Morning Coffee
GOOD MORNING!!!
In Honor of those who were seriously injured, lost their lives, lost loved ones In the horrific attack on the World Trade center's twin towers, A special prayer candle will be lit. Let us never forget and always remember...
-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! from Tipton IN.
It's Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Bridge over the Mississinawa River at Eaton IN on the LE&W RR
9/11/01
NEVER FORGET!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
Nothing real new to talk about. Called BoS rep again today, voices mail.
Last night when I ate the BBQ I made, I broke another tooth. While there is no real pain, part of it is still in the gum and hurts a little when I chew something. I have some antibiotic left from the toe infection, think it is the same kind I was giving before for a impacted tooth. Be glad when the rest fall out.
See you later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Evening
Got up to 62F here this afternoon and we are going to 4F tonight. We had all the windows open here during the day...
Got the gardening done and then the wife asks....mmmmmm...how about we think about a garden railroad for next summer.......
On that note...I'll do the same thing and head off and watch some garden railroad videos....
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/
Well as I figured I didn't get anything done outside today. Layoutwise I made a few short videos, one of which I've already posted. Here are the other two:Railfans rooftop video:*
*Railfan getting too close to track:*
*Well, time 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
Evenin' folks!
Flo, I'll have a NYS steak, medium rare, fresh baked acorn squash, and a trip to the salad bar along with a tall glass of lemonade. Thank you Ma'am...
Been a good day. Nice and cool and fall like. High was all of 65°F back about 20 minutes ago. The low tonight will be 45°F. The air conditioners are off and tonight the windows will be closed as well.
I got a bit of tie painting done and some ballast in place today in the train room. I decided I do indeed like to the looks of the ties with the cuts filled with Milliput (from Micromark). I will take the time to continue filling the gaps with it on the PC ties not already painted.
Hmmmm, I started this about 4 hours ago and had to eat supper and get to a committee meeting for the Cub Pack and the Venturing Crew tonight...
Progress was made on the solar install:
They should all be in by tomorrow afternoon and the wiring completed by Wednesday afternoon. The first inspection of the system will be by the Code Office here in Geneva Wednesday afternoon.
[edit] Thanks Charlie! I will give that a try when I get one of the little beasties... (Probably a few months away).
Hope you all had a great day. My prayers for those in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening,
Say has anyone heard from Rob lately? He normally posts most days but it has been awhile since I've seen one. Hope everything is ok.
Ray, as to removing lettering from Bachmann steamers, I have done a few. I tried most methods including the eraser with or without solvaset but I found that I while the lettering did come off eventually all that erasing caused a lot of base paint to go too and resulted in a lot of burnishing. The method I like best is to use Goof Off with a Q tip. It comes in a little can like lighter fluid and it is about as strong as it contains Xylene. You have to be careful but I found it does remove the lettering with minimal removal of the base black. I wash the area quickly to make sure all residual is removed but I expect it evaporates fast. You can buy the stuff in the paint department of a hardware store.
I've looked at those Moguls too and was at first excited to see they were doing one in CNR but then saw that they painted the smokebox silver which CN never did. Why I have no idea as the ones they produce for other roads have black smokeboxes. Then they put a 6000 series number on it which CN only used for Mountains and Northerns. If I do decide on one it will likely be a B&M version as the herald is about the same size as CN's so I could just remove it with good old Goof Off and put the CN herald over top.
Nothing new here, just very dry but warm. Work is dull so not too exciting all around. Maybe that is good.
CN Charlie
Evening All,
Sitting here watching the news on TV. I spent a couple of hours working on the LCL terminal area today. For now I plan on using my 250 T RR crane for it, but may change that for a crane straddling the track. I still need to put in all the detail items. I made a platform between the tracks using wood and styrene.I also want to make a lifting harness for the crane (and possibly have a container attached to it). I cut back the stub track about 5 inches to be able to put a truck ramp in. It's back to w**k tomorrow so I will talk to you on Friday.
Jeff- Nice video.
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/
Good workmanship and paying close attention to how the pieces fit together. They're some of my best runners even if they are built from scraps from the junk box.
How do you make those locos so quiet? They seem to glide past.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
The long train on my layout. It's grown by a couple of cars and here is being pulled by the trio of Frankenstein F units led by a Santa Fe F7 and boosted by two F3's.
Mornin' Everyone,
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with NYS Maple Syrup and a side order of bacon to go along with the dark roast coffee, please.
Ah, Monday morning, the sun is shining, the temp outside is 56°F, the air conditioners are off, the electrician is on the roof making a lot of noise, and the cats are in hiding!
So... What's new with you guys?
Anyone heard anything about Ulrich? I'm starting to get very worried about him.
Ken, do take care of yourself, and know better days are ahead for you and your wife. I know what you feel, my friend. In the words of an acquaintance of mine... "When I was a kid, we was po! Not poor, po... We couldn't afford the other "o" or the "r"." Actually, I grew up being owned by the bank. Really! When I was about 9 or 10 years old my father had a Chattel Mortgage slapped on the farm. Happened only because the bank got sold to a bigger bank located somewhere else and they noticed my father hadn't been able to pay all the $$$ he was supposed to be paying to them. The bank then owned the farm, the tractors, the cattle, the house, the trucks and other farm equipment, the cars, the contents of the house, and the very clothes on our backs. Basically we turned into sharecroppers who worked 60 hour weeks for the benefit of the bank! Now you know why I won't ever, under any circumstances do business with a &%@! bank! Close as I will get is the credit union. Today, I'm certainly not rich, but by the grace... I am at least able to pay my bills and and live comfortably. I'll stop here before I start talking about my thoughts about the 1%.........
Hope you all have a great day and some time to spend with the trains!
Morning All,
Currently 61 with an expected high of 90 under sunny skies.
I pulled weeds on Sat. and now have a sore hamstring in my right leg. Had lunch with one of my daughters and then we went to the hospital. Wife was a bit tired so we did not stay long. Although my b'day is not for another month, daughter gave me my early present. New laptop. Wife was kind of tired yesterday so she requested no visitors. I did some grocery shopping, and transfered files from old laptop to new one. Biggest issue was getting JMRI,Digtrax PR 3, and PTB 100 to all work together. Had to download the PR 3 drivers from Digitrax web site. Now I need to see if I can transfer roster from old laptop, and old version of JMRI to new system and JMRI 3.
Doc's want to do a colonoscopy on wife, maybe today, so I am off to hospital. Then work a closing shift if all goes well with wife.
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
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and 2 eggs over medium, hashbrowns, and three strips of brown sugar bacon please. Thank you.
Sunny, with a high near 77.
Not much to say, Fall Festival Saturday was a success again with perfect weather, Class reunion Friday was a success and Sunday I got just a few things done while she was at w**k and they were a success. Yes Mr Murphy was with me during the water valve project, well actually he was there when I bought the valves a few days earlier not to be discovered until after I cut the lines, but a dash to Menard’s proved successful and the water was back on in time for me to get the yard mowed and a shower taken before she got off w**k and then a trip to the Texas Roadhouse for an ok late Anniversary dinner.
Ken- Word to the wise from my own past experiences. Beer/alcohol doesn’t solve anything. It’s not even a temporary fix. Only adds to the problem. I’m not against drinking as I have a few myself. When you’re down though, THAT’s the time to say no until you feel better. Not to belittle your situation at all, but we’ve all had bumps in our lives, granted some bigger than others. Some have lost careers, homes and loved ones feeling their whole lives are gone. But in the end what is most important is still there. The trick is to realize what it is. What will be will be and somethings can’t be helped or changed. Somethings can though, and others can be dealt with with a change of mindset. This isn’t a preaching or a scolding, just a friendly little reminder. Be wise and careful. Be there for Sue, not Miller brewing company. They don’t need you….., she does.
Today I gotta make the Church’s deposit and then back to the shower project.
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. It's 58° and partly cloudy. The high will be 88°.Still not feeling up to par this morning. Woke up feeling light headed. Not dizzy though. I was able to put brass wheels on an AHM center flow hopper so that's something. I have a car in my train here that needs metal wheels. It's a Tyco Kellogg's center flow hopper. It has body mounted couplers already but still has the original Tyco trucks minus the coupler pockets. I'll need to look through my stuff here and see if I can find a set of metal wheels that'll fit.I may be able to get out later and work on the tractor. I still have to replace that busted idler pulley on it and the starter relay needs to be replaced. I have the parts so that's not a problem.
Good Morning..
Wherein we are seeing sunshine and 46F right now...kinda coolish out here....
Today is getting some groceries day and finishing off some gardening that I started yesterday...ding visitors showing up...I may, mind, get a bit of traintime in there as well....
Have a good day!!
Morning Coffee in the DIner
Bill has provided the date.
We often wish we could get something/or have gotten something "scott Free" or "scot free" for our mini-worlds, though we know we may pay for it somewhere along the way in spades, SO:
scot free - escape without punishment) - scot free (originally 'skot free') meant 'free of taxes', particularly tax due from a person by virtue of their worth. One who avoided paying their tax was described as 'skot free'. 'Scot and lot' was the full English term for this levy which applied from 12th to 18th century. Scot was derived from the Norse 'skot', meaning tax due from a tenant to his landlord; 'lot' meant the amount allotted. Less significantly, a 'skot' was also a slate in Scottish pubs onto which customers' drinks debts were recorded; drinks that were free were not chalked on the slate and were therefore 'skot free'. In the USA, the expression was further consolidated by the story of Dred Scott, a slave who achieved freedom, presumably towards the end of the slavery years in the 19th century, by crossing the border fom a 'slave state' into a 'free state'
SEE ALSO:
Without incurring payment; or escaping without punishment.
The etymology of this phrase shows the danger of trying to prove a case on circumstantial evidence alone. In fact, the phrase isn't 'scott free', it is 'scot free' and it has nothing at all to do with Dred Scott.
Given the reputation of Scotsmen as being careful with their money we might look to Scotland for the origin of 'scot free'. Wrong again, but at least we are in the right part of the world now. 'Scot' is a Scandinavian word for tax or payment. It came to the UK as a form of redistributive taxation which was levied as early the 13th century as a form of municipal poor relief. The term is a contraction of 'scot and lot'. Scot was the tax and lot, or allotment, was the share given to the poor.
Scot as a term for tax has been used since then to mean many different types of tax. Whatever the tax, the phrase 'scot free' just refers to not paying one's taxes.
No one likes paying tax and people have been getting off scot free since at least the 11th century.
The first collected edition of Anglo-Saxon charters was John Mitchell Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus, published in the 13th century. In that he re-published the Charter of 1066, which included:
"Scotfre and gauelfre, on schire and on hundrede." [This is easily translatable into modern English on knowing that a gavel was a tax or tribute and a hundred was a subdivision of a county or shire.]
"Scotfre and gauelfre, on schire and on hundrede."
[This is easily translatable into modern English on knowing that a gavel was a tax or tribute and a hundred was a subdivision of a county or shire.]
An early use of the figurative version of the phrase, i.e. one where no actual scot tax was paid but in which someone escapes custody, is found John Mapley's Green Forest, 1567:
"Daniell scaped scotchfree by Gods prouidence."
An example of the current commonly used form, i.e. 'scot free', comes a few years later, in Robert Greene's Pandosto: or, The Historie of Dorastus and Fawnia, 1588:
These and the like considerations something daunted Pandosto his courage, so that hee was content rather to put up a manifest injurie with peace, then hunt after revenge, dishonor and losse; determining since Egistus had escaped scot-free, that Bellaria should pay for all at an unreasonable price
It's Monday, September 10, 2012
NKP 2-8-4 (700 series) outside of Knox IN (1950s)
cudaken If I had know what hand life was going to deal me, I would not have bought all the toys. Well a few I would have still bought. Heck in 1985 I made $40,000 and it kept going up. When I bought the house 20 years ago my take home after tax's was $3650.00 a month. Really sad thing? If I knew what was coming in the later years of my life I would not have bought all the toys and the house would have been paid off 8 years ago. But we all know about hindsight don't we?
If I had know what hand life was going to deal me, I would not have bought all the toys. Well a few I would have still bought. Heck in 1985 I made $40,000 and it kept going up. When I bought the house 20 years ago my take home after tax's was $3650.00 a month.
Really sad thing? If I knew what was coming in the later years of my life I would not have bought all the toys and the house would have been paid off 8 years ago.
But we all know about hindsight don't we?
You are NOT alone, Ken. The problem is many of us fail to plan for the future. Until Middle age sets in, and we realize how far backwards we are and how bad the future may be.
I used to read Money magazine and other financial mags at the time I was in my 20's. had I planned and SAVED SAVED SAVED and invested well, I could have had a nice nest egg by now. But I didn't Follow the advice in those mags!!! {of course disclaimer: with the downfall of the market and the loss of money in investment and retirement vehicles of the last 5 years, I would have had more to loose!}
You are also not alone about take home pay either, many are making less than years ago when the economy was good. I will NOT make this a political thing, just that we shoulda/coulda/woulda done things differently. I see bad news ahead even further...
You can NOW DO something about the future from here on out.. Start saving for the future when you get into your apartment, save 10-20% of your Gross income come heaven or high water..{not that any income come by right means is Gross. LOL}. If they really are foreclosing on you, son'tmake any payments to save the money for apartment and moving expenses.
You are also not alone when you face the situation of loosing the house. ONe couple had A major bank foreclose on their house, AND THEY NEVER HAD A MORTAGE!!! ANd they were thrown out of their house, because the bank listed it as foreclosed!
The trailer we live in is 30 years old and needs roof repair, we need new skirting, thanks to that storm, we need new siding on the porch...we repalced the Furnace already last year, and the plumbing 10 years ago. Point is, it is now showing its age and is needing money we don't have. Its like a car with 150,000 miles on it,.. bound to need something and NOT cheap to repair!!!
