Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
Today’s high temperature hit the mid-50s and it rained off and on. The workday was mostly productive and I completed a good amount of paperwork. The wife is enjoying some karaoke tonight with the neighborhood ladies so the kids and I are hanging out. I do need to take care of some reading this evening.
Happy Birthday DJ and Kooljock!
Sayonara,
Joe
Hello all
Back on the hill. Still like a motel up here w/ all the people. Closed for high winds right now. Was a somewhat entertaining drive up.
Banks - did they stent you or just do the angioplasty? Take those stairs slow and stay off the tractor clutches:)
Chief - we used to have our Corvair club meets at a local Golden Corral. My buddy called it the 'trough':)
Got an estimate on the headliner for the 4dr. $325 including materials. May be in the near future, but there's still a few more things the van needs. One more small lot of parts to the powdercoater, alt and starter rebuilt, fuel pump, and battery and prob a small host of little things. Oh, I might want to cover the bench seat w/ some kind of foam padding and cover like material
Nothing new on the train front. Got the bulbs in for the Marx 666. Have a few models to work on and a pair of carbs to rebuild in my spare time however.
Not much interested in the new Lionel catalog, but I would like to find a Williams 4-6-0 in ATSF markings. Reminds me a lot of the #40 on the Nevada Northern. The 0-8-0 I have is close enough to the #93 which is a Consolidation.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening all,
A quiet day at work. Still cold but at least it was sunny. Watched Arrow tonight. Thank you all for the support and well wishes. Been an interesting few days to say the least. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Thanks Frank for doing those video's! Homelessness and being hungry when you go to bed sucks, I would hope that your video's will touch many hearts. Perhaps you could get the Golden Corral to sponsor a few families and forego the Mayor's free meals? That would be a win-win for everyone
We are almost there!!!! New grand daughter is a bit over due and will be here Friday, no matter what Every time my phone rings Sharyl jumps about 9' vertically, thank goodness our youngest son called her phone this afternoon, life is good and we are truly blessed in so many ways.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Afternoon all. Sunny and chilly. Been doing Mayor's show videos. High School one on kids with no food and homeless kids. Trying to get donations. Then the new ACE hardware. Ended at Golden Corral for a ribbon cutting and free meal. Why Mayors can't lose weight.
Now off to DMV to get duplicate license. They have just figured out how to put VETERAN designation on drivers license.
Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
V8Vega I was reading last night about a 89 to 91Honda CB-1 good looking 400 cc sportbike transverse four with a 13,500 redline. If I was younger I would be looking for one, as it seems impossible for me to not race around I'd probably kill myself.
I was reading last night about a 89 to 91Honda CB-1 good looking 400 cc sportbike transverse four with a 13,500 redline.
If I was younger I would be looking for one, as it seems impossible for me to not race around I'd probably kill myself.
That bike needs to come with an air bag, it's a rocket ship! There are some "very fast" bikes on the market right now and mechanically they are far superior to what used to be "fast". I think back to my KZ 1000 of the 80's and I thought that thing was fast (and it was) but today's bikes are even faster and better. I'll stick to my Gold Wing 1800 -- 6 cylinders and extremely fast and comfortable :)
's with flanged wheels DJ & Kool Jock
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning all,
Re car keys and ignitions etc., I have never had this kind of problem in over 60 years of driving. However, I don't keep many other keys on my car key ring. When I worked for the railroad, I kept all those keys on a separate ring and another one for stuff around the house which I kept at home.
We got a little sprinkle here over night but we will take anything we can get. A huge pine tree across the street from me has died. I thought it was from drought but it turns out to be from a bark beattle invasion. I have lost about three trees like that in the past. Neighbor is debating how to get rid of the big pine tree. Technically it sits on the easement that the city reserves for a sidewalk if they ever put one in so maybe they will pay or maybe not. He has to find out. At any rate it looks like a big job. This thing is really big.
I think I have finally got enough chlorine residual in the pool now. Test this morning showed I still have some in the pool. Went to pool store yesterday and they didn't have a clue why it was taking so much on start up. I got more information from a pool service guy in the parking lot while there who overheard me talking to the store guy. He says that our city puts a small amount of amonia in the city water so it takes more chlorine to overcome that in order to establish a residual so that it does not just disappear in one day.
later,
Ray
SPMan
I share your pain BANKS, as I sit here in the hospital awaing discharg. My operation was not successful.
