Good morning everyone. I'll take a large Hot Chocolate please , and a Macadamia Nut cookie.
Ulrich: Sorry you're under the weather. Thanks for the time line - a longer wait than I had thought, but that's the banks! Darn! Just when you were beginning to get some decent sleep again, the bug keeps you awake! for your quick recovery.
The guys in there are not really a talkative bunch, unlike here
Sam: good to see you found us!
the track lenght at New Hope Station.
Ken: Hope whatever ails you quits soon.
Anyone know if it could be used for a flywheel puller?
Work is not very warm either, have goose bumps most of the time.
David:
but I found out a while back that it helps a lot if the room finished. Not so much dust. A good friend told me that.
Fergie:
Der John: Yes it nice to see Dick back haven't heard from him in months. Yes the extra staging will be 4" wide and along the wall across from the TT and Roundhouse. 3 levels of "mini dioramas"
Garry:
Has anyone seen JimCG. ? ... He usually sneaks in the side door. Is it locked?
Galaxy: Rotten luck on the freeze up and thermostat woes. Being on oil (when the woodstove doesn't keep things toasty, like last night) we can't get a programmable thermostat - at least I haven't come across one here.
We had a new heat tape put in about 6 years ago, but I question if it is working.
Jeff: What colour is the MOW storage car going to be? The work car is maroon, are you keeping to that, or have a change? Nice conversion BTW.
Or maybe not. Those claws are sharp!
Time to get other projects seen to. At least the track is clean again, and trains can run again.
TTFN.....and a Whisky Mac for Ulrich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_Mac )as well please Chloe.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on another cold and snowy morning other then I worked on my HO test track yesterday and finally installed end of track stoppers.I used some foam from a old Athearn BB locomotive box and a box nail.I can breath a lot easier now whenever I decide to "test" run my HO locomotives.I also cleaned it with a bright boy followed by 91% alcohol.No big plans for today.I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
After my visit to to the foot doc I might spend the rest of the day getting a massage treatment.Or maybe not. Those claws are sharp!
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 start with a cup of very hot dark raost coffee in a FGLK mug, then a bowl of hot Cream of Wheat with raisins and Brown Sugar to continue warming me up.
Currently a pleasant -4°F outside the door. On its way up to around 16°F from -9°F just a couple hours ago. Wood stove has already been lit this morning.
Galaxy, sounds like you folks are having a bad day already.... Frozen pipes are sooooooo much fun to deal with. Don't ask me how I know... Huh? Well, OK..... Our first home after I got married was an 8' x 36' Mobile Home/Manufactured Home, aka: trailer. Only had the pipe coming from the ground into the thing freeze up a couple of times. Added some seriously bigger insulation around the heater tape on it and stopped THAT from happening. We got a couple spells of -20° the first winter in it and the pipes froze inside the trailer. The pipes ran along the floor of the small bedroom. They froze solid, then broke when we got them melted. On a weekend, of course. My FIL was a plumber by trade. Wife called him and pleaded. He came looked at the mess and immediately started swearing... he was there about 4 hours and put in some new-fanged plastic pipe that could take getting frozen and not break. Swearing at the top of his lungs the whole time about %(*$%* ^&^%% ^&&^** TRAILERS! The last Manufactured Home/Mobile Home/ trailer we owned was a 14' x 75' with a 10' x 21' slide out addition to the living room. It was a very comfortable home. The first winter in it we had one of those -20° weeks and the pipes did not freeze. However, at every stud going down the main hallway, there was frost on the wall where they had skimped on the insulation. I don't envy you having to deal with the water problem! Good Luck!
Jeffrey, hope the Doctor Appt. goes well.
Mornin' Fergie!
I am going to mosey on down to the main office of the FGLK this morning to see about an ID that may allow me to get a bit closer to trackside on the FGLK for getting some photos this week. I presume they will want me to sign my life away.......... Hopefully I will get schedule of when and where trains are running.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning. It's 49° and cloudy. The high should be 56° and there's a 60% chance of rain.Have an appointment with the foot doc this morning. Otherwise no plans. I will soon start on a project to turn this car:Into a MoW dry goods storage car.
