Well I got the remaining UP FP7 painted black and gray. I was starting on the PRR FP7 but the gray paint (rattlecan primer) went on looking like powder, in other words, crap. Guess I didn't shake it up enough. So it's in the alcohol bath. I hope I can get it done today.
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 afternoon.
Not feeling well at all right now. Tired with a little bit of dizzy, cramped, hungry and cloudy headed mixed in there.
Hope to be feeling better by this evening. Everyone, have a good one.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good yucky Monday afternoon, diners! 38f ,cloudy/damp. Received 3" snow, then sleet, then rain yesterday. Yuck.
Need to install 2 storm doors for a client, then reroof his house. hoping to start this week if the weather co-operates. Spent the last 2 weeks installing T&G on my ceiling, need to get back to payimg work. I'm going stir crazy. Sure don't know how you retired guys pass the time!.
Pfc Son's base in the Sandbox is closing down today! That means he'll be coming to CONUS shortly, don't know exactly when. Also found out he and 4 guys in his platoon were awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and one guy received the Bronze Star. Don't know the details why yet. Not many Army guys get a Navy commendation, so something's up! I do know he was" working with some Navy guys, Dad". Hmmmm. This is all common knowledge now, so no worries on op-sec.
On the train front, I am in need of a handrail set for an Athearn BB SD9. Anybody have one to trade? I also have a BB GP7 in Milwaukee Road colors that is sitting inside my roundhouse and doesn't fit my RR that I can trade for the handrails plus some rolling stock or something???It's DC and ran great when I last ran it, but does have 1 cracked axle. I stole one off it for another project.It is complete and weathered. No couplers ,but I can throw in some EZmates or KD's . Depends on the trade. Anybody interested?
Running trains today, very relaxing!!
That's all for now!
The turntable at Spooner:
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
V8VegaI saw twice on channel 5.3 a movie about Jackie Robinson breaking into the big leagues. Its a good movie, obviously being shown now because of the new movie 42. I diden't think I was going to post about it and don't remember the title. I heard on the radio the movie was made in 1950 and Jackie Robinson played himself.
Morning Folks
Flo, Diet Dew pleases.
Been messing with the Rio Grand SD 9 this morning. Decide to run it with it making the noise. The B&O SD 7 and 9 where making the same racket when I first started running them and the quieted down after a few hours. So I am hoping the Rio Grand SD 9 will as well.
I am off Tuesday and Wednesday and it will be busy. Go to the Foot Ulcer Clinic Tuesday at 11:00 AM. I am hoping for some good news, or at less no bad news.
Then Wednesday see if I can get the lawn mower going, man I have cutting grass!
Time to head to work.
Ken
I hate Rust
Ray - thanks for the hint. I have just read the article and it seems to be a fair comment on what we do. What I cannot confirm is the statement on our chances. Recent polls on Facebook and Twitter show a much different picture, seeing us already way over that 5% line, increasing day by day. The only way for us to fail is not to be able to fulfill the formal hurdles set for the participation in our upcoming General Election. It´s certainly a lot of work, but I am quite positive to see that done in time.
It is fascinating to see how the media coverage developed over the last 10 weeks since the official foundation of the party. From ignoring to allegations of being a rightist movement now to the first signs of being taken serious.
Our May 1st event will hopefully work out well - maybe you folks can watch me on Internet TV
last mountain & eastern hogger OK Bill, this has gone far enough, Sure we have take out cups here at the Diner, BUT, you don't serve us regular clients who spend time in the Diner in a paper cup. We forgave you for the cold coffee and the half full cups however this is pushing it too far. Most of us have our special cups here and if they aren't clean, we understand and will take a Regular Diner cup instead..... BUT not a paper cup. What have you got against us. Some here might even go to Vinnie about this.
OK Bill, this has gone far enough, Sure we have take out cups here at the Diner, BUT, you don't serve us regular clients who spend time in the Diner in a paper cup.
We forgave you for the cold coffee and the half full cups however this is pushing it too far. Most of us have our special cups here and if they aren't clean, we understand and will take a Regular Diner cup instead..... BUT not a paper cup. What have you got against us. Some here might even go to Vinnie about this.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of hot oatmeal to start the day. Need a cup of dark roast coffee (or two) to wash it down with as well.
Barry, you have the sun this morning? Please send it over my way. Due East from where you are as I haven't seen hide nor hair of it yet today.
Todd, You don't actually camp out in the "Air Camper"... They, ah, just call it that I guess. Cute little plane. My FIL built one way back when from plans he bought. He flew it a few times and got an good offer for it and got himself a used Piper Cub which he rebuilt. He had all the plns for a Piper Cub as well and rebuilt several of them over the years. Some info on the Pietenpol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietenpol_Air_Camper
Ulrich, I read a short article about your party on the BBC Website yesterday. Sounds like you are off and running!
I have to call my son soon as we are supposed to be cleaning up his yard of the debris from some trees he had taken down a couple of years ago......
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
wetidlerjr "Good Morning!" from Tipton IN Monday, April 15, 2013 TIPTON IN
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
Monday, April 15, 2013
TIPTON IN
Johnboy out..................and looking for my LM&E sippy cup. Lol.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Extra strong, please.
Have a terrific day all.
Cheers! Rob
Good Afternoon!
Flo, dark roast in an IV bag please.
I am tied to my computer since early this morning. Lots of nitty-gritties which need to be taken care of. My supporting team is getting really nervous now, as we have to count with a lot of media interest for our convention on May 1st. This is all new for me as well, as I have never been into politics before (and never thought I would). I still can hardly picture myself to be seen on TV while opening the convention and may be later on being interviewed as the State Party Chairman
May be I can persuade Chris to come over and prepare a feature on that event - THAT editor may like it ...
Thank goodness the parents front stays calm - at least for the moment....
Good Morning...
My, ain't we a chipper bunch this fine sunny day!! 48F going up to 68F later on this afternoon...maaaahhhh-velous!!
We got most of the trees taken apart the root balls are going to be used as part of a fence line back of us...and the wood is already claimed by moi...2 recording studio desk thingees and some shelving in my trainroom...and a few other things...heeheehee
Today the order of the day is all kindsa HD stuff...as well as a tour of all kindsa stores to buy stuff..yeeesh
Ulrich: for the both of you...good luck with the endeavour!!
Karl: Dark Shadows was one of my favorites...the movie was pretty good!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good morning. It's 66° with 97% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a high of 85°.More layout cleanup today. I also plan to get gray and black paint on the other two FP7's (PRR and UP) before the day is out.
Mornin gang!
Flo dear,, can I get a cup of coffee in a Maryland Midland mug,,,some flapjacks and a side of bacon please?
The weatherchick says almost 70 today, after the morning showers pass. Spent all day Saturday with CSX_Road_slug at the Mini-con, attending clinics (one by Paul Dolkos on structures) , building laser kits and hanging out at the Fasttracks demo watching in amazement how easy turnouts can be made! Sunday SWMBO got even with me. 1st to Home depot for 16, 8 ft landscaping timbers. Amazingly they all fit in the Impala Then came the building of a retaining wall across the front of the house for the flower beds. Wound up with an entire dump cart of excess dirt, which helped fill the few dips in the back yard! The worst part though was drilling each timber with two a half inch holes, then driving 2 ft pieces of rebar through 2-3 layers of ties into the ground. Swinging an 8 pound mall got old, fast! Just have to do a little raking and seeding of the grass areas today. SWMBO can handle the flowers!
Todd, What in the devil has your clock spring wound so tightly?? May I suggest some decaf? WOW!I do have to agree with you, there are some numbskulls on ebay trying to get some stupid prices for stuff. Saw a BB, undec, 6 axle U-Boat with a Buy it now price of $125.00 2 weeks ago. Wonder why it didn't sell??
Ulrich, Best of luck with your upcoming political career,,,hope the parents keep it down to a low roar in the meantime!
One other thing for any of us "children of the 60's" Remember "Dark Shadows"? Yes, that TV show that scared the bejesus out of us, but we just had to watch it? If you get the chance, check out the movie, its was on TV the other night. Really good mix of late sixties, early 70's autos in the "outdoor" scenes. (it is set in 1972) And don't worry about the horror aspect. I found Johnny Depp's portrayal of Barnabas Collins to be quite funny at times. Picture a 200 year old finding out about cars, TV sets, construction equipment, McDonalds, and Hippies, to mention a few!
Well, gottta start my day,,,,,,,cya!
ooooops..top of the page again?? Okee Dokee Flo,,here's the card! Eat up fellas!
Karl
NCE über alles!
(Walks through door mumbling) I honestly think if you gave ‘em a free steak they’d complain ‘cause it was choice and not prime….(turns around sticks head out door and yells)…”IT’S FREE PEOPLE!!!!”. It’s an advertising website for crying out loud. People amaze me.
Let ‘em borrow your shovel and suddenly they think it’s their right to redesign your shed. Actually I do know someone like that. I’m polite to him, but I don’t hang around him that much. Kinda irritating pushing his…. Oh sorry,
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and chicken pot p…..no wait! Jeffrey has done flung a craving on me. A couple Chili dogs please with Vidalia onion and regular jack cheese, no pepper jack. Some reason just not too fond of it. But you can throw some chopped Jalepenos on there. Not a whole lot though. Not trying to prove anything. Oh and some macaroni salad too. Thanks.
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 66.
“Air Camper?” Where do you sleep?
Garry- You have to get a picture of this bait shop. I’m starting to think it’s not quite as I envisioned before. IYRC, it was this vision that spawned my gas/pizza/bait station. Actually I know these kinda places are all over down South, but your discussion gave me the thought to do one so….I give you credit such as it is.
Tom / Dennis- I tell you why these things are $20-$25…Ebay. Well, not Ebay itself, but some numbscull out there who doesn’t know model trains saw “vintage” and figured that old toy would be worth something, as many old toys are true, and bid up to $25. Now, everyone selling one thinks they’re worth $25…. or more.
Ray- I thought I was the only one who referred to it as “moo poo”. Guess you Easterners aren’t as foreign as I was taught in school. Chalk another wrongy up for public education. First Christopher Columbus, then no fountain of youth, now this…What next, find out Saigon’s not the capital of Vietnam? No offense, but sometimes I wonder if my 17½ years in public education was worth it. At least you were in music. Things haven’t changed much. If you were taught to read music in 1732, you can still read it today. Unless it's Rap, then only the bassist needs to read mus....well he can probably just memorize it. The rest is.....I don't know what it is . Anyway, oh you need to whatch the show “Duck Dynasty” On A&E (that’s a tv channel) 10 pm Wednesdays your time. You would find that show funny and worth…...well it’s only a half hour and about your bedtime anyway. I think you’d like that one.
Jeremy- Yah, the wacky weather usually fires up my sinuses and then….well gets nasty from there.
You know… now that I think of it, he’d have to be somewhere where they get A&E…so that would put him away from home at 10…..maybe not.
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.
Morning Guys,
Have had a touch of a cold this weekend, not a bad one by any means but just a little stuffy and a touch of a sore throat. I usually get colds when we get wacky weather like its been. Just about to head out to work soon. Make sure Im drinking lots of water today as between sweating and drinking I hope I can flush away this bug. Talk to you guys later
Jeremy
Good morning.
Feeling OK this morning. Little tired, but horribly tired. Hope to get more work done on the scholarship tonight.
Ulrich: Hope things go well for your parents.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning to you all...with COFFEE!!!
GOOD MONDAY MORNING!!! {GROAN-I know!}
Today is Monday, April 15th, 2013!!!
Halfway through the month ALREADY!
The prayer candles will be lit as long as I am home.
MAKE it a GREAT day!
ULRICH FOR BUNDESTAG!!!
-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,
I came home late from Berlin last night. It wasn´t before 1am before I finally could call it a day. I am still wound up with what I had the chance to attend yesterday. It was the first party convention in my life and it was a great experience. It may not have been as exuberant as these conventions are in the US, but it had a great spirit, which also indulged some of the attending press people. We had guests from the US Embassy, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Embassy of the United Kingdom, the EU High Commission and press folks from all over the world. I got caught in several press interviews and found myself talking that same politnik talk that I hate so much - EGAD!
Overall, it was a highly satisfying event, which will certainly increase our chances for the upcoming General Election in September!
Now I´ll be all tied up in the final prep work for the state convention on May 1st, where I will have to do the honors.
On the family side, things turn to the worse with my Mom. According to what the folks at the nursing home told me, she must have been very irate not being able to reach neither my brother, nor me. She called the police and accused me of stealing her car. Luckily, the police called the folks at the nursing home, who were able to straighten things out properly. I am still glad I have a piece of paper signed by my father, who is the legal owner of the car, that I am entitled to keep the car or sell it in his name.
I am most unhappy how things develop and I sure wish there´d be something I could do to make the last few days or weeks of my parents´ life a more happy one. But, alas, thee isn´t a way.
Have a good day!
Today was what I'd call a productive day. I got part of the layout cleaned up and three FP7's are now wearing gray and black paint. I also had a small pile of different types of couplers. I got them all sorted out.Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, can I get a refill on my cup of decaf please?
chochowillieLike you don't already have enough Irons in the fire Ray Busy is one thing but good grief, it's like you have to be Running Full Bore all the time. A wee bit "Type A" are we?
LOL, Actually I'm not at all type A , I do like to keep busy and hate to just sit around (well maybe just a bit...). Unless of course I am over at my son's house and can just sit back and watch the cacophony of activity when 4 little kids in the extended family are all having fun at the same time... I'm told I'm easy going, but do score off the chart for extrovert. Sitting and watching the idiot box has always bored me, but with the lack of anything worth watching these days, I would much rather be doing something active. As far as the garden, I usually have a good sized vegetable garden here, and I seldom waste my time on flowers or manicuring the lawn, etc. I cut the darned thing, but refuse to rake it or the leaves in the fall. Figure the good Lord put them there for a purpose and besides then I would have to spend hobby money on mulch and stuff like that... Last year the old RR ties were completely rotted through at the back of the garden (Yard slopes into a wet area) so I spent my gardening time getting the ties out of the ground and dragged out to the street for disposal. I decided then that I am getting to old to be crawling around on my hands and knees weeding the place, so I decided to try a few raised beds. Weather didn't co-operate last fall so I will be making those some time in the next few weeks. Will need to buy a few yards of topsoil to fill them and mix in some "Moo-Poo" to get them so veggies will grow...
Ended up going over to my son's house for dinner tonight (Sloppy Joes, French Fries, and Corn with cake and ice cream for dessert. Couldn't get the Pip close enough to the house to plug in the charging cable, so i ended up burning a bit of fossil fuel to get home. Would have had to let the ICE start anyway as the windows were all fogged over. I'll be back over there tomorrow afternoon to help my son clean up the yard a bit more.
Got a bit of time today to get more done on the layout. Put some cows in the pasture where the fences are and got some foliage onto the trees next to wall behind the upper tracks.
Have a great night. Prayers for all in need of them!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer pleases.
Work Front I was there and the customers where not there! They where at Home Depot which we can see from our shop. Should get out by 6:10! But at 5:57 in comes a flat repair! What can I say, left at 6:30 PM and made a extra 25 cents for the repair.
Will be heading up soon. School tomorrow, and I'm more tired than usual, so I'll need the rest.
Night everyone.
Well I had dinner with my father today. Chili dogs with pepper-jack cheese and Vidalia onion. I got the layout cleaned up a bit more and three of the FP7's are now in gray and black paint. The units were primer gray, BN and UP. There's two to go, a PRR and a UP. The Rock Island unit is staying as it is.
Good evening.
Got some work done on the scholarship today. Not done yet, but will get it done sooner than later.
Here's something on The Flying Tigers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T-3CzC0FTs
Lion if we had to put up with it why not you folks. Alberta folks are really generous when it comes to sharing our weather. Oh right, since felines don't like getting wet, best you stay inside.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
howmusIf the temperature ever rises up into Springtime here in the Finger Lakes, I shall be building some raised gardens for my back yard. I may also put in a large boulder surrounded by a raised area for some strawberries in my front yard this spring.
Like you don't already have enough Irons in the fire Ray Busy is one thing but good grief, it's like you have to be Running Full Bore all the time. A wee bit "Type A" are we?
Ah, TOP again. Flo here's my card. The amount of times I get TOP around here, I might just a well leave it with you.
Cheers
It was a busy train related day. We went to a train show this morning. they have this one twice a year, and we go to both of them. As usual, I didn't see anything I needed or wanted. Actually, they never have much more than junk being sold ridiculous prices. Who is going to pay $20.00 or $25.00 for an old Tyco freight car that's 15 years old, and could only be considered toy quality. But these vendors just keep draging the same old junk around year after year. Why I keep going, I don't have any idea. Maybe it's the thought of finding some gem that everybody else has overlooked. Like there's a chance of that happening.
We left the train show, stopped along the way to pick up lunch at Burger King, then on to our railfanning spot. Another good day with 8 trains in under 2 hours. One was probably the longest intermodal I've seen, but there was a meet and the wife wasn't able to count cars as the intermodal was on the far track.
We just finished dinner, which was a chuck roast, mashed potatos and gravy, sweet peas and dinner rolls. All washed down with a nice Reisling from Seneca Lake. Great dinner, except for the sweet peas. Don't know why, but we both thought they had a funny taste, so we threw them out.
Maybe I'll take a little nap now and rest up until 9:00 o'clock when Game of Thrones comes on HBO. Don't even ask why this program has caught my attention, because I don't know.
Hope everyone had a good weekend and will have a great week until the next one...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
BroadwayLion SNOWING, 24 degrees. No Travel Advised Montana Line to Jamestown, and South Dakota Line to Highway 2, I-94 is closed from the Montana line to Bismarck. Plows are out of service until weather improves. ROAR
SNOWING, 24 degrees. No Travel Advised Montana Line to Jamestown, and South Dakota Line to Highway 2, I-94 is closed from the Montana line to Bismarck. Plows are out of service until weather improves.
ROAR
glad it's you, not us. We are finally having a bit of a warm-up towards normal temps again this week, BUT will RAIN all week long...Flooding here we come again?!
We relaxed all day watching Rudy Maxa travels the Pacific Rim on PBS's Create channel. He did 2 shows on Hawaii. Saw some of the places we visited there!
Did do a load of laundry and the dishes of course. Not much else.
MOH is bugging me about a cruise. We couldn't afford to go to Maryland for the train show {at which we would have no money to buy anyway!], let alone the BARGAIN cruise Carnival is offering..they can't GIVE them away with all the trouble their ships have been having lately! at $38 a night, you cannot stay in a hotel/motel for that... Notice how all "motels" are now called "hotels"???
We cannot afford it.
Oh, today surprise, surprise!!! MOH got a call form the grocery store to go to interview on Tues for cake decorating at THe grocery MOH thought was not interested as they didn't call back by Friday!!!
Now MOH has to juggle getting the LPN thing DONE tomorrow to get possibly accepted. Test is the 24 for placement...lets cross fingers! And has to volunteer at the hospital on Tues as well! LOTS of things to do tomorrow and this week for both of us!
So..Surprises all at once.
since it will be busy busy for us, we relaxed today.
later