Well I found out today that my mother won't be coming home. Not soon at least. She's been admitted to a rest home so she can get some exercise. She wasn't getting any at the hospital and she won't get any at home because she'll just lay on the couch and not move unless she has to. I already had a pretty good idea she wasn't coming home when the hospital said because I kept seeing an empty bed in my visions.
According to the hospital my mother will be coming home tomorrow
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Silly cars?
Bring 'em on!
Thanks everybody for comments on the photo.
Todd, I do have some creative ideas for scenery near the scrap yard for areas that are now just ground cover. I'll have fun with the ideas when I get back to layout work.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Oh yeah? That one is a silly car?
Try this one...
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 Evening All,
Just sneaking off after a pretty busy day. Lots of tension now as we get stuff finished and loaded.
since we seem to be fixated on silly cars
Catch y'all later, J.R.
Afternoon folks!
Flo just a cup of hot cocoa for me.
Yep, temp is on its way back down below freezing where it will stay for a while. Febrewery thaw is over for the moment. Rob, I am English,German, Irish, Scotch, and Bourbon I believe.... (Used to tell my 8th. graders that when we would start the units on ethnic music... Wonder I didn't get fired.) Descended from a long line my Father gave my Mother!
Barry...... Barry...... Barry! Some people will do almost anything to find more time in the trainroom now won't they! Sounds quite.... un-nice. Hope it heals up quickly.
I was out of the large Black ink cartridge for my Canon Pixma photo printer which I was using to print the newsletter copies that need to be mailed. That is the best printer I have of the 3 for photos.... Went out and did some errands including buying a 2 pack of Black ink for the printer. Came home, changed the cartridge and tried to print. Dead! Completely DEAD! All I can figure out is that the push button for on/off was stuck making contact and it burned out..... So! I have ordered a new one that is the equivalent. And as expected, none of the new models use the same ink cartriges...... If any of you use a canon printer that uses the #8 and #5 cartridges, give me a holler.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening All...Its been a sunny warm day here..I''ll have a RBF please..Thank You...Been a lazy day...no work on the I&S...You all have a good week end...Jerry
Well..Good Afternoon...
I had a wonderful afternoon at the hospital...I was using a nailgun on some wood and did accidently launch a nail into my foot..I was wearing sneakers at the time..guess what happened then...
So now I am walking around with a big huge bandage thing around my foot and have to ice the thing every so often as well...and so I'll have some time off this weekend to settle the foot down....
I'll have a coffee and a slice of chocolate cream pie please...I'm going to the corner booth so I can sit and mope...
Strong coffee in a Burlington Northern mug, please. This overcast day here reminds me of WA weather where BN roamed the tracks.
***Garry, that is one beautifully detailed scene. Truly excellent work. Also like the contrast between the passenger train and old scrap cars. Well done!
@Lee***OK, I'm Russian, Austrian, Polish and German with a smidge of English. With my ancestry, I could "down some vodka, strap on skis, sail down the steepest slope possible, at the bottom of which would await beer & crumpets???
Cheers! Rob
TMarsh Jeff- I keep thinking of the picture of the Charcot foot you linked to. That just looks.......the word painful isn't strong enough. I don't know how you do it hoss.
Jeff- I keep thinking of the picture of the Charcot foot you linked to. That just looks.......the word painful isn't strong enough. I don't know how you do it hoss.
Good Evening Gang!
As I came home past 11 pm yesterday, it was a sort of sluggish day for me today - all sleepy! I only managed to get out the order for some more track and that power pack I need to get the first train running. I hope it does not take ages for the stuff to arrive - I am eager to see my little Mike performing on her maiden voyage.
Flo, mug of hot chocolate please, nuttin´ to eat.
Jeff - I am just glad you found some answers. This may be way more than most of us can say. I am still searching to find new roots or a place for my soul to rest.
Robby - still pulling for you!
Garry - GREAT picture!
Barry - I sometimes wonder where you find all these oddities...
I nearly forgot to tell you - my "End of the line at Cimarron" HOn3 plan made it into Carl Arendt´s Small Layout Scrapbook! I am a little proud of having one of my plans published
If you like, take a look here
Have fun!
Lunch time.
Last night wasn't a bad night, just fighting a headache right now. I just checked my email and that Home Depot will call me to set up a interview. The Wal-Mart job is 3.5 miles away but the Home Depot job is about 25 miles. I think I would like the "HD" job more.
Not much planned today. Get rid of this headache, and take it easy.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Howdy all. I was too sick to go into work today, but not sick enough to just lie around the house idle in front of the tv all day. So, thought I'd make a rare drop-in at the diner.
I read back a few pages and you know, there's some pretty good Joes hanging out here. Might have to come back a little more often (espcially when I can have some of this fine food without having to rush off to the restroom afterward... )
Jim
"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley
I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious. -Stephen Wright
Mornin'......
Coffee..... need coffee, zoe! Lots of dark roast coffee..... Please! Oh bring over a breakfast bagel w/ cheese as well, but first bring me coffee!
Turned off the computer around 1AM this morning. Printing up the copies of our new Division Newsletter to be sent out to those who don't have email..... I should say, for whom we don't have an email address...... I will be sending out a request along with the newsletter asking for them to give me their email so we can save the expense of printing and mailing. I'm doing this on 28lb. paper in photo mode on the Canon printer. Looks nice!
Once again I have several errands to run today. I also need to get together with my sister sometime before she leaves for a trip to Mexico soon. So most of today will be shot for anything similar to modeling.
Jeffrey, glad you are back from your quest, and glad you found some answers. You continue to be in my prayers during this troubling time. Hope the charcot eases up soon and you can be feeling a bit better.
Barry, I do like THAT..... Ah.... Vehicle.
Hope you all have a geat day!
jeffrey-wimberly .... After two days on a vision quest I'm tired but well at ease. I found answers to many of my questions but not all the ones I wanted. Today I'll be getting some rest.
.... After two days on a vision quest I'm tired but well at ease. I found answers to many of my questions but not all the ones I wanted. Today I'll be getting some rest.
I have an understanding of the native American vision quest.
And much like our Christian questioning/prayers, we, too, may find answers to our questions and prayers, but not always the ones we wanted or sought.
And perhaps, therein lies the insight we need, though we may not readily see it.
With my best wishes, May you come to see.
-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.
Todd:
Of course it is totally dependent upon where those trees are...heeheehee
Garry- I really like the scene. It looks......, well, natural. Very nice. If it were me though, and this is purely a suggestion, I would put a few, not very many, maybe two or three total at the most, but a few trees close to say one near the office and maybe one by the, what look slike a repurposed train car on the back. But that's just a thought. There are many places just like what you've done and it carries well with the backdrop. But it's still great just the way it is.
EDIT: Aaaaand what does Barry post as I was suggesting trees? No trees..
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.
Garry: I have nooo idea when that would become available, although considering the other things that do come out....
I do not think that the pix will be ready just yet but by next weekend maybe they will...
Barry ... When will we see a 1/87 replica of that vehicle in the Walthers catalog?
Jeff ... I'm sad you must endure so much pain. Hope your Mom is OK.
Hector ... Good to see you. Please visit the diner often.
I put this photo in Weekend Photo Fun WPF. I have more creative ideas, but no time for the layout in past two weeks.
Good morning. It's 62° and cloudy. The high should be 74° and it will be mostly cloudy.I'm hoping to get started on some more layout work soon. Just waiting on some ballast and ground foam. However nearly anything is welcome. Not much planned for today other than staying off my feet. The Charcot condition is still flared up. It softens the bones somewhat and that makes for some intense pain when I put my weight on them
TMarsh Jeff- Glad your Mothers coming home. I hope that means she is doing well.
Jeff- Glad your Mothers coming home. I hope that means she is doing well.
hectorgonzalesAs a native Mexican Indian of the Acatec tribe , I can tell you we have something similar to the American Indians Quest, but it consists of imbibing large quantities of the drink tequila.
Good Morning!! Bagel with that strawberry flavored cream cheesey spread stuff please. Oh yes and coffee. Thanks. Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Jeff- Glad your Mothers coming home. I hope that means she is doing well. Yesterday morning, Ya’ll sittin down? Yesterday morning I went downstairs and started on my bridge. Yup, got one support put together. What I’m creating is my version of this http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/255-75530
Good Morning!! Bagel with that strawberry flavored cream cheesey spread stuff please. Oh yes and coffee. Thanks.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Yesterday morning, Ya’ll sittin down? Yesterday morning I went downstairs and started on my bridge. Yup, got one support put together. What I’m creating is my version of this
I am using two deck girders I had from previous layout but no through girder. The center section will not be centered because the track it goes over is at an angle and with the way the opening in the bench work etc well, you know the deal. I have to have that type of supports due to the span, track arrangement and because there isn’t room for a pier...... Well I suppose there may be now that I think of it. I could make a concrete one out of a witch. I mean wood. (they both float) Hmmmmm I have an idea. Anyway, I think I’ll maybe, (here we go again) show some pictures of my progress since I once again figured out how to take a picture without a flash.
I also want a bridge on the south end. My Pratt Truss I have. I can come up with a good reason to have one and I think it would make for a nice scene. But it’s on the downslope of my grade to return to the main level. Have to think about that. Well, best get movin. I have the trucks to deal with, work at 5, and my friends funeral is at 1pm today with visitation at 11. The burial will be up on the hill. Then I need to visit my other friend who has been in the hospital for a month. The stints he got weren’t the problem but the Gall Bladder was....is. They had him shot so full of dye and everything trying to figure out what was wrong with him when he went in to emergency after the second time, his liver shut down, his pancreas quit, and his kidneys shut down. All from tests trying to find something wrong that wasn't because they just didn’t think it was the Gall Bladder. The sonagram (sp)said it was, (or something like that) but the docs thought it had something to do with the surgery and stints or some such nonsense. Intense abdominal pain on the right side about the bottom of the ribcage. THAT is what he went to the hospital for the very first time when they said “gee, we think you could use a stint or two”. Anyway he’s pretty messed up right now but at home. He goes to dialysis two or three times a week, but his liver and pancreas are working now. Just has drain tubes hanging out all over the place. The docs now say it’s probably his Gall Bladder after all, but because of the thinners he’s on for the stint, they can’t remove it. Maybe they’ll look at taking it out in March. Isn’t that insane?
I also want a bridge on the south end. My Pratt Truss I have. I can come up with a good reason to have one and I think it would make for a nice scene. But it’s on the downslope of my grade to return to the main level. Have to think about that.
Well, best get movin. I have the trucks to deal with, work at 5, and my friends funeral is at 1pm today with visitation at 11. The burial will be up on the hill. Then I need to visit my other friend who has been in the hospital for a month. The stints he got weren’t the problem but the Gall Bladder was....is. They had him shot so full of dye and everything trying to figure out what was wrong with him when he went in to emergency after the second time, his liver shut down, his pancreas quit, and his kidneys shut down. All from tests trying to find something wrong that wasn't because they just didn’t think it was the Gall Bladder. The sonagram (sp)said it was, (or something like that) but the docs thought it had something to do with the surgery and stints or some such nonsense. Intense abdominal pain on the right side about the bottom of the ribcage. THAT is what he went to the hospital for the very first time when they said “gee, we think you could use a stint or two”. Anyway he’s pretty messed up right now but at home. He goes to dialysis two or three times a week, but his liver and pancreas are working now. Just has drain tubes hanging out all over the place. The docs now say it’s probably his Gall Bladder after all, but because of the thinners he’s on for the stint, they can’t remove it. Maybe they’ll look at taking it out in March. Isn’t that insane?
Good Morning All,
A regular to go please. It's in the thirties already this morning. Headed out to the trailers to try to get all that sorted today. Usually by the end of winter, all the spares boxes have been rifled through and it all looks like Fergies (MESS).
Did get some more cleaning done and the second half of the trainroom floor done last night. It is of course now two different shades so the first half will need a second coat to look even similar. Just another visit from Murphy. Here's my coffee and times a'wastin so CUL, J.R.
Good Morning,
Jeff good to have you back and good to hear your mom might be coming home soon.
Spent a couple hours last night doing graphic layout work; the LS&W, WT, and Heartland panels are done. I started on 6 others but don’t have the polish on them yet. I spent an additional hour reviewing historic RR advertisements for inspiration. I found the M.E.S.S. and PC’s Autumn Rail and Navigation panel but waiting for their permission to use them. Ulrich, I have an idea and will be sending you an email soon…
I’m glad to hear people still rely on their ancestors traditions in times of trouble. I’m of German-Scottish-Irish heritage and I seem to be drawn to the dart board at the local pub in times of doubt, maybe I can learn something from Jeff’s example…
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Jeff: Good to hear that at least some answers were forthcoming.
Good Morning...
We are supposed to go from our current temperature of 46F down to 27F this morning then back up to 39F this afternoon then down to 17F tonight......and with showers and snowflurries..depending on which side of the boundary we are on...
Today is going to be spent in my trainroom getting some work done on the layout and with my camera...I am actually going to see how non furry I can get with the shots..then I can actually post something useful here...
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now..I'll have to think about what to have first...I'll be at the RC for now..
Good Day Folks!
Tall glass of sweet tea please.
Have a great weekend all, and happy modeling.
Steven
Good morning diners!!! I will take the Lumberjack special please...all bacon...extra Italian toast and a mug of brew in a NYC mug please. Just got home from a second sleep study for my sleep apnea. This test was done with the CPAP machine. I gotta tell ya...I haven't slept this good in years!!! What a difference. I will be back later...my daughter needs to get on the big yellow cheesebox.....(the schoolbus).....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?
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Train MasterJeff! Nice to have you back. When you have a chance can you tell me about your quest? As you know I have an intense curiosity about anything having to do with native American customs and tradition.
As a native Mexican Indian of the Acatec tribe , I can tell you we have something similar to the American Indians Quest, but it consists of imbibing large quantities of the drink tequila.
Medium-well steak with seasoned fries, please.
Wife visited her (HO) layout and loved the progress. She added a few things to my H.D.L., too. To my surprise, she said her town needs a Ho, and she was not refering to scale.
Long farm day...exhauseted...Have a good night y'all. Rob