Hoople wrote:Y'all done start a contest ya can't win! DUCKS ARE SWIMMING DOWN MY FRONT SIDEWALK WHICH IS UNDER A FOOT OF WATER. SOME MAIN STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF BY POLICE ROADBLOCKS DUE TO FLOODING.I believe I win.On the flipside, I'm enjoying the house to myself. On the flipside to that, my sister told me that dad had told her he is thinking about a divorce... Some things just aren't working out lately.Later all.
Y'all done start a contest ya can't win! DUCKS ARE SWIMMING DOWN MY FRONT SIDEWALK WHICH IS UNDER A FOOT OF WATER. SOME MAIN STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF BY POLICE ROADBLOCKS DUE TO FLOODING.
I believe I win.
On the flipside, I'm enjoying the house to myself. On the flipside to that, my sister told me that dad had told her he is thinking about a divorce... Some things just aren't working out lately.
Later all.
I'd go with the ducks. Try a foot of green water on the upper deck The light atop of the Jack staff was found at the stern the next day some 295' aft of where the staff is. The good thing was we were hove too and making about 2 knots headway and being the preverbial "Duck". Didn't take too much spray but enough. What is the critical thing is if the ship looses headway and goes beam onto the sea. Then it gets perilous.
Seriously, Sorry to here of your home situation as those can be a very hard on the heart and soul. Hopefully what ever transpires won't be too hard on you. Hard thing will be not to take sides.
Lee: Don't feel bad many don't relis the thought of a transfer here. She's a great sea boat the best we have bar none. However she's 43 years old an antique by todays standards and having a whole lot of annoying small glitches. you can find us on the www.sailwx.info site under Hudson . However our ship's wind direction is out by about 90 degrees and when the wind is on out stern it reads 20% low. It will get fixed in the new year... sometime.
Anyway enough sea stories for the day... Snow is good! Snow is a skiers firend!! Sunday River here I come!! Conway LHS here I come!!!!
Fergie
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Cederstrand wrote:***Kevin, do you have Italian Greyhouds? We are down to our last 2, "Lorenzo & Luigi" (I would guess 16lbs & 9lbs respectively). So far I have had to chase one of our cats out of their heated dog house 3 times tonight. The cat kicks them out. They are sweet little things and designed for summer weather only. If it is too cold for a human to be outside in a swimsuit, it is probably too cold for an IG. -Rob
Morning Rob
We have 3 Italian Grey Hounds, the first one I bought when she adopted me at a pet store in New Hamspshire she is Misty and 18 pds grey and whitecolor, Lilie (Bunkie) who we got from the New England Rescue about 18 pds fawn color, and Lacy who is 9 pds white. We keep them confined to the living room or non of the beds in the house will stay made. Bunkie and Lacy hate to get there feet wet and have not been seen much other than as lumps under there blankies.
My wife wants to know how you heated the dog house or were you bought it at, she thinks they need one. And I agree with you if you wont wear a swimsuit outside then the dogs wont want to go out.
Kevin
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening/Morning folks-just a hot "cuppa" (black please) & off to a warm bed.
Yep it is December, & Ohio, we know it! Lee explained the lake effect thing pretty good-we can get it 50 miles south too if the wind/conditions are right. Rarely as much as up there, but we were still getting a little bit here-just a "skift of snow" on the ground-& making some surfaces "slicker than deerguts on a doorknob." (to slightly paraphrase Mitch Jayne the bass player of the bluegrass band the Dillards on their "Live!!! Almost!!!" album. (the same band that played the Darlin's on Andy Griffith)
I'm still at the train workbench as much as possible-I want to get at least my ATW ex SM car done by the early part of January-back to work thru Thurs this week but off for another 2 wks after that so that should help.
Last night we were having a good hard wind blown rain from the south, & in the process, discovered a slight leak in the basement. Upon inspection, it appeared to be coming from the corner where the front door is above. Definitely something to take care of, since both ends of my future point to point layout (planned bi-level) will tentatively begin/terminate right there.
Dawn's having renewed success with interest in her beads selling them-now she's psyched-she's off for the next 2 days, so that means major beadwork in the studio! (the upstairs loft-she gets that, I get the basement )
(drains the last of my coffee) k folks-gotta go hit bed-best to everyone-catch ya later!
I see Ed is back from his grand tour NOB, just posted over on the Houston Layout post. It is a great looking layout, BTW.
Jeffrey, just read your response to the 666 remark, I wonder why- other than for the number- it wouldn't be rostered? Is this like the lack of a 13th floor in buildings? In today's world, you'd think that would be a thing of the past.
refill, please & thanks!
