Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Interurban Depot/Freight House, Tipton IN
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening?
Flo, what do you mean I don't have a reservation? It's me Ken! Take a number? So I wait for the pager to go off, then I can have a seat?
Well, can I have a while I stand in the freight yard? Thank you Flo!
Well, it was a late night, I got out of the shop around 9:48 PM and got home at 10:15PM. This might be a good week, I am at $166.00 in commission's and have 2 days to go.
galaxy Ken, I think I now know WHY my vehicle repair bills are so high.. Your high commissions!!! No wonder customers feel RIPPED OFF...because they arfe getting fleeced to pad someone's commission bonus check! TSK TSK..
Ken, I think I now know WHY my vehicle repair bills are so high.. Your high commissions!!!
No wonder customers feel RIPPED OFF...because they arfe getting fleeced to pad someone's commission bonus check! TSK TSK..
Galaxy, was that comment Tongue In Check or where you serious? If you where serious, I have to have around $10,000 in sales to make $200.00? When I sold mattress I could make $360.00 off a $2000.00 Queen set. (Kingsdown handmade with 20 year warranty and yes I have one) If you bought a $100.00 tire from me, I make a dollar. If you bought a 1 time alignment from me, I make a dollar. If you bought a 3 year alignment plan (as many alignments you may as you want) that is $155.00, I make a whole $5.00. Yea someone is getting rich, but it is not me!
Shoes, boy you talk about spending to little on a good pair. Cheap $30.00 Dr Scholls with inserts put me in the Hospital for 6 days and out of work for 5 weeks. Yea, I was Jellin my self into the Hospital! Before the ones I have now, the last good pair cost the Insurances Company $500.00 say 15 years ago. Current pair I am guessing would be around $700.00 as well. US Tax Payers are paying for them, I am a Vet. Galaxy, get good shoes!
Record Breaking Jump, no thank you! No way was I qualified to make a Halo Jump! Put, if you want to grow some hair in places I cannot say in a family dinner, make a jump at 600 feet! You either make it, or go splat and become a Bouncer! (chute did not deploy right) No reason to have a reserve, you don't have time to deploy it.
Jump Boots, man I miss my Corcoan's not sure what really happened to them. At this point in life (and feet) I am sure I would loses both feet if I still had them.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Chloe, just a refill on the decaf, please...
I just reloaded wood into the stove, so i thought I would stop by while it gets going. After I post I will shut the damper, and head for bed.
Had a chat with a lady in the business office at the very big Medical Group in town. She verified that my Doctors Appt. from last November was refused by Medicare for several reasons. The first time it was sent in under my wife's SS number as I was on her Social Security at the time. I was in the process of getting a new card when I had the appointment. They refused to pay it as I was no longer covered on that number by the time they got the claim. The medical group sent in a new claim using the correct # and they wouldn't pay because the new # wasn't in effect when the appt. happened (date). They refiled one more time explaining the whole thing and it came back I wasn't covered for that because I wasn't yet 65.... They did however pay for my Flu shot at the same appointment. (go figure). They tried to bill my old retiree insurance I had from the school and it was turned down because i no longer have that policy... My part xyz insurance I have now through the school wouldn't pay anything because they don't pay unless the claim is OKed by Medicare! So I wrote a check for it today and put it in the mail. They did tell me that my appointment last May has been paid and that there should be no problem with my upcoming appointment.
Got a few things done today that have been hanging over my head for several weeks, like cleaning the 20 gal. aquarium in the living room. It was way over due... I had been putting it off in part because I didn't have any more filters to use in it. I found we have a country farm store that also sells pets and pet supplies. There is one North of Canandaigua my sister likes, but I found there is also one near Waterloo. They had what I needed in stock and at a good price. I bet my poor old fish (2 of them) that are all I have left wonder what happened today! Brought the shop vac upstairs and vacuumed up the mess on the kitchen floor.
I did get down to the train room today. I noticed that the mouse trap I had set down there was sprung but didn't have a prize.... It has been re-baited and set and put in a likely place. I shall check it tomorrow morning. Got a bit of stuff done on the corner scenery I am currently doing. Should have it ready to install on the layout by the end of the week I hope.
I guess I will head to the back booth and catch some Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening Diners,
Well it certainly has been busy in here lately.
All this talk of shoes, and only lasting a year? Not sure what some do but sounds like a lot of standing, running around on concrete. I get about 10 years out of a pair of dress shoes, largely because I get to sit a desk most of the day but that isn't as great as you might think at times. Still as TA462 says, 'it pays the bills' but I won't be retiring any time soon despite collecting Old Age Security in December as we have a couple of trips we want to take. Speaking of that we met with our travel agent on Saturday to finalize a few details of our next big adventure next year. I'm really looking forward to the Rovos Rail part even though it is only 2 days. They used to use their steam locos for the whole trip but now only for a few miles out of the station and then switch to diesel as the steam service facilities on the route have largely been removed.
Went to the local train show here on Sunday but I didn't buy a thing. Not much I wanted and most tables were way over priced. I can get new for less at Kleins.
Galaxy, if you want to put in a different security provider, it is very easy to do. Just go to Control Panel and look for Uninstall a program or pull up the list of programs and do a right click to find ' Uninstall' . I use a free Micorsoft security program that was recommended to me when we bought our last computer a year ago. Just search Micorsoft Security Essentials and you can download it off the net. It was recommended by a young computer salesman at the University computer store and the staff there are largely computer science students who really know their stuff. I have Windows 7.
Someone, I think it was Tom, made a comment on small businesses disappearing. That is certainly a trend that has been going on for the past 30 years especially in small towns. The companies I have worked for supply stores largely in small towns and it is amazing the number that have closed largely because of outshopping to larger centres, better roads and vehicles, plus people in small towns are exposed to a lot more 'big city' stores via TV, internet, etc. and so they want the selection and prices only stores in large centres can provide. Also there has been a general decline in rural populations as farms have gotten larger.
Well time to call it a night.
CN Charlie
welp looks like this page's on me with a nice generous tip from one restaurant worker to another. The layouts giving me some issues my newly MTL equipped RS1 is giving me issues but, I put up 2 signals.
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
Got more work done on the elevator gallery today. I put several strips of plastic in the bottom to give it some rigidity as well as to support the cut down loco body that would be put in to give it some weight. The aforementioned loco body was glued in then a card stock roof was cut, folded and installed.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Evening All,
Good to see Jim stopped in. It's always an interesting read, no? 60 this morning and the same this evening but rainy. Got home and spent some time on the layout. Tedious it is making and installing the drops for the bus. Must have gotten lazy when putting in the track and left a bunch of drops undone. Drill 1/8" hole, Strip end of 22ga wire, tin and install on rail joiner. Clean joint add flux and solder joiner and wire. Stuff wire through 1/8" hole and cut to length. Repeat. Also need to finalize plan for power districts. Thinking now is one for upper (main line) level, one for lower level, one for main yard, and one reversing section. Catch y'all later, J.R.
Jim - No, I don't think any of them are all that long out of rebuild. In fact, the paint looked really good. If they weren't recently out of the paint shop, someone gave them a really good wash. That's the second time in about a year that I've seen a consist like that. Tom
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good Evening Diners, Chloe - Chloe, I'll have a hot fudge sundae and a Santa Fe mug of coffee, please. Thank you!
I've been away from the Diner for a while, but last Thursday (despite a couple of **glitches**) I got the Charter installer in and he connected my apartment. YAY! That is nice, having a reliably fast connection at home again.
I see we have some new Diners in the place. to all of you (& we have Diners with RR's all the way from Z scale to 1:1 scalers, in here), and I'll buy you each a beverage of your choice. (But this applies to new folks, not the long-time-in-here chowhounds that we all know & love...)
Oh, and our servers in here (all the best virtual food and beverages you can put away) include Zoe & Chloe (the twins - Bill T. has posted some sketches of them, I believe, somewhere here), their cousin Vinnie (you do NOT want to have to explain to Vinnie why you are a month overdue in paying your tab here...) helps out and keeps the parties in line that occasionally get thrown in here. Then there are our weekend and holiday serving helpers, Flo, Janie and - what's the new gal's name, Galaxy? They help Zoe and Chloe to take a day/evening off every so often.
