Elliot's Trackside Diner V, at the diamonds

[LSWrr]

Good morning,

Today: A chance of rain, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind around 10 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

The temp here is 77 and it's mostly clear. The high today is expected to be 93 and it will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain this afternoon.

Didn't get much done yesterday. Serviced a pair of Athearn P's (PA2-PB2 set) and put them in service. They're DCC, using a pair of old Lenz Bach1 decoders.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      8/28/2008

Heat Index:  81°F
Humidity:  89%
Dew Point:  73°F

So Far Today
High:  78°F
Low:  76°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today  High: 95    Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds around 5 mph in the morning becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tonight  Low: 75    Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming light after midnight.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[sleeper33]

morning all

 a mug of strong black coffee please

 lol shouldnt have gone up the pub last night

anyhow hows all? hope everyone is ok and well.

 ok orf to work

 

[Cederstrand]

Tall glass of lemon water, please & thanks. 

***Paul, I usually just stand on the post hole digger arm and press against the rollbar. Sounds like your way is much faster and safer too.

***CN Charlie, glad to hear your tooth trouble isn't a bad one.

***Jim, bummer about that drive. Dang!

Wife keeps talking about her garden RR. Asked if O Gauge would work. I assume LGB is the only way to go out-of-doors, correct? She even dragged me to a couple nurserys to look at plants. Now, where does one find a garden RR steam loco with smoke & sounds for cheap?

Rob

[JimRCGMO]

Aaagh! Again, Panera's WiFi's quest for security has torpedoed my post!

Today has not gone as well as I'd have liked... Got the DVD+/-RW drive in today, put it in the drive bay, installed the patch utility, and my PowerBook recognized it, but when I went to burn to it, it would only get partway through and die on me. Tried 3 times - two CD-R's (one from iTunes, one from the Finder) and one DVD-R, same #$%* results on all three times, and the second CD-R attempt was at only 8X (the 'more reliable' speed, according to the Finder). Sent a note to the seller on the 'Bay, suggesting he didn't test it well enough. This model of drive has worked fine for other Mac users with my model of laptop, so it's not bloody likely the drive is totally incompatible.

Chloe, how about one of Galaxy's steaks with some corn on the cob, a salad on the side, and a glass of wine, please? Thanks.

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening !

 I had a tooth bothering me so I went to the dentist yesterday and guess what? Root Canal!! As the dentist said after he loked at the X-ray, Well let's get started. Turned out to be a painless procedure but it did take a while and he couldn't finish so back at it on Friday. I'm on penicillin for the infection and while he prescribed pain killers, luckily I haven't needed any.

Fergie, That is a beautiful piece of brass you have there but I couldn't tell what road that Santa Fe belongs to and I'm curious so please enlighten me.

Jeff, you certainly don't fool around when you decide to make a change to your layout. It takes me ages to get things done but I can't to get more than an hour at a time on it except for Sunday mornings.

Tom, hope your leg is feeling better. Sounds like you'll need an eye patch, a tricorn hat and a parrot to complete your "look" .

Not much new here, just the same old daily routine of work, home, errands, sleep.

CN Charlie

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: The post hole got dug, the post got set, the wire got stretched, the gate got hung and I'm bushed. My son John came to the house so he got his tractor with a loader and came down to where I was trying to dig the post hole. While I ran the post hole digger he put his loader bucket on the digger arm and pressed down. That gave the auger the weight to dig in and we finished the hole in a couple of minutes. The only problem with that method is it takes two of everything.

Right now its raining up a storm. There was nothing predicted that I heard about it just came up from the southeast. I'm not complaining as we still need it.

Rob it's good that you have gotton some rain. The animals sure appreciate it.

Garry I am sure that those buzzards are sitting somewhere and laughing at us. I'm just glade that there wasn't anything sown there like a dead calf. At first we thought that a cow may have had a calf. Buzzards will hang arounf to get some of the afterbirth.

I got the couplers installed in the flat car. The next step is to sandblast the spots that I welded and paint the frame. Then add a 1/2 inch piece of plywood and nail down the decking. HO is much easier but this is so neat when you can ride on it.

Well I think that I'll hit the hay. I know that it's early but I'm tired.

Good Night All

[galaxy]

HI guys!

I'm "buying" all day on the 28th- but heres what I'm offering:

A "togo" container with your choice: from the grill- chicken, eye round steak, porkchops, or a T-bone steak, burgers, all along with some potato salad, coleslaw, fresh tomato slices and corn on the cob.

