cudakenUlrich, what do you know about the decoders in your Bachmann engines?
Ken - just the factory installed, plain vanilla Bachmann decoders.
Pulled myself together and did plaster a little over a foot right now, I have to wait for about 1 1/2 hrs. to pull the tin foil off and see the results of my w*rk. Maybe I´ll watch a movie in the meantime.
Good Morning Dinners and Ulrich!
Flo, Diet Dew pleases, and a BLT pleases.
Well it is back to work today. Funny, when I did not have a job I missed going to work. Now that I have a job, well I rather stay home?
Only bill I have left this month is the Cable/ Phone / Internet and it is the highest at $155.00. That will be covred by this check. Next will be paying for Sues Tooth being pulled, $125.00 and Sparkie shoots with dog tags $75.00. Rest goes into savings.
Ulrich, what do you know about the decoders in your Bachmann engines? Only Bachmann decoder I have is in HO and low speed is not good.
Got to run, see you all after work.
Ken
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I hate Rust
Good Afternoon Folks!
I feel strange, somewhat dizzy. I am not sure I will get around adding the plaster to the scenery on the right side of the layout. I did manage to get the tracks on to the dock. It was a tricky job getting the glue underneath the rail while holding the track in gauge with the track gauges. I painted the rail once it was securely fastened.
Just a few shots from today´s w*rk:
Good morning. Penny comes home tonight, at the inconvenient hour of 6 PM. The hour isn't so bad, but getting to the airport in Boston could be awkward. I decided just to stay at work until it's time to go to the airport, because otherwise I'd just drive home and turn around and drive back.
Still trying to get the grass to grow. Today is day 7 since seeding. I've kept it moist pretty well between rain and sprinklers, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Last night was hockey, so I'm pretty tired and I'll be ready to go to bed by the time we get home.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning. It's currently drizzling here, but we are supposed to get thunderstorms tonight. Off today, so I have no idea what I am going to do today-maybe cut the grass if it ever stops being wet outside before the temps go up to 90 again.
(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).
had to wait for to move through...will make it SHORT:
There once was a lady named EllenAnd she so detested watermelon.She said, "This is crap!"And she gave it slap
And so into the garbage it fell in.—Lilly & Ellen
Quotable Quote:
I'm sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They'll be shocked, just as today we're shocked with cannibalism. -Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister (1898-1978)
-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!
I am a little gruffy this morning. I did not sleep much and the little sleep I got was not relaxing at all. I will have to talk to my doc about my sleep issue, next time I see him.
As soon as Petra is back from the Wednesday grocery run, I´ll have to get some plaster and CA. The CA I will use to glue down the rails on the dock, prior to spiking them down. I will need that extra bond, because the planks on the dock are only 3 mm thick - not enough for a distance hold. I´ll use the 3-point track gauges I got for a little more than nothing to ensure the track will be in gauge.
cudakenBy the way Ulrich, wht have you not gone DCC?
Ken - it´s purely a matter of cost. My options were either to buy a second loco or a DCC set. Now with only one loco you don´t really need DCC, so my choice was option # 2. Both of my locos are DCC equipped and it would be nice to have one of those Bachmann Dynamis infrared sets, but this is simply not in the budget. I still have the Kato power pack I used for the N scale layout - that will have to do the job. I still have no idea where to locate it, though. In any case, there will be a lot of walking around, when I operate the layout. Walkaround control gets a different meaning
Later in this year, Kato will bring out an analog sound system called Soundbox, which hitches up to the power pack. It has a built-in speaker and let´s you attach two more, somewhere underneath the layout. If the cost of this system is not prohibitive, I might go down that route.
Blessings to all!
Had a little bit of a mystery a little while ago. I picked up the keyboard of my HP computer to type in a reply on another forum an lo and behold nothing happened. I've always had the keyboard plugged into one of the two front USB ports alnog with an 8gb flash drive. Well neither device worked so it was preyyu obvious the front USB ports are dead. So I plugged the keyboard into one of the USB ports on the back and it's working again. Everything else on the front still works.Nothing else to report so I'll be calling it a night. 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
Good Evening Dinners and Ulrich.
Flo, Beer for my self and a Diet Dog Treat for Rocket Dog.
