Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me right now.
Jim, I would love to come over and help you with the wiring on your layout! Think it might a bit far for me drive though... The wiring is one part I can do very well and find to be not a difficult task usually. Guess that is why Electrical Engineer was my first NMRA AP Certificate.
After a whole lot more work than I thought I still had left (found several areas in the yard I had not put in power feeds to or wired the frog yet) tonight, I finally backed the Lakeshores Limited into her berth in the Upper Staging on the SLOW. Only difficulty was one of the 3 axle trucks on the Baggage car wants to derail at the Walthers curved turnout. The inside route is a bit tighter than I figured it would consistently want to stay railed and as her track will be the one by the wall, it should have not had a problem.. I think the 3 coaches have trucks that are not as free wheeling as they should so with a bit of tweaking the problem should be resolved. Only has the problem backing up, but she will have to be backed into staging after every operating session.
Good to see you back, Trent!
Curt, I may give that a try if the truck thing doesn't get it done. May be a good idea for reliability anyway...
I shall be heading to bed soon as I have to be at the museum to be a docent early tomorrow.
Prayers for all in need, and prayers of thanksgiving for those who have had good news recently!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Today is September 2, 2012
NKP Steam crane on bridge over the White River near Noblesville IN, IMC Dist. (1940s)
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning Coffee in the diner!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date
There are only 114 days left till Christmas!!!
We often Want our Cake and Eat it too in life and MRRIng, SO:
(you can't) have your cake and eat it/want your cake and eat it too
- (able or unable or want to) achieve or attain both of two seemingly different options - the 'have your cake and eat it' expression seems to date back at least to the English 1500s and was very possibly originated in its modern form by dramatist and epigram writer John Heywood (c.1497-c.1580) who first recorded it in his 1546 (according to Bartlett's) collection of proverbs and epigrams, 'Proverbs'. Heywood's collection is available today in revised edition as The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood. Other sources suggest 1562 or later publication dates, which refer to revised or re-printed editions of the original collection. Heywood was a favourite playwright of Henry VIII, and it is probably that his writings gained notoriety as a result. The English language was rather different in those days, so Heywood's version of the expression translates nowadays rather wordily as 'would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?'. This has been adapted over time to produce the more common modern versions: 'you can't have your cake and eat it (too)', and when referring to someone who is said to 'want their/your cake and eat it (too)'. Whether Heywood actually devised the expression or was the first to record it we shall never know. Etymologist Michael Quinion is one who implies that the main credit be given to Heywood, citing Heywood's work as the primary source. Quinion also mentions other subsequent uses of the expression by John Keats in 1816 and Franklin D Roosevelt in 1940, but by these times the expression could have been in popular use. The word cake was used readily in metaphors hundreds of years ago because it was a symbol of luxury and something to be valued; people had a simpler less extravagant existence back then.
-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 All:
Terry, your legs must be sore peddling 120 miles!
Jim, hopefully all will be good to go for both of us.
Johnboy, I contemplate quitting work every morning the alarm clock goes off, I’m surprised it took you this long.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning
Everything is all ticketyboo with me here..been crawling through some archived stuff on this here forum...getting some ideas as to why certain things do not like to run here...
Going to be sunny and warm ...high of 84F feeling like 93F .... still no sign of Isaac here...seems stuck? Hope not...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good morning, Diners. Chloe, I will have a large black coffee, please. I brought in this pan of cinnamon rolls with lots of frosting. I am sure the guys will go through these quickly.
I started pressure washing the deck yesterday. Now I am committed to that project.
We went to the park to paint yesterday. I guess it will be a while before the Shay is done.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Morning all. I'll have a short stack of cakes, bacon and a Coke please Ma'am.
My back is killing me. The first thing we buy after she finds a job and we move is a new mattress. I have to sit on the edge of the bed for about 10 minutes just to try to straighten out before I can stand up!
Finally got to see "Unstoppable" for the first time. Sheesh! Hollyweird sure did take its liberties remapping PA on that one. My hometown is 6 miles north of the real Stanton, PA. There used to be a spur of the Pittsburg & Shawmut that went through the real Stanton to a coal tipple there. The tracks crossed Rt. 36 at grade. There were lights, but no gates. As for bridges, well, I can not think of a bridge being on that entire spur let alone a viaduct!
I will say it was a good action flick, but that is about it. Now I wonder why people want to model the fictional AWVR locomotive 777 and not the real deal CSX 8888.
Well, I should oughtta be productive today and maybe put away some camping stuff and clean up the basement.
~Rob S.
Robert H. Shilling II
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday buffet please. Thanks. Oh! Cinnamon rolls! I’ll have one of those too. Thanks Sue!
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 82.
Ah, the place looks great! Um….what time is it anyway? There’s 2 clocks and they each say something different.
Looks like Isaac is pretty much gone from us now. Every weatherman was predicting any were from 4 to six inches outa this thing. In the end all we got was 2.4 inches unless it rains today.
Stan- That is a good looking layout. Bet our sons love it.
Tom- That was good news about your wifes vision, I hope the surgeons visit goes as well.
Brenda was tired yesterday and she slept most of it away that we weren’t doing something so I didn’t do much on the shower to let her sleep.
Watched “The Hunger Games” last night. Not a bad movie I guess, just like most others I’m glad I didn’t pay movie prices to see it.
Got a few things I need to do before starting in on the shower removal.
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 75° with 100% humidity. There's a slight chance of rain. It'll be mostly cloudy and the high will be 95° with an index of 105°.Looking at doing some cleanup on the layout this morning. Also planning on backing up my flash drives on DVD's.Other than that nothing much is going on.
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
Howdy .... Oatmeal & OJ for breakfast, please.
Last several days were filled for me. ... Monday, at the surgeon, he thinks I should wait for the next step. At this time the risk of doing something is greater than doing nothing. I can do things close to normally, so I don't mind putting that off. ........ Then we went to Cincinnati for a few days to see family there. Our son's business is doing fine in spite of the economy although it takes great effort on his part to keep it that way. I'm proud to say he built his business.
I've only briefly glanced at posts in recent days, and I intend to go back and read more carefully. It ius certainly good to see the Diner has been very active!
Looks like Hoosier Month! ,,,, Great! Most of my life, I have lived in states bordering with Indiana, and travel through it often. In my childhood, our family traveled by train from Chicago where I grew up, and trips eastward passed through Indiana on roads such as PRR, NYC, and B&O.
Bill T ... I'm glad to see the historic photos!
Jeff ..... Please keep that absolutely beautiful UP SD24 away from Sundown Shops! ...
John Boy ..... Interesting old time "invention" you posted.
Stan .... I think I have your email address. I'll have to dig it up in a few days.
I needed a "sanity break" last night which means I worked on a model railroad project. I put together three ore cars from old Roundhouse kits. I painted and lettered them for Northern Pacific in honor of Sue & Larry.
Back to non-mrr stuff. We are no longer pet-less. While we were in Cincinnati, Shelley acquired a white cat from an animal rescue place. .... Now that we have made extensive repairs to damage caused by previous cats, we now have a new cat. Here we go again.
Cheers, everybody
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning All,
Slept in until 9:30 AM today and feel pretty darn good. Just sitting here looking at the forums. I may attempt another try at JMRI today but not sure. MOH said she would help yesterday (good with computers) but sometimes she has selective memory. We are taking my Mom and Dad out to supper tonight at a really good local Mexican place. I am off w**k until Tuesday because of the new schedule.
Ken- Sorry to hear of your possible changes on the horizon.
Todd- At least you got a break yesterday to recharge your batteries.
Garry- I know it's hard but sometimes the best thing to do is nothing.
Sue- Pictures?
Hope everyone has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Can someone tell me how to start a message. I don't see any obvious way to do it.
Curt - I guess you mean how to send a PM to someone. Just click on the web name and select "Start Conversation" - that should do the trick.
Good Morning,
A pleasant day up here in Winnipeg but we are expecting some showers this afternoon so I think it will be a lazy day here.
Curt, ah yes computers. Never was there anything invented to cause so much frustration. My own issue is setting up a network between 2 computers. Now it wants a network password which I can't find. Might have to get in some professional help.
Ken, I was glad to hear of Sue's outcome. My wife has had to get them re-done a couple of times but usually it is done while she waits. Not so good news on the house front. I sincerely hope you can work something out with the bank. It would seem to me that as long as you can pay something regularly it would be better for them than to have another house to sell at a loss. If you have equity in your house could you sell it yourself and then at least you would have some funds for something else?
I finally installed those utility poles on the layout and it was worth the effort as they do look good. I may look into Lee's suggestion of the elastic thread but I suspect the lines will remain in the imaginary status. It was a Walthers pole kit by the way. Speaking of Walthers the next project will be their Water Street Freight Station for the N scale layout.
As it is now September, it is now June 1955 on the Mortimer sub and the only diesel in sight is an SW8. I have the Maple Leaf Limited on the mainline now with a K5a Hudson on point. The diaphrams I put on the Athearn heavyweights work well and do look good.
Well time for another coffee and maybe a walk around the neighbourhood if it isn't raining.
CN Charlie
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ..... Please keep that absolutely beautiful UP SD24 away from Sundown Shops! ...
Good Afternoon...
Little Spring is cuddled up between my arms as I type here...
All we are seeing is a fair bit of humidity and rather milky skies...84 feeling like 95F here...yay.
Went out by our park and got some halfway decent shots of some trains...big trestle here so everything looks up...at the train.... Going to see later on if any turned out decent for Photobucket ...
Been busy today backing up my hard drives and flash drives to DVD's. I moved all my PDF files (with the exception of those I have shortcuts to) to a single directory (nearly one gig) then made a backup of that (including the excluded files) on a CF card and a DVD. So I now have four DVD's of non-encrypted files that I can access without having to jump through a bunch of hoops to decrypt. Now that I have the PDF files in one place it'll be easier to find the one I'm looking. After all that staring at the screen my eyes hurt. I need a vacation! Yeah, right! Don't I wish!
Afternoon, Janie - is there one of those cinnamon rolls left that Sue brought in? Yes? Terrific! I'll have a Rio Grande mug of coffee and one of those, please. No, just warm it up in the microwave a few seconds and I'll put a little pat of butter on it. Thanks! (And Thanks, Sue! ...)
Don't think it has rained much at all today in my area, but it sure has been cloudy and grey (or as Barry might call it, "dull..."). Hey, I'm okay with that, we got maybe an inch and a half/a little less than two inches of the wet stuff. As Todd said, what's left of Isaac is mostly into Indiana and a little south of there.
Rob, think either I missed you coming in the Diner, or I took a nap since then... (Huh? Oh, nothing) Well, just in case I haven't met you already,
Garry, sounds like you have improved, since the doctor thinks it's okay to delay the other surgery (surgeries?) Good luck with the new cat.. I have a few of those MDC ore cars, for the CAW's uranium/vanadium mines. Will need to find some glow-in-the-dark paint for a little 'touch' to them, though...
Barry, sounds like your park trip may have had like some people's photos - good view up the noses of the engineer, etc. I'm guessing your humidity must be worse off than ours - ours is 81 F air temp, and a "feels like" 85 F temp currently.
Jeffrey, I'm a little bit like you, doing revising my drive's contents. In my case, moving all the stuff in my download directories onto (data) DVD's, to free up room on the hard drive. Heh, I can recall when 20MB was so big I thought I'd never fill it up (and same for 80MB, 120MB, 10GB, 40GB, 1TB backup (and that 3TB drive I'm using for my Time Machine backups isn't looking quite so large anymore. Need to slow down/weed down my music/CD collection, and also trim down my various programs and data. Haven't gone through my Documents folder in a long while, which likely means there's a bunch o'stuff there that is either outdated, duplicated a few times over, or is for an older version the the operating system (and as such, won't run on my current hardware...
Mmm, talking about all that 'digital hoarding' gave me a bit of an appetite (even if the w**k was in my thoughts only...). Janie, could I have a bowl of chili (grated cheddar cheese & onions) and a RBF, please? Thanks again, gal. I'll have it here at the RC when it's ready. Thanks!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Janie, are there any of those cinnamon rolls that Sue brought in this morning left? Jim got the last one.... Oh well, I didn't need it anyway, but I do want a cup of decaf please.
I spent all day out at the museum doing Docent w*rk. Had a fairly busy day with a lot of very inquisitive people. It sure is more fun when there people actively wanting to learn about our collection. The high point of the day was the lady who asked my about coupling... She said that she and her daughter wanted to know about how to couple... I bit my tongue and behaved myself and showed her how it was done using the caboose. Ah, the coupler on the caboose... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT! At least 5 different people asked how diesel locomotives worked, and so I got to do the explanation I use for the RRing Merit Badge with scouts several times. Only problem today was we had a number of people get stung riding on the track cars to the museum. One was a little girl who got stung twice on her leg. Luckily none of the people who were stung are allergic to them.There is a nest of ground nesting wasps in an old tie along the ROW. I think they finally found where it was and got the nest with a can of spray.
Later!
Evening All,
Had a nice supper with the parents.
MOH finally got JMRI running---kind of. I still think there are some issues. I will play with it tomorrow and see if it works like it should. Fingers crossed.
Here is my old control panel and what is there now
Note the one toggle switch
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Just dropping by to let you all know I am around.
Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Hey guys
Just got done with my family's Labor Day party. Nothing much, just alot of cheap and fun entertainment, mainly "Whose crazy enough to try and throw another guy off of the mattress behind the quad."
I was holding on great until my dad threw me into the flowerbed and I hit the border of it and flew. Snapped the rope and I was too busy laughing at how awesome it was.
No I wasn't hurt, but my knee was a little sore. I'm fine now.
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Evenin'!
Just a refill for the decaf Janie...
Been sitting here at the computer for the past 3 or 4 hours watching old Grocho Marx clips... He was truly a comic genius! My dad used to watch his shows when I was a kid. Of course much of the humor went over my head (Just as well). Also watched a few Victor Borge clips as well.... My Hero! Did you know he used to raise Rock Cornish Game hens on his farm?
Teen Steam... Sounds like the old "Last four words of a redneck thing". Hey Y'all Watch this! Hope the flowers survived! (Sounds like fun actually...)
Time hit the hay. Have a great night and prayers for all in need!
Monday, September 3, 2012-Labor Day
DEPOT - Tipton IN
For my 6th birthday, my "present" was a baby sister born on that day.
Thereafter, my youngest sister and I share our September 3rd birthday.
Morning Coffee in the Diner
HAPPY LABOR DAY USA!!!
There are only 113 days left till Christmas!!!
This has a surprising twist from what you MAY usually think of!!! :
clean someone's clock/clean the clock/clean your clock - beat up, destroy, or wipe out financially, esp. via competitive gambling - Cassell's explains this to be 1940s first recorded in the US, with the later financial meaning appearing in the 1980s. A specific but perhaps not exclusive origin refers to US railroad slang 'clean the clock' meaning to apply the airbrakes and stop the train quickly, by which the air gauge (the clock) shows zero and is thus 'cleaned'. Extending this explanation, clock has long been slang meaning a person's face and to hit someone in the face, logically from the metaphor of a clock-face and especially the classical image of a grandfather clock. The word clean has other slang meanings in the sense of personal or material loss or defeat, for example, clean up, clean out, and simply the word clean. While these clock and clean meanings are not origins in themsleves of the 'clean the/his/your clock' expression they probably encouraged the term's natural adoption and use.
GARRY!!! !!!
The prayer candle will be lit at 8 AM!!!
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A LIVING!
More Morning Coffee!!!
It's
LABOR DAY, USA!!!
Take the day off and rest from your labors!!!
{Forgot to tell you this month's name}: SEPTEMBER:
Middle English septembreLatin SeptemberLatin septem "seven" + -ber (adj. suffix)Latin september mensis"seventh month"
September had 30 days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became 30 days long
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
Smile and Make someone's day better!!
cudaken Just dropping by to let you all know I am around. Ken
Why so glum?
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And a good morning to everyone here....
Going to be another warm somewhat sticky day here...84F feeling like 94F....and sunny....
Having a lazy day today with nothing planned but working on the layout plans...again.
Which means that I may need the old padded corner booth complete with punching bag in the back room somewhere...to get a little ...exercise in