Happy day after Christmas!
I see from the comments and pictures everyone was on Santa’s good list this year. We had a huge wind storm all day yesterday and it looks like today I’ll be fixing aluminum siding parts and some flashing around the house. I drove 300 miles Christmas day visiting relatives and my kids. I did score some train stuff; My girlfriend bought me: Walther’s Medusa Cement plant, The BUSCH CD-ROM to make my own port backdrops, and believe it or not a WS deer being harassed by four wolves, I was shocked the animal lover would give me a scene of 4 wolves ready to kill Bambi. I will find a place for this, somewhere.
Friend of mine has decided to upgrade his radio Digitrax throttles to the duplex radio version and offered me his old throttles for $75 each. This guy owns a LHS and uses them in his store.
So not only did I get to visit with family I got train stuff! Wahoo!
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. It's 29 and a little cloudy. The weather guesser is saying it will be 60 and sunny today.Had a good day yesterday and enjoyed being with the rest of the family. I've been going over the two MR related items I got. The boxcar will be losing it's roofwalk and the brake wheel will have to be moved down. The diner will require some minor repair work. The Home Health nurse will be coming out this afternoon to check my foot and change the vacuum dressing. That's all that is going on in my world today.Here's a shot of the boxcar:And some additional shots of the diner:
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Good Morning--
We had enough snow fall that we now have a little coating on the ground---of course it is of the heavy wet type--so everything be all slippery out there
I've got the little 'Spring' all cuddled up here with me so I'm doing the chicken wing typing style--
Jeff: What sorta repairs are you looking at with that diner? In one of our roadtrips north of here we came across a diner that had a look somewhat similar to that one----even to the corrugated 'back room' addition
Ulrich: Good to see the family was together over Christmas!!
Today's agenda involves me doing some work on the layout--namely repairing a turnout that 'Spring' started picking at the points therefrom---I think he found the one weakness in that ding turnout--and had to pick at it Audrey is going out with the sister to see about Boxing Day sales---( I thankfully saved up some $$$$ for that)
Chloe, I'll have a Bavarian Chocolate flavoured coffee and a toasted bagel with cream cheese please--I'll be at the RC
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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Good morning.
Not much going on MRR front today. Going to do some after Christmas sale shopping. BUT I am going to go by a LHS . That kinda breaks up the mall, sams club.......
Well I hope everybody has a good Saturday.
Lee....sounds like you go some good stuff. Poor Bambi
Jeff......Nice looking diner, and boxcar. Seems like the boxcar might need some "faded" done.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning...Its sunny and 26 here with alittle snow on the ground...I'll have coffee and a swet roll please..Thank You...We had a great Christmas..my Son came yesterday but none of the girls we will have Christmas with them latter...Sallie is heading out to dailysis this morning since She had yesterday off...I'll have the place to myself probaly get some train time in,watch some TV and nap...You all have a good one...Jerry
Postal tracking shows that my new Bachmann flatcars arrived at the Leesville post office this morning. Maybe they'll make it to my mail box today.
It was a hectic, but wonderful Christmas at our house yesterday. As has been done for many, many years, we hosted Christmas dinner at our house. Eight adults, one great neice and four great nephews. I must admit, after everyone went home around nine o'clock, we were exhausted, but exceedingly happy.
This afternoon we will al go to my nephews house and the adults will exchange their Secret Santa gifts, while the little ones reap another harvest from us, their grand parents, aunts and uncles. The nice thing is that this allows the wife and I the pleasures of seeing the little one's faces when they get a second round of gifts. That's the very best part of the Holidays.
Then in the middle of the coming week, my oldest nephew and our other two great neices will come up from South Carolina and we will have another Christmas with them. As you can see, our family milks the Holiday for all it's worth.
We hope that your Christmas has been filled with the many blessings that we have enjoyed this Holiday Season.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Mornin' everyone!
Must have gotten myself all tired out yesterday, I didn't even roll over until 10:30 this morning. Got up, put the coffee on, turned on the computer and the phone rings. Seems that my #1 granddaughter wants to come over to Grandpa's house to try out her new Thomas switch she got from said grandpa for Christmas....... So very soon She will be arriving for a bit see how we can rearrange Sodor to suit the new track.
Zoe just a big cup of dark roast coffee please!
