submmbobJeffrey - I spy something vaguely familar behind that SP diesel
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good morning. It's 60° with 100% humidity. It's mostly cloudy. The high will be 78° and there's a fair chance of thunderstorms.I managed to get a few hours of sleep last night and I feel a bit better than I did last night. I still don't feel well though.I may get some layout work done today. That remains to be seen.
Good Morning
Things be a lot quieter today...last few days were rather hectic
Today's weather i some sun, a lot of cloud and rather cold ...high of 34F expected here...
Today is going to be getting more groceries and other such essential items...and watching out for a few more flurries....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Greetings Y'all From Crystal Clear Taxachusetts,
I will try to catch up on my reading here later but was just blasting through the zillion posts since I last signed in Friday.....or was it Thursday???? Then I came across these pictures.
lionroar88And before I head to bed... here are some shots from Thanksgiving.Hmmm... I wonder what is in here?"Christina. Did you find anything?"Not yet! It is really dark in there!Sure wish I had a light!Would someone PLEASE get me a light!?!?!I think there is a monster in there!Dad! I am trying to concentrate! Please! Stop with the pictures.OK FINE! Take the picture already!Who said litte girls aren't expresive!?!?
Brent.....these pics of Christina are great! They prompted an immediate flashback to when my son smashed his peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the tape opening of my new hi-fi stereo VCR, one of the first stereo VCR units to come to market. Said son kept shoving his "samich" into the tape slot until the tape door closed. Imagine my surprise and dismay when I saw the peanut butter and jelly residue all over the front of the unit and my even greater surprise when I opened the tape door.
You are going to have to buy the Q a new, taller audio/video cabinet and hutch (with lower glass doors, remote control functional) to elevate your TV higher than the current 29" and enable you to tether shut the lower cabinet doors (containing your AV equipment).
Don't tell Q the "why" other than she deserves new furniture.
That way you can appear to be the doting, caring, and generous, "wifey gift for no reason" husband while your true master plan is to save money (on trashed equipment) and to save extensive time (daily child residue cleaning).
BTW......my VCR was not salvageable.
Jack
PS: If you come up with..... "but that cabinet and the one next to it is brand new and expensive," I can only tell you that you were not thinking ahead and should have consulted the rest of us before you bought it. ROOKIE!!!!!!!!!
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold and clear 28 degrees. Going up to 44 today with some sunshine.
Today is a very busy day. Wife has an errand to run and I have the usual chores to do. Then, I will work on a big project and some phone calls. Lots of business to take care of. Lunch and a nap, later.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
RockIsland52BTW......my VCR was not salvageable.
Good morning.
More snow to come our way. Goodie.
Christmas shopping today. Should be somewhat fun. We'll see.
Hope to do some work on the layout. We'll see about that as well.
Also hope to do some decorating some time this week. That means setting up the loops around the tree.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
jeffrey-wimberly RockIsland52BTW......my VCR was not salvageable. Yeah, peanut butter and jelly does wonders for things like VCR's and 8-tracks.
pfft.
Try little Spring with CD trays...he just loves them...
blownout cylinder jeffrey-wimberly RockIsland52BTW......my VCR was not salvageable. Yeah, peanut butter and jelly does wonders for things like VCR's and 8-tracks. pfft. Try little Spring with CD trays...he just loves them...
Just don't bother with replacing the fuse in the DVD/VHS players, more trouble than it's worth. Had fun tearing it apart (not with a shotgun, unfortunately).
Aloha all! Sunny and cold in Chicago as I'll monitor the surge in network traffic due to Cyber Monday... Finally ate the last turkey last night. Along with a pizza. Worked most of the day on the layout with the youngest as my 'helper' - then after he went to bed, worked more to fix what he helped on. . Just about finished Pugh's Pit, Mrs. Porty's manse, Dai station, Dimwiddie's gold mine, Pugh's farm and Grumbly Town. Still need to puzzle out Smoke Hill and fix up Ivor's shed. Photos later this week. For those who don't know what I'm talking about as a theme, see http://ivortheengineonline.comJeffrey, at least your VCR isn't flashing 12:00. Got rid of mine when it died and converted all our tapes to DVDs a few years ago. Jack, I remember my now-18 year old learning how to run the VCR at Christina's age: put the TV on channel 3, pop in a tape, press fast forward on the remote... LOLBrent, Jack's post reminded me of something I'm sure you've worked on - before Christina gets a little taller, fix anything she can pull over onto herself to the wall: my friend's toddler inadvertently pulled over the TV cabinet with the TV crashing down 'over' her - fortunately she was protected somewhat by the cabinet doors.Ray, that's a good joke. If anyones in Chicago, here's some nice holiday train rides: http://www.transitchicago.com/holidaytrain/ and http://www.irm.org/events/hhr.html I'll be taking the youngest on both.z
Looks like there's rain on the lens of my favorite Lancashire Railway webcam in England.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Cloudy and 32 degrees right now on the North Bluff. It may get into the mid to upper 40s later. No Snow.
The more I work on the Husqvarna riding mover the more I find that I need to replace. Now I have to add a drive belt and front wheel bearing flanges to the list.
Went into the old home town yesterday to drop off my neighbors PC for repair by a friend of mine. So the neighbor and I stopped at the old Moose lodge and I saw some old friends. It was nice.
The cat George's eye is starting to open back up. It has been a week since he cut it and he goes back to the vet tomorrow. Boy has it been hard holding him to put the eye drops into the eye. I got the scars to prove it.
SubmmBob, Looking back I wish I had got a 1615 They bring good money but I have enough in the Docksider now that I could of got one and it would still be running. Oh Hind Site. Thanks for the new address. I will have to use a new box, the last one ended up at the Chief's
MikeC, Sorry to hear about your Wife's BIL . Prayers for him and the family.
Have a good day and back to work for you workers.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
It's a cloudy 37 now and that's about where it will stay. Granny's not feeling well so it will be oatmeal this morning. I think we will probably stay in today. A nice chat with some of the guys last night..S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
cnw1995Jeffrey, at least your VCR isn't flashing 12:00. Got rid of mine when it died and converted all our tapes to DVDs a few years ago.
Had to make a quick trip to town to make a bank deposit. My account was in single digits and I don't want it going minus because I made an error or forgot to list a small charge. I decided to take the scenic route (parallels the KCS mainline) so I went out via Ford Stewart Road, asphalt all the way. go to the end to find a train approaching. A single loco. I didn't give a close look, probably an AC44 from the sound. I thought this won't take long. A tank car unit train, GATX. A hundred cars later and I'm still waiting. Must be all empties or that loco has some really serious horse power. Got to the bank and made the deposit then went down the street and got $10 in gas then back home. Other than that it's been an uneventful day.
Well I did my part for Cyber Monday, if buying Husqvarna mower parts counts.
I also got a six DVD set of Thomas and Friends videos for Lexi
KRM Well I did my part for Cyber Monday, if buying Husqvarna mower parts counts. I also got a six DVD set of Thomas and Friends videos for Lexi
Good morning all,
Frost on the pumpkin a little bit this morning or at least it felt like it during my walk. Possible rain later in week.
Got a phone call from a certain engine/train driver, aka engineer at Knott's Berry Farm last night. We had a good conversation and compared notes as engineers on learning to stop where you want to.
jefelectric, John, thanks for the compliment on my layout. Glad you had a chance to see it when you were here. It does have some nice features even though it is short on scenery like two reverse loops and a wye track so you can change directions of a train each way.
Enjoying the Christmas music on local radio for the duration of the holdays. Nice to play it while running trains. Seems so appropriate. Christmas music and electric trains.
Chief, do you have to do all the butchering yourself when you get a deer? I was watching a show last night about life in Alaska where this guy shot a problem cow and butchered it right on the spot. Made me wonder how much work there is doing a deer. Maybe that's why you don't really want one that bad. Kind of like fishing but don't feel like cleaning em.
Speaking of reality shows, wonder if those guys on Alaska Gold will ever find much in Alaska. I have my doubts with that no luck leader of their's. The kid on the other claim is too smart for his britches for a seventeen year old. Surprised somebody hasn't lowered the boom on him yet.
Today is our 53rd wedding anniversary. Always comes close to Thanksgiving which makes it difficult to do two things at once. The year we were married (1959) it was on Thanksgiving day that year. Think we will go out to eat at least tonight at a nice place.
Happy Holidays
Ray
SPMan
Happy 53rd Ray to you and your wife. That makes for a great Thanksgiving.
Wow I was like only 7 way back then.
Does anyone know what is going on with Joe D???
Happy 53rd anniversary Ray! It's so nice to see marriages last 50+ years.
monday.......
SP-Ray - Happy Anniversary!
Brent - Awesome!! Nice pictures and the layout ain't bad either
Reminds me of the time a customer brought in here mini van cuz the cassette player was inop....turns out the kids were using the cassette slot for a bank....pulled out $3 in quarters...
It's been a wild a wooley weekend....I'm dragging cuz of it, but we did sell 5 trees yesterday.
Kev - yeah, I was private shopping not dealer shopping. Didn't get to look cuz of the tree sales . But we did sell 5 trees and that's the bright side.
If I get a chance tonight, I'll transfer those pictures over to SPF for last Sunday. I just need a half hour to myself...(yeah, right).
Tonight is another 3 hours at tree sales, that is, if I can get there. I don't leave until 6 and we open at 6 (to 9).
in the 40's now, breezy and sunny.
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Ray,
Happy anninversary.
Flyer overload today. Grabbed the GPS and took a trip to Toby Tyler's Hobby Center in Pittsburgh. Two cases stuffed with Flyer. Saw these two and couldn't pass them up.
The 751 Log Loader has been high on my want list for a long, long time. The fact that he had a 714 to go with it really did it.
The UPS guy dropped off the 322AC as I was heading out earlier, and I have yet to open it.
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KRM green97probe NOTE: This post is in no way, shape, or form intended as an advertisement.
Kev,
Just wanted to play it safe. I even turned the log with the price tag around to be sure.
cnw1995Brent, Jack's post reminded me of something I'm sure you've worked on - before Christina gets a little taller, fix anything she can pull over onto herself to the wall: my friend's toddler inadvertently pulled over the TV cabinet with the TV crashing down 'over' her - fortunately she was protected somewhat by the cabinet doors.
KRM Happy 53rd Ray to you and your wife. That makes for a great Thanksgiving. Wow I was like only 7 way back then. Does anyone know what is going on with Joe D???
YAY!!! Happy Anniversary!!!! 50+ years yet!!
Good Evening
We had a bunch of runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff done this afternoon. All the Xmas shopping that needs done will wait until next weekend thanky very much like.....
We did get to our expected high today...all of 33F...yay...
aaahhhhhh I spent the day cutting through red tape, pink tape, yellow tape, blue tape, white tape, orange tape, more red tape, some more red tape, and even more red tape, and even even even even more red tape. All for a measly 12 month DOD contract
I think the Feds own the factory that makes red tape......
After all this I bet we won't get the contract anyway
Too tired for layout work tonight
Ryan
Had dinner with my parents today at their place. Fried catfish, onion rings, coleslaw, beans, hush puppies. Yes, very diabetic unfriendly but delicious.I know my parents have been married a long time but I wasn't exactly sure how long. So I asked. Fifty-six years. I wish them all the best but I strongly suspect there won't be a fifty-seventh anniversary. Even my father doesn't think so anymore. He counts every day they have together as special and he tries to make the best of it.
wrconstruction aaahhhhhh I spent the day cutting through red tape, pink tape, yellow tape, blue tape, white tape, orange tape, more red tape, some more red tape, and even more red tape, and even even even even more red tape. All for a measly 12 month DOD contract I think the Feds own the factory that makes red tape...... After all this I bet we won't get the contract anyway Too tired for layout work tonight Ryan
Ryan,
Best of luck with the contract,but............................
If you think that is bad try to get something done with Sprint.
Just so you know why I am mad at Sprint. This is what Sprint is doing to people in Rural America. I can not call my home land line from my living room with my Sprint phone and anyone else with a Sprint phone can't call our land line. It is by design and is not just here, it is in all Rural areas, see attached link from the FCC.
http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/problems-long-distance-or-wireless-calling-rural-areas
Ray and wife, happy 53rd
It's 35 and cloudy all day.
As expected we stayed home today so granny could rest. I still have some banilla but need to stock up soon. I will wait for the thingy crew..S.J.
green97probe Ray, Happy anninversary. Flyer overload today. Grabbed the GPS and took a trip to Toby Tyler's Hobby Center in Pittsburgh. Two cases stuffed with Flyer. Saw these two and couldn't pass them up. The 751 Log Loader has been high on my want list for a long, long time. The fact that he had a 714 to go with it really did it. The UPS guy dropped off the 322AC as I was heading out earlier, and I have yet to open it. NOTE: This post is in no way, shape, or form intended as an advertisement.
Hope to score like that in Lionel items with their extensive line of coal related cars and accessories.
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