Robby P. - I keep my fingers crossed - for the job and for the baby you and your wife may be expecting!
My son is the best I ever made...
Gooooooood Morning. The rain has stopped, and its suppose to clear up today.
Well FedEx called yesterday, but the number they gave me to call for a interview was disconnected. I called them this morning, and the lady said she will have the other lady call me again. I guess she won't be in till later. So I hope I get this. I normally do good at interviews.
Jim.....When the Cards came to Pittsburgh about a year or so ago, my wife caught a batting practice ball from Albert. Two guys went for the ball and missed, and she grabbed it. Its just a plain old baseball, with grass stains on it. It makes you wonder how many ball parks its been in, before she grabbed it.
Todd.........Thats why I keep doing boxcars. They seem to be the "hot" item right now. The Ann Arbor car is going to Norwegen. Hopefully its not to much to ship. I had to use that car to pay my fees of $71 dollars . I wasn't to happy about it. I'm honestly debating to get another car today, or wait and see what happens with the FedEx job. If I get it, I won't do them as much. Plus a guy in Australia is sending some cars for me to do for him. So....it seems like I will be busy enough.
On another note. Remember my wife had surgery in May, that if we want to have kids/get rid of pains she was having....That she need the left tube removed. Well she hasn't been feeling good, and called the doctor. They said to take a preg. test, and she did. All three came up positive (pregnant). She had blood work done this morning, to make 100% sure she is. BUT she has all of the signs that she is. Now thats why I hope the FedEx job works out. It was honestly a miracle it happened the first time. That also has me alittle worried. Hopefully I have someone watching out over us, and I'm sure it will all workout. I know we have been at the bottom of the barrell for awhile now.
Well I better get off of here. I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
TMarshJeff- was the salsa incident a moment of distraction or was it a confusion from the stroke? I hope it was just a duh moment, I know my wife has dumped some strange stuff into strange things from being distracted.
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Good Mornin Just coffee please. 66 F right now, Partly cloudy with a high of 81F, only 10% chance of rain.
Waited tables for two nights in a row so I have a bit of eeeeextry cash in my pocket so you know what I'm a thinking'???? I'll give you a hint, it involves Popeye's Chicken. Give up? I'll give you a couple more minutes. It's an easy one. A bowl of Post Toasties to the winner.
Sawyer- Sorry to hear of your break up. There'll be another, and another and another. Sometimes you'll walk away crying and sometimes you'll run away asking why did I ever??!! Ah, sometimes love is like an oatmeal sandwich.
Robby- Say, is this a sign that things are getting better in the economy? Or a sign that more and more people are watching your auctions. Excellent job and in 2 hours!! What did you say 30 min for the last one? I certainly hope this pace keeps up.
Jeff- was the salsa incident a moment of distraction or was it a confusion from the stroke? I hope it was just a duh moment, I know my wife has dumped some strange stuff into strange things from being distracted.
Ulrich- You're still on the list.
OK times up, A trip to Castle Trains sillies. My FLHS of course. Gosh, you guys. Oh well, Zoe, set up whoever wants a bowl anyway.
Have a Great Day!!
Todd
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Good morning.It's 77 and cloudy. The high will be near the mid 90's and there's a chance of rain.Had problem after problem with the cable internet out here yesterday, indeed, for the majority of the last week! There's a loose connection in the area for sure, as the signal seem to go on and off seemingly with a change in the wind. There's supposed to be a tech coming out here this morning to check the problem out. Well, we'll see if he's a tech or just another wiseguy who tries to protect the company by claiming it's a problem with the users equipment. If it's a problem with my equipment then there's a bunch of people having the same identical problem as it's an area of over a hundred square miles calling in about it (Got that from the crew in Tyler yesterday). On the MR front I'm sorting through my boxcars that have roofwalks. Those that have roofwalks that can be easily removed will have them removed and remain in service. The others which have roofwalks that can't be removed (molded on) will be retired to the storage cabinet above the layout. I'm not concerned about the position of brake wheels too much as many older boxcars still had the brake wheel up high for years even after the roofwalk was removed. Roofwalks on covered hoppers are necessary for obvious reasons and so are not a problem. Got the parent's yard mowed yesterday before it got too hot to work outside. Even then I still felt like a big water drop when I finished. If my sister remembers to get some gas today I'll mow her yard this weekend.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 7/30/2009Heat Index: 83°FHumidity: 94%Dew Point: 75°FSo Far TodayHigh: 78°FLow: 77°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph NNEThrough 5 AM...patchy very light showers will continue to push east across inland southeast Texas and central Louisiana. Rainfall amounts will be just a few hundredths of an inch in most locations.Today High: 95 Increasing clouds. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.Tonight Low: 75 Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Good Morning
We're actually going to have a few days with more sun than cloud--with any luck at all The weatherguessers have us as having a partly to mostly sunny day with no chance of showers and a high of 24C and a low tonight at 12C. Tomorrow will be a mostly sunny day with the high at 26C. Humidity levels are going to be a little more reasonable as well--
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Ulrich: Got you on our prayer list----Hope the dang thing thing turns out in your favour
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Got a few more things to write screeds about then it'll be off for the 4 day weekend-- I've done some of the preliminary stuff here at the house so's I can get at the office writing earlier---heeheehee
Zoe--I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel with cream cheese please----oh, and the next time Ulrich comes in tell him he's on my tab please----I'll be by the RC for a bit
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Good Morning Folks,
here is the weather report for Hamburg, northern Germany and the Islands:
Comment: Yuccch!
