Good Morning (Morning to you, Ken)!
3 hours of sleep are not enough for a big fella like me, but that´s all I got this night. I could hardly breathe, my head felt like being hammered on. I suppose it´s an allergic reaction to the fumes of that paint. I hope it´ll go away soon.
galaxysome of us can't understand some of the things you would say in german
That´s the story of my marriage! Petra always complains that she does not understand what I am talking about
Nobody loves me, everybody hates meThink I'll go and eat wormsLong ones, short ones, fat ones, thin onesSee how they wriggle and squirm
I bite off the heads, and suck out the juiceAnd throw the skins awayNobody knows how fat I growOn worms three times a dayOhh...nobody loves me.
Ken - thanks for your help! Is this a recent picture of you you posted? You seem to have lost a lot of weight!
Vincent - I won´t paint the backdrop onto the wallpaper. I will mount a 2 by 11 ft. sheet of masonite to the wall, on which I will paint the backdrop using latex paint.
No real plans for the day. I am pondering to fire up my soldering iron, but have to make sure we have stocked a sufficient amount of burn ointment
Make it a great day!
Ich wünsche Euch allen einen schönen Sonntag!
Good evening. 70° and a little cloudy tonight and no rain. Can't say the same about tomorrow.Did some cleaning on the printer today but had to stop. I ran out of Goo-Gone. At least I got some of the dirt and grime off it. It doesn't look quite so old now.The $20 motherboard I had picked up on Ebay that was advertised as good turned out to be a dud. After some back and forth with the seller I settled for a $10 partial refund as there's still parts on it I can use. Some good news is the manual for the serial card that runs the printer will be here Monday.That's it for now. Time to call 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
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I'll have a nice hot cup of decaf please...
Went to my sisters this afternoon. We drove up the lake to the place that has been for many, many years the best source for trees and many garden plants in this part of the country. We knew it had been bought by a place in the midwest, but thought it was still open here. Nope! Totally closed and empty... We weren't the only ones to find that out today as another car pulled in right after us. So we went back to Canadaigua to a place owned by a former student of my sister. They now have many varieties of trees and such as well as flower pots, seedlings, etc. I was looking for some strawberries to plant. He had strawberries in stock, but not the everbearing variety. Sold out already. He has more coming in so my sister will pick up a couple boxes for me next week. I did spend some $$$ to get a couple hanging baskets for out on my deck.
Packer and Galaxy (and others). Taxes are ultimately paid on your yearly income after deductions! (you know that April 15th. thing...) You do not pay more (%) because of overtime unless overtime brings your yearly income into a higher tax bracket (and even then you only pay higher taxes on the portion in the higher bracket not the whole amount you earned...) Therefore you never end up with less earnings because you work overtime. (There are some certain corporate types that would like you to think that and want to pay you less so you will actually make more money [for them] ...ahem..). Now, that said.... In a given pay period, your witholding assumes that your gross for the pay period is what you make every pay period and so may withold on a higher level because of it. But in the long run you do not lose money by working overtime and usually do not even have to pay a higher rate (but what they take out may be more because it is a percentage of the total). Here it is straight from another source:
"You may wind up in a higher tax bracket if you regularly work a lot of overtime, however you will ALWAYS be $$$ ahead in the end as long as the tax rate is below 100%. Given that the maximum tax rate is 35% you will always be money ahead. Most employers withhold taxes on any individual paycheck as if you earned the same amount every pay period. With 38 hours of overtime that will result in a higher percentage in tax withholding than if the employer annualized your income and withholdings. Few employers do that, though I've worked for a couple that did. At any rate, it will all even out at tax time next year when you file your tax return. Your tax liability is based upon your total income and all wages are lumped in together whether straight time or overtime."
Also remember that you only pay a higher amount on the $$$ that are over each tax bracket. Lets say (I don't have my tax info in front of me) that the tax rate changes at $20,000 for this conversation... If you, without overtime, would make 18,000 per year (after deductions) and with overtime now make $22,000 in that year (after deductions), the higher tax rate only applies to $2,000 of your income, not the whole $22,000 you earned. So go ahead and work that overtime and enjoy getting some extra $$$!
