Curt, I agree it is a really cute grand baby, but she is not mine, She belongs to Bob.
I have to look through all my old bottles of paint for the rail brown I used to weather the track on my last layout. I found several bottles of different colors, and some I custom mixed, but if I remember, I used the rail brown.
Wife started chemo yesterday plus they started her on a gluten free diet. The diet seemed to help with her keeping solid food down, but we think she may have over done it eating yesterday. She has not had solid food in over 10 days, and now she has some stomach pains.
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
Evening All,
Just got back home from the car dealership where we bought a Nissan Versa for our son (he will make the payments, etc.). I drove it home since he isn't allowed to drive yet (hopefully only a couple more weeks) and it is a really nice driving car.
I have the MD appointment tomorrow then need a haircut. After that it is day 2 of trying to load the software for the PR-3.
Ken- Saying prayers for your wife.
Phil- I noticed he has several FEC cars on the shelf today.
Paul- That is a very cute Grand Baby.
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/
Time for me to call it a night. Had two power outages today. Both lasted only a few minutes. One was this afternoon and the other was this morning before I woke up. My father told me about the short duration.The lights went out when he was about to leave the house at 0'dark-thirty and came back on just as he reached his car, a trip of three to four minutes for him. My old LED clock is getting hard to reset and it won't remember time during an outage at all despite having a new battery. I think it's telling me it needs to be replaced. See y'all tomorrow.
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
bogp40Another quirk w/ the brakes on these. You can get symptoms of a frozen caliper piston causing brake drag. The inner pressure lining of the brake hose to the caliper deteriorates and can act like a check valve. Pedal pressure will apply braking force but the obstruction in the hose will not allow pressure to relieve from the caliper and will give all the symtoms of that stuck caliper. Of coarse calipers are cheap these days and if you still notice a problem just replace the hose- or replace it when the system is opened anyway.
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JimRCGMO Jeff, good to see that (so far) the worst of Isaac is missing you. Nice (LED) lantern there. Speaking of which, I've been trying to find some smaller LED lanterns myself, but am not quite finding what I'm looking for. Saw them at a display at our local library (they have a "Curl Up With a Good Book" display with a comfy-looking bed, night stand, and two cute little LED lanterns, that are about 4-5" tall and maybe 3 inches in diameter (circular shape). From what I learned from the librarian who I asked, they were some kind of promotional thing. I'd like those just as backup things if the power ever goes out in my apartment. Saw some kind of like them on LL Bean's site, but the ones at the library don't have any name (that I can see) on 'em.
Jeff, good to see that (so far) the worst of Isaac is missing you. Nice (LED) lantern there.
Speaking of which, I've been trying to find some smaller LED lanterns myself, but am not quite finding what I'm looking for. Saw them at a display at our local library (they have a "Curl Up With a Good Book" display with a comfy-looking bed, night stand, and two cute little LED lanterns, that are about 4-5" tall and maybe 3 inches in diameter (circular shape). From what I learned from the librarian who I asked, they were some kind of promotional thing. I'd like those just as backup things if the power ever goes out in my apartment. Saw some kind of like them on LL Bean's site, but the ones at the library don't have any name (that I can see) on 'em.
JimRCGMOAnd like Jeff said, Sam - do you have any boat anchors to tie down your house (even if it is at the top of a hill...)? Fifteen inches is amazing (and not likely in a good way for anybody downhill/downstream). I hear there was an area in Mississippi (Percy Quin Park) where an earthen dam wasn't looking really good/sturdy, and they were warning towns downhill/downstream to think (seriously!) about moving out of town, at least until the storm tapered down a bunch. I read that they're trying to do a controlled release of water so the dam doesn't break completely.
Good evening, Chloe - I'll have a CAW mug of coffee and a blueberry muffin please. Thank you!
Curt and Lee - that's good of your clubs (helping those widows out with taking apart their hubbies' layout). And good to hear as well (Curt) about naming the town on the layout after him).
