well it,s bed time everyone have a good night hope the wife washed my L&N PJs
L&N.....Gone but not forgotten
Ray - I have a question for you. Is there a nice restaurant in Penn Yan open for breakfast? I was thinking about staying overnight there this Fall.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Evenin' folks!
Flo, I'll have the NY Strip steak done as rare as they let you here in Canada, baked potato, fresh mixed veggies and a trip to the salad bar to go along with a nice large sized Iced Tea. Please and Thanky Ma'am!
Ran some errands today like taking the leaf blower from the Museum down to the guy in Penn Yan to fix for us, did a bit of shopping, and then got about 2/3rds of the lawn mowed before supper. The rain and nice sunny weather over the past couple weeks has it growing as fast as it was last spring..... In fact most of the neighbors have been out mowing their lawns too. I must have started something... Gave away a couple heads of broccoli and some of the banana peppers to a couple nieghbors. I can only eat so much broccoli at a sitting and all the heads came out at the same time.
Rob, prayers for your Dad! Hope he can recover.
Jeffrey, glad you like the new wheels your parents got. Sounds like you will enjoy being the chauffeur for the family...
Ken that is tough news for you. Hope you find a better job very quickly!
J. R. - the tornado was an EF 2 with winds around 120 mph that ripped a path 200' wide and 11 miles long through Wayne County. Amazing how little damage it did to peoples homes and farms considering.... I'm thinking it was probably from the same line of storms that came off the great lakes that hit up near where Barry is.
Best get moving, the day is still young, and I have lots of w*rk to get done!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening Folks
Flo, I will take a Flo, what do you mean I have a Red Dot on my forehead?
Boom It was a kill shot.
Yep, I knew I was targeted for sometime now. Today I got the Kill Shoot. I was fired today. It was a set up and bottom line I have known for some time that the owner did not like me. Have no idea why, just didn't. When I was setting records in sales, well he put up with me. Now that the sales are back to normal, looking for the next rock star.
I will go into details at another time, but at this point I am not in the mood.
Bright side? Well there maybe one. I was slowly starving at the last job and utility bills where out of hand. With Sue being disable and me out of work, we may get Energy Assistant. I still owe $650.00 on electric alone. Plus SSI is going to send here a $640.00 check this coming month. After that my unemployment will kick back in.
Todd Check your local library for NCIS DVD's. I have watched session 1 through 8 and not spent a dime in rental. (I think we are going on session 9)
I still hope to get the 2-10-2 and PA's. We will see.
Well, time to run the trains.
Ken
I hate Rust
Well, I was the first to drive the new car on errands. It rides real nice and smooth. The errand was pretty simple. To the pharmacy to get four new 7/8" cane tips, Wal-mart for socks and briefs, Dominoes for a thin crust Extravaganza pizza. I'm very comfortable with the car. After all I'm going to be driving it quite a bit. My mother can't drive due to health problems so I'm stuck being the chauffeur. That's why it was so important I be able to get my wide boot to the gas pedal without hitting the brake. Seeing 140 mph on the speedometer (no KPH anywhere in sight) made me wonder if anybody had tried to see if it would do it. Just touching the gas pedal makes it take off like a scalded dog! The instrument panel display is laid out differently from their other Marquis. Speedometer on the left, tach (other car doesn't have one) on the right, gas, oil, temp and battery in the middle. No trip odometer.
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
Rob: Sorry to hear about your father.Sepsis is pretty nasty. I hope he gets through it.
Rob ... Very sorry to learn about your Dad ... Prayers for him.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Coffee in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug,please.
Turns out my dad got sepsis from using a catheter, which he has been doing for years. Temp is down to almost 100 from the 104 it had been. IV in his neck, etc... His chances are 50/50. My wife predicted this would happen long ago, but my dad is stubborn when it comes to certain medical procedures. We'll know in 24 hours if he's going to rebound or tank. That's about all there is to say. Thank you for the kind words.
Keeping an eye on that potential hurricane. If it comes up our way, I'll need to get busy preparing the farm for some even more serious flooding.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
Good Afternoon All,
Rob - our prayers for your father.
Jerry - good to see you drop by. Hope you get some progress to report soon on the new layout. I'll keep my eyes peeled for some Kato N track but haven't seen any ever at the museum.
