.
I'm wondering where Lee is. I've asked a few times in recent weeks about him, and nobody responds. I tried sending him a PM several days ago, and nothing came back. .... So, can anybody help find Lee?
Been busy with more never-ending non-model-railroad stuff today.
I've been struggling with the lighting on my E7's which includes a mars light. Trying to get decoders to cooperate. Now, I'm thinking this over. Burlington E-units did not have mars lights. .... Duh..... I think I'll take the mars light out of each Burlington E7, and then put in a suitable decoder. .... Brilliant thinking.
Have a nice night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me please.
I actually did get a few things done today.... Not nearly as much as I should have, but some at least. Tonight I finished up the second Raised bed garden. Will hopefully get some summer squash planted in it tomorrow. Earlier I had drop off my large diaphram mic at church. They want to use it for Sunday School Sunday this next Sunday. Then went to pick up some Rxs at the little pharmacy I use. Would tell about the new problem with my Diabetic testing supplies, but there have been enough political stuff in here already today, and I try to avoid breaking the rules anyway... Lets just say due to some changes in insurance I will now buy certain things over the counter rather than using a mail order house somewhere in the very far from where I live which is the other option. This way is actually easier, I trust the pharmacist, and I am helping keep a locally owned store in business, and saving me money as the price of the same item over the counter is less than the price of the co-pay under the insurance. Guess I should have stopped a couple sentences ago.......
Then I had to go over to the hearing center where I was to pick up a new $500 dohickey that would allow me to connect my hearing aids to such things as TV's and other sound sources so I could control the sound that I hear without having others be affected by it. Turns out this dohickey replaces the little easy to use remote I already have to control the hearing aids, would be a complete pain to use, is twice as big, and can't be used in addition to the old remote. I was looking at something simple, not a Smart Phone all by itself (it connects to your Smart phone for pleasant conversations while you are texting and driving the car at the same time, while watching the DVD play in the car.....) Told them to send it back.
Then I stopped at Lowes and got 3 more cedar 1 x 4 x 10" boards for the top of the raided bed garden.
The mail came and with iot my monthly NYSEG bill. I went ballistic when I saw they want me to pay for 70 kWh I didn't use!!! I produced 216 kWh more than I used! I turned in the Self Read via email as I always do, but they somehow decided to "estimate" my usage using somebodies guess of what they think I should have used. I sent a very nasty email to the customer service demanding they send me a correct bill. If I don't hear from them tomorrow, I will be visiting the local office here in Geneva with all the supporting proof that they are not correct and do some jumping up and down and screaming!!!
Got to chat with the next door neighbors tonight also. Wanted to let them know I will be having the hedge between our two properties taken down sometime in the next week or so. Once it is down we can look at what kind of fence we want put up. The fence will be on my property, but I want them to have a voice in what I put there. "Good fences make good neighbors".
Been enjoying the photos here in the diner lately!
Have a great night, and prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning.
Well, I'm now officially a high school grad. Don't know how to feel about it right now. Feeling real tired right now.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
6/5/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, JUNE 5th, 2013!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10 AM for those in need....
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
-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.
Lunchtime!
Flo, a chili dog and an RBF, please!
Unlike the southern part of Germany, we enjoy nice Spring weather in our neck of the woods. Southern Germany was struck by heavy rainfall, causing severe flooding in some parts. This year, the flood is worse than 11 years ago. All the promises to invest into flood control now appear to have been just a lip service...
Oh, well - politics ...
I have received a number of nasty emails from my dear brother - wrote back to him that I keep all of them to be used as evidence against him. He must have turned nuts. I don´t want to hear from him or see him, for the rest of my life.
Have a good day!
Goog Bordig..
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I'se be goig to the bagbood to curl ub ad try to heat this code oud ub be...
Hab a bedder day thad I ab habbig
Ulrich: I have a few choice words for people like your brother...none very pleasant...I'll leave it at that....
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/
Oh, Wednesday again, the day when I have to drag my old bones out of bed after a night of playing ice hockey. Last night was a one-goal thriller, and I had to make a save at the buzzer to hang on to the victory. Yeah, OK, it was 15-14, not exactly Stanley Cup quality, but for a bunch of guys who have been lacing 'em up for 20, 30 or 40 years after college, we're doing fine. In a way, we embody the true spirit of amateur sports - minimal organization, and everyone leaves the rink with a smile on his face.
