This is my first time in Elliots Diner.
What is it all about?
Tooth is gone and the extraction was painless. Was pretty infected and into the nerve. Dentist let me know "these can kill you". Just glad it's gone. Going to go lay back down now. Feel kinda ill still. At least it's gone.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Good Afternoon all....Its sunny and in the upper 70's here but humidity is around 32% so its very nice...I'll have a cheese burger,onion rings and a strawberry shake please..Thank You...Sallie is sound asleep in her chair with her soaps on and I plan to take a nap too..power was off from 12:50 to almost 4:30 so I didn't get much sleep last nite...
Jeff..How did you DR. visit go? Hope all was OK with your feet..
PC...Sounds like a great vacation..Enjoy it you sure deserve some time off!
You all have a good one...Jerry
twhite wrote: Fergmiester wrote: I can't get the off my face! YES! The MESS now owns the US Nor East!!! Sorry Dick, You are all mine! Would you like a set of MESS decals to confirm that? Fergie Fergie: OHMYGAW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!I WANT ONE! I have absolutely NO excuse for one, but I WANT ONE!!! It's absolutely enough to make me change the Sierra Nevada into Vermont. Just TERRIFIC!Tom
Fergmiester wrote: I can't get the off my face! YES! The MESS now owns the US Nor East!!! Sorry Dick, You are all mine! Would you like a set of MESS decals to confirm that? Fergie
I can't get the off my face!
YES! The MESS now owns the US Nor East!!!
Sorry Dick, You are all mine! Would you like a set of MESS decals to confirm that?
Fergie
Fergie:
OHMYGAW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!
I WANT ONE! I have absolutely NO excuse for one, but I WANT ONE!!! It's absolutely enough to make me change the Sierra Nevada into Vermont. Just TERRIFIC!
Tom
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Hi All
Just tea Please
Wow Fergie that loco is making me drool
Flash as one who is currently taking radiation i can tell you they have made lots of progress
in the field of treatments !
We'll i 'd best be off for another treatment
Have fun Today All !!
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Fergie, that is one sweet-looking engine there! I'm with Garry - do you have any special safeguards you take? Put in safety plexiglas around the edges of the layout, using white gloves, etc.?
I'm curious too - what is TMCC, RT?
Jeff, hope the Dr. figures out how to get your left foot healing up better.
PC (if you aren't already gone) have fun at the lake, and we'll see you after the weekend.
Flash, I'd agree with what Fergie said about treatments today being better. From what I've seen of the previews, I bet you both will enjoy Wall-E a bunch. It's on my list to go see, also.
Back to my waffles for now.
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning, Diners! Zoe, I'll have waffles, glass of milk and one of Ed's OJ, and a cup of coffee, please. Thank ya, ma'am!
First off, Ryan - wish Benjamin a belated from me, also. I didn't get back to the Diner last night. What'd he do for his birthday, by the way?
Garry, I found out what happened to my August MR last night, when I checked my post office box - and there it was! Guess my mail people there were busy reading it, since it wasn't there in the box on Friday. And yep, I can think of two Diners who would definitely appreciate that cartoon. Jeff, maybe I could scan it in and send you and email so you can know what the others are talking about...I see the cartoon already got posted.
Cool this morning - our low for the night was 56 F (very un-summer-like), but we're still going to hit 90 or so by the afternoon. Clear, kind of hot sunshiney day.
Tom, I think your gal at the fireworks stand on your news must be a relative of those folks Jeff and his family ran into. Was her name Mildred Nobrains? Just kidding, if Mildred visits the Diner.. Well, your retirement was nice while it lasted; maybe if the fires hadn't happened you might be still out in the garage working on the layout...? But it's a 'bump' in pay, and fewer days (so you still have a couple of weekdays to visit the LHS, work on the layout...). Oh, I missed that you were using the Walthers tower for your fire tower; thought you meant the Atlas tower like Jeff has on his layout. My bad!
Sue, you pointed out some disadvantages of garden railways that I'd never heard about before (not that I have ever considered a garden layout - I'm busy enough trying to make progress on my little HO one inside). Hope your work A/C gets fixed soon (preferably today).
RT, that's not good (if I might borrow a phrase ) about having to get a new battery. Hope the new one lasts about forever. I know what you mean about it sounding funny to refer to the back seat in a truck - what came to my mind was where someone puts an old car's bench seat in the back of the truck, like a rear-facing additional seat for going to a drive-in.
Duke - sorry about waking you up - we try to keep the ruckus down in here most of the time. Planning some trips, huh? Say Hi to Attaboy for us if he can meet up with you in Pennsylvania.
Lee, sounds like you're making good progress on the building kits. I should do that well on mine!
Terry, how're you doing today?
I got some roadbed edges sanded down last night at the MRR club meeting, and our club member/chief architect got the tracks for the intermodal yard figured out (two straight in, and a third runaround track for the engines). Also voted to accept a new member to the club (who's been there a few times before, and I've mentioned earlier). On the Preiser figures that were in my order that came in, the unpainted set turned out to have a fair number with coats. Now, how am I going to use those on my layout set in the (warm/hot) Four Corners area? Hmmmm....
Hope everyone gets some relief on their weather today (especially you, Tom). Prayers for those others in need, as well.
Blessings,
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Thanks Garry! Ben had a great time yesterday and he starts the 8th grade the week after July 4th holiday!
What are you guys doing for the July 4th Holiday this year? Any plans?
TMCC for $300.00 RT? That is quite an investment in one loco! BTW, what is TMCC?
Good luck with those fires Tom! I see the Air Force is using some C1's to drop 3,000 gallons of fire retardent, does that help any really?
Nice Brass Fergie!
Jerry, you are up early this mornin'...
Have a great trip PC!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Flashwave wrote:Ferg: ( I dun get it. That is a cool brass loco. But what;s it got to do with the Northeast?)
Ferg: ( I dun get it. That is a cool brass loco. But what;s it got to do with the Northeast?)
These Central Vermont 2-10-4 s were the smallest of the "Santa Fe" class. I believe CV had 10 of them and plied Vermont and Maine tracks.
Hope all goes well with your Dad. It will be a very tough go for a while but with the progress they've made with Cancer treatment his chances are definately better than if he had the disease 10 years ago.
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Morning all!
You won't be seeing much (like none) of me after today. I'm off on vacation and where I'm going they don't have internet. Matter of fact, cell phones don't even work, so my office can't bug me either! I'm going down to Dale Hollow lake to cruise around on the houseboat for a while and play with the jet ski's. Probably be back sometime Sunday. Should be fun!
Fergie!
Rob, hang in there. It'll be over soon!
Tom, hope that smoke and fire stuff clears up for ya!
Sue, shame on Tom for sticking you with that nasty old smoke! Bad Tom!
Oh well, gotta do the work thing now.
Later!
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:Jeff ... since you don't get MR, here's the cartoon on P 92 of August issue. Does it remind you of anyone in the Diner?
Jeff ... since you don't get MR, here's the cartoon on P 92 of August issue. Does it remind you of anyone in the Diner?
Good morning.It's 68 at the moment and surprisingly clear. The high is expected to be in lower 90's and it will be partly cloudy.I have a 10 am appointment with the foot doctor this morning. To me it seems that the wound on my right foot is getting smaller but the one on the left foot hasn't closed up at all. He'll be able to tell for sure.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 7/1/2008 Wind Chill: 66°FHumidity: 93%Dew Point: 64°FSo Far TodayHigh: 69°FLow: 66°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 0mph NNE Today High: 92 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds. Tonight Low: 68 Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Howdy All...I just stopped in for a diet Coke before they turn the power off here..Posta turn it off at 1 am till about 3 am for some work..I have to get up about every hour and a half and didn't want to be stuck in my lift chair...
Fergie thats one nice looking engine congrats....
I'll check back in in the morning after they get the power back on....Jerry
Hello everyone ...
Fergie ....... WOW ... the MESS is going first class. ... Do you wear white gloves when you lift it? ....... Nice.
Flash ... we'll be pulling for "Dad"... Give him our best.
Rob .... I wish you the best with all the DDS stuff. ...An SP GS4 .... nice thought.
Yeah yeah, on my way to bed.
GARRY et al: we're still clearing up Dad's infection. it's slow going, but mostly down to excretory disease and exhaustion. We're going to go see a movie tomorrow. Wall-E. And he sees an oncologist (I just know that;s spelled wrong, but you know what I mean) the 8th.
Ferg: No, but I'll take a glass of milk. ( I dun get it. That is a cool brass loco. But what;s it got to do with the Northeast?)
-Morgan
Can't keep up with all the new posts.
We took Smitty Kitty to the Vet today. Turned out to be a nasty abscess so it was lanced & cleaned. He will be on oral antibiotics and porch rest this week. For what it cost, I could have had a (N) Kato GS4...darn cat! Speaking of the GS4, we saw one in person today at that internet based train store with all the cars. Wow, that is one Nice looking train. Told the wife "we" really should have one on the layout. Then she asked how much it cost. There is always a catch, isn't there! Anyway, after a little sticker shock, she kinda agreed to my proposal, so perhaps later this year? Perhaps for my birthday in October?
Got home just in time to catch the last few minutes of a Trains & Locomotives show on RFD-TV of UP & Amtrak on the Shasta Route. Would like to see that one from the beginning.
The tooth extraction clock is winding down now...ugh! It has been bad/infected long enough I believe it has been taking an extra toll on my health. I really want it gone. Topped off all the critters water & hay this evening so the wife won't have to do much with them.
Have a good night all. Rob
Sue--
I hope our smoke doesn't linger around you very long. It's really NASTY. Hopefully it'll disperse over Puget Sound, and QUICK! Sorry we had to send it north, that's not a pleasant way to cool down your temperatures.
Tom, Your smoke has finally drifted up here. The haze is causing it to cool off. Hope they get your fires undercontrol soon.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
bjdukert wrote: Afternoon allGarry I am still around and sitting in the other back booth watchn' and listen' and when I saw the Toon in the MR,that certain person came to mind.Talk to you laterDuke
Afternoon all
Garry I am still around and sitting in the other back booth watchn' and listen' and when I saw the Toon in the MR,that certain person came to mind.
