Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I will have the #2 special, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sourdough toast this fine morning. Oh, and a cup of the dark roast coffee in my FGLK Mug if you would please.
I have been sitting here for a while watching the frost melt off the roofs around the neighborhood. Easy to see which ones could use a bit of insulation added.... There are 2 National Homes across the street and by the time I got up the only frost left was the lines right above the 2 x 4s under the roof. Most of the others will start with a few small areas where there is a leak of hot air rising to the roof and spread outward from there. I have a couple of those spots on my roof as well, but all told the attic is very well insulated. I have also been fully enjoying the fact that the blasted Maple trees nearby have finally decide to drop leaves this morning. There is now breeze outside, but there is a steady drop of leaves coming down! YES!
I have to be at an appointment at a local bank early this afternoon to see about the MLK going under the umbrella of a non-profit group set up by a local group which would give us 501c3 status. That would be a major boost to getting funding for our scholarship program. Then this evening I was supposed to be at the rechartering extravaganza for the local Boy Scout Council. My units leadership can't be there due to w*rk schedule so I guess I don't have to show up. May actually get a bit of model railroad time therefore!
Hope you all have a safe and productive day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
LSWrr 2 years ago my city passed a levy to build new energy efficient elementary schools. Last summer they devalued my property by $50,000.00 now they passed a 5.4mil levy to offset the loss in property taxes. They should have just left our property values alone at least we would still have a little equity in our homes now my home equity is at negative 30,000.00 and I’ll be paying almost $3,000 a year in taxes on a $55,000 home in what is becoming a less than popular neighborhood. Several home owners in my ZIP code are walking away from their homes and finding a place to rent because the house they bought is no longer an investment.
2 years ago my city passed a levy to build new energy efficient elementary schools. Last summer they devalued my property by $50,000.00 now they passed a 5.4mil levy to offset the loss in property taxes. They should have just left our property values alone at least we would still have a little equity in our homes now my home equity is at negative 30,000.00 and I’ll be paying almost $3,000 a year in taxes on a $55,000 home in what is becoming a less than popular neighborhood. Several home owners in my ZIP code are walking away from their homes and finding a place to rent because the house they bought is no longer an investment.
-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.
GMTRacing Greetings from Stewart Fla..
Greetings from Stewart Fla..
Do you mean Stuart, Florida?
My in-laws live there, out on Hutchinson Island. If you get a chance, check out the Treasure Coast Model RR Club in Port St. Lucie, just up the road:
http://tcmrrc.org/
We're battening down the hatches for another storm today and tomorrow. It should be mostly wind, some rain and maybe even snow mixed in. I'll be happy if the power stays on.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
BN #24, We have an active operations group here in Olympia. What type of modeling are you doing?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Silly election coverage. No Ziva. Oh well, earlier start on the shower.
Jeff- I guess you did get an upgrade.
OH! Forgot to tell ya'll. I should be on the Google Earth next update for Wiliamsville, Illinoyz. I think. Vehicle with this 360 degree camera perched up high was traveling south on.....whatever the name of the street is that goes past the elevator (lived here all my life and still don't know all the street names in williamsv... WALNUT! That's it. Travelling south on Walnut as I was going north leaving the elevator. Will keep you informed if I make the big time. Internet fame. I knew it was only a matter of time. Providing it was for Google Earth.
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, Chloe. Coffee, Coffee, Coffee. Too much to do. Not enough time.
Ulrich, Glad you are on the mend. Having been diagnosed with pneumonia before, I know what pressure on the lungs feels like.
Later, Sue
TMarshHOOOOO-wwwEEE Jeffrey. Talk about yer fancy roads. Why you could set out there all day long and admire it. Was it asphalt before, or some other material?
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!!!
Coffee and some biscuits with assorted jams please. Oh yes, real butter. Thank you.
Well…., I was wrong. Gas prices rose to $3.47 yesterday morning. Guessed that one wrong and lost out on $3.25 holding out for that nickel. I woulda bet that prices would drop another nickel yesterday. Oh well, still better off than many folks in other countries.
