Good morning to all, and thank you all for the great birthday party in the Diner. Sue, your cake was "the" best, you are some cook young lady !!!!
A balmy 16F here this morning but to our north in Presque Isle, Maine.......-40F and it is also -40C, yup, this is where the two are the same on the temperature scale.
To set the record straight TODAY is my BD, I turned 70 officially at 1:15am. No MRR stuff for my BD though, in fact, I didn't even get to West Springfield to the big model RR show, SOB ! Things are tight as we all are experiencing.
Work continues in the new train room/s today, as the winter project to redo the wife's Den is now complete. Is there EVER a bottom to the HD jar??
To all of you who live in Midwest, I certainly hope you don't have the terrible storm damage that is being predicted from the icing that is forecasted for your area today and tomorrow. We experienced that here in early December, and it is a bad scene.
Late guys,
Hi Guys.
<snap> <snap> Waitress! Bring me a tall mug of Hawaiian Kona Hazelnut coffee Please!
I dropped off a LARGE SHEET CAKE with lots of buttercream frosting on it at the back door so there is MORE CAKE!
Pipes froze again. Not supposed to be much above 20* this week. I CANNOT wait for spring thaw or spring to get here!
All you in warmer climes, I am jealous for once.
WE have been looking at {drooling really} Hawaiian vacations. WE'd really like to go back again now especially. BUT, $$$, or lack thereof has impeeded our desires. Those of you who have funds can get a decent 5-7 day trip to Hawaii for around $1,500- $2K including air from NY, hotel and car rental,and even some expenses if you know where to look. If we had it, we'd be outta here. Maybe next year if we are diligent savers.
It is so cold even my model trainmen don't want to run the trains.
Have a great day.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Garry-Heartland; Nice views!
I plan on a vacation with friends up on Oxtongue Lake near Algonquin Park in the summer---They have a cottage/home there so it will be less money than trying to go out west like we usually do.---
And why do these pages want to go to the opposite end of the continent?
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/
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have some of that 'breakfast pie' that Todd has, but hold the peppers, please. Oh yes, and some of Ed's OJ, a glass of milk and a mug of the TH. Thanks!
Been a busy night for the cook, judging from all the pie tins and cake pans in the dishwashing tank that he was toweling dry (perhaps in preparation for the next batch?). Glad I didn't have the TOP honors last night, virtual or not!
Good to see the photos of the other Diners, and Garry, I vote for yours as having the nicest background so far (which is not the same as saying your photo was the prettiest...).
Inch, how have you and yours been doing? You might go ahead and fill us in - after all, Garry said the chapel car's still parked on the siding next to the Diner, just waiting to be used.
Cloudy here in Cape G. again, temp of 22 F and windchill of 13 F, with most of this area (Cape G. and northward, at least) under a winter storm warning for this evening. South of us is supposed to get freezing rain, so Garry - watch out! Our area and north a bit are predicting snow and slush, 1 to 3 inches of 'something' (weatherguessers can hedge their bets too, I see), maybe as much as 5 to 10 inches depending on how it decides to come down tonight.
We have our annual (neverending?) state auditors here today. It'd be ironic if they got snowed in here and couldn't get back to Jeff City. Hmmm, might discourage them from too many extra trips here... (Nah, never happen!).
Last night I was going to put on the cornice for the Walthers warehouse I've been working on, and I found out the columns weren't lined up properly. So, I took things apart (some of it intentionally, some came apart as I was trying to remove the columns from the front of the wall joints). Yeah, I'll need to do a major weathering job on this one to hide my boo-boos. Ah, well. Live and learn (I hope I learn something out of this).
Got an email from daughter last night, and we're looking at doing our 'Christmas' gift exchange on Thursday, if everyone gets well by then. SIL Andy got sent home from w**k with sinusitis and bronchitis, grandson Drew has had a cold (which his mother caught) and now has an ear problem/infection. And Andy's a nurse! I told daughter that I hoped that GS Drew wasn't like she was about ear drops (I had to hold her down while her mother put ear drops in her ear, and from daughter's hollering you'd have thought we were pouring acid or boiling oil into her ear...). Gave Sarah my photo order from Drew's 9-month old photo session. His hair looks a bunch redder than I recall him looking the last time I was over there. (Closer to his grandmother's hair when she was younger)
Oh yeah, the woman I've been emailing (in the KC area) has recently found out her job (and the rest of the 50 percent being laid off from her prison ministry) runs out in early Feb., so she's getting her resume out. I found out she has a doctorate in Christian counseling (didn't know that), but doesn't have the state licensure, so she'd be looking for something more church-related (I'm guessing there). She said she has some 'roots' in the San Antonio area, and would like to move there (or someplace warmer - I'm sure none of you Diners ever thought about that...) She does have some private clients she's been seeing, so it's not an immediate, have-to-find-the-new-job-today kind of thing (yet).
I'll be sitting in the window booth and munching on my breakfast for a bit.
Blessings and healing prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Mornin' everyone!
Chloe I'll have my usual mug of dark roast coffee and a couple sour cream donuts to dunk.
I have been enjoying all the mug shots. I think there must be a virtual police station that now has a bare wall..............
I have a lot of sorting to do today and a couple of trips hopefully to schools to return some of the Art and Poetry entries that have been occupying my dining room for the last week. I have everything sorted by school, now I need to sort by teacher to make it easier for the secretaries to get it back to the teachers.
Have a great day!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning All...Its cloudy and 14 here with snow posta start around noon...I'll have Biscuits and Gravey,Fried Taters and coffee please...Thank You...My son got the layout and my computer moved into bedroom yesterday but won't know if I'll have till next week-end when he comes back up to finish...
Inch...Sorry to hear you have been in Hospital..Hope your feeling better...
Gotta get around the Visiting Nurse is gonna been here at 10...You all have a good one...Jerry
Dick, sounds like (now that your power is back on) you're getting back to the layout. And from what I've heard, the HD jar is mostly bottomless. Sorry to be the bearer of such tidings....
Galaxy, that is cold! Hope you get a warming spell really soon!
Barry, on your question - that sometimes is the editor, and other times, just the forum display software has a kink in it. Just whap the side of your computer monitor and reload the page, and it should go away..., right!
howmusI have a lot of sorting to do today and a couple of trips hopefully to schools to return some of the Art and Poetry entries that have been occupying my dining room for the last week. I have everything sorted by school, now I need to sort by teacher to make it easier for the secretaries to get it back to the teachers.
Garry, love those pics of the lake areas there. I may put your area on my list for next summer's possible vacation. Might even take more time off than I usually do (more than a week at a time, that is).
Jerry, hope you can get back to the layout soon.
Back to my breakfast for now.
Good Morning!
I'll have Biscuits, bacon, & gravy with a slice of Strawberry PIE and a piece of Vanilla CAKE with a cup of coffee. Nothing planned for the layout today.
Inch: Sorry you've been in the hospital. Get better soon!
I'll be in the booth on your left if anyone wants to speak with me,
Luke
- Luke
Modeling the Southern Pacific in the 1960's-1980's
claymore1977Nice picture! Is that a pic from your area? Also, since I am a novice rail fan at best, what's the road?
Came through the physical with flying colors. I go back for another one in March.
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jeffrey-wimberly claymore1977Nice picture! Is that a pic from your area? Also, since I am a novice rail fan at best, what's the road? That was taken behind the Museum of West Louisiana in Leesville. The locomotive is a KCS SD50 that's Ex-Conrail 6782. Came through the physical with flying colors. I go back for another one in March.
Jeff...Glad to her the physical went well.
I like the KCS photo. I suggest that model railoraders look closely at the track to see the only shiney part is the top of the rail. Those modeling their track could look at that picture to try to make their track look the same.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning folks!
Hot coffee and a Cherry Danish for me please, Chloe.
Had a culinary filled weekend, made up a batch of Crawfish Monique on Saturday. Then on Sunday made up a batch of French Toast for breakfast, Pan Sauteed Sea Scallops for lunch, then we made a batch of homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream for the afternoon, and then ate left over Crawfish for dinner and then for dessert had some Bananas Foster with the homemade ice cream.
Layout Update: Added some L-girder benchwork for some extra support to the sub-roadbed plywood curved section that traverses over the stairs area for the upper deck.
Watched the movie Bella yesterday, it has some really good messages in that movie, and makes you tear up and cry three or four times. I'm an old softy at heart, seems like I get softer the older I get too. Some movies that I have seen years ago and did not cry make me cry now. Really a must see movie if you have not already.
Now catching up from page 57....good thing I got my reading glasses today. The Diner Hemmingway Writers Guild keeps me reading....and err......writting too!
ewl01 The Drs. want to send Mom home for the time being. Not much else can be done in the Hospital. They said she would be better off at home for now. After all the hospital is full of sick people, wouldn't want her to catch anything! Her strength is better so we will see what is next.
The Drs. want to send Mom home for the time being. Not much else can be done in the Hospital. They said she would be better off at home for now. After all the hospital is full of sick people, wouldn't want her to catch anything! Her strength is better so we will see what is next.
Eric, sorry about your dad too! Hope both he and your mom heal up real soon. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family Eric!
Jim, 30% off is 30% off and that is a good deal, at that price the LHS is only making 10% with that kind of mark down.
Robby P. Looks like I am a page and a half behind. I will have to catch up again.
Looks like I am a page and a half behind. I will have to catch up again.
Welcome to the ketchup club! Only a page and a half? I'm still 7 + pages behind and started out about 12 + pages behind this morning....
Tom reported getting rain in his area. It's nice to get the life support ingredient when it seems hard to get eh Tom!. Drought stayed in our area for about a year between 2007 and 2008, and now we seem to have more wet days than dry.
Heartland Division CB&Q Well, do you all think one of these days that Shelley and I should take down the Christmas tree. Should we wait until February? ...... That would require boxing up the Lionel trains until next Christmas time.
Well, do you all think one of these days that Shelley and I should take down the Christmas tree. Should we wait until February? ...... That would require boxing up the Lionel trains until next Christmas time.
No Garry, just re-decorate it with Valentines RED and keep it thorough next month! On and where did you find that great snap shot of PC? I thought it got tossed out years ago....
Jerry, Farmer Brown's going to have to install a hurricane fence with barb wire to keep those truants off the grounds...if someone gets hurt insurance might not cover it...
Paul, sorry about your friends wife and hope that Mary Ann gets to feeling better real soon! Thoughts and prayers for both!
Ray, good one! Professor knows his stuff!
JohnBoy, with temps like those not only are skeeters and fly's hard to find, but most folks might be hard to find too....
pcarrell HEADS UP! (This happened on one of my other computers, not this one.) I just went to my Photobucket account and was almost intantly attacked with a fake virus protection program called A360 that automatically downloaded itself and some nasty stuff onto my computer. Almost 100 Trojans were included in this "special" download. It bypassed my firewall and my virus protection. This thing is UGLY! I'm running scans now, but I don't think it's going to see them. I found the file in my Program files on the C drive, but it won't let me delete it, move it, or do anything to it. A virus scan on it directly says that theres nothing there, yet it's right there in front of me. Proceed to photobucket with EXTREME caution!
HEADS UP!
(This happened on one of my other computers, not this one.)
I just went to my Photobucket account and was almost intantly attacked with a fake virus protection program called A360 that automatically downloaded itself and some nasty stuff onto my computer. Almost 100 Trojans were included in this "special" download. It bypassed my firewall and my virus protection. This thing is UGLY! I'm running scans now, but I don't think it's going to see them. I found the file in my Program files on the C drive, but it won't let me delete it, move it, or do anything to it. A virus scan on it directly says that theres nothing there, yet it's right there in front of me.
Proceed to photobucket with EXTREME caution!
PC, I have seen this happen before with PBucket, I thought they would have fix that by now! Thanks for the heads up!
Oh, and for MUG shots, here is a recent one of me at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
Der John, nice pics from the snow regions there, thanks for posting! Oh, and I like that flat bed load.
Robby, we still have the old SEGA Genesis system, we fire it up sometimes and will play Sonic the Hedgehog game with the kids.
Ahhhhh....Robby if we wanted photos of UFO's in action that would fit....oh maybe that's how you look after some weathering...I get it now!
Robby P. I hope they check there weapons!!!!! Here's one of me a year or so ago. Everything on me is the same, the workbench well........its a mess.
I hope they check there weapons!!!!!
Here's one of me a year or so ago. Everything on me is the same, the workbench well........its a mess.
Oh OK, you should have put the BEFORE photo first....
Happy Birthday Dick!
GMT, train show sounds like a lot of fun and another set of good deals too. Last year I told myself I'd like to attend that one, but the other half has too much work this time of year with closing year-end books and all, and me going alone don't seem like an option either.
Todd, 7-Layer Salad sounds good! Yummy...
Wow, finally cought up to page 69...
at the Trackside Diner
Soup du Jour ~
c $3.95 b$4.95
Canadian Pea Soup
From the Grill ~
$7.95
Chicken Hawaiian
Diner Special ~
$5.95
Old Kentucky Ham
Blue Plate Special ~
Southern Fried Chicken
Dessert ~
$3.95
Pumpkin Custard Pie
Just let Floe, Jeanie or Chloe put it on your virtual tab! Or, if your lucky the TOP honorary poster will cover it for you!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Well its lunch time. I will start with the chicken fingers, and fries. With a sweet tea.
I haven't done much other than clean up around the house. I still haven't made it into the basement either.
I can say my car "The Rock" just sold. Its going to Norway. Kinda sad to see it go, I really liked the car. I guess I will have to do another one for myself.
I am still trying to catch up with the pages. I am glad to see I am not the only one behind.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
There's Ryan tempting us to go off diets again. Wow; that food looks good!
Uh oh......... Bad forecast here.
"TWO ROUNDS OF HEAVY FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THE FIRST ROUND WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. UP TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
THE SECOND ROUND WILL BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE HALF INCH TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND TREES. ROADS WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED... AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED TODAY. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES.
"
Afternoon all, took the day off still burned out from the weekend.
Ryan, that ham looks deliscious!!! Wish I could get it up here. Mail order I quess.
Jeff, glad your Drs visit went well.
Well, Mom is on her way home today. Should be scheduled for Chemo this week. Won't make the cancer go away but slow it down a bit. Maybe Mom will be around a little longer. Dad is still fighting the pneumonia. His prognosis is not so good with the Pancreatic cancer. It sounds more like his care will eventually be a matter of comfort and pain relief. We will see.
Chloe, What do you recommend with the ham? I don't wan to ruin that fine southern cooking with some northern mess. A slice of pecan pie with some of that homemade vanillia ice cream! Thanks!
Going to look for some replacement trucks for those grain cars. Have to watch the funds, going to San Antonio in .....3 weeks!?, already?
Mom's on the phone! Later, Eric
Hey all!
Been slammin' busy today so far! The work thing is doing the Monday thing! Can't wait to bail on this place and head for school!
So whats up with you all?
New Haven I-5 I WILL BUY PIE FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS! YOU HEAR ME pcarrel PC?
I WILL BUY PIE FOR THE NEXT 2 DAYS!
YOU HEAR ME pcarrel PC?
Oh yeah, like I could miss that offer! Are you kidding me? Chloe, Zoe, go get your friends.......I've got a van to fill up with pies!
Oh, and I got me a new shirt.......
And if ya think I'm buyin', see the above quote!
I'll have the Hawaiian grilled chicken an da piece of pumpkin pie.
Afternoon Gang: Page 69 was spread out as wide as the Mississippi. I think that it was Rayn's post with all the pictures. If I eat all that food my waist will be that wide for sure.
Not mush going on here. The weather is cooler, about 44f right now with misting. I spent about an hour out at the corral filling water troughs because it's supposed to freeze the next couple of days. While I had the troughs filling I took a walk around north of the barn. I found the remains of two deer. I guess the coyotes or dogs got them. We have a large population of deer this year. It's getting too built up to allow hunting so there is going to be a problem soon.
Well I'm going to get busy on something. I don't know what but something. Maybe a nape to keep my ROF status.
Happy Birthday Dick.
See you all later.
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you.
Daleks & Cybermen in the Diner...I feel more at home here than ever.
Just working on little projects today, painting, staining, mindless stuff.
Rob
Afternoon all.
Had gym today for the first time since November, and I must say, it's not the same. Our new gym teacher is the basketball coach, and he is NUTS. He gave us his rules and made us repeat them. He made us hop like frogs. We spent the first 20 mins of the period (out of only 40) warming up and stretching, and the second half playing knock out. I really hope it's only temporary. It's just not the same anymore...
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Robby P.Is there PIE or CAKE???????????? One minute theres some and next none. STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!!!!
Is there PIE or CAKE???????????? One minute theres some and next none. STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!!!!
Ah, there's both. Shut up and bury your face into a piece (I'm joking, by the way).
Basketball game tonight at 6 (which is odd, b/c they're pretty much always on Saturdays). Oh well.
We got to paly the older St. John's team, who we almost beat in a scrimmage, and would have beat if the game had been more closely officiated.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Evenin' Everyone!
So what's this doing on page 2? Somebody is noy doing their job here........
Zoe, I'll have that Hawaiian Chicken Special that Jeffery was munching on earlier. Looks good! Oh, and a mug of decafe please. For dessert a big hunk of that left over Birthday Cake for Dick's party. Thank You. (I've been eating too much pie lately.........)
I managed to get Art and poetry back to the 2 parochial schools here in Geneva today and sorted everything for one of the 2 elementary public schools. That will get taken back tomorrow. That leaves me with one more elementary school to sort everything by grade and teacher and then deliver back to the School. The first place entries were in the local newspaper tonight so I will pick them up at the paper sometimew tomorrow as well. Then I just have to scan and photograph all the winners, sort them by schools and deliver them........... There is one lady who is volunteering with a Middle School after school club run by the Boys and Girls Club here that will be taking care of all the Middle School and HIgh School materials. Thank Goodness!
OK I am going to go have a seat in the back near the stove and warm up. See you later.
What a day--get told that one of the clients passed away over the weekend, meet a new client---again out of town---this time near Exeter---go to two meetings, get one cancelled---find out that I start school( for Microsoft Office App Spec) next week---blah blah blah blah
PC:What is with this taking all the PIE in here? Well, I just got us a whole new batch of PIES andCAKES so there HHAARRUMPH!!!!
sheeesh! good thing I got that out of the system!
I'm going to go into my room and try to get a building kit together---a BTS thingummahooverwhatzit
Good Evening!
I'll have the Blue Plate Special Southern Fried Chicken with a Coke and Strawberry Cheesecake Pie Zoe.
PC- Your welcome.
Evening, Chloe - I'd like a container of chili, a chocolate chip yogurt concrete, and one apple pie to go, please. Figured I'd stock up before the storm reaches our area. Thanks! Oh, uh PC, I noticed that Luke was only offering to cover the pies, so I guess you get to pay for my dinner take-out, eh?
Both our local weatherguessers and the National Weather Service in Paducah are predicting this storm may be a bit nasssstyyyy! Cape's sort of in the middle area, while those to the south of the Ohio River (as you've pointed out, Garry) may get more ice than us. We're supposed to be getting 2-3 inches of snow first, then some ice over the top of that, or ice and slush, depending on how this storm tracks. The counties south of us (some of them) are supposed to have a chance of losing power. I hope that doesn't include me, since my place is all-electric... But the maps they've been showing don't include Cape County, so I'm trusting for that. We're at 27 F and supposed to drop to 25 F tonight. Current wind chill is 17 F, and they're saying this may not melt soon, as we're not supposed to get above freezing until Thursday.
I won't be going to MRR club tonight, and from some emails from others I've seen, there may not be anyone else going until next week. Tonight, I may do some reading of my Feb. MR and new MRP 2009, as well as fiddle some with my layout planning software.
I got in my most recent auction purchases today - some Magnuson trucks - Divco mail truck, Mack R series truck tractor, and REA delivery truck. I'm not sure yet if the REA does, but the other kits make two trucks each, so the residents along the CAW RR will have milk and package deliveries, and our trucking companies will be able to haul more long-distance loads, too.
It was exceptionally quiet today at w**k, because somehow our phone and internet connections died on us in the morning. From what I overheard of our IT head alpha geek (talking to the other IT guys), sounded like AT&T and Charter were arguing about whose fault it was (which likely means that it'll be a while, even after the storm stuff gets cleaned up). PC, maybe they should hire out you to get things straightened out.
Jeff, congratulations on passing your exam! Is that next exam for different stuff?
Ryan - that 30 percent is the most that I recall the (closing) LHS ever marked down their prices. Before, most of their stuff was at straight retail prices, and it was only the past 3 to 6 months that they had a (one-time per month) card/coupon for 10 percent (at first) or 20 percent (in Dec.). And by comparison, our MRR club member/LHS-down-the-road-a-bit owner will special order whatever we want from Walthers or Horizon Hobby, for around 10 percent over his cost (including shipping). The in-town LHS also said (time before they came out with the store closing discount) that they weren't going to be carrying much in the way of MRR'ing stuff anymore. That put the nail in the coffin of my purchases there, except for the last purchases on Sat. They're okay people, but they haven't considered themselves a hobby shop much of the 30 years they've been there.
Did any of our cat-owned Diners (note the correct wording...) see the last segment on the CBS evening news tonight (6 p.m. Central time)? They had a guy who had made millions, and is using a chunk of it for a cat sanctuary (for cats that were in danger of being put down, etc.). He has all kinds of cats, a huge place for them to roam/play in, and even has physical therapy for cats with problems with their legs or other physical difficulties. Really touching!
Ray, I'm sorry 'bout letting the Diner slip earlier - our internet connection was out, and I couldn't get to the Diner until after w**k. If the power stays up, I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen again today...
I'll sit at the counter until my order's ready to take home. Don't want to push my luck by staying too late and get stuck on the way home. Prayers will continue, with or without power.
Blessings and stay warm tonight,
Good evening all: I'll have a hot chocolate and whipped cream please, and haste to get his in before Big Bang Theory!
Have heard from Bergie about the margin stretching thing. Here's his observations...which also have somethingto say about pasting from MS WORD for those who do.
Hi John, When a page blows out to the right, it's typically caused by one of the following: someone's forum signature image is too wide (I think 450 pixels wide is the widest) some posts a URL that's super-long someone embeds a photo within text (i.e. they don't use the Insert image icon, but rather hand-code it) Since there are a variety of reasons it happens, it's hard to paint with a broad brush. I've been trying to get the word out to as many members as possible so that when they see it happen within a thread, they can ask the other member to rectify it. That's easier said than done, though. As for the Word problem, have you tried the "Paste from Word" button within the Message tool bar? Word is know for having about 10-times as many lines of code than is actually needed. Whoever wrote this forum software must have recognized this problem, because they added this feature (the little icon with the clipboard and the W one it... first row, second from the right). Give that a shot and let me know if it solves the problem. Erik
Hi John,
When a page blows out to the right, it's typically caused by one of the following:
Since there are a variety of reasons it happens, it's hard to paint with a broad brush. I've been trying to get the word out to as many members as possible so that when they see it happen within a thread, they can ask the other member to rectify it. That's easier said than done, though.
As for the Word problem, have you tried the "Paste from Word" button within the Message tool bar? Word is know for having about 10-times as many lines of code than is actually needed. Whoever wrote this forum software must have recognized this problem, because they added this feature (the little icon with the clipboard and the W one it... first row, second from the right).
Give that a shot and let me know if it solves the problem.
Erik
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
JimRCGMOJeff, congratulations on passing your exam! Is that next exam for different stuff?
Good Evening Diners!
Well the forecast for this week is cold, followed by more cold and then maybe slightly less cold. The gas fireplace in the basement is now warming it up for a little couch potato time and maybe some train running. I often work on the RR and watch TV at the same time. Most shows are that involving.
Speaking of the RR, the Moritmer sub is actually starting to look like something other than, "What do you plan to do here?". I installed the gas pumps for the service station and put a few figures in place. The pumps are those JL Innovation versions. The first ones I bought were undecorated and I said " You must be kidding, paint those?" So I bought the Gulf version, old style. I don't think we had Gulf in 1958 here as it was British American(B/A) until sometime in the late '50s when they changed to Gulf, but as they say, It's my RR and I'll do as I want. If I find some Sunoco pumps, I think I'll change them. I'd really like Supertest ones but the chances of those are zero. Why am I worrying about that as I doubt anyone can read the logo?
I took a stamp collection to a collector yesterday for evaluation/purchase. The collection was my grandfathers who died in 1947 and the family always thought or hoped that it would be worth something as grandfather worked for the post office. The fellow who looked at it was very kind and showed me that indeed it was likely only worth the $100 he offered for it and at that he was generous. Oh well, that about does it for our "attic treasures". The stamp we thought was worth so much, an 1857 5cent Beaver turned out to be valued at a whole $2.
My thoughts are with all of you who have health problems or have relatives that do. It seems that lately there has been quite a few in that category but without naming names, I do read every post and can understand your worry.
Well, that about sums up my exciting life recently. I guess I should be thankful. Trains are running good and I think my nose may be soon as well but spring is coming !!! My mother told me so.
Oh and I'd like a large piece of PIE Chloe, any fruit variety would be fine, surprise me. I'm a purist when it comes to pie, only fruit filling please.
CN Charlie
We got beat bad again. I'll take some vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, please.
Evenin’ everbody. It’s a tuff decision the MP Southern Fried Chicken is tempting but I think I’m going to go with the L&N Old Kentucky Ham. with collard greens cooked in the ham drippings a Dad’s Root Beer please.
Nothing to report today somewhat mundane. Just waitin’ around for the snow. I’m just gald it’s not freezing rain. I feel for you folks who will get it. Good luck to you.
Garry- What a view, beautiful
Ryan- Do you think you could put that Crawfish Monique on the menu sometime? That sounds delicious!
Jim- I’m with you. Stay in and hope for the best. Good Luck with the ice. We’re far enough north for snow. (So they say. So I hope)
John- I can’t disagree with the reasons given for the page problems ( mainly because he left it open) but sometimes the page is OK sometimes it’s wide and sometimes it’s REAL wide. Same page, no new posts just different times I open page. At least on MY pooter.
Ooh! Maybe I can Hibernate tomorrow. Picked up some “carmel “ paint from the “Ooopsy” shelf at the Super Dooper Wally to paint the foam. Could be a project for tomorrow.
Sawyer- Oh for crying out loud. Vanilla? When the flavor possibilities are endless? That’s like….wait, I like vanilla. Never mind. Sorry you lost. How ‘bout double chocolate fudge icing?
How about a piece of that pumpkin custard pie for dessert. With plenty of that real whipped cream and a cup of black coffee. Thank You. I’ll just slide over here in the back and rest a bit.
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.