Good Morning,
A cold, snowy, windy day here. It is 25F with a very strong NW wind and some light snow. Glad I don't have to be out today. Oh wait, it is Thursday so we have Tai Chi tonight so might have to go out afterall.
Yes, it is quiet in here but I guess not surprising. I'll just have a cup of coffee and sit quietly in a booth.
I've been working on the roadways on my N scale layout and have a lot of it down. Not finished though as I ran out of road material. I have more but it is at my friends in Thief River Falls. I had planned on getting down there by now but my wife hasn't been feeling well.
I might actually get the new TV set up today.
CN Charlie
Morning All!
Just got back from my walk, it is clear blue sky with a cold wind. Getting ready for Thanksgiving, all the family willl be here, noisy, crowded but we love it! The family will want t un tains on Papa's layout so I am spending time making sue it runs right.
In spite of all that is going on on the world we have much to be thankful for so that will be my focus instead of mideast problems.
Mike
Good morning from a chilly (at least for us) Arizona. The temperature this morning was in the low 40s, but we will warm up to about 75 this afternoon. This is the time of year we live for in the Valley of the Sun.
I cleaned the garage and am ready to start the extension of my layout. I had a relatively short list of materials and headed to Home Depot last night. It took two hours, including 30 minutes of driving, to buy 4 2x3s, 4 2x2s, a sheet of 1/4" plywood, a sheet of 1/2" plywood, a sheet of 1/8" hardboard, and a sheet of 1" foam. There were two major delays. First, I needed the 4x8s cut into 2x4s so I went to the cutting center for my free cuts. No one there. Wait for a couple of minutes. Go up front and have them call for help. Wait for another ten minutes. Find an associate. They call for a cutter. Wait for five more minutes. Get my boards cut. Next, I go to check out. New cashier. Nothing is scanning. Has trouble looking up the products. Enters the wrong product. (MDF instead of plywood.) Gets help. Help can't find 1/2 plywood in the system. Walk back to the shelves. Get the SKU. Enter the SKU wrong. Enter the SKU correctly. Finally I leave to store. I successfully got all of the materials into my Versa (mind you, the eight 8' boards have not been cut) and took the backroads home. Tonight I am planning to start the benchwork.
Richard
Good morning again.
cudaken Went to the walk in clinic to be checked for a kidney infection. Was not to happy with that part of the day. Doctor (male) wanted to push on parts I would rather not have pushed on by a male! All I wanted to do was pee in a cup and call it done! Whistling
Well, I'd rather not even have to pee in a cup, but the doctor was likely looking for signs of things like testicular cancer. I'd say the guy who just wanted to run a urine test was shortchanging you and your health in favor of expediency.
cudakenShe wants to pile all of the dirty dishes in the sink to the point I cannot even get water in my cup.
Gee, that sounds familiar. We've reached the point where, at her suggestion, I've been taking care of all "my own" dishes. She's supposed to do the same, but she dumps them in the sink. I do all the shopping now, and almost all the cooking, but she says I have "more time" so I should do the dishes, too. Well, I have no more time than she does, but she spends hers with her ladies fellowship group and at the health club, so she's "too busy" to shop, cook or clean up after herself.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyI've been taking care of all "my own" dishes. She's supposed to do the same, but she dumps them in the sink. I do all the shopping now, and almost all the cooking, but she says I have "more time" so I should do the dishes, too.
Ah.... I remember those days well... My late wife always would say, if I cooked the dinner, you made this awful mess, you clean it up! If she cooked dinner her ploy would be, "Honey, I made this wonderful dinner for you, the least you can do is to do the dishes for me." I was on on dish duty most of the time. Now I just let them pile up for a couple days and then do them as I have time....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Just saying,
Norman Rockwell – The 'Four Freedoms': Freedom of Speech (1943) The Saturday Evening Post (Feb. 20, 1943) - Curtis Publishing Company
Johnboy out......................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
You're really making my job hard here, guys.
How about getting back to the usual discussion?
