COFFEE POT #12 [October], for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going.

[anjdevil2]

Well, it’s Wednesday...

 

Up to 81F today, the humidity is very high and it’s 70F right now.  Chance of showers later.  High in the low 70 upper 60’s for Saturday & Sunday....for Biketoberfest.

 

Looks like I may NOT be going to Biketoberfest, I have friends coming in from Atlanta (Dave’s son & d-i-l, from the Train Works), will have dinner with them Sat. night.  I’d love to go during the week, I have vacation time to burn, but no one is available to pick up the Princess from school and that is a major issue .  There is a train festival in Palatka, I may go there via Amtrak ($11 r/t), but we’ll see.

 

I’ll be picking up the HD tomorrow most likely, chances of riding are nil, rain tomorrow and Friday – so say the weather prognosticators.

 

Snow in PA?  Niiicccceee.  Miss the white stuff, just not so much for Halloween, after that, I’m up for it.

 

Dennis – oh, yeah, same rules apply for the Turnpike – and 80 is the SLOW speed.

 

for all that need ‘em, I’ll check back later

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is cold wet and miserable in SE Indiana with temps in the 40s.  Did not work out at YMCA last night, but I wish I had.  The "saucy wench" wants to repaint back room and have new carpet put in (both the paint and carpet are over 20 years old), and so I was lugging furniture all over the place.  I did find some old Halsam building brick sets that I could not remember where I had put them so it was not a total loss.  I was tired.  I slept well.  SP Man, a belated Happy Birthday!  I had the regular fare along with a cinnamon twist donut on the dining car for breakfast before sending it to "Points East".  TBIL, and I can drive after "Glee" tonight.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[dwiemer]

Good Morning all.  A bit on the wet side down our way.  No chance of snow as it will be in the 80s.
Jon, I am originally from NJ.  In fact, I grew up just a few blocks from Rt.80....I know, if you aren't doing 80, you will get run over!

Don, I for one would like to thank you in your efforts to keep this a civil place.  Nuff said about that.

I am still on call and going in late.  Lots of small cases this morning, so the other guys can handle them.  It is nice to see the teams come together at work for the benefit of the patient.  Think I will have a little talk with administration.  Got to watch some real professionals in action last night and often, their efforts are either taken for granted, or just overlooked.

I got to sleep late and bride took the kids to school.  Will have a few hours to ourselves before heading to work.  Perhaps we will watch a movie.  We really try to protect the kids from much of what is on, but it is hard to do as very few programs are kid friendly.
God Bless and have a great day,

Dennis

 

[laz 57]

Hi GYZ,

  37 and cold here to only get to 51.  Tonite WET SNOW!  BUCKEYE & WES hope YUZ GIZ put the SNOW SHOES ON THE 20 MULE TEAM?   We may get some snow tonite and friday nite?  B safe.

laz57

[Buckeye Riveter]

dbaker48

No NC BBQ but at least it would be in the "Southerly" direction.

 Thankfully. 

Morning everyone.   Looking forward to Thursday and Friday and meeting everyone again at York. 

Chuck....We will look for that special caboose and the remote controlled tracks. BTW, I still have your magazines.  It has been too long.

Wes....Let's see we need to get some Buckeyes and a bone for the fifedog.  Should we take some shine for what is ailing John? 

Left Coasters....If the fires don't get you, the mud will.

[dbaker48]

Ray,

I AM SORRY SO LATE ON YOUR BIRTHDAY WISH !!!

HOPE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DAY !!!!

I'm going to have to plan a trip north soon, need to see that engine you got back, and take some more pictures.  BTW, how's that new camera working out?

The invitation is still open when you want  to make a trip down south here, No NC BBQ but at least it would be in the "Southerly" direction.

 We are going to have to get our act together and get something corrdinated with Jon's trip west.  I would like to meet him, and maybe we can arrange a tour for him while he is here.  Seems to me he mentioned mid November.  That would be cool if it was possible to do Cal Stewart with Jon, Doug, You and myself.  Maybe might find a couple others.  Who knows.  Will need to get more info from Jon.

 I will do my part: 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOUuuu, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOUuuuuu, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RAYeeee, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOUuuuuuu !!!!!    (Thanks guys for helping me sing it, you all just did, you know)

 

 

 

[SPMan]

Dear friends, thank you all so much for the birthday greetings.  Made my day!

Ray

[Brutus]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!  Prayers for many more happy years and fun with toy trains!

Wife called today and talked with caseworker, then called hospital and got a little run around - lady said she is moving offices and files are in boxes.  Wife told her she knows where her files are?  Then go get them, here is the number again, and she would call to verify that insurance received it.  She'll call tomorrow and believe me, I hope that lady did her job finally - 10 days late!

Test at the doctors showed my son has the flu.  Doctor said he should be better after 6 to 8 days, so we're hoping by the weekend.  He's happy because he is out of school, but has no energy really and very clingy.  Wife will take off tomorrow with him and I'll probably stay home on Thursday.

