Good Morning!!!
Coffee and breakfast burrito please. Thanks.
Jeff- Oh yes. I forgot about the sister living in the house.
Ray- I’m married. The “guilty sound” is a force of habit. The admission of guilt whether it be true or not, is the secret to a long marriage.
Hey Charlie! Glad to hear you’re doin good and glad you stopped in. I second Garry’s comment on retirement and “free time”.
Curt- Glad to see you too!
to all the new folks!
Gonna be a weddin in these here parts. Friend of mines daughter is getting hitched this afternoon so that’s pretty much all what I got goin on othern some laundry and a few odds and ends.
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.
I've gotten a start on the new game. The 'tentative' name on it right now is 'Native Fury'. So far I have the introduction screen done. That explains what the game is about, where it takes place, what you'll be doing, what the commands are and how they work. That's all for now but it's a start.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Evening Folks!
It´s been a wet n´ windy day today. In fact too wet and windy to give that critter the coat of paint. I can only do these things outside - even with acrylic paints, it is too smelly to do that type of job inside.
I desperately need something for my hands to do - I have too much time for bad thoughts.
Jeff - I just love the squirrel massage!
I hope everyone is doing fine - glad to see some of the MIA´s back in town!
Good Afternoon, Janie - I'll have a BLT, some cheesey fries, and a RBF please. Thank you!
I had training at w**k pretty much all of Thursday and Friday - interesting stuff, and the presenters were good, but that's too much sitting (even with breaks) at a couple of 'spells'! But got it done, and both days, we were able to finish up early a little. Except that on Friday, when I went up by my office to check how my co-w**kers had been doing, I learned that their office (next door to mine) had apparently an infestation of roaches (their guess was, that some client who was homeless (we have had a couple in the past week or two) brought them along in their bag of belongings. Ick! And all (so far) that was being done was to put out a bunch of 'roach hotels' around the room, and shut the door. I know, from one place I lived when I was still in college, that that isn't likely to do much; they need one of those 'shut the door and set off the spray-bomb' things (for all the rooms, probably)! I dread going back to the office on Monday.
On a better note, I have got a little more MRR-related stuff done. I'd wanted to put some interior details in the shed that goes with my Farmers' Co-op Grain Elevator (the Walthers 'wooden' one that I'd posted some pics of in here, a while back). Here's an 'overhead' view, and an 'in the doorway' view:
I want to clean up the 'spill-over' I got from touching up the 2-wheeler. Still debating about painting the outside the same 'country red' color as the elevator is, or sticking with the white base coat I gave the shed (a primer, but it wound up looking like a weathered white type of color).
Todd - doesn't Brenda w**k at a grain elevator (or similar business)? Other than not being cluttered enough - which I'm trying to figure what else I can put in there - does that look about right? My story is that it's right before the next train shipment has arrived, and their stock of supplies, etc. is a bit low... - And sorry for your confusion about my confusion about... Hmm, I think my train of thought derailed. What do some of you Diners think about the Shed being a different color from the grain elevator?
Hustle_Mustle, to the Diner! And have a mug/glass of your favorite beverage on me. Galaxy, I'm sure, will cover our very basic 'rules' around here (pretty easy to keep up with, mostly), and our servers include Zoe & Chloe (twin sisters, the first one covers days, and her Sis the evenings), Flo, Janie and... (forget the other weekend gal's name), and they can take your order (and our cook can fix virtually any type of food you can think of). Tell us a little about your layout/plans/self, if you would, please.
And Garry (CB&Q) - I take it that you'll be 'hamming it up' at the festival? And if you can't go see the buffaloes, can they at least come out and play with you?
Karl, I can learn either way, whether somebody's having 'technical difficulties' with the install (as with Garry's install that he mentioned in the Bachmann 44-tonner), or with those who have 'successfully' installed dozens of decoders. See, I'm very much a newbie to DCC...[puff of smoke icon here]...
Paul, thanks for the photos of your "Summer Theater" barn. What'd you use for building the stage? IIRC, I think that kit comes with the benches for the audience, but I didn't recall about the stage.
JaBear - hey, somedays I would dearly love to retire and be done with some of the hecticness. Other times, I figure I might have ADHD and all my 'stuff' keeps me distracted and going... And excellent job on those lifeboats, by the way! (I think we have that saying about "Necessity [or our cheapskate tendencies] is the mother of invention" (or freelancing, or kitbashing, or scratchbuilding, or ...) Loved your story about your early morning call, too.
Dennis, those bird videos sound cool. I almost had a flashback to "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", just from reading the description...
Lee - CONGRATULATIONS!! and back! (You did get married to Dorothy, right? It HAS been quite a while that I was out of the Diner, so I couldn't say for sure, one way or another...) Sorry to hear about the maritime layout escapade. Glad the layout survived (and may you completely avoid any lingering dampness anywhere in the house!), and that you are surviving the 'shutdown'/slowdown/whatever-it-is.
Galaxy - So... Kakistocracy, eh?... Yeah, pure coincidence... And nice to know we're in Maine - that explains the moose tracks I saw outside the Diner this morning.
Jeff - on your father & stepmother taking that trip to Roswell: 1) they may survive and still be speaking (but it depends on how often they stop/how many miles they cover in one day - don't ask me how I know...), and 2) Roswell, New Mexico? Are they going to an Area 51 convention? Nice job on the tanker weathering - it even turned it a different color! Cool!
Oh, are you writing your game like an EAMON one, Jeff? If so (or even if not), I might have you send me a copy (once I ensure that I have a blank 5.2.5-inch one). Loved the squirrel massage photo - you took that outside of the trailer, right?
Richard (RideOnRoad) - and to the Diner, as well! Hey, we can be an entertaining bunch here...
CN Charlie and Curt, good to see both of you back again! And CN Charlie, congrats on your soon-to-be ROF status!
Ray, careful, or that feral cat may follow you and slip inside your sister's house when you're there - and Claudie and Feral might proceed to have it out (and THAT would leave a mess, I'm sure!).
My back's doing better - I'm not having the tightness that was making tying my shoelaces difficult earlier, and minimal pain now.
It's Saturday, so I get out, stop by a local Christian bookstore and listen to any new CDs (they have one of those devices where you scan the barcode and can listen with headphones to cuts from it), check out possible new books (Duck Dynasty, others...). Usually, I have trouble getting out without managing to buy something...
We had rain this morning (pouring down pretty heavy for a while earlier in the morning), and I decided to be lazy and have the laundromat do mine for me. So I will swing back by there, and pick that up before I see what I manage to buy at the bookstore. May also see if I can find some pants in my size at Penney's or Sears, whoever has it in stock.
May get back to my Merchants' Row kit and see if I can get the four sides all 'mortared' and assembled tonight. And the Cardinals won (in 13 innings) last night.
Prayers for those in need of healing, comfort, something for hands to do, and/or good night's sleep... and other stuff as needed.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Afternoon folks!
Been to Canandaigua and back, have most everything packed for the trasi n show tomorrow, and sent off a birthday card to my youngest in Chicago...
Jim, not to worry about Claude and Clim. They are friends or so my sister tells me. Once in a while she takes Claude outside to play with Clim. They are both about a year old, and will stay on the porch and wrestle and groom each other. I do not let Claude outside when I take care of them, but they do stare at each other through the window... Speaking of little itty bitty Claude the Tiger. Ahem... Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Claude the Cat!
He weighs in at about 20 lbs. and is just a year old I think. He has beautiful markings, very symmetrical. I do think he may have some Scottish Wild Cat blood back there some place judging by his build and certain things about his markings. But... he has a very sweet disposition which the wild cat does not have from what I have read. They are the one European Wild Cat that has never been tamed. Some of the hybreds, yes, but never a pure blood one.
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!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
JimRCGMOOh, are you writing your game like an EAMON one, Jeff? If so (or even if not), I might have you send me a copy (once I ensure that I have a blank 5.2.5-inch one).
Well I've made some progress. I worked out a rough flowchart for the first part of the game. That chart has forty-eight sections. I'm breaking that chart down into smaller charts of five to eight blocks. For now each block has five to ten lines of code. I've already worked in the first subchart of eight blocks starting with block 20, 100,200, 300,400, 500, 600, 700. The second subchart will start with block 800. The charts below are the original flowchart of part one of the game. It's going to be at least three parts before it's finished. The second chart is the first subchart from the first flowchart. There will be at least six of these from this one flowchart and there will be at least two more flowcharts. And all this is going into a computer that has 128k RAM and a 1.2 mhz processor. Slow is the operative word here.
Evening guys
I started cleaning up that 331 stroker for my car. turns out it wasn't really clean after being honed. I'm going to paint the block dark blue, cylinder heads will be silver (maybe unpainted aluminum if I get some of them).
As far as trains are concerned, I got a lot accomplished. I got that F45 running and tested it at my MR club. Works like a champ. I also installed working beacons in m 2 U30Cs, and have everything ready to go for the one for my U33C. I need to get a new motor, and I luckily have a lead on one. I also got 2 superliners in the mail. They are less than what I was expecting. No interiors and the previous owner super glued them shut and removed the metal springs for the diaphragms.
Dennis, I about fell out of my chair laughing at the "I don't get twitter" bit
I figure Tuesday, I could take a video of my 2 U30Cs, 2 C30-7s, 2 F45s, and 2 SD45s on a 58 car coal train. lol
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.
V8VegaIf you type in "I don't get Twitter" on Google you get 5.7 million results..
Good evening, Diners!
Sir Madog I desperately need something for my hands to do - I have too much time for bad thoughts. Jeff - I just love the squirrel massage!
Ulrich ... You solved your problem about something for your hands!. You can massage squirrels with your hands.
JimCG ..... Your Farmers Coop building interior is great! .... Tomorrow is final day of Ham Festival, and i have not attended. I should go there and get a supply of ham for the Diner.
Galaxy ..... You defined "doofus" and other words. What is the plural of doofus? Doofi? Do you encounter many doofi?
Ray .... Claude must be a big eater. I wonder if his favorite model train car is the hopper. (A Claude hopper)
Jeff ... Sounds like a challenge to make your own computer game. Regarding Roswell NM and UFO's, there was a UFO siting in this county only a few months ago. The people claim it was not at all like the helicopters from Fort Campbell which is near here.
Vincent...... You asked about the lights on the SD's.. I used the plastic twin beam lights made by Detail Associates. There is another parts maker that has prototypically correct CB&Q lights. They are more expensive. I made my own mounting brackets. Mine are not lighted, but that is okay, because Burlington did not normally have these upper lights turned on. I have six SD units by Proto 2000, and I added similar details to all of them Other details added to my SD's are spark arrestors, sun shades, and antennas. A couple of mine do not have steam generator roof details. One has footboards removed. .... My SD's are 2 black SD7's, 1 red SD7, 1 black SD9, and 2 red SD9's. ... I also have 2 Atlas SD24's (most recent Atlas production). ....
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ... Sounds like a challenge to make your own computer game.
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Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy ..... You defined "doofus" and other words. What is the plural of doofus? Doofi? Do you encounter many doofi?
Doofuses or doofi works. ANd Yes, I have encountered my fair share of doofuses/doofi, and I am surely positive I have been one a time or two in my life. How about you?
Another weird word:
Xanthodontous: having yellow teeth
-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.
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, October 13th, 2013!!!
Make it a GREAT DAY!!
Today's fun limericks:
{Made up by David Fogg of Costa Rica..featuring some of our weird words this week}:
The Roman co-founder named RomulusHad hair that was pretty ridiculous:With head lice it teemed;This was not esteemed --His friends called him Homo pediculus.
A coed, though very curvaceousAnd charming and socially gracious,Could not get a date'Cause college guys hateWhen gals are so darn furfuraceous.
"Why is it that people don't want us?This question continues to haunt us."The warthogs bemoanTheir being alone."Or maybe we're too xanthodontous?"
MORE weird words:
Fardel: (färdl)(n.) a pack; a bundle; a burden; something cumbersome or irksome
Muculency - a. Acting very snotty
NOT to be confused with:
Muculent: {L. muculentus, fr. mucus.} a. slimy; moist; and moderately viscous
Therblig - Pertaining to the study of time and motion, this is any task that can be analyzed. {model train building?} For further info, check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therblig
Coffee and the Sunday Breakfast buffet please and thank you.
Sunny, with a high near 70. Looks like the weather is gonna get back to a bit more seasonal.
Jim- I live in the state of confusion . As for the elevator buildings, nice job on yours by the way, this one here doesn’t do rail any more but I can say this, it’s too clean for a small one similar to the one she wo*ks at. Usually, not all I'm sure, but most I've been in, the small ones are barely staffed and general housecleaning is well, kinda lacking. The floor, though not like a dirt floor, would appear dirtier and the pallets would be in a bit more of a hap-hazard drop though definitely in discernible groups and rows. Just not that much of an appeared conscious effort to be neat about it. The outside, unless just painted or a fairly new building would also look like it needed paint and at least dirty. Elevators are usually very dirty places with chaf and dirt flying around all the time and they do not wash buildings or sweep what they don't absolutely have to that I've ever seen anyway . Keep in mind when detailing this, the guys that work there put in many hours loading trucks, moving grain, filling bins and fixing worn out equipment as well as some building maintenance as well and there probably isn’t enough people to do the warehousing if any at all. Most smaller elevators like hers have just a few guys doing everything. No specific bin workers, maintenece guys feed grinders or warehousers. Setting things neatly in the warehouse is pretty much low on their totem poles. Even though in reality that’s just the opposite way the totems are built but HEY! Enough of that. As for the colors, well unless they were built at the same time, they probably would not be the same color. In it’s hey day, just a few years ago before they tore down the feed mill part and old warehouse in favor of more bins since they hadn't delt with rail for yeeeeeears, the elevator she works at had, red, grey, yellow, white and maybe another color or two on concrete, wood and metal buildings. Whatever the color they thought would be nice at the time was what color they used regardless of what they may have used in the past. Again, keep in mind these small elevators aren’t ADM or Purina. They’re just little outfits set in rural America somewhere that have been added on and to over many years as they grew. Oh and one more thing. At any given time somewhere you will see someone maybe two just sitting or laying down not doing anything. Probably grabbing a smoke. Hope that helps.
I got 5.2 million. “About” it said.
What to do today???... ah where to begin.
Good morning. It's 69° with 100% humidity. The high will be 85° and will feel like 94°.No real plans for today. I'm not feeling very good. This morning I'm watching Jurassic Park. Maybe tyhis afternoon I'll work on programming in the second subchart for Native Fury.A GE U25B is being towed back to the shop. They may make it before Christmas.
Hi Guys,
Haven't been in for a while. I have thanksgiving dinner today at my parents ( have been feeling a little sick to my stomach for the last two days but don't feel bad enough to miss it ) I go back to work on Tuesday so maybe nerves are acting on me.
Haven't done much lately, free time has been used to play games on my PS3. As far as model railroad projects, not much to tell you the truth. I have been having a problme that I will post in the main forum later ( dont know if its track,loco, or power pack related so will ask there )
Well off to watch some football.
Here's hoping everyone is having a nice weekend. It's currently 65 here in Pittsburgh and a little overcast, but all in all, just a nice October day. I haven't posted for a couple of weeks, but I've been reading the forum every day and was really pleased to see Lee, CNCharlie, & Curt return. I have always enjoyed your posts and hope post often. Nice to see some new folks too, so I'm looking forward to whatr you have to offer as well.
I'm still having back problems. Usually the medications & exercise take care of it, but they don't seem to be as effective as they have in the past. Probably have to return and see my Doctor soon. Getting old isn't for sissy's.
We have also been dealing with the problem of changing our health care insurance. And no, this isn't an Obama rant as it hasn't anything to do with the "affordable Health Care Act." We had been paying for our insurance out of a post retirement medical account managed by the wife's previous employer. They decided to turn the management of those accounts over to a third party. Unfortunately, our choices are much more limited. So we have attended seminars, etc, and finally had to make a decision. It's all been very confusing, but I think our new coverage is just as comprehensible as our old. I have to admit, it is less expensive, so the account that we have should last longer. Another thing I don't like about getting old, and that's "CHANGE".
I've still found time for some railfanning though. We went yesterday and caught 10 trains in 2 hours.
2 coal trains, 3 intermodal, 4 mixed freights, and 1 petroleum crude oil. The one coal train had a BNSF SD70MAC in the "Executive" paint scheme. I've always thought this was a great looking engine.
And here's a photo showing about a third or less of the tank cars on the crude oil unit train,
Stay safe and enjoy the day...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Hey Y'all
Just a diet Dew for me Flo.
LAZY Sunday here. Didn't get up til 11 a.m. We are now into our 4th day of gray or raining skies . Our get up and go done got up and left us! Plus it's too humid to be painting the Mikado. And I really want to get it done! I do however, have a little jingle in my pocket. A customer picked up 3 geeps that got sound decoders installed, and he stated he would be by next week to drop off six more!
Ray, That some kitty your sister has there!
Lee, congrats on the hitchin!
CNCharlie Congrats on the retirement.
I'll be over in the corner,,,,,,,,might clean up the workbench.....ahhhhh, insanity!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
well erm
got a frantic call from FIL. MIL is bleeding internally and is being moved to ICU STAT!
We, in a panic, ran over to the hospital.
They gave her 2 units of blood and the G.I. Dr. said he thinks its is the diverticulosis, will clot and heal up and the bleeding to stop, no worries. They gave her 2 more units.
Whew!
FIL wants to go the the funeral parlor to look at options when she does pass. He did so over a year ago, but time has passed. SHe doesn't want to be cremated or anything so full on burial for her {Good Catholic that she is} FIl will choose the cheaper options as a fullon costs lots of $$ none of us has. SO MOH has to sit with her while he goes. WHy not me? CAUSE..I Am NOT on any paperwor to make any decisions regarding her if something happens..has to be MOH or FIL ONLY. FIL not have smartz to do so. He doesn't think I can make good decisions. Gee, and only 10 years ago we went throught all this with MY Mother...but I am not "able to make good decisions for her"{MIL}. Oh well. FIL doesn't think I have Smartz period. I will have a big battle on my hands and a court case if something happens to my other half!
Well, erm. back killing me as I did all the vacuuming yesterday. may seem trivial but it takes me 2 1/2 hours to do the 900 Sq feet we have here, and not all gets done each time. Takes MOH only about 1/2 hour, but I am slow, difficult to breath {asthma} and use a cane to get around without an appliance in my hands already.
the twisting and tunring and leaning with the hoover is what does it to my back. that is why I HATE vacuuming. I'd rather dust, and none to fond of it as a it agrivates my Asthma.
Laundry all done yesterday, but today there is a half load more! We use so much its not funny! Need to wash the spring/fall jackets, so maybe get all that done at the same time..
Paid the bills that came yesterday, paid only the minimum allowed on bills i usually pay off each month as the gov't shutdown may mean we all get no SS checks next month. I have us on tight Austerity budget! Not a dollar more than mimimumly necessary to spend! Stuff leftover in the mattress...Felt strange to pay so little, and have some due again. No, Vinnie, not a political rant, just a statement.
Have a great evening!
PARYERS FOR THOSE IN NEED< PRAYERS FOR MY MIL please!
Well I got two subcharts (fourteen blocks) programmed in today, twice what I had planned on doing but I wanted to get the killers cabin done today as well as the forest segment. Tomorrow I'll probably be working on the airport segment or the hotel segment or if I'm feeling really good I may do both! I've only been working on it for two days and there are already several ways for the player to get killed. Here's the kicker. You only get three lives and each time you get sacked you have to start at square one and go find the things you need again. Things like keys, a lantern, a knife, etc. I haven't worked a train into it yet but anything's possible. I decided to knock off for today as my eyes were starting to get tied in knots. The program already takes up fourteen sectors on the diskette. The coding is basic and is mostly if-then-goto statements. It's been a long time since I did anything like this (wrote Hell House in 1998 under the HomeTech Software logo) but it's coming back.
Good Evening...
Janie, just a cup of decaf for the moment.
Spent the day in Batavia, NY at the Great Batavia Train Show. As always lots of vendors, clubs, and such. Not a lot of sales going on today though. A lot of disappointed vendors from what I heard. Goes along with some things Galaxy was referring to. Everyone was holding onto their $$$. I didn't spend anything myself. Might have but I really didn't get much time to go looking at stuff. I did talk to a lot of people about the NMRA that visited the booth. Also ran into a few people I haven't seen in a while, so I had a fun day.
My son came over to my house before church this morning and gave Blakie his medicine. My SIL took over for me in feeding the cats at my sister's house. So today I had a break from that duty...
Jeffrey, the game sounds interesting! Who woulda thunk... A game on an Apple II.
I am going to chill out for a bit and just relax. Later!@
howmusJeffrey, the game sounds interesting! Who woulda thunk... A game on an Apple II.
For those who may have some interest in what I'm doing I'm using basic programming code to write a simple game program using IF/THEN/GOTO statements. Below is an example. The first photo is part of the game as a player would see it. The second photo is of tyhe code that pertains to that part of the game.
This stuff is child's play now but at one time it was considered to be serious program code.
galaxy Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy ..... You defined "doofus" and other words. What is the plural of doofus? Doofi? Do you encounter many doofi? Doofuses or doofi works. ANd Yes, I have encountered my fair share of doofuses/doofi, and I am surely positive I have been one a time or two in my life. How about you?
Uh oh! Galaxy is trying to embarrass me. It may be more than just a time or two here.
Jeff..... Glad you are having fun with the old computer.
PA Tom .... Nice rail fan photos!
Ray .... I liked the short train in the "Show Me" thread.
I made more sawdust this afternoon as I continue building my layout extension.
Heartland Division CB&QJeff..... Glad you are having fun with the old computer.
Got a lot done on the game today. I drug out some of the old tech books from my old 'SoftWare Designs' company (shut down in 1990) as my programming jargon is quite rusty. There's a lot of the old commands and such that I can't remember the precise use of. Basic isn't that hard once you know your way around it. Problem is I've forgotten a lot of it and have to relearn it without the benefit of the manuals I used to have. I've been looking at some of my older programs to see what I used, how I used it and where. Kind of like relearning a language you haven't used in many years. I did the same when I had to relearn VisiCalc before I could teach someone how to use it on their old Apple II system. For those who might not know, VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet computer program. It was originally released for the Apple II. It's often considered the application that turned the Apple computer from a hobby into a serious tool for business two years before IBM introduced their pc. Well now I'm having to relearn Applesoft Basic. For me it's rather like going back to school and I never really enjoyed school all that much. I'll be posting updates on how the game is coming along not that anybody is seriously interested.Time for me to call it a day. See y'all tomorrow.L&A officials out inspecting the track.A little sandlot baseball anyone?
I tried going to sleep around 9ish, but no luck on shut-eye. No work on trains today, watched football today instead. My Packers were on TV for once.
I figure tomorrow I'll start on the last few kit cars I have. 3 Accurail rib side boxes in Railbox, an intermountain MILW and DRGW covered hopper, and a Mckean BN centerbeam. On the hoppers I'm gonna try to do the ends as sub-assemblies so I can weather them inside the end cages.
Garry, I figure a few SMDs could be used to light up those lights, but I don't know what their function is. I have 3.5 P2K SD7/9s and 2.5 Atlas SD24s. I have 2 ex-Q SD9s, and one ex-GN SD7. The SD7 is a custom job I got off E-bay, the 2 SD9s are mostly stock P2K models (which I may change the numbers on because the numbers are really later phase SD9s). I have a 4th one that is undecorated I got at the Tallahassee train show, but the parts bag wound up being for a GP7; so I count it as a half. I may end up fixing it up into a BN unit at some point, but for now it's a parts source for my other ones. I have 2 Atlas BN SD24s. and a CB&Q SD24 that I had patched to BN by a friend. However the engine has been with said friend for over 2 years and he hasn't answered my calls/texts. So it's a tentative half until I hear back from him.
Well, it IS morning..but not exactly a "good" one.
At about 2:45 Am we got the call here today, now Monday, October 14th, 2013.
It is with heavy heart I now say: My Mother In Law passed away then.
My Other Half is holding well, as is my Father In Law, at least for now. Tears were shed, goodbyes were said to her at the hospital, but then there is getting about some business.
Hopefully later today we will be able to make the final arrangements.
For those who celebrate, it is Columbus Day, time for parades here in the USA, and it is also Thanksgiving Day in our neighbors to the north, Canada. I wish those who celebrate a safe and "happy" day.
have a good day.
Enforcing the Home Ball...
Good Morning all!
Galaxy, Sorry to hear of your MIL's passing, please pass along our condolences to the rest of the family.
Flo, Can I get a fried egg sammich on a Kaiser roll, with bacon & scrapple on it? Better make it 2, and a large Java, Java, Java with that too!
Yes, it be Columbus Day here, Banks are closed, no Mail delivery (no bills either!) Federal offices closed, (oh wait, that was last week too), so basically, a nothing day! Gonna try to get some painting done today on the Mikado. I've also got some decaling to do on 2 other units.
Oh, on the home front, started this weekend trying to talk SWMBO into an addition to the family. NO, not a baby , but a dog . Of course I got the "what kind" question. Having had dogs in the past, from Beagles to a Great Pyranees, I've opted for a Border Collie. Not too big, not too small, and very smart. And to appeal to her even more, I'm looking at getting a rescue dog. Not an immature little pup, but a 2-5 year old who needs a forever home. Wish me luck, already the cats are giving me the hairy eyeball!!!!!
Well, (or do I say welp?) I'll be over at the rivet counter for a bit,,,wow this smells great Flo!