Ken : Would that day be the Daytona 500?, which is what I'm watching right now.
Ken .... Happy Fix-The Toilet Day! ...... We'll celebrate with Fix-The-Toilet Cake ...... Perhaps, Chris will stop in, and e can have THAT Fix-The-Toilet Cake. ..... By the way, Ken, do you recall Boyd's Department store in St Louis? It's been out of business for many years now. I know about it because my great grand father started the store in the 1880's. My Dad grew up in St. Louis.
Jake ... Nice picture of the P-38J. I was at the aircraft museum in Tuscan a couple of years ago, and they had just about every kind of military aircraft made, but I do not recall seeing one of those there.
Ray .... I like you scenery project so far.
Jeff ..... So Sundown Shops has diversified into lawn mower repairs. Did you weather the lawn mower and letter i for L&A? ...... I like the picture with the gondolas.
Ulrich ..... To keep it in perspective, this situation is your brother's problem and not yours,. I mean to say it's his wrongdoing; not yours. Be proud of yourself for doing the right thing. .... Thanks for commenting.
Paul .... Thanks for commenting. I know it;s hard, but when the Lord takes one of his children, we must accept His decision.
Terry in Wisconsin ...... Nice photo I like seeing so many trees on your layout.. Reminds me of the old Hamms Beer commercial (From the Land of Sky Blue Waters).
Thanks again to those who commented on my thread about the City of Heartland.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ken, it is not Christmas, so it must be youe b'day. Have a happy one. Hope you get lots of
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
Well I am off Sunday and for most people it would be a special day that comes once a year! Want to guess what day it will be? Personally I just happy to be off regardless of what day it is!
There is hint in there folks!
A special day that comes for you once a year. Must be a birthday!
Duh!
It`s fix the toilet day.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
cudaken cudaken Well I am off Sunday and for most people it would be a special day that comes once a year! Want to guess what day it will be? Personally I just happy to be off regardless of what day it is! There is hint in there folks!
cudaken Well I am off Sunday and for most people it would be a special day that comes once a year! Want to guess what day it will be? Personally I just happy to be off regardless of what day it is!
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
Got to fix a toilet now.
Ken
I hate Rust
TMarshAnyway, knocking a couple off the schedule and switching to Stag, which….isn’t bad. Pretty good actually. I like it. But Stag has no sugar. Can’t tell either.
Good Morning!!!
Just coffee please, on the run. Just stopped in before Church.
Sunny, with a high near 36. Hm. Said 43 two days ago. Either way sn*w should all be gone today.
First, Ulrich- I’ve got a few not so polite things to say but I won’t. Not about you of course. It's not my place. I truly wish you well with this “undertaking” and …..well….let’s just say I’m…..hoping your, um , brother….his phone quits. There. That’s nice enough. I’m praying for you my friend.
Ken- No sermon on the beer, but I do think you should cut back. That of course is based on this “virtual” perception of your beer intake. You may not drink as much as you come across. I don’t mean to say you come across as a drunk either. I didn’t mean that. I probably have one or two a day, sometimes more, sometimes none. Anyway, if it affects something even the least I’d slow down. This coming from a beer drinking cigarette smoking, way more crappy food than a couple Chinese food meals can make up for person. Anyway, knocking a couple off the schedule and switching to Stag, which….isn’t bad. Pretty good actually. I like it. But Stag has no sugar. Can’t tell either. Doctor’s don’t like advocating alcohol consumption in any form or amount due to the “issues” involved with over consumption, but most will tell you if cornered, a beer or two here and there is actually good for you. And for pregnant women, the malt is really good for the fe….you know, I’ve strayed from the issue. Try switching to Stag. It’s still pretty cheap up here, not as cheap as the beast or Natty, but about the same as PBR, my brew of choice.
Ok, decided not to go to Daytona party this year but rather to stay home and vegetate. Besides, I have some very important things to do today on the layout and I intend on doing them.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Well…this started out prior to Church but my typing speed coupled with th error correction times (still didn’t get them all), that didn’t happen so….now is after Church, fellowship (nummy num time) and a trip down the hardroad to deliver a giving statement, and finally here I is.
