Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
jeffrey-wimberly galaxyTHis may sound stupid, and you may have already covered this route, but is there an auto restoration company somewhere near you or in a bigger city within 1-2 hour drive of you? They may have contacts that could get you what you need, or they may be able to fabricate it for you. Just a thought. There aren't many auto restorers in this part of the state. Only place around here like that is less than a mile up the road. He focuses on mid 70's to late 50's as a hobby, so what I have is somewhat out of his realm. The newest Dodge van that he has on site is a 79 B250. It's a junker that he uses to store auto body parts in. He has to do some research on it but he's sure it will fit mechanically. The problem is that the wiring on it is a bit different. He has to find the proper interchange manual to see what it says about adapting it to an 81 wire harness. It's not quite as simple as just changing out a harness adapter. Design engineers sometimes have a nasty habit of changing the color codes on the wires. He is looking though and I can't ask for more than that.
galaxyTHis may sound stupid, and you may have already covered this route, but is there an auto restoration company somewhere near you or in a bigger city within 1-2 hour drive of you? They may have contacts that could get you what you need, or they may be able to fabricate it for you. Just a thought.
I KNOW, I KNOW! EVERYBODY:
Lets all chip in and have Jeff's van stolen off to the guys at the Cable TV Show "Overhaulin'" in California!!! There they will totally restore and update it for him and he won't have to worry about gastanks or steering columns or bondo or paint jobs or anything else!!!!
What y'all THINK?
-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.
Evening Gang!
Sorry I have been AWOL but between doing alot of yard work here at my house and also my real job, I've been really busy.
Anyways, just wanted to stop in, say "hi" and let everyone know I was still alive and well, dispite having to put my 1st dog of 10+ years down this afternoon.
Take care!
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
(Sigh) Long day of getting pretty much nothing done.
G- Oh, I agree they're a good idea and people should get one. Remember "CO the silent killer"
Barry- I'm leanig toward the Pentax k-x. Also, I may be able to only buy the body because my lenses for the K1000 fit, making it cheaper yet. Supposedly. So far that doesn't seem an option, however I can still use my telephoto and my flash. I wanted the K2000 the digital version of my K1000, but they don't seem to be offered by Pentax anymore. They were less expensive too. Guess I waited too long. I can still get them off the web, but they are compact and I don't want to buy one unless I can touch and and feel first. Oh and not as less expensive anymore. My buddy has a Nikon D3000 and is pleased with it. I'm just partial to Pentax only because I've had one for Yeeeeears and it still performs flawlessly.
Uh, Yeah..... What Jeff said goes for here too. So far no complaints about the lack of a deluge today.
Sam-
JP- Oh I'm so sorry. Your tribute choked me up and brought tears to my eyes. ( I have this huuuuge soft spot for dogs) I pray for your comfort at this time.
OK Jeff gets a custom van. OK by me.
Hey!!!! What in tarnation am I doing here???!!! I have nothing to do and I could be in the train room DOOOHH!
(zooooooooom!!! SLAM!!!)
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.
Decaf coffee in a SULTRY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***G, I'll second uh, third that "Overhauling" idea for Jeffrey.
Well, after a long day running errands with the wife (like taking FIL to Docs) and other stuff, I nailed up all the Private Prop, No Tress, etc... signs around our property. Going to tripple the number of signs over the next few weeks, but tomorrow I'll start the barbed wire for good measure.
No train time yet.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers!
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have a hot fudge sundae and a cup of decaf. I'll go sit in the back booth and relax for a while.
JP, I too got got choked up reading about Hunter. Those decisions are always so hard to do, and pets get to be so much a part of the family, it is like losing your closest friend. I'll keep you in my prayers for a while.
I think it would be great to see Jeffrey get a custom van!!! Unfortunately I can't help out.... I'm officially broke for the rest of the month.
Spent most of the day down at church with the guy from the Sound Company. As far as we can tell we lost (or isn't w*rking right) the power conditioner module (it is working, but is reading a different voltage than it is putting out so he wants to replace it), the Mackie 1604 mixer (fried!), the hearing assist system, and both recording mics (old condenser mics hanging from a couple of lamp fixtures. As of now we have the podium mic and all the radio mics up and working through my old 1202 Mackie mixer (one I used for on location recording). I will need to get together with the guy who usually runs the system and readjust levels before a funeral taking place on Saturday.
