Hello . Just watched Grand Torino. My mum and I saw it at the movies in 2008 just after my Father joined his Fathers. Had it for a while but coudnt watch it . Walts, just like my Dad, only softer.the only thing he taught me was if someone hits you hit them back. I worked out to hit first.
i miss my Dad but I know he would encourage me in what ever. He'd be scrouging up all type of stuff for my layout.
Mrailroading ain't for the faint hearted.
o I don't know, what ever u recommend sounds Good.
Glass of Lemonade to thanks.
Good morning. It's 79°with 80% humidity. The high will be 92° and will feel like 104°. with a Nothing planned for toady. Maybe something will present itself.
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
kbkchooch galaxy Do you have 'Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia' - Hewwo, Galwaxy, I twied to pronouth dat wood, now I've spwained my tung so bad I can't ebben withle. I thound like Bawwy when he gets a code! Deese woods oughta hab a wanning wabel on dem! Thanks a wot!
galaxy Do you have 'Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia' -
Do you have 'Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia' -
Hewwo,
Galwaxy, I twied to pronouth dat wood, now I've spwained my tung so bad I can't ebben withle. I thound like Bawwy when he gets a code!
Deese woods oughta hab a wanning wabel on dem!
Thanks a wot!
I haave haad no problem with that word in pronouncing it...however...typing it might be aa bigger issue
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Good MorningDoing this post from the office as we had a power outage in our home neighbourhood..someone ran into a pole.Going to be a high of 85 feeling like 102 later on....with those ol' t'underin'boomers again....ended up having chat as to who was to get what done first..and what things were to be done, first....heeheehee...So now, having done that...her floor will be done....first...
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/
Everybody Now we can watch the North Montana Line video. My friend in MI< Dan Lewis, has made one of the finest N-scale layouts ever made.
Watch it, and you will have some appreciation of the layout.
Karl ...... I really like the 0-4-0 demonstrated in the video. Feel free to tell the Diners about the electronics that allow the engine to pass over dead spots in track.
Be happy!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Galaxy is really stretching things now. I thought it pertained to a big zoo animal.
Jeff .... It sure is good seeing you post each day. I suppose soon you will have a bionic lower leg and foot. You'll be the $ 16 million man without the $ 16 million.
Jake .... I'm glad to learn you are studying civil engineering! We need more of them. Especially good ones. Most roads now were designed by uncivil engineers.
Todd .... I know what you mean about temporary repairs becoming permanent or at least lasting for years. ...... You may have to allocate certain times of the week for the layout....... With the remaining time, you can "do what you can and can the rest" for non-mrr stuff.
Lion .... "Roar" is a short word.
Cheers, everybody.
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and an order of sweet chili wings please. Thanks.
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 89.
Garry- Haven’t tried video 4 today, but yesterday I could not.
Paul- The vast majority are gonna be fine. Even some of the goofies will be fine. The ones that have me worried are the “hot dog think it’s cool to have a gun in the first place look at me I’m cool because I carry a gun not only just a gun it's a Sig” kind.Kinda like a 7 year old. I know you know the type, you probably deal with at least one every day. Talks all this big show about situations, effectiveness and all that stuff. Tries to sound like he’s getting it because it’s the most practical for him. But you can tell he’s only getting it because he thinks it’s cool. Just say "I think it's cool" ok buddy?
Jeffrey- I am not a Zataran’s fan either. I’ve been to LA, and though I realize there are a thousand recipes for every dish and some are better than others, but to me, Zatarans tastes like well, like it came out of a box. And not really a good box either. Bland is kinda close. Brenda makes the red beans and rice from time to time and she seems to like it. Me….I eat it cause it’s in front of me. I’m glad you’re progressing well. Determination and a good strong will, both of which you have in abundance, is the key to a quick recovery. Good luck and I hope you get your prosthetic and moving around in record time.
G- I remember my Mom saying disdainfully “they spend too much time falutin around” when she would express disgust with someone who we would say parties a lot, hangs in bars…, generally just goes around having a good time. Websters, at least the one I have, doesn’t recognize the word faluting, and just because my Mother used it doesn’t make it a word naturally, but I wonder if faluting was one of those words that got lost and meant something like socializing and “High” faluting meant, high society faluting.
Welp, I could wo*k on the layout, but I need to fix the temporary shed doors that I put up 10 years or so ago when I built the shed. I was gonna get a rollup door but I needed to special order the size. So, I put up these barn type doors quickly without the intention of them being permanent. But I haven’t got “round to it yet and the doors are starting to drag. I figure I’ll just fix the framing to last longer and stick with the barn type. I suppose they are ok after all and cheaper than the rollup. Besides, I haven’t gotten round to ordering it anyway.
