GM, MEN!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
Today is September 19, 2015!
-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 in Germany!
Zoe, I´ll just go for a load of coffee, please!
I am having connectivity issues to the web - always on weekends and when it´s raining! I just called my provider´s help desk, but I always get the same answer - I shoukd by a new router. That´s just a load of BS!
Galaxy - I keep my fingers crossed you´ll get this house!
Will be back later!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Gee, Brother Elias - I sure like your pictures. It would be nice to know what I am lookig at - I am not that familiar with the location.
"Wo, bitte, ist die Katze?"
I am still having problems with my Internet connection. My high speed line (supposedly 16MBit/s) is down to 0.19 MBit/s.
G-Man - any news on the house?
Just received word that my youngest grandson passed away about an hour ago in his dad's arms in Stoddard, Wisconsin. Born 6/4/2014 with CDG disease, blind and deaf. He's with his grandma, who I lost 6/3/15.
Gary
Gary - I am beyond words. Please accept Petra´s and my sincere condolences on both of your losses.
I'm sorry.May they both rest in peace, and rise in Glory.
Disclaimer: This post may contain humor, sarcasm, and/or flatulence.
Michael Mornard
Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!
Sir MadogGee, Brother Elias - I sure like your pictures. It would be nice to know what I am lookig at - I am not that familiar with the location.
Well I am on a westbound (J) train approaching Broadway Junction, a city bound (L) train is passing over head. They yards are off to the right, and so there are several tracks that make access to the yards. The second track to the left is ducking down under the (J) train and is headded to that yard. Once past Broadway Junction, my train will be running on Broadway (in Brooklyn, which is not the same as in Manhattan or the Bronx) headded for Manhattan across the Williamsburg Bridge.
Does that help you? -- Did you find the LION?
ROAR
BroadwayLionDid you find the LION?
Nein - die Katze ist noch im Zoo!
I think the kitty is still in the zoo - I have not found it!
Calling it a day - have a good night!
Weighmaster Just received word that my youngest grandson passed away about an hour ago in his dad's arms in Stoddard, Wisconsin. Born 6/4/2014 with CDG disease, blind and deaf. He's with his grandma, who I lost 6/3/15. Gary
This is very sad. If you like the Bushy LION will come out and sit with you...
Gary: .. Sincere condolences to you and your family. .....
The Chapel Car has been dispatched to the Diner for those who wish to pray.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Weighmaster (Gary), Our sincere condolences to you and your family. That is such a sad loss for a family to deal with and understand.
Prayers and kind thoughts.
Johnboy out.........
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Thank you folks for your kind thoughts and prayers. The CDG (Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation) was present at birth, but took months to fully diagnose and confirm. Torian appears to have had a very severe form of it, and it is a miracle that he survived so long with it. According to one of his specialists at Mayo (as of about 4 months ago) there were at that time, only a couple dozen or so surviving people worldwide (at least reported) with his variation of the disorder. It was a blessing to be able to hold him and rock him while he was here, and he will be missed, especially by his sister and four brothers.
Weight Master, I am so sorry to read of your loss, may the give him care now.
Evening fellow dinners.
Flo, Beer please.
Work Front, guess how many at work to day where drunk? Well at my store only 1, and it was Dave. Not as bad as last time but he was buzzed. He was in adamantly mood. We got off to the races pretty quick when I told him to call Paul because he was late. He refused and off he went. Told me 4 times I was a Liar, that I wanted to take the store from him (told him I all ready had it) and I wanted to work alone. Well, just not with him drunk, so he was half right.
Asked him if he been drinking? Of couse he said no. Told him the whole company knows he has a problem, no answer. After that he wanted to be nice but could not keep anything straight or make any sense. At one point he stated that "Barack Obama hates Mount Rushmore because it has Americans on it". Then he fell asleep which was fine with me, store was dead.
Did not report him today, but I will call Sunday before I go into work. With Nancy being in St Chharles today did not seem to be worth the effort!
Preapproved Visa Offer. Read the term's and threw it in the trash tonight! If they give me a card, they want $75.00 and that will be charged to the card, and after that $100.00 a year. I am not going to give a company money so they can make money off me!
Galaxy, busy shigning papers today? I may have missed it but I did not see any post by you.
See you all Sunday
Ken
I hate Rust
Condolences to your family...that is so hard to take....
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/
First COndolences to Gary. a candle is lit for "safe passage".
House: we have countered their counter offer, splitting the difference. Btu whiel htey came back immediately with a counter offer, they haven't yet answered tour counter to their counter. Maybe they will counter our counter to their counter of our offer. Dunno, we are, once again, $2k apart. NAD we are not going to much than splitting the difference if they hold fast to their counter. By SF alone the house may not appraise to the price they want, and they know it! SO.....dunno..
well, I have a kithcen pantry to clean ou and organize. SOme stuff inthe back hasn't seen the lite of day in ages...
well, after a nap to catch up on missing sleep...
While visiting the city, LION went to Zoo da Bronix. Met cousins there. Had a great time, ewe should really drop by for diner.
ROAR!
Good afternoon, everybody ..
We are getting older. Our oldest granddaughter is 14 and went to her first homecoming dance last night. A boy actually gave her a corsage to wear with her dress. .... uh oh ! .... Someone, please tell me it is not true!
Lion ... Glad you could visit your "cousins".
Galaxy ... Looks like you are close to a deal... Hope all works out okay.
I won't be able to visit the Diner very much for about 1 1/2 weeks beginning tomorrow because of traveling. I will have little or no computer time.
Happy Model Railroading.
Good afternoon diners. It is a beautiful day in the North after a week of rain. More rain forecasted for the coming week. My wife leaves for D.C. tomorrow. Hope to get a little more fishing done before I head south to Ohio the 6th of October.
Gary, Sincere sympathy to you and your family on the loss of your grandson. Regardless of the circumstances, it is always difficult to lose a loved one.
Lion, you might be dinner as your cousins look pretty hungry.
Galaxy, hope you are able to close on a deal you can live with. Having gone through the buying process eight times, it is never easy and you never know whether there was a better deal. Bought one house where the owner at closing said I had taken advantage of him. I offered his asking price knowing he had undervalued his house.
Ken, your work situation sounds like a sitcom script. Dealing with a drinking problem at work is really difficult. Have had to terminate drinking and drug using employees before and it is never pleasant.
Hope everyone has a good Sunday. Football is now in full swing, so, my guess is lots of you are glued to the tube this afternoon.
Jim
Jim,
We are hoping this seller sees the value we are offering in a very strong buyer's market. The last seller thought NOT, and truth be told the last house, was worth their asking price but in a different market.
They all want to get the maximum value, I understand that, and the buyers all want to get maximum value too. Each wants to feel like hthey "won" the competition/deal.
So, we are in competition with the sellers. That is what it is all about.
We are prepared to lose the house over the $2k we are under their "wanting price". It is VERY odd, that we offered $100 OVER our offering price, to "sweeten the deal" and raise the price just $100 over instead of the standard $900 under the price offered. That way, should someone come along and offer a standard even price or the typical $900 under an even amount, we'd win out. AND they just so happen to "NEED to get a price" $100 OVER the amount they wanted!!! They copied our idea, obviously. But we have offered to split the difference with them, the difference between our offer and their "need price", but so far that leaves us still the same $2k apart we were on the other house from each ohter on this deal. $2k May not sound like a lot of money to lose a house over, but $2k IS a lot of money to us!!! SO IT IS a big deal! We jsut don't have it to give without leaving us toatlly BROKE! We need a grand or two for cushion.
And they are askign a price for a 3 br house when it is a 2 br house. They know it, as they came down $4800 immediately.
so, that's my story.
Well, i have attacked the kitchen pantry and worked on it, but it is not done. FOund a mouse nest and a dead mousie too. he got stuck in a container.
Well, thats it.
later
UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE~
WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE!
We Sight the papers tomorrow for the chnages on the hosue, they agreed to split the difference.
SO we are officially homowners.
Thanks for all the prayers and finger crossing!
Now for the financing part...
ANd the final inspections and appraisals! It HAS to appraise at higher than or else we have to renegotiate the house.
so we will still seee!
This be the house, but no where near the asking price! MUCH lower!
http://www.realtyusa.com/property/228-TORRANCE-AVE-VESTAL-NY-13850/BinghamtonNY/201112/
Look before the listing disappears!
or here:
http://www.greaterbinghamtonmls.com/real-estate/ny/vestal/gbar/201112/228-torrance-ave-vestal-ny-13850.html
Yeah!
Yep, homowners!
Wow, Galaxy!.. The basement has big possibilities !
Heartland Division CB&Q Wow, Galaxy!.. The basement has big possibilities !
HO layout, for me, and an N scale for MOH.{euro trains}...
Of course the furnace, sump, h20 heater and sink would have to come out,and we'd install a 1/2 bath too. We'd finish it off..one 2x4' at a time!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer please and one for Galaxy.
Galaxy, hope things work out for you.
Work Was a Bust. I had to leave after only 1 hour of being there. We are having plumbing problems. Till I get it fix either my wife or I turn off the water when not in use. Sue went to my daughters house today after I went to work. Called me at work and said "sounds like someone is beating on something real hard, then moans, and starts beating again and moans some more".
Told her to go back home to see if it was still making the same sounds. Called back about 15 minutes later, and my daughter was having a Bad Asthma Attack. Sues was going to take her to the ER and could not get back to the house. So I called off to just make sure the house had not burst a pipe.
All was quite when I got home, I knew what was making the sound but with out my wife being there I had to make sure. Daughter is fine, she found here breathing machine and did not have to go to the ER. It was just to nice to go back to work, so Caboose it. I took the rest of the day off.
Later, Ken
Sorry for your loss Gary
tomorrow is my last day at the grocery store, great people there but no pay. i start the new job next Monday. I'm working 12 tomorrow and did 12 days all last week so am going to take the rest of this off before new job. I'm saying on at this place though for occasional Saturday shifts if they need it.
going to be a long day tomorrow but bet it goes quick as it will be the last time I'm there all the time. Be back tomorrow if I can
Today I got back to doing trains!
After quite a few months of no layout activity, I sat there in front of the football game and started modeling again! Yay!
I fixed a box car and a tank car that had been on the RIP track, and started on the City Classics "company houses" kit, 3 small identical homes that I'll customize a bit and make unique.
I've got a cold. I didn't want to go out for a bike ride or do anything strenuous or tiring. Nice weather out, but this was the right call. Wine with my steak dinner was the wrong call, but, well, you can't win 'em all.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good evening, diners. Staying at the new airport Mariott Courtyard Hotel in Saskatoon tonight. Very nice new lodging.
Galaxy, good things come to those who wait. Hope your closing goes with no hitches.
Saw a lot of old beer can grain cars this afternoon waiting loading. Plan to get some picture tomorrow on the way back to Flin Flon.
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Gary: I'm very sorry to hear that you lost your grandson. Even if you're expecting it, it is still very difficult to cope with. I can't imagine what that feels like.
Galaxy: CONGRATULATIONS!! You are now official homeowners.
22x30 Feet?! That can be a lot of railroad.
Week 2 of the national obsession. Crazy, huh?! MOH likes bears, (sorry Lion) so we watched them lose to Arizona. My teams are Chiefs and Chargers, so I can be a disinterested 3rd party.
a hearty hello to everyone.
i hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a mug of decaf for me at the moment....
Been a long weekend out at the museum. We had a good crowd for RG&E and Kodak days. Saturday went very smoothly but we got a soaking rain part way through the afternoon. Today was also well attended and all told went well. We had an over crowding incident on my caboose on about the 3rd. run and the gent who oversees the Museum operation got impatient again and was upset that we were running behind schedule. People were not settling down, so I had to repeat the intsruction several times. I told him I would give the OK just as soon as it was OK! The conductor sided with me...... He runs the train.
The next trip down the line after that, a lady with a 4 year old kid got on my caboose and the others had all settled down And I told the folks in the Cupola not to attempt to come down until I told them it was OK when the train was properly stopped and everyone on board to please not put anything out of the windows (no cameras, hats, purses, heads, feet, or kids! "We want to go home with everything you brought with you...."). Then I told the conductor we were all set. He radioed the Engineer with the order to move the train North to Midway. Right at that moment the little kid ran by me, out the door and was getting off! I hit the mike on my radio with emergency! Luckily the engineer didn't start the train, the conductor gave an official order to stop, and I headed out the door after the kid. Turns out he and his mother were supposed to be getting a Cab Ride in the loco and just got on the caboose to see what it looked like inside..... If I hadn't gotten the train stopped the kid would have been on the last step about the time coupler slack took in! The kid could have been thrown around from the step right under the wheel of the PC Caboose behind mine. The conductor showed up at that end of the PC caboose just as the kid jumped off the bottom step. I was shaking like a leaf for the next two runs and the conductor was white as a sheet! The conductor came over when we had gotten to the other end of the line, put his hand on my shoulder and told me I done good and its alright. BTW, Mother and kid were escorted over to the the loco and helped on with a bit of warning to the kid. The rest of their family was already on in the cab!
Gary, so sorry to hear of your loss. Will keep you and yours in my prayers during this time!
Galaxy, Congrats to you and yours for getting your offer accepted for the house! Very cool!!!
I started this post two hours ago, but my sister called....
Catch you all in the morning. Have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!