ELLIOT's Trackside Diner VI: The Full Meal Deal!

[gear-jammer]

Rob,

What a great space you have.  Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Sue

[blownout cylinder]

Rob; There is a wall that has no windows opposite the window wall? I like the size of the room and if you play the lighting right it will be a 'big sky' effect ...

[Cederstrand]

...and here is one facing opposite corner:

Time for my nightly critter check. Tis' raining here, which is most welcome. Might even get a few rumbles of thunder tomorrow. Night All.

Rob

[Cederstrand]

Couple train room pics to share. Will have to use your imagination to correct the goofy photo-merge angles. 

Rob

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Chloe - a cup of hot cocoa, please. Thanks!

Sorry for the delay in getting back into the Diner. For some reason, Firefox has been giving me problems with the site (not displaying some images like avatars, buttons for Reply, Favorites, and Contact, etc.). I’ve switched over to Safari, and it appears to be working okay. That's what Rob was asking about, FYI.

Gav, when you reposted the photo of PC’s win at the Diner pie contest, it showed up. Then again, it could’ve been connected to my browser/the forum software problems.

Sawyer, thanks for posting the pic of the plan and the photos of your progress. Looking good - you’ve been working about as hard as Jeff (almost)! And Sawyer, Jeff’s usually ahead of our suggestions on ideas for his layout - no big surprise! ,

Jeff, keep on taking that bp medication so you can continue with MRR’ing in good health.

Congrats to my felllow November-birthday Diners, too. My (non-professional) guess on the large number we have born in November would be that (around here, anyway) February is usually the coldest and snowiest time of the year, and our folks ran out of things to do outside, so... Nine months later, and here I/we were! The other thing might be, since we were born in November, we were already starting off on the indoors MRR’ing season!

Thanks to Blown-Cylinder and JR and others for explaining ‘benchracers’ for uneducated me. And B-C, has Spring been getting into the catnip lately (besides emailing Spooky)?

Tom, sounds like Spooky has been asserting herself as the house MC cat with the most seniority. With Remington out in the house now, better double and triple-check the locks on the Yellowstone cabinet, just in case those two cats put their collective smarts together to try to figure how to get that door open...

For my Thanksgiving, I got a call from one friend who’s having a time of it getting over his ex-wife (who may be very manipulative with him). He may have clinical depression, but he had medication changes recently, which I hope will help him.

I also got an email from a woman I know from a previous church, telling me she was going to be back in Cape G. and did I want to get together to catch up some for an hour or two. But when we’ve gone out, I’m getting mixed signals (or lack thereof) from her. Ah, well...

This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for my faith and for my various friends (at churches, in the Diner and other places), and I am grateful for my being financially blessed so that I now have a car that is reliable and in good shape. I am grateful for my daughter and son-in-law and grandson living just blocks away so I can visit easily. I am grateful for being able to afford all the various MRR stuff (including all those kits that I still have yet to assemble...). I have my health with few difficulties, and I can get around easily (under my own power or in the car either one). I am grateful for all the people in my past (and present) who have been a part of shaping me into who I am today.

So Tom, did PC show up at your door after your post about your pumpkin PIES???

Paul - that was really neat that you got to visit with the Kalmbach/MR crew when you lived up that way.

Jerry, I'm ready for eggnog to be in the stores. One of my favorite food items around Christmas.

Hey, Sue - sounded like (mild) Internet withdrawal, huh? Takes one to know one (since I had some time for a while when I didn't have that, either).

Today, I went by and picked up my MRR order from our LHS owner/MRR member. Took it home and started on a few things - Rix telephone poles & crossarms, Walthers ash pit and conveyor, and started one of the Old-Time coal conveyors (kit has 3). I was going to drill holes for the grab irons on a Gold Line ATSF caboose, but I couldn't get the Zona pinvise to tighten down enough on the #80 bit. It'd seem to hold the bit, but when I'd put any pressure on it, the bit slid in. Also started (preparing, trimming flash and such) DPM's the Other Corner Cafe, which I'm thinking I will use for an ETDiner somewhere on the layout.

Well, the toolbar for editing posts doesn't seem to be there now. Okay, now (after back-installing an older version of Firefox and then re-installing the newer version, the toolbar's back! Hmmm.... Wonder if they've been doing updates to the forum software...

