Morning All!
Today is going to be a hot day - daytime high is expected to exceed 30°C. I went to town early in the morning to do some banking business and get the needed stripwood. At 10am, temps were up to 26°C already. Tnight, we will be in for some thunderboomers.
I am going to fire up my table saw this afternoon, to cut the missing pieces of timber. I am glad it´s not really messy, the saw dust stays within the casing of the saw, where I can vac it out pretty easily. Without this tool, I would not be able to build this layout!
The list of MIA´s is getting longer each day! Good to see Ken back as a frequent visitor, but how about Chris, DerJohn, Jerry, CapeJim?
Well, It´s my turn to prepare lunch, so CUL, Folks!
Have a great one!
howmus Evenin' folks! Janie, just a decaf please.... "Dang Me, Dang Me, They oughta take a rope an Hang Me......" Jimmy, at least you got some decent country in your repertire. somehow, RAY -that reminded me of the "funny" song: "skip a rope, skip a rope, ain't it funny how the children play, skip a rope..ain't it funny what the children say, skip a rope." I called my sister tonight to ask her about the fire in Canandaigua... She had 3 paintings hanging down there. All got some damage, but she thinks at least 2 can be salvaged. She went down there today to get in the way of the cleanup I guess... I would say , "well the paper said..." or "how did they"... or, "what was".... and she would imediately interupt and tell me she knew more than I did about it after all she went down to see what was going on.... I never doubted that she did... I was trying to ask her a couple questions.... She never did answer any of the questions. I guess she is upset!
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf please....
"Dang Me, Dang Me, They oughta take a rope an Hang Me......" Jimmy, at least you got some decent country in your repertire.
somehow, RAY -that reminded me of the "funny" song: "skip a rope, skip a rope, ain't it funny how the children play, skip a rope..ain't it funny what the children say, skip a rope."
I called my sister tonight to ask her about the fire in Canandaigua... She had 3 paintings hanging down there. All got some damage, but she thinks at least 2 can be salvaged. She went down there today to get in the way of the cleanup I guess... I would say , "well the paper said..." or "how did they"... or, "what was".... and she would imediately interupt and tell me she knew more than I did about it after all she went down to see what was going on.... I never doubted that she did... I was trying to ask her a couple questions.... She never did answer any of the questions. I guess she is upset!
Second RAy, you know how they can be, Jeff Dunham says, when asked "if a man is all alone in the forrest does he say something at all?" and His dummy Walter says " Yes, but he'd be WRONG!" {paraphrased}
-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...
Quotable Quotes:
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. -Alexander Pope, poet (1688-1744)
Ah, Wednesday. After Tuesday Night Hockey, it's always a day of sore muscles and tired old bones. Not one of my better outings last night.
We've got a few grocery store chains here. The best is the local chain, Market Basket. They have the best prices and high quality. Every store has a lot of registers, and most are always manned when I'm there, with both a cashier and a bagger. I've seen the manager bagging many times. The whole store has a "can-do" attitude. Last week I wasn't satisfied with the selection of steaks in the cooler, so I asked for exactly what I wanted, and they went right out back and cut it for me. We've got the high-priced "organic" place, too, and then there's Stop and Shop. I can't figure out how that store stays in business. Their prices are high, and as a result you don't have to wait long to check out. They typically only have 1 or 2 registers, plus those annoying self checkout lanes that take forever because you are expected to look up the SKU numbers for the produce.
Old joke: A college kid shows up at the 10-item line in a supermarket in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a full cart. The cashier looks at him and says, "Are you from MIT and can't read, or Harvard and can't count?"
I'm al Oldies guy. Unfortunately, the radio around here thinks "Oldies" is Bon Jovi and Aerosmith. No. Oldies is the Transition Era - street corner doo-wop, Brenda Lee and the confluence of country, blues and R&B that became Rock 'n' Roll. There's one of those music channels on the TV cable for that, and it's my standard fare for working on the layout or running trains. What I would like to have, though, is a Big Band channel for when I'm running steam.
"Third boxcar, midnight train,Destination Bangor, Maine..."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning, everybody.
Ulrich. ... You are doing beautiful modeling, and your are working at a fast pace.
YGW .... If you want more ideas about how to weather freught cars, I suggest you Google "wetharing model trains" and look for some You Tube demonstrations. I think each person has his own way of doing it, and it is good to try several techniques until you find one that works for you. Practice on some junkers.
Ray .... We had a good restaurant burn down here a couple of years ago. It still is a vacant lot. Hopr that is not the case with the restaurant you mentions.
PA Tom .... The CSX shot looks great. Good enough for publication.
Mr. B .... That's a funny "old joke".
Wednesday (today) is model railroader lunch day here. We'll have lunch at a local restaurant that has not burned down yet, and have a bull session.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich. ... You are doing beautiful modeling, and your are working at a fast pace.
Garry - thanks for the kudos. I am enjoying this "labor of love", it really gives me a boost to see, how things turn out.
I have done only a few things today. Cut another 150+ planks for the dock and started on the foundation of the platform. I should start weathering the planks, but it is too hot inside and outside. I´ll take a break now - maybe a little later I´ll start on that job.
Sir MadogCut another 150+ planks for the dock and started on the foundation of the platform. I should start weathering the planks
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Thanks Garry I will check out the site. I have seen severl weathering methods its just that I have never seen anything weathered like Jeffs car. It was unique to the methods I have witnessed before.
Last year I built a test track out of old brass track I had laying around ( first mistake ) I used a piece of 5 1/4 OG base that I ripped down to about 2" and made it about 30 " long. In the middle I instlled a section to run the wills back on the track , but it was one of those horn hook couple, uncouple pieces sections (second mistake ) . I will be building another one. Here are my thoughts. I wAnt it to be mobil, so again I will make it portable not fixed in place. I want to make it longer so I can get a better sense of the repaired locomative running ability. So maybe four or five feet? But I also want to use some type of track section that I can run a loco across and have it run the wheels back onto the track. It annoys me to fiddle with wheel track alignment. I think this should be installed near one end ? Then there is the eventual conversion to DCC. I am not sure how to set up a test track for that other than hooking wiring it to a dcc compatible system. Your thoughts guys ?
Music I tire of the old stuff and enjoy new groups. Unfortunately most of the new secular music has become so foul in the stuff they sing about it is X Rated and not of any soul cheering value. I like up lifting music. When I was a kid we had hero's now adays we have scum bags for heros who seem to delight in seeing how low they can go. Look at hollywood. It is a surprise to see an actor with some clothes on, or an actor who hasnt been married four times or is in some nasty new age type of relationship. Where are the guys in white hats who put down evil , rescue the down trodden, set the world right? I am soooo sick of the garbage on display these days passing itself off as entertainment. Sorry guys I will get off of my soap box.
TTYL
Good morning. It's 70° with 97% humidity. The high will be 88° with some clouds.No plans set in stone today. I may work on the IIc's disk drive later to see if I can get it working again. Since the motor drive works it has to be something on the control board that moves the read/write head back and forth. Yeah, the drive spins but the head doesn't move.Right now I'm just waiting for the Home Health nurse to call. Got a different one for a while as the other is on vacation. The wound vac therapy is working well. The wound has decreased in size by a third since I got out of the hospital.
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.
YGW - the best test track is a loop, but if you don´t have enough room for it, try to make the test track as long as possible. Rerailers do make sense, but you need to have them minimum a loco´s length away from the end.
Test tracks don´t have to be just a plank with track. Why don´t you add some scenery? You can use it to display your prized locos on it...
well!
I have already gone to the grocery store. I spent $200! Some of it was "buy now to stock up for summer at [supposedly} cheap prices".
FOr example: MOH loves pasta salad, and while I can make my own, but Suddenly Salad, for instance, is easy and Quick, and is 10/$10 right now. Considering the regular price is N of $2, it is a bargain, but I doubt I will need to buy much more for the next few months.
McCormic's Grill Marinades also 10/$10. a great price and some of their marinades are really quite good! so naturally I picked up 10. Mayo at less than $2 is a good bargain, so ditto there. I picked up some discounted beef of course like I usually do.
I should have gone to Lowes, I bought a "flow restrictor" faucet aerator. It is a 89% restrictor. I didn't compute how that would work in real life! It is like a trickle! trying to rinse dishes of soap was about as impossible as trying to dig ones way out of a sinkhole! It would be alright for washing hands, but not for dishes! So there was one restricitng something like 56% , and that should work.
I am doing it to save water, not to save money. See, we here in the park as renters of the land must get water for free, like any other house/apt. renter. Now there is a limit on the "free water" a landlord must provide...they CAN charge for overages over a certain required amount, and that would include the park, as a whole, too. Plus we, as a country are running out of water. Just look at California's water use restrictions! So we are doing our part.. Have had a flow restrictor shower head for oh, about 20 years.
So, what would you do if you went into your bank to withdraw, oh, say $15,500 in cash, of your $50,000 bank account {assuming you had one}, and THEY REFUSED? Think about it for a minute.
Well, i have been on my feet so much that when I got up at 4:30 this morning, I could barely stand or walk! It does NOT behoove me to stay in bed too much longer, as it causes more pain than resting there relieves after several hours. So I had to get up nad take my meds. Sitting/standing/walking is painful enough, BUt I have to suffer it for awhile till the meds kick in. I should try to rest a lot today, but i have things to do! I can't just lay on the couch all day.
I think I will go for a nap, though , now as I am suddenly groggy and I had extra coffee this morning!
ULRICH:
well, I have to put the washer in the dryer then take a nap for the hour it will need drying. That will refresh me! Unless the dad-blamed phone rings!!!
later
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special this morning. Over easy on the eggs, Bacon, Home Fries, and a double order of the Sour Dough Toast all to go along with a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee for my R&GV RR Mug please.
Todd, that is the version I have heard as well. My Late wife and my sister both subscribed to "It's too late to agree with me! I changed my mind..." I need to finishe mowing the lawn as well, but it ain't gonna happen today or tomorrow.
Forecast for today is showers by noon and some thunderboomers on occasion the rest of the day and night. I have a meeting with the AV guy at 1PM to set up all the needed equipment for the dinner tonight and make sure it works correctly. I have to be back in my Sunday Go TO Meeting duds by 5PM to set up rest of the stuff and make sure all is well. Sounds like I have a lot to do for it, but I actually do considerably less than I used to do as the whole Dinner reservations and arrangements are now done by a lady who used to work at the college and is thee go to person for a lot of things on the committee these days. One of her daughters was a Scholarship winner years ago.
Ulrich, your layout is looking good, my friend!
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!
Thanks Ulrich for the feed back. I do not currently have teh room for a loop . I do agree tht would be better. Adding scenery will not work . Being mobil I need to be able to turn it in different directions depending on where I am working . In the basement at the kitchenette or the upstairs kitchen table.... BUT that is an excellent idea ! I have long been considering building a wall display shelf for my locomatives ( I think I have around 150 ) and that would look really neat . I can see it now. shelf aftet shelf framed with an ok or hickory and then a little scenery behind and in front of the locomatives. That would look GREAT !
oh my gosh I do not know who came up with the line in the post below about being a man in the woods and if he is talking and teh wifey is not around ...It is a good thing I am working from home today I actully lughed out LOUD !! That ws funny !
Afternoon all. I guess I have another thing to add to my MRR list of projects
Either a Wheeling and Lake Erie Diesel, or another NS unit. Could I justify a Wheeling unit with a Norfolk Southern unit? lol
(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).
Jimmy_BraumCould I justify a Wheeling unit with a Norfolk Southern unit?
jeffrey-wimberly Jimmy_Braum Could I justify a Wheeling unit with a Norfolk Southern unit? Maybe somebody found one locked up in an old engine house and put it back in service.
Jimmy_Braum Could I justify a Wheeling unit with a Norfolk Southern unit?
Maybe somebody found one locked up in an old engine house and put it back in service.
Jimmy_Braum I could always use the excuse that NS was short on motive power.
well
so much for staying off my feet.
I got a call my script was ready for pickup at the Drs office. WHile there, i remembered that I had to have blood work done for the new psychiatrist as he wants to start me on a mania med, and wants to follow bloodwork to see the baseline levels before the new meds level start to count.{really it is also to see if patients are compliant and taking it regularly.}. SO they looked at the orders and found he wants fasting CBC, lipids, A1c and the whole works! Naturally, since he never told me and I never studied the orders, I HAD NOT fasted! None of us there, and a well-placed phone call to the clinic didn't turn up results, so we delayed. Part of it, I think, is that they are back-up check-points for those who DON'T see or DON'T have a regular Dr. I do, and have specialists of all types to look after what doesn't work right on me.
SO THAT took a LOT of time, then of fto fill the script, and to retunr the bad 98% blocked water restrictor and get the 55%. WEll it comes with a GINORMOUS rubber washere that WON'T fit the faucet, of course!!! So It, TOO, has to go back! I am doomed to use LOTS of water in the kitchen.
Mr. Murphy!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Back home to finish the laundry I started. So SITLL on m,y feet but for a 45 min nap wiht MOH when MOH came home between clients.
so here I sit instead of lying down, but I have to now finish off the dishes and start dinner...
Surf &Turf tonight...Le Beuf and Mahi Mahi. YUM!
Hi Guys,
Looks like we may get a storm here tonight.
You know what really annoys me????
Having flower beds planted for only two days and squirrels digging them up already. Does anybdy know any tricks to keep them from digging everything up?
Just before noon today I had something happen that I got really excited about. I had a kitchen fire! That's right. I was cooking my lunch and my microwave caught fire. Lunch was burned to a crisp and there was thick smoke pouring out of every opening. I unplugged it then got the extinguisher (I keep two, one in the closet and one under the layout. I got the second one.) and put out what was left of my lunch then sprayed the powder in through the side vents to put out the fire inside. Near as I can tell the transformer/magnetron shorted out. I now have a brand new microwave to take it's place but I have to get the old one out of here first.
Some people scatter moth balls through their flower beds, I use a shotgun-end of problem. (also lunch)
JeremyB Hi Guys, Looks like we may get a storm here tonight. You know what really annoys me???? Having flower beds planted for only two days and squirrels digging them up already. Does anybdy know any tricks to keep them from digging everything up?
Here it is the Hassenpfeffer That do that, and they strip the plants before you can shake a stick at the moon and say "Harry Potter was a wizard if ever a wizard there was".
A good small fence will help, or the animal-away products available at any good garden shop may help. Poisons COULD be eaten by cats or dogs or other unintended animals...so I'd stay away from them.
AS mentioned, some people use moth balls, but those can be hard to find.
Shooting a shotgun, at least around here, within a residential area, is illegal. There is a forrested area behind us that makes for a gray area.
But, out in the country shooting either the rabbits for hasenpfeffer, or sqirrels for squirrel stew, Can provide one with a meal...assuming they are clean animals, and there are no laws against shooting/consuming that type of small game.
Also, Squirrels are one animal that "belongs to the State Of NY", so watch out what you do with them if your state has similar laws. I found that out when a supervisor/boss brought one that got hit and was injured to my house before work {I lived directly accross form work}. I wanted to find a vet who would "fix it" so it could be RETURNED to the wild whole, as did he, but none would touch it, stating that I could not keep it {I didn't want to, DUH!} and that "it belonged to the State of NY" and was "their problem". Made NO SENSE to me to let it die?
herrinchokerSome people scatter moth balls through their flower beds, I use a shotgun-end of problem. (also lunch)
galaxy, I have to deal with the Veterans Administration for my medical (no Obamacare). All the reports on the news are TRUE. We had 10" of snow on the ground here, on the day of my cardio appointment, and I knew it was coming, so I had rescheduled the appointment. I really wanted the appointment as I was totally out of medication, and could not get refills on-line. You guessed it, the rescheduled appointment was two months down the road, and that was after waiting two months previously. When I called to verify the appointment, and ask for refills, the African American on the phone accused me of a no show on my last appointment. All in all, I went five months without heart and diabetes medication. They are trying to sing a different song now. The whole administration is riddled with incompetence.
Steve
Life is tough, but it's tougher if your'e stupid.
Good to see you here Steve. Take care of yourself.
Good evening ....
Steve..... Wow. I'm sorry to hear about that. If you don't mind my asking, where are you located? ... Hope you are okay.
Squirrels? ... I remembr growing with dogs, and they were effective at keeping squirrels away.
Spent parts of today trying to catch up with lots of stuff. Seems like I can't get enough done each day.
Happy Model Railroading!
Gary, I'm about an hour north of St. Louis, longer if the traffic is bad. With that snow coming, I was more worried about getting stuck down there, than getting in to the city. Got all my meds now, and they are treating me with kid gloves after all the media attention. Life is good.
Thanks Jeffrey. Appreciate it.
Evening guys
Been working on some kits. I'm having an issue with a Walthers GSC flatcar. The main floor doesn't want to lay down right. I'm thinking tomorrow I may take an inline sander to the bottom of the main floor and both sides of the weight.
Anyways i have to get to bed. I'll try to pop in tomorrow.
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.