BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Morning!!....Coffee to go please...All you guys made me nervous talking about the "business" name being taken. When I went to the courthouse to register it here in Onondaga Co N.Y that name had not been used or through the good old I.R.S when I registered for my EIN number for tax purposes. So maybe people use the name because it may not be trademarked...hhmm... Talk to ya all later!!
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
Good Morning, Flo - I'll have some waffles with couple of strips of bacon (don't have to worry about any bad effects from the food in here! ), pat of butter on top, and a Santa Fe mug of coffee, please. And just leave the maple syrup pitcher on the counter here, thanks.
Think I'll look really close to my seat (and under it) before I sit down this morning. Just in case Todd left any other 'surprises' around...
Sir MadogJim - now that your laptop is back in w*rking order, I hope to see you a little more frequently here .
Tim, I like Ulrich's suggestion for your company name, if it's not taken. Whaddya think of that for a name?
Robby - will keep you and your wife, the house and the appraiser in my . Let us know later what he/she had to say (if you get any informal summary before he/she leaves).
Have been by the post office already, and had three nice surprises there - a postcard from Ireland that my friend Linda (from Memphis) sent me from there when she was on her vacation, the new MR issue, and decals for renumbering some D&RGW boxcar kits I have (yet to be assembled). Should be a good day, even with being on-call.
Have a great Saturday, y'all! Well, lookee there - guess I have the breakfast special! Flo, set up the trough AYKE buffet for these hungry Diners. I'll check the tab later today and settle up. (Good thing payday's on Monday...)
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning. Coffee and a stack of flapjacks with maple syrup please. Thank you (sluuurp) Ulrich, I hope your headaches gone, cause I have one now. No migraine, just a headache.
Well, looks like the Huddle house has been talking to Barry about a breakfast special. They have their new menus out and have this breakfast special that's $13.95 and I do believe has every menu item included. I might not eat for a day or two and try one.
Ray- Don't fret over me none. I'm used to being blamed for those...um..., outbursts. The dog blames me aaaall the time.
What am I gonna do today? Well, funny you should ask. I don't know. It's supposed to rain today, 70% chance with scattered T-storms, some may be severe, yard needs mowed again, but it rained a bit last night and is overcast and humid so far with rain moving in soon according to the radar. I need to get some stuff from Mom's house to her new garage, but in an open truck, rain is a damper. I need to clean out her gutters and some more tidying up there too. I'm going to have to go to Big R in Lincoln to see if they have a float for the sump pump for the washing machine and the sink(ours), as the one in Springfield has been out, and though they say they still carry them, they have been out for a couple of months. I know they used to because I‘ve bought one years ago and seen them many times since while purchasing my biannual switch. Now that I need one again..... As luck would have it the Big R's parking lot is behind the Bonanza Steak house. For those of you not familiar with Bonanza it is a family steak house that has a great salad and food bar included. Similar to what a Ryans' used to be like when you had a choice of steaks and they brought that part out to you. I think I can time that trip to my stomach. I just might take Brenda with me if she's good.
But first, another splop of plaster for to raise the grade to the crossing from Gold Creek to the tourist trap town.
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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, why are all the windows open, I thought the new place was air conditioned? Barry did what? And blamed it on Todd? Well then, until the place airs out...... just a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug please. Breeze seems to be coming in the front, so I'll sit there.
Ulrich, hope your headache goes away soon! Olivia is doing very well. She has to wear a brace for another few weeks until the bone completely heals. Hasn't slowed her down a bit except my son says she doesn't want to swing anymore. She just sits in it with out swinging.
Jim, Phantom Power exists from I think 24v to 48v. It is mostly used in Condenser type mics used for serious recording. Both my Shure Beta Green 4.0 pencil mics and my Shure large diaphram condenser mic are powered with it. Most all the mics where you have to use a battery in line can also be powered with phantom power. It is not generally used for hand held mics such as the Shure SM 58s which are a "dynamic" type of mic. (Have I confused you yet?)
