Morning
EXTRA PRAYER CANDLE FOR ULRICH!
Have a migraine creeping in. SO much for the medication that is supposed to prevent them.
The weather postaB sunny and warm here for once...but sun has not yet poked through clouds.
There must be a change in the weather or I wouldn't be getting a migraine!
SO I go rest now.
y'all have a great day...I shall suffer in silent misery. And this misery does NOT like company when I have a migraine as very sensitive to light and sound.
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.
Moriturus vos salutat!
In a few moments I´ll be off to the hospital. My bag is packed, I have yet to pack up my notebook. See you all in a few days, hopefully.
Good Morning!! Coffee to go please. Make it a big one and Darkest Roast thank you. Been up since about 3 am. That’s when the first rumblings of thunder started and the first waves of the storms we’ve been hearing about rolled through. Then again at about 545 for the bigger ones. Luckily it petered out abit and skirted mostly a bit north.
Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. High near 82. Then tonight, Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Low around 60.
Did you ever try to dry off a Labrador Retriever? Like trying to dry the ocean with a hand towel.
Just stopped in between storms and have a couple errands to run before the next one, whenever that will be, to say one thing…
One thing.
No wait! I have more after all.
Ray- I know what you mean about the rear discharge only lawn mower. I had one a long time ago. 19....89 I believe. Yes. No. 1990. Yes 1990. Craftsman it was. Good mower except…like you said, the rear discharge. Don’t waste any money on a rear chute for it either. Talk about a clogging piece of …...stuff that will make you say things that would make a sailor blush. (no offense Lee) Sold that thing after 1 season. Bought a Lawn-Boy. Now that had a front side discharge. That was a non clogging beast. You could plow through the tallest of brush and never clog. (had no bottom for grass to lay on) Alas it went by the wayside due to a seized bolt holding on the muffler (steel bolts and aluminum housing. Like to meet the guy who does that too) and thanks to the US Government and their snooty look at 2 cycle engines, the part is not available and nowhere used either. THAT gave this John Deere a home. It has a middle side chute and it clogs but nothing like that rear chute. Nothing.
Jeff- It’s too bad NuComp is no more. The kits are actually very nice. My only complaint, and that would be from a more stickler for accuracy than I am standpoint, is the window frames are a bit thick. Minor. Looking forward to seeing the end results. I am in the process of finishing the interior of my three roof sectioned one and am almost ready to show a couple progress shots.
EDIT: I must known sensed you were doing .
Aaaand most important, Good luck with the surgery Ulrich. My prayers for the surgeons hands to be true and for you to recover quickly.
Best get moving or I’ll get wet. Or worse.
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.
Good morning. It's 76° and mostly cloudy. The high will be 91° and partly cloudy. There's a slight chance of thunderstorms.I put together three mobile homes yesterday. A 25', a 58' and a 68. And those measurements are from a scale ruler in case you're wondering. I've painted the 68' model already. Sometime today I'll start on painting the 58' one. Oh, what kind of paint am I using? Latex house paint of course.
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
Its morning and the thunder is rumbling. Yet another tornado watch, though I think we are through the squall line now, so that should be it until this afternoons fore casted storms. I was without Internet and TV connection for almost 30 hours. It went down on Monday afternoon and was only finally restored last night. Have a great day everyone.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Good Morning.
It looks to be a day with rain and more t'underin'boomers again for us....we had a quiet night out with the BBQ going and a few of the neighbours around here showing up...
Ulrich: We'll be praying for you...I like the idea that there is a WiFi hotspot at the hospital..When I had my heart attack I did not even know that there was one here...I could have had Audrey bring me my pooter here then...
Today is get a few things done in the trainroom and get some more cleaning done in our storage rack...I mean garage...yeah that's it...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now please...I'll be at the RC for a bit...
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/
Morning, all.
Another bad weather day yesterday across the nation's midsection. I'm reading nine killed, though the total from Joplin keeps climbing, too. I also read that we here in Indiana are forecast to be in the crosshairs today. We'll see what the day holds.
gotta go
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
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Goood Morning,
it´s a bright and sunny day, not too hot, just the way I like it. We had some hail last night, just as if someone had poured a bucket of it over us. Lasted for less than a minute - weird!
Flo, just coffee for me, please.
