Currently 32 degrees and snowing in Red Lodge, MT. Here is a photo of our back yard fire pit, our BBQ has been cancelled for today.
Wayne
Modeling HO Freelance Logging Railroad.
Packer I'll see if a friend of mine can speed-match those 2 GP38s to my GP38-2 and GP15-1. Lots of youtube videos show these types grouped together, occasionally with other early geeps and the rebuilt ones.
I'll see if a friend of mine can speed-match those 2 GP38s to my GP38-2 and GP15-1. Lots of youtube videos show these types grouped together, occasionally with other early geeps and the rebuilt ones.
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jeffrey-wimberly Packer: I'll see if a friend of mine can speed-match those 2 GP38s to my GP38-2 and GP15-1. Lots of youtube videos show these types grouped together, occasionally with other early geeps and the rebuilt ones. Your GP38-2 doesn't happen to be a Bachmann model does it? I have one of those and my SD27J does good to keep up with it.
Packer: I'll see if a friend of mine can speed-match those 2 GP38s to my GP38-2 and GP15-1. Lots of youtube videos show these types grouped together, occasionally with other early geeps and the rebuilt ones.
No, it's a P2K. I don't have any bachmanns on my roster ATM. I think that despite each engine having a different decoder (DH123, Atlas, NCE, Tsunami) this group should be fairly easy as they seem to be pretty similar in performance.
IMO the P2K GP38-2 is a good looking and running locomotive, after one rewires the whole thing.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Packer IMO the P2K GP38-2 is a good looking and running locomotive, after one rewires the whole thing.
Afternoon.
Flo, Ice Water pleases.
Well the Dash 9's are playing well together. Athearn RTR is still a little noisy but I think something is rubbing the flywheels.
Jeffery Like to dump the Athearn's PC Board, makes a lot of heat. What resistor do I use so I can run the 1.3 volt bulbs?
Hum When All Else Fails Read The Manual Been trying to reset my Blue Line RSD 15 Sound Decoder address to 98. Seems it uses CV 1 for the address not CV 2. Hope to have that one back on line tonight.
Next up, my GE AC 6000.
See you after work!
Where did that Pink Rock Come From?
Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Jeffery Like to dump the Athearn's PC Board, makes a lot of heat. What resistor do I use so I can run the 1.3 volt bulbs?
Of today's two projects, to install DCC decoders in the GP35 and U25C the GP35 is done (Digitrax DH120). The U25C will have to wait as the Digitrax DH123 is DOA. I thought the problem may the harness so I put the DH120 on it and the Zephyr read it fine. Put the DH123 back on and Zipp, Zilch, Nada, d na. It's like there's nothing there. So that's the end of that idea for now.
sfcouple Currently 32 degrees and snowing in Red Lodge, MT. Here is a photo of our back yard fire pit, our BBQ has been cancelled for today. Wayne
EEK!!!
Good Evening
mmmmm...my formatting must be messed up here....
We ended up getting to 83F with heat index reading at 95F...by Tuesday our heat index is supposed to be around 108F.....
Today was actually a lazy day..they spent a bunch of time working on my ICD and sent me home all fixed up...with new meds
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...
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Evening All,
Sitting here waiting on supper which is pot pies. Made it up to the LHS and saw Phil again which was very nice. I turned in both of my Spectrum K4s to have LED's installed. Jon quoted a price I couldn't refuse. Phil, Jon, and I talked for about a hour I think. It was very nice.
Ken- Love the frontal shot of the Big Boy coming around the bend.
Barry- Hope you are well after your treatment. That Pontiac is great.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Hi Diners! Curt it wasn't only nice it was entertaining. I really learned the meaning of-K.I.S.S. Watching Jon going through the d c c controller with your steamer made me realize how happy to stay with dc. was a smart move. Not being the handiest of men I would have destroyed many engines ,controllers and turned into a blubbering drunk or idiot. My MRC has a swwitch for diesel sounds and for steam. So much easier. Ah well , them that can, do and enjoy. Me, I get frustrated to easily. Then listening to the two of you and the misadventures with the TT. All I did was listen and smile while shaking my head. Thanks for a great morning.
Prayers for all
Flip
Evening guys
Well I should have learned from Ken, work called and I answered. Wound up working from about 1pm to about 6:30pm. I could use the extra money for more trains though.
That undec stewart F9 I got turned out to be a mis-listing. It was a Kato drive, not a stewart drive. I suppose that's a pleasent suprise. Also with the F9 was 2 Walther's GSC flats (Soo and ATSF) and an Atlas EV caboose (SSW). The flats I'll use after putting them together per their respective prototypes. The caboose will be repainted as a BN.
