Elliot´s Trackside Diner - September 2012

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Sue: Very nice painting. Larry sure has talent.

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Good morning. It's 69°. Humidity is 100%. Rainfall this morning has been 0.01". Mostly cloudy, isolated showers, high 82°.


I have to check the rear battery on the power chair. Pretty sure it's kaput. It wouldn't take a charge or show % of charge yesterday. Other than that nothing is planned.

[gear-jammer]

Good morning, Diners.  Coffee, please, Chloe.

Ray,  I have no problem with my feet.  The last pitch of the day on Sunday had lots of stemming, and arm strength moves so I have sore muscles.  I will surely notice them tonight when I climb at the rockgym.  No arthritis yet.

Todd,  All the labs that we have owned have been  gentle.  However,  my SIL purchased 2 puppies.  One of them is a total monster.  My MIL had to quit swimming in the pool because it would jump on her, and knock her down.  The nice one got lost.  When they found her, she was so dehydrated that they had to put her down.  My thought was that maybe the brat would settle down when she is the only dog. ????

Jim,  I promised to post Larry's Shay painting.

Sue

[TMarsh]

Good Morning!!!

Piece of apple pie and a cup of coffee please. Thanks

Sunny, with a high near 63.

Lee- Furminator eh? I’ll look for that.

Did so many odds and ends yesterday I can’t begin to list. I didn’t get to the pick-up, but I did get the yard mowed and some laundry done. Have yet to put her new faucet for the hall bath in though. Maybe today.  Don’t know. Got lots of things to choose from though.  Hm, good idea. Eenie meenie miney moe…….

Ya’ll have a good day!!!!

[JeremyB]

Hey Guys,

Just to head out soon after breakfast and a shower. Be back around 4:30 this afternoon.

[galaxy]

Morning Coffee in the Diner

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today is Tuesday, Spetember 18th, 2012!!

{exactly one week prior to my Birthday, hint hint for those wanting to send presents}

We often use/hear the old children's rhyme "eenie, meenie, miney, moe"..and sometimes use it to determine which trains to run!!! SO: {this is a long one} several sources have differing variations, including one VERSION that is OFFENDING, and I cannot print here, SO:

ENNIE, MEENIE, MINEY, MOE:
 the beginning of the 'dipping' children's rhyme, and an expression meaning 'which one shall I choose?' - a common myth is that the rhyme derives from an ancient number system - usually Anglo-Saxon or Celtic numbers, and more specifically from the Welsh language translation of 'one, two, three, four' (= eeny meeney miney moe). This is not so: the Welsh 'one, two three,' etc., is: un, dau, tri, pedwar...). Sadly, the rhyme seems simply to be based on euphonic nonsense. The words 'eeny, meeney, miney, moe' have no intrinsic meaning. The rhyme was not recorded until 1855, in which version using the words 'eeny, meeny, moany, mite'. Another version, also published in 1855 but said to date to 1815 begins, 'hana, mana, mona, mike..'. Various versions appear in the mid-19th century in both Britain and America, as well as in many different European languages.

Also wikipedia says all this {minus the offending version}:

A common modern version is:

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,

Catch a tiger by the toe.

If he hollers, let him go,

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

The first American record of a similar rhyme is from about 1815, when children in New York are said to have repeated the rhyme:

Hana, man, mona, mike;

Barcelona, bona, strike;

Hare, ware, frown, vanac;

Harrico, warico, we wo, wac.^[2]

The rhyme seems to have been unknown in England among collectors until the late nineteenth century, although it was found by Henry Bolton in the US, Ireland and Scotland in the 1880s.^[2] He also found a similar rhyme in German:

Ene, tene, mone, mei,

Pastor, lone, bone, strei,

Ene, fune, herke, berke,

Wer? Wie? Wo? Was?^[2]

The most common English form seems to be

Eena, Meena, Mona, My,

Barcelona, Bona, stry,

Air, ware, frum, dy,

Aracy, baraca, we, wo, wack

but there is a well-entrenched version, collected from Durham.

Eena meena mina mo,

Where do all the Frenchmen go?

To the East and to the West,

To the bonny birdie's nest;

Apples in the garden,

fishes in the sea,

if you want a pretty girl

please choose me!

Variations of this rhyme, with the nonsense/counting first line have been collected since the 1820s, such as this Scottish one ..

Hickery Pickery, pease scon

Where will this young man gang?

He'll go east, he'll go west,

he'll go to the crow's nest.

Hickery Pickery, Hickery Pickery ^[5]

More recognizable as a variation, which even includes the 'toe' and 'olla' from Kipling's version is

Eenie, Meenie, Tipsy, toe;

Olla bolla Domino,

Okka, Pokka dominocha,

Hy! Pon! Tush!

...which was one of many variants of 'counting out Rhymes' collected by Bolton in 1888.^[6]

A Cornish version runs:

Ena, mena, mona, mite,

Bascalora, bora, bite,

Hugga, bucca, bau,

Eggs, butter, cheese, bread.

Stick, stock, stone dead - OUT. ^[7]

Another possibility is that the British occupiers of India brought a doggerel version of an Indian children's rhyme used in the game of carom billiards:

ubi eni mana bou,

baji neki baji thou,

elim tilim latim gou.

Another version of this type of rhyme heard sung in English by children in Bombay in 1986 and 1987 and written down by Glen Dryhurst during several business trips was:

Eena, meena, maca-roni,

dee, dye, domi-nony,

It's half past ten,

an old lady came,

she called my name,

chick-a-dye,

chick-a-dye

is my name.

On saying that last word, the child pointed to was either: "in", "out" or "it" as the case may be.

One theory about the origins of the rhyme is that it is descended from Old English or Welsh counting, similar to the old Shepherd's count "Yan Tan Tethera" or the Cornish "Eena, mea, mona, mite".^[2] There are similar examples of children's rhymes that were collected in England that are more obviously counting rhymes up to ten, such as 'Ya, ta, tethera, pethera, pip, Slata, lata, covera, dovera, dick'.

David Zincavage asserts that the origin is Scottish and posits that the first line of the verse is a corruption of Inimicus animo, a Latin phrase that translates as "enemy of the soul." The second line {uses an offensive word} and this goes to early depictions of the devil as black, as opposed to the modern red; we still have references to darkness as being evil. If you catch the devil by the toe, it won't cause his cloven hoof any pain. If, instead, you've pinched a human's toe instead,he'll yelp, and since you have made a mistake in identifying him, you should release him.

ALSO:

What lies behind this variability is that throughout the 19th century the rhyme spread from different parts of the UK to every playground in the English-speaking world, but by word of mouth rather than on paper. There never was an accepted definitive version, so the children who used the rhyme were very happy to substitute their own words as the mood took them.

As adults, we might be curious as to whether the words mean anything and what their origin might have been. Children appear to have no such concerns. An example comes from the Danish region near Kattegat, where the Jack and Jill rhyme, which arrived during the British occupation in the Napoleonic wars, was repeated as:

Jeck og Jill
Vent op de hill
Og Jell kom tombling efter

...which makes as little sense in Danish as it does in English but, despite it being entirely meaningless to them, the children in the area continued to sing it for centuries.

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo,
Catch the tiger/monkey/baby by the toe.
If it hollers[USA]/screams[UK] let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.

The rhyme is used by groups of children as a way of selecting someone to take a role that is different from the others. As difference is unwelcome to children, the formula had to be sufficiently unpredictable to be accepted as fair. A leader takes the counting role and, in the rhythm of the rhyme, points to each child in turn. The last line is often topped off with a short emphasized 'You are It!' or 'O, U, T spells out!', which all the children join in with. Sometimes the child pointed to at the end of one count is the one selected - to be 'It' in a game of hide and seek, for example. In more important choices - selecting who has to ask that grumpy man down the road for their ball back - the one pointed to last drops out and the formula is repeated several times until only one is left

~~Ad naseum~~

HOWEVER be forewarned:::

Lawsuit in the United States

A jocular use of a form of the rhyme by a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, encouraging passengers to sit down so the plane could take off, led to a 2003 lawsuit charging the airline with intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Two versions of the rhyme were attested in court; both "Eeny meeny miny mo, Please sit down it's time to go" and "Pick a seat, it's time to go". The passengers in question were African American and stated that they were humiliated. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Southwest and the plaintiffs' appeal denied.

{Note: the African Americans would have been humiliated due to the version that is offending }.

Have a GREAT day!!!

[cudaken]

 Today started out bad and got worse!

 Nothing to do with BoS I have to deal with them Tuesday.

 Day started out having to take my wife to the Hospital for a Stress Test, had to be there at 8:00 AM. After she dragged me there, she refused to take the Stress Test because she was afraid. Cannot blame her, I was a little afraid when I took mine.

 That was the best part of the day I will added. Let's just say new shop and new managers don't work worth a %^$% and leave it at that tonight.

 Did not get home till 11:00 PM!

 Hope your day was better than mine.

            Ken

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

NKP shops and roundhouse, Frankfort IN-1957

[CNCharlie]

Good Evening Diners!

I'm starting to get worried about Rob. Anyone heard from him lately? He had been stopping in nearly everyday but nothing for some time now. Also Tom in CA.

Lee, glad to hear the new pup is turning out so well. It always amazes me how smart some dogs can be. I had an Afhgan Hound years ago who wasn't obedient at all but he could open sliding patio doors and the fridge. Guests would ask us why there was a bungie cord around the fridge and it was to keep the dog out when we weren't home otherwise he would just help himself. Wouldn't have minded so much but he didn't close the door after raiding the fridge.

Just did a comparison of Krylon Matte with Testors Dullcote. I realized the roofs of my Athearn heavyweights were a little shiny so I sprayed one with Krylon and the others with Dullcote. The Krylon did reduce the shine but not nearly as much as Dullcote.

I was at the LHS on the weekend to pick up a new water tower. I had an enclosed one as used in Western Canada but they weren't used in Ontario where my layout is supposed to be located so time to replace it. I bought a Walthers Cornerstone version but they only come as a built up which does make painting more difficult . I also took in my Mehano 2-10-2 to sell as I don't run it much since it is too big for my layout plus I guess I just don't like it much---too many driving wheels. I suppose my ordering a Bachmann 2-6-6-2 N scale would thus be somewhat contradictory. Hey they were on sale at Trainworld for $100 and I always wanted to try an articulated. It's all Tom's fault . 

Hope everyone is doing ok.

CN Charlie

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Time for me to call it a night. Today was busier than I thought it would be. I didn't have much time to myself. My father called this morning to say the WE were going to be going to some places in town. Post office first to send some things off. Next was Vernon Medical to have the power chairs charger checked out. It checked out as good. They said if the batteries were too low the charger wouldn't detect them and wouldn't put out a charge. We then went to several stores get some things then to the nursing home to see my mother. I told her the bit about putting in a GPS to track her in the event she escaped. She got a good laugh out of that. Afterward we went to Buffet City for lunch then back home. We took the power chair apart and removed the batteries. I put a Smart Charger deep cycle battery charger on the first one on 2 amp charge then went home to get some rest. Last nights close call plus today's activity had left me quite tired. I went back later to check the progress of the charge. My father had left for work by then. He had hooked the first battery back up and put the charger on the second battery. When I looked it wasn't showing a charge or even a percentage of a charge. I made sure all the settings on the charger were right but still no change. If the battery was charged the charger would show the percentage of the charge. It shows nothing so I suspect we have a bad battery. No surprise as they're only guaranteed for a year. A new battery will cost over $100. Tomorrow I'll put my meter on the battery and see what kind of tale it tells. Too bad I don't have one that can check for load. See y'all tomorrow.

[JimRCGMO]

Good Evening, Chloe (yeah, it probably after dinner in some parts of Indiana...) - I'll have a bowl of chili (with diced onions and some grated cheddar,please), and a RBF, please (Combination of drink and dessert...). Thank you!

Got an email from Garry, and since it sounded like you were about to send the hounds after me (wanta look that one up, Galaxy? (Yep, that'd be my vote to keep those interesting morning things going that you do!) I figured I should stop by for at least a bite and to show my face (so all of you didn't forget who I was...).

Paul, good to have your daughters for free tech support on that smarty-phone. Count your blessings, eh?

Sir Madog

It´s a quiet, but nice Autumn day here in the land of limited chances. I had to work down a long HD list this morning, which I did not finish completely. I just don´t feel like cleaning the car ...

Besides, Ulrich, the car will just get dirty again later, right?... But do take better care of yourself, as Paul (sorta) said. Don't wanna mess with chest pains.

(Seamonster) Bob, that was really hospitable of you to share your ice cream like that with the yellowjacket like that!

YGW, I'd somewhat recalled a bit about your wife's struggle and all. Good to see you back in the Diner, and glad things are starting to turn around some for you. for you and your family.

PA Tom, good to hear that your wife didn't have to do more drastic procedures for her foot/ankle.

Garry, a belated Happy Anniversary! from me to you and Shelley!

Johnboy, [ditto] about those 'Golden' years we heard about. (Contrary to Galaxy's signature, I think the leprechans stole that gold...)

Trent, you're in Iowa? Hey, you might not be very far from Chris (AmanaMedic) - he lives not far from Cedar Rapids (if memory hasn't totally failed me...). If you're in Indianola, are they on a different time zone than the rest of Iowa? Hey, I was wondering - recalling how when I w**ked at a photo shop and then also at a computer dealer...- did you wind up spending most of your paycheck on MRR stuff?

OzJim - how've you been doing on your MRR'ing (and how's your weather been recently)? I remember that some areas (hopefully not your particular area) got too much of a soaking.

Ray, sounds like you'd better schedule your days, with all that you've had going on lately! Just wait until your granddaughters get old enough for both to be in sports leagues of various kinds... I forgot - is that grey 'furnace'-looking thing related to your roof panels, or is that something else? Got me curious there. Ah, I see, part of your house's new batteries, eh?

Jeffrey, good to hear you're stopping by to see your mother (and to drop off various things for her). Some people in nursing homes (no matter how recently that family had actually come by) - because there usually isn't a lot for them to do - tend to get bored as much as they get lonely. I've seen a couple/three people who might rant a little at a family member who comes to visit, but the person in the home really is glad to see the family member. Good for you, and for your mother! Have you heard if they're saying if this will be short-term stay or a longer one for your mother? How's the van's brake job coming along (got the part in yet)? Good to see you have brakes for the van. Nice (rusty) Vanderbilt tender there! I think that GPS idea for your mother's chair is very appropriate. That, and put a GPS bug on her clothes, too...

Ken, for BofS to get taken to court by some class action suit in your state...(Is that mean?) Wonder what it would cost your employer to pay somebody to haul all their stuff from the 'closing' store to the 'new' one, compared to what they're paying everyone... probably not a fair comparison, eh?

Jeremy, good to see you are w**king again.

Oh, if we're taking a poll, I really like: Labs, Golden Retrievers, a lot of the hounds (except maybe not some of the bulls...), and not-so-much the terrier/Chijuajua breeds (too high-strung, IMHO). But if we're not running a poll, just disregard all that.

KBKChooch - (back?) to the Diner! Have a beverage of your choice on me.

Barry - best wishes on the possible new business venture!

Lee - loved your story about the gal pronouncing the name of "the place where you were"... Hey, best wishes on the (resin?) casting; I got one of the kits for that from Hobby Lobby, but haven't attempted it yet. Post any tips that you have, please.

Man, I just noticed that I'm still a dozen pages of posts behind, so my apologies if I miss (important) stuff in those dozen pages.. (Need to get in here more often, or at least peek in the window..)

Our gas here is about like Jeff's was earlier (around $3.699 or so, with some fluctuations, of course). Not to be compared with prices for petrol elsewhere, natch. And hey, Todd, you mean I have an excuse for messing up words, 'cause I live in the middle of the grand ole USA? Cool!

Weekend (or two?) ago, I went up to Chuck's Depot (in Marion, IL) and picked up a few odds 'n' ends for MRR. I was surprised at how little I got then. Of course, since then I must have been 'Jones-ing' for more vehicles, as I wound up getting some details and several cast resin cars on de-bay. 1940's and early 1950's styles. A little more variety to fill the roads up, that's how I rationalize it.

Last Thursday, my back was giving me some problems. Had a 'catch' in my get-and-go, as it were... Think a combination of my box springs for the bed being overdue for the dumpster, and my not having replaced the bed (it's only the same one I slept on as a teenager, so I don't know why it shouldn't hold up better...). Besides, it's only a twin bed, and being a big guy, I can stand a bigger bed now. For the short term, I've decided to sit up straighter in chairs/seats, and yesterday, I put a plywood sheet (about 2' X 4') between the mattress and the box springs. (Way overdue!) Last night the bed felt harder, but my back has been feeling better (that, and church had a prayer service last night, so there may have been a connection to that...).

Well, about time for me to head for home. Tomorrow will be interesting, as the restaurant where I use the WiFi frequently (Panera) is remodeling. They will close tonight about 10 p.m., and the construction/remodeling crew will w**k through the night to get all the remodeling done before they open up in the morning (which I think is about 6:30 a.m., and the bakers are usually baking through the night, too!). We'll see what new stuff they have tomorrow, eh?

Prayers for those in need of healing (a lot of us Diners lately), comfort, and/or a good night's sleep. See you in the morning (hopefully, if w**k doesn't interfere...).

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape G.

[GMTRacing]

Good Evening All,

     Had a crane in this morning and loaded the 40ft container onto a flatbed for delivery to N.J. and then onto OZ in a month or so. Ship loads tomorrow or Weds.

    Found out a friend passed away over the weekend from kidney failure. Don't know anything else just now but he was a great race car driver with multiple championships in several road racing series and just an all around decent human being. I'll miss his wit and insight.

   Got home at a reasonable hour tonight but still haven't gotten downstairs to the layout. Just not enough motivation or energy yet.  Maybe later this week.    Catch y'all later, J.R.

[Curt Webb]

Evening All,

Not in a very good mood tonight because still having issues with Son. I go back to w**k tomorrow so I will talk to you all on Friday.

Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.

[Packer]

Hey guys. It's been a while, but I haven't really felt like posting a whole lot lately.

As for those F-units that wound up with cracked shells. I'm giving repairs another go. I have some new filler on the cracked areas, and will try fixing them up tomorrow. Still have to prime them, but I'm close to a dozen stewart Fs and am in about $200 so far. Not counting the 2 sound/DCC chassis I bought. Still have to aquire a bunch of detail parts.

As far as other train stuff, I picked up a trio of really nice Athearn RTR ACF 2970 2 bay hoppers. The stickers on the boxes say MSRP of $25, but got the trio for $45 shipped. All are Rock Island but there is 2 minor issues. The first issue is that they are all the same number, the second is something for operations. I though they'd be for cement service, but are for food service... IDK what to do with the extra 2. I'll probably see if the local CNW or RI fans want to buy one or two. If not I'll try weathering and selling (remind me to list my extra DVS boxcar that I weathered)

As far as my job hunting is concerned (still at a fast-food place) it's not going well. Only one opening within 75 miles, and it's 65 miles away. I can't afford a move, and I don't think I'd be making much more when having to get gas every other day.

I finally made a decision on wheter to get a steel or aluminum flywheel. I went with steel becase the new motor is actually mild (up to 465 hp but not very high RPM, limited to 6K) and a aluminum flywheel would slow it down a bit in the 1/8th. So now to find a steel 157 tooth flywheel for a ford with a 28 oz imbalance.

Anyways I'll be catching up.

[JeremyB]

Hi Guys

Well the first day was ok. Not many people work at this place I think only 16. I take apart old PC and printers all day. Not overly exciting but a job. Also had a place call about a interview when at work today. It doesn't  sound to great plus I cant get over for a interview due to my new job.

[LSWrr]

Todd, I know you’re right; Katje can turn the shower on and get her own ice cubes from the freezer dispenser.  She respects my stuff but not Dorothy’s.  She will pull Dorothy’s clothes out of the dirty laundry basket and run around the house with them but she won’t do that with mine.  Katje likes to lick ears and feet, nobody can walk through the house bare footed without catching the dogs attention.  My yellow lab I had could unlock house doors, including dead bolts.

 

You need the furminator.  I bought one on sale for my black lab and it’s amazing, every animal brush wants to be or pretends to be a ferminator.  Once I started to use the furminator on a regular basis it cut the vacuum work in half.  Once a week the furminator would remove a tall kitchen trash bag of loose hair from the dog.  It’s the most expensive brush and the last pet brush you’ll every buy….

 

Jeff, LOL.  I imagine your Mom will want a Tom Tom added as well.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 69° with 98% humidity. There's a high chance of rain and isolated thunderstorms. The high will be 82°.


Weather this morning is running moderate to heavy on rain and thunderstorms moving NNW across all of Louisiana increasing to heavy to severe by afternoon. Looks like the weather for southern Arkansas may be interesting to say the least. Link to current radar.

Woke up at midnight in the middle of a full-blown sugar crash. Blood sugar reading was 31, high heart rate, blood pressure almost non-existent. Concentration was totally out the window. Even trying to concentrate was confusing. A quick meal of chili with beans got my blood sugar reading back up in the 110-120 range and well out of danger. Spent the next couple of hours watching 'Unstoppable' and monitoring my vital signs. Hope I don't have a repeat of that in the near future.

This morning I've already replaced the couplers on an Athearn PS 2003 2-bay covered hopper (ATSF 87263 patched to L&A). It had McHenry shelf couplers which are shelf couplers in name only. They don't actually work as such. I changed them out with Kadee #119 scale head shelf couplers which work like the real thing and lock the couplers together. The McHenry's had a penchant for uncoupling and being a constant source or irritation. They look good but are good for little else.

Plans for today: I have none other than staying in, running trains and watching movies. I just watched a thirty unit freight pass by in front of me.

[howmus]

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'll have a couple eggs over easy, sausage, and a double order of sour dough toast to go along with the cup of dark roast coffee.  Thank you Ma'am!

Sue, sounds like you had fun!  Hope your feet feel better than mine this morning!  I can barely walk on my right foot.  Just a bit of arthritis from an old injury back when I was a teenager.  Should settle down as I move around today (I hope).

Todd, I love your description of the Chocolate Lab!   All Labs that I have ever met have been very gentle and and affectionate dogs.  Never seen one that was mean in any way shape nor manner.

Jeffrey, from what you have told us about your mom, I would say the GPS would be an excellent addition to the getaway vehicle...

Garry, "...you would have a weary Erie caboose."  Bad!  Very Bad!  I'll have to remember THAT one for when someone else is w*rking old C-254. 

The Chimney Sweep should be showing up at 11AM.  I will then find out what condition the whole wood stove assembly is.  Do hope it can used this year without major repairs...  Then I have to head out to Canandaigua for my dermatology appt.

Sun is shining here in the Finger lakes, so I guess I will take my morning shower and then take a chair out to the side of the house and watch the little wheel spin backwards...

Later!

73

[gear-jammer]

Good morning, Diners.  Chloe, I will have coffee and a waffle, please.

My climbing trip was great.  The temps were around 80.  We climbed lots of great routes.  I recognized the author of the local guide book who happened to be there with a group of climbers, and he told us about several new routes that he thought we would enjoy.  We also got some coaching on one of the hard routes.  WooHoo!  What a great time.

Curt,  Great photos.  Now that summer is slowing down, I might get more time in the layout room.

Later,  Sue

[TMarsh]

Pascaff- I just make up the pronounciations and pretty much slaughter words and basically create new words out of old as I go along. Hey, I'm from the midwest. It's expected.

[TMarsh]

Good Morning!!!

Coffee and a couple glazed donuts please. Thanks.

Showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Jeffrey- My luck they wouldn't make the charger for that chair anymore even if the blame thing was new last year. Good luck.  

Lee- Chocolate labs sour temper? Haven’t heard that. I’ve heard they’re the dumbest, which if that’s true, the other two have got to be smarter than old Al Einstein I tell you what. Friends of ours picked up they’re first Chocolate puppy and they say that is the smartest dog they’ve ever had and they’ve had several over the years. But sour temper?  Hoo boy not Missy, she’s a full blooded, pure bred, pure Chocolate Lab, pure hunk of love. Sweetest, most considerate of property (well except for things on the coffee table. Perpetual tail wag you know is just right height to clean off the coffee table. I have learned to not set drink on table. Brenda….not so learned. Takes her by surprise every time), gentlest around children and most tolerant dog I’ve been around. Good thing about her is she isn’t a licky in the face dog. They say males are more lovey affectionate to people than females. Bad thing is she sheds like I’ve never seen before. I do not see how she has any fur left after just a week. My GOSH does she shed. 24/7, 7 days a week 365 no matter the season. Whoa. Can’t dry her off either. Oh you can try. Soak up enough water to load up two big bath towels and then feel her and she’s just as wet as when you started. Not a real gassy dog though. Good for me.

Not much going on this day. I set the shower floor pan yesterday so I can’t do anything til Tuesday, preferably Wednesday in that area at least. I can go in the basement and clean up some in the trainroom!! Oh wait, I gotta go check out the old Pick-up, but that shouldn’t take long. Of course I need to mow again, but I could wait another day or two on that I suppose….we’ll see.

Ya’ll have a good day!!!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

LSWrr

Jeff, glad you guys got the chair trouble shooting done.  Will you be adding racing stripes while you’re waiting for the new charger? 

Probably a GPS locator for tracking in the event of an escape!

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Weather be sunny and a little milder today....high of 75F expected. Tomorrow will be rainy and a high of 62F....

Having some people over to go over some figures today for a proposed business I'm looking into. This oughta be fun....

Also going to see what the beeeeep caused the hole in the garden yesterday...setting trap outside the hole to see what comes out....

Garry:    Well, for an almost 14 yr old cat he is still quite the jumper/leaper/general allround ruffian....

Jeremy:  Good luck at new job!

TA:   We are planning a trip out that way to Picton to check out their wineries....I love the scenery there....

[LSWrr]

Good Morning all,

 

56F, 69% Humidity, HI 78F, Mostly Sunny

 

Galaxy, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea is another term used often.

 

Curt, nice looking crane.  The east wall in the harbor area of my layout will be a giant team track.  I have a smaller team track near town, but I bought the Walther’s LCL terminal for the port.

 

Jeff, glad you guys got the chair trouble shooting done.  Will you be adding racing stripes while you’re waiting for the new charger? 

 

Most of the girls in that part of the country are blonde and blue eyed wonders….

 

Pascaff, I think my problem is I’ve never heard the names spoken.  I’m originally from Toledo, OH so the Miami and Pontiac Indian words are easy, the rest might as well be Greek to me…

 

No train time for me.  Saturday I took Katje to the Vet; she is now 32.5 pounds and cutting 4 adult teeth.  She will be 4 months old on the 19^th.  Vet said she is a pleasant Chocolate Lab, I guess most of the Chocolate Labs they treat have a sour distemper.   Sunday I spent 4 hours working on the yard.

 

I ordered 2 gallons of plastic this weekend for MRR stuff over the weekend; one 30-minute and one 2-hour de-mold.  I’ve been having troubles with air bubbles in some of the pours so I found a 2 hour de-mold self vulcanizing plastic.  I’m thinking the extra time will allow the air to escape the mold.  I’m currently using a 30-minute de-mold self vulcanizing plastic that works great on items without ridges like 55-gallon drums and some of the crates. 

[JeremyB]

just getting ready now and then Im out the door :) wish me luck guys.

[JeremyB]

Thanks for the kind words fellas. Its at a metal recycling plant and I think Im going to be working in a area that disassembles PC's and laptops and I think they said printers also. Im going to grab some breakfast soon and be on my way.

I will report back tonight what its like

Jeremy

[wetidlerjr]

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

Monday, September 17, 2012

NS "NE" Interlocker, New Haven IN-2003

TIPTON IN

[galaxy]

Morning Coffee in the Diner

GOOD MORNING!!!

Today is Monday, September 17th, 2012!!!

WE often find we say it  "Wreaks Havoc" and "there will be hell to pay" when somehting goes Awry.  SO:

HAVOC:

 chaos, usually destructive - this word derives from war; it was an English, and earlier French, medieval military command, originally in French, 'crier havoc', referring to a commander giving the army the order to plunder, pillage, destroy, etc. The expression 'cry havoc' referring to an army let loose, was popularised by Shakespeare, who featured the term in his plays Julius Caesar, ("Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war..."), The Life and Death of King John, and Coriolanus. Havoc in French was earlier havot

AND HELL TO PAY:

hell to pay - seriously bad consequences - a nautical expression; 'pay' meant to waterproof a ship's seems with tar. Probably derived from the expression 'the devil to pay and no pitch hot', in which the words hell and pay mean something other than what we might assume from this expression. See 'Devil to pay" , which explains the nautical technicalities of the expression in more detail

DEVIL TO PAY:

 - a dreaded task or punishment, or a vital task to do now with no resource available - the expression is connected to and probably gave rise to 'hell to pay', which more broadly alludes to unpleasant consequences or punishment. Neither expression - devil to pay/hell to pay - directly refer to hell, devil or paying in a monetary sense. Instead hell or devil refers to ship's planking, and pay refers to sealing the planking with pitch or tar. Specifically devil to pay and hell to pay are based on a maritime maintenance job which was dangerous and unwelcome - notably having to seal the ship's hull lower planking (the 'devil', so-called due to its inaccessibility) with tar. Interpretations seem to vary about where exactly the 'devil' planking was on the ship, if indeed the term was absolutely fixed in meaning back in the days of wooden sailing ships and galleons) although we can safely believe it was low down on the hull and accessible only at some risk to the poor sailor tasked with the job, which apparently was commonly given a punishment. The punishment aspect certainly fits with part of the expression's meaning which survives today. Sources refer to a ship being turned on its side for repairing, just out of the water with the keel exposed while the tide was out; the 'devil' in this case was the seem between the ship's keel and garboard-strake (the bottom-most planks connecting to the keel). I am advised additionally and alternatively (ack D Munday) that devil to pay: "...is a naval term which describes the caulking (paying) of the devil board (the longest plank in a ship's hull) which was halfway between the gunwales [the gunwale is towards the top edge of the ship's side - where the guns would have been] and the waterline. Due to its position it was a dangerous task whilst at sea and not having hot pitch to seal it made it all the more difficult to do. It was often used as a punishment..."

ENJOY your day and smile to make someone else's day!!!

[pascaff*]

Evening All,

Jeremy - Good luck on the new job.

Jeff - Hope your mom's power chair gets fixed soon

Curt - The crane looks really good.

  Sundays always seem to bring out the crazys at work. The store closes at 6:00 PM, and we make an announcement at 5:50 and 6:00. I am turning out the lights in the premium gun room and locking up the hand gun cases. I have to ask three people to please move so I can lock the case, and they ask if they can see a few guns. We almost had to kick them out.

  Stopped at the hospital this morning and one of the doc's who came in to check my wife, is a customer of mine. Small world. I stopped again tonight, and they removed all the IV tubes. If she can eat, keep food down, and get some strength back she can come home.

   Waiting for Wednesday for some time off to get back to the layout.

    Prayers to all in need.

      Paul

[Heartland Division CB&Q]

Ray ... You said you were tire from standing so long in an Erie cabbose. Think of it this way. You could have been sitting in there that long. Then you would have a weary Erie caboose.

Curt ... Nice photos of a great scene!

Jeff . Sometimes I actually feel like that old steam loco looks.

Jeremy ... Congrats on the job.

Barry .... Is Spring like one of those pesky little Kadee coupler springs that can zomm all over the place?

JR ... My GE 44T is one of the old 2-motor jobs, I found DCC installation instructions at Tony's Trains website.  I am using a Digitrax DZ123 decoder. This was the most troublesome project imaginable. Everything that could go wrong did so, and did it repeatedly. I would never do a second one, and I would tell everybody not to try doing it.

Now, the DCC-equipped GE 44T is operating on the layout. I hope it never dares to give me any more problems.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.