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Here is a parade for the 4th!
Inch ..... thanks. We enjoyed the visit a few years back from you and "Mother"! .... Todd ... I hope you do get together with Inch and "Mother". They are very good people. CN Charlie ... I hope you like the retirement. Watch out for other family memebrs saying : "Your are retired and not doing anything. So, do me a favor and ______. " Edit: Watch out for Barry at the annual Elliots Diner Hot Dog Eating Contest this evening!
Inch ..... thanks. We enjoyed the visit a few years back from you and "Mother"! ....
Todd ... I hope you do get together with Inch and "Mother". They are very good people.
CN Charlie ... I hope you like the retirement. Watch out for other family memebrs saying : "Your are retired and not doing anything. So, do me a favor and ______. "
Edit: Watch out for Barry at the annual Elliots Diner Hot Dog Eating Contest this evening!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey everyone! Happy Independence Day.
Been busy the past few days with work and some other things around the house. Also didn't feel my best yesterday. Was working outside in the humidity and heat. Bet I came close to getting heat exhaustion. Had it before. Not fun. Still have a slight headache, but it is a lot better today than it was yesterday. Just trying to stay cool.
Been working on the P-40B Warhawk, and it is now done! With the rate I'm going, I may consider getting a B-17 Flying Fortress and seeing how well I do with that! However, I don't think I will tackle that kind of project until I get a little more experience.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Evening Dinners
Flo, please and a bottle rocket!
I had a great day, cut the front and backyard and worked on the 68 Roadrunner some!
I am all so a speed junkie again!
With some luck I just bought this!
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Trains are running well.
Mopar Ken again.
I hate Rust
It was quiet here all day. I used the time to get a good amount of rest. Then about 8:40pm all heck broke loose as some of the neighbors let loose with the fireworks. They're setting off aome kind of big areal shells that are shaking my trailer. I'm doing my best to ignore it. I have very little to do with fireworks myself. To me they're just a waste of money. Today I took the time to label the disk drives of the Apple so they show the proper slot and drive designation and also what model they are. Apple drives are connected to one controller on slot six and the Franklin drives are connected to another controller on slot five. No work on the layout today.Time for me to call it a night so I'll see y'all tomorrow.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Evenin' folks,
Janie, just a refill on the decaf while I sit here and listen to the firecrackers going off a street over from here...
Jeffrey, those big ones are fun until one goes wrong and burns down somebodies house! I gave up on the, what up here is illegal, bottle rockets or larger stuff after a next door neighbor who used to go over the border and buy hundreds of them had us all go out to a field nearby to set them off. At the time my oldest was just about 4 years old. My wife was not happy with going out to set off illegal explosives but came along with the two kids. Charlie (the neighbor) had set off quite a few when one of them left the bottle wrong and headed right toward my wife and my oldest boy. Missed the kid by a couple inches and exploded about 20 feet behind where he was! Lets just say my wife loaded all of us into the Bug and headed home a minute or so later. Somehow the whole thing was my personal fault and came back in most all arguments for the rest of her life...
Went out to my son's house tonight for supper, had a nice steak dinner, and played with the granddaughters for a couple hours. They bought the girls a new pool which my son put up early today in the back yard. The girls threw the beach ball, and then grandpa had to go get it and toss it back to them... We did have a lot of fun. After dinner one of their Uncles had brought a bunch of sparklers for the family to light outside. Most everyone went outside to have fun. I stayed in with a couple others and chatted. Just a few minutes later they all came back inside with Granddaughter #2 screaming bloody murder. Her uncle gave her a sparkler with strict instructions not to touch the lit end. He lit it for her and of course since anything you tell her not to do she immediately does just to "Show you" she doesn't like being told not to do something. She sticks her thumb on the hot end of the sparkler and immediately had what we call in Scouts, "A Discovery Experience". #2 got bandaged up and didn't want to talk about it!!! Uncle was very upset he had done such a horrible thing to his little niece. Mom, Dad and Grandpa just figured she just might actually learn something. Time will tell... Thumb will heal, but hopefully she will remember it.
Near the end of my teaching career there was a disciplinary method based on "Natural Consequences". If you do this, that happens, period! Actually worked well most of the time. The trick is you don't "Save" the kid from the consequences... Source of method? Native American Culture for one.
Oh, on the way home tonight I turned onto the main East/West street downtown and immediately heard a blaring fire engine roaring down the side street. It turned and came up behind me, I pulled off in a parking area and then followed the truck for a couple blocks.... Did I mention about "Natural Consequences......"? Probably a lot of those calls tonight!
Other than make a potato salad to take to the party tonight, I did nothing today... Hope you all have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good......... morning? I guess?Found out my dad had a 1/48 B-17G kit in his closet. He started it several years back before he met my mom, and it sat in the closet ever since. I then pulled it out and started on it. It will be decorated for the ill-fated "Chow Hound". Night everyone.
Morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!
Today is Friday, July 5th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles later for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
{PS- No time this AM for an idiomatic expression, I have the gastroenterologist in short time..I am first appt.}
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good morning. It's 69° with 81% humidity. The high will be 92°.It was noisy last night but I was able to ignore most of it and got some sleep. Nothing planned for today. The parts computer should be here today. The FedEx site says it's out for delivery. I may get some layout work in later.What's left of my N Scale fleet from twenty-five years ago:
Good Morning!!I think...we are getting t'underboomered on with heaping barrels of rain be falling on our'n heads...this oughta be fun... I'm going to try to get some more work done in that Lair of Doom...we ended up getting another big 25 cubic yard bin to throw 'stuff' in..seems a lot of 'stuff' keeps showing up...I just hope there is no reverse black hole in there Anyhoooo...have a good one!!
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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Morning guys,
Nothing planned for today as it has been raining all night and morning, quite heavy at times this morning also. Not really much planned for weekend either as it looks like it will be somewhat wet. We are going to the wife's mothers for a bbq on Sunday afternoon. Well I have to get to some cleaning and then get down to the railroad and workbench this afternoon.
Morning All,
Currently 61 with an expected high of 98. Was a hot one yesterday, and a few really quick thunder storms. Rained like crazy for about 10 minutes, then stopped, an hour or two later same thing. We had some flash flood warnings, but nothing serious for me.
Heard some fireworks in the evening, but not like usual, maybe because of the weather there was not a lot.
I guess one of my best vehicle was my 93 Chevy Suburban. I pulled 3 different travel trailers with it over the years, even towed one from Nevada to Florida and back. It had 286,000 miles on it when it finally died in 2009. Only major repair was a new fuel pump.
W**k today, so no layout w**k I guess. After walking around the store for 8 hours, I am pretty tired when I get home, and do not feel like standing much.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Good morning - I took the day off, even though it costs me a vacation day. SWMBO is visiting her brother in Maine this weekend, so it's kind of a Personal Sanity day for me. Watch the Tour de France and lay some track. Now that's a quality weekend.
Garry, in Massachusetts we get our cars inspected once a year. I'm not sure if it really accomplishes very much. It used to be twice a year, in May and October, which oddly are NOT six months apart as one would think. When they put emission in, the inspections take longer, so they spread them out over the whole year and made them annual. I remember reading a study somewhere comparing states with safety inspections with those without safety inspections, which found that there was no appreciable difference in accident rates between the inspection and non-inspection states. In the old days, I remember one inspection which consisted of a teenage kid saying "Does your horn work and stuff?" That was it. Twenty dollars and here's your sticker.
And while you're getting your sticker across the street, eat hearty. Looks like it's on me.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Well, with a high near 90F with heat indices above 95F,and with humidity levels at 90%, no wonder they call it "tropical" out there! The humditity is the killer, though.
Last night I was so over heated that it was difficult to function and i barely slept. In the evening it was 74F in the LR of the trailer, and the A/c there {12,000 BTU} was running its heart out, the BR a/c eas too, and it was hotter in there than in the LR! I didn't' get to sleep til after 1:30 am and got up at 4:30.
Coulda maybe gone back for a nap but had to go to the Gastroenterologist. Seems the med i was on for severe abdominal crampage is no longer cover by my insurance. NOW the new med he put me on is not covered either. Can't tell me which ones IS covered either! The insurance companies sure want money, but don't wnatto cover anything, and as the GI Dr. pointed out, they will pay to send you to specialists, which is more expensive, but won't cover the cheaper meds. It works out to $19/month with the CVS discount card for the uninsured, but that is $19 I don't have in the budget! He will see what he can do is the answer, he said if I have any problems to call, so I did! if it doens't work to call, so he is avoiding the extra expense of more Dr's. visits just to take care of this!
Well, We will see what kinda trouble I can get into today. Not much, my right hip is KILLING me after this last weekend's sojourn into the world' Kilts and Scots.May have to go see the regular GP for it. It about went out on me today at The pharmacy.
