Howdy ..
Lee.... That's a lot of water in the basement.Your new plans for a layout sound great.
Brad .... Glad you are making progress with the layout.
Ray .... That's great about one sister being a Deacon. My younger sister was born on my sixth birthday. My other sister is the oldest of the three siblings in my family.
Paul .... That is a huge store.
CN Charlie .... It would be good if you could contact Barry. Thanks for offering to do so. We Diners definitely miss his posts.
My suburban coaches are nearly complete now. I just ordered the decals needed to finish the job.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hi guys, I had disappeared because I was just not a very happy camper on this forum and another forum, people were posting stuff that drove me up the wall. I had to quit before I really messed up, I did check on the diner though just checking to see how everybody was.
Anywho, on top of that real life was just as bad if not worse. My Oma's moved in with my uncle as she can't live alone any longer, I had also learned a close family friend had passed.
and some good news, I did get the trackage rights for a 2 x 4 layout so I'll probably be working on that, and Batmans Canucks beat my sharks so I have to wear a canucks logo for 48 hours.
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
morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, the 8th of November, 2013!!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
Today's fun limmerick:
There once was a girl named O'NeilWho went up on the great ferris wheelBut when half way aroundShe looked at the ground It cost her a two dollar eighty cent meal
Today's weird words:
dreck or drek: (n.):: rubbish or trash. Etymology: From Yiddish drek (filth, dirt, dung). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (excrement) that is also the source of scoria and scatology. Earliest documented use: 1922
Anabiosis** - A return to life after death (or apparent death); A restoring to life from a deathlike condition; resuscitation
Anaphylaxis**: a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death
bolide: a large, brilliant meteor that explodes
** having been clinically Dead for 6 1/2 minutes {and pushing the brain damage time frame of 7 minutes}, I have personally experienced anabiosis. Hence, I can clearly state that when they warn that an allerigc reaction {anaphalaxis} to a medication "may result in death" they are not kidding!
-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.
RAY and Jeffrey: Harumph! I spit on your Apple IIs and IIes! IBM PCs were the Greatest!
{I have to say that as my father worked for IBM! My first Computer was an IBM PC. I was SO lucky!}
Gary Duprey: It is sometimes good to step back and take a break when something fiercly rubs one the wrong way. You did the right thing.Now, be AWARE the same individuals/situations here may arise again, you have to let it slide right off your back. Easier said than done, I am all to aware.
Well! The heat has FINALLY kicked on for being a chilly night! That means it is now a toasty 63F in here!
MAKE TODAY A GREAT DAY!!!
Burlington Northern #24Anywho, on top of that real life was just as bad if not worse.
Gary, good to see you back, wish I was clever and wise enough to offer you words of comfort and wisdom, but I'm not.
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."
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and a breakfast burrito please. Thanks.
Jeffrey- Yup! That’s it, A Stop At Willoughby. As I read the plot, I did see the whole thing.
Lee- A New layout!!! Yeehaw! I hope yours comes along faster than mine is. Um….just curious. You still gonna have the lady in the blue jumpsuit?
Mr B- The SciFi channel does the Twlight Zone marathons ever so often, or at least they did, and a dollar to a donut says that’s where I saw it and I know it was in the last maybe 3-4 years I saw it. Time frame seems about right, so I betcha we both were watching that episode at the same time. I always did like the Twilight Zone. Original one anyway, tried to watch the new one and just couldn’t.
I remember as a kid, the episode where the ventriloquist dummies were “alive”. Freaked me out for several years. Serious, it really did. Sometimes in the dark, I’d hear (recall from the show actually) the sound of those little feet running around . Honestly, to this date that was the only thing that has scared me, if you will, ever I’ve seen.
Hopefully I’ll get my peepers today in time for me to go to wo*k tonight, they have yet to call so…..hour my butt.
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.
Y'know, my long-term layout plans call for a small town at the end of a branch line. I've wrestled with a name for the town, and "Willoughby" just might have found a home. I can just hear the conductor calling out, "Next stop...The Twilight Zone."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Willoughby, OH is where my LHS is.........
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
LOL, oh yea....
I have others that haven't been photographed....
Good morning, everybody.
