Curt WebbJeff- Nice video.
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Time for me to call it a night. It's going to be interesting to see if I can get any sleep tonight. I'm not so stiff anymore but I ache all over and my left arm is still weak and shaky. Oh well, tomorrow should be an easy day. 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
Ulrich- I meant to ask, is there a reason for the red color on the loco's like finding oil leaks?
Jeff- Nice video.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Got a short video of a freight going past Ezra's Exxon in Sundown.
Had to run in to Reno, 35 mile drive one way, to pick up a CD of all the scans the local hospital did on my wife for our trip to Stanford. They gave me the CD and all the reports they had on file. Wife said she was feeling a little better and wanted pizza. I was not sure about that, but getting any food into her is worthwhile. Well it came back out after only a few minutes.
So needless to say no work was done on the layout.
We have those multi-address-mailboxes. Supposed to make things easier for the mail carrier I guess. Once every two weeks at least, mail gets screwed up going to the wrong house.And since many houses here are empty, and in foreclosure, it takes quite some time to get it delivered to the right place. And that only happens if you are expecting something.
Jeff, do not over do it, maybe I am saying that too late. Anyway take care of yourself.
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,
Had spaghetti tonight. Over all I had a pretty good day. I dropped my son off at a mandatory counseling session today, got some lunch, went to the Orlando LHS bought 2 ground throws, hung out at a book store with coffee, picked my son up , took him to work, installed the 2 ground throws and made supper.
I talked to Jon (LHS I like) today and he is working on a customers layout all week and he invited me to join him tomorrow so after my surgeon's appointment I will do that for awhile. Does it sound strange that I miss the construction phase of a layout?
I have my PCP appointment next week and I'm afraid he is going to officially diagnose me as a Type II Diabetic. He wants to see me after I did the A1c blood work.
Ken- Thanks for the forum posting about JMRI. It kick started my interest and MOH authorized the purchase of the PR-3 for my upcoming birthday. MOH printed off the instruction book for me today.
Ulrich- That is a great family photo, also a great video.
Garry- Hope you continue to improve.
Hope everyone has a great night and prayers for those in need.
cudakenJeffery Box Car is to clean? Doesn't Nicotine Stain's count as weathering?
Went and overdid it today. My nephew was supposed to weed eat my parents yard this morning. No evidence of anything happening by 1:30 this afternoon so I went down and used a little battery powered weed eater to trim around the house, along the porch wall and cut down the weeds growing up through the front patio. Called my father and told exactly what areas I did. He's hacked off now because I'm not supposed to be anything that requires walking and handling any kind of lawn/garden equipment but somebody had to do it. My nephew showed up later and trimmed along the fences and around the trees. He can't take credit for the rest. Now my right leg is hurting like the dickens and I'm nearly stiff as a board. I have to go down there tomorrow morning to meet an appraiser so he can look at the inside of the house. Big house like that could fetch close to a million if it ever went on the market. My sisters and I intend to keep it in the family if we can. Of course we may not be able to. A place like that takes a lot of money and work to maintain. Just looking at the electric bill makes my bank account scream and faint!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I think I'll just do the buffet tonight. Everything looks good on it. Please bring me a glass of lemonade to go along with it, Thank You Ma'am!
I talked to the mailman today.... He told me all the mailboxes on the side street in one section got told they have to move them and yes, it was because they didn't pave the road covering the whole area they paved before. he also said I have until snow flies to get it corrected. he also liked what I proposed to fix the problem and said they aren't really that fussy here.
Ken, Put the cigarette down!!!! I do hope you make it with that. You will be glad later... Does the doc have you on Meds yet for the sugar or are you just trying to control it with diet? I was able to keep mine in specs for 10 years with just diet, then it started to get worse and worse. I finally said, I think I better start being proactive on it and that is when he sent me to the Nurse Practitioner who handles all that for the medical group. She was from Waverly, NY where I started my career. If I had stayed 3 more years she would have been a student of mine. Turns out we have a bunch of mutual friends down there.
I just pulled out of my driveway this afternoon when the painter showed up with a crew to start refinishing the siding by the deck on the house. Today they cleaned and did some sanding. says they will be back is a day or so to varnish it. I am glad as they should be done before the solar installer shows up and has to use the deck too....
I got the address and my name on the new mailbox this afternoon and have started to look for some lumber laying around the place to do the extension to get the box out where the guy can reach it without the truck going into a hole. I think I am going to paint the whole thing black when I reassemble it. If weather is good this weekend I will finish it on Sunday.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening Dinners
Flo, beer pleases.