Thanks for the comments on the turnout. i hope to have another one finished by Monday, and the two of them installed on the layout sometime next week.
Best get moving, it will be another busy day here in the Finger lakes!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning
We're having a high of 27C in the sun and humidity---going to cloud up and begin to rain tonight and leave us with 1.5" of the stuff by tomorrow morning--that on top of the 2" we got just a couple of days ago---
Got some runnin' 'roun' to do today for HD list. Yay. Then it'll be off into the trainroom to do some more weathering on the grainmill ---
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee and a blueberry bran muffin please----I'll be at the window booth for---BBBBLLLLLLLOOOOOAAAAAARRTTT!!!!-------oh Todd!! I think I found another of your whoopie cushions!!
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 morning. Its already storming!!!
Well the house appraiser is coming out today. He didn't go out of town, so we have till 11:00am to get everything ready. Now watch the power get knocked out!!!
Hope everybody has a good day, and I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning,
it is still a little foggy, but the weekend is supposed to be nice. Caught some good sleep last night, and that did away with most of the migraine - at least the nausea seems to be gone -
Zoe, I´ll have a BR mug of dark roast coffee, please add some milk and sugar to it, and my usual croissants with two kinds of jam, please. I´ll be at the RC and check on the new rivets.
Tim - good luck with your new business. If "Terrain for Trains" as the business name is taken, how about "Train Scenics"?
Ray - that # 6 turnout looks nice. That Fast Track system seems to work nicely! Way too expensive for me, though. How´s Olivia doing? I hope the broken collar bone is healing well.
Ryan - good to see you again. What´s cooking in the MRR front?
Joe - take it easy and slow. Just be there, when she wants you to be around and don´t rush in. Give her a chance to talk to you - you know, girls always want to talk
Jim - now that your laptop is back in w*rking order, I hope to see you a little more frequently here .
Now news on that job - is that good or bad. Those government agencies are so slow, it is wrecking my nerves. I guess, that´s what caused my recent migraine attack. If I don´t get an answer by next week, I don´t think I´ve made it . What then? I wish I could find a job in the US or Canada - I don´t like to stay on in Germany anymore. Each year, more than 250,000 Germans emigrate, but most of them are a lot younger than Petra and I are. Dreams!
You all have a good day!
RYAN!!!- Great to hear from you. Glad things are going well, but sorry about the spice sales, They come highly recommended. I'll admit the purchase of some is on my list I haven't completed yet, but I shall soon. Not that it will by you a Mercedes, but I am dying to try some and with grilling season on us, well, you know. Great record the ball team has going, I'm assuming Ben is just tickled pink about it.
Tim- Welcome back. Sorry about the problems. But glad the surgery went well. I hope the business takes off too.
Ray- Sounds almost like a Fender ad..... "the 60 cycle hum". Probably not desirable at Church though. Turnout looks goood! But, like Jim, I think I'll pass on the attempt myself, I'm having enough trouble bringing the road up to crossing height. Of course there are many things I wasn't going to do or care about until I started hanging out with you guys.
Dan- Well, sure sounds like you have quite a bit to celebrate! Can't say I'll join you with your drink of choice, but maybe I'll dip into Randy's load. After it hit's a cooler for a while of course.
Vincent- A bit of advice, do NOT dip her pig tails in the ink well. Backfired on me every time. Wait, did I just elude to my age? Forget I said that. Go for it man. But give her a chance to recover. Stay friends and ease into the more than friends. Maybe take her out a few times on the pretences of taking her mind off of it.
Jim- I see Ray causes you a few problems too. Darn him, makes you try harder doesn't he.
Gary- (harder than you think to type that with one R) reminded me of a camera event I missed involving the Humdrum Amtrak. I was on the blacktop this afternoon heading to the od homestead and could see the train, but it was too far away to make out the word on one of their cars. It was not the traditional Amtrak scheme of any year or phase, but of the old scheme of some railroad past. It was painted dirty silver as usual (I think), but had the band at the top of the car and, I could NOT make out what it said, but very well COULD have said Santa Fe, to give you an example of what I saw. I'm not saying that's what it said, but I am almost sure it did not say Amtrak. No I am sure.
Well, here it is 11:30 and I should be in bed so....
Prayers for those in need.
Ray, that #6 is lookin good.
Have started a bit of research on the Iola & Northern branch I mentioned a couple days ago; ran across an interesting site with some good info at greenbayroute.com (sorry, can't remember how to activate link). Lots more rail-served business than I remember, but I'm sure most were torn/burned down before I was born. Only structure remaining now is the depot and flour mill (no pix of the mill). Guess I'll have to remember a camera in July when I'm in the area for annual family reunion. The depot is now a small RR and historical society museum, and I learned that a 2nd cousin of mine is the curator. I do remember enough of the pickle salting station (worked there three summers during college) to be able to duplicate it fairly closely though (with a lot of compression cuz I don't want to have to build 100+ pickle vats).
Personal note: I've never been a rabid football fan, but I now have a very tenuous connection to the Jacksonville Jaguars. 5th round pick Austen Lane is from Iola and is the great-grandson of one of my mother's sisters. Ergo, grandson of one of my first cousins. Not only that, I weigh almost as much as he does (although the distribution of said weight is slightly different). Please forgive the puffery, as I've only met him once at a reunion when he was perhaps 14-15, and he wouldn't remember me at all I'm sure.
Gary
Good Evening, Chloe - since Tim's buying, I'll have a chocolate (but a malt), please, and a slice of the chocolate iced devil's food cake with a scoop of vanilla on top. Thanks!
Hey, Tim, hate to tell you, but I just did a search for your company name (in case you already had a site up), and there's a "Terrain for Trains", who makes 'formed plastic' layout ('base') structures. You may want to change the name... (Sorry!...) Maybe, "Trees for Trains"? "
Ray - 48 volts? - I wouldn't want to have a short in a mike running that! Hope everything on the equipment holds together and makes it through the wedding, AND the service(s) on Sunday. What've you been up to on your layout lately? Wouldn't mind a shot of inspiration from one of your photos. Okay, saw your first Fast Tracks turnout - I am impressed! (But think I'll pass for now on trying making my own turnouts)
Randy, enjoy your four days off; hey, even if that beer was icy cold, not my preference. But we may have another Diner or two in here who might like some cold ones. Guess you can send your condolences to the couple about missing the wedding (maybe they had a video done?).
NS Joe, sorry to hear you are still in school there! Around here, the schools will be in (I think) at least their second week of summer this coming Monday (some will be starting the 3rd week). Score some LHS bargains there once you get off for the summer. On that female friend/future girlfriend, it'll be difficult, but you'll be better off giving her the time to heal from the ending relationship (that would be both my personal and (semi-)professional opinion). Better in the long run for you, better for her not to rush things, IMHO.
Have been trying to find some better flatcar kits lately (I'll blame it on Ray's pics of how great he makes them look, like a REAL wooden deck) Problem is, the Red Caboose ones (which look really nice) are hard to locate, other than on the 'Bay (yeah, I have a search set up for THAT), and I think maybe Ray's been beating me to the Tichy dealers (or at least those I've checked online). I do have some Athearn flatcar kits coming this next week, so I'll see what I can do with the decks on those (or get one of those kits for the real wooden decks that I see in the Walthers catalog).
Will try to see about some progress on some MRR buildings/projects this weekend. But might need to clear the infamous dining room table top (AKA 'w**kbench') first. Evening news and weather is on, so I'll head for home now (and get to bed at a better hour). Looks like some cooling may be here by Sunday, at least.
Prayers for healing and comfort for those who are ailing or otherwise in need of same (which might be most of us or our family members). Those needing to see your doctors, please remember to get that visit in ASAP, please.
Blessings and prayers,
Evenin folks!
Just a decaf for me Flo. I'll go sit in the back and relax for a bit.
Finished my first Fast Tracks turnout. It is a slick system and makes creating an NMRA Spec turnout a whole lot easier than what I was doing 25 years ago....... Here it is right after gluing the turnout onto the ties (with Pliobond contact cement):
And after the excess material has been snapped off the ties and sitting approximately where the turnout will go on the layout:
ns3010Ray- hopefully the stuff in the church'll be fine without too much damage.
We already know the mixer and the hearing assist unit are fried.... We think there may be a shorted out cord in the Sound Snake causing the problem when the Phantom Power is on. How and where? Who knows! Could be a long Summer while we get everything fixed. The company for the fire alarm service was there today replacing several detection units that failed with the lightning strike........
Later!
Evening all. Janie, I'll take a RBF, thanks. Just catching up from page ONE...
Jim- Thanks! I'm down here now, so I'll go around to some more places tomorrow and see what I can find.Also, I've been pretty good with my Formspring. So far, no hate on it. The railroading community is the only group of people I've given it out to, and they're mostly good guys, so I should be good.
Keith- looking like some GREAT progress!
Ray- hopefully the stuff in the church'll be fine without too much damage.
Sawyer- ah, the fun of geometry... Well, we had a good teacher (good guy, terrible teacher, so he got fired...), so it wasn't AS bad...
Barry- good luck getting THAT whatever-it-is-THAT-you-called-it.
Ulrich- glad to hear she is home and doing (relatively) well!
Gary!
Sawyer- I'm so jealous! We still have next week (off Friday for reading day, which is optional) and then exams the next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday...
Ryan, glad to see ya again!
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Ok, so I have this friend, who is a girl, who I just so happen to like, who broke up with her significant other yesterday. I understand that she needs some time, but am afraid that if I wait too long, the my window may close again.I have no experience in the relationships department, but I THINK (and hope) that I can get this to w**k... I'll let ya guys know...
Transit's ALP-46As entered revenue service on Wednesday. 4629 was doubleheaded (term for the Hoboken Division, would be MU'ed on the Newark side) with 4601 on a set out of Dover. AFAIK, there have been no major problems. I'm told that the 46As will be on this rotation on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, so I'm assuming that they'll put one in service every week.
Speaking of Transit, has anyone heard from Sam lately? Hopefully his job is safe...
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Well, I guess that's it for now. I may be back in later, we'll see.
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Afternoon everyone. It's Friday, I'll take a White Rum and Diet Pepsi in a BC Railway tall glass please. (My second favourite railway).
Taking my son up to his Scout Camp for the day tomorrow, (he has muscular dystrophy so doesn't like to do the whole weekends all the time). He's finishing his second year and has now decided to work towards his Cheif Scout Award. (Similar to Eagle Scout perhaps? down south). He also plays the electric bass in the school band.
Our oldest has just finished his 3rd year in Air Cadets (cross between Civil Air Patrol and Jnr. ROTC), and was promoted to Sgt last week. Grade 9 and final exams are coming up for him in the next couple of weeks. I may have some peace and quiet time after all in a while. Time to put more work on the layout.
If you cannot fix it with a hammer;
You have an electrical problem!
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!
The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.....
Well, was supposed to be home in Wisconsin for a wedding this morning, but I think my dispatcher had a lousy sense of timing and direction, and am going to be a day late getting to the house. Oh well, will just go out a day later next week (I put in for four days, I am getting four days!).
Have a "light" beer load, in more ways than one, a load of light beer (which will remain nameless), in home kegs, which is only 32,000lbs. A normal beer load for me is about 44-46,000lbs. Don't think anyone wants to drink it right now, it being 90 degrees outside, and probably 120-130 inside the trailer.
The model railroading will commence tomorrow afternoon, and should get at least a few solid days work put into it, should be able to run something on it by the time I come back out on Wednesday.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Afternoon Folks!
Zoe just a RBF to tide me over to supper.
Ryan, good to see you sir. We've been wondering how you are doing these days. Don't be a stranger around here!
I got up early this morning and headed out to the village THAT used to be known as Seneca Falls to get my hair cut. Actually while I was there I had him cut them all...... Since my son't house is on the way home, I drove the truck and dropped off tables, etc. for tomorrow' Garage Sale. Stayed for a quick lunch and go to play with the granddaughters and the dogs (2 granddaughters and 3 very affectionate little dogs who just have to get between me and the granddaughters). Came home, fed the kitties, and headed down to church.
After 2 hours of w*rk on it at church, we have 4 wireless mikes up and running. Some things are definitly wrong in a couple of the units. We can get good clear sound as long as nothing is plugged in that uses the Phantom Power. For those of you who are not audio people, phantom power is a 48v system used to power certain kinds of microphones. As long as the phantom power is off the system works, of course THAT means we can't use the podium mic which takes phantom power. Even with the podium mic unplugged, turning on phantom power causes a major 60Hz hum in the system. This is with my small mixer and not with the one belonging to the church..... THAT one was doing the same thing....??? The hearing assist system is fried as well, and I'm not sure the computer EQ unit is quite up to par...... They are calling a Sound Company (the one that provided the equipment and did much of the installation) to come in check out each unit to see what needs to be replaced.
To be sure something doesn't go bad for the wedding tomorrow, I have been tagged to sit in and watch the board. The regular sound operator will be there on Sunday.
[edit] Hey Tim! Opening a scenery business, huh? Good luck! Hope it goes well. Sorry to hear you had surgery, but glad you should be up and about soon.
Well, need to mow some lawn.
Afternoon all...I will take a handful of Oxycodone and an ice cold Pepsi please. It's been awhile since I checked in. I was finally getting over the discomfort from my rotator cuff surgery and then last week I noticed a big tennis ball bulge near my belly button. Two years ago I had a hot appendix taken out and they also repaired an umbilical hernia while they were at it. Normally they repair that with mesh but due to the infected appendix they did not use mesh for fear of contaminating it. The doctor said it is like a 20-30% chance that the hernia could come back. Well...it did. I had the "proper" surgery yesterday and all went well...just my stomach hurts like all hell now and will for a few days. At least this gives me time to work at my makeshift workbench I made at the kitchen table to get some work done. I finally did it and registered and opened up a small business "Terrain for Trains". I will be selling custom scenery. Mainly scratch built trees of all kinds,structures..details...mainly high end and highly detailed products. I figured since I have been doing this all along for friends and making some good side cash I might as well make it legit. I figured online sales and about a half dozen local shows a year would be good too. I also have two local hobby shops that want to sell my products too. Hopefully it goes well. It also helps buying supplies for the business at a good discount and tax free too!! Now I just have to setup the online stuff and get going on signage and the marketing aspect of it. Wish me luck!..Since I will be home for a week or so I will be here dining frequently!!...A big hello to Ray!!
P.S...It looks like I got the top!!...Milkshakes for all!!
Good - well, morning now, but might be afternoon by the time I get this posted, so we'll just say - Lunchtime, Zoe. I'll have a BLT and a bowl of chili and an RBF, please. Thank you, and I'll sit at this booth by the open window (just in case...)
Heartland Division CB&QJimCG ... I was kidding you last night. You're supposed to laugh.
Todd, thanks for reminding me - I'll have to go check the card store for my "Happy Waylon's Birthday" card this evening.
Jeff. I saw your photos of the column (I'd have NO clue how to deal with that mess (TM - sorry, Fergie, if you're peeking in the window)!) But (once you locate the parts and get them in), I figure you will find a way to get things put together in totally functional form (might have the inspectors sratching their heads when they see it, but that's another matter). Oh, the other day, I saw a L&A boxcar on the 'Bay (when I was looking for something else), and though of you. Glad to hear your shoes are helping (and getting broken in).
Well, gotta go for now, they're shutting down our systems at the 'office' in 10 minutes.
Afternoon folks!
John Wood sent me an email that Todd had asked about me! Thanks Todd for asking, and thanks John for giving me the heads up!
All is well here in the Piedmont! Though our family back in NOLA is very angry and upset with the oil spill in the Gulf, seafood industry has gone kaput!!!! They say the stench and odor of the oil can be breathed in even from their homes, which are 100 miles from the coast. Amazing!!!
TRAINS
Got an email from Factory Direct Trains yesterday, they have a special "BOGO" deal, get 2 for the price of one, DC/DCC/Sound:
Only $199.99 for 2 + shipping and tax
COOKING
Still cooking it up, but sales of spices are way down!
Here is my latest cooking adventure:
Polenta
TRAVEL
Went to Philadelphia, PA for a week last month and that was mostly work, but Mo and I did get in a little fun. Did a lot of walking around downtown and toured the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Benjamin Francklin's House, and ate some great food at the converted Reading Terminal Market.
BASEBALL
I am now the assistant coach for Ben's Junior League team, we are the Royals! Currently our record is 5 wins - 1 loss. Supposed to have a game at 6pm tonight if it does not rain out. Three of our last 6 games have been postponed due to rain. No droughts this year!!!
Hope all is well with the regulars and all the new folks in the diner!!!!
Have a great weekend!
Bon appetite!
=:~)
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Evening,
time for dinner on this side of the Big Pond - not for me, though. It is day # 3 of my migraine attack and there is no improvement
Too bad - today´s the nicest day of the year so far - not a cloud in sight!
You all have a good day and a nice weekend!
We've been having more or less steady rain since before dawn but I finally got a break in the weather and changed out the fan clutch on the van. The longest part of that operation was making sure the centrifugal clutch on it was wound in the right direction. After cleaning the old one up so I could see the spring I was able to determine I had gotten the right one. Having to go back and get one that turned in the opposite direction would have been a drag as it'll probably rain for the rest of the day.
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Strong Italian roast coffee in a AT&SF mug, please.
***Robby, very glad to hear of your wife's results. I'm sure that was very stressful for both of you.
***Jeffrey, keep breaking in those new shoes, but carefully please.
Worried about my wife's high BP. Two more weeks before she can see her Doc.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
Helllooo--and a good morning to you all---
We have fog and showers this morning--supposed to clear up this afternoon though--should be a good day for arguing with the tractor---John Deere GP neighbour has----it got stuck in the mud here-----
I've got a day off from doctor appointments and things like that---Monday will be bloodwork day for I&R as well as a fasting for th bloodwork for the Cardiac Rehab classes---no food or coffee and other stuff for 12 hours---yay
Anywhoooooo----I'll have a coffee and some toast please --I'll be at the RC for now----
MOrnin' Guys!!!
A cup of Hawaiian Kona coffee in a chessie mug.
Jeffrey- I feel that way often too. SOmetimes its the meds I am on making me tired or other times my back killing me making me tired. Just keep in touch here, ya hear? Miss you when I don;t see you posting!
Der- some have suggested acupunture. Don't know a a reliable good one around here to try. But I do know herbal medicines and such often can only do no different than our mehtod of taking a pill for everything.
JImRCGMO: I am taking care as best I can. Like Jeffrey I plod along and visit the Drs. I need ot visit, to see what they say/suggest.
Homus RAy: Psst! Yeah I got the goods for back pain...how much ya wanna get? SHHHHH! Meet me in the alley between the track behind the bar car!
Todd: the blueberries most likely didn't survive mostly do to a ph issue. mY fault then perhaps? As far as nothing "drop in fit anymore" that is so you HAVE to buy a new one...the old "built in obsolence" clause every business operates under. I just didn't think a water pump for fountains, waterfalls would be obsolete after 5 years. Guess again.And, of course, the prices went up too! DOn't forget that!! NA I will need a larger size now to get the "pump up footage" I need {must be able to pump up at least 7 feet at 350 Gals Per Min. ANd we didn't see any with filters on them nor did we see the filters yet...but it was early for that type of stock to be all in yet.
WE washed the new Kia Sedona yesterday- her first bath to get bugs off from going to Corning and wholesaletrains.coms' brick and mortar store where I got a few things. Now I have bought some RainX to apply to the windows and today with cloudy skies and lower temps I should get my butt out there and apply the RainX. FOr those who don't know what RainX is it helps to keep the water beading up on your windows and shed the water better, quicker, faster. Just wipe on like wax, wipe off with soft cloth. You can also buy RainX windshield washer fluid its a bit more expensive but it keeps adding some RainX with every squirt. Off my "selling soapbox". Shh!
Have great day everybody!
-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.
TMarshJeffrey- Glad to hear you didn't get shanghaied back to the hospital. Wiring shouldn't be much of an issue for you. The shoes doing better?
Mornin, coffee and sweet roll please. 50% chance of rain and thunderstorms today and tonight. Joy.
Robby- Good to hear the cyst isn't a worry.
Gonna try to straighten up a bit today in the trainroom.
Good morning.
Gotta go to work this morning, Oh Joy!!
The wife went to the doctor yesterday, and the cyst is nothing to worry about. She is going to have another MRI in 6 months, just to make sure everything is fine.
As far as the house..........The appraiser is out of town. "Well thanks for telling us now!!!". So I guess the house won't be appraised till next weekend. So much for rushing to get the house cleaned up.
Hope everybody has a good day, and I will stop in later tonight.
Decaf coffee, please.
Fell behind in posts again. Did scan a few and noticed some neat pics.
Loggers finished this morning. Hope our check for the harvest is a big one. Should know next week. First thing we'll do is hire someone to remove stumps, set a couple pipes in ravines for access points, and basically smooth out the land. Then comes all the fencing. Just don't think I'm up to much of that anymore.
Still no train room time. Been both busy & tuckered out these days.
Cheers! Rob
Howdy (yawn). Busy night tonight. I look for it to be insane tomorrow for some reason.
G- Isn't that the way it goes? Nothing ever just fits anymore. They always change something to the point drop in replacement is a term we may no longer use. We gave up on blueberries here. Soil isn't the right PH and evn though without too much fertilizing we probably could get a bush going, the rabbits eat the durn things down to a nub. We've tried three bushes over the years and can't keep the rabbits out even with fencing. They win. Oh, apparently discharging of a firearm is frowned upon within village limits now. What's the world coming too????
Jeffrey- Glad to hear you didn't get shanghaied back to the hospital. Wiring shouldn't be much of an issue for you. The shoes doing better?
Garry- Glad you made it safe. I agree with John, you got one heck of a deal on Shinora's, shoot you got one heck of a deal if they were Atlas!!
Jim- I'm with you on the been up too late lately. I like it, I too shall be "semi-prototypical" Maybe you've coined the name for a niche of the hobby.
Ulrich- Yes your Mother is in my prayers also. I failed to mention it before, but like everyone else, rest assured it's happening.
Ray- Gosh darn if we ain't a doin the same thing again. Our tables got delivered today to my MIL for her garage sale. 'Cept I only got the light turned on in the train room today. Nothing but good intentions happened though. By the way, do your tables get heavier everytime you move them? Mine do.
Welp, I'm gonna try to get to sleep before tomorrow.
Prayers for those in need. AND that those who are on the "missing" list are just busy and healthy. I would kinda like to get a "Howdy I'm fine" from Ryan and an update on how Mrs PC is doing on the weight loss. I hope she is doing well. Those kinda procedures concern me. She's still on the prayer list.