Chris, remember it is said, "To give is more blessed than to receive." And I always add, "And a heck of a lot more fun!"
Jim, but of course! Grandpa made it clear form day one. Trains are the sole property of this Grandpa to give.........
I best get moving as a certain little girl who is the love of my life should be arriving with a new switch in her hand very soon!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning!!! I'm alive. Unfortunately I have already been in to Springfield this morning. Yesterday Missy's tether broke and she was standing there at the back porch steps in the usual location that would have been the limit of her tether had it been in one piece. She is not a puller but she does get wrapped around the tree and when that happens she gets stopped abruptly. This time that probably was all it took to snap a rusted spot. The thing was in need of replacement, the plastic coating was cracked in many places and the cable was rusting. It is always outside and usually lasts about a year, it was overdue and I just put off getting one. Anyway, the Wal-Mart wasn't bad, but boy the Big R was packed. Whew! But I'm home and don't plan on leaving until the Christmas party for the restaurant tonight at about 9 ish.
Jeff- I loooove the diner. Just remember when you place it, put it where you won't have to move it every (let's see, 50 pages times about 15 posts per page equals...) 750 comments! I noticed it's a bit more permanent than this one. If you can get in the top without any damage, it would be an excellent view of a couple of folks at the Rivet Counter.
DerJohn- Yes I agree. It's a bad situation no matter what the reason. Unfortunately THAT is not a reflection of the kind of financed health care as it happens a lot in the States too. Out of curiosity does N.S. have government funded health care or are you self supportive, other than insurance and Medicare/cade type systems?
Vincent- I wish my mistakes and accidents looked that good. I can't tell you had any incidents at all.
Ray- Looks like Grandpa had as much, if not more, fun on Christmas as anyone. I can also tell you are not looking forward to dealing with trains today!!! I hope you muddle through it somehow!!
I myself enjoyed the day, though it just didn't seem like Christmas. I received two cowboy figurines for the bar area in the basement and the boy got me two cras for the "trainset". Matchbox. He asked if they would work, and of course I said yes. He meant well and he should spend his money on his family. Surpise though, as we were backing away Brenda said "those cars are too big aren't they.". I said yes, but it's the thought that counts. I might be able to use the ambulance somewhere that is obstructed and might not be so noticeable. It's an old Cadillac ambulance and is too old for my era so it might set somewhere in the weeds or out back. Who knows. Brenda and I did decide at what our gift to each other will be, an LCD TV. I was hoping that‘s what she wanted. So we will be shopping for that in a few days.
Welp, I promised myself if I made it home alive or before 9 pm, I would give myself some train time and that is what I'm gonna do. I'm still working on the interior of the red mobile home so I think I'll continue for a bit.
WHICH reminds me, Monday's a comin' PC.
Have a Great Day!!!
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.
Ooooooooafffff! (staggers into diner and sits down at Rivet Counter....) Zoe I need a RBF! I am officially out of energy, totally exhausted........
Olivia and her dad came over to try out the new Thomas the Train stuff she got for Christmas from some old guy with a big beard. No not that Santa guy, I mean Grandpa! She helped me put together the track and we re arranged it several times over the next hour or so. I got her a Switch (turnout) and the engine house. She had a ball with it (so did Dad and Grandpa!). Then we fired up Grandpa's layout and ran some trains for a while down cellar. Then had lunch and back to Thomas. She finally decided that Grandpa would make a good "Horsey" so.......
Now Grandpa is officially worn out for the day. They just moved on to going to Grandma's House for a while. Olivia didn't want to go and had to be "caught" by Grandpa to put on her coat......... Granddaughters are wonderful!
Hope each of you are having as much fun today as I have been having!
Good afternoon,
Holy bat snot! Did I ever get a surprise a little while ago. Loving Wife took Rerun out for his (late) morning "chores," and to get the mail; an assignment Rerun takes VERY seriously. I notice the bundled-up pair bringing a box back toward the house with them. Once inside, Loving Wife hands me the box. At first, I'm quite puzzled...all purchases from "theBay" had arrived and been accounted for.
Then I looked at the return address, and suddenly it hit me.
Rush Limbaugh's family (Cape Girardeu, MO) was sending me a Christmas present.
