Hello..
Ulrich...... Prayers and best wishes for a successful surgery and a prompt, full recovery. ... (btw, any strudel, today ? )
Cheers, everybody
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Went out and got the grocery shopping done. Most $1 TV dinners as the doc won't want me traipsing about in the kitchen much. So for a while it's just gonna be heat-n-eat. Also went to Lowe's and picked up a can of Valspar clear flat spray paint (Wal-Mart didn't have the Krylon Matte-Finish) and a pack of 320 grit sandpaper.
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Good moring. Another pretty day!!! Keep'em coming.
Not to much planned today. Might work on the layout some, and get started on the new boxcars.
Hope everybody is doing good.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Howdy again!
Finishing the coffee here at the Rivet Counter and caught up on some posts I missed...
Ulrich, my prayers to you for a successful surgery, and an easy recovery. I know you will feel much better with that done. Good luck!
Barry, just spent the last 15 minutes watching the videos you posted. Those guys must be out of their minds trying to start an engine that size that is not tied down to something solid!!! I remember several times idling the John Deere A or the 60 that the front end would bounce up and down with the torque of the engine...... And... You have to love that UP Challenger. People can't figure our why there are still those among us that want to model the steam era. They should watch that video! Nothing like it!!!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I need coffee! Dark roast COFFEE! Strong Dark Roast Coffee and I don't care what mug you serve it in this morning....
I tossed and turned most of the night. Allergies kicking in a bit I think, I just couldn't breath right and I had a tickle in my throat. Finally dozed off about 4 AM, got up once at 8:15 to visit the "room down the hall", then slept like a log until 10:30. I would still be sawing wood except that my son called at 10:30. Of course with my hearing, it was just enough to make me wake up, but not enough to say, "Oh the phone is ringing...." Since I promised to help him with a couple of projects today and was expecting that he might call around 11AM, I quick got a pot of coffee on and headed for the shower.
My Son's wife got in a fender bender with her car. Somebody hit her car. So it is in the body shop and should be done this morning. I was to drive Art over to the shop to pick up her car after he dropped off his daughters at day care. He then had an appointment to take his boat trailer down to get it inspected. So far he has not heard from the body shop, his oldest is having a flare up of her rosacea around her eyes, so he is keeping her home today. I will be taking care of her for an hour or so this afternoon. So.... I am "on call" most of today.
I have an old college friend and his wife coming for a short visit on Sunday. Haven't seen them in close to 35 years (we have kept in touch by mail and now email over the years). I have to do some major house cleaning in the next few days! Luckily some of the "house cleaning" involves the layout....
Hope all of you have a great day and my prayers to all in need.
Good Morning--
'Spring' just had to step on to the keyboard and send my post into the aether....
So we'll try another post---
Ulrich: YIKES!! That sounds not so good!! We'll keep you in our prayers-------
We've gots lotsa sun and the high of 24C today---right now out on our lovely deck it is -----9C.
Got some running around to do today and some of that will be to FLHS to see what new stuff showed up. Steve will be spending some time in some line ups to get his student card and such------
Chloe, I'll have an extra strong cup of rawcaffeine please-----I'll be over at the corner booth
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...
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LSWrrJeff, nice looking XM you have there, did you do the weathering?
Good morning.It's 66 and clear. The high will be around 90 and it will be partly cloudy.Today I'll be continuing a couple of projects I was working on yesterday. I need to finish up the new Athearn boxcar. It needs a coat of Matte-Finish and a set of Kadee #5 couplers. Right now it has the cheapee McHenry couplers which I had on it through the weathering process to (1) keep paint from getting into coupler pockets, wadded up paper towel doesn't work all that well. (learned this the hard way) and (2) if a coupler is going to get locked up by paint or whatever I'd much rather it be a cheap piece of junk than a more expensive Kadee. I also need to 'rust up' the axles and the backsides of the wheels. Project #2 is a N Scale tank car I tore down yesterday. I used the Dremel to remove as much of the molded on handrails and grabs as I could get to and now I need to get some fine sandpaper so I can hand sand it smooth. I'll be using it as a HO Scale propane tank. Today is also grocery shopping day so I'll be doing that as well. That's fine, I'll be able to get the Matte-Finish and the sandpaper at the same time. I'll be starting another weathering project today as well. My Bachmann Boise-Cascade all-door boxcar is way too clean and needs some dirtying up so it looks more like my Bachmann Southern all-door boxcar. There are also 2 DPM kits that require my attention. One is the 'Robert's Dry Goods' building (#10200) and the other is the 'Front Street' building (#12000) and I have 2 packs of DPM modular walls to play with.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/3/2009Wind Chill: 66°FHumidity: 77%Dew Point: 59°FSo Far TodayHigh: 69°FLow: 66°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 0mph NNEToday High: 92 Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.Tonight Low: 65 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming light after midnight.
