Good Morning,
Ken congratulations on the new job!
www.usajobs.gov is a good place to job hunt for those looking…
DerJohn, I get all my LED bulbs from a guy on EBay who sells them for electronic manufacturers, but he is an avid model railroader as well. The 3 color LED he carries come in various sizes and he sells them by the bag for around $20. I’ll look him up if you’re interested and send you his information. His smallest size could be used as locomotive or caboose marker lights. I spent $25 and had enough LED bulbs to scratch build all my signals.
Monster Snowstorm Eyes Area from Midwest to Quebec: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/42767/monster-snowstorm-eyes-area-fr-1.asp
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Lunchtime!
Chloe, a bowl of Chili and a , please!
Ken - now you are coming along! That´s a fantastic looking plan! I´d say go for it!
Some more playing with my plan resulted in buildings, which are more appropriate in size, although I still have a hunch they are a tiny bit too large. But see for yourself:
My question to my fellow Diners - have I captured the "Western" flavor that I am aiming at?
CU all L!
Mourning Folks! OK, Bill seems you and Flo are the only ones here so far.
Flo, Glass on Cranberry juices, scrambled eggs, bacon and toast please.
Todd, just saw your post about the house payment. Now that I have a job it would be great if they did that for me. 30% off would get the payment down to $645 from $922. Before I got behind I had 12 years left on my loan.
Got my first taste of winter last night. I had not driven my Daytona sines September and deiced I better add some antifreeze. Battery was dead so I put it on a 2 amp trickle charge for 45 minutes. Went out and start her up and added a little of the green stuff. Got the car up to full temperature. Shut her down to let any air out of the cooling system. Tried to start her back up, battery was dead again. Guess it may be time for a new battery.Will try charging again today but I am not holding my breath.
Here is the plan that Chris drew up for me.
Chris used 3rd PlanIt to draw the layout. I need to download the free version and see if I can read the file with it. Left side against the wall has hidden staging where the 3rd main line runs under the the two outer main lines.
See you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning Folks,
my sleeping habits seem to improve a little. Although I woke up again, it was a little later than in the past weeks, and I also could go back to bed and fall asleep
Chloe, coffee and a breakfast bagel, please!
Nothing much planned for today, other than the Friday grocery run. Maybe I will fine tune my drawings ...
John - the loco is about the right size, but the buildings are too tall. Part of that is due, that WinRail is not made for this kind of drawings - it´s a track planning tool, too "coarse", as the minimum size for an element is 5 pixels. I will try to re-do the drawing.
Barry - I will defer my thoughts and to the 15th!
Last night brought only a little more of the white stuff, but the weather guessers are predicting loads of this for this afternoon. Unlike most of the times, they seem to be right now.
You all have a safe day!
Good late evening Diners: Colder day today - maybe some sun tomorrow.
Chuck(sunbeach): Great to see you dropped in. There have been a number of long-time patrons stroll in over the last few weeks. Must be the coffee! In the mean time, we've recently acquired a second Chuck - also on your side of the continent, as it happens. Happy to hear you are coming through the loss of Kathy - our thoughts are with you in that.
Chuck (tomikawa):
If King James hadn't bankrolled the most-used English translation of the Bible, would the Apostles have addressed Jesus as "Boss???"
Ulrich: Is what we see (expanded image) what we get - that loco and car are the actual size of the models? I ask because I have one of the locos from that HOn30 section on the Alberta layout - it's a 0-6-0 Roco? (Austria anyway) Putting up against the Forum page on my screen, it dwarfs the small image, but against the expanded image, it is dwarfed in turn. How long is your loco ( or that turntable bridge ) ?
Robby:
First thing I found this morning was the cats knocked over the Christmas tree. I have no idea what the cats do at night. I guess stuff they aren't suppose to do!!
Todd:
Check this out Der, Brenda did get her a.... not a wheelchair, a.... transport chair I think it's called. Looks like a wheelchair but has 4 small wheels instead of the two large and two small. She got it at Walgreens for $100. However it just went on sale I guess she said so she will check on getting some money back. It's not good as a wheel chair unless they have pretty strong legs to pull themselves around on carpet. But pretty good on hard floors and especially if you are going to do the pushing.
