galaxyThe bad News is: MOH GOT FIRED TODAY. FOr punching in 1 minute too early from break.
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It's noon here now. A nice 62° and very wet. No heavy rain yet. The rain gauge reading from yesterday read full. That's seven inches! I emptied it before signing off last night. I read it again a little while ago. Three inches from last night and this morning. That's ten inches so far and more on the way. One of my neighbors is putting in a big order of lumber. Either he's working on his cabin or he's getting ready to engage in ark building.I got the cab off of the AS16. It was stuck on there pretty good and I was considering cutting it off. However a bit of prying with a small screwdriver popped it loose. The next step will be to cut a piece of card stock to fill the space in the shell formerly occupied by the cab. More on that later maybe.
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Good Evening!
It´s been a slow, uneventful day here. It started out sluggish and it will most likely end that way.
Too bad Austria is such a small country and the tour has ended. We have covered just about all there is too see. Yes, We left out a few things, like the Semmering line, the world´s first mountain line, we also missed the city of Graz and a few more narrow gauge lines, but things are a little repetitive, so we actually did not miss much.
I enjoyed preparing the tour -maybe there will be another tour this year.
I am having second thoughts about my planned layout. Petra and I agree, that we don´t want to stay in this flat forever. We both need a change in our life. There is really nothing keeping us in our town. Finding a place somewhere else is going to be difficult, as our budget allows nothing fancy. Finding a location where we would like to live is even worse. At least we don´t have to rush in ...
In effect, this means I won´t be building the layout the way I have planned it. Although it is designed to split into three sections, I am not sure I will find a place to put it up, should we move in the foreseeable future. I don´t want to wait and do nothing, though, so I spent the afternoon searching for some ideas how to condense that layout to become a truly portable layout, which can be handled by one person. The Brits have some nice ideas for that - I may adopt some of their "layout-in- a-box" ideas. I´ll keep you posted!
Galaxy - getting fired for being 1 minute too early to work? What a crummy place this must be! Hope YOH finds a better job soon!
Blessings!
galaxy Well, I went grocery shopping. Shouldn't have. The good news is MOH is home early. The bad News is: MOH GOT FIRED TODAY. FOr punching in 1 minute too early from break. So now we havet o figure out what to do tomorrow. MOH is too upset now to file the contesting form and too upset to go look for work. They LET MOH work for 2.25 hours before ntoifying MOH of the "dismisal". Gee, and we just got approved for a new loan yesterday. We may take that back. HAsn't been spent yet. Oh well
Well, I went grocery shopping. Shouldn't have.
The good news is MOH is home early.
The bad News is: MOH GOT FIRED TODAY. FOr punching in 1 minute too early from break.
So now we havet o figure out what to do tomorrow. MOH is too upset now to file the contesting form and too upset to go look for work.
They LET MOH work for 2.25 hours before ntoifying MOH of the "dismisal".
Gee, and we just got approved for a new loan yesterday. We may take that back. HAsn't been spent yet.
Oh well
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
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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.
kbkchoochJeffrey, be careful with all that rain! Ground is gonna be soft, so don't sink!!
Morning gang!
Boy, its been a rough week so far. Monday was the worst, my firewood guy was supposed to be here early, but called to say he would be a little late. Ok, cool, at least he called. 10:30 he shows up,We walk the yard to check for soft spots, it seems ok. Next thing you know, his 4x4 dump truck with 2 cords of wood in it is stuck in my side yard! Tried to pull him out with the Deere, no go. Front wheels were 3 feet in the air and the back tires were spinning on the street. (Thank goodness I had a 30 ft tow chain!) Ok, 2nd attempt, this time with my Ranger. Almost had him moving then BAM, something broke. now the Ranger wont move!! Tried reverse, thats ok, but all forward gears are gone! 2wd, 4wd Hi or Lo range, all the same! That now is parked til spring, I guess any tax refund will go toward a new tranny!
I backed the Ranger into the garage, then he called a buddy to come by with a 4wd, full sized Chevy truck. The finally realized that they could get it unstuck if they unloaded the truck in my side yard , throwing all the pieces off by hand. So while they did that , I had to get out the Cub Crapette, the cart(aired up the tires) then after they left, I moved 2 cords of wood from the side yard to the back yard. 15 loads in the dump cart! Then I had to try to undo some of the yard damage. By the time this was over, I was sore. So sore I just sat in the house yesterday! Today we feel better, gonna try to stack some wood today, temps are shooting up to the 50's today and tomorrow, but rain is coming for Friday, so I want to get it stacked and covered!
Don't wanna get too pooped today, got a run session to attend at a friends house tonight!
Ken, I have been a believer in synthetic oil for years now.(Mobil 1 from Walmart) Everything but the tractors! The Alero was started on it 1st, and even after 200,000 miles with only 1 tune up (at 180,000 miles) still gets 26 mpg on the wife's daily commute. The Ranger gets about 14 -18 mpg (depending if 4wd is on) but the Impala gets 27 mpg around here, 32 on the open road! All better than they got on regular oil!
Jeffrey, be careful with all that rain! Ground is gonna be soft, so don't sink!!
Garrett Not to worry, there are more multiple scalers around here than are advertised. I've got some N scale and some O scale (scratchbuilt) upstairs in a curio cabinet with my Nascar and Speed racer diecast, my grandfathers Lionel trains and AF trains are packed away , along with a cheap plastic G set for running though the front garden at Christmas.
Dennis, either you're too vague, or I'm too dense. What am I looking for on the microscale page?? I am assuming it has to do with you ar the Reading & Northern?
Well, I'm off to stack some wood after I peruse the rest of my mail, see ya all later!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a short stack please. Blueberry with blueberry syrup and could you throw a couple strips of hickory smoke bacon. Not that paper thin what was that that passed through my mouth stuff, the thick cut. I like my bacon with some heft. Thanks
High today supposed to be 46.
Looks like I missed having dinner with the Hofbräuhaus’ last night. Bet they were real nice people. If they're friends with Ulrich they'd have to be. Especially to have THIS motley bunch over. Very nice tour too by the way. Beautiful scenery. Maybe you could sell real estate Ulrich!
Today, I think I’ll watch Ziva soon as I leave here. Nothing bettern startin a day off with her. Then some laundry and some straightening up, then llllllunch at the ole boofay, then…..oh I forgot what it was. OH! How could I forget. Hopefully straighten up/get rid of junk in the trainroom! Of course!
Um…..maybe hang that light too .
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.
Boy I am sure glad I got early to talk with BoS! NOT! My rep was never in her offices and I have called 5 times now!
Extra hour of would have done me some good!
Time to get ready for work.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning
Temperature here is 29F going for a high near 35F...under dull skies...a bit of mixed precipitation is in the list for us...clearing later on...
Got a bunch of office stuff to get at today...better be off and doing it....
Later 'taters....
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LSWrrJeff at least you’re not getting frozen for 5 weeks then thawed out for 3 days then tossed back in the deep freeze.
Good morning. It's 60° with 100% humidity and light rain. A flash flood watch is in effect. Weather for the day will be showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rain possible. The high will be 68°.There's plenty of rain here. Anybody who wants some is welcome to come get it. Bring your own rain barrel.No plans for layout work today. Surely as I get started on it the power will go out. Something strange happened last night. Not long after I signed off a sudden and I must say unexpected surge of energy hit me. Sleep was the farthest thing from my mind. So I worked on the F units for a while then on a GP35 then on an AS16. I have plans to turn the AS16 into a cabless booster unit and I have this crazy idea for a walkway running the length of the top of the chopped roof F unit slug. I'm sure OSHA would have fits over something like that on a real unit. But then they don't control what goes on in my world.Well I've been running on this high surge of energy for a bit over nine hours now. I'm doubtlessly going to pay for it later, so if you don't hear from me later you'll have a fair idea of what happened.
Morning Folks
Flo, Bill sizes coffee pleases.
Up way to early trying to get hold of my BoS Rep Lashenia Lowery. We have been playing phone tag last couple of days now. She is still not in her offices, it is 7:21 AM her time and she told my wife she be in at 7:00 AM. Great, I could have sleep in.
Vince's I am so sorry I am moving like a on the package. Last week being sick has really kicked my butt.
Going to try the work thing again. Way I am feeling right now, does not look good.
See you all later, Ken.
Good Morning all,
Vincent, you should try and apply for those jobs the advertising is a baseline not an absolute in most cases. The job I have now they wanted experience, but working in bridges is a small community so when I applied I explained the experience I did have and how it related to bridges.
“Do you have experience with moisture evaporators? No, but my primary job was programming binary load lifters, very similar to your moisture evaporators.” – C3PO on his first job interview….