I'll be finishing up my cocoa and heading for home soon. See you all tomorrow!

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[twhite]

blownout cylinder

Hello from the sw Ontario home of 'Spring' the Brass doodlebug collector. Yes, this evening 'Spring' got up on a 3.5" wide display shelf and brought my recently acquired brass doodlebug ,which looks quite similar to a McKeen(sp?) make, to me in the living room. And not a sound to be heard.... hmmmm...

blownout--

Believe it or not, I just intercepted an e-mail from "Spring" (what an APTLY named kitty, BTW) to Spooky.  I hate to tell you, but they're playing "One-UP" with each other, LOL!   Right now, Spooky is walking around the house muttering to herself trying to figure out how she can come up with a plan.  Fortunately, I don't have any Doodlebugs. 

Egad, you have a Crafty Cat!  Cute, too. 

Tom

[Flashwave]

 Good evening. Just a quick chocolate shake please.

Cederstrand

Wife wants to tile the train room, to make it look nice. Any thoughts on this? Guess it couldn't be any harder than a concrete floor. I had planned on a poly-spray-surface-stuff (forget what it is called)  for that floor. Hmmm!

 

I reccomwend a nice short hair carpet. One, standing on Concrete will hurt after a while when running. Also, when you drop a screw, screws bounce on hard surfaces. A carpet wil absorb some of that bounce, but should be short enough to not lose the screw in the jungle of a long hair to be found with bare feet.

Tom, I think the kitties are just playing you or a food bearing fool right now. They've been passing notes under the door when you weren't looking and are already fast friends. Best of luck to your household. Do you guys have a christmas concert coming up to sing/play for?

No word from Jim, but I been busy. My com[puter has decided it likes eating it;s own drivers, and this laptop's signal is not always the strongest.

Happy Ledftover to all    

[blownout cylinder]

Hello from the sw Ontario home of 'Spring' the Brass doodlebug collector. Yes, this evening 'Spring' got up on a 3.5" wide display shelf and brought my recently acquired brass doodlebug ,which looks quite similar to a McKeen(sp?) make, to me in the living room. And not a sound to be heard.... hmmmm...

[twhite]

Afternoon all: 

Well, played Thanksgiving Mass yesterday morning, then came home to do a turkey roast for my 94 year old mother and a few friends.  I've had Mom a week, and have her for another week until my sister and her boyfriend get back from Texas.  And yes, I'm still sane.  Well, as sane as I EVER was, LOL!  Acually, mom's not too bad--it's just that at 94 her short-term memory is Kaput, so we end up having the same conversation every twenty minutes.  But if I pop a Bette Davis movie into the DVD, she's fine for two hours.  Hey, whatever works!

Made the Big Move today, opened up the music room and let Spooky and Remington get really acquainted.  And like the two classy Maine Coon cats they are, they've spent the entire day ignoring each other.  I think it's gonna work, by golly!   They've been eyeing each other when they think I'm not looking, and what I'm getting is: "Wow, you're a TALL Dude," from Spooky and "Wow, you're one FURRY hunk of female" from Remington. 

Next step:  Spooky teaching Remington how to steal cabeese, even though he's been eyeing the Yellowstones in the locomotive case.  I can hear it now, from Spooky:  "No, Dude, you start small, THEN work your way up.  Here, let me show you--the big guy that thinks he owns us does all of his work on the kitchen table--"

This is going to be INTERESTING!  But Spooky's been doing a lot of purring today, and she hasn't done that since she lost Lowell. 

Can't wait for those two to help me put up the Christmas tree--

Well, it looks as if the Z-6 from Sunset may be on time--this January.  I've gone Purist and packed up every locomotive I own that ISN'T brass (which still leaves me with quite a roster) so I've got a lot of BLI boxes stacked in the music room.  I kinda/sorta/wanta sell them, but I have no idea what the market is right now.  But trying to run dual-mode with DC (and I'm too old to start converting 55 good-running brass locos) just doesn't cut it.  By the time I've got one of my BLI's fired up, my brass is racing around my layout like it's the Kentucky Derby.  I think if I were twenty years younger, I'd probably go in for it, but at my age, I think I'll just stick with what works for me. 

And for anyone who thinks they need to try and convert me--Hey, I've EARNED my Old Fart Status, LOL!

Best to all, prayers for those in need. 

Tom  

 

 

[Cederstrand]

Oops, I seem to have posted twice. Rob

[Cederstrand]

refill, please & thanks.

 Tile guys will return Monday to do the small front "sun porch" and grout all the other tile they laid today. They are doing very nice work.

Wife wants to tile the train room, to make it look nice. Any thoughts on this? Guess it couldn't be any harder than a concrete floor. I had planned on a poly-spray-surface-stuff (forget what it is called)  for that floor. Hmmm!

Inlaws are gone, all is well again.  Frightening thing is, they will surely be back. I suspect this is why the wife is trying to fancy up the train room, to keep me happy if her parents ever live with us here again. I would expect some kind of payment for pain & suffering though.

All for now. Rob ps: Anyone know if Jim is on a black list for something?

[Cox 47]

Just stopped in for a diet Coke...Casey lost State Championship game finnished with a 14-1 record...Jerry

[gear-jammer]

Good morning,  It is almost lunch time here.  We haven't had internet service  since we came home from  the Thanksgiving Day celebration.

Hope that everyone else didn't eat too much.  I did much better that Saturday.

Sue

[Cox 47]

Good Morning All...Its partly cloudy and 41 here this morning...I'll have a turkey salad sandwitch,chips and a diet Coke please...Thank You...I am moving slow today got up with a sore throat yesterday..think I may have some infection from preasure sores...Grand Daughter Tootie is spending week-end with me..She is looking after Paw-Paw She makes me feel better just being here...We are planning on watching the Casey Westfeild State championship game on TV this afternoon...Casey playing a high powered team from the northern part of State its gonna be a tuff game for them...Hope a might get trailers for pig train in mail today...you all have a good one...Jerry

[Packers#1]

Morning people. Well, so far, I've woken up, watched Pinks All Out, went to eat breakfast at Waffle House w/ my aunt, and gotten some roadbed. My arms are feeling a little rubbery from benching 64 lbs. total (including the bar, which is 10 lbs. or so, so 54 on the bar in weights) 100 times total, in 7 sets of 10, then 4 sets of 5. Gonna run today, still enough emotion left over from yesterday (don't ask please, don't feel like sharing it, just involves what a girl said about me) to get a good run in, lol. Cya guys l8r.

[howmus]

 Mornin' everyone!

I slept in this morning after having a very long but wonderful Thanksgiving.  Just spent the last hour or so chatting with my sister from Sounth Bend who has been staying at my house for the Holiday.  I don't get to see her nearly often enough so really enjoy my time with her.  We are very kindred spirits and have a very similar outlook on life. 

Hope everyone enjoys your Turkey Sandwich weekend! 

[Cederstrand]

in a AT&SF mug, please & thank you.

***Paul, enjoy the bonfire. How about roasting yourself a hotdog or two with smores for dessert.

***Terry, enjoy running those trains. Looking forward to the day I can do the same.

Tile guy is working away. Ran into one catch, our special order grout is sanded when it should be non-sanded. After making some calls, he couldn't find that color in unsanded anywhere, so will just be real careful so as not to scratch up those particular tiles. Then there was the issue of different size tiles between our "Diner" & "The Sleeping Porch". For this I decided he can leave a gap and I'll find an 8' threshold thingy to glue down between where those two types of tile meet. Hope that made sense.

Found more charges on our (now cancelled) CC and called them in to our bank. In all, there have been over $1,000 of charges on our account that were NOT ours. Gurrrrrr!

Have a good day all.

Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Aha! Philip's buying! I'll have a Dagwood sandwich.

[pcarrell]

Well, today is Black Friday......in more ways then one.

Today is my daughters 18th birthday! 

I'm officially OLD!

 

 

 

 

GREAT!

And I'm buying!

Well why not?

I'm going back to bed......Chloe, I'll catch up with the bill later.

[JPowell]

Good day gang!

Sorry I haven't been on alot as of late, but I'm tryin to get the house in order before I head to Iowa and Julie's house in 2 weeks to help her pack it for the movers to come and drive the stuff here. Yes gang, we are really going to do this. Her kids are all excited about this major event in their lives and so are Julie and I.