OK, I have to be out at the museum early for Crew Call so I will be calling it a night soon. Have a great one! My prayers for all in need.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
cudaken Galaxy I did read about your visit to the ER. While what you went throght was bad, you where not under there lack of care for 2 years! My wife told me the other night that in a western state the VA is beinging aduted and being held accountable for the death of 48 Vets that did not recive care. Like my self, no fall up care, not in the ER.
Galaxy I did read about your visit to the ER. While what you went throght was bad, you where not under there lack of care for 2 years! My wife told me the other night that in a western state the VA is beinging aduted and being held accountable for the death of 48 Vets that did not recive care. Like my self, no fall up care, not in the ER.
Yes, Ken, I was merely illustrating that it isn't only the VA that is getting lax in health care, It can take 2-3 weeeks to get in to see my GP on a good day! Granted, that is not in years, but it is not the old days of getting in within 2-3 days if not the day you call for an appt.!
The VA, nationwide, is being audited, not just one state or facility!
WIth your complaint, I was gonna ask you if you had seen that on the news, it has been all over the news lately. VA ignoring veterans for years until they die.
And all the VA hospitals/Dr.s are being investigated and audited NATIONWIDE.
So your complaint is not unfounded!
What gets me, and I play "devil's advocate" here: is that the veterans in question did not seek medical attention anywhere else, and with serious illnesses just waited forever to see the VA???!! I don't care if the VA is "free" for veterans who may not have any other kind of health insurance, but if you are serously ill, a trip to the ER, if nothing else, is in prompt order!
What Many people apparently don't know, is that {many} hospitals/health care systems have an {apparently little known} Program to reduce by 100%, 75% or 50% the cost of any hospital services low-to medium income people receive, IF THEY APPLY FOR IT.
FOr example, the Hospital I complained about has a program that if you apply, with supporting documentation, that with an annual household income of up to 350% above the Fed. Poverty level...that is a 2 person household with income of up to $55K a year can still get a 50% reduction in the unreimbursed or copay costs of that hospital-incurred or Company Dr.s bills! That applies only to the hosptial and the hospital supported Doctors and outside satellite office and walk-in office visits., the ER Drs. are a contract company so they bill differently.
If a 2 person household makes less than $31K a year {200% over Fed poverty level}, they get a whole magical 100% discount! ITs FREE! Yes FREE!
The Dental clinic we go to is in another hosptial that also has a program..up to 60% off dental services, depending on income. We should still get 40% off our share of the co-pay of what the dental insurance we have won't cover.
SO SEARCH out these programs by asking for the PATIENT FINANCIAL ADVOCATE at any hospital. ALL hospitals {at least the ones who take Medicare} are required to have a PFA, and they represent the PATIENTS, NOT the hospital! They can point you in the right direction!
You also CANNOT be denied ER services at any hospital, even if you don't have insurance, are underinsured, and/or don't qualify for your state's medicaid program! there should be signs all over the place in hospitals ! They have to fully treat you, OR at least get you stabilized to go to a facility that can treat you {say a Burn Center hospital that specializes in major burns, for example}
So there ARE programs for the lower {and even to middle} income people and NO ONE should be denied or wait forever for health care.
If you can't find a for-profit hospital with such programs, seek out a good nearby Catholic Charitable hospital...they are all over the country , it doesn' t mean you have to be Catholic..the hospital of which I speak and go to is one. They HAVE to treat everyone! Like the sign and law says!
Have a great day tomorrow, Ken, I don't think you will have a busy day tomorrow {SUnday} either, if you are open, not many people will take MOTHER out On Mother's Day to a matress place!!!
-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.
Evening guys,
Spent all day yesterday and today working outside. Also got in 12 miles on the bike this morning and plan on getting more in tomorrow morning. They are calling for rain and alot of this week so want to get biking and outdoor work in now.
cudaken Jeffery, far as you working on old computers, is that just because you enjoy doing it? If so, I can understand. All so I have a question for you about XP. Mirosoft is no longer supporting XP so do I need to up grade? Or will AVG keep it safe?
