Elliots Trackside Diner IV, Under New Management!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 71 degrees and mostly cloudy. A high in the lower 90's is expected with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Today's Weather for:      
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      6/19/2008

Wind Chill:  69°F
Humidity:  88%
Dew Point:  65°F

So Far Today
High:  73°F
Low:  69°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph E

Today  High: 92    Partly sunny. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds.    
 
Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.

[egmurphy]

 But could someone answer me a question?  How does Hydrocal go BAD?  The directions say to let it set for 5 minutes.  So how come 20 minutes later it STILL looks like Cream of Potato soup?  Sheesh!

It's either old and/or was exposeded to some humidity during storage.  Like all plasters and portland cements, exposure to humidity will cause the individual grains to hydrate.  There's not enough moisture for them to combine (so you don't get a hard lump of plaster) but they've already undergone their chemical change.  At least that's what I think.

btw, mountains look good.

Regards

Ed

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning, Zoe, Ed, and I see Jeff and Bill T. have been in earlier. I'll have some of Ed's famed OJ,

 

scrambled eggs with some grated cheese melted in, couple of slices of that near bacon,

 

and a cup of the TH, please.  

 

Thanks, Gav! 

I went to the LHS and bought like everything in sight that fit my layout.  They like me a lot there now!  (Now I just have to find time to build everything and get it on the layout!)

Yeah, PC, that's the trade-off - when you work a lot, you get more LHS , but you don't have the time while working to do anything on the layout; while if you are off work, you're not earning that LHS money! Hope you get some time in on the layout stuff over the weekend.

Paul, how does one retire from retirement, I wonder?

Jeff. nice photo of that KCS diesel - hard to miss those with that crisp color scheme!  What've you got in store for today?

One more day until Friday (and maybe payday, not sure if the deposit'll show up Friday or Sat. a.m. in my bank account).

Last night, I ordered some more Arizona Rocks & Minerals stuff from Caboose Hobbies, so now I get to wait until later today and see how much of it will be in stock, and what somebody else got and beat me to the punch. Not a lot more going yet on my layout until this weekend. I've been looking at Preiser's catalog lately, and trying to figure what other figures I want to get for the layout. Need to find a place with a good discount on those, with the rate of exchange between the $ and the DM, though...

I'll be at the corner booth, getting to my breakfast now.

 

Blessings and fair weather today for you,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[pcarrell]

Jeff, nice shot today!

Jim, ain't that the truth!

[JimRCGMO]

Jim, ain't that the truth!

PC, that's only the half of it - since we know that truth, we have to decide to use whatever time (minutes, hours, whatever) for the MRR'ing (after required HD list and other 'higher' - or Higher - priorities are attended to... ).To sum it up - we'll never get all the MRR'ing time we want (nor enough space for all we'd like to do with our layout, etc.), so we might as well get done a little bit at a time, rather than waiting for that mythical weekend that is "totally ours for layout work."

At least, that's my on that...

Shew, I'm tired from all that thinkin' - Zoe, I need a RBF, please!

 

 

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[pcarrell]

PC, that's only the half of it - since we know that truth, we have to decide to use whatever time (minutes, hours, whatever) for the MRR'ing (after required HD list and other 'higher' - or Higher - priorities are attended to... ).To sum it up - we'll never get all the MRR'ing time we want (nor enough space for all we'd like to do with our layout, etc.), so we might as well get done a little bit at a time, rather than waiting for that mythical weekend that is "totally ours for layout work."

At least, that's my on that...

Shew, I'm tired from all that thinkin' - Zoe, I need a RBF, please!

 

The man speaks the truth!

Hook me up too Zoe.  My brain hurts now too, and Jim's "antidote" looks good!

[Flashwave]

Morning.

Could you hand me the near empty jar of Penut Butter and a knife? Least until I cease being lazy and actually do something about breakfast.

Today is belated Father's Day Indian's Game Day for Dad and I. Can't wait. Hope he's healthy enough to go. Tdoad we're gonna try the paint scheme again on a F unit. Decided to drop he yellow. And I've got a baggae car that's ready to white for the Freedom Train.  

[railroadnut675]

Hi,

   I checked out an interesting book from the library the other day. Robert Schleicher's HO model railroading handbook 3rd edition. It was published 1998, but covers EZ track and DCC.

Is DCC hard to install? Expensive? Ive been reading...

[SilverSpike]

Afternoon folks!

