Good afternoon!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Time for me to call it a night. I have to get up at 3am and be ready to go at 5am. Hopefully all will turn out for the good. I told my father today that I'm laying claim to my mothers power chair and he can't have it. It'll certainly make getting around the house a lot easier. It's been on charge steady since we put new batteries in it so it should be ready to go.
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
Best of all possible wishes, Jeffrey. I'm sure I speak for every one of us in hoping for a speedy recovery.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Evening gang!
MisterBeasley Best of all possible wishes, Jeffrey. I'm sure I speak for every one of us in hoping for a speedy recovery.
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just my decaf please....
Jeffrey, realizing you probably won't see this before you head for the hospital.... My prayers to you that all will go well and you will have an uneventful recovery!
There were three of of doing Museum Guide today at the R&GV RR Museum. Had a good crowd but not nearly as many as last week. Easy and enjoyable day out there. I will return to open for a camp tour tomorrow AM. In fact I will put 500 miles on the car going to and from the museum this week... I'll be out there today, tomorrow, Thursday, Saturday, and next Sunday for Diesel Day. Diesel Day is our big day of the year out there and it is rumored we may have 3 antique diesel locos in service for the day.
Got to give Blackie his pill so I will see you all tomorrow afternoon I guess.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hey guys.
Not much again today. Been an easy weekend.
Jeff: Prayers for you.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Hope you heal up quick Jeff, Sundown needs it's CEO back ASAP!
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
Hi Jeff,
Don't know if you will see this before you leave. Good luck today and I hope to see you back soon
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD MONDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, August 12th, 2013!
Special Prayers and prayer candles for Jeffrey!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
Jeffrey is a "true blue" dude!, SO:
Meaning:
Loyal and unwavering in one's opinions or support for a person or cause
Origin
The simple origin:
Dyes for clothes came mostly from berries, flowers and bark. The color blue was particularly rare and if it could be done, it often faded quickly. In Coventry, England they discovered a formula that made a blue dye color that didn't fade after several washings. This color soon was named 'true blue.' For years, this 'true blue' was the best color dye of all the dyes. Later on, the phrase came to represent honesty, reliability, faithfulness whether from a person , pet, or thing.
The longer version:
'True blue' is supposed to have derived from the blue cloth that was made at Coventry, England in the late middle ages. The town's dyers had a reputation for producing material that didn't fade with washing, that is, it remained 'fast' or 'true'. The phrase 'as true as Coventry blue' originated then and is still used (in Coventry at least). The town's standing was recorded in 1670 by John Ray in the first edition of A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs:
"Coventry had formerly the reputation for dying of blues; insomuch that true blue became a Proverb to signifie one that was always the same and like himself."
There are other theories as to the origin of 'true blue'. For example, the representation in paintings of the Virgin Mary in blue clothing, the purity of lineage of the Spanish nobility {The blue bloods}, or the blue aprons worn by butchers. These derivations are unlikely as they aren't supported by documentary evidence that link them to 'true blue'. The Coventry story also has the added credence of closely matching the 'steadfast, unwavering' meaning of the phrase.
The change from the literal 'fast' colored cloth to the allusory 'steadfast' loyal supporters came around the time that Ray was writing his book of proverbs. The Covenanters were a group of 17th century Scottish Presbyterians who swore to uphold the National Covenant and oppose the rule of James IV of Scotland. They wore blue as their badge and those who unequivocally supported the cause were called 'true blue'. Samuel Butler referred to this denomination in the satirical poem Hudibras, 1663:
For his Religion it was Fit To match his learning and wit; 'Twas Presbyterian true blue
The Covenanters are no longer politically active, although the name survives as the nickname of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Conservative politics has also maintained an association with the phrase and blue was adopted as the color of the Tory Party in England {later called the Conservative Party}. Staunch Conservative supporters, those whom Margaret Thatcher would have called 'one of us', are known as 'true blue' Tories.
-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 Morning!!!
Coffee and Chicken salad sandwich with bbq chips please. I prefer Lay’s thank you.
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86.
Good Luck today Jeffrey, my thoughts and prayers are with you today.
BN Gary- AAwww, there are so many people you will run into in life who rub you the wrong way like those “gotta be my ways”, the “know it alls” and of course the “better than thou’s”. You’ll learn to just tune them out. In spite of how they come across, if you listen some just talk and they really only repeat what they hear, but others actually have some great knowledge to pass on. You just have to edit what they say. Now I’m not referring to any specific person or subject matter. I know you guys were talking a bit about TA462, but I was definately not referring to him, nor was I refering to MRing exclusively
Funny how some people believe it’s their right to be able to speak their opinion…, and not have to listen to mine.
The fair was…….missing stuff it seemed. Just wasn’t as ….,well, I can’t explain it. Shoot I didn’t even eat that much either. Oh well, at least I got hat out of the way for the year.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good morning. ...... I'll have a carmel pecan roll with coffee please.
Todd ..... Uh, that sandwich and the chips were not on the breakfast menu.
kbkchooch ONR fan, I remember Dave's post and I understand how bent out of shape a diagnosis like that can be. My SWMBO got the same diagnosis 6 months after we were married. I wish them both well, please pass that along.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning all!
RAIN RAIN RAIN ...it's becomming rather irritating after so many days.
Haven't been around in a few days. Took a little trip North to visit the "outlaws"...it wasn't all that bad. They actually picked me up copies of Canadian Railway Modeler and Canadian Rail: The Magazine of Canada's Railway History on their recent trip up into Canada. I have never seen nor heard of them before and I am rather impressed. I see that I can get a subscription down here in the U.S. and may just do that. Anyone else here read them?
Anyways, I hope you fellas have a great day!
Happy modeling!
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."
Good MorningDull with possible showers this afternoon/evening...high of 77 expected feeling like 86.....BBQ went really well yesterday...smoked tenderloin with grilled veggies and salads...yay!!Off this week so get to go and.....do a bunch of gotta do's / gotta buys...all honey do list things...not so yay....
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/
TMarsh Good Morning!!! Coffee and Chicken salad sandwich with bbq chips please. I prefer Lay’s thank you. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Good Luck today Jeffrey, my thoughts and prayers are with you today. BN Gary- AAwww, there are so many people you will run into in life who rub you the wrong way like those “gotta be my ways”, the “know it alls” and of course the “better than thou’s”. You’ll learn to just tune them out. In spite of how they come across, if you listen some just talk and they really only repeat what they hear, but others actually have some great knowledge to pass on. You just have to edit what they say. Now I’m not referring to any specific person or subject matter. I know you guys were talking a bit about TA462, but I was definately not referring to him, nor was I refering to MRing exclusively Funny how some people believe it’s their right to be able to speak their opinion…, and not have to listen to mine. The fair was…….missing stuff it seemed. Just wasn’t as ….,well, I can’t explain it. Shoot I didn’t even eat that much either. Oh well, at least I got hat out of the way for the year. Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
it's gonna eat away at me though, just like what alco fan had said to me....
Garry, NP2626 is probably out sailing. I hadn't seen him in a while but I did send him a PM.
Morning All,
Currently it is 61 with an expected high of 91 under smokey skies. There is a fire just west of Lake Tahoe, and the light wind is blowing in an easterly direction, bringing us the smoke.
Back to work today after a nice weekend off. Did not get much modeling done, but met with some friends, grocery shopped and cooked several meals for the week.
In the firearms business we deal with lots of know it all's, and you should do things this way. It does get rather irritating after awhile, but I try and roll with.
Need to got to cable company and return cable box today as I cancelled the service.
Prayers to all in need, especially Jeff, and Daves wife.
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
Afternoon guys
Not a whole lot going on here. I'd work on my trains, but I need to get parts and paint. But then I always buy a new project... I cleaned my work bench last night. I found a DH163 and a few beacons, but not the SMDs or the glazing for my RTR SD40-2. Looks like I'll have to call Athearn later. I really want to get this SD40-2 going, but I'm starting to want to ditch the mini-bulbs and use LEDs, but that requires buying something to fill the headlights in. I may work on my BN F9, GP18, or one of my GP9s. The F9 need some detail work, and I have all the parts, the GP18 needs some oil, and the GP9 needs a decoder. They all need beacons though. I have 2, but no bulbs for them (I'll probably snag some of the minitronics bulbs to replace the Athearn ones and use for beacons). I could do some work to my GP30, but I need some BLMA light blank-outs for the upper headlight.
Jeff, sorry I didn't post this sooner, but good luck with the operation,
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.
Hello, Diners .......
I have heard from Jeff's Dad, and Jeff's surgery went as well as can be expected.
I started a thread in the main forum about Jeff, and posted more details.
Feel free to post comments and get well wishes in that thread.
Evenin' everyone!
Been a busy day sitting here at the computer.... Actually i drove out to the museum this morning to give a tour to a bunch of 5 year olds from a day camp. I did have fun! Most of the time since I got home this afternoon has been spent scanning in faculty photos from my Sr. Yearbook to be shown at the Friday Night gathering of the Class of 64. I have a week and a half to get everything done and I need a couple weeks at least! I now have 98 photos scanned in. Will use about 80 of them most likely.
Tomorrow I have a lunch meeting in Canandaigua with one of the classmates to help organize the name tags for the events and make sure all is well with that. I still have to go over the list of 50's and 60' tuned that have been picked out for the Dinner (and Dancing) on Saturday night. They picked out 5.4 hours of music... Ain't no way my classmates are going to hang around and dance for 5.4 hours! Some I will pull over into the Dinner music list. Others i will likely scramble to not have the list be alpha.... LOL
I also have a Museum meeting Thursday Night, Museum Picnic this coming Saturday, and Diesel Days next Sunday. That tokes a bit of time out of the available zone to get everything done for the class reunion the following weekend. I also have to write my column for the Division Newsletter, get all information for the next NMRA Meet, and take the cat to the Vets on Friday for his yearly exam and blood draw.
Sure glad I'm not just sitting here twiddling my thumbs wishing I had something to keep me busy.
I went over and left a message for Jeffrey on the thread..
Hope you all have a great night!
hey fellas, I just got done detailing BN#9943. it may need a repaint so that the color matches or I may repaint it into a silver scheme and get a new #9942. it looks ok but I really need more practice.
also what happened to CudaKen? I haven't seen him in forever.
Burlington Northern #24 hey fellas, I just got done detailing BN#9943. it may need a repaint so that the color matches or I may repaint it into a silver scheme and get a new #9942. it looks ok but I really need more practice. also what happened to CudaKen? I haven't seen him in forever.
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
alexstan Burlington Northern #24 hey fellas, I just got done detailing BN#9943. it may need a repaint so that the color matches or I may repaint it into a silver scheme and get a new #9942. it looks ok but I really need more practice. also what happened to CudaKen? I haven't seen him in forever. Photo?
Hey there guys.
Not much to mention other than that we are back on 8 hour days at work. Relieved about that.
On WoWP, I have gotten into the Russian ground attack fighters. Nice, powerful, heavily armed brutes, but they need the watch of fighter escorts, and so far, they have been chasing rabbits. I have been shot down many a time because of this.
GOOD TUESDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Tuesday, August 13th, 2013...
I lit the prayer candles with 2 extra for Jeffrey's speedy recovery!
I hpe you never experience the "bitter end" in MRRing!Q, SO:
To the limit of one's efforts - to the last extremity
THe short quick version:
This is the end of the anchor line that is suppose to be tied to the ship. If you forgot to tie it down, your entire anchor would be lost overboard. Thus, you would have seen 'the bitter end'.
Bitter has been an adjective meaning acrid or sour tasting since the year 725 AD at the minimum. The word was in common use in the Middle Ages and Shakespeare uses it numerous times in his plays and poems, as do many other dramatists. The phrase 'the bitter end' would seem, fairly obviously, to come directly from that meaning.
But not so fast. Enter, stage left, Captain Smith. Here's what he has to say, in his publication Seaman's Grammar, 1627, which is the earliest citation of the phrase in print:
"A Bitter is but the turne of a Cable about the Bits, and veare it out by little and little. And the Bitters end is that part of the Cable doth stay within boord."
As you might have deduced, a bitt is a post fastened in the deck of a ship, for fastening cables and ropes. When a rope is played out to the bitter end, it means there is no more rope to be used.
But, again, not so fast! Folk etymologists are those who say something is true with no more justification than that they would like it to be true. They are thickest on the ground in the area of military and especially naval attributions. People seem to love a sailor's yarn, and anything with a whiff of the sea is seized on with enthusiasm. So much so that more thoughtful etymologists have dreamed up the inventive acronym CANOE - the Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything.
So, is this one from CANOE or not? We like to be definitive and, although the naval origin does seem to have a good case, it isn't conclusive. This time we'll sit on the fence and let you decide.
Gidday All, as OzJim has been busy I hope he doesn't mind if I briefly divert his tour for a quick flit to Sydney, though a flight from Cairns to Sydney takes the same time, about 3 hours, as a flight from Auckland New Zealand to Sydney, so quick may not be the operative word!
As a bit of background, in 1979 as a 21 year old country lad from New Zealands Southland Province, I decided it was time to see the "BIG SMOKE" and Sydney, having the same population ( at the time just under 4 million) as the whole of New Zealand, seemed to be the obvious choice.
Sydney harbour , courtesy of Rodney Haywood & Wikipedia.
As the Statute of Liberty is regarded, by most people, at least of my age, Down Under, as an icon of New York; the White House, Washington; the Golden Gate , San Francisco, so too are the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, courtesy of "lights + shades" & Wikipedia.
To cut a long story short, my first job in Sydney was driving the night shift, 1500 to 0300 hours for the Yellow Cab Co and as I didn't have a car travelled to and from work on the Sydney Suburban Trains. I didn't own a camera back then so have none of my own photos, but the following are of the types in service when I used them. Even when I got a car and had motorcycles, the train into the Central Station was still cheaper.
A "Sputnik'" car, courtesy of J Bar & Wikipedia.
Comeng Power Cars, courtesy of Michael Hendry, & Wikipedia
Goninan S Car set at Central Station, courtesy of "Hpeterswa" & Wikipedia.
To finish my Sydney sojourn, in late Feb 1982, an old friend back in New Zealand rang me up and offered me a job. When he told me that I would be based in a small town in the King Country, the whole districts population being under 5000, I was there the following week, This kid had had enough of the BIG SMOKE.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All 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."
Coffee and …Philly steak omelet please. Order of home fries too thank you.
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Thanks Garry! For posting about Jeff. I was glad to hear the news. Once he gets accustomed to the change (which truthfully at this point he could barely use the foot anyway so it may not be as much a transition as we would imagine) and fitted with a prosthesis, I bet he’ll just be buzzin around like he’s a new man. Trouble keeping track of him. At least he should be more stable with something he can actually apply some weight to.
Welp, trimmed up the trees in the front yard yesterday and trimmed the bushes by the front walk. Trimings loaded into the truck and taken to the village burn pile. I hate River Birches. HATE 'em. I have a couple limbs need the chainsaw yet and two more bushes to tackle and Vi-oleo!! I’m done. Well not really. Have tons more to do, but those are the things the wife has…...complained... about the most for the longest. But first, the girl has moved in the apartment so now the stairwell can be finished and I can call that whole project history. Then the inside of the lid for the chest freezer at w*rk has come down so I have to fix that and the closet bi-fold in a duplex needs replaced AND……something else…..oh well, if I hang around long enough they’ll remind me.
Good morning to everyone. Glad to see Jeffrey's operation went well, and hoping we'll see him back here soon. My father-in-law had to have his elbow repaired a few weeks back after a fall. He's still in a rehab facility. He's 96, and he and his 92-years young wife, after 67 years of marriage, are still stubbornly living independently in a second-floor condo with no elevator.
For you fighter-plane guys, I'm an afficianado of Flight Simulator. I don't like getting shot at, but I enjoy the challenge of desktop aviation. I use FS2004, a bit dated now, but it runs great and I've got so many add-ons that I'd never be happy starting over with FSX and playing the base game. Just like with my train layout, I'm a "Builder" with Flight Simulator. This week, I've been upgrading the airports on the island nation of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and adding appropriate "artificial intelligence" aircraft to give the airports some traffic. FYI, I've got a joystick somehwere, but I use a flight yoke and pedals. It makes more sense for civil flying.
MisterBeasley Good morning to everyone. Glad to see Jeffrey's operation went well, and hoping we'll see him back here soon. My father-in-law had to have his elbow repaired a few weeks back after a fall. He's still in a rehab facility. He's 96, and he and his 92-years young wife, after 67 years of marriage, are still stubbornly living independently in a second-floor condo with no elevator. For you fighter-plane guys, I'm an afficianado of Flight Simulator. I don't like getting shot at, but I enjoy the challenge of desktop aviation. I use FS2004, a bit dated now, but it runs great and I've got so many add-ons that I'd never be happy starting over with FSX and playing the base game. Just like with my train layout, I'm a "Builder" with Flight Simulator. This week, I've been upgrading the airports on the island nation of Maldives in the Indian Ocean, and adding appropriate "artificial intelligence" aircraft to give the airports some traffic. FYI, I've got a joystick somehwere, but I use a flight yoke and pedals. It makes more sense for civil flying.
Good MorningDull and rainy here...high of....65?!?!?Going to church this morning to put some names on our church prayer list..Jeff's being one of them...Having a few coffees with some friends later on at the mall as well...Have a good day!!
Morning gang!
Glad to hear Jeffrey is doing as well as can be expected, as everyone is pulling for him!
Every few months, our local auction house has a train auction. Last night was one instance. Lots of O, O27 and HO stuff. Most of the HO stuff had been rode hard and put away wet. Prices were all over the place,,,,mostly too High! Unassembled Varney plastic kits, a flat of 8 for 110.00. Athearn BB kits,,7 for $90.00. I did buy an box lot of disemboweled trains, mainly for a pristine Athearn GP38 shell inside for a whole 5 bucks. Got it home and started reassembling stuff, and came up with a half dozen HO freight cars! But the best deal for me was 3 cases of cork roadbed for $20.00. I paid less for those 3 than I would pay for 1, and now I think I have enough cork for the layout! I'll be going back in October for the next one!
Gotta skeedattle for now,,,,I'll catch ya later! (Galaxy, whats a skeedattle anyways?)
Here Flo,,,,take the plastic,,I got tops!
alexstanWow, I'm not the only one who loves FS. I started with FS2002, then went to FS2004, now I'm with FSX and dabble in XPlane.
I'm "Captain Barfbag" over on AVSIM. I started on FS98, then upgraded to FS2002. I was spending so much time on it that my wife thought she needed to do something to get me out of the computer room. So she said, "Why don't you get your old trains out of the attic and set them up.?"
And the rest is history.