Yup BC I know what you mean buddy. Like my mother said, ”rise above it and don’t stoop to their level” It’s tough sometimes. Reeeeal tuff.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Howdy everbody, Pancakes with strawberries and real whipped cream, two sausage patties and a cup of coffee please . Thanks Jim. Didn’t get as much rain overnight as expected and I’m not complaining. We’ll see what today brings.
Learned something from these forum things. The Lobby has weekly coupons on line for discounts. We have one of those so I can now sit and wait for a train coupon to pop up.
BC and Inch- Yea that got pulled pretty quick. Glad I didn’t waste my time posting. Oh wait I did take the time right up until I pushed the little X in the corner instead of the “post”. But boy did it irritate me on a few reasons given. The ones about rules and rights etc.
Robby- Funny thing last time I injured my finger to the extent of a bandage, I came home with it wrapped up, my wife asked me if someone hit me in the nose! Funny! that’s fuuuuuunnyyyy !
Hhhmmm-New years train resolution I’ll have to think on that
Well, guess I’ve got to go to town with Brenda (my wife) and see what we can get accomplished amongst the warm unfrozen blizzard we are having. We forgot to get the dog more treats. How shameful of me to not think of her when I was fighting all the Christmas shoppers!
OH! Here’s a good one from the Spfld paper. At the Capital they allow Christmas displays. The Atheist (sp?) display apparently was stolen and they are of course upset and naturally the state is going to spend money with “In God We Trust” on it to kinda pursue this horrible case of vandalism. Now I can’t recall what this display, (sign really), said but they have replaced it and under it, get this They put another sign saying……”Thou Shalt Not Steal”
Well a brown pile of love has just shown up with a rubber ball, so I guess I should play a little before we leave.
Have a great day all.
Thanks, Jim. Waffles sound good on this chilly morning. How about a hot coffee with that.
Hope your Christmas was great, Jim. We usually have extra time off during the holidays. I moved my book cases to spot under the layout. That gives me more storage for kits, foam, etc. Today, I plan to move a shelf that will hold my MR, and Narrow Gauge Gazette magazines. It so nice to control the clutter.
I will check in later. We are heading to town for groceries before it gets too crazy.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning, Flo, Jeff, Bill T., Lee - Flo, I'll have some waffles, maple syrup, dab of butter on top, and a cup of coffee and a glass of Ed's OJ, please. Thanks!
Well, and looky there - guess I have the breakfast tab for our late(r) risers. Flo, start tracking my tab, and I'll see about settling up after I get done.
PC, thanks for the link. Got your email (and sent another back).
Jeff, hope I get the hang of installing decoders down as well as you have.
Lee, my MRR resolution probably would involve getting my wiring (busses and feeders) in (so I can again run trains!), and just getting five of my multitude of building kits assembled and ready for the layout. That, and clearing out some of the clutter under the layout sections - got to crawl before I get to walk...
Inch, watch yourself up there today (and tell Sallie too, if you reach her). The counties to our north (Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Francois and across into Illinois have a tornado watch until noon our time. But so far, not for Cape G. County. Garry, that might be good news for you and those south of the Ohio River. Unless the front decides to slip to the south as it heads E-NE.
I'll slide into the booth here and start on my breakfast.
Blessings and prayers for safe weather,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Model Railroad New Year’s Resolution
Well we only have a few more days until 2009. If you were to make a Model Railroad New Year’s Resolution (or a Model Railroad Goal if you don’t care for resolutions) what would it be?
Last year my resolution was to build all the model buildings I had in my “got-2-have-it” box and with help from a friend I completed that goal.
I think this year’s resolution will be to ballast the entire mainline track. That’s about 204 feet or 60.9 meters. I think I’ll need more friends, LOL!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Mornin, an irish coffee please Janie.
With a tornado watch just west of us, us under a wind advisory with 40-mph+ gusts and rain headed this way on radar, it might get interesting outside today. But it's 55 out now and a forecast high in the upper 60's. I plan on enjoying it, since temps dropping to round 30 and rain changing to snow tonight.
