galaxyDid I miss something, Are your parents giving up their beloved house, or is it another house you are talking about?
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galaxyYou know we got a huge new deal without cable company and there are some 250-300 channels..and nothing we either: want to watch, haven't seen before, is a new theme on a subject we have already knowledge of, or anything to entertain us! Remeinds me of the old song "...57 channels and nothing on.."
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
TA462 I worked all weekend which kind of sucked but it was easy OT. Got the Trans Am stored for the winter yesterday, that kind of sucked too. Put the winter tires on the Cobalt, my little commuter car for going back and forth to work. Cleaned out the garage at the house so the wife can fit her Jeep in it, she is going to store it as well. Changed the oil in my truck, the wifes new daily driver and listed my S10 and her Alero on Kijjiji for sale. I don't need them anymore. Busy weekend. I found a 72 VW Super Beetle in incredible condition that I might buy. I've owned a Beetle years ago and had a lot of fun with it. Being a muscle car guy it is a drastic change, lol. A guy contacted me about restoring a 69 Camaro Pace car but hur pain. I pute wants it done in a year. I could probably do it if I worked on it for 8 hours a day, 7 days a week but that isn't going to happen. Told him I could do it in two and for him to think about it. Also recommended a couple other places he might try. People honestly don't know how much work and time it takes to actually restore a car, properly. I'm on afternoons this week so its going to be good to sleep in for the next two weeks.
I worked all weekend which kind of sucked but it was easy OT. Got the Trans Am stored for the winter yesterday, that kind of sucked too. Put the winter tires on the Cobalt, my little commuter car for going back and forth to work. Cleaned out the garage at the house so the wife can fit her Jeep in it, she is going to store it as well. Changed the oil in my truck, the wifes new daily driver and listed my S10 and her Alero on Kijjiji for sale. I don't need them anymore. Busy weekend.
I found a 72 VW Super Beetle in incredible condition that I might buy. I've owned a Beetle years ago and had a lot of fun with it. Being a muscle car guy it is a drastic change, lol. A guy contacted me about restoring a 69 Camaro Pace car but hur pain. I pute wants it done in a year. I could probably do it if I worked on it for 8 hours a day, 7 days a week but that isn't going to happen. Told him I could do it in two and for him to think about it. Also recommended a couple other places he might try. People honestly don't know how much work and time it takes to actually restore a car, properly. I'm on afternoons this week so its going to be good to sleep in for the next two weeks.
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Ken, did you here about way back in 1972 the famous Classical Saxophone player Sigurd Raschér was going to perform on live TV (PBS) a concert with the Philadelphia String Quartet? Everything was set to go, the concert had been well publicized and it was estimated that 7 million people would be tuning in for the "one of a kind" concert. Unfortunately, a group of concerned parents petitioned the TV station against the broadcast and the concert was cancelled just a few days before it was to air.... Yep! They said there was already too much (are you ready?) Sax and Violins on TV!
(Gulps rest of coffee quickly and heads out the door!)
Later!
Thunk, Hey Ray, was that a C thunk? Or a C Minor?
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer Pleases.
cudaken Well, it is my own fault. I said I wanted to work some day shifts.
A case of be careful what you wish for?
Boy you got that right Jeffery! Seems I was drafted today! Seems I have to work at St Charles the rest of the week and I have to be there at 6:45 AM Tuesday! That means I have to be up and moving around 5:15 AM, it is only a hour drive? Will be there the rest of the week with no set hours. I do plan on milking the overtime!
Ken, Life-Like/PK 1000’s had an issue for 2 years where the wheels were defective on their locomotives and rolling stock. Somehow the wheels were cracking and causing the wheels to go out of gauge and squeal or constantly derail. When LL was bought out by Walther’s they stopped replacing the 1000’s wheel issues. One of the members of my train club bought a bunch of PK 1000’s and has been slowly changing all the wheels out with Intermountain replacement wheels. It’s sometimes hard to see the cracks but if you spray them with developer you can see them.
Lee, great tip! Mine has a huge chunk missing from a rear wheel on the outside edge! Never equated that to causing the random squeaking Any idea on a part number?
Now my P2K SD7, not likely i'll let that one go. It's been custom painted and detailed for BN. What's wrong with your SD7? I've had my SD7 and 2 SD9s apart a few times so I know what makes them tick. I'd like to find other P2K SD7/9s (or BLIs or RPP shells and chassis) to build up a few more for BN. If you decide to off-load that SD7, I could work it in a trade.
Vince Well at this point I don't really have a clue.Well I sort of do? First time around I thought the old motor died to being driven hard and but up wet so to speak. Was drawing way to many amps and BBQ 2 decoders. Happened to have a fresh PK 2 SD 7 motor (well it was used) and tested the motor and amp pull was fine. Installed the motor and amp pull shoot threw the roof! Thinking it was the gearing in the engine, pulled the drive shafts and tested again! Amps where still way to high? Forget the specks off hand, but not decoder friendly! So now it sits on the mountain (whee on my junk goes) waiting for a answer to what the real problem was.
Paul. Thanks for the answer and Barbara will be in my that she is doing better. I use to have a Barb but things did not work out for us. Yes, we where Barbie and Ken! Sure got some snickers when we had our Christmas Stockings made.
See you all later, 5:15 is going to becoming sooner that I am ready!
Ken
I hate Rust
Hi Gang
Draggin my butt here today, Cloe,,milk & Pepsi please,,,helps me sleep. I was scheduled for a short day today, but my co-worker called in sick, so I was there from 7 am til 7 pm. Thank goodness I brought my lunch,,,took me 3 hours to eat it all. Between the calls coming in,,the customers and the techs, I barely got a minutes peace all day.
I had plans to get off early today, paint the BL2 shell, then work out.....that aint happening!
So I stuck my head in here for a bit.
Ray,,,Sax & Violins?? Really??
Galaxy.....I remember 57 channels and nothin on, Springsteens Tunnel of Love album IIRC
Healthy wishes to all who are under the weather.
The sandman is calling me
Hasta la vista babies!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Evening...
Speaking of dragging one's butt around....we had some fun with the computer here tonight...takes about 4 go arounds before the browser actually kicked in and started working....yyeeech...
Anyways..we are having those ol' t'underin'boomers tonight..with a little tinkle of rain every so often...
I'se going off to check the forums for a bit....before heading off to sleep....
Nite nite....
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/
Time for me to call it a night. I'm sore, stiff and ready for a good nights sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Well time for my once-weekly post. Got a new (to me) ATV, was a aunts, 8 years old and only had 659 miles/ 174.8 hours... Lot of medical problems, father has neck surgery on wed. , grandfather got run over by a cow yesterday, was stupidly trying to load them by himself, was pretty banged up, had to have 5 stitches on his neck, while being examined found a mis-alignment in his vertebrae, awaiting word on that though.
Samuel A. Kelly
I can draw pictures with my keyboard!
-------- ( It's a worm)
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Tuesday, October 23, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning
We are getting those ol' t'underin'boomers this morning...bleedin' things kept me awake and made for an interesting time basically...
Today I will be attempting some sleep a little later, of course, after i settle my blood sugar issues...then I willbe getting to the Oncologists to see about what was found, if anything...
then maybe some train running will be accomplished...
have a good one!!!
Toto...follow the yellow Brick Road to:
Morning coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Quid Pro Quo is often heard, SO:
Meaning: Something given in return for a item of equivalent value - like tit for tat.
Origin:
A Latin term meaning 'something for something' or 'this for that'. The idea is more commonly expressed in English as 'one good turn deserves another'. This has been in the language since at least 1654, as here in H. L'Estrange's The Reign of King Charles:
"One good turn deserves another."
'Quid pro quo' is in use in colloquial English but is also a legal concept in the area of trade or exchange of goods or services. A contract is said to be binding if it is quid pro quo, i.e. if it involves an exchange of goods or services for something of comparable value, usually money.
It is often used to describe corrupt practise, where favours (notably political or sexual favours) are illicitly given in exchange for cash. I.e. 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'.
The 'turn' link with 'quid pro quo' was played on by the scriptwriters of the 1991 thriller movie 'The Silence of the Lambs', starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins as Clarice Starling and Dr. Hannibal Lecter:
Hannibal Lecter: Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center. Sounds charming. Clarice Starling: That's only part of the island. There's a very, very nice beach. Terns nest there. There's beautiful... Hannibal Lecter: Terns? If I help you, Clarice, it will be "turns" for us too. I tell you things, you tell me things. Not about this case, though. About yourself. Quid pro quo. Yes or no?
-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.
Just joining for a moment. The respiratory problems continue and I have a doctor´s appointment this afternoon. I am not really keen to go there, as I think I might end up in hospital again. So this is where I will be, should you not hear from me for a while.
Blessings!
Bonjour y'all ! I'll have a coffee,no sugar and my furry co-pilot Lara would appreciate a nice cold bowl of water.Thanks!
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 !
Sir Madog Just joining for a moment. The respiratory problems continue and I have a doctor´s appointment this afternoon. I am not really keen to go there, as I think I might end up in hospital again. So this is where I will be, should you not hear from me for a while. Blessings!
Ulrich- I know all to well about breathing problems. I have 3 machines {nebulizer, O2 generator and CPAP} to help and 3 inhalers {1 emergency, 2 steroidal} to help me breathe. On days like today when the air will be heavy with moisture {expecting 70% chance of and the exhaust fumes of cars/trucks will permeate the air {it gets trapped in by the clouds and rain} will cause breathing to be severely hampered.
I see in some other threads people complain about those of who complain about infirmities or life's little foibles here in the diner, but it totally mystifies me as to WHY they read this thread if they don't like it. complain all you like Ulrich, as some of us can commiserate with you. They can complain too, if they like, or perhaps they have yet to experience aches and pains.
Rain is coming down now and expected to get nasty as the day wears on. My knee told me yesterday rain was coming. Hope we don't loose power!
The prayer candle will not be lit until afternoon as we will be gone all AM to the health care seminar. BUT, there are still special thoughts for those in need like you Ulrich,a nd the others in the diner who need them..
Good morning. It's 63° with 100% humidity. It'll be partly cloudy with a high of 85°.Hopefully today I can get a chance to clean up to clean up the layout a bit and put my kitchen back together a little. I'd like to at least put a front on the cabinet even if it's just luan board. I had planned on working on the layout yesterday and ended up getting Shanghaied into working on things I really didn't want to work on.
Good Morning all,
64F, Hi today 70F, Low 59F
We had a killing frost last week so with the temps in the 70s it’s officially Indian summer here (the period when First Nations/Native American peoples harvested their crops)
Ken, I can ask, what are you putting it in? Normally the wheels have hairline cracks on the backsides of the wheels or they separate in the middle.
Vince, any idea what would cause a short on a fairly new PK1 E7A?
Jeff, I enjoyed my DISH TV but the equipment broke and when I called there was a long silence on the line when the customer service guy said the equipment was mine and it was up to me to fix it, even though I was renting the box. I explained that I wasn’t going to pay for something I wasn’t receiving. Still silence, I felt he didn’t care if I was able to watch TV or not as long as I mailed in my monthly payment. When I took my equipment to the UPS drop off facility there was 40 Dish TV return boxes already on the conveyer belt. I switched to U-Verse; unlimited home phone long distance, 15 Mbs internet down 1.5 Mbs up, and it was 2 dollars cheaper a month.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
LSWrrI switched to U-Verse; unlimited home phone long distance, 15 Mbs internet down 1.5 Mbs up, and it was 2 dollars cheaper a month.
JohnReid Bonjour y'all ! I'll have a coffee,no sugar and my furry co-pilot Lara would appreciate a nice cold bowl of water.Thanks!
Well, as for this one, I've deposited a comment on that other thread..let us see what some make of it....
Good Morning!!!
If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him…., is he still wrong?