Sir Madog TMarsh That, and you're German so you can say things most of us don't understand, but sounds good while you do it. Is my English that bad?
TMarsh That, and you're German so you can say things most of us don't understand, but sounds good while you do it.
Is my English that bad?
I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and Todd will probably correct me if I am wrong:
No, ULRICH: I think you mistook what he was saying.
Ihr Englisch ist sehr gut, Herr Ulrich. {your English is very good, Mr. Ulrich}
I think he was basically saying this: German is not exactly an easy language {at least for some of us English speakers} to learn and speak. It can be a tongue-twister for some of us. That, and some german words are very long.... one long tongue-twisting word.
So, I think he was saying some of us can't understand some of the things you would say in german, but when you say it, it sounds so good the way you say it {in german}!
For many of us German is like trying to say the {English} medical condition that is the longest English word in the dictionary according to Guiness Book of Records {45 letters long}:
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
{a disease: a disease caused by the prolonged inhalation of fine siliceous dust {volcanic ash} } {can be attributed to coal miners and other miners}
{ FOr those who have trouble, to pronounce it, break it into parts:
pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano co ni o sis
{new-moe ultrah microscopic sil-i-kovol-kane-o ko knee oh sis}
The words-within-the-word kinda tells you what it is.
OR, to listen to it pronounced, try the video here:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081006153610AAt52g7
Evening Dinners, Good Evening Ulrich!
Flo Beer Pleases.
What a great day, sunny, nice breeze and 80 degrees! So in the Mattress Busniess that means Dead! Boy was it ever dead! My only customer was did not come into 2:45? Second customer was Davies and she came in at 4:45. I blew out of there at 5:00.
Seems yesterday I got into some kind of posion plant while cutting the backyard. I think I know which one it was, need to take a photo and post it here. Rash is about the sizes of a siliver dollar, itches a little, but not bad.
Jimmy, I as well know the pain of lossing a pet! Guess it was little over 2 years ago we lost Tiffiny, she was just a tad away from being 17.
">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Personal/IM000345.jpg.html] We lost Shaddy the Irish Wolfhound this January. ">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/photo3.jpg.html] Luckly we found Sparkie, The Rocket Dog. [/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Sparkie%20The%20Rocket%20Dog/Sparkie3-25-14019_zps0c917174.jpg.html] He pretty much saved Sue she was grefiving so badly over the Shaddy. I could just tell in the morning she had no reason to get up. Sparkie is a great dog. Ulich, I will say one thing, your spelling of English is much better than mine! I did order your spikes and they should be in Thursday. As luck would have it, I am off Monday and Tuesday. I am normally off Tuesday and Fridays so I don't know if I will get to pick them up this week. K-10 use to be open on Thursdays till 9:00, if they are I should still beable to pick them up. Galaxy I did read about your visit to the ER. While what you went throght was bad, you where not under there lack of care for 2 years! My wife told me the other night that in a western state the VA is beinging aduted and being held accountable for the death of 48 Vets that did not recive care. Like my self, no fall up care, not in the ER. Jeffery, far as you working on old computers, is that just because you enjoy doing it? If so, I can understand. All so I have a question for you about XP. Mirosoft is no longer supporting XP so do I need to up grade? Or will AVG keep it safe? Mopar Friends. Have had one reach out to me about coming by and helping me get off my butt and work on Miss Lumpy! All I need is a little nudge (spell check all most typed nude), no rain and the darn grass to stop growing! I hate live grass! See you all Sunday! Ken [/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Charger%20Site/1-9-05-4_zps735888ab.jpg.html]
We lost Shaddy the Irish Wolfhound this January.