I officially retired from Active Duty on the first; I even have the blue ID card to show for it now!
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Good Morning,
Janie, a glass of milk and a bowl of muesli - I´ll be at the RC to watch who´s dropping in...
Monday will be the day of surgery, i.e. I will have to go into hospital on Sunday morning to get prepared. Unfortunately the surgery isn´t going to be just a walk in the sunshine. I have been complaining about being tired all the time - the reason being that one of my cardiac valves isn´t doing the job it is supposed to do. So it is going to be a repair or exchange job. I don´t like the thought that some ill-paid and overworked surgeon is cutting up "me heart", but there is no way around it.
CU, folks
Hot Cocoa, please.
***Jeffrey, great looking boxcar there.
***Luc, hope Gloria isn't in too much pain while she waits for surgery. Congrats on the new great grand son.
***Ray, gotta love those old tractors.
***Barry, I found watching that video somehow unsettling. YIKES!
Speaking of tractors, our little JD has sprung some kind of fast drip leak. Cleaned it up this evening and will look for where this new leak is coming from tomorrow. Either hydraulic or gearing seal.
I left the hose draining out the tank down at the barn before it dawned on me minutes ago. It was running for over 4 hours. Lost half the water from that tank. Tomorrow I'll round up every hose I have and fill it back up using the storage tank here at the house. I haven't had to do that in a long while. DUMB DUMB DUMB
Good night y'all.
Rob
Then again I fell over this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCaZgOOjNKE
HMMMMNN ---Tom?
JimRCGMOnik .n "I Sleep All night and I Work All Day. I cut down trees, I skip and Jump, I like to press Wildflowers. I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars!" Monty Python's Lumberjack Song Nik.n, you come up with the oddest things - you fit in fine with this crew of Diners!
nik .n "I Sleep All night and I Work All Day. I cut down trees, I skip and Jump, I like to press Wildflowers. I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars!" Monty Python's Lumberjack Song
"I Sleep All night and I Work All Day. I cut down trees, I skip and Jump, I like to press Wildflowers. I put on women's clothing, and hang around in bars!"
Monty Python's Lumberjack Song
You just cant beat Monty Python or anything from Mel Brooks. His "Blazing Saddles" and "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" are the best comedies I have ever seen, and he always works himself into the movies he's directing.
Got some curiosums for you all----motors for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG1MnXkHhlM
Some people may notice some interesting things herein I'm not so sure of the starting process for one---
Hello ....
There is too much non-mrr stuff going on for me......
Jeff ... I hope the burns heal OK.
Luc ... glad you were here.
Ulrich .... I must have missed the explanation. Sounds like surgery. What's up? (Maybe somebody will answer for you)
Thanks for all the advice on the computer virus. The desktop s idel today. I had no time to mess with it. I found some info where you could download a program on a good computer, copy to a CD, insert CD in bad computer, boot it up,and clear teh virus............ However, shotgun therapy may be a good option as Nik said.
Evenin' Folks!
Had a short but interesting committee meeting for the Pack I am commissioner to. They already have a couple ideas for continuing the pack after the schools discontinue their charter. We will be having a meeting of all the parties including the troops and their Chartered Partner as well. (I am the Chartered Partner rep for the Church that charters 2 troops here in Geneva as well - too bad It won't give me 2, or 3 votes as I represent actually4 of the interested parties in this.......)
CNCharlieAll this talk of tractors is interesting and even though I'm a city guy I can say that I have actually driven an old Massey 44, the last time was this past May. Our boat club used it to move boats in the yard. I think it is about 1950 vintage. It isn't exactly easy to steer so I can't imagine how some of you managed just as kids
Charlie the Massey Harris and the Oliver were the hardest as I remember to steer. Very stiff. The Fords, John Deeres, and Alice Chalmers were sweethearts in comparison. Minneapolis Molines of the 1930s were somewhere in between..... OK for all you city people out there that haven't clue of what a McCormick Deering 10-20 looks and sounds like, here she is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVA51Yx3PbQ&NR=1
And here is a working photo of the 15-30 in action doing some plowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=905R42Kezl8&NR=1
I was about 8 years old when I first got to drive the 10-20. Wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be.......... Oh, and BTW it was called a 10-20 because it had 10 horsepower at the drawbar and 20 HP at the flywheel (Belt). So the 15-30 had all of 15 HP on the drawbar and 30 HP on the belt.
I think the old McCormick Deering would be a great model for my layout. Too bad no one makes one in HO.
Have a great evening!
Went to El Giro's with the parents tonight right after my Athearn boxcar posting. I prefer El Giro's to Las Margaritas out on Billy Goat hill. Their salsa is better and you get a better value for your money. I usually order their #9 which costs about $10. A single serving size is big enough that I can make 3 meals of it and I'm a big eater. Try getting a meal that big at the other place and you'll shell out $30+!The redness on my hands is just about completely gone now. I put burn creme and Vaseline them this morning and that helped a lot.
On the way back home (8:30) we came across 4 SuddenLink trucks at the top of Vernon Park road. Looked like the cable there was getting a lot of attention. They've been having major problems with the cable out here since that last big storm went through last week. Hopefully they've got it fixed now.
Good Evening, Chloe - I'll have a cup of hot cocoa and could you nuke one of those cinnamon rolls from breakfast, please? Yep, just a brief 'warming'. Thanks!
Luc, great to hear from you again, and keep taking good care of Gloria. That G6 might have a bit better mileage than the Sunfire did, I'm guessing.
Jeff - you have been practicing your weathering extra special and not showing us, you rascal! Great job there on that Southern boxcar!
CN Charlie, you wanna be extra careful on your spelling for your dog's name there - for a second I was thinking I had missed some news on our Diner weathering guru (and wondering what his wife thought of all that)... Luckily, I realized you meant your dog!
Kinda busy day at w**k today - had 2 of my 3 follow-up people not show up (all my regular clients made it), our new psychiatrist arrived (and we had a luncheon for him), and my co-worker and I had one (uh, difficult...) client wanting us to cover their being kicked out (of the 3rd residence this year), by our finding them a new place to move to. (Sheesh!) My co-worker got that one, and wound up with the client actually getting a ride from someone they knew to another town - out of our coverage area (whew...).
Picked up materials for our singles group starting up on Sunday (based on John Ortberg's "The Life You've Always Wanted"), and between now and Sat. night I will go back over the book (left from when another group I was in covered it) and add/modify as needed for use in our group. I like a number of Ortberg's books.
Another Walthers survey for me to do this evening; this one was on structures, kinds I liked, my skill level, rating factors that affect my buying a structure (built-up, kit, wood, plastic, resin, etc.). The surveys are interesting - got me curious what they'll wind up doing with them. I did express my dislike for the tops of columns (the roof edge thingees) not lining up well, and suggested they improve their QC on those.
Another fine day in Southeast Missouri - temp got to 81 F (or so), after dropping last night to about 50 F. Gonna warm up tomorrow a bit, to 83 F (a balmy 28 C). Still no forecast of rain until (maybe) a little by the weekend.
I'll sit at the RC until I finish my hot cocoa and then head for home. See you all in the morning. And Ulrich, keep us updated on your recovery, please!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Evening Diners!
Summer has finally arrived in Winterpeg, just in time for fall! We are having a week of +28C which is supposed to go right through the long week-end. Ah yes, summer week. Nice if could last 2 weeks but that would be pushing it.
Welcome back Luc. Hope you didn't get drowned in the hurricanes you've been having out your way.
Ulrich, hope tomorrow goes well for you and good to see you here!
