yougottawanta Galaxy - sorry to hear about the housing market. I do believe if you have some patience you will find something. Some day when I have more time , maybe in a PM I will share the miracle of our housing needs being answered by Him.Hang in there , He has the right house for you.
Galaxy - sorry to hear about the housing market. I do believe if you have some patience you will find something. Some day when I have more time , maybe in a PM I will share the miracle of our housing needs being answered by Him.Hang in there , He has the right house for you.
WEll, Ive been studying hte market for about 2 years now. Now that we know what we can do {price range} the listings are dwindling. A lot of the houses we need to see "need tlc" or "sold as is" we are not in a bad price point but another $20k we just can't swing would help. Remember I'm on disability and MOH is a grocery store clerk. DOuble our budget and we would sitting pretty, but aint gonna happen.
If we opened up to 2 story or capes, we could have more prospects, but I need one floor living, witha good dry basement for MRRing! Wehn I ge so I can;t go down there, that will be fine, IF the 2 story or cape had a full bath and Master BR on the first level that COULD work, but we know many capes in our price range have "sunted short" second floors. We looked at one the other day. The first floor had plenty of space and a br and ba and great sized LR and a great dinign/kitchen into which the washer and dryer could be put, but the second floor just was above our heads. Alsoa lot of houses in our range have slabe foundations. They can be a pain if the split adn hard to re-plumb if you modify and upgrase a bath or kitchen.
We are in no real hurry...we just renewed the lot rent for the trailer, so we have a year {though I do not wnat to be moving in winter preferably!} We are a bit picky. We hope to look at a 2 br ranch with 2 car garage and a finished basement with fireplace that is $23K above our hihgest offer,.We don;t know if hte lady wil take that or not, but our offer is a STRONG offer, whatever pricepoint we use. The finished basement also hasa "third Br" BUT it has no window of egress so it can;t be counted, only the two upstairs. If it dindt have the finished basement and teh 2 car garage, it would be well within our price range. But wee hope for bothe eht 2 car garage ad finished basement so we dont have to do it....lol
We know we will find something hopeuly that we dont have to "settle for". Yes, He may have other plans for us.
Sorry for my typing my meds are making my hands shaky for some reason.
The Kia goes in thursday for the sliding door gaskets leak water that pudles in the "v" of the gaskets. ANd it makes a clicking sound when you turn off ignition if you are useing the A/C or heat. FINALLY I was able to make it do it with the service advisor there to witness it! The tech said in winter it was the sound of the heating ducts {plastic} cooling down after being used. That was load of stinging bes and honey! It does it withthe a/c too!
Well I am done trying to type coherently, so later guys, have a great day!
-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..
Got another doctor appointment to do today...plus...another vampire visit to contend with. Oh well, at least it did not involve two week extensions of IV sessions
This week is the last week of the year for university classes...but...we now have summer classes to contend with...
Flo, I'll have a coffee and a breakfast platter with all the fixin's please and thankye..I'll be over at the window both watching the morning unfold...
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!! Coffee and a breakfast Enchilada please, thanks A 40 percent chance of showers today (weather Channel says 30%). And a 50% chance tomorrow (Weather Channel say 70%) Dodged the 4 to 6 inches of rain we were to get over the last two days. Ended up with just a titch over a half inch total here. We’re pretty happy about that. Hopefully what we get in the next couple days will be very little if any.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a breakfast Enchilada please, thanks
A 40 percent chance of showers today (weather Channel says 30%). And a 50% chance tomorrow (Weather Channel say 70%)
Dodged the 4 to 6 inches of rain we were to get over the last two days. Ended up with just a titch over a half inch total here. We’re pretty happy about that. Hopefully what we get in the next couple days will be very little if any.
yougottawanta I got the "what were you thinking" look....
I got the "what were you thinking" look....
I know that look veeeery well!! I'm glad your Easter went well this year. I can only imagine those types of conversations. I will include your coworker in my prayers.
J.R.- Now THAT little beauty would have hooked me too! Come to think of it....it did. Well, maybe not THAT one but ones just like them. Lee- I remember, as a kid thinking $5 for a model car (1/25 or 1/24) was getting expensive. Several years ago I remember thinking, “gee 12, 13 dollars! No wonder you don’t see them much anymore”. Now, I walk into the stores and see them for (gulp) $27-28. I don’t think. I just shake my head. (looks around to see if I get the "inflationary index and comparative dolar" speech) I understand all that but by golly my pocketbook don't follow that reasoning. Speaking of restaurant (or I will here in a second) Ryan is in Raleigh and he has yet to step up and check in after those storms. Maybe I oughta check the website.
