Hello ...
It's a hectic week here.
Chef Ryan ... good to see you stopped in.
Is Jeff missing?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evenin', my my, lots of Diners stopping in this evening, and even a newbie with shelf layout questions; .I believe there are quite a few "kindred spirits" who will be more than happy to help. THAT's kind-of a trademark around here, I would think.
I've filed a bunch of stuff with THAT...so she "should," theoretically, be happy tomorrow.
Mr. Boudreaux! Good to see you again Sir!
BARRY: Sounds like SPRING would be much, much, much more to my liking, more in line with my idea of how a cat is "supposed" to act. Kit had a 2nd cat, an elderly gent of a cat...more like an old hippie of a cat!!! Buddy was his name...a kindly cat was he. Whereas the Uber Beeeeeotch took an instant hate of Rerun, Buddy was patient and polite with the young pup. They would've gotten along fine. Unfortunately, old age and a laundry list of maladies claimed him. It figures 'eh? The "good" cat goes to the great beyond, and I'm stuck with the Uber Beeeotch!!!
VINCENT: Sure...give me a few days. I've got the pages scanned, now have to get the Wife to convert 'em to .pdf. Maybe someday, she'll put the full Adobe package on my 'pooter, and I won't have to "sub-contract" these jobs. Until then... I'll submit the job ticket and see if she can w**k it in sometime this weekend. As for the discipline theories. Give the kid a warning...they keep acting up? A good "attention getter" to the butt. My opinionated opinion. I've seen too many kids just running around without any regard for...anyone or anything. I see kids frequently doing things THAT if I'd even THOUGHT about doing...woulda gotten me a sore bottom. No...I was never "beaten," or "abused." BUT, I knew where the line was drawn, and what would happen if (when...) I crossed it. When I was spanked, believe me...it was bought AND paid for!!
Uh-oh...the soapbox seems to be ready to launch my way... So, I'll wrap THAT up with this: too many parents want to be "best buds" with their kids. They need to be PARENTS, drawing the lines, putting up the guardrails THAT define a path to follow...
Yup...the soapbox has officially found me.
DER JOHN: Years ago, I used to be pretty good at the whole C vs. F stuff...used it a lot in the darkroom with stuff in the Kodak darkroom handbook calculated in C. Of course, I also had dual-marked thermometers available then too...kinda made it easy for certain frequently used temps to "stand out in the mind." Thanks for the link, I've got it bookmarked in the WX folder.
As for SAME technology...yup, remembered it a few hours later. And yes, Google is a handy tool, guess I oughta use it a bit more 'eh?? Kind-of like the dictionary sitting to my immediate left, less than two feet from where I'm sitting.
"...Um, then maybe you're stuck with acres of sameness?" Most likely... I guess I'm looking for some "wicked cool" way to vary the coloration on the molded on "tar paper." I've got some ideas cooking, so we'll see what happens next pay period when I can procure "unnecessary necessities" again. I'm tempted to try those el-cheapo craft paints I keep hearing about, but wonder how well they'd w**k on the weird, slick, shiny plastic Atlas used. A coat of Floquil primer may be in order. Crap...gotta get another bottle of THAT as well... it's been tapped multiple times on this project to make other project-specific colors.
Even though I said I want to stay as close to the prototype as I can, within the limitations of Atlas...I will and have taken some "artistic license," such as the stall I parked the truck undergoing repair in.
Yet again, it's hitting me just how much I should have been shooting pictures of the roundhouse when it was still standing. Trouble is, I was on a poor college kid budget, charging film at the college bookstore (and suffering cardiac arrest when THAT bill arrived ). Instead of shooting mostly the common, "ordinary," stuff I was seeing everyday...I would shoot more of the "odd, unusual," or "gee, I've never seen THAT in the North Yard before..." Of course, the roundhouse, blue QOCX boxcars, etc., etc., etc., were ALWAYS going to be there for me to shoot later...
