Hey guys, finally made it back.
After I got my computer back, my internet stopped working, so I couldn't get on for a few days. But I'm getting a new computer in the very near future, so that should help!
Here's what's going on on the model railroading front:1. Today was my last day of work. I've been waitering for the past several weeks, so I've been making more money, which means I can finally buy stuff. But today was our last day for the year (we closed at 3), so that'll free up some time (although I'm going to Wildwood next week, and I'm hoping to begin my Eagle Project in October, so there goes my weekends for the next month).2. If I can find time this week, my dad and I can cut the first sheet of plywood. If time allows, maybe we could also run to Lowes and get a second sheet and some foam.3. Thursday night, I placed an order for some stuff from Island Model Works (FINALLY!). I bought a PL42AC shell (to go with the drive I'm getting for Christmas), PL42AC decals, and 3 sets of Comet V decals (don't have the shells yet, though). I went big on the decals because their license expires in a few weeks, and IMW will not be renewing it, so it is the last chance. Don't know when the stuff will come; depends on if Joe has any of the PL42 shells cast already (it's a small company, so most of his castings are done as needed).
4. Next up will be roadbed and track. I will need a lot, so I will have to buy a bit at a time. My IMW order cost about a hundred bucks, and I'm hoping to attend the Mass Transit Modelers show in October, so the first order of track will have to be small. If I can get enough to get the main loop up and running, I'll be happy.
Well, I've gotta do homework, so I'll catch you guys later!
EDIT: Dang, I just came in for a few minutes, and I get TOP! Well, there goes the money I just made...
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Ken,
Try BreatheRite strips for the snoring; my wife made me do it a few years back and they did substantially reduce the snores. Should help. Snoring can also be a symptom of sleep apnea, sleep study needed to confirm. Then a CPAP or BiPAP may be needed. The downside is that these machines don't generate enough air pressure to power an airbrush. Gary
cudaken Jeffery How many miles on you Mopar Beast and how many miles between using a quart of oil? I think I PM you this before but I swear by Slick 50, Mobile One oil and Restore. When I pulled my 69 Charger R/T out of the scrap yard it had 125,000 miles on it. It's Big Block had what I called the death rattles. Took it over to Mid America Mopar for a buddy of mine to look at. Rich and I talked about the car and it was time for a fresh 440. Took her home, did a oil change with Mobile 1 and a quart of Slick 50 and start driving it. After 400 miles it had used a quart of oil, so I added a quart of Restore (Hot Rod had just did a article on it in a 360 Dodge Little Red Wagon) Oil use went from 400 miles a quart to 1100 miles, not bad. I all so saw a small power increase.
Jeffery How many miles on you Mopar Beast and how many miles between using a quart of oil? I think I PM you this before but I swear by Slick 50, Mobile One oil and Restore.
When I pulled my 69 Charger R/T out of the scrap yard it had 125,000 miles on it. It's Big Block had what I called the death rattles. Took it over to Mid America Mopar for a buddy of mine to look at. Rich and I talked about the car and it was time for a fresh 440. Took her home, did a oil change with Mobile 1 and a quart of Slick 50 and start driving it. After 400 miles it had used a quart of oil, so I added a quart of Restore (Hot Rod had just did a article on it in a 360 Dodge Little Red Wagon) Oil use went from 400 miles a quart to 1100 miles, not bad. I all so saw a small power increase.
GMTRacing Jeff - none of the consumer oils have ZDDP (the actual zinc additive) anymore. The Feds put a stop to it as it can clog converters.
Jeff - none of the consumer oils have ZDDP (the actual zinc additive) anymore. The Feds put a stop to it as it can clog converters.
Cederstrandsounds like what I did with my old Dodge Sportmans van, which took me to many a mountainous location for my art. Don't recall the mileage now, but it was well over 200,000 when I finally abandoned it in my parents driveway many years ago. Think it's still there collecting moss to this day...oops! (I aught to treat our pickup truck to that soon)
Lee: Nice haul there.
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Sleep studies. Doc wanted me to do one as it also impacts high blood pressure (negatively). CFO did the study and got the aqualung which in the long run didn't do much good (especially the mask thingy). I think the bandaids are a better idea. J.R.
Evenin' folks!
Flo, just a decaf for me. Still stuffed from the picnic. There are some great cooks in the old crowd.... Of two of them taught cooking at the Middle School ans all the rest of us are pretty good as well. We are all looking a few years older than the last time we got together which was at my house.
The technology teacher whose house it was at came out to greet me, looked at my little Yaris and said, "I like it? What is it?" When I went to leave he said, "Stop!", ran behind the car and made big winding motions. Then said in a loud voice, "There it is all wound up for you." He is also thinking of getting a model railroad going in the basement of his house. Plenty of room for it. He has a son who lives at home who has schizophrenia who is doing pretty well at the moment who also loves railroads so it could be a great family passtime for them. I had a good chat with the son about model railroading. I invited both down to see the layout some time.
Tomorrow is Docent duty at the museum, and I am completely tukered out.... Think I will turn in a bit early and see if it helps.
Have a great night! Prayers for all in need......
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Weighmaster Ken, Try BreatheRite strips for the snoring; my wife made me do it a few years back and they did substantially reduce the snores. Should help. Snoring can also be a symptom of sleep apnea, sleep study needed to confirm. Then a CPAP or BiPAP may be needed. The downside is that these machines don't generate enough air pressure to power an airbrush. Gary
Oh boy, sleep.
My mom is a sleep tech, so I hear about this stuff all the time. One time she told me that she had to dial a guy all the way up to number 40, (Almost redlining the pump, Probably not to 2PSI) and the dude was still having apneas and o2 levels in his blood was dropping. Wound up sending that guy to the hospital. Kinda amazing what a sleep study can find.
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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!
Hello folks!
Whew! I finally got caught up after not being around a while. Seems lately that most of the time I'm not feeling up to much of anything...lack of energy and inability to get comfortable
On the model railroad front, I'm still waiting to hear from the LHS on the DCC decoder installs.
As of about a week ago, I'd gotten pretty far along on the pre-wiring of the underside of my cut down HCD...but then it happened. One day I was in the kitchen, and I heard my wife rummaging around in my room. When I asked what she was up to, "Oh, nothing much". I thought she was probably moving a night stand, as I had requested to make way for setting up the layout in the room. Hours later, when I finally went back to the room, she had arranged things differently than I had requested. Oh well....the end result was the same...the place to put the layout where I had planned...but there was something about it. Around 5:00am the following morning it hit me...with very little work, I'd have a much better spot for the layout along another wall. When I started to explain the proposed change in layout space to my wife...halfway the the first sentence of explanation, she finished what I was going to say, then added "I figured that out a while back" . From that idea, things started to snowball. First a complete redesign of the folding layout base...which led to redesigning the control panel from a free standing cart to a drawer arrangement ...which led to the need to reconfigure most of the wiring I'd already done. One step forward, and two back
Have a good one, all.
Reality...an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning.
Hundreds of years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that my ruins become a tourist attraction.
"Oooh...ahhhh...that's how this all starts...but then there's running...and screaming..."
Tall glass of lemon water, please.
Got two traffic lights in. Also did some foam work along the side of wife's layout. Plus, made a "Better Call Saul" billboard, for those of you familiar with the show Breaking Bad.
As for CPAP & Bipap machines, after using both, I quit using them. The Bipap about sent me to the ER after only 1 use. I still curse the woman who set it so high. I'll just let nature take it's course and battle back where I can.
Have a good night y'all.
Rob
All night long here in Maryville IL. Started around 12:00 AM and still going strong.
Flo, I will have a BLT and a glass of Dew please.
Weighmaster: Ken, Try BreatheRite strips for the snoring; my wife made me do it a few years back and they did substantially reduce the snores. Should help. Snoring can also be a symptom of sleep apnea, sleep study needed to confirm. Then a CPAP or BiPAP may be needed. The downside is that these machines don't generate enough air pressure to power an airbrush. Gary
Gary I have used them in the past. It help's for a while, but I cannot get them to stick all night. I have wash and then wipe down my nose with alcohol and still won't stick all night.
Far as the sleep study, did that. The Sleep center I went to had the worst mattress I have seen, and I have seen a lot of them working at Mattress Giant for 4 years. The one I got stuck on made are hardest Mattress seem soft. I tossed and turned all night. They said I was in Rim 4 Sleep for 10 minutes for the entire night! My wife is pretty sure I have Apenea, she says there times I stop breathing.
Beside, even if I did stop , I would still have to deal with her watching Stupid TV Shows while I am trying to fall a sleep.
Inter Mountain Guess that will be my train room project today. There are just way to many parts! I bet this one hopper has more small parts than 25 Athearn Blue Box cars!
See you all for lunch.
Ken
I hate Rust
Gooood morning. Nice and sunny for the next few days!!
Not much planned for me today. Watch the Steelers vs. Titans, and order some cars for the show. Sounds like a busy day huh???
I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning
Welb--I got to get ready for another day of staying home and being on-call for another 48 hours---yay
I think I'll actually try to get some RR stuff done while waiting for the cell to ring--
Anyhoooo--have yourselves a good day people--
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Morning guys
Cederstrand As for CPAP & Bipap machines, after using both, I quit using them. The Bipap about sent me to the ER after only 1 use. I still curse the woman who set it so high. I'll just let nature take it's course and battle back where I can. Rob
Oh, sorry your experience was so bitter. I have never had a BiPAP so I don't know the difference between it and MY CPAP. I now cannot even fall alseep on the couch in front of the TV as I don't have my CPAP on and I start to snore right away and jerk awake {snore myself awake} in front of the TV. I have an O2 feed into the CPAP and I don't necessarily always get a good night sleep, but I wake up with far fewer migraines from low O2 levels overnight. I love my CPAP and O2 machines. I definitely can't sleep without them now. It took me about 3 months to get used to all the air the CPAP was pumping out at me and my nose...felt like a dog with head sticking out of a window going 55, but I adjusted to it easily little by little.
A lazy day for me. Other half has to work. All I have to do is run vaccuum. Pulled a muscle in my right arm, and in my rgiht shoulder blade, so very sore and tender.
Also it that time of month when I don;t sleep well, and has nothing to do with teh CPAP. Certain Moon phases and I have trouble, so maybe today I can catch up on sleep with the two putz {cats} in bed.
TTYA'LLL8R
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Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning! Williamsville Fall Festival was a huge success! The start of something again is hoped. Many people and vendors have expressed the desire to come again next year and some vendors have asked to reserve a spot now. The Model Railroad display was an O scale series of loops and a few switches on plain flat bench work. They had several trains running at once and was kinda neat but not very interesting really. The 1949 2-6-2blasting around the track was kinda neat. Still ran pretty darn good.. They also had an old box car with a cowboy and an outlaw popping out alternately from the ice hatches as if they were in a gun fight. Kinda neat too. The kids liked that. Well, Church in the park at 1000 so I best get going. Brenda has already left because they need the PA system we put in the Beauty shop because of the rain that came up last night. Cut the festivities by about an hour, but things were pretty much wrapped up by then so it really didn’t cause any harm. Now, they need it and can’t get hold of the girl that owns the place to get the system. I guess when she (Brenda) said put the PA in the village hall, instead of saying "Nah, it’s closer here and we can get it from her", they should have taken it to the village hall. Gotta go… Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good Morning! Williamsville Fall Festival was a huge success! The start of something again is hoped. Many people and vendors have expressed the desire to come again next year and some vendors have asked to reserve a spot now.
The Model Railroad display was an O scale series of loops and a few switches on plain flat bench work. They had several trains running at once and was kinda neat but not very interesting really. The 1949 2-6-2blasting around the track was kinda neat. Still ran pretty darn good.. They also had an old box car with a cowboy and an outlaw popping out alternately from the ice hatches as if they were in a gun fight. Kinda neat too. The kids liked that.
