Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug and a couple of Bavarian cream filled doughnuts this morning.
Twas very gloomy this morning when I got up... Rainy and icky. We had .6 inch of rain overnight here, but now the sun is out and things are looking good. Oh, the final inspection for the solar voltaic system just happened a few minutes ago. The Code Officer was here and checked everything out. He said there are no problems and he will fill out the C of O (Certificate of Occupancy for those who don't know what C of O is...) this afternoon. I can now legally live in my house again... [(-D All I have left to do is write a rather large check as soon as they send me the final bill...
Ken??? You have a cellist at your house? Have him/her tune it. Cellos sound better played in tune... Hey, do you know the difference between a cello and a violin? A cello burns longer... (I almost ended up in the hospital after telling THAT one to a string teacher years ago!)
Lee, I would write the bank a nastygram about the foreclosure letter reminding them that you are not in arrears on the account and put at the bottom, under your signature, cc: (Lawyers name). THAT usually gets their attention real quick!
Galaxy, so at one time you were not only not in debt, but on the plus side of the ledger, huh?
Jeffrey, I hope you are up to your armpits in hot water today! Hmm... THAT didn't come out the way I meant it. Hope your water heater goes in without any problems and you can bath again. (sniff, sniff...)
I have been w*rking on a bit of scenery for the area near the Staging tracks:
Lot more to do on it, but at least it is started. I think I hid the real rocks in the scene pretty well. Can you see which is which?
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
A cup of chicken soup for me...stil go the stomach bug, but think it is under control as long as I stick with soem clear fluids and soups...
Had some nasty and come through,, so I didn't dare to get ont he puter.
LSWrr GOOD NEWS: I got a note from my second mortgage company that my account is not up to date and they are going to take legal action against me and my house may go into foreclosure if I do not make arrangements with them to correct the deficiencies in my account. When I took the loan out I did the EZ-pay and asked them to take out an extra $50 every pay. Well according to the computer I’m paid ahead until June of 2013. In other words I’m going to pay the account off 8 months early and the computer automatically sends out a foreclosure warning if the account is out of balance by 6 months. Computer is not smart enough to see a positive or negative balance; it just sends a notice out.
GOOD NEWS: I got a note from my second mortgage company that my account is not up to date and they are going to take legal action against me and my house may go into foreclosure if I do not make arrangements with them to correct the deficiencies in my account. When I took the loan out I did the EZ-pay and asked them to take out an extra $50 every pay. Well according to the computer I’m paid ahead until June of 2013. In other words I’m going to pay the account off 8 months early and the computer automatically sends out a foreclosure warning if the account is out of balance by 6 months. Computer is not smart enough to see a positive or negative balance; it just sends a notice out.
-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.
GO Tigers!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Afternoon!
A quiet day today. Took a long nap, but now I am having issues to get up. Just watched my favorite TV train show - a train ride from Peshawar to the Khyber Pass, filmed in 2005. Lots of steam action, but certainly not a place I´d like to be.
Chloe, just coffee for me please!
Plan front: I did not touch that plan today - I don´t want to get stuck into an analysis-paralysis routine. Just played around with my photo editing software to produce a somewhat different image:
Looks like a pencil drawing. I did some research on locos and rolling stock and found a kit by a UK kit manufacturer.
The kit is not too expensive, so within reach for me. I might need some help assembling it, as soldering is not one of my strong skills, but I bet Lothar will be happy to help Add a little painting and weathering, and you get this:
Isn´t it cute?
My next step will be building a 1/10 scale mock-up of that layout, providing that I find a source for cheap (i.e. free of charge) corrugated card stock.
Todd - poor mousie - RIP!
TTFN!
TMarshNow scoot, I’m trying to rest up in case I need the energy for something later.” Dumb dog.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good morning, everybody.
Looks like I may have some model railroad time today. I will need it to solve a big problem with my DCC system.
Tigers sweeped the series with the Yankees and are headed to the World Series. The MI outlaws were very excited. I suppose if I still lived in MI, I would be excited too.
Cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning Folks
Flo, coffee pleases
Well another round of Dr Visits today.Not in the mood but I need to. This one is a 3 month follow up with my Quack PA. Well, she may know what she is doing, but it still bugs me she never returned my call after my last bout of cellists!
After I get home, I have to deal with Bank of Stupid. That alone could ruin the rest of the day for me!
I rather be taking a nap right now that getting ready to go to the VA Clinic.
See you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a nice healthy serving of creamed chipped beef on toast please. Thanks.
Cape Jim- I ask not too many questions, but she did wear a sweatshirt 2 of the three days. Fri and Sat. Sunday she did not. Only figure she musta wore two on Friday.
Mouse gone. Yup as I signed off yesterday I heard a strange scratchy type noise. Turns out that’s the sound a mouses claws make as they scamper across a wood floor. Something caught my eye at my feet and looking down I see this mouse run from under the desk out about 3 feet, make a circle then run back to the desk after ricocheting off the file cabinet. My left foot come crashing down enough to jar the picture on the wall but alas the mouse was too quick. So, out come the traps. This morning….one less mouse in the world. I’ll leave them set out for a while just in case. You never know. But what I do know is after the discovery of the mouse, I went searching for the dog, who I found asleep on the couch. I asked this dog why she is so concerned about something under the back porch, but couldn’t care less about the mouse in the house. The dog looked at me and then put her head back down and looked at me again as if to say, “ah shut up and set a trap. But since you put peanut butter as bait, would you do me one favor? I like peanut butter. Put it way out of my reach because I am a dog and I think with my stomach so……I don’t need no mouse trap snapped on my snoot. Now scoot, I’m trying to rest up in case I need the energy for something later.” Dumb dog.
Rainy and drizzly today so far. Still have laundry to do so I’ll get on that. Again. Maybe today will be the day I say...done!
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.
Jeff, what you said makes perfect sense, but I live in Euclid and the city of Cleveland runs the water and sewer system here, so I doubt they care about my issues.
Well I put the call in to the plumbers office. They say they'll have a crew out here today. What time is anyone's guess. Hopefully I'll have hot and cold running water by tonight.
Good morning. It's 44° with 100% humidity so it feels even cooler. It'll be mostly sunny and the high will be 78° (that still remains to be seen).Got a new water heater yesterday along with the installation kit. The tiny roll of thread tape in the kit didn't look to me to be enough so I got a larger roll to go with it. I measured the old water heater last night. At ten gallons it's just a hair smaller than the new one. The hole might be a tight squeeze. If it doesn't fit it can be installed in the hole where the kitchen drawers were. I'll be putting in the call to the plumbers office in just a little while to have them send a team out today. I don't expect to get any work done on the layout for obvious reasons. If I feel up to it later I may go down and mow my parents yard.
LSWrrMy water problems: came home from work yesterday and half of my tree lawn is destroyed, looks like a 3 pound mortar round went off next to the tree. Water Company said they had to dig up my front yard to replace the shut off valve for the house ACROSS THE STREET that is a little behind on his bill. I don’t mind the tree lawn having a pile of clay piled up but they busted up my sidewalk. So who is responsible for the tripping hazards? More than likely I’ll have to come up with a way to make repairs. With my luck the city will drive by and I’ll get a ticket for a messed up sidewalk. I wouldn’t be this upset normally but I paid $1000.00 to have the sidewalk and apron repaired 3 years ago and I was really hoping not to mess with it for a few more years.
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LSWrrComputer is not smart enough to see a positive or negative balance; it just sends a notice out.
Good Morning all,
51F, Hi today 61F, Low 45F
Jeremy, in the Coast Guard I spent 3 years TAD to U.S. Navy Ships. I was never on the same ship twice and I understand what you’re going through. Just finding my rack and head were challenging the first week not to mention where my equipment was stored, who I had to talk to in order to access my equipment could be challenging the first few weeks on board a ship with 600-800 people. Just when I learned my way around it was time to cross deck to a different ship and learn everything all over again. Once I got use to the Class of ships I did ok.
TA462 I hope that 4 was suppose to be a $ symbol.
My water problems: came home from work yesterday and half of my tree lawn is destroyed, looks like a 3 pound mortar round went off next to the tree. Water Company said they had to dig up my front yard to replace the shut off valve for the house ACROSS THE STREET that is a little behind on his bill. I don’t mind the tree lawn having a pile of clay piled up but they busted up my sidewalk. So who is responsible for the tripping hazards? More than likely I’ll have to come up with a way to make repairs. With my luck the city will drive by and I’ll get a ticket for a messed up sidewalk. I wouldn’t be this upset normally but I paid $1000.00 to have the sidewalk and apron repaired 3 years ago and I was really hoping not to mess with it for a few more years.
Jim, I don’t understand why the lowered the entire county voluntarily you would think they would have waited for individuals to request a decrease. Hey we are losing budget income so let’s drop everyone’s tax rates and receive less money. I can see now how good neighborhoods go bad.
Bonjour and good morning ya'll,thank you for your kind comments on the ship.I have been thinking about putting audio and visual stuff in the latest diorama.With all the miniature stuff out there now I think that I will give it a go.