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Ray - Love the qoute. Great job on the bridge. I have not scratch built anything yet. Question how do you convert real feet and inches to scale feet and inches ? Once that is done how do you actual measure the scale feet and inches ? For example. If you have a building that is 24'-6" wide with 5/4x6" corner boards on it and wood lap siding how do you reduce the 51/2" corner board to scale ? How would you measure the lap siding (8" exposure ) would you measure the siding length ( 24'-6" minus 11" ) 23'-7" ? If you do not mind me asking do you still feel the pain now from loosing your wife. I am into I think about six years. Even though I am remarried there are times when I miss her deeply ?
CN Charlie - Tai Chi ? Is that a tea ? Hope your wife feels better.
CGW121 - Love thanks giving - What are you all doing ?
Richard - Home depot - For me Home Depot is a waste of time - seems like all stores now a days have no one who knows the buisness and if you want something you have to order it ! So I ask myself why did I drive 30 miles to buy from you when I should have just ordered it on line ( which I really dont like doing for construction items ) ! You put that in a Versa ? Geez would love to see a photo of that - LOL
Mr. B. Wow your description of your wife made me think of the insurance commercial - So why do I need that insurance any way if you are only going to pay 70% of the repair bill ?
Johnboy - That photo is Norman Rockwell right ? I always loved his paintings.
Gotta run TTYL
YGW
I have been away from the Diner for a little while , due to a house move and major surgery on my throat. Let me say that I enjoyed the talk and the problem solving and the good humour that was this site. I still followed what was going on but felt that giving a rundown on my problems was not really what people wanted to hear. however, I now feel that there are people on this site who have a different agenda to those who use it regularly. I dont care what your politics are I came on this site ( as someone from abroad who models US railroads) to meet others who could help me in my modelling endevours from a far. If you want to talk politics go on a forum that caters for that. I just want to get back to what this forum was about!
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have my usual extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Wow! Like 15 hours since the last post. Where is everybody?
If this keeps up, the diner will go out of business.
Ulrich hasn't posted in days. Galaxy seems to have dropped off of the planet.
Well, I'm glad there are still several of us here.
YGW: The old models were old plastic airplane and tank models I built when I was much younger. Most if not all of them are no longer made. A few were fairly rare even at the time. It was just an opportunity to view the past. The reason I dug them out in the first place is because a teen in the church showed me a picture of a model he had built and I told him that I still had a few I built years ago. He expressed a desire to see them.
As Ken would say:
work front: Have had problems with a couple of clients' kitchens this past two weeks. None of it was problems with the designs, but more with our supplier and getting the items to them. I literally had a woman crying on the phone about cancelling her Thanksgiving plans. We worked out a solution, but as far as I was concerned, it was more of a band aid. Oh, the joys of customer service. I bet Ken has some real war stories about that.
Well, gotta go.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Morning Dinners
Flo, big cup of please
A few qoutes to start the day off with.
I hate Rust
Let's reveview the opening post of the November edition of the Diner.
Sir Madog In memory of Jeffrey Scott Wimberly July 07, 1960-December 15, 2014 AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader and dear friend to many of us. Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner was formerly Elliot´s Trackside Diner, but was renamed to honor our dear friend Jeffrey "Running Bear" Wimberly. Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner is a meeting place for all who wish to join. We may talk on-topic, but also off-topic here (as a matter of fact - the only place tolerated by our hosts), but always within the framework of the forum policy.Talk about your ongoing or future model railroading projects, show us your latest acquisitions or simply share your day. If you need to let off some steam, you can do it here, but beware - Cousin Vinnie, the proprietor, is keeping a close watch on the language and is unforgiving when it comes to violations of the house rules, same as the general forum rules! The staff is exceptional, and anything you desire to eat is available 24/7/365. This would include: Janie, the twins Chloe and Zoe, Flo, Daisy and the latest addition, Brunhilda ! The food is always excellent and tasty, just the way you like it! So, pull yourself in, bank you fire, and sit a spell and enjoy!
Jeffrey Scott Wimberly
July 07, 1960-December 15, 2014
AKA Running Bear, Dr. Frankendiesel, The Spray Can Rembrandt
Volunteer firefighter, exceptional model railroader
and dear friend to many of us.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner was formerly Elliot´s Trackside Diner, but was renamed to honor our dear friend Jeffrey "Running Bear" Wimberly.
Jeffrey´s Trackside Diner is a meeting place for all who wish to join. We may talk on-topic, but also off-topic here (as a matter of fact - the only place tolerated by our hosts), but always within the framework of the forum policy.Talk about your ongoing or future model railroading projects, show us your latest acquisitions or simply share your day.
If you need to let off some steam, you can do it here, but beware - Cousin Vinnie, the proprietor, is keeping a close watch on the language and is unforgiving when it comes to violations of the house rules, same as the general forum rules!
The staff is exceptional, and anything you desire to eat is available 24/7/365. This would include: Janie, the twins Chloe and Zoe, Flo, Daisy and the latest addition, Brunhilda ! The food is always excellent and tasty, just the way you like it!
So, pull yourself in, bank you fire, and sit a spell and enjoy!
* * * * * * *
Note, we are to be honoring Jeffrey. How are we honoring Jeffrey if we argue about hot button issues? .. This is to be a meeting place for friendly conversations. This is a place to build friendships. Our common bond is the hobby of model railroading. Let's honor Jeff with friendly convesations.
Also note: ... Ulrich's thoughtful opening post says ... "We may talk on-topic, but also off-topic here (as a matter of fact - the only place tolerated by our hosts), but always within the framework of the forum policy." .......... Think about the phrase. "always within the framework of forum policy."
If you are posting in the Diner you are in effect agreeing to post within the framework of forum policy. I suggest everybody stop and review the forum policies one more time right now.
Regarding the policies, our host, Kalmbach, owns the Forum, and they certainly have a right to establish policies for members who post comments. I assume the company wishes to maintain its excellent image, and they don't want the image tarnished by people arguing in their Forum. Comments about freedom of speech don't make sense to me because anybody can find dozens of politcal blogs in the internet to express their opinions.
Regarding friendships, I'm dissappointed to read recent comments. Each the members of the Diner is a good friend of mine. I wish to keep it that way.
Regarding Mr. Ott and Kalmbach. I'm thankful for this forum and to Steven for keeping it under control.
Everybody is welcome here in the DIner.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Subchat (.com) has an off topic forum which allows politics and religion and perhaps everything except violence and sexual stuff. LION does not post there at all. There is so much there, and if they do not agree with you they may diss you. LION has nothing to say there, but him does have his own blog of him (I forget the URL, I so seldom write there) where him can say his peace.
LION comes here to talk trains, model trains, subways and of course cats, when he can get away with it. This is sufficient.
Now, how about a six-stack with wildebeest saussage and oranje guice.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
yougottawantaYou put that in a Versa ? Geez would love to see a photo of that - LOL
Unfortunately, no photos. I would load it back up, but...
To fully appreciate the effort, you need to know that none of the 8' lengths of lumber extended outside of the car. Basically, I put down the back of the passenger seat, open the passenger-side front window, slide the board all the way to the back window, then, with about an inch of clearance, thread the front of the board onto the dash. The biggest challenge is not getting thumped in the head when I make a right turn.
The current excitement at the ROR household (besides the advent of new benchwork construction) is the nearly completed purchase of a new (used) car for MOH. She has been wanting a SUV for quite some time, and we found a decent deal on a Kia Sorrento. Consumer Reports gives the Sorrento great marks and the price was right. It should be in the garage in the next day or two.
I know this is a week early but it is heartfelt for all. A very happy and satisfying Thansgiving.
Norman Rockwell – The 'Four Freedoms': Freedom from Want (1943) The Saturday Evening Post (Feb. 20, 1943) - Curtis Publishing Company
Johnboy out..................