I've been grilling up a storm. I've taken to grilling a lot at once so I can freeze them with that special grilled taste and then just thaw, heat and eat. While we still have some grilling months ahead, I just tired of draging out the grill, and cleaning it after every use. I will, however, make sure as winter comes along, that I have plenty of grilled stuff in the freezer to heat and eat through most of the winter. Grilling in the winter is a pain in the tender's coal bin.

Oh, and the T-bones. Well Sweeny's market here has 5 days of customer appreciation days with T-bone (about a pound each) 3-packs for $4.48/lb! Couldn't pass that up! And ground beef in the 10 lb pack weighs in at just $1.48/lb! Whole boneless chicken breasts at $1.48/lb! Having to buy a lot of all then and load up the caboose! Thank the firebox grate gods for freezers! Quick! Somebody stop me!!!!

*whew*

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Ain't it amazing what a little black acrylic paint and some alcohol can do?

[SilverSpike]

A beat up F7 pauses at the east tower awaiting the signal to enter the mainline.

 

Dang Jeff....looks like it needs a wash! It screams "Wash Me" LOL Just kidding, great weathering job!

 

The buzzards were standing around the south side of the pond. Of course they took off when we arrived. I looked all around the pond and the feld and there was nothing dead. I guess they just came to see what we did. Buzzard #1 "Hey what do you all want to do today?" Buzzard #2 " Oh I don't know." Buzzard #3 " How about we all go and hang around the Beverungs and give them a thrill?"

Buzzard #4 ... "Gee whiz. We had a busy day cleaning up road kill, and we needed a rest."

Buzzard #5 .... "So we found a nice pond, and we were sitting there minding our own business."

Buzzard #6 .... "...but along came these humans to bother us. You would think they would have better use for their time."

Buzzard #7 .... "So we buzzed off to find another pond."

Buzzard #8 ...." Yeah, now I bet those humans are wasting their time talking about us in some internet forum.'

Buzzard #9 ..."In my next life, I hope I'm not human. Sigh."

 

ROTFL....Garry that was too funny! 

[Cederstrand]

Oops, forgot to finish my reasoning for the Yankee mug. After listening to these Southern boys for a few weeks, I'm proud to be a Yankee by birth. Rob ps: why did I ever marry a Rebel though I have no explanation for.

[Cederstrand]

 in a YANKEE mug, please & thanks. Why a Yankee mug? Well, wife and I finally figured out one of the construction workers must have tourette's syndrome. Wife was ready to grab the deer rifle and put the guy out of his misery, until she figured out he probably can't help himself. (at least we hope this is the case) Now we're just laughing about it (and look forward to having the construction completed).  

***Jeffrey, that F7 is a beauty. I love the old beat up look very much. Can only imagine what an accurate sound decoder for it might add..."sputter, cough cough, groan, squeel squeel..."

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I said it was beat up.

[Packers#1]

A beat up F7 pauses at the east tower awaiting the signal to enter the mainline.

Dang Jeff, that's some good weathering right there.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A beat up F7 pauses at the east tower awaiting the signal to enter the mainline.

[Packers#1]

Quote user shlbygt500's sig:

favre is #1

drive for 5 for jeff gordon 08

Amen to that sig., lol.

Hi guys. Just dropping in for a sports drink. Man, coach almost made my legs fall off at football today. Football: It's not for the weak of heart, lol.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

The buzzards were standing around the south side of the pond. Of course they took off when we arrived. I looked all around the pond and the feld and there was nothing dead. I guess they just came to see what we did. Buzzard #1 "Hey what do you all want to do today?" Buzzard #2 " Oh I don't know." Buzzard #3 " How about we all go and hang around the Beverungs and give them a thrill?"

Buzzard #4 ... "Gee whiz. We had a busy day cleaning up road kill, and we needed a rest."

Buzzard #5 .... "So we found a nice pond, and we were sitting there minding our own business."

Buzzard #6 .... "...but along came these humans to bother us. You would think they would have better use for their time."

Buzzard #7 .... "So we buzzed off to find another pond."

Buzzard #8 ...." Yeah, now I bet those humans are wasting their time talking about us in some internet forum.'

Buzzard #9 ..."In my next life, I hope I'm not human. Sigh."