Petra and i have to run some errands this mourning, mainly the usual grocery run. She will be cooking one of my favorite meals - a hangman´s dinner, so to speak.
I will be off to the hospital early afternoon. AFAIK, they have a WLAN hot spot there, so I will be taking my notebook along with me, just to keep in touch with the world outside. That leaves Petra without access to the internet. She just has started to use a PC by the end of last year and has developed a certain addiction
A happy and safe Wednesday to all of you!
Good evening.
I arrived in Alabama ... I've seen some of the destruction from the tornados. Neigborhoods that used to have trees are without trees. Houses without roofs are covered with large tarps. Crews are still repairing poles and wires. ..
Ulrich .... Prayers for you for you surgery.. Your friendship is sincerely appreciated.
Hopefully, I'll return home in a few days and have time for the layout.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ken, wish you were a little closer as I need to get a new mattress. My wife has one of those adjustable beds as she has aesophogitis so she must sleep on an incline. I plan on getting another bed to match and then we'll stick the two together to make a sort of king.
Send me a conversation, I might be able to get you a deal worth shipping the mattress. Phone number would work better and a time to call. Do you have two twin extra longs next to each other on a power bases?
More than happy to help a Mail Box Buddy.
Ken
I hate Rust
Sir Madog Thanks, Folks - for all the good wishes. I am confident it´ll work out alright, but I am still a little nervous about it. It is 3.40 am here and it does not let me sleep. Zoe, chamomile tea, please. I´ll be in the corner booth,
Thanks, Folks - for all the good wishes. I am confident it´ll work out alright, but I am still a little nervous about it. It is 3.40 am here and it does not let me sleep.
Zoe, chamomile tea, please. I´ll be in the corner booth,
Good luck on the operation..hope things work out well..we are praying for you...
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Good Evening....
After a very busy day of doing nothing but honey do things I had no traintime left...I think there is a conspiracy afoot.......in fact, maybe the doom of mrr may not be from cost but from too many honey do things........but don't say it too loudly lest something happens to you...
Evening Folks!
Flo, Monon Club, Tender of Onion Rings and a please.
While it was not another $4000.00 + day, today was pretty solid! If I did the math right $3053.00 today! $7475.00 in two days during the weekdays is great! If things keep going like this I might make some bonces money and maybe some commission as well.
Hum, where is last week paycheck? Called Valarie and told her I have not got last week check yet? She told me "we handed them out at the meeting last Saturday". New's to me, I never got one? Note to self, ask for Money when I go to a meeting!
Anyone have problems logging on tonight? Had to try 6 times, kept getting a message saying the site was down for repairs? When I typed in my E-Mail address (it letting it fill it self in) I got on?
Ulrich I know it was not your , some how my cusior (spell check cannot help me on this one) jumped up between UL and RICH when I was adding happy faces to celibate my kick butt day. And yes, we are up to something. .
Curt Got your letter and thank you for becoming a Mail Box Buddy! I will be heading to K-10 Model Trains Thursday.
See you all later.
Good Evening,
A cool evening here as in frost warnings for tonight.
Ulrich, good luck with your surgery. Once by-pass surgery was major but it doesn't seem so now with all of the medical advancements of the last few years. Anyway I'm sure that it will help you a lot.
Larry, you mentioned some time ago that you were going back to HO rather than N for your planned layout. May I enquire why? It seems that I"m going the other way.
Well the layout got moved tonight into a corner of the basement room. Not that big a deal when it is only 4x9. It switched places with my wife's harpsicord. The room does look better. I actually proposed the change. Speaking of layouts I bought the new HC door today and some lumber for legs. Just need the foam to top it and I'm set to start construction. I just need the rest of the track I ordered before any track laying can start but that won't be for several weeks but it has been sent from Kleins and is on its way to my friends.
Ken, wish you were a little closer as I need to get a new mattress. My wife has one of those adjustable beds as she has aesophogitis so she must sleep on an incline. I plan on getting another bed to match and then we'll stick the two together to make a sort of kingsize. Right now I'm on our old platform bed and the mattress is shot. Not worth replacing as it is a custom size, 6" wider than a queen and so would cost a lot to replace. We kept it for the last couple of years as Pippa slept there too and as it was low we weren't worried in case she decided to jump off. Not a problem we have now.
Another very quiet, boring day at work. If I were 10 years younger I'd be really worried but for once I'm just lucky to be the age I am.
Oops, it is 10 p.m. so I will start planning the jump to sleepland.
CN Charlie
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me if you please.
Ulrich, You are in my prayers my friend! I know all will go well.
My medical appt. today with the nurse practitioner today went quite well, I guess. I will be testing myself 3 times a day for the first month, then I go back and she will decide what to do next. Diabetes is her specialty and she shared some things about some breakthroughs that have happened in just the past year or so. She is Diabetic herself so she is well aware of the disease. At one point we were talking about blood pressure and I happened to mention my Doctor when I lived in Waverly was a BP Specialist and that his name was Dr. Hinsman at Robert Packer Hospital. Her eyes lit up and she told me he was the first doctor she worked for..... Seems she and her husband were from Waverly where I started my teaching career. I missed teaching her and her husband by just a couple of years. I knew her FIL, and her Grandparents lived around the corner from me in the same Mobile Home Park. We have a lot of common friends and aquaintances as well. Small World!
Hope all of you have a good night!
Later!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ulrich- Have you tried OTC benadryl (diphenhydramine)? A lot of the sleep aid medications on this side of the pond use it like Tylenol PM.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Evening All,
At w**k tonight. It was extremely hot earlier but now the sun has gone down and there is a light breeze so it is nice. I took off the DPDT switches on my control panel. I recieved notice that the wire I need will be delivered Friday so Sunday I can start soldering switches. I also told my son (26) I would need his help lining up the tortoise throw rods ( he looked thrilled).
Galaxy- I know what you mean about TV. I probably have 10,000 channels and watch around 6. Where I really notice a difference in HD are nature shows. you need a HD TV along with HD programming for the best results.
It's hard to tell but I think this is a PRR G class "Ten Wheeler"
Everyone have a good night.
Ulrich: Good luck on your bypass.
Yes, ULRICH, you are indeed in our prayers that everything will go according to plan and that your recovery will be in the express lane setting records.
There is a small package coming your way. Should be there about the time you get home. Hope you can find a use for it.
Prayers will remain for your Mother and Father as well as Petra.
We are fortunate to live at this time when there have been so many advances in medicine. Some of these things are becoming very routine now with minimal surgery and quicker healing.
From the far side of the pond..............
Johnboy out......................................for now
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Ulrich,
Prayers are with you for your upcoming "opening". Lots of advances if it's "micro-invasive". I did the saw and crack open triple bypass in 11/02. Recovery was uncomfortable but bearable. Eight weeks later, I had a AA Aneurysm repair. That one was "Major macro". Picture my chest as a map of the U.S. My scar roughly follows the route of Interstate 35, Duluth to Dallas. Connective tissue and membranes which hold abdominal organs in position were compromised, which meant that almost any movement during recovery set said organs "sloshing" around. Plus I swear the surgeon put a half-twist in the colon before stuffing everything more or less back into proper position. I got a hernia while trying to get that particular function back in operation.
Again, best wishes. Gary
Afternoon folks!
Just a RBF for me Janie. I'll have a seat in the front booth and wait to see how long the sunshine lasts outside....
The weather (or not) people say it is 72°F or maybe 71°F with a high sometime later this afternoon of 70°F. yep! THAT's what it says. No rain today unless you walk outside.... I did and it immediately started to rain. I said to heck with it and mowed lawn anyway! I put the height up 3/4" so the height was perfectly even with the part i mowed yesterday. It was still start and stop so I finally started checking out a couple things with a magnifying glass (so to speak). Found one of the contacts on the "key" for the power is burned pretty bad. THAT may account for the heat switch kicking off so easily. The insert it fits into appears to be OK so I just ordered a new key for it. I shall see if THAT helps the shutting down problem. I am still only able to mow about 120' before emptying the bag on it. Have no idea if I will be able to rototill the garden next week with several inches of grass and the mud.... Farmers around here still haven't got all their crops in. In some places they simply skipped planting the low areas (many still under water).
Attaboy.... Evicting her on her birthday??? I LOVE it!
Have to get ready for the Dr. appt.
73
Coffee in a TO GO mug, please.
It's breezy here, which may not be good for roofing (handling tin sheets), but it sure feels good. Just two days left before a chance of rain. Gotta go.
Have a good one, y'all.
Rob
Attaboy For those that have asked or mentioned it, I have already checked with a lawyer about getting the ex out of the house. Worst case scenario, she will be escorted out and off my property by June 22. When I explained that to her all she said was "You can't do that on my birthday!".
For those that have asked or mentioned it, I have already checked with a lawyer about getting the ex out of the house. Worst case scenario, she will be escorted out and off my property by June 22. When I explained that to her all she said was "You can't do that on my birthday!".
Afternoon all
A do-nothing day. Nice, but makes me bored. Even with the new 139 extra channels in HD we got, I don't watch but a few stations. I can't wait for the new bill to come to see if we actually saved any money. I don't see any real big difference between the reg cable tv and the HD TV cable personally on our new fancy HD LCD TV. It seems the same to me.
The prices of houses seems to have jumped about $10K around here now that spring/summer is here, putting even 2 Br 1 Ba a little out of our reach as people really think they can get about their listing price "if they just hang on long enough". The worst are estate settlements becuase everyone figures g-ma's or moma's house is "really worth all that" even though the electricity hasn't been updated since 1942, has no grounded plugs for todays appliances and stuff, and is only 40 amps with fuses that are hard to find to even replace, and appliances that are still in the 70's ifwe are lucky to find with appliances. We expect we might have to do some updating, BUT they expect full price at updated standards for a way-back-set house that NEEDS the updating. We don't expect Granite countertops in our range, or even stainless appliances or the latest in washers and dryers, but all no-grounded plugs, or majorly cracked foundations or standing water in the basement is not to becoming a house's value.
RAY has bemoaned mowing the lawn since the snow melted. Theses houses don't have but the front yard mowed if one is lucky, and all the rain has made hay fields out of the yards!! I'd rather look at an empty house than a full one as one can see things easier.
Still looking anyway.
HAve a great day!
LSWrr Attaboy, please refrain from putting the eviction notice in the birthday card, it sounds good at the time, but it would be cruel and….Oh what the heck, go have some fun….
Attaboy, please refrain from putting the eviction notice in the birthday card, it sounds good at the time, but it would be cruel and….Oh what the heck, go have some fun….
LSWrr, Birthday card?
Went to town a little while ago to get gas and kept hearing this random somewhat annoying banging sound from the right rear of my van every time I hit a bump, and here there are plenty of those. If Louisiana didn't have bumpy roads we'd probably have no roads at all as there doesn't seem to be a smooth one anywhere in the state. Anyway, back to the noise. When I got to the gas station I checked around in the back to see if there was any tool or other metallic object laying loose that could make that kind of noise. Came up empty. Checked the spare tire rack on the back door, no dice. Then when I closed the rear door I heard the noise again only this time it was loud and very close at hand. I tapped on both tailpipes with my cane. The left one was OK. The right one, BINGO! I looked underneath and saw the problem. The hanger rod that holds the tailpipe up had broken. No biggie. Now that I know what it is I'm not worried about it. I'll fix it when I have the time and energy to do so. I figure I can wrap some fence wire around it and tie it up to the suspension shackle until I can get another hanger.
Me again,
Zoe, a strong coffee in my JNR mug, please, and a handful of oatmeal cookies.
Took a long snooze and now I feel drawn and quartered. I hope things will improve after my surgery.
Curt - it´ll be not more than week. It is really not a biggie anymore. Removing an appendix is a bigger job.
Is the hobby dying? Yes, it is, but not before the wheels have stopped rolling on rails. I bet you and I will not live to see that. Europe is heavily investing into rail transportation over the next decades, and so is Japan, China and Russia. I even think the US will rediscover the rails as a means of passenger transport, once they get rid of the burden of history. Most railroads in the North Americas are still run the way they did in the 1950´s and it´s about time that change, err, innovation will come to America. I wish the guys responsible would risk a look over the fence, just to see what modern rail transport is about.
I shouldn´t be getting political
I saw a reader´s comment in one of the recent Trains issues at my dad´s place (he is a subscriber), where a fellow seriously stated that China will give up passenger rail transport in 10 years time.
TTFN
howmus BTW... Is the hobby dying???
BTW... Is the hobby dying???