The good news is tomorrow I get my hearing aid back!!! Yeah! Also my son called a few minutes ago and is going to bring my #1 granddaughter over for a vist tomorrow while he takes #2 granddaughter for the doctors appt. I think I will be getting up early tomorrow to clean some house.
Got a little bit done in the location where the new turnouts will be. Cut out a section of the mainline to fit in the turnout. I also soldered the 2 turnouts I have finished together with railjoiners. This enabled me to locate exactly where the cord roadbed needs to go for the new turnouts and second mainline. I have 3 more turnouts to construct and about 15 feet of hand laid track to do in this area. As soon as the next turnout is added, I will be able to see how much room and exactly where the quarry will go. Then the whole thing gets taken out and into the other part of the basement to cut the hole and put foamboard where it will become the quarry both below and above the plywood base. Sounds like fun doesn't it!?
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmustomorrow I get my hearing aid back!!!
Soooo...... all the smiling and nodding did not mean you agreed with everything I said.
Morning guys!
Hope you all slept well.
howmus I think it would be great to see Jeffrey get a custom van!!! Unfortunately I can't help out.... I'm officially broke for the rest of the month.
Let me set the record straight:
No, No, No. We would all "chip in" not in $$$ but in letters to the cable TV show called Overhaulin' {I thinks its on TLC channel} where they "steal" someones old car or truck with the help of family and friends. THe car is usually a "project car" that someone has not gotten around to, ran out of money to refurbish, can't find parts for etc.
Overhaulin' then takes the car, tears it COMPLETELY down and restores to origninal, or even more improved version FOR FREE for the car buff all done in a week, while the car's owner "thinks" it's been stolen cuz that's what they were told by fake cops who work at Overhaulin'..They find the parts they need, change what needs to be changed, or fabricate/have fabricated the parts they need to rebuild it- better, stronger, faster!.
The cars/trucks/vans, a week later, are returned to the owner in pristine super condition!
This IS mostly done for California owners and cars, but you never know they might just take an out of state van to do!
Now that I've explained it to all, even Jeffrey would know now so it's not a secret anymore. Rats.
I HAVE to let my back rest today no doubt about it, but i think we will get into things to do, and I won't. My other half is off today, unless getting called in. SO maybe we take a "do nothing, go nowhere" day.
Then again maybe we go shopping finally for that new waterfall pump. Can't really garden as supposedta rain today and temps only 63*!!! Great for working the garden, but lousy and wet doing so. Thank Goodness I had the foresight to build a large raised brick planter and put the pond in it {raised above ground} that I can sit on the edge and work sitting down! I saw skeeters starting inthe still little remaining water from the tstorms we had the other day. DOn't seem to have any more skeeter pellets so have to get some of those too.
Well, HAve a great day and try to thoroughly enjoy what you are doing today! Be it work, play, or nothing!
Gooooood morning. Its raining, and probably all day. Time to get some MRR in.
Hopefully today I can get the gas station done. I will just wait to glue the roof in, since I want to add some inside detail work. I also have to go to the LHS and pay some on my "cement company". This plant is for the cement trucks. I was going to put a siding in for a couple of hoppers thou. Its $40 for the kit, and the lady at the LHS is letting me put it on layaway. I didn't have any money at the time to put down, but she said that's fine.
I have to also go out later and get something for dinner. Maybe Taco's. Last night was sloppy joe night .
Well I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Afternoon,
did not make it into the Diner yesterday - had to settle some legal issues for a friend (and got a little money for that ).
It is hot and humid outside, with a good chance of some nasty thunderboomers over the coming night - not my kind of weather!
Zoe, a tall glass of homemade lemonade, please.
Have a good day!
Good morning all,I spent last night cleaning the floors in the basement train rooms. I have to do the main train room tonight then redo the laundry room one last time. The good thing is I’m finding all those little parts that flew off into oblivion while working on the layout. Still haven’t found anything that was lost to the flood waters, then again this time it was only 2” to 3” of water in the basement.Ray, our City stopped all recycling claiming they couldn’t afford it, I think it should be a law requiring all municipalities to provide some form of recycling to the residents. Heck they are charging me $14/month to pick up my trash you would think they would do recycling. Garry, that is a nice area to live in, my only problem with it is driving through Detroit to get there. Next time I have to drive through on a Friday afternoon I may push on to SR23 head north to Novi then cut across. Sam, congratulations! JP, it’s always hard to lose a pet.
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Here's a few shots of my gas station. I still need to add some detail work (inside and out). I also have to repaint some places.
The one picture is some small branches that fall from a tree in the backyard. I have a couple on the layout, but on the layout they look like that shown in the picture. I do cut off the bulb things, but then it looks like a dead tree. Does anybody have a idea of how to make them look better. Heck its a free tree, and I have a lot of them!!
Good morning. Coffee please. Guess I'll go out to Mom's house again and see what I can get done before work.
Recycling. Yes, we try. Not really very hard, but we try. Our recycler that does our town, at no charge to the individual customer, made it so difficult to recycle we stopped. They kept changing what you could and could not put out. It seemed about half we put out would come back. What they took last week they didn't this week. But would the next. Wouldn't take a certain kind of cardboard one week, no little rings around the milk jugs next week, colored glass, then clear glass. Newspaper and plastic milk jugs, with or without the little plastic rings was about all they took when we stopped. Oh and of course metal and aluminum, with or without labels. It changed so much we couldn't get a straight answer on, other than newspaper and metal cans, what they would take. I varied depending on what they got at the recycler they use. Colored glass was the first to go. They couldn't get enough to even break even. A truck load to St. Louis lost them money. That doesn't mean we don't try to recycle, but, We don't take the newspaper anymore, we buy most vegetables in the frozen state in a bag (the kind they apparently don't recycle). The cans generally do get thrown away. The boxes are the kind that, at last attempt, they will not take. For corrugated cardboard there is a dumpster next to the police station we use for that and the store bags, well, some of them get thrown away yes, but that is because many are repurposed as doggy poop carriers for when Missy seasons the ground on her walks. When the amount gets excessive (unused as a bathroom of course) they get packed back to the Walmart and put in their recycle box so they can remake them into more little puppy poopy picker uppers. So we try, but admittedly are not the most conscious. Buddy of mine recycles almost anything he can. He will drive all over Springfield to deposit something. I'm not that dedicated. I guess I could set the few cans out.
EDIT: Well didn't realize that was THAT long.
Woke up this morning at a little after 3 am. It sounded like the sump pump was going wild and something was wrong. Went downstairs and stood there for a while but all was well. It's picked up speed of course, but it's understandable with the amount of rain we received from the time I went to sleep and the time I woke up. It's slowed down now. I must have been dreaming. But I was awake. Hmmm. While I was up and downstairs anyway, I did some sanding on the streets of Gold Creek and test set the town so far. And of course tried to decide what colors I am going to use for the streets. Concrete, old, like uptown Williamsville. Wait, maybe uptown is asphalt. ????? ALL MY LIFE and I don't know what the streets uptown are paved in OMG!!! I drive/ walk on it EVERY DAY!!! It's ONE BLOCK LONG for crying out loud. We sit up there at the stop sign and count the people who actually come to a complete, or at least close to complete, stop. I don't believe this.!! Oh, I forgot, never mind, yes I do believe it, after all we are talking about me here.
Have a Great Day!!
Robby- Looks Good! I have the same gas station. I'll have to take some pictures of mine. I also tried to put an interior in mine. You are right the window is so big, you almost have to. It was my first attempt at an interior, and I tried to make it look like the Shell station we had here before convenience stores filled the interiors and service bays. We had an old couch and chair (didn't match) from someones house, an old coffee table and a lawn chair. Remember the cigarette machines and vending machines where you had to pull the handle to get what you wanted? Oh, maybe you're too young. Anyway, there was more room in the Shell station than in the model, but that was the feel I was going for. So far all I have is the counter and an outdoor plastic chair.
Robby P. - I see that the service station is looking for help - can I have the job?
It is now three weeks since I had my interview, and still no news. Is that good or bad? Somehow, I don´t feel well about it. The German government is planning to cut down on social expenses. How can we live with even less? At the same time, our state parliament has increased the remuneration package for the representatives. I don´t understand this world anymore.
Sorry, guys, for not having anything positive to post. I even start to get reluctant posting anything. I am not in a good spell at the moment.
Robby P: Good job on the service station. There's an old one in Leesville that looks very much like it. It's a burger joint now. Fatboy's & Skinny's.
Ulrich: Keep your fingers crossed. Something may come up yet. We have Social Security woes here too. No cost of living increases for 2 years or more, cut backs in how much Medicaid/Medicare pays for and we're expected to cover the increasing costs with less and less.
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Good, ah, Afternoon!
Didn't get in here for breakfast so I'll have the hot turkey sandwich and acup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK Mug for lunch.
