AmanaMedic ULRICH: Thanks, I keep "skulling it out" trying to figure out how/where/when/why I "fell from grace." I'm coming up blank. In happier thoughts, I really, really like THAT track plan. Another example to make me for being immersed in HO rather than N-sane scale...Chris
ULRICH: Thanks, I keep "skulling it out" trying to figure out how/where/when/why I "fell from grace." I'm coming up blank. In happier thoughts, I really, really like THAT track plan. Another example to make me for being immersed in HO rather than N-sane scale...
Chris
... Chris - you have not "fallen from grace" - THAT (big, fat letters) has just a new toy, which will wear off pretty soon, believe me. Just stay put and the sun will shine again!
Sir MadogChris - you have not "fallen from grace" - THAT (big, fat letters) has just a new toy, which will wear off pretty soon, believe me. Just stay put and the sun will shine again!
Yeah, it's like something out of Frank Sinatra's "THAT's life."
Well, like I've said, I'm gonna keep on keeping on, gonna keep cranking out content like I have been (well, within the new restrictions)...I'm just going to see what-else is out there as well out of financial necessity.
Tomorrow, I'm going to tackle the story Mr. Boss wants me to do, tomorrow night I'm shooting basketball. Nothing has changed in THAT regard. IF she's still being snotty on Friday... well, we'll deal with THAT when/if it happens. A co-worker says THAT likes to "smoke the weed." Maybe she got a bad batch???
Today, I'm compiling contact info for other area publications. Tonight, come h.e.double hockey sticks, or high snow...I AM going to do SOMETHING at the RR table.
LEE: I forgot to mention earlier, you are SO RIGHT about idiots being attracted to fire... I'd say the truly stupid are attracted to just about anything with the potential to harm/kill them. No pun intended, but its like moths to the flame. I was watching some storm chaser videos last night... a profound lack of situational awareness led to some very near, near-misses.
Hey....THAT's something I've always wanted to do...go chase twisters. I'm tired of sitting on the hilltop waiting to see if one comes my way (trained spotter)...I wanna go out and get 'em!!!
Have a good, SAFE afternoon...
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Afternoon all, I'm back online temporairly at my FIL's house on his desktop. Expected arrival of the new power/charging cord for our laptop is tomorrow so this might be my last post until sometime Wednesday. Not a whole lot happening here, I did get just an audio treat from A746 (Montgomery-Dothan local), as the engineer gave a little "shave and a haircut" on the horn before one of the crossings through town. Always gives me a giggle when you hear stuff "that isn't supposed to be played" played. Well, not much else happening in this neck of the woods, did work on a car today, made a little extra money,too bad it has to go towards the budget and not the MRR one either.
Guess I'll pop back in later.
It's 45 here now. Nice weather considering what we've been having lately. Took the car to the shop this morning and the brakes failed for a few seconds along the way. The mechanic just checked them out and they're working perfectly whereupon I informed him they were perfect before and after both recent failures. Something is causing it and it has to be found. He says they'll keep checking it. On the power steering line, they're having to replace part of the steel line (I told them they'd have to do that) and part of the rubber line has to be replaced. That's a no-brainer since it was ground up pretty good between the frame and the road.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Jeff, I know what you mean about taking one in and having it work fine from the perspective of the mechanic, it can be frustrating to have someone bring a vehicle in that's having a problem, yet when you check it out, its working as its supposed to. Kinda makes people sometimes think that shops and mechanics don't do anything yet charge you for stuff you don't need... but that's enough of that rant.
Chris, good luck on keeping THAT happy, even if she did get a bad batch. I've also wanted to ocassionally do the storm chaser thing then I remember, I live in Alabama, there's lots of trees that would get in the way and make it more hazardous than fun.
Not much happening in my neck of the woods, going to relax and be a little lazy until around 5:30, then its off to the store with Amy and the girls, supplies are needed at the house (unfortunately not modelling supplies, but food is much welcomed too).
Good evening!!!
Chloe, please get Ray a RBF in a GIANT glass!?! Those are some very nicely done flat cars, IMHO!!! Thanks for the picks!
"Maybe I oughta work for TRAINMAN SAM's wedding photog... 1,000+ pics? HOW? Geesh, I burned a full memory card (484) pics ONCE. Trying to narrow THAT down to 200 might not be as tough as you think...they must've machine-gunned every shot, so you'll have 20 of the exact same thing. Just look for everybody's eyes being open...for a good start." AmanaMedic
We had two photographers for our wedding, so as not to miss a thing! Very nicely done... If you want to see them look here:
www.thepros.com
when it comes up, select: View Photographs, this will bring up a new window that will ask you to put in the date of the event, August 2009
then enter my first name, Sam, into the last column and click on the "Search" button, then voila!!!
Jeff- I like the patch job! Looks good!
BamaC SX83- Hope your computer issues are resolved quickly! Your story reminded me of something I wanted to share with you guys:
Recently some engineers at NJT got into trouble because of a "railfan" video taping at a station, they tooted the "Shave and a Haircut" and got 3-5 days on the street (laymans terms= Suspended without pay) for violating what the company termed "Sound/Noise Ordinances" and "Company Policy" due to the fact that Transit pays people to monitor the internet for anything NJT... Such as TheBay, and Railfan sites... the video was posted and someone at Transit found it and they figured out from the time stamp what trains they were and who the engineer was... A long way to go to make an example of someone, but that is the railroad...
Hey guys? Who do you think sells the best "Remotoring" kits??? I wanted to remotor some of my Plymouth Diesel Switchers that I have (I know, they aren't that great when it comes to detail, but for some reason I really think they are NIFTY. THAT and I want to remotor and DCC at least three of them... ( I seem to have purhased quite a few of them over the last several years, what with the BAY and flea markets!!! I am a bit of a hoarder I guess...LOL)
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)
Got some news from the shop. The power steering line on my car has been fixed. Now for the bad news. The brake booster is leaking and the master cylinder has failed. Don't know what the price is gonna be yet but it's gonna be high. I'll be checking some places in the morning for estimates.
Trainman SamWe had two photographers for our wedding, so as not to miss a thing! Very nicely done... If you want to see them look here:
They did a good job... you two look great.
I w**ked for a wedding photographer once, my job was to be the pack-mule dragging in the lights, and changing the film backs for the camera. It took the guy 15 minutes to get the bride's dress "just right," then a slight breeze or something undid his handiwork... I kinda vowed right then and there to stick with news photography. For THAT, I get....well.
"This is the price you pay for the choice you make." - Godfather 3, unknown who said it.
Welp, THAT now says I'm imagining the whole thing, the interns are a back-up IF Other Guy and I can't cover something...and, heh heh heh, she wasn't ticked at me before...but she is now. She also said IF I decide to go work somewhere else, she'll have nothing to say but nice things and praised the w**k I've done.
Maybe she got a bag of the "good stuff" today??? I feel kinda screwed either way.
At the same time, IF she'd broke the news about Other Guy a little differently, and IF she'd SAID the interns are going to be a back-up...I woulda come out of the meeting just fine, content as a hog in crap. No fuss, no muss, no problemo.
Chloe? a bucket of the Diner's finest "boot" coffee please 'n thank-you.
Well.........I started this a coupla hours ago. Since then, Loving Wife has read my original message to THAT, THAT's reply, and my reply to THAT. She's on my side, and agrees THAT if THAT had spelled things out much clearer...actually communicated, life woulda been just fine. THAT says she isn't "as intuitive" as she once was. I wanted soooooooooooo badly to say "smoking dope will do THAT to a person," but I didn't.
THAT called a little while ago, in a bind. Seems she has an empty back page, and dug around the cache. She found one of those "extra, unnecessary, too much" JV basketball games, and was going to use the pics. She had already dumped the story though...and would I happen to have it? Of course. I have EVERY thing I've done for THAT, and had the e-mail to send it to her 3/4 done when she asked me to send her the file. In other words, I saved her bacon...again.
She sounded very contrite. We're thinking God may have decided she was a bit out-of-bounds about me...and sent her a little reality check.
I feel much better now than I did a couple of hours ago...and yes ULRICH, the sun will shine again.
Sam:
The curved line represents the edge of the shelf... I'll probable fabricate my own shelf brackets. This should be a fun project, and I'd have a use for my DC powerpack again!!!
Ulrich: Dinner for one a smash in Germany! Who knew? Is it possible for you to get a copy of that as a .wmv file? I don't know how to do that from the clip; and would like to be able to put it onto a DVD so Kris' mother can see it - I know she would really enjoy it.