Talk to you later
Duke
I suspect he still did not see the cartoon.
Packers:
I love fireworks, too. Seriously, if it weren't so bad out here in California, I'd be setting them off like I always do in the Fourth. Nothing like watching a bottle-rocket take off, LOL! Post some photos so I can see what they're SUPPOSED to be, okay? Maybe next summer out here, we can all watch them 'woosh' without burning up the REST of the state
grayfox1119 wrote: SUE: I know what you mean about being outside, the weather has been so nice, and there is so much to do outside. Rumor has it that you are thinking of building a Garden Railroad??
SUE: I know what you mean about being outside, the weather has been so nice, and there is so much to do outside. Rumor has it that you are thinking of building a Garden Railroad??
Dick, That will be the day. All I could think of would be cats using it for an outhouse, or dogs running off with the structures. I really like our inside layout. If progress isn't happening, at least the locos get exercised.
Our airconditioning at work was broken today. The thermostat inside read 86. I am hoping for cooler weather tomorrow.
Have you been on any rail fanning trips lately?
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Well, just when everything was starting to look at least at least partway in control out here in SmokyCal, ANOTHER fire has popped up, this one about 25 miles up the hill from me between Auburn and Cool in the American River canyon. Heavy brush, it's closed State Hwy 49 which is a major foothill artery running north to south. Here we go again.
And to top it off, the news just said that the fireworks booths up and down the North part of the state are doing BOOMING business, this year. The TV cameras zeroed in on one woman with six kids buying enough to detonate a small country, and she was smiling and saying, "Well, the air's clearing up, we might as well." Yo, lady, where did you leave your BRAINS?!!
Wow, sorry to groan about all of this, what with the disasters in the Midwest, but we're just at the start of fire season out here, and already we've managed to burn over 300,000 acres of wildlands. That's a LOT of country, folks. Missouri is under water, California's burning up--WHEW!
Well, there is a bright spot in all of this--got a call from the high school--the Music Director and the Principal, and CAN I PLEASE COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR THREE DAYS A WEEK? Not only that, but at the SAME CONTRACT?
Whoa, am I going to pass THAT ONE up? Well, I'm going to think about it. I asked Leah--the Choral Director and my 'partner in crime' over there if I had to give back the Plaque that the Chamber Singers gave me on my retirement, she howled. I don't have to give it back if I return. Frankly, since it's only part-time, I think I will. I've been 'retired' for a month, and I'll be frank, gang, I don't think Retirement's all that Big a Deal. Maybe Partial retirement---
Besides, I already miss those kids like crazy. And you probably have to be Catholic to understand this, but Jesuits are just a HOOT to be around. You NEVER know what they're going to come up with!
Jim: That Atlas crossing shanty I bypassed in favor of the Walther's kit, is sacrificing two of its walls for the blank wall on the lookout tower kit-bash, so I won't have a spare kit at all, LOL. Also, one of the Atlas box-thingies in the kit will work perfectly for a small, enclosed weather station up on that Butte.
Speaking of the Buttes, I found another neat rock-casting to blend in with the Cripplebush. I didn't know that WS put out BIG rock-castings, I thought they just had the little ones.
Well, mom didn't go home today, so I'd better go out and entertain her. She's not the Happiest Camper in the world today, but my sister will be down tomorrow. Either that, or it's going to be the Battle of Antietam all over again, LOL!
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
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rtraincollector wrote: Silver Spike that engine I've had about 4 years and its accually about 10 years old I'mthinking of upgrading it to TMCC (that will cost me about $300.00) but thats down the road, I have 6 passenger cars to go with it in that lovely southern green scheem. QWell went out to truck this am and put some boxes of stuff in the backseat (that still sounds weird to me a pickup with a back seat lol) for a lady at work whos nieghbor's house burnt down the other night . Well we got in put the key in turned the key and silence turned to wife and said this is not good of coarse she goes what isn't good and I have to tell here dead battery isn't good. and then she goes OH!! Great.Well I call for a wrecker to give us a jump and we head to get a new battery (took wrecker company about hour and half to get here lol. )But rest of day went fine. Received another train set in the mail today well from the brown truck I should say. Its from 1948 its another addition to my collection again lol.
Silver Spike that engine I've had about 4 years and its accually about 10 years old I'mthinking of upgrading it to TMCC (that will cost me about $300.00) but thats down the road, I have 6 passenger cars to go with it in that lovely southern green scheem.
QWell went out to truck this am and put some boxes of stuff in the backseat (that still sounds weird to me a pickup with a back seat lol) for a lady at work whos nieghbor's house burnt down the other night . Well we got in put the key in turned the key and silence turned to wife and said this is not good of coarse she goes what isn't good and I have to tell here dead battery isn't good. and then she goes OH!! Great.
Well I call for a wrecker to give us a jump and we head to get a new battery (took wrecker company about hour and half to get here lol. )
But rest of day went fine. Received another train set in the mail today well from the brown truck I should say. Its from 1948 its another addition to my collection again lol.
it took them 60 years to deliver it to you????
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