Good. I hope this is one you can be happy with.
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jeffrey-wimberly Those of you who have noticed that your avatar has vanished or your post count has gone back to zero and started over please report it to the admins.
Those of you who have noticed that your avatar has vanished or your post count has gone back to zero and started over please report it to the admins.
Jeff - mine´s gone, too!
Hi Folks,
been a somewhat lazy day with no plans what to do. Started to clear the shelf to make Petra happy and ran a few trains. Now it´s time to call it a day!
CU tomorrow!
TA462I think the status thing was more for her, not the kid
Sir MadogJeff - mine´s gone, too!
TA462Just noticed yours is gone too. You didn't push a wrong button did you? LOL
Been reading about your woes on gas prices Stateside...
We've just hit a 4 year high of the equivalent of $6.05 a Gallon. But then our minimum hourly rate for work is $16 per hour compared to what roughly $5 an hour on average in the states? I earn $22 per hour.
What I don't get is four years ago Oil was $150 per barrel and we were paying $1.60 (Australian $) now Oil is $92 a barrel and we are paying $1.57!!! What a rort. Fuel retailers here are making about 20c per litre profit. 5 years ago they were making 2c a litre profit. Australians SHOULD only be paying around $1.10 per litre but we are paying 47c more per litre.
/end rant.
Edit: I see we are talking about animals... We have two cats and two dogs at home. A Siamese named Elvis who is 11, a long haired mix breed called Jazz (6yrs) a Labrador who is 3 named Abbey and a Kelpie x Labrador who is 4 named Lucy. They all have musical themes. Elvis is obvious and so is Jazz. Can you figure out the two dogs names origins?
I'll post a photo of them later!
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
and....
I was wondering how Jeffrey was gonna make out. Sounds like a threat from grandpa helped.
I don't look forward to replacing the H2O heater as a new to-code one for mobile homes is around $3k. Maybe we can sneak in another household one like we have , but we really need a plumber to do it as I am not that handy at making pipes connect to nat gas that well...I know some of you may do it all the time, but not me. I could have saved about $2K if I could have installed the new nat gas furnace myself, but I don't want to asphyxiate us.
MOH has had a cold for about 2 weeks now..And I am getting it now. A frog in my throat is being "productive". So as MOH looses cold I get it, then I give it back to MOH a vicious circle. MOH went to bed early and didn't want anything to eat..lately the 2 weeks I have been cooking whatever MOH wants in an effort to get MOH to eat anything.
Well, I think I go to bed early too, we had a very early day...Up at 1 am boht of us all night.
-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.
galaxyI don't look forward to replacing the H2O heater as a new to-code one for mobile homes is around $3k. Maybe we can sneak in another household one like we have
TMarshShoes. When we go someplace and need to get dressed up, I pull on my good boots and ready I am. Then for some reason, Brenda comes up with a pair of shoes in her hand. One shoe in each hand. Lifts them up for me to see then asks “which one?” I say “I’d wear both. That’s how it’s usually done” She says “no, which one looks better with what I’m wearing” I look at the shoes, then her outfit. Then back at the shoes. Then I say…”they both look the same” She drops her arms, turns and returns to the closet mumbling “you’re no help” and something I have yet to understand. This went on for as long as we’ve been together up until maybe a year…nope. Forgot. She still does it. Same thing happened a couple months ago for a funeral. Don’t understand why either. She will tell people I don’t match things. I have blue jeans as pants because they go with anything. I have black dress up boots because…they go with anything. Yet she continues to get miffed when she asks me to do what she readily admits I won’t do.
Todd,, thats been happening here too!! Must be a universal woman thing Weird
Lee, I see you have the similar issues!
Ray, Barry, Jim, nice kittehs,
Ken and the rest of you dog owners, don't fret, we love doggies too. We just prefer the low maintenance cats for day trippin on the weekends , or those nights if we both work late, nobody has to fly home to care for the dog.
Oh, and that OTHER subject we were talking about, you know , trains??
I got started win 1964 with a Lionel HO set, with a rubber band drive FA. Still have it, got a running mate for it, and refitted the shells with Walthers FA chassis and DCC. I can still run the trains of my childhood, with greater control that ever, and no more rubber bands!!
Well, thats about it for tonight, Midnight needs a brushing and they are both sniffing around the end table that hold the catnip.
Take care,
Karl
NCE über alles!
social problems test on friday, yikes!
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
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Work Front is over for the next 3 days! I hope? Depending on how hard Brad work's at getting fired! I was sweating bullets wondering if he was going to show up today so I could get off at 6:00 PM. I made a fair paycheck for this week and the best week in sales. Have around $12,000.00 in sales and made a $260.00 in commission. Galaxy, is 2.16% commission percent to much?
Woman and there shoes. Woman must dress for other woman and not men! If they are dressing for men surely by now they know very few men care about what they have on there feet!
Jungle Pam could have clown shoes on, and I would never notices!
Now the Funny Car behind her, I noticed!
See you all Thursday!
Ken
I hate Rust
Mostly cloudy here. Weather guesser says there's a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. No sign of the nephew as yet. I wonder how fast he can find another place to stay rent free? My father doesn't play games and he doesn't make idle threats either. Looks like I may be working on repairing that pipe myself tomorrow no matter how much it hurts. Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow maybe.
Good Evening All,
Shoes. I have two pairs of sneakers I wear at the track and work replacing as needed, I have two pair of work boots. One steel toed for the museum yard where they are required, and one normal pcair which I had on when my foot was smushed and saved the toes by allowing them to flatten instead of cutting them off.
I wear the regular boots during cold weather as walking in snow in sneakers is nuts, no? The CFO has two pair of sneakers (dress and work) Her officiating sneakers and a pair of actual shoes. Wears them once or twice a year. So much for stereotypes.
Pets. Two dogs now but we had a cat until the house fire. She survived in the basement where she hung out so she chuld sneak into the layout and lay waste to it or at least lay waste in it. Two days after the fire I was cleaning and a bolt of lightning shot by me on her way out of the basement, She took up with the neighbors where she resided until last year when she was hit by a car. The two dogs? One is a pound mutt retreiver/shepard mix and the neatest dog we've ever had, That would be Rupert, about 12 this year. The other is a rescue toy rat terrier about 4 now and a yip yap. She's insanely possesive of us and a hoot to have around. That would be Rattie, proper name Amelia.
Here, Habitat for Humanitys' store is called Restore for recycle store - clever, eh? They are in our last shop building and we brought all the leftovers from the remodel on our new shop to them. We also had a couple of boxes of the special flourescent bulbs we used there that we donated.
Still working on drops for the buss. I solder them to the already soldered rail joiners on at least 3 foot centers (more next to turnouts - right Lee?) Drill an 1/8" hole and feed the wire through to beneath the layout.
When 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.
Time to get some sleep. See y'all tomorrow. J.R.
jeffrey-wimberly Sir MadogJeff - mine´s gone, too!I've already listed you and some others in the reports section.
WHAT! I have more posts than Jeff!!!
Samuel A. Kelly
I can draw pictures with my keyboard!
-------- ( It's a worm)
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!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
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.
I snapped a pic of this loco today (no this isn't my photo I gotta upload it to Facebook)
good night all.
Gary
Good Morning!!!
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/
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Thursday, October 18, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
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.
Well I'm about to head out to the second day at this place. See you fellas this afternoon.
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.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
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.
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!
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.
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 !
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.
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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.
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.