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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.
Thanks guy's...for the kind words on my Boxer. His name is ''Spooky'', 82lbs of solid muscle, 6yrs old. ROB, speaking of face...He goes to Pet-Smart a lot with my Son and an older woman had commented that ''He is so cute, I could eat His face''. He is a character. Known as the clown's of the pedigree's, they remain 3yr's mentally all their yrs. They can also be defiant when they want to be. I also never knew they can run as fast as they do and change direction while running so fast. I have had Great danes and Black Labs also and this guy takes the cake. Pic' of a couple clown's together.
Garry, I like Your steel mill pic's.
Take Care!
Frank
Just a quick hello. Last few days have been awful.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening .
Frank ... I like your boxer.
Mr. B .... Glad you are back from skiing, and I hope it was enjoyable.
Galaxy ... I was hoping someone would tell me what settings I should have for PM's. Perhaps you can. I like you suggestion and might try that. Otherwise, I still have an old PM thread with you, and I might try posting in it to you.
It's tax season, and that is not fun at all.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
One last coffee refill, please.
***Ray, be careful out there.
***Douglas, hope the family health issues work out ok.
Been down in the train room. Cleared off enough of the work desk to set up a test track with DC power supply. Have tested the first batch of N scale locos I will sell off on the-bay. I will miss them, but since I can't see them well anyway, those funds will just get recycled into new HO stuff, which I can still see with my good eye.
Heat pump went out in this side of the house the other night. I have been using space heaters until I can get out and find some fuses. Probably wouldn't hurt to just have the local guy out to service it anyway. He doesn't charge much and then it will be ready for summer.
Cheers! Rob
Hello Railfans! Flo - my usual please.
In General - Things have been on the bad side last couple weeks. Not much at all here going on RR wise. So nothing to report. Just wanted to stop in and catch up on what yall have been up to.
Due to some serious family health problems i forsee a move in my very near future. All puter AND train functions will cease in a week or so as to faclitate packing up. So much for my new layout. One more time, everything back into boxes.
KEN - if your reading this, this is coming directly from the puter slated for you. Figured id get it all ready to go and test it albeit this is on a Win7x64 platform. Easily reloaded with Win XP. Point is, she works. I wanted to get her up and going so i could get all the specs for you and to get all the peices in one place. Gotta pack up ya know. HMU if your still interested, otherwise into storage she goes.
Dont mean to rush you but time is not something i have in abundance right now.
Douglas
Chloe, can I get a nice cup of hot chjocolate please?
Heh, heh, heh..... I have managed to clean off enough of the solar panels to actually get the the system fired up! First time in 3 weeks! Not doing much of anything but I checkedf down cellar an hour ago and it was registering 2 watts... Ok, as I said not doing much, but there is a steady stream of water running off the curve in the downspout on the South Side of the house. I would imagine the bulk of the downspout is filled with ice. Getting there. I will be back out removing more of the 14" or so pack of sn*w up there. Have 8 panels (18 total) cleared right now with 2 more partially opened up. If I can get the main array of 12 panels clear by late afternoon, the others should begin to clear themselves. The panels produce considerable heat when they are operating and the electrons moving through the resistance of the panels with the sn*w on them create heat as well.
Frank, beautiful dog you have there. Boxers are among my favorite breeds. Very active but also very sweet and loving.
Back to using the roof rake!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Coffee refill, please.
**Frank, your boxer has a really sweet face.
Temps have warmed up, so I uncovered the young fruit and nut tree starts. Won't have to revisit that until late next week. YAY!
Finally able to head down to the train room. Going to start clearing the work desk.
Have a terrific day all.
Mornin' everyone,
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes, a couple suasage links, and a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee for my my R&GV RR mug. Please and thank you Ma'am! Oh Is there somebody by the name of Sarah that works here? there is? Part timer... I see, guess I've never popped in when she was on duty before....
SUN! The sun is out and shining this morning! WOW! The weather guessers say it could get all the way up to 27°F from the -8°F it was over night.... I will be spending some major time seeing if I can get the solar panels cleaned enough to fire up today. Still have only gotten .48 kWh for the whole month. In July on a sunny day, they will do that in 15 minutes or so.
Hope to get some quality time down cellar in the train room today as well...
Catch you later!
Italian Roast coffee in a MAGMA ARIZONA RAILROAD mug, please.
Good morning, all. I'm back from skiing and back to working on the railroad. As much as I enjoy skiing, going out day after day in near zero temperatures makes it far less enjoyable. Lots of base, but no fresh top snow for a while. Combined with the cold, that makes for a hard skiing surface. With little snow to push around, a skier doesn't have much work to do and ends up going faster than he would in fresh snow, so he doesn't warm up from exertion and he gets even colder from his speed-generated wind chill.
Back to the trainroom and back to the grade crossing project. I fired up both of the circuit boards, connected some photo transistors and ran both flashing lights and the Tortoise that will drive the gates. Now, I've got to experiment with various light levels and the IR LEDs to figure out how much I'll need to shroud the detectors so they'll work whether the room is light or dark.
RIP, Mr. Spock.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning diners, I always seem to come in here when Sarah's not working or on break. Oh well.
I now have health insurance, yeah! Who knows how long I'll keep it.
Nothing much to talk about.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
I snuck in earlier.....playing my Shadow role...but I tink' I'll take a couple hour nap, that is, if my Boxer will give me a couple inches on the bed...He bee's that way sometimes....gotta sprawl out. LOL.
Back maybe later.....
nobody in in 7 hours??
Weighmaster Galaxy, From what I have read here in the forum over the past few years, and with several PM's back and forth with Ulrich, I have concluded that he is truly a gentleman, and that he has fallen into a situation where he really needs our help. He has not asked for it, but I am glad that he has appreciatively acknowledged what you have started. I am putting a check in the mail to you tomorrow to double my original contribution. I encourage those who are able, to please send a contribution in. And, to those who have already been generous, if it is in your heart and financial means, please consider a little extra. It's my hope that we can exceed the goal of $900 by a healthy margin. Thanks for the opportunity. Gary
Galaxy,
From what I have read here in the forum over the past few years, and with several PM's back and forth with Ulrich, I have concluded that he is truly a gentleman, and that he has fallen into a situation where he really needs our help. He has not asked for it, but I am glad that he has appreciatively acknowledged what you have started. I am putting a check in the mail to you tomorrow to double my original contribution.
I encourage those who are able, to please send a contribution in. And, to those who have already been generous, if it is in your heart and financial means, please consider a little extra.
It's my hope that we can exceed the goal of $900 by a healthy margin.
Thanks for the opportunity.
Gary
GAry,
That would be great!
Ulrich Update: Thanks to a large donation form the LONE STAR STATE OF Texas, and another donation from Ill-i-noise today, we WILL, I think, exceed our goals!
BUT that will be great, first the fees have to be paid, and I may just make my donation up higher to cover them, and second: I will encourage Ulrich to save the extra for next pair of special glasseses he will need down the road!
RideOnRoadGalaxy: PM Sent
PM sent back! Thank YOu!!
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy ... My PM's still do not work. Anyhow, I am glad you do what you do. ... Do you want to start March's Diner if Ulrich is out of action? I thought the two of you would take turns, but I don't think he is available.
Galaxy ... My PM's still do not work. Anyhow, I am glad you do what you do. ... Do you want to start March's Diner if Ulrich is out of action? I thought the two of you would take turns, but I don't think he is available.
I'd be honored to, I think Ulrich expects me to do so, I told him I would! Garry, If you wanted to PM me, can you have someone you trust on here do it for you?
GUYS: here is what Ulrich said to me today:
I am overwhelmed and in tears! Without the tremendous generosity, getting my new glasses would be a {end of} 2016 issue, now I will be able to get them in a few {short}months! I am so grateful to you and all who have contributed.
and:
I don´t know how to say thank you to you all, but my pillow will be wet from tears tonight!
Was that worth it? I think So!
If you would STILL LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, PM me and I will tell you how! Any "extra' I think will be held {by Ulrich} for Ulrich's next future pair!
Thanks so much for your generosity!
Later, have a great night's rest!
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have a cup of hot chocolate, and put everyones order on my tab for the rest of the afternoon!
Well.... There's bad news and there is good news! The bad news is I'm still basically deaf... The good news is I haven't lost any more hearing (what little I have) in the last 6 years! They are sending my hearing Aids in to be cleaned and upgraded. They have my right one now and when that comes back in I will have them send in the Left one. In the meantime I have a "loaner". Oddly enough I am hearing more with the loaner than I was with the reguar hearing aid... Probably time for it to go back to the factory and be completely checked over. The technician also turned up the volume on the T-cell (left ear) two notches (about 5 dB). That should help me be able to hear better on the telephone.
I went over to the pharmacy to pick up a couple Rxs. As I was walking up to the counter I passed a 40 something year old woman who looked familiar to me. She is a lovely Asian lady... She smiled and nodded her head like she may know me, and I smiled and said, "How ya doin'!" She immediately stopped and grinned from ear to ear and Said, "Mr. Howard?" I said yes and immediately got a huge hug from her. I looked at her and said, "Buongen?!" She grinned and nodded her head and gave me another hug. She was a very special student of mine when I first was teaching in Geneva. I haven't seen her in probably 20 years. Buongen was a refugee from Laos at the end of the Vietnam war. She came here with her cousins family. Ended up being adopted by an Art teacher in the High School. She joined chorus although she spoke very little English as they had only been here a short time. Buongen was 18 I believe when I had her as a 7th. grader in class and in chorus. By the end of 8th. grade she was speaking very well and her Adoptive Mother told me that being in chorus helped a lot with pronunciation of English words. A couple years later I talked with her "Mother" and was told that Buongen wanted to quit school as she hated High School! After a long discussion with the guidance councilors and her "Mother", they found out that the only thing she had liked in School was chorus and she wasn't allowed to take it in high school because she had to take English as a Second Language class that conflicted with chorus. Long story made short. The Mother insisted they find a way to get her in High School Chorus and Buongen not only graduated from high school, but went on to college. She now works at the local Hospital! I'm so proud of her I am close to tears!
