Elliot's Trackside Diner JUNE 2010

[TMarsh]

Evening. RBF and a piece of Gooseberry pie please. The search goes on for Dad's DD214. I've seen it but where in the last two years is a question yet to be answered.

Jim- You think a Krispy Kreme is big? Oh my friend you need to experience a Mel-O-Crème glazed donut. Slightly larger than a Casey glazed but better. The Krispy's have what, to me, seems like a hint of tasty lemon flavor to their glaze and I do like that, but for sheer fill up the tummy with a raised yeast donut covered in a sugar glaze it's Mel-O-Crème all the way. By the way, I'm with you on the sound. I think I'll stick with the gentle whir of the motor and the clickety clack of the wheels over the joints. The older I get the less of that kind of "noise" I can take. I get irritated pretty easy anymore.

Bama- Kinda funny ain't it. A "foreign" car is built more in the U.S. Than most "American" cars are. Of course, Canada and Mexico are in America.

Light is on in the layout room yet I have not been in there longer than to turn it on this morn. Maybe tomorrow. I don't have anything to do until....... Oh who am I kidding.

Prayers for those in need.

[BamaCSX83]

 

Yeah, it is funny, Todd.  My Impala (2001) was built in Plant 2, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, meanwhile my Chevy truck (1976) was built in Atlanta, GA.  The Canadian plant that built my Impala now builds Camaros, and the truck plant in Atlanta produced its last vehicle in 1993 (a Caprice, last truck was built there in 1982-83) and was subsequently torn down.  Oh well, stuff like that happens, and when you have to build a "reasonable" (read: CHEAP) product that the public will buy, then you have to move the labor to somewhere you can do just that.  That's the unfortunate thing that's happened with the US as a whole, our economic base has moved away from manufacturing and moved into service, which is why we can't buy a tv made in the US, and a lot of "our" (read: Domestic automobiles) are built elsewhere and sold here.  That's enough for me, I think, I see the soapbox creeping out to come and get me, so I'd best hush. 

I'm up waiting for Amy and the girls to get home, she's at her dad's house helping out with somet things and while I know that I could easily go to bed and just get up when they get home, I'd rather not have to deal with falling asleep, being awakened to them coming home then trying to get BACK to sleep.  Oh well, guess I'll hang out in here and see whom all comes in for the late-night stuff.

[Cederstrand]

Decaf coffee in a  SOGGY SOUTHERN  mug, please. 

***Ray, towards the base I would estimate the diameter to be over 2.5' but still under 3'. Won't know until I get that far. Decided to let the tree lay for some time and dry out a little. Miniature cows don't mind and are snacking on some of the leaves. I'll get it all cut up with my trusty Husqvarna.

Put all the ferris wheel chairs together for the wee little folk. Will need to paint all the chairs (wife wants them red white & blue), before the little folk sit in them. Wonder if there is any way to find a brass replacement worm gear for the poorly made plastic worm gear with the same spaceing?

Cold Mountain is back in the pasture with the herd.

All is well tonight on the ol' farm.

Have a nice night, y'all.

Rob

 

[Robby P.]

 Good morning.  Not as hot today.  The high will be about 74 degrees.

 Well I'm off to work in a bit, OH BOY!!!   I tried to show the wife yesterday to make some trees, and she made one.  Not to bad.  Hopefully tomorrow we can get the car.  We are going to meet a Allstate person with the car tomorrow.  They want to make sure its done right as well.   We also talked to our mechanic about going over the car also.  I just don't trust the body shop.

 Teen steam fan........We have about 5 pages (estimate) of parts for the car.  The whole back has been rebuilt, from the gas cap cover, to having a new re-panel.   I agree about the 3 weeks, but Friday will be 9 weeks!!!   We will see what happens in the morning.

 Hope everybody has a good day.

[blownout cylinder]

TMarsh

Jim- You think a Krispy Kreme is big? Oh my friend you need to experience a Mel-O-Crème glazed donut. Slightly larger than a Casey glazed but better. The Krispy's have what, to me, seems like a hint of tasty lemon flavor to their glaze and I do like that, but for sheer fill up the tummy with a raised yeast donut covered in a sugar glaze it's Mel-O-Crème all the way. By the way, I'm with you on the sound. I think I'll stick with the gentle whir of the motor and the clickety clack of the wheels over the joints. The older I get the less of that kind of "noise" I can take. I get irritated pretty easy anymore.

I've had one of those things sometime ago when we went down to Rolla. Those are something else--kind of reminds me of some of TH's ----

As for the sound, I've got about 70% of them DCC with sound, don't use them though except for when the neighburhood kids show up---then they be on---quietly---

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Good Morning

We are at the mighty 6C this morning out here---

-----and sunny----

I'm getting some stuff from the LHS that I ordered thru them from Walthers---finally some of them have shown up---

Chloe, I'll have a coffee this morning--I'm over at the RC for now--

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 76 and cloudy. The high will be around 87 and there's a 50% chance of thunderstorms today. Hopefully we'll get some rain.

Did some weathering work on some freight cars yesterday and that was about it. Today shouldn't be much different as my ankle is still too sore to put weight on for long. Hopefully it'll be a bit better tomorrow as I'll have to out and about taking care of some bills. Got the grocery shopping to do tomorrow as well.

A couple of cars I was working on yesterday:

 

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe all this talk about donuts has made me hungry...  OK, Dark Roast Coffee in a FGLK Mug and a couple of those sour cream glazed ones you got there.  THAT ought to keep my sugar up for a while.

I'll go have a seat in the front booth and see what's going on outside in the yard.  Looks like the're moving a couple tank cars over this way.......  Hmmm.

Got to finish the lawn if possible today and go out to camp and co0mplete the trimming around the tents.  Then I'm going to finish the Turnout.  At least THAT is the plan.  We'll see how far I actually get on it. 

best get a move on.

Later!

73

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Donuts? .......... I'll have a TH original donut w/ TH coffee. Thanks.

Looks like a sunny day filled with non-MRR stuff. Oh well. Later, I'll work on the layout.

JR ... When you travel for racing, are you busy all the time, or do you have extra time for MRR'ing? If you have time and care to visit some layouts, you are wlecome to visit here. There are 3 layouts at lakeside here. We're 100 miles from Nashville, TN off I-24.

[AmanaMedic]

 Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Mornin'. Let's start the day right: double bacon cheeseburger and fries! With a bucket of Coke to warsh it down...please 'n thank-ya.

JEFF: THAT first hopper sure reminds me of some the Chicago Central ran. They were ex-KCS with either the gray falling off of the rust orange, or the orange falling off of the gray...was never sure which.

ROBBY P: Good luck with the body shop tomorrow, it's a good thing, I think, THAT the insurance co. will have a rep there with you.  Maybe somebody can finally explain WHY it is they didn't just total the car and call it even. How's your wife doing with the headaches???

SAWYER: I'm liking the town scene... in fact, I'm gonna save THAT pic and send to The Wife. She's collecting pics of a similar nature for research. She's w**king on her next childrens' book, set in a small town...

 

Much cooler, dryer weather here...and sunshine all the way into the weekend. Lots of w**k stuff.

Spent a chunk of Saturday evening with the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club, covering Field Day activities. Sunday was Mom's birthday, Monday was high school baseball in Tiffin (Clear Creek Amana), last night was to have been an interview with a lady who escorted three WW2 vets on an Honor Flight to Wash. DC. THAT interview collapsed at the last minute. Today is a huge County Board of Stupervisors meeting...THAT wants at least four seperate articles out of it... based on agenda items. Tomorrow is high school softball (Solon), Friday is the weekly "face time" and little league baseball THAT evening.

Maybe...just maybe...I can find a minute or two or RR time......this weekend.

Have a good, safe day everybody...

Chris

[Cederstrand]

Italian Roast coffee in a  UNION PACIFIC  mug, please.

Heading down to the train room for a bit.

Have a good day y'all.

Cheers! Rob

[Anonymous]

 A tall glass of mineral water, please, Zoe - thank you.

I am here just to tell you folks, that I am still around. I had to spend the last few days in the hospital, as a "multiple coronary syndrome" (whatever that is) put me on the floor again. They took me in the emergency room in no time at all, saving me from a serious heart attack . Today I was released and we will have to see, what the further treatment will be. I feel very weak, totally exhausted.

See you guys!

[Packers#1]

 Chris, send her this one of Gaffney, South Carolina.

I will hopefully have the roads down by the weekend, dunno if they'll be painted. I need to get cracking on my picture searches and find some good cuts etc to work into the layout.

[Robby P.]

 Good afternoon.

 Well as I type the wife is fighting with the body shop/owner of the dealership.   I think the fight is 50/50 right now.

 The plan is right now is for me to get the car tomorrow so she won't go to jail .

 Chris......  Her headaches are much better.   I'm glad she is felling better, but who knew that the next headache would be the car!!

  Ulrich......I hope yo get better. 

 Jeff........Not to bad.   Here's you one!!

 

[Cederstrand]

Coffee refill, please.

Question for ***Jeffrey (or anyone else who knows): Is there a cheaper paint than those little Testor's cans that does as good a job on little plastic parts? (Brand & where to buy?) Want to pre-paint carnival ride parts before assembling, as once together it isn't practical to do so.

Dinked around in the train room, drilled holes and started on some more wiring. Not feeling good today so going to rest a while.

Rob

[GMTRacing]

Rob,

    I'd try some elcheapo flat white spray from Wallymart for most of the structure and seats. While you're there see if they have some reasonably priced little cans of the red and blue brush enamel and some thinner. Experiment on the scrap to thin to effect. If you could find cheap enough red and blue pinstripe tape that would work also (automotive section). A carnival would use a cheap and happy, easy to do and maintain scheme so white with red and blue stripes would look the part. If you get striping tape, we use clear nail polish to seal and keep the edges down. A red and blue stripe in the seat section with the white in between would look the part and be doable. The stripeing tape would also yeild consistent widths on multiple parts.

Garry - most race weekend days start at 5am and end up around 7 or 8 pm. I'm not sure what the Nashville schedule is yet as it's not a race weekend, it's a convention so let me get back to you. Duke visited us a while back and he can testify as to how much "sittin' time" we have normally.

Ulrich - Sorry to hear you're having more of the same issues. Hope they find a cause soon and can make some progress for you.    CUL, J.R.

[bjdukert]

Duke visited us a while back and he can testify as to how much "sittin' time" we have normally.

  Garry  I went to Grattan near Grand Rapids when JR and his crew were there for a race and there is a fair amount of time to visit between races that the drivers are in.  Unless they are running back to back not to mention work that might need to be done to a car after a race.  Did I get it close JR???

I do have pics in my Photobucket from then.

Best to all on sick call and those recovering

Talk to you later

Duke

 

[tstage]

The last patron is turning out the lights.  Feel free to start the July diner.

Tom