Now that it's effectively summer, my LHS has gone to a 4-day schedule. With tomorrow being SWMBO's birthday, I won't get there until Saturday.
I may have to add a second layer of Envirotex to the carfloat after all. It's still sticky, so I don't think I got it mixed well enough on that first pour. I'll give it a couple of more days, but if it doesn't harden up that will be a must-do for the weekend.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee please. Already ate.
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79.
Getting a little worried about Lee too. Seems to me he had been having a bit of problem with heatlh. Or maybe a slight concern or… something. Might have him confused with someone else too. Either way I wish he’d stop in just to say “I’m ok just busy.”
You know, I’ve noticed a lot of talk about Model Railroads on this site. I wonder why I’m on it all the time. Oh yah, I forgot, I’ve got one! Hm….plum forgot about it.
Now THERE’s a term Galaxy can research while he’s waiting for his van…”Plum” as in “Plum forgot”. I guess it’s spelled plum. Could be plumb depending on how it came about. Guess I could research it myself, but hey he seems to like it and I like reading about it so kinda works.
Ulrich- Over here it is against the law to harass someone over the E-mail. Keep ‘em.
Well Brenda has been cleaning in the basement starting last weekend. She has done a remarkable job in such a short time, but she has made this pile of stuff to be thrown away and is….um….concerned we’ll say, that I haven’t taken it out. Well, the dumpsters I’ve been given permission to use if I need them don’t get emptied until Friday mornings and I don’t put stuff in them until Thursday evening after the businesses close. That way I don’t take up space the people who pay for them may need. After they close, they don’t dump anymore until after they are emptied. She knows this because that was the issue (mine, not the businesses they said they didn’t care but appreciated it none the less) during the remodel. I remind her every day. Odd she can’t remember that, but can remember every single tiiiiiny oops I’ve done for the last 1000 years.
Off today so yardw**k and laundry are in store.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
P.S. STILL don't know if the dishwasher that just HAD to be repaired/replaced NOW, washes dishes or not. Just sayin.
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 All,
Currently it is 55 with an expected high of 93 under sunny skies.
Day off so I have a load of laundry going right now. need to reassemble my friends rifle and get it back into the stock. Stop at my insurance agent and get odest daughter on my car insurance, as she needs to borrow one of my cars long term. pick up a RX, and stop at the lawyers to see about Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Still getting dr bills for my late wife, and do not have her income to help pay the bills.
Switch Tenders should be here today or tomorrow. Track from Caboose Hobbies should be here tomorrow. Turnouts and WS Track Bed from Walthers should be here on Tuesday. So next Wednesday should be spent in the train room if all goes well.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Maybe get into the train room later on today.
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
JUST FOR TODD-
"Plum {plumb} forgot":
The word 'plumb', (pronounced 'plum') derived from the Latin 'plumbun' (lead), the same word that 'plumber' is derived from, because a plumber works (used to) with lead pipes. Since a plumb line is a completely or absolutely perpendicular straight line, the word 'plumb' became an adverb meaning "completely or absolutely" in phrases like plumb crazy or plumb forgot. Its use is usually confined to informal or colloquial speech
Hope everyone has a GREAT day!!!
Lehigh Valley 2089 Good morning. Well, I'm now officially a high school grad. Don't know how to feel about it right now. Feeling real tired right now.
Well, that is OK! I graduated from High School in 1966. From there I joined the NAVY, and they sent me to Vietnam.
BUSHY! I don't think we are in the Bronx anymore!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
jeffrey-wimberlyI have to do a complete system reset, computer, modem, everything to get it back and then the cycle starts again. I've had this happen before and it was due to a bad IP.
Modem? People still use modems? LION has fiber optic with a static IP number. Which reminds me, I'm going th have to get the tech in here (at $100/hr) to trouble shoot these firewall issues.
GRRRR
BroadwayLionModem? People still use modems? LION has fiber optic with a static IP number. Which reminds me, I'm going th have to get the tech in here (at $100/hr) to trouble shoot these firewall issues.
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Good morning. It's 85° with 67% humidity.The high will be 92°.Well (full to the top and sporting a large frog population), I tended to my eye appointment this morning. Right now I can't see much. The screen is mostly a hazy sea of flickers with dim black letters floating in it. I have some retinal damage due to diabetes but no worse overall than on the last checkup a few years ago. I also have some cataracts floaters, not unusual for someone my age. I have a prescription for new bifocals. Now I just have to dig up the cash to get them.Right now I'm at my fathers place waiting on a king size bed to be delivered. My father had a doctors appointment this morning so he's off tending to that. I'm not going to be doing anything else today. Just laying back and relaxing. Maybe catch up on my sleep later.
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stck of blueberry pancakes, side of bacon, and leave the NYS real Maple Syrup right here at the table for me. Oh, and can I get a cup or two of dark roast coffee for my R&GV RR mug?
Jeffrey, since they are delivering the nice big bed, you could just have a nice nap right where you are until your father gets back home at least....
Cool day outside here in the Finger Lakes today. All of 61°F at the moment with a high late this afternoon of 67°F. Cloudy out there as well so I doubt I will get the nice 30kWh yield from the PV panels I got yesterday....
Have a bunch of odds and ends to get done today. Need to dep[osit some checks and cash from the MLK Scholarship Dinner that were late coming in, drop off a check to the bank that handles our 501c3 account for the scholarships, make a bunch of phone calls and emails that should have gotten done several days ago, and plant squash in the new raised bed garden. Then tonight there is an Ice Cream Social for the District (Boy Scouts) to thank all the volunteers in our district.
I do wish i could find some time to get things done on the layout! It has been months since I have had any serious time down there...
Later!
I did about 6 or 7 loads of laundry yesterday, and also trimmed the hedges and cut the grass in the front and back yard. The only thing I earned doing the yard work was a good sunburn on the top of my head. You would think I'm old enough to know when to wear a hat. It sure got my attention when the hair brush hit the scalp this morning.
Today we had to get up early so I could take 5 or 6 trash bags of old cloths and a couple of boxes of glassware, etc for the veteran's thrift store. They were suppose to be here around 8:00 am, but we left around 10:00 or so for Doctor appointments and they still weren't here. Could have slept another hour or so.
Really good news for me as I weigh the same now as I did 6 months ago. First time that's happened in many years. Everything else was fine, but he did change one of my blood sugar medications. Sometimes in the afternoon my blood sugar will drop and I become hypoglycemic. He thinks this medication will help with that. It hasn't been a big problem so far as I can tell when it's happening, and a candy bar or a glucose tablet will take care of it. But it is taking longer and longer to reverse the effects when it does drop.
The wife's appointment was good, although she did gain a few pounds about which I am smart enough not to talk about. She will probably come to the conclusion that those pounds were meant for me and I switched them while she was sleeping. Nearly 50 years of marriage teaches you about these thing, right Todd.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
BroadwayLion Lehigh Valley 2089 Good morning. Well, I'm now officially a high school grad. Don't know how to feel about it right now. Feeling real tired right now. Well, that is OK! I graduated from High School in 1966. From there I joined the NAVY, and they sent me to Vietnam. BUSHY! I don't think we are in the Bronx anymore!
Good afternoon.
Feeling pretty good right now. Better than I thought. Currently working on the P-51D Mustang, it's really starting to look like a Mustang of the 332nd FG.
howmusJeffrey, since they are delivering the nice big bed, you could just have a nice nap right where you are until your father gets back home at least....
My eyes are feeling better now but the pupils are still dilated quite a bit. The room is still quite bright and I have sunglasses on with the lights out!
Think I found the source of my internet problem. There was a program conflict that was causing the IP address to become scrambled. I stumbled across it quite accidentally while examining another possible cause. Time will tell.
Oh an F-4 phantom known as the largest distributor of MiG parts in the world. is that Your F-4 lion?
LEHIGH VALLEY what make and Scale? Mustang is it
Apologies in advance for any use of UK RailRoad Terms
"there is the wrong way the Right way and then there is Great western railway Way"
thebarnet: The model is made by Tamiya and is of 1:48 scale, perfect for my O scale fleet of locomotives. Also have a P-38J Lightning decorated for Dick Bong and a Me Bf 109G-10.
Nice i do like Tamyia's stuff i currently have a 1:35 scale M3 lee from them i am working on at the moment i am just waiting for one of the Local hobby stores to get some Suitable colours in stock as there seams to have been a run on Colours in suitable shades Ffor US tanks
hey guys, it's been a while since I came in here. my new SD40-2's came today. I haven't run them but they look amazing.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Lehigh Valley 2089Say Lion, what kind of Phantom is that in the photo? And also, what carrier is that? Midway?
