Harry k Birks
Evening guys
I've been snooping around looking for a place that has the majority of the detail parts I need for my F-unit project. Turns out Bowser has them, and most of the parts to replace missing or broken parts on my Fs. I didn't think it would be a whole lot, but I guess all those parts really add up. I'm looking at close to 200 for the 5 units I have. Not counting the others that I'll be getting from other sources (going to have 2 full ABBA sets). Maybe I should just work on 1 set at a time...
My brother's graduation party went well. The turnout was far less than my graduation party though.most of the family friends at mine have moved since then.
Ken, Check PMs
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.
Afternoon, Flo - I'll have the cheeseburger special, with cottage fries (and the ketchup bottle), and a RBF, please. Thank you!
Looks like we've been getting some culture around the Diner - dance recital, lion sculptures, and performance art for the camera at the DMV.
Todd, good to keep one's mouth closed around some relatives, eh? Glad you got the roof leaks tended to. As for the office-cleaning... well, I'll just say it seems like a lot of jobs around your place take a wee bit longer than planned (like most of 'em?)...
Jeff, for a driver's license photo, that's not too bad. I've seen much worse, I know. So does the L&A have a major ditch-cleaning project coming up?
Not much going on at my place today, though yesterday evening I got three boxcars done (2 Accurail and one Athearn). The Athearn is a special edition (not sure what makes it special...), 40' D&RGW boxcar that looked like a Tuscan Red kind of color (all the other Rio Grande boxcars I have - I think - are more of an oxide red/boxcar red; but then again, they're 50-footers, so maybe D&RGW changed their colors before they went to that black-and-orange-and-silver thing...). The Accurails are a 50'er Uncle Pete (their version of boxcar reddish-sort-just-because-we-want-it-thisaways) and a 40' Santa Fe "Super Chief" boxcar. Nothing major newsworthy or anything...
Found out that one add-on (ShowIP) I have had in Firefox does not play well with others. I kept getting notifications (from an outgoing request monitor app I have on my Mac), asking for me to authorize Firefox to connect to some website. Did some digging, and found that the last updateof the add-on (to 1.5) was sending requests for website identification to their server (not that bad), but in plain text where anyone out there might be able to monitor/read all my browsing history. Supposedly, the newer version (1.6) fixes that, but I decided if the add-on was doing that behind my (virtual) back, I didn't want it on my computer at all, & I pulled the add-on. Sheesh! Ah, well...
Aw, rats! Thought I was off w**k tomorrow (except for an intake assessment), but I just looked at our schedule, and I have to be in after all. Guess I won't stay here at the Diner quite as long as I'd intended.
Kinda wondering what has happened to Galaxy - Galaxy??
Prayers for all our MIA's, and for healing for those recuperating or starting treatments, plus for comfort and good night's sleep.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Good Afternoon...
Everything be up and all sunny now..after dull dull dull and dribbly for most of the day
Had some friends pop over for a few and chatted with neighbour about newish road project that is being discussed..again
I'm going to attempt getting some stuff done on the layout this evening..hopefully run some trains as well...
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/
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a cup of hot chocolate to tide me over to supper right now. Thanks!
I have been pretty much just been laying low today. Didn't sleep well last night so I haven't worried about getting much done. I did go down to the train room and put in a bit more rail... Yard is almost done except for details, painting, and ballast.
Curt, for THAT other issue you mentioned, have your wife pick up something called PB8. It is a capsule with a few billion good bacteria in it, much more than you will get from the Yogurt (same basic bacteria). Take a couple in between meals and you should be up to par fairly quickly. I get it at a Natural Foods Store around here, but it should be available at pharmacies as well. I use it because a friend who is a chiropractor recommended it to me as something that often helps reduce symptoms of psoriasis. It does seem to help a bit with it so i continue to use it.
Speaking of plumbing:
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Curt: Sorry to hear you're feeling poorly. I know all too well what those powerful antibiotics can do to you. I've had to take them by mouth and home iv at the same time. Not pleasant to say the least. I hope you get over it soon.
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
Afternoon All,
Sitting here while MOH is running some errands. The pain is almost completely gone but still fighting the other issue I talked about yesterday. The only other thing is that I get really tired frequently and take lots of naps. I feel bad that I'm now starting on week 3 and am still not worth much around here.
Phil- Check your personal conversations.
Ray- I'm happy you had a great recital with your grand daughter.
Nothing happening in the train world.
Everyone take care and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Italian roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jeffrey, nice group of heavy equipment you have there. Wish I had the full scale versions here.
Some neat full scale train pics being posted in the Diner I see.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Good morning, well getting close to noon here. It's 82° and partly cloudy. The high will be 92° and it'll be mostly sunny.With the construction equipment I got yesterday I now have four excavators and five bulldozers (three Cat). Anybody got an extreme home makeover to be done? I already have a flatcar with an excavator and dozer on it. Guess it's time to make up another one. No plans for today.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, eggs over easy, bacon, homefries, and a double order of sourdough toast, please. Oh yes, lots a dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug to get me warmed up!
Another chilly day outside the door here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 57°F with the high all the way up to 62°F along with some thunderstorms this afternoon. Good day to go hide out in the train room......
Todd, glad you got the roof vents taken care of. I'm very good at just smiling and nodding my head also..... It usually is a better idea than getting into a long and drawn out argument with some relatives. I find repeating over and over, "I guess we'll just have to disagree" works with some but not all. One of my sisters insists THAT means I am trying to force my opinions onto her and will accept nothing less than my agreeing 100% with whatever stupidity she is touting this week. You clean your office within 3 days....??? I do THAT seasonably every couple years.
I dunno Todd, but the thought of Jeffrey Running Bare Bear just grosses me out completely... I think he is rather like Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde, maybe? Just kidding Jeff!
Todd: The last time I heard from PC was May 10th. As for your curiosity about my name check your PM's.
Refill?
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast Buffet please. Thanks.
Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west southwest between 4 and 7 mph.
Jim- Thanks for posting the pics of Robby’s. I look forward to his return. Also I noticed you mentioned ChefRyan. Glad to hear he’s still kickin I often think about him. I have yet to get more spice rub that I’ve talked about doing..
Anyone heard from/about PC?
Jeff- Actually, considering it’s a Drivers license photo, I think it is very good. Course, I have never seen you in person, but taking into consideration all the effects the DMV does to photos, I’d say, based on that picture……., you probably strike a resemblence to Owen Wilson. By the way, not to be nosey….oh what the heck. Who am I foolin. To be nosey, Is Jeffrey Wimberly and Scott Running Bear two separate names you go by? Or is it a separation of one name. I’m assuming Running Bear is a Cherokee given name that you have adopted legally due to your Native status? Just curious as over time I noticed you use both and the use of Running Bear on your DL just peeked my curiousity
Well, didn’t get anything done in the office yesterday. First, after leaving here I dillydallied around for a bit (imagine that) then started to clean when the doorbell rang and it was the guy who was coming to fix the leaks around the vent pipes on the roof. Said the boot on the other one was cracking and drying out so he did both and reacaulked around the chimney where he saw a couple small cracks. $40 . Can’t complain since I can’t seem to deal with heights anymore. Anyway, I stayed outside and picked up sticks for a while. I hate that River Birch. Then Brenda called and wanted me to come in to town and get these concrete lions that somehow got loaded on the U-haul of sale stuff . So I bip out to the farthest point away from us in Springfield to Super Duper Evil sisters and get to sit and listen to the collective IQ’s of a door knob go on and on about stuff and look at me and laugh as if I’m supposed to respond. I just fake laugh back to appease them. That isn’t always the best thing. To be nice and polite that is. Some day I’ll have to tell you about the Chili Sauce incident (shakes head). After arriving there at slightly after noon, I sat and made it look like I wasn’t running away for a bit and then said I had to leave and get to cleaning on the office. Brenda then responded “so….you want me to come home and get the truck later then?” So I said, that I might as well just stay and she agreed it would be best. So……got home about 8:30. Needless to say, I am siting in the same condition officew I was in for the last what, 3 days.