Todd, recycling is required by State Law in NYS. All too often ignored by the homeowner. Supposedly there are fines for not recycling certain materials, but I have never heard of anyone getting nailed. Kinda like being fined for driving and using your cell phone.......... About 25 years ago Geneva decided to "privatize" waste pick-up. They said it would save the taxpayer $200 a year!!! Wow. So they fired all the empoyees working on trash pick up, sold the trucks, and gave us a list of "authorized" companies for the job. Oh, you could for $10 a quarter put all your garbage in the back of your vehicle and wait in line for a couple hours every Saturday morning at a location downtown and put your trash in to a waiting truck...... (Wonderful way to spend Saturdays). So we hired a company to pick up the trash, ony (at THAT time) $65 a quarter. Lets see... Oh, I remember, it saved me $200 a year in taxes. Hmmmmm. Wonder why my taxes didn't go down THAT year????? Sometimes The math should be done before changing the system. Oh, we also now have trucks from 6 or 7 different trash haulers driving down every street in Geneva every week. They can't figure out why there are more potholes and repaving to do now either.......
Anyway.... recycling is handled by the County Landfill which is operated by Cassella Waste. They have a separation facility at the landfill so we don't even have to separate out different kinds of recyclables. Just put them in the Blue box or next to it and they do the rest. Pickup is done by whatever trash hauler the household has hired. When prices for one kind of item go down, they simply store it at the landfill for when prices are better.
My granddaughter arrived about 9:45 this morning and left not long ago. We got out Thomas, but she is now old enough to really like Grandpa's trains. We spent about half of the time down cellar in the train room. She wasn't happy that I couldn't run trains very far, as the track is torn up at the top of Bare Mountain. So we ran a loco in the new room, and she learned how to set the toggles for the route of the trains.
Have to get going. My hearing aid is in and I have a 1PM appt. to pick it up.
Later!
Hi All!! Nice, 62 degrees,SUNNY,20-35 mph off beach and almost chilly! J.R.(large gray kat) went to sleep in the bay (mrr) and scrunched 2 fishing boats,fat lazy kat but I still love him. Kathys will still in probate and will be for a while,Tosso(laywer) says a while longer. So MRR gets no new stuff for awhile and we(all 4 kats) will live out of the freezer for a few months longer.Luckly all household bills are being paid by Tosso out of will and I get a little from Uncle. Meanwhile I have stuff backed up for more building things, Kathy always said I had more than I needed. Am doing ok so far,sort of lost in this big house. Well its time for my noon meeting and I need to go. Thank Youall for your thoughts. God Bless. chuck ...........Fair Winds and Following Seas..........
Evening guys!
Wow down near the bottom of page one!
I have to post and move us up.
Rained all day and since I over did my back the last 4 days, I pretty much slept all day on muscle relaxers and pain killers.
what a dark yukky day today. Better tomorrow I hope.
Have a great evening guys
Sir MadogThe German government is planning to cut down on social expenses. How can we live with even less? At the same time, our state parliament has increased the remuneration package for the representatives. I don´t understand this world anymore.
Voting for a "Free Market" Economy might help.
Flo, I'll have a white hot with all the trimmings, and sides of potato chips and coleslaw and a Dr. Pepper. I go sit at the rivit counter for a bit.
galaxyRained all day
Yep here too! Cold, wet, damp and icky! High got all the way up to 57°F earlier today. Only good thing is we do need the rain. Sloshed out to the garden and have some squash and beans already popping out of the ground. The transplanted peppers, calliflower, and Broccoli are doing well also.
Just got off the phone with #2 son from Chicago. He is coming home for his niece's 3rd. birthday party this weekend. So I will get to spend a bit of time with him. Sunday is officially Olivia's Birthday but there are parties on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is the family celebration.
Welp! Best get eating supper.
Took the new gas tank put of it's box this morning and put in the fuel tank vent plug and the fuel flow and sending unit assembly. That decided it wanted to be a pain in the rear. The assembly has two (2) indexing tabs on it that are supposed to align with two corresponding notches in the side of the tank. Guess what! Old Murphy must have been around because only one of the tabs lined up properly. The other one was off by just a 16th of an inch. After fighting with it for about thirty minutes I got out the Dremel and fitted it with the diamond cutoff wheel. I then carefully but quickly ground off the 16th of an inch from the tab that was causing the problem. After that the unit dropped in and locked into place just like it was supposed to. After all that putting the lock ring on it was child's play. The tank is of pretty good size and being made of steel is quite heavy, therefore it's quite a job for one person to lift. My nephew and I will fit it into it's place under the van between now and Monday. I just know that if I try tackling it on my own old man Murphy will be there beside me howling with laughter as I juggle the tank, the straps and the tools. Just one more step to getting the old girl road worthy again.
Evening gang -
Todd, Ray, and Lee - Thanks for the kind notes.
Hunter has always lived with my mom and dad ever since I got him. Why? Well, I was still living at home at the time and, as life goes on, I met my ex and every place we rented, we could not have pets. So, when she and I split, I was religated to an apartment and still could not have him. When I bought my house 2yrs ago, there was no way that I could remove him from their house because he had been there for so long and they were very attached. My dad just retired back in December, but when he was working, Hunter very rarely left my mom's side. And that's also through a few years of chemo treatments for mom as well. So, yesterday was very hard on all of us, but especially more so for her. And eventhough I miss my buddy like crazy, I do know deep down inside that he is in much better hands now and that it was the right thing to do.
Evening all.
Haven't been in in a while. Just to catch you guys up a bit...
I decided I'm not going to ask my friend out just yet. I'll probably wait till after summer.--------------------------------------I have a problem. I now have not one, but TWO jobs. Yep, I was told I was hired for the badge checking job too. The problem: both jobs want me to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but I can only work 8 hours a day. Fortunately, the job at the pizza place is also other days as well. I'm going down this weekend, so I'll try and negotiate.--------------------------------------Tomorrow is our last day of classes! Today was our last day of Theology and English (aka Janis or just Jan...) because I don't have those on Fridays (yes, tomorrow is Thursday, but it's a Friday schedule because we don't have school on Friday...And then next week we have exams. I'll have a lot of studying to do... Ugh...
Well, I gotta go. I'll catch ay guys later.
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Good evening, RBF to go...
JP: Sorry I didn't get the opportunity to say this sooner...but our deepest condolences to you. Your tribute got to me...I'll admit it. I had to go give Rerun an extra hug. He too, as near as I can tell, was a "runt," and was the only one to walk over to me. I think I know exactly what happened the first time you looked into those big brown puppy dog eyes... May you find comfort in this difficult time.
Tormorrow, I gotta gotta gotta do some stuff for THAT...this whole week has been shot to Satan's Home with "other duties as assigned" on the home front. NOT a "honey-do" list exactly...just a lot of crap THAT had to be taken care of...
*Grumble grumble grumble*
Yes, I'm STILL in a foul, grumpy, anti-social, fed up with the human race kinda mindset...
A good night to all, and here's hoping for a better tomorrow for all of us.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Decaf coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Been some nice pics posted lately. Keep them coming!
Warm & muggy here with more rain about to hit.
Another long day with no MRRing time.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Cheers! Rob
Zoe, a dark roast coffee in a Northern Rail mug, please, and a breakfast bagel - thank you!
Good Morning,
a wet day with nothing to do. There is not even a HD-list to work down. Ideal for working on a layout, if you have one. All I can do, is wait for something to happen. No news on the job, which is bad, no news on my Mom, which is good.
PC - my belated condolence on the passing of your dog. It is always hard to lose a family member and long-time companion.
Sawyer - I enjoyed very much your recent pictures. As I stated earlier, your model work is very mature and your layout one of the best small layouts I have seen Keep it up, mate!
Talking about recycling, the Germans appear to be the world champions in waste separation and recycling. each household has 3 different bins - one for packaging materials and plastics, one for paper and cardboard and one for "regular" organic waste. Three different companies take care of waste collection, bringing the stuff to the same waste treatment plant, where they dump it in the same storage. This system has added a lot to the cost, but did not decrease the waste, as it was supposed to. A very intelligent solution, indeed!
TTFN
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Ray, we now pay $65 a half for trash removal. Use to be included with our taxes. When I lived in Texas we were charged $25/month for storm drain service. The subdivision I lived in didn’t have any storm drains since we lived on top of a large hill near the river we didn’t need them, but the city charged us the $25 anyway.Chuck, I hope things work out for you.Today: Sunny, with a high near 74. West northwest wind between 8 and 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. North northwest wind around 7 mph.
Morning guys.
Off today to help a friend accomplish a few things, if my back holds out well enough.
Supposed to be cool today but at least not wet.
AmanaMedic Yes, I'm STILL in a foul, grumpy, anti-social, fed up with the human race kinda mindset...
I am often like that, too. Then again I take medication to be sure I'm not like that often...
HAve as great a day as you all can today!