Hey, Paul - remember to recharge your own batteries every couple of days or so, okay? You need to keep your energy level up, so you can help out your wife as needed. Good to hear about the 'staying power' of old Floquil paint, as I have a few bottles of Floquil that I've had for a while... (Luckily, I have one of those (Badger?) mini-stirrers, and have found it very useful(!). I'm glad that a while back, I got a quart(? I think...) of DioSol (while it was still readily available without filing an EPA impact statement )
And I think that MR should ask for at least a partial refund - their spelling checker flagged "Floquil" as misspelled!
Todd, if we didn't know better, we might say that Brenda planned that door that way (to not fit)... Best wishes on learning shower tile-grouting and all that fun stuff, too.
Sam - stay safe (and make sure - if you have a basement - that the stairs to it are cleared off, just in case! I saw something on the news tonight about a farmer (didn't catch the state, but it was in the South, maybe near you, even) whose cotton and soybeans were both within a week or two of being harvested, but Isaac was spinning off way too much rain, so likely he will have a total/major loss on his crops. On the radar scans tonight, it was looking like Isaac was coming north/northwest (but definitely west of where the national stormguessers were saying they expected the storm to track).
And like Jeff said, Sam - do you have any boat anchors to tie down your house (even if it is at the top of a hill...)? Fifteen inches is amazing (and not likely in a good way for anybody downhill/downstream). I hear there was an area in Mississippi (Percy Quin Park) where an earthen dam wasn't looking really good/sturdy, and they were warning towns downhill/downstream to think (seriously!) about moving out of town, at least until the storm tapered down a bunch. I read that they're trying to do a controlled release of water so the dam doesn't break completely.
Stan - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! And hey, that EM1 is very impressive! You do excellent w**k on your paintings (especially love the first one of the Erie station)!
Bob K, good to see you stopping by again - and beautiful granddaughter there - Congratulations! Seems like quite a while back when you and your daughters were dealing with your own 'stuff'. And as for you? Spoil that cute li'l gal there? Nah! Never happen! By the way, I hope your club will be recycling all your downtown buildings. I remember (besides your great scenery w**k...) how nice the buildings, factories, and other industries looked. Impressive layout, even with just the benchw**k and track there.
Ken, way to go, with your lucking out and getting the 'more mature' surgeon (who isn't in a rush to cut everything away). That delay until your next appointment will give your foot a chance to continue healing so even the younger/more surgically-minded doctor won't find much of anything to cut on .
Have my eye on some of d'Bay auctions (detail parts, mostly). Won one and have two more ending tomorrow morning, including a couple of rolling stock items. More later.
Tomorrow, we're supposed to start getting our lawns, wells, creeks, rivers, etc. watered - through Sunday or so... So long as we don't get nasty winds with all that rain. My apartment building is quite a ways from the Mighty Mississippi, so unless all the rain lands in the drainage ditch at the back of our lot, we should be enough above the water level. I've been parking my car in front, on the street, anyway, so I'll continue that.
Stay out of the weather, Diners, and remember where you put those rain boots/waders last year...
Prayers will continue for those in the way of Isaac, as well as those in need of healing and comfort and a good night's rest. Hope to get back in here in the morning, myself.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Jeff, Good to hear that those steering components have been replaced. Have rebuilt mine may times over all the 30 years of running these great vans. I got 550K on a '72 B200 chassis of coarse w/ a few rebuilds. Those steering parts, and there's quite a few, don't come cheap. They do last well over 100K as long as they are greased. Do check the (2) idler arms as those tend to go especially using aftermarket. If it drives straight and no "bump steer" your all set and should be running fine after even a pad slap.
Another quirk w/ the brakes on these. You can get symptoms of a frozen caliper piston causing brake drag. The inner pressure lining of the brake hose to the caliper deteriorates and can act like a check valve. Pedal pressure will apply braking force but the obstruction in the hose will not allow pressure to relieve from the caliper and will give all the symtoms of that stuck caliper. Of coarse calipers are cheap these days and if you still notice a problem just replace the hose- or replace it when the system is opened anyway.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
bogp40As for the B van brakes, Mine gets so much use carrying so much equipment, I'm always on top of those front brakes. High milage andd corrosion ( which mine and assumingly yours also), takes a toll on the caliper/ inner pad hanger. The grooves get hammered from the inner pad ears and cause a hang up similar to a bad caliper. The pads will drag and cause premature wear. Ther's not much other than filing out some of the burrs and greasing them up. Of all the pads avail, Autozone Duralast Gold (excellent metalic compound) is the only pad I've found to last and never glaze the rotor. You will also notice that to outer pad has ears that should be a tight press )even w/ channel locks) If there's any play there the pad will rattle like crazy over rough road when not applying the brakes. Don't assume that the ft end braking pull is just from braking. I just had a tie rod, not the end, fail from excessive rust within the toe adjuster. As I hit the brakes, there was enough play that couldn't be cinced down w/ that horseshoe clamp, that it allowed enough wheel movement during braking to case a pull. Kinda scary, inagine a panic stop failure at highway speed. I have over 700K miles on these beasts between three 3/4 ton B Vans.
