Hi Everyone,
Brent: Was the dog you lost one of those 3 handsome Canucks fans that you posted last month? Sorry for your loss.
Not much happening right now. Hope everyone is ok, healthy as can be expected, and having as much fun as possible. Maybe a good MRR project would be in order.
Edit: Top o' the page.
Hard cider can by Jim S, on Flickr
Have a hard cider on me.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Evening,
Brent, so sorry that you lost one of your buddies. Always a tough time.
John, I have actually been to Victoria Falls twice, in 2013 and again in 2019. The first time we went on a guided walk and got thoroughly soaked from the spray/mist despite rain ponchos. The gorge is very narrow and you can't see the bottom due to the spray. Watched the bungie jumpers on the bridge who must be nuts. They bounced up and down several times. Second trip was when we saw it by helicopter which gave the best view. Stayed at the Victoria Falls Hotel too which was an experience in itself.
Busy day with the planting. Have to get more potting soil tomorrow.
Wonder if Dave is out of hospital. Hope he is doing ok.
CN Charlie
Sorry for your loss, Brent. You and your family are in my thoughts.
(the whole internet is whacky tonight. Fighting a 'Forbidden' 504 right now!)
Regards, Ed
Brent. Sorry for your loss. Thoughts & Prayers to you and your family.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning
The site seems to be working pretty darn good today, let's just all hope it stays that way.
The point in my post yesterday was indirectly, directed to the powers that be doing the software updates, not at all to the members here. Just wanted to clarify that, as some were saying posts aren't being made as much when it's nice outside. Most certainly do get that, as it's so nice out today, one just may have to take the Stang out for a romp. Looks like Chris (Tophias) has been tearing it up in his Corevette...Nice! What year Chris? Post a pic if you would.
The cold months were different, as my time was on that condo rehab all through the Winter. At my leisure was the only way I'd take it on. There was so many plans to get my bridges done last Winter, but unfortunately that didn't happen.
So now, every chance there is, such as the too hot or rainy days, I'm going to be at the modeling board.
Was thinking some of you might be interested how that condo remodel turned out, so I'll take you on a walk through.
It was all ordered custom. Not a thing on that project was run-of-the-mill big box store, with exception of small misc, and that barn door
The new ultra'mod trend seems to be, white trim with black handles & fixtures, with (battle ship grey) walls Some choices of light fixtures, left a little bit to be desired.
This will be my last big job. As my mind still loves the craft, the body's getting tired of it all. I'm even planning on hanging up the tool belt with the handyman crap around here. In a sence, getting to this point is a bit saddening but regardless, that's what school was for last week.
Well, time to go driving Mrs Daisy, and get Ju-Ju to work. Then I'm gonna look for John's Monty Python suggestion
Have a great Sunday gentelmen
TF
Good morning Diners. Flo, I'll please have just coffee and a grilled English muffin.
Brent, I want to express my apologies and condolences. When I made my last post I somehow got wrapped up in crafting the post I completely forgot to send you condolences on your loss. Pets truly are family indeed. My wife and I adopted a 2 year old cat from a shelter years ago. All went well for the first couple of years. Then he started having behavioral issues that showed as urinating, on beds, chairs, etc. we put up with it for a few more years (episodes happened only every six months or so) and even had him on female hormones. Finally we just couldn't cope anymore so I had to return him to the shelter, after having first tried to find a no kill shelter. Was probably the hardest thing I ever had to face. I knew as an animal given up a second time he would be put down. That day I went directly to the shelter and had planned to then go to work, but I just couldn't. So I called in sick. Real tough day.
TF, nice job on the condo. Like the color schemes. My Corvette is a 1973 coupe, big block, 4 sp. Original matching numbers, original paint, original interior. A great Survivor. My late brother was the second owner and he gave it to me when he passed in 1979. The car and I are both growing old gracefully! I've never taken the time to learn how to post pics here so maybe this will be my motivation to do so. Stay tuned.
Regards, Chris
Good afternoon Diners. Afternoon tea and jam scones please, Flo.
A busy morning with household jobs to attend to.
There are weeks we never see our daughter as she works all around the U.K..
These past couple of days she has never been away. We shall see her again in half an hour.
We lost a cat 3 years ago. She was about 13 years old, and quite quickly went into kidney failure. We tried dialysis once, but it only lasts a couple of days and then needs to be repeated. We realized she was in some pain and sadly had to put her down.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley We lost a cat 3 years ago. She was about 13 years old, and quite quickly went into kidney failure. We tried dialysis once, but it only lasts a couple of days and then needs to be repeated. We realized she was in some pain and sadly had to put her down.
Rich
Alton Junction
TF, I have to apologize. On weekend photo fun, I posted a photo, and then I couldn't log in again. I didn't check back until this morning, and I saw that you had posted photos of an elevator project about the same time I did. Great work! You'll have to update WPF sometime with more of your bridges photos.
York1 John
Sorry to hear the sad stories about the loss of your cat, Rich, Chris, Mr. B.
Thanks for your compliment yesterday Chris. Another smile on my face
No worries John. The posts were one minute apart, sometimes that can be a few seconds or less. Who ever posted last, usually doesn't notice the runner up. I'm all too familiar with that situation as it's happened many times.
Thanks for your compliment. I've always admired the Radio Shack scene of yours, with the tall red and white tower Speaking or which, Fawlty Towers wasn't in my Monty Python box set, which was disappointing. I'll have to find it on e-bay.
The grain elevator pics were from an old thread in 2019. It supprised me the link is still on the internet. If you Google grain elevator project model railroader magazine, the link takes you to the middle of the thread.
Since it was imperative to get up quite early for five days in a row (Mon - Fri) for school, my biological clock is stuck like that now
Judy was ecstatic last night. She found a Family Affair marathon that's her favorite, (Buffy & Jody). The TV shows of the 60's and 70's certainly were a bit more wholesome back in the day. How could anyone not appreciate the proper etiquette of Mr. French.
Wonder where (Water Level Route) Mike's been. Haven't heard hide nor hair from him lately. Told him a dog story about my Nellie that related to his dog's foot a few posts ago
Ed, has the lower plumbing gotten any better for you hopefully. Unfortunately mine's been getting worse. I'm not much of a doctor person, but learning to be. I've got an appointment with a gastrologist on Thursday
There's some before & after pics added to yesterday mornings post if anyone cares.
How about another Green Machine TigerImage courtesy of alumni.oud.ac
Got a few things to do in the building and having a hard time deciding which one to pick today. I'd rather pick working on bridge #1 somemore instead
Check this out! N scale bridge rivets That could put a damper on a paint schedule
Make it a good Monday gentelmen
A large mocha coffee please, Flo before I scream. I could not login. Then kept getting Forbidden 405s
I bought some resin buildings to replace the old Metcalfe card ones that are now past their best.
I mentioned on another thread of my grandaughters being in aircraft. Click on pcture for correct one.
Looks like we made it through the weekend without too many glitches. In fact it seems like things are running faster than usual this Monday morning.
Track fiddlerEd, has the lower plumbing gotten better for you hopefully. Unfortunately mine's been getting worse.
For some reason I seem to be getting a problem with food getting 'stuck' just before it gets into my stomach (lower esophagus sphincter) and it seems to be happening more frequently lately. My primary care physician says to keep an eye on it? That's on the input side. The output side is just fine
Track fiddlerCheck this out! N scale bridge rivets
Wow! N scale rivets. I recently used Archer rivets for the first time on a blast furnace 60" duct pipe. These were HO rivets and you can hardly see them. You might want to go a size larger, TF, just so you can see the little buggers!
Coal and water for a Green Machine?
BNRR-5312-U30C-GALESBURG-IL-OCT72-PRESTON-COOK by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
PRR signals:
Centipede J1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Night_train by Edmund, on Flickr
I'll have to bite the bullet and shell out for a new set of batteries for the golf cart. Looks like I'll be pulling about $1500 out of the train fund for these!
Cheers, Ed
Good Morning Diners. Flo, large coffee please.
Go away for a weekend and look at the catching up I have to do in the diner. Love it!
TF, nice job on the condo! Also, my dog's name is Otis. Here he is in a much younger photo.
Otis by Michael, on Flickr
Annoyingly, the vet got their surgery estimate to us and can't seem to get him in until July 17th! Totally unacceptable. He would be well on his way to healing whatever amount it would without surgery, to then put him back on three legs. Incredible. I will be making some phone calls today to see about getting him in somewhere else.
David, chin up. Challenges were made to be overcome. Nice picture of the granddaughters in the plane. Looks like they are ready for adventure!
Brent, I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. Tough to deal with even when you know the day is coming. Thinking of you and your family.
Rich, in case I missed it when it happened, I'm sorry for your loss as well.
Chris, would love to see a few pics of that 'vette.
Ed, I always love the photos you post of your layout. Thanks for sharing them. Hopefully your intake issue straightens out soon.
Anyone else I may have missed, I hope all is well. Now to cross my fingers and hope this post takes. Have a great day guys.
Mike
The GF and I have been together long enough now that I remember getting both of our current cats as rescues. Snowflake is 6 now and Whiskey is 3. Both are in good health and both are chipped. Neither ever goes outside, but the chips are a good protection in case they accidentally run out, which neither even tries to do.
This is the only home either cat has ever had.
MisterBeasley, when we had cats and dogs before, we didn't get them chipped. Then we got Daisy the Deaf Dachshund, and decided that since she was deaf, we could not really call her if she got lost. We chipped her. Now, with Cookie the deaf mini-Aussie, we got her chipped also. I'm glad they have such a thing, and I now see we should have done that with our earlier pets.
I hadn't had a cat since I left for college, so chips are totally new technology to me. Little Snowflake had an injury a few months ago, partial ACL tear. The doctor said not to let her jump. Right, keep a young cat from jumping? We got her a cat feeder that only opens and closes for her, based on an RFID chip on her collar. Turns out we could have programmed it to work with her ID chip, also.
The cat feeder was expensive, but it works very well and keeps the dog and Whiskey out of her food.
MisterBeasleyWe got her a cat feeder that only opens and closes for her, based on an RFID chip on her collar.
I've seen and considered the same kind of thing for a dog door. The problem with dog doors is how to keep raccoons and other pests out, yet let the dog have free access.
The new dog door is locked, but will unlock when the chipped dog comes close.
I can see some issues with that, but it seems like an improvement.
On a whole different issue, but related --- years ago our school began the system of locked entry doors, with the secretaries being able to see a person on the screen and allow access. That's fine, but how to let someone inside get out without letting someone outside in?
The system had sensors that unlocked the doors whenever anyone inside the door got within about three feet.
Good, right? But the issue developed that someone standing outside the door could get in if a student inside got too close to the door. Not a perfect system, but better than nothing.
How about a subway set of signals with green, yellow, and red!
MisterBeasley The cat feeder was expensive, but it works very well and keeps the dog and Whiskey out of her food.
Water Level Route David, chin up. Challenges were made to be overcome. Nice picture of the granddaughters in the plane. Looks like they are ready for adventure!
Mike. I have had challenges all my life. Having a mild stroke just after I was born and given 3-4 months to live. (A long 3-4 months )
Then at 16 years of age told much the same.
Four times I 'visited hospital'. You may think I love the food. Each time doctors have given me a 'slim chance'.
One day off course they will be right, but my 'nine lives' are not up yet.
Rant: Doctors have been sitting in their ivory towers with my x-rays yet do not say what is wrong, yet send me for more x-rays!!! Rant Over.
As for the granddaughters' in the aircraft? Are they taking after their great grandmother (my mother) and my son who both flew aircraft? I do have a picture (somewhere) where the girls are in a Tornado fighter aircraft.
The garden work continues. Finding it is very tiring which I attribute to an age issue. My wife will have to scale things back next year.
David, hope the docs can get you a diagnosis soon. That is a frustrating situation.
TF, nice work on that coondo reno! I too don't understand black fixtures.
Chris, a friend of mine had a '73 coupe back in '74. It had a 350 with a 4 speed. I have a friend from high school days who restores Corvettes as a hobby but he is strictly a C2 guy. He is doing a '65 coupe to NRCS standards and '63 as a driver.
Dave, where are you? Hope you are home and on the mend.
No train news. CP has #2816 coming here at the end of the month but doubt I will go see it as I had a lot of time chasing it back in '07. Nice that CP is using it again as it sat for some years in Calgary.
Hi CNCharlie,
I 'm still stuck in the hospital because my sodium levels are too low. Hopefully I will get out later today.
I got moved again, this time out of a private room to a very cramped semi. I lucked out with a good roommate.
However, one of the nurses suggested that I shouldn't get too comfortable because they plan on putting me in a hallway in the early hours of the morning. I think that's good sign because it suggests that they are planning to get rid of me. That would be fine by me.
Don't hold your breath!!!
Cheers!!
Dave
I forgot to mention that the hospital Wi-Fi was wonky for several days last week so sending posts was nearly impossible.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
gmpullman Coal and water for a Green Machine? BNRR-5312-U30C-GALESBURG-IL-OCT72-PRESTON-COOK by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr I'll have to bite the bullet and shell out for a new set of batteries for the golf cart. Looks like I'll be pulling about $1500 out of the train fund for these!
Water Level Route TF, nice job on the condo! Also, my dog's name is Otis. Here he is in a much younger photo. Otis by Michael, on Flickr
Thanks Mike Otis looks like a great companion. A happy and friendly looking dog, must have something to do with a good master
CNCharlie TF, nice work on that coondo reno! I too don't understand black fixtures.
Thanks Charlie. Certainly like the colour black on Steamers where it belongs, ...Lights???, not so much. Maybe we're Old School
A CN 70 ton ore car was purchased at the Hobby store, thinking my friend Charlie up in Canada would buy one of those eh
The Bear My word Mr. TF, Star Wars and Star Trek on your shelf, wot good taste, can’t see any of the LOTR, though!
The collection of CD's started in my younger days. The DVD's started accumulating more after the DTS Monster System in the early 2000's. The home theater was still under some cosmetic tweeks in the pic.
We had to weed through and sell almost half my CD/DVD collection, Judy won over the center shelf for trinkets...
Well I'm off surfing, to look for more RR signals.
Have a great Taco Tuesday y'all
Good morning, diners. It's great to click on the forum and get a connection so fast. Of course, now that I've said it, it will end.
Work on the layout continues at a slow pace. Yesterday I ordered some more Tichy windows. I thought I had ordered enough several weeks ago, but then I realized I had counted incorrectly.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Virginia:
How about Henry Dreyfuss's Mercury train of the 30's?
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Who could not like this pic? I'm certain at least one club member does. The murky day for the Mercury in this old B&W certainly fits. Almost a bit sinister of a vibe.
Happy hump day
Good morning Diners. A large coffee please, Zoe.
Car is having a service and MOT test, so not going anywhere today.
Irton Road Ground Frame on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway; a 15 inch gauge railway in Cumbria, U.K..
Good Morning Diners. Brunhilda, scrambled eggs, bacon, fried ham, and toast please.
David, how often does a vehicle have to go in for a MOT check? Annually? Looking at some of the cars on the road here, I kind of wish we would do the same thing.
TF, that picture of the Mercury is one of my favorite old railroad pics. You are right too in that black and white adds an element that a color photo would not. Thanks for the comment about Otis too. We originally got him "for the kids", but he took to me like nobody's business. Even right now being down to three good legs at the moment, he still follows me as best he can if I get out of sight.
David, perhaps your better half (Diane?) could sneak you in some fast food. The "right" choices should elevate your sodium levels pretty quickly!
Cheers everyone!
Mike. The M.O.T. is done annually. I have the car serviced at the same time by the car dealer. It is expensive, but I know the car has all Mazda parts and not other cheaper, less reliable ones.