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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 7:51 PM

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I learned a bit of physics today, without ever setting foot in a physics class. Torque wrench + stipped bolt head + oil covered pavement + 200 ft/lbs. of toque on said wrench = major pain Torque wrench slipped on the bolt, then I lost my footing and slammed my knee into the ground. Torque wrench them came up and hit me in the gut, then hit my head on a brake disc while coming down...

I always thought physics was a major pain. Algebra and trigonometry weren't far behind.Laugh

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, January 22, 2010 7:46 PM

Ulrich, do any of your local hobby stores carry spare parts for Rivarossi 4-8-8-4’s?

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Posted by Packer on Friday, January 22, 2010 6:40 PM

Evening ya'll

I learned a bit of physics today, without ever setting foot in a physics class. Torque wrench + stipped bolt head + oil covered pavement + 200 ft/lbs. of toque on said wrench = major pain Torque wrench slipped on the bolt, then I lost my footing and slammed my knee into the ground. Torque wrench them came up and hit me in the gut, then hit my head on a brake disc while coming down...

Der, doubt it's lack of vitamin D, I've actually been outside alot. I may have figured out why I was (and still am) down in the dumps. I tried to friend request the people I used to hang out with in HS on facebook; only to have them ALL denied. Maybe 3 years is too late to try and catch up? That and around the same time, all the girls I was talking to quit talking to me... Still trying to keep a positive outlook on things. After all, if this year has gone soo wrong already, it can't get much worse; right?

Keith, Electronic scales make things so much easier when weighing cars.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, January 22, 2010 6:11 PM

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howmus

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.

 

Thanks Ray. actually, next year's course load, in theory is lighter than last year. However, spanish is going to be a SERIOUS pain in the you know where, haha.

I was going to mention that it does look like the course load might not be as bad---then again I remember that a few 'bird courses' turned out to be real bears instead. Spanish can be expected to be 'interesting' at times--Whistling

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Ray: mmmmmm----Earlier today I saw that my comments were kind of edited, so I took advantage and got rid of what was left. Good thing there ar a good bunch of waste baskets aroundWhistling

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Good evening--

Sam: Next week sounds like it's going to be an exciting week--going to be running real trains!!Smile,Wink, & Grin

My day was spent getting more and more stubbier. **sniffle sniffle hack coff coff--HONK!!** So I'b startig to think that it be a good idea to call ub the obbice todight and tell TA to do the thing herself with another fellow. **Hack hack coff coff coff--sniffle snurfle HONK!!**

Chloe, I'll hab a coffee and a large chocolate cream pie----no not for throwing--for eating please---I'll be at the corner booth for now---**coff coff sniffle HONK!!**

 

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Posted by Packers#1 on Friday, January 22, 2010 5:33 PM

howmus

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.

 

Thanks Ray. actually, next year's course load, in theory is lighter than last year. However, spanish is going to be a SERIOUS pain in the you know where, haha.

LONG friday today. had two quizzes I didn't study for (think i aced them though, we'll see) and overall just a slow day. looks like a slow weekend. Tomorrow I've got a basketball game and then I'll hopefully complete all the research I need for a project. and Sunday I have a rugby scrimmage, which is going to rock!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 5:21 PM

 Been doing good today. I weighted several cars to NMRA specs and did some work on a flatcar. Twisted my left ankle during exercises today. Nothing serious. It'll be a forgotten memory by tomorrow. I was looking at my trackside diner today and thought that it needs a fuel source for the stoves and such and I just happened to remember that I have an old N Scale single dome tank car. I stripped the tank from the body, roughed it up a little then painted it silver. Voila, instant propane tank.

I see there's an announcement on the main page about system maintenance this weekend.

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Friday, January 22, 2010 3:18 PM

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And as for 'Topeka', I picked it becasue I didn't think 'Atchison' or 'Santa Fe' would work for a cat's name Big Smile.  So it's one of your favourite places?  How so?

DANNY: One of the several routes THAT lead me to (yep, here we go again guys, bear with me...) Flush, runs through Topeka. US Highway 24 parallells the Union Pacific mainline (originally Kansas Pacific) between Kansas City and Denver, Colorado. The line splits just west of Topeka with a line angling up to the major east-west "Transcontinental Main" or "Overland Route" in Nebraska. From the junction on west, it's all single track going through small farm towns such as Silver Lake, Rossville, St. Mary's, Wamego, St. George, and the non-exsistant town of Swamp Angel (just a grain elevator there) before passing along the edge of Manhattan ("the Little Apple") and Junction City. It also passes through Fort Riley, home of the famous 1st. Infantry Division..."The Big Red One."

At Grandpa's house, we got the TV stations out of Topeka, both of 'em. 27 and 13 WIBW.

Later in life, I'd hear Topeka Fire on the scanner, and my fire dept. pager was on the same frequency (154.430)...they had some real charecters working as Lieutenants and Captains on their engines and trucks! EvilMischief Very entertaining.

I never did see the Santa Fe part of Topeka... I think BNSF has greatly down-sized operations there.

As for the RBF... oh Pal, you haven't LIVED! Good 'ole root beer with a big glob or two of vanillia ice cream in it...ambrosia! Dinner Coke floats and/or Pepsi floats are good too...but the classic American RBF... mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm! Yeah!!

Smile,Wink, & Grin

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Posted by tbdanny on Friday, January 22, 2010 3:02 PM
G'day all

Chloe, just a cheeseburger and fries, thanks.

Well, my first night of on-call went very well.  The only pages I got were while I was heading home yesterday, so they were handled by my colleagues.  Nothing at all last night.  Given that this is the case, I'm anticipaing a quiet Saturday of model railroading ahead of me.  The package I picked up yesterday arvo was the Shay, so figuring out how to get DCC in that thing will be fun.  BTW, does anyone know if Shays had glass in the windows?

Sam - congratulations on passing your exams.  I hope your first few weeks of trainhandling go well for you.

Der - Thanks for the information and picture on the Root Beer Float.  I don't think it would float my boat either - I can beerly Smile stand ice in my drink, let alone icecream.

Chris - Thanks.  As for 'Topeka', I picked it becasue I didn't think 'Atchison' or 'Santa Fe' would work for a cat's name Big Smile.  So it's one of your favourite places?  How so?

Ulrich - I'm not entirely sure if I've got this straight.  How did Germany weather the recent financial crisis?

Phillip - hope your wife's going well.

Well, I'll be over at that table by the window.

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Friday, January 22, 2010 2:31 PM

Good afternoon... uh, did I miss something?  Oh well.

What's THAT VINNIE? Nothing to see here? Move along? Yes SIR!

SAM: Congrats on passing the exams, knew you'd nail 'em. Yep...you found Flush. Prior to all the Google Earth, Bing, etc. sites, I used to tell people "you couldn't find Flush on the best day you ever had." Now...I can zoom-in on Eldon's farm (corner of Louisville Road and Rockingham, SE corner). Freaky, in a way.

Flush is north of St. George.

My Dad sent me a .pdf scanned out of the book. It looks like the town was supposed to run mostly east-west off of the Flush road, just south of the church. Rock Creek is about a mile or so east of Flush. It crosses Louisville Road as it meanders kinda north-south. I'm trying to figure out why the elevator was put so far out of even the speculated borders of the town. Wamego (where the RR would've originated) is SE of Flush, Westmoreland is north, kinda northeast. It seems to me, the RR would've had to run along the south side of Flush to get to the elevator, then swung a big curve back to the north. The plat of the town doesn't show the RR...also kinda strange, especially since the RR was the whole reason for laying out a town in the first place. Confused

And yep...it is a fantastic part of God's Great Earth. The few days each year I spent there as a kid visiting Grandpa and Grandma (and Uncle Eldon) were among the best. As a college "student," I'd go there on break. As an "adult," I used to go hide from reality there for vacations. I say "hide from reality" because a) I couldn't hear my phone from there, b) no e-mail, c) no voice-mail, d) like Jack Bauer (24), I could "go dark" or "off the grid."

Oh yeah, THAT is Rock Creek High School...next to the "pin." It was built 10 or 15 years ago as part of the Consolodated School District for the area. The original Flush school was owned/run by the church. I think Dad said there were 6 in his class.

 

 

Plans for a warmer, but rainy and windy weekend: sketch ideers for the Pott County Railway (featuring "The Flush Flyer" and "The Flusher"), ideers for the Cedar Rapids CNW debacle...and finger-out rough dimensions of the St. George elevator. I was to go cover an ice fishing class...but with fluctuating temperatures the past few days, heavy rain and near 40 degrees expected tomorrow...the County Conservation folks figured the ice might be a bit..."iffy."

I'll be in a back booth gazing towards Flush...thinking of summer days of youth...Eight Ball

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Posted by Trainman Sam on Friday, January 22, 2010 1:52 PM

Philip, Hope your wife is doing well?  Tell her that Sam & Sue say hi!!! 

*rubbing eyes tiredly*  Hey, may I please have a cup of coffee, Choe?  I be tired beyond belief... staring at my Newark Division Timetable, figured out I have to be in Morrisville by 12:33am if I'm gonna catch the last train out to New York Penn.  Have a sign-up time of 2:34am, and the Xtrain (a non-passenger carrying "passenger" train, otherwise known as a deadhead train...) will get me there at 1:44am... then I'll be done around noon...

Chris- Flush, Kansas... You wouldn't happen to have a drawing of the way the town was supposed to look do you, or the "trackplan" as it were?(ANOTHER EDIT:  I'm searching for the book online...)  I was looking at Flush via G**gle Earth, and found St. George but am slightly lost.  How does Rock Creek run through Flush? (EDIT: Absolutely NO PUN intended there. sorry!)

You got ME interested in Flush, and how it might have looked!!!  Now I want to see it too! dag nabbit...

I found Flush on "B!ng M*ps" as well

http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/#5003/0.6002=q:Flush,+Kansas:lat:39.2139696434395:long:-96.4205630422724:nosp:0:adj:0&1.6002=q:St.+George,+Kansas:lat:40.3644134204188:long:-74.953674482236:nosp:0:adj:0&o=&a=0:1/5872/style=be&lat=qjg61s&lon=6yx61z&alt=304.382233&z=14&pid=5874

Is that a highschool next to the pin? Looks like an amazing area!

I'll need a refill coffee when you get a minute Chloe, please?  I hope everyone else has had a good/great day today?  I think I'll try out one of the stools at the RC... Thanks Chloe!

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Posted by ns3010 on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:33 PM

Afternoon all. Chloe, I'll take a RBF, thanks.

I can't stay, cause I've got a lot to do today. I woke up this morning at 8, looked at my phone, woke up "5 minutes later" and it was 11!!!!!!!!! So Imma gonna be busy...

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, January 22, 2010 12:18 PM
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Posted by Trainman Sam on Friday, January 22, 2010 11:54 AM

Hello all!!!!  That's right, I got an early quit today!

Chloe, may I please have a LARGE RBF with "The Works" (sprinkles and cherry on top) along with a giant slice of keylime pie? Thank you, I'll just take this over to the corner booth! Oh, and please get my friends whatever they want!?! ON ME!!!

I passed all my written tests for Transit!!! Thank you for your thoughts and support... I only missed a total of five questions out of around 80-100 (not sure exactly how many there were)!

I have the weekend off, but I have to report for duty monday morning @ 2am... I begin four weeks of trainhandling!  Week One will be out of New York, 2nd week out of Bay Head, 3rd week out of Morrisville, and final week out of Long Branch!  I am both anxious and releived to finally be to this point!

Vincent- The envelope is on its way!  Sorry I didn't get it out yesterday.

Now now people, can't we all just get along!?!

 

Sam

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 11:44 AM

 Keith: in the following photo is one of may Bachmann flats with containers load. The car is 7 inches long and was a little light. After the addition of a little weight inside the containers the weight of the car is now 4.5 ounces, just what it should be. 1 ounce + 1/2 ounce for each inch = 4.5. For weight I use coins, modeling clay, nuts, bolts, etc.


 

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 22, 2010 11:05 AM

 Good Evening Everyone,

Flo, is it OK to come in? I heard we had a visit from ... and Vinnie took care of him? Good to see that things have been straightened out by the mods!

Left the GULAG early today. A friend of mine came over and the two of us did some of the remaining w*rk in our apartment. Other than a few pictures to hang up on the wall and a few odd things in the bathroom, we are nearly finished. Tomorrow I will be over at his place to "play with trains". Smile

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:38 AM

Keith- Jeff gotcha on yor question, might I add this link . It is the page from which the page Jeff gave you is linked. It is also the full list of standards and recommendations. They may probably will prove quite helpful in your building of the Empire.Thumbs Up

Sorry I guess we should have said Google it.Smile,Wink, & GrinMischiefClownLaugh

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:35 AM

 

Blazzin
  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
The weight of the car with the container on it is 5 ounces. It's an 8 inch car (measured coupler face to coupler face) and assumes 1 ounce of initial weight with an additional half ounce added for each inch of length. That comes to 5 ounces. The weight makes a too-light car heavier and it will track better and will resist string-lining (tipping over) in a curve. This page from the NMRA recommended practices explains it quite well.

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Posted by Blazzin on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:32 AM

  "Coffee Please"

  Whew,  the rain stopped.  For how long I dont' know.  You know the song,  It Never Rains In Southern California...but don't they warn ya,  it pours.. man it pours.  One tornado actually touched down at my wife's workplace.  Jeanne said the sky got dark, real dark.  I couldn't believe the wind, if it wasn't raining.. the wind gusts where really something.  And I believe more storms are the way.  My son and daughter are suppose to go back to college this Monday,  they're both stuck down here till the storms slow down.  Keith

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:26 AM

I had an NBC NCO early in my career who could quote the FM chapter and verse. Impressive. However every time the NBC team got evaluated they would fail and have to re test. Usually a Junior NCO would take charge and they would pass. For the rest of my time with Uncle Sam, I never fully trusted someone who could quote FM's and TM's. I always felt it was better in most situations other than a classroom, to remember and know what to do in a situation when my boots were on the ground than to remember where it was, exactly, in a book.

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Posted by howmus on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:18 AM

 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..........Smile,Wink, & Grin  Say Jeffrey, your post reminds of the "Professional Photographer" over there who has "suggestions" for everyone and posts postage stamp sized photos himself..........WhistlingLaugh  (sorry, inside joke)

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Posted by Blazzin on Friday, January 22, 2010 10:16 AM

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.

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

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 9:40 AM

TMarsh
Jeff-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 speakConfused.

That would apply to my rivet counting neighbor. He's the self-professed know-it-all of layout advice and you're not a modeler if you don't build your own layout, yet he paid somebody else to build his layout for him and he can't get the simplest model quite right.

 

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.

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, January 22, 2010 9:27 AM

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 speakConfused.

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? Laugh

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!!!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, January 22, 2010 9:27 AM

Good mid-morning---

We are just plain ol' dull today, with the chance of freezing drizzleSigh

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!!!Grumpy

Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted bagel with butter please----I'm going to the RC for a bit here--Whistling

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Posted by Robby P. on Friday, January 22, 2010 8:09 AM

 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?"      

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, January 22, 2010 7:59 AM

 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.

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, January 22, 2010 6:55 AM

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.

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   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.

  

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, January 22, 2010 6:01 AM

PC, that's great news

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:36 PM

 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 Big Smile) 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

Banged Head SoapBoxSoapBoxWhistlingLaugh

Sam - congrats on that passed exam!

PC - I am glad the missus is at home now!

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CUL, folks!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:49 PM

AmanaMedic
JEFF: Didn't your Mama ever tell you, "no good deed ever goes unpunished?" Mischief

Call it a guilty pleasure.

 

der5997
Jeff:
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?

Right you are, and they had intended to keep it down while they work on the dam. Mother nature seems to have other ideas in that regard however and with this being one of the wettest years on record we've had high lake levels even with the gates open. The highest it's been this winter is 5 feet above flood stage. If the gates hadn't been open lots of people would be filing claims against their flood insurance. My parents place is high enough that they don't really have to worry all that much about it. The water would be over-topping the dam (12 feet above flood stage) before it got into their place and my place is is over 30 feet higher than theirs. Their back yard would be under water though and a lot of our neighbors would have water in their homes.

 

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