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

[Paul W. Beverung]

Morning Gang: JR you just go ahead and ramble. It's always good to hear from you and we are interested in your progress on the house. I guess you did allright on the circuit. At least you haven't mentioned any catastrophic tranny or engine falures.

I'm working out in the shop this morning. I sand blasted the two standard gauge gons to get them ready for painting and have the flat ready. I'm going to get a primer coat on today at least so they won't rust and need more blasting. 

Well I'd better get back to the shop. Any of you guys remember my battles with the rodents? Well the war is back on. Yes we have plenty of cats and a couple of mice catching dogs but the little buggers still are getting into the house.

See you all later. 

[Cox 47]

Good Morning All...Its sunny and 47 here this morning.....I'll have A slice of Garry's Kentucky Ham,couple of eggs over easy,Biscuits,and coffee please..Thank You..put that on Luc's tab..Sallie and Caregiver are in kitchen trying to get Her Meds picked up She had Her Meds all in container for week and knocked them over..Had pills all over Kitchen!!

I worked yesterday on block of buildings with the "new" Piggly Wiggly grocery on it...Got base and sidewalk figured out..Also got Atlas Caboose painted ready to decal for Illinois Central...I am bidding on a old Atlas GP 7..It needs paint and Feller says it doesn't run to well sounds like a project..

JR...Glad to see you back and good to hear they are making progress on your Home..Congrats on racing season!

You All have a good one....Jerry

[NS Luc]

Looks like it is my turn to buy......  Go for it.......

 

Fergi when is the next show?

[NS Luc]

Good morning

[LSWrr]

Fergi,

Thanks.  The cars are at KMART, not sure if you have one of those in Canada.  The LHS charges $12 each but Wal-Mart and KMart sell them for under $2.  I plan on going there Saturday and see what they have out as I'm looking at 1950's vehicles myself.  I did go to the manufactures web site and they have vhecles from present day back to 1938.

The decals are water slide decals I printed on my ALPS-1000 printer.  It will print every color including white.  My only problem is the white ink is too translucent for black rolling stock and I haven't mastered that color yet.

Lee

[Fergmiester]

 Good Morning All

Anyone seen Dick? He's been AWOL since before the new Forum. Then again his Bo-Sox DID  lose so maybe he's lamenting

Put everyone's tab on me this fine very bitter, I wore my shorts biking and froze... Tuesday. Showers all night and once I finish typing I'm cleaning the Wood Stove Chimney. Did the gaskets yesterday so we should be able to stoke the fire this evening!

Tom and Charlie: Sorry for your pets were a big part of your life. My MiL who now lives with us had to put her Persian down several months ago and no surprise it affected not only her but the rest of us. Say what you will but they are an integral part of the family circle.

Ken: Good to see ya once again! Now if I could only convince you to stay and have a chat!!! How's that layourt of yours? I'm still replacing all my curves... This unfortunately resulted in  the widening of the MESS which may mean the narrowing of Fergmiester.

Well now to the Football pool  Titans Raiders... Were suppose to LOSE Bah!!

Lee I was looking at the Cherries in WaliWorld a few days ago and all they had was Pacers and other  70's cars unfortunately I need all pre 60's Nice job on the Mill btw What did you use for the Decals?

Jeff: Nice job on the Coaling Station. I'll be interested in how your roof turns out. As for the PSA test well I have a friend (40'sh) who just had his Prostate removed. Good thing is they caught it in time so the surgery was a sucess without damage to the surrounding nerves. So yes they are very important tests to say the least! When I had my PSA done earlier this year it was just a simple sample in the bottle and leave it and I got the results a week later, no fuss no muss.

GMT: Was up in Ontario a week ago and found out I am the only Cousin in the family who isn't in to racing. Turns out one of my cousins is a member of the Racing Club at Mosport. I have vague memories of the place as a toddler. Dad use to love it there.

Phil: A Porshe? and here I'm looking at a small pickup for myself to save gas and money.