It's raining here and winter is just around the corner in the GWN.It's great though as it gives me more time for modeling.I'll have another cup of Java Flo with the usual,please !
Once Upon a time.........
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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 !
Its working in a manufacturing plant. Looks like I have a hat trick of jobs I dont like,lol.
Jeremy: What job did you get this time?
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...
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JimRCGMOJeremy, is the new job turning out okay so far?
Actually Jim I cant stand it,lol
Its a huge company ( in fact biggest one in town ) at any given time there are close 600 people working on one shift. I have to go in from 3-11 today and am dreading it already and its only 6:30am. I really hope the place I want to get into calls soon because I don't know how much more of this place I can take. To make it worse its so big that I get lost so easy trying to do the job. I had to stop somebody yesterday and ask where a certain part of the plant was and they didn't even know. I know there is a job out there that I will like. Its just taking time trying to find it. Anybody have any tips on trying to make it through the day at a job they dislike??
Maybe today will go better. But seeing as its the first day on the new shift I will have to try to meet some new people that I work with.
Good Morning
Well, here I is..all awake again...went for a snooze earlier then, just as my head hit pillow...POW!!!...all awake.....
Oh...no one forecast any thunderinboomers up this way...but...we here in LONDON got a couple of 'em ...so today? Now they are saying a 30% chance of thunderinboomers ....kinda late don't ya think?
So...today is going to be my try to catch up on some stuff day again...
Have a good one!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Friday, October 19, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Toto, we are Still in Kansas, so follow the yellow brick road to the diner...
Morning Coffee in the diner.
GOOD MORNING!!!
We really don't want to go off "half cocked" when we attempt things, SO:
Meaning: To Speak or act prematurely
Origin:
Flintlock firearms have a 'cock' or striker mechanism, which is held in a raised, sprung position ready to discharge and make a spark to 'fire' the gun. These can be set at half-cock, when the gun is in a safe state, or at full-cock, when it is ready to be fired. A gun would only 'go off at half-cock' by mistake.
The term half-cock is as old as flintlock guns and appears in print from the mid 18th century; for example, in John Desaguliers' A course of experimental philosophy 1734–44:
"The gun being at Half-Cock, the Spring acts upon the Tumbler with more Advantage."
The earliest known citation of the phrase 'going off at half-cock' comes from London and Its Environs Described, 1761:
"Some arms taken at Bath in the year 1715, distinguished from all others in the Tower, by having what is called dog locks; that is, a kind of lock with a catch to prevent their going off at half-cock."
We now commonly use 'go off at half-cock' or, in America, 'go off half-cocked', to mean 'speak or act impulsively and without proper preparation'. This clearly alludes to the sudden discharge of a firearm. Despite that, the first figurative use of the phrase had a completely different meaning. When the 'half-cocked' imagery was first appropriated it was to mean tipsy, or half-drunk. This was the meaning intended in John Shebbeare's novel Lydia, 1786:
"Who should enter unto the company, but young Captain Firebrace, half-cocked... come hither to finish his evening's potation."
There doesn't appear to be any particular link between the mechanics of firearms and drunkenness. Several other 'half' phrases were also used in the 18th century to mean 'half-drunk'. 'Half-seas-over' was a nautical term that is listed in the first slang dictionary BE's Dictionary of the Canting Crew, circa 1700, with the meaning 'almost drunk'. Another example is 'half-and-half', which, in addition to being the name of a mixture of equal parts ale and porter, was also listed as a term meaning 'tipsy'.
This meaning of 'half-cocked' was taken up with particular enthusiasm in Australia. Clearly, they felt they hadn't enough terms for drunkenness and wanted to expand their repertoire. Fergus Hume's Madame Midas: a story of Australian mining life, 1888, explained the term:
"This last drink reduced Mr. Villiers to that mixed state which is known in colonial phrase as half-cocked."
By 1888, the rest of the English-speaking world had opted for the current meaning of 'half-cock' and 'half-cocked'; for example, in To-day in Ireland, 1825:
"Master Dillon - never let an insult go off half-cock."
Across the Atlantic, The Register of Debates in Congress, 1833, recorded the opinions of Dutee Pearce of Rhode Island:
"I regret that the gentleman from Maryland has gone off half cocked." and here and 55 degrees F. Will rain quite a bit for a while. going great guns right now! lots pelting the trailer roof and sidewalls. No hail is expected though! Then a half cloudy day, in the 60s is what we are expecting here in the Southern Tier of New York
"I regret that the gentleman from Maryland has gone off half cocked."
and here and 55 degrees F. Will rain quite a bit for a while. going great guns right now! lots pelting the trailer roof and sidewalls. No hail is expected though!
