Good Morning, Zoe, Diners. Zoe, I'll have a BLT, plus a RBF in a Rio Grande mug, please. Thank you!
CN Charlie, about the small town thing, there's also the social tendency for younger ones wanting to move to more populated areas (for the stores you mentioned, but also for things to do, etc.). The 'loyal' younger people who stay in outlying areas (let alone continue to w**k the family farm) are definitely in the minority. Bit of an ongoing trend. (And then there's the shortage of available internet options in the more rural areas)
Barry - love your new signature quote. A sure sign is that we can fly/fall/whatever _down_, but we don't go the other direction without some kind of propulsion help.
John(Reid), personally, I always enjoy hearing about what type/form/transmogrification of MRR'ing that a new(er) Diner has. Thanks!
Ulrich, since I'm one of those German-Americans (or is that American-Germans?) myself, guess I should try to know when THAT day is, eh? Thanks for clearing that up for me about the (new) modules. Hmm, how many different modules do you have, so far? As for my German ancestry, it goes at least back to one family member who fought in the Battle of Waterloo for (I think) Wellington (or would that have likely been von Bücher?). Some/several family members (we're still talking my Dad's side of the family) came over in the 1860's, to Nebraska. (Guess they liked the colder winters there?)
Lee, if the local/state/national taxing authorities think there may be money to be made by adjusting tax rates/value of things, it will happen. Oh, wait, I'd better stop for now...
Ken, how've you been doing? Did you ever hear from that truck/repair shop/place about that job?
Todd, how did she manage to dirty up three sweatshirts and not wear one? Or was it like: take sweatshirt out of drawer, "nope, that one won't go with my outfit", toss it into the clothes basket/floor...(repeat/repeat)?
Lunch time is about over,so I'll catch up some more later today when I get back in.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape G.
Hello Everyone! Just thought I would say Hello. It's starting to cool off here at night, Guess I better throw a coat in the truck. I guess today I will carry my laundry down to the river and beat it on rock. laundry is so hard, just ask the wife... When I do it I just put it in the washer add some soap and walk away. guess I've been doing it wrong? I hope everyone is doing well.
Jeffrey, your elevator project is looking great!
John Reid, Wow that is a Beautiful Ship. Nice work! Thank you for sharing the picture and the story about the project.
Thayne
Jeff, we must share the same water line. GF just called to tell me the water is off and the city is tearing up the street in front of my house. She said my street looks like a river…..
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good afternoon. It's 74° and mostly sunny. The high will be 79°.Plumbing front: I'm very P.O'd with the nephew. He was supposed to fix this leaking pipe on my water heater. He didn't show. Instead he cut our mutual water line and plugged it off so he has water. Not a word about it to me. I discovered it for myself when I was packing out the laundry. I let my father know about it and he's agreed to pay for a plumber to come fix it. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Mr X. I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that one.Before all this plumbing mess started I got a base coat of paint on the elevator gallery structure. Looks better than start white.
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
Sir MadogEnergy: Just received the annual bill - consumption was down by 5 %, but the bill is up by 10%! I have to pay over $ 125 a month now - that was $ 95 three years ago
Got a job for me?
howmus Hmmmm, my last utility (gas and electric) was $82.92. The high for the year was January's bill at $218.00. Most bills have been around $120. I am one of those people that pay for what I use when I use it rather than having the "We spread your bills out over the whole year so we get your money early" from NYSEG. I figure if I know I have to pay for it soon, I am a bit more careful about turning the heater or the lights on. Of course the bills should be consistently lower from now on. Yes, I had to invest over $7,000 to do that, but I figure the return on the investment is better than I could do investing the $ in most other things.
Hmmmm, my last utility (gas and electric) was $82.92. The high for the year was January's bill at $218.00. Most bills have been around $120. I am one of those people that pay for what I use when I use it rather than having the "We spread your bills out over the whole year so we get your money early" from NYSEG. I figure if I know I have to pay for it soon, I am a bit more careful about turning the heater or the lights on. Of course the bills should be consistently lower from now on. Yes, I had to invest over $7,000 to do that, but I figure the return on the investment is better than I could do investing the $ in most other things.
Ray, I'd have some solar cells on my roof If I could A} afford it, and B} had the square footage up there to bother! I'd a had em a long time ago. Actually I am looking into self contained portable models that might just run the A/Cs when needed!
-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.
Sir Madog Those $ 125 I have to pay are just for electricity
Those $ 125 I have to pay are just for electricity
Well, then come to the great USA!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the French Toast with butter and real Maple Syrup, a couple sausages, and a cup of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug this morning.
The weather prognosticators are saying it is partly cloudy outside, but there seems to be a bit of sunshine out there. Lots of wind today. Currently 62°F with a high around 65° later this afternoon.
