refill please.
***Paul, bet you don't mind putting out the hay, just to get on the tractor. Got on ours for a mental break today, digging out the deep end of where there would normally be a pond around Duck Island. May as well take some advantage of this drought.
***Dave, are those fries you're cooking in the skillet? If so, load me up please.
Wife thinks her re-test went real well. Should know something next week. Too bad she has been up since 7:00am and is working her 12 hour shift in ATL tonight. Yikes!
Farrier came yesterday and worked on a few of our horses. Tinytoons hoof growth continues to improve with the special shoes I make her. Need to clean up her last pair to re-attach them tomorrow. I like to give her hooves an extra day to dry out real good.
Been trying to figure out where in the basement I could start my train layout, but it isn't an ideal place, mainly from so much dust. The only other place would be in my studio, but it has large windows which I will not cover (for obvious reasons).
Rob
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful, if very warm (92º), day down here in Paradise. We're back from our quick trip to the (very) big city. No train activity, unless you count riding on the subway there. But we did get the things we went for taken care of. Now we can get back to finishing unpacking from the Texas trip. I think we're here for a few weeks before we have any other travel coming up. At least I hope so.
With the stuff I need to take care of between now and the end of the year, 2007 isn't looking to be the year I break out of my modeling funk and get back to the layout. I'm considering a New Year's resolution approach to getting myself out of the proverbial armchair, and back to model railroading. We'll see.
Later,
Ed
Good Evening All,
Just wandering through whilst I wait for the paint to dry. Doing more on the DPM buildings. Any of you who think model railroad people have no sense of humor should check out the toast thread out in the big room before Bergie zaps it - right Dave (and several more of us)?
For those who asked, the big pile of rocks I showed from Yosemite is at the base of the lower falls (which this time of year is a mere trickle).
The mortar on the bricks is any one or more of several techniques which I vary for variety. I've used successfully latex spackle, regular drywall mud, chalk with dull coat, washes of white paint mixed with ink, and my favorite - modellers' mortar and scenery base which i rescued from the circular file and revived. I don't know if it's made any more but it's like thick gritty plaster and easily stainable different shades with water based paint. All of them I sop up while wet or reapply until I like the results.
Time to get back to it - I'll try to check in later. J.R.
Paul, How big is this garden layout you are working on?
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
DAVE V IS GRILLING STEAKS!!!
Dave, I prefer rare!
I'll drive to the diner as fast as I can! I hope there are no radar traps! Pedal to the metal!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I'll have the STEAK and BEER....
This is yours truly at the PSU-OSU tailgate last October at Penn State...
Rain's in the forecast for this weekend! Here's hoping!!!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Evening Gang:
Lee I noticed that DEE DEE had dropped in.
Hi DEE DEE, and Welcome.
Not much happening here. I did get to the basement and did some work on the Clark Garden layout plan. I finally got the floor plan done. It's not perfect I couldn't get a couple of deminsions to come out right. I think that it's close enough though. I layed out the curve in the front middle and then did the curve at the right side. That's where I stopped for lunch. The feeding went well. I got the tractor out and put out 2 bales of hay tied with the sisal twine. I didn't take off the twine since it won't hurt the cows. Since the rain had stopped I went ahead and got 2 bales from the upper lot and put it out. These were wrapped with poly net so I had to take it off. So now there happy. We met with a friend of ours and gave him a list of our drugs. He's going to run these in his puter and get us a few plan Ds that we can look at. I'll be glade when all this is done. I don't know how some older folks make out with this med insurance and all.
Well I guess I'll head out and see what is going on else where.
Good Night All
Hey chole I hear jerry likes to do dishes so I think I'll order a dinner yes the whole family is here eating tonight. yes all 8 will have the same.
lets start with a chefs salad , the double filet minon with lobster tail and baked potatoe and green beans, For drinks we'll have ice water (don't want jerry to do to many dishes you know) Also the apple pie alamode for desert. that should do for starters.
Now frank keep it up and we'll go home okay that enought sorry chole forget it frank is acting up and won't behave thats what I get for bringing the cats out for dinner
fooled ya jerry had to get you sweating a little lol
Hi all not to much happening still hanging in here just a quick stop in to say hi talk to ya all laters
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hello everybody.
Greg .... I became a "diner" earlier this year. Glad you are here, and I'm looking forward to conversations with you.
Rob..... I'm glad the Mrs. is on the mend, and hope there are no set-backs for her.
Jeff. .. good to hear from you and good luck with the computer. are you healing from that surgery now?
Happy Model Railroading.
Hey!! Long time no see Greg and back
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Hello all,
Took off from work early just to go back at 6 tonight. Yes another pot-luck for the holidays for those the Coast Guard Auxiliary (our volunteer organization) Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, and all that good stuff.
My GF decided to join the group under the name Dee-Dee, so don't be alarmed if you see her hanging out. She has shown an interest in trains.
I updated my WWW link at the bottom with pictures of the Dairy and the Ice House.
The troops at work voted to have me cook 2 more deep fried turkeys for everyone around new years; I guess it pays NOT to miss any morale meetings!
It stopped raining here, for a while I thought I would need to build a large boat and heard animals into it.
Greg, back!
Afternoon Gang:
Welcome back Greg. I've been woundering where you were and what you have been up to. I figured that college had been taking up you spare time.
It's been raining all day so far. It comes in sperts and sometimes really hard. It's a cold but not enough to freeze. We missed that bullet.
Garry I got the E-mail and made a copy. I'll go over and see what my friend wants to do.
Well I have to go and feed the cattle. I'll see you all later.
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
77 degrees here with normal winter temps returning by the weekend. Will work outside today.
Wife finally went back for her re-test (Flight Nurse), so cross your fingers. She is still on antibiotics and not 100% yet, but didn't dare cancel the retest a third time or she figured they would be done with her. My fingers & toes are crossed she aces it today.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Cox 47 wrote:Jeff....Hows your computer problem coming?
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Good Morning, Diners - Zoe, how about a cup of coffee and some of Ed's OJ, please? Thank you, ma'am.
back Greg (trainwreck100)! I recognized your ID, though I was fuzzy on details 'till you mentioned. Guess you'll be our head DCC tech now, huh? Hope your classes are going well (and that you get lots done on the layout over your Christmas break, or whatever they're calling it in colleges now...). Drop by when you get the chance, and have a drink on me to welcome you back. Zoe, put his on my tab (and just Greg's, thanks!).
Got some kind of upper respiratory thing again... Going to call the Dr. this morning and see if he'll write me another round of antibiotic. Mostly dry cough, drippy nose (and post-nasal, etc.) but no fever to speak of at all. Yuck! Don't sit too close to me today, just in case.
We're back to cold and damp today, after a 60 degree (F) day yesterday. Had some more rain come through after supper last night, but not raining at the moment, thank Heaven. I'd love to move to Arizona right now. Okay, I'll quit whining for now.
Not much new on the layout, other than I got probably 50 more freight cars entered into my inventory database. Once I get the manufacturer's numbers in, I'll start locating photos of the cars to add to each record. I'm also supposed to help a local contemporary Christian radio station (manning the phones) for the pre-calling for their fundraiser (listener-supported). They're new this year (think they started broadcasting in July or August).
Well, Zoe, how about another glass of that OJ, please? Thanks!
Blessings and clearer weather for those needing drying out,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hey fellas, it's probably been a year and a half or so since I was in, so I don't know if anyone remembers me or not. Seems we've moved up in the world, a full service diner now huh? Looks like most of the same ol' bunch, with some welcome additions of course. It'll take me a little while to get back into the groove of things again and get caught up on what's going on, but I figured I'd go ahead and 'splain to y'all what I've been up to. I'm majoring in Electrical Engineering Technology at Oklahoma State, so that keeps me rather busy, but I've learned a lot more about how DCC and the various electronics in modelling work now and I'm kind of looking forward to completing a little backlog of work on the layout over Christmas break.
Well, that's about all I've got for now, hopefully make it back in soon!
Greg
Evening Folks!
Interesting day a little bit. Dawn & I hit the LHS & the craft store today for supplies. After we had gotten home, Dawn got a call from a co-worker, who had found a dalmatian puppy out in the street. Since her co-worker couldn't keep the dog overnight due to another dog in the household, we are now the temp. foster home for it until tomorrow when we notify our animal control officer. It is very well behaved (gets along well with our 2 dogs) & appears to be lost instead of abandoned. (leather collar but no tags) Our local animal officer is a "dog" person & very good at her job, so we have high hopes she can find the owner.
