Spent some time today putting the IIc computer back together and thought a few photos of the inside would be appropriate.The motherboard laid bare. The red arrow at right points to the chip I replaced. Yeah, the gray one.And there's the label I put in every computer I work on.Here's everything back in place before I closed it up.Besides the above I had hamburgers at my fathers place and I worked on the van a bit. Sometime tomorrow morning I'll be heading to the post office. I'm shipping a computer off to New York.Well that's it for tonight. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Evening all. Today WAS a good day, but turned to junk later.
It was nice seeing scenic express's warehouse and I even got a free same of their new leaves (every member got a free sample bag of it). I also bought a welder set there as well (HO scale). I then got home and had a decently cooked hamburger. Then I lost my car key(Thank goodness I still have the second key),but am not looking forward to getting a new spare key (2006 car so yeah, I would end up having to get the more expensive one)...sigh, amazing how a good day could turn so bad so fast....
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Evening Dinners and Good evening Ulrich!
Flo, I would Love a Beer!
Work Front, I was there, Dave was there and we had 4 customers all day! I sold a $700.00 Futon, Dave got a layaway and that covers that.
Mr B, I am soory as well for your lost.
Ulrich, layout is starting to look out standing! I as well vote for number 3! On on 30 scale right? is that HO scale track and O scale sizes body?
Galaxy, I think you miss what my was about. I do not excpet the $241.00 to last all month. Last year when Sue was real sick and could not do the shopping I strached the SNAP benafits for a soild 3 weeks not 15 days. Yes I am very thankful we get what we do.
See you all Monday, Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could sure use a cup of hot decaf coffee right now. Got home a little over an hour ago from the museum...
Had better ridership today at the Museum than we did opening day. We just covered the crew and had to send out an email begging to get someone to show up and open the museum itself. The "you know what" will be hitting the fan this week to our membership... Already had several emails from the trustees that weren't happy about one person having to work alone out there and no one else signing up... The good news is 3 different people talked to me on the train about what is involved in becoming a volunteer at the museum. I headed them all in the right direction.
About our 4th. run of the day, I am waiting by the steps of Erie C-254, look up and my best friend from the years I spent at the Middle School and his family are walking down to the train.... I haven't seen him in almost two years as they now live in Canandaigua. We all went nuts of course. He was there with his wife, and her brother and his wife, along with another relative who just happened to be one of my students way back when... They decided they would ride in my caboose, and I asked them if they might want a ride in the Locomotive cab? They went nuts! I wish I had a camera to catch the grins and wide open eyes on the two guys! Ended up getting the two guys and the former student in the cab on the way back North... My old teacher friend has always loved trains (in fact the two of us tried to start a Model Railroad club at the Middle School at one point - lost the space we were going to use and that took care of that) so he is very interested in becoming a member and volunteering. He would bring some great skills to the museum. He was a technology teacher and before that taught metal shop and is a fantastic woodworker. I will be in touch with him!
Galaxy, yes I do remember you saying a while back that you do caligraphy... My sister (the Artist) is a very skilled caligraphist. I highly admire those who can do that well! What I am doing is just printed out from the computer using various typfaces (I have about 300 on my iMac) that gets the job done quick and easy. The tickets are just generic ones that just state which of the dinners the person will get and each different dinner choice is printed in it's own color. No names or anything like that on them. The Reserved Table Signs are just printed to have the name of the group reserving the table on them.... pretty plain actually. I don't know who they are until just a few days before the dinner, but can print them fast (have the template on the computer). All I have left to print out are the actual programs for the dinner. One of our members who acts as my proofreader was just here and will let me know what stupid things I did on it that need to be changed and I will start printing them...
Mr. B. So sorry to hear of your nephew's passing. Always sad to hear about these things! The bad stuff has been around the Rochester area and has already taken several peoples lives. At least a few have been college kids.... I will keep all of you in my prayers for healing during this time!
