Never mind, I see Jim made it in.
Robby- Thanks for the toilet shot. I've always been oddly curious. Hey, I'm a guy. Strange things interest me.
EDIT- Oh crud. I should have counted. Eat up folks. At the rate the chow hounds, as PC calls us, have been visitin, I may have to wait on the tables too!!
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.
I'll have a tall stack of pancakes, a western omelet and a tall cold glass of oj.
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
Here ya go Jeff. Just the way you like em. Syrups on the table here's a bottle of hot sauce and a bottle of Picante for the omlet. Hey, I told you I might have to wait on tables to pay for this page. End of the month ya know.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Raisin Bran and a dark roast coffee is a FGLK Mug. Bring it to me in the front booth so I can watch some of the switching going on outside.
Tom, Tenors! Nobody likes tenors. Especially other tenors.......... I sang tenor for a while, almost two weeks, back in 8th, grade. Then I went right to bass. It was a tough year for me in chorus. Couldn't sing high enough to be a tenor, and couldn't sing low enough to be a bass. By the time college rolled around I had settled into a nice Bass/Baritone range. Everybody likes Bass/Baritones. Speaking of "side effects" why is it in all those old operas, that the Tenor gets the prima donna leading lady (Why he'd want her I don't know)? In real life (according to a study done back in the 80s) it is more apt to be the bass as he has more............. ah, never mind.
Inch that was great! ROFL! I'll have to dig out a similar one explaining educationalese.
It is currently 48°F (just a couple days ago it was in the 90s) here in the Finger Lakes. Going to go all the way up to 60°F later this afternoon. It is also going to be nice and sunny this morning and partly cloudy this afternoon.
My sister is on her way to South Carolina to harass, er visit an old college friend for a week. So guess who gets to go take care of her rotten cat............
Hope all of you 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!
TMarshJeff- Trust me, a workbench, in my case an old desk we don't use anymore, doesn't keep the layout cleaned off! You didn't mention a kitchen table so I'm assuming that has been exchanged for layout space. (not a bad swap, that's why God gave us laps when we sit down). Do you maybe have room for a temporary bench? Like a hinged board deal you could attach to an edge of the layout and then drop when not needed? Or would it block the exit in case of an emergency or the bathroom for the other "emergency".
One of the fire fighters on the third floor went to turn the AC on and there was a slight problem. Somebody's wallet is gonna feel that!
Jeff,
Sounds like it's time to build a shed. I have the same problem and the only time the layout gets "cleared off" is when company comes over. Sunday I had to set up another card table to hold the loot from the train show.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning all...its cloudy and 64 here....I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank You...It was like Christmas here yesterday I got 2 packages from Eric...He sent enough track to finnish fiddle yard and more too..a bunch of cars and cabooses for rehab,a Gp 18 to rehab and a Atlas Dash 8-40B...This is my first Atlas engine and it runs great,great slow speed and already has M/T couplers...I have said it before but I'll say it again..We got some Fine Folks here in the Diner!
Inch...I ask them down at the Store why no Model Railroader mags...They told Me the company that brought them went out...That will mean IGA's in Marshall and Casey too...Looks like everyone around here will have to subscribe!..
Jeff...Good thing that AC didn't hit one of the fire trucks or firemen!...I look forward to your photos and modeling ever day!...
You all have a good one....Jerry
Well I did another "steel plate load" today. The other one sold last night. So thats what I have been working on today.
I also won a Life Like engine, and dummy engine. I won them together for $6.66. It might be the cheap engine, but they looked great. Nothing broke, or missing. I will "weather" them up, and you won't tell they are cheap.
Jeff, might wanna get a bracket for that AC.
I guess I will run, so give me a sweet tea to go.
Everybody have a good one.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby- Well now, cheap is a dangerous term we all use. I don't think I'd pay new price for a Life-Like, a lot of people don't have problems with them. I did. But for 6 bucks.....! I mean that's 3 and some change a piece! Great score!
Todd, I agree. Not to bad for $6. I sold my NS engine, and it was used for the upper part of the layout. These engines will do the same. I thought something like "Life Like" will be just fine for that.
Here's a shot of them.
twhiteSawyer: Read your article in the new MODEL RAILROAD NEWS. Good on you, buddy! I like it a lot. Does this mean you have a monthly column? And if I happened to miss an announcement in the last Diner, my congratulations!
Sawyer: Read your article in the new MODEL RAILROAD NEWS. Good on you, buddy! I like it a lot. Does this mean you have a monthly column? And if I happened to miss an announcement in the last Diner, my congratulations!
