General Discussion (Model Railroader)

IT LIVES!!!!!!

I mean, ........I LIVE!!!!!!!!!

I woke up this morning to much less pain!  I can walk with some semblance of normalicy!  Don't really think I need to go to the doctor in our fresh 6 inches of snow we got last night, but the wife will probably make me go anyways (See Tom, I'm getting a second opinion.....and I'll ask about that).  Oh, and BTW, thank you all for the prayers and support!

So I'm stuck not being able to work for the rest of the day.......doctors orders.  Guess I can do my schoolwork though.  Thats good, I need to get on that!

So what do you folks have going on for today?

EDIT:  Everyone,........time to load up, you chow hounds!  I'll let the girls serve ya since ya probably don't want to meet my new "friend" personally.  I'll just give Chloe here my card......thank you my dear.......and you all can see what you can do about ruining my financial status!

Philip that is a good sign!  Still, if you can, get to the doctor's appointment. 

Since you are buying.......... Zoe I'll have the #2 Special, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sourdough toast.  And a bottomless cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug!

Snowing pretty good here i the Finger Lakes this morning. got about 3 or 4 inches so far.  We should get between 9 and 12 inches of fluffy white stuff by midnight tonight.  I will be out the door to drive to Canandaigua for a doctor's appointment in a few minutes.  Hopefully the main road is plowed and salted.  I figure the snowplow should start working my street just before i leave......

Stay safe and warm! 

[edit] Right on schedule, the $%#@#$^%& snowplow just went down my street!!! 

   PC; Well, ---do what mommie tells you--go to the doctor. This almost goes like---go the window, go to the window---a line from some movie I saw years ago? ---mmmm

Well since you offered--I'll have a cheeseburger with mushroom sauce and fries with an extra large coffee please---Oh, and top it off with a Cherry PIE!!! please.

Cannot see a danged thing outside. The snow is falling pretty thickly right now----so I'm going to go to the back by the fireplace---

I'm Baaaaaaaaacccckkkk!

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Cannot see a danged thing outside. The snow is falling pretty thickly right now----so I'm going to go to the back by the fireplace

Me too!  I made it all the way over to rts. 5 & 20 (about 3/4 of a mile), turned around, and came back home.  Called the Dermatologist office and told them, "No way am I driving to Canandaigua in this!".  The receptionist said, "I don't blame you, no problem."  So we rescheduled for a month from now.

So now to get to work on some other must do item for today. Most of which require me staying inside.... 

Chow time, how bout another irish coffee, a BLT and a big piece of warm apple please Zoe.

Snowplow came through bout 8 and the snow had pretty well ended by then. Sun started shinning through bout 8:30 or so. Temps up to 21 now and the wind isn't bad, so it kinda nice out now. Have been clearing some snow, but I'm in no big hurry to get it done. Other than a doc appointment round 3, nothing else is going on, besides getting some pellets in before dark.

PC,,, good to hear your up n moving some better anyway.

Have spent some time foolin round on the layout, but nothing done to speak of.

So catch ya'll laters maybe.

I hate not being able to keep up...

Snow's as tall as the dog. But then, Cardigan Welsh Corgies aren't all that tall.

In other news: I 've got a weighted Rivarossi mail car drying. Went from B&O to decals and sealent away from being PRR 6565 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2608857681_61c6c7c25d.jpg. One step closer to the ITM train being done. Garry: Remind me to send you a PM about the Salon.)

Hi new guys. Tom: sorry abot the uh would he a brother-in-law? or something? PC: Get the bacteria taken care of, just not today unless you own a pack of sled dogs.

Welp, I'm gonna fire up the old rotary and bailout the railroad that I don't have yet. Then shovel the neighbors. If anyone here needs a good digital snow decimating, hollar

Afternoon folks!

Phone call with my dad was not good news last night. Docs gave him three options for treatment of the prostate cancer. The only good news is that the biopsy from bone scans were negative, but the biopsy of the prostate showed up to 60% cancer cells in one of the lobes. Apparently the other lobe was clean, but they have to treat the entire gland. Also, his lymph nodes in the groin region are also swollen.

So his options are for the laproscopic surgery to remove the prostate and the lymph nodes also, or start two forms of radiation treatments. He has not decided yet what course of action to take.

PC, glad to hear you are doing better now! 

Will play catch-em ups later, but for now here are some tasty morsels for specials in the TS Diner today!

And by request I have featured the Crawfish Monique special with a link to the recipe too! 

Today's Lunch and Dinner Specials at the Trackside Diner
Soup du Jour ~		c $3.95 b$4.95
	Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
From the Grill ~		$7.95
	Old Fashioned Beef Stew
Diner Special ~		$5.95
	Crawfish Monique Click link above for recipe
Blue Plate Special ~		$5.95
	Baked Columbia River Salmon
Dessert ~		$3.95
	Cherry Pie
Just let Floe, Jeanie or Chloe put it on your virtual tab! Or, if your lucky the TOP honorary poster will cover it for you!

Good afternoon all...Its sunny and 16 here..Weather Guesser on TV says we have 9+inches...Sallie couldn't get out for Dialysis this morning..They told Her to be carefull how much she drinks and she should be OK till Friday...

I'll have Ryan's lunch special and a diet Coke pleasr...Thank You....

Ryan...Your Dad is in my prayers...

PC....Glad to hear your doing better..

Good News Caregiver found the sack with the rest of my Walthers Red River Mine...I thought it had bees tossed out with all the moving around..Have the Layout,work bench and computer in bedroom now and they are posta bring me a Hospital bed on monday..Then we can see how much room I'll have to add to layout..Keep your fingers crossed for me...

You all have a good one...Jerry

howmus:

Mornin'!

