My Brother repairs automobiles in North Carolina. He prides himself on having the HIGHEST shop price in town. If another shop would dare to charge more, he will simply raise his prices.
He only works on Foreign cars: All of his tools are metric, and he does not have any American manuals in his shop. If someone comes in with an old clunker he has never seen before he will triple his estimate on the presumption that he will find other things that he will want to repair. His thinking is that if a customer brings his car in, he wants it to work when he drives out. There is always hidden stuff in there that you will find when you look more closely. (Besides, he does not want to work on old clunkers)
His customers have been with him for 30 or more years, and even dealers will send customers to his shop if they cannot figure out what a car needs. When a customer comes to his shop, they know that they will be treated correctly. And even with the highest shop rates and 100% mark up on parts he is still the best deal in town because he is honest.
ROAR
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Evening all. I'll just have a flat white cawfee, thanks.
I want to thank everyone for their well wishes and prayers. The visit to my Grandmother was great. She had a really "up" day today, seeing our whole family made her day. Turns out my uncle and his two kids were up there visiting as well. Having a close family is really helping her.
In other health news my 'sister' in law (younger brothers fiancee) went to the ER tonight with chest pains. They are keeping her in over night for some scans. Its nothing too serious we hope.
No layout or modelling work today as it has been pretty full on, I do plan on visiting the LHS to get some couplers tomorrow.
Cheers
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
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Good Morning Modelers!
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Morning Folks
Flo, Coffee please.
Todd On $225.00 to mount 2 tires. First they where 235 35 18's, they can be a real pain to mount. Plus they had TPM's sensors (rebuild kit $7.00 each) and she was sold life time balancing and 5 year alignment package, that was $170.00. So we really charged $55.00 to mount the 2 tires.
On the rotors, I do now they ware out faster than they use to. Many new ones out of the box is only .010 over discard. They are making them thinner to cut down on weight. I all so know that a few are pressed on, or you have to remove the wheel hub to get to the rotor. But most all you do is pull the caliper and pull the rotor the off, some have two screws that hold them on. Yet we still charge $99.00 to slip on the new rotors?
Oh well, guess that is the cost of keeping the doors open.
See you all later
Ken
I hate Rust
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes and a side order of bacon to go along with the dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug! Please and Thank You Ma'am!
Can't believe there are a bunch of guy's playing the pipes outside this morning... Huh? I counted 11.
Todd, I don't know if it is true or not, but the story about the 10 Lords a-Leaping was supposedly from a scandal in the House of Lords back then. Some things never change..... Often times in Merry old Englad which did not practice "freedom of Speech", anti establishment ideas were put into children's nursery rhymes and other such things as children could sing them on the streets and wouldn't be prosecuted like adults would be...... Jack Horner (not his real name) was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and was involved with some, uh... Lost funds (shall we say).
"We're Havin' a Heat Wave, Tropical Heat Wave....." Currently 18°F outside here in the Finger Lakes Region this morning. Had enough coals left in the wood stove to relight the fire easily so THAT is cranking out the heat for the place.
Waiting for a lady to pop by and pick up materials for the MLK Art and Poetry Contest. She is the Wife of the President of Hobart and William Smith colleges here in town. She helps out with an after school program done with our Middle/High School and Hobart College. I then have to deliver some flyers for the MLK Service to the Schools and a few other places around town, do some grocery shopping, and then get ready for a Scout Meeting tonight! Guess I won't be spending much hobby time downstairs today.......
Curt, prayers for your wife (and you). Hope the rest of her recover is uneventful!
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,
Curt, prayers and thought for your wife this morning.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Curt - I'm so glad that the surgery went well for your wife. Hoping she returns home quickly and enjoys a speedy recovery.
With all this talk about auto repairs, I suppose I'll add my two cents. I quit going to chain garages at least 30 years ago for exactly the reasons Ken is referring to. They seem to think every customer is completely stupid and willing to agree with some of the dumbest explainations one could ever hear. I only return my car for repairs to the dealership where I bought the car. I know, I know, some will say they charge too much, but I disagree. Yes, the labor rates might be higher, but whatever needs corrected is usually done in quick order, and done right. They also usually know the cause of the problem right away in my experience, rather than guessing and changing a half dozen parts before getting lucky and correcting whatever is wrong. Anyway, that's my experience and I'm sticking to it.
There was enough of that white stuff in the driveway and walks last night to fire up the snow blower. But my goodness, was I cold. It was 9 degrees without considering the wind chill factor, which I'm sure sent the temperature below zero. I thought I was ready for winter, but I guess not.
Recieved my US Army GenSet from Atlas and a Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion boxcar from ExactRail this week. Both are very nice with the boxcar being very nicely detailed. The GenSet runs well, but has a little growl to it. I did run it for over an hour in both directions, but it's still there. I can live with it.
