Teen Steam Fan: Sie können Deutsch lernen schnell, wenn Sie das Studium beginnen. Früher habe ich es ganz gut sprechen, aber es hat zu viele Jahre gewesen.
Believe me, it's not as hard as it looks.
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Hey guys.
Urlich- I've picked up on some German, but not much. Spanish is a pain in the hind end for me. It may be helpful, but I could make a few cracks about language that Vinnie will probably kill me for.
Oh, and the worrying about the cones reading pielegro, question, why don't we have it in Deep south for those of us (Myself included) that have a southern drawl? Maybe something along the lines of "Don't come over here y'all"?
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!
OK--it posted it---Ken: I'm wondering if it is not your computer somehow. I seemed to be able to resize my pieces ok . As for it's so-called photo-editing capabilities---megh
Good evening
Welb, tomorrow I get to find out about my defibrillator and whether I be getting it in or what they still have planned for me otherwise
Chloe, I'll be having a roast beef sammich with gravy and a pile of veggies please--no mashed potatoes tonight--oh, and a coffee as well please---I'll be sitting with Ray for a bit
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/
OK--they changed it--now to see whether I can still post from it--
This oughta be fun--it still came up with the pop up--now to see whether it'll post
Evenin' folks!
Flo I'll have the hot roast beef sandwich with all the trimmings and an Iced Tea for dinner tonight.
Ken and Jeffrey.... Yep they "Improved it!" Wow... All the stuff they had on the right hand side of the page they moved over to the left side of the page and all the stuff they had on the left hand side of the page they moved over to Right side of the page! WOW! Then they gave you one more click to find all all your sub-albums with a pop up (in this case Poop up is proper) the blackens everything else out. What an improvement! Color me totally unimpressed.
Why these places have to keep "improving" themselves I don't know. There is nothing they added THAT I am even vaguely interested in. I use photoshop for working with photos, and will continue to. They have a very Bleeck photo editor in comparison.
Opps, I see the heading toward me....
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Umm, Oh no. Photo bucket changed? Mabe I out to try one out myself, and see if mine still works....
I hope y'all don't mind my test being here. Enjoy the photo of my Athern flatcar with scratch-built steel plate load.
EDIT: Well, mine worked first try, but I'm not liking the new layout of it. Oh well, I barely go on Photobucket anymore. Now that I know I still know how to use photobucket, I guess I'll take a cheeseburger for the road.
Ken: Yes there was a big change in Photobucket and they're getting tons of complaints about it.
I haven't tried it yet today. About high time I did.
Finally got it to post but I had to hunt down a tag line that would work. The ones that appear under the thumbnail don't seem to work.
Evening AZ
At Lease I did not call it a Crap Hole!
Another trying day, so Flo please.
Computer Front Found some of my old programs, buried with train stuff. Found two key programs, Go Back and Registry Repair Pro.Thank God for Go Back, now I can start deleting some stuff off this computer with out fear of deleting the wrong file. Far as the computer Registry? Found the following.
Invalid Paths 168
" " Help Files 5
" " Applications 7
" " Shared DLL 5
Unused Software Entries 7
Auto Run Programs 36?
That will slow the sucker down some! On the old computer I only had 2 Auto Runs on start up, both where for security. Today I deleted all the files except the Mc Fee and could not open Window Media Player or get on line. So I used the Go Back and everything was fine again.
Blowout and Ray and others. Well at lease you got a chuckle.
JR For me it is easier to lay the track than draw it using a CAD program, but I am sort of getting the hang of it.
Vincent You have a PM, I got to the Post Offices Today.
PC Sorry I missed what was wrong with your son. Like many I sort of skimp through the posting here at the dinner. I glad to here he is resting comfortable.
Ulrich 1 Is your Mother OK? I read part of a post where someone was wishing her well.
2 Funny you brought piece's of the Berlin Wall, I happen to have a piece hanging 4 feet from me as I pick at the Keyboard Thingy.
3 Far as coming up dry on ideas for the layout, I can sure understand. I am starting to come up with some ideas. You know the sizes of the room right? Just draw some 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 circles in different parts of the room and see what comes to you. That is what I am starting to do.
Morgan Is there four main lines in the last idea? Now I have had a few , but I could not follow all the action you had packed in there. Any idea to what the run's where? All so remember I am fat getting old. If I was 40, I could handle all the POP, POOP, Or CRAP HOLES or what ever you want to call them.
All so Morgan and Ulrich The A/C section and Breaker Box section is no longer off limits.All so the garage door does open, so we can go wider there. All so when I get my E Mail Account working on this computer, we can exchange files.
OK, here is what I came up with today. Have no idea what it will look like at here at the site with me not having my old Photo Suite working yet. Could not crop or change file sizes.
Great, now I can not post Pictures? Did they change Photo Bucket or is it this computer?
Ken
I hate Rust
Hey guys. had rugby practice yesterday, so no item to check in
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Afternoon all...Its sunny and cool here posta rain tonite...I'll have a double RBF please...thank you...Worked on B-man caboose rebuilt some this AM and ran trains...
PC..prayers for your Son...
You all have a good one...Jerry
Sir Madog Good Morning, a drab day is breaking. Petra will be gone today and I will use my "free" time to double check some of the dimensions in my designated train room and maybe start drawing the benchwork in my little CAD system. There are still some issues with that, which I have not yet resolved. Janie, coffee and French toast for me, please. PC - continuing healing for your son! Ken, Morgan - I am awed by that plan. I never would be able to come up with something like it. I like the left part with the yard a lot, maybe the right bit could use a little bit of "untangling". Ha, I have learned a lesson - my thinking is to simple to design such a big layout. All I can come up with is somehow arranged along the walls, and maybe a peninsula in the middle - not enough to accommodate all your druthers, Ken. I am not creative enough ... CUL
Good Morning,
a drab day is breaking. Petra will be gone today and I will use my "free" time to double check some of the dimensions in my designated train room and maybe start drawing the benchwork in my little CAD system. There are still some issues with that, which I have not yet resolved.
Janie, coffee and French toast for me, please.
PC - continuing healing for your son!
Ken, Morgan - I am awed by that plan. I never would be able to come up with something like it. I like the left part with the yard a lot, maybe the right bit could use a little bit of "untangling". Ha, I have learned a lesson - my thinking is to simple to design such a big layout. All I can come up with is somehow arranged along the walls, and maybe a peninsula in the middle - not enough to accommodate all your druthers, Ken. I am not creative enough ...
CUL
Au contraire, simplicity can be the best kept secret. And for a lack of creativity, that's boilerwash (see what I did there, I made a train funny!) too. I for one don't have the talent to do the scenery like you have on these plans. Sure, I know Paint well enough, butnot that well well enough. Besides, you'll note the first mistake I made was I forgot to check some aisleway clearences...
Truth be told, what I did was move the yard to an angle, tie it back into the old track at the top end, and go "Hmm, that corner looks like it'd fit the grain mill well enough..." and then start adjusting things so it isn't all in one place.
And by all means, untagle away! I can send you the RTS file if you'd like, and I'll be sure to include my curve template too.
-Morgan
Vincent.......I sent you a PM.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Morning or Afternoon guys
Fixed my car's Odometer and tripomoter. It's a realtively easy and inexpensive fix. 30 bnucks and 30 minutes is all it took.
PC, Sorry to hear about your son's rough recovery, but at least he can rest comfortably.
Jeff, Maybe get some barbed wire for the nephew?
Robby, By Jove, it's great. Not too dirty, not too rusty, and no graffitti. Definately want it. Not likely you could PM me a total for that and a set of the powders?
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.
Lunch time!!!!
I've been working on a Conrail Auto-rack for a couple of days now. No graffiti, but A LOT of rust!!! These cars aren't hard to weather, but the are hard to take a picture of!!!
Brakie, not sure if you’re south of Columbus or north…
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I'm 60 miles North of Columbus.
Nothing to report from Buckeye land so,I'll have a cup of coffee.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
GMTRacing Jeff - I thought that might have been the case with the nephew. Is it too late to put up a fence or plant a minefield or something? I suppose that it's too much to hope that your good example will give him cause to change for the better.
Jeff - I thought that might have been the case with the nephew. Is it too late to put up a fence or plant a minefield or something? I suppose that it's too much to hope that your good example will give him cause to change for the better.
The burgers were super!
Flo, just a strong coffee to help me digest this health food, please!
Jeff - I forgot to mention it, on German e-Bay you now and then find slices of the Berlin wall up for sale. Reminds me of a Japanese friend of mine, who once drew a line on the ground and said "Don´t think it is just a line - it is an ocean!"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe just a blueberry muffin (w/ real butter) and my dark roast coffee. Can't stay long.... Have a bunch of things to get out of the wind before the major gusts start in this neck of the woods... Talking gust to 50MPH early this afternoon.
