Ulrich: If YOU are happy with your rocks, that is all that matters! Look how many opinions Ray had on his Smithy, on how it should "look"! Besides, none of them live in New England like you are trying to model, so pish posh on them!
Well I have been out already. I went to the gorcery sotre again. Actually it was to the pharmacy within the grocery store for one of MOH's scripts. The pharmacy wasn't open yet, so I wandered around the store while waiting. that was a mistake. I came out with another $42 worth of stuff in 4 bags. Most of it was "Mix and match 8 for $0.88 each" stuff! That adds up! I also managed to get two meals worth of main courses. That doesn't mean much!
Then on to the regular pharmacy for my script.
It will be a boring day as there is typically nothing in in TV on Sat or Sun. I hav one load of laundry to do and just a few dishes, so I will be bored out of my skull after awhile..maybe I should attack the train/junque room! Nah! don't feel like THAT monster!
I am still not feeling so good, though my system does seem to be tolerating solid foods on a better "ok" level now. Far better than 1 week ago! I think I have gained back a few pounds. That can be good or bad. Summer is coming I typically lose a few then, so maybe I won't gain so much back.
dunno what else I will get into trouble with today!
-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.
Started the scenery on the right side - now I have a couple of hours before I can continue. I am also slowly running out of plaster, but don´t want to get more today.
There is quite some discussion on a British forum about my rocks, how natural or unnatural they look. Here is my answer to them:
Well, a geologist probably will have a few words how wrong the rocks look for what they are supposed to represent, but...
I am happy with the looks of it
I had hoped my new loco would be in today´s mail, but no, it wasn´t
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Sir MadogWould you believe, that I need 22 yards of 3 by 5mm stripwood for that? I have to cut quite a few hundred pieces from that - without that mini table saw I have a forbidding task!
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Morning!
It´s a beautiful day! Nice and sunny, no wind, not too warm - my kind of weather!
Johnboy - I am sorry to hear about your neighbor´s passing - may he rest in peace! Continuing prayers for your improvement!
Calculated the material I need for that first dock on the left side of the layout,only to find out I was short of a few lengths for the planking. A quick run to our home improvement store took care of that. Would you believe, that I need 22 yards of 3 by 5mm stripwood for that? I have to cut quite a few hundred pieces from that - without that mini table saw I have a forbidding task! I will start on that tomorrow at my friend´s house. On the way back I bought a bottle of alcohol and black india ink to weather the wood. This is supposed to give it a natural gray and aged look. Two tablespoons of ink on a pint of alcohol. There will be an enlightening smell in our home, when I start on the weathering
More plastering this afternoon!
Have a good one!
morning coffee in the diner...
Quotable quote:
All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood. -Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author (1903-1998)
Evening Gang,
I'm Down in the dumps tonight, all day for that matter. My good Neighbor was taken off life support at 11:00am this morning. He had a massive anyorism in the center of his brain and apparently lost a horrific amount of blood. SO so sad. RIP Konrad. You were one of the few Good Guys.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts in regard to this and my situation. Much appreciated.
Not much else to relate other than I have been trying to keep myself busy and not dwell on my real feelings about my friend and have been working on a few Bad Order issues with a couple of B-man GP-30s, Think they are solved now as they are running like swiss watches.
Time to hit the hay, so have a good night y'all.
Johnboy out.............................but pretty sad tonight.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Only thing to report on is that I have a memory card that wants to stay dead. It's a 128k AE Memory master. Half of it works, the other half doesn't. Replacing the chips just gives me a blank screen. Of well, into the reject box it goes. It would make a nice piece for a display but that's about it.Home Health nurse came today and changed the wound vac dressing. She did her job too well. The dressing is sealed so tight the vac can't work and keep giving me shutdown alarms, blockage alerts and pressure loss alarms. Any of those will shut it down. Tomorrow I'll be going to my fathers place and put a new dressing on it myself.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Chamomile tea in an Undecorated cup, please.
***Johnboy, continued healing thoughts for you, and now your next door neighbor as well.
***Jerry, always good seeing you in the Diner. Sure has been awhile. Hope you come back more often.
***Ray, Manét is a handsome cat. Indeed some of then absolutely do know such things.
***Ulrich, you seem to work rather quickly. Looks good.
Have a good night all.
Cheers! Rob
I hear you on that Dennis. Sometimes there will be something that gets me hooked on TV but for the most part all I watch is baseball hockey or football. Id rather spend free time reading or playing a game of some sort or working on the railroad.
Well seeing as its almost midnight I should get to bed, just in the last hour or so I have got a pounding headace. Will finsih browsing up here and over at one of my strat o matic sites then call it a night.
I was looking around on Ebay today and came across an Apple IIe enhanced motherboard up for auction. The bid at that point was below $2 but the auction had six days to run. Below the auction info was a buy it now price of $20. Shipping was $6. I read all the information on it. Clean, tested, working. Those were the only three words I needed. These things usually sell for $60+, some in questionable shape go for around $40. This one looks to be in great shape so I snapped it up while I could. It'll be added to my parts inventory. Deals like this don't come along every day.
Wow, sure is super quiet around the diner today. Weird to say the least
Not a heck of a lot here to report either. Not doing much except looking after my wife who is still pretty much still under the weather. If she isn't showing signs of improvement soon, it's back to the Dr.
I haven't had to be chief cook and bottle washer for quite some time so I'm sort of out of practice but I did note that it all coming back real fast.
I did manage to get the yard cleaned up, lawns fertalized and the waterfall running so that's done. We had 3 days of + 20 sunny calm weather so it was a good time to do it. Today, is a different story as are the next 4 days. Forcast is for lots of rain, below normal temps as in back to the zero's and 2 inches of sn*w.
So glad it's May, yeh right.
Been watching a fair bit of House MD on netflix to pass the time. Sort of hooked on it and that my friends is strange for me because I normally watch about 1 hr a day of TV. Spend most of my leisure time reading normally. Who knows.
Oh yes, the new car/suv or whatever it is now has... wait for it.... a whole 197 km on it. About now I'm wondering why we ever need a car but then this isn't normal around here right now. I will say this, it's a boring vehicle but most of them are nowdays. Glad I've got the Fire Bird for the summer. At least I enjoy driving it just because it's a fun car.
Currently waiting for supper to cook in the oven. Everything else is ready. Anyway that's about it from my little part of the world. Take care all.
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
I need a shot of bourbon!
I think maybe it's time to take a hiatus from these forums for awhile. I just got back from Carson City and the whole time going there and coming home...stops included, I spent that 3 hours seething about the subject of a thread from this morning. I was right there and completely understanding with the OP...and said so then went on with a few additional comments.
I know it'll rub many people the wrong way...but when are we going to stop being like the little dog that rolls on the floor and wets itself when excited or challenged.
It's not that the MR manufactures aren't making money...the big names in particular, are...they are just not making enough money to suit themselves. Pretty classic thing these days. Farm it all off to China so they can pocket more profit and...support the economy of another country. It's called greed!
Model railroading IS becoming 'A Rich Man's Hobby' more than ever.
Sorry for my griping...but it's only a matter of time till I'll be priced right out of the hobby.
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a waffle this morning with lots of real NYS Maple Syrup, a sausage patty, and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee for my FGLK Mug, please and than k you Ma'am.
I'll be taking off to go to Canada fairly soon. May not get back in here untill Sunday evening although I am taking the laptop with me so I can make some last minute changes on my talk about the 2015 Convention. I hope they will have a printer that I can use to print it out if I do have to make any changes...
Currently 49°F with a high around 58°F this afternoon. Cloudy out there and showers are happening now and then. Nothing big, but a dark and gloomy day. Went down cellar last night to turn off the lights in the train room and found the workshop had a flood again due to the rain we got. I started the siphon and will again before I leave.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
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's 56° with 81% humidity. The high will be 75° and it'll be cloudy.Still pretty sore this morning. I did manage to get some sleep last night. No unexplained work or completed projects this morning so at least I stayed in bed. Home health nurse will be coming today. No idea what time yet.No plans for today as of yet.
Good Afternoon!
It´s rather dull outside - just like at Barry´s place. The wind makes it even more miserable.
I did not get much sleep last night and now I feel up to nothing. I will take a break today, just hang around. I bet you could knock me out with a feather today.
Maybe some strong coffee will help. Chloe, if you please ...
Blessings to all!
Good Morning...
Kind of dull and dribbly here this morning...posta get some sun later on....high in the low 60's....
Off to get blood work done then get some more scrips ....sheeesh....
Then to get some more wire for the layout...I burnt some yesterday...still trying to figure out the why part...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
(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).
morning coffee in the diner..
quotable quote:
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -Joseph Addison, writer (1672-1719)
Evenin' folks!
Janie, a cup of hot decaf coffee would be very nice right now....
JeremyBRay: What part of Ontario are you coming to? dont know if your my way.
Jeremy, the convention is being put on by the International Division of the NFR, NMRA. It will be held at the wine college in Niagra on the Lake. Right across the border. Only a few kilometers from the Lewiston Bridge.
I think I have everything packed that I can get packed tonight. Shouldn't take long to pack my meds, the CPAP Machine, and make sure my passport is in my shirt pocket tomorrow morning... I have my speech pretty much written... Have to wait un til I talk to one of my members, who is going, to see if his layout will be open for our Convention in 2015. His is the layout featured in NCE Ads. We will have a tour of the NCE Facilities during the 2015 convention, BTW.
I think I best call it a day folks, the next few days will not include a lot of sleep... I probably will stop in tomorrow before I head to the convention. I will be taking my old laptop so I may be able to post while I'm there, and maybe I won't....
Prayers for all in need!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer and may need so help lifting it.
I am just beat, need to be in bed soon. Was half way busy today but while I had good sales noithing with any spiffs on them. I have yet to beat draw, in other words make any commission on sales based on volume of sales. When I do say I made say $115.00 like yesterday, I real should say what I sold had spiffs on them that paid me the $115.00.
Got home at 9:00 PM becsues of a late customer. Well they did not come in late, they where in the store at 6:00 PM. But it kept dragging on and on and on. Finllaly had there ticket done at 7:50 PM and we close at 8. Then I had to do the paper work and so forth. Total for the day was around $2370.00 which for this company is pretty good! That in it self is a sad statment. Marv is 81 and Nancy is 71, they don't run any advertising unless they are closing a store, then the sales sky rocket! I have been there 8 months and they are now closing the second store of the 6 they had when I was hired. I hope Marv will figuer it out that ads bring in customers and it does not have to be Going Out Of Business Ad's!
Bear, yep that Lego House was something like the one I was dreaming about. I have no clue why a Lego house would ever come to me like that is a dream.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
After all today's activity I'm pretty sore. I walked the distance of several football fields which for me is a long way. Don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight despite being tired. Maybe I should leave some junk computer parts out. Who knows? Maybe I'll devise a method of interfacing a //e with a modern pc. I did that back in the 80's through a simple cable connection and a modem jumper but back then pc's were glorified desktop calculators and the //e was an overpriced electric typewriter.Time for me to try and get some sleep. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening guys,
Not much going on here, just watching the Jays vs Royals game. Might get a game of strat o matic in.
Ray: What part of Ontario are you coming to? dont know if your my way.
Jerry: Good to see you in, have you been watching any Cardinals or cubs games yet this year?
Good evening guys
Work was really busy today. Guess people are getting their end-of-the-month checks. Been busy chipping at some other projects. I got stopped on a few because I realized I'm out of stuff. My father took my double-sided duct tape, so I can't finish the few car kits I'm building... Then come the fact I ran out of .5mm drill bits, so I can't install some brass stirrups I wanted to put on a few cars...
Ken, Actually I haven't had an issue with that SD40-2 I got from you other than needing a new motor... It's actually one I bought.
Jerry, long time no see.
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.
I am still modeling the PRR for all the feight and a majority of the Passenger cars. My AVDC will be a commuter rail, with limited freight service. The PRR still does almost all the coal shipment at the Dynamite City Mine, although the AVDC does have a limited (one a week or so) hopper car for the fuel company in the city of Dawston. Thanks for the link though, I will look into those.
Well, I went to town early this afternoon for my doc appointment. It went well. He's happy with what he's seen. I go back in a month for a general physical. When it was time to leave my van pulled off it's specialty move and stranded me in town. Again. The battery went from charged to dead in less than ten seconds. I had to call my brother-in-law for a jump. Once the battery had a good charge on it the engine kicked right over. Definitely time for a new battery. I'm more than tired of this crap. I tested the mysteriously fixed memory card this morning. It tested as normal in all respects. I guess I can trust it.
Good Evening,
Johnboy, I sure hope that therapist can get your swallowing back on track. I can't imagine how frustrating that must be.
Jerry, great to see you in the Diner!! Please stop back often as people have been wondering how you are doing.
We finally had a nice day with 15C and sun but we will be back to cloud and 10 tomorrow. I did get a little yard work done which was nice. Felt good to be doing something outside but I expect I will know about it tomorrow with a few stiff muscles.
We were down in Minnesota visiting our friends last weekend and had a very nice time despite the miserable weather. I have to say that the U.S. customs officers where we cross are very friendly. They give Robbie a milk bone most times and now he starts getting excited when we pull up to the customs house.
I did pick up my M.B. Klein order which wasn't anything very exciting, mostly scenery materials and a couple of N scale vehicles, gas trucks and tractor trailers. I'm amazed at the very poor vehicle selection available in n scale. I guess my town will have to set as Sunday morning and early at that with the very small number of vehicles I have.
Well time to veg out and that means TV.
CN Charlie
Jimmy: MOH has complained about WIC checks {Women, Infants and CHildren...special food needs for them for no cost for those in need, seperate from food stamps- for those who don't know!} for a long time! Worst part is that the customer will have, say 5 WIC checks and a total of 20 items and will dump all 20 items onto the belt and make MOH sort out the individual items to go with the WIC checks! I HATE being behind some mohter or grandmother with WIC checks for the same reason! Perhaps someday MOH can quite the grocery store! The store where MOH is now has few people with WIC checks, so is now fortuante, but when worked in the innercity store, nearly EVERY other BODy had WIC!
It is now official! My system is REVOLTING against solid food! In more ways than one, but I won't bore you wiht the details, at least I am not back to vomiting...YET
I have a half a chicken in the oven trying to bake it off, I am watching it like a hawk so it doesn't burn, I set the oven for 25degrees cooler and the element seems to cycling on and off, but it sure DID get hot in a hurry{like up to temp in exactly 1 minute!}!
I don't know if I will be able to eat it when it is done, though. I hope so.
Later