">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/photo3.jpg.html] Luckly we found Sparkie, The Rocket Dog. [/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Sparkie%20The%20Rocket%20Dog/Sparkie3-25-14019_zps0c917174.jpg.html] He pretty much saved Sue she was grefiving so badly over the Shaddy. I could just tell in the morning she had no reason to get up. Sparkie is a great dog. Ulich, I will say one thing, your spelling of English is much better than mine! I did order your spikes and they should be in Thursday. As luck would have it, I am off Monday and Tuesday. I am normally off Tuesday and Fridays so I don't know if I will get to pick them up this week. K-10 use to be open on Thursdays till 9:00, if they are I should still beable to pick them up. Galaxy I did read about your visit to the ER. While what you went throght was bad, you where not under there lack of care for 2 years! My wife told me the other night that in a western state the VA is beinging aduted and being held accountable for the death of 48 Vets that did not recive care. Like my self, no fall up care, not in the ER. Jeffery, far as you working on old computers, is that just because you enjoy doing it? If so, I can understand. All so I have a question for you about XP. Mirosoft is no longer supporting XP so do I need to up grade? Or will AVG keep it safe? Mopar Friends. Have had one reach out to me about coming by and helping me get off my butt and work on Miss Lumpy! All I need is a little nudge (spell check all most typed nude), no rain and the darn grass to stop growing! I hate live grass! See you all Sunday! Ken [/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Charger%20Site/1-9-05-4_zps735888ab.jpg.html]
Luckly we found Sparkie, The Rocket Dog.
[/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Sparkie%20The%20Rocket%20Dog/Sparkie3-25-14019_zps0c917174.jpg.html] He pretty much saved Sue she was grefiving so badly over the Shaddy. I could just tell in the morning she had no reason to get up. Sparkie is a great dog. Ulich, I will say one thing, your spelling of English is much better than mine! I did order your spikes and they should be in Thursday. As luck would have it, I am off Monday and Tuesday. I am normally off Tuesday and Fridays so I don't know if I will get to pick them up this week. K-10 use to be open on Thursdays till 9:00, if they are I should still beable to pick them up. Galaxy I did read about your visit to the ER. While what you went throght was bad, you where not under there lack of care for 2 years! My wife told me the other night that in a western state the VA is beinging aduted and being held accountable for the death of 48 Vets that did not recive care. Like my self, no fall up care, not in the ER. Jeffery, far as you working on old computers, is that just because you enjoy doing it? If so, I can understand. All so I have a question for you about XP. Mirosoft is no longer supporting XP so do I need to up grade? Or will AVG keep it safe? Mopar Friends. Have had one reach out to me about coming by and helping me get off my butt and work on Miss Lumpy! All I need is a little nudge (spell check all most typed nude), no rain and the darn grass to stop growing! I hate live grass! See you all Sunday! Ken [/URL]">http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Charger%20Site/1-9-05-4_zps735888ab.jpg.html]
He pretty much saved Sue she was grefiving so badly over the Shaddy. I could just tell in the morning she had no reason to get up. Sparkie is a great dog.
Ulich, I will say one thing, your spelling of English is much better than mine! I did order your spikes and they should be in Thursday. As luck would have it, I am off Monday and Tuesday. I am normally off Tuesday and Fridays so I don't know if I will get to pick them up this week. K-10 use to be open on Thursdays till 9:00, if they are I should still beable to pick them up.
Jeffery, far as you working on old computers, is that just because you enjoy doing it? If so, I can understand. All so I have a question for you about XP. Mirosoft is no longer supporting XP so do I need to up grade? Or will AVG keep it safe?
Mopar Friends. Have had one reach out to me about coming by and helping me get off my butt and work on Miss Lumpy! All I need is a little nudge (spell check all most typed nude), no rain and the darn grass to stop growing! I hate live grass!
See you all Sunday!
Ken
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I hate Rust
And a heck of a lot better than my German.
Happy Mothers Day to all our Ladies.
Prayers and Blessings to all.
Flip
Sir Madog asked: Is my English that bad?
Nein, Ulrich, dein English ist ausgezeichnet!
Herr Beasley
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Packer Galaxy, I hope it includes those. I just hope taxes aren't gonna make it to where the difference is moot. (like my current job's overtime; the tax rate on the overtime pretty much knocks it back down to regular pay)
Galaxy, I hope it includes those. I just hope taxes aren't gonna make it to where the difference is moot. (like my current job's overtime; the tax rate on the overtime pretty much knocks it back down to regular pay)
They say {and it works out that way} that for an hourly person, only 8-10 hours of overtime is "worth it", as beyond the 8-10 hours, the law of "dimishing returns" takes over as the "extra taxes" will eat up more of the OT pay.
What always got me {from my accounting days} is that if I earn $200/week regular, and get $100 OT, that I would pay MORE taxes on the $300 total, than compared to a person who's regular pay WAS $300/week!!!
Never made sense to me.
I always was willing to, and often did work the OT, up to about 10 hours then I would refuse any more. Unless it was "mandatory" {usually for gov't work contracts} to keep my job...
It is also illegal to work someone more than 14 days in a row without a whole day off. It is by law mandatory {here at least and I think it is FEderal law}that the 15th day be totally off from work. I had to push that issue a few times when asked to work extra hours i would not usually turn down, but couldn't because it would have been the 15th day in a row, I turned it down and had the day off. doesn't mean the 16th day didn't start a whole new 14 in a row again...
just sayin'
Enjoy you new job! be glad you got one in this economy!
Afternoon guys
Been working on some cars for someone else again. These ones are a bit unusual. I'm putting Kadees on the Roco and a Flieschmann (sp?) coach. The former got the NEM adapted kadees I pulled off of a trix UP 40' boxcar when I body-mounted kadees to it. The later got body-mounted Kadees. I need to get some standard-shank underset couplers for that. I have longs on it and they are too long...
It's supposed to rain today, so I'm not doing anything outside if I can help it. We really don't need any more rain as some of the ditches around town have a lot of water (someone sank their car in one) from the flooding last week.
Dennis, nice job on that RS1.
Ulirch, you could paint one, but I'd smooth out the bumps in the walls first (I never liked those things, but it seems every house has them. Why I don't know)... Looking good so far.
JR, It's for the comissary. The downside is it's only temporary "summer" work that ends in September. Hopefully they decide to keep me afterwards though.
Cederstrand, Fox Valley Models are still around. But I think the Haiwatha set was a limited-time thing like everything else today. I'm trying to find a few of their SOO boxcars, and maybe a couple in BN. They seem to be focusing on N-scale though. They recently annouced a Southern Silverside coal gondola.
Jimmy, sorry to hear about your cat.
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.
well,
we drove the hour and a half out to the military cemetary to the MIL's grave site. We haven't seen it since the stone was put up. MOH also wanted "alone time" with MIL. So I saw it and walked away leaving MOH alone. WE took this HUGE arrangement MOH ordered to go there. MIL LOVED flowers, so for Mother's Day it was appropriate, we would have taken her some kind of {potted} flower anyway.
Stopped at a Bob Evans Restaurant. I used to be a cook in a restaurant and even once dated a waitress co-worker {often a bad idea to mix work adn pleasure...not in this case, though she did move away}, so I am aware of the inner workings and pay scale of wait-staff in particular. Here in NY they only get $2.19/hour as wait-staff minimum wage, and are taxed based on what gets rung up under their # for food sales. They may or may not also have to share their tips with: busboys, hosts, cashier and, oddly enough, in at least one case that shocked me on TV, the cooking staff! Now the cooking staff usually gets paid relatively well { at elast I always did}, usually quite a bit above Fed. minimum wage{$7.25/hr. Here in NY and some other states is higher by law}. The host/cashier may only get paid based on Fed. minimum wage{or state}, too.
Now i say this because I saw 2 little old ladies {70s or 80s} in my field of vision straight ahead to the left of the aisle finishing up their complete meals and sodas, and have desserts. Probably at least $25 tab without the desserts. They left only a single dollar on the table. SOme people are under the impression wait-staff just "rake it in", but not on $1 tips for a half-hour sitting on a $25 tab.
