Hey Flo, BLT and a Dew to go. Give me a bag of chips as well.
Been working on the floor and I am now to the hallway. Time to start cutting carpet, hope a box cutter does the trick.
See you all for dinner.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning...
I'll also have coffee and donut in the corner booth. Today, it's good the corner booth is so large.
Todd, we're in the same storm system. Lot's of thunder and lightning here for a while. It's calm now, though.
On the non-mrr front, I'm treasurer of a non-profit organization. Even non-profits have reporting requirements to the government. I don't get paid, but I bet those bureaucrats do.
I just posted in wpf.
Is Ulrich missing today? Where's Keith? Jerry? Bama? Ryan? Duke? Dick? PC? several others?
DId Hurican Earl affect Der John?
Jim CG ... I suspect you have rain this morning.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I see you fired up the stove this morning... I'll have the #2 special, eggs over easy, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sourdough toast to go along with the dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug. Oh, and bring over the jar of strawberry preserves. (looks at counter) What's this? Cap't Crunch with Crunchberries? I haven't seen a box of those in years. I used to love Cap't Crunch cereals. Hey! The box is empty! Huh? Oh, Chris ate the whole box at one sitting? THAT would explain why he is passed out in the back in the same booth with Todd and Duke. The Three Amigos do make a lot of noise cutting wood don't they?
Ccccccoooollllldd here in the Finger Lakes this morning. Was 57°F outside this morning when I got up. The high will maybe get up to 65°F later this afternoon. Damp and drizzly out there as well.
This morning I will be w*rking on transferring the MLK Bank account to a different financial institution.... After THAT, I may get to look over some of the SS LTD kits I got delivered yesterday. I fully intend to actually go hide downstairs in the trainroom for a good part of the day!!!
Rob, I too thought of the alternator going bad. Had it happen a few times.
Galaxy, glad you are felling better today! Probably the Cod you had yesterday was good for you......... (Ducks flying objects and runs to the door...)
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ken, I was wondering if the motor was wobbling when running and not a bearing, you could always pick up a replacement motor for it.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. It's 75 and partly cloudy. The high will be 94 and you guessed it, partly cloudy.Not sure what I'll be doing today. Likely to be whatever comes up. Had another bad night last night. Didn't get much sleep so I'm not feeling at all good this morning.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Morning guys
Coffee please
The new heater really heats up the bathroom quickly compared to the old one, of course then again it's not 5* outside with a draft blowing everywhere.
Got to go to the dentist yet again today. I should be able to get and wear home my new partial plate today if it fits like the wax mock up did. It will then have to sit for a week in mouthwash while the acrylic chemical "taste" leaches out of it so it is palatable for me to wear without wanting to vomit. It stinks when it comes out of its sealed package and as I told the hygentist one day "it tastes like it smells" and she said "eeww!" I said yes it does. SOme may be able to handle the taste but I cannot. The wax mock up I could easily tell fit far better than my old one does and isn't loose like the old one so maybe it won't come out of my mouth when I laugh out loud, LOL.
Then it's off to the grocery store for some Certified Angus beef at $1.99 a lb, your choice of 3 kinds of cuts! That's cheaper than hamburger! Walmart can't beat that price, and their selection is not as nice as the grocery store's anyway.
Robby P. I guess I can forgive you for defacing a Chessie car as you do do weathering so well. I will let you off easy this time, besides I wouldn't want to get in trouble for picking a fight with someone on the forum and be suspended from it's use!
My cold sems to be getting better which is good news. Still have a bit of chest congestion but cough suppressant cough syrup seems to help with that.
Well, off and running to get my day started
HAve a great day
TTY'ALLL8R
-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.
Mourning Madison IND!
Flow, I feel like eating, how about 4 scrambled eggs, hash browns crispy, bacon, toast and a big Dew in a Monon Glass!
Rob What year and make is the Pick Up?
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Battery drained fast, but would recharge fine. Sound like a dead Starter to you guys???
Rob
I don't understand this part of your question. So was the battery dead, and you put a charger on it and it started or did not start?
Few things I would check or could be.
1 Make sure cables are clean and tight.
2 Try starting it in neutral if it is a Auto. Could be a bad neutral safety switch.
3 If GM say in the late 80's to 90's, if you have a extra key try starting it with the other key. GM installed chips on there keys so the vehicles could not be hot wired. I have seen more than one bad key.
