Glass of water, please.
About an hour of sleep thus far. Ugh!
I like Rush, among many bands too numerous to list.
Later, Rob
jeffrey-wimberly My favorite bands? The Beach Boys, Bill Haley, Bobby Darin, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, The Chantays, Chuck Berry, Dick Dale, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Jan & Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Roy Orbison, The Surfaris, Bee Gees, Neil Diamond, The Troggs, Dave Clark Five, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Eric Mantel, Eric Clapton, Gordon Lightfoot, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Climax Blues, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Starship, Pure Prairie League, America, Atlanta Rythym Section, Alan Parsons Project, Chicago, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, among others.
My favorite bands?
The Beach Boys, Bill Haley, Bobby Darin, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, The Chantays, Chuck Berry, Dick Dale, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Jan & Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Roy Orbison, The Surfaris, Bee Gees, Neil Diamond, The Troggs, Dave Clark Five, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Eric Mantel, Eric Clapton, Gordon Lightfoot, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Climax Blues, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Starship, Pure Prairie League, America, Atlanta Rythym Section, Alan Parsons Project, Chicago, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, among others.
I'll second that list plus add a few more of my own, but won't take time to list here now.
Rain rain and more rain!!!!
1st half of 6 hour safe driver course is over. We did it this year through AARP for the first time and apparently MOSt of the seniors there have never taken a safe driver course at a ll and some of the questions or comments they made to the "safe driver" alternatives makes one SERIOUSLY think that maybe they shouldn't have a driver's License!!!! lIke if you are making a turn to the left and have to wait for oncoming traffic, one NEVER turns the wheel that direction until one is ready to execute the left turn. They thought that was a joke! {the reason you don't, for those who here may not know, is that if you get rear-ended then you get shoved directly into the on-coming traffic if your wheel is turned! Whereas if you wheels are straight you only get shoved forward and NOt into oncoming traffic.}
It was really nice, they served coffee and tea and refreshments!
Second half sometime today. It is boring as all get-out, but to save a bit-o-money, I guess it is worth it AND we at least have that recond on our car insurance and save a few bucks and get favored discounts! IN NY for those idiots who have points on their license for wrong-doing I think they can get 4 points knocked off if they complete the course.
WEll that all for this AM
I hope everyone has a great day!
TTYALL8r
-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 ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Bands?
Jeff's list minus Pink Floyd, (come on....I don't wanna hear it. Not saying they are bad, just not my cup of tea) Not really a big Beatles fan either. Anyway, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Yes Lynyrd Skynyrd and Led Zepplin (best rock band ever IMHO), Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, George Stait, Waylon Jennings, Brad Paisley, Southern Culture on the Skids, Aerosmith, soooome Guns and Roses, George Jones, Emy Lou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, that silly Elton John, Marshall Tucker Band, Molly Hatchet, Marvin Gaye, Waylon Jennings, Liked Electric Light Orchestra and Blue Oyster Cult back in the Day, Charlie Daniels of course, Merle Haggard, The Man jerry Reed, Hoyt Axton Hank Jr.and oh the list goes on. Rather eclectic (sp) list I have. Basically it's the song or group of songs I like rather than any particular genre. That's all for marketing any way. Guess you have to call it something so you'll know where to put it at the Walmart. I listen to country when I do beause, until lately, they had the most songs I liked. Now......well lets just say I don't listen to the radio or buy Cd's much anymore at all unless they are old stuff. Few and far between there's a good one thrown in there. I kinda like the last two releases (or so I think they are) from Miranda Lambert.
Ooops, almost forgot.....Waylon Jennings.
See ya'll in the morning.
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.
Evening Folks!
Flo, bucket of beer and a straw!
Boy what a beautiful day it was today, but it shucked.
Work Front While I was on the phone with Ben (my boss) we where talking about the projections of what the store could do this month. At the current paces I will hit around $56,000.00 which will be a all time record. Last month I sat the all time record with only $45,000.00. (store had been averaging $35,000.00) Berry the owner was listening and and stated "If you hit $60,000.00 I will give you a 2 foot tall trophy and a $1500.00 bounces". While that sound great and all and would love the extra cash. But, at this point unless I get real lucky I don't see the paces will pick up that much. But you never know so keep your fingers crossed for me.
Rotten Kids and there parents. I have seen more than my fair share of rotten brats in my days. I have had them running, screaming, interrupting me while talking, jumping form bed to bed, kicking the beds, beating up on there siblings, bleeding on the beds and blowing chunks on the beds!
But, today this little rotten *** set new standers! While he was a terror from the get go,running, screaming, jumping on beds going behind my counter gaping my stabler, phone, books, and interrupting me. The Feast of Resistances was when the printer jammed. While I was bent over trying to get the jammed paper out he shoved a ball of Play-Do down the BACK OF MY PANTS! It took all I could do from smacking the little ***!
All Mon said was " Adam leave Mr Ken a lone so we can go home". The dumb female dog should have been beating the brat with in a inch from his life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am with W C Fields on this subject. W C Fields was asked by a reporter how he like liked Children. He said "I like them fried".
Pretty much set the tone of the rest of the day. Today sucked!
But I am off Wednesday, thank God!
Ken
I hate Rust
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
Evenin' Folks!
Flo just a decaf and maybe a tiny slice of the blueberry pie..... Uh, just a bit bigger, keep going, yep that'll do it. What do mean that's two slices.... Well I won't tell if you don't.
So what's all the noise in hear tonight? Nirvana? Smashing Pumpkins? Pink Floyd.... Dead Presidents? Oh, sorry I think that may be those electrical guys, you know? AC/DCC or something like that. Oooohhh some Leonard Skynard! I do kinda like his music, but frankly I prefer Berlios or maybe Jerry Brubaker... What? Who's he? Chief arranger for the United States Marine Band, That's who! Old friend of mine from college too. Gustave Holst is good. So is Kodåly and Orff. I guess my taste in music is a bit different, but it comes with the territory.
Curt? What Photo? Did you mean the one Barry just posted?
I spent the evening tearing out and completely relaying an 18" section of mainline coming out of Hopewell Junction tonight. One end of the track is hand laid code 70 that has been there over 25 years. That was fine. The other end was some code 83 flex track I put down about 4 years ago. Connecting them was a Walthers code 83 to code 70 track section. The roadbeds were about 3/8 inch apart in height so I used a section of cedar shim to connect the. Most of my rolling stock and all the locos have had no problem navigating it even with no easement at the top. the new coaches are just long enough from the coupler to the truck to have the coupler ride up and uncouple at that spot. I tried to work it so the coaches would not uncouple there last night to no avail.
So tonight I cut out an 18" section including the Walthers 83 to 70 track, removed the ballast and old hand laid ties. Then got out my belt sander and the vacuum and had at it. Put down new profile ties, cut some leftover sections of Micro engineering code 83 track to fit, and repaired the section. BTW, did you know that Atlas "n" scale track joiners work very well with code 83 and code 70 HO Track? Yep, I found that out when I was working on the Civil Merit Award project. They also look much better, solder nicely, and almost disappear after the track has been painted..... Didn't have time to try running the passenger train through the area, but will do that tomorrow.
I also found a track in the tunnel at the end of the yard that has the old code 100 track where a area where two sections of flex track are joined that had gone out of gauge and was causing derailments in there. It is at a point where one rail is much longer than the other in one section so when i soldered them there is a space in both places where the joint is made that doesn't have any ties under the track. Usually this is fine in a tunnel where no one will ever see it. You have an inch space followed by 2 inches or so of ties (plastic) followed by another inch space. never caused a problem before, but over time the loose ties under the track had worked all the way down to one end so there was 3/8 inch space followed by 2" of ties, then 1 5/8" space. Just enough to let the track go out of gauge enough for the truck to fall into the hole..... I moved the ties back over in place and the gauge is now correct and the trucks stay on the track..... Ties are now glued in place!
