JimRCGMO TSF - I finally figured out what was at the bottom of your posts - a 'weathered' International logo! (Duh!... such a dummy I can be at times...)
TSF - I finally figured out what was at the bottom of your posts - a 'weathered' International logo! (Duh!... such a dummy I can be at times...)
Congratulations, you get a cookie. (my favorite quote from Kelly's Heroes)
There is actually a reason for that, International Harvester is my favorite tractor brand. I own a 1952 Farmall H, and she now runs like a charm. When me and my buddies (who are all John Deere guys) start arguing over tractors, I usually tell them that Red stays in the field and green stays on the rails. Te only good things that are green are wearing London and North Eastern Railway apple green.
Now, lets see, how do I do this again? Oh yeah. Now with the tractor show coming up next week, I need to get the old girl out and change the engine oil and filter. I have no clue when the last time that was changed.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Twice in one day, Chloe. I would like onion rings with a RBF, please.
Jim, This is the time of year to be collecting bushes for tree making. The sawmill itself is almost complete, but we will need to raise the sawmill landing 4". I still have some hardshell landscape to complete.
Garry, Of course, NP Rules. How is your layout coming along?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
teen steam fan I usually tell them that Red stays in the field and green stays on the rails.
I usually tell them that Red stays in the field and green stays on the rails.
Grandpa always told me the reason John Deere machines are green is so they can "hide in the corn fields while the Farmalls roll by." Of course, I w**ked with a "Deere guy" who countered with "at least the Deeres are IN THE FIELD, w**king, while the red crap <explicitly explicit phrase> up on the road."
Yeah, he was a real..."peach" to w**k with. NICE lookin' H, by the way...
GARRY: Did I hear right? It's your birthday tomorrow?? Well congrats and many more!
JIM: I attempted a reply to your PM...err, uh, your "conversation" last night. The new system, or something...wouldn't take it. Mathematically, Lucky's Dating Service for Model Railroaders just won't fly... THAT was a good logo however! I've been trying to remember one of my "signature" smart-rear statements from my Mt. Mercy College days. Women out-numbered the men by a significant factor...what should've been a "target rich environment." However, and this is the part THAT I can't remember...it broke down to where the odds just weren't in your favor...at all!
Wrote a bunch of stuff for THAT Editor today...am now turning to the Boy Scouts article, keeping RAY's sage advice in the forefront of my mind.
CUDA KEN: Them weren't no flyin' ants...nor termites. Whatcha got there are...!!!
Back at it go I...
Chris (I've LOST my eight-ball!)
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Ken, those could have been flying ants as they do have wings when it is mating season. We know this as we had winged ones spewing out of a ceiling pot light a few years ago which turned out to be carpenter ants. They too can do a lot of damage to wood. We were successful in getting rid of them but it did take quite a bit of effort from an exterminator.
Also you mentioned you were having problems with Zone Alarm? I have it and so far am not encountering any issues. What was the nature of the problem? I have a short memory.
Ken, I too find those PK2 grab irons tricky and so are the ones in a Blueprint kit. I find that the little holes are too small and need to be increased slightly. I just use a straight pin and push it into the hole just to get any paint out and make it just a little larger. I tried a small drill bit but seemed to always wind up with the hole too large. Well at least it works for me. That plus a very small set of tweezers. I find that Testors glue in the black diamond shaped container works well on them as it is just tacky enough without being stringy.
I did manage to get my dozen trees 'planted' tonight and have decided to do a dozen conifers while I'm in a forestry mood. I often think some really great layouts I have seen just have too few trees. I have 80 on my little 4x9 and may hit 100 if I do all the conifers. Hope the beavers don't find out.
I decided to take tomorrow as a day of holidays so I'll have a 4 day week-end. Weather is supposed to be cool with highs of about 60F but we are hoping for some sun tomorrow. It has been cool and rainy so far this week. Not sure what I'll be doing as my HD list hasn't been provided as yet.
See you tomorrow,
CN Charlie
Sorry Ken, the grab iron comment was supposed to be directed to Jim. Told you I had a short memory. My wife claims I must be getting old as I don't remember or hear anything. Pardon?
Good Morning,
Zoe, please dear, coffee in an IV bag, and a breakfast bagel. It is quite early, but I do have sleeping problems again. Just too many things on my mind to get a good night´s rest.
Jeff - I hope you get the van up and running soon. Being without a transport is a PITA. U am really glad my parents contributed to our little van, without it, we´d be lost.
Garry - a big and hearty to you, from Petra and me. Wish we could send you a big , but the FDA has something against importing food into the US. I still don´t know, how material that Tanzania business is. It would be quite a move. I guess Petra and I would prefer to be in a more civilized world. like Colorado We would very much appreciate you facilitating a contact.