Thanks for all the good wishes and keeping your fingers crossed. Hope it will work out, the situation is serious and I mean SERIOUS - the rope is around my neck and the hangman is startung to pull at it... (I am using a diffrerent browser now, so my emoticons are back).
Still trying to figure out how I can turn that carfloat into a detachable staging thing without sacrificing any on the looks of it, yet no idea so far!
Have a GREAT day!
No, Zoe, nor order, can´t afford, I just stuck me head in here to see who´s around.
Good evening from drippy, drizzly, Camp Babcock Hovey here in the Heart of the Finger Lakes.
Today was field trip day for all three sections of SciTek Camp. The Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Section went to the Cornell University Ornithology Lab:
The Engineering Section went to Cornell to visit the Mars Rover Project Lab. Well it was supposed to do that, but the bus broke down and they spent a lot of time waiting................ They did manage to get there for the visit and tour of the NanoTechnology Lab:
Yep, that's them in the funny looking suits.... (A requirement of the Clean Room):
And I went with the Renewable Energy Group to visit the Cohocton, NY Wind Project run by First Wind. They have 50 Turbines in operation totally and can produce 125 MW of Electricity. Enough to power about 54,000 homes when they are all up and running. From the ground to the tip of the rotor when it is at the top, is 420'. Each blade is 154' long and when rotating at 15 RPM, the tips are moving at 100 MPH. Very impressive to stand at the dase and look up at the rotating blades.
We met at the Farm (one of the "host" properties). The Turbine is actually close to a 1/4 mile out in the corn field in back of the barn.....
Here is the kids at the base of the turbine:
The week is going by way too fast.... We have a great bunch of campers! Hope you are all having a great week as well!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Say Chloe, looks like the place is nearly empty but I shouldn't be surprised as it is after 10 p.m. here.
I forgot to wish Ulrich a happy wedding anniversary so Ulrich, please accept my best wishes for many more happy years with your wife. I've been married 27 years now and just can't really believe it sometimes. Good luck with your business too.
I've been very busy and tired lately because of work. I had to go through a Cross Examination of Affadavit which means a lawyer asked me questions for 3 1/2 hours under oath with everything being recorded by a Court Reporter. Our lawyer got into a few squabbles with the other one as she was asking off topic questions and often was getting a little too beligerent. I was just drained after the process but at least it's over for now.
Not much new here except that Robbie is getting bigger by the day. I think his weight has likely doubled in the 2 months we've had him. He is a lot of fun but is really tiring at times. It's quiet now so he must be napping which is a good thing as we'll soon be putting him in his crate for the night.
Another cool week here with temps in the mid 60's F and rain showers. Glad I sold to boat as it has turned out a really poor summer for sailing.
See you soon,
CN Charlie
Evening All..Just stopped in for a double RBF please...Thank You..Still waiting for our daughter to pick up two grand daughters...Grandma and I are getting tired and sleepy!!...Got the new Model Railroader today ...thumbed thru it but didn't see much that interested me..maybe a closer look will turn up something..I thought last month was pretty good...Card are losing to the Dodgers in the 8th...You all have a good one...Jerry
Evenin', Chloe - I'll have a hot fudge sundae and a Santa Fe mug of coffee, please. Thank you.
Well, Ulrich, before you run out of the food money, maybe you can supplement your meals with some roast bear wolf politician? (Just kidding...) Man, we'll need to start putting in the for a quicker meeting with your guy. Two weeks sounds like way too long to have to wait to find out... Like your new plan - you maybe could do the water with the float in place (and a plastic liner under the car float), and then after the water hardens, pull the float out.
And ohmigosh! The Cubs are about to pull ahead of the Cardinals? Yikes!!! (Thump, thud...) Spplassshhh!... Oh, thanks, Robby - I must've passed out or something, I guess. I'm gonna have to find Albert Pujols' phone number and have a heart-to-heart talk with him (and LaRosa, and...) about letting that happen... As for football teams, I don't really have any favorites.
Robby - nice job on that Ann Arbor boxcar, and besides, you didn't want to have those 'non-prototypical' trees in the background, right?
Kevin, hope that there will be enough people to get them to change their minds - that's one whopping cut! Did they give anyone a heads-up that there might be some cuts, or did this come out of the blue?
Rob, I'd say somebody at your FIL's home should be monitoring his meds for him, so they don't have any repeats of that. (And I'd probably agree about hiding that Walthers catalog....)
JP, thanks for filling us in on the home and family topics, and remember to stake out a few square feet somewhere, if only for your MRR display case!
Jeff, have you labelled any of that work gang with 'Slowlink' stencilled across their backs?
Sawyer, are those photos taken in the room you'll be using for the layout? Looks like a lot of light in there, which should be good when you're working on the scenery and such. And I've never quite heard that analogy used before... interesting, indeed!
Chris - looks like whichever paint shop did that covered hopper had the hiccups or something that day (or maybe were hungover?). That looks weird, all right! And that UP/MP combo might've come out of the same paint shop, from the looks of THAT. LOL!
Not much going today - had my morning follow-up people show up, and then about noon when I was gonna get things caught up, one of our Drs. had me called down to his office (had a ranting/raving client in the office who had been threatening the staff and manager at her home, complaining because of not getting as much anxiety meds as the client thought they should've, and threatening to run away. The client was madder than I've ever seen this one in the past (and I've had to commit this one a few times). That went fairly quickly, but took up about all of my lunch hour, so I had to get it all done and get back for my afternoon follow-up people (who didn't show...). Right now, I have a roast in the slow cooker at home. During the week - unless I can get home over lunch - the five hours to cook the thing takes too long to have it ready for dinner (at a decent hour, anyway).
I fiddled around with a different arrangement of industries for the 'future layout' plan, involving the cement plant being added in, and the grain elevator and another building or two being rearranged. I'll try to post an image of it tomorrow night.
I'll be at the RC a bit until I finish up my dessert and coffee.
[Edit] And it looks like I have the night-owl specials tab (and early breakfast crew), as well as Ulrich's lunch tab too, perhaps.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape GIrardeau
grayfox1119Right now at 7:12pm EDST, it is 73F (~23C), the RH is 95% ( saturated air), and the Dew Point is 72F ( fog will be forming soon ), and this is at 72 degrees north latitude, not Jeff''s back yard where this is normal for July !!! Right Jeff ? And no end in sight for at least the next 7 days.
Good evening, Chloe? A burger 'n fries please and thankya...yepper, with a Coke.
Chris: That hopper looked like someone tried to redo a perceived mistake on the stencilling but messed it up even more----makes me wonder what the other side was like---
Yeah, I always kinda wondered the 'how and why' of it...at first I thought it was repainted/relettered...and the newer paint washed off, fell off, whatever, but the lettering held tight. You'd think somebody would get fired doing a job like THAT. I didn't get to see the other side, it was rolling west on an empty grain train through Beverly Yard (Cedar Rapids) in '96. I barely had time to grab the shot I got. I'm about tempted, sometime when I've got a few extra bucks... to grab an Accurail UP hopper, some Microscale decals...and see if I can't duplicate it. It's been "calling to me" ever since I shot it.
Here's why I kinda thought a paint job had washed off:
As you can see, the "Zito" yellow has all but removed itself from the good lead-based "English Stagecoach Yellow" which CNW applied in '81 when they got her from the remains of The ROCK. The bits of primer gray add an interesting touch too. Zito faded big-time, darn-near to white...but this is the only unit I've seen where it just totally came off.
Hey, another one to torment the "experts" in that weathering forum.
Maybe something like this would get an "expert's" knickers in a twist:
I'll take my seat at the Rivet Counter now...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
grayfox1119 Good evening, 3H weather continues here in central New England, the whole northeast for that matter! And, we are zeroeing in on the ALL TIME record rainfall for July. Yes...what a nice record isn't it!!%$$#$ We have more rain tonight, tomorrow and Friday with TS's and downpours, so the record WILL fall. Right now at 7:12pm EDST, it is 73F (~23C), the RH is 95% ( saturated air), and the Dew Point is 72F ( fog will be forming soon ), and this is at 72 degrees north latitude, not Jeff''s back yard where this is normal for July !!! Right Jeff ? And no end in sight for at least the next 7 days.
Good evening, 3H weather continues here in central New England, the whole northeast for that matter! And, we are zeroeing in on the ALL TIME record rainfall for July. Yes...what a nice record isn't it!!%$$#$ We have more rain tonight, tomorrow and Friday with TS's and downpours, so the record WILL fall.
Right now at 7:12pm EDST, it is 73F (~23C), the RH is 95% ( saturated air), and the Dew Point is 72F ( fog will be forming soon ), and this is at 72 degrees north latitude, not Jeff''s back yard where this is normal for July !!! Right Jeff ? And no end in sight for at least the next 7 days.
Isn't it wonderful?----NOT!! We're going for a couple of weeks up to the cottage country in August and if this is all we're going to see then it is going to be bring the books season instead The Muskokas can be rainy enough on its own due to the Georgian Bay/Lake Huron rainshadow effect but come on now---do we really need this on top? Not that it has been all that great here--we're not into record breaking terretory yet but we've had a LOT OF DULL DULL DULL around here--We'll get some t'underin'miniboomlets and then we'll get 2-4 days of dribbling showers with monsoons and then MORE DULL DULL and DULL------anyway off my
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I got back from the office and was surprised by a pair of Gold Finches on our front porch---singing away and me with no camera--- Oh well. I go in---'Spring' was clicking away----in pure hunt mode-----
I'm goin' in for one more day this week then I get 4 day weekend as we're getting a semi sorta kinda pseudo holiday Monday this weekend Then I got one more week and then OFF FOR A WHOLE 4 weeks!!
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a New York Cherry Cheescake please---I'll be at the RC--
grayfox1119JEFF: How fast were you backing up when you slammed into that old lady's car? LOL LOL
Robby P. Jeff.......I've been in the same boat. When the internet starts to act up, the wife resets everything before I blow a "gasket" . DANG technology .
Why do we have this strange weather this season all over the place? Two reasons, a block in the atmosphere in the western Atlantic, and, an El Nino in the eastern to mid Pacific.
ANIMALS HERE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY: Eastern Coyote, a few wolves, Fox, Fisher Cats, Lynx, Cougars (rare, but here), plenty of white tail deer, and a large black bear count, one in the next town recently, and Moose ( one darted in the city just last week ).
ULRICH: 1st, Congratulations on reaching 25 years of marriage, GREAT JOB !!
2nd, I know of several MRR guys that have been married many years, but I don't have the numbers, hopefully they will add them here. My wife and I have been married for 49.2 years, 4 kids, 9 grandkids.
JEFF: How fast were you backing up when you slammed into that old lady's car? LOL LOL
RAY: Your having too much fun, I can tell !!! Don't forget to teach them about " leaves of 3 " !!!!
DUKE: OK, the meal is on me tonight to celebrate you joining the ROF club !!
JERRY: I hear you cleaned out the root beer with all your double floats, now we can't have any until Friday delivery!!! Tsk, tsk.
J.R. Are you up in Der John's neck of the woods???? I thought I read your note about Halifax!
CN CHARLIE: Ahhhh, I see that Summer has arrived for you, lets hope we don't have an early Winter, August begins this Saturday, where the h.. did Summer go? Or was it ever here for long?
J.P. : That is indeed good news, you will soon be a family man, so get ready for the HD jar list..LOL
DER JOHN: No let up in sight, but at least you are making some nice progress on your layout, just think, Fall may be beginning in a few weeks. I know, that was not very funny....
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I guess I will take a sweet tea to go.
The Ann Arbor car I just posted sold!! In just two hours. Its going to Norway, so hopefully its not to much $$$$$$$$.
Jeff.......I've been in the same boat. When the internet starts to act up, the wife resets everything before I blow a "gasket" . DANG technology .
Internet problems continue to rule supreme today! This is seriously ticking me off!
Cederstrand Lemon water, please. ***J.P., which road name is that EMD SD70ACe? A Kato UP Flag version perhaps? Which mine, too? Let me know. Have a good night all. Rob
Lemon water, please.
***J.P., which road name is that EMD SD70ACe? A Kato UP Flag version perhaps? Which mine, too? Let me know.
Have a good night all. Rob
Yes Rob... Julie read me the numbers off the box when she got it Saturday and I was on Walther's site doing research on it when I found that it's the UP one w/ the Flag.
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Got the parents yard mowed this morning before it got too hot. Afterward my mother and I went to town for lunch. We decided on El Giro's and went there. For our drinks I ordered a diet Dr Pepper and she ordered unsweet tea. She ripped open a package of sweet and low to dump into the tea and dumped it in the salsa instead.
Rob: It's a crossover track from the passing siding of the outside loop to the main of the inside loop and sees limited traffic.
AmanaMedicJEFF: I too wondered if that was a w**k gang on-loan from the County lock-up. Didn't see anybody with shotguns though.
lol, Robby, old is dirt nowadays seems to be 105.
Ulrich, I'm jsut delaing with it right now. I'll ge tover it and be friends with her soon, but you know how it is.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Back again - nothin´ on tv, not in the mood for a talk with wife, so better to come here, sit with the chaps and quaff a few...
Robby P. - I just adore your work and your photography - I store all those pics on my PC as a reference for future weathering projects!
Sawyer - women can give you a hard time, but somehow we can´t do without them, can we? Splitting up is tough, but better early than late or too late. Is there a receipe for a good partnership? Yes, there is - next to really loving each other, you need TFT - trust, faith, tolerance and RESPECT. My parents are married nearly 60 years now and that´s what kept them together!
Cheer up ,mate!
Janie, whatever the bloke is having, put it on my tab! (and can I pay next month, please - I am out of money for the moment)
Chris.......I don't post to many pictures in the "pro" website. If I want a really nice car, I might then. Other than that, its very little posting. I can say the last few cars I posted, they really liked. With little to say.
Sawyer........Been in your shoes a good bit, when I was younger (I'm almost 30, and I'm talking like I'm old as dirt). You will know when "shes" the right one.
I finished up the "Ann Arbor" car. I bought another one to weather up. I like the look of these cars. The pictures aren't the best, and its been raining all day. I had to take them inside. Maybe tomorrow I can get better shots.
AmanaMedicPackers#1Chris, puked my guts out, I'm good. I could make a wide variety of comments about THAT...but between Vinnie, and Selector...I'd just get myself into a heap of trouble. So...will just say...glad things are working out for ya! Chris
Packers#1Chris, puked my guts out, I'm good.
I could make a wide variety of comments about THAT...but between Vinnie, and Selector...I'd just get myself into a heap of trouble.
So...will just say...glad things are working out for ya!
LMAO!!!!! Thanks man. eh, she told me she's going to hate herself, but she still wants to be good friends.
EDIT: Whoops! Top. Order up gents... Lucky's got it, thanks to the open expense account with THAT editor...
Chris, puked my guts out, I'm good. And that's actually what I wanted, it's like catching a train at the grade crossing early in the morning, which you might say is what I did.
Good afternoon everybody,
I'll take a large bucket of RBF and settle-in at the Rivet Counter...post-lawn mowing rehab.
ULRICH: Buddy, you keep providing me with all sorts of good ideers for my future layout. I thank you heartily!
SAWYER: Sorry to hear of your latest woman troubles... or on the flip-side...congratulations if indicated?? Let me know if you need the "break-up tunes" list again. Looks like you need a little suplemental artifical light for your pics. Maybe it's my screen setting, but I got a bunch of silhouettes (sp.). Lighting can be a tricky thing. I took some shots a few years back in my RR room, with natural window light. The background looked black like a severe Iowa thunderstorm, instead of the carefully chosen "sky blue" it really is.
RAY: Looks like the campers are having a blast... and the others are having fun too!
JERRY: Did they ever get your lift chair fixed? Glad to hear the power chair is finally scheduled for w**k.
JEFF: I too wondered if that was a w**k gang on-loan from the County lock-up. Didn't see anybody with shotguns though.
*sigh* Gotta look through, edit down, "clean up" (crop & adjust in Photoshop), and format pics from the Johnson County Fair yesterday. Then, I "should" get a little farther on a story I've got simmering on the back burner about an assisted living complex, THAT got fined by the state, and now has dropped the program. Assisted living residents can stay, but have to hire their own "in-home" health services. I gotta talk to the state, the city of North Liberty muckety-mucks, even NLPD to see if there is a story there or not. Also "should" get more info on Purple Martins for a human interest story out of Solon.
Anybody here know anything about Purple Martins???
Have a good-un,
EDIT: Here's a little something to give everybody a nice little headache looking at:
Hey ROBBY P: Give this a try, and see what the "experts" in the weathering forum have to say...
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
***Jeffrey, how busy is that section of track being worked on? I was wondering when the next train is scheduled to come through there and how fast can those wee folk can move?
Rob