Hi all anohter migraine day.
The way the weather keeps changing Im sure thats a leading cause. At least we didnt get all the storm they said we were gonna get-went off the cost and to the east.
Waiting for MOH to get out of work to bring me a refill on my Migraine script pills. Will be soon. The minutes are getting closer to that time.
I was supposed to go to do my spenddown but MOH will do htat for me. Was also going to see my fahter, but nixed that.
FOrgive my typing if really bad as not myself today. I have learned to only post here and not to try answering other posts as my typing and info oftne gets scrambled. so I shall post only here today.
Hope everyone else has a great day though...me I will lie on couch tv volume very low nad with glazed eyes take in some Bonanza shows. A favorite this tiem of day and nto much else on anyway this time.
TTYALLL8R
EDIT: {groan} I get top honors so now I have to saty here all day to pay your tabs! Eat up boyS! MY CC is on the table should i doze off.
-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.
This coming up with a name thing is harder than I thought. Oh sure I can come up with several, but ones I'm sure I wanna keep.... THAT's whole other bucket of water. I guess I shouldn't have picked the T & P when I got back into this mess, but then, I thought I'd model differently. That didn't last long either. Then I started coming up with all these freelance ideas that kept changing until what I have now. Why not change? I've got juuuust enough things to make me say I've got too much invested and would have to change too much. To some, it's probably not that much. To me, a cheap son of a gun, it's plenty. I'm happy with the "let's just say it never went away because it's my world" concept. See why I don't want to really pick something quickly?
Good advice not taken, Figure out what you want before you dive in. Oh well, it'll work out. Just need some time to pass. Patience weedhopper. Patience.
Welp, so far it's been a day of staring and saying "I'll do this. Nah, don't wanna get involved in that. I'll do this. Nah, don't wanna get that all gunky, then I'll have to clean it up and I gotta w**k." You know, one of those days.
What I DID do though.... is ran a train around the lower loop. Was a bit disheartening at first as the thing didn't want to move very far and was very jerky. First place the train stalled....yup, In a tunnel. Easy access from underneath, but that solidifies the don't want a no access tunnel theory. A quick going over with a very fine sanding block followed buy a Bright Boy equivelant, and Runs like a champ. Soon as I get the rest of the buss ran and the feeders attached it will not require as much throttle. I have a few joints I need to hit with a file, but other than that, runs great. For now.
I guess I'll go back down and stare at what else I don't want to get involved in now.
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.
Got the bills paid and got the first half of the groceries. Checked at Wal-Mart for 'Unstoppable' but it was sold out. So I used the extra money to get ten boxes of sugar free drink mixes. I'll buy 'Unstoppable' online instead. I think I saw it listed for $15 somewhere. I'll have to look it up. After bills, groceries and gas I have enough left to get most of my meds. After I cut my parents yard this weekend I'll have enough to get all my meds. The co-pays are real low but when you have ten or more of them it really piles up. It can reach twenty-five to thirty bucks real quick. Thankfully I don't have to pay income tax.
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Afternoon guys.
Figured I'd borrow something from some friends to get here.
Sorry, I couldn't talk them into letting me borrow some coaches or slate wagons.
Got some more sod down on the layout. Woodland Scenics blended turf is really good stuff. I bought some no-name stuff first, and that stuff was a joke.
Also assembling some Walther's fencing. Good kit but needs some better ways to glue it together. Everything has to get sitting level But can't clamp it.
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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!
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Orbisonia, PA to Euclid, OH = 274 Mi, 5 hours 12 minutes
Just ordered 'Unstoppable', the widescreen version online. Total including shipping was $17.26. I should have it by the 11th.
jeffrey-wimberly Just ordered 'Unstoppable', the widescreen version online. Total including shipping was $17.26. I should have it by the 11th.
I thought that is a good movie...enjoyable.
Good Evening..
Another weekend of on-call is upon me..got the phone at the ready and I got the car ready...filled up..nice bill btw..$96.77
I'll be getting something up next week ...I'm still getting the furrinesses on my pix although not nearly as much as i had before...
Chloe, I'll have a RBF and a piece of Strawberry Rhubarb Pie please..I'll be at the RC
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/
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Here are a couple progress pics on my (N) layout. Creating tunnels for the volcano and base coat of icing in the canyon. At least that's what it reminds me of....icing.
...and one overhead view with bridges loosely in place, except the middle one which is going to be replaced.
That's all for now. Rob
Hey all,
Not much going on here. The weather is nice here for a change. I believe the high was 81.
Flo, I would love a piece of that Strawberry-Rhubarb pie if any is left with a coffee please.
Jeff- Thanks for the weathering info for the engine house.
Rob- That is going to be neat when it is done. The sulfur hills are very well done. I had never considered using tubing like that. Once it is permanet how do you access the tube if there is a problem?
Before work this week I taped up 2 tunnel portals and sprayed flat black in the appropriate areas for soot. I also did that to my coaling tower. Next time I will be able to model will be Monday afternoon.
I have the Walthers DCC/Sound version of this FM H10-44. I love this thing. Whenever I run it it reminds me of a old Chevy or Ford.
Well everyone have a great night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt Webb Jeff- Thanks for the weathering info for the engine house.
I was looking through my collection and realized I didn't have 'The Train', Burt Lancaster (1964) on DVD, so I ordered the wide-screen format. $10.
Good spot for the diner Ulrich, right in my neck of the woods. EBT is my favorite railroad, get there a couple times every summer. And as long as it's in PA I'll have a nice big slice of that shoo fly pie and a glass of milk to wash it down.
A large brownie, please.
***Curt, there will never be any derailments in those tunnels/tubes, period. OK, the window side is wide open and offers access from that end with a claw grabber thing (don't know what they're called). If that doesn't work, I can always send in a maintenance train with crane & crew.
Tuckered out tonight so just relaxing and watching the boob tube.
Rob
Evenin' Folks!
I have spent most of the day decaling some passenger cars, and waiting for things to dry. Right now I'm waiting for some dullcoat to dry, and soon I will be waiting for more glosscoat to dry. I am also waiting on a bit of information from the NMRA Region Historian......
How come if a model has one very fragile tiny little detail piece THAT sticks out from it you always grab it at THAT particular spot or set it down on THAT particular spot??? As usual by the time I get done with this project I will know how I should have done it...
Hey Attaboy, I like the little picture in your photo! I think I may have a bigger photo of it.....
I really like the other side of the bridge though...
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hello Fellow Dinners!
Flo, scrambled eggs, bacon and a .
Not really much to talk about except work and it was pretty boring today so really nothing to say.
See you Saturday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening ...
I'll have a Pennsylvania RBF please.
Rob .... If your railroad has a derailment, crews will need a toilet plunger instead of a big hook to clear the wreckage.
Ray ... I know just what you mean about detail parts being vulnerable to damage. Lifting models on and off teh layout can cause broken detail along with colorful language from some.
Curt ... I like the photo of the PRR FM switcher. I was told FM's have high hoods to accommodate the opposed piston diesels inside. I recall FM used diesels designed for WWII submarines.
Jeff ... Engine house looks good!
Duke ... I saw your recent post. Good to see you. I looked at some of the pictures.
There are several MIA's today.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning...
Partly to mostly cloudy today with a 40% chance of rain be fallin' on our heads..
No phone calls ..yet
Kind of stiff in the back this morning...
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now..please and thankye...I'll be at the RC for a bit
Morning.
MOH is sick with sinus and upper respiratory infection and got antibiotics from our Dr. the ohter day. Now it seems I have developed an upper respiratory infection as well. Not good news for me as I am prone to brochial infections ans bronchitis, and to pneumonia. So I will be see our Dr. as soon as posible too. I cannot afford to wait to see if it "works itself out" or passes. I can go directly to pneumonia without passing GO or collecting my $200.
WE desparately need to do grocery shopping but it the first of the month, a Saturday at the first of the month, and Wallyworld will be VERy busy.All the Seniors and "dregs of society" will be out. I do not do mentally well in crowds of people. I am claustrophobic and agoraphobic. Unfortunately we got up later this AM or I would have said "get dressed we go NOW". I like to go aobut 7AM as fewer people then. I think we can wait til mon or wed, MOH's days off.
Headache better obviously..I just wish either A} the weather wouldn't shift so much {i get a lot of migraines when the barometric pressure and weather front changes} OR B} the new med the neurologist put me on to PREVENT migraines would work.
So I think we can have a dead stay-at-home day today and commiserate our ailments together, after all it seems MOH has shared it with me.
House hunting is not going so hot. Inventory is low and we are insistant on a ranch house only. No 2 story, no cape, just a simple one-level living ranch. That limits us. The RE Agent sends us listings, but we aren't interested in what she sends and can't afford what we really like. My life story. One house she sent us is way out in the middle of nowhere {litterally} and their listing even says: mold and mildew may be present! With my respiratory problems we cant have such a house, nor am I willing to pay for remediation of either mold or asbestos before I move in!
Maybe I will go in search of the Holy Grail today and pretend I am a Nights Templar.
Well That's all folks!
Morning All,
Flo I already ate so can I just get a cup of coffee please.
Not much going on here. Washing my clothes then off to Jo-Ann's for paint that I will use on my finally dry POP rocks. Then on to Lowes to buy a pressure washer. Later I am going to the train club. I picked up OT for tomorrow.
Heartland- Actually US submarines still have a FM diesel with a attached generator for emergency electrical power in case of a reactor scram. I am a retired submariner.
Galaxy- Do you have the option to go to Wally World either late night or very early morning? We have a 24 hr one by us.
The wife took her HHR to the dealer today. The catalytic converter was going bad. The great news-It was still under warrenty by less than 1000 miles! Whew!!
Everybody have a great day.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a hot towel again please. Sinus pressure again. Rob- I reeeeally like the looks of your bridge scene so far. Ray- Why do you grab the tiny detail? Same reason when you kneel on the floor, you will put your knee down on the only rock on the entire floor. Or when dragging a cord over the north west corner of a 5 acre piece of ground somehow it will snag on the six inch tall ½ inch diameter something sticking out of the ground on the south east corner. No amount of shaking flipping or tugging will get it undone short of walking over there to un latch it, and throw it as far away from the obstruction as humanly possible. Only to find once you get back to the end your dealing with, by starting to move it again, the cord makes a record breaking flip flop and hooks over the same item again forcing you to walk…….well, you get the idea.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a hot towel again please. Sinus pressure again.
Rob- I reeeeally like the looks of your bridge scene so far.
Ray- Why do you grab the tiny detail? Same reason when you kneel on the floor, you will put your knee down on the only rock on the entire floor. Or when dragging a cord over the north west corner of a 5 acre piece of ground somehow it will snag on the six inch tall ½ inch diameter something sticking out of the ground on the south east corner. No amount of shaking flipping or tugging will get it undone short of walking over there to un latch it, and throw it as far away from the obstruction as humanly possible. Only to find once you get back to the end your dealing with, by starting to move it again, the cord makes a record breaking flip flop and hooks over the same item again forcing you to walk…….well, you get the idea.
Today, like any other day, is a take it as it comes day. Haven’t checked the weather report, but looks nice out there. WAS gonna go down and w**k a bit on the layout and the room it resides in. But a few minutes ago, as Brenda was leaving to go to the garage in the park (she and a couple others are cleaning it out/up), she asks if I’m coming. In a tone that is akin to the way you’d say it if you were supposed to. I said "where?" and she proceeded to inform me that I knew she was going to clean the garage in the park. I said "yes I did but I never got it that I was “invited”". To which she said. “Fine” and left. Calmly . Now all you married, formerly married, or men with ANY experience with women know what THAT means…….I’ll be heading to the garage in the park.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Curt Webb Not much going on here. Washing my clothes then off to Jo-Ann's for paint that I will use on my finally dry POP rocks. Then on to Lowes to buy a pressure washer. Later I am going to the train club. I picked up OT for tomorrow.
Curt Webb The wife took her HHR to the dealer today. The catalytic converter was going bad. The great news-It was still under warrenty by less than 1000 miles! Whew!!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a couple eggs over easy, side of bacon, and a double order of sour dough toast with Apple Butter to go along with my dark roast coffee this morning. I'll be sitting at the Rivet Counter with Barry for a bit.
Currently 45°F with a bit of sunshine peeking through outside the door here in the Finger Lakes. Might have a snow shower tonight, but no accumulation...... That's good as my sister is taking me out to diner tonight as a thank you for watching the kitties while she was gone and watching the kitties for her when she heads out to SC to visit some friends in a couple weeks.... Aren't I lucky? This time it will only be for a week.
Todd, yep i remember THAT one! Only difference is my late wife used to give me "THE LOOK", and then ask me how good my memory was...............
I need to make a quick run down to the LHS for some tacky glue and then pick up a couple things at the Value Store (Do it Best). Then I plan to spend most of the day in the train room. Have a deadline on getting this project done.
Catch you all later!
Jeff- My wife picked up some generic brand of POP probably from Jo-Ann's (she lives there). I used WS molds. the small rocks dried in a day, the medium rocks about 2 days and the rock face took a good 4 days to dry. I sprayed the molds with wet water. The mix I used was 2 parts POP to 1 part water. I did leave them in the mold overnight then when I removed them I put them on a towel. After 1 day I moved them to a wire cookie rack.
Curt Webb Jeff- My wife picked up some generic brand of POP probably from Jo-Ann's (she lives there). I used WS molds. the small rocks dried in a day, the medium rocks about 2 days and the rock face took a good 4 days to dry. I sprayed the molds with wet water. The mix I used was 2 parts POP to 1 part water. I did leave them in the mold overnight then when I removed them I put them on a towel. After 1 day I moved them to a wire cookie rack.
