Good Labour Day morning to one and all : I'll have a black coffee and a Lassie Mog please Chloë.
Was able to plant a few more trees last night - forced perspective, so they are all fairly small at this point.
CapeJim:
And hey, careful with talking about your sn*w blower already this year! Our more northern Diners may be at your door with the tar and feathers if you keep talking like that!
Have you heard from Fergie for a while? Wondered what he's been MESS'ing about with lately... as well as if he's been promoted to desk job, retired, or whatever.
Curt:
Der- Yeah I know, it is just so frustrating when a company does not back their products.
Ray: You know what? Your scene composition is that good, the eye is drawn right in, and I didn't notice the peripherals until you pointed them out!
Jeff:
We have some species of snakes that have the big roaches high on their menu, the most common being the Garter snake and Coluber constrictor snake (Racer).
Gary: Happy Anniversary!
Things to do. Cheers, John.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
TMarsh csxns- Lucky? Ever been by a body of water in Louisiana in the summer? If the humidity don't kill you first, the bugs will. Ain't much better here, they just "do it better" down there. Show offs. I don't know, the Lake may move enough to not have real bad bug issues, but I'd be surprised.
csxns- Lucky? Ever been by a body of water in Louisiana in the summer? If the humidity don't kill you first, the bugs will. Ain't much better here, they just "do it better" down there. Show offs.
I don't know, the Lake may move enough to not have real bad bug issues, but I'd be surprised.
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Garry: Happy Anniversary!!!!!
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Good morning, Chloe. May I have my coffee in a NP mug, please? This weather in the 80's is so great. It is no coat weather.
Jim, My job dispatching on Saturday had a steep learning curve. They want me to do it again next month, so I must not have done too bad. It was fun, but not as much fun as operating. My friend who usually dispatches wasn't getting to operate. This way we can trade off.
Ray, Larry & I couldn't find what you edited either. It is like one of those puzzles that you look for the differences. Your detail is great.
We have been working on the staging area this weekend. We have the Walthers instant buildings that are attached to 1/4" black foam, custom buildings, trees painted on the wall, and a brick retaining wall with a sidewalk. Larry is in there drilling holes so we can wire the track. It is possible we will get everything but the ballasting done this weekend.
Back to painting ties & rusting rails.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Morning Folks
Hum, where does Flow keep the coffee cups.
Short visit this time around, wife is going to cut my hair. Have to look pretty for the interviews this week.
It was only 55 degrees when I got up this morning! No A/C needed today!
Well the Barber Chair is open, got to go.
Ken
I hate Rust
Garry Well! Happy Anniversary!!! Mine is Wednesd... I mean "ours" is Wednesday. September was a good month for both of us wasn't it?
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 all....I kind of took a quick look at the area where the tt will go. I might have to move some track but thats no big deal. Well better get busy.
L&N.....Gone but not forgotten
Good Morning!! Coffee and biscuits and gra….. Were are the girls? What’s this say? Self serve, self cook? Oh! Forgot, it’s Labor Day. Well that’s ok I’ll get it myself. The staff here deserve a day off for all they do. Sunny, with a high near 71. Looks like it’s gonna stay in the 70’s all week. That will be great for the Williamsville Annual FALL Festival. Sponsored by the Williamsville Community Foundation. Or, as I call them…the Hens. What?… I say it with love. Funny though. Hasn’t rained since what, July? Good chance for rain on, yup you guessed it, Saturday. Only 40% but I think that’s about the highest chance we’ve had in a while. It didn’t rain here then, but since the Festival is Saturday….
Good Morning!! Coffee and biscuits and gra….. Were are the girls? What’s this say? Self serve, self cook? Oh! Forgot, it’s Labor Day. Well that’s ok I’ll get it myself. The staff here deserve a day off for all they do.
Sunny, with a high near 71. Looks like it’s gonna stay in the 70’s all week. That will be great for the Williamsville Annual FALL Festival. Sponsored by the Williamsville Community Foundation. Or, as I call them…the Hens. What?… I say it with love. Funny though. Hasn’t rained since what, July? Good chance for rain on, yup you guessed it, Saturday. Only 40% but I think that’s about the highest chance we’ve had in a while. It didn’t rain here then, but since the Festival is Saturday….
Der- Ô Thanks. Your efforts got me also to looking around my WP program again. I found all the little symbols that others have. ( I always figured they had to have some somewhere, just could never find them.) It’s no wonder I never found them before, they had them hidden! Imagine making something that useful so hard to find. I mean really, putting them under Insert / Special Characters. Really, how was I supposed to know to go there.
Cape Jim- Oops! Forgot. No more talk of (looks around) sn**blowers. Glad to hear you get today off….ENJOY and relax!
What is “Southern Style BBQ Ribs”? now both Ray and Ken have done flung a cravin on me for some ribs I tell you what .
Ray- DUH! If it’d been a snake it’d bit me. After you pointed it out it is very obvious what you did. I see why you prefer your “repair”
It’s Labor Day and, like Hanukkah, I guess I should not celebrate this holiday. Since “technically” I don’t w**k anymore, I therefore do not deserve a rest for my toils. However, not wanting to be rude, and I do have a dog, I will try to take it easy today.
I did stumble downstairs last evening and ran a train around the tracky. No issues yet. I need to support the team tracks where they diverge off the main at trackbed height to surface height. Then I can use a siding without bowing the track down causing obvious ISSUUUES . Othern’at, guess things on the rail front are ok, ‘cept I just don’t get down there much. I will more when the weather turns colder and I don’t have as much outdoor stuff to do I suppose. Least I hope.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good morning ...
Well, today is our anniversary, and so I'll be "on call" for "honey-do's"
I see a couple more happy birthday wishes. Many thanks to all of you.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
jeffrey-wimberly galaxy: The furnace is in a long hall that is dark. When he installed the Roof Jack {AKA metal chimney}, he had to cut the ceiling and then he applied a rather small 2 halves of a "trim" around the jack. I went looking for leaks with yesterday's " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />. FOund no leaks, but I discovered that on the back side of the jack is a gaping hole that leads to what would be our "attic" if we had one in the trailer. I wondered why it seemed to be hotter as I passed by, and now I know heat form the "attic" was leaking in. ANd so willl COld weather when THAT happens. That also would not be "fire rated" safety issue. They need to put up a bigger trim ring that will block that off effectively. A little sheet metal trimed nicely and screwed in would help. SO would some fire retardent spray foam. They didn't insulate it correctly and it's definitely not fire rated. They need to come back and make it right.
galaxy:
The furnace is in a long hall that is dark. When he installed the Roof Jack {AKA metal chimney}, he had to cut the ceiling and then he applied a rather small 2 halves of a "trim" around the jack. I went looking for leaks with yesterday's " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />. FOund no leaks, but I discovered that on the back side of the jack is a gaping hole that leads to what would be our "attic" if we had one in the trailer. I wondered why it seemed to be hotter as I passed by, and now I know heat form the "attic" was leaking in. ANd so willl COld weather when THAT happens. That also would not be "fire rated" safety issue. They need to put up a bigger trim ring that will block that off effectively. A little sheet metal trimed nicely and screwed in would help. SO would some fire retardent spray foam.
The furnace is in a long hall that is dark. When he installed the Roof Jack {AKA metal chimney}, he had to cut the ceiling and then he applied a rather small 2 halves of a "trim" around the jack.
I went looking for leaks with yesterday's " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />, " alt="" onload="resizeImage(this);" />. FOund no leaks, but I discovered that on the back side of the jack is a gaping hole that leads to what would be our "attic" if we had one in the trailer.
I wondered why it seemed to be hotter as I passed by, and now I know heat form the "attic" was leaking in. ANd so willl COld weather when THAT happens.
