Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening, I'll take one of those coffee IV set-ups, and then some sedation afterward.
Glad to see I'm not the only curmudgeon here!
Telephones in general, do I despise. Cell phones... I hate 'em even worse. The Wife and I have 'em in case one or the other has a problem necessitating emergency communications. THAT Editor has my number, as from time to time it's the only way she can make contact. Otherwise, the PBX numbers are as closely guarded a secret as documents in a nuclear facility!!!
Texting???
Nope.
I agree with whichever of my fellow curmudgeons it was who said if the message is so danged important, why don't they just CALL and SPEAK?!?!?!?!?
Glad also to see the young-uns among us are taking their schooling seriously. "Proofs?" "Linear Programing?" GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Pretty much anything above and beyond "basic math" (Math for Idiots, 101) sent my head reeling, spining, and generally discombobulating...
Welp, another Friday night meant another night w**king "under the lights" at a football game. I had to cover Iowa City West High vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier (Catholic). The "Saints" of Xavier marched all over the Trojans 42-0. Once the score was 35-0, the clock went into "continuous mode," stopping only for time-outs, end of the quarter, and...something else, penalties maybe. I'm cogitating on a headline playing off the Saints and the old "When the Saints go Marching in." THAT Editor was amused by my "Three ways to skin Bobcats" headline for the Clear Creek Amana V-Ball girls defeating the Benton Community Bobcats (rather than neutering, spaying, euthanizing, or putting down). Maybe she'll buy this too...
Other than photo editing/processing and writing two football game summaries, my weekend is more or less..."free," for now. I DO have to mow the pasture, formerly known as my yard...but other than THAT... no other obligations...for now.
Here's hoping for a good, SAFE weekend to all!
Chris
***EDIT*** TOP! OK, looks like I've got the bill for awhile. FLO? Make ready some "insomniac's specials" for the night owls, and breakfast for ULRICH if he should happen in.
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Good Morning---
This morning we find periods of rain and some wind as we go to a high of 11C---tomorrow will just be cloudy and a high of 9C
Can somebody take this cell phone off of me? For cheap? So far this on-call weekend netted me 6 emergency calls--5 because of client calls about no shows---AAARRRRRRAAAAAAAGGHHH!!! I love it when people schedule for certain shifts and then don't show up for them without telling anyone!!!
The only dang reason a celphne exists here is because of stuff like this, if it had not been because of my health and those clients around me I would not own one of these @#$#$%%^^$ things!!!! They really are a nuisence especially when you see people driving around with one stuck in their ear----I want to stick it in further Anyway, I better get off my before Vinnie tosses me out of here---
So far I managed about 3 hours of sleep---think I'll see if'n I can grab a few more
Have a good day peoples!!
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/
Mourning Flo.
I will take my normal mourning fair please.
Well yesterday day was all most a waste. No More Spam Sandwiches For Me! Found a can in the cabinet the other day and been eating it for lunch the last two days. After lunch, have not felt like doing anything. Did get the trash run out of the way, did the dishes and some more Kitchen Cleaning. With the new floor, the rest of he kitchen looks real ran down and not care for. Well, guess it wasn't. With the floor looking so bad, cleaning the cabinets, stove front and back splash did not seem important. Plus the Kitchen did not have very good light, most of it was in the shadows. Now with the new light, I can see what we had been overlooking.
While I was out, did find a 69 GTO Judge for the layout. Another Hot Wheel, but looks decent. All so got two more sections of road cut and painted. They will be for the road heading to the Passenger Station. If I feel good all day, I hope to get the station track laid. Been saying that for what, a month now?
Catch you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
blownout cylinder The only dang reason a celphne exists here is because of stuff like this, if it had not been because of my health and those clients around me I would not own one of these @#$#$%%^^$ things!!!! They really are a nuisence especially when you see people driving around with one stuck in their ear----I want to stick it in further Anyway, I better get off my before Vinnie tosses me out of here---
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Packers#1 Nik, enjoy that freshman year man! I had a BLAST last year, my high school is OLDDDD (some of the campus was built in the 50's), but the campus is awesome. It's so much more freedom than middle school, I loved it. Enjoy high school man, it's one heck of a ride.
Nik, enjoy that freshman year man! I had a BLAST last year, my high school is OLDDDD (some of the campus was built in the 50's), but the campus is awesome. It's so much more freedom than middle school, I loved it. Enjoy high school man, it's one heck of a ride.
50 years old, I got you beat there. My high school is from 1910, some areas a newer, but still.
Well, french toast breakfast for me. thanks.
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!
Good Morning! Coffee please. Some of that Dark roast Ray has. Thank you. Speaking of Ray- When I said Daffy Duck said “Oh joy! Oh rapture!” I am correct. However, realizing Warner Brothers Looney Tunes back then, had a much more adult dialog. He very well could have been quoting some famous line from an opera or some novel or movie I have not seen that you are refering too. So, if I do not win the full Upstate New York breakfast, (Prime Rib or Standing Rib, eggs your way, short stack pancakes or a waffle, choice of potato, juice and of course coffee), I understand. That may not have been exactly the answer, (though correct I might throw in there), you were looking for.
Good Morning! Coffee please. Some of that Dark roast Ray has. Thank you.
Speaking of Ray- When I said Daffy Duck said “Oh joy! Oh rapture!” I am correct. However, realizing Warner Brothers Looney Tunes back then, had a much more adult dialog. He very well could have been quoting some famous line from an opera or some novel or movie I have not seen that you are refering too. So, if I do not win the full Upstate New York breakfast, (Prime Rib or Standing Rib, eggs your way, short stack pancakes or a waffle, choice of potato, juice and of course coffee), I understand. That may not have been exactly the answer, (though correct I might throw in there), you were looking for.
I have to admit the cell phone is a fantastic thing and a great thing to have. Especially when traveling etc. I just hate them. Like a regular phone, I look at them as an intrusion. Something rude. I get the same feeling when the phone rings, as most people do when speaking to someone and another walks right up and butts in the conversation changing the subject. Our when someone wakes you from a nap to say, "Hey! Watcha doin'?" What really gets my goat is when someone calls and says, "Whatcha doin" and I say eating dinner, they say, "oh, well I won't keep you but....." Would you walk into someones house up to the family eating at their dinner table and then just start talking? I think not. I know people on the other end don't know what you are doing when they call but I can't help but react the same. I've never been a phone guy even when I was young. Yes it does irritate me when someone calls to just chat. If you are travelling and are calling to say you made it, fine. Or if you live a long way away and want to visit, I understand, but if you are someone I see all the time, I don't understand the calling part. That being said, an even though I have one in my truck still to this day, and grew up with them as the secondary, sometimes primary means of communication between me and my friends, I’ll have to admit cell phones are better than the CB. Way better. Back then CB’s were common. Now, very few other than truckers have them. Many truckers don’t even have them on anymore for the jackjaws on there. Besides, phone conversations are much more private. Especially when Mom and Dad Have a base unit. “So, you were wondering how long it was gonna take Paul to get back with the beer eh?”
OK, raining out and I have made so many double strikes, had to backspace so many times to correct so much spelling and so many miss strikes I’ve worn out my keyboard for today. Off to Mom’s and the House War. (if I may borrow Ken’s terms)
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
EDIT: for some reason, the last paragraph was typed and placed above the first, but when posted to the diner is placed last. Odd. (siiiiigh) never mind. Is all better now. Why? I don't know. Tis going to be a long 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.
Joe, I hear you on bad teachers. I had two last year; my spanish teacher could neither teach nor control the class to save her life. She actually left about midway through the year, I heard it was because of health reasons. I would say they fired her but it took them forever to get a new teacher. My physical science teacher just couldn't explain stuff.
As to freshman year, I didn't have those problems last year. My only elective was PE, but all the teachers didn't hate us because we were freshman. Sophomore year has been kinda slow for me, but then it's not rugby season yet.
TSF, I just remembered we also did linear programming with the x and y coordinates, I had forgotten. I feel your pain, those word problems are a pain. And yeah, I think one wing is from the 50's, another probably the 60's, and then idk the rest. I know one wing (the one with the new gym) was built in the mid-90's
I'll speak as the member here who loves his cell phone...
I have an env3, and text messaging is a great way to have several conversations with different people at once. also, for those of you who say if the message is so dang important, why don't they just call: say you're at a football game for example or maybe you're stuck in a conversation or a place where talking on the phone would be bad/taboo and you want to communicate an important message...just send a text. You can do it discreetly if you must, and you get the message across, no background noise (like a football game).
Chris, I love that pic! the cherry red Soo unit relay stands out, and who doesn't love street running (although it looks like the rails aren't imbedded in the street).
Well, today is going to be work on my writing project. I'm hoping to get two of the papers done today. I also ordered my hoody and new hat yesterday (Packers gear), I'm hoping to have it by Tuesday
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Mornin' everyone!
ZoeI'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes and maple syrup to go along with a pot of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug.
TMarsh Speaking of Ray- When I said Daffy Duck said “Oh joy! Oh rapture!” I am correct. However, realizing Warner Brothers Looney Tunes back then, had a much more adult dialog. He very well could have been quoting some famous line from an opera or some novel or movie I have not seen that you are refering too. So, if I do not win the full Upstate New York breakfast, (Prime Rib or Standing Rib, eggs your way, short stack pancakes or a waffle, choice of potato, juice and of course coffee), I understand. That may not have been exactly the answer, (though correct I might throw in there), you were looking for.
Todd you are very close, it is a line from (and subsequently the theme of a song in an operetta). Hint the song is the final scene and ends with a reprise of "For he is an Englishman!" Daffy Duck was quoting it the many times he used it. Flo give Todd a refill on the coffee while he figures it out..... "Say goodbye to your sisters, and your cousins, and your and your aunts...." I had forgotten THAT was a favorite phrase of Daffy's.....
Today will be a busy one. Have way too much stuff to get done before the Kabob Dinner tomorrow at church. I have to pick up the chicken for the kabobs and some other items for the dinner and get it over to the church so the ladies can assemble them today. Make sure all the tables have been put up correctly, and then come home and finish mowing the lawn before it starts to rain...... (Oh Joy, Oh Rapture...)
Best get a move on!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Flo. BLT again, yea I know you have other stuff. All so a Diet Dew.
Jeffrey The pin stripe is on it way, just got back from the post offices. You should have it Tuesday or Wednesday. I sent you around 30 feet. As you can tell, I tried to send you a picture so you have a idea how thick the stripe is. But for what ever reason it would not work. So here you go.
If it does not work here there is a new site bug.
Ken
Hello everybody ...
I just wrote a commentary on my layout constrction and posted it in the weekly "Philosophy" thread. Perhaps, you will be interested in what I said.
Galaxy .. You had an interesting post in that thread.
I wonder if Ray will have teh wine list ready this evening.
Ray .. I like teh museum. Nice of you and Galaxy to host the diner in upstate NY.
Chris ... Taht's a neat Soo Line picture. Is it on former MILW tracks in Iowa? .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good afternoon.
Just taking it easy today. Re-carpeted the cat's jungle gym , and just watch some football.
Bad teachers???? Two have been fired from my town in the last month, due to "inappropriate behavior" with students. BUT.......They rather hire these people, rather than my wife who loves to teach!!!!
I will pop back in later today.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon.
Bucket of coffee please, and thank-you.
SAWYER and GARRY: Thanks guys, THAT is street-running through Bellevue, Iowa, along the Mighty Mississippi. THAT be ex-MILW, ex-SOO, ex-CP, ex-IMRL, ex-ICE, now CP (again) trackage. While the rails are not, as young Mr. SAWYER correctly noted, embedded in the street; the tracks DO run right down the middle.
Here's a recent "news" article the local dim-wit TV station did:
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Bellevue-Changing-Traffic-because-of-trains--103702534.html
Here's another view, same train, same town:
And yup....THAT spot 'o red can really "punch-up" a pic. Here's one I got a little ways south of Bellevue on a cold, windy, snowy, miserable day. The shot is almost monchromatic...
Welp...instead of tacking up photos and such around here, I need to get to w**k editing/processing last night's football shots...
"Oh joy, oh rapture..."
So, have a good rest of the day!
Heartland Division CB&Q Hello everybody ... I just wrote a commentary on my layout constrction and posted it in the weekly "Philosophy" thread. Perhaps, you will be interested in what I said. Galaxy .. You had an interesting post in that thread.
Aw, SHUCKS! T'weren't Nuttin' . Thank you for your kind words. What was your favorite part, I wonder.
As I said, for now I am happy as a hobo on a sounthbound freight in the middle of February just to have my small pike! SO I described it well so others can see you dont need "vast amounts of space" or "miles and miles of track" to have just about any type of operations you like. {WEll, switching in and out of the 4 spur mini yard is not the same as a timesaver switching detail.}
Oh, and glad to move the diner to Upstate for ya! WE enjoy having it here now!
Jeffrey- I hope you rest that foot well.
WEll went to Center for Pain Relief {CPR} yesterday for a shot in the nerves in my back. I'm not sure it really helps any and the Dr. siad to keep taking the oxycontin and vicodin...so I wonder what teh sense of the shots is then??? And I DO need the oxy and vic in addition to be less painful.
Well, I got my other half a N scale GG1 for xmas It was a wanted gift. I went shopping for PRR passeger cars but found little and out of stock, and the passenger cars we have already have rapido couplers on them and so do any new passenger cars I found. SO I did some research online about the GG1 and found they did indeed cart freight trains as well. SO I found some box cars with knuckle couplers on them {3 of them} that can be pulled by the GG1 on the under-the-table-top-xmas-tree layout with nscale track built in. I got a NW box car and found 2 D&H {our initials} box cars. so at least it won't run round and round by itself..it will have something to pull. I am NOT ABOUT TO TRY to replace NSCALE rapido couplers for new knuckle couplers!!!!!! I've had enough trouble with HO coupler replacememnts.
WEll I have chores to do so I'm off {one bubble to the left}
TTYALLL8R
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Evening Folks!
Flo, just a mug of for me tonight. Later tonight I am going to BBQ some Chicken Knocker!
Well today was a great day! My wife left at 12:30 PM and is still gone! She is with my daughter and they went shopping.
Train front, With no Spam intake today I felt pretty good. After I mailed Jeffery his road stripe, I went to work on the Passenger Station Spur.This section adds another 14 foot of track to the layout, so total is right around 307.5 feet, or 5.14 HO miles if I did the math right.
Station is off the A line, there is a number 4 turnout at either in. I all so added 2 more number 4 turnouts. 1 is on the west side, and the other on the east side of the Station So I have a runaround if there is a car or engine swap.
Far as the number 4's not handling large engines? So far I have ran a MU'ed Dash 9 and SD 50 (see WFP) and my RSD 15 through the turnouts, no problems. Both trains where pulling long cars, mainly 50 foot box cars and 54 foot covered hoppers. Passenger train power will be F 7's, Erie Built and E-6's. Hope they like the turnouts. OH, passenger cars are short Con Cor with 4 wheel trucks.
All so ripped out more of the out door carpet! If there was one thing I wished I had not done it was using the carpet on the layout. But, it did start as a HO Slot Car Track and it was the thing to do. Going to sound funny, but it is good to see bare plywood again! Sunday I am planing to paint the plywood brown and getting the road to the station going. Got to do something with all the HP cars i have!
Fly in the ointment! I used the brass turnouts I picked up at the St Louis Train show about a month ago and knew nothing about them. Power or none powered frogs, and did not look and to be honest would not know what I was looking at. I have the turnouts divulging rails end to end. And because I on a tight budget I used old rail joiners, to be safe I solder every section of track. Might add I am getting go at it. Anyway, you know the Chirping Sound that happens if there is a quick short, but does not shut down the DDC system? When a train pass through the west bound runaround going from the Passenger spur to the main, I hear the Chirping! East runaround is fine?
I did the quarter test and when I short the rails, the SEB DCC system does shut down. Plus I have a lot of other turnouts. Part that sucks, is every thing is Solder Together. Well, if it was not a pain it would not be mine!
Well it is 5:25 PM and Sue is still not home? Cool, more Me Time
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have the Chicken French with.... Ooooooo! The wine list is here. What a different winery every few days... great idea. Let's see tonight is... Ah! One of my favorites, Anthony Road Winery, nestled right along the shores of Seneca Lake just South of Geneva. Lets see:
Devonian White: A light, crisp wine that is great for a gathering around the dinner table. It is a blend of Cayuga White, Chardonnay (no-oak) and Pinot Gris. We ferment and age each of the wines separately and then create the blend.
2007 Pinot Gris: Hints of lemon and citrus characters make this wine a great choice for lighter spring and summer dishes.
Devonian Red (my favorite Red): A lighter bodied red with great berry fruit tastes and light oak aging. Pairs well with a variety of dishes!
2008 Pinot Noir: Estate grown fruit. Fermented and aged in French oak barrels. Vibrant bouquet of both sweet and dark cherry, vanilla and strawberry. Firm tannins in this Pinot produce a wine that is warm and elegant. Toasty hints of chocolate and even some licorice follow through to the smooth, lengthy finish.
Tony's Red: A fruity & refreshing red that has been fermented & aged all in stainless steel. We recommend serving it chilled!
Very nice selection. I'll have the Devonian Red to go along with dinner. Thank You Ma'am!
Well hopefully all is set for the kabob dinner tomorrow after church. The weather forecast for tomorrow morning has been improving all day, but we may still be cooking in the rain. I also got a call from the wife of one of the guys supposed to be helping us.... He was supposed to get back home from a business trip tonight. Nope he now won't get back until tomorrow night. Scratch one helper..... We'll get by. All the equipment i need to cook the salt potatoes is loaded in the back of the truck. THAT will just have to be set up tomorrow morning. Not a big job.
This afternoon as I was finishing the lawn mowing detail, I noticed fresh tracks by the mail box. Hmm. mail delivery is usually later in the day. Opened it up and there was a "Sorry you weren't home, you now get to pick it up at the Post Office" notice. My stuff from Fast Tracks came and went this morning before I got out of bed....... So Monday I will retrieve it down town. I hope bt the end of next week to have all the track laid for the module. I will have to make 3 left hand turnouts. They will all get some details like spikes and possibly fishplates (if the ones I have fit the code 83 Micro engineering track I am using. Track will be properly weathered, ballasted, and have drainage along side the main line. I will be using the Hump Yard throws on this module. I may also have time to assemble a building to accept deliveries on the siding.... Add some simple scenery (I can do THAT in a few hour) and it will be ready. All THAT really has to be judged for the Merit Award is the track work (track, turnouts, crossing, ballast. etc.) but anything to mkae it look good and like the prototype may help.
Well, the wine made me sleepy, so I'll go sit in the back booth and chill out for a while.
Hey Blownout! No, I don't have a web-site for the layout yet... something I need to do. I guess I should put one together.... Until then... maybe I'll post some pics. ..
The Skipper
CEO Gulf Breeze & Holley Railroad
Robby, it's sad man. Teachers who want to teach are the best...as long as they don't take it too far. I had one teacher who assigned the same project three weeks in a row; the third week I sighed and she started ranting about how I should be happy that she's giving us something other than bookwork. I love how teachers threaten with it; I love it because it's usually easy to do and I learn real well through it.
Chris, that sure is a neat section of track! I've always wanted to add some street running but never knew how; that'd be a way to do it. do you have a picture of where the road and tracks separate?
Galaxy, that's an awesome gift man!
Ray, that sucks about the Fast Tracks supplies!
Hey Skipper, here's my website if you need some inspiration.
Well, today it started; I began dismantling the ANRR. Right now I have two big trashbags of old foam, the joint compound hills, and a lot of flex and sectional track. I've salvaged some of the turnouts, some were so far gone I couldn't save them. It's a sad point for sure, but also the thoughts now turn to the CSRY, and the implementation of all the lessons the ANRR taught me.
Found the place finally. Looks like I gotta catch up again
I may be wrong, but I though we were supposed to change Diners after 50 pages, not every month.
Anyways, got a Details West milwaukee combo door and an E&B thrall-door box built today. My athearn RTR RS3 that I picked up for $22 showed up the other day. Just the rear handrail is dinged up. Also picked up some flat clear paint so I can mix that with some black to try to fix my #1964. If it fails, looks like I'm repainting and re-detailing it.
Chris, got a picture of the second unit in that photo? Also have to ask what's with the brooms on some locomotive pictures? Brewton Alabama has something like that set-up, the track on one end of town is double tracked, at goes to a single track in town. Haven't been to the other end of town and haven't checked google maps to see if it's a choke point in town.
Ken, Most stuff will work down on those smaller turnouts, but it may not look as good as it would on a larger radius. I've ran stuff like U30Cs and SD45s with 86' boxcars through crossovers of snap switches. It worked, but it looked crazy.