Thanks Tom! I still haven't gotten my MRN, so I haven't seen the article yet. As to the column, well, yes and no. Right now, a fellow TAMR member will be writing until the summer comes, when I will actually have the time to sit down and write articles, and not worry about school (when I could write, aka weekends, are going to be filled w/ an english1 project). After school, I'll be writing articles, and any other TAMR member that submits one will get it published.
Robby, sounds awesome man! Mind giving me a link to the salt hopper pics? I need inspiration REAL bad for my plastic pellet hoppers! Sweet locos as well.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
The AC unit is back where it belongs.
Sawyer, I will get you them tomorrow. I have a few to show you.
howmusTom, Tenors! Nobody likes tenors. Especially other tenors.......... I sang tenor for a while, almost two weeks, back in 8th, grade. Then I went right to bass. It was a tough year for me in chorus. Couldn't sing high enough to be a tenor, and couldn't sing low enough to be a bass. By the time college rolled around I had settled into a nice Bass/Baritone range. Everybody likes Bass/Baritones. Speaking of "side effects" why is it in all those old operas, that the Tenor gets the prima donna leading lady (Why he'd want her I don't know)? In real life (according to a study done back in the 80s) it is more apt to be the bass
That is because----oh----bother!
Actually, Ray, I always wondered about this little headscratcher---I, at one time, got told that I was a contrabass.Is this just another form of tenor? Or baritone?---and why all these titles when one's voice tended to be really odd anyhow---.Of course when I got to the point of 'singing' in this band I was in, I ended up sounding like one of the voices of doom used in haunted houses----"Come my pretties, come!!"
I just got back from a longish meeting that ended up having two nincumpoops--(are we allowed to vent in this form?) dismissed from the meeting by moi saying---"Out of order! Out!"--they left---sheepishly. We got everything done in 1/2 hr after they left---mirror had NO effect AT ALL So I'm left with idea that some people can be so full of themselves that----
The thing about the meeting was that we took all the parts that they had quibbles with and jammed them back on their heads---being that they are in the committee doing these things and told them to fix the dang things so that there is less hoohaw---again, meaning they'll have to come to SOME sort of agreement!!-----so there--HHHAAAARRUUMPH!!!
Anyhooo-'Spring' is demanding headbutt time----so, how was your day?
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/
Large coffee TO GO, please. Have some farm chores to do shortly.
***Robby, very cool getting to tour that loco & snap some pics. Also, congrats on those 2 model locos for $6. Can't go wrong there.
Added some texture, then paint to the wife's Drive In screen structure today. Nothing else to report on.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Rob
Afternoon, all.
Chloe, I'll have my usual Chuck-Eye, broiled rare, a baked potato with the trimmings and some of that steamed Victoria Island California Delta Asparagus I sent you the other week.
I've been working on the MR all day, and I'm HUNGRY!
Well, got the last of the semaphores installed on the layout today--and I've got two left over. Yah, right, plan ahead?
Now I'll be frank, I don't know if the Rio Grande ever had semaphores (all the photos I've seen show 3-position light signals), and if they ever did, they probably didn't have upper-quadrant--I think those were pretty much of an NP/ATSF thingie out here in the wild west. SP used lower-quadrant, but I've always had a thing about those upper-quadrant semaphores, for some strange reason, so that's what I'm using.
Anyhoo, here's a photo of one of the double-blades at Sierra City Junction with my little 4-6-0 heading onto the main.
Jim: The Tomar's come already built, all you have to do is wire them up and stick 'em into the ground. I'm using them manually, but they will operate with a Tortoise machine. I'm running my lights off of Tomar 1.5 volt battery boxes with a switch. Easy hookup, and all you need is a whole bunch of Energizer Bunnies. Pretty simple. Tomar offers upper and lower quadrant semaphores and a whole slew of searchlight signals. I think they're really nicely detailed.
Barry: Contrabass? That's a guy whose voice begins in his Big Toe, LOL! You don't HEAR a Contrabass as much as you FEEL one singing. I've got one in my Jesuit Choir that just blows me away. He's a terrific singer and a real Goofball. Frankly, I'd like to adopt him.
Ray: The story about tenors reminds me about a singer (baritone) from San Francisco Opera that I accompanied for years. He had a T-shirt that said, "BARITONES CAN DO WHAT TENORS ONLY DREAM ABOUT!" Okay, okay, I'm stopping here, because one of my very favorite people is an absolutely TERRIFIC tenor who is making a big name for himself in the European Operatic scene these days. I worked with him when he was a student here in Sacramento, and you couldn't find a nicer guy--or a more talented one. One lovely thing about musical 'rules', there's always the Exception.
Jeff: Glad that AC got hauled back up into the fire-station window. Especially in Louisiana! I remember getting out of the car in Monroe, one time and the crease in my pants just disappearing. Have you seen the Dr. about the foot, yet? Keep us posted.
Well, that's about it from SunnyCal--weather is calm and cool, no pollen, we're expecting some rain this weekend--and low snow again. Hm. In May. Hey, we'll take whatever we can get.
Best to all, prayers to those in need.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
twhiteJeff: Glad that AC got hauled back up into the fire-station window. Especially in Louisiana! I remember getting out of the car in Monroe, one time and the crease in my pants just disappearing. Have you seen the Dr. about the foot, yet? Keep us posted.
blownout cylinderActually, Ray, I always wondered about this little headscratcher---I, at one time, got told that I was a contrabass.Is this just another form of tenor? Or baritone?---and why all these titles when one's voice tended to be really odd anyhow---.Of course when I got to the point of 'singing' in this band I was in, I ended up sounding like one of the voices of doom used in haunted houses----"Come my pretties, come!!"
Now Barry it is really quite simple. In the male voice, it goes like this from highest to lowest:
Counter Tenor - The highest male voice, actually sings the same stuff as the Contralto. Our friend Sawyer had an episode of this during one of his soccer games if I recall.......
Bargain Counter Tenor - the same as above but works for free.
Lyric Tenor - High male voice who sings in such as way so that you can understand the words.
Dramatic Tenor - One of those guys you kicked out of the meeting today.
Baritone - Sings lower than a Tenor but higher than a Bass.
Bari Bari Tone - A sick male singer.
Bass Baritone - One who can actually reach some of the low notes. Also: see below.
Bass - 1. A stand on which you can place things 2. Debauched.
Basso - Usually the Father or the Doctor in Italian Operas.
Basso Buffo - Either a male singer with a great sense of humor or one who sings in the nude. Or both.
Basso Profundo - A very large proportioned male singer. He usually arrives on the scene in a single pile. He also arrives backwards but no one seems to notice........
Basso Blotto - A man with a low voice from drinking too much.
There I think I covered it all. Does it make sense now?
howmusThere I think I covered it all. Does it make sense now?
I thought it made dollars. But. Oh well----
Might explain the "Come my pretties---" maneuver I'd do in one of our pieces------
Robby P.Sawyer, I will get you them tomorrow. I have a few to show you.
Awesome man! I've sorta got an idea of what else I can do.
Ray--
OMYGAW, you've been reading Peter Schickele again, LOL!
Barry: He covered it all except for one:
ACCOMPANIST: The guy who has to put up with it all and generally gets his name left off of the concert program.
We Live To Serve.
twhiteBarry: He covered it all except for one: ACCOMPANIST: The guy who has to put up with it all and generally gets his name left off of the concert program.
I thought that was the Accomplice.............
Tom just for you (and all other people who weren't paying attention in 8th. grade music class).
GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL INVECTIVEAccidental - 1. A sharp or flat notated within the body of the written music which is not part of the key signature. 2. A sharp or flat not notated within the body of the written music typically played by someone in the viola section. 3. Son or daughter of the conductor.Chorale - Fenced-in area in a church reserved for people who spontaneously break out into song during a service.Choral Director - Person responsible for getting people in the Chorale (see above) to stop singing, usually accomplished by wild hand gestures but not always.Concerto Grosso - A concerto written for accordion and orchestra.Major - When the viola section is more than 3 measures ahead of or behind the rest of the orchestra.Minor - 1. When the viola section is less than 3 measures ahead of or behind the rest of the orchestra. 2. Age group of the girl living with the conductor.Natural - 1. A note neither flat nor sharp. 2. A note that cannot be produced bya coloratura soprano.Opus - 1. A single musical piece or set of pieces usually designated by a number. 2. Exclamation made when noticing that a cut has become infected.Ricercar - Japanese automobile.Ritard. - 1. Abbr. for ritardando. 2. Syn. for viola, first chair.Sforzando - Sound made by members of the percussion section by cupping right hand under left armpit and moving left elbow up and downSlur - 1. An arc placed above or below a group of notes calling for legato playing. 2. A comment made in private by a member of the orchestra concerning the conductor.Tutti - Fiat horn sound.Obligato - being forced to practice.Con Moto - yeah baby, I have a car.Allegro - a little car.Metronome - short, city musician who can fit into a Honda Civic.Lento - the days leading up to Easter.Largo - beer brewed in Germany or the Florida Keys.Piu Animato - clean out the cat's litter box.Con Spirito - drunk again.Colla Voce - this shirt is so tight I can't sing.Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down.Prelude - warm-up before the clever stuff.Flats - English apartments.Chords - things organists play with one finger.Discords - thing that organists play with two fingers.Suspended Chords - useful for lynching the vocalist.Time Signatures - things for drummers to ignore.Melody - an ancient, now almost extinct art in songwriting.Klavierstuck - A term used by German furniture movers attempting to get a piano through a narrow doorway.Music Stand - An intricate device used to hold music. Comes in two sizes - too high or too low - always broken.Tonic - A medicinal drink consumed in great quantity before a performance and in greater quantity afterwards.Dominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.Concert Hall - A place where large audiences gather for the sole purpose of coughing and removing paper wrappings from candy and gum.Sotto Voce - singing while drunk.Agogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.Cadenza - slapping noise on office furniture.Fandango - grabbing the pull chain on the ceiling fan.Prima Volta - jump start with a battery.Refrain - proper technique for playing bagpipes.Smorzando - with melted chocolate and marshmallow.
