May Day Coffee Pot. Sweet Ice tea and sandy grits. For those with teeth, donuts and coffee.

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Wet today.  Doctor's visit went as expected.  Blood pressure was back to where it needs to be.  Not much else going on.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[SPMan]

Good afternoon all,

We are tuckered out after my son's wedding on Saturday but we had a nice mothers day get together with my wife in her new facility.  They put on an afternoon tea with goodies and flowers for the mothers.

My number two son and his new wife are honeymooning in Baja California on the pennensula down there near Cabo San Lucas I think.  Her sister had a time share that she let them use.  They called last night and said the seafood was great. Said they had halibut for dinner.  Price on it here is pretty high now.

Since I am the last of the Mohicans here at the home place, I am learning to do some new chores since Richard moved out.  Vacumned the pool today for starters.  Got a lady coming next week to help me get the house organized.

Got a call today from the Long term Care Insurance Company who wants to do an evaluation on Helen and the place where she is staying now.  Will meet later this week.  Should be a slam dunk in my opinion but will feel better when they approve.

Got my annual termite inspection today.  At least I passed that.

It's lunch time already and I'm just getting started.

later,

Ray

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Grey and cool and rainy later. Mom's day was pleasant though. The bride enjoyed a relaxing day - mostly alone the way she wanted it - had to remind the youngest that an appropriate gift wasn't a customized Minecraft 'Happy Mom Day' sign and enormous block statue of said mother. It was amusing but he did it in about 10 minutes. Later he redeemed himself by buying her chocolate. ;)

Buckeye, the SS Riveter sounds perfect except it needs a sail. Nice pick-up of the cleaning car.

I'm with Brutus about storing things on the layout. I'm impressed with all the shelves. 

[KRM]

Good morning,

53 heading to 64 with light rain all day,

 No plans.

Shelves? did someone say shelves? Well I am at the point now if something goes on the shelves, something has to come off the shelves to. 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Nice Mother's day with family.  Weather going to be wet the next few days.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[rtraincollector]

KRM

 Then I put the Menards CNW flatcar on the layout and gave it a spin. I am at the point now if something goes on the layout, something has to come off the layout. That is about it.
Good night.

Thats what they make shelves for 

[dougdagrump]

KRM

 I am at the point now if something goes on the layout, something has to come off the layout. That is about it.
Good night.

 

Hhmmm, do I see an underground rail yard in somebody's future ? 

[KRM]

Well mother's day was okay guys, The weather started out fair to midland but then got out right nice. I made Brunch and dinner for the wife. Cut four out of five sections of yard then relaxed and then the daughter and grandson Jordan came by and the kid and I had Gator and Tractor rides. Then I put the Menards CNW flatcar on the layout and gave it a spin. I am at the point now if something goes on the layout, something has to come off the layout. That is about it.
Good night.

[lion88roar]

Afternoon fellas

Finally got the lawn mowed - holy cow did it grow! As Fife pointed out we had rain 5 of the last 7 days. On Tuesday the lawn guys came and fertilized (couldn't mow) then rain everyday since - with spots of Sun... so the lawn had started to seed... hope to some of that grows. LOL

Picked up the gifts for TheQ. She has been having quite a relaxing Mother's Day (boy does she need it).

Well off to make some lunch.

DBaker - nice wheels!

[submmbob]

Hello all

Been an interesting week back at work so far. Our firewall went down so we had no internet for a few days. It's also the gateway so in the process of troubleshooting it, the entire local network crashed. The boss brought up a new one and spent most of Friday evening installing it and getting the system back up and running. Then at 10PM last night (I am on day shift this week) we had a power outage and the generator didn't kick in. So I get up to help the other operator shut the system back down to conserve UPS power. 3 hours later I go back to bed only to get up @ 6AM and fight the control system some more to get back on  line after the receiver cooled back down. In less than a half hour I have to shut down again for the switch back to commercial power and later on we will probably be closed for weather.

How is your Sunday going?

On the train front, I got the AF290 I got from RT up and running. Needed a good cleaning and new reversing unit fingers and tether. Runs like a champ now. 

Need to pick up some more smoke fluid at some point and test the smoker. I gave what I had left to our mechanic w/ the Marx train for his son. Then I'll need a few oods and ends for the cars that came with it.

Banks - Roy mentioned they were made by Atlas too. My buddy had a small Craftsman lathe that was fairly nice. Bill in the Corvair club has got a small one of unknown manufacturer I'd like to try playing with. 

Gotta start getting ready for more power fun

 

[fifedog]

Happy Mother's Day boys!  Sunny, breezy and 60ish in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Just sent Wifey off with all 3 princesses to the O's game.  It's a surprise that the middle princess and I cooked up a month ago.  Wifey didn't like being rushed out the door, but I'm sure she will cherish the memories.

Me?  Gonna pick up the fifepup and hang out on the yatchet.  Win-win.