Need to read more emails that just showed up in the in box... Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Went to my fathers place for a late lunch. He makes great hamburgers. I had said I was going to have just one and I was determined to lock my desire down to that, but my appetite quickly picked the locks. I had two. Later when I went to go home my vans engine turned over twice then stopped. I pressed the starter button several times but nothing happened. The battery had a good charge on it so I surmised it must be something wrong with the starter button. Well way back when I originally ran the wires for this starter button setup I had stripped a tiny bit of insulation off the two wires that went to it for just such an eventuality. I popped the hood, turned the key on, went out and raised the hood then grabbed those two wires and pressed the two bare spots against each other. The engine kicked over, I dropped the hood and drove home. Once there I removed the starter button from the dash and looked at it. The problem was very simple. One of the wires had come loose. I put it back on and tightened the screws down good then tested it. The engine started on the first try so I put the button back in the dash. It would be nice if all my problems were that simple.
We are about to wrap up another nice weeked here. A little cool & very cloudy, but no rain. Good enough for me. Had a good day railfanning on Saturday. Watched 10 trains in anout 2½ hours. 4 intermodals, 4 mixed freights, 1 grain & 1 coal train. The 1st train spotted was an intermodal with Norfolk Southern's Southern & Wabash heritage units. We have seen both of these units before. But not long after, we also were lucky when the Norfolk Southern heritage unit showed up on another intermodal. Haven't seen that one before. That just leaves 3 heritage units that we haven't seen yet.
Today was sort of slow. We started out on CSX, but only caught an intermodal, an auto rack, and a track inspector in 1½ hours. The track inspector in his pick-up truck was interesting, as he got off the rails at the crossing almost directly in front of us. It's the 1st time I've actually seen a high railer either get on or off the tracks. Pretty simple, actually. Left there, had lunch, & then headed for NS again. Slow there too. Only 5 trains in 2 hours. 1 empty crude oil, 1 coal, 1 mixed freight & 2 intermodals. Still, it's better than what a lot of folks have available for their railfanning pleasure.
Also had a nice dinner this evening. A Delmonico roast, baked potato, & pickled sliced red beets. All washed down with a bottle of Reisling from Ray's neighborhood. Think I'll be in bed early tonight. Tomorrow is breakfast, grocery shopping, the library, and a couple of other stores the wife would like to wander through. Hope your weekend was great, and this week even better.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Mr. B: I lighted an extra candle for your nephew's passing to show him the positive way.
The legallization or non-legalization of drugs COULD be a hot topic leading to a flame war here, so we need to tread carefully here as there are those who are for leagalizing illegal drugs. Though if they ARE for it, most likely it would hint that they are users of them and not a favorable impression they would want to put out there, especially to prospective employers, I would guess.Could be wrong. I would not hire a drug user if I owned/ran a business. Many today REQUIRE drug testing to GEt a job.
It's just to bad he got a raw deal on it and was hooked, hat is all i will say.
ULRICH: #3 the gray one is the one to use. It is what I have seen here in NY, PA and in Mass. {when I lived there}. Vermont/New Hampshire have lots of gray granite rock {many quaries for it too}, so it would be the stone I would use, without a doubt! I WOULD use a mixture of "light gray" and "dark gray" though to get a more realistic mixture {at least I think so and did}, if you don't want the trouble or expense of two types, then go with the "Medium gray" or just go "dark gray" ballast. It would be darker in the center too during steam time, as noted, so mixing in some "black cinders" to represent lost oils, dirt, grime and coal droppings would be nice. just like a 5-10% black cinders into the bunch in the center of the rails, not much just a hint. Just a suggestion, not "law"!
Jeffrey: I DO hope you get some sleep, I know how it is. night before last I woke up evert45 mins to an hour and did not get much sleep, last night I slept well for about 5 hours, but it wasn't enough, and now am physically tired, I think a nap is in order! MAybe you cna ask your Dr. for a sleep inducer???
well,
I went to Wally WOrld and took bac the stove liners that didn't fit, I spent an additional $36 too.
Then I went to Harbor Frieght, and to buy jsut a ladder- one of those fancy mutli-positional ladders for $124, walked out paying for $175 worth of stuff including the ladder AND all that was WITH 20% off total order coupon!!! It could have cost me another $100 more, and for what really, I don't know!
The I went to Lowes to return $18 worth of stuff, but spent an additional $98 there!!! so about $80 to teh poorer!
I gotta stop going into stores for ANYTHING!
It was all stuff needed/usable. so nothing really as a want. The ladder is needed as the kid next door will need it to get up on the roof, {well, to me he's a kid, but he is an adult with an 8 or 9 year oldest child}erm...THE YOUNG man next door is going to do the roof...I gotta outlay another $150 for roffing materials..the stuff csots $65/4.75 gallon container! That and another gallon of tar sealer at like $15, plus two spreader brushes, adds up! AND I still have to pay him! He does his all the time, and I can scarcely climb a ladder with my cane, and MOH cannot/won't do it either and finding someone who will do a trailer roof is rediculous here...so...
well, I shall go lie down as my back, after all the concrete floors I was on, is KILLING me.
First I gota eat something!
-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.
Ulrich, I would definitely go with #3 for your ballast. Also remember that you're running steam, and it will get even darker from the soot.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning. It's 72° with 78% humidity. The high will be 85° with some clouds.Didn't get much sleep last night so I'm feeling tired and stiff this morning. Maybe I can get some nap time later.I'm trying to convince my friend to upgrade his Apple IIc. It's an original '255' ROM version with all the bugs that were inherent to that model. He has some software and a few devices that were made to be used on later versions and he'd like to be able to use them. A ROM upgrade won't fix the serial timing problems inherent in the original IIc but it will enable him to use the devices and software he has. I've shown him a couple of ROM 3 and ROM 4 upgrade kits online that are available at a very low price. However soldering is required. He can't solder and I really don't like doing pinpoint soldering anymore because of my eyesight and nerve problems. Replacing that RAM chip yesterday had me cross-eyed for a while.My father is supposed to be making hamburgers for lunch today and I'm invited. I'll have to limit myself to just one.Other than that I have no plans for today. But I'm sure something will come up.
Good Morning,
A cool, cloudy day here but that seems normal this year. We have a flowering grabapple tree in our backyard that is usually covered in pink blossoms by Mother's Day but this year the leaves are barely buds. We are about a month behind. We did make it up to 70F yesterday and it did seem like summer. The tulips are just starting to poke through.
Ulrich, your layout is looking great. I really admire you for the amount of work you get done and done well. I have a N scale service station sitting on my work bench that is painted but for the past 2 weeks it has just been sitting there. As far as ballast goes I don't know what was used in New England but in Canada most ballast is now crushed granite which is dark grey. It wasn't always that way as colour photos and video I have that was shot in the late '50s shows a lot of light coloured rock that is largely limestone plus my memory is that of light coloured rock. Perhaps you can find some colour photos taken in your era to get an idea.
Johnboy, glad you are feeling better and you do have my sympathy about not being able to swallow. I expect it is one of those thinks that comes with time but just not soon enough.
Seamonster Bob, we should get together for a coffee sometime. Send me a PM with your phone number if you are interested. Now that I'm retired I do have time.
Well I guess I had better get going here, where I'm not yet sure. Tonight is our marathon TV night starting at 5:30 courtesy of Detroit PBS. Between PBS and TCM I think those 2 channels account for 75% of our TV viewing.
CN Charlie
Would that be more like #1 or closer to #3?
The ballast I see around here is all gray. The primary rock of New England is granite. Geologically, it's some of the oldest rock on the surface of the Earth.
Mr. B. - that´s bad morning news! I have never understood why anyone would take drugs, have never seen the need to take them. My sympathy is with his parents and my prayer for his soul.
I am in the process of ordering the ballast, but I am not sure which one. Here are my choices:
#1
#2
#3
My favorite is #3, but I have no idea, which one would be appropriate for a coastal line in Maine...
Good morning ...
Ulrch .... You are doing a great job with the layout!
Galaxy .... Funny limericks from you. I like the hobo one in particular.
Ray ... I bet you are already at the museum being a train crew member.
Mr. B. ... That is very bad news. I fully agree with you regarding drug laws and enforcemnt of them...... Countless lives have been ruined with that stuff. Just about everybody knows sad stories of people who have become addicted to bad stuff with tragic consequences. We must speek out to our government on this matter. In addition, we can be pro-active supporting programs which help people with these kinds of problems,
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
A-yuh. Lookin' good, Ulrich. You've captured the coastal look of Maine very well. I like the way you've blended the natural rock with the cut stone wall.
We got a sad phone call yesterday. Our nephew, who has been a troubled kid since he was a teen, was found dead in his apartment on Friday. No cause of death yet, but he has fought a running battle with drugs for the last 15 years. There are frequent stories here about overdoses from "bad heroin" on the streets, and I suspect that's what happened to him. To those who say "stop the war on drugs and just legalize them," well, remember, there are consequences.
Sorry for the morning bummer. For those of you who still have influence over young people, please let them know that street drugs are never the answer to anything.
Yoohoo! Anyone around?
3 1/2 hrs. without a face to be seen in here!
Just a few shots of the left part of my layout:
The HO car frame you see in the picture is what I use to test the quality of my track. It really rolls freely - a little shove is all it needs to roll over the entire layout, without derailing. The track seems to be OK, but let´s wait and see waht my locos do...
morning coffee.....in the diner...
There once was a musical hoboWho strung four strings on his oboe.Said he, "With these strings,This thing really sings!I both blow and bow on my oboe."—Written by Dave Reckoning
There once was a maid from MadrasWho possessed a magnificent Ass.Neither round or pink,As some might think, and boy it did stink!
It was gray, had long ears,a tail and ate grass.—Written by R. Avakian
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V8Vega Sat. 87 Sun. 79 Mon. 75I have a old propane BBQ with a lid that holds in the heat and volcanic rocks that get hot. I've been to two parties lately with new BBQ's, no rocks and no lid. They don't get near as hot and take much longer to cook. And they have to use a lot more propane.
Sat. 87 Sun. 79 Mon. 75I have a old propane BBQ with a lid that holds in the heat and volcanic rocks that get hot. I've been to two parties lately with new BBQ's, no rocks and no lid. They don't get near as hot and take much longer to cook. And they have to use a lot more propane.
Yeah< I noticed that too.They used to sell cheap bags of volcanic rocks, so when my new grill came without them, I thought I'll just go buy another bag! NOPE! Not ANY MORE!
it also means grease getting down in there and DRIPS out any holes! OR catches fire inside the grill!
At least with the rocks, it woudl "safely" burn off the drips and grease!
GRR...probably ranout of cheap volcanic rock in China OR theynow keep the rocks to themslves!
GRR
howmus Evenin' folks! Janie just a cup of decaf for me right now... Thanks! Been a busy day of getting a lot of odds and ends done. Got the reserved table signs made for the Scholarship Dinner alomng with the last of the Certificates for the recipients. Mowed about 2/3rd. of the lawn. Decided not to finish it today as the front yard is a swamp where the water from the basement ends up. Definate mud hole and I decided not to make it worse by walking through it. I'll redo that whole side on Monday if I get time. I found a second computer to use to play the video which will be the "Entertainment" at the dinner. A very nicely done song showing artwork and photos of the kids at the Boys and Girls Club in town. A former student of mine and professional musician who lives in town did the creation of the video. he told me he should be able to put it into a format I can use on my old Laptop. We shall see. Tomorrow I work Train Crew again out at the Museum. May not get in here before I have to leave. Have a great night! Prayers for all on sick call in any way, shape, and manner. 73
Janie just a cup of decaf for me right now... Thanks!
Been a busy day of getting a lot of odds and ends done. Got the reserved table signs made for the Scholarship Dinner alomng with the last of the Certificates for the recipients. Mowed about 2/3rd. of the lawn. Decided not to finish it today as the front yard is a swamp where the water from the basement ends up. Definate mud hole and I decided not to make it worse by walking through it. I'll redo that whole side on Monday if I get time. I found a second computer to use to play the video which will be the "Entertainment" at the dinner. A very nicely done song showing artwork and photos of the kids at the Boys and Girls Club in town. A former student of mine and professional musician who lives in town did the creation of the video. he told me he should be able to put it into a format I can use on my old Laptop. We shall see.
Tomorrow I work Train Crew again out at the Museum. May not get in here before I have to leave.
Have a great night! Prayers for all on sick call in any way, shape, and manner.
howmus Evenin' folks! Janie just a cup of decaf for me right now... Thanks! Got the reserved table signs made for the Scholarship Dinner alomng with the last of the Certificates for the recipients.
Got the reserved table signs made for the Scholarship Dinner alomng with the last of the Certificates for the recipients.
Ray: I think I may hav asked you htis before, but I can do all kinds of Calligraphic work, do you do it too, or do you just computer print thier name, or print it in there??
I once Calligraphed the Entire Declaration of Independence into the shape of the {current} U.S.A....on a large 30"x40" matt board. Very Pleased with how it turned out! EVERy last word and all 56 named signatures. Took 32 hours to do!
Send Me a PM...please...
later
Morning Everyone!
Our apartment stinks! There is this pungent stench of solvent-based paint all over! Fortunately, the weather is quite nice, so we can keep the windows wide open. I am glad that this won´t happen anymore, I am done with that. Unfortunately, this is also the room where the computer is, so I will be able to spend only little time at the PC today.
The paint has not yet fully dried, so there will be no more MRRing today. I am in no rush, so I´ll take a break. Time to think a few things over!
Zoe, it´s Sunday, so I´ll have my big, fat, greasy and unhealthy breakfast of crisp-fried bacon, eggs, buttered toast & jams, a glass of OJ and plenty of strong coffee, thank you!
Make it a great day!
Well everything of note that I did today has been listed already so all that's left is to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
My father and step mother made it back today so I went down and visited with them for a little while. Came back home and found a freind had just gotten here. He brought Snow White, his Apple IIc computer with him so I could repair it. Took about ten minutes to find the problem and about an hour to fix it. It has sixteen RAM chips in it and the fifth one in line was the problem. My problem is that they're all soldered in so getting that chip out took a little while. It has sixteen legs on it and I had to melt the solder off one leg at a time. I don't have a solder wick or anything like that but I have an attachment for my little Shop-Vac that has a 1/4" opening. It sucked the solder up like nobody's business. Getting the new chip in was dead simple by comparison. I used a little battery powered soldering iron for that. It's absolute junk on most everything else but it's the cat's meow for making tiny pinpoint solder joints and doesn't get hot enough to damage the chip. Anyhow the computer works now. There's a photo of it below and a photo of the test screen. I also did a RAM check but all it says is 'OK' and 'OK'. You can see from the photo why he calls it Snow White. Only thing wrong with the case is where his son engraved it years ago.
cudaken Stopped at the Shop and Save on the way home to buy some food. Spent around $43.00 and got suffecent food say for 5 to 6 days. Flo, soap box pleases. With Sue being disabled and my lack of good income the we get $241.00 in food stamps a month. In Illinois it is called a SNAP card. With Sue being the disabled person, the card is in her name. Today is the 17th and she has spent $231.00 and only have 2 days worth of food left! She buys silly junk food crap! Chips, Corn Dog's, Ice Cream, Mircowavable Chesse Bugers, Cool Wip, Pies and so forth! I cannot think of a single item that she bought that has to be cooked! But what can I do, the SNAP card is in her name! I sure cannot take it away from her, there would be heck to pay if I tried. About the only thing I can do is not give her gas money so she can not go to the store! Again there would be heck. I know, I need to have a talk with her, but I swear it will just cause a fight and griff.
Stopped at the Shop and Save on the way home to buy some food. Spent around $43.00 and got suffecent food say for 5 to 6 days.
Flo, soap box pleases. With Sue being disabled and my lack of good income the we get $241.00 in food stamps a month. In Illinois it is called a SNAP card. With Sue being the disabled person, the card is in her name. Today is the 17th and she has spent $231.00 and only have 2 days worth of food left!