Well, it is still ranning so Sparkie does not get a walk around the block. I am still worried about him getting fat, so I want to walk him around the block 3 times a week. Do us both some good now that my toe is healed.
Pretty boring day, today. Laied on the couch for a few hours and watched the History cannel. Did a little running and that was pretty much my day. Sat in the garage a few hours and stared at U Tube. I am a big fan of Jay Leno's Garage. He is a real car guy with crazy money and has some great cars! Plus, he does not sound like a rich guy talking down to you. Here is a video if you care to watch. It is about is 1918 Cadillac that is all orginal, never redone.
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Ulrich, I know what you mean about wifes and spaces. When I bought this house I told her that she could do anything she wanted excpet the Garage and Family room, rest was her's. I now have a Pink Living Room, Pink Dinning Room and Pink Bedroom?
Now with her having all that, I still got a look of dismay when I built the 8.5 X 5 foot K-10 section of the layout in the garage! I have no clue why, she never parked in the garage because, well I don't know?
By the way Ulrich, wht have you know gone DCC? I was a hold out for years. Is it mainly the cost, or you just don't want to mess with it?
Galaxy, let us know what happens with the stove. Mine died I am guessing 5 years ago. Bunners still work and Sue seldoms cook's much less bakes anything. Sharon and I bought her a god sizes toaster oven for Christamss in 2012 and she is happy with that.
Running the PCM Y-6b at speed step 3, just crawing around the layout dragging 46 coal cars. Boy it sounds good!
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French Roast coffee in an Undecorated mug, please.
Wish I could have gone with O-scale, but really would almost need a barn to do a lot with it. HO is the smallest I care to work with now, like others here, because of eye sight issues. I still keep some N-scale and would like to have a small coffee table sized layout (perhaps under glass) one day for the library. Just wouldn't seem right to part with all of the n-scale when that is what got me started in model trains as a young lad.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Just had a call from Lowes. Should have heard from the installer by now!
SO he siad he'd email and fax the order to the installer again, and I should "hear from him immediately". Why oh why do I have a feeling I won't? Only 1.25 hours left in "buisiness day"..I could still hear, i guess...
Lets hope this is not a fanagled mishap mixup!
Harumph! I have better things to do than be tied to a phone waiting for a call that so far is not forthcoming!
dinner will be the balance of the liver, with onions, red peppers and some bacon...delicious!
howmus ...So I didn't have to wait very long to see the vampire. She seemed very nice but couldn't find any working viens in either arm.... Done used up 6 needles before she decided to use a vein on the back of my hand. She asked if I had ever had blood drawn from there before? I said, "no but I have had an IV installed there a few times". She said it was the same... She did finally manage to get the job done and I left with several bandages on my arms and hand... Stopped in at the Pharmacy there to get a refill of Blackies medicine, then headed out to Water St. Cafe to be very bad for breakfast! I figured I deserved to eat some stuff that is not normally on my diet after that!!! Yep, had the #2 Special, over easy eggs, bacon, homefries and a double order of sourdough toast washed down by several cups of coffee!
...So I didn't have to wait very long to see the vampire. She seemed very nice but couldn't find any working viens in either arm.... Done used up 6 needles before she decided to use a vein on the back of my hand. She asked if I had ever had blood drawn from there before? I said, "no but I have had an IV installed there a few times". She said it was the same... She did finally manage to get the job done and I left with several bandages on my arms and hand... Stopped in at the Pharmacy there to get a refill of Blackies medicine, then headed out to Water St. Cafe to be very bad for breakfast! I figured I deserved to eat some stuff that is not normally on my diet after that!!! Yep, had the #2 Special, over easy eggs, bacon, homefries and a double order of sourdough toast washed down by several cups of coffee!
Ray, With all my illnesses and hospitalizations, I have had enough IVs and blood draws that have scarred my veins badly.
I warn all vampires that "you won't get it out of my elbow. Try the back of hand with a butterfly needle". WHY oh WHY do they NEVER listen to the patient???? They Insists "oh, I have been doing this umpteen times a day for umpteen years, I can get it" I tell them "IF you don't succeed by the second try, then I will refuse you any more because I already told you you won't get it in the elbow"{you have the right by law after 3 failed tries to refuse and request a new vampire}. GUESS what happens??? THEY NEVER GET it in the ELBOW! EIther one! They Have to either find another vein somewhere in the arm, Or *TA DA* go to the back of myhand with a butterfly needle!
The last time I was in hte hospital for a stay, they failed 5 times in the ER between the nurse AND the DR {who thought she "knew what she was doing"} adn were really doing nothing but stabbing me in the muscles! I complianed LOUDLY several tiems, and MOH stepped in and Oredered them to stop, well tehy were going to call secutrity on MOH! SO MOH stepped ou t of the ER before they did. I grabbed the DRs hand and Said LOUDLY... "I am the patient! I am telling you the nurse has used her three tries and you have used two. I am telling you NO MORE, hwich I have the right by law!" The Dr. said "well, there is that.". They came back with a guy who said he "guareantee to get it". Well, I siad "ONE TRY, that is it" He got it in, guess where? The bloody ELBOW.
I the first 5 days I was there, I had been stuck 14 times over the IV. 6 in the ER, and the reast while on the floor. Naturally it blew out of the elbow {bad place any way, you bend your elbow and it kinks the line OR pops it out}. I otld them the last time the line blew out "to get someone who can get it in and MAKE IT STICK, because I am NOT going to continue to be your PIN CUSHION!" They got a nurse for ICU to come. She said she could "gaurantee success". I pointed out MOST of her patients are not coherent enough to know what is going on when they stick them, but I was very much awake and aware. While she did it, i asked what made her a "specialist"? She said her patients were the sickest in the hospital,and when you are sick your veins tend to shrink and be smaller and narrower, so hard to find/get into.{I did not know that}. SHe found it in the middle of the right forearm easy enough.
They then decided to keep saline drip going on very slow because when they stopped regular fluids and capped of the IV for the day until the next caustic IV antibiotic went in because the veins were shutting down and closing off the IV so they would blow out again and fail. Keeping fluids running would solve that problem!
I always tell them NOT in the ELBOW! DO they listen? NO!
Grr.
I heard a truck..it was either garbage or recycle! Best go see and bring in whatever containers!
Sir MadogJeff, Ken - I am a roundy-rounder as well, but I just don´t have the space for it. If I were to go into Z scale - well, that would work, but my eyesight is not the best, my hands are a little shaky and, foremost, that Z scale stuff is so darn expensive I could afford only something that would not satisfy my wants in a layout. Going into bigger scale was the answer for me, instead.
No call yet from the contract/installer for the stove. The second half of a business day has now gone by. If I don't hear from them by tonight, I will call tomorrow and register a complaint and HIGHLY suggest they inform their salesmen at Lowe's to inform their potential customers that it can take 6 businees days to get a call to even schedule installation!
Even IF they can't get to it right away, A call on the first day so the customer knows what is going on doesn't seem to untoward to me?. I am left wondering WHO it is, WHERE they are, and WHEN they will get a hold of me!
I might have bought from HD if they offered faster service!
Ah well,
I shredded 7 paper grocery bags of documnets that were no longer needed!
That and 2 bags of catalogs, odds and ends and *GASP* 2 1/2 years of MR magazine, Trains Mag, and a few odd ones like Garden RWs *GASP*. They went out to recycle too!
Then I went to the "stash all" cupboard in the kitchen and cleaned out some of the reusable plastic containers that filled it to a pt. where when you open the door stuff falls out all over the floor. SO MOH has been nagging me to do it. So today I did it!
Watch out! I am in that "recycle and throw away" mood again! If you are in my way and sit still too long, you might find yourself in the recycle bin or garbage can!
There is a whole curbside load of stuff, as MOH also gave the porch a quick cleaning too! Most of it is all recyclable! that is good for the environment! There are boxes, bags of paper, plastic/glass containers, cans of all sorts all kinds of plastic containers, etc out there. We have 2 large recycle bins but they are ful...so I used other cardboard boxes to fill with recycles. WE do recycle about 70% of our garbage here.
well, I stood on my feet too much SUnday and yesterday. After all that cooking i did yesterday, last night MOH says" I don't feel like moving the stove now"...GGGGRRR!!!! Maybe later this afternoon I will try by myself, I can take the door off, and remove the drawer of pans to lighten the load.
