TMarsh Heartland Division CB&Q Uh, oh Todd ........ Are you hitting on ladies again. Tsk, tsk. Watch out for those WalMart women! Can't help it Garry. I'm fascinated with the neck tattoos and 15 inch fingernails. I often wonder if names have been scratched out, or do they just date guys with the same name.
Heartland Division CB&Q Uh, oh Todd ........ Are you hitting on ladies again. Tsk, tsk. Watch out for those WalMart women!
Can't help it Garry. I'm fascinated with the neck tattoos and 15 inch fingernails. I often wonder if names have been scratched out, or do they just date guys with the same name.
Oh my. Todd, I did not know you were a neck and fingernail man. ... Ummmm .... ..... Have you considered going to counseling? .... Meanwhile, a hobby is good therapy. Model railroading makes a great sanity break.... Go work on your layout.....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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.
"It's Audi Duty time.. it's Audi Duty time...."
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a side order of bacon, and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Organic Fair Traded Coffee this morning. Thank You Ma'am! What? Yes, use my R&GV RR mug if you would.
Don, welcome aboard! Always good to see a new face here in the diner. I'm sure Galaxy will chime in with a quick review of all the rules. Break any of them and Cousin Vinnie will be paying you a visit with his steel pipe section. He is the twins cousin and enforces (without being subtle) the letter of the law around here.... Oh, where you are sitting (the counter) is called the "Rivet Counter" and is usually where those folks who are really into proto modeling hang out. It is also used when someone has some info about a specific prototype to share.
Currently 82°F here in the Finger Lakes with a forecast of thunderboomers most all day. I will be going out to Boy Scout Camp this afternoon to finish the installation of the second microphone outlet the dining hall and possibly trim around the tent platforms in the sites.
My sister's 13th. 70th. birthday party went well yesterday. I sat and yakked with a former student of my sister's who now teaches here in in Geneva. I was right that the food served was not stuff I really wanted to eat, but the Margaritas were great! I had some chips and a couple rather innocuous looking something or others that the Margaritas could wash down just to be sociable. (I was careful to not imbibe much actually as I had to drive home. I had a couple small glasses of the Margarita over a 3 hour period...) Sister showed off how at 70 she can still bend at the waist and touch her head to the floor... She is into the Yoga stuff and thinks I should do it so I would have no health problems.....
She liked this card:
Karl, all of them....
Ctch 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!
Morning guys,
Jeff: I also have a doctors appointment at 1pm today
Its warm here already ( 79 but feeling like 93 ) and its just 9:30am. Not much planned today other then going to doctors and then maybe doing some railfanning. Talk to you guys later today
Good morning ..... Coffee and a carmel pecan roll, pleas............ I have 5 things to say about that: "mmmmm; mmmm;......... mmmm; mmmmm; mmmmmmmmmmm .! "
I was in Cincinnati briefly. Drove there Saturday afternooon.; drove back yesterday after noon. It's over 300 miles one way. .... Picked up Shelley who had been vising over there with grandkids ...... I drove the truck to bring back stuff Shelley acquired, and (the improtant part) ..... picked up material for more layout construction. Our son there owns and operates a cabinet business, and gets good prices on stuff I need for layout construction.
My mother and about 200 other elderly people had a close call a few days ago at their senior living apartment building in Alabama. Lightning hit the building during a rain storm. .... Thankfully, no fire.and nobody was hurt .... However, the power surge wiped out any unportected electronics. ..... TV's and so on were ruined. A light bulb blew up in my Mom's apartment. Her phone quit working, too. .... I was wondering why she was not answerring her phone when I called her. My sister who lives near my mother told me yesterday what happended.
Mr. B. ..... Just for fun would you like an image to use as wallpaper on your computer screen? I was thinking you are a hockey fan and might like a team photo of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Uh, oh Todd ........ Are you hitting on ladies again. Tsk, tsk. Watch out for those WalMart women!
Galaxy and Mr. B...... Perhaps, I should just scroll past your posts about dreams.
Karl .... Have you become the stripper of Elliots Diner?......
It was a remarkable weekend in the DIner!
Okay. I have had my carmel pecan roll, and now I will get busy unloading the truck.
Cheers, everybody!
Edit: ... I'm at the top ....... Have some carmel pecan rolls ..... They are mmmmm, mmmm, mmmmm !
2nd edit .... Welcome EMD Don!
ONR FAN kbkchooch ONR Fan Did you get your car back yet? What was the surprise?? Did she pay your import tax on the car? You know, the Audi duty? Audi duty, lol. That's funny. I got my car back and I'm so happy. My wife and my friend Dave(TA462) got together and had the wheels installed in his shop. Dave got them at cost for me and had new Goodyear F1 tires put on them. My car is black and looks great with the new black wheels. I can't believe my wife did this for me.
kbkchooch ONR Fan Did you get your car back yet? What was the surprise?? Did she pay your import tax on the car? You know, the Audi duty?
ONR Fan Did you get your car back yet? What was the surprise?? Did she pay your import tax on the car? You know, the Audi duty?
Audi duty, lol. That's funny. I got my car back and I'm so happy. My wife and my friend Dave(TA462) got together and had the wheels installed in his shop. Dave got them at cost for me and had new Goodyear F1 tires put on them. My car is black and looks great with the new black wheels. I can't believe my wife did this for me.
Good Stuff!!
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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Morning All,
Currently it is 47 with an expected high of 72, with a 60% chance of showers.
Have to go in early for a meeting, the bring a desk to my daughter.
EMD Don
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
EMD.Don You folks have some interesting and entertaining discussions, so I figured I may as well formally "enter the diner" and listen in as the "new guy". Coffees, teas, and other soft drinks are on me... Don.
You folks have some interesting and entertaining discussions, so I figured I may as well formally "enter the diner" and listen in as the "new guy". Coffees, teas, and other soft drinks are on me...
Don.
don: don't jsut look-see and "listen"...JOIN OUR PRATTLE!!!
Speak up and be heard,, add to the "entertaining discussions" so we may discuss with you!!
ANY other lurkers out there... tune in and and share your day!
-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 all...hope it's alright if I saddle up to the counter. Don't want to intrude. I've poked my head in "The Diner" before but haven't taken a seat or enjoyed a cuppa Joe (milk and Splenda please).
Happy Modeling and Good Day!
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that you decided to take the train and not fly."
Good morning. It's 75° with 22% humidity. The high will be 92°.Only thing on the schedule today is a doctor appointment. We had more storms come through during the night. For having only a 20% chance of rain yesterday it was pretty active. Power went out yesterday and a couple of times during the night. Hopefully I'll be able to get some layout work in later. I have to get rid of some boxes that are under the layout before I can do much more up top.
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Good MorningGoing to be warm and sticky here...85F feeling like 103F...yay.Oh goodie....I get to go out in that and start working on that "Lair of Doom" again....I am now thinking about hazmat suits for glow worms for this one. There are things in there... I did hear something last night that sounded a little like something shuffling around in there...
Good morning, or at least it's a good morning to be where someone else is paying for the air conditioning. 75 degrees and humid as all get out on the way to work at a quarter to seven this morning. It's going to be in the 90s. This heat just drains all my energy. Over the weekend, I put on the AC in the train room and tried to stay there.
Friday evening I just got sick of the "sticky water" from my last Envirotex pour. I reasoned that I didn't mix the resin and hardener well enough, and it was never going to set up, so I mixed another batch and poured a second layer. Like magic, 24 hours later I had the hard, glassy surface I was looking for. Once it was done, I realized that I'd spent more time fretting about than just doing a second pour and fixing the problem. You just can't leave sticky Envirotex around - it will pick up dust and pollen, and you'll never get it clean again.
Not happy with my Bruins on Saturday, but tonight's a chance for redemption to force a seventh game. Either way, the Stanley Cup will be awarded this week. Next weekend, the Tour de France begins. Images of Lance Armstrong have been notably absent from the promotional ads on TV.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a bowl of Commander Crunch please. Thanks.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Ray- My the girls are getting big!
Karl- It sounds worse than it is when it comes to the waitresses. It matters not that they are Chinese, Mexican, German, Italian or good ole United Statsian. It can be the check-out girl at the Walmart. Yes she accused me of flirting with the checkout girl at walmart one time because I said in response to “thank you, have a nice day”, and I quote…(ahem)….”oh thank you and you have a nice day too.”
Let me explain a bit to the newer folks. That stuff doesn’t happen all the time and way less than it used to. WAY less. And it sounds worse than it is. Really. My wife is a somewhat jealous person and will readily tell you that. (I tell her most times, that is not a reason, that’s an excuse.) Sometimes in her talking with others, she states it almost like it's a badge of honor. She picks on the Chinese girls more than the rest because it’s one of the places I go where I see pretty much the same 4 waitresses all the time. And as frequently as I’m in there, they get to know you better and of course communicate with you more and are friendlier to you as you are familiar to them and they get more comfortable with you just like anyone would. Funny she has no issue with the waitress at the Huddlehouse here in town or the Mcdonald’s drive thru person though. Anyway, the main issue is they are not fluent in English and coupled with their normal manner of speech and it’s translation issues between the two languages, some things end up sounding different than they mean them. I understand that and just laugh at the way things come out sometimes ( not to their faces, I don’t think they would understand why I’m laughing), just like most people do to anyone who says something that came out wrong or sounded different than intended…myself included. Something we’ve all done and laughed about. Brenda however, pretty much takes what you say as you say it regardless. Always has. “No. That’s NOT what she said” Unless it’s her of course. It’s a quirk I deal with. I’m sure she deals with a few quirks of mine. Most all the time my relaying of the event, is told somewhat tongue in cheek (Galaxy…you’re up on that one!), not as a relaying of some big problem. Some may find it humorous, some may not .
A guy with a dry somewhat sarcastic sense of humor coupled with a girl with not much of a sense of humor…..opposites do attract.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
EMD.Don My first computer was a Commodore 64, beige color. I never could do a whole lot with it because my computer skills were...are still...terrible. I remember this game I had that had a triangle in the middle of the screen and you shot lazes at rocks/asteroids. My parents upgraded me to a Commodore 128. Those were the days .
My first computer was a Commodore 64, beige color. I never could do a whole lot with it because my computer skills were...are still...terrible. I remember this game I had that had a triangle in the middle of the screen and you shot lazes at rocks/asteroids. My parents upgraded me to a Commodore 128. Those were the days .
I was fortunate. Sorta. My first computer was a family-shared IBM PC. WHY? because my father worked for IBM...so naturally we wouldn't have a Commodore 64 {affectionately called the "good if you're on a boat" by the IBMers} or an Apple {affectionately called the "who wants a fruit for a computer" by the IBMers} or even a Radio Shack TRS 80 {affectionately called the "trash 80" by the IBMers}. It came at the tune of $5k for a dual drive {5.5 floppies of course} Model.
When they went to the "IBM training class" when they picked up the PC, they made the group play "LA cucuracha". MY mother looked astonished at my father {the tale goes} and said "$5000.00 for it to play "La Cucuracha? REALLY??"
Of course it had a lto to offer in those days. especially the games {I was still 17 barely 18 when they go it.} My favorite games were ADVENTURE, WORM {where you add segments to a "worm' {of 0"s} and not run into your tail}. And one other I can't remember.{Old age disease}.
IBM then dumped, for free, the computers to all the local schools surrounding its facilities/plants. that was to get the students into the IBM format!
A few years later as I went to college I bought MY individual one first one..naturally an "IBM clone". it cost me around $2200. I used the word processor the most. {"ZEN" word processor- never heard of it before or since..but it worked for me to get through my reports, term papers and journals. Clumsy really by today's MS OFFICE standards}
naturally we see whose format won out.The clones live on.
My father, long retired from IBM, recently bought a new lap top, naturally an IBM model. I have stuck with DELLs since My boss had provided them to me in the past, so when I no longer worked there, and had to purchase one, I went with DELL, naturally. and overall I have been happy with them.
Ah, them were the days....
thank you for this stroll down amnesia lane.
Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD MODAY MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, June 24th, 2013.
I will light the prayer candles for those in need..
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
To Crack up:
Dictionary:
Perhaps it happened this way {Old wives tale?} {?}: 'Cracked Up' also refers to a Civil War time makeup.{?} At this time the makeup consisted mostly of beeswax, and ladies had to partially melt the makeup beside the fire before applying it. After application it would harden on their face. If the lady laughed or smiled it would crack the makeup, and thereby look like her face was 'Cracking Up'. {?}
Happy modeling!
kbkchoochJeffrey, Don't let Jeremy get to you with those remarks about his age and the age of your computers...I remember my Atari 1200 (with the extra memory) and a certain VIC 20 around the house!
Good evening all!
Flo, can I get a 4 scoop sundae? With strawberry, chocolate, mint and cheesecake flavored ice cream? And lots of fudge, no nuts, whipped cream and a cherry on top? I'll sleep like a baby with that in me tonight!
Did a lot of stripping today, in fact, I got 7 stripped down to nothing. Now before you get silly,,,,it was 7 body plastic shells! SWMBO would kill me if it were anything else!
2 MDC express refers, a Front Range GP9, a P2K GP9, an Atlas Gold GP38 and 2 Atlas Gold SD-26s. 3 of them are for "2 dollar Bill", the others are for me. I'll do a little to them this week, but next weekend should be an airbrush weekend! As long as its not 110 in the shade or raining,,,,,or both!
LV, Oh how I don't miss the days of baling hay! Stay hydrated my friend!
Jeffrey, Don't let Jeremy get to you with those remarks about his age and the age of your computers...I remember my Atari 1200 (with the extra memory) and a certain VIC 20 around the house!
Todd, ever just consider Chinese take out? Tastes just as good, the "atmosphere" might be better!
Ray, My what lil cuties those girls are. Which finger do they have you wrapped around anyway?
Well,,,sleepy time soon,,,,gotta work in the a.m.
Karl
NCE über alles!
Lehigh Valley 2089 Got the camo paint on the Spit, hope to have a photo of it possibly up tomorrow at some time. Night everyone.
Got the camo paint on the Spit, hope to have a photo of it possibly up tomorrow at some time. Night everyone.
What Mk of the Spitfire are you modeling? My favorite is the MkV clipped wing and MkIX (favorite WWII era pilot was Johnnie Johnson). I've built a few Airfix , Tamiya and Academy 1/48 Spitfire kits in the past. Can't wait to see your progress.
Happy Modeling!
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
I had wanted to do some work on the layout today but Mr Murphy had other ideas. First I had to build a power supply for the IIe then locate a replacement online. Something I learned about old technology many years ago. Keep spares. Then clearing up the tools and debris from the above operation. Then my father and step mother wanted me over there for dinner. They insisted. Meat loaf, green beans and cornbread. Came back here and caught up with what's going on online then a thunderstorm moves in. Just a small one but boy did it pack a wallop. Knocked the power out for a while. I used the down time for a nap. Couldn't do much of anything else. And that brings us up to now. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow at 1pm. My father has some questions for the doctor so he's coming along. Oh lucky me! Layout work tomorrow in pretty much out of the question for now.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
MisterBeasley galaxy Mister Sandman, dream me a dream....Make him the cutest that I've ever seen... OPPS! SORRY THAT song doesn't belong here! Why, of course it belongs here! That's Transition Era music. It comes on frequently on the Golden Oldies channel on our cable box. 524.. That's what I listen to when modeling in the train room. When I was a boy, my parents got me a kit, a radio that was constructed of components and mounted on a piece of cardboard that functioned as a printed circuit board, with outlines of resistors and such. I listened to just that great music at night, with the door closed because my parents thought I was asleep, with a one-eared headphone, a flashlight and a Lionel catalog. Ah, yes, those were the days.
galaxy Mister Sandman, dream me a dream....Make him the cutest that I've ever seen... OPPS! SORRY THAT song doesn't belong here!
Mister Sandman, dream me a dream....Make him the cutest that I've ever seen...
OPPS! SORRY THAT song doesn't belong here!
Why, of course it belongs here! That's Transition Era music. It comes on frequently on the Golden Oldies channel on our cable box. 524.. That's what I listen to when modeling in the train room. When I was a boy, my parents got me a kit, a radio that was constructed of components and mounted on a piece of cardboard that functioned as a printed circuit board, with outlines of resistors and such. I listened to just that great music at night, with the door closed because my parents thought I was asleep, with a one-eared headphone, a flashlight and a Lionel catalog.
Ah, yes, those were the days.
So,Um,,, AH...MR. B, You want to dream of cute guys..the cutest you've ever seen???
Ah, erm. OK for you.
ROTFLMBO
I put down a bit of roadbed today, for the first time in several years, as I've been preoccupied with the more urban carfloat terminal. This new track will lead to the tannery and the Railway Express depot. Most of my train work has been even more mundane. I got a dozen cars upgraded to metal wheels, 7 old Mantua clamshell hoppers that got new trucks, and 5 ice-bunker reefers that just got wheels. There was extra work on the hoppers, as I'd over-weathered them with Instant Rust some years back, and really needed to tone it down a couple of notches with powders.
Evening again guys,
Jeff: Those apple computers are older then me,lol.
Back from dinner and I feel like crap. The heat was intense this afternoon and usually it doesn't get to me but today it did. I wish I would have kept the air on as my house is quite warm now. I turned it on the minute I walked in and just had a cool shower but still feel slightly off, maybe drink a couple cold bottles of water and just cool off for the night. I plan on watching that guy walk over the gran canyon later on. I remember wathcing him last year walk over Niagara Falls. I should have gone as Its only a hour from here. Maybe I will enjoy that with a nice bowl of ice cream,lol
The hay went into the barn fast today. Makes me happy, just tired from it right now. Got all of the decals on the Mustang as I said I would. Will be getting the white on the Spit here shortly.
I was copying some software on the Apple this morning so I have new backups if needed. Right at the end of a copy session the computer just shut down for seemingly no reason. Turns out the power supply was dead. I opened it up and had a look. Nothing obvious. There's a big can transistor in there and it was so hot I could feel it, and that's saying something. Everything else checks out. Well these are thirty years old and I don't care how robust electronic components are, they will fail after having been in use for so many years. I have another power supply that has a bad power regulator. Using parts from both power supplies I've built a good one. It's no different from rebuilding a model train transformer/power pack. I'm looking online for a suitable replacement. I've come across some that have never been used and are still sealed in their factory boxes. Think I'll grab one of those. No work on the layout yet today. imagine that.
Afternoon guys,
Ray: That's a neat little jeep, looks like the kids will have fun with it.
Well its warm out here. I have the A/C on and will be turning it off as Im going over to my parents for dinner. No sense in leaving it running as the late day sun is going to heat the house up no matter if its on or off. I will turn it back on when I get home tonight and it will cool the house down quick. Also have had the dehumidifier running in the basement as its a bit humid down there. I have just been doing some general layout work today and might work on some kits tonight.
kbkchooch Galaxy, thanks for the Sandman info. DER SANDMANN sounds more like the guy in the Metallica song than the Andrews Sisters ditty!
Galaxy, thanks for the Sandman info. DER SANDMANN sounds more like the guy in the Metallica song than the Andrews Sisters ditty!
KARL: there are a variety of Sandman references from WIKI, including the song and the shows, WIKI lists a few:
Italian roast coffee in a SANTA FE mug, please.
***Ray, that is so sweet. Cute pics.
I finally tested the new (HO) locos which have been sitting on the dining room table for so long. Ran each a few inches forward and back, because the radius on the current layout is to tight for larger locos. Had the smoke features switched off. The BLI Y6b is very loud and will need to have the volume throttled down, but will do that another day. My favorite though is the little Proto 0-8-0. To my ears it has the most beautiful sound.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob