Sure is quiet round these parts since the diner moved to Kansas. What's with that anyhow?
Just so you folks know that I really am working on a layout, here's a picture of it after a summer long hiatus.
...... Darn, now I can't get picture to load from photobucket...
Have a good evening all
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Hi All.....,
I think I will be leaving the railroad soon..........
To many attitudes towards me.........had it out today with a guy because he thinks I am "too slow"..........I know I`m slower than some people .........I have been since I was a kid...............even my dad used to tell people I`m "pokey Joe".............well he`s been dead and gone now for three years...........guess what goes around comes around.
Guess I`ll just go back to welding and fabricating..........I think I did better in that because I tend to be more precise with things................
Oh well........sorry for the rant..........this kind of crap make`s me want to start drinking again.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Hi Fellas,
Nice and warm here today, nights are cool and comfy for sleeping.
I also like Ken have a job interview tomorrow ( 9:30am ). I'm hoping I get the job as it pays decent but it will be working 12 hour night shifts.
I am feeling a little under the weather today so hopefully that passes in time for tomorrows interview. I will stop off sometime tomorrow afternoon and let you guys know how it goes.
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ... Congrats on the Mod assignment. Does this mean the diners must behave themselves?
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
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Flo, pleases and keep them coming!
Day Off Front Sure not the day I hoped for. You know how your body get uses to doing certain things at certain times of day? Well my body is uses to sitting in the throne room at around 9:00 AM. I had to be at a meeting at 9:00 AM (mind you this is my day off) so I could not set in the Throne Room when I should have. I still feel the need, but nothing happens.
Meeting. It would have been interesting if it was not for the fact I want the heck out of here! To had insult to injury 4 of the people I trained have stores. They all thanked me on the side for helping them, yeah your welcome and all that happy stuff. Like that helps me to pay my bills. But I was glad to help them, I think?
Toe Front Well lets just say I liked what I heard at the meeting better than what I was told by a surgeon.Surgeon straight forward asked me when I wanted to have it take it off! Told him when it is Green and Black and fly's are flying around it. I will see my normal surgeon next Thursday and see what she says. If she says it need to come off, more than likely I will let her. Wound is deeper again where it was all most completely healed 3 weeks ago.
Surgeon I saw today said the wound has no chances of healing with all the pressure I put on it from work. I do know he is right. Now that I am working longer days, it has gotten infected again.
While losing a toe does not worry me that much. If I am out of work again for 3 to 6 weeks, I will lose the house!
Plus I have the Job Interview Thursday. Boy that would go over great if they make me a offer. Oh by the way I need a month off after I have my Big Toe Cut Off, and more than likely I will be losing parts as we go!
Going to go read a magazine and see if I get any where.
More information than you folks want to know Ken
I hate Rust
Good Afternoon/Evening
Got all kindsa sun here as well as a good stiff breeze blowing...and, it got up to...TADA!!!...75F!!...tomorrow? Not so nice...
Had the CT scan thing today..hopefully it is all kaput..the cancer that is....
Might get to run some trains today...if'n certain HD list thingees do not show up...
Garry: shuush!! I never ate THAT much....well..maybe a little...
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/
Howdy .....
Brad .... Good to see you in the diner. Looks like you are another chow hound. Watch out for Barry Blownout Cylinder. Instead of eating, he stokes down Barry-sized helpings.
Jeff ... Congrats on the Mod assignment. Does this mean the diners must behave themselves?
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GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Sir MadogWell, I am going to retire to the sofa, watching the idiot box...
Good Evening!
Not my day today! I did not get what I was looking for !
I have been grumpy and grouchy all day long. i guess Petra will be me sending off to bed without supper
Well, I am going to retire to the sofa, watching the idiot box...
CU tomorrow!
Tom, those soap flakes came from North Dakota but I won't hold it against them as anything wet falling from the sky is welcome. We just heard from our friends in Minnesota and the grass fires there yesterday were really bad. Had to evacuate Karlstad so they will be happy with the 'up to 10 inches' of soap they could get today.
Well TV is beckoning.
CN Charlie
CN Charlie - Now where do you suppose all those SOAP flakes are coming from?
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good Morning,
Home again today but am feeling a little better so likely I'll be back at work tomorrow.
Well you'll never guess what is falling out of the sky here right now. Here's a clue, it is white and drifts down. Luckily it is a balmy 34F so at least it is melting when it hits the ground. Hard to believe it was 80 on Saturday. Oh well we certainly need the moisture as we only had about 10% of our normal precip in Sept.
Not much on my agenda today. TV seems good or if I'm feeling really ambitious I might do something with the RR , HO or N I'm not sure, decisions, decisions. The default is TV.
Good morning. It's 75° at a mere 76% humidity. It'll be mostly sunny with a high of 85°.Nothing much planned for today. My younger sister and her significant other arrived last night so I'll be talking with them today.
BRAKIEJeff,The early releases of the Stewart Baldwin used a Athearn drive.
Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes on this warm and sunny Thursday other then I'm debating if I should get another Buds Trucking or Lauston shipping kit and eliminate the transload( team) track..On the possiblitity side there's a house coming available. I' been interested in and I might see about getting it.Anyway I will continue the march on Slate Creek since it will be portable.As I mention before the layout will sit on a 6' folding table since there will be room for waybills'car cards,my T6 with walkaround throttle and a place to sit my coffee or diet Pepsi or diet Coke.I got this idea from a portable N Scale layout at a train show.The guy simply set his HCD layout on the table.
Jeff,The early releases of the Stewart Baldwin used a Athearn drive.I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a couple sour cream glazed donuts to dunk in my dark roast coffee this morning. Then I'll need a couple more refills of the dark roast coffee to get all the crumbs washed out of the mug... A couple more, I might even be awake!
Dark, gloomy, but not too cold outside the door here in the Finger Lakes this morning. The thermometer says 66°F at the moment and should get up to 71° or so later when it stars precipitating again. I need to mow the lawn soon or I will have to bale it. Fall colors would be nice and bright if the sun would start to shine. Needless to say the panels on the roof have been way down in production the last few days...
Got get moving as I have a long list of must do items for today.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
TMarshHey, Jeffrey! I see you said you’d be a referee here. Good luck. I guess you know what you’re getting into as this ain’t your first rodeo. How many forums do you moderate now?
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and……oh what sounds good? Hm. Hooowww aboouuuut aaaaa hmmmmm. Ok, a pulled brisket sandwich. Put some Cattleman’s BBQ sauce on that please. What? Um yes, pretty liberal with it. Aaaaaand maybe some good potato salad. The white kind, not the yellow today please. And oh I don’t know, how about some creamy cole slaw. Thank you.
Ray- Ya and I used to hate running late, but now I tell them, “for what you’re paying me to be here…, I’m early.”
Hey, Jeffrey! I see you said you’d be a referee here. Good luck. I guess you know what you’re getting into as this ain’t your first rodeo. How many forums do you moderate now?
I watched the debates but didn’t listen. The volume was down at the restaurant. Stopped in after the parade. Some said they can’t hear what they were saying, I said their lips are moving so you can’t believe what they're saying. It’s like two used car salesmen trying to sell you their “better deal”. Say what they think you wanna hear. Usually it’s just the two candidates saying pretty much what they are going to do and what laws they are going to pass for some hair brained scheme to make the country strong that’ll be better than the others hair brained scheme that’ll destroy the country. Both sound good, unless you really think about it. All the while I’m thinking, as I recall from my school days, they can’t do anything. Congress does. Always said I’ll vote for the first candidate who says “you know, I’m not gonna say what I will get done. I’ll tell you how I feel about things and I’ll suggest things. Maybe veto a few as I go. You people need to elect the right Senators and Representatives to get this stuff done. I’m pretty much just a scape goat with an awesome airplane and a reeeeeaally cool car.” Unless they plan on becoming a dictator or king, it’s kinda the way we do business in this country. I did get the end results though. The Republicans say Romney destroyed Pres Obama and sent him licking his wounds, and the Democrats say the President showed everyone what an idiot Romney is. Me? Well, let’s just say I’ll keep my own personal opinions to myself.
If it had been me taking that tile strip off without measuring to see if it’d match with the stuff to be put in, it would have been a half tile wrong and wouldn’t work. But needless to say she did and it did. So. Got that installed yesterday and today I will grout it and then last minute sub-project #43,246 will be complete.
Didn’t get much done yesterday othern at whatever you call it tile trim stuff install, bein’s how the guy called at 9 am to see if I could put the generator on his old truck then instead of that afternoon. Said sure, get that outta the way and free up the rest of the day to get lots and lots of stuff done. Weeeell, his BIL/my backdoor neighbor showed up and then that conversation took til after noon, then my daily trip to Menard’s of course for a 2” 3/16 trowel I needed and another sheet of that decorative stone and glass thing that she wanted for the trim. Oh, and of course lunch. Got the one who " not speak English" just smiles and calls me sir, so that went pretty quick. Actually it’s pretty much down to only one who’ll talk and that’s the one they call Suki. The other girl will ask how you are, or what you been do...doing and then nod alot. Pretty sure she's just shaking the words she doesn't know out and trying to figure out what you said using the few she does. Suki's a pretty girl, but your stereotypical blonde….with black hair and a vague understanding of the English language and’s not afraid to use it. Brenda doesn’t like her after the spiteful soda destruction incident. I think she's holding a grudge. (chuckle)
So aaaanyway, after all that, I just had time for the little install before the parade at 5 which turned out to be really 6, and didn’t get going until 6:15. BUT they did have one of them there mini pigs being pulled around in a cart, so it was worth the wait. Today I guess I’ll do laundry and grout that section and see what happens before w**k at 5.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Thursday, October 4, 2012
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
**Walks in and takes a seat at the bar**
"Mornin'. I'll have the Miner's Special."
That's 4 plate-sized pancakes, 4 eggs (make mine scrambled), 4 strips of bacon or 4 pieces of sausage (sausage, please), 4 slices of toast, choice of hashbrowns or grits (bowl o' grits for me), a quart of syrup (cane syrup!, not the High Fructose Corn Syrup), and drink (sweet tea).
**Empties out pockets of all change, at least 12 dollars worth**
**Looks around**
"What? I was hungry."
Nothing special planned today. Just the usual. Good to see all o' ya's here in the diner.
Brad
EMD - Every Model Different
ALCO - Always Leaking Coolant and Oil
CSX - Coal Spilling eXperts
Good Morning Gang!
Well, what a surprise to see we have a new set of moderators! Welcome to the crowd, Jeff and Dan! I feel much relieved now, not having to carry the load all alone! It was getting a little to much for me, as I am still not fully recovered.
Chloe, whatever those two gentlemen will be having today, put it on my tab. I´ll go for a light breakfast this morning, just coffee and a donut, please.
I´ll be running into town to pick up a few supplies to fish those passing siding modules. I need to persuade my Lord Chancellor of the Exchequer (Petra) to hand over some cash to me first. Not an easy undertaking. Unlike federal governments, I just cannot extend my credit facilities
Need to get ready for the trip - have a good day!
Evening Folks!
Flo, just wheel the keg over and get me a straw!
Work Front, man what a DAY! From 3:00 PM and after I knew how General Custer Felt at the Bighorn. I was the only sales / management person on duty and here comes Sitting Bull and his tribe. Our Radio Ad hit to day about the Buy 2 get 2 Free and the phone went nut's. Plus it seems like a Hardware store blew up and every car with in 20 miles had a nail in a tire. From 3:00 PM till 8:00 PM I had between 2 and 5 people waiting for me to help them! Plus the phones kept ring off the hook! Finally I started telling the people calling to call back Thursday that I had people waiting for me and said sorry and goodby. I really had no choices!
Techs where waiting for me as well, too call and get parts prices and then sell the needed repairs. Had to leave people waiting for me to help them so I could call the people that cars where ready, need parts or tires could not be fixed! I was buzzer than a one armed wallpaper hanger.
Man I am tired, but funny thing it is good tired.
Job Interview I just hope this job is what I hope for and I am quailed for it. Here I thought this job was going to be my saving graces and has turned out to be a pile of Dun. (I am on week 50 this week at being at the job) I am worried about 2 things on this interview!
1 It is for a Truck center. I am guessing it is a shop for Semi Tractor Trailer repair. I don't know stuff about Semi's. I was in one once's if that counts! Plus I know little about fiberglass repair. Not that it is hard, but I only used it a few times.
2 They wanted to know if I ever wrote a Estimate? I can honestly say I have written between 60,000 to 80.000 estimates if not more! Please note I said Wrote! I used crash books and pen and paper. I have never used a computer to give a estimate in my life.
