morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!!!
HAPPY HOLLOWEEN ! {for those who celebrate!}
Today is October 31, 2013!!
Today's fun limerick:
There was a young lady named Rose
Who had a large wart on her nose.
When she had it removed
Her appearance improved,
But her glasses slipped down to her toes.
Today's fun children's medicine claims:
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Guard against serious illness by giving them Broncil- The medically Correct remedy- at the first signs of cold, sneeze,cough or slight fever.
It contains no habit forming drugs and is safe for the system.
50 Cents
Made by
Modern Products, CO.
Your druggist sells it!
Get 'em better so they can get back to work!
{ if you got it at at the druggists, wouldn't you know he sells it?}
Today's fun mystery words:
jarkman: (n.) a forger of counterfeit documents, passes or licenses
milquetoast: (MILK-tohst) (n.)- A timid, unassertive person Etymology: After Caspar Milquetoast, a comic strip character by H.T. Webster (1885-1952). A synonym of the word is milksop. Earliest documented use: 1932.
trouvaille: /tro͞oˈvī/ (n.) a fortunate or lucky find or ingenious idea. Etymology: From french trouver {to find} + -aille.
LATER EDIT: TOP TWO days in a row! Boy my CC is getting a work out!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Happy Halloween!
Good Morning Folks,
Zoe, may I just sit here and warm up a little? I am just back from dentist´s appointment and I am not allowed to eat or drink anything for the next hour.
No news from Regner about the availability of that kit. I guess I have to ring them up in the afternoon to find out. Should the kit not be available in a reasonable time, I will have to either scratchbuild my own critter or look for an alternative gauge, i.e Gn15.
Have a ghoulish time today!
Morning All,
Currently it is 31 with an expected high of 62 under sunny skies.
A w**k day for me. Hope I get home in time for the trick or treaters, so they will not pull any tricks on me.
Ran several trains yesterday which was fun. Other than that not much happening.
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
BOO!!!
Happy Halloween guys. I'm stopping in for a quick stop today.
Tuesday night at the train club a member was giving away a locomotive. It was in an AHM box, so most people didn't think it was worth tinkering with. It's a 4-6-2 pacific. But I inspected it close since it didn't have pizza-cutters, and it said "made in Yugoslavia" on the bottom. Turns out to be an IHC pacific with a gummed-up motor.
I cleaned up the motor and it runs okay now. I tried to shoe-horn another motor into it, but it didn't fit. So I'm stuck with a 3-pole can motor that came with it. I also rewired it for DCC and installed an LED for the head light. I'm going to use an SMD for the rear light. I have a DH123 with burned out light functions that I'm going to use for it. Figure I could get it up and running around before seeing if I could sell it. There is a catch with it though, the worm cover was cracked, but I used a screw to hold it in place. I know one of the guys has one of these locos he used for parts, so maybe he knows more about then I do.
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.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
BOO!!!!
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a couple scrambled eggs, hashbrowns a toast with strawberry preserves please. Thank you.
Occasional showers and thunderstorms. High near 67. Rain gage has 2¼” in it from yesterday and last night.
Welp, hope you all have fun tonight for those of you that celebrate. Me, I just grumble at having to buy all this candy to give away to people I don’t know. I don’t mind the grandkids and a few of the neighborhood kids. And of course my friends kids who will probably bring their kids up to the restaurant to collect their ransom because Brenda may end up walking around with the grandkids when they show up (one reason I really can’t complain about others so I give candy away as well) and I have to w*rk so no one may be home when they stop by. They don't go around neighborhoods, just to family and well, me. Good sized family that hasn't moved away so the kids get plenty of candy from them. I’m just gonna make up 5 bags for them. It’s ok because they’re the grandkids of my friend the owner. Also probably oughta make up a couple more for the Mothers of the kids. They’re dressing up too. One, is going as a pregnant Asian woman (she’s expecting their third) and the other is going as a stressed out Mother who is trying to control three small children on Halloween. Yah. I better make them one too incase they ask. Now these two womens standing on the others shoulders would probably make the one on top look me in the eye. But I won’t mess with either one. Probably why we get along so well.
Sometimes a man has to know his place in the world!
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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, a hot bowl of oatmeal with raisins, please. Oh, yes, a cup of dark roast coffee is needed as well.... Probably a couple refils also.
Cold, dark, gloomy, and wet here in the Finger Lakes today. Glad I only bought about a third of the candy I usually do... Last few years I have only had a few trick or treaters come to my door. Probably because the kids no longer know me as Thee Music Teacher and I don't do anything much in the way of decorating. I do have some butterscotch toll house cookies baked for my granddaughters though (Oh, and a bag for mom and dad too).
I am sitting here printing materials for doing the RR Merit Badge on Saturday (in the rain out at the museum...). Tomorrow I have a major meeting with the other officers of the Division of the NMRA to start planning a convention we are in charge of for 2015. Have to get ready for THAT meeting also.
CPAP appears to doing its job. I have had 2 good nights sleep with it and I am getting used to wearing it. Slept better last night. Early this morning Blackie came up to my head and was quite upset that something had attacked "Daddy". He woke me up and then tried his best to remove the mask! I had to convince him I was alright...
Hope all of you have a great All Hallows Eve and a wonderful blessed All Saints Day tomorrow! (Yes they are Church Feast Days...).
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusCPAP appears to doing its job. I have had 2 good nights sleep with it and I am getting used to wearing it. Slept better last night. Early this morning Blackie came up to my head and was quite upset that something had attacked "Daddy". He woke me up and then tried his best to remove the mask! I had to convince him I was alright...
Yup. CPAP is great! Sleep is great, I have good dreams. Callista (she is a cat) was indeed upset when I turned the machine on but got used to it quick enough so long as I do not point the overflow at her.
Anyway, once I am done reading the cat goes back out doors, and I curl up with my bear. The bear NEVER complains.
ROAR
Good Afternoon Folks!
Did I say the dentist´s appointment was a painful adventure? Indeed it was! I lost a tooth beginning of this year and the gap has now finally been "bridged". Before that was done, the dentist took a part away from the surrounding teeth (happened last week), and now cleaned the whole lot before "implanting" the bridge. That cleaning, however, proved the most painful affair next to the heart attacks I had. I am glad the pain is gone now.
Talking of pains, I called the Regner folks to find out, whether they will be able to supply that kit. The answer was - you guessed it - no! This means either giving up on this plan, or finding a different way of solving the issue. Now I don´t dare to scratchbuild a loco, so I have to use something which is available as a kit.
Gauge Gn15 is the answer! What? You have never heard of Gn15. That´s 15" gauge in a 1:22.5 scale, running on HO tracks. As I have those HO Peco track and switches, I already have enough material to build the layout. Need to get a loco, though.
I have set my eye on this one:
With a few minor modifications and add-ons, it´ll do, I hope.
The reworked plan looks like this:
I have added a little turntable, which will be made of a CD and a CD case!I could not resist to add some more detail to the drawing.
The day to slaughter my piggy bank has come!
BroadwayLion [ Anyway, once I am done reading the cat goes back out doors, and I curl up with my bear. The bear NEVER complains. ROAR
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Br. Elias, now you have me confused.. A BEAR ?? I thought for sure it would have been a LION.
Johnboy out......................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
No travel for a couple of days, wahoo!
On the subject of MRI's, I have had only one. I closed my eyes hoping that I would forget that I was in an enclosed space. I ended up falling asleep.
We have the grandkids coming to visit for Idaho this weekend. They haven't been here since last Christmas so they haven't seen any of my trains yet. I am pretty excited to show them. They are fairly young, so they will not be "playing" with my little trains, but I did buy an HO Thomas set that I will set up for them to use. Sound be a lot of fun. (Scary part is that they will be here for three weeks.)
Richard
Good Afternoon. It's 68° with 100% humidity. The high will be 78° and feel like 84°. with and tonight Got up at 6:15 this morning and the rain was coming down hard. Got ready for my doctors appointment and 7:30 came around it was still raining hard and heavy. I got another shower on the way to the car and it rained all the way to DeRidder and all the way back. Now the funny part, while we were at the docs office the rain let up and it was calm. We got ready to leave and it started pouring again.Report from the docs office: They made a fiberglass mold of my stump and took some measurements. I have to go back in two weeks to try on a test socket that I can walk around on so they can the rest of the information they need for a permanent fitting. The doc says I'll be walking by Thanksgiving.KCS 609 SD40-3 Renumbered KCS 60009. Ex-UP 3084. Photo taken April 13th 2008.KCS 7011 SD50 - Ex-NS 5476, Ex2-CR6832. Photo taken Sept 12th 2007.
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
Happy Halloween ................. Here is a BNSF Pumpkin for the occasion!
It is a rainy Halloween here. Yesterday, I was in Nashville. My Main Squeeze arrived from Detroit at the Nashville airport. Next, we had dinner and visited with family members in Nashville. JohnBoy .... Still praying for you. Hope the MRI identified the problem and it can be fixed easily. I hope it is not serious. I'll never have an MRI because of all of the metal pieces holding together my spine from an old car accident and also because I have an implanted heart device. Ulrich ..... It looks like you are planning a very fun layout! Where is Barry ? I'll be at the rivit counter goblin Halloween candy and carmel apples!
It is a rainy Halloween here.
Yesterday, I was in Nashville. My Main Squeeze arrived from Detroit at the Nashville airport. Next, we had dinner and visited with family members in Nashville.
JohnBoy .... Still praying for you. Hope the MRI identified the problem and it can be fixed easily. I hope it is not serious.
I'll never have an MRI because of all of the metal pieces holding together my spine from an old car accident and also because I have an implanted heart device.
Ulrich ..... It looks like you are planning a very fun layout!
Where is Barry ?
I'll be at the rivit counter goblin Halloween candy and carmel apples!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
This is for the Diners that were in here in the early days when the Diner was called the Coffee Shop because they are the ones that would remember Bill North. His wife Kitty had called and said that he passed away back in May from heart problems and he was a regular poster back then and he was a vet(101st airborne). So I thought those that remember him would like to know.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Sad news to hear about Bill, I do remember him ( I have been here since 2003 )
Not much here today except rain and win. Had to stop by the office supply store to get ink for printer and also picked up a box of mechanical pencils.
Sorry to hear about Bill North. I wasn't active on the Coffee Shop at that time or if I was it was to a minimal extent. I've only been a member on here since the summer of 2004. I lurked as a guest on dial-up about a year before that.
It is not a happy Halloween for me .......never was
Sunday October 27th.........while I was at the show in Timonium at 3 pm my grandfather passed away.
Today was the day that my family laid him to rest............the very day of my birthday.
This will never be a happy day for me again.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Evening guys
Well some bank stuff (IDK what it was called) matured and I had some spending cash. So I got all 3 of the new Athearn RTR SD40-2s in BN, 4 lokpilot decoders, and a bulk pack of kadees. Hopefully they should be here soon. I'm thinking about selling some of my locos and cars though, just so I can focus more on the common types. If I go through with it, it'd probably be some GP30s, SD24s, some basket-case locos, and that pacific I got the other night.
But I can't wait for those SD40-2s to show up. I have some Lucite rod, LEDs, and SMDs (if the beacons don't have bulbs already) waiting for them. Figure I'll do my ATSF SD40-2 while I'm at it.
Dennis, Sorry to hear about your father.
Sorry to hear about your grandfather Dennis.
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Well I don't feel any worse than I did this morning but I don't feel any better either. Maybe that's a good sign? No work was done on Paradise Cove today. In fact no work was done on anything. I just didn't feel up to it. The weather was pretty lousy today too. Rain all day. Heavy in the morning bordering on fifty gallon drums. We (my father and I) could hardly see the road while driving to DeRidder for my doc appointment this morning. He made a fiberglass mold of my stump and said in two weeks he'll have a test prostheses ready for me to stomp around on. It'll only be used in his office to find anything that has to be adjusted or changed before the final version is made. It'll be carbon-fiber. Very light but also very strong and non-conductive. He sees no reason why I shouldn't be walking by Thanksgiving.I was looking for my KCS roster (the real roster, not models) earlier today. I found it but it's in XLS format and wouldn't you know this computer doesn't have Microsoft Excel. Well neither does my computer at home but that didn't stop me then and it wasn't going to stop me now. I did the same thing I did back then. I put Libra-Office on this system. It does everything I need to do with XLS documents and more and it's free so that's a plus I like. Now I can read my KCS rosters.Well I'm quite tired so I'm going to wrap it up and call it a day. See y'all tomorrow. Hope I feel better by then.The loco in this video is TFM 1604, an SD70MAC. The sound stinks but the video is fair.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me please...
Not many little Trick or Treaters tonight. there were only two houses open for them on my street... Mine and a neighbor across the street. I had about 15 total. Lucky I bought around a third of what i usually do so I don't have a lot of leftovers to raise my blood sugar for the next several days. Just can't let it sit around you know. Yeah, I know no will power. Anyway my Granddaughters came over got some candy, then I said to them, "Hey! Grandpa has got something even better for you two." I told them I had some of my Butterscotch Cookies for them. i wish you could have seen the grins! I had three bags of cookies. Two had 3 cookies in them for the girls and one had 6 cookies in it for My son, his wife, and her Mom. Granddaughter #2 tried to grab the one with 6 in it! She ain't no dummy! Before they left I made sure they visited the house across the street so my neighbor could meet my granddaughters.
I have a large box of materials sitting here to take to tomorrows meeting... Need to be in Rochester at 10:30 in the morning.
Dennis, very sorry to hear about your Grandfather...
Jeffrey, sounds like you'll be stumping around the house soon...
Best get myself to bed. Prayers for all in need. That's most everyone I think.
Well Fellas, I guess I am still waiting.
I heard from the Surgeon's office today and they said from what they found with the MRI the Doctor wants an
(Ultra Sound Guided Biopsy) now before he operates. This will be on my Thyroid and the mass itself. I have already had a Biopsy and an Ultra Sound but now one together. This will be the sixth test with weeks between each one. Hope this is the last one, I want this over with. I guess I should be pleased that he is being so careful to have as much knowledge about it before firing up the scaple.
Had my Grandson over this evening. He was dressed as a little SKUNK. It was a real cute costume. But he wasn't interested in the Halloween thing or the goodies all he wanted was for Papa to take him down to see the Too Toos. I think I have a convert in my presence. He really loves the cabooses and watches for them to come out of the many tunnels.
We are going to go to Billings for the week end as my Son will not get home for Christmas this year as he is down on seniority and will be on call there. So this will be our Christmas visit. So I might not be on here for the better part of the week, well we will be back late Tuesday I think.Don't have to work again until Friday. Another Son and DIL will look after the place while we are gone.
Jeff, hope tomorrow shows an improvement for you, and walking by Thanksgiving sounds great.
Ulrich, hope that new loco works out for you. Glad you have enough supplies to get started.
Galaxy, I'm loving and sharing some of your limericks.
Rob, glad to hear there is going to be construction on the new layout. Did you get all the drywall and electrical done over the summer.?
Paul, nice to hear you are planning to retire and move closer to your Daughters.
Vincent, three new locos in one purchase.... Don't think I have ever done that. Enjoy them.
Dennis, our Condolences on your family's loss. A very sad time. I know it wasn't but Happy Birthday anyway.
Pittsburg Tom, A Happy Birthday to you too. Hope the back is better real soon. were you carrying too much wine ?
Where is young Gary Dupree from Washington lately ?
Well I am tired and there is a long drive tomorrow, so I think I'll head off to the sack.
BTW, we had 48 trick and treaters tonight but the rest was cut short with some rain.
Best wishes to all, prayers for those who need them.
Johnboy out./...................................to ZZZZzzzzland
Although I haven't posted for a couple of weeks, I have peeked in almost everyday to see what's going on. Not too much going on at our house, but we did manage a quick trip in the middle of the month to Seneca Lake, Ray's stomping grounds. It was our annual wine run and now I'm good for another year.
Also have been railfanning as usual, but haven't seen much that's different or interesting enough to report on. Maybe I'll have better luck on Saturday. I did have to cancel my reservations for the Timonium train show. My back was giving me some problems again.
I was busy yesterday with a job I like less & less. That's washing the windows. There are 21 double hung windows in this old house, as well as 3 deadlight windows and 3 stormdoors. It takes most of the day, and I have to use a ladder for a couple of them. There are 4 cellar windows as well, but they are glass block and a quick wash with the hose takes care of them.
Last night my nephew and his family stopped by to wish me a Happy Birthday, which was today. We had a great time as his 3 kids were in their Halloween costumes. Their daughter was a mad scientist, their one son was a "Steeler" zombie, and his twin brother was a scarecrow, The costumes were homemade and really clever. Each of them then made up about a 5 minute skit explaining who they were suppose to be and how they got that way. Pretty clever and was the cause of a lot of laughter. They also brought some cup cakes and candles so we could celebrate the occasion properly.
We had 81 "Trick or Treaters" tonight. That's not very many for us, but it started to rain this afternoon and only stopped about 9 o'clock. So I would say we got the dedicated ones. We use to get between 200 & 250 kids. We enjoy the costumes, especially on the little ones. We don't mind even the older kids. Around here they usually are in costumes and everyone is very polite, always saying Thank You. Maybe we will get lucky next year and get more.
Got an early day tomorrow as I have a diabetic eye exam scheduled for 8 o'clock. Once that's over, it will be breakfast at a restaurant we sometimes go to when we are in that area. Then who knows what else, but I'm sure the wife will think of something. Hope everybody has a nice weekend.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Sorry, this place has moved to a new location.
Vinnie and the girls say thank you for being great customers last month - all bills were duly paid and no major damage was done to the place.
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