PC, very good to hear your son is home and resting after his surgery. THAT would be wonderful if he could forgo the last of the surgeries. You and your family are in my prayers!
Galaxy, prayers for your MIL and FIL and both you and your wife! My family dealt with the "end of life" issues not THAT long ago.
OK there were others I wanted to mention, but I can't remember off the top of my head... What Todd? You too? What were we talking about?
Looked outside and the wind is picking up... Got to go!
Good Afternoon,
Petra´s back from her teaching, so I will have to start to prepare a late lunch, early dinner type of meal. It´ll be just burgers & oven fries, as I am not the world´s greatest cook. Health food is ahead of us!
Todd - there was something I wanted to tell you - shoot, it´s gone! Does that qualify me as an elderly person now?
Ken - a little late, but better than never! Poop up - you could not have named it more appropriately!
Galaxy - for your MIL and FIL. My parents are 84 and 82 and we all know that the day to say goodbye is near. When you are in that age, each day is a gift. I am glad for each day the phone does not ring ...
TSF - so you want to learn German? Not an easy language to learn - believe me, Spanish is much easier and probably a lot more useful in your neck of the woods. Here in Germany, you can get by with English, as most people speak at least a little of this lingo.
A friend of mine sent me three #4 Shinohara turnouts, which add to my stock of building materials. That´s a $ 85 value in German prices...
Petra´s getting hungry, so I have to hurry now.
TTFN
LSWrr (1st thing that goes with old age is memory, the 2nd thing is, hum I can’t remember)
(1st thing that goes with old age is memory, the 2nd thing is, hum I can’t remember)
I KNOW! I KNOW! The second thing is....... oh shoot! I forgot.
Good Morning! Coffee lots and lots of coffee. Plus the hungry man’s breakfast special please. Thank you.
FOUND the smell in the refrigerator. Italian beef. Back in the land of the lost part from who knows when. I seem to remember her making it what oh…..two, three months ago?
I didn’t get into the train room as hoped yesterday.
Morgan’s name is Bill?
He he, Ken said “poop” (chuckle)
TSF- You’re not going to take Spanish any more? How will you know what the warning cones say. PELIGRO!
PC- Good news. Still praying too.
I see the coffee drip has been moved back in. That’s good to see, it means PC may be sticking around.
Just as I thought I was almost done with Mom's house save a few oddds and ends, Mr Murphy FLINGS himself right through the door. FLINGS I tell ya. Termite damage. Termites are long since deceased, but, their paper like wall studs are still there. Trying to repair the drywall that the flyers attacked a couple years ago, I discovered the bottom of the door frame did not appear to be attached and the drywal, when pressed, made an uneasy give along with a crunching of paper sound. Removal of some drywall revealed the problem. The diner for termites. Imust now demo the wall and see the extent of the damage and repair. Will I ever get this place done so I too can join Ray and Robby, and Lee and Garry and Jerry and OH the list goes ON, in my train room and talk of my little choo choo’s and the associated adventures we all enjoy so much? I’ve so much to do and so much knowledge to suck up.
Best get moving.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good morning All,
56F and raining on and off still (like all day yesterday). Museum last night and we have both N loops operating consistently. With the thing being operated from a push button overn and over without supervision it's imperative that we not have any glitches like cars uncoupling or dropping on the ground so running a couple of dozen times without problems was good. There were a couple of spots where the joins between rails weren't perfect so i soldered them then filed flat and burnished the joints and that pretty much solved the issues. The outer passenger loop has the consist stop at the station then restart automatically (DALLEE electronics) and that was making the old Rapido couplers unhook as they gave and took slack so we fixed that with a dab of silicone over the couplers (not a problem when you don't need to switch stuff out. Just need to replace some ties and stabilize the joints a bit more and we'll be ready to ballast.
Glad the hear PC's son is recovering and G's train nut friends' wife is out and hopefully getting better.
Ken - what is the height of the A/C unit reletive to the table? If you want a reasonable isle and the minimum of liftouts and gates i guess the best bet is one of those twisted dogbone style layouts with perhaps a pennisula for the industries? I for one get a headache just trying to think about it.
Back to the shop and lots more fun - we're still running two people short so the CFO's been pressed back into service. Catch y'all later. J.R.
Man, you guys are getting battered by those winds! It's quiet around here.......almost too quiet!
Good WINDY morning. Man some points of the night I thought a tornado was coming!!!
I have a ton of cars to do in the basement, and I would like to re-wire the whole layout. Talk about having some projects lined up!!
PC...........I'm glad it all went well yesterday.