That also would not be "fire rated" safety issue. They need to put up a bigger trim ring that will block that off effectively. A little sheet metal trimed nicely and screwed in would help. SO would some fire retardent spray foam.
Mike Holmes would be SO proud!!!!
-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.
Ulrich: Is there any way to incorporate a city skyline there maybe?
Come to think of it, now i'm wondering about how to redo the backdrop here....
Good morning. It's 73° and cloudy. The high will be 82° and mostly cloudy. There's a 50% chance of rain this morning.Winds last night were in excess of 40 mph. I know what it takes to make the corrugated steel sheets on the over-roof chatter and 40 and below won't do it. Sounded like closer to 50 mph gusts. Winds are continuing this morning. We're under a wind advisory until about 7 pm. Average speed should be 20-25 mph with gusts to 35. Already looked at the lake and the white caps are rolling over deep water and hitting hard against my parents sea wall. Anybody out there today is a nut! Nothing much planned for the layout today except some general cleanup. A good thing about this weekends storm is that it kept the young folks across the road quiet. Kinda hard to have a party in the yard with wind and rain trying to soak everything and blowing away anything that isn't nailed down. I know the wind was blowing pretty good as it blew my old gas grill over. I haven't grilled on it in many years. I just use it as a painting bench.
csxns Jeffrey,you live by a lake lucky you,now hope your parents will be ok.Just went down to the layout,put on two CSX AC6000CW,s and backed up to the train and coupled up and when i started up the first center flow came uncoupled from a 5161, back up and coupled back on and when i started up the 9 car a tank car came uncoupled fron the 10 tank car,So i said the heck with it and ran the two motors and six cars in the house track and left the rest in the siding,Hope to get this train out tomorow.
Jeffrey,you live by a lake lucky you,now hope your parents will be ok.Just went down to the layout,put on two CSX AC6000CW,s and backed up to the train and coupled up and when i started up the first center flow came uncoupled from a 5161, back up and coupled back on and when i started up the 9 car a tank car came uncoupled fron the 10 tank car,So i said the heck with it and ran the two motors and six cars in the house track and left the rest in the siding,Hope to get this train out tomorow.
Sounds like you either have coupler height issues or different brand couplers that don't work as well as you'd like. I used to have such things happen until I changed to all Kadee couplers on the cars and locos I use most. MoW cars and freight cars I don't use much get the clones.
galaxy The furnace is in a long hall that is dark. When he installed the Roof Jack {AKA metal chimney}, he had to cut the ceiling and then he applied a rather small 2 halves of a "trim" around the jack. I went looking for leaks with yesterday's , , . FOund no leaks, but I discovered that on the back side of the jack is a gaping hole that leads to what would be our "attic" if we had one in the trailer. I wondered why it seemed to be hotter as I passed by, and now I know heat form the "attic" was leaking in. ANd so willl COld weather when THAT happens. That also would not be "fire rated" safety issue. They need to put up a bigger trim ring that will block that off effectively. A little sheet metal trimed nicely and screwed in would help. SO would some fire retardent spray foam.
I went looking for leaks with yesterday's , , . FOund no leaks, but I discovered that on the back side of the jack is a gaping hole that leads to what would be our "attic" if we had one in the trailer.
Galaxy: hhhmmmmmn...you have your birthday one day after mine..heeheehee
Good Morning!
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now..a real strong boot coffee will do just fine....
Well...after a strange weekend of no shows and visits to the emerg coupled with all else of stuff I am finally able to sit and actually type something out
I did get some mrr time in as well though, which is a good thing...as I now have a few more locomotives to add to the collection..3 new ATLAS RS2's showed up in my lap yesterday when I went to a LHS to check out their yard sale...heeheehee...
So, I will be at the RC for a bit.
Good Morning,
We were taking on some serious water yesterday, about 2 gallons was collected in the bucket. I had cut a hole in the celling to see where it was coming from and it looks like somewhere near the west gutter. It only leaks when we have a heavy rain storm, so I’m going on the ladder to inspect the downspout and soffit.
Curt I really like the back splash!
It took Tom and Lucy about 20 years to build the Elk River. Lucy makes all the trees, now they are expanding the layout with a New England style port area in the next room.
Just in case anyone missed it: I posted pictures of my visit to the ELK RIVER logging railroad here: http://community.webshots.com/album/580819871jItFLb?vhost=community
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Monrnin'
Well, Tomorrow {when everything gets back to normal} I have to call the furnace company.
So tomorrow I will call,
I should have gone investigating with the flashlight when he went to put it up.
*sigh*
Roof supposed to be done Wednesday, but forecast is , , I think it will have to be delayed. I will call in advance, as I don't think sealcoat put down on wet surface will bond correctly and last long if applied when wet. COuld be wrong.
well spent half the night up and down, so soon to be asleep again {i hope}.
Later
Chamomile tea, please.
Neat layout pics being posted. Keep 'em coming folks.
A second, long and exhausting day preparing the ol' farm for the rains. Perhaps tonight I won't wake up with two completely numb arms.
Well, y'all have a good one!
Rob
just a short visit before I have to be off to the STALAG again.
I am not yet happy with my station module. The trains "running against the wall" at the end if the module just won´t look right. Maybe I´ll disguise that with a highway overpass, set slightly at an angle, but that´ll require a major re-w*rk job.
CUL & Have a good Labor Day!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is
LABOR DAY {USA}, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 20011!!!
{only 20 more days to my birthday. {shameless plug}. I shall have a list of HO scale products my adoring fans can send as gifts for my Big Day {fully shameless plug}}
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf for me.......
I am exhausted. Almost fell asleep in a chair after dinner tonight at my son's house. I got grill duty out there as today was his online football thingie draft... So he was glued to his computer screen until he finished (which was half way through dessert I think). Most of the meal was leftovers from yesterday. The party starts at his house tomorrow at 1PM and we will have more stuff to eat all afternoon. Somebody said something about Southern Style BBQ Ribs..... One of the brother in laws has a family recipe that is just plain WOW! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
Drove past the FGLK yards going out to the son's house.... There sitting on the track nearest routes 5 & 20 is a Wisconsin & Southern Boxcar with tribute to 9/11.... I'll try to get a photo tomorrow if I can. Supposed to be pouring rain all day... may not be a good time to get a shot though.
Got home and gave a call to one of the old Teachers I w*rked with for many years at the Middle School returning her call from a couple days ago. A few of us are getting a dept. reunion for mid September. She had info that another one of the dept. who now lives in a Senior Center North of here wants to have us all come up to her place for a reunion (THAT saves someone having to go and pick up her actually, as she is no longer able to drive). Anyway after a few minutes "Ma" (her nickname) says, "Hey, really liked the photo you had in Friday's Paper..... I said, "What photo in Friday's paper." Seems I had completely missed the page... I got this photo published along with a few others readers have turned in over the last couple months:
Night Blooming Cereus. Taken right in my dining room here at home.... Kinda nice to see they used one of mine for the feature.
Der, interesting, you didn't see what I did to the photo either? I thought it was obvious.... Here is the before again. See the black triangle on the right side of the photo. THAT is the black fascia and black cloth around the layout....
I used the clone tool to continue the road across the tracks and fill in the black triangle, thus:
(whispers) OK, what does Ken's fat figure have to do with installing Kadee Couplers??? OH! Fat Fingers!!!! Huh? oh nothing Ken..... (Gotta get the hearing aids checked....)
Couple old guys sitting on a park bench down at Seneca Lake the other day. First one leans over to the other guy and says, "Got a new hearing aid, It's state of the art!" Other guy says, "What kind is it?" First guy says, "Oh about 3:30." Second guy says, "Me too, lets go get a beer!"
Some days I feel just like them!
Have a great night! Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening All,
I'm calmer now, the kids can come out. I weathered my sand towers today and we got the back splash up. It took about 3 hours, was similar to laying tile floor but no getting on the floor and little cutting. The plan is to grout tomorrow after it sets up overnight. As we were finishing up MOH mentioned she wants to change out the power outlets...to what I have no clue.
Have a good night.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Russell
JimRCGMO Jeff, good to hear the winds have toned down a bunch in your area there. So long as the lake doesn't get too high (as you said the other day).
Jeff, good to hear the winds have toned down a bunch in your area there. So long as the lake doesn't get too high (as you said the other day).
Good Evening, Janie - I'll have a bowl of chili with grated cheddar and chopped onions (and a little sour cream on the side to add in), a RBF, and a Santa Fe mug for after dinner, please. Thank you, ma'am!
Paul, good to hear you and Mary Ann (and the cow spa there) are safe. Guess we don't know how great those water-planes (not to be confused with those having pontoons...) are until it's your bacon that is saved by them. Whew!
Hey, CN Charlie, hang in there, your U2g will return to you before toooooo much longer... (It is hard to wait on the MRR stuff, though)
Rob, for any and all twisters to forget how to get by your place. Rest up (in the basement, if you wanna).
Lee, awesome photos of that Elk River layout. Whoever made that one put a lot of time and effort into it! Oh, check your email - send you some info and a modification. And with all that work you put into the roof over the past few years, I'm surprised you're getting any leak. Any warranty from your last people to w**k on the roof (if it would cover your leak problem)?
Todd, I think Jerry did have a little more room than a slice of bread, actually. But I'm with you about wanting to see what he'll do with all THAT new expanse of RR territory there. And hey, careful with talking about your sn*w blower already this year! Our more northern Diners may be at your door with the tar and feathers if you keep talking like that!
Ray, good to hear you (and your cats) survived yesterday's experience. Another good night's rest and you'll be back to your usual busy self.
Ulrich, I hope the trains aren't moving very fast as they come into that station... Looks good, even without that other portal, though.
L&N Tim - better just a year than a couple of decades, as some of us have done due to various circumstances... Good thing is, you have Monday off to do some MRR'ing!
Ken, I forget if that's persnicular or particular or persnickity... Best wishes with the couplers - the Athearn spring covers can be a tad difficult at times. Are you putting #5's on, or the newer ones with the 'whisker' springs?
DerJohn, I think if you consider when most RR's in this continent were built, I'm not sure we could say your remark about "No immigrants were injured in the building of this railroad" on much of ANY of them. But I don't think building RR's has ever been a very 'safe' profession, has it? Have you heard from Fergie for a while? Wondered what he's been MESS'ing about with lately... as well as if he's been promoted to desk job, retired, or whatever.
It's cooling off here in Missouri - has already dropped from (I think) our high temp of 82 F (28 C) to 72 F(22 C) now, and we're supposed to drop to 56 F! (13 C) tonight. Sheesh! May want to get out the blanket tonight at this rate (I *refuse* to turn on the heat this early).
Spent part of the afternoon re-checking my MRR inventory, and found I have more flatcars than I thought (fair number of the GSC 54'-ers), plus doing some correcting of quantities on other freight cars. But between going from the computer (in living/dining room) to the bedroom, getting the tub(s) out to see which had the cars I was looking to find, going back to the living room and making the corrections on the computer, then back to the bedroom to close up the tub and put it back with the others, etc., etc..... But I found I don't need as many freight cars as I had thought - may get a six-pack of the Tichy 40' flatcars to balance out the proportions of 40's-to-50's. Found out I didn't have one RR line that I put in the inventory (had mixed the drop-bottom 50'-er with a regular 54'-er). Ah, well...
I had some paperw**k for w**k that I probably was supposed to turn in last Tuesday , so got what I could get done on that, and then was thinking I had to be in the office tomorrow . However, after calling my supervisor and checking with him, found that Labor Day IS one of the (few) holidays we get at w**k. (We don't get that many at all, and some of them we have to take 8 hours of ETO for) Yay!!
