Evenin' folks!
Zoe just a cup of decafe to help me unwind.
I got the rest of the skirting done in the old room. No photos as of yet, maybe tomorrow night. I also got out the CMX Clean Machine car to make sure that trains will run properly should we decide to run a train or two on the SLOW after (or during) the judging next Monday. The 2-6-6-2 couldn't pull the car and the flat car with the magnet on it so I saw my new Bachman 2-8-0 sitting right there and thought, "Bet the 2 of them can move them...." So I fired up the Connie and moved her around to the back end of the train, coupled on and had me a consist.... Using the DT400 throttle, was a breeze having each of them run separate just like the prototype would have. Only had one derailment and that was the flat car being pushed ahead of the 2-6-6-2. Must have been a bit of scenery foam left on the track. Ran over the entire mainline twice and everything should be running well. Been a while since I really ran a train so it was fun.
Rob, so sorry to hear about the dog.... Hope he went peacefully. There seems to be some confusion as to which one died? Always hard to lose such wonderful friends and companions.
Lets see, today was Vole Day? No...? Ah, hmmm, It sounded like some kind of rodent. Oh MOLE Day! Blasted hearing aids!
May or may not get in for breakfast tomorrow as I will be heading out to the Museum with the woodsplitter. Probably will leave it out there for a few weeks after we split as much wood as we can tomorrow. There is supposed to be a truckload of cut but not split wood being delivered this week, so I will find out what I will be doing when I get there. Sunday I will be playing "Car Host" again. Last time this season as we close on November 1 and I will be bringing the Boy Scout Troop out that day.
Well, I think it is time I turn in for the night, so I'll finish the coffee and head out.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening all. Flo, I'll take some cheese fries and a RBF, thanks.
Quiet in here tonight...
I'll be chillen at the RC for a while.
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Vincent: Man, that sounded scary reading the dang thing!! Good that you did not get injured as bad as could have been----sheeesh! Hopefully things will come together again----
Welp---my weekend seminar series continues on tomorrow---so's I befigure that this here fellow be trundlin' off to
G'night all
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/
Sorry, I must have spaced out writing the post, it was Lorenzo who passed away. I went back and corrected the "RIP Lorenzo". That pic of Lorenzo was taken over 3 years ago. He had become increasingly white around the whiskers since then. Thank you all for the kind words.
Luigi is our last surviving Italian Greyhound. He seems a bit bewildered/upset presently. I gave him an extra can of soft dog food tonight. He's in his teens, but I do not recall his birth year. All the IGs were rescued.
The new Walthers flyer came today. Wife didn't see anything in it she wants or needs. That's a first. I saw a few things, but want to wait until I know what is going on with my health first.
Well, off to feed old Sandy her nightly meal and then hit the hay. Good night all.
Rob
ROB. My Wife and I along with Patches and Buddy ( rescue Dashound) are sorry to here of your loss of Lorenzo.
He looks like he was a kind fellow. No matter their age it is difficult loosing a friend, 2 legged or 4 legged
I hope Luigi can stand the loss of his Buddy as well.
Prayers and blessings to all in need at this time.
A middle of the night hello to Ulrich and Petra from the Canadian prairies.
Will try and get back in tomorrow morning for a bit.
Night all, Time for ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzsssssss.
Johnboy out for now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Rob, So sorry to hear of your loss. Lorenzo looked like a fine fellow. I can imagine Luigi is bewildered losing his pal as the same happened to us a year ago when our little Jamie died on Oct. 19. Pippa was very depressed for many months as she had been with him for 13 years. I think she still misses him.
Extra scratchies for Luigi.
CN Charlie
Good Morning Everyone,
another dull and wet day - time to stay in the house. Zoe, only coffee for me in my LKAB mug - thank you!
Rob - I am sorry to hear about Lorenzo. Losing a long time companion is always hard - it reminds us, that we all have to go one day.
Vincent - you are a lucky one - I am glad you weren´t hurt more than just this little scratch. Being without a ride is tough, but I guess that won´t last very long, will it?
Sawyer - I forgot to comment on your new logo colors - I like them! They look more "railroady" to me!
Keith - Polish Chili Verde Soup? I worked for nearly 3 years in Poland as a managing director of a ship yard, but I never encountered a Polish Chili soup - only their infamous cabbage soup called borszcz (no, I don´t know how to pronounce that correctly, either).
