Sake - Tumi
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, February 17th, 2012!!!
The weekend is nigh!!!
{I slept late and MOH hogged the 'puter all morning}
-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 morning, Chloe. I will have my coffee in one of those giant mugs, please. I am trying to wedge my eyes open.
Rob, Congrats on paying off the farm. We paid ours off in November. All we can think of now is the maintenance that we have put off. Tax time won't be as panicky now. How is your coyote problem?
Garry, Great scene. Thanks for sharing. I don't always get to the WPF.
Ray, That color is great on the floor. We need to get back to our painting project. Larry is taking a week off in March so we can finish it.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning
Supposed to be sunny today with the high near 37F...we'll see about the sun...right now it looks to be a dull day again.
Have a few things to do today then it is going to be off for a couple of weeks...yay!!!
Ken: Sounds like another one of those meetings...I had to deal with one of those things earlier this week..
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC...
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/
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Thank you Flo!
David Congrats and where can I send my Resume? If you need someone that speaks German I know someone that would work for you!
Todd Send me you your phone number and I will try to get in touch with you about Friday. I will be in Springfield around 12:30, meeting is at 1:00 and should take a hour. Meeting is at 1039 Wabash 62704. I will check my PM's before I hit the road for your number.
I am not looking forward to Friday, so much to do and so little time to do it. Next day off is the Friday after next.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Chamomile tea, please.
***Ray, sounds like a really nice meeting. Would have enjoyed that one myself. Hey, the painted (stained?) floor looks really nice!
Well, starting to fade here. Have a good night all.
Rob
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf for me right now. I'll be in the back booth by the stove to keep warm and unwind a bit.
Went to the R&GV RR Museum meeting tonight. meeting itself took about 15 minutes (my kind of meeting) then we had a superb slide show and movie presentation by one of our members. He does all the You tube movies from the museum that I show links to from time to time. It was about a trip by rail he took to Steamtown back in 2006. The trip was by private coaches (a group of people who can afford to have there own railroad coach to travel around in) pulled by 3 Amtrack Locos. The guy was invited to go along on the rail part of the convention for 5 days ($5,000 cost).......
I went down cellar and closed up down there for the night and got a couple of photos of what happened today. Here is the way it looked after I tore out all the layout I am removing and cleaned the room:
After the painters left:
The white smudges on the floor are actually finger prints on the camera lense.... I evidently touched the lens with my fingers when I removed the lens cap..... Duh! I'll clean it tomorrow.
Now I can start puttig stuff back in the room and clear our a path for the Gas company people to come next week and install a new gas meter.....
Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
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
Heartland Division CB&Q David .... Congratulations. That is terrific! ... What kinds of machinery is the company involved with?
David .... Congratulations. That is terrific! ... What kinds of machinery is the company involved with?
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Howdy!
Rob ... That is great news about the farm being paid off.
Terry .... I recall seeing NP and CB&Q F units working together before the BN merger. Burlington was short of locomotives for a period of time and used some of NP's. I also recall seeing GN F's on the CB&Q, and those were pooled with Burlington. CB&Q E-units worked to Montana on the GN while GN F's worked on the CB&Q to Chicago.
Alvie ... I hope your new schedule means you may visit here in the Diner more often.
Jeff ... You're hard at work! ... Nice weathering.
Todd ... Are winning Floor Wars?
Did you here about the redneck couple who got married in the bath tub?..... It was a double ring ceremony.
Ulrich ... Are you okay? Haven't seen you here.
Where are Lee, Jerry. and Inch? ... There are several MIA's.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Goat = Escape artist.
Curious goat = Houdini.
Chicken Tikka Masala with samosas, garlic naan and a big cup of coconut milk please?
Cedarstrand: Your post brings back memories of my boyhood on my families farm in Northern Virginia. We had a small herd of goats and they loved finding places to escape from. Occasionally ending up in our neighbors wooded lots meaning a friendly phone call asking us to come get them. One neighbor got very irritated but he'd been the exception rather than the rule. I miss those goats, they were much fun.
I started my tutoring job earlier tonight. I easily realized what all teachers know firsthand, teaching is an education in and of itself.
Alvie
Make that two. That's the last for today.
Well, so far today I've weathered a grand total of one car.
Baked chicken dinner, please.
***Curt, nifty sign there. Watched a number of your layout videos. You have made some really good ones.
***Todd, with all the extra practice you're getting there, how about coming over and laying some times here, too. You know, in your spare time.
The frackin goats have escaped one to many times, or perhaps 10 to many. Saw them across the road and up on the new neighbors freshly planted hillside this evening. Chased them back into the middle pasture. Then, dragged, rolled and kicked a partial roll of fence a couple hundred yards (used to carry those things) and cut it into sections to repair all the goat holes. So much for a rest day when starting back up on full MP treatment for sarcoidosis. I'm spent. All that is left is to figure out how much to sell the goats for and make the ad.
Going to go collapse in the corner booth awhile. If I fall asleep, please let me be. Thanks! Rob
Evening All,
Flo I would love a cup of Decaf please. I cooked dinner tonight since MOH worked. We had breaded pork chops, peas and garlic bread. Turned out pretty well considering I have little cooking skills.
I went ahead and mounted the Miller Engineering PRR lighted Billboard to the building and the layout. I hard wired and soldered the leads yesterday. I got the wiring kit so I don't have to mess with batteries. The video is of the sign (13 seconds). It has different flash patterns and I like this one the most.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsj1dVD6vVc
Hope everyone has a good night. Prayers for those in need or not feeling well.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good on ya's, Rob and David!!!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
(late) Sue!!
Rob- Congrats on paying off the farm. Just think, now all you’ll owe is the taxes. Sorry.
Welp, the stove arrived and in good condition. I got the cord swapped, and leveled and installed plus a new range hood installed. The kitchen remod is officially ….wait for it…waaaaait for it…..complete.
Ordered the cabinets for the “oh look there’s and empty spot, let’s put it there” room. They should be in in 10 days to two weeks. When I hang those, then that room will be completed, making the remodel list look like this.
Entrance way and hall way flooring replaced. Hall bathroom flooring replaced. Living room flooring replaced. Dining room flooring replaced. Kitchen flooring replaced. New refrigerator and stove. “Oh look there’s an empty spot let’s just set it there” room new floor and cabinets.
Next is the Master bathroom flooring and sink top and hopefully some way to keep from replacing the fiberglass shower stall with a tile one. Then the office gets new wood floor and the master and other bedroom carpet. Hopefully this will get done prior to the weather turning to Spring for the outside list. Meantime I have a car to w**k on because I will not start another remodel project until the cabinets are installed and that room is done. New Years resolution still holding up and it’s been what 8 months now? I think I can do it .
The reason we choose from 100 beauties for Miss America and only two numbskulls for President is because we can only find two (and it’s tough) politicians that haven’t been caught or think it’s been swept under the rug enough for most of us to believe their honest. Hardest part is we only have 4 years to find someone.
Floor Wars Williamsville: Phase.... I lost track - See above. Well not right above.
Gotta start cleaning on the old stove and hood. Since there is absolutely nothing wrong with the stove aside from it’s color (that didn‘t sound good did it), were gonna donate it to the Mission Center in Springfield. They actually give items to needy families that are donated. They of course have to prove their needy somehow, but it’s not something that they pay for like at Goodwill. I like that better. We’re giving stuff away so the needy can buy it? No, I’d rather give it away so the needy can HAVE it for free. We gave a lot of Mom’s stuff there. They take all kinds of things. Anything actually. We still give to the Goodwill. Things like clothes and shoes. Well, I don’t have any clothes or shoes to donate cause I wear them till they fall apart, but Brenda the “That’s old I need another pair” donates. Not much really. But the household stuff, we take to the Mission place. Not sure of the exact name I just know were it is. Oh, and it is legit. Our Church deals with them.
Let’s see what else was I gonna say? Can’t remem… Oh ya, Saw on the news about my sleeping problems. Turns out a study links trouble sleeping with Alzhiemers down the road. So I got that to look forward to. I guess. If I remember. Anyway, I felt so relieved to find out it wasn’t anything real serious just yet, that I slept all night.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and um….just coffee I suppose.
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 46.
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.
A cheese bagel with cream cheese, toasted, and mocha latte to drink please? I love the menu here, you can get anything under the sun, it's all tasty and the price is right!
I officially left my job at the tobacco warehouse today, my lungs couldn't stand it anymore. I'll miss having a full-time pay-check for the time being but there are other full-time jobs out there that won't hurt my respiratory system.
As for the model railroading world, I have many nice freight car kits to build up in the next few weeks and the wherewithal to do just that I've also decided to sell a substantial number of pieces online, mainly N&W hoppers built from shake the box kits and a brass N&W caboose. I'll get that done over the next couple days.
Afternoon,
Time for a cup of hot chocolate.....
David! Sounds like a bit of good old Southern Style nepotism... Good for you! I know you will do well as you appear to be a hard working, and kind human being. Just thinking of all the times you have helped out Jeff and the respect he certainly has for you! Just remember this prayer we used to use many years ago to end our MLK Committee meetings. "Be nice to all the people you meet on the way up, as they will be the same ones you'll pass on the way back down." Good luck!
Painters are back. Floor is going to look really nice in the room. I'll be able to walk on it tonight. They are enjoying working in a heated basement this time of year.
Later!
To the Terror that Flaps in the Night,
Congratulations David, I'm sure you are up to the challenge Just don't let it change who you are.
Please continue to find time to check on our Buddy Jeff, as he is known to overdo it occasionally. as you well know..
Jeff, I know, will keep you humble and that is a truly great attribute, much needed in business and in the world for that matter.
Best Wishes and much success.
Johnboy out...............................................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Still dragging today, so a coffee refill is in order, please.
***Galaxy, this house remains a "work in progress", so in a way, it's similar to having a list of repairs already. Nothing has changed.
***David, CONGRATS!!! Wow, that is great news. Wishing you much success.
Rob - I'm sure your very happy not to have that to worry about. I remember what a relief it was when we paid off the mortgage to our house.
David - My very best wishes on your new endeavors. Being honest and fair in your dealings with others will bring you much success. And you appear to have those qualities already.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Rob- paying off something and not owing a darned thing on it is a great feeling for a few minutes.... Then the major repair bills start to set in....
David- congratulations! You said you hope you don't trip on the way up. You WILL trip AND fall...but you will learn hard lessons then. Remember these things: 1} book learning and real life are two different stories! 2} Keep up on the latest/greatest/newest technology and processes-they will become your new business 3} remember to listen to and value what elders have to say...they have learned those hard lessons teh hard way I spoke of in #1. 4} you will have to spend money to make money...invest in the new processes of #2 to keep up and making money for your business! 5} re3member that those elders in #3 will find it hard to work for a "snotty nosed kid whose parents handed him a golden platter", so make yourself endeared to them by listening to them! GOod luck!
Well,
I am sore and hurting today from yesterday's activities still. not as much as yesterday, but still some a lot. Doing a load of laundry. when that one done, wil see if i can do another.
Planning Liver, bacon and onions for dinner..IF i can stand there at stove long enough to saute onions and fry a 1/2 # bacon....
well...thats all folks...
Afternoon All,
Ran errands this morning and cleaned the train room floor. It was a mess after all of the rip out I have done lately. I put some ground cover down around the new roadbed. I w**k tomorrow and Sunday, I also am helping MOH at Weikiva State Park for volunteer appreciation day so I have a filled weekend with no MRR in sight.
Rob- Congrats on paying off the farm. I'm sure that is a load off your back.
David- Good luck on the new job and remember to take care of your employees.
Take care everyone.
Is it possible to have both Amnesia and Deja Vu at the same time?
Well of course it is - I keep on forgetting the same things over and over again.......
Morning Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Diet Dew Please.
Thanks for all the wishes for Sue! I will have to show her, she will get a kick out of it!
Rob on paying off the Farm! I hope some day to have this house paid off. If or when I get a shop, I do plan on making 1.5 payments a month.
Curt I like your skunks in the picture you posted. If I ever get to my LHS again, I might pick up a couple for my wooded area.
Ulrich MIA With my last round of not feeling like posting I can understand why he has not posted for a while. When you have nothing fun to talk about, why bother posting.
Need to start getting ready for work.
See you tonight if the site is working right.
Ken
David: Congrats on the big move up. I know it's a big change for you. Just remember, the only constant in life is change. What counts is how you respond to it.
Dave Parks: Congratulations on that one!! I think you'll do well!
Today my life changes forever. I hope I will have time to work on my layout. My duties as vice-president of my parents heavy machinery recycling business start today. My study-at-home college courses for accounting and business management start next week so it looks as if I will have a lot on my plate for a while. How many guys go from unemployed 18 year old high school graduate to VP of a nation-wide company overnight! This is a huge step for me. I hope I do not trip on the way up.
CUL8R