4 Try jumping the starter relay from under the hood. All so make sure the wires are clean and tight.
5 Check the wires at the starter as well.
6 Try wracking the starter with a hammer. If it starts, it is time for a new starter. If it doesn't start, still might be time for a new starter.
Wish I could be of more help.
LSWrr Not sure what you mean about the motor being lose. Do you mean shaft play up and down, back and forth? Motor is a modern style Athearn RTR motor. Wit me being able to see the brushes I don't know if it would be called a can motor.
Sawyer Yes, I did spot you new Mopar Logo.
Floor Wars Sure glad I had not laid any tile yet. Seems my wife has changed her mind again. Carpet need's to be replaced in the hallway. I asked her if I could use the tile, she said no, she wanted carpet. While I was fighting with them about the Law Mower she was back in flooring. When I found her she was talking with a young lady that worked there. For some reason when another woman suggested tile it sounded like a good idea. When I suggested it, it was stupid and would look cheap?
Reason I am glad I had not started, more than likely the tile in the hallway would lined up with the kitchen. Other reason I waited, I want to make sure the Luna did not start squeaking. One section where the concrete patch is has a small one. I will fix that today.
See you all at lunch.
Good Morning. Coffee and a donut. I thought Hermie would be here by now. Just drizzle/misting right now. Real tired last night and didn't get up til 7am this morn. Hope I didn't bother anybody with my snoring. I have a real full plate today. Luckily first comitment starts at 10 so, I can change the oil in the truck first.
Speaking of trucks, Rob, is it in park or neutral? Not insulting your intelligence, but you'd be surprised. A few times I've had to go out to a dead car to wiggle the selector. It's not that the lever is in something other than P or N, it usually is, but that sometimes they just don't set the way they need too to catch the switch. Do the lights dim at all when the key is turned? Since the lights don't dim, it does sound like the solenoid to me, but is essentially a starter anymore (EDIT: Depending on what you have of course). Could be the realay as well. BUT! Check the terminals at the battery for cleanliness, tightness and a good connection first. 12v will jump no gap. (Unless you don't want it too. again,). But, should at least click, if the lights stay lit, though in my experience, don't go solely on "shoulds" and "shouldn't's" See if it's got one of them big fuses may be blown. There was some vehicle, and I can't remember what it was, that if something wasn't, off, closed, told it was loved....something, and it wouldn't let the starter engage. Can't remember now. If I think of it and you haven't got the truck fixed, I'll pop in and say it.
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.
Cederstrand Pickup died today in our driveway, right after a hay run. When I went out to drive it to the barn, dashboard lights & beeeeeep came on as usual, but not so much as a click from the engine or starter. Battery drained fast, but would recharge fine. Sound like a dead Starter to you guys??? Rob
Pickup died today in our driveway, right after a hay run. When I went out to drive it to the barn, dashboard lights & beeeeeep came on as usual, but not so much as a click from the engine or starter. Battery drained fast, but would recharge fine. Sound like a dead Starter to you guys???
Good cool morning.
I hope to get some more of the hopper done today. Maybe have it finished by tomorrow.
Galaxy.......I'm sorry, but......I have to do what I have to do .
I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning Folks!
Cup of coffee please!
Scroll saw should be here today, I also order a new shop-vac, but it's saying it won't be here till Oct 9th, I am thinking I need to cancel that order.
Hope everyone has a great day.
Steven
Good Morning, Rob, sounds like an alternator died; I just went through all that “stuff” this spring. The alternator died first causing me to completely drain the batteries. Batteries drained down so much I had to replace one. Then about 3 months later the starter died. It was a very expensive spring. I would take the alternator to a shop where they test them for free and see if that’s the root problem since a bad regulator in the alternator can basically ruin a good day. If you were running it all day and the battery was dead that tells me the engine was running off the battery not the alternator. Ken; is the motor loose? Is this a can motor in the locomotive?
Lee
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hmmmmmmmm, seems TODD has done gone unconscious. Anybody wanna help me move him to the back? No?
VINCENT: Yup, I dug out the "CNW Freight Car Roster and Pictoral, Freight Cars Journal Monograph #14" by freight car guru David Casdorph. THAT number do belong to a batch 'o boxcars built by Berwick for "paper products." I read somewhere THAT the herald plates didn't last very long. The various forces exerted on them by the cars rolling down the track often caused the welds to break, and the large metal plates to fall off... Naturally, I never found any in my times along the ROW...
Having seen THAT the cars are for "paper products," I'm still assigning mine to Quaker Oats, guess they'll be bringing in pallets of cereal boxes, ready for Cap'n Crunch to fill with his Cedar Rapids made CrunchBerries. One easy "fix" to make a boxcar look closer to the prototype is hacking off parts of the side sill to match. The Branchline kit wasn't too bad...lots of little "bits," but no worse than the Athearn PS boxcar kits. TheBay seems to have a bunch of 'em.
I know I've got some "foobies" on the shelves. Most of the Athearn grain hoppers have either been chopped into CNW converted cement hoppers, or repainted to IC orange for the CCP (waiting to get decals). A couple of others are waiting for replacements by Intermountain to be built/painted/decaled, then they too will either get chopped or repainted.
Overall, I just try to get something THAT "looks right." But again, what "looks right" to me, and what "looks right" to you...may be two different things. To each his own, be governed accordingly...
Hey Flo? Now I've got a hankerin' for some CrunchBerries... got any? I'll be at the Rivet Counter. I'm still waiting on a coach to make good on his promise to have stats from tonight's last night's volleyball match posted to Iowa Quik Stats. I can't write my article without them.
Wanna know who lies more than a politician? A HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS COACH.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
(yawn) Good evening It's late and I'm tired. I think I'll just have.....
Rob, Sounds like a starter to me. The one in my car went bad not to long ago, it wasn't kicking the gear out so it was just spinning.
Chris, My car is has a number of 156187 (Technically a rail runner car) My car is a closer match to the 2nd car pictured. right number of ribs on the side, stirrups, and doors. Just the end ribs, lettering and logo placement (not on a plate) are off. This one is as close as I've gotten to the car in question:http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=410956
IMO, the athearn railbox boxcar is kind of inbetween those 2 you posted. Might leave it for a while. When I did more searching, I found some list put out by the CNWHS. It says the car is not not-prototypical. Dunno how that one works out though... I'll get a pic of the car when I show how I'd been painting the roofs of cars silver (noticed that on a bunch of BB cars, and some DW cars too)
I think I've been getting a bit better about the accuracy thing though (rivet counter ticket also punched). The last 3 accurail cars I bought I made sure that there was a prototype for them (would of been 4, but the place ran out of the CNW welded AAR boxes). Never built a branchline berwick before, the not so-LHS has a bunch in IC.
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.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening, plate of cheeseburgers and a bucket of coffee please, long night ahead at my sports desk/photo desk/general news desk.
RAY: I kinda thought THAT was the case (jerkification of the chain), but just in case... I have been known to rattle the pots and pans around here. And yup, it is kinda amazing how far emergency response has come. They still had the "fire phones" in Clarence into the 1980s. Upon receiving an emergency call for the department, the Sheriff's Office would dial the fire phone, and the firemen would be alerted THAT way. When the 911 addressing came in, I guess it gave some people fits. "Merle's Road" was now 150th St., THAT kind of thing. The dispatchers still get people who call in with things like "we're on the second road down from Schlobotnik's old farm." Huh? E (enhanced)-911 and the CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) says they're at 3647 Walker Road...THAT's where we're going... with at least one pumper, the tanker, the equipment van, and the brush truck; with mutual aid either rolling too or on standby.
But yes, we DO still sometimes have to just watch the barn burn...
VINCENT: I still gotta get your couplers in the mail. I had 'em mostly ready to go, cleaned-off a good portion of my w**k table...now I gotta find the relocated pile they got relocated into. I guess you could say they are in an "undisclosed location!" As for the CNW boxcars, they had ones similar to the Railbox...but older. They had the couregated, corregated, hell's bells...they had a lot of rounded things on the ends...like the AccuRail exterior post boxcar. I had an Athearn blue box in the "new" or "Traditional" yellow, numbered in the 155000 series. Looked good. Found it was "too new" for THAT class of car. It now is a kitbashed MoPac car (has Rivet Counter ticket punched by Flo on her way by...). The Berwicks were...610000 series, I think. I've got one by Branchline, nice kit! I need a few more for Quaker Oats food product service. IF the CNW Freight Cars book wasn't on the other side of the room...I'd have evidence to back up my ramblings. The CNW 155000 cars started out kinda boxcar red, a lot of 'em got the Zito with black ends and silver roofs. For some reason, THAT series of boxcar looked really good THAT way. Hard to explain. Roush Bakery and Quaker used 'em in Cedar Rapids.
Here's what a typical one looked like:
I think this one is a Berwick in the same general number series:
And this one is the Branchline (Blueprint Series???) offering:
Now, with all THAT said... the Athearn is "close." It wasn't close enough for me...but if it is for you, I'm not gonna squawk about it!
Gotta get back to w**k...the clock ticks ever closer to FACETIME with THAT Editor!
Evenin' folks!
Just a cup of decaf Flo. Had way too much for supper tonight.
Just got home from a Cub Pack Committee meeting tonight. THAT time of year is upon us! The month has just started and I have already had two nights where I had to miss one meeting in order to attend another meeting.
Chris, you know I was just jerking your chain this morning.... First time I heard about the lose of the bandwidth, I was not a happy camper. Got over it as soon as I found out it didn't affect any of my current equipment. i had an old Nady wireless in THAT bad when I first got into using wireless mics for Gigs but THAT had long since been put on the "only use if absolutely necessary" shelf and has long ago been recycled. Seems like everything you buy today has some reason to be wireless, so the channels are getting crowded, and it does make sense to keep everyone else off emergency bandwidth.
I think about what it took to get a fire truck out to a barn fire fire back when i was a kid.... First you had to get THAT lady down the road to get off the phone so you could get an operator. "You don't really have an emergency and I want to talk to Ethel!" Then you had to hang up, and pick up again and hope the operator had disconnected the line. "Number Pahleeze?" Operator our barn is on fire! "who am I talking to? Oh hi Bud! Put your Dad on the lIne!" Can't he's throwing water on the fire...... Oh, a few minutes or later the siren would go off, and thee truck would lumber out of the firehouse a mile or two down the road. They would then arrive and keep the 2 or 3 hundred neighbors who got there first away from the fire so they wouldn't be hurt. Then we watched it burn down...... Well, it didn't happen to our barn, but it did to a couple of our neighbors when I was a kid. I think we forget just how good our fire and emergency systems are today!
Didn't get to do any MRRing today again, but a package did arrive by UPS with some items in it.
My son Matt is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Argonne National Labs outside of Chicago. Part of his job is to oversee the publishing of information about the research done at the Department of Energy Laboratory. He sent me the link below to let me see a recent article on the research and involvement in the Automotive X-Prize program. Check out the horsepower of some of the finalists and remember they have to be able to get the equivalent of 100 miles a gal.Some really amazing things are in progress out there, many are not ready for publication yet, but breakthroughs for solving many energy related issues are on the horizon. Many companies like GM (just to name one) rent space and use the lab to work on such things as technologies that will be used in the Chevy Volt....... He told me of some truly amazing technologies they are working with out there.
Automotive X Prize Program Contest
Enjoy!
Ken, check out my updated sig, have the Dodge colors flying now.
Well, had a practice game for reffing today. Went good, I knocked the rust off and did a decent job. Had some fun out there, it was the U11 age group so 9 and 10 year olds; instead of asking "goalie, are you ready?" I asked them "GOALIE, are you ready to ROCK?!" Hey, no sense being a boring ref lol
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Hey guys
Cleaned out my work bench and room for once. Found my kadee clearence drill, several kadees, and a few metal wheelsets. Also found that one CB&Q box I got from Jeff. In other train related news my other SW10 showed up, but it was far from NIB. If ebay had a rating for used by 10 year old, I think that'd fit it pretty good.
Chris, I see you got your 8 ball back. Would you happen to know if CNW had ACF (railbox) boxcars? I checked online to see if my athearn BB one is legit, but the only cars I found close to it's number were berwicks. I guess I could change out the stirrups to make it look more like a Berwick. Funny you metnion your police ditched the laptops in cars. Most of the police carrs here have them, yet the roads are bad enough to knock mirrors off of cars (I have to dodge the holes and stuff otherwise my car will scrape and bounce a little bit). Sometimes I think it may distract them when driving. I was driving back from school last night and a police cruiser pulls right in front of the car in front of me. I could hve sworn there was a laptop on in the car.when I went by him later.
Galaxy, I've got a few cheesie cars that I'm going to have to weather. I don't think I'll patch them for CSX, since I don't think CSX had been formed as an RR yet in my modeling era (77-87)
Flow, just a Dew please.
Well did not make in for breakfast, had way to many last night. Took the Rubber Band Drive RDC last night for a spin and it turned in to a full blown Train Night. Broke out some engines I had not ran for a while. Then got the Big Boy out dragging some fast freight. Darn that Loksound 3.5 in the Big Boy sounds great, and get it up to 50% power it gives me AH, well it makes me happy. At one point I had 5 trains running at the same time, sure keeps you on your toes.
LSWrr Ken, so do you have a loose motor in that locomotive?
LSWrr, I have it on my desk, but have not broke it open. I don't think it is a lose magnet. When I spin the flywheel by hand there is no dragging that I can feel. I wonder if you can just buy bearings that will fit?
Johnny Lighting Cars Just got my first order from Die Cast Alley. They shipped in a realizable time frame and was well packed. I am very happy with the J/L cars even if they are a tad big at 1/64th scale. But for $2.99 to $6.99 they are a good deal. As a whole they seem to be true to scale (other words match each other) with the exception of the 68 Shelby GT 500. It looks a little big when compared to my 69 Charger.
Lawnmower War I called Home Depot Tuesday about the POS I had. I was told on the phone if I had the receipt (which I do) they would do a exchange on the spot. Got there Wednesday with the POS, now they want to send it in for repairs! Boy I went off on them! Department Manager finally gave in and did the exchange but said "You have had the mower for a long time now, it should be a warranty repair". Now I do see his point, picked it up on May 7th. But I pointed out to him "My Central Hardware Central Park Lawnmower worked for 17 years with out a problem, so it does not seem long to me". He did see my point.
The new one, well it starts and I can adjust the cutting height easier (same model) but I see problems coming. Engine will not stay at a constant RPM. Does not change much, I would guess 100 to 150 RPM's, just sufficient to get on my nerves.
Night all, see you folks in the mourning.
We've been getting rain and thunder showers from late afternoon into the evening today. Glad I got the touch up painting on my van done before the rain started. My nephew was so sure it had a radiator leak. Nothing serious. Just a little rusted area around the overflow. I blocked it up with some epoxy. The radiator has anti-freeze in it now and there's no leaks anywhere. The scrap yard made an offer on the Century today. $100. That's fine with me. I'm surprised they offered that much. They should be out in a day or two to pick it up.
Hi guys
Try ALLERGIES AND A COD at the same time! makes one rather miserable! ANY type of scented products can set off my allergies teen steam! I am very "scent sensitive!"
Well found the new little ceramic heater for the bath. It was only $16.00 at Wally World so it was a bargain compared to what I was expecting to pay. Identical to the one we had but white in color and seems to have a stronger blower fan than the old one. AMybe the old one was wearing out a long while ago before it quite completely. I wonder about a fan motor like that around all that moisture in the bath, but need it to warm up the bath so don;t freeze when nekkid and wet. Other half more susceptable to cold that way than I am, but i don;t like to be cold in the bath either. It does get cold in there and we have to use RV antifreeze in the tub drain when temp gets below 20* or it, too, freezes.
spent $167 on food stuff at Wally WOrld...even there food budget gets strained these days. As other half is only part time and I am on disability I think it time we applied for food stamps. May not get a lot, but anything to ease the food budget pressure will help. I hear people making about 40k can still be eligible so we should easily get something.
Well RObby P. that is a Chessie you are "defacing" there...I might have to pick a fight with you over THAT!
WEll don't know yet what's for dinner but Judge Judy is on now so I gotta tune in so see y'all later!
Goooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon...plate of cheeseburgers please... I've got cross country and the article on Solon moving from 2A to 3A done. Time for a snack.
"Interesting stuff Ray, Chris, I still however fail to see the point. Ah well." Well MORGAN, what it boils down to is a simple idea: THAT anybody on an emergency scene (fire, EMS, law enforcement) should be able to talk to anybody else on the scene via the 2-way radio. It's a simple thought...and a good idea. But, fire has had it's own frequencies since radio was invented, PD and EMS as well. Trying to get anybody to agree on truly "common frequencies" has been made problematic for a variety of reasons. Different agencies not only operate on different frequencies, but different "bands" as well... Cedar County fire depts on 154.000 for example, Cedar Rapids Fire on 900-something. Then, factor in the explosion in cellphone use, and a plethora of other "wireless devices" operating on a limited frequency/band spectrum... and some genius gets the idea to scrap the existing systems, ban existing equipment, make other items (analog TV) obsolete...and re-invent/re-configure the whole darn shooting match. In theory, we'll get more "space" to use, more channels availible; and ultimately, more "common frequencies" so my Chief can talk to the Sheriff's Deputy blocking traffic down the road without having to rely on a dispatcher to relay the message, or work-out a "patch" between different frequencies.
Simple idea, convoluted complicated, bureucrat-ridden solution.
JEFF: Thanks...yup, just about what I thought. I just can't wait... We have enough trouble with the handi-talkies we've got getting bumped off the "right" channel, I can just imagine the "fun" we're gonna have when the interior crew has to break out the manual to find the right channel before going in... You're right, the guys THAT design these things have NEVER used them under real field conditions. I'd love to see these guys actually try to USE these things in actual fireground conditions. Never happen...but a guy can dream right?
Back to RR stuff... The only thing I'm sure of with the future RR, is THAT the CCP yard can be modeled completely, yet greatly condensed. What I mean, is it is only 5 tracks (6 counting the "main") wide. The length and capacity will be cut, but THAT isn't a problem. I don't need to hold "84 40' cars" the way the real one can (per an Illinois Central track chart). And, with the new thought to have the Quaker traffic off-layout, the following scene CAN be replicated:
The hoppers on the right are blocking the main. This was a Cedar Rapids to Manchester train before the power came up the tracks to the right, and put it all together. The Quaker plant in the background will be the wall of the RR room, to the left will be staging. To the right, the ex-RI roundhouse and shop buildings, and the City Yard. From there...I'm still debating.
Another debate has now gripped my warped mind. Around the walls of the RR room are a CNW yellow and green band, seperating "darker sky blue" from "lighter sky blue." I'm starting to think maybe, since it's a thematic device, maybe the band oughta be Chicago Central and Pacific colors on the CCP wall...but then, do I do IC/ICG off-white and orange? or red with a white stripe???
1600, time to get back to hammering out stuff for THAT Editor. I have to head-out for volleyball at 1730/5:30.
Just a quick stop.
Other candles and smells don't really bother my allergies. Maybe its the animals after all of these years .
Here's a Ex.B&O hopper. Now its a CSXT hopper. Got some grime and load spill going on!! I hope to have it finished up by this weekend.
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Afternoon guys. Hmm, what's for lunch, I dunno, just bring me a milk and I'll get'cha when I figure it out.
Interesting stuff Ray, Chris, I still however fail to see the point. Ah well.
Some friends and I are doing Never too Late at a barn really nice barn playhouse Opening Night!
Bill Tidler: (Somebody grab him on his way through next) You're in Tipton, get something for us from Pork Fest. (Pictures?) ITM is taking the cabeece up there, and running between there and Noblesville. I'd do it but I'm playing Stage-God.
-Morgan
AmanaMedic JEFF: Do I dare ask how the transition (FD radios) went???
JEFF: Do I dare ask how the transition (FD radios) went???
Thanks to JIM, I again (as some have noted) have an eight-ball! Living at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Ball St...in the dwelling I call the "eight-ball house," what else could I do??? THAT and I perpeptually feel as though I'm trapped "behind the eight ball" on a routine basis...
RAY: Not to worry good Sir, I wasn't shouting about it...just pondering out loud about the whole deal. Actually, it's one of those deals where shouting does no good. Apologies all around if I did raise my voice up on the soapbox.
"Do androids dream about electric sheep?" Douglas Adams??
W**k today will consist of writing an article about Solon moving from Class 2A to Class 3A in sports (bigger schools), trying to get some people to answer their phones, and trying to nail said people down for interviews IF they do answer their phones. Tonight is high school volleyball coverage, just down the road in Mt. Vernon as my Clear Creek Amana Clippers face the Mt. Vernon Mustangs (Lady Mustangs?). Tomorrow is going to be miserable. The forecast is for rain/heavy rain...with the "best chance" during high school football. Unless there be lightning, the show WILL go on...
Well, best get at it I 'spose... the blasted telephonic device isn't dialing itself, THAT article is writing itself either.
Anybody know where I can get a paranoid android? I mean, with a brain as big as a planet, he oughta be able to knock this crap out for me toot-sweet fast right???
Zoe, I'll have the egg, bacon, and cheese muffin and a pot of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug this morning. I think I'll quietly go sit in the back booth.
What's all the shouting about? Ah... Chris had the wrong button pushed last night? Did it have anything to do with something I said? Kinda thought it might.......... Well tell him I said, "sorry". Didn't mean to start something here.
I'll be picking up the truck this afternoon and have a meeting (Pack 6) tonight. Have a couple of contacts for church to make as well sometime today. If a package I am expecting arrives, I may find my way downstairs to the trainroom and spend some time model railroading.
Catch everyone a bit later!