Got my neck back in order and I feel much better. Since then I've been going like a rocket sled on rails! Went to the New Llano post office to send some packages out. Went to Radio Shack to get two new tips for my Weller model 8200 soldering gun (wanted to get some solder too but needed that money for something else more important), went by Wal-Mart to get a package of toilet paper. That's the important item. I was down to one double roll. Got home to find that my newest commemorative coin had come in. It's the 'Remain Close to the Great Spirit' in the Native American Journey collection.
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
Galaxy ... We were wondering about you. Good to see you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Well, well well
I come back and this is what I find?
The place has changed?
Where are the smileys? OH, THERE they are.
Well
I left for awhile for the fact that I was dizzy and lightheaded as you know, but I was typing gibberish and not sure what I typed {even when it did come out right} when I did manage to get something out. SO I figured I better wait til I could be more coherent.
Then I come back to this...hmm...don't know if I like the place, but LIKE ALL THINGS, WE WILL ADAPT!!!
I see a pencil for editing your post, , that you have to click on the persons name at the top to start a conversation with them, and That there is a cancel button at the bottom of your post which I think is the DELETE post button?
INTERESTINK, veddy veddy Interestink!
dinner will be roast pork loin, rice-a-roni {the San Francisco Treat, DING DING}, and steamed fresh broccoli Spears.
-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.
Hello..... Where the heck are we, and what the ..... did they do to the forum? No way to Quote. No way too change the font, boldface, italic, etc. No way to preview. Ah..... found it! Use Rich Formating at the bottom...... Didn't THAT used to be the default? Why change it?
Looks to be another mistake on Kalmbachs part! Probably attempting to make the forum work better on "stupid" phones!!!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Afternoon!
August 14, 2012 is the 227th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
I see things are somewhat different around here. I like the look of it, seems cleaner, less cluttered somehow. Hope there are no big problems.
We had a nice weekend. My niece and her family stopped by on Saturday for a short visit on their way home in Camp Hill, PA. It's always great to see the kids. They are both teachers, so they will be getting ready to start preparing for the beginning of classes. I don't think either one of them is very happy to see the new school year.
On Sunday, the wife and I went to our usual spot to railfan the Norfolk Southern mainline. We were fortunate to catch 13 trains in a little less than 2 hours. Best day we have had for sometime. Temperatures were in the low 70's and with a good breeze blowing most of the time. If there was a downside, it was that it was overcast, so not great for taking photos. But that's okay, I don't get very good photos when the sun is out either. Speaking of photos, I really don't like graffiti, but here's a photo I took of some which caught my eye. My photo doesn't pay justice to the artist, but the real thing was amazing.
i90.photobucket.com/.../IMG_1948.jpg
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying themselves. Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Open for business!
It will take a while to get used to the new format. Sort of like re-arranging furniture.
Also, I like sorting be most recent, and I do not see how that is done.
Hope everybody is well!
Good morning. It's 77° with 98% humidity. I can hear water pouring inside the A/C unit right now. The weather guesser says there's a fair chance of rain today. The high will 95° but will feel like 104°.When I got home last night I saw that the decals I had made earlier had done exactly what I said they would do. The ink crazed and cracked and the looked like old badly weathered peeling signs that had been out in the elements for too many years. So much for using decal paper in my printer. So I printed up some new 'KEEP OFF!' signs on some thin paper I found laying around, think it was an old bill or something or other. They have black letters on a gray background. At least I think it's gray. I'm a bit color-blind. I printed up a few dozen. I intend to apply them to every loco on the layout then I'll get started on those in the display rack. I have to put a little glue on the backs of them but that takes about as long as dipping a decal in water. I got one a little crooked on the slug and I'm going to have to redo that one. I also put them on the GP38 and SD27J as well as the F7A and both F3B's. Maybe later I'll hit the GP9's. Depends on how I feel later. I was up ALL night working on this so I haven't had a bit of sleep except for a little nod here and there. But I guess for now it's back to making glue on paper decals like I did years ago.Note the 'KEEP OFF!' decals on the F7. Those are simply strips of printed paper glued on with white glue.See y'all later.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
August 13, 2012 is the 226th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
TIPTON
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all Tuesday.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me right now....