Snowin'! 

Ain't that the truth! At least it warmed up and the drain finally defrosted again! Hope it stays warm.

claymore1977:

 @Robby:

Heya!  This is my first full winter up in PA and I must admit... the roads are horrible!  I didn't think I would have any issue with only 2-3" on the ground with a slight ice crust on top.  Never had an issue the 5 years I was in update NY.  Is it like this state wide or is it just the local plow crew slacking off?

Here where I am in upstate NY they dont even put the plow blade to the ground until there is 3". Or snowing 1 inch an hour. So yes, the roads here can be a bit nasty ugly bad disgusting slippery until that 3 inches happens.

February is here...winter is humming along but not fast enough for us!!!

Hawaii is still looking good. If only we had some money to go.....BUT we can't leave with frozen pipes happening. Alas. {sigh}

I got a nice HOT batch of fresh Chocolate Chip COOKIES for anyone who wants some to go with their hot chocolate!!!

to the new guys! I saw a few! Great li'l diner here for a bite to eat and some good conversation. We're mostly whining about the weatehr here now. Have some cookies and hot chocolate on me!

If I had some energy and gumption I'd get about a kit and build it. But can't use the airbrush indoors this time of year. Alas. {sigh} Need to clean track too. Had a visitor the other day who is interested in model trains and wanted to see DCC in action. I found {since I haven't run trains since before hospitalization in Nov.} that the track was a bit dirty. Need to clean it and gleam it. Need to build the extention on the layout and relay track. Now who saw my get-up-and-go go and where DID it go?

Have a fine day everyone, and have some COOKIES!

in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you!

My wife's Birthday is today, so she (Barbara) baked an extra large "square" Vanilla Cake with Chocolate frosting. I pre-tested a slice to make sure it wasn't laced with anything...all is well so dig in folks. I would have baked it, but she beat me to it.

For her birthday gift, I ordered 3 trailer homes she wanted for her layout.

Healing thoughts to all those here in need.

Rob

Afternoon everyone, Chloe,  I'll have a decaf and a slice of cherry cheesecake.

Some new faces I see, I'm pretty new myself.  The folks here are great, and you know what?  They're all MRR's!  People here realize the hobby is supposed to be FUN!!

You know, I don't even know what Bandwidth is!!!   Don't care, I'll look it up but I'll leave it at that.  (I know now, terms a bit misused)

We seem to have a few people in need.  Bless you all and get well. My folks have recieved many prayers here.  (They are still fighting but not doing well)

Called in at 5:00am for snow, all 3 inches of it!  It soon turned to rain, and I was soon shoveling slush.  Snowblowers don't do to well with slush.

check in later, Eric

Well, I'm back from the hospital. They poked and prodded me a bit, and took some X-rays, then gave me a couple more perscriptions and sent me on my way.

And Rob, tell the little lady..........

ROB: same from here---

Well, it seems that a certain server has issues with CCOLD. It got frozen up again--oh well.

It stopped snowing up here--now, along comes the wind to blow it around--so I may be in/out during the evening.

Friends showed up today--yes, TODAY and took me around book and antique hunting with them---spent some not-so-disposable income on a secreatary desk built during the 1840's--now my old books--pre-1880's have something to sit in--- As they'll be here for a couple of days I'll be popping in/out as time allows---hopefully they'll REST on occassion

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now my old books--pre-1880's have something to sit in---

Barry, the town I live in, having a book is laughed at. The Library owns 200 books, I own more myself (not collectables like yours)  Poetry? History? Letters? Do tell, Do tell....

There is a warm, (well sort of, 42F), wind blowing in from the ocean side.  Still, the cats are inside.  Augustus sitting on the arm of the sofa, and Caesar, in the Walthers box that arrived yeaterday containing the HO Atlas tank cars and the Walthers undec. troop conversion express cars that were on sale.  I rarely have a problem with "in stock" at Walthers.  But then maybe my expectations are lower than others.  Most hobby manufacturers are small operations, or they produce for multiple brand names per spec. It's not like GM is building these things for the masses...  Plus on sale items are usually limited in availability anyway.  I find that undecorated items don't sell as well as finished items.  That's fine by me, I like to paint when I get the chance... which isn't often.

Enough from me, Eric

Chloe, another decaf before it's time for me to go.

ewl01:

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now my old books--pre-1880's have something to sit in---

Barry, the town I live in, having a book is laughed at. The Library owns 200 books, I own more myself (not collectables like yours)  Poetry? History? Letters? Do tell, Do tell....

There is a warm, (well sort of, 42F), wind blowing in from the ocean side.  Still, the cats are inside.  Augustus sitting on the arm of the sofa, and Caesar, in the Walthers box that arrived yeaterday containing the HO Atlas tank cars and the Walthers undec. troop conversion express cars that were on sale.  I rarely have a problem with "in stock" at Walthers.  But then maybe my expectations are lower than others.  Most hobby manufacturers are small operations, or they produce for multiple brand names per spec. It's not like GM is building these things for the masses...  Plus on sale items are usually limited in availability anyway.  I find that undecorated items don't sell as well as finished items.  That's fine by me, I like to paint when I get the chance... which isn't often.

Enough from me, Eric

Chloe, another decaf before it's time for me to go.

All kinds of stuff including my dad's collection of old geological books from the 1880's as well as a few-- trying to explain these--Alchemical things from as far back as the 1560's or thereabouts--most of these are leather bound tomes(large books) as well as folio types of things. Also have a couple of Aubrey Beardsley folios published  in 1898 or so(there is a few of these in here from different publishers)

HMMMNN--has anyone noticed a whole bunch of new threads and screwy things going on on this forum? All my browsers are having issues getting on threads picking up OOPS comments etc?