Didn't hit the 90s today! First day in the last five. We, also,won't get anywhere near the 88 predicted for today as it is only 76 @5:18 PM. We had about a good hour of rain this morning which we needed as we hadn't had any in about a week.
Later!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, a tall glass of iced tea would do nicely right for the moment...
Packer!!! You had a chance to go to the National Show, and you are home??? Or... Are you one that couldn't? If I live down in those parts, you can very well know I would be in Atlanta right now! Some day before I get too old, I hope to go to the National NMRA Convention. Just couldn't swing it this year.
According to the Weather Channel it is 69°F outside... Yesterday right now it was 93°F. They have a statement right under the temperature on line saying that it is cooler today! No "STUFF"! I love it when they tell you the obvious as news....
Did the wash, did grocery shopping, filled up the PiP with dead dinosaur remains, and have been down cellar doing some scenery! Yes!
Catch you later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon guys
Even though most of the members of my MRR club are in Atlanta, some couldn't or didn't want to go. So I gave my F40PH and my Amtrak cars a test run. Only 1 derailment, that that was because of a severely misalignment between 2 switches in the passenger terminal. The F40PH can pull those cars pretty quick going up the helix too.
I got home and tried to play the computer, but my father keeps kicking me off every 10 minutes for like an hour. So I got off my butt and actually worked on my open McKean Centerbeam. I got half of the upright post and braces in. I figure I'll let the glue dry before doing the other half.
Still no luck on trying to find a Amtrak Phase III baggage car.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Mornin'.... er.... Afternoon everyone!
Chloe, I could use a refill on the dark roast please.
Short morning here... And I did get up at the usual time. Have a load of wash going at the moment. Cloudy is the word for today. Yesterday was a nice sunny day with just a touch of haze but the system kicked out 23 kWh. Today? I did say cloudy! No shadows at all. Could be some thunderboomers off and on. Last night some good ones came through. Woke me up around 1:30AM with a good light show. Manét jumped with the first crack of thunder, but stayed in bed. he did climb up to to snuggle with me until the show was over.... Blackie was off the bed and got under the bed immediately!
Evidently Thursday right after I left to go to the museum a line of very strong storms came through and destroyed several old and very large Willow trees down at the lakefront. No-one was injured, but they have some cleanup to do. I think the power went off when the storm hit as well. My on line site for the solar panels doesn't show the remainder of the power produced on Thursday.
The temperature right now is all of 74°F so the air conditioner has not been running. House is getting humid. Need to go check on the wash...
Mornin y'all!
Hot again today (like I expected something else? ) with afternoon thunderboomers possible.
Yesterday was hot & sunny, got the yard cut, then around 6 I watered the 2 new trees cuz they were dry. Just as I got done, the sky darkened, the wind blew, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, and my car got 10 drops of water on it. Then the sky cleared and the sun returned. Weird! Flea market this morning,,,picked up a few nice oak kitchen cabinets (4 for 20) for the garage. Soon as SWMBO makes some deviled eggs and makes fruit salad, were off to the in-laws to float in the pool with the kids. No trains today but I will stop by the LHS (very close to the in-laws house) but just to pick up some stuff I ordered last week.
Ulrich,,,can't wait to see the firetruck!
Ken for Sue
Barry Glad the wire took the brunt of the strike!!
Cya all later,, stay safe everyone!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Lehigh Valley 2089 ...and will follow that up with the B-25J Mitchell.
...and will follow that up with the B-25J Mitchell.
"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."
Hey guys. The B-17G is now officially done, and now I am putting my focus on the Hawker Typhoon. It's been sitting around for a while now and want to get it done, and will follow that up with the B-25J Mitchell.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good morning. It's 73° with 91% humidity. The high will be 92° but will feel like 102°.Looks like it could be another wet one today. I have no plans for today have no intention of doing much of anything other than maybe cleaning the computer case a bit.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good MorningWell, we did get rained on last night...and lightning all around us for hours as well. Today will be clearing up and drying out a tad...high of 78F feeling like 84F...so...a bit of a change from the ridiculous stuff ...Today is a day for BBQ'ing later on..and in a good way too!!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...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Morning coffee in the diner....
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Saturday, July 20th, 2013!!!
I will light the prayer candles at 9 am for those in need...
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
WE often 'Rack our brains', SO:
Meaning:
To rack one's brains is to strain mentally to recall or to understand something.
Origin:
The short version:
Tanners stretched leather out on racks, which later caught on in as an idea as a form of torture to stretch a person out and get information from him. Eventually, this method to get information became illegal; but, the phrase became known in society as an expression to trying to find some answer or solution that was mentally torturous on one's brain or mind
The longer in depth origin:
The rack was a mediaeval torture device. The crude but, one presumes, effective racks often tore the victim's limbs from their bodies. It isn't surprising that 'rack' was adopted as a verb meaning to cause pain and anguish. Shakespeare was one of many authors who used this; for example, from Twelfth Night, 1602:
"How haue the houres rack'd, and tortur'd me, Since I haue lost thee?"
The term was called on whenever something or someone was under particular stress and all manner of things were said to be 'racked'; for example, in the Prymmer or boke of priuate prayer nedeful to be vsed of al faythfull Christians, 1553 there's a reference to the racking, i.e. increasing, of land rent:
"They may not racke and stretche oute the rentes of their houses"
The first recorded use of this being specifically applied to brains is in William Beveridge's Sermons, circa 1680:
"They rack their brains... they hazard their lives for it."
The same idea was used by the composer William Byrd in 1583 when he wrote:
"Racke not thy wit to winne by wicked waies."
-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.
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich ... Did you get the fire truck?
Garry - we did buy the truck! It is right now getting registered, plus some minor service work being done to get it ready for the road. I will go up north to pick it up early next week and drive it home, meaning to the shop which will do the lettering for us. Pictures will come!
Good Morning Gang!
Lots to do, no time for nothing This has to have an end - September 22nd, the big show down. We are still hoping for a landslide result
Ken - prayers for Sue!
Flo - don´t know whether this is tops, but put everything on my CC today!
Have a good one!
Good evening ....
Barry ..... Wow! Watch out for the lightning.
Jeff ... Sounds like you had some storms too.
Galaxy ... Hopefully the hip problem can correct itself. Glad you are seeing the docs in case it can't.
Ulrich ... Did you get the fire truck?
Ken ... Glad Sue might be getting better.
Did a little more on my layout expansion today. Too little because too much other stuff.
As Jerry says... Have a good one.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good EveningWe got clobbered but good this evening...three lightning strikes within a minute of each other...two got some pine trees next to us and the third struck our house...I checked the house and found that our 2" wide braided copper wire had taken the hit and left a few scorch marks around the surrounding grass!!! As well...we got 4" of rain from this thing and another inch of marble sized to golf ball sized hail Right now it is still grumbling and raining out....77 feeling like 87....bit of a difference here...
Well it's been a pretty active day weather-wise. I've counted no less than ten storms rumble through since this morning and about half a dozen of those had rain with a few of those being pretty respectable. On one I looked out the door to make sure what I was hearing was rain and not hail. It was heavy rain. No headway made on the old Apple today. I'm sure somewhere out there somebody just found cause to celebrate.
That's all for today so I'm calling it a night. See y'all tomorrow.One of the heavy Varney F3 rebuilds. Lots of chicken wire.
Evening guys
Remember that Kato F40PH I got that I though was a tad light? Well I added a bit of weight, 4 ounces to be exact... Now it weighs around 20 ounces. Should be a good puller now. It's strange, but the chassis looks like it could fit under a hood unit. So I added 4 1-ounce stick-on weights to the inside, near where the frame protrudes above the deck.
One thing that has been bugging the crap out of my has been trying to find an Amtrak Phase 3 Baggage car. Ideally I could find a Rapido, but a Walthers would be okay too. So far no luck.
Ken's not the only one that has gotten some car stuff done. I got myself a set of long-tube headers. This solves 2 issues for me. The first is I can have A/C again. The equal-length shorty headers protruded far enough that they touched (and wound up melting a hole into) the aluminum A/C line. The second is I have a set of long-tube headers that would be a good fit with my 331. My father may let me use a set of his Edelbrock or Trick Flow heads. So that'd put my horsepower for my mustang right around 500. Did I mention I had the car weighed. Turns out it's a couple hundred pounds lighter than I though. With me in it it weighs around 3500. Stock weight is supposed to be 3350. But I weigh 200, so my car lost some weight somewhere (aluminum driveshaft and shorter springs may contribute). For my 331, after talking to friends I decided to use a steel flywheel instead of aluminum. They say the car gets weird driving up hills, and you have to shift faster.
Ken, Good to hear Sue is keeping food down.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, an ice cold glass of lemonade would be fine right about now.
Folks to the North of here are under a severe thunderstorm watch at the moment. nothing for Geneva yet, but the map shows a lot of wild colors right where I am.... No light show outside so I guess for the moment I'll go with the weather guessers.
For a bit today, I thought I had hit pay dirt! One of the boxes stored in the closet in the spare bedroom has an 8 piece setting of a china that I looked up at a replacement co. that buys items. They were listing some great prices for items from the site. I was all set to make a list and send it to them to see what they wopuld offer. Looking at the individual items, it must be my grandmothers everyday set of dishes as each one of the pieces has a few chips in them. That would knock the value way, way down. Probably would cost more to ship it to them than i would make. Another box for the Salvation Army. It is still usable, just not valuable. Still have a couple other sets to look through.
The contractor came and did some measurements and ended up with exactly the same figures I gave to him. He thinks he can build the fence from scratch using heavier materials for the same price or less as buying the premade panels. He was one of my students near the end of my career and is making a good name for himself in the area. He should be getting back to me early next week with some definite numbers for the project.
Got a bit more scenery done on the layout and stopped for supplies at the LHS while I was downtown. Also ran the rototiller through the area where the bushes were removed. Will do some leveling tomorrow.
Ken..
Prayers for all in need....
Hi Guys,
Just in between some severe storms at the moment. I am just about to shut down the PC. We had a tornado warning for a couple hours here. the storms are letting up lightning and thunder wise but still buckets of rain falling.
Ken: Enjoy the time off, hopefully you get some work done on your car.
Well Im going to get out of here. I am going to turn the dehumidifier on as the basement is feeling dam right now. At the moment I might not be able to hit the trails tomorrow as they will be all mud. Maybe paved trails though, will have to see what we get in the night.
Well
Went tothe Dr today. been having trouble with my Rt hip and after xrays, it was determined Maybe an MRI was in order, so tomorrow afternoon I have MRI for THAT. THAT may determine if I need to see an orthpeidist. I am hoping a hip replacement is NOT inteh order of business, but who knows?
Then my right arm had been problems with pinched nerve in the elbow, causing the right hand pain and slow to uselessness of it. SO Xrays were done of it and next tuesday i have a nerve conduction test to determine how much of electro motor impulses are getting through. SO fun.
Went to the insurance company as MOH's new job will require driving around, and wanted to know what the increase would be and if we needed to increase covearge. We are Highly insured at the $1 Million/$2 million mark. He said he would increase the already well insured rate for Un-Under-insured motorists, though. We are waiiting to find out what state requirements are to change the policy to cover MOH for driving clients around. They did not get back to me aobut it so they must not have tracked it down. We understand from the agency/ies that the state has thrown in new requirements the insurance agent was not aware of yet either. But we should currently be covered. I DO expect an increase for changing the policy form personal use to business use on the one vehicle. As A disabled individual my individual vehicle is insured cheaper as I don't put anywhere near 7,500 miles on a year, so I get the "sunday driver" discount. Nest year by April I have to take the safe driver course again, and MOh just had ti done for work. SO I need to find out where when they have the AARP course. The reason we are so highly insured is I know of a few freinds and neighbors who had insurance troubles and so I have hihg insurance coverages, nto really costing to much more to do. BUT, we are kinda in that "prime age group" so our rates are low to start with. GOod thing. WIht MOH only at a part time status to start for several months, we cannot afford to, ssy, double our insurance rates. I DO expect an increase, though he siad it wouldn't. I think even he will find out differently.
That all and the banking/credit unioning wore me out. came home and napped for an hour and 45 mins dead to the world as the heat got to me. MOH worked today and the store's A/C isn't working so MOH ate, and went straight to nap too. TOmorrow MOH works with no A/c again, BUt can drive to A/c if need be. I wil relax with the A/c here of course.
Stay cool.people!
EDIT: This little missive got me TOP UP! SO DAISY, here is my CC, eat up guys!
Well it is official, I don't have a job! Went in today and turned in all my keys! God I hated that places, I had been framed for stealing, I won that, had hundreds of dollars stolen in commission (which I proved and who did it and never got a penny of what I earned), been berated by over stressed managers! It was sad to see good and fair people turned into pricks by the NTB Meat Grinder! Talk about feeling like I am screwing over customers! NTB markup is obsession! If I paid $22.00 for pads computer marks it up to $89.00? Pay $22.00 for rotors $89.99 each? There are only 2 kind of people that work at National Tire and Battery, those that just got there and those that want to leave! OK, rant is over. Plans for the next two weeks before I start the new job are. 1 Get the Runner Running! Weather is going to be a tad cooler. There should only be around 3 hours to get here started. 2 Get the 440! Is life worth living unless you have a 440 waiting to be built? 3 Sale my Snap On Box for cash for body parts and engine parts! 4 Get the Road Runner in the garage while I still have one! Far as Sues health? Well she ate part of a baked potato today and has not blew chucks! Well that is something, just hoping for the best. Later folks. Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening everyone!! I will have a Well's banana bread ale please!! It is hot here on the east coast!! Almost 100 here today. I can't wait for the fall, I hate the heat! Not much going on here today. I went to pick up my Athearn SP heritage unit with sound today at the LHS, but I cant play with it until tomorrow.
Jeff: I hope everything works out good with your surgery!!!
Last week I ordered a system utilities and boot disk for the Apple IIe with free shipping. When it hadn't moved from one location for almost a week (7/12 - 7/17) I ordered a second one (7/17) from a different source for a much lower price and a very small shipping fee. They both arrived this morning. So I have the system disk and a backup. Saves me the time of making a backup.Weather here is making nasty noises. I went to my fathers place to get my mail. I was gone for ten minutes. Area was hot and dry when I went down there. It was raining when I drove back home. Think it was wet and cool? Not on your life! Hot and wet to the point that the van windows fogged over like a London fog. I keep an old towel in the van for just that eventuality. With no heat and no blower wiping the windows is the best I can do. It works. Radar shows moderate to heavy activity in the area so I'm going to shut the computer down and let it pass.
JeremyBJeff; Are you at your dads place now or are you staying in your trailer up until the surgery?
jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&QJeff .... After surgery will you be able to work on your hobbies as you recover? . I hope you can. ... I like the diner interior! I may be able to work on a computer or two but the layout will be out.During that period I'll be living at my fathers place as getting in and out of mine would be quite difficult due to the steps. Recovery will likely be four to six weeks then there's being fitted for a prosthesis and the physical therapy to learn how to use it. Walking with one is one thing. Stairs/steps can be a bit tricky. So until I can get back into my trailer any layout work will be on hold.
Heartland Division CB&QJeff .... After surgery will you be able to work on your hobbies as you recover? . I hope you can. ... I like the diner interior!
Jeff; Are you at your dads place now or are you staying in your trailer up until the surgery?Another steamy one here today, 90F but feeling like 110F. We are currently under a severe thunderstorm warning as a cold front is pushing through. It will drop the temp for the next few days but we might get some decent storms from it. I'm still planning on heading out on the bike around 5:00am tomorrow.
Morning All, it is still morning out here. Currently it is 73 with an expected high of 103. We are going to have triple digit temps. for the next 4 or 5 days, with low humidity, except for the occasional t-storm that may pop up in the late afternoon starting tomorrow.
W**k day again for me after I pay some bills, so not a fun day this Friday for sure.
May get to w**k on the layout or building kit if I have a few spare moments before heading out.
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
It's going to be another hot and humid day here in the "Burgh". In fact, it's nasty right now. Last night while I was out watering the flower beds, I noticed the lawns were getting browned out, so I'll set up the sprinklers and let them run for awhile, but that's all I'm going to do. The hedges need trimmed and some weeding needs taken care off, but it has got to get a little cooler before I do that.
We did go get breakfast this morning in a diner that's been advertising on the radio. Seeing as how the wife has mentioned it a dozen or more times, I figured I better take her. It's across the river and takes about 25 minutes to get there. I've got to say however, that it was worth the drive. A really hearty breakfast. with ample servings of home fries. No doubt we will be going back. As you may have guessed, I love a good breakfast. As a kid, I usually just had cerial and a glass of milk. But the Army changed all that. Especially when I had CQ and would have to do head counts at the Mess Hall. The cooks always made sure your plate was never empty. Tried to convince my wife we should have breakfast like that at home. She just laughed and said either cook it myself or re-up, because she wasn't interested and had enough to do. Which unfortunately for me, was true.
Everybody take care out in this heat, and have a great weekend.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good morning.
Jeff .... After surgery will you be able to work on your hobbies as you recover? . I hope you can. ... I like the diner interior!
Galaxy ... Thanks for explaining "bite the bullet." ... It must be rough on teeth.
Welcome Robert of Down Under! Feel free to tell us about your model railroading.
Cheers!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Vanilla Almond Granola with blueberries and a cup of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee in my R&GV RR Mug please.
Gonna be another hot one here in the Finger Lakes today. Currently 87°F (feels like index, 96°F) with a predicted high of 91°F before the thunderboomers start this evening. At the moment the big bright thing is out and shining! Think I'll spend most of the inside...
Should "Bite the Bullet" and do some house cleaning today. Expect to have some time to do more scenery on the layout and get caught up with some other stuff I am behind in. The contractor should show up late this afternoon to take a look at the fence project.
Morning all!
Coffee only please.
It's going to be warm here again, but cooler weather is on the way for the weekend. It will be a welcome change.
Galaxy...I read your post regarding "biting the bullet" and am reminded of a Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania "The National Civil War Museum" that has a great display of bullets with teeth marks in them and a full scale diorama of a surgeon and assistant amputating the lower leg of a Union Soldier. Quite graphic but highly affective in my opinion. I highly recommend the Museum for anyone near Harrisburg or passing through (nice view from where it's located too).
Have a fantastic day all...and stay cool!
Happy modeling!
Don.