Gary BN24 .... There will always be rude and discourteous people everywhere. Don't let them get under your skin. That is entirely their problem. It is not yours. Also, don't forget you always have friends in the Diner.
Lee ..... Willoughby, OH .... I'm not familiar with it, but I can picture atypical Midwestern town.
Galaxy ..... Your limerick is funny. Those who go to amusement parks might relate. ... Also, how about another idiom to research. I sometimes use the phrase "basket case" to describe the condition of old, used models. I must have learned it out of context over the years. I just used it to describe the condition of a model before I fixed it up in my WPF post.
Speaking of WPF, here is the same photo. The "double decker" commuter train is one I have been working on. It still needs details and decals. One of the cars had been a basket case. It had no floor or under floor details. I cast parts from resin using good parts from kits as patterns. Three of the cars were very old Holgate & Reynolds kits. These are low tech kits.
Good morning. It's 51° with 76% humidity. The high will be 65°.Well I guess today I can get started on Oliver's (his name for now) great train adventure. It starts with a string of passenger cars being pulled by a trio of GP40's. I plan for him to find that he's locked in a sub-basement trunk compartment under the observation car at the end of the train. Since it's locked from the outside the only way out is up. Now whether or not these compartments opened into the cars interior I don't know, but this one does. He's going to have to dodge possible harm from those on board (it's mostly dead-head equipment but there's about a dozen possible bad guys) while at the same time try to find objects (keys, tools, manuals, etc) that he can use to stop the train somehow and get out of this twilight zone world he's found himself trapped in.I've never written one quite like this so it should be a challenge to create.I hope everyone has a good day. After all, what could possibly go wrong? It's Friday!
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
Morning All,
Currently it is 40 with an expected high of 65 under sunny skies.
The stress test yesterday did not show anything that needed immediate care, but I should have the whole report on Monday when I see my cardiologist. W**k day today, getting tired of it and looking forward to retiring in the spring.
Garry - This should give you an idea of how big this store is.
Prayers to all in need. Paul
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
Heartland Division CB&Q . ... Also, how about another idiom to research. I sometimes use the phrase "basket case" to describe the condition of old, used models. I must have learned it out of context over the years. I just used it to describe the condition of a model before I fixed it up in my WPF post.
. ... Also, how about another idiom to research. I sometimes use the phrase "basket case" to describe the condition of old, used models. I must have learned it out of context over the years. I just used it to describe the condition of a model before I fixed it up in my WPF post.
Well, Garry, you have SURE picked yourself a gruesom one!
YOU asked for it!
Here is why:
The ORIGINAL meaning of "basket case" refferred to a soldier in WWI who had both legs and both arms amputated and therefore perceivably had to "be carried home in a basket".
It IS, however often used to mean anything worthless, completely hopeless and useless. SO youhave a small reprieve there.
Here is the "tale", which FIVE sources VALIDATE AND VERIFY:
Meaning:
An infirm or failing person or thing - unable to function properly. Originally this referred to soldiers who had lost arms and legs and had to be carried by others. More recently it has been used to denounce a failing organisation or scheme and is less often applied to people.
Origin: {with the actual quotes}:
In its original meaning this term comes from the US military immediately following WWI. Strangely, it was never used to describe an actual person but only in denial of any such servicemen existing. This bulletin was issued by the U.S. Command on Public Information in March 1919, on behalf of Major General M. W. Ireland, the U.S. Surgeon General:
"The Surgeon General of the Army ... denies ... that there is any foundation for the stories that have been circulated ... of the existence of 'basket cases' in our hospitals."
This bulletin was reported on in many U.S. newspapers at the time. Many of them also defined what was meant by 'basket case'; for example, this from the New York paper The Syracuse Herald, March 1919:
"By 'basket case' is meant a soldier who has lost both arms and legs and therefore must be carried in a basket."
Given that the term was originally reserved for incapacitated servicemen, there wasn't much call for it until the next major war of English-speaking peoples - WWII. Again, it comes from the U.S. military and again in the form of a denial from the Surgeon General. In May 1944, in Yank, the Army Weekly, the then Surgeon General, Major General Norman T. Kirk, said:
"... there is nothing to rumors of so-called 'basket cases' - cases of men with both legs and both arms amputated."
Clearly, given the scale of the casualties in both wars, there must have been cases of multiple amputation. It isn't recorded what term the U.S. Surgeon General used to describe these - clearly not 'basket case'.
SOO...
there it is.
Paul .... Wow. That place must have a lot of sales dollars to justify so much expense. Remarkable.
Galaxy ..... That was gruesome. If not heard the phrase used in contexts that were like that. Thanks for your time.
Barry .... Where are you?
This photo has pelicans here this morning
Well I didn't make any headway on Oliver's train adventure. Didn't put the first line to paper even. Instead I got some other things done. Small things but they still took up more than their share of time. I was getting tired of having to change out diskettes on the //e every time I wanted to play another game or copy some diskettes or use one of my word processor programs. So I pulled the drive controller out of my mothers old IIe and put it in my //e and added two more disk drives. Now I can work on Native Fury and keep a backup copy on drives one & two on slot five and I can use drives one & two on slot six for the other stuff I mentioned earlier. Plus slot six is the only one the CP/M utilities will run on.I also picked up some stuff I ran across. A new drive controller for my mothers old IIe ($15.41). They normally run $20-$25 or more, sometimes $40+ so when I saw that one I snatched it. I also picked up a 25-pack of Arvey single sided, double density 5.25" diskettes with labels, write protect tabs and sleeves included. There are probably some people who don't even know what a 5.25" floppy disk looks like without looking it up. And I picked up five games. Load Runner, Big Quest, Kid's Adventure, Earthquest and Grungy Towers (a Commodore game rewritten for Apple). In all I spent less than $50. These days I could spend close to that on one RTR freight car and not get near the same amount of enjoyment from it. It's past time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Thank you for the kind words guys, man I missed this place.
THere is a green signal ahead though, train show up in puyallup washington next weekend. I get payed, I got invited to run some trains, and I'm gonna pick up some track or trains.
#750's all excited to show off and strut her stuff.
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!!
Today is Saturday, November 9th, 2013!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
Today's fun limerick:
A man called Fiddle,you see,Was a student of divinity."When I graduate'Twill be my poor fateTo be known as Fiddle D.D.!"
rounceval: a large, strong, boisterous woman
apricity: warmth in the sun, sunshine; the warmness of the sun in winter { apricate : to bask in the sun; to expose to sunlight}
Sternutation - The act of sneezing or a sneeze
That's a big store, but do they sell trains?
Good morning. It's 49° with 95% humidity. The high will be 67° and feel like 71°. with I might need some help. Anybody here know how the rebuild a Franklin Ace10 BVI floppy disk drive? Just kidding. The day I can't rebuild one of those things with my eyes closed and one hand behind my back is a bad day. I had to take my old Franklin disk drive out of the stack this morning because it was showing verification errors on diskettes that have no errors, mostly in the higher tracks. Electronically there's nothing wrong. It's problem is strictly mechanical. In the bottom of the drive there's a stepper motor. Forget it, it's too large for most model railroad applications. On top of this is what I term the tracking disk. This is a flat platform with a spiral groove in it going from the outer edge to the central shaft. On this is mounted a metal apparatus that has a small ball bearing that rides in the groove. As the tracking disk rotates back and forth (yes it's bi-directional) it causes the apparatus with it's bearing to move back and forth and thus move the read/write head back and forth. When all this can happen smoothly things go very well. The problem is the groove is quite worn and is allowing the ball bearing to wiggle. This causes the metal apparatus to wiggle or shake and effects the alignment of the read/write head and can and often does skew data. This can be fixed by replacing the grooved disk. Problem is I don't have a parts drive at this time. I used the parts from it to rebuild a Mitac drive to take the place in the stack that the Franklin drive had occupied.Today I hope to get started on the initial stage of Oliver's train adventure. I'm also watching for the mail delivery. My Happy Potter Deathly Hallows 2 DVD is coming today. In my spare time today I'm watching a rather long show called 'The Lost Room'.
Currently it is 33 with an expected high of 67 under mostly sunny skies.
Lee - unfortunately we do not sell any trains or railroad stuff.
Well I have to be there in less than two hours, so I had better get to it.
Glad I decided to take the Franklin drive apart before tossing it. The problem was easier to fix than I thought. In fact it wasn't being caused by what I thought it was. Well not quite. A reinforcing ring (looks like a large thin washer) from a diskette had worked it's way up under the tracking disk and was partially wrapped around the stepper motor shaft. I removed it and now the drive functions normally again. It cuts up a bit with CP/M but it always did that.
Gary D.- Just remember, if it wasn't for the bad, we wouldn't know what good is.. We were never told life would be easy, but we would have a smooth landing. Read this foruim and see what others go through.
Lee- Hey man, not everyone has an indoor swimming pool. Heck, you could give swimming lessons, scuba instructions, Raise KOI or bait fish. Make enough money to build a Train House.
Galaxy- Dreck equates to "Schmata" .From garment center N.Y.
Anyone have a Subway restaurant near them?? Please go in and look at the walls. The four near me have the N.Y. subway map on the walls.
Anyone interested in W.W.2 pictures? Marines on the Islands, Army in Europe and bunch from DEC.7,'41 ,Pearl Harbor..
Flip
See my new thread "Christmas trains for a 5 year old...suggestions?" If you care to comment.
Two married-together grandpas- friends of mine have a near-to-be 5 yr they would like to get into electric trains. They have let me/us run with the snowball and I am looking for suggestions.
BAck is KILLING me today. I cannot wait fo r the 19th..I get my next set of injections then! I tried laying down was actually worse than sitting up so I gotup. Hope I can sleep tonight!
Some laundry and dishes done not much else...
Later
Been working on an idea for the beginning of Oliver's adventure.It's best to let what's in the computer so for tell the story. It's not much but it's a start.That's all I have so far. Bet'cha can't wait to see what happens when he leaves the room can ya?. Frankly neither can I.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf, dark roast if you have it, some half & Half, and a packet of stevia please.
Been a nice day around here. My sister and I spent all morning sitting at the kitchen table just talking about all kinds of things. We had a bit of lunch (left over Beef Stew from last night) and then I took her over to my son's house so the two of them could have some quality time together. He lived at his aunt's house for about a half a year when he was between jobs many years ago, so she is almost a surrogate mom to him. I dropped my sister off and came back home to get some things finished. Around 4:30 I headed back over to join everyone for dinner.
My sister (the Reverend) and I have a very similar outlook on life, value system, and beliefs so we enjoy each others company very much! Tomorrow morning I will be taking her to the airport for her flight back to Orlando, FL. Please do keep her in your prayers and thoughts that her tumors will continue to shrink and will have a long time to still enjoy her family and ours...
Next week I need to finish some outside w*rk around here and get to finishing the Blacksmith's shop.
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!
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Howdy ...
Paul ... I meant to comment yesterday. The Ferris wheel is quite something. We don't have any big stores in our little town here. The nearest WalMart is 30 to 40 miles away.
Ray .... It's good you have a good family relationship with sisters. I think I am similarly blessed. Looking forward to seeing more progress with the blacksmith shop.
Gary BN24 .... I like the E7 and coach in your photo.
I have another project underway in my car shop as I await an order with decals for the suburban coaches. I am assembling a kit for a Burlington baggage car.
Thanks heartland, she's the pride of the fleet and the 4 IM coaches are icing on the SP&S cake.
Fec, I'm well aware of the struggles many here have to go through.
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, November 10th, 2013!!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
Rosetta Cody, from a family of cryptologistsWed Stanley Stone, from a long line of archaeologists.After she wed, her nameShe changed, and it becameRosetta Stone, famous to cryptologists, archeologists and Egyptologists.
gleed (n. archaic):: A live Coal, an ember
Pococurantish (pk-k-rnt, -ränt)(n.)- Careless or indifferent; one who does not care.
fabiform(adj.):: shaped like a bean. Etymology:From Latin faba (“bean”) + -iform.**
** I will eat my fabiforms while sitting near the gleeds with definite pococurantish!
LATER EDIT: OOPSIE! I got top again, that seems to be acommon thread lately! Eat up a full English Breakfast on me!! Daisy, oh Daisy, give me your answer, do. I'm half crazy over the likes of you....charge my card for their meals, oh please oh, please oh do. No, She won't be seen on a bicycle built for two....
{I know! I KNOW...DON'T serenade the peaceful diners!}
Monday is Veterans Day:
To those that served before me,
To those that served with me,
To those that continue to serve,
Thank you for your service