ROBERT PETRICKIt is so nice when a young, attractive hygienist gently cradles my head against her bosom while she pokes sharp pointy things in my mouth.
The agony and the ecstacy.
I don't get cradled, never have. I do get poked with sharp stainless steel instruments and then asked if my gums bleed. Only when I poke them with sharp instruments.
Local anesthetics should last at least an hour. Sometimes it takes 15 minutes to fully work. I've had a couple patients where the anesthesia didn't seem to work, at all, even though it was injected in the right place and sufficient time was given for it to work.
I've also had patients scream when I washed their back off with betadine, so anything is possible.
I spent 3 hours looking for my only Bowser V-1000 loco. I only have 9 DCC locos and 3 DC locos. Where would it possible go other than the layout, or some flat surface where it would be safe or the original box? Never found it.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
and then asked if my gums bleed. Only when I poke them with sharp instruments.
and then asked if my gums bleed. Only when I poke them with sharp instruments
Yes I always hate that.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they want.
Work Front Some how I eeked out a good day in the last hour? Couple came in looking for a guest room mattress set. Bought it then one for them selfs to the tune of $1500.00.
Lion and others. I will do a goggle serach on cleaning the window A/C. It is not frozzen up, I left it off last night and still had no cold air when I turned it on when I got up. I will call our furance guy and see if he will work on a window A/C. If pet hair can kill a A/C unit, well that would be my house! After 2 Irish Wolfhounds and 2 American Eskimos there is dog hair every where!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
I can one up youses dentist stories.
Picture if you will a orthodontist office with an all female staff most of which are under 24 and 30 at the oldest, and being a pubescent teen boy having these girls poke around in your mouth and as Robert put it "cradle" you, that can lead to some awkward situations, but luckily I skated through with any such incident, but I'm sure it's happened.
Anyways off that topic.
Went to work and hurt my foot, I think I pulled a ligament, I had to lug curtain valences (fabric covered wood boxes) up the stairs, I did about a dozen pairs)
But in the bright side my paycheck will be a bit more respectible.
Lately I've been noticing that young females change thier behavior around me, case example, I was walking out of canes, and I was not dressed up by any means I was in work clothes, but anyways I'm heading to my truck and this high school girl is walking towards the door of vanes, she sees me and immediately takes her hair out of a pony tail and very dramatically let's it out, and that's just today's example. I guess that's what they call "flirting"
Anyway again,
I might start another KCS super gondola. Depends on my budget. That or buy a locomotive to get DCC/sound and custom painted into NWP SWP colors.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good Morning, Everyone!
NWP SWPLately I've been noticing that young females change their behavior around me
I have noticed that too! Whenever I take a train or a bus these days, the well-educated, polite ones among them offer me their seat
The postman just rang, but only once, and brought a small package containing a few detail parts, which already have been duly installed on the layout.
Now I need a HO scale figur of the grim reaper - it´s available from Preiser, but the shipping charges are prohibitive!
Edit: I have added Pope Francis to my order of the Grim Reaper and get the lot or just 1 buck more than the Grim Reaper plus shipping!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning, everybody ...
Ulrich.... Nice scene as is. .... The Grim Reaper ? I suppose Halloween will be here soon.
Been busy lately, but plan to get the the layout today.
Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Tinplate ToddlerNow I need a HO scale figur of the grim reaper - it´s available from Preiser, but the shipping charges are prohibitive!
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Citadel, Reaper, Marauder, and Games Workshop all make gaming figures of Grim Reapers. If you expand your search beyond railroad hobby shops you can find a good one cheap. They will be a little oversized, but hey, they are monsters. That Presier figure you showed is pretty lame looking.
Reapers are easy to paint. Coat in flat black and drybrush dark gray and you are done.
This one is Reaper Miniatures number 1600, but there are lots of them that look better than that Preiser figure.
-Kevin.
Living the dream.
SeeYou190That Presier figure you showed is pretty lame looking.
Grim enough for me
SeeYou190Reapers are easy to paint.
Unfortunately, I am no longer able to do such work due to my illness.
You could opt for a female version of the Grim Reaper. This one is also made by Reaper Miniatures.
Painted ones are available on eBay.
-Kevin
Kevin my son does stuff like that and, frankly, I think they are horrible and way to big for my intended use.
I have already ordered the Grim Reaper from Preiser for the equivalent of $3. The ones I have seen from Reaper Miniatures are much more than that when painted.
Ulrich
As the song goes. Don't Fear the Reaper. In the wind or summer rain. You can be like they are. Come on babe, Don't Fear the Reaper.
I Don't Fear the Reaper. I must say I don't like the Wiley bastard, but I don't fear him.
A hell of a day at Sea sir. I'm picking up these handyman junk jobs to fill in my blank spots as we are approaching fall (1099) Yuck... Track fiddler don't like.
Look at this one, ...what am I supposed to do with that.... I'll get it figured out. it's a run back on Saturday.
I just got to build a surround around it with a cabinet door. The only problem Is they don't make prefab cabinet doors that size. I'll have to custom build it.... a little shop Millwork time
PS I think I skipped a day, How y'all doing
I've felt the Reapers cold breath and I don't want him on my layout.
Here's an interesting idea, recumbent rail biking
baa humbug https://youtu.be/ZQUsYT-jR5s
There is a live steam club that uses these rails, located in Baltimore in Leakin Park. I think this is their 7.5" gauge.
The problem is there is a saying, "you can tell it's spring when bodies start turning up in Leakin Park"
At times I think you're all a little crazy. I may be a little crazy too..... who knows? ... Could be why I like it here
PS Ulrich You find everything on the internet........ I think it would be much appropriate if you would post the song Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Thanks Track fiddler
Tinplate Toddler I think they are horrible and way to big for my intended use.
We all have different tastes. I am glad you found a model that you like and fills your needs.
Ulrich here is what I have to say to you.
Reaper Schmeaper
You, me, and a lot of us have been roaming this Earth for a half a century plus. ......Reaper Schmeaper
You have nothing to be afraid of. It's just a bunch of made-up Dungeons & Dragons crap.
I know you. You are way more secure than most of us are, and it shows every day.
You are loved by many.
Have the figurine on your layout and play the song that I gave you. Get the big smile from your son and jump into his world a little bit.
It won't hurt at all, I promise. Life is too short, ...Have fun
Don't sweat the small stuff.....TF
PS A Scotsman says it like it is. After that said my Grandfather always said "Do you get Me Sweetheart" That's when I looked right into his face and started laughing He couldn't help it, he looked back at me and started laughing too
Evening diners,
Got the grass mowed.
I've done some eBay bidding, I've made an offer on a Athearn BB F45 and a SDP45 shell, I have a plan for them, I'm going to make a F45 Spartan Cab, and then maybe get DCC added and perhaps a custom paint job. I've also bid on a Walthers Heavy duty flat. AND I'm considering whether to buy the parts for another super gondola, I don't know yet.
So my current projects are F45 Spartan cab, heavy flat with "motor" load, and another 150 ton coal gondola.
Well that's about it.
Flo, give the gang a and Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they like.
With no A/C for now I am being blessed with cooler than normal weather. It is now 64 F outside. This time of the year low's are around 78 F?
Werid Wife Illness? She can get the strangest things wrong! It cost me $45.00 today to find out she has a Wart on her Tonsils? Ears, throat and nose specialist said it nothing to worry about. Which is a good thing, but a wort?
Here is a Hero.
Ken
Hello, Folks...
BigDaddyThere is a live steam club that uses these rails, located in Baltimore in Leakin Park. I think this is their 7.5" gauge.
That brings back some memories, Henry. I was heavy into "Inch-and-a-half" back in the late 1980s, early '90s. We had quite a few tracks around northern Ohio back then and I had about a thousand feet in my own yard.
I never got into live steam but I did have a couple of gasoline powered diesels plus an electric GP-7 (golf cart deep cycle batteries).
Had a pair of F-7s that were pretty sharp!
F7_Inch-half7 by Edmund, on Flickr
F7_Inch-half8 by Edmund, on Flickr
F7_Inch-half5 by Edmund, on Flickr
F7_Inch-half4 by Edmund, on Flickr
F7_Inch-half2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Great fun but a lot of work! The GP-50 I had weighed 900 lbs! You didn't want to derail that monster!
Chessie8550 by Edmund, on Flickr
These were built by a fellow in Galesburg, IL, who did some great work with Fiberglass resin.
Rather than the recumbent I would have made a solar powered PRR E-44!
Cheers to all! Ed
Thanks Ken,
That is an amazing story of courage. I'm so glad he survived. I hope that his message to young people will resonate with some of them.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Ken—
cudakenHere is a Hero.
I agree. No truer words were spoken.
More details of his life are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_E._Erwin
Regards, Ed
Lunchtime in the Old Country!
Zoe, I´ll have the burger platter and an RBF to wash it down, please!
There is definitively a strong scent of Fall in the air and I don´t just mean the weather with the early morning fog and quite lower temperatures during the day, down to one-digit figures (in Celsius) at night. Fall is the time farmers prepare the soil for next years crop by spreading liquid manure and THAT has an unmistaken smell to it! Hopefully that part of Fall will be over soon and we go back to the more pleasant scent of log fires and the earthy smell of rotting leaves!
The postman again rang only once today, but brought a belated birthday present from my son. The little one (aged 31) sent me two HO scale VWs - a Beetle named "Herbie" and a "split-screen" Micro Bus, both diecast models made by Schuco.
They have already found their place on the layout!
Before:
After:
Now I am awaiting delivery from the Vatican, combined with a shipment from yonder the Hades.
Make it a great day!
Good morning ....
Ulrich .... The HO VW's look great. Nice of your son to send them to you. I recall the movie, "Herbie" , of many years ago.
Ed ... My father was a modeled in 1 1/2" scale. He built a very nice 4-6-4 Hudson.
Everybody .... Have a nice day...
cudaken Werid Wife Illness? She can get the strangest things wrong! It cost me $45.00 today to find out she has a Wart on her Tonsils? Ears, throat and nose specialist said it nothing to worry about. Which is a good thing, but a wort?
Well, that is what happens when you have a frog in your throat.
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I actually have two of the Preiser Grim Reapers. I bought one myself and later received one as a gift.
They are wide based and stand well by themselves, so I like to move them around periodically and let visitors discover them.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
BroadwayLionWell, that is what happens when you have a frog in your throat.
That is too funny!
Bwahaha!
Richard
I always thought that girls are supposed to kiss a frog to find out whether it´s a prince, not to swallow it!
Afternoon diners.
We're still doing the Grim Reaper thing huh. My oldest daughter has always been way into dragons. She has some pretty Sinister Gothic looking ones. To each their own I guess.
I may have been a little off last night. Hump day at Cowboys with the boys. My cab ride home sure was cheaper than my bar and dinner bill.
Another light day today at work. My customer cancelled and went golfing so I went and did my service panel cabinet. I hit Menards at 8:00 and was done with my cabinet at 1:00. I'm liking these little jobs. I'm starting to think I'm going to gear towards the little jobs all the time.
Definitely an improvement.
I enjoy getting off early. Sometimes having time to do something you love is more enjoyable than making money. I've been passing the afternoon making some more bridge bents for my 5th Bridge of the Firth