to the new folks.
Good morning. It's 72° and cloudy. The high will be 82° and the weather guesser says there's a 50% or better chance of thunder storms today. I'll believe it when I see it.Today I have to take the broken tie rod end off the Peerless tractor so the parts house can ID it properly. It is after all sixteen years old and the company that made it has been out of business for years. It may be easier to take the entire tie rod off and replace it completely. Other projects will be handled as they come up. My nephew and his live-in girl friend were worn out from all the yard work yesterday so I actually got a good nights sleep.
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
Good morning, all!
My, but this is a talkative crew. The Diner's been in its new locale for less than a day and a half and it's already on page 5! Must say I kinda like the new digs. Gotta come here more often - no place else seems to have the nonfat no-carb bacon egg and pancake breakfast special...
So can somebody tell me how to change font colors so I can talk to folks properly here?
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
mononguy63 So can somebody tell me how to change font colors so I can talk to folks properly here?
Good Morning from a newbe here,
Right now our little spot in Montana is blessed with blue sky and sunshine. We're at a balmy 34 degrees, which means all I need is a long sleeve shirt and no jacket.
On my way to the lumber yard for some bracing material to fix the recently completed benchwork. Waiting for some cork roadbed to be delivered and then on to the track work. We moved to Montana last year and I've been without a layout for a long time and anxious to start running trains again.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
jeffrey-wimberly mononguy63: So can somebody tell me how to change font colors so I can talk to folks properly here? As for selecting text color I use the Select Text Color tool in the post message toolbar.
mononguy63: So can somebody tell me how to change font colors so I can talk to folks properly here?
So what am I missing here? My Post Message toolbar has, from left to right:
Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Indent/Outdent, Links, Insert Media, Edit Image, Smilies, Cut/Copy/Paste, HTML edit, spell check, and a format pulldown. No color options. Maybe I need to learn the secret handshake so I can receive colors?
Morning guys
I'm in the downtime between my first 2 classes. The exam went smoothly and on the paper the instructor took a second look at; I ended up with an 85 and a note saying it was a "very intelligent discussion." So I know I passed the class since the exam only counts for 10% and a I have an 88 before it.
I'm suprised no one has mentioned what happened last night. A major victory for the US.
Ulrich, The picture of Bitburg does look familiar.
Chris, My father actually did 2 stays in Germnay. I'd have to ask him where he was. I know a throphy/model thing he got from there is an F-16. I'd have to look at the tail code of it to find out what it was. Intresting note that the CNW GP40-1s were Ex-Conrail. BN had a number of GP38s they got from conrail. I dont know if they got modified, but they were classified as GP38Xs
Ken, Looks like you found a good job. Although I'm having a hrad time fathoming selling that many matresses.
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.
The item that's circled in red is what you need.
Mornin' everyone!
"It's another rainy day, just another rainy day...." Zoe, I see we got some new faces in here? Tourists? Oh MRR guys just findin' the place. I see (said the blind man who couldn't see at all). Well (full of water) any seats left? Oh one just for me at the Rivet Counter..... In THAT case I'll have a breakfast bagel w/ cheese and a cup of my usual dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug.
Mr. Mononguy sir.... there should be, right above the tool bar line you listed, a line that has: "Font Family", "Font Size", and "Paragraph". Just to the right of "Paragraph" there is a letter "A". Click on it for color choices. If you don't have the line???? I have no clue!
Rain predicted for today with Thunderboomers popping up later in the day. Same for tomorrow only more so. Same for Wednesday. same for thursday only less. More for Friday..... Gonna have to borrow a baler to do the lawn by next Saturday............. Today may get up to 58°F out there and THAT will be the warmest for the rest of the week until Saturday which is said to break the 60°F mark. Droughts Over!
I have a bunch of indoor stuff to do including a couple things I have to get mailed, and the scanning of photos of the MLK Scholarship winners. should keep me busy and away from the train room for most of the day.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
GOOD MORNING GUYS! I just got home from w**k, I got my monday out of the way. Going to catch a nap. And then get a few things done. (maybe) I w**k grave yards and sunday/monday kick's my behind.... I guess I spoke too soon. I have no, none, zero, zip, computer skills. So I need to wait for my wife to be home to show me how to post some pictures. Also just one other thing I should mention besides my lack of computer skills. I am a truck driver. (for the last 26 years) so please be patient with my spelling,typing, (i cant spell puncuation ??) etc. The sun is finally out and it's a shame to waste a nice spring day sleeping, I hope you all have a great day! Thayne.
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a cinnamon roll (yeah, that big one there) and a Santa Fe mug of coffee, please. Thanks!
Hey, Chris, 'your' elevator is also shown (that photo, anyway) on the Special Issues (MR site) page about the "Modeling the 1950's" issue, too. You're just showing up all over the place, guy! On your CNW panel question, I could see you doing the different colors (especially if you put a CNW decal on THAT/those panel(s?), and the CCP logo on their area's panel. But it's your layout, right?
Ken, that's great about your boss's call (and that you get to count your co-worker's sales for the monthly special bonus). Good to see your layout plan again - it'd been a while since I saw that.
Teen Steam, is that photo bigger originally than it shows up in here? That's kinda puzzling, unless the original image was that small.
Curt - Hey, even us less-experienced Diners will give you our ideas (such as they are...). But yeah, that is one plus about here in the Diner vs. 'outside'.
CN Charlie, when does spring actually (not the calendar version) arrive there for you? Think you and our more Northern US Diners (like SFCouple/Wayne) have a lot in common, as far as weather goes. Have you posted a plan for the new layout in here?
Vincent, go ace those finals (or at least, kick 'up' your grades all that you can)!
Ulrich, great photos - love to see the sunshine there! I read recently that for hay fever type symptoms, the best thing was to NOT go outside between 5 and 10 a.m. (the worst time for allergens).
SubmmBob, to the Diner, and thanks for the short history of your MRR beginnings. Yeah, I can see that in O scale a 4X8 wouldn't allow you to fit much at all in there... Have a mug/glass of your favorite beverage on me. I see that you're either an early riser, or you stay up realllllly late.
Galaxy, good to hear your MOH's hours are better lately, and thanks for giving the WTTD (Welcome to the Diner) intro for our new Diners.
Wayne, you sound like our Canadian Diners, talking about 34 F (or equivalent C) being long sleeve shirt weather! But then again, how far are you from the (Northern) border where you live in Montana?
MononJim, the color selection is the 'A' on the top row (as Jeff said, in the Post Message toolbar), above the one with the Bold, Italic, etc. stuff. To make the names stand out, some of us also use the Bold (after we select the type to be bolded or colored). Now, you don't have to be speechless in here (not that any of us really are...) Ah, I see that Jeff already showed you. I'm more of a picture person myself, too.
Vincent, I just found out about Bin Laden's death this morning at w**k (recall, my digital TV converter box died last week, so no TV until payday, when I'll get a new box). Good, but I figure now he's considered a martyr, so others may step into his (former) place.
Mispellings? Misspelingss? Problems spelling words? Nah, Thayne, we never have that problem in here (or msitpyed wrods, either)... Hey, my job involves some times when I get called out at 2 or 3 in the mornings (sometimes not getting done until about 8 a.m.), so I can understand the screwy sleep to catch up that can be needed.
It's a cool and drizzly day in Cape G.-land today, and supposed to probably get another foot of (okay, maybe only another inch or so, but it's on top of the foot plus of wet stuff we've had in the past week). Good thing for us at w**k is, people tend to not come see us when the weather is 'bad' like today.THAT, and some who might want to come in, won't because 1) the route to get to us in under water, or 2) the weather leaves 'em feeling "I'd rather stay home and sleep in bed instead."
On the MRR side of things, I got the remaining walls (and the cute little stone steps/walk at the back) for the W-S "Rocky's Tavern (white metal) kit glued together last night. Next, painting and adding a roof for my "City Jail" that it will become. Here's a pic of what it looks like on the W-S site.
