Elliot's Trackside Diner, Mark XVII

[jeffrey-wimberly]

howmus

Jeffrey, Muriatic Acid in the pool???  Hope your hands heal up well.  I have used that stuff to clean concrete floors before painting them.

It's used in pools to clear up stubborn algae that isn't responding to chlorine. It's pretty strong stuff too. All she put in was 1 gallon but even diluted through 35,000 gallons of water it can still cause minor burns if it's not washed off quickly. My burns are nothing dangerous, just a little reddening of the skin is all.

[LSWrr]

Good morning, 

Robby, I’ve driven standard transmission P-U trucks all my life, and you got it backwards, those sticks in the cars are a pain in the neck. At least you’re not driving a 3 on the tree!!!!!


Ray, great shots of the boarding house!!!

When I lived on a farm; we had a Massy-Harris 101 Jr.  I always wished we had the 101 Sr. with the hydraulic unit.  It still had the hand crank in the front to start the tractor if the battery died.

Rob, did you get my last post???

 

[Cederstrand]

Extra large mu of coffee in a  Sunny Southern  mug, please & thanks. 

***Jeffrey, OUCH! (or in your case, "Oh, look at all the pretty colors") At any rate, hope your skin heals quickly.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Branchline models. With the info, I was able to talk my wife out of that purchase. That is a few less models I'll have to build.

The street lights & side fixture type light arrived from HK. They should work well for "Sherman's Crossing". Maybe when they are in place and lit, my wife will have something to smile about. With all the recent trouble with her folks, she seems pretty down these days. It's never easy watching your parents deteriorate.

Rob

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes, a glass of OJ, and my usual dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug. "Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK........"  Hmmm wonder why that is running through my head this morning? 

Looks like another gorgeous day here in the Finger Lakes.  Right now it is 63°F outside with lots of sunshine.  High will be around 76°F later this afternoon.  I have a dentist appointment today to have my 6th. month cleaning and check up.

Must be September as I have lots of meetings on the calendar for the next couple weeks.  Pack committee meeting tonight....  may be a long one as with the reorganization of the elementary schools here, only one pack will be kept by the PTA.  The one from the other school (the one I am commissioner for) will probably get reorganized with a new # and end up being sponsored by a church in the city.  Could be a long year for the pack.........  There will be big time problems on who gets what as to time for a school night, and where, what happens to the funds of the pack and their equipment.  I will get to be one of the folks making serious "waves" about things if they aren't done fairly.

Bama I used an Oliver 88 for about 3 summers running the flail chopper (late 1950s).  I was so very glad when my Dad bought the Ford 861 Powermaster......  The Oliver was a pain to drive all day.  We had an old Oliver 60 that was borrowed for Don Howard on the belt for the silo blower the last couple of years we used it.  Dad went to a farm auction and bought a 57' long elevator that we used after that to fill the silos.  What a monster that was.  It was also used to mow hay bales as well.  It was a days work to move it.  It used a 5 HP industrial electric that weighed in at close to 300 lbs.  Haven't thought about some of these things in years...........

Jeffrey, Muriatic Acid in the pool???  Hope your hands heal up well.  I have used that stuff to clean concrete floors before painting them.

Hope everyone has a great day!

73

[SilverSpike]

Thanks for the speedy reply Robby! Going to try that out tonight.

[Robby P.]

 Good morning.  Just stopping in right quick.  I will be back in this afternoon.

 Ryan.......The dullcote was air-brushed on the car.  Just thinned with paint thinner.  

 

[pcarrell]

Dang Jeff, I hope those burns heal up good!  I'll bet your sister feels pretty bad.

[SilverSpike]

Good Morning!

I'll have the Lumberjack Breakfast this morning Chloe with some of Ed's OJ and a cup O Joe in my Southern mug.

Was 59 degrees this morning at 6:00 a.m., very nice weather this past few days. Ben's baseball practice last night was perfect too.