Oh Zoe can I have a plater of Smorzandos.......
Evening Chloe. No, I didn't slip in when you weren't looking. After brunch this morning, I went to the back booth to think about some ideas for the layout and.... snork, zznnn, - huh? Oh, I guess I got a bit tired and musta dozed off a bit. Let me please have a slice of butterscotch pie - nope, I'll have mine on the plate, too. Thanks! Oh yes, and a refill on my coffee. Thanks again.
CederstrandJeffrey, I hope you'll leave the "perfect" UP color scheme alone!?! (I have a low hood Atlas SD24, but in N scale) Most important of all, get that foot looked at asap. Don't be scaring us!
Amen to that one, Rob -
Jeff, the question is NOT 'are you', but 'how soon are you' going to get by the doctor to have 'em take a gander at your foot. No taking chances there! Listen to Nik.n's quote as a 'hint...' Hey, on your workbench, maybe you could do a Mission Impossible thing, and hang the thing on pulleys and cords from the ceiling, and lower it when you need to work on something (just keep the heavy containers stored elsewhere). I liked your photo of the city on the layout - that you posted this morning. I hope they pay their firefighters a good wage there - that guy's gonna be a bit short in his next check (or two)...
Robby, how did you get the brownish cast to those 'steel' plates (on the tops)? It almost looks like you hit them with a light coat of RR tie brown or something like that. Another excellent job - I have a long way to go to even start toward that! Kudoes on getting to ride on that diesel, and don't forget those pics of the rusty prototype cars, too! Good score on those Santa Fe's.
Barry, so when you were having this 'meditation' period, I hope you had paper in hand or something, so the CFO didn't think you were just 'thinking', right?
HEY! PC! Some of us like to eat our food without scraping it off the walls first, y'know? So what've you been doing today? Anything new in your neck o' the woods?
Eric (and our other seasonal sufferers) - you definitely wouldn't like it here in SE Missouri the past couple of days. Yesterday morning I had some of those yellow spiral polleny things on the car's hood (and my car is parked under a tree, either. (Ah-choo! a-choooo!) S'cuse me, please. Hey, bet that guy will think twice before going to court to argue with your judge... Another possibility would be, arm the rigs with a big ol' water cannon and 'wash' them out of your way! (Heh, heh, heh....)
Corey, how're your arms after all the 'wax on, wax off' on your car, grasshopper? I know what you mean about tar - had a white 1996(? I think) Chevy Lumina for a while, and it was bad about that too. Making headway on your viaduct and surrounding area, it sounds like.
Hey, Tom, not so hard on all us tenors (ouch!)- some of us warm up and try to listen extra carefully! But the ones like that tenor you had, do need a little reality check... (Helps 'em get through the doorways more easily without getting their head stuck)
Inch, you've done it again with that HR list! I think you've been peeking in our other policy manual (the one we didn't get to read during our training and orientation). My favorite HR technique is that lovely phrase that's the last one in your job descriptions:
"...and other duties as needed/required." (Meaning, "We reserve the right to double and triple your job responsibilities when one or more of your co-workers leaves.")
Lee, I didn't think you were that old..... OH, you meant the 1960's! (Sorry 'bout that...)
Hey Garry, I probably just squeaked in under the wire before they put the padlock on, as when my post came up, my post had the 'Edit' choice on it, but Bill (RT)'s above me had the padlock on it. I just went back to look, and it's not locked - but there's a rather mean-looking guard dog staked in that area, so I didn't stick around long.
Well, I can die happy now - I see Robby's posted the toilet shot.
Sawyer, congrats on the article (and those to come)! I guess your soccer teams there don't do like our youth leagues here (which seem to go about year round). Enjoy your summer!