(in case they don't allow the pic to directly show, go here)
I was surprised to see what this kit costs now. But it's a neat little building that doesn't take up much room at all, which w**ks well for my smaller layout space.
I'll kick back and sit a spell at the window booth - see what the morning runs are up to out there. Spiffy (and colorful) German locos; don'tcha love 'em?
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
jeffrey-wimberly The item that's circled in red is what you need.
Well that's enlightening, and also just bizarre. My computer shows no controls for font family or size, color, and whatever that button next to font color does. I'm also missing the button to the right of the bullet points and numbering ones, now that I look at it. Guess I'll not use color, then. Thanks anyway Jeffrey.
Greetings from MI where I am visiting family members.
There was plenty of flooding back home in KY when I left. The lake was rising and was expected to reach last year's post-Nashville Flood. Our lake is man-made by damming the Cumberland River which flows through Nashville and later passes our house as it flows toward the Ohio River.
Today is the one-year anniversary of the Nashville flood.
Welcome to Bob, Lone Geep and Thayne.
The death of UBL reminds me of events of the 9/11 attacks. Shelley and I watched the horrors of the day on TV in a hotel room in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Flying home was not an option. We waited several days and took VIA Rail to Montreal and from there to Toronto. Next, Amtrak had a train to Chicago from Toronto which we rode to Flint, MI. There we rented a car to drive to Nashville, TN to get our car at the airport there so we could drive home.
I have no model railroad prgress to report today.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Jim - Monon .... Hello! ... I do not have that bar of controls either.
mononguy63 jeffrey-wimberly: The item that's circled in red is what you need. Well that's enlightening, and also just bizarre. My computer shows no controls for font family or size, color, and whatever that button next to font color does. I'm also missing the button to the right of the bullet points and numbering ones, now that I look at it. Guess I'll not use color, then. Thanks anyway Jeffrey. Jim
jeffrey-wimberly: The item that's circled in red is what you need.
Jeffrey,
I don't have those font setting either...?
It may have something to do with the type of browser you are using. I had the same problem when using IE - no control bar available. I am using Firefox and I am "in full control".
Here I'm using it to change the color of my text.
A friend of mine uses Google Chrome and he tells me that the tool bar doesn't show at all for him. I'm using Firefox.
Afternoon Gang: It's been awhile again. I think that the last time I mentioned that there were fires all over the state. The one closest to us came within 4 miles of our sons place west of Mineral Wells. We ended up going out there one night and getting the cattle loaded up and empting his shop just in case. They held the fire and now we have had several days of rain so all is well here at least. I guess there are some fires still burning out in west Texas though.
Again I haven't had time to do much more on the HO. I did get to work on the 7 1/2 inch gauge a little since it's close to the corral. I can slip over there while I wait for the water tanks to get filled. Right now I need to get on my CEs for my electrical licence. That;s coming due in June. So, I'd better get at it.
My best to everyone and we are doing fine.
Went to pull the right tie rod off the tractor and discovered it doesn't have a tie rod as such. It has two independent control arms that are attached to the rack. That made my job a bit easier as I only had to take one bolt out to drop the arm which is about two feet long. In total I had to take two bolts out. There was the one with the ball on the wheel assembly where the arm end attaches. It's worn out all right. I could push the ball into the rod end easily.
WOW! Page 6 already?
Just came back from Mom's. Need a new sump pump. Naturally the Realtor is going to show the house tonight. No time to get one and still play with trains by 3:30. Of course that one is only 34 years old. I wonder if it's still under warranty. Piece of junk.
Paul- Glad you're....um....wet. Sounds weird coming from up here. Anyway, I was getting worried you might be getting a little warm, or worse. Good news.
I have IE and have a bar just like Jeffrey showed. I can change colors, but, for me. It's easier to make bold. See, didn't even get that right.
Have to be at the restaurant at about 7ish to collect an envelope stuffed with not enough money. (hint to Ken things didn't go quite as planned today. Imagine that.)