Will try again today. But first………
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.
Good Morning
Having passing showers be falling on our'n heads this morning..supposed to start right back up in the afternoon as well..high..64F .... in the rain.
I've been busy picking up books from the HOyahoo group sale this weekend....seems that some were right up my alley as well...heeheehee...
Tomorrow I'll be heading out really early to start the sessions...yay
Galaxy: WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?!?
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a nice hot cup of decaf please.....
Been a fun but very long and tiring day.
This evening I got to see my little Granddaughter #1 in her first dance recital! She is really loving the dance lessons, and of course she was perfect (even though she missed a few cues and turned the wrong way a couple of times..... Well I know most of you understand. She sure was cute in her little Tutu in the first of the two dances her group did. The high school group was superb!!!
My foot has been pretty good all day, but has started getting sore tonight. hobbled around on it way too much today....
BroadwayLion I'm *sure* I have seen that locomotive before!
I'm *sure* I have seen that locomotive before!
Well you ain't lyin', Lion! She is a sweet old girl isn't she! I like this shot of her the best from my collection:
Have a great night. Prayers for all in need. I'll see you in the morning. Now where is THAT Galaxy guy??? Starting to get worried........
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Flo, beer please.
Shaddy Front When I got home from work, there was dog food all over the floor! She cannot eat with out making a mess! Plus my wife said she left a Good And Big Wolfhound Goodie in the backyard! So I am a pretty happy man! Hum, never thought I be happy she is eating a lot and leaving Big Old Thumper's (sound the lawnmower when I hit one) in the yard but I am!
To bad her Vet visit cost me a PK2 Rio Grand SD 7 that I was hoping to get from K-10. But she is worth it, I think?
Got out a little late from work. Where do people get the idea when they know we close at 7:00, that I will wait to they feel like showing up? Called a lady at 6:15, her truck was ready, no answer. Called at 6:45, no answer. Called at 6:55 and she picked up, told her we close at 7:00 PM, in 5 minutes. I was told "I am on my way"! Called at 7:15, Oh, I am all most done at Sears! Showed up at 7:25, great, thank you mamma!
Playing some jazz and running trains so life is pretty good right now!
Need to see if I won the Lottery!
Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. Received a package today from Ohio. I'm now the owner of three Caterpillar 315CL excavators and two Caterpillar D5M bulldozers. See y'all tomorrow.
howmus Afternoon folks! Just got home from the birthday party for one of the cutest little one year olds around! Got to chat with a lady who for over 30 years drove bus for the local schools. She was also the mom of one of my middle school students when I first came to Geneva. The birthday boy is her grandson.... She had become a good friend of mine back then and one of my strongest supporters! It was old home day! Now I have a couple hours before I have to put some better duds on to go to the ballet! My oldest granddaughter will be performing in her dance recital this evening. Can't miss THAT! Who posted the wanted poster? I would hate to be caught alone in the back alley with THAT guy! LOL. Just kidding Jeffrey...... Jim, #2317 is a Pacific (the one on the turntable) and #3254 is the Mike. The Mike is my favorite steamer... Just a beautiful, powerful, sweet running machine! Pacific: Mikado: Curt, glad you are doing better! hopefully you can spend the time out of w*rk in the train room..... Later! 73
Just got home from the birthday party for one of the cutest little one year olds around! Got to chat with a lady who for over 30 years drove bus for the local schools. She was also the mom of one of my middle school students when I first came to Geneva. The birthday boy is her grandson.... She had become a good friend of mine back then and one of my strongest supporters! It was old home day!
Now I have a couple hours before I have to put some better duds on to go to the ballet! My oldest granddaughter will be performing in her dance recital this evening. Can't miss THAT!
Who posted the wanted poster? I would hate to be caught alone in the back alley with THAT guy! LOL. Just kidding Jeffrey......
Jim, #2317 is a Pacific (the one on the turntable) and #3254 is the Mike. The Mike is my favorite steamer... Just a beautiful, powerful, sweet running machine!
Pacific:
Mikado:
Curt, glad you are doing better! hopefully you can spend the time out of w*rk in the train room.....
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Vincent:
I just discovered 90 second epoxy at our local hardware store. I don't know how long it has been on the market but it was the first time I had seen it.
It is a vast improvement over the five minute stuff. I used to get really annoyed having to wait for the five minute epoxy to set enough that the parts didn't have to be held in place. With the 90 second stuff the process flows quite smoothly without undue delays.
What I don't like about it is that it comes in a single plastic dispencer with two plungers and it is very hard to get small equal amounts out of both sides of the dispencer at the same time. That leads to waste, which is probably what the designer intended I got a lot more milage out of the old metal tubes.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I'll need your E address.
Phil,
Yes I would be interested in seeing them. I was hoping to get up to Jon's next week depending on how I feel and he has not called to say the lights are done, but of course I couldn't make it up there anyway right now. Take care.
Curt
Curt, I found the English trains vidios. If you like to see/hear the steamers, let me know. Glad you getting better.
Flip
That pic looks better than the last one they did. That made me thing the door at Angola had been left open.
Vincent: Yes I have been MIA. Between work and my college courses and work helping fix up the house and yard I do not have much time for other things. Working in a nation wide scrap/recycling business as one of the higher up mucky mucks is not easy.
Ken: If Jeff told you something he sent is good you can take his word it was when he sent it. If something had a problem he would have told you about it in detail and likely provided a list.
I was sorry to learn of Ed's passing.
Today is my birthday as you all now know. We had a nice small party on the back porch. Some grilling, some drinking, etc. Just me, my mom and dad and some friends. I got a new scanner/printer I have been needing. My dad gave me some gas money that should last for several months and he got me an appointment for my truck to be tuned up. I took Jeff some of the meat we grilled. He is not feeling good today probably from the antifreeze he was bathed in yesterday. Even after 4 scrubbings he still smells like the stuff.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Afternoon guys
Well work was busy. I was supposed to leave at one, but got out at 2. I stopped by walmart on the way back and bought some goo-gone and easy-off oven cleaner.
F-unit update: IDK if I'll use the oven cleaner. I tried the goo-gone to remove the crud left by the goof-off and it works really well because I can see a bunch of bare plastic. I found out that mixing the goo-gone with the abrasive polish makes a nice paste that does a really nice job of cleaning it up without effecting it shell. The best part is the addition of goo-gone into the polish allows it to just rinse off. I think the plastic may have been effected by the goof-off since it's kind of an orange-brown in some spots since I've been scrubbing it for about 10 minutes or so. Maybe it needs more time, so I'll try it again tomorrrow. Still have to put in several part orders, and install them before I hit them with primer.
Jeff, Are you gloating? Road accidents tend to cause people to slow down and look, ya know BTW, tell David happy birthday for me. (he's another MIA)
Garry, Which averted acccident are you referring to? The 3 car ones, ot the saving of the F-unit shells?
Jim, The 5-minute epoxy is worth a try. I've found on other forums that a 50:50 mix of MEK and barge cement is supposed to be pretty much permanent, and I've gotten recomendations for microscale's microbond. (reminds me I need to order some stuff from them as well). I may have to do some experimentation to see what works best for me.
You look like Peter Sellers after he fought with his valet. lol Love yuh!
Prayers and Blessings.
As I said yesterday, I got my drivers license renewed. My new license photo:Yeah, it's got about as much appeal as a road accident.
fec153 Cape Jim- I "E"d Ryan. He too was shocked. If you look at the "E" I sent you you'll see who else it was sent to. Flip
Cape Jim- I "E"d Ryan. He too was shocked. If you look at the "E" I sent you you'll see who else it was sent to.
Yep, Flip, from a quick glance at the headers, that was what I'd figured.