"JaBear" Gidday All, Just a hot chocolate please. Had to overnight in the "Big Smoke", Auckland, and managed to catch up with a couple of former work mates. One had a smile a mile wide because yesterday he got to go for a ride in this.........Video.... 300+ mph and 100 feet off the deck. Deserved it though, he's spent the last couple of years as part of the restoration team. I think I'm just lucky to have seen it fly. For our Canadian friends, this was originally built by De Havilland Canada. Currently 2215 hours and 59 F. Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Cheers, the Bear.
Gidday All, Just a hot chocolate please.
Had to overnight in the "Big Smoke", Auckland, and managed to catch up with a couple of former work mates. One had a smile a mile wide because yesterday he got to go for a ride in this.........Video.... 300+ mph and 100 feet off the deck. Deserved it though, he's spent the last couple of years as part of the restoration team. I think I'm just lucky to have seen it fly.
For our Canadian friends, this was originally built by De Havilland Canada.
Currently 2215 hours and 59 F.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
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
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning on this December 11th!
Chloe, just coffee, please.
Nothing planned for the day. Maybe I will just read a few old railroad magazines. My father still subscribes to the German "Railway Courier"´so I was able to snatch a few copies during our last visit. At $ 10 a copy not a cheap endeavor to be a subscriber...
Jeff - I have been through that a number of times and it didn´t do any harm to me. And don´t you worry, that greenish glow at night will eventually go away
Have a good one!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.For those feeling down in the dumps I have just the thing to lift your spirits.
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 evening all. Just stopping in for a night RBF before heading to bed. Just finished putting the kids to bed, so its about time for me to head there myself. Had a very exciting day at w**k today as a thunderstorm came up and we had a little straight line wind take out two windows in our showroom and blow a pane out of one of the roll up doors in the shop. Had to do a runner for the bathroom when it happened as we weren't sure of what it really was. I was under a truck dropping a fuel tank when started raining but as soon as the wind started really picking up I came out from under it in a hurry. No injuries, thankfully, just some rattled nerves an a big mess to clean up.
Well, thats it for me, going to go to bed now. Later taters!
Good Evening
Boy, what a busy day for us...and we ain't even finished yet..tomorrow...more runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff is in the offing......our Xmas table can handle 14 people..when it is extended..we are now at 16....can you say haaalllllp!!!
Fortunately, up here we do not have those weird rain water taxes....but plastic bag things?....oi...
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/
V8VegaDennis Blank my name is Dennis too and I was a machinist also. Do you know how to program CNC machines? I retired just as learning that was becoming essentual. I did learn it a little.
Hi.........I don`t really do anything with CNC...........I only programmed and operated a CNC sheet metal punch press for a very short time in 2001 ....but it was based on and odd 8 digit Linux code.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
chochowillieJeffery that big hook in the background is REALLY BIG. Have you seen this.
Evenin' folks!
Chloe, just a refill on the decaf please... Had a nice chicken dinner tonight at home. Just finished it as a matter of fact. Would have eaten an hour earlier except my dear sister (talk about loonies) called to tell me one of her old friends boyfriends was rude to here when she was telling him about the planned trip to Ghana in January. He had the nerve to tell her he doesn't want to hear about it! How dare he, whats wrong with these narrow minded people who don't want to find out all about the fascinating people in the world.... That took about an hour. I was waiting for the oven to warm up to put the chicken in... I probably should have just put the chicken in the oven when I turned it on.
So Galaxy, you got what my poor old Manét had a little over a week ago, huh? Hope all goes well and your mouth starts to feel better. Not a lot of fun! Oh, yes I count the cost of electricity for the car. Lets see, my electric here is 11¢ per Kwh and it takes 3 Kw to fully charge the batteries if the electric only point has been used up. So lets see, it goes about 11 miles around town on that charge so...(gets abacus out and slides beads around...) ah... it costs 3¢ a mile to drive on the battery itself. It costs about 8¢ per mile to use the gas alone (if the car is getting 50 miles per gallon).
Lets see, a fee for getting the plastic bags??? At the local Tops store I get a discount for bringing my canvas bags with me every time I shop. Rain water run off tax/fee? How about a fee/tax (depends which side of the aisle you sit on I guess) for snow? http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s2861772.shtml?cat=565 I figure if it looks like snow and melts like snow, it probably is snow, and if sounds like a tax, and replaces a tax, and you pay more on your tax bill because of it, it is a tax....
If the sun ever shines again around here, I will get a better photo of the car to post. I plan to get one showing the new roof, the Solar panels, and the car all in one shot. Hopefully before I send out my Christmas cards which is scheduled for this week!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Jeffery that big hook in the background is REALLY BIG. Have you seen this...http://issuu.com/mr-hobbyist/docs/mrh12-08-aug2012-ol-h1?viewMode=presentation&mode=embed
Really Kool
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
jeffrey-wimberly narrow gauge nuclearJeffrey about that stress test........Do they inject you for that and then put you under a machine? I am sort of a Nuclear instrumentation guy as one of my many scientific hobbies. Many stress tests use Radio Technicium to light up certain areas of the body under stress. My wife and a friend had one of these tests and also some thyroid tests are also using radio technicium as the radioactive tracer.I'm pretty sure that's what they'll be doing. The regular stress test with the walking and run is nearly impossible for me. On walking the best I can do is about two mph for about one hundred fifty feet. On a run? FORGET IT!
narrow gauge nuclearJeffrey about that stress test........Do they inject you for that and then put you under a machine? I am sort of a Nuclear instrumentation guy as one of my many scientific hobbies. Many stress tests use Radio Technicium to light up certain areas of the body under stress. My wife and a friend had one of these tests and also some thyroid tests are also using radio technicium as the radioactive tracer.
Jeffrey Good luck with the test...I had one done a few years ago to evaluate my heart and to uncover the symptoms I was experiencing. Not to scare you , but I thought when they gave me the injection that I was gonna die!!!
Talk about stress on the heart! I wondered how long the Doctor was gonna leave me in that state before administering the second shot to counteract the first shot that out me in a tizzy! To me it seemed na eternity, but to them probably jst a minute or two.
They told me later after all the results were in and the "picture" of my heart came up on screen that if anyone told me "you don't have a heart", that I could say they were wrong as the med techs did, indeed, find I had a heart! AND I could say "I saw the 'picture' of my heart" which most people can't say!!
Good luck Jeffrey!
well, the antibiotics I THINK are working...but tooth still very painful. Not looking forward to having it pulled. Not that puling isn't bad enough, but I Will Be losing one of the last remaining grinding teeth {molars} I have on the bottom. So chewing is abou to get worse for me!
I have done nothing really all day..I ran 1 load of laundry and cleaned the few dishes left over.
I spent most of time in bed awaiting the antibiotic for the tooth!
CNCHARLIE-I don't even own 8 pr of shoes, let alone take them wiht me on a trip!!! One pr to wear,a dn a back up pr just in case! Both with velcro closures for easy on/ easy off inthe airport security line...
So now its about regular bedtime,so I guess Id better go join MOH.
Later
-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.
Yipee! I hit top of page!
As it is supper time, a glass or two of your finest bevy for all those of legal age please Chloe.
CN Charlie
Good Evening,
Ray, nice looking car! I like the colour. Interestingly, or perhaps not, but 95% of the taxis in Winnipeg are Priuses and have been for at least 5 years. They are fine if only 2-3 passengers and not too much baggage but not enough trunk room when my wife and I go on a trip. On a 3 week trip to Bali a few years ago she took 8 pairs of shoes.
I didn't get the Merchants Row building assembled on the weekend as my attention was diverted to putting down some plaster cloth. I was only going to do one corner but once started I just kept on going. I only have to figure out what to do with hill/tunnel and then all the major scenery will be at least roughed in. We stayed in on Saturday due to a snow storm so it was time well spent.
Well I think I'll head down to my 'mancave' othewise known as the furnace room/workshop/N scale layout room. At least it is warm in the winter.
UH OH everyone, Jeff is going to "too hot to handle" Bring out the radiation suits . In my opinion, this route beats the heck out of the treadmill routine. I felt like I was going to fall on my face when they did a stress test on me 6 months ago.
Today was the day. I finally got over being intimidated about installing the Digitrax DCC system and got started. Only the programming track mind you but it's a start. The instructional videos on Digitrax's website were a great help in getting me going. A little extra confidence.
Spent about 2 hours laying track today as well which is my personal "most disliked" part of model rail roading. I seem to have to force my self to take it slow because otherwize I'll rush it and we all know where that leads.
Now doing the scenery is my favorite part, that and detailing. Another 4 hours should get the mainline finished then all I have to do is take the sidings off the main line. Turnouts are or will be in place.
Here is a mind blower for you warmer climate folks.... Sunday the high here was -22 and then it dropped to -25 by 8 pm. Brrrrrrrrr This morning at 6 am when I got up, it was -1. No darned wonder that half the people around here are running around with colds! The old body can't keep up with the wild temp. swings
Think maybe I'll go lay some more track before supper.
Later.
Jeffrey about that stress test........Do they inject you for that and then put you under a machine? I am sort of a Nuclear instrumentation guy as one of my many scientific hobbies. Many stress tests use Radio Technicium to light up certain areas of the body under stress. My wife and a friend had one of these tests and also some thyroid tests are also using radio technicium as the radioactive tracer.
My wife lit up my Geiger counter like a nuclear attack at a range of 10 feet with over 550 times normal background radiation close up. That's hot! My gamma ray spectrometer "dead time" indicator overloaded to the point that I had to have her sit on the far side of the house for me to run a spectrogram of the gamma radiation. The next day, the Geiger counter was far more muted with only 4 times background and she could just stand near the spectro to get a reading. It was all back to normal on the third day.
The biological half life of technicium is short (several hours), but you are one radioactive, hot puppy for that period.
I am curious....Do they mention this aspect of the test to you? While you are "hot", your presence around others is not dangerous to them and supposedly, the test is not overly harmful to you either. The thought is that the radiation inside you is having more beneficail diagnostic value that any minimal radiation exposure resulting from the test. About 95% of the technicium leaves you in your urine which is itself very radioactive the first time you pee.
Narrow gauge nuclear, my handle here, is a combination of interests to me as the Narrow Gauge hauled a lot of Uranium ore in WWII and into the 50's to Uranium ore concentrator facilities in Durango.
Richard
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed
Ray - I really like the looks of your new car. I wasn't too surprised to hear you answer someone's inquiry that you couldn't start the vehicle with it plugged in. I thought someone would have been smart enough to include that feature. However, it wasn't always that way. When new "Crash-Fire" equipment was delivered years ago the switch from gasoline engines to diesel occured. They came equipped with pre-heaters which had to be plugged in and kept things nice and toasty. The electricians came in and installed drop lines allowing the trucks to be plugged in while parked. I think the lines were pulled down about a dozen times the first week. Of course, the electricians were thinking job security and our Chief thought there was a serious flaw in the civil service test.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Ray - the Prius looks very nice in that color!
I sometimes wonder why Toyota does not sell more of them here in Germany, with the price of gas being at about $ 9 a gallon. Certainly, at about $ 45,000 it´s no bargain, but with all that green thinking one might have assumed this car to be a good seller.
The "wam" spell is over, we are getting more snow right now.
TTFN
Got the doc appointment out of the way. I let him know that my chest pain has been making a comeback and he scheduled a stress test at the hospital this coming Thursday. I have to be there at 7 am. That's going to be an interesting morning. I have to take my father to the dentist that morning also. Then on the NEXT Thursday (20th) I have to go back to see the doc so he can tell me about the results of the stress test. Friday (21st) I can sit back and see if the world ends.
Grumble mumble and one of Todd's HAARRRRUMMMPh'ss!
Tooth infected. One that was filled about 6 weeks ago and Dentist said it might have to be ultimately pulled. I knew that by how close he go to the nerve. I see him on Wednesday, but in the meantime, the doc on duty is supposed to call in an antibiotic and hasn't yet! Secretary said if I didn't hear form them by 12 noon then assume it be filled. Well, noon time is 20 min away and hasn'tbeen called in yet! After all, Wednesdays appointment will be a waste if its infected like I know it is, then he won't do anything till infection gone!
Again, HArrummmph!
RAY- I thought it looked black inteh pic on the wonderful sunshiny day you took it! I wonder how much the cost for the electricity to use to "top off the batteries" would cost in addition to the gas used to complete the "mileage costs". Some forget the electricity used {cost} to charge such things don't come cheaply! Also, I understand the batteries A} Don't last as long as they say, B} don't hold charges as long as they age C} cost about $12K to install new ones when they fail completely! One SHMARTZ lady took Toyota to court and WON a large judgement because of that! Yeha..go ahead and join those of us who are in debt....
ENERGY- Well, we have all CFLS. Have for years. If they weren't so expensive, I'd convert to LEDs!! $32 for a "light bulb" is a bit much!! We STILL had our energy budget jump by $27 a month! That includes heat/ac/hot water/electricity. I think next year we look at alternative energy suppliers as we choose a fixed rate that is currently higher than the actual price form the market...by a lot!We like fixed, as we know what we are spending rather than up one month, down the next, and then all over each month, but I think the fixed price is like 3.5 cents/KWH {I think?} OVER the market price. a hefty difference. We can't afford HE appliances, though our newER washer is supposed to be an energy saver. I think our biggest usage is the cordless phones, the standby cable box and TV and the other"phantom bloodsucker electricity users". Thank goodness for HEAP, but last year, we had a small initial amount and then they gave us 2 additional samall amounts- adding up to about 85% of what we used to get when MOH wasn't working as many part time hours as now. This year I look to see a small amount first, then see some more later? {again}. I dunno.
Waiting for antibiotic sucks. I should have asked for a pain killer too, but i have some and can't take them all at once.
Well, gotta go change laundry.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy eggs, home fries, bacon, and a double order of sour dough toast to start the day. Oh, need a cup of dark roast coffee with several refills to wash allthat down with... Thank you Ma'am!
Currently 53°F outside with a high today of 52°F.... Yep, that's what they say on the weather channel. Barry's type of weather around here. Dark gloomy, damp, and icky outside. I have to do some grocery shopping this morning, but then will work on starting my Christmas Cards for the year.
Todd, color is called Winter Gray Metallic... So it's gray I guess. Might be a dark green, but more likely dark gray like the name says... Now I like Green.... So that would be fine for me as well. Of course you can get them without the plugin thingy... They make four different models of Prius today. Three are regular hybrid cars. In fact mine can be run without plugging in, If that's what I wanted to do. It would still be the most fuel efficient model. The plug in feature just gives it an extra boost of electric so the actual gas millage is more. Yesterday when I got back to Geneva, I stopped at our Subway to get something for supper. It got me home on battery power without the engine ever starting. Only a little over a mile, but it said my "gas millage" was 133 miles per gallon for that little trip. I am little by little figuring out some of the new features like how to set the clock... In time I may know how to work about half of the new fangled stuff it has... BTW, I am still using the canvas bags for shopping my wife bought almost 30 years ago... they have served me well.
Johnboy, I'll be sure to unplug it before I drive off. LOL Actually you can't start the car with the cord plugged in, so it can't be driven until the cord is removed.
Ulrich, I must have missed a post back a ways... Sorry about you sister needing Nursing Care. Please know you continue to be in my prayers for better days!
Inch.... Nice! I love the concept of Flash Mob Choirs. My favorite is the one that does the Hallelujah Chorus (Philadelphia I think...).
BTW, gas odor is gone, so I found the problem. Will need to be checking the thing often for the rest of the winter. It was actually the burner that falls off the orifice on the furnace. It will become the pressing issue for me the first of the year to get replaced. I want to do a new furnace and whole house air.... Gonna be in debt for a while I guess.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a couple raspberry jelly donuts please. Thanks.
Mornin Inch…how ya been.
Haarumph….Energy use ratings came out. All new energy efficient appliances and we’re still 62 out of 100 according to power company. Two scenerios. Either these people use no electricity at all, or the numbers are phony trying to get you to buy new stuff. Funny last year we were 54 and we had all old appliances like going on twenty years old now all are brand new this year HE models. What I guess I should be happy about is when the bills are compared dollar wise, we are usually less than most who complain about having to sit around in the winter in heavy sweaters. You’d think lower bills equates to less energy usage. Guess not in the world of Ameren.
Changed my mind!! I shall be content as the energy hog of the neighborhood with a lower utility bill. Energy hogs have perks.
Nice looking car Ray. What color is it. Green? Grey? I don’t care for green so if it’s green I don’t like the color, but hey, you didn’t buy it for me now did you. If it’s grey though, then I think it’s pretty. I see now why you can only go 11 miles. Don’t they make cordless models? Good thing you found the smell. At my house I would have just assumed it was the red beans and rice.
Not very good with colors, long story. Just say I am not color blind, I see all colors… Just not always sure what it is. Color astigmatism (sp chk says yes) you know. I bought my truck thinking it was blue. Loved it. Turns out it’s green. I still call it blue because, it looks blue or black as much if not more than it does green and, well…..I don’t really like green so, blue it is. Sometimes people agree, sometimes they look at me funny.
Dennis- I am the king of sinusitis, post nasal drip and general congestion. Sometimes when it really fires up, the cough gets to sound like Emphasema (sp? sp. chk says squiggly on that one). Can’t sleep at night, only thing works is that pre meth stuff and I can’t take it at regular intervals because, well I know why they use it for meth, it dopes me up to where I have trouble concentrating and forming a sentence without thinking. Same for listening. It takes a noticeable second to register what someones saying. Not good, so I only take it of an evening. All I can say is, if mucus were worth something, I’d be so filthy rich by now it wouldn’t be funny.
Lee- I really thought you were being sarcastic funny on the rain runoff tax. You’re not exactly a stick in the mud you know. Like I said above on the utilities, I’m happy with the money savings I’m seeing/feeling. I’ll keep changing bulbs to the CFL’s and and goin HE with other stuff as it happens.
OH!!! that reminds me! Just saw on the news last night….Lee you’ll like this. Maybe wanna move here. Springfield is applying a plastic bag fee. Yup. If you use a plastic bag at like walmart, or anywere as there is no choice hardly, to take your purchases home, you will be charged a fee. Plastic bag tax. Someone said it was Illinois, but the news clip I saw was from Springfield and I may have missed the Illinois part. I will not be using plastic bags. The stuff will go right back in the cart and I will pile it in the truck or trunk and load it in a box when I get home to carry in the house. Until they pass a shopping cart use tax that is. Then I don’t know what I’ll do. Yet. They want you to buy their canvas bags.
Welp, still straightening up. Have a few things in the office yet then downstairs which is closer to the trainroom. But first, bookwork for the Church, then off to the cobbler to get me boots after noon sometime. Yes I remember how to get there. Now. Give me six months to a year and I’ll be driving up and down the wrong street like always.
Ash….Isles, they shouldn’t name two streets so close to the same name. It’s confusing.
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.
Good morning. It's 46° with 100% humidity. There's a fair chance of rain and the high will be 50°.Not much going on. I'm just getting ready to cut out for my doctor appointment this morning and I'll be back whenever I get back. Just a general physical and lab work. More needles. Yuck! Not my idea of a great time.
Looks like I'm hitting 21,000 on the post count.
Bama - thank you for your kind words! Without the support and friendship I find here, it would be unbearable for me. Petra and I have more than a fair share of worries, there is not much room for more.
Good Morning all,
V8Vega, nope no joke, I’ll be charged at least $35/quarter for rain runoff from my property. My water/sewer bill has been $60 to $75 every quarter for the past 12 years. This past year they increased everything so that I’m paying $161 to $200 every quarter. $161 bill = $5 for water usage and $156 for sewer. So 1st quarter in the middle of winter when I’m not washing my car or watering anything I imagine my bill will be $230.
I finally sat down and sent Christmas cards out yesterday. I normally send them out right after Thanksgiving because we have a horrible post office here. If I don’t send them out before the rush they will never make it to the recipients.
I did start clearing off the spray painting table in the basement. So stay tuned for something very cool to happen sometime soon. I have a few gondolas ready to be detailed in LS&W colors this week.
Todd, over the past 4 years I replaced my refrigerator, freezer, washer, and dryer. Then the lights I use all the time I bought LED bulbs and the rest of the lights I switched out with CFL. On the furnace I switched from the red 3M filters to the Blue 3M filters. I’m saving almost $100/month on my electric bill. That’s including the cost of those furnace filters since they are a little more expensive. Oh and the living room and the den have lights on timers. That seems to have saved a few clams and nobody knows if I’m home or not since the lights are on the same time in the rooms if I’m home or away.
This year I installed those isolative window blinds in the front of the house. They look like honey combs when they are closed. I installed them in the back of the house last year and they seem to help keep things cooler back there. Oh and I leave the blinds closed mostly in the summer and open in the winter.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning
Kinda wet out here...we got a good dumping of rain and not much else..so much for all the snow we were supposedly going to get
Going to get some more scripts and other such basic items....then off to meet friends at the diner...
But first needs coffee to wake the eyeballs up...
Good morning all. Just checking in on things before heading back off to bed before I really have to get up. Heather is waiting on the bus here with me as it normally shows around 6am for her to climb aboard. Things went well this weekend, and although I didn't get to stop in, I did peek in the windows. Got to actually go hunting for the first time this season, and while I didn't see a single deer, I did enjoy just getting out there.
Nothing on the MRR to-do list for today as I have to w**k at 8 till at least 5, and with rain in the forecast for here, I don't believe it'll be later than 5. Think I'll finish up reading the January issue of MRR on my lunch break, so I guess there is one MRR to-do to be done.
Ulrich: My thoughts and prayers are with you and Petra during this time. If there is/was any way that we can help from this side of the pond, please don't hesitate to let us know (we're all friends here, and friends help each other, right guys?!)
Well, bus just arrived and she's on board to go get her daily education, so I'm back off to check for leaks behind my eyelids!
Edit: I dunno if we're still doing it, but since I got TOP, y'all eat up, and Flo, here's the card to take care of the tab!
Morning.
Just getting ready to go to work........yeah I started a new machinist job last Monday at a place not more than 3 miles up the road from me..........so far so good..........now only if I could get rid of the sinus problems I`v been having this past week ( sore throat, runny nose and bad cough )..........anyone else have sinus problems?
RT got a very moving video from his brother and forward it to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Vnt7euRF5Pg&vq=medium
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309