Well I should go roll the coins in the bank got new coin rolls at the CU to do so...have a whole bank full of all manner of USA coins!
Well, later
The junker Apple IIe arrived. I've already tested it. Everything works incuding the power supply which is the main piece I was wanting. I'll put that in my mothers old IIe that has the power supply with the bad power regulator. I now have a new cover for my IIe as well as a spare keyboard, main board and case not to mention the replacement pop-out tabs I need for mine.In other news there's nothing else happening here so no news is good news.
Mornin'.... Yep still morning for a few more minutes.
Zoe, another cup of dark roast coffee for me please!
Today it appears to be partly here in the Finger Lakes. Partly what, I can't say. The news this morning has a story about a teenager from Rochester that went camping yesterday so he could set off some fireworks... Some of the rockets didn't go off so he picked them up to see what happened. You probably know the rest. He got taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by Mercy Flight with "injuries to his hand and chest". He will also be arrested and charged with setting off illegal fireworks in the state of New York. I mentioned the concept of "Natural Consequences" last night I believe. Good example of it I think. I'm just waiting for "Natural Consequences" to happen to one or more of the idiots who ride there skateboards at 40 or so mph down the side street and come out at the T intersection in front of the cars speeding away from the local park after ball games.........
Have to do quite a few errands today. Must go pick up Rxs at the Pharmacy, then go buy some more stuff at the grocery store. I should be able to get $1 off per gallon of my next purchase of fossil gunk. I think I'll take my little gas can and get it filled so I can run the old huff and putt rototiller this weekend. Gotta call the podiatrist to see if I can get in today. My orthotics are coming unglued....
Galaxy, yep! Amazing where the Millionaires who own the insurance companies choose the "save" money ain't it!
Catch you all later!
Good afternoon all!
Has been a week of crazy stuff! Last Friday my 7 week old job ( which I loved) evaporated when the company owner decided that our office was going to be consolidated, then closed. So I did the regular stuff,,,filed for unemjoyment, went to the County jobs office, sent out a stack of resumes. I was going to take the 4 day holiday to joint my son in NC who was spending a week fishing, then come home on Saturday.
Young Danny with a 12 lb Amberjack
I cancelled that trip and stayed home. Yesterday I got an email through my LinkedIn account from a local repair shop, asking how the new job was working out. I responded to it and after several emails we set an appointment for today at 11 to meet. He interviewed me for an hour, after which I am now the Service Manager at his shop! 8-5:30, 20 minutes from home and ,,,,here's the best part,,,I have to pass my LHS to go home!! LOL!! Yes, HE does work in mysterious ways!
Tomorrow, if I'm on, it may be late. The boy has to come home sometime, he can't have fun forever! So tomorrow I will set off from home, North Carolina bound. At the same time my sister will set off from Wilmington NC with young Danny and we should meet up near Roanoke Rapids 4-41/2 hours later, then return. So I'll be singing a modified version of the song from Smokey and the Bandit , we'll call it "southbound and down!" 500 miles of rt 95, not my idea of fun, but its got to be done!
Its Hot and muggy here today, not sure if I want to paint some body shells today or not, might wait til early Sunday when it's cooler. Got enough done today,,,cleaned out the gutters early this morning,, then the interview, then cut the lawn,,,,,time for a nap!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Been a while since I've popped in... good news/bad news tonight
Picked up a new loco tonight. A BLI Blueline SD40-2 in CSX trim. Ordered a decoder for it which should arrive next week (yay) in DC mode the sounds a quite good. Also grabbed an Exactrail Waffle side boxcar and an Athearn RTR box car.
Now to the bad news...
I had the SD40 chugging around the layout hauling a string of boxcars, tank cars and what have you... good 15 minutes no dramas (thinking man my trackworks good if a six axle loco is going great.) When I turn my back for a minute to check out the new cable TV install in the room next to the train room... BANG! What was that? Oh yes, Mr Murphy had arrived and in that minute, managed to send an Atlas tank car and my beautiful Intermountain Cylindrical hopper crashing to the ground.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
james saunders Been a while since I've popped in... good news/bad news tonight Picked up a new loco tonight. A BLI Blueline SD40-2 in CSX trim. Ordered a decoder for it which should arrive next week (yay) in DC mode the sounds a quite good. Also grabbed an Exactrail Waffle side boxcar and an Athearn RTR box car. Now to the bad news... I had the SD40 chugging around the layout hauling a string of boxcars, tank cars and what have you... good 15 minutes no dramas (thinking man my trackworks good if a six axle loco is going great.) When I turn my back for a minute to check out the new cable TV install in the room next to the train room... BANG! What was that? Oh yes, Mr Murphy had arrived and in that minute, managed to send an Atlas tank car and my beautiful Intermountain Cylindrical hopper crashing to the ground.
