Elliot´s Trackside Diner - September 2011

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Ooooooooo! Fresh Baked Cinnamon Rolls....  Zoe, I'll have a couple of those and my dark roast coffee to start off the day.  (THAT ought to get my sugar level up where I can see it....)

Today will be do all the things I didn't get done yesterday because I was out playing with the trains at the Museum!  Lawn is way past "should be mowed" stage and the weather may co-operate so i can get at least half of it done.  Need to make some modifications to the utility trailer so I can better tie down the Log Splitter for the trip to the museum.  Also have to see if I can find a new "O" ring for the oil dip stick and stop it spewing motor oil all over the place!  Garden needs some w*rk as well, house needs cleaning, washing to do................

"Last night in my dreams I was stationed forever on a far little rock in the midst of the sea,"
My one chance of life was a ceaseless endeavor to sweep off the waves as they swept over me......
She lay down her broom, her apron she folded, she laid down and died, and was buried in......... dirt!"
                  -from the Irish Washerwoman song by the famous composer, Traditional!

I also plan to spend some time on hobby related STUFF too!

I see the coffee and rolls have arrived, so I will catch up to all of you later.

73

[blownout cylinder]

Ulrich:  That all happened at once!! They showed up at my door just when I was in the midst of cleaning the closets out!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 64° and cloudy. The high is due to be 87° and there's a 60% chance of thunderstorms all day.

Well yesterday was a wasted day. When I wasn't working on the computer I was in bed trying to be as comfortable as possible and wishing the pain from the gall stones would subside. It finally did and I hope I don't have to go through that again anytime soon. Fortunately I didn't have to reformat the computer, just reinstall Windows over what was already there. No plans for today. Since my new locos aren't here yet there won't be any decoder installations. I've decided to wait and see if the Model Power GP9 is DCC Ready. If it needs to be converted through a hard wire installation and isolating the motor I may go ahead and put an 8-pin plug on the DZ125 and drop it into the Atlas H24-66. I'll have to hard wire the Atlas FP7, that's a given. The motor there is already isolated so that simplifies things a bit and the headlight gets it's power directly from the pickups so there's no light board, hence no resistors to play with. I also have a few projects on the back burner until I can get some decoder wire. I have two GP7's that will permanently mu'd together electronically and electrically. The pickups of both units will be joined together so they can pick up power like one large loco so the power can be shared by both. This increases the pickup area and makes it virtually impossible for one loco to lose power while the other is still running. As long as one is picking up power they will both be running. I'll also be doing this with an A/B set of F9's and an A/B/B lashup consisting of two F3's (A/B) and an F7B. An F7B dummy will be coupled on behind but will just be along for the ride.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Afternoon Gang:

Gary, we did get 5/8 of an inch but need much more. I would like it to wait untill I get the pond cleaned out though.

I'm just sitting here with my buddy that actually knows a little about puters. We have gotten a bunch of things fixed so the thing is working faster and better. Of course the Kalmbach web site is still having problems.

Well I need to go.

Take care All.

[Cederstrand]

Columbian coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.

***Jeffrey, I like the track layout in that pic. I see you snuck in plenty of motive power into the shot, too.

Parked the wife's little flatbed truck in front of "Kathryn's Feed & Seed", along with the little forklift which is now loading round bales for delivery to a local farm.

Spoke to my dad last night. He is being released from the rehab place today. Hope he does OK.

Will let the pickup truck sit until next week. No reason to pull the starter until we're ready to take it in, especially with rain coming. And with our neighbor now delivering hay to us, we don't really need it right now.

Would you believe the Kudzu is dying? Heck, I did fertilize it with an old lawn mower, so it should have responded to the challenge. Guess I'll go nab another bunch to toss into the canyon.

Have a good day all.

Rob

 

[galaxy]

Afternoon/evening guys and SUe...

Went by Home Depot today on way home from Dermatologist. Many Piles and piles of debris piled as high as the store roof!! Going through main street in parts of JC that flooded was kinda hard watching stuff cleared out of house and seeing damage done to houses along the way. SOme of the oldest crappiest looking houses seemed to survive while the better ones looked kinda damaged. Still don't know if it is going to reopen or just a rumor not....Lowes [2 of them} are making a killing now...