Ray - Great list there! (And I like your Accompanist description, Tom) In one church choir I was in, we had a woman who - I guess - was a 'counter counter contralto' (sang with the tenor section). Don't think I've ever heard a counter bass, myself. Me, I usually wound up covering somewhere between the tenor and bariton sections - had a voice teacher in one college class I took tell me I was a 'lyric tenor' (maybe he meant I was to 'mouth' the lyrics and let the real tenors carry the tune?). I liked (trying) to sing along with Art Garfunkel's part on several of the Simon & Garfunkel stuff. Saw them perform at Washington Univ. (the one in St. Louis) way back then (about 1968 or so).
Tom, thanks for the info on the Tomar semaphores. I'd been eyeing them, but the price of 'em intimidated my budget a bit... I'll have to catch them on sale someplace, I expect. Since my RR connects between the Rio Grande and the Santa Fe, I figure I can make up an excuse for whatever signals I want to use, right?
We had a foggy morning today (couple of area schools were on delayed schedule because of it), but it cleared off and got into the upper 70's (F) today, even though they were saying we might get scattered showers. I think they were very widely scattered - like St. Louis and Memphis apart! The weatherguessers are saying thundershowers tomorrow, too. We'll see, I say.
Guess I'll have another cup of coffee, Chloe, before I get ready to head for home. Thanks.
Prayers for healing (of feet and other parts), comfort, a good night's rest, and a safe trip back home for Ed and his family (and for that swine flu to be gone before they get there!).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Ray - you forgot one on your list:
Perfect pitch - when the banjo goes into the dumpster without hitting any of the four sides on the way in.
JimRCGMORay, you forgot one on your list:Perfect pitch - when the banjo goes into the dumpster without hitting any of the four sides on the way in. Jim in Cape Girardeau
Ray, you forgot one on your list:
howmusConcerto Grosso - A concerto written for accordion and orchestra.
Concerto Grosso should've been defined as written for 'Sweetpea"---my sisters cat. When she tries to pick the little one up when playing she gets a full concerto grosso in the ears-----
howmusTime Signatures - things for drummers to ignore.
And misbegotten--besodden as well--bass players
howmusDominant - What parents must be if they expect their children to practice.
Or like Sweetpea--do not pick me up. I'm playing----
howmusSotto Voce - singing while drunk.
Or 'Spring'--always asking Why?---quietly
howmusAgogic - playing high enough on an oboe to make the eyes bulge.
Me playing bass sax---I'd look it--
howmusPrima Volta - jump start with a battery
Or mouth to microphone--outside---kinda humid---OUCH!!
Some variations on a theme----
JimRCGMOJeff, the question is NOT 'are you', but 'how soon are you' going to get by the doctor to have 'em take a gander at your foot. No taking chances there! Listen to Nik.n's quote as a 'hint...' Hey, on your workbench, maybe you could do a Mission Impossible thing, and hang the thing on pulleys and cords from the ceiling, and lower it when you need to work on something (just keep the heavy containers stored elsewhere). I liked your photo of the city on the layout - that you posted this morning. I hope they pay their firefighters a good wage there - that guy's gonna be a bit short in his next check (or two)...
As far as the ceiling rig goes, no can do. The ceiling is too low. It's only 6 feet 3.5 inches an dis 3/8 panel board secured to 1x2's.
The photo you saw this morning is just a small part of the layout. It's really quite large considering the space.
Hello...
I see some music humor here tonight. I will take notes, said Garry holding no bars. OOPS! I hope I do not get in treble. ...and there is Ray....Are you using bass wood on the layout, Ray? ....and then there is Tom W. ...Tom, I bet those meds will prevent you from singing soprano!...You guys should have your fiddle yards on your layouts by now.
Oh, never mind.
Hey. Some of you may recall I will sometimes poke fun at our little Rednecksville here. The best restaurant in town is the Cracker Barrel at the Interstate exit. The second best restaurant is the Godfather Pizza franchise at the Marathon gas station.
Well, guess what. The Cracker Barrel had to close to repair fire damage. It is alleged that the guy who cleans the building in the middle of the niight set it on fire. It was said that he lighted five fires in the building and next he called the fire department on 911.
What a dummy. Arson can land him in prison. This falls in the stupid criminal category. He was the only one in the building and he called 911.
It is hard to imagine why people do such stupid stuff.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Jim, I used a "Windsor Newton Oil" for the rust on the ends. I then added some rust color powder, on top of the oil paints. I have been doing these and selling them on "the bay". Making some extra money. As far as the engines, well they won't look like that for long!!!
Sawyer, heres some shots. I know its not the next day, but I'm not sleepy.