Happy late birthday Sue!
Well, weathered my other plastics hopper this morning; pictures at some point today (hopefully)!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Nornin' everyone! It still is morning I think.
Slept in this morning and got a couple more hours of sleep. Got home from the final dress rehearsal last night at 10:45PM...... Then had to set the trash and recycling out for early morning pick up. Tonight is the start of the show. I think it is going to be good. Our high School Drama Club has set some pretty high standards for the past several years.
Sue, seems I missed your birthday yesterday. Hope it was a good one! What's that? 29 again? That's a good age!
The telemarketing crap frosts my ........ also! Back 10 years ago or so I got a marketing call from Verizon (who was my phone provider back then) trying to sell me all the extras. I was about to tell her to, ah, "go away" when she mentioned caller ID. I said, "you mean if I had this, I would know it was you %@*#! calling and I wouldn't have to pick up the phone!" Dead silence followed by, uh, well yes, I guess..... Me, "I'll take it" Now I pick up the phone if I know who is calling and I feel like it. I refuse to be a servant for that piece of trash they call telephones. OK, I'm done.
Zoe I'll have a short stack of chocolate chip pancakes, NYS Maple Syrup, and a side order of bacon. I'll go sit in the front booth and watch the switching going on in the yard. Probably take a nap as well to be ready for tonights show.
Prayers for all in need and those that aren't as well!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning...
Ooops I'm late for Sue's b'day celebration......Is there any b'day lemon pie left?..... What are the odds?.....None with these chow hounds!...... I'll have to suffer without any.....Story of my life........and lemon pie is one of my favorites, too......belated happy birthday to Sue!
Hope you ankle feels better soon, Sawyer.
Is there any work planned today on your railroads? I replaced some derailment prone track yesterday and will ballast today. I received some supplies I ordered from Chuck's Depot yesterday. I can go back to work on my layout extension, plus I have two more passenger cars to build (not from Chuck but from NKP Car Company).
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
gear-jammer Did Philip bring some lemon pie in for my birthday? Or did he eat it all?
Did Philip bring some lemon pie in for my birthday? Or did he eat it all?
Good Morning...Its cloudy and a cool 47 here this morning..I'll have a big slice of Gary's Kentucky Ham,couple of eggs over easy,fried taters,fried apples,biscuits and coffee please, Thank You..
I got alittle more track laid and worked on a very old Atlas RSD 4-5 that I got in mail..Don't think I can do much for it to make it run any better..Probaly just put it up on shelf..Sometimes you just can't do alot for some of the older engines..
Don..Congrats to your Son Thats a fine looking Hog..We used to Broadcast 4-H sales at the local fairs so I have seen a bunch go on the block..
Sue..Happy Birthday!! Did you get any good train stuff for your Birthday!!
You all have a good one...Jerry
Good morning, and SUE. Sunny day today, so I better get some stuff done.
Gotta get the car inspected ($45) UGH!!!! Might go do some train hunting. I have heard NS about three times already. Do some work in the attic as well. OH, and put out some grub killer. That mole is still here.
Well everybody have a good day. I will see what I can post on the WPF.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Ah-ha! I thought something smelled fishy. Todd's getting ready for the big fish fry. Wish I was there, I love fried fish.
Good morning. It's 64 and foggy. High today should be near 80 and there's more thunderstorms coming in. Hope today isn't like yesterday was. We had one thunderstorm after another come through. My yard looks like a war zone. I heard some branches falling yesterday but none hit the trailer. Surprisingly the power never went out, just flickered a bit. The cable though was a different story. It went out several times but came back on after a few minutes. I had absolutely no problem with the satellite signal. I've heard people dissing them for going out during storms. Even during the most intense part of the storm I never saw even as much as a spot in the picture and it was so cloudy and raining so hard that it looked like late evening at five in the afternoon. I hope to get some layout work done today but that depends mostly on old Mr Murphy. Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/27/2009 Wind Chill: 64°F Humidity: 100% Dew Point: 64°F So Far Today High: 64°F Low: 60°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 7mph SE Today High: 78 Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 48 Showers and thunderstorms until late night...then a chance of showers late. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Mornin', Everbody. Hungry mans breakfast please. And a large coffee. I hope everyone came out OK on any storm situation last night. And they dodge any today. Today's the last fish fry for the year. We've ran out the last two and I ordered more fish than ever for this last one.
