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....
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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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!!!!
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.
Jeffrey!!!!!
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
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)
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.
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!)
Karl
NCE über alles!
Karl-- Glad you made the trip in one piece.
Where did you get that picture of Ernie ???
Flip
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.
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
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
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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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!
Karl-
Thankyou !
Evening All, Jeffery,
Oz Jim, nothing like a steady hand and a dab of good adhesive.
Karl , hope the new job goes well.
Just been watching the derailment at Lac-Megantic on the evening news, not sure if any forum members are in that area, but........
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All those that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, July 7th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 am after Morning services for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
Do you lead the life of Riley?:
Meaning:
An easy and pleasant life
Origin:
the short sweet version:
Not just an old television show from the 1950's, but back in the 1880's an Irish comic/singer named Patrick Rooney created a song about Mr. Reilly, who imagined what his life would be like if he hit it rich in the Californ-i-a gold fields. The song describes his wonderful life of leisure. Soon, many who heard it identified with how nice it would be and would repeat the song, making the phrase represent 'having a real easy life'
The longer, better origin:
The phrase originated in the Irish/American community of the USA, in the early part of the 20th century. The first printed citation of it that can be found is from the Connecticut newspaper The Hartford Courant, December 1911 - in a piece headed 'Bullet Ends Life of Famous Wild Cow':
The famous wild cow of Cromwell is no more. After "living the life of Riley" for over a year, successfully evading the pitchforks and the bullets of the farmers, whose fields she ravaged in all four seasons.
The quote marks that the writer added around the phrase are often an indication that the phrase in question isn't familiar to the readership, also an indication of it being newly coined.
The phrase was much used in the military, especially amongst the Irish soldiery in WWI. The first known citation in that context is in a letter from a Private Walter J. Kennedy (who surely had parents or grandparents who hailed from the old country), stationed at Camp Dix, New Jersey, which was published in The Syracuse Herald on 29th June 1918. The piece was headed "Great Life, Writes Soldier at Camp":
"This is surely one great life." writes Kennedy. "We call it the life of Riley. We are having fine eats, are in a great detachment and the experience one gets is fine."
Later that year, on 22nd October, The Bridgeport Telegram published a letter from Private Samuel S. Polley, 102 Regiment, stationed in France.
"They [German officers] must have led the life of Reilly as we caught them all asleep in beds..."
Who Riley, or Reilly, or Reiley, was isn't all that clear. If he had been a known individual then it surely would have been recorded. The lack of any such records points to the name being chosen as that of a generic Irishman, much as Paddy is used now.
The phrase may have been brought to America by Irish immigrants, although there's no known use of it in Ireland prior to 1918, or, more likely, it originated in the Irish community in the USA.
There were various Victorian music hall songs that referred to a 'Reilly' who had a comfortable and prosperous life; for example, there's the 1883 song, popularized by the Irish/American singer Pat Rooney - Is That Mr. Reilly? It included in the chorus "Is that Mr. Reilly, of whom they speak so highly?". Like most other Irish songs of the era, it played to the Irish audience - this one with a dash of anti-Chinese racism thrown in for luck (the Chinese were 'Reilly's' principal competitors for manual work in the USA at the time):
I'll have nothing but Irishman on the police Patrick's Day will be the fourth of July; I'll get me a thousand infernal machines, To teach the Chinese how to die, I'll defend working men's cause, Manufacture the laws, New York would be swimming in wine, A hundred a day will be very small pay, When the White House and Capital are mine.
Another Irish/American singer, George Gaskin, was popular in New York around the same time. He was called 'The Silver-Voiced Irish Tenor", although audiences must have been rather forgiving in those days, as surviving recordings of him sound like a knife being drawn across a plate or the proverbial "nails on a blackboard". 1897 song, The Best in the House is None Too Good for Reilly, elaborated on the whimsical idea of a wealthy Irishman being treated lavishly:
He's money for to pay, So they let him have his way, The best in the house is none too good for Reilly.
So, while the idea of a notional Irishman living the high life was current in late 19th century America, the phrase 'the life of Riley' isn't found until the early 20th century. It was clearly circulating in the language, by 1911, but it was probably the lyric of Howard Pease's popular song, My Name is Kelly, 1919, that brought it to the wider public:
Faith and my name is Kelly, Michael Kelly, but I'm living the life of Reiley just the same.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!
Good morning. It's 76° with 96% humidity. The high will be 92°.Looks like it could be a wet one. I don't think I'll be getting much done today. I may draw up some plans for the new park. It has to be bigger to have room for the track running across the lower part of it.
Good MorningA/C on full today...supposed to get to 85F feeling like 100F later on in those ol' t'underinboomers as well....Get to go to the mall this afternoon and see the gang there...maybe pick up a few things as well...
Mornin gang!
Flo, IV coffee please Keep pumping it in my arm til I say when~
Sunday is a day of rest, and after yesterdays escapades, that is exactly what I'm doing today. Unless I get my second wind, there will be no decoder installs or paint work done. It wasn't the drive, or the 2 teenagers in the back seat who were amped up on Mountain Dew.
It was the mental midgets I was stuck on Rt 95 with. RV's belching black smoke running under the posted in the fast lane. Rubberneckers bringing the whole highway to a crawl to check out every disabled car. Little tiny cars with little bitty motors trying to scale steep hills in the fast lane. Truckers in the slow lane laughing at the little bitty cars as we stack up behind them and they go by. I really thought my head would explode at one point. Why can't we all just pick a lane appropriate to our situation, look straight ahead and drive??
So today I'll rest and decompress, tomorrow starts the new job, then life can return to normal
Flo, can I get a bagel to go with my IV coffee??
Hey guys. Been busy so I haven't been able to check let alone post for the past few days. Well, the B-17G is officialy a "Flying Fortress". Only missing the tail guns, but will probably be easier to add them when the paint has been added. Also picked up a B-25J Mitchell medium bomber and a B-29 "Superfortress". Each of them are of 1/48 scale, so the Superfortess will be MASSIVE!Sympathies for those who need them.
Jeff,
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Sitting here perusing the forum while drinking my coffee.
Yesterday was tough on the back. My son and I unloaded 3 pallets of wood flooring in prep for the flooring project. Then we went and picked up 2 large Viper tool chests and moved them upstairs. That was around 350 lbs between them (empty). MOH decided that was what I needed for the train room. When that was done we had the grandsons birthday party at a bowling alley. Between all of that my back was really talking to me. It's feeling better but is still stiff.
I hope to do some stuff in the train room but not sure if it is going to happen today.
Jeff- Happy birthday. I like the logo on the truck!
Hope everyone has a good day and prayers for those in need.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Curt WebbJeff- Happy birthday. I like the logo on the truck!
Currently it is 62 with an expected high of 95, and back down to low humidity with little chance of rain.
Another w**k day. Boy I am getting real tired of retail sales. I like most of the folks I work with, and I do like selling firearms, ammo, reloading components, and related hunting items, but the hours and some customers are getting to me. Only 1279 days until I retire again, this time for good.
I am sure I will not feel like w**king on the layout when I get home, just have something to eat and watch some TV.
Karl, you just need to relax on the road. Getting worked up doesn't help.
Some in the passing lane use it as a "through lane" to get to the far distances the road goes, regardless of the car's power. SO they HAVE "picked a lane appropriate to the situation", just not to your speed liking!
I always add on an hour or two to get through areas heavy with traffic, or with construction, which you didn't even mention!
Thsoe "slow ones' in the 'fast lane' probably ARE going faster than those in the other lanes, so the pass! Again at a aspeed slower than you'd like.
It takes what ti takes to get there, adn add time on to get to your destination.
The teens don't help, but the "if I have to pull this car over" speach sometimes works magic!
SO keep all that in mind next ime...if there IS a next time...
Sunday Breakfast buffet please oh yes and coffee. thanks.
Karl- Great to hear about the job.
Let’s try this again--- Jeff for real. (I thought his B-day was the 7th. I just went along with the crowd)
OK, I just been skimming the posts for the last couple days (hence the confusion with Jeff) what with things here and trying to get the apartment redone with it’s little 40 different people having done stuff over the years and trying to fix all that. I say “Really? Really? You’ve GOT to be kidding me! Why would anybody do that?!” a lot. (or various forms of that, some in admittedly less that social wording if you catch my drift.) Anyway, runninglate again I have to relocate a hole and a box so the bathroom vanity light will wo*k because well they run the wire in an inch off the corner so ….. and pull up some tile. Brenda has a grocery list for today and she will want to go out for dinner I know, and if we don't it'll be a crime. She was aware my weekends would be tight on this project (as with others) prior to me starting and that was ok. But that was then and tis is now. Now that I’ve started, as per tradition she… well, let’s just leave it at that.
Anyway, hope I didn’t miss anything important, if I did I apologize.
Morning all! Cuppa joe with a side of toast and apple butter please if you have any.
Well, I have returned from my Northern adventures up into Canada. Saw lots of trains all along the north-south corridor of central Ontario between Fort Erie and North Bay. I caught a BC Rail red/white/blue heavily weathered locomotive leading two fairly fresh CN locomotives running north towards Hamilton last Sunday, which was cool as I had never seen one before. Tons of CP, Via, and CN...various locomotives in various settings. Had a blast shopping in different hobby shops...bought a few things...just a few ...
But I am tired. Too many miles in just in under two weeks and too much packing and un-packing. Plan on cutting the grass and then assuming the position in a comfy chair with a new book that I picked up on my travels...The People's Railway: A History of the Canadian National by Donald MacKay.
Happy modeling and good day all!
Don.
"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."
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a cup of dark roast coffee and a couple of those sour cream glazed donuts you have over there this morning. thank You Ma'am!
Currently 81°F outside the door with a high of 84°F predicted about the time the thunderstorms show up this afternoon...
(Galaxy, I remember the names of the Jr. High Music teachers, but not much else... At least they sound familiar.)
Karl, I don't think it is the size of the car that is the problem... More the size of the intellect of those driving them blocking the way for others. I try to drive a steady speed on the NYS Thruway, and what gets to me are the cars that roar up behind you in the passing lane while I am waiting behind the semi to move over into the passing lane then slow down to match my speed when passing the truck. Of course this necessitates me hitting the brake and slowing down to the trucks speed and then waiting for them to creep by the semi... I think the problem is a general lack of courtesy with many drivers. You know my little itty bitty Yaris could do 120mph without any problem (don't ask how I know.... Actually about 105 is the fastest I ever drove it and that was just because I wasn't paying attention to the speedometer....) hopefully you weren't going that fast!
I better get moving if I am going to finish and install the last of the raised beds today!
Later!
Ohhh, much better now.
Took a nap, a shower, then washed yesterdays trip off the car. Got the soda that was spilled all across the rear seat cleaned up, the brake dust off the wheels, and the bugs smeared on all the forward facing surfaces. I think we killed more bugs yesterday than a full size can of Raid!
Ray, yeah your right, brain size has a lot to do with it. But most of the trip the posted speed was 70 and quite a few cars had trouble doing that. A lot of cars were overloaded. Roof racks bristling with luggage of all sorts, bike racks hanging off the back, and the interior filled to brim with people, luggage or both. Now I realize people want to go places, but hey, use your head! When I was traveling with my modules, I used my 6 cyl truck and an enclosed trailer, I kept to the right, and I didn't stand on the gas and make my engine scream just to run in the left lane. Maybe I was just raised wrong, but I just hated pushing my equipment!
Reminds me of my favorite highway to drive. Rt 40, between Rt 95 and Wilmington NC. Simple highway, 2 lanes in each direction separated by a median strip. Every so often there is a sign that simply says "slower traffic keep right" . Simply put, and the thought process behind it is simple. If you cant drive the posted, move right , or NC's finest will kindly remind you to move right. Exceed the posted, and they will visit with you too. That particular road is not very scenic, without much attraction, but it is a pleasure to drive!
Think I'm gonna paint some body shells now!
Edit: Eat up gang, eats are on me! (I wonder if my Card can withstand a Barry attack?)
Hey Karl...
You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyXgMal3C1U
Hey, I think I passed that guy!! LOL!!
and this guy too !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZFCHk1XCDY
its a bit long,,the real hilarity starts around 4 minutes in