Evenin' folks!
Janie, you know.... Cup of decaf, please.
Jeffrey, sounds like you had a great day celebrating a day early! Good on ya!
Galaxy, did you once tell me you went to Waverly Schools? You're just a kid! You and Jeffrey, both just kids! LOL I was already a teenager when you guys were born! Do hope the hip gets to feeling better.
I went out to Boy Scout Camp early this afternoon and was told I couldn't drive into Cherokee Campsite as the road got washed out a bit in the storms a few days back. So I drove the PiP over to another campsite, plugged in the charging cable and they brought over the Gator and gave me a ride over to the campsite with all the equipment. Hot and Humid! Worked down there for about 2 and a half hours in 85° heat and high humidity. About the time I called for them to come back down and pick me up, the ranger drove in with the big professional Lawn Mower to do the rest of the campsite (I only trimmed next to the tents where he can't). He was about done in from spending 3 hours on the big mower in the heat.
Filled up the PiP before I drove out to camp. Probably could have made it out and back before the fill up, but I figured why push it. Turns out I could have made the trip out and back (42 miles) with no problem as the tank only needed 7.7 gallons of fossilized dinosaur dung to fill it. Cost me $19 and 70¢ it did. Had earned a $1 per gal. off at the grocery store.... Went 613 miles on the 7.7 gallons so I got 79.6 mpg this tank. Still waiting to get the 100 mpg tank... The holy grail of the PiP! Tonight I started to assemble the 3rd. and last raised bed garden for this year at least. Hope to have it completed and set in place by tomorrow night if the liquid sunshine holds off.
I've been watching both the plane crash out West and the Train Derailment up in Quebec this evening! My heart and prayers go out to all people affected by those two horrible incidents.
Have a great night! Prayers for all... Whether you need them or not.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
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Karl
NCE über alles!
Heartland Division CB&QHappy Birthday Jeff! ........ Any birthday cake left?
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Thanks all for the birthday wishes.
I had a very good meal tonight. I ordered a large fajita plate full of chicken, beef and shrimp. It's big enough that I had trouble getting through a third of it, but that was the idea. I brought the rest home and I can snack on it for a couple of days. I got quite a collection of cards and $93 which I already have plans for. Here are a few of the cards:Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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Happy Birthday Jeff! ........ Any birthday cake left?
Karl .... Best wishes with the job. Sounds like very good news for you.
James ..... We call models that hit the floor like yours "floor models" .... One of my SD9's did that. It took a lot of owrk to get it running. One step still shows a little damage.
Galaxy ... Hope your hip is okay.
Grand daughters are here still. I did find time to work on the layout somewhat however. I'm working on backdrops for my layout extension.
The 12 year old is learning both Spanish and Japanese languages. I asked if she would also like to learn Cherokee because I know somebody who knows the language (thinking of Jeff). She said she would be interested. So, Jeff, is there a source of basic Cherokee for kids?
We're in a thunderstorm. So I'll cut this short.
Cheers
GARRY
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well
the hip is OK, but not good still, so tomorrow I think we go to the walk in. I stayed off it today this morning and noon as much as possible, but now after cooking dinner and dishes, it is hurting again, pretty badly. It might even be a bit of bone on bone, maybe instead of dislocated?.
The a/c s were running all night and cooled the palace down to 63F this morning. THAT is what we keep it at in winter with the heat and wear heavy clothes, but today it warmed up to 75F in here with the A/cs running full blast and running their hearts out. NOW you see why we run them so cold. Trailers really do heat up like a tin can of water on a hot summer camp fire.
Well i guess that about it, except i WAS BOREDF ALL day ,being off my hip and not much on TV. Soon MY favorite girlfriend, Suze Orman will be on TV then off to beddy-poos. IF i can sleep tonight. did OK last night, comparatively. Just not on my right hip.
I was goona tell a tall tale, not really, but forgot what I was gonna say.
again to Jeffrey, you got 3 years on me.
This year is my big FIVE-OH. I am looking forward to it this September. 51 is so, so boring. So is 52. MOH has hit the big FIVE-4 already, soon next year to be the big FIVE-FIVE, double nickel and liking it very much..."looking forward to whatever senior discounts we can get", MOH says! {MOH is 4.5 years older than me} Not much these days for sr discounts at 55, , they want 62 or 65 for many things nowadays. I think MOH will be disappointed. I know, some of you long for the fifties, and others here think we are "ancient" already! And between my back, left hip and knee, adn now my right hip, I FEEL EVERY BIT OF FIFTY!
well off to other things...
-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.
Karl-- Glad you made the trip in one piece.
Where did you get that picture of Ernie ???
Howdy Gang!
Flo, you dear goddess of the tap, ein bier bitte !!
Happy Birthday Jeffrey!Roanoke Rapids and back today,,,should have been, 4 - 4.5 hours each way. 536 MilesLeft at 7:33 this a.m. got home at 6:50 p.m. Traffic backups of a ridiculous nature. Only a minor delay going down 30 minutes behind schedule. But coming back? I think that everyone whoever failed a driving test was on Rt 95 today! How I got home with my sanity and my front bumper intact is beyond me. And my teenage son was asking me if I would take him to the mall to get his paycheck. Banks are not open til Monday, I'm bushed, sorry kiddo! I'm not doing nothing else today except ordering a !!!
Thanks for the well wishes Paul !!
I'll be in the corner booth, looking for the bottom of the mug! (keep em comin Flo!)
Afternoon guys.
Happy Birthday Jeff, enjoy your dinner today.
Its a hot one today, 84 but feeling like 97. I spent about three hours out in the heat this morning doing the yard and I'm glad I'm done as I was getting too warm. Does look better though. Came in and had a shower and am sitting in the cool A/C central air now. Plan on doing some more kit building later this afternoon and tonight.Figures now that I came in its clouding over and look like it may rain, they are calling for more tomorrow.
Morning Gang,
To start things off, I'll have a double Denver and a cup of de-caf, thanks Chloe.
A very rainy day here in the Queen City, it must be all those tears of the Calgary Stampeders fans and players after the shock we delivered to them last evening. Sask. Riders 36, Calgary 21 --- Way to go Riders.
We wanted to be at the lake this week-end but it is too wet. When we would just have to sit in the fiver we might as well stay at home. ( yeah, that's right, the train room is here )
I wanted to wish the old Spray Can Rembrandt a very Happy Birthday. Boy do I wish I was 53 again. Enjoy it Jeff, from here on it really gets going fast. I've got 20 years on you come November.
and here is a Container, full of best wishes for you. Have an enchilada on me, with a tall cool glass of razzberry lemonade with your favorite hot sauce in it.
Johnboy out.............................to start the day (Slept in today)
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Morning All,
Currently it is 61 with an expected high of 96. Maybe our heat wave is over.
W**k again today, and my left knee is killing me, so it could be a long one. No layout w**k today I guess.
Jeff, enjoy your trip to the restaurant.
Karl Good luck on the new job.
Galaxy Take care of that hip, and hope you feel better.
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
Jeffrey!!!!!
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 ….Oh, that Mexican omelet sounds good. Thanks.
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85
Garry- Oh I met them what, two years ago? Hm. I have no recollection of time, at a train show in Springfield. As for the Chinese buffet, I don’t care, just thought he’d like to know I do eat other places if there’s time for it to w**k out. Actually, I think I’ve got Brenda to understand it’s a language barrier and it’s not what they say is exactly what they mean or how they mean it. I understand, but she....not so much. We’ll see next time we go there. Ooo! Maybe today!
Inch- Yup, I kinda figured you’d be packing a schedule. Actually, Wednesday is about the best day for me as well. The remodel on this apartment has kinda packed me in far as time wise goes. I’ll send you a reply on the PM.
Welp, bad news. And good news. Just clicked send on a reply to another thread yesterday morn when Brenda called and said she heard on the news at w**k (yesterday was one of the rare days she did not turn on the news here at home before leaving) that my Best friends’ (the one I farmed with) Mom’s house burned down that morning around 1 am I guess. Anyway, beat feet out there to find all is well with him, though he got second degree burns on his feet and hand, but his Mother is fine. They got her out before the fire breached the actual house. Lucky. It was two people who happened to be curious that drove by and saw the garage on fire and called 911. Then tried to get in and then to my friends house. I’ll never say anything about kids just driving around after midnight again. If it hadn't been for them, the house would have burnt with her in it. I doubt she could have got out.
Speaking of the apartment, Just got my phone call. Have to quit reading and get there and get stuff done I shoulda got done yesterday. The end of the month is gonna be here before I know it.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
jeffrey-wimberly blownout cylinderGot some of the junk actually out'n the Lair and into that bin...they pick up later this morning..then it'll be more junk to bail out of there... You sure the Lair of Doom isn't on the tail end of a black hole?
blownout cylinderGot some of the junk actually out'n the Lair and into that bin...they pick up later this morning..then it'll be more junk to bail out of there...
It would not surprise me....
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Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of Blueberry Buckwheat pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a couple of breakfast sausage links, and lots and lots of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug, please and thank you...
I guess Barry wouldn't be lucky to be the lord of the lair later if he lounges lazily a lot...
Tomorrow and today Jeffrey...
I shall be heading out to Boy Scout Camp later to see if I can finish up the campsite today. If not today, i won't get done. Yesterday I found one of the property line stakes at the back of the property so I know exactly where the line is back there. I put in a wood stake about a foot inside that one and then put a string line to another stake about a foot inside where the property line should be at the other end of where the fence will go. Then I did a line from the back of my house over to where the end of the 6' sections will start. That ends up right where the neighbors would like it to be. This evening I will measure from there back to where we want the fence to end and see how many 8' sections it will take.
Best get myself moving I think. Later!
Morning all,
Going to be a busy day today. Have to pickup around 1300 square ft of wood flooring that arrived at Lowes yesterday then drive to Clermont to pickup 2 large tool chests that will be used as drawers in the train room and then have our oldest grandsons birthday party at 4. He is 8 today.
Jeff- Happy birthday
James- Sorry about your car. Hopefully it can be fixed.
Hope everybody has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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Good Morning It's another hot and humid day here...right now it is sunny but later on today...back to those ol' t'underinboomers and mucho rain forecast here...Got some of the junk actually out'n the Lair and into that bin...they pick up later this morning..then it'll be more junk to bail out of there... Have a good one!!
And an early Happy Birthday to Jeff!!!
Good Morning Jeffrey.
Happy Birthday. Your birthday tomorrow means I'm 10 days and 24 years older than you.
Thank you for all your postings and sharing your knowledge.
Best wishes,
to Jeffrey,
To Jeffrey,
to Jeffrey
to Jeffrey!
to Jefffrey!
Galaxy: Good luck with the hip. I know how that feels.
Good morning. It's 68° with 100% humidity. The high will be 92°.This weekend I'm a year older. Fifty-three now. I suppose somewhere it all accounts for something. My birthday is tomorrow but my family and I are celebrating it today. We'll be celebrating my younger sisters birthday as well. She'll be fifty-one on Monday. My family is taking me out to dinner today at the Los Mayas Mexican restaurant in town. They know it's my favorite place. I don't think I'll be getting anything else done today.
Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, June 6th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 AM or later for those in need..
MAKE it A GREAT DAY!!!
My {rt} hip seems like it is dislocated, And I can barely stand or walk on it. My GP is BUSY so I will have to suffer the walk-in. so iff'en y'all don't hear from me for awhile, who knows after today's walk-in visit, I may be needing work done on the hip!
Well computer-wise I got quite a bit done today. My old Apple IIe is completely refurbished and ready to rock and roll as it were. I also did some work on my mothers old IIe. I pitched the bad power supply and put in a good one. I used one of the disk drives and drive controller from mine to test it and it checks out. Now all I need for it is two disk drives and it's own drive controller and a CP/M card when I can find one.I also worked on the layout a bit, moving things about so I can more easily get to the area that needs to worked on. I'll have to remove some scenery and plaster and it could get a bit messy.Well it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
With all the rain we have had today I was able to build three out of the twelve kits that are sitting on my shops shelf. Its going to dry out tomorrow which will be good as all the rain in the last two days has cause the grass, well weeds in my case,lol to grow and there is some that need to get pulled from the garden. I figure a good few hours work for me. So with any luck I can get out around 10am and start and get most of it done. Dont know how much railroad time I may get tomorrow but hopefully some. But before all that I am going to watch F1 qualifying and tape the womens Wimbledon final, wow cant believe Wimbledon is almost done for another year.
Also have to cut the grass on Thursday as I wont be around Friday-Sunday as I will be attending the INDY car race in Toronto, anybody else going? well Im going to go thumb through a few MR magazines and watch the ball game.
OUCH! Man! That's about as painful as a fish hook in the ear!
james saunders Been a while since I've popped in... good news/bad news tonight Picked up a new loco tonight. A BLI Blueline SD40-2 in CSX trim. Ordered a decoder for it which should arrive next week (yay) in DC mode the sounds a quite good. Also grabbed an Exactrail Waffle side boxcar and an Athearn RTR box car. Now to the bad news... I had the SD40 chugging around the layout hauling a string of boxcars, tank cars and what have you... good 15 minutes no dramas (thinking man my trackworks good if a six axle loco is going great.) When I turn my back for a minute to check out the new cable TV install in the room next to the train room... BANG! What was that? Oh yes, Mr Murphy had arrived and in that minute, managed to send an Atlas tank car and my beautiful Intermountain Cylindrical hopper crashing to the ground.
Been a while since I've popped in... good news/bad news tonight
Picked up a new loco tonight. A BLI Blueline SD40-2 in CSX trim. Ordered a decoder for it which should arrive next week (yay) in DC mode the sounds a quite good. Also grabbed an Exactrail Waffle side boxcar and an Athearn RTR box car.
Now to the bad news...
I had the SD40 chugging around the layout hauling a string of boxcars, tank cars and what have you... good 15 minutes no dramas (thinking man my trackworks good if a six axle loco is going great.) When I turn my back for a minute to check out the new cable TV install in the room next to the train room... BANG! What was that? Oh yes, Mr Murphy had arrived and in that minute, managed to send an Atlas tank car and my beautiful Intermountain Cylindrical hopper crashing to the ground.
OUCH!!!
That being said,,,it does look repairable, ugly but repairable.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good afternoon all!
Has been a week of crazy stuff! Last Friday my 7 week old job ( which I loved) evaporated when the company owner decided that our office was going to be consolidated, then closed. So I did the regular stuff,,,filed for unemjoyment, went to the County jobs office, sent out a stack of resumes. I was going to take the 4 day holiday to joint my son in NC who was spending a week fishing, then come home on Saturday.
Young Danny with a 12 lb Amberjack
I cancelled that trip and stayed home. Yesterday I got an email through my LinkedIn account from a local repair shop, asking how the new job was working out. I responded to it and after several emails we set an appointment for today at 11 to meet. He interviewed me for an hour, after which I am now the Service Manager at his shop! 8-5:30, 20 minutes from home and ,,,,here's the best part,,,I have to pass my LHS to go home!! LOL!! Yes, HE does work in mysterious ways!
Tomorrow, if I'm on, it may be late. The boy has to come home sometime, he can't have fun forever! So tomorrow I will set off from home, North Carolina bound. At the same time my sister will set off from Wilmington NC with young Danny and we should meet up near Roanoke Rapids 4-41/2 hours later, then return. So I'll be singing a modified version of the song from Smokey and the Bandit , we'll call it "southbound and down!" 500 miles of rt 95, not my idea of fun, but its got to be done!
Its Hot and muggy here today, not sure if I want to paint some body shells today or not, might wait til early Sunday when it's cooler. Got enough done today,,,cleaned out the gutters early this morning,, then the interview, then cut the lawn,,,,,time for a nap!
Mornin'.... Yep still morning for a few more minutes.
Zoe, another cup of dark roast coffee for me please!
Today it appears to be partly here in the Finger Lakes. Partly what, I can't say. The news this morning has a story about a teenager from Rochester that went camping yesterday so he could set off some fireworks... Some of the rockets didn't go off so he picked them up to see what happened. You probably know the rest. He got taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester by Mercy Flight with "injuries to his hand and chest". He will also be arrested and charged with setting off illegal fireworks in the state of New York. I mentioned the concept of "Natural Consequences" last night I believe. Good example of it I think. I'm just waiting for "Natural Consequences" to happen to one or more of the idiots who ride there skateboards at 40 or so mph down the side street and come out at the T intersection in front of the cars speeding away from the local park after ball games.........
Have to do quite a few errands today. Must go pick up Rxs at the Pharmacy, then go buy some more stuff at the grocery store. I should be able to get $1 off per gallon of my next purchase of fossil gunk. I think I'll take my little gas can and get it filled so I can run the old huff and putt rototiller this weekend. Gotta call the podiatrist to see if I can get in today. My orthotics are coming unglued....
Galaxy, yep! Amazing where the Millionaires who own the insurance companies choose the "save" money ain't it!
Catch you all later!
The junker Apple IIe arrived. I've already tested it. Everything works incuding the power supply which is the main piece I was wanting. I'll put that in my mothers old IIe that has the power supply with the bad power regulator. I now have a new cover for my IIe as well as a spare keyboard, main board and case not to mention the replacement pop-out tabs I need for mine.In other news there's nothing else happening here so no news is good news.
Well, with a high near 90F with heat indices above 95F,and with humidity levels at 90%, no wonder they call it "tropical" out there! The humditity is the killer, though.
Last night I was so over heated that it was difficult to function and i barely slept. In the evening it was 74F in the LR of the trailer, and the A/c there {12,000 BTU} was running its heart out, the BR a/c eas too, and it was hotter in there than in the LR! I didn't' get to sleep til after 1:30 am and got up at 4:30.
Coulda maybe gone back for a nap but had to go to the Gastroenterologist. Seems the med i was on for severe abdominal crampage is no longer cover by my insurance. NOW the new med he put me on is not covered either. Can't tell me which ones IS covered either! The insurance companies sure want money, but don't wnatto cover anything, and as the GI Dr. pointed out, they will pay to send you to specialists, which is more expensive, but won't cover the cheaper meds. It works out to $19/month with the CVS discount card for the uninsured, but that is $19 I don't have in the budget! He will see what he can do is the answer, he said if I have any problems to call, so I did! if it doens't work to call, so he is avoiding the extra expense of more Dr's. visits just to take care of this!
Well, We will see what kinda trouble I can get into today. Not much, my right hip is KILLING me after this last weekend's sojourn into the world' Kilts and Scots.May have to go see the regular GP for it. It about went out on me today at The pharmacy.
Well I should go roll the coins in the bank got new coin rolls at the CU to do so...have a whole bank full of all manner of USA coins!
Well, later