Well, all I have to say is that people up here are way too wimpy, they complain about 30 degree weather (I'm in Chicagoland). Then they say that they are really hardy and can stand real cold. (10 degrees)
It takes 5" to close school here. I'd rather have that than closing school every time it snows here (twice a week) We would have to go all year for that. In WI and rarely here, they have 2 hour late starts if the roads our terrible but should clear off later.
BTW, Packers, I am in WI just about once a month, but have never been to Lambeau. I'm working on it though. (My great uncle has season tickets.)
Someone here asked for pictures, I'll have a couple tomorrow. I'm done for the night, have to study for finals tomorrow.
Back home for a few days, work and university await. University? Yes I went back to school 30 years later.
The last few days were made easier by everyones prayers and wishes.
I'll try and get that structure pic up soon. I'm trying to get my head away from what is going on up home.
How about some Peacan Pie.... I love PIE TOO!!!!!! PIE??? YOU WANT SOME PIE???? And a decaf please. I know I'm behind on that but it's been a long weeekend.
Eric
pc- Atsa o.k. I'ma gotta da vino fora da lasagna. I'ma no tinka we agonna getta da snow.
Flip lol
Hello ...
Der John... I enjoyed the video. In our house, RDC means something other than Rail Diesel Car. It means Really Dumb Cat. I can think of many deeds by the feline companion here that earned such a title such as ........well...........oh, never mind.
Jerry ... You asked what I purchased at Chuck's Depot. I got a little scenry stuff, some trunouts, and another Walthers heavyweught sleeper.
Jim CG ... narrow Aisles, eh ............Nothing to do with all that food you ate in the diner?
Tom W. Speaking of Walthers heavyweight cars. ...I just ran my solarium observation for the first time. It derailed. Manufacturer did not allow enough clearance for the rear coupler box to clear a pivoting truck. I have 30 inch minimum curves, and there is no way the car would have handled a 24" curve as stated on the box. I trimmed the box, and it runs fine now.
Happy Model Railorading
GARRY
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Afternoon all from COLDSNAP SunnyCal. Wow, the temperature took a major nose-dive here in the Valley this morning and hasn't pulled out of it, yet. And we're supposed to get some storms moving in here by Friday. Which means I'll put my tank-tops and Bermudas back in the closet for a while, thank God!
Was heading to Truckee today, until I got a call from the church. Music Minister who was going to play the MLK Mass came down with the flu. Could I sub? Mad dash to the church, madder dash gathering up the music, even madder dash doing a spot-on-sight-reading rehearsal with the Cantor and choir--WHEW! Also shows how Out Of The Loop I am about certain songs--I didn't know that there were VERSES to "We Shall Overcome", for cryin' out loud! Oh well, it came off okay. Heading up to Truckee tomorrow. Unless it snows.
Found out what was hanging up my Walther's coach, there was a teeny-tiny burr on the brakeshoe casting on one side of the truck that was only hanging up on the skirting when the truck made a right-hand turn. I'd originally thought of running the coach 'backward', but I really can't, since the coach is full of those neat Preiser passengers. Anyhow, about five minutes at the kitchen table with a small file-- supervised by Spooky and Remington, of course--resulted in a coach that now runs very nicely, thank you. Remington made like he was going to take off with what was suddenly HIS coach, Spooky whacked him. They're SO much fun as Daddy's Little Helpers.
Anyway, got the coach problem fixed. Ah, RTR--there AIN'T no such animal!
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
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Looks like I gotta fire up the heater tonight. We're expecting a low of 38 here.
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fec153Just want to say thankyou to all you dang yankees and Canuks for sending us your FREEZING weather. Starting tuesday night, we'uns gonna have to unmothball our longjohns. So, thankyou [not] for sharing. Flip
Just want to say thankyou to all you dang yankees and Canuks for sending us your FREEZING weather. Starting tuesday night, we'uns gonna have to unmothball our longjohns. So, thankyou [not] for sharing.
Flip
Ditto. the one good thing is it might snow, and then no school tomorrow.
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Building a protolanced industrial park layout
fec153 Just want to say thankyou to all you dang yankees and Canuks for sending us your FREEZING weather. Starting tuesday night, we'uns gonna have to unmothball our longjohns. So, thankyou [not] for sharing.
Don't mention it BUDDY! Glad to be of assistance!
OK, OK....since I just HAD to be so mean spirited and send that nasty stuff down to Flip, I'll try and make ammends by letting him have some of my home made lasagna. It was REALLY good!
I'll even go a step further and hook up everyone in the coffee shop with a piece!
HOWS THAT!
Now grab a plate and line up while this stuff is still piping hot!
derJohn, nice video.
The one thing though, N scale is 1:160, not 1:16 (1:16 is one inch=16 inches, not 1 inch=160 inches). Just thought I'd mention it. Great layout though, where'd you get all the modern vehicles from?
Good evening all, just checking in on things while I'm waiting for things to finish up in the oven and dryer. I'll be heading to the Dr's tomorrow (nothing important, just a yearly physical), so I may or may not be able to get on here first thing in the morning, but I'll check in at some point. Mom and dad forgot to bring my geep, so I guess I'll just have to wait until I'm there myself to get it and start working on it. The birthday party went great for my daughter yesterday afternoon, everyone had a good time, and as I type this, I'm having to type it around my daughter's head (she's standing between my computer chair and the keyboard tray. We may go do a little railfanning tonight before it gets too aweful dark and chilly. See y'all later.
Flip, that was great, very thought provoking.....thanks!
Philip- I sent you a special something. Hope you get it.
DER- wonderful. I remember when you were starting on the viaduct. Looking good.
Thanks, Der!!!
The CFO forgot!
Terry
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See? All one has to do to get people all energetic is to say pie and watch the piehounds come out of the woodwork yelling;PIE!!!!!
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pcarrellDid someone say PIE!!!!!!
Not just....... Pie, but Sweet Potato and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie! Eat hearty!
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We'll get there sooner or later!
Good things just keep on happening! I've a second Kato RDC that I had in consist with the one in that video. Killed the consist, and lost access to the RDC. That was ages ago. Took the thing to the LHS in Halifax. they have a DCC guru , and he did a "nothing the matter with it, put it away please" on it. (Peter Sellers / Sophia Loren fans may remember the reference) He did say he had changed the address from 251 to 250. Brought it home, and it wouldn't work at all on that address, or any other I could think of, like 251, or 03. So that meant another trip to the LHS to get it sorted. We don't get to Halifax that often, and next Thusday is a medical trip. Talking about our route at lunch today and that I needed to go to the LHS; while exlpaining to Kris how addresses work for DCC locos, and how they are 4 digit or 2 digit, it suddenly came to me. What if the address wasn't 250, but 0250? I'd not thought of that before, I'd just been punching in 250 or 251 or 03.
So, after lunch I went upstairs...now I have 2 operational RDCs.
Speaking of videos, I've made a "Tour of the Maritime Trunk RR" for the Arts Society presentation (tomorrow, it was postponed and may be again!) It's 8 minutes or so...
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Did someone say PIE!!!!!!
Good Afternoon ----DGriffin: I was about to ask for pie myself, in the form of Strawberry Rhubarb Pie as well as a jug of coffee----all this running around---everybody just left for T.O. so we get to have our house back----'Spring' went into hiding when the neice and nephew showed up with other sister who is going to visit friends in TO so---busy--busy--busy
Anyway----Chloe, can you get me the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and the jug of coffee please? I'll sit with the gang by the windows and watch all the switching going on-----
Afternoon everyone!
Didn't get a chance to post this morn ing as i had to be over at the church quite early (for me at least) for the celebration of Martin Luther King Day. Here in Geneva the day starts off with a memorial march from the Public Safety Building (police station) to City Hall and then up to the Methodist Church with prayers and speeches at both locations. The local police lead and follow the parade along its route. Then the annual MLK Service featuring the MLK Memorial Choir (Made up of people of all faiths and complexions). Our main speaker this year was a lady who graduated from William Smith College in Geneva and is now both a minister and the Director of enrollment services for the City University of New York. She was excellent!
Then..........
DigitalGriffinSo do we have any pie today?
Do we have pie? Tell you what. Come on down to the church and you will get: Fried Chicken, BBQ Chicken, Baked Ham, Colard Greens, Baked Beans, String Beans, Boiled potatoes, Candied Yams, Potato Salad, Rolls, Garlic Bread, Macaroni and Cheese, and for desert..... Sweet Potato Pie! All you can eat! And it is gooooooooooooooooooooodddddd!!!!!! Fed close to 300 people (about half the people who attended all or part of the service (It's a long one)
I'm going to change out of my "Sunday Go To Meetin'" clothes and play around with some stuff in the layout room for the rst of the day. Sure don't need to do any more eating today.
I forgot my tools today. So no working on the railroad during lunch!
So do we have any pie today? Maybe something piping hot like warm Apple Pie.
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der5997Sawyer: i'm not that kind of idiot! ...And at 5' 11.5", 188 lbs, I'm not about to ask what kind of idiot you might be.
Sawyer: i'm not that kind of idiot! ...And at 5' 11.5", 188 lbs, I'm not about to ask what kind of idiot you might be.
i'm not that kind of idiot!
yeah. I tihnk my size also explains why I never have gotten in a fight at school
EDIT: kinda figures I get top honors when the lunch rush is about to start.
Cox 47 PC...How about baking up some bread and bring into Diner? Have you found any time to work on your layout?
PC...How about baking up some bread and bring into Diner? Have you found any time to work on your layout?
Bread, yes.....layout, not so much. The wife keeps saying she wants me to work on it, but the hunny do list is way too massive. It's one of those deals where she says something like, "All I asked you to do was this one little thing that only takes a few minutes.", but in reality, 27,000 things have to happen before that one thing in order to make it happen, and each one takes forever. (Hows that for a run-on sentence?) I absolutely have to get layout time very soon though as we're due to have guests soon and I want the room to be at least presentable, ya know?
Thanks for the comments guys!
Der, its 1/2 inch. That's all they had and I couldn't find 1" anywhere.
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in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you. (and keep the pot handy)
***Der, looks like blue foam nervana there. Inspirational photo for the wife & I. That one pic has taken over our desktop background today.
For those who get RFD-TV, Trains & Locomotives (German Steam) will be on at 6:00pm EST.
Temps will drop again for a few days so will probably be back to breaking ice soon...ugh! Might get some snow, too. Time to top off all the water troughs/buckets.etc..
Have a great day y'all. Rob
Cox 47Jeff...Nice work on park...Who's winning the Baseball game?
Good Morning all....Its sunny and 12 here with another dusting of snow over nite...I'll have A big slice of Garry's KY Ham on a biscuit,and coffee please...Thank You...nurse just left she changed my bandages..She is going to order a Hospital bed for me and My son is going to move my Layout, work table and computer into Bed room and He says we will have room to expand layout! Not sure just how much room yet...
Flashwave..Might try spraying decals with dul-coat while they are still on sheet...I did the on some old Microscale NP decals and it worked for me..
Jeff...Nice work on park...Who's winning the Baseball game?
Garry...Sounds like a good trip to Chuck's..Did you pick-up any goodies?
Joe....Nice GP 50 looks like a real work horse...Keep those photos of your work coming...
You all have a good one...Jerry
Good morning all: Got up late this morning, so am running late. A JR Regular and some nsa Banana bread with Becel please. It's stopped raining, but the wind is still too strong to make use of the wood stove practical. Forunately the temperature is above freezing (hence the rain, and I'm very glad it wasn't snow, from theh quantitiy of rain we had!) so the furnace shouldn't be on too much today. I'm feeling sick - not medically, tempramentally. I was deleteing the old Diner bookmark last night so I could update to this page. I hit delete thinking I had the Diner highlighted, and sent to oblivion my entire Trains bookmarks folder. That's all my mrr Articles folder, my Hobby Supplies folder, my container crane research folder, my Photobucket quick access... At least the last one was easy to get back! I can recover some more, but it's the time...and those articles I'd really like to have back....Oh well.
Morgan: I'm wondering if your decals are old. Anyway, if the timed soaking isn't working, maybe you could try spraying with something like Dullcoat first, cutting out the decal, soaking as usual, and seeing if the extra layer of impermeable stuff holds the decal together better. As to the Amtrack paint job, it's imaginative and cool, thanks for doing it!
Jeff: That park is a pleasure to see at any angle!
Joe: Like those buildings...for the most part mine are just boxes indicating where and how big the styrene ones or built kits will be. 1" Blue Foam? or is it 1/2"?...I've used 1" on the present layout.
It takes rock castings well, and I used a narrow-blade box cutter to carve contours, no need for a rasp or hotwire, in my experience.
RobbyP:
(Galaxy) I hate to say it Robby, but you could learn how to make that lasagna yourself.Or learn to cook a few things and then you could surprise the wife with a hot home cooked meal when she gets home from work !!!!Cooking is not that hard and really is not a mystery.You CAN do it!
BTW, I found the reason the RDC was hanging up on the turnout was due to the way the Peco plastic thingy holding the motor for a table top mount was fixed to the throw bar. I had used a piece of thin wire, and the final bend I'd left pointing towards the rails. This wasn't a difficulty for any other loco or rolling stock going through that turnout, just the Kato RDC. So, a quick bend of the wire the other way, and all is peace. That same RDC also "found" the top of the inner guard rail on the bridge on the lower level of the doorway module, a feat not accomplished by any other aforementioned locos or rolling stock!
I've had to take them off. I'll either grind them to a lower profile, or get some code 55 rail when I go to the city this coming Thursday.
Getting towards lunch, so I'll say TTFN.
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a glass of Ed's OJ, and a JR regular in an AT&SF mug, please 'n' thankyou ma'am. Not too bad this morning - only 24 F and a wind chill (depending on if you count the airport or downtown) of 9 (or 11) F. North winds at about 15-17 mph. Supposed to reach freezing today, and very slight possiblity of a couple of snowflakes (nothing like our NOTB neighbours...).
Eric, sounds like some careful planning will at least keep a little of the pressure off you and your siblings. It's a whole 'nuther matter when absolutely no plans were made, and they have to be made abruptly for the care of a loved one. At least this way, the load is distributed and not all on one person's shoulders. I'm sure that doesn't make it feel any better, but we're here for you.
ewl01If the world had more like this group, well there would be no strife, no conflict, and true understanding.
Paul, be sure to get your rest each day - kind of a 'go-to-bed' (as opposed to a 'wake up' call, hitting the gate. Don't get too tired or you may wind up sick or injured, and we do NOT want that, right?
Barry, sounds like you're having some good catching up with your aunt - Good to hear she put the family history on tape (and brought the letters and stuff). Hey, bet that late Christmas present doesn't hurt either, eh? Another bonus is, Spring's giving her his headbutts, so your side isn't as sore...
twhite--if I told you our high temperature out here in the Valley today, you'd all kick me out of the diner.
Probably be a slow day at w**k today, as a lot of people think we are a state agency (not, but some of our funding comes from the state) and will be closed for Dr. King's observance (but we aren't - we hardly close for any reason ). And my paperw**k is caught up from Friday, so I can plan my next LHS order, maybe. Need to order two additional DPM module kits for my background warehouse, and may be seeing which items from Walthers' sale flyer (the one that ends 01-31-09) I want to get. Probably some more figures, a Chooch boiler load, and some CMW vehicles, and some street lights and lampshades (to make those yard lights that tstage has directions for on his website. I'll see what the budget allows.
Garry, sounds like you and your buddies had fun at Chuck's. His layout does have a lot of tracks - when I was there last, he showed me the layout before I left. How'd you like his store's selection? Those aisles are a bit snug ("No passing zone"...), aren't they?
All right, Galaxy, now you're meddlin' - suggesting one of us guys could cook! Just so long as Robby's wife doesn't read the posts over his shoulder...
Well, I'm gonna settle in this window booth and watch the morning switcher a while while I drink my coffee.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau