Mr. G- What are Ryans specials tonight??
Flip
Mint tea, please.
Few snow flakes, literally just a few.
Will be in the corner booth a bit warming up by the wood stove.
Cheers! Rob
Evenin' folks!
Had a great day out at my son's house where we were celebrating Granddaughter #2's 4th. Birthday. She was being a whole lot better than last year when she got put to bed right after supper and she didn't get to open her presents until after everyone had left due to her behavior... I got there before anyone else (I was told 11 AM and everyone else was told 11:30 AM and lunch at Noon. Was OK by me as I was able to park right up next to the Garage and recharge the battery on the PIP... The granddaughters were at swimming when I got there so I helped my son get a couple of things ready for the party. Played several little kids games with the granddaughters during the day as well. Definitely fun.
When I got home I found a message on the machine from the Furnace guy. He will be here at 8:30 AM on Monday morning to install the new furnace. I spent some time down cellar tonight getting a bunch of things cleared so there is a path wide enough to let him get the new furnace in and the old removed. Although I have been very comfortable here for the last week without the central furnace, I will be glad to get it installed and up w*rking (see I know the rules around here).
Galaxy... I will respectfully pass on the Ether Bunny Twain.... I'd much rather visit when the crowd is ... Ah... A bit better, shall we say.
Tomorrow is Museum Guide training at the museum. It is being billed as more of a discussion of how the role of the guide is, ah...., interpreted. Yep! Interpreted is a good word. Since I spend more than half my time out there in the role of Docent or Museum Guide, I figured I best be there to try to, ah, Moderate whatever the person doing the meeting has in mind for strict changes in the position definition... Yes, that is a good way to phrase it I think.
I lit the wood stove when I got home and it is now putting out some decent heat, so I am going to go sit near it and enjoy the warmth.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer, lots of
Work Front I was there, Customers where there, the Money on the other hand was not there?
Tonight is why God Made Ziva And Beer!
Train Front. Remember the
I talked about last night? Well It is still going? Boy my layout has lost it Karma big time! It has been like playing 52 pick up. (old stupid joke when you ask someone you want to play it, then throw a deck of cards on the floor)
I have spent well over a hour rerailing cars, and yet to have either the A or B line make it around 1 time? Luckily the C line is still running fine, or no trains tonight!
NY Central PK 1000 F3 problem, Oh Jeffery. Not sure if it is a engine problem or a Decoder going DC. DC stands for Dasie and Confused. It will not keep a constant speed. It will run slow then fast and slow again. Last night I thought it was because of dirty wheels so tonight I cleaned the wheels and lubed. Did fine around one time then started acting goofy again? Decoder reset time? It is a Digitrax DH 123 and I am not sure if I turned off the DC command CV's. I can control the speed some what.
New Guy, Ron right? Welcome to the dinner!
Well I have , and Ziva waiting on me, so I am out of here!
Ken
New Photo Bucket Sucks Caboose!
I hate Rust
To all new diners: Welcome!
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I received three Digitrax DH123 decoders in the mail today, each with 9 pin to DCC medium 3 inch 8-pin harness attached. I tested them and all three checked out A-OK. I refitted two with 9 pin to wires 7 inch harnesses. One will be going into the Rock Island E-R Models FP7 that's coming next week, assuming it doesn't need an overhaul. It looks good but you know what they say about appearances. No biggie if I have to shoehorn a motor into it. Speaking of locos, I tore down two today for their initial inspection. I already knew the motors wre good so the emphasis was on the gears. Everything checked out and they're back together, tested and back on the display rack. I was going to have dinner at home tonight but my father called and asked if I wanted to go to KFC. Well, yeah! We're both seniors so we get the senior citizen rate, so why not? Besides, he was buying!It's going to be on the cool side tonight with a low of 28°. I'll have the heater on low. Well, time to call it a night. See y'all 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
Train Show tomorrow in Scranton, hope to find some nice items. Hope to get there early.
Night everyone.
By the way, what is an American Flyer no. 905 log car worth. I have one with it's box and plan on selling it at the train show.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Strasburg RR has been doing work for Disney.....first the "LillyBelle" and now some other one.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Evening All,
I had a closing shift yesterday, and an opening shift today, which makes me kinda beat.
I may just paint some track and go to bed, as I have a opening shift tomorrow too.
Prayes to all in need.
Oh Yeah, Ron
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
V8Vega84 Today 13 degrees colder tomorrow.Calif gas tax is going up 3.5 cents July 1st and that makes it 70.5 cents the highest gas tax in the nation. Calif. is wholly controlled by one party and has the highest income, and sales tax also plus there constantly adding fees to our property tax.The car cover I won on eBay arrived today and on the package I saw the postage was $13.58. I paid $5. + $10 so the poor guy went to this trouble for only $1.42.
Ours is 38.4c PER LITRE here in Australia wide. We also get hit with 10% GST AT P.O.S.
Our current price is at the high point is 158.9c per litre = around $6 a GAL. The other day I filled up my Mitsubishi Lancer it cost me $77 from empty (approx a 55L tank) around $30 is tax. Of that only 25% goes back into roads the rest goes into the finances of the Federal Gov.t
Its all relative though, our minimum wage is around $16 per hour. However an average 3 bed home costs close to $400,000 now in most cities. And since our populations are so centralised living out of town means less options for work.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Morning Coffee in the diner...
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, February 3rd, 2013!!!
The prayer candles will be lit at 8 AM along with Church service.
Pay it forward, do a good deed for someone!!!
-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.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Early Morning
Weather here is gonna be mix of sun/cloud and ....a high near 22F.......uummm...winter can go away...now.
Up and at 'em!! Well, I am here....spent the last little while, ie: most of the evening in my trainroom, cleaning it and getting ready for an operating session this afternoon....I'm looking forward to it...and see how well I manage to NOT have a KEN day...
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...
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Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast Buffet please. Thanks.
Ron- There’s actually two words that are taboo here, well I mean other than the usual ones. First and formost is w**k. Hoo boy..., like I said most don’t like that word and are offended by it . The second is sn*w. Now that one is usually treated as one of the milder bad words and usually is not treated like the other. It is just not really liked by those who….well, don’t like it.
Welp, yesterday went as planned so we’ll see how today goes. First Church, then nap, then dinner, then nap, then trainroom, then nap, then maybe a DVD movie, then nap, maybe some more trainroom, no nap, then light supper, then nap, then cartoons, then nap…. then bed. Whew! Whatta day. Tired just thinking about it.
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.
Mornin'........
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot cream of wheat with brown sugar this morning and several cups of dark roast coffee in a my FGLK mug Please.
What am I doing up at this time of the morning? Woke up early, and since the alarm was going to go off in another 20 minutes anyway, I decided I might just as well get up and moving. House was 65°F this morning when I got up. Has been 68° every morning since I kicked the heat up a few degrees out in the living room where the through the wall unit is. I think the 3° difference is because the lower door to the outside entrance has been open due to the siphon hose to drain the water that accumulates behind the concrete steps at the bottom of the stairs. I will be happy to have central heat back up and running this week!
Since I am heading out to the museum soon, I really don't want to start the wood stove. Don't like to leave and have a fire going in it.
Currently 21°F outside with a bunch of little white flakes falling out of the sky. Something they now call Sn*w Showers here in this area of the country.
Galaxy, that show almost makes me wish I had Television here in the house... Almost, but not really.
I'll be back this evening... That's a warning!
[edit] Well.... Looks like breakfast is on me today. Zoe has my Credit Card, so eat hearty!
Good morning. It's 36° with 78% humidity. The high will be 60°.The low this morning was 27° with a north wind. Sure hope my father took a good coat when he went to his job this morning. It gets pretty cold on top of those fuel tanks.One of the items on the agenda today is to switch out the Lenz decoder in the primer gray FP7 with a DH123. It's a simple matter to unplug one and plug in the other then program it. Then there's the ever present pile of clutter to clear off the layout. It's slow going but I'm making a dent.
Gud Mornin
Nuttin for me Flo, I jes got up long enuff to check my mail, I still hab Bawwy's code, and he won't let me gib it back!
Hope everboddy feels better den this,,cya later!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Afternoon!
I am back home from my "Northland" trip. I set off at 8am this morning, enjoying a leisurely drive on an empty Autobahn. The speedometer did not exceed 75mph on that trip, which took only a little less than 1 1/2 hrs. Gave the place a good airing, checked the heater and started the hunt for a few things my parents "urgently" need. While I was packing them up, the next door neighbors showed up, asking me whether the house is up for sale. It sure is, so I showed them around and they liked it so much they want to buy it. All we have to do is to agree on a price, but I have a hunch that we are not far apart. My parents are not yet ready for that step, but I´d like to have that settled by the end of the month. I arrived at my parents´ at noon and spent two hours with them, before driving back. My stomach was screaming at me when I arrived, but Petra had a nice late lunch ready at no time for me. Now I am just tired., but happy to be home again.
Have a good one!
Morning Diners: Hm seems I'm a little late for some reason.. been up since 5 but sort of had a lazy Sunday morning.
It NOT a nice day here. Not that cold, just about 30F but 50 MPH winds and SN**OW AND MORE SN*W.
Supposed to continue like this till tomorrow morning. Started at 6AM and we've already go 4 inches so who know. Typical March weather here. We can even get this kind of sn*w fall in April. Which goes to explain why we plant our gardens no earlier than May 25 ish and bedding plants do not go in until the first week of June.
On the railroad front I've got a few projects going all at once. Gleaming track per Jeffrey's instructions, doing the wiring for the switch machines and still trying to get my Digitrax system to work consistently
TOO MANY BUTTONS to screw up on. I have a Throttle for Dummies ordered from Digitrax. Hopefully that will stop me from pressing the wrong things. I also am still having problems with JMRI talking to my laptop. Can't seem to find the right Com port.
I can see a nap coming on for this afternoon. Too miserable to go out for anything.
Cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
and like that I've been thinking, about some custom projects I'm going to undertake. One is going to be a PSAP(puget sound and Pacific) GP38-2 I'm going to paint one. the other is my custom road, gotta wait until next payday before I can get the locomotives to paint them. watch?v=yFOfs97wovg don't they sound amazing under the I-5?
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
Coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
When running into town yesterday, I got ahead of a mixed freight train and caught it at a crossing. Couple big CSX locos at the front. Always a pleasure to sit back and watch a train rumble by.
Hello everybody.
We're traveling. Not much computer time. Hope everybody is well. Welcome newcomers.
Cheers!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Dinners!
Flo, Beer Pleases!
I am off today, and it felt Great! Did a lot of napping while watching Pawn Stars, I do like that show.
Got the Karma back on the A line. Cleaned all the wheels on the engines and rolling stock. Seems the NY Central real problem was still dirty wheels. After cleaning all the rolling stock wheels of its train and a doubled headed UP freight train sharing the A line all is good again.
B line on the other hand, well I think I need to do the same thing.
Well I am about done BBQing [dinner and this one will be real good! My wife hates it when I smoke the pork steaks! So tonight, I bought some hickory wood and smoked 3 just for me! First time in 3 years!
Later
Back from the train show. Got some really nice stuff at the train show.
A 6464-500 Timken Boxcar,
A 3469 ore dump car,
and to top it off, a 2046 Hudson with a 2046W tender.
Also saw a 6464-100 boxcar, both the yellow and blue feather variations.
Good evening. The P-38J Lightning kit is starting to look like an actual P-38. Booms are on. Working on the propellers right now.
Getting late. School starts again tomorrow. Night everyone.
Janie, a cup of decaf and an advil please....
This has not been my week! After the meeting at the museum a couple of us went around to the side of the depot to grab a couple armloads of wood to fill the box back up a bit for the old pot bellied wood stove in the office (the only source of heat in the building). I picked up an armful and proceeded around the other side of the depot didn't see the Black Ice from a downspout at the corner and went down on one knee and over hitting my face against the armload of wood in my arms! Lucky there was not a sliver of wood sticking up or I might have been much more seriously hurt. As it is a have a few abrasions on my face and a sore knee. I'll heal I guess.
Have pretty much just cooled it the rest of the day. Other than feeding the wood stove to keep warm I haven't done much. The furnace guy should be here at 8:30 tomorrow to start the install. If all goes well I will have central heat by tomorrow night! Yeah!
Ken, I sure hope your Karma isn't gonna run over my Dogma!!!
Hope all of you have a pleasant night and sllep well! Prayers for all in need, including me!
No cleanup on the layout today. I did get the decoder in the gray primered FP7 changed out and I tore down another unit for a full cleaning and inspection. It's back together and checked off the list as A-OK. I have several left to do. I won't need the heater tonight. The low will be 45° with a south wind.Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin', Flo - I'll have a hot fudge sundae and a Santa Fe mug of decaf, please. Getting a little later (but not nearly time to head for the sack yet!). Thanks!
Have been reading through Darth Santa Fe's topic on upgrading an Athearn Hustler. Really nice job (and some other examples in there, including from our own Karl. Now, DSF's got me hankering for fixin' up a Hustler of my own. Whole project doesn't really make sense, given all the parts and stuff I'd have to buy (including a Hustler; have NO idea where the one I had went off too...). Maybe I should take a nap back in Duke's booth until the urge goes away?
Not sure if Garry picked a good time to head in an easterly direction, with the sn*wy weather THAT's been cruising through the upper Midwest lately. We even got a light dusting of the white stuff on my car a couple/three days ago - had to get out my broom to sweep it off. Hope you Diners in the Great Lakes and Applachian vicinities haven't been getting totally drifted in.
Galaxy, hope YOH gets a favorable decision tomorrow, even with doing THAT dastardly deed of punching in a WHOPPING WHOLE MINUTE early! (?? ) Sheesh, glad I'm not on a time clock at my office - sometimes I come in five or ten minutes early (to catch up on paperw**k) - they'd nail me for sure on that! Oh, that going back to school/training sounds like a good idea (even if you all win on the decision). Ditto on Ray's suggestion in case they get picky on MOH's case.
OUCH! Ray, better watch out where you put your feet when it's cold/sn*wy out. You don't want a repeat of that 'wood attack' again!
Jeff - nice photo of the 'back shop' of Sundown Shops there, and it doesn't surprise me a bit that you have so many locos that (ahem, cough...) do not seem to have their origianl drives/chassis's... Hey, that's an interesting 'Guns & Tackle' shop - it reminds me of a DPM/Woodland Scenic white metal kit, but the roof on it looks... different than I recall. Have you had that long?
Ontario Ron - to the Diner from me also. And have a mug/cup of your favorite beverage on me. Feel free to fill us in on your layout (if you haven't already - I'm still catching up on posts). At least you haven't caught Barry's cold (yet)...
Ulrich, for your parents (& you and Petra) to survive their brief stay at THAT home, until they get into the (better) more stable one. Good to hear you may have a buyer for your parents' home already.
Todd, as Mark Twain said, rumors(rumours) of my passing have been greatly exaggerated; just MIA is all. I have been tossing around the idea of some 'analog' (pencil & paper) sorting out some of my priorities (including MRR'ing) to get more of things (like MRR'ing) that I enjoy more. Got somewhat sucked in by digital things of a more secondary nature - that, and trying to get paperw**k caught up at the office... I did over this weekend do some layout noodling with a layout design program I have on my Mac. Have decided that I should wait until I get THAT spare room space (which I do not YET have). Hey, Todd - are you taking lessons from Duke, or thinking about trying to take over his reserved spot in that back booth?
Oh, Todd, I would 'weigh' in with you about fast food places - most of the time, I'd like to order off the children's menu (not just for price), because the portion sizes are way bigger than I need. That, and it's hard to get grilled instead of fried (fewer, if any choices) or to get a healthier set of choices. Oops, better stop on that for now - I see the coming out of its corner... We still have the Welcome! sign, by the way.
Curt, I like your wheelcar there!
Barry, have you ever considered having a nice G scale garden RR (or should I say, harbor RR...)? You do seem to get water problems in your yard a bit. How's your cold/sinus/diseasery coming along?
Broadway, nice shot of your office - worthy of a sysop, indeed! That, or you have some wicked big spreadsheets to go over...
OzJim - good to see you again (though your taxes there sound as bad as some of ours on this side of the Western Pond...). How's the job been going? Layout progress? (Me neither...)
CDN Dennis, I LIKE your photo of that CN caboose.
Ken, good to hear your layout's A & B route/lines are coming back from their trip down 'Murphy Lane'... Enjoy that barbeque!
Jake - sounds like you had some good fortune at the train show.
Welp, about time for me to head for bed now, and see if that w**k cell will sleep through the night also. Hope so!
Prayers for those in need of healing, or at a (relatively) new job, or in need of comfort and a good night's rest. I will maybe get some MRR'ing done tomorrow (after I help my buddy Mark get iTunes (and the iPod Touch (2nd gen.) I gave him) up and running - and we'll grab lunch also. So likely, my MRR stuff will be in the afternoon. Have a deBay auction or two I may bid on tomorrow evening (maybe).
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G. (cold, but dry tonight)
Morning Cofffee In the diner...
Today is Monday, February 4th, 2013!!!
The prayer candles will be lit at 8 AM for those in need...
Do A Good Deed and MAke it A GREAT day!!!
Monday, March 4, 2013
TIPTON IN