Sir Madog Thanks, folks, for all the kind words and your thoughts and prayers! It is such a comforting thought , knowing that there are people out there who care.
Thanks, folks, for all the kind words and your thoughts and prayers! It is such a comforting thought , knowing that there are people out there who care.
cudaken Thank You for all the Birthday Wishes! They mean something to me! Guess the best present I will get is Ulrich being back!
Thank You for all the Birthday Wishes! They mean something to me! Guess the best present I will get is Ulrich being back!
THAT, FOLKS, is the "Magical Mystery Tour" behind the scenes at work in the DIner here! The fact that everyone here can have a care celebrate miestones with one another and miss somebody when they don't check in at least once a week...no matter what area of the USA, or WHAT country across the globe someone is in, we are there for them and CONCERNED CITIZENS!
And all those "sometime posters and often lurkers" even come out to post when they are relieved to hear from someone again, and I am SURE the "ALL THE TIME LURKERS" out there also feel the good vibes in the diner, even if they choose NOT to "get involved" or it isn't exactly "MRRing related"!!!
Now "Happy Bird day" to OTHERS who celebrate today! MAy they have and along with their choice of !!!
AND SPECIAL THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS for those who need them!!!
Have a GREAT EVENING!!!
-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.
Afternoon!
Chloe. I'll have a turkey club sandwich with one of those giant dill pickles and a cup of decaf for lunch. I'll go sit in the back booth and get warm for a bit.
OH! I know what I wanted to say earlier.... Ahem... OK everyone, all together now!
Ken, good luck with all the "fun stuff" you have to do on your birthday.
Gotta go feed the woodstove.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Howdy.
Ulrich, of course we all care about you. We were getting very worried, and we are glad to see you in the DIner again. It is sad, however, to learn about your blacking out and your 8-days in the hospital. Were you attempting to simulate the Japanese earthquake? ........... We pray the doctors can solve the problem, and you can quickly recover. Meanwhile, with your typing with one finger, we do not expect to see a Russian novel from you. Perhaps, it would be good to have somebody contact us if you ever have a similar problem (hoping it never happens agin, though.).
Ken .... It's good to see you are having a good birthday celebration. (except the blood suckers of course). We have a relative who is having major problems with BofA, too. This started with one of those mortgages from Countrywide Finance., and it's a huge mess.
SImon..... We're glad you are back with us in the DIner. Please visit more often.
Where is JimCG?
Rob, Curt, and Sue .... Thanks for the comments..... Curt, the WPF picture was taken like I always do except the train was moving.
Still busy with non-MRR stuff but hope to work on layout late today.
Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Why all the Balloons? I hate Balloons! Oh, there for Ulrich, then that is OK!
Flo, cup of Coffee and bowl of Frosted Flakes please.
Simon I will be off this Sunday and Monday at this point, but things could change. If you and the Lads could come over Sunday, I will make sure I am off.
Plans for my Birthday. Have a lot to do and none of is what I call fun at this point. Main thing I have to get done is go to the county court house and file the paper work from IDEA filed. That is the next step to getting Bank Of Stupid off my butt! There Blood Suckers (lawyers) have sent me paper work stating they are starting Foreclosure on the house.
With working 6 days straight, trash has really built up, so a trash run is a must! Then I have to take Sue to the store to get some more food and med's. Next stop is the library so Sue can get some stuff she ordered. Might stop by K-10 as well. Then cut up a limb that fell on to the back patio.
Next will be returning a call from Gary, owner of Calvert Express. If there is a job with Gary, I am taking it! At this point I do not see a future where I am working, or should I say it is going to happen as soon as I need it to.
Well I will see you all later, save me some if you can.
Birthday Boy Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning. It's 56° and cloudy. The high will be 65° and it'll be mostly cloudy. Wind is from the north at ten to twenty mph.Didn't get a chance to do it yesterday so today I'll see if I can get the U25C decaled. Also have some more cleaning to do on the layout, just picking stuff up and putting it away. Went with my father yesterday to get the gas cans for the tractors filled. That was about $62 for eighteen gallons plus he got both tanks on his truck filled. That's been a long time for that to happen. It's been in my nephew's possession for so long for repairs that he almost forgot what it looked like. But the exhaust system has been replaced, including replacing the manifolds which were both badly cracked, the piston rings were replaced and the top of the engine rebuilt (heads reworked, valves cleaned, two weak lifters replaced), injectors replaced, throttlebody serviced, several sensors replaced, ECM replaced, brakes redone. All that was done for the cost of replacing the exhaust system. My nephew did most of the work himself. That's a lot of work to put into a twenty year old Ford 150 but my father has the habit of hanging onto a truck until it absolutely can't be repaired. Cars are a different story. He'll buy, sell and trade them like he changes shirts.