Ulrich, I like your plans!
I need to go watch the meter spin down cellar for a while.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
GMTRacing Very nice Ulrich. One question though. Instead of the fiddle yard, could you fit a 3way turnout behind the factory into the yard area and then extend the factory into the area in front of the yard? Regards, J.R.
Very nice Ulrich. One question though. Instead of the fiddle yard, could you fit a 3way turnout behind the factory into the yard area and then extend the factory into the area in front of the yard? Regards, J.R.
Excellent idea - I´ll be incorporating that!
Me again!
As you know, folks, my favorite hobby within our hobby is to make plans
I am still looking for layout ideas for "big scale model railroading "I can realize within the limitations of my space and tight budget. A lot of ideas I had in the past failed when I started to calculate the start-up cost. Unlike governments, I just cannot extend my spending beyond what I´ve got, which is close to nothing.
O scale is, per se, much more expensive than the smaller scales, unless you go for scratchbuilding and kitbuilding. Taken this into account, I came up with a layout theme, which differs a lot from what is common.
The layout theme I have come up with is a type of narrow gauge (2 ft.) industrial tramway line, connecting a fish dock in the harbor with a fish processing plant somewhere "in town". The setting is somewhere on the North Sea coast of Germany, with its typical red brick architecture. For the locos and rolling stock, there are fairly inexpensive kits available, all buildings need to be scratchbuilt. The track plan is simple, just a double Inglenook design.
I took some time to prepare a 2D view of that layout, so here it is:
The main objective of the layout is to capture that typical coastal town atmosphere, plus a little bit of switching operation.
If you get a taste of salty air, hear the "keeyah" of the seagulls and the grumble of the Diesel locos and a faint smell of dead fish reaches your nose, I know I have done a good job!
My grass stopped growing, I mean it’s still covers the yard, but it hasn’t grown any length since we haven’t had much sunlight the last 2 weeks.
I was paying $160/month on electric and $150/month for gas. Over the past 4 years I replaced all the old appliances with new ones and now I pay about $60/month on electric. Natural Gas is around $600/year but all I use it for is forced air heat and the hot water tank. I have a gas stove but don’t use that much.
Diesel is $4.19/gallon here but 2 weeks ago it was only $4.09.
John that’s an impressive model. Friend of mine gave me 2 Great Lakes freighters in HO-Scale, everything except the hulls was scratch built on those.
Working on RR Bridge projects today at work…..
Morning Gang
Flo, pleases a Diet Dew Chaser.
Starting out my 3 day weekend with Honey Does. This morning I take Sue for a dilated eye test. Now for some reason this means I have to buy her lunch? Anytime I take her anywhere, we have to stop to eat?
After that I need to cut the grass one last time. Lawnmower did not get used much this year, I think I prefer drought over wet weather now.
Got to take my med's and get ready for the Dr Visit. See you all this after noon.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning All,
Check this link out. 42 and partly cloudy here this am. Just a coffee to go for me please, Zoe.
Time-lapse video: Space shuttle Endeavour’s trek across L.A. - Framework - Photos and Video - Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times
I'll try to drop in later. CUL, J.R.
Good morning
Dishes were done before I left the house.
Did the remaining grocery shopping.
Ulrich...our energy bill is now $130 a month, so comparable to yours. Gas here is going to be $5 mark I fear by years end, could be wrong. My minivan only gets 21 MPG {which I Am Sure Jeffrey would take in a heartbeat!} and MOH's is about 16 now. I drive as little as I can. We spend about 30% of income on gas on good weeks, mostly for MOH to go to work and me to go to the Drs. We are too far away from public transport and what transport that does run near here is only runs about 2 times a day. Transprot costs in the city are going up. We wIll need new tires for MOH's van as I don't htink it will pass inspection this go-round we have til April to stash some cash for those!
We both have shoes {for me some dress shoes I never wear as I prefer the more athletic arch supports shoes} That we don't wear anymore that I cannot get MOH to part with and doesn't think we should throw out. I should just sneak them off to the goodwill or salvation army. I can't get MOH to part with clothes or clean them out until MOH comes out and shows me "well these don't fit anymore". Then I yank them to go to the salvation army thrift store. {I am nothte only one gaining weight- perhaps it has to do with the fact atht we are now married and "settled down" too. We don't go out and gyro to disco in the dark recesses of a discoteq {sp?} where you cant hear someone shouting directly into your ear! we stay home and watch TV.
Well, I still have laundry stuff and dish detergent to get in. and stuff to put away.
Then onto laundry and if I am up to it, the vacuuming.
The prayer candle is now lit for those in need.
