TOP again. Eat up,y'all. As long as Vinnie ain't around, I'll be able to pay it off by doing dishes and cleaning the Diner. Enjoy the day. Stay warmand be good to each other.
Flip
fec153 Thanks again fot all the picture posts. I really enjoy looking at what you folks can do.[almost said all you guys then remembered SUE]
Thanks again fot all the picture posts. I really enjoy looking at what you folks can do.[almost said all you guys then remembered SUE]
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
Good Morning..
Keith: Well, hello there!! I've been wondering what happened to you!! Going bankrupt is not a fun thing by any means but it sure does make it a little easier to rebuild...hope things are doing better! As for the car..heeeheehee I'm thinking that something like what you did would make it have get up and go!!..I got a project I'll be working on with a friend of mine..a 1963 Comet...right now we are looking at a 355 cu. in. for it...
Well, we got clobbered again with the good ol' fashioned snowsqualls..another 8" dumped on us last night..so we are back to the daily snowplowing and all that **** beeeeep!...stuff. Today? More of the same fricking fracking mumblety peg grumble grouchstuff..oh and a high of 14F....
And, today, will be basic survival foods buying and all that other stuff as well...oh...and some more vacuuming of dust around here
Ray: Welll........your trainroom looks a bit more organized than mine at present.....
Ken: Hope things are a little better your way....
Flo, I'll just have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC for a bit...
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/
Hey Flip, think we have most of the same cars!They are differently numbered. The ones I got Saturday are 27021,22,24. Also have 20051, and 2 27400 ,one will be renumbered .
4F and clear. Colder than my luck at Powerball!
Got the GN boxcars and 2 of the cabeese weighted, couplers adjusted and wheelsets swapped out last night.I kinda like those Intermountain wheelsets. I've never used them before. They look great and roll very well!
Today will be another train day. Have a good one!
Off to Church. BBL
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Good morning. It's 27° and mostly cloudy. That high will be 48°.It's a nice 68° inside the trailer this morning. I have no plans for going out anywhere today. The cold has made my foot more sensitive than usual and just moving it is painful. In fact just having the boot on loosely hurts, tightening it is agonizing, so after I sit down I just take it off then I'm somewhat comfortable. Blood sugar was 72 when I checked it and I'm sure it's lower now so I'll be preparing a meal that'll punch it way up before I take my meds. If I take the meds now things could get ugly fast so I'll hold off and take them after I eat. I'll be resting as much as possible today. The work I did on the van yesterday has left me sore in some places. If my doc saw me doing that he'd have been all over me about it. But if I didn't do it it wasn't going to get done. I hope the rest of you have good luck with your daily activities and I have plenty of good wishes and prayer for those dealing with family, physical and mental problems. Have a good day.
Morning All,
Flo cold I just get a refill on the coffee please? MOH made biscuits, gravy and sausage for breakfast. Did I ever mention that she is a good Southern woman?
I may start my next 2 projects by ripping up track and prepping the area. I won't have the turnouts until the last week in Feb so I have plenty of time to prep the 2 areas. I have to be at work at 5 PM today. Wednesday I'm taking my Dad out to lunch for his Bday.
Jeff- That was a nice layout pic last night. This morning I saw the car with the bird on it, but the angle makes it hard to see the end. Are those baby birds or something else?
Garry- I'm thinking of you and hope you have no issues with your pacemaker before the scheduled surgery.
Keith- Sorry for your financial situation, but the hotel sounds like a great idea and I wish you the best with it.
Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Extra strong coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Has warmed up to 27F so far. Still tuckered out, but probably need to break ice for the barn critters.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Keith is back! Good to see, you, Keith. My son in law in AZ also has an El Camino he would like to restore. I'm impressed with what you said about the engine in yours, and would be more impressed if I was next to you at a traffic signal.
Flip .... I know what you mean about repeated numbers on our model box cars, etc. I would think there would be a prcess to rotate between various numbers when the car is manufactured.
Terry ... I have used repalcement wheels from Intermountain and other brands. They roll nicely of course. Sometimes too well if you wish to palce a freight car by itself on a grade.
Curt ... Thanks for commenting. My device also has a defrillator which re-started my heart 6 time in 2008. It really is a lifesaver.
Traffic certainly is light now as we head east from here on US 68 with the bridge out on KY Lake. I don't know what they will do. New bridges for each lake are awaiting funding because these are 1930's era bridges which are not very safe.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ray - (and all you other Scouts)
Here is a link to an article on one of our local TV news channels that you may find of interest...
http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/us/hundreds-gather-in-kansas-to-remember-oldest-judge/nHZzp/
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Morning Folks.
Flo, Coffee please. By the way Flo, looks like there is a body in the dumpster?
It is a brisk 17 degrees out right now, but good and warm here in the garage.
Todd Did you see when I posted I will be up in your neck of the woods this coming Friday?
See you all later today.
Ken
I hate Rust
Curt Webb Jeff- That was a nice layout pic last night. This morning I saw the car with the bird on it, but the angle makes it hard to see the end. Are those baby birds or something else?
jeffrey-wimberly
Jeff, I would imagine that you know this, but that is a model of an actual tag job.
