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Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Hello everybody!
Set your clocks back??? Oh, happy April Fools!
Got back a bit eailer than expected so that means now I have time to lift weights, which I like to do. Birthdays coming up on the third, so I should be getting some mr stuff.
See ya later
"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp
MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"
And yes I am 17.
Evening All,
Well it's back to work tomorrow. Temps for the week are supposed to be right at 90 F all week with no rain. It did rain yesterday for a little bit.
I got the yard powered and tested and now switch position does not effect power distribution, which is a good thing. After doing that I ran trains for awhile. So all in all it was a productive MRR day. MOH was supposed to sew the curtain for the open closet but she never got around to it.
Jeff- Nice video. Were those tornado's getting ready to touch down on your layout. Just kidding.
Ray- Nice job on the roof.
Everybody have a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Afternoon/Evening, Flo - I'll just have a RBF please (ate lunch late). Thanks!
Lee, (hopefully, I won't set off the with this...) I wrote my Congresswoman and both my Senators, suggesting that if they really wanted to help out the "people of this fine land", that they look at cutting back their healthcare plan and their retirement benefits (THAT would save the government some money!). And that's about all I will say on that for now...
Florida, eh? Hey, maybe if Flip stops by, he can point out a few local trainspotting places for us to visit!
Bill T. - you rascal, you!
TSF, actually, your post is back there on the old siding - I read it before I can following the breadcrumb trail over here.
Ken, how soon can you update your resume? (Just kiddin'...I think!) Hope you don't have to leave really soon, but sometimes it's a hard choice about when/how soon.
Sue, with what I've seen about your weather on the news the past few days, I bet you're ready for spring summer to arrive in the Northwest (I'd realized that someone in the previous Diner had mentioned that your non-wet season is about 3 months in duration (or less?).
Ray, Ray - On your list of Floridian things and critters, you forgot the Florida state pet - gators! Do you have want yours with or without the dog leash hanging out of its mouth?
Ah, Jeff, Mr. Murphy's just leading you on with your SDP40F's... Still, I'd keep a good-running loco on my layout (until it starts derailing and such).
Todd, if you learn enough Chinese to ask "Nancy" her name, what if she says it in Chinese? Then you'll have to learn more Chinese! Good luck with your 'grass-harvesting'...
Curt, how's the wiring coming along? Congrats on getting that done so quickly. I haven't got to that point yet, but I hear the more feeders you have, the better (more or less)!
Garry, sounds like you're getting some quality time in with the grandkids there. What varieties of fish do you have on your end of the lake, by the way?
Darren, they can't get rain soon enough in your part of the country, that's for sure! Still not close to you and your place, right?
Rob, I'm guessing that your Storm Cat likes watching it crash and boom all around you? Odd cat, that one...
I didn't get the painting done today after all. Looked at the spray gun and thought about whether to use Floquil or Polly S, but my inertia got the best of me. (I just am no fan of cleaning up the spray gun). I did look at the back part of my current sections, trying to figure if I could put that double-wide Heritage Furniture building there (and call it Acme Manufacturing instead of my brick building I have there now), but don't know if I will.
I'll be at the window booth for now, watching that gator chasing after the peddler freight...
Blessings and Prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Curt: Good on getting the wiring done. When I originally switched from DC to DCC I had places all over the layout where power would dip and the trains would slow down. Running more feeders put a stop to that. You making fun of my fly paper strips? They do look tacky hanging over the layout but it's where they're out of the way and they're seemingly right in the bugs flight path when they come in whenever the doors opened. Time for some new strips.
Jim: It really surprised me this morning when those two big locos ran flawlessly. A few weeks ago they were derailing at the drop of a hat. As I indicated though I've done a bit of work on stripping out excess ballast, mostly from the sides of the rails. Glad I decided to check them again before opening them up and ripping out the decoders.
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 Evening...
We had another operating session tonight with about 4 people this time...and had 6 mishaps.......I am not going to recite them...
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/
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer Please.
My head hurts, my feet hurts and even my butt hurts. (well the butt is OK but you get the idea)!