Hello there
Stuck at home today. Not allowed to drive or do steps due to yesterday's heart cath. The results were better than I'd hoped for, I have two arteries that are 20% blocked. The game plan is diet exercise and medication. I had been trying to exercise some but that made me feel poorly enough to stop. The downward cycle fell off a cliff and I packed on over 25 pounds the last several months so I've got to get back at it.
That was some mud slide. They'll probably never find all the victims
Mrs & I decided to buy the camper in Richmond Indiana. We'll be traveling I-70 this weekend. Hope we're not disappointed when we get there.
8N.....I was wondering what the issue was with those. That sounds like very poor design work.
Where's Laz..........
More calls about work
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
No low cost items anymore.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.......
Good Morning, Joe........
It is a sunny and cold 28 degrees. Going up to 40 today with sunshine.
Today is an easy day. I have some chores and paperwork to do and then I will do some reading of the new CTT mag. Lunch and a nice nap.
Cheerios is served for breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
cheapclassics - outstanding news.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Cold, blustery, with a thin layer of SNOHIZO in the Mid-Atlantic region. Where is Spring indeed... I'm in need of a haircut too, but don't want to give up the extra "insulation".
Finally located the short on one of my mainlines, within a hand throw switch mechanism. We are all up to speed again, and finally mounted the bathroom sink under the Lionel rotary coal dumper. An old bucket, positioned underneath, catches the black "rabbit droppings". Grandson will be stoked when he visits tomorrow.
As for the newest Lionel catalog, Yowza, $2700 for a Big Boy. I can build a whole layout for that sum. What happens when the electronics goes up in a Vision line that, or Legacy this...? Not a whole lot grabbed me in this edition, but still fun to look at.
It was another spring-like day here today: warm weather and sunshine. Last night I scanned the Lionel catalogs and I was greatly pleased with the offerings. While there are some items currently out of my price level, I believe there are enough items within reach. The few that fully caught my eye were the Batman subway cars, the US President cars, and the MLB cars, specifically the Yankees.
Mike C. – I’m glad to hear your results were negative; that is terrific news.
dbaker48 blownout cylinder Good Evening...We are supposed to go to 3F tonight...can winter go now? Had some friends over today to run some choochoo's and had nada for incidents, accidents, go to grounds, or general wipe-outs today I'm having to dl some huge files here...ordered a new DAW online and now need to dl 3 seperate files. 1-Daw itself, 2.5 Gb .zip2-instruments, 3.0 Gb zip. 3 soundsets and etcetera...6.7 Gb .zipIt will probably take most of the evening here.... HUH ?????
blownout cylinder Good Evening...We are supposed to go to 3F tonight...can winter go now? Had some friends over today to run some choochoo's and had nada for incidents, accidents, go to grounds, or general wipe-outs today I'm having to dl some huge files here...ordered a new DAW online and now need to dl 3 seperate files. 1-Daw itself, 2.5 Gb .zip2-instruments, 3.0 Gb zip. 3 soundsets and etcetera...6.7 Gb .zipIt will probably take most of the evening here....
Good Evening...We are supposed to go to 3F tonight...can winter go now? Had some friends over today to run some choochoo's and had nada for incidents, accidents, go to grounds, or general wipe-outs today I'm having to dl some huge files here...ordered a new DAW online and now need to dl 3 seperate files. 1-Daw itself, 2.5 Gb .zip2-instruments, 3.0 Gb zip. 3 soundsets and etcetera...6.7 Gb .zipIt will probably take most of the evening here....
HUH ?????
Digital Audio Workstation = DAW
Instruments like Drums and such
Soundsets or Samples actually come in larger file sizes....
http://www.digitaltrends.com/how-to/setup-a-recording-studio-on-your-computer/#!BqnVl
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...
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Nice day here. Clouded up and cooled off a bit, but glad I didn't wash the car. Rained just enough to get it even dirtier.
Mike - good news
8N - interesting about the ignition switch. Most AF's can run on AC I believe. There are a few denoted as AC or DC that are particular. The flyer guys here can fill you in on that.
Don - nice finds there!
The only Lionel items I've bought new (and they were probably older stock anyway) were the docksider and the trolley. That's about all I can afford. I think the 0-8-0 was new as well, but it didn't come w/ a box. I guess it depends what you want to focus on. I certainly dropped enough cash to buy a Legacy loco on big purchases for the car at times.
Regarding that, the 4dr did something funny to me today. Leaving an appt. I saw that it had not made a drip:) (they keep a clean parking lot there). I guess the tranny governor O-ring helped. Yes, there is fluid in it:)
Back to work tomorrow after dropping off the taxes and picking up Clawde some new 'roomates'.
Don
Sunny and cold here today. Supposed to warm up in the next few days.
Hudson 685 - my wife had to have her knee 'manipulated' after her knee replacement. Was scar tissue. They knocked her out, manually bent her knee and took a picture to show her when she woke up that it really will bend that far. Didn't take long, and her recovery proceeded nicely after that. Hope your wife's does too.
SPMan - Just went through the same 'discussion' with my wife about the accountant and tax preperation. I agree with you - throw the stuff in the envelope and let the people who you are paying sort it all out.
My Cobalt is on GM's recall list for the ignition switch. I did a little research today and found out that in many of the fatal accidents, the car's black box event recorder indicated that the ignition switch was in the Accessory position. When in the assessory position, the engine gets shut off and none of the safety systems like anti-lock brakes or air bags are active. Of course with no engine, there are no power steering or power brakes either. One theory is that if there is a gob of other keys hanging off of the ignition key, bumps or impacts will cause the key to be turned from run to accessory.
The dealer told me that the service bulletin says I am to not have any other key on the key chain than the ignition key until my ignition switch is replaced. Just for grins, when I pulled into my driveway, I tugged on the key fob with two fingers. Sure enough, the key turned from on to accessory. I'm guessing that the spring detents for each switch position are too weak. This applies to the Cobalt cousins that the other GM divisions built too.
On the other hand, if the accessory switch position was still on the other side of the lock position, as it was yeasr ago, this problem would not exist. Wonder if the new ignition switch will be set up that way?
The LHS has a bunch of used pre and post war Lionel and American Flyer items come in. The Lionel items are clamshell coupler type pre-war items and late 40's to late 50's post war items. There is a 225E in pieces, several baby Hudsons and a long stripe N&W tender that makes me think that there will be a J class surfacing somewhere. The American flyer stuff includes a good selection of rolling stock, and several locomotives, the star of which is a 4-8-4. Decisions, decisions. I'll want to take a look at the new Lionel catalogs before I commit my train budget. I'm not sure that I really want to get into American Flyer stuff at this time, though.
By the way - do American Flyers run on AC ore DC? Can't really by looking at the locomotives, as they all have universal type motors.
All for now.
And it is a good day. The tests I had done Monday were for testicular cancer and they came back negative, which is very good news. I do have some other minor issues that need to be addressed, but the good news is that I can get back to living again. Wife and I celebrated tonight with pizza. Work went well. I hope everyone has a good day.
I pray all are well and have a good time with their layout.
MichRR714 Yeah.. where is spring....
Yeah.. where is spring....
Yeah.. What is spring....
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Chief except for a few old piles of frozen. The snow is gone but it's still COLD.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Mornin' FellasHad a good talk with TheQ last night, nice to sit down and have an intellectual talk with the misses every now and again. Seems we still view most of life the same. Love that woman more and more every day I know her.Not much going on these days. Have to look at the Lionel Catalogs again... the C&O E8s really have my attention especially with the passenger cars (I have always loved the C&O Blue Passenger setup)... just need to see if I can swing it $$$ wise.
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill.........
Good Morning, Joe.......
It is a cold and cloudy 32 degrees. Going up to 44 today with a chance of rain.
Today is an easy day. I have chores to do and a few phone calls to make. Relax until lunch and the take a nice nap.
Usual breakfast on the dining car.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Morning. Cloudy and chilly. Snohio to the north and west [mainly in VA], headed to "Yankee Town" [Nez Zork & Nez Jorzy]. Not much happening today [I hope]. Cold rain so will stay inside.
David, prayers.
SL and Charlie, seen the earth yet??
Shake and Bake, might try finding replacements for lights from another source instead of Lionel and MTH.
Almost time for my coffee. I just saw my PA who told me as soon as the Medicare approves my move, I will be headed home. That means back to my plotting for a temp layout in the nursing home!
I started the day off with an easy 3-mile run and then some weight training. Today’s high hit the low-70s and it was sunny (sorry SJ). The downside to this warm weather is being stuck inside the office all day. The boys and I finished some leftovers for dinner while the wife and princess had a girls’ night out for dinner. I’m looking forward to perusing the new Lionel catalogs this evening; I’ll hold my comments on the prices until I review the catalogs.
David Barker – I’m hoping the best for you.
SP Ray – I hope you are feeling better.
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