Simple answer to the switch motor problem last night seems to be the first three transformers had insufficient amperage to pull the coils and move the points. Looks like I'll need the capacatative discharge thingy (now there's a mouthful) if I'm going to need two or more turnouts to activate at once. Yeah Todd - BOOM!
Wild storm last night - lots of thunder and lightning and rain on all sides of the house at once. Missed the tornado that hit up Rays' way and all the trees at the shop were still standing when I got in this morning.
Here's my order ready so I'll scoot back out to the shop. CUL, J.R.
The car shopping is over! My parents grabbed the Mercury Marquis. With $2,000 slashed off the price it was something they couldn't pass up.
Good Afternoon/Evening!
Just a quick visit to my favorite place. I spent another tiring day at the STALAG, now I feel so exhausted that you could knock me out with a feather. Oberst Klink is not so entertaining anymore, but demanding, so I need to carefully listen to what he says. On the good side of, there seems to be a job opening in the middle management level of a large (actually the largest in Germany) security company waiting for me once I am through with this training. Now I can hear Johnboy crying out loud "Didn´t I tell ya!
Rob - my prayers go out to your dad!
Jeff - you are the only guy I know having a full Corporate Identy in his model railroad, private car (actually, it is a business car, isn´t it)
Barry - I am glad you were not affected by the tornado.
Attaboy - welcome back to life. Glad to hear your ordeal has found an end.
Well, it´s back to the sofa for me!
Y´ all have a good one!
Rob, thoughts and prayers to your father, please let us know how he is doing…
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning All...Its sunny and 73 here..Nice day...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please...Thank you..We had our reunion yesterday...Sallie did the driving..first time in almost 3 years...had a great time and good meal...Not much going on in the I&S shops right now...I am still looking to pick up some more used Kato track for new layout..The old I&S maybe saved and become a coal branch for larger railroad...I am hoping to get some bench work up soon..You all have a good one...Jerry
Good morning. It's 81° and partly cloudy. The high today will be 105° (feel like 116°). The chance of rain late in the afternoon and into the evening is 30%.Yesterday I did a lot of work on the end railings of the H24-66 Trainmaster. This was complicated by the fact that I didn't have the proper railings for the job and had to make do with what I did have. That was the front and rear railings (metal) from a thirty plus year old Athearn GP7. First off the holes were too small. They had to be drilled out. Fortunately I had the required 1/32 drill bit. It was a real trick to hold the loco in one hand and the Dremel in the other while I lined the bit up with the holes as precisely as I could. Easy you think? Imagine doing it without any depth perception. Not so easy. After all the holes were drilled it was time to push the ends of the stanchions into them. Anybody who's installed Athearn metal handrails knows how much fun that is. It took the better part of two hours but I got it done without gluing my fingers together with the super glue I used to set the stanchions and to glue the joint of each stanchion on the hand rail. The other end railing didn't take quite as long but was still an adventure in patience. Once you get over the fact that the railings are the wrong ones for the Trainmaster they look OK.Today is laundry day so I'll be a little busy for a while.
Mornin'........
Zoe......., What? Yes I am limping in here this morning... My feet hurt. Must have stood around yakking with people way too much yesterday.... Anyway, I have a short stack of Blueberry Pancakes, Real Maple Syrup, and a cup (or 2 or 3 ) of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug.
I'd say I got my exercise yesterday, if nothing else! Since I feel better (No more joint pain) I found myself climbing up on the equipment easier and standing longer than i used to, My right foot is hurting a bit this morning (I crushed it in a tractor accident when I was a teenager), but should get better as the day goes on.
Barry, very terrible and sad to hear about the tornado up your way! Glad the death toll was only one person, Sounds like it could have been a lot worse. I bet it was the same line of storms that hit Wayne County here in NY yesterday....
I see my pancakes are coming so I think I will just sit and relax in the back booth for a bit and enjoy my breakfast!
Curt- I shall add you SIL to my growing list of those for prayers.
