saronaterry wrote: Flashwave wrote: SilverSpike: It's working now. but it was error 403. this page cannot be served right now. And it affected all the forums. But I could get into and through the home page and the other stuff. Hi all.I had the same problem, started around 3:00 pm yesterday.I thought I was gonna go into the DT'sCalled Kalmbach and they(Barb,Faith, Megan)got me through it OK.Evidently they were aware of the thing.It finnally warmed up to 10f today!Did a bunch of ballasting last nite and poured two more rivers!JEFF: hope the bad weather missed you!RYAN: nice round house roof!LEE: sent you an E-mail with my address, did you get it?Hope and prayers to those that need'm!Terry
Flashwave wrote: SilverSpike: It's working now. but it was error 403. this page cannot be served right now. And it affected all the forums. But I could get into and through the home page and the other stuff.
SilverSpike: It's working now. but it was error 403. this page cannot be served right now. And it affected all the forums. But I could get into and through the home page and the other stuff.
I had the same problem, started around 3:00 pm yesterday.I thought I was gonna go into the DT'sCalled Kalmbach and they(Barb,Faith, Megan)got me through it OK.Evidently they were aware of the thing.
It finnally warmed up to 10f today!
Did a bunch of ballasting last nite and poured two more rivers!
JEFF: hope the bad weather missed you!
RYAN: nice round house roof!
LEE: sent you an E-mail with my address, did you get it?
Hope and prayers to those that need'm!
Terry
Annoying isn't it? people talk at you and you can't say anything.
Congrats on retirement Bill. isn't
-Morgan
Thats right, put it all on Cox's tab! And there is a little place across Duvall St from the Holiday Inn Conch, or Conchaday Inn or whatever it was in Key West that served the most incredible Key Lime pie in the WORLD!!! MAN!- that was some good pie. But I'd bet the pie here in the Diner is at least as good!
Went to a friend's house today to give him a hand in repairing a 24' section of privacy fence that went down in the wind the other night, the posts are broken off below ground level, so I took my East German Army shovel, figuring it would be experienced in frozen earth removal. Now I'm thinking it must be the Germans with the experience, we picked and shoveled and hammered and cussed for over an hour, moved less than one shovel full of dirt when all was said and done. Of course, there was more cussing than any of the rest of that stuff, so I didn't feel too bad. Told him we could give it another try when the ground thaws.
LS&W- The electric company might not charge you for electricity not used during a power failure, but right before I came here I read about Time Warner Cable charging a woman in Wisconsin 2grand for cable equipment she lost- when a tornado smoked her house! Of course, when it was brought to the cable co's attention by the news reporters, they said they would write it off, but that was after she was told by the manager to turn it in to her insurance because there was nothing he could do. The only part of the story that surprised me was 2,000 bucks for cable stuff. Must have had lots of gold plated connectors.
Inch53- Thanks for clearing that up- So it's Paul's weather this time. JimRC backs you up on that too! So PaulB- I ask again- what did I ever do to you? I thought we were Great Laker buddies and all! I will say that so far, we have only a dusting and a slight breeze.
Silverspike- Other than just "for old times sake" is there any incentive for folks to return to NO? Have they repaired the infrastructure well enough to survive another hurricane, even a moderate one? Guess the re-building isn't as hot a story as Brittany Spears breaking a nail, so we don't hear much about what is going on now. 24 hours news channels. Don't ya just love 'em?
There for a second, I thought I needed to send off for the Capt Whizbang Secret Decoder Ring for flip's post with all of the names and numbers, but then I read Ed's post and understood what it was! But just in case it IS a secret code- Flip-The chair is against the wall-repeat- The chair is against the wall.
der5997- When folks call in and ask why their lights are out or their cable doesn't work or their water heater is down, I (usually) take it in stride, been here too long to get to uptight, but sometimes I wonder just where all of the common sense went to. "Common" sense is anything but. Like jumbo shrimp, military intelligence, and feminine logic. No offense to any of our beautiful ladies, heroic vets, or....uhh.....crustaceans, I think, that might be perusing this missive. I really have a lot of fun here, so I can't complain.
On the way home from Portland today, took a pic of a GATX SD40-2 coupled up with that D&RGW SD40-2T I saw the other day, it was near dusk so I don't know how good it will come out, but I mentioned to Amyjo again that I wanted to get some pics posted SOMEWHERE on the internet. She said we'd try to get around to it this weekend.
All of you take care, and we will see you Sun night!
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Thanks for all the kind words yesterday about my retirement !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning all!