LOOK! A goose! ( bolts toward the door as everyone looks to the empty corner, Recovers nicely from a trip over Ray's galoshes he forgot sending one flying and landing in Ulrich's soup splashing Chris who jumps back knocking Barry face first into some large pile of food covered in gravy, while Jeff, shaking his head, goes back to looking through the parts manual while wondering why he isn't getting paid to hang out with this bunch. All the while Duke...... doesn't even know he's in Germany yet)
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.
TMarsh WOW! Page 6 already?
I know politics is not suppose to be discussed here but I just couldn't resist: We have a bar in town serving a new drink called a "Bin Laden." It is a shot and a splash.
Jeff, like your cars parked at the spur at Sundown. BTW: Is Sundown near Leesville? I was stationed nearby at Ft. Polk in my former life.
Jim, thanks and that guy did a great job on his layout: http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/Logging%20Railroad.htm
I did email him but no response.
Evening All,
Flo I would lovea unsweetened ice tea please, oh and a piece of pound cake please.
W**k has been pretty steady today which is nothing new. It's about 80 F here now so it has finally cooled off a bit. I ordered 3 Bowser PRR K9 stock car kits today. That will give me 4 for unloading at my stock yard and I have a ton of PRR and non PRR reefers for pickup at the icehouse and meat packing plant. I think at some point I will have to kitbash some way for the cattle to get from the yard into the packing plant.
We do seem to be a pretty talkative group this month. I made a reservation yesterday for Mothers Day at Mimi's Cafe for Breakfast. My son and daugher both work later in the day so it seemed breakfast was a better choice for us.
Everyone have a great night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Hey guys
Welcome to all the new guys
As for the picture. I dunno. I copied it from my facebook page
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!
sfcouple Jeff, like your cars parked at the spur at Sundown. BTW: Is Sundown near Leesville? I was stationed nearby at Ft. Polk in my former life.
Evening, Chloe, I'll have a hot fudge sundae and a Rio Grande mug of decaf, please. Thank you.
Paul, good to hear that you got some rain in your area - of course, we'd have told the weather guy that we'd love to share a bit of ours instead of having the 12-14 inches that has been filling our 'Well's almost to overflowing... Also glad to hear that your son's place dodged getting toasted. (Whew!)
Todd, I hear you've been 'stirring things up around here. Chloe seems a bit miffed, and said that Vinnie's got a mop and bucket with your name on it. Ya might want to maintain a verrrry low profile, if you catch my drift...
teen steam fan As for the picture. I dunno. I copied it from my facebook page
Teen Steam - Ah, they may have shrunk it down from when you uploaded it onto Facebook. If you have a Photobucket or other graphics storage webpage, upload the original photo from your computer to there, and then link to THAT pic. Graphics-type websites tend to not shrink down images much beyond about 800 X 600 or so (which gives you better detail on here). If you don't have a graphics site like Photobucket, theirs are free to get (and nope, I do not get anything for mentioning them). Not sure if Flicker scales photos the same way as Photobucket or not. (I'll let somebody that uses another website speak up for theirs)
Have been foolin' around with that white metal kit, and have taken the two shorter walls apart again (after trying different materials for the roof). Thinkin' about taking acetone or a good file (or alternating both) to strip off all the old CA glue, and then go back and try again on gluing it together. I'd found that the shorter (actually, narrower, since they weren't shorter than their adjacent wall ends) walls weren't aligned right (which left small gaps between where the walls were glued together. Ah, the fun of learning how to put together a 'new' type of kit. Screwy thing is, decade or two ago, I had put together the gazebo kit that W-S makes (but there I had used epoxy), and it went together fine. Now, was it that my eyes and eye-hand coordination were better back then, or that the CA w**ks differently than the epoxy does, or some of both reasons, or both of those and some other things Mr. Murphy tossed into the mix. But I am *determined* that I will master this kinda kit! (Aaarrrrrggghhh!!.....) Or else, I may go back to epoxy gluing again... Think I may go sulk in a back booth - where's that one that Chris used, the one with the indentations in the countertop?
(Photos may be a weeee bit delayed on this project...)
Gooooooooooooooooooooood Evening, glad we all survived TODD's shenanigans....
I'll take one of those "Bin Laden" drinks please 'n thankya, and raise it to SEAL Team Six and all other "special operators" and all other members of the armed forces who sent THAT POS to his eternal fate. I just wonder if the US Navy will be served with a fine for polluting the ocean... I'll leave it at THAT.
JIM: I usually occupy the booth across from DUKE. He must be a sound sleeper. Between banging out stories for THAT Editor, and repeated head banging episodes of track planning...he never wakes up.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evening all.
Bob!
Color changing: My toolbar lost that button when we upgraded to the new forums. Doesn't really bother me because I just put important stuff (like names) in bold.Looks like Monon Jim and Garry have the same problem. I'm using IE8.Let me try Jeff's solution and see if it w**ks.
Sorry, but I didn't have time to do a through "reading of the posts." We had a lot of homew**k from the first day back from break. And it's getting late, and I have to be up early again tomorrow. Well, at least I got in.
Quick question: What's the best way to give a resignation through email? I got an email from one of my bosses last year (I w**ked two jobs) and I am not planning on going back to THAT job. I never thought quitting would be so hard, but I'm having difficulty figuring out how to word it!
Well, I better head out, since it's a long trip back across the ocean. Catch ya later!
___[Joe]
My Model Railroad: Tri State RailMy Photos on Flickr: FlickrMy Videos on Youtube: YoutubeMy Photos on RRPA: RR Picture Archives
Evening, all. Think I'll have the low-carb doughnut nightcap, please.
Joe It goes something this:
"Thank you for the kind offer to return working for you. I truly appreciate the confidence you placed in me. Unfortunately, I have decided to pursue a different path and am unavailable to resume (continue?) our association. I wish you continued success and hope that you are able to find a suitable replacement for me."
Then you cancel your email account, change your phone number, and move to a different state.
I managed less than 10 minutes of basement time tonight, until my oldest son asked for my help with his pre-calculus homework. Boy, have I sure forgotten a lot over the last 30 years! Now that everyone is in bed, maybe I'll go grab a few more minutes. There's a 50-50 chance I'll be snoring at the workdesk within a half hour.
Good night, all
Hello Fellow Dinners!
Jim, sure great seeing you in the Dinner again. Besides you, I am the only Monon Guy at the dinner. Jim made me 2 Monon Cabooses and they are top notch!
Flo, are on me tonight! Well for those over the drinking age. Ulrich, what is the drinking age in Germany? 12 or 14?
Thanks for all the congratulations on the new job and the new pay plan. While I will not get rich at the new job, a pat on the back goes along way to make me feel good. While I will not any harder than I do all ready (for me money is not a motivator, but a necessary Evil) some extra cash will come in handy!
Curt With you being PRR guy I understand you being jealous if I get a Q2. It may help to let you know if I get one I will not be able to run it till I build my new layout. All 3 of my current main lines have a 18 inch turns. While I cannot see them, they are still there.
Jim Yep, I am starting to think I might be able to build the new layout again and I am glad you like the plan. Hard part will be tearing down the old layout. Not that taking it a part will be hard, but I won't be able to run trains for some time. Plus besides the track on the K-10 Mining section (best part of the layout) the only part of it I might be able to uses over will be the cliff faces. Oh, and the tress.
While it runs well, the rest of the Layout looks like's a 10 year built it (hope I did not insulate any 10 years old's by that). Only thing the layout has going for it, is it big and runs well. Well till a visitor comes by.
Team Steam Color sanding, boy that brings back memory's! I have wet blocked primer and color sanded to the point my fingers tips have bleed. I wear gloves, and wore through them and then saw my finger tips bleeding. Fingers did not start hurting till after they dried.
Like to see a bigger picture.
Boy, I am glad to see all the new dinners! Flo has been be hinting she needs bigger tips lately.
Ken
I hate Rust