Calling it a niught early. I haved pain all down the middle of my bacfkl and left sidee of my forehead feels like it it could rip apart. Also right armn hurts and is shakin bad. Off to bed for me.
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
Hey gang, figured I better stop in, see whats been going on ! Sure...I'll have one in a frosted mug please, and catch everyone a round of their favorite drink......oh.. and you better keep the change!
Well, grandson arrived for his summer vacation. He spends most of his time with us, while his dad works. Dad lives next door to us, so it works out good. Grandson lives with his mom and her new hubby in Colorado Springs, CO. His last day of school was the 23rd, (I think, a Thursday). They only have 4 days a week. They start early too, as he has to be back by August 3, to get acclimated back to life with mom, and ready for August 15 school start. Hopefully, when he reaches the appropriate age, he will decide to move in with his dad for a while.
We had a real nice Memorial Day week end. The small town I live in has a village square, with all kinds of activities going on there all summer long. They always have a great Memorial Day service. Our son is out of active duty Air Force, and in the reserves, currently a Staff Sargent, in Air Transportation Support. (or something like that, he sets up bases and handles supplies going in and out, and Haz-Mat shipments.) He hasn't been deployed for over a year now, so it's great to have him home on a regular basis.
Summer time for me gets me out of basement, and in the garage. Two new tractor projects in the works, as well as every other week end in the north woods. Also a down stairs bathroom project underway. The train room still gets busy, now with grandson here, as his MTH layout is in the same room with mine. Him and his friends like to be down there when the weather outside is crappy, which has been a lot lately! We have been in the wet weather, along with a lot of you, the last week or so. The "O" gauge layout works out great with his Lego guys!. The buildings, trees, etc change on a regular basis. Nothing new on my train front, just been collecting some detail parts, metal wheels, a new supply of couplers, etc., for when I get a chance to work on up-grading some cars.
Well, gotta run! I have all sorts of tools and stuff out on the garage apron, and the radar shows another batch of green and yellow on the way.
Later folks!
Mike.
My You Tube
Good Evening All,
Well another wet day here and the forecast is more of the same right through Saturday. Temps have been about 65F.
Ken, hope your day turned out ok and congrats on your anniversary.
On Sunday I had a flat tire on the car which is the first in at least 25 years. I changed it myself rather than call the assistance. Seems there is a small slit in the sidewall so new tire time. The car has approx. 30k miles on it so the tires still have lots of tread. I went to a Michelin store here and was told that my tire isn't in stock at the Michelin warehouse and there isn't an ETA. In fact I was told it is a new tire line that isn't available yet. Odd as the car is a 2010. I got in touch with the Volvo dealer and he found one right away from another dealership so I should have it by Thursday. It is a Michelin Pilot MXM4 in case Ken was wondering what kind given his line of work. Luckily I have a seperate warranty that the dealership included when I bought the car so the first $300 of the tire cost is covered.
I've been doing a little light weathering of some rolling stock now that I found my container of Aim powder. Still running my new Pacific but it does do a strange thing in that it stalls on turnouts but only in reverse. I wonder about the tender pick-up but that will have to wait to investigate. Any ideas?
Well time for a little TV. I'm tired today as there has been a lot going on here what with yard, work, etc.
CN Charlie
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Pleases.
Today went OK.
1 VA Ulcer Clinic Visit. Was saw my a surgeon (not mine) and he did some cutting of the infected toe. Said the wound is clean looking but the hole is about the same sizes, so no headway there. Found out my favorite PA named Stevy is retiring. Tracked her down and gave her a big huge and told her "I will miss you, you have gave me hope".
2 Anniversary went good. Over ate and still belching up Co-nut Cream pie, bought wife more flower's and gave her more cash to buy stuff. Planted some things for her and she is happy. It is all so amazing how many I can drink on a full stomach!
3 Big News of the day? 90% sure I am getting back into real Mopar Cars! Made a call to Allen, a old Mopar friend and he has agreed to help me with my 68 Road Runner! While I know a lot more about Mopars than Allen the key thing he will bring me is morel support! In other words the need motivation to do something. Once we get her breathing again, then of to what we call Allen Mo-Pad. A complex of Pool Table, Bar and 3 two car garages with air so I can make her pretty again!
I am still a train guy, but I may not drop in as much as I do now. Rejoined my old Mopar site and I am amazed to see how many people remember me.
See you all Tuesday.
Ken
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Person drinking the is Allen, the 68 Charger he is standing with is a friends Charger I did.
I hate Rust
Great video about the P-38!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nddCJbcdI
Morning coffee in the diner....
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, May 29th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10 AM for those in need....
MAKE it A GREAT day!!!
Are you the TOP BANANA? or the SECOND BANANA?:
The banana ranking comes from the theatre, not the jungle:
This term goes back to burlesque days where the showgirls in the finale formed what appeared to resemble a bunch of bananas. Of course the star was usually on center top and was referred to "the top banana." In many vaudeville comedy acts, the straight man to the comedian was often referred to as the "second banana."
-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
5/29/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Howdy all,
Just getting back into the swing of things after returning from my trip to Thailand 9 days ago. I loved it so much I'm going back in October. I've read through the heap of pages since I left, it looks like Jeffrey in particular has had a tough time and Ken selling a car?!
Haven't touched the layout since I've been back, been too busy. I was studying it tonight though and I'm thinking of modifying it into a folded dog bone L shaped layout to create a bit more room in the room, and change the locale to somewhere else on the CSX network (not Miami) It's so I can have continuous running and have 3 or 4 tracks staging hidden behind the back drop. It would still be set as a spur or secondary line with a handful of industries, such as a bakery, scrap dealer and a beverage maker (so I can get some Tropicana Reefers!!)
I will keep you updated though.
OzJim
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good morning to everyone, and best wishes for those who aren't feeling at the top of their game. We've got rain again here in New England, but then it's supposed to be in the low 90s for the next few days. That's "yuck" weather for me, so the AC will come on in the trainroom and I'll be modeling or just running trains in comfort.
I've got some new stuff waiting for me at my LHS. I bought trucks on sale, and I've got enough to replace all the trucks on my "vintage" Mantua operating hoppers. These were originally equipped with Talgo trucks with horn-hooks and plastic wheels. I cut of the coupler brackets and body-mounted Kadees on each car, but the trucks are metal and I would probably break them if I tried to replace the wheels. This string of 10 cars takes 2 engines to pull, so I really need to do something about it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning.
Not a bad time last night. Nothing to complain about yet nothing noteworthy to mention.
This morning is band practice and maybe some work on the P-38J. Not much to do with it now other than add some more decals, then it's done. Next will be the Mustang.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
well, erm
Highs: 55 F yesterday, 81F today? what's up with that?
Things and stuff and stuff and things to do today.
MUst plant merry golds, for instance......
Best get started...
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and ya know, what Ray had yesterday sounds good, a short stack of blueberry pancakes and bacon. But I would like blueberry syrup and could I get a couple scrambled eggs too please? Thanks.
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Jeffery- Hope you're feeling better today. You're last post was concerning. A little odd for you.
Hey Aussie Jim! Welcome back home and glad you had a great time.
My how time flies! Doesn’t seem like Jim has had enough time to be back from Thailand since he was talking about going, let alone be back 9 days ago!!
Well today I should take advantage of the one dry day we’ll have this week. Wasn’t rainy yesterday though, but they kept calling for it.
Brenda claims something’s wrong with the dishwasher. Only appliance in the house not new. I was gonna get one a little while ago, month maybe, but she kinda said nothing’s wrong with the old one and we pretty much talked each other out of it there in the store. I guess she has changed her mind. Funny….it was working fine when I came home after w**k. I said seems fine to me. She said it made a humming noise when she turned it on and she had to turn it on and off a few times to get it to start pumping water. Now, it does that normally and has for what better than 16 years. (Except for the turning on and off part but hey, if you wanna burn something up....just keep turning it on and off ) I guess she just now noticed it, or is using it as an excuse. (the latter if you ask me) She is afraid it will leak all over the floor if it doesn’t pump the water right and wants me to look at it. So I heard her get up this morning and I rushed to the kitchen and when she came in I was just standing there in the middle of the room staring at the dishwasher. She said “what’s wrong?” I said, “Nothing. Just doing what you asked me to do….look at the dishwasher. How long do you want me to do this?” Then my wife who does not have much of a sense of humor at all and is getting less as she gets older, scowled and told me that’s not what she meant and I knew it. Then she proceeded to relay her concerns all over again and she doesn’t know what’s wrong with it and it's almost a matter of life and death it's that urgent this appliance gets repaired before it causes the end of life as we know it. She’s "just worried". I said “Oh well, it is a 1994 or 5 model and served us well. I will get another today I suppose since I’m off and don’t w**k tonight.” (she knows today I was saying I’m gonna dig the berry plants up for my friend…who happens to be a girl. )
She said “I suppose this will be around noon so you can go to the Chinese buffet to see your little buddies?” I said chin in hand “hmm….not a bad idea. With any luck, yes.”
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 70° with 98% humidity. High of 88°. Chance of thunderstorms this afternoon.Too much work in the heat yesterday. It caught up to me last night. I felt somewhat better around 10:30. I'm still quite sore. Don't have the monster headache now. Muscle aches are still making themselves felt. I'm sure others have things for me to do today. Think I'll crawl back into bed and those that don't like it can stop at the complaint department and take a number.
Morning All,
Currently 59 with an expected high of 76 under partly sunny, breezy skies.
No w**k today (well paying that is) I have a load of laundry going, and need to do one more, then mow the green stuff in the front, clean the bathrooms, and make sauce for a macaronni dinner tonight, as my sister-in-law and husband will be coming over. I also have two customers who are supposed to come over to have some work done on their rifles. Nothing major, just replace a spring or two.
I picked up six green led's yesterday to make six more toggle switch control for the 6 Switch Tender motors I ordered on Monday. I had the red ones but ran out of green.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
edit: Top, so here is my credit card, eat up folks the bluberry pancakes seem to be a big hit.
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 erm
Got to the grocery store,
Got some scripts, they STILL don;t have my Main Pain med..I am about to be at tears without it..the Injection Dr. wants me to wait to 3 months-end of June- before I get another injection series...UGH!
Went and got the free bread..
went to d o a few things here, and PAIN! Been a week without it..if they don't fill it today, I will go somewhere where they DO have it.
Time for a lay down..I should be planting the merry golds,,but NO pain med, no planty...
Just checking in folks for a quick cuppa coffee. Thanks Flo, keep the change. Sounds like lots of aches and pains round the Dinner these days I'm in the same boat because of the monsoon season around here for the last week and this week up until today yet.... still. Guess it's the price we pay for all the stupid things we did when we were young
Been doing yard work between rain storms of late. Makes for slow going. Got my big water fall running finally. I had a sneaky leak which took forever to find but find it I did. Finally found a float valve so that I can leave the water supply on and it can replace water lost to evaporation & whatnot without me having to check it all the time.
On the RR front, I've been working on some basic landscaping of late. I'm currently attaching rock castings to the basic land forms They are about ready for the old airbrush treatment now. I'm going to try a new method this time around that I've used in the past just for the change.
Got one of those Micro Mark steel viaduct kits the other day. That should be all sorts of fun to build and install. Why do I do this. I keep buying stuff cause it looks like such a great product then take forever to "get around to using it" ?
Darn fence isn't painted yet due to the lack of painting weather. The company always seems to be busy working on änother job" when we do get a day or two that isn't wet. I have to say that I'm getting just a little bit tee'd off with them. We booked this job in Feb. so we should be close to the top of the list.
I've always done all the home reno's construction and everything myself so this waiting around for somebody to get around to a job drives me nuts.
Nuf rambling on for now. Think I'll count raindrops...
Good thoughts for all
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, a nice tall glass of lemonade would hit the spot right now. Thanks!
Got up early this morning so I could drive out to the museum and open the exhibits for a nursery school group tour this morning. Little 3 and 4 year olds with teachers and mommies... I just had signed in when the pre run for the track cars arrived... We made sure all was set and they headed back up to midway to meet the trolley. b y the time they came back with the first groups of kids, I had everything up and ready for them. Perfect timing I think.
Twas wet, cloudy and dribbling raiondrops when i left here this morning. Got about .75" of the stuff in the last 24 hours. By the time i arrived at the museum, the sun was out... Now tha I am home and had lunch it is cloudy and we are looking to have some major thunderboomers here ihn about an hour. Guess I should find my way outside and get some topsoil moved while I can...
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!
Hiya gang!
Iced tea Flo,,and lots of it please! Feels like Alabama out there,,85 and HOOOOMID! Gonna be 90 by the weekend.
I want to hide in the basement, SWMBO wants us to ride bikes after dinner for "exercise".
Boy, the stuff I do for that woman,,,,being 4th banana around here! See its like this, SWMBO, Tinkerbell, Midnight then me!
Maybe I can get some modeling done later, if the bike ride doesn't put me in the hospital!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
well erm
to say the least, I AM ANGRY {you can insert an expletive if you like} at a certain MAJOR SHIPPER {who shall remain namely here in this bash}!
TWICE the package got "redirected" clear halfway across the country!
NOW on the THIRD time on it's "lost" go around , they can no longer tell me where the package is!
I have called several times and even gave a "address correction" 6 day s ago IN CASE the label was misprinted, damaged, scraped or what have you.
I WAS to get a "call back WITHIN the hour"..that was an hour and a half ago!
NOW they tell the order house I ordered from {again nameless in this bash} {{and I called them to tell them the foul up and the package's round and round}} that even on GOOGLE earth my address does NOT show up...that is {EXPLETIVE}. I just did it and it DOES come up to the middle of the road..not the specific trailer, but the road,,,and my LOT # is plain as day in BIG NUMBERS on the front fo the Trailer! UPS keeps sending it back to sender!!!
It has been 9 days and the package still is not "on the correct truck"!!!
GRRRRR
They {the shipper at fault} say they "will try again".
GRR...
It BUGS me that THEY HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER ON THE LABEL>>>USE It!!! I will tell you where I am!!!
GRR>>.
The package COULD have been here on the 24TH!
The order company is half at fault, again for sending it out now 3 times to UPS,,,shouldn't that tell the company that there is something WRONG????
The ADDRESS thay have IS CORRECT!!!!
GRR..
OVER
howmusGuess I should find my way outside and get some topsoil moved while I can...
That would probably be "Topmud Soil I would think Ray
Work Front My Feet Hurt, My Hip Huts and by Butt Hurts. Not sure why the butt hurts right now, I was on my feet all most all day? For a Wednesday we where slammed from 10:00 AM when I got there till 5:00 PM when I was to leave. I hung around to 6:00 PM so Dillon would not be over ran.
See you all later.
Good evening.
Well, the P-38J is completely finished now. Will be starting the P-51D Mustang here shortly.
Did a whole bunch of nothing today. Well that's that's not quite true. I went down and put my fathers boat back in the boathouse. Not a big thing. It's just a little sixteen foot V-bottom Trimcraft. My nieces husband had pulled it out so he could put his boat in there temporally. There's room for both but he didn't my fathers old boat bumping against his clean shiny boat. He pulled his out today. You'd think he could have put the other one back in. Nope. I finally got tired of hearing my father bellyache about it so I went down and it off the concrete lake wall and used the mooring rope to pull in into the boathouse then tied it up. This evening my father and I went to his lady friends place and cooked dinner then the three of us had a very good meal. At one point I picked up her walking stick and was inspecting it very closely. It has a rose pedal pattern on it. She asked me what I was looking for and with a very straight face I said 'The volume control'. That landed both her and my father. She went and got her other cane. It has a butterfly print pattern on it and is even louder.Other than that much of what I did today was watch movies. 'Operation Pacific', 'Air Force', 'Run Silent, Run Deep', 'Up Periscope (1959-James Garner)', 'Dive Bomber'.Well that's pretty much it. Time to call it a day. See y'all tomorrow.
As I said, I did get a start on the Mustang. It's only the seat, but it's a start.
Well, night everyone!
Flo, please,,,,and I'll chase that with a
Went for a bike ride, SWMBO not happy,,,her bike is was stuck in 5th gear,,,now her legs are sore.
So , dummy me fixed the shifter ,,,,now we gotta ride tomorrow!
Since I was now all greasy and hot, I replaced the bearings in the landing gear of the mower that goes behind the big Deere. Then steak and salad for dinner, then finally I got down the basement! Just in time for bed!
Oh well. Cya all tomorrow!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf to help me rest a bit.
The Picnic and Meeting well very well this evening and it looks like everything has been sorted out for our 50th. class reunion this summer. Now we just have to get to w*rk and get it done.
Dennis, yes that would be mud I moved this afternoon.... Hope it dries out a bit as I want to get the first raised bed completed by tomorrow evening.
I did find out tonight that one of my hearing aids needs to be reset to the proper parameters. Went to change it to directional sound, and my right ear came on full blast in the wrong mode. I'll give them a call tomorrow morning. Hopefully they will get me right in. i have to go over to the same building anyway for my allergy shot tomorrow.
Had to fill the PiP with the gunk they pump out of the ground after I got back from the museum today. Didn't do as well as last tank. Only got 69.26 mpg this tank. Too many long trips out to the Museum I guess.
Time to turn in for the night I guess... Prayers for all in need!
Good morning to all - bright and sunny in New England after a line of thunderstorms came through last night. But, now we're in for 4 days of brutal heat. I hope all the ACs are still working.
The one on my bedroom (my wife snores) is falling apart and I plan to replace it. Unfortunately, it's a through-the-wall model in a non-standard size, and it's firmly stuck in there. I'll need to hire some help to enlarge the opening, as carpentry isn't my thing. If this old one will get me through the weekend, I'll be happy. The weather gets more seasonable after that.
Yesterday afternoon I opened up my Empire Leather Tanning Company kit. It's 4 complete buildings, plus a water tower. It should keep me busy for a while. Walthers put this together with small modular sections, so I will be able to move around the doors, windows and blank walls. It will take some more planning, as I now have the freedom to put the loading docks anywhere and I can optimize the building locations and track plan a bit better.
5/30/13
Just hit 23,000 posts! First five pages at the new place are on me.
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Good morning. It's 74° with 95% humidity. The high will be 85°.No plans for today though I'm certain something will come up. It almost always does. Checked the tracking info on my Varney F3B. Best I can determine it's somewhere between Forest Park, Illinois and Shreveport, Louisiana, probably in a mail truck that has a flat tire and no jack. Should be here June 1st. Got a bunch of movies that need watching so I can delete them from the DVR. Better get to it.
howmusHad to fill the PiP with the gunk they pump out of the ground after I got back from the museum today. Didn't do as well as last tank. Only got 69.26 mpg this tank. Too many long trips out to the Museum I guess.
OH ..... well Ray, I'd take the dad blamed thing back if I were you!!! Only 69 mpg.......gas hog.
Coffee and a piece of rhubarb pie please, thanks.
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Well, yesterday went, pretty much as expected. Dealt with the grocery truck a day late due to the holiday, went to town, ate, found some paint for the restaurant, got a dishwasher, got Missy some Oinkies (she was out and hooboy THAT just can’t happen), came home, removed old dishwasher, installed new one and now am waiting on me getting BACK to town to get an elbow fitting for the water inlet that I naturally don’t have and can’t be removed from the old one without destroying the threads, NOT allowing me enough time to get out and dig berries before we had to leave to go to the wine and sandwich tasting. So another trip to town to complete a project is required…. as per tradition.