LSWrrJeff did you check the fuel filters?
Good morning. It's 54 and partly cloudy. The high is expected to be around the mid 70's and it will be partly cloudy. I caught the wolf spider that was residing in my Walther's engine house and relocated it to the underside of my neighbor's trailer. That should make a dent in the bug population there. Now that the engine house has been vacated I can start work on modifying the doors. I intend to make the two single doors into one large door as I did with the old engine house at the other end of the layout. Car problems continue. It's starting to look like an injector issue. It runs OK but is somewhat jerky on acceleration. I'm going to run some Seafoam cleaner through it at the end of the month, sooner if I can get the money for it before then. It's $8 a bottle. That's a lot cheaper than a new injector. There;s 6 of those babies. At $89 each that comes to $534 just for the injectors. That doesn't include the cost of new gaskets and seals for the intake system, all of which must be disassembled to get to the fuel rails. Had dinner with the parents yesterday. Beef tips with rice and gravy, green beans, sweet potato and dinner rolls then attended fire dept safety meeting during which we had a fire call come in. Turned out it was a contained control burn. I'm watching CSB safety videos today. (CSB=Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board). Real eye opening stuff! It's really surprising what a lack of knowledge of safety procedures can do. Well I've bored you enough for one day. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/23/2009 Wind Chill: 54°F Humidity: 88% Dew Point: 52°F So Far Today High: 55°F Low: 53°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 7mph SSW Today High: 75 Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight Low: 55 Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
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good morning all,
Jeff did you check the fuel filters?
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
CNCharlie . Say Luke, did you ever get that sound decoder and if so do you like it?
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Say Luke, did you ever get that sound decoder and if so do you like it?
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
Here's the Pike Stuff Engine house I just finished:
It still needs a little work. This is a part of the Kitbasher series and took me about 90 min to finish.
Luke
Evening All...Its a warmer evening here 39 right now....I'll have a slice of Pecan Pie witha a scoop of ice cream please...Thank You...Got some more work done on coal mine today...You all have a good nite....Jerry
blownout cylinder Audrey was told tonight that a friend of hers just came back from Spain with a husband---reaction was somewhat similar to thisexcept she dropped the phone. Her friend was a supposed 'confirmed bachellorette' or some such----
Audrey was told tonight that a friend of hers just came back from Spain with a husband---reaction was somewhat similar to thisexcept she dropped the phone. Her friend was a supposed 'confirmed bachellorette' or some such----
I imagine that would cause shock. Dern!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good Evening pipples---I'll have a couple of slices of the PecanPIE!!!!!!!!!!please---
Have to wake myself up here ---it was getting SO quiet
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
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I had me a little persomal size strawberry PIE today.
Worked on the car some more today. I'm still trying to chase down that rough running problem. I've blown out the manifolds, changed the EGR valve, changed the O2 sensor, checked the crankshaft and camshaft sensors and reset the computer. The only small thing I haven't checked out yet is the MAS sensor. If that's not the problem that just leaves the injectors. Those 6 of those babies and they cost almost $90, each! I'm gonna try some Seafoam in it at the end of the month. That stuff isn't cheap, $8 a bottle.
Evening all. Zoe, I'll have a RBF. Work was kinda up and down today. Did the brake check on the church van, found no problems, cleaned and adjusted the rears, cleaned and lubricated the slide points on the front brakes, let 'er fly! After that, did an oil change, did a serpentine belt on a Durango, and then at the end of the day, had a Jeep Cherokee come in...and right as it did....it slung a piston through the side of the block. Oh well, I'll get my prices tomorrow and let 'em know. I guess tonight's goal for things is going to be look up CSX's current engine roster and paint schemes and see what I can find out there. I'll be over by the window, going over the goodies.
Decaf coffee, please & thanks.
***Barry, I believe you are right, Bengals are a bit rare (and expensive). Ours came from a breeder and friend who gave my wife 2 of them some years ago. I have no idea how old Yin is, but she is getting that "old cat look" to her.
As for big cats, I've been fortunate to have hands on with a few of them, including puma, cheetah, snow leopard, bobcat and African lions. All very powerful critters in their own way, some were like petting on chiseled granite. Studying critters up is a fun part of my work as an artist.
Rember the Atlas SD24 with the gear problem I returned to the-bay seller? Well, it was returned today in perfect running order. Whew!
Rob
Haha. I got TOP honors and I don't even have to pay.
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Good Evening Diners!
All this talk of pie and no one has mentioned the main course variety as in steak & kidney, tortiere, or my favourite, shepherds pie. I'll have a large helping of shepherds pie please Chloe and don't forget the A1 sauce. For desert I'd like, let me see---- well yes , pie, apple I think with a nice piece of sharp cheddar.
Well our balmy weather, -3C today, is about to end and we are headed back to the deep freeze tomorrow with a forecast windchill of -38C. It was sure nice while it lasted. It was even mild at night. I had to take Pippa out at about 3 a.m. and it was only -10C or so with no wind, very pleasant. All I can say is I apologize in advance to all those south and east of Winterpeg for what you are about to recieve.
Normally my wife is at the restaurant Thursday nights but she has been home the last few days with a nasty cold and cough. I've been running trains and have my Mountain class ready to go with a sort of a passenger consist. To cut down the long car issue on my small layout I often use a through baggage(glorified box car), a couple of express reefers and a baggage car. Sort of an express package service circa 1958.
I see there are many cat fanciers in the Diner and while we have dogs, I grew up with a cat that lived 21 years. She was a white Persian. I used that cat experience 2 years ago when we were in Africa. We went to a wildlife park in Nairobi and our guide was able to arrange what he called the "Cheetah hug". We went into the Cheetah enclosure where they had 2 cheetahs in space that was probably 2 acres. One was very tame and her handler called her and she came over to us. He gave her a shove and she laid down. You then laid beside her for the photo op. I did so and was giving her neck scratches to which she purred loudly. We're talking about a 125 lb. cat here so I do mean loud. Then I don't know what possessed me, but I nuzzled the back of her head with mine, to which she turned her head around and gave me 3 big licks on my cheek. It was either "I really like you" or "perhaps you might be good to eat". It must have been the former as the pictures show that her eyes were closed when she did it. Her tongue was very rough!
Anyway the Mountain( engine, not lion) is panting on the main line so I'd best let it loose.
CN Charlie
blownout cylinderSAWYER; How can you not like pie????????---it can be healthy y'know----well, kinda----
SAWYER; How can you not like pie????????---it can be healthy y'know----well, kinda----
Well, actually, i do like chocolate chip pie, but otherwise, jsut not too good. I'll stuick to cake, brownies, cup-cakes, chocolate chip muffins, pound cake, etc.
Hey chocolate cake on me ya'll!!!!
ns3010It's just bad when every couple a years, those hypodermic needles are floatin everywhere and they close the beaches. Blech. Not Cool.
Actually, we plant that stuff so we can get a few summer days without them noisy cityfolk crowding up the place the whole time. Well, not really but it's not a bad idea.
Eric
I go to work for the day and come home to the diner---all 3 pages of new stuff!!!
ROB; I thought BENGALS were supposed to be a rare kind of show cat? I must've lost something in the mix?----the markings are very close to a leopard/tiger. I like that cat----my sister has a California 'Spangled'(sp?)(typ?)----has that wild cat sort of look-------That is the one that gives you the two year old child's----MMM!! MMM!!--protest when she is playing and does't want to be picked up--
Well--we met with the new clients today and went to HD to pick up copper pipe---good thing too. There was not much of the stuff left. So over the week end I'll be going to work on the basement washroom----I may actually get something up on WPF but one never really knows around here.
ns3010Packers#1Don't worry, I'll find a way in.... In case you didn't notice, you just did...
Packers#1Don't worry, I'll find a way in....
In case you didn't notice, you just did...
oh yeah. thought I screamed that form the street. Oh well, just climbed in the back window of the men's bathroom. Of course, the front door would have worked too..........
I'm just jking around
ns3010Packers#1I think ya'll will kill me for this, but I don't like pie........ How could you not like PIE!!!????????????????????????????????? You are no longer allowed in this establishment.
Packers#1I think ya'll will kill me for this, but I don't like pie........
How could you not like PIE!!!????????????????????????????????? You are no longer allowed in this establishment.
Don't worry, I'll find a way in....
Ray, "more for I"??? Me thinks yous needs ta learn that grammer stuffs.
ewl01Joe, I hope you screened and then sterilized that sand, people leave a lot of nasty stuff on the beach when they come down here.
It's fine. I spend the entire summer layin in that stuff and its fine. It's just bad when every couple a years, those hypodermic needles are floatin everywhere and they close the beaches. Blech. Not Cool.
Packers#1 I don't like pie........
that's OK. Leaves more for Philip and I! [edit] (Oops! Thanks Joe!) That should read "Leaves more for Philip and me". (Terrible mistake for an almost English teacher......)
ewl01Ray, I almost forgot about your poles. I know the insulators are small but would like to see the result.
But, of course! Maybe I will have some done for WPF this weekend.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
????????????????? You......don't like pie??????? Well, you like trains. I can overlook the pie thing.
Ray, I almost forgot about your poles. I know the insulators are small but would like to see the result.
Joe, I hope you screened and then sterilized that sand, people leave a lot of nasty stuff on the beach when they come down here.
Well, I covered the area around the lake with real sand from the Jersey Shore. I also poured another layer of water. Pix when its dry.
EDIT: Looks like dinner's on me! Pie for everyone!!!
(having just gone back into my "saved" email to check)------> yep, its CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, alright (from which Hobby Central is shooting me my stuff)...their email DID come from a San Diego site, however...and they still encourage you to come to their STORE there, as they claim to have lots of the items listed as "out of stock to you peasants trying to buy via internet" or whatever it says, every time you spot a picture of exactly what you were looking for, on their website.
And, I just realized I should not be so concerned about getting the names right, when it comes to fictional waitresses in this diner...which is NOT fictional, right? Wait! Am I seeing dead people???
Ray, yes, you sound excicted.
I think ya'll will kill me for this, but I don't like pie........
I got the mail! I got the mail!!!!
And in todays mail..................
There was a little itty bitty package.
On the outside of the package was a return address that said Caboose Hobbies...................
My railbars are here! My Railbars are here!
(Do I sound exited???)
I placed an order for these with my LHS last November. At that time Walther's Out of Stock listed them as being "In Stock". By the time the order went in later that week, they were listed as "Out Of Stock" with a deliver date of "unknown"......... I got a couple of packs from Caboose Hobby and managed to clean out the last of their stock. About a week ago I sent an e-mail to Details West asking what the time line was for making them. They replied that they are back in stock and had been shipped out to dealers 3 weeks ago....... They also told me that Walthers should have then in stock as they had been shipped to them. I just looked at the Walther's Out of Stock website and they say February 18 as the expected date. HMMMMMM!!! (It may be that they used up the shipment filling prior orders - it happens.)
Anyway I now have 6 packages of them right here. Care to guess what I will be doing tonight???
I also got the tiny little glass beads from Sierra Scale Models that will be used for insulators on the line poles. So now I have several projects that I can get done.
Heartland Division CB&Q Snip Terry ...... Good luck at the doctor and I look forward to progress reports on your express building. Do you have photo of prototype? Snip
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Terry ...... Good luck at the doctor and I look forward to progress reports on your express building. Do you have photo of prototype?
Its the building in the foreground of this picture
TerryinTexas
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unca roggieI also realized I asked for something in here from FLO last night, and she doesn't even work in this diner. Duh. Wait: maybe she's a part timer who was working the late shift?
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Robby-Excellent job
Jerry, looks like a nice struture so far, keep it up
Well, I've been thinking that i mgiht do a juice distribution switching layout if i get moved to the bonus room for my bedroom, not the attic. the most expensive part would probably be the building.
Unnca Roggie is the town here in Illinois Champaign?...Thats were the folks that bought them are out off...Its the Home of the Uof I about 70 miles north of Inch and I...Jerry