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While in hospital, they ran a series of checks on me, again. All those fancy machines need to be fed. My blackouts appear to have no physical cause, just my body telling me that this is not the kind of life I should lead.
I need to retire - got a terrible headache
Anata no subete ni subarashī asa!
Zoe, I'll have the.....
ULRICH!!! Your back! You sure had all us scared sir. Hope the paralysis goes away quickly and you can get the sink replaced.... You are lucky to have Petra at your side. I often wonder what would happen to me if something like that was to happen........... Good to have you back in here! Your meals are on me for the rest of the month.
Oh thanks for the coffee Zoe. How about a couple of those Bavarian Creme Donuts to celebrate Ulrich's return?
I need to get cleaning my house today and also go over to church to see what still needs to be done to hook up the new sound system for the Social Hall. Tomorrow I will at an operating session at an NMRA member's house in Penfield, NY. You may have seen some of his layout as it has been featured in NCE ads at times. His scenery is amazing!
Seems there was more i wanted to say to some of you, but I'll have to look up what it was.... Old Timers Disease I think.
Best get moving!
Ulrich: Great to see you again! Why are you picking on that poor sink? Just kidding. I'm familiar with blackouts. I had three or four last year due to my diabetes and I've already had one this year, so I know where you're coming from on that. Good to hear the paralysis went away quickly for the most part. I've had partial paralysis of the hands and feet for many years now and I know how infuriating it can be. I've managed to work around the limitations and have been able to do some fair modeling and I've become a rather fast typist even using just three fingers, two on the left and one on the right. Believe me, there's hardly any situation the human spirit can't top.
It is good to have Ulrich back again. His guardian lion must have really been working overtime.
Ok, the mend is in, and hope to see you around more. Still fretting about work? we'll set the LEOPARDS on that one, they ought to be able to scare something up.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Italian Roast coffee in a COPPER BASIN RAILROAD mug, please.
***Ulrich, welcome back and please stop testing your guardian angel like that. Hope you recover completely with no further issues.
***Ken, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"
***Garry, wonderful layout pic.
Had a bad episode of sleep apnea last night, at least one I remember. Even the Cpap machine doesn't counter a severe case like mine. Then woke up later with left arm completely numb, like some dead thing hanging there. Ick! All is well now though, just exhausted as usual. Will be in the corner booth awhile. Mmm, good coffee!
Rob
Ulrich: Thank goodness you are OK!!! I'm almost starting to wonder about you getting an ICD in you at some point....that was too close!
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/
ULRICH!!!!
Welcome back buddy, sorry for your temporary stay in hospital.
Everyone here was concerned about you and asking after you.
We are glad to hear you are among the living!
Hope that temporary paralysis gets worked out....are you doing any physical therapy?
Typing by one finger only can take some time...so we will not pester you too much, just every day a few times a day!
Glad you are back!
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I had a good day. Still got cake and one more present from the wife and visit from son's family on Sunday. The two little grandkids love celebrating anybody's birthday. Didn't get a Seamonster card from my daughter. She just sent an e-card.
CN Charlie: No, my wife didn't have to roll me out of the restaurant. I showed remarkable restraint and didn't go back for seconds. For a change, she was the one leaving food on her plate. Too many choices, but that's why I like a buffet. However, with the potato pancakes the day before, the big breakfast at Denny's and the Chinese buffet, my stomach was threatening to disown me.
Ken: Happy birthday! 56? You're just a spring chicken. That was a long time ago for me. Lemme see what I was doing then. Oh yes, I was in my last year of working. I retired at 57.
Ulrich: Welcome back to the land of the living. There were a lot of people worried about you. That was a pretty nasty scare you had. Yikes! I hope they can find out what caused it and that you don't have a repeat performance. I wonder if it was a mini stroke? You take care of yourself. Maybe you could show Petra how to post a message in case you're laid up again.
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Ulrich- Welcome back. I'm sorry about what happened to you and hope you are on the mend. Do your MD's know what caused the blackout and paralysis? I have to say you had the diners very worried about you.
Sue- I believe I searched under PRR art, but you should be able to do NP (maybe spell out) stock certificates would work for you.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Happy Birthday Ken! Are you around this weekend at all?
Ulrich, welcome back. Do they think that the temporary paralysis was as a result of whip-lash like trauma from the fall, or are they considering mini-stroke type things? I certainly hope you are able to regain full use of your arm.
Heck, I pop in once in a blue moon and end up at the top. This calls for a celebration. The bar is open for a free-for-all for the next 2 hours!!!
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
Morning All,
Flo I would love a refill on my coffee please.
Not much planned here today other than going to the movies. This has been a very lazy week with really nothing much needing done. Next week I will be busy with track work. Went to the Dermatologist yesterday. He said the Mole MOH was worried about looked fine but he froze it at my request to make MOH happy and so I would quit hearing about it (the married guys understand) and I go back in March to get a small cyst on my back removed.
I was thinking about Ulrich last night. Is there some way to contact another moderator to check on him? I would think they communicate with each other behind the scenes.
Ken- . Hope you have a great one.
Todd- I really feel your pain buddy.
Inch- Glad your life is getting back to normal and your Bronchitis is better.
Barry- That is a great looking picture.
Garry- Nice photo in WPF. I really like how it looks running fast. Did you do that with camera settings or just ran the train fast and clicked away? (the second would be my way)
Everyone take care.
I am moving a little slower this morning, Chloe. I will have what Inch is having. I don't have to go anywhere today. Irish coffee, short stack, and German sausage sounds filling. It is my way to celebrate his belated birthday.
Happy belated birthday to Bob.
to Ken.
Johnboy, Sorry I missed your party for Ken last night. He is just a sapling isn't he. Most of my friends that I climb with are in their 30's, and somehow I keep up with them.
Curt, That is a cool stock certificate. I have only shopped on Ebay one time. Where do you start looking for something like that?
Garry, Your colors blend so nicely to your backdrop. That photo just flows. Thanks for sharing.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Afternoon Gang!
The prodigal son is back!
I had to spend the last 8 days in hospital. A short blackout sent me to the floor last week, while I was stepping out of the shower. Unfortunately, the sink was in the way of a straight fall, so I banged my head, breaking the sink and giving me a deep cut that required 8 stitches to mend. Thank goodness i did not notice any of that, as I woke up a day later in the hospital, nicely fixed up. As I could not use my left arm and leg, they kept me under a close watch. The paralysis went away after a couple of days, but I still feel numb and moving around is a little difficult right now. The left hand is still of not much use, but I can type with just one finger, so that´s OK for participating in the forum again.
I am a Leo, being born in August. They say that cats have 9 lives, which B Lion may be able to confirm. The only thing is, I don´t know how many of those 9 lives I have already wasted. All I know is that something has to change in my life real quick - I cannot my guardian angel to work overtime 24/7. I also know that this won´t happen here in Germany, but where to go to, with no money to start a business of my own? Questions, but hardly an answer.
Ken and Bob - a belated to you guys!
Heading back to bed - I cannot stay up much more than half an hour.
Howdy..
Still worried about Ulrich. I have yet to receive a reply from an email I sent. Perhaps, it would help if people sent a note via regular mail. Who has his mailing address?
Bob Seamonster. A late happy b'day to you!
Ken .... Happy B'day!
Inch .... Great to see you posting again! ... Thanks for updates about yourself and Jerry. Tell jerry we would like for him to post here again so we can "have a good one". .Also, I hope Mother's back feels better soon. DId you see my posts a couple weeks back about the bridge collapse here at Land Between the Lakes? We enjoyed your visit here, but now it has been a few summers since then. Feel free to return some day.
Here is a photo similar to the one I put in WPF. The one in WPF has the passenger train moving fast enough to blur its image.
Good Morning
Nice and dull with periods of snow bits falling on to our'n heads here..high of 36F is expected then turning a little colder....
Ken:
Inch: I'd be wondering where my head is at with the rate things be changing around your end there!!...take care of that Bronchitis...
Todd: Audrey didst do summat like what happened with you....then what I did about the cookbook stitchimication was to go and buy one of those 6 foot tall bookcases you get from places like Ikea...she has yet to fill the thing up....
As to Floor Wars, London ON division, part 3...or whatever...it is now on hold while we consolidate the changes in the bathroom with 'matching things'...that is Audrey's phrase for buying new matching towels and other such sundry items...actually what it means is many side trips to who knows what merry go round we find...it is a puzzle...
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please...I'll be at the RC ...
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
DUUUUUCK!!!! “Buster” has been called! Good Morning!! Coffee and scrambled eggs with fried potatoes and sausage gravy please. Thanks. A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40.
DUUUUUCK!!!! “Buster” has been called!
Good Morning!! Coffee and scrambled eggs with fried potatoes and sausage gravy please. Thanks.
A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40.
Ken!!
J.R. said “Repeat after me: Gee honey i'd love to do the shower but I'm hopeless with those tiles and wood just won't hold up…” JR, have you ever had your wife, after you’ve said something like that, just look at you somewhat blankly, then shake her head, turn around, flip that left hand up and snap the wrist as if to smack you quickly in the face (sometimes she’s kind and only holds up one finger to lessen the blow), then walk away saying something like “mble,mble, wah wah wah, scruffin POW! And you’ll regret it.”? Yah, I thought so.
Lee- I’ll be 50 on the 18th o-March so you’re a weeee bit younger. Wee bit. BUT we’ll say we’re about the same age. Mid group I think.
Inch- WoW! You don’t know whether your comin or goin sounds like. I sure do hope things slow down and calm down for you. Sending healing thoughts and prayers for all, specially Beth. Oh and Happy Late Birthday, hope you “had a goodun”
Ok, I misunderstood Flip last time. I thought he meant he had been getting responses E-mail from Ulrich here lately. Now I am getting a bit concerned.
Latest from the land of marital bliss. Told you about the shelf for her cookbooks right? Well last night I asked her how big she wanted it. She said… “Two shelves, MY eye level, the shelves can be the same size or the bottom tall enough for the books about the size of a magazine and the top shelf only has to be tall enough for those little ones. Oh, and about this long (motions about 24-30 inches). You know, just enough for my cookbooks and any I may get.”
I’m being set up for later on down the road. I see it coming. "....and any I may get later“…HAH! What kinda size is that!
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.
Mornin, an irish coffee, a short stack with sausage please Zoe. Cloudy, mixed precip, and of high 40 then falling thru-out the day, with gusty NW wind to 25, good day to play with trains, but I’ve got all 3 diapers today. Well I’ll atleast have to run trains for the kids some.
I talked to JERRY last month and things were going ok with him n Sally. They’d heard nothing on their move then, the apartment wasn’t ready yet. I need to call’em thou bout the Mattoon swap meet which was moved to next month and see how things are going.
CURT,,,,, my Gr- grandpa always times like these were like a bad hangover. It’ll gets better in time, but it sure makes life rough for a spell.
SEAMONSTER,,,,,, A HAPPY, but late 79’th Birthday to you. Hope ya had a gooden.
KEN,,,,,, HAPPY B-day to you too. Hope ya have a good one
Seems like this is the month for B-days in here, my 59’th was the 11’th [got a trip to my NSLHS] and the 26’th is both my BIL [56] and Earls [2]. The 29’th is my SIL’s. She say’s it’s her 11’th or 12’th birthday, even thou she’s 2 year younger than Mother.
JR,,,, hope you folk have a good racing trip down south.
LEE,,, already tried the screws. It’s been going bad for a year.
On to the good stuff, like I said thing are slowly gettin better. Other than the car is still down and it should be done next week and most any major gotta haves are going again. We’re plannin on getting the ceiling fan next week. Thank the Lord, all this waited until we’d gotten our taxes back or we’d been in bad shape.
I’ve got some time to straighten up my shed some, so I can start building the new vanity for the girls bathroom. I’ve got most the lumber, sink top and faucet already, just needed time.
Also, getting in more MRR time and I got a trip to my NSLHS [B-day], paid off the layaway engines they’d been holding for 4 month. Got an Athern C&EI RS-3 for me and Bachman’s Spencer, off of Thomas, thanks to a little 7 year old train nut gr-daughter and they know it over there. The RS-3 runs great, but Spencer wobbles going down the tracks. Also picked up 3 athern flat cars, a USN and PRR loaded with sheet steel and PRR empty, some Kadee couplers and a couple-3 other little things.
