Things are not always as they may appear. The loco in the photo below appears to be a modern plastic Bachmann 0-6-0. It's not. Oh it's a Bachmann 0-6-0 all right but it's NOT plastic. You can see some nicks in the paint here and there and what's underneath shows through. The tender is plastic though.Time for me to call it a night. 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
Good Evening Diners!
Another warm, as in 88F, day here so summer is hanging on longer than usual. Mind you there are a few leaves turning yellow which is early for that but we had a very early spring so the trees went into leaf a month earlier than usual. I guess that means the leaves will fall early too.
Strange day here on Sunday. We had friends over for dinner and one guest complained that he had a sore right shoulder. It seemed to be getting worse and just before we sat down right at 6, he told his wife he wasn't feeling too well. My wife and I told him to get over to the hospital asap as it is only a 2 minute drive from our house. He was worried he'd have to wait in emergency but I told him not if he's got chest pain. Sure enough he had a heart attack. He was then taken to another hospital where the cardio unit is and had a stent put in, returned back to the original hospital ICU all by 10:30. He had a blocked artery and they found he needed 2 more stents which went in today. Luckily no damage to his heart. He is a lucky fellow.
Garry,I thought of you tonight as I was programming a decoder that had a CB&Q 5 chime whistle as the default. Not quite right for an 0-8-0 so I changed it to something less dramatic. Those loksound decoders are really fantastic, especially the motor control.
I think it is time I got back to working on the N scale layout as it is stalled at the scenery stage. I have quite a few structures to build too.
Well time to think about bed, so best sign off for now.
CN Charlie
Evening All,
About all I did today beside laundry was install 6 Caboose industries ground throws. I still need to install 2 more but need to buy them. I joined the JMRI yahoo group and have already learned what I need to do to be able to use a Win 7 64 bit computer with the PR-3.
Ken- I think everybody is pulling for you and care what happens to you.
James- Happy Birthday
Ulrich- Good to see you back and saying prayers for your health.
Lee- It looks like the storm has moved west a little. Hopefully it will keep doing that.
Todd- I really like Thai, Japanese and Korean. Picked up the taste for them in my travels.
Paul- I am saying prayers for your wife.
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/
pascaff* Jeff, that video of the speeding loco reminded me of when I was a kid and tried to see how fast I coud make my trains go.
Jeff, that video of the speeding loco reminded me of when I was a kid and tried to see how fast I coud make my trains go.
Good Afternoon All,
It has been a few days since I have been on here, so a few updates.
Wife is still nauseous and has not even started chemo yet. We have an appointment at Stanford Clinical Cancer Center in CA next Wednesday. Early report is she has a rare form of this Lymphoma, only 20 cases a year in the US. It is supposed to be treatable, but who knows. When at home I have been staying close to the baby monitor so I can hear if she needs me. So no running of trains. Still designing the balance of the yard tracks though.
Ulrich, glad to see you back.
Ken, quitting smoking is easier for some than others, just hang in there and you will succede. I quit in 2004 right after I had a mild heart attack and double by-pass.
James, Happy birthday.
Prayers to all in need.
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
Yard freshly mowed, ugh. Body freshly showered, yeah. Nap ready to betaken, maybe.
Happy birthday James!
Garry- We eat Asian food at least once a week many times two, occasionally three if I eat alone, like today, and have for.......hm, I guess ever. Even before I was married probably twice a week. I probably ate more Chinese food as a bachalor than most others ate pizza I bet.. Chinese is my favorite ethnic food, in case you haven't noticed, so we lean towards that. But Like Japanese, Thai is one food I haven't had much other than a time or two. They use peanuts a lot (or so I thought), which I don't really like cooked in food, reminds me of boiled peanuts and they also use alot of coconut. Another thing I like raw, so to speak, but not really in things you eat as food other than deserts. Coconut milk, a big ingredient just makes me gag and that says alot considering. But what I had had neither so I gave it a whirl and was very pleased. I noticed their menu didn't list but a couple things with coconut milk and or peanuts so the options are real good.
But TONIGHT we're going to Elkhart with a couple for fried chicken. Yuuuuuum YUM!!!!!!
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.
Afternoon guys
Life's been a bit less busy as of late, so I've had time for MRRing. I would go out and do some painting, but we've been getting more rain than Seattle, try a rain storm that causes minor flooding every day for a few weeks straight... I can't even mow the lawn because of the constant rain. I'm saving up for a big order for myself to MBK to advance quite a bit on the F-unit project. Might get some other goodies in the order too. Hopefully it will get here on the 27th.
My car (94 mustang GT) is starting to seem a bit strange to me after driving my brothers car (94 mustang cobra), but not in a bad way. It's at just under 230K miles and about 19 years old with most of the original stuff on it. (intake, exhaust, and injectors are the only changes to the engine itself) still runs great. I drove my brother's car (180K miles, same age and mods as mine) and apparently my brother's is a slug compared to mine. Gunning my brothers cobra in the rain doesn't spin the tires, but mine tries to do it when going above 1700 rpms in first, 2300 in second, and sometimes in third. I have about a second on his at the track too. I'm kind of perplexed by that, but mine in all likelyhood was taken care of and my brother's was beat on a lot (it even looks kinda beat up up close, mine you have to look for evidence of age on the body)
Ken, Since you seem to be a bit annoyed about the smoking thing, I'll hold the story of my grandfather.
James, happy B-day. Looks like you are only 4 days older than me. My birthday is the 27th.
Ulrich, is your birthday the same as mine?
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.
Ulrich: I'm something of an old curmudgeon when it comes to certain functional scenarios...I guess. I wouldn't have minded if there was some kind of a survey before the change but considering the amount of guff that would have appeared it might not have been very informative.... As for the monitor...that is an excellent size for one as well...it really does make a difference between permanent eyestrain and comfort....
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/
Garry, yea it's ok for my email to be there, thanks for mentioning it.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
I guess I am coming to age. For me, a telephone is there to make or receive a call, not to surf the web, take pictures, shave, read a book, watch a movie. I don´t like to look at a minuscule screen - that´s straining my eyes.
When I came home Monday afternoon, there was a 22" monitor on my desk - my son´s birthday present. It is now hooked up to my notebook. Believe me, it is much more fun to look at pictures or watch a video on a big screen!
Garry - sure, it would have been nice if our host had conducted a member survey on the needs and wishes, but I have my doubts that there would have been a common denominator I am not unhappy with what we have now - there is better forum software, but also worse. The key "objection" I have is that those light gray and blue colors make things difficult to read. Most of the complaints we see have their origin in us old farts not adapting to change as quickly as we should.
Well well
Up LATE and right off to the shower, grocery store, the bank. the pharmacy, the free bread line down the street, WHEW!!!
Now I think is time for a nap.
Ken-no one is picking on you about smoking. Those of us {me included} who have quit KNOW how tough it is to quit...we only WISH YOU WELL in your quest! It IS hard but after awhile, you will notice everything touched by tobacco {walls, carpets, coats, clothing} will STINK!! And anywhere there are smokers you will be AMAZED at how BAD it stinks! let alone what it is doing to your lungs and body! You can cheat yourself at sneaking cigarettes, but your BODY WILL suffer for it! I can hardly breathe after doing the simplest of things...hence the reason for checking my blood for clotting and for blood clots in my lungs..and I already take O2 at night, If I were still smoking,I'd hardly be able to do ANYTHING!!! Well, anyway, we WISH you well, and KNOW you will be testy, snarl at us and growl all you want as you quit!!!
SO,, now where was I?
Oh yeah..NAP TIME!!
Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday to the Birthday boy {in case I forget tomorrow}!!!
-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. It's 81°, humidity is 56% and it's partly cloudy. There's a small chance of rain today. High is expected to be 92°. That should feel like 97°.Well, my nephew told me yesterday that he'd be home this morning and ready to go to work on the tractor. I really didn't believe it but decided to give him a chance anyway. As expected there's been no sign of life over there and he hasn't put in an appearance. I've about had it with that crap!Nothing on my schedule today. I'll probably do some cosmetic work on some locos.
Good morning.
A blueberry muffin with coffee, please.
Smart phones? .. My new one is smarter than I am.
Lee .... I agree with your list, and suggest you post it in the new forum format thread with language consistent with constructive criticism. ... Also, Lee ... I clicked on your name and it shows your email address. Do you want that public?
Barry ... I agree with you also on the new format. You, too may wish to post your thoughts in the thread with that topic.
Ulrich .... I hope thye do bring back some of the good features.
In the thread I said Kalmbach should have communicated better about the changes and why they were done. Also, I said they should have surveyed members about what they like and do not like.
Sue ... I did not know NWSL moved, but now I see they are in MT. Is your state one of those high tax states? I suspect it might be.
Ken ... Each of us will gladly encourage you to change your habits regarding smoking. We care very much about you. ... I like your photo with the steam locos. You may wish to paint over the pink foam at a later date to improve this great scene.
Todd ... How often do you have Asian food? A lot, evidently.
James ..... Happy Birthday !
Does anybody have plans to work on their layouts or trains in the next few days?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup, side order of breakfast sausage, and lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug please.
Sir MadogI think that did the move to please the smart phone crowd.
Yep! You got it Ulrich... The whole web is going in THAT direction these days. Those of us who prefer to use a computer rather than a one size fits all and does everything (poorly) "Ronco" device are now considered irrelevant. Maybe corporations figured out we (on old fashioned computers) don't have to pay a huge monthly anytime, anywhere, except under most all conditions fee to be able to text and drive at the same time and so figure there is more money to be made by catering to those who think they need to be connected 25 hours a day? OK, Vinnie, soap box is put away!
Another nice cool morning here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 71°F on its way up to the mid 80s by mid afternoon.
I have several things to get accomplished today, so I best get moving... Ken do not buy more cigarettes! Ya hear!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
LSWrr Ulrich, I hope they work the bugs out of the improvements. I thought the former software was working just fine so I don’t understand the need for an upgrade. One should not try to improve perfection one should strive to perfect improvement.
Ulrich, I hope they work the bugs out of the improvements. I thought the former software was working just fine so I don’t understand the need for an upgrade. One should not try to improve perfection one should strive to perfect improvement.
Lee - I think that did the move to please the smart phone crowd. Apparently, the new software works better with those devices than the old one. Like with all new programs, we´ll have to do the beta testing
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and some of them Thai BBQ riblet things and white rice please. Thanks.
Sunny, with a high near 89. Like everyone, we’ve been having cooler than usual days. Today’s getting back closer to norm.
ULRICH!!!- Boy you had us all worried. Glad to see you’re home and super glad to hear the word “benign”. You rest and take care of yourself. Stop in as you feel like it. I have very little worthwhile stuff to say myself, but like G, I manage somehow to find something to say . If they aren’t interested, they just skip on to the next post. Some are, some aren’t. Hey, at least in here there are no complaints from the patrons about wasted bandwidth and jabbering about nothing. We all know one doesn’t represent everyone. What one may not find interesting, others may. Kinda like modeling. Probably why we all get along.
Speaking of Thai, found this little place across the street sorta cattywhompish from the Chinese buffet that all have been talking about. Brenda and I decided to go there Monday night. Looks like the buffet will be taking a back seat to this place. It was delicious. And Garry, they spoke perfect English. Not even an accent. They serve a variety of things and priced very reasonable. Not big on Thai food so that’s why it took so long for us to go. The peanut and coconut thing not real hot on the taste buds and no one can do hot like the Taiwanese. Whoa. So we got brave and said “what the heck. We can’t live forever” Besides Brenda is getting a little sniffy about the Chinese girls. Specially since the wrong drink episode of a couple weeks ago. Suki too friendly. Suki not Brenda’s favorite no. Funny though, this new Thai place…., is run by Vietnamese. Which is also kinda scarry cause a buddy of mines wife is full blown born in the motherland Vietnamese and I know what she eats. Some things you can’t even get past the smell.
Ken- Now Jeff speaks what we call “tough love”. I’ve known several people who were heavy smokers for yeeeears and now do not. Rough? Yes. Cranky? Oh you bet (well one wasn’t). Each had, oddly, a different way they went about it. One just cold turkey. Are they glad they quit? Every one of them. Oh and by the way, Doctor told Brenda Lemon takes the crave away for a bit. Grab some sugar free lemon drops. My preference is Lemon Heads though they are sugar bombs probably. Maybe they make them sugar free.
Bad news…..Grass needs mowed. I will do that today I suppose. See if the mower starts. Still w**king on that list of piddly things. Checked the order status on the shower door, est ship date is the 23. Then supposed to be 3 to 5 days I guess til it shows up at the store.
Progressing nicely, that is to say slow, on the Cantonese. Not bad I guess considering the only person I can practice on is the dog. She tries to be helpful. Having the most trouble with the tones. In addition to having to know a word for a word, you have to know how to say it. Saying a word in a high tone may mean you want water, saying the same word in a mid tone could mean you want the waiter dead. Bad thing by the way. Especially in a restaurant. Good news is sentence structure I guess is the sameish, they just don’t have any words that mean nothing like “the” “at” “a”. You know all the words they leave out when they speak that make them so…..ethnic sounding.
Welp, gonna put a new faucet in the hall bath. Yes I know it’s done, but Brenda, my wife, don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned her, has now decided she wants a new faucet after all. You know what that means. Yup, trip to Menard’s around noon and…..
CHINESE BUFFET FOR ME!!!!!!
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
Sue that might be the answer to my GF’s issues, only working 2-3 days a week so she has time for other things; She has been working 48-52 hours a week and on her days off she tends to sleep a lot. I made the mistake of buying her one of those can crushers for her recycling hobby and she was so involved with that she lost track of time and I didn’t see her yesterday on her day off.
I see Tropical Storm Isaac might turn into a hurricane by tomorrow. I hope everyone down south is prepared for this event. I see the news reports the CG is pre-deploying units and making preparations to move into the area with reinforcements.
Good morning, Chloe. I will have my usual black coffee, please.
I will post Larry's painting when he finishes it.
Lee, Yes, you are right, who has the time. The swimming is to stretch out the sore muscles that I get from climbing. I usually climb on Monday and Wednesday evenings at the indoor rockgym. All of my other hobbies I do in spurts. I work 2-3 days a week so that allows play time. You are right, too many hobbies, not enough time.
Garry, We like the NWSL kits. They do a nice upgrade. However, we have not done business with them since they left Seattle.
Welllllllllll, I guess I should get moving. I work today. And I need to get gas, so I can climb outside tomorrow if there isn't too much water in the air.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Afternoon!
It is well past lunchtime here, so I´ll just have a mug of coffee and a sweet roll, Janie, please.
- James! 23? That makes you 33 years younger than me - well not really, there 4 days missing in the count. All the best wishes!
Barry - all forums are loaded with comments, rants and gripes about the new forum software. I have to admit that I don´t fancy it either, but I will be getting used to it after a little while. Performing my moderator´s task has also changed slightly. I find it less comfortable than before. Post count is a valuable information. A member with a fairly high count may be less likely to slip by the rules. AFAIK, they are still working on it, and a number of things will be back soon.
Ken - the most important issue when you stop smoking is that you really want it. The need for nicotine actually goes away pretty quickly (three days), but the bad habit stays on much longer. I am not sure, but IMHO, those electronic cigarettes just make that ordeal longer. Set yourself a target, save up the money you would have spent on cigarettes up to that date, and reward yourself with a goodie - maybe that loco you always wanted to have.. Pulling for you that you´ll make it!
It´s a hot and humid day again, so I am not up to much. I have to drink a lot, and that´s still an awkward and painful experience when I have to reverse the process.
Have a good one!
Lee wrote: Garry,
1. I don’t like the fact I lose all the formatting from MS-Word when I post.
2. I do miss the when someone joined and how many posts they have posted
3. Every ones location information is gone
4. When I post the post shows up out of order until I come back later.
5. Why is the very first post at the top?
Lots of functionality went missing here...even though my control bar has the icons for fonts and colour and such..hardly any of them work for me.
Extra mouse clicking...have to go from first post to last post via last page...
We've gone backwards in terms of location and such...now we are truly an undifferentiated mass....
More gripes to come....
Good Morning...
How do you like all the sun we have been getting?
It is sunny and a high of 77F feeling like 84F today...
Going to get some housework done today including laundry, cleaning the storage area..I mean...garage up a bit...
Have a good day!!
Good Morning All,
59F, 87% humidity, Hi today 80F.
I should have worn a jacket to work.
Farmer’s Almanac predicts a normal amount of snowfall and normal temperatures for my area this winter. I’m not sure I believe them since right now it should be hot and miserable like it was in July.
Garry,
Maybe I’m just getting old and reluctant to change.
James, happy birthday! Let’s see where I was 23 years ago; I was stationed at USCG Station Marblehead, OH with 2 years in service, married for 1 year, and in November of 1989 I had just advanced to Boatswains’ Mate Third Class. September of that year my daughter was born. And I was 23 years old living in a 15’x 75’ mobile home I had recently bought.
james saundersHey Bill, Don't forget tomorrow is not just the 236th day of the year, it's also my 23rd Birthday! Don't forget everyone.
Don't forget everyone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (TOMORROW)
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hey Bill, Don't forget tomorrow is not just the 236th day of the year, it's also my 23rd Birthday!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
August 22, 2012 is the 235th day of the year 2012 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
Ken: It wasn't my intent to tick you off. It was however my intent to give you another reason to quit smoking. Your friends care about your health.
Time for me to call it a late night. I had a talk with my nephew today and hopefully I got through to him that I need his help tomorrow. We'll see if he shows up in the morning. It's important that we get the back of the tractor up on blocks so the tranny can be dropped. I'll need his help for that too. See y'all tomorrow.
cudaken Jeffery. With all the times we have traded, why did you bring up this time my stuff stinks? (box car came from me) I am hoping it is your way to try to encourage me with my quest of stop smoking. To be honest it hurt my feelings and P me off at the same time. While I was at the hospital I was told that it is as hard to stop smoking as it is to get of cocaine.
Jeffery. With all the times we have traded, why did you bring up this time my stuff stinks? (box car came from me) I am hoping it is your way to try to encourage me with my quest of stop smoking. To be honest it hurt my feelings and P me off at the same time. While I was at the hospital I was told that it is as hard to stop smoking as it is to get of cocaine.
Evening Dinners
Flo, I take a beer pleases.
If we trade again, do I need to wash what I am trading first in Mouth Wash? Hope I just smoked my last real Cigarette as I posted this.I am officially out of smokes.
Sorry Jeffery for the rant, just rubbed me the wrong way tonight.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie just my usual cup of decaf for the moment. I'll be in the back booth resting for a bit.
Got a bit done on the layout today. Installed a Fast Tracks Turnout, put another coat of Latex Rubber on the mold, and finished up some more trackage going to the upper staging. My son called early this afternoon and wanted me to come over and help him learn how to put up the old family camping tent I gave to him several years back. This is a huge canvas tent that can sleep 8 or 12 I think. We bought it soon after we moved to Geneva 30 years ago, and I used it camping with the Boy Scouts for many years after the boys were grown and my wife had passed away. Still in great shape, but appears to be missing one pole..... Hopefully he can get one made. It can be put up by one person although it goes much faster if 2 or 3 are helping. Good to see it will be used again.
Tonight I went to Hammondsport to participate in an operating session. I ran a passenger train first and then a freight delivering a train to the main yard returning with a different consist back to staging. Everything went well and I had a great time as always.
Jeffrey, give the PB Blaster some time to work. I bet most of the problem nuts will break free in a couple days. The stuff is great! I used it to free up the Reese Hitch on the truck a couple years ago. It was completely rusted in, but after a couple weeks of adding more PB Blaster and waiting, it finally slid out. WD-45 is worthless!
Hope you all have a great night!
P&SlocalJeff, if you can heat them up with a torch a little, they should come loose.