Well, the weather guessers were WAY off! Instead of 5-12 inches of snow with a 1/4" of ice on top, we got 2" of snow with a very thin coat of ice. It's not bad out there at all. It's not even all that cold. I'm good with this!
Got a way busy weekend in store and a full day of work today.
Oh, and my daughter has decided to cut her hair short! She's had it long since birth, but I guess she's getting tierd of getting all those compliments on her beautiful blond locks! (Said with tongue firmly planted in cheek!) http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/dcp_3380.jpg
Oh well, later all!
Morning all Day off today but back to work tomorrow . Anyway don't feel a year older already feel old enough lol. Thanks to those who sent wishes. I was looking at flips post of dates so had to look at mine man I didn't realize I'm going on 3 years as a member here lol.
Miss some of the old ones guess just got to busy which is a shame.
Glad to see flip is starting to post more and more again . I try to get in but I myself end up doing a lot or working late and just don't feel like messing with putor.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning All,
30 and freezing rain predicted today. Just in time for my Florida based commuting mechanic to fly in. He always brings bad weather with him. I'll have a regular and one of Bills' retirement donuts please. Spent time sorting out the museum gift shop layout power (a massive collection of junker AHM and Bachman F's and Erie builts) so I can test them and rebuuild enough to use. Also spent time on the latest kit bashed factory making vents and the elevator roof house. To answer an old question, the factories are all kit bashed - I simply don't have the skill (or patience) yet to start from scratch.
PC - glad your sons' team won again and better yet that they had him play. One of the big differences between youth sports and high school play is the mandatory play time rules in youth sports. Some kids spend most of their high school careers sitting the bench and I think that's wrong.
Der - how do the Peco track and turnouts compare to the Atlas stuff in N? We're looking at redoing some of our loop at the museum and wonder if one brand is better than the other. (and you other dark siders can chime in as well please)
Gotta cut it short again and get to it - times a wastin....... CUL, J.R.
Mornin, I'll have the breakfast bar n coffee Zoe.
Went n got some pellets last night incase the roads were bad and the weather guesser's right on how nasty it was going to be today. They were forecast 7" or 8", we got 3", west n north of us got a little more, 7" to 10". The stiff east wind we had is from the west n light, so not much problem with drifting.
RYAN,, you'll probably have the money saved n the tooth fixed by the time congress aggress and the money sent.
RT,, HAPPY BURTHEN DAY, Mother sent ya in a cake.
PC,, congrads on your son and his teams win. Understand your feelings on your daughter's long hair. 2 of our girls did it, then came home n told us.
PHILRUNT, when #3 sons house burnt last year, they called the cable company n told them and they said they'd send some one out. Next day here the guy come, and went in n got the box. When they ask him why, the guy said, he'd worked for them 4 years and still didn't know why they'd want it.
QUESTION,, what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans. Our's Deb's brother n them are coming out n we're fixing tacos and some other things. Mother was watching the news and they had a camel picking the winner. Guess a guy writes the name of each team on his hand, then holds cookies, whichever cookies the camel eats, is the winner. He picked the GIANTS, hey guess the camel has been correct 80% in the last 8 or 9 years.
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Mornig all: A medium JR Regular and an oatmeal rasin cookie please.
JR: There are two main things I like about the Peco trunouts (HO or N)..1) the spring mechanism is very positive, and makes hand throwing a real operating possibility without any modifications. 2) The switch motors clip underneath the turnout, rather than lying as a strange lump of plastic alongside it. (Surface mount is possible by means of an adaptor) Atlas under table mounts, I find are not very convenient, Peco is. Hope this helps.
TTFN
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Howdy...
Happy Birthday to RT!
That's quite a birthday cake from Inch. Careful, everyone. Don't bite the caboose!
Unless you would like for you mouth to be tender.
Don't mind me. I feel a little loco, this morning.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning, Cloe. I'll have the buffet and a glass of Ed's OJ(thanks, Cox47!)
BILL: congrats on retirement. I've a few years to go.
RT: happy B-day!!
PC: sounds like your boy's seeing more action, good for him!
DER: More accurately,river crossings.The Yellow(just south of Spooner), Bear(3 times between Sarona and Haugen) ,Bear again twice between Haugen and Rice lake, and the Red Cedar in Rice Lake.Haven't got to the last 2 yet, still need to build benchwork!
LEE: am I using the right E-mail address, the one under your name at the end of your posts?
I,too swam in HS,Co-Captain senior year, 500 free,200IM ,100 Fly.I sucked.But it was fun,and I lettered all three years!!!!!!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
RT happy b-day!
morning diners. How's everyone doin? ani't got much to talk about.
