It's 69, sunny and going to 80.
Looks like another great summer day. Granny is having lunch with her ladies Sunday school class. She did fix me an egg and bacon sandwich before she left though. 1 Zantac and yesterday's chili dogs settled pretty well last night. No major plans for the day...S.J.
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Konbanwa,
I had an extremely busy day today working out in the yard: finished painting the fence; mowed/trimmed the grass; put up a border around the wife’s flower beds; and added dirt to the flower beds. It wasn’t too hot today so I was happy to be outside. However, I am bushed and ready for bed. But before I do that I need to finish reviewing tomorrow’s Sunday school lesson; I start teaching an adult class tomorrow.
I hope you all have a great Saturday.
Sayonara,
Joe
Morning all. Just relaxing today plan is to take wife grocery shopping. not much else going on at the moment. Not much train things going on today. May run the trains later.
Need to get dressed and a letter out to the mailbox for the mailman. Never know when hes running anywhere from 10 to 5 it seems lol
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Good morning. It's 73° and partly cloudy. Forecast says mostly cloudy by late afternoon. The high will be 95°. Looks like the high through the 28th will be 98°.Well on my experiment on the effects of 91% alcohol on N Scale rolling stock I can report either success or failure depending on what you think it did. I put two N Scale cabooses (Bachmann SF and Life-Like P2K L&N) and an old Micro Machines passenger car in to soak for twelve hours at the end of which I pulled them out and set them on a paper towel to dry without rinsing. They've sat out in the open air for around twenty hours now and show absolutely no sign of deformity. Even the handrails were not effected. The paint was effectively stripped with no damage to the models. In that it was a success. The intent was to see if the plastic would deformed and in that it was a failure as it's not deformed in any way. Nor is it brittle. I've seen many reports from modelers stating that soaking in alcohol dissolved their model but it should be noted that they had already tried other methods and the result they got could have been due to a chain reaction of chemicals. I'm now performing the same experiment on a Bachmann boxcar. Note that it went into the alcohol at 7:10 am. Therefore 7:10 pm this evening will be twelve hours.
Now as to why I'm late posting the results it couldn't be helped. Natural causes as my nephew would say. At 4:30 pm yesterday the cable went out and remained out until about 5:00 this morning. Seems Suddenlink is back in their habit of providing 'good' service that at best is total crap. So I had no internet, no home phone service with the exception of a free cell phone I got for emergency use only. More to the point my mother had no TV, no internet, no phone. What if she had to call someone regarding a medical emergency? I've had it up to the tops of my ears with this company and their lame excuses about their service. When it works it works albeit barely in many cases. Often times I have just enough upload speed to enable my VOIP phone service to work (minimum 128 kbps required) and I'm on broadband cable. There's no excuse for that!
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Mornin' boys. Clearing today with 80's in the Mid-Atlantic region. No drama last night . Just dinner with wifey at Outback. Oh, and I bought her flowers too. Would have been a better night had someone not had Foster's...
Probe - This one's better:
Good Morning
We are going to see sun and a high of 78F today..and no stickiness involved....
We are getting ready for our neighbourhood yardsale today....I'll be doing the sales rap for our corner of the crescent.......this oughta be good..considering what I look like now...
Have a good day!!!
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Fife,
Now I've got that commercial stuck in my head.
Laz,
Happy anniversary.
Chief,
Looks good. What will you use for ground cover?
I was going to get some layout work done tonight, but my Barton shifter from American Muscle was waiting for me when I got home. I ordered it Thursday around 4PM, and it arrived this afternoon. It came from Malvern, PA (SE PA near Philly). Can't beat AM's crew for their speed or unmatched customer service. It is a much nicer piece than the MGW that I tried previously.
Laz and the missus: Congrats on the anniversary!!
71 degrees now
Laz and bride, congrats. Don't give up your just getting started.
Fishflies are here now, They cover the streets near Lake Ste Clair and make a nice crunchy sound under the car tires but can be very slippery if a panic stop is needed. They go to the light, store windows get covered with them overnight. I live far enough inland that they rarely get this far. I just had some Rocky Road ice cream but got enough banilla for the guys..S.J.
Missed it earlier but Happy anniversary to Laz and the misses. Congrats.
Good evening everyone. Tad on the warm side here, but with AC, hardly notice. Was a nice day with work. Did a early morning workout, then a couple of cases, and then home with wife and kids. Got e message from a lady who worked for a summer at the orphanage where our daughter is. She sent a photo of our daughter and described the environment there. It is great to get an inside view of things. In China, some orphanages get as little as $50.00 per child per year to provide for them. Sad.
Joe, I saw that article about the fish flies, or known as Mayflies elsewhere. Glad we don't have such a problem here. We do have gnats which are quite a nuscence.
Chief, you are making quite a bit of progress on the layout there. Keep up the good work. Regarding GOP, yeah, they are not the same party of Reagan, and the dems are not the same as the party of Tip O'Neal. Just don't seem to have true statesmen anymore.
Laz, congrats on your anniversary. Hope you have a wonderful celebration with your bride.
God bless,
Dennis
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Evening CTTFans!
Well, we topped out at 102F breaking the record high
FIRE NEWS: News at this hour show the fire line on the north side has been broken and several homes are on fire at this time.
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Ohayō,
It is a cloudy Saturday morning here. However, we have no rain in our forecast so that is good. The wife has a ladies function at the church this morning and I may have to assist with some childcare activities. If not, our kids and I will have some outdoor chores to complete this morning. We will have to do them sometime today; I would prefer to finish them before it gets hot this afternoon.
Kev – The beetle posts were fun and I figured they were in the food chain somewhere. I’m sorry you’re having the quality issue; I hope there are no others. I hope the granddaughter is feeling better.
SJ – Speaking of bugs, I read an article about a few cities (Gross Pointe?) in Michigan which are overrun with fish flies for a couple of days at the beginning of every summer. Have you ever seen this? I bet the Chief sent them from NC.
Laz – Happy Anniversary! Be careful with already opened champagne; it goes bad quickly and can make you very sick the next morning. I know this from experience.
Jeffrey – I am familiar with Buster Keaton’s silent films, but I have never seen him in any talkies. His work in the silent era is amazing.
I'll trade you B.O. Where low 90's for the next week.
Evening all not much going on here today. Been one of my down type days all day. I'm starting to think it has to do with a medication I take once in a while ( to help sleep as needed) well when I take it I wake up exhausted ( wake up off and on all night) and I think it also coincides with days I down and its suppose to be a anti depression med I take at night 1/2 pill. but to me it seems to be doing opposite so there might be a connection there. Well when i see my doc again I need to bring that up but guess I need to pay more attention and see if that is true.
Well hope all had a good week. I'm off for the next 7 days . Trying to relax some now.
T.G.I.F.
In memory of Laz as he can't really do it anymore. He's retired.
Need to go shopping in the morning. No real train news.
Talk to you all later have a good weekend all
Kev, you are a good granddad to go pick up a sick youngster. Fife, Arrrr, Matey! Yes, yes, I have to use this...Chief, beautiful work!
Ray, do you have a computer? It might have a CD 'burner' in it that would allow you to make a new CD of your favorite music, after you make copies of it from your friend's CD.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
LAZ, only the track, transformers, some wire and buildings. Will use some but not a lot. Sound Stop was glued down. Will come apart when we try to pry it up. Did "recycle" the 2X4's from the walls of the Box. Used them for back legs and some cross members.
John, here are some more photos.
Looking from where the peninusla will be back to the left wall.
From the left wall back to the right wall.
This is the view where the peninsula will be. 30" wide and 17 1/2 feet long. Will be switching yard and diesel storage. [waiting to install this so we can carry materials in easily. Same for the narrow "bridge" for dual mainline at door. It will have a lift bridge too.]
Most of the added on section will be part of a coal mining area. Mountain will be where the OSB is missing. This is so I can crawl under and get inside the mountain as a track runs through it. This will be the last of the already framed area to cover. Then we will know exactly how much to do for 3 dead end sidings for the mine and how much to leave uncovered.
That is all for now. Gone till tomorrow afternoon.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Stourbridge Lion Afternoon CTTFans! Currently 99F and they say we will hit 100F, Saturday forecast 102F, Sunday 100F, and Monday 98F YUK!!!!!!!
Afternoon CTTFans!
Currently 99F and they say we will hit 100F, Saturday forecast 102F, Sunday 100F, and Monday 98F
YUK!!!!!!!
Come here..it is only going up to 77 feeling like 85 on Sunday..rest of our week? Low to mid 70's....
Good Evening
All is nice and dry outside..got all the windows open and the cat(s) are now perched on various windowsills here..as to the damage up here...well.....the Poplar which fell over the deck crunched the deck right where the stairs and railing were...and took a chunk out of the awning as well...we did manage to cut it apart earlier this morning and got almost 135 board feet of lumber out of it...friend popped by with portable sawmill to do that job...now I got it sitting in my studio/barn thingee, air drying Oh..and, yes, my insurance will cover expenses..
Spent my afternoon at the hospital doing the chemo thing..
TANKS GUYZ for the CONGAs on the Anniversery.
CHIEF, you are ripping it up on the layout, GOOD JOB!!!
JEFF love the pic of the cabooses, or cabeese.
Got grass cut.
laz57
This should give you a hint as to which movie I'm watching today:An additional hint? Guest star Paul Lynde. And here's a freebie, Buster Keaton.
jeffrey-wimberly SPMan: Japanese Beatles? Are they the same as June Bugs? We couldn't afford powered model airplanes so we tied thread to June Bug legs and flew them instead when we were kids. June bugs and Japanese beetles are insects of the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae but are of different genus. The June Bug is sub-family Melolonthinae, genus Phyllophaga. The Japanese Beetle is has no sub-family that I can find and is listed as genus Popillia, species P. Japonica. Both are clumsy fliers. The June Bug is nocturnal whereas I'm told the Japanese Beetle moves by day.
SPMan: Japanese Beatles? Are they the same as June Bugs? We couldn't afford powered model airplanes so we tied thread to June Bug legs and flew them instead when we were kids.
Japanese Beatles? Are they the same as June Bugs? We couldn't afford powered model airplanes so we tied thread to June Bug legs and flew them instead when we were kids.
June bugs and Japanese beetles are insects of the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae but are of different genus. The June Bug is sub-family Melolonthinae, genus Phyllophaga. The Japanese Beetle is has no sub-family that I can find and is listed as genus Popillia, species P. Japonica. Both are clumsy fliers. The June Bug is nocturnal whereas I'm told the Japanese Beetle moves by day.
Chief, what's wrong with your local GOP? Neither party is as good as they used to be.
Blown, sorry about your storm damage. Hope it is covered by insurance.
Had a nice get together with train friends last night. One friend got a headlight working again in my MTH ACL E6 loco. Saved me $200 over repair shop cost. Another friend loaned me some rare CD's of traditional jazz revival pioneers from 30's and 40's. Lu Waters, Turk Murphy, Bob Helm, Dick Lami, and Clancy Hayes on banjo and vocals. This band was formed in the San Francisco Bay Area before and after WWII and some of the members went on to form their own bands. Trying to tape the music from the CD's but I am unable to find good quality audio tape. They just don't seem to make it anymore. The ideal thing would be to make another CD but I don't know how to do that or have the equipment. Some of the venues where they played was the Dawn Club, Earthquake McGoon's and Hambone Kelly's. Just about all of the players have passed on now sadly.
Have a good day all,
Ray
SPMan
Will try this again, posted earlier but it came up blank?
Laz, Sounds like you are adjusting nicely to retirement & congrats on the anniversery.
Chief, You are building like a house afire. Post more pics.
After I made the post that came up blank, I went to lunch with SIL and two grandchildren, back now.
Think I will copy this one before I hit the post button and see what happens.
Seems like we are having a nationwide heat wave, all keep as cool as possible.
"Boiling" afternoon. HOT and HUMID. So hot dogs did not want to stay outside and play. All the OSB is cut and screwed down except for the peninsula. That will be the last thing done. WHY? Gives up room to bring in the Sound Stop. One sheet of Sound Stop cut by utility knife. Fred's wife called and ignition switch on her car has gone bad. No more work this week. I cut the first sheet by myself. Not heavy but awkward. Will wait for help. We laid out track to make sure things would fit and align. Using the Y switches I bought several years ago and never used. Makes an easier transition on the mainline for passing sidings. Both track move and 1/2 072 curve straightens them out. Distance between tracks stays the same as if 072 switch was used. This is better as, if I go to a second elevation, will use the track next to the wall as the climbing tack and this makes an easier transition. Laying double layer of Sound Stop. Should not take long. Then start track laying. With luck, this RR may run a train soon.
Off to the lake house tonight. Got another dock [better be the last one for this year] work scession tomorrow AM. Back tomorrow afternoon for Mayors and wives thing tomorrow evening early.
Poor Mrs. LAZ. 16 years of him.
Stay cool.
laz- Happy Anniversary.
Last day of vacation, and I believe some type of family drama is on the horizon...
TGIF to all those who can enjoy it...
Aloha . I just can't stand trying to wear my glasses with one lens. It's driving me crazy with my 'new' eye cause I'm seeing the same thing a little big and a little small. Can't wait for eye #2. Will I last another week? Stay tuned. Rain? What is this thing called Rain? Never heard of it here. SmbBob, glad the microbus made it back. Hope Chewy is feeling better, Brutus.
Laz: Congrats on the anniversary.
Lunchtime:
Very busy morning. 3/4 of the shop out on the road. Off all weekend!
Kev: I agree about the quality of Lionel made in China. The quality does not = the price. I wish your Granddaughter a speedy recovery.
AF53: Ray, I had Corned Beef from Harold's.
NJdevil, Rich, Congrats on the movie deal.
Brutus: Good luck with Chewey and prayers for your Dad.
Laz: Congrats on Retirement and your Anniversary.
Have a Great Day
John
Hi GUYZ,
Easy day here only did a mile run and took MINNIE on a 5 mile walk then did a 7 mile bike ride. Now to mow the lawn. Then for tonite doing NY Strip steaks on the grill with champagne(left over from retirement) FF with WIFE for our 16th Wedding Aniversery.
CHUCK & BUCKEYE TGIF!!!!!!
Stay frosty,
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