Coffee refill, please.
***Galaxy, running trains is also very theraputic, plus it's free (once you have the trains to run that is).
***Ulrich, I agree with others: Use their car!!!
***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?
Other than remounting the re-upholstered seat to the old JD, only to find that with the improved seat I need to go back and bend the old mounting tabs back in line with the rest of the tractor, all is good.
When the pygmy goats no longer responded to throwing rocks into the trees nearby to turn them away from the back of the house, I tried 5 rounds of birdshot into the ravine bank. Boy did that do the trick. They have been back in the big pasture ever since. Bwahahahaha!
Hope to have enough energy tonight to get down to the train room and do some actual cleanup work in there.
Cheers! Rob
Well
went to Physical therapy this Am. I always feel good when i leave after they have massaged and tweaked my knee and hip, but Boy do I pay for it later.
Ran a few errands, including moving MOH's first unenjoyment check, the few measly crumbs it is to pay a loan. We opted to have the taxes taken out of it so it is a smaller amount.
I have the Psychiatrist later to go to and then I can relax at least until tomorrow AM when I have grocery shopping to do.
ULRICH- glad things are "working out" it sounds like. USE their car, it is not like they can!
Need to eat something before the Pyschiatrist.
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.
Your Chuckle for the day.
Reporter interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 'And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?' the reporter asked. She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, So I got my doctor's permission to Join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.. But, by the time I got my leotards on, The class was over.
There, made you laugh didn't I
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Sir MadogBorrowing my parents car would certainly help, but both of them are from a part of Germany where people are chintzier than the Scottish
The only reason you would be borrowing your parents car is to be able to go see them in the hospital. Borrow the darned thing and just don't tell them. It's not as if they are in any position to find out and even if they did, after all that you and your wife have done and are continuing to do for them..... they can just Get Over It!
Lecture over....
Stay strong for each other.
Regards
well I did not get very far in my route for Trainz12 I forgot my content tab is busted. *sigh* I guess I'll go back to working on 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
Sir MadogBorrowing my parents car would certainly help, but both of them are from a part of Germany where people are chintzier than the Scottish - no offense meant to John!
My ansestors came from Scotland. And Wales, and England, and that's it. Just thought of it.
I think that KRM would like this photo.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Went to Wal-Mart this morning with my father so we could both pick up some things we needed. Then it was over to the Waffle Shoppe for breakfast. No goodies in the mail today. Maybe tomorrow.
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
Coffee in a SOGGY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Have a good day all.
Borrowing my parents car would certainly help, but both of them are from a part of Germany where people are chintzier than the Scottish - no offense meant to John!
Just dropping by to let you know I will be by after work.
Ken
I hate Rust
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar and a few cups of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug please. Be sure to check with me on the refills. Thanks!
Dave, sorry to hear about your Dad. This is a good place to shake off sorrow for a while...
Ulrich, glad to hear your father has at least stabilized. Sounds like the decisions have been made and you don't have to be the blame... Yes, borrowing your parents car might be a temporary solution so you could at least get to see them. Oh, and a belated Happy Birthday to Petra!
Guess we have to careful what we say today.... Seems to be Mods all over the place.
Today is supposed to be partly around the Finger Lakes. Every once and a while I look outside the window and see some patches of blue. None of them appear to be where they will let any sunshine come down here though.
I best get going as I have several projects that must get done today (like the laundry...). Of course I might get a few minutes to do some odds and ends with the layout while the washer runs.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
jeffrey-wimberly Oh look! Three mods, all in a row!
Oh look! Three mods, all in a row!
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. It's 45° with 90% humidity. It's cloudy this morning but will be clearing later. The high will be 58°. Somebody up north left the door again.Well I had a descent nights sleep and I feel much better than I did yesterday. Today I may get a chance to change out the decoders on a couple of locos. They have Bachmann decoders and I'd like to upgrade them Digitrax. Now the question is do I use my two DZ125's I just got or do I wait a bit longer for some DHWH harnesses I have coming and use a couple of DH123's I've had laying around for quite a while? Decisions, decisions.
Morning gang!
Flo, can I get some apple pie, and a coffee in a MARYLAND MIDLAND mug. Yeah, I hear ya, apple pie for breakfast? Its got grain and fruit, 2 food groups done! Geez, ya sound like my mother!
Gotta be careful eating this, cuz I'm all dressed for my interview this morning,,necktie and all! Take a picture girls, this IS unusual!