Good Morning! Coffee and Eggs Benedict please. Thank you. Good news, I guess. As of last night, they took the snow out of the forecast for the week. Though we did get a light dusting last night as predicted. Remember new snowblower in garage? Aaahhh where do I begin. Today I must do odds and ends all day. Too many to list and most are not exciting nor interesting at all. Ray- Actually Brenda and myself are the last to pick. See, she set up a shopping line so to speak. So and so first gets to pick anything and everything they want, then so and so does the same and so on until Brenda and I are last. You may say, “gee, you took care of her all this time and have been doing thismoving thing etc etc and you are last?” Well, not exactly. Through the last few years of moving, my Mother has had a good time with my wife going through all the junk. Believe you me not a smile or a twinkle in the eye was missed by Mom and she would give it to Brenda. Many things of course we didn’t take, but if it was something heirloomish or had some Momthought valule(yes Momthought is one word. Means “something Mom thought was, in this case, valuable whether it is…. Or in most cases, is not). Her reasoning was she wanted us to have it because…., we would/could use it or…., we would take care of it or….., she didn‘t want anyone else to end up with it for any number of Momreasons. So, like I said between all that and the can I have's, and the take it now so I know you have it's, believe me, we have plenty. Pretty much everything we want already. So I guess actually, we had first pick. G- Sorry about the pipes. Welp, guess I best get a movin. Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll get some OSB cut today. One can always hope. Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good Morning! Coffee and Eggs Benedict please. Thank you.
Good news, I guess. As of last night, they took the snow out of the forecast for the week. Though we did get a light dusting last night as predicted. Remember new snowblower in garage?
Aaahhh where do I begin. Today I must do odds and ends all day. Too many to list and most are not exciting nor interesting at all.
Ray- Actually Brenda and myself are the last to pick. See, she set up a shopping line so to speak. So and so first gets to pick anything and everything they want, then so and so does the same and so on until Brenda and I are last. You may say, “gee, you took care of her all this time and have been doing thismoving thing etc etc and you are last?” Well, not exactly. Through the last few years of moving, my Mother has had a good time with my wife going through all the junk. Believe you me not a smile or a twinkle in the eye was missed by Mom and she would give it to Brenda. Many things of course we didn’t take, but if it was something heirloomish or had some Momthought valule(yes Momthought is one word. Means “something Mom thought was, in this case, valuable whether it is…. Or in most cases, is not). Her reasoning was she wanted us to have it because…., we would/could use it or…., we would take care of it or….., she didn‘t want anyone else to end up with it for any number of Momreasons. So, like I said between all that and the can I have's, and the take it now so I know you have it's, believe me, we have plenty. Pretty much everything we want already. So I guess actually, we had first pick.
G- Sorry about the pipes.
Welp, guess I best get a movin. Maybe if I’m lucky I’ll get some OSB cut today. One can always hope.
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.
Yaw, Morning from the frozen Midwest
Flo, Big Diet Dew please.
While the temp here is not to bad at 28 degrees we had freezing rain last night! Hope DOT is on there toes today, neither me or the car can ice skate.
Well, I will drop by for lunch, see you later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good "VERY" cold morning. Its currently 5 degrees, and the windchill is - 4. Maybe some snow later today.
What a game last night, and another trip to the Super Bowl. The next two weeks will be wild up here. Newspaper, tv, etc....
My plan today. Go buy a few things from Wal-Mart, the post office, and a few other places. I have a hopper that needs done, and maybe I can finish that today.
Galaxy..............Sucks about your pipes. It sucks more that its hard to find someone to do the work. That's the same problem we had to find a roofer. We have a two story house, and they thought it was to steep/high............."That's your job no matter what the height is ". I also understand the pipes freezing. We don't have heat up stairs and when we first bought the house we had a few busted pipes. Right now its 63 downstairs and about 55 up stairs.
Well I will pop back in later.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good COOOOOOOOLD morning to you all. depending on which local town's temp you look at it is -15 to -7.
Woke up to everything FROZEN. Frozen water pipes in whole trailer {we forgot to run water on dribble last night} DURN it! even the furnace thermostat is frozen and won't let me go above 70* {may have to do with the preset at 65* overnight until 10AM when it goes up to preset 67*, that it will only allow a 6* override.} AND the thermostat may have to be replaced. If it is set at 65* sometiems you have to lower the override temp to say 55* to get teh induced draft motor to kick on to fire up. That is just plain wrong. It is 70 in here now,
But I wanted 75-80* to help{?} thaw the PEX flexible plumbing pipes that are "guaranteed nto to leak if the freeze as they will just expand". ALso running the dryer as the outlet is under the tube area where the water comes in, We had a new heat tape put in about 6 years ago, but I question if it is working. Will let MOH crawl under trailer to see if light on.
It is getting harder and harder to find plumbers who will go under trailers to work. There are house around here on slabs {jackhammer it open} and on crawl spaces with less that the 3.5 feet we have under there so whatt eh big deal? they will work on those, just cause they are "houses" but not ours???? our money just as good! Or rather my CC is just as good.{unfortunately} There is an agency in our county {there are a lot of trailers} who wil send out workers who will work undertrailers I found out form a Senior neighbor who gets all kinds of services. I don't know if poor and on disability will help, but can;t hurt to try. I shall call her at 9 AM for mroe information.
Will give MOH a light day as MOH can tell FIL to blow it out his snozolla as we ahve to baby sit pipes.
I did put one small space heater under the bath sink and a finned oil filled heater under the kit sink {at opposite ends of the trailer of course.
DAng it! I had one fleeting thought last night of "we should drip the water tonight" and it went straight out of my head!
Well you see what I wil be doing today. Bummer. Lucky it gets up to 32* tomorrow maybe by TEHN we wil ahve thawed pipes. until only #1 inteh toilet, #2 in the camper-toilet hangy-baggy thingy and throw in trash., No showers....sponge baths out of a bottle- like living inthe 1800's!!!
Well. Iam having a crappy day so I hope you al have a crappy day as well to commiserate with me
-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,
I’m a little behind posts….
Its -10 degrees outside this morning, with a 70% chance of more snow. Friday my train order arrived at the LHS in Willoughby. 2 RIX flat top storage tanks for the Sugar refinery and 2 elevated tanks for the Dairy. I drove to Macomb TWP, Michigan Saturday (6 hour round trip) to see my kids and visit the LHS. I picked up 3 Detroit – Toledo Short line, 2-bay covered hoppers and 2 DMIR 2-bay covered hoppers. They had the Atlas transformer 2-pack for $19 so I picked that kit up to go with my Atlas sub-station. Sunday Dorothy and I adjusted the one turnout I was having problems with last Wednesday on the layout.
Garry I use to use the 2x6 method until I got a nice set of ramps from my Father and his sisters. I would remove the tailgate and hook the 2x6’s onto the bumper with a gusset like strap. When my Aunt couldn’t shovel her drive I started snow blowing it for her. Her sisters and my Dad saw my ramp system and bought me a set of 750 pound aluminum ramps.
Brakie – My layout has 3 mains for running trains, but the new addition in the old canning kitchen will be 100% switching layout.
Rob – did you buy that centerline car?
Ulrich, congratulations on your steam locomotive. Good luck with the TV station job. Prayers for your Mom, just a year ago I had to help clean out my grandmother’s place, what a chore that was.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning...
We are right now at -15F with a windchill at -31F...is that CCCCOLD enough for anyone?
I'm having evening classes tonight...at least it will be going up to 21F by then.......with our usual 1-3" of little tiny snowfluffies...
This morning I'm doing some w**k on my w**k...report writing is so much fun...
Flo, I'll have a coffee and a breakfast bagel 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 ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Decaf coffee, please.
***Ulrich, have been wondering about Jerry lately as well. Just shot an e-mail off to him which was returned as undeliverable. Hope he's OK.
Did some more work on the wife's (HO) layout tonight. Gradually getting the remaining white spots of the main layout "sceniced". Re-installed new lamp lights for the hospital entryway, too.
Healing thoughts to those in need!
Cheers, Rob
Evening all. Just stopping in for a nightly RBF. Did peek in the window last night but didn't really have a chance to stop by.
Not a whole lot happening today, it was my one Sunday that I have to w*rk (only good thing about having a total of 4 managers at the store, we all take one Sunday). It was a 12 hour day, but a good 12 hour day. Got a whole lot accomplished which always helps. Going to be off tomorrow although it appears I will be doing my other job as I have a friend of the family with a Nissan Quest that has a starter that hs decided to no longer like where it is. Guess I'll get up in the morning and get it swapped out, then who knows, might goof off and see if I can get the battery in the bike all charged up as it supposed to be (kinda went dead with all the cold weather and lack of riding it recently). If not, I might go and enjoy some time in the woods as the rut has come into full swing. The house is quiet as we speak due to the rest of the family being all tucked into their beds warmly and safely so I guess I should go and do the same.
Later taters!
Good Morning Folks,
I am up since 4 am - that bug I have caught keeps me from sleeping!
Janie - coffee in an IV bag, please.
Seems as if we can get that round-robin group of "Japanese" model railroaders in Germany off the ground. It´d be nice to have someone to share my rather exotic interest with. There is a little forum, but with about a dozen active members, it is of the most active one. The guys in there are not really a talkative bunch, unlike here
I have finalized my plans for my modular desktop-layout, now I have to find a sponsor for the Kato Unitrack. There are only three sources for it in Germany and their prices are just crazy 40 bucks for a switch, which sell for $ 27.50 in the US! If I add shipping and customs duty to it, I end up at $ 40 again, so buying in the US is no option
Need to go to see the social security people today to renew our "application of funding". It is one of those "draw a number and wait until it is called" things, which means I probably have to wait for years. I´ll try to be there when they open, just to be the first "customer" of the day!
Have a good one!
PS - has anyone seen Jerry, Jim, Keith, Tom and all other MIA´s?
I used to be a sports fan, but I have lost interest over the years becasue the pros make way too much money. So, I no longer pay attention to them.
On the way to church today a bobcat ran in front of the car and nearly became road kill. Deer are a common problem here but bobcats don't usually run in front of cars.
JR ... You mentioned junk yards are very messy. My photo is a work in progress. I've added two more old junk vehicles to the scene and I have two others on the work table getting the "treatment". ... The scrap yard is proving to be a very time consuming project.
Cheers!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
What a game!!!!
I think I bit off what finger nails I had growing from last week!!!! Maybe another Super Bowl for the Steelers!!!
Well Good Evening Gang!
Well I actually got some work done on the MESS today! Yes a bridge that has haunted me for the past 3 years is nearing completion. Though a "Curve Ball" has been thrown! Yes the latest addition swings wide under the bridge and wants to take out the wall. the A-1 really likes to swing the hip and the wall had to be replaced. More on that later.
Todd: If it wasn't for my MiL helping me I'm sure I would still have a lot of Dad's stuff (over 3 years later). Most of it went to the Sally Ann and other charitable organizations. If possible have someone help you it will make it so much easier.
Well Gents have a good Night
Fergie
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Green Bay in the Super Bowl? That is one game I will have to watch!
G -- I do not know much about your FIL except from what I see here but I really do not want to get to know him if he is as bad as you say. I have a relative who is the same way.
Running Bear -- Good job on the FEC car so far. I cannot wait to see the other ones you did.
GMT -- I am only 17 and do not have much expereince with building layouts but I found out a while back that it helps a lot if the room finished. Not so much dust. A good friend told me that.
Ulrich -- Nice loco! I wish I could afford something like that. I might be able too if my mom and dad get their business going good. Right now I have only a little stuff. Just an rs3 and gp35 and a few cars. I hope to get more this summer.
Cudaken -- I hope the job works out for you. I do not know myself how it is going from job to job as I am still on my first one but it is the story of my familys life as my dad has been moving all around the country looking for jobs.
Todd -- Your sister makes me think of one of my aunts. She is the same way just about. She is not happy unless she can make every body around her misireble.
Nuff for now. CUL8R.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Evening Folks!
Flo, Big Boy Sub and a please.
Still feeling a little but I sure have felt worst. Just cranked the heat up because I was feeling chilly. Work is not very warm either, have goose bumps most of the time.
Work Front. JR While I hate to say it, the company I am working for is having growing pains. In other words no one knows what the heck what we are being told if anything. Heck, I received all most no computer training and what I did receive was form a person that has been there 5 days longer than me. While it not a hard program, there are certain things like looking up open sales tickets, old tickets and such I was not shown. With help on the phone, I am getting a handle on things.
Other Problem I have 2 Bosses Berry the owner and Ben the sales manager.
Ben gave me a guide line on what to sell factory seconds for. Lets say it is a Sealy, they want a 60% margin. So if it cost us $200 I can sell it for $520.00 but I should start at $799.99 which is still a decent prices. But then, Ben told me NO ONE WALK'S. (In other words make the sale)
Berry on the other hand looks at his profit only. I sold a Sealy all Latex bed for $1000.00 to get the deal, cost was $545 so Berry made only $455.00 where he should have made $755.00. So Berry was in my Caboose a little. I will add it was the only customer I had all day!
So Ben says no one walks and get the deal and Berry only looks at what I should have sold it for? What do you do?
They are adverting Sealy Reserve Mattress on are web site and did not tell us at the meeting?
Luck of the draw! I swear when I work with Chad, I get everyone one of the $300.00 mattress set customer that come in the door! Yesterday I was stuck on the phone trying to get the new check machine working. I was stuck on the phone when what would have been my UP came in. Chad took them and two his credit he split the sale with me. It was a easy sale and if I was not on the phone I would have got credit for $950 and not $425.00. Next he had two Be Back Customers for another $1500.00. Chad $1925.00 Cuda Ken $425.00.
I had my first customer at 3:45, $300.00 queen set, while I was taking care of him, Chad had a $900.00 sale, I had the finally sale, yet another $300 queen set?
Chad $2825.00 and Cuda Ken $1025.00. Sure make me look like Caboose does it not?
Today on the other hand I worked Solo. Had 2 customers and closed both deals for $2600 total. Sale I am the most proud of (to bad Berry or Ben did not see it) took a $200.000 twin set deal and turned it into a Full and King Mattress set deal for $1400.00!
Pay Rate Last week they over paid me, being a honest person I told them. This week the under paid me by $120.00? They did fix it on the spot, so I will give them credit for that!
Up side to the mess you ask? They are opening 2 new stores this month. Berry has his eye on 2 more locations In these hard times they are growing. After I get a handle on how they want things done and Excel, there room to grow career wise! I spent most of my life in middle management and was very good at it.
Spiffs Need to find out how to get paid for them (spiff is a extra bounces for selling something). Sealy owes me $125.00 so far. Again a example lack of training.
Have to wonder if anyone is going to read this?
Feeling better about work again, Cuda Ken
Evenin' folks!
Bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrr! 'tis now 0°F outside. Just got home from the Sunday Dinner at my son's house. I told his MIL and wife when i left I was not sure which was better the great food (Roast Beast Dinner) or the company! The 2 granddaughters were alternately being cute as can be and little brats.... Normal for the age. Got great big hugs from bother of them as I left. Oh Flo, I need a hot cup of decaf!!! Yes a very hot cup of decaf please! What yes I'll be trying to warm up by the stove in the back.....
I am lucky the little Yaris warms up quickly. Nice to have some heat in the car this time of year. The truck would have just started getting warm about the time I pulled in the driveway.
Galaxy, I know the type. My mom wasn't one to hold past kindness over anyone's head, but my Dad used to talk about her "Organ Recital" (Family of musicians remember). Her favorite one was, "Oh, the PAIN!!!!" "You don't know what it is like........ Oh, ooooooooohhhhhhhh!" She was in pain! She also made sure everyone around her was as well. People learned not to ask, "How are you today?" in her presence.............
Todd??? Missed "Pie Night?" "Oh the PAIN!!!!" I would assume that you also have the chance to go through and take whatever you desire from the estate? I would think that every time you have to put off having sister dear come over for her share, you should get a bit more for your trouble! Soon the house will be cleaned out......
[edit] Well......! Some kid got in ahead of me so I have the top honors..... ('s OK Packer1) Order up! It will be put on my already large tab.
Welp! I have to go feed the wood stove..... Want to keep the gas use to a minimum.
Woooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy I can only celebrate for a bit because it looks like Pittsburgh will STOMP NY, but GREEN BAY IS IN THE SUPERBOWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys and gals, sorry I ain't been stopping in much. Rugby has taken a lot outta me, and when I do get on the computer I'm usually tired. I am having fun in rugby, although I've let a bad attitude grow worse. I need to correct it, and I will.
In other news, school is going good and the alyout is coming along slowly. Very slowly because of rugby. But I'm hoping to get on that soon and change the fact. It'll have to be the weekend after enxt though as I have a rugby match this Friday in Greenville and my family and I will be staying at my gma's for the weekend (and hopefully going snow tubing)
well ctach y'all alter
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Ha ha, that Ray, always looking at the bright…er warm side of things. I only hope I remain as good spirited as he. Um…..didn’t mean to make that sound like I’m saying he’s old. I mean all that grey is just experience. No! I mean grey hair is…I mean a lot of people turn grey when their young… oh never mind coffee please. Thanks now where is something solid? Oh, ok .There…..
WHY OH WHYYYYYYY! Do I do things like this. I have said I would w**k tonight to help out at the restaurant. Forgetting that tonight, this very night is…….PIE NIGHT at Church! Yes the one night a year when we get together and all bring a pie, line them up and…….eat. Woe is me.
G- I feel for you. I really do. I know someone exactly like your FIL. ANY dollar amount or amount of assistance is never made up. Never. Luckily it’s not one of our parents but someone I know’s parents. And believe you me they let everyone know every dime they throw ANYbody’s way. As far as not believing in illness, I learned a long time ago with Mom, not to jump to conclusions. But as for my sister, she claims to be unable to work at most anything. Alright, and no offense to anyone so don’t take it the wrong way but, as an example, there are a couple folks on this forum who claim the same or almost. So they may take exception to my feelings. Is there a difference? Big. I doubt if I would ever hear of or see them out dancing and bebopping around everywhere except at the employment line. I have this strong feeling if work were an option, that's what they would prefer. As for my sister, I think she would be.......
Speaking of sister, no show today. BIL did call but offered no reason why, I didn’t ask. As J.R. would probably suggest, I just let it go. No point in getting in a tussle over it and making a big mess. I will ask the Lawyer just how long I have to dangle on the end of the linewaiting for her to take her trip through the apartment though. I might not like the answer, but I’ll ask.
Rob- Make sense? No. Just kidding. Actually, yes it does make sense.
Well (deep subject especially after that grey comment.), about time to get to w**k but first I must let the four legged digestive system out to relieve herself.
Quick coffee To Go, please.
Figured out which team I want to go to and win the Super Bowl. Either Packers or Bears will do. Why? Well, the Packers beat the Falcons and Bears beat the Seahawks. So either one will make my teams which lost their games (Falcons & Seahawks) look better, having lost to the eventual champs. Make sense?
Have a good day y'all.
Rob
Finally finished with the boxcar. The car is an AHM/Roco offering (AHM 5241 series) closely resembling the Bachmann and Lionel-HO offerings of the early 1970's. It had truck mounted large box coupler housings that were similar to Lionel-HO. These were extremely easy to remove. I also removed the roofwalk and the plastic wheels. I body mounted Kadee coupler boxes and installed knuckle couplers. The wheels were replaced with Bachmann Silver Series metal wheels and the car body was sprayed with Valspar frosting spray to kill the gloss.
Good Afternoon All,
Round about 15F but mostly sunny today. Got chores done and I will head down to the future train room shortly. It's taking longer than I wished for the room to come together, but after adding a ceiling and finishing the last one after the layout was started caused a bunch of agita and extra complication and expense so I will take the long view and get a room done and ready before any benchwork goes in.
Galaxy - sounds like a difficult situation for you and if it helps to vent by all means go for it. Just as long as you don't expect someone so set in their ways to change for the better. My mom had a couple of sisters/sister in laws like that and they just drove her to distractiion. We finally came to understand that some people are just not satisfied unless they are unhappy and no amount of accomodation or appeasement will change things.
Todd - hope you keep your patience and temper long enough to transition back to some sort of routine. It's a tough row to hoe at times.
Ken - hope you feel better. Keep shining up the brass on the big front door (do you have a traffic counter or some sort of accounting of shoppers per day?) and hopefully things will w..k out for you.
Ulrich - that is a nice locomotive. Good luck with your attempt to put together a group of like minded individuals for a modular group. Have you started looking for JNR style coaches yet? IIRC the freight equipment was more like that in Europe than the US stuff probably because the confines available mitigated against bigger less space efficient equipment. Keep us posted and best of luck hearing early and in the positive from the bank.
Gotta run - I'll see you all later, J.R.
(Shouts to Zoe on way through diner).... Zoe, I'll have a #2 special, over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, sourdough toast and a pot of dark roast coffee.... I'll be standing near the stove thawing out.....
Overnight high was 15°F. THAT was around 1AM. Currently 9°F on its way down to -8° this evening. Not really bad, I'm just not used to the cold anymore. Probably has to do with the little pills the doctor has me on. may also be attributed to "old age" I think..... I do remember as a kid on the farm we would have cold spells where the temperature never went above zero for a week at a time. According to the Weather Channel, on this day in 1971, the coldest temperature recorded in the U.S. was reported in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, where the mercury dropped to -80°F.
I think, other than going out and getting the Sunday Paper (have to read Police Beat to see what my former students are doing...) and bringing in a few armloads of wood for the stove. Today might be a very good day to catch up on some stuff THAT needs doing around here. I think I will reserve some time to w*rk on the layout as well.
"We're havin' a Heat Wave........ Tropical Heat Wave........."
Morning all
Will go sometime i think to visit MY father NOT the whining FIL. My father is 76, does well alone {my mother passed in 03} and works on wooden whirly-gigs in the basement to occupy his time. HE doesn't complain about much about anything, but he was a real bear when his gall bladder had to go as he was in so much pain and "couldn't get any relief". I knew that tune all to well as it took them 5 years of Dr and ER visits before a "smart Dr." stepped ina dn fianlly said maybe it needs to come out and called in a specialist surgeron who said YES it does need to come out. SO for five years I was sick off and on always with gall bladder attacks, so now my father has an understanding of what I was going through when I think a lot of people thought I was a "hypochondriac"-just like some thought I was about my back. Shocked looks on faces when they find out I had not one, but two tumors removed from my spine! AMazing how some people don't believe you when you are sick and really unable, sometimes.
But amazing how some Like my FIL bellyaches and acts as he does-hes using MIL's "hoverround" electric wheelchair {which she really can't use} now and tearing up the house with it as he can't drive it well! He SUPPOSED to walk in teh waling cast with the waliking shoe on an if eed be use a walker, but hes far from invalid. He has also been lying left and right and in the same sentences contradicting himself. Instead of me {witha bad back just out of surgery} or MOH going over to shovel his driveway, he claimed he begged a neighbor to do it, Well the real story is from the MIL that the neighbor was called on to help fix the water heater adn OFFERED to shovel the driveway free! ANd he lied one day adn told MOH that he called an left message on answering machine, when MOH said there was no messages on the answering machine, FIL then said "well galaxy must have erased it" when MOH told him I don't do such things he THEN said" well I talked to galaxy who obviously forgot to give you the message"!!!!!!! ALL BS changed story 3 times in one paragraph of talking and LIED about calling at all cuz he wasn't on caller ID eitehr till he called MOH to bring in the garbage cans at 8pm at night..WHEN MOH TOLD him to call when the cans and recycle were collected so MOH could do it on the way home from work!!!
ANother rant sorry guys! he is a real piece of work sometimes. He does sometimes help us financially here and there, and holds that over our head. WE are starting to refuse his financial aid if it means we have to cut back as we don;t count on it, nor do we count on the generous gifts of money my father sometimes passes on to me! My father's generous tax refund {his} gift to me is what allowed us a good down payment on teh new KIA Sedona. WHich set teh FIL off on a rant aobut how he helps us too and now, he expects daily visits to do his bidding for the minor gifts he has given us. WE have decided NO MORE we will do without than deal with FIL's oenny anti BS. AND the FIL was jealous that we got a new {06} vehicle and he only has a on 01. How dare we have a newer vehicle than he, all of which I had to remind FIL several times we only had due to MY FATHER'S generosity. Of course the FIL pointed out he GAVE us a {12 year old} whole car 9 years ago taht we finally had to replace. He thinks "it was a good car when I gave it to you" and should last us forever.Well it WAS a good car then, but not now. A 20 y/o car can be hard to find parts for and 3 mechanics told us it was on its last legs at over 200 thousand miles on it. EEEEERRGGG the FIL irritates our nerves.
Also tunrs out form MIL he has been border line abusive and verbally abusive to her so if he continues MOH will turn him in for elder spouse abuse. That will sit well with all I a sure. We are not sure if FIL si getting senile as well, or has gears slipping or what. But he certainly is a bitter old crumdgeon of a man! OVEr! I have a head ache now and that vein on the side of my head is throbbing!
Whew! Thanks for the eyes, guys who read all this and offer comisery.
WEll I should get about doing somethings.
Have agreat day!
Good morning. It's 35° and sunny. The high will be 57° with increasing cloudiness. We are expecting rain tonight and a low of 29°.Today I'll be reworking the coupler pockets on one of the new boxcars. They're just a tad too high. I'll have to place a strip of plastic between each box and the car body. Later I'll see if I can come up with some MoW markings for the work caboose and some other MoW cars.
Morning
Flo, cup of coffee and a muffin please.
Feeling pretty this morning, think I am coming down with something again. Had chills last night, then I felt like I had a fever. Slept till 8:00 AM, which is long for me, dang I was tired.
Train Front I read some time ago about a motor flywheel puller. I think Micro Marks had it. Did a keyword search on there site and could not find one. Did find a Wheel / Gear puller that looked like what I remember the flywheel puller looked like. Anyone know if it could be used for a flywheel puller?
Time to look on the internet for one, later.