I saw it in a magazine several years back and it was really a work of art.
Can you remember any more of the story about it ? If I remember right I think they thought it had been done in Texas. but I could be wrong about that..
Very nice piece though.
Hope you get back up to speed soon, Take care.
I can't forget a big and hearty WELCOME BACK to Flip and Keith. We missed you guys.
Johnboy out..............................off to Church now.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good Morning!! Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast buffet please. Thanks. Sunny, with a high near 31. Hm. I take it I missed something? Who took the pie this time. PM me. I’m nosey. Stove will be here Wednesday……sometime from 0830 until…..well until they get here. They don’t stop until they are done (his words, not mine). Due to the other items they will have to possibly install he’s sorry but they just have no idea how long each stop may take. Believe it or not someones “easy, no problem locations” are much more involved when carrying a refrigerator. “Well, I thought it would fit through the door”. They will give a 30 minute heads up before they come out realizing that sitting all day in a house waiting may end up requiring a quick trip somewhere and sure enough that’s when the truck will arrive. They are pretty nice and straight foreward about it. We bought our fridge we just replaced from them 17 years ago and never regretted it. Hey, 5/10 year warranty on all appliances is worth something at no extra charge. That’s 5 year parts and labor on everything and for the stove/oven, 10 years on the heating elements. Yup labor too. They also have a service department so it’s a call and they come out and fix it, shake your hand and say have a good day. We never had to call them on the refrigerator, but others say they are good at their warranty. Jeff- I assumed the new switch would have been a button, but I guess you wouldn’t want to just keep your finger on a siren button for as long as you’d have that thing running at times. No not really. I was thinking of that honking horn thing you have. You know the one that makes people for blocks look to see what the heck that was. I assumed it had a button. Jim- I sure hope things get better on the w**k front. Sounds like some very unfare things are happening. As for the shift, well, let’s just say the appliances are….collateral damage to the check book due to the change in appearance of the floors. Casualties of war so to speak. Flip- Good to see you again. Don’t feel bad. It’s about time for me to bring in a picture of Toddland (of which I’m king) to give all those with issues about their own little kingdoms a blast of “well now I feel a whole lot better”.
Good Morning!! Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast buffet please. Thanks.
Sunny, with a high near 31.
Hm. I take it I missed something? Who took the pie this time. PM me. I’m nosey.
Stove will be here Wednesday……sometime from 0830 until…..well until they get here. They don’t stop until they are done (his words, not mine). Due to the other items they will have to possibly install he’s sorry but they just have no idea how long each stop may take. Believe it or not someones “easy, no problem locations” are much more involved when carrying a refrigerator. “Well, I thought it would fit through the door”. They will give a 30 minute heads up before they come out realizing that sitting all day in a house waiting may end up requiring a quick trip somewhere and sure enough that’s when the truck will arrive. They are pretty nice and straight foreward about it. We bought our fridge we just replaced from them 17 years ago and never regretted it. Hey, 5/10 year warranty on all appliances is worth something at no extra charge. That’s 5 year parts and labor on everything and for the stove/oven, 10 years on the heating elements. Yup labor too. They also have a service department so it’s a call and they come out and fix it, shake your hand and say have a good day. We never had to call them on the refrigerator, but others say they are good at their warranty.
Jeff- I assumed the new switch would have been a button, but I guess you wouldn’t want to just keep your finger on a siren button for as long as you’d have that thing running at times. No not really. I was thinking of that honking horn thing you have. You know the one that makes people for blocks look to see what the heck that was. I assumed it had a button.
Jim- I sure hope things get better on the w**k front. Sounds like some very unfare things are happening. As for the shift, well, let’s just say the appliances are….collateral damage to the check book due to the change in appearance of the floors. Casualties of war so to speak.
Flip- Good to see you again. Don’t feel bad. It’s about time for me to bring in a picture of Toddland (of which I’m king) to give all those with issues about their own little kingdoms a blast of “well now I feel a whole lot better”.
Ray- I see you cleaned the w**bench up a little for the photo. I think this time I actually see apiece of the top. Or is that why you built the other one? Just decided it was easier to start over with another?
Curt- There is a reason Ray uses that old piano. It has sides. No runoff.
Garry- Been looking at Terry’s fine layout and thinking, gee, you and him could have a long distance operating session.
KEITH!!!- Man it’s good to hear from you. I do recall you started to have some issues when you were last in, but then there was some weather or earthquake or something and I began to fear…well, we won’t go into that. Glad you’re back and doing well. Also congrats and, on behalf of others who travel with their little four legged family members, thanks for joining up with the “pet friendly” hotels. It is greatly appreciated.
Ulirich- Too bad we never really know who our friends are until…..all that is left is friendship.
Ken- Yes I saw it. I don't always get a chance to pop in during the day. Usually it's just during the morning before my day begins, or like this morning, when I get a chance. Anyway, I have to w**k Friday at 4:30 of course, so let me know what time you’ll be here and we can work something out.
Welp, looks like I’ve rambled enough so back to grouting. Didn’t do a darn thing on the room yesterday. I was a bad boy.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
(two blasts on the whistle)
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.
last mountain & eastern hogger Jeff, I would imagine that you know this, but that is a model of an actual tag job. I saw it in a magazine several years back and it was really a work of art. Can you remember any more of the story about it ? If I remember right I think they thought it had been done in Texas. but I could be wrong about that.. Very nice piece though.
TMarsh Jeff- I assumed the new switch would have been a button, but I guess you wouldn’t want to just keep your finger on a siren button for as long as you’d have that thing running at times. No not really. I was thinking of that honking horn thing you have. You know the one that makes people for blocks look to see what the heck that was. I assumed it had a button.
Good Afternoon...
Got the basic survival stuff done and the snowplowing and more snowplowing and vacuuming for more dust..now I will see about whether I get any phonecalls...
Ulrich, or Darren: Thanks for cleaning the diner up...
Garry, Terry: Both your layouts look great!!
Todd: So..no roll off?
JimRC: Hope things get better on the w**k front...that can get to be a PIT caboose after awhile...
Gogo no hitobito!
Toasted Ham and Cheese and a cup of decaf please... Thank you Chloe!
Didn't get in here this morning as I was running late to dig out and get to church on time. Had to be there today, my #1 granddaughter was singing in the children's choir during the anthem today! After she got done she came over to sit with her parents, but climbed over and gave "Papa" (me) a big hug first.... She was very proud of herself!
We got a total of 2 + inches of light and fluffy overnight and it is still flurrying off and on. I will likely fire up the gas burner and make an attempt to clean the driveway before heading over to my son's house for dinner tonight. It will blow right back in while I'm gone.......
PA Tom, Justice and Integrity! Not enough of those concepts out there today.... (Never have been either!)
Todd, your humor and mine are very much of the same variety!
Have a great day all!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Jeff- AH! I see what you've done. Myself, I was thinking of using a completely different circuit to start. Basically running a hot wire to the starter relay and push button to start. What you've done is just run a block and switched power to the original circuit when you want it and you still use the key to start, yes?
Barry- I was trying to avoid the word "landslide" Maybe cascade?
TMarsh Jeff- AH! I see what you've done. Myself, I was thinking of using a completely different circuit to start. Basically running a hot wire to the starter relay and push button to start. What you've done is just run a block and switched power to the original circuit when you want it and you still use the key to start, yes?
Todd: I thought so. It could have been 'waterfall' for all I know
howmus Gogo no hitobito! PA Tom, Justice and Integrity! Not enough of those concepts out there today.... (Never have been either!)
Domo Oragato
lemme see now,
A Boy Scout is always:
Trustworthy
Honest
Courteous
kind
helpful
thrifty
clean
brave
and reverent.
On my Honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my Country....
That's about all I can remember, but that WAS some what 30 odd years ago...
..to obey all others and stay awake...{with the help of coffee brewed over the camp fire}
aw, nuts. I can't remember more than that...I never did get much beyond age 17 and the third level of "scout"...I had to camp out one winter and nearly froze to death...The temps that weekend were in the single digits....so I decided that was not for me...That about ended my career in scouting...my mother said to my father "if you want to kill him lets just take him out and shoot him..." Nad remember my knots? NOT.
-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.
A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
Troop 92
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Scout Oath:
On my honor I will do my best, to do my Duty to God and Country, to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally strait.
Troop 441..."Has passed every test, The Biggest and The Best in the Whole Southwest" -Loudest of our campfire chants. We were a heavy into hiking troop. Those were good times.
Funny how we can probably all still recite the oath and more from memory and I can't remember where I just put down my hammer. J.R.
GMTRacing Funny how we can probably all still recite the oath and more from memory and I can't remember where I just put down my hammer. J.R.
***J.R., isn't that the darndest thing! It is why I NEVER leave the kitchen when there is something on the stove. I also wear a rubber band on my fingers to remind me when I have water running on the farm. -Rob
Evening Folks!
Flo, a beer and body bag please. Dumpster is starting to get a little ripe.
Todd I sign the paper work Friday around 1:00 PM, could take a hour or so. I will post details when I have a few more.
See you all later.
No wonder women are the BOSS. We men are brow beaten at an early age. lol
Yes Dear, No dear, of course Dear. I won't forget to go to the store, I'll p'u the kids on the way home. Also I'll bring diner.Chinese or ribs or KFC? lol YEP, I'm married. Can't you tell????
Goodnight.
fec153 No wonder women are the BOSS. We men are brow beaten at an early age. lol Yes Dear, No dear, of course Dear. I won't forget to go to the store, I'll p'u the kids on the way home. Also I'll bring diner.Chinese or ribs or KFC? lol YEP, I'm married. Can't you tell????
Whole lot of nothing going on here today. The temperature is at 44 with wind chill of 40. Never got above 46. Looks like tomorrow will be warmer but wet.
Jeff- She is the First Sgt. and I'm the Recruit.
Prayers and Blessings
Is that what that crease in your forehead is! I was wondering why I didn't have one.
8 Inch cast-iron fry pan. Will do it every time.
I thought I had a handle on life, But it broke.