Jim - I´d assume that you can find big cats at your door step. The lodge is right in the Arusha National Park, where they have the big five of the beasts. A nightly trip to the outhouse will mean taking a gun with you ...
TSF - I can understand your feelings of moving out, that´s a natural for young folks. My son moved out the day he received his high school diploma. When you get older, you value having family around. This is also one of the big draw backs in our plans - we will not only leave our son behind, but also my ailing parents - most likely, that we won´t see them again, if we do relocate.
Robby P. - that show will be a good opportunity to market your talent - I keep my fingers crossed!
Good to see, that Sue has found her way to the Diner!
Ken - termites? What a pest. If there are only few, try baking soda, it works!
Have a good one!
Btw, has anyone seen Jerry lately?
Ken- As you know by now, there are winged ats. What you more than likely had were some sort of termite that resembles winged ants but are really scouts for termites. I never was told what they are really called but they said this.....They fly around like deranged strippers from southern North Dakota and scout out the wood that would make a nice place for the real bad bunch to feast. They do no structural damage, but can mess up your drywall real good shopping around. If you don't get rid of these little buggers, then they bring the nasty boys to the area and then it's wood eatin' time and as you found out, they could make your Jello mold a bit lopsided.
PFTIN
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.
Heartland Division CB&Q As for Madison, IN.... I recall the PRR once had the steepest grade for conventional railroads (not cog ry) in the USA. I think they had a pair of SD-9's modified for that location. I know ther are some steep highways at various locations along the Ohio Reiver. Happy Model Railroading.
As for Madison, IN.... I recall the PRR once had the steepest grade for conventional railroads (not cog ry) in the USA. I think they had a pair of SD-9's modified for that location. I know ther are some steep highways at various locations along the Ohio Reiver.
Happy Model Railroading.
7s, they were. Specially ballasted. P2k AND Broadway have done them in HO. Hey, slap PRR on an engine and it sells. Use protypical nmbers and they do even better. Even if no one who's bought them has heard of the Madison Incline...
-Morgan
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning
welp, I be strapped to the cellphone as I'm on-call for another weekend. Our weather be still hot and muggy today with our high going to 84F with barrels of humidity--almost 95% today. We may see a few little dribblebits showing up as well. Just enough to make it muggier--
Today, I'll be in my basement redoing a few scenes to make them a bit better looking---to "satisfy" some of our local rivet counters----ahern---coff coff...
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toast with jam please---I'll be at the windoow booth watching the sunrise---
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good Morning Folks!
Just a cup of coffee please.
Just passing through, running late this morning.
Steven
Good Morning. Just coffee please and thanks. Got about 2.5" rain last night. When it rains it pours. More w**k at the house this morn, then the groceries put away, then odds and ends 'til w**k this afternoon. Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good Morning. Just coffee please and thanks.
Got about 2.5" rain last night. When it rains it pours.
More w**k at the house this morn, then the groceries put away, then odds and ends 'til w**k this afternoon.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Morning guys!
Well, the eye Dr. said to stick with either the OTC Systane the pharmacist recommended or to try Thera Tears for my dry eye problem. He gave me a coupon for hte THera Tears, but I don;t think I like them as well as the Systane drops already. He said compare and see what I think. He wants to keep me off the prescription stuff as long as possible but the OTC stuff will cost me $30-$45 a month which will have to come out of things like trains budget {not that I have big budget for that right now after 3 plumbing bills, 2 van repair bills, 1 exterminator bill, and a partridge in a pear tree}.
I see the Dentist for a fitting of the wax mold on my partial today. Hopefully it will fit nicely. ANything should be better than the old one, which jsut doesn't fit welll anymore.
The Kia suffered a failed high pressure steering hose. It was, TG, covered under the warrantee. I have 11,600 miles or 10 months more of the warrantee left, then naturally, all hell will break on it... I had two new keys made for it as well. No one who sells keys around here had the blanks for it so the dealer made 2 new ones for me at a cost of $45!!! IF they had the computer chips in them there would have been another $40 per key on top that to program them, but they don't have the chip in them. The 08 and newer ones do. One is for a "mechanics key" I give to mechanics with just the Kia key on the tag, and one for spare to be kept at the house in case one gets lost, broken or locked inside. ALthough, if you have a cell phone, and someone else has a key fob unlocker, you can call them and they can aim the fob at the phone press it, and it unlocks the doors. It worked when we tried it at home, but as I told my other half there is nothing saying that the fob was still not close enough to unlock the doors anyway so we will have to try that while I am out somewhere distant as I know in a praking lot it will register from quite a distance. Maybe when I come out of the dentist today I will call and see if it unlocks the doors for me that way.
I see Garry has a Bday! I have one later this month, which I share with my uncle by marriage. Strange how that worked out. Aren't people born in September the greatest Garry?
Flying ants...Ken....I had an aunt who flew to FLorida on AMerican Airlines once or twice.... {bada bing, bada boom}. DOes that count?
Well Jeffrey I hope you get the van straightened around and in good working order. I would hate to see you pour money into it to have it fail miserably. At least you are your own good mechanic, I am not.
Tomorrow Is the Railfest at Steamtown! WHOO HOO! {or is that Choo CHoo!}. It is supposed to rain and be chilly {high only 65} from a cold front moving in from the west which is supposed to shove Earl off the coast more. But right now the far outer bands of Earl are clouding up skies here and in Scranton PA at Steamtown. WE could get rain from a bit of a backlash of Earl too tomorrow. That is in Philly area right now. ANd if cloudy with rain in the air it will probably be muggy and humid and chilly at the least. I think I will wear my light long pants and long sleeved shirt and rain jacket, but take my shorts and Hawaiian Shirt with me in case it gets warm for me. I can still sweat like a stuck pig at 65*. SOmeday when we are there I will purchase a Steamtown Tshirt, but at about $20-25, it really is out of the budget now, as both van insurance bills are showing up this and next month.
Speaking of car insurance, my other half is 51, has the 98 Gr Caravan on with a $500 deductible and three levels up from basic WITHOUT collision, with safe driver and security/airbag discounts AND a homeowners insurance also discount and pays $190.00 for 6 months. Meanwhile I am 47, have teh 06 Kia on three levels up from basic WITH collision, $500 deductible, with safe driver and security/airbag discounts and NO homeowners discount and I only pay $160.00 per 6 months. We have tried to get it cheaper with my insurance company, but can't get it cheaper. I wonder if age has to do with it? now in a higher age bracket? Except I now have collision on the Kia, and the homeowners discount i don't get, the insurance is exactly the same. Wonder why teh difference in cost?
Speaking of the Kia I ran a Kelly Blue BOok on it. It is in marvelous shape, relatively low mileage and worth about $13,700. I paid only $10,800 {at a dealer} for it and still owe 8k on it so I done did good I think in buying it and am ahead of the game in value versus what I owe. so I am pleased, at least Im not upside down like a lot of people! I pay the payment every 3 weeks to stay ahead and turn a 5 yr loan into a 3 year loan. Next payment I pay in 2 weeks will be Dec '10's payment and here it is only Sept!
WEll I have written my usual morning book and bored y'all to tears I am sure when I was only gonna write a few lines.
Have a great day and for those that need them!
-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.
Good morning. Not as hot today, and only in the 60's tomorrow!!
I starting to get some things in place for the show. I was also thinking about making some of the small boxes, and the steel loads. Maybe 10 or 15 boxes for $2.00, and just have the steel loads at different prices. I will also have some of my personal cars for sale. I just wanna make sure I have enough to sell.
Also today...I have to get some things ready for the yard sale tomorrow. Jessica's aunt is having one, and we found a few things. Not much thou.
That's pretty much my day. Sounds fun, huh??
Barry......You said something the other day about posting some pictures, well we are waiting .
Ulrich......Thanks. I hope it does goes good, and I don't make a fool of myself .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
CNCharlie Also you mentioned you were having problems with Zone Alarm? I have it and so far am not encountering any issues. What was the nature of the problem? I have a short memory. CN Charlie
Charlie, when I have Zone alarm on, the site or pages will not open. Turn it off and all is fine. I use to have to turn off Z/A sometimes on WFP when there was a lot of pictures. Then I turn it back on and I was fine.
OK, I did not have Termites, I had Aliens! First time I saw them there was a cluster of them about 1 X 2 foot hanging on the wall by where I found the damage. It was easy to kill them. Second time was a different story. I was in the garage (pre trains) when I saw something flying, then there was a second one. Sprayed some Raid and went back to what I was doing. Went in for a while, came back out an it looked like something from the X-Files! There where hundreds of them flying around! I had to use a push broom to sweep all of them up.
Jeffery Thank you, I have not opened Conversation section up yet.
Got some running to do, see you folks latter for Lunch.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning!
Garry, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope you have a great day.
Had great painting plans today but I feel lazy and so I'm not going to paint. The CEO approved that statement. I've just sprayed some tree trunks with Dull Cote and hopefully I'll get the rest done later or maybe not depending on the level of lazy.
