Good afternoon......plate of cheeseburgers with a Cherry RC Cola please 'n thank-you...go ahead and heap 'em on, whatever I don't eat...Rerun will!
Welp, we got my truck back (finally!). The engine transplant has done wonders for the gal...she runs a lot quieter and much, much, much, much smoother! I also seem to have some power under the hood again. What a concept! The original engine made it to 209,942 miles. Not too shabby. Now, we save up for tie rod ends, wheel bearings, and recharge the AC. This weekend's garage sale, Loving Wife hopes, will provide an infusion for all of THAT!
KEITH: Good to see you again Pally! I was starting to think maybe you had managed to trap yourself inside your layout... You've got some FANTASTIC scenery going on there, especially the shot where you said you felt like you were going to the beach.
SAWYER: Glad you survived your finals...geometry was NEVER fun in my book. I guess I could just never wrap my mind around why I had to "prove" the side of a triangle on a piece of paper. Just didn't seem real useful in life. Yes, my grade reflected THAT theory... Also, be sure to put a little tag on your brain: "If found, please return to..." Might come in handy someday. The Good Lord knows MY brain has been known to go on walk-abouts... It always comes back...eventually.
VINCENT: Here's a good "trick" to stay hydrated with the Gatorade. Try a 50-50 mix of H2O and Gatorade. I learned THAT from a bunch of Civil War re-enactors who were running around in WOOL uniforms on a 95+ degree day with high humidity. My girlfriend/fiance' at the time was playing nurse in the field hospital. She had more real heat cases than pretend battlefield ones. The guys drinking the 50-50 mix were just fine and didn't need medical attention. Also, drink frequently. If you wait until you're thirsty...it's too late. Interesting THAT Poweraide has coconut oil, didn't know it. Heckuva way to find out you're allergic to it 'eh? A little Benedryl or "diphenhydramine" does wonders on hives due to a reaction...for future reference.
Gotta go work for THAT tonight, I got an e-mail from the Mayor of Shueyville this morning. The long-discussed road project, THAT was to be decided NEXT Tuesday...is being decided tonight! CRAP! The article I turned in on Friday was to be a lead-up to next week. So...quick call to THAT informing her of the sudden change, resulting in a sudden editing/rewriting effort on her part (THAT is laying out the paper today). Oh the joys of newspaperdom...
Hopefully, they'll have the air cranked up tonight... 80s with humidity...and storms coming in this evening. With my luck, now THAT Tori is running so good, she'll get bombed with hail, or blown off the road....maybe even sucked up by one of those twisty things...
Yeah, I'm an optimist...
I'm optimistic something else is coming my way...
Chris
***EDIT*** See! I knew another unexpected expense was coming!!! I got TOP!!!!
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good afternoon.
I did some house painting, and getting the house ready to be "refinanced". The BAD thing is our house interest rate is...............10.9%. Yeah thats right!!! Its killing us!!!!! We called about getting the house redone, and the company said we can get it at 5% if the house comes back at $59,000 (with the house taxes, and insurance included). We don't have that in the payment either. That's also rough!! Also if the house comes back at $67,000, well can get rid of the credit cards!!! We have had the house appraised twice, and one was $70,000, and the other time was $60,000. So.........We need to do some touch ups.
Hope everybody is doing good, and has a good evening.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Good Evening All,
Haven't been currebnt again though I do try to drop in and keep up on news. Got the trailer loaded Monday (my day off) and finished this morning before the monsoons hit. The rest of the day was a disaster with the CFO showing up sans brakes (broken hard line) and no water in the rad (dirty press cap). Then we had issues with the lift gate (bad cable) and finally the lotus 11 is now down with bearing babbit in the oil filter and two mushroomed front hubs. I finally went in the office so I could stop w..king before the shop roof fell in. They the rental truck showed up with the air seat broken and no air conditioning so it went back to Penske and just returned supposedly repaired. At least tonight I get to g to the museum and play with toy trains. Catch ya later, J.R.
Evenin' Folks!
Janie just a Hot Turkey Sandwich, fries, and the house salad, along with a cup of decafe for me tonight. I'll have desert later tonight.
About 5PM I got a call from the Financial Administrator of my church. He is also the first one to fixing most anything needing fixing down there. He and I worked with a Christian Rock Group sponsored by out Presbytery and did Music Camp together for many, many years..... Anyway, He called me to let me know that the church took a direct lightning hit during the storm that came through last night. Evidently hit the bell tower. The staff arrived this morning to find no working phones, half of the electrical circuits down throughout the church, and the router for the computer system fried. He spent most of the day getting as much back up and running for them as he could, and then went to see what else may have gotten hit by the surge.
He was calling me as the sound system is not working. When he turned on the sound, it started up with a loud hum....... Not a good thing. So I just spent about 45 minutes down there trying to isolate the damage. The amps seem to come on and are clean if there is no input to them (good news), the hearing assist system is not working either. I think the surge must have come in through the ground and has damaged the mixer which is doing some BAD things! I unplugged all inputs to see if there was one of them shorting across and causing it, but it appears to be the mixer itself. I won't know what else is hit until I bring one of my mixers to put in line and can check each input to the system. I hope I can restore sound temporarily as they have a wedding on Saturday. Fun and games! They just changed insurance companies two months ago, so they should have a lot of fun filing the claim. Hopefully everything will be covered.
I bought a 4' x 8' utility trailer today. I'll put a floor in it made of 2" x 8" x 8' treated lumber. later I will make some removable sides for hauling wood as well. Went down to the DMV office to register it and get the plate for it. Got there about 15 minutes before closing to find the place packed. Took one look, turned around, and came back home.
Hope you are all having a great day!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon all, it's 16:10 and I need a large black coffee in a Canadian Pacific Railway mug no pie as I'm not hungry from lunch.
Hope everyone down south had a good long weekend.
Dan
If you cannot fix it with a hammer;
You have an electrical problem!
One last coffee, 1/2 reg / 1/2 decaf, please.
***Keith, neat pics, Hey, do you see the side-view of the gator/dragon creature in the middle pic?
***Ray, sounds like your hands are full following that strike. Hope you get it all up and running without much trouble. At least nobody was in the church at the time, right?
The Langoliers showed up around the driveway today. You can see pics of them (bottom row) here:
http://mods.homestead.com/pastureland.html
Long day, no model RRing yet.
Cheers! Rob
Talking about cars, here's a vintage sprots car up for auction!
http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/james-bonds-aston-martin-on-the-auction-block-2010-06-01/63BDD4FA-5545-47A5-ACBB-A60A14ADA682
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
teen steam fanhe flew right over my house in Marine one. That was kinda cool, but I'm republican.
Don't get me wrong, I respect the office...but some inhabitants of THAT office...I just can't.
A good, rainy evening...uh, make THAT "morning" to you all.
ULRICH: Guten morgen (did I get THAT even close to right??).
SAWYER: Son....you just about put me into flash-back induced convoluted convulsions!!!! For me, it boiled down to "where/when am I ever gonna use this crap in the "real world?" IF I liked a subject, or at least took an interest in it...I did well. If I didn't like something...whooooooooo boy. Badness was imminent, at least as far as my grades were concerned!
ROBBY P: Was THAT you with the 10% on the mortgage??? YIKES! Yeah, I'd be looking at a refinance post-haste and forth-with too!!!! I fear the assessor... I figure Cedar County will send the idiot out again this year...it's been a couple of years, at least. Either way, it'll be bad news. 1) the value will go up...which is of course, good. BUT, then the property tax will go up too. 2) the value could go down...not THAT we're planning to sell anytime soon, but I don't want to be in a situation where what we owe and what it's worth invert or are fairly close together.
RAY: Lucky the church didn't burn down. They had a similar situation in Walker, Iowa several years ago when a church was struck in the steeple. Unfortunately, in their case, it lit the place up big-time. It turned into a firemen's convention with many, many departments called in. I don't remember for sure, but I don't think they saved it. Monticello also had one from lightning. I think they saved THAT one (stone church), but the inside was gutted pretty badly. In other words, they should be offering great thanks it was only electronics THAT were fried!
Time to go inspect the eyelids for light leaks, Ima thinking...
Good night, and here's hoping for a good, SAFE day for us all.
Good morning all,Vincent, you also have to drink plenty of water, Gatorade and power aid have good electrolytes but too many won’t do you any good either. On my camping trip in Kuwait in 2003 we noticed too much Gatorade gave people cramps. Coffee or coke in the morning and water the rest of the day was the best mix if you are working in 135F. Watch your urine, if it’s clear you’re 90 to 100% hydrated, the darker it is the more dehydrated you are. When you get to a Tea or light coffee color your about 2 quarts low and need to replace it drinking 2 quarts of water over a 2 hour period. Robby, good luck with the house re-finance.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All,
61F and sunny this morning with sun all day and a high of 84. I'll have a regular and a toasted blueberry muffin please. Looked down from the keyboard to see a field mouse looking up at me from the floor. It won't be good if the dogs find him.
Doing much better today and ready to start back up in the shop. The rigs left for VIR early this morning and we have two days to finish the stuff for Lime Rock this weekend. Hopefully no more surprises are in store.
Museum went well last night as we're planning on starting the big N scale track repair. The plan is to form the code 55 Peco to the existing curves, weather it off the layout and then prise up the existing Atlas N track, smooth the roadbed and secure the new track with latex caulk. This should be doable because the code 55 Peco holds its' shape beautifully after being formed. I also found more info on the buildings we need to make for the rest of the scene. at some point it'll be off the the local historical society to see if any pics remain of our old factories. Only one survives as most of the hat factories were wooden and we had a pyromaniac at large during the 60's and 70's who specialized in vacant factories. We lost almost a dozen. The largest (Mallory/Stetson) was razed when the new owners couldn't pay their taxes and the whole complex became a homeless camp. The site is still vacant because of the massive amounts of mercury in the ground there. It probably will never be reused because dealing with the Conn EPA is an impossible bureaucratic nightmare.
Barry - nice auction notice. As luck would have it we will be bringing a DB4 GT (also in silver and a twin to the Bond machine) to Mosport in two weeks.
Time to pick up tools. Catch y'all later, J.R.
GMTRacing Barry - nice auction notice. As luck would have it we will be bringing a DB4 GT (also in silver and a twin to the Bond machine) to Mosport in two weeks.
AAAHHHHHH---Garry sent that one! I had seen that dang thing too----mmmm I wonder----we have a neighbour that has a DB4 but his is black---
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Good morning ppl--
Had in enlightening day yesterday--got told that I'll be looking at getting an ICD implanted on me personage. An ICD is an "Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator" -a little toonie sized generator that will create impulses that will prevent my heart from getting dangerous racing heartbeats---which was the issue with my heart attack. My heart attack triggered the heart racing--
So, I'll be doing some more exercise related schtuff and doing some more trainroom schtuff as well---heeheehee
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee and a blueberry muffin please--I'll be at the RC for now--
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/
Hello briefly. ..
Leaving now for my 600 mile dirve to MI.
Barry ... Don't fear the ICD surgery. I have such a device in me. It has restarted my heart a few times. I would not be alive without it. Some of you diners may recall I posted my emergency in August of 2008 in which I went by helecopter to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville TN. I have had 4 surgeries since 2003 (3 device implants, 1 to correct a lead that failed) ..... Doing very well now. Medications and the device keep things OK. No major problems since August 2008.
JR .. ah ..go ahead and bid on James Bond's car.
Don't know when I'll be on a computer next time.
Happy Model Railroading
Good morning. Coffee please gotta get going. Rained another ¾" on the back porch. Thunder and lightninged pretty good about 2 this morn, the dog was unusually flighty, kept getting in and out of our bed and laying right up against one or the other of us. Usually she sleeps right through storms.
Applied another skim coat to the streets in Gold Creek, I have to go down and see how that turned out yet. Do some odds and ends out at Mom's house. Like replace the float valves in the two toilets she shut off years ago because she didn't use them. Replace a couple faucet aereators (screen things) a SS sink she left a bottle of bleach in and ate through, odds and ends. The work this afternoon.
When I was in school, I saw no reason for the fancy maths for me. Algebra, Geometry, Trig. Nope, I was gonna be a mechanic so basic math should be all I need. If that. Wrooooong. Geometry sure would have been paid attention to a whole lot more had I know then what I found out later. Right J.R.!!!??
Lee- Apparently the military has told you the same thing they told me. Imagine that. But get this, one of Mom's several trips to the rehab N.H.'s, or STALAG‘s as Ulrich calls them, the nurses told her her kidneys were not functioning well because her urine was clear and that it needed to be yellow for proper kidney function and hydration. ?????? I'm sticking with the clear pee theory. Has worked for me for yeeeeeears.
Barry- Oh sorry you require the little addition. Bright side is my MIL and a friend of our family here in town has one and they get along great and don't even know they're there. Well, except when the guy had to go in to get his battery replaced. Defective. Warranty don't you know.
Well, better get moving if I want to get something done. Suppose to get another 1 ½ " rain by tomorrow morn. Hope not.
Have a Great Day!!!
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.
Sorry about that guys. Barry, Garry, Larry - it's like we used to tell drunks when we didn't know the song they'd requested.... "this ones got a lot of the same notes in it."
At any rate, the great shame of the movie car is it's so heavy from the mods they did it's not very usable on a daily basis. Got to admit, the twin machine guns would come in handy on the morning commute. Most likely I wouldn't have my license (or freedom) for long. J.R.
Morning guys!
Having a salad for breakfast I need to loose a few lbs for sure. Then a Lean Cusine 260 calorie "orange chicken {with rice}" for lunch, then a sensible dinner.
Supposedta be around 90* today so I guess I won't be working outside on the pond.
blownout cylinder Had in enlightening day yesterday--got told that I'll be looking at getting an ICD implanted on me personage. An ICD is an "Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator" -a little toonie sized generator that will create impulses that will prevent my heart from getting dangerous racing heartbeats---which was the issue with my heart attack. My heart attack triggered the heart racing--
Besides my back issues, They ran 6 EKGS in the hospital recently to tell me that it looks like the upper left ventricle {I think I got that right} is not functioning well and looks like i have a murmur there. He also mentioned that tehre may be some dead tissue in the heart at that location. { WHAT THE >>>????}. Scarry. This is in addition to ALREADy taking medication for "tachycardia" {racing heart} and medication for "premature ventricular complexes" where my heart beats an extra time frequently. I am wondering if the Beta BLocker for the latter is effectively slowing down the upper left ventrical. They also said it looks like my heart is enlarged. ANd the hospital Dr. suggested, though did not order, another stress test for my heart to be more thoroughly evaluated. I see the cardiologist in August, but may have to move the appt up to talk to him about these new developements.
Well enough of bad health news.
Robby P> I know you've had a rough time with your job{s} and the wife's accident. Getting out of 10+% will do you good, I am sure, but here's just a piece of friendly advice and alert {and not a lecture}: if you manage to get enough $ to pay off the CC's...be careful you don't charge them all back up again. Seems easy enough, but it also seems that Too many people who get them paid off in such a manner often end up with the same balances or even higher in a year or so if they don't watch the usage and pay them off every month. Good luck getting the better rate and such! Here's hoping your house appraises out well. You should point out to any appraiser that your MRR alone should add, what, $ 5K easily to the value of your house???
WEll, guys have a great day.
-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.
Chris.. I thank you for the compliments on the scenery. This tree business started way back when.. oh you know.. one of those Tall Tales Keith talks about. lol. I said in the town of Santa Barbara, there is some big.. and I mean big tree.. that has been there for hundreds of years.. oh since the early explorers.
Wel.. that wasn't quite true. Seems its old.. and big.. but a different story than most.
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6970
Santa Barbara, California - Moreton Bay fig tree - Homeless haven
" There are a lot of giant trees in the world but this one is especially big. Just off Highway 101 in Santa Barbara is a fig tree, planted by a little girl in 1874, who got the seed from an Australian sailor. On the Mapquest aerial photos you can see it as a big dark round spot. The branch span is 170 feet and they claim that 16,000 people could stand under the tree. You used to be able to climb up the buttresses, and see homeless people
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?id=853
But anyways.. when thinking of model railroading.. and proto-typical.. I have to wonder sometimes. So I thought I'd follow up on that old tree. And thats why I place a biggie in the center of my layout.
Keith
Todd, if you use a USMC latrine they have color charts posted and a note on how many canteens of water you need to drink over xx:xx minutes and hours to return to clear urine. Failure to do so may be considered an infraction of the UCMJ ART 92!
Good Afternoon Folks,
I am fighting a bad case of migraine again. Don´t know where this comes from, now. The good news is, that my Mom is out of the hospital at home. I do hope she now listens to what her doctors told her - to stay put and let others do the chores.
Zoe, just a glass of mineral water for me, please not only to keep my urine clear )
Barry - my for the upcoming ICD surgery - you will feel much better afterwards!
Robby - I keep my fingers crossed for your refinancing issue - that interest rate is a killer!
Keith - why does that scene remind me of driving down Highway 101? Great picture!Those rock faces look like - well, just like the real thing!
Have a safe day!
Good morning. First time in here although I've been peeking in the window since about Diner #10.
Ray, be grateful the sound system went south during the week. I was doing the video for a wedding (son of our church secretary) early this spring; about three minutes into the sermonette (and before the vows and soloist) a boom similar to an 88mm artillery round erupted through the speaker system as the BiAmp processor blew up. Had to shut the sound down to kill the hum . Thankfully the pastor gave me his text; sure was fun to have to caption the balance of the service for the dvd. Under the circumstances, I refused the honorarium from the groom's mother, and told her it was gratis because of the problems.
Fortunately the sound company did the temp. repair within four hours and we were able to run on Sunday. I guess the finished dvd was ok enough, I did receive a $40 gift certificate to Applebee's . Good for about $2.50/hour... Gary
galaxyBesides my back issues, They ran 6 EKGS in the hospital recently to tell me that it looks like the upper left ventricle {I think I got that right} is not functioning well and looks like i have a murmur there. He also mentioned that tehre may be some dead tissue in the heart at that location. { WHAT THE >>>????}. Scarry. This is in addition to ALREADy taking medication for "tachycardia" {racing heart} and medication for "premature ventricular complexes" where my heart beats an extra time frequently. I am wondering if the Beta BLocker for the latter is effectively slowing down the upper left ventrical. They also said it looks like my heart is enlarged. ANd the hospital Dr. suggested, though did not order, another stress test for my heart to be more thoroughly evaluated. I see the cardiologist in August, but may have to move the appt up to talk to him about these new developements.
Ah hah!! upper left Atrium it would be--the ventricles are the bottom chambers---why dey call dese t'ings ventricles I have no clue--I see about the heart stress test in late June and then see him about the operatioon in July--probs get it done August----loads a fun---so far my heart is not doing the murmur thing---yet.
So far my diabetes is behaving itself--averaging about 7.5 on our blood sugar scale here. That compares with 13.5 a few weeks ago---- Oh well---onwards and such we go----
GT--I'm guessing that the car was kinda played with at some point? I'd rather there were 50 calibers up front--just in case---
Gary--weighmaster--to our humble diner----
Mornin'...... er..... Afternoon everyone!
Zoe you still serving breakfast? What? All day! Good! I'll have the #2 special, eggs over easy, bacon, homefries, sourdough toast and lots of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.
I got the registration taken care of and picked up the new utility trailer this morning. Hence I didn't have time to stop in here. When I picked it up, I had to buy a new drawbar and put a 1 7/8" ball on it. Thought I had one here, but couldn't find it. It should show up in less than a week in one of the placers I already looked but managed not to see it.
Gary, to the diner. Sit down and tell us all about you trains, and anything else you care to share. Good to have you aboard!
Yes the situation at church could have been much, much worse. First off as someone mentioned we could be dealing with a fire damage situation rather than just a bunch of blown equipment..... If the sound system had been on, we would be faced with replacing everything I have a feeling. I know the mixer is fried, what I don't know yet is the extent of damage to the other parts of the system. The amps are quiet when the mixer is taken out of the line. With the mixer on we are getting a very loud 60 Hz hum. probably would be enough to blow the speakers and amps if it weren't for some built in limiters. I have to go down and see if I can get it back working this afternoon with one of my old mixers (Small 12 channel Mackie). If I can, then I will check out each of the wireless units, podium mic, and the recording mikes to see if they were damaged.
Another hot one here in the Finger Lakes! Currently 82°F under sunny skies with a predicted high of 85°F soon. THAT will meet the record for this date around here.
Oh Galaxy, "Save the Bones for Henry Jones, 'cause Henry don't eat no meat!"
Best get down to church and start the process... I also have to at church for Deacons tonight.
Catch you all later!
Thanks for all of the good lick on the house. They will be out Saturday, until then...........We have to get stuff done.
My wife's MRI (on the brain) came back good, but........She has a small cyst on the brain. Not due to the wreck, but they want to keep a eye on it. She's pretty upset, but I told her not to worry.
Well we have to run to Lowe's, and I will stop by in later.
howmusGary, to the diner. Sit down and tell us all about you trains, and anything else you care to share. Good to have you aboard!
At the risk of utter and complete boredom, here goes...I just joined the BOG (Brotherhood Of Geezers) on Monday, although I retired last July. Life NMRA member since 1974. 18+ years in the pickle industry (supervisory), 27+ years in roofing mfg. industry (scaleman). Two kids, four grandkids. Wife Kathy taught for close to 30 years, had to retire in 1999; lots of health issues for her, wheelchair bound the past four years. Bought an OLD handicap-accessible house three years ago, and still trying to find room to finish unpacking (HINT: when you move, get a BIG dumpster, or better yet, two or three, NOT a single 10-yarder).
Still trying to clear space for layout construction; the last one was torn down in 1983. Undecided as yet on theme for new one, but inclination is toward mid-century steam (no diseasils). Toying with a branch concept very loosely based on the Iola & Northern which was absorbed by the GB&W and abandoned in 1957. It was to serve the logging industry in central Wisconsin, but never laid more than the initial 4 miles of trackage before the usual financial problems. So, what might have been...? As 12 year olds, my friend Jim and I got a 100 yard cab ride on the last switching job in Iola (for anyone in the LaCrosse area familiar with Houghton's on Jackson Street, that's Jim).
I have about a dozen brass locos, three articulated. Only plastic is a Proto 2000 0-6-0. Newest brass is 1980, still in box (packed away, and I can't even remember what it is). The only tangible layout progress so far is a scratchbuilt 88' turntable to a 6-stall Heljan (just the base and stall tracks so far) on a module. Trackage will be handlaid c70 mostly, FastTrack turnouts. I have 600' of Railcraft rail (pre ME) I bought in 1982, still bundled. Rolling stock is mostly Athearn BB, mostly unshaken, mostly $1.98 MSRP. Nitpicking is not a part of my vocabulary, and generally if I can get all the wheels on the track and keep them there it will meet my standards.
Enough for now, I'm boring myself...I can only imagine the effect it's having on other readers. Appreciate your patience, I'll probably stop in again (Not meant a a threat). Gary
Welcome Weighmaster, and you're not boring at all - it's good to hear others opinions and interests especially for those of us who are nosey (or cheeky as I was called today by a customs broker).
Another long one but not a disaster like yesterday. The Tyrrell is stuck at JFK as we wrestle with a less than brilliant broker and most of the cars are loaded for Lime Rock on Friday. Didn't hear from the lads in Virginia so no news should be good news there. On a side note, I love the old English sports cars. Strip a body screw on a Morgan and just back out the screw, insert a toothpick, break it off flush and refit the screw. Job done. Try that with your grade 8 fastner.
I'll have a RBF to fo please Chloe. Well, time to mosey off into the not yet setting sun. I'll try to drop in later if the home laptop cooperates. CUL, J.R.
Good evening...
Here's one more comment on...pee: I was taught "normal" pee is a "light straw yellow tint." And yes, Gatorade alone isn't cool... which is why I also suggested VINCENT try the 50/50 mix the re-enactors swore by, and "plain water" too.
Welp, spent a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng day with The Wife. Her "mother of all garage sales" led to a day spent gathering tables from both sets of 'rents, additional items to sell, and a lot of time baking in the heat and humidity. A handful of ibuproffen, some sinus stuff...and probably an early bedtime.
Tomorrow, I'll w**k on the 3-hour city council meeting from last night, and go cover high school softball. I "should" also make some calls on some leads THAT has been wondering about lately.
UP has been running interesting things by Clarence over the past few days. The last running DD40AX went East over the weekend, I saw the UP 2001 (Olympic Torch) unit leading Eastbound...yesterday afternoon. Naturally, no camera at the time. Had no warning it was coming through either. Today, the Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey Circus "blue unit" train went through, Westbound, earlier this evening. We missed it at Bertram by about 10-15 minutes.
Time for the aforementioned drugs, an airconditioned booth...and likely, some shut-eye
Good Evening,
Lee, you asked this week if I had taken any photos of the layout that the master model railroader is tearing down, and the answer is no. There were many there doing that and if you would like to see some of what he has done, just google, Stafford Swain. There was an article in Canadian Railway Modeller written by Tony Koester praising Stafford for all he has done for the hobby and for the many articles he has witten over the years. If a modeller like Tony thinks Stafford was a great modeller, then it must be true. Stafford was definitely a rivet counter though as everything had to be prototypically correct. He is selling a lot of his loco steam collection too which is all brass, all CN and all DCC. I would dearly love a few of those but a $500 brass loco isn't in the budget.
J.R. Is that DB4 GT one of those lightweight Zagato bodied models? Had an article in an old Sports Car Graphic on them and I guess they were quite a car in their day. I seem to recall 0 to 100 to 0 in 20 seconds or something like that.
We actually had a nice sunny day here but the cloud is supposed to move in tomorrow and showers are forecast right through to Monday. It will be cool too, only in the 60-65 range.
Chris, good luck with that yard sale. It sounds like you have put a lot of time and effort into it.
It's 9:45 here and it is just starting to get dark. I guess that is one advantage of living in the GWN( Great White North).
CN Charlie
Good morming guys!
Cooler yet rainy here today.
Have company coming over early today gonna watch some steam train DVDs. He's a new train nut like us. He's the one we are taking to Strasburg with us if we go. He has had several back surgeries lately so he's in not too good shape either. Had two spinal taps that left him with migraines as the blood patches they used didn't seal and spinal fluid was leaking out. But he's getting better and is in the spirits of "I've got to go"!
Then its off to the urologist.
Then maybe shopping for a pump for the water fall. Drained the pond for a good cleaning yesterday.
Then probably some shopping for groceries.
SO basically a full day ahead.
I have noticed the anual downturn in posts as summer approaches and more of us find more things to do besides sit at the computer.
Hope every stays well and has a great day!!!
Oh, and the prayer candle is lit for those in need like Robby P's wife, others mothers and relatives that need prayers.