Afternoon folks!
Zoe a cup of decafe in a FGLK Mug would hit the spot.
What? Are we now playing, "It's time to play, 'Spot the Loony'"!
I have the PowerPoint presentations done for tonight. Still need to write out the plan for the evening and get some other materials together. My son is coming over in a few minutes to help me block up the trailer THAT he severely overloaded a couple days ago. The net load is 1500lbs. he has at least a ton in there. His weight sets, steel wrokbench, outboard motors, tools, etc. etc. ect. floor to ceiling. He kinda noticed THAT it was riding a "little" low when he drove it back over to my house...... "A little low"...... There is no spring left... I hope he hasn't ruined the suspension or axle on it.
fireman216No Ray unfortunately I was not there for that meet..You have to let me know if you decide to "take that short drive" and come "over" for the show and meeting.
Not sure yet, but it is a distinct possibility. I will let you know closer to the time... please remind me! BTW, you missed a good meet!
Catch you a bit later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ah Ray I guess no need for you to play Spot eh? You've already done. I am in the middle of making a new wishbone fixture as someone was a Loonie here as well. If it's needed, most spring shops can get the springs no problem, but if the axel is damaged beyond repair, it's frequently cheaper to get a whole new assembly. Unless of course it's one of those family heirloom models made from great grampas model T truck type axels. The fun just never ends.
It's 73 here, so it's one whole degree ABOVE what the weather guesser said it would be. However, there is ominous news. Thunderstorms are moving in tomorrow. Whoopee, more rain. They've let the lake down 5 times in the last 2 months because of all the dang rain we're getting.
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Thanks Jeff! We in mid Fla. are now getting hit with YOUR mess.
Flip
And a good evening to everyone!
I had a good afternoon with Audrey watching a bunch of videos. And being cuddled by 'Spring'. We also had a wonderful walk through Springbank Park in the sun.
Now, I'm going to hide in the trainroom and see about applying more self stick aluminum foil panels to more grainbins----heeheehee
Chloe, I'll just have some coffee and a cinnamon bun please---I'll think about what I'll really have later.I'll be at the cornerbooth for a bit---gotta catch up on some readin' here---
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/
Hey, leave that omlet alone. Love 'em. I had numerous Cubans for customers. We learned each others language for the various auto parts I sold and they needed. Yes, most of them very hard workers and I rarely had any poblem. It just bugged the heck out of us citizens that they, the loafers, got food , meds and lodgings for NOTHING. Not to mention S.S. and never paid in a penny. End of RANT. Sorry folks.
Aussie Dan, about a year or so ago, we had another Aussie on board who was or did, open a Hobby store. We lost track of him.
More later- diner ready. Prayers for all
I'm going to slurge and have the Meatloaf Dinner with green beans, baby carrots and potato casserole, please & thanks,
Wife persuaded me to start the MP this morning. Just took my third pill an hour ago and thus far, everything is cool. BP dropped to 86/42 with HR of 62. Wife assued me that as long as the mean ends up staying around 50 that the kidneys, etc are being transfused with blood and all is well. One interesting thing I have found is my irregular heart beats have seemingly gone away. Will be most interesting when I meet the cardiologist next week. If a new EKG no longer detects the arrhythmia, I'll be quite pleased. Time will tell.
Ran errands all day, so no train room time. But IF I start feeling better as my wife is already (only 2 days ahead of me with the treatment), then I anticipate I might just make it back down there yet. Several of her pains (swollen lymph nodes, tooth pain, etc) have already gone away.
Have a great evening y'all.
Rob
TMarshPC- Great news! But full after less than two medicine cups? That doesn't seem to be enough food even for a bird. Does the fullness have to do with other temporary things? Surely her appetite will increase some.
A little, but after the surgery her stomach went from the size of a football to the size of a golf ball.
The good news is..............I've got her home from the hospital!!!!!
All,
I caught CSX 22 trying to sneak through town earlier today, but I was quick with the camera phone!
Great news there Philip.