Lee-Happy B-day-3 more wks until the magic "42" for me
Phil-yeah an incident like that is funny to look back on now, but I hated that car. I bought it as a winter beater to keep my '70 Coronet out of the snow. Only thing I liked about it was it had the factory console floor shift. I bought the car for $300, kept it a year & a half, & turned around & sold it for $600 to a buddy's girlfriend (even after telling her every single thing that was wrong with the car!) She wasn't the brightest star in the sky, but she wanted the car badly, was willing to pay what I was asking, & I'm honest. (car didn't last her a year before it broke down. She abandoned it on a city street & it was hauled away) OTOH, My other bud had a '76 Scout II & his was one dependable vehicle! Was dark blue & then he decided to paint it Top Banana Yellow! Only thing I didn't like if anything, was the way it bounced so much taking off in 1st gear! (airsickness bag was needed sometimes) I could probably write a book on some of the vehicles we had (I won't) & some of the names we gave them-The Psychedelic Dodge, The Screaming Woodpecker, Team Malibu, The Pinto Bean, sheez! But the memories ARE golden though!
Didn't get much done at the workbench today except doing more stripping on the C&C car. Hopefully make up for tomorrow!
Nite all!
We missed the ice last night, stayed rain. Tonight, we are under another watch, but it doesn't sound like it will have a chance to get too bad before morning.
Eeyore- Your '71 Monte story brings back memories. Things that seem so bad at the time sure are fun to look back on. I had a '73 IH Scout II, the distributor was mounted right behind the fan, it drowned out in a heavy dew. At the time, it was my cross to bear, but looking back now, it sure provided lots of stories! Good times.
pcarrell- Thought I recognized that stretch of track. As I was looking at the pics, we got a fight in progress call, so I only got to see the third pic as I was logging off. Thought it was an F, probably need to go back and look again, but it seems we are going to be busy tonight, too.
Hi all. One IBC root beer, please.
Thank you all for your kind words with my car accident and advice on how to post here. I was able to get the Saab to a shop to get the radiator replaced without it overheating (today was one of the few times I was thankful it was FREEZING outside!). Hopefully, the mechanic can fix it tomorrow despite the twisted sheetmetal. At this point, I don't care if he Mickey-Mouses it, as long as it runs without overheating. I'll still need to get a new left headlight assembly to make it (somewhat) roadworthy. If I can figure out how to get my camera phone to work, I'll post a picture of the damage.
PC, I hope your wife pulls through and feels better soon!
Lee,
Garry, if you subtract then you're cheating . Now when I celebrate my 49th birthday It will be the 30th anniversary of my 19th birthday, or I can say I'm 19 with 30 years experience.
Good evening...
Lee was kind enough to post his "birthday math" and I saw Ryan picked up on it. However, I would like to know of anyone who has worked subtraction into the equation.
Paul .... Did the email get there? If not try a PM here.
Not much done on the layout today. If finally corrected a track alignment problem. Now my nit-picky NP 4-8-4 won't derail on the track in question. No slow orders now.
Happy model railroading.
Good evening all,
Rain, rain, and more rain here with a dash of fog. Tomorrow: Rain, rain, and then rain high of 35F. Well I cut four 4' x 4' plywood tops for my modular and laid the curves out for the two main lines and the one local track. I cut two 3' x 4' plywood tops and framed one of them. After a 5" easement from the front and 2.5" on centers I have almost 25" from the easement of the inner most track to the back drop. For stuff! I'm still painting the first set of store fronts for Fox Creek.
Other than that I was lazy all day. Thanks for all the B-day wishes.
Afternoon Gang: I just got off the phone with AARP. I guess we will go with their plans for Medicare Supplimental and Plan D. With that decision made I'm feel much better. We can still are going to look around until we get the paper work but this seems good. The best part was talking to someone and getting answeres even if they hirt a little bit.
It sounds like it's raining. Hold on while I take a look.___________ Well Mary Ann just came in and said it's raining and that's what I saw, soooo I guess it's raining. We're both hungry and we need to get the mail so I'll see you all later.