J.R.- Now THAT little beauty would have hooked me too! Come to think of it....it did. Well, maybe not THAT one but ones just like them.
Lee- I remember, as a kid thinking $5 for a model car (1/25 or 1/24) was getting expensive. Several years ago I remember thinking, “gee 12, 13 dollars! No wonder you don’t see them much anymore”. Now, I walk into the stores and see them for (gulp) $27-28. I don’t think. I just shake my head.
(looks around to see if I get the "inflationary index and comparative dolar" speech) I understand all that but by golly my pocketbook don't follow that reasoning.
Speaking of restaurant (or I will here in a second) Ryan is in Raleigh and he has yet to step up and check in after those storms. Maybe I oughta check the website.
Today, I do the grocery thing for the restaurant at 1030 and then I am undecided as to the fate of our coffee pot here at home. A new one may be in the future. Probably return to a Bunn brand. We have an old one that we loaned to the elevator when theirs went toes up during harvest until they could get out an get another. Should still work even though it‘s been sitting. It sat longer for the many years before we took it to the elevator. We parked it many years ago because they do not have the timer feature to allow you to wake up to a pot of coffee and Brenda just couldn’t live without that. Odd, we haven’t set that timer but maybe twice in the last ten years and two coffee makers. Current is a Mr Coffee and we have our issues with that piece of …..junk. Second one. Does the same thing. Actually not junk, just a looks good on paper design, but in reality a poor design.
Sorry, got sidetracked again. Anyway, before my 1030, I think I’ll bip down to the train room and do something. After the groceries and what ever happens with the coffee maker, I will decide if I want to head out to Castle Trains and look for another tunnel portal. Getting that would greatly assist in the advancement of that area. I could also use something else too, just need to get into the train room before it will come back what I need.
Well, (full now) after listening to Fergie, I believe I’ll have a piece of Apple Pie to go please. That Enchilada was just a bit zippy for breakfast. Even for me.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
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.
Morning Folks!
Flo, Coffee to go please.
Lee I will check the wheel gauge but pretty sure they are not the problem. When I fixed it last time and caused this new problem there where 2 brass washers that feel out when I pulled the trucks. I did not see where they came from and guessed they went under the mounting screw / spring from the top of the frame. I now think they go between the engines and the frame to give the boiler more clearness.
I have the explode diagram of the Big Boy from BLI / PCM, does not show the washers?
It seems my cable is back up to speed again.
Ken
I hate Rust
Morning All,
I'm at w**k today and it is humid as all get out already. Never rained yesterday, hopefully it will today. Well the wife almost gave me a heart attack yesterday....She called me and said she had made a bad mistake....Wait for it....We were scheduled for a week vacation in Naples FL the week of Memorial Day but she forgot to take the time off and now 2 other people in her office will be out. So she is trying to arrange something later in June, July, or August (timeshare). I am not that concerned about it as we are doing a Carnival cruise to Bermuda in the middle of September.
I have decided what I am going to use the previous double track passenger siding for. I ordered Cornerstone kits for stock yards, Meat Packing plant and a Ice House. I think this will work well since I will be using 40' cars that can make the turns.
Now I have to decide if I would rather put the passenger station on the mainline or a back in siding. I am leaning towards the mainline which is probaly more realistic.
Hope that everyone that is sick or hurt gets better soon.
Talk to you all later
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this gloomy Tuesday morning other then we are suppose to get severe thunder boomers this afternoon with high winds...We are under a flood watch but,I'm high and dry this time and any flood less then Biblical proportions won't get me..I can be cut off by flood waters but,there's no worry there because I have lots of food including canned goods that doesn't require cooking-think pork and beans,beanie weenies,Vienna sausage and other like foods plus bottle water and Ritz crackers...These are my normal railfanning lunches.Nothing to report modeling wise and Slate Creek construction start date is getting close.I had to rethink the type of track I want to use.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!"
Todd, I spent the extra money and bought the Bunn with the insulated pot, not the glass one that has a burner under it. The coffee is brewed in about 3 minutes and you can’t forget and leave it on too long. It does keep 2 pots of water hot and ready to go inside of the machine.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Mornin" everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the breakfast bagel w/ cheese this morning along with a cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug.
I have already spent much of the morning in a meeting to discuss the MLK Scholarship candidates with the Guidance councilors at the High School. We have (as usual) some great, hard working, kids to choose from. Many are already making a real difference here in this community.