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Great news Philip!
rugby was rained out today. Oh well. Did get the practice shorts and practice jersey I ordered. Hopefully our coach has the game jerseys in; then we can play in a scrimmage Sunday. The season starts next Friday, I think. Also got my classes for next year requested. they are as follows:
Honors English3
Honors Algebra2
Honors Chem1
Honors World History (i think I could have taken AP European history, but I'll take that in 11th and then in 12th take AP US History)
CP Spanish3 (honors spanish3 is if you're continuing on in it and I'm dropping spanish after next year and taking German my 11th and 12th grade years)
CP Computer Aps
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
pcarrellThe good news is..............I've got her home from the hospital!!!!!
YES!!!! that is great news!!
DITTO !!! Very happy for you and family. Ain't no naysayers here . Prayers work.
[comment removed] As to getting on the forum and asking for help, maybe the guy is like me. "Puter Illiterate.. I can turn it on, get here, turn it off and Lose important items, such as RR Inventory. Took Deb 45 minutes to find it. NO JOKE!
Have tomorrows manifest and so, shower and bed.. Wish y'all Enough. Prayers on way. G'nite.
hey ya'll, rbf for me
Despite the crazy rain this morning, I did get some more work done on my car, mostly re-seat the e-brake light switch (cantankerous little thing, fist doesn't want to come on, then doesn't want to go off; it's behaving now). Still have a few more dings here and there to fix up before I primer it.
Aside from that, I haven't done a whole lot. Have been feeling like crap both mentally and physically. I'm not sick or anything (AFAIK), it's like something is "missing" and really don't have a whole lot of motivation.
Phillip, that's good news
Blazzin, that just means they are down here in Florida right now
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.
G'day all,Chloe, long black coffee, no sugar, in your biggest mug, and could you make it double strength...? Thanks, and an omolette as well. I don't care if it's Spanish or French, I'm going to eat it, not talk to it . I don't suppose you have any pavlova or lamingtons at all? Well, just the cheesecake for dessert, then.BTW, what's an RBF?Well w*rk's still fairly quiet - I've spent the last 2 hours being briefed on on-call for my first week of it, starting tonight. One of my colleagues has gone through all the stuff you only learn from experience - much obliged to him for that. Alisa's still sick as well - we got to the train station with about 8 minutes to spare, then she started coughing. Managed to run her back home and just catch the train - thanks to it being a minute late Got to swing by the post office this arvo and pick up a package - it's either 4 DPM kits or the Atlas Shay I found on Ebay. Haven't cancelled my pre-order with a certain shop in Denver, though - one of my colleagues wants to buy it off me, and I've agreed to do the DCC install for him. His will be the second install in this model, so I'll use it to do the writeup for my website.I guess I lucked out with w*rkplaces. There are 5 model railroaders here that I know of, and four of them (including me) are in my club.I apologise if my mention of the NW2 caused any confusion - I picked that as my 'ride', as the Kato N scale version is the main workhorse on my layout (custom-painted in Zebra stripes, of course.)CN Charlie, thanks for the welcome.Sam, how did your exams go?Barry, there's one thing I've been curious about for a while now - how did you come up with your cat's name? We don't have cats yet, but Alisa wants to get some - I've already convinced her to name one of them 'Topeka' Ulrich, if that apple cake tasted half as good as it looked, I'm sure 'Petra's Pastry Parlor' would be a smash hit - would Petra be willing to share the recipe at all? And I know I'm a bit of a latecomer, but what is 'the gulag'?Lee, love that quote about the track plans and the benchwork. Perfectly true, too!Jeff, I agree with you completely - no sense in witholding information (unless you're James Bond or something ) [comment removed]Rob, glad to hear things seem to be looking up for you and your wife - best wishes.Phillip, great to hear your wife's out of hospital. I'll bet she's glad to be out.I'll be over in that corner booth by the window...
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have a nice big slice of Pecan Pie with a scoop of vanillka Ice cream on top. I think I have earned it. I'll be in the back booth getting warm by the stove.
Philip, indeed some very good news! I'll bet you will miss the hospital food though...... Hope she continues to heal well and that the operation will be a great help to her quality of life!
Sawyer sounds like you should have an interesting year next year. Some work cut out for you, but I know you will do very well with the course load.
Danny, RBF = Root Beer Float!!! Yum!
I just got home a while ago from doing the Merit Badge presentation with the handicaped troop. Funn bunch of young people actually and very much into the MB. One of the kids is autistic and railroad trivia is his thing..... Every question, his hand goes up and and he can answer the question with much more info than you needed. They completed 7 different items tonight. Those attending each of the sessions have only 2 more requirements to complete to finish. One option we are going to do is have a railroad employee come in a have the Scouts interview him. So happens that one of the Scouts uncle is an Engineer on the FGLK. We are hoping he will be able to do the interview for us. The only other requirement they have to do is plan a 500 mile trip by rail and I think I have it worked out how we can do that next time I see them (they will be coming to my house to see the SLOW). I have to check with one of our District Executives to see if what we have in mind will meet the requirement for them.
Catch you all later!
Good evening: It turned out sunny today, slowly but surely. Colder tonight, but clear. No mmr, beyond clearing my desk of the tools etc. used in the last 24 hrs. Tomorrow is another day, and time to say
Jeff:
They've let the lake down 5 times in the last 2 months because of all the dang rain we're getting.
Vincent:
I'm not sick or anything (AFAIK), it's like something is "missing" and really don't have a whole lot of motivation.
Danny: Good to see you follow the food tastes of your earlier State Governor Rt Hon Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane Baillie, Baron Lamington, GCMG, - you realize that those things would be dipped in batter and fried in Scotland . I had to ask about RBFs too. So, to expand on Ray's explanation...First of all, a float is any pop drink ( what our USA friends call sodas) with icecream floated ( try to get it to sink...that would be something!) in it. A RBF uses Root Beer - aka Dandelion and Burdock, as far as I can tell. Judge for yourself, but it doesn't "float my boat" (Groan)
PC: Great news about Mrs. PC. Bet you're al glad she's home!
Once more, I'm off to bed. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Danny- I FAILED MY EXAM….
NOT!!!!
Well, I passed my written and verbal today! YEAH, just have to get through the written and verbal for my transit stuff tomorrow, then off to train handling!!!
Barry- Why do you think I almost always sit in the corner booth!!!
Der John- Thanks for the suggestion, I think I might just do that! ( I couldn’t quite figure out what I didn’t like about that section of the layout. Now I know, the building was sitting “square” with the layout edges… BORING!) Your suggestion will help fix two problems I had!!!
Ulrich- APPLE STRUDEL!!!! Drooool Droool, wipe wipe wipe. OK, copied the “INFO” will work on it… On the “memorial service”, at least she had someone show up! I think it would have been worse if not a soul had shown… My hat is off to you, my friend!
WOW, three pages since last night??? We are a talkative bunch!! YEAH!
Phillip- EXCELLENT news! Glad she is home!
Well, off to studies again!
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)
tbdannyBarry, there's one thing I've been curious about for a while now - how did you come up with your cat's name? We don't have cats yet, but Alisa wants to get some - I've already convinced her to name one of them 'Topeka'
'Spring' came about because of his habit of 'Springing' up on to the top of kitchen cabinets, bookcases, tops of doors, ladders---that and he is a seasonal 'Spring' who arrived here in the winter.
Good Evening, a little break in-between hammering out content for THAT...
DANNY: Geesh Man! Don't let THAT Silver Pilot twit see you ask what a RBF is...he'll positively come out of his tree over it... Why, he'll probably demand you use the website's search function and sort through thousands of posts to find the simple answer.
I've said it here before, I'll say it again: he must be one miserable sot.
Naming a cat Topeka? Good name... neat city close to my favorite "hide from the world" spot.
SAM: Congrats and good luck...though again, I've got a strong hunch you'll nail the next one too.
JEFF: Didn't your Mama ever tell you, "no good deed ever goes unpunished?"
PC: Great news on Mrs. PC!
ULRICH: I tell ya Pal, we're sharing a brain when it comes to layout dreaming, design, hoping, wishing, and facing reality. I say again...we WILL have our layouts, it's just a question of when.
Speaking of layout ideers... I got some updated/corrected information on what was and what woulda been in Flush. I thought the RR running from Westmoreland to Blaine was going to expand south through Flush. WRONG. Turns out, The Wamego and Rock Creek Valley was formed to run from the UP in Wamego to Louisville, angle over to the northwest to Flush, then north to Westmoreland. The company bought parcels of land from farmers and the church, and the ROW was graded. My dad remembers encountering it while working on the church farm and other farmland in the immediate area. The Flush elevator was built in 1912. The RR was history by 1914-15 without a single rail ever laid.
Somebody wanna go buy me the winning lottery ticket so I can have a building large enough for my ultimate Cedar Rapids CNW layout...AND a second layout featuring "The Flusher?" Maybe the Prez will float me some "economic stimulus."
NOT
Gotta go... I still owe THAT a JV and varsity girls' basketball write-up, and a blurb from a ribbon cutting I attended today.
RERUN and I will stop back in later to see what's gone on around here...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
AmanaMedicJEFF: Didn't your Mama ever tell you, "no good deed ever goes unpunished?"
der5997Jeff: They've let the lake down 5 times in the last 2 months because of all the dang rain we're getting. Quite a change from last summer IIRC - wasn't that lake WAY down then?
Good Morning,
Flo, just a coffee to go as I must be heading for my day in the GULAG pretty soon.
TBDanny - I am participating (not by own choice) in a program to integrate jobless "elderly", i.e. 50+, back into the job market. I call this GULAG or prison camp. They teach me how to use a computer, how to write up a CV (not the digital one ) and how to behave during a job interview. They just don´t give a dang, what the personal background of the various participants is. Oh well, all I can say about it, is
Sam - congrats on that passed exam!
PC - I am glad the missus is at home now!
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CUL, folks!
PC, that's great news
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All,
23F out just now down 9 from the time I left for the shop this morning. I'll have a regular and an english muffin please Zoe. Yes - to go please.
PC - that's good news - hope the recovery for the missus continues apace.
I'll catch y'all later, lots to do again today and we leave for Florida in a week and a half to start up the seson again. J.R.
Good morning. It's 42 and clear. The high today will be in the low 70's and it will be partly cloudy. Looks like thunderstorms will be on tap for tomorrow.Nothing special on the agenda for today so I'll likely have some time for working on the layout a bit. A few minutes here and a few minutes there make a difference. Once I get to the point that I can get under the layout to the access holes I'll be able to give it a proper dusting. Last nights project was fitting a 53' container to a 54' flatcar. Not something you're likely to see on the rails every day so that makes it all the more unusual. I'll also be sorting through the boxes in the coming weeks to find the dinosaurs I'll need for a dinosaur wrangling scene. I've used it in the past and it always got a chuckle.
Good morning. Its a cool morning. The ice storm missed us. I'm glad !!!
Well I've been working on the layout pretty much each day this week. Yesterday I worked on some feeder wires (they make a difference!!). I also worked on my shipping company some as well. I laid some road (smooth it) around the company. Hopefully today I can work on some grass, and bushes. Maybe I can get some pictures up soon.
PC.....Glads she's home, and I'm sure she is.
Hope everybody has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good mid-morning---
We are just plain ol' dull today, with the chance of freezing drizzle
I got off the work side of the computer and now I'm off to do other stuff---ended up getting some dang bug yesterday so I'm going to have to get some stuff to take again---hack coff coff--sniffle sniffle---HONK!!!
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel with butter please----I'm going to the RC for a bit here--
Good Morning. Drizzly again today. Oh well for the 53rd of January, I'll take it over the alternative.
Jeff- I agree with you on the info thing. Why make him poke around if you knew or could get him the answer. Some, I guess, don't consider the forums a resource. Common sense tells me if I need info or a part for something I take the what appears to be shortest and quickest method of getting my info. If that be a forum, then that is where I start. Makes sense to me. If he feels the forums answers to all questions should be "look it up", then I agree with Barry. Why did he join a discussion forum anyway? Again, makes no sense. I guess to him though in his own way of thinking, it does. Maybe he just likes the hunt. I myself do not. I buy my meat at the store. Faster and more time for other things. Or, maybe he is one of those oh so prevalent people who we all seem to know at least one of. You know, the ones who can talk and sound like an expert, and are the first to jump in with criticism? But don't ask them to do any of what they speak.