Ray- I’m glad the power grid passed. Sounds really great you seemed to have gotten more bang for your buck than you bargained for. Maybe they’ll owe you next year. Might be easier for them to get on a level payment plan with you.
HOOOOO-wwwEEE Jeffrey. Talk about yer fancy roads. Why you could set out there all day long and admire it. Was it asphalt before, or some other material? I know it was in bad tore up shape, just curious if you got one of them there Parish upgrades at no additional cost to you special deals. Just be careful, gets a bit slicker in the winter than gravel. And at night they can be a devil to even see if your on it. Well, until your off it that is.
Accent? Nope, don’t believe I have one either. Now when it comes to slaughtering the English language well now that there’s a different animal all together. I’m from the Midwest….it’s what we do.
Nothing political, but shut down coal powered plants? Well now what about the coal miners, transporters, both highway and rail etc. etc. etc. All the countless jobs relying on that industry. Not a good "look at the jobs we’ll create (both said it)" kind of future.
Welp, gotta watch Ziva, then w**k on the shower door. The bottom drip rail should be well adhered by now so onward and forward. But today I must find my way into Springfield around the lunch hour for ink for my printer which is true, more of an excuse to go to Popeye’s for their Crawfish Festival. It’s not bad for fast food. Not as good as the stuff off the Chinese Sunday Buffet, which isn’t as good as when I boil ‘em here, which isn’t neeeearly as good as the stuff you can get in Louisiana at a gas station. Mud Bugs….pretty darn tasty bait. No wonder the fish like em.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Good morning. It's 42° with 100% humidity. There's a north wind coming off thee lake. That makes it feel even cooler. The high will be 72°.No plans for today other than to rest and give my wounds a chance to heal. Hopefully everyone else, my father especially gives me the chance to do that.
Good Morning all,
John, I hear it wasn’t so peaceful in PA, the National Guard had to be called in.
Ulrich, glad you’re on the road to recovery!
Johnboy, I have to agree. I’m concerned with the story about EPA regulations to basically shut down coal fired power plants or to make it cost prohibitive to operate a coal powered plant. I think it will hurt us citizens in the end.
Ray, I’m not sure I would mess with snow on the panels; I think I would just rely on wind and temps to clear it.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
I couldn't agree more.
Here in Australia we usually stab one Prime Minister in the back when we want a new one .... metaphorically speaking, of course.
What a surprise to find you here!
A big to one of the finest meeting places in the web! Here we meet to talk off-topic, about the day, and exchange views and opinions, all within the policy our host has set for the use of this forum.
I am in the process of terminating my spree into model railroading Japanese style. N scale has become to small for me to enjoy, so I am right now planning a step up (or two) in scale.
Great to have you here!
Congrats to my American friends for another peaceful election !
Once Upon a time.........
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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 !
Partly cloudy and temp in the 70's today, Got the Pescarolo prepped and ready to load yesterday working out of a local industrilal unit. We load into Daytona today and start practice tomorrow. I spent most of the day changing out brake parts and then doing realignment and corner weights to suit Daytona where we run both some of the banking and the road course.
Off to the truck and then to the track. CUL, J.R.
Hey Madog ... sorry to hear that you are unwell. I hope you are on the road to recovery. Perhaps another diorama or track plan might help ...
I don't visit JNS anymore. I'm not welcome after asking questions about NMRAnet.
See you around here perhaps.
Take care.
The_Gha
Andy got scared and left the bar
Walking on home cause he didn't live far
you see Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Brother thought his wife mustve left town
So he went home and finally found
the only thing Daddy had left him and that was a gun
He went off to andys house
Slipping through the back woods quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks too small for andy to make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw andy lying on the floor In a puddle of blood and he started to shake
That's the night the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no back woods southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the towns got bloodstains on his hand
GOOD MORNING!!!
You either experienced victory or defeat late last night or early today. Congratulations, or oh, so Sorry!
Have A GREAT day!
Good Morning!
Back home again. The docs drained a small amount of fluids out of my lung and as of this morning, no new accumulation has taken place. I will have to go for a check on that every three days for the next weeks, but I am quite positive that I am on my way to full recovery.
Back to MRRing!
Have a good one!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Wednesday, November 7, 2012
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
jeffrey-wimberly howmusJeffrey, so Yall livin' on souper hahway down there in Lousizi Anne now? Looks good!Yeah boy! We'un's in high cotton now for sure!
howmusJeffrey, so Yall livin' on souper hahway down there in Lousizi Anne now? Looks good!
Jeff: I is warnin' ya..you all gonna have ever' dang idjut and his MIL down there checkin' that there new asphalt with them there burnout thingees....
Oh...and BTW...we'uns up here don't have an accent....
Ray: Yep...I am glad that it was nothing more than that. Now..if'n someone can get rid of a dang twisted ankle for me...
Good Evening/Morning
OK...So it is morning now...
Well, had to spend more time at the doctors as my ankle has decided to become all twisted up after I did a face plant out in the parking lot at w**k today...I was supposed to start w**k at w**k but seeing as how I bent my ankle out of whack I've got another 2 weeks tacked on......they want me healthy here y'know...
So..later on today, hopefully I will be having some frozen veggies already for my ankle as well as my gelpack....sigh...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Evening guys
Well I tried my C425s and U28Bs at the train club. I got the U28B to have it's mars light. But the QSI-equipped sound/DCC C425 continues to baffle. It runs really well, but if I try F2 (horn) or F10 (speed in scale MPH) it dies on the spot. A fellow club member tried upgrading it to a version 7 chip and nothing changed. Tried reset, nothing. Setting it to a consist address, same. It works fine if I disable those 2 functions. I'll call BLI and QSI tomorrow, after the hard reset (the magnetic wand). If you recall my C425 has the circuitry from a BLI RSD15 (sound would be the same for the two locos except for the very top end as the C425 had 100 extra PRMs over the RSD15), an atlas/kato drive, and a newer atlas shell. The problem could be with either manufactuer.
last mountain & eastern hogger Good Night All, In my opinion, it is a very sad night for the USA. Johnboy out............................
Good Night All,
In my opinion, it is a very sad night for the USA.
Johnboy out............................
Agreed (I'm one of those college grads that can't find a job; jobs that were in high demand a few years ago). I bet the difference could have been the people who elected not to vote because they didn't like either canidate (I know about 20 myself). That and the usual culprits in the last election.
I asked my brother if he voted (recall he's in Ohio) and he got his absentee ballot too late to cast it. Me and him agree that there is something fishy there.
However it's technically not "offically" over yet. Recounts can happen...
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.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a refill on the decaf please. I'd have some pie, but the sugar was a bit higher than I like. Not bad, well within range, but still higher than I like.
Galaxy, yep, we are on tap to get a bit of nice weather with the highs on Saturday about 51, and then Sunday and Monday 59°F. Should be a good hard frost tonight again. hoping the leaves get the message and fall off the neighbor's maple tree...
Karl, nice present! Hope you didn't have to buy a new car to get it....
Thursday I have to carefully drive the Dakota up to the dealers to see what is wrong with the brakes... The Service manager knows he needs to contact me before doing anything more than getting me an estimate. The truck is 11 years old, and I keep wondering why I keep spending money to repair it... I would like to keep it for a while longer, but am getting close to thinking I could rent a truck when I need it cheaper than all the repairs and the cost of keeping it on the road (Insurance mostly).
Ken, I can't believe your company didn't have someone just waiting for the customer so she could find the new place... Why the nerve! Good luck with the interviews!
I should probably call it a night soon.
Catch you all in the morning, hopefully.
Well I have the Dream, Plan, Build medallion displays hanging on my wall. I wouldn't mind having the last three medallions to fill the collection out but that probably won't happen. It looks like there's supposed to be fourteen. I have eleven.No work on the layout today. I was leaving bloody footprints earlier so I changed the dressing on my foot. No wonder it was bleeding. There was a three quarter inch shard of bone sticking out of the wound, which is slowly healing. If I could stay off my feet for a long while without people demanding my time it might have a chance.Discovered today I have another leaking pipe. This one is under the trailer where the plastic line comes out of the ground to join with the trailers copper line. I found it this morning when I was extending the kitchen drain line. I could do that without going under the trailer. Fixing this new leak would mean going under there. The sewage line is right there and with open wounds I want to stay away from that! I asked my nieces husband about it and he said he'd take a look as soon as he can. It could be a crack in the pipe, a loose connection or a bad gasket. In the meantime I still have water.Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Boring Work Front Again! So nothing special to complain about.Only thing of interest was we had a complaint customer call the home offices today! She said she was at our store today at 10:00 AM and we refused to honor her tire warranty on her 2002 Ford F150! Hum, hey Chris, did you talk with a woman about tire warranty today at 10:00 AM? NO, Ken, did you? No Chris have not talk to anyone yet today about tires!
Turns out the complaint was we moved the store, she was at the vacant building where we use to be! "You should have someone there to tell people you moved 2 months ago"!
Sent out 5 resumes today, have gotten 3 call for interviews. As soon as I can, I am out of there!
Latter, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening y'all!
What is all this, speaking in tongues? What did I miss the last few days?? Funny thing,,, I took 3 years of German in high school, then forgot it until my 1 son took it up...then he and I started communicating (I really wouldn't call it speech) just to drive my Ex crazy,,,,it worked!! Now he;'s had 4 years of German, I year of Russian, and 3 years of Chinese,and what does he want to do now>??
Teach English!! I just dont get it!!
Now all the yard mess has been cleaned up since Sandy has left. Mostly lotsa leaves and pine needles and branches under 4 inches thick. The chipper/shredder got a workout and I hace a nice mulch pile now. Whats on tap for tomorrow? Another Noreaster!!
Did I mention that we just got the place back in shape??
UPS is delivering something special tomorrow! A 14MP Fuji digital camera, and it didn't cost me nothing! Its kinda a small reward from Kia for being a good boy!
I can't wait!!
Gonna hafta go railfanning this weekend! I'll let you all know how it turns out. I'll take my 8MP Canon along for comparison!
Till then, be good, if you can't be good, be careful, and it ya can't be careful, don't blame it on me!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
howmus rdgk1se3019 chochowillie Just wondering, what does sn*w on the roof/panels do to the electric power production? That is of course if you have the sn*w on the roof problem down your way. Just wondering. Out here in Alberta, if you have solar panels on the roof, the roof has to have a really steep pitch so that the sn*w will slide off. Don`t you just back feed the juice into them and heat them up to remove the snow? Jeffrey and Galaxy, my oldest sister has lived in a lot of different places both here in the US and in China for a while. She will ramble into one of several different accents depending on what she is talking about. She is now back living in Flowyduh. I bet some folks there just love her Indiana accent.... LOL As a singer, in college, it was mandatory that you learned to pronounce any language you were singing in (for me it was mostly Italian and German) without any discernible accent if you expected to pass your jury exam at the end of each year! I was told I was actually pretty good (for an education major).
rdgk1se3019 chochowillie Just wondering, what does sn*w on the roof/panels do to the electric power production? That is of course if you have the sn*w on the roof problem down your way. Just wondering. Out here in Alberta, if you have solar panels on the roof, the roof has to have a really steep pitch so that the sn*w will slide off. Don`t you just back feed the juice into them and heat them up to remove the snow?
chochowillie Just wondering, what does sn*w on the roof/panels do to the electric power production? That is of course if you have the sn*w on the roof problem down your way. Just wondering. Out here in Alberta, if you have solar panels on the roof, the roof has to have a really steep pitch so that the sn*w will slide off.
Just wondering, what does sn*w on the roof/panels do to the electric power production? That is of course if you have the sn*w on the roof problem down your way.
Just wondering. Out here in Alberta, if you have solar panels on the roof, the roof has to have a really steep pitch so that the sn*w will slide off.
Don`t you just back feed the juice into them and heat them up to remove the snow?
Jeffrey and Galaxy, my oldest sister has lived in a lot of different places both here in the US and in China for a while. She will ramble into one of several different accents depending on what she is talking about. She is now back living in Flowyduh. I bet some folks there just love her Indiana accent.... LOL
As a singer, in college, it was mandatory that you learned to pronounce any language you were singing in (for me it was mostly Italian and German) without any discernible accent if you expected to pass your jury exam at the end of each year! I was told I was actually pretty good (for an education major).
Ray- My German MIL says I don't have an accent in German when I speak it. But: 1} She has hearing aides so probably doesn't hear my accent, 2} probably is used to my "American English accent" {to her}, 3} thinks it cute when I speak German, 4} finds it amusing when i do even if I leave articles and words out, and 5} she wuvs me, oh, and 6} she loves it when I sing "oh tannenbaum" for her at CHristmas! {the first german I ever learned in Elementary School.}, ANd 7} She wuvs me...or did I say that already?
Ray- posta be in the high 50's the weekend, how about up your way?
howmusThe guy who was here today says to get a large window washing squeegee and a long pole (long enough to be able to reach the lower panels entirely from the deck. Carefully just pull the snow off the lower panels. The lower panels will "back feed" the others and the generated heat will slide the rest of the snow off onto the deck.
Hmmm don't know if the heat generate would be enough at -20C. The steep pitch does what the long pole/squeegee do only without the manual labor part We have a super energy efficient home not far from us that on of the big contractors built as a show home a few years back. They went whole hog on the project and ended up having to sell it at a loss. As in selling it for $600.000 when the actual construction cost was closer to $ 800K. Oh yes, the house is only 2600 sq. ft. and it's been sold 6 times in 10 years.
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Back feed? Ah, no, not really! The panels create a bit of heat as they work, and there is more than enough heat to take out around 4" of fluffy white stuff fairly quickly. Get a few feet of it, that is a different matter. The company that installed it says to just let nature take it's course and chalk up a few days of greatly reduced power... Just leave it be and soon enough it will all slide off by itself. The guy who was here today says to get a large window washing squeegee and a long pole (long enough to be able to reach the lower panels entirely from the deck. Carefully just pull the snow off the lower panels. The lower panels will "back feed" the others and the generated heat will slide the rest of the snow off onto the deck.
Been just chilling out here this evening. After the inspector left I called the recycling place in town and unloaded the pickup into my little Yaris to transport the computers, shredder, monitors, telephones, and spent Xerox toner cartridges down the place.... Did it in 3 trips. The truck was completely packed. I am still amazed at times just how much stuff I can put into the Yaris with the back seat down. Cleaned up the stove today also. It was completely gross with grease and other gunk from a few times I boiled something over on the stove, so I feel better about having that done. Think I'll disappear to the train rooms for a while.
chochowillie howmusNow all I have to do is write the check for everything! There is always the "write a check" part to any project isn't there. Sigh. Just wondering, what does sn*w on the roof/panels do to the electric power production? That is of course if you have the sn*w on the roof problem down your way. Just wondering. Out here in Alberta, if you have solar panels on the roof, the roof has to have a really steep pitch so that the sn*w will slide off.
howmusNow all I have to do is write the check for everything!
There is always the "write a check" part to any project isn't there. Sigh.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
galaxy I bets y'all don't quite talk that-a way! But I DO bets y'all got a southern draaaawwwwwllll....
I bets y'all don't quite talk that-a way!
But I DO bets y'all got a southern draaaawwwwwllll....