Garry, glad to hear you are still using the spice mixes, sounds like a perfect burger too! In response to your virus issue, you may need to start up in Safe Mode with networking enabled and then run your AV software again. Another option would be to go to the Task Manager and End Process any running processes that look strange or out of the ordinary. It is a time consuming task but you can check each process with a simple Google search to determine if it is a valid executible (*.exe). Anything that looks something like or similar to, for example; Ae5wk76.exe is most likely a virus running on the system. Or you can always follow along with Nik's suggestion, but use a baseball bat and a pair of goggles, safer that way.

Hey Joe, lol, yep, a Cup O Joe (coffee) in the morning always gets the cogs a turning!

Robby, love the BN boxcar! Hey Robby, I wanted to ask you. In your tutorial you gave a few weeks ago, do you spray on the Dullcoat or brush it on?

Hope the cat feels better soon!
 

CNCharlie, thanks, yes animal pets are just like family! And sounds like a great trip and that boat sounds like fun too!

Ray, great scene at Miller's B&B!

Jeffrey, sorry about your hands, that acid is dangerous stuff for sure. But it does clean up concrete off of fresh laid bricks, I remember getting burned with that stuff years ago. Hey, love that Southern boxcar.

For lunch today I am putting in my order for the Pot Roast Blue Plate Special, it comes with garlic mashed potatoes, carrots, onions, shallots and peas too.

 

 

 

 

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

The bunch of us are off to the university to see a few people I know who still work up there---the weather has been very nice--highs in the 22-24C range with lows around 10C---nice for sleeping----and SUNNY!!

Some of us are going to the university while the wives "charge" off to the masonville mall---can anyone say---lotsa bucks?

Flo, I'll have an egg on a muffin breakfast with coffee please----I'll be at the RC

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

It's 62 and clear. The high will be around 86 and it will be sunny.

I'm here this morning with first degree burns on my hands. Short version of it is that I went down to my parent's place last night to scrub  some algae off the side of the pool using the vacuum pole and brush. I didn't notice until later that I had red splotches on my hands where water coming off the pole had run over my hands. Turns out my sister had added a gallon of muriatic acid to the water only a few hours before and hadn't bothered to leave a message about it. A note on the door like 'DANGER: Acid in water!' would have been sufficient. Oh well, live and learn. Since I have very little feeling in my hands anyway I'm in no discomfort and the burns will heal in a few days. On the layout front I assembled my new Athearn BB boxcar kit last night and weathered it. I also disassembled a N Scale SP single dome tank car which I'm going to kitbash into a HO Scale large propane tank. It's going to require a bit of sanding to get the molded on hand railing and grabs off but I like a challenge.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      9/2/2009

Wind Chill:  62°F
Humidity:  73%
Dew Point:  53°F

So Far Today
High:  68°F
Low:  62°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  6mph NE

Today  High: 88    Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight  Low: 60    Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

[TMarsh]

Good mornin all Coffee to go please. All this talk of tractors is very appropriate as the 2009 Farm Progress show is going on. In fact, that's where I'm headed in just a few minutes. Should be a nice day for it, high of 77 and sunshine again today.

Have A Great Day!!!

[BamaCSX83]

*brings in the tray of left overs*  Yes ma'am, I know its late, but you know the saying, better late than never. 

A very late evening to all of you.  All this talk of tractors is making be remember back to the Oliver Super 88 that a friend of the family had when I was a kid, first tractor I ever learned to drive.  I know that's nothing like some of the tractors that you guys are talking about, but still it does bring back fond memories.  Just stopping in before bed comes, the sounds of peaceful sleep is currently coming from my bedroom right now as Amy and Heather are both sleeping soundly (which means I probably have no room left on the bed with Heather's normal sleeping position, across the bed).  Oh well, just means I'll go in there, scoop her up, go to her room and put her in her bed.  Gotta love being a parent! 

Welp, that's about it, I'm going to make one last round through the other topics on here, then its off to bed for me.  Goodnight all, try to catch up with youse guys in the morning.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

 Hello ...

Speaking of farm tractors, I hasve two flat cars loaded with the Life Like red tractors. They are a bit like Farmalls.  I also have a Woodlasnd Scenics tractor with seeder in one of my farm scense.

The desk top is still kaput. I think, Nik had a good idea. Take it outside and shoot it. Meanwhile a Dell "net book" we ordered a few days ago arrived and I am using it now. It is a very small lap top of about 6 1/2" by 9". Good for traveling, bu8t keys are small. Must be N scale.

Happy Model Railorading!

[blownout cylinder]

howmus

 

All the talk of old tractors has me wondering why nobody out there in model land makes an HO scale McCormick Deering farm tractor.  They were one of the most popular farm tractors of their day.  I can find a Jordan kit for the Fordson (a mega monster to build....), a RTR JD Waterloo Boy (Made by John Deere from 1918 to 1924, but Athearn has them on a 1929 flat car for you.....), 

Just to bug you--a friend of mine recently made up a kit for me that I've yet to get put together-----an Aultmann-Taylor 30/60 traction Engine---BTW---that Waterloo Boy was another one my uncle Karl had, although it was from before JD picked it up

howmus

OK I'll go over and sit at the rivit counter and shut up!

I'll join Ray-----yes ma'am---no ma'am----I'll be good---sheeesh----oh nothing---nothing---ooops

[JimRCGMO]

Evening, Chloe - just a cup of hot cocoa in a go cup, please. Thanks!

Todd - nope, haven't seen any 6' rabbits...

Robby, I'll agree - that BN isn't your usual type of w**k, but it still looks good. Kinda like the boxcar was on the back end of a return run in the rain with some mostly empty coal hoppers ahead of it in the pack (and had that more than a few runs, too).

Todd, Ray, and all, with your farm stories - you're reminding me of my two main farm experiences: 1) the one summer session I was at Mizzou and hired on to help with hay baling (putting them on the flatbed trailer, actually). I had NO experience with hay baling, and wore a short sleeve shirt (hey, it was hot out!) After a bit, the head boss put me inside the truck driving (stick shift of course), and since I was fairly new to stick shifts, I ended up riding the clutch more than needed, so I got yelled at for that. I don't recall if I got paid for that or not, but I sure didn't go back again...  2) Other main experience was when my (at the time) wife and I were at her parents' farm (in the bootheel of Missouri - look at a map and you can figure about where that is), and they raised pigs. The wind was "from the barn" Phewwww!! So while I enjoy the country, I'm definitely not a farmboy by any stretch of the imagination!

I did later learn how to drive a 1/2 ton pickup stick shift (when I was in the Navy, assigned as staff at Millington Naval Air Technical Training Center), when I was on duty some weekends and we had to go from one part of the base to another (and just had that 1/2 ton truck to get there.

Hey, Bama, best wishes on your interview, and will keep you in mind and on the 3rd (along with a certain someone who'll be having a ... Now who could that be? ).

CN Charlie - sounds like you and the wife had a good trip (and some scouting of your future home). Bet those Orcas were impressive to see (so long as they weren't too close to you...).

Finally got caught up on my paperw**k today (this afternoon). Now, so long as I don't get dragged into helping with crisis when I'm supposed to be seeing clients and follow-up people (like how I got behind on last week...).

Weather was great here again today - only into the upper 70's F (about mid-20's C) and mostly sunny. I just ran my fans at home (with one window open). It's supposed to drop into the upper 40's (F) tonight and then the next few days we'll be warming up into the low 80's F. And Saturday's payday. 

I'll grab a spot in the window booth and finish up my cocoa before I go. Prayers for those needing comfort, healing or peace. Jeff, any word on the prep for your surgery (did the Dr. say if it looked like it should go easily)?

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[howmus]

Evenin' folks!

All the talk of old tractors has me wondering why nobody out there in model land makes an HO scale McCormick Deering farm tractor.  They were one of the most popular farm tractors of their day.  I can find a Jordan kit for the Fordson (a mega monster to build....), a RTR JD Waterloo Boy (Made by John Deere from 1918 to 1924, but Athearn has them on a 1929 flat car for you.....),  a 1930/40 "Red Tractor" and a same vintage "Green Tractor" neither of which is prototype for anything,  and that is about it.  There isn't a whole lot of other farm equipment from the early 20th. century either.  No one makes a Hay Loader (every Farm had one pulled behind a wagon drawn by horses or a tractor), no silo chopper/blower to fill the silo which they don't make either..........  OK I'll go over and sit at the rivit counter and shut up!

Flo, any of the Lemon Meringue pie left, good".  I'll have a slice of it with a RBF this evening.  I know it isn't on my diet, but I've been w**king hard splitting and stacking wood today........

I did get to finish up another Jordan Model T.  This one is the 1914 Touring Car.  Looks like the Stoddards have finally gotten to the concert:

Close up:

Hope you all have a great evening!

73

[Cox 47]

Ray yes Dad's F 20 was row crop...Dad would never let me start it also..I saw it kick back on him a few times...He would start it in the morning and run it all day with out shutting it off..He kept a old tin can on pipe if he forgot to take it off it would blow it 15 - 20 feet in the air..He always wanted to take it to the county fair pulling contests but never did..I can still hear it working in the crick bottoms...Jerry

[Flashwave]

ns3010

cup a Joe in my NS mug

Ryan, Since when am I on the menu?

Since you came in and sat on it. (Rimshot)

Can I get a bowl of CHicken and noodles?

 

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening Diners!

It has been a few weeks since I was last in but I have been away on a little vacation. My wife and I went out to Vancouver Island for a week or so to do a little sightseeing and to visit friends and relatives. The "Island" as it is called here is really a beautiful place and Victoria is certainly a very picturesque city. I was surprised at the number of European tourists. We went whale watching one afternoon which turned out to be quite an exciting little trip considering the boat was a custom 60' Scarab style craft with 2 Volvo diesels with 1000 H.P. Yes that is correct, enough H.P. for a SW8. It could hit 40 knots or about 48 mph which isn't bad for a 14 ton boat. And yes we did see several Orcas. We also wanted to do a little scouting for a potential move there once I retire. We looked at Victoria which is now our first choice but we also liked a little place up island called Parksville. I think that is in Selector's neck of the woods. Anyway, a very different lifestyle compared to Victoria but we could afford a lot nicer place there as prices are lower. We are only looking at condos but we have to get one that allows a small dog as we'll still have little Robbie. I expect I'll  be looking at a shelf switching layout if I stay with HO or a layout on a door if I go with N. Say, maybe I could do both with one above the other. No need for a helix either.

I did get to one hobby shop in Victoria but I was a little disappointed in it. Although it has been around a long time they do all sorts of hobbies and they also sell shavers. An odd product mix to say the least.

I've tried to read through the postings since the latest move but it is hard keeping track as this is a busy place.

I have to give a belated 'condolences' to Ryan. It is tough to lose a pet and believe me I can sympathize as I've been through it a few times myself. You never forget them and for me they are some of my strongest memories. I can remember an Afghan Hound I had that passed away Dec/82 like he was beside me now. I sometimes picture him in the room so hearing your kitty isn't odd at all. Completely natural I'd say.

Nothing happening on the RR front. I haven't done a thing for 3 weeks except take the CP stuff off the layout so it is back to the CNR for me. Thinking about giving the Mountain a little run. I also think I won't buy any more road engines if I will be cut back to a switching layout. Anyway for a setup as small as mine switching is really really most of what I do.

Well the wife called and wants a ride home so I'll say goodnight for now.

CN Charlie

[jeffrey-wimberly]

bjdukert

Oh,and I don’t have a fireplace to this day.

Neither do I. I split more than my fair share of wood when I was a kid and I could care less if I never see a fireplace again.

[bjdukert]

Jerry   The Deere we had,had rubber tires with big nobs on them ,the front tires were spread,and as Ray said it was started with the fly wheel. My dad would never let us try to start it because of the possible kick back and can you say,possibly two broken arms???? We didn’t have a splitter eilther,it was all done with a single blade axe and there wasn’t any need for a health club membership at the time. he he he   Oh,and I don’t have a fireplace to this day.

Duke

[howmus]

Afternoon all!

Speaking of cutting wood......

I have gotten about 1 facecord of wood split and stacked on the porch.  That represents about half the wood I have collected this Summer.....  My son's MIL have a pile of fairly large branches that have fallen off some trees in her back yard.  My son doesn't think there is a lot that is burnable in the pile, but I will take a look at it before I go and buy the rest of the wood I'll need to get through the Winter.

Cox 47

My Dad had an F 20

 

Jerry, was that the Farmall row crop F20?  Neat old tractor!  As in one of these? I used to hate to have to go get the neighbor's old McCormick Deering 10 - 20 who lived about a mile down the road. (This) Top speed in 3rd gear was about 3 mph and it seemed to take forever to get it over to our farm.  Of course with steel wheels, you had to drive it off the side of the road.  Took all my strength to turn the steering wheel as well.  We used it for several summers as a belt tractor.  Belonged to a shirt tail relative and long time family friend who only used it a couple times a year.  After he died the farm was sold as was the old 10 - 20. Then we got some old clunker out of the "dead Letter" office at Don's and that was fixed up so it would run well enough to handle belt duty......  A couple of times we fixed them up so good that Dan came over and sold them to somebody while we were using them......  By the time I graduated from High School I had driven just about every make and model of farm tractor made.

I would love to get a few antique tractors to run around my house!  Don't think the neighbors or the city would be too happy with me.

catch you all later!

73

[edit] looks like dinner is on me!  Zoe I'll have a couple dozen steamed New England Clams with a couple of ears of fresh sweet corn and a trip to the salad bar.

Eat up everyone!

 

[BamaCSX83]

Evening all.  Stopping in for a RBF and a small order of cheesy fries.  W**k was ts normal self today.  Although I do have good news on a more permanent position.  Advance Auto Parts is looking for someone and I have an interview with them on Thursday at 1:30.  I've gotta find the camera cord so I can download the pictures of the GP40-2 and of the bike so that y'all can see them.  Well, I think I'm going to take a gander through all the other topics on here and then maybe help Amy get dinner started.  Its cube steak, mashed taters, and probably mac and cheese.  I'll be sure to bring the left overs in here tonight afterwards. 

Talk to y'all later.

[nik .n]

Milk, Chloe.

Even though I'm in the Teens, I'll share what I learned to drive a tractor on. It was a MTD Gold lawn tractor that had many personalities. The engine's governor is shot, so it idles all over the place, and the belts stick every now and then, making for some hairy situations around the pond. Still, Its special to me, even after I graduated to the wayyyyy bigger Deere. 

GARRY, Do what I call the "Kick": Take it outside, Grab the nearest 10-gauge slug gun, and blast the c**p out of it. Then go inside and plug it in. If it sparks, smokes, and the lights go out in the room, it worked! 

  See Yall!

[blownout cylinder]

Good Afternoon/Evening---whatever---

Boy, did we end up doing all kinds a stuff today--Audrey had to go to Dr's today to get physical done. I ended taking Steven to the university to see his residence---he gets a good view where he will be--riverside--walking trails---UC hill---sheeesh. We also got all his books---all new editions(could've just changed a photo and call the change a---"new edition"--oh well)---total cost for his books came out to a healthy $587.49 so he is not happy either------

What is all this talk about tractors? My uncle Karl had a slight interest in some tractors---he had an old McCormick-Deering 20/40(?) crossmotor as well as a 1912 Case model 30-60. The one I got to learn on was something called a Friday tractor --- I think it was made in Michigan someplace. He even had an old steam traction engine he used for threshing for pete sake! I don't remember the make --all I remember was that the rear wheels were about 8' tall---to me they were just plain huge----

Chloe, I'll have a RBF please---I'll figure out what I'll have later----at the RC

[Cox 47]

Duke My Dad had an F 20..It had been on steel wheels but had been cut down and put on rubber,,Saw was a home made job mounted on front with no guards or anything..He cut alot of wood with that thing..We also had an H and a B...I learned to drive on the B...Jerry

[bjdukert]

Ray and Todd   You two are bringing back some memories. We had one of the old two cylinders JD’s that my dad mounted a buzz saw to the front with the power take off wheel and belt to run it. That is what we used to cut the wood out in the woods and I would catch it off the saw and throw it back to my brother’s so they could throw it up in the trailer that my dad had made from an old truck bed. Then it was split and stack after we got home from school. Did I mention that this was all done during the winter because the skeeters would have been too thick during the summer. After the JD gave up the ghost he got a Farmall H and mounted the saw to the front of it. We also used the H to take all of the top soil off the front yard with an old hand slip scoop (me on the scoop and my brother on the tractor),when he got the house built. Then we hauled fill dirt from a local gravel pit that we shoveled onto the trailer by hand unless the drag line happen to be working and he would fill it for us. Oh yeah,the good old days. I think some of the younger generation (and I know I have to be careful here) would be better off if they had to do some of the things we did at those ages.

Duke

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Only picked up 3 items today totaling $16.62.

An Athearn BB 50' SD boxcar lettered for Southern #19856 (ATH5544) and 2 packages of DPM modular walls.

[Cox 47]

Afternoon All...Its partly cloudy and 69 here..Fells like fall...I'll have a chesse Burger,fries and a diet coke please...thank You..Sallie had more test ran at hospital this morning..Did get in alittle modeling finnished 3 resin cars that I painted..Hands shake so much detail didn't come out too good but from a couple of foot they will have to do...You all have a good one...Jerry

 

[howmus]

TMarsh

Ray- Well, well. As time goes by I'm finding more and more in common with you. My first "experience" was also on an 8N (I think everybody had one of those. That and a JD 3020.)on my Uncles farm in Nebo when I was about that age, maybe 8 at the latest.

 

Yep on the farm everyone had to earn their keep!  I had a blast handling the tractors and our big farm trucks. We had a neighbor that had John Deeres (the old 2 cylinder putt putts). Used to love those tractors as they had a hand clutch and were very easy to put in motion.  I was about 8 when I first got to rake hay with the "A" and a few weeks later on the JD "B".  The B was just about able to pull itself around at that time.  Burned more oil than gas I think.  Several times a day I had to check the gas and fill up the oil......  It also didn't have a starter on it so it was started with a flywheel with finger holds on the side.  I could start it up by myself.  The combination of poor compression and the cylinder petcocks made it quite easy.  Dad wouldn't let me touch the cranks on some of the old stuff we used to borrow from Don Howard's Farm Equipment (Cousin) as he knew too many people who had lost a hand when one kicked back just right.......  We only had one tractor that belonged to us by then, a 1951Ford Jubilee model.  By the time I was an 8th. grader we got a Ford 861 Powermaster to handle the big flailchopper we were pulling.  I was also driving all our farm trucks by the age of 9.  We had a 1934 Chevy 4 ton truck for hauling chopped grass and corn for the silos and a few years later got a 1936 model so we had 2 trucks for the farm (and our pickup truck). 

Oh well, back to splitting wood.....

73