Hi Guys,
Just wanted to stop in and say Hi. I am very much enjoying my new job. Its a little on the dusty and dirty side but the day goes by quick and the pay is good. They have asked me to work 9 hour day's for the foreseeable future and on Saturdays. So at the end of it I will be working a 54 hour week. The wife got a new phone yesterday as her old flip phone finally died, She got a iPhone ( she has wanted one for years ) its kind of cool, now I want one lol. I haven't had a desire to get a smartphone really but after playing around with her's I might have to think about it.
I also bought a new light for my workbench, one of those swing light ones. Wow, its handy for working on stuff and it was on sale at the hardware store. On my bench though I have a piece of 1x4 lumber that I use to hold clamps and stuff and its starting to split so If I find that moving the swing light too much is causingthe wood to move too much I might have to replace it with a new piece of wood, but for the moment is holding fine so Im not going to wrroy about it until I run into a problem.
Well Im going to go back to listening to some Spring training baseball and the Nascar race while cleaning track. At least I can say I got something completed on the layout this weekend. Im heading over to my parents house later for a BBQ.
Have a good Sunday guys
Jeremy
can't wait for those rapido lighting kits to arrive I'm anxious to try them out, I also want that book on BN engines. figure out what details I need to find so I can make my locos that much closer the the BN ones.
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
Just stopping by to say Hello and given folks a video to enjoy from our Alaska 1999 trip
watch?v=jR1tXtXBUiM
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Very cool, Darren!!
Dennis, Jeff hit the nail right on the head!!!! I do not EVER want to do it again! Thanks for the comments, guys and Rob!
Well , I flubbed my NASCAR pics again, only 2 points. Sheesh, you'd think I'd be a bit better after 6 years picking on the local tavern board!
Waiting for MOH to get home from a Wallyworld run, then roast beef for dinner.
That's all, be back in later!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Darren ..... That's a great video! .... Outstanding!
Everybody ..... Darren's video is worth the time for watching.
While we are on the subject of Alaska, here are photos I took about 10 years earlier than Darren's trip. I wish I had a video camera with me.
Here is the train arriving in Anchorage from Fairbanks.
Here is the RDC which followed the train from Anchorage. It stopped anywhere along the line, and people carried canoes, camping gear, and so on.
I road the passenger train from Anchorage to Fairbanks in the locomotive. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain all of the way, and I took very few pictures.
Here we are arriving in Fairbanks in the rain.
The return trip to Anchorage was in the locomotive of the tank train. Petroleum products are shipped from the refinery in Fairbanks to the port in Anchorage. They also, ship jet fuel to the Anchorage airport. I rode in the locomotive of the local train to and from the airport.
Look at the closest tank car. We nearly had a major catastrophe on the train from Fairbanks. The loaded tank car imploded on the way. It did not rupture, and the 30 to 40 cars behind it remained coupled to it. When we were arriving in the Anchorage yard, the yard tower man informed us of the problem. He was the first to see it.
This building is the ARR headquarter building. It was brand new, and office furniture was being delivered at the time. The harbor is beyond the building.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Terry .... I like the layout photos.
Rob ... I hope that pain does go away.
Tom .... SOunds like a good day. Railfanning and your favorite meal.
Jeremy .... It's good to hear you like the job.
Gary ...... I have a few HO Rapido cars and like the lighting in them I have to remember to tuen them off so the battery does not run down.
Afternoon All.
Installed another Switch Tender motor and did some more ballesting. Also took a few pictures.
Prayers 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
Well let see now. Supper is over, the cleaning up is done and it's still daylight out? Oh right it's Daylight saving time of year again. Darned if I know how we save daylight Are we supposed to keep it a coffee can or something? I also have no idea where I'm supposed to store the stuff either. Oh I know in my RR room where everything else goes
Went down to Calgary yesterday and managed to accomplish two things aside from burning $50 worth of gas.
Bought a Digitrax throttle for dummies, the dummies being me in this case. I detest the full featured throttle for regular running. Seem to foul it up every time I use it without the manual in front of me. Anyway I love the little guy. The other thing I managed to do was get some use out of my SIL who is a Linux wizard. Took a spare windows notebook and USB Loco buffer down with me and got him to get rid of Windows 7 whose "Subscription" had expired (Get this.... MS wants $135 to get a new subscription. Heads up on this one) They can go take a long walk off a short pier. My MS Office is also needing it's "Subscription" renewed.
They finally did it. They will not get one penny more out of me.
Opps RANT OVER....now where was I?