So, I was gonna leave a 15-20% tip anyway {I always do, unless service was particularly bad-not the food, as food is NOT wait-staff's control-you send it back to the kitchen -or ask to see the chef or cook- if not satisfied with the food in any way}, but bumped our tip up to a bigger tip to help make up for the old ladies who essentially left her no tip. A $1 tip on 2 meals and drinks and desserts now-a-days is considered "no tip". Unless you had a coffee only.
Some people just don't know, and I hate to say it, but the older they are, the less likely they are to tip appropriately. It is hard to understand if one doesn't know the rules inside workings of a restaurant. They also "live in the days" when you left two pennies or a nice shiney nickel with the quarter for coffee only, and that was a "fine tip",and figure a $1 is a grand gesture on their part. Or they figure 10% only is enough,and so on a $10 entree that appears to be a proper 10%, but they fail to consider the cost of their drinks and desserts, too, if applicable. any "special resquests" also deserve extra tip.
that is why some places state on their menu...that "a tip should be between 15-20% of the total dinner price", AND/OR add a 20% tip for "large parties" as often to have help with the table, 2 or 3 wait-staff are needed and they share the tip. AND to make sure the wait-staff doesn't get a $1 tip for 6 meals and drinks.
My FIL is one who tips only a $1 per meal, he thinks they get Fed/state regular minimum wage{the $7.25, or here in NY $8.00}, and that he does them a favor by leaving a tip, even at only $1.
Personally I think tipping should be abolished here in the USA-they get paid like the cooking staff does {only the lowly dishwasher in the back of the house gets the fed/state regular minimum}, then there would be less confusion over the issue!
Not being "political" just sayin'.
It was a nice meals and we both brought home leftovers for later.
MOH insisted we stop at my mohters grave on the way home. The plots next to my mother's plot {3 of them apparently} is new recently. Only one party of the marriage had passed, so the dual stome was marked incomplete for the living party. It sure 'crowded" my mother's ample stone.My father spared no expense and had a big stone and a vinyl "permenant" portrait of mother installed in a recess on the stone. He will be buried at her feet in his cremation urn or box. The military plaque he gets will be bolted to the back of her stone. There are 3 other family plots, one in which, unless we move somewhere else, will be the plot MOH and I share. My brother is there too. Funny thing is the next door neighbor that I and my parents hadwhile I was growing up and who's son still has the house next door, well when the neighbor passed, they buried him in the plots next to ours. so My mother and the neighbor's wife {still going at 97} who was dear friend to my mother will be "neighbors" with her husband "afterwards" too.
Both cemateries looked nice, though the military is better kept, I think. $250 "perpetual care" fee doesn't buy you much.
Enough about that, I am sure I bored you.
was a NICE sunny day in the early 70s untill we got home, then thunderboomers set in up from the PA border.
WEll, Jeffrey is certainly excited about what came today. I can see why, I think? All I got was a bill and "junque mail". Usually all the bills mostly come between the 12-22 of the month, SOme i think are 'moving up' to an earlier date on me! Used to be only one bill was a straggler from the norm there. But not now.
well, we will rest the rest of the day. MOH has already gone for a nap, I think I go join with the puddy!
Dinner will be leftovers!
Got the new printer ribbon, installed it and did a test print using a listing of my boot disk greeting program. Working great. At some point in the future I can get started on typing up rosters of my locos and rolling stock.
Italian Roast coffee in a SANTA FE mug.
Lots of rain today. Not the best conditions for the Mother's Day Powwow about 30 minutes from here. Need to go get my once a year Fry Bread fix and catch up with a few friends.
Cheers! Rob
TMarshThat, and you're German so you can say things most of us don't understand, but sounds good while you do it.
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.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Pumpkin Seed Flax Granola with Skim Milk and Stevia to go along with my Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug please....
