Evenin' folks!
Janie I'll have a cup of decaf and a slice of the fresh baked Apple Pie please. It's OK my blood sugar was 89 a few minutes ago when i checked it so some carbohydrates before bed time wouldn't hurt a bit.....
Rob, If the Utility company had said, "Ah, no we aren't changing out any gas meters in your area.... They might have been met at the door by the local police instead of me...... I think I have enough of a path cleared so they will be able to do the job tomorrow.
I finally did get to go and get a new steel storage unit at Lowes late this afternoon. Took the truck which hasn't been run for over a month. I need to start it and use it every now and then anyway. I opened upthe box right in the ruck and carried the individual peices down cellar. Much easier than trying to wrestle a hundred lb. box down the back entrance by myself..... Have it all put together and set up the entertainmant system on it already:
Next step is to get a guy to come and put up some cheap gypsum wallboard so I can repaint the backdrop. The original did not come out very good so I might as well replace it now while everything is torn up and before I start with any scenery in the room. In the meantime I still have several turnouts to build.
Just ordered some 90° Plastruct elbows to help make some downspouts for the roofs on the powerhouse. Do any of you have any photos of flat roofs from back in the 1920s? I looking to see what types of ventilators they might have had on them.... I can easily scratch some drains for on the roofs. found several good photos online THAT would be correct for the 1920s. Details, details, details...
Prayers for all in need! Have a good night.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening, Diners.
I'm concerned as are other Diners that Ulrich has been absent. I see his most recent post in the forum was in another thread a week ago. ....... I sent him an email yesterday, but I have not heard back. Let's pray he's okay.
Galaxy ... I was thinking of you and was going to ask how your back is doing these days. I see you already posted the situation. Sorry to learn it is painful, and I hope it feels better tomorrow. Prayers for you.
Rob ... Sounds like you live in Coyote Country. Best of luck to you with that. Also, I hope your health is holding up okay.
Jeff ... Nice flat car load.
I've been a bit busy. Not much model railroading time, but I have been working on another downtown building when I can.
Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ok, second try at this post,
Good Evening Diners,
We just recieved a couple of inches of snow today but I can't blame Johnboy as it came from the southwest. Maybe Lion sent it as I'm sure lions don't like snow.
Jeff, that bone shard incident is quite, well almost grusome. I can imagine Kramer saying "Man, that freaks me out!!"
We went to visit our friends in Minnesota this past weekend and had a great time. My friend took me to a loco rebuilding place just a few miles from his house.They had a couple of chop nose GP9s, a SW1200 and a NW something waiting to go in the shop. They have a restored NW2 that they use for a yard loco. It was the first diesel that the SOO line acquired in 1939 and is painted in SOO livery.
I picked up one of those ConCor short passenger cars and must say I'm not that impressed especially for $45. The Rapido cars are far better but alas are too long for my little layout.
Not much progress on the N scale layout. I have decided on the siding positions and just have to glue down the track. Next will be wiring it all up. The main line is done and I did test it electically. The revised lower grade works fine.
Well we are committed to another trip to Africa in 2013 as we paid the deposit last week. You have to book far in advance as some of the camps only have 6 tents. This time we're going to Botswana, Zimabwe( to see Victoria Falls) and then on to South Africa which will include a train trip! We're going from Pretoria to Cape Town, a 2 day, 1000 mile journey. Really looking forward to that as they start out using steam power, well for a few miles anyway.
Not much else to report, hope everyone is well.
CN Charlie
Decaf coffee, please.
***Jeffrey, terrific lighting in that pic. Like everything about it, including the cool car w/ load.
***Ray, Galaxy, I have locked gates & barking dogs to keep the pesky rascals away. Too bad it doesn't work better on coyotes, which have been quite active tonight.
Rob
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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Pancakes, sausage and a Fasnacht (in Maryland a Kinkling, or in Polish communities, Paczki). Oh yeah, I'm making that for dinner with the family tonight :)
Galaxy I've dealt with types like that before, I always thought it a way for someone to try and put me onto a different utility company and possibly shady so I never gave them much time aside telling them thank you but no thank you. And the utility bills stay with confidential in this house!
Got my taxes filed today, looking forward to some monies coming back from the state and federal governments, but need to send a whopping six whole dollars to the county! Oh wow, it's ready to go I just didn't make time to stand in line at the post office yet.
Happy Lent!
Alvie
Good Evening
A dull drab wet day was had by us today..it only got to 34F and got a bit windy as well.
Ray, Galaxy: So far my luck has held out here..we were usually either out when they crawled around or we did not hear the doorbell ring Even then, no one getting any information from me...