Galaxy: In addition to what's already been suggested about lighting for treating your SDD, the flyers today had a Wally Mart one with a portable (as in looks like hand held) unit for just that purpose. Around $80 IIRC. If you are at all interested, let me know and I'll scan the ad and send it to you PM.
Ken: on the job! Now to rack up the sales to get over the commissions threshold! The drug test shouldn't be affected by the kidney infection (about which BTW) unless you are taking medication. Real cranberries, or the juice, has a good reputation in that regard.
The second attempt at the fibre optic adaptation for my NJ International signals has ended in failure - if you measure by finished product, but success in that I now have a more clear idea of what it may take to pull this off. That is, I need to insert each fibre of the bundle one or two at a time into the front of the signal head, and then bend it behind the head and down the mast. First attempt was a single fibre 1.5 mm thick. Too inflexible for the bends involved, especially as there is an off-set between the mast and the head. Second attempt was a pre-formed bundle of fibres approx 1.5 mm thick. More flexible, but still too stiff for the geometry. So now will it be third time lucky? I can't just get at it however, because all the handling of the signal has resulted in some major damage that I shall have to put right before I can continue. Fortunately these are brass, so I can solder the parts back together with a thin shim brass strip to strengthen the join. (Head and top of mast broken from the rest of the mast) Update - THAT worked just fine (well, mechanically anyway, it's not the prettiest join I've ever soldered, but I didn't want to linger too long, as the signal head may have melted from the top piece of mast. I used the reverse end of a drill bit through both sections of mast to hold the pieces and act as a heat sink for the mast. I couldn't figure a way to also protect the head-mast joint with a heat sink.) now to begin stuffing fibres so as to make the necessary bundle. I think I'll cut the casing off a longer piece of bundled fibres - the extra length would make installing the finished signal on the layout easier. That's a job for Saturday as tomorrow is totally taken up with other things.
If you are wondering why I'm bothering to do this when NJI makes the thing with mini tri-colour LEDs already to go - check out http://www.njinternational.com/nscale.htm and the price of just one of the single head signals. I need a bunch of them, and $30 plus shipping is out of my league. BTW, the "SA Type"; would that mean "Single Aspect"?
Well, that's it for me for tonight. May or may not get back in tomorrow. So, Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Looks like I have much catching up to do here.
Ken... That's good news from you. ... Let's celebrate with a round of RBF's !!
Todd... glad to hear about the refinancing. .. Does that mean more funds can be made available for the layout? ... Look out Castle Hobbies! Here comes Todd!
Duke .. Glad you stopped in.
Bama .. Good you are back in the diner.
Barry ... Now you say it will be the 15th for your operation. Again, I would like to assure you, it will go well for you based on my similar experiences. Of course, prayers are essential.
Der John .... I enjoy seeing your layout progress.
Jeff .... Your locos continue to have character thanks to Sundown Shops.
Ray ... I looked briefly at your pictures of your new sturcture. Nice!
On the layout, I have a new acquisition: A pair of sound equipped BLI Blue line CB&Q E7's. I'm happy with them so far.
It's rather cold here. Should have stayed in AZ.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Todd, great news on the house! You too Cuda!
Todd, Ulrich: Due to certain weather conditions that came along, a whole pile of operations of a far more serious sort have to take precedence hence, my scheduled session won't be until Wednesday the 15th of December--and no changes this time... Mind, what with all the dang snow and all the dang road closures and what all else up here--I'm really not surprised. So what'll I be doing tomorrow? Getting some more scrip set up and doing some Xmas shopping...heeheehee
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/
My feet smell like Dial soap now.
Barry- In case I don't get in before you leave tomorrow (? it is tomorrow right?) Know you're in my prayers.
Bama- Yep, sure will be nice knowing. Of course, we don't haveanything signed yet so I'm waiting for the other shoe that always seems to fall to hit me in the head and nix the whole deal.
Ken- Congrats on the job. Remember, just because you have a job now, doesn't mean you still can't keep looking for one you like better. Just not as much pressure.
Chris- Oh yes. I didn't mean to sound like a transport chair is a replacement for a wheel chair. It just depends on the need. If Der's MIL just needs to get around sometimes and they have hard floors, (or she has the muscle structure in her legs of a linebacker) a transport chair may be all she needs. As her main source of locomotion, no I would not recomend one. Mom will not be using it alone. If that time comes, yes we will look into actual wheelchairs. So far it's distances that she would not be traveling by her lonesome where she needs one because she doesn't leave the house unaccompanied and the doc wants her to get as much exercise, supervised exercise as she can. I know all about the dreaded "powers. Am going through that right now. .
Time to leave for Brenda's Christmas Party. Free food and drink.
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.
*Opens door and while stepping inside, stops dead in the tracks*
What's THAT smell??????? Oh, TODD needs some hygiene? OK.... moving on... *dabs Vick's Vapo-Rub under the nose*
By gosh and by golly....it's a little warmer today, but off and on "light s*** showers" are conspiring to grease up the roads by the time I have to go to w**k tonight. At least we haven't had the "freezing drizzle" yet...emphasis on YET. I still reserve the right to just sit in my recliner with a glass of Maker's Mark this evening, and shoot basketball instead tomorrow night. THAT way, THAT Editor still gets two sports pages since I shot the CCA boys basketball game Tuesday night.
We shall see.
TODD and DER JOHN: "Transport chairs" are just THAT...designed for short-hauls, such as from the car into a house. While I have seen people buy them for "everyday, all-day" chairs...and they can often be less expensive, they really aren't designed for THAT. To self-ambulate, the user has to propel themselves with their feet...not real handy or convenient. They are very lightweight and don't take up a whole lot of room when folded up, THAT could be a couple of "pluses" for them, I guess.
TODD: You keep giving me glimpses of the future. Currently, both of my parents are alive and well. But, their days will come too. Dad just went through the various power of attorney and living will paperwork with me a few days ago. I now have the ability to pull the plug...and am the executor of the will. I guess THATs part of the "joys" of being an only child. Nobody else to turf these matters onto. I'm not quite sure how to put this, but watching you go through everything you're going through: remodeling the house, emptying the house, nursing homes/hospitals, etc.; It's helping me to at least start preparing for THAT day with my folks. I'm already dreading going through the tons of electronic stuff in Dad's sub-terrainian laboratory (the basement). Billions of electronic pieces and parts and bits...from his ham radio stuff. A mountain of "QSL" magazines to move/sell/dispose of. Not looking forward to it...someday it will happen.
CUDA KEN: Congrats on the job!
I 'spose I'd best get to being productive. I still have to hammer out the captions and game summary from Tuesday. I was feeling "prolific" last night and knocked-out a lengthy piece looking at the North Liberty Police Department's Use of Force policy. Here's a hint boys and girls...if you be nice to the policeman, he probably won't make you dance on the wire (Taser). I also wrapped-up a photo feature from CCA's production of The Wizard of Oz, and the masochistic Methodists freezing for their faith (live Nativity).
THAT Editor should be quite pleased tomorrow morning...
A good, SAFE day to all,
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Just a short stop to refill my batteries.
Zoe, it is past happy hour, so I´ll go for some instead of my usual
Barry - you will be in my thoughts and tomorrow!
CU folks at midnight
Afternoon All...Its cloudy and cold here with snow coming in for the week end says the weather guesser on TV..I'll have a RBF please..Thank You..still not getting much done on the I&S...gotta clean the track and get some trains running!...I'm way behind on you alls posts but hope everthing is going well...Have a good one...Jerry
Ken, much congratulations on the job front. I know what you mean about having a job again, I'm grateful for mine.
Todd, glad to hear about your refi, I know that can be a big burden to get rid of, and like you said, as long as you can keep paying at your current payment then slapping 300 extra down on the principle isn't a bad thing at all.
Well other than that, good morning everyone, although its almost lunch time here in Bama. Not a whole lot happening at the moment, about to get ready for w*rk and head off to sell auto parts to the masses.
Guess I'll putter around here and see what else is happening, will probably stop back in here before heading off for the day. Later taters.
Mourning Folks
Flo, just a glass of water please. Think I have another Kidney Infection.
Well, just thought I let you folks know I start my new job Monday. Yes Ashley Furniture hire me, I just got off the phone with them. I have to fill out some paperwork Friday and take a drug test. Hope the kidney infection does not cause a false positive.
Plus side now is I should be able to get my home loan modified! If they will do that, it will take a great burden off my shoulders. While I will earn less than when I am on unemployment (till I start making commission) Sue will start getting some SSI funds.
Other plus, I will get away from my wife some. She is starting to drive me nuts.
While I should be over joyed that I got a job in this slow economic times, i do have reservations. I really want to get out of sales. I am tired of the up's and down's in pay. Plus I hate that luck comes into play.
Here is a real example. I had the next customer that steps into the store (I had been waiting for 2 hours) See a couple getting out of there car heading our way. Before they got to the door, a 16 year old girls pop's in looking for a twin mattress that her Father would pay for, but he was not there. Mean while the couple (in my mind I should have had) buys a $2500 mattress set, while the teenage girl has a giggle fest on her cell phone. The door swings both ways, and some time the luck was with me. I just like to have luck removed from the equation.
Don't mean to sound like I am looking a gift horse in the mouth, and I am gate full to have a job again.
Train Front, I think I have a plan! If you take a peak in the layout section you will find a posting from me. If you look on page three, you will see 2 plans 1 from Paul and 1 from Chris. I think either one will work. While there are not 4 main lines, there are 3 of them.
See you all later today.
Have a job again Ken
Galaxy: For the lighting over my layout I use four 23 watt (100 watt incandescent) Daylight CFL's. They are rated at 6500 kelvin and last for 8,000 hours.
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a breakfast Bagel w/ cheese and my cup of dark roast coffee. I'll be over at the Rivit Counter for a bit.
Good to see some folks here THAT haven't been in for a while. Hope you continue to stop by now and then!
I slept in this morning to catch up on some short nights over the past week. Today I will be getting the few decorations I use out and up. Have a couple wreaths sitting on the porch from the Boy Scout Troop I was with for many years. They will be put up on the railings of the front deck. Then I have lighting (just LED Candles) for all the windows THAT face the streets (I live on a corner). I probably should start thinking about updating and printing out my Christmas Cards if time permits before going to a Scout committee meeting tonight.
My son may stop by and help empty out the back of the truck. It is full of stuff he has borrowed over the last few months....... He needs to truck this weekend to go kill a tree in honor of the baby Jesus.... I stopped doing THAT after my wife died as it was full of too many memories... Now I go and enjoy theirs! I have have passed on to my sons the many hand made ornaments made by their Mother so they can still be enjoyed and keep the memories alive.
Galaxy, for full spectrum, daylight, CFLs, you might want to try here: Blue Max They have an amazing CRI rating of 93+ and are recommended for Seasonal Depression...... I found the place from a Photography Forum I have visited.
Hope everyone has a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning
Off o pick up MOH's paycheck and do some shopping at lowes. Havet o get more Bright daylight CFL's as we burned out two today. the old yellow ones just don't do it. ANd we get teh bright daylight bulbs as they are supposed to be full spectrum daylight to help me with my seasonal depression.
Also to get a new board for the table top tree layout and to get rebar for the reflector posts.{they act as stakes to put the reflector posts over.} so the &$@@# slow plow knows where the driveway is when he plows.
Fa la la la la la la.
Had some sun yesterday so half the snpw seems to have melted off.
But RObby P. Has been so kind to rub it in and forewarned us we are getting more I guess....I know will be very cold here like in Feb then whole next week. WE are already putting Non-toxic RV h2o system antifreeeze in the shower drain so it won't freeze on us and it's only begining of Dec!!
Only 16 more days of shopping til Xmas! Have you got all your shopping done? We only need to find something for the MIL and we are set, we don't think we will find for the FIL this year, don't know what to get him. GOt my father a sweater, but FIL likes insulated flannel shirts...perhaps a new one of those would be good. MIL is good for a good book, but she is not so well at reading these days, health is so poor. FIL and MIL will take care of all our xmas shopping!! ALL other was done before TG day!!!! I get trains for xmas WHOO HOO! and MOH gets trains for xmas WHOO HOO!
WEll, I should go an look over the forum before we go.
Stop on over to my "Uses for Matte Medium" thread and tell me what all you use Matte Medium for. According to it's directions it makes for a matte finish to painted things and is good for decopage. I see here on the forum seems like everyone uses it for everything but building a loco out of it. SO stop over and tell me what you use it for! I'm curious and wondering if I should buy a bottle and what to do with it when I do! Tx.
HAve agreat day
-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! Coffee please, lots of coffee thank you. Settle in for a long one boys or skip over. I’ll tell you up front so you can skip accordingly, there is nothing train related in the following after the first paragraph. The crossing is open. No pictures did I get. Mainly because there was a timing issue. When they had something going on, I wasn’t around. And on the time or two they did, and I had my camera, they would wait until I had to leave to start. Or so it seemed. Then when there was something, I didn't have my camera. Besides, the video that was posted here a little while ago pretty much was what went on. Never did see the guys putting the links on the tie downs though. I’m tired, very tired of filling dumpsters at Mom’s place. So far, if my count is right, (it would be shy if anything) to date this will be the third 20 yard dumpster, a 15 yard and a 10 yard. I spent the last two days tearing out walls and paneling and hauling up to the dumpster. The dumpster is almost full and last night as I was leaving, I looked back in the basement to marvel at what I’ve done over the lastt three days, only to say to myself, it looks like you’ve done nothing. Where did all that stuff I hauled out come from because it’s still here. I may need another dumpster. I’ve been moving her out of this house for four years. She is still not out. Close, but there is still stuff to get out.
Good Morning! Coffee please, lots of coffee thank you.
Settle in for a long one boys or skip over. I’ll tell you up front so you can skip accordingly, there is nothing train related in the following after the first paragraph.
The crossing is open. No pictures did I get. Mainly because there was a timing issue. When they had something going on, I wasn’t around. And on the time or two they did, and I had my camera, they would wait until I had to leave to start. Or so it seemed. Then when there was something, I didn't have my camera. Besides, the video that was posted here a little while ago pretty much was what went on. Never did see the guys putting the links on the tie downs though.
I’m tired, very tired of filling dumpsters at Mom’s place. So far, if my count is right, (it would be shy if anything) to date this will be the third 20 yard dumpster, a 15 yard and a 10 yard. I spent the last two days tearing out walls and paneling and hauling up to the dumpster. The dumpster is almost full and last night as I was leaving, I looked back in the basement to marvel at what I’ve done over the lastt three days, only to say to myself, it looks like you’ve done nothing. Where did all that stuff I hauled out come from because it’s still here. I may need another dumpster. I’ve been moving her out of this house for four years. She is still not out. Close, but there is still stuff to get out.
Mom get’s out of the horse piddle Friday. Let’s hope she at least makes it in the door this time before we have to call to have her taken back. I don’t know what to do with her. When she is here she needs 24 hour attention and that is impossible with us having, not choosing too, but having to work. Plus, her house comes to a grinding halt by taking care of her, (which I truly do not mind, but it is a fact it only prolongs the process of house disposal).
Check this out Der, Brenda did get her a…. not a wheelchair, a…. transport chair I think it’s called. Looks like a wheelchair but has 4 small wheels instead of the two large and two small. She got it at Walgreens for $100. However it just went on sale I guess she said so she will check on getting some money back. It’s not good as a wheel chair unless they have pretty strong legs to pull themselves around on carpet. But pretty good on hard floors and especially if you are going to do the pushing.
I drew my own name for Secret Santa at the restaurant. I didn’t look until after she had scooted around like a little kid having people draw names. Oh well. Looks like I’ll get a good gift. $20 limit so that gets me right at the price of my caboose. (which I did get and quickly and in perfect condition I might say. $15 well spent dollars) I’ll wrap that up and give it to me. Perfect. I’m not all that fond of Secret Santa anyway. Usually I draw a name of someone I just know, and I get them a gift, but not for the ones I’d call friends. Seems odd. I don’t buy friends gifts either. The list would be too long and I’d spend all year paying it off.
OH! GREAT NEWS!!!!! The Bank holding the mortgage called Monday I guess. They are going to, in their words, pay off our present 30 year 8.6% mortgage, reissue a 15year at 4.31% mortgage, saving us……about $300 dollars a month. AND if we continue paying as we are now, we will have the house paid in 8 years 9 months and $200. No closing costs, no nothing. Just resign the papers. If it’s allright with us of course. Silly question. This because those government boosted refi’s is not getting the response they should be and the gov ain’t too happy with the banks not doing what they are supposed to do. So now they are contacting the customers instead of waiting for the customers to contact them . They claim they (the customers) hear the banks are getting tougher and they won’t qualify so they don’t try. Because of the big numbers, we are a token gimme for the bank and a boost to the numbers they can show the feds. Mortgage length cut by 50%, interest cut 50%...ish, and monthly payment reduced by about 30%. The mortgage term is actually a wash because we are already 15 years into it, but on paper it is a 30 year mortgage and we now only have a 15 so, they did cut our mortgage in half. One of those looks good on paper things. But I don‘t care how THEY look at it it‘s three HUNDRED dollars a month more towards principle so they can call it pig feed if they want.
Brenda’s company Christmas party is this evening so it will be a early quit day to get cleaned up. I didn’t shower last night and my feet stink. Yeah I know, need real leather. I do on my “cowboy” boots I wear daily, (feet and back won’t let me wear sneakers any more for any length of time)and my Wolverines are real leather. Just they have a Gortex lining, and that’s all it takes for the feet odor to make an appearance.
Don’t you miss some of the things I talk about?
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good morning. It's 28 and mostly clear. The high will be 57 and mostly sunny.I got decal work done on two locos yesterday, the new GP38-2 and one of the GP30's. I still have quite a bit of stuff that has to go. Some will be sold and some will be given away. Interested parties can find out which applies via PM. In the current lot I still have:BLI sound module. This hooks up to a DC power pack and the track. It has buttons for a horn and a bell. Works with BLI DCC Quantum sound locos on a DC layout.Atlas 9" plate girder bridge with NS track. A separate track section from another bridge is included.Bachmann EZ-Command control station with power pack. No track connector wires or instructions. Instructions can be found online.Bachmann Santa Fe wide vision caboose.Mehano NS curve track. 12 sections, 18" radius.
Good morning.
The weather guessers are saying that we are suppose to get a BAD snow storm coming in late this weekend. 5+ inches for us, and thats at the tail end of it. The higher north counties are suppose to get slammed.......So you NY guys, and more East guys...Its coming.
Lets see...........A trip to the post office, and a trip to the LHS. I finished up a boxcar yesterday, and laid some track on the one table. I even painted the table legs black. Now with the snow coming, I guess I will get some more work done.
I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good Morning Folks!
Cup of coffee please.
Have a great day all!
Steven
Well the weather took a turn for the worse yesterday. Between noon and 1500 we received 10”+ of snow. Just in downtown. Some people in the building left at 1600 and didn’t get home until 2100 last night. I only had to drive 10 miles on the interstate but it took over an hour. There were no accidents in my lanes just so much snow the plows didn’t have a chance to do anything so traffic crawled out of town at 2.5 mph. Once I got about 5 miles away from downtown everything was fine. This morning I pulled onto the interstate and traffic was backed up for 10 miles due to an overturned vehicle.
Last night at the club we ran some of the members older locomotives; A Revel 1959 0-6-0 with smoke and a 1990 Bachmann Niagara. Both units had smoke, but the little 0-6-0 was double the weight of the Niagara and came with a brass funnel for the smoke fluid. It’s cool that some of the older locomotives still run and brings back some memories.
Ulrich, I’m going to go to a friend and take a picture of his under tree layout he built. I think its 24” x 24” and he made it for his store window. Busy little layout and not a straight section of track except for the 2 industrial sidings.
Jeff, I’m loading some gondolas with snow for your front lawn! I don’t want you to feel left out in the warmth…
Lunchtime in Germany!
Zoe, I´ll have a burger and fries, and a glass of Ed´s OJ to wash it down, please!
Woke up late this morning, after being up at and around midnight again. Mother Nature has added some more of the white stuff, but nothing like the dose Barry is getting.
I found a new hobby - drawing locos and rolling stock in WinRail - it´s fun. Too bad it is not a high resolution tool, so the drawings get a little to "pixely".
Did this this morning:
I will try my hand at a Big Boy or a Challenger soon!
I also played a little with the 2-D view, which I am starting to like very much:
I am getting closer to building this layout - the initial investment is a small one, just two turnouts, some lengths of flex-track and ground throws is all I need to get started. I am still searching for a turntable kit, but none of the ones I´d like to have are available in Germany. Need to order them in the US, which brings up the issue of the missing credit card again
Have a safe day!
All of a sudden I lost the page. If it shows up AW WELL. Been w**king p/t designing new paths for the next generation of comp.,pay is great but my head hurts.Rain with a little sun 40'sand50's no snow have to drive about 125miles and thank goodness can't see it from here. I HATE SNOW.RR is getting dusty,cars are being built,engines are being purchesed and sometimes I have time to read the mags that pile up in my office. Kathy has been gone over a year now and I'm feeling better about it all. Can you imagine that this 73 yr. old man has a live inn housekeeper that is only 38.....Dirty Old Man strikes again LOL .....Read some back pages today and I sure do miss hearing from and about yu'll. Got to go 21:35 here the waves are crashing on the beach that will put me to sleep tonight. If I don't get time later Merry Christmass to All and To All a Goodnite GOD BLESS ALL chuck
Good late evening y'all. Not a whole lot for me, just checking in on things before heading off to bed. I've had a good past couple of days, although sleep hasn't exactly come to me as it should have.
CNCharlie: My condolences to you about your mom, I know that its last, but they are offered nonetheless
Well guess I'll head off to bed, low down here is supposed to be 19, I know that's nothing for a lot of y'all above the mason-dixon line, but down here, that's COLD!
If the word Lord strikes some public official as improper, just remind him/her/YX/it that the British Parliament has a whole Houseful.
If King James hadn't bankrolled the most-used English translation of the Bible, would the Apostles have addressed Jesus as "Boss???" As is, it sounds like a day at Buckingham Palace...
Chuck (Irreverently modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with a Shinto Shrine projected)
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening,
VINCENT: Ya know...I'm not sure if THAT is a 4-wheel truck or 6-wheel on the armor hauler... I've looked at the photo dozens of times, and come up with both answers dozens of times. It was a badly back-lit grab shot, so I can't even make out the reporting marks to try and pin it down. I've got a hunch, somewhere on the vast inter-nets, is probably a de-classified TM (Technical Manual) detailing how to load tanks...might be worth looking for.
DER JOHN: Yup yup...it's an "unofficial official hoodie" since it has THAT one word THAT strikes fear in a public school administrator: "Lord" on it. I wonder if it had the "F-word" on it, if there would be as much wringing of the hands... (presumed, I never had more than a hint of a rumor to w**k with, so not enough to conduct an investigation). I took a look through the Invacare site, been awhile since I've battled my way through it...thankfully! Try 9000 XT, 9000 SL, Tracer SX5 and Tracer EX2.
I'd best get back at it... I'm trying to hammer-out some content for THAT Editor today/tonight...so I won't have to deal with it tomorrow. Weather depending, I might be covering a wrestling meet tomorrow night...or I might just be sitting in my recliner with a glass of Maker's Mark... don't know yet.
Have a good night everybody, best wishes continue for all in need...regardless of the "need."
der5997 Ray: prior to the early Deacons Meeting tonight. ....they would of course be a more lively bunch than the late Deacons!
Ray:
prior to the early Deacons Meeting tonight.
....they would of course be a more lively bunch than the late Deacons!
John.... Obviously you know little about the Presbyterian Church..........
ROFL!