Its working in a manufacturing plant. Looks like I have a hat trick of jobs I dont like,lol.
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 quit drinking beer because the download was taking longer than the upload !
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.
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.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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
TMarshNow scoot, I’m trying to rest up in case I need the energy for something later.” Dumb dog.
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!
GO Tigers!
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.
-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.
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!
galaxyJeffrey..did you get your water heater in, or did I miss it saying you did?
Hey Fellas,
I have to grab some lunch before I go to the new job. I am not looking forward to this at all. I used to get panic and anxiety attacks when I was younger and am really feeling like I am having one when I think about this place. Its getting worse as I countdown the hours.
I hope I don't get one as there not all that much fun to go through, If anybody here has ever had them they know what its like. The feeling you get is like nothing else matters as long as you can remove yourself from that situation. It makes concentrating very difficult as you feel the whole world is watching you, even though you know there not. Just a unpleasant uneasiness is the best way to put it.
I will try to battle through it.
Well Im off guys.
Might not come back on tonight after I get home ( 11pm ) I might be too tuckered out. I will try to cath up in the morning. Have a good night and wish me luck
Good afternoon guys!
It's been a tough week here for me and my family, You guys might remember me telling of my dads passing in August, well, my mom had a mild heart attack late last Saturday night. Fortunately, she's going to be ok, they found a 90% blockage in one artery, and they put a stent in. She feels great, but she'll have to stay with my sister possibly for good because our family home is two floored and all of the facilities are upstairs, whereas my sisters house is a single level. It's just too much for her to try to manage the stairs.
Jeremy, good luck with the new job! I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore!
I finally got the 2013 Salamanca Rail Museum calandar layout to the printers after a long delay. I have plenty of great images to use, but I fell behind in all projects, so this one ended up last on the list. Here is a photo I considered, but didn't use:
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Everyone have a great weekend!
-Stan
"> Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
I will have some soup again. With me with a tummy bug and MOH not eating much and resting, I see no need to cook more than the soup. Light on the sodium.
Wish I could say I feel better, but not so much.
Our friend is staying with his friend's dog while his friend goes in for "man" cancer surgery. We wish them well and they are on the prayer list. Haven't heard how his friend survived the surgery yet. SO I burned an extra candle.
While I am among them, Special thoughts and prayers for those who ailing and such!
Yep, RAY, I was a "positive" child who "came in under budget" and cost less than expected! wish my ledger had more positiveness to it now.
Oh, ULRICH...we could probably get you a job at the grocery store where MOH works! Or there is a nearby call center, where if your spoken English is good enough, they will pay you full time wages to call debtors who owe creditors! So, Yes, we DO have a job for you! Won't pay much, but its a start! Does Petra know English well? She could work too.
With the expensive furnace repair and the new computer paid we are broke til my check comes Wednesday! Easy come easy go, TG I had some saved or we'd be in a pickle...now if we can just clear other past debts so I {we} can be on the plus side again!!!
Did I Miss How Jeffrey Made out with his H2O heater??? Some nephew...won't even help when threatened. My Brother is that way, sorta, only my Bro will do something for someone else IF he gets something out of it,...and CASH is NOT necessarily a motivator for him! Now the shoe is on the other foot..he relies on me to do things to help him out greatly,...fortunately {or unfortunately} I Didn't quite get the lesson on "turn about is fair play" as I always play fair....I am a Libra- strive for perfect balance always!
MOH is up to something over the weekend I am not invited to..always suspicious that....
Well, I should get on to the soup as I actually have an appetite, hope that is a good sign.
HAve GREAT evening, Maybe I check in later...
Duke !
Good to see you. What's new? .....
JimRCGMO 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...
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...
Well done! When we named Elvis years ago we decided that subsequent pets would be named keeping with the musical theme. Lucy and Abbey say woof woof.
(As I type this Elvis is sitting next to me meowing non - stop. Probably hungry, even though he was fed this morning. )
Nothing much planned this weekend apart from cricket. I'm hoping I can pick up at least a dozen lengths of flex and a few points in the next fortnight so I can get started on the layout.
Cheers,
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Evening Dinners!
Flo, you know what I want! Thank you dear for the beer!
OK Ray, I cannot spell! That is a given. No wonder my toe swelled up again with a cellist standing on it!
B&O Would you happen to have any shoots from the Washington Ind B&O yard? My Grandfathers house over looked the yard and that is where I saw my first real trains. From what I can remember from being around 6 years old I could see the sanding towers or fueling station for Diesels.Guess it would have been from around 1962 or so. I have goggled earth the area and nothing seems just right, but it has been 50 years? God I feel old right now!
VA Clinic Visit. Went pretty darn good if you ask me. High point for me at 10:00 AM my blood sugar level was only 139. While still high, a far cry from the 230 range I had been getting in the morning! All so I was not very god last night eating a lot of a potato dish and biscuits.
Blood Pressure was a little high. I had been taking 2 med's for blood pressure till I went into the hospital. My BP had dropped to a low of 110 / 59 at one point and they took me off the second pill.Today it was up to 141 / 80 so they are putting me back on the second pill. I have been trying to get them to do it for months!
Jeremy, what do you hate about the new job? Why I dislike mine is because I still feel like the company is cheating people with there mark up, plus I make money from there misfortune, thing wrong with there car. Case in point Wednesday I sold a rear break job on a Chevy HHR. Now he need rear brakes, no lies there! I found shoes for $19.99, rear drums for $22.00 each and hardware kit for $9.00 for both sides so total cost of parts was $68.99. Company charges $119.00 labor for rear brake install. So the company charged (the computer did it) $480.00 for $68.99 in parts, Mechanic made 18% for $86.40, I made $9.75 for a profit of $383.85? Galaxy, like I said, someone is getting rich, but it is not me!
See you all Saturday!
OK, OK, OK My dinner up date!
Tonight I wanted Liver and Onions, and Sue made them. I just told her I wanted some Tart Tots as well, she does not want to make them! Her reasoning was I had Hash Browns last light (I did) and two nights in a row of potatoes dish would be to much starch, OK I will go along with that to a point.
BUT, besides she all ready made me MASHED POTATOES so why should she bother to make the Tater Tot's?
Anyone see a flaw in her logic besides me?
Ken again.
galaxyDid I Miss How Jeffrey Made out with his H2O heater??? Some nephew...won't even help when threatened. My Brother is that way, sorta, only my Bro will do something for someone else IF he gets something out of it,...and CASH is NOT necessarily a motivator for him! Now the shoe is on the other foot..he relies on me to do things to help him out greatly,...fortunately {or unfortunately} I Didn't quite get the lesson on "turn about is fair play" as I always play fair....I am a Libra- strive for perfect balance always!
You haven't missed anything.
In a five and a half hour running battle with Mr Murphy, no enough pipe and a couple of broken pipe fittings two plumbers got the water heater installed. Not to mention they were in very cramped quarters. Those guys earned their pay today! It took about ten minutes for the tank to fill. I held off on turning it on as I wanted to let it sit for a bit and see if their were any slow drips. During this time I went to see if my toilet was working. It was not. There was a very small trickle of water going into the tank. It might have filled in about three hours! I played around with fill valve, heard a pop and it went to working. Just had a piece of trash caught in it. Then a new problem cropped up. The little copper fill pipe that fills the bowl and holds the flush flapper in place broke off at the base. If it isn't one thing it's another. The toilet still works IF I put the flapper in place manually. I got to looking at the filler tube and noticed it's inside diameter. I thought 'You know, if I JB Weld a piece of PVC pipe inside there so a quarter inch of the PVC sticks out and then JB Weld that end into the hole the fill tube broke off of it should work and that work fix the problem of the flapper as well. I showed the tube to my father and all he said was 'Macgiver strikes again'. We then went out to his machine shop and dug around and found a suitable piece of PVC pipe. No JB Weld or any other glue good for metal in a very wet location. So off I went to Lowes to get the glue. Got home and turned the water heater on. It hasn't been turned on long but the water coming from the hot side of the kitchen faucet is warmer then the cold side. We'll see what happens in an hour. As for the toilet repair, I may do that tonight or I may do it tomorrow. I have the little fille hole in the bottom of the tank plugged off with a ball of aluminum foil right now. Other than that the toilet works more or less normally.
Evening All,
Finished supper and now drinking a cup of coffee.
My first train set was a Tyco GP something with freight cars. This was back in the mid 60's.
Ray- Nice looking staging and all the rocks looked the same to me. Good job.
Garry- Nice scene and I really like the looks of the loco.
Ulrich- Nice modeling planning and that critter is great.
John R- That ship is incredible.
Jeremy B- Wish you the best on the new job.
Lee- What type of Navy ships were you on?
Jeff- Hope the water heater is in and you finally have running water.
Galaxy- Hope you are feeling better.
Stan- Prayers for your Mom.
Ken- Glad your BS is better (thats blood sugar)
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Hi, Diners!
44f and partly cloudy after a rainy week.
Still waiting on 2 bulk packs of IM wheelsets I ordered .
Won't have much train time this weekend anyway, it's Service Saturday for church. I'll be hanging Smartlap siding on a shed and the dugouts at Spooner Elem. school. Same thing I've been doing all week! then Sunday after church I'm going to help a buddy with some siding issues at his house I built in 2006. Not my fault, warranty stuff from the manufacturer. Nothing major, just some of my time. I'll get free beer, tho!
Glad you're back in hot water, Jeff!!
Rocks look good, Ray!
A meet in Rice Lake, Wi.
Prayers for those that need'm!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Glad Jeffrey has hot water again...I know what it is like to boil water for a sponge bath instead of a hot shower!
WEll, another job off the Honey DO list..we put up Christmas lights along the ceiling line of a 35' long DARK hallway! They are the new {and more expensive} LEDs that are blue-white. Now we can SEE when going down the hallway!
Had soup for supper and braved a salad...hope it doesn't tear my guts apart, but Iw wanted my salad!
BROKE another TOOTH! have one already waiting on the dentist already!
Sunday we have to put up plastic on the porch if MOH isn't off somewhere.
Well, Spooky ghost night on TV!
Have A GREAT night!
Ken: what I meant was: like you just demonstrated it is several times the actual costs of the job that they charge me for. I can go in for a simple oil change and a tire rotate, and they will FIND something that "MUST be repaired NOW or your vehicle will fall apart on the road and kill you in a massive fireball IF you DON'T get it FIXED RIGHT NOW!!! and, BTW, it will Cost you $1,250.08!!!" PAY UP or we CAN'T let it out of the shop in this condition!! ALL in the name of getting a commission AND upping the profits of the shop!
AND I am usually stranded at home and can not see {and may not know what is bad anyway} what is wrong and have to authorize it on the phone sight unseen. SAVE the old parts never works either IF they have them they could come form anyone's car, or they say they had "to turn them in for core charge return when the new ones delivered".
This is for ABOUT ANY garage i have been too.And it doesn't help that I don't know a doo-hicky from a Nick-knack or a paddy-whack, let alone give the dog a bone when it comes to auto repairs!
Ok. now you have me riled up KEN,....
Whew..
Need to go have a seltzer...probably bad for my tummy but I have waited all day for it..
Good Evening All,
I feel your pain Galaxy and Ken. I have to admit though that the biggest crooks I met at the dealership were crooked customers. Compared to them, Dewey, Cheatum and Howe were beginners. Had a nice lady come in and tell me her dash light had just come on (in Hartford 40 miles away - she drove with no oil to New Haven before finally having the car looked at). Or the guy that missed a shift with his new 911 Porsche and then swore in court that it "just broke" (all 12 rocker arms at once). Or best of all the cute girl who showed up on a wrecker every Monday with something broken on her 396 Chevelle. All repairs under warranty until her boyfreind messed up and forgot to take the mounted slicks out of the trunk before calling the tow truck
Markups are for my cost of ordering or stocking the parts. I charge time and material because I don't want to commit the butchery flat rate people do and don't want to bet the customers that I can finish a job in X amount of time. I'd rather do it right once. OK Vinnie, back off. I'll put the soapbox back and sit down. Did my coffee and apple pie show up yet (and is it too late to have it ala mode)? J.R.