Well guys cross your fingers for me and a few prayers might even help as my loan goes in front of the underwriters tomorrow for review and I should know either tomorrow evening or monday sometime wheather or not I get the loan for the house. ( first time home buyer so kinda scared about it lol. )
Not to much happening here as I just got done sending more info they needed.
Think I'll goto bed early tonight as I'm tired been staying up till 1 am for the past week getting things in order for this loan and back up around 8 am so I'm a little tered tonight
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Gee looks like I'm going to have to take out a second mortgage befor I get the place seeing I won top of page honnors
FIL is doing fine. Turned out to be a very minor seizure. He should return to his room (at the ALF) tomorrow. Whew!
***Tom, we feed our deer plants (well, they help themselves actually) around our cabin as well. Speaking of fox, we watched the red fox yet again with the binocs. We witnessed all his little holes between pastures and how he circles around our pond and then heads up to the barnyard. The horses (including the minis) don't even look up. He's been at this a while I suspect. Would sure like to know where her den is and take some pics of her pups. You're lucky to see those, Tom. So far, the thousands of acres around where we live are owned by 2 or 3 "family names" and none of them plan to sell. The timber company owns the rest, so I guess they could sell off tracts if the price was right. Hopefully not in our lifetime.
***JR, that's a cool Lotus 7 you've got there. Bet it's a blast to race.
***RT, crossing my fingers for you and that loan. And not to worry about the Diner Bill from me, it's too hard for me to chew food right now. I'll stick with room temp water for now.
Wife ordered me to double pain meds, and it seems to be doing the trick. Think I might finally be able to sleep now. Hope so. Good night! Rob
Good Evening Diners!
I'd like a coffee and cinammon bun please Chloe. I just raked the front yard for 2 hours with a thatch rake so I think I earned it.
RT, good luck with the house, we're all rooting for you!
GMT, thanks for the photo of the Seven. Haven't seen even a photo of one for a long time. I bet you have a lot of fun with it.
Rob, As everyone else here has said, get that tooth fixed fast! I've had a root canal and in spite of all the terrible stories, I found it no big deal. Had a wisdom tooth out too and it was't bad either. I still have 3 and likely will till I croak as they aren't causing any problem.
Jeff, that was a great job you did on the weathering. I think you should be called the weathering wizard to go with spray can rembrandt.
Lee, sorry to hear about your back. My wife had a herniated disk a few years ago and it wasn't pleasant. She spent 2 weeks in bed as she couldn't move. It will pass though as eventually the fluid between the disk that pops out shrinks back and the pain goes away.
Ryan, I read your cooking blog and it certainly is well written and interesting too even for a guy who doesn't cook. I do like to eat though.
Well we're looking forward to a balmy 45 degrees here on Saturday and then it is supposed to shoot up to 50 on Sunday with a lovely north wind. Can't wait. At least it isn't snowing. A good excuse to stay in and do some more work on the scenery. It's coming slowly but I've never done it before so I guess I shouldn't be impatient.
It's bed time so I'll say goodnight all.
CN Charlie
Evening Gang:
Rob I have said a prayer for your FIL and another that you will get those teeth taken care of soon. Man I do feel for you.
Rt: Can you actually get a 2nd mortgage before the first?
Not much doing today MRR wise. I got the far back yard partly mowed. The grass and weeds were almost knee high. John has the trim in the living room almost finished. I bought another router bit that finally made a trim piece that was near enough to the original that I was ok with it. I'd still have prefered to find a match but it was taking too long.
The wild life is getting bloder or more used to people around here also. Our neighbor saw mountain lion on her back patio a couple of years ago and someone killed one in the housing addition a couple of miles east of us. Another problemm that is coming out is there is no hunting going on anymore. We shut it down along time ago because of the proximity of the newbees. Today I don't even shoot to often because of all the people. I used to be able to shoot off the front poarch. The deer population is increasing with out the hunting. Of course the anti hunting people can't understand why they see so many deer killed on the roads.
I hadn't planned on getting this wordy.
Good Night All
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Evening Gang: Rt: Can you actually get a 2nd mortgage before the first?