She buys silly junk food crap! Chips, Corn Dog's, Ice Cream, Mircowavable Chesse Bugers, Cool Wip, Pies and so forth! I cannot think of a single item that she bought that has to be cooked! But what can I do, the SNAP card is in her name! I sure cannot take it away from her, there would be heck to pay if I tried. About the only thing I can do is not give her gas money so she can not go to the store! Again there would be heck.
I know, I need to have a talk with her, but I swear it will just cause a fight and griff.
Ken: FIRst, SNAP is a FEDERAL program all over the USA. With you having an income of ANY type, good bad, low high, be GLAD you GET $241 in SNAP benefits!!!! We got no where near that when MOH was UNEMPLOYED and we only had my disability!
What we DID get, I still spent by the 15th, and I did NOT buy the items you mentioned! I stuck to only meats, potatoes and fruit/ veggies! I could still spend the food stamps in about one trip! I SITLL had to charge card the balance of food needs the rest of the month...something we are still paying off still on a 0% balance transfer card that we have until Dec. to pay off. We had about $15k in bills charged on my charge cards that I could not cover with my SSD to get us through until MOH was working again, as the company MOH worked for and got fired from, hires a company specifically to contest unenjoyment claims. MOH lost the appeal. SO all Unenjoyment checks {not much anyway} stopped!
So:
A} be Glad you get what you get, I think Jeffrey can tell you all about it too! He may be single, but then that should mean he should get 1/2 what you two get, but it Ain't so! i DON't Know how he does it without using church pantries for help.
B} It doens't matter what she buys you are liable to run out of food stamps as think about it...you get $241month: that is only $55/week {based on a 4.33 week month,what they go by since 5 months have 5 weeks in them} or only $7.95/DAY to feed two of you 3 meals a day! that works out to just $2.65 PER MEAL for TWO of you or $1.33 per meal for you alone...can You tell me, please, please, JUST WHERE can you eat a whole meal for just $1.33???? That ISN'T on a "dollar menu"??? And even WITH the $1 menu,, a $1.33 does NOT give you more than one item! Even if you "pool your $1.33-ses", at $2.65 you can't get 2 burgers and a single small fry! and pay tax too!!
C} Beef is now running at $4.29 and UP per pound for HAMBURGER. Even a whole roaster chicken can run $6-7 bucks! Deli meats are now running at $10/lb! Seafood is average of about $5-6/lb except for tilapia {YUCK!} and should you want shrimp?? forgetabodit!
D} veggies/fruit have gone up an average of 13% accoridng to the news, and I feel it in the produce section! The drouhgts out in California are NOT helping to keep cpsts down. Neither is the fact that foreign countries we rely on for fresh produce are also experiencing droughts adn floodings, adn jackin up prices on us, then there is the cost to get it to our markets. FOr us in NY that means a long 5 day trip by train {"the old fruit growers express"}. It may be cheaper than that where you are.
it a matter of being aware. $55/week for two of you for food is NOT ENOUGH!
Because we DON'T eat the el cheapo crappy microwavable meals {or the expensive ones either}, and we have have "balanced home cooked meals", Our food bill is more likely to be $100-$125 a week on sale items, with special markdowns on beef and meats, fresh fruits/veggies, and do not include the cost of bottled waters in there either....I cannot drink the crappy chlorine-flouride-laden city-fied water that comes out of the tap here without vomiting!
I hate to say it, but you need to cut SUE some slack! OR take over the whole shopping by yourself. stuff may be cheaper where you live as you are halfway across the country closer to the W coast than we are. SEe how far it goes! Not far!
Dinner here was CHurch sponsored BBQ chicken meal...It was $8.50 per. Expensive, but it supports the church and is in line with the for-profit Chicken BBQ open fire pit place down the road. SO since it supports the church we go for it, even i it costs us $17 for the meals {usually we get 2 sittings out of it anyway} Our twice a year {once in spring, once in fall} charitable contribution to churches.
Then there is the contributions to Disabled AM. VEts, and Paralized Am vets, and to the local mobile food pantry {we have used them before and may have to again}. We donate extra food canned/boxed goods to the Postman's drive for local CHOW pantry too. That is our philanthropical deeds. We feel forutante to do so now, not alwys much, but it sure helps them out! We consider it "paying it forward".
Have a great night, see you in the morning!!!
Abendessen und Guten Abend, Herr Ulrich!
Flo, Bier gefällt.
Today was pretty much a waste at work, slow and I did not sale one thing. Dave was all so having a bad day, when I left he had not sold a thing either. I should have got off at 6:00 PM but blew the Fire Trap at 4:30. Luckilt I had some good sales this week.
See you all Sunday, Ken
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Howdy .
JohnBoy .... Good to see you. Thanks for the compliment regarding my layout.
Flip .... Glad you are here. You're actually getting younger; right?
Bob Seamonster. .... Good to see you again. Hope you can visit the Diner more often.
Karl ... Are you looking in? .... I paid attention to your recent advice about replacement decoders from NCE. I just sent them 5 damaged decoders along with the small charge for replacing them.
Happy Model Railroading.
Seamonster galaxy I had to go to Wally Wolrd to try to get those HD Night Vision Wrap around glasses. I got a pair to try as my night vision is just bad, I cannot distinguish the various shades of gray and such, and so I thought I'd try them. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM TO YOU ALL!!! I got a pair for MOH and MOH showed my FIL, who naturally wanted a pair! ANd then I thought I should get my Father a pair.....so off I went to where I got the other 2 pr....Wally WOrld, but naturally they were OUt of them. Then I remembered thinking I saw them at the grocery store so I went there. Are those glasses the ones with the amber lenses? I have a pair of those for night driving and they work great. They are supposed to reduce the glare from oncoming headlights and improve contrast and they do just that very well. They don't reduce the amount of light coming through the lenses but they do turn white lights yellowish. Great glasses.
galaxy I had to go to Wally Wolrd to try to get those HD Night Vision Wrap around glasses. I got a pair to try as my night vision is just bad, I cannot distinguish the various shades of gray and such, and so I thought I'd try them. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM TO YOU ALL!!! I got a pair for MOH and MOH showed my FIL, who naturally wanted a pair! ANd then I thought I should get my Father a pair.....so off I went to where I got the other 2 pr....Wally WOrld, but naturally they were OUt of them. Then I remembered thinking I saw them at the grocery store so I went there.
I had to go to Wally Wolrd to try to get those HD Night Vision Wrap around glasses. I got a pair to try as my night vision is just bad, I cannot distinguish the various shades of gray and such, and so I thought I'd try them. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEM TO YOU ALL!!! I got a pair for MOH and MOH showed my FIL, who naturally wanted a pair! ANd then I thought I should get my Father a pair.....so off I went to where I got the other 2 pr....Wally WOrld, but naturally they were OUt of them. Then I remembered thinking I saw them at the grocery store so I went there.
Are those glasses the ones with the amber lenses? I have a pair of those for night driving and they work great. They are supposed to reduce the glare from oncoming headlights and improve contrast and they do just that very well. They don't reduce the amount of light coming through the lenses but they do turn white lights yellowish. Great glasses.
Them's the ones! Put them on on a cloudy dull rainy day, or at dusk, and it is literally like someone "turned the lights on". It is AMAZING how they "magnify the light" {NOT magnify the image, mind you}.
They can be worn OVER glasses.
..... Bob
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Evening Gang!
I finally did get around doing some w*rk on my layout. First, I embossed a stone texture into the dock and bridge abutments - right into the foam. W*rked out nicely, so I can spare me the chore of engraving the modelling clay. Then I painted the "sea floor" and when that was dry, gave it a coat of that smelly, gloss paint. I will leave the windows open overnight, so that should take care of the smell. No piccies yet, everything has to dry up nicely first.
Slowly, the layout is taking shape. Next week, I will start on that backdrop ...
Todd
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