On maintenance of "public utilities" - our Provincial government sold their interest in electricity generation to a private company. Now the "bottom line" rules, and power line maintenance - particularly the transmission rights-of-way - has dramatically decreased. Result is power outages from trees etc. falling on the lines. I guess when the cost of fixing those gets to be greater than maintaining the ROW, the latter may get more attention. I won't hold my breath however, because in the health field, preventative medicine is having a hard time getting the economic attention it deserves. So I expect this power company will be just as slow to acknowledge its failed policy. All of that of course insignificant compared to the killing energy exchanges you are describing.
I have just received my February issue of MR and still wait for the January one.
CapeJim:
Those books are from back in the "Radio-Shack/etch your own circuit board for your transistorized whatever" days, eh?
Hey, on that 'missing' book behind the bookcase, just cut a hole in the wall behind - from the other side!
Chris:
Even in a tough economy, there ARE jobs out there.
JR:
Now how about the origins of "More tea Vicar?"
(best answer is probable, but I think "Kingy" comes closer, but I query his Agatha Christie reference - further down that page.)
Vincent:
Got all the kits put together. 3 MDC modern gons (all N&W, with the same number), 2 boxes (N&W, SCL/L&N), 4 PS hoppers (SCL/L&N, EW, DRGW, and N&W), and AFCs (NYC, SP DRGW, and N&W). Yeah, a lot of N&W.
Barry:
DerJohn: Peter Thorne? Books? I've got two of his---that etching one is my favourites---heeheehee
Flip
Hey Jeff- Ignore the Tarnished silver pilot . Maybe it will stay away. WE Diner regulars like you and darn sure admire your modeling skills. Keep at it , my friend as you serve as an inspiration to me and probably the rest in here. Prayers, buddy and stay warm.
OK, I haven't been in since page 10, which I've just finished. I've been out all day today as well, so since I've more pages to read than time available, I'll just post this, and wait for Big Bang Theory at 10:30! LOL. I'll say Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll just have a cup of deca...... What's this? An RBF supersized? Why are you bringing me a supersized RBF.... From who? Sam? Well I guess I'll have to slurp it down instead of the coffee. I'll go over by the stove in the back to get warm though.... Tell Sam thank you for me when he comes in will you please?
Chris THAT sounds good! Hopefully THAT will give you a bit more ease in the the w**k you do! Just remember about Value, "Just because your necessary doesn't mean you're important" (Particularly when Bosses are involved). And "THAT it is always darkest just before everything goes pitch black". (Two of my favorites from Despair.com.)
I have actually spent most of today in the train room. Didn't get much accomplished...... YesterdayI tried to boot up my old 12" G4 Mac Powerbook (2003) model. It had been running just fine, no problems at all. Wouldn't start. Just gave me the "blue screen of death". I figured this morning I could start it with one of 2 disk repair utilities I have. One is the one that comes with the computer and the other is Disk Warrior (heavy duty repair disk). So I started it up and neither one of the CDs could find a hard drive.... Then I had a heck of a time getting it to kick out the CD from the drive. Tried to start it in safe mode, nothing. Tried to get it to run in pure unix, no dice. Spent most of the day playing with it. It is my old laptop I had for DJing that has a couple years ago been relegated to train duty and the only file on of any value to me is the database of all my rolling stock...... Several hours of data input! Grrrrrr. I will get a hold of the Mac store I do business with and see what can be done. If all else fails I get the little Mac Mini basic model as I have a decent monitor I don't use for the business anymore I can hook up to it. I'm thinking I may have left it on a week ago accidentally and when I cut the power downstairs it left it running on the battery which, when it drained, did something to the hard drive. I have owned 8 Mac computers since I first got a computer and this is the first one I haven't been able to figure out a way to jump start and bring back to life on my own.....
After I gave up late this afternoon on the laptop, I started w**k on a weird scratch build of a trestle bridge on the logging road that goes over the SLOW mainline. Weird because it will have to be built at a strange angle and have curved trackage on it. Hopefully it will look interesting and someway believable when it is finished.
OK, got a few more minutes I can spend with trains so I will catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Rob....! "Seems I have bradycardia, which could mean a pace-maker ahead. Here I get the blood pressure under control and then this dang sarc decides to mess with my heart."
Are you sure? Wow, I'd be looking for a second test done by a different doctor. Always get at least a second opinion... "a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty."
With complete certainty.... is the key. But get a second opinion. What is... ever considered 'Normal Range' anyways. This may be normal for you~.. on the other hand it could be the medication you are taking. I know nothing of your history, and quite frankly would like to hear it. I have always had borderline 'bradycardia' .. very slow everything. Bp tops.. 102/64. Body temp of 97.4. With a heart rate at the highest of 70. At age 58, I can say.. I'm in fit condition. Rob, lets here it, enquirering minds wanna know~ Just my two cents of course.
RAY: I LOVE Despair.com....it's perfect for a realist like myself... "Pessimism" is my favorite: "Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it."
I've been telling Loving Wife for years "yeah, every cloud has a silver lining...with an F-5 (tornado) and lightning as well!" Wouldn't ya just know it? The poster has a picture of a supercell thunderstorm, with what appears to be an F-5 in the background, and lightning!!!
I also get a chuckle out of "Perserverance (sp.)" with a massive twister passing by directly in front of a car on a mud road. The quote is something about knowing when it's a good time to turn back!
With the whole THAT situation... a lot of it just boils down to one word: communication. A little more verbage on her part would've avoided the whole situation. Of course, a little less doom and gloom on mine would've helped too. Maybe with the "air cleared," she'll have a better idea where I'm "coming from" (dirt poor, sick of being poor, frustrated with busting my butt and not seeing any reward from it), and I get a better perspective on the Hybrid Publications operation in general, and THAT's thought process in particular.
'Nuff said about THAT!
Der JOHN: Man...you sure do some awesome w**k with THAT itty-bitty N-sane scale stuff. I forgot to mention, "Dinner for One" had me about falling out of my chair from laughing so hard.
ULRICH: SKOLL! *clicking heels together, doing physical damage, now limping back to the stool at the RC*
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww crap. Think I'll go see if I can do a little more on THAT monster roundhouse. I'm about out of the liquid plastic solvent/cement, the orange tube drives me nuts with the glue strings...and I'm also about out of Gorrila Glue too. Maybe in a few months, I'll be in a position to replenish those supplies. In the meantime, some more paint w**k. The additional stuff: Campbell's corregated (sp.) alluminum and Pikestuff doors, is also on-hold indefinitely; pending funds. 'Tis a good thing I'm in no hurry on any of this RR stuff!
Rerun and I will be back later...
Hey ya'll, hot cocoa for me.
I took my car to a friends to borrow his temperature gun since my car was using way to much gas (120 miles off of 6 gallons, for a 2.3l 4-banger), even after the EGR elimination. Turns out my engine temperature gauge isn't busted, it really is running really low. I did more snooping around, and noted that injector 1 is leaking by the fuel rail, there is a vacuum leak causing the heater to not work properly (takes forever to heat up), and it is running lean. The leaness could be contributed to both. I've also made a decision to get an aluminum driveshaft and get 17x8s wheels up front that match the rears. The 17x9s I have up front stick out about 1/2" on each side and run when making a turn at any rate of speed. On top of all the fixing I'm gonna be doing tomorrow, I have 3 essays....
Rob, yeah I saw that game. I'll admit that the Packers Defense was kind of not there, but lots of bad and missed calls were made, some on game-changing plays. Seems like Arizona got away with a lot of stuff, so I wondered what the refs were looking at most of the game.
Bama, what cha got you're getting rid of? I've got some stuff that is too modern for my 1975-1985 theme.
Jeff, try Rockauto.com, they have good prices and ship quick; although there search is kind of a pain. I was able to pick up a master cylinder for a 1993 mustang cobra for $60.
Der, I did assemble them assembly-line style, but I don't really think that's a production line as it took close to 4 hours for all of that. The filing, painting (the paint for the SCL hopper is still drying after 48 hours?!?!), sanding, weighing, coupler height, truck tuning, etc. took a while. But doing all the work now gives me something to do, helps build my skill (granted, a BB or MDC doesn't really require a lot of skill), and ensures that they'll track right. Haven't tried a wood kit, and I have a bad habit of assembling kits en-masse. Never had any car that re-mained unbuilt for more than a few hours...
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.
Say, Ya notice not much talk about needlepoint going on here?
Prayers for those in need.
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.
TMarsh Say, Ya notice not much talk about needlepoint going on here? Prayers for those in need.
I noticed that no one talks about flower arranging-----
now why is TODD mentioning things about needlepoint? Must be code for a new pie catapault------
Todd---you must be very tired-----
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/
I've got a week's vacation on my hands, which is pretty nice. After two years of planning and acquiring, phase I of my layout is underway. I've had some benchwork held together with clamps but as of today its all screwed and bolted together. Tomorrow, I'm getting the last of the cork I need and then I can lay all of the track in one shot. It'll give me something to do while paint dries on the many big buildings I am also working on.
I find the DPM modulars easier to work with than I thought, although I am totally investing in a sprue cutter because I am tired of cutting off tabs. But I look forward to actually getting to have a picture to put in WPF next weekend.
Good Evening, Chloe, I'll have a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please. Just in for a little bit tonight on the way home. Thanks!
HEY!! We made it to 34 F today! And our low for tonight is supposed to be 20 F (higher than our high temp over the past few days of 18 F). YAY!!!
howmusAh, Jim, I lied..... There are 3 critters in there. Look closely and you will see a black snake as well.....
Ah, I see it, Ray, that's one brave (or foolish) black snake, that close to both the man and the tracks. Excellent job on the flatcars, by the way. On those, do you do the edges of the 'wood' part first and then the tops, or do you mask off the lower part of the car?
Johnboy - actually, somebody was saying about that very thing yesterday (about the cold killing off mosquito larvae and such). 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!!
Chris, yep, for a medium or larger-sized wedding, 1000 shots would not be too surprising. Bear in mind that on the groups, as you said, there'll need to be 2 on smaller groups, 3 or 4 on the bigger ones, and then there's the preparation photos, the bride & bridesmaids before the wedding (at least 6 to 10 shots there) - and about the same on the groom and groomsmen - plus one of each bridesmaid coming in, flower girl, ringbearer, 6 to a dozed photographs during the ceremony (natural light, usually), plus some closer up ones re-stage after the ceremony, all the groups I mentioned, and then there's the reception, which if the photographer does individual tables or groups of various friends/family members/etc. could easily be another 20-30 or more there, then the cake cutting, garter toss, gift table (and opening, if they're doing that before the couple leaves), getting ready to leave, shots of the 'decorated' vehicle, maybe the couple running through the 'rice barrage,' getting into the vehicle, driving away - and did I mention various special effects/montages of different aspects of the wedding day? When I did wedding photography (decades ago), I would go through with the couple ahead of time what kinds of photographs they liked (or didn't - no sense wasting the exposure and setup if they ain't gonna want or buy it). (Whew!...) That's one reason for film that I'd have two cameras and interchangeable backs (and an assistant to unload and reload one back while I was busy with the other 2-3 backs). In digital, I would expect that at least a multi-gigabyte memory card would be a must.
Ulrich, some of those environmentalists may be dinner for the resurgent population of saber-toothed tigers... Hope your day at the Gulag goes well (or as well as the Gulag goes, anyway ). As for my Br'er Rabbit, I haven't decided, but am leaning toward him having his summer coat on... Like your new plan - and, it allows you to add onto it easily!
Time for me to head on out for home. Hope everybody can stay warm tonight. will continue for the health concerns mentioned in here, of course.
Blessings on your week,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Howdy ... I'll have hot cider and some oatmeal cookies please.
Ray ... I like the flat cars. I did not see any snakes.Nice photos.
Jeff .... Another GP40 ... Is that your favorite loco type/
Ulrich ... You could have a lot of opearting fun woth that track plan. You reminded me, I still have my warf I made for an old layout many years ago using a Campbell kit. I am now doubting I will be able to include it in my present layout.
I am continuing my Stewart FT project. I complete my GN piggyback trailer with the Empire Builder paint scheme.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning Everyone,
road conditions are pretty bad in my area - any speed above 20 mph meant inviting trouble this morning. Again, more than an hour to drive those 10 miles to the GULAG. Schools are closed until road conditions improve. This is the type of winter I don´t like much - gray, cold and icy.
Flo, coffee for me and some hotcakes with maple syrup to go with it.
My track plan seems to be the max I can get out of the available space, although it will be challenging to build it. Too many switches, unless I have the chance to handlay them. What I like about it that it incorporates some nice scenic features - the water front bit will be a highlight. I am not yet sure how to disguise the transition to the backdrop and what type of backdrop I should choose - plain blue sky or mountains and trees, to give it a more Alaskan flavor. I should start to take notes on my thoughts in order not to lose them. This could act as a master plan while building the layout. I may even write up the whole concept of this layout - could be worth making an article for MR out of it.
Chris - I am happy that things with THAT seem to turn to the better now. Unfortunately, a lot of bosses just recognize what quality their staff has when they are about to lose them. And then, it is so difficult to say "I was wrong". A "sorry" at the right time does not cost much, but yet it is seldom said.
Jim - sabre-tooth tigres? I thought they were long extinct - may be we should clone them and have them roam the capital cities - could mean a dramatic improvement in the quality of our overall politics by reducing the number of that strange species called politician.
Talking of little critters, there was this interesting thread on details we overlook, but are so quite important to add that flavor to our layouts we want to capture. Should I venture into N scale, I´ll need to find out how much detail is necessary for that.
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.
A safe and rewarding day to all of you!
to all in need!
Mornin' all!
It's finally starting to warm up around here today. We hit our highest temp of the year so far yesterday........27 degrees! WooHoo! (I know.....big deal!) Well, it's a whopping 27 degrees now, but it's supposed to hold steady all day. Looks like we might see 40 later this week though.Didn't get a thing done on the layout yesterday, and this evening doesn't look good either. I have band practice. Oh well, maybe later.So, the wife is going in for surgery again. This time it's not for her muscular dystrophy. Nope.......she's having gastric bypass surgery. We've been in the program for a little over a year, and next Tuesday is the day. She's tried every diet out there and she can't lose weight. It's a real problem with her MD, so she's taking the plunge. And yeah, we've heard all the horror stories. We've also met all the successes. Shoot, two of her family members have already done it a couple of years ago. Myself, I'm cautiously optimistic. I just wish it was reversable, ya know? I case there's problems or something. But it's what she wants. If you want to follow along, search YouTube for WinndysWorld and you should find her video blog.Oh well, time to go and make the donuts!
Good Morning. French Toast and real maple syrup please. Oh yes Coffee and a slice of Kentucky ham thank you. Make it a thick one.
Sam- Looks like you had a beautiful wedding.
PC- I am so praying for success on the bypass surgery. Checked out a couple of the vids and they made me even more so behind her. She seems wonderful. ( I love the description of the Bulldog ha ha!)
Well, not much in the way of activities planned for today. Unload the truck at about 10:30 stop at the elevator to get a possible update as to what I should be doing, then I do believe I may go visit my Mother. See how she's doing. But until then, I think I'll do a bit of "training".
(sluuurp) Aaaagh!! Yuuck! I meant the ham thick, not the COFFEE!
Have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning
Got up a little later than we usually do. Nice and sunny out here and getting a little milder as well---which is always a good thing----might help in lowering the amount of snowcover around here
Ulrich: With Todd one really never quite knows what he's up to------
Todd: Which elevator are you doing stuff at? Seems like you are going all over the place there!
PC: We've got your wife on our prayer list---talked to our minister this morning to put your wife and your family on the church list as well. The vids are inspiring----I agree with Todd about the bulldog description--
Welp. Since we are getting sun today I'm going out and doing some walking around--go up to the mall and do some nosing about for some stuff and then maybe get some photos scanned into the 'pooter.
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee this mornig please---I'm going to set by the RC fer a spell--
Good morning. Its finally warmong up this way. Alittle snow this morning, but some sun seems to be coming out.
Not much planned today. Maybe clean up the house, and work some on the layout. Might touch up some painting on the legs.
Jeff......Hope you get your car going again. Maybe a junk yard will have your part and the mechanic might cut you a deal. Since you will have what you need to get your car fixed (from the junk yard).
Hope everybody has a good morning.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Morning all from my FIL's house. Flo, an order of buttermilk pancakes with a side of bacon please ma'am. Not much happening this morning, waiting to head off to w**k at 11:30, so I figured that I'd come in for a spell. The weather is improving here, sunny, and a little warmer, high is supposed to be to in the low 40s, and we expect to see mid 50s by week's end (thank goodness!).
So far I've converted seven cars over to knuckle couplers, and I'm just happy happy happy about it, its so much easier to have them on trains as compared to having the old horn-hooks..... I still have to nip off the talgo couplers on my older LL and Tyco stuff, so it may wait until I actually get some Kadee couplers and coupler boxes to be able to do the job "properly". I'm also looking for a bit so I can drill a pilot hole to mount a 2-56 screw in for one of the couplers on my BB GP40-2, as it seems I've lost the original couper pocket cover (I've got one for the rear of the locomotive and I've converted it over already, just don't/can't find the other). Anyone have any suggestions on what size bit to use?
I see breakfast coming towards me, so I guess I'm going to hang out in the window booth and see what comes by. BTW, around what year did high brake wheels and roofwalks get outlawed and what was done to cars so that they would still be "legal"?
Good Afternoon
it was a slippery and slidin´ drive back from the GULAG, where I again learned - you guessed it - nothing.
I spend most of the time in this forum, "flooding" it with posts.
Flo, some hot chocolate, beefed up a little with a swig out of Vinnie´s secret bottle, please - you are a darling!
I must be suffering from an illness we call cognitive dissonance - I can´t just make up my mind, which way I should be heading. My Dutch friend Paul has come up with some new ideas on a different type of layout which are just - simply spoken - extraordinary fantastic. Too early to post these ideas, but I am sure they will make Chris sell all of his HO gear immediately. For those of you who have a spare room of 9 by 11 - beware - there is something in the pipeline for you that will make you gasp!
PC - the candle will be up in the Chapel car for your wife.
I thought of asking Petra to make a supply of her award winning apple crumble pies, but she told me she´d do it only when Barry and Todd give up thrashing them around with that catapult ... Hmmh, that makes me think - how could she know without reading the posts in here. I wonder if she had read about that blonde I was writing about recently - Petra? No, I won´t do it again - ouch!!!
May drop in again a little later!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
"Coffee thanks Chloe"
Google has taken over my computer. Help.
Keith
Mornin' everyone!
Getting in here a bit late this morning, but been busy with other things. Zoe just a cup of dark roast in a FGLK mug, Please and Thanks. I'll be in the front booth watching all the activity outside.
PC, you and yours are in my prayers. Hope your wife has a smooth surgery and a quick recovery.
It's 22°F outside the window right now with a high today of 20°F. yep, that's what the weather.com perdicimucation is for today.... have a few little white things falling around out there, but nothing of any concern. I have been running the electric ice dam melters on the roof during the last couple of days to open up a path for water as the snow melts. Hopefully it will protect the roof and prevent damage.....
Called the local Mac place (one of 2 in the Rochester Area) and she said, "Bring it in for service". I'm hoping they can get the old girl back running for me as the little things fits perfectly on a small table next to wo*kbench. The only thing I have been using it for is a program called Softrack Inventory. I was hoping to download Decoder Pro, etc. from JMRI soon as well. Time will tell.
Somebody asked, I think, about the "wood" floor on the flat cars..... The only spray painting was the original coat of black (Testors flat black in the rattle can - didn't want to do all the fuss of getting the airbrush hooked up, make 4 quick passes on the cars, tear down the airbrush and spent 10 times as long as it took to paint cleaning the brush.... Got lazy, but it came out well.). The boards are all hand painting with the 0/10 angled brush. the boards protude slightly over the side of the car so it is easy to hit the board sides with the brush. Only making done was to cover up the king pin area on the body.
Hope all of you have a great day!
What I'm about to say might finally earn me a spot at the RC, so here goes. As all of you know I recently ordered a SD40-2. Well, I've been doing a little looking and it turns out that the engine # stamped on the cab and number boards does not coincide with the actual engine its representing! The locomotive I've got is #'ed as CSX 8217. I've done a little research, the REAL 8217 IS a SD40-2, however; it is a former SBD SD unit with a nose light and a jack-style hand brake....meanwhile my SD40-2 has a cab mounted headlight and a nose mounted brake wheel, which means its probably of CR heritage, and the #'ing would be correct for a CSX 88xx series engine. So it appears that I might be breaking out some microscale decals and some paint because it also appears that most of the CSX SD40-2 fleet has been painted in the current YN3 paint scheme as compared to the YN2 scheme that model was delivered as.
Wheew! I'm glad I've got that off my chest! Even with the inaccuracy in the paint and #'ing on the model I am very pleased with its operation and would honestly buy another one. I know some people aren't happy with Bachmann stuff, I can say that this one is a good one.
And as for lunch, I'll be happy to take a double bacon double cheese double burger with a large RBF and a side of fries. I'll still be at the window booth watching the comings and goings for a few minutes here before I head off to w**k
BamaCSX83What I'm about to say might finally earn me a spot at the RC,
ROFL! Ya don't haveta know anything to sit at the Rivet Counter............ I sit there all the time!