Then a half cloudy day, in the 60s is what we are expecting here in the Southern Tier of New York
jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&QI mentioned I had Lionel in the early years for me, but my first was a Marx train set. Same here. Marx when I was four, Lionel when I was five. Both diesel sets.
Heartland Division CB&QI mentioned I had Lionel in the early years for me, but my first was a Marx train set.
My first was a Marx set about age 7. my younger brother and I went to a neighbors garage sale and there, under the table was a Lionel set, all rusty and such, but My brother and I had about an hour of play time with it under the table. My father went and looked and decided he didn't want "someone else's junk". I had nearly forgotten about it when, low, and behold, there under the Christmas tree about 6 months later was a Marx Steamer O27 set up next to the tree!!! It came with a water tower, a station platform, 2 plastic cars, a few signs and12 telephone poles. Lionel stuff was added to later on. I played with it so much my Mother had to BEG me to open {other} presents!!! Which included a coaling tower kit and a few other MRRing things to go with the new trains!
Then for the following Easter, the "bunny" brought us another set..a diesel switcher set!
Ah the fond memories of times past!
I have a stomach bug so up this early to get some broth.
Good Morning Everyone!
What a night! That post nasal drip made me cough every half our or so, so I ended up on the sofa, not to wake up Petra all the time.
Zoe, strong coffee and a breakfast bagel, please!
Jim - I have now finished 7 modules, completely filling the shelf. No more room for another one So you are related to von Blücher? I call him the reversed Patton, as he crossed the Rhine river at a place no army would ever do it. Poor Napoleon thought he couldn´t, well - he did!
Jeff - with a nephew like yours, who needs enemies?
John R - that ship looks great. I know how much tedious work is involved in shaping and bending all those planks. to you!
Have a good one!
Good evening.
The outlaws have departed back to MI and TN. Time to get back to normal.
Thanks to those who told about the first model trains. Interesting stuff. I mentioned I had Lionel in the early years for me, but my first was a Marx train set.
John Reid .... Thanks for posting the photo of th ship model. It is absolutely fabulous.
Cheers!
Evening, Chloe - I'll have a Santa Fe mug of coffee and a hot fudge sundae, please. Thank you!
Let's see, first train set? Garry, I would say that I recall it being an O scale, 3-rail set (and as with what others have said, only a couple/three cars, the caboose and the loco), and I believe it was probably a steam loco, probably Santa Fe. I recall some Plasticville buildings - I'm not sure where that set disappeared, but likely in one of our moves. My second 'set' (a while after that) was part of that Boys' Life layout that I started in the late 1950's or so. It was an HO scale layout that appeared as a series of articles in Boys' Life (and covered cookie-cutter plywood base, scenery, how to build your own structures, signs and accessories). Unfortunately, my teenage years interfered some, and when I went away from home for my last two years of high school (and college after that), in the meantime my parents moved out of the house (and left the upright piano and the layout in the basement). Even with its shortcomings, I still like that BL layout.
PA Tom, your diner's cook sounds like part Mom/Grandma, too, watching out that you don't starve. Sounds like a great place to go eat!
jeffrey-wimberly TA462With the amount some of you guys pay for shoes and inserts I guess I got off lucky spending 200 on the wifes 2 pairs. My nephew goes out and drops $150+ on ONE pair of shoes then whines and complains about not having money to do the things he likes to do. I'd tell him to buy cheaper shoes but I know it would go in one ear and out the other without impacting anything in between.
TA462With the amount some of you guys pay for shoes and inserts I guess I got off lucky spending 200 on the wifes 2 pairs.
CDN Dennis, I bet I know where you will be a frequent visitor for a while, eh? Sounds like some good deals, and depending on where your LHS owner puts the prices, you may have even more savings ahead for you.
chochowillie Going to Cow Town AKA Calgary on thursday if it doesn't snow and while there I'll drop in at trains & such and buy the Digitrax DCC stuff I need. There goes about a $1000 bucks. Sheesh, sure glad I've got such cheap tastes...
Going to Cow Town AKA Calgary on thursday if it doesn't snow and while there I'll drop in at trains & such and buy the Digitrax DCC stuff I need. There goes about a $1000 bucks. Sheesh, sure glad I've got such cheap tastes...
Obviously, I cannot keep up with the shoes that some of your households have. I have: 1) a pair of tennies, which tend to last me between 3-6 months before they start breaking down/stretching out of shape. And 2) a pair of penny loafers (cordovan color), which are sort of my 'dressy' shoes. I suspect the clerk at the store stretched a bit too big before I bought them. They at times slip off when I'm walking in them (time to get a new pair...). Used to have a pair of wing-tips for dress shoes, but I got tired of trying to get polish into those tiny holes. I have a pair of slippers under my bed... somewhere. Don't wear those much at all - maybe 2 or 3 times a year.
