jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Good morning.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446 12/29/2007Wind Chill: 43°FHumidity: 67%Dew Point: 36°FSo Far TodayHigh: 46°FLow: 38°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 8mph NNE Today High: 55 Considerable high cloudiness. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the morning becoming light and variable. Tonight Low: 38 Considerable high cloudiness. Lows in the upper 30s. Light and variable winds.
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Afternoon Gang: We just got in from looking at a house for my daughters family. It was nice enough with 4 acres of land. They are asking $430,000 for it which is too much. Place is nice but needs alot of work. It did have a new shop building that Rob, her husband, would like.
I guess we're going into the hospital to see the baby so I'd better sign off.
My best to all.
Morning folks!
How about some cinnamon rolls and coffee Chloe! Thanks!
Just wanted to let you all know that my Piedmont Division (PD) web site was selected as the Web Site of the Week on 2Guyz and some Trains website. It is the first time my PD website has been a feature on another site so I am quite excited.
Thoughts and prayers to all in need of recovery and rest!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
in a ATSF mug, please & thanks.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
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
Good morning all,
Well today it's going to be a steamy 40F with snow showers and the low will only be 30F. My son is coming out for a visit this week so maybe we can finish the 5 sections of bench work still sitting out in the garage.
Hope you all have a good day.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
What up all?
Just hangin' out here. Sometimes I hate getting up early most mornings. It makes it hard to sleep in once in a while!
My wifes aunt is coming over today with some Christmas presents for the kids. That'll be fun! Funny thing.....kids seem to like Christmas presents? Strange, huh?
Just kind of a cold, cloudy day on tap for today.
Today: mainly cloudy, cooler - high: 36 Tonight: partial clearing, cool - low: 29
Good day to do a whole lot of nothing!
So what's up with you?
RT, yeah, that was one of my daughters dogs I think.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
***Ryan, that rail and flange lubricator is interesting. Looks like a gooey mess, but I guess that's the idea.LOL
***PC, hope the wife responds quickly enough to the meds to make her appointment. You folks have had more than your share of challenges. Sending healing vibes your way.
So, what is the next "best time of year" for selling off some vintage trains? Hay is in short supply and very expensive this year so I will probably have to make some quick cash to keep our critters fed this winter, (even at the expense of this hobby.).
Finished most of the book shelves out on the painting porch tonight. The rain continues on and off with more predicted for Sunday. If this keeps up we might not beat the 100 year drought record after all, not that I would mind missing that one. Rob
PC sorry to hear about maggie was that another dog at the beginning of the vidio in the back ground. They get to be part of the family we concider ours are children as we never had any.
Hope all gets better and tell wife don't forget meds, meds are important and for our benifit.(SP)
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. It's actually been bearable all week, and I've now gone about 6 days without turning on the a/c. Hopefully it will continue this way at least through New Year's.
It's been a quiet week, as is normal here for Christmas. The most exciting thing that we did was cook a venison leg for Christmas dinner. A (very) good friend gave me the leg when we were in Houston at Thanksgiving, and we saved it for this occasion. First time I had cooked venison myself, and it turned out pretty good. Lots left over too. In fact, tonight's supper was open faced hot venison sandwiches! Yum. But if the truth be known, I think I'd be just as happy with some of Ryan's prime rib!
Got out to the orange grove on Wednesday, and the harvest continues to go slowly but ‘delisciously'. Still have tons of fruit to pick.
PC - sorry to hear about Maggie. I know it's tough to lose a pet.
Garry - glad your daughter and grandson escaped serious injury.
I'm trying to work up my enthusiasm to start in on the trains again after New Year's. Today I figured I ought to start by clearing away enough space for me to get decent access to the layout. I think that's going to be a work in progress for a few days.
Have a good one,
Ed
Good Afternoon from Winterpeg!
A cup of coffee please Chloe and a piece of apple crumble too.
Last night we went to a Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of the Nutcracker. It was truly a wonderful evening and I find that although I have seen it several times I never tire of it. Those dancers are really amazing atheletes considering the control of their moves in time to music no less. It was a full blown production with great costumes, sets, the full symphony orchestra, etc.
Jerry, you asked about the Athearn RS3 I have ordered. It is an up-dated version but I don't know if it is based on a Roundhouse version or not. I'll pick it up from my delivery point south of the border in a couple of weeks and I will let you know how it looks and runs. I have to order a decoder for it but I can run it on DC. I have a hookup for a DC pack on the layout as I have a couple of those President Choice engines (IHC) that I like run once in a while.
Jim, I'm not a particular Alco fan but I do like some of the early small diesels. I have an SW8 and an SW9. In fact I prefer using them for switching to my PK2 0-6-0. I would have liked the RS3 in CN green and gold but you take what you can get if you want Canadian locos. The SW9 is CP so it will now have some company. I just wish I could find a CP caboose. Looks like I'll have to wait for a Truline Trains version that is supposed to be out soon.
It is cloudy today but not too cold which is a good thing as I accompany one of our dogs when he wants outside. He is nearly 13 and lost an eye to infection last month so he has trouble navigating. That he is still with us is amazing as he has had diabetes for over 6 years. He had gone blind as dogs do with diabetes but we had lens implants done a few years ago so he still has some sight in the one eye. I told my wife he should have an eye patch to make him look dangerous like a pirate but she wasn't too crazy about the idea.
It will soon be time to tuck into some of Ryan's prime rib! Can't wait. Think I'll have a glass or two of a nice Shiraz with that too.
See you soon.
CN Charlie
Afternoon Gang: I got some good news from John. The baby has gained 14oz.
PC: I'm sorry about Maggie. I'm sure that she will be missed.
I'm going to cut out and do some chores. I'll try and get back later.
Now look what I done did! Belly up folks, dinner is on me tonight!
How about some bone-in prime rib...
Cox 47 wrote:Where is everbody?....B U M P!...Jerry
Not sure Jerry!
But here is something for you guys to look see:
It's a rail and flange lubricator, I might try to come up with a HO 1:87 of this 1:1 on the layout.
Found the device along the CSX line in Wake Forest a few weeks ago, see more images of it on my Photos Gallery VII website page.
I is here!
Got my new all-in-one installed yesterday and quickly discovered that when I would the new unit my old printer would constantly go on and off line. I finally just unplugged the old one and am now using the new for printing as well as scanning. It has one little bug that I haven't worked out yet. It wants to print on 'Landscape' no matter whether the preference is set for landscape or portrait.
Chloe, I'll have some coffee some scrambled eggs, sausage and some pancakes! Thanks!
43 degrees here this morning and the possibility of gracing us with some rain later today. We need it too. Severe drought conditions continue with a - 18" on the rain gauges and Falls Lake is - 12' and the water supply is at 95 days.
Jerry, are you sure the image you are trying to put in the avatar is linked to a URL and is hosted at a photo site like Photobucket for example.
Later on,
Good morning, Diners! Zoe, a cup of coffee and one of those twisty donuts, please. Thanks!
Well, looks like most of you have been busy - I see Mark's got some possible layout space, and several nice new freight cars (and that cowbell...) Way to go, Hoople!
CNCharlie is getting a new loco - are you generally an Alco fan, Charlie, or is this a change-of-pace for you?
Lee, you have to be careful about letting the girlfriend know that you can fix stuff - you end up with more things on the HD list that Dick mentioned.
Jerry, on your problem with your avatar image - have you uploaded it to the website here? Maybe that's the glitch.
Paul, you don't think your granddaughter was trying to hint that she'd like a laptop of her own, do you? Or do they have one at her home?
Tracklayer, hope you get your enzymes back up where you're feeling okay again. Sounds like that's been a long road getting back to your usual self.
JR, I'm with Lee about your new engine - love the whitewall tires on that! Good runner, too, huh?
Looks like most of us are getting some today. We're supposed to have rain most of the day, with that itsy-bitsy chance of any of it freezing on us. (Not really likely, though) My friend who's coming up from Memphis will probably have three hours of driving in it - sorry for her.
About time for me to finish clearing the dining room table and a few last things in the living room (aka temporary spare bedroom) cleared out. Then I may make a trip by the LHS to see what they've got in. In looking at my stock of freight car kits, it appears I have over 20 that I need to assemble yet. Think I know what one of my New Year resolutions should be...
Everyone drive careful in this rain (or snow up Hoople's and Sue's way - Johnboy, what kind of moisture have you been getting up there?). Good day for a nice bowl of soup, stew, or chili today.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
***JR, sharp looking loco there. Congrats!
Heavy rain & a few blasts of thunder since 6:00 this morning. Got the hose transfering water out of the tank here at the house, although the way it's coming down it will still probably overflow. Crawling back to bed for a bit...still feel wiped out. Rob
Good Morning All,
I'll have one of Bills' donuts and a regular to go please. Just ducked back into the house while the car warms up enough to scrape the ice off. Rained on and off last night which froze, but no real problems except for the pack ice on the car windows. CUL, J.R.
Evening folks! (just coffee thanks)
Phillip - I feel so terrible for you. Maggie seemed like such a sweet dog from your vid. I feel your pain, as my Mom just lost her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel "Biscuit" last month suddenly. She was only 10 1/2, but just had some surgery a couple months before, & just seemed out of it since. Mom guessed she may have had a minor stroke or something, & then a major one that led to her sudden death in the middle of the night. She also lost her basset hound "Skittles" in early 2005 to cancer at the age of 13 1/2. (that was rough on me too as I was the one who & got him for her at the age of 5 wks.) She was terribly upset, but made a point to me (seeming to read my mind) that she didn't want another dog, as her age & health couldn't take raising another one. (the thought -did- come to mind though when we were a foster home for the dalmatian puppy a few wks ago.) & also it's good you have video to look back on, as I do both Biscuit & Skittles. I've transferred the old vid of them (VHS) to DVD a few years ago, but still haven't uploaded them for viewing online. (maybe I should do that soon.) Dawn has a program to do that, but she needs to show me how to work it.
Not much else going on except back to work fortunately it's been slow there, so no worries-it'll get back to craziness after the New Year. & speaking of, tomorrow's my early day, so I better hit the sack. Nite all!
PC.,
We are so sorry to hear of the passing of your dear old friend. I loved the video and it brought back lots of memories. My parents used to raise English Bulldogs and I have lots of found remembrances of growing up with them and showing them with my parents at the dogs shows here Provincially.
We have a house full right now but no Bulldogs. We have a mini Dashund that we rescued this past May from the shelter, that some one dropped of because he needed dental work, He is almost 11 years, but what a charmer. His name is Buddy.He replaces our Brutus which was the same breed and lived until he was 17 yrs. We also have a shitzu , Patches, we have had him since he was a pup and is now 6 yrs. Our Bichon lived until he was 14 yrs, and passed awy last April. Now my Son is visiting from Spokane and he brought his Wheaton Terrier for a visit. That is like putting a Mack truck in your living room. But he is a real winner, we really like him. His name is Freud. (Like the Shrink).
So life's circle must go on in the dog world as well. Thank goodness we do have fond memories of our loved ones and pets. I cherish my memories of my Parents and dogs.
Condolences,
Johnboy out............
James:1 Verse:5
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Nice looking loco, GMTRacing.
I'm still waiting on my big boy.