Good morning,
A Merry Christmas day plus one everyone! I managed to drive to Toledo and Bowling Green last night without any problems. Over all a good time was had by all. Dorothy in her last minute nature decided to run to her sister’s to drop off presents in the morning putting us 2 hours behind schedule. I ate way too much food yesterday so today I think light eating will be in order…
I’m glad to hear everyone had good experiences yesterday.
Jeff I won’t even tell you it’s 18F up here and snowing. I know how cold 50F is for someone that far south. Did you have any snow?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning
We had the 2 sisters with BIL's and neices/nephews down for the day yesterday.
I ended up with a bunch of MRR related kits as well as 4 new Bachmann H16-44's and a coupe of ATLAS RS's for the ever burgeoning 'collection'...
Flo, I'll have a coffee and a buttered croisant please...I'll be at the RC 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/
Good morning.
I hope everybody had a good Christmas.
Not much planned for me, now that might change thous. Jessica has the week off, and who knows if we go anywhere!!
Hope everybody has a good Sunday.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
LSWrr Jeff I won’t even tell you it’s 18F up here and snowing. I know how cold 50F is for someone that far south. Did you have any snow?
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Morning day after-ers!
hope the "present hangover" is gone.
Seems not to many people got much train stuff on my "trains under teh tree" thread.
Jefffrey W. I have sent you two PM on that one we got going.
We ahd a wite xmas by about 2-3 inches. fine by me we were expecting more!
HAve a great 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.
It is with a heavy heart that I report our old RR friend Dean Freytag died late last evening at his assisted living home in Ashland, OH. For those of you who don’t know him just Google his name and you will see he was very active in promoting the hobby for many years. I only met him once when I visited his layout in 2009, but after reading his articles in Model railroader over the years, reading his books, and watching his videos it feels like I’ve known him for years.
It is with a heavy heart that I report our old RR friend Dean Freytag died late last evening at his assisted living home in Ashland, OH. For those of you who don’t know him just Google his name and you will see he was very active in promoting the hobby for many years.
I only met him once when I visited his layout in 2009, but after reading his articles in Model railroader over the years, reading his books, and watching his videos it feels like I’ve known him for years.
Good Morning! Coffee please. Say, make it Chickory. Biscuits and gravy also thank you. Welp. Snow is still here. Luckily there has been no additional buildup. Got that going for me.
Good Morning! Coffee please. Say, make it Chickory. Biscuits and gravy also thank you.
Welp. Snow is still here. Luckily there has been no additional buildup. Got that going for me.
BOWLING GREEN!!! Oh. I see now there’s one in Ohio. I thought…. Whew! I was gonna say. Gee whiz, Ohio isn’t that small of a state to just bip on down to Bowling Green, Ky for a couple hours .
My plan is to leisurely straighten up Toddland (where I’m king). If I was smart, I should have removed several things when the dumpsters were around. Buuut nooooo. I’ll manage by moving things around and creating yet another pile that will be temporary. You know the “gonna throw this away but not all at once” pile. Anyway, hopefully I’ll get some stuff done worthwhile. I must also clean up my office room. The walls are closing in on it too with the piles of unread Car Craft magazines and the piles of read, but not decided if I will keep, Model Railroader.
I see a use for issues of MR so I’m hesitant to throw them away. Buuut, I saw the same use 30 years ago for Car Craft. Now, I have 30 years of mags in it’s own shelf that haven’t even been looked at except when we moved as I re indexed them in order as they go mixed up in the move. Yes I had started an index, but that didn’t last but a few years.
I’m thinking about cutting the mags ( MR not CC)and saving certain articles. And of course pictures. I like pictures. What I don’t want is another collection of magazines that are not used as reference but for only a few. Or like Car Craft....none. I do like to flip back and see things from the past, like the cars from the seventies and eighties, but not sure if I will want to create another immovable object. (ever tried to move thirty years of magazines? My gosh I don’t know how the floor keeps from caving in.
Best get a move on. Still have to do some shopping on the "Bay" "If it's so rare, how come there's two or three listed every day" site. Not buying, I just like looking. Then I’ll just …. do….something. Not sure I know how to feel not having something that needs done.
The day is young! There will be something. I shall savor this feeling for now.
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!
Bummer! That is sad news about Dean..I first met Dean at the Columbus Model Railroad Club in the mid 60s...I seen his layout back in the early 90s.
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then the Holidays is past and all went well yesterday other then my niece's husband wanted to know which lady cooked the ham so he can kiss the cook for the delicious ham..My niece said "Uncle Larry cooked it"..The look on his face was priceless and everybody had a good laugh..Well with the Holidays over I can look forward to working on my HO equipment and start building Slate Creek.I shall have a cup and look over da forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Morning Guys.
I was extremely busy and unable to stop in either Friday or yesterday, so I'd like to wish you all a (belated) Merry Christmas!And to those of us in Canada, Happy Boxing Day!
Just made a transfer of funds online to make sure I have sufficient funds, then I'm heading out to the LHS to grab a few turnouts that I need to continue on the layout.
We're supposed to get 6-12" of snow today! This is the first real snow we've had all year. Too bad it won't give us an extra day off school, but whatever!
Ok, I gotta go. I'll talk more later.
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Good Boxing Day - or "...the Feast of Steven" in Good King Wenceslaus, (Svatý Václav )if you prefer! Weather-wise we had a windy and cold Christmas but are bracing for some form of "Monster Storm" coming our way courtesy of "our neighbours to the South"! . I say some form because as of last night the prediction for us was rain rather than snow, but windy withal. If it's going to be windy, I'd rather it be rain. Nothing overtly mrr for Christmas, but I know Kris was in to the LHS, so I'm expecting something for Thursday. (To celebrate Robbie and Jessica's anniversary?...you hadn't forgotten had you Robbie?) I managed to get some time at the spray booth yesterday. The first coat of "zinc" went on fine, but has revealed just how poor a job I did of putting on the rivet strips on the larger silo.( Great blobs of glue marring the roof alongside the strips. Argh! Also, the I beams I used for the legs, while the right scale, are too thin a plastic to withstand the Plastic Weld with which I attached the struts and so on. In consequence they have warped horribly, and the models are pretty much unacceptable. Add to that the overlapping of the corrugated sheets looks unreal. I'm going to start over, I think, so long as the LHS (a possible visit Thursday when we go to the City for a movie and dinner) has brass I stock in the right size. I can re-make the roof sections, and re-use some parts, like the roof caps and ladders. Now I know what I'm doing, it shouldn't take THAT long. I've got the rivet strip making and application down far better now anyway. I'm just glad that I didn't promise this project for any Christmas related deadline! Live and learn.
Ulrich: From the look of those icicles, the landlord should throw some more insulation in the attic! It's a beautiful place you have there. Too bad the weather forced Christian's early return - still you did get to spend some time.
Ken:
Sharyon's boy friend Adam works at Guitar Center and has been in a few bands. I had to sell my Gibson 335 and Gibson Less Paul to make ends meet 2 years ago. Sue had been missing have guitar's in the house so I bought her a cheap one from the local pawn shop. Better than nothing and that is all I can say about it.
Lee: I only remember Dean from his MR articles over the years. Thinking of his family.
Joe:
...those of us in Canada...
Looks like lunch (Christmas Dinner all over again!) won't be too long. I hope to get a walk in afterwards, as it's likely to be less pleasant left to this evening! Noah tells me that with College and all he's not had time for the Forums anywhere, but is still involved in mrr, and has a new layout under way
TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Afternoon folks!
Just a cup of hot cocoa for me right now.....
Merry 2nd day of Christmas to all of you. Only 10 more to go for this year!
John (Der), a happy Boxing Day to you, and may we all tread boldly in the footsteps of those who value giving more than getting! I never heard of "Boxing Day" until my late wife went to work as a medical Secretary for a local doctor who was Canadian. They always got Boxing Day off as well as Christmas.
Sorry to hear about Dean Freytag... He was certainly one of the greats of the hobby and will be missed!
Well (deep subject), I was wrong about church attendance today. If I count the choir, ushers, and all other participants, there were still more people who just came to church than us. Had a total of 73 people there this morning. Today I get to hang up my hat of "Head Usher" permanently.... Still hope to be called to be an usher whenever I can be of help, just won't be "in charge" again. In a week and a half I will lead my last Deacons Board Meeting and will be stepping down as Moderator and will be off the active board. We are constantly reminded that we are still Ordained Deacons.......
I get to go over to my son's house for "leftovers" tonight..... Sounds good to me.
Hope all of you have a wonderful day and get to play with the trains at least a bit today! My prayers for all of you in the path of the storm going up the East coast today. Stay safe!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hope all are WARM. It's c c cold here in mid-Fla. Mid 40's with winds to 44 mph. Almost time to rewarm w/c bus and go pick up dialysis folks. Yeah, I know it's Sunday but they skewed the days around fo give Christmas off. Back to regular schedule on monday.
Prayers and Blessings to all.
Flip
Just a quick stop.
I haven't done to much today other than take some gifts back, and maybe look at some old MRR mags.
Der John...........I haven't forgot. I had her open the gift. I got her a watch, and she will get the card Thursday. Thanks for the remind thou!!
Finally found the DC power packs for the Nscale stuff in the train room. Whew!!!
In the back, on the bottom of everything as always. Now I can get teh Nscale stuff up and running on the tbeltop layout for under the tree...still never did get the tree up though!
MOH will be happy when comming home from work to find we can run N scale.
Train nut friend coming over to get his trains related xmas presetns. Soon he shall arrive.
I'd better go now adn set up.
Jeffrey w. you have another PM Im having trouble grasping something.
Later
galaxy Jeffrey w. you have another PM Im having trouble grasping something.
Never did make it to the land of "Vintage" items. (Ebay) Oh well, probably didn't miss the thing I can't live without anyway.
I decided that the best way to get rid of some clutter is to......use it. So, by the grace of the season I have constructed another section of benchwork. Yup. Not lyin. Use up some of the wood is the best way to get it out of the way. I sure hope it's OK to use wood of a different shade than what I have used. Mom had some old 1X4's and they are a bit darker than what you can buy now .
I hope to construct another section as well later. Now it's time for some leftovers THAT Ray spoke so highly about. (ours. Not his. It'd be a long trip and I'd need a snack.) Then, if all goes well, back to the trainroom.
Maybe a picture of the progress later.
Speaking of pictures. Jeff- Looks like we both recieved an old tripod as a gift. (at least I'm calling it a gift considering how long it's been since I've even seen it out of the box, let alone used it) Mine is a Vivitar I bought, gee, 25-30 years ago. It is not heavy like you describe yours, but despite the fact it's been in the trunk of a car for almost half it's life, it still serves it's purpose well.
EDIT: LEFTOVERS ARE ON ME!!!! Belly up to the buffet folks!!!
"HAPPY BOXING DAY"
An extra strong coffee in a SNOWY SOUTHERN mug, please. Sun melted some of it today, but it is snowing once again as I type. Haven't had a white Christmas since 1881. Pretty!
My goal was to finish the wife's layout by years end. That didn't happen...not even close. Oh well.
Have a good one, y'all.
Cheers! Rob
Larry, if your interested in a road trip: Calling hours will be in Ashland at Heyl Funeral Home on Thursday (Dec. 30th.) from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be at 11:00 Friday (Dec. 31st.) at the funeral home with calling one hour prior. I can send you the address for the funeral home.
Here is Dean's eulogy from one of his friends:
Flags are flying at half staff today over model railroads throughout Ohio and beyond, mourning the passing of model railroad legend Dean Freytag.
Freytag, 86, passed away Christmas night at the assisted living facility in Ashland, OH, where he had resided for the past 11 months. He leaves a sister Carol, a brother-in-law Jim, and a niece and nephew. He was preceded in death by wife Ann Elizabeth (Davies) in 1999.
Dean had four loves in his life. In no particular order, they were Ann, railroading, steel mills, and Ashland University. It is to the latter he left most of his estate, being honored with the grandstands in their new football stadium being named in his and Ann's honor. He was a lifetime member of the National Model Railroad Association, a Master Model Railroader, and the contest director for that organization for a number of years. Interestingly, he never attended Ashland University, never worked on a railroad, refused to ride on the trains calling them rough-riding and dusty, and never ever worked in a steel mill.
But he probably knew more about the steel-making processes than many who did work in the industry. He was a prolific modeler of all things about railroading, but especially steel mills. Indeed, it was steel that dominated the 13' x 38' main room of his HO model railroad. His models of the various components of the steel mills that dominated the landscape in what he called the "Ruhr Valley of the United States" -- that section of the country between Cleveland and Pittsburgh -- are the prototypes for the the Walthers series of steel-making structures used by modelers throughout the world.
Freytag was an author of at least two books used extensively in modeling, "The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling" and "The History, Making & Modeling of Steel", and his "how-to" articles appeared in the modeling press frequently over the past 50 years. He was published in Model Railroader, the leading model railroading magazine, more than 50 times. His manuscripts were "banged out" -- literally -- in all caps on a manual typewriter, as were his letters, notes and even post cards.
Dean was a proponent of working with styrene -- he was featured in an instructional video about styrene -- and Plastruct shapes, and virtually everything he built was from scratch and/or kit bashed. He seldom, if ever, felt the structural "iron work" of bridge and industry models were "heavy" enough and nearly always "beefed them up" with his beloved Plastruct components. His modeling transcended craftsmanship into art. His discerning eye saw a steel mill ladle in the discarded cap from a whiskey bottle, the conveyor belt rollers in the used throw-away razor blade guards, and literally dozens of other such applications. Not always the most patient of teachers, he nevertheless was a mentor to dozens -- maybe even hundreds -- of modelers, and to listen to and learn from Dean was to learn from a master.
Not to think he was one or two dimensional, Dean was a avid reader of war novels -- particularly World War II in which he served -- and deeply interested in Civil War history, having visited the battlefields on numerous occasions. He wore out two exercycles, putting thousands of miles on each of them as he watched the Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers. He always had cats that were given railroad names, i.e., "Smokey", "Cinders",and Chessie".
He spent a lot of time on the telephone with modeling friends all over the country discussing a myriad of topics, but usually related to railroading. It was Dean Freytag who put train watching into perspective when he once said to someone questioning the time spent, "I'm with friends who share interests, we're sitting outside in lovely weather and when there aren't trains going by we discuss the world, the economy, football, and all sorts of things."
The lights are dimmed on Dean Freytag's South Ridge Lines, and fires are out at his Davies Steel complex. Model railroading has lost an icon, and I have lost a friend.
Afternoon folks.
Flo, I will take the special, Christmas Left Overs and a
Lee, Thanks for the link and thinking of me! I have been very happy with the quality of Gibson and don't for see changing brands. While I like Less Paul's I really miss my ES 335, it is a Electric Hollow Body and larger than the Less. It fits me better than the Less does when I am sitting down. Looks something like BB Kings. Played a little today and a few songs came back to me.
Todd On the shorts, girl friend liked them.Did you happen to notice what the Tee Shirt said?
Pretty much bored silly today.
Hope to have something to talk about latter, Ken
I hate Rust
Uhh, too cold, too cold!
Flo, I'll take anything and everything that's hot. I ain't tellin no lies: we had SNOW fall IN FLORIDA
it happened in Jacksonville (about 30 minutes away from me) and it put a good dusting down. It all melted as soon as it hit the ground/ buildings/ cars/ people, but it was real snow.
From this point on, for the rest of my life, I will no longer complain about the hot, muggy, humid Florida Summer.
I'll be sittin by the wood stove if anyone needs me.
Question: Anyone know what type of glue will hold mosquito netting (from old tent) to finishing nails? The plastic modelling glue & super glue gel didn't work. Ready to work on fencing in the wife's drive in theater, once this problem is solved.
***Robby, enjoy that snow, you may not see it again for a long long time. Our Christmas snow was the first here since 1881. As long as the sun melts it all away this week, I don't mind it at all. Wife couldn't make it home with the dicey roads, but should make it home tomorrow.
Rob
Well my sister and I went out to eat this evening. On the way we stopped at Stage so I could turn my new coat in. The zipper on it had failed as in come apart completely. I didn't want to get another one from that maker so I looked around and found a better one. Just my size too. 2XL. It's a Dri-Duck and is very comfortable and very warm. It was on sale and was still on a special Christmas sale plus an additional 20% off. So I got a $180 coat for $70 (could have gotten it much cheaper online but I'm not the one paying for it) - the exchange value of the other one. And the zipper is MUCH better quality, all metal, not that plastic trash. I like plastic on my trains but not my coats.
Rob:
Don't know if I'll be back in today - and if I'm not for a day or so it'll be due to weather related power outs.
Hey guys. Flo, can I get an RBF. Hope ya'll had a good christmas.
Didn't get any trains for christmas (then again most of the trains I want are still in pre-order status). Some clothes and a hurst billet shifter.
Got car back to running on Christmas Day, after getting the pieces of the old pilot bearing out of the bell housing. Got it all done with the car being outside, raining, and in the low 30s. Cold is one thing, but cold and wet is another. Put in the new BBK H-pipe with no cats, the spec clutch and the hurst shifter. It's definetly louder and has some "pop." Although starting is kind of a pain since this clutch has very little slip. I'm gonna pick up a firewall adjuster and use the aluminum clutch quadrant to hopefully make it easier to get rolling. But getting through the gears is a blast now and it's a lot quicker. Didn't get around to getting the suspension stuff in.
Today I had to get up for work at 4am (new for me) and had to rough it out till 2. After that drive to oriellies for a wix filter, during which my radiator cap wound up going bad, just before getting into the parking lot. Ran into 2 old friends at oriellies. Walked down to walmart and got some anti-freeze, water, and oil. I also checked to see if there were any of those 1:87 vehicles, but no luck. Also ran into 2 more old friends at walmart. Got all the anti freeze/water issues squared away and changed oil. Busy day. and yeah, tired (although running into 4 old friends is a new one to me).
Managed to get in watching the Packers dominate the Giants. 6 turnovers for the giants, wonder when their head coach is gonna be on a bud lite commercial?
NERM, Bet you won't be saying that when summer comes back around.
Jeff, Would the old (but new to you) tripod be a case of "they don't make them like they used to"?
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.
Evening all. Stopping in to say hello and warm myself. Had to w*rk today, and I have to say that it was a COMPLETE waste of time! Oh well, I got paid for standing around all day. I did not get anything MRR-related for Christmas as 90% of our budget was related to making sure that our girls and the rest of our family was taken care of. Although I have a few side jobs coming up that might net me a slight MRR budget to spend on some new goodies.
Flo, I'll have the largest mug of hot chocolate that you can provide for me, its flipping cold outside! It flurried all day today, but nothing stuck, was still nice to see it floating (and blowing quite vigorously at times) down from the heavens. Nothing else to report from Troy. Peace and warmth to you all.
Thinking that tomorrow after taking care of a customer's Deville (brakes, sway bar links front and rear, and the electrical half of the ignition switch) I might come home, and go BACK to painting. Kinda not always easy to get my tasks finished when life gets in the way.
Later taters!
Evenin' Folks!
Flo, just a cup of decaf for me. I'll be in the back relaxing by the stove.
Ended up not going to my son's after all today. Seems they got invited over to a friends house for dinner. So i used part of the afternoon to disappear into the basement to the train rooms. Got a few odds and ends done down their, including ballasting the engine House/workshop tracks with what would be left overs from the crusher. Tailings and rock dust. Not dry yet, so I have no idea how it will look.......
I also downloaded and dealt with the pile of photos I took both at my sister's house, and at my son's house yesterday. Here are a few:
My son and his Aunt (the artist... house is much like a museum) by the tree....
My sisters fireplace and Santa Collection:
Cold Coffee..... Bah Humbug!
Have a great, warm, and safe night!
Evening (Morning) guys.
On my trip to the LHS, I grabbed three turnouts and three bumpers. I now have a small section of the main laid, the switch leading to all the industries, and the industry spurs themselves. I need a bumper for the gravel plant, but they only had three in stock, or I would have gotten another.I am out of roadbed and almost out of flextrack, so I will need that before I am able to do anything else on the layout. I am thinking that I might be getting some more money on New Years (family that we see then rather than on Christmas), so I might be able to complete the main loop relatively soon.
For Christmas, the only train related things I got were a drive and decals for my PL42AC. I should have it mostly done by the end of break. I say mostly because there are a few design flaws (such as a large metal block that is right where the fuel tank casting is supposed to go...) that I will have to try to overcome. If I can't do anything about them, oh well. I'll just have to say "good enough."
Well, it's getting late. I'll see ya in the morning.
Good Evening All,
A coffee, regular and a blueberry bagel to go with it as well please. Didn't get any snow on Christmas, but today's made up for it. About a foot or so and lots of high winds to go with it. Car has drifts 4' around it along with snowbanks up against the house. Found a couple of air leaks I didn't know about and got them plugged. Just now the wind is howling outside but so far the power has stayed on.
Christmas went well with all the family here in the morning and the afternoon with the oldest son and DIL at their place with her family as well. We had a fabulous dinner and a good visit but the CFO and I pooped out early and headed home just in time to see the apprentice moron convention on the roads. I mean really is it ok to exit from the fast lane across three other lanes in front of everyone? Wouldn't have been easier to pay attention? Oh I guess I shouldn't get started as no-one got hit but ......
Ken - nice guitar! One of our leads had a Gibson ES something and it had the most wonderful tone. I always appreciated the flying wedge models but you seemed to have to start over with the electrics (cheap rheostats and pickups). As the basement progresses we may have room to set up the drum set again as well as the practice amps we have left over after getting rid of the rest of it when I quit playing out.
Speaking of said basement, I didn't get to Lowes for lumber and dry wall before the snows started so I spent the time sorting and running wire instead. Also got the hobby bench leveled much better on the less than level floor. Also got more of the shed cleared so we can fit more of the debris thats accumulated out of the basement and garage (yes Todd - you are a mere amature at making aircraft parts - you know - pilot here, pilot there).
Vincent - about that coach making beer commercials - not soon enough ! And maybe the QB too.
Hope the rest of you are doing ok - Ulrichs' White Christmas is rare, but snow in Jacksonville is almost unheard of. Hang in there and lets just wait for the global warming part of the extreme weather patterns to occur. Did get the snow blower running and checked over before all the festivities started this morning. CUL, J.R.
the North East Rail Modeler Uhh, too cold, too cold! Flo, I'll take anything and everything that's hot. I ain't tellin no lies: we had SNOW fall IN FLORIDA it happened in Jacksonville (about 30 minutes away from me) and it put a good dusting down. It all melted as soon as it hit the ground/ buildings/ cars/ people, but it was real snow.
Morning all you nightowls.
PFFT! I'm prety sure when the guys in Maine, New Jersey, and the rest of the NEC shovel their internets out, they;ll agee with me on this. If it don't stick, it don't count.
Lee: my condolencesfor Dean's family.
S'pose you wonder where I;ve been. Here's a hint. Going into Peak season, there were 900 people in Amazon's Plainfield warehouse. There's now >200, and by the grace of god and a transfer from outbound to inbound, I'M STILL ONE OF THEM!
-Morgan
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...