yougottawantaLion - Ranching monk ? Do you wear cowboy hats and blue jeans ? I had no clue you ranched ! I didnt think Monks engaged in that type of activity. I assumed you all study the binble, prayed a lot, tended to the human herd vs the four footed herd etc... Very interesting.
Monks arre different from the newer-fangled orders. Much of our history is agricultural. Grow food and eat. We gave up our cattle opperation when our rancher turned 80. We still raise vegitables. Jeans? that is the normal mode of dress for most of us, at least while working. Work and Pray... Ora et Labora, that is what monks do.
We used to be fully self supporting for about 100 years, but now our average age is in the 70s. We mostly live on interest and donations, but still try to earn our way. We hire no help other than cooks. We do everything else to keep our complex complex running.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Morning all
Flo can I have a cup of Joe in BIG N&W mug with a sprinkle of anthracite coal dust ? Little sugar and touch of cream MMMMMMM very good thanks !
Hobby front - This week end I will be caulking and intsalling putty in preperation for painting.
Lion - How interesting. Thanks for sharing. I would love to hear more about the goings on there. How do the Monks recruit younger folks for the order ?
Dave - Thanks for posting Yannis thread. I read it.
Yannis - What is your next step ? Installing controls? buildings landscaping ? Interesting way you built the layout. You can do point to point and looks like continuous running ?
ROR - That s something we dont get much of here ! It is just about always humid heat
Ken - Nice ! Are they running well ? On AC when we we have to iunstall the new refrigerant in old systems we have to change out the compressors. Will not run on the new stuff.
Steve - Not looking for exact figures. Just curious is there a LOT of people, medium amount or small amount of interest ?
Brent - I am having one of those months. I have a truck down, two lawn mowers down....The mechanic has been at my house once a week for the last month I think I am paying his kids colege tuition this month...
Angel - Why have you paused on the MRR work ?
Garry - I thought you said you attended a wake for a friend ? Sorry.
Anyone heard from Ulrich ?
TTYL
YGW
yougottawanta Steve - Not looking for exact figures. Just curious is there a LOT of people, medium amount or small amount of interest ?
I honestly have no idea. If you forced me to pick one of those categories, I'd say a lot. There are at least as many bead stores in my area as there are train stores. But I guess it depends on what you call a lot. Fewer than there are people interested in pro football, more than are into stamp collecting.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Good morning ....
If any of you wants to work in progress for my bridge project, you can see photos I posted in WPF.
YGW... Your thoughtfulness is appreciated. Sometimes I need to wake up, but I don't recall saying so. ... LOL
Steven .... The latest MR, another great issue, has a project I am interested in. It is the article about installing TCS WOW in an older Proto E6. I have a Santa Fe E6 of the same vintage. Add another item to me to do list. .....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
yougottawantaLion - How interesting. Thanks for sharing. I would love to hear more about the goings on there. How do the Monks recruit younger folks for the order ?
Ohhh... If you knew how we would be happy to listen.
You can visit our website assumptionabbey.com to find out more about our monastery.
You have to have young monks in the monastery before other young men would cosider joining. Fortunately we have several younger monks here.
Most these days our leads come from the internet. Unforunately many who are captive by the internet don't need to be monks since their full fulfillment comes down that wire instead of from above.
It is a continuing discussion here but they do not always hear my thoughts.
Afternoon Diners,
yougottawanta Angel - Why have you paused on the MRR work ?
I believe the only good answer is the heat. The desert heat hit the 100s degrees in the last two weeks.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Coffee and a side of wedding cake for me! Hey gang just a quick check in here. Wedding is tomorrow morning (whoot!) then we're off to the Florida Keys for four weeks of avoiding responsibilities whoohoo! But seriously. I'm not taking that has internet access (work doesn't know exactly where I'm going and I'd like to be off the grid so to speak). So see y'all on the other side.
An artist sees the world in colors and patterns. An engineer sees the world in mathematical equations. Both help shape the World and are just as important as the other.
Congratulations on the nuptials, BB!
Steven Otte Congratulations on the nuptials, BB!
Steven ..... Ditto your comment
Brass Bell ... I did not even know that was about to happen. Wishing you the best.
BroadwayLionIt is a continuing discussion here but they do not always hear my thoughts.
My former chief could convince anyone of anything, especially women. Me....I can't convince people to come in out of the rain. Is that charisma? dunno.
60 Minutes did a segment on Mt Athos. They don't let women visit and they don't let monks leave. They never see their family again. A bit strict in my opinion but I was not raised in a religious family. It started when my semi orthdox Jewish grandfather discovered he could eat dozens of non Kosher oysters with no ill effects on his body or soul and was compounded when in WW2 my father's job was to retrieve his ships' naval chaplain from certain unsavory houses in Calcutta.
As a doctor, deeply religious patients have a huge advantage when faced with a catastophic illness. I wish I had that but I don't. Poor Cousin Vinnie is expecting me to say something to provoke his wrath but I don't think I have. I respect your choice, just as I respect the semi-local Amish who choose to live with 19th century technology. If you were not halfway across the country I would be happy to visit.
Vinnie take a deep breath, there is nothing here that should provoke anyone.
BB Congratulations. One of my marriages was good. I hope you have a good one too.
There's a train show in Timonium tomorrow. I thought it was in July and have other plans. hmmm we will see how I feel tomorrow.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could use a hot fudge sundae with lots of toppings right now... Oh, and a cup of decaf as well. Thank you!
Finally got the garden planted today. Well, I had some of it done a couple weeks ago, but i finally got the bradishes, lettuce, carots, parsnips, Zuccini, yellow squash and some pepper plants in. Roto tilled the raised beds agaoin before I got them planted. Have about 3/3rds. of on e of the beds left inplanted. I know it is late, but most of the farmers are just now getting their spring crops in. The ponds on the fields have finally drained so they can get in with their equipment. I also bough a couple beautiful hanging planters of petunias to hang by the mailbox.
I just got the squash planted when the sky darkened and we got a major thunderstorm rolling through! I checked on line after it calmed down a bit and we had been under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Most of it went just to the North of Geneva. Storm was calling for 60 MPH winds, quarter sized hailstones, and torrential downpour. We got some of the wind ands the torrential rain, but not any hail!
Last night I drove to the Museum for our monthly Meeting and Train Rides. We had some heavy rain out there, just about the time the meeting was called to order. Rained all during the time we were onboard the train for the ride to the restoration building. Up there we were all ushered into an old baggage car that had been undergoing some major work... It seems the Museum President who is also an engineer for CSX, had something to show us. One of his big interests is railroad signaling. He has spent many hours at the Museum getting our lineside signal working properly for us. When we walked into the old baggage car we were greeted by his latest project, which none of us knew about (well kept secret). There in front of us was a complete working Interlocking lever installation! It isn't connected to our switches, but electrically works some signals inside the car... It is set up the way it was at the location it came from (sorry I didn't catch where that was). This is almost a one of a kind thing for a museum like ours and is awesome!!! He spent 10 years cleaning, refurbishing , assembling, and getting it working for us. When we get it up at our website, I'll share the URL. I told him that was worth attending the meeting for!!!
Sun is back shining ourside, so I'll head back out to see how deep the water is out back... Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
evening all,
well had a few better days at the end of this week.
YGW, the OH is doing fine, We are still bummed over the pet.
I have been out doing around the house "round tuits" to keep my mind occupied.
I trimmed the azaleas as they had gotten wild and wooly. trimmed a few trees, and now splitting some firewood....
Thanks guys :) So I'm sitting here. It's almost 11 o'clock at night, and I can't sleep. I'm scared out of my mind. What have I gotten myself into? But I'm excited, too. I'm so insanely excited. I get to spend the rest of my life with this dude who makes my stomach do summersaults just thinking about it. This dude who when we first met and I hadn't known him no more than five minutes takes a bite out of MY sandwhich. This dude that flies Apache helicopters in the US Army, who eats nails and spits out tank buster rounds when he's at work. This dude that leans on me as much as I lean on him. Who can speak my thoughts before I even have a chance to think them properally. Do you know frustrating that can be?
So yeah. I'm scared out of my mind. But often times, the best experiences in our life are on the otherside of our own wall of fear.
Evening Diners
Flo, Jan, Brent, The Buick Guy and I will have a and if the wayward Ed makes it in give him one as well.
Brass Bootleg Congrats I hope!
Work Front Turned out to be a decent day!
Trains? Lets just say I have played the Big Hook way to Much Tonight!
If they where 1 to 1 real trains, this video would show there possible fate!
Give it a watch, pretty intresting and not all that depressing!
Ken
I hate Rust
Ken:
Thank you for that very interesting video on the various boneyards, testing, training and restoration facilities! Well worth watching.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Haven't checked in lately so some things may be a little out of date.
moelarrycurly4 Yesterday the wife had an occular migraine which she has never had before and scarred her and me. So we had to go deal with Dr. offices.
Yesterday the wife had an occular migraine which she has never had before and scarred her and me. So we had to go deal with Dr. offices.
I have had those myself. They are not fun to deal with. I ended up getting a string of them about three months ago after only getting them once in a great while, which directly led to my new position at my job. (Issues with the lights and too much stress. Lot less stress in my new position.)
Steven Otte yougottawanta Steve - Welcome home ! I am sorry but that does not sound like fun. Beads ???? I had no idea that people gathered to meet about that. Not knocking it, some folks think I am crazy for my love of trains...But what is the attraction ? What are we missing ? Beads. People make jewelry out of 'em.
yougottawanta Steve - Welcome home ! I am sorry but that does not sound like fun. Beads ???? I had no idea that people gathered to meet about that. Not knocking it, some folks think I am crazy for my love of trains...But what is the attraction ? What are we missing ?
Steve - Welcome home ! I am sorry but that does not sound like fun. Beads ???? I had no idea that people gathered to meet about that. Not knocking it, some folks think I am crazy for my love of trains...But what is the attraction ? What are we missing ?
Beads. People make jewelry out of 'em.
I make hematite (magnetic beads) chains myself. I find that they help with my aches and pains. I also place natural stone beads in them as well. Sometimes beads and trains crossover as well. (I also have some small beads that will eventually be used to represent clam shells on some sandbars, too.)
Hobby Front: Thanks to a post on another list that am I on, I was able to buy a like new Northern Pacific Color Guide. I have gone throught it and I know that I will be using it quite a bit. I have already found places that I will need to tweek a few models to be correct and one that I painted the wrong color. (But it is close enough that I am not too worried about it.)
I'm also in the planning stages on what will be a good size building. It will be made from DPM wall sections. Before I go whole hog into getting the actual sections, I downloaded a copy of the planning guide and have ordered a bunch of 8.5 x 11 sheets of chipboard from our local commerical printer. Twenty-six to be exact! (That should give you an indication of the size of the building. Even that number may not be enough. I might end up making the building taller but it depends on what the mockup looks like. I can't quite visualize the building without the mockup.) I have graphic design software that lets me layout the pieces needed so that I don't waste paper or chipboard. If I do decide to build this building, I will get the needed pieces a little at a time. (Number of needed pieces and budget restrictions.)
Good morning, everybody ....
Coffee and a pecan roll, please.
Railfanning Norfolk Southern this morning was pretty good with 15 trains in 4 hours. Included was a nice mix of foreign power, including 1 Canadian Pacific, 3 BNSF & 1 Union Pacific.
We also saw a heritage unit, the Erie. Although we saw it, we didn't get any photos. It came along headed west as another intermodal was headed east on a closer track, so we only got glimpses between containers. If the east bound had arrived 2 minutes earlier, I would have been fine. Can't believe how often these meets occur right where we park. Just bad luck I guess.
Another interesting train was one I haven't seen in operation before, a working ballast train. A string of Herzog ballast hoppers with 2 or 3 cars about mid-train dumping ballast as they rolled by. Noticed on the way home that they had done a couple of miles. The only thing behind it was a track inspection pick-up. Kept waiting for a work train of some sort, but nothing showed up.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
The House Special, please and thank you.
***BB, Congrats!
Nothing new to report on the train front. Just wanted to drop in and see how everyone is doing.
Cheers! Rob
Janie, just another cup of decaf for me please....
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! Long day! Worked Train Crew out at the museum today (and will again tomorrow). Hot and muggy all day. Half of the crew arrived late including the engineer. He is usually there an hour before everyone and has the 80 tonner checked out and fired up before I arrive. We spent some time srcambling to see who was going to cover what position, but finally everyone who had signed up did arrive. Safety Meeting which is scheduled for 9AM happened about 9:40, and the safety run we usually make didn't happen by the time we got journal oil checked in the old cabooses and the brake tests done. So the "safety Run" was hauling the first load of people up to the Restoration Building. By 1PM two of the crew had to leave so the NYC Caboose was locked up and not used for the rest of the day. We comendeered another warm body (he is rules class trained so we were legal) for car host on the PC Caboose (where the conductor was anyway) and I stayed in the Erie which is my usual home when I'm there.
Had a very low turnout as well, but that allowed me to spend more time talking with and teaching about trains and what we do at the Museum.
Hopefully tomorrow will be a busier day, but right now we only have 3 people signed up for crew... We do have an engineer and a conductor so we may have to find another "warm body" for the PC Caboose and keep the NYC Locked for the day. That caboose gets really uncomfortably warm as it has few windows that open anyway. We removed half the windows up in the Cupola on the Erie because of the heat. So I had to watch carefully the people who were riding up there.....
One gent that was at the Museum today turns out to one of the group of guys who actually built our PC Transfer Caboose. He was very happy to see her still in use after all these years (built in 1969). Had a huge grin on his face as he left!
Have a great night folks!
Flo, Jan, Rob, Brent and I will have a please. If Whats His Faces finds his way here give him a Crown Royal on the rocks.
Hope Ulrich, Galaxy and Ed are OK More worried about Ulrich with his heart problem, but still worried abiut Ed and Galaxy as well.
Work was a Moral Victory and that pretty much it. 3 customers in 8 hours, while all 3 bought only $1095.00 is sales. Well better than a stick in the eye!
Dave Glad you like the video. Makes you have new respect for metal fence post!
Big Hook Railroad. You Crash Them we Trash Them! Man, if Gary Scrap Yard was near by he be rolling in $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Seems the Might CB&Q F units slamed into a B&O coal train at the end of Plaster Mountain. B&O Caboose croosed over to the Short Line where the Might Strange B&O F7's where high balling. Only thing hurt was 2 coal cars and my pride.
For CN Fan's.
Later, Ken
Ken,
Enjoyed the videos, I wonder if I could rent the large shears to clean out my garage??
Jan
Happy Father's Day ...
Ken .... The videos are interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Speaking of videos, where is Ulrich?
Good Afternoon!
Just stopping by to say I am still around. Aside from a nagging pain in my right shoulder, which pretty much immobilizes me, I feel fine. Life is back into a rather dull routine, with nothing good or bad to report about, which already is an achievement over the last couple of months.
I will be taking a leave of absence for an indefinite period of time, in which I will try to figure out how to continue from where I am now. The aim is to add more quality to the life I have left, before things really turn rotten. For the time being, I don´t know how to accomplish that, but maybe a miracle will happen, pointing me in the right direction!
All the best to you!
Morning diners,
This is the first summer that I can remember, not really doing any modeling or railroading. I hope this funk will end and continue on what I love.
Ken- Thanks for the videos.
BB- Congrats on being married.
Ulrich- The best thing I can think of is watching your favorite Swiss railroad.
Best wishes for the other diners.
Evening, Ah No One? Well it is Father Day.
Flo, I will have a and if anyone shows up, there bar tap is on me.
Jan I can send you my Air Hammer with metal cutting tip and my Saw's All with Metal Cutting Blade. Cut my 69 Dodge Charger in half with these tools.
Ulrich Well I don't think not chatting with your friends will help any.
Ed Hope a fun project is keeping you from the dinner!
Glad you folks are enjoying the Train Videos! If you folks like Big Steam I think you may enjoy this one.
BBQ is done, so later.
cudaken If Whats His Faces finds his way here give him a Crown Royal on the rocks.
cudaken Ed Hope a fun project is keeping you from the dinner!
OK, Ken, I can take a hint!
Glad you are still having fun with the CB&Q F units!
Actually there is a project that I'm almost finished with and that is a two-hour movie/slideshow DVD that I'm making for a commemorative "time-capsule" of the GE plant where I spent thirty-eight years. It is closing at the end of summer
I have to have it done by Wednesday and I'm almost there! Yay! So after spending five or six hours at the PC I really haven't spent much time on "extracurricular activity". I do pop in to WPF and Show Me sometimes.
Today was a fun-filled Fathers day with both my sons and their families visiting. The pond got a workout!
Nothing like seeing all your grandchildren together and having so much fun! A real blessing
It's June! The Mountain Laurels are in full bloom!
The first time I had a meal in a PRR diner it was served on Mountain Laurel pattern china. A few years back I decided I wanted some of the plants around the property. They're beautiful— and the state flower of Pennsylvania!
Also there was another goat born last week... here's the new girl with her older bro and sis.
The new girl, Juno, is in the middle.
Still working on the old Post Office building... adding lights and interior scenes. Slow going for a while. A few weeks ago you asked about the footprint, Ken— the building is 23 x 9 and the elevated base it sits on is 26 x 13.
Fun Stuff, for sure!
My thoughts and prayesr go out to you all for a better day tomorrow and a little good-will to come your way...
I do so hope you find some comfort and relief soon, Ulrich—
Regards, Ed
Nice family pictures Ed!
I'm not sure about the green mud though. Are you sure it doesn't glow in the dark?
hon30critterI'm not sure about the green mud though.
Obviously you have never gone to any of the "high-end" spas for an exfoliating mud facial... alge and seaweed are usually $50-100 extra, above the $350 to $500 fee. Heck, one joint I read about will warm up some rocks then plop them on your back for only a couple hundred $$.
If you visit MY spa I'll even provide the aroma-therapy for FREE!
What the photos don't show is the snapping turtle that was curious about sharing HIS pond with the swimmers!
Ed
Morning-
Can't talk much today, but wanted to let you all know that I was at Boy Scout camp without internet for the past week- hence my inactivity. Hope you're all well. Will read through the whole thread soon.