Large coffee, please.
Here is a pic of the washed fence. I went out and filled all the holes with rocks & gravel, so there will be no broken horse legs. I'll deal with removing the fence another day. Our pasture and that of the neighbors (green strip in the background) were entirely under water. The serious "action" was up at the road. Hopefully we can get a pic of that from one of our neighbors.
As for accents, I had trouble with the heavier Southern accents when I moved here. Irish also gave me a little trouble, but I sure like it when coming from one of those beautiful hot blooded Irish red heads. Ahhh, the memories!
Have a great day all.
Rob
Jeff;
here I thought that project was done and over with by know, how long have they been working on that??
Is that an ACOE project?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
LSWrrhere I thought that project was done and over with by know, how long have they been working on that??
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A pile of rice loaded with butter, please.
A couple pics to share. Wife's church with added area behind it for a "Dinner On The Grounds" scene. Will add some simple benches & shelter later. The other pic is of our friend (UPS) delivering some train stuff to a weathered farm house. I still have some work to do on the roof. There will be grass and some big old trees around it as well. Trackhoe is digging out a pond. Still lots of green foam to cover...eventually!
We won our soccer game last night 5-0! I've also gotten all my make-up work done, so I'm feeling good. Been raining all day here though, but it ain't a gameday, so I like the rain.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good Evening-
MMM--some people had a duke-um-up in front of my house---not kids--full grown----2 year olds. I went out on front lawn---find next door neighbour already walking up street---decide ---OK, he's on top of it---a couple of neighbours doing the tin hat thing on each other---built up and boiled over.
Got some cleaning up done on the layout---including the track work. I also discovered that I had left a #10 turnout unfastened to the cork roadbed---so the turnout is now a #9.241 turnout----well, sorta. Kinda---well, definitely maybe--
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a pecan torte please----I'll be at the RC for a bit
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/
Evenin' folks!
Zoe just stoppin' in to see what's going on and get some coffee and dessert. lets see.... Oh! I'll have that Linzer Torte that Ulrich brought in. Hope it is as good as it looks! Bet it is! Decafe if you please.
Barry, fisty cuffs up in your neck of the woods, huh? I used to think you lived in one of those "Genteel" kinda neighborhoods.
I've had the wood stove fired up most of the day. Both my cats have gone into Winter mode and now spend all day on the rug near the stove keeping nice and warm. Went outside to the shed and moved a few items around, got the mower out for one last run at the lawn this fall. Batteries died about 1/4 the way through the yard... Been over a month since I mowed and a few places have gotten high and the grass is wet like it might be Fall? I get back to it for a bit tomorrow and get at least one side of the house done.
The trees around here are losing their leaves fairly quickly now. I never rake... I found out that if you wait long enough, they all blow over to the neighbors and he rakes them.
Only hobby oriented thing I did today was to make a few changes in the powerpoint presentations for tomorrow night. I may take a few minutes and spray paint a base coat on the 2 Tichy flat cars I have assembled.
I'll catch up with everything in a bit.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusBarry, fisty cuffs up in your neck of the woods, huh? I used to think you lived in one of those "Genteel" kinda neighborhoods.
It is ---generally---it is only recently that these two adult 2 year olds went after each other---all over a 3' wide strip of garden between their driveways At least that is the story that one of 'em says it is/was.
howmusI've had the wood stove fired up most of the day. Both my cats have gone into Winter mode and now spend all day on the rug near the stove keeping nice and warm.
'Spring' is all furry now---and will go under the blanket at night now. If not, there he is in the closet on top of some pillows---away from any drafts---
Good Evening, Chloe - how about a nice D&RGW mug of hot cocoa, please? Thanks. If I thought that the chowhounds in here hadn't already polished off Petra's Linzer Torte, I'd ask for a piece of it. But I know better... So, I'll go with just the hot cocoa, thanks!
GMTRacingI love those electrics ! We call them box cab electrics and the less charitable call them toasters but pound for pound they pull more and are more efficient than anything else we have.
JR, I thought the 'toasters' were the locos that GE makes... As for the neighbors, in the past (five?) years since I moved in here, the makeup has changed from mostly college students in the apartment buildings around, to those who depend on the working folks for their checks (I think that's how it could be described). I'm in favor of some change around this area - change for me, to another location...
Rob, good to hear (as Bama said...) that the flood damage wasn't a critical part of the farm, and that no critters were caught out in that deluge. For whatever reason, I'm not seeing your photos on page 13 at all - I even tried 'Reply to', which usually shows any pics at full size, but nothing.
Jeff, good to hear your eyesight is getting better. I doubt that your layout is going anywhere while you are healing up, so do things right, and the layout will still be there when you're really up to some MRR'ing.
Ray, I was spending some time looking over your layout photos, and all I have to say is... Now, as for how to 'translate' all your inspiration to a Southwestern setting for my layout... (And no, I'm not gonna dump the setting, even for all your beautiful scenery ideas). Oh, got your email, also. May pick up that booklet later this week or next, over lunch, I expect.
Now, my thoughts about webshots.com's way of showing photos, might not get past the forum censoring software... Dangnabitfratzle#$*&^#%!
Robby - thanks for the video update! You'll probably enjoy that yard, even before you learn about waybills (I still have my own learning curve to climb)
All right, Jerry - so how much of that 'diorama' is edible? (I'm guessing the cars are NOT)...Cute!
Our weatherguesser guy this evening was saying we might even see a couple of flakes on Saturday morning (no, none of you Diners - SN*Wflakes!). We broke the low temp record today (with a high for the day, of 53 F). He was saying we may break some other low temp records tomorrow and Friday evening, too...
Todd - for your RR's name, how about Gold Creek and Antimony? (Just a minor chemical joke there...) Vincent meant New England? Heck, I'm used to postal abbreviations, and thought he was talking about NEbraska, where the winter-time sn*wdrifts get really interesing....
Lee - on those accents and words, the toughest 'English version' is Australian (for the various different words they use - and i'm not talking a shrimp on the barbie, either!). Of course, I should talk - I live in Missouree, rather than how many residents of this state pronounce its name (Muhzzuruh).
Sawyer, congrats on your team's win, and - just as important - getting all your make-up schoolw**k done! So, did you score one of those five goals?
Barry - so in 'furry' mode, does Spring do any less head-butting? Or just do it under the covers, if he's sneaking into your bed?
Got in one order today which had the Busch small animals set in it. I'd thought it was 8 animals (which I thought for the price was a bit high, but hey, for some critters for my layout...). Well, after looking it over, there're about 60-70 animals, including a bunch of fish(!). Guess I'll need some excuse to have a mountain stream/river to put those into. The set has snakes, frogs, butterflies, squirrels, rabbits, salamanders (which maybe look like geckos to me), ravens (nevermore!) and an owl or two. All I need is to get some horses and bigger farm animals, and I could have a farm like Rob does (well, mine would be 1:87 scale, but y'know...). The set's unpainted, but that'll allow me to vary the types of snakes and have a black snack, a copperhead, and such, so I'm good with that! I also had the Preiser set of Boy Scouts - I'm gonna wait until the weekend and see what the color looks like in daylight; the 'khaki' color on their uniforms looks a bit 'cool' (bluish) compared to how I recall the BSA color for khaki. If I still think in another week that it doesn't look right, I'll repaint the khaki to my liking.
I found out this afternoon why Duke's been getting in all that nap time in the back booth - he is officially an ORF member, as of this afternoon!
Congratulations, Duke!
Now we'll never get him to wake up - unless we ask for a photo of a nice Berkshire or something nice like that...
About time for me to head out - stay warm and dry, and keep healthy!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Thanks Jim! I wish I did, but i did play forward in the 4th quarter. It's been forever since I've palyed forward, lol.
Evening all, just a RBF for me. Haven't done a whole lot today, went to w**k, came home and have been on and off (more on than off) helping Amy clean house (she's in the "nesting" mode). Right now I'm hiding in the living room watching tv while she's cleaning up and out the bedroom. Well, I'm probably going to be heading back into the bedroom here in a few, but it'll be more heading into bed as compared to cleaning more.
Prayers, helpful, and thoughtful thoughts to all those in need.
Flo just a cup of decafe to warm me up. I'll be at the stove in the back corner warming up.
It is currently 32°F here in the Finger Lakes with a predicted low of 30°. So there should be some frost on the roof tops tomorrow morning. I am surprised they don't have a freeze advisory out for tonight. Maybe the frost we had a couple days ago was considered heavy enough that they aren't going to give the advisory/warning again. Anyway it is nice and warm by the wood stove and both my cats are on the floor near it.
Looks like everything is go for the Merit Badge session at Troop 1 tomorrow night. I have timed everything and it should run very close to the 45 minute session they wanted.
Jim, thank you sir for the compliment. The only thing I would say of help to you creating a South Western look is to get some books that have good color photos of the area you will be modeling and absorb the look and feel you want. One trick I have is that I almost never use A color. I have a sand colored paint that by itself doesn't anything like sand, but when oversprayed with a fine mist of similar colors starts to looks more like sand. Concrete is a group of colors. I use 3 of 4 shades of gray to make it look right to me at least. Same is true of grass, weeds, and the like. The one thing I may do after the judging is to go back and add some fine ground foam to some of the trees to add some different colors to individual trees. Someone on here suggested that to me a while back.......
Duke! Congratulations on the "promotion". You're gonna love it! I think we will find that even when he is napping there will be a big grin on his face!
Well, it is getting to that time, so I will say goodnight to all of you and may you all have sweet dreams of Mallets climbing grades belching smoke and ash as they go. Or what ever would make sweet dreams for you......
Hello ...
I'll have an RBF at the RC.. I'm glad Bama, and Ray are here ...Looks like Rob, Sawyer, Barry, Keith, Jeff, Lee, and Jim CG were here earlier. ...You'd think Duke would stop in and tell us more about the "promotion".
Rob ... Your fence is a mess !!!! Good luck getting it back together.
I don't need to acquire any new locos, but I could not resist the Walthers sale for P1000 F7's lettered and detailed for Burlington. 167ABC (an F7 ABA) arrived today. Amazing model!
Good News. Grandchild number 5 is due to arrive in Michigan in a few days. Bad news is my 90 year old Mom is having problems. She lives in Alabama where my sister does. .... So ...... Shelley will be traveling to MI while I travel to AL. ..... I'll help my sister take care of stuff for Mom....... We leave this weekend.
MEanwhile my brother in law is recovering nicely from major ehart surgery. I'll see him in anshvile enroute to AL.
It's hard to accomplish stuff on the layout with all these things going on.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hi everyone,
it is lunchtime here in central Europe, so I ll have a bowl of that hot chili and a coke, Flo!
Still waiting for the landlord to react - I am getting a little nervous. Petra and I would like to be able to move into this place, because it is the best we can get, given the circumstances.
This is post no. 1,000 since I joined in March! The drinks are on me, folks!
Have a good one!
Ulrich, that means you talk too much! Just kidding, congratulations on post # 1, 000 and we look forward to another 1,000.
LSWrrBarry, Tiger and Crystal have commandeered the dogs flannel bed in the bedroom. We will see how long that lasts.
'Spring' is too small to take over the bed here----but your two probably might have 'interesting' times' with the canine---I remember when I was younger and we had that 25lb 'Baby'---he'd sleep anywhere he wanted----even in 'Putzi's basket
Good Morning--
So--woke up to next door neighbour knocking on door and asking me whether I checked out my backyard. I said no. There is a deer sleeping on the deck---
Got some things that need done----dern honey do list------so's I befigures that meeebee get them done
Chloe, I'll have coffee and a large stack o' pancakes with maple syrup please---I'll be over at the RC this am.
Ulrich: You keep going and you may catch up to me.
Good morning.It's 76 and cloudy. The high will be in the upper 80's and there's a chance of rain.Not much happening today other than a visit to the foot docs office this afternoon to get a new set of X-rays done. My parents will be getting back home today after their visit to my younger sister in Pennsylvania. Knowing them my mother will probably shut herself in for a couple of days while my father starts right back to usual schedule.
Gooooooood morning. Its a cold rain today, but maybe some snow flakes Fri/Sat. The high today will be about 42degs.
Well not much planned for me either today. Maybe work on the layout some more today.
Hope everybody has a good day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes with good old NYS Maple Syrup... What? You're out of the NYS stuff? OK the Canadian Maple Syrup just a good so Barry, please pass the genuine Canadian Maple Syrup. Oh, and yes I need several cups of Dark Roast coffee in a FGLK mug and some bacon as well.
Lee the buildings were made from the Walthers Modulars. The biggest problem was that you have to paint the inside black or you will get an unearthly glow if you put lights in them.......... It is a whole lot easier to paint the building inside before you do any other inside detail. Don't ask!
Jeffrey, good luck with the doctors visit today. It sure sounds like you have been improving on the regimen. Bet you will be glad to get rid of the antibiotics and extra hardware.......
"We're havin' a heat wave......." Currently 34°F here in the Finger Lakes under cloudy skies. Calling for rain and snow showers today. Tonight is Rain and snow mixed. Tomorrow is Rain and snow mixed. Ah, always so nice here in Camelot.....
I'll in the back booth staying warm and congratulating Duke on the retirement (if he wakes up that is).
Good Afternoon,
Jeffrey - I do like this background -
Zoe, I´ll have some hot cocoa with cream topping and a slice of that Linzer Torte, if there is any left.... Yes, you may add a swig of rum to the cocoa...
Clear and sunny day with a temperature of 8 C. I cut the grass for the last time, which made me kind of sad. My copy of MR arrived today, so I have something to read. This week is train week on TV, there is a program called "Taking the train to..." Today´s feature was Norway, from Oslo all the way up north to Bodoe. Spectacular pictures!
Doesn´t that loco look familiar to you guys?
Still no info from the landlord - we are running short of time...
Garry - my for your mom.
Hard to believe, but it will be dark in just about an hour from now.
CU later!
" Cop of cufee please.. ugh"
Good morning to all of you~
Jeff that is some pic there. I would like to know more about those two trees in the background. Those two trees look as if there is more than one color there on each tree.. and also.. the back part of the trees almost look like a darker color.. or is that shading from the lights? Its so real looking those trees. Looks nice.. I love to look at pics. I'll get there I'm sure. I got lost in watching war movies yesterday.. I don't know where the time went. But I did manage to continue working on the layout so I guess all is well. Except.. today now, I will go pick up one of my cats that had to have his eye removed. At the same time..I'll be taking in another cat.. for a possible broken leg. Not too happy about that one. I think the Husky of mine .. ran her over. A few x rays should tell. So it seems my day .. or at least a better part of the morning will be at the Vets office.
Keith
Sir MadogDoesn´t that loco look familiar to you guys?
So that is where the 'babyface' went too!!
Good morning, just coffee please running late today. It's Mom day so I must spend the morning and afternoon with her doing her grocery shopping and odds and ends she needs done. She also likes the lunch date. Then to work at 5pm cst
Got the wiring problem repaired and things run well. Just have to finish the feeders and then get rid of the old, old, switch that is causing problems and add the new switch in a different direction for the meat packers. I already decided that in my modern world, cattle are still shipped by rail and I have some cars, so now I have to do the meat packing thing.
Hey Duke- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! But don't plan anything now that you have the time, for some reason you'll be busier now than ever it seems.
Garry- Prayers for your Mom and for you and your sister to get things in order. Also for a safe blessed event in Michigan.
AHH! Robby said "Snow". AH! Now I said it! Where's the soap.
Have a Great Day!!!
EDIT: Aw man! Ulrich, I was going to pay every ones diner ticket when I hit my 1000th. Shoot I missed it. Oh well ladies when Ulrich is done, put 'em on my tab
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Extra strong coffee in a large UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thanks.
Last night wife & I did the Sleep Lab and we will both be getting home Cpap machines. "Dualing Cpaps" I could tell I had actually slept without waking up profusely sweating, or coughing, or with numb extremities. Didn't help with the equilibrium problems so will still need a CT scan to search for that cause. I suspect that is going to be a permanent thing anyway. At least sleep won't be an issue anymore and that's a BIG DEAL for me.
Off to do critter rounds. Have a good day Y'all.
Blazzin: Those two trees you asked about aren't on the layout at all. They're part of the backdrop picture. The color ranges on each tree run from light to dark, just as they would in nature.
" I have just a cheeseburger, fries.. and a large coke please."
Jeff, thank you for telling about the trees. Now I have to go back and look at the pic. As me .. I've made it back.. with both cats. Any time life seems like its letting up.. start to look over your shoulder.. I'm a firm believe .. there is no letting up on life and its hurdles. The one I took in today had a fever and a swollen leg. The Vet said.. probably/maybe a spider bite. They took x rays.. I even looked. She sleeps outside. And for the other one..he got into a fight from a roamming stray.. and lost his eye. So, now 450 bucks out of my pocket.. and both cats are home now...home sweet home...I could just see the two light up. Home~
As for me.. I'm going eat breakfast.. and go back to bed and forget about reality for a few winks.. I slept lousy. I once told my son... I'd rather have a good 5 hrs of sleep than a lousy 8. My son replied.. he rather have a lousy 12 hrs of sleep.
Afternoon..It is cloudy damp and 46 here...I'll have a Windy City dog drag it thru the garden,onion rings and a diet Coke please...thank you...sallie and I watch Movie caregiver brought this morning and sallie is watching soaps..Jeff hope all goes well at Dr.....You all have a good one..Jerry
LSWrrJeff, that Santa Fe hopper in the back looks great!
Lee.....I honestly don't have many mining things around me. A coke (coal) plant is near me (2 miles away), but thats about it. Its honestly more steel (steel plant about 10 miles away) than mining around me. You might have that neighborhood that looks the same, and thats about it.