I'll check n later.
Hello again..........
Lunch anybody?
Those not familiar with the Chicago-Style Hot Dog may read about them in Wikipedia.com. Hot dogs don't get any better than Chicago Dogs.
GMTRacing wrote: PC - glad your sons' team won again and better yet that they had him play. One of the big differences between youth sports and high school play is the mandatory play time rules in youth sports. Some kids spend most of their high school careers sitting the bench and I think that's wrong.
He wanted to be on a team like that because then he knew that if he was on the court it's because he earned his way there. He doesn't care for handouts.
Cox 47 wrote:PC...You got a beautiful daughter...She musta got her good looks from your wife? LOL
She gets it honest!
Morning, Diners! Zoe, how about a nice omelet,
glass of Ed's OJ,
and a cup of coffee, please?
Thanks, Jerry! Ah, I see Garry's "packing heat" in his lunch today. Are those jalapenos in there with the onions?
Well, we got about 6 inches of snow/stuff yesterday and last night. When I was getting ready to go out and broom off the car, I couldn't find my left glove. Hmm, probably left it in the car (have done that before). As I'm going out the door, I see this little bump of snow next to the car. Yup, the glove was out all night and got a coating of snow. So the glove is in one corner of my office at the moment, drying out.
Only supposed to reach 30 F today, so unless the sun shines a lot, the snow won't be going away. Side roads were a little tricky, but bigger roads and streets were fine for (sane) driving. We have a small contingent of co-w**kers in today - no Drs., about 7 or 8 support staff, two nurses, and all three crisis therapists (including me, since I have no appointments today). Usually on Fridays we have one of the Drs. here, plus several of the case w**kers doing paperw**k and a dozen or two support staff in our office.
Happy (official) , RT! Nice cake that Deb made for you, too. Any special birthday plans for today or tonight?
Sounds like some of our Diners from Indiana and Ohio (and maybe Garry in KY) had more white stuff than we did. Of course, you're just saving Dick and Colby and our eastern folks from having to use their snowblowers as much. Inch, good that you were able to get some more pellets. Weather like this makes me wonder if there are apartments in my price range that have some other options for heat than electric (just in case...). But probably not.
Best I get back to it now - got a little of the paper stuff to get done and caught up on today.
Blessings and a warm place,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning Coffee Clubbers,
A beautiful morning it is down here in Paradise. Only around 70º out right now, but the sun is shining and I expect (make that ‘fear') that it will get a tad warmer. But the coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) is hot and tasty, so I'm enjoying things as they are now.
We have to head out to the orange grove later on, so I expect that the afternoon will be busy.
Flip: The thread is still in my favorite list. Only problem is to get to the page I want.
If over 65 and retired,you are now a ROF. What are you when you have to go back to work? Just an O.F.???
Flashwave - what was the deal with the multiple posts?
RT - Happy Birthday buddy!! How many, 53?
inch: what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans?
Terry: am I using the right E-mail address, the one under your name at the end of your posts?
I'll drop back later this evening.
Hasta luego,
Ed
egmurphy wrote: Good Morning Coffee Clubbers,A beautiful morning it is down here in Paradise. Only around 70º out right now, but the sun is shining and I expect (make that ‘fear') that it will get a tad warmer. But the coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) is hot and tasty, so I'm enjoying things as they are now.We have to head out to the orange grove later on, so I expect that the afternoon will be busy.Flip: The thread is still in my favorite list. Only problem is to get to the page I want.You know that you can go up into the address window of the browser and change the page number, right? That way you don't have to go through them page by page, if you need to get to page 100, for example. If over 65 and retired,you are now a ROF. What are you when you have to go back to work? Just an O.F.???Yup, that's probably about it. There are probably more colorful terms for it also.Flashwave - what was the deal with the multiple posts?RT - Happy Birthday buddy!! How many, 53?inch: what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans?1. Make chili, 2. Sit in recliner, 3. Watch game. When we lived NOB we used to get together with friends to watch it and have a Super Bowl party. Now that we live down here where U.S. style football isn't that big a deal it's just Fran and I watching the game.Terry: am I using the right E-mail address, the one under your name at the end of your posts?Have you tried just using the ‘email' button at the bottom of one of his posts? What about having him email you, then you can respond to his email. Sounds strange that you two can't seem to get in touch.I'll drop back later this evening.Hasta luego,Ed
Howdy folks!
Woke up with a sore throat this morning, and I had just finished a 10 day supply of antibiotics on Monday for a sinus infection. Hope I don't get that again!
Started working on 2007 taxes and so far we owe some money, going to have to make another detailed pass to find some missing deductions! UGH!!! I hate tax time!
If you guys are getting tired of the daily special lunch and dinner menu just let me know!
Cox 47 wrote: Hows the roof coming on the roundhouse?I finnished the 3 coal piles yesterday..I am thinking about trying to scatch a couple of older 40 foot house trailers for the miners and their family...I checked of the Nu com models and they are nice but just to rich for me...Shouldn't be to hard to scratch up...gotta have a couple of old cars on blocks and a dish in the yard...
Hows the roof coming on the roundhouse?I finnished the 3 coal piles yesterday..I am thinking about trying to scatch a couple of older 40 foot house trailers for the miners and their family...I checked of the Nu com models and they are nice but just to rich for me...Shouldn't be to hard to scratch up...gotta have a couple of old cars on blocks and a dish in the yard...
Jerry roof has an initial application of my corrugated card stock, still have the back side to do! Sounds like you got quite a bit of modeling going too yourself, the coal piles and miners has my interest!
Jeff nice night time shots, you know that Marlon Brando movie in the bill board was shot in New Orleans.
Phil/Flip thanks for decoding the CS from the way back machine! I see that history continues to get re-written every day!
Flash and others, those 403 errors that you were getting typically is a result of the web server getting overloaded and cannot supply the requested information, or web pages. Sometimes this means that the web server service needs to be stopped and started or the server has to be bounced or re-booted. Since many of you had this issue around the same time, I am sure the issue was on Kalmbach's end and not yours.
Dang Flash, your post went in 8X, maybe punched that Submit key a few times too many before the server fully processed the posting.
Thanks Terry for the RH kudos!
Garry from the B&O menu it seemed like they ran a tight ship in those dining cars! That Chicago Dog sure looks mighty tasty!
der5997 wrote: ...Och the noo! Surely a braw lad like yourself could get outside of a wee snackie like that with nae trouble atall.
...Och the noo! Surely a braw lad like yourself could get outside of a wee snackie like that with nae trouble atall.
Jim...uhhh..too much of that Glenfiddich eh! Or is that your real accent!
PC congratulations on the basketball game last night. Give him a high five from me! And nice picture of your beautiful daughter too, I'm sure you are a proud dad too!
PhinNRunt the short answer on New Orleans recovery is NO, nothing to draw people back in droves! The levee system is repaired but not to any kind of Category 4-5 hurricane status at all, just to back where it was before Katrina, but supposedly built the way it was "supposed to be". Just another Army Corp of Engineers failed project, and a few LA politicians and "brother-in-law" deals that lined more than a few pockets with tax payers dollars. Did I say I was working on my taxes!!!
Looking forward to seeing that picture of the GATX SD40-2 coupled up with that D&RGW SD40-2T.
Happy Birthday RT!
inch53 wrote: RYAN,, you'll probably have the money saved n the tooth fixed by the time congress aggress and the money sent.QUESTION,, what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans. Our's Deb's brother n them are coming out n we're fixing tacos and some other things. Mother was watching the news and they had a camel picking the winner. Guess a guy writes the name of each team on his hand, then holds cookies, whichever cookies the camel eats, is the winner. He picked the GIANTS, hey guess the camel has been correct 80% in the last 8 or 9 years.
Mike you are right about that! And for the game we are just going to stay home for the Super Bowl, no real big plans in the way of food though.
Ed, okay.....beautiful day in Paradise aside, tomorrow is Groundhog Day, so maybe Punxsutawney Phil the prognosticator of all prognosticators will have some good news for us tomorrow! And the warm temp shipment will arrive soon. Please.....
Y'all have good in!
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Hello again ....
Here's a photo of the industrial buildings for my town of Prairie View. I originally had a European style factory building here, but I decided it did not look like a building you would see in rural America. The two new buildings are from RDA (Railway Design Associates) kits. They are the smaller building with the Frisco trailer and the larger stone building next to it. My older European building will be in a town now under construction called "Valley Heights".
Hi all.
Haven't been in in awhile, mainly becuase I caught this lousy 7 day fever. Got it on monday or sunday, so I didn't go to school at all this week. Sore throat, fever, cough, it's not bad. It's gotten better now, so I can move around and do stuff.
Later.
Mark
Hoople wrote: Hi all.Haven't been in in awhile, mainly becuase I caught this lousy 7 day fever. Got it on monday or sunday, so I didn't go to school at all this week. Sore throat, fever, cough, it's not bad. It's gotten better now, so I can move around and do stuff. Later.Mark
Sory to hear your ill, Get Well Now.
Never had an echo in here before. before before before. Sorry.