Afternoon All,
Went to Wally World earlier and did some grocery shopping. Came home and ballasted the Coaling facility, a freight siding, Diesel servicing siding and part of the Steam servicing siding. By that time it felt like the right side of my head was about ready to explode. I usually don't get many headaches that bad. I think it was the heat coming off the halogen overhead lights and the smell of the Iso Alcohol. I went downstairs took some ASA and am feeling a lot better now.
MOH and I picked up everything for the back splash project which we are doing Sunday and Monday. I have my yearly department physical on Tuesday and this year I have to do a treadmill stress test. It's great getting older.
Jeff- Great looking car.
Ulrich- As far as I am concerned you are always welcome.
Everyone take care of yourself.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, bucket of ice water please 'n thank-you.
TODD: "Fair?" Now THAT's funny right there.... Glad you got a giggle out of the slogan for my pike. Maybe sometime I'll hire a guy to make a billboard with THAT on it.
I shouldn't malign the CNW too badly though. I mean, in all honesty, they ran switch engines in the North Yard on all three shifts, and switched the plant on all three. A line of blue QOCX boxcars would be pulled (full of boxes of cereal, I'm a-guessing) on 2nd, and on 3rd would be in "the drag" to Beverly Yard for a trip east or west. In other words, they were probably a bit more "efficient" than my version of Cedar cRapids will be...
LEE: Nope...no hoppers full of Crunch Berries, they ah...tend to grow 'em there. They're just fresher THAT way...
I like the idea of jars of stuff hauled over my RR. Let's see, a short list would be: corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, sugar, brownulated sugar, corn syrup, vegetable oil, agricultural minerals, cement, paper products, corrugated cardboard, scrap metal, edible and inedible beef tallow, and John Deere tractors (which pains me...I'm a Farmall-IH guy).
ULRICH: When CUDAKEN said he thought you might've been sent to Col. Klink's cooler, I had this vision of you getting nailed for shooting spit wads at the guy. Not sure why... As for your moderator duties, and I think I'm one of the guys you were speaking to... I meant my disclaimer of not invoking your wrath as a sign of respect for you, and for not wanting to do something to make you "earn your pay." I figure you've got enough other fires to put out throughout the Kalmbach property...I just didn't and don't want to do something to have you stompin' out fires here in the Diner too. Of course...if somebody is in the "necessary room," I might slip some burning newspaper under the stall....
We gots week number two of the Iowa High School Football season tonight. I'll be at Iowa City West as they "entertain" Dubuque Hempstead. It should be around 90 at game time with high humidity and a chance of rain/storms. By the end of the nine-week regular season, I'll be in a parka with s**w flurries in the air.
Have a good day folks!
Chris
Photos by Chris Umscheid, year unknown, believed to be in Wheatland, Iowa
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Coffee in a SUNNY & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jerry, neat idea on adding the old siding.
***Jeffrey, nice weathering job on the box car.
For stress relief, my wife joined me for an old time can shoot-em-up yesterday. I needed a day off from building fences. She didn't do half bad for having practiced in ages.
Tonight, I'm "determined" to get her (HO) flatbed truck painted. It has been sitting on the kitchen counter for weeks now.
Hope y'all are having a good day.
Rob
Sir Madog Maybe I need to set something straight: Whenever I am in here, I am not wearing my moderator´s hat. I leave it on a hook outside the door. I also leave to the two other gentlemen to "police" this thread. The three of us know, though, that the folks in here are considerate and sensible people.
Maybe I need to set something straight:
Whenever I am in here, I am not wearing my moderator´s hat. I leave it on a hook outside the door. I also leave to the two other gentlemen to "police" this thread. The three of us know, though, that the folks in here are considerate and sensible people.
We are always on our BEST BEHAVIOR now that we have a moderator regularly perusing our musings here. None of us wishes to get into trouble so we "keep it in line" and are afraid to be OUt of line.
-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.
jeffrey-wimberly There's an email going around that has the subject line 'ACH Payment Cancelled'.In it you will find:The ACH transaction (ID:3), recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),was canceled by the other financial institution. Rejected transactionTransaction ID: 8574210513218Reason for rejection: See details in the attachmentTransaction Report: report_082011-68.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. IT CONTAINS A TROJAN VIRUS! DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY!
There's an email going around that has the subject line 'ACH Payment Cancelled'.In it you will find:The ACH transaction (ID:3), recently initiated from your checking account (by you or any other person),was canceled by the other financial institution. Rejected transactionTransaction ID: 8574210513218Reason for rejection: See details in the attachmentTransaction Report: report_082011-68.pdf.exe (self-extracting archive, Adobe PDF)DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. IT CONTAINS A TROJAN VIRUS! DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY!
One of the reasons I DO NOT DO ANY BANKING ONLINE.
IF I get such a notice in the title line...i KNOW it's a possible virus!!!
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
Sir Madog I hope none of you feels affected by me wearing the moderator´s hat. To be frank, I´d rather chuck that task before giving up coming here.
I hope none of you feels affected by me wearing the moderator´s hat. To be frank, I´d rather chuck that task before giving up coming here.
Afternoon floks!
Just taking a lunch break for a few minutes. Flo, I'll have the turkey club sandwich.... What? Oh yes need to have that nice dill pickle and the potato chips with it... and a Cherribundy Light on ice. Thank you Ma'am.
Ulrich, in here you are just one of the guys... (So is Sue BTW....) I figure Kalmbach is very lucky to have someone of your insight and character volunteer to be "on guard" in our forum! Wouldn't be the same around here with you!
Got quite a bit done this morning. Dusted the furniture in the living room, vacuumed the rug in THAT room as well. Ran down to the Credit Union for some pictures of dead presidents, and stopped in a couple stores to get needed items. Still have a lrage list of things THAT need to get done, so I will be on my way!
[edit] Good thing I paid down my credit card yesterday..... looks like lunch is on me. Order up!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning All...Its sunny and 87 here...Hit 100 yesterday and more of same today...gonna be ruff on High School football games tonite...I'll have a cheese burger and a diet Coke please..lots of ice...Thank you..My brother has new layout build and is bringing it down sometime this week-end..I am still trying to round up some used Kato track..I don't think My eyes and shaky hands will let me lay Atlas track and road bed...
Jeff...Nice weathering on box car...rust is just right...
This is abanded siding on the I&S that I have been working on...
You All have a good one...try to keep cool!!....Jerry
Btw, the remains of Irene will be paying a visit to us by tomorrow evening. Irene has already reached the British Isles and is down to a regular fall wind.
LSWrr Galaxy, do they let you put straw bales around the trailer in the winter? I use to surround my mobile home in the winter and it was well worth the effort. Do you need to paint the whole roof or just the seams?
Ixnay on the ahay. This IS a farming county, but Hay around the trailer, nah, not allowed. This is a "neat park". The whole roof needs to be done. last time was 2002 and supposed to last 10 years. Close.
der5997 Galaxy: "mobile home furnaces are only made to last 10 years" ...THAT ought to be illegal! They should maybe come off guarantee at 10 years - but think of the waste of resources. I know there are employment / economy issues concerning built-in obsolescence, but since this continent consumes (or its inhabitants at any rate) a hugely disproportionate share of the world's resources, built-in obsolescence with malice a-forethought shouldn't be allowed.(Hope that's not too political Ulrich, don't want to increase your time away from mrr.)
Galaxy:
"mobile home furnaces are only made to last 10 years"
...THAT ought to be illegal! They should maybe come off guarantee at 10 years - but think of the waste of resources. I know there are employment / economy issues concerning built-in obsolescence, but since this continent consumes (or its inhabitants at any rate) a hugely disproportionate share of the world's resources, built-in obsolescence with malice a-forethought shouldn't be allowed.(Hope that's not too political Ulrich, don't want to increase your time away from mrr.)
well the old Miller last almost 30 years. coulda lasted longer if the parts to fix it were still available. Even my fathers' new house furnace in 1995 had a "lifetime warrranty" that expired after 10 years! He recently replaced the blower motor and that cost him $700. he said if he knew that in advance, he might just have bought a whole new furnace, knowing that it was out of its "lifetime warrantee" and that eventually it would be hard to find parts for it.
Even our new mattress that we bought with a "lifetime warrantee" expires after 10 years!
Apparently 10 years is the "lifetime" of many products.
But built-in obsolence, terminated parts production, changes in Code requirements, etc. all make things obsolete after awhile!
*sigh*
Good morning: Mowing is the main agenda item taking me away from mrr today (shopping, since it's Friday of a long weekend will take away from THAT in its turn - but I did get an early start on the bread, so only another 25 minutes and it can come out of the machine.)
