Elliot's Trackside Diner XXV- Milepost 25

[teen steam fan]

Hey guys

Welcome to the diner. The guys here are something else.

The usual for me Cloe

[puddlejumperoz]

Thank you for the welcome Todd. Um I'll try to keep my posts as clean as possible, well as clean as an ex-sailor can anyway

Yes I'm planning on doing my layout DCC from scratch, I'm just in the middle of deciding which controller to go with at the moment. Oh and I'll have some pancakes if they're going, just the motor oil, no butter thanks

[Packers#1]

 Chris and Todd, thanks!

I saw the end of that game, that was a great effort by the USA

[TMarsh]

to the diner puddlejumperoz. My names Todd. Glad you stopped in to say hi and have you aboard. I see you are Australian. You've got company.  Order what you'd like and whoever gets the top of the page has to pay the virtual tab. The cooks can make anything you'd like. This is a good little place were no one speak harsh or mean spirited. Much good info is also traded in here. We get a bit more involved in personal lives to keep the rest of the forum flowing. Kinda like a club with no dues or membership. Only rule is, keep it nice. Well sort of. Should still steer clear of politics, religion and the like, but sometimes we get a bit out of line. Someone usually will speak up before it goes too far. 

I see your new and from your thread out there, you are wanting to get a start in DCC. Good choice. Several of us are in DC still and happy with it and some are DCC and happy with it. Maybe they can give you short reasons why to help you with your decision.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Blazzin

   "Coffee please"

  Jeff... this is getting good~.. lol.

  I'm starting to see how your mind is working.  God I love it.~  Thanks bud.

This side has gotten to the point that I should stop or I may overdo it.

[last mountain & eastern hogger]

      

 

CANADA WINS GOLD.........

WE LOVE YA TEAM CANADA.

 JOHNBOY BACK TO CELEBRATING.

                            YOU GUYS DID GREAT TOO,   SILVER LOOKS GOOD ON YOU.      ' USA OUR WONDERFUL NEIGHBOR'

[AmanaMedic]

Good afternoon... RBF please 'n thank-you...at the RC, of course!

First, can we have a moment of silence, please...for Hairy's brother, or cousin, or...whatever THAT ex-spider is/was....

 

 

 

Thank you.

SAWYER: Nice job! 

JEFF: You're getting some very interesting rust effects there, I'm liking how the multiple "rusts" are blending. These boxcar shots are giving me ideas for heavy rust effects, so I'm gonna say "thank you!" for posting them!

TODD: I've got a problem with colors too...I see them as RR colors: "oh, THAT's UP yellow, THAT looks like GN blue, Santa Fe warbonnet red..." and so it goes. I do NOT see "chartruese," "mauve," "dusty rose," or "vermillion." Actually, "vermillion" is Pirsch fire engine red...I see a lot of different reds: IH red, Case-IH red, Massey Ferguson red, ALF fire engine red, Pirsch fire engine red, Seagrave red, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.

SAM: Hey, glad you got to go play trains for real today... And...."Mah-na-ma-na" was DESIGNED to stick inside one's head...it's insidious! As for lay-off rumors, it makes sense to cut from the top...those guys are more expensive than you newbies! Hope all works out for you, sounds like you've got your heart in this!

ULRICH: Like the man said, do what you can with what YOU can control. I'd keep looking at teaching. Yeah, it's a different direction, but sounds to me like you've got a lot of experience others can benefit from. 

As for our latest craptastic crap sandwich... the IRS was "kind enough" to explain the how/why/wherefore of the situation in the stack of documents they sent. Had we known about it before, it would've been taken care of with the '08 taxes. It would've been nice if CHASE (or the company handling the shake-down, I mean..."settlement") would've said, "oh, by the way...if you do this, you'll have to pay taxes on the forgiven amount..." Short of taking a baseball bat to somebody, I doubt I'll get much empathy/sympathy from those entities. We'll just do the installment plan...and IF we get a refund this year, welp...it'll just automatically go to pay THAT off. It sucks, I don't think it's fair (I heartily disagree with the notion THAT money I no longer have to send to a credit card company is "income")...and it just furthers my resolve to find a viable candidate who will abolish the IRS, cut taxes, cut spending, employ some fiscal discipline... 

Hey, where did THAT soapbox come from???? It's like it KNOWS.....................