Evening All!
Flo, beer pleases.
Paul, thank you for wishing my wife well on her second Monogram. This is the first time she has ever been called back in for a second one. She try's to act like she is not worried, but I have all so over heard her phone conversions with her girl friends.
Stan, thank you for the complement on the photo. I would have like the picture more if the Pine Tree was straight!
Visit With The Surgeon. It went great! I had the older surgeon this time that is not so eager to cut. She trimmed just a little of the callus off my big toe and left the healed over blisters alone! I don't have to go back for a month this time around. Boy I have been lucky! Meet another Vet today bragging his new Indian Name was Two Toes.
See you all later! Think I watch Band Of Brothers Again!
Ken
I hate Rust
Good afternoon all.
Figured I'd stop in for a large Iced Coffee. Diner gets moved around so much I thought I'd need a GPS...
Jeff: Glad your out of harms way. Reports of a weakened dam and mandatory evac happening.
As for the B van brakes, Mine gets so much use carrying so much equipment, I'm always on top of those front brakes. High milage and corrosion ( which mine and assumingly yours also), takes a toll on the caliper/ inner pad hanger. The grooves get hammered from the inner pad ears and cause a hang up similar to a bad caliper. The pads will drag and cause premature wear. There's not much other than filing out some of the burrs and greasing them up. Of all the pads avail, Autozone Duralast Gold (excellent metalic compound) is the only pad I've found to last and never glaze the rotor. You will also notice that to outer pad has ears that should be a tight press )even w/ channel locks) If there's any play there the pad will rattle like crazy over rough road when not applying the brakes. Don't assume that the ft end braking pull is just from braking. I just had a tie rod, not the end, fail from excessive rust within the toe adjuster. As I hit the brakes, there was enough play that couldn't be cinced down w/ that horseshoe clamp, that it allowed enough wheel movement during braking to case a pull. Kinda scary, inagine a panic stop failure at highway speed. I have over 700K miles on these beasts between three 3/4 ton B Vans.
Haven't been following up too much on all the goings on here lately. I notice some grieving loss of loved ones and old friends, some failing health. My prayers are with you, through some of these tough times.
Great news! My "first" grandaughter, Isabella was born on Tues 8lb-1oz. been waiting anxiously for almost a week for her to make her debut. I'm so thrilled, "she won't be spoiled", ah, ya think!
Mother and baby are doing great.
Had so real trouble w/ my right eye, thought it was cut or scratched, turned out to be a torn retina. Immediate laser surgery was done, but the fix didn't hold and started to loose vision about 1/2 field of view as the retina was detaching towards the center of vision. refered to specialists @ Mass Eye and Ear. I'm glad that I live so close to Boston where some of the worlds best practice. After retina reattachment surgery- touch and go for a while- I have completly restored vision in that eye.
I haven't done too much w/ the "trains" since our March show at the club. we have been doing some extensive work w/ tieing in "the 3rd" leg which is an enormous yard. Right after the show the layout was "Blue Flagged" and the destruction started. Preassembled sections- connectors to the almost fully built benchwork/ trackage were installed. We plan to have it fully operational for the Fall show in Oct.
We have built in an elevator to access the pit, we're all getting too old to do duckunders.
Backside of the yard where the 2 divisions will continue up grade
These pics were before the tie in, it is 90% w/ only minor tracklaying, feeders etc to go. Scenery is going to be rather "Fun" to do here.
Ken: What's going on w/ your foot?
Hope everyone has a nice day. Prayers and concerns are with those in need.
sakelI'm glad I live on a large hill.
Just checked on the status of the parts I ordered for my van. The brake caliper is in but the brake pads have been delayed due to the storm. They should be in tomorrow. They had to come from Mississippi. With any luck I can get it back on the road safely this weekend. I don't like having it pull to the right when I hit the brakes.
jeffrey-wimberly 7 to 9 INCHE!? That's a lot of rain! Might wanna toss out the anchors so your house doesn't float away.
7 to 9 INCHE!? That's a lot of rain! Might wanna toss out the anchors so your house doesn't float away.
I know, some parts of Mississippi got over 15 inches... I'm glad I live on a large hill.
Samuel A. Kelly
I can draw pictures with my keyboard!
-------- ( It's a worm)
sakel Issac update: Tornato and flood warnings in counties all around me, got 7-9 inches of rain yesterday/last night, so far am alright. Though, have to say Mississippi is getting alot of talk about this...
Issac update: Tornato and flood warnings in counties all around me, got 7-9 inches of rain yesterday/last night, so far am alright. Though, have to say Mississippi is getting alot of talk about this...
Good afternoon everyone!
I'm stuck at the rail museum for a few extra days this week, but I need to get caught up on some unfinished business anyway. I have some new images of my recent paintings for you to see, plus a couple of shots of the layout which will be expanding greatly this winter. This is RJ tower once located about 8 miles from here. This was where the PRR Salamanca branch crossed the B&O[BR&P] Buffalo division and the Erie RR Bradford branch at grade:
Next is my newest NKP painting featuring NKP 759 flying past the grape vinyard on my grandfathers farm near Ripley NY:
I finished two paintings of the Erie station here:
and this painting of the Rio Grande in the rockies:
Here is a look at the layout. First, our two MTH Nicel Plate Berks on the mainline:
and our B&O EM1 on the turntable:
and finally, some Pennsy action out on the mainline:
Jeff, I'm glad you, your family, and of course your trains made it through ok! And your layout is looking great!
Paul, good luck to you and your Wife. It seems like we've all been through some rough times this year.
Lee and Curt, throw my hat in the ring for dismantling a veteran modelers layout! you may have seen my recent post about Mr. Tom Busack's HO layout. He wrote many articles on scratchbuilding and kitbashing for MR back in the day. He donated his layout and some of his wonderful models to the museum.
Ken and Ray, nice shots of your layouts!
Everyone have a great evening!
-Stan
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a pot of dark roast coffee... Yes, leave it here at the table, and you can bring me a breakfast bagel w/ cheese in honor of Barry's good news. Zoe, I need my R&GV RR Mug to put the coffee in...?
Todd, Upstate or the Rotten Apple? Heck, I don't know half the neighbors around here anymore. Why would they know me?
I'm waiting for an old Scouter Friend to stop by this morning. He called and said he was coming to Geneva this morning and wanted to stop over after he went to the Scout Office here. I was hoping he would be here by now, but he may have gotten waylaid. This evening I will have supper over at my son's house as they both have to attend a parent meeting for Livy to start Kindergarten next week. Doesn't seem possible that she will be going to school...... The years go by so very fast. Anyway, I get to watch the girls while they are at the meeting.
Jeffrey, glad you are getting through the storm without problems! Neat emergency light. I just bought a pair of little flashlight type things that plug in and stay charged. they come on automatically if there is a power outage. Even during the day if the power goes out and I am in the train rooms, it gets real black down there (no windows that show). I am getting to the age where feeling my way around the rooms with no light isn't fun any more... I have already used one of them for the night photoshoot out at the museum earlier this month.
Best get to doing some needed items for the day!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning All,
Current temp 59 with an expected high of 95.
Never made into the hospital yesterday, wife told me to stay home and rest, I have been going non-stop for the last 5 weeks. Both daughters went and gave me good reports. I will see for myself later.
Started to weather the rails with some Polyscale and Floquill paints that are about 8 years old, and still good I have one of those min-stirers and it works great.
Jeff glad you made it through the storm OK.
I hope all in harms way did too.
