Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me please.
Been a busy day around here. Spent a couple hours trying to find the Lien release for the Dakota... I found the last bill and the note that I wrote a check and the check #. I'm wondering if I might have taken the lien release over to the insurance company and forgotten it was needed to be able to sell the thing...??? I will call them in the morning. Got about half of the house cleaning I need to get done. Did just enough to have a backache tonight. Hopefully I will feel better in the morning.
Late morning I called an electrician who is the Scoutmaster of my old troop and was an asst. Scoutmaster back when I was still the Scoutmaster. He came right over in the afternoon and put in the dedicated electrical box to the specs the Toyota manual said is needed to use for the charging. One more item done! Of course then he hung around the rest of the afternoon and filled me in on the troop and we both yakked until dark... So much for getting everything else done. My sone called tonight and told me I don't have to babysit for him tomorrow afternoon so that will give me a bit of time to complete all that has to get done before Saturday.
Guess I will call it a night. need top get up a bit early tomorrow to make it to a Meeting with one of my units and the District Executive...
Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
CNCharlieWell the home town is living up to its namesake with temps falling to -20C.
At least you have a reason to have the cold and the name CN Charlie. We are in the same boat here in Central Alberta with the temps hovering around the minus 20C. It's weird but what with getting a little order each year, I feel the cold worse each year. What's up with that?
Anyway, sounds like you are making good use of the Winterpeg weather an staying busy with your modeling.
With all the pre-silly season nonsense, it seems every time I think I'll get some quality üninterpted" time, something has to be done or I have to go to some stupid party. Bah Humbug is all I can say!!
Oh well, it will all be over in three long weeks from now
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Good Evening from Winterpeg!
Well the home town is living up to its namesake with temps falling to -20C.
Chloe, how about a couple of mince tarts and a coffee. Nice that you let little Robbie in here, not like most restaurants. Mind you in France your dog is welcome but often not your kids. What's that Robbie, you want a cheeseburger. Well ok, and one for Rerun, Missie and Sammie too.
Jerry, sorry to hear about Sallie. I sure hope she is better soon and back home. I know you are in a small town so I guess the hospital isn't nearby. Anyway, thinking of you.
Jeff, nice to hear your mother is responding. It is always tough when the docs don't know the cause.
Not a lot new here. I finally finished the Water St. Freight Terminal and am now working on a Walthers store kit, Merchants RowII. That kit doesn't have seperate window frames so I have been painting them as molded in. A tedious job with a 5/0 paint brush. Nearly done though. It is strange bouncing from HO to N and back. In HO I had been running the Northern for all of November but I did a time shift from 1954 to 1959 and am now giving a GP9 a little running time along with a SW8. December will be a diesel month on the Mortimer sub.
Well time to do a little more painting. Nearly done so I hope to get the building put together this weekend.
CN Charlie
Evening Dinners!
Flo, a Beer and some cap nip for Garey's cat.
Gary You need to shoot a video and share it with us! Maybe I will try a cat the next time we need a pet, what the heck am I saying?
Surgeon Visit Dr was very pleased with the way the ulcer was healing, but I have heard that before and the wound is still there. They did some cutting so I called work and said I would not be in today and got a Dr note. I am still glad I am under the foot ulcer clinic care!
Boy I hope things work out with the possible promotion! Kenny needs one of theses!
See you later, Ken
I hate Rust
Jerry - Good to see you back, sorry to hear how Sallie is feeling.
Jeff - Hopefully you can grab some shut eye this afternoon.
Well Im just getting ready for work, I wish it was Friday,lol. I can feel the onset of a cold coming on and with any luck I can sweat it out at work. I find I do much better with colds when I'm working and sweating as appose to just sitting around the house. Not much planned for this weekend as I was saying. Well, Im going to get going I might be back on later when I get home and have a shower but that wont be until around 11:20 or so. If Im not hope everybody has a good night.
Got my father to the dentist this morning then back home. He has to go back next week to get more teeth pulled. His face looks like he got clipped by a high speed train. Now that I'm back home I'm gonna see if I can get some sleep. Didn't get ANY last night.
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
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have a turkey club sandwich and a cup of decaf for lunch.
Just taking a break from cleaning house and charging the car... LOL One nice thing about only cleaning once every couple of months is you can really see where you cleaned.
Todd, the Prius is a hybrid that can be plugged in to top off the battery They had a full tank of gas and almost complete charge on the battery when I picked it up. I can get on average 11 or 12 miles on just the electric before the little gas engine kicks in to assist it. For about half of my driving miles I will be using just the battery. In an emergency, when the gas pedal is put to the floor the gas engine immediately starts and gives a pretty good "kick in the pants". Certainly nothing like Ken's Cuda, but as good as the Yaris was (meaning not much...). Should fit my needs well, but certainly wouldn't be a great fit for most people. They do warn owners that gas should just sit in any vehicle for a long period of time as it will go bad. They want me to burn at least 3.5 gallons of petrol every 6 months...
Garry, funny about the cat playing with the Lionel... I haven't put up a tree in many years as I have no real reason to. I enjoy my Sister's "Happy Holiday, Seasons Greetings, chop down the tree to celebrate the Solstice" tree and my son's Christmas Tree. I have given my two sons most of the hand made decorations my late wife made for our tree also. For several years after she died it was just to painful to enjoy my tree anymore so i decided to go without it.
Time to feed the kitties...
Hello everybody ...
Jerry ..... I'm very sorry to hear about Sallie's condition. Prayers continue for her. You can always count on your good friends here in the diner, and it is good to see you here anytime you can do so. Also, model railroading is good for sanity breaks during tough times.
Ken .... I hope your surgeon appointment goes well.
JR .... I tried to us that software to design this layout, but I ended up using my old drafting tools. Of course, its been a while, and I would hope the software has improved since then to be more user friendly.
Thanks for sharing your Christmas memories. I like teh way Germans docelebrate Christmas. I recall being in Germany in early December years ago, and it was beautiful how they did Christmas.
Our cat here has become fond of the Lionel train under the tree. It's funny to see her. When I enter the living room she gets excited and runs toward the tree. If I also go toward the tree, she gets so excited she even stands on her hind legs and does sort of a dance. ...... As I turn on the power to teh train, she can hardly contain herself. Next, she hides behind a present to await the train as it comes around the curved track. .... Then she pounces on the track to challenge the approaching locomotive. Her head is close to the rails as she stairs at the engine with her rear end sticking up and her front end crouched down. It is a little like a game of chicken at that point, and then she jumps out of the way in the final instant before the locomotive could hit her. .... As soon as the train passes, she chases the caboose around the next curved track. Then, she returns to her post behind the package and the routine is repeated.
It certainly is entertaining to watch all of that.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning Folks
Flo, Coffee Pleases
Jeffery, glad to hear your Mon is doing somewhat better. I like your engine bashing as well.
Ulrich Good Christmas story. I as well was wondering about the candles in the tree.
See the Surgeon today. Was not excepting that? But the more often I have the foot looked at the happier I am.
Not sure if I am going to work today. They want me to work today, but I am do another day off. With me going to the Surgeon (you know they are going to cut on something) not sure if I can? Guess I will go to the VA in work uniform and see what the Surgeon says. I have to be honest, I rather have the day off, but it would be 6 hours of Over Time and I could use that this week!
See you all later, Ken
Howdy All....Just a cup of coffee please...Thanks....I have engine slowly doing laps with a track cleaning car this morning..Railroad has taken back burner again...Sallie got home from nursing Saturday but had to go back to Hospital sunday nite...She is pretty much out of it most of the time with pain and pain meds...Dr's can't seem to find out whats going on..I feel so helpless since I can't be there..You all please keep Her in your prayers..You all have a good one...Jerry
Ray - there was always a bucket of water and a big blanket next to the tree, but there is no doubt it being a great hazard. Stating from the mid- 60´s, we had electric lights on the tree, but it just wasn´t the same anymore.
I really hope the executive gets here today because it says "depart usps sort facility" in Anaheim. it has said that since yesterday. I''m getting worried, I really hope somebody didn't open the package, decide that they liked it, and walked off with it.
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
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a nice big bowl of Raisin Bran Cereal with skim milk ans Sweet Leaf along with my mug of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug, Please and Thank You Ma'am!
The bright yellow orb is shining in the sky for the moment this morning, I have a house to clean, a car to figure out how to charge (not difficult as the directions are straight forward), and all kinds of other items I must get done ASAP today.
Christmas Cards? Haven't even had time to think about my usual sarcasm from the household yet... I do include a good, old fashioned message though.
Ulrich, I like the old time notion that the next day starts at sundown, not when the clock strikes Midnight. Midnight should be just that, half way through the night which comes before the day. Just like Shakespeare's A Mid Summer's Night Dream was set on the Summer Solstice, half way through Summer. I remember my Father telling me about experiences with candle lit trees... They almost lost the farm house more than once. LOL
Got to get moving! Catch you all later...
Good Morning!!!
Glad to hear Jeff’s Mom opened her eyes!
Coffee and vegetable Omelet please. Oh and hold the cilantro but I’ll take the salsa. Thanks.
J.R.- Nope, Ray’s on his own on that fish clearing thing. It was his idea, not mine. Hey, nobody stole his vehicles though. Probably leaves the keys in them too. Not a bad idea come to think of it
Ray- Oh yes for you that would be a great car. I’d check into one too if I needed a vehicle. But for us though, not so good based on our driving ranges and areas. I’d also have to figure the usage cost of the old vehicle and the new based on our elect rates like you did to see. Buddy of mine bought one of those flex fuel vehicles a few years ago and found that it cost him more to use E-85 than regular gasoline. And not just a few dollars either. He was very careful to keep the driving conditions the same too. He drove E-85 for one year, then drove one year with regular gasoline, and yes he took into consideration gas/E-85 prices as well. Every fill up, he would write down the price of both type fuels and record them. He did not take into consideration weather temps, humidity or wind speed though. . He can be very….um….particular, yaaaah, let’s say “curiously particular” about some things. So, will the thing make it to the sisters cats and the various MR shows and back without having a charge? I see where it didn’t, but they may not have sent you off with a full charge either. Like gas vehicles. They (dealers) never seem to have a full tank in them. I know during the test runs no, but gee whiz when you buy the thing for $40 zillion you’d think they’d spring for the first tank of gas. But nooooo. They have power stations out there? Or does it charge off regular house plug.
Richard- If you think the layout is ill planned and you’re and you’re not the happiest with it AND you’re only 1/5th along….stop and start over. Truuuust me on this one. It’ll be cheaper and better in the long run than if you “try and fix it as you go” like I did. The thing still ended up coming down.
PackerWell my lunch date went pretty good. Except for 1 thing. The food kinda sucked and was really expensive. $32 bucks for 2 people?!?!?!
Were'd you go? Arby's? Just kidding.... I like Arby's food. At least here it's good. But it is a bit expensive.
Welp the elevator’s party went ok. Guess I shouldn’t call it a party as all they do is go out to eat and the elevator buys. Food was on par with what I remember. Though I was wrong about the taste. I had the lasagna and it reminded me of a Stauffers lasagna. Sooooo Stauffers. Not Ragu. Prices were less than I remember though, except for the $30 dollar tag on the steak. Anyway, all went well for another year.
Lovin the new mouse.
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.
JeremyB Well its my birthday this Sunday and I will be 31. Don't really have much planned probably just stay home and play some video games ...
Well its my birthday this Sunday and I will be 31. Don't really have much planned probably just stay home and play some video games ...
-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.
Jeremy - I guess when you have reached a certain age, life in the past appears to be a lot more glorious than it actually was. In those days, we lived in a little two bedroom flat, which was rather tight for the five of us. Money was always tight. I still wonder how my Mom managed to feed us and make ends meet.
I have done quite many things in my life, I have traveled a lot throughout the world. I guess the only place I had no chance to see is "Down under". But the only right thing I ever did is called Christian, aged 25 now, my son. No money can ever buy you what a smile in a child´s face can give you.
Gosh, I am getting sentimental ...
Great Story about Christmas Ulrich, you had me thinking about Christmas mornings when I was a kid. Your right things arent the same as when we were kids.I don't have kids so don't get to see that look on kids faces as they see a tree full of presents.
Well its my birthday this Sunday and I will be 31. Don't really have much planned probably just stay home and play some video games as its supposed to be lousy weather,lol.
Good Morning All,
26F and breezy this morning. More of the same the next few days but no s**w forcast. Helped #2 son start his move out of the house last night - he's gotten his own apartment and wanted more space than the glorified porch we ceded when he returned from college. This will also be good since we'll get the music room back and I can set drums up again.
No layout work last night. After banging knuckles on door frames whilst moving furnitiure I wasn't up for much.
Funny thing about layout planning. I sketched out what I had for a space then what I wanted for benches. I added what I envisioned for features and then mixed it all together and made dimensioned sketches. Try as I might I couldn't get 3rd Plannit to function for me despite Ryans' interventions on my behalf and reverted to hand drawn prints of the areas. So far I haven't modified that much from the sketches with the exception of deciding to not finish the swing gate isle entry until my back gets worse. Guess I was lucky to have the years getting the house done inbetween planning and starting. Bottom line is if you don't like what you did so far, don't be afraid to start over as it won't get better for you otherwise. Just sayin..... If anyone wants the 3rd Plannit disc it's available to a good home at a very reasonable price (like free) if I can find it again.
Time to pick up tools and get to it out in the shop. CUL, J.R.
Good Morning
Weatherguessers have today being a mix of sun/cloud...high of 37F expected...
Well, typical day here...got to get some stuff from Wally World and a few groceries as well...tomorrow is Audrey's doctor appointment...so that takes Friday out of the picture...weekend looks a little wet....
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/
Good morning. Still dark as sin here. It's 55° with 100% humidity and patchy fog. It'll be mostly cloudy and 70°. The wind will be changing to the south.Couldn't get a bit of sleep all night. The alarm is set for 6am and that's about a half hour away so I'm not even going to try now. Darn meds keep me wound up so tight sometimes I can't relax at all.I have to take my father to the dentist this morning. Maybe I can get some rest in the waiting room. With my luck some woman will have to bring her whole brood of screaming brats with her. Oh well. It is what it is.I have the F unit Frankenlocos running right now. The double headlight of the A unit looks good in the dark.See y'all later.
Morning Coffee in the Diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is, apparently, Thursday, December 6th, 2012!
Thank You Sinter Klaas! {I'm not greedy, just Needy!}
Many send out Christmas cards by now, SO:
The Origin of Christmas Card sayings:
Self-made cards with goodwill verses have been sent, by hand or by post, for centuries. The first that's recognizable as what we now think of as a Christmas card, i.e. a printed card sent by post, was sent at Christmas 1843.
Sir Henry Cole, the founder of the London's Victoria and Albert Museum, had sent many handwritten cards previously but that year he commissioned John Calcott Horsley to paint a card showing the feeding and clothing of the poor.
"A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You" was printed on the first Christmas card.
Since then the billions of cards that have been sent almost all contain a printed verse. Many of these are culled from religious or sentimental texts, notably from Victorian authors such as Charles Dickens.
THere's a large selection of numerous classical verses and rhymes that have been used as source material by Christmas card writers - from the touching and profound to the comic and cynical.
{NOTE: There are too many to list here, and some are of strong religious nature which might violate the "no religion" clause here!} {and "clause" does NOT refer to the Jolly old elf in the Red suit!}
The Prayer candles will remain lit for today!
{Looks like prayers are doing some good for Jeffrey's mother.}
Good Morning!
It is a sunny, but icy cold day on this December 6th. We got about 2 inches of snow last night. Seems as if Winter is here to stay!
December 6th is St. Nicolaus Day in Germany or Sinter Klaas Day in The Netherlands. Kids hang up their stockings on the fireplace or put their boots up for St. Nicolaus to bring a little present. It is usually some sweets and/or a little toy, just to shorten the time they have to wait until Christmas. When my son was just a toddler, he crawled out of bed VERY early to see what St. Nicolaus had brought him.
Unlike in the US, children get their Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. As soon as it turns dark, Father Christmas (we don´t call the gentleman Santa) comes to each house, not to be seen by the children, who have to stay in their rooms.
December 24th has always been a special day in my family. In the morning, my father put up the Christmas tree, which was always some undertaking for him. After that was done, he prepared the candles for the tree. For years, we had real candles on our tree! After lunch, we kids had to go into our rooms and stay there! As you can imagine, tension was running high. The living room door was locked, and the keyhole was covered. After endless hours a little bell was rung, calling us to assemble in front of the living room door. We started to sing Christmas carols and the bell rang a second time - we were allowed to come in! The room was filled with the warm light of the candles on the tree, but we usually only had eyes for the presents. I took a lot of persuasion from my parents to make us sing a few more Christmas songs, before we were allowed to open the presents! In the meantime, my Mom had fixed dinner, a very special dinner, which was only served on Christmas Eve. It took two days to prepare! I have to admit I did not like it very much. After dinner, we took a last glance at the Christmas tree and were sent off to bed, while my parents went to attend the midnight mass at church. In later years, we went with them.
All of this is just fond memories today. We don´t have real candles on a tree, we don´t even have a tree. That special dinner cannot be prepared, as the ingredients are not available anymore. And, instead of singing Christmas songs, we listen to a recording. How much I miss the old days...
Chloe, as it is shivering cold outside, I´ll go for a mug of hot chocolate and a sweet roll, please.
Have a good day!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Thursday December 6, 2012
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Janie, I could sure use a cup of decaf right now... Thank You!
I just got home from the Boy Scout Monthly Roundtable. That was after finally getting all the paperwork signed, final instructions on how some basic operations work on the Prius. Biggest problem today was I had to get the Lien Release papers for the titles of the vehicles I traded in. The Yaris I didn't even try to find, just called up the Credit Union and told them what I needed and the went down and picked it up on my way to get the Prius. The Dakota... Well that was done through Chrysler Credit so I have a phone # I will have to call. I spent about 45 minutes looking through saved documents from 2004 & 2005 which would be about when I should have gotten it. From Now on I will remember to put the release with the title in the safe!!!
My son and Granddaughter #2 followed me up to Canandaigua on the back roads as I didn't want to have the truck fall apart en-route on the main road... It got there, but made some rather funny noises and handled like... Ah... Stuff. Most of you know what I mean when I use the word on here. I then took son and granddaughter out for lunch. Then I drove the Yaris up to Canandaigua to trade in. After I finally left the dealership with the new car, I stopped over to my sister's house and found she wasn't home, so I just proceeded home. Got well over half way in EV mode. Managed to get 85mpg on the trip to my house. Yep it has a function that will tell you all the stats when you shut down the car after driving. So far, it is one sweet ride!
Hey Dennis, if you like tire shredding, here is one that would make that little car of Ken's look slow in the quarter mile... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJUZIdDiFw Does 0 - 62 mph in 2.8 seconds... sports 1088 HP (I'd say that would be real horsepower...)! I wanted to get one, but the Prius is probably a better fit for an old phart like me...
I will have 2 time consuming things to do on Friday as well as get everything loaded for the RIT train Show this weekend. BTW, if any of you by chance should attend the show, be sure to stop over at the NMRA tables and say "Howdy!". Tomorrow I will have to clean house and get evertything printed and packed I guess.
Have a great night all! Prayers for those in need.
narrow gauge nuclear Spent about 30 minutes last night just staring at the 1/5 finished, ill-started new layout. Dispondent, I doodled some new ideas on paper in considering a restart on the whole thing. Finally, I decided to do my MR thinking when in a better frame of mind. I decided to be productive before going down to watch a little TV with th' wife and so I handloaded about 20 rounds of 45-70 to go shooting this weekend. Petting the cats until one fell asleep in my arms while watching some TV, helped sooth the numbed brain. Amazing how a purring, sleeping cat can sooth the spirit. They are great empaths. Richard
Spent about 30 minutes last night just staring at the 1/5 finished, ill-started new layout. Dispondent, I doodled some new ideas on paper in considering a restart on the whole thing. Finally, I decided to do my MR thinking when in a better frame of mind.
I decided to be productive before going down to watch a little TV with th' wife and so I handloaded about 20 rounds of 45-70 to go shooting this weekend.
Petting the cats until one fell asleep in my arms while watching some TV, helped sooth the numbed brain. Amazing how a purring, sleeping cat can sooth the spirit. They are great empaths.
Richard
Good Evening
I'm also in the process of rethinking the layout plans...yep...again... This time I think I am going to buy one of the plan books and see what I can conjure out of that....
It was a dull grey day here with little stips of sunlight...but a few snow streamers and wind set in, just to make one chilled....blech...
Anyhow, have a good evening ....
Good news! My mother opened her eyes today. He can't talk but she apparently can understand. She can move a little but can't sit up.Ran the GP9's today then ran the old Atlas GP40 and the two Atlas FP7's. The older FP7, a 70's era model, is one I remotored. I had to do some surgery on it to shoehorn in an Athearn motor. It's running great. The old GP40 (70's era Atlas with Bachmann body) sounds like an old man with chattering teeth but it runs well. Here's a short video of the three in action.I have to take my father to the dentist tomorrow. That's five hours shot!Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow sometime.Nope! It's not a Bachmann! An Atlas in Bachmann clothing.
I wouldn't, it too gets stiff. The Dexron/Mercon is the way to go
Karl
NCE über alles!
Ken - Mighty impressive burn out, Or is Cheech & Chong in the back seat
cudakenYep, that is me!
Rubber to burn I see. Well, at least it's a real car with real horse power unlike most cars today!
White Lithium grease might do the trick..........
............thats what Walthers did with my 3 GP30`s 3 years ago when they would not run right together.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad