morning coffee in the diner..
today's quote:
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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.
Good evening. The outside temp is 72 with off and on thundershowers. My eye exam went well. The diabetes damage that was detected last year has mostly healed. I had the doc update my prescription as I intend to get new glasses this year. The pair I have are at least several years old and while the left lens still sharpens the vision for that eye the right lens is woefully lacking.A string of intense thunderstorms came through earlier and knocked the power out for only a few seconds around 2pm. However the cable was out until just about an hour ago. That means no internet service.I had dinner at my fathers place today. Amish corn and chicken soup with Ritz crackers.Couldn't get the wound vac dressing changed today due to the weather so that'll be done tomorrow. This dressing is a good one and is holding up well so there's no problem with that.Nothing else done today except watching a couple of movies.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
Good Evening Dinners!
Flo, pleases and a Big Boy Sub.
Work Front Paul was being a total Cabosses today! I think part of it was due to another sales person was there was a toatl Chatter Box. At one point Paul said he would give me $10.00 to keep Carey away from him. That did not keep me from getting a good doose of his Cabosseing.
Dennies, can you post a photo of your T/A? Only $2,000.00, by today standards that is a love tap. To bad you don't live closer to me, I still have all my body tools.
Jimmy I am with you on that as far as new cars. If I won the Mega Millions there is not really a new car out there that I want. While I like the new Challanger and Mustang it not quite the same. What I rather do is buy a older Challanger and replaces the engine with a current Hemi, Over Drive, Stiffen the chassis, Up Grade the supsuion (spell check), Better Brakes and add some morden safty fetarues.
Tree Front Don't worry about me trying to go to high up! I am not as dumb as I type! About the highest I would go is 6 foot at my feet, maybe 8 foot. More than likely I will go with the shorter ladder, 10 foot, it is cheaper anyway.
See you all later, Ken
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Friends Challanger I did a few years ago.
I hate Rust
galaxyJeffrey: I LIKE that phone bill, but don't want my computer on 24/7, it gets turned off after each use.
Dennis:
sorry to hear of your fate with the car accident.I hope they prosecute to the fullest extent they can. In the event of an accidetn, always try to get as much info, including plate #; description of car, etc for the other, cause if all isn't right, they will lie. not sure what your laws are like up there. The police generally don't liek being made fools of!
1}I did once hit deer {he/she isn't paying for any damage but I found out the "act of God" {or of nature} DIDN'T exclude me form a nice rate hike!
2} I hit a kid on a motorscooter...Story here is he came barrelling out of the woods perpendicular to me and I hit him thusly in the side, broke [shattered] the leg betwen the bike and my grill! now his firend had just come through the woods ahead of him, but I didn't expect a second one and already had my brakes on. Kid WAS: SKIPPING school; bought the bike form another kid when his mother and Step-father nixed the idea and told him NO; he was out horsing around in the woods when they shot out in front of me; thusly had no ownership/insurance papers in his name. SO: the cop on the case said to the other cop that "he must have insurance it is registered with current sticker" BUT: the kid whom he bought it from HAD the insurance on the registered bike IN HIS NAME. So, GUESS WHO got the ding? because the kid who bought it didn't yet have the paper proving he bought it, had just given over cash and went joy riding skipping school, He DID NOT get the ding. Later on in life, though his shattered leg will ache him and he will tell the weather by it! Oh, yeah, and he got INTO SOME MAJOR TROUBLE with his mother and stepfather!!! My insurance came out OK. a neighbor hwo haerd the crash asked if I wanted to call the police, I said "yes", she then sat with the kid laying on the ground with his leg all askew calming him until they arrived.
3} I had driven a friend in HIS truck on which HE had insurance to a DWI meeting using HIS gas. I swerved to avoid an animal and hit a tree branch cracking the windshield and MY INSURANCE got dinged because i was the driver! "the insurance goes with the driver", I was told, NOT with the vehicle? then why do we carry insurance on the vehicles then??? shouldn't we be carrying insurance in the drivers?
So: we are both owners individually of our vehicles, but each is insured to drive the other vehcile, adn NO ONE drives ours, and we won't drive other's vehicles ANYMORE. ANY accident will involve the police, first thing to look at is plate #, second color/make of car, and call police if possible.
well, in other news, My back has eased up some, hopefully i can sleep tongiht well.
rest easy guys,
Ok, I am retired, and as I said earler, taking a break from my AnyRail track planning (I believe I am on my sixth iteration), so I thought I would do a little show and tell about what other things occupy my time.
I am restoring aColeman 200A single mantel lantern, and just finished a Clayton-Lambert torch. The torch was completely back with carbon and crud when I received it. Who would have known what a jewel was underneath all that.
Steve
Life is tough, but it's tougher if your'e stupid.
Ray - Thanks for the information on the Arcade and Attica RR. I saved the link & might change our usual scheduled wine run this fall to take advantage of their schedule. I use I86 going back & forth to Seneca Lake, but it wouldn't be a big deal to use I90 coming home. It looks like something worth doing.
Dennis - Sorry to hear what you got caught up in with the car. I've been there, so I know how frustrating it can be. I kept getting the run around, & it was for a much smaller amount than your damages. After about a month, I talked to a friend who was a state constable & he paid 1 visit to the office where the guy worked. The guy decided to write out a check on the spot. It's a shame people have to jump through hoops to get satisfaction sometimes.
On the new IPhone front, great progress in learning what it can do. I have another workshop scheduled for Thursday evening at the Apple store on using the ICloud. Meanwhile, I'm surprised at the productivity it provides as well as just fun things. Because my bank supports mobile banking, I'm able to deposit checks from home just by taking a photo of them. I like the idea of not having to sit in line for the drive thru teller. I always seem to get behind someone who takes forever to do whatever the heck it is their doing. Now I kind of regret not getting one sooner. At least my niece & nephews aren't laughing at me any more.
Nice photos of the tugs. I should try to get some soon & post them for those interested. I live very near the Emsworth Locks & Dam. Which is the first dam you run into on the Ohio River leaving Pittsburgh. It's closed now, but Dravo used to have a shipyard here on the Ohio & I watched many a tug & barge being built. It does look like someone is building them there again, but I don't know who.
Hope everyone has a good week...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Cdn Dennis .... I'm sorry to read about the collision involving your "pride and joy". .... If you still have pain, you should see a doctor to make sure you are okay. ... Sounds like the other driver should be prosecuted for causing the collision, for lying about her phone number, and being uninsured. ... Keep us informed.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ouch I just got a call from my insurance company who informed me that the other drivers insurance is expired and has been for several months...
I've talked to her father who assures me that he personally paid for her insurance a week ago but wasn't sure what company..... Right, this is starting to sound a little stinky. I then tried to call the driver at the number she provided to the police and guess what? It's a wrong number so what do I do.
I called the police and told them the above facts and they are most intrested to say the least. I'm now waiting on a call back from the attending officer.
The driver of the vehicle will be in big trouble now for making a false declaration on her insurance plus if Daddy doesn't come up with the $2,000 to fix my car, I'll be taking her to small claim court. Not that it will do me any good considering she is a 25 yr old college student who is just working for the summer.
What a pain in the tush.
Why can't people just follow the law?????????????
Nothing on the RR front today... too many phone calls etc.
cheers
Dennis
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
well,
I got my spinal nerve injections, they weren't hurting before, but I was of course, lying down.
Now, after going to get the mail, they are "killing me softly without words"...{that is a song before Jimmy Braum was alive,too...}
JIMMY:you are so right about the cars. they all got caught up in the " aerodynamic" look, to improve and meet guidlines for fuel efficiency, that they all start to look alike! Only places are different are the interiors, and they are all starting to look like "cockpits" to me! I like ROOM in a vheicle's inside, like my minivan!
ladders.yeah KEN if you are that heavy, {i thought you we more like me at 250} don't fool with the multi-use ladder.I find the "maximum weight limit" is usually UNDERSTATED. I don't trust most "max weight 250lbs" anymore either.
Jeffrey: I LIKE that phone bill, but don't want my computer on 24/7, it gets turned off after each use.
hang it, I gotta go lie down some more...the "cure' is often worse than the afflicting!
Heartland Division CB&QINteresting. Did you need resisters? What bulbs are they? Thanks
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Good morning. The eye exam went very well. The doc assures me that the discomfort I'm experiencing is due to pollen related allergies. My eyes are fine. In fact much of the diabetes related damage that there was at the exam last year has healed and there's very little damage now. While I was at it I had her do a complete eye exam and got my prescription updated.I also paid my phone bill. It was a whopping $30 for the entire year. The Magicjack is the perfect home phone system for me. It couldn't be any simpler to use. Plug it into a USB port then plug my phone into it and start making calls. All my calls in the US (including Alaska, Hawaii, territories) and Canada are free and I have many of the features of the more expensive VOIP plans. Call forwarding, free pinless conference calls, call waiting, caller ID, voice-mail via email and more. Can't beat that with a stick.
There is a terrible thunderstorm right above us at the moment. Someone is pouring buckets of water over us - it´s like a water curtain. Visibilty is not much more than 100 ft. - boy, what a weather! Summer made an interesting start in my neck of the woods. A
In those few day of June, we had more ra*nfall than in the two previous months. I am just glad that we are nowhere near a flood zone. As the country is rather flat here, there is no risk of a landslide - how boring ...
It´s been a lazy, do-nothing day. Just relax, leaf through some old copies of MR.
Btw, are there any of you folks on Skype? If, so we could communicate. Send me a PM, if you are interested.
jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&Q Jeff ... I like the headlights on your GP40. Perhaps you can tell us how you installed the lights and wired them. It would be interesting. I put in separate bulbs for front and cab lights. They were wired together in a parallel circuit. The wires came from the decoder to the cab light then ran down the front corners of the cab into the short hood to the front light.
Heartland Division CB&Q Jeff ... I like the headlights on your GP40. Perhaps you can tell us how you installed the lights and wired them. It would be interesting.
I put in separate bulbs for front and cab lights. They were wired together in a parallel circuit. The wires came from the decoder to the cab light then ran down the front corners of the cab into the short hood to the front light.
INteresting. Did you need resisters? What bulbs are they? Thanks
Heartland Division CB&QJeff ... I like the headlights on your GP40. Perhaps you can tell us how you installed the lights and wired them. It would be interesting.
Fouled AnchorDid not work on my AnyRail track plans this weekend. Sometimes ya just gotta walk away from it.
I gotta agree, I love the old cars that were around before my time. THe 1950's and 1960's cars looked the coolest. I'm 22 years old, the age when guys are supposed to love cars and well....I cannot stand any cars, they are all hideous carbon copies of each other. Where's the detail? Where's the identity, where is the artwork? Do we really have to sacrifice artwork for eficentcy? To me, a Toyota camry looks like a Ford Sedan.
(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).
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a couple sausage links, and lots of Seneca Lake Roast dark roast coffee for my R&GV RR mug please!
Ahhhh, Ken, on the tree limbing, Hire it done! I have some personal experience on that kind of thing, and my advise is, HIRE IT DONE!!! No I don't want to go into detail except to say I was about 30 at the time and it involved a trip to the Emergency room, 4 stiches, and 18 butterfy bandages to close it up. Since that time, unless the branch is on the ground already, I don't cut it up. I don't take it off the tree. And, I had quite a bit of experience dropping trees and limbs prior to that time. I will no longer drop a tree either. I have had a couple of friends who ended up seriously hurt in those type of, "Opps! I thought the tree would fall the other way" things. Too much can happen wrong when you don't have the proper training, experience, and equipment to do it safetly! When I was in the emergency room the nurse who saw me first (and was a friend of my wife who also worked there) took one look at me and said, "Tried to saw off the wrong limb, huh?" At the time I did not think it was funny! All told, I was very, very lucky!
I slept in this morning... Would have stayed in bed another hour except I needed to get up and give Blackie his morning pill. Will finish the lawn today, clean some house (Wow, does it need it!), and will go to a Scout Troop meeting tonight. I am commissioer for that troop and haven't made a visit in a few months. This week is my last chance to visit before camp.
Sun is trying to peek out from behind the clouds every once in a while here in the Finger Lakes, so I best make hay while the sun shines... Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning all. Kind of a mixed bag here weatherwise. Sun/Rain/Thunder/Sun. Not all that warm like yesterday. It was glorious all day except.......
Some gal rearended me in my pride and joy Firebird Trans Am. I stopped for a yellow light and she blasted me at 60 KM/hr. She said she was looking at something else. I expect playing with her stupid smart phone. Anyway, her sunrunner is a write off. The Bird doesn't look too bad but I suspect it's worse than it looks. I'm going to be some ripped if the insurance company does a write off on it since it's 20 years old but in MINT condition with abouy 45K miles on it.
The only good news is no one was hurt. I'm pretty stiff and sore this morning but nothing serious.
My day will be spent running around getting 3 estimates and talking to my insurance co. She was at fault and got a "Driving with undue care and attention" charge for her troubles.
So, off I go to make the rounds.
Later All!
Man, those pictures of boats on the river are nice!
"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows.
I used to climb up on ladders with a running chain saw and cut branches. I did that because I thought it was safer than trying to start a chain saw at the top of a ladder. Now, I won't go up a ladder with anything more complicated than a pair of gloves. If something more complicated than cleaning out gutters needs to be done, I'll pay someone younger and more agile to do it.
I've got a long pole with a branch chopper on the end. Basically, it's one of those curved-blade choppers, short blades, long handles, but instead of the long handles one blade is actuated by a rope. The pole is about 10 feet long, and I can get to fairly high branches with it while keeping my feet firmly on the ground.
I've got a 5-foot ladder and an 8-foot ladder. Both are wood, and neither is particularly stable. When we move, I'll probably take the short one and leave the long one. If I need that much ladder, I will buy a new one that's more stable.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Morning all, how's everone today? Myself, I am waiting for Walthers to update their order history for my account so I can track my purchase (That's what I get for ordering on a Saturday night huh?) If it still isn't listed by Wednesday, I'm gonna contact them about it. I went to the bank this morning, and chased a train in vain. My parent's car is broke, so she needs to use mine to go shopping today until hers is fixed.
Ken- I didn't see the video, but I'd take the branch like you'd eat it. Small managable bites. Use some lopers to take the pieces up to where they're too small and the saw from there. You don't mention how high this branch is, but at 8 inches I assume you can get it from the ground. IF you have to use a ladder, or your arms are above your had when cutting with the chainsaw, I would call someone who has done it before. Those are dangerous situations for someone with no real experience. Again, costs more, but the insurance is worth 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.
Steve .... Yes, there are locks at the north end of the two lakes. ... Our lake is the Cumberland River and the other lake is the Tennesse River. The Land Between the Lakes is run by Uncle Sam's park service and isa national recreation area.
Gary, WHAT A VIEW! I am only 4 miles from the Mississippi, but would love to be closer. I am not sure of my fascination with river traffic, just know I love it. The folks on the river are always kind and happy. I too have a good friend that is a tug boat captain, and I have made a few trips with him from St. Louis to St. Paul pushing empty grain barges. Are there locks in your area?
Todd ... You slipped in while I was editing my post. Good morning to you.
Jeff ... I like the headlights on your GP40. Perhaps you can tell us how you installed the lights and wired them. It would be interesting.
Ulrich ... I'm another who finds it is good to walk away when things aren't going right with my projects.
Ken ... Good morning to you also
Mr. B .... I don't like those situations where there are no right answers. Best wishes on that one.
Morning Dinners
Flo, Pleases.
Got to get going shortly, long drive to St Charlies.
Was up at 4:30, and came out to the computer for awhile. Went back to sleep around 6:15 till 7:30 my normal time to get up.
Far as the ladder I am thinking about, it is rated to 300 pounds. Dressed I weight around 280 so that is cutting it close. Only thing I not happy about is the rungs are only 1 inch wide? Does that sound right?
Bear, thank you for the video link! Brach I want to cut off are going to be around 8 inches. I will do some digging on U Tube and see what I can find.
All ready time to get ready, when at the Fairview Heights store I would have another 30 minutes to chat.
See you all tonight.
Ken
Steve ..... Interesting photos. A lot of cargo moves in the waterways.
You might be interested in this photo. This the view from our house. We are on Lake Barkley which is a man-made lake the Cumberland River. The towboat moving to the left in the photo is going southward at this location it is going up river towards Nashville. The towboat moving to the right is going north and down river toward the Ohio River. The Land Between the Lakes is in the backgrowund behind the barge tows.
Most of the barge traffic we see is coal going to Nashville. Some barges are covered as these are for grain and other commodities.
There is a transloading facility not far north of here where coal is moved from railcars to barges. Also, I know a guy who is a barge captain. I actually had a chance to visit on bard a tow boat, and it was impressive.
Ooooops, forgot a picture.
This is the little Chattie Sue Smith. She is a small helper tug that will help tugs line up the barges with the entry to the lock.
Have a good day all.
Fouled AnchorSometimes ya just gotta walk away from it.
How right you are!
I am taking a break from model railroading today. Time to rethink a couple of things.
Good Monday morning all.
Did not work on my AnyRail track plans this weekend. Sometimes ya just gotta walk away from it.
So I spent Sunday on the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam No. 25 with my camera. I shoot with a Nikon D200.
Caught the Kevin Michael heading south down river with a load of grain barges.