I forgot all about it being April Fool's Day, that explains a lot! Satins Spawn Larry was being nice to me today and telling me I should approach Neil about being made into a manager. It was only him and I today so I thought he was just bettering me up to help him with the computer! Well I knew he was Lying! Reason I knew? His lips where moving!
Sometimes I am a knuckle head, I did help him with the computer. I never believed what he was saying but I did help him. I keep telling my self the next time he needs help, just walk away and let him dangle in the wind! But I am a sap, and keep helping the Caboose!
Just plain tuckered out tonight.
Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Chamomile tea, please.
***Jim: Yep, that's exactly how Storm Cat earned her name and she lives up to it by scratching at the sliding glass door to go outside and watch the lightning. Very strange cat indeed.
Only in the country do you find a note on your mailbox reading:
[Missing Calf Brown bull calf with white head & face. Last seen March 26. Very gentle, but probably scared. Please call -----------]
No kidding, found it out there today. The note, not the calf.
Will be in the corner booth a bit, winding down. Rob
OOPS, posted twice and couldn't erase. Sorry!
Evenin folks!
Janie just a decaf tonight.... Ate way too much over at my son's house tonight. They had hot dogs, white hots, sausage, bratwurst, and Sloppy Josephs, french fries, rolls, corn, and sweet tea...... Then cake and ice cream for desert! Just took my blood sugar and I am amazed it is still in specs! High but not terrible!
Rob, maybe it was a snack for the gator.......
Jim, I have to tell a story about the first time my mom and dad visited my oldest sister after she and her husband moved to Florida years ago. They were at some public park near the Orlando area and were taking a walk out by the ponds and waterways there. My Mom looked at me BIL and said, "I wonder if we will see an Alligator out here?" He very calmly told her to look over her shoulder behind her... About 20 feet behind her and gaining was a 12 footer coming up the trail. He told me he didn't think the old gal could still run THAT fast! My BIL and I did some outings on the St. John river which was very near where they lived (Geneva, FL believe it or not) and heard a lot of young ones calling out, never saw any big ones on those outings. Did see quite a few in some other place though.
I hand cut, hewed and creosoted a couple hundred ties today and got about 3 foot of them glued down on the roadbed in one spot. Rail will be laid tomorrow. I have to find time this week to prepare a clinic I will be presenting on the 14th. at our Division Meet. Title will be "Fun with Tortoises". I will be showing several ways to install the machines where you, ah, can't install them..... Will probably have to get some new photos as well.
Hope you all have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, April 2nd, 2012!!!
{whew made it through another April's Fool day without a prank}
Have a GREAT day!!!
-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
We are going to be sunny today and a high of 52F is expected...
I am still grumpy from last night's 'misadventures'.......so I am leaving my out of this......let us put it this way....when having a few brewskies it is better not to operate as well......and I include myself in this...
This day will be getting a few things done around the backyard..we still need to clean up all the detritus from the previous few weeks of storms and such around here...then see about whether the mower will actually start here...backyard grass height? ....7 inches....
Good morning, Diners. I am going climbing at Vantage today, so just a quick coffee before I head out. It should be 60 degrees. I am definitely ready for that.
I got a few battens on the car shop, and Larry and I operated for about 3 hours yesterday. It has been long overdue.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a couple sweet rolls please. Make that one cinnamon and one caramel thanks. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind between 8 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Good Morning!! Coffee and a couple sweet rolls please. Make that one cinnamon and one caramel thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind between 8 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Jeff- I’m not so sure you have anything that qualifies as RTR on your layout. At least loco wise.
Mr B- Bonjourno! Enjoy Italy I was there back in ‘97 courtesy Uncle Sam. Nice place to visit.
Ray- I’ve never used the WS foam stuff, but I am quite fond of Ailenes Tacky glue. I use that for many things including laying the roadbed to blue foam and wood. You still need pins for curves and such, but for many things it’s thick and sticky enough to hold initially better than Elmer’s and cleans up the same. So far I haven’t had any issues of it “letting go” either. I’ve never had it attack anything except my eyes and we won’t go into why that happened.
Stourbridge Lion- Good news on the fires. I have been kinda half following the situation.
Jim- Good point on the name thing. Actually I’m pretty much fluent in Chinese already. Hello, Thank you Bye Bye and You’re Welcome. I’ll learn the rest of the language including What’s Your Name today or tomorrow depending on what's going on. I’m learning Mandarin cause it's the most popular so with my luck she’ll speak Cantonese or one of those other dialects.
Big debate over whether the different Chinese dialects are actually dialects or languages I guess. The written language is understood by all, but the dialects are not. So technically if you can’t understand a dialect it is not a dialect but a different language, but the hangup on it being a dialect I guess is because the written is the same. Oh those crazy Chinese. Maybe I’ll learn to write and we’ll pass notes.
Fly Strips…..Looks Tacky…. I get it. Funny!! Say Jeff, ya ever walk or lean over into one of those things??? Me too. What a mess.
Ken- Aw keep helping him. Like my Mother always said “Rise above it and don’t stoop to their level. You’re better than that and the only one you have to sleep with is yourself.” (that was of course before I was married). Think of it as not helping him, but the customer. I’ve w**ked with several like that and one right now. To see me interact with him you’d not know I’m not his biggest fan. But for the sake of the restaurant and other employees and customers, I’m friendly to him. Oddly enough…..he thinks we’re friends. He doesn’t blame me for things or set me up, other reasons actually, but the concept is the same.
Another day of odds and ends. Probably mow aGAIN! Need gas though and at $3.99999999 a gallon, I’m not using the tractor. The push mower gets much better ypg (Yard Per Gallon)
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.
Looks like I got TOP so order up.
I am going to take it lightly on Todd´s account - Janie, just a coffee for me, please!
Good Afternoon Gang!
Today is my son´s first day at work - I bet he is all edgy about it. I wish I could say that again one fine day. Moving around still hurts, all my muscles are tensed up. I will have to see a doctor about it, should it not go away soon.
I worked down a mile-long HD list this morning, just like every Monday morning. Vacuum the floor, clean the bath room, grocery run, laundry - the usual household chores. I am glad I don´t have to mow the lawn or weed the yard anymore
Made some adjustments to the plan for "my" Z scale Salt Lake Route layout. In order to add some more operational interest, I took away part of the double main line in favor of a stretch of single track. This bottleneck enforces operation, but makes wiring a little more complicated. I was planning on wiring it for DC dual cab-control, only to find out, that buying all the switches I´d need, plus a mile of terminal strips, is moe expensive than a cheaper DCC system, like the Bachmann Dynamis set ( has anyone some experience with that?). So that could be an option.
I need to dismantle the old layout and start to sell those items i won´t be needing for the new one. A rough calculation, based on about 1/3 of today´s prices, showed me that I will gain sufficient funds to get started with two DCC locos, a handful of cars and a(used) Dynamis set. All I need is to talk to Petra, but for some reason I am chickening out of that.
Stay safe!
Cederstrand Only in the country do you find a note on your mailbox reading: [Missing Calf Brown bull calf with white head & face. Last seen March 26. Very gentle, but probably scared. Please call -----------] Rob
Rob
Morning everybody
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes,maple syrup, side order of bacon, and lots of dark roast coffee this fine morning.
Woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. Nose was stuffed up and I couldn't breath right, so finally decided I might just as well get out of bed. Lots of frost covering the rooftops this morning here in the Finger lakes Region. I hope there will be some local apples and cherries this fall....... Looking worse all the time!
I need to drive over to the Lyons area and get some distance photos of the old blacksmith shop in Alloway today. Bright sun is actually not the best for getting the type of photo the guy needs, but it seems to be all we will get this week. Will finally get the lawn mower out of the shed today and give it the once over. may do half the lawn if I get the chance. Also need to pull out an old Peavey Amp THAT has been setting in the shed for about 10 years or so (an old monitor system power amp). It had corroded contacts on it when I put it out there and I bet it hasn't improved any. It will go to the recycling center along with the old G5 Mac and few other things I still need to get rid of.
Best get moving. Lots of stuff needing to get done today!
Later!
Good morning. It showing 72 and cloudy. High will be 80 with heavy chance of 60% rain. My aphasia is giving me a hard time today. It causes everything I hear to be jumbled up and it also jumbles what I want to say. It's something I've had pretty much all my life. It's a repeating pattern so I was able to be taught how to deal with it, decode the jumble if you will. Usually I do a great job of keeping it under control. Today it's controlling me . My speech comes out like a scrambled salad at times and what I hear always sounds like a scrambled salad anyway and compounds the problem. Phone conversations can get really interesting. I won't attempt to describe the mechanics of the problem as most people can't understand it anyway. How can they understand it if it never happened to them. But if you're curious just look up global aphasia. Google will tell you much more than you want to know about it. Anyways that's the bright spot of my day. It seems my virus bug has returned or maybe I caught a new one. Little sleep and high fever last night with many bathroom trips for variety. For most that's not much of a problem but when you're disabled it gets really interesting to say the least. I hope I don't have another night like that soon. Today will be rest and sleep if it will come.
Morning Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Diet Dew Please.
Thank Goodness I am off today, I think. Honey Do list is getting quite long. Big one is getting the weeds/ lawn cut. My house is the only one that grass has not been cut. Going to cut it tall, so it does not look like I am bailing hay in the front yard. I sure hope the mower does not give me fits getting it started!
Work Front Yea Todd that is the main reason I help Larry with the computer, so the customer can get going.
Well, I guess I will see if I have a job Tuesday! I messed up sort of bad Sunday. Won't go into all the details but I cashed out the wrong Dodge Pick Up Sunday. Now with other computer systems I used, that would not be that big of a deal. But this system it automatically closes out the ticket. To give a refund you have to build a negative ticket and cash it out.
Then I had to rebuild the ticket I cashed out by mistake. What made it more complicated was the ticket I cashed out by mistake had outside purchase. I had a idea how to do the correction, but not positive. So I called another store to make sure I did it right.
Well, I was given the wrong advise and made a mess of it. But, I did get the funds back to the customer and he got his Dodge Truck paid for. Then Larry called Dave at home, and I got my caboose jumped pretty good!
Now that I know how to do it correctly, while complicated it would not have been that hard to do. But with the subject not ever being covered (you think it would have been) it turned into a big mess! Boy a little training would have came in handy!
I know I am not the only person that has made this mistake, and I won't be the last one to do it. But, I did mess up. But is it a terminating offenses?I have all most gotten to the point I don't care, what little fun I had at work has been taken away. Plus as long as Dave is around I am not going to move up and get a shop.
Time to see if the mower will start.
Afternoon Modelers!
Cloudy and cool but still no signs of Rain or Snow here but we will take after setting so many records last month which lead to the conditions that started the fire in the first place.
Fire News:
http://www.9news.com/news/article/260113/188/Fire-97-percent-contained-residents-allowed-home
Afternoon all
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Coffee refill, please.
***Jeffrey, hope you are feeling better by this evening. That sure doesn't sound fun at all.
***Duke, that's a neat old pic.
Long day of running important errands. All tuckered out.
Afternoon all.
Back to the grind... mondays. gah.
At least I'm leaving on Wednesday to go visit the School of Mines! As well as the Colorado Railroad Museum :D
That's all.
Mark
Rob That was one I took back in Oct of 04 when the 1225 was coming into Standish,Mi.
Evening Folks!
Flo, Beer please.
Grass Wars Well the front yard was a easy victory, but the back yard just plain kicked my caboose! In fact it won! I finally said the heck with it and left a 6 X 30 section uncut. Grass and weeds where a good 10 inches tall and still wet on the bottom. I had to clean out the mowers deck a good 30 times and restart it. I darn near burned out the starter of the mower, my right arm that is!
I all wise tell Susie If you hear the mower stop, come check on me! I am a poster child for having a heart attack after all. Late 50's, over weight (not as much as I was blood pressure 120 over 80 ) Diabetic and a smoker to boot. Want to guess how many times she came out to check on me? Zero! Guess she just not get it. Or she is hoping for the Life Insurances Money?
Re-watching Band Of Brothers before I have to turn it back in.
Later, Ken
My Charger becoming a Dodge Daytona clone. Another dashed dream, I had the money but could not get the parts made.
Got some sleep at least. Woke up about 6 pm blood sugar low. Vision shifting b/w to color so fixed fast dinner to get level up. Feeling better. Going see doctor in morning.
Good night. Be back tomorrow sometime.