fifedog Buckeye - 2 weeks? That is awesome! Let me know if they need someone to play Shack, in Emperor of the North 2.0. I was blessed with ruggedly good looks, like Ernest. And, I come with my own wardrobe, don't you know...
Buckeye - 2 weeks? That is awesome! Let me know if they need someone to play Shack, in Emperor of the North 2.0. I was blessed with ruggedly good looks, like Ernest.
And, I come with my own wardrobe, don't you know...
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Morning All,
Fife, Really like the pictures. One of the GREATEST benefits of the hobby we share. Opportunities of teaching youngsters how to use tools and developing skills. And fun in the process.
Buckeye, That is really cool about Eng 19, definetely a really great movie, was the perfect role for Lee Marvin. Enjoyed the conversation yesterday, and I had forgotten about the "paper train wheels" thanks for the reminder. We had a couple of those at Knott's. BTW I think you should post the photo of the Amish cattle drive here.
Making progress with the El Camino! I believe its going to be on the road again! It is in the shop, and at this point was right in the window of what I thought it would cost to get repaired. Fortunately very little frame damage, tip! of right side bent. The shop specializes in classic cars, and is really nice looking, with lots of in process examples to view, and great referances. (The parts supplier I have used, gave me the shop's information.) So I optimistic it will all go well.
Need to go to eye clinic today, and then "putts" around here this afternoon.
Banks, sounds like you had a pretty good trip!
Roy, Would you believe that the OPG parts group in Seal Beach, (who referred me to the repair shop), sent me a 15% off coupon for parts, the SAME day I was checking the shop out! And the repair shop uses them as their primary supplier! And OPG is going to honor the discount!
Well take care all! And have a great day! Just watch out for the trees!!!
Don
My God, I saw "Emperor Of The North" years ago, and once was enough. Ernest Borgnine's "Shack" was so terrifying I never wanted to watch it again, and I don't scare or shock easily, especially if "It's just a movie!" That tells you what a good actor Ernie was, those who knew him said he was the greatest guy you'd ever want to meet.
Morning folks!
Weather has been great at norms for this time of year. Nice!
Not much to report. Working on last trim pieces for the rear porch repaint. Pulled all the trim off to clean up and paint separately. Lookin' good!
Buckeye - have fun at the roundhouse!
Banks - great that the vacation i going well! Hope this time the tranny fix is better than the last!
Anj - prayers for your mom
DonB - prayers for your El Cam?
Regards, Roy
Hello there from Fenwick Island Delaware. Don.......WOW! Watch out for them trees.
Buckeye......neat stuff. Been working on this off and on all week. I did manage to rent a car Monday. Ammco still saying my Tahoe should be done today. Other than the excitement Saturday a pretty laid back week so far. We visited Assateague twice. We only got out for the rest room and a quick look at the bay side beach both times. One evening after supper we all went to the beach til dark. It was relatively deserted. Son did some surf fishing, the girls played in the sand and their mom read while Mrs and I enjoyed the sights. Let's just say social distancing is not being practiced much around here, especially on the beach and boardwalk. A lot of the local establishments look the same as always. Most restaurants are trying, some are still take out only while most are reservation only. A couple of them look like nothing changed. The grocery stores and thrift stores are taking it seriously. Toy Town's Facebook page said they were closed till further notice on March 21 due to covid. Their Facebook page has been wrong before so I drove by the one in Berlin and found an Opening Soon sign on the door. As far as I could tell all the other stores were open except the restaurants . I did find a train store I've been missing for 20 years.
http://seasidehobbies.com/
located near Bethany Beach DE it's a small stone packed with trains of all scales, mostly used. I picked up a Lionel HO gondola with load for cheap. Spent most of yesterday on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park. Most people there were masked and social distancing. We had just finished our picnic lunch under a pavilion when it clouded up and started thundering in the distance when the park rangers cleared the pier and recommended we leave the pavilion. He said it was regularly struck by lightning. We weren't far from the park when the skies opened. TV said 1.5 inches in less than an hour Best go see what the plans for the day are. Son has to leave this evening Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
TGIF!!!Yes, some of us still work....lolHad to go shopping for cat food and go that done by 1030 PM - I left late. In bed and fed by midight - I got caught up in the movie Commuter (it just happened to have trains in it).The M10000 is done, finally and I can get it back to Jenni's friend. Hope to get that accomplished tomorrow, depending on if I can get my sister to hang at the house for a while.The 1130 project now rolls and gets power, does not go anywhere. I think the E-Unit is stuck and my contact cleaner is at Jenni's house, so that will have to wait. I found my dremel and it has only low speed. I polished the wheels and the side rods on the 1130. And I'll need a light bulb from Advance Auto.So the vest saga is over, Mom can't wear it and her cardio doc will speak with her on Monday during the follow up. She's breathing better, just need to get the meds right. She is tired and weak, but 2 weeks after stent, I figure it'll be another 2 weeks before she's up to speed like she was.
Flint - Mom likes the house, um WARM, and I stay in the hottest/coldest part of the house. The cold part I can deal with, the hot? eh, not so much - 1 unit of AC/Heat for the whole house. No dehumidifier in the house. We're gonna try setting the house to 80 and see if the AC will cut the humidity when that happens.
Fife - yeah, I could mistake you for Ernie.......Guy stuff - love it!!
Buckeye - interesting stuff on the 19 engine. Like the fact that there are LOTS of steamers coming on line. Road trip is in order in the fall, I think.
Summer upper 80s, southern breeze coming in the back patio door, humidity back tomorrow. I'm enjoying it while I can.Back to it - check back later
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
fife... I did a little research of No. 19 and it's restoration is about 90% complete. The rear trucks are still being worked on and will be installed maybe next week. It should be firing in under two weeks. Sorry, no junk.
For those who don't know about No. 19, this link should help explain why fife wanted a piece of scrap.
https://youtu.be/5jn-ZS7g8xs
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 61 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Taking youngest princess to dentist this morning, then grandson fishing this afternoon. Oldest princess arriving tonight, with the curly top.
Yesterday, we did guy stuff.
Sun and 80's. A/C is off but will see how it goes.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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72 and cloudy. On the phone for first Human Services Board meeting since Feb. One lady wants to talk all the time. She's like that all the time. So good when she doesn't attend [Usually traveling the world. Husband stays home. Understand why.] Chair cut her off. She has to go off in Nov. After meeting, getting my first real haircut since Feb. Gov holding us in phase 2 and state-wide mask requirement. Right wing Legislature can't get over ride veto of their stupid reopen bills. NC numbers skyrocketed. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Sorry about your mother's troubles 'Devil. I've got a suggestion.
Is there a separate humidity control for your AC unit? If you set the unit for minimum humidity you can dry the air in the house and not need a very high cool setting. That's our usual setting in our house. Removing a lot of the humidity helps as much as a high cool setting. You can run the air at a lower setting and Mom won't feel so cold. Worth a try if it's possible.
When they say "It's not the heat, it's the humidity!" that's absolutely true.
Quick check in -----Mom is not feeling well, not sure the next step, her BP has been good and I've been making sure she eats. Doc visit Monday, I may not have her wait that long, depending on how she is today - still asleep, so that's good.Was muggy and humid yesterday and this morning, breezy and less humid, thank god - my fan died last night and the ceiling fan does try but it ain't the same. And Mom gets cold with the AC on ---- Jenni stopped by with dinner, a Chicken Cacciatore. I'm not much on sauce, I ate it, as it was dinner.......she left late as I was doing laundry and stuff we sat and talked and watched some TV. Good time together.Still trying to set up shop visits this week, so we shall see what happens.....Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton/Stroudsberg. Gonna be a LONG day.....whenever it happens.Waiting on 1 part to show up to finish the M10000 I found on Amazon, so I don't have to make something, it'll be here tomorrow, I got the track for Jenni's friend and I can deliver the trains to her this weekend.Dougnotta- stay healthy!! Glad you had a good outcome.DonB - glad you are ok - sorry about the Elko......Back to work
Hot and humid as usual. Errands and mow.
Don, I'd be "talking" to Cerritos about trees to close to the street.
Wasn't Jack the guy who had all the Dovermans? Great guy. Sorry about his Wife.
Confederate Monuments: Well my "adopted" black Daughter and I finally had a long conversation [besides texting] on Monday AM. She lives on the other side of the County and we are not in meetings together right now. Seems ours were erected during the Jim Crow era. Mainly to tell blacks, whites are in charge and you are worthless. Dedication speeches [in NC Archives and History] are full of the "N" word [not negro]. Take them down. Has nothing to do with our fallen Confederate soldiers. Until then, those had been placed in cemeteries. "Splain it to me Lucy" as Ricky use to say. Finally the biggie TV station had a Duke professor on the news this AM explaining this. My questions is, why was this not brought out two years ago when the Gov recommended we move them? Could have saved a lot of grief. OH, they finally got a crane big enough to move the biggest one. 75 ft. tall of solid granite. [attempts to lift it kept breaking the cranes] Now on other monuments around the USA, ???
Have a god one.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & humid along the Patterson Creek cut-off. I think the grandson wants to work on the layout. Yesterday, I had him spraypaint the HO buildings I received, in hopes of kitbashing them into a stockyard scene.
Dougnotta - Glad you're ok. And I went through the parking lot nonsense, when my mother was hospitalized last month.
88 - I had thought of calling you, but the Wifey was taking too long to hit the road, and the storms were a challenge. I do want to visit in the near future.
Hmmm, is it time to look into getting a Tesla with the self driving function ?
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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RT, wasn't going that fast, IF all 4 wheels would have been on the ground there would have been more damage.
Don your not a kid anymore. You need to slow down around them curves. You can't hotrod as we use to when we were younger
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Evening,
Well getting through today, spent the afternoon checking out body shops. Most of them don't want anything to do with such an old car. One place wanted $2500 non refundable "tear down" fee, and guestimated repair north of $20k. Then I thought about a classic car parts facility in Seal Beach. Roy is also familiar with them, I thought since they sell repro El Camino parts, they may know of a local facility. Sure enough! Gave me a referral to a place 8 miles from me. I visited their facility, a family owned business, with an extensive shop. He had many classic cars in the facility in various stages of restoration. Looking at just pictures he thought $10k was probably resonable. And when I asked about worse case "tear down" fee, he indicated $200. And of course if the work is down $0. So its worth it to me to see what it would cost. I'm going to get it drug down there tomorrow. I don't have Collision Ins, on it, haven't for over 15 years anyway. The premium was too much. Even by me paying for the repair, I'm still ahead. Worst case I could get another one for $10-12, probably wouldn't though. So we will just have to see.
I'm doing fine, a bump on the forehead, and banged up hand, but that's it. There was a divit out of my head, Kay and I looked inside the car, and she found some skin on the rear view mirror. When I hit the mirror I broke the glass in it, and it broke the windshield. She found a piece of skin in the mirror. NO, we didn't try to put it back in. So all in all, I was pretty lucky!
Evening folks!
Lotta rain last couple of days, hoomid!
Also spent last two days painting the back porch. Lotta angles, rough surfaces, so pretty tedious. Will take another day to complete. Not much else to report tonight.
DonB - oh the humanity!
Take care all!
AAA - Member for 45+ years - Usually reliable
But last call, however, Traindaddy had to wait two hours for a 'boost'.
("So sorry. Seems like everyone needed a boost today")
At least, it was just the battery
fifedogBanks - AAA is a joke. In 3 decades of working a squad car, never seen them in a hurry to help any of their subscribers.
I don't know, every time I've had a breakdown (last was a year ago) I've called AAA, gotten an agent immediately, was told a tow truck would be there in 45 minutes, the agent would call me back to inform me the truck was en route, and sure enough in 20 minutes or so the tow truck arrived.
No, I don't work for AAA. And if I'd gotten lousy service I'd have dropped 'em a long time ago. Maybe I'm in the right part of the country?
Roy... I couldn't get my own video to work on this forum, too. I have been posting videos for years from my account on YouTube.
Don...I didn't know there were that large of trees near you. You picked a big one.
Morning all !Yesterday late afternoon turned out fun. The BetterHalf had to take me down to the ER. Blood pressure and heart rate went way to high for me when you consider all the BP meds I take. BP was running 130~135 over 115~120 with a rate of 112+/- , but the real kicker was the irregular heart beat that my bp monitor indicated. Well after several hours and several tests later they found nothing wrong so I came home. The worst part of the whole thing was the BetterHalf had to wait in the car out in the parking lot the whole time we were there. Checked in on the museum camera, they were in the process of shooting a promo video for the reopening promotion. Don't want to sound pessimistic but our location in the building is not very compatible with health dept. guidelines. Gotta run, late breakfast time.Later gator.
Almost afternoon fellasBeen busy again... TheQ saw a 'waterfall faucet' while browsing one of the many emails she gets covering homes for-sale in our area (she looks at homes to see what other owners in our price point are doing) and decided she wanted one in the first floor powder room (we have decided to finish the basement powder room, so making some upgrades in the first floor one) well I got it installed last night in an hour and no leaks! Now to install the floor in the basement powder room and then hang the baseboards. Once that is done, I'll remove the toilet from 1st floor and move it to the basement, and then install the new toilet in the 1st floor PR. Then when the new vanity arrives for the basement I will get that and the mirror installed, then we have to decide on a light fixture... lolFife - you were in our next of the woods.
https://brentsandsusanspicutures.shutterfly.com/
Good MorningYes, yesterday was challenging, 3 returning techs and a bushel full of IT issues, I finally got through Monday. And I have another tech coming back on Monday the 29th.Today I have to set up a shop visit in Allentown, PA and make a visit up there as well as checking in to see 2 of my other team members. Slowly, I'll get to see all my guys, the Ohio guys are going to be a bit of a challenge. I have 3 guys near Harrisburg but that will be a minor hurdle.After work, my Princess took me to Texas Roadhouse for some al fresco steak dining for Father's Day. It was a great time with her, talking and dining like we used to. A nice card from her and I was happy. I brought the Marx M-10000 home to get the headlight to work, so that will be after I do some errands for Mom. The owner is getting antsy for her train and I will make a stop at my house to check for track and a couple of transformers......Just finished my coffee, Black Cherry yogurt and 2 small croissants, so I'm set until lunch. Sun is blazin already, had a couple of tech issues while typing this and got that solved. Going to 90 today.
Morning. Partly cloudy and 82. Possible of rain this evening. Will stake tomato baskets as getting top heavy. Might blow over.
Don, like I said, tree is in street rights of way. Between curb and sidewalk. No set back.
Slept good. All OK so far. Med working.
Have a good one.
Mornin' boys. Damp and 67 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Picked up the grandson in Fredrock yesterday afternoon. We got there early, and enjoyed a great steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Then we went to Michael's, where I found nothing that I could use this time... Had to drive through periodic storms to get home. The good thing about having the grandson here, is that Grandmom will cook breakfast every morning.
dbaker - OUCH! Man, you drove that Chevy some 7000 miles last year, coast-to-coast, without a mishap. Then a tree jumps out in front of you, close to home... They say, most accidents occur within a mile of your home. So I moved.
Chief - Get to feeling better soon, ok?
anjdevil - Continued .
Banks - AAA is a joke. In 3 decades of working a squad car, never seen them in a hurry to help any of their subscribers.
What don is saying is big pine trees don't move.
Afternoon All,
Kinda early for me posting but I thought I would share a lesson I learned today. Be careful of streets you select............ Potential obstacles....
https://imgur.com/o3ZBRs1
https://imgur.com/QgdbxFo
Sorry, the only way I could get it work, (Shutterfly, & Imugr)
Hasn't been a good day!
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