Evenin' folks!
Chloe I'll have a strawberry sundae and a cup of decaf if you please. I'll go settle into the back booth for a while and just relax.
Been a busy day around here. Got about half the lawn mowed which took 2 charges on the batteries as the lawn is very high and thick. Haven't mowed in 2 weeks........ Bought the rest of the treated wood I need to build the deck and sides for the new trailer after I unloaded and put away all the sound equipment THAT I didn't end up using last night, did 2 loads of wash and hung them to dry, then actually did some stuff in the trainroom. Got a bit more cork roadbed put down after checking my latest design out on the actual layout. Hopefully I will get the lawn finished tomorrow and be able to start building the deck and sides for the trailer.
Earlier tonight I checked out my son's Vacation photo album on line.
Joe, those are some excellent grades! Can't blame you for being proud of them.
Jeffrey, sounds like you are finally making some progress with the old van.
Barry........ Ah, never mind.
Prayer for all in need! Hope you have a good evening.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening all! Chloe, I'll take a RBF, thanks!
I'll pay for cake and RBFs for everyone tonight! And since it's late and I missed today, I'll cover tomorrow as well.
I have all my exam grades and final grades for everything but Theology (I'll list exam, then final):Chem- 88, 92Band- 96, 99Theo- IDK, 95 (not including exam grade)Gym- 100/AEnglish- 93 (Woohoo, I REALLY needed THAT...), 90Algebra- 76 (I think she curved it, even though she said she didn't...), 90History- 97, 98Spanish- 94, 96
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Thanks, Ray!
Yeah, Sawyer, but you're gonna have to go back in August, so I got ya there (we have Junior orientation on Septemeber first, and school starts like the 7th I think (day after Labor Day).And if you got a 92 in English, then your class must be way harder than ours. I worked my butt off all year and got a 90 (although THAT 40/80 on THAT Crucible test probably didn't help... ).
Thanks, Jim! I got a little less than 2 and a half months of summer, and since I'm down the shore all summer and don't see my friends that much, sometimes school isn't THAT bad.
Well, I gotta go, so I'll catch ya later! Prayers for all.
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Goooooood Evening, Chloe - I'll have a salmon steak with some broccoli, a nice garden salad, baked potato, some peaches and a nice glass of Finger Lakes wine (but not too much - don't want to run 'em out of it back in NY!). And later for dessert, I'll have a slice of that apple pie with a scoop of French vanilla ice cream on top and with that, a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please. Thanks!
Gee, that old soapbox is gonna get worn out, with all the travellin' back and forth from its corner lately... Guess I'd better keep my lips zipped so it doesn't get even more wear and tear, huh?
Robby, good to hear your insurance agent is ready to come to bat for you on the vehicle repairs. You might encourage your wife to keep you in the loop about where her pain levels are, in case you need to rapidly transport her to the doctor. I'm sure she would want to head that off and avoid a repeat trip to the doctor.
Rob, what kind of figures did you get in for your wife's layout? One of those gergantic-large assortments of unpainted? I am still w**king my way through a Preiser unpainted set I got that had been on sale in the Walthers flyer (from last year sometime, I think). They were kind of a white base color, so I'm having to build up by layers on the painting - flesh tones first, then shirts, pants, socks, shoes... Hey, that's neat about those carts - are those the Preiser ones? I might have the set with shoppers and about 3 carts. Maybe I should get some more carts to have them scattered around the parking lot. (Heh, heh...) Oh, good luck with your 'disappearing' today.
As for that wet liquid stuff, we had a bit of a thunderboomer come through today - made the power at w**k the office blink for a second or two. Our new crisis therapist got to hear the sound of all the doors in the building going 'slam, slam, slam, slam...' (They're held open by electromagnets in the wall, that hold a metal arm off the top of the back of the door, so power goes out, the weight of the door (and I guess the way the hinges are set up) pulls the door shut. We had a bit of that liquid 'sunshine' - it was pouring down for about 10 or 20 minutes. Then the bright yellow thing came back out to make sure the humidity didn't drop too much.
Garry, it looked on the radar like your area was getting some of the rougher parts of the front as it moved through this region (from northwest to southeast). Haven't you all in Kentucky been getting a bunch of r**n over the past month or so? Seems like it, anyway. Nice cat photos there, by the way - I'd guess that unclaimed one might have some Terrier or Chihuahua in it, with that pointy nose on him/her.
Joe, great to hear you finally got done - that is one LONNNNNGGGG school year you have there. What is it until things start back up for the fall - couple of weeks? Enjoy your birthday, and an early to you.
Todd, I guess Johnboy was just giving you something to shoot for (on the lawn height). Now, getting past that record if your wife notices the lawn, on the other hand, might be a bit of a challenge.
So, Todd and Robby - do you want to go start a topic in the big forum about insurance companies and car repair places? Nah, better not...
Yeah, Barry, I'd heard the cats vs. dogs comment about like that (staff). How're your layout revisions coming along?
Sawyer, I got a chuckle out of your comment about that 'low' grade of 92. I would've loved getting that in high school (but then again, I was told back then - I think by a teacher or principal - that I was an 'underachiever' for whatever my standardized test scores *allegedly* told them. Yeah, motivation was my weak area back then.
Jeff, it's good to hear you're getting closer on the van being road-ready. Flip's idea sounded workable (to check the brake lights), but what do I know? Glad it looks like only the bulbs, even if Mr. Murphy chewed up those bulbs on you.
Galaxy, you're not grossing me out, but that kinda sucks about missing your doctor's appointment. I know that sometimes it is darn hard to get them rescheduled without going a month or two out (and the waiting feels like it's a lot longer than what it is). Will add you to the and candle list, definitely.
And Flip, sounds like I should add you to those lists also. Will it take you very long to set up the doctoring stuff for your hernia? I'm sure it will take much longer to pay it off, like a lot of medical things. (How DID that soapbox get under my feet?) Hope you have some sick leave/ETO you can use for some of the time that THEY want you to spend getting the doctoring tended to.
Ulrich, keep at it and smilin' there; you never can tell when something may open up that will be the start of the turnaround for you and Petra. Keep your eyes open for whatever possibilities may be out there, and keep thinking 'Go west, young man' (Okay, not very many of us are that young, but you know what I mean!
As you can probably tell, the laptop got back today. However, they didn't have replacement keyboards, so when I got it, the 'e' and either the 'i' or 'o' keys didn't function. So after I got off around 3:40 this afternoon (busy day and no lunch, plus I was able to talk my supervisor into letting me leave early with our new crisis person covering the last hour), I got home and swapped the keyboard off my non-functioning (and not-yet-put-back-together) duplicate laptop. THAT keyboard w**ks, but I have to reseat the 'Esc' key (shouldn't be THAT bad to do, just a bit of a nuisance). Now, to get all my files transferred from the desktop over to the laptop again and get things set up so I can use them easily...
I'll finish up my apple pie a la mode and then it'll be time to head for home. But tomorrow is Friday (YAY!) - now if I could get payday to be tomorrow instead of Tuesday. Hmm, let me think on that one a bit...
[Edit]: Well, Chloe, looks like I have the night shift and early morning tab. Start the total, please. And when Ulrich (or our night owl Diners) comes in, tell him it's on me.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, I almost burned up my old Dodge Sportsman van when a the jackets on a couple wires under the floor board somehow wore out. Started smoking bad by the time I pulled over and figured out where it was coming from. Double check all that wiring! I'm impressed with everything you've been doing with that vehicle.
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Vince- How about a gal. container of water? 8 lbs. will hold the pedal down. I see we have the 27th of our month the same. This month I will be 888 months old. Ah. to be 21 again... lol
Because of my jobs hours, havent been in often. Now, on top of all the family troubles, I am not working. D O T exam told me I have a hernia. Shoot, I knew that a month ago They will not allow me back to work till it is repaired.[next week]. Also needed is a Nuclear stress test. Did that today. Not only do walls turn brown, but the floor gets covered to a foot deep.
Yeah, I feel sorry for myself. Why not? Its my problem. Then I read whats going on with so many others in our Brotherhood and kick myself. Prayers help but the lottery wouldnt hurt either. Wish I could help all here.
Blessings and Prayers for all Fatherly love for everyone.
Flip
Coffee refill, please.
***Jeffrey, I almost burned up my old Dodge Sportsman van when a the jackets on a couple wires under the floor board somehow wore out. Started smoking bad by the time I pulled over and figured out where it was coming from. Double check all that wiring! I'm impressed with everything you've been doing with that vehicle.
Accomplished 50% of my To Do list today. OK, so there were only 2 items on that list when I started.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
Hey ya'll
Not much doing recently. It's been raining off and on for the past few days so I haven't been able to get anything done on the car. Lately I've been fixing up the cars I got at that trainshow. Unforunately I ran out of those wheelsets already, but I have most of the kadees still left. I'm thinking I should have boughten 2 more pacakges ($8 for a package of 24, branchline blueprints) of the things instead of the kadees since I can get the latter locally. Looks like I'm gonna have to order some more and some DW freight car ladders (I figure cutting an 8-rung one will net me 2 4-rungs)
Flip, I tried that with my car whenm my brake lights kept cutting out and it didn't work. Broomsticks were too short and a brick couldn't hold the brake pedal down.
Robby, sucks the body shop is taking their sweet time, good to see the insurance really is on you're side!
Teen Steam Fan (TSF for short?), Cats are always like "all your base are belonged to us." Lol, seriosly, maybe keeping a dog in your room or honk a horn (or whistle) at your cat will scare it off (like Barry did).
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.
Hi guys!
Just a quick pop-in.
I can't seem to get a health break this year. TOday I was supposed to see the neurosurgeon about my back, but the last two days I've had a stomach bug and had to cancel the neurosurgeon. I was obviously Pretty bad to cancel THAT appt., but lets just say it was coming out both ends with a vengeance.
Sent my other half out to get Pedialyte electrolyte solution, good for replacing lost electrolytes due to vomiting and diarrhea. Feeling a little better now, but stomach muscles hurt from all that heaving.
I will have to wait another month to see the neurosurgeon now. ANd I will have to go back to my regular Dr to get more pain meds.
Well, I will go rest and stop grossing you out.
later.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Hi Jeff- Use a broom stick or equivalent stick or a brick. Doesnt take much weight to push the pedal down. Heck one of your locos should do it. lol
Today I was checking the wiring in the van for short circuits. Only found one. The part of the headlight switch that handles the running lights is cross circuited so I disabled that and set the running lights up on a toggle switch and made sure it could handle the load without over heating. Only one of the 4 headlights works right now. Whether that's due to burned out bulbs or a bad switch I don't know yet. If it's just the bulbs that'll be easy to deal with. If not, if it's the switch then I may have to run them on a heavy duty center off toggle switch like we did with my grandfather's old pickup. There's more than enough space in the dash for switches with the blower control panel being gone. No reason I couldn't attach a lighting control panel right there. For the testing I was powering the circuits with just a battery charger. The amp draw on the starter motor is so low I actually started the engine with just the power from the charger. Turn signals, hazard lights, running lights all work. Don't know about the brake lights yet. Pretty difficult to check them when you're the only one around to step on the brake.
Heartland Division CB&QBarry has a Piculous cat. How many diners are envious?
Scarry.
Yep, if they were bigger, a domestic cat would have us fixing AND serving their dinner and cleaning their toilet. ....too late.
Howdy, got busy first off today came back in and saw I was signed on to the MR page. Don't remember doing that. Not sure if I fell asleep in here or not. Anyway, I MOWED!!!!!! Now I need to rake but it seems to be raining inside my clothes and I'm wet. So... I came in for a spell. I have to run the weedeater yet, maybe tomorrow. Now I'm hungry and I have to w**k this afternoo..... What was that!?!?!? Uh oh, Missy made a smell. Best leave the room. Past time for lunch anyway.
TTFN
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 afternoon.
Ray said that Barry's cat looks "Piculous". I'm impressed. Wow!. Barry has a Piculous cat. How many diners are envious?
Cheers, everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good afternoon...bucket of ice water and a bucket of Gatorade please 'n thank-you...oh, with a triple decker bacon cheeseburger.
CederstrandIt's cleaning day here, so it's best I either help out or disappear.
When Loving Wife gets into a "cleaning frenzy" Rerun and I both HIDE!!!! It's just safer THAT way
Weather speculationists are doing their best to spook people...calling for BIG thunder-boomers later today and tonight. To be fair, the conditions are "ripe" for big storms but nothing unusual for Iowa in mid-June. A little situational awareness goes a long way. I'm just wondering when the storms will start to fire-up, and if THAT will wash-out high school softball this evening.
THAT spent durn-near 10 minutes last night (on the cell phone) to ask me if I could/would cover it tonight. A simple "Can you cover softball tomorrow evening?" would have sufficed...yet, THAT Editor proceeded to tell me her life story.... At the time, I was trying to follow the action (and take photos) of a high school baseball game. A man conversing with a fellow man could've had the entire conversation wrapped-up in under a minute. THAT Editor had to keep on a-flappin' her jaws, and flappin' her jaws, and flap-flap-flappin' her jaws... The guy running the scoreboard, I thought he was gonna wet himself he was trying so hard to keep from busting out laughing.
You would think, a newspaper editor would subscribe to "brevity is the soul of wit!"
Welp, best get back at it, I'm trying to get stuff finished up so I don't have to deal with it late tonight.
A safe day to all...
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Afternoon all..Its partly cloudy and 83 here...posta hit mid 90's in a few days..just can't wait for that..that kinda temps keeps me in under A/C...They are having Hiway 40 road do'ins this week-end but if its that warm I'll take a pass..I'll have a cheese burger and a Iced Tea please..thank you..worked this morning on extension on fiddle yard and a scatch build yard building that I'm trying to dofrom a rather por photo..guessing on all walls ect....You all have a good one...Jerry
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
It's cleaning day here, so it's best I either help out or disappear. Will probably do a mix of the two.
Have a good day y'all.
ns3010 Evening all. Feel like I haven't been in here in years...I'M A JUNIOR!!!! Yep, today was our last day! Hard to believe HS is already half over...And I survived exams. According to Powerschool (online gradebook), I did a lot better than I expected too.AND, tomorrow's my birthday! Will be a nice, quiet day home too.Well, that's about it from here.I'll catch ya guys later!
Evening all. Feel like I haven't been in here in years...
I'M A JUNIOR!!!! Yep, today was our last day! Hard to believe HS is already half over...And I survived exams. According to Powerschool (online gradebook), I did a lot better than I expected too.
AND, tomorrow's my birthday! Will be a nice, quiet day home too.
Well, that's about it from here.
I'll catch ya guys later!
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
blownout cylinderhowmusRemember, "Dogs have owners, Cats have servants!" Yes, well, cats have staff----
howmusRemember, "Dogs have owners, Cats have servants!"
Yes, well, cats have staff----
My favorite is the one my FIL had hanging by the door, "The more I deal with people, The more I like my dog!"
BTW Spring looks as Piculous as ever.
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Good Mid-Morning--
Got up to glorious sunshine and slightly coolish winds today---going to spend it outside doing the gardening and some general yard work----
Hopefully I'll be able to get some photos up and going on here this weekend---have a few places to nail down---
Chloe, I'll have a LARGE bucket of rawcaffeine please---I need to wake up the brain here--
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/
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll just have a butter rum muffin (bring over the real butter) and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.
The Strawberry Festival ended up inside in the Social Hall of the church last night meaning the skies cleared and the sun cam out about the same time we opened........ THAT is OK since all the tables, chairs, and lawn would have been soaking wet from the half inch + of rain the came through around 4:00PM. It was driving rain about the time I had to drive over to the church. Spent most of the afternoon loading sound equipment into my truck (Anacrusis) and then only used the wireless mic..... We still fed over 600 people and had a great time.
Today is dark, gray, and chilly out. Right now only 58°F with the threat of showers all morning. Might decide to spend some time down cellar in the train room..... About the only thing I really do have to do outside is unload and store the sound equipment.
Robby, I would be hopping mad if a vehicle I needed was tied up that long without being repaired!!! Glad you are getting support from the insurance company.
Joe, congrats on moving up! Sounds like you are doing well. I can tell you that being a Sophmore isn't the hardest, the hardest is the year you have to teach Freshmen!
Remember, "Dogs have owners, Cats have servants!"
Have a great day out there!
Good morning. For some reason I can't sleep past 6:00am. Its been like this all week. Don't know why??
Anyways................Gotta go get some things done this morning. Body shop, go get the BIL marriage certificate, Sams Club, and I'm sure other places. Any time for MRR/weathering projects......Probably not today.
Everything with the house is going good, other than the garage needs to be painted before we close. So I have a few weeks to get that done.
Garry.....The wife is doing better, but she still gets headaches. I don't think as bad but she never says.
Todd.......I was in shock when the wife told me that the lady at Allstate is mad. It feels good that someone is on your side (snicker back ).
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Evening,
Aw shucks Ray, you had to go and show the kids again didn't you. (spoken slowly and sin songy) I'll admit I have a soft spot for cats too. They are graceful intelligent and loving creatures. When they want to be. I just wouldn't want one. I'm a dog guy. That, and I'm allergic to some cats. Don't know which because the effects do or do not happen with both long and short haired ones. If I did get one I'd get attached then it'd turn out to be one I'm allergic to and I don't want to take shots or pills or baths. No wait, I‘ll take a bath but that wouldn‘t help me, just everyone else. If the same were true for dogs, I wouldn't have one of those either.
Johnboy- Thanks for the measurement of your grass, it's good to know someone elses is taller than mine. Makes me feel better.
Hopefully tomorrow I will mow. It didn't work out that way today.
Robby- The insurance company is also upset? Wow. Well at least you're in good hands. (snicker) Sorry, I know nothing is funny to you about now.
Cats are cats and do what they want. They will do what you want if they feel they need to. They don't see humans as pack members as dogs do and have that you're the leader thing. They deal more in territory type stuff. If they claim something as their territory or shared territory, you have to figure out how to get the cat to relinquish his claim. Either claim it as your own in a way they understand or get them to abandon it on their own. Apparently the blast from the ALCO was enough that Spring no longer wanted it for whatever the reason he saw. Others may just see the loco as something to.....well.... remove.
Prayers for those in need.
Bowl of raw mixed nuts with raisons, please.
***Barry, that's a fine looking 4-legged family you have there. I've always been a dog guy, but don't tell any of our kitties, as they all love me. OK, truth is, I'm pretty fond of a few of them, too.
Looked closely at the wife's (HO) shopping carts and seems they can be pushed together like the real ones. How cool is that!
It Rained a lot here today. Between catching water from the barn roof and transfering more form the house tank, the barn tank is now up to 800 gallons. Basically half full. That's a start.
Well Joe, let me be the first here to congratulate you on your marks and grad into your junior year. Even though I am an old Phart, like the three Bs (Brunton, Beasley and Brakie.) Lol. I do remember going into my Junior Year and what a great last two years of high school it was too. I really hope that you enjoy yours.
We just returned from my Son's Graduation from the U. of Eastern Washington and this fall he will be in Grad School there looking for his Masters. Lots of hard work. but well worth it. So set your goals and start working toward them.
Maybe you can get some railroad time tomorrow, and this summer.
Happy Birthday as well, only another 80 plus years to go.
Johnboy out.............................. for now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Barry ... Those cats look spoiled. Are they?
This cat is still unclaimed ...
TSF .... Here's one for your sister.
jwhitten All you need to deal with the cat is a squirt bottle full of water. It helps if you can set it so it has a decent range. It won't take long before the cat starts changing its mind if you simply reach for the bottle... Plus its just devilish fun... Can't help that though, gotta do whatcha gotta do... John
All you need to deal with the cat is a squirt bottle full of water. It helps if you can set it so it has a decent range. It won't take long before the cat starts changing its mind if you simply reach for the bottle...
Plus its just devilish fun...
Can't help that though, gotta do whatcha gotta do...
John
Geeesh--my little one just sits on the dresser nowadays--by me and watches what I do in the trainroom--no longer does he jump on the layout---not afte I beeped a RS3 horn at him by mistake---
Nor do I get any lip from any of my sisters little ones---
Seems to have been an extra snarky week around these parts----think I'll get some coffee and a chocolate cheesecake for now please--if I may--and I'll sit by the window booth and check out the scenery
Ray ... I, too, was a dog person. Last dog was a dalmation. I named him "Boss" because that is who he thought he was. ... Now, our last cat has been gone for three months. No pets now. At least we don't have pet messes to clean.
TSF .... I think you should write up a bill to your sister and submit it to pay for her cats damage. Meanwhile, look at the bright side of things. The cat will make it less likely you will find mouse droppings on the layout. ...
Robby ... Sorry to hear about your adventures with the car. I hope your wife's neck situation is better now.
Ulrich ... Praying for better times for you and Petra.
Rain is being reported by the diners here from Georgia to Saskatchewan. I think all of North America east of the Rockies is getting rain. Storm last night here was severe.
Just a quick stop. Its been another long day.
Jim........Allstate (our insurance comp.) is also furious!!! She said we can change body shops, and whatever else is needed. We both are going tomorrow morning to see what the car looks like. Even the insurance lady said she might make a trip to see the body shop as well. They are saying another 1 1/2 - 2 more weeks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which we were suppose to get the car on May 26th, and here it is June 16th .
***Johnboy, we're still getting estimates on stump removal. I decided to wait on starting the fences until the land is cleared, as it could actually get in the way of that process. Did hammer up a plethora of "informative" signs though. Also need a new auger for the post hole digger which I haven't found yet.
Picked up the package from the PO today. Wife is pleased with the various wee little (HO) people. I have some art stuff to work on today, so might not get to the layout for yet another day.
Cheers! Rob