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howmus This has been an "interesting" day so far..... I spent a couple hours trying to get to talk to a human at the local Utility company..... Last week I got a call from a local number that they wanted to come over and replace my gas meter. OK, it is probably 50 or so years old and most likely time. However, I got to thinking after they made the appointment about a letter from the Utility company saying "an unauthorized person" was given access to customers data by some idiot they hired to work on the system.... So, just in case there was something amiss I decided to call the Utility Co. to make sure it was indeed them who want to come and remove something from my house.
This has been an "interesting" day so far..... I spent a couple hours trying to get to talk to a human at the local Utility company..... Last week I got a call from a local number that they wanted to come over and replace my gas meter. OK, it is probably 50 or so years old and most likely time. However, I got to thinking after they made the appointment about a letter from the Utility company saying "an unauthorized person" was given access to customers data by some idiot they hired to work on the system.... So, just in case there was something amiss I decided to call the Utility Co. to make sure it was indeed them who want to come and remove something from my house.
RAY...we have NYSEG, I don't know if you got them, or RG&E Or Nat'l Grid, but anywho...{we had the same notification about the scarfed data}:
A few days ago a young man {I am now at that age where anyone under 40 is a "young man" or "young lady"} anywho...a young man banged on the door and I answered. He mumbled something- not to unlike your checkout young man- and showed me a badge...and further mumbled about utility bills and he needed to have a look at my most recent utilty bill to be sure I "wasn't being ripped off" or somehting like that . I told him, 'No Thank You' and pointed to the "NO SOLICITING" sign on the door right next to the "NO SMOKING OXYGEN IN USE" sign. He again said somehting about trying to be sure I wasn't being ripped off by the utility company or something or other like that and he still needed to see my utility bill. I finally "swelled myself up to look big" and told him in a loud booming voice "LOOK, I don't know WHO you are, or WHAT you want, but I'll be DARNED if I am going to show you a utility bill wiht personal information on it. Now GO AWAY"!!!!
He said OK, but that by NY State law{really???} he had to give me a paper with something on it about what he was doing {WHY didn't he offer me that in the first place??? {{I might have been more hospitable}}}. He went away and the paper "looked legit" I GUESS,,,,but neither I nor MOH understood what was on it...and ANYONE can print up mumbo-jumbo to LOOK important.
SO..YOu were right to contact teh COMPANY about this I think!
Dunno these days...someone is always out to get something out of you! AND the more personal info taht is the more skeptical I am theses days....
Dunno
-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.
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BroadwayLion BARN-B-GONE... The pidgions are still flying in circles looking for their roost, as if on the next turn the barn would be back where it was for the last 95 years. Br. Elias Lion, I find that so sad. Sure sorry the decision had to go that way. Hope all goes well with that job and workers stay safe. Johnboy out.....................................................
BARN-B-GONE... The pidgions are still flying in circles looking for their roost, as if on the next turn the barn would be back where it was for the last 95 years.
Br. Elias Lion,
I find that so sad. Sure sorry the decision had to go that way.
Hope all goes well with that job and workers stay safe.
Johnboy out.....................................................
Job all done. about 2 work days. All workers were inside of a machine of some sort. I do not know what the cost was, but it had to be a low number, otherwise it would have had to have been voted on.
Wood like that has value, but not enough value. To salvage the lumber would have taken as long as it took to build the barn in the first place: Ergo at today's prices perhaps a half million dollars. As far as it just sitting there: not a good thing. It would be an "attractive nuisance" and thus a liability.
Even railroads tear down buildings that they do not need anymore.
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Afternoon folks!
Chloe I'll have a cup of hot cocoa to tide me over to supper time please.
This has been an "interesting" day so far..... I spent a couple hours trying to get to talk to a human at the local Utility company..... Last week I got a call from a local number that they wanted to come over and replace my gas meter. OK, it is probably 50 or so years old and most likely time. However, I got to thinking after they made the appointment about a letter from the Utility company saying "an unauthorized person" was given access to customers data by some idiot they hired to work on the system.... So, just in case there was something amiss I decided to call the Utility Co. to make sure it was indeed them who want to come and remove something from my house. I decided that since their email system states they will get back to me with an answer some time in the next few weeks, I figured a simple phone call would be in order. No such thing as a "simple" phone call. There are no humans evidently available withing 15 or 20 button pushes on any of their phones! I first tried the local "customer service" line. THAT put me into a never ending loop telling me to hang up and dial one of several 1-800 numbers to report an emergency or to enter the persons extension #. So I then called the 1-800 # for "Customer Service" and spent an hour or so pushing buttons there to see if a human would answer. Finally I called back and let them tell me to call 1-800..... to report an emergency and just waited for about 15 minutes... Yep, finally a voice came on the line telling me they are connecting me to THAT extension. "Please stay on the line, your call will be answered in the order it was received. Your call is very important to us..." Right! After a few more minutes on hold, guess what!?! A human being!!! WOW! I was not as nice as I should have been to the poor lady, but she was (after putting me on hold for a few more minutes - they have terrible music playing for THAT) able to verify the people coming to my house tomorrow are indeed working for them and will be there to replace my gas meter.
I then decided to go grocery shopping as the milk was sour this morning when I went to put it on my old person high fiber cereal (you don't really think I get to eat all the good stuff I order in here now...). Tuesday is normally "Crazy little old lady day bussed in from those homes" day at Tops. I guess they have now changed the schedule as it appears today was short fat people day there. I felt right at home! It may just be because of the Holiday yesterday, I don't know. They have quite wide isles at Tops, and it was nearly impossible to get by anyone... Then I got to the check out counter and was waited on by a young guy who talked something like this... "mffffurb dhyduu if mubbber flurby?" I adjusted my hearing aids to compensate so he mumbled even more and talked quieter.... Of course he expected an answer...... Anyway I got back home, walk in the door, and find the huge bag of plastic bags I was going to take with me to recycle....
Now I am going to see if I can get some model railroading in down cellar! To heck with stuff I should be doing!
Later!
saronaterry Jeff, got to the P.O today ,they said 3-5 days , so keep a look out!
Jeff, got to the P.O today ,they said 3-5 days , so keep a look out!
Well, I was right about the bone shard working it's way out of what's left of my ankle. It was the size of a large toenail clipping and razor sharp. It was however rather easy to remove and I'm much more comfortable without it. I put the two GP30's up on several forums sale sites this morning. I hope they can be sent off to a good home soon. Nothing else going on so far.
Afternoon,all!Recieved 3" of wet ,slushy 30% chance this morning. 38F so at least it's melting.
That's about it. Gonna work on the railroad.
Superior to Altoona time freight just north of Sarona, Wi.:
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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Well, Good Afternoon all
Not much today.
MOH {and I} went to the Dr. First call of antibiotic MOH's insurance balked at and wouldn't pay for and would have been over $200 to pay out of pocket....so they called the Dr again and he prescribed somehting they WOULD pay for...its getting so any proceedure or any script nowadays needs prior approval or a cheap one they WILL cover!
MOH also has a ganglion cyst on an index finger that an orthopedic specialist will look at to determine if it can be removed as MOH says it not only hurts, but when it gets colds, feels like frost bite and can't warm up and gets stiff as a board {an unwarped one LOL}. Now watch THAT proceedure get denied by insurance!
My back is killing me..pulled a muscle on the right side last week, has yet to heal...keeps getting bent out of shape again. No pain releiver of muscle relaxer is working on it to allow it to heal either.
WIll try to do some laundry and get teh dishes done. Keep forgettting to look for new belt for vaccuum...only have a SHark electric sweeper to do the job that works right...or buy a whole new vaccuum...
Porkchops, mashed taters and green beans for supper tonight....any takers?
later
Already feel the need for a coffee refill. First cup isn't working at all. Bacon & eggs, too, please.
***Lion, kinda sad every time another old barn goes away. Hey, can I borrow the trackhoe. Now THAT size machine could probably dig out all of my stumps in a day.
Here is the Abbey Fleet in Dry Dock:
Italian Roast coffee in a AT & SF mug, please.
I'll be by the stove, trying to warm up.
Ray - We push them in. The semi trailers have lift gates so onto the gate and then up to the load floor of choice. The gooseneck has a home built ramp system and we winch the cars in. With sintered bronze racing clutches in all of them one doesn't try slipping the clutch to go up ramps. Usually ends in tears. J.R.
Koko de betsu no utsukushī hida!
Zoe, I'll have the Tamagoyaki and Okayu today.
J.R., have fun loading cars. Do you run them to load them? Put water in for that, then drain? Inquiring minds want to know.....
Todd, Rob, Barry et al, I have a sure fire way to get those tile jobs done quite painlessly. I hire someone who knows what they are doing..... LOL If it involves me crawling around on my knees and doing a half-vast job, it is usually cheaper in the long run...
Have to get moving as I have a lot of odds and ends to get done today.
Good Morning All,
25F and sunny but feels colder out. We still have the cars to load this morning as we aren't allowed antifreeze at the track and it was about 20 out last night - cold enough to freeze the alloy radiators to bursting. With Curt directing traffic up the northern end of Fla, we'll fly into West Palm and then out of Orlando two weeks later when things clear up.
As usual a thousand things to do so off to the shop withme. CUL, J.R.
Todd: The shower stall here is going to be one of them thar acrylic things. No ceramic tile thingumee here....yet. Audrey does not know that they still make ceramic tile shower stalls.....
Good morning. It's 52° and cloudy. The high will be 73° and it will be partly cloudy.Nothing special planned for today. I'll probably be doing some clean up work on the layout.
Morning All,
Just wanted to stop in and say Hello. Yesterday was crazy busy at w**k and today will be warmer at 80 F. It was 50 this morning so we will have a nice 30 degree warmup. I figure it's really busy because of Daytona and the All-Star Game happening this weekend and all the extra people in town for those events.
MOH decided for her birthday she wants my son and I to overhaul the front flower bed for her so I start on that tomorrow.
Everyone take care and have a great day.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Right back into the fire this morning; one of the projects I spent planning for 4 months fell behind due to unforeseen mechanical issues. Another project fell behind due to unexpected delays in refurbishing parts. Another project may be delayed up to 2 weeks due to weather.
Good news is this weekend I managed to make 4 new molds; scrap metal, crushed cars, taconite load, and a coal load. I also built a new spray table down in the basement and installed an exhaust fan. I’m not too happy with the fan, it’s 4” and rated at 80 CFM and it just doesn’t seem to be enough.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning, Chloe. Just a quick coffee before I head to the pool.
JR, You are right. Larry says, " I go to a foreign country every day. Why would I want to go somewhere else?" I usually try to do most of the driving if we do take a trip, and the hiking & climbing is with friends.
Rob, I like your tile choice. When I did our tile, we had several 45 degree angles. I used my brothers tile saw. It used lots of water.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning!! Coffee and oh, something. I don’t know. Surprise me please. Just make sure it’s dead and cooked thank you. A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Just reread my post from yesterday morning, as per tradition, to see what I’d already said and noticed I made an error. The friends daughter is w**king on her Masters degree, not Bachelors. Sorry for any lost sleep you may have had over the typo. (chuckle) Rob- Terry is right (again). Well of course he’s right, he does this for a living. Anyway, go sloooow if you’re using a saw. I get impatient and well….I suggest some scrap pieces to try first to get the hang of it. I usually chipped, but most often it was under trim so no biggy, but it looks like you’ll have some exposed. I tried to use a snap cutter for any straight across cuts. The notches I had no choice but the saw.
Good Morning!! Coffee and oh, something. I don’t know. Surprise me please. Just make sure it’s dead and cooked thank you.
A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
Just reread my post from yesterday morning, as per tradition, to see what I’d already said and noticed I made an error. The friends daughter is w**king on her Masters degree, not Bachelors. Sorry for any lost sleep you may have had over the typo. (chuckle)
Rob- Terry is right (again). Well of course he’s right, he does this for a living. Anyway, go sloooow if you’re using a saw. I get impatient and well….I suggest some scrap pieces to try first to get the hang of it. I usually chipped, but most often it was under trim so no biggy, but it looks like you’ll have some exposed. I tried to use a snap cutter for any straight across cuts. The notches I had no choice but the saw.
David- In a word…no. The w**k in the house will never be done. When you go crazy, do something silly and find yourself married to a woman instead of getting a dog, you’ll know what I mean. We mean.
Jeff- Every time you speak of pulling bone out of you with tweezers, I get this oowee feeling. Guess you’re used to it.
Barry- SHUT UP ABOUT THE NEW SHOWER STALL!!! Brenda wants me to replace our fiberglass one and redo the area in ceramic. I don’t need Terry chiming in he knows how to do it either.
You guys are not helping my cause.
Brenda baked last night…….treats for the dog. They weren’t half bad though
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..
Snow turning to rain later this morning. High near 38F.
Floor Wars, London ON division, part 3...or summat: I'm going to do the other bathroom and the foyer now...this week will be the bathroom...which needs a bit of work before I put the floor in..we need to get a new shower stall in there...this oughta be fun....
I gotta say that htere have been a lot of cool pix of people's layouts lately...keep it up guys!!
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now..I'll be at the back for a bit...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Tuesday, February 21st, 2012!!!
Make it a GREAT Day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Fellow Dinners
Flo Beer Please!
Work Front Well, lets just say it was a interesting day and a trying one at that!
Manger I was told showed up for work full of then went home. That what Larry told me, I did not see it.
Larry The Nazi Services Manager thinks they are going to make him manager. God helps us.
Well, it is late. I did not get out of the shop till 10:00 PM and I am tired.
Ken
I hate Rust