Evening Dinners
Flo Beer Pleases.
Just want to stop by and let you folks know I am still alive. While I am working some decent hours at the St Charlies Mo store, the 1 hour drive each way is kicking my caboose!
Still daydreaming about getting my Road Runner running again. So I have been on the Mopar site a lot of late. I am off Saturday so I hope to stop by for a proper post. I still skim the dinner but I am sure I have missed some and prayers for people in need.
Trains are running well and the PK 2 B&O GP 30 is starting to get quieter
See you all later, Ken
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I hate Rust
wetidlerjr bjdukert Thanks Bill That is one day we don't need to forget. Best to all on sick call and those recovering Duke You are welcome! I didn't think anyone had noticed.
bjdukert Thanks Bill That is one day we don't need to forget. Best to all on sick call and those recovering Duke
Thanks Bill That is one day we don't need to forget.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Duke
You are welcome! I didn't think anyone had noticed.
Bill .... You even awakened Duke! Amazing accomplishment! .... Remarkable..... and you also got Flp's attention! ... Keep on posting!
Ulrich ....... I saw your scratch building thread. I did more of that in younger years while modeling the 1900 era. I still have some of the buildings from then. Now, many of my buildings are kitbashed..... One more thing...... I ran my fingernails up the side of a building. .. It was a "scratch building" .... .... Oh never mind!
Rob .... Don't work too hard. Find a little MRR time for sanity breaks.
Jerry ... I've not seen you in a few days, and hope hope you are okay. We care about you.
Cheers, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Janie can I get a very hot cup of decaf? Still clod around these parts!
High today was 58°F... Whooppie!!! Not even a glimpse of the sun either. As Barry would say dark and dull. Very, very, dark and exceptionally dull out there. Want to know how bad it was here today? Let me explain. Two days ago the PV panels on my roof cranked out 30.06 kWh of power. Today all she wrote was 2.32 kWh. That doesn't even cover charging the PiP once, and and some days I charge it twice or more... Dark, very dark! We did get about 1.18" of rain though today. Still coming down at the moment and will continue for most of tomorrow.
I actually did some hobby stuff for a bit tonight. Created a sign for the power plant on Bare Mountain. I would like to have it be a "painted" sign right on the side of the building, but it may have to be a wooden sign hung from the side of the building. Not done yet, so I shall see.
See you all tomorrow "God willing and the creek don't rise". Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well the storm blew through and dumped a lot of rain and made a bunch of lightning strikes before it was finished. I went to my fathers place for pizza just after I shut down earlier. It was while I was there that the brunt of the storm hit. I waited it out then returned home. There's a dirt road between here and there and it was a mess! Even with a bunch of gravel and Arkansas blue stone pushed into it. There are plans to blacktop it but the needed grant hasn't come through. Fortunately I only have to drive over a short stretch of it. Got back here about 8:30. Power went out about 9:15. Came back on around an hour later. I tell you what, it's like a blackout in a coal mine in here when the power goes out at night. I have several electric lanterns here and I keep a good supply of batteries on hand for them for just such occasions. I also have a couple of LED headlights I can wear if I need or want to work on something. Well now that I've used up some of your time it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.For those who may sometimes wonder, my paint supply. It's latex and satin house paint mis-tinted samples that I get for 50¢ to $1 each. I filter it to remove the chunks and grains. That reduces the volume by 1/4 but I can thin it for use in my single action airbrush if I should desire to do so. Not as good as model paints but they work for me.
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Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!!
Today is Friday, June 7th, 2013!!!
I wil light the prayer candles at 20 AM for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
RODEO:
In 1882 in Pecos, Texas, a rancher offered $100 prizes each for bronco riding, bulldogging and roping. These were simply called 'cowboy competitions' or 'cowboy tournaments'. A promoter in 1916 then decided to use the Spanish term for 'roundup'-'rodeo' { Rodeo is a form of the verb 'rodear'}- to sell tickets to the competitions. As the popularity grew, so have the prize monies, the gambling and the crowds
/ˈroʊdiˌoʊ, roʊˈdeɪoʊ/ Show Spelled [roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh] Show IPA noun, plural ro·de·os, verb, ro·de·oed, ro·de·o·ing.
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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
6/7/13
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Our first tropical storm of the season is on its way to New England. It's going to rain, but that's about all we'll see. The lawn should like it. But, good morning and happy Friday anyway.
Tomorrow is our first lobster dinner of the year. Daughter Annie is coming home. She has a summer job at college after graduating, and has her first apartment by herself. She wants to pick up some things for it.
I picked up a pair of Tichy boxcar kits yesterday. My plan is to use them for "Hides Only" service between the slaughterhouse and the tannery. It was common practice to use an end-of-the-line boxcar for this sort of thing, as nobody else wanted to use a boxcar once fresh hides had been shipped in it. Phew!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Nope, she needs the cord. Kinda like that Olympic sport where they had that iron ball at the end of a chain and swung it around their head then let'er fly. Pretty effective.
(This is in reference to the iron posts from yesterday. Seems when I quoted the last, it displayed them (the letters) vertically, instead of the traditional horizontal way we are used to reading therefore making it one of the longest by physical length posts I've seen. So, I just edited the stuff out, until it would post. I guess you can only quote so much before it whacks out on 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.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and some fried mush with Karo syrup please. Thanks. Haven’t had that since I was a kid thank goodness.
Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
Again, busy all day yesterday….got nothing done. I did get the power washer out and cleaned up the sn*wblower from the winter and put away proper. That was about an hour. Soooooo. Where did the rest of the day before w**k go?
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Good morning. It's 67° with 100% humidity. The high will be 88°.We got plenty more rain last night and two more power outages between midnight and 3am. Today I'll work on the layout a little more. There's still plenty to clean up and put away.
Morning All,
I have to keep this short as I am at work. Today Phil (Flip) is undergoing a cardiac test procedure, so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers today.
Take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Curt Webb Morning All, I have to keep this short as I am at work. Today Phil (Flip) is undergoing a cardiac test procedure, so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers today. Take care.
Will do...
Good Morning
Welb...after sitting down this morning to breakfast I find that all the rum toddies and quilt cuddling did do the trick somewhat..now I am not so stubbed ub...
Weather wise here..another dull kinda dribbly day here..we actually had a bit of drizzle here..now just plain old fog and dull...high today? 60F...yay
Today is just another do nothing but get cold out of system day here....have a good day!!
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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Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Vanilla Walnut Granola Cereal with fresh Blueberries, and several cups of dark roastr coffee in my R&GV RR mug, please and thank you!
Hmmm. The sun was trying to peak through when I got up a couple hours ago, but has finally given up for the day I think. Currently a dull 63°F outside with lots of clouds and some showers predicted. I am waiting for the tree guy to come by and give an estimate on removing the Hemlock Hedge that has gotten way out of hand and is now blocking my path to get around the shed... Hemlock was popular to use as a hedge for a few years back in the 1950s, about the time the house was built, so I figure it came with the house right from the beginning. I plan to put up a 4' high fence in its place. The neighbors agree it the best thing to do. She will get more room to plant posies and I will likely put in some hostas and other shade loving stuff that won't take much care.
Flip, you are in my prayers for an easy time with the test and a good outcome!
I guess Galaxy got up on the Right side of the bed this morning as did Bill!
Barry, glad to hear you are on the mend!
Mr. Beasley, I'm hoping to be too far to the West to have to see much of Andrea!
I will be heading out to Boy Scout camp this afternoon to do a sound check on a few mics with the new equipment.
Catch you all later!
[edit] Looks like lunch is on me today. Chloe has my credit card so eat up, my friends!
The F unit quad has been weighed. I was surprised as it's heavier than I thought. The four units together weigh in at a whopping six pounds (96oz divided by 4 units = 24oz (1.5lb) per unit). No wonder it creates such a rumble when it goes by.
Currently 62 with an expected high of 99.
Have a closing shift today, but need to do some ordering from home and make several phone calls for different things, so no train stuff today I am sure, Did get the flex track and Switch Tender motors yesterday.
Flip - I hope your cardiac test goes well with a good outcome. Prayers for you and everyone else in need.
Bill -Forgot to mention a big thank you for remembering the sacrifices made on D-Day, I sure hope all remember what that was all about.
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
pascaff* Morning All, Currently 62 with an expected high of 99. Have a closing shift today, but need to do some ordering from home and make several phone calls for different things, so no train stuff today I am sure, Did get the flex track and Switch Tender motors yesterday. Flip - I hope your cardiac test goes well with a good outcome. Prayers for you and everyone else in need. Bill -Forgot to mention a big thank you for remembering the sacrifices made on D-Day, I sure hope all remember what that was all about. Paul pascaff* Morning All, Currently 62 with an expected high of 99. Have a closing shift today, but need to do some ordering from home and make several phone calls for different things, so no train stuff today I am sure, Did get the flex track and Switch Tender motors yesterday. Flip - I hope your cardiac test goes well with a good outcome. Prayers for you and everyone else in need. Bill -Forgot to mention a big thank you for remembering the sacrifices made on D-Day, I sure hope all remember what that was all about. Paul Flip - I hope your cardiac test goes well with a good outcome. Prayers for you and everyone else in need. Sheesh- What a waste of time. No caffine for 24 hours. Many glasses of water and a XANAX. All to NO avail. Reschedule for next week. Will have to take TWO [2] XANAX to relax me. [ Heck, 2 beers would do the trick] lol. Many thanks for to y'all for the Prayers and Good Wishes. This Diner has ment a lot to me. I have made some very good friends and it really means more than I can put into words.. Thankyou doesn't begin to express my feelings. FLIP AKA FLA.PHIL , PHIL
pascaff* Morning All, Currently 62 with an expected high of 99. Have a closing shift today, but need to do some ordering from home and make several phone calls for different things, so no train stuff today I am sure, Did get the flex track and Switch Tender motors yesterday. Flip - I hope your cardiac test goes well with a good outcome. Prayers for you and everyone else in need. Bill -Forgot to mention a big thank you for remembering the sacrifices made on D-Day, I sure hope all remember what that was all about. Paul
Sheesh- What a waste of time. No caffine for 24 hours. Many glasses of water and a XANAX. All to NO avail. Reschedule for next week. Will have to take TWO [2] XANAX to relax me. [ Heck, 2 beers would do the trick] lol.
Many thanks for to y'all for the Prayers and Good Wishes.
This Diner has ment a lot to me. I have made some very good friends and it really means more than I can put into words.. Thankyou doesn't begin to express my feelings.
FLIP AKA FLA.PHIL ,
PHIL
Got a video of the quad in motion.
Aloha ahiahi {good evening}
Listening to Ke Kaua A Kukauakahi by Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu from Po'okela Chants
Posta have company tonight, but guess not.
Too bad, it is getting late for us haven't heard a confirmation yet.
SO kinda a no SHow.
We ate out dinner earlier cause of the visit so didn't have to fuss with it. Coffee and donuts are good for company.
Did a bunch of errands. Got MOh's check thought was wrong, but not, its just short.
Well have a great night all
Howdy ...
Flip .... Sorry you needed to reschedule. Hopefully next time it will go okay.
Jeff ... Your video brings back memories because I grew up watching multiple unit F's. I can almost hear the roaring exhaust.
Not much to report. Hope everyone is fine.
Flo, Beer for any WWII survivors that may come in! I hate to say I forgot today was the Anniversary Of The Landing on Frances.
Cuda Ken
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ... Your video brings back memories because I grew up watching multiple unit F's. I can almost hear the roaring exhaust.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Good Morning!
... and it is a good morning! We are still enjoying beautiful Spring weather - not a cloud in sight, a mild breeze keeping the temperature at an enjoyable 22° C during the day. Not for me to enjoy though, I have to chair a party board meeting today
I spent the last two days out on the streets in my hometown, collecting support in my constituency. We need 2,000 signatures to be able to participate in the general election in September - I got only 15 in those two days . I hope my colleagues are doing better. Like in all democracies, most people seem to be uninformed and not really interested, yet complain about the bad guys "up there". Things must probably turn a lot worse than they are now, before the start to move their backsides for a change.
Flip - keeping my fingers crossed for your cardiac tests!
Y´ all have a good one!
GOOD SATURDY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, June 8th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10 AM for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
PASS THE BUCK:
Anyone who avoids making decisions or accepting responsibility is said to 'pass the buck'. This started in the 'old days' during card playing. A load of buckshot, or conversely, a BUCK knife- a knife with a buckhorn handle during the American Frontier time, is placed before someone who has to deal the cards. The dealer has a lot of responsibility on determining the game's style. If a cautious player doesn't want this responsibility, he's allowed to "pass the buck" to the next player who will be the dealer.
Definition:
pass the buck:
Bushed:
When you are totally exhausted you are often said to be "bushed." The term, first used int eh 14th century, came from the Dutch settlers for the 'wilderness', but modified in English to "bush." Clearing away forests was hard work and they often proclaimed after carving out a trail that they were bushed (exhausted). Today the word means to be exhausted from anything that makes one extremely tired
Not to be confused with:
BEAT AROUND THE BUSH:
This comes from the old days of boar hunting in which the noblemen hired workers to walk through the woods beating the branches and making noises to get the animals to run towards the hunters. Boars were dangerous animals with razor-sharp teeth . So the unarmed workers workers avoided the dense undergrowth where the boar might be and beat around the bushes, rather than going into them. Thus, this evasive technique was coined "beating around the bush" and today represents anyone who avoids approaching anything directly or who avoids answering a direct question, to stall, or to waste time
BUSHWHACKED:
transitive verb
: ambush; broadly : to attack suddenly : assault
intransitive verb
: to clear a path through thick woods especially by chopping down bushes and low branches
Examples of BUSHWHACK
6/8/13
Mornin gang!
2 days of rain are behind us! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, Flo's coffee smells great (Can I get a mug please!) and I have to clean the basement before I can go play! Can't wait to put in the new ceiling, get rid of this Berber carpet, replace it with a vinyl plank floor and start benchwork in earnest! But that takes $$$$. 5 Months of not working has slowed me down, but now that we are getting caught up, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel! No, not a train either!
Ulrich, where's that petition,,we'll all sign it!!
Well, gotta roll. Prayers for them that need um, catch y'all later!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Coffee and the fruit bar please, thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Edit: Well, I guess I have something to say now..., Eat up!
Good morning. It's 69° with 98% humidity. The high will be 88°.The main item on my schedule today is to mow the grass. It's grown up pretty thick so it may take a while. If I feel like it later I'll work on the layout some more.
Somewhat sunny mostly cloudy day here..high of 66F....this is June....mmmmm
mmmm I forget what I was going to say....
Have a good day!!
Good morning ....
I'll have coffee and a Barry sized carmel pecan roll please.
Barry ..... Perhaps your forgot to remember to think of what to remember not to forget.
Ulrich ..... Good luck with the signatures. I grew up near Chicago, and in that city you had to have the right connections. Then you just tell them how many signatures you need and magically the signatures are there for you. ... Perhaps, we should send Vinnie to Germany, and he could make arrangements.
Galaxy .... Interesting phrases for us today. .... Who me? Beat around the bush? .... Nah....
I'll be making sawdust today for my layout extension. Also, I'm hoping some more decoders will arrive in the mail today.