dougdagrumpSounds as though you guys in the northeast are going to have some "Snow Days" this weekend, best make sure your liquid medicinals are fully stocked and ready for any emergency.
After dealing with the ice, snow will almost seem like child's play, so don't worry (and I have been in both, neither is fun, but you can just let ice melt, whereas snow, you can't).
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Today has been one of those days here. I came down to the basement before work this morning to find a ZW and RW sitting in water thanks to a leaking pipe. At this point, the ZW looks like it's done due to internal damage from the water. The RW doesn't bother me, but this particular ZW has been in the family since it was new.
Jim
Blueberryhill RR Sorry about that long post. I didn't realize it until I posted. Can't figure how to delete it, or shorten it. Hey, Bob, need a little help here. Chuck
Sorry about that long post. I didn't realize it until I posted. Can't figure how to delete it, or shorten it.
Hey, Bob, need a little help here.
Chuck
Chuck, I wasn't trying to be critical. Just trying to be funny. Hope you took it that way!
Pat
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dougdagrump Hey Pat, Good news for your herd ! After being branded as a big contributor to Global Warming with "Bovine Flatulence" it appears that they have been replaced by the deadly scurge "Earthworms".
Hey Pat, Good news for your herd ! After being branded as a big contributor to Global Warming with "Bovine Flatulence" it appears that they have been replaced by the deadly scurge "Earthworms".
Always knew those little critters would take over eventually.
KRM LawsonFarmsRR jeffrey-wimberly LawsonFarmsRRWhat is with the forum's headings?As in nothing being there? Don't know. The other forums headers all show up so it has to be something specific about this one. They seam to be alright now. The forum member's names (in red) were jumbled. Pat Pat, You been smoking that weed that grows along your fence rows again??
LawsonFarmsRR jeffrey-wimberly LawsonFarmsRRWhat is with the forum's headings?As in nothing being there? Don't know. The other forums headers all show up so it has to be something specific about this one. They seam to be alright now. The forum member's names (in red) were jumbled. Pat
jeffrey-wimberly LawsonFarmsRRWhat is with the forum's headings?As in nothing being there? Don't know. The other forums headers all show up so it has to be something specific about this one.
LawsonFarmsRRWhat is with the forum's headings?
They seam to be alright now. The forum member's names (in red) were jumbled.
Pat,
You been smoking that weed that grows along your fence rows again??
Kev - that stuff does make your eyes cross. Must have worn off. Everything is OK now.
Mornin' Dudes & Dudettes.
Great weather til yesterday turned cold and damp monday nite thru today. Spring must not be to far away, while out in the yard monday afternoon i watched a pair of Redtail Hawks perform what looked like their courting rituals. Really enjoy watching birds of prey flying/soaring around here, need to set up an owl box/nest up on the hill to help with gopher control.
Good news on my K-Line Mike, it looks/operates as though the boards are good. After a more thorough testing it appears that the smoke unit itself had shorted out. A new unit is on it's way, hopefully that will remedy the issues.
Sounds as though you guys in the northeast are going to have some "Snow Days" this weekend, best make sure your liquid medicinals are fully stocked and ready for any emergency.
The sun is finally showing itself ! Got to get in gear and get a few things done outside after it warms a little bit.
Later all.
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SPManJeffrey, looks like you are well on your way of learning about the new tractor.
It doesn't take long. With an IQ of 187 I pick things up real quick. It took me all of about ten seconds to figure out how all the controls worked and about five seconds to have a real eye-opening experience. Then I read the manual.
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Took some photos of the new tractor this morning. Here's one of my father sitting on it. He's like 6' 5" so he makes it look smaller than it is. He's tried running it and has already scared himself off of it. See that pole in the background? He got a very good look at it as he just barely kept from hitting it! I wish I'd gotten a photo of the look on his face! It was PRICELESS!For those interested you can see more photos HERE.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good morning all, not much to report here but just checking in.
Jeffrey, looks like you are well on your way of learning about the new tractor.
Spanky, glad Tyler got the make a wish trip on schedule.
Nothing planned today except take a walk and possibly line up get together with train buddies this week.
Cooked some Alaskan Cod for dinner last night and fried some water ground corn bread for a change. It is hard to find here but one local market carries it. We had it all the time in South growing up.
Prayers for all in need,
Ray
SPMan
sir james I Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J.
Kevin like others, I watch your video and wait for the train to land on the floor. better do fix real soon.....S.J.
It will be okay SJ.
I am hooking up a Breathalyzer cutout switch like they put into cars for people with DUIs into the main power for the layout.
Seriously, I am working on building a back wall for it today that I can build the hill slope of scenery off of as money allows. Once I figure out how to do that, that is. I need to use the neighbors table saw to cut a 16" section of plywood for the back wall but he is not here today. maybe tomorrow.
Mid day on the North Bluff = 40 degrees and bright sun.
Yep that's how its done.
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Temp is 21 with bright sun. Snowman will return sometime tomorrow.
Jefe Being at the museum reminds us that York is coming.
Chuck good thing Feb. is a short month, you used a day's worth of pages posting that...LOL, just kidding. Good to see you have milk for your Cheerios. You cannot delete a post but you can edit by going back in and erasing most or all of it, then replace it with something else. That's been done a time or two in the past. Happy Hump Day to you working folk...S.J.
Aloha. Sunshine and a balmy 8 degrees. Nice class last night. Nice long train ride home - was reading abou the collection of engines at the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. Kev, I meant to compliment you on the videos - the riser looks neat. I second the suggestion to add a plexiglass 'shield' to the back to catch a derailment - though your trackwork looks pristine. Brutus, hope your back is better today. SJ, you are right about skin cancer. Nothing to put off. 80% of melanomas are found by folks who ask their doc about something that just doesn't look right.Jeffrey, looking forward to a photo of the new tractor..
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning All,
Logging in from the Toy Train Museum Library this morning. Had a wee bit of snow overnight, but all clear this morning, but still cloudy which is supposed to clear up later. More snow tomorrow however.
Still working on painting basement walls section by section as I move things and sort them out. Carried out the second big bag of trash last evening. Actually making a little room. Will be selling some train stuff that I will never use and / or wonder why I ever bought it. My hope is to get every thing on shelves and off the floor. What fun it is.
Must try to get on the forum more often.
Bright sun and 22 degrees.
Nothing to report as of yet other than there is a sea of black birds on the open land next door. Guess I will give them a blast to move them on. Hold on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yep that worked.
Bob, I am a locktite guy or hard flat washer. Lock washers ane a weak point and can spread, or break and fall out. Never liked them. Cat quit using them back around 1978. Went to all hard flats. The trick is the washed heeds to be as hard or harder than the bolt and then proper torque. Works every time.
Prayers for MikeC's families medical issues and everyone else in need.
Have a good one.
Blueberryhill RR Blue Berry Hill, Texas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Blue Berry Hill, Texas — CDP — Coordinates: 28°23′21″N 97°46′54″W / 28.38917°N 97.78167°W / 28.38917; -97.78167Coordinates: Click the blue globe to open an interactive map. 28°23′21″N 97°46′54″W / 28.38917°N 97.78167°W / 28.38917; -97.78167 Country United States State Texas County Bee Area • Total 2.9 sq mi (7.6 km2) • Land 2.9 sq mi (7.6 km2) • Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation 272 ft (83 m) Population (2000) • Total 982 • Density 335.6/sq mi (129.6/km2) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) FIPS code 48-08830[1] GNIS feature ID 1852687[2] Blue Berry Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 982 at the 2000 census. It is considered part of Beeville, Texas and has no services of its own. Drinking water and garbage services are provided by the city of Beeville.[3] The U.S. Postal Service designates it as part of Beeville. Contents [hide] 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Education 4 References 5 External links [edit] Geography Blue Berry Hill is located at WikiMiniAtlas 28°23′21″N 97°46′54″W / 28.38917°N 97.78167°W / 28.38917; -97.78167 (28.389303, -97.781611)[4]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), all of it land. [edit] Demographics As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 982 people, 316 households, and 238 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 335.6 people per square mile (129.4/km²). There were 370 housing units at an average density of 126.4/sq mi (48.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.60% White, 0.20% African American, 1.02% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 30.24% from other races, and 1.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 80.45% of the population. There were 316 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.54. In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,500, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $27,273 versus $16,912 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,255. About 39.5% of families and 45.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 67.7% of those under age 18 and 21.7% of those age 65 or over. [edit] Education Blue Berry Hill is served by the Beeville Independent School District. [edit] References ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. ^ http://www.mysoutex.com/view/full_story/9134991/article-Council-tentatively-approves-Blueberry-Hills-water-contract ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. [edit] External links Handbook of Texas Online article [hide] v t e Municipalities and communities of Bee County, Texas, United States County seat: Beeville City Beeville CDPs Blue Berry Hill Normanna Pawnee Pettus Skidmore Tuleta Tulsita Tynan Unincorporatedcommunity Mineral View page ratings Rate this page Rate this page Page ratings What's this? Current average ratings. Trustworthy Objective Well-written
Blue Berry Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 982 at the 2000 census. It is considered part of Beeville, Texas and has no services of its own. Drinking water and garbage services are provided by the city of Beeville.[3] The U.S. Postal Service designates it as part of Beeville.
Blue Berry Hill is located at
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 982 people, 316 households, and 238 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 335.6 people per square mile (129.4/km²). There were 370 housing units at an average density of 126.4/sq mi (48.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.60% White, 0.20% African American, 1.02% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 30.24% from other races, and 1.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 80.45% of the population.
There were 316 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 17.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 3.54.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $26,500, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $27,273 versus $16,912 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $9,255. About 39.5% of families and 45.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 67.7% of those under age 18 and 21.7% of those age 65 or over.
Blue Berry Hill is served by the Beeville Independent School District.
Hay Chuck, the description of Blue Berry Hill TX is longer than a list of its citizens
What is with the forum's headings?
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 30 degrees. Cloudy. Going up tp 36 today.
Today is a busy day. I have some paperwork to do and the usual chores. I will need some time to work on a project that must be finished today. I'll be busy until lunch. Then I can take a nice afternoon nap.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Good morning. It's 51° with 100% humidity and dense fog. It'll be cloudy with a fair chance of rain. The high will be 68°.Today I'll try to get the model# of the new tractor and maybe get a few photos. Later I can look it up online and maybe get a PDF copy of the operating manual so I can read it at my leisure. Knowing my father he's already squirreled away the paper copy and I won't see it again until parts are needed. I leafed through the manual initially to note enough of the operating procedures to figure out the controls and the dos and don't s thereof. Driving it is a lot like the old one but there's still a bit of a learning curve involved. With the Peerless the throttle and drive lever were tied together. On the Murray they're separate. The Peerless had shift on the go forward and reverse and could go directly from forward to reverse. The Murray can't go from forward to reverse without coming to a full stop first. On the Peerless hitting the brake disengaged the throttle and drive. No such luck with the Murray. There's essentially no brake until the drive lever is in neutral and by then it's stopped anyway so there's no point to it unless it's on a hill. Then the brake will keep it from rolling. In the next few days I should be able to experiment with it and figure out a bit more about it. From there I can figure out how to make it do things the know-it-all that wrote the manual says it can't do. Usually they're just going on notes that outline the procedures in black and white without looking at the gray areas in-between. The tractor came with a two year warranty. That wasn't quite good enough. We got a three year warranty with an option to extend it. Well enough about that.If the weather should decide to preclude any outside activity I can always work on cleaning up the layout or work on a project and make a new mess.Well last night I finally changed my Photobucket account to the new version. It didn't take long to figure it out and discard most of the things I don't want, like thumbnail IMG tags. I know some had a problem with those. So far the only thing I don't like is they did away with pages and everything is in one long string that reloads when I get to the bottom of the screen. That's a big bother if the photo I want is near the end. Maybe I can look around and possibly find a way around that.
Good morning.
Not much going on today. Work again tonight. More money, though I'm ready to have a night to myself. It looks as if I may be working again tomorrow, so I'm expecting work all this week.
Hello all
Last night on the hill for this shift. Well I was about ready to settle into some train work last night when we had to close up due to humidity and frost. Then parts started falling off the telescope, or at least the enclosing building. The building is open and closed by several large hydraulic rams and each has an indicator rod for the limit switches. One of the rods became disconnected and slid into the closed position while the building was still open, confusing the micro-controller and stopping the system. Meanwhile the frost is accumulating. Woke up my friend John and together we figured out how to bypass the limit switch so we could close up. John went back to bed and I found that this part had been previously "repaired" with the original lock nut being replaced by a plain nut. The nut and washer finally worked loose. We were lucky we didn't take out a windshield of one of the trucks. A 3/4" nut from 70' would be to say the least, entertaining.
Needing really two hands to put this all back together (and a lock washer) I went to bed so I could get up later when John was on shift. He voted for locktite and me the lockwasher, so we compromised and did both. A belt and suspenders approach. Since I was awake during business hours I got the boss and the director on the phone regarding our recent 'air-quality' issues. We'll see where that one goes.
8N - I have a 90's version of the 2018 in UP colors (gray) that I intend some day to make into the Navy Steam Set that Lionel never made. How did Ray say it? Diesel Schmiesel?
Kev - that's a lot of ore cars. I feel like I'm back @ Magma's San Manuel Mine!
Jack - as you might have guessed, I tend to think they overtake the plumbing a bit on new cars. The hardtop will eventually get electronic ignition and front disk/dual circuit brakes but I'll stop there. I sometimes miss the turn-key aspect of the Aveo I had, but definitely not the payment. And news cars don't stay that way. All things considered my 48 year old Corvair has been pretty reliable this past year.
Jeffrey - sounds like you got every bit out of the Peerless before it gave up the ghost. May the modifications begin on the new one and I hope you get a chance to rest.
SJ - they carved the bad stuff off the back of my neck a few years ago. I see the skin doc on a yearly basis now and fortunately no returns. Sadly the only woman to see me w/ me clothes off in some time...
Looking forward to getting back to the house and seeing the guys. Wonder if I'll have all the same roomates, but that's how it often goes. Also looking forward to new shocks and sway bar bushings and maybe even a warm day to paint the bike!
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Sunny and in the 50's today.
Yup. The tires have been on the rims since I got the car a couple of years ago. There could be bead seat problems. I'll have to check into it.
I got my 2018 back together tonight. It runs very quietly - the e-unit does not even buzz. I put a few drops of smoke fluid in the pellet type smoke unit. That worked pretty well. The smoke output is similar to my Marx 666. I let it run for about 10 minutes pulling 8 cars.
Now, on to the tender.
All for now.
Prayers for the gallbladder procedures and for friends and loved ones. Chewy is doing fine, thanks guys. She just knows she is getting drops in the eye followed by a treat - good deal for her Flat tire this morning taking the kids to school turned into about $350 worth or work on the truck. The rear brakes were down to 3/32 and the fronts at 4/32 and so with brakes and oil change and tire fixing (tires under warranty) it all added up to about 5 hours of no truck and lots of videogame time for me today - yay? My first move was to straight-arm lift my compressor from behind the snow-blower, so that was pretty dumb though. Some Aleve and a pillow in the back got me moving again in a couple hours though - still screwed up from Sunday I guess. We didn't get the truck back until about 6:30 and that threw my whole timing off for the night so I missed the messenger thingie. TARDIS is ready and we will go back in time and have a proper trip - SJ is driving!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Looks like it's that time again. I'm calling it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Ohayō,
Well today turned out to be a snow day – thanks Chuck. The schools were closed and the only people who had to report to work on the base were the mission-essential personnel. Fortunately, I am not in that category here. With all the free time I decided to make a homemade apple strudel. It turned out great and the wife was very impressed. I will have lunch with the pastor and head deacon from our church shortly, but after that I have no other plans. The snow has turned into rain so unfortunately no snowmen or snowball fights are in the future for the kids and me.
Jack – I know Laz and his wife have run a marathon before and can attest to the mental aspect. It does seem crazy to say that, but once your body is used to running 18 or 20 miles, it can physically handle another 6 or so.
Thanks for the marathon support. It takes place on Feb 24 in downtown Tokyo. There are 35,000 runners in it.
Sayonara,
Joe
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