Columbian coffee in a SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Have a good day all.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Not a whole lot new from around here. As usual we went railfanning this past Sunday and caught 3 intermodal, 3 mixed freight, and an empty trash train in 2 hours. I guess we are becoming a fixture at our usual spot. Even the police are giving us a little wave as they drive on past.
Visited my long time neighbor and friend who is back in the hospital on Tuesday. After retiring 5 or 6 years ago, his health rapidly declined. He has been on oxygen for about 4 years and seems to catch every bug that comes around. So he's in and out of the hospital quite often. He was admitted once again in mid-December and since then has bounced back and forth between the hospital and a nursing/rehabilitation center. He was hoping to be home in time for their 50th wedding anniversary later this month, but I don't think that will happen. I'm sure they will both be seriously disappointed that they won't be able to celebrate at home. I haven't been able to visit him as often as i would like lately as the nursing center he was at was restricting visits due to the flu that was going around. Then I was fighting off something for 2 or 3 weeks. So I didn't want to pass along any germs or get them either.
I'm going to take the wife out to an early dinner this evening as a Valentine gift. Got to stay in her good graces you know. After dinner we have to make a stop at a funeral home for a visitation. My cousin's mother-in-law passed at the good old age of 90. We never met her, but her obituary states she was very active in church and several other charities.
Have a nice coating of ice on the walks and driveway this morning, but I threw some calcium chloride around and it seems to be taking care of that problem. Everybody take care and have a good one.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Morning gang!
Gotta run, stuff to do, bee back later, but I figured I'd wish everyone a happy Valentines day!
I thought this was gonna be my last day on earth. Wifey woke me up with a valentines day with a card, a cup of coffee a Bavarian creme donut and 3, yes 3 boxes of candy! I looked into her eyes and said "Dear, you DO remember that I'm diabetic, right?" "Of Course I do" she replied as she gave me a peck on the cheek and went to feed the cats. Well I ate the donut, I'll sneak the candies off to the grandkids.
But as a Valentines day treat, I;ll pass this along. I think a few of us have been here before!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWTh6gbyQN0&feature=share
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Morning all,
Rob, why did the pygmy goats eat your new orchard? Did you run out of Doritios?
I think BOS or Congress is running my water department now. I finally made an appointment to get the meter changed out on the 25th. Tons of people are getting their water shut off for not paying their bills. The valves are so old in town that to turn the water off the city has to replace the valve first. So I’m thinking they are installing a electronic shut off to save money…..
Feeling as if I’m getting the flu, but not bad enough to miss work. Just run down and not very motivated. Last night I took some OTC meds and lay down for an hour before the train club meeting. Got up and it felt chilly in the house. Figured out the furnace stopped working. I checked the normal stuff then called the repair guy. He stopped over right away; the bottom panel vibrated loose and wasn’t holding the safety button in far enough for the furnace to run. No charge for the service fee……
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
blownout cylindernow..where did my trightjcket go
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Good morning. It's 31° with 100% humidity and patchy fog. It'll be sunny with a high of 62°.Well I looked outside and it is indeed foggy. That thick cut-it-with-a-knife, feel-your-way-with-a-toothpick type of fog and from what I can see it is indeed patchy, one big patch!I should be getting some items in the mail today and hopefully a certain package from Canada. With this stuff I'll be able to work on some more projects.No particular plans for today. I should be able to do some more vacuuming on the layout provided that I'm not interrupted.
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
Goog Morning
Dull with nowflurries...bout n inch forcast here...
I'm having issues with the keyboard here so if one see nything mising tht is why....there is nothing worgn with my spelling attribute...or my pychiatrist...now..where did my trightjcket go....
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/
Lehigh Valley 2089Good morning everyone here at the Diner. Happy Valentine's Day.
Burlington Northern #24 Not sure if you guys are aware or not but avoid the locomotive wiki a friend of mine on the N scale.org FB page tried to edit content which was false and misleading and was banned for it. an example of this is that "GP38-2's were passed down from the GN to the BN" that's weird apparently EMD locos contained time travel devices I wonder where they put the.... blast I can't think of the Back to the future reference.
Not sure if you guys are aware or not but avoid the locomotive wiki a friend of mine on the N scale.org FB page tried to edit content which was false and misleading and was banned for it. an example of this is that "GP38-2's were passed down from the GN to the BN" that's weird apparently EMD locos contained time travel devices I wonder where they put the.... blast I can't think of the Back to the future reference.
Didn't the GN have SD45's that were in an Empire Builder Scheme?
Good morning everyone here at the Diner. Happy Valentine's Day.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Jeff - I would not even attempt to! Don´t think I´ll long enough to ever make it, even if you stop posting now.
Sir MadogTodd - ain´t it god to know we´re big league posters ?
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Sir Madog ... our former friends are exactly that, former friends....
... our former friends are exactly that, former friends....
MOH and I have quite a few of those too! however, they are/were mostly not good for us, so we don't really miss them, but the few remaining who are good friends are really good freinds! Just far and few between....
Have a great day everyone!
Off to the grocery shopping like ULRICH here...
-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.
Lunchtime!
Zoe, I´ll have two burgers & salad to go, please. We are running low on food at home. Neither Petra nor I feel strong enough for that a little over a mile long walk to the next super market. Actually, we feel really rotten today. The flu still has its grips on us, with headaches, fever, coughing and, in my case, sleepless nights. Where are the god friends, when you need them? My friend Lothar and his wife have gone skiing, and our former friends are exactly that, former friends.
Todd - ain´t it god to know we´re big league posters ?
Three mods in a row - sounds like a Jerome K. Jerome novel (to say nothing about the dog).
Well, I am not a good sport today, so better to get out before Vinnie gets on to me.
Have a good one!
(Where´s Jerry and the other MIA´s?)
TMarsh Galaxy is eating the Psychiatrist?
Galaxy is eating the Psychiatrist?
No, No, No, you's got it all worng there in Ill-i-noise.... the Psychiatrist treats me for what is EATING at ME!!!
SO there...
now where did I put that spork and foon?
EDIT: TOPS: NOW you's all gonna EAT ON ME!!! Eat up, Diasy, here is my RR Credit Card with the Hawaiian 2-4-0T on it...
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a waffle with pineapple syrup please, thanks.
How’d I get these leotards on? hm. Can’t remember.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 47.
Ulrich- Um, Bad news about the car, but glad you and Petra made it home safe. Kinda mixed news about the parents I guess. Hopefully things will work out for the best. Hope you two feel better soon. Oh and no I’m not trying to catch up with Jeff. I’ve discovered we carry the same ranking title. So, as they say in D.C., “details aside, the fact remains” we are the same rank!!!!
Karl- No one has mentioned forms yet, but give ‘em time. Give ‘em time. Nice job on the ditch lights too. Oh and Pie…it is too breakfast food. In fact it’s as good for you as any breakfast food out there I’m sure. Don't quote me on that in case I'm wrong and I have to deny I said it though. You know.
PIE!!!!!….it’s not just for desert anymore.
“Three mods in a row”. Hm, isn’t there a nursery rhyme about something like that or similar? “Three ducks in a row..”? “Three Musketeers”? What’s that Zoe? “The Three Little Pi…..” Ya know, I’ll just stay out of that one and let you take it from here dear.
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.
jeffrey-wimberlyDennis: There's two places I know of right off. One is Walthers, the other is Ebay. Of the two Walthers is cheaper. Here's a link to the entry on Walthers. Airstream trailer.
Ah! But I bet the ones you get from Walthers aren't Vintage, Unique, or hard to find i.e.....rare are they? Probably just the new ones so beware as they aren't worth as much. See these are the advantages of E-bay.
I hope you have enjoyed our tour of Hawaii's railroads, both past and present day.
On the BIG island {also called Hawai'i} we find the Defunct Kona Sugar Company Railroad. Here is more:
Scattered across the Hawaii Island landscape are remnants of old sugar mills, fields and even some feral cane can still be seen. But when Captain Cook came to the Islands in 1778, only wild sugar cane grew. The climate in Hawaii offered a perfect environment for raising sugar cane; cooling ocean currents keep the average temperatures around 80 degrees with frequent rains, abundant groundwater, and year-round sunshine.
Kona Sugar Company and West Hawai’i Railway Company Such was the seductive lure of easy riches to be gained by growing sugar in Hawai’i at the beginning of the 20th Century that investment capital for a large sugar plantation, sugar mill and railroad in Kona could be raised not once, but three times. The Kona Sugar Company plantation was established in 1899 and every available scrap of land was stripped of whatever crops had grown there previously and planted in cane. Although the sugar grew well enough at about 500 feet elevation, a notable lack of fresh water in Kona’s semi-arid landscape made Wai’aha Stream the only logical choice for the mill site. Unfortunately, the stream flow is vastly insufficient for year-round cane milling and the mill, built in 1901, went broke in 1903. Kona Sugar Company was bought by investors; renamed Kona Development Company, the plantation again went broke in 1916 and was in turn bought by investors in Tokyo. This group managed to eke out a profit until the industry imploded in 1926. Originally planned to run 30 miles, the railroad was only built to a total length of 11 miles in the twenty-seven years of sugar plantation operation. Work camps, communal baths, stables, workshops, and all the requisite infrastructure of a giant agricultural plantation lay abandoned in the Mauka Kona countryside. During World War II, the U.S. Army used the mill site as a training camp to acclimate troops to warfare on their way to the tropical Pacific Theater. Fearing the tall smokestack of the mill would act as an artillery landmark for any invading forces, the Army pulled it down and Kona lost one of its first post-contact, industrial landmarks.Traces of the rail bed can still be seen from the top of the Nani Kailua and Aloha Kona residential neighborhoods. Located along Hualalai Road, near the intersection with Hienaloli Road, are impressive stone breastworks and trestles for the railroad. Built by hand but still strong today, the rail bed can be explored and hiked from here. Further up Hienaloli Road from the intersection with Hualalai Road, the old mill site remnants are still visible.Via http://www.divinecaroline.com/31/72940-kona-sugar-company-west-hawai-i#ixzz2Krf2iQOC
Kona Coffee in the diner...
ALOHA!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is VALENTINE'S DAY,
Thursday, February 14th, 2013!!!
Hope you got your sweetheart something!!!
The prayer candles will be lit when I return from the grocery shopping.
Make it a great day!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
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
Evening
Flo, Beer Pleases
Late night again, had a meeting that should have started at 8:30 PM, but we know how that goes don't we.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening All,
Dave sorry for your loss.
Put a Digitrax DN93 decoder in the Atlas Alco S2, not a pretty install, but it works and runs great.
Did some other work on the layout and now waiting for the turnouts and Switch Tender motors to arrive, should be here in a week. Even though I have Wednesdays off I probably will not do the installs until Sat. Then I can start on some scenery.
Prayes to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Hello everyone:
Thanks very much for the condolences. Even though I said you needn't bother, it really is very heart warming to read your kind words.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
According to package tracking I should have a couple of goodies coming in tomorrow. It should be two Atlas FP7's. There may be a couple of other items tomorrow. If not tomorrow then a couple more days.I'm very tired, so it's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
jeffrey-wimberlyThere's two places I know of right off. One is Walthers, the other is Ebay. Of the two Walthers is cheaper. Here's a link to the entry on Walthers. Airstream trailer.
Who would of thunk? Walthers..... Thanks Jeffrey
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I'll have a piece of the pineapple pie and a cup of decaf right at the moment.
Blackie is definitely feeling better, he has been over to the floor by the computer bugging me all day. Most times I picked him up and held him for a while. I soon figured out he was right back to bothering me... he wanted food! Now he has a bowl of food out in the kitchen at all times, but he has the most trouble walking on the tile floor in the kitchen. he is doing pretty good on the carpets, but he can't keep his hind feet under him on the tile. After I give him his pill in the morning, I take him a hand full of food to the couch where he stay much of time.... He eats it right out of my hand, and I know he has had some food with the pill that says "Take with Food". So now every time he is hungry, he thinks I should get a handful of food and hand feed him.... Talk about spoiled!
Galaxy! Galaxy, No! Don't eat the Psychiatrist!! No! Huh? Oh... That's not how he meant it? Ah, I see.
Did you hear about the lady that went to the Psychiatrist and said, "Doctor, you have to help my husband! He is convinced he is a refrigerator!" The Doc says, Ah... Have you tried telling him he is not a refrigerator?" Lady says, "Yes! But he is absolutely convinced he is a refrigerator. Please, you have to help him!" Hmmmm, says the Doc. "This must be very trying for you?" "It is!" She said. "He sleeps with his mouth open and that little light keeps me awake!" Sometimes it is difficult to know who is crazy and who isn't... In my case..... Well you already know the answer!
Speaking of lights... Jeremy, glad you got the fixture back operating again.
Speaking of working again... I spent much of the day replacing the way too long and partially filled up with lint dryer exhaust pipe. I may be very lucky it didn't ignite and burn down my house. Guess I should check once a decade or so in the future. I noticed the top of the dryer was getting extremely hot a couple of weeks ago and figured sooner or later I probably should do something about it. I have had good intentions ever since I noticed the problem. Had to do wash today, so I finally pulled the dryer out from the wall and unhooked the hose from the vent. Turned on the dryer and there was great air volume coming out of the back of the dryer... Hooked it back up, took off the other end of the vent hose as the thingy going outside and not much air volume... Hmmm! Finally decided my best path to fixing the problem was to just replace the vent hose and pipes. Didn't owe me much as it has been in service since about the time my wife died a quarter of a century ago.... Dryer isn't getting hot on top anymore.... Wonder why? Anyway it is a lot cheaper than buying a new dryer!
Oh! Ulrich, us people of Scottish decent are not, what was the term... chintzy! We are Frugal! Nuf said! Chintzy.... Harumf! Me grandmama was a Robinson and I be an Howard (English form of Hayward).. Be careful they are both Dunn Clan I believe! Don't mess with them guys!!!
Gotta get moving. Haven't lit the wood stove yet today and the house is getting chilly.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Off w**k until Sunday. Doing laundry now. Tomorrow I have a bunch of errands to run.
Dave- Sorry for your loss.
Ulrich- Happy Belated Birthday to Petra. I am sorry to hear the state your parents are in.
Garry- I am glad your MIL is OK.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, I have been admiring that Airstream trailer of yours for so long, finally got one of my own. If you wouldn't mind, a reminder please on what exactly you did to take the shiny off of it?
chochowillieRob, where did you get your Airstream? I've been looking for one as well.
Dennis: There's two places I know of right off. One is Walthers, the other is Ebay. Of the two Walthers is cheaper. Here's a link to the entry on Walthers. Airstream trailer.
CederstrandI have been admiring that Airstream trailer of yours for so long, finally got one of my own.
Rob, where did you get your Airstream? I've been looking for one as well.
P.S. - Ok TOP Afternoon coffee & pie is on me. Here's the card Flo...
Evening guys
So I get up to go to the bathroom in the night and click the light but it doesn't go on?? go get a flashlight and change the bulb go to turn the light back on and nothing.............
So Today I go about taking a look at the fixture and making sure no wire nuts came loose or anything and then it hit me to change out the switch. I got to home depot and pick one up, I think it was a couple bucks. Picked up a couple actually. So I turn the power off and remove the old one and install the new one and stick a piece of electrical tape over the wire terminals ( just a weird thing I do I guess, just to make sure no other metal can touch the terminals ) turn the power back on a voila lighting again,lol. Its seems to turn on instantly now. I could tell that the switch was on its way out as there was sometimes a weird pause when flicking the switch and getting light. I should have done the hall light too when I had everything shut off.