What's for lunch?  Oh, how about some Rabbit Gumbo.....come and get it! LOL

 

[Cox 47]

Good afternoon All...Its sunny and in the low 80's here....I'll have a  slice of Garry's Ky Ham with swiss cheese,Tater salad and a Root beer float please..Thank You...Maybe some Rail Road time this afternoon...Sallie and I caught the old movie Bad Day at Black Rock the other nite its got some good SP passenger stuff at beginning and end....Well I'm  gonna take my food and slip overe into the back booth and see who comes in...You all have a good one...Jerry

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Hi,

   I checked out an interesting book from the library the other day. Robert Schleicher's HO model railroading handbook 3rd edition. It was published 1998, but covers EZ track and DCC.

Is DCC hard to install? Expensive? Ive been reading...

I have that book myself. It's some good reading and there's lots of good ideas in it. DCC decoders aren't hard to install unless you're doing a hard-wire conversion on a loco that wasn't DCC ready in the first place, then only the first one is hard. In the case of a loco that's DCC ready it's usually just a case of plugging the decoder in with the hardest part being getting the shell off. Connecting a DCC system to your layout is very easy. Just connect it where a DC power pack would have been connected.

Looks like I have of the page honors. Anybody up for some Hassenpheffer?

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello...

Hassesnpheffer or rabbit gumbo may be an improvement over cocoa puffs emerging from the south end of a nortbound rabbit.

I like the pix of the KCS "Sothern Bell" unit, Jeff.

Jerry......... nice layout shots. I can see why you might selct country ham considering the options offered today.

Tom is probably on his creeper. I'm still think he should have 1/87 mountan climbers on that "hill".

Happy Model Railroading

 

[sleeper33]

Evening gang

 just a tea for now please

 Well up to another night of nothing. little cherubs are being well behaved as any damage caused is comming off their deposits and they are bricking it.

 I'll be at the counter if anybody needs me

Gav

[twhite]

Afternoon, all:

Holy Cow, Railroadnut posts pictures of his sister's bunny and suddenly everyone wants RABBIT STEW?  Sorry, I don't like the taste of bunny.  Always reminds me of the time when I was a kid and dad decided we'd raise rabbits.  Yah, well--we got a male and a female--Miggs and Floppy-- and after the first litter, Dad was thinking of all those neat meals we'd have until my sister and I looked at him and said "We're going to EAT them?"  Dad, really neat guy that he was just blinked and said, "That's the purpose."  My sister broke down crying, I just stared at Dad with my big baby blues, he shrugged and said, "Oh Hell," and the neighborhood finally ended up with a whole bunch of pets.  We kept Miggs and Floppy, but in separate cages.  They were pretty cool rabbits.  My sister and I fed them out of our allowance, but that's back when Lettuce was 5 cents a head, LOL!

Anyway, the temperature here is a hot 103 again, but today the air quality was at least unbreathable--KCRA said 'Uncomfortable for those with respiratory problems', which is unfortunately ME.  Went out and started work today, but couldn't spend a lot of time there.  We're supposed to have a Delta breeze coming in around 6:00, so I'll see what I can get done.  Did a little staining on yesterday's granite, but had to come in early.  Said the heck with it and watched some LAW AND ORDER reruns on TV.  Hopefully I can go out in a couple of hours. 

Garry:  I think Woodland Scenics has some mountain climbers, I'll check into it.  Actually, the Sierra Buttes has a Forest Service lookout tower on one of the peaks I haven't gotten to yet, so I'm thinking of putting one up there, which means I'll have to carve a horse-trail up one of the cliffs.  Maybe I'll do that instead.  I mean, we didn't have a lot of mountain-climbers back in 1947 around here, LOL!   

Flash: How was the game you and your dad went to? 

Ed:  The Hydrocal is okay--like I said before, I just didn't follow the directions. 

Jeff:  "Hassenpfeffer" actually tastes better if you use chicken.  I think then it's called "Kuchleinpfeffer" or something like that, LOL!   But make sure you use fresh-ground pfeffer, the canned stuff is kind of yucky.  Really liked that last shot of the park, BTW. 

Tom

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Found this on page two. Y'all are slipping.

I'll have steak and onion tonight.

 

[sleeper33]

sorry Jeff

another tea please girls

Gav

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

JimCG I wish I could figure out how to retire from retirement. If you come up with a way let me know.

We took the girls to Dallas on the train today. Little Rachel is a real train nut just like her grandpa. She was going toot, toot every time the train did. If any of you get to Dallas try and get to the Dallas World Aquarium it is very good.

Well I'm bushed. I'll try and stop in tomorrow evening.

