OK, here's the deal.
Flo's not talking to me, and Zoe has given me two choices: wash dishes or flip burgers.
So, when you order your burgers, let me know if you want all the fixins'.
Rich
Alton Junction
kbkchooch richhotrain Now the question is, will Flo serve me in the future? Rich Careful now, I know that revenge is a dish served cold, lets hope Flo doesn't know!
richhotrain Now the question is, will Flo serve me in the future? Rich
Now the question is, will Flo serve me in the future?
Ooops ....... It was Rich who said that.. I;m embarrassed. Should have paid attention.
It's okay, Rich..... Your cold soup is on me.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
CLANG!! Oh man! Flo just knocked Rich out cold with her trusty skillet!
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
Karl
NCE über alles!
Heartland Division CB&Q Everybody ...... Did you see the thread called "This Forum"? .... Somebody said there should be a thread called rants about rants. Then a guy said there is one and it is called Elliots Diner. One more guy said that's why he never reads the thread....... That was not nice. .... Who rants in here?
Everybody ...... Did you see the thread called "This Forum"? .... Somebody said there should be a thread called rants about rants. Then a guy said there is one and it is called Elliots Diner. One more guy said that's why he never reads the thread....... That was not nice. .... Who rants in here?
Garry, et al, that crack about the Diner was strictly in jest, absolutely no offense intended. An ill-fated attempt at humor in a light hearted attempt to dismiss the entire thread which should not have been posted in the first place. I agree with with Ulrich on the main point, and that is that there is no need to attack the forum as the OP did. Now the question is, will Flo serve me in the future?
galaxyAnd here they say we Have "plenty of natural gas of our own",,,so much so the country is exporting it! and it is getting MORE expensive here to have it...makes one wonder!
Packer Afternoon guys Jeff, Is that one of those life-like 100-ton hoppers? I've been trying to find a bunch of those (to repaint into BN), but they seem to be harder to come across then the MDC high-side thrall gondolas in BN. BN24, SP&S is kind of a small railroad. I only know of a couple of people who model it. In HO there are quite a bit of diesels, but there is something offered in N-scale that makes me kind of envious. THey have a conversion kit to convert the con-cor rivarossi challenger into a Z-8 Challenger (owned by both the SP&S and NP):http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/55012.htmlIDK what the difference is between a Z-6 and a Z-8. SP&S had 2 Z-8s and 6 Z-6s. Personally I'm looking to get a Bowser C636 in an SP&S patch whenever they come out (and 2 BN green ones) Ken, Understood. Hope you get the house issue resolved.
Afternoon guys
Jeff, Is that one of those life-like 100-ton hoppers? I've been trying to find a bunch of those (to repaint into BN), but they seem to be harder to come across then the MDC high-side thrall gondolas in BN.
BN24, SP&S is kind of a small railroad. I only know of a couple of people who model it. In HO there are quite a bit of diesels, but there is something offered in N-scale that makes me kind of envious. THey have a conversion kit to convert the con-cor rivarossi challenger into a Z-8 Challenger (owned by both the SP&S and NP):http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/55012.htmlIDK what the difference is between a Z-6 and a Z-8. SP&S had 2 Z-8s and 6 Z-6s. Personally I'm looking to get a Bowser C636 in an SP&S patch whenever they come out (and 2 BN green ones)
Ken, Understood. Hope you get the house issue resolved.
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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
Sir Madog Our energy bill hiked up by a stiff 20%, leaving absolutely no room for anything that warms the heart
Our energy bill hiked up by a stiff 20%, leaving absolutely no room for anything that warms the heart
-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.
PackerJeff, Is that one of those life-like 100-ton hoppers? I've been trying to find a bunch of those (to repaint into BN), but they seem to be harder to come across then the MDC high-side thrall gondolas in BN.
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Sir MadogWe are not sending out cards this year, as the cost is prohibitive for us. No tree, no cards - no Christmas?
Well,
The pulmonologist went well..he is pleased I lost 10 Lbs since last visit.!
We had a strange Christmas/Christianity/Santa Claus/St Nicholas/political correctness conversation with him. He is of Muslim persuation, and is very open minded. We had a frank discussion about how similiar Judaism, Muslim, and Christianity is {at least our Old Testament an their holy books}. JUST mentioning The interesting converstion we had, guys, the subject is not open for debate here!.
Went shopping for a gift for some friends. Disappointed in the the wares available to say the least! NOTHING caught our eye, and the Food stuffs Gift packages are too expensive for what one gets! AGAIN,NOT open for debate here, JUST mentioning it!
Then after the business with UPS YESTERDAY. I get a Health care package today from a Medicare purveyor, and Low and behold, UPS has done it agian. First, they couldn't find it 1.5 weeks, then they decide to send a note. I got that yesterday. I called and gave them explicit directions YET AGAIN!!! ANd toady it arrives, damaged, shredded on one end, OPENED and INCOMPLETE onthe other!!! , I will call UPS and ask for the highest supervisor I can get,...no wait!!!! I will go to the LOCAL OFFICE and complain in person!!! They can't hang up on me then!!!! GRR
that woulda never happened with Fed ex.
Jeffrey- Considering the options you sent!
WEll, off for a nap now.
Very nice card, Jeff!
We are not sending out cards this year, as the cost is prohibitive for us. No tree, no cards - no Christmas?
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.
Christmas card I got this year from a member here.
Fergie - good to see you again, you have been miss, y´ know!
What a day - the doc appointment went quite well, but the meeting with that dentist lady was a painful affair. It´s improving now, so it won´t keep me awake this night.
Got some mileage covered with the assembly of the kit. The frame and the gearbox are completed, but it was a heck of a job! The gearbox took nearly 3 hours to assemble.
Here are some pics:
Ray - I thought there must be a little more than just a wire and two plugs to that cord, but the price still seems stiff.
Ken - keeping my fingers crossed for your house issue!
I saw that thread about the forum and was a little miffed. If the OP does not like what he sees here, well, nobody is really forcing him to participate. Left my there.
Tomorrow, latest on Thursday, I will start on the assembly of the loco body - I expect this to be fun, including burnt fingers
CU
Heartland Division CB&Q Fergmiester Darn I'll never get my Railway finished in time! Good Morning Gents and Seasons Greeting! French Roast if you have it please Fergie Fergie, it is great to see you again! Please let us know what's new with you. Have all the French Roast you want! Everybody ...... Did you see the thread called "This Forum"? .... Somebody said there should be a thread called rants about rants. Then a guy said there is one and it is called Elliots Diner. One more guy said that's why he never reads the thread....... That was not nice. .... Who rants in here? Ken ..... I suggest your priority is to refinance ASAP at lower rates before they go up. .... I would add up how much to paid in past 24 months for mortgage payments. I think it will prove you could have easiliy handled all mortgage payments at today's rates. .... I would find a lender who will work with you to pay off the BOA loan with a new morgage with them for the lower rate. .... Perhaps, you know somebody locally who is already familiar with a mortgage company who is good to work with. Bill T ...... I bet you latest photo was not taken in Indiana. Thanks for comments on my latest weathering. It is messy stuff to work with, and I will wait before doing more stuff like that.
Fergmiester Darn I'll never get my Railway finished in time! Good Morning Gents and Seasons Greeting! French Roast if you have it please Fergie
Darn I'll never get my Railway finished in time!
Good Morning Gents and Seasons Greeting!
French Roast if you have it please
Fergie
Fergie, it is great to see you again! Please let us know what's new with you. Have all the French Roast you want!
Ken ..... I suggest your priority is to refinance ASAP at lower rates before they go up. .... I would add up how much to paid in past 24 months for mortgage payments. I think it will prove you could have easiliy handled all mortgage payments at today's rates. .... I would find a lender who will work with you to pay off the BOA loan with a new morgage with them for the lower rate. .... Perhaps, you know somebody locally who is already familiar with a mortgage company who is good to work with.
Bill T ...... I bet you latest photo was not taken in Indiana.
Thanks for comments on my latest weathering. It is messy stuff to work with, and I will wait before doing more stuff like that.
Mornin' everyone!
Fergie!!! Good to see you sir. Hope you have been well and not weathering too many storms at sea or on land!
Zoe, I take care of Fergies tab. I'll have a bowl the organic Oatmeal with flax seed, some brown sugar, and lots of the dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug. Thank you Ma'am.
Galaxy, only thing I have to take issue with is that the solstice in tradition form marks "Mid Winter" not the start of Winter.... The ancients had it right. Even a couple hundred years ago they still used a "correct calender" such as the song "In the Bleak Mid Winter", Words: Christina Rossetti, 1872. Music: Gustav Holst, 1906. Shakespeare also had it right with "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" which was written for the Summer Solstice. I don't care what some modern miss-interpreter gave us last century..... LOL I have a good supply of "Tin Foil" for my hats this week. I should be OK at the end.....
Curt, I have no idea how long the batteries will last in the plug in Prius... If they are as good as they ones in the regular Prius, they should outlast the car, at least up North around here... LOL I do know that when I bought the Yaris in 2008 I was told that with over 1,000,000 Prius Hybrids on the road, only about 10 had needed to get the battery changed out. Those were done under warranty as well. They do publish a "best practices" list that supposedly will help keep the batteries in good shape for the life of the car. In fact from what I have heard, in a few years there may be a better battery pack that will just drop in to replace the one in the car that will give considerably more range to the electric mileage. The battery is rated for 10,000 charge cycles. If I charge every day that would give me over 27 years... Not worried, shall I say.
Ulrich, in all honesty the cord is a bit more than just some wires with a plug on each end... There are some sophisticated electronics in line and the J1772 plug is not "off the shelf item" either. I expected it to be a few hundred dollars, just not a G note!
Barry, we have more of the Cannuck weather here this morning... Thanks! Dark, gray, and gloomy outside with liquid sunshine every now and then. Currently 43°F...
Checked my Credit Card this morning, and it didn't roll over last night like it is supposed to. Guess the rest of the Christmas shop[ping will have to wait until tomorrow...
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
and atlas just responded to my asking if they were going to release any SP&S alcos soon with "when it's appropriate." forget it I'll just do this stuff myself. now to find some more pictures and videos that I haven't seen so I can save them for later...
richhotrain galaxy Today is Tuesday, the 18th of December! Only 4 more days til the WORLD ENDS! ahhh, galaxy, if only that were true. But, alas, unfortunately, we have less time than that. In fact, according to the official counter, we now have less than 3 days. http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?day=21&month=12&year=2012&hour=11&min=11&sec=11&p0=0 Rich
galaxy Today is Tuesday, the 18th of December! Only 4 more days til the WORLD ENDS!
Today is Tuesday, the 18th of December!
Only 4 more days til the WORLD ENDS!
ahhh, galaxy, if only that were true.
But, alas, unfortunately, we have less time than that.
In fact, according to the official counter, we now have less than 3 days.
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?day=21&month=12&year=2012&hour=11&min=11&sec=11&p0=0
I was going by the fact of the time of the solstice arriving.
Dec. 21, 2012, 7:11 AM EST (11:11 UT), marks the solstice—the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere
So, including today, tomorrow. Thursday, and into Friday at 7:11 AM EST, I counted 4 days.
Well, I am scheduled to have a tooth pulled that day,s o maybe not?
We are going ot be off shopping here soon then off to the pulmonolgist.
Then home for a nap, I am sure.
Later
Good morning, Diners. I missed a week or so. We operated on a friends layout on Saturday. It was a mining operation. What a fun time. The details on his layout have motivated me to get cracking on our layout. I am just about ready to start the tar paper roof on my car shop.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning. It's 38° with 100% humidity. It'll be partly cloudy with a high of 72°.This morning I installed body mounted Kadee #5 couplers on a Life-Like Peabody 100 ton hopper. This will be the last for a while as I'm now out of supplies to do so. The remaining cars have been placed back in the box they came in and it'll be put in the closet for now.Sometime today, I know not when, my father and I will go to town to get some Christmas shopping done. This will be for much needed clothing only. There won't be anything even faintly resembling model railroad items from any family member.Time to get about the days activities.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and an order of biscuits and gravy please. Thank you.
Yesterday, sleet turned to s**w. No accumulation except on cars, but it did make the grass white for about oh….an hour, maybe less, after it stopped. Today, supposed to be sunny and 50.
Jeremy- Sorry about the job. Kinda sucks this time of year.
Galaxy- Soooooo, they send the card saying they can’t find your address, to…. The address they…can’t find. What, are they hoping to follow the US mail truck? We have several people in town here who make the same complaint but it’s about FedEx and say UPS finds them just fine. This guy says they actually told him his address doesn’t exist and they’ll need a good address. He said that was his address and I guess they replied the address did not exist and they couldn’t deliver unless he gave them a good address. Somehow and I don’t recall how, he got his package. Road flares I’m guessing. One gal actually tells FedEx to “give it to the brown trucks. They have no problem finding me.”
My problem is the sensationalism they (the media) give the shootings. Seems it gives these whack jobs a reason to one up each other. I realize there are some mental issues involved, so maybe whack job isn’t the best term for all, but then again, not all mental patients kill either. I read something posted by Morgan Freeman that made a lot of sense to me. He said pretty much the same thing.
Do these countdowns assume the Mayans foresaw leap year? Cause if they don’t, then well, the calendar ended last Spring. Somehow I think not. Besides, if they coulda seen the end of the world coming, you’d a thought they’d a seen the Spanish coming and hid better. What I think happened was the guy who made the calendar lurched backwards from his calender making and said “Ooooh my!!!!! CRAMP!! I'm done. Yup done. Can't do this anymore. Nope. They'll have to get someone else and if not.... Oh well. THIS one oughta be long enough anyway. I’m outta here.” This is the way history is recorded folks. Reasoning. Pure and simple reasoning.
Speaking of countdowns, countdown is one day til Christmas shopping for me. Today I gotta put a sink in at the restaurant and of course put the groceries away, then w**k.
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.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Good Morning
Kinda dull today...again...Ray...well I gotta share this somehow....
Anyhow...got a bunch of stuff to do...really early this morning....
So, off to do dis....
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/
Morning Coffee in the Diner with friends...
GOOD MORNING!!!
I thought "A1 at Lloyds" meant Lloyd's of London Insurance at the top rates, but NOT: SO:
Meaning:
The highest quality.
Origin:
The phrase was originally literal in nature, as A1 at Lloyd's was a category of ship in Lloyd's Register of Shipping, which used an alphanumeric code to classify ships for insurance purposes. A1 denoted the highest quality vessels. The classification was defined in the Register itself:
"The character A denotes New ships, or Ships Renewed or Restored. The Stores of Vessels are designated by the figures 1 and 2; 1 signifying that the Vessel is well and sufficiently found."
The name Lloyd's comes from Edward Lloyd, the proprietor of a London coffee house that he opened in Tower Street in 1688, later moving to Lombard Street. Lloyd encouraged a clientele of ships' captains, merchants and ship owners and provided printed sheets containing information about shipping as a service to them. Edward Lloyd died in 1713 but the business continued and in 1760 some of the customers formed into the Register Society. In 1764 they printed the first Register of Ships, as a reference resource for the insurance and shipping businesses. The international insurance market, Lloyd's of London, also has its roots in Lloyd's coffee house, but is otherwise unrelated to Lloyd's Register.
The organisation became Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping in 1834, when the first classification rules were published, and it is from that date that we can say the phrase was coined.
The owners of vessels were soon at pains to advertise any ship that was given the highest classification, as in this ad from 1859 in the New Zealand newspaper The Daily Southern Cross.
Now or the REAL Lloyd's Of London:
Lloyd's of London, styled simply as Lloyd's, is a British insurance and Reinsurance market. It serves as a partially mutualized marketplace where multiple financial backers,Underwriters, or members, whether individuals (traditionally known as Names) or corporations, come together to pool and spreadrisk. Unlike most of its competitors in the industry, it is not a company but it is a corporate body under the Lloyd's Act 1871 of theParliament Of the United Kingdom. Uberrimae Fides {Latin for "of the utmost good faith") is the motto of Lloyd's
In 2011, over £23.447 billion of gross premium (£22.592 billion in 2010) was transacted in the Lloyd's Market, but on aggregate the market made a loss (beforetax) of £516 million (£2,195 million Profit in 2010) . TheLloyd's Building, where the market is based, is located at 1 Lime Street in the City of London.
The market began in Lloyd's Coffee House, opened by Edward Lloyd around 1688 in Tower Street, London. This establishment was a popular place for sailors, merchants, and ship owners, and Lloyd catered to them with reliable shipping news. The shipping industry community frequented the place to discuss deals among themselves, including insurance. Just after Christmas 1691, the coffee shop relocated to Lombard Street (a blue plaque commemorates this location). This arrangement carried on until 1774, long after Lloyd's death in 1713, when the participating members of the insurance arrangement formed a committee and moved to the Royal Exchange on Cornhill as The Society of Lloyd's.
{There is more at Wikipedia}
The prayer candles will be lit as long as we are home. MOH, in Ministerial Duties is saying special prayers today.
Make today a GREAT ONE!
Do a good deed for a stranger today!
As Oprah would say "Pay it Forward" if you can help a stranger, if not smile at someone who need their day brightened!
Good Morning!
Yesterday, I was to busy working on my political career to drop by. The number of supporters is rising steadily. As it seems now, my nomination is secure!
Today will be a busy day as well. In a couple of hours I will go to see my doc about the respiratory problems I still have, following is an appointment with my dentist. In the afternoon I will start assembling that loco kit of mine at my friend´s place. We hope to be able to finish the chassis and the gearbox today.
Zoe, I´ll have a coffee and a breakfast bagel, please!
Ray - $ 925 for a length of wire and two plugs? They must be kidding! $ 92.50 seems to be appropriate for that.
Ken - I am sorry to hear about your ongoing troubles with the BoS. It´s been in your back for how long now? Must be three years. I do hope everything will still turn our right for you.
Without getting deeper into the subject, I do hope that politics will draw the necessary conclusions out of the Sandy-Hook-School shooting and initiate appropriate action to protect our children. We had a number of similar incidents in Germany in recent years, and some laws have been changed and a central firearms register has been set up.
Our prayers remain with the victims and their families.
Have a good day!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening All,
jeffery-wimberly, thanks Jeff, from your description I guess I have the Tyco version.
Packer, thank you also for your reply Vincent. I see you refer to your "cheap weathering". To my mind you have just reinforced my thinking that "Cheap" can be very good.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Evening Folks
Flo, why thank you for the
Did a internet search for helping me fight the Bank Of Stupid today. Found a foundation called Making Homes Affordable today and gave them a call.While I am not holding my breath, they have gave me a little hope.
First big + is it is a VA backed loan. Then like my self my Rep Katie did not understand what my credit ratting had to do with a loan modification, a refinances yes, modification, No! So Thursday her and I will have a confreres call with my BoS rep Lashenia Lowery and see if they did my application correctly.
They will all so get me a free local paralegal to sift through the Legal BS form BoS. Best news, in Illinois it takes 12 to 15 months to foreclose on a house.
While I am ready to get the heck out of here and not let the door hit me in the Cabooses! I would like it more on my terms after I find the right places or as closes as I can get on my income.
Vince's I will try to find time to PM you in the next few days. I sure you understand I have other things on my mind right now.
Ken
I hate Rust