Back in 1973 this is what got me back into modeling.I just happened by a hobby store window and that was it,I wanted to build a ship.Mine is 90% scratch build and took me till the year 2000 to complete ,working on it off and on during that period.Hope you guys like it .It is 1/72 scale.
The poster was added using Photobucket.
Once Upon a time.........
My photobucket:
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
I am a man of few words but lots of pics
I quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
Top of the mornin' to you all ! Sunny and warm,coffee is good,dog at my side,all's right with the world.
I am working on a new idea for my diorama,will let you in on it after I think it through a bit more.
Cheers ! John.
Still lunchtime in Fishtown!
Janie, I´ll go for a deep fried filet of fish, potato salad and a , please.
The weather seems to be improving, I noticed a little sunshine outside. We can certainly use some of that "calm Autumn weather" the weather guessers are predicting for the next days.
Shoes: I never thought that to be an issue. I don´t know when I bought the last pair of shoes, must be years back. I still have maybe a dozen of "good" shoes" back from my business days, which I hardly ever wear now.
Gas Prices: Topping $ 9 a gallon in my neck of woods, any complaints about your prices? By the end of the year, we will have reached $ 10.
Energy: Just received the annual bill - consumption was down by 5 %, but the bill is up by 10%! I have to pay over $ 125 a month now - that was $ 95 three years ago
My car needs a new set of tires - both the summer and winter sets are worn down. I will get the "all-weather" type now, as for the little we drive these days, it´d be a waste of money to buy two different sets. Too bad Ken can´t get me a special deal on them over here!
I´ll be going for a snooze now!
TTFN and have a good one!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and fried chicken, pan fried, mashed potato and gravy, green beans and some cole slaw please. Yes the creamy kind thank you.
Ray- I highly recommend looking for a Habitat for Humanities in your area. Yes like Goodwill, many who can afford stuff buy there, Slum Lords mainly, but the proceeds at least go for a good cause. Oh, and J.R. is correct now that he mentions it. The actual name is Restore here as well, but it is HfH’s thing.
OK, today I will keep it short, just thought I’d stop in and welcome the new guys Jeffrey and Ulrich, I see by your post counts you’ve been lurking for a while,to the diner and hope you stop in often.
Didn’t do any laundry yesterday so I’ll do some today. Getting behind in that. One day is enough for her to generate 1 load more than you can physically do in a day. I better start eyeballin new washer and dryers. These are old but the igniter went out on the dryer a couple years ago and maybe ten ago the bearing in the dryer drum went out. Othern at nothing has been done to them. They have been worked to death I tell you what. With the kids who had laundry daily when they were here and the boy, hoowee, the boy was like OC about his clothes. If he tried on something and never wore it, just tried it on, it went into the wash because it was now dirty and had to be spotless clean and neat. Deeefinately didn't pick that up from me! Anyway, after 25 years maybe they need a break. Thinking about the front loaders. But they also have top loaders that are water savers too. Don’t know. One thing is they’ll be GE’s. I don’t think a GE appliance knows what the word quit is. But been thinking about those to old horses lately and when are they gonna decide to retire dontcha know. If one or the other do quit on me and I lose a day doin laundry, I may find her pile so big I can’t get through it in what time left in my life I have. I don’t think I could even get to town and back with a new unit fast enough to stop it.
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 all,
60F right now, Hi today 61F, Low 46F, showers
Katje and I went outside this morning for a quick walk and she met her first deer. Lucky there was a fence between us or we might have been stomped to death before I had to go to work this morning. I don't think getting stomped to death by a herbivore is an expectable excuse for missing work.
Deer here have to defend themselves from coyotes so they are pretty quick to stomp dogs and any humans that get in the way. Katje was a good dog, she ran as fast as she could and tried to claw her way back into the house, she was obviously going to fetch my gun....
Ray, being a poor speller can be mitigated with spell check. If he doesn’t have “spelled checked” it just ads to the humor of the monthly report and newsletter.
Sakel = 278 posts
Jeff = 27 posts
Me = 2681
Interesting, maybe some of you rolled over like an odometer…..
James, handsome looking dogs you have there. I need to xfer Katje’s pictures to PhotoBucket this week.
I ran the E7’s last night that I paid $30 each. The one is a no-go with sparks on one of the front wheels the other pulled 35 boxcars. I imagine if the rolling stock had all metal wheel sets it would have pulled 60+ cars.
Well I'm about to head out to the second day at this place. See you fellas this afternoon.
Toto, follow the Yellow Brick Road to
Morning Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Since there have been pics of cats and Dogs, Often "a dog is a man's best friend" is a phrase we know, SO:
Meaning: An animal that performs valuable service to humans, often with reference to dogs
Origin: A dog is a man's best friend? Well, if the animal's popularity is anything to go by, perhaps that's true; according to the American Kennel Club, there are more pet dogs in the USA than there are people in Britain. However, the affection in which dogs are held by many these days is a fairly recent development. How we used to think about dogs can be judged by looking at how they have been portrayed in language over the centuries.