Didn't get too far with the Midland engines yesterday, 304 (yes, it has a number now) gave me a fit installing the ditch lights, but I finally got em!
Still got numberboards and a few decals to install yet, then wiring the lighting to the decoder, but it will get there!. Like Danny Glover said in all the Lethal Weapon movies" I'm gettin to old for this stuff!"
Dave, sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. Its been 3 years since my Dad passed, but at times, I still feel him here!
Ulrich, for Petra, as far as Mom, Dad, the flu, the car, gosh I wish you could catch a break ! Can you at least borrow your parents car til all this settles?
Todd, To get your appointment, didja fill out a MRID10T-s form, in triplicate ?
Galaxy, ditch the phone company! Carrier pigeons are a great hobby!
Gotta roll out soon, catch y'all later!
EDIT: looks like I'll be leaving my Visa behind, eat up guys!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Morning
Another dull day here...sigh
Have a bunch of things need done here ....again...off to do dem......have a good day!!
Dave: Sorry about your father's passing...
hon30critterMy dad passed away early Tuesday morning. Where did I go tonight to relieve the stress? Why to the MR forums of course.
Sir MadogTodd - trying to catch up with Jeff?
Todd - trying to catch up with Jeff?
Good Afternoon!
Petra and I would like to say thank for all the wishes on the occasion of he 25th birthday - give or take a few years...
The years 2013 has not been very kind to us so far. Saturday, our car broke down and there is only little hope for getting it fixed again. The motor management system just quit and a new one is not to be had. So we are without a car. Adding to this, both of us are down with a bad case of flu, so no birthday celebration today. Good news is, however, that my parents´ conditions have stabilized, but we now know, that my father will definitively not return into their house. He will be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his days. My Mom´s mental disorder is progressing rapidly. She has lost any contact to reality most of the time. Her physical condition is improved, though. She is still kept at the hospital until I have found a place for both to stay. I won´t be able to go up north to help them before Tuesday next week. Still no help from my brother...
Dave - sorry to hear about your dad´s passing.
Good Morning!!!
Yeeeesh!! Who's whackjob idea was it to change the policy for posting????
Coffee and two eggs scrambled loose, hashbrowns, and a couple strips of bacon in a pile and cover it with sausage gravy please. Thank you.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
G- I can’t stand the phone company. I would get rid of the land line but I just can’t seem to do it. Old habits I guess. It costs me more to have a phone in the house that cannot leave the building and costs for a long distance call, than it does for me to have a phone I can carry anywhere, call long distance with no additional charge AND I can get on the internet wherever. With a WiFi for nothing and without WiFi, not very much as I have just now after almost a year, used up one months worth of data minutes. Why? Compatition.I can change cell phone carriers, but if I want a land line…..Frontier. Oh there are other ones out there, but none really offer more than a cell phone. Ok…, so price.
Dave- I am sorry to hear about your Father. Prayers for you and your family.
Welp, like I said yesterday, today I must go get a card for Brenda. Valentines Day. Have yet to figure out why we celebrate that massacre thing but, hey, anything to sell a card I suppose. Gotta figure what’s fer supper and probably, since the Walmart is right ther with the Chinese buffet, or rather vice versa, I may dine with one Suki and take a nap before hitting the trainroom. Or maybe I’ll do that prior to leaving. Or maybe…..
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.
here is my post to make an appointment to post.
Just a posting to let you know I'll be posting.
Good Morning all,
Dave, sorry for your loss. You know we are going to say something….
Garry I hope they get things fixed for her quickly.
So I get a letter in the mail telling me I will receive a letter in the mail to have my water meter upgraded to a wireless transmitter meter. I get a letter in the mail to call and make an appointment to have my meter changed. So I called and they guy tells me he is there to take my information, this call was to make an appointment to have an appointment maker set up and appointment with me to call back and make an appointment with me. So now I’m waiting to have the meter company call me back to make an appointment to have my meter changed. I desperately checked the flyer to see if the
Office of Redundancy Office was running the program or if Alan Funt was going to jump out of my closet and yell SURPRISE!
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning.
Pep band tonight, so I won't be working. Oh well, I will be tomorrow and Friday.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
It's Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Packer Night guys. Oh wait, it's morning... The train club had a work night. I brought my truck tuner (I'm the only one who uses it AFAIK), an electronic scale, and a pile of weights. I wound up only tuning 2 cars. I wound up cleaning track, then replacing 2 switch motors. 1 had a wiring issue that no one else saw, and it was puzzling them for a few hours. I looked at the wiring and saw it right away. 2 wires twisted together... I never did get to do anything with my train projects. It rained all day and i had no energy till about 3ish... Dave, sorry to hear about your dad.
Night guys. Oh wait, it's morning...
The train club had a work night. I brought my truck tuner (I'm the only one who uses it AFAIK), an electronic scale, and a pile of weights. I wound up only tuning 2 cars. I wound up cleaning track, then replacing 2 switch motors. 1 had a wiring issue that no one else saw, and it was puzzling them for a few hours. I looked at the wiring and saw it right away. 2 wires twisted together...
I never did get to do anything with my train projects. It rained all day and i had no energy till about 3ish...
Dave, sorry to hear about your dad.
I gave up on the intermountain NP FP7's and gave into to the Kato NW2 guess the roadname I also picked up a steelers superbowl car I will give it to my dad as one his Birthday presents from me.
ALOHA!
We continue our tour on the Island of Lāna‘i, with the Maunalei Sugar Company railroad remants of yesteryear:
In 1899, the Maunalei Sugar Company embarked upon a major development on Lāna‘i. Founded by Fredrick Hayselden and his wife, Talula Gibson Hayselden (daughter of Walter Murray Gibson who in 1862 began to acquire large tracts of land on Lāna‘i). The plantation venture included construction of a sugar mill, a plantation town, water works, a wharf, and a railroad system, and at its peak employed more than 600 people, most of whom were Japanese contract laborers. While significant work was done, the plantation operation went bank-rupt in just three years, closing in 1901.
In 1899, the plantation manager was quoted as saying, "At the landing a very substantial wharf has been built, and a railroad to the camp two miles distant is in operation with a rolling stock of a locomotive and nineteen cars…" (Evening Bulletin. October 13, 1899, page 1)
The locomotive itself had been built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in 1882, and originally used on Maui at the Claus Spreckels Plantation. Named, "Waiahole," this 24’ the narrow gauge was brought to Lāna‘i in 1899. By the time the plantation was closed, the rail had been extended to around 6 miles in length, and was used to haul materials and supplies to the Maunalei Sugar Company Mill and areas between the Keomoku Village/Mill site and the Kahalepalaoa Wharf. At the end of the plantation's operation, the train hauled several loads of sugar cane as well, which were processed at the Olowalu Mill on Maui.
The locomotive was laid to rest here in 1901, on a spur offshoot from the main tracks, which in this area generally followed the old Government Road align-ment. The wheel bases of four sugar haul cars remain near the old wharf warehouse site on the shore of Kahalepalaoa.
Regarding bankruptcy of the Maunalei Sugar Compa-ny, elder Hawaiian residents of the windward coast of Lāna‘i pointed to construction of the railroad itself as being the cause. They observed that when the railroad track was made, the alignment crossed and destroyed the lower section of the heiau (temple) at Kahe‘a. This ancient site, was one of the most powerful temples on the island, and damage to its features led to the misfortune of the plantation.
The Agape Foundation Charitable Trust and Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided major funding for clearing of this historic site. Support from community members, state-wide partners, and Castle & Cooke Resorts, LLC which granted a right of entry agreement to the Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center made this work possible.
IF you visit: PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THIS PLACE – STAY ON THE MARKED TRAIL AND DO NO HARM. This locomotive and other sites accessed via nearby trails, are private property, with access granted by Castle & Cooker Resorts, LLC. Help us care for and respect the history of Lāna‘i, the heritage of its people, and the private property rights of the land owner.
Aloha and Mahalo nui {hello, welcome and thank you} to everyone who has helped restore this unique facet of Lāna‘i’s history. To learn more about Lāna‘i’s history visit the Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center at the old Dole Administration Building, or visit our website at www.lanaichc.org. The Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center. Honoring the past, Enriching the future.
The "Waiahole" (1882) was a Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-4-2T, saddle or side tank locomotive used for working the plantation.
Mahalo Nui loa {thank you very much} for reading about Hawaii's Railroading history!
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Have a great day!
Hawaii's KONA coffee in the diner...
ALOHA!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, February 13th, 2013!!!
Fair Warning! *Tomorrow* is Valentine's Day, so get your sweetheart something special!!! You have been warned!
The prayer candles will be lit at 8 am for those in need, including Dave for his father's passing.
Make it a GREAT day!!
Thanks Vincent.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
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.