Flip- I agree with your rant. And you know what? To go back a bit to what spawned this Omelet thing, I have no problem with businesses choosing to place multiple languages on their signs, menus, instructions or whatever. If they feel that is productive and helpful for their customers, then that's A-OK with me. Their business and within the confines of the law, whatever they need to do to reach their customers, well that's what it's all about. Where I have a problem is when the Gov tells me I have to speak or write in a different language for someone else. Try that in Europe. I know we don't live in Europe, but my point is, if I go to Italy, it is on me to learn enough of the language to find a restroom or a place to eat, and not the country to place signs in enough languages so any passerby from wherever knows to stop at the train tracks. I consider it extremely rude to go into someones house who does not smoke, and light up a smoke because I do. I would consider it the same to speak a different language and make no attempt to learn to communicate with a local and expect them to understand in their own "home". Ooops. I guess I ranted too. Sorry.
Rob- Prayers that all works. My Mom has trouble with low BP when she stands. It drops to around 60/40 and gets light headed. Part of the reason she falls. When she is stationary her BP is normal. And sometimes when she stands it doesn't drop as low and they are having a dickens of a time regulating it. She has had the stress tests and all that jive and the find no reason other than it happens. Hope your Docs figure you out and how to get you feeling better ASAP.
PC- Great news on her being home. I assume she will eat more often? I mean I understand the purpose of making the stomach smaller, but there surely has to be an amount of substance a person needs to eat. Shoot fire a golf ball size wouldn't even hold a couple bites of an El Giro's lunch would it Jeff?
Der- Oh THANKS! Here I thought Root Beer was Sassafras and cream soda. I might have to change drinks now. Hmm, Dr Pepper Float.
Danny- Yeah ole what's his name is not unknown to the bunch. He has been known to stop in and set a few of us straight, such as Jeff and myself. Best just to ignore him. Something most do better than others. Try your best to not respond to him or at least a measured response. You don't want to jeopardize a thread or getting yourself in a jam because of a few people who can't behave in a social setting. Sooner or later he'll insult his way into being banned and then he'll get to play with Al.
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.
TMarshJeff-maybe he is one of those oh so prevalent people who we all seem to know at least one of. You know, the ones who can talk and sound like an expert, and are the first to jump in with criticism? But don't ask them to do any of what they speak.
I was thinking that my flatcar with large container load would need some weight but upon weighing it I found that it was at the perfect weight recommended by the NMRA. My Bachmann flats with containers required only a few pennies each.
jeffrey-wimberly I'll also be sorting through the boxes in the coming weeks to find the dinosaurs I'll need for a dinosaur wrangling scene. I've used it in the past and it always got a chuckle. Jeff, that I would love to see~ Nice car btw. I would like to see a follow up on this one.. you're planning on doing something extra, but the dinosaur wrangling... I gotta see.
I'll also be sorting through the boxes in the coming weeks to find the dinosaurs I'll need for a dinosaur wrangling scene. I've used it in the past and it always got a chuckle. Jeff, that I would love to see~ Nice car btw. I would like to see a follow up on this one.. you're planning on doing something extra, but the dinosaur wrangling... I gotta see.
Jeff, "I was thinking that my flatcar with large container load would need some weight but upon weighing it I found that it was at the perfect weight recommended by the NMRA. My Bachmann flats with containers required only a few pennies each.
So whats the actual weight of the car? Few pennies?. And just what exactly do you achieve.. or striving for when you add the weight? Does it run on the tracks better? Is there some rule of thumb here? Thanks Keith
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have French Toast with NYS Maple Syrup, a side order of bacon, and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug. Oh, and a glass of Ed's OJ as well. I'll go sit at the Rivet Counter and see what I can learn from the diners there.
It is currently 24°F here in the Finger Lakes with a predicted high of 35°F under mostly sunny skies. By the end of the day what little white stuff still on the ground should be reduced to very small amounts where it drifted into deeper piles........
I'll be spending part of the day cleaning up and putting away, but should find considerable time to "play" in the train rooms downstairs. Haven't done more than walk through the rooms this week with all the other things going on.
[edit] Looks like the moderators have been busy doing their job! Thank you! THAT is one reason I hang out over here instead of the place across and down the street like I used to. I don't have to wade my way through the piles of stuff left on the track where the stock cars were sitting.......... Say Jeffrey, your post reminds of the "Professional Photographer" over there who has "suggestions" for everyone and posts postage stamp sized photos himself.......... (sorry, inside joke)
Later!