Mr. Obsessed, Musicians? Actually quite a few right here in the diner. I was a school music teacher for 32 years. 19 spent at the Middle School level here in town. Taught everything from Kindergarten to some college level courses over my career. I was a professional musician for 48 years of my life. Graduated from The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY (U of R) back in 1968, education major with my primary instrument being voice. In addition I play and taught classic guitar for many years. I was (back when) a competent (if not great) keyboard player, clarinet, saxophone, trombone, recorder, and electric bass player. Had to study most all major instruments at Eastman to get the Music Supervision degree they offered. I ended up owning a very small live sound and recording company for about 15 years (which finished off what little hearing I had left) and worked mostly with Schools and Churches and a few local bands to produce recordings and provide sound/DJ services. My business card now reads - Musical Genius, Retired!
Have to run to Canandaigua to feed the cats again today... Sister is coming home tomorrow afternoon. Guess who gets to drive to Rochester and pick her up??? I don't mind really, I would rather get her myself and know she is safely back home.
Hopefully I will have time to finish the ladder today. BTW it will be for use by the "little people" on the layout, not me...
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Obsessed: I had perfect pitch and played a french horn for 6 years or so when a you Robth and nobody ever knew I couldn't read music. However, I chose to persue a visual artist career intead: http://www.cederstrand.com/ It was one of my brothers who played every woodwind instrument there was. He was the real genius of our family and also spoke a dozen languages.
***Barry, that's a neat old pic. Put it on our screen.
Light headed but feeling better this morning. Much farm chores to chip away at today.
Have a great day y'all.
Good morning. It's 73° and mostly cloudy. The high will be 86° and there's a 30% chance of thunderstorms.Woke up about 1 am by a line of thunderstorms going through. We got some rain but I don't know how much as I haven't checked the gauge yet. Took some time this morning to apply a couple of graffiti decals to a 50' boxcar. It's currently lettered for the Santa Fe but will be patched for the L&A soon enough. Nothing special planned for today. I may sort out some trees as I haven't done that yet.
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
Afternoon floks!
Flo, just a decaf for me.... Still calming down after the storm that just came through here!
I went to Canandaigua earlier and arrived at my sister's house just as a Thunderboomer was starting up. Quickly fed and watered the cats, and made my way back out to the car in the driving rain. Headed for home and soon started to drive out of the storm. Lightning was doing ground strikes every few seconds to the North and the South of the route I was taking. Flash on one side of me and then on the other for the whole ride. I hoped to beat it home, but just as I turned onto the road going South to my street, it hit with full fury..... Ran to the house (parked as close as I could) as I figured it would give a bit more safety than the car..... Lightning all over the place and we got close to a half inch of rain in about 10 minutes. The side street became a river....... Just checked the Weather.com sight and they had a severe storm warning posted, strong winds (up to 70 mph) (yep, we got THAT), possible nickle sized hail (nope not here), and some rotation in several areas of the cell that could produce a tornado... (Thank God we didn't see any of those here!). There were some problems as there have been emergency vehicles out all over the place just before I got home. Right now the sun is shining.....
I am amazed that the power is still on and the internet works at the moment here.....
OK, gotta go finish an HO scale ladder...
Later!
Just finished off a very tasty home-made beef brisket with rice. Delicious. Wish I could afford to eat like that more often.
JEFF, we were wondering how you kept that girlish figure...........
ROB, Hope you have that poison in check and are feeling better. Don't let all those chores wear you down.
Johnboy out..................................Full medical tomorrow.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Tacos, please. Time to test my gut.
My wife is going to trash her layout, or more accurately "junk it". Thank you so much, Lee! Wow, that was much more than we could have hoped for. "Excellent" Wife is most pleased.
Driving home from the PO I caught a glimps of a train with 2 big CSX locos and 1 small UTAH loco. I couldn't tell if it was a small road engine or a large switcher being moved(?). I would guess it was a little roady. Drove a ways and took a road only to find it went over the tracks and the train was already passing below. Back on the highway shooting ahead I pulled off in a perfect spot, but the train never arrived. Apparently it had stopped to drop off some cars on a siding I couldn't get to. Dang, sure wanted to know what that little UTAH engine was. Oh well.
Completely tuckered out here.
Rob
Trainobsessed: I played guitar and keyboards off and on for bands since I was about 14yr old...spent most of my musical career in and around the TO area and Woodstock ON...right now I am putting a band together with a friends son and a couple of former band members....
We had a wonderful day filled with barrels of rain and even a small bout of hail this afternoon..now it is all nice and sunny out here...
I'm going to crawl into the basement to work out some bugs in another yard...
Evening All,
Flo could I get a piece of Apple/Rasin pie with iceing and a cup of coffee please.
Not much going here. No rain today. I w**k again tomorrow and the heat index is supposed to be 100. First time this year. Probably the first of at least 90-100 days. You have to love FL in the summer. I will say I prefer the heat to the cold and snow for almost half a year.
Blownout- Love the picture.I guess some things never change.
I found a couple of PRR war billbords
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Everyone have a good evening.
Let me try this one more time.
Rob, I’m glad you liked the junk mail. I would recommend sitting down with several colors of paint and a fine brush and do some detail painting and some dry brushing.
Curt, I think I have several PRR clipart type pictures in my collection along with some scanned copies of PRR forms and manuals. If you’re interested shoot me an email to: LSWRR@ameritech.net and I’ll send you what I have.
Evening Fellow Dinners.
Boy I am discussed today! My Boss Ben show up at my store today driving a 1996 Dodge Viper! Well I was evenness being a Mopar Guy. I was so close to having a new 1994 Viper, I had $15,000.00 for a down payment, had the loan and car was due in 2 weeks to the dealership! Then the term Corporate Downsizing had meaning to me. Was let go after 15 years so they could hire someone making half of what I was.
Reason I am discussed? I say to Ben while looking at the Viper "so you are a MOPAR guy as well"? He had a blank look on his faces and asked "what does that mean"? Here he has a Viper and does not know the term MOPAR, give me a break. He got it for one reason, well he is single, you take it from there!
Well good luck to him, and he may needed it. Car only has 22,000 mile on it, but they are hard miles from what I can tell. Car will not go into 3rd, the T56 has an aluminum 3rd 4th fork in it, so I am guessing that is bent. He thinks it need adjusting, I don't think so. When he left I heard it running, sure sounded like some bad lifters and maybe a burnt valve.
I was all so shocked on what he paid for it, $22,000.00. While I have not kept up on what Vipers sale for, that sounded pretty cheap. I would have bought it. But, unlike Ben, I could fix it my self. Where Ben tool box is 2 screw drivers and a pair of pliers.
See you Wednesday.
I was wondering where that pair of pliers went.
Forums are zipping right along tonight I see. Just skimmed the days posts so I'l read agin tomorrow.
Lee- Yup, Bunn man myself. I personally can wait the 3 or so minutes for a pot o coffee, apparently Brenda could not. Or at least wanted the option of having it ready when she got up. Seeing as how I usually get up a half hour before her, I failed to see her reasoning, but as you know, I never will so why ask further. We have a Bunn from my previous life before her and I suppose it will be brought out of retirement. Again. She's not too pleased. "It looks old." It was popular way back the I said. Say, on that carafe model you have, does it keep the coffee hot for a good length of time. I thought about one of those but sometimes the coffee does sit for a while. Couple hours or so at times.
Music? I played the trumpet in High school band floated between first and second chair. Very funny Ray, yes Williamsville had more than two people in the band. I also have played the guitar for.......um, that sounds bad. Let's say since I was 14. Good at it? Well, I must admit.......no. Good at making noises for the dog? yes.
PFTIN
For all you guys who are still up in the Diner and for those others who just can't sleep ( and we know you are out there ) here is something with which to get a few laughs and get your mind off your problems..
Talk about problems... Gues who?????????? good old Wiley Coyote
Coyote Falls http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6Q5Qa9YdeyY&vq=medium
Johnboy out.......................................and off to bed.
Glass of water & a melatonin, please.
***Johnboy, enjoyed that video. Are those re-mastered videos from old cartoons? Looked cleaner than what I watched as a child on black & white TV.
Well, going to hit the hay.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Lunchtime!
Chloe, I´ll go for a steak & salad, and a RBF to go with it, please.
I am not up to speed. I feel really exhausted. The last few week were a little too much, but there is no end in sight for the moment. I am helping Alison´s mother to settle those awkward legal and administrative matters connected to a death and I must say I am getting very emotional about it. Reducing a life to a piece of paper is ... (expletive, deleted) and I really feel sorry for those left behind and having to cope with the red tape.
Alison´s funeral will be next Wednesday. Her BF and I have arranged for Scottish pipes & drums to escort her to the final resting place. 4 soldiers from Soltau Barracks, a nearby British garrison, will join the ceremony. It´ll be heartbraking ...
I am now going to have a rest - not much energy left.
Good Morning,
Todd, The coffee stays hot for about 4 hours and stays warm for about 8 hours.
Curt, I hope I didn’t overload your email last night with PRR files. I think I have a few more, but I’ll let your inbox cool off a little. You want some track plans for the Toledo and Ohio Central that ran from Toledo to Columbus? I’m glad you like my mess ™ in my photo albums. I haven’t posted any pictures of the new addition to the layout since I have tools and materials everywhere on the bench work.
I got a great deal on the bay last night; new RH paddle mirror for my F250, powered, $62. I haven’t found one until last night for under $123.00. I’m also bidding on a Life Like Forrest Lumber Company. Friend and I are building his 7yo grandson a layout for Christmas. Trying to collect a few of the old animated accessory buildings from the 70’s and 80’s to give the 4x8 layout some action.
So far this month we have gotten 6.78” of rain fall, breaking every record back to 1952. Weather guesser predicts 2-3” of rain today between 0800 and 2000 tonight. We shall see what happens. I see I have several low spots in the back yard I need to fill in this summer and I’m thinking about installing a swale to the back yard to carry the rain water from the neighbor’s garage to the street.
Good morning
Boy oh boy id we get some and more than we deserved. It for about 4 hours. Haven't heard yet if it spawned any tornados yet, but major rain so bad it came ruming in aorund the permenant window a/c in the LR! It was being driven in around the a/c. we hadn't yet re-taped the minor cracks around the a/c with new tape this year. The power bounced once but stayed on.
My bacj is killing me form chores yesterday.
We see a hopefull house on thursday if the other RE agent gets back to ours.
Well, I'd better go...TTYALLL8R
Would not mind getting some of your over here! April has proven to be way too dry, farmers already fear for their crop.
My dad just informed that he has ordered some rolling stock for me, but did not tell me what it is going to be ...
I am still busy writing those dreadful letters, informing about Alison´s death.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a waffle with two fried over easy eggs please. Yes, real maple syrup and real butter thank you. Periods of showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 59.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a waffle with two fried over easy eggs please. Yes, real maple syrup and real butter thank you.
Periods of showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 59.
Don’t know what I’ll do today but I’m a hope'n it’ll involve the layout. If it rains it should. If it don’t, it might. MIL’s surprise B-day outing at the Chinese buffet in Springfield is this evening at…...I don’t remember. Not sure I knew, but more than likely it is after 6. That will rule out there for lunch I suppose. Funny, I can eat lunch at the Chinese buffet or Ryan’s, or Golden Corral if I’m on that end of Springfield, for just about a dollar more than most fast food places anymore (not counting tip). Shoot check out the just the burger prices at lunchtime for even the big chain restaurants like Lonestar or Chili’s. Fastfood may be fast but unless it’s Taco Bell...., it ain’t cheap. Ooo...chunchy burrito. There's an idea.
I do have to go into town today for a permit application so the Foundation can sell hot dogs at the big garage sale this weekend. Or rather Saturday morning from 0800 till 1400. Brenda has been hinting at me doing that for her by saying how she has to get into town sometime to get it and how difficult it it is to get there during the day. Also, somehow I get the impression I volunteered to cook the hotdogs.
You know, sometimes I wonder if my memory is really as bad as it seems, or is it she just plays off it and tells me what happened even though it may not have actually happened exactly as relayed.
May as well start with a coffee in a STORMY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Under a Tornado Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Warning here and this is just the Hors d'oeuvre. There will be tornadoes here tonight. Wish us luck!
Hope my fellow Diners in the way of this system dodge Mother Natures wrath.
Cheers! Rob
Flo I would love a cup of coffee please.
Supposed to be hot, hot, hot today with no rain forecast. Tomorrow there is a 40% chance then cool down to 88-90 for the weekend. I love the weather forcast here for the next 4-5 months-Hot and Humid with a possibility of rain. I am in the wrong job!!
Back in my younger days I played the Cello. I actually got pretty good at it. I reached a point where to go to the next level I needed to get serious about it but as a teenager I did not care and gave it up. Probably one of my bad choices. I really think the talent we have in the arts relates directly to the ability to model a realistic RR.
I think last night I just hit the wrong button posting pictures.
Lee- Thanks for the downloads.They are great. I have a lot of reading to do. I really like the art work and your copy of the billboards is much clearer than mine. I will gladly take whatever you are willing to send to me. Like you I prefer a cleaned up layout when taking pictures. Thanks again.
John Boy- Good luck with your MD today.
Best wishes to all that are in the path of the storms today.
I will try to check in later today.