Der John: Glad all is well with Grandson and glad you had a trip to Maritime Hobbies. Went to Georges Yesterday and he's all bandaged up as he had a fall after the show last weekend, a real mess! but he seems to be mending and has a smile and just in time for the Dartmouth show next month. You going?

Anyway I have work to do(Might even get a second curve in today)

Later

Fergie

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

Chilly 'round here!  I think my scoot riding days are over for this year.  It's just too darn cold!  I nearly froze to death yesterday morning!  I'll be driving the van for now.  I'm hoping to get my funding for a nice little Porsche 914 soon though.  Good on gas and fun in the corners!  We'll see!

[LSWrr]

Good morning all, The forecast today is cold and windy.  The wind between the office building here and the convention center was about 40 kts.  If the wind keeps up we will loose most of the leaves still stuck on the trees. I called LHS last night and they ordered me a roof for that box car kit.  Lee

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 52 and clear. The high should be around 80 today and it will be partly cloudy. Good mowing weather.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/21/2008

Wind Chill:  52°F
Humidity:  90%
Dew Point:  49°F

So Far Today
High:  55°F
Low:  52°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE

Today  High: 80    Partly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the morning. Highs around 80. East winds around 5 mph.

Tonight  Low: 55    Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.


 

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,

    Well I like the new digs - will the menu remain the same? I think the staff needs to put in for travel pay though. I'll have a regular coffee and a blueberry danish please Zoe. Sorry to hear about Lowell and Jamie passing. We truely get attached to our furry friends and they are mourned as one of the family.

    Not much model railroading news from this end as we're still gutting the house and putting the finishing touches on the shed where the layout will rest in bits until we get the house back together. At least the new crew is making great progress straightening out the mess left by the last bunch and some of the dodgy stuff from the first renovation. We still have to straighen out the chimney (now too low) and move a couple of rough openings but the walls are now vertical and straight and the sheathing no longetr looks like a patchwork quilt.

   Returned from Road Atlanta yesterday where we wrapped up one series taking second in the enduro championship, second and third in the sprint race series, as well as class wins in two classes. Not bad. I'm not sure where points ended up with the Monoposto (single seater) championships, but we were in contention for two of those as well. It gets convoluted, but we run all year to do this and it's great when we get a good result.

   I'll try to stop by more often now that the racing season is winding down but it's more difficult as i don't have any train stuff to share just now and I don't like to just ramble on about my travails at home.        Catch y'all later,   J.R.

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

CN Charlie,

Our sincere condolances to you and your wife as well as Tom W.

Were sorry to hear of Jamie's passing. We have such a love of Dogs particularly and cats, that we truly feel for you.

It is a real period of adjustment for everyone.

Enjoy your memories of him.

Johnboy out...........

[pcarrell]

gear-jammer

Philip,  Glad to see that your red X guy is back.

Yeah, I thought I'd bring him out and blow the dust off of him.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

Tom I'm sorry to hear about Lowell.

Charlie I'm sorry to hear about your loss also.

The computer is acting up again when I try to do a post. I'm going to hit the sack.

Good Night All

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Chloe. I'll just have a hot cocoa, please. Weather's getting about right for it. Thanks, Tom.

Tom, I sent you an email through the forum. Maybe you can use it for something or another. Sorry to hear that Spooky's bummed out and missing Lowell, too.

CN Charlie, my condolences on losing Jamie. It takes some time to heal, when we lose a pet we love. You guys were reminding me about when I lost my dachshund (I was almost in junior high at the time, and he came down with sleeping sickness and we had to have the vet put him down).

Jeff, good to hear you got things taken care of - at both places. I won't get into a rant about  bureaucrats, but I can agree with you on that.

MRR club tonight was getting passing tracks and (most of) the switches and track between them hooked up. One curved switch was giving trouble (I think Ron, our LHS owner/club member, got it fixed, but Kevin (head architect) said he needs to redo the motor on that one. Kevin was also checking the power busses under the benchwork (we have most of the sections with the wiring that was under them for the old location, so he was checking and/or pulling the wiring, as needed). There are two sections where the wiring isn't long enough to hook up to the adjacent sections, I think Kevin said.

We also had a special guest in Cape Girardeau (not at our club meeting) this evening. Our local news was covering that Dick Cheney came to a fundraiser at the home of David Limbaugh (Rush's brother, and a conservative columnist) for a Republican state candidate (Peter Kinder). So Air Force Two (think it was a Boeing 757, like Southwest Airlines uses) flew into the Cape Girardeau Airport. The longest runway here is just under 6500 feet long, so they probably had to hustle to get it off the ground on takeoff. I didn't hear on the news about anyone getting shot at the fundraiser, so I guess that's good news...  (Avoiding any political overtones) I've actually met David Limbaugh - he attends the church I used to go to, and taught one Bible class on (I think) Romans (and how it resembles a legal brief), and he heads up the Limbaugh Law Firm in town (started by the father, Rush Limbaugh, Sr. - after whom the new federal courthouse has been named. A little bit of local trivia for you government buffs out there...

Gav, good to see you followed the bread crumb trail to our new location. I'm a bit too far from the DC area, but maybe some of our Maryland or Virginia folks can meet up with you. Is your trip pleasure or business?

Well, need to get heading out for now. Prayers for healing and comfort tonight, including Tom, CN Charlie & your wife.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

[gear-jammer]

I thought that I would stop by for a RBF before heading to bed.

Tom,  Sorry to  hear about Lowell.  Thanks for sharing his photo.  I am sure you will miss his help on the layout.

Philip,  Glad to see that your red X guy is back.

Jim,  Larry got some staining done on the girders and bents today while some of us were at work. Soon he will have me working on the creek again.

Sue

[sleeper33]

Hi all

I see wr've been moved again

 I'm over in the states for another 11 days in the DC. area and would like to meet up with someone frow here.

My condolances to who have lost friends as havnt caught up with all the news.

 take care all

 

[pcarrell]

Tom, I'm so sorry to hear of Lowell's passing.  I know your little buddy will be missed.

Charlie, I'm sorry to hear that you're going through this too with Jamie.

[twhite]

Morgan--

I've been involved with enough plays in high school and college to realize that the first couple of rehearsals are to get all the nervousness out and everyone working together.  Glad you called the fellow 'techies' on their goofing around, and if you're unpopular with them right now, wait until the DIRECTOR gets on their case, LOL!. 

 I did a lot of Drama in high school and college (yah, I was always the Romantic Lead--BORRRRRRING!) and I remember one director who came down on anyone that goofed and said, "I'm not your BUDDY, I'm the DIRECTOR!  Get with the PROGRAM!!".  Best darned director I ever worked with.  Scared me to death, but the plays were ALWAYS top-notch. 

So you keep being a Professional, buddy.  The End Result is what's important!

Tom   

Well, DANG--looks like I just bought dinner for everyone!

[Flashwave]

More sad news I hear. Not met a westie, but pets know very well what's going on.

A slice of Lemon Cake please.

Tom: Thank you. It's funny you say that. Had a bit of trouble tonight with crew backstage talking and screwing around. Natch, I got on them for things like shining flashlights in actors' eyes, it;s no wonder I'm not popular. I respect things for what they are and how they should be done. [/rant]

  As far as I can tell, Curious Savage has no scene changes. I'm not convinced there's a need for one this show, and feeling redundant. But we'll see. It's slowly coming along though. A good cast. 

[twhite]

Charlie--

My sincere condolences to your and your wife--we seem to be going through the same thing.  Westies are such GREAT dogs and such wonderful companions.  And I can certainly understand Pippa's attitude.  Sometimes we forget that companion animals can mourn too.  Right now, Spooky is searching the house for Lowell and meowing, looking for her furry buddy.  It's hard on us, but it's also as hard on our animal companions.  They feel loss as deeply as we do. 

I'm going to get to work on Lowell's Memorial Caboose tomorrow, to help me through it.  And I know that Spooky will be at the kitchen table helping dad get it ready (if she doesn't steal it, first!).  Maine Coon cats are like that--they're kind of like dogs for cat-lovers. 

Tom

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening Diners,

I haven't been into the diner for a few days and have just now caught up and also get going on the new site.

Tom, So sorry to hear about Lowell. On Sunday, we had to put our Westie, Jamie to sleep. He was 13 too and his kidneys were failing. He was a great little guy and we miss him terribly. Both my wife and I took the day off work today but we just couldn't stay home as everything in the house just reminds us of him. Pippa, our other westie, seems sad too. I'm sure she can sense there is something wrong as she has been laying by the front door as she does when someone is out. So Tom as you can see we truly do know how you feel at this time.

I just can't think about model railroading now.

See you soon,

CN Chalie

[twhite]

Jeff--

Beaurocracy SUCKS!  Especially when it comes to something like the male prostate gland.  I'm glad you got it taken care of.  I'm somewhat older than you (almost 69) and at my age, if you don't have a yearly PSA you're just asking for trouble.  Pardon my Rant, but everytime you turn around, everyone is talking about B-r-e-a-s-t Cancer (sorry for the spelling, but the forum wouldn't let me spell the word normally) and doing walks for it and continually needling you over the phone to contribute to the research (and I most CERTAINLY think it's worth contributing to), but when it comes to the male Prostate, so far, everyone seems to be afraid to talk about it, even though Prostate Cancer is the leading cause of death in males over 45. 

I've been through the same thing with my coverage.  I go yearly for an exam, uncomfortable as it might be, and so far my PSI remains at 2, which I am eternally thankful for, and I make sure that even though it's enlarged, it remains healthy and working.  I know this might sound weird, but I've been taking herbal Saw Palmetto for about the past 10 years daily, and it seems to help a lot. 

Anyway, sorry to take up so much space, but for years I had a female physician, and every time I reminded her that it was time for my PSA she'd look at me and say, "Oh, really?"  Changed over to a male physician.  He calls me and REMINDS me.  Frankly, there are times when it's better talking to a member of your own gender. 

Tom

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 The doctors appointment went well today. My prostate gland has shrunk some, something I was happy to hear. After a few simple tests I was released from the clinic and on my way back to Leesville. I had been in and out within an hour! Now I had to go to the hospital in Leesville to have a simple PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen) test done. It's so simple I should be in and out in no time. I signed in at the admitting desk then waited while they contacted my PCP (Primary Care Provider) for a MedicAid referral (government regulations, gotta love them. NOT!). An hour passes, then two. No it's starting to get late and I'm getting more and more ticked off with each passing minute. Finally I go to the window and inquire as to what the delay is. They say they can't get a referral from my PCP and that I'll have to come back tomorrow. Tomorrow nothing!! I've got grass to cut tomorrow and it won't wait. Besides which, I'm on a very small fixed income and I can't afford the gas to be running back and forth all the time at the hospitals beck and call. They tell me again that they just called and can't get a referral. I saw nobody lift a phone. I called my doctor and had the referral faxed to them inside of two minutes! My doc said no one had called within the last three hours for a referral for me. I have little patience for  bureaucratic red tape and I have zero tolerance for a liar! I told them flat out that they need to fire whoever is in charge of getting referrals and get someone in there that will do the job. The PSA test was done in less than 5 minutes. I was ***!

[Packers#1]

Lee, it's actually better for it to be cold, i hate playing in hot weather.

Ya'll, check out this montgomery gentry song. It's called "What do you think about that?" Show it to people when they say you did something "prototypically incorrect" ()

[der5997]

Good evening Diners!  Back from carting #1 grandson and his mom around to appointment in Halifax. Great news is he’s all fixed up, and can take the new cast off next Monday.  Got there ahead of time, and since the specialist was free just then, they went in to see him ahead of schedule. In fact they had to wait for me to get back from the things I was doing (including a 25 min visit and chat at the LHS. Picked up a set of Z wheels, so I can go full bore on the crane trucks once the spreader’s done.)  So we were at their home in time to drop them off for the bank and groceries, and I did a delivery on my way home to the Eastern Shore by dinner time. This aging think is the pits, as I’m dog tired now, and I sure remember when a day’s driving like today wouldn’t have phased me a bit.     

 

 

 

 Back Lupo!  Great to see you again, and we’ve been keeping your gif posting mouse warm and dusted while you’ve been away!      

 

 

 

 

Leaving Stellaton this afternoon I saw a box car marked for a company that made me wonder about he contents - Columbian Chemicals.  Pretty blatant these days, these off shore drug lords!     

 

 

 

 

A news item today has sent me looking.  For UFO fans, here’s a site you may find interesting. http://ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk/    

 

 

 

 

Tom: Ditto other’s thoughts about Lowell, a hard but right decision, considering the pain he was in; and I know how it feels. As you can see, we’re thing of you.     

 

 

 

 

Lee:

Dorothy came home and asked if she could help with the layout, I was speechless but I guess I need to find some beginner projects for her.

…Wow! Don’t swamp her, but that sounds terrific!   

 

 

 

 

 I see it’s dessert time, and I’m torn as to what to have, so a medium JR Regular and a rasin oatmeal spice cookie to be going on with while I decide.  Then it’s be an early night as I’ve been awake since an hour before the alarm was set to go this morning.  all, and God Bless.  Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.

 

 

 

   

 

[twhite]

Guys, thanks so much for your condolences on Lowell.  I'm a Franciscan Catholic, so to us all life is Sacred, and I know he's with St. Francis and listening to a lot of classical music (he was a Mahler Freak!) and finding all kinds of little cabooses to hide.  And NO vets, LOL!

Morgan:  You Drama 'techies' are the unsung heroes of any production.  Without you, it would just be people on stage talking to each other, LOL!  Have a great time on the production. 

Jeff:  Hope the Dr. appointment is a success.

In answer, yes, there is going to be a Lowell Memorial Caboose.  It's an old wood Silver Streak drover's caboose kit that I built way back in the 'sixties that I still use, and he was very fond of dragging off.  It's going to be re-furbished and named in his honor.  I'll use it on my VERY frequent stock trains. 

Thanks again to you all, and God Bless

Tom    

[bjdukert]

Lee

your pictures want me to buy a house with a larger yard!

I have mentioned different times to the CFO that it would be nice to have a steam loco in the 7.5" gauge as well as take up flying again. She said it wouldn't be a problem,but there are some other things that I would have to give up (motorcycle,HO trains,R/C planes as well as some other things) and I don’t think I am ready to do that. In other words,guess who gets the last word and over many,many,many,many moons of marriage I think I might have learned.

Talk to you later

Duke

[Robby P.]

Good evening, I will start with a piece of pie for now.

Well today was the first day of my new job.  My feet are killing me.  Wore steel toes, and man my dogs are barking.  Its 10 hour shifts, but only 4 days a week, and weekends off.  Not to bad.   Its a Michilen (I know, spelled wrong) Tire Retreading Company.  Good pay once you get off of the 90 day probabtion period.  The guy told me between $17 to $20 a hour.  Thats with a bonus they give each week, with how many tires you can get out. 

Its a job, I know theres not many out there.  I need to hold on it as long as possible.

[LSWrr]

Jeff, Good luck at the doctors, I hope everything is fine.

 

Tom, I’m very sorry for your loss, I’m sure kitty is in a better place.  It’s hard to lose pets.

 

Duke, your pictures want me to buy a house with a larger yard!

 

Packers#1, our HS football ends this Friday, It’s a good thing since its getting way to cold to watch ball games.

 

Dorothy came home and asked if she could help with the layout, I was speechless but I guess I need to find some beginner projects for her.

 

Ok well I’m going to put another coat of paint on these cars and see what I can accomplish tonight.

 

Lee