As I opened the box, I handed her the note. She giggled a bit at the "Perfect Wife" part, but was also puzzled. As I removed the bubble wrap (which she also enjoys...some people, they just can't look at bubble wrap without popping every last inch!), and picked up the VW BUGS her eyes grew as wide as the target on a searchlight signal! She gasped! She even let out a little squeal of delight more befitting of a four year old rather than a for.............something adult!
In short, JIM: THANK YOU! You really made her day, and mine!!!!
Also JIM, thanks for the idea of putting a soda machine in the roundhouse. As luck would have it, I grabbed shots of an older one up for auction recently. Sometimes, in a weak moment, I check out the website of the auction house I used to slave away at. Occassionally, I'll find good pics of something I can use in my reference files. An older Pepsi machine was on there a few weeks back, good shots of the front and sides. With a little help from the Graphics Goddess, AKA: Loving Wife, I "should" be able to reduce those pics to pretty dang close to HO. She then can print them as stickers during a lunch break at her w**k... I can find/make/scab together something the right size/shape... bada boom, bada bing, instant soda machine in the background of a background building!!!
As the guy on The A-Team used to say, "I love it when a plan comes together..."
JEFF: Neat little Diner you got there. I second the notion, IF you can, it would be interesting to see what you could do with representing at least a few of the charecters around here... On the KCS boxcar, you said you were gonna lose the roofwalk and lower the brake wheel. Are you going to tackle the ladders too? I always have a terrible time trying to match paint, and so have to rely on weathering to "hide" the surgery.
TODD: I'm guessing Missy just stayed put and didn't lead you on a wild chase??? Rerun escaped once as a pup, dashed out the door and took off across the yard and adjoining fields (we were living out in the countryside at the time). I think he went to go see the neighbor's cows, got up close and realized "Holy BAT SNOT! These things are HUGE!" I suspect one probably lowered it's head and gave him "the evil eye" before he hauled ashes for home. But, he had to pass by an electric fence wire. He might've gotten a bit of a "tingle" on the outbound trip and remembered it on his way back. This was at night, and I finally saw two glowing eyes sitting still near where the wire would be.
He hasn't run off since. He did get momentary freedom one other time while we were living out there. He realized he was off his leash, and ran as fast as he could around the house. He'd stop, look at Loving Wife with a crazy-dog look, then launch for another supersonic fly-by around the house. HOW can a dog run so crazy-fast????
About the Matchbox bambolance... it just figures don't it? They make a nicer unit than the HO one Busch had a few years back...and it's some goofy scale. An Oldsmobile chassis ambulance has been sitting in a lot in CR for the past year. Like the caddie, it's a "rocket car" ambulance with the massive fins, rocket lights, etc. It's a restorer's dream. I'm easily picturing the Caddie sitting, like you said, in the weeds, rusted a bit, just waiting for some nut to come along and buy it/drag it home/restore it (says the guy with antique fire engines in his yard). Or....on the other hand, you could turn it into "Ecto One" from the GHOSTBUSTERS movie.. Maybe have Ghostbusters Day in your Wild West Village....
Welp, I'd best get a move-on. I have to see which issues of THAT's Solon newspaper I held onto (issues I had content in), and which ones I sent to recycling (no content of mine). THAT is looking to do a down-and-dirty, el-quicko issue for the first one of 2010. Which means "The Year in Review." A headline or two from each week of the past year, along with recycled photos. So, my afternoon will involve a box of newspapers and a calandar as I make a list, and check it twice; to see which back issues I need to pick up Monday morning on our way to See Der Rabbits for the new glasses. If/WHEN it stops sn**ing, I'll be a-shoveling too. Tomorrow, weather and roads permitting, it'll be Christmas with my parents in See Der Rabbits. Hopefully my annoying cousin from Wisconsin will STAY PUT this year. If she shows up, I may well have to pick her up, carry her outside, and deposit her into a snow bank.
JIM: Thanks again, I really appreciate what you did, and Kit (Loving Wife) does too!!
Have a good, safe rest of the day everybody...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Hot Chocolate please. Dag nab if it ain't snowing again.
AmanaMedicMaybe have Ghostbusters Day in your Wild West Village....
BRILLIANT!! Now if I could just deal with the size. Seriously,I kinda like the sitting in the weeds idea. Not really sure just how big it is in relation or if it will stretch even my non prototypicalness, but I'll find out sometime.
Nope-ers. Missy didn't run off. I don't think she knew she was loose. She just stood right about at the usual stopping point, except had her front paws on the back steps. Usually she can't get even that far. Followed the old broken one to, as I suspected, the tree she gets wrapped around. Probably didn't take much to break the cable and she thought she was free from the snag but not the tether. came up dragging about 6 or 8 feet of it. She has got loose twice before (mis-connectionsbut has never left the backyard. She knew she was loose then because she was up on the porch and sitting at the backdoor. I don't think she'd run off,unless of course she chased a rabbit or grabbed the scent of an intruder and would take off in mind locked tracking mode. She's an outdoor retriever, who prefers the indoors and doesn't retrieve. She also doesn't like to be out of Mommy and Daddy's sight very long. (big baby)
Worked for four hours on the trailer. My how time flies when you're having fun. ( did you catch that Philip? Fun.) I got the skirting and steps attached, dirtied up, and a recliner made. Also attached the back part of the roof. I'll get some pictures of the so far progress maybe tomorrow. Give you's a chance to assist me in some things I may not see.
Time for me to get the deep fryer fired up, (indoor kitchen type) and cook up a bunch of stuff that should really get me going. Ooo! I hope we have some Poppers.
AmanaMedicJEFF: Neat little Diner you got there. I second the notion, IF you can, it would be interesting to see what you could do with representing at least a few of the charecters around here... On the KCS boxcar, you said you were gonna lose the roofwalk and lower the brake wheel. Are you going to tackle the ladders too? I always have a terrible time trying to match paint, and so have to rely on weathering to "hide" the surgery.
jeffrey-wimberlyOn the ladders on the boxcar, I'm not too worried about them.
'Taint nothing wrong with THAT, in fact, you really don't even have to worry about the brake wheel:
November '96, "the drag" running from Beverly Yard up the former "passenger main" to Cedar Rapids North Yard. Wonder if I captured an OSHA violation????
TODD: Rerun is the same way, he loves being outside as long as Daddy and Mommy (in THAT order) are close by. Can't wait to see the trailer interior, and how did you make a recliner? Might be a neat little addition to the roundhouse, especially since it's under the ownership of Feder and Sons (junkyard). I could justify it as some enterprising w**kers grabbed it out of a truckload of junk, and appropriated it for a "break area."
Oh, and THAT white stuff which falls from the sky has stopped here...and the sun even came out. We may be done with this storm, the birds are back out and singing...haven't seen/heard THAT for several days!
Turkey dinner with extra veggies on a brightly painted SANTA FE dinner plate, please & thanks.
Have enjoyed all the pics being posted.
***Jim, the tree will be folded up and stored in a big box. Some ornaments are fragile, so all will come off and be packed separately. I'm just thrilled that after so many years without a tree (other than a tiny one a couple years ago), my wife actually went out and bought this one. Turns out the bulbs are cool LEDs.
Going to work on something train relate tonight while listening to old Radio Mystery Theater online. Have a nice evening y'all.
Rob
I went to the LHS today and picked up a B&O 50' boxcar.
Two of these flatcars were in the mailbox.
And this was left on my doorstep by the local rivet counter.
Good Boxing Day evening to one and all. Kris is watching the Star Trek marathon, while I'm catching up from a marathon of my own. At just before tea time this afternoon I had finished all the laying of ballast and prep work ready for the wet down and glue. So, as I didn't want to have to stop and start, I worked through from 3:00 pm to 5:15 misting on wet water (with India ink to "weather" the ballast) and eyedroppering on the dilute white glue. There was a point at which it looked as if I would run out of glue. Fortunately Kris had a bottle in her office, so that was an averted crisis. So it's all done, even the repairs to spots that washed out too thin in the initial gluing. Everything was washed up and put aside by 5:15. After dinner I tested the turnouts, and they are all freed up (of course it's too early to really tell as the glue is far from dry - but part of the prep is to put clipper oil on the points and work the turnout a few strokes to spread that around a bit. Part of the prep for this yard is to provide for the engine house and interlock tower. The blue patch at the engine house site is a blank area inside for an un-loading dock. I've left masking tape at those sites. In the case of the engine house it's mostly thin strips of tape where the walls go, as the floor of the structure is all ballast except for that dock. Hopefully I can remove the tape in a while - before the ballast is completely dry, leaving a clear area for the tower, and "trenches" for the walls of the engine house. That's the theory; time will tell.
I've just remembered, I never got back to who-ever it was replied to my clotted cream thing. Yes, that is indeed the stuff. Thick cream in a shallow pan over low heat for hours, skim off the cream that forms as a crust. My mother used to do this in Australia before the war, so she said. Used a baking tray IIRC.
CapeJim:
DerJohn - while I'd love being able to just 'sack' the tree away for easy of setup the next year, I have some personally made ornaments, some small Hallmark ones, and a crocheted/starched angel that goes on the top of the tree, and I'd be afraid that the small stuff might get lost and the fragile stuff might get damaged.
Todd:
Out of curiosity does N.S. have government funded health care or are you self supportive, other than insurance and Medicare/cade type systems?
Jeff: Glad you had a good Christmas, after the last week. Great "haul" of cars there!
Time to go wiggle the turnouts again. I'll do that at least once through the night. (If I wake up. Last night I slept through my usual 3:00 wake-up-to-pee routine, and the next thing I knew it was a few minutes before 7! Haven't slept so well since I can't remember when.
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Sup everyone. Janie, I'll take a RBF, thanks.
Went and got fitted for my skates today. Turns out the ones I was given were too big, so I traded them in for other ones. They didn't have the same model (Bauer One55) in my size, so I got Easton Stealth S9s instead, since they're pretty similar. And then they put them in the oven, and then I had to sit and do nothing for 15 minutes while they were heat molded to my feet. And then I needed to wait another 15 minutes while they were sharpened... It seemed like forever in there...
Other than that, not much else going on. I'll be over at the RC catching up.Janie, a refill, please?
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Good Evening, Flo, and a Happy Feast of St. Stephen to you! I'll have a CAW mug of coffee, and an oatmeal raisin cookie, please. Trying to cut back (after the requisite holiday over-doing...). Thanks.
LSWrr I was shocked the animal lover would give me a scene of 4 wolves ready to kill Bambi. I will find a place for this, somewhere.
LSWrrFriend of mine has decided to upgrade his radio Digitrax throttles to the duplex radio version and offered me his old throttles for $75 each. This guy owns a LHS and uses them in his store.
Definitely a good score there, Lee, from what I've seen for the Digitrax radio throttles in the sale flyer! So, what's supposed to be the additional feature in the duplex throttles, anyway? I hadn't heard yet.
Jeff - that diner has an awesome drool factor going for it! Kudos to whoever built that thing, and I have saved the photos for reference, since the one I had started already was a Harriman-type coach body, also. That is one heckuva neat diner, all right! - you lucky guy! I see you have a Rio Grande Cookie Box - don't we all have one of those?
Ray, you don't have me fooled for a minute! There's method to your madness - giving your little sweetie Thomas train stuff that she has to bring to your house to play with (so more fun time visiting with her). You crafty ol' man, you!
Todd, I'm guessing that you (no doubt, yes?) prepped Brenda by telling her how much electricity you all would save with an LCD TV, right? I mean, conserving energy, as well as saving money on utilities bills...
Chris, glad to hear that Kit enjoyed the Bugs, and that I additionally contributed to her 'stress reduction' collection of bubble wrap. If you have a Hobby Lobby near you (about that soda machine), you could use the 40 percent off coupon on the J-L Innovative soda machines (H-L carries them). But your way sounds even more thrifty... ... Excuse me, I had a delayed reaction to your 'See Der Rabbits' - thought for a bit that you were talking about something DerJohn had said...(chortle, guffaw...)
Rob, sounds like your tree is a bigger version of what I have for one. I'll be waiting until Twelfth Night (of the 12 Days of...) - Jan. 6th (AKA Epiphany) - to take mine down. I just like the lights and ornaments, too. Had them on last night, plus about four candles lit (all on fireproof glass supports, of course...), and some Christmas music and carols playing, and a cup of eggnog. How have your critters been taking to the weather lately there?
DerJohn, that's an impressive bunch of ballasting there (even allowing for it being in iNvisible scale). That's a good idea on the yard area around the enginehouse - I may do that, since the less I leave unballasted, the less scenicking and ground cover I may need to bother with! Hey, nothing wrong with sleeping through the night when you can get that, right?
Nothing falling out of the sky today in Cape Girardeau, which is good, since the winds are blowing 30 mph again, dropping the windchill about 10 degrees (F) from the air temp. I think we might've made it to 36 F/ 1 C or so today (not counting the windchill). Kinda nasty cold - 'but it's a dry cold, y'know...' I did get my first batch of CAW logos and stripes printed out:
The bigger 'butte' logos will be for boxcars or the side of Geeps, where there's more space, while the smaller ones are for the side of a switcher cab, like this one:
and the two-stripe sets are for the side of the locos. I'm debating about having a two-stripe set on my RDC's or just going with one 'turquoise' stripe on the side somewhere.
Also today, I went to get a can of gloss spray lacquer at H-L (along with some 'skin tone' paint for some unpainted Preiser figures I need to finish for our MRR club's diner). They didn't have that, but they did have gloss spray polyurethane, which is called 'indoor-outdoor' on the can. Will that w**k for sealing the decals before I soak them in water to put them on cars or locos? Anybody know if the polyurethane will seal it okay, or should I take the can back?
Well, I guess Ulrich and all our other Diners are still enjoying the holiday with family. I'll be at the RC a while, doodling with ideas for where to stick that stripe on the CAW RDC's... (and 'where the moon don't shine is NOT an option!)(Harrrumph!)
Oh, you know where Scrooge goes for his w**kouts?.... Spa Humbug! As I said, I'll be at the RC....
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning!!!
Janie, coffee in my LKAB mug, hot cakes and bacon n´ eggs, please! I´ll be in the corner booth and watch the yard crew fiddlin´ arount with that switcher...
So Christmas is over - the first one without a tree and any presents. Still a strange feeling...
Today, I will take Christian and Stephanie (or Steffi) to the train station. It was good to have the young ones with us, but it is now the time for us to get some rest. Petra spent most of the time in the kitchen, preparing goodies, and I did the clean-up job later on...
Tomorrow morning, I have to report back to the hospital - makes me nervous
Jeff - that diner looks exactly the way I picture this place!
You all have a good day!
Just got back from the Christmas party and WEE WHOOOO!!! My Secret Santa got me a case of Lone Star Beer!!! My favorite. AND I won a tin of Herring in tomatoe sauce from a win in Bingo, and a candle in a jar in find the employees name. (Find A Word the owner made up) Didn't win anything in trivia. Came in second.
DerJohn- Yep that answers my question. And a hearty for the amount of ballasting you did in one fell swoop! I don't think I could do that. No, I know I couldn't do that!
Chris- Don't get too worked up over the recliner. It's more built to be seen as something to fill a space than an accurate piece of furniture.
Jim- No, luckily the electricity savings never came up. Actually that's a new one on me. Glad to know though. With the picture we have on the TV in the basement, something she can see would be all she needs to make her happy.
Way, way, way past time for beddy by. Haven't seen this time of day in a long time. Wasn't sure it still existed. Church at nine will come sooner than I want!
Prayers to those in need.
Good morning. It's 34 and clear. The high will be in the mid 50's and it will be partly cloudy.Went to Alexandria yesterday with some friends and made a stop at the LHS where I picked up a Bachmann Silver Series B&O boxcar in the yellow paint scheme. From there we went to Hobby Lobby, which was the big draw for the rest of the crowd. With most everything 50% off, I can see why. Also picked up some model cement and a jar of WS blended turf. A wheelchair isn't too bad when you have someone to push it. Got home and found that my two new Bachmann flatcars with container loads had arrived in the mail. I also found something on my doorstep from the local rivet counter. A D&RGW 'Cookie Box' boxcar. I have little use for it myself but a friend sent me an email message asking if he can have it and I'll be sending it off at the earliest opportunity. I also have several other packages that will be going out soon.
Good morning,
Jim, the Digitrax simplex UTR you have to set the loco address then plug in to acquire the locomotive, with the duplex UTD you can acquire the locomotive without plugging in as long as you are within 3 meters of the antenna. I don’t see the need for the duplex unless you try to run several (3+) locomotives at once by yourself, or if you have the need for 29 command functions the UTR has only 12, so if you have a BLI you may want to upgrade, however I see the new BLI has programmable automatic sounds (for me) that kind of defeats the need for commands 13-29. Dorothy wants the deer to have a red nose, so I don’t think I can hide anything with her around.
Good Morning
We's be getting a bit of tiny snowflurries with a small bit o' sun today. High is going to be about -1C with the low hanging around -3C. Monday will see us getting about 5cm of snow--that'll be the most we've had all 'winter'
Ulrich: Hopefully they'll be able to get a handle on what it is that they need to get done! We've got you on the church's prayer list here!
Jeff: I agree with Ulrich. That IS our diner!!
Speaking of diners I'm looking at scratchbuilding this little fellow---I've been at this place numerous times---especially in my High School days
The interior has changed a 'little' over the years while the exterior had only the front entranceway redone.
Anyhoooo--today is pick up a few goodies for New Years eve and do some housecleaning---such as what one can get done with all the stuff crammed in here---
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee for now---I'm over at the window booth checking out all that switching--rather busy on a Sunday innit?
I'm up bright and early this morning....... Well early anyway. Chloe I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes and a side order of bacon. Oh yes, need a cup of dark roast in a FGLK mug. Please and Thank you! I'll go sit in the window booth and distract Barry for a bit......
Nice diner there Barry. Be tough to move every 50 pages though........... That one that Jeffrey has certainly has... ah.... character. Yup, that's the term for it, character!
Best get moving, today is my last time of being "Head Usher" for the year......... Hope they all show up! Makes my job much easier.
Good Afternoon,
I just took the young folks to the train station - as I said, it was good to have them with us for some days, but it is now also the time to get some rest...
Thanks to Christian, my PC now has found the place it was meant to have - on the desk in the extra room. I was not able to configure the WLAN and he does these things in no time at all, accompanied with those typical comments young people give to the elder...
CU later ....
A light coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Jim, I like the idea of waiting until the 6th to de-tree. Wonder if my wife will go for it? Hey, I'm impressed with anyone who can clearly see those figures, let alone paint them by hand.
Last night I took the front section of sidewalk with light posts (extras from the Sons Of Anarchy structure), shaved them a bit and used for the ambulance side of the Hospital. Added a LED above the door, plus a roof (also from scrap material) and it's ready for paint. Still need to go look at a helipad for the roof.
Have a good day y'all.
HI guys!
Hawaiian Hazelnut Kona Coffee please in a big B & O Mug.
I hope everyone had happy holidays however you celebrate them and whatever you believe in.
Not a white Christmas here except what little was left on the ground. A sheet of Ice covered teh vehicles this AM though from rain yesterday and last night's chilly temps.
Took a fancy french toast breakfast to my father, much like a cinnamon stickybun frenchtoast made by my other half and a TeeShirt that says "Assembled in the USA from Norwegian Parts" for his {and mine} USA descendancy from Norway {hisGrand and and my great grandparents}. Had dinner with the InLaws. Got MIL a book as she is an avid reader and the FIL a bottle of White Zinfandel. He likes to make his own wine and had some this year, but not knowing if he did, we brought him some.MIL is from Germany, which she missed terribly...now if only to find her an Omp-pah Teeshirt. We also ordered pineapples from Hawaii this year to give to everyone. Weren't too sure they were gonna be here in time for Xmas but low and behold they arrived last Monday.THey are far sweeter than the costa-Rican ones in the store or in cans ...so sweet it makes my teeth hurt- even the fake ones! Has to do with Hawaii's great soil for pineapples. Pineappples are also a symbol of welcoming.
I see it looks like I missed a near miss on a flame war here in the diner a few days ago that I'm surprised didn't get the diner locked and barred!
The prayer candle will be up for those in need today.
Jeffrey W. Special thoughts and prayers go out to you about your leg. I read about it and I really hope you don't have to loose it. My other half, being also a minister, will say extra prayers for your recovery. I am also very jealous of that 50' B&O Yellow Boxcar. I go nuts for anything B&O , C&O, Chessie, and am warming up to modern day CSX!
HAve a great day, everyone!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
galaxyJeffrey W. I am also very jealous of that 50' B&O Yellow Boxcar. I go nuts for anything B&O , C&O, Chessie, and am warming up to modern day CSX!
Good morning/early afternoon.
Just a quick stop. Not much planned, but watching some of the Steelers game. They are calling for snow again, and that has me worried about driving tonight to work. I guess it will be a wait and see.
Hope everybody has a good Sunday.