RideOnRoad we found a decent deal on a Kia Sorrento. Consumer Reports gives the Sorrento great marks and the price was right.
LION rented a Kia Sorrento the last time him went to Pennsylvania. Very good, great gass mialage. LION went from Allentown PA to Chateaugay NY on one tank of gas.
Hello all,
The house closing is FINALLY the 25th of Nov, next wednesday.
The first two weeks of November were taken up filling a 15 yard roll off dmpster wiht schtuff we got rid of. Train nut friend helped. SO no time to post then.
When we started onteh train/junque room, I found the soft spot developing in the bathroom near the tub extended into that other room. The floor was rotting away. Prob ably the only thing helping helping was running the dehumidifier in the hall outside the room.It was pulling a bucket and a half a day instead of usual 1 bucket. The foor was so bad i put doewn a 2' x8' piece of plywood {which will becme the base for the new layout.} down as a subfloor. The rest of the floor I gingerly walk on, not know when or if I will fall through.
The trains are all pacekd into three large plastice containers {somhtinng like 40 qt} and about 15 plastic shoeboxes. then there are other boxes of train schuff to. The 3.5'x5.1 foot HO layout was taken off its legs and out fo the room . It is lightweight as it was foam over open grid system. I may build hte new layout same way.
I hacve been packing and laundering stuff so all goes over clean.STILL TONS TO PACK AND DO.
The turkey feast will be done at the new house, and we will scrub it down while waiitng. I have 5 peoeple, possibly trian nut friend too,so maybe 6, to feed the feast this year. Turkey, homemade cran/orange sauce, gibblet gravy, gibblet stufing, butternut squash prepared with butter and brown sugar, smashed potatoes, broccoli, corn, cornbread, and the obligatory punkin pie and whipped cream {homemade}.
We bought some paint as we agreed on paint colors for the accent walls. ANd painting uspplies yesterday. Stanley Steemer will clean the carpets and put protector on after the painitng is done.
We have been going to marriage couneseling it is helping things along.
I spent 1.5 hours on the phone this moring preparign to change things over and alerting some to the changes.
I will stay at new house, MOH here at the traielr until all moved. We willsee if hte park will take overthe traielr for the last 2 or 3 months of lot rent owed. Dunno. May hacve to pay it anyway.We will sell the appliances out of it.
I have popped in but no time to chat, jsut a quick skim. I saw the inflamatory psots in question adn under discussion. I dont knwo if Steve OTTe evr suspended anyone or not, but GUYS: THIS IS A PRIVATE FORUM FOR PUBLIC POSTING WITH RULES. OUR HOSTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL WHAT IS DISCUSSED HEREIN. IT IS NOT A "free speech, fredom of hte press" issue!!! IT IS A PRIVATE SPACE. ALWYS REMEMBER THAT!!! PLEASE, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE PRIVILEGES WE DO HAVE HERE. GARRY SADI IT WELL!
I see my quotes have been missed., SO:
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.- T.Roosevelt
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it. -Norman Thomas, socialist and social reformer (20 Nov 1884-1968)
WORD of hte 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.
Glad to see you back, Galaxy.
RAY- Any chance you're related to General Howard of Civil War fame ?
Flip
Howdy fellas. Brunhilda. Can I have a cupa Joe, please?
It has been a while since I have dropped into the diner. Much has changed in my life since the last time I was in here.
My wife applied for a transfer within the BLm and got it. We moved out of the desert (Caliente, NV) to the high plains (Miles City, MT). We traded in having the Union Pacific passing by within a block of the house we were renting to having the BNSF passing by within a block of the house we are now renting.
But let me back up a minute....on July 25, my wife gave birth to our first child. A very happy baby girl. Ivy Elizabeth was born at 9:25 MDT and weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.
The wife had already accepted the transfer, but we had to wait at least 2 months to move because the doctors advised travelling that distance with a newborn was going to be a struggle. So we headed north in September.
I was going to find a job, but then I checked into child care. HOLY Expletives!!!!! I can not see working and then giving up almost half of what I would take in to pay someone else to watch Ivy. So I am now Mr. Mom for a while.
Well, I better go check on the baby. See you all again soon.
Robert H. Shilling II
Mr. Mom. Have fun. The Chairwoman of Spacial Allocations has decreed that some of the trains have to go, so I am busy trying to find a new home for my HO scale models. I guess I am immature or something, but decided to keep the old Lionel instead. Having fun trying to do so. Hope I can keep the old favorites, like CV No. 34 and hack No. 4. Wish me luck in my endeavors.
someone posted earlier this month that "galaxy has some home issues that may have come up and keeping galaxy away".
well, I was also biding my time for something to happen and it did.
Well, I hate to say it, but counseling is NOT helping so much, after all. even after, what, 6 weeks. Last week a client cancelled on MOH. I relayed the call message to MOH who was supposed to be wiht another client. SO MOH called later and said "I ran into "X" friend {an old friend of ours we have not seen in a while} and am having lunch with "X", don't know low long I will be.{ on the answering machine as I was out to PT.}
AT home, I said I wished MOH had told me where, I woudl have met them there. MOH VOLUNTEERED that "X' was walking down the city street when MOH saw X, whose "car was on the fritz and not working". ANd that "X MIGHT help us move,but the car is a issue". MOH said "I told X about the house". I said either one of us could go get X to help in transpo was a problem.
WEll, I doubted the story, but bidded my time, and sent a nice email to "X" that it was so nice that the two had a luncheon together! {I said an old friend of ours, but was first a friend of MOH's-so I have "x"'s email}. I was hoping for confirmation or denial of the event. I got none from X,a s X is first andd foremost MOHs friend, i am 'along for the ride'.
SO, this morning, MOH emails X and asked: "was X still in the area?" And tells X that 'we just bought a house and can use some help moving" and "wouldX be available for a painting/moving party for the 28TH?".
welll, well, well, X emailed MOH back, ANd MOH READ IT TO ME: and said "yes, for now, I am stilll in the area. Galaxy emailed about how you and I had a nice luncheon and my car was broken down, I don't know what it is about and don't want to know. And NO, I cannot come help and I am leaving the area soon". MOH read it right off the computer and I THINK knows MOH just implicated SELF in the lie.MAYBE NOT, as MOH doesn't know what lie is what after awhile!
I knew if I bidded by time, MOH would slip on the lies and the cheating again. MOH was never good at lies and leaves more bread crumbs than not. l I am now waiting two weeks, while it festers, to bring it up at the next marriage counselling session so the counselor sees exactly what MOH's true stripes and colors are! AND so MAYBE THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT FINALLY at least about that incident.I also want a "third party mediator" as I am REALLY HOT under hte collar now.It will give me some time to also cool off so it comes out susinctly and not a jumble the counselor will not understand.
I also set up a bogus profile on the one dating site I now know MOH uses, so that I can see when MOH is on the cell phone accessing the site. {It tells you who is one and on what device} so I know when MOH is done with a client and is accessing the site. I do not exactly know WHO MOH is chatting with but I know when/how long MOH is on and trying to cash in on a profile and get a trist going.
STill biding my time until it blows up in MOH's face on the next session on dec. 3rd! Then the real fight will begin.
Perhaps meanwhile I start investigating attorneys for divorce.
sad to say.
@ Galaxy
Sounds way too familier. Change a few details and it describes my first marriage. Those things tend to suck the life right out of you. One of the best things I did was divoricing her.
We are getting a bit of snow here in northern Illinois looks like 6" but less on my sidewalks. Thankfully we have nowhere we need to go and I have 4 wheel drive if I need it.
Seems like a good day to work on the layout.
Good morning..... Where is Lion this? In his absense I'll have a sticky bun with coffee.
Lion ... Are you recovering enough so you can work with your subway layout?
Robert ... Congratualtions for the baby daughter and for moving. It is good to be able to watch trains at home.
Tin Plate .... Old Lionel trains can be a lot of fun. New ones, however, can be a bit pricy.
Galaxy .... Glad to see you in the Diner. Your move to the new house should be a happy time, and it is sad the other stuff is going on.
V8 Dennis ... You've had more than enough car problems lately. Hopefully, all of that is behind you now.
JohnBoy ... Nice Normam Rockwell Thanksgiving painting. Hard to beleive it i already almost here.
CGW121 .... Snow ? Who wants that ?
Does anyone have plans for their model railroad this weekend? I've been busy with other stuff, but I have worked on my 1/87 Chevy truck model lately.
P&Slocal, I was temporarily without a job for a while when our daughter was very young, so I got to be Mr. Mom. It was very pleasant, and I think it helped the two of us bond in ways that many fathers don't get to do. Consider yourself even more lucky!
Galaxy, I have to wonder why you bought a house with this woman, given her history.
I've got a cold. I was hoping to get out and hear some music tonight, but I hate to bring coughing and sneezing into a music venue full of people. Tomorrow I put the wife on a plane to Florida, and then I'll probably go to a train show, since there's one in town this weekend.
Have a great and Peaceful Week end Fellas.
Norman Rockwell – The 'Four Freedoms': Freedom from Fear (1943) The Saturday Evening Post (Feb. 20, 1943) - Curtis Publishing Company
Johnboy out..............
Johnboy, have you ever been to Stockbridge, Massachusetts? It's the town perhaps best known as the setting for "Alice's Restaurant," but Norman Rockwell lived and painted there. There is a museum of his works in town which I've had the pleasure of visiting.
Rockwell used the local people of Stockbridge and surrounding towns as models for his famous paintings. After visiting the museum, I noticed that when I walked through the town and into the shops, I was greeted with the same faces I'd seen in the artwork. The residents of Stockbridge are a few generations removed from Rockwell's subjects now, but you can see that they are the sons and granddaughters of those in the iconic American paintings.
Heartland Division CB&QLion ... Are you recovering enough so you can work with your subway layout?
No, LION cannot get up there yet. Two flights of steps. Might be Christmas according to PT before I can get up there.
I do not have any projects down here in my office. Maybe I'll have to write an article for MR... I have nothing else to do.
MisterBeasley Johnboy, have you ever been to Stockbridge, Massachusetts? It's the town perhaps best known as the setting for "Alice's Restaurant," but Norman Rockwell lived and painted there.
Johnboy, have you ever been to Stockbridge, Massachusetts? It's the town perhaps best known as the setting for "Alice's Restaurant," but Norman Rockwell lived and painted there.
No I haven't Mr. B. When I was trucking, I got into West Boyleston, Fitchburg and Worchester quite often. I once travelled west out of Fitchburg on Highway #2 and I made it fine but it sure wouldn't be used much for truck traffic. I was empty at the time. But what a beautiful drive, I just loved it. I believe I came out at Troy, New York. Will have to check that on the map to make sure.
I have always been a fan/admirer of Rockwell's works and I thankyou for the little history/geography lesson attached to him.
I have a few more pictures I will post but I will do it only one a day so no one gets their panties in a bunch.
I've scraped down the driveway and now I will get back to some modelling. This west end scene has become more involved than what I first had planned, but it is coming along slowly...
Evening Folks
Flo, Please
Ray, I think it was Ray? I understand why the Dr wanted to on me where I did not like having is hands, still did not make it enjoyable. Seems I was right, there is something wrong. I got some Med's today from the VA, hope they work. (starting them Sunday so I had a tonight)
Why do things break when you have a little extra money? I had around $400.00 extra saved toward the next house payment, so what happens? Battery in my wifes car gives up it's ghost! $131.01 latter it replaced. Even with working 6 days a week, I cannot seem to get a head. Plus my plates are do this month, another $130.00. Plus my wifes plates are do Dec for another $130.00?
MisterBeasleyGalaxy, I have to wonder why you bought a house with this woman, given her history.
I have wonder that my self Mr B
I have more to say, but I feel like Caboose.
Ken