ROB...your contractor did a very poor job of finishing for sure.
DICK... thanks for letting us know bout John. Hopefully there's not any serous damage to the roof and they'll get the power back up soon.
JIM...There's still plenty of divinity and other candy here yet. I try'd the file idea and couldn't get it to do what I wanted and kept plugging the file.
TODD... I started to post on that thread also, but thought better of it. Looked this morning it seems to have disappeared during the night.
I best gets round, we've got some running to do today. It was to foggy here to get out yesterday to do much. Thoughts for all those in need and hope ya'll has a gooden.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good Morning. We are having pea-soup fog that will disapate later this morn followed by rain--winds at 20kmh today. High 12C Sunday is expected to be rain turning to periods of light snow in the afternoon with the temps going from 10C down to -3C in the afternoon. Winds will go from the W at 50-80kmh in the afternoon.
'Spring' is 'Springing' all over the place---found another of his bird toys so off he goes---I try to get it from him and he gives me a low growl/grunt---he's a happy cat....---goes stalking off with his toy like it is prey....
Jim; I think my wife was being sneaky---she was reading my posts and stuff---then got everyone into it.Now I'll be reading up on the DCC stuff more---and the boxcars will go well as my surragate grainboxes---after I get the rest of the rails down that is---I's be lucky---
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
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,
Today: A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south wind around 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Low around 50. Windy, with a south wind between 24 and 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
66 Today, unheard of for us. Global warming is back on.
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Strangest thing......I posted this earlier, and I saw it here, but now the post is gone. Hmmmm........
JimRCGMO PC, saw your post, and sent you an email. My are with those of you waiting here, until you are reunited.
PC, saw your post, and sent you an email. My are with those of you waiting here, until you are reunited.
Thanks, and I shot an Email back at you.
I enjoyed your Christmas card. That's a nifty - what? - stencil? cutout? drawing? Looks great, anyway.
I think it was a metal cutout. I just found it online and thought it was cool. I suppose I should've given a link back to where I found it. I found it here: http://smithgalleries.blogspot.com/2007/10/nativity-by-don-drumm.html
A Chamomile tea, please & thanks.
Thank you all for the kind sentiments regarding the loss of our Bacon Bits. (that would sound funny to anyone not knowing she was a P-B-Pig) Anyway, we are fine, it's not the first loss of a four legged friend and it won't be the last. Bacon was a rescued pig, as is Sweet Pea. Sweet Pea was a Trick Pig, although we never learned half her tricks or the cue words/signals for them. She demonstrated some when she first arrived here. Now she is an elderly little pig.
Tomorrow the temp hits 70, so it will be a good day for painting with the windows open.
Good night all. Rob
Well, found out we are going to go up to 13C tomorrow. That and buckets of rain---anyone near any creeks or rivers watch out---not that you are walking too close to the edge. They don't anticipate anyserious flooding here but..... ---don't you just love buts?
The little 'Spring' has just come up from behind the laptop screen and is headbutting again---this is his way of telling me it is time to pay attention to me please---so we'll be doing that
Have a good night all of you...Prayers for all in need----
Big ole piece of Custard pie please and a cup of coffee thank you
Well I just did the smartest thing I’ve done in days. Pulled a post off of another thread about not wishing Merry Christmas. Whew was I on a rant. Got me at just the right time. It wasn’t that they didn’t give well wishes, but my gosh the reasons they gave were….uhhhh. I noticed a couple of you guys were there and behaved yourselves well. Good example, and like a good boy I followed. I got wise and deleted it before posting.
Rob- sorry to hear of the loss in your extended family. I must admit a few years ago a pot -bellied pig to me was just a small pig. However since then I’ve learned of the intelligence and the ability of these little fellows to become quite like a member of the family much like a cat or dog etc. And to behave in quite human like ways as is evident by Sweet-peas reaction. How sad it is when they leave this earth, my condolences.