Hope you all have a great night! Tomorrow I may bring in a recording of Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra! THAT should wake some people up!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Curt and Teen Steam Fan, I like much of that music, in particular Pink Floyd. Another hobby of mine is collecting CDs and their greatest hits album is my all-time favorite Pink Floyd piece if not my favorite album ever. I'd have to add to that list of music, The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana.
Alvie
My favorite bands are more along the lines of Daevid Allen's Gong, Hawkwind, Magma, the Damned, AC/DC, Molly Hatchet, and such....
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/
Not much going here. The diner has really been slow today.
Howmus- That is a great photo.
Teen Steam Fan- I like your taste in music. My favorite rock band and I believe the best rock band of all time is Led Zeppelin. I also like AC/DC and Pink Floyd.
Have a good night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Hey Yall
Chloe, same as blown out.
Well, I got a lift kit installed on my Jeep. That actually went kinda easy. No longer scared about messing with that sort of stuff.
Rock and roll- AC/DC is awsome. But you guys forgot Lynard Skynard, Ted Nugent, and Guns and Roses.
There is one band I listen to from the UK called Status Quo.
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!
Good Evening..
Seems to have been a rather slow day here somewhat...
I've managed to get a few things done today..mostly of the medical appointment variety..tomorrow I have my ICD checked out...then I might get a chance to get a few things done on my layout...
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee and a piece of that Blueberry pie as well, please...I'll be at the RC for a bit....
Cape Jim, yes it was her mother that chewed her out. And her son that snitched on her and told her mother that she refused to sign the divorce papers. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall during that discussion. Her mother is good woman and nice person. I can just hear her saying something like that.
howmus, got you beat on the temp yesterday. Hit 88F here in central PA. Slept with the ceiling fan on all night for the first time this year.
Afternoon folks!
Flo just a RBF for the moment.
Packer, humidity? Best answer is variable... On a good cold sub zero Winter's Day it could be less than 10%, hot Summer's day right before a storm.. 110% (Yeah I know that doesn't happen, just feels like it). Right now a comfortable 50% humidity, tomorrow will be rain most of the day and they are predicting about 80% humidity average. Around here if you don't like the weather, just wait a minute.
Back to the basement for me. I have a layout to build!
Afternoon guys
Got that paper finished up today. Wasn't too bad once I got rolling. But I still have a disdain for that kind of writing.
Chris, Thanks for the info. Especially about the zito yellow (I've actually refreained from buy Zito yellow cars cause I though they were a 90s thing) being an 80's scheme. I have a few of the Walther's cushion pockets left, but I'm out of Kadees. Either way they'd be on the backlog with all the other project I have going on. (either don't have the money, or the time)
Ray, What's the humidity up there in the Finger Lakes region? Down here it's usually quite high. Today was pretty nice, 82 or so with low humidity (what's up with that)
Be back in later. Waiting for the car to cool off so I can replace some of the really brittle vacuum lines.
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.
Coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
The Heljan (N) bridge kit arrived today. Looks pretty simple to put together. This is the bridge which crosses the main canyon on the line which runs to the volcano mining operation.
Made a run to the feed store and my wife ends up with a couple baby geese. Presently they are chasing 4 of our 5 remaining grown geese around the paddock. The 1 older, mature goose is talking to them and hopefully will adopt them shortly.
Cheers! Rob
WE WEnt and took the first 3 hours of the 6 hour safe driver course. Take the other 3 hours later. Will save us the cost for both of us in one 6 mo. premium. will save aobut $75 or more over 3 years for a cost of just $24 through AARP. Not a huge amount, but enough to make suffering through it worth while.
A nice day it turned out to be and not TO warm in this tin can we call home.
WEnt shopping yesterday to stock up on a months worth of groceries or thereabouts.
Time for an afternoon nap as I haven't slept well in 2 nights.
WEll hope everyone has a great day.
TTYALLL8r
Mornin'..... uh, I mean... Afternoon folks!
Zoe I need a short stack of Buckwheat pancakes to tide me over to lunch.... Lunch Time? Now? Not for me it isn't! Don't forget the NYS Pure Maple Syrup (dark amber if possible) and a cup of dark roast coffee!
I've been busy reading and answering emails for the last hour and a half......
Catch you all later!!!
Good Morning All!
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this cold and windy Tuesday other then I decided against sitting up the Dining Table Yard and decided to consecrate on the building needed for Slate Creek..I have the dimensions ( 20' High by 130' long) measured and the dock doors outlined.Doors will be Pikestuff trim with thin ABS plastic strips...I hope to get the main building cut out today barring company dropping by.
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!"
Good morning. It's 63° and sunny. The high is due to be 82° and sunny.Darn sinuses have my inner ear blocked up and it's somewhat difficult to keep my balance as my head keeps wanting to spin. Allergies, gotta love 'em. Wish I had a job to stay home from. At least then they'd be of some use. Looks like I'll be staying inside today. No more divorce letters so my pleas of mistaken identity were apparently accepted.
Morning All,
Flo could I get a cup of java please-heavy on the caffeine.
At w**k today. Supposed to be in the mid 80's with rain later (cold front going through).
I know a lady in another group that was in the middle of that tornado in Iowa. Luckly she is OK, just some damage to her porch. She spent the night in her cellar with her 2 skunks. She says it's pretty bad there. I have been in numerous hurricanes over the years but no tornados, they are amazing to watch but scary as heck..
Last night around 2230 I decided to cut and pull up a small section of flex track and a switch going to my coaling facility. I am going to move the switch 2-3 more inches toward the facility to allow more curve going into the switch. What I had laid out looked kinked to my eye. I gauged it and it was OK, and I hand ran a box car over it without a issue but it just didn't look right to me.
LSWrr- I am not sure if there will be a electrical prolem or not. There is one section by the engine house where there are 3 switches going to 2 tracks. Since electricity is like magic to me I am second guessing myself. I have tried the analogy of water flow but for some reason my brain just doesn't make the leap. When you enter the yard initially before branching out there are 3 main feeders. I plan on powering them for the yard. The switches that I am using are Atlas #6 and PECO Insulfrog #5. I figured I would check at the club to be on the safe side.
Everyone have a great day.
Morning folks! Chloe scrambled eggs with sausage, potatoes, onions and tomatoes please? :)
I've had a fairly physical last three days. Saturday afternoon I helped put in an herb garden, Sunday I walked the long walk for the National MS walk, and yesterday I spent six hours working on farm project my friends and I initiated last year. The sun had been out in full yesterday and I my fair-skinned face is a lovely shade of sunburnt white boy red! Thankfully I have a large thing of after-sun that I'll be drenching my little face with.
Morning folks!
What's this ball in the sky? It's so bright! And why isn't it raining???? I'm so confused... Oh seattle.
LEE: Well they closed for good last Saturday. Perhaps I can still email Bob, the owner.
TODD: Thanks mate. Good to find another fan of AC/DC. AC/DC is one of my two favorite bands; AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. I like a ton of other bands and music but those two are my absolute favorite. I love Led Zep because it was the first rock music I ever remember hearing back when I was 8 or 9. I got into AC/DC actually because of guitar. I remembered my dad saying something about AC/DC's music being simple, so I started to learn Highway to Hell, and I really liked the song, so I started browsing around at more and more... I was really liking AC/DC a bunch when I heard they were coming to town on the 31st of August in 2009; and then my dad, uncle and I went go see them. My first rock show... AC/DC, the Tacoma Dome. That was AWESOME... I don't think I would care much for them anymore if I never saw them live though. The concert just happened at the right time... If you ever wanna see me do a specific AC/DC tune, I know a pretty good number of 'em or I could learn it real quick. Just lemme know.
Alright, that's it for now.
Mark
Todd - That's a clever video. When I showed it to the wife, she yelled "That's you." A statement which I reject and resent. Let's see now, what were we talking about?
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
OH! Friend e-mailed ti to me. This is the most accurate example of how my day goes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHBG3ABUJU
Now where was I? Oh yah, rocks.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a Mexican Omelet please. Thank you. Sunny, with a high near 65. Mark- My, my you are doing very well on the guitar! Lucky for me you are a fan of AC/DC instead of some other noisemaker. I do like AC/DC, their music does have a tune. Rob- Glad to hear you were spared the damage. Ok folks, question here. What’s the easiest way to type well without learning how to type. I spend more time correcting than I do anything. The results you see are me just giving up and saying “enough“. Hey Inch! Glad to see you’re still kickin’! Been doin anything on the layout or have the grandkids been keeping you too busy? Now we know what Vinnie does when he’s not here. I always wondered where he skates off too. Yesterday I didn’t do much again on that little world of mine. I worked on the coloration of rock faces for which I absolutely suck at. Course we’ve talked about this before so no details. Something I just have to live with. Which compared to those who can’t see at all, I’m happy with my tiny problem. Then I attached a couple three of them to the cliff side. I’m working my way around the peninsula slow but sure. I need to cast a few more rock faces. Might do that today.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a Mexican Omelet please. Thank you.
Sunny, with a high near 65.
Mark- My, my you are doing very well on the guitar! Lucky for me you are a fan of AC/DC instead of some other noisemaker. I do like AC/DC, their music does have a tune.
Rob- Glad to hear you were spared the damage.
Ok folks, question here. What’s the easiest way to type well without learning how to type. I spend more time correcting than I do anything. The results you see are me just giving up and saying “enough“.
Hey Inch! Glad to see you’re still kickin’! Been doin anything on the layout or have the grandkids been keeping you too busy?
Now we know what Vinnie does when he’s not here. I always wondered where he skates off too.
Yesterday I didn’t do much again on that little world of mine. I worked on the coloration of rock faces for which I absolutely suck at. Course we’ve talked about this before so no details. Something I just have to live with. Which compared to those who can’t see at all, I’m happy with my tiny problem. Then I attached a couple three of them to the cliff side. I’m working my way around the peninsula slow but sure. I need to cast a few more rock faces. Might do that today.
I really should change the oil in the mowers today so I can mow grass tomorrow. Maybe even mow bit today between w**k times. I think rocks take precedence. I have until 1030cdt to get them cast, starting…..now.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Thoughts and prayers to those on the sick and injured list…
Ulrich, I use a pin vise and drill bit to add holes in the railroad ties, I found it works better than a Dremel.
Curt, why would your yard need to be isolated? Mine isn’t and it’s a double ended yard. Did you bolt the sections of the layout together?
Garry, love the tow truck scene!!!!!!
Hoople, good to see you in the diner again, I would ask your favorite LHS to refer you to a different hobby store. I did this 10 years ago and love the new LHS.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning,
I’ve been trying to catch up on 5 days worth of posts…
In the last 5 days I worked in the train room annex in the basement; laid about 24 turnouts, approximately 60 feet of track, a couple of 60 deg crossovers, and cut the hole for the coal dumper. The bench work is laid out in a horseshoe configuration and will be a point to point switching layout with a branch line connecting to the main layout. I need to clear all the tools off the layout before pictures are shared, I don’t want you guys to think I’m unorganized or anything, LOL. I also made some new molds for scrap piles, 55 gallon drums, and stacks of old tires. When I move back to the main train room there is a long spur that I plan on installing a scrap yard.
The furlough was cancelled at the 11th hour, but we are working under a continuing resolution until Friday. Hopefully they can pass a budget by then. Regan, Bush, and Bush cancelled Congress holiday vacations until they passed the budget in the past, maybe that was a smart thing to do. I was a little upset to learn the 3 week continuing resolution was passed to allow Congress to go on spring break for 10 days out of the 14 day CR. They only “work” 6 months out of the year, I think they need to tighten the belt and take care of business.
Monday I get a tooth worked on, so I might have a long weekend…
Mornin,, an irish coffee please Zoe
Thought I’d and show you pic I got this past weekend in Terre Haute
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309