James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Flo, you know what I want, Thank your Flo.
Some Times It Is Good To Work At NTB. Today I drove my Town Car to work. (Sue keeps the one we all ready had) While it was here at the house I never got a good luck at the front end of the car. Today in the parking lot at work I got a good look and the left front tire was leaning inward a good 1.5 inches. Yep, I am thinking to my self, lower ball joint was shot. Got the car in the shop and had the front end inspected.
Well, lower ball joint's where fine, left upper ball joint needs to be replaced soon but still safe to drive, right upper ball joint is showing ware and will need to replaced down the road. Idler arm all so needs to replaced down the road.
Had the car alignment done and got the camber set right, tire now sits straight! My cost? Only $20.00.
Priced out the cost on replacing the Left Front Upper Ball Joint with labor and a new alignment, a whole $70.00. Yep I can live with that. Cost to a customer, $320.00.
While I am at it, I think I will have all new shocks, front springs, both upper ball joints, idler arm and alignment done. Rather have a safe good riding car for Christmas than a new Train Engine. Hum, did I just type that?
Later
Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Howdy
Ray .... Hmmmmm .... Hang in there. You'll get the lights up right.
Everybody ...... Here's a unique video.
I'm don't recall seeing anything like it before.
Call it "A Thoroughbred Race" because it is Norfolk Southern.
Remember Scott who posted in the diner until he started his job with NS? Perhaps, he's onboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZN5tYIBvlA&sns=fb
How many model railroaders speed match their decoders that well?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Well, If it is possible {and it is} my back is screamiong more at me today for the grocery shopping I did yesterday.
THen because the weather turned warmer again, I had a migraine set in yesterday, and today it isBACK!!!
SO needless to say, I am in agony!
Tiem to go to bed.
Havea good night people!
g'nite!
-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.
Good Evening.
Well..was wondering where people went.. I thought that I must have been smelling off again
We had our classes tonight..short and sweet..not too complicated...tomorrow, however the wonderful city will be turning off our water here as we have to get more piping fixed around here...again
Right now it is snowing to beat the band..and, of course, we are already hearing of 'incidents' involving vehicles discovering the joys of ditchdiving...
Chloe, I'll just have a refill on my coffee and a small cherry pie please....no..I don't think I asked for the 4 foot variety..just a small one..please...thankye..I'll be at the back by the potbellied stove here...
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/
It's 46 here with still a shower coming through now and then. The low is looking like 40 so it's likely the heater will be on low tonight. I'm having eyesight problems again and it's getting hard to focus, even with my glasses on. That seems to happen every three or four months. Looks like I'll have to call a halt to the extensive reading for a while. That's a shame as I like reading the posts here and on other forums. I'm using the MS text to speech program to listen to posts but it's not the same. This is generally as bad as it gets so it should start clearing in a few days, maybe a week or two. I'll still be here, just won't be posting quite as much.
Nice Photos!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Good Afternoon...
Chris: Hope you had fun in that place..sounds like a funtime was had by all
OK...I found somethings that I also posted in a thread here...
Chloe, I'll have a coffee for now please...I'll be at the RC for a bit...
Good afternoon, I heard BARRY was giving a lecture on the history of the Hurst Tool, AKA: "The Jaws of Life," so hustled on over.
Hurst picked up a major advertising opportunity when in a 1972 episode of "EMERGENCY!" the crew used a Hurst Tool to extricate a little girl from a crushed car. As it turns out, the LA County Fire Dept. didn't have these tools...yet. Jack Webb ended up buying two sets: one for his show (to be carried by Squad 51) and one for the department to get them started in the modern era of vehicle extrication.
THAT early model Hurst, is about 100 pounds of steel, iron, something very very heavy. Makes me glad my fire department's new set is only in the 40-60 pound range.
I had an interesting Saturday night...well, interesting to me anyway. THAT Editor sent me to Das Peoples' Demokratik Republik of Iowa City for a charity event. Some people were getting their heads shaved to help out the St. Baldrick's Foundation raise money for pediatric cancer research. Among the shavees was the North Liberty Police Chief. We'll call him....Officer Obey, of "Alice's Restaraunt" fame.
So, it's in a college town bar on Saturday night. Oh joy. Oh rapture. Downtown Iowa City parking sucks on a "normal" day (nothing is "normal" in Iowa City...). I ended up in a parkade about four blocks from the bar...in the pouring rain. Yippee. Inside the bar, which was supposedly supposed to be something of a more "upscale" joint; the stench of stale beer assaulted me immediately. Then, I noticed I was sticking to the floor with each step.
Nice.
Eventually, they get around to having the event. They shave one dude's head. They shave the head of a rather attractive young lady. Her...mother's boyfriend has cancer, so she's shaving her head because she can't move to Texas to be with them right now. Amazingly, she was even...hotter...with a bald head. Strange. Must've been some lingering fumes or vapors in the place...
Finally, they do the Police Chief. I'm clicking away on the camera, getting plenty of shots to choose from. At one point he says "Chris, THAT little newspaper of yours can't possibly use all these pictures you're taking."
Without thinking about it, without missing a beat I fire back "who said they're all for the paper?"
The room cracked up. Score one for the newspaper guy. I'll be watching the rear view mirror extra close for awhile whilst traveling through North Liberty now...
At least the four block hike back to my truck, in the pouring rain, gave me a chance to wash off my shoes...
Best wishes to all in need, and it sounds like we've got plenty in THAT category today.
Chris
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Cederstrand ***Darren, sounds like quite an interesting tree. Please post pics if you can.
***Darren, sounds like quite an interesting tree. Please post pics if you can.
Will do...
Coffee in a SUNNY & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Ray, nice outdoor lights there. If I wasn't skipping Christmas this year, I might go for the same look.
Back from running a bunch of required errands. Will be in a corner booth, trying not to nod off. Exhausted again. Rob
Had a good laugh at the Christmas lights. About 5 years ago we had icicle lights. When I took them down they kept getting tangled up so finally in frustration I just tossed them in the box. The next year when we went to take them out MOH took one look at them gave me the dickens (note the Christmas reference) and has never asked for outdoor lights since.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Stourbridge Lion Now I hope that is not a reflection of the layout wiring too!
Now I hope that is not a reflection of the layout wiring too!
Heavens NO! My layout wiringf isn't anywhere near THAT neat!!!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
LOL! Been there!
Stourbridge Lion Nearly finish putting up our X-Mas decorations this weekend but .........
Nearly finish putting up our X-Mas decorations this weekend but .........
Got mine done!
Good Morning!
Nearly finish putting up our X-Mas decorations this weekend but with the recent Snow/Cold weather I decided not to get the ladder out and do the gutter lights yet and risk falling. Going with a simple N Scale X-Mas tree setup inside and using our two small trees with RR and Firetruck ornaments so it's a RR X-Mas this year!
Oh, but, Ray, I have to share this 'lurvely' weather with someone....
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast bagel with sausage and cheese and a cup of dark roast coffee to start the day.
Dark, damp, drizzly day here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 48°F and raining outside.... Wish Barry would keep this stuff up in Ontario and not keep sending it my way! Too warm today to light the wood stove, so I will bundle up to keep warm in the house.
First order of the day is to find someone to help me unload the woodsplitter from the trailer..... Then i have way too many other odds and ends THAT have to get done today, ending with a meeting at the Cubmaster's house to finish the rechartering of both the Pack and the Venture Crew.....
Have a good one!
thortenney While I was at Home Depot I tried to order some Homosote. The man at the Pro counter had never had that request before. But I told him Boise cascade has it and he is going to call them today and try to find me some.
While I was at Home Depot I tried to order some Homosote. The man at the Pro counter had never had that request before. But I told him Boise cascade has it and he is going to call them today and try to find me some.
Homosote is a brand name. They may have a similar product under a generic name.
I was at Menard's the other day and asked for Masonite, but they had never heard of it. But they had "hardboard" which was the generic name.
Homosote or rather similar material is used as an under-floor material. Maybe the flooring department will have that or something similar.
The LION uses "Celotex" for his layout, but while the Celotex company still exists, this sheet product that used to be used in the 20's and 30s as a cheap wallboard or ceiling material is no longer available. Something to do whit fire codes, I presume. But I had ten sheets of it from a building that we had torn down.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Cederstrand ***Jeffrey, nice old rust bucket there. Getting more into steam are we?
***Jeffrey, nice old rust bucket there. Getting more into steam are we?
Extra strong coffee TO GO, please.
***Jeffrey, nice old rust bucket there. Getting more into steam are we? Sorry you took a fall, and glad it wasn't a more serious one. Do take care!
***Ken, crossing my fingers for you. Sounds promising. Hey, if you got balls that work, what more can you ask for!
***Curt, that photo makes sense to me! Post pics of your pond progress when you can.
***Todd, you still have the funniest posts.
Barry, those are some pretty interesting space-aged looking cars. Sorta like Batmobile wannabes. Wonder what they would be worth today?
Have a good day all. Rob
Good morning. It's 60° and wet with plenty of rain. The high will be lower at 57° and there will be plenty of rain. Chance of rain is at 70%.I'm sitting here listening to the rain falling on my steel over roof. The sound is quite relaxing. Today I'll see if I can finish the cleanup on the layout. I couldn't do it yesterday as my back was screaming at me for some reason, probably those big packs of paper towels I brought in. I almost fell backward out the door when I was bringing them in. I only just saved myself from a nasty fall by locking my arms out to the sides so my elbows caught the door frame then fell to my left knee putting me over on my left side against the fridge. It still hurt but I prefer it to falling out the door and falling an additional two feet down the steps onto my back on that hard ground. I still had some bad twinges in my back last night but I feel better this morning. I just have a cut on my left elbow from the metal edge of the doorway. Today looks like a good day to get some rest as the weather makes any weathering work nearly impossible. I hope everyone else has a good day.
Morning All,
At w**k today and nothing much going on so far. High supposed to be 79 or 80 F today and the rest of work week. I was looking at the spot on the layout that the wife suggested to put a pond in and it looks like there is a natural bowl on 3 sides and if I build up Talus on the 4th side it will work so I'm going to do it. Most likely Friday or Saturday.
I ordered a 8 x10 B&W photo of a streamlined K4 on that site last night. It looks great and it was taken in Youngstown, OH in 1938. That is where my parents grew up. At the time my Dad was 5 and my Mom was 3. To me that makes the picture more than just a loco. Does that make sense?
Prayers to all those in need.
uuummmmm Chris...
Just a quick coffee before I head to work, Chloe.
Happy Birthday, JR.
Sue
Looks like I buy this morning.
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Morning Fellow Dinners!
Flo, coffee please.
Need to get going here pretty soon, I start work at 9:30 AM and the shop is a bit of a drive.
Todd I did look for Dodges while I was looking for a car. Current Dodges I like where out of my prices range. Ones that where in my prices range was just a small step ahead of the now retired Daytona. Would you believe a 2002 Neon is still bring $2500? I think they where only $11,000 new.
Talk at you all when I get home.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a breakfast pile with sausage please, thanks. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Ken- Sorry about the job situation. Oh I see things are looking back up again. Good luck. Oh and I can’t resist…..should have bought a Dodge. Sue- I usually do help her with a small amount of decorating. She now has no idea what to get me regarding the RR. Not that she wouldn’t, she has and did a great job, all things considered. She even got me a boxcar that was an offshoot road name (Texas and Mexican) that most others could not use, but I can justify having. But now, at this point, I don’t even know what I need or want.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a breakfast pile with sausage please, thanks.
Cloudy, with a high near 38.
Ken- Sorry about the job situation. Oh I see things are looking back up again. Good luck. Oh and I can’t resist…..should have bought a Dodge.
Sue- I usually do help her with a small amount of decorating. She now has no idea what to get me regarding the RR. Not that she wouldn’t, she has and did a great job, all things considered. She even got me a boxcar that was an offshoot road name (Texas and Mexican) that most others could not use, but I can justify having. But now, at this point, I don’t even know what I need or want.
Gotta get back in there. Maybe after the holidays.
We need a new TV also. That cold solder joint is really getting worse. It’s a Zenith console and it really has a great picture. Tube you know, and not digital of course. Looks like we are gonna get another flat screen for Christmas.
J.R.-
Lee- If it were me, yes I would. I wouldn’t necessarily tell my current Vet, I but I definitely would seek a second opinion. Don’t forget to take with you any medications the current Vet has given. If you’re anything like me, you’ll read the bottle and when you get to the Doctors, you say “and she takes something that sounds kinda like…..”
Floor Wars Williamsville: Phase One- Welp, would have been done yesterday, but guess what. She wanted to go into town and buy a Christmas tree. Went to like 5 places until she found one she liked. That in itself wasn’t too bad, but when in the stores, she would meander around just looking and touching stuff. You know…, shopping I think they call it. When we got home, she wanted the place where the tree goes cleaned out so she could put up the tree. This morning, the tree is still in the box. I look for the floor to be done and the mess cleaned up before the tree gets put up. Now, all I need is about an hour of undisturbed time and I can finish this floor. Except for the transitions. She needs to pick the stain for them. She will probably do that ohhhh, say, Saturday morn-... no, afternoon. Late. Then we have a party that night, and then she'll want the thing stained and installed and carpet tucked by Sunday.
If I didn’t love her so much I’d scream like a girl.
Ya’ll 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.
Good Morning All,
I have a problem and looking to see if anyone in the group has suggestions…
My dog lost one of toe nails 20 days ago and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. I’ve had her to the vet twice and she has been on anti-biotic and something to lower the swelling. I can see the toe nail is starting to grow back but the foot just looks horrible. I’m wondering if I need to go to a different Vet for a second opinion…
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
And a Good Morning to you all!
My ain't we all chipper this Monday morning...here we be sitting in the rain...for another rainy day..
I'm having those evening classes things going tonight so I'll be having a somewhat slow morning here...
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for nowt please..i'll be at the RC for a bit.
Oh, and Ray: There is a 1,720+ page thread of this over at http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585...some of the things these guys fall over there are something to behold!!