And you have got to be kidding!! I did not doubt you about your contractor problems but that…..!
Ray-
Sounds like here we are going to have some warmth but a deluge until tomorrow about 6:00pm. If it was snow we might not be able to open the doors. We’d have to dig a tunnel for Missy (the dog) to go out and potty.
Wow my eyes are crossing tonight and the print is hard for me to make out and I'm hitting more wrong keys than there are on this keyboard. Guess I’d better head for snooze land. Goodnight all
Evening, Diners, and Chloe, I'd just like a hot cocoa, please. Thank you.
A Happy Boxing Day to our Northern brethren, and a belated Merry Christmas to our SOTB Diners. (Either border... Ed?)
Heartland Division CB&QBob K. Thanks for stopping by and for the greeting. Please stop in again soon. I hope you and the kids are doing fine this Christmas.
PC, saw your post, and sent you an email. My are with those of you waiting here, until you are reunited. I enjoyed your Christmas card. That's a nifty - what? - stencil? cutout? drawing? Looks great, anyway.
Rob, at the rate you're getting circus things for you wife's layout, you'd better start planning the addition to the train room... Nice stuff, though. Sorry to hear about Bacon Bits. Friend of my ex-wife had one of those pigs, and it was her inside pet. I don't think I'd do that, though, but maybe just me. I'd agree, I don't think you got Bacon Bits with the tractor.
Gee, a guy misses a day or two in the Diner, Inch, and all the divinity and other goodies are gone! Ah, well, I've been trying to show some restraint in my eating habits lately. Not expecting (and it'd be thinking unrealistically if I were) that I'd lose any pounds, but just wanted to try to avoid further damage.
I was rather disappointed to find that our church wasn't having either Christmas Eve or Day services (what!? ), so I went to a couple of other churches - 11 p.m. at the one where I used to go (saw a couple of friends), and Christmas Day 'Simple Eucharist' at 10:15 a.m. (somewhat small showing, but fairly casual for the sermon/dialogue) (that was at the church denomination I attended when I was little). Doesn't feel like Christmas without going to church (IMHO). Daughter and son-in-law (when I called Christmas Day to see about coming over) were heading to a town where her mother's high school friends live. I made a comment about I'd love to actually spend one holiday this next year with them, on the holiday... (Yeah, that's a bit of a sore subject for me, and I've mostly avoided mentioning how I feel to Sarah)...
Inch, for your log notches, what about a small round or triangular file (think like those ones that came in the little X-acto tool kit), one that tapers down to a point? The plastic case I have for mine is kinda worn out, but the tools have held up well. Or see if you can find a place that carries 'jeweler files' (not the pricey kind, though) and that might be small enough for you, I'd think. Sorry to hear about your uncle's passing. We had our main receptionist's husband die early last Monday morning, and he'd been sick for a while. Went to visitation on Tuesday after work, and the funeral was supposed to be Wed. a.m. As others have said, this is a hard time of the year to lose a loved one.
Sawyer, is that a 'U-boat'? (Ah, I see it is) I like the railway on it - looks great in those colors.
Ray, if that's you in the pic - nice beard, you just need to bleach it around this time of year... Those lanterns look like a really neat present (and as you said, she didn't fancy them up!).
Robby, I like your backdrop - is maybe the thing that bothers you that some of the trees are in kind of lines? Myself, I intentionally try to make trees as randomly placed as I can tell. So you might just be able to add a couple trees here and there to break up any 'lines' and make it more to your liking. An idea, anyway.
Packers#1I can just see some kids out there with a jackhammer and some quickrete trying to make one.
BC (at risk of sounding greedy) - 15 boxcars plus the RS11? Can your family adopt me (but me stay down here in the warmer climes)?
Jeff, hate to think what you could've eaten if you'd really been hungry! That sounds like a meal in itself for those enchiritos things.
Dick, it's good to hear that good manners are still alive along the East Coast. I'm sure the utilities workers felt similarly, as well. Thanks for the word on DerJohn's outage as well. Hope he gets back in to the Diner before long.
Tomorrow afternoon, we might have some windy/stormy weather, and might even have possible twisters. So watch out for yourselves, Garry, Inch, and our Ohio and Indiana Diners!
I need to wind this post up before my battery dies on my laptop. See you all in the morning for breakfast. Chloe, ask the weekend gals to make sure the waffle iron is wamred up and ready to go, please. Thanks!
Prayers for healing and blessings for all you Diners and your families,
Give me a slice of pie (apple), and some milk. I have a sweet tooth.
Lets see......went to the store this morning and got some candy half off. Went to do some train hunting, and picked the wrong tracks. The train was on the other side of the river. I did get to see a CSX , pulling coal cars.
Layout wise, nothing. I did finish up my cement. I WILL NEVER DO ONE AGAIN!!! Man was it a head ache. A couple of small pieces broke. Forgot to put certain pieces on . I guess it looks ok. Give me a week or so, and let me weather it up. Try to make it look a little better.
Oh and I steam vaccumed, and went to put the machine up........smashed my finger and busted it wide open. UGH!!! Thats the same finger I cut wide open at work a month ago. My poor little finger.
Well everybody have a goodnight. Stay warm. Its going to be 68 here tomorrow .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Dick; It is ok from this end---it may only be a text wrap issue
The post looked OK to me. If you see your line going on and on simply press right-shift-enter. The current line will be ended and you can start again on the next line. That's what I do.
I'm sorry for the format of the last post guys, I can't seem to get the words to stay within the right margins, what is going ON with this new software??? How do we correct this doggone thing, it is driving me crazy!!!!
Good evening everyone, I certainly hope everyone had a peaceful, blessed, Christmas with family, friends and loved ones. 10,000 more people just north of us re-lost power once again, only this time it was due to very high winds from Christmas Eve wind and rain storm. A restaurant owner who is normally closed on Christmas Day, opened his little place and cooked a big dinner for all the tree and power company workers who stayed here to re-connect power since the big ice storm. These guys are here from Florida, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, etc. They were deeply moved by the generosity, especially after what they had been through themselves. All the people brought deserts for the guys and told them all, "it was the very least they could for their efforts to restore power and giving up their Christmas with family to be so far away to help others. Love and caring for others is alive and well.
Not much work on train room move and re-setup, we hosted Christmas here at our home with all the family and some extras too, very nice day for sure.
A word about DER JOHN.....he had lost power in the same big storm that hit us a day earlier, and he also sustained some damage to his roof. He hopes to stop into the Diner soon, and asked me to pass on the info to all of you if I get to the Diner first.
PC: I am deeply saddened by the sudden passing of your grandad. But, I cannot think of a more beautiful time for him to see Jesus. And I am sure that you have many fond memories that will be relived each Christmas from now on. ROB: I am very used to hard work, so as long as the good Lord gives me the ability to do so, I will continue. As for chain saw, it is a Husquavarna model 363 XP, 18" bar. It has compression release for easy starting, and that is a definite plus at age 69.LOL MIKE: Thank you for your concern, and yes we are quite lucky that we cut down the 3 big maples that were very near our house, they surely would have damaged the roof. FERGIE: This was the worst ice storm to hit this area in over 70 years. I have seen ice storms here before, but nothing even comes close to this one. I have so much cleanup to do that I just gave up until Spring. i have too many branches, big ones, attached to the main tree, and they are just too dangerous to tackle on snow and ice. You can't move away fast enough, or worse, you may slip and lose you life. Any word on LUC ??? J.R.: Yes, we made it through OK, but not some of my neighbors, and certainly not those just north of me, they are still without power since December 11th!! How is your home coming along J.R.? Are you going to make it to the BIG E this year in January? RAY: WOW, that is one nice sister you have, very, very thoughtful. If you lose power, you at least have two lanterns if you have the kerosene and wicks..LOL A winter weather advisary is up again for this are tonight, so I'm off to check the two stoves again. See you guys later,
Ray, way cool lanterns!
Cederstrand Sweet Pea seems to be doing fine today. The loss of Bacon Bits certainly has not altered her appetite. She will be OK.
Sweet Pea seems to be doing fine today. The loss of Bacon Bits certainly has not altered her appetite. She will be OK.
Hows her owners doing? I hope, OK.......
Good BOXING DAY evening everybody. Doesn't "Terminal" look ugly or what?
Rob; I'd be seeing him in court---that door alone would do it. As for dead circuit---I hope he didn't leave others? Was he even certified to do the work even?
Good Evening All,
Had a full day here at the shop but it's goin home time now. Finished one project and got the snows onto the Focus (i'd say it's my Focus but my youngest has snagged it for commuting back and forth to classes - I have the Land Crusher for daily transport). Hope you all had a nice Christmas - spent the day at my sons along with his wiffes family and all of ours that was home. Just a nice lazy day. Got a couple of craftsman kits to replace the ones wrecked in the deluge along with some cool live steam stuff (small shop setup and a live steam powered car kit). Is the CFO trying to convert me to steam era model railroading as well ? Time to take my show on the road - I'll try and check in later. Cheers, J.R.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, that new loco is prefect "as is" (Union Pacific). I kinda suspect it's going to become something else soon, eh?
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
***Jeffrey, that new loco is prefect "as is" (Union Pacific). I kinda suspect it's going to become something else soon, eh?
***Ray, Very Cool lanterns.
***Sue, not sure what day Dad travelled down there. As for pics of wife's buildings, will wait until everything migrates into the new train room and can be set out.
If anyone here thinks I'm being stubborn regarding charging our contractor for materials and labor we have put into this build, here is just one pic I took today of something he left behind which I obviously will need to fix. The plug is DEAD, so I'll need to dig out some sheetrock, drill studs for a run of wire to the nearest working plug, then sheetrock it all back up and prime/paint it. Notice the lovely door and wall left behind as well. Where the threshhold will go is uneven scraps of old plywood, which will need levelling. We got another Bill from him today, so deducted for our materials & labor and mailed to him The Last Check he will get from us. If he thinks we are being unfair, we will see him at Arbitration where I will present about 30 photos of work I DID and receipts for items WE SUPPLIED. My patience has run out.
Not much else to report on.
Hope everyone is doing well this evening.
Rob
Got me a late Christmas gift this morning. An Athearn GP38-2.
Ray,
What a great sister!
howmusPackers#1Ah, nice. My cousin quit about midway through the third b/c I was winning 17-0. I called three pass plays the whole time we played, just ran with LT the other time (he was playing a quarters defense, so it was a little easy). I only called one play on defense: 4-3 Engage Eight, lol. He who must win all the time, ultimately loses.......
Packers#1Ah, nice. My cousin quit about midway through the third b/c I was winning 17-0. I called three pass plays the whole time we played, just ran with LT the other time (he was playing a quarters defense, so it was a little easy). I only called one play on defense: 4-3 Engage Eight, lol.
He who must win all the time, ultimately loses.......
You'd understand why I'm so glad I haven't lost to him if you heard all the trash he was talking (I talked a little back only b/c of how much he was saying ).
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Ray; Nice pieces---I saw something like those at a flea market in Woodstock once---do you think I'd pick it up? nah!! the brain done rolled up into a ball---
Oh well---a woulda/coulda/shoulda moment---
Thought I would post these in here (sorry, I already posted it in another thread). These are the lanterns my Sister got me last Summer and has been saving to give me at Christmas. She didn't say how much they cost her, but did mention that it was "a bit" more than she normally spends on me... The dealer gave her both for slightly over what he wanted to just one. They are almost identical.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!