[bjdukert]

Tom I think you missed these when you were out last week and I wish they had come out better.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/bjdukert/NORTHLANDZ/?action=view&current=NORTHLANDZ020.jpg

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/bjdukert/NORTHLANDZ/?action=view&current=NORTHLANDZ097.jpg

Paul

The hand digger just bounced off also.

Too much like W**K,let it soak.

Garry

PS .... who woke up Duke?

Only the Shadow knows. he he he he

That's about it

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke

[jeffrey-wimberly]

.

The new track section is in place. Now for the ticklish part. The areas where the rails were cut is fairly difficult to get at to cut under the rail ends. So I'm having a spot of bother getting rail joiners in there. What I'm going to do is simply this. I'll clamp the rail ends in place so they line up precisely with each other and solder a piece of iron wire across each rail joint on the outside edge of the rail. After the area is ballasted it'll hardly be noticeable. Have I done this before? Yes. How many times? Twice, and that was many years ago.

Jeff...that was quick! Great work there on the track redux! .

When I put my mind to something, it gets done. I'd been planning for a while to do that, I just had to wait for my physical condition to be just right so I wouldn't run out of energy right in the middle of it.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Morning Gang: Well I got up early ( for me that is ) and went in to the VA for my doctors appointment. She said that all my tests were A+ and my BP and blood sugar were about perfect. HOwever my weight was up a pound+. I really do need to loose some. I was 209 this morning and I can feel it.

The buzzards were standing around the south side of the pond. Of course they took off when we arrived. I looked all around the pond and the feld and there was nothing dead. I guess they just came to see what we did. Buzzard #1 "Hey what do you all want to do today?" Buzzard #2 " Oh I don't know." Buzzard #3 " How about we all go and hang around the Beverungs and give them a thrill?"

Well I need to get to work. I worked on the 1.5 inch flat car last night. The couplers come un-assembled and need some machine work. Getting them that way saves big bucks. A pair ready to go is about $55, unassembled it's about $25. I got one post set but the post hole digger hit a layer of very hard clay in the second hole. I guess I'll try soaking it in water and see if I can lossen it up. The hand digger just bounced off also.

Take care all.

[SilverSpike]

Nah.........It was just the usual chow hounds circling the diner.

Ryan posted the chicken on the BBQ grill. Can I make a fowl joke?

Garry's back to himself!!!! 

Yup glad to see Garry is back to normal now .....and looking foward to seeing some of that Fergie Char too.....

The new track section is in place. Now for the ticklish part. The areas where the rails were cut is fairly difficult to get at to cut under the rail ends. So I'm having a spot of bother getting rail joiners in there. What I'm going to do is simply this. I'll clamp the rail ends in place so they line up precisely with each other and solder a piece of iron wire across each rail joint on the outside edge of the rail. After the area is ballasted it'll hardly be noticeable. Have I done this before? Yes. How many times? Twice, and that was many years ago.

Jeff...that was quick! Great work there on the track redux!

My STITCHES ITCH!!  Got my knee straight as an arrow still, and it's everything I can do to keep from reaching down there and ripping off the bandages and just start SCRATCHING!!  Hopefully it'll get back to normal soon--have to go over this weekend and have it checked out.  Dang, it's fun running around like a Pirate with a wooden leg, LOL! 

Eyieeee matey...

I'll have the Salmon dinner with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Veggie of the day. Thanks!

Rob....funny you should mention that because that's the lunch special again t oday.....

This is my Herb Crusted Salmon with Dill Sauce on a Bed of Garlic Mashed Taters made this on Sunday

RYAN: That is one funny looking Char fish on your grill ...LOL Your going to confuse the heck out of CN Charlie.

I'm the one who is confused, I though you were talking about charcoal grills.... sorry Dick!

I see Ryan's firing up the grill for lunch already, eh?  That 'Char'-broiled chicken looks tasty - I'll have to save some appetite for lunch, then.

Jim I see you have a similar take on the phonetics of my kinda char.....

Good luck with the ex and all JP!

Hey RT, I saw your eBay post, just another example of them trying to make more $$$ from the common man! Their fee structure has changed more than enough times for me this past year.