All this talk of weather: tonight it drops to 28 and inspite of last nights rain, we are currently under a Red Flag fire warning because of 0% precip. Our ducks are still looking for water in their pond that isn't there. At least they have some low tubs full of water to bathe in.
Rob
Boy, never thought I'd be able to brag on Indiana weather in Dec, but it's just another grey cold day here. Just talked to my friend in Kent, Washington, he has some of the "ducks on the sidewalk weather " too. Sounds like winter is ramping up all over the continent. Ed probably has frost on his kiwis!
The power fianlly went on and off enough last night to screw up the computers, right after I made my post everything shut down again, and when the power came back up, the puters didn't.
JimR and Cox47- It really is one of the little treasures in my life that Amyjo is so supportive, and I am really lucky in that area. And in the in-laws too, my MIL and FIL are great, of course him being an old N&W (via NKP) hand doesn't hurt. And the MIL is a big Star Trek fan, so we argue the Kirk- Picard thing out a bunch. She is a hoot. 3 of my BILs and one very handy SIL are doing the majority of the work on the addition, the graveyard shift keeps me from spending the entire day helping them. They are a great bunch of people, and I'm lucky to be part of the family.
All of you in harm's way keep your heads down, stay dry and warm and we'll be a talkin' to ya.
Oh, and Jeffery- I asked over on the other post about KCS666, havn't been over there yet, but for the diner group, I'll ask again- Isn't she known as the "devil's own six axle" around KC?
Good evening...
AT&T took over Bell South. One result. DSL internet was down in 9 southeastern states staring at 4:30pm and lasting about five hours.
Another Fergie post to make me ....seeeeeeasickkkk. ough!
Many of you are talking about cold weather. Is it December?
We had company so not much MRR'ing to report.
Cheers.
GARRY
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Evening all
It is chilly and snowy here. Thank you Ryan the fire will go along with the hot cocoa please Chloe. I have to say Fergie has won the prize for worse weather. Just his description scares me. We are still getting snow but at least the seas are calm lol.
Ryan have watched your roundhouse remodel with interest. Coming along nicely. Paul hope you can shake the cold I just hate the post nasel drip stuff, starting in NOv I run 2 humidifiers in the house so I can breath. PC glad to hea ryour wife is doing well. Well snow plow is comng thru again so time to clean the end of the driveway then bed. Oh yeh try and put the dogs out they hate snow (Italian greyhounds they are the definition of wuss)
Night all Kevin
Good evening all!
Had one of those "can't wait until Monday is over" days. And it nearly is! Anyway it is good to be in the diner enjoying one of the specials.
Okay Johnboy, I give up. The Riders are the greatest football team that ever was or ever could be. Now will you stop sending that snow and cold? The snow is due to arrive tonight but at least it is only going down to 5F to be followed by -20F tomorrow, oh and then there is the windchill to boot. Oh well, at least there aren't ducks floating down my drive. They have more sense and have all left to join Jeff.
Jim, regarding your question on sectional track. Bachmann track and Kato Unitrack have completely different roadbed and locking mechanism not to mention that Bachmann is code 100 and Unitrack is 83. Regarding Kato Unitrack it is all metric and is not is the same lengths or radii as the other brands. I just changed to Unitrack and instead of 18" their closest is actually 191/4". You can join Atlas TruTrack with Kato but you have to remove the roadbed from the Atlas track and are then faced with a height trasition. I in fact used some of my TruTrack for my service yard as it is at a lower level and just used a piece of cork roadbed that I sloped to get the necessary level change. By the way, the Kato stuff is very well made.
No progress on the layout in the last week and likely little until after Christmas. I was hoping to make a start at the scenery but no luck so far. How do some of you find the time to turn out those great looking layouts?
Good night from the frozen North.
CNCharlie
Getting some cold tonight here in NC, but after reading about all that snow and ice up north, the temps and weather here aren't nothing compared to what you folks living north of the Mason Dixon are getting!
Whew....after reading all the weather reports posted in here and Fergies sea legs on steroids episodes makes me feel darn thankful for living in the South. Now for those who know me... I feel like I'm living up North now, having lived in Louisiana pert near 95% of my life until 2 years ago.
Jim - That Beef Stroganoff looks like the right dinner for a stick to your ribs meal! Set me up for a plate Chloe!
How's about you northern folks taking some train photos in the snow and posting them here in the diner? Duke.....Dick.....Fergie.....Colby....Philip.....Dan.....Lee.....Johnboy....did I miss anyone?
I see Zoë has lit the fireplace in the Diner main room so everyone can stay warm!
Here is a recent shot from the roundhouse renovation:
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hey Gang: I'm back. I got some supper and went to bed. Now I can't sleep because the sinaces are draining and I've got a splitting headach. Stupid cold. I guess that's what I get for driving that open tractor into town to get it fixed. The worst part of this is the TV programing on Mondays. I'd go and work on the drawing for the layout for Clark Garden but I'd probably screw something up and have to start over again.
Well once again Good Night.
Hoople wrote: ModelTrainLover wrote: Fergmiester wrote: Good Evening All With all this talk of weather I think we should have a weekly contest of "Who's had the worst weather of the week!"I win Iwin!I don't think so!!!! I believe I'm the winner this week.Y'all done start a contest ya can't win! DUCKS ARE SWIMMING DOWN MY FRONT SIDEWALK WHICH IS UNDER A FOOT OF WATER. SOME MAIN STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF BY POLICE ROADBLOCKS DUE TO FLOODING.I believe I win.On the flipside, I'm enjoying the house to myself. On the flipside to that, my sister told me that dad had told her he is thinking about a divorce... Some things just aren't working out lately.Later all.
ModelTrainLover wrote: Fergmiester wrote: Good Evening All With all this talk of weather I think we should have a weekly contest of "Who's had the worst weather of the week!"I win Iwin!I don't think so!!!! I believe I'm the winner this week.
Fergmiester wrote: Good Evening All With all this talk of weather I think we should have a weekly contest of "Who's had the worst weather of the week!"I win Iwin!
Good Evening All
With all this talk of weather I think we should have a weekly contest of "Who's had the worst weather of the week!"
I win Iwin!
I don't think so!!!! I believe I'm the winner this week.
Nha, Fergie still has it, not only is his "sidewalk" probabl;y underwater, so's his bunk. :P
BTW: Indiana weather. It already is28. You may have some if you wish jeff. I can share the weather.
-Morgan
Evening, Chloe - I'd like some beef Stroganoff, some carrot jello, and a cup of hot cocoa, please.
Thanks!
Got a question for those of you who've used some of the types of 'ready-track' like Kato Unitrack or Bachmann E-Z-Track. I think I recall that the way they connect the track pieces is different, but are the shoulders the same width, and are equivalent tracks (that is two of the 9" straight sections, or two of the 18" radius pieces, etc.) the same length when comparing Bachmann E-Z-Track to the Kato Unitrack? Trying to avoid having to hand-draw and enter into the railset editor if I don't have to...
Skipping MRR club tonight because I wanted to see if I have most of the doors and windows (and louvers, though I'd be surprised) that I would need for the church. (Maybe I can put a digital camera on my list to Santa. Sure would like to post pics as I go...) I may also work on assembling some more of those Grandt Line relay boxes.
But for now, I'm going to chowing down on this Stroganoff!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evening Gang: I've got a cold. I guess it's been coming on for sometime now I just didn't know what it was. It really hit while mary Ann and I were putting the new round bale feeders together. We had to buy two because the cattle tore up the ones that we had. These are a couple of the high priced ones. I just hope they last more then one season.
Lee: I grew up one mile from Lake Michagan. When we got a good snow at the house the folks farther inland got off light.
Well I'm going to get something to eat and hit the sack.
Good Night All
Cox 47 wrote:Jeff .......Hope your able to pick those Blue Box F 7's up....are they the older ones with the cast trucks or the newer models?
Fergmiester wrote: Good Evening All With all this talk of weather I think we should have a weekly contest of "Who's had the worst weather of the week!"I win Iwin!Some how I don't think I'm the winner here, maybe whiner, but no winner. Anyway here we be on the Tail of the Banks as it blows 50 kts with 30' seas and building should die down to a mere 40 knots over night. Good thing is we're hove too and making about 2 knots. The Old Girl makes for a nice gentle ride with the odd occassional snap to keep you on your toes.Lee: A bos'n eh! I'd be lost without mine one of those jobs that is indispensable but without the credit. How many years you have punched in total? I'm on my 27th.Der John: If you paying as much attention to the dock as everything else it will look awsome. I guess NFLD got about 2' of snow today. We had squalls go through all afternoon.Bob: Loved the picture of the layout the other day have anymore?Needless to say I'm not getting any modelling done .Later AllFergie
Some how I don't think I'm the winner here, maybe whiner, but no winner. Anyway here we be on the Tail of the Banks as it blows 50 kts with 30' seas and building should die down to a mere 40 knots over night. Good thing is we're hove too and making about 2 knots. The Old Girl makes for a nice gentle ride with the odd occassional snap to keep you on your toes.
Lee: A bos'n eh! I'd be lost without mine one of those jobs that is indispensable but without the credit. How many years you have punched in total? I'm on my 27th.
Der John: If you paying as much attention to the dock as everything else it will look awsome. I guess NFLD got about 2' of snow today. We had squalls go through all afternoon.
Bob: Loved the picture of the layout the other day have anymore?
Needless to say I'm not getting any modelling done .
Later All
LSWrr wrote:Jerry; yes I live in the "primary" snow belt. Normally the "secondary" Snow Belt gets the worst of it until the shoreline of the lake freezes. If you live view area code 44123 you'll see the shoreline and I-90. I live between the two. Everything south of I-90 is the secondary snow belt and they get double.For those of you not from the Great lakes area: The cold air from the Northern Plains and/or Canada travels over the lake picking up moisture (the lake is warmer than the ground) then when the air travels over the cold shoreline it dumps everything it picked up.Most of the people I'm stationed with live west of town and don't understand. I can have 4" of snow and downtown Cleveland can have rain.The Snow Belt would be a great name for a freelance layout wouldn't it????Fergmiester, what's the name of your ship? Just so I know not to volunteer for a TAD/TDY job, LOL.Lee
Jerry; yes I live in the "primary" snow belt. Normally the "secondary" Snow Belt gets the worst of it until the shoreline of the lake freezes. If you live view area code 44123 you'll see the shoreline and I-90. I live between the two. Everything south of I-90 is the secondary snow belt and they get double.
For those of you not from the Great lakes area: The cold air from the Northern Plains and/or Canada travels over the lake picking up moisture (the lake is warmer than the ground) then when the air travels over the cold shoreline it dumps everything it picked up.
Most of the people I'm stationed with live west of town and don't understand. I can have 4" of snow and downtown Cleveland can have rain.
The Snow Belt would be a great name for a freelance layout wouldn't it????
Fergmiester, what's the name of your ship? Just so I know not to volunteer for a TAD/TDY job, LOL.
Lee
Yes I can vouch for that.
in a SOUTHERN mug, "and keep it coming". Thanks!
Wild storms, Train wrecks, new locos (nice work Jeffrey), it's hard to keep up with everyone. Busy group of folks here.
Wife returned home early after her mom refused to go with her to the Doc. (MIL is CRAZY) It has been decided "no family Christmas this year" (a first), as the siblings are all fed up and want time away from the craziness. I can't blame them one bit.
Had a real nice rain here last night. All the tanks, troughs & buckets are topped off. NICE!
***Jim, sent you another email with details. Thanks!
Have a great day all. Rob
Howdy y'all.
I got lost around Tremont, PA on Saturday! I took the car to a friend's repair shop for a good amount of work and was up there all day with my best friend. At least the car is running stronger than ever now...Although I am now broke thanks to Christmas and the car...
And am now awaiting for 2:00 to roll around so that I can pick up Sarah and spend some time with her today before going to work. I'll be on the Northbound local tonight and it's gonna be a cold one. I can feel it coming...Snow, ice, we'll get it soon enough here. Had a small ice shower yesterday. I don't want it, I ain't got a winter vehicle...
Well y'all, I'll be around. Later!
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Good Morning Gang,
Chloe, with thoughts of Fergie, I'll need a couple of Gravol and a Pepto to wash them down. Fergie if I had gone through a night like that I would be in a "Body Bag"
But it doesn't look great all across the north right now. If you get a chance take a look at what the Pacific Northwest is getting. All that moisture will end up here as snow, so I'll be tuning up the blower today. Here is our forcast as promised:
Upper New England should have enough snow to start some good skiing, but around Boston I would think it will be pretty soggy.
I'll be working on the Mrr.today. I have to come up with a view block inside a tunnel. When you are entering my layout room looking to the left you look right down a 6-7 ft. tunnel that is at about 56in. elevation. So you see right through it to activities at the other end, and some in between as well. (The light at the end of the tunnel, remember?) I'll need a tunnel liner the whole distance or it will never look right. I'm going to try a liner made out of black poster board and just either glue or staple it to the sides of the roadbed. It is a run of track that I never have had a problem with, no derails etc. So I suppose by enclosing it that will bring out the gremlins..I will keep you posted on the success or failure.
Should get started as time sure flys by. Have a great day everybody. And CNCharlie be prepared, I think weve got a happening happening....
Johnboy out......
James:1 Verse:5
The tunnel for the "Wobbly" needs work... Get-R-Done
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We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
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