Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy, Diners. Not much model railroading to report. .... Just got back from Nashville where I went Tuesday. Went to the heart clinic at Vanderbilt University Hospital. I'll be okay, and it's time to get back to normal again.
Howdy, Diners.
Not much model railroading to report. .... Just got back from Nashville where I went Tuesday. Went to the heart clinic at Vanderbilt University Hospital. I'll be okay, and it's time to get back to normal again.
Glad to hear it.
Iam a "light" cardiac case, for now anyway, myself. If we get my BP under control again, it will reduce my heart rate, and with the 2 heart meds I take, I will be fine, too.
Like Jeffrey, I didn't sleep much last night, and so a long nap this afternoon helped,. Now if I can sleep tonight THROUGH the night, I will be OK for tomorrow.
-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.
Hi Guys
Beautiful day out today and calling for nice weekend. Im sure the bike trails will be busy so will gte out early before others. Didnt really do a whole lot today. I might get in a game or two of strat baseball while watching the ball game and go to bed early so I can get out biking ealry, around 5:30am.
MisterBeasley: Have you ever changed out a chain on your bike? I know your also a avid cyclist.
Good Evening,
Well earlier I did say we were going to a nursery but I stand to be corrected. Five hours and six garden centres/nurseries later we finally came home with a trunk and back seat full of plants. It made it to 33C here this afternoon which is around 90F I think. I am tired from the driving and heat.
Tonight the North Dakota PBS station runs 2 hours of Doc Martin so I think we will just go down to the basement room and chill out. Chill being the operative word as the A/C has been on all day so it will be rather cool down there. I expect my wife will insist that we put on the gas fire place as she will be too cold.
CN Charlie
Garry
Glad you are back and relatively well .
CNCharlieIt made it to 33C here this afternoon which is around 90F I think.
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
Well, y'all already know what I was up to today with the exception of the movie I'm watching now, 'A Shot In The Dark', so there's no point in going over the other stuff again. It's looking like a 50/50 chance of thunderstorms tonight. I just hope it doesn't bring heavy rain.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening Folks
Flo, 2 , rope and a rafter pleases!
Not been on of my better days.
1 Work, well I was there. Second day in a row with no sales.
2 Pay Check short $25.00 from what I thought it would be.
3 ABS light came on in my driver. Normaly ABS will not effect the real brake system. On my it does? Car has nosed divied twices now when braking at a slow speed.
4 Sparkie hurt his leg in are front ditch acording to my wife because the grass is to tall.
5 Sparkie would not poop today, so I had to walk him around the block.
6 Wife and I got into a small fight because I was going to walk him with his hurt leg. But, it is the only way to get him to poop sometimes, don't want him to get impacted. Hum, he sure walked fine with out a limp when I walked him?
7 I have to pick up a certified letter from the post offices. I have never got good news in a Certified Letter! Till I get the heck out of this house or Bank Of Stupid Modifies the loan I Dread the mail!
I know many here have it rougher than I. But some times I feel like I have the world on my shoulders.
Charley and Galaxey and others, thanks for the congrats on the Anniversary! You know sometimes I like the Miss Lumpy (68 Road Runner) better than Sue! Does not get mad at me if I don't have time for her. Will sit and waite for me with out a complaint. Does not cost me money if I don't have it to spend. Never get mad if my friends come over on my days off. When she breaks, I can fix her. Does not complain if I have a few to many .
See you all later!
Ken
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I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me please.
Long day here... Galaxy, Yep solar output has been way down for the last couple days. Less than half what I should be getting on a decent day this time of year. I will be lucky to break 600 kWh this month. Last year May netted me 674 kWh. Dark and gloomy.
I got the front lawn mowed, planted one more strawberry plant that I had put in a different box to keep watered and forgot yesterday, dropped off a bunch of Cub Pack Flyers at the parocial School, and got over to the Troop Meeting for a while tonight. The lady who was going to take the flyers to a few churches didn't show up tonight. I checked and I never sent her a reply.... DUH! I sent her an email asking her to stop after work tomorrow and pick some up. Then I sat and stared at the computer for a while while running off some CD front inserts for Church. I forgot to get my old Large Diaphram Condenser mic taken down to church so they can use it in the service Sunday put on by the Sunday School. It is now sitting in my way so tomorrow I will remember to get it down there to them along with the CD inserts.
Oh, Blackie had his Blood draw this afternoon. He was a good boy and sat still for the doctor to poke his ear. She took the reading and immediatly showed me. It was 250! Last time after a 12 hour fast it was 360... She said that the high reading last time was likely due to him not being able to have food overnight and the length of time after his last pill, plus the stress of him then having to go to the Vets... He is not showing any sign of any damage from his diabetes and she said the reading is great for him having food before he came over. Looks like he will be around for a while (I hope). He is a sweet little guy!
Ken, is that a new shot of old Miss Lumpy or one from back when? I remember my BIL way back when blowing those things away from light to light on Main Street Canandagua... With his Jeep! Ahem.... The one with the Chevy 283 in it... In 4 wheel drive blowing blue smoke off all 4 wheels... Of course by the time it got to 50mph or so it was done, but it sure could get off the line in a hurry! Janie, get Ken another beerses pleaseses! Put it on my tab... Hope that certified letter is some good news from the Bank of Stupid for you!
Ulrich, take care of those heart issues! We want you around for a long time and want to see your new layout finished and in operation!
Time I headed to bed for the night! My blessings to each of you!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Morning!
The holiday is over and the weather turned nice again. It´s sunny, but too cold for the end of May. Anyways, I like it that way. 16°C is a comfortable temperature for me, as I must have a polar bear in my line of forefathers.
No MRRing plans for today. I am pondering whether to run to our home improvement place to buy two sheets of hardboard for the backdrop. I am tired of looking at the wall with those holes in it.
I am still dreaming of that log cabin by a lake, with that red pick-up truck parked in the drive way (I have yet to figure out why the truck is red - I don´t like red cars).
Have a good day!
morning coffee...
Quotable Quote:
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -Ben Hecht, screenwriter, playwright, novelist, director, and producer (1894-1964)
WEll, Like someone said here yesterday, I like to watch my packages get tracked across the country!
Though, admittedly it makes one anxious! {at least me anyway!}
The packages I am expecting are real close, and closer.
The Kilt belt and buckle is now in Rochester {or on its way here from there} to be delivered tomorrow.
The ohter package is in Martinsburg WV, so to is closer and expected delivery is Tuesday FedExSmartpost.
The Third package, The {Kilt} matching Vest hasn't even been shipped yet. If 2 weeks go by without it doing such, I will cancel it as I need it by the 25-26 of June at the latest. Maybe for Next year.
Mr. B:{and others}: You are not alone: I see the Early Baby Boomers are now retiring in droves...thanks to 5 straight years of stock market growth. They had put it off due to the "great Recession". Now , maybe some of hte later boomers {like MOH and I} and the young'uns can get some decent jobs, IF they don't "downsize the pay for it".
MOH is looking inot new job postings at a mass Job fair for the one job MOH already has.
Dunno!
Good morning! And a good morning it is. First of all, it's Friday. The weather is very nice, with dry air, sunshine and a high in the 60s predicted. And then, my new camera is Out For Delivery, and will show up today. I'm psyched.
No, it's not a classic Polaroid, although I remember those. We used to use them as "scope cameras" to take pictures of the traces on oscilloscopes at work for documentation. They were strictly analog scopes, so the only way to get an image of the screen was to take a picture. Besides, printers were those giant 132-character monsters with chain drives that printed on green-and-white striped paper.
Yes, Jeremy, I've done bike chains. I now carry a chain tool as part of my standard equipment. One day, I was riding with some friends and I actually broke my chain climbing a steep hill. They rode back to that town's bike shop and bought me a chain tool, which is why I now have two of them. I haven't used it on the road since. Back in the mid-80s, the "in" thing to do was to clean your chain and then dip it in liquid parafin, which provided lubrication and some measure of waterproofing. I had just met my future wife, and I parafinned her chain for her, for her birthday. Her friends thought that was very weird, but, well, here we are 28 years later.
It's a plain flip-phone for me. I make calls, answer calls and take a rare picture, but I have no need to go online to see how badly the Red Sox are losing. I have a nice big TV at home to watch movies on, so why watch them on a 3-inch screen? I don't need the distraction of a telephone in my car, even hands-free. A skiing friend of mine describes driving around Boston as "Black Diamond Driving," after the markings on expert slopes, and that should be sufficient warning to keep your eyes, and your mind, on the road around here.
And last but least, I had my follow-up appointment for my "sugar pills" yesterday. They are working, and my system is tolerating the medication well, so it's time to, as the doctor said, "start taking a man's dose." I'll be doubling up, which simply means a different pill. In theory, once my body is used to the lower blood sugar level, I'll actually feel better, not sluggish as I have since I started this stuff. He likened it to idling your car with your foot on the accelerator. I should have said, "No, it's actually like having the mixture too rich in your carburetor." Of course, nobody has a carburetor anymore.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
8:20 AM here
and I've already been to Wally WOPrld for a few things..why does a few more things picked up there ALWAYS mean I spend more than $50??? Usually it is $100 so I should complain at about $75, I guess.
Someone mentioned May as an expensive month{and I haven't even bought flowers yet}, I have to AGREE with that! I have to order a few more items online, then MAY's expenses will be done. I will still be paying for MAy in June!
Today should be relatively suny and a high of just 70F! RAY should make some Juice!
Got a coupon for the local big & tall store and another one, so i should be going to buy a few items there, too. It won't really matter in May of June as it will all still come on the coming statement in JUne!
WEll, I still have to go to the CU and take something BACK to BB&B. The replacement one isn't good either! Both don't open til 9am.
I guess that is about it..should get ordering!
Galaxy noted: WEll, I still have to go to the CU and take something BACK to BB&B. The replacement one isn't good either! Both don't open til 9am.
I'm at work at about 7, but my eyes don't open until 9 AM, either.
Ken, I was at the packie on Saturday last week, and there was a '67 Charger (I think) in the lot, in spectacular condition. I met the owner inside and thanked him for keeping a nice car like that running. (Geographical note: A "packie" is a "package store," a uniquely Massachusetts term for a store where you can buy alcoholic beverages. The state does not allow even beer and wine to be bought in supermarkets, gas stations or the like, only in packies. This is supported by a system of "distributers" who are the middle men between brewers and the stores. Big beer companies are not allowed to deliver directly to the stores. Of course, this adds cost, making our beer more expensive, but it provides bribes in the form of "campaign contributions" so every time you pop a cold one, you're supporting an army of politicians.)
EDIT: Looks like I'm supporting an army of hungry train guys at the breakfast table...and the lunch table for Ulrich. Eat hearty.
Afternoon Folks!
I went to the home improvement place (the German word is "Baumarkt") and finally bought the boards for the backdrop. I wish I could have bought them in one piece, but that would not have gone into my car. The lttle Volkswagen is smaller than a Mini!
Mounting the boards was done in 15 minutes - the stick and peel fashion. I bought double-sided strong adhesive tape which took care of the job in no time. Unfortunately, the wall is not even, so there is a small gap, which I will fill with putty and then sand it to be as smooth as a baby´s butt.
Painting the backdrop is next ...
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.
Good morning. It's72° with 90% humidity and what looks like unending clouds. The high will be 82°. There's a chance of isolated thunderstorms this morning then becoming more concentrated this afternoon with the possibility of heavy rain. with Just waiting on the Home Health nurse to call so no point of starting on any projects.Speaking of projects, I've decided to go ahead and convert the other A9M0107 5¼" floppy drive to be controlled from an X104 controller so I can run them as a pair. They won't be quite as fast but I'll be able to run them from one controller instead of two. It'll probably take about twenty minutes to make the conversion.Nothing planned in the area of layout work as of yet. Much of what needs to be done requires me to be on my feet extensively and right now that's a strict no-no. There's a lot of junk, mostly empty boxes of many sizes that have to be cleared out so I can get into the layout area much less see what's on it. That's going to have to wait until the wound on my foot is healed. Right now it's averaging about a millimeter a week and it's got a ways to go yet.Looks like today is bill paying day for me. That includes paying my father back for the nice shiny microwave he bought for me. That's on top of all my other bills. The June 'fun money' is gonna be way short.
Jeff ... Is 666 mising an axle in the front truck? ... I like thephoto, but I'm jus wondering.
Ulrich .... Glad you will have a backdrop. Looking forward to seeing more.
I missed several posts this week... However, I did see it was Ken and Sue's anniversary.
Ken & Sue ... Happy Anniversary (I found a brokwn heart SMiley available, but not an unbroken one)
Thanks for comments about my trip to doctors. Dealing with heart rythm, and it shoulb be okay now.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ... Is 666 mising an axle in the front truck? ... I like thephoto, but I'm jus wondering.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I could use a refill for my dark roast coffee...
As Galaxy has said, the big bright thing is out today in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. May make a bunch of kWh today... I have way too much stuff to get done as always. My son stopped in after getting a hair cut here in town. He will be back this afternoon to pick up the rototiller, so I need to finish loosening up the pile of topsoil in what used to be the garden out back. I will need it to add to the raised bed gardens if I ever get around to weeding them and getting some veggies put in.
Also need to drop off the large diaphram mic to church for use this Sunday, get more flyers around to churches, change out one of the garden hoses (it is leaking) with a new one, and the petunias planted. I still am battleing the Gout. Need to take an Advil...
Catch you all later!
well,
I completed the rest of my errands today, though I think a few more will crop up before day is done.
Naturally the CU computer went down 30 seconds afterI walked in!
I have the never-ending chore going now. {laundry}
AS Jeffrey said {and he said it best}: June's fun money is gonna be way down! June IS our "fun month" but with the things I had to ordered, the bills will be over the next few months to pay off the ordering as the bills come in.
Got the conversion on the second M0107 floppy drive done this morning. My father told me that if I ever want to sell them I'll have to put the original type cables back in. I told him I have no intention of getting rid of them. I'll run them til they break, fix them and run them some more and keep that up til I can't fix them again.
MisterBeasley Good morning! And a good morning it is. First of all, it's Friday. The weather is very nice, with dry air, sunshine and a high in the 60s predicted. And then, my new camera is Out For Delivery, and will show up today. I'm psyched. No, it's not a classic Polaroid, although I remember those. We used to use them as "scope cameras" to take pictures of the traces on oscilloscopes at work for documentation. They were strictly analog scopes, so the only way to get an image of the screen was to take a picture. Besides, printers were those giant 132-character monsters with chain drives that printed on green-and-white striped paper. Yes, Jeremy, I've done bike chains. I now carry a chain tool as part of my standard equipment. One day, I was riding with some friends and I actually broke my chain climbing a steep hill. They rode back to that town's bike shop and bought me a chain tool, which is why I now have two of them. I haven't used it on the road since. Back in the mid-80s, the "in" thing to do was to clean your chain and then dip it in liquid parafin, which provided lubrication and some measure of waterproofing. I had just met my future wife, and I parafinned her chain for her, for her birthday. Her friends thought that was very weird, but, well, here we are 28 years later. It's a plain flip-phone for me. I make calls, answer calls and take a rare picture, but I have no need to go online to see how badly the Red Sox are losing. I have a nice big TV at home to watch movies on, so why watch them on a 3-inch screen? I don't need the distraction of a telephone in my car, even hands-free. A skiing friend of mine describes driving around Boston as "Black Diamond Driving," after the markings on expert slopes, and that should be sufficient warning to keep your eyes, and your mind, on the road around here. And last but least, I had my follow-up appointment for my "sugar pills" yesterday. They are working, and my system is tolerating the medication well, so it's time to, as the doctor said, "start taking a man's dose." I'll be doubling up, which simply means a different pill. In theory, once my body is used to the lower blood sugar level, I'll actually feel better, not sluggish as I have since I started this stuff. He likened it to idling your car with your foot on the accelerator. I should have said, "No, it's actually like having the mixture too rich in your carburetor." Of course, nobody has a carburetor anymore.
Thanks MisterBealey, have you ever replaced the chain due to it wearing out or just when you broke it? I think I am getting close to it wearing out. Use my chain cheker and am at 50% worn but not at 75% yet which is when I should get it replaced.
Added up all the bills this morning including what I owed my father for the new microwave and it left me with $78.83 for gas and groceries. Gas was $44 for 12.362 gallons ($3.559 x 12.36302332115763 = 44). Filled it up from half a tank. My gas gauge is Greek apparently. It waves all over so you never can tell how much gas there is. Well that left me with $34.83 + $30 food stamps makes $64.83. A lean amount for a months groceries. So my father gave me back the $36 for my car insurance. That brought it up to $100.83. That looks a lot better. No 'fun fund' for June.
Evening Dinners
Flo, 7 , gun, rope and a rafter pleases.
Yep, the foul mood goes on.
Took Sue to the Dentists this morning. All went well the wisdom tooth came out easy. That has been the highlite of my day.
1 Sparkie. I am just so confused? I am spending twices as much on dog food for him than when we had Wolfhounds? With the Wolfhounds we shoveled food in there bowl like a coal ogger did for a Big Boy! Sparkie gets only 2/3 of a cup a day. We feed Tiffy Americam Eskimo, Sonya and Shaddy Pedigree all there long lives! Pedigree cost $20.00 for 40 pounds. For some reason Sparkie has to eat food that cost $15.00 for 4 pounds? Not what the Vet said, what Sue says!
2 Certified Letter. That half way turned out to be a joke. Short version, State of ILL says I owe back taxes and I sort of do. Seems my ILL taxes was never recived when I filed with Turbo Tax. Finally dug up all of the W 2's for 2010 so I can refile. Certified Letter stated the are going to keep my Federal Tax check! That would have been fine with me! But, I all ready have the Federal Tax Check which I have not cashed so I could pay the fine anyway!
3 Bank Of Stupid. After all the worry about the Certified Letter, what do I find when I get home? Fed X letter from BoS! Going to start calling the Bank Of Dumb Mules! Same letter as last time stating they don't have all the paper work they need! Last Fed X letter was about 2 weeks ago stating the same thing. Called my Lawyer and she had talked to them, told them what page the information was on and they said OK, we have everything!
4 Work Front. I was to work at the Fairview Height store the rest of the week, week ends Sunday. Well Nancy (owners wife) decided she wants to work at my store and I have to go to St Charles instead! Reason I am is I plan my funds for the week and that determans what I spend! I have suffecent gas in my car to the end of the week. I spend $25.00 a week in gas when I work the Fairview Height store. Each round trip to St Charles is $10.00. She all so seems to decided to change things when I am broke! Have a whole $78.00 to last me till I get paid again.
Ray, that picture of Miss Lumpy was in her Glory Day's. This is her now.
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Pretty sad looking, one of theses days!
Mr Beasley, 66 and 67 Chargers are pretty rare. Few people like them, I am so so about them my self. 1966 there was around 20,000 made and 1967 9,000 or so. 1968 with the rebody they jumped to 95,000.
Ulrich, lay out is looking good. I tryed to lighten the photo up some but the glare was pretty bad.
Gary thank you for the well wishes on the anniversary!
Todd, do you think you will ever start working on your 70 Road Runner again? Any ideas how many miles are on the body and the 383? Sure your is in way better shape than mine with sitting in the garage all theses years! To bad we don't live close to each other!
See you all later.
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Evening guys
Been pretty hectic around here today. Of course that's how it always is when my father is off on the days I'm off (he's a taskmaster...)
My computer got a really nasty virus when on facebook last night. Avira picked it up and since it started to run really slow I decided to scan it. This was about 5 pm. My father left his on, so I looked up what the virus was (Boot/Cidox.b). It basically spams the computer with so many processes that it can barely function, but that's the tip of it. It also allows backdoor access for people trying to get in, shut down the firewall, and made the computer barely operable. I disconnected the infected computer from the internet so no one could get in through the "back door." When I woke up around 6am, it had only Avira scanned about 45%.
Since I fasted for about 14 hours (not as bad as I though), I went to the base hospital with my father to see the vampire, er, get some blood work/tests done. I hate doing blood tests, and I hate needles. Around the 3rd beaker my stomach started turning and burning, by the 5th I started to feel like I was gonna vomit, the 6th started making me a little lightheaded/dizzy. I was able to hold it together and tough it out for #7... I was supposed to get 9 samples taken, but the base hospital could only do 7 of the 9. That's probably for the better, since I don't think I could have made it to 9 beakers of blood (highly doubt I could ever give blood if 7 beakers is as far as I'm willing to go). My father asked if I wanted to go to the other hospital to get the other 2 done. I told him I can handle the fasting no problem(sometimes when I have to work I don't eat breakfast or lunch, usually get called in early and no lunch break) but I felt like I was gonna puke or pass out from the 7 samples I gave. SO head off to Denny's and had a big breakfast.
Come back around 9 and the scan isn't done. I laid down on the couch and took a nap while my father started getting stuff together to remodel the garage... Wake up around 1030 and the scan is finally done. So it took avira over 17 hours to scan while having the virus, and it's still there. My father decides to run Malwarebytes, and we proceed to dismantle the garage.. Fast foward to about 3 and half of the carpet, the counters, and racks in the garage are in a pile by the driveway, concrete is setting for a new step, etc. We went to go check on those cylinder heads I had been saving for. Turns out the helicoils for the rocker studs are busted. We know the guy who is selling them, so we took 1 to see how much it would cost for our go-to machine shop to fix, and he took the other to do the same.
Get home about 530 (him and my dad talked about their respective mustangs and my father's "cheater mustang" for a while) and clean up the mess in the garage. At dinner, then my brother got home from Ohio about 630. Unload his truck, and I finally get a chance to do something.
I haven't touched my trains in a while. I got some more kits in the mail. I'm starting to have a backlog.
I'll be catching up in the corner. Tomorrow's gonna be another busy day...
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.
Had to shut down for a while. A string of thunder-boomers came through and in fact is still coming through. They're a bit distant at the moment but I'm keeping an eye on them via the radar. I have the emergency in the back room on just in case. It runs on house current til the power goes out then switches over to it's batteries. Eight 'D' cells or two six volt lantern batteries, whichever are available. One set of batteries lasts about twenty hours in continuous use. The other emergency lights are battery power only so they don't get turned on until after the power goes. Sounds a another set of thunder-boomers is close and the radar confirms it. I'm outta here for a while. See y'all later.
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, a cup of decaf sounds really good right now...
I spent a very busy day mostly doing gardening... Planted Petunias in between the Hostas by the fence. They should do well there as they get a bit of late afternoon sun but are usually in the shade. Also started to weed one of the raised bed boixes, drove over to the place where I got the Moo Poo and bought 5 bags of pine mulch for the area by the fence to try to keep the weeds at bay, switched out an old leaky hose with a new one for watering duties, drove down to church to drop off the large diaphram mic, and got a bunch of Scout related items done...
Little by little......
Wonder if we will be able to get in here in the morning? I see they are planing some "Routine Maintainance" for the weekend... Hope they turn the spell check back on and get the type size reasonable for the posting writing screen... Maybe we'll get lucky and they will turn the clock backwards to a version that actually worked right???
I am pooped tonight... the toe feels pretty good.... and bed is soundling like a good place to be. Good night all and have a safe and restful sleep!
Chamomile tea, please.
Wow, some of you have been busy, and not just on train stuff.
I'm still chipping away at farm stuff, looking for the next hired hand so I can one day get caught up.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Got pretty loud for a little while there. Some big thunderstorms went through and dropped a bunch of rain amidst a lot of thunder and lightning. Radar shows more on the way but for now we're between a couple of big ones. The radar is showing a bunch of yellow, orange and red over this area.As I reported earlier I finished converting both of the Apple A9M0107 Platinum 5¼" drives this morning. Later I went to town to make a payment on a loan then went to put gas in the van. Anybody who says a 318 is good on gas should be caught and tickled within an inch of their life. I've had six or seven vehicles with that size engine including the van I have now and none of them were good on gas. But back to the days activities. I dragged out an Apple A9M0108 Duodisk disk drive. That's two 5¼" drives in one case. This type was a thorn in Apple's side from the time it was introduced with the IIe in 1983 and this one is no exception. No matter how much I work on it it seems to have a problem that won't go away. Today it blew out a drive controller card. I'm about to the point where I may just strip everything out of the case and put two A9M0107 Platinum 5¼" drives in it and daisy-chain them together.