Elliot's Trackside Diner XXV- Milepost 25

[Anonymous]

 Good Morning Folks,

how can a decent hard-w*rking guy like me sleep, with all this a hum diddle dee doo and mah-nah, mah-nah going on in this Diner!

Chloe - Chloe? You can take those plugs out of your ears now, the guys have stopped humming. I´d like to have cafe au lait et trois croissant, avec beurre et marmelade de ceries, svp.

Did not sleep well last night, got up and dressed and went for a walk outside. It was warm outside, + 12 C. It´s those worries about Petra´s and my future that keep me from sleeping. I feel so helpless and insecure, because there is nothing I can do to prevent the worst from happening. Just sit down an wait for disaster to strike. 

I wish I could be reporting on some mrr issues instead of ranting about my misery...

To be is to do! (Socrates)

To do is to be!  (Sartre)

Doo bee doo bee doo! (Sinatra)

Have a good Sunday, all of you!

Sorry for the bad quality, but making digital pics out of slides does not always work well.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 I've applied a third shade. On this side I'm going from light to dark. On the other I'll be going from dark to light.

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening Diners or Good Morning if you're east of CST.

I haven't been in for a while and it sure took me a long time to catch up on the posts, even just skimming them.

Todd, I really hope your grandson gets well soon and doesn't need surgery. That is really not a situation a little guy like that should be in and the cause of it just makes my blood boil.

Ulrich, the situation in Canada regarding a house mortgage is much the same as you face. If you sell your house for less than the mortgage you are liable for the shortfall here too. Only on conditional sale contracts, such as a car purchase loan is a bank forced to write off any shortfall on a loan if they repossess. Here ususally people declare banktrupcy as a means of getting rid of large debts they don't have a reasonable prospect of repaying.  Luckily we really didn't have a real estate decline  of any significance and prices have started to rise again. Mind you interest isn't tax deductable so people tend to be a little cautious with mortgage debt as are the banks.

I went out to Michaels today and picked up a few shades of blue paint for the harbour water. I probably should do it with a murky brown cast as that is the look of Lake Erie but hey, it's my water and I want it blue!  Tomorrow I will paint the pink foam base and perhaps cut out the area for the harbour but I don't think I'll do much more until I get the lighthouse kit and see exactly where it will go. We won't get down to our friends in Thief River Falls until the end of March where I have my internet purchases delivered so I have a lot of time to work on that water colour. I put a Branchline Blueprint boxcar kit on the work bench and if I work at my usual speed I might get it done by the end of March.

Still winter here but it is supposed to get to freezing tomorrow and it will be sunny so basically a spring day.

Well Robbie is ringing the little bell by the back door which means " I have to go Dad" so bye for now.

CN Charlie

 

[AmanaMedic]

 Hee hee hee...

RAY: Thanks! I was wondering if anybody was gonna pick up on THAT... In Loving Wife's cluster of cubicles...all it takes is one person to do "Mah-na-ma-na" and before long, "Doot do be dobah" is heard...and so it begins!!!

JEFF: For what it's worth, and this is just my half-a-cent worth of 'pinion...you just keep on a-postin' them pics. 

 

Oh whadda day.... edited pics for THAT, finally hammered-out the captions and write-ups. Gotta e-mail THAT part yet tonight, will drop-off the pics tomorrow whilst out and about. Got a wild hair to try Firefox for my web browser. I'm still getting used to it. I axed-out IE 8, discovered I still had IE 7 too! After I got rid of 8, automatic updates kicks-in, wanting to repair/restore IE 8! It finally quit doing THAT...but after I got rid of IE7...now it wants to repair/restore THAT too!

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

Have a goodun', gonna go watch more of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...the original (and best) version.

Chris

[AztecEagle]

Just a quick cuppa joe!!!

Keep your nickel as souvenir from Big Joe and Phantom 309!!

Sorry I haven't been on here this week!!!

Got sidetrack in that Wewoka Switch!!!

Plus,my federally mandated hours were up!!
TABunch for the coffee,gotta run and watch SNL!!!
Holler at you guys manana!!

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

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

[howmus]

der5997

Jeff:

That's like that stupid idiot from D.C. who suggested repealing the laws of physics.

...wasn't that something! If you haven't seen that one folks, email me and I'll send it.

 

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

[TMarsh]

Couldn't get the gumption to go in the train room. (yawn) Maybe tomorrow. Watching Beauty and the Beast on Sci Fi and having a nice Hawaiian Punch. Not the greatest show but the Hawaiian Punch is good. Then off to bed.

Prayers for those in need.

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Todd. ... I'm still sad about your grandson, Anthony. I hate to think of a 2 year old in so much pain. You said he may have surgery, too. We're praying for him .

I was working on the layout today, and I am installing switch machines for the freight yard ..

Here's a story you might like

In a warm igloo, an Eskimo mother is holding her little boy in her arms and reading a nursery rhyme to him.

“Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his ---”

“Mother, mother!” interjects the little boy.

“What is it, son?”

“What's a corner?” asks the little boy.

[der5997]

Good evening folks: Here's today's outhouse

Keith:

A convexed cast?  This is for the layout.. I need and want something like this.  I'm trying to do a 'Lookout Point'  .. with some type of over hanging cliff.  I did it with a bananna~.. lol.    Yeppers.. I laid it down.. taped the mold over and.. painted plaster  on top.. then added some plaster strips for strength.. also it made it very light weight.  Ok....

  I played around with folding a WS rubber cast full of plaster for a projecting rock I needed at a tunnel mouth. It turned out well enough to use. It'll be interesting to see how yours emerges!

Jeff:

That's like that stupid idiot from D.C. who suggested repealing the laws of physics.

...wasn't that something! If you haven't seen that one folks, email me and I'll send it.

It was a mis-tint on the mistake rack so it only cost $1 (half pint).

  Love those when they turn up outside the door of our hardware store in the Harbour. My "basic green for ground cover was one of those. It's long used up amd I down to mixing my own now.  The latest weathering pics seem to have an even better (aka more curtain - streaked effect - if that make sense) than the earlier ones. Acid rain hasn't hit t he MT yet. One day maybe...in the mean time I'm learning a lot from both you and Robby.

Looks like bedtime again. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.

[howmus]

Evenin'  Kinda sparse in here ain't it.  What, Barry was singing?  That'll clear a place out fast......... 

Sounds like those THAT are here have been experiencing a touch of "Cabin Fever" huh?  Must be something good on the Idiot Box I guess for the rest.

Oh Chris..... "Doot Doo, bah dobah!"

Anyway I'll have a nice cup of decafe and sit and listen to the guys who are here for a spell.  Looks like they are all in the back by the stove so I'll go join them.

I have been w*rking on the flooring and side walls for the workshop attached to the engine house.  Definitely a learning experience.

Prayers for all in need, including all those affected by the Earthquake in Chile and the resulting possibility for damage around the Pacific basin.  Glad they evacuated the areas of Hawaii even though It turned out not necessary.  Better to be safe!

Have a good night!

73

[Blazzin]

jeffrey-wimberly

fec153

LOL- Jeff, if I saw that at a train show, I'd offer $2 only because of the couplers.

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind when I think about posting anything else. Right now I'm just experimenting to see what I can and can't do. Seeing something somebody else did isn't good enough. I have to do it for myself.

  Ah don't mind me.. I'm just enjoying the pics.  Thanks Jeff. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

ns3010

So, what's new with you guys?

Beside internet problems (old story out here)? Not very much. Just doing some rust weathering practice.

[ns3010]

Evening all. Janie, I'll take a chocolate shake, thanks.

Wow, busy day. Had homework all day. Then I had computer problems, AGAIN. GRRRREEEEAAAAATTTTTTT!!!! AWESOME! COOL! grrrr....

So, what's new with you guys?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

fec153

LOL- Jeff, if I saw that at a train show, I'd offer $2 only because of the couplers.

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind when I think about posting anything else. Right now I'm just experimenting to see what I can and can't do. Seeing something somebody else did isn't good enough. I have to do it for myself.

[Trainman Sam]

Well well well, I haven't seen a saturday night this quiet in a LONG time!

Flo, may I please have a hot fudge sundae along with a large RBF?  Thank you!

I've had a pretty productive day!  Went shopping with the loving wifey.  We stopped at a "chain" arts and craft place, I picked up some acrylic paints: Aluminum Metallic, White, and Ice Blue (from the "Dazzling Metallic Elegant Finish" line).  I bought these colors to test and see what they do with the lighting I currently have in my kitchen/breakfast area, which will be approximately the same lighting as my layout will have.  If these work out, then I will buy a spectrum of colors from the same companies.  I also bought brushes, and a battery operated fiber optic light set.  I plan on trying to use the fiber optic for lights on the signs, building, and "ground effect" lighting around the Diner!  This should be rather interesting!

Well, it's off to bed I go!  Have a great night my friends!

[blownout cylinder]

fec153

YAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

Dum Dee Dum Dum !!!

KEE KEE Kee ripes its  cold  !

G'Night all. Prayers and blessings.

Flip

 

OM OM Madme Padme Hum-----

Diddledum dee dum dee doo----

Must be one of those nights----

[fec153]

YAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

Dum Dee Dum Dum !!!

KEE KEE Kee ripes its  cold  !

G'Night all. Prayers and blessings.

Flip

 

[AmanaMedic]

 Good Evenin', Zoe? A plate of cheeseburgers for Rerun and I...with a vanillia shake for him, and a bucket of Coke for me please 'n thank-you.

Mah-na-mah-na...

Chris

[Anonymous]

 Yeah, really quite - up until now. I was sleeping in my corner booth, when all of a sudden somebody started to hum and diddle dee doo...

Zoe, as I am up now, may I have my RBF?

[blownout cylinder]

TMarsh

Dr Pepper please.

Thank you.

Hum dee dum dee dum.

Hm.

I'll have a RBF please---

Quiet night tonight innit?---

La dee da dee dum dittle dum----

[TMarsh]

Dr Pepper please.

Thank you.

Hum dee dum dee dum.

Hm.

[TMarsh]

JimRCGMO

Todd, I'm guessing that DerJohn was meaning the breezes outside of the bathroom, rather than any inside of it. At least, the windows looked like they were closed in the video... Happy degreasing today.

Oh. Ahem. Sorry. I thought....never mind. And thank you, the degreasing went well.

Ulrich- I’m sorry, we mis understood each other. What I thought you were saying was you would be responsible for the entire loan even though they repossessed the property. Example. You owed $400,000. They took and sold the house for $300,000. You still owed $400,000. I understand what you meant now.  Sounds like over here too.

Garry- Brenda just returned from the hospital and Anthony is doing well. They are watching the cyst that has formed on his Pancreatic gland and if it does not show signs of draining on it’s own they will do surgery to drain it. They are also trying to figure out why his white blood cell count is low, and may consider a blood transfusion as an option pending their findings. He is in pain still, but in better spirits.

Chris- Yup seen the porn dances the kids do. (shakes head) If we did that as kids there be.... well, I don’t know what there’d be. We wouldn’t. At least in public. Of course we were disco age. Weird. I liked country then, but that was in the seventies and country music was still good. Some of it is today, but most is just music.

I also believe there needs to be a revamp of the tax system, but honestly, I have no idea of how.

Welp, gotta go, Brenda said suppers ready, she picked up ribs from Hickory River. "Real Texas BBQ" so they say. It's good, not the best, but it's good. Their briskit however is outstanding. Especially for Illinoizians.

[fec153]

LOL- Jeff, if I saw that at a train show, I'd offer $2 only because of the couplers.

Hope you're staying warm, Regards,

Flip

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 This was done with two shades, 'Rusted Earth' (darker) and 'Rusty Rail' (lighter). Both are satin latex. They each cost less than $3 for a 7 ounce can. I keep my eyes peeled when at the Lowe's or the paint stores for mis-tints that are close to what I need. I can get those for $1.

[Blazzin]

  Ah Jeanne said the two would adhere to one another .. and the acrylic would peal off..  I said.. "heck hit it with dullcote"  Sooner or later the two would dry.. then preserve it. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Blazzin

  I know.. and what if you want them  to mix.. and react.. and bubble.. I mean ..   Won't you get a 3d bubble nasty rusty look from the bubble reaction?

If anything it may be a little streaky or spotty or the wet enamel and wet acrylic separate.

[Blazzin]

  Jeff.. lol.. no no.. I mean.. well.. lets get back to your quote..: "On your question about applying acrylics over enamels, do it when the enamel has dried. Enamel is petroleum based while the acrylics I've used are water based. Water and petroleum don't like to play together."

  I know.. and what if you want them  to mix.. and react.. and bubble.. I mean ..   Won't you get a 3d bubble nasty rusty look from the bubble reaction?

  Thanks!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Blazzin

So Jeff, I really like the 7 colors pallet.. but tell me.. is there any difference of density applications? 

Lighter first.. then dark.. then light over the dark..

 or.. dark to light.. or vice versa?    Do you run the colors together on the pallet.. ?

I usually use them one at a time. Whether I start with dark or light is dependent on the effect I'm looking for. An area of dark rust with light rust around it would have the lighter color applied first then stepping up to the darker color(s). Dark rust with lighter rust streaming down from it would be applied in a similar fashion. On your question about applying acrylics over enamels, do it when the enamel has dried. Enamel is petroleum based while the acrylics I've used are water based. Water and petroleum don't like to play together.

[Blazzin]

  And another question.. do you.. can you?... use Acrylics on top of enamels.. or vice versa.. to get a re-action of the paints not mixing?