Ken, that's right, no coffee here tomorrow I guess..... Wonder what there going to foist upon us this time??? Hope is just maintenance and not one of those "upgrades"!
Curt, thanks! Today I finished the stones for the wall, used rock dust (local from the Seneca Quarry) to fill in between the "rocks", and then used the same technique I use for ballast.... Couple eyedroppers full of alcohol to wet it down, and then some dilute white glue. I will see tomorrow how it turned out. Your turntable area is looking great, BTW!
Major prayers going out for Barry and Galaxy!!!
Have a good night everyone!
73
Evening Folks
Flo, Lemonade pleases.
Just a quick post to let you know I am here. Just tuckered out.
Guess I will see you all Tuesday with the site being down Monday.
Ken
I hate Rust
I'm off to my sisters birthday dinner. She's fifty-seven today. Well, see y'all later. I gotta go keep the family happy.
Curt- Nicely done, as usual. You have a talent and use it well.
And again a weekend draws to a close. Time to shower and visit the featherball.Dreamland beckons. Hope everyone feels o.k Prayers and Blessings for all.
Flip
Evening All,
MOH was out with our daughter today doing women stuff like nails, etc. I added some weathering to the buildings on the Engine addition. I think it came out OK. At least now the roofs are not just Grey. I go to w**k tomorrow but it's only one day this week.
I was running trains today and I think Mr. Murphy arrived at my house from Ken's. My M-1b just would not go onto or off the TT without derailing (not normal) but would run through the yard fine. My K4s would run onto and off the TT with no problems but kept dying in the yard. I cleaned the track and switches on the track the K4s was using and then it would work fine. Then I noticed the main yard switch (entrance) was not closing all the way (never had a issue with it). I am ready for Mr. Murphy to go visit someone else.. At that point I turned off the layout before it blew up.
Ray- I meant too tell you yesterday that the building is going to look great. I just don't have the patience or the hands for something like that.
Before
After
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Paul ... Looks great. Feel free to tell about the models.
Good afternoon,
Let me see if I can get a photo on here.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Good afternoon. ....... Don't forget the forum is out for maintenance tomorrow.
Slowly getting back to normal. Was able to attend church. Good day for that. it was "Crock Pot Sunday". (Pot luck after church.) Good food.
Chris ... My friend here is a retired IC locomotive engineer from the Iowa Division and he would be very familiar with the Cedar Rapids yard. He returns to Iowa occasionally to see family memebrs. He says the model train store is owned by a woman. Perhaps you know which one.
Todd ..... I suspect the reason why Chinese restaurants typically have buffet is the problem with communication. It is hard enough to get the drink order correct. Ordering the main course would be stressful.
Speaking of Chinese restaurants and being stressful ..... Several years ago, we went to one, and it had either buffet or menu items. We selected buffet, and the food was so terrible we could not eat it. We complained and ordered off the menu instead. We ate the menu stuff which was not good. Later our check came, and we were charged for both. We objected and we said we would pay for only the menu items. The Chinese lady then called the police because we were stealing food from the buffet she sad. The cop came and remarkable sided with the Chinese lady. We paid for both and departed. We did not tip. We seldom go to Chinese restaurants after that. ..... I like Mexican food better anyhow.
Wondering about Barry, Galaxy, Ulrich, and several MIA's. Again, I think we should have a buddy system to contact outside the forum to check up on those with unexpected absences.
Tomorrow, I am celebrating. .... Four years ago, I had serious problem with my heart rhythm. My heart stopped six times and was re-started. The helicopter flew me to Nashville, TN. I would not be alive without the miracles of modern medicine. Those 4 years mean a lot to me. In two of the times my heart stopped, I had near-death experiences, and I know we all have something awaiting us when our bodies die .. Praise the Lord.
Happy Model Railroading
Gooooood Afternoon,
Geech, BARRY sure knows how to perk a guy's ears up! Hope all is well, and the pain was something minor like a muscle pull.
RAY: Oh joy. Oh rapture. I agree on the "magic mouse," I may yet see how well it sails across the room.... I'm not too thrilled with the itty-bitty keyboard either. I'm a bit more comfortable with how the iMac wants to do things...or should I say, how IT wants ME to do things?
TODD: "Selective Compression." Yeah....I've heard of THAT. Right now, I'm about "selectively compressed" to where the Quaker Oats plant is about the size of a shoe box.
On a more positive note, I've knocked-together two walls of a mock-up for THAT "freight station." It's "selectively compressed" a bit, but still looking like the real thing. I'm going to have to dig through a bunch of negatives to see if I've got anything showing the back wall and the east side. By fluke, in the background of a locomotive shot, I found enough of the east side to get a start on it.
This is just one more thing I should've taken dozens if not hundreds of pictures of back "in the day." I had the foolish view of ignorant youth THAT "it'll be here tomorrow." Well, "tomorrow" came some years back, it was demolished and replaced with a small metal shed.
JEFF: I'm liking the "slug," and THAT rusty tin shed you posted yesterday. Good stuff!
Have a good day everybody, thoughts and prayers continue for all in need. Might need to get a "dah tah peppah."
Chris (in Iowa)
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Printed some simple decals for the slug this morning. They're not good qualiy, in fact they're right at the upper limit of what my POC printer is capable of doing with decal paper, that is besides rolling it up around the drum or smashing it into a crumpled ball. Anything heavier than 'Fast Draft' results in the ink crazing as it dries and resembling dried mud. But they'll have to do until I can get something better. My only other printer is an old LexMark Z33 that's made to plug into an LPT port, something newer computers no longer have. I couldn't afford to use it anyway as the ink cartridges cost plenty.
Morning All,
1000 AM and the temp is 80 expected high 101.
Chest pain and heart attacks can be very wierd. My heart attack in 2004 was so mild all I had was a slight kink in my left sholder. It woke me up though and while trying to get tthe kink out, my wife noticed I was rubbing my left arm. She took me to emergency and 12 hours later they did a double by-pass. I would never have gone if she did not insist. Chest pain now is usually a muscle ache.
Supposed to have a friend come over and look at my travel trailer to see if he wants to buy it, but wife is not feeling well so I will have to postpone it for now.
I think if I get the chance later I will take and post some pics of what I call my layout. It is actually going to be a part of something bigger when it gets moved to the dinning room that is not used as such.
Prayers for Jeff's mom, Garry, Barry Ken, Galaxy, and anyone else I missed.
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
Have a great day all.
Cheers! Rob
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the SUNDAY Breakfast BUFFET! Please. Thank you.
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84
Yesterday was a splendid day. Got nothing done I wanted to, but did enjoy a leisurely stroll around Menard’s, Lowe’s and of course Walmart, as opposed to a mad dash to get what I need to get back home and get something done. Nice.
Jeff- Nope it does not surprise me you don’t use a knife. Actually I know you don’t. You said one time that you should not use an item that so easily cuts due to the lack of feeling in your hands and also the lack of steadiness. I believe you described the work area as having the potential of looking like the sight of a mass murder before you realized you were even cut.
Chris- Good to see you got some time to pop in. Great to see you got to put some track to the table. Even if it is just a mock up. Hey, seeing that kinda gets the juices flowing more than paper eh? OK. Now I am gonna say this and I know what you’re gonna say. My problem too. Ok, here goes…… listen close....
Oh Barry!- Praying it’s something simple like anxiety.
Garry- Nope all was well in International Buffet. Got a different waitress, Jenny’s her name, (I wonder if they pick their names or are assigned one when they hire on) she is a good waitress,older, and gave an absolutely stunning display of how she eats rice and steamed clams a couple three weeks ago. I don’t think she chews.
Jenny is very nice, but is far less friendly, and most are, as the one they call Suki. Probably because all the English she knows is the names of the drinks and that DR Pepper is the same as Mr Pibb, and of course the other matches though it seemed one time she had no idea what lemonade was and just smiled at them, you finish?, Thank you real much (her apparent favorite), and of course, You pay now? She is the one Brenda has trouble with because she tries to talk to her like she would anyone and then there are problems with what she gets.
Brenda cannot ask her what the Chinese writing says on the pictures anymore because she tells her.... in Chinese. Then after a few seconds of exchanging blank looks, she says, no speak English. Though I'm sure that's not what the picture really says, but hey, what do I know.
I had to explain to Brenda ( 2 separate times) that when she asks you what you want to drink, answer for you and don’t confuse her by adding what I want. She, Jenny, will ask me and then we will get the same thing and good luck trying to get her to understand what happened. She thinks you are saying it is wrong and she will bring you the same “wrong” thing right back because, well, after all she asked what you wanted and you did say Mr Pibb and I don’t know how to say “she changed her mind” in Cantonese because that’s the easiest way to explain. It’s actually quite funny watching Brenda “talk” to her which though being grounded from it will forget few and far between and say something to her. We actually get her about half the time anymore.
Enough of the Chinese buffet. Today is Veterens Day at the Illinoyz State Fair yeehaw. Soon as my blushing bride of 4 million years gets a movin, we will go……walk around and……. well…..eat….stuff. Bout all we do besides gawk.
Oh Chris- forgot. The word is…..selective compression. Very hard for me to do.
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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, bacon, and dark roast coffee in the R&GV RR mug please (and Thank You!).
Barry? Barry? You OK? Sure hope he was typing while waiting for the ambulance! My prayers that he is OK!
Still no word from Galaxy either.... Couple people here to worry about today I guess....
I hope to finish the basic wall structure to be used to make a mold today. I also will be finishing gluing down the roadbed for the upper staging. I hope to get it installed Wednesday when a friend comes over (he says I owe him lunch....) for the day. He is one of our Division Officers and just received his MMR from the NMRA. Need to do some major house cleaning before then also........ You all know what a neatnik I am.
Chris, finally came over to the bright side of computing I see...... I can tell you it took me 3 months to get all the settings on my new iMac switched back to "Computer" from iDevice settings. My suggestion to you is to can the "Magic Mouse". The only thing "Magic" about it is it makes things disappear and takes you to obscure placers in the realm of clouds and intergalactic space dust...... I cured that by spending another $30 and buying a Logitech mouse that actually acts like a computer mouse instead of an iPad screen or something. In "system Preferences" you can change most everything to work correctly for you and it will make the learning curve much easier...... I have been using the Mac since the mid 1990's and found Lion to be the worst thing Apple has ever done..... I hear Mountain Lion is even worse! It seems that both PC's and Apple are pushing the new systems to look and feel as unusable as the so called "Smart*** Phones" At least the Mac side allows you to change the settings to have it operate more like the old fashioned now passé Antique computers of a few years ago........ That all said, I now love the iMac and find it is very quick and powerful. Have fun!
Later!
Morning all.
Started out the day with a 57 degree temp. I love it. Supposed to hit the mid 80's today.
Got the laundry done. Now debating whether I wash the car today...or not. LOL. Yesterday I found the guidelines for Free-Mo modules. I am thinking about building some modules even though I know of no Free-Mo groups close by. That way I have something to work on and run trains. Being that we may move near the end of the year, maybe we will end up somewhere that does have a Free-Mo group. I am not a mainline guy. I grew up around branchlines and that is what I know and love, so the modules will most likely be branchline.
Rob S.
Robert H. Shilling II
blownout cylinder Great.....emergency time....my chest pain is baaaaaaacck!!!
Great.....emergency time....my chest pain is baaaaaaacck!!!
TA462I got to find a mud hole just to see how badly I can get her stuck, lol. That is if the wife will let me, she seems to have taken the keys from me and won't give them back, lol. Says its hers and for me to stay away from it. I think she is serious.
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/
Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. Keep 'em coming.
Good morning. It's 76° with 99% humidity. Mostly cloudy today. The high will be 95°. It will feel like 106°.No plans for today. Still feeling tired for some reason. Maybe I'll just go back to bed.
Good morning Bill and all other early risers. Been up an hour - WHY? Darned if I know. To dark to mow the yard. At least the coffee is ready. Y'all have a good day.
Prayers for all.
August 12, 2012 is the 225th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 141 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.