Also, If you hit the Top Of Page (aka TOP) when you post, you get to pay the (virtual) tab, and you can leave your card with the twins to cover it, or if you're short on cash, you can wash dishes in the kitchen to whittle down your tab. At the end of each month, the Diner gets moved to a new location somewhere down the tracks, and we get new scenery to look at out the windows. There are a couple or so Diners who catch a nap in one of the back booths (like Duke - if you mention BERKSHIRES, you might see him wake for a little bit...). Hope that fills in a spot or two for you new Diners!
Looks like we've been talking shoes lately, eh (in addition to various things/folks who drop out of the sky...)? I have difficulty finding tennies that fit (being as I wear size 12's - not quite as bad as my brother's size 15's...) and hold up for more than 3-6 months. Even with buying a reasonably-know brand (not the big name, big ticket ones that go into triple digits, however) Of course, I'm glad that (so far, at least) I don't require any custom ones like you have Jeff - OUCH!
I did get a few MRR things in last Saturday - some figures (the Bachmann ones I'm not that impressed with, likely will repaint them), a Rexall drugstore electronic sign, some detail parts, and (bought from a former MRR club member I know) the Walthers ('old', non-modern) roundhouse. I went with it so the tracks would line up properly with the Walthers turntable kit (once I get THAT assembled). I think the roundhouse looks pretty plain, so I will be figuring how to add some annex or other buildings to it to break up that regular line of the outside walls... Also want to find a way to make the internal supports look more like wood than brown plastic. Now, where did I see the photos I saved of Ray's enginehouse?
Have been emailing back-and-forth with Garry for tips on what to avoid if I install a decoder in my Bachmann Spectrum 44-tonner; Have to go home tonight and see if I have the internal stuff that he did. If so, I may be selling it off and getting something else...(hopefully that won't be needed).
Galaxy, good to see you back again in here! Missed you while you were gone. Did you get things with your furnace taken care of (I hope)?
Ulrich, nice new module (or is that just a rew**k of one you showed previously? I think if there are any objectionable words on those buildings, eventually someone will point it out for us/you. Where's Chuck? Maybe he can read them.
Oh, a couple/three evenings I didn't get into the Diner because I was checking out how my St. Louis Cardinals have been doing... (pretty well, but then again, it is the playoffs, when they tend to wake back up..)
Tonight before heading over here, I hooked up my iMac (hasn't been hooked up for a while) to the broadband, downloaded some updates, and in the process found that the old 24-incher has some kind of graphics problem - I suspect the graphics processing unit may have got cooked along the same time as the original internal hard drive was. So I may donate it to a local guy who has w**ked on some other electronics gear that I've had in the past (stereo, 17" Trinitron monitor...) and let him fix it up for himself or someone else. After that, I may just get an external LCD/LED widescreen monitor to hook up to my laptop. That, or get a Mac Mini (used) and the monitor.
Jeremy, I hope you get the full-time job first , so you can cover more/all of the bills. Then keep your eye out for a better full-time job (w**ks for me...).
PA Tom (tcwright), that is one odd consist on that train you saw! They weren't old slugs heading for the scrap dealer, were they?
Oh, Jeff, I saw a bit back here that you were talking about a nibbler - I know Micro-Mark carries them (and others may, as well). (I see Bob/Seamonster beat me to that). I've never tried one of those nibblers, so can't speak to how easy/hard they are to use. Hey, when did you start DJ'ing for the neighborhood block parties, by the way?
Curt, you might check out Tom Stage's (tstage in the forums) website - I believe he has how to make (simply & affordably, if I recall correctly) light poles for exterior RR yard/roundhouse areas. His is one site I've saved some pages from for future inspiration. Thanks for your skunk photos - I'd never known there were all-white ones - cool! And hey there! Careful about using that 'W' word in the DIner (w*rk...). You'll rile up some of us Diners...
