Curt Webb Cape Jim- I would say 6-7 on the stupid scale. They did advertise a Will Smith Sci-Fi movie with his son that looks interesting. Can't remember the name.
Cape Jim- I would say 6-7 on the stupid scale. They did advertise a Will Smith Sci-Fi movie with his son that looks interesting. Can't remember the name.
Thanks, Curt - the Will Smith one sounds more worthwhile (though I haven't seen the previews/trailers for it yet).
Jim in Cape G.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt - thanks for saving me the money on the movie. On the "Ken's 1-to-10 BofS Stupid Scale", how stupid were the stupid parts?
Vincent, how often has your boss done this last-minute changeroo on your job hours? I wonder if somebody else is not showing up for their hours (say, earlier in the week's schedule) and then she decides she needs to change (and thinks of you as either more reliable to show up, and/or more likely to be "not doing anything else anyway, so he can come in a bit earlier..." )... Does make you wonder what is going on with THAT!
Ray, it sounds like "one of those days" - and you're retired, even! (Will you be reminding the "President Emeritus" about the date & time for next year's MLK interviews?)
[Edit:] Ah, it looks like I get to cover the midnight brunch, eh? Okay, Chloe, start the tab and I'll settle up in the morning.
Well, about time for me to head for home. Good to hear that in Boston, they appear to have the second person in custody. Thank Heaven for that, and may it be a good night for all.
Blessings,
Evenin' folks,
Janie, just a warm up of my decaf for now...
Had an interesting day, I did. Today was the interviews for the MLK Scholarship awards. I called the little old lady (over 80) who is the last surviving member of the original committee and now has the title "President Emeritis", to see if she wanted to come to the interviews. I told her to be ready to go around 15 minutes before I really needed to pick her up. She is not known for being on time. When I got there to pick her up, she was still in her house coat and no where near ready to go. 20 minutes later she reappeared with her coat on and 5 minutes after that we headed out the door so i could drive us over to the Boys and Girls Club where we were meeting.
We arrived about 10 minutes before the interviews were supposed to take place to find only one other committee member and the first candidate had arrived. Several others straggled in in the next few minutes and I started the interviews as I was the only officer in the room. The committee President did arrive half way through the first interview (poor guy still has a job and has to w@rk) so he then took over the lead. Everything went pretty smooth except every time the Lady I chauffeured to the meeting said anything, it was usually off topic and ramble on for 10 minutes and didn't have anything to do with anything... She has always rambled on that way but this was 10 times worse than anything before. Very sad, but totally unnerving to the poor kids sitting there being interviewed... Anyway, I got home about 7:45 after we argued about who should get what for a while at the end of the meeting. Decisions agreeable to all of were made and we have 7 kids who will be recognized for their achievements.
Ken, ask again about sleep studies when you go to the VA. Sleep apnea can be fatal.... There are now dental appliances that can help many people with the problem.
Ulrich, how terrible that you and your brother will not be allowed to be at your Father's Funeral. I can't think of anything crueler to do to you after all the help you have given them over the years. Sounds like your Mom is in a terrible state at the moment. My prayers for you and yours!
Will have to be on the road by 7AM tomorrow to get to the Spring NMRA Meet to start setting up so we can open at 8:30 for registration. Car is all loaded with supplies for the day. Do hope I haven't forgotten anything.
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!
Evening guys
Busy day at work. Apparently my boss changed the schedule without telling me, again. I found out when I got a phone call asking where I was at. She changed it from 700 to 600. I woke up at 600 because I though I had to be there at 700.
I've been upgrading some old life-like and bachmann cars. I plugged the holes for the trucks and will drill and tap them for screws later. The tricky car will be the life-like Rock Island 100-ton hopper. This car will likely be repainted black someday, whenever I get a mess of these types of cars. Also in the mix is a GB&W thrall door box (LL), EL 50' evans box (LL) and an EL 50' box (bachmann). I also brought my DCC/sound F45 home for some tweaks. Replaced the firecracker antennae, adjusted the headlights (Not really a fan of athearn's minibulbs for headlights, they can move around a bit), and cleaned it out. Runs nice and quiet when the sound is off. I also fixed the numberboards on my ATSF SD40-2. I noticed they lit up weirdly, so I popped them off and painted the backs black. Popped them back an and no lit numberboards. My BN ones don't have lighted boards, and the green one is from the same run. I still need another numberboard for BN 8097. I still haven't been able to get through to athearn...
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.
Evening All,
Had chicken for supper.
Nothing much to report today except I went to the early matinee to see Oblivion as I like Sci-Fi. Spent $5 to see it. If you spend more than that you will waste your money. It got stupid in parts.
Cape Jim- Good to see you again.
Ulrich- I continue to say prayers for you
Lehigh Valley- Congratulations on the results of your hard work.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Evening, Chloe - I'll have a roast beef dinner with salad, asparagus, baked potato and a glass of Finger Lakes wine, please. Thank you.
Man, it's sad when I'm gone for a while and then as I come back in, I see you've lost your father, Ulrich. for you & Petra, and whoever else is tending to the funeral arrangements. As Rob and others pretty much already said, your father is at peace now. But there still is the pain and loss for you and other family members. Your father definitely was a big influence on your train interest. Keeping a prayer candle lit at home for you and yours (but not when I'm not there). And may you and your brother be able to pay your respects for your father (no matter if other persons are/aren't there at the time). Unless it's different in Germany than over here, the cemeteries are open (at least) during the days, and anyone can come in to pay their respects. Plus, if you're far enough away, you may still be able to view the interment at the gravesite.
I forget who it was (JaBear?), but one of the Diners was saying he was glad to be having rain - I would agree with that - I'm okay with the one or two inches of rain that the storm front brought us yesterday/last night (better than the four inches of wet stuff that the area a few dozen miles north of us got ). This year, I'd been wondering if we were headed the direction that Texas had been last year/years (drought...). So as long as we don't get tons of flooding this spring along the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers, I'm good with getting rain. (Now, twisters or those not-so-fun straight-line winds...)
Todd, I was fortunate to catch a local recycle event at our local fairground a few years ago, and recycle my 17" CRT (they took it for free, and I was satisfied to be rid of it!). I do still have three of those "endangered" CRT's - one for an old Mac I have, a green screen monitor (like Jeff mentioned) for my Apple IIe, and an RGB color monitor for my Apple IIgs. Hopefully, they all will hold up for a while longer.
Jake, your knowing how (& being smart enough) to write thank-you notes is an excellent skill to have. Take a break for maybe ten or fifteen minutes after you've done a batch (no, not just a couple or three...). Good that you have a bit of a break to track down what you need for your scholarship applications. And HEY! - kudos on being in the top 10 (not just top 10 percent)!
Ken, turning that check into all quarters sounds like a lot to store. How sturdy are your house's floor joists? But it sounds like some good reasoning about why you do that (especially #'s 2, 3, & 5; as far as the fire goes, I don't know whether they would melt or not).
Curt, your yard & engine terminal both look good! That has come along very well.
Karl, that's a nice li'l store (or post office would be good, too, or...). Need to make some basic sign for the front, and a little weathering, and you'd be good there (I like it)!
Hey, I don't remember lately - how's the weather been lately for our NOTB (Canadian) Diners? Have the spring flowers started poking their head above the snow line?
Chris, hope your newbie photog graduates don't have an attitude because they got a degree (which by itself doesn't always mean squat...). New camera? Hey, you can keep up with the newbies with that - they may be paying off their student loans and unable to buy one of those new-fangledy Nikons.
Yeah, both Boston and West (Texas) have been having awful days this week. We definitely need Galaxy to add additional candle(s). Tough year.
And Galaxy, congratulations to YOH on landing the job (even if it's a "transitional" job until the REAL one comes by...). Awesome timing! Hope that your trip to the dentist has minimal leftover pain afterwards. Rest up and follow whatever orders your dentist sent home with you.
Careful there, Bob (Seamonster)... you might let those 'other' words about that server slip out of your mouth later (like in your sleep), and have your wife hear it...!! But hope it stays a Happy Anniversary!
Yeah, chochowillie, some days are kinda like you mentioned in MRR'ing, too. But a Happy Anniversary to you and your wife, also!
Johnboy - if your wife and sis are gone, you ought to be able to get all kinds of MRR stuff done, right? Okay, except for any time for w**k, that is. Best wishes on your three tracks & a tunnel puzzle (almost sounds like a Western movie title...).
Fergie, just look at your new MRR acquisitions as your part in shoring up the world's economy. I had bought a couple of those curved Peco turnouts back when they were on sale (some weeks ago). Now to get your bridge installed so you can get those mighty 'steam dragons' rolling on the MESS(tm) again.
Garry - hope you & Shelley have a very enjoyable trip to the Southeastern U.S. I'm guessing you'll be seeing some of your family on this trip, right?
Many on the list tonight (and for a while) for those in need, including for comfort and peace for all those who very much can benefit from that now.
I will be settling down with a hot fudge sundae and a Santa Fe mug of coffee for a bit.
Blessings and prayers,
Howdy ....
JohnBoy .... Thanks for commenting on our upcoming road trip. It will be a busy trip. Regarding your plans, Memphis is a good place to visit. I think Elvis Presley's Graceland is very worthwhile. If you have time to include western Kentucky, stop by for a layout tour. I think we are here for most of the month of May except last few days of it.
Here is an interesting location upriver from here:
Cannons were used in the civil war by the South in an effort to stop the North from heading to Nashville on the Cumberland River.
Fergie ..... I have another idea for your posts. It would be a bit whimsical. Have a town surrounding one of the posts. Build a post office around the post. You might get a few laughs from visitors who read the sign "Post Office" with the oversized post.
Cheers, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, Beers Pleases
Galaxy and Fergie I am sure I have sleep apnea! I was tested one time when I had insurances and the bed was rock hard. I was in stage 4 sleep for a total of 10 minutes according to the sleep clinic.
But, from selling Mattress (I real sold health from better sleep) I know a lot for a layperson about sleep. I dream a lot, so I mainly stay in stage 2 sleep. Every time I toss at night, I wake up. Plus my wife says I stop breathing at night, that is a sure sign!
Now that I am under VA Health Care, if it is not rotting and falling off, they don't want to fix it! I have asked my Primary PA for a sleep study, fell on mute ears. So I just hope the new matters pads offer some relief.
Rio Grand SD 7 and 9 Front. I was able to tell the noise was coming from the rear truck.
Be back in a second or 2
I hate Rust
Good afternoon.
Man. Three events in a matter of days. A bombing in Boston, explosion at a plant in Texas, and a dam break on the Il. River. Wow are we unlucky right now............prayers for those that need them.
Anyway, some good news on my end. Really good news. Got called down to the office at school today, with 9 other kids, all of them were ones that wouldn't get into trouble (ususally anyway). Turns out, we are in the Top 10 of our 139 kid class! Was really happy to hear that.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
last mountain & eastern hogger Is that before or after you turn the water on Jeff ????
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
GOOD NEWS! The Bridge is in!
Now the Bad News.... HOW MUCH???!!!??? Ya by the time you fling in a couple of Peco double curve turns outs, a 50 pack of KD's, twin Bridge Track, Cha Ching!
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
galaxy cudaken All I do I toss and turn at night. Sleeping on the couch was not bad for the first few years, now it is getting unbearable. I am desperate so I am heading to Wally World here in a few minutes to buy 2 full sizes foam mattress pads. Each one is 48" wide, the couch is 24", so I should be be able to fold them in half. That will give around 4" of padding. Boy I wished I did not snore! Darn Wolfhound gets to sleep on my side of the $5,000.00 King Mattress! Sleepless Ken Ken- ask your Doctor about sleep clinic as you may have sleep apnea as well as snoring. It can cause snoring. Then you could get a CPAP {Continuous Positive Air Pressure} Machine that will STOP your snoring and may allow you better sleep! I went and found out I stop breathing for as long as 93 seconds {cna't hold my breath that long in life} and for as many times as 32 times an hour! That means I average only about sleep less than every other minute!!! It made a lot of difference for me, although I cannot say you Will sleep 8 hours straight, but She'd HAVE TO let you back in bed if the snoring stopped! Well 'One tooth missing later, its a long ordeal. I have good bone structure there wasn't much left of the tooth and it took 52 minutes of work to pull! Soft roasted beast and MASHED taters and oh, soft veggie..maybe corn??? for dinner. well I think a nap is in order. today: 70F, tomorrow: 40F, Sheesh!
cudaken All I do I toss and turn at night. Sleeping on the couch was not bad for the first few years, now it is getting unbearable. I am desperate so I am heading to Wally World here in a few minutes to buy 2 full sizes foam mattress pads. Each one is 48" wide, the couch is 24", so I should be be able to fold them in half. That will give around 4" of padding. Boy I wished I did not snore! Darn Wolfhound gets to sleep on my side of the $5,000.00 King Mattress! Sleepless Ken
All I do I toss and turn at night. Sleeping on the couch was not bad for the first few years, now it is getting unbearable. I am desperate so I am heading to Wally World here in a few minutes to buy 2 full sizes foam mattress pads. Each one is 48" wide, the couch is 24", so I should be be able to fold them in half. That will give around 4" of padding.
Boy I wished I did not snore! Darn Wolfhound gets to sleep on my side of the $5,000.00 King Mattress!
Sleepless Ken
Ken- ask your Doctor about sleep clinic as you may have sleep apnea as well as snoring. It can cause snoring. Then you could get a CPAP {Continuous Positive Air Pressure} Machine that will STOP your snoring and may allow you better sleep!
I went and found out I stop breathing for as long as 93 seconds {cna't hold my breath that long in life} and for as many times as 32 times an hour! That means I average only about sleep less than every other minute!!!
It made a lot of difference for me, although I cannot say you Will sleep 8 hours straight, but She'd HAVE TO let you back in bed if the snoring stopped!
Well
'One tooth missing later, its a long ordeal. I have good bone structure there wasn't much left of the tooth and it took 52 minutes of work to pull!
Soft roasted beast and MASHED taters and oh, soft veggie..maybe corn??? for dinner.
well I think a nap is in order.
today: 70F, tomorrow: 40F, Sheesh!
Ken
For what it's worth I know several shipmates who were diagnosed with sleep apnea and now use the "Darth Vader" positive air supply. Their lives are much better. No more snoring and they aren't dragging their bodies behind them!
-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.
jeffrey-wimberly cudaken Jeffery Question the king of fixing junk! If you hear what I think is a worm gear bearing sound only when the engine goes forward, do you think it would be the front or rear truck? Hope to get the noise out of the NIB SD 7 today.Run the loco without the shell on it. Hold the end of a three or four foot piece of water hose to your ear and hold the other end near the loco. First at the front truck then the rear truck. You'll know which one it is instantly. I used to use that trick to locate loose rocker arms on car engines among other things. It works for finding squeals and squeaks in model trains too.
cudaken Jeffery Question the king of fixing junk! If you hear what I think is a worm gear bearing sound only when the engine goes forward, do you think it would be the front or rear truck? Hope to get the noise out of the NIB SD 7 today.
Is that before or after you turn the water on Jeff ????
Johnboy out
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
It has not been a good day today. I am physically and mentally exhausted. I cannot tell you what is right now happening, because the scenario is really Kafkaesque. Only that much - my brother and I will not be able to attend the funeral. We are excluded from everything. We will meet, though, and say our own farewell to Dad.
Morning Folks
Flo, Diet Dew Pleases
Called off from work today, I feel so tired.
Jeffery Question the king of fixing junk! If you hear what I think is a worm gear bearing sound only when the engine goes forward, do you think it would be the front or rear truck? Hope to get the noise out of the NIB SD 7 today.
John Boy One one of the main reason I don't want to take the Rio Grand SD 9 back to K-10 is there are no more to be had! It was pure luck he still had a Rio Grand SD 9 that matches my SD 7. Besides, I am sure it can be fixed, as soon as I take the darn thing apart that is!
See you all this afternoon.
Mornin' - and for once I managed to get in here before non... Not by much but here.
Zoe, I'll have a couple of those sour cream glazed doughnuts to dunk in my dark raost coffe. use the R&GV RR mug, thanks.
Galaxy, hope all goes well and is painless for you at the dentist this morning. Congrats on the other half getting employment!
Ulrich, I feel badly for you with the state your mom is in. Can't imagine how difficult this is for you and Petra. Stay strong! This too shall pass...
Congats to those celebrating wedding anniversaries recently! Mine is always a sad day for me, but with some wonderful memories of a different life...
Been getting materials ready for the interviews for the MLK Schoalrships this afternoon.
Later!
jeffrey-wimberly galaxyWent and did a bit o' shopping for need stuff. Alwasy cossts more than I budget for.Ain't it funny how that always happens?
galaxyWent and did a bit o' shopping for need stuff. Alwasy cossts more than I budget for.
So then i have to pick and choose my battles, so to speak...
With MOH's new j-o-b, I am going to start off saving 30% of gross just for the time being for any need. then into retirement it goes...MOH has $0 in retirement.
Warm and windy here..about 60-something. closer to 70s.
Well off to get a toot pulled...*groan*
Coffee, Danish and Good News please!
Hoping to get my Bridge today as the engines are piling up at the bottom of the river!
Ferg
well
today I get the tooth pulled that was supposed to be pulled last week. FUn Fun fun, till my daddy takes the T-bird away!
Went and did a bit o' shopping for need stuff. Alwasy cossts more than I budget for.
oh well,
later...
TMarsh wrote: G- Tell YOH Happy Birthday yesterday! And congrats on the job.
And Bob- Happy Anniversary yesterday to you and yours as well!
And Dennis- Happy 42nd to you guys too!
Same from us as well to all the celebrating parties!!
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Good Morning...
Weather here is kinda dull and rainy...current temperature is our high of 60F going down to...guess...the temperature of 28F with a chance of...snow.......back to winter...
Yesterday I got to mow our hayfield..I mean lawn and clean thatch from our border/perennial gardens and clean some remaining trash from the trees that fell...next on list is to replace tile on kitchen floor...sigh....
Have a good'un!!
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the fruit plate please. Thank you.
A 20 percent chance of showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Only got 1.7 inches rain yesterday. I was glad. And no storms, for which I was gladder.
G- Tell YOH Happy Birthday yesterday! And congrats on the job.
Gee yesterday was a popular day.
Well, still haven’t started the generator. Nor the mower either. That HAS to be done this weekend or I kid you not the dog will get lost. Miss ONE opportunity to mow and look what happens…. Should have known.
Anyway, since it didn’t appear to be stormy or at least threateningly so, I decided to go up to the restaurant and start framing in the new view block/ waitress station. Since it was raining I had no place to cut the sheeting so today I will go finish said project….just jinxed it by saying “finish”…..should have just said “continue w**king”. Oh well, with any luck I will be getting to that bathroom ceiling in the apartment above as well. We’ll see.
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.
Good morning. It's 41° with a wind chill of 36°. Humidity is 83%. Wind NNW 15mph gusting to 28mph. The high will be 65°.Sunny today but cooler. I'm going to see if I can get some of the mess on the layout cleaned up before I get interrupted for some reason or other. Four of the FP7's are getting a good run this morning. L&A 626, RI 405, L&A 1514B and L&A 1523C. Quite a mix of motors there. Whatever brand Roco used in the 70's, Mashima, Athearn and PPW.
Seamonster and Dennis: Congrats on your anniversarys!
Good morning.
Same plans as usual. Some work this evening, so there's a little bit more in my pocket.
A late morning coffee nad donut too...
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!
Todya is Friday, April 19th, 2013!!!
I will have the prayer candles lit...
MAKE it a GREAT day!!!
PS... Dennis, I missed your anninversary announcement, so "Happy Staying Together" day to you too!!!!
Hi Gang,
Just stopped in for a H.C. before bed. Zoe, a couple of raisin & chocolate chip cookies with that as well, Please.
My Wife and her Sister left for a trip this afternoon. They will be gone a week, so it will sure be quiet around here with just me and the dogs. They have gone to do some genealogy research about 300 miles northwest from here. She had been planning on taking shorts and sun tops.... Ha Ha not this year, in fact it snowed a little bit more over the last couple of hours. SOOOOooo,, the winter coat went instead.
Got a little done on some tunnel liners at a difficult spot where three tracks come together. The outside one is going under the high level at the west end and up a hidden incline to meet the highline at the top coming out of the mountain before the snow shed. It is at the bottom or west end where the difficulty is as there isn't sufficient space just to give that incline track it's own portal. I have to do it further ahead, just after a turnout and I think it will look rather strange as I have to tunnel them all and there wouldn't have been a reason to in real life. It will certainly hide what happens to the train going up the ramp, but really there isn't enough hill there to need a tunnel. I have delayed and delayed while trying to sort this one out, this is the best I could come up with. So I'm moving ahead now and if it real looks bad I'll rip it out and try something else. Thats the beauty of Model railroading .... doesn't cost much to do over, most all is recycled.
Seamonster and Dennis, Congrats on your 48th and 42nd anniversarys, and belated ones that I know I have missed. I think CN Charlie and his good wife had one not to long ago, And then I believe that Tom and his Wife were out celebrating a day or two ago. We will have our 40th this coming November.
Garry, have a great road trip and drive like the others on the road are crazy. In some cases they are.
We'll be on our way to Missouri in May, (Springfield) (MSU) for my youngest Son's Convocation where he will pick up his Masters. We will spend about a week in Branson with them and after that Wifey and I will go to Memphis for a few days. Never have stopped there to look around only for an airport stopover. All in all we will be gone from here about three weeks.
I see Jerry passed our way today, I sure hope Sallie is doing better, I don't think he mentioned anything about her today.
Curt, your layout has really come along. I wish I made the kind of progress that you do.
Ken, seeing that you got that cheque from "BOS", I doubt very much that they will try to foreclose again as long as you stay up to date on your end. If that new loco that you are having trouble with was mine it wouldn't be long before it was back at K-10 (That's the dealer I believe)
Enough of this rambling for now. Think I'll grab a quick shower and get horizontal for a while.
Prayers and Blessings to all in need across the USA. It certainly hasn't been a very good week, or year for that matter.
Thanks Bill, that is a good looking cup of coffee, but, I thought I ordered a H.C. tonight.
Ulrich, my heart is with you. Stay strong Buddy.
Johnboy out................................Hope there is some hot water.
Good Morning!
Zoe, strong coffee in an IV bag, please!
There are rough times ahead of us. We need to make the funeral arrangements, but there is no way I can talk to my Mom about it. She just yelled at me and tried to beat me again. I had to go away. Words cannot describe how sad I am.
Have a good one.