The weather is there. Or here. There is no sun, but yet there is. It’s wet but not raining. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t
Looks like bleach it will be. Usually a good rinsing or if that doesn’t work, cleaner, does the trick. Not this time.
Paul- Glad the wife’s better.
Jeffrey- I’m wanting to say glad your Mother is home, but you have yet to say if she should be home. Maybe it’s too soon to tell?
Heard my wife talking in the bedroom last night before going to sleep. She said, “Dear Lord, I pray for the wisdom to understand my husband, the love to forgive him and the patience for his actions. Because, Lord, if I pray for strength…, I’ll just beat him to death.”
Gotta Go!!!!
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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 All,
I go back to w**k in a little bit so I will talk to you again on Friday.
Sakel- Hope your family is OK.
Barry- Best wishes at the Doc.
Ulrich- Saying prayers for you.
John- Lara is a nice looking dog.
Lee- I may check out U-Verse. I have Dish now.
Hope everyone has a good week and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
good morning everybody, I hope those who have fallen ill will recover quickly and back into "mainline service" again.
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
Good morning, all. Ham and cheese omelet, toast and coffee sound real good right about now. Rain and 65 degrees here, supposed to hit 83 this afternoon....in October? Cardinals finished the season last night by rolling over and playing dead.
Good day at work yesterday. Made the weekly run to DeSoto, MO, to do FCC tests on our sister radio station located there and, on my return, got to record a "one-liner" for use in a promotion spot on the air. Radio is fun!
However, that job is only part-time, so it's back to job hunting today. Got a nibble on something on Sunday that I have to pursue today. There's a house project brewing that will need some attention and some synthesizer programming to do for next Sunday in the worship band.
I'd better go be productive. Carry on.
Bill
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"
Jeff, it’s not bad, internet is nice and fast, the TV box came with a free DVR that will record 4 TV shows at once and you can still watch TV. I’m not a big TV person but there are a few shows I like to watch and I can record them and watch them when I get around to it. I have to police Dorothy; she has filled a DVR before. She saves everything, even shows she has watched and doesn’t plan to watch again. If it wasn’t for me the house would look like an episode from hoarders and the DVR would be filled…. Curt, I had combined billing for IPhone, basic home phone without long distance, Internet DSL 1.5Mbs up, and Dish Everything package (2-TVs). When I switched to: IPhone, Home Phone with unlimited Long distance, Internet Fiber Optic, and U-Verse everything (3-TVs) I saved $2/month. The IPhone service didn’t change, but the Internet went from pretty good to my emails having little burn marks on the edges because it uploaded so fast, and my TV’s have wireless boxes on them instead of a RF remote and an IR remote. If your employer has a AT$T account AT&T will give you a discount on your bill and you get another discount for bundling at least 3 services together and if you go paperless you get a green discount.. Jeff, I feel your pain, when I moved in here you could get Adelphia cable or put an antenna on your house. Service was so bad and so expensive I pulled the plug and used rabbit ears and DVD’s for 3 years. We listened to the radio a lot….
AHHH, what a sweet doggy John !!!!
Mornin'.......
Zoe, need a big mug of coffee to start with... I'll be looking over the specials to see what else you might bring me while you do that. Thanks.
"It's another rainy day, just a rainy, rainy day....." Dark, gray, gloomy, cold, and wet around the Finger Lakes today. And, I have another stye forming on my left eyelid.... Yuck! One of the cats got sick on the rug last night. Just love cleaning up hairballs... So far, not a great day here in the Finger Lakes.
Bill, I see you are yet another musician in here. My joke yesterday about Sigurd Raschér was around way back when I was a Student and a friend of his daughter Carina Raschér, also a great Saxophonist. She was teaching at Eastman during my Freshman year and I had met her at a summer music camp. She was also a fine guitarist and was the first person whom I sang with using the guitar for accompaniment... I took up classical guitar soon after graduating and used it for classroom singing during my entire career. So... What keyboard(s) are you using?
John, beautiful dog you have there!
Ken, how do you get a trumpet player to play fff? Mark his music mp.
Prayer go out to Ulrich, Galaxy, and Barry for the moment...
Best get doing some of the many items needing to get done around here.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning all, sorry so many you are under the weather. Me, well aside from a hip that isn't working real well and diddo for a shoulder, things are good.
Part of the aches & pains are due to the following:
howmus Bill, I see you are yet another musician in here. My joke yesterday about Sigurd Raschér was around way back when I was a Student and a friend of his daughter Carina Raschér, also a great Saxophonist. She was teaching at Eastman during my Freshman year and I had met her at a summer music camp. She was also a fine guitarist and was the first person whom I sang with using the guitar for accompaniment... I took up classic guitar soon after graduating and used for classroom singing during my entire career. So... What keyboard(s) are you using?
Bill, I see you are yet another musician in here. My joke yesterday about Sigurd Raschér was around way back when I was a Student and a friend of his daughter Carina Raschér, also a great Saxophonist. She was teaching at Eastman during my Freshman year and I had met her at a summer music camp. She was also a fine guitarist and was the first person whom I sang with using the guitar for accompaniment... I took up classic guitar soon after graduating and used for classroom singing during my entire career. So... What keyboard(s) are you using?
Thanks for your interesting reply. My main 'board is an elderly Ensoniq SD1 synth workstation. I use it primarily for organs (B-3 and cathedral), strings, cello and neutral analog pads. I also have an Alesis Ion virtual analog synth that comes to church with me sometimes. The home studio also includes Roland JV1080 and E-Mu Vintage Keys rack-mount MIDI modules.
Where in the Finger Lakes are you? I grew up in New Jersey and had relatives in Penn Yan. I haven't been there for over 30 years and I miss that part of the world very much.
Hi Bill,
I live about 20 minutes North of Penn Yan (You might be from Upstate4 NY if you measure distance by time...) in Geneva.
I used to have mostly Yamaha and Roland keyboards. They would be considered stone age now although I still have my old Roland keyboard controller that hooks to a rack mount synth via MIDI. I really need to get out the axe and get some stuff back in my fingers...
Spent a small fortune on it (Cordoba) and so far it has mostly just sat in the case... Somehow being deaf has its drawbacks.
howmusI live about 20 minutes North of Penn Yan (You might be from Upstate4 NY if you measure distance by time...) in Geneva. I used to have mostly Yamaha and Roland keyboards. They would be considered stone age now although I still have my old Roland keyboard controller that hooks to a rack mount synth via MIDI. I really need to get out the axe and get some stuff back in my fingers...
I've been to Geneva a few times....both NY and Switzerland (if the airport counts).
Very nice guitar. Stone age is good. Most of my gear (with the exception of the Ion) is early to mid-1990's vintage. Built like tanks and sound just fine in a live situation.
Jeff, it’s not bad, internet is nice and fast, the TV box came with a free DVR that will record 4 TV shows at once and you can still watch TV. I’m not a big TV person but there are a few shows I like to watch and I can record them and watch them when I get around to it. I have to police Dorothy; she has filled a DVR before. She saves everything, even shows she has watched and doesn’t plan to watch again. If it wasn’t for me the house would look like an episode from hoarders and the DVR would be filled….
Curt, I had combined billing for IPhone, basic home phone without long distance, Internet DSL 1.5Mbs up, and Dish Everything package (2-TVs). When I switched to: IPhone, Home Phone with unlimited Long distance, Internet Fiber Optic, and U-Verse everything (3-TVs) I saved $2/month. The IPhone service didn’t change, but the Internet went from pretty good to my emails having little burn marks on the edges because it uploaded so fast, and my TV’s have wireless boxes on them instead of a RF remote and an IR remote.
If your employer has a AT$T account AT&T will give you a discount on your bill and you get another discount for bundling at least 3 services together and if you go paperless you get a green discount..
Jeff, I feel your pain, when I moved in here you could get Adelphia cable or put an antenna on your house. Service was so bad and so expensive I pulled the plug and used rabbit ears and DVD’s for 3 years. In Texas we shut off cable and watched VHS tapes and used rabbit ears. We listened to the radio a lot.
aced it, 20/20 100%!