Hello again!
This place looks deserted - 3 hours of twiddling thumbs for the staff!
I took a nap, as I seem to tire pretty quick these days. Can´t say that I feel refreshed, though.
A quick snapshot of today´s work on the layout:
1. This morning
2. Temporarily put in place
Lunchtime!
Janie, make that a big burger, fries and an RBF, please!
Just finished staining the second part of the dock. It went the same way as the firts part did. I now found ount why - that blooming ink did not dissolve completely! Some of those blobs of black ink found their way into the brush, while I was brushing that stuff on. Well, it´s OK, I am not unhappy with it (but not really happy, also). NTB - Next time better!
Need to get a can of high-gloss, clear acrylic paint to put the "water" into the scene befor I glue the second part onto it. I don´t feel like leaving the house today - I am having heart issues again, and my stomach´s got a queasy feeling to it.
Blessings to all!
morning coffee in the diner...
Quotable Quote:
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers. -Thomas Pynchon, writer (b. 1937)
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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.
Well I got a surprise! Just out of curiosity I hooked the ImageWriter II printer up to my //e. I turned on the computer then the printer then enter PR#1 to route the video output to the printer then did a catalog of the boot drive. To my surprise the printer reacted! I couldn't see anything on the paper but then the ribbon was dry. I opened the ribbon cartridge and sprayed some CRC 2-26 inside then closed it up and put it back in the printer then tried again. This time I got a lightly legible list of the files on the boot disk.What are the chances that my //e just happened to have in it a serial printer controller that was already set for an ImageWriter? I've never had an ImageWriter before so how's the controller (which I've owned since new) set for it? Surprise, surprise. Just nipped over to Ebay and picked up a new ribbon for under $10. It should be here no later than the 12th.
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 just a cup of decaf please...
Lets see.... I finished mowing the lawn for the first time this year. Only houses that haven't yet mowed their lawn are the two houses across the street from me. The one directly across is for sale and the owner has moved out and is living with his girlfriend at the moment I think. That is the guy who used to mow his lawn every other day and did it twice to get an professional criss cross effect.... The other house is the one where there is a sale pending to a gentleman who is interested in trains (member out at the Museum). I also started weeding the small garden where my asperagus grows and some herbs. Used the string trimmer around the property as well. Tonight I had a Scout Roundtable and Commissioner's Meeting to attend. I finally processed the rest of the photos I took last weekend at the NFR Convention in Canada.
Here is a few more from the fantastic layouts on display Sunday afternoon. lots of rocks being modeled so I will show some of those shots. The first is from an HO Layout that has hand laid code 70 track and some Fast Tracks Turnouts. He has done a great job of modeling the stone of the Niagara Escarpment around this part of the country:
Some of the rock work looked like the formations down in Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake. The last layout we saw was definitely a "Must See" layout. Hand lid code 83 track on a layout measuring 17' X 40'. Incredably done!!! Just incredable! My photos don't do it justice... He is modeling the town and area around Chama, NM in On3. So it it real or Memorex???
I kinda like this shot:
Time for me to clean out the cat's litter box... I can tell, Blackie just used it... (sniff, sniff) Then I need to take my evening meds and hit the sack... 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!
Hiya gang!
Guess what, I actually had a day off today,,,,well,,,,sort of. I did have a day, but some knucklehead (me) scheduled a customer appontment for 6 pm,,,so I got to work at 5,,,,waitied around til 7:30 and unable to reach my customer, went to a friends house to play trains. While I was there I bought a proto FA2, decorated & weathered from him for 40 bucks...............to drown my disappointment!
Gotta catch up on the rest of the threads. Peace & health to all, I'll be back soon!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Nothing much went on with the rest of my day. Watched some TV, played a couple games of Starfleet1. That's about it.I'm tired so it's time to call it a night. Ecce vos omnes die crastino separatim.
I may order the microscale letter sheets, but I like your idea Jeff
(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_Braum Yes I did try clear paper this time, but I tried white before and had the same translucent result.
Yes I did try clear paper this time, but I tried white before and had the same translucent result.
Jimmy_Braum I am EXTREMELY ticked. I just wasted 6 bucks on decal paper when it will not even print out yellow letters....UGH!!! I guess my shortline will never be done!
I am EXTREMELY ticked. I just wasted 6 bucks on decal paper when it will not even print out yellow letters....UGH!!! I guess my shortline will never be done!
Well, whatever I had 2 weeks ago that made me so sick, i may just have been re-exposed to.
A few days ago I went out at the wrong time to do errands, and my next door neighbor was waiting for her kid to get off the bus, i had to wait for the bus at the corner. SHe asked why the ambulance? so i told her how sick I was.
Well, fast forward to today, i go to get the mail, and she is out walking the dog. SHe said whatever 'ickyness" i had I gave to her, as the last 3 days she has been violently sick the way I was, in fact her husband stayed home from work yesterday in case she had to go to the hospital, and to take care of the kids.
SO now I have re-exposed to what she had, whether the same as me, or anther bad thing.
My system has really NOT recovered completely and the last 2 days have been really bad, but not as bad as when I was sick, just severe "internal distress".
Then, When I came in from the mail, MOH tells me the grocery store pharmacy called, I have 2 scripts waiting and they can't hold them any longer. I said "you mean CVS called" {I just called in for 2 refills needing a DR call}. MOH said "no, the grocery pharmacy"...so I looked at caller ID, sure enough it WAS the grocery pharmacy. SO I called them and asked what scripts they had? When She told me, I knew then, well, the ones that disappeared into the "ether" that my Dr had electronically sent when I saw him last week, that the Dr.s office says was sent, and CVS says they never got. I had a fight going between the two. I NEVER thought to ask the Drs office WHERE he sent them. WEll, Mystery solved, he sent it to the grocery pharmacy instead! I HATe the electonic sending of scripts for exactly this reason, or if the pharmacy is out of something, you can take you written script to some other pharmacy if need be.
I only have one "3 months supply for $9.99" script that my insurance won't cover anymore at the grocery store. Last time it got filled, the pharmacist called and said it was no longer on that plan, and that it is an expensive script. It is one that keeps my Irritable bowel under control when my system is "normal" so it doesn't act like it is now. He ran it through the system and said it still rang up at $9.99 even though that is way below their cost so he could give me that refill for the $9.99..had too, but next one would be the full price. I will have to ask tomorrow for a new list as they have the big sign still up for "300 scripts, 3 month supply for $9.99" out in the lobby. It was down for awhile, but a new one saying the same thing is up now. If it is still on there, the next refill will HAVE to be for $9.99!
well, dinner will be beef soaked in herbs/spices over noodles. with califlower for MOH and brocolli for me. I probably should n't even have the broccoli, but I defintely cannnot tolerate the califlower, it definitely wreaks havok on my system on a good day. But MOH complained the other day that "we haven't had califlower in a long time" so I bought some. One serving and I was reminded WHY I don't buy it! Sick or not, broccoli can be bad enough, but tolerable, califlower, NO WAY.
My order came in today, and part of it was decal paper. Micro mark's decal paper works great, but now I need to darker the color I was using (sunshine yellow instead of the Pullman yellow).
Sounds NICE Jeffrey! Alittle windy perhaps,as has been here lately making it feel chilly at only 50 degrees.
58F at the airport u on the man-made garbage hill, so it should be warmer down here in the valley...it is supposedly 70 on the porch which now has large gaping holes in the corrugated see-through plastic that "encloses it" as the tops and bottoms and the angled eaves are not enclosed. A guy last year gave us an estimate of $700 to fix it, but didn't know off-hand what the price of the corrugated plastic now is. It got shredded and made into swiss cheese during a major storm the year before last year. thank goodness the trailer windows held, especially the front big bay window that was taking the brunt of the large golfball sized hail! We also sustained a roof leak at the furnace and discovered the furnace install-comapny had used the WRONG sealant on it. He basically used clear silicone caulk! The trailer repair roof guy patched it with tar-type roof sealer. He is hte one who offered about $700 to fis the proch. I told MOh to leave the heavy mil plastic UP covering the holes, but MOH wanted "air circulation"..so the wasps don't take up reisidency. I guess that makes sense. Last year when the park manager came around looking for "violations" or "cleanup" charges, I had hoped they would pass us by and they did. Apparently the swiss cheese didn't look to bad, but now the extra large gaping holes in the front section will give away the dilapidation. We just don't have the money now.
It got to 72 in here, so i turned on the Ac for awhile, then will turn it off for a while. I usually wait to 75 in here, but lately 72 seems to be "to warm" for me. DOesn't take long to cool down, though.
Supposed to be in the 70s coming few days, at least it will finally feel warm! More rain coming the next 5 days..its supposed to be "April showers bring May flowers"..not "rain all May"...we had enough rain in April for 7 days in a row once toward the end. I can't complain though, we haven't yet flooded this year, and the rain has been "civil" not like the storms out mid west plains and in the south. We are supposedly supposed to be wetter than usual here this year.
WEll, I finished off the dishes...all 4 pieces and the few silverware to go with it. I've got the towels all in the dryer,a dn need to take a break..m back is strting to complain again.
Don't know if I will see MOH betweeen clients or not..should have been home by now for a few hours, but Not home yet.
RAY; those pics look fine. I guess I am not so picky about high-res pics, because people on here complain about "poor quality' or it being a "lowly cell phone photo"..personally I see no big difference...wouldn't know the difference if they hadn't said anything! I mean its only going to be so close-up to me here on the computer! Its not like its a giant 20x30" pic!
well, time to veg in front of the idiot box and cool down some.
My eye is feeling much better after only 3 administrations of the med...no wait, 4 administrations...about time for another one actually...
later
Good afternoon. It's 77° with 62% humidity. The high will be 85° with some clouds. South winds 15mph with gusts to 25mph.The Home Health nurse has already been here and gone. Different one this time as the other one has the day off.Nothing particular on the schedule today. No projects to work on. I worked on a couple of drive controller cards last night. That didn't go well. There are several chips soldered to the cards. Guess which ones have the problem. Yeah, at least one per card and they're soldered ones. So those cards are going in the trash. No worries on those as they sell for cheap online. If I need one I can always find one there.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I would like a bowl of Vanilla Almond Granola, skim milk, and a cup of Seneca Lake Blend Coffee in my R&GV RR mug please. What, you don't take Credit Cards cause we are back to 60's? OK will a few pictures of dead Presidents work? Oh good, I'll give you three pictures of George and you can keep the change...
Ulrich, the wood should continue to lighten for a couple weeks getting slower over that time. I have used the India Ink mix for a long time and it turns out very well, but usually looks too dark at first. Give it time and it should be right on the money!
I shut off the computer at midnight last night after downloading and working with about a third of the photos I took at the convention. Of course it was after 11PM when I got around to start it. Didn't take that many photos as I forgot my camera for the tours on Saturday. I'll give you a peek... The layouts ranged from plywood central (club layouts) to 100% track laid and 100% scenery finished. These photos came from the second layout we stopped at on Sunday. This was a small On30 layout with brass locos, hand laid track, and using NCE control. The rolling stock and the buildings are both kit and scratch built and the track is all hand laid. The layout was featured a few years ago in a Canadian Model Railroad magazine. (Probably not supposed to mention the actual name around here....)
Notice the waterspout. He has it rigged so it moves up and down to "fill" the tender... Below is one of the most incredible rock faces I have ever seen on a model railroad.
Sorry for the poor quality photos. I had to use the flash since I didn't have a tripod. Using the auto setting doesn't give much depth of field either....
Catch you all later!
galaxyKen: Glad your foot has finally healed...now if we can get Jeffrey's foot to heal...
Well,
I already went to the grocery store. SPent $145 for not much! Of course the waters I bought cost some, but not that much. I cannot drink our tap water as it is well-city supplied water with chlorine and who knows what else in it! Even the Brita pitchers don't take out the chlorine adequately for me not to vomit. I like to keep at least 4 24-packs of spring water {that may contain who knows what} on hand cuase if the power goes out, we will have water flowing, but it should be boiled as apparently the water supply is on generator, but not the chemical treatment system??? ANd when the electric company or towns pass out water it comes in 6 bottles of the regular drinking size to a household per day. Not enought really for one person, let alone a household.
I see the weather people say the NE will be wetter than usual until the summer when it will be hotter than usual after our rather harsh winter. The drought will get worse for the folks in the SW and Califorinia.
I just caught a program on History channel that points out the US, Europe and Russia {at least} DO have ways of/have been using ways of controlling the weather with weather machines and cloud seeding, ideally to control warfare outcomes. SO maybe there really is MORE to the story of man causing the global warming than just our cars and factories and fossil fuel generation plants. Prehaps our weather is being controlled by someone else. They say they can cause droughts by rasing temps in targeted areas, as well as rain in targeted areas and perhaps cause things like Hurricanes. Not making a political statement, just sayin'! Interesting! And there are no aliens in Area 51!
Ken:If you missed my tale oof woe about the recent trip to the ER..well the night Dr refused to look at me and other arrivals, so he "could get out of work on time", then for a WHOLE HOUR there was absolutely NO Dr. in the ER at all before the Next day's Dr. came in! AN HOUR in the ER with absolutely NO DOctor???? it took 4.5 hours to see the Dr for me, and MOH went back and complained to the Patient advocate too! The ER Dr.s are under contract from a different compnay and are NOT hospital affilitaed! Imagine that! Fortunately, I/we have GREAT regular Dr. {General Physician- GP} who actually listens to his patients adn DOES something! Unfortunately it can also take 2 weeks to get in to see him sometimes! The medical system will opnly get WORSE after the Affordabel Care Act now, perhaps making it not-so-affordable. Oh, and I have heard other horror stories about the VA, apparently it is NOT the place to go to for help. Glad your foot has finally healed...now if we can get Jeffrey's foot to heal...
Well, I don't what other trouble I will get into today. It reamains to be seen. Probably not much as my back is revolting after the grocery store! Without the heavy duty script, I feel it! I can increase the secondary med to 4 times a day but that may still not do it...I have been lucky that it has not bothered me as much as I had the injections about a month ago. but the futher I get away from them, the more the pain sets back in. I have to the middle of JULy to wait for the next set.
We have a Celtic festival/ renaissance festival to go to the end of June,it will be a LOT of stnding/walking and I will be in agony I am sure as too far from last injections and not close enough to the next ones. That is why I go the canes with a seat on them. One for Me with my back, and one for MOH with the hip. CAn't wait! I can wear my KILT! i am looking forward to the festival, but not looking foreward to the agony! WE may have to just go back to the hotel and rest then return to the festival! I am good for about an hour or two, then I am in trouble nad need to sit frequently to say the least.
well, have a great day!
Don't get into more than trouble than I would!
Morning to you too, Ken!
Would you believe it? I am taking a break fromw*rking on the layout. Somehow today´s job was no fun. At least the thing is finished now - I hope it doesn´t fall apart gain.
Garry - the food is fresh. After all, Barry used to ave such an enormous intake, there can´t be any old food
Good morning.
Ulrich: 1960's prices is a good idea as long as the food is not 50 years old too.
Ken .... Glad you had a good week at work, and very glad your toe ulcer has heeled. Sorry about the other adventures with medial appointments though.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Yoohoo! Anybody in here? The place looks deserted!
Cuz´ Vinnie decided to launch a special marketing campaign - all the meals will be at 1960´s prices for this month! This should attract a few more customers.
The first part of the dock has become a liitle lighter, not as balckish as it was yesterday - big relief! I finished the second part today. I must have built it three times, as odd bits and pieces came off during construction. The second dock will be done in a different way - I will drill pilot holes into the frame and the pilings, insert a piece of wire and then glue everything together. This should prevent the pilings from falling off all the time. It´ll be a tedious job, but much better than doing a second or even third time around! The jig I made to ease assembly finally was not of much use!
The loco I orfdered has not yet arrived! I called them to inquire about my delivery and they found the shipment, already packed and ready to go. It was sitting under their nose for a week! I got the proise that it will be shipped today, so it should reach my doorstep by Friday.
Thoughts and best wishes to all suffering from illnesses!
Morning Folks, Good Morning Ulrich!
Flo, I will take eggs over easy, bacon and a Diet Dew if you would.
Well back to work, thank goodness I need the rest after yesterday.
See you all this evening.
Ken
I hate Rust
By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. -Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941)
Not a bad day all in all. I got the CP/m card completed and tested. It's good. UPS brought me a box of supplies for my wound vac. The Home Health nurse will be happy to see that. We used the last filter canister yesterday.A friend of mine should be bringing me his Apple IIc before the weekend. Last time I fixed the disk drive. Now it has a memory problem. Probably a loose RAM chip. I'm going to see if he'll allow me to post photos of it. It belonged to his son and he's kinda touchy about that.When I was at my fathers place this morning I put a sliced up frankfurter on the dogs snack plate. She ignored it for a while. Then the cat ran over and swiped a piece! The dog made short work of the rest.Time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Here's an AHM C628. The old three pole motor was on the weak side. I had to make a couple of modifications to the frame but I shoehorned in an Athearn blue-box motor and made a set of shafts to fit it. The test of the new drive can be seen in the video below.
Cuda Ken
Jimmy_BraumHorrible day today. absolutely horrible day at work. At least I have my model trains to take my mind off of it, and I do not work tomorrow.
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I finally got the CP/m card done. It's been tested and it works.As for the rest of the day, been watching TV and got a nap which I needed.
Horrible day today. absolutely horrible day at work. At least I have my model trains to take my mind off of it, and I do not work tomorrow.
Coffee in an Undecorated mug, please.
Saw a beautiful mixed frieght train today. Such a nice mix of different colored box cars right behind the locomotives, would have made a nice pic or vid, but I was pressed for time and couldn't stop this time.
I always help others when and where I can, although never financially. It is not always easy to tell a gamer from someone actually in real need and my priority is keeping my horses fed, as well as myself. But changing some elderly folks flat tire, or pulling an old mail lady out of a ditch with my tractor (yes, I did that) or simply giving a hand every chance I get, that is my norm. Today I donated a couple large bags full of clothes to a battered womens shelter, although had to do so through one of my lady friends, because those places have to be very careful about giving out where they are located, for obvious reasons.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
The eye Dr. went Ok.
He said that the source of my irritation is a bacterial infection in my right eye. Probably somehting I picked up when I was so sick and immune system compromised, nad probably on a finger adn then rubbing the eye transferred the infection.
The tear looked OK he wasn't so concerned about that as he was the infection. Eye drop 4 times a day for 10 days then resume my regular dry eye drops.
He said without a thoruough exam he said everything else looked OK, but to schedule a thorough eye exam, that turns out to wait til Dec.! He couldn't do it today, he was over loaded with patients. So no dialation!
Boy it is definitely getting hard to get in to see any DR, and long time for appts to get in these days, and that was happening even before the influx of Affordable Care Act {obamacare} new patients!
Nothing but nap and dinner planned for the rest of the day.
i know, the life of Reiley! Somne people!
I have only been sleeping about 4 hours a day lately, that is starting to catch up to me now.
Back is starting to catch up to me without the heavy duty prescription onboard. Next week I will try it again and see what happens. Till then, have only the back-up script.
Dinner will either be beef ribs, or chicken, haven't decided which yet, Both are pre-cooked so heat-n-eat is in order as MOH gets home LATE tonight.
Have a good one,