morning coffee in the diner..
{it just happens to be, Honest! I did not stick Hawaii in here on purpose! Cue "Aloha Hawai'i"- the Hawaiian state anthem}
Today's limerick: {for RAY}:
There once was a boy from QuebecWho bought a new stereo deckHe played it quite loudIn front of a crowdAnd now his new deck is a wreck
Used in a sentence:
-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.
I'll just have a cup of Ethyl and set a spell.
G, You just reminded me that this is my step-dad's Birthday today, he passed in 05, if he would have lived, for today He would have been 105 years old, at 71 I don't know about how I would feel about that, if I were to go by how I feel now, naah! I won't think about it.
Have a Great day All!
Cheers,
Frank
Good Morning Folks!
I have been battling a minor heart issue these past days. I am OK now, but still don´t feel up to par.
December 7th - not only the day of infamy, but also my father´s birthday. He would have turned 87 today. I still miss him so much.
Let me just sit here at the RC and watch who´ll be coming by...
Make it a great day!
Morning guys,
Not much on today for me. Its cool out and there calling for a bit of snow today and tomorrow. My three day schedule is as follows
Today - Work on layout after household chores
Tomorrow- Layout work and watch football, and am going going to parents for dinner
Monday- My birthday , and also at docotrs apointment at 1pm
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.
JeremyB I think the thing I love about this hobby is that you can just get lost in your own little world and forget about any real problems. Trains and christmas for me go hand and hand as I got my first train set when I was a kid at christmas.
I think the thing I love about this hobby is that you can just get lost in your own little world and forget about any real problems. Trains and christmas for me go hand and hand as I got my first train set when I was a kid at christmas.
That's what this hobby is all about. I have long memories about trains, toy trains, and model trains. I can tune out the worldly problems with this hobby. Also, I can freelance enough so I make things how they should be. Of course, my era is before "Am-Trash" and Insterstate highways. USA had the best trains in the world in the 1950's. Because of the government, they were replaced with highways, airports, and Amtrak.
Ulrich.... Praying for your heart and things in general too.
Galaxy ...... You're a very thoughtful person. Glad you keep the canddles up. Good of you to mention Pearl Harbor Day.
Todd ..... Glad you took the time to make a brief appearance. Name dropping? That's OK. .... Oh I must hurry; one of our Senators is on the phone.
JohnBoy ... Hope you are doing OK following the difficult proceedures you had at the end of the week.
Here, the Lionel train is out of its box to perform annual Christmas tree duty.
Let's not forget Pearl Harbor Day. Glad Galaxy reminded us.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Saturday morning, Diners!
It's a balmy -21f. MINUS TWENTY ONE DEGREES. No wind so the windchill is the same as the temp. It will warm up to a sultry 4f by 4pm. The sun's out tho, and it's kind of pretty with the FOOT OF SNOW we received. Sheesh.
Went to my MOH's Christmas party last night at the hoity-toity country club. Good food and fun people.
Thanks for the remark,Rob. That's the only clean area in the basement ,tho! LOL!!!
It's a good day to spend downstairs so I'll check back in later!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good wishes to all. I'm officially done working for the year, having a bunch of accumulated vacation time I've got to use up, along with the end-of-year shutdown that give me that week, too.
First snow in this part of New England. It was sleet last night as I drove SWMBO home from the airport, and there's a dusting on the lawn and places "where the sun don't shine," but the roads are dry. Good thing, because I'm planning to head off to a train show as soon as I finish my coffee.
Jeff was a dapper young knave
Trustworty, loyal and brave
A young girl said, "See
He's on Duck Dynasty!"
That day, he just needed a shave.
Good wishes to all!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
saronaterryIt's a balmy -21f. MINUS TWENTY ONE DEGREES. No wind so the windchill is the same as the temp. It will warm up to a sultry 4f by 4pm.
Ha and you think you have cold. It's currently -40 here with the wind chill at -48 oh and that -40 is in degrees F by the way. Going to warm all the way up to -25C this afternoon.
One of those "stay home days" except MOH just told me she needs me to do a Honey Do run to the grocery store.
When I asked he yesterday if she needed anything from the store since I was out anyway I got the Oh nothing I can think of routine.....
Well, off to do some housework and then out into the frozen wasteland to the store.
Later all
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Today is Christmas Open House at House of LION.
No tours of the train room, but LION must be in wine cellar to sell wine.
-24 'grees out here, I hope for a good turn out, but I would not want to go out doors if I do not have to.
Maybe people who live in little houses will be happy to get out, of if on a farm they live they might want to go to town anyway. LION will see what 'appens after the event.
You All come on out an buy some wine.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
MisterBeasleyThat day, he just needed a shave.
What is with shaving all of a sudden. It is all over the SubChat forum.
LIONS do not shave:
Talking of lions, this one is for you, LION:
... and this one for the not so feline characters:
All right!
All you cold people stop trying to one-up yourselves!
SO it's a bit cold? Oh well.
WE will see single digits at least overnight this week too. The gas heat is set for a mere 63*F, as that is where we are are keeping the heat these days!
Not as cold as some of you frigid eskimos, but still on the chilly side. Time to get out the silk long johns. Time to washemup.
LION: I'd buy some wine but you said only for select customers! So sorry!
well, its been a slow day here. Only 11:47AM and seems like it should be 3pm!
There was a man with washing to do,
FOr him it was nothing new,
a new thing,though, to try,
He hanged out to dry,
All his silk long johns, too!
He he.
Well, best get going the dryer squawks at me!
NAd the vacuum calls me!
Mornin'...... Ahhhh, Hmmmmm... Ahem! Afternoon folks!
Ah, Chloe, I'll have the rest of the Burro Raphiel From Last night... Yep I brought home a doggie bag from the restaurant. Doing that left room for dessert, it did! More dark roast organioc coffee would be good with it too. Thanks!
OK, lets play, my snow is colder than your snow... This selfie is from a few years ago. Today the big yellow ball is peaking out from under the clouds and the thermo meter says 32°F.
Speaking of Duck Dynasty..... I think I look more like Brother Lion than Jeffrey though.....
I spent an hour down at my church at their SERRV Shop doing the Christmas shopping. Still have to buy some things for the Granddaughters and my son, but have most everyone else taken care of.
Gotta get moving.... Will be going out to the party at the Museum tonight!
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon. It's 32° and cloudy with 99% humidity. The high will be 38° and feel like 34°.Got up this morning to fin that we were pretty much without communications out here. Cable TV worked OK but internet was out and land line phone service was spotty at best. Cell phone service was OK. Internet is back up and running but still having some problems. Land line phone now appears to be all right. No plans set in stone today. I may work on Oliver's adventure later. That depends on what else happens.
howmus Speaking of Duck Dynasty..... I think I look more like Brother Lion than Jeffrey though.....
Personally I think the kid needed her eyes checked.
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
Been pretty quiet in here I see. Our internet and phone service went down about four hours ago. Cable TV was fine but everything else other than electricity was out until about twenty minutes ago not counting a tiny four minute window that allowed me to get a post into the wind turbine warning thread. Other than that I copied some disks on the //e, backups mostly. I also got in a Starfleet1 mission.
Watched " The Great Escape" while making pine trees today. Still a great movie!!
Got a bunch more trees made and ran some trains ,too. Pretty good day so far!
I see we started posting I.D. photos. LOL!! Here's me:
Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?...
There's that echo again!
I see Jeffrey in the corner booth.. Hey Jeffrey!
Not much here now. Awaiting that nasty storm to come this way. Will have to drip the pipes tonight!
Chicken Cacciatory over noodles tonight..was good but it was a MCCormic pre-blend of spices and too heavy on the ore-eh-gon-no, and the marjoram!
Well, Suze is on in 2 hours, so I think I'll nap til then since no one here to talk to...I see Jeffrey snuck outta here.
Later dudes,
STAY SAFE AND WARM TONIGHT!!
I don't have a pic of me to post, suffice it to say I look exactly like this:
Hiya gang!
Flo, SWMBO made her chicken pot pie tonight, so dessert is all I can handle......Hmmmm, 3 scoops of ice cream, mint chocolate chip with Hersheys® syrup over it please!
Lion, Terry, Ray & Jeffrey. You are braver men than me. I try to keep my mug conceled when possible, for other diners pleasure. Today was "revenge of the laundry room" It started off with a shower that was unusually warm for SWMBO & me. Of course, she gets out before me, then the water turns cold. Then Jr experiences temp issues too. So I go down to the laundry room and check it. A quick diagnosis points to a failed element,,,most likely the bottom one. We have a service contract on it (Along with the heat, a/c & well system) so we called it in. 2 hours later the reapit guy comes in, confirms my suspicions, and replaces both elements. All is well til about 3 when SWMBO goes to check on her laundry and discovers 1/2 inch of water on the laundry room floor!! Soapy water! Out came the shop vac which got dumped several times after that, I'm guessing about 21 gallons of water was sucked up. Now heres the wierd part. Weve dried the floor, ran more loads of laundry, and no more leaks. The stationary tub pump system is working fine, the washer is only a year old, the hot water heater only 2 (dryer also). Is my laundry room posessed??
Should I have our Minister come bless the appliances?
Needless to say, RRing plans are disrupted.
On another front, (pardon the soon to be evident pun) my youngest has enlisted in the Army. He leaves August 18 for basic training, then 17 weeks later he goes to Ranger training. Of course, as a parent, I'm concerned for his future, especially considering the state of current events in the world. Probably made worse by the fact that he's the youngest bird to leave the nest. But another part of me couldn't be prouder of the young man he is becoming. From a kid who had to literally be tossed out of a bed only to play video games all day to someone who gets up a 4:30 a.m. to jog and refuses to ley the "old man" carry in firewood when he's here. Its quite a change already.
I'll be chillin over at the RC for a bit with this ice cream!!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Today has been taken up mostly by making backups of software for the //e. Some disks like Copy 2+, ProDOS Users disk and DOS 3.3 System Master I like to keep at three backups at all times. Also made multiple backups of the diagnostic software. I spent more time than I wanted to fine tuning the //e's flat screen monitor. The controls are all multi-function and naturally are tucked away so you can't see them when you're watching the screen to see what does what. It was a major pain in the butt to get the brightness and sharpness set how I wanted. Had time afterward to play a game of Starfleet1 but little else. Internet finally came back up and it took a while to get caught up on who's doing what and what's happening where. It may seem like I don't pay attention to your posts but I do.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
morning coffee in the diner...
I think the limericks are funand when I have read the last oneI'll wipe away tearsfrom my eyes and my beardand go back to where I'd begun.
* with no indifference to our resident German, it MAY NOT be "german correct", but would instead be UK or USA twisted version
Howdy .... Oatmeal and OJ please.
Freezing rain continues. So far we still have power and phone service. It's no where near as bad as the KY Ice Storm a few years ago. Church is closed this morning.
Karl .... Looks like you're having adventures as Todd does. Don't follow his example too much unless you like CHinese food.
Galaxy.... Glad you keep the Diner open regardless of weather.
Jeff .... Your computer projects are nver ending. I'm glad you enjoy them.
Have a good day everybody.
I'd better post quickly. Who lnows if we will lose power and internet with all of the ice.
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy.... Glad you keep the Diner open regardless of weather.
We are JUST starting to get it here in the NE.
We expect "wintery mix" here for awhile, followed I guess, by sn*w.
I hope those who are already in it, or have been passed by it are "SAFE, WARM and COMFY".
I DO hope we survive with power remainimg ON, too.
Candles are lit for the passage of the storm with little or no ill effects!
VEhicle registration? about $85 for2 years, unless they raised it. annual Inspection? $20. Insurance? Priceless.
MAKE A GREAT DAY!
Good morning. Temp 36°. Humidity 94%. High today 42°. Cloudy. Rain.Cool this morning and it looks like it's gonna be wet. No plans for today. I may work on Oliver's adventure later. I was up til 2:45 this morning collecting data to make a cheat sheet for the entry codes for Starfleet1. I found a site online that had a bunch of them sorted by word #, line #, page #, word. Example = Word 2, Line 3, Page 7, Award. The list plainly didn't have all of them but after I included the ones I've written down or marked in the Officers Manual over the years the list looks more impressive. I printed it out, both sides of one sheet. I also saved it on a flash drive. Having a handy list vs looking through the manual in search of one word is well worth the trouble I went to. I may work a nap in later.
Mint tea, please.
***Ray, great work (as usual) on the building walls.
***Jeffrey, really like that C&O gondola a couple pages back. Nice!
Cold-ish, wet, raw day here. Ready for summer to return. Went to start the pickup to take it in to a rapair shop and it simply wouldn't start. Hope the gas didn't get too old. Need to get it fixed in order to buy plywood for the (HO) layout extensions.
Healing thoughts to those in need. Have a terrific day, all.
Cheers! Rob
Afternoon floks!
Chloe, just a cup of decaf for me at the moments....
Galaxy.... So you folks down there are just starting to get it, huh? Well, some people never get it do they! OH!!! You are talking about the winter storm named something or other by the Ad folks over at the weather (WARNING!!!!) channel. I doubt we get anything at all up here. They do have us under a WEATHER ADVISORY.... HORRLIBLE, STAY SAFE!!! thingie, but tyat just keeps the $$$ rolling in for them. If power goes off here, I will just turn on the PiP and hook up the 1000 watt Pure sine wave inverter and see how it does. Hey, I hope you folks survive even if the power does go off!
BTW, I just had the PiP get it's NYS inspection last week. Was only $10 for it, but there is a bunch of things they check out on regular ICE vehicles that don't apply on the PiP.
Went to church this morning. The choir was perfoming their rendition of the Vivaldi Gloria in place of the sermon today. Our interm Pastor was one of the soloists. Other than being accompanied by the organ and being a bit out of the Baroque style in several ways, it was a reasonably good perfomance.
Will be going over to my son's house for dinner tonight and to check out the tree they are getting this afternoon. He stopped by on the way home from church to borrow my saw.
Rob, thanks! I see you snuck in while I was posting...
Catch you all later!
Hi gang!!
Hey gang, its SNOWING!!!
Here's the view out the front door! They said 1-2 inches, then turning to freezing rain, then rain. I think they goofed! Wow, I wanna be a weatherguesser! Just so I can be wrong so often and still have a job!!
Oh, and it's still coming down (as snow)
Back to watching the Ravens play,,,,yeah,, football in the snow!!
Next thing you know Karl's gonna be out making snow angels!