Good morning. It's 85° with 64% humidity. It feels like 102° outside. The high will be 98° and will feel like 108°. with Gonna be hot today. I have some grocery shopping to do later. For the most part I'll be staying inside where it's cool. Besides the shopping I have no plans. But I'm sure something will come up.
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Packer: No, the battles are WW1 style dogfights. However, the main problem I am having is that there are plenty of people in each battle that can out maneuver what I have. They also have plenty of experience. Not me. However, I made myself happy by shooting down an enemy F4U Corsair with a F4F Wildcat in a head-on pass. Also have a P-39 Airacobra for the Soviet Union now.
Gary: If you like those games, you will like WoWP. It's not a simulator, but it does have a realistic type of battle environment. You have to watch out for friendly fire, collisions, running into the ground when on the deck, and so on. It's in Beta Test mode now, and if you get in more than 700 battles in Beta mode, you'll get a special aircraft for it. However, the game being in Beta mode means that when it is officially released, your progress will be wiped to keep a level playing field for those who are new to it at the time of release.
Currently I'm doing good. Happy, but with a slight headache, but nothing to major. Have a graduation party I'm going to this evening. Looking forward to it.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Morning All,
Currently it is 61 with an expected high of 91. Was cool again last night, so no ac or fans, just opened all the upstairs windows, it was very comfortable sleeping.
I took a little over two hours to get home from w**k yesterday. There was a fatal motorcycle accident on I 80 around 2:30. I left w**k at 7:00 and got home after 9:00. NHP was doing an investigation to see what happened. I did manage to see three trains while stopped in traffic. All were hopper unit trains, going East, most likely to the mines in the Eastern part Nevada. We have a lot of mines there. Needless to say, did not get and model w**k done, probably will not today either as it is another w**k day for me.
James - Nice pictures of Brisbane, and great tour also.
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
Howdy Folks!
I took a day off from political turmoil and trouble. A friend invited me to a railfan tour to that little museum line we have in about an hour´s driving distance. It was the year´s special event, when they fire up all the steam locos the have. Just a few impressions:
See the little toddler? He is from Durham, NC. It was nice seeing his eyes getting bigger and bigger. I had a nice chat with his dad, as well.
I really enjoyed the day, even though the phone rang quite a few times...
Have a good one!
Afternoon guys
Train club went okay. The fuel tender works fine between locos. I used it between my 2 C30-7s as I don't have any operable SD40-2s in BN yet (I need an Athearn RTR SD40-2 numberboard; although one from a BB SD40-2 might work.) I had to re-program the ATSF SD40-2 and the 2 BN C30-7s, again. But I think I got them for good this time, I might try using the ATSF SD40-2 at the tail next time there. It seem my throttle is about to crap out. Between 50% and 75% it's like I turned it power to 0. Between ~10% and ~35% it acts like it's near full, and full works about normal. I'm probably going to just get a DT400R or a DT402R if I can find one cheaply...
It seems I have an issue with 3 of my 4 BLI locos. One of my C30-7s looses power where the other one won't. Both of my NW2s won't program the way I want them too, one like to play the coupler sound constantly unless it's programmed so the lights don't work, and one likes to lose power when changing directions, even from a stop, one also likes to derail (but the derailing has gone down a lot since I took it messed with it). However upgrading the version 7 chip may change those. If the version 7 fails, I'll just rip out the QSI stuff and stick a loksound in one and a lenz in the other. I'm going to post in the general area to see if anyone has any ideas...
James, Nice tour.
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.
Used my fathers truck to go to Wal-Mart to complete my grocery shopping. Dang store was packed! Seemed like a traffic jam, insane asylum and political rally all rolled up into one. As for the weather, man it's hot out there! It feels like 104 now. Think I'll stay inside the rest of the day.
Afternoon Folks!
Chloe, I'll have a tall glass of lemonade please. Thank you Ma'am!
Ulrich, I love German Steam Locos (and the English one as well)! Beautiful beasts they are... Glad to hear you got a day to relax!
'Tis turning out to be a nice day here in the Finger Lakes. About lunch time I walked by the phone and found I had a phone message from someone named Private. I normally would have just erased the message and not given it any thought. I decided to let it play before I erased it and lo and behold it was the computer guy calling to tell me the iMac was repaired and all set for me to pick up! He also pointed out they were only open until 2PM on Saturday... I gave the place a call to make sure and the lady at the stroe told me as soon as she picked up the phone that the computer was waiting for me. I had a quick lunch and headed out to the store near Victor, NY.
A couple days ago while goofing around with the laptop I decided to Google the Jessi Group and see what the shortest route to get there actually is. Turns out driving to Canandaigua and then heading North to Victor is several miles shorter than taking the NYS Thruway. So, I decided to give it a try. The car was fully charged and said I had 12.4 miles of EV and it is a 57 mile round trip. I decided that by taking the back roads i could drive a bit slower and use all the hypermiling techniques for the PiP. They include the Pulse and Glide, letting your momentum take you up over a hill and accelerate on the downward side, EV Stacking (you can build up EV miles by switching back to EV and braking going down long hills. I did this going into Victor on the back road where it is 55 mph at the top of the hill and 30 at the bottom when you reach Victor. Gained 2.5 miles of EV on that hill.), staying in EV when you are driving at 30mph or less, and a few other things. I was able to save about 6 miles of EV for the trip home. Anyway on the trip to the store I got 80mpg! On the way back home.... hang on to your hat... I got 92mpg with the car! I also managed to time the trip perfectly so I crawled back in to my driveway on the last few milliamps of EV available before the ICE would start (known as golf cart mode...). Fun! I should add there was only about 5 miles each way where I was any kind of main highway where I had to stay with traffic. The rest was all back roads that had no traffic to make me hit the throttle.
The iMac is set back up and I am starting to work on the Nametags for the class reunion... 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!
Good MorningHad an early morning here...needed to get some stuff to our church for next weeks garage sale and then it was off to the university to catch some football practice sessions....then off to the mall for coffee with the gang...then off to Walwart to pick up another camera...Nikon Body with two kit lenses...and an iPad....then...home....sheeesh, lol!Have a good afternoon/evening!!
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/
Afternoon All,
Rare mid-day post for me. Reason, I came home early from w**k. Had some severe back spasms. Probably from driving a standard transmission truck 15 miles in stop and go traffic yesterday, and then mowing the front yard before going to w**k this morning. Anyway, I think I will take it easy the rest of the day.
How about some...
and...
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Had dinner at my fathers place this evening. Beef stew and biscuits. He came across a 64k memory expander and 80 column adapter for $15 and snapped it up for me. It'll go into IIe #3. I still need a 650-X104 Disk II drive controller and two CP/M cards. The controller is no problem. They're like pine cones. They are everywhere! The CP/M cards are a different story. There are some out there but they are quite expensive. I could buy them new in the early 80's for much less than some of these people today want for the old ones they have.Well it's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Bill ... Thanks for pizza and soda pop!
Oz James and Bear ....... Thanks for posting Down Under Photos.
Ulrich ... Thanks for posting the German steam pictures. Interesting you chatted with family from Durham, NC where one of our sons lives.
Remember: ..... Be Happy! ..... Everybody is welcome in Elliots DIner!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning Gang!
Zoe, it´s Sunday, so I´ll go for a big Sunday breakfast, old fashioned style. Hot cakes from the griddle, maple syrup, sausages, bacon & eggs, mushrooms, a tall glass of OJ and lots of coffee, please.
Today will not be as hot as the last days have been. Temperatures topping 100F are not my kind of weather, especially when it´s humid as well. Night time temps were OK, so I was able to catch a good dose of sleep.
I really enjoyed yesterday´s outing. The air was filled with that wonderful smell of steam, hot oil, and coal. The place was bustling with activity - railroading just like in the good old days.
A special treat was watching that cute little three-year old. He was so excited! Daddy, look here, and there, and there... He was screaming with delight, albeit with the noise of a jumbo jet taking off ... Talked to his daddy for quite a while. His wife is attending a work conference in Bremen, so he took the time to ride some trains in Germany. It was his soon which made him turn into a rail fan and he is enjoying the atmosphere of times gone by. The "kid" is only in his late twenties, but already a university professor! A bright fellow! I wish our two countries had more people like him (and his son) - I would not be worried about our future as much as I am now.
The steam festival continues today and I am inclined to fire up my car and go there for a second round, but I bet Petra would mind. I am still undecided...
Have a splendid day!
Ulrich: Audrey saw this and said to me that that should be our first G-scale locomotive!! ...it'd be interesting to know what the dimensions were to that one...
Today is a leisurely day so why not try some other modes of transport around the "river city", We board a citycat in the city which is a fast ferry service along much of the river.
They are a nice way to see the city and surrounds from a different perspective.
After getting off the ferry, why not visit Lone Pine Sanctuary, situated in Brisbanes West, a wildlife park hosting native animals. You can cuddle a Koala!
If cuddling furry friends is not to your liking, how about a visit to Fort Lytton? As the name suggests it's a historic defence installation built in the 1870's and 80's to fend off a possible attack from the Russians.
The only fort in Australia to have a moat.
Something more railroad related, why not on the last sunday of every month enjoy the miniature steam trains in Bracken Ridge (happens to be the same suburb I live in.) in North Brisbane.
Dinner tonight and a quiet drink with mates? Lets head into Central station on the CityTrain and head to the Grand Central Hotel.
Tomorrow we depart the River city on board either the Sunlander ( a slower overnight passenger train with full service sleepers etc) or on the much faster Tilt Train - travelling at up to 160km/h on narrow gauge track, to the warmer climes of North Queensland.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
hmmmmm, after not W***ing for the better part of July I forgot how strenuous it is and for being one of their best employees how easily forgettable I am.... it's kind of disheartening that and I had to cancel pre orders for my IM F3's in NP colors and my Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH. I understand why many here are against the pre ordering business. I wish I could've payed for them when I put my pre order in like I can with video games.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
blownout cylinderUlrich: Audrey saw this and said to me that that should be our first G-scale locomotive!! ...it'd be interesting to know what the dimensions were to that one
Barry - Regner used to market a live steam loco some years back, which was quite close to this one. They don´t make it any longer, but the bay could be your friend in this. LGB also offers a similar "Kastenlok" (box loco), which follows a southern Geman prototype. It is a limited run only, so you may have difficulties getting it
LGB Kastenlok
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, January 4th, 2013!!!
Make it a GREAT DAY!!!
On your layout, Do you model a house with a 'skeleton in the closet'?, SO:
Meaning:
A secret source of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal
Origin:
The short sweet, cute, version:
Back in the 1800's, doctors had a real problem procuring dead bodies in order to study the anatomy. A doctor most likely was only able to get one in his entire life. Due to that he would treasure it. However, society frowned on just hanging them around. So the doctor usually kept it in his closet. Many of his patients might have assumed he had one hidden away. This phrase soon came to be used for anything (rather shocking) that was hidden away, or kept from general public knowledge
The longer in-depth version:
The phrase 'a skeleton in the closet' was coined in England in the 19th century. Since then the word 'closet' has become used primarily in England to mean 'water closet', that is, lavatory - a possible hiding place for a skeleton- but not one with much potential. The English now usually use 'a skeleton in the cupboard', with 'skeleton in the closet' more common in the USA.
'A skeleton in the closet' undoubtedly originated as an allusion to an apparently irreproachable person or family having a guilty secret waiting to be uncovered. The close-at-hand domestic imagery of a closet or cupboard gives a sense of the ever-present risk of discovery. What isn't clear is whether the origin of the phrase lies in fiction or with real life, so to speak, skeletons.
The phrase was first used in the early 1800s. The first reference to be found in print is a figurative one in a piece by William Hendry Stowell, in the UK monthly periodical The Eclectic Review, 1816. The 'skeleton' in this case was disease, infectious or hereditary:
Two great sources of distress are the danger of contagion and the apprehension of hereditary diseases. The dread of being the cause of misery to posterity has prevailed over men to conceal the skeleton in the closet...
The dramatic device of a hidden body was used widely in the Gothic novels of the Victorian period. Edgar Allen Poe was the master of such tales, for example, this extract from The Black Cat, 1845 :
"Gentlemen, I delight to have allayed your suspicions", and here, through the mere frenzy of bravado, I rapped heavily upon that very portion of the brick-work behind which stood the corpse of the wife of my bosom. The wall fell bodily. The corpse, already greatly decayed, stood erect before the eyes of the spectators.
It has been suggested that the phrase derives from the era of the notorious body snatchers, that is, prior to 1832, when the UK's Anatomy Act allowed the more extensive use of corpses for medical research. The theory goes that, in a scenario similar to that of the concealment of Catholic priests in priest holes in domestic houses in Elizabethan England, doctors would conceal in cupboards the illegally held skeletons they used for teaching. There's no evidence at all to corroborate that theory. Concealed skeletons are occasionally found in walled-up in houses but they are usually those of unwanted infants.
The notion of a 'skeleton in the closet' as shorthand for the grim evidence of a murder was widely adopted into the language thanks to the writings of the popular Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray. He referred to 'a skeleton in every house' in a piece in 1845 and explicitly to 'skeletons in closets' in The Newcomes; memoirs of a most respectable family, 1854–55:
Some particulars regarding the Newcome family, which will show us that they have a skeleton or two in their closets, as well as their neighbours.
Whether Thackeray was alluding to actual skeletons or whether he was responding to the imagination of authors like Poe, one will likely never know. One person he certainly wasn't referring to was the 18th/19th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham - despite his being the best-known actual skeleton in a cupboard. Bentham was hardly aiming to keep his skeleton a secret, as he willed that his body be preserved in a wooden cabinet. It is on public display in University College, London.
Other adaptational usages include the American expressions 'come out of the closet' and simply 'come out', which began to be used in the 1960s and are, of course, direct follow-ons from 'a skeleton in the closet'. It is noted that in the UK no one has declared themselves as gay by 'coming out of a cupboard'.
-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.
Good MorningSunny and a high of 70 today....Today church then BBQ time .... not much else...Have a good day!!
Good Morning!!!
I'll have coffee and the Sunday breakfast buffet please. Um say, do you think I could get that Pizza and a Dr Pepper to go for a snack later? Thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Inch- It was down to the wire as they say, but yup, gotter done. ‘Cept the stairway, but that was not to be done til after they moved in. It has a door at the top for the apartment so we won’t be in her apartment. At one time it was a shared stairway before the last fire.
Ulrih- Glad you got away hoss! You needed it. Great pictures too.
Ray- Sounds like given the time, backroads are going to be more economical than the highways. Oh and there is a Prius here in town and you are right, when the thing pulls up it kinda startles you cause it makes no noise! The apartment is across the street from the Post Office and if it weren’t for the tire noise as it turns into a parking place you wouldn’t hear a thing. Yes I jumped a couple times. Just a little though.
Welp, like I told Inch, I’m done with the remodel of the apartment. I do have a dryer tube to attach that I could have got done yesterday, but Brenda……, well, long story, let’s just say I ran out of time. There’s still a handrail that needs to be made and installed, the banister at the top, and a shelf for the “closet area” at the foot of the stairs which was really a closed in doorway to the back of the then grocery store which has been closed off for yeeeears. Anyway, gotta clean the stuff outta the back of the truck and put it away, then do some yardwork. Boy does it need it. Brenda mowed but the trimming and all is still on me. No worries, I’ll getter done. And we have to go to town to get some groceries, but doubt we’ll eat because she’s planned ribs for dinner so we won’t be eating Chinese this weekend (we ate Italian at the restaurant last nite), we will instead have some Vietnamese eggrolls that my friends MIL sent. Brenda said, with ribs? I said….”why not? They gotta be eaten. If they were an appetizer at a restaurant and I had to pay extra for them you’d sure as heck want ‘em.”..... THAT, my friends, was a mistake. But, I survived, and all is well again.
Maybe even get a nap, because I’ve just about give up on the trainroom until they weather turns.
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.
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and all the windows in the house are open! Its almost chilly in here this morning! The kittys are sitting in the windows, letting out little chirps and meows when a bird lites on the feeder.Remotored my Mikado Project last night with a new can & flywheel. Hooked it up to 3 volt power source and watched it crawl, dragging the battery pack, across the workbench. Just the bare loco chassis. No heavy cast metal boiler, just the frame and running gear. Smooth as a switch watch! Getting ready now to head out to the Greenburg show, in an attempt to find a few out of production parts. Will drop in later, maybe even with some pics of the project so far.
G, no skeletons in the closet on the layout, but we do have a dead Mother in a window!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Currently it is 63 with an expected high of 92.
W**k day again for me. Could be a rough one as I am still getting a few twinges in my back, Hope it eases up.
Not much to tell.
Italian roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Karl, really neat scene there!
I have been dabbling in RC planes recently and taking a break from the trains. Will most assuredly resume work on my RR empire in time. Might need to relocate the couch in the Train Room to really maximize layout space. Haven't made up my mind yet. Anyway, here is one of my (foam) planes:
Have a terrific day all.
Cheers! Rob
Good morning. It's 85° (feels like 105) with 73% humidity. The high will be 95° and will feel like 110°. Isolated thunderboomers in the afternoon. with No outdoor activity for me today if I can help it. Did some light work on my IIe this morning. It uses an older 80 column text card that didn't have support for double high resolution graphics. A simple bit of old wire and a little soldering and it now supports double high res graphics. It can also now function as a RAM disk under DOS 3.3. This sets aside part of the computers RAM memory to function like a logical disk drive. Not hard to do on many modern computers but it can be difficult on these old dinosaurs as they're very hard to memory map. In this case the RAM chips on the text card serve as the RAM disk. When a program requiring more RAM than is available on the computers main board is being used the Ramdisk function will be automatically disabled.No plans for today but I'm sure something will present itself.
Gee...
Jeffrey is complianing about heat..
but here we question is this the first weekwend in AUgust or the last weekend in Sept?
I mean it DID NOT even get up to 70!!!
Well todya weas a lazy day for MOH and me. We slept on/off all day. We have a day like this every week as we get older.
So not much accomplished!
Dinner was dead pig roasted in honey/dijon glaze, taters mashed and gravy, and green beans.
Have a good one
Sweet! I got a car for my N scale Coast starlight(once I make one) it's the pacific Parlour car. Here's a picture of my friend Walter's car!
I'm modeling the BN again, so the SP&S, GN, NP, and CB&Q stuff is heritage.
Good evening everyone, I will have a med Butter Pecan coffee with cream and X surgar please. Not much going on here, at work at the moment It's going to be a long hectic few weeks here at work with that Mass no tax sale weekend. Not looking forward to working 70hr work weeks at all. I work in the distribution industry and we handle all the home appliance deliveries for Sears. I guess with all that overtime , I will buy some new locomotives!! I really like the new Bowser CP C630, the red really brings out the detail, I think I will purchase a few.
I met a nice women on Zoosk, been chatin with her, I have a good feeling about this one. She has really sweet Texas accent and we share the same interest. Only time will tell, I guess!
Have a great night everyone!!
John
Good evening everybody,
Just got home about 30 minutes ago. It's been a busy day, but a very enjoyable one. We went to another performance of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. This one was Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story. Having graduated high school in 1958, this was definately from my era, and did the music bring back a flood of memories for me. Cruising with my buddies listening to the car radio, dances at the school gym, etc. And I had really forgotten just how great rock & roll sounded live. The cast was simply excellent and very talented. Recordings just can't match live performances to my old ears. I suspect that there's a lot of folks on this forum who don't even know who he was, but I know some of you are familar, very familar, with the 50's and remember the music.
After the show we stopped at a local restaurant for dinner. It was also excellent and I think I had one of the best servings of filet mignon I've ever had. Green beans and Tuscan mashed potatoes came with it. The wife had eggplant parmegan and pasta. She said hers was excellent as well.
Now some might ask if I neglected my railfanning this week. Absolutely not. In fact, we even snuck in an extra evening. On Thursday after dinner, we drove about 20 miles, stopping to get chocolate milkshakes on the way, to a new spot to watch CSX. Now one of the reasons I like railfanning is I usually always see something new, or see something that gets my interest. On this evening, it was a railroad bridge that I've seen many times, and simply didn't pay any attention to it. But while we waiting for something to come along, I noticed the steel work visable above the trees and was fascinated by it's complexity. It's the CSX bridge, originally built by the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie in 1910 crossing the Ohio River between Beaver and Monaca, PA.
Lee - or anyone else whose interested, it's a cantilever with a truss bridge on the North end, and Norfolk Southern tracks run underneath the bridge on the north end as well.
And yesterday we went to our usual spot for Norfolk Southern, who didn't disappoint us and provided 8 trains in just about 2 hours for our viewing pleasure. 3 intermodals, 4 mixed freights and the unforgettable trash train headed east. Even empty, those guys get your attention. But I don't care, it's a train.
I've been enjoying the photos from James, as well as those from Ulrich. Keep them coming as they are great. Think I'll be in bed early tonight, as tomorrow is grocery shopping and errand day. Well, after breakfast at our new diner of course. From the list the wife has, there's going to be a lot of places to go involving a whole lot of driving. Eating lunch somewhere looks like a strong possibility too. So stay safe and have fun, it's the only way to cope.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good Evening,
It has been some time since I was last in so I thought I had better file a MIA report.
Nothing to report on the RR front. I guess it is the summer, too many other things to do, problem.
We just got back from spending a few days with our friends in Minnesota. Had a nice time and some great food too. We went out to a restaurant in Thief River Falls that has great ribs. I also picked up my Kleins order which consisted of a couple of boxcars, N and HO plus a sound decoder that I will try to put into a PK2 S3. Wish me luck.
Mr. B. nice tribute to your Dad. Mine would have been 100 on July 15th and he too was in the Air Force in WW2.
Tom, funnily I was listening to some Buddy Holly on Youtube just this afternoon. I graduated from High School in '65 but I had an older sister so I got to hear the late '50s rock . I was on school patrol when I heard about the plane crash. Funny how some things stick in your mind.
Raining here with a temp of about 60F. We actually put the heat on to take the chill off the house. So much for summer.
Jeff, hope everything goes ok with your foot later this month.
Well I'm either going to watch some TV or run a train. I think train as I want to see that Wabash boxcar I just bought go around the layout. It is a Red Caboose model and has really nice detail.
CN Charlie
Evening guys
Helped my father get the engine in my brother's mustang cobra. My brother is contemplating selling it, and because of the work I put in it (I did the suspension, and some other things) I would get a cut if he did. He hasn't driven the car in over a year, but my dad has been using it as a back-up to his LTD for a while. Unfortunately my brother may have gone to the dark side when it comes to cars. He favors his Miata over his Mustang; but then always has to borrow another car when he wants to go fishing or with friends. I wonder if he realizes his poles will fit in his Mustang...
Also started the weathering process on a few cars, some of which are for a friend. Haven't messed with the troublesome twins (NW2s). but after thinking them over, if the QSI board that may be good (with a dead light) is in fact good, I'll just stick a function-only decoder for the headlight, or reprogram the rear headlight for a front one. then run it back-to-back with the other (which may receive a lenz if the version 7 don't work.
I also listed some stuff on ebay. I don't think the forum rules will allow me to post them, but just throwing it out there if someone wants to PM me.
Charlie, 60F??? I envy you, it was close to 100F here. Top that off with 100% humidity and a thunderstorm for a chaser...
John, does she like trains?