Nik, not bad work there. Maybe it's just me, but my athearns generally run better than my Katos. I have an old (first run) BB SD40-2 that runs really quiet. Had to do a bit of work but it is possible. Running abrasive polish (I use a medium grit) or toothpaste through the gears for about half an hour in each direction does alot for them. Might have to do that with my Katos...
Northeast, Same here. A lot of the people I went to high school (and quite a bit in college) with are seem very bone-headed. I never did anything intentionally stupid other than speak my mind. The ones in high-school now seem even worse A case in point; my brother (Sawyer, the one who had a habit of wrecking my trains). Crashed his car into the house because he tried to drive his car without being in his car. He figured he could put it in drive and control it when not in the seat.
Sam, Congrats!
Ray, Love the list. I especially love the GPS and map quest part. The last few times I headed back from Wisonsin I tried to find the depot thing in Rochelle. Mapquest was no help, didn't have GPS, and the people I asked all gave me wrong directions. Eventuall I got smart and followed tthe tracks as best as I could west from the interstate and found it.
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.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening,
SAWYER: Nope...I only grabbed those two shots more or less on the fly. I was in town for a Fire Instructor 1 written exam and got them on the way to the testing site. I'll bet Google Earth or Bing or one of them fancy web-satelite view things would let you zoom in reasonably on it. The link to the TV "news" story has another link to an earlier story with shots of some of the intersections/grade crossings. Might be of help to ya...
VINCENT: The brooms, at least around here, are used to sweep snow out of switches. CNW stuck 'em in holders on the nose, but a lot of 'em seem to just have been stuck in the grabs on the nose. And, nope, didn't get the 2nd unit. Wish I had, I think it's a MRL (or I&M Rail Link) SD-9 or some such.
We have fine wine in the Diner now? Wow... Looking through the list, I thought I was reading some foreign-type language!
While looking for additional Bellevue-area shots, I found this one from Clinton, Iowa. It's the Davenport and Rock Island (DRI Line) tracks jointly owned/operated by Soo/BN (CP & BNSF now, of course). It's a pretty stiff grade THAT geep and handful of cars are about to come down. The shack at the left is sitting where the CB&Q depot was...until the day in 1988 it got knocked down. Inside the shack is a poster with 101 uses for the infamous "F-word." Edumacational reading, to be sure.
Good evening everyone ..
Hello and welcome to Skipper. Feel free to tell us about your "Gulf Shore and Holley". I have relatives in AL and travel to there occasionally.
Reminds me. Where's "Bama"?
Chris ... I enjoy today's photos.... What was that language ine th shack? Oh, never mind.
Ray ... WOW! .... That's quite a list. Not exactly RBF's for sure.
Galaxy ... Your post was interesting becuase you told about your layout. This hobby is very interesting becuase each person does his own thing his way based on his talents and resources. The common denominator is it can be fun for everybody no matter how its done. Feel free to tell more about your layout and stuff you are doing with it.
Has anyone heard from Ulrich? I hope he found the way to Upstate NY.
Happy Model Railroading.
Evening. A glass of Devonian Red please I hear it comes highly recommended. Not real fond of wine, I’m a whiner you see, not a whino. Most taste like a single grape drug through a gallon of gasoline. Occasionally I’ll run across one that tastes like they at least squeezed the grape. I’ll sip it while reviewing HMS Pinafore for the line in question. Daffy was fond of that one if I remember correctly. Or was it the Barber of Saville(sp?). No I believe that was Bugs. Yet another funny episode. Hey Skipper! Nice of you to drop in. Stop in anytime you want. Welcome. Ya. Where is Bama? PFTIN
Evening. A glass of Devonian Red please I hear it comes highly recommended. Not real fond of wine, I’m a whiner you see, not a whino. Most taste like a single grape drug through a gallon of gasoline. Occasionally I’ll run across one that tastes like they at least squeezed the grape.
I’ll sip it while reviewing HMS Pinafore for the line in question. Daffy was fond of that one if I remember correctly. Or was it the Barber of Saville(sp?). No I believe that was Bugs. Yet another funny episode.
Hey Skipper! Nice of you to drop in. Stop in anytime you want. Welcome.
Ya. Where is Bama?
PFTIN
(Pant, pant - wheez)
I finally found the place! Must have wandered through all of upstate NY to get here - pretty country, though!
Zoe, I need a hearty breakfast and lots of coffee in a bucket, please.
The last days have been kind of rough on me, but that ain´t nothing new. I fell into a deeply depressed mood and lost interest in just about anything - and 10 lbs. I am now short of 200 lbs. and this is not much for a guy of 6´5". I guess having to let go of all my dreams and hopes is not doing any good to me.
I have just been skimming briefly over the posts here, so please excuse my not answering individually.
Jeff - I have noticed that you were on the MIA list for a few days. I do hope you are feeling better now - continuing !
Sam - congratulations! Now that you will be "piloting" the big engines, will you stay in MRRing? When I was a little boy, I also wanted to become an engineer. In those days, we still had plenty of steam around, and the weekend trip to the train station was a big adventure for that 5-year old. Why the heck I chose a managerial career later on, I don´t know anymore. My life would have certainly different, if not better.
Well, we are back to typical fall (foul) weather - lots of and. I will stay at home and watch some and enjoy a .
Have a good time!
Zoe just coffee, ah, dark roast in a R&GV RR Mug..... On my way out the door to church.
Looks like the weather will co-operate today as the showers are now predicted for mid afternoon. By then we should be done, cleaned up, and already back home...... A lot of us have been praying for THAT!
Packer, a few months back we were advised to just change the diners locale on the first of the month.... We were getting too many threads being put up at the same time and people still posting to the old, etc. This w*rks well.
Ulrich, good to see you sir!
Zoe give Todd anything he wants for breakfast (and lunch and dinner) today.... H. M. S. Pinafore it is! My Father loved THAT musical! "And so do his sister's and his cousins, and his aunts...!"
Catch you all this afternoon. Got to get moving!
Good morning.
Got a headache this morning ........No I'm not hung-over .
Not much planned for me today. Do some clothes, and watch the Steelers vs. Ravens. Now that game will be a "blood bath".
Hope everybody has a good morning.
Good morning all,Garry; I’ve had great success in mounting backdrops to temper masonite boards. The backdrops I use are printed on 11”x17”, 8.5” x 13”, or 8.5” x 13” paper. I paint the masonite with an indoor latex paint (Tuscan Sky) then spray 3M 77 contact adhesive on the board. Finally I lay the paper backdrops in place. The masonite (peg board without the holes) costs around $4 for a 1/8” x 4’ x 8’ sheet that I rip down to 15” wide and 8’ long. The masonite doesn’t warp. When I apply the paper I start the edge then lay it down using a stiff foxtail (brush that comes with a dust pan) to prevent wrinkles and prevent dirty fingerprints on the back drop. Once it’s all laid and dry I clear coat it with Matte clear coat spray.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Vincent, wow man, really, trying to drive his car without being in the seat?
Chris, you got a point there, I'll use bing, it has the birds-eye view feature which is really helpful, as well as street view haha
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Mornin', bucket of coffee, to-go. Gotta take Friday night football stuff to THAT Editor, via New Proofreader Dude. Then, gotta get gas for the mower, and if the frost has burned-off/the grass dried; I shall then have to mow.
Oh Joy. Oh Rapture.
HMS Pinifore 'eh? I'm gonna have to find some Daffy Duck stuff to watch. I don't remember THAT. The Daffy quote THAT sticks most in my head is: "You're disssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssspicable."
Have a good day everybody...
Late Mourning Everyone!
Just a Diet Dew to go Flo, I have my Bob Villa Hat on today.
Got the Mill work up, I did it the Lazy Way, just nailed it up. There are some gaps on the end, but I can live with it for now.
Yanked up about another 6 foot of carpet in the hallway, got the tack strip's up and low and behold there another problem! Bathroom Door Jam went all the way to original floor! And there is a Marble transition strip. So I had to take off some of the door jam, and it falling apart now! Well, should not be that big of a deal, I hope.
OH, the Luna is to wide again!
Trains are running great today, I should have had another Train Day today. Later today I will run my first passenger train through the new spur and see how that goes.
Back to the Hallway and bang, pry and screw the Luna down.
Good afternoon y'all!
Cup of vegetable bullion I think to hit the spot right now!
Packers#1 Galaxy, that's an awesome gift man!
The GG1 was a wanted American loco my other half could deal with. See my other half has a German mother and spent every other year gorwing up in Germany,a dn fell in love with the steamers they still ran there in certain parts as well as the streamlined diesels and electrics. Really wanting those in N scale are hard to find without paying primo prices and importing them, as there just isn't much available in European models areound here or online American stores. It was casually mentioned one day that the "GG1 is one AMerican I could deal with running"....so months ago after that statement i immediately got online and ordered it as I new Kato had jsut come out with Nscale version in Tuscan Red, the favored color. SO I was set on that part for xmas, but all the nscale stuff we have including some european models have rapido couplers and the GG1 has the knuckles,so I enbarked on finding something it could pull. I did more research online after I bought the freight cars and have found some red PRR commuter cars at {gulp} $35 a piece that will also claim to run on the 11r oval we have, so I will order 3 probably for xmas.
PACKER--RAY is right, it was decided to just change the diner at the end of the month making it easier. It is really up in the air as to who gets to start the new diner as to who gets to it first late in the evening/night of the last day of the month. THis month I just happened to be the one! Usually Sir Maddog Ulrich beats us all to it as he is earlier on Germany time than we are here in the USA{of course it's the middle of the night for him there too}.
GARRY-- Thank you again for your kind words, I was a bit apprehensive about writing about a small pike when the topic was really about "miles and miles" of layout space. Pleased you enjoyed my expose on my mini pike. It just goes to show you can have all kinds of fun in a small space if you want! ANybody else reading this wondering what we are talking about I posted in the "Philosophy Friday- miles and miles and miles" post about the third posting down on page one all about my mini HO layout if anyone cares to read more about it!
Jeffrey-- hope you are resting that leg well! er ah foot! Hope it isn't serious.
The injections into the nerves at the CPR {Center for PAin Relief} are definitely NOT helping! In fact I have been actually taken to using my cane aroud the house now as the injections, oxycontin and vicodin are just nto working. I bought the cane a few months ago as I realzed that about more than 1-1.5 hours out on my feet doing something and my back woudl be killing me. THe cane helps some. My other half has a back that acts up so sometime uses a cane when standing long periods, and our train-nut friend who went with us to Steamtown has electric pain reducing implants in his back and a cane, we all three looked like walking wounded at Steamtown! I have found there seems to be a bit more "repect" and "tolerance" given to those with a cane in hand. It is a pain in the neck sometimes as you loose one hand for carrying something. I hope this is not the beginning of using it more and more often!
Went shopping this AM {yes with cane in hand though carts are wonderful to lean against though} EARLY to beat teh crowds. I like going shopping before 9 am when you can get in get out especially with 20 items or less. HAd to pick up bottled water, that was a tricka s there was no employee to help out but i mananged. Im not toatlly helpless yet.
Shoot, I forgot to go to Lowes to see if they have baggged gravel, we have to get some new bagged gravel for the driveway puddle areas before winter and freezing water set in. WOuld cost about $450 to ahve the whole driveway regraveled based on a neighbor's cost to do hers. It really should be the park's doing but try to get them to do anything is a problem. Our problem is also that there IS some blacktop...old cracked and caved under ther and extra gravel may cause problems on top of the blacktop. ALso my other half wants a snowblower this year for snow removaal and the large sized rocks she had put down are not to friendly to snowblowers!! And of course I will have those paid Husky Lowes workers load the gravel for me!
WEll I wrote my AM book hope you all enjoyed it...!!!
TTYALLL8R!
Afternoon all. Kinda swamped with homework, so visit will be short.
Cell phones- good, but I hate my phone. Can't wait to get a new one in February.
Visited TCNJ yesterday, and loved it! Amazing campus (10/10), and most things I'm looking for. I've been making a spreadsheet of things I'm looking for and rating each college. TCNJ got a 29/34. No Coop program and a little close to home, but overall, very good. Will probably make the list of schools to apply to.
Finished Faith and Values project. I'm done with the Powerpoint on Twitter, and I gave up on the narration. You have to do the entire thing in one shot, and I kept messing up on the last slide, not to mention it was fuzzy. So I'll just have to speak during the presentation tomorrow, NBD.
Well, back to homework...
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