Evening, Chloe! I'll have a bowl of chili with some grated cheese and onions on it - oh, heck, make that a chili dog, with a RBF, please. Thanks!
Well (likely drying out completely with the heat lately, and NO rain), We go into the mid 90's (F) today, and supposed to reach about 98-99 F tomorrow. Better order my block of ice to sit on out on my deck tomorrow...
Ulrich, I hear you about the overqualified disqualifier, and yes, it can indeed be just that you are 'too good.' I wasn't told exactly that after I got my Master's, but I also didn't get some jobs for a long while. I finally started leaving it off my resumé's, though that didn't make much difference. (I think someone who has better qualifications than the person interviewing you is intimidating to them, like they start worrying that you may wind up replacing them!).Finally, I had somebody I knew from church hire me for a dishwashing job they had in a cafeteria. And a few months after that, some openings closer to my field turned up. So keep sending out those applications.
Ken, was the photo you posted (of the 1:1 trains)from the Transportation Museum in St Louis County? Reminded me of it, anyway. On the w**k front, I'd be beginning to wonder about your company, with all the people who are...(let's just say, less-than-outstanding in the scruples department...).You and the manuals sounds like I've done a time or two (or three...).
Darren, nice shots of Rio Grande territory (I'm guessing) there; are you back from vacation now?
Curt & Flip, good to hear that you guys got a chance to meet, even if the LHS was closed. Your take on Flip sounds like mine of him (but I've only 'conversed' by emails for a while). Hope you (Curt) can get the MRR stuff you need on your next trip there to the LHS.
Barry, I think I missed it - did you get your results on your tests back yet?
Garry, I saw on the news this morning that that Eggers bridge near you was opening this afternoon. Have you gone over it yet? TV said that they would let people walk on it this morning, but cars would wait until 1 p.m. (Maybe the local politiker folks had to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony or such?). Bet that will help a bunch of people who used that bridge to get to w**k or to run errands.
Thanks for the comments on the building. I had some trouble with the epoxy not holding on one of the wall corners (and the joint broke on me), so I cleaned up the surface, superglued it initially, and then after it dried, epoxied along the joint. Maybe I didn't get it primed right/cleaned up around the joint before gluing, or something else (Mr. Murphy maybe visited?....) So I have that triangular piece (between the one big side wall and the lower addition wall) now epoxied in place and tonight will see epoxying the rest of the back wall (and smaller connecting walls).
jeffrey-wimberly cudaken: For some reason this engine makes me think of Jeffery? What?! No 'Louisiana and Arkansas?! Where's my patching paint!!
cudaken: For some reason this engine makes me think of Jeffery?
For some reason this engine makes me think of Jeffery?
What?! No 'Louisiana and Arkansas?! Where's my patching paint!!
ROTFL!
Ray, how's the tree trimming/removal coming along (wasn't sure if you were done yet or not on that). Consider yourself lucky if you're just now putting your A/C in the window there - we're gonna have a little less than a week of 95+ F weather (and this early in the season, that's not a good starter!). Oh, I installed the OS X 10.7.4 update (downloaded the standalone Combo install file), and it got down to 'about one minute' left - for about five minutes... So I force-quit it (hey, I can always re-install from backups, right?), restarted, and other than the Installer wanting to open its window back up (it would quit then...), appeared to have gotten done, and then went on a lunch break or something. Another reason I'm glad I installed Lion on an external drive...
Todd, on those Williamsville Floor Wars - it sounds like you are assuming that once you have redone all the floors, the 'little lady' won't decide that she doesn't think that the floor in one room looks good where the other room's floor is next to it in the doorway...And of course, that means another trip for more materials and such... [:-&] Oh, how is the Family Feud Show coming along?
Rob, I hadn't heard in a while - no new losses/missing stock there on the farm (and no sightings of the coyotes lately)? Hopefully, the varmits have moved on.
Wayne, can you send some of that sn*w down to Missouri? That must be a little unusual, even for Montana, I'd think. After all, it is almost June, right?
Vincent, post photos after you get that ATSF GSC flatcar done - if the ones you got are the older Walthers kits, I have some of those (yet to put together). Would love some inspiration...