Krump-I'm sorry for your most unfortunate couple of years. I am pleased to learn that things are going much better.
Inch- I used to mail back every (well almost every) self addressed postage paid return envelope for years also. On certain ones, I'd even send papers to make them weigh over an ounce. Then I gave up. It didn't stop them and I figured, hey they gotta get the offer out somehow. I would rather read and throw away than to be rung up on the phone when I'm eating, busy with something or going p....um....doing something else. (That reminds me I have to look for that switch on the bottom of the toilet seat that sets off the phone.) Everybody has their own pet peeve. Mines the phone. ( oooooh I hate that intrusive rude little device that people use and actually get upset at me if I'm busy, hands full and can't get to the phone so they can say "Hey....what's up! Just sittin‘ here on the toilet, thinking about you!"(I'm not sure I love my SIL as much as I used too) ). But hey! Keep on sendin' them back. The more money the Post Office makes the less likely they'll be to raise rates. Yeah right. Good thought though.
Best get moving. Have Fry Central to set up and a bunch of fish to thaw by 3:30. If I don't get back in tonight, you know the prayers are for everyone. Have a great day!
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.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, just remember to jump on top of your layout and keep it from getting blown away.
Good morning all,
Inch, I’ll keep an eye out for picnic tables. What scale are you looking for?
Sue, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
My electric company set me on a budget of $135/month. So for my personal budget I rounded the number up to $150/month. I just got a letter in the mail that asked me not to pay anything next month as they owe me $235. This will all change once I start up the AC!
I wired up a Rivarossi 2-8-8-2 last night for DCC and intend to do the 2-8-8-0 today, but will add a sound decoder to it.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Mornin, an irish coffee if'en ya would Zoe
A Cooler WeekendMostly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers will be around today with cool northeast winds. Daytime high temperatures will stay average topping out in the upper 50's. Scattered rain showers will continue tonight and through the day on Saturday with the best chance for rain and thunderstorms coming in Saturday through Saturday night.
Been busy with kids n outdoor chores. I had most the front yard cleaned up till the high winds a couple days ago and blowed leaves from the woods back in the yard. So I've got it to do again.
Welcome to the diner DON Z and your son raised a fine looking hog.
ROB,, our electric bill runs bout $150 every month, some times $225 even thou we kept cutting back on usage. Our elec Co-op charges us at a higher rate for the less KWH you use. Then to top things they've raise the price twice this winter, so we can't win.
ATTABOY,,,, good to hear from you again
An KRUMP welcome back also. Sounds like you had a time of it last year. Hope this one a lot betters for ya'll.
TODD,,, I'm with you on the unsolicited mailing. I've gotten to where I send back those unwanted insurance apps back to them unsigned, so they have to pay postage both ways.
CHARLIE,,,, hope the floodway works n you folks stay dry.
A MRR'ing ????,,,, anybody where I can find some HO picnic tables cheaper than Walthers prices.
Well I best get round ta chores, I do have some help. Jamie n her kids are here for the weekend and I plan on putting them to work for their supper. Thoughts for all those n need n hope ya'll has a gooden.
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Morning Flo, Chloe. Oatmeal and an apple cinnamon tea please.
Looks empty so far, kinda early I guess. I'll be at the window waiting for my friends to show up.
Weather should be nicer today before that wet from out west/southwest shows up.
Did some building glueing last night with the new angle clamp. Works as advertised, expensive but a worthwhile investment. I'll need to brace the walls as part of factory is now 4 stories tall. I hope to get three of the unloading building walls together. I'm going to use foamcore as a platform. This will make it easier to run the roadbed to the building, and give me base for detailing the open doors.
Looks like it's time to leave for work. We start at 7:00am.....
Later, Eric
Yeah man; I was taking 3-4 of those advil liquid Gels after that car wreck, but the doctor told me to; that's why I was taking so many.
I have no plans to go into the military. I'd gladly go if there was a draft, but if I have a choice, I have my plans, and the military will just throw a wrench into them. However, I do love my country, and in my opinion, the only person more a hero than a soldier is those that don't come home and paid the ultimate sacrifice.
And yeah, that joke is a pretty good one. here's one more:
What can both Billy Gram and the USC Gamecocks football program do? Make 60,000 people stand up and yell "JESUS CHRIST!"
got that one off of facebook, lol.
jeffrey-wimberlyI'm a volunteer firefighter and the dept safety officer.
