Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, June 15th, 2013!!!
HAPPY HUMP-MONTH DAY!!! It is exactly halfway through the month today!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10AM for those in need....
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
we hear about "cloud computing", but is it "cloud nine" we are computing on?
CLOUD NINE:MEANING:
In a state of blissful happiness
Origin:
one idea:
For some odd reason, the number 9 has always been considered by mathematicians to have some super power? Some say it goes back to the Holy Trinity since 3 x 3 = 9. And later in Victorian times, a person who was all dressed up was said to be "dressed to the nines." So what does this have to do with clouds? It was believed that clouds existed on a successful level of layers, and the ultimate high layer was number 9. So anyone who is suddenly super happy, said to be soaring in the clouds, and the level of the cloud they were assumed to be on, was...level 9. So Cloud Nine! Today another way of saying you are very happy or in love, is to say that you are "on cloud 9".
Now the real version{?}:
Whenever a phrase includes a number, like the whole nine yards etc., then attempts to find its derivation usually focus on the number. 'On cloud nine' is no exception. A commonly heard explanation is that the expression originated as one of the classifications of cloud which were defined by the US Weather Bureau in the 1950s, in which 'Cloud Nine' denotes the fluffy cumulonimbus type that are considered so attractive. Another explanation is that the phrase derives from Buddhism and that Cloud Nine is one of the stages of the progress to enlightenment of a Bodhisattva {one destined to become a Buddha}.
However, neither of theoe explanations hold much water. For starters, both the cloud classifications and the Buddhist stages to enlightenment have ten levels. To single out the last one stage of either is rather like attributing the source of the 'whole nine yards' to American Football, where it is ten yards rather than nine, that is the significant measure! Also, arguing against those origins is the fact that nine is far from the only number that has been linked with clouds. Early examples of 'cloud' expressions include clouds seven, eight, nine and even thirty-nine.
It seems that it is the clouds themselves, rather than the number of them, that were in the thoughts of those who coined this phrase. The imagery was originally of a 'cloud cuckoo land' or 'head in the clouds' dreaminess, induced by either intoxication or inspiration. And not so much the the 'idyllic happiness' that we now associate with the phrase. The early references all come from mid 20th century USA and the earliest that I've found is in Albin Pollock's directory of slang, The Underworld Speaks, 1935:
"Cloud eight, befuddled on account of drinking too much liquor." 'Cloud nine' comes a little later, for example, in The Oxnard Press-Courier, August 1946: "I think he has thought of everything, unless the authorities pull something new on him out of cloud nine." Around the same period we find clouds seven and thirty-nine, in The San Mateo Times, April 1952 and Ross’s Hustlers, 1956, respectively: "Mantovani's skilled use of reeds and strings puts this disc way up on Cloud Seven." "That stuff is way up on Cloud Thirty-nine." The early favourite was 'cloud seven' and many of the oldest citations use that form, as in this piece from The Dictionary of American Slang, 1960, the very first printed definition of the term: "Cloud seven - completely happy, perfectly satisfied; in a euphoric state." This early preference for seven as the significant number may have been influenced by the existing phrase 'seventh heaven'. Since the 1980s or so, 'cloud nine' has become predominant. That has probably been influenced by the use of 'cloud nine' in popular music - George Harrison adopted the term as the title of his 1987 album and, more notably, The Temptations' 'psychedelic soul' album of the same name, in 1969. Linguistic hype being what it is, we now hear people expressing their happiness with the "inflationary" 'cloud ten', which brings us back to the cumulonimbus/Buddhist theories. A Sixth of a Pie, or Eighth heaven anyone??
"Cloud eight, befuddled on account of drinking too much liquor."
'Cloud nine' comes a little later, for example, in The Oxnard Press-Courier, August 1946:
"I think he has thought of everything, unless the authorities pull something new on him out of cloud nine."
Around the same period we find clouds seven and thirty-nine, in The San Mateo Times, April 1952 and Ross’s Hustlers, 1956, respectively:
"Mantovani's skilled use of reeds and strings puts this disc way up on Cloud Seven."
"That stuff is way up on Cloud Thirty-nine." The early favourite was 'cloud seven' and many of the oldest citations use that form, as in this piece from The Dictionary of American Slang, 1960, the very first printed definition of the term: "Cloud seven - completely happy, perfectly satisfied; in a euphoric state." This early preference for seven as the significant number may have been influenced by the existing phrase 'seventh heaven'. Since the 1980s or so, 'cloud nine' has become predominant. That has probably been influenced by the use of 'cloud nine' in popular music - George Harrison adopted the term as the title of his 1987 album and, more notably, The Temptations' 'psychedelic soul' album of the same name, in 1969. Linguistic hype being what it is, we now hear people expressing their happiness with the "inflationary" 'cloud ten', which brings us back to the cumulonimbus/Buddhist theories. A Sixth of a Pie, or Eighth heaven anyone??
"That stuff is way up on Cloud Thirty-nine."
The early favourite was 'cloud seven' and many of the oldest citations use that form, as in this piece from The Dictionary of American Slang, 1960, the very first printed definition of the term:
"Cloud seven - completely happy, perfectly satisfied; in a euphoric state."
This early preference for seven as the significant number may have been influenced by the existing phrase 'seventh heaven'.
Since the 1980s or so, 'cloud nine' has become predominant. That has probably been influenced by the use of 'cloud nine' in popular music - George Harrison adopted the term as the title of his 1987 album and, more notably, The Temptations' 'psychedelic soul' album of the same name, in 1969.
Linguistic hype being what it is, we now hear people expressing their happiness with the "inflationary" 'cloud ten', which brings us back to the cumulonimbus/Buddhist theories. A Sixth of a Pie, or Eighth heaven anyone??
-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.
Burlington Northern #24 Hey guys, just checking in real quick. I've given up on the 4' x 6' layout, and will be opting for another 2' x 4' layout. I'm going to switch to DCC because one of the loco's I will hopefully be buying soon will be DCC equipped, so I'm going to avoid a big layout for the time being.
Hey guys, just checking in real quick.
I've given up on the 4' x 6' layout, and will be opting for another 2' x 4' layout. I'm going to switch to DCC because one of the loco's I will hopefully be buying soon will be DCC equipped, so I'm going to avoid a big layout for the time being.
Gary, I wouldn't give up on the 4x6, but I definitely WOULD be changing to DCC!
Unfortunately, you are learning the hard way what many of who have learned the hard way have to say: READ, READ, READ some more and then STUDY hard BEFORE you spend one thin dime in MRRIng so You KNOW what you want and need for a layout!
Your best bet: 1} study hard the options for a 4x6 layout, and then build one that gives you MOST of what you want, . 2} research more on DCC so you know more of what it is all about, , 3} Study wiring for DCC {simpler than with DC}, , 4} build your small module for practice, then and ONLY THEN, proceed with buying the equipment and stuff you need to build the 4x6 layout.
give it a shot, you might like it!
It IS a hobby {for enjoyment} after all!!!
Alrigthy, I guess someone got olDER!
with lots of and to:
Mr. Dispatcher/ Otto!!
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ...... Looks like a tornado hit Sundown, La. Careful of those computers; somebody might call you a geek.
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Happy birthday Mr Dispatcher!
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Good morning.
Hope to get a little more decaling done on some of my equipment. Also look to redo some weathering on one freight car.
Mr. Dispatcher:
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good morning. It's 77° with 74% humidity. The high will be 95°. Will I be out in it? Not if I can help it!The only thing on the schedule today is to bring in the trash can and pack the remnants of the layout extension into it. I'll salvage as much track as I can. When I finish all the should be left is the benchwork and the plywood top. That will be the extent of today's activity. I'm no happier about this than you are but the computer station is an absolute must.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and strawberry rhubarb pie please, thank you!
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.
Garry- IIRC and I usually don’t, they rate mileage as an average of I forget how many passes on a level track with very gentle curves spaced far apart for as little resistance as possible and at a steady speed of 50mph. As steady as they can get. Or was it 55. 45. Pretty sure it was 50. Either way, they are conditions that are very hard to replicate in the real world.
“these ratings are for comparison purposes only. You actual mileage will vary based on your driving habits and conditions”. Thank you.
Well, trucks are cheaper in certain conditions of course, but, but, but, trains are the best choice if the distance is far enough and there is not a substantial (whatever that may be) distance to wherever it must go from where the train can to make it logistically and economically unbalanced as is evident, I would say, by the amount of semi trailers being hauled on trains.
Pay no attention to the above statement. I just wanted to use the term “logistically and economically unbalanced.”
Mr Dispatcher Sorry, I generally come in of a morning so anything that happens after I've been in I don't hear about til the next day.
Well don’t know what I’ll do today as I’m done with the A/C project. They said it really seemed to work. I do need to mow still and I know Brenda is eyeballing the paint for the living room setting in the entranceway. PLUS, I have a train set I need to attend to. The main cook at w*rk, we call him the Head Chef, or sometimes The Executive Chef if the Mayor orders that night, because he's been there the longest, calls it a trainset. He doesn’t mean it in a derogatory way, he actually thinks they are cool. That’s just what he calls it. Doesn’t bother me. He’s the one who plays those games with cards and little scale model figures. Can’t remember what they are all called. Magic is one….., can’t remember what he makes the “figs” for.
Best check to see how the Black Raspberries are coming along. Can't just let em go to bird food this year. My little buddy got her area flooded out so she’s not sure hers’ll produce. Hard to say as they had already flowered. She’s more concerned about all the new starts I gave her this year dying out. They hadn’t been in the ground very long. She say she hasn’t been back to check. Either way sh’ll get some of mine.
This has been a Filmways presentation.
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 All,
Currently it is 55 with an expected high of 85 with some breezy conditions this afternoon.
Well, daughters came over last night for a fried food fest. We had corn dogs, hushpuppies, onion rings, and chicken, some adult beverages, and some toffee like desert, one of them made. House had some real nice smells. We then watched Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope", and then "Red" with Bruce Willis. Got to bed well after 1:00, but it is always enjoyable when we get together. They spent the night.
Today I hope to finish laying the track to complete both loops of the railroad.
Mr. Dispatcher
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of old phart granola cereal (any of them) and lots of dark roast coffee to get my old bones moving today.
Still have 2.5 or more face cords of wood to move today, a wash is going as I type this, and I have to be at my son's house by 5:30 today to follow them over to my granddaughters' dance recital tonight. Both of them are in it this year. Should be fun.
Fair and mild outside today. currently 68°F with a high of 72°F later this afternoon. Solar panels are now cranking out some power again. Alread made 10kWh this morning so it should be a 25kWh day I hope. Got a lot of catching up to do. Only made 200 kWh so far and half the month is gone!
Happy Birthday, Otto!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi Guys.
Nice and warm out today, that's one of the reasons I was out early doing yard work. Had one little problem though, I cut through the extension cord while trimming the bushes. It was just a cheap one that I use for the hedge trimmers ( for just that reason ) I keep my heavy duty one inside away from anything that will chop it in half. I guess I will just pick up another cheap one when it comes time to trim the buses again sometime at the end of July. They don't grow all that fast so that's good. Still a little peeved about it though as I hadn't cut through one in a few years now. Sun is getting quite intense so I might stay in now. I got a sunburn a few weeks ago and felt like crap for a couple days after so don't want to repeat that.
Down to the plywood.I see on my package tracking that the Apple 80 column/memory expander card I requested from San Francisco will be in my mailbox today. That was fast! It was shipped on the 12th. Looks like I'll be converting the 64k Apple IIe to 128k today. That should take all of about five minutes.
Jeffrey: You have a PM
I have another infected tooth so on antibiotics {not fun for what comes out} and the good pain killer is NOT quite doing it! with half the tooth gone it is slated for pulling on Friday now all I have to do is make it to then. ARGH!
Well best get some chores done!
galaxyJeffrey: You have a PM
jeffrey-wimberly galaxyJeffrey: You have a PMThanks. I read it just minutes after you sent it. You have my sympathy regarding the tooth. I know how that feels.
About half of it broke off, so it is unrepairable...and they were going to use that tooth to secure my new bottom partial to!
Now absessed...my luck!
well,I have been resting the infected tooth causing me tonot feel good when I should be planting the rest of the merry golds..NOW that it has stopped rianing for once this month!
RAY..I hear ya! i think we have had only 2 sunny days this month!
Argh!
galaxy Burlington Northern #24 Hey guys, just checking in real quick. I've given up on the 4' x 6' layout, and will be opting for another 2' x 4' layout. I'm going to switch to DCC because one of the loco's I will hopefully be buying soon will be DCC equipped, so I'm going to avoid a big layout for the time being. Gary, I wouldn't give up on the 4x6, but I definitely WOULD be changing to DCC! Unfortunately, you are learning the hard way what many of who have learned the hard way have to say: READ, READ, READ some more and then STUDY hard BEFORE you spend one thin dime in MRRIng so You KNOW what you want and need for a layout! Your best bet: 1} study hard the options for a 4x6 layout, and then build one that gives you MOST of what you want, . 2} research more on DCC so you know more of what it is all about, , 3} Study wiring for DCC {simpler than with DC}, , 4} build your small module for practice, then and ONLY THEN, proceed with buying the equipment and stuff you need to build the 4x6 layout. give it a shot, you might like it! It IS a hobby {for enjoyment} after all!!!
I didn't want to, but the benchwork wood was to flimsy and I smashed my thumb with a hammer needless to say my language and vocabulary in those couple minutes got colorful. I'm probably just gonna do a simple 2 x 4 so I can have something, the way things are looking though I may not even do that. I'll probably just upgrade and standardize all of my equipment so that it will work together with no issues.
Ulrich's plan for me nailed what I wanted, it was just a matter of getting track. I've read and studied, re read, re studied, hand drew a plan, got chewed out for it, told my layouts(including EZ track on the floor) were simplistic, and it seems that whenever I run trains anymore there's always a cloud of guilt hanging around. at this point I'm not sure what's keeping me from putting them away until a better time, stubbornness, or the need for something familiar that I can escape to. I think it's stubbornness.
Happy Birthday Mr. Dispatcher!
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Burlington Northern #24I didn't want to, but the benchwork wood was to flimsy and I smashed my thumb with a hammer needless to say my language and vocabulary in those couple minutes got colorful.
jeffrey-wimberly Burlington Northern #24I didn't want to, but the benchwork wood was to flimsy and I smashed my thumb with a hammer needless to say my language and vocabulary in those couple minutes got colorful. Hey, that's when you learn new things to say, things they don't teach in school. That kind of stuff comprises about half of Vinnie's vocabulary. I can do a pretty good job of embarrassing a sailor too.
Burlington Northern #24I get it from my grandfather, here lately I'm not as patient as I used to be.
jeffrey-wimberly Burlington Northern #24I get it from my grandfather, here lately I'm not as patient as I used to be. I'm guessing he wasn't real patient either. My paternal grandfather wasn't a patient man by any means. Neither is my father and he wonders where I got it from.
You guys ever have one of those days????????????
First- I cut the extension cord to the trimmer.
Second- A piece broke off my tassimo coffee maker ( still under warranty, but still )
Third- Shower starts leaking, it appears to be some corrosion around the threads on the pipe.
Fourth - It looks like one of my goldfish are going to die also, he hasn't looked right in a few days and its just sort of lying on the bottom of the tank. Like I have said before, once these fish die I am never going to get fish and will gladly give away the tank to whoever wants it.
It has been one of those days, I'm afraid to work on anything model railroad related. Maybe just watch some TV. If that doesn't do something either.
That and my PC is on its last legs I think. I still have a old tower here with XP on it and the wife has her laptop.
Hi to everyone. It's way too nice outside to go down in the basement and work on trains. So, I took my spray paints, tools and weathering powders outside and worked on the deck. My package of 100 Intermountain wheelsets arrived this week, so I've started upgrading batches of cars. I plan to do 5 cars at a time. Today - mission accomplished.
galaxy - have you tried calling the dentist or oral surgeon or whoever is going to pull the tooth to tell him/her that you've got a lot of pain in the tooth? Pulling a tooth these days isn't generally a long procedure, so they may be able to squeeze you in to relieve the discomfort. The worst they can do is apologize and say, "See you Friday."
jeffrey - I'm sad to see you layout go. That bare sheet of plywood held memories.
One of today's metal-wheel project cars is an old Athearn gondola from my original HO train set. It came with 6 large canisters. I have no idea what they would carry, so today I printed up a set of decals that say, "Caution! Upsidasium. Weightless when loaded." One more moose reference for my town of Moose Bay.
Wow, that Upsidasium brought me right to the top. Set 'em up, and keep 'em coming through the Stanley Cup game tonight. Go Bruins!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyjeffrey - I'm sad to see you layout go. That bare sheet of plywood held memories.
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer for me and I will pick up the Tab for the Birthday Boy, Mr Dispatcher.
Been a good day! Made a new Mopar Friend and he is all so a Train Freak as well! ( he understands the sickness of trains) We made a stop by K-10 Model Trains and he was impressed. Then we wrenched on the Road Runner some.
Did some cleaning under the hood and got the intake and valve covers off. Dumped some Marvel Mystery Oil down the intake ports and called it a day.
Have all so found the Bachmann GP 30 makes a great pusher engine for my Y-6b with a 70 car freight train!
Later, Ken
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I hate Rust
Burlington Northern #24whenever I run trains anymore there's always a cloud of guilt hanging around. at this point I'm not sure what's keeping me from putting them away until a better time, stubbornness, or the need for something familiar that I can escape to. I think it's stubbornness.
Maybe the Force is responsible somehow.................................
Good evening.
Well, the Mogul is now finally decorated for the BT&S. However, there was a small snag with it. When blotting the decals on one side of the tender shell, two of the decals pulled up and tore themselves apart. To make things worse for me, the last & decal for the size I was using was one of those used. However, I just used one of the smaller decals from another set. Even though it doesn't look great, it gives the impression that the loco had an older paint scheme on it, so it kinda worked out.
Also got decals on one of the cabooses today and also got weathering on a freight car done.
Lehigh Valley 2089Well, the Mogul is now finally decorated for the BT&S. However, there was a small snag with it. When blotting the decals on one side of the tender shell, two of the decals pulled up and tore themselves apart. To make things worse for me, the last & decal for the size I was using was one of those used. However, I just used one of the smaller decals from another set. Even though it doesn't look great, it gives the impression that the loco had an older paint scheme on it, so it kinda worked out.
Use a cotton swab......ie...Q-tip...........press straight down and do not twist it at all..........slowly pick up the swab and the decal should stay put.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
rdgk1se3019 Lehigh Valley 2089Well, the Mogul is now finally decorated for the BT&S. However, there was a small snag with it. When blotting the decals on one side of the tender shell, two of the decals pulled up and tore themselves apart. To make things worse for me, the last & decal for the size I was using was one of those used. However, I just used one of the smaller decals from another set. Even though it doesn't look great, it gives the impression that the loco had an older paint scheme on it, so it kinda worked out. Use a cotton swab......ie...Q-tip...........press straight down and do not twist it at all..........slowly pick up the swab and the decal should stay put.
That's what I did. Don't know why it gave problems.
Well today is almost over, thank god as anything that could go wrong today has. The goldfish is still at the bottom of the tank on his side and is laboring. I feel so bad, I know its just a fish but I don't like to watch any creature suffer, especially when there is nothing I can do for him. The tank will be left with only 4 goldfish and a algae eater when he goes. The algae eater has been pestering the ill fish all day. I would bet by morning he will be dead. Not really sad just frustrated.
Have got a little modelling done today though,
Just a update guys. The fish has died. We are now left with four and the algae eater. Sad a bit but I guess it was just a fish.
Lehigh Valley 2089 Use a cotton swab......ie...Q-tip...........press straight down and do not twist it at all..........slowly pick up the swab and the decal should stay put.
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In that case .......just touch the one side of the decal......basically on the outer edge........that swab should then act like a wick and sometimes you can see the water come out from under the decal.
MisterBeasley galaxy - have you tried calling the dentist or oral surgeon or whoever is going to pull the tooth to tell him/her that you've got a lot of pain in the tooth? Pulling a tooth these days isn't generally a long procedure, so they may be able to squeeze you in to relieve the discomfort. The worst they can do is apologize and say, "See you Friday." Wow, that Upsidasium brought me right to the top. Set 'em up, and keep 'em coming through the Stanley Cup game tonight. Go Bruins!
Mr. B...two things about the tooth... first is that they wnat the Antibiotics to work their magic as they don't pull absessed teeth. Second, my personal dentist is only at the clinic I go to on Fridays. He is the best I have had and works on me standing up without putting the chair all the way back/down. I cannot breathe in that positiion as it cuts off my airway {hence my sleep apnea too and the need for a machine to keep me breathing at night}. All other dentist there say " I can't work on you that way"} { which ia load of gecko excrement}
Second...I say "set me up" better you than me at the top, I had enough lately! I'd say give me a , but I am not a drinking man!