Robby P. - that background looks just great in the combination with the trees you made -
Ray - good looking stove - like to share the recipe for its inauguration meal with us? Petra would make her famous PPB casserole - that´s Pear, Potato and Bacon - one of my favourites, very tasty and low on calories... (well, not really)
Chris - you made me think about the use of THAT word - is it really THAT much important, THAT we limit the use of THAT word in what we say and write - or is it only THAT editor who has a slightly disturbed relationship to THAT?
Speaking of my dreams, eh, plans - I am still working on the idea of having a yacht-like cruise ship in the Nova Scotia waters. This area enjoys a growing interest among German tourists, especially if you offer "up-market" cruises in the range of $4,000 - 5,000 per person/week. All I need is some guy with some spare cash to help me finance this venue... Again it all depends on - and more... It is this dream which keeps me ticking - it is a perspective, something to hold on...
Well, a good day for all of you!
Good Morning--
Chloe, I'll have a toasted bagel with cream cheese and a large mug o' coffee please---I'll be at the window booth watching the day unfold.
Ulrich: My mother used to make that Borscht. We would eat that stuff on the weekend that my dad would be getting his paycheck---we knew we were broke then! LOL!
Rob: I'm at that point where one can look at a flyer and go ---meh--I already have such and such. The only things really need are some more trees---filters and such---think I'll go play with some more braided wire and putty------heeheehee
Welp--got my weekend seminars to do and some sidework--busy busy busy. Might get some time to go play with the R/C boats--considering how much rain we got clobbered with--that dang lake in our back yard is big enough to throw a floating dock into it----
Have a good one, people
Morning all,
Rob, sorry to hear about Lorenzo.
Jeff, my Dad had Satellite Internet for a three years; he said wind and rain can cause you to loose signal.
Vincent, glad you didn’t get hurt in the accident, I’m sure the next car will be better, faster, and cooler than the last.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning all. Janie, I'll take some french toast and OJ, thanks.
Vincent, glad to hear you're starting to get back on your feet.
Rob, sorry to hear about the loss of Lorenzo. Hopefully Luigi is well and will last a few more years.
Not even sure what's going on today until my parents get up. It's a long confusing story that I'm not going to bore you with...
I'll be at the RC for a while.
Good morning. It's 43 and partly cloudy. The high will be around 70 and it should be clear and sunny. The pain from the tooth extraction is almost to the point of not even being noticeable anymore. Had to call Dish Network yesterday to have them send out a tech today to look at my DVR. It's doing some strange and not so wonderful things, like turning off the TV2 mode in the middle of a recording. A couple of times it turned itself off completely then came back on as if nothing had happened. I checked the cord and all the cables and can't find anything wrong there. We'll see what he can come up with.
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Good morning.
Not much planned at all today. The "brother in law" is taking us out for lunch, and we get to meet his future wife.
Rob.....I'm with the others about Lorenzo. They might be animals, but they are family!!!
Hope everybody has a good day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning..Its cloudy and 47 here...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll..not much goung on here..high school football season ended last nite..playoffs start friday...I am working on rehabing a couple of 2 bay hoppers out of scrap box..did a "patch paint job" and replacing some broken steps and end bracing with stuff from a "donor" car....
I am trying to find a Life Like SD 7 to use as a yard switcher...You all have a good one...Jerry
Oliver is doing great! New Mom and Oliver go home today. Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Rob ... Sorry to learn about your loss. We understand how pets are family.
Ray .... Are you in competition with the Diner? That's quite an oven. Look out for Barry! He is Chow Hound of the Month so Far. Did you see how he devoured those ribs?
My 90 year old mother is still visiting. Yesterday, I took her to the National Quilt Museum in Paducah. I'll be driving her back to Alabama soon.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rob, it sucks when pets die. We've got our own little cementary in the backyard; three dogs, two hamsters, a gerbil, and a guinea pig. there's also another dog the doc accidentaly gave too much sleeping medicine to during an operation (didn't like veteranarians after that for a while) buried somewhere else in the backyard (sorta know where, it ain't where the other pets are b/c that dog died before all the other pets).
Vincent and Ulrich, thanks! I'll just be leaving the geeps red now and using white lettering; gets them into service quicker and they'll look a heck of a lot better.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Looks like a cool afternoon on what has proven so far to be a slow Saturday. It's now up to a pleasant 65 here. I'm currently waiting on a technician from Dish Network to show up. He's supposed to come around some time between noon and 5 pm. With my luck he'll show up at 6:30 when I'm out to dinner with my sister and niece tonight.
Afternoon everyone!
Just got home from the museum. Gave the truck a good workout getting the trailer with the woodspltter in out there. I left it for them to use as they get wood in. A member is supposedly donating a truckload of maple from a tree that came down in his yard last Spring. I will probably bring it home in a few weeks. I cut up a log that had been up near the ROW for a few years. Good thing we are getting it out now as a couple more years there wouldn't be much "fuel" left in it. As part of doing that, I did get to ride up and down the track a couple of times in a track car today. There were supposed to be a bunch of college students volunteering at the museum today. They never made it (had more jobs in town than they had volunteers).
Ulrich the inaugural meal cooked on it was "Fish and Chips". I had a nice filet of tilapia in the freezer and cut up a couple potatoes to fry........ I am about to go to the store and get some chocolate chips for baking some........ Oh BTW some of Ryan's Cajun Spice was used on the fish.... Mmmmmm Good!
Catch you all later...
Good Afternoon-
Welp--got some of the seminars done early today--left some assignments for tomorrow with the students and didst proceed to go to the car----I met some of the students at my car as a bunch of them were also going to the same parking lot. One of the the guys was pointing to his car---big scratch along the hood---someone used keys to mark up the car----very much like an adult, eh? Of course the campus police were called in---there is someone being looked for b/c of a number of these things--
Seems pretty quiet and low key in here today----oh welp. Must be the weather---dull dull dull---
Chloe---I'll have a slice of chocolate pecan PIE!!! please----as well as a RBF----gotta wake this place up at some point----I'll be at the RC
Just got a call from Dish Network saying that the tech in this area can't make it today and the service call has been rescheduled for tomorrow morning.
Hey ya'll, RBF for me.
Ulrich, I guess a days isn't too long.
Barry, It was scary. I was hitting the brakes and looking to avoid the wreck but there was just no where to go. All I could do was brace for impact and hope for the best.
Lee, I did get another car, it isn't faster but it gets better mileage and maybe lower insurance. It has potential (see below), but that's for when later when I get my degree and a good amount of money saved up.
Well not having a car is only going to last 8 days. By some irony, my father sent me a link to another mustang (a 1988, just like the very first car I had, but I never got to drive it) for sale for $1500. I went and checked on it today, and was able to talk the guy down to $1000, and actually found a buyer of the wreck of my 1997 mustang (he wants it for the VIN for his 98 cobra, remind me to do that with a junked base model when I get an upper-end model). I won't actually be getting the car until Wendsday since I have to call the insurance company, transfer the title, and my tag from my other car. Should be a lot cheaper than getting a new tag and title, which is now close to $250 in the tax-rape state of Florida.Although my father paid for the car, I have to pay him back. He said that he'd cut me a break from the parts he's getting from my car. The transmission, torque converter, starter, alternator, fuel tank, E-brake cable, and radio are going to my dad. My brother is getting the rear axle (with 3.53 gears), center console box, ram air intake, A-arms (aka, front control arms), rear swaybar, and the aftermarket speakers. I'm keeping the springs, shocks, steering rack, wheels and tires since they'll work on the 88 mustang I'm getting. The wheels and tires won't work until after I do the 5-lug conversion (I just need the rear spindles). The white-face gauges, box speakers, and the 1000 watt amp are going for sale. Haven't figured out what to do with the exhaust which does have a prochamber with Flowmaster mufflers, my brother didn't want it. The new car is a 4-banger so it's going to be slower than the 1997's V6, but it does have an aftermarket tranny and 3.73 gears. I figure it should get me about 30 mpg in the city, over the 25 from the last one. After I pay off everything I'll get it re-painted. Then after paiting, I may hunt down a turbo from an SVO mustang or Turbo T-bird and the computer and some of the wiring. I know a guy who have a few SVOs wich are busted, and another guy I know has re-built an SVO. But the turbo is a long ways away.
I've already stripped out the A-arms, steering rack, front springs, insturment cluster, radio, center console box, wheels and tires. I'll get the rear axle, rear springs, alternator, rear brakes, exhaust, and speakers out tommorow. Then I'll get the tranny, starter, fuel tank, shocks, and struts out after that.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
DANGNAB FORUM SOFTWARE AND ITS RELOADING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WRITING A POST!!! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Jim in Cape Girardeau
P.S. I'll be back later, after I go punch some holes in a boxcar or something....
Just a cup of decafe Flo.
Say Jim, maybe one of these I just took out of the oven might help:
Yep the oven works very nicely!
Flo stash the rest of them under the counter for use on frayed nerves, crunched up cars, the loss of pets, and any other emergency where some good taste and good conversation might help. Nothing like a couple Butterscotch Toll House cookies and a nice cup of coffee to clam and warm the spirit.......
Hope all of you have a great evening. Prayers for all in need!
JimRCGMODANGNAB FORUM SOFTWARE AND ITS RELOADING IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WRITING A POST!!! AAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
Hello everybody
Ray! .... Yum! ... I like those cookies! Keep it up!
My adventures with my 90 year old Mom include driving through Land Between The Lakes. Sunny and beautiful fall colors. We went to Patti's Settlement for lunch. Patti's is ranked the number one small town restaurant in the Southeastern US by Southern Living Magazine.
At Grand Rivers, I could see the coal cars for the transloading dock for barges.
The bisons (buffalo if you prefer) is within 15 minutes of our home. I took this pix of a female today. (The bulls are twice as big).
Happy very late evening all. I've been home for about 2 hours now from w**k, just getting caught up and ready for bed before church tomorrow. So far nothing on the baby front from Amy, few contractions here and there, but nothing really timeable, nor consistent.
Rob, sorry about the loss of your friend, I know the feeling and will keep you and yours in our prayers.
Vincent, glad to hear that you were able to get another ride, even at the loss of a good one.
Well guys, I think I'm about to head out and get to studying the back of my eyelids...
Joe, again.. I watched the train ride video, it was great so much stuff to watch. I liked it because it gives you so much information as far as prototypical.. just by looking out the window. Last year one of my best Christmas presents was the complete DVD set on trains… Scenic Railroad Cumbres and Toltec.. stuff like that. The one on Chama New Mexico.. I kept watching this train going higher and higher. I think it went over like 10 thousand feet and higher~ Maybe as high as 11 thousand! I’ll have to put it on again.. but any ways, Thanks! I enjoyed the videos. Just great stuff to look and study.
Alrightie then.. just wanted to check in. Tomorrow I think I'll have some de-caf. I talk too much.
Good Morning,
I am a little later than usual - maybe it is because we had to reset the clocks back to "normal" time last night. Chloe, I need my coffee IV, followed by an order of bacon and eggs, a roll, orange juice and today´s copy of our newspaper "The Switchman".
Calm and normal October weather - a good time to sort out things for the upcoming move. Sold my railroad books yesterday and made a "pretty penny" out of it - enough to furnish the kitchen properly. Petra is quite happy, which makes me happy, too.
Keith - quite a few of us in here have a German background, heck - the likes of us are everywhere! Or, as one of my favorite characters in the British television comedy "Allo, allo" would say " - and ve hav vays of making you talk..." Von Arndt is a very old name in Germany, IIRC, a von Arndt was also involved in the attempt to kill Hitler...
Ray - Fish and Chips - that´s what we will be having today, plus a bowl of salad, just to get that dose of vitamins...
Garry - I would not want to have a close encounter with the lady on that picture you posted - nor with her husband...
Barry - would you please be a good boy and put that catapult away?
That pumpkin pie Petra made is meant to be eaten and not to .... Barry? Please, don´t ----
A good day for all of you
Sir MadogBarry - would you please be a good boy and put that catapult away?
Hey!! I DID NOT bring THAT catapault in here!! I am innocent of this thing---I Never brought any such WMPD--(weapon of mass pie destruction)---in here cough cough ---ahem dang, where'd that come from? ----Todd? where's Todd gone to now?
We're going to get some sun today----yay!! With our high at 14C--this is a good thing for us--this will also go for tomorrow as well
Got church this morning and the seminars this afternoon---I's be a busy fellow today----
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and some toast/jam please----I'll be at the back with Ulrich and watch the day unfold
Good morning all,
My girlfriend has a habit of waiting for the last minute to ask me to do projects around her house; last week she wanted a tree trimmed back and her garage roof tarred. It’s been cold and raining on and off and we had that 4 day Indian summer, but I was working or doing volunteer work; looks like today is the day if I want to have a peaceful winter. Last winter in the middle of February she decided she wanted new gravel for her driveway. I made some calls and everyone was closed for the season since the gravel was frozen in a big lump in their yard. I heard about the need for more gravel every week for 16 weeks until the local bulk gravel companies opened up. I need to nip these two projects so I don’t repeat last years reminding.I also have to run over to Dale’s house and drop off some MRR supplies and pick up some of my models he assembled for me.
At first, I thought to post the following under the WPF thread, but then I decided against it - the laughs should be only on the side of the honorable guests and patrons of Elliot´s Diner.
A picture of me!
And a pic of my last layout - sold off for economical reasons:
Seeing those pics hurts a little ...