Jeff- Odd. After clicking the compatability view I have yet to experience problems running IE8. Once I did unselect it and the problems returned, but that was a week or two ago during that last thread about the issue. I haven't unselected since. If they have mutiple servers, would it be possible to have an issue with one and when you sign on, if you get that server would that be possible for some to have the problems and others not? I recall somewhere a long while ago, I was told thru some site somewhere to NOT stay logged in and to log out eah time I left the site to insure I did not keep logging in to the same server. I don't believe it was for problems other than crowding, but maye the same thing happens here. I know my cookies are saved so that each time I bring up this site I do not have to sign in, so my info is still at MRR's servers. Possibly I am continually returning to a server that has been "fixxed"? I really don't know how this stuff works beyond the tiny bits and pieces I've heard and alot of assumption. And you know what happens when you ASSUME.
Garry- I would prefer the lined out part. (chuckle) The HD part is more likely, but in spite of what it sounds like, I really don't watch all that much TV. Pretty much NCIS is the only thing I "watch". The rest is just a few times off and on, usually later in the evening or for that half hour or so before the timer turns the TV off in the bedroom. Occasionally I will watch the Discovery or History channels and used to be Sci Fi for their hokey Saturday night movie. But that doesn't happen much anymore either. I usually am doing something constructive. The reason so much gets started and nt finished is that evr present get into something and find you need more or something else. Being out of the town and having our hardware store closed years ago, that requires a trip to Springfield or Lincoln to get something. Usually what I'll do is start (with the intent of finishing) another project to consolodate trips. Over time that leaves theunfinished pile.....well, let's just say I have plenty to do.
Time to get a movin. Fooled around on this site long enough.
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.
Looks like I am at the top of the page so Flo has my CC for everyone's food and drink of choice.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Morning All,
At w**k today. It's already hot and humid here with about 30% chance of rain. Hurricane Irene is supposed to be at CPA Fri sometime. The weather guessers are in hog heaven here. Nothing like a potential disaster to make the TV news happy. There will be the pre hurricane courage, then the actual hurricane coverage, then let's not forget the post hurricane coverage. No word at work about plans for weather in crews yet. My Sister in Law is in the hospital for blood clots in her lungs, her O2 sat's are good and she is stable at this point.
Attaboy- Congrats. You should still probably watch your back for awhile.
Rob- Sending prayers for your Father.
Barry- Prayers for those affected by the tornado.
Todd- Your wife sounds like mine and probably everyone else's. They definitely know how to work us.
Jeff- I use IE8 usually without any issues.
L&N Tim- That TT looks great. The quality of their buildings are incredible. The layout from SC MOH knew where those specific buildings were in CHASN and Summerville. It has me thinking about TT's again. I am nervous though that it may be out of my skill range to build it, but I would really like a TT instead of a loop.
Everyone have a good day.
Good morning.
Todd ... If you did quit watching TV, think of all the progress you can make on you layout. the honey do projects you can complete.
Well ... I'll have coffee and donuts.
Canadians: ..... Are we in BC, yet?
Where are Vincent and Sawyer?
All the forum problems I was having with Firefox have been resolved. However, I just read part of the Diner with IE8 and had three crashes in five minutes. Things like 'This tab has been recovered', 'Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close', 'Page not found!', etc. This is giving the IE on my other computer (at my parents house) fits also so it's not just my system. One ofmy neighbors has the same problem. All three of these system have one thing in common. The problems occur with IE and only here. I guess they still have a few problems to work out.
GMTRacing And what happens on the crossovers when you trigger two switch machines and probably semaphores all at once? Anyone have an insight on this?
And what happens on the crossovers when you trigger two switch machines and probably semaphores all at once? Anyone have an insight on this?
Boom.
Good Morning!! Coffee and bacon and eggs over easy please. Sunny, with a high near 86 Sue- All I can say is WOW! Nice video of a veeery nice layout. Attaboy- Congratulations on your freedom of sorts. I think. Good luck on the layout build too.
Good Morning!! Coffee and bacon and eggs over easy please.
Sunny, with a high near 86
Sue- All I can say is WOW! Nice video of a veeery nice layout.
Attaboy- Congratulations on your freedom of sorts. I think. Good luck on the layout build too.
Tom- Engine terminal area looks great. I’d sure hate to have lucked out and got a ticket on THAT passenger train. Talk about being late.
Rob- Prayers for you and your Father.
Barry- My prayers goes to those affected by the tornado.
Lee- I know one thing for sure about the fire truck…..somebody ain’t happy.
No plans made in advance for today other than bookw**k right of for the Church. Then, with one role of….T.P. in the house in reserve, I may have to go to the store. I hope not because I reeeally didn’t want to make the trip until tomorrow when I’ll be in there anyway.
BIG problem with NCIS. I have discovered, that I have been the VICTIM of a covert operation speerheaded and carried out masterfully by my loving wife to get me involved in this show. Now that she has bated me for the last several months, I have become addicted so to speak. Yesterday, she sits down to watch the Marathon with me after masterfully drawing me to the target area into her sights to take her shot. Earlier, as you already know, I had been making comments about how certain things don’t make a lot of sense until I happen to see a show that may have been originally aired first but I haven’t seen yet. She says “well each season has an underlying event that goes on for the whole season.”(aim). That prompted this getting season 8 on DVD to get me caught up for next season . Then last night, I make the comment about a few things that happened recently later in the show and how something that happened in the first season or two answered my question or cleared up confusion. To which she responds, “oh yeah. It’s like a soap opera. Not only does it have season long events, but some things are going on for several seasons. Somethings make sense if you’ve seen…the show…from… the beginning. (stop breathing) Then she tells me that Family Video has used DVD’s of the season 1 thru 7 episodes for sale from 1 to 10 dollars (FIRE!!!). Kill shot. She never reeeally gets the prices right, but the idea is there. She has set me up to WANT to collect the entire series so I know what is going on and not have missed something because it was shown hap hazardly. So, I guess I’ll have to stop at Family Video and see what THAT is gonna cost me.
Why didn’t I just quit watching TV while I was ahead.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good morning, Chloe. I will have a quick coffee, please, before heading to work.
Thanks, guys. Larry had fun making the video.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
SPECIAL THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS to EVERYONE who needs them!
-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.
Rob..... Our hopes and prayers go out to you.
Good Morning All,
Curt, the layout is coming along nicely.
Garry, is that the Elsinore Brewery?
The fire truck missing its rear axle; I wonder if it tried to make the left turn too fast. The baffles are made to slow down the water moving fore and aft not really made to compensate for the laws of motion. I’m guessing by the earth pushed all to the right the axle stopped in the mud and due to advance and transfer the bolts broke right off. I bet the driver had to change his shorts after that one.
Rob: We'll keep him in our prayers.....
Good Morning...
Sigh....
While we were out BBQ'ing yesterday afternoon...this is what happened not even an hours drive from us...
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/08/21/18582591.html#/news/london/2011/08/21/pf-18582591.html
The Benmiller Inn..a place that Audrey and I would go to for our anniversary weekend getaway was destroyed in it as well.... My heart goes out to those who have suffered through this...
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/
Please keep my dad in your thoughts today. Just received a call that he's in the hospital with failing kidneys. Probably at the VA, but I do not know yet. Rob
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is MONDAY AUGUST 22, 2011!!!
This day shall be but fleeting by,
A memory to fondly make,
So make it a memorable day
that will last the rest of your days!
Howdy ...
Busy day here, but I did some layout work. I added to some benchwork so I have a place to put my Union Station building. It's taking too long to build my city because of all of the non-mrr interuptions.
SUE & LARRY ... What great video.! I think I could watch that over and over.
L&N Tim ... I have been impressed with the advertisements for CMR, but have no experience with their products. I had thought of using some of their building kits in my city.
Ray ... Sounds like an adventurous day at the museum.
Jeff ... Your shop output is impressive. I was reading about the FM trainmasters. Wabash RR had a few of them, and they were re-powered by Alco.
Ken .. I googled info about Monon 2-10-2's, and I found out some were sold to a RR in TN. ... I bet you are glad you did not close the store early today. I like hearing when you get some big sales. ... Moving? That is tough on layouts.
CA Tom .... I like how your engine terminal is looking. Also, I like the DRGW streamliner.
PA Tom ... Railfanning can be fun, but it helps if there are many rains to see.
Attaboy ... I hope everything is resolved once and for all. Sorry to hear it came to all of this grief. Keep us informed on how you are doing.
JR ... Your electrical problem was confusing me. Perhaps because it's late. Good luck with it. Maybe, a jumbo power pack with a gazillion watts will help.
Bill T ..... Actually ... Good night ...
Happy Model Railroading.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...