Trainman Sam Ulrich, I am relieved that your mother is doing better. There is a "method" that always helps me feel better... here is the remote for the catapult out back... wait for Barry or Todd (or anyone if you so desire) to walk towards the diners front door, then jam the button HARD... Watch the ensueing insanity!!! LOL In all seriousness, our prayers will be with you...
Ulrich, I am relieved that your mother is doing better. There is a "method" that always helps me feel better...
here is the remote for the catapult out back... wait for Barry or Todd (or anyone if you so desire) to walk towards the diners front door, then jam the button HARD... Watch the ensueing insanity!!! LOL
In all seriousness, our prayers will be with you...
AHAH!!! Caught with the paw on the remote!! What did I say? Kaaassshhhhpliiiitttzzz!!!
-----mmmmmm----Chocolate Cream ------my favourite-----
Oh well------as I was GOING to say---
Ulrich: I just read that your mothers heart is doing better---good to hear---we have your mother on our prayer list as well---
Work was light today which meant that my travelling about was fairly brief----only out to Lucan so that was quick. Traffic was not all that busy either---
Chloe, I'll have a Chocolate Cream Pie and a coffee please---on the plate---I would like to eat it--not wear it-----sheeesh---I think I'll sit at the other corner booth and make myself look really really tiny----
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/
Evening again. Just catchin' up.
DerJohn: We just got off the phone with Walthers not long ago, and I don't have to send the replacement (second broken one) back. AND, they're gonna send me a replacement replacement (so a third one). So I'm going to have two now... Darn... Guess I'm just gonna have to deal with one more car in my roster...
Chris: I've been fine the last two days, so I guess I'm fine. I have practice tonight, so we'll see how it goes. If anything should happen, I'll make sure to take it easy... And thanks for the concern!As for the centerbeam, it's the end walls and the floors that are broken, from the moment they came out of the box. And see what I said to DerJohn about the replacement.
Ulrich, sorry to hear about your mom, but glad she is doing better.
Ray, methinks I see Steamtown in your desktop. Cool place. Was there last year, but my dad made us rush through the entire place in just over an hour... I'd like to go back and actually see everything completely...
My new gloves came in today, just in time for practice tonight. They feel great! Way better than the POS ones I was using before. Now comes the real test...
IDK if I'll be in after practice, so, just in case, I'll catch ya guys tomorrow
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Ulrich: You have to convince your mother she's not a 20 something anymore and needs to slow down. Mine has slowed down to just below the speed limit after two knee surgeries and she's in her 70's, and she still wants to go, go,go.
Hey guys!
Just need to clear the air... Todd and Barry are innoc...SSHHHPPPLLLUUURRRPPP...ent! Until now...
Hi Chloe! WHAT??? No I did NOT give the controls for the catapult to Barry OR Todd... Oh, you were looking for the TV Remote??? heh heh heh... I didn't say anything about a catapult, Chloe... (quickly moving across the diner and sitting in corner booth, hunched over so as to be a smaller target)
Chris- Thanks!!!
I'll be in the corner for a bit, studying some more (both Transit, and Layout oriented)
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
Afteroon ya'll
Not much doing for me. I'm stuck at college right now doing nothing since my car has no juice in the battery (no sparks when dis-connecting the terminals) whatsoever. Not even the lights come on when opening the door. I tried jumping starting it but it just clicked. It's really strange since I left nothing on when I got out and it was running fine this morning. I called my father for help, but he won't be able to get over here for another hour or so. He said the cold snap may have had something to do with it, and I should have left the cars hooked up for a while before trying to start mine. I know that popping the clutch won't work when the battery is totally dead.
Johnboy and Sam, All this talk of pie catapults reminds me of that paintball airstrike commercial... Pie bombing runs may be in order
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.
Afternoon all!
Zoe how about a bowl of chicken soup and a Dr. Pepper? I'll go sit in the back by the stove.
AmanaMedicRAY: Thanks for posting the pic of your w**k bench, now I don't feel so bad about mine!
I took THAT photo as a response a year or so ago to a WPF post by Jarrell (Jacon12). It brough on quite a few chuckles as I recall... The area just behind my ugly mug in the photo now looks like this:
New Computer actually fits on the table better and is easier to use than the old 12 Laptop so I guess it is a good upgrade even if it did set me back a bit. The monitor is a Planar I bought about 5 years ago for use with the laptop when DJing. It has spent most of its life sitting in its box in the storeroom as I gave up DJing a couple of years ago and only did 2 gigs the year before THAT. The mouse is an old Logitech USB wireless I was using with the old laptop. Only new gear is the Mac Mini and the new keyboard. Found out the new keyboard has 2 USB2 outlets on it as well so I have 7 total, 6 available for gear...... Only thing I have to get is a Battery Backup for it. I'll deal with the tangle of wires tonight and try to keep it neat.......
Got to take a couple DVDs full of photos from Camp over the Scout Office, so I be back later (THAT's a threat!)!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon. Chloe, can I please get an RBF.
Got practice tonight at 8:30.
I'll be studying for a test in the back booth, but I'll be over to the RC soon to talk.
Afternoon all...Its sunny and 32 here...I'll have a diet coke please...thank you..gonna slip back in corner and see who drops in...you all have a good one...jerry
Good....well, relatively speaking....afternoon.
ULRICH: Glad your mother's condition has stabilized...of course we'll add her to list for "best wishes." How do you tell an 81 year old woman to not shovel snow? Well...you can tell her, but that's about it. Plenty of 'em over here with the same fiesty, self-reliant, no-nonsense nature.
Sir MadogThe last 6 months have put a load on my shoulders which gets heavier day by day. I don´t sleep more than a few hours each night and still have that numbness in my head. I urgently need a good rest, but it is just not in sight
I think I kinda know the feeling...stress is an insidious thing. Once it starts to take it's toll...it seems to snowball, or maybe more appropriately, avalanche.
I for one am hoping 2010 turns out a helluvalot better than 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996.....
RAY: Thanks for posting the pic of your w**k bench, now I don't feel so bad about mine!
Welp, back at it... it seems like I'm spinning my wheels but getting nowhere on a story for Mr. Boss, not the best situation to be in at the moment, current conditions and all. I may just go back to moving heavy things around again: regular hours, a full 40 hrs/week pay vs. irregularly irregular hours and (on a good week) 20 hrs. It seems increasingly, that going back into the newspaper biz wasn't one of my brightest ideers.
ULRICH: I'll raise a glass to ya a little later.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Thanks, Ray, for your kind words!
I just called the hospital - my Mom is now sleeping and her heart is back into a steady mode. I feel very much relieved by this info. I wish I could go see her, but driving is out of question due to road conditions.
I am so tired all of a sudden. The last 6 months have put a load on my shoulders which gets heavier day by day. I don´t sleep more than a few hours each night and still have that numbness in my head. I urgently need a good rest, but it is just not in sight.
I guess I need a little help
Ulrich, my prayers for your Mom and for you sir! You certainly have been through a lot in the last year......
Good Evening,
no good news - my Mom had to be taken to hospital with severe heart problems. She´s off intensive care, but we have to see how the coming 24 hours will be. I am really worried.
How to tell an 81 year old lady not to go out and shovel snow for more than 2 hours?
Sorry, Chloe, nothing for me this time - I am off again.
A veggie & fruit smoothie, please.
***Ray, I might borrow that pic of your "spotless work area" and put it on this desktop for the wife to see. Not that she ever says anything, but it would be proof I am not the only one.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
I knew it was Barry all along, and he is such a poor.......... shot.
LOOK OUT < DUCK.............................
SSCHHHUUUUPPLLUCK. HHhmm I think that one was Pumpkin
WOW,,,,His aim is getting better , that was really close.
You gotta hate those catapults, that's just not fair game.
Johnboy out....................................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Mornin' everyone! Good Lord! What happened in here?
Just a cup of coffee to go and quick please...... What? Vinnie confiscated the catapult? OK I go sit, ah never mind I think I just stand by the stove in the back. Seems to be the cleanest part of the diner. I'll have the breakfast muffin with bacon and eggs please.
Der John wants our "permission" to go sit at the rivet counter? Didn't anyone tell him that the RC is for those people who think they know everything, not those who actually do...... John! Of course you can sit at the Rivet Counter (I would wait until they finish mopping the floor and wiping off the counter first though).
Finished playing setting up the Mac Mini last night. Cleared and cleaned off an area for the computer itself downstairs last night. Not an easy job as the w**kbench usually looks something like this:
Always keep a clean w**k area...... New Mac is FAST! Considerably faster than the Pentium powered Macbook (partially because it has faster processors, but also the OS10.6 is smoother - Laptop is OS10.4) Old 12" was OS10.2 and had the G4 processor (only one....) THAT was s l o w...... comparatively Bet I will be posting from the train room in the future.
Gotta go load some gear in the truck. Still waiting for the new tag for the trailer to arrive and I need to get equipment over to the school so I can get paid! My son needs the trailer next week so i hope the tag arrives soon.
Prayers to all in need!
Morning all, Zoe, order of biscuits and gravy, side of sausage, and a tall glass of milk please ma'am. Well last night I put the handrails back on my GP40-2 and it appears that I'm missing one, sometimes if its not one thing, its another! I also have pictures of all my cars that in no way fit my era, but I can't find the cord to connect the camera to the laptop, so no pictures to post yet. I think I know where the cord is, I just haven't had a chance to look for it yet. I've gotta be at w**k at 9:30 til 5:30 today, kinda like banker's hours, just not doing banker's work.
Last night our heat went out in the house, I think maybe we just ran out of gas so we're calling the gas company to come and check things out today. No big deal, we have a couple of good electric space heaters so it stayed relatively warm and toasty in the house, we just don't like running them because they are HOGS! Well, going to be sitting here at the RC for a bit longer, then its off to w**k for me.
*ducks as another pie flies* All right....this is getting to be a little silly....
Good morning. Its finally warming up. The high will be about 35 degrees.
Seems like some of us are having some computer problems. Well the computer the "father in law" gave us crashed last week. I've been using the wifes laptop, and she swears all of the computer problems is due to me. Well................I ordered a new one last night. Dell had some good deals, and hopefully it will last awhile. The website says it won't get mailed out till Feburary 2nd .
Might go by a LHS today. I wanna get a turnout, and a smaller cement plant. Make the other cement plant the main plant, and make this one a smaller company. I was thinking about adding the new plant to middle of the new table.
And................I gotta take some MRR mags back to the library. Checkout some more. Get some more ideas.
Hope everybody has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning All,
No Zoe I don't usually wear my helmet in here but I hear tell there is a mad pie catapaulter about today. I'd like a regular coffee in this stainless mug and a donut in this locking strongbox please. Yes thank you, I like this vest too, did I mention it's kevlar? Very stylish in a SWAT sort of way.
PC - best of luck to the CFO on the surgery. Hope you get back to the layout soon though it sounds like your plate is unusually full even for you.
Ray and Barry(I think) - after new puters and comination printer/copier/scanners - it sounds like you're both ready for the electronic equivalent of one wafer thin after dinner mint.
Jeff - good luck with the second half of the repair. Hopefully the pro shop you go to has a power bleeder. It makes all the little bits in the antilock system stand at attention and lets the fluid bleed in minutes instead of hours. And yes, new vs rebuilt is a good idea on M/cyls.
Sam - there are shelf brackets out there for heavy duty use that hafe an enlarged bottom hole surround as well as some that are overall wider. Worst case try sandwiching some Luan plywood (1/4" variety) between the bracket and the wall.
Keith - nice progress. cork sheet would do for the terminal area and you could cut between sections to give some depth to the ballast when you get to it (you did remember ballast for the track, right?).
Chris - hopefully THAT situation will calm down - remember just keep on smiling "real purty like". It never hurts to claim the high ground.
Der - we need a permit for the RC? We don't need no stinkin permit your w..k speaks for itself. Yes the windows look much better with the altered mullions. It's tough to get them scaled nicely in iNvisible scale to begin with. Looked like the prototype had 6 panel windows to begin with. Don't fancy doing that!
Well - time to get back into the shop and pick up tools. Putting the rear suspension back together on the crashed 82 Theodore F-1 car today. lots of rocker arms and bearings and other bizarre stuff to deal with. Big fun and as usual it beats w..king CUL, J.R.
ok - foods on me - just make sure you serve it with those covered dishes to keep the pie bits off.
***** opens the door to the diner and gets something landing---KLLLOOOOONNK!!! schpluuurtz--on his head---then finds gook all over him*****
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toast with jam please---first I'll head to the sprinkler system in the storage area---can I use a squeeegie please?---thanks.
***** after cleaning up----and cleaning up the storage area of sprayed off gook*****
And who left that booby trap so that one can be Klooonked over the head and get gook all over them? I would like to know this--
Ulrich: I did not go around making this latest whatever pault that showed up. I am innocent of any pie mangling, gook manufacturing or pault making in this round------
Think I'll sit over at the RC and see what is in the morning paper-----
"Thousands Feared Dead In Haiti---Earthquake Largest In 200 Years"-------sheeesh
Good morning. It's 27 and clear. The high is due to be 57 and cloudy.Got the car back from the first shop yesterday. The steering works great now but the brake system still has to be fixed. No news yet on when I need to take it to the next shop. They were ordering the parts yesterday and expect them to be in today. If so I may be able to get it in before the end of the week. The hardest part of the job for them will be bleeding the master cylinder. It's an ABS type and it's a mother to bleed. Hopefully I should have it back on the road by the middle of next week at the latest. On the layout front, I worked on one of my Athearn GP38-2' yesterday. It had exhibited some hesitation the last time it was run and I wanted to know why. The problem turned out to be a loose wire on the rear truck.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning Everyone,
Egad, what have I started here? It was poor old me, who brought up that issue with that catapult. Barry and Todd, would you please stop
Swoooosh, thudddd, schppprootz
Now, Barry, was that really necessary? How can I now get my glasses clean again?
OK, Janie, it is coffee for me and I will also help you clean up the mess Barry made.
Scio, nescio - I know nothing - does that earn me a seat at the RC?
Have a good day!
Good Even...ah, I guess we'll make THAT Good Morning...
Wow, lots went on in here I see... If nothing else, at least I know why I slipped on the whipped cream on the floor...somebody must've missed a spot... It also explains the strange contraption sitting out back.
JOE: Yeah, sounds like a mild concussion to this former medic... better take it easy for a day or two, and get yer butt seen by a doc if things change 'eh? Clonks to the head aren't something to take lightly...especially when they start to accumulate. Also, was you the one who keeps getting broken centerbeam flats from Walthers?? I forgot for sure...side-effect of getting clonked in the head several times over 40 years... If so, what's breaking? Is it something a little plastic welding cement would fix? Any chance you could tack up a pic of it? I'm getting more and more curious on this.
TRAINMAN SAM: Sounds like you're really getting the hang of being...well, a TRAINMAN. Congrats again on THAT.
DER JOHN: THAT tower is amazing... Hey, what's with asking to sit at the RC?? I thought you already had a charter membership! As if your magnificent modeling wasn't enough, the tar trailer shoulda sealed THAT deal...
PC: I'll add to the well-wishes THAT the surgery goes well, the desired results achieved. My "nice" SIL had THAT done a few years ago...made a tremendous difference for her.
JEFF: Tough deal on the car...believe me when I say "I feel your pain." All three of our vehicles broke down/needed something fairly significant in the past year. Not fun. We sank just about every dime we could scrape up a few weeks back for critical w**k on my truck. No sir, not fun at all.
KEITH: You know what I like best about your pics with the "Liners"??? The YELLOW and GREEN Liners!! CNW, "The Route of the Streamliners."
SAWYER: Sounds like you'll be playing section gang this weekend, good luck on the switch change-out.
I'll yield the floor, it's about time to attempt unconsciousness... later today, I'll be editing/processing basketball photos, trying to come up with a clever yet concise game report; and hopefully getting some call-backs on a story Mr. Boss wants me to do.
Hoping everybody has a good, SAFE day...best wishes to all in need.
All,
The wife and I thank you for your support. And Bubba is.....well........Bubba!
Huh, Der John? .... an ETDRCOP? ...... Well, er ... I do believe you are the first to request one of those.... whatever ..... go ahead. .. enjoy it ........
BTW, Der John....... You interlocking tower looks fine.
The earthquake in Haiti sounds just awful ... Time for folks to dig in their pockets for the Red Cross and other disaster relief organizations.
Two of our 3 computers have been sick with a virus. I got this one back and cleared again. Time for the next. I think there should be more punishment for the virus writing idiots. The unainfected computer has Ubuntu OS instead of Microsoft.
I hope to have half of my Stewart FT's (an AB set) together in a few days. The stripes are time consuming. I hope to complete the other AB set in a couple of weeks so I can have the full ABBA diesel ready for the layout.
Watch out for JimCG sneaking in teh side dorr again.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
der5997 Barry - oh, no, not again. I thought we had left the catapult at the old location, now it is here again. Was it Todd who sneaked it in? Don´t let Vinnie know - he still has got that good argument against catapults and throwing pies - made by Messrs. Smith & Wesson....and there I thought that the needlepoint in question was for handling small parts in assembly of N Scale kits!
Barry - oh, no, not again. I thought we had left the catapult at the old location, now it is here again. Was it Todd who sneaked it in? Don´t let Vinnie know - he still has got that good argument against catapults and throwing pies - made by Messrs. Smith & Wesson.
OK-----I move that DerJohn be allowed the permit to sit at the RC-----
As for needlepoint----we also use the crochet hook here----and a couple of dental probes---new--of course
Good evening everybody! Chilly tonight, but not as bad as it was last year IIRC. A hot chocolate please Chloe, I'll be over at the Rivet Counter...if i qualify ....
I'd like to officially apply for an Elliot's Trackside Diner Rivet Counter Occupancy Permit (ETDRCOP) I based my scratch built interlock tower on a prototype one posted in the Diner way back Since finishing the two new towers, I've been bothered that something wasn't "right", compared to that first one. So, I've been mulling over mullions. I compromised with the windows of the scratchbuild, having no mullions at all on the lower window, and just a central vertical one in the upper. The new towers have vertical mullions in both upper and lower windows. That's a whole mess of mullions, and it looks "dated" compared to the scratchbuilt one - IMHO. Removing the lower mullion in each window of both towers took only about an hour this afternoon. That's thanks to the "peel and stick" construction of these Laser wood kits. Just pop out the whole window, cut the mullions, remove the glazing with the mullions attached, replace new glazing using the adhesive still intact on the frame, and pop the whole window back. Press tight, and repeat for all windows. Result, a cleaner look , at least that's my impression. Can I sit at the Rivet Counter now, please?
CapeJim:
Now, so long as the dragonfly larbe survive. Back when I was teaching elementary art, I learned that not only do the adult dragonflies eat the adult mosquitoes, but the dragonfly larvae eat the mosquito larvae, too. Yeah, I love dragonflies!!
Ulrich:
Too many switches, unless I have the chance to handlay them.
That would be WAY cheaper, and if you have the skills I'd say go for it, because making them would, I think, be totally absorbing; taking your mind off other matters - even small beagles - and thus be excellent therapy!
Should I venture into N scale, I´ll need to find out how much detail is necessary for that.
PC: Prayers for your wife in that gastric bypass surgery...obviously you y'all have done the research and I like that others of her side of the family have met with success with this.
Sawyer:
I have decided to swap out a switch, which I will probably do this weekend. the plan is to cut the old one out (the track is soldered and four joiners have feeder wires) and solder the new one into place. I'll hold it in place with track nails and then solder the rails to the old one.
Keith: Looking good! You've got a lot of space for all that passenger gear.
Joe: That centerbeam sounds like a real - well - bust! I think they should just refund your cash when you send it back. Try a different brand, if the model is available by someone else?
Sam: ditto Jeff's tip on writing in Notepad (I use WORD, but it's the same idea) Saves a lot of agro, but isn't always enough, like when I click in Preview on a link I haven't made "New Window" and don't notice. Moving back to Preview loses the whole thing - BUT the original is still in WORD, so can be re-posted and played with.
Looks like it's that time again, so Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Turkey meatballs with mushrooms and steamed veggies, please.
***Keith, I really like your progress there. That is looking very nice!
Not enough time to catch up on all the posts. Hope everyone is doing well.