Why, an F-4 version of the Phantom, of course. F-4B and F-4G seem to stick in my mind. On this particular cruise I was with VAH8 flying KA3B off of the USS Constellation CVA-64.. After that I was transferred to VF-161 FLYING f-4S from the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
thebarnetOh an F-4 phantom known as the largest distributor of MiG parts in the world. is that Your F-4 lion?
*my* F-4? Heavens no, that one belongs to the US NAVY. (says so right on the side.)
LION was a COOK in the NAVY, him knowed where the food was, you know. But nobody objected to our going up to the signal bridge to take pictures of the Aeroplanes. LION was always assigned to a Squadron and was never ship's company. Him went where the squadron went.
ROAR
BroadwayLionLION was a COOK in the NAVY
Given that you were a Cook in the Navy Lion, it makes me wonder how come you aren't a Cook at the Monastery.
Just got back from an appointment with my Audiologist. She needed to do some "fine tuning" on my new $8,000 set on digital aids. All I can say is WOW what a difference my previous analog aids. No comparison at all.
I am hearing things that I haven't heard in the 20 years I've been wearing aids which is sort of a good thing bad thing in a way. The good news is that I can hear the birds singing again which brings so much joy back into my life. The bad part is that wearing them makes me tired. Susan tells me it is because my brain is having to identify sounds that it hasn't had to deal with for many years and it really is tiring. So, it's not all in my head. Uh well, it is all in my head but not the way I meant.... Hmm well you know what I mean.
Cut the lawn today and bought and planted some more flowers for the yard. I was waiting till the fence was painted and they finished it yesterday so today was "Yard Work Day". Not that I mind, I enjoy working in the yard!
Nothing much happening on the Model Rail Road these days. Been too busy with outside stuff like waxing my pride and joy. Got a show and shine tomorrow evening if it isn't raining which it probably will be. Around this neck of the woods, we often get Thunder Boomers in the late afternoon/early evening this time of the year.
Later all
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
BroadwayLionLehigh Valley 2089Say Lion, what kind of Phantom is that in the photo? And also, what carrier is that? Midway? Why, an F-4 version of the Phantom, of course. F-4B and F-4G seem to stick in my mind. On this particular cruise I was with VAH8 flying KA3B off of the USS Constellation CVA-64.. After that I was transferred to VF-161 FLYING f-4S from the USS Coral Sea CVA-43.
LION- In case no one has told you, THANKS FOR SERVING and Welcome home.
No joke about the N.Y. subway system on wallpaper.
Flip
Friday have dye job in veins to see what is /are problems with heart . Temporarily out of work
ttfn
Howdy Gang
Flo,,,Iced tea tonight please,,,,got up to 80 today, which in itself wasn't too bad,,but the evening bicycle ride was lengthened by half again,,without warning.....You know how it is,,,wherever SWMBO goes,,I gotta go. Got 9 more Midland cars weathered tonight,,,that about does it for the cement hoppers. Did manage to get another car done,,a B&O gon with an authentic scrap load! See a few weeks ago I went to a run session at a layout near Pittsburgh, and one of the fellas there was handing out containers of authentic scrap. Swept out of a Union Railroad gon, then layed out of a picnic table for a week or so to get real rust on it. Makes a great load!
Barry,, another cold?? Get well!!
Ulrich,, Good for you! Bully on your brother for acting like an a$$
Flip. Good luck with the "dye job"
Jake Congrats on graduating
Lion, a cook? I bet your specialty was red meats!
for them that need, time to turn in. Tomorrow comes early and I have to meet with clients whose office backs up to the CSX main...hope a train comes!
EDIT:
Top of the page!! Eat up fellas, I got this. Galaxy, you're safe for now!!
Karl- Thankyou.
Darn I forgot to thank DUKE for posting the 'E' about the origins of the DINER.. [gettig old.]
I have 'E's of British steam One of the sidebars has the "MALLARD" Also R T just sent me an E of a Drone following a train around Tehach- Loop. Anyone interested, I'll need your E. Curt already was sent the British E's
Just water, toothpick and a napkin, please.