People like me and Jeffrey make do as we can. MOH is only a parttime grocery store clerk, after all, and I am disabled...couldn't work if I wanted to. We are always broke...one reason I haven't had a hobby budget for going on 2 years now...and the reason I never got to expand my layout after I chopped it down to tracks only and packed everything up!
SO cheer up, start looking for an apartment, and saving for that and your future. You may want to buy another house when you can pay cash for it! Be greatful for the job you do have and change your outlook for that..many like Ulrich, have been unemplyed for a LONG time...
And I know you already know isn't the answer!
Prayers for those hwo need them!!!
Janie just a decaf.... Ah, maybe a nice large slice of the fresh baked Peach Pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top too.... Thank you Ma'am!
Barry is that a crowbar wrapped around your head? Trying to creat a new style or just a friendly chat with Vinnie?
I have accomplished absolutely nothing tonight. And, it feels good! Did a bit of research (I guess you could call that something) on a couple projects, looked at a couple sites to see if they have the Details West railbars I am looking for in stock and they don't.
I am seriously considering getting one of the Botchmann Alco 2-6-0s for my fleet. Have been waiting for them to bring it out in a painted undecorated form. Botchmann says they don't sell. Of course they don't if you don't make one! Guess it ain't gonna happen, so I may get one that is DCC ready and try my hand at stripping off the roadnames and numbers and redecaling it for the SLOW. Have any of you stripped Bachmann steam locos? What did you use and how did it come out? Over at the Botchmann forum someone said to use solvaset and a pencil erasor.
Installer should back on my roof aeround 7AM tomorrow, so I think I will head out to bed early.
Hope you all have a good night. My prayers to all of you in need...
Heartland Division CB&Q Barry ... Vinnie says he would like to speak to you. I wonder why.
Barry ... Vinnie says he would like to speak to you. I wonder why.
ppppffffffft.
He already spoke to me.
He needs to talk to you....
Time for me to call it a night. Pain from this morning faded away as did the dizziness. The light headiness remained. So I didn't get much done today. See y'all tomorrow.
Heartland Division CB&QBarry ... Vinnie says he would like to speak to you. I wonder why.
Had a really nice supper of Swiss steak, Homemade Biscuits, Salad, and Blackberry Cobbler. The only MRR work I did today was re-decal the road numbers on my 4-4-0. Tomorrow I will probably start on my LCL terminal project.
Ken- Everybody needs a mental health day from time to time.
Karl ... Good to see you. Welcome to the Diner!
Ken ..... In the dumps? .... I think that happens to everybody sooner or later.... I take sanity breaks with the model trains, and that usually helps.
Stan ... I did send an email. A donated HO layout. Wow! ..Sounds like a big project going through everything.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evening...
What is all this PIE talk of which you speak about? I have not done anything worgn with my PIES....yet....
It was a sunny but cool day up here...and we did have a few friends show up for a backyard BBQ here...good day was had by all...of course...after all the basic gotta does were done...
howmusKen, Jeffrey has a recipe for lemonade and hot sauce that is better than he says.... Probably better in a lot of ways! Glad you are in a better mood today even if you are not, ah, up to par.
Up to par or the Bar? Far as my spirits, is nice and cold! My mood was OK today, still not a happy man but not looking for a rope and rafter either.
I know what has me down in the dumps so badly is the same thing that has Ulrich in the dumps.It is not so much the lack of money (being able to make the bills would be nice) But we uses to be somebody Not Just Another Brick In The Wall. I have never been rich, but till the last 4 years I could make the bills and have some money left for the Toys.
See you all later.
Good afternoon all!
Been a few years since I was here, lots of familiar faces I see,
Looks like not much has changed in the diner, cept the prices on the menu!
I'll be stopping by now more, to share a little chatter, and a little pie
That is, if Barry hasn't eaten it all . (Sorry Barry, Ray put me up to it )
Karl
NCE über alles!
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have the NYS strip steak medium rare, a baked potato w/ Sour cream, and a trip to the salad bar. Thank you Ma'am... Oh. a nice tall glass of lemonade as well.
Had a great day out at the museum. Not a huge crowd but a very interested group of people, a lot of them with young children.
Ken, Jeffrey has a recipe for lemonade and hot sauce that is better than he says.... Probably better in a lot of ways! Glad you are in a better mood today even if you are not, ah, up to par.
Temperature here never reached 70F today. Currently 64° under sunny skies. We had a very light, brief shower out at the museum mid afternoon today. Going down to 50° tonight. I think Fall is approaching. The crab apple trees around the area have all already lost their leaves. They hot dry summer did them in for the season they say. They are predicting that the fall colors will not be great this year for the same reason.
Starting next week and for the rest of this season, we will be running diesels and cabooses every Sunday. If you are around, it is well worth the price of admission to visit us.
Take Care!