Brenda wanted to make some coffee here a few minutes ago. I said how about the fallootin coffee we have? You know, that little bag of Hazelnut stuff. She said OK. She has just now yelled to me..."OK I don't like this coffeeeeee!!" Then meandered off downstairs saying something about ruining her coffee. Can't win for losing. Wonder what page that was on in the big book of understanding women.
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.
Morning All,
Currently 19 with an expected high of 52.
Daughters came over yesterday, but by themselves, no husband or boy friend, soooo we did not put much of a dent in the 3 lb meatloaf, rice and vegetables I made. There are enough left overs to make several dinners for me over the next few weeks since I froze them in small dinner size containers.
Got three of the Switch Tender motors installed and only hit my head twice. One really bleed for some time. The last motor is for the two tracks going to the engine house, the turnout is not installed yet as I have to finish the engine house first to fit the tracks properly. I think i will start on some scenery in the coming weeks, ground cover first, then ballast the track where the ground cover is done.
Ulrich - You and Petra are in my prayers for the tough situation you are in. I know it is not an easy one.
Garry - My prayers for the family that lost their little girl. We lost a child that was only 24 hours old, and it is very, very difficult. I do not know what is harder losing a spouse, or a child, as I have lost both.
Ken - Sometimes the work situation is unbearable, but there are worse things. Don't let it ruin your health.
Prayers to all in need.
CederstrandQuestion: HCurious, how do you go about (quickly) weathering plastic buildings, both with and without "windows" installed (pre-built structures and kits)? Acrylic washes, chalks, ???
Columbian coffee in a BNSF mug, please.
Question: HCurious, how do you go about (quickly) weathering plastic buildings, both with and without "windows" installed (pre-built structures and kits)? Acrylic washes, chalks, ???
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the Eggs Benedict this morning. Put a couple of those Breakfast Sausage links with too. Oh! Dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug please.
Ulrich.... Hang in there! I too am glad Petra is going with you. She may be more successful getting your mother to realize the situation. Good luck and our prayers go with you!
Today was supposed to be partly cloudy as of when I went to bed last night. Nothing but thick dark clouds out there and nothing else predicted except sn*w showers later this afternoon.... In fact there some little white flaky thingies floating around out there right now.
Need to go light the wood stove... I am pleased that the little through the wall heater in the living room at the other end of the house has been keeping the house very comfortable in the absence of the main furnace.
I intend to spend most of today in the train rooms....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Sir Madog Good Morning! Petra and I are all packed up and ready to go up north. We will start off right after lunch and try to make our way through the snow and the ice we have here. Yes, it is still snowing - no sign of Spring at all! Yesterday evening, my dear brother must have called my Mom, telling her not to move into the nursing home in any case. She should try to get Dad back into the house. She is all confused now. There is absolutely no way this would work. My Dad needs two skilled people to take care of him 24/7 and that cannot be made available in home care. I just wonder what makes my brother do such nonsense. He also told my Mom I´d help them only to take away his legacy - that´s just BS. I want my parents alive and well and I don´t want no blooming legacy! He must be ill in his mind! I am just glad Petra is joining me today - I can´t stand anymore of this. I maybe just an inch away from a complete breakdown of all my systems. Curt - have fun on that trip! Garry - saw your picture thread. Great pictures of an excellent model work Well, I´ll be out for a few days. Hope to see you seen - with much better news. Have a good one!
Good Morning!
Petra and I are all packed up and ready to go up north. We will start off right after lunch and try to make our way through the snow and the ice we have here. Yes, it is still snowing - no sign of Spring at all!
Yesterday evening, my dear brother must have called my Mom, telling her not to move into the nursing home in any case. She should try to get Dad back into the house. She is all confused now. There is absolutely no way this would work. My Dad needs two skilled people to take care of him 24/7 and that cannot be made available in home care. I just wonder what makes my brother do such nonsense. He also told my Mom I´d help them only to take away his legacy - that´s just BS. I want my parents alive and well and I don´t want no blooming legacy! He must be ill in his mind!
