Elliott's Trackside Diner XII

[howmus]

Afternoon everyone!

Fairly decent day here in the Finger Lakes.  Currently 63°F under cloudy skies. 

Worship at church this morning was led by the Communicants Class.  I am a guide for one of the young men joining the church so i was there for the service.  They did a great job!  This evening we have a church event which is a church supper at a local restaurant and all members and their families are supposed to attend.  It is both a celebration of our congregation's work for and in our church and in the community as well as the kick off of a Capitol Campaign. 

The guy across the street from me who is usually the first person around to mow his lawn (Normally mid March) became somehow the last person in the neighborhood to mow his.  For some reason his lawn just didn't start growing this year.  he is making up for the lost time as he mowed it last night around 6PM and is busy right now mowing it again..........

Tom (White) congrats on going back to work in August.  Ain't retirement great!  You get to pick and choose exactly what you want to do including working if you want.  Although I would hardly call what you will be doing w**k.  More like a labor of love I think.   

Not much going on here on the Model Railroad front.  may go down to the layout and make sure it is still there this afternoon.  Of course I have to drive up and feed my sister's cat.............

Hope you all have a great day! 

[Cederstrand]

Coffee in a Stormy SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks. 

***Tom, congrats on the new/old job. Will give you extra mrr-ing money, yes?

***Garry, sorry about your backdrop. That sucks!

***Sue, you have a LOT more patience than either my wife or myself. Can't wait to see the result you achieve.

Ducks leg is swollen but she swims upright OK, so time will tell. Wish we had some of that stuff you inject into birds to counter swelling, but we have none.

With all the storms heading our way later today into tonight, might be a good time for some work down in train room. Have a good day all.

Rob

[gear-jammer]

   

Thanks, Jim.  Patience is the main word.  I have been pouring 1/8th to 1/4 per day.  Sometimes I wait 2 days for it to set.  My hope is to still see the rocks on the bottom of the murky water.

Sue

[inch53]

 

Mornin, an irish coffee please Janie. Getting some sun shine this morning, but nature may slip in a shower or two laters, bout the same as yesterday.

Went over to Casey yesterday n got me spring shearing, now my heads cold with all that fuz gone. Scored a caboose at yard sale afterwards, alittle large for HO, but it'll work for what I wanted for [pics to come laters]. We went over to Terre Haute for our monthly pantry fill n stopped by HL and found a tractor-trailer from Mini Metals with Wayne Feeds on the sides. I was sure happy, since I sold Waynes for 4 years when I work for a feed store. Then we stopped by the Strassenfest for abit, course we had to pare take of some sausage, ***,and a couple dark brews [just me for that part]. Other than spending to much on grocerys a purrty good day.

CHRIS, really like the scrap loads.

TODD,,, glad the yard sale turned out ok. Mother an some of her familly are going to have one before long [I hope] and get rid of some junk round here. It's either that or it's going to Goodwill. 

ROBBY P,,,, I've been lucky with my in-laws, only had a problem one time when I throwed my MIL, FIL, and my dad out of the house. Things have fine ever since.

JIM,,, like the work train.

JERRY,, hope your leg get healed up soon, so ya don't miss much MR time

GARY,,, hope the leak didn't damage to much downstairs.

Morgan,,, hope,, your dad continues to improve with treatments

Signs Your No Longer in Collage

n      You no longer know what time fast food drive-thru windows close.
-- Your potted plants stay alive.
-- You pay at least a dollar more than the minimum payment on your credit card bill.
-- Your friends' hook-ups and break-ups are now marriages and divorces.
-- You attend parties that the police don't raid.
-- You're not expected to leave the room when the adults are talking.
-- You refer to college students as "those kids."
-- You drink wine, scotch and martinis instead of just beer, beer and beer.
-- You feed your dog Science Diet instead of leftover pizza.
-- At 6 a.m., you're putting your contact lens in instead of taking them out.
-- Naps are no longer weekday options.
-- Dating involves dinner and a movie, not keggers and munchies.
-- Grocery lists contain more than toilet paper and potato chips.
-- You leave parties because you have a busy day tomorrow, not because the  EMS guy has strapped you down.

Best finish this, seeings I started this bout 5:30 this morning. Thoughts for those in need n hope ya'll has a gooden

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Good morning.

Has everyone seen Jim CG's first post in WPF? Nice!