Galaxy, I've often wondered why it is so expensive to insure older vehicles and the answer is not the age of your vehicle but that of those you might hit especially if you only have liability insurance.
It is sunny here but only 12C or about 55F which is also making me feel lazy. .
Think I'll have another lazy cup of coffee.
Yippee!! Top of the page!! Luckily there isn't a bar in here or I'd be in real trouble. Fire up the griddle Chloe and get out that jug of Quebec maple syrup as Ray hasn't been in yet and I know he likes it a lot.
Ken, on that Zone Alarm thing, perhaps you have the settings too high causing it to basically screen out everything. I know ours will.
Good Morning, Garry, Happy Birthday!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
What happened to Weekend Photo Fun? It's not there yet.
Garry.............Happy Birthday!!! I was also wondering about that.
Mornin' Afternoon everyone!
Seems the earlier I get out of bed in the morning the later I make it in here for breakfast. Had to exchange several emails about one of the Scouts I did RR Merit Badge with last year. The scoutmaster is claiming the Scout was at a tour of the museums and should have the MB.... I and the Scout and the Scouts Father know he was sick THAT day and still needs to finish req. #8 for the MB. It'll get sorted out as I have been good at keeping all records of who did what so far. I told the Troop's commissioner I want the Scout to get the MB as it gives me an additional point toward the NMRA Volunteer Certificate.... Well, THAT's not really why I want to see the Scout complete it but sometimes selfish sounding interests help your story. Then I spent the rest of the morning at a couple of financial institutions getting paperwork together to change the MLK's funds from a Commercial Bank to the local Credit Union. This will be an ongoing saga.... The good thing is now I have in my grubby paws a Fed. Employer ID as well as a NYS Tax exempt certificate. next stop a lawyer who's Mom is a committee member to decide what we need to do to be legally up to snuff.
So Zoe, I think I will have a short stack of Buttermilk Pancakes and a side order of bacon as long as CN Charlie is got the tab..... Oh, yes, leave the bottle of Canadian Maple Syrup please.
Looks like they are getting the bugs worked out from the "New and Improved" upgrade. Everything appears to be operational I think.
Later! (Got to go to Penn Yan and pick up my chainsaw.)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Here's my two cents on termites. First, there is such a thing as flying ants. You can tell the difference between the two as termites have a torpedo shaped body. When you see termites on the walls, ceilings, etc and kill them, you haven't really accomplished much. What you are seeing are when the colony has become too large and they swarm in an attempt to create a another colony. So even when you see and kill them, the original colonies are still there having breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After spending thousands of dollars, go ahead and ask me how I know.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
tcwright973 Here's my two cents on termites. First, there is such a thing as flying ants. You can tell the difference between the two as termites have a torpedo shaped body. When you see termites on the walls, ceilings, etc and kill them, you haven't really accomplished much. What you are seeing are when the colony has become too large and they swarm in an attempt to create a another colony. So even when you see and kill them, the original colonies are still there having breakfast, lunch and dinner. After spending thousands of dollars, go ahead and ask me how I know. Tom
Tom has it right. The winged form of termites is exactly the same as the winged form of ants. They are breeding Males and Females. Most are actually the males.... Only a very small percentage of the females will mate and live to start colonies. Less than 1%.
The big question to any of you who see the swarm, is whether the swarm originated in your house/other buildings or not. It they are coming out of a wall, you need to get an exterminator!! If they are flying in from someplace else (they tend to be poor fliers and simply go with the wind direction). Just spay those that have arrived and don't worry about it. This is according to all the information I have seen on the subject (and a relative who is in the extermination business).
Hey guys,
Garry, Happy Birthday.
Chris, Thanks, the old girl, as I affectionately call her, is my pride and joy. (well, one of them.) I'm proud to say that I'm entering her in the Elwood days tractor show that is, I think next week. Once I get the oil changed, I'll run her a bit in town and then she gets a real work out in October hauling a hay rack ride.
Well, I'm kinda hungry today, so I'll have the Barry special, please and thank you.
Flo, I like a BBQ pork steak, order of fries, green beans, side salad and pitcher of and a chilled Monon mug.
Gary, from me as well.I think we talked on the phone one time, was that you. I get confused a lot with the different screen names.
As far as the Termites I hope they are all dead! I did have then Nuked 2 times and have not seen a swarm in 6 years. When I go under the house to fix the bad section that the ate I will look for mud tubes. From what I was told, they have to stay under ground and make tubes to get to the house. But then again, I could be wrong with me thinking there was no such thing as Flying Ants, unless they are in a Air Liner.
Time to watch some NCIS! Wife picked up the first season from the Local Library. I think Abey is pretty darn hot. Plus she has a 32 Ford.
Cuda Ken
Garry, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Well, 3 day weekend thank the lord. I'm now drooling at the mouth at the thought of my next layout, now I'm waiting for the benchwork and track to get it rocking.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Evening guys
Tomorrow is RailFest 2010 at Steamtown! Whoo Hoo! WE shall be there bright and early to see all the offerings included this year. WE get about the same weather Scranton does and we are expecting some and may need . Ugh. It will also be chilly about a high of 65*. It is very muggy here now, so tomorrow could be muggy and icky-sticky too. With no sun to warm things up, could be wet, chilly and miserable. But they will be running the steam trains and we will be around trains of all kinds, so it can't be all that bad! I wonder if they got their static steam displays back out from the asbestos removal stage or if the display offerings will be thinner than usual this year. WHo else will be there I wonder? and I wonder if the weather will hold some people back? It was perfect weather last year. WE are taking a train-nut friend of ours who will be here promptly at 6:30 Am so we can get on the road by 7. It's about 1 1/2 hours drive, with a stop at the PA welcome center for a break to rid us of our morning coffee. THat puts us there about 8:30-ish so we are there when they first open the gate and are usually first in line to get in line at teh tickethouse. That's the way we like to do it. Be there early to watch them prep the steamers and bring them out of the roundhouse and them load them for their day's chores. oh, the excitement and joy! Hope I sleep well tonight! The last train event for us this year most likely. It will then be a loooong winter with no 1:1 train activity and I shall pine away only watching youtube videos of real steamtrains impatiently awaiting the first time Steamtown brings back out the steamers next year!
I see it seems they fixed the spacing problem. Now watch, because I only put one space in between the paragraphs it will make a liar out of me and smoosh it all into one big paragraph.
Hope everyone has a great and safe Labor Day Saturday tomorrow and if you are at Steamtown, well maybe I will see you!
Sleep well tonight and don't let the bedbugs bite! {They are on the rise as well as all this talk of flying ants and termites}.
Evening, I’ll have a barley pop please Flo
GARRY,,, Happy birthday feller
TODD,,,, Monticello Railway musuem's RR days are coming up the 18’th and 19’th. Their planning on having their Southern 2-8-0 Consolidation under steam for it’s first public appearance since the rebuild.
http://www.mrym.org/rrdays.html
Laters all
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Evenin' folks!
Flo just a cup of decaf for me.
My son, the Big Wig Communications guy from Argonne National Lab is in town, and we went out to dinner at a favorite local establishment. Had a interesting conversation about some new technological innovations (Particularly in the field of energy) THAT will be announced soon.... All I can say is WOW and no I'm not at liberty to talk any more about it or..... well I'm not going to say any more. I will tell you to be looking out for a program with questions about Argonne Labs on a well known TV game show soon. They will be filming at the lab very soon and an announcement should hit national TV in a month or so... He sent an email to the show suggesting the concept and had acceptance the same day! He also gave me a demo of his new iPad which has replaced his laptop computer on the road. He is town for his Uncle Bernie's Memorial Service tomorrow. It is good to see him even though it is only a couple times a year.
Galaxy, good thing I didn't plan to meet you at Steamtown tomorrow after all. What I feared would happen did....
Other than obviously having fun seeing son #2 tonight, the day has been not one of the best... I lent my Pick-up, "Anacrusis" to my son this morning to get some furring strips to put under his firewood stacks. I got home from the banking stuff and got in the truck to drive to Penn Yan to get my Chainsaw out of hock. Backed out of the driveway and I heard a loud "POP". Sounded like something was rolling around in the back of the truck. Started forward and it happened again.... Drove back in the driveway and checked out to see what could be doing it. Couldn't find anything, so i started to drive over to Penn Yan. Got about a quarter of a mile away from the house and it happened a couple of times again. Pulled into a Strip Mall parking lot and checked to see if there was anything I could find wrong. Nope! Started up and it happened again. Turned around and drove home. Did it only one more time, but where I could coast down the hill before my house, I put it in neutral, shut off the fan, and just let the engine idle. I could then hear a light "crunch, crunch, crunch" and every few revolutions of the wheels had a louder one and a feel of slight braking....... I'm betting on a wheel bearing is shot. Stopped at the dealer when I got back from picking up the saw with the car, he says it very well could be a wheel bearing and should cost me.... Calculator comes out.... about $300..... ^%&*%^% truck is getting to be very expensive per mile... If it costs much more than the quote once he looks at it, I will probably scrap the truck and borrow my son's SUV when I need to pull the little trailer.
Sorry for the rant!
Hope all of you have a great weekend!
Catch you later!