Hope you are having a great day!
Richard
***YGW, I hope my sisters feed store doesn't lose too much business during her move to the new layout. Yes to the shortline. Arizona.
***Garry, I will check mine. I am using the two largest radius tracks they offer (28 3/4" & 31 1/8"). Have read that some folks replace the standard UniJoiners with Wire joiners??? I do not plan on running any trains fast, so perhaps that will also help. Figured Kato Unitrack would be an upgrade from the Bachmann E-Z track, plus the wider turns offered. Guess I'll find out.
Bear ,,, That is a nice photo.
Ken ... Sounds like the E-units have a lot of use. They served you well.
Rob ... I like the feed store. Unitrack is sectional track. I don't like that because where a curve track connects with the straight track can cause derailments becasue couplers do not line up. It is best to have short railcars and short locomotives if you use sectional track.
Galaxy - I stopped nd looked in erlier but could write becuse of pressing issue - BUT I am here now : )
Rob - Gee your sisters feed store looks pretty busy. Copper basin RR ? Is that a short line ?
Bear - is that a pict from your place ?
Ken - Made me smile - Little bit of Jeff ? Nice
Howmus - What ? Did you say something ? What was that couldnt hear you ?? Just kidding hope your hearing visit to the doc goes well.
Up - Merchandise planner ? Is that where you set up and design store displays ?
Welp Its F R I D A Y !!!!!!!!!!!! and tomorrow I do not have to get up at 4:30 am in the morning tomorrow Yhea !!! And we only have two more basketball games on saturdays for my kids - Thank you God ! Then my Saturdays are mine again for a while. Maybe I will finally get some MRR in !!! That would be sweet !
Welp gotta git back to w**k
TTYL
YGW
Ulrich update:the account is set up {now that I have a vehicle to drive that will brake safely} It has Ulrich's name on it, but not as a co-owner, {can't without him here}. I deposited what checks I have.
It will cost us $75 minimum for transfer wire fee. SO whatever we bring in will be reduced bu that amount..I may kick in more money to help offset it, but I cannot afford $75 plus the donation I already gave.
To THOSE WHO WANTED TO DO CREDIT CARD: I checked, NO the account cannot take credit cards directly. i have no way to process them.
THANKS TO those who were genreous! I think I have one more in the mail today??
I WIlL Send a copy of the wire to those who donated so y'all know I actually did it!
Thanks again, WE ARE STILL short of our goal,though!
Later
Raising my coffee cup to Mr.Spock RIP dead at 83
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll just have a refill on my cup of Marrakesh Express dark roast coffee please...
Have to leave to get to the hearing place for my hearing test. I hate hearing tests! They always just reafirm that I am deaf! But, I have to endure them once every 2 or three years to get adjustments to the hearing aids. I'm hoping they can turn up the T-cell volume so i will be able to hear better on the telephone. I also need to get in touch wth Time Warner and have them reset my VOIP system. For some reason over time it just keeps getting softer and softer.
Sun is trying to shine outside. Currently 11°F with a high today of 17°F this afternoon... The weekend is supposed to se temperatures above freezing for a couple minutes I hear. I'm ready for spring. I want to dig the parsnips in the garden and the plot has been frozen solid since the 1st. of January this year. usually I can get them out of the ground by February 1st. or so. They should be nice and sweet!
Have a good one out there. Stay warm and safe!
Italian roast coffee in a COPPER BASIN RAILROAD mug.
***Ken, that tree line in your pic is outstanding.
Have been looking at Logging terms with the idea of incorporating one into a logging railroad name and another for a timber co and/or sawmill. There are some that would make for a humorous company name.
Have a great day all. Healing thoughts for those in need.
Today's word:
Heartland Division CB&QHere is a picture of a cool sunset I took last night looking under our deck.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Evening Dinners
Flo, a JSTL and a pleases.
Gary I loved me PK E's for years and ran the shoot out of them when I was DC. I had 3 powerd units, one was damaged at K-10 model trains when it was rammed and hit the floor. Jeffery got that one, truck frame was bent. Second? I forget what went wrong with that one, but again Jeffery. This I forget why it got set a side? I knocked this one to the floor by self while it was side lined. Only thing I did not like about the PK 2 E's are the spung trucks! Just a pain to work on!
YGW I will find away to get it back on the rails. There is a little of Jeffery in me as well.
I am beat, worked my feet off de-messing the store! Dave can far out order stuff we don't need than I can find to store it!
Ken, tired again.
photo test...my sisters Feed store on the current layout that I am tearing down. Going to re-establish her store on the new laout. Will probably weather the building a little first though. OK, lets see if this works. (Thanks, Ray!)
Rob