VA Doc visit was the best one in a spell, all the labs were good except my sodium and some else was still low, but better. Bronchitis is improving, but still there, may have to get a little stronger script from him or my civilian doc [an Iraqi vet].
Well best get on ta some chores. Got a B-day for Earl to bake, so Mother can decorate it tonight, then start in on 4 doz cupcakes #1 son needs for a dinner at lodge Sun.
Thoughts n prayers for all those in need n hope ya’ll has a gooden.
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cudaken Evening Folks! Flo Beer Please. Balloons, I Hate Balloons! February 24th Anyone want to take a shoot why that day is sort of special to me? This one will be the 56th I have seen.
Evening Folks!
Flo Beer Please.
Balloons, I Hate Balloons!
February 24th Anyone want to take a shoot why that day is sort of special to me? This one will be the 56th I have seen.
Happy Bird day 2 U! Happy Bird day 2 U! Happy Happy Bird day 2 U! to Ken....have a balloon and a piece of while you open your 's.
Yoko Hama
Good morning!!!
Today is Friday, February 24th, 2012!!!
The weekend is nigh!!!
MAke it a great one!!!
Good Evening Crew,
Thought I would just waddle through before hitting the sack.
Didn't know there was a party getting started. Let me be the first this time to wish CUDA KEN, a very Happy Birthday. 56 eh? you are such a sprout. are you shaving yet there young Fella ? You have another 16 to go to catch me, however by the time you do I will still be 16 ahead of you or in the cold, cold ground and not really caring. Belly up to the bar Guys I'm buying a round to celebrate this young fella's B.D. Sure glad JEFF, GALAXY, ROB, CURT, DAVID and others have gone to bed already, this should be a cheap round. LOL. Of course that will be for Bob's birthday as well.
Didn't really plan on this, but tonight one thing led to another and I ended up putting together a couple of kits. Con-Cor 50' Southern Flat (TOFC) with a Texas-Mexican Railway trailer on board, and a BB. 40' flat of BN. and I loaded a couple of Diesel engines on it for a load. Changed out the couplers and did some weathering after painting the decks. It's been awhile since I built a car so it was nice to get that aspect of it again.
Well, this week=end I have three days off, the weather hasn't been too bad but it is getting colder again and they (weather guessers) are saying the three days will have snow flurries, so winter hasn't let go in the great white north yet.
Not much else to relate and I'm fighting a cold as well, so I think I will call it a night and get some rest.
Prayers and blessings to all who stand in need. and a special one for our German buddy, Ulrich where ever you are.
Night all, Sleep well. You too Sue...............
Johnboy out..................................and going to lay this body down.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
OK, I have got the top.
Flo, open bar till Midnight, then some one needs to buy me around.
Balloons, I Hate Balloons! Well, it seems the company is on a balloon kick, they seem to think balloons make people want to buy tires! Only thing a inflated balloon ever made me want to buy was a BALLOON! While I can say how many I inflated and tied up it had to be close to 60. My fingers hurt from tying the knots in them.
Charlie $70.00 for a Con Cor car? OK, you paid $45.00. My Con Cor cars cost me around $12.00 each and it was not that long ago. But then again, mine have no seats in them expect in the dome of the dome cars.
See you later.
Ken
Good Evening,
Bob, I hope you had a great birthday! Not a great day to be out though with the snow and slush. Did your wife have to wheel you out of the buffet?
Galaxy, I know what you mean about drivers and other people seeming to be so much younger. Every day I pick up my wife from the university here and have been doing it for 30 years. Funny thing is the students are getting younger and younger. I think that they are now going directly from elementary school to university. Kids that young just shouldn't be at university.
Ken, you had asked about the Con Cor passenger car. It is one of those newer heavyweights that they brought out last year. The detail is good, but they certainly aren't worth the msp of $70. I paid $45 at Kleins and that seemed high.
Well all the track in now down on the N scale layout and I hope to start wiring the buss to the feeders on Sunday. I didn't solder the track joints but I have 12 feeders which should be enough considering the layout is on a door.
Hope Ulrich is ok and it is just a computer problem.
Jeremy, you asked about Jerry. He is often on an N scale board I read and I think he is doing ok.He seems to be busy building his new layout. I guess he got tired of the diner. I miss his posts too.
Well time for bed. Likely another not busy day at work tomorrow but I'm not complaining as long as the pay cheques keep coming. They are paying me for my knowledge and experience. That is my story and I'm sticking to it.
CN Charlie