*sigh*

Speaking of fiscal discipline...my enabling Wife encouraged me to be irresponsible. I had to drop-off the porno dance pics and lock-in pics...so Loving Wife and Rerun rode along. I said I needed to get a bottle of Testor's liquid plastic cement... Loving Wife piloted her BUG to the LHS in Cedar Rapids. Enroute, I told her how I hate going THAT far just for a bottle of cement...and THAT I feel guilty getting pretty much everything else from "theBay" or direct from Walthers. She said I "should" buy a box car too.  They still have a dozen or so McKean kits, some Walthers kits which have been in three locations now...faded boxes, sun-bleached labels, etc. I selected three McKean boxcar kits, told her THAT as the Chief Financial Officer, it was up to her to decide which one would be acquired. Her choices: 1) red USLX double plug-door, 2) blue CSX exterior post boxcar, or 3) blue Golden West boxcar. She selected the Golden West. I told her I could use the USLX for either National Oats or Nash Finch (grocery wholesaler) service, the CSX for paper service to Longview Fiber or Weyerhauser box factories; or the Golden West for grocery service to Nash Finch...so could justify any of 'em. She really liked the colors on the Golden West... I felt better...but still feel guilty spending bucks at all!

I'm lucky, she realizes THAT having a hobby helps to keep me...."sane," for lack of a better word.

I just wonder how "sane" she'll think I am when I go to fix THAT gap on the roundhouse...

Have a good'en!

Chris

 

 

[puddlejumperoz]

Morning everybody from Sydney, Australia.

Had a lovely weekend and visited the http://www.nsrma.com.au/ exhibition, it was in the words of a young kid standing next to me.....awesome

Ray

[Trainman Sam]

 

Hello all!  I had a rather nice day, actually got to do my job!  The engineer showed up today!  I'm hearing now that the "layoffs" are supposed to start from the TOP down... Hopefully there is some truth to that rumour!

Well, dinner is almost ready and I am watching the Olympics Hockey!!! GO USA

BTW THANKS GUYS... It's stuck in my head  Ma nah ma nah...

[TMarsh]

Sawyer-

jeffrey-wimberly

The base color of this car is green.

Uh...... Green. Yeah. That's what I meant.(see what I mean?)

By the way Jeff, since you're here. I got the last part of the old layout down, and while clearing the stuff out from underneath......., I ran into one of Hairy's brothers. I'm sorry. He was curled up and appeared to have passed peacefully or at least quickly. I'll let you pass the news on to Hairy. Best he hears it from someone he knows.

[Packers#1]

fec153

WOW!!! Very nicely done.. If you were a Boy Scout, you would get your badge.

Flip

 

 

Thanks Flip! I used to be a cub scout, but except for the pinewood derbies my two years in it I was bored. I preferred the sports field. I'm pretty sure my dad got his eagle scout achievement thing when he was a kid though.

[fec153]

WOW!!! Very nicely done.. If you were a Boy Scout, you would get your badge.

Flip

 

[Packers#1]

 john, true. A lot of the guys that will be on the ice play in the NHL though.

Jim, i'd prefer not to actual see my stomach in person, so the guts will stay inside of me haha. I will play my hardest though lol

 Posted these over in WPF, but thought might like to see a few of them

 

 

[JimRCGMO]

Good Morning (well, Lunchtime), Flo - I'll have a bowl of the potato soup, some grated cheddar on that, and a BLT, with a RBF, please. Thanks!

, Jeff - that car's getting better as you go - the first one looked about ready for the RIP track!

Oh, Chris - THAT kind of dance... I'd agree with you about the 6 (or 8, or 10, or...) year olds NOT needing to parade around in some of those outfits in front of everyone. (Our overs*xed society, might be my take on THAT). (How DID that soapbox get under me again? No, Flo, I'll return it back to the corner, don't really intend to spend any time on THAT thing). On your problem with the reveenuers, do you have any relatives who are tax attorneys, perhaps? Well, it was worth a shot (figuratively speaking ONLY, I am NOT advocating any kind of violence - sheesh, even when I'm not trying to, I sound like I have that box under me again...). As for the bank's mistake, I'd think that since they 'neglected' to inform you, they should have some of the responsibility on THAT. My ...

Of course, nowadays, ya gotta watch what you say and how you word it - the ladies at our church have a 'tea party' get-together thing with a speaker each year, but this year that phrase gets people attaching other idears of a more political nature to the phrase. That's ALL lowercase letters, t-e-a party, not(!) TEA Party, folks. Honest!). Ah, the joys of modernspeak (oops, now I'll be hearing from Orwell's estate's attorneys next...)

Robby - on that (broken) covered hopper, maybe you could find out what day THAT salesman doesn't w**k, and take the car back on that day? Worth a try, at least. And I'm sure you would anyway, but make sure to gorrilla-proof your packaging the guy's cars for the return trip back after you finish the weathering. I don't have any Intermountain, either. But in my case it's cause most of their stuff is for too new of a time period (later than my RR's era).

Hey, hey, hey, Garry, be nice!  Yeah, after yesterday I heard one or two people talking about the New Madrid crack (it's their fault...), but as one person pointed out this morning, Cape's area has limestone under most of our area, while New Madrid (being former swampland) has mostly sand under it - which I understand in case of an earthquake, would turn into mush (or quicksand?). Besides, the one thing I've heard on earthquakes in our area, is that because we tend to have little tremors every so often, it releases the buildup of pressure on the (tectonic?) plates down under there, lessening the chances of a BIG ONE. Now, if we hadn't had *any* of those little tremors and such, I'd be more worried. Yeah, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Hey, any geologists in the Diner who can fill us in?

Sawyer, so long as you weren't speaking literally about that playing your guts out business...

Keith - March 1st? Of what year, if I might ask? I'm still trying to get to my wiring (followed by scenery, ballasting, foundations for buildings, etc., etc. ...)! Keep at it, though! Like that cliff/rock thingee. Bannana, eh?

Ulrich, I had one car repossessed on me, and they did that way - sold it dirt cheap at some auction, and I was left with the balance on my loan as MY debt. Bankers.... Keep sticking with it there. As Garry said, I suspect God might have something nice down the road for you, once you get through this stage in your life. I can't picture Him as being as inefficient as, say, certain politicians on either side of the 'pond'... (Hey, Flo, can you get this box out from under me, please?) Just keep doing whatever small part is within your control, friend.

I see I missed the whistling/humming festival last night after I went home to sleep... And then after Todd talks about disco, in comes Sam, talking about fiber optics (to go with that shiny silver ball from the ceiling?) Interesting evening, all right...

DerJohn - cool modern art outhouse there! You may not have had acid rain up there, but you sure have had some cool sn*w-encrusted Canadian/Canadien engines, all right! Hey, how recently did you take those photos?

Ray, the story might not actually be true, but where there's politicians, there's a distinct possibility that one or more of them could be that stupid:

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.
    - Mark Twain, a Biography

- And our area of Missouri actually has a representative who has pretty good sense. (Now one of our Senators, that's another matter...) Hey, Flo - I thought I put this soapbox back in the corner! How come it keeps getting underfoot?

AmanaMedic

Is there some alarm at Microsoft, when you leave the Borg, THAT triggers a response to get you back into the collective???? Good grief!

Chris, probably so...

Welp, the w**k cell just went off, and I have to go see somebody. Will be back later today, I hope.

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[jeffrey-wimberly]

TMarsh

Jeff- Is the photo today the other side or did you do some blending? Again, the lighting is different so to me, who knows. But for whatever reason, I prefer this version. Also I finally figured out the color I thought wasn't well suited for the weathering. The Grey. Yup turns out it was the boxcar color. Silly me.

It is the other side. The base color of this car is green. I started with a spot coat of 'Cool Lava' that was then dragged downward with a piece of paper towel. After this dried I followed it with some spots of 'Rusted Earth' done the same way. This was followed with some spots of 'Rusty Rail' also dragged with the paper towel. All the colors are latex applied undiluted.

 

 

der5997

Jeff:   Great! The steps rust keeps getting better. I was thinking about that last night before I drifted off. It must be difficult to get the effect of rust continuing behind cast on ladders. I was thinking that holding the model down and away from one and "welling" a thin rust paint - probably with alcohol in it) along the underside of each rung (probably one rung at a time for control of what happens), then tipping the car forward so the thinned paint runs as a sheet down the space to the next rung below might work. I like your solution here.

Close but no cigar. I applied a thin strip of undiluted paint just under the ladder rungs and dragged them down with a piece of paper towel, applying several several thin lines under each rung.

[TMarsh]

Just back from Church. Lost Brenda afterward for a bit, found out she ducked off with the preacher and had a bit of one on one with him.

I'm changed into me ever day duds and ready to take the outside trashcan to the basement to put the old bead Styrofoam in and it gone to bye bye land on the Thursday trash gone time. What's thatbe you say Flo? Why am I taliking like this?....... I have no idea.

DerJohn- Yes light has a lot to do with anyone, so you can imagine what it's like for me who already has trouble to begin with. Luckily, I can see all the colors, just difficult to determine what some of them are. Plus, and this is funny, the tint on my glasses gave me a different color look also and I never gave that a thought for yeeeears. I was/am really mixed up sometimes. I laughed at this story of a friend of mine who bought what I called a blue truck for some time. One evening while talking, (me, talking. Imagine that.) I referred to his "blue" truck. The lady who I was talking to got a funny look and said to his wife, "I thought it was green". His wife said to her, "it is. But he calls it blue. Always has, so it apparently looks blue to him. Just go with it." After that I see the truck and see it is a blue green. Very dark green and blue, but obviously green. Once I knew what I was looking at the color is so obvious I often wonder why I never saw it that way before.

Jeff- Is the photo today the other side or did you do some blending? Again, the lighting is different so to me, who knows. But for whatever reason, I prefer this version. Also I finally figured out the color I thought wasn't well suited for the weathering. The Grey. Yup turns out it was the boxcar color. Silly me.

OK now time to head to the basement and start working. Drats! I forgot to get some KILZ this week. Oh well if I get far enough along today, I may just have to run into the Wal-mart if I have enough time to make it worth the trip. Otherwise I have to go to the butchershop to pay for the fish tomorrow and I‘ll pick it up then. It‘s pretty much just right across the street and about a block down.

I hate to just keep going to the place, but on my budget, I just can't seem to pass it up. Like I've said a dollar or two is a dollar or two and since the first place I come across when driving into Springfield is Super Wal-mart, I can't even say gas makes up the difference. 

[Blazzin]

    Sunny morning.  No rain.   Crisp. No breeze.  Air?  Well fresh as rain~

  Nice pics John.. can I copy? .. lol. 

  Oh hey I  I took a pic of my 'Lookout Point' but I dont' think it really shows must.. not worth posting.  Now maybe later today I might.  I can actually say at this point of my layout .. I am having fun.  I've lightly painted the 'old town wall, installed some fancy overhangs.. even with tree roots.. lol.  Today I shall be watching the movie called .."The Train"  while I do some landscaping.. lol.. I'm actually picking out trees. 

  Ok.. lets jump ahead.  Here in Socal we have many towns along the coast.  They were discovered by early explorers.  Well in the old town of Santa Barbara there is an old tree.  Its been there since the time with the explorer Portola first set foot there.  The tree is very old.. and is unique.. and I wish to do the same or something similar in fashion up on the lookout point.

  So there's your update.. who knows.. maybe pics later~

 

[Blazzin]

   "Coffee please"

  Jeff... this is getting good~.. lol.

  I'm starting to see how your mind is working.  God I love it.~  Thanks bud.

[der5997]

Good morning folks:

Ray:

Ah..... False!  http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/physics.asp

Pity, but it's attraction stems from somewhere that holds more t han a grain of truth, I'm sure.

Garry: Love it! There's a place in Saskatchewan that holds annual Biffy races. Maybe CNCharlie can enlighten us.

Chris:

Is there some alarm at Microsoft, when you leave the Borg, THAT triggers a response to get you back into the collective???? Good grief!

  A couple of years ago IE8 spontaneously downloaded itself, and wiped out my IE7 in the process! I lost everything.

CNCharlie:

Mind you interest isn't tax deductable

....THAT was our biggest shock in coming to Canada in 1967!

Jeff:   Great! The steps rust keeps getting better. I was thinking about that last night before I drifted off. It must be difficult to get the effect of rust continuing behind cast on ladders. I was thinking that holding the model down and away from one and "welling" a thin rust paint - probably with alcohol in it) along the underside of each rung (probably one rung at a time for control of what happens), then tipping the car forward so the thinned paint runs as a sheet down the space to the next rung below might work. I like your solution here.

Ulrich: Check your email. I guess I got to your photo a little later in the day, when the sun was a bit higher. That beauty was moving!

Sawyer:

but I'm lucky to see an NHL game once a month

...and this one should be just a tad better than those!

Todd and Jeff:

Colors, I'm real wacked out on colors

  Then there's the changes that come with the different lights under which the colours are viewed - natural; incandescent; fluorescent; Sodium vapour; Halogen; Mercury vapour....

Lunch soon, so I'll grab a small JR Regular to go, TTFN

[Anonymous]

 Good Afternoon Folks,

it´s been a dull day so far. Spend most of the time watching British steam movies on youtube.com  and doodling around with some more track plan ideas.

Germany is getting hit by the first spring storm of this year, but , luckily, we are being spared here in our region.

Jeff - that boxcar is coming along nicely!

Have a good day!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 42 and sunny. The high is due to be in the mid 60's and mostly sunny.

I got hold of four solar powered lights yesterday that look like Tiki torches. I was looking for some lights similar to some accent pathway lights I already had when I chanced to look up at the top shelf where a bunch of different lights were in operation. I saw a couple that looked very similar to what I was looking for then I saw the Tiki torch and all the others paled into insignificance by comparison. It didn't just light a small area underneath it, it lit the area around it. I thought 'The heck with the pale blue ones I thought I wanted. I'm getting these!'. A box of two cost $24 and some-odd cents, so I grabbed two boxes. The lights are adjustable up to 52" in height. I set them up yesterday, two at the end of the driveway and the other two along a path that goes past my neighbors trailer. I saw them in action last night and they made their pale blue counterparts look like garbage. Each Tiki light has a flickering yellow LED that mimicks a flame and looks quite realistic. I'll be getting more of those Tiki lights in the near future.

[sunsetbeachry]

Mor'in All; First things 1st. I'm totally colorblind to red and green,that was why I was used in country I could see what other people could not, Kathy made me a color wheel so that I can tell most color and thats why all of my photos are in black and white,and I still use a Nikon...........INCH WOW!!!!! 24 thats great also good looking youn'um....JEFF the boxcar looks alot like what we have sittin' out here after a couple of years of sittin in the salt air. Keep up the good work........RC I wish I could go back with you and team I enjoyed Sebring back in the '60's, usta race an old 3000 Healy lots of fun.............TODD Prayers are getting bigger now on proyer line thru church group here. My littlest Tiger ( cat ) nibbled on my nose this morn at 5am wanted food and then out so in process one out and one in (jr) left mole in driveway for me and then ate his fill of canned food,then went to sleep on his rug in front of heater...........Started to glue track down sat. got about 20 ft. ang got the switches done, took me about 2hrs for the switches alone then a break''butts n'coke ,sit down on stool" rest hips and knees gotta git a couple of those rubber mats to stand on someday..The RR is 51in. off the floor and sometimes I need to stand on stool 2ft square and 2ft high good solid plastic ....Alls well here 48 and a little rain no tsumani here.Fair Winds and Following Seas................chuck

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe I'll have the #2 special, eggs over easy, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sourdough bread toast all to go along with my dark raost coffee in a FGLK mug.  Thanks you!  I'll go sit in the front booth and watch the little white thingies floating by on their way to Syracuse........

It is currently 32°F here in the Finger Lakes with a forecast high of 33°F this afternoon.  There are a few sn*w showers and flurries hanging around being caused by the good old Great Lakes Effect machine.  No real accumulation of the stuff is expected.

Huh?  What's that Robby?  War between the US and Canada........    What happened!?!  Oh a game....  Hockey?  Aaaaahh, the Olympics!  USA playing Canada.......  One or the other will probably win don't you think?  (Dang hearing aids.....)

Chris, I did an arrangement of the original "Ma-na-ma-na" by Piero Umiliani with my 6th. Grade Middle School Chorus a couple decades ago.  By concert time you couldn't go anywhere in the school with having someone go, "Ma-na-ma-na"  and everyone else singing "Doot doo bah doo bah".  Most of the faculty was no longer speaking to me as they couldn't get through a class with out it.......  The "cool" teachers just played along and it died out in their classes.  Of course a certain music teacher joined in every chance he got.  Used to pop my head in a couple of the 6th. grade classrooms and sing, "Ma-na-ma-na" and then scoot down the hall to my room.  I have always loved the Muppet version of the song.  BTW I had several 6th. graders do some Scat Singing after we ran out of the original verses in the concert.

Overslept again so I won't make Church this morning.....  I will do penance by getting everything ready for Deacons this coming Wednesday. 

Time to get the woodstove fired up for the day.

Later!

73

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Todd: I can relate to your thing about colors. I'm somewhat colorblind myself. I have trouble with blues and grays. I can see several shades of blue but other shades of blue show up as greens. I can see light gray and dark gray but the various shades in between show up as white, black and silver, hence the reason I don't use blues and grays much.

[TMarsh]

Good morning all.

Did anyone else see, what appeared to be, an outhouse driving down the highway? Maybe I need some coffee.

Jeff-I’m no artist and I can’t match a color if my life depends on it. (that’s why my entire wardrobe consists of blue jeans, they go with anything, colors, stripes plaids. Neutral color hats, and black and brown boots.) And I can’t tell names of colors. I can see different colors, just don’t know what they are. But, there is a color or something I’m not diggin’ about the boxcar. My opinion, and I’ve been known to differ from the masses, but I juuuust can’t put my finger on it. Keep tinkering, you’ll get ’er sooner or later. But of more concern. The Hair Snakes. I see your problem with Hair Snakes you've mentioned before.

Colors, I’m real wacked out on colors. I have a color astigmatism. Example, Chloe, please lay out several colors, red, blue, brown, green, burgundy, maroon and aqua, for instance, and ask me to identify them. Thank you. Now give me tie to forget what I picked. dum de dum (three seconds have passed) OK long enough I've forgot. I can see 7 different colors. However, depending on the light and the density, value (whatever that is) and shade of the color, I may have trouble differentiating between the green and brown. Most times not. BUT, with those same issues with the light and the density etc of the colors, I may not be able to assign the proper name to the color. I may call Burgundy, Maroon, I may call the green, brown Aqua I may call aqua or green,or possibly light blue depending on what dominant color I pick at the time, and yes aqua looks like a blue green to me( I assume the same appearance to you) but I also round my colors in speaking. Now, and here’s the weird part for you people asking, “how did he ever work on car wiring” IF you were to say here is the colors you are looking for or pick this color out, I can do it without a problem, possibly except for like Maroon or burgundy, wine... something like that because, though they all look different to me that would be a color I don’t know, or care, which one is which. They're just shades of red. Odd eh?

I’m up and dressed for Church. No excuses this week I even went to bed early last night. Besides, the McVickers have fellowship and man can she bake!

Have a Great Day!!!

[Packers#1]

Robby P.

 Not much planned today.  Pretty much take it easy.   I'm sure going to watch USA vs. Canada.  

 

Should be doing the same today. NASCAR can wait for Olympic hockey lol; there's a race every weekend but I'm lucky to see an NHL game once a month

[Robby P.]

 Good morning.  Its cool, and no snow.  Maybe its starting to slow down. 

 Not much planned today.  Pretty much take it easy.   I'm sure going to watch USA vs. Canada.  

 Hope everybody has a good morning.

[GMTRacing]

Good morning All,

Regular and a coffee roll to go please Ruthie. I see Vinnie has the debris from the critters mostly cleaned up. With the deer gone I suppose we can try putting flowers back in the vase ?

    Back in the shop to take another swing at it. Found one last wiring fault on the Lotus11 and i need to finish the harness for the Lotus 23 then align and balance it. After that we need to load up the trailer.

   I see we've been prolific again this weekend so I'll leave the catching up for tonight when hopefully I'll arrive home at a reasonable hour. CUL, J.R.

[fec153]

Good morning, all. Janie, just toast and black coffee , please.   

Jeff- the reefer is looking better. The second coat is very realistic.      

Ulrich- What will be, will.  To bad that loco got into the picture, was trying to see the city.

The temperature is at or near freezing at DeLand and Daytona. Many bikers camp out at the fair-grounds. When Deb was making things for the bikers back in 2001, we brought and gave some warm clothes to  who ever need them. It is about 35* here in Eustis.  No snow or rain at this time.

Too soon we grow old-  To late we get smart.

Blessings and Prayers.                     

Flip

                    

[blownout cylinder]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Der john ... just for you ... it has bio-degradable fuel ... You don't want to smell the exhaust.

Its suspension wasn't dialed in!! No wonder there was a burnout on one side!! He was sittin' crooked!

Good Morning---

Another piculous day for us'uns as we still have the weekend seminars AND church. After that I get to try to deal with building up a conveyor system for my Williston Cooperative elevators----maybe

Ray, Chris: Ba doo ba doo-----I think---- Our office seems to do that A LOT.....

Chloe, I'll have a toast with jam and a large bucket of rawcaffeine please---I'll be at the RC for a bit here