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Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 59 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Had a nice visit with my mom, who was more with it (probably do to all the prayers, thank you). Came home to a lovely lasagna dinner, prepared by Ms. Kelly and the youngest princess, before her boyfriend drove her back to college.
fifedog Mornin' boys. Cloudy and 59 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Had a nice visit with my mom, who was more with it (probably do to all the prayers, thank you). Came home to a lovely lasagna dinner, prepared by Ms. Kelly and the youngest princess, before her boyfriend drove her back to college.
Morning. Hot and humid. Turning cooler for rest of the week. Off to FIL's to nail up shiplap. Another HGTV thingy with SisterIL and Wifey. They found big mess the more they tare out. Should leave well enough alone. Hope all have a good day.
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Afternoon folks!
Been AWOL a few days. Weather has been great! Got a buncha rain last week. Lawn sprinklers have been off for a couple of weeks! High Fri was only 77. We will be in 80's for next 2 weeks. It is usually stinkin' hot this time of year. Too bad the State Fair was cancelled.
Happy belated B-Day Banks!
Fife - continued prayers for your mother!
Just got a batch of 8mm home movies back from the digital conversion. So far 10 reels - 5", each with 5 small rolls of spliced film, have been converted to MP4 and DVD, The MP4's are great and can be downloaded - so my sister in Houston is able to get them also. Can scroll through the MP4's so very convienent. Still have 20 reels and maybe 10 or more 3" rolls. Dad took a lot of photos and film.
Very interesting to see us kids at the first years of Six Flags Over Texas ('61/'62). Rides were donkey pack train rides, stagecoach rides, canoes (that held 20+ people sitting side-by-side - and you paddled!), a raft ride to "Skull Island", a narrow guage steam train ride, a miniature gas automobile ride, an aerial cable car, a couple of trolleys, carnival scrambler, wild west gunfight, etc. No one would go if this were the fare today - and think of the liabilities!
DJ - I have been watching a couple of Youtube series about folks building old school wooden boats. I think your skills in making little/special wood parts to fit between spars/etc would be welcome!
Regards, Roy
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
anjdevil - Back home, Wise Avenue VFD was the king of the hill, when it came to Christmas Gardens. Check them out. Go big or go home.
Roy - Those types of thrill rides are right up my alley. But I want to drive.
Holy Crap on a cracker I finally was able to log in again. Haven't tried in a while but last time I did I couldn't get on so I kind of gave up.
Well became a grandfather since I've been on. A grandson to share the trains with. Not much else other than staying healthy and working thank goodness. Hope everyone has been doing the same.
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MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
back, Marty!
Good Evening,
Welcome Back Marty !!!! Congrats on the grandchild!!!!!
Mike C, That was some Indy car race this past week-end. And that is one HUGE track!! They even had reruns of it today on TV, both races back to back.
Fire situation is about the same, sad! With the Bobcat fire about 25 miles from here, they are evacuating people. Hope it ends sooon!
Fife, you would enjoy all the rides at Knott's Berry Farm, they still have most of them you mentioned. Sorry, they're closed, though.
Chief, You didn't mention you were be going to do a renovation on that house. That will keep you busy.
Dennis, your church sure is getting the lime light, recently. Hope they prevail.
Take Care all and have a good day.
Don
Hello There,
Marty E......welcome back.
Fife.....good news on Mom. Keeping her in prayers .
Looks like the crazies are in Lancaster now.
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes. It's a bittersweet day for me.
Didn't get anything with flanged wheels but spent a quiet day with Mrs. I did pick up a Mantua and a Marx boxcar at the flea market yesterday. First time there since the craziness started. While there I talked to a member of the club that sponsors the Altoona train show. He said they got the ok to hold their November 1 show. Not holding my breath . We've had enough rain to turn the grass green. Mowed twice in the past week. Even wacked where the Roundup wore off. Mrs and I canned more maters and beets last week. Done for the year. Still have maters and zucchini going strong. Lots of pumpkins but they're not turning orange yet.
Roy.......is the motel shortage/cost related to the storms? Where did you get your home movies converted? I've got an old paper grocery bag full in the attic. Should probably get the VHS stuff I have converted too.
Best get to sleep. Ear doc appointment tomorrow. I'm sure I'm not gonna like what he tells me .
Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic
Good evening all,
It was good to be at Mid-Ohio. Foyt team did as expected (badly). Weather was mostly dry. Lots of track action. Support races were extra good. Got to schmooze with some of the Road to Indy people and got my pic taken with a F2000 race winner, which was really cool. Hopefully can do Indy road races in October. Good therapy this weekend. Pain goes away a little more each day. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. Partly sunny and 55 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Bear was here overnight, and had a party with the feeders and trash.
Will finish (me hopes) the touch-up to the touch-ups today. Then head up the mountain to visit Mom.
Stopped by the railyard yesterday to do some admin work. Got an earfull from my co-workers...
Hope everyone here stays safe, especially Shake-n-Bake.
I can't say why I couldn't log on the last time I tried but this is 2 days in a row so I'll take that. The weather took a turn for the cool this morning. Been playing around with the simple loop layout. Nothing much but I can run some trains. Hope everyone is doing well.
Morning gang!
A little high o'cast and a couple of clouds. Nice!
Marty! great to hear from you!
Fife - those were my kind of rides too. Watching those old films - life was good!
Banks - the place I used is in Chattanooga - they are Slow...typ 4-5 weeks to do 4-5 reels. He said it is all in real time - no way to spped the process. I recommend you find a local place where you can walk in, ask how they handle (i.e. do not loose) your film/tapes, give them a test reel and see how it comes out. The place I am using handles all formats from film through Hi-8 and Sony DV.
Go Stars! Stanley Cup!
Fife - Continued prayers for Mom - thanks for the heads up on the Christmas Garden, not sure I can get that detailed, but we'll see.
Marty E - Welcome back and Congas on being a grandparent!!!
Not much going on last night, had to run to Jenni's and fetch her HHR - she killed the battery at work. A good dose of battery charger at 20A and it's better.
Other than that - nothing but work - back when I can
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Busy but here. Now gone again.
3 bits of good news. Starbucks is open in my town, boys' soccer had a thrilling 3-1 comeback win, and AJ's team announced Sebastian Bourdais would drive full time in 2021 and the last 3 races of this year. I hope everyone has a good day.
Still cool here in Western PA. Today will be the warmest of the week. The fall is my kind of weather. Nothing exciting to report. Had some time with the grandson last night. He's really starting to get into things. Time to baby proof the home I gues.
anjdevil - Wise Avenue actually pitches most of the layout after each season. They try to conceave a different look every year, that's why if you look through the youtube posts, its appearance is never the same. It is rarely super-detailed, just lots of trains, and lots of lighting effects. A few years back, some of their membership wanted to deep 6 the annual layout (takes a lot of work and attendance). The community lashed back, and a local doctor donated 10K, which shut up the lazy-boddies. Jarrettsville VFD leaves their train display UP all year long, but it's only open for the holiday season. They started with a modest garden, and continually add to it.
Morning. Doom and gloom guessers saying 3" to 6" of rain tomorrow and Friday. Probably some good needed rain. Trip to farms now postponed till Monday. SUPPOSED to be fair and cool.Off to work on 140 tractor and the Woods finish mower. Needed to mow at FIL's.Have a good one.
DJSpankywe got to the testing center and were told that we couldn't use our Saturn to test because it doesn't have the emergency brake in the center console. What? And we couldn't use my Mercury for the same reason. What the hell?
Just a guess on my part since I haven't taken a driving test since the Jurassic Age, but probably they want an emergency brake handle in the center console so the ride-along examiner can grab it if needed. Again, just guessing.
Othewise, what's the difference where it is?
Morning folks!
Just back from a doc visit and scan. Checking something unusual.
Flint - I agree with your thought re the emerg brake!
BTW - DJ - congrats on Tyler passing the driving test!
Hey, Happy Hump Day!!
Fife - Yeah, I was taking notes - this has to be a quickee put up and take down, the powers that be may not let me do an extended set up and tear down, the fire chief was a bit of a d**k when I was doing it in the engine bay (without being in the way of the members or apparatus, that and the Ladies Auxilary president complaining about the smoke in a garage) hence the reasoning for not doing it the last 2 years (and they didn't ask or miss it). This is purely to generate cash and I can run it on my own terms and disassemble by New Years Eve. Has to be up by Black Friday (I'll say build time 1 week of evenings).
I'm looking at doing the 8 X 20 with viginettes of an HO drag strip (my cars that will actually run), fire scene (I have the MTH house on fire) with water and apparatus, Drive in theatre (with DVD player) and Mel's Drive in main street cruise scene.
2 other layouts with tubular and 262E set with plasticville and a kids LionChief with remote so the kids can be otherwise occupied. I might do 1 more, but not sure.
I'd like it to be an annual thing, but the hall committee may have a dim view of it post china virus. But we'll see.
Mid 70s here in Central NJ, cloudy.
Road tests in NJ have always been like that - the test dummy in the passenger seat needs the e-brake handle so he can stop the car....yeah, good luck with that.....it never really worked in most cars - used to need a bench seat as well but with most cars having a console, the state nixed that.
DJSpanky Some big news: Tyler passed his driving test on Monday! Of course, it wasn't without some major drama - we got to the testing center and were told that we couldn't use our Saturn to test because it doesn't have the emergency brake in the center console. What? And we couldn't use my Mercury for the same reason. What the hell? So we scrambled and finally got the driver's training company that Tyler used to send a car up to the testing center. Of course that cost us $110. But we didn't have much choice, we would have had to reschedule and, with the NJ DMV, who knows how many months we would have had to wait.
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anjdevil2 used to need a bench seat as well
Talk about a cold bucket of water to the face! I can't remember the last time I saw a car with a bench seat, in the front anyway.
Maybe at a car show in the antique and classic section, but that's it!
ANother cool day on tap. Even colder weekend ahaed. Got to visit dad yesterday. He's been in "lockdown" at the assisted living since March. The folks there did an awesome job at protecting their residents but he is ready to be able to get out and about.
Cleaned some more stuff out of the basement. I have a small setup going but looking towards next year to get a permanent thing going.
Take care all.
Mornin' boys. Mostly cloudy and 55 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. I will be re-organizing the fife-shed today. I wll also try to locate the wire bird feeder that was snatched around 0130 hrs last night.
With a final trip to Lowe's, the bathroom re-mod is finished. New LED vanity light installed, towel racks, shower curtain rods, and toidy roll thingy on the walls. The rest of it is hers to decorate.
anjdevil - You can get a GIANT jump on this project, if you pre-build and carve your mountains out of thick white foam boards. Paint them all gloss white, and while the paint is drying, apply the loose granular type snow, along with copious amounts of glitter. If I were closer, I'd lend a hand. But if your Co. has some Junior volunteer kids, it would be a good time to get them hooked. Advertise with local fishwraps/area radio couldn't hurt.
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