Ken my wife always has to go and get another mamogram because something did not look right, it was always nothing. But they just want to make sure. I hope that is the case with your wife.
Prayers to all in need.
Got several errands to do today before I get home and physically remove the layout control panel (everything already removed from it). I was going to keep it but even with the DPDT switches removed there were several painted areas that the layout diagram is wrong based on changes I have made.
Jeff- Glad you are doing well. I continue to say prayers for those being effected by the storm.
Lee- We had a similar event here. A widow called us to take down her deceased husbands layout. The man did incredible scratch building structures. We used a lot of his stuff on the club and personal layouts and renamed a town on the club layout in his honor.
Everyone take care.
MisterBeasley Jeff, glad you've made it through the storm so far. Keep us posted. The picture reminds me of a rechargealbe drill set I bought. It came with both a drill and a flashlight. The drill is fine, but I tried to use the flashlight on an under-the-sink plumbing job, and the bulb went after about 2 minutes. Oh, well.
Jeff, glad you've made it through the storm so far. Keep us posted. The picture reminds me of a rechargealbe drill set I bought. It came with both a drill and a flashlight. The drill is fine, but I tried to use the flashlight on an under-the-sink plumbing job, and the bulb went after about 2 minutes. Oh, well.
Good Morning All,
56F, 75% Humidity, Hi 85F
Today’s worst weather is reported to be in Christmas Camp Lake, LA
I worked from 1800 to 2200 last night on George’s layout. He had a U-shaped layout that occupied 15 feet x 10 feet area. George passed away in the spring and the widow asked us to take the layout down with the understanding we could anything we wanted. It was rather sad, George loved his layout and none of his kids or grand kids wanted anything. I brought home several buildings and I was able to salvage all but 2 turnouts. George’s wife had sold off most of the rolling stock and locomotives before we arrived. I cut the layout up in less than 4 foot sections to facilitate hauling it out of the basement. Now we have to go back and remove the layout remains after we find a trash hauler to pick it up.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
We've had beautiful weather here in New England for the past week, and the forecast is for more of the same. I haven't had to run the AC at all for quite some time. We were up in Maine over the weekend, and really enjoyed the bike riding around Kennebunkport.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
JimRCGMO Jeffrey, where was that one photo taken on your layout - with the two levels?)
Jeffrey, where was that one photo taken on your layout - with the two levels?)
Good morning. It's 71° and very wet. Humidity is 100%. The high will be, well the weather guessers can't make up their minds between 81° and 88°.It's wet here but not bad. Winds gusts are down to 30-35 mph. Rain showers are frequent but not heavy. This morning we've gotten 0.29"of rain at a rate of 0.04"/h. A wind advisory is in effect until 4am Friday. The forecast here is:Breezy. Showers in the morning...then rain likely and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the 80s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.Rainfall totals are predicted to be generally light and total around or under one tenth of an inch over an hour.So as I said, wet but not bad. We're on the west side of this storm so most of the bad stuff is east of us and heading north.No plans for today. As you can imagine my attention is centered on the weather.
Todd: I'd have her doing the work on maintaining it ........after all, it was her idea...
Is the door framed now?
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/
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Thursday breakfast surprise platter please. Thanks.
Sunny, with a high near 94
Jeff- looks like the latest radar shows the heaviest of the rain is petering out before it gets to you. Hopefully today will just show a rainy one at worst. Of course, the radar don’t show what happening on the ground either.
Central Mississippi and Alabama though….whoa. Prayers for them.
Talked to someone from New York state yesterday, said they didn’t know Ray. I said you sure you’re from New York.
G- Yes I like the trivia.
Oh by the way. Shower door project went south fast. New project for me woo hoo. Looks like Brenda’s getting that ceramic tiled shower she wanted and I said NO! to in the beginning. (waste of breath. Shoulda known) I’ve never put in a ceremic shower and wasn’t willing to experiment on ours. Tsk tsk… My how things change. See, though the door was properly measured, it turns out there is one type of shower stall this special order to fit, non returnable door will not fit which is clearly shown on page 5 of the installation instructions well into the installation and AFTER the first cut to fit piece has been cut and installed so there is now absolutely no way you can return the door even if you could have weaseled them into it…….. I don’t think I need to tell you what shower type we have.