Stereo problems: I had decided that the 20 year old apartment stereo (the one that only plays a fairly loud hum when I try to turn it on for the past week or two) had had a long run and was deserving of a rest or re-do. Took it to one local electronics repair place where the guy can fix almost anything (kind of the electronics equivalent for Jeffrey ) and gave it to him. I figure he just may get it w**king again and then can sell it off fairly cheap to somebody who couldn't afford new. Then I did some looking at local places (Target, Wally's Place, etc.) to see what they had, and also checked online reviews of the different models of each. Today, I went and bought the one I decided looking to be good, but also affordable. Brought it home and started hooking it up, and determined that 1) the construction wasn't too great, and 2) unless I wanted to use the cheesey AM loop antenna or the plain wire FM antenna that came with the stereo, there wasn't any simple way to hook a decent antenna to it(!). Put it all back in the box (almost was able to close the lid...) and took it back within an hour or two of when I bought it, and got the sale credited back to my card. Now I expect I will have to set back more money to get a decent apartment stereo (without going to separate components or audiophile-quality (and price$)), likely at a local stereo shop, unless one guy I know who is an electronics guru can suggest something more reliable.
I did yesterday watch a DPM/Woodland Scenics video about building/decorating/detailing DPM kits. Pretty interesting, and well worth the download (or you can view it online if you have a quick enough connection).
Think I'll kick back at the window booth with my chili dog and RBF.... Prayers for those needing healing, safe travels (for those on the road this weekend), good night's sleep, and for a variety of job situations.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Vincent: you need to take lessons from Ken. No touch'em ringing talkie thing on'um day off!
Time for me to call it a night. I got the Athearn/Proto GP35 converted to DCC. The U25C will go back on the display shelf as DC as the other decoder was dead. Didn't get much of a chance to clean up the layout. Maybe tomorrow. Had chimichangas and chili earlier today. Topped that off with two big slices of watermelon this evening. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just my usual cup of decaf, please.
Been a long and busy day around here. Got more of the garlic removed form the garden and well over half of the lawn mowed. Then my granddaughters came over for a visit while their dad ran some errands he had to do. They had me over for supper later, Steak, corn, macaroni salad, and asparagus right out of my garden.
Manét bugged me to play with him using the laser pointer every time I sat down at the computer. He comes over and stares for a while, then puts one paw on my leg and meows loudly. Then looks at the place I keep the pointer and then back at me.... Then another meow...... He goes completely nuts trying to catch it...
The bunnies are still out in the garden... At least one is, couldn't find one of them after I got home tonight. I'm hoping that the Doe found one and took it somewhere else. They both survived being dug out of the ground this morning. The main garden is fenced in with fence a rabbit is not supposed to get through, but it is getting old and there are places momma rabbit can get in. I have seen her in there this spring on a few occasions..... Now I know why.
No model railroading again for me today...... I did get an email that Kappler lumber has shipped my order, so I should have some more tie stock by the end of next week. Now if I could only find the scale ruler.....
Hope you all have a good night! prayers for those in need.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ulrich
I agree with the others that you should consider toning down your qualifications on your resume. You don't have to lie - you just have to simplify.
For example, earliier in my carreer I had 15 years experience as a mid level accounting manager, training manager and retail manager. I could have written a resume which said "manager" all over it, but that was not the position that I was applying for. So, I rephrased it to say that I had 15 years of retail experience including supervisory responsibilities, training of subordinates and inventory control functions.
Did I lie? No, I don't think so. Did I scare them off because of overqualification? Apparently not because they hired me.
I would offer the following suggestion: Look at the job description very carefully and ask yourself "what person are they looking for?". Once you answer that question you might have a better idea of how to phrase your resume and application. You are rightly proud of your accomplishments, but your application should not focus on what you have done, but rather what you can do for them.
Just one other word of advise: Don't waste your time applying to companies who are clearly only interested in hiring new young prospects. Look for companies, large or small, who rely on experienced staff to maintain their daily operations. For example my major experience, other then the early managing stint, was in selling roofing, windows and doors. So I went to one of the 'big box' home improvement stores and spoke to them mainly about that experience. Apparently my strategy worked. The interviews were so brief that I didn't know whether I was in or not until they actually made the offer. I focused on my window and door knowledge, not my other experience.
Ultimately Ulrich advice is easy to give. Getting it to work for you is often a much harder reality. All I can say is don't give up. If you do, it will be their loss! Sometimes less is more!
Best of luck
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Flo, Beer Please.
Late customer, did not get out till 10:06. Shop hit over $13,000.00 today and Dave was in a good mood! He kidded with me and I knew he was kidding.
Curt Yea if there was not the Pink rock it was a pretty good shot. Been better in the track had ballast.
One of the guys did some photo magic to the shoot.
Looks pretty good.
At K-10 Trains.
Jim good to see you in the dinner. Yes the shoots where taken at St Louis Museum. If you feel like making the trip again to the museum let me know! Love to meet you and the last time I was there I was with my wife. It was in the background and she was afraid she get struck my lighting. So the trip was cut way to short.
Jeffery Thanks for the tips. I think I checked the volts out sometime ago and it was around 13.5 volts.
Time to check if I won the Mega Millions!
Good Morning Gang!
Incredible - we haven´t seen a cloud for a week now! Nice to wake up with the birds singing in the sunshine.
Thanks, Folks, for all the good advice. Unfortunately, the German job market plays by a different set of rules. Toning down a CV would not help, as each job application has to be accompanied by a full set of employer´s testimonials. If I´d tone down my level of qualification, there´d be a mismatch between my CV and those testimonials. "Adjusting" the testimonials is a criminal offense as they have the character of official documents, so that´s a no go. Our application procedure would be perfectly illegal in most of the countries in the world, but here it is as it is, limiting my chances ever to find a job. Who ´d hire an ex-CFO and CEO who is now 3 years on the dole? I wouldn´t...
Maybe I should go into politics - Folks, I am just kidding
About an hour´s drive south of my place, there is a steam festival this weekend. Too bad I can´t go there.
Have a good weekend!
Ulrich - If you did go into politics I would vote for you . Otto
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning. It's 70° and partly cloudy. The high will be 95° and it'll be sunny.So far I have the layout partially cleaned up and I've found a couple of items that had gone missing. I'm program the Athearn/Proto GP35 this morning. It's going to be permanently mu'd with a Front Range/Athearn/Proto/Proto Power West/Walthers GP9. Neither one by itself is heavy enough to pull more than nine or ten cars but both together can pull twenty or more. No other plans for today.
Good Morning
Already 70F going to a high of 77F and sticky....
Got a bunch of runnin' 'roun' to do so I better be off and doin' this!!
CYLTR!!!
Good morning, Chloe. I think a large coffee will do nicely before my run.
Operations session at our friends place tomorrow. We haven't seen his layout for a while. It will be great to see his progress.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
73 here and somewhat cloudy. Dr. Pepper please. Those eggs, bacon and toast look good too. How do I want my eggs? Scrambled, like a congressman's mind.
How is everyone today? I am just taking a little break before getting back to the mountain of work that is my life.
Ulrich: It sounds like the job market there is it's own worst enemy. Such forceful honesty would never be tolerated here. Congress would outlaw it in a micro-second. Pens would be scribbling at the speed of light!
Ken: I am glad to see you no longer have 'I am the Larry' in your hair. I hope you did not trade for 'I am the dave'.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Mornin'!
Zoe, I'll have the breakfast buffet and some dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug. Thank you Ma'am!
Just stopping in to say hi before getting the rest of the lawn mowed this morning! Want to get THAT done before it gets unbearably hot today.... Already 75°F here in the Finger lakes Region.
Later!
Good Morning!!!
Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 100. Ok, so now it’s getting to the hot side.
I tell you what, that Jeffrey is equally good at suggesting what’s for lunch as he is at swiping other peoples train stuff. Chili dogs it is. Done flung a cravin on me.
sssssSSSSTHOOMP!! Whoa! (stares at knife now sticking in the wall) I guess he did see some humor in it...., he didn't aim directly at me. (how's he do that. He didn't even turn around)
Jim- For what it is worth, she has picked out all the colors and styles and all for everything. I’m just the labor. In theory, that should alleviate any of the “doesn’t match” issues. No guarantees of course but stand a good chance to be ok. As for the family feud, simmering is a good word I guess. Just a few small eruptions but nothing sending it over the rim. They are having a yard sale today, then they are packing what’s left over to Super Duper Evil Sisters house for one next weekend. Now they are occupied with only small things to set them off. Normal for that family when they do anything together except breathe. No, actually they did get in a tussle once because one didn’t like the other "breathing over my shoulder" so I guess they fight over breathing as well.
Ulrich- Oh. I see a system that keeps people from falsifying qualifications to get a job they are not qualified for, also keeps someone who just wants a job and to w**k even if they are over qualified. Sounds like something our folks in charge would do.
Welp, Gonna shut this contraption down and be outta the loop until the floor istuhthe point where I can setter up agin. Yup. No place to put the stuff in here and Brenda does not want another room filled “temporarily”, so I’m shifting from one side to the other like I did in the Living room. Difference is, it’s much smaller. Our house, though only what, 17 years old, was designed like the old houses. Small bedrooms because all you did in the rooms back then was sleep, small kitchen because well, there pretty much was only the wife in the kitchen, as she should be when she's not cleaning (POW!!!) oh my head. Sorry Zoe. I didn’t see her standing there. Anyway, the living room is very large for …..living… I guess. Hm. After I got cracked in the head….., I have no idea where I was going with this line of conversation so I’ll just click outta here and get started on the floor.
Oh great. Now it’s Chimichanga’s and chili. Decisions, decisions.
Ya’ll have a good 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.
Morning Folks
Flo, Coffee Please.
David Glad to see you dropped by! I am the Dave is no where as bad as I Am The Larry.
Ulrich Is it the Law you must have employer´s testimonials? Or is it more of a custom?
Had a MRR Scare Last Night. I had been running 3 trains with 2 engines each last night. They where running great. One of the trains where powered by my Dash 9's. I started cranking up the speed some then all of a sudden Beep, Beep, Beep and the DB 150 shut down! Did a quick check and nothing was derailed. Figured the Athearn RTR ate its decoder and called it a night.
Fired up the track this morning, everything is fine. Only thing I can think of is the DB 150 got to warm and shut it self down. Boy my wiring must be a real nightmare, I know the DB 150 should be good for 10 engines with no problem.
I am off Sunday! Yeah, and I will not be answering the phone!
cudaken Ulrich Is it the Law you must have employer´s testimonials? Or is it more of a custom?
... it is one of those unwritten laws, i.e. custom, but either you play by it, or you don´t have a chance right from the beginning. I won´t further comment on it, I don´t want to risk a ban here
Afternoon All,
Not such a good day today. Just got back from the MD. I have been having lower GI pain all week but it has been manageable. Yesterday after getting home the pain really spiked and sleep was non-existent except in very short periods. The Doc says it looks like a fungal infection but not sure if more is going on so I have to follow up with a GI Doc next week. She prescribed a Antifungal and a Antibiotic (just in case) and put me out of work next week.To be honest I wasn't sure how I would make it though work anyway. She also gave me a hard time for waiting so long before coming in.
Hope you all have a better weekend and Thank You to the veterans.
Curt Webb Not such a good day today. Just got back from the MD. I have been having lower GI pain all week but it has been manageable. Yesterday after getting home the pain really spiked and sleep was non-existent except in very short periods. The Doc says it looks like a fungal infection but not sure if more is going on so I have to follow up with a GI Doc next week. She prescribed a Antifungal and a Antibiotic (just in case) and put me out of work next week.To be honest I wasn't sure how I would make it though work anyway. She also gave me a hard time for waiting so long before coming in.
Changed out the shell on the third chassis of the F unit trio. It's now sporting a Varney F3B shell, so that makes the second and third unit with Varney shells. They're a bit easier to pick out as they're not only a bit rougher looking but they're also slightly longer than the Athearn or Stewart shell. The Stewart F3B is about forty-nine scale feet from the front of the roof to the rear of the roof and the Varney's are about fifty-one scale feet.
Good morning, Flo (well, for a minute or so yet)! I'll have a BLT, cheesey fries, and a RBF, please 'n' Thank You. Hmmm...maybe for dinner I could have chimmichugas? Or chili? Decisions, decisions(oh, wait, somebody else said that, I think)... Jeff, it must be your fault - you got me thinkin' about all those yummy (and filling!) foods.
Ah, David P., good to see you in the Diner - and when you get back again, fill us in on what's taking up your time at w**k (are you doing that full-time over the summer?).
Ulrich, I would vote for you in a heartbeat (kinda wish we had people more like you running than some on this side of 'the pond'. Glad to hear your weather is better than our oven lately.
Todd, as you said, no guarantees. Of course, I never got that impression about women having ANY guarantees when I was married.... Good luck with your tiny rooms and grand living room.
Curt, rest up and follow your doctor's/doctors' orders. Maybe you'll be fortunate enough that the meds your primary doc gave you (yeah, they don't usually give 'em away...) will take care of things and leave nothing for your GI doc to tend to..
I went by the LHS today - a few things I'd ordered came in. One was the Walthers Rivoli Theatre, and I'm trying to figure how to make it look a bit older than it does. It makes me think of more like 1960's or 70's than 1950's. But want to figure it out without opening the shrink-wrap (so if I can't figure how to make it w**k, I can sell it more readily). Also got in some smaller detail stuff from Frenchman River (stone wall castings, brick herringbone walkway (can use it for in front of a train depot), and some trunks/crates for loading docks or freight carts.
For now, I decided to come in here, since the A/C does a fine job of keeping me cooler than outside is today (already at 90 F outside. Man, this RBF hits the spot!