Evening, Chloe - how about some beef stew and a root beer float, please!
Thanks!
SilverSpike wrote: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....
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....
Did you get that in writing from your doctor, so your wife will believe you, Ryan?
Fergie, hope your ship's rocking and rolling stops long enough to get some of your MRR'ing done. How long are you on the briney seas this time out? And have you heard from Luc or DerJohn? I've received some email forwards from Der, but have seen neither hide nor hair of Luc...
Rob, hope you get some sleep now that you're on the new meds. Uh, Rob? If you needed an excuse to run trains, I think you may have found one when you take your meds.
Jeff, at least you shouldn't have to work on your folks' plumbing for a while, by the time you replace the rest of it. You do sound very much like the handyman, with all the stuff you fix around your neck of the woods. I'd have a ways to go to come near that level.
On-call tonight, so by tomorrow morning the rest of the weekend will be mine for MRR'ing. (My mother died in '77, so Mother's Day for me doesn't have much meaning.)
But for the rest of you, I hope you've lined up your Mother's Day gift or other arrangements for you Mother and/or your sweetie. Score those brownie points this weekend, and who knows what might be possible by Father's Day...
I'll grab a seat in the corner booth (without waking Rob...) and work on my dinner and float. Prayers for healing and rest (and a productive Saturday for MRR'ing).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
twhite wrote: 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."
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."
Could she buy one with lots of trains so we can all come over to play?
***Jeffrey, good thing you at least got the refund, even if that doesn't help any with the extra work ahead.
***Tom, you mentioned those Preiser figures. They sure have a lot of nifty circus offerings, too. My wife already wants more of them. I do prefer the HO offerings to those in N scale, as in HO it is easier to see what they are doing. Probably a good thing the wife & I each have different scales.
Anyone know where the cheapest place is to buy HO Preiser figures?
While here, I'll have arefill, please & thanks.
Rob
pcarrell wrote: twhite wrote: 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." Could she buy one with lots of trains so we can all come over to play?
Philip--
How about Switzerland? I've heard a rumor that the reason the Swiss built the Alps in the first place is so they'd have someplace to run their trains up and downh, LOL!
Rob--I have heard that if you buy the unpainted Preisers, they're about half the price of the painted ones. But with MY eyesight, they'd probably end up looking like little flesh-colored blobs. However, the big pack of seated figures has about 38, no duplicates. I got them for around $34 at my LHS--but you're right, that is kind of a chunk of money just to look at people through windows.
Tom
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JimRCGMO wrote: Did you get that in writing from your doctor, so your wife will believe you, Ryan?
Nope! And I been on my feet most of the day too with errands and chores....tired now. Been up running around since 7:15 this morning....
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Evening Gang: Another busy day. I mowed the back again to get the stuff I missed and get the cuttings kind of rounded up. It's easyer doing that with the mower then rakeing. Of course I'll still have to rake it up and haul it away. The hauling is done with the railroad so that part is kind of fun. It also justifies the railroad kind of.
The guy that we are going to have lay the tile downstairs came by to give us an estimate and talk about how and all. His estimate was lower then I expected. We've seen his work and it is quite good. Our sister in law had him do her kitchen. Tomorrow it's to Lowe's to get the tile. Sorry Dick HD didn't have anything that we liked.
I must get to work on cleaning ut the garage tomorrow. We have to have someplace to put the furniture and some other stuff that has to come out to make way for the tile. I guess I'll have to use the bed room for TV and reading .
Well I think that I'll head out and get to bed.
Good Night All
Hello ....
Tom said: "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!" Tom, the station was made from an old Magnuson Models kit of the Burlington's Highlands station. It was a suburban Chicago station, and I grew up near it. The shelter across the tracks is scratch built from Evergreen plastic pieces.
Jerry .... I like the coach very much, too.
Paul ... Good luck with the downstairs tile project.
We were at the church meeting this evening, and we heard more about our friend who learned she has cancer. It's very bad news.
Well, I'll have some ice cream and be on my way. Good night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Good Evening All.
Just dropping in for a second before turning in. Was at w..k til late but got a couple of minutes in on the layout. Added more glazing this time to the Howlands department store and started to figure out window displays. My aunt used to do the window displays at the Howlands in Bridgeport before she got the same gig at Macy's in Nueve York. Man she could wrap gifts better than anyone - it was almost a shame to open the stuff she and my uncle gave us at Christmas except it was usually American Flyer stuff and oh so much appreciated. Mental note to self - find out name of uncles typewriter shop and add to layout.
Whilst I'm here I'll have a Root Beer float please Janie. Haven't heard from Sue for a while, perhaps she got sticker shock at the last diesel fillup. At 4.55 per I hit just over 200 filling the Excursion and I don't want to think of the 120 gallons the Kenworth takes. Have we all bought locking gas caps yet?
Oh and the CFO approved an addition to the fleet and I have an RSD15 coming from FDT. Don't know what I'll do with it yet as the New Haven never had any but at not much more than a good sound decoder how can I go wrong - and it's an ALCO besides.
Jerry - nice job on the coach. Ditto on the passengers with Tom.
Jeff - nothing like brittle plastic pipe, no? Do you need to install an accumulator to take the pressure spikes out of the line from when the pump starts and stops ? Were you trying to use one of the teflon sealants on the threads or did the adhesive fail you ? Inquiring (nosey) mind want to know...
Enough for one night. I'll catch y'all tomorrow. J.R.
GMTRacing wrote:Jeff - nothing like brittle plastic pipe, no? Do you need to install an accumulator to take the pressure spikes out of the line from when the pump starts and stops ? Were you trying to use one of the teflon sealants on the threads or did the adhesive fail you ? Inquiring (nosey) mind want to know...
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
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Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning all,
Fergie, you can keep the ice and bad weather, I'll just watch from my office window, LOL.
Jerry, nice passenger car project.
Rob, sounds like you got some good deals.
Back is doing much better today, so maybe after my friend's funeral I can get the grass cut and do a little work in the basement.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
A glass of water, thanks. Guess I jumped the gun last night and still needed a "small dose" of pain meds afterall. Woke up in a pool of sweat with an aching tooth, but nothing like it was a couple days ago, thank god.
***Lee, back trouble can be such a pain. Have you ever done wrestlers bridges for it? Doing them has literally given me (my back) a new life, as it has for a couple friends of mine who are now doing them.
Bought some of those cheapo figures & lamp posts from those "we honest" folks. Will let y'all know what I think of them when they arrive. Will need lots of extra people for the future factory I have planned.
A couple thunderstorms rolled through here in the wee hours. Got up and enjoyed watching the show. Looks like more tonight into tomorrow, with a chance of severe weather. YeeHaw!
Good Morning!
I'll have oatmeal and OJ.
There was a discussion about wildlife moving closer to human locations in the diner recently. I thought of that as i watched the news this morning. (Jeff may be familiar with this story.) A bear has located on the grounds of a state prison in Louisiana. There have been no attempted escapes lately!
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning All
Well we saw our 1st Iceberg this morning as we rounded Cape Race, the SE corner of Newfoundland. Weather has been good so far as the fog lifted yesterday at lunch and hasn't come back... yet! Just a matter of time. Though i must admit this Nor Easterly swell we are presently punching through is getting to be a bit taxing.
Lee: Sorry you've been in the "Office" too long and now it's time to get your feet wet and toughened up! This is the perfect place for that!!
Jerry and Garry: Yes I've been in very little as of late but I really had nothing much to say as I was digging and moving dirt, painting and sawing and getting the house back in order. Now that I'm back to sea i should have a bit more time on my hands though I'm looking at having to do appraisals and learning plans for the crew
JimRCGMO wrote: Fergie, hope your ship's rocking and rolling stops long enough to get some of your MRR'ing done. How long are you on the briney seas this time out? And have you heard from Luc or DerJohn? I've received some email forwards from Der, but have seen neither hide nor hair of Luc...
I'm doing, slowly but surely. ope to have my erie Steam Shovel and Erie Steam Crane finished by mid trip!
I get the odd occasional e-mail joke from luct and got a reply back from John last week and it sounds if he's real busy these days with other commitments.
Anyway it's lunchtime!
ater All
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
Good morning All...Its sunny and 55 here this morning...Our Son, His wife and kids came yesterday evening...Had a big cook-out on deck..1/2 pound fresh pork burgers and Brots,He is helping His cousin roof his house today and tonite were gonna grill up some Bar BQ pork steak...and grill some Valdaila onions..they got Sallie a phone that She can carry with her when she goes to dailisiss...
You guys talking about figures I read over on another Forum were a feller ordered some of the figure deals you see on Ebay from China 100 for 3 or four bucks painted he had a photo and they looked good..I think I am going to try to order some sure beats ever the unpainted ones from Preisner[sp]....
Jeff hope you get you Dad's pool pump problems taken care of...Do you get to swim in the pool when you get done.....
You all have a good one...Jerry
Howdy fellers!
The CFO and I walked 3+ miles this mornin and then I got the yard cut and sprayed some Roundup on the areas that needed "roundin' up".
Drum roll please............................
I have lost 26.5 lbs since February! Here is my weight ticker....
Good morning...cloudy and 52F right now, but the sky is clearing and the tmeps will rise to near 70F later. Catching up on some reading today, model RR and Trains mag as well as a new DCC book from MRR. Also trying to select decoders for Atlas S-4 and an Athearn GP35 that have both sound and motor control. I really don't want to use two decoders under the hood if at all possible. NCE makes decoders for motor drive, SoundTraxx makes a nice sound decoder and QSI has a new decoder due out in 4 weeks that does combine both , but there is some doubt as to whether it will fit in the S-4.
JEFF: I was surprised to read that you have steel pipes as part of the plumbing for the pool. Chlorine does a number on metal. When we installed our pool way back in 1972, we used what they had out then, which was that stiff black plastic pipe and worm gear clamps. The worm gear clamps would always loosen a bit over Winter ,at the underground elbows to the inlets, outlets and skimmer. Of course that meant digging up the area, re-tightening or replacing the clamps. Trying to draw water from the pool with air leaks was always maddening to say the least. When we had to replace the liner in 1992, we replaced all the lines with flexible acid pipe. NO ELBOWS at the pool!! The pipe was glued directly onto fittings at the pool. No more leaks in 16 years! The only elbows are ar the pump and filter, and they are also glued. When I do any other job that has threads, I use teflon tape, and never had a leak yet. I can certainly feel your frustration, been there many times.
JERRY: Watch out for your Cholesterol with all that red meat good buddy !!! Once a week only, then eat Alaskan Salmon. Try that with Ryan's hot Bar-B-Q sauce!!!
FERGIE: I see you are at 46.7 N Lat, 53 w long. Stay close to shore, the seas are going to be rough, keep your eyes out for Polar bears floating on the bergs. You still have your side arm, right? Any pics of the Berg ?
RT: Hey, that is Great news!!! I hope you get a 6.25% mortgage rate.
If any of you guys subscribe to Trains Mag, you can click on the video by the editors and see the Clinchfield RR "N" scale layout and the history behind it from the '70's. Very interesting video.
Time for lunch..
Cox 47 wrote:Jeff hope you get you Dad's pool pump problems taken care of...Do you get to swim in the pool when you get done.....
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: I was surprised to read that you have steel pipes as part of the plumbing for the pool. Chlorine does a number on metal. When we installed our pool way back in 1972, we used what they had out then, which was that stiff black plastic pipe and worm gear clamps. The worm gear clamps would always loosen a bit over Winter ,at the underground elbows to the inlets, outlets and skimmer. Of course that meant digging up the area, re-tightening or replacing the clamps. Trying to draw water from the pool with air leaks was always maddening to say the least. When we had to replace the liner in 1992, we replaced all the lines with flexible acid pipe. NO ELBOWS at the pool!! The pipe was glued directly onto fittings at the pool. No more leaks in 16 years! The only elbows are ar the pump and filter, and they are also glued. When I do any other job that has threads, I use teflon tape, and never had a leak yet. I can certainly feel your frustration, been there many times.
We've replaced all the plastic pipe twice. It's buried deep enough that the cold (yes it does get cold down here at times) doesn't bother it. All we have to do is open the drains on the filter and the pump (both Hayward products) at the end of the season. the swim season for their pool is early May to early November. We're looking at building a heater into the return line so the pool water can be heated.
BTW, I fixed the leak that popped up yesterday. Cut the PVC line to the filter so I could remove the steel pipe from the pump head then got the pipe into a pipe vise and removed the PVC adapter. Wrapped the threads of the steel pipe with four layers of Teflon tape and put the adapter back on. I then screwed the pipe back into the pump head and tightened it by tightening the adapter as far down as it would go then twisted the pipe itself in even farther with a pipe wrench. To join the two pieces of the cut PVC pipe back together I used a flexible coupling. This joined the pipes and it also allows easy disassembly later if the need arises, which it probably will. Murphy never sleeps.
JEFF: We have Haward pump also. The old one lasted 15 years, 1/2 hp, until a snake decided to keep warm on the armature. Needless to say, when we tried to start the pump up that May, the snake got the shock of it's life. So did the pump. I had to buy na new one, and that is when I bought the Hayward 1 hp job. The electrical line is about 200 feet in total run from the power panel in the house, so I connected the jumpers on the pump for 220V operation, much more voltage kick and less voltage drop to worry about with 115V.
Good olde Teflon tape, I always have a couple of rolls of that handy in the repair box.
in a Steam Belching UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks!
***Fergie, looking forward to seeing that Steam Shovel and Erie Steam Crane completed. I think it's cool you have time (and space) to be working on those while "really working" at sea.
***RT, wishing you a smooth (and affordable) move & transition.
***Jerry, although I haven't seen them yet and can't pass judgement, I would be surprised if the cheapo figures compare to WS or Preiser. That being said, I need some numbers to fill certain areas where detail isn't going to be as important to me. Will be interesting to see what they look like. If it isn't too much trouble, I might try re-painting some to look like prisoners to pad out my "chain gang". One thing they say upfront is shipping can take awhile, which is fine with me sicne I still have no finished layout plan yet.
***Ryan, WOW, that's a LOT of weight. Congrats!
Ran trains a little this afternoon. Comparisons: Comparing the Herritage Berkshire to the Bachmann L.Mountain is like comparing a fine touring car to a used station wagon in need of service. (except that BOTH have excellent detailing) The Berk runs very smooth at all speeds and is not too loud. The L.Mountain runs poorly at slow speed, sometimes stalls out on curves and is a little noisy. Berk wins hands down!
Different story when comparing the Herritage 0-8-0 to the Bach 2-8-0. Both have beautiful detailing. Both run quite smooth at all speeds. The Herritage is quieter, but I have no complaints on either of them. Both are Excellent locos! My worth.
So, is there actually a 2-10-0 Russian loco available in N scale, or did I missread something somewhere?
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: We have Haward pump also. The old one lasted 15 years, 1/2 hp, until a snake decided to keep warm on the armature. Needless to say, when we tried to start the pump up that May, the snake got the shock of it's life. So did the pump. I had to buy na new one, and that is when I bought the Hayward 1 hp job. The electrical line is about 200 feet in total run from the power panel in the house, so I connected the jumpers on the pump for 220V operation, much more voltage kick and less voltage drop to worry about with 115V.Good olde Teflon tape, I always have a couple of rolls of that handy in the repair box.
Afternoon all
I'm finally back home after a week in the hospital and 2 weeks at my sons house
I'm happy to be back in my own house
I get a 2 week break before starting Radiation so it's a great time to Run some trains
I bought a new loco on ebay and am waiting for it to show up
Hope every one is well ! and having fun
TerryinTexas
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Cederstrand wrote: Ran trains a little this afternoon. Comparisons: Comparing the Herritage Berkshire to the Bachmann L.Mountain is like comparing a fine touring car to a used station wagon in need of service. (except that BOTH have excellent detailing) The Berk runs very smooth at all speeds and is not too loud. The L.Mountain runs poorly at slow speed, sometimes stalls out on curves and is a little noisy. Berk wins hands down!
The Bmann light mountains were kinda hit and miss. I've got a couple of good ones, but I've seen others that weren't so great. If you take and pull the axle with the traction tire out and rotate the axle blocks a 1/4 turn and reinstall them you'll find that the loco pulls much better (can you say stump puller?) and it should smooth out some. For the stalling, check all of the electrical contacts, especially the tender conections. It sounds like you might have an issue there.
Good to know! I like my connies just fine and was thinking about the 0-8-0, but I've heard horror stories about the tender to loco connections and also something about a difficult decoder install.
Awww, now you've gone and done it! You hit a nerve!
Bachmann was supposed to do a Spectrum version of the Russian decapod a couple of years ago, but they shelved the project indefinately because they said they couldn't find a motor for it (HOGWASH!). I'd have bought several of them myself. So, to this date, there is only one, yes one, decapod available in N scale. Minitrix did a somewhat lacking rendition of the Pennsy I1 (see this link: http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/decapod.html ), and it has long been out of production. You can still get them on Ebay pretty regularly if you want, and I have a tender, body shell, and running gear with frame for one. It just needs a motor. If you're interested, lets talk.
***Terry, very sorry to hear about your hospital stay and future treatment. Healing thoughts heading your way. Enjoy running those trains!
***Philip, thanks for the tip on the Light Mountain. Not sure I am up to messing with it. Perhaps down the road if I get a magnifier visor thingy, then I might give it a try. Already have an old Minitrix Decopod, which runs OK. Was just looking at another "upgrade" if one was available. For the most part, I am really enjoying the newer N scale steam offerings. Although I still have a few vintage locos that won't be going anywhere anytime soon (Hudson & remotored Pacific are just two that come to mind). Although primitive in the looks dept., they both run better than that Light Mountain.
Speaking of Bach. cancelling cool locos, how about the 4-6-0. I REALLY wanted one of those. Seems to me it is a loco with enough history that someone should be producing it.
While here, a refill, please. Rob
Evening Gang: Let's see. The last post was by Rob at 6:20. It's now 8:30 and I'm the only one in the place unless someone is hiding in the back booth.
We got the tile this morning. Like a dummy I hauled it home. The pickup may never forgive me for that. Infact my back may never be right again ether. Next time have it delievered, Dummy. That must have been 1500 lbs or better. Anyway it's here and ready for the tile guy in two weeks.
I took the loder Kobota mower down to the truntable site and mowed the area so I can get a temperary track to the shed from the TT lead. That way I can bring the diesel home and get it in under cover and safe from the mice and rats. They seem to like to get up in the hood and do there thing. Weeds and grass are growing fast so I will have to mix up another batch of round up. I put out the last yesterday. Funny I don't have that problem on the HO.
There are sever weather warnings and a tornado watch north and east of us. Nothing coming our way but it will bare watching.
In that vain I'll head out and check the weather radar. First girls would you please get me a cup of coffee. You know that I always have coffee when I watch radar.