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
Everything is all sunny and mild today..high of 82 feeling like 88F later on...
Going to get a chance to work out some photography later on today as we are having an informal operating session this afternoon...
Anyhow, got to get going here..have a good day!!
Morning Coffee and Donuts!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date.
There are 117 days left til Chrismas!!!
We often say there is A RING of TRUTH to the RULE OF THUMB to do something by, in our hobby and our lives, And when it doesn't seem quite right, we often blame it on the RED HERRING. SO:
"ring of truth/ring true - sounds or seems believable - from the custom of testing whether coins were genuine by bouncing on a hard surface; forgeries not made of the proper precious metal would sound different to the real thing. 'Ring' is from the Anglo-Saxon 'hring-an', meaning ring a bell"
"rule of thumb - general rule - from an old English law which mede it illegal for a man to beat his wife with anything thicker than the width of his thumb"
"red herring - a distraction initially appearing significant - from the metaphor of dragging a red (smoked) herring across the trail of a fox to throw the hounds off the fox's scent"
-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.
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer pleases.
Well Work Went By OK I guess.
Paul, I hope things go well for your wife. I hope my wife is not going down the same path. She had her Mammogram a few days ago. They want her to come back in for a retest
See you all Thursday.
Ken.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
August 30, 2012 is the 243rd day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 123 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a cup of decaf please. I'll be in the back booth relaxing for a bit.
Jim, Turns out texting was blocked before they sent me the phone at my request when I signed up for the plan. I guess you just tell the people you ain't gonna pay for none of them stupid texty thing! Nope, I don't know nothin' about them funny little shooting starts at the top of the post... They been here since the day after the down upgrade.
I managed to all the track connected in place that will lead to the upper staging tonight after the Boy Scout District Committee meeting. Still can't run a train to the upper staging as I still need to hook up several leads from the DCC Bus and finish putting in the leads to all the frogs on the turnouts. Then I will check continuity. By tomorrow night I should have the first train running to the upper staging.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the old RR Ties I need to dispose of. Called the trash people and they said RR Ties are one thing they can't pick up. I do believe the local landfill (run by the same company) will take them from what they have told me before. I sent an email to the guy who is the City Code officer for my area (an old Scouter friend of mine)as I figured he would know what to do, and he got back to me several hours later. He was kind enough to contact the DPW for the city to see if they would take them with the fall leaf/branch/garden waste pickup. They will only take items suitable to grind into mulch... You can only get it picked up if you grow it! They did tell him the name and number of a private hauler who will pick it up and take it to the dump. I taught one of the guy's kids in Middle School and know him, so I will be giving him a call tomorrow.
Prayers for everyone in Isaac's path! Hopefully some people will get some much needed rain at least...
Afternoon, Zoe! I'll have a RBF and a BLT, please. Thanks!
Figured I should get by the Diner before the month was totally gone. Lots o'posts to skim rapidly through (and hope I didn't miss all the important stuff, which Mr. Murphy says I likely will...)
Besides, if Sam K's coming back by, I'd better, eh? Stay as dry as possible in your area. As for Mississippi being skipped over, if you watch the national news, they rarely (unless it's a tornado, fire, etc.) do mention the middle part of the country (north or south, doesn't matter). (Maybe I'd better quit now, I see the coming out now...)
Good to see you're back, Ulrich, though sorry to hear you didn't get the loco engineer job.Sorry to learn of Wolfgang's passing - I really liked looking at his website and the photos of various projects he had done (like his extensive interior for a depot). You're right, he will be missed (and I'm sure even more there in Germany)
OzJim - (gasp!) When will the (re-)construction begin?
TSF, as the others said, welcome to (grunt..!) college life. Start yourself with good study habits, and you will wind up with better grades (maybe even learn more in the process...). Best wishes on this initial load and set up a schedule for getting assignments done (i.e., watch out for the party crowd, who may not be there next year/semester...). (Don't ask how I got so knowledgeable about the ins and outs of college life...)
Ah, Vincent - the practical approach to college classes. Another thing is, for some professors/instructors, you don't know how they want you to phrase your question (setting aside that other political consideration you mentioned...) until you get their first test under your belt. Hopefully, the professor will toss your lowest test score (or at least, weigh it slightly lower than ones later in the semester). Yes, there are multiple ways to answer test questions, even on "the facts"... And a belated Happy Birthday to you!
Ken, that is one... interesting... problem you ran into (especially if your wife thinks you're making up a story... You may want to make sure that your Sue is with you at all times that Susie even might be around. Just to ensure that if Susie says anything out of line, Sue hears it (and that Sue hears you saying "No way!")
Flip, hope you and Bama and Jeffrey stay safe (and high above the waterline in your respective areas). Our local weatherguesser today was saying we - depending on Isaac's particular track - might actually get a pretty decent catch-up on our year's rainfall shortage. Hope the folks in N.O. in the area that got water over the levee got out and are safe. Gee, as far west as they're saying the storm will go, C&O Terry (in Texas) may get a good soaking, too.
Paul, good to hear that your wife's getting renourished, even if it took going to the hospital to do it. for her recovery to continue even further. I can relate to your comments about finding "Where the #$%*^& did I put...?" (More than once, in fact)
Barry, get those steaks into you, fella! And your take on (re-)finding lost parts/details/etc. in MRR'ing is sooooo true! (Good to hear the definite word from your oncologist, too! )
Ray (or other Diners) - when did those "CCCP People's Hero Medals" show up? I noticed when I got to the Diner (all the sunlight reflecting off them almost blinded me as I came in the door...). Like what you said about making flowers "earn their keep" by being tasty as well. On your new phone, if you got it through a local place, take it in and have their guru show you how to turn off texting. (and send me the directions, in case I ever get a cell phone...) Okay, Ray, now you have me with that song stuck in my head...
Chris, I like your mock-up of the roundhouse there - even with the tape on the roof, it looks way better than mock-ups I've tried. As for the track design, whatever w**ks for you sounds fine!
Jeffrey, nice video of your Geep lash-up, and that is an impressively long train there. Stay safe there! From another post of yours, I take it that your mother is in a nursing home (temporarily or otherwise - I'm sure she is saying verrrryy temporarily!). Better warn the staff that she may be making a break for the exit about anytime. (My guess, from what you said...) Hope your trailer's well-fastened-down there! (Hey, once you get back on - where was that one photo taken on your layout - with the two levels?)
Stan, sorry to hear of your Dad's passing; I would say that I can see how that painting could be a favorite for him (very impressive). for you and your family. Feel free to post more photos of your paintings - I'd missed not seeing those for a while. (Liked 'em!)
Garry, for a good improvement report from your doctors (and continued healing so you can have the rest of your 'repairs' finished and get you more fully back to yourself.
CN Charlie, use your drops every night (or day or whenever your Dr. tells you). My glaucoma had done some (central) damage in my left eye (peripheral vision is okay...), but the drops keep my right eye fine. So other than needing glasses for reading/closer stuff, mine hasn't progressed any further. Good that your Dr. and you caught it early on.
"...Just looked at the forecast and it's just lovely if you're a duck tethered to a boat anchor."
Curt, hope you and your doctor get things figured out (and fixed up) all right.
Well (kinda dry right now, but that could change in the next couple/three days...), today we reached 95 F (35 C), and still about 15 inches short of our average rain for the year-to-date on the rainfall. We'll see how the moisture level is by about Monday or so...
Time for me to head home and do some reorganizing of hard drives and other 'fun' stuff. Found me a couple of RDC's (2's) recently; just would like to find a couple or so RDC-1's. Have a search setup on d'Bay for that.
Prayers for safety (and high ground), good night's rest, healing and comfort for all you Diners.
Jim in Cape G. (making my quarterly appearance...)
Saw my Doc today and Fri I have a appointment with a Endocrinologist. The surprise is that it's not for my A1c sugar levels which have not changed in 2 years but because of my Testosterone levels. Doc says it could explain some of the issues I have been having.
Tomorrow I have to swing by my Doc's office and get a copy of the lab work for Friday then I was going up to the Jon's LHS.
To all the Diner's being affected by the storm, please stay safe and dry. All we got locally was some heavy rain belts from the storm.