Morning All,
Currently 50 with an expected high of 67 under partly cloudy skies.
Wife contacted a staph infection and they had to remove her Power Port and Pick-Line, so now she has just one IV where she is getting TPN and antibiotics. Next round of Chemo has been delayed until infection clears up. She is tired, going on the ninth week in hospital this time.
Today I need to charge the battery in my truck and her VUE, as I have not used either in the past two months. Forgot they need to be driven every once in awhile. Then shut down the sprinkler system for the winter. Maybe go to hospital if she wants me too, yesterday she said we should not visit unless she called. If I do not goin, and I get stuff done around the house, I will do some more work on the yard tracks.
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
Sitting here drinking a coffee thinking about starting the MRR things I want to do today. I have a MRI scheduled tomorrow morning that they said would take about 30 minutes.
Garry- Thanks for the info, it was confusing me
Todd- I still feel your pain with the tile. It sounds like MOH is a lot like Brenda when it comes to projects.
Ken- Can you borrow another power supply from someone/somewhere for a short period of time to figure out the issue?
Hope everyone has a great day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Morning Folks
Coffee pleases, thank you Flo.
All most time to get ready for work. Well it will be a sort of short day with us closing at 6:00 PM.
Did not sleep well last night. Was sick to my stomach and antacids did not seem to help much, so I spent a few hours sleeping up right.
Was looking at Paul's layout plan this morning and I see a few things that need to be changed. Funny, it looked fine while I was drinking last night!
The Digitrax SEB shut down again a few minutes ago! This time I was only running 2 PK 1's, then for some reason, it restarted on it's own? I all most wish it would just die, so I could figure out if it is the power supply or the DB 150.
See you all tonight!
Ken
I hate Rust
Jeremy,thank you for your bravery in "coming out" about your bi-polar issues.I only recently found out that I have suffered most of my life from PTSD due to being an only survivor of an aircraft accident when I was flying co-pilot when I was only 19.Now I am almost 72 and I wish that I had known that PTSD left untreated only gets worse with age.I only wish that I had known all that years ago. It is only through people like us willing to come out about these things that it will ever really change.Cheers! John.
Once Upon a time.........
My photobucket:
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I am a man of few words but lots of pics
I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast Buffet please. Thank you.
Let’s see…., do I wanna, ya why not. Ah, that’s what I thought, Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 74. I thought the weather was gonna warm up and dry out a bit for a few days.
Not feeling all that well this morning. Thinking it might be Malaria again. Or……, could just be a gas bubble.
Welp, gotta dump some Pine-sol down the kitchen drain. Gnats are back. Yestarday I started to lay a bit of the tile for the shower I can do without the rest. Just to kinda keep Brenda from going nuts. She mentions everyday if the website shows the tile is in yet. I say no, estimated ship date is still the 24th. Last night she finally picked up on the estimated ship date. Not happy. I was wondering how long that would take. Kinda thought she’d grasp it on the 24th when I explain it because she threatened to rip the throats out of each and every person at Menard’s because the stuff isn’t in. So, I can do a small amount of tile work I suppose. That little stub piece I had to make so the door that caused all this would fit can be done without affecting the inside and any unforeseen issues arising from any noticeable differences in the tile arriving and the tile I have. Something she understands and agrees with I might add. What I don’t get is why then,every other day she asks why I can’t put up the tile I have. To which I say again, “because yada yada yada….” She then says, (holds up finger. INDEX finger) and I quote…(ahem) “ya, ya I know all about the colors and the maybe not matching size. I understand that. You don’t have to keep telling me. Look, just listen. You're not listening. What I’m saying is, I don’t see why you don’t start with what you have. That way it’ll be part way done and that much less to do when the other tile comes in.” Now I ask you folks. How can you respond to that. Maybe I should have married a Chinese girl. At last when I didn’t understand what she said there was a reason. Welp, gonna let the dog out and wait for Brenda to get up afore making any noise. Think I’ll kinda do things leisurely today. Yes, that sounds good.
Ah…… Gas bubble.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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.
Bonjour y'all ! Yesterday was yard work day,Jack Frost is right around the corner here in the GWN.Today I plan to get back to work on the g scale old west saloon that I am building these days.The coffee is good this morning Flo but I gotta go now,can't wait to get back in my shop.Cheers...
Good Morning
Weather here be going to be sunny and a little milder ...high expected to be 60F...with, of course, the ever popular 30% chance of rain be falling on our'n heads..
Not much going on here except getting a few things done around the house...have oncologist appointment on Tuesday to contend with however....
Have a good one!!
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. It's 63° with 88% humidity. It'll be mostly sunny with a high of 85°.Only set plan for today is to clean up the layout some. If I feel up to it later I'll go mow my parents yard. Other than that there's nothing going on here.
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
Toto, follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Diner..
Morning Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
It's Chilly in here, but I sparked the furnace and will soon be as snug as a bug in a rug...SO:
SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG:
Meaning:
This phrase first appeared in print in 1769 - more on that later. In order to trace its etymology we'll need to check out what was meant by 'snug' and 'bug' in the 18th century.
'Snug' was first used to mean 'neat; trim; well prepared' and referred specifically to ships. It is used that way in Captain Wyatt's recounting of The Voyage of Robert Dudley, circa 1595:
A verie fine snugg long shipp
In 1630, John Lane wrote The Continuation of Chaucer's Squire's Tale and referred to another meaning for 'snug' - or possibly simply a modified form of the earlier meaning - the one we use today, i.e. 'comfortable and cosy'.
Snugginge they in cabins lay each one.
Etymology meets etymology in tracing the origin of 'bug' - not an especially productive meeting as it turns out, as no one is entirely sure why insects are called bugs. Before they were insects, 'bugs' were ghosts or ghouls. The Coverdale Bible, 1535, referred to 'bugges' in that way, in Psalms 91:5:
So yt thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night, ner for arowe that flyeth by daye.
How 'bug' became used to mean beetle or grub isn't clear, but we do know the meaning was in use by 1642, when Daniel Rogers published Naaman the Syrian:
Gods rare workmanship in the Ant, the poorest bugge that creeps.
You might think that the extended version 'as snug as a bug in a rug' came about in a 'been there done that, got the tee shirt' kind of way. In fact, the longer version is the original. The first known example of the phrase in print is found in the account of David Garrick's celebration of Shakespeare Garrick's vagary, or, England run mad; with particulars of the Stratford Jubilee, 1769:
If she [a rich widow] has the mopus's [coins or money], I'll have her, as snug as a bug in a rug.
As 'rug' has entered the equation, it's worth looking at the origin of that too. 'Rug' is a Tudor word with the same source as 'rag', but Henry VIII wouldn't have walked on his rugs as they were originally thick woollen bed coverlets - pretty much what we would now call blankets. It wasn't until the early 19th century that rugs were put on the floor. The first of their kind were hearth-rugs, as referred to in Londinium redivivum; or An antient history and modern description of London, 1803:
The antient hall is rented... for a carpet and hearth-rug warehouse.
The link between rag and rug is a close one - rugs were made from rags. Not so long ago, certainly within my memory, hearth-rugs were made by pulling strips of rag through sacking. These rag rugs, or peg rugs as they were also called, are still not difficult to find in the UK.
The format 'as X as Y' runs though the English language and there are many examples. The 'X' in question invariably refers to a property that 'Y' typically possesses. It's hard to imagine a place more congenial for a bug to snuggle down than a warm hearth-rug. The first such 'bug in a rug' was probably a cricket; these creatures are attracted to warmth and congregate in buildings around ovens and open fires.
The Prayer Candle will be lit at 8 AM for those in need.
Have a Great Day!
-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 Sunday, October 21, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening everybody...... I'll have strawberry shortcake, please.
Curt .... I have installed the asme decoder in Genesis F3A and F3B units. .... I referred to these instructions from Digitrax. Their example is an Atlas GE U33, but that does not matter. I soldered wires to the tabs instead of using the plastic retainers. Also, I added the Digitrax Soundbug to each, and it worked very well. The motor is already isolated.
.http://www.digitrax.com/static/apps/products/mobile-decoders/dh165a0/documents/DH165A0.pdf
Speaking of DCC, I am embarrassed to say, I had a dumb short circuit that shut down the syatem. It is fixed and working fine now.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening All,
Left the club early and took MOH out to dinner and our daughter met us so it was a nice time.
Tomorrow I plan on putting KD couplers on my FP7 A/B set. I thought I had already but evidently not. I am also going to retry to load JMRI on my lap top. I have it running on MOH's laptop but was unsuccessful with mine.
I was pleasantly surprised tonight. I discovered that 1 of the BLI cattle cars that I bought at the show actually has sound (cows). So for $40 I got 4 of their cars and 1 with sound. Great deal.
Ray- Those are awesome looking rocks.
I have a DCC question for the knowledgeable here. I have a Athearn Genesis F7A coming in next week. It is DC. I have never done a DCC install before (this will be motor only). I looked on the Digitrax site and they say to use the DH165AO (a board) and pull out the existing board and replace with theirs. In a case like this do I need to pull the motor to isolate the bottom of it? Any help would be appreciated.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
I'm back, and with 500+ pictures, 3 con cor N scale Np passenger cars and multiple ideas. Also some cool stuff like a pair of conspiracy theories involving a pair of NP steam locos that collided during WWII and are still listed as in service, also a pair of Milwaukee road steamers which were new got contaminated by radiation and were buried in a hole somewhere in hanaford probably still as good as they were when they crashed.
Gary
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a nice hot cup of decaf for me please.
Today turned out to be a good one around here for the most part. I checked the Sunny Boy inverter down cellar right as it was shutting down for the day and it had generated 8.99 kWs today. Not great, but not terrible considering the cloudiness this morning. Yesterday the Code Officer told me he had been sent to NYC to take a training session on Solar Voltaic Installations as the city is seeing so many of them recently. He told me the instructor related a story about a man who lives just outside NYC right next door to a large factory. He had proposed the panels be put on a spot on the guys roof where it would generate the most power. The man told him, no, I want them over on this roof and argued with him. He asked the man since he was paying good money to get his advice why he was insisting on going where the light wasn't as good even though it would still work. The man had him go over and look up at the factory and notice the huge lights they had that come on at sundown. The guy had already done some testing and found he would be generating electric 24 hours a day if they put the panels where he wanted them. He is making 30% more power than expected by using the light falling on his house from the factory lights... Cool, huh?
Been doing more stuff on the mountain scenery for behind the tracks back in the corner... These were taken tonight with the module sitting on the tracks of the new yard.
More in the WPF thread.
Hey Ken... Why do violinists put a cloth between their chin and their instrument? Violins don't have spit valves.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
You know what is wrong with a 3 day's off in a row? I put off everything thing because I can do it tomorrow! In other words I really did nothing! Napped, stay off my feet (a plus) and worked on the rail plan for Paul in George and that is about it.
Looks like I am losing my power supply again for the Digitrax SEB! Whole layout just shut down and I was only running 5 engines.(4 PK 1000's and a PCM Y6b) Reason I think it is the power supply and not the DB 150 is the power light goes out on the DB150. Unplug the power supply and turn the system back on, off they go!
A lot of the time I wished I stayed with the Bachmann E-Z command and the MRC 8 booster. But then again, I would not be able to use my PR3 and Decoder Pro to run the trains with my computer.
See you all later, Ken
Hi, Diners!
46f and clear. A beautiful day!
Moh reminded me of a small train show about 40 miles away, stopped in after Service Saturday. My buddy who installs decoders was there with his club layout. Showed me a pair of Bachman Spectrum sd40s in GN paint, DCC on board he was holding in case I showed. Did I want'em? $30 each, I said sure!! He'll install NCE decoders for me and program CVs and consist them , too.
Total price when he's done? $80. Pretty good deal, I think.
Such a nice day out the wife and I walked out to the deer stand and sat for an hour or so to see what we could see.( till we ran out of beer) It was really quiet. Very peaceful. Gun season's about a month away, 2 nice bucks in the yard this morning. Getting excited for opener!
Cape Jim, sometimes I think Ken and I are the only diners who enjoy a beer now and again.
Prayers for those who need'em!
The Silver CB&Q F is from my original train set my Dad got me for Christmas 1964.
It's a dummy now, though. I still have the cars and caboose on the layout ,also. Reminds me of him every time they run.
Terry In NW Wisconsin
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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Good evening
jeremy- sounds like "normal" work politics. At one time MOH's immediate boss claimed she had "heard from other people 'thus and so and so and thus' " that "MOH was going behind her back". AN UNTRUE allegation. TO be sure, I told MOH to NOT SAY ONE WORD to ANYONE ANYMORE, to just smile and say "it's going" when asked "how is it going?". Then, IF she pulled the "rumor mill trick" again, MOH could say "CALL them in here and they can say that I said that to my face". THAT ended her going to the Big boss and Claiming "the rumor mill has it that..and {MOH} said..." !!!! That way NOTHING MOH said could be misconstrued, twisted or remotely changed down the line.
Dinner was good, the first we've had in a long time since MOH hasn't been eating and I had the stomach bug [which I think is over}. Dinner was 4 oz lean pork broiled, 1 Tablespoon of vegetable noodles, and steamed carrots. Yum. Honey mustard to dress the pig.
With The {clothing} laundry all done, the bedding gets done tomorrow. The comforter is done, drying now.
I have to start at hte table top layout as it is getting that time of year.
They are INCREASING my secondary medical insurance coverage cost for secondary to 3.6 TIMES what it was! effective Nov 1. I have a seminar for health plans Tuesday. The problem is MOH's coverage was no longer available either as of 2 months ago, so MOH is now out of insurance too...and the new cost for work insurance for MOH is out of reach too..I wonder how much it is really going to cost us now...AN area hospital has a program that covers their charges up to 350% of the poverty line {somewhere into the $50,000.00's} with a total or discounted break on their services. We will have to check into that and apply too. We are bummed. and hoping not to get sicker...yet. We are in sticker shock to say the least!
I'd better get hunting for the online application...
galaxy Jeremy B..I am Bipolar with prominent features of depression and anxiety disorder, so panic attacks tend to rule my life. That is why I go grocery shopping at 7AM to avoid crowds..and won't go to Wally world anymore after 9-9:30 AM! I have my errands already done by 10 Am most of the time. I am also reclusive..meaning I rarely go outside..only to do my walking or to the mailbox. I LOVE being 'safe' with in my four walls. I am beat now for the rest of the day, I fear...as the pain is setting in.I Can commiserate with Jeffrey on that one... Time for a shower I am drenched! Then onto lunch {Minestrone soup} and watching Flip this House Boston.... MOH should be home soon...Oh, JOy.
Jeremy B..I am Bipolar with prominent features of depression and anxiety disorder, so panic attacks tend to rule my life. That is why I go grocery shopping at 7AM to avoid crowds..and won't go to Wally world anymore after 9-9:30 AM! I have my errands already done by 10 Am most of the time. I am also reclusive..meaning I rarely go outside..only to do my walking or to the mailbox. I LOVE being 'safe' with in my four walls.
I am beat now for the rest of the day, I fear...as the pain is setting in.I Can commiserate with Jeffrey on that one...
Time for a shower I am drenched!
Then onto lunch {Minestrone soup} and watching Flip this House Boston....
MOH should be home soon...Oh, JOy.
I only really get any panic attacks when there is big change coupled with stress, It pretty much has to be a combination of the two. When I get used to something Im fine. I have never had a problem with social anxiety, just anytime there is a big change I get panicky, Im just glad the ones I have had have been short and go away. Haven t had one in years so thats good.
The day at work yesterday was great. The guy I was training with on Thursday kept telling me how the people and bosses on the afternoon shift were jerks and I wouldn't like them. But he was 100% wrong, I found them ALL to be great and nice guys. From what I gather from people is that the fellow on days cant get along with anybody and goes out of his way to tell others about how much he dislikes them, that's why he has been swapped between three shifts and hes only been there 8 months,lol. If I see him on Monday I might have to tell him I enjoy the guys on the afternoon and think there great, see what he says,lol
Hi Flo, I'm back again. I'll have a BLT and a RBF, please. Thank you!
Ray, I can't say that I would disagree at all with you - either about my experience with my CU, nor about how banks - on the other (back)hand treat ya...
PA Tom, thanks for the link! (Especially since the Rio Grande is one of the RR's the CAW connects to) - in my version of the world, anyway!
Galaxy, if it's any consolation, my upright doesn't pick up well along the side. I've tried lifting that edge I'm trying to vaccuum, lifting the front edge when I try to get under kitchen cabinets, but not much of a difference. Probably may need to have it looked at, or start saving up for a replacement... And in case anybody was going to suggest a Kirby, I have had one (about like pushing a truck...). Will keep you (and your pain level), as well as YOH in my that it's not something sinister.
Earlier this morning, I had posted a photo of my Mercer's building (which I plan to make into a watch sale & repair store, instead of the dry goods store it is described in the directions as being). I want to add some 'whitewash' washes to the walls, as it looks a bit further 'run-down' than I had wanted. Then start figuring how to do the interior, window 'glass' and signage. Hmm, a thought occurred to me, that I could make it a bootery. The size looks about right (IMHO...), and I could have fun making a boot-shaped sign to hang off the front...
I'll sit at the RC a bit and do some noodling and thinking a while...
Jim in Cape G.
Well, the vacuuming is done. Took me about 2.5 hours to do...Its so hard for me to do anymore.. still have to go along the edges as the "edge cleaner " on the upright doesn't "edge clean" well! That will wait for tomorrow. The belt is slipping too..soon that will have to be replaced.
With a long haired orange puddy, that's a lotta hair in the catcher..I say that as it is a bagless.
So..off I go to get cleaned up...
I'm not sure where I saw this link the other day, but if you like steam, you will surely like this site. It's web cams for the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Around 10:00 this morning, an excursion departed as well as a couple of speeders pulling work trailers of some sort. That's their time. It was about Noon my time. Now I'm going to flipping back and forth between this web site and the Roanoke rail cam. Ain't the internet wonderful. Tom
http://www.coloradonewmexicosteamtrain.org/yard-cams.htm
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Is it lunch time yet? (Looks at watch....) Not quite, so I'll just have another cup of dark roast coffee, please.
Bob, I completely agree with you on using the CU rather than a bank. I have never had a good experience using a bank! Never had a bad experience with my Credit Union. I don't plan to ever give my money to the Billionaires who ultimately own the banks and make rules like have been mentioned... I see Vinnie getting up so I will shut up now!
Barry, Why did the cellist marry the accordion player? Upward Mobility!
Went down to the old fashioned hardware store on the main drag downtown. Walked in and heard, "Mr. Howard, how are ya!" The co-owner is one of my students from when I first came to Geneva. I reached down on one shelf and picked up the box of Envirotex on the shelf, looking around to see if they had a smaller size. they didn't, so i bought that one. As i was being cashed out a hand patted me on the shoulder. It was the guys Father who is the other owner of the store who also said hello and asked how I was. Paid $10 off list price (Including tax), no shipping, and had a nice conversation as well! I still like the old home town stores.
[edit] OK, looks like everyone's lunch is on me today.... Go easy guys (and gal).
Good Morning, Flo, I'll have a CAW mug of coffee (made with the beans that Bill T. brought in), and let's see... two waffles with maple syrup (the real stuff), a pat of butter, couple/three strips of bacon, and a glass of OJ, please 'n' thankyouma'am!
Ulrich, I don't think I'm related to von Bücher, but one of my earlier relatives served under his forces at Waterloo. I hear you about his crossing at an unexpected place - I think that's true of all the best generals/tacticians; they don't do the expected thing! Sorry for the confusion there. Hey, seven modules is an impressive collection! And for your cold/sinus problem. I am not a fan of the post-nasal drip kind of cold - drains my energy big-time! Cute 'critter diesel' that you showed, too. If you had that type of German accent ("Ve haf ways..."), that might w**k quite well for a debt-collection call center...
Barry, your weatherguessers are just covering their - what's the word, Ulrich? - keisters.
Jeremy, sounds like one huge building where your job is. I hope also that THAT other place calls you soon... I have heard enough reports from people who do have panic attacks, and it sounds like they pretty much take ALL of one's attention, breathing and pretty much anything else when having one. Hope you don't have one (there or elsewhere) again.
JohnReid (or "John of the GWN"...) - you have some additional nice photos on your PBucket pages. Indeed, sound accessories are becoming more common (and more variety). I've see a handful of different electronic modules with different sounds in the Walthers flyers over the past few months, so that helps a bit with keeping the cost affordable.
Lee, careful there - you're trying to figure out a governmental agency using logic... Can you notify the city that the utility company messed up your sidewalk (file a complaint that documents when they did it)? That might help you later if somebody balks at getting it fixed (or keep more/all the cost out of your pocket). Just an idear... (Good luck with getting a real (and intelligent) person on your mortgage who can get the computer's logic back out of kilter....)[ditto] Jeff's comment about sloppy computer programming... And have you posted a diagram/picture of your 4X8 layout design? (Inquiring minds and all that...)
Jeffrey, it looks like your plumber's crew was one of their bettter/best teams, and they earned their money! Glad that seems to be w**king. Good to hear you got that toilet fixed, so you can get back to layout stuff. Definitely good to have hot water again! Your Dad was right about Macgiver...
Todd, I'd disagree that your dog is dumb. Missy's just got you trained well...
So Galaxy, you (unlike most of us) were not a "C.O.D." baby? May your stomach cramps stop, so you can (at the least) feel better, and maybe get some other things you need done today. Hey, it might be that YOH is having one of those "girls night out" things (but in the daytime...). Unless your birthday is coming up, right? And you're decorating already for Christmas? Oh, and what is a chachkie? That's a new one to me, unless you're using Ken's dictionary for spelling. (just razzin' you both...) Ya got me curious, for sure.
Well (cold and not that much water in it...), the Cardinals did not win that fourth game they needed last night... We are NOT amused.. We'll see if the Cards can get those bats w**king again on Sunday. (Otherwise, we'll borrow the Cubs' saying: "Wait until next year...")
Ray, your saying about the cello reminded me of a music major's definition of "Perfect pitch": "When you toss the banjo into the dumpster without hitting any of the four sides..." (Hey, I like banjos, even if I can't play one.) Are your rocks there that dark, or is that just the photo looking that way? I'm used to medium-to-slightly-lighter grey for our rocks around here. Of course, in the Southwest, they have more 'warmer' colored rocks with tan, yellowish and/or some reddish colors to their rocks.
B&O Stan - nice photo! I can just imagine how much more impressive the photos on the calendar are.
HEY! Duke woke up! Nice photo of... uh, would that be a Berkshire, Duke? And I see Garry 'chimed in' with some photos of his own. Cool! Looks like those Canadian geese got spooked by the train.
And Garry - very nice photo of your "Blackhawk" stop, and a nice set of ore Jennies, too. What kind of DCC problem were you dealing with, by the way?
OzJim, maybe Elvis just wants attention (but doesn't jump up on your lap/keyboard, like Barry's Spring does..)?
Curt, glad that you specified for Ken and the rest of us, about which BS you were talking about.
SaronaTerry, I guess on a job there is pay, and there is pay, eh?
JR, I think the gal with the 396 Chevelle takes the cake on your customer stories! What was her response when THAT was pointed out to her, I wonder?
CN Charlie, good to hear about your layout progress. Got photos?
AlphaDogBill - to the Diner! And yeah, Zito was in good form last night (alas for my Cardinals...). What kind of layout/MRR do you have (in mind/planning stages, or in process)? Fill us in please, and have a beverage on me.
On-call today, so may be able to do some things at home with MRR stuff unless I get called out. I had seen (after my broadband was installed) a couple/three calls from Charter, but no message left. Wondering if that was checking if things were w**king okay. I think one was an 800 number, so I'll go look and see what that # was and call them back on Monday.
Other'n those things, not a lot planned for the day that can't be left in the middle of it (can't when I'm on-call). I may also resume trimming up/clearing out any duplicate files on my 'puter's hard drives, and free up some additional space.
Blessings and prayers,
blownout cylinder *violin goes flying by.....WWWAAAAAAANNNGGGAAAANNNNGGGG...off back wall.....* I see we now have instrument wars.....
*violin goes flying by.....WWWAAAAAAANNNGGGAAAANNNNGGGG...off back wall.....*
I see we now have instrument wars.....
I'm not even going to comment other than say we brass player's spend a lot of time waiting for those screechy stings to quit so the REAL music can start
Lets see, temp is 30 F, Cloudy and snowing and that my friends is the forecast to next Friday.
On the Sun room reno front, I finished up the insulation yesterday. Time for the drywall Hate sanding drywall.....
Came back from the Hobby Shop in Calgary with nothing.... My son in Law who is something of a DCC Guru insisted he could get me a better price from a fellow who sells out of his house but is only available on weekends and some evenings....... Oh ya, he only takes CASH too not that that's a problem.
Now I'm stuck with waiting to purchase what I want till I go to Calgary on a weekend and after pre ordering ahead so he can bring the stuff in ahead of time.
This could take all darned winter...... NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe I'll just order from Digitrax directly.
Time to get to w**k for a while....
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
LSWrr: It's amazing how single-minded banks (and hospitals, as Galaxy pointed out) can be with their procedures and computers. That's why I've banked with a Credit Union for the past 43 years or so. No problems with them. Years ago we lived in a small remote town and had to deal with the local Big Bank for at least some of our banking needs. They were continually messing things up and customer relations wasn't even on their radar. I once bought something from a friend and paid him with a cheque. I immediately transferred funds into my account to pay for the cheque. The cheque came back to me as NSF. It turned out that at the end of the day, they posted the debit of the cheque to my account before they posted the deposit. I checked with my friend and he had cashed the cheque well after I had made the deposit. They weren't interested in the fact that the money WAS in the account and charged me for the NSF cheque. I may be wrong but I always thought that at the end of the day a bank processed all the deposits before the withdrawals. I got better service from my Credit Union 500 miles away than I got from that local Big Bank. I had my paycheques deposited to my Credit Union and every payday I'd write myself a cheque for cash and cashed it at the bank for spending money. They hated that with a passion and never failed to tell me how much they hated it, but they had to cash the cheque.
JeremyB: I hear you about panic attacks. I get panic attacks in crowds. I feel like the people around me are trapping me and preventing me from getting out into the open. If it gets too bad, I'll head for the outdoors and just bulldoze my way through the crowd not caring how pushy or rude I get. I've developed a few techniques for dealing with it, although I can't completely avoid crowds and I can't avoid the occasional panic attack. In movie theatres I have to have an aisle seat, in restaurants I have to be facing the other tables and, if possible, have my back to the wall. I avoid shopping on Saturdays and around Christmas time and I won't stand in long lineups. I avoid a certain brand of coffee shops because they're always crowded to the walls and very noisy. At family gatherings I try to sit off in a corner and take frequent walks into open areas. Even writing about this now I can feel my blood pressure starting to rise. We all have our problems and mine could be a lot worse than the ones I have.
Now, it's time I got busy and started preparing the stuff outdoors for winter. There's lots of things out there which need to be brought into the house before the cold weather sets in for good.
..... Bob
Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here. (Captain Kirk)
I reject your reality and substitute my own. (Adam Savage)
Resistance is not futile--it is voltage divided by current.
Good morning. It's 67° with only 45% humidity. It'll be sunny with a high of 82°.I was pretty active yesterday so I was quite sore when I went to bed. Couldn't get to sleep until around 2:30am and woke up at 8:45am. It's hurts just to move. Hopefully the stiffness in my joints will work out in an hour or so.I got problem with the toilet fixed last night. The fill pipe had broken off of the flush valve. Fixed it with a five inch piece of PVC pipe and some JB Weld. I put several beads of the JB Weld around the top two inches of the PVC pipe then pushed it up into the fill pipe, turning it as it went so the glue was well distributed. I left 5/16" of the PVC sticking out. Let it set up for an hour then liberally coated the 5/16" section with the glue and carefully pushed it into the broken off base in the flush valve. Let that harden a couple of hours then installed the ring for the flapper and adjusted it until the flapper had the best seal. Job done. Forty some odd year old toilet still works. Macgiver strikes again!.
cudaken Hope to work on a PK 1000 F3 that rear truck is making a odd screeching sound when moving. Now, if I hold the engine still while it is running, the sound stops? Have not been able to tell yet if the wheels are still moving when I hold it in places. Axles do not seem to be split. Any idea's Jeffery?
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal w/ brown sugar, a coiuple sausage links, and a cup (or 3) of dark roast coffee to start the day.
Currently 53°F outside under "partly cloudy" skies... yeah, right! Not a bit of sunniness out there at all... Dark, gloomy, and very gray. I'm still waiting for the tree next door to decide to loose its leaves. Funny the one next to it on thier property is completely bare and has been for a week, but not the one shading my roof.
The mail just arrived....??? Normally it gets here about 4:30 in the afternoon. Guess they have shifted the routes again. Oooooo, hold everything, the sun just came out... Gone again...
Have to head out to the old fashioned hardware store to see if they have Envirotex Lite in stock. If not I see Lowes carries a knock off brand of what appears to be the same stuff. I could give it a try as the water will be way in the back and mostly hidden anyway.
Hey Ken... How can you tell if a cellist is playing out of tune? When the bow is moving.
I best get moving (before Ken throws a violin at me...).
Coffee and an order of egg fu yung please. Thanks
(yaaaaaawn) Kinda tired this morn and juust not movin too quick. Must be the gloomy days are catching up. Don’t know what I’ll get into today othern trouble. Guess we’ll play it by ear.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!