Lehigh Valley 2089Work on the Typhoon has been going smoothly. Will take a break from it soon. The model, even though the Typhoon is a single engine aircraft, seems to be as big as the P-38J Lightning that I have. It is a ground attack aircraft, so I'm not surprised.
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Hello everyone.
Work on the Typhoon has been going smoothly. Will take a break from it soon. The model, even though the Typhoon is a single engine aircraft, seems to be as big as the P-38J Lightning that I have. It is a ground attack aircraft, so I'm not surprised.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Mornin'..... Uh, Afternoon folks!
Gee, where does the time go? Chloe, I'll just have a refill of the dark roast coffee for right now.
I slept in this morning. Blackie got his meds about 15 minutes late.... Decided to basically take today off due tio the weather, and because I have to get everything ready to go for the Railroading Merit Badge I will be teaching over the weekend. The last site that needs to be finished out at camp will not be used the first week, so it was not a priority to have done now anyway. I plan on getting too a few odds and ends I have been putting off for several weeks now.
Mr. V8, glad your cooler is up and running. 108°F? Now that is a reason to live up North! I have relatives who feel sorry for me that I stay up here in NYS when they live in Flowiduh where it stay nice and warm year around. I've been down there in the middle of the Winter and just about melted in the heat! No thanks, I'd rather shovel snow...
Jeffery, I also saw that Bill has been in every day across the street in the 'greasy spoon' over there (I checked it out after I noticed that Bill has been absent here). He must not like us anymore... Hope he isn't about something.
Have a good one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning All,
Currently it is 60 with an expected high of 100 today and mid-day humidity will be 14%, very hot and dry. Weather guessers are expecting us to break all time temp records this coming week.
Opening shift today. Still need to mow the front yard, but with the high heat and my work schedule, it has not happened in way too long. Maybe I can get to it early tomorrow, or later this evening.
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
Morning fellas,
We are under a heavy rainfall warning at the moment. I'm just sitting here with my coffee and watching Practice for the F1 British Grand Prix and flipping back and forth to Wimbledon. I have some fright cars to get building later and some cleaning up on the layout. Have to clean some structures and such. Also have to arrange my shop a bit so I can get a few more things in there.
Jeremy
jeffrey-wimberly TMarshFirst Lee, then Bill…..hm.Can't speak for Lee but Bill has been posting every morning on another forum I post on.
TMarshFirst Lee, then Bill…..hm.
Maybe he didn't like my "competition". Although ANYONE is able to "greet the day" in the diner at any time of the morning!!! I just happen to be up early!
-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. It's 75° with 93% humidity. The high will be 98°.Gonna be a hot one today. Hopefully I won't have to go out for anything. Today I'll try an get at some things under the layout using a Grip n Grab so I don't have to get down on the floor. At least I'll be able to get some of the lighter stuff out of there. The power supply for my IIe cleared Bethpage NY early this morning and according to the postal service is hotfooting it's way here. They say it'll be here by the 1st. Hmmm. We'll see. Today's the 28th. That gives them today and tomorrow.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a bowl of spaghetti with meat sauce and some garlic toast please, thanks.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
First Lee, then Bill…..hm.
Welp, got way-layed yesterday and didn’t get the yard mowed. Guess I’ll do that today…..I hope.
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.
howmus Hmmm... So, where is Bill? I miss his morning photos....! ???
Hmmm... So, where is Bill? I miss his morning photos....! ???
I noticed too!
It was sometimes he'd post first, sometimes I'd post first. Then it changed..seemed he was always AFTER me. I assumed maybe he changed his work shift or sleep pattern?
Then I noticed my "tid bits' were going strong without a pre-or follow-up from Bill!
I assumed maybe on vacation?
Wherefore ART thou, BILL? Post your ever flowing cuppa jo !
Morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 AM. for those in need..
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
Good evening. Got a lot of work done on the Typhoon. Just need to put the landing gear together, add the stabilizers and then the clear plastic details. After that, paint and decals. It's going to be in a camo scheme as well, but with green and gray scheme. Will also have the famed D-Day Invasion strips. Night everyone.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening guys.
We got a decent amount of rain today which was nice as things were starting to get dry around here. The kids had there last day today so that means summer break. When I was a kid it was always my favorite day,lol. Actually I liked going back as that meant new school supplies and binders. Funny thing is even to this day the wife hates around August because she knows I will go go the stores and buy all the pens that I like and probably dont need and come home with a bunch of office supplies. What can I say?? I Like pens and markers. I must have 60 sharpies of different colors on my shelf in the workshop. I have containers for Pens,Markers,Pencil,Pencil Crayons. So When Auguts rolls around I will "restock", just dont tell the wife
last mountain & eastern hogger Jeff, ol' Boy, A lot of us here wish we lived closer to you , we would like to help you out. How about calling on your friend David Parks, he lives across the road does he not ??
Jeff, ol' Boy, A lot of us here wish we lived closer to you , we would like to help you out.
How about calling on your friend David Parks, he lives across the road does he not ??
I'm sure for all you have helped him with he would be glad to get under the layout and get those items out of their for you. Sometimes all you have to do is ask.. Please be kind to yourself. Also your Dad could help you out for a few minutes of his valuable time. It is not an all day job you are asking for.
I'll shut up now................
Johnboy out................................time for some vitals and a bevy.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf please...
Hope they are able to clean up the mess in Calgary, without any problems (more than they already have, that is...).
I got a lot done out at camp. Completed trimming around tents in two campsites today. Got a couple more tents platforms done in a newer campsite where the tents are in a field... Very, very tall grass and I want to mow down the grass between the tents where the tractor mower can't go as well. I hope I can get it finished in one afternoon next week, since the campsite won't be used until week 2 of camp. It should be close, but may mean another day out there to finish it.... I have enough to do right here at home.
Tonight they are calling for storms with the possibility of heavy rain. Thunder storms and rain are predicted for the next week, so that may make the trimming and mowing here be difficult as well.
I will be spending Saturday at the Museum being the councilor for RR Merit Badge for a Troop from the Syracuse area, then work train crew out there on Sunday. Definitely not bored at least...
Well I had to forget about any layout work today. I moved a couple of computer keyboards and a few model kit boxes from under the layout to the closet and by that time my body was letting me know it wasn't liking that at all. I was feeling so bad I went back to bed for a few hours. So it's looking like maybe another day or two before I can get a serious start on moving stuff from under there. Getting under there isn't hard and getting out from under there isn't very hard either. Getting up is the hard part. A bum leg and a foot that's all but useless, compromised muscle control of the arms and other leg and throw in a flaky sense of balance and you get why I have a hard time just walking a short distance let alone getting to a standing position. I can't even kneel without falling over most of the time. So to work under the layout I have to be sitting on the floor as I can't squat down. Most of the time that's comfortable until it comes time to get up. It's much easier if I can grab the edge of the layout and pull myself up. Of course by then I don't want to get back under there for a while. So maybe tomorrow or Saturday I can get under there again. In other news, well there is no other news here that I know of so that's it for now.
Good evening. Feeling better than I did earlier today. Did get the Spitfire done. Sister also made an excellent supper today. Homemade pasta. Yum. Stomach's a little off, but I don't think it's anything big.
Howdy ...
Sounds like a mess in Calgary!
I hope Bill T shows up with coffee tomorow morning. I've been sleeping for 2 days in the back booth. Duke is still conked out in the corner booth, too.
Cheers, everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
chochowillieKeep you all posted as things transpire.
Latest news on the Calgary AB Derailmen
Heavy machinery was moved in around noon and crews are in the process of setting up air pumps to extract material from the derailed cars.
Five of the Canadian Pacific rail cars contain petroleum diluent, which is used to thin petroleum products, including bitumen from Alberta oilsands, for transporting through a pipeline.
Cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
last mountain & eastern hoggerBy the way Choo Choo Willie, did you used to have a model railroad shop in Red Deer??? If you did, I have been there a number of times while my Son was attending College there.
I spent enough money at Choo Choo Willies that I should have owned it but nope I wasn't the owner. It's been gone a long long time now. We don't have much here in Red Deer in the way of a Model RR shop and the one we do have is a Bicycle Shop as well so what does that tell you.
As if Calgary needed another disaster but they have on with the tank cars. My question is why would they load down the bridge in the first place with full tank cars full of hydrocarbon???? Why not those big grain cars or lumber cars. At least that wouldn't turn into an environmental issue.
The last I heard, what that the bridge had stopped sinking and that CP had brought in some heavy lift cranes. If I were in charge of the incident, the first thing I would order done would be the offloading of the tank cars to help mitigate the river pollution issue, then move the cars. I'm familiar with the particular bridge and it's going to be a bear-cat to get at.
Keep you all posted as things transpire.
Just heard on the radio, There is a major problem on a rail bridge in Calgary.
Don't know whether it is CP or CN, but my best guess would be CP, they had placed a number of loaded tank cars on the bridge to stabilize it while the river was in flood stage.
The bridge has now sagged two feet and is continuing to go down. They are hooking cables on to the cars and the rest of the story is yet to come. The environmental team is pretty unhappy about this situation. None of the cars are leaking at this point but who knows after a fall into the river. Stand by:::: I'm thinking that ChooChooWillie will keep us informed.
By the way Choo Choo Willie, did you used to have a model railroad shop in Red Deer??? If you did, I have been there a number of times while my Son was attending College there.
Johnboy out................................Honey do list today.
BroadwayLion I suppose that work is tentative. ROAR
I suppose that work is tentative.
ROAR
ROAR? How about MOAN?
What a nice cool night. It was around 60 when I got up, with the fan just bringing in all that reasonable air. Our heat wave is over, and today's high should be in the low 70s. No 90s in the 10-day forecast.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
howmusNeed to get out to camp. Still have 3 tent sites to get finished....
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Currently 60 with an expected high of 97 today. Going to hit 105 on Monday. Heat wave is here.
Not much going on with me today, except w**k and Skype with my son tonight.
Mornin' evefryone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of pumpin seed flax granola with blueberries and fresh strawberries on top and a cup of dark roast coffee to wash it down with.
Zoning officer (old friend of mine) was just here to go over my plans for the new fence. Seems I was right and we will be able to do just what we wanted to do with the fence... He suggested that we go with using 4 x 4 fence posts put in to below the frost line rather than the steel system. He says the steel post systems for the wooden fences he has seen all have started to lean withing 4 or 5 years. We have a deep frost line here so I think it best to do it right the first time. Anyway, all we will need is a simple building permit and get it done! I will get started on the site plan for it next week.
Need to get out to camp. Still have 3 tent sites to get finished.... Calling for some possible bad storms later this afternoon, so I want to get as much done ASAP, Catch you all later!
Morning everyone.
Not feeling great now. Have to take today off from work. Hope to get more work done on the Spit today and possibly get it done. Will also look to get more work done on the Typhoon.
Good MorningReal muggy out and warm...76F going to go up to 80 feeling like 100F....oh..and those ol' t'underin'boomers as well.Got to attend to some more interviews and such....have a good one!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Coffee and some pork pot stickers please, thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Got 2” in a couple hours yesterday after I left here. Locals give a 40” chance today. NWS doesn’t mention it.
V8 Dennis- Careful up there on the roof. I never did think swamp coolers cooled well. Or at least like I was used to with actual AC. I do see the benefit of the added humidity, but it always seemed odd to me that they used the biggest water using things in the most water deprived areas.
Welp, if it doesn’t rain, then tag I’m it on the mower today. It’s already very humid out there now. Went out to set the trash cans and whoa! Opened the door and ran into a wall of it. Almost couldn’t get out of the house it was so thick .
Things are gonna start to fire up here today of or tomorrow for us. The Village 4th of July celebration is Sunday night ( the village of Williamsville rarely (read never) holds Independence Day celebrations on actual Independence Day. Don’t want to interfere with anyones’ plans you know) so since the wife is in charge of THAT too, we’ll be most likely jumping through hoops at the last minute over the weekend.
Hm, battery just quit in the mouse. I wondered what that flashy light meant. When it goes out, boy it goes out quick! (disappears for a few minutes) Wouldn't you know it, no AA's. Oh I got plenty of AAA's of course. Oh well. Old one that has the whacked out scroll wheel still w**ks as a point and click basic mouse so I can get through this. Amazing how we are used to certain ways we do things and how obnoxious it is when things change. Spoiled.
Best get movin if I wanna get anything done before w**k tonight. And I've GOT to get a AA battery. I keep spinning that dad blamed scroll wheel!!! I can't stop!!!