Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning all.
Metra kid 2, welcome to the diner.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming northeast between 5 and 8 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Hey folks, coffee for me-way too late,but what the heck.
Feeling better today-although it's been chilly,cloudy & crappy here. Not a bad day at work, with the exception of a teenage girl who was violating rules of the library, & when we called her on it,the most sass, disrespect, & expletives came out of her mouth that I've heard to date from them. Only when we threatened to call the police did she move on. Colin-good to see you here-PLEASE put my faith back in teens. I know you aren't all bad, (& it seems you're one of the good ones) but I need to hear from the good ones after dealing with the bad ones at work! (any advice on how to deal with would be appreciated from one! ) This is a GREAT place for train ppl to talk about whatever, being it trains, non-trains, whatever!
Cape Jim-from what I understand & what I remember reading sometime back, the '57 Ford did better than the Chevvy <old classical spelling of the term) was that it was a lot more streamlined looking. The Chevy seemed to grow on folks more as time went on though. (My dad had one, but with the exception of its speed, hated it as it was too light & bouncy for him-he traded it on '56 Buick Super which was the car I rode home in from the hospital after I was born (I don't remember the ride of course!) Funny too is that Lee Iacocca mentioned in his bio that he felt the '57 Ford was a lemon-he had to tie the back 2 doors of a 4-dr demo together to keep them from popping open when they hit bumps! But still the Chryslers did probably the best in sales total IMO (I don't have figures here) & I remember reading that back in 57 they had the entire Chrysler line sitting in GM's styling dept, & the head honcho turned to his designers & said basically, "WELL?" something to that effect!
Jerry-loved the story of the '54-they had a push button for the reverse? I didn't think they came out with that until 56 or 57-oh well I could be wrong on that. Reminded me of a trip with a bud of mine we tried to make in his '76 Vega wagon-we got 2 miles from home when the motor just gasped,groaned,gasped,groaned, & died. The car should've never been on the road in the 1st place upon hindsight!
Well, I better hit bed-apologies for all my "old car" chattiness. (Note to Chloe-post on the wall of the diner-DO NOT BRING UP OLD CAR TALK WHEN MITCH IS IN THE DINER!)
Oh 1 more thing on the topic. I'm hopefully going to sell my '70 Dodge Coronet this summer, but keeping my eyes out to eventually get an '60 Mercury rag top someday. My dad bought a '60 Monterey rag top right after I was born, & kept it until 1982. (it was rotted out badly by then & sold it to a friend of mine who kept the motor but junked the rest) Sad part of it was there were only 6000 Monterey rag tops built, & my Dad's had the rare optional 383 motor.(different from the Mopar 383) Who knows how few came in that combo. Love to find another. If anyone ever hears of one, drop me a line.
(OK Chloe, I'm going!) Nite All!
I thought that I would stop in for a RBF and say, "Hello". Not much layout activity this weekend because we were working outside. We did get to do a little switching while we worked out.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Evening, Diners! How's everyone tonight? Hope you had a beautiful day like we did in Cape G. today. Unfortunately, except for lunchtime, I was inside most of the day. Ah well, got to keep Paul's and Dick's and Ed's SocSec. checks coming.
Jeff, that sounds about right - I have to keep from smiling when I have a teenage client I'm seeing and I describe how junior high can suck... (They think I forgot what that is like? )
grayfox1119 wrote:JIM: Another slicing and dicing injury also??? OK, you and Fergie report to Use of cutlery 101. Did I hear you say you saw a 1957 Ford Fairlane??? Ohh man!! Lorraine and I had a 1957 gold and cream colored 4 dr HT, 312 V8, and did we love that car. I would LOVE to have one again, what a car that was. And, a little trivia for all you car buffs, 1957 was the ONLY year in the decade of the 50's that Ford outsold Chevy.
JIM: Another slicing and dicing injury also??? OK, you and Fergie report to Use of cutlery 101. Did I hear you say you saw a 1957 Ford Fairlane??? Ohh man!! Lorraine and I had a 1957 gold and cream colored 4 dr HT, 312 V8, and did we love that car. I would LOVE to have one again, what a car that was. And, a little trivia for all you car buffs, 1957 was the ONLY year in the decade of the 50's that Ford outsold Chevy.
Dick, you got it wrong - I got a model (HO scale) 1957 Ford Fairlane, not saw the real thing! And I'm very surprised if the 1957 Chevy (with its big ol' fins) was outsold by that year's Ford models. You sure about that? This NY Times page says it depends on how they do the figures...
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/revisiting-the-1957-sales-numbers/
I also bought a 1953 Ford F-100 (HO scale). And speaking of cars, that Chrysler looks pretty good, Mitch.
PC, that sounds cool, getting to see the Wright place (pun not intended, but still...). Was the flyer full-size?
Metra Kid.Colin! I see that Jeff filled you in on your question about. Tell us a little about yourself and your layout/plans (RR modeled, time period, etc.). You can place your food or beverage order with Zoe or Chloe, our twin (virtual) servers, or (on the weekends) Janie or Flo. Just fill us in at breakfast, since you already headed out for the evening. See ya then!
Speaking of food - Chloe, could I please have a bowl of strawberries with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it? Thanks, gorgeous!
Blessings and a good evening for everyone,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
See ya later alligator!
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Thanks, I guess I had an ok day at school. Its about time for bed so Ill see everyone tommarow!
Cant Wait for Breakfast Colin
Metra Kid 2 wrote:Hi all, im new to the Diner. Id love to start stopping by when possible. So what you guys talk about in here? Colin
Hi all, im new to the Diner. Id love to start stopping by when possible. So what you guys talk about in here?
Colin
Ahhh, I see the late night snacks and possibly breakfast are on me. Order up!
Evening Gang: I actually did some MRR running. Not the HO but the 4inch scale steam locomotive. We had some visitors from Tennisee come by to Terry's to do some running. They brought an 0-4-0 and several good looking cars. A couple of us retired types fired up and did some running with them. I spent a good 3 hours getting my locomotive fired up. I spent a good part of that time trying to find all the stuff I needed. The fire starting wood,( cedar split into pieces about 7 in long and soaked in diesel ) had been all used up last week during the meet. I had to go back to my place and find a bucket that I had made up awhile ago. When I found it it was sitting outside and was full of rain water. Fortunately the top pieces were dry. Anyway I made two trips and then let a friend of mine make a trip. He has a 0-4-0 of his own so it was nice to be able to sit back and enjoy the trip. The locomotive ran beautifully. It steamed well making steam even going up hill. After the three trips I was bushed so shut her down and came home. a really great day running. Yea, HO is a lot less trouble getting ready but it don'e smell as good.
Anyway I'm worn out so I'll say good night.
Good Night All
JEFF: Isn't it amassing how the younger ones think you don't know much as you get older? Also, I argue with my sons all the time....READ THE MANUALS ...I don't care if it is a car, a VCR, a yard tractor, etc., the same holds true...READ THE MANUALS.
PAUL: What an absolute waste of a young life. What makes them do these things ??? I guess it is the gittyness of youth.
Later,
Good afternoon to all, the wind is really howling today, gusting to ver 40 at times, temp is 48F, so it feels very chilly outside. The rains have stayed south over NYC and Long Island Sound however.
FERGIE: I see the Hudson was at 48.9 NLat and -47.r WLong. at 1200 hrs. You are indeed way out there in the deep waters of the North Atlantic...brrrrrrrr !! A little accident with the Xacto knife I see, aren't you glad you don't work "N" scale!!! When you get back home in early June, it will be just in time to plant your veggie garden, unless Lisa is doing that for you so that you will have more MRR time in the basement when you get back? Ya, right!!! I heard that all the way down here. Did you hear that China had a big 7.4 earthquake? It even registered here in MA.
Der JOHN: Your layout is indeed looking so much better with the roads and vehicles, 100 cars on EBay ???? You did real good mon ami.
TOM: That is one nice looking layout. Did you do your mountains with foam?
Later guys, gotta run,
Hello everbody...
We just had a very nice vist from my son and his wife.... They are moving from Champaign, IL to Durham, NC. They stopped here on there way. ... It's hard to keep up with family scattered about.
JimCG ... I'm glad you visited Chusck's Depot and saw his bi layout. You asked about me passenger shelter, and the entire shelter is scratch build from Evergreen plastic pices.
Der John ........ Layout progress looks great. Gald you're back in the diner. Now what's the latest from Luc?
Mitch .... glad you're back here, too. Nice car in the picture.
Brandon .. you too. Happy late birthday. So you're thinking of modeling a KY shortline. good idea.
Happy Model railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning All,,,Its sunny and warmer after a stormy Mothers day...We lost power for about 1 and 1/2 yesterday..we had just finnished microwaveing left overs from cookout..Those pork burgers and Brots were great...I'll have just coffee this morning had way to much to eat all week-end....we took grand daughters up to little park saturday morning and Inch and mother [Deb and Mike] stopped by had a good visit and got caught up on Mike's progress on new layout...
Brandon....Happy Belated Birthday wishes!!....
John Der...Good to see you back in Dinner!...Did you get a good deal on Hong kong vehicles?..They look good...
Fergie and Jim...Hope your wounds are healing...Jim...Sounds like you had a good trip to Chuck's...I didn't know he is a retired Railroader...
Mitch....Your photo reminded me of a story from my misspent youth..A couple of Brothers in my neigbor hood had a 54 with a very tired early Hemi..It was a convertable[top long since gone] it would only run about 40 wide open witch was how they
drove it all the time......The winsheild was broke out so they had duck taped plastic in but the couldn't see thru it so they drove with head stuck out side..They had "Two Toned" it with blue and red house paint..Abunch of us were going swimming..The two brothers were in the front seat arguing over what would happen if they pushed the "R" while we were wide open[40 MPH]...Yep he tried it..sounded like a small war...as we coasted to the cars last stop we looked back to see Tranmission fluid and transmission parts all over the dust country road...The brother went back to bicycles!!
You all have a good one....Jerry
Good morning, Zoe. Just a go cup for now - have some notes to finish up at work this morning.
Paul, I haven't used a soldering iron lately, but hopefully I won't drop it when I get to that...
DerJohn - good to see you've been busy on the layout (and good to hear the gremlins are taking a vacation for the moment on the track). Pizza for Mother's Day? I sure wouldn't have had the nerve to do that with my Mom when she was living (well, unless she asked to go to a pizza place, but that never happened). The cars and vehicles look good on the layout, and make the depots look like they're in operation (and not about to be boarded up).
Guess I'd best get to w..k for now. See everyone later!
Blessings,
Evening folks-just a quick coffee before bed.
Yes I know I'm back for the 2nd time in 2 days after I don't know how long, but like I said, trying to stop in when I can.
Been feeling "blah" all day-I don't know if it's the weather here today (chilly & rainy) or my resistance is down. Either way, I need to hit bed shortly.
Was over to see Mom today (of course) & had to go over with her (again) on how to use her DVD player. (My Dad got it though-& they watched "Brubaker" (which my 9th grade algebra teacher played an unseen extra as a prisoner-he was a student at Muskingum College in Zanesville at the time & him & his buds went over to sign up as it was filmed at the old Junction City prison S of New Lexington Ohio. (next to the old B&O line) & then started to watch "Kiss of Death" which I bought my Dad as he's a Richard Widmark fan.)
Got my "weathering place" moved back down to my workbench in the basement, & did a tad more water sealing on the walls.
Cape Jim-it's been 20 years, & still can't figure how that guy got that Chrysler done that fast. He was from Wisconsin, & had progress pics on a large plaque for viewing. As I recall he took vacation to go out & get the car, & loaded the car on a trailer with the motor stuffed in the trunk. I did love his progress pics, as he added humorous cartoon captions to them. My guess is that he had an awful lot of time, $$$, & know how on his hands. I actually found the pic I took of it in an old "car shows" photo album of mine-digital pic of a an old "satin finish" print so crappy quality:
He drove it to Columbus & back to Wisconsin as far as I know so it must have been tip top shape.
I just gotta remember-"take your time & do it right-don't listen to anyone else." (I tell myself that on a daily basis!)
I better hit bed as it's past time-nite all!
Evening Gang:
Brandon: A very happy birthday to you. I'd also like to know if your date believed your story. If not bring her into the diner and we'll vouch for you. Like she'd believe a bunch of reprobates like us.
There was a story on the news just now about a young girl who drove around the down gates and was hit by an Amtrak train. She had just gotton her license. She was killed by the impact.
Fergie: So now it's X-acto knives. Keep it up and you won't be able to pick up a tool of any kind. As always, Fair winds and following seas.
Mary Ann and I worked on the fence for the back yard for the kids dogs. We set up a fenced area so they can just let the dogs out the back door and not have to take them across the yard to the back fenced area. After we got that done we got started on the back poarch. That was a mess. I found a bunch of old and out of date stuff that I'll have to take to the county barn for disposal. Old pesticides, sprays and such.
JimCG: You must be trying to emulate Fergie. Be carefull there. I still have to call Chuck's and see if he has a Milw Rd Erie built. If I had known you were headed there I could have had you look.
My back felt pretty good today. Right now I'm a bit pooped so I think I'll hit the shower and get to bed.
Good evening Diners: Spurred by Brandon's frank confession, I must own up to not dropping in since March 29th. I have however been tinkering with the layout, where the gremlins have been having a field day. However, thanks to Jeff's "Gleam" method of track cleaning, actually running trains has been a pleasure, once the aforementioned gremlins have been appeased, even if temporarily.
Also, the 50 cars (vehicles) I bought on eBay from Hong Kong are on the layout, and make a huge difference to the modern look and business of the roads and station parking lots.
I've also been tinkering with replacing a dead decoder in an Atlas GP7 (the split headlight circuit board version). From being dead, with the new decoder the thing now creeps along on full throttle. I wonder if any of you DCC enabled types can shed light on this behaviour.
I trust was dutifully attended to by all qualified mrr males! We had three generations of mothers around the table at Pizza Delight in Truro for lunch. I learned there that our eldest grandchild has exams on her birthday this year, so Brandon, think yourself lucky!!!!
Cape Jim, you're going to have to carry an Xacto #11 and make a clean job of chopping those straws! Glad it wasn't a major medical emergency!
Sounds like things are winding up downstairs in television land, and besides I'm bushed from the driving today, so I'll say all , and God Bless. Prayers for those in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good evening, Chloe - I'll have a hot fudge brownie sundae, please, and a cup of coffee.
Thanks!
SaronaTerry - great to hear you're working on giving up the tobacco. Also a good thing that you are both doing it at the same time - less tempting that way. It's not an easy thing, but I'll be pulling for you both. Just think of the MRR stuff you could get with an additional hundred or two a month (well, I do assume you'll be sharing the savings, right? ).
Garry, I don't think I asked - where'd you find the columns/supports for your across-the-tracks passenger shelter? Or did you have some left over from the Magnuson kit? Those you have look nice and have great character to their shape.
Lee, I'd be careful on Fergie's offers to join him on a 'cruise' - I suspect he just wants you to take the helm so he gets more MRR'ing time, eh, Fergie? LOL!
Rob, sent you an email with a preliminary idea or two to check out. Let me know what you think or other suggestions. Ah, I see you already have. Sent you another one now...
Cederstrand wrote:One of these days I should replace our dead weather alert radio.
One of these days I should replace our dead weather alert radio.
That's almost exactly what I keep telling myself, Rob!
Ryan, way to go on your weight loss - I should be so diligent! Have had my weight fluctuate up and down, but not go and stay lower. Of course, if I got out and walked more, maybe that might help, y'think?
Terry, (back)! Like the looks of your layout from the first few images I checked out on your PhotoBucket pages. Garry's comments, too.
Paul, some people like to watch the paint dry, and you watch the radar... Well, couldn't really blame you if there're possible twisters in the vicinity. Hope your back feels better soon!
Mitch, good to hear from you again, and that you're scouting out the basement for your layout. As for that eager beaver with the Mopar car rebuild, you don't know what he might have been taking to get it done that quickly! We mere mortals like you and I have more interruptions than they do in Montana. probably
BridgeTom, I'd agree with Rob - heading for the mountains sounds good to me, too. Oh wait, we don't have those around Southeast Missouri! I wouldn't mind a vacation out there to see Yosemite, say... Hmm, have to save up a bit for that trip, with gas prices where they are (or even plane tickets...). I'd say you have a good start on the layout with your trees. Now to get those rocks in and put them in place (without wiping out that town in the process, huh?).
Brandon, that just sounds like you are a true MRR'er, if you think of a RR/layout idea at the prom. Did your date believe you when you told her? And I think you technically do spell it alcohol, but not sure on the capitalization part like that...
For those (Garry, Jerry and others) who'd been talking about it, yesterday I went to Marion, IL and got a look at Chuck's Depot. Wasn't quite as much stuff as I had pictured (I have a vivid imagination...), but he has way more than any LHS of his size that I've seen. He showed me his (HO) layout downstairs (huge!) with a rather large steel mill, plus probably more Walthers and other structures than all of us combined. Still has a little to go on one section of the mill, but then again, he said he's only been working on it for about 7 years. Chuck's a retired IC employee (didn't remember to ask what his job was with the RR). He also has a second layout upstairs in the middle of the main store (about 4 X 8 or 5 X 9, I'd guess).
So of course, I did my patriotic duty and utilized my MRR economic stimulus funds. I got a Rix grain bin (decided it would fit my eventual size and shelf-type layout better than the bigger Walthers grain bins - Chuck had some of each on his two layouts). Also picked up some IHC detail kits (RR and the rural ones), Rix guardrails, couple of William Brothers cars (53 F-100 pickup, and 57 Fairlane), package of the Walthers dark red brick sheets, and a nice AIM sheet of signs/ads (one in the Faded Glory ones). I will say that if you go there, being skinny helps in seeing everything (though I don't quite qualify in that category). He does have both HO and N scale stuff, good selection of P2K and Genesis locos, as well as Athearn, P2K, Intermountain and other freight car lines, plus probably every Walthers structure kit in production. The trip was quite worth it for me!
Oh, I did have a couple of mishaps Saturday. First, as I was getting a soda before I was about to leave, I went to cut the extra-long straws the store had, and managed to slice my thumb (at least, not to the bone...). So a trip home to take the peroxide to it and put a couple of band-aids on it. Somehow while I was at home, I sat/stretched/turned the wrong way, and got a kind in my right lower back (probably muscle, I'd say). So getting up and down has been a bit of 'fun' (NOT!) since then. But I've had something a bit like this once or so before, and if I baby it some for the next day or two or three, it'll go away. Thank Heaven I'm not old...
Now, back to my sundae. Janie, could I have another cup of coffee, please? Thank you, ma'am.
Blessings and prayers for those in need of 'em,
Heh, I wonder what he was thinking after you told him "planning an empire"? lol
A blast? Yeah, we'll leave it at that.
I wasn't really drawing on the napkins as much as I was staring off into space, and she thought I was looking at another girl's behind. Then I had to explain that I wasn't. That was fun lol.
But yeah, the dance itself was fun and all, but the real fun is had at the numerous afterparties! Especially if they are all on one block. (ow, my head!) Let me tell you, it was one of the best May 3rds (otherwise known as my birthday) I've ever had!
I turned 18, by the way.
-Brandon (who does not publicly endorse the consumption of ALCO-hol. What? What do you mean that's not how it's spelled? ARGH!)
Brandon--
Senior Prom/birthday. Hope you had a blast! Did your date mind that you were drawing up plans on the table napkin, LOL? It's amazing the places where the MR 'bug' decides to hit. Mine came in the middle of a Music History lecture I was giving to my students about eight years ago. I put Beethoven's Ninth on the CD player, sat down at the desk and started sketching. One of the students asked, "Hey, Doc, what are you doing?"
"Planning an Empire," I grinned. "Listen to the music."
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!
Evening, everybody! I haven't been on the forums for about 3 weeks now, so I figured it was time to visit.
The only really interesting thing that happened to me was the fact that my Senior Prom was on my birthday. Huh. Has that ever happened to you?
Man, I looked GOOD in that tux. I drew a crowd of good lookin' girls at Goody's when I tried it on, too lol.
Another interesting thing that happened on prom night was that when I was sitting at the table with my date, I got a sudden inspiration to model a short line based in the Kentucky countryside. I know, right?
-Brandon
Since Philip is buying, I'll have the cavatelli.
Cederstrand wrote: ***Philip, sounds like there is hope. Guess I should do my part and write a nice "suggestion" letter to Atlas. Can you imagine the fine 4-6-0 they could produce? It would be a "must have" for me.
***Philip, sounds like there is hope. Guess I should do my part and write a nice "suggestion" letter to Atlas. Can you imagine the fine 4-6-0 they could produce? It would be a "must have" for me.
They'd do it proud! There's a discussion over on the Atlas N scale forum going on now. http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=45797
Oh, and Chloe, hook these fine folks up with whatever they want. I'll settle up tomorrow.
Evening,
Fergie, shore side duty is 4 years, afloat is 3 years, and isolated duty is 1 year.
Rob, that will teach them!
I bought a Brownhoist pillar crane kit from Tomar. It's a metal, wood, and paper kit. It's a little pain in the neck! CA is not working on the metal parts and the cross bracing for the top and bottom of the boom they want you to cut 1/32 strips from card stock to hold the 2 boom halves together. I had to walk away from it for a while, but I'll go back to it a little later.