SaronaTerry - thanks again for posting some of your photos! More! More!
Aw, rats, Paul! I missed Navy Day? (former PN3 here...)
W**k was better today - only had three people that I saw (co-w**ker saw about the same), my intake (think, lots of w**k/writing...) didn't show up , and I got the backlog of paperw**k from the tail end of last week caught up. (Now, if I could get a day like that tomorrow, I could get my two intakes done and get doctor's appointments for those people...)
Oh yeah, I decided to try eHarmony again... (Last time I was with them, they matched me up with 2 different gals I already knew from church, but who I didn't connect much at all with). We'll see how it goes this time. (Galaxy, light a candle for me - and the ladies - please).
About time for me to head for home. Prayers for those job-hunting, in need of healing or comfort (or a good night's rest).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
jeffrey-wimberly howmusAh, Jeffrey? Little behind on the news today? The record was made yesterday... October 14, 2012.OK. I was going on a date I found in a Google search. So much for Google having the right answers.
howmusAh, Jeffrey? Little behind on the news today? The record was made yesterday... October 14, 2012.
You went on a date? Isn't that kind of off limits for you? J/K!! J/K!!!
Good Evening...
Felix Baumgartner has achieved some notice for some other things as well...they call him an 'extreme athlete'...and I for one applaud his abilities...then again, you're talking to a guy who went on a mountain bike excursion,,,in the dark, mind...and went over a 75 meter cliff....and still survived....
I've been cogitating my layout...yep...again....the problem appears to be in the peninsula/blob area...I need to get something to split the blob such that it will allow me to continue the run around it to terminate...properly at Williston....so I be stuck for now....ecgh....
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/
Evening all!
1st day back and I must say,,the feets feel fine!. Still,,whats all this shoe talk?? Did everybody look down all at once??
Other than that,,it was just another manic Monday on the work front> Mondays are extra long for us (7 to 7)
kinda precludes any train time by the time you get home, eat and unwind, but oh well, there's always tomorrow!!!
Curt, glad to hear your buddy is improving, gotta trot, MOH is calling!
Cya!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evening All,
Back from supper with Mom and Dad. We ended up doing pizza.
Just finished watching Trains and Locomotives on the American 4-4-0. I found it very interesting.
I will try to post early tomorrow but if not, talk to you on Friday.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
jeffrey-wimberly Dennis: Now I know the guy you were talking about. Felix Baumgartner. He did that in 2010 didn't he? That was part of Red Bull's Stratus mission. Don't you just love these crazy people?
Dennis: Now I know the guy you were talking about. Felix Baumgartner. He did that in 2010 didn't he? That was part of Red Bull's Stratus mission. Don't you just love these crazy people?
Ah, Jeffrey? Little behind on the news today? The record was made yesterday... October 14, 2012.
http://www.weather.com/news/supersonic-skydiver-20120926
TA462 Burlington Northern #24 it's all going to the name not the quality much like many things these days. Yes and no. My wife is into distance running and when your into that then shoes do make a difference. Walmart specials aren't going to cut it. For the average Joe like myself, not so much.
Burlington Northern #24 it's all going to the name not the quality much like many things these days.
it's all going to the name not the quality much like many things these days.
Yes and no. My wife is into distance running and when your into that then shoes do make a difference. Walmart specials aren't going to cut it. For the average Joe like myself, not so much.
TA462Like I said, my wife runs. Probably over 50 MILES a week. A pair of shoes for her might last 3 months.
I agree with Dave, jell insoles are great. I always use them in my work boots.
Well the place I had a interview today called a few hours later and said they really want me for the job and am looking forward to me starting. I have a good knowledge of industrial floor sweepers so I hope I can bring some help to them that way. The supervisor I met seems like a great guy.
Is it the place I really want to get into? No, but its a job and I will give 100% at it. But I still am holding out for that other job which is full time and benefits.
I start Wednesday and will be on days for two days of orientation and then move to afternoons on Friday. Thanks for the kind words I have got from you guys
jeffrey-wimberly rdgk1se3019 I guess no one saw the guy that fell from space........guess my last post was deleted. You're talking about project Manhigh. The man was Captain Joseph W. Kittinger II. He jumped from a balloon at 96,784 feet on June 2nd, 1957 and became the ONLY man to break the sound barrier without an aircraft of any sort. And yes, your previous post was deleted. We have some young readers here.
rdgk1se3019 I guess no one saw the guy that fell from space........guess my last post was deleted.
I guess no one saw the guy that fell from space........guess my last post was deleted.
And yes, your previous post was deleted. We have some young readers here.
There weas another man who jumped from space's edge today, it was on the news.
Thank you for keeping our site family worthy!
-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.
My feet are cold already. so SHOES? I USED to spend a lot on expensive shoes, THINKING they were "better for my feet", but I found the $30 version to work just as well.
Now I don't walk nearly as much as I used to when I was working, but Even then -always worked 2 jobs- one pair would last me about 3 years.
I have bought a few pairs of the Wally World specials for $12.95, but found the Dr. Scholls $30 a pr at Wally World are OK.
Now I need to break out my fuzzy over-socks to keep my feet warm for the chilly nights we are having. It ain't even winter and already I am using the heating pad on my feet to warm them up. My Mother {may she rest in peace} always claimed to have cold feet and used a hot water bottle or heating pad too.
I know the circulation isn't so great down there according to the DR. {I am borderline diabetic so I have many of the same effects}. Apparently loosing circulation si one of the effects. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks with pneumonia some 3 years back and a lady was in there bedridden with feet that were black {literally} form mid-shin down that had them out on the bed I'd see as I did my walking up and down the hall.I can see that happening later if my circulation doesn't improve.
Well It is the chilly nights requiring a furnace boost and hte afternoons heat requiring A/c that bother me. Seems counterintuitive to use both. But it will only cool down as time goes by...
Ok..........so send me a private message and tell me what was wrong with the post that was deleted.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Medicaid pays for them. There's no way I'd be able to afford them. A pairs generally lasts about three years.
TA462I'm in work boots probably 12 hours a day at work
That is exactly why I refuse to buy running shoes!!!!!!!!!!! Last pair of Nike's I bought were $145 and that has to be twenty years ago at Sports Check. Used them in the shop because of the concrete but now I just buy Dr Scroll's Jell insoles for a pair of jump boots I have left over from the Fire Service years and they work way better.
Any "Running Shoes" I buy now would be "Slow Walkers" anyway and I'd get them from Pay Less for $30 bucks.
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
TA462I think the last pair I ever bought were 20 dollars.
Afternoon All,
Lazy kind of day. Went to Chiro this morning then made a appointment on next Monday for a MRI. My Doc wants to check my bone density as some of my hormones are a little out of whack. Got home and vacuumed the house and hooked up the new power distribution buss and power supply under the layout so when the yard lights come in they are ready for hookup. I go back to w**k tomorrow. My regular partner is on a cruise and one of the people I am working with I really do not like but luckily it is on my 8 hour day instead of a 16 hour one.
Great news about my friend. He has been taken off the vent, is able to sit up and has started to eat solid food. Thank you all for your prayers.
I'm taking my Mom and Dad out to dinner tonight and MOH has a quilting class so I will try to check in later.
Hope everyone has a great day and prayers for those in need.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special this morning... Over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of the sour dough bread toast. please and thank you Ma'am!
I see some new faces around the place... Welcome to all!
Currently 61°F here in the Finger Lakes Region, with a high of 63° later this afternoon. Wouldn't be a bad day except there are a lot of clouds in the sky. The sun does peek through from time to time.
I will be up to my armpits in alligators most of the day trying to get a bunch of things done and gather some info as to why a Doctors visit a year ago (right after I got Medicare) was refused... It may be because the original card was under my late wife's SS# and I got a new card right about that time? I will be calling the very big Doctors Consortium to see what the business office can enlighten me with. I expect to be told, "I dunno..." I also found out the Code Officer can't come over and inspect the installation until he gets the remaining paperwork form the installer. Something I can get done is the house cleaning! I sure does need it!
Later!