I am just glad Petra is joining me today - I can´t stand anymore of this. I maybe just an inch away from a complete breakdown of all my systems.
Curt - have fun on that trip!
Garry - saw your picture thread. Great pictures of an excellent model work
Well, I´ll be out for a few days. Hope to see you seen - with much better news.
Have a good one!
debating if I want to go to my LHS or not, but I suppose I'll wait until monday after I cash my check. well today thus far has not been very pleasant.
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
Good morning. It's 44° with 88% humidity. The high will be 65°.I may get some layout cleaning in today but the first order of business is laundry. That should keep me busy the rest of the morning.
Curt Webb MOH and I set down and figured out our vacation itinerary in May which will include: Pennsylvania RR museum Strasburg RR excursion Steamtown Altoona RR Museum Horse Shoe Curve We will also see friends and family in various locations. Needless to say I will owe MOH big time after that.
MOH and I set down and figured out our vacation itinerary in May which will include:
Pennsylvania RR museum
Strasburg RR excursion
Steamtown
Altoona RR Museum
Horse Shoe Curve
We will also see friends and family in various locations. Needless to say I will owe MOH big time after that.
Curt: keep these things in mind:
1} Steamtown will NOT be running steam in MAy. They are basically down to one running MIKE, and are working on the others. One is down for tear down-inspection and 2 are in the rebuild phase. They only run the MIKE during JULY-AUG.Unless they surprise me and have another up and running, it won't be steam tehy are running.
2} Strasburg- demands a whole day at least- if you arrive a day early or so, you Can "go in" to Strasburg, you just can't ride the trains, unless you pay and shop the trains store the website doesn;t show the model train shop, just the thomas stuff that is in another store}. Consider getting the Rail Baron's pass {i think they may have done away with it,,call and ask- I don't see it on the ticket schedule} which will include one parlor car ride, one NOON SHOP TOUR { WORTH IT} And admission to the RR Museum of PA {do after the Noon SHOP TOUR for a few hours, then ride the free car on the train again. If you arrive the day early, then you Can watch them trade off loading unloading the trains they will be running that day. They close promptly at 5 PM!!! DON"T FORGET TO SHOP the MODEL TRAIN SHOP THERE! {you can get lost like kid in a candy store}.
TO the W of Strasburg about a mile down the road {rt741} and next to the CHOO CHOO BARN is ANOTHER MODEL SHOP worth the look-see!!!{ here is their website, though the website is DISAPPOINTING to say the least..go to the Store it is GREAT! :http://www.etrainshop.com/tek9.asp } {hours can be spent there too}
There is another train store in the outlet mall I haven;t been here yet but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu31Mu7O91k
3} PA RR Museum- about 1/2 a day there, we go in after the noon shop tour at Strasburg across the street. Well worth a look-see...NOTE SINCE WE ARE IN HAWAII THIS MONTH..there ia loco against the far back wall by the heisler and the shay is a HAWAIIAN LOCO saved from scrap!!!
4th} HAVE A GREAT TIME, and yeah, YOU WILL OWE YOH BIG TIME, AND I MEAN BIG TIME...UNLESS you can get her into the trains as well!!! {hopefully she does!!!}
YOu will enjoy it!!!
Have a fun,safe trip!
EDIT_ I GOT TOP so, KONA COFFEE AND LOMI LOMI SALMON {diced salmon, lemonjuice, Maui sweet onions, diced tomatos, sea salt} FOR EVERY ONE!!!
-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.
Morning Kona Coffee in the Diner...
ALOHA!!!GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, February 24th, 2013!!!
The prayer candles are lit for those in need...
Make it a GREAT DAY!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
I've done it again I grabbed the wrong radii of ez track now I have to get another box just so I can have a complete oval, it's 17" radius that should be plenty wide for my passenger trains to look realistic.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me before bedtime....
Other than A run downtown to the LHS for some supplies, didn't really do much other than take care of the cats and do some scenery stuff on the layout. My idea of a great day!
I did a bit more on the scenery area in progress:
Trees got some foliage (what I had to get at the LHS) and a few other items added...
Ulrich, hang in there! You sure have been through a lot with the parents! You are in my prayers.
Hope you all have a great night!
This morning I said I would probably get a phone call before I could do much of anything and that's what happened. My father called wanting me to come help him work on a push lawn mower that hadn't been started in four years. The spark plug was dirty, the magneto was rusty, the carb had water in it, the flywheel brake was locked up and the throttle cable was rusty. It took close to three hours work but we got it running like a champ. After that I just wanted to rest for a while. I came back home and squeezed a Life-Like motor into the Atlas GP40. It now runs a lot better than it did yesterday. No cleanup work on the layout today.It's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Tonight's photo taken with the Nippon CardCam 300 VGA camera.
Good evening. Made an unexpected trip to Elmira. Unfortunately, Lantz's wasn't open today, so I went to Hobby Lobby. Got my foot in the door as far as WW2 aircraft models with the purchase of an O scale P-38J Lightning. In case you don't know what one looks like, here is a picture from Fine Art America.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer Pleases
Again I am Dead Tired and will talk more about my blood sugar and train motors Sunday. At this point, I think it is stress more than anything. Tyler (Manager) is being a real dick of late and I am his verbal punching bag. He knows he is being a dick when talking to me, and apologized twice today for it. Still does not help while he is being a dick, but he realizes he is being one. About two weeks ago was when the Company started turning the screws on him, that is all so when he started being a dick to me and my blood sugar started going up.
Far as the beer being the problem, well it might be. But, on my last A1C test I was drinking and it came in at a 5.9? Drinking about the same as I am now.
Gary, glad you are enjoying the photos.
Later, Ken
Evening All,
Back from the club. Just stayed long enough for supper then came home.
Today MOH, Son and me bagged up 18 lawn bags of oak leaves and trimmed trees. Next week I need to cut grass and trim hedges.
Today I received the Atlas Billboard Reefer (green Grand Union) and I really like the looks of it. I will weather it sometime next week.
I go back to w**k tomorrow and temps are supposed to be in 80's all week. So much for winter.
Garry- I am very sorry to hear about the death of the child.
Terry in Wisc- You talking about tapes bring's back memories of listening to my Dad on tape when he was fighting in Viet Nam.
Ulrich- I continue to send prayers your way. You are in a incredibly tough position.
Hope everybody has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Did someone call my name?
PackerJeff, What do you cut the shafts with? A dremel with a cut-off disk?
Hi, all! 29f and clouds. more overcast, I guess.
That was a good one , Dennis!
Got a few pictures from PFC Son, it is good to actually SEE him! Haven't heard his voice since Christmas morning. We do stay in touch via Facebook. I don't know how my parents coped when my two older brothers were in Vietnam with only letters and an occassional tape recording.
On the train front it's been mostly relaxing train running. Still seems Mr. Murphy enjoys a visit now and again. I can have a couple frieghts going while I switch Spooner Yard for a few hours with NO problems, then WHAM! Picked switch points, uncouplings, etc etc. Sheesh! At least there's no visitors to chuckle and guffaw!
That's all for now! Prayers for those that need'm.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Jeff, What do you cut the shafts with? A dremel with a cut-off disk? The only reason I bring up cutting the shafts on a Kato is because the Kato is about 8 bucks less than the micromark motor. But if the micro-mark one is bought in a pair, the cost is about the same as 2 Katos.
Dennis, what are you working on this time?
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.
Coffee in a SOGGY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Garry, that is sad for the young couple. Can't imagine what they are going through.
Glued a few window frames in the wall sections of a coaling tower. Think I'll weather them before adding the "glass" behind them.
A pygmy goat died last night. Looked fine, so perhaps old age, ate something it shouldn't have, or who knows what. One less little fracker to worry about getting into trouble. Not to sound mean, but at this point I sure won't miss any that cross-over.
Not much else to report on. Cheers! Rob
PackerIt's up to Ken what he wants to do because it's his engine. IMO, getting the micro-mark motor might be a better idea because IDK how well cutting the motor shafts on a kato would be.