THAT's why I'll recommend SAM shoot anything/everything he even remotely thinks he may need from the real world for his layout!!!
Still no JEFF....
OK...I've wasted more than enough of you guys' time here...so will yield the floor, put the soapbox back in the corner where it came from; and park myself in a corner booth for a little while...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evenin' folks!
Good to see a crowd in here. Flo just a decafe for me. I'll go sit in the back and catch up on the reading. What's THAT? My foot? Oh, it's still sore, but better than it was yesterday, and much better than a couple days ago. It started to ache around 8 this evening, and I realized the only advil I took today was at breakfast. Hopefully a few more days, I will be able to walk without looking like Festus on Gunsmoke........
JimRCGMORay (and other Scouts/former Scouts) - you may find this interesting. I got to thinking today about whether there were any Scouting-related apps (iPhone or iPod Touch). Turns out there are, and you can get the Boy Scout Handbook (for your iPhone or iPT). A little costly, but hey, you save lugging THAT heavy Scout Handbook along (and it's all on your device, so you don't even have to have any cell signal or WiFi nearby...) (But I don't think you can light your campfire with it ).
Wanna bet??? It has a battery and some small wires doesn't it? Give me a rock (if nobody has a screwdriver the right size), a bit of accelerant, pine sap maybe, and a pile of tinder, kindling, and fuel... I'll show you how to light a fire! Don't plan on using the iPhone for much of anything else again though......
I have spent much of the evening completing Req. #1 for the Civil Engineer NMRA AP Certificate. A scale drawing of a (my) model railroad track plan. It is basically the same drawing (Empire Express for Mac) I used for the Electrical Certificate. Has to have quite a few more things added to it, Track Elevations, Curve Radii, Switching Locations, Passing sidings, and Turning of Motive Power, to name just a few. Did some measuring, computation, and correcting of a couple things that have been changed on the layout since I did Electrical. I'll get it printed out and checked over by my AP Manager in the Division when I see him at the end of March at the Batavia Train Show.
This is the easy part. Req. #2 I think I have done. It was all in the part of the layout I used for scenery. So Req. 1 and 2 should be basically finished (Construct examples of at least 6 of the following features....). I have at least 8. #3 on the other hand....... "3. Construct for Merit Award Judging scratchbuilt models of any of three of the following." Then it lists most every kind of turnout or crossing imaginable..... I have no doubt I can get it done satisfactorily, but it is going to take some time. I will most likely buy a couple fast tracks jigs to be able to make the turnouts and crossings. They will most likely be build on a FreeMo Module.......
Hope all of you have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Paul;
What part of North Central Texas do you live in??I live in Mansfield myself!!!
Awww!!She's a real cutie!!!I bet you dote on her big time!!!
Went to Houston Saturday to see my new Grand Nephew Preston Blake Coulter!!
He's a real cutie!!Sang"Flip Flop and Fly"and"Blue Train"to him!!
His Daddy-my neice's husband-promised me that they'd take him to Flatonia*real soon so he could watch the ChooChoos!!(*Flatonia,Texas is my old hometown.It's halfway between Houston and San Antonio and Austin and Victoria.Three lines of the old SP merge together there.In the mid 90's,people started coming there on weekends to watch all the action.
When the UP closed down tower 3 in late '96,some folks bought it and moved it a 1/2mile to Downtown where it sits with a former SP Caboose to keep her company as they watch the'5000lb.Canary'-the UP-run through town.
You'd like it.).
Best of luck to you and the youngun'!!!
My sympathies to you Paulie!!I just got over a booger of a sinus infection/mt.cedar allergy this week!!
Luckily I felt good enough to go see my new little Grand Nephew Preston Blake Coulter-aka-"Peanut Butter Cookie"!!BTW,"Peanut Butter Cookie"is also the name of the stuffed puppy we made for him at the Build-a-Bear Workshop at the Mall!!
He's just a real sweetie!!!My Wife got to hold him,then I got to hold him and sing to him!!
Sang"Flip Flop and Fly"by Big Joe Turner and"Blue Train"by Johnny Cash!!
Found out from my Neice's Hubby that Amtrak may be opening up a new stop on the Sunset Route between San Antonio and Houston in either Flatonia,Schulenburg or Weimar.
Regarding the *** Gato:I once went on a date with a girl who brought along her pet Sugar Glider!!!
Seriously!!She kept him in a little pouch in her sweater!!!Needless to say,wee never had a second date!!
UhHmm!!Flo,I Sure Would Like Me Some Of Them Fried Pertaters!!!Got Any Biscuits??UhmHmm!!
hcc25rl Buenos Dias, a Todos - A cup of Joe, please. I want to discuss my shelf layout with a kindred soul.
Buenos Dias, a Todos - A cup of Joe, please. I want to discuss my shelf layout with a kindred soul.
hcc25rl-- Just what size shelf layout are you working on?
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/
Good evening Diners: I'm finally caught up to page 30, but this post only goes to page 29!
Rob:
Question, would you folks use the lights that come in a ready-built structure or replace them with LEDs? I am even thinking of running 2 sets of wires for both types, with the LED as the back-up for when the grain-of-whatevers burn out. Thoughts?
Ulrich:
- shunting back and forth, if you pardon the British expression.
Well, this would have worked nicely, if the traversers are long enough to hold a loco plus at least two coaches and there would still be some room next to the traverser to "park" a loco. Both traverser are way too short for that type of operation! So, it´ll mean back to the drawing board! But Í have to watch out, not to get caught in that analysis - paralysis thing again.
we did have "Kartoffelpuffer" or potatoe pancakes for lunch, with home-made apple sauce. Yummy!
schokoladen eierlikör torte
Barry: We've had that news about OPP Officer Vu Pham and the shootout, but not the details you've been able to provide. Feel really bad for his family and collogues.
Everything seems to be OK here---no bust pipes but boy do we have POTHOLES! Our street looks to have been chewed on by asphalt eating critters of some type.
CapeJim:
Oh, on the 'police math' question, I would guess that math skills are not a critical skill that's needed a lot
Five Englishmen in an Audi Quattro arrived at an Irish border checkpoint. Paddy the officer stops them and tells them: "It is illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro, Quattro means four" "Quattro is just the name of the automobile," the Englishman retorts disbelievingly.. "Look at the papers: this car is designed to carry five persons."" You cannot pull that one on me," replies Paddy "Quattro means four. You have five people in your car and you are therefore breaking the law. The Englishmen replies angrily, "You idiot! Call your supervisor over I want to speak to someone with more intelligence!" Sorry," responds Paddy, "Murphy is busy with 2 guys in a Fiat Uno."
Robby: The BN hopper looks outstanding! As you say, not a rust bucket, but sure is convincing!
For you muscle car aficionados - and in reference to the recent conversation about NA and Italian muscle -
Chris:
30c? THAT would be... 60-70 something farenheit?
(OZRay this may cool you down some) - from the Gaspésie region of Quebec...and NYRay's comments on the videos. ( and Ray I sure hope that foot heals quickly - far too uncomfortable for anyone).
Back to Chris -
trouble is, I'm trying to stay as close to the real one as I can...within the limitations imposed by Atlas.
While I was typing this, The ballast was soaking so I could plant the sanding tower etc in position. I'm also moving the service track in the freight yard a bit towards the front of the layout. That will give more realistic space between that track and the next one in, with the new sand bin fitting between them in a more plausible way. (THAT's the public excuse, the real reason is that I was too hasty laying the service track on its exit from the turnout, and produced a kink which only came to light when a 6 axel unit refused to negotiate. The 4 axels didn't mind at all! )
"hemiola?" Sounds like a medical condition!!!
It's called S*A*M*E, don't remember what THAT stands for...
Lee:
A gallon of distilled water will last a lifetime for most of us and it's typically less than $2/gallon.