I’m lucky to be modeling the 1950’s; 2-bay and 3-bay hoppers are pretty common at the train shows in Accurail or Athearn models.
Garrett, welcome to the diner. Are you full time Guard or reserve?
Rastafarr, I’m right there with you; our 24” melted, then it rained, now I have mounds of snow here and there covered with 2” of ice not very nice….
Jeff at least you’re not getting frozen for 5 weeks then thawed out for 3 days then tossed back in the deep freeze. It’s been in the single digits here since Christmas with snow and recently some rain/sleet. 51F for Friday then 60F for Saturday then dropping to 29F for the rest of the week. Friday and Sunday it’s suppose to rain all day so by Thursday everything will be a skating rink. Good time to be in the train room I guess.
Ken, that’s a good price on an oil change; $30. I normally pay about $100 for mine, but then again I have a diesel that holds about 16 quarts. I average 21mpg on my weekly travels but long trips I can get up to 28.25 to 31 mpg. My fuel gage sending unit busted about 4 years ago so I have to keep track of mileage all the time so I know what I’m averaging.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
Morning coffee with friends in the Diner:
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday Jnauary 9th, 2013!!!
Today, lets look at "pull the wool over the eyes":
Meaning:
To deceive, to hoodwink
Origin:
The natural assumption is that this phrase derives from the wearing of woollen wigs, which were fashionable for both men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries. The phrase itself is of 19th century American origin. The earliest example that I can find of it in print is from the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel And Gazette, October 1839:
"And we ask one question that they dare not firmly answer, whether they are not now making a tolerable attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the people."
The 'wig' derivation is probably correct but there must be an element of doubt about it as the wearing of wigs had largely died out in the USA by the early 19th century. The tradition has continued in Europe where the judiciary of several countries wear wigs in court. Not so in the USA, where the third president Thomas Jefferson (president between 1801 - 1809), although a wig wearer himself, advised the judiciary there:
"For Heaven’s sake discard the monstrous wig which makes the English judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum." since it was so short, how about the topic of "run of the mill": Meaning: The ordinary, basic article, with no decoration or augmentation Origin: There are many 'run of the...' phrases that have been used to denote ordinariness of some commodity or other. The meaning of all of these phrases is broadly the same, i.e. they refer to products that come direct from the mill in an ungraded state and may contain some imperfections. They differ of course from phrases like 'having the run of the mill', which would denote the freedom to roam around the mill. Early examples of this are 'run of the kiln', 'run of the mine' etc. These refer to 'runs', i.e. periods of active use of the industrial process in question; for example, The 1909 Century Dictionary Supplement defined these as: "Run of the kiln, bricks of all kinds and qualities just as they happen to come from the kiln." "Run of the mine, coal just as it comes from the mine, large and small sizes and all qualities together." Run of the mill is a little earlier than those and is American in origin. The mill in question was a weaving mill and the articles first called 'run of the mill' were clothes. An early citation of that comes from an advert by Cook, Taylor & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts in The Lowell Daily Sun, December 1895: "Seconds and the run of the mill, but for all wearing purposes just the same as firsts at twice the price. Fleeced Jersey Vests in white or Ecru, 2 for 25c." In more recent years the 'run of the...' franchise has extended to just about anything; for example, in November 1988 The New York Times printed a review of the film Rent-a-Cop, starring Liza Minnelli, in which it described it as an failed attempt to "mate a romantic comedy with a run-of-the-studio shoot-'em-down".
"For Heaven’s sake discard the monstrous wig which makes the English judges look like rats peeping through bunches of oakum."
since it was so short, how about the topic of "run of the mill":
The ordinary, basic article, with no decoration or augmentation
There are many 'run of the...' phrases that have been used to denote ordinariness of some commodity or other. The meaning of all of these phrases is broadly the same, i.e. they refer to products that come direct from the mill in an ungraded state and may contain some imperfections. They differ of course from phrases like 'having the run of the mill', which would denote the freedom to roam around the mill.
Early examples of this are 'run of the kiln', 'run of the mine' etc. These refer to 'runs', i.e. periods of active use of the industrial process in question; for example, The 1909 Century Dictionary Supplement defined these as:
"Run of the kiln, bricks of all kinds and qualities just as they happen to come from the kiln." "Run of the mine, coal just as it comes from the mine, large and small sizes and all qualities together."
Run of the mill is a little earlier than those and is American in origin. The mill in question was a weaving mill and the articles first called 'run of the mill' were clothes. An early citation of that comes from an advert by Cook, Taylor & Co. of Lowell, Massachusetts in The Lowell Daily Sun, December 1895:
"Seconds and the run of the mill, but for all wearing purposes just the same as firsts at twice the price. Fleeced Jersey Vests in white or Ecru, 2 for 25c."
In more recent years the 'run of the...' franchise has extended to just about anything; for example, in November 1988 The New York Times printed a review of the film Rent-a-Cop, starring Liza Minnelli, in which it described it as an failed attempt to "mate a romantic comedy with a run-of-the-studio shoot-'em-down".
The prayer candles will be lit as soon as I get home form errands
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Packer Evening guys Haven't been in lately. Just really don't have much to post. Job front; have had no luck in finding jobs in my degree field that I could apply for. The ones that are all want at least 5 years experience, but IDK how I'll get any if they all require it. I'm looking outside my field now, but it's slim pickings. My current job sucks, and they've been cutting hours back. So I haven't had the money to buy Kadees, the new tires I need for my car (The have almost no tread left, but I'm borrow my brother's set he hasn't used), or any of the small things I need to buy to assemble my new motor. I did go to the local MR club tonight and ran a bit. I brought my 2 BLI C30-7s and an Atlas U30C to pull a frieght. I just wish I had more coal cars for those GEs (6-axle GEs were almost entirely relegated to coal service, which was almost all unit train). I'm up to 9 of those MDC thrall gons, but I'd like to have at least 5 times that. I'd love to have several sets of the new Walther's or Exactrail's coal gondolas (Walther's is the PS version, MDC's is the Thrall, and Exactrail is the FMC; no one makes cars of the few other manufactuers of BN's 70-80's coal gondolas) but at $20 a piece for something with blue-box level detailing? not likely. Ken, anything yet with the package?
Evening guys
Haven't been in lately. Just really don't have much to post.
Job front; have had no luck in finding jobs in my degree field that I could apply for. The ones that are all want at least 5 years experience, but IDK how I'll get any if they all require it. I'm looking outside my field now, but it's slim pickings. My current job sucks, and they've been cutting hours back. So I haven't had the money to buy Kadees, the new tires I need for my car (The have almost no tread left, but I'm borrow my brother's set he hasn't used), or any of the small things I need to buy to assemble my new motor.
I did go to the local MR club tonight and ran a bit. I brought my 2 BLI C30-7s and an Atlas U30C to pull a frieght. I just wish I had more coal cars for those GEs (6-axle GEs were almost entirely relegated to coal service, which was almost all unit train). I'm up to 9 of those MDC thrall gons, but I'd like to have at least 5 times that. I'd love to have several sets of the new Walther's or Exactrail's coal gondolas (Walther's is the PS version, MDC's is the Thrall, and Exactrail is the FMC; no one makes cars of the few other manufactuers of BN's 70-80's coal gondolas) but at $20 a piece for something with blue-box level detailing? not likely.
Ken, anything yet with the package?
I've also been working on my weathering so what do you think for car #6 a CB&Q mech reefer BREX #131
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.
It's been a great day here. If you're a duck that is. The rain came down slow and steady most of the day with some heavy showers and thunderstorms. Rain chance tonight is 100% with heavy rain expected. It'll also be near 60 tonight so I'll have the a/c on if for nothing else to keep the humidity down. Dang humidity here can make 60 feel like 80! No layout work today. Didn't even run a train. I did watch some shows on the idiot box associated with trains though.Here's one of two drive shafts I made for a Stewart AS16. It's an Athearn hex shaft glued into an Athearn blue box spline shaft socket. They work quite well.Well, time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf please! I'll go sit by the wood stove in the back and just get warmed up a bit.
I got about half what I should have gotten done today done... But what else is new? I did get the mailed copies of the Division Newsletter put together, labeled, stamped and run down to the post office, and then took the car over to the car wash to remove a layer of road salt that was making it look all messy... Started to clean off the dining room table of junk that has been sitting there for several months and ended up spending a couple hours reading back issues of MR and Scale Rails. Managed to get yet a bit more snow off the panels on the roof. The system actually produced a bit of usable power today. The next two days are supposed to be warm so the rest of the snow should melt down and let it get back to work!
Tomorrow I have to drive to Canandaigua bright and early to taxi my sister to the Rochester Airport for her flight to the "Very Far". This time it will be two and a half weeks in Ghana. I need to figure out where she has a suitable Electric outlet I can tap into and recharge the car while I am taking care of Claude the cat...
Just about time to feed the stove again and head to bed.
Have a great night, Jeffrey, stay dry! Prayer 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!
I'd take the rain in a second, compared to the white slop currently endangering lives in front of my house...
Streamlined steam, oh, what a dream!!
blownout cylindermmmmmm...Jeff...you seem to be having a lot of rain falling there....wow!!!
Good Evening
mmmmmm...Jeff...you seem to be having a lot of rain falling there....wow!!!
We got a lot of sun here..the whole day was filled with it.......
And, I have a hearing exam to deal with...SWMBO did decree this to me.......geeee...I wonder what I did worgn.....
Lots of work done today..even started on my Powerpoint stuff...started working in some interesting charts we have here....
chochowillieHas Jeffrey floated away in his trailer? The way it was raining down his way he could have..... floated away that is.
Evening one and all. Hope your day has been a good one. Mine turned our to be totally different than I had planned but that's ok too. I am retired after all
MOH decided she need help with some house work today so what with washing some windows, cleaning bathrooms etc. the morning was pretty much shot. Then I had the inevitable Honey Do List which when added to a couple of places I had to go had me running all over town. By the time I got home and down to the train room, I was too pooped to do much of anything let alone doing the monkey thing.
End result for the day is Housework 5, Ceiling install 0. Maybe tomorrow
Nice day today with sun and 30 F for temp. Gee, maybe I should install solar panels what with ÄLL THE SUN HERE" Just think of the money I could save
Has Jeffrey floated away in his trailer? The way it was raining down his way he could have..... floated away that is.
We've sure seen a lot of Austria the last few days. What a beautiful country!
Well I'm beat so I think its time to go read for a while and then crash for the night ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
Cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
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Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Hello Folks
Yea Flo, I am back early. Felt like Caboose when I got to work. I will take a Beer Pleases.
Made it a whole 2 hours before I said it was time to go. In that 2 hours I had not a single customer! So I asked my self why am I standing here feeling like Caboose. So Exit, Stage Right. Downside is I am giving my Thursday up for Dillon, he is covering my shift tonight.
Valvoline Max Life Oil Change. Treated my old 201152 mile Town Car to a Max Life Oil Change yesterday. I have been selling a lot of Max Life oil changes at work. With the last check being pretty good I decided to treat my car. My Town Car engine has all wise been pretty quite even with the high mileage motor. Last night, car seemed even quieter? While I never heard the engine before it is now like it is floating down the road.
Gas Mileage I all wise keep a very close eye on gas mileage, car has readouts of instant and average gas mileage. I play a game trying to see what the highest figure I can get back a forth to work and home. While on the highway mileage has stayed about the same, around town it has seemed to have gone up! I normally average 23.8 to 24.2 and sometimes 25.2 miles per-gallon coming home. Last night I hit 25.8 and today 26.8 miles per gallon.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/VAL1/20W50MAXLIFE/N2396.oap?ck=Search_oil_N2396_-1_1068&redirectkeyword=oil&pt=N2396&ppt=C1941
By the way, my cost with labor, filter and oil was only $30.11.
Back when I had money I used Mobile 1 in my 69 Charger (original 440 with out the Blower) and it made the engine way quieter and I was able to get 16.00 MPG out of a old 440. So I have believed Synthetic oil for sometime now.
Max Life is a synthetic blend not a Full Synthetic oil. Want to guess what I am going to try next oil change?
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/VAL2/SYNPOWER520/N1187.oap?ck=Search_oil_N1187_-1_1068&redirectkeyword=oil&pt=N1187&ppt=C0252
Later
rdgk1se3019 Hello all, Do any of you here get the monthly E mail newsletter from Micro Scale Industries? If so check out the bottom of the page...........
Hello all,
Do any of you here get the monthly E mail newsletter from Micro Scale Industries?
If so check out the bottom of the page...........
Evenin' folks!
POLKA!!!
Hey Ulrich.......
I have a friend that is an old elementary school friend.....that has an art gallery in Berlin.......of all things to call it ........it is called the "WYE"......I think it is in an old print factory that happens to be in the middle of 3 or 4 rails lines.