SO, I have been busy busy busy! I haven't gotten to my shower yet, either, tried to get the recycle done BEFORE they come-which is about NOW.
So now I go shower and throw the towels/bathmat in the washer.
Need to eat something too..don't know what though?
well, have a great day and don' get into anymore trouble than I would!
jeffrey-wimberlyUlrich: The layout is looking good. I like that that track plan although like Ken I'm a roundy-rounder type.
Jeff, Ken - I am a roundy-rounder as well, but I just don´t have the space for it. If I were to go into Z scale - well, that would work, but my eyesight is not the best, my hands are a little shaky and, foremost, that Z scale stuff is so darn expensive I could afford only something that would not satisfy my wants in a layout. Going into bigger scale was the answer for me, instead.
Ray - how true! The size of a layout is totally irrelevant - it´s the fun dreaming it (which I have done a lot in recent years, planning it (done that quite a few times as well), building it, owning it and operating it.
Latest pics of the now completely filled right part of the layout:
When I was just finished with this job, I thought it would be nice to have a little island, so I messed the place up again
Tomorrow´s plastering job will put an end to the really messy w*rk on the layout!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, just a refill on the coffee please.
I got up a bit earlier than normal to have my blood draw this morning. Gave Blackie his med about a half hour early and headed over to the lab. Got there and there was only one other person in the waiting room.... Don't think that has ever happened before. So I didn't have to wait very long to see the vampire. She seemed very nice but couldn't find any working viens in either arm.... Done used up 6 needles before she decided to use a vein on the back of my hand. She asked if I had ever had blood drawn from there before? I said, "no but I have had an IV installed there a few times". She said it was the same... She did finally manage to get the job done and I left with several bandages on my arms and hand... Stopped in at the Pharmacy there to get a refill of Blackies medicine, then headed out to Water St. Cafe to be very bad for breakfast! I figured I deserved to eat some stuff that is not normally on my diet after that!!! Yep, had the #2 Special, over easy eggs, bacon, homefries and a double order of sourdough toast washed down by several cups of coffee!
Cloudy day outside and I will soon be out finishing the lawn I didn't get done yesterday. Currently 74°F with a high of 81 this afternoon with a few thunderboomers as well.
Ulrich, your layout is looking very good sir! Remember it isn't how big a layout is, it is how much fun you have that is important...
I best get to w*rk. 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!
Ulrich: The layout is looking good. I like that that track plan although like Ken I'm a roundy-rounder type.
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Good morning. It's 68° with 94% humidity. The high will be 82° and very cloudy with a high chance of sowers and thunderstorms. with Looks like more rain today. At least there's no reports of wind like we had yesterday. I'd intended to come back online last night after my sign-off but the cable internet service was down. It was still down when I got up this morning. It didn't come back on until about 8am.No plans today except of course to stay dry.
cudakenGlad Petra let you have the needed spaces.
Well, seeing it on a plan is very much different from reality. I got a little bit more than just a few frowns from her when I put up the benchwork. Peace has come back, though.
Instead of taking that snooze, I finished the right part. I didn´t want to start again, sniffing this crazy glue. We have the windows wide open and hopefully, this smell will soon be forgotten. All I nhave to do now is to wait for about an hour, then do a little sanding and a lot of clean-up work. Tomorrow will be plaster day!
Edit: I forgot to mention that I got two 3-point track gauges in today´s mail. They will help me to lay the track on the piers and the bridge and also check the gauge on the entire layout
Flo, Diet Dew and English Muffin please.
Weather finally caught to us, it a cool nasty rainny day. Means no yard work and both front and rear yards are getting close to needing to be cut.
Ulrich, while I am more of a loop guy that is a good looking track plan. Glad Petra let you have the needed spaces.
See you all later, Ken
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Me again.
Zoe, coffee, please - and something to munch on. A sweet muffin? That´ll be great!
I am struggling to fill the gap at the far right of my layout. I made a mistake while cutting the board - didn´t think of the bridge that will cross there. Thank goodness Styrofoam is such a good material to work with, so I managed to get one side of the shoreline straightened out.
There only 8 inches left to fill, but I am calling it quits for the day, as I feel a headche getting the grips on me. Must be the foam glue I am using. It really stinks - despite the room being properly ventilated.
Off for a snooze!
Morning all, I'll just have an egg. I've got to get my asthma meds today and boy is that expensive. I'm also probably going to spend the rest of the day before work (I wish I was working the 10-5 shift instead of the 3-9, but Iam not complaining about the work-I like it) working on perfecting Layla on Guitar-I've already got Clapton's sound and effects figured out, now I just need to get the intro lick perfected and work on the timing/ Not sure if I am going to do any railfanning/model railroading today.
Good morning, all. Yesterday was in the high 80s in Massachusetts, but today we'll be lucky to hit 60. I put seed and starter fertilizer down last Thursday, so I'm trying to keep it all slightly damp. Not easy when I'm at work 5 days a week.
Yesterday was my turn to go to the doctor. Just a physical, but the blood work showed my blood sugar is too high, so now I'll be on a pill for that, too. I'm not a sweets-and-desserts guy, and I only put sugar in my coffee on weekends, but the Doc said it's genetic, not dietary, and it wouldn't make any difference if I ate nothing but bran cereal - I'd still be like this. Actually, that's kind of a relief, because I really don't want to be on any kind of highly-restrictive diet that makes me suffer to look at all the yummy things I can't have. Blood pressure and cholesterol are fine, so those pills are working and one more won't hurt.
morning coffee in the diner...
A golden-eyed tree-frog from MaliFell in love with a swamp-bat from Bali,said the frog to the bat,"I like your new hat,It looks like a painting by Dali."
-frances Wessel
I once fell in love with a blondBut found that she wasn't so fondOf my pet turtle named Odle,whom I'd taught how to YodelSo she dumped him outside in the pond
-lilly
Good Morning!
Another dull and gray day. I could sure use some sunshine! At least it has stopped raining.
cudakenUlrich can you post me a track plan and the sizes of the layout? Sure looks bigger than the N scale setup.
Here you go, Ken!
The layout has about the same length as my "old" N scale layout, but it is 19" deep instead of those 6" the N scale modules have. In addition, there is this "leg" down the middle, which is detachable and can be rolled away, if need be. The staging, which I have not yet started to build, is just a simple board and put in place only when I operate the layout.
It took lengthy negotiations with my government until I was alloted the necessary real estate, but finally Petra bought in to the idea. The room has lost the function of a guest room, but, as we hardly have guests staying over night, that´s not a big loss.
Incidentally, this is the biggest layout I ever built!
No real plans for the day - I think I´ll continue to fill the gaps between the levels and maybe start covering the foam with plaster. I have yet to figure out how to make the abutments for the bridge on the right side.
Make it a great day!
It's 72° here and very wet and windy. We have gusts up to 28mph. Looks like there's still a fair chance of more showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Great! Just what we need. More rain. It was coming down in buckets for a couple of hours and I heard what sounded like hail hitting the roof a few times.Well, it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me.... No, no can't have any of that beautiful looking pie you have over there.... Have a blood test in the morning! I will be in for a big breakfast on the way home from that!
I got about 2/3rds. of the lawn done today. Ran out of battery about the same time I ran out of energy myself... I did some weeding in the asperagus/herb garden. Cut a nice batch of the asperagus which I took over to my next door neighbor. I have a huge amount in the house and I don't want to risk my uric acid going haywire right before my blood work.... Went down to the local collage to pick up a DVD data disc of photos from the MLK Service last January. There are close to 750 fuill res photos on the disc... I need to find about 30 to use in a slide show at the Scholarship Dinner! Ask and thou shalt recieve!
Jeffrey, If I was anywhere near where you live, I would come over and help you for a day. I think I could still do what you are needing to get done on the trailer. I feel your frustration with the nephew! Every family has at least one of those. Too bad you don't have some better ones right where you are.
I have a back ache from the weeding today, and I need to get up a bit early tomorrow. I shall call it a day and go get comfortable in bed. Prayers for all in need!
Garry - Thanks. The wife & I have been having a great time. What keeps it interesting is that we almost always see something new or different each time we go out. I'm really lucky to live minutes away from NS & CSX main lines, and that the wife enjoys it as much as I do. We also enjoy going on little one day jaunts to small towns we have never been to before to see if there are any good spots to watch trains. And we are always running into other railfans, or people who just are curious what we are doing. Last summer, a semi truck driver sat with us for about an hour and was really interested in what the very freight cars hauled.
Ray - I have been meaning to ask you about the museum you volunteer at. Do they have any difficulty in getting people to participate on weekends or for work sessions? I wish there was a nice railroad museum close to where I live. I think it would be interesting to be active in something like that. The other question is personal, & if you don't want to address it, I understand, but I have been concerned as to how your sister was doing. I hope all is well.
After our usual busy Monday morning activities, my schedule didn't let up after we got home. Started a load of wash, and because they were calling for thunderstorms this afternoon and the next couple of days I figured I better get the grass cut. About 30 minutes after putting the lawnmower away, it started to rain pretty hard. All told, got 5 loads of laundry done too. But I'm sore this evening. Going up and down those cellar steps is a killer these days.
Tommorow's plans are to clean the foyer, living room, dining room and scrub the kitchen floor. But you never know, might go & watch trains instead.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
OK, I'm back. We had quite the series of storms here. I shut down here almost immediately after my 4:16pm post. Power went out about thirty minutes later. I was in back watching 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' at the time. The outage caught VGER in mid sentence or shall I say mid-threat (give me what I want or I'll kill everything on the Earth) so it was no bad thing. I put on my headlight and went around and turned on the emergency lights. They're in the bedroom, bathroom, train/computer room. Then I sat back, picked up a book (After Worlds Collide) and picked up where I left off during the last power outage. I'd read for ten minutes, let my eyes rest for about five minutes then read for ten minutes, rest the eyes for five minutes and just kept repeating the cycle. I stopped and marked my page (about eleven pages farther on from where I started) when the power came back on a little after 7:30. I had stopped at a few points to get something to eat and drink and make a visit to the throne room. I know now that the window in the west wall of the bedroom (under where the tree landed) leaks. I've got to fix that. Also have to get that roof fixed! Those damaged steel sheets are still up there and the over-roof frame hasn't been repaired. No way can I do it. I go up a ladder and I'll probably split the side of my foot open then my nurse and my family will probably kill me. I can't trust my nephew to do it. He'll be in a hurry to go to some party or go and see if he can get his truck and ATV's stuck in some mud hole and he'll botch the job in spades. All it is just sistering a good 2x4 to the busted one and replacing the two steel sheets. Those of course need to be cut to length, pre-drilled, put in place and screwed down. Nothing hard about it. It just takes time. Shoot, my father and I did the whole roof in half a day back in '06 and that included tarring the overlap of the sheets. Thirteen sheets in all.
Evening Dinners, Good Evening Ulrich!
Flo, pleases.
Got a lot of none fun stuff today, well one fun thing. Paid the Gas, Water and Electric Bill. Got cash so Sue can go to the foot Dr again to have here toe nails cut, she has a in growen nail. Took Sparkie THe Rocket Dog to the Vet for his heart guard. Well, did not need to taken for the heart guard, wanted to get him weighed. In 2 months he has went from 16.2 pounds, to 19.2? That is a 18% increses! So no more snacks for him, I want to keep him around 17 pounds max. Does not look any heaver, I still wonder if the scale is right.
Went to a new park (still growing grass) and took Sparkie for a nice walk. Sparkie saw found some deer tracks and enjoyed smelling and tracking them. I did look out for Deer Poop.
I am doing the first BBQ in say 5 months. Looking foward to something not Mircowaved (spell check) for a change! Sure is time for a new grill! This one is the second Char Brol grill, this is the second one. Both lasted around 15 years, and this one is done for. I think I have replaced 3 to 4 burners, grill top, riged the top hidges with dry wall screws, made new basket hanges and the list goes on.
Ulrich can you post me a track plan and the sizes of the layout? Sure looks bigger than the N scale setup.
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We've had big ugly and loud thunderstorms and heavy showers going through here for the last couple of hours. A few lightning strikes have been close, one maybe a direct hit as a couple of locos were knocked off the track on the display rack. Thankfully they didn't fall off. Some DVD's were knocked out of the DVD rack as well. Gotta another big thunderstorm coming so I gotta get off of here.