Good morning Everyone! I seem to have come down with a cold. I have been pretty unproductive this weekend. It really ticks me off I sit in that old truck all week long thinking about all the things I am gonna do on my weekend and now the weekend is almost over and I have not got much accomplished. I did get my Christmas shopping done yesterday that has to be a new record for me.... Well I am gonna run to Home depot for some screws. Then I am gonna do some work on the layout while the wife is at work. I got the house clean and now I have the rest of my Sunday To goof off.
Dennis, That sounds like a fun trip. I hope you Have a great time with your Family!
Thayne.
Good morning!! Coffee and the Sunday buffet please. Thanks.
Been busy the last couple days and snuck in this morn to catch up. Breezed through the posts so if I miss anything please forgive me.
Almost didn't post, but Ulrich got me thinking. I sorry things aren't going as hoped, but soem things are not meant to be, and some things are, in my opinion, a test of sorts. Ulrich you are doing just what you should. You've past up an oportunity to gain materially at the expense of your, dignity, your ethics, and your morals. You have proven that wealth is not as important as those things most important. You are a man who is to be admired not pityed. You have gone from a man on the top to somewhere lower on the ladder. Notice how I did not say bottom. You will never be on the bottom. Why because on the ladder of life where the things that truly matter are, you are solidly attached to the top rung, and the respect you have from those who care about you is immense. At this time of year, it should be remembered that it is not the cost of the gift or the amount it costs, but the gift itself that matters. Our first gift, the gift we celebrate, cost us nothing. Came to us unwrapped and in the poorest of surroundings. But yet it was the greatest gift we have ever recieved. The gift of love. Give that gift this Christmas. I'm sure that is really the only gift Petra cares about.
Gotta finish putting the trim back in the bathroom, then reset the terlit (toilet for most of us but for Ray and G's sake, I thought I'd spell it phonetically) then the bathroom is...ready for this...done. Yup completely. Not just almost, but completely. Unlike most other projects I have.
Have a Great Day!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
galaxy jeffrey-wimberly: Letter from SS says I'm getting a COLA increase of $24. About time. They used every excuse in the book to deny increases for the past two or three years while the cost of living increased. Hate to rain on your parade Jeffrey, But if you have Medicare taken out of your Check before you get it, the COLA is a moot point, as the higher cost of Medicare will eat up your increase!!!
jeffrey-wimberly: Letter from SS says I'm getting a COLA increase of $24. About time. They used every excuse in the book to deny increases for the past two or three years while the cost of living increased.
Letter from SS says I'm getting a COLA increase of $24. About time. They used every excuse in the book to deny increases for the past two or three years while the cost of living increased.
Hate to rain on your parade Jeffrey, But if you have Medicare taken out of your Check before you get it, the COLA is a moot point, as the higher cost of Medicare will eat up your increase!!!
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
Columbian coffee in a BURLINGTON NORTHERN mug, please.
***Ken, isn't it amazing how fast bills can add up! Need to catch up on the books here but might wait until I have extra B.P. meds before tackling this. It can be a shock to see how much is going out. Down to 1 mortgage left here. They won't take my $$$ until I get through probate, because my name wasn't on the original doc.. Seems crazy when you want to pay something off and can't.
Slow start here this morning. Had to run down to the barn to dance with some coyotes around 4:30am and it took awhile to get back to sleep. Those little critters are quick as Houdini with their disappearing act.
After all the farm chores are done, will head down to the train room to see if the thick sheetrock mud stayed put or sagged during the night. It will take a few days to dry completely before proceeding with adding extra "junk" and painting it.
Going to sit in the corner booth a spell. Rob
jeffrey-wimberly Letter from SS says I'm getting a COLA increase of $24. About time. They used every excuse in the book to deny increases for the past two or three years while the cost of living increased.
I never get a COLA letter...i just see a raise in my check,,assuming Medicare hasn't eaten all or part of it up. The check on the 4th wednesday of the month {based on my Birthdate} is for the previous month. SO I will actually have to wiat til the 4th WEd. of February to find out what new amont, if any, I will get.
Next will come recertification for Medicaid in March to take effect in may...THAT could also go up and cost me more, because EFFECTIVELy I got a raise in SSD..
Coulda knocked me over with a feather and colored me yellow with chartruese polka dots when I got a letter saying I'd get a $130.92 REBATE check for medicaid from Nov {out of the $172.00 a month I PAY to have my Medicaid coverage..it AIN'T FREE to everrybody ya know} ...as I didn't hardly used any services so they refunded the unused portion!!! I may get a check for Dec. ans I have barely used any services as well...one can only hope? Maybe not....
Well...enough , ,
later
-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.
Here is a tree from the LION (in case you did not see it in the other thread)
Everybody on Sub Chat *knows* exactly where it was taken, and I suppose Mr. B does too, but frankly, I have forgotten.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I've got my tree. It's about thirty-eight scale feet high.
Morning Folks!
Flo, Coffee please.
Go into work today at 10:00 AM, wonder how the traffic will be with it being next to the mall?
Christmas will be slim again this year. Forgot all about having to get the plates for my wife's car this month. With buying a car for my self, plates and title for it, battery for Sue car, her plates and then the Vet Bills I have spent some where around $1800.00 on things other than paying normal bills.
Ulrich Sorry to hear there is no way to straighten the company out.
Curt Sorry to hear about the club member passing. You meet a lot of good people at train clubs.
Well, I see you all later.
Ken
Plus Sue has told all her friends we where buying them good presents this year. Sue still seems to think I won the lottery with this new job.
I hate Rust
Good morning. It's 34° and sunny. The high will be 52° and it will be mostly cloudy.Curt: Sorry to hear about Frank passing on. That day comes for all of us eventually.
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Today I'll take some time to get the layout cleaned up. After working on some projects it's cluttered again.Went to my parents place yesterday to take them their mail and sort through my mail from the past three days. Mostly junk, a couple of credit statements, a review that had to be done and sent back to the OFS Office and a letter from Social Security. Got the OFS review done so my small amount of food stamps will keep coming. Letter from SS says I'm getting a COLA increase of $24. About time. They used every excuse in the book to deny increases for the past two or three years while the cost of living increased. Had an early dinner with my father. Beans and rice with sausage and onions, french bread with garlic butter. I made a big dent in the Tabasco as usual. He gets the big bottles just as I do. That's pretty much it for yesterday.
Good morning, Gang. A quick coffee before I start painting. I am hoping for the end of this project. I am working 4 days next week, so no painting until Friday. No Christmas decorations this year. We are liking the new color.
Joe, Congrats.
Curt, Sorry to hear about Frank.
Ulrich, Cheer up there is always something better out there waiting to be discovered.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning Gang!
Only a week to go till Christmas! I am shocked how fast time moves on. Petra and I are still behind in terms of having a Christmas spirit, but I am sure it´ll come when our son joins us on the 25th. We haven´t seen the little one for quite some time now and look forward having him mess up our place, like he always does when he is around. Funny, it takes only three minutes for him to do that....
Garry & all others - unethical is a very mild word for what has been going on in that company. The only good thing to say is, that the owner is beyond doubt. Unfortunately, he will be held accountable for most of the bad things his partners and employees did. He is a good guy, but way too trusting.
I still feel somewhat paralyzed now, I had a lot of hopes attached to that job.
Curt - I am sorry to hear about your friend´s passing. Our go to his family.
Joe - congratulation on that scholarship!
Barry - interesting picture. The loco is definitively built according to Reichsbahn specs. I did not know that Beyer Peacock built locos for Germany.
Well, I´ll be only having a mug of coffee, Janie, please.
Blessings to all of you.
Edit: It has just started to sn*w!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday December 18th, 2011!!!
Only 2 more full weeks left in 2011!!!
2012 is around the corner, get your champagne to celebrate the new year with the one you love!!!
Chamomile tea, please.
***Curt, sorry to hear about your friend Frank. Healing thoughts (those I can muster) to his family.
***Garry, sure enjoy seeing your trip pics. As for staying warm, had to turn on the heat tonight. Trying not to, depends on how this body of mine is responding to colder weather. Soemtimes I must push the "on" buttong to take knock down the chill. Going to try getting through this winter without buying the wood stove, or at least until I get through probate.
Actually made it into the train room this evening. Dug out some foam and sheetrock mudded some scrap piles into place along an edge of the HO layout.
Have a good night all. Rob
Howdy ...
Joe ... That's great news! It certainly is great to have outstanding young people such as yourself in the Diner. Have you decided what your major will be?
Ulrich ... I'm very concerned about you. You are a great friend here. I'm not certain what happened but it sounds like there may have been some unethical stuff going on or something like that. As difficult as it was, your leaving may have been the most honorable thing to do. I'm glad your son and girl friend will be with you at Christmas.
Curt ... Sorry to hear about loss of your fellow club member. Sounds like he will be missed.
Rob ... I hope you have been able to keep warm these days.
Barry ... You old photos are remarkable.
Bill T ... I like the old dining car pictures.
We're going to Nashville, TN to make a Christmas time visit with relatives. It will be a full day.
Here are a couple more pictures of our Amtrak trip a few summers ago.
Glenwood Canyon from window in rear door of Superliner coach.
View from rear window of westbound train showing locomotive of eastbound train.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Janie just my usual decaf please. I'll be in the back booth by the stove....
Cold out there tonight in the Finger Lakes. Currently 17°F and there is a blanket (albeit a thin one) of white stuff all around.
Got a few more songs from the tapes done today. Had one that I knew I from years ago... Fairly common old Christmas Hymn. Could not come up with the first line of it and the name. I got out several old hymnals I have laying around and my large collection of Christmas stuff I inherited at the first school I taught in. Spent about 45 minutes trying to find it......... Finally called the lady I am doing the project for and hummed it for her over the phone. She also knew the song but couldn't come up the name either so she suggested I call the choir director from church. I called her told her what was going on and hummed it over the phone. She said, "That's Infant Holy, Infant Lowly! We're doing it as one of the hymns on Christmas Morning......." DUH!
Also got a bit more done on the trackwork I am doing. Installed another turnout and made up the stright track for the siding. Cut and stained another 100 ties. Tomorrow afternoon I should get the first area finish and running, I hope. Have some electrical feeds to add as well as one more Torti. This is an area I am both ripping up the old Atlas track, and adding some new sidings.
Curt, I will keep Frank's Family in my prayers!
Hope you all have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening All,
Back from the club tonight. I found out one of our club members passed away. Frank was a older gentleman that always had a smile on his face and a pleasant word for everyone. He will be missed. Please include his family in your prayers.
Tomorrow I have the drive North to do so I will check in later in the day.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Sir Madog Ho,ho, ho! Santa has moved the Diner to its new location, ready for the upcoming holiday season! We are not at the North Pole, but in high country, just to make sure there will be a white Christmas for us! Denver is the place - a good chance to spend the holiday money at a certain hobby shop! Welcome, Gang! Here is a trail of bread crumbs to the old place.
Ho,ho, ho!
Santa has moved the Diner to its new location, ready for the upcoming holiday season!
We are not at the North Pole, but in high country, just to make sure there will be a white Christmas for us!
Denver is the place - a good chance to spend the holiday money at a certain hobby shop!
Welcome, Gang!
Here is a trail of bread crumbs to the old place.
Not to rain (snow?) on your parade at all, but here in Denver it will be almost fifty degrees all next week after Monday...by Christmas I expect to be out on the golf course (after I work on my layout some)!
p.s.....keep your chin up, Ulrich!
The St. Francis Consolidated Railroad of the Colorado Rockies
Denver, Colorado
Evening Folks.
Flo, Beer pleases, and but the Collage Kid dinner on my tap as well. Way To Go Joe.
Talk with Dave today and he has given me the go a head on handing Ricky at work. At first Dave said he would handle it, then I pointed out I had to. Did not want to be the guy that runs to the boss and cry's. He did agree and I will take care of writing Ricky of writing him up.
Well, time to nose around the site and build some rolling stock.
Cool black & white loco transport pic. That is an impressive move. As for that New Holland, the biggest (most $$$) I could see having a realistic shot at might be their T4020. Sure would like to have that clutchless power shuttle, but they sure charge for it. Could get more tractor in the same price range if going with a more basic model. Tough choice. Plenty of makes & models still to look at.
Not getting as much done as I had hoped to today. Just chipping away here and there, mostly farm stuff thus far.
While in here, coffee refill, please. Rob
JOE- CONGRATULATIONS on your good fortune!!! SOunds like you worked HARD for it!! BTW- WHAT are you going to STUDY????
Well, I went to the grocery store, the bank, the Post Office, did two loads of laundry and got the dishes done. That about wiped me out for now.
going to have heat-n-eat bagged dinner for two for dinner...chicken Alfredo...my fav... MOH doesn't really like chicken so will have to suffer!!! I get tired of BEEF and NOODLES every night, but MOH says can eat every night and NOT get tired of it? FIsh and dead pig thrown in once in awhile is OK...but Oh, MY..."had to eat chicken ALOT when a child" so tired of Chicken. But BEEF is getting expensive! so I get to throw in more chicken MOH says will "have to choke down"!! Chicken I LOVE. MOH is very piocky eater...I think I have said that before,,,, so I have cooked the way MOH likes MOST Of the time. Can't have FISH too often either.....as a good Catholic family MIL fed Fish on Wednesday because it Wednesday, adn OH< POOR MOH!!! HAd FISH every Friday for 40 days during LENT too!!!!! POOR BABY. At least MOH HAD food....and a full tummy growing up!!! MIL is German and grew up during WWII, so food was often scarce in Germany...you ate what you could get your hands on, no matter what it was!!!
Well, FIL called so MOH will be late as I am SURE FIL wants MOH to "bring something for dinner for them" after work. Just found out WHAT the FIL wanted. Wanted MOH to "bring a can of ready-to-spread frosting for a cake"!!!!!!! because "we don't have any"!!!! Get real. My goodness.
MIL placed order for Christmas Dinner. SHe thinks it may be her last. But she's said that for the last 2 years too. It will be Crock Pot CHicken {again MOH will have to suffer} with Stew Veggies {potatoes, carrots, pearl onions, cellery} and stuffing with gravy on the side. I don't really have to cook it...just heat and take and make Stove Top STuffing box and heat bottled gravy there. Easy way. I can't put on big Family dinners anymore, my back can't take it. Plus, since MIL doesn't go out, we have to cart all the dinner stuff over there. It will be easy. ..c rock pot and small bag withteh gravy and stuffing in it. Two pans to dirty there so dishes will be light. FIL doesn't like to do dishes at all...even though he has a built in DW that all he has to do is load, run and empty!!!
Oh well...
Joe...
That's great news and I'm happy things look like they are going your way. It seems as though you have a great opportunity awaiting you.
tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Rob: That's what I was wondering...even the next one down looks kind of heavy duty...as for price...oy....he told me he got his at a 'steal'...
Chloe, I'll just have a RBF please....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Morning all,
Only thing planned for today is groceries at Wally World and go to the club later. Our temporary rescue is out walking around but scared and missing her family I'm sure. Tomorrow it's off to Jacksonville to continue her journey (it's around 2 hours north of here).
I'm waiting impatiently for the 2-6-0 and hopefully it will come in next week, but not sure because of all the Xmas mail.
We received notice that our copay for MOH surgery is going to be $125. That's a relief, I was expecting quite a bit more.
It looks like my daughter and SIL may be getting close to adapting a set of young brothers. She won't know for sure for awhile but it is looking good. It will be really nice to have grand kids.
Joe- Congrats on the school and the money.
Ulrich- I hope your spirits have improved a little. Have you ran your trains lately? They usually lift my spirits.
Everyone have a good day. Prayers for those in need.
Good morning. it's 44° and sunny. The high will be 59° and it will be mostly cloudy.Nothing going on here today. Slept in this morning as I tend to do from time to time.
Joe: Congrats on making the list.
Coffee refill, please. Hard time getting into gear here.
***Barry, he has a somewhat beefy tractor there. With 200 acres though, he no doubt needs the one he has. I would be more than thrilled with the next model down from his, but that may not be realistic for me.
***Joe, CONGRATS!!!
Rob
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes, bacon, and a cup of dark roast coffee to keep it company. Oh, and leave the NYS Maple Syrup here at the booth please!
Everything is white outside this morning! Yep got some "partly cloudy" overnight. Less than an inch they say, but still we have some white stuff for the moment. Won't last long as the big yellow thing is shining.....
Joe! Congrats!
Today will be much like yesterday as I will hopefully finish the recording I am w*rking on and find some time for trains....
Galaxy..... All my Christmas shopping has been done except for a few odds and ends for people I don't really exchange with (DILs family), but they always get me something.....
Later!
Hey!!! Congrats on making the list!! Sounds like a good school as well!!
Rob: Do I know it!!! And to continually bang said finger into whatever it comes into contact with reminds me of that!! BTW...checked with neighbour down the way here..he told me that his New Holland...which is a T6040 works fine for him..he has had no issue with it since he bought it a couple of years ago..Since he works a 700 acre farm here I suspect it might get a fair bit of work...however, that being said, YMMV...
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Morning
Dull and snowflurries abound here..3" actually fell on us'uns...
Going to see whether my luck holds out and we don't see emergencies crop up all over here..
Have a good day, y'all!!