I'm thinking the trees are too dark looking. I don't have any light coloured ground foams. Mentioned this to Kris, and she said " Why not mix up some light green paint, put some on the tooth brush, and spritz it on the tops of the trees by pulling your finger across the bristles. That is what I do for applying small random spots to things." So, I may give that a go. Won't be near the LHS until the 13th at the earliest. The thought struck just now that I should experiment with the technique on trees that are in the bin waiting to be planted.
Thanks for the kind remarks, I'm pretty pleased with the way it's shaping up too.
ygw:
How is everthing,glad to see ya back !
Ken:
Track that goes behind the hill, is that a dead end or does it go through the wall?
OZJim:
Speaking of shipping, UPS shipping has gone up!! Nearly $120 for a package to Oz, compared with USPS priority for $33. 2-5 day delivery Vs 7-14 days, I'm happy to wait 2 weeks to keep the $100 in my pocket!
Have to get going, Cheers, John.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
I wonder how Lee is gonna get that whale out of his house. Maybe I don't want to know.
Oh, forgot about this earlier. Yesterday, I cut 4 inches off my hair. No one noticed. Even the ones who said I need to get it cut, nor the girl (friends daughter) that made me promise that if she and her husband got this house and did not move out of the township, I would cut my hair. And she is ALWAYS wanting me to get it cut. Says it makes me look....old . Best one though, is Brenda. Nope, never noticed except this morning when I mentioned it. She claims she saw some hair on the bathroom floor and figured I had cut my bangs again, but admits last night when she got home she didn't notice. Yes you CAN tell it's a lot shorter. About half what it was.
I saw my opportunity to use that as my out. I told her "now I can use this to get off the hook when I don't notice something about you. ". She laughed, sobered up quickly, smile left her face and said..."no you can't".
Married life is not always fair.
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.
Mornin'
Zoe, a breakfast bagel w/ cheese and a cup of dark roast to go... Going to be a very busy day around here!
Jeff, THAT is what I do to the Boy Scout Microwave low fat, low salt, low taste (Styrofoam is tastyeir I bet) popcorn... Nothing wrong with it that a bit of melted butter and some salt can't cure......
LSWrr Jeff, there is a trick with that 95% fat free popcorn; pop it and place in a large bowl, then pour melted butter on top and add salt. I found healthy popcorn to have the same taste as Styrofoam packing material…
Jeff, there is a trick with that 95% fat free popcorn; pop it and place in a large bowl, then pour melted butter on top and add salt. I found healthy popcorn to have the same taste as Styrofoam packing material…
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Afternoon!
TGIF
That STALAG exercise really exhausts me - whenever I am home in the afternoons I could right go to bed Wearing my moderator´s hat also eats away quite some time.I am just glad that the boys behave recently.
Not much to report on the MRR front these days. I still lack some inspiration for my station module. Maybe I need to be kissed by a muse to get that, but don´t let Petra know it. She has been quite fussy recently - I still don´t know why.
Our weather is playing roller coaster. In the morning, it is just an inch above freezing, at noon it is 27° C. We nevertheless enjoy some beautiful Indian Summer days.
Have a good one.
Morning Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Diet Dew please.
Boy it was hot yesterday! It was so hot, I did not see a single fly while I was BBQing! Looks like today high will be around 100 again.
Gary Well I m getting interviews lined up, getting hits off the resume is a big plus. While only one of the possible job's have got me excited I will take what ever I can get.
John Section of layout you are working on looks great! Track that goes behind the hill, is that a dead end or does it go through the wall?
Ray Sorry to hear about your friend passing.
Ulrich missing from the dinner? Starting to think Col Klink threw Ulrich in the cooler! Rather it be his time in Stalag 13 or him watching over the site, he is missed.
Simon Has started a post about where does the time go. One of the better new postings. It is before and after shoots of his son's and layouts. Pretty good post, I posted some pictures.
Well, time to send out some resumes.
See you later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning, Chloe. I plan to sit in this back booth to see who shows up. Thanks Galaxy for the coffee.
I am off until Tuesday. Lots of layout plans. Larry has the following 3 days off. This morning we discussed how we plan to finish the backdrop for the staging.
Saturday I get to try dispatching on a friends layout. The learning curve could be steep. Fun.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
LSWrr Jeff, I do almost all my grocery shopping at Sam’s Club since our Wall-Mart doesn’t have a large food section. I only have to go once every 3-month since everything is in bulk. So it looks like you’ll be getting some weather from that Tropical Depression.