Good Afternoon Folks,
well, it´s kinda late today - have been running errands the better part of the day. We will be having dinner guests tonight, so it meant several trips to the grocery store, the wine shop etc. Why didn´t Petra put all of the stuff she needs on one list?
Todd - don´t you ask question like this! It is a well known fact that inferior intelligence has to follow superior intelligence, That´s why you followed her to clean up the garage, that´s why i went out umpteen times to get those still missing things!
But that´s the way we want to have it (I keep telling myself - )!
It´s been a nice day today - sunny and really warm at 22° C. Our neighbours have all the BBQ gear outside - do I love those fumes.
Y´ all have a good one!
Good morning. It's 64° and cloudy. The high is expected to be 80° and there will be decreasing cloudiness.I'm thinking about whether or not to mow my parents yard today. It can be just as easily be done tomorrow. I don't have anything special on my schedule for today.
I’m back. Boy was I a smart feller. Or is that ?art smeller? Any way all is well as I showed up using the excuse of the dog needing a potty break for my tardiness. The dog does come in handy sometimes. ANYway, she now has stopped in as I was viewing the video posted on another thread about the Mexican layout, when she stopped in and asked if I wanted Chinese for lunch. Of course I said “I don’t care” to which I got the look and I quickly responded “do you?” she said she did and I said “then I do too”. Today should go well for me. Curt- That’s odd I use a brand I get at Menard’s. It behaves just as Jeff’s does by an hour it is dry enough to unmold and by the next day, it’s completely dry. Sooner probably for both, but that’s just how long I leave it for. I also like it comes in a plastic tub. Ulrich- We do what we have too to keep what we want. Peace and quiet. Odd. I thought she was going to go get Chinese carry out from Riverton, but she is still here. Maybe, I should go see if she meant she wanted to go to the Chinese Buffet. She didn’t say that OH! I just remembered, The Springfield Model Railroaders club is hosting their trainshow tomorrow at the fairgrounds! Yippee!!! Looking forward to that. I must spend some time in the train room coming up with things I need. Maybe they will have the blasted rock tunnel portal. She’s still here. I best go check before my day goes sour.
I’m back. Boy was I a smart feller. Or is that ?art smeller? Any way all is well as I showed up using the excuse of the dog needing a potty break for my tardiness. The dog does come in handy sometimes.
ANYway, she now has stopped in as I was viewing the video posted on another thread about the Mexican layout, when she stopped in and asked if I wanted Chinese for lunch. Of course I said “I don’t care” to which I got the look and I quickly responded “do you?” she said she did and I said “then I do too”. Today should go well for me.
Curt- That’s odd I use a brand I get at Menard’s. It behaves just as Jeff’s does by an hour it is dry enough to unmold and by the next day, it’s completely dry. Sooner probably for both, but that’s just how long I leave it for. I also like it comes in a plastic tub.
Ulrich- We do what we have too to keep what we want. Peace and quiet.
Odd. I thought she was going to go get Chinese carry out from Riverton, but she is still here. Maybe, I should go see if she meant she wanted to go to the Chinese Buffet. She didn’t say that
OH! I just remembered, The Springfield Model Railroaders club is hosting their trainshow tomorrow at the fairgrounds! Yippee!!! Looking forward to that. I must spend some time in the train room coming up with things I need. Maybe they will have the blasted rock tunnel portal.
She’s still here. I best go check before my day goes sour.
Good Afternoon Gang,
I just had a bowl of Turnip, Parsnip and Granny Smith Apple soup, WOW was it wonderful. It also had a little bit of apple cider vinegar and some cream whipped in.. Must go back for a SECOND BOWL.
Well this won't be a long post as I am at work again today.. However I thought I must tell you all that the first two passes of this generation have been exchanged successfully. Ulrich received one from the Last Mountain & Eastern early this week. I received his yesterday. Both Passes numbered #0001.
If any of you wish to exchange passes please contact us through the conversations link on the right hand side of your screens. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Hope you all have a great week end. May all the colds be stiffled (word from Archie Bunker). May the sun be shining and the breeze on your backs.
Keep smiling ya all.................
Johnboy out............................................for now and back to work
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Got the parents yard mowed. The tractor backfired when I shut it down (sounds a lot like a shotgun going off) and nearly scared the stuffing out of the neighbors dogs. Now I'm just recovering from being bounced all over. Those springs are stiff.
Columbian coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
It's a beautiful sunny day here. Tomorrow it really warms up and I will finally be able to glue down the tunnels (pipes) and open the windows to air out the fumes.
Hope y'all are doing well.
Cheers! Rob