Keith: Will you be drawing a guide line onto which to lay your decal stripes? Getting them straight would be my major concern, as once dry, they are there to stay. Glad the photo helped. It's an older one (pre-ballasted track) but you are right about the road contours, so be warned - any little imperfections you don't want showing WILL be accentuated by the lines. Those ramps and rocks are really beginning to pop!
Jerry: Nice trees, I may have to go a similar route as getting N fruit trees for my orchard scene is proving hard. The ex-China multi-packs never seem to have the right shape/size; and the NA suppliers want an arm(ature) and a leg for very few - and again, not what I'm after. Rob's HO ones look right, but the size is, well, HO!
Mark: back! That corned beef thing looks -well- good enough to eat! Todd:
The spray bottle always globs up, sprays heavy and either displaces large areas of the foam if I'm too close, or falls like rain, which is good, but doesn't cover well and displaces small little craters. Plus I get it everywhere in the vicinity in places I don't want it to go like buildings etc. PLUS I spend more time cleaning the spray head than I did using it before it pulled it's first piece of thicker glue into the tube and semi clogged.
My LHS mailed me some brass N Scale ladder stock the other day. A supplier new to them and to me. have a look at some of the goodies they do.
The new sanding tower is planted but the pipe and valve for sucking sand from the covered hopper car is not finished yet. Also, I've re-aligned the freight yard service track so the 6 axel units don't derail, and there is now a better spacing for the sand bin between the tracks .
Back to the work bench to finish the sand sucking pipe! Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
(This is for JR, speaking of derailments near buildings....)
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Jimmy
ROUTE ROCK!
Evening all, I brought in left overs from dinner tonight!
Amy found the recipe for a great homeade chicken pot pie that you can make in the crockpot. I had a half-bowl and that's all I could eat, its soooo good!
Well y'all eat it up.
Vincent, I agree with you on the belting...my oldest gets told once, and after that if she doesn't listen, I will normally give her a swat on the hind end to correct her. Most parents end up being afraid of their kids that "discipline" goes out the window because people are afraid of what "others" will say. Oh well....best not say much more before the soapboax comes a running out on me!
Guess I'll just have a RBF, thinking that I'm going to be working on trying to get a "correct" # for my SD40-2 (yes, I'm still working on getting it "right").
Good Evening, Chloe - yeah, I'm ready for a glass of wine, please - yep, Finger Lakes. Let me see, I'll have the chicken tetrazini, asparagus, and peaches. Thank you, I'm kinda pooped tonight (and hungry - no lunch today).
Jerry, nice trees there (and pretty much simplicity for making, I'd guess). As was said, you can't tell from the photo.
Rob, it sounds like your farm is a lot like the 'after' pics of Max Yasgur's farm (after Woodstock...). As for your question on ready-made trees, most of them that I have (or have seen) can stand 1) taking a saw blade and 'scraping' the trunk for some more texture, and the 2) get a fairly dry brush with a grey-brownish color and only hit the highest parts (from inside to the outer surface) of the 'bark'. Most tree trunks on ready-mades are way too dark compared to what I see in real life. My , anyhow.
MarkP. that looks like one scrumptuos dinner - for any day, St. Patty's or otherwise!
Espee, yeah, this can be a talky bunch in the Diner! What've you been up to since last time in?
Todd, glad to hear you're about done at Mom's house (and I'm sure the local fire department is, too So, what will you do with all that extra time on your hands now?
Ray, how are your feet doing lately - better? Hope so soon, at least! Maybe you're getting through to the 'better' side of your sister's cat?
Uh, Todd, Ray - is that Gilbert and Sullivan? Oh, sorry, forgot that the 'lacy' verses later on aren't true G&S...
Elephant Man - er, I mean Keith - making some headway on the rock w**k there.
Paul, at some point hopefully you'll have things cleared off of the layout. I'm guessing that you've taken down any and all fences that you don't absolutely have to have, right? I am figuring that they'd stay up longer if the bulls didn't use them for back scratchers. I know my buddy Mark (on his farm) had that problem with fences. But when the bull wanted to visit the neighbor's cows, even the electric fence didn't faze THAT bull. Ah, springtime love...
Okay, Chef Ryan - if you're going to be away so long, you know your really should bring some yummies with you, right? What've you been up to while you were away? Is the Cajun Chef site doing so well that you haven't time, or have you been hired on with 3DPlanIt for their support division? Good to see you in the Diner again, whatever kept you away!
Kinda busy day again at w**k today. Right about as I was thinking about going to lunch, the gal up front calls me and tells me that three people have shown up and are filling out paperw**k, so I shouldn't plan on going to lunch just yet. Had I gone about 15 minutes earlier than that, I would've been back in time, since they took about 40-45 minutes to get done (maybe less, when I went up front to see, there were three sets of my copies waiting for me (nobody bothered to let me know, of course...). And as I'm finishing up the last one around 4:10 or 4:20 p.m., the evening gal for up front tells me that the other gal (now about to leave - she *never* stays late) said there was someone for me to triage (see if they are in crisis or if they can come back in the morning during our regular walk-in hours (which officially ended at 2 p.m....) Ah, well, at least I am OFF w**k now.
Ray (and other Scouts/former Scouts) - you may find this interesting. I got to thinking today about whether there were any Scouting-related apps (iPhone or iPod Touch). Turns out there are, and you can get the Boy Scout Handbook (for your iPhone or iPT). A little costly, but hey, you save lugging THAT heavy Scout Handbook along (and it's all on your device, so you don't even have to have any cell signal or WiFi nearby...) (But I don't think you can light your campfire with it ). Ah, technology...
I'll get to my dinner and watch the evening switcher doing its run. Hope we get word back from Jeff soon.
Blessings and Prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evening ya'll
The therometer finally hit the 70 mark. Guess I better start saving my money so I can get the AC in my car filled up again. Spring break is starting to kick in. When I didn't have a job, I loved it. Now that I do, I hate the whole tourist season (which is almost all-year around here, but isn't too bad in the winter)
Some of the other diners a while back commented that kids these days don't behave much. I think I may have found why. In my psychology class (yet another thing required for a degree, but I'd never use in mechanical engineering) an instructor and psychologist from FSU came in and played a tape of a session. We were asked to comment on a child's misbehavior (pinching when not getting his way) and why the treatments were or were not working.The answers they were looking for were let him do what he wanted, he asked nicely, or keep him from having his way until he stopped misbehaving...
I suggested that the child's mother should try a belt when telling him to stop wasn't working. Sure enough, that got me labeled as abusive, violent, and some went as far to say that I should never have kids of my own. What's funny is that those people are the ones complaining about their kids misbehaving or have kids from several different spouses.All the military students in the agreed with me that belting would help. Guess the whole thing is just weird stuff I don't really understand yet.
Chris, you said you found that portec hopper article right? Would you mind send it my way?
Sawyer, I actually forgot about the Viper. That probably could stand a chance against an F430, GT, or Z06. Throw a GT-R in that mix for good measure since I saw one of those yesterday.
Sam, I'll take Robby's suggestion with the car (and a few others) to use them for practice cars. As for the engines, the AHM is a GP18 (some later GP9s looked like early GP18s, but I think the 18s had flat-top fans), the Tyco is a GP20, and the SF and CN units are both C-liners. The Soo hopper is an ore car.
Anyone seen Jeff lately?
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.
JR- Any chance the cars I sent fit your time period ?
FLIP
Prayers for all.
AmanaMedic howmusI watch very carefully any time I try to pet this cat as she can change from lovey to "Terrorist" mode in a fraction of a second. Sounds exactly like the Wife's "terrorist cat." THAT's part of why I call it "the step-cat," "the Wife's cat," etc. and not "our" cat. In fact, the thing bit me on my first date with Kit. She was still getting ready (imagine THAT) so I decide to be friendly to the friendly-looking cat. The cat let me pet it for exactly 14-and-a-half seconds before it reared up and bit the back of my hand. THAT is one situation THAT hasn't changed in the past 7 years... And she wonders why I'm willing to let Rerun "mitigate the cat situation." He HATES the cat...the cat hates him. I hate the cat, the cat hates everybody. I think Rerun would be more than happy to show her the door...or his teeth, real up-close and personal-like.
howmusI watch very carefully any time I try to pet this cat as she can change from lovey to "Terrorist" mode in a fraction of a second.
And she wonders why I'm willing to let Rerun "mitigate the cat situation." He HATES the cat...the cat hates him. I hate the cat, the cat hates everybody. I think Rerun would be more than happy to show her the door...or his teeth, real up-close and personal-like.
'Spring' isn't like that at all---well, except for complete strangers who try to enter into our abode uninvited---then he gets crabby. Just like 'Sweetpea' does. Now, if you tried to pick up Sweetpea---THAT would be a different story
Decaf coffee in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug, please.
***Paul, sometimes I rely on weed growth, a steep drop off or fast running creek to delay the inevitable fence repairs. I'm getting way way behind on them these days. Need to buy a new post-hole digger bit, as the one I have on it now grabs so hard it gets stuck stuck stuck. Could use a bigger tractor, but that isn't going to happen in my lifetime.
Rob
Heartland Division CB&QAnother "regular" .... We don't want to exclude Cajun Chef Ryan for sure. I did not see him on the list. His recipes are the best!
Another "regular" .... We don't want to exclude Cajun Chef Ryan for sure. I did not see him on the list. His recipes are the best!
Why thank you Garry, someone remembers me!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Afternoon Everyone
J.R. - You are correct sir. I do model the SP. I like the Oregon Division in general but have not settled on any particular branch yet. Unlike me, your fortunate enough to be able to visit your 'road' whenever you want to. For me it means a big road trip so I have to rely on what I find in books or through research. Are you concentrating on commuter service or freight?
Howmus - I'm glad to hear your foot is feeling better. Somethings you can deal with when they bother you but its hard to get around when your feet hurt.
Well the wind is picking up here, they are calling for about 4" of rain over the next few days. Maybe I'll get to put in some quality time on the Laundry room and maybe even get something done for the layout too.
Back to w**k, I've cranked-out some content for THAT, gotta crank out some more yet.
Have a good'en...
***EDIT***
Welp, for "hating on the cat" I get to buy late lunches and early suppers... order up guys! Poor Janie looks to be falling asleep at the counter!
Afternoon Gang: Well I'm coming down with a head cold. At least it feels like one. Just what I need.
I got all my guns off the layout and moved to a closet. Now I need to find a place to put all my VHS tapes so I can get them off the layout. After that I may be able to work on the layout. Maybe.
I got prices on pipe and stuff for the water line to the corrals. If we can get a break from the rains and it drys up some I'll be able to get that done. Then it's back to fences. Allways fences, fences, and more fences. And then there's repairing the fences.
Right now I need to get back to working on the material list for the water line.
You all take care.
Hello my friends!
Sorry about the photo heavy post yesterday. I sat for over an hour, just couldn't do them justice!
Wish I had remembered that the video camera also can do still shots BEFORE I went to New Hope to get "prototype" shots....
Chloe, may I please have a BLT on Rye with a RBF and a Hot Fudge Sundae for dessert? Thank you!
Well, I think I will be heading out after I finish my meal, I haven't gotten very good sleep this week, only about 4 hours a night. My body is telling me it's exhausted and wants to "recharge". Going to take a nap before the wife gets home from work at 7:30.
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)
Hello....... knock, knock..... HELLO! Anyone around here? Oh Janie, you're here. kinda quiet this afternoon huh? I'll have a RBF to tide me over to supper time.
Keith, rocks are looking good so far. "I see said the blind man (who couldn't see at all), That the Elephant is very much like a wall......."
Fed the cats at my sister's. Her monster cat actually came over to me when I was sitting in a chair, rolled over on her back on the rug, which means, "I want my belly rubbed...!" So I reached down and she let me rub her tummy for a bit. I watch very carefully any time I try to pet this cat as she can change from lovey to "Terrorist" mode in a fraction of a second. This is the first time she has ever let me rub her tummy when my sister is away. I think she is getting old and may not be feeling up to par (she has some kidney problems). The other "outside" cat was sitting patiently on the porch hoping I would come by and fill his dish. He was very glad to see someone and have some food. (I think I was supposed to go up there yesterday as My sister may have left Tuesday evening rather than yesterday. Anyway both cats are fine.
OH, BTW it made it up to 62°F this afternoon! THAT is 6° below the altime record on this date for Geneva. The white stuff has all but disappeared!
My foot is starting to feel much better today, so I hope the worst is over for the moment. I plan to have a long talk with my doctor about meds next time I see him!
Well, I sure hope business improves for you Janie! Nice chatting with you. And leave THAT note for Kieth when he comes back in.
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Keith, I like those rocks a lot. How did you make them? As for the elephant remark, looks like a new species to me. It has African ears with an Indian forehead.
I wear high heals, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers.....
Ray- Oh I see you were refering to photo heavy posts. Photos are OK (even a few not RR are alright) but the bulk in WPF. Yep, that's the way I took it too. By the way, for some unknown reason, I understood.
Just stopped in to see if Jeff made it in. Last time he was on his forum was just after he was here Monday night.
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.
"Good Mornin~"
Sunny.. bright.. warm. Yes spring has almost sprung. Well~ in about oh.. 3 weeks.. the sun crosses over the equator. If you notice.. the sun sets later already, and seems like the process is speeding up.
Todd... lol.. Quote: ".... Sometimes you have to do somethings you'd like to do later, now. So often the cart before the horse is a necessity. Also, I like rocks and couldn't care less if it's prototypical to the area you're modeling or not. Like I said, you will never hear me say "it shouldn't be" in your world. Have at it!" You couldn't have put it any better. Don't I know it.
If you look to the upper right.. you'll see houses. Well they don't go there.. its just for quick reference and sorts.
But those houses are resting on one heck of a long bridge.. or some type of 'ridge runner' path. What ever the case.. I have to reach up there .. from the bottom to top for support (not real support.. but something has to hold the bridge) and hopefully looks.
So I stayed up late last night working on the layout. Feeling good.. ya know.. "Have at it" Feeling pretty proud this morning I said to Jeanne "How does it Look!"?
she replied.. "Great.. I really like it.. the face of the rock .. looks like an elephant.
"Oh?"
"Doh~!"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll just have bowl of Hot Cream of Wheat with a touch of brown Sugar to go with my dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug please. I'll be in the front booth watching the yard w*rk outside.
TMarshLumberjacks breakfast please, ‘caaaause.....(breaks into song) IIII'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day.
"He's a Lumberjack and he's OK, He sleeps all night and he works all day....."
It is currently 47°F under fair skies here in the Finger lakes this morning. May get up to 55°F later this afternoon. About all we have right now of the white stuff on the ground consists of small piles in the smae places where we had 2 or 3 foot deep piles a week ago. By tonight there should be only a bit left in places where the sun can't get to it. Bet my daffodils are up by the porch. I'll check when I go out this afternoon.
I have to limp up to my sister's house and feed her cats for the next week. Toe feels a bit better this morning. Still swollen, but not as tender. Hopefully I have turned the corner and will be improving. Gout is NOT FUN!
I too wonder where Jeffrey has been and do hope he is OK. Probably the storms in the area have taken out his internet access.
TMarsh Ray- I didn't know we were not supposed to put photos here. I thought it was the "non-RR" photos we were supposed to limit. Oh well. Hm. I'll take my chances and let the mods tell me when enough is enough, (I don't think I'll post too many anyway) I don't feel intimidated with you guys. Wait, I don't think that sounded right. What I mean is, you guys help without the insults. Something like that. You know what I mean. Hope the gout eases up soon.
Todd you are probably right about the photos. And, very true about the guys in here! I tend to only put one or two photos in here where in WPF I will put 4 or 5 up. One nice thing about using Photoshop is THAT I can put a fairly large photo size (dimension) that is a small file (By lowering the "quality" when saving (compression). So what I do put up often has a smaller file size than what some other people are putting up even with "smaller" photos.... Did THAT make sense?
Well I best be moving along. Lots of stuff to do today....
Later!
Good morning all. Lumberjacks breakfast please, ‘caaaause.....(breaks into song) IIII'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day. I cut down trees. I skip and jump. I...... Sorry I get carried away every time I put on a flannel shirt. Coffee too thank you.
Rob- I don't recall anything about dirt or glue, but I do know if you lightly dry brush the trunks and the limbs with light grey ( or is it gray. They really need to make up my mind) or even white lightly here and there it makes the trees more looking like real ones.
As far as the "mister" goes. Unless I'm fixin to do a large area, I don't mess with it. I use an eyedropper most times when I'm ballasting and working in fairly small areas. Sometimes somewhat large. The spray bottle always globs up, sprays heavy and either displaces large areas of the foam if I'm too close, or falls like rain, which is good, but doesn't cover well and displaces small little craters. Plus I get it everywhere in the vicinity in places I don't want it to go like buildings etc. PLUS I spend more time cleaning the spray head than I did using it before it pulled it's first piece of thicker glue into the tube and semi clogged.
Yes I know you have to be smarter than the things you're working with, but I gotta do with what I got.
Have a Great Day!!!
Good morning. Its sunny, but the rain is coming.
Not much planned for me today. I am working on a "chessie" hopper, but I am painting the "patch" spot. I don't know how that will come out. Micro scale has something called "trim film" but it seems like mine has gotten old. So hopefully the paint will look good.
I will pop back in later!
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning---
Sunny and going to 16C today----definitely shorts weather
there is an interesting thing that showed up on my lawn this morning---a mole. I guess I get to play Wack-a-Mole this Spring. We also got to see next door neighbour bring his 1967 Corvette out for a run. Now I gotta do the rest of the Comet's interior then we'll do some cruisin' of our own
Rob: I agree with Ulrich--the Busch/Heki leaves will really work nicely on the trees.
Flo---I'll have a coffee and some toast with jam please----I'll be at the window booth watching the train movements----
Good Morning All,
48 and cloudy with the high predicted at 54F. I'll have a regular and an English muffin please. Checked the trailer paint job in New Jersey yesterday (it looks new) and paid for it. Now that the semi has returned, i can arrange to get it back here to finish the renovations on the interior. Other than that we have the usual going on and I'm back working on my Focus to see if I can get it to the painters next week. I'm currently installing the Wilwood brakes I got for it and changing over to aftermarket braided teflon brake hoses as well. Plus of course the Cooper Monaco.
If the sketches work out, I'm thinking of a folded dogbone layout but with a full loop above for a second level. I just need to ensure I can access everything hopefully without a duckunder or access hatch. Another swing gate is a possibility though.
Time to pick up tools and get to w..k. Catch y'all later. J.R.
Good Afternoon,
just a short visit here, as the young folks keep us busy
Zoe, make that a big cup of cafe au lait for me, I have to stay away from the stronger stuff for a little while, my doc says.
I am worried about Jeff - yes, there maybe a power or internet outage or the Doc has kept him in hospital, but I am still worried and miss him.
Rob - I have just taken a picture of this wonderful cake, which will be having in a couple of hours - it is not coffee & cake time yet!
Busch or Heki are producing foliage, little leaves, you can use to enhance your trees with. Just spray on some glue and sprinkle that stuff over it- that´s all it takes.
CUL, folks!