[Cox 47]

Good Morning All...Its sunny and mild here this morning...I'll have toast and coffee please..Thank You and put that on Jeff's tab....I just read RT's thread about Ebay I used checks until just recently when I broke down and opened a Pay Pal account..I gotta admitt its easier but I would like the option to use check or Money Order if I wanted..Heck if a money order ain't good what is?...I am not a happy camper this morning I was running My new Life Like SW 8 last nite [the only engine I have bought new since I started in N scale] when the front truck locked up and the engine hit the ballast...I pulled the front truck and knocked the pin holding the top gear in out but I can't see anything wrong with it but everything is black plastic and my old eyes ain't what they use to be..Gonna take another look at it latter today..Model Railroading is fun..Model Rail Toading is fun....Model Railroading is funnnnnnn.....

Jeff...That looks like a  big track relocation.....I agree the old s curve looked good but I understand when a area causes derailments its gotta go..

You all have a good one...Jerry

[JPowell]

Good day gang!

  Hope everyone is doing well today. Prayers to those that need them!

  The ex is going to be here soon to get the rest of her crap out of here. Sooner the better I say. So, if she gets here while I'm on here, off I go till she leaves.

  On a good note, Kim (the ladyfriend/neighbor below me) has been in very close contact with me. Aww... who am I gonna kid here.... lol. Actually, she's flirting even more so now than on Saturday, and has even hinted at her desire to date me. So, who knows. Maybe I won't be single for long. Ohh... look at that. There's a email from her now asking me if I'd accompany her to a bbq at her mom's place, if she has one on Monday. Of course I have to say 'yes' otherwise I loose out on a chance to spend time with her.

  Well guys, I'm off to get some things done around the apartment before the ex shows up. Once she leaves, I'll have to clean it again as I'm sure it will be a mess.

Take care!

[sleeper33]

Hi Jim

The wee cherubs start comming back next weekend for the second, third, forth and postgrads

the week after for the freshers so will be going back on nights next week lol

 thats all for now orf up the pub take care all

[JimRCGMO]

Morning, Diners! Zoe, how about some waffles, maple syrup, and a cup of coffee, please? Thanks, Jeff.

Jeff, I like S-curves too, but not if they're gonna give me operations headaches and tie up the MOW crew on a daily basis. But you said the new line runs well, and that's the final test of things in my book.

Gav, looks like you've been getting a bit done on your layout while the 'wee ones' have been out. When do the lads return in large numbers (and noise)? Our local university here in town is packed to the gills with students, and had to 'take over' (probably rent/lease) a local private housing place next to campus for the overflow from the dorms. Good that you'll have the protective guard along the edge of your layout, as that track was a bit close (for me, anyway).

I see Ryan's firing up the grill for lunch already, eh?  That 'Char'-broiled chicken looks tasty - I'll have to save some appetite for lunch, then.

Rob, good to hear you're getting some of that much-needed rain your way. I'm sure your critters will enjoy that.

Lee, are you making your own waybills on the computer, or by hand? I've seen some on NMRA-related websites, and I think there are some car cards that the MR website has. I've also heard of people who use the card system that Micro Mark sells, and have been thinking about going with those. Fill us in on what you use and how you like them, okay?

We have a couple of Diners in process of being 'adopted' by stray critters, I notice (Tom, Rob... ).

Tom, the itching is when the healing has started, but it sure can be maddening to deal with, can't it? Good luck with school tomorrow!

Garry, maybe Duke woke up when I sat down in the back booth ( a bit hard?). Or maybe we were talking too loudly and laughing - that'll sometimes wake him up, depending on how much lunch he's had...

Ah, my waffles are here - Terry, let me join you there, and we'll share the syrup bottle.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[Cederstrand]

in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.

Good morning all.

Rob

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Nah.........It was just the usual chow hounds circling the diner.

Ryan posted the chicken on the BBQ grill. Can I make a fowl joke?

Garry's back to himself!!!! 

- and good to see it, Garry!

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

Thanks very much, but I still do not know who woke up Duke.

[shlbygt500]

good morning people. i went to a train show last saturday and got some need things and then last night i pulled up all of my ez track so ill be getting some flex track soon

[rtraincollector]

Morning all Been busy working again . Just got looking at some of my messages in ebay and notice there up to some changes again and heres a big one I don't know if you have all noticed but ebay will not let you accept money orders or checks anymore come october.

I was looking at the latest message from ebay in my ebay messages and was shocked to see that come october you will not be ableto receive or pay via checks or money ordeer for items you buy/sell. They want you only to use credit cards or debit cards and pay thru paypal or other electronic paying companies. you can see more in the post I started on forum entrance