The first linguistic oddity to do with dogs concerns where the word 'dog' came from. The name was preceded by the perfectly good Anglo-Saxon word 'hound', which was also used in other European languages. 'Dog', in common with several other animal names ending in 'g', like frog, hog, pig and stag, seems to have been coined around the 13th century for reasons that no one is at all sure about.
Prior to the 18th century, dogs were kept for hunting and defence and not as pets.
The unfortunate mutts were considered so beyond the pale that dog hangings, as punishment for chasing sheep or whatever else dogs did naturally, were commonplace. The phrase 'give a dog a bad name', 1705, was originally 'give a dog a bad name and hang him'.
The language relating to canines took a turn for the better later in the 18th century. The first example in print of the term 'dog-basket' dates from 1768. The need for a name for a piece of furniture provided specifically for the comfort of dogs shows a clear turning point in attitudes towards them. This shift in outlook continued steadily and in 1823 we first find 'dog biscuits', followed in 1852 by 'dog show'. By the mid 20th century we find clear linguistic evidence that a dog was to be considered almost on a par with humanity - 'dog-sitter' (1942).
The greatest claim to fame of Warrensburg, Missouri is that it is where the phrase 'a dog is a man's best friend' originated. In 1870, a farmer shot a neighbour's dog and, in the subsequent court case where the owner sued for damages, the lawyer George Graham Vest gave a tear-jerking speech that became known as the Eulogy to a Dog:
"Gentlemen of the jury, a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives fiercely, if only he can be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens." - And so on... A statue of Old Drum, as the deceased beast was called, stands outside the town's courtroom. Sadly for the Warrensburg Tourist Board Senator Vest didn't originate the phrase, but he may have read it in a US newspaper, as it appeared in print fifty years earlier in The New-York Literary Journal, Volume 4, 1821: The faithful dog - why should I strive To speak his merits, while they live In every ***, and man's best friend Does often at his heels attend.
"Gentlemen of the jury, a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow, and the snow drives fiercely, if only he can be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens." - And so on...
A statue of Old Drum, as the deceased beast was called, stands outside the town's courtroom. Sadly for the Warrensburg Tourist Board Senator Vest didn't originate the phrase, but he may have read it in a US newspaper, as it appeared in print fifty years earlier in The New-York Literary Journal, Volume 4, 1821:
The faithful dog - why should I strive To speak his merits, while they live In every ***, and man's best friend Does often at his heels attend.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Thursday, October 18, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
My insomnia kicked in again....so I'm up and getting things ready for a general clean up of the layout...
Weather here was just great..sunshine and mild temperatures...and next to no wind here...got up to 72F....today will bring us a mixed bag....as it will get cooler with rain in the afternoon...maybe...
mmmmm..we will see if'n any changes occur on my end here....
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/
I snapped a pic of this loco today (no this isn't my photo I gotta upload it to Facebook)
good night all.
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
GMTRacingWhen we go to Oz in November we want to do some rail fanning and maybe ride some trains near Sydney. We're trying to figure that part of the trip.
There is plenty of action. You could head up the blue mountains to http://www.zigzagrailway.com.au/ although they are not running trains at the moment they are still worth a look at all the neat rollingstock. The ride up the blue mountains in itself is worth it if you go by train.
Since you are going to be out west at Eastern Creek you should be within a short drive or two of pretty busy mainlines with lots of freight.
Its a shame your in Sydney otherwise I'd have been able to show you around.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a cup of decaf... Oh, and a slice of the pumpkin pie with some sharp Cheddar cheese too.
Been an interesting day. Got a phone call from one of the division members volunteering to become secretary for the division. Just to make sure sure all the other officers are on the same page I sent an email stating I want to offer the guy the position (he'll do well). The Vice super emailed me back saying he doesn't know the guy but approves if three qualifications are met. In descending order: 1. Is he a warm body? 2. Is he an NMRA member (that one he has to be)? 3. Can he spell? I think the guy will enjoy working with us... If he has a sense of humour. My sister called to tell me all about taking Claude (her kitten) to the vet to be .... Ah.... Neutered. That wasted an hour.
Jeffrey, so one of your relatives is now homeless?
Ken.... What car? I don't even see any shoes! Actually Pam looks a lot like a girl I dated in college my Freshman year. She was a French Horn player.... Man! What an embouchure!
J.R. - Poor cat. I don't blame her for moving out after you tried to do her in by burning down the house....
About time to head to bed for the night. Prayers for all in need!