So, tomorrow is free for MRR'ing odds and ends (like seeing about finishing some unfinished projects that have been sitting toooooo long). I will get by the Diner, however to see what new photos some of you have for me to drool over.
Prayers for rain where it is needed (and none where there already is enough or too much), for a good (safe) night's rest, for good health and comfort, and for MRR'ing time tonight/tomorrow (uninterrupted by much of any "Honey....."
[Edit]: Well (little dry, but we're not complaining just yet), looks like I have the tab! Alright, OzJim, Ulrich, and all you insomniacs, feed's on me for those late-night snacks you were craving. Janie, I'll settle up on the tab and/or do dishes tomorrow when I get back in.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Good Sunday evening all, and Gary!
Todd:
Der- When I got married, (leans back in chair and calmly tamps tobacco in a pipe) I recall vaguely a comment my then young bride and alleged sole mate made. I believe it went something similar to this. "Now we are one. It is no longer "your problem" or "my problem". It is "our problem" We will walk life's pathes side by side. Sharing life equally...., unless one half is better than the other, then I get the best half." Pretty much sums up our entire marriage actually.
(little tm thing)
Ulrich: On the moderator thing, I should have put a, what horrible name do they have for it? Oh yes, "emoticon" in there with the badge .gif. My bad, sorry about that. For weather, we use Stormpulse.com gives, clouds, forecast tracks etc. Also, it lets me skim over and see what your cloud cover is or isn't Have it bookmarked and in Firefox's Coffee Cup, so it loads every time I go online. (Along with thehungersite.com which is worth a look as well.) Just saw the station module, very nice!Looking forward to the detailing!
Ray:
Todd? You had trouble finding the difference? Maybe it wasn'r as ovvious as I thought. I do like using the clone tool.......
Jerry: Love the new Real Estate! Glad you were able to get some more track.
DerJohn - great progress on your tree-seeding there! And I like that shot of the (CP, right?) diesels on the side of the cliff - bet they had lotsa fun building that trestle!
Lee: that Elk River RR is truly a work of art. Thanks for posting.
Ken:
Heck, I hate to admit this, I did not know what CV 54 did till I got some help in the DCC section.
I went to install the dwarf that they sent me only to find out that the defective one was shipped back to me without explanation.
It's evening teatime , so I will have one to go, and see you all tomorrow, or failing that, "next time". Enjoy what's left of the weekend.
Prayers for all in need.
Evening all..... Well I have w--k behind me now. I have Monday off so I think I,ll double check the area where my new turntable will go. Layout the mock ups for the sanding facility coaling tower water tower and ash pit. Also check the clearance for the round house.I have alot to get ready once I have the new tt built. I can,t believe my layout has been on hold for almost a year oh well that will all be behind me now.
cudaken Yes they do Jeffery, problem is getting my fat figures in there with the spring and coupler centered. Guess I will try spraying the clip a part and little. Then when I get the right coupler for correct height use pliers to squeeze the top tight.
Yes they do Jeffery, problem is getting my fat figures in there with the spring and coupler centered. Guess I will try spraying the clip a part and little. Then when I get the right coupler for correct height use pliers to squeeze the top tight.
On the engines I sent you I left the Kadee couplers on. The front ones on the Stewart's take a little while to get the hang of doing, but you will figure them out.
cudaken Tried "keyword was tried) to install couplers on the Old Athearn PA's. They might not get Kadee springs.
Tried "keyword was tried) to install couplers on the Old Athearn PA's. They might not get Kadee springs.
We have a wind advisory and a flash flood watch in effect here. Anybody who wants a nice breeze is welcome to come and get some of the wind. It's only 30 to 40 mph.
Evening folks.
Flo, beer please.
Down in the dumps today, no pro-tickler (spell check could not help) reason.
Getting ready to BBQ some rib's, maybe that will make me feel better.
Well grill is lite, see you later.