Only here in the coffee shop
Good evening ...
Key Lime pie would be a great snack now!
RT .... best wishes to you regarding the mortgage stuff!
Ryan ... Your Dad mastered in paleontology, eh ..... Isn't that fossils? .... Make no bones about it: I'm impressed!
JR ............... WOW I like your Lotus1 ....
What's all this talk about wild animals lurking out there?
Everybody .... Suggest you read the "bend the rules" thread. Model railoraders are the best people.
Happy Model railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
CNCharlie wrote:Jeff, that was a great job you did on the weathering. I think you should be called the weathering wizard to go with spray can rembrandt.
Good morning.It's 66 and foggy here. Expecting a high of 92 and partly cloudy skies later.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/9/2008Wind Chill: 68°FHumidity: 100%Dew Point: 68°FSo Far TodayHigh: 68°FLow: 63°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 7mph SSW Today High: 95 Mostly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 72 Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
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.
Overcast50°F(10°C)
Humidity:
54 %
Wind Speed:
E 8 MPH
Barometer:
29.80"
Dewpoint:
34°F (1°C)
Wind Chill:
47°F (8°C)
Visibility:
10.00 mi
Another day at the range with the new guys, hopefully we can get some qualified shooters out there. We fired 1,630 rounds yesterday.
Thanks for all your kind words, my back is getting better I should be back to normal this weekend to get some stuff done in the basement.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All,
49F with rain, heavy at times. Glad I got most of the lawn done last evening before it got soaked. I'll have a coffee and a glazed donut please Zoe. Not much else to report at this point, gaining on my backload of jobs in the shop and the bench in the train room is nearly clean. I did fiddle a bit with windows for the buildings last night. I've been using X-ray film we were given or maybe it's just the protective sheets for the film. Either way I glue it on with the clear plastic cement from Testors (same stuff I use to make individual small windows) and it works well. I'm impressed with the clear cement as even if it flows or smears a bit, it dries clear without smudging or crazing the "glass". The film is nice as well with just a hint of green tint to it. Just cut with scissors or an Xacto and fit.
Thanks for the kind words about the Seven. At less than 900 lbs it is a blast to drive even with the 80 or so HP it has. The right hand drive and left hand shifter wasn't a problem figuring out either - guess it is so different from normal it was easy. We've owned the car for about twenty years now and are the third owners.
Well, time to get back to it. I'll try to drop back in around lunch time. CUL, J.R.
Mornin' all!
RT, prayin' for that loan buddy!
JR, great 7! Just don't see enough of those any more. Those things were always the little giants on the track. Loved watching them humiliate the corvette guys!
Good Morning, Diners! Zoe, how about some of Ed's OJ, a cup of coffee, scrambled eggs and toast - yep, the #2 Special. Thanks!
JR, nice car there (even if PC would want to paint it yellow or red )!
Jeff, I finally spotted that F unit - nice weathering on that, too. You do good great work, guy!
Supposed to have a bit of rain today, but not much. Ready for a drying out spell for a few days, at least. I'll ask the weatherman to send the rest of our rain for the next few days to BridgeTom in California, since they can use it.
Checked this morning, and my 'new' (used) laptop is on its way, should arrive next Wednesday. I feel like Hoople waiting for his Big Boy; Wednesday seems like way too far away for me. A good part of my impatience is the setup with the keyboard on my desktop PowerMac - not that great. I like the feel of the laptop that's coming. (It replaces the sickly/dead one like it that I already had - PowerBook 2000) This one that's coming is a 500 MHz instead of 400 MHz, so there'll be a little better speed on it. Yeah, that seems by comparison to the new systems with their 2 or 3 GHz processors, but I don't need some super-number-cruncher, so this will work fine until I get a new one later. But with the longevity of Macs, I may just buy another used PowerBook or MacBook by then and save my for MRR stuff.
Well, my eggs are here, so I'll be getting to them. RT, will be keeping you and the (first) mortgage in my today. Prayers for the rest in need of healing (of teeth and other body parts) and comfort. I'll check back later today.
Blessings and Prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning All
Got some time freed up now that I'm out of the garden and out on the "High Seas" once again. Spent the better part of the morning looking at ice and weather charts and trying to find a link to a Greenland Ice Chart... Finally found the Danish site.
So Here we are approaching the Ice fields later today, in fog and at reduced speed. Fun Fun Fun!!!
Hope to get some Mr'ng in this trip but only if the weather and ice cooperates! (Hey Lee want to switch?)
GMT: Nice car! hopefully it's kind on gas. Always liked those little models Kinda reminds me of Mosport in my youn days as Dad and his family would go for an occasssional race days.
JimRCGMO wrote: Uh, JR and CN Charlie, I'm with Ryan - I never have any MESS(tm)es around my place at all. Uh huh, (and I'm stickin' with that story!)...
Uh, JR and CN Charlie, I'm with Ryan - I never have any MESS(tm)es around my place at all. Uh huh, (and I'm stickin' with that story!)...
Yaaaa Right! If you are an MR'r you have a MESS on your hands, if not then your not doing it "right"!
Anyway , have fun
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
JimRCGMO wrote: Checked this morning, and my 'new' (used) laptop is on its way, should arrive next Wednesday. I feel like Hoople waiting for his Big Boy; Wednesday seems like way too far away for me.
No, you can't feel like me until you've waited for 10 months...
Just got back from the doc and he says that my knee pain is from tendonitis from all the exercise I been doing. He said to take it easy this weekend and rest some, no arguments from me....
Flashwave wrote: SilverSpike wrote: Duke is about a 40 minute drive from our house. The Sarah P. Duke gardens are a beautiful place to spend the day! Go Blue Devils! And there;s a railroading course there, and that's where we buried Grandpa
SilverSpike wrote: Duke is about a 40 minute drive from our house. The Sarah P. Duke gardens are a beautiful place to spend the day! Go Blue Devils!
How about that Flash! It really is a small world after all!
CNCharlie wrote: Ryan, I read your cooking blog and it certainly is well written and interesting too even for a guy who doesn't cook. I do like to eat though.
Glad you like the cooking blog CN, hey it's for anyone even eating folks like your self! Speaking of that, I posted my first "ingredient" blog today on andouille, just click the link to read all about it.....
Heartland Division CBandQ wrote: Ryan ... Your Dad mastered in paleontology, eh ..... Isn't that fossils? .... Make no bones about it: I'm impressed!
Yes, you are spot on Garry! He obtained a BS degree in Geology from SLU in Lafayette, LA then we moved to U of I for about 3 years or so, he has been retired for about 10 years now having worked for Texaco for 35+ years. He even has a fossel named after him by a college from some foreign nation. Can't remember from where however.
Good luck with the loan RT!
Howdy Jim, Fergie, Jerry, JR, PC, Rob, and Lee!
And a quick howdy to all the rest of you folks who come in unannounced......you know who you are!
Well, after bringing Paco to the vet, going to the doc myself, then getting some extra keys made at the hardware, and then to grocery shopping. I now have laundry going and still need to make a trip to the post office and then to Walgreen's to pick up my Rx the doc called in for my knee pain and exzema on my left hand.
Check in with you fellers later....
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good afternoon ........heavy overcast, light showers just started from the storm approaching from the south, 46F. Could get an inch of rain before tomorrow. Today will be an inside day, I need the rest anyways after this weeks activities.
RT: So what's the word on the mortgage? Have your answer yet?
J.R.: No heavy rains here north of you, in didn't even start to sprinkle until 30 minutes ago. I think you guys are going to get the worst of it as well as Cape Cod and the islands. And you have more coming on Monday and again on Thursday...keep your sandbags handy!
RYAN: I thought we would be hearing about all the bad storms that hit NC last night!! All kinds of Tornado warnings, heavy rains, high winds......did you just miss this stuff?
FERGIE: Out to see on the Hudson again I see. 45 degrees North Latitude, -56w Longitude, approx. 180 miles off Nova Scotia. And you have two storms headed your way, the one that we are getting now will be off NS by Saturday afternoon, another one Tuesday into Wednesday for you and still another about Friday into Saturday up your way. What a time to be at sea!!!!!! And you think your going to get some MRR'g done??
Later,
Yep Dick, we were watching those storms while on our evening walk last night and could see the lightening and hear the thunder, it was just over Durham which is about 25 miles west of us. The tornado hit near Greensboro in the middle of the night. We did get just under 1 inch of rain as my rain checker measured this morning. Seem we might get some more later this evening too! We need the rain but the wind and such can stay away....
Hummm....what's for lunch today Chloe! Oh, I'll have the Shrimp Etoufee and slide on over in the back booth for a spell......
Luke warmin a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks!
Wife was right, once pain is under control, the BP returns to normal. Only downside is feeling tranquilized. At least I can finally get some sleep.
Hope everyone is doing well.
If I doze off in the corner booth, just let me sleep. Rob
Hello everybody ...
Lee ... glad to learn the back is better. Take care of it.
Fergie ... good to hear from you ........out there...
Ryan ... Interesting about your Dad. My Dad spent his career in the oil biz. He was a chemical engineer.
Rob .. Gla to know your FIL is okay. Continue taking care of your tooth.
Tom posted Yellowstone loco pix in WPF. It's making me drool over his engine facility. We've got to do something about him.
Speeking of WPF, I posted my new station there. My "new" 1957 T-bird is in a photo.
HAppy Model Railroading!
Afternoon all...Its cloudy and rain all day ....I'll have a diet coke and a ham salad sandwitch on toast please...Thank You...Sallie just got home and is eating .....
JR....Thanks for the tip on Testor's plastic cement..seems like I can always manage to smear glue on "glass"....
Fergie...Good to see you checking in here at the Dinner!.....
I stripped paint for the 3rd time and got Passenger car painted...Don't have any decals so gonna hold of on that.also gonna stick with the old couplers to save a little probaly always be run as a train and not switched anyway...Gotta a combine to match it that needs to be stripped and rebuilt...
You all have a good week-end..I think we will have some of the kids and grandkids coming in....Jerry
***Jerry, looks fine to me. Ever considered putting little passengers inside the car?
***Jeffrey, good job getting the pipes replaced and the new motor installed. Use to opperate several pools way back when myself, and the old ones always seemed to need something replaced. The only time one of my pools was written up was for filling the pool with a hose without having a backflow addapter. I asked her "How is water from the pool going to physically jump up into an elevated hose?" She had no answer to the obvious, but still wrote it up. Some regulations are created to keep clueless inspectors employed.
I quit taking the pain meds this afternoon. I cannot stand that drugged, dizzy feeling. If the antibiotics are working, then Motrin might be enough now.
Spent a half hour running the new Berkshire & Yard Goat. (can't lay down for 30 minutes after taking this antibiotic) Both are running quite smoothly and the Yard Goat is becoming very quiet. I like em' both very much. Nice upgrades from those I sold.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
***Jeffrey, OOPS, I spoke to soon. Did the goop require some "setting time" or what? Sorry to hear there is more work in your near future on this project. Dang!
-Rob
Cederstrand wrote:***Jeffrey, OOPS, I spoke to soon. Did the goop require some "setting time" or what? Sorry to hear there is more work in your near future on this project. Dang! -Rob
Afternoon all--
Have my 94 year old mother down for the weekend, so I don't know how much I'll get done with anything in the next couple of days. She keeps telling me "Now you just go about whatever you normally do--" and when I start, I hear, "Tom, do I have any money left in my savings?" "No, mother, you're absolutely Destitute (she could buy a small European country, LOL!)." "Oh, that's nice, dear."
Gonna be fun until Monday,LOL!
Garry--WHERE did you get that cute little station? Wow, that is COOL! Oh, BTW, I just discovered that it IS the Cloverfield Creature behind my coaling tower, and not a scenery bottle like I thought. OOOPS, LOL!
Jeff--oh man, I hope you don't have to lay in new pipe for the pool pump. Those things are a nightmare when they start leaking--ask me, I know.
Cox--populate that nifty coach, okay? Preiser has very NEAT people, I've populated two trains so far, and haven't had to cut any legs off, yet.
Oops, better get back to Mother, she's wondering where her bank book is. Oboy!
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!