All this talk of tractors is interesting and even though I'm a city guy I can say that I have actually driven an old Massey 44, the last time was this past May. Our boat club used it to move boats in the yard. I think it is about 1950 vintage. It isn't exactly easy to steer so I can't imagine how some of you managed just as kids. Mind you my tractor driving days are now over with the sale of the boat. I can relate to dads who can't understand why a 10 year old has trouble working machinery designed for adults. My dad couldn't see why I had trouble mowing the grass with an old push mower that I had to reach up to hold the handles and with blades that he never sharpened. It was a glorious day for me when he finally bought a gas mower.
Big day tomorrow for little Robbie, he goes in for the snip! Hope he doesn't come back as Roberta.
Time for a little TV so I'll say goodnight.
CN Charlie
Back, Luc. Have a Root Beer Float!
Luc!
All over the map again--everybody now tuckered out and some even asleep. We's be having a somewhat quieter day--some are going with Audrey to Springbank Park and seeing the sights there while Steve and I do the used book store/record store thing.
CULTR ppls!!!
Hi all.
I've not been here in a while, long while I should say.
As I tried to catch up, an impossible task it seems, I note that there are too many new faces about. Special greeting to all of you. I also note that many of the old regulars appear to be missing.
Old Gloetown is in tand still for now. The misses needs good care these days so when I'm not at work, my spare time is spent looking after Gloria. She will be getting knee replacement surgery in the new year.
The family has expended by one, a new great grand son was born on Aug 1, his sister who is 2 1/2 calls him her 'baby butter'.
My old Sunfire dired and I had to get a new car, a bit larger this one is Pontiac G6.
I'll try to visit more often in the future. Hope Everyone is well.
Got three close-ups of the new Athearn BB boxcar.
ULRICH! YOUR BACK!
Good luck at the hospital!
Zoe, a HUGE cake and RBF all around!
Good afternoon. It finally warmed up some.
Worked on the layout some. Working more on the upper part. Trying to get it finished up, then its the bottom. My three boxcars will be in tomorrow. So it looks like I will be in the basement for a few days.
Lee......That's one thing I have never tired, is the three on the tree. I mainly used the clutch last night, and little gas. That's the secret the manager said. It worked 100% better.
Ulrich! How good to see you sir! Well wishes and prayers to you for the cutting at the hospital.
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Zoe, just a glass of milk - will be off to hospital for some cutting to be done!
Howdy all...Its sunny and 72 here a great day!...I'll have a foot long hot dog drag it thru the garden,onion rings,and a RBF please..Thank You..not much going on here cleaned van out this morning..Pop Corn festival is this week end in casey..My son is coming up this week end to go and take us and We are are planning to go to Casey football game friday..and cook out Saturday nite..Gona be good to get out..You all have a good one..Jerry
Well gents I see its lunch time! I'll have a bacon cheese burger with BBQ sauce and an order of cheese fries with a RBF to wash it all down! Well, its lunch time and raining in my neck of the woods. And with the rain comes going home for the day. Might have to go up to my grandparent's house though, the fan clutch on my Granddad's '89 S-10 Blazer has finally given up the ghost. I'm fairly confident that my dad and granddad will be able to change it, but if they can't, I told them to call me and I'll be right along. Nothing much else happening here today except for the rain. Might go and ride the bike some this afternoon if the weather clears up and dries out some.
Weather for day: High of 81, 20% chance of rain (getting it now), mostly cloudy this morning become mostly sunny by afternoon. Winds light and variable.
Thanks for the forewarning, Jeff. I just got a bottle of the same stuff for science class later in the year. Yep, school started yesterday, and I went through the boxes of supplies (I am cyber schooled) and found it just as I was reading your post today. Fun fun fun! I'm just waiting for it to leak and eat through the floor. And now thinking of it, the layout is under it! (moves the bottle over three feet) Phew! Much better.
"Don't Laugh!"
See Yall!
jeffrey-wimberlyIt's used in pools to clear up stubborn algae that isn't responding to chlorine.
The Ranger out at Boy Scout Camp uses it for that also. It is great for cleaning algae off the concrete deck there as well.....
jeffrey-wimberlyIt's pretty strong stuff too.
Ah, that it is! When I used it in the kitchen at camp to prepare the floor for painting I wore rubber boots, gloves, and eye protection...... Of course I was using it full strength. And then hosing down the area to clean it.