Lee........I have had several people tell me to try MD, and the NY shows. Heck I've had people tell me to try some "fire hall" shows around here. That won't happen this year. Between starting school in January, and Jessica finals in a month or so......Just no time. If I do another show, it won't be till next summer. Plus with having FIVE animals, its hard to get away.
Lee: We, too, are also sharing the wonderful 40-55 mph winds with RAY and yourself
It is also raining like a monsoon out here--again--as we are going to the predicted high of 47F---yay.
PC: Continued prayers for your son's recovery
Welb, I's be heading out into the winds/rain later on today to do some more stuff--then tomorrow as the winds/rain somewhat abate a bit I'll be off to do some more stuff--like check on what te heart specialist is going to do about ICD-- After that I'll be heading for a new LHS to check out what they got on offer
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now thanks--I'll be at the RC for a bit
Man, I came in here this morning and got booted out! Site maintinance and such..........takes more then that to make me go away!
Mornin' All!
Long night, but the sun is up and so it's time to start the coffee drip!
Gets ya movin' in the morning, ya know?
BTW, I've noticed some folk around here in need of prayers. Though I haven't said as much, I do pray for you all daily.
My son is currently sleeping......something he didn't do a lot of last night. He's not in a lot of pain (thankfully), but the pain meds make him quite nausiated, and thats not a lot of fun. Anyways, all is good for now. Oh, and the doc says that he may not have to get the last two surgeries in this series if he continues to do well with his healing and therapy! That would be awesome!
Garry and Todd have about convinced me to begin plugging ahead with the current layout rather then down sizing. I hated the idea of starting over, but this project is a lot to handle. Guess bite sized chunks wouldn't be too bad though. Thanks guys! Now I just have to buckle down and make the time!
Oh well, I'm going to head over to the corner booth with my coffee drip...........Thanks Chloe!
Good Morning, Ray, I will be sharing some 49 to 55 mph winds with you today…..
Saturday (20NOV10) is the route 30 Express tour between Ashland, OH and Canton, OH details can be found here: http://www.route30express.org/Rte30Announcements.htm
NMRA Division 4 has 6 layouts open on Sunday (21NOV10) in the Parma, Sagamore Hills, and Broadview Heights area.
I’m planning on hitting about 10 layouts on the Route 30 Express and 3 layouts on the NMRA tour. Ashland is about 1.5 hours SW of me but it’s worth it. Last year I got to visit Dean Freytag’s layout, very impressive and eye opening.
Robby, the Berea show had 2 vendors selling weathered rolling stock. The one was selling the MTH or Intermountain (1st thing that goes with old age is memory, the 2nd thing is, hum I can’t remember) RTR cars. Both wanted between $40 and $50 a car. Your sets of weathering powders go for about $40 if you can find them. I would recommend “selling” the cars. In this area UP, SP, ATSF, WP won’t do as well as NKP, CN, CP, NYC, PRR, N&W, NS, C&O, B&O, CSX, CONRAIL. If you do 1950’s you can’t go wrong with B&O, C&O, NKP, NYC. Not giving you advice, just telling you what I know. I will admit I’ve noticed more Great Northern fans than ever before recently.
Ken, my body count is 20 confirmed kills so far. I was worried the neighbor’s cat would get hurt playing with the bodies but her owner assured me she won’t go near them, so I feel comfortable dropping the poison tabs in the garage.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning Folks!
Cup of coffee please.
Have a great day all!
Steven
Good mornign all
Well, the MIL drifts and fades in and out and sometiems recognizes people, but tehn drifts out and glazes over. SHe has been in bed for what now 7 days, and has been cleaned up from accidents. I sincerely wish the FIL would take her to the hospital and let them help take care of her, but he is stubborn and she wanted to die at home, so he tries his best to care for her there. THE FIL's gears are starting to slip too. Shes 83, he is 82. SO special thoughts and prayers please?
Our train nut friend's wife came home monday and went back to night school last night, though she is off from work for 4-6 weeks. SHe is doing as good as can be and is in good spirits. she needed 4 units of blood in all after the surgery. They gave her the estrogen patch so she isn't a B*** on wheels going through instant menopause.
My ohter half has a minor medical proceedure today, so thoughts with us today please.
See PC...our special thoughts and prayers DO help!! for continued healing.
Who else needs special thoughts and prayers? for them also!!
well, we have a lot to do have to drop stuff off at teh FIL's before the proceedure and the proceedure will take about 3 hours all total then we have to eat out after as other half will be starving. so best get at it...
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.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...