Hope everyone has a good one... Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
And they just came by with the fricking fracking plow....again!!!!! ....growl!!!! ....so guess what I'll be doing this afternoon...
Well...I was kind of hoping that I might be permitted to go into the basement to get some lighting work done down there..but it might be a little less time....
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Well, It has warmed up to 14*F here.
Get this...MOH injures back at work, work says see Dr., I make Dr.s appt for today, works no can do "We don't have anybody to cover your department, so keep working today"!!!!!! SO Appt re-made for tomorrow. Rediculous....woudl serve them right if Dr. says "no work for 10 days".!!!
I, however have to go today to see the Dr. I had to go there to pick up a script anyhow, so Now I seethe Dr. Checkup and review of things and so they can't say I "haven't seen the DR,".
ANd hte other Dr.s office finally got back to me. I shoudl stop the medication, naturally. But Then I should contact pain center! for migraines.
Later dudes.
-G .
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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.
Coffee refill, please.
Just came in from doing some outside chores. Horses (with help from goats) already went through the last hay bale, so it was time to test the new tractors capabilities. Wouldn't want a heavier load though.
Then collected up a few logs still sitting around from the tornado and started a small pile elsewhere.
Still feeling a little clutsy at times, but haven't hit anything with it.
Rob
Good Evening!
Flo, just a light dinner for me, how about a nice & juicy steak, medium rare, fries, a mixed salad and a , please.
Made it through the day - somehow. Went shopping with Petra, just a mid-week grocery run, nothing else. We made it back in time before the rain came back. Now we are getting ready for the second winter storm of this year - it is predicted not to be as bad as last night´s. I hope the roof will hold again.
Rob - nice little tractor you´ve got there. Need a farm hand?
Peppermint tea, please.
***Ulrich, can you pound fence posts and swing a hammer?
Been thinking a LOT about both layouts. Ready to get after them, once I some priorities are taken care of first.
Chicken with chips, please.
***Dennis, if going shooting around "high noon", you might want to steer clear of the saloon and the middle of the street.
Well I survived having the stent removed. The Doc just pulled the threads and it came right out with some burning and a sharp pain. It was less uncomfortable than I had imagined it would be. The stent was a tube, about the size of aquarium air hose just over a foot long with a curl on each end that held it in place. I’m once again pissing blood and it burns but not as bad as after surgery. The burning and bleeding should stop in 48 hours.
I’m able to go back to work on Monday “limited duty” but I have another exam on the 15th to check to make sure the infection has cleared up and to test my thyroid. The infection is from the stent and is completely normal. Once we do all that we will discuss a new diet to prevent stones in the future.
Lee: Nice to know you're improving. I hope all goes well and you can get your life back to normal. I have more than a little insight on how medical problems can screw that up. All my best and for a full recovery.
I received a box in the mail today. It contained a small steam loco and tender and a single coach. Thet were made by Fleischmann I'm guessing in the mid 70's. The loco runs though it's a bit rocky. The loco has a name on it: Betty. The tender number is 110. On the coach is the numeral 3, Ansbach, 049033 Nurnberg. As I remember Ansbach and Nuremberg are about 25-30 miles apart. So this would have been a nice little passenger shuttle between them. I saw similar locos during my time in Germany but none just like it.
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Hamburger patties with onions and brown rice, please.
***Jeffrey, that is a mighty cute (can I use that work?) little loco there.
Picked up 3 State cars on the-bay. They include N.J. (where I was born), AZ. (where I grew up) and the third I'll sell off. All I need now is WA. & GA. to represent where I've lived. Have no idea why I decided to do this. Already feel buyers remorse. Maybe I'll just turn around and sell all three cars off. Pretty sure I would some make money beyond the original purchase.
Cederstrand ***Jeffrey, that is a mighty cute (can I use that work?) little loco there.
***Jeffrey, sorta like calling New Holland tractors "cute", because of their blue color. Good thing my Mahindra has that grapple, or it might be considered "cute", too.
Evening critter rounds are complete. Indoors now for the duration. A bit tuckerted out to hit the train room. Perhaps tomorrow.
Evening All,
Just got back from the hospital. After last night they decided to keep her another day. She is doing much better today and I expect to bring her home tomorrow. I want everyone to know how much I appreciate everybody's prayers and well wishes. This kind of support is what makes the Diner such a unique and wonderful place.
Curt Webb
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Curt Webb Evening All, Just got back from the hospital. After last night they decided to keep her another day. She is doing much better today and I expect to bring her home tomorrow. I want everyone to know how much I appreciate everybody's prayers and well wishes. This kind of support is what makes the Diner such a unique and wonderful place.
Curt...another prayer candle will be lit as long as we are home tomorrow for you two again. COntinued thoughts of healing go your way.
Well tomorow MOH goes to the Dr. to see about back that went out at work. Tomorrow is day off, and so I pulled a string to get in tomorrow.
My Dr. gave me a new med to have as an alternative to migraine meds to try.
I have to see if I can get back into the CPR {Center for Pain Relief} for my back pain.
The nuerologist is foisting me upon the pain center for the migraines too. ANd I finally got them to delclare I should stop taking the medication that was making me dizzzy and light headed.
Yes, Todd...I can officially blame it on the medication!!! Though, now that we stopped it, I don't know what to blame it on. Being Dizzy that is. My Psychotropic medications? I'm sure my Psychiatrist has a full file "classified" on me....As many times as I have been hospitalized for medication adjustments or changes in Psychotropics....I could blame them...they DO affect the CNS {Central Nervous System}.
Well, It is past my bedtime, I guess I am turning into a night owl?? Like to be a morning song bird though.
I need to grocery shop for afew things tomorrow...I don't who will lift and carry the water with both our backs out of whack. Need that new tractor to help!!!
CU tomorrow. when it is warmer! Then Firday and Saturday supposed to be inthe 40's !!!
say g'nite gracie.
G'nite Gracie.
good night Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are!
Curt: Glad to hear the wife is doing better.
Chamomile tea, please.
***Curt, that is good news indeed. Bet she looks forward to returning home.
Have a good night all.
Time for me to call it a night. Got a doctor appointment first thing in the morning. See y'all tomorrow.
Hi Curt,
I'm here with the rest of the Gang and also very pleased to hear the good news about your better half.
Remember us all to her and tell her that we are keeping her and you in our thoughts and prayers.
It will really be good for both of you to get her home. We are pulling that it will be tomorrow too.
Johnboy out.............................and leaving by the back door as none of you saw me come in.
Later.........Taters
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Beer please.
Lee Did you save the stone? Could be used in a gondola a part of a load!
Curt Looking forward to some more good news about your wife Thursday.
Work Sucks Front You know, I should have asked for the store some weeks ago. Now that I have meet what they call a Manager I was ready. Only thing I needed to work on was lying.
Well, got to run, have to be at work at 8:00 AM.
Hello ...
It's great to see everybody here.
I see Ulrich moved us to a cold location for January according to some posts here. Ulrich, perhaps the storms you had were a payback. .... Of course, the Upstate NY hospitality is much appreciated, and I'll just bundle up.
Rob ... The tractor looks like it will come in handy. Do you plan to weather it or keep it looking shiney and new? Perhaps, it can also lift your soylant green.
Ken ... I hope most of your work is fine, and some of the unethical stuff is not normal routine.
Lee ... I saw Ken's suggestion for a gondola load. Funny. I bet you don't want to remember it though. Glad the surgery was okay. Did you say your mother had an operation too? How was that?
Curt .... Glad your wife is doing okay. Hopefully, it is a speedy recovery.
Galaxy ... I hope the pain meds and pain management work well for you.
JohnBoy ... Good to see you. Is it cold there? Do you have any MRR time?
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning Gang!
The weather guessers were wrong - the storm did not die down in the early morning hours, we are right in the midst of it. In terms of mph, it is not as bad as the last one, but there is a continuous blow of about 90 mph. Damage reports in the radio are now a mile long., mainly empty trucks on the Autobahn getting toppled. I am just glad that we don´t face power outages or risk getting hit by billboards flying around.
Zoe, coffee and a bowl of muesli, please.
Curt - prayers continue for your wife on her way of recovery.
Lee - that sounds, well, awkward is an understatement, isn´t it.
Jeff - the car is a model of a Royal Bavarian State Railway coach of the late 1800´s, which was used on secondary lines. It saw service well into the 1950´s and early 1960´s. Due to its short wheelbase, it must have been an experience to ride in them, being seated on wooden seats. There is no direct prototype for the loco, though. The Royal Prussian Railway Administration had a similar looking 0-4-0, but that one was never couple up with a tender. The East German Deutsche Reichsbahn couple a tender to a 0-6-0 Tank loco to increase the service range. The beast looked like this:
Ken - I hope a better job will materialize soon for you. It sucks if you have to do a job which is not in line with your own ethics.
Well, CUL & stay safe!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday, January 5th, 2012!!!
Make it a great day!!!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning, Chloe. I will have coffee and a cinnamon roll, please. I need my stamina before heading to the pool.
Curt, Glad your wife is doing well.
Rob, I don't think that Ulrich is signing on for fence post duty. I think that he wants to play with your new tractor.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.