Oh yes, my SIL reformatted the whole hard drive and installed Linux and JMRI on it plus set the JMRI up for my Digitrax command station. Now I can program all those dcc engines... well, as soon as I sort out JMRI a little. Sigh, I feel like a rank beginner in the computer world right now, even though I've been using some sort of computer since 1967. Oh well, the current theory is that Old Dogs can learn new tricks so we'll go with that
Even ran a few trains today and had a small derailment which ended up blowing the trucks right off of an ore car. Have to fix that one.
Beautiful Day here with lots of Sun. Must be that extra daylight
Warn thoughts to all
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Dr Pepper please. Thanks.
Say, is it just me or does anyone else find they uncontrollably hold their breath while doing fine tedious w**k. "Painting" those little floor tiles has made me dizzy. I just keep finding myself holding my breath. Can't help it. Probably because I fog up the magnifying light. (chuckle)
Brenda wanted to go to the Chinese buffet But she wanted to go to the "other one". Food wasn't very good today either. Not the place's norm. Even my regular one has off days though not usually Sundays,but the waitress though are MUCH better Brenda doesn't think so however. She says these are easier to understand and they do more waitressing and less smiling. Besides, if we get "that one" I never know what'll happen to my drink. She doesn't think she likes her.
Galaxy- "if" it's squeeling, then usually it's the guides, like Jeff said, or the bearing. usually. Both are fairly easy to replace. You do have to take some of the dryer apart if it's the slides, but if it's the bearing, sometimes you can get to it only by taking the small panel off the back of the dryer. I did both and the belt on our old one even though it was just the bearing, but I figured....why not, it's apart. Now it will take some time for you, maybe a couple hours to an afternoon (I know you just can't do alot of things without breaks), but it's not bad and a WHOOOOLE lot cheaper than a new dryer. Dryers come apart pretty easy. Of course you may want to move it out of the laundry area. I know you live in a mobile home and they don't have the most room. That may also be a show stopper if you can't get it out, or have no place to do it. But if you haveroom to pul it out and have room to move around it fairly easily, it will save you a bunch. I know a repairman will be expensive as well but still may not be not as much as a dryer. I know every penny counts as 5 now.
Gonna say something else too but I can't remember...... oh well, bout time for me to meet my buddy up to the restaurant to watch cartoons.
EDIT- Well I see that got me late night snacks and seeins how it's Sunday, moren likely breakfast tomorrow as well, so order up.
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.
Oh I know what I was gonna say! I was gonna invite Terry over to ballast my track and I would do something I hate for him. Like eat... his..... ice cream..... kinda loses something when I say it. (chuckle)
I need one more post to be 3150. There. Done. I like things even. no....odd. I'll have to post another, but then I'll....Ok Vinnie. I'm leaving.
G'night all....Prayers for those in need.
Edit HEY! It still reads 3149.... I'l..... I know Vinnie I know...bye.
TMarshEdit HEY! It still reads 3149.... I'l..... I know Vinnie I know...bye.
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
jeffrey-wimberlyNow why the heck didn't I think of that?! As often as I buy stuff on Ebay that should have been obvious.
Lets see, I drove to Calgary that was $50 for gas then I bought the Baby radio throttle not not+not= hmmm If I'd ordered it from Ebay It would have been about the same price AND I wouldn't have had to spend 4 hrs on the freeway. Duh.
Looks like you aren't the only one Jeffrey
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TMarsh Oh I know what I was gonna say! I was gonna invite Terry over to ballast my track and I would do something I hate for him. Like eat... his..... ice cream..... kinda loses something when I say it. (chuckle)
How'd you know I've got ice cream?
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer Pleases
Well I made it thought another Day in the Game Of Life. Personally I think I am losing.
Vince, Guess what I forgot to send with the check? Found them last night while digging thought the mound of junk on my desk. Bag on detail parts for the SD 40-2 I sent you. I will send them to you as soon as I get the engines. Little motivation for you.
I am beat, see you all later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Hey guys
Been kinda busy today. Aside from the upset stomach this morning I've been pretty busy.
Ken, They've been ready for a few days, I just either haven't had the money or the time... I'll get them out tomorrow.
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.
Well I got a grand total of nothing done today. Well, that's not exactly true. I did run some trains.Time to call it a night here. See y'all tomorrow. That is if the rest of the hours don't run off.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just my usual decaf for the moment please...
I actually managed to get a few minutes to do a bit more scenery today. Just put the foliage on the trees planted in the area and a coat of diluted dry wall mud over the next small strip of land behind the tracks by the bridge.
I finally caught Blackie throwing up tonight right after he had his big meal and right after his night meds. Last night he went back to the couch and (probably him) threw up on the hand made throw on the couch (made by my late wife close to 30 years ago). That got thrown in the wash last night and then hung up to dry. I will call the vet first thing tomorrow. I will probably have to start Blackie on the insulin now. Have no idea how I will get the blood test taken care of as it appears to take 2 people to do that and I is only one people! He seemed to be doing great on the low dose of the pills too. Now it may be something caused by the canned food? Who knows.
Got an email from one of our MLK committee members that she is having to take a leave of absence due to some circumstances she didn't elaborate on. I wrote her back that I am saddened and will miss her. She has only been on the committee a couple of years, and I hope there is nothing seriously wrong going on!
Prayers for all in need! Have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Monday, March 11, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning coffee in the diner...oh what the heck...KONA coffee in the diner... {oooh, its sooo good!}
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Monday March 11th, 2013!!!
The Ides approacheth, bewareth!!!
The prayer candles willl be lit as long as we are home...for those in need..
MAKE today A GREAT day..you will not have it to do again!!!
-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.
the more and more I think about the recent events and other things that have happened just makes me that much more bitter, I feel like I get scrutinized for every little thing at work, at home, at school. I can't even set my trains up and run them. My trains are literally one of my few escapes from the world, I'm afraid that one day I may explode or implode because I've pent up so much stress, anger, and generally other unhealthy habits/ feelings.
maybe I'm overthinking it but it just feels like there's no more point to any of this.
Burlington Northern #24 the more and more I think about the recent events and other things that have happened just makes me that much more bitter, I feel like I get scrutinized for every little thing at work, at home, at school. I can't even set my trains up and run them. My trains are literally one of my few escapes from the world, I'm afraid that one day I may explode or implode because I've pent up so much stress, anger, and generally other unhealthy habits/ feelings.
Heck Gary life can get us all down from time to time, I could say something trite like "you're too young to feel this way" but I'd be wrong.
However take a look around at our fellow Diners , would you like some of their problems?, I certainly wouldn't, does it get them down, obviously yes from time to time, but overall a fine bunch of folks who just keep boxing on, whilst giving cheer and prayers to others.
"maybe I'm overthinking it but it just feels like there's no more point to any of this."
The point is who's going to keep me up with the play regarding BN N Gauge.
Hope you'll cheer yourself up, but if not is there a counsellor at your school that you could talk too?
I usually sign off here in the Diner with a general Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them, but I don't think anyone will mind if you have the lot tonight.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Burlington Northern #24 the more and more I think about the recent events and other things that have happened just makes me that much more bitter, I feel like I get scrutinized for every little thing at work, at home, at school. I can't even set my trains up and run them. My trains are literally one of my few escapes from the world, I'm afraid that one day I may explode or implode because I've pent up so much stress, anger, and generally other unhealthy habits/ feelings. maybe I'm overthinking it but it just feels like there's no more point to any of this.
Gary,
Life is that way at times. Other times it is better, sometimes worse.
Do you have a roof over your head? do you have clothes on your back? Food in your tummy? A few dollars in your pocket from time to time? Gas in your tank? Then you are better of fthan half the world's population.
As JaBear said would you like some of our problems?I try to be happy and uplifting, BUT, I am also one who has been venting lately about MOH getting fired, our income cut in half, and about to lose EVERYTHING in about 2 months if something dosen't change and change Quickly!
MOH is highly unemployable due to age. I am on disability and so "retired" already. MOH will go back to school to get retrained in the health field because there are JOBS there, IF MOH can pass the age test!
MOH is severely depressed over losing job, doesn't eat well if at all, sleep patterns messed up, is down, won't go out and do anything {not that we can afford that anyway}
Student loans will carry us, BUT classes don't start until September!!! MOH will take a burger flipper job if need be, BUT MOH is SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED about losing job!
I haven't run trains except on the under the table top tree {a circle of track WEE!} since the end of the year. I haven't had a hobby budget in 2 years for ANYTHING train related. Usually every summer we go out of town to go to a steam train tourist run {MOH enjoys steam trains too} but LAST year MOH's job FOUGHT over vacation time AND we had no money to go anywhere anyway! This year will be the same.
The "you are young yet grasshopper" line IS cliche as JaBear says, but has a fruitful meaning line often wasted on youth!
Study hard, do well in school, get your education, keep your nose CLEAN and SOBER, SAVE MONEY FOR THE FUTURE "RAINY DAY"- it may come SOONER than you think! YOU WILL come out on top! Everything WILL fall into place for you if you do that all...It just seems a downer" now.
We are about as low as we can go, only backruptcy, and actually going homeless are lower, we may get there...but there is no place to go but UP form here!
So, chin up, old pal {young 'un}, THINGS WILL get better!
ANd, YES, you are "over thinking this", but we all can do that from time to time.
Man am I tired. I blame the time change!
But aside from that little bit, good morning. Just a few days before heading to D.C. Still need to do some prep work......
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Morning gang!
Flo dear, can I please get a bacon,egg & cheese sandwich this morning, I thought about one from Mickey D's this morning, but yours are soooooo much better!
Gary, Chill youngin, Bear and G are right! Sit back and look at the situation, it cant be THAT bad. I myself was on the verge of doing some things that would lead to my dream layout, then the day after the company Christmas party, they eliminated my job! Thankfully MOH is keepin the roof over our heads while I find something else but at 52, there are not a whole lotta options. But its OK. Life goes on, and for every door that closes, another opens. It might stick a little bit, but it does open.
Speaking of which, I gotta bug out soon to get to an interview in Bmore at 10!
LV, whatcha going to D.C. for? A butt kickin contest?? Oooops, forget I asked, that might be a poly-tical reference!!
Gotta run, I'll stop by later,,,,,,now,,,how do I tie that necktie again?
Karl
NCE über alles!
saronaterryHow'd you know I've got ice cream?
I could just sense it.
Good morning. It's 41°F with 71% humidity. The high will be 60°F.Since getting the new modem I've had no problems getting online and staying online. So yesterday I called Suddenlink and cancelled the service call that was scheduled for this morning. After all this time of them saying the problem wasn't being caused by their equipment it turns out that the problem was being caused by their equipment. I'm just happy that it's over with.Now, what to do today, what to do, what to do. I guess I could get started on cleaning up the layout before I have to mount an archeological expedition to find my tools. I know for sure there's a pairs of pliers in there somewhere and I seem to be missing a loco. There's also a loose hour scampering around here somewhere but I probably won't find it until sometime in November.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and waffle with maple syrup please, thanks.
A chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. May sound strange, but it was nice to have it rain all day yesterday. Hasn’t happened in a long time.
Jeff- Don’t think I’ll make your post count for quite a while yet. Shoot, I was surprised at mine! Clicked on it just out of curiosity and saw it at 3149 and thought wow! I wouldn’t have figured that much.
E-bay’s a good place. Just keep an eye out for the suspicious. Of course that is the same with any vendor you’ve never used before, some just seem to feel it’s just an E-bay issue, or at least make it sound that way. Personally, I’ve never been jilted. Just once... kinda sorta. I learned that some people feel that the word "vintage" pretty much makes broken in a couple places and coming apart in others….excellent condition. All was very easily repairable, although the sellers weren’t very receptive to my views that like arriving in 5 pieces because it was broken and never mentioning the fact that the picture was taken with the pieces just setting there to show what it would look like with it fixed and I didn't feel it was my fault to not assume because it was vintage that it more than likely was broke and therefore excellent condition would indicate it was pretty much all there and repairable. Learned something new that day, good day. But that was one out of many. It still wasn’t a “bad buy”, just a bit more than I would have paid had I known. May have been vintage, but isn’t hard to find.
Between Amazon and E-bay, you just about don’t have to leave the house. Shoot folks in bigger towns can even order their groceries on line and have them delivered. I’d still like to pick out my own peaches thank you.
Young Gary (or so I assume)- I’m not gonna compare you to others to say some have it worse, I know that doesn’t really mean much sometimes. Especially when we're talking about you not them. So I’ll just say hang in there, things get better with age and it will pass. Yeees it's true, I'm not just saying that and you khow it. We’ve all been there. That’s what I told my kids when they thought the world was against them and they always were getting scrutinized as you say (they used a different term, but same concept). They also thought that what I’d say was stupid, irrelevant and I just didn’t understand. I just didn’t understand. Like I’d never been through it. (chuckle) And I'm sure you've had a conversation or two like that or will. Now, they say I was right and they’ll use that when their kids go through it. I said might as well, not much else they’ll understand. Just remember, there are no good things in life if there is no bad. Son says he’s gonna use that one the most. I say we’ll see.
Welp, bookw**k for the Church then we’ll see what I end up doing today!
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Good Afternoon!
It has stopped sn*wing, yt least for the moment. The sun´s out, and all of a sudden it´s really beautiful outside.
The following pic was taken 5 minutes ago:
No news from the garage. I urgently need to go to my parent´s tomorrow, lots of paperwork to do! My call this morning left me with a queasy feeling in my stomach - both have resigned.
Gary - cheer up. Life has its ups and downs. There will be better times coming soon!
Have a good one!