Good Night All

[sleeper33]

Great

 after another action packed night(NOT!!!!!! )

WENT OUT TO UNLOCK THE BACK GATE AND WAS BUZZED BY A SEAGULL WITH AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM. great.

 another tea please

Gav

[sleeper33]

 see you all tonight

 Gav

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Paul: You don't retire from retirement, just try to stay active.

Gav: We have Mockingbirds here with the same kind of attitude problem. I just try to avoid them.


Good morning.

It's 72 and cloudy, what else is new. The high should be in the low 90's and there's a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon.

Welcome to the first day of summer. That's right, it's today. It's also the birthday of a friend of mine. I'll be going around to see him today.

Today's Weather for:     
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      6/20/2008

Heat Index:  77°F
Humidity:  95%
Dew Point:  70°F

So Far Today
High:  75°F
Low:  72°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate :  0.00"/h
Gust:  3mph NNE

Today  High: 92    Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds.
     
Tonight  Low: 70    Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 70. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.


 

[JimRCGMO]

Morning, Zoe - just a JR special please. Thanks!

Tom - what about having some burros to get up that trail to the lookout tower? I've heard burros are more sure-footed on trails like that. Hopefully, you got to work some more on the Buttes last night.

Gav, you get the cherubs settled down and the seagulls start a ruckus! If you could only threaten them with holding their nests, etc. At least you're better able to have a calm night.

Paul, sounds like you've got Rachel trained right (if you'll excuse the pun...).

Heck, I can't even spell hausenpfeffer, or however it's called! Now gumbo, I can spell that.

Spot of rain here today - it's 70 F and raining a bit, but not heavy. Scattered stuff around here; so long as it doesn't accumulate - that would not be good for our lower-lying areas south of us. But the cooler weather is nice.

Got confirmation from Caboose Hobbies that my Arizona Rocks 'n' Minerals stuff was shipped. I do wish they would include item numbers on their webpage or in their emails so I could see if I got all that I'd ordered. Silly website doesn't even show you item #'s on the shopping cart after it's shipped - I checked my order from back in January of this year, and no item numbers or indication of the 3-4 items that they were out of, on the order listing.

Well, Zoe, I'll have another cup, please. Thanks again.

 

Blessings on your Friday,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

 

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning .....

Oatmeal and OJ here.

JimCG ... What are the rock and minerals you ordered?

Jeff ...... Glad to see the big hook is ready. I hope it's not needed any time soon, though.

I was already operating this morning. The switching crew has pulled two carloads of beef from the meatpacking plant. Diners may grill some steaks this weekend. It should be good even if "you-know-who" applies "DaBomb" sauce on it.........er well, ....change my mind.........hold off on that stuff, please.

Happy Model railroading!

[railroadnut675]

Well, I learned today that I was not allowed to ballast my ez track. My dad said that it would be too much of a mess...

[Flashwave]

Hey, it's actually almost morning! Hand me a glass of the Orange Juice please and thank you.

Game was fun. It's a AA, Dad says they're more fun, since the teams are still in it. We lost, 9-3, but there weere some cool plays, a lot of "I'm out, but can't stop, so I hope the baseman moves". And Victory Field sitsd right near the old NYC Bee Line. So there were trains rocketing by the first half of the game on 5 minute intervals. They stopped right about the ime when we went up to the outdoor lounge dinner party thingy and I could actually see them.  (LOOK! Relevence!)

 

[Cederstrand]

in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you. 

***Terry, hope you are holding up alright these days!?!

Speaking of Mocking Birds, back when I lived in AZ every year it seamed one of them would make the news for attacking folks who walked along this or that road, sidewalk etc... They were of course only protecting their nest. Has only happened once to me here in GA.

Phone company finally burried a new line today. This means next week we can start having the burned mess & dying trees removed. I feel like we've officially re-joined the civilized world. Wife's sister has been most helpful this week. Wish she didn't have to return home today, as my wife will once again have her hands full.

The Bigboy I ordered is still a good week away. After quoting shipping costs to me, that fella didn't actually have them in stock...gurrrrrr! I would have bought it elsewhere. Oh well, perhaps I should learn to have more patience anyway.

All for now. Rob

 

[JimRCGMO]

Bump! Time for another cup of coffee for me.

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[Flashwave]

Bump! Time for another cup of coffee for me.

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

TILT!

[sleeper33]

evening gang

how's it all hanging

 tea please girls

well in for another action packed night Lol weather is wet but warm

 nothing else to report

I'll be at the counter if anybody wants me

 Gav

[Train Master]

Hi all, almost hot enough here to fry an egg on the sidewalk! I stayed out too long yesterday and got a bad sunburn, blistered bad. I will not be making that mistake again!