[ChiefEagles]

dbaker48

Doug dg, Its probably been 4 or 5 years since the Chief and I came down, and we went to the car event and dinner. 

That is because Shake and Bake tried to parachute out of a steam engine without the parachute.   Would have been back sooner.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mom's.  Off to In-laws' to see my MIL.

Sunny and 82 degrees after days of cool and rain.  Needs stop for a week.  Garden growing like weeds [weeds are trying to grow also].

Have a great week ahead.

[dbaker48]

Good Morning, & Happy Mother's Day !!

A couple of past due replies;

- Banks, The El Camino is an 87.  My first one was 86, had it about 9 months and it was stolen.  Then luckily got the 87, (bought it new).  It is identical to the 86, the 87 has been stolen once, from OUR driveway.  When got it back the radio, lid (cover on back), spare tire, AND a Marker Light were missing.  Now it stays IN the garage, has an alarm system, Kill switch, Girdle on the Ignition switch, and locking bar.  Most importantly carefull where we take it.

- Doug's (Plural), Yep I think I'm going to pursue the Docent thing.  I think I would enjoy it.  Anyway, the train club in San Pedro is just getting too expensive $30/mth.  And I'm lucky if I get there once a month.  Seems unusual that with around 30 members the treasury always hovers around $10k, asked why they don't reduce the dues, and was told that then it would only just break even.  Surprising when the rent is $0.

Doug dg, Its probably been 4 or 5 years since the Chief and I came down, and we went to the car event and dinner. 

Another long week on the layout, however probably only ONE week left!!!  Have all the difficult switches reconfigured for non-derailing, now the easy access ones. And miscellaneous clean-up.

We went to a local play last night, it was probably the Best play I have ever attended!  It was "Around the World in 80 Days", there were only 5 actors, and they did the whole thing, changing characters throughout.  It was actually a satire on the original story.  Absolutely Hilarious!!  (Wish I could share it!)

Going to do a cook-out today, so need to get the patio cleaned up.  Hope you ALL and your families have a great day!

EDIT:

Just saw DDG, and Chief's posts.

Doug, Those people are ABSOLUTLY nuts, that's the last thing you should do out chasing tornadoes, STUPID!!!

Chief is right, it was shortly after he left in 2013 that I had the fall out with the engine.  How could one forget!  (Still waiting final report from surgeon, should be VERY soon)!

[dougdagrump]

Wow ! Talk about some crazy people.

http://myconnection.cox.com/article/trending/aHR0cHM6Ly9pZGVudGlmaWVycy5jbWdkaWdpdGFsLmNvbS9tZWRsZXkvcHJvZC9uZXdzLm1lZGxleXN0b3J5LzMzMzcxODQv/

Happy Mother's Day to all. Surprised the BetterHalf with a dozen roses yesterday and will be taking her out for dinner today.

[sir james I]

For Mothers Day we are getting sun and 67 for the high.

S.J.

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

We finished.  Not the best time, but we got the bling.  3:49:52 for the time and 3.46 mph for the average speed.   Slept 5 hours after getting home.  Still tired.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[KRM]

RT, It won't track for me either??? I handed it to the gal at the post office and I saw her scan it so beats me???? maybe tomorrow?

[rtraincollector]

KRM

Morning guys, 64 degrees and a light drizzle. Will be over soon. Just got back from the post office. Sent RT's Pre-war passenger cars back to him that I blasted. Nice cars nope he can post some pictures when he is done.

RT. I sent you tracking #. Thanks for the Flat car,,,but you know I drive Green tractors.

 

Well I knew Cat was yellow and figured Orange was close enough  I've tried the tracking number a couple of times P.O. doesn't reconise it but that could be because the carrier didn't scan it when he/she picked it up. 

Evening all. Got a engine from Trainz ( used 1666) that they said was funtional that isn't So I'm sure they wil send a shipping label for me to return it to be repaired. There really good about this. 

Went to the flea market today and walked around it about 2 times. Boy do I feel it tonight. LOL

Hope all had a good day talk to you all later.

[Banks]

Hello there,

Sub Bob. .....a bit of research tells me craftsman lathes were made by Atlas.

Buckeye. ..nice score .

Watching the lead change each inning at grandsons little league game.

Later 

Prayers for those in need

[Buckeye Riveter]

This morning we finished putting the S.S. Buckeye Riveter in the water.  I did a work order at the marina to repair the trim.  Without the trim working correctly, the boat loses ten mph. When it is trimmed correctly the 115 HP Merc moves the boat down the lake at 43mph. 

Chief....All my batteries were on the charger this winter and performed flawlessly. 

 

EBAY WIN!!!!  Found an R&L track cleaning car for less than $50.00 for auction.  I will tell you how it works at a later date. This was one of those mis-listed items you sometimes find on Ebay especially if the seller does not know about O Gauge trains.  Instead of typeing Amtrak into Ebay, try Amtrack sometime and you will find some real deals. 

Fife....I have a contact at John's Hopkins that works next to the Prez.  She and her husband may be at my house in Ohio this September for the roundhouse open house at Sugar Creek.  Let me know if I can help by putting in a good word.  BTW, if she has a desire to work in Roseyville, I would suggest you leave my name out of it, even though I know the mayor and the police force knows me.  

 

[KRM]

Morning guys, 64 degrees and a light drizzle. Will be over soon. Just got back from the post office. Sent RT's Pre-war passenger cars back to him that I blasted. Nice cars nope he can post some pictures when he is done.

RT. I sent you tracking #. Thanks for the Flat car,,,but you know I drive Green tractors.

[dougdagrump]

Good Morning All.

Walk done, breakfast finished. 

Yesterday was a good day at the museum, no pile-ups as Laz says. Although I did loose my L&N Pacific, think the tether is crapping out or at least I hope it's the tether and not a board. 

A bit of rain the past few days so you know traffic was absolutey horrible, body shops will be very busy for a few months now. 

Time for morning meds, then service and put away yesterday's toys. Maybe a snooze afterwards.

Later all.

Prayers for all in need.  

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  51 with peeks of sun in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Preppin' fifedom in case of a sudden walk-thru comes up.

anjdevil - Good luck with the new devildom.

 

[Banks]

Hello there!

Belated TGIF!!!!!!

'twas a longgggg week. Still a definit maybe on the big project.

Son finised planting corn and adding fertilizer to the hay in between the much needed rain. Only soy bean needs to go in the ground. Over the years fetilizer cost rose with the cost of oil. Guess what didn't happen to fertilizer cost?????? He never did switch the truck bodies. The old truck has 3K+ in replacement parts and lots of labor and is ready for the donor body. The Donor truck is needed until after planting is completed. ((this was s'posed to be a winter project)

Mrs & I planned to go to a Street Market/Oldies Concert last evening. We opted to skip it due to the rain and watch the two oldest grandkids. Found out later it was resheduled for next Friday.

It's raining here still and predicted for tomorrow so not sure what the weekend will bring other than the traditional Mother's Day Dinner from KFC.

Phish.....my ElCamino is a Malibu. 307 with a two speed Torque Glide. I added a Quadra Jet intake and carb from a 327. It came with Rally wheels that I used for winter tires (it is worthless in the snow) and bought a used set of Keysone Mags for summer use.

Rich....good luck with both searches

Mrs is stirring so I'd better get my day started.

 

Prayers for those in need

[anjdevil2]

TGIF Guys - a wet one here in the Delaware Valley!!

3 interviews 1 rejected, 1 offer and 2 more on tap.  Maybe by next week.

Put a bid on a 2 bed 1.5 bath townhome with finished basement.  Running out of time and can't find anything closer in my price range.  except for paint and cleaning, this one is move in ready.  I sign the offer sheet tomorrow.  Princess arrives 27th June and has just sent her e-mail to the Princeton, NJ store where there is an opening. 

She is off this weekend for her birthday, camping....

Tomorrows car show has been cancelled due the rain, supposed to be in the 60s tomorrow and dry-er....Maybe take the road runner out if it's nice.

Prayers for those in need!

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

Another great day at work.   Pain two was gone all day and pain one was somewhere else most of the day.   Got a lot done, more than I anticipated.  Weather was good for the noon walk.   Took the new "sticker reds" out for a last shakedown run.  Had good power down the straights.  May need a half turn of wing to keep the back end from stepping out on me, but that can be a race day adjustment LOL!   I feel good about tomorrow.  I think it will go well.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Sunny and warm so far before coldness descends again tonight. Spent a delightful early am at Lowes browsing all sorts of unaffordable things and then bought the $2 item I came in for.   Counting down the days until the rentable sailboats go in the water here...

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys. and more .  Just can't get anything accomplished in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Finish the laundry and get my hair mowed today.

 

[cheapclassics]

Good evening all,

A very good day at work!   Both pain one and pain two were gone so I had peace and quiet to get caught up on case reports.  It was nice.  Weather was cool at noon, but I got a good walk in to prep for the Mini.  Got my younger daughter moved up on the starting grid to where I am and got our equipment (shirt, bib, and hat ) for the race.   We are "good to go according to the sporting regulations".  Still not sure if there are 33 entries for the 500 yet.....   That would be totally embarassing if the 100th running did not have 33 cars in the starting field.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[KRM]

Good afternoon,

I got one of these today and installed it on the shed where the coach light was should give me plenty of site light through the scope on the rifle.   The front of the shed is very dark at night because the LED outdoor light is on the west end of the shed or the house side. That light does a nice job of lighting up the front yard but the front of the shed / south side, is a black hole. 

It is 2050 lumens or about 130 watts. Should be fine.

 

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-180-White-LED-Motion-Outdoor-Security-Light-DFI-5983-WH/205937583