Well, Church in the park at 1000 so I best get going. Brenda has already left because they need the PA system we put in the Beauty shop because of the rain that came up last night. Cut the festivities by about an hour, but things were pretty much wrapped up by then so it really didn’t cause any harm. Now, they need it and can’t get hold of the girl that owns the place to get the system. I guess when she (Brenda) said put the PA in the village hall, instead of saying "Nah, it’s closer here and we can get it from her", they should have taken it to the village hall.
Gotta go…
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good early afternoon Diners:
Zandoz:
From that idea, things started to snowball. First a complete redesign of the folding layout base...which led to redesigning the control panel from a free standing cart to a drawer arrangement ...which led to the need to reconfigure most of the wiring I'd already done. One step forward, and two back
Ken:
Todd:
They also had an old box car with a cowboy and an outlaw popping out alternately from the ice hatches as if they were in a gun fight.
Small chance of mrr for most of the rest of the day - may get to run a train, or work on figuring why my Kato RDC won't run now I've re-assembled it. (Had to clean out grit - how did that get there?-from the gears of the front truck. (It didn't look like ballast from any section of the layout that RDC runs on ) Anyhow, I took the opportunity of disassembly to route the lighting wires below the interior detail, and now there doesn't seem to be continuity between the wheels and the decoder.....repeat after me "MODEL RAILROADING IS FUN"
TTFN
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Been up and around since 5:30 this morning. The laundry is halfway done and I've been out to check my fire watch area. After the laundry is dry I'll be able to take it easy for a while.
Hello everybody .
I'll have coffee and a blueberry muffin.
Zan ... Glad there is agreement on the layout's right-of-way.
Todd ... Sounds like a great festival.
Ray .... Sounds like you ahd plenty to eat at the picnic.
Der John ... Layout progress looks great!
Ken ... Rain? It's warm and dry here.
Galaxy ... What did you say about tiping? Dislexic? My tipng steenks.. .I kant spel eether...
Bill T ... Congrat on your ability to post here this morning. Must not have bee na late night with teh Hehi "friends".
On the layout, I'm building a powerhouse. Soon, there will be another coal receiving customer.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Yep.Garry it was raining big time.
Flo, Dew to go please.
Well, got half the hallway clear out, found a easier way to get the track strips up.Three Foot Pry Bar did the trick.
Went to lay the first section of Luna down. Told the guy at Lowe's I need it 36" wide or a tad narrower. It is 38" WIDE! And I can't cut straight if my life deepened on it. Plus find the room to cut a 8 foot section is going to be a challenge as well.
Inter Mountain Kit Got the couplers, trucks and brake gear on it. The Athearn trucks will hold the PK 36" wheels and with 148 Kadees coupler height worked out pretty good. Now trying to figure out how the walkway supports go on.
Afternoon All...Its sunny and warm here...I'll have Iced Tea please...Thank you...Havn't been in for awhile..I keep plugging along on I&S..Stripped paint on a couple of engines this week...right now I'm watching Cards game on TV..Benn having trouble with my feet and leg swelling so hav'ta spend alot of time with my feet up...You all have a great Sunday afternoon..Jerry
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy ... What did you say about tiping? Dislexic? My tipng steenks.. .I kant spel eether...
Yes,... Dyslexic typing. I type a word the way it seems to me in the mixed up order that it seems to me. The word "the" usually comes out "teh" as that is the way I see the word, and my fingers only type the words as I see them. And "e" and "h" usually are backwards to me so "they" often comes out "tehy" , "there" comes out "tehre" as well. I have to correct or recorrect words or I miss them based on teh fact that it "looks right to my eyes" but to the rest of the world it is incorrect.
I do make common {or maybe not so common} spelling mistakes and do make some typing errors as well as anybody. I put the "dyslexic disclaimer" in my signature as I got tired of trying to always correct words that appear to others as incorrect, but appear "ok" or "correct" to me, and having ohters point it out to me all the time. Even proofreading is a chore...as the word looks correct to me, so I often don't catch the words wehn I proofread. I am not the only one with this problem.
While it may have been tongue-in-cheek, thank you for pointing it out to everyone who already didn't notice.