How DO we get onto these topics? Make ya wonder sometimes? Kinda interesting, though.
Ken - Hmm.. at risk of offending any cat-servants in here:
cudaken Wolfhound love cats!
Wolfhound love cats!
Todd, I hear you about posts that we thought were gonna be fairly brief... but end up not being quite so..
OzJim, my guess (if you haven't already had someone else here get the answer) would be (Westminster) Abbey (musical group), and (the Beatles' song) Lucy (In the Sky With Diamonds)... right? Good looking pets, by the bye...
Karl - ah those rubber-band drives! Have had a few in some Athearn locos that I've had (previously, and a few currently-to-be-change-over). That "Hi-F" drive, I found, could use some of the elastic bands that orthodonists use on braces, depending on the size of the brace fitting.
BN24 - "Social problems" test? THAT made me think of one of the talks we would have about s*x in phys. ed. class...Although I'm sure it's something more complicated than that. Modern education, eh? As for your 'trainfanning/camping' weekend, take a lot of photos - they can be very useful!
Jeremy, is the new job turning out okay so far?
Aw, Lee - your boss won't accept "I got hooved to death by a deer" as an acceptable excuse for being out? I' have seen a few more occasions in the news about deer getting aggressive around people lately. Better peek out the window before you go outside...just in case.
JohnReid - awesome ship!!
Quiet afternoon/evening in the Diner, looks to be. Where was everybody? Me, I'm watching the Cardinals game while I'm posting... 6 to 1 at the moment (St. Louis leading in the 6th inning).
I'll be listening to the game in the corner booth for a bit. Prayer will continue for repaired water lines, healing, a good night's sleep, and comfort for those in need. Which covers most all of us.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Been a busy day for me. Time to call it a night. Calling the plumber back out in the morning to pull the old water heater out and put in the new one. I ain't touching it! See y'all tomorrow.
It's 66° here with 47% humidity. Feels wetter than that. Looking like the low will be 48°.Plumbing front: Yet another night with no running water. Plumber came out and looked at the pipe and said that's not the problem. The problem is the hot water tank itself. So there's nothing Mr X could do about it anyway so he's still got a roof over his head. May father and I went to Lowe's and got a new water heater which is in my van at this time. Twelve gallon capacity, 120v, side connect. It looks like it should fit in the hole. If it won't there's a nice big open spot where the kitchen drawers used to be as you'll see in the photos below. So plenty of room. I was planning on putting shelves in there to replace the drawers but if the tank has to go there I can keep my rice and pasta meals in a box on top of the fridge. I already have my primary utensils hanging on cup hooks below the upper cabinets. Safety can opener, pizza cutter and several tea strainers. I use the strainers to filter the lumps out of my latex paint. By this time tomorrow I hope to have hot and cold running water again.
Evening Dinners
Flo, well thank you dear for the
Well, pretty much wasted this day off. Sues eye examine went well, nothing wrong with her eye's at this point.Then we went to Burger King and I had a small whopper and fires, did not fill me up so I had a value bacon cheese burger and that pretty much finished me off for the rest of the day.
Got up from a nap around 2:00 PM and was going to go get some grocery's then Sue wanted to come along. I was planing on spending $30.00, but with her in tow it wound up being $60.00. Never knew Corn Dogs where a staple in a balances diet? Most of the time I feel like I am married to a 5 year old that happens to be 60.
Electric Bills, you have seen nothing till you see mine! When I had the in ground pool open and the A/C going we would have $520.00 a month electric bills in the summer. I have not opned it for the last 5 years because I could not afford it. With that not going I still hit $400.00 in the hot season.
While I miss the pool.
I do not miss dumping $300.00 worth of chemicals in it, nor the electric bill's!
Dinners ready
TA462 Sir Madog Those $ 125 I have to pay are just for electricity I payed 465 last week for 3 months. I thought that was good considering I ran the pool pump and the central air all summer. My gas is 100 a month.
Sir Madog Those $ 125 I have to pay are just for electricity
Those $ 125 I have to pay are just for electricity
I payed 465 last week for 3 months. I thought that was good considering I ran the pool pump and the central air all summer. My gas is 100 a month.
We have our own wetland out back...complete with floating dock.
good afternoon everybody, My grandfather came over today and asked if I was up for going camping this weekend. I am, so we're going to eastern washington for the weekend and while we're over there we are going to visit some railroad and logging museums. I also have a test on monday so I will be doing quite a bit of studying.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader