Steven Otte *cough* *cough* What with all the regular Diners who are in the hospital or otherwise dealing with more severe ailments, my little cold seems hardly worth complaining about... yet it's only through the grace of Day-Quil I am here today. I just hope it doesn't get as bad as my wife has it; she's been knocked for a loop all last week. I can tell you, I'm also not looking forward to the 3-6" of snow we're forecast to get tonight. And it was in the 50s yesterday! Best wishes to all those battling health issues, and to those who don't want to be, stay clear of this end of the lunch counter... a mug of chicken soup, please, Daisy... *sniff*
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What with all the regular Diners who are in the hospital or otherwise dealing with more severe ailments, my little cold seems hardly worth complaining about... yet it's only through the grace of Day-Quil I am here today. I just hope it doesn't get as bad as my wife has it; she's been knocked for a loop all last week. I can tell you, I'm also not looking forward to the 3-6" of snow we're forecast to get tonight. And it was in the 50s yesterday!
Best wishes to all those battling health issues, and to those who don't want to be, stay clear of this end of the lunch counter... a mug of chicken soup, please, Daisy... *sniff*
Steve, I am now in my TENTH week of fighting pneumonia, including a hospital stay if you missed it, and may have to "serve time again"...if iit doesn't clear up, I see the pulmonologist tomorrow.
Mie started off as a "little cold"....and 3 weeks later I was in the hospital with pneumonia!
AS long as I am on anitbiotics {i don't know if they do any good or not} and steroids {roid rage????? ask my spouse!} I SEEM to do better, but now 3rd day off and breathing is getting harder again as I am essentially drowning in my own fluid.
sobest of luck to you beating it, Mr. Otte
MR. B: you got a PM!
-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 Afternoon,
Just back from doing a few errands. Sure is nippy out there.
I am running a Mike with a short drag of mostly box cars. It is the BLI unit I bought last year. I like it a lot as it runs well and has good sound.
As far as railfanning while track walking, the building is parallel to the tracks so I get to see the trains as I come around the curve. Mostly just freight hauled by several large diesels, not sure of the type as I don't pay much attention to modern stuff.
I see the squirrels are back trying to get the seed out of the feeders. Time for a little Border Security. We just say those words and Robbie runs to the back door ready to send them off. Not sure how he learned to equate squirrels with Border Security but we never really know with that dog.
Time for Bondi Vet,
CN Charlie
Flo,
I need a cup of tetley tea and some Soreen Fruity Loaf please.
I need the Soreen loaf buttered - thanks.
Just back from Disney - everything hurts - feet - legs - bones, etc. But had a good time apart from that. Also got to raid the English store for the goodies I can't get here.
After 23 years in the USA I have adapted to most things but some weird British stuff is still a luxury I cannot resist. Forget Cricket, English beer, and most other things. Jelly Babies, Fruit pastilles, Fruit gums and Soreen fruit loaf cannot be replaced.
Ran the trains last night - and everything is going hunky dory - so that's a relief. Also got to ride the trains at Disney - the "real" 4-6-0 steam loco in the Magic kingdom and the "fake loco" in Animal kingdom - but both were good.
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
dougdagrump Barry, Should you guys do another improptu Bluegrass jam hopefully somebody could record on a i/smartphone and upload to u-tube. Even though I am in "paradise lost" my Ky hillbilly roots are still there. Get well soon.
Barry, Should you guys do another improptu Bluegrass jam hopefully somebody could record on a i/smartphone and upload to u-tube. Even though I am in "paradise lost" my Ky hillbilly roots are still there.
Get well soon.
I found out that it cannot be done. Confidentiality is the name of the game here.
I'll see what be dug up from an earlier gig we did though.
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...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Evenin' folks!
Dinner is in the oven cooking... Macaroni and cheese, freshly home made. Couldn't find anything that appealed to me at the grocery store that could be done quickly. Was going to buy a 4 piece bag of their fried chicken, but they didn't have any. Well what I am having is probably better for me anyway.....
Did make it over to the Fieldhouse this afternoon after a couple of other places I needed to visit (the LHS being one). Not only did the mile quicker, but did one more lap at the end. So today I did 7 laps! Hope to get that up to 11 laps which would be just under two miles by May when I see my doctor. Tonight I will be photographing the art work so I can get it stored on my computer and take the originals back to the School buildings. Also made an appointment to get my hearing aids cleaned and reset (for tomorrow) and a dental appointment to get a triple crown I have replaced with one that will fit better. That one is on Thursday....
Loco Guy, the Soreen Fruit Loaf looks good!
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening, all. An other nice day in the mid-Ohio Valley. Pruned the rhododendron as it was headed toward the neighbor's driveway. Took the new dog for a ride in my Silverado to the yard waste recycle facility. She seemed to enjoy riding in a bigger truck.
Spent part of the afternoon scraping glue, paint and joint compound off the ties removed to rework the yard lead in. Actually cleaned up pretty easily. Just had lots to clean up. Did a second coat of joint compound to level out the second switch location.
YGW, I sharpen my chiesels on an oil stone to ruff sharpen and then four progressive plate glass plates with sand paper. My chisels are dangerously sharp when finish sharpened. Learned the technique from Fine Woodworking magazine.
Healing prayers to those in need.
Getting my hockey fix tonight. Also have to check in on the alma maters basketball game as George Njange is playing his final home game.
Jim
Had my snack, had my shower-sort of-, had some visitors, more flowers from "secret admirers" , got my evening meds.
Now, preparing for ....g'night all
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Last weekend, I spent an evening with my son. Had Mexican, Enchiladas Rojas to be specific, then took in the new Star Wars flick. It was fun. We'll see how far Disney will milk the new franchise.
Speaking of movies, glad to see DiCaprio won. Not that any of that matters one bit.
Ulrich: you're not kidding about the blue in the trees. One can see it plainly. Part of that is because your ground cover has what appears to be a lot of yellow in it, which would put the green in the grass on the warm side. I would assume the grass is mixed with beige (dirt) and really sharpens the cooler blue in the trees. Do Blue Spruce trees grow in that region? Because initially I kind of thought that's what they were supposed to be. Anyway, very nice modeling.
Barry, get well quickly. Hope they fixed everything.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evening Dinners
Flo, Please.
Work was peacefull and I enjoyed it.
Got home mopped the floors and out to the Train Room / Garage.
Train Front Replaced the DH121 that lost it mind with a new DH166 PK1000 UP F7-A. Sat the CV's that was a speed match to the B unit. Saved the CV's with Decoder Pro and it seemed like that took 15 minutes, more than likely 3 minutes put it seemed long to me. I wanted to run the trains!
Well, that did not work well. The A and B unit no longer like each other. Pull the B unit and gave it another try, hum that did not work either? Funny part the same train was being pulled a single PK 1000 F3-A (same chassis, motor and weight) with not a problem? Pulled a few cars and all is fine now.
YGW I did a count on the coal cars and it is 12. If it is not busy Tuesday I will be calling you.
Berry So you had a burnt intake and exhaust valve? Boy you where back firing from both ends!
Steve Get well soon!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
up831Ulrich: you're not kidding about the blue in the trees. One can see it plainly. Part of that is because your ground cover has what appears to be a lot of yellow in it, which would put the green in the grass on the warm side. I would assume the grass is mixed with beige (dirt) and really sharpens the cooler blue in the trees. Do Blue Spruce trees grow in that region? Because initially I kind of thought that's what they were supposed to be.
Actually, it is WS medium green fine turf, sprinkled on brown underground (various shades of brown).
The region I am modeling has mainly larches, so if I succeed in putting "needles" to these generic fir trees, they should look OK.
Evening all,
Flo, can I have a glass of water please and a crusty pretzel loaf.
So I am trying to catch up on what I was missing for the past week in the diner. Howmus - the Soreen loaf is excellent. Full of all the stuff thats not realy good for you. Well maybe if your under 21.
I am going to buy a brass car for my layout - nothing expensive - but I have never seen or owned a brass piece for my layout. I just want to know what all the fuss is about with brass.
Well, I gotta go cook dinner - shepards pie. Yummy! Actually it's only ground beef, carrots and peas with a potato topping.
Flo, can I get a cup o coffee and glazed donut.
I see the diner is empty - where have all the diners gone?
Anyhoo, its just another day in paradise here in little ole mississippi. Weather moderate and no humidity to talk about. My cat "Furbie" is probably going to have kittens - she looks a bit fat round the middle. Which is fine as we usually keep most of the kittens or friends and family snag em up. So it works itself out eventually, even thought we ususally have 3-4 cats at any one time.
Only one cat became a "trainspotter" and would sit with me in the garage and watch the loco's on the layout. All the others would stalk the loco's like a mouse and go in for the kill. So they were banned.
Gotta go do some work - hope other diners drop in.
Loco: The diner has moved. Everyone is in the March diner.
Richard