Morning/noon:
WEll about 4 inches of total accumulation lake effect drifting snow. Less than many of you got, but more than I care for. ENough they plowed the road so has to be over 3 inches for that.
MOH will have to start getting up earlier to shovel before work already, not ready for that either.
I have Pulmonary Function Test to go to today at the pulmonologist. It will tell them I don;t breath so well.LOL
I still ahve to dig out my Kia van yet,as MOH didn't have time this AM to do both vehicles.
So I'd beter runa dn allow time to clear off the Kia.
Charlie,
later guys,
EDIT: I have top Honors! People have been forgeting about that! {maybe because they don;t wnat to pay the bill}...SO eat up guys...Pot Roast meal with all the fixin's is on me complete with dessert and beverage of your choice! It's on Me! Rosie...heres my Credit Swisse Credit card!
-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.
Wow! 3 1/2 hours again and no one in the diner with me again...I really must smell or something...honestly guys I do take showers...one of the miracles of modern society I'd rather not do without!
Well failed the PFT {pulmonary Function test} thats what you have to do to pass it...
Well since noone is here I will sit in the back by the xmas tree and sulk...
Galaxy............I will join you.
I've been in the basement most of the day. Weathering and working on the layout. I did go by the post office, but that was it for me. Now its just watch some tv, and relax. Its WAY to cold to go anywhere, With the wind chill its 12 degrees right now.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
CN. Charlie,
Please accept my wife's and my sincere sympathies in regard to the loss of your Mother. These are hard pills to swallow.
My Mother passed about eight years ago and she had been an Alzheimer patient for 15 years and so I thought I had done most of my grieving and that when it would happen it would not bother me all that much. How wrong I was. Your Mother is still your Mother and it hurts regardless.
Keep the faith, you shall meet again.
Johnboy out............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
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CNCharlie Sorry to here about your mother and I know it is very hard this time of year.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
This post doesn't like me and I will try to get it fixed
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Please accept my wife and my sincere sympathies in regard to the loss of your Mother. These are hard pills to swallow.
Hey guys
CN- Best wishes and prayers go out to you.
I got a package from Walthers today. Woman who delivered the mail today threw it into my driveway. Thankfully my dad was home and got it for me, but thank heavens I didn't order a locomotive or electronics. Next time I order something, I may arrange for drop off in my hands. Is it really that hard to get out of a car and set the package by the house?
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!
Charlie, sad to hear the news about your mother passing. I hope she had a good life and you have many fawn memory's of your time together.
Flo, a beer please.
Job Front Got a call Monday from Ashley's HR department. They wanted my personal references (seems my E mail did not go through) so again I am taking that as a good sign. All so have a interview about another part work at home job on the 16th. Pays $9.00 a hour setting appointments for sales people. Either way, if I get the full time job or not I want this one. It would be between 10 to 15 hours a week and I need the extra cash.
Jeffery sorry it is taking so long to get you a prices! I was out of strapping tape, have some now. But, Sue is taking the car Wednesday so I may or may not have time to get the prices of shipping.
Question about making a DVD? This newer computer has a DVD writer and I wanted to make a copy of a Video I have that is a DVD. I bought Maxell DVD-R. After I saved the Video I wanted to copy to the hard drive and was prompted to insert the blank DVD, it kept saying I need to insert a disk. Did I buy the wrong kind?
See you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
*comes in with snow blowing in behind him--brushes snow off as door slams shut--stomp stomp--*
Good Evening..,
Charlie: Our condolances on your mothers passing
We got our record broken as to the total 24 hour snowfall up here---in December 7th 1977 we had a snowfall of 57.7 cm of snow(~23")---this time we got 84cm of snow(34") and we got that on top of about 48cm of it too(~20") so we got officially more than we got all of last winter---in 3 days I hope this is not an indication of what our winter is going to be like...
I too managed to spend a bit of time in my basement getting my room cleaned up so no I will be getting some stuff built...heeheehee
Chloe, I'll have a cofee and a hot beef sandwich with gravy please---lots of veggies hold the mashed potatoes---I'll be at the corner by the fireplace warming up
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/
Evenin' folks!
Flo. I'll have the pot roast you got on the special board... And a nice hot cup of deaf ina FGLK mug to go with THAT! I'll be in the back trying to get warm by the fire and chatting w/ Barry.
Barry, you folks must be getting nailed by Lake Effect off Lake Huron? We have been getting some of the white stuff today, but only an inch or two. Just enough to keep the roads slick. The boys with the big 4 wheel drive pick-em-up trucks have sure been havin' fun out there today!! They been flying down the city streets at about 70 mph or so. Watched a couple do the corner with the stop sign (to be ignored) in front of my house doing at least 45 or so, then do a half donut, slide completely to the wrong side of the street in front of other cars, then give them the look of... "Why you out here? Don't ya know this here's for us redneck snow plow guys with the big 4 wheel drive pick-em-ups!!!" Well they sure were having fun hurrying off to the next driveway in their list..... I just stayed home as much as possible, waited until the roads had been well salted before going out to do a couple of errands.
Oh! Barry the weather prognosticators are saying more of this stuff for the weekend... have fun!
Have not made it down cellar to the trains today yet, but I did bake some of these for you good folks! hot from the oven, have a couple!
Have a good evenin'!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening all,
Just a coffee as I'm halfway out the door for the museum. New digs are quite nice here.
CN Charlie - sorry to hear about your mom passing.
Busy in the shop again and doing the usual end of year employee shopping while trying to get winter projects started. Had the lead mechanic on the Audi give notice as he's been hired by Brumos Porsche to head their Daytona Protoype effort, and we need another mechanic besides that. I guess it's a good problem, but it's hard to get people who know about these old relics we race.
Got the coffee and gotta go. We didn't get any of the snow but we sure have the chilly weather.
Catch y'all later, J.R.
Guess who can´t sleep tonight?
Flo, I´ll be having my usual midnight mug of hot milk., thank you. I will also try to steal a handful of Ray´s cookies, as long as there still warm -
Ray - Petra and you need to engage into a cookie contest - her chocolate chippers are just - well, when you start eating them, you can´t stop.
Barry - 84 cm in a day?
Back to bed, trying to give sleep a chance to catch me
Just stopped by to reset the thread title.
I'm fully aware that the biggest strategic blunder of modern times took place seventy years ago today. However, a lot of water has flowed from the mountains of Oahu into Pearl Harbor since then. Old enemies are now friends, allied with us against more recent enemies. With all due regard for FDR's vehement rhetoric, spoken while the smoke was still rising, it's time to relegate the 7th of December to the status of the 24 hour space between midnight of the 6th and 00.01AM of the 8th. We have more important fish to fry.
Chuck (Retired USAF MSgt modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Johnboy
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cudaken Jeffery sorry it is taking so long to get you a prices! I was out of strapping tape, have some now. But, Sue is taking the car Wednesday so I may or may not have time to get the prices of shipping.
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
Good evening Folks:
Galaxy:
I have top Honors! People have been forgeting about that! {maybe because they don;t wnat to pay the bill}..
Robby:
I did go by the post office,..
Ken:
After I saved the Video I wanted to copy to the hard drive and was prompted to insert the blank DVD, it kept saying I need to insert a disk. Did I buy the wrong kind?
Ray: Thanks for the cookies!
Barry: Ah, the winter of 77!...I remember now; we were living in Conn (east of Mount Forest on the 89). DOH lost (as in couldn't find and had no contact with) one of those 6 auger snow plows up a side road a bit over from there towards Alliston. And now you have a third as much again - already!
Chuck: to the Diner, and thanks for your thoughtful reminder. Please tell us more about your Central Japan layout. Scale, for instance, Freight or Passenger, that sort of thing.
Duke and Johnboy: I don't think I'm alone in finding this new format Forum less user friendly. Some things weren't broke in the old one, didn't need fixin'
Time to call it a day if I want to progress the multi-fibre experiment with that signal I'm trying to adapt.
So, Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Prosperity and Peace. Heads up Barry
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Evening, bucket of hot apple cider, plate of cheeseburgers, and some of RAY's cookies if any are left.
CN CHARLIE: Very sorry to hear about your loss. Those few words sound cold, and look rather impersonal on a computer screen, but know they are offered with heartfelt sincerity.
CHUCK: Welcome sir, and thank you for your service!
I missed who it is THAT is asking about shipping tanks by rail, VINCENT maybe? Here's an oldie from my files. This was a grab shot in...'91, I think and has an M-1 Abrams and an M-109 taking a ride eastbound through Beverly Yard.
Well (surely collapsing in on itself), I must be doing something right in my coverage of the Clear Creek Amana school district...or at least of the football team. While shooting the varsity boys basketball game this evening, the head coach comes up to me and asks "what size hoodie would you like? XL? 2XL?" I'm in the middle of shooting a drive up the lane so I just shoot back my size without really thinking about it. He dashes off. I hollar back "how much??" "Don't worry about it!" he hollars back. A few minutes later (again the action is on my end of the court), he tosses me a 2010 football playoffs hoodie. Not sure if he sprung for it, if the Booster Club did, or just who/how it all came to be. I never had a chance to really talk with the guy about it. It's a true "limited edition," and somewhat controversial. I caught a slight hint of a rumor late in the season THAT the Booster Club had shirts the school "wouldn't sell." Seems on the back is a *GASP!* prayer... a warrior's prayer modified for football. It starts "Dear Lord." The coach is/was a Capt. in the Iowa Army National Guard, truly a man of faith, morals and charecter. He's already taken the Army's "Warrior's Creed" and tweaked it for football. I know the guys do a team prayer...and I think THAT's absolutely A-OK...
No Flo, I won't be needing the soapbox... 'nuff said. Other than to add I'm grateful for the coach's gesture, and darned proud to be wearing this...even though I never figured myself for the "hoodie wearing" type.
And now, to catch-up on a few things here in the Diner...
DER JOHN: Glad the Invacare information was helpful! Most of our rental fleet was Tracer SX5 chairs...rugged, lightweight, durable. IF I was in the market, I wouldn't hesitate to buy one. The SL9000 (I think it is/was) is a bit more "heavy duty" while still light weight/rugged/easy to maintain, etc. Again, I would recommend measuring the "must pass through" doorways, and talk to "in-home healthcare" experts. FWIW, Harbor Freight sells a "lightweight wheelchair" for around $40 US Dollars...you DO get what you pay for however.
CUDA KEN: Best of luck to you on the job offer!
JEFF: Man, I'm liking THAT Christmas tree! You're giving me ideers for next year's loop of Lionel track under the tree.
ULRICH: I had a thought about your blackouts... my FIL had one resulting in him parking his new car inside his neighbor's house. Turns out his Potassium level was off...I want to say it was too low, but can't tell you for sure. This was shortly before Katrina blew him, the MIL, the BIL and his family, and a bunch of other charecters to Iowa...so it's been a few years. I hope you find some relief with the ribs...and, we're still pulling for you! Also, seems to me a handful of turnouts and some track could make one of those maddening "timesaver" switching puzzles. Not my cup of schnaaps, but maybe something you'd enjoy??
Best wishes to all in need, regardless of the "need"...
Chris
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Good Morning Folks,
it´s been a short night again - the lack of sleep start to show effects on me.
Janie, a strong coffee for me, please.
Chris - , they must be happy with your coverage - now you´ve got to wear it to every game . I agree with you on those switching puzzles. Running a loco plus a car 10 inches forward and backward is also not a cup of schnaps I´d like to be drinking, although I have designed many of this type of layout in the recent past. Maybe this "slight" dislike is one of the reasons I have not yet started to build one of them, aside from my financial issues. What I am looking for is a layout idea, which is unusual, allows for some prototypical operation as well as continuous running, has some spectacular scenic features - and all of that on a board not bigger than 1´by 5´ (and at no cost)! You may call it squaring the circle... I have yet to come up with an idea.
Does anybody have an idea, what the absolute minimum radius would be for my Westside Model T-12 to be able to negotiate? Its rigid wheelbase is about 2", with the middle driver being "blind".
Will be back later!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning,
Ray, this storm hitting us is coming over Lake Superior, then Lake Huron, then Lake Erie. It’s interesting that it is going over my house and dumping everything just 2 miles south. I might have 5” of snow in my yard and the zip code behind me has almost 24”.
Ulrich, how’s the weather on your side of the pond?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good cold morning.
Not much planned for me today. I did work on the layout yesterday, and a boxcar. I will probably do the same today.
Der John.........Sounds like you had a interesting time just getting the mail. Plus it sounds like you get what I get....BILLS and JUNK mail.
Well I guess I will pop back in later.
Good Afternoon,
I am feeling a little miserable, as my ribs are again screaming at me. Called the doc, because I was getting worried, but he told me to be patient - cracked ribs just hurt and it´ll be much better by Christmas.
Flo, coffee in an IV bag for me, please.
Lee - we have plenty of weather right now - temps are at 25 F and it is sn*wing. Not the time to go outside.
Just to get my mind set on other things, I played around with some track plan ideas, still in search for the "ultimate" no cost, no space, but lotsa fun layout. I am getting nearer to it:
Here is the little loco you see on the 2-D view:
All done in WinRail aka RTS. Amazing what you can do with a little exercise!
Blessings!
Good morning all,
25F but sunny out just now. It'll be cold for the foreseeable future (predictable future?) butno precip until Sun per the weather guessers.
Museum last night - got the H16-44 broken in and hooded to a freight consist on the iNvisible display. Fixed a couple of items as well - one section of loose track (more latex caulk please) and the station platvorm had come adrift fouling the passenger consist and causing havoc with the cars. All seemed to be in order there so I turned my attention to the Horribly Oversized giftshop layout (4 x 6 double loop - traffic in two directions) and tried something new and daring - gluing the couplers together so they won't part on deceleration. Unlike the other displays which w..k off timers, the giftshop w..ks off simple on/off switches, one for each line. The locos' don't have any momentum and the cars try to pass them on the over-run invariably resulting in the loco emerging from the tunnel pushing one or more cars with predictable results. I'll let you know if it w..ks out.
Ulrich - there is a web site with mutiple small shelf layouts (all switching) and I'll try to find a link when I get home tonight. With your talent surely you can improve on them. I would think the 15" radius preformed track would be ok for short wheelbase locos and cars, and some of the trolley layouts have radaii as close as 12". Best to try to see how tightly you can get flex track to curve and go from there with the actual intended stock.
Ken - good luck with the interviews and hang in there.
Gotta run - stuff in the shop and all. CUL, J.R.
Ulrich - nevermind - what you just posted beats the pants off the rest of it already! Kudos to you.
Good morning.
We flew back home from AZ yesterday.
Our AZ daughter lives in Casa Grande which is in the desert south of Phoenix and northeast of Tuscan. It is located on the former Southern Pacific's Sunset Route. Now, it is a Union Pacific line. UP trains run continuously on the line. It's a good place for train watching. The typical train has 2 or 3 units on the head end and 1 or 2 pusher engines on the rear. The visit with our daughter there was truely great.
Now, I have tons of stuff to do to catch up after being gone a week.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Garry - welcome back. Both the UP and BNSF lines through Az. seemed to have constant traffic when we were visiting there. More eastbound than west but lots of very long consists - mostly unit trains I'd guess as there were only infrequent mixed freights. J.R.
Morning gang!!...Just a quick cup of coffee for me...We have over 3 feet of snow at my house and it just keeps snowing!!!!...Gotta run and get more gas for the snowmobile and sled....talk to ya later....Tim
A true friend will not bail you out of jail...he will be sitting next to you saying "that was friggin awesome dude!" Tim...Modeling the NYC...is there any other?
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal and a cup of dark roast coffee........
Another cold one here in the Finger Lakes today. Currently at the high for the day of 22°F. Sun is shining for the moment.
Tim, I bet the Cross Country Skiing is great over in Cleveland, NY...... There is a Camp over there my church has a yearly retreat at. They usually have 8 or so feet of snow on the ground by mid January.
Just waiting for Granddaughter #2 to come over to Grandpa's house for a little bit while #1 granddaughter goes and gets her Flu shot....
Catch you all later!
Good morning. It's 37 and cloudy. Today's high will be 51 with a 40% chance of rain.Didn't get much done yesterday as my back, knees and ankle were yelling at me for doing too much walking Monday. My back still hurts but the knees and my right ankle have settled down. I'm going to be making the patch decals for the new GP38-2 today, barring interference from Murphy. I also have to go through some stuff I intend to get rid of that's serving as layout clutter at the moment. Here's the list:BLI sound module. This hooks up to a DC power pack and the track. It has buttons for a horn and a bell. It's supposed to work the horn and bell on BLI DCC sound locos on a DC layout.Life-Like N Scale 5th precinct police station.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 on the Bachmann site.Athearn SDK-789 Trainpack power pack. Output: 19V AC 0-16V DC. Total output 7VA.Bachmann Santa Fe wide vision caboose.Mehano NS curve track. 12 sections, 18" radius.More to come later.
Morning guys,
COld out there like Feb, only early Dec. Bummer. posta b cold all week. Lake effect drifting snow is over it appears for a bit. Sore and achey from the cold.
Not much planned today. Already did some grocery shopping at walmart very early. That way I can get in and out before the crowds set in and it turns into a zoo.
Tomorrow we got Lowes to get humidifier wicks and air purifier filters. Will also pick up a new board for the seat of my couch {the springs busted so a board takes their place}, and a board fo the xmas tree layout! WHOO HOO! Need to get some rebar short pieces to drive into the ground to put the reflectors on top of. Now if the 7 little brats across the street don't steal them or break them off like they did this spring...
Well, I shall have a and look over the forum and see if I can contribute to anything....