I'm hoping my daughter doesn't get it - we have 18 dollar tickets for Thomas on Sunday.

Harold - hi!  Well, I bought some 1 x 2 firring strips at Home Depot.  Since I was shimming over a gap between the cement and a higher board, I put one lengthwise at the top of the cement wall - actually about an inch down.  First I predrilled each board and countersunk for the cement screws.  These are blue and come with a drill bit for masonry.  I have a dewalt hammer drill.  I placed the board where I wanted it - held it in place and drilled through a center hole.  I then used a nut driver to screw it to the wall and leveled it - then worked to the ends.  For the uprights, I basically did the same thing.  Oh - after I had all the holes drilled, I took down the board and added a thick bead of liquid nails.  So I used the boards as templates for the holes and made sure that the heads of the screws would recess into the countersinks.  Interestingly, as the screw goes into the hole it lets go of the driver, so just screw it in until it is gone - magic!  I did give each an extra little twist with a phillips to clear that last little tiny bit. 

The hardes part was doing this on stairs, because even though I was sitting or kneeling a lot, I was twisted sideways most of the time.  I think on a regular wall it would have gone a lot faster.

I tried to straighten out the boards as well as possible as I screwed them, but they still bow from side to side a little.  No big deal, since they will be under drywall obviously, but the 3/4 inch insulation I am cutting to put in the gaps is a real pain to fit - end up with little chunks of it all over - used a shopvac later.  I still have a little left to insulate.  On the wall at the bottom of the stairs, I did not add a header, but I did add a little footer, as I will install some molding down there.  I think that the insulation will work well to support the drywall between the firring strips.

JimSP - yeah, I'll make a template for the stairs, good idea

Tardis is ready and I'm running late, so let's get a move on!!!

[jonadel]

dwiemer

Jon, I didn't know you had speed limits of 75MPH

 

We don't!  But when I left the dinner I took I-80 home where the speed limit is 70 MPH and if one were to go the speed limit there's a good chance that you will be run over  so I try and go with the flow.  I could count on one hand the number of times I've had to speed on the bike, the worst one was on the outskirts of St Paul, MN trying to get to my son's home with a very black cloud with lightning on the starboard side bearing down on us  .....  and that was also rush hour, that was just insane.

I have to share with you that yesterday before we left the hotel I was able to visit with perhaps 15 vets, they were so grateful and so proud -- it just filled my heart with honor that I was able to talk with them even if it was only 30 seconds to a minute.  They were just overwhelmed with gratitude that there were enough people who cared about them and made these trips happen.  I hope someday we can do that for Viet Nam vets .................

[Buckeye Riveter]

Happy Birthday Ray!!! Wishing you many more. 

Mules are hitched and ready to head east on Thursday for York.  Wes is holding the reins while I took his picture.

 

Jon.....Thank you for riding that cycle.   

 

[dwiemer]

Ray, Happy birthday!  Hope you had a great one, spent with the love of family and friends.
Brutus, Hope they got things straightened out with the bride's paperwork.  I know you are all getting anxious to get things started and her back to 100% on her health.
Jon, I didn't know you had speed limits of 75MPH  Just kidding, glad you guys had a good time and I for one would like to thanky you for showing our vets the respect and honor they so richly deserve.  As an aside, we have a feature currently going on in the local paper where they highlight local war heros/vets.  This past week, they had a gunner from a B24 who took place in the raid on Ploesti.  Also have had a few fighter aces and MOH recipients.  Interesting stories that will soon be lost if not documented.

Well, had to work late...again as we had a late case and then had a possible emergency from the cath lab.  Fortunately, they handled things and I got to leave.  Lots of action on the forum and seems like a number of new folks here.  In case I missed anyone, Welcome....Tis a nice place to catch up on folks.

God Bless,
Dennis

[sir james I]

Chilly 40s. never got warm today. More like november.

No walk today but I will have one tomorrow after my lung CT in the morning.

No breaking news so I will try to catch a ride home with Doug M. and then Banilla on the thingy.

S.J.

[submmbob]

 Happy Birthday Ray!

CBQ - as soon as you said cooler I could tell you were from AZ:)

Just got back from campus after helping the boss finish up the machining, dissemble, and clean the parts for the subreflector. Tomorrow we finish cleaning and reassemble w/ locktite. Anybody heard of green loctite? Was a new one on me. Releases w/ hand tools and is supposed to be wicking, which I guess makes it different from blue. We go up on Thurs and after hopefully fixing the brake issue, put the puppy on. I'll prob go back on week long shifts as of next week even though we have a bit more maintenance to go (plus those pesky engineers need to show up w/ the receivers and all). Hopefully the doc w/ give me the clearance to work alone on Monday. 

Back on observations mean more train repair time, but I promised myself to sell off some radios first and get some more car parts cleaned up before I got anything else to work on:)

Bob

 

[CB&Q]

what a day came home from work oiled cooler and vac'd carpet. said need to run trains no one home yea good idea "not" fired up ol cab2 right off red light no base found gotta love it. fixed it put new sp 260 3rd rail on track along with legacy gs4 fired em up get them running no smoke from 260 hmm so stopped all took sp unit off put on a diff oval seperate from legacy and smokes like crazy go figure. so decided to run an older first edition of atlas sw 8 gn diesel switcher fired up fine and again red light issue so much so that got distracted with the issue forgot to put bridge in place and of course no control of nada so off she goes and is now in line to become a sw cabless unit smashed the cab to smitherings!! I'm mad at me but mostly at you know who so tired of this issue. thanks for letting me boiler let off steam what a day. after that ran gs4 and decided to run a imperial big boy and a set of ac44oo diesels these have to be the 2 worst engines for smoking I've ever seen have to constantly blow down the stack. the big boy and ac 4400's under warranty so am taking it back to hobby shop this sat so they can fix them both only 2 months old man . so how the heck is everone else here today. I see mother nature was teasing us here in phx area expecting temps at or above 99 it was nice to be in the 80's. so how are those in snowbelt areas doing hunkering down in layout room or shovel in hand. have a good night CBQ

[Blueberryhill RR]

Happy Birthday, Ray

[cnw1995]

Aloha from the computer lab where my students are working on websites.  Just wanted to drop in and wish Ray a happy birthday. Look forward to riding the train home with the fellas in an hour too.

[laz 57]

RAY, hope you got something with flanged wheels?

laz57

[laz 57]

kpolak

 

WOW DA KILLER, use to watch him and CHIEF J STRONGBOW, TARO TANAKA, MR FUJI, ERNIE THE CAT LADD, BIG TEX McKENZIE, SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM, THE BLACK DEMON from PARTS UNKNOW, was aways a favorie of mine,  Brings back lots o memories.  We use to only get RASTLIN Saturday afternoon.  When it was over we'd clear out the furniture and have matches, me against 2 BROs, handicapped match of course.  Oh yeah, forgot a few like HAYSTACKS CALHOON, and of course ANDRE DA GIANT.

laz57 aka Mad Beaver from the Canadian Backwoods. That was my schtick growing up.

[hscsltb]

Brutus what are you using to hang the firring strips? I want to finish the train over the winter.

[jonadel]

Kurt-- I did pretty well with the wind chill, my fingers were the only things that really got cold and that's with great gloves.  A couple of buddies were hurting, not as tough as they think they are, all of a sudden the old guy (me) looked a little smarter it's all about layering.

[kpolak]

Jon:  You never call, you never write....Sounds like a great honor!  Wind chill at 40 °F @ 75 mph = 23 °F ( -5 °C )  (Frostbite in 30 minutes)  Here's the link:  http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/windchill/  I sent you an email to discuss bike oil.

green97probe:   He could be Clint's ...uh... brother?

[rtraincollector]

Happy Birthday Ray

Great article of your layout and video.

Thanks for the inspiration to work on.

Evening all got a lot done today still more to do befor the days over as the next 6 days will go fast with all thats planned.

hope all had a good day talk to you all later I hope

[8ntruck]

Greetings from sunny Spain.  Still mid to high 70's here.  The locals say this is very unusual.  Cooling off this week, though.

Happy birthday Ray.

Bob - I'm not really in the plains, and the only trains I've seen are running in the valley or a cog railway up the side of Montserrat.  All of them electric!

Brutus - hope all goes well with your son.  Has your Holloween Gateman come in yet? If yours has, I might have something waiting for me when I finally get home. As for the drywall measure once, cut twice!?

Later all.

[anjdevil2]

RAY

[sir james I]

      RAY  

[jonadel]

Happy Birthday Ray, many many more!!

Kurt--you should have been riding with me yesterday, we escorted 500 WW II Vets to dinner through rush hour traffic!!!!!  Fifteen busses with a full police escort, it was great.  We were invited to stay for dinner but it was getting late and I wanted to get home before dark .... anyone know the wind chill for 41 degrees with a 75 MPH wind???  Thankfully I dressed in layers and got along just fine.  Those Vets are in DC as I'm typing this, enjoying their WW II memorial, they'll be home later tonight, what a day.

[Anonymous]

Ray,

        Happy Birthday.

Kurt,

        I was looking through the list that you posted, and Walter "Killer" Kowalski stuck out. Walter Kowalski is the name of Clint Eastwood's character in Gran Torino. I wonder if there is some sort of connection there? Gran Torino is a great movie IMHO.

[kpolak]

Happy Birthday Ray!

Other notable Birthdays today:

1910 - Art[hur] Tatum, US jazz pianist/composer

1925 - Lenny Bruce, [Leonard Schneider], comedian.

1926 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist

1926 - Walter "Killer" Kowalski (wrestler) Canadian Wrestler

2324 - Beverly Crusher, fictional doctor on Star Trek Next Generation

Kurt

[Steve W.]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY

[fifedog]

SPMan --->