Smoking Comments I know you folks are trying to help, that is a given. Like I said, the comment at the time just rubbed me the wrong way at that moment.
Jeffery Box Car is to clean? Doesn't Nicotine Stain's count as weathering?
Blood Sugar Wars I have found that bread is my enemy whole wheat or not. Yesterday I started eating 1/2 sandwich, in other words 1 pieces of bread. 2 hours after eating my Blood Sugar was only 125. Guess the more I test, the more I will know.
See you all later!
Ken
Smoke them if you got them!
I hate Rust
Thanks all for the birthday wishes.
A trip to the LHS ensues...
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good Afternoon Modelers!
Haven't been posting much recently as I have been busy outside the forums
... and I bet folks were wondering when this post might show up! World Travel – Alaska 2012 – Cruise Day #4
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Afternoon folks.
Flo, Lemonade Pleases.
Just a quick stop by, getting ready to take the wife to the eye doctor. I all so stayed up way to late last night! Yep, watching Band Of Brothers again! I think this will be my 4th time this year? Seems they all smoke in the movie.
See you all this evening.
Well, so far things are going good. I opened the GP7 and almost immediately found the problem with it. One of the wires from the rear truck had broken loose from the light board. Shoot, it took longer to open the thing up and put it back together than it did to fix it! It took all of twenty seconds to resolder the connection and that includes the heat up time of the soldering tool.I also put a piece of lead sheet in my Bachmann track cleaner tank car to give it extra weight. As it's right behind the locos the weight of the train was threatening to tip it over on curves. Not a problem now.It's strange the things you remember when you're working on something. As I was working on the tank car I suddenly realized I was singing 'Let's go fishin' at the crawdad hole'. Must be forty-five years ago I learned that. My mother has told me many times that the first song I learned (much to her chagrin) was 'Roll me over in the clover'. I was six years old! Where does a six year old learn that! I can't remember! What a riot!Speaking of my mother, she's been moved to the nursing home in Leesville. She's doing somewhat better. She's still quite weak but can sit up for short periods and can feed herself. That's a plus. We don't know yet when or if she can come home. If she's going to require constant care she's better off right where she is. Due to my medical problems I'm not able to take care of her. My father has to work to keep the insurance paid so that's out. My sister and niece have their own lives and family matters to tend to. Well enough about that.
Morning All,
Have all the windows open and a nice cool breeze right now. The high will be 95, so it may not be too bad.
Lee, I checked the breaker and it was not tripped, the repair guy asked me the same question. The earliest he can have someone here is Monday morning. I will have the fans going all weekend long.
Ulrich, that picture is great. I love going through our old photos and finding stuff like that.
The Stanford Cancer Center sent me a list of hotels/motels that offer discount rates for their patients. Since my wife is not having a great day I am taking the day off, and will be spending a good part of it finding a nice reasonably priced place to spend a few nights next week.
I may get a chance to do some work on the layout.
I see the post count is back! The number differs from what I remember seeing in the old forum, apparently they took out the PM´s.
For some reason, the symbol reminds me of Герой Социалистического Труда or Hero of Socialist Labor
I am allergic to red stars...
Hi everybody,
Somethings are just hard for me to imagine. A couple of days ago I came across an article on the US aarmy's website which brought back a lot of memories.
FORT HOOD, Texas (Aug. 21, 2012) -- Iconic, dependable, reliable, tough, a workhorse, an air cavalryman's steed.All were used to describe the UH-1 Iroquois, affectionately known as the "Huey," during its retirement ceremony, Aug. 18, at Robert Grey Army Airfield, when the 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) conducted a ceremonial airlift with the final three UH-1s remaining in the active-duty Army.
Huey's have been flying for over 56 years, a remarkable record I think. It's hard for me to believe that I served with a helicopter company in Viet Nam 46 years ago. We had four platoons, two of slicks and two of gunships. Plus a Command and a Recovery aircraft. Working and flying on these aircraft was a wonderful experience. Hard to see them go. If you were ever around them, you will never forget the sound of the main rotors smacking the air.
PA Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Hey, what nice red stars I have! And our post counts are back too! Hover your mouse pointer on the stars and you'll see the post count as well as a posting history for that poster.
Good morning. It's 78° with 73% humidity. It'll be partly cloudy and rain is possible. The high will be 92° and will feel like 97°.Not much planned for today. I just have some cleanup to do on the layout.Last night I installed a coupler spring on a Kadee #119 shelf coupler that had lost it's spring. I used nothing more than a tiny drop of super glue gel and a small screw driver. Great fun! NOT! Definitely not something I'd recommend to those with anger management problems.I have an Athearn 50' boxcar that'll probably get some of my attention today. It's way too clean. One of my GP7's appears to have a loose connection to one of the trucks so I'll have to open it up and see what ails it.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, ah, no donuts don't seem to appeal to me this morning after Galaxy explained THAT phrase........ Guess I will have the bleuberry pancakes, short stack please, and lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR Mug.
Ulrich, only watched the first 10 minutes if the movie (I'll get back to it this evening), but that first old girl appears to be leaking steam in a lot of places she should be..... Gorgeous, simply gorgeous! Love old family photos as well. How great to have it in your possession now. Glad you are back! You have always posted some of the most interesting things...
On the other hand, for those who stop in only to get their days worth of annoyance.... Currently 74°F under sunny skies heading toward a high of 83°F later this afternoon. According to the weather channel we received 0" of snow in the last 24 hours. The sun rose at 6:27AM and will set this evening at 7:57PM as normal for today.
Got a notice in my mail yesterday from the Postmaster via the mail carrier. It seems my mailbox is "Too Far" from the road. Now it has been in exactly the same spot for at least 30 years as the pole sits right where it di the day we moved into the house! However when the city repaved the street earlier this year they paved straight from the corner down the street and didn't pave by my mailbox where it had been paved before. Evidently the mail person doesn't like the bump to drive over to where my mailbox has been sitting all these years. So today I will rebuild it so that it looks silly but does what they appear to want it to do...... The box itself is rotted through and I was going to put up a new one anyway.
The good news is I heard from the Solar company and they will start the install on Sept. 4th. looks like all is go for it. It should take no more than a couple of days to install and then a couple more weeks for the NYSEG inspection, the Firechief to inspect it with the Code Officer, the independent electrical inspector to inspect it, and most of the neighbors to inspect it....... A few weeks after that NYSEG will mosey on back to authorize the connection to the grid and then closely monitor the system for a few more weeks to be sure it doesn't cause any problems with the electric supply in the area...... Just in case. When the people from NYSEG come I will try to sell them lottery tickets on the pool for when the old Utility pole across the street is going to fall down. It has been held in place for 3 years now only by a plastic rope. The pole is broken off at the ground and was "replaced" back 3 years ago.....
Ken, yes we are picking on you about the smoking issue! We like you and want to see around here for many more years.... Please kick the habit!!! Think of all the money you will have to spend on trains! I quit smoking cigars and pipe after my 4 year old son embarrassed me in front of the family asking why I told my students to not smoke but I did? First thing I noticed was I felt better. Second was how much $$ I had for other things left at the end of the week. THAT was almost 40 years ago.
I best get moving as there are several must do items for today.
Ulrich, very cool picture indeed.
Sue, what do you mean you use to work that hard, I thought you were only 25 years old….
Wahoo I see I have 5 badges of honor next to my name (just like everyone else).
Todd, I didn’t know there was an Elkhart, IL. I want to move to CENTER OF THE WORLD, OH just to be equal distance from everything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Centeroftheworld.jpg
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
"Plandampf" is a German word for regular trains being pulled by steam. Each year, we have a "Plandampf" festival somewhere inGermany, lasting 3 or more days.
Here is a video of last October´s Plandampf event:
watch?v=7A65BhhvBtc&feature=playerdetailpage
Enjoy!
Lee - my cousin found it in my aunt´s belongings and sent it to my dad. My aunt passed away 4 weeks ago.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and um, oh what would be good. Hm. Surprise me. Thanks
Sunny, with a high near 94.
Heeeey! Learned something already this morning. Gonna be a good day. I always say, any day you learn something is a good day. Thanks G.
Lee- (looks out window) I didn’t know I did either! I Don’t think I moved. Unless you mean in relation to Moscow, then yes I suppose I do live near Elkart Indi…..OH!!!!! ..I get it.
Elkhart, Ind / Elkhart, Il. (shakes head) A bit slow today. Didn’t get much sleep last night coughed til almost two.
Ulrich- Great picture there. I know I spent days going through all the pictures from Mom’s. Enjoyed all the time I spent.
If what we say in this thread annoys someone, and they know it, why do they even click on the thing. I bet they are the ones who wrap their fingers around the door, try and close it, smash their fingers and just keep doing it, all the while complaining that someone should do something about the door.
Silly people, don’t they know Trix are for kids.
Today I shall…..don’t know, but an effort will be made to install new faucet. Still trying to get enough free time to make it worth going to the trainroom to start cleaning up that disaster area.
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, Chloe. I black coffee to go. I am meeting a friend to go climbing today.
Lee, There was a day when I worked that much, but no more.
Garry, Washington state has never been that business friendly. Sales tax is one of the highest.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning All,
In some of the other forums the primary gripe is people posting their weather conditions; so not to deny some of the forum populace of their opportunity to complain: 63F, 727% humidity, Hi today 84F.
Ulrich, that is a very cool picture, did you find that on the internet?
Paul did you check the outside breakers? There normally is a small power panel on the outside of the house with two buss fuses or a 220 breaker where the outside unit connects to the house. I recommend shutting off the main breaker (yea the whole house) before checking the outside box since each side of the box is 110 volts. If you’re not handy with electricity then wait for the repair man, if you touch 220 it normally holds on to you. Sorry your wife is ill, but hopefully the Doc’s can give her something to calm things down for her.
Curt I see you have a second storm that might swing up along the Atlantic coast and it’s brewing about 3 days behind Isaac. Do you keep window plywood handy? Is amazes me the number of people I knew in TX that would pay to have their windows boarded up then discard the plywood after the storm passed just to hire another contractor to do the same thing 2 years later.
Todd, I didn’t know you were close to Elkhart, IN.
More coffee!!!
Gee, ULRICH, your bit of trivia, along with mine, makes for a pleasant morning of either learning something new, OR of being reminded of something one already knew, or being amused by something worthless to know!!!
Well, Well
things to do today include finish laundry, do bedding, scrub out oven {it smells when I bake and the tinfoil under the heating element needs to be changed}.SO busy busy.
MOH has some errands to run before going to work. The least of which involves putting the pay check in the bank {for safe keeping, naturally}, and getting a new WORKING remote control for cable/tv.
Well, best get at it.
Have a great day, folks!!!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Good Morning Gang!
It´s going to be a nice day, sunny, but not too hot and humid. Poor Petra has a dentist´s appointment ...
Janie, just plain coffee for me, please.
I started to dig into family history this morning, as I have nothing else to do. Unearthed a real treasure.
The lad in the middle of the boat of this 1938 photo is my dad, then aged 11. The gentleman sitting to his right is his grandfather. The old lady behind him (last one to the left) is my dad´s great grandmother, who was born in 1854. This is the one and only picture we have of her. Unbelievable that she is Christian´s great great great grandmother...
The picture was taken south of Berlin, during a family trip on the occasion of her 84th birthday. When she was born, Germany had no "Kaiser", it did not even exist as a nation. In that year, the Crimean war started and Florence Nightingale founded an organization to help the wounded (not yet the Red Cross). In the US, the Republican Party was founded. In the same year, a chap named George Eastman was born (Kodak).
Thrilling!
Have a good one!
Edit: Take a flight over America with Wilbur Wright in this little video
Morning Coffee and Donuts
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date.
Enjoy your day, only one more day tomorrow before the weekend!!!
Make someone's day and help them out!!!
If you ever wondered where the phrase "to blow smoke up one's butt"...here it is:
Look below, read and learn.
Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s – 1810s)
The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. {did it work??}
A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum.
The warmth of the smoke was thought to promote respiration, but doubts about the credibility of tobacco enemas led to the popular phrase “blow smoke up one’s Butt.”
Perhaps that would be why "oh, go blow it out your butt" means to RELEASE the smoke from one's butt!
Have A GREAT day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
August 23, 2012 is the 236th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 130 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...
Flo, Beer Pleases.
Charlie, glad to hear your friend will be OK! Just not the kind of story I need to read tonight with me trying to stop smoking. Well OK, guess it is with it having a good outcome.
See you all later.
Almost 7:00 PM and the temp is 94,and as things would have it Mr Murphy showed up in my a/c unit. The fan in the house runs but the outside unit just sits there. Will have to call a repaiman out in the morning.
CN Charlie, sounds a lot like my heart attack in 2004, major difference was I did not feel bad at all, just a kink in my left shoulder/neck area. I needed a double by-pass, but like your friend no damage to my heart.
Need to go sit under the fan in the family room.