Anyways, I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving Day yesterday. I know I did, eventhough it was a some what sad one since Julie and I were not together for it. My brother and his wife decided to have the feast at their house and had all of my family over, as well as most of her family. In all, there was close to 45 of us! My brother put on one of the best meals I've had in a while.

Well gang, I have to get my house cleaned up. My mom is going to bring my sister, and a few other relatives over to see my house.

Have a good day.

Take care!

[C&O Fan]

Morning All

Nice morning here Had my frozen Turkey yesterday  but could only taste the  Mashed Potatoes

Since the Radiation treatments burn your taste buds but

 I am lucky Some folks loose their saliva also but I retained mine

Hope to run some trains today What about you ?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

It's 67 and cloudy with fog. The high should be in the mid 70's and there's a chance of rain.

Spent part of the day yesterday at my sisters place for Thanksgiving. We had other family members there as well as some of the neighbors and some good friends. As usual she cooked enough for a small army. Turkey, glazed ham, green beans, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes with gravy, baked beans, potato salad, deviled eggs, pies of many flavors, several cakes, tropical fruit salad with peach schnapps. There was more but I didn't look at everything. By the time I left there I could hardly walk. Only thing that was done on the layout was to spray the pedestrian bridge with Matte-Finish to kill the gloss.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      11/28/2008

Wind Chill:  67°F
Humidity:  100%
Dew Point:  67°F

So Far Today
High:  67°F
Low:  66°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph SSW

Now through 07:00 AM CST November 28, 2008

Isolated showers tracking rapidly northeast at 25 mph will Advance across the northern portions of Tyler...Jasper and Newton counties of interior southeast Texas. Rainfall under 1/10th of an inch can be expected with this activity.

Today  High: 75    Patchy fog in the morning. Scattered showers in the morning...then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tonight  Low: 62    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: We had a great time at our daughters. I spent some time with the middle one in her book nook under the stairs. That is a room that is used for storing the vacumn and some cleaning things and has a shelf for her books and a matress for naps. It's really nice a she likes it. I also got to play with the youngest one. She's 11 months. There was pleanty of food and I did not stuff myself. I had a glass of wine and a little of ham and turkey. I'm going to watch myself and really try and loose some weight.

Rob you need to slow down a bit. Your even making me look lazy. I did some more on the mesquite field. I grubed out some more stumps and a couple of plants I missed. I also loaded up three buckets of stuff and hauled it to the burn pile. That pile is getting big. I hope that it rains tonight so I can burn it tomorrow.

Well I'm off to bed.

Good Night All 

[Cox 47]

BUMP!!..........Jerry

[rtraincollector]

Evening all and hope you all had a good Turkey Day. Not much happening here will talk to you all later

[blownout cylinder]

Happy Thanksgivingeveryone...

I'm starting on a multilevel Purina mill project for my socalled 'overgrown' shortline. When I figure out why my camera refuses to divulge the information I will post this thing for your perusal...

[Cederstrand]

in a AT&SF mug, please & thank you.

Had a nice dinner with the wifes parents tonight. Plenty of leftovers for another meal or two.

Gave a second coat to that door I re-painted last night, then touched up another door they missed spots on, then painted two entire walls on the outside of the new screened porch, plus an end where another door & window is I put in recently. Needed to finish this us, as the tile folks will be here in the morning. Then I set about a dozen posts in quickcrete for the "wife's new fence" (that came out wrong, didn't it...) Cleaned the barn, did some hay rounds, the usual stuff. I'm beat.

Rob

[sleeper33]

Good evening all

just a tea thanks girls

 well I hope you all are having a good time and stuffing yourselves stupid on good fare.

seeing as we dont celabrate thanksgiving overhere I decided to have fried chicken as to share the experience with you all, exept the falling asleep part afterwards, that is

so enjoy and I hope to speak to you all later

[jeffrey-wimberly]

der5997

Jeff: 

Better make sure the windows at the A/C end of that bridge don’t open or your passengers / railfans will be swept away!

Not too worry. It's over 400 scale feet away and the air is going by about 300 scale feet overhead. All they'd get is a gentle breeze.