OUCH!!!
That being said,,,it does look repairable, ugly but repairable.
OUCH! Man! That's about as painful as a fish hook in the ear!
With all the rain we have had today I was able to build three out of the twelve kits that are sitting on my shops shelf. Its going to dry out tomorrow which will be good as all the rain in the last two days has cause the grass, well weeds in my case,lol to grow and there is some that need to get pulled from the garden. I figure a good few hours work for me. So with any luck I can get out around 10am and start and get most of it done. Dont know how much railroad time I may get tomorrow but hopefully some. But before all that I am going to watch F1 qualifying and tape the womens Wimbledon final, wow cant believe Wimbledon is almost done for another year.
Also have to cut the grass on Thursday as I wont be around Friday-Sunday as I will be attending the INDY car race in Toronto, anybody else going? well Im going to go thumb through a few MR magazines and watch the ball game.
Well computer-wise I got quite a bit done today. My old Apple IIe is completely refurbished and ready to rock and roll as it were. I also did some work on my mothers old IIe. I pitched the bad power supply and put in a good one. I used one of the disk drives and drive controller from mine to test it and it checks out. Now all I need for it is two disk drives and it's own drive controller and a CP/M card when I can find one.I also worked on the layout a bit, moving things about so I can more easily get to the area that needs to worked on. I'll have to remove some scenery and plaster and it could get a bit messy.Well it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, June 6th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 AM or later for those in need..
MAKE it A GREAT DAY!!!
My {rt} hip seems like it is dislocated, And I can barely stand or walk on it. My GP is BUSY so I will have to suffer the walk-in. so iff'en y'all don't hear from me for awhile, who knows after today's walk-in visit, I may be needing work done on the hip!
Galaxy: Good luck with the hip. I know how that feels.
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Good morning. It's 68° with 100% humidity. The high will be 92°.This weekend I'm a year older. Fifty-three now. I suppose somewhere it all accounts for something. My birthday is tomorrow but my family and I are celebrating it today. We'll be celebrating my younger sisters birthday as well. She'll be fifty-one on Monday. My family is taking me out to dinner today at the Los Mayas Mexican restaurant in town. They know it's my favorite place. I don't think I'll be getting anything else done today.
to Jeffrey,
To Jeffrey,
to Jeffrey
to Jeffrey!
to Jefffrey!
Good Morning Jeffrey.
Happy Birthday. Your birthday tomorrow means I'm 10 days and 24 years older than you.
Thank you for all your postings and sharing your knowledge.
Best wishes,
Flip
Good Morning It's another hot and humid day here...right now it is sunny but later on today...back to those ol' t'underinboomers and mucho rain forecast here...Got some of the junk actually out'n the Lair and into that bin...they pick up later this morning..then it'll be more junk to bail out of there... Have a good one!!
And an early Happy Birthday to Jeff!!!
Morning all,
Going to be a busy day today. Have to pickup around 1300 square ft of wood flooring that arrived at Lowes yesterday then drive to Clermont to pickup 2 large tool chests that will be used as drawers in the train room and then have our oldest grandsons birthday party at 4. He is 8 today.
Jeff- Happy birthday
James- Sorry about your car. Hopefully it can be fixed.
Hope everybody has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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blownout cylinderGot some of the junk actually out'n the Lair and into that bin...they pick up later this morning..then it'll be more junk to bail out of there...
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Blueberry Buckwheat pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a couple of breakfast sausage links, and lots and lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug, please and thank you...
I guess Barry wouldn't be lucky to be the lord of the lair later if he lounges lazily a lot...
Tomorrow and today Jeffrey...
I shall be heading out to Boy Scout Camp later to see if I can finish up the campsite today. If not today, i won't get done. Yesterday I found one of the property line stakes at the back of the property so I know exactly where the line is back there. I put in a wood stake about a foot inside that one and then put a string line to another stake about a foot inside where the property line should be at the other end of where the fence will go. Then I did a line from the back of my house over to where the end of the 6' sections will start. That ends up right where the neighbors would like it to be. This evening I will measure from there back to where we want the fence to end and see how many 8' sections it will take.
Best get myself moving I think. Later!