{BTW, my ohter half is so dyslexic that entire sentences are read backwards and out of order when reading out loud.}
Hey guys,
Got in from pressure washing the patio. I do have a question about the motor on it though (it's a Briggs and Straton). It starts and runs fine, but it's almost impossible to shut off. Normally the throttle lever shuts it off, but now it only runs really slow when it should be off. As a result, I have to disconnect the spark plug to shut it off. Kind of fun when it's wet (I was smarter this time and had it on the side that stays dry)
Ken, It's not too late to take it back and see if they can cut it down to the size you need with the big miter saw-like tool they have? (mine has one of them)
High-mileage cars: All the talk of some of the diner's patrons cars wearing out around the 200K mile mark has me a bit bugged. My car has 180K, and one of the previous owners used straight water instead on an antifreeze/water mix (rust inside radiator, thermostat, heater hoses, and whereever else anti freeze goes). The transmission is fairly new (last owner replaced it at around 150K, I bought the car at 160K), the clutch, brakes, springs, and shocks have less than 10K on them. Wonder how much longer the motor will last before it starts acting up? (2.3L I4).
I intend to replace the engine later anyways (might try to buy my fathers 351W; just have to figure out what kind of manual transmission could handle it and would fit in my car); but while I'm still going to college and working full time; sticking with it might be a better idea.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
galaxyDyslexic typing. I type a word the way it seems to me in the mixed up order that it seems to me. The word "the" usually comes out "teh" as that is the way I see the word, and my fingers only type the words as I see them. And "e" and "h" usually are backwards to me so "they" often comes out "tehy" , "there" comes out "tehre" as well. I have to correct or recorrect words or I miss them based on teh fact that it "looks right to my eyes" but to the rest of the world it is incorrect. I do make common {or maybe not so common} spelling mistakes and do make some typing errors as well as anybody. I put the "dyslexic disclaimer" in my signature as I got tired of trying to always correct words that appear to others as incorrect, but appear "ok" or "correct" to me, and having ohters point it out to me all the time. Even proofreading is a chore...as the word looks correct to me, so I often don't catch the words wehn I proofread. I am not the only one with this problem. While it may have been tongue-in-cheek, thank you for pointing it out to everyone who already didn't notice. {BTW, my ohter half is so dyslexic that entire sentences are read backwards and out of order when reading out loud.}
Galaxy, have you tried spell check? Reason I ask I am all so some what Dyslexic and spell check has helped me a lot. In fact when I was heavily into a Mopar site a friend started a running gag about selling Cuda Ken Decoder Rings! I started using spell check and made a game of it to see if I could get through a post with out miss spelling. My spelling still sucks, but way better than it was 12 years ago when I first went on line!
Flo, Big Pitcher of and a frosted Mono Mug, in fact the is on me for the gang!
Talk about a wasted Day!
Packer I did think about taking the Luna back, and in hind sight it would have saved me 2 hours! I did cut the Luna, and I said it was not straight but close. Laid it in the hallway and one section was just a little to wide. Be a dumb$1***$2I tried to force it into places! Front and rear fit fine, but not the center, it was to wide. Plus it was stuck and I could not reach it. After trying to get the Luna up for 15 minutes it finally ripped in half!
Front section after I got it squared back up (had to cut off 8 inches) using a Jig Saw and a Air File (auto body tool) I only got a 3 X 3 foot section down. This took me around 2.5 hours and maybe more!
Next foreseen problem? Hallway is 35 and 7/8ths inches wide, Tile are 18 X 18 inches. See a problem coming? I do! Guess I will back cut into the dry wall so I won't have to cut around 24 sections of tile so they will fit. Here i thought the Hallway was going to be a slam dunk!
Train Front Other than I have no walk around throttle and only 1amp power the trains are running very nicely with the E-Z Command. Getting ready to work some more on the Inter Mountain Cylindrical Grain Car under body details and the upper hatches.
Does anyone here at the dinner have a picture they could post of the above Grain Car? I am unclear on how the walkway supports go on.
Time for more NCIS and working on the Grain Car.
See you all for Breakfast
I'll be in the back booth enjoying the Ken got for me.
cudaken Galaxy, have you tried spell check? Reason I ask I am all so some what Dyslexic and spell check has helped me a lot. In fact when I was heavily into a Mopar site a friend started a running gag about selling Cuda Ken Decoder Rings! I started using spell check and made a game of it to see if I could get through a post with out miss spelling. My spelling still sucks, but way better than it was 12 years ago when I first went on line! Ken
Ken, The spell check here on this forum does not work for me. Unless I type all responses into MS Word first, then transfer to here, I don't get the spell check option. Then, often when I try to transfer, it doesn't come out here the way it did in MS Word. SO I kinda loose out both ways. I have to rely on good old proofreading and hope I catch the backwards words. Other forums I am on with spell checkers, the spell checkers there work, it's just here that the spell check doesn't work. The other problem is that when I do the proofread, the word can still look correct to me, but be worng for those who aren't me.
So I adopted the disclaimer in my signature so others who catch {and laugh?} at my misgivings would know that I'm not just an idiot, but an idiot with a problem. I learned to "get over it".
It's more how my brain is wired as I obviously type what my brain perceives to be correct. ANd obviously my fingers are hard wired to my brain.
The thing is, I AM a good speller...IF someone asks me how to spell a word and IF I don't have to look at the word or type it!
I like the "cuda ken decoder" idea. MAybe I should publish "Galaxy's guide to teh word world according to teh stars in Galaxy's Galaxy" or something!
There is a "joke email" that floats around sometimes that has a whole paragraph of misspelled words in it to show that at least one out of two people can really read mixed-up, misspelled, mistyped owrds and actually comprehend the paragraph. It starts off something like this:
"If yuo cna raed this, yuo aer oen of fifty precnet woh cna raed meessd up wodrs in teh corerct order". Oddly, I am one {and so is my other half} who can read it and understand it correctly.
Thanks to those like Jeffrey W. who recognize the issue and don't chastize me for it. For me, it gets worse as I get older....
jeffrey-wimberly ...I recognized it for what it was the first time I saw it as I also have dyslexia. I had always had problems with it to a certain extent but it kicked into high gear about the time I was 14...
...I recognized it for what it was the first time I saw it as I also have dyslexia. I had always had problems with it to a certain extent but it kicked into high gear about the time I was 14...
Flo just a decaf and a hot fudge Sundae for me please. I'll go sit at the Rivet Counter for a bit.
Had a good day out at the museum playing Docent today. Not a huge crowd, but good. We had a lot of first timers out there. Many had only recently heard of the museums and were wowed by what they saw. Near the end of the day we had a Father and 3 young boys who stopped in and asked about where to go to get the tickets for the train ride. They were not aware that there are 2 museums that work together for the rides. Since it was about an hour before closing, I suggested they come back another day and go through the NYMT Museum for the whole experience, but told them were free to look around at our end. I mentioned them to one of the car hosts when they came back down for the last bunch of people to be taken up to Midway Station for transfer to the Trolley. He said, is that the guy with the 3 little boys? I said yes, and he wanted to know where they were now. He caught up to them as they were getting in their car to leave. He offered them a "free" ride up to midway and back on his caboose. You never saw 4 happier guys in your life! The grins when they came back down with just the crew would light up a dark room! They will be back!
Galaxy, funny the dyslexia subject should come up here today. Out at the museum there is a young man who is a recent graduate from RIT who is deaf. We got taking among a group of members about handicaps. Both the other kid and I agreed that some handicaps elicit a helpful response. We have a number of regulars who visit almost every week who are developmentally disabled. They are always treated with respect and genuine care from everyone at the museum. Anyone who has vision problem is always assisted without batting an eye! However those of us who are deaf and have to ask more than once what someone said most often get a deep breath and rolling eyes. In the same vane, dyslexia is usually sluffed off as being "dumb" and/or lazy.... I have been trained in working with students who have the problem and have had the sessions where I have been asked to read garbled text with a "teacher" standing over me telling me to "think harder!" or hurry up and then roll the eyes and sigh.... My heart goes out to all of you who have had to experience THAT kind of treatment. If nothing else, going deaf has made me much more in tune with those of you who have these type of disabilities. BTW. the first student who was ever "Officially" diagnosed with dyslexia in Geneva was already graduated (in the top 1/4 of her class) before I came to work in Geneva. At the time I had the training, she had just completed her Masters Degree Magnum Cum Laud, and has now earned her PHD and is a college professor. The disability has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence or ability to succeed when proper help is given. Just my
Hope all of you have a great evening!
Well I be the last one to pick on someone with trouble spelling. You might try Fire Fox, it spell check seems to work well on the site. Once I was helped with turning it on (folks here) it work's like words spell check. Red line comes on under the missed spelled word.
But regardless I enjoy your post and can read it just fine, just have to click the Cuda Ken Decoder Ring over one notch.
Jeffery enjoy the Beer and looking forward to seeing some more layout pictures.
Flo, keep the kegs on and I will pick up the tap when I come back for Breakfast.
Got the lower hatches, the lower piping and one of the cover hatches on the hopper. Boy the upper hatch hinges are small!
Good Evening All,
Productive day at home. Got the chores done, finished the shelving and staining and fit the stereo components to same. Most of the stuff I cleaned and repaired is ok but I'll need a new CDRW machine as I can't get it to work. I also need to replace the speaker clips on the receiver as two don't work. Little by little I'm getting closer to the next layout. CUL, J.R.
Good Sunday evening folks: turned out to be a rain day - that saved some time since I couldn't go for an after lunch walk. Then the people I was supposed to go into the Harbour to see came here instead - so a journey was saved - the meeting went on forever - cancelled out the time saved not walking.
However, I was able to get at the RDC fixed. Three stage fix. Stages one and two visible here. In order to hide the lighting wires under the interior detail insert (cream plastic slab with contact strips and light boards - underside showing in the photo) the wires to the rear light board had to be lengthened by less than ¼ " (Light board on the left, the black shrink wrap shields the joins). And to fix the loss of continuity issue, the decoder needed to be hard wired to the motor (Orange and grey wires) Diagnosing THAT involved using my home-grown decoder tester to see that the decoder was still working on the one hand, and that the motor wasn't fried on the other.
The third stage was necessary because once back together and running, the car kept baulking at turnouts. Turned out that the re-positioned lighting wires were fouling the contact pins from the trucks to the electrical strip to the decoder, binding the truck from free swivel. Taping the wires in place to the bottom of the interior detail insert solved that, and I've just brought it back into the East Sydney station, completing the run it was on when the grit-in-the-gears problem arose. So, all in all not bad for a day when I didn't expect to do any mrr!
Jerry: Great to see you back again. Take care of those feet! Pics of the new paint jobs? What stripper do you favour. (well, OK I guess you don't - what stripper do you favor?)
Rob: Check your "Conversations"
Ken: I can confirm that Firefox enable Spell Check in the Forum (unless it's a feature of the New Format anyway)
Galaxy: I'm getting this spacing between paragraphs by hitting Enter twice rather than once.
I have a pasture to scenic sometime, so was interested to see the article on doing that in the Sept. MR. IMHO, a complex and expensive solution - but I guess he's working in HO, and the static grass effect may be more impressive. I think I'll stick to my original plan of ground foam on the basic sawdust/white glue field that's there now. This photo was taken while I was fixing a turnout motor some time ago. I shall check out the fence wire stuff he used - an elastic thread painted up for rusty galvanized wire. I'm wondering if it comes thin enough not to look clunky in N. If not, it's back to Plan A - my granddaughter's hair glued to posts and painted. I have a stash of that she helpfully provided before she went Goth put away somewhere.
All this talk of fences gives me the urge to look at the fence needed at F&F Fabricators. The whole industry has to be removable, in order to get at the tracks behind it. I think I'll mount the fence on the edges of a plastic sheet that will form the paving outside the factory building as well as the floor of the first arch and have the storage racks in that arch built onto it. The piece will be an insert - the first thing removed when moving the scene.
So, I'll have a medium JR Regular to go please Chloe. Nothing to eat thanks, I'm running a bit high on blood sugar after supper - underestimated the power of a cinnamon bagel!
TTFN.
Hey guys. It's getting late, so I can't stay and talk. However, I will leave you guys with this:
Night!