Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Just a video tonight.
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galaxyAs I said before, but dind't think of at the time was to pass along our 92 Taurus to you. it only really needed a motor mount and to either keep an eye on the radiator fluids {easy to do} or to maybe replace it. The A/C didn't' work, but you don't have that now in the van either. The four windows rolled down! Oh well, we'd a driven it down to you too. It really was a good car. Now with teh 98 gr caravan, I'd be skeptical to give it to you except to say we've rebuilt almost all of it!
jeffrey-wimberly JeremyBJeff; That van is giving you all sorts of trouble lately isn't it.Well it's been neglected, abused, stripped within an inch of it's life, worked on by God only knows how many teenage mechanics who thought they were God's gift to auto mechanics and hot rodded for who knows how many miles in it's thirty-two year existence. I'd say it's doing fair being that it's still on it's original engine.
JeremyBJeff; That van is giving you all sorts of trouble lately isn't it.
What are the chances your father passes along his truck to you? To bad you couldn't really drive your mother's car, maybe it coulda been yours, too.
As I said before, but dind't think of at the time was to pass along our 92 Taurus to you. it only really needed a motor mount and to either keep an eye on the radiator fluids {easy to do} or to maybe replace it. The A/C didn't' work, but you don't have that now in the van either. The four windows rolled down! Oh well, we'd a driven it down to you too. It really was a good car. Now with teh 98 gr caravan, I'd be skeptical to give it to you except to say we've rebuilt almost all of it!
-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.
Gary That would be the Moon Burger at the Moonshine Store!...It located South of Casey...Jerry
Hi Guys,
Havent been in for a few days.
Jeff; That van is giving you all sorts of trouble lately isnt it.
Well I have been busy for the last few days removing a couple dead bushes at my house and my aunts, I will take them to the dump tomorrow ( they have a area that can chew them up and they provide free mulch afterwards )
Im looking forward to next weekend as I will be going to the Indycar race in Toronto. Very excited as I always look forward to going to the race and this year there is going to be a race on Saturday and Sunday.
Tonight I am having the most frustrating time trying to build a accurail triple hopper. Its giving me all sorts of fits,lol and I have built a few before. I may shelf it for the time being a build a boxcar,lol
galaxyMy parents had a new 1976 Dodge van with a 318 that would, as it aged, start giving them vapor lock trouble. Crank slowly and let it cool, then it'd start. They still kept it as an additional vehicle well into the 90s. It was held together with baling wire, duck tape and chewing gum, but they wouldn't part with it.
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The van is back in my driveway. It was vapor locked as I said. After dinner my father and I went to the Wal-Mart parking lot in his truck and jumped it off. Like I told him, jump it, turn the key, press the start button and it fired on the first crank. It was a pleasant drive home. On the layout front, nothing new to report.
I have a video of British steamers and on a sidebar is the Mallard running.
Anyone wants to view it, p m me with your "E" and I'll be happy to.
Prayers for all.
Flip
75 years ago on July the third 1938 The LNER A4 class steam locomotive 4468 Mallard Broke the world speed record for steam traction with a speed of 126mph.
and happy independence day to everyone for tomorrow from across the pond
Apologies in advance for any use of UK RailRoad Terms
"there is the wrong way the Right way and then there is Great western railway Way"
jeffrey-wimberly Well the van is parked in town again. Replacement coil worked great. However it doesn't help if the engine vapor locks. So later today or maybe tomorrow I'll go in with someone and we'll jump it off. Shouldn't have any problem starting it when the engine is cold. This is really starting to tick me off.
Well the van is parked in town again. Replacement coil worked great. However it doesn't help if the engine vapor locks. So later today or maybe tomorrow I'll go in with someone and we'll jump it off. Shouldn't have any problem starting it when the engine is cold. This is really starting to tick me off.
My parents had a new 1976 Dodge van with a 318 that would, as it aged, start giving them vapor lock trouble. Crank slowly and let it cool, then it'd start. They still kept it as an additional vehicle well into the 90s. It was held together with baling wire, duck tape and chewing gum, but they wouldn't part with it.
Sorry it is a pain is it due to the heat/humidity down there?
Speaking of which...the a/cs have Been running almost constantly here now. So has the dehumidifier! One produces heat, the other cool.
Inch ...... Good to see you in the Diner..... If you do go see Todd, be ready to use chopsticks at his Chinese restaurant and be ready to look the other way when he does the hanky-panky with the waitress! ...... Speaking of travel, we may be headed to Wisconsin with travel through Illinois later this month. ...... I recalll you and/or Jerry have a favorite hambuger joint in eastern IL somewhere, but I forgot the details.
Rob ...... Keep your canoe handy! Sounds like a lot of rain.
What's everybody doing for the 4th?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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Italian roast coffee in a SOGGY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Garry, nothing to report on yet. Still need to figure out how to raise the old one evenly so I can attach leg extensions before starting the new tables to join up to it. At least the walls are repaired and painted (well enough for me anyway) where the N scale shelf project had been.
Weather guessers have predicted from 2" all the way up to 8" of rain here. I expect it to land somewhere in the middle.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
MisterBeasley Did yours come with one of the horn-hooks mounted upside-down like mine did? And FYI, the giraffe's name is "Geoffrey."
Did yours come with one of the horn-hooks mounted upside-down like mine did?
And FYI, the giraffe's name is "Geoffrey."
$3.49 per gallon, SHOOT!
I could SAVE money then! It is $3.68 here. Sucks to be you us!
Well after a rest I did up the strawberries for strawberry shortcake. They will set a few days. Tehn tasty treats!
Well, I should go save some GAS and rest some more. MY right hip is still kililing me from Saturday's foray into the world o' all things o' Scotland!
Funny how spell check here DOES NTO pick up everything! Notice?
G'mornin y'all! [C) :-)]
Flo, I think i'd like a fried egg sandwich with a slab of sausage and a slice of cheese, on a Kaiser roll, and a cup o Joe in a MARYLAND MIDLAND mug please.
Yes gang, our gas went up 4 cents per gallon yesterday, now it's $3.49 per gallon. This is the 1st step our of Governors latest tax scheme. In gradual steps, we are going to be adding 40 more cents a gallon over a year and a half! See, there is Hanky-Panky going on at the State House! Last week I found a station at $3.33 and knowing gas was going up, filled the Impala! Not doing much for the holiday,,just chilling. If the sun ever comes out we might go to the in-laws house and float around in the pool, but too many for that lately. Saturday I have to drive to NC to pick up my son and his buddy where we are meeting my sister. 4 1/2 hours down, 4 1/2 hours back. Oh Joy!
Barry, Egads man! With gas prices like that, we would need armed guards at the pumps here~!
Jeffrey, You're on Lantus? So is my cat! $100.00 every 3 months to keep a diabetic furball straightened out. Next animal we get I am naming after on of the kids. See, you can use the drug discount card in the kids name,,,,but not the cats!
Gotta trot for now, and burn my fingers with a soldering iron. Be back later!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Morning All,
Currently it is 68 with an expected high of 102. With these very high temps, we get a lot of unsettled weather. Yesterday afternoon we had flash flood warnings for a few areas, and dust storm warnings. No rain at my place, but I could barley see across the street because of the dust.
Had my preliminary appointment for cataract surgery yesterday. Surgery will take place Aug. 22 and the other eye on Sep. 5.Since my eyes were dilated most of the day did not get much done. So I will have to make up for it today, laundry, vacuuming, food shopping, and maybe change the oil in the Isuzu PU, all before it gets too hot. So I better get at it.
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 short stack of buttermilk blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup and a side of bacon. Oh, Yes, a cup of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug, please.
Already 80°F outside here in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of NYS. Calling for a high of 83°F later this afternoon. It is partly cloudy with the sun peaking through every now and then. Calling for isolated thunderboomers later this afternoon. I best get the lawn mowed, I guess. Hasn't been mowed in over a week.....
pssst.... Dennis, fight back! Buy a Tesla....
Catch 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!
Well
Looks like the rain we were supposed to get to put us over flood point, well, isn't coming like they thought. Still the humidity is about the same as the temp..making it like 90% or something so they still call it "tropical" out there...... A/C sure is a pleasure to have!
Did the grocery shopping..got T Bone steaks for a whole $4.99/lb. Got a lot of meat in the markdown line as it expires in 2 days..I don't care I will freeze it today. Dead Cow and dead pig. spent nearly all the food stamps. Should last us awhile though. today is free bread day...too that helps..
well, best get onto freezing meat.
later.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning. It's 66° with 96% humidity. The high will be 92°.Today I need to get the second half of the grocery shopping done. I also need to get a new ignition coil for the van but that can wait a bit. There's no layout work planned today. I'm going to have to make the park a bit bigger as the track will be running across the front of it. That part of the track will have to detachable so it and the park section can be lifted out to allow access to the a/c unit for cleaning/changing of the filter. That's going to be some interesting designing and building. In other news the junker Apple IIe I'm going to strip for parts is just about at the halfway point on it's trip from Chicopee, Ma. It should be here Friday.
Good MorningI'm all prepared to finish of the interviewing..next stop choosing the right candidates....do do do do do do do do.... Then....it is off to 'finish off' the Lair of Doom. BTW...it is a three car garage that I am hoping I can convert into a recording studio thingee...note I said hopefully....
Here our gas works out to roughly 5.59/ga...but Ulrich's? That is a totally different matter....
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...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a couple scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast with Black Raspberry jam please. Thanks.
Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
I count myself lucky in the meds department. I do have a back issue which, as you know caused my untimely removal from the military and hence my subsequent early retirement from the fulltime fed job, but it requires no medication, just a careful usage of the back. If I move incorrectly or too far in a direction, I am alerted by an ice pick and if I lucky, a couple hours of ……discomfort, until all returns normal. If not lucky, well then I’m down until who knows when. But like I said, I take no medicine other than Ginseng and am thinkin about a multi-vitamin since I’m getting older now.
Garry- I’m told we do pay a lot more for gas, but last year we went to Texas and found their prices pretty much the same as ours. Missouri was cheaper……, can’t remember what Arkansas was. But don’t think much different than ours either.
Yesterday evening, gas in Williamsville was $3.499 gal.
Welp, full day on the apartment today. I hope I can get more done than yesterday. Pretty much gutting it. New sinks, bath vanity, kithchen counters, rearrange the kitchen cabinets…..today. Yesterday it was replace. Day before it was rearrange. Today we may be back to replace. Who knows. I think the wife will be there today so we'll see. Anyway, ceiling replaced in bathroom and a drop ceiling hung in this storage room off the laundry/ furnace room. Trim. Replace most the tiles in the main room ceiling (it has a drop in there too) replace a couple interior doors and the entrance door…etc. Then on to the entrance stairwell WHICH, can really be done after the new tenant moves in and would probably be MY choice. Moving stuff upstairs has a tendency to mar stuff up so I figure why rush for that when it’s separated from the apartment by a locked door. I mean it's not like some plush entrance way/stairway, the building is over a 100 years old and is in Williamsville, but still.....
Oh well, got the trash bill in the mail yesterday so, best pay that and get cracking.
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.
Good morning from lovely Massachusetts. The temperature got a few degrees lower than predicted last night, which made for great sleeping after our post-hockey-game festivities in the parking lot. I checked the bedside clock as I turned out the light - 1:22 AM. I was asleep by 1:23 AM. Wednesdays ae always tough.
V8 Dennis - Our gas taxes went up, too, and there's an intra-Party disagreement between the governor and the legislature about whether they should go up even more. The 3 cents a gallon they're talking about, though, will cost me about 30 cents a week, and probably even less after I retire, since most of my driving is the short commute to work.
Galaxy - "Hanky-Panky" always reminds me of the song by the same name by Tommy James and the Shondells. It's one of those that every garage and dorm band in the 60s could do, including mine. It's also one that's in the mix of the cable systems's "oldies" music channel, so I still hear it frequently when workin' on the railroad. I sure wish they had a Big Band channel for when I'm running steam, though.
I'm frankly amazed that my old body has held out as long as it has. I tore my rotator cuff about 20 years ago and had it repaired, but other than that this carcass has served me well. I suppose that everything will go at once, like an old car. It might be the years of serious bicycling I've done. My circulatory system was forced to stay in good shape, while doing basically gentle motions with everything else, almost like physical therapy. In recent years, though, I've spent more time plopped on the couch watching the Tour de France than on the bike. I should change that.
Morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 10 AM for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
There's no 'Hanky panky" going here! Just serious modeling!
HANKY PANKY:
Meaning:
Trickery - double dealing. Also, more recently, Trickery - double dealing. Also, more recently, {OTHER} shenanigans {of explicit nature}
The SHORT origin:
Refers to anyone fooling around, either {other explicit} or an underhanded business deal, etc. The phrase originates back to magicians who would wave hankies around to misdirect the attention of the audience from what was really going on. Just like magicians would rhyme words like "hocus pocus", the "panky" was added to make a rhyme
The longer version:
This is one of those nonsense terms that was only made up as having an attractive alliteration or rhyme, like 'the bee's knees', etc. The words themselves have no inherent meaning, although it is possible that 'hanky-panky' derives as a variant of 'hoky-poky' or 'hocus-pocus'.
The term is first recorded, in relation to its original 'trickery' meaning, in the first edition of 'Punch, or the London Charivari', Vol 1, Sept, 1841:
"Only a little hanky-panky, my lud. The people likes it; they loves to be cheated before their faces. One, two, three—presto—begone. I'll show your ludship as pretty a trick of putting a piece of money in your eye and taking it out of your elbow, as you ever beheld."
The second meaning, which we can't do any better for a definition than to repeat the listing '{Other explicit}' or 'dalliance', especially of a surreptitious nature' has been with us since the middle of the 20th century, as here from George Bernhard Shaw's Geneva, 1939:
She: No hanky panky. I am respectable; and I mean to keep respectable. He: I pledge you my word that my intentions are completely honorable
She: No hanky panky. I am respectable; and I mean to keep respectable.
He: I pledge you my word that my intentions are completely honorable
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
Good to see everybody here.
Curt .... I think the plow looks like it belongs to Thomas the Tank.
Cdn Dennis ... I hope you had a good Canada Day yesterday
V8 Dennis .... 4 cents more! ... Will it ever stop? .... Here the fuel taxes are reasonable. I notice the truck stops at the state lines are on the KY side of the borders with other states. People in IL north of here pay a lot more for gas.
Rob ... Any more progress on the layout room?
Good night, everybody.
Chamomile tea, please.
***Curt, bet the view from those round windows while plowing snow would be amusing.
***Jeffrey, I like the larger patches of weathering on that car. As for your van, it sure has a lot of character.
Have a good night all.
tcwright973Curt - I'm not surprised that your "with me." I think anyone in Fire / EMS either is in the same boat, or will be.
You bet cha. Been there done that for 30 years and have a good many tee shirts to prove it along with a crushed vertebra in my upper back just to make things even more interesting.
Emergency Service/Fire work takes a major toll on a persons body and mind. However, it was a rewarding career none the less.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Nothing special today other than that already reported. We had a surprise thunderstorm pop up this afternoon that wasn't in the forecast. Just means I drove home in the rain. Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.