ULRICH...amazingly enough they say there were NO FATALITIES in this flood!!!

Jeffrey-I had my gall bladder out years ago, of course it took them 5 years to decide it should come out as I never had stones...always "it's badly mis-shapen, distended and probably full of "sludge", but otherwise..." Doesn't sound too healthy either does it? SOme of the Dr.s, family and friends thought I was a "hypochondriac" as it would act up when things went well for me actually, but it was then that I would eat better and it would act up...Until my father's gave him grief..as he put it "' I can't get any relief from the pain...'" and had to wait 2 weeks for surgery... then he understood how I felt all those years I was in agony...and a friend who was in nursing school...when he foudn out they took it out...well he siad he owed me a HUGE apology as he did a report interviewing  people before and after their gallbladder surgery and knew "'you were in a ton of pain and agony...'".

later

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Hello ..

Evidently, I should have been here for breakfast because to have cinnamon rolls (one of my favorite foods). Chloe said they did not last long, and then she muttered something about chow hounds like Ulrich, Barry, and Ray..... 

Ulrich ... I'm happy your module got that recognition. That's a lot of Japanese buildings. Perhaps one could be a Japanese steak house. 

Rob ... I'm glad you Dad is improving. 

Paul ... Good to learn you got some rain. 

Jeff ... Sorry to hear about the painful gullstones. 

Galaxy is telling about the floods in his town, and it sounds very bad. It got us talking about floods elsewhere including Australia and Germany. 

I've posted the picture below before, It was part of the Nashville 2010 flood. We're downstream from Nashville and had severe flooding here. A replica of Elvis' guitar floated from a Nashville museum, but I never found it on our shore. This year, the flooding was worse as we had 25" of rain locally in April.

The location of the photo was in Lebanon, TN near where some of Shelley's family lives.  

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The Atlas FP7 has successfully been fitted with a Bachmann light board type decoder. This is the first Atlas I've run across that had a frame grounded motor. Isolating it wasn't hard. I put a strip of electrical tape in the motor well and left out a screw that anchored the motor to the frame. I put some tape around the bottom edge of the motor and made it a friction fit. After that everything was smooth sailing. The way this thing can creep is something else. It's also well speed matched with the 70's era Atlas FP7 it'll be working with. I don't know how old this one is but the five pole skewed motor says it's much newer than the other one.

This is the chassis of the newer one:


And this is the chassis of the older one:


Now I have a Model Power GP9 to work on.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

The Model Power GP9 got here in just two days, well next day almost considering on eof the days was Sunday. When they said expedited shipping they weren't kidding. It was sent out Saturday and I have it today. Now right out of the box I can see this thing is a light weight. It weighs a whole 8.4 ounces. With the exception of the vents and the low hood the shell is almost an identical copy of the old Athearn GP7 shell on my old Hobbytown chassis, wide hood and all. In fact this new shell fits almost perfectly on the Hobbytown drive. And there's a reason Model Power used the old wide hood design. In this modern day of small powerful motors the motor in this loco is huge by comparison. There's maybe 1/32nd of an inch of play between each side of the motor and the shell. It also has big flanges. Even bigger than those on the Hobbytown loco. Anybody got a pizza that needs cutting? As far as DCC is concerned, saying that this loco is anywhere near DCC Ready is like saying modern jet fighters existed in the middle ages. However there's nothing present that can get in the way of a conversion. The motor has a wired tab that touches the metal frame. This is easily bent up away from the frame thus isolating the motor. That's if I want to put a decoder in it. I do but not at this time. The decoder will be going into the Atlas H24-66.

[cudaken]

 Hello Fellow Dinners!

 Flo, please

 ULRICH Congrats! Here you only been back into Railroading for what,4 moths? And you have all ready been published and now taken first places in a contest!  Your the man!  Ever think about trying to get a job at Wonder Land (cannot spell the German version) in security?

 Todd and JR More car questions. When and started the Aerostar today with a jumper box. Ran like death at idle and kept dieing at idle. At higher RPM's, well it was still missing out but engine was not loud. (death rattles) When I told Bob it would not idle he said he was not surprised with the battery being dead.

 Question is this. Bob said till the battery has a charge the computer in the Van is not working and why it is running so badly. Now if another person told me this I would say it is Bull Caboose! While I trust Bob, still does not hurt to ask. It is a 1996 Ford Aerostar with a 4.0 V 6.

 See you later, Ken

[wetidlerjr]

[galaxy]

Heartland Division CB&Q

Galaxy is telling about the floods in his town, and it sounds very bad. It got us talking about floods elsewhere including Australia and Germany. 

Yes, I have been sharing. Last night the news reported $2-3 MIllion in FEMA approved damages in Broome and Tioga Counties along with one other FEMA approved disaster counties out of 5. Tonight the total has grown to $12-13 Million for the three counties. I believe that is only for private homes. I could be wrong, but I don't think that includes business losses. The total will rise every day as more apply for FEMA help.

Sad part is the MOST anyone is eligable for personally is $33,200.00 form FEMA for loss, reconstruction, temp housing and what-not. Replacing a furnace, water heater and washer and dryer in a basement alone can cost aobut $4-5,000 alone! {on the CHEAP SIDE}

There are many homes that are condemed. We ate at Denny's and one of the regular waitresses said her home was destroyed..foundation and one wall on first floor in Vestal. She had dificulities over a dispute withthe bank much like CUDAKEN's here and so her belongings were at her mother's house, who passed away 2 weeks prior to the flood. She said she believed her mother was truely looking out for her.

The other sad part, is many couldn't GET flood insurance pre flood and after the 2006 flood as they were NOT "considered to be in a flood zone" so were denied the insurance cause they didn't flood in what was then considered the "500 year flood". WE were told the insurance would be $150/yr for where we are. But was unnecessary. We declined it at teh time as we just changed insurances and had major bills due so we didn't buy it. We still think we wouldn't have claims we would process as the cost for new insurance if we were dropped would be not worht the benefit of getting paid a claim for lost food.

We also, lost for unexplained reasons, other than the electric surge that happens when they reconnect teh power and turn on the substation again, our cordless phones and our dehumidifier. COuld be con-inkey-dink or not. That all set us back another $250.00. The cost of food last month was at $500.00 for what all I bought when teh credit card bill came in...about $200 more than we usually spend per month. fortunately gas was cheaper last month, but will be higher this month when we add in the cost of extra gas to get around and for the generator. We also bought extra food stuff not knowing they were passing out MRE's at the fir station with the dry ice and water, but we spent another $70 in emergency food at another grocery store we could get to who had power in non-spoilable food stuffs. WE also ate out a few times which we normally don't do.

Still, we ARE teh LUCK ONES. SOme lost everything or most everything in the flood!

Many years ago I lost everything in a house fire except 7 garbage bags of stuff I tried to salvage after teh fire. DOn't need to go through anything like that again. I spent teh first night in a motel that did not furnish shampoo at the time and so I washed my hair with bar soap,,,,then had NO COMB to comb my hair afterward.....had to buy one on the way to work that morning....so I am ever thankful and greatfull to have a comb {brush preferred} to comb my hair, and carry one with me always! That was when personal computer systems were $5k apiece and no internet..just barely.

SO, I DO know what it is like to loose everything.

As I said earlier, we are very lucky there were no fatalities...

ALSO RR related... MOH "won" a free trip for two roundtrip from NYC to Harrisburg aboard the "Keystone Corridor' at the Scranton Steamtown Train Fest on Labor day weekend when we went. TRAINS magazine's electronic mag updates had THREE articles about that corridor being flood damaged or delayed due to flood and needing repairs in Philly, Harrisburg and elsewhere.. MOH and I decided since we had to take the trip soon due to the contest, we would forgo it as it didn't seem possible to clearly get through.

Well, dermatologist burned {froze} 4 things off the top of my head  at this year's annual checkup today...he finds them every year to freeze off. New ones always grow. Better than skin cancer- basal cell carcinomas- I had to have removed though!!! I have learned as  a "pale face" who had bright red curly hair as a kid and a red beard til it turned gray as an adult that keeping out of the sun and sun protection in the form of good hats is a  necessary evil! I used to burn at teh slightest mention of sunshine as a kid...I loved to play with peeling skin...then that would turn into a tan...but now I don't care to have a tan!!!

well, see you in the AM!!!

Have a great night!!!

[howmus]

cudaken

 

 

 Todd and JR More car questions. When and started the Aerostar today with a jumper box. Ran like death at idle and kept dieing at idle. At higher RPM's, well it was still missing out but engine was not loud. (death rattles) When I told Bob it would not idle he said he was not surprised with the battery being dead.

 Question is this. Bob said till the battery has a charge the computer in the Van is not working and why it is running so badly. Now if another person told me this I would say it is Bull Caboose! While I trust Bob, still does not hurt to ask. It is a 1996 Ford Aerostar with a 4.0 V 6.

 See you later, Ken

I can answer THAT one for you Ken....  Bob is telling you the truth.  I had exactly THAT when I had a dead battery in my 2002 Dodge Dakota.  The computer has to reset to the vehicle.  Start it up and run it on a high idle for about 5 minutes or less, and pretty soon the car will start to run smooth and idle just fine.   It stopped happening just as soon as I got a new battery put in...  Was very unnerving the first time it happened though when I jumped it to start it up!  The dealer where I got it confirmed THAT was exactly the case.

Evenin' folks!

Janie, I'll have the surf and turf (med. Rare on the steak), baked potato, and a trip to the salad bar.  A nice tall glass of regular iced tea would be good to drink as well.

Got the lawn mowed today.  Ran low on battery just as I finished up the back and side lawn this morning.  Good timing as I was getting hungry for lunch anyway.  Put about a 5 hour charge on it and did the front lawn before supper tonight.  A "handyman" stopped over (used to be a Scout leader when his son's were of Scout Age) and looked at a couple small projects I need to get done.  Went over to the Value Center (Do it best) and got a new "O" ring for the oil dipstick on the log splitter and a few other things I needed.  Turns out it wasn't a bad "O" ring causing it to spew oil all over....  I think my son broke off a couple little tabs on the dipstick that hold it in place in the engine.   might have happened last year out at the museum as well.  I just ordered a new one from Briggs and Stratton parts online.  Let's see $7.20 for the dipstick, $10 to get it shipped to me.....  Yep, THAT sounds about right.  Oh well, only money.

Ulrich, I meant to congratulate you on the award for your module earlier.  Very deserving!  I think your modeling is top shelf!

Glad to see at least a bit of rain has fallen in parts of Texas!  Hope more comes along for all those living down there!

Later!

73

[der5997]

Good rainy evening Diners. It's been a while since I stood a round, so sup up lads (and lasses) Looks like there is another mess of weather brewing in the South Atlantic. Paul I wish we could send you some of this wet, glad you got a little at any rate.

JR:

Kejimkujek (or some close set of similar vowels) where we went hiking.

Very close indeed, just substitute an "i" for the final "e" in your version.  I'm told it's lovely, a very popular camping destination. We've not made it down there yet. Glad you enjoyed their trails. http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ns/kejimkujik/index.aspx

Ulrich: Kudos for the recognition of your module work - well deserved!

John - for the time being, I have dumped the idea of employing a highway overpass as a kind of view block and to add some drama to the module. I might revisit the issue at a later date though, but I´d rather spend the little $$ I have on building more modules instead of investing $ 60 into the Rix products highway overpass.

...indeed, I was just curious as to where it would have gone, had you put it in.

Todd: On the house temperature thing. I bundle up, as anything higher than about 68 has Kris complaining of the heat!

I've just read an Alternative Medicine report about treating Migraines. The answer, according to the report (which I can forward if you PM me) is Feverfew. Website info is varied, as you would expect - but it looks hopeful.

BTW, the "Hornets" were just ordinary common or Garden (in our case back yard) wasps. Here's some body count to prove it.

No mmr for the last few days - just too many other things, including the riding mower getting sorted out, mowing until the evening dews and damps  caused the grass to clog the chute.  Now the old problem of the belt not disengaging  from the drive pulley is back; and the adjustment lever for that is at the max disengagement setting. I think that maybe the quadrant thing the control lever clicks into is worn, so the disengagement just can't happen, try as it might. I'll see if the quadrant is replaceable. Cheaper that a new riding mower, even at the price of spare parts these days.

Meeting in town tomorrow, and lunch guests Wednesday. Museum on Thursday. This has to stop!

Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Comfort, Encouragement, and Peace.

 

 

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening,

We are supposed to get rain tomorrow and believe me it will be welcome. Not as dry as down Paul's way but close I think. Amazing to think that we had one of the wettest springs on record.

Well flooding is something that all Winnipegers know only too well. If it weren't for our floodway  we would have been goners in 1997 and this year too. In 1997 they said there would have been 10' of water downtown and covering over half of the city which has a population of 600,000. The floodway is a man made river channel that goes completely around the city with a control gate that can be used to force the water flow into the floodway channel.  It was built in 1966 and to think that the Premier was criticized at the time for spending such a large amount of money a whole 250 million.  It would cost a couple of billion to do now.

Garry, so you like cinammon rolls or buns as we call them. Me too!!  Have you tried one toasted? Put it on a grill and then butter the toasted side. Can we say heaven?  Oh and a cup of Ray's dark roast to go with it.

Did a little work on the N scale layout. I'm slowly getting the risers and cork down.  I did get an Atlas RS11 in the mail today. It is in Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific livery. The DW&P is a CN subsidary and has been for many years so it is in CN green and yellow. I like the looks of RS11s and am glad to finally get one.

Well time to head out to the land of Nod.

CN Charlie

 

[Cederstrand]

Mint tea, please.

***Der, glad you won the battle with the wasps.

Wife helped me rip out some old fence today which we then dumped into the canyon (where the kudzu is dying). Saved all the posts for the new fence.

Discovered one of our horses has a nasty little injury on her ankle. She has no limp so hadn't noticed it before now. Will get some special stuff for it tomorrow. Already past the time we would have given her a tetanus shot.

Have a good night all.

Rob

[howmus]

Evenin'!

Just a decaf Janie.

Chilly and wet here in the Finger Lakes at the moment, and supposed to stay THAT way all tomorrow morning at least.  Possible 1/4" tonight and about the same tomorrow morning.  Glad I got the lawn finished today.

Well (deep subject), I managed to get almost half of the "must get done today" list done today......  Did have a couple disruptions though, so I'm glad I accomplished what I did.  Spent much of the evening reading Kitchen Sink Reviews and Kitchen Faucet Reviews on line......  Yep, going to replace the completely worn out sink and faucet I put in about 22 years ago.....  'Twas an "el cheapo" and is a complete mess.  I know there are people who have come over to the house and looked at the disintegrating faucet housing and the stained and rotting sink and quietly gone... "eeeeawwww!"  I do every time I use it.  So the next item to be redone around here will be the kitchen sink...... I am going to get a bit better quality and of course THAT means more expensive one this time.  Something that should outlast me I hope!

I had hoped to do some model railroading today, but it didn't happen.  Tomorrow I hope........  Yep, tomorrow!  Hmmm, I feel a song coming on.....  Nah! Not gonna sing THAT one.

Rob, you know things are bad when you can't grow Kudzu!  Hope your horse heals up well without an infection!

Der (John), glad you got those little buggers before they could get you!  THAT could have been a nasty surprise if you had just taken the cover off and not known they were there!

Hope you all have great night!

73

[BamaCSX83]

Evening all.  Glad that I could make it in as things have been absolutely insane around here.  W**k has kept me extremely busy as has home life with Amy and the girls. 

Ken: On the Aerostar, its either a battery problem, or it sounds like you might have a gondola load of trash in the fuel system, especially if its sat up for a while you could be running what's more like turpentine through there instead of gasoline.  I would most certainly try to get the battery charged or replaced before spending a whole heap of money on parts, but in the long run, its your choice.

Rob: On your Chevrolet truck, something else that no one has insofar mentioned is the electrical half of the ignition switch, OR the vehicle's Neutral Safety switch could be going bad.  You need to have a second person with you to perform this test, but crawl under the truck on the passenger's side (you know, where the starter is) and hook a test light up the the small wire (that'd be the wire coming from the ignition switch and running through the neutral safety switch).  Have your assistant turn the key to the "start" position.  If the test light lights, then you've definitely got starter issues.  If it doesn't light, then move over to the driver's side of the truck and check the purple wire coming out of the neutral safety switch (at least in most GM products its purple).  By the way, the Neutral Safety switch is going to be attached to the shift shaft on an automatic transmission.  Perform the above mentioned test again.  If the light lights, then you've got a wiring issue between the neutral safety switch and the starter, if it doesn't, then you don't have power coming out of the electrical half of the ignition switch.  Said switch is located on the steering column, either down the column under the dash (older trucks, up to about 1995-96) or directly behind the lock cylinder (newer trucks).  Again, hook your test light up and perform the same test one last time.....if you've got no power coming out of the switch, then you're looking at replacing the switch, if you do....then you've got a wiring issue.
Hope that helps you out on figuring out what you need to be able to do.  I also hope that your horse heals up well.

Wow....that's a whole lotta information that I spewed....makes me think I'm at w**k explaining things...oh well, I love it!

Jeff: I loved the "peggy" line, it was great!  Also, glad to hear that the BUFF's (Big Ugly Fat "Fellows", crewdog nickname for the B-52) are still doing their jobs (although they're planned to do their jobs until at least 2020...)

Welp, that's about it for me, hope that I've managed to help as much as possible.  Think I'm going to turn off to bed.  Goodnight all!

[galaxy]

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today Is TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,2011!!!

{Yes, Already! Time to start "winterizing"!}

Boil Water advisory OVER for us finally!

Curfews Still in place in some areas!

3 different elementary schools, Binghamton's Mc Arthur, Owego's Elementary School and Owego's St Patrick's Catholic school have all moved children to other buildings to re-open yesterday. THese children have had eactly ONE day of school....Wed. Sept 7th, as a school day. These schools were closed Thurs. Sept. 8th due to flooding and it is unknown when students can return to their original school buildings. {Jr. High and High schools were juggled already as soon as possible to accomodate any displaced students in those schools.}

Prayers for those who need them!!!

{???? } There Is a new website set up for our area where they can match up those who need somehting done for thier flooded house wiht those who are willing to help out. The site's owner says the beauty of it is it is a site that can be used for ANY flood ANYWHERE.

 

[galaxy]

This falls under the category of "Outrageous"!!

{And NOT meant as a political flame war starter, but as a "that's REDICULOUS!!"}

While some of you out there may fall into the category of those who make $250,000.00 a year or more and would be subject to the new proposed tax hike on those earning that number and above, most here I don't think are. This CONGRESSMAN CANNOT "LIVE" on $400,000.00 a year NET AFTER HE PAYS ALL HIS EXPENSES. HE OWNS a few Subway Restaurants AND UPS Stores for which he takes in OVER $6,000,000.00 {that's MILLION DOLLARS FOLKS} GROSS. He COMPLAINS he has ONLY  "$400,000.00 left over AFTER he FEEDS HIS FAMILY!"

WHAT does he spend his "left over $400,000.00 on? Certainly NOT on Jobs!. He ALREADY HAs "jobs" he pays for out of $6.3 Million Dollars.....

SOME of you out there probably own your own businesses as well, and may, Like "Joe the Plumber" {from the Obama/McCain Race 3 years ago, remember???} make over $250K a year.

I will bet this congressman doesn't pay his employees much more than minimum wage, doesn't offer them health benefits and DOESN'T offer them a "lifetime pension" like he gets as a congressman!!!

And, Oh, poor man: he has to maintain 2 homes for his job!!! One in his district, and one in D.C.

Read as it appeared on AOL sign-in menu's Huffington post from the talk show on MSNBC:

"

Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) appeared on MSNBC Monday morning to express opposition to President Barack Obama's deficit reduction plan, which includes a proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy..

Fleming charged that the plan is a terrible idea which kills jobs provided by wealthy "job creators" who pay personal income taxes. When asked about his business ventures -- including his role in a number of Subway restaurants and UPS stores -- from which he earned $6.3 million last year, Fleming told MSNBC host Chris Jansing that his business expenses left him with little to tax "by the time I feed my family."

Fleming told Jansing that the $6.3 million is "before you pay 500 employees, you pay rent, you pay equipment and food."

"The actual net income of that was a mere fraction of that amount."

“By the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over," Fleming said.

Jansing pointed out that to a person making $40,000 or $50,000 per year, making $400,000 annually is "not exactly a sympathetic position," but Fleming responded by calling his success a "virtue" and noting that “class warfare has never created a job."

"This is all about creating jobs," Fleming said. "This is not about attacking people who make certain incomes."

"

Boy is HE out of touch with the "ordinary average American"....

THings that make you go "HHHMMM..."

Jeffrey- he hails form your neck of the woods....wouldn't you LIKE to have just 10% of his "NET" income to live on {$40,000.00}???? I would LOVE THAT!!!
SO, too, I bet would our cohorts here who WORK HARD for their $40-50K or even $70-100K!!!!

 

[L&NTim11060]

Good morning all.....The turntable is moving along nicely. I got home from w--k on Sunday and had most of the pit sections done. Monday morning I got the rest of it done, then set it aside to let it the plastruct set before I put the last coat of primer on. I turn my attention to the bridge I had pretty much of it done except for the arch which I,ll do later. I painted it grimy black then set it aside to dry, I next began to set the brass axels in the dolly wheels. The instuction suggest drilling a small hole in a block of wood slightly larger than the axel, I did this but found out after setting the first axel the wood started to get a dent where the wheel was. I fixed the by using a peice of srap from the kit and it worked much better, I then soldered the wiring to the dolly axels then to the bridge track. I,m powering one side of the track through the pit rail and one side from a feeler from the 1/4 brass shaft that the motor mounts to. I then primed the pit for the last time and just before I installed the pit walls I used a razor saw to score lines about 1in apart on each one after the primer dried the lines popped! and it looks just like when in the old days when they used to use 1x6,s as forms for pouring concrete! Now I said for the big test i placed the bridge in the pit and turned it around a couple of times wow! everything turned out great it moved very smooth!   I am very pleased with this TT, I,m in such a good mood I,m buying breakfest for everyone in the diner.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning...

OH....don't we just love our politicos here!!...some------bureaucrats supposedly working for US get over $500,000 a year!!! GROWL!!!! .....no Flo...I'm not going to say any more...

We are going to be seeing some sun today...so we should actually reach the predicted high of 70F ....

I'm going to go to my FLHS today to see if there are any tank kits around to buy...it seems that a certain mill needs something to fill it out a bit.....

Anent to the above minirant....No!! Flo!! Not the cast iron frying pan!!! .....

KKKEEEERRRRRR----CLLLLAAAAANNNGG!!!!!

*tweet tweet chirp*

Oh look at the pretty birdies!!

THUD

[gear-jammer]

Good morning, Chloe.  Just a quick coffee before I head in to swim before work.

Rob, Glad you dad is doing better.

Later,

Sue

[TMarsh]

Somebody say “it’s only money?” I’ll take 20!

Good Morning!! (cough cough sniff) Coffee and some pancakes with butter and real maple syrup please. What? Now don’t tell me that. I know good and well that if you look real hard, you can find something other than artificial flavored corn products in Illinois.

(cough cough, cough....hooonk, sniff cough)

Welp, neither weather guesser was right really. It wasn’t sunny, and it didn’t rain. Let’s try again today. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 80. It is foggy though I wouldn’t call it dense, at least here. It probably is elsewhere. So far so good. And me with a sinus headache, pressure and congestion. Think it’s Lupus?

(cough)

Ulrich- Congrats on the win!

(cough cough snif sniff)

Der- Well I do have to admit, right now the house could be cooler. With the sinusitis or, yes, it could be a head cold, and the coughing that comes with it, every time I cough it raises the body temps and then becomes rather warm thereby increasing the coughing. Make sense?

(cough sniff hooonk hoooonk sniff sniff cough cough hoonk sniff cough)

I’m not gonna get much done today other than w**k at the restaurant. I can’t get far away from Kleenexâ . If I do then it just runs down the back of my throat and the coughing just gets worse. I don’t have a nose. I have a faucet.

(cough cough sniff)

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!  (cough)

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 64° and mostly cloudy. The high will be 87° and the chance ofrain is 10%. The weather guesser can't decide if it will partly sunny or mostly sunny. But since when could the weatherman predict the weather much less the future.

I worked on the Model Power GP9 shell last night in an attempt to make it look better. In the end I put the old Hobbytown GP7 shell on the Model Power chassis and improved it greatly. The antique shell needed only a few small changes to make it fit. The Hobbytown drive and the Model Power drive have something in common, besides looking like toys. They're noisy! They both do the old Athearn blue box drive proud. The Hobbytown drive has a deeper tone while the Model Power drive has more tenor. The Model Power drive with the old Hobbytown shell on it puts out a loud Athearn type growl. I'll eventually put a decoder in it.

The boys at the Sundown shop have gotten their hands on a Union Pacific FP7. IT'S PATCH TIME! I hard wired a decoder into it yesterday and installed Kadee couplers. Now it's the shells turn to be assaulted.

In other DCC news I'll be putting a DCC plug on a Digitrax DZ125 decoder. Once that's done I'll it into my Atlas H24-66.

[blownout cylinder]

...slowly gets up off the ground...wipes sleeves...

uuummmmmmmm...Flo? I'll just have a coffee and a breakfast bagel please...I'll be at the corner booth ...yes ma'am, no ma'am.....I'll behave......

[jeffrey-wimberly]

[yougottawanta]

Good morning all. Just wanted to pop in and say high.

Sorry I have not been around lately. Overwhelmed at w**k and home. W**k has been terrible. The carpenters third tier sub walked off the site (all 14men) because their boss was not paying them. Bringing about a crisis and a whole multitude of problems. At home MOH is becoming weaker from the treatments even though the cancer is not growing. Duties there leave me little spare time.

Ulrich - congrats on your award !

Cuda - how is the job search going ? Find anything yet ?

Galaxy - settle down a little.While I understand your frustration > I think it is time that both parties and the President stop bickering and start building towards getting us all working again. I cant stand it that the President has been busy pushing his brand of social society on us while people are starving,going with out health insurance that good jobs will provide, schools are closing etc. And the stupid republicans are busy protecting deep pockets . This is the last time I checked " one nation under God , indivisble...? They need to start acting as though we are friends and family and not enemies and stop catering to the special interest that got them their jobs. I say we send a bunch of them from both parties into the unemployment line and see if they get the message then!

Flo ? What is that pan for .....Bang riiiinnngggggg

Lights out !

 

 

 

Phew where am I ?

Oh now I remember. Sorry all.

[Anonymous]

Hi Gang,

another day at the STALAG went by, without any incident October 6th has been set for the exams, which is a long time to go without getting bored to death. Chances for the job I had been talking about are pretty good, as I have heard, so that will help me endure this game.

Flo, mug of coffee, please!

No, Flo, no need to wake up Vinnie - I´ll be quiet now, I won´t comment on that particular politician...

Y´ all have a good one!

 

[cudaken]

 Good Morning!

 Flo, breakfast special and a Diet Dew please.

 Ray and Barna Thank you for your input on the Van. Here is what I have planed today. I will run down to Bob's and throw my battery charger on the van and set it for a 10 amp charge. Then I will do my running, first stop will be the DMV. I want to see what has to be done to get a Salvage turned in to a normal title. Then I got to get some copy's made to send in with my application for the Hardest Hit Program.

  This will take a hour or so, probably closer to 2 hours. By then, if the battery is going to take a charge it will have. All so going to take some gas additive to get rid of the varnish that made have built up in the gas. See if I can get the thing to run better and hopefully drive it around the lot and see if the check engine light comes on. That way Bob can pull codes from the computer so I have a idea of what it may need to run well if anything.    

  Jeffery, Master Of Mismatching. Have you ever fitted a BB F-7 shell to a PK 1000 F-3 chassis? I am wanting to fit a A unit shell to a PK 1000 chassis. I am guessing in anyone here at the site has done it, it will have been you.

 Well. see you all later.

             Ken