Downstairs, the dampness has partly improved but as of now my backdrops look screwed up. I mentioned the problem here yesterday.

Happy Model Railroading.  

 

 

[Robby P.]

Another rainy day.  Guess its a good day to be in the basement.

I got my "life like" engines yesterday, and the engine with the motor doesn't work.  The listing said it did, but it doesn't.  I guess I can play around with it and see what I can do.  

Might wok on the layout as well.  Still got some stuff to do on it.

Well I guess I will be back in here later.

Have a good morning.

[TMarsh]

Bridge Tom- Sorry the Accompanist showed, but... CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Lee- Mallard....Duck.... Can we get a rim shot over here? (ba-dum bump)

Looks like the garage needs a bit of straightening and a few leftovers removed, so plans have changed a bit. Train time may have to wait til after noon. Oh well, they say if you partaking in train activities before noon you are a train-aholic.

Have a Great Day

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 73 and cloudy with rain. The high should be around the low 80's and there will be thunderstorms.

Went into town yesterday ostensibly to get a haircut but the one real barbershop (charges $11) in town was closed. I hadn't taken into account the Mayfest celebrations going on down on Third street until tomorrow sometime. There are other places to get a haircut but they advertise as salons. No way am I paying $40 for a regular haircut! I'll just have to wait until Tuesday. I did however get the grocery shopping done despite the fact that Wal-Mart was a madhouse. I'll likely be going back today to use my food stamp ration. No work on the layout yesterday as I was tied up with other matters. Since it's going to rain today I cut my parents grass yesterday afternoon then had dinner with them afterwards. It's looking like the weather will be pretty nasty today. The NWS has a severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 11am.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      5/3/2009

Heat Index:  78°F
Humidity:  94%
Dew Point:  72°F

So Far Today
High:  74°F
Low:  72°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  20mph SSE

Severe thunderstorm watch 231 in effect until 11 AM cdt this morning.

Now through 08:30 AM CDT May 03, 2009
   
Strong thunderstorms are expected to move into Tyler...Jasper and Newton counties around 7 AM and into Beauregard and Vernon parishes before 8 AM. These storms will produce very strong and gusty winds...torrential rainfall and cloud to ground lightning. Elsewhere...showers and thunderstorms in rapides and avoyelles parishes will move northeast. Storms will produce cloud to ground and brief heavy rainfall.

Today  High: 82    Showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall...large hail and damaging winds in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tonight  Low: 65    Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

twhite

Evening all from StillRainyCal--supposed to continue until Monday, then clear up and dry out and head toward the 'eighties by the end of the week.  Which means----POLLEN!  Shock.  Lots and lots of POLLEN!  I can hardly wait (sure!). 

You should be here! We've been inundated in pollen, pine and ragweed mostly, for two months now. From the end of February til near the end of May my sinuses are constantly tortured. Throw some willow and flax in on top of that and I'm out of breath before I hit the top of the driveway, barely 200 feet.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Jim, CHAMPS is (Still) going out of business you might find something there you can use or you can call high Ball Graphics and see what they can do for you.

Jerry, you should ask them to move the computer closer to you.

Rob, sounds like the mallard should have ducked when the goat came running by!

Lee

 

[twhite]

Evening all from StillRainyCal--supposed to continue until Monday, then clear up and dry out and head toward the 'eighties by the end of the week.  Which means----POLLEN!  .  Lots and lots of POLLEN!  I can hardly wait (sure!). 

Jerry:  Take care of that leg.   That is not a happy thing to happen.  Hopefully the Dr. wrapped it really tight so that the pressure will help it heal rather quick.  About 15 years ago I had a sore on my ankle from a varicose vein that refused to heal, then the Dr. pressure-bandaged it and it healed up fairly quick.  They're not fun.  Hope that puppy got its toenails clipped. 

Well, here's the news from the Home (Jesuit) front.  Didn't have to play the concert tonight, the accompanist showed up.  The guys were just AWESOME!!  I was standing up and cheering just about all the way through.  Then I ran into the Department Chair during intermssion and he said, "Can we talk?" and proceeded to let me know that the accompanist is quitting, seems they offered her a pay-cut (for reasons I don't know or care to find out about), and am I available next August when school starts, at a slightly reduced salary for three days a week?   Budget concerns, you know.  Private school, you know. 

Well, HELLOOOO-- I AM retired, you realize.  They're offering me a new salary on TOP of my retirement to come back and teach part-time, and I'll have my Guys back.  Plus working again with that ultra-HOT choir director that I adore, plus having the Guys back, plus having the Guys back plus having those wonderful, Goofy Guys back to keep me young--

AHEM!--- of course I said YES!!!

So, I'm back, as of next Mid-August.  Yay!! 

Anyhow, got to hit the sack and do the Grandparents Mass over there tomorrow morning.   So next week, I'll vacuum all of the pollen off the MR, run some trains and plan on just exactly WHAT I'm going to spend my new salary on.  Hm. 

I think the first thing is going to be one of those new Atlas track-cleaning Energizer Bunny cars.  You guys seen the ad for that puppy?  About the only thing it DOESN'T do is make coffee, LOL!

Best to all, prayers to those in need. 

Tom

[Robby P.]

Well Todd, I honetly don't know.  I would leave them room before he came in.  I was trying to be civil. 

Jim, please wether that car.  It hurts my eyes .

Well time for bed  .

[TMarsh]

Evenin‘ Everybody, Boy you know, just not hungry or thirsty , well maybe a piece of chocolate cream pie please. Today was surprisingly pleasant. Sunny and about 65. I too got some stuff done. Ate pancakes and sausage at the Firehouse. Took my BIL to a house to pick up a horse they didn't want, loaded the truck with junk and took it to the Township garage for village cleanup day, mowed the yard, got in trouble with the wife for mowing front yard while she was trying to tell people about stuff in the garage sale, ate fish at the Masonic lodges fish fry, put the tractor up, I'm here and the dog still loves me. All in all a good day.

Ray- "You're right. 'Tis a silly movie"

Robby- Why is it that those of us who don't like to argue always get drug into one?

Jeff and Robby- In-laws, why also is it that there is always one that you'd really rather not be around? I have one BIL, not the one with the horses, he's OK, who for some reason always has to make some comment about everything, and I mean everything. He also feels that because he chooses to drink and smoke all his money awy we are supposed to somehow feel sorry for him and cut him a deal on well everything. But "Hey! I'm good for it. I make good money!" PPPHLLBBPT!!

Rob- I love thunderstorms, mild or far away.

Ole Timer- Keep talking to these guys and you'll be puttin' those plans in action sooner than you think.

Jerry- You little kid. Sneakin off to hang out with yer friends when you should be taking care of yourself. We'll have you in our prayers and be here when your better. So do what the Doctor says. Sound good? (I don't blame you )

Garry-Oh what a bummer of a welcome home. Hopefully things will dry straight and flat (crossed fingers and toes)

Jim- Great job on the pictured items. The garage sale went well. Brenda sold stuff I couldn't imagine people would want. I joked that she was selling the stuff that wasn't worth a plug nickel for 2 bits and I was takin the stuff that wasn't worth a tinker's dam to the junk. I was taking the daughters old bike out to the truck to take to the junk, stopped to talk to someone in the drive and someone came up and asked how much Brenda, without blinking, said $5 and it was sold. We've had that bike in garage sales for years. No one would buy it. Go figure. By the way, did I miss something? I haven't heard you talk about your lady friend in California was it? Or has it just slipped my feeble memory.

The bikes that go into the junk pile get donated to an organization called Bikes for Tykes, I think is the name. The take all these bikes and repair them using parts from each other and fix them up to give to needy kids. So they go to a good cause. You wouldn't believe the amount of bikes this community has.

(yawn) well off to bed. The dog just poked me with her nose. That means, "Hey, I'm going nighty night". Guess I'll follow suit. Church tomorrow and hopefully a day of rest. Meaning TODDLAND! (of which I'm king) Prayers for those in need.

[Cederstrand]

Crab cakes, corn on the cob & a baked potato, please.

***Jim, I really like those two work train cars. As for rivers, must be someone else you're thinking of. I haven't even begun work on the wife's (HO) river yet. I did cut & glue foam for my little (N) canyon today but haven't decided if I'll have a river in it or just go dry bed. Might settle for a trickle at the bottom. Time will tell. 

Our female mallard duck is injured, probably from a goat stampede the other day. I made sure she received some feed today. Her male companion hasn't left her side. Wife will take closer look at her tomorrow. Often something comes up on a farm, this time a duck.

One of our water storage tanks is overflowing, the other almost full. More rain expected tonight with some "Yee Haw Storms" predicted tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. 

Rob

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Janie, Flo - have you ladies been busy today? What? Not the pie catapult again.... Well, I'll have the Chicken Parmesan, a side salad and a nice glass of your Finger Lakes finest, please 'n' thank you.

TMarsh

I wonder how you could make an HO scale Herring.

 

Verrrrry carefully (though not as excrutiatingly carefully as if you made an N scale Herring, Todd... Hey, how'd your garage sale go today?

And Morgan, fill us in on how your SAT felt - I say 'felt', because they never get the results back very quickly at all, unless they've improved considerably since I took the SAT.  When I took my SAT eons ago (or any other standardized test)... I never knew how I did. Sometimes I'd think I really flubbed it, only to find out I did well; other times I'd think I had blown it away (but the test results weren't as good as I thought - though still tolerable). Most of the time, I do well on standardized tests (suppose I'm a good guesser) - so hopefully, you'll do like that, Morgan.

Well, just so I wouldn't have to apologize yet again, I did get one of my Accurail kits assembled today (and photographed) - the Western Pacific, boxcar #36008:

and before someone points it out to Robby - yes, it is WAY too clean. Think I'll start practicing some weathering skills next weekend.

Also, for Lee (or anyone else fond of work trains, here's the CAW work train (the left two cars acquired at a train show, the third from left used some parts from one of those old MDC 3-in-1 kits (anyone recall those?), and the rightmost one (boxcar) is an Athearn kit that I repainted (wasn't happy with the paint job that came with it originally). I wouldn't mind re-doing the work train in a light grey color, but I don't know where to get some work train decals to replace the ones on the two leftmost cars. Lee, you or anyone know of someone who makes work-train decals?

Roll those strikes, Corey, and have a great evening!

Thanks for the photo of your hot dog stand, Jeff. Hmm, I think Walthers is running the J-L Innov. soda machines on sale this month (just in time, eh?). Oh, and nice shot of that ex-D&RGW diesel!

Robby, at least now both you and your wife can get some peace. Good thing that he lives in Florida (good for you, that is - Floridians might or might not agree, eh Flip?)

Rob, good to hear you and the CFO made it through the front okay. I think for us to even approach Nature's version of lightning and thunder, it'd take about a six feet across speaker for the low, rumbly tones. I bet your rain barrels don't need any filling up by now. On your Berkie, I wonder if there was something in the gearing that broke or came loose.

Jerry, you take good care of your leg - that was not the way we hoped you would get out of your place! I think that dog needs his nails clipped, and probably grounding from the chair for a while... Do you have a good supply of MR and RMC mags on hand? Those, and a Walthers catalog could keep you occupied, maybe. We got a little warmer here today, too - about 64 F, but because of clouds and the occasional rain, it didn't feel that warm when I was outside.

Saw one woman when I was doing laundry today who looked to be an appropriate age, easy on the eyes and all, but couldn't see if she had a ring. Then I saw what car she went outside to with part of her laundry - some kind of Lexus sporty thing. I think she's a bit out of my price range, if she's driving that kind of car.

Sue, it sounds like you and Rob (I think it's Rob using the paste for his river, right?) could have a 'race' to see who gets their river done first. Hearing your report, I'm glad now that I model the Southwest - shallower streams (no, I'm not going to model flash flood season on my layout...). But hey, Sue, you take it nice and careful, and that river'll look as great as the rest of your layout.

I've been trying to get answers back from more of the church singles about the reschedule of my buddy Mark's fish fry/pot luck dinner he wants to have. Asked them about which of two Fridays this month would work better. Have only heard from 3 or 4 out of about a dozen I've contacted. Sheesh - hard to tell Mark how many to plan for. Maybe I'll hear more from some tomorrow morning at church.

Garry - how many clamps do you have - maybe use those and some boards to hold the backdrop papers to the supports? Or can you detach the backdrop supports from the layout, and re-glue as needed, with some books or other weight to hold the papers down? 

Ray, you have me drooling about that MOW DVD - if you can get any stills from that, PM me, please. Good that you got 'caught up' on your weekend; now you only have to fit two days of MRR'ing stuff into tomorrow, right?

I did start some on gathering up the stacks of receipts and other papers from the dining room table this afternoon. I really want to get that cleared off and where I can w**k on some more MRR kits tomorrow afternoon. Maybe get the background warehouse back on track to being ready to test-fit on the layout before toooooo much longer. We'll see, though.

I'll settle back down with my dinner for now. Janie, could I have another glass of this Finger Lakes wine, please? Glad that Ray arranged to have a boxcar load shipped to the Diner.

Prayers for healing of legs and other ailments, and a good night's rest for all you Diners (and hope Morgan did great on his SAT today!).

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Jerry: Sorry to hear about your leg. I know what a bother those pressure sores can be. I've been fighting with the one on my right foot for five years now.

[howmus]

Evenin' folks!

Been a busy but productive day on the home front....  I now have everything done that had to be done on Friday!  For me, that is good. Got the lawn mowed, finished weeding the herb garden/asparagus patch, finished the data sheets for the MLK Comittee and took the originals back to the former President of the comittee (that way if they don't make it to Monday's meeting, I'm not to blame ), drove to Canandaigua and fed my sister's cat and watered all her plants, created the agenda for Deacons next Wednesday and emailed it out to everyone, and now have officially collapsed for the rest of the evening!

Garry that is horrible news!  I do hope you have a dehumidfier running down there.  The most important thing is to dry things out ASAP.  Hopefully as the benchwork dries out the backdrop will go back into shape. 

Jerry, you are in my prayers for getting that leg healed up.  Man that hurts just to think about it!  Sounds like that puppy needs to have his toenails clipped. 

Got a DVD in the mail today from one of my Lakeshores Division NMRA Committee members.  It is a DVD of a film advertising MOW equipment back in the 1920s.  Haven't watched it yet, but I hope to pick up some ideas for detailing the layout.

Flo. I'll just have a nice big mug of decafe please! 

[Cox 47]

Evening all...Slipped awayand checked in while I' posta be on a bathroom run....Dog is a German Shepard pup about 6 months old...ER Dr. said He wants to leave staples in for 3 weeks as He dosn't think because of My other problems it will be hard to get healed up...been fighting pressure sores for over a year..Have a good one...Jerry

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello..

It looks like a productive weekend so far in the diners!  I am glad to see it.

I mentioned we were on a trip. Upon return, I discovered a problem in our lower level (Basement for northerners)  One of our water heaters was leaking, and a lot of leaking water missed the drain in the floor next to it. The lower level has always been dry, but not now.  The humidity is rather bad.

On the layout, my paper backdrops with all the clouds are screwed up by the problem. I have about 90' of the backdrops installed, and I hope when things dry it will be OK. This may be a huge backward step for my layout progress.

 

[LSWrr]

Afternoon all,

This morning I stripped several layers of old paint off of 2 Atlas GP7’s using Chameleon model paint stripper.  I was very impressed it removed enamel spray paint and acrylic latex paint all the way down to near white plastic.

Currently I’m repainting several used hopper cars getting them ready for LS&W markings and I put a fresh coat of gloss black on the GP7’s.

The molds; 2 out of 8 plaster molds came out fine on my first attempt to create latex molds.  These are sacks on pallets.  I’ve been pouring latex over lumber stacks and some junk piles for the past week.  The final application of latex was applied Thursday night and I’m still waiting for them to cure.

Jeff, nice hot dog stand.

Jerry, I hope you’re feeling better, when do the stitches come out?

Rob, I remember reading an article in Model railroader where a guy hid speakers around his layout.  The volume was turned down so you would have to be standing in front of a certain section to hear the sounds, but he had crickets, thunder, kids playing, and a base ball game all running off Radio Shack tape recorders.

 

[gear-jammer]

Good afternoon, All.  Chloe, I will have a hot cider on this raining  afternoon.  Did I hear that Jerry is buying?  We should thank him.

I am still working  on  the streambed.  It takes forever to do an inch.

Later,  Sue

[Cederstrand]

Coffee refill, please. 

***Jerry, major bummer about the ER trip. I too am curious what kind of dog that was? Sending healing thoughts your way. 

***Ole Timer, I may still have an old Radio Shack reverb unit from my monster making days. It would be burried somewhere in my dungeon though. One day it would be fun to make a soundtrack from our own farm and have it playing under the wife's (HO) farm.

Picked up the following stuff on the-bay today. Am going to need a LOT more tunnel portals. Anyone know anything about this bridge? I just hope it isn't total junk and can be made to look decent. Might resell the engine house, as I have not planned for one.

Spent a good hour gluing and hacking at some foam in the train room. This time it was on MY layout for a change.

Something went wrong with my barely run (N) Heritage Berkshire loco. Suddenly stopped, made a hum and now if you put major current to it, you can hear the motor run but no go? Think something in it busted or slipped out of place? Suggestions? I'll have to wait until I get a magnifier to bother opening it up. Wahhhhhh!

Rob

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Jerry. I'm sorry to hear about your trip to ER, and I hope you are not in too much pain. If I may ask, what in the world kind of dog was that? Sounds like a mix between a pit bull and a kodiak bear!

I posted an SD7 in the WPF for all you SD fans.

Happy Model Railroading

[Cox 47]

Afternoon All...Its sunny and 61 here..I just slipped it to computer ...My Son has Sallie's day bed well on its way to being ready to use...My time in here may be alittle limited for awhile..My Sons Dog was setting in my chair with me last nite when He jumped down He stepped on  my leg...Ended up in ER took 10 staples to close Dr. says it will be slow to heal and have to spend as much time as I can with my legs up..probaly gonna cut down on modeling some to..Before they catch me I'd better get back in my chair!..LOL...You all have a good week-end...Jerry

[Ole Timer]

 I like the LEDs over bulbs ... less heat ... last 20 times or more longer .... and you can run more of them in a confined area .... plus they come in colors . No large sockets to mount either .... less power drain . 

 Cedarstrand ... radio shack used to make a little reverb addon I used ... it added just the right effect for alot of sounds including thunder ... it's variable on the reverb . Even makes train yard and engine sounds more realistic . I used to play train yard sounds in the backround .... am going to again if I ever get this layout started ... LOL .

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Cederstrand

***Jeffrey, what kind of paint did you spray on that building and what was the % mix of alchohol to paint?? That's an approach I would like to try on some of the wife's structures.

My weathering mix contains 1/2 an ounce of Folk Art 479 Pure Black acrylic paint mixed with 16 ounces of 70% rubbing alcohol. Shake well.

 

Just placed my order with Walther's. The total came to $59.93. That includes $14 for shipping (2-4 business days).

Items ordered are:

245-DZ125 24.99 each - Quantity 1 @ 24.99

506-130 4.98 each - Quantity 1 @ 4.98

433-1331 7.98 each - Quantity 2 @ 15.96 

[Cederstrand]

Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.

***Jeffrey, what kind of paint did you spray on that building and what was the % mix of alchohol to paint?? That's an approach I would like to try on some of the wife's structures.

***Robby, you have my sympathies with the Inlaws. Sometimes they're nothing but trouble.

The worst of the storm was south of us. Spent about 30 minutes last night out on the screened porch enjoying Mother Natures fireworks display. Really enjoyed her sound system. Just can't capture thunder quite the same way with man made speakers.

Have a good day all. Rob

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Robby: I know what it's like being with relatives like that. I have a ton of them and many of them are Native American. Fortunately they live far enough away that a social call (visit) is out of the question. That's a good thing as being near most of them feels more like a trip to the dentist for root canal surgery.

[Robby P.]

Its a sunny/rainy day today.  Not to much planned either.

The wife, and her brother got in a arugement last night.  The B-I-L left, and maybe he went home (FL).  He was being disrepectful, and not listening.  So................he had to go!!!

Now, I feel like I'm not babysitting.  Even thou he's 27.  It ended up being a BIG mess last night.  At least thats over.

We might go to a LHS, and maybe hand around town.

Guys/gals, I guess I will be back in later.

Jeff, nice looking hotdog stand.  I miss my Hobby Lobbys!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 71 and partly cloudy. The high will be around the mid 80's and it will be partly cloudy.

Went to Alexandria yesterday to visit the LHS and found that is was closed for the weekend so I went to Hobby Lobby instead. Picked up Bob's hot dog stand (on sale 1/3 off) and a Bachmann Erie Lackawanna covered hopper. Both went under the weathering spray of alcohol/black acrylic last night just before dark and they look fairly good now. Plans for today are still undetermined. I'm currently looking through the Walther's monthly flyer. I'll be ordering a Digitrax DZ125 decoder (245-DZ125) and I'm considering the lumber stack (506-130) and the National Oil Company (433-1331). I may order two of them.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      5/2/2009

Heat Index:  77°F
Humidity:  95%
Dew Point:  70°F

So Far Today
High:  72°F
Low:  71°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  9mph S

Today  High: 88    Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight  Low: 72    Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.