But what the heck, worth taking a shoot at it!
Toe Front. Little worried, just does not look right. (well it has not looked just right for sometime)
Jeffery a Mod? Boy the folks that sent him Nasty Gram's are in for it now!
Se you all later and thank you for the well wishes on all fronts.
Beat up aging Cuda Ken
Evening All,
Rewired 4 DPDT switches for the Switch Master turnout motors. I saved these from when I ran DC, but they need a little tweeking to work the way I want them to for the Switch Masters. When the main route is aligned the green LED lights up, when the diverging route is aligned the red LED lights up.
When I worked in manufacturing I made about 50 of these little brackets.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
AmanaMedicJEFF: Congrats and good luck on the moderator position. Is VINNIE teaching you how to bend crowbars around necks?
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After the days activities I'm wiped out. It's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
howmusJeffrey, thank you for volunteering to be a moderator! Thankless job, but we all know you will be a good one!
Goooooooooood Evening, I understand there's a cheeseburger with Rerun's name on it! Thanks CNCHARLIE! For me, I'll take a mega-bacon cheeseburger with fries and some of THAT wonderful boot coffee. Thankya.
Well (way down, got another postcard from the toads), I elected to NOT watch or listen to the debate tonight. My mind was made up a long time ago as to who gets my vote. Actually, I decided whoever or whatever the party I algin with puts up this year gets my vote. So, instead, I w**ked a little on an Intermountain brand covered hopper, looked for some elevator plans THAT should've gone South; and replaced a leaky flapper in my crapper.
Yup. I chose toilet repair over listening to the politicians tonight.
JEFF: Congrats and good luck on the moderator position. Is VINNIE teaching you how to bend crowbars around necks?
VINCENT: Sorry to hear about the gals... some women will do THAT. Take it as a sign neither one is anything you want to get involved with. Nice w**k on the tank, looks much better.
I'll grab a seat at the RC for a bit whilst I cogitate upon an Annual Progress Report/Annual Yearly Progress report from the school district I cover. I've been putting off writing about this for two weeks, and THAT Editor (yup, still w**king for her) will be wanting something sooner than later.
Chris (stuck in Iowa)
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me. I'll go have a seat in the back with the others taking a nap.... Is that Duke or Barry snoring?
Jeffrey, thank you for volunteering to be a moderator! Thankless job, but we all know you will be a good one!
Barry, I will be keeping you in my prayers that you are cancer free! Good luck with the appointment.
Ken, I hope all goes well for too! Good luck with the job interview on Friday.
I spent most of today getting all the stuff form the NMRA Meet last Saturday checked out (printed more entry forms and ballots for contests) and ready to be put away. Went shopping. Drove out to the Mennonite Farm Stand and got veggies then over to tops for the rest of the shopping. This evening I wrote my column for the Division Newsletter and answered a ton of emails... Did spend a bit of time with the trains, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. Put in an LED lighting assembly I made a couple days ago. Bright White LEDs from Micro Mark on a strip. They are very bright and will be used in the lower staging to show the trains there on occasion. Also ran the Lake Shores Limited passenger train back and forth on the upper staging to work out a few bugs. Just a couple pieces of ballast in the wrong places and cleaned the track. Managed to get a little of the white over spray drifting where it shouldn't have. Everything now runs great there. If I get a chance tomorrow, the other Passenger Train that will be on the other track will be run onto it's holding track.
Prayers for all in need!
PackerJeff, I don't think Athearn ever made an AS16. I think you have a stewart.
Evening guys
Another strange day. Niether of my dates showed up, one sent me a text saying she was sick. The other one I never heard from.
Carwise, It took a long time to get these other headers in place. It eventually turned into a 2 person job. I just know that I won't be buying these manufactuer of headers anymore. They require a crowbar to line up right.
Trainwise I got the F-unit tank fixed up.
This one was just thrown together for a concept, but I think it came out alright. I'm working on a rough sketch of another idea I have. It uses an L-shape piece, some quarter round, and some strip to build up the hieght. It'd be less susceptable to warping, and would require almost no filler...
Jeff, I don't think Athearn ever made an AS16. I think you have a stewart. Congrats on getting the mod position BTW.
Ken, good luck with the interview
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Jeff, congrats on the mod position. It sounds as if you will do your job and not pull any punches. Good job. And thanks for stepping up.