Tomorrow is open ing day out at the R&GV RR Museum. We got a nice bit of free publicity on a local TV News program a few days ago, so we are hoping it will be a busy first day. The museum has several other large publicity events going on this summer as well. We have doubled the number of diesel train days out there so I will be working train crew more than museum guide this year. Why hang around the staion when I can be aboard the train!
Jimmy, very sad to lose a pet. Know all too well how hard it is to say goodbye to them when that time comes. We all know you made the right decision for the cat if he was in pain.
Tom, this is for you...
I will be heading out to Canandaigua this afternoon. I have some stuff to deliver to my sister (flyers for her summer Art classes, a bag of fresh cut asperagus, and about 50 cat whiskers from the boys) so we will take a trip to a well known local gardenplant store a few miles south on Canandaigua Lake. I want to get some strawberries to plant in the rock garden I put in last year, and possibly some other items.
Sun is trying to make an appearance from time to time. Today should be a very pleasent day. Currently 69°F outside with a high around 73°F later this afternoon. Nice to be out and around without a heavy winter coat. Also gives me a chance to do the "sun bathing" my dermatologist wants me to do for the psoriasis on my back.
Time to gte moving I think. Will catch up to you all later!
Heartland Division CB&QI am still very confident, you can make a nice backdrop yourself if you choose to do so. I would encourage you to try so you will see it actually can be fun.
Garry - in any case, I will give it a try. If I fail, all I will have invested is a little money for the paint and lots of time. I can still get this one:
... and cut off the lower part. I know am ambitious, but I am also confident I can do better than this one!
Good morning. It's 71° with 89% humidity. The high will be 88°, cloudy with a small chance of rain. with Not much going on today. Postal tracking shows that the motherboard I picked up on May 2nd for $26 will arrive today. The printer ribbon I ordered is in Shreveport at this time so I should have it on Monday at the latest. Scratch that! I've just been notified it'll be here today!Got a call from my father last night. They took my grand nephew to Steam Town yesterday. Where I'm told he had a blast. Like me he's a train nut.And that's all that's going on in my world at this time.
Good morning ....
Dennis B .... Good to see you in the Diner! ..... Your RS1 is fabulous! I saw your posts in the diesel thread too.
Jimmy .... Nice idea to meet at Scenic Express where you can shop too.
Karl .... Good to hear NWSL took care of the gear for you.
Ulrich ..... I like the photos of the engine on the dock. I am still very confident, you can make a nice backdrop yourself if you choose to do so. I would encourage you to try so you will see it actually can be fun. Otherewise, Faller makes nice paper backdrops which are not too costly and have good looking clouds.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Just a few quick shots I took this morning.
I definitively have to do something about this backdrop...
Sir Madog Galaxy - I am glad you weren´t hurt when your dinner exploded. From now on you´ll have to wear protective clothing when cooking up a meal!
Galaxy - I am glad you weren´t hurt when your dinner exploded. From now on you´ll have to wear protective clothing when cooking up a meal!
Well, It was just such a SHOCK when it happened!
One does not expect a dish to explode like that! {unless you do something that might cause it to explode}
Since the glass dishes are "safe" to 450f, I figure in that short 10 minutes it must have gotten to be 500f or more in the oven since the burner burns all the time!
Well, we haev put off a new stove for a long enough time, I guess. It will be nice but strange to put something in the oven to bake or roast and NOT have to watch it like a hawk! Apparently I did not watch closely enough last night!
morning coffee in the diner..
A fellow named Homer had woesWhich he’d drown in his liquor at Moe’sWere his troubles so largeThat he couldn’t tell Marge?He’s a man of a great many D’OHs.
There once was a man, quite unbalanced,Refining his limerick talentsA sensational poet,And the whole world would know it,But he can’t get the last line to rhyme.
Good Morning!
Quite nice to be woken up by some sunshine! The last couple of days saw more ra*n than in the entire month of April. Some regions in southern Germany are already under a flood warning.
Well, Petra did not kill me, but there is that pungent smell of paint in our entire house. I wonder why the neighbors have not started to complain. The paint isn´t even dry, yet, so I´ll have to wait for quite a few hours before I can start doing any job on the layout. I might use the time to sketch up a drawing for my background. It´s about time I get rid of that wall paper look behind my locos.
Jimmy - I am sorry to hear about loosing your kitty!
MIA roll call!
Any news from Chris?, Jim? Sue?
Have a great weekend!
Good evening. It's a pleasant 74° here tonight. There is however a fair chance of getting wet if going outside. Say a 50/50 chance.I took the time today to set my other two Super Serial cards to the same settings as the one in my platinum //e 2128 so they're all ready for use with the ImageWriter II printer.Went into town and got five prescriptions refilled. I only had about a week left on those.Got the wound vac dressing changed for the weekend. Hopefully it'll last til Monday.That's it for now. Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.I did a short test print today. If you look at the paper you should be able to see some faint lines of text on it.
Hi.......been busy getting a project finished.
Dennis Blank Jr.
CEO,COO,CFO,CMO,Bossman,Slavedriver,Engineer,Trackforeman,Grunt. Birdsboro & Reading Railroad
Hi Guys
Got the yark work done today including getting the grass both front and back. Its looking nicw and clean. The water in the bird bath is clean and there feeder is full. My grass is usually dead or yellow but so far is thick and green. Was nice to see magnolia tree blossom. It smells nice. Have a few other things tomorro being cleaning out the BBQ. And cutting up a few small branches to hopefully get them in leaf bags. First things firsth though. I will be on the bike trails by 5:30am until about 8am, so once I get done outdoors tomorrow I will come in clean the house and then sit down to play some strat baseball. Busy day.
Well, I am looking forward to next weekend. The NMRA division I belong to (division 2) will be having the monthly meeting at-SCENIC EXPRESS! And they will be open for shopping before and after the meeting! If anyone on here is a member of the NMRA Mid Central Reigon division 2 or going to attend, say hello and introduce yourself- I'll probably be wearing an East Broad Top Railroad hat, and the like. I really needed to do some shopping for some scenery material for finishing up my scrapyard and starting work on an oil refinery from the 1950's.
(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).
WELL!
A GREAT BIG "FIDDLESTICKS"! {I might choose to use other words, but can't print them here}
Tomorrow and Sunday MOH has off. We are going to the cemetary 2 hours away to the MIL's grave to place flowers for Mother's Day. BUT we WILL go everywhere to look and buy a NEW STOVE!
WHY?
Because I have two glass baking dishes, one square and one oblong. The oblong I loaded with various pieces of beef smothered in marinade and extra water for good measure. That was "precooking" them. The square I put a few pieces in that I was going to eat right away tonight for dinner.
Well, Since the heat stays on, I turned it on on 300F for 10 mins, then off for 5. Repeat. for 45 mins.
Well the last 10 minutes it must have gotten to about 500F in there in that 10 minutes cause while all was well the last few minutes ago, Now everyhting was burning when I checked. The glass baking dishes are "safe" to 450F, so that is why I figured the 500F. I pulled the oblong out first, and took off the tin foil {I know it is "Al-you-min-i-yum"} it was just OK, the pan was burnt at teh edgves, but the food was OK. I pulled out the square and as soon as i set it down on the cool burner it went *POOF* shattered, burst, exploded, pick your word!!!
Fortunately the pieces were mostly large pieces! but there area always tiny shards too! The big ones that hit the vinyl floor STUCk or rather burned/melted into the vinyl! I swept up everywhere, but had to wait till all the pieces were COOL enough to touch.
It may have been bad that I had taken the cover off the oblong as I could not save it as there was glass in it. I got a box to put the shattered square into, and let the big one cool off til I could put it in a bag.
So, also the oblong was really burnt around the edges, so I threw it out too. Lost both my glass baking dishes!
GOOd thing I wear glasses and had on thick oven mitts!
So we buy whatever the cheapest electric oven/stove we can find, probably Sunday. TO be delivered as soon as they can next week. I wonder if they will be backed up with Mother's DAy deliveries?
ARGH!