Good morning. It's 73° and sunny. The high will be 92°, sunny and cloudy with a 30% chance of thunderstorms.Didn't get a chance to do it yesterday so I'll likely be clearing the work clutter from the layout today.I bought some 95% fat free microwave butter popcorn yesterday that's sold under a well-known brand name. Never again! There was no trace of the color of butter nor even the taste of it. Overall the taste was like chewing on cardboard. I'll not be buying that brand again.After about ten years of use my old foam mattress pad was worn out. I got a new one yesterday for $10. First good nights sleep I've had in a while.
Good Morning All,
Hot and Humid here today with thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. Monday is my family’s 96th reunion in Rising Sun, OH. Right next to the C&O mainlines. Not sure how much computer time I will have this weekend; need to get the grass cut tonight and I have static grass and buildings to install at the coal mine. I also have to cut that hole larger in my den so I can see where the leak in the roof is. I know it’s not the shingles, had all that replaced this spring. It has to be following a rafter or something and dropping into that room. Yes this leak is turning into my white whale!
Jeff, I do almost all my grocery shopping at Sam’s Club since our Wall-Mart doesn’t have a large food section. I only have to go once every 3-month since everything is in bulk. So it looks like you’ll be getting some weather from that Tropical Depression.
Chris, are you going to have crunch berry hoppers on the layout? Something that might be cool for your layout room: small jars of the bulk commodities your railroad hauls displayed on a shelf. I have small jars of taconite, coal, coke, raw fiberglass, and salt so far. I need to find some dried corn, wheat, and soybeans… CN Charlie; sorry for the loss of your friend and the locomotive.
Galaxy, do they let you put straw bales around the trailer in the winter? I use to surround my mobile home in the winter and it was well worth the effort. Do you need to paint the whole roof or just the seams?
yougottawanta Galaxy - is the unit they installed a Lennox ? Lennox has been having some noise problems and they have actually had to remove some of the units because of that problem.
Galaxy - is the unit they installed a Lennox ? Lennox has been having some noise problems and they have actually had to remove some of the units because of that problem.
No. Its a Miller. Miller is the leader in downdraft furnaces designed for mobile homes. They are noted to be good furnaces. Our other one lasted almost 30 years. It's just the blower motor is WAY louder than the old one, and being as it is in the hall, we can hear it. Seems the output is also very high. Whether that will make it heat up faster in here, I do not yet know. It may save us some $$ on the gas bill, but that,too, will remain to be seen.
They told us "mobile home furnaces are only made to last 10 years"...well if that is the case, our old one lasted 3 times that!
Now to get teh roof sealed quickly. I may not survive another winter. Got a guy lined up who I think wanted to do it today- but I have two other guys coming with quotes. The guy lined up is $550. We had a guy in the spring replace our heat tape, but he wanted $750 for the roof- his numer is no longer in service! We will see what teh oter two say. Shouldn't be hard....the drumsof silvercoat with fiberglass strands in it and aobut 1.5 hours to apply. SHould be easy money for anybody doin it.
We were going to do the skirting and roof this year, but the furnace crapping out on us became the new priority.
EDIT: I got top honors...I'm buying COFFEE ONLY! I can't afford anything more!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and some fried potatoes and gravy please. Thanks. Funny. I like it.
Good Morning!! Coffee and some fried potatoes and gravy please. Thanks.
“Cedar Rapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday’s Crunch Berries Tomorrow”
Sunny and hot, with a high near 102
Still doing good on my NCIS rehab. Day…...lost count.
Well as I suspected, waste of my time yesterday. Wait, I bet almost all of you can tell this exact story. Just change the subject matter maybe, but we've all had this happen at LEAST once. (ahem);
Half way through the event, you know…AFTER you fight all the stuff like “quick” connectors stuck, the bracket that is juuuust barely in the way, the wire loom that is so perfectly measured out that it will not move even a ½ inch to allow clearance to get your fingers in to fight with aforementioned connectors, the usual stuff. And then I hear it. That voice from over the shoulder,
“this has got to be it, I've replaced everything else. If this doesn‘t work I guess I‘ll take it back to AutoZone (little tm thing) and have them put it back on the machine again.”
I Paaause, I look up, sweat dripping into my eye, on a surprisingly pleasent 100 degree day in the sun working in someone elses drive WHICH, by the way, I absolutely despise doing, “AutoZone (little tm thing). What um..., did (sniff)…. AutoZone (little tm thing)…. say?”
She replied somewhat disgusted thusly “Well, they said number one cylinder is not firing. They recommended a tuneup with new wires.”
(blink blink sniff) “Not firing” I said. “they put it his on a machine and it said number one is…not firing. I see. Well, and I'll humor this for a minute, so for the sake of curiousity why are (clears throat) you replacing the injector?”
To which she replied with a sureness that only a woman can have in this situation, "because you already replaced the coil in the Spring and it went away for a while and so and so replaced the wire like you said. Then it came back and Billy Joe Ray Bob somebody (or whatever his name was) from work replaced that spark plug and that didn‘t work so there’s nothing else to replace, right?”
(blink, blink exhale) “well, I refuse to argue with that kind of logic, but I reeeeally doubt this will solve your problem”
Then she says “well I hope so, but the way things go for me it probably won’t."
Naturally it did not repair the problem. Her response was "This is getting really aggravating and expensive. I guess I’ll just take it back to Autozone and see what they say about it again.”
( nod my head thoughfully) “well, if you‘d have someone actually look at the car with, oh I don‘t know, here’s a thought.. some knowledge, (spit on the ground) then you probably would have a smooth running car now. Oh yes, I forgot. They may want paid.” (gumble grumble) BUT I didn’t actually say that, I just said “yea, guess that’s the best thing to do. WELP! Give me a call if you need “help” putting something else on. It’s time for me to watch Ziva run around”
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good morning folks,
This is a pretty nice place here. I have never been in this diner before. Well Hi, thank you, I'll just have a coffee, cream only, thanks.
Today is going to be a very exciting day for me, well really I mean this evening . Tonight I will be going to my grandson's very first collage football game. Really looking forward to that. So while I am waiting for that I am going to try and finish all the rock work on the water fall under and around the new bridge i built. I'll see if I can bring some pictures in, the next time I stop by. Wow petty good coffee here. So-long folks. see you all next time.
Sam
Good Mooooooorrrnnnnning!
Well, we got up to fog fog and more fog this morning...gonna be a sticky one today...89F and feeling like 111F. Next week will be the giant cool off..temps in the upper 60's(?)....
JohnDer: Love that mountainside!!!
Ray: Condolences to your friends family and to you...
Jeff: That feedmill looks really good!
Today will be an excellent day for staying indoors in the trainroom...no need to go out in the blazing sun and mugginess ....as I got everything already set up for my weekend on-call ...heeheehee
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/
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday September 2, 2011!!!
My, how time flies!
Hey all !
Chicago ? I will try to keep it positive. One day Obama will have to come back here and leave my part of the state ! Getting crazy busy here at w**k. Trades have started in the units, starting the next 6 units next week. Home Front, MOH goes in for another MRI would appreciate prayers on her behalf that the cancer is still in retreat. Railroad front , I am still changing out couplers to kadee. Man is THAT taking me longer than expected. Good news though. Found some metal wheel sets that I had forgotten that I had so while I am changing the couplers I am throwing on some new wheels too : )
Ulrich-dont see you around much how is your family doing ?
Cuda - I feel your pain about the stupid organizations. Trying to get it so MOH can collect her SS. Any prospects on a job ?
Todd - I am with you on Chicago
Jeff - seven day weekend ! Man you know how to hurt a guy ! Just kidding. I know you would rather be working.
Gary - thanks for the picture
Howmus , Charlie - for you all and your friends families.
John - WOW - Awsome looking landscaping ! How is everthing,glad to see ya back !
Good evening.
Rob ... Glad you liked the photos.
Oz James ... I suspect USPS will raise rates to Oz and other places again soon. USPS is having deep financial problems now, and may go into default.
Bama ... Lots of power on that train. CSX was busy around Nashville and Birmingham I noticed on my trip.
I worked more on the layout today
It was hot outside.
Cheers, everybody.
.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon folks.
I just did an order with modeltrainstuff.com for a bit of gear. This exchange rate is awesome! I have 83 trees, 2 BLMA UP reefers( Man they look good!!) and a micro trains L.E boxcar on order. :D This would have cost me around $400 here in Oz, from modeltrainstuff.com $155, with the exchange rate $145 - that includes shipping!
I did some modelling work for the first time in months last night. Got the Hydrocal out and made some cut rock walls in my cutting... will be painting them tonight. When the trees turn up I'll be populating my hillsides.
Going to put the final trackwork down this weekend and probably start ballasting whilst I wait for the tree's to turn up.
DerJohn: great work on that little hillside there.
TTFN
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s