Yep, I knew you were a Brother Firefighter, and figured you'd be on top of things. Looks like another round for you tomorrow. We're still a few weeks away from having guys assigned to Storm Watch duty, and my turn doesn't come up until May. But, if they page us out for spotter duty, I'll respond anyway, even if it's not my assigned 2 weeks.
Sawyer: Ibuproffen is good stuff, I practically live off of it when my sinus explodes. Just watch that you don't go over the maximum dose. You're still young, but it can mess up the liver. Naproxin is a little bit stronger, but can really do a number on the stomach. Working at Amana Refrigeration, I had a guy on 2nd shift that came by First Aid every night, like clockwork, for his "skittles" as he called the ibuproffen. The version we had was the same size as the popular candy, but with a white coating.
As for the SAT, etc. I took the ACT, very reluctantly in either my sophomore or junior year. I was scared to take the SAT. I can NOT imagine taking either of them in jr. high. Wow. My junior year, I took the Army's ASVAB test. I did much, much, much better on it than the ACT. The recruiter was thrilled with my results and swore I could pick and choose whatever Millitary Occupaional Specialty, I wanted. Something just didn't "smell" right and I didn't join. I was toying with the idea of joining the Reserves since it was possible at 17. Took it again in '91 or '92 when I was contemplating joining the Guard as either a medic or a photographer. The recruiter was so eager to sign me up, he wanted to run me down to Des Moines for processing the very next day. I told the Sgt. I needed "some time to think about this."
He did NOT like that at all. Went from real chummy, real buddy-buddy to, well, a SGT.! The gal I was seeing at the time also went all out to discourage me from joining. As it turns out, I took a lot of bad advice from her...
I decided not to join. I've regretted it ever since. Maybe that's part of why I've always taken so much pride in being a vol. firefighter. I'm serving my country...just on a very local basis. I know it's a big part of why I have such a deep and abiding appreciation for those that have and do serve in the military. They've taken the oath and made the committment I never did. And I am in awe of them.
Oy. It's gettin' kinda philosophical in here. Time to finish this batch of coffee, finish this bracken-fracken news article and get to BED...
Love the joke, by the way. Good thing I scored well in english...otherwise I might not have gotten it!
G'Night all,
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
JimRCGMO KRUMP! back to the Diner! It's been a lonnnnggg while. Whatcha been doin'?
KRUMP! back to the Diner! It's been a lonnnnggg while. Whatcha been doin'?
yes, It's been awhile. I think I've just figured out this new forum format, so now I'm good to go. to answer the question though Jim, LIFE threw a few curveballs my way in the past 2 yrs and we've had a few priorities as a result. I feel free to share a few things without all the details, suffice it to say that it's been a difficult journey... some of you (der) know a lot, but here's a snapshot... perhaps I'll have a brew, save the mocha for a bit later.
our adopted son was diagnosed with special needs including severe ADHD, wife's health has improved significantly (praise the Lord) in the past year but there were times when the days were medically in crisis and life threatening, I began a new career / changes within the office a year ago; renovation of the garage / deck kept us busy in 2008 (yeah !) - now to catch up on some bills...school, soccer and ringette kept the kids (and me) busy. Probably the most difficult trial in all of this was that in early Oct 2008 my 42 yr old younger brother was diagnosed with lung cancer - succombing to this 13 days later. so 2008 was busy, difficult, leaving little to focus on.
we are now busy with chickens and honeybees also - so generally coming out of an induced hibernation and a long winter. God is good, and we're licking our wounds and looking forward.
I don't want to be a downer to the diner, but my absence needed some explanation. I'm back into TRAINing and hope to clear the train room out over the summer. things are going well, and my BS men's group (Bible Study) is getting some balance between work and play - I need to renew my fishin' licence.
you are all doing AMAZING mrr. thanks for sharing your thoughts and craftmanship for that is truly inspiring.
cheers, krump
"TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6
Good Evening Diners,
Well we're back to Winterpeg up here as we just recieved about 25 cm. of snow after about 30mm of rain. It started on Monday and finally quit today. At least the snow shovel elves were still on duty and cleaned the drive. They're gone April 1 so I hope that is the last of the snow. Now to top it all the temp is supposed to go down to -21C tonight and up to -10 tomorrow if we're lucky??? Wind chills are predicted at -30. Things are looking a little desperate just south of us in Fargo with the flood on the Red River. That river is just about 500 ft. from our house but we should be OK as the diversion is supposed to be activated on Sunday. There is a large control structure with huge gates that move up to effectively act as a dam to divert some of the water into the floodway. The gov't spent 600 million expanding the floodway since the last big flood in '97 so they say we're protected. It was a close call in '97.
Not much new on the RR front. I did get some seats into an Athearn heavyweight which does make it look a lot better. Now that the passenger train has had a good bit of running, it's time to put the Mountain class loco back into the shed and remove the passenger cars from the layout. Next week, the Mortimer sub will be back to freight mode.
Hope everyone is doing fine,
CN Charlie
Just a tall glass of cool lemon water is all, thanks.
***Jeffrey, just remember to jump on top of your layout and keep it from getting blown away.
***Todd, I completely agree with your take on those particular sales tactics. I'm also on the same page when it comes to any kind of phone "annoyances".
***Eric, Thank You...will be keeping an eye out for it. Much appreciated.
Long and productive day here. Some thunderstorms tomorrow. Jeffrey's storm (with nasty predictions)won't hit here until Sat..
Anyone have about a dozen strait sections of Bachmann (or compatible) plain old (preferably NS, but brass would do) snap track they might be willing to sell me? I still need some for the wife's trestles & for either side of some vintage signal crossings. If you do, please let me know. Thanks!
Have a good night y'all.
Rob
AmanaMedicSawyer: I'm a little rusty on my pharmacology, being a FORMER paramedic and all...but I think Advil IS ibuproffen (trade [brand] name vs. generic [chemical] name). Either way, take it easy on that ankle for a day or two.------------------Don Z: SAT in 7th grade? Top 10%? Man, that's just downright frightening to a dummy like me!
Sawyer: I'm a little rusty on my pharmacology, being a FORMER paramedic and all...but I think Advil IS ibuproffen (trade [brand] name vs. generic [chemical] name). Either way, take it easy on that ankle for a day or two.
Don Z: SAT in 7th grade? Top 10%? Man, that's just downright frightening to a dummy like me!
Yeah, it might be. oh well. Point is, it's pain killer.
Yeah, you can take the SAT in the 7th grade. i could have, but didn't want to. I did take the PSAT this year (for the SC Junior scholar bid; a 50 in one category gets you Junior Scholar; I got 70 in Critical Reading, 55 in Math, 52 in Writing, I think (I know 70 in reading, the other two might be switched). Oh well; they give you all these different chances to take tests etc., and compare yourself to toher high school students. It's kinda fun, lol.
Oh, and here's an old joke my dad told me a while back:
There's a Clemson graduate, and he goes up to Harvard. he's walking around, and he wants to find the library, so he goes up to a Harvard guy and asks (in good southern manners) "Excuse me sir, but i'm not from around here. Could you please tell me where the library's at?" The Harvard guy draws himself up and in a tone of disgust and snootieness says "We here at harvard do not end our sentences with a preposition!" The Clemson guy says "Oh, I'm so sorry sir. What I meant to say was "Could you please tell me where the library is at @$$h---"
AmanaMedicJeff: Good man. Looks like yer in the clear for the rest of tonight, at least. I've got in-laws in the Pearl River/Slidel area. I think they're in for a rough night. It sounds like you do the same thing I do: turn the house into something resembling a communications center.
Jeff: Good man. Looks like yer in the clear for the rest of tonight, at least. I've got in-laws in the Pearl River/Slidel area. I think they're in for a rough night. It sounds like you do the same thing I do: turn the house into something resembling a communications center.
Sue: Did this groggy reporter/photographer read right? It's your birthday? Congrats! Haven't seen that particular pie however.
Chloe, spike me another bag of IV coffee... I'd better hammer out at least one more to keep THAT editor happy...
gear-jammer , Don. Great photo. One of my good friend's son put himself through college with his champion hogs. There is money to be made. Sue
, Don. Great photo. One of my good friend's son put himself through college with his champion hogs. There is money to be made.
Sue
Sue, et al...
Thanks for the warm wlecome and the kind words regarding my son and his hog. His college is already taken care of....he took the SAT in 7th grade and scored in the top 10% nationwide, including all high school students that took the test. Sometimes I wonder how much smarter he can get!
Don Z.
Research; it's not just for geeks.
AmanaMedicJeff: Not quite sure where yer at in Looooooueeeeeeezzeeana, but the radars around there look like a Jackson Pollack effort. Keep an eye out, and be ready to bug-out.
AmanaMedicSawyer: R*I*C*E*, that's Rest, Ice (20 minutes at a shot for swelling), Compression (ace wrap), and Elevation (prop it up when ya can). Also, consider Tylenol or Ibuproffen (with parental consent, given your youth) for pain control if needed.
Sawyer: R*I*C*E*, that's Rest, Ice (20 minutes at a shot for swelling), Compression (ace wrap), and Elevation (prop it up when ya can). Also, consider Tylenol or Ibuproffen (with parental consent, given your youth) for pain control if needed.
I was icing it, but I finally went insane from having one leg on the ground and one propped up parallel to the ground w/ the foot turned 90 degrees for ice. I've taken 3 Ibuproffen; I prefer Advil WAYYYYYY more.
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Chloe: my coffee IV is about gone, better spike another bag of that stuff. Three articles filed. I'll probably suffer through a few more just to err on the side of caution. Better to give the powers that be too much...than have them scrambling to fill pages.
Jeff: Not quite sure where yer at in Looooooueeeeeeezzeeana, but the radars around there look like a Jackson Pollack effort. Keep an eye out, and be ready to bug-out.
Well, managed to roll my ankle at soccer practice. went to kick a ball, and another kid kicked the ball on the top while i was kicking it on the bottom, and I was moving to the side, so the ball came up and over and my ankle got rolled. Wearing my ankle braces from now on.
Evenin' all. A bowl of pears please,
Jerry- I tried to respond this morn about some body hole used mainly for evacuation using a name similar to Jeff's but kept getting OOPSed to the point where I couldn't even get in the forum also. Probably just as well. A reaction is what they want. Is this the same guy that comes on these forums and blasts everyone like no one is worthy of posting their work?
DonZ- Welcome to the diner. I'd be proud of the boy myself. That's one good looking hog.
Jeff- Keep an eye to the sky. At least you are probably a trained weather spotter I assume? Or maybe an untrained but experienced one? Either way you have the advantage of getting a bit ahead of the game when the sky's look that "certain way".
Ryan- Have fun in San Antonio. Be safe and remember sometimes they refer to it as Tu-kill-ya. Tip yer hat to the Alamo for me.
Welcome back all the ones who have been gone for a bit. And welcome to the new diners.
About this dream-Plan -Build thing. I have had it for a while and I have yet to return mine. Here is my reason why. I do not agree with, nor do I acknowledge, that type of sales. You can E-mail me, or send me advertisements in the US mail and I will take it under consideration. You call me on the phone and I won't even hardly consider it. You send it to me and expect me to pay for it or send it back and I consider it mine. A gift. I will throw it away before I return it. I have breezed through it and like someone said, It's nothing great. Even if it was worthwhile I would not purchase it based on their sales tactics. I have received a few requests to pay or return this video. I ignore those also. Maybe if they pay attention they won't send me anything again. Or maybe they'll send me the whole series. I am contemplating sending the magazine a copy of my policies regarding unsolicited items received in the mail. They know the law, they stated it. I do not in any way agree or condone for any reason the "send it to them and maybe they'll buy it" method. Harrrrumph.
We had thunderstorms here to beat the band! Power flickered several times but didn't go out. Winds at times were 60+. Everything OK here. Still under tornado watch until 11 pm central time.
Erm...I see they keep the old yard switcher permanently coupled to the diner now. Hi, all, haven't stopped in lately. I think I missed the last couple relocations completely.
Things have been really busy around here lately with getting ready to retire in November, helping my sister after hip replacement surgery, and getting ready to hire a new CFO on April 18th.
I exchanged a couple emails with Duke a couple months ago. He was going to be in the area to visit the East Broad Top in July and we were going to meet. He decided not to come because of the economy right now. He was still planning to go to Apex though.
I've decided to dismantle the layout I was working on in the basement. It's taking time and money from getting the garage out back converted to a train room. I have some cash saved from a nice tax refund this year and a little I managed to squirrel away. I'm going to get started adding a piece to the garage for a model shop and converting it to a train room. I want it ready for climate control by the time I retire in November. Otherwise I've just been busy with non railroad things. See you all later.
Welcome Don Z. that is one fine looking son you have there in the front and that pig in back well all I can said is I can see why he's so happy. Welcome to the diner we are all a little crazy here. As you can tell I've been in the bar car for the last few hours.