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.
galaxyAre you so all-mighty and highfalutin?:
Obambulation is also found in the Oxford Dictionary.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
morning coffee in the diner....
GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Wednesday, August 21st, 2013!!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
Today's fun Limerick:
A mouse in her room awoke Miss O'Dowd
She was frightened, it must be allowed.
Soon a happy thought hit her
To scare off the critter,
She sat up in bed and meowed
Do you have 'Hippopotomonstrosequippedaliophobia' - {The fear of long words}??
You can have an "attitude', but you don't want so much an "abitude", here's why:
Abatude - Means money that's been clipped. In the days of old, before them, and when knights were bold, the edges of gold or silver coins would be clipped off to make change. So the entire image would not be showing. Think on today's term with a quarter having a nip out the corner to represent 12 cents because you don't have a dime and two pennies
Are you so all-mighty and highfalutin?:
There are many “high falutin” folks out there who would insist that “faluting” is the proper form, rest assured that they are wrong. Any slight correction is offered that “highfalutin” is usually seen as one word, and the apostrophe at the end isn’t really necessary. Although “highfalutin” is clearly a cropped form of “highfaluting,” “highfalutin” (no "g", no apostrophe) is listed as the primary spelling by the Oxford English Dictionary. H.L. Mencken, in his famous book The American Language, mentions 'highfalutin' as an example of the many native U.S. words coined during the 19th-century period of vigorous growth. Although 'highfalutin' is characteristic of American folk speech, it is not a true regionalism because it has always occurred in all regions of the country, with its use and popularity spurred by its appearance in print. The origin of 'highfalutin', like that of many folk expressions, is obscure.
“Highfalutin,” means “pompous, arrogant, haughty, pretentious” or “excessively ornate or bombastic (especially in speech).” The sense of “pretentious” is central to “highfalutin.” Someone who affects a “highfalutin” manner, acting or speaking in an extremely proper or self-important style, is basically faking it and “putting on airs,” floating along in a balloon of pretense that has no basis in reality (“When all the highfalutin and magical jargon of diplomacy is removed, you’ll find the diplomats like a group of children aged about three or four,” 1948).
So much for the easy part, the origin of the word is uncertain. It was noted once that “highfalutin” originally denoted a fine grade of flour used to make a superior sort of bread. That theory (for which there is no evidence) turned out to be based on a probable confusion of “highfalutin” with “high gluten” flour, which does indeed produce a better grade of bread.
We do know that “highfalutin” is an American coinage and first appeared in the mid-1800s. “Highfalutin” was one of a number of popular epithets of the day, including “stuffed shirt” and “stuck-up,” with which 19th century Americans expressed their disrespect for those who flaunted their wealth and power.
While the origin of “highfalutin” may be a mystery, there are three generally accepted hunches, any of which might be true. The “high” in “highfalutin” is almost certainly our common adjective, signifying either physical height or, figuratively, magnitude.
Some authorities suggest that the “falutin” in “highfalutin” is a modification of “fluting,” meaning to play a flute or produce sounds similar to those made by a flute. Perhaps, goes this theory, “highfalutin” was inspired by the airy, delicate speech tones of hoity-toity rich folks. There’s no evidence to support this theory, but it’s not implausible.
Another popular theory traces the “falutin” to “flying” or “flown,” making “highfalutin” the equivalent of “high-flown,” meaning “exaggerated” or “elevated.” What makes this theory the more plausible of the two is the fact that “high-flown” has been used as an adjective meaning “extravagant or bombastic” since the mid-1600s (“Sentiments, which are occasionally too high-flown and overstrained, 1784), so this theory is actually grounded in an existing idiom.
The third theory has to do with paddle-wheel river steam boats. The smoke stacks high up were "fluted" on the top edges and the smoke tended to stay clear of those passengers who were wealthy, an could afford the upper level, up where the fluted smoke stacks were. Those passengers were noted to be the 'highfalutin' passengers, and as wealthy, often were also considered to be those hoity-toity rich folk.
Any one of these, plus any other variants that may be out there COULD be the truthful one. The jury is still out.
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
-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.
Garry: Freshman in college, and going for a degree in Civil Engineering.
Hey there.
Not a lot to report for today. Classes went well, day overall went well. Not much else to say.
EDIT: Got top today. Hurah! Don't have to make a deduction from my meal plan! Here's my debit card.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Not much happening. Played Starfleet1 earlier and got my head handed to me. Had Zatarain's red beans and rice and a couple of handfuls of flaming hot Cheetos for dinner. Still had to add hot sauce. The flavor of the Zatarain's foods just doesn't seem as good as it used to be before McCormick took over in 2003. No pain killers again today. A good sign. Since I got here the kitchen light switch has been out of my reach. I can turn it on and off with my cane but what do I do with the cane afterward? Today I stood on my one foot and using the oven door handle for support I was able to reach across the counter top and flip the switch. For an encore I changed the paper towel roll which can only be done from a standing position. Still the only way I can move myself around outdoors is with a walker. There's been some improvement there. Got a doctor appointment in town this Friday. That should be interesting.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a refill on the decaf please.
Other than the meeting in Canandaigua (which went very well), I have pretty much just relaxed most of the day. Didn't even go out an finish the lawn like I should have tonight. Did get the hose and water the new lawn as the forecast is for no rain for the next few days and the soil was looking dry. Want to keep the lawn growing well...
Four of us were at the meeting. They all liked the name tags and the slide show. About all I have left to do is rearrange the order of songs for the dancing at the main event and get the car all loaded so I can show up where I need to be, when I need to be
Sun was out most of the day so the roof produced 22.94 kWh today. Did turn on the air conditioner as the temp went well into the 80's this afternoon.
Hope you all have a good night! Prayers for all in need...
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
kbkchooch Heartland Division CB&Q Karl you are welcome. I still can't watch video number 4 even though it says "watch it now". Anybody: ..... Can you watch video number four? Methink the difference is 1 is just an online extra,,,,the other is a MRPlus video extra......aka pay per view
Heartland Division CB&Q Karl you are welcome. I still can't watch video number 4 even though it says "watch it now". Anybody: ..... Can you watch video number four?
Karl you are welcome. I still can't watch video number 4 even though it says "watch it now".
Anybody: ..... Can you watch video number four?
Methink the difference is 1 is just an online extra,,,,the other is a MRPlus video extra......aka pay per view
Well, I'm glad I saw your video. I can see the MILW layout in person without spending extra money when I'm in MI.
Thanks
Another great day today getting ready to go to the layout and see what locos I will run with the train all ready made up and be drinking a nice cold Sun-Drop.
Russell
Afternoon guys.
Didn't get out on the bike this morning, I will do my planned outing tomorrow. Still hurting a bit from the miles put in on the weekend so I guess the extra day rest will be good. I picked up one of those bike computers today and once It was mounted I just didn't like it, made it look gaudy with the extra wires. Maybe I will look at a wireless one. Might try to do a little layout work later as in getting track cleaned and what not, getting it ready for the fall when I start back up on working on the railroad again.
talk to you guys later
Good afternoon everyone! I will have a med Toasted Almond ice coffee with cream and x sugar please. Not much going on here been busy at work. I will have 68 hours of OT in my next paycheck, that should help with a few wall mounted display cases for my trains and also help with some supplies to help me finish my layout. The thermometer is reading 91 here in Rhode Island, but I think it's a little off. Have a wonderful day everyone and enjoy!!
Thanks!
John
galaxyWill hobble down for the USPS mail shortly. Bills. of course.
Well
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Went to get my oposing month spinal nerve steroid injections. Will be in some pain for awhile. Hope to go grocery shopping thursday!
Not much else but rest from the mildly traumatic experieince {for my body}.
Hoping JEFFREY is feling as well as he sounds! I guess one could make a bad joke and say he's "foot loose and fancy free". Or would that be "fancy loose and foot free". "foot free and fancy loose?" Dunno. {BAAAAAAAAAAAAD}.
Will hobble down for the USPS mail shortly. Bills. of course.
Hey guys
Been a while. Been really busy with work. It's weird, I get like 27 hours one week, then close to 50 the next.
That Southern GP7 arrived a few days ago. Man does the soundtraxx sound good. The guy said there was a problem with the front truck. It wasn't cracked axles, it was the capacitor was just hanging down there. Easy fix, just tape it to the chassis above the truck. I stuck the Southern shell on another chassis I had and stuck a DH123 in it. Runs nice and smooth, and hopefully my friend buys it.
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' everyone!
Zoe, just a refill on the dark roast coffee please.
Just turned on the air conditioner... Currently 78°F with a high in the low 80's this afternoon. The forecast calls for something called "abundant sunshine". Whatever THAT is? The horizon looks very hazy so I doubt it will be a record day for the roof.
Have a lunch meeting today in Canandaigua. I will be handing over the finished name tags and getting suggestions on the slide show for Saturday evening at the reunion. I am looking forward to it, but also just want to get it over with.
Thanks for the kudos on the catch... I am about the only car host that actively watches for those kind of situations and tries to be ready to react ASAP. I guess my Boy Scout Administrative training makes me hyper aware of those things. One of the people in charge came over to me and reminded me that we could send people to the other end of the caboose to load more quickly as they had put a second step down there. I looked at him and said, "Uh-huh, but that means we better have someone down there to help people board then!" He thought for a second and told me I was right and he went and got someone to do duty there. We were really pushed for time to do the turnaround and get back down the line. The schedule only gave us 5 minutes to detrain and board at both ends... I am not the only one who has complained about that and the safety issue....
I best get moving as i have to pack the laptop and get ready to head out the door.
Later!
Morning All,
Currently it is 64 with an expected high of 95 and the possibility of a T-storm.
Another w**k day, but it seems like the crazies have left the area and headed back to California, until next weekend that is.
Need to pay some bills and not much else before heading into w**k.
Todd - As a CCW holder, I carry a firearm all the time. A lot of responsibility, and restraint goes along with that.
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
Good morning. It's 81° with 72% humidity. The high will be 95° and will feel like 102°.Been busy this morning ordering my fathers vitamins. His handwriting looks like chicken tracks on a barbed wired fence. My caregiver had a little problem. She left her cars lights on and ran the battery down. My father gave her a jump and got her on her way. No plans for today.View in Ezra's side-view mirror after he dodged the crossing.
kbkchooch Garry, Todd, thanks for the Kudos on the video. I was really waiting for an RC to go off about the autorack, but so far, no joy!
Garry, Todd, thanks for the Kudos on the video. I was really waiting for an RC to go off about the autorack, but so far, no joy!
Between the moles and stink bugs, the Diner is getting infested. Don't tell the Health Department.
Todd: You were talking to Don about working on the layout and interruptions. I'm having too many of this myself. My New Years Resolution was to complete my layout extension. I have hardly done any of it so far. This is the final part of my layout plan, and I would like to complete it.
Ken: Where are you?
Curt: ... Come back!
Call out the bloodhounds for MIA's !
Be Happy Everybody
Good morning! It looks like the heat will return to New England for a few days. Foo. I've been enjoying the heck out of low 80s with low humidity, and 50s at night. It's supposed to get back to being nice for the weekend, so maybe I'll get in a bike ride or two.
Jeremy, I helped a guy fix at flat at my daughter's triathlon. I was positioning myself for pictures of the bikers coming back in, and saw this poor fellow struggling. He'd flatted out after a few hundred yards on the bike, perhaps from the big bump in the course, although he said he had noticed the tire might have been losing air earlier. He knew what he was doing, but couldn't get the tire back on the rim. It might have been some lingering effect of being in the chilly Atlantic for the swim. Anyway, I offered my meager assistance and got him back on the road perhaps a minute or two quicker.
Ray, good catch. My father-in-law is 96, and he took a "routine" fall a month or so back. He cut his elbow and ended up needing surgery, and he's still in a rehab facility. So, as we get older an more frail, the consequences of a fall can get a lot more serious.
Me? OK. I recommend the blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Morning all,
Coffee...tall and strong...oatmeal if there is any if you please.
Managed to get one door and the garage door painted yesterday. Looks good and sure is a big change. Still one more door to go, the iron railing, and then I need to install decorative shutters to the two front windows that will match the color of the doors and garage door. Whew.... To top it all off, the stink bugs are making their presence felt yet again . Lived here for years and never saw a one, but the last four years it's been a borderline infestation. And they destroy the fruit trees. Nobody seems to care anymore about them around here either. I HATE stink bugs !
Well...that door isn't going to paint itself. Gotta run fellas.
Have a GREAT 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."
Coffee and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich please. Grape. Thank you.
(sniff, sniff) what’s that smell…., Ben Gay? Oh. Good catch Ray. You’re right, you probably saved that guy a trip to the hospital.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Really could use some rain…..
Don, (puts hand on shoulder) I feel your pain. I feel your pain. My wife constantly says “why don’t you work on your trains?” But whenever I get a chance she says…”when are you gonna do this”….or “you need to do that”…..or “can you do”…..”Aren’t you ever gonna work on you trains?”…..I feel your pain.
Paul- What, it’s your company that is conspiring to horde ammo? Or are you in cahoots with the Government to cut back on ammo to the public so we won’t have enough to defend ourselves when the Army comes kicking in our doors to take our wives and children to give to third world leaders while they make me monitor peoples personal travels on the internet.... Just curious.
Karl- I’m sure if you hadn’t put that graphic about how you knew, you would have heard about the auto rack.
Staaaaarting to rethink this Concealed Carry thing. When asked if I was gonna do the classes, I said I don’t know. Maybe, in case I wanted to for some unknown reason, but it would make it easier for transporting from a shooting spot to home. Then they said what? Oh I’m gonna….whatdaya mean you don’t know?…I say well, I’ve gone 51 years in this world and in my travels, other than those involving UncleSam, I have never had want or need for a gun. Not that I have a problem with it, but I see very little reason at this point for me to say I need to carry one now. I get this look. Kind of a quizzical look more than a blank look. Then “man I am. There’s a lot of kooks out there and now they can carry a gun?! (expletive) straight I’m gonna carry one!” Then…, they get into why they won’t be able to carry in a bar and how it’s a dumb rule and other places you can't carry etc. etc. etc.. I look at this idiot lush blabbling on and think, “you know? It would serve the pro-gun lobbyists best if I could just shoot this nutjob right now”. Then I reach and I realize…., I’m not carrying a gun. Maybe it’s not such a good idea after all.
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Tuesday, August 20th, 2013!!!
Today's limerick:
There was a young lady of Cork,
Whose Pa made a fortune in pork;
He bought for his daughter
A tutor who taught her
To balance green peas on her fork
Have you ever used a 'sledgehammer to crack a nut'?:
Meaning:
To use 'a sledgehammer to crack a nut' means to use disproportionate force or expense to overcome a minor problem
Origin:
Sledgehammers are large iron hammers which were first used in England in the 15th century. These were not tools to hammer 'sledges' - the little ice trolleys with runners that the young Citizen Kane was so fond of. 'Sledge' was the original name of this form of hammer; so 'sledgehammer' is something of a tautology. 'Sledging' has recently reappeared as a verb form in the previously refined and gentle world of The English game cricket, where it means the browbeating and harassment of the batsman by the fielders.
'Sledges' were an English invention but this phrase wasn't - it first saw the light of day in 1850s America! 'A sledgehammer to crack a nut' is one of the many versions of the phrase, the others having faded into disuse. The spelling of 'sledgehammer' hasn't yet settled down and is still making the usual progression of hyphenated words pairs, that is, from 'sledge hammer' to 'sledge-hammer' and eventually 'sledgehammer'. The Oxford English Dictionary prefers the hyphen, but 'sledgehammer' is now the more common spelling.
Pretty well anything which is small and easy to squash has come verbally under the hammer, typified by nuts and insects. These have included peanuts, walnuts or just nuts; also gnats, flies, mosquitoes etc. The first to fall victim was the humble fly, as in this piece from The Gettysburg Compiler, June 1878:
"Don't worry over little ills of life. It is like taking a sledge hammer to kill a fly."
Nuts came into the picture a little later, specifically peanuts; for example, this from The Reno Weekly Gazette And Stockman, May 1893:
"We know some men who are always looking for a sledge hammer to crack a peanut."
Insects and nuts seem to have become combined in the later 'sledgehammer to kill a gnat' version; for example, Grosvenor B. Clarkson's Industrial America in The World War, 1923:
"The Board never used a sledgehammer to kill a gnat."
Oddly, although the common form is now 'a sledgehammer to crack a nut', the first examples of that in print date from as late as the 1950s. Whether our current usage derived as a rewording of the 'crack a peanut' or the 'crack a gnat' version isn't clear - perhaps something of both?
There once was a conductor on a train,
Who was well soaked wet by the rain
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin
I'd wear a raincoat if I had half a brain"
Not much went on today. Didn't get any computer time in on the IIe but I now have a TV in my room. It's the one from my fathers office. He never watches it anyway so he's not going to miss it. I've been getting a lot of use from my mothers old power chair. I clocked it's top speed at just under 6mph. I have it set at half speed and it's plenty fast for getting around the house. It's a lot faster and safer than using a walker. She only used it for a few weeks but really enjoyed it.Well it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Check out the guy standing next to the Athearn prime mover.
Back up from the layout the UP and Ferromex ES44 locos ran great changed out two CELX tank cars and picked up two others forgot the reporting marks on them and the train is turned around for the returned trip after I eat dinner.Like how the Intermountain locos run with the wire harnest installed.