Good evening. 80 here with humidity almost that high. There's a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow.Aside from my other activities today I had to repair a disk drive. It was going fine then it went pop and some smoke came out of it. A quick inspection revealed a capacitor that had some grayish black goo leaking out of it. No problem to replace. Clip the leads at each end and straighten then so they're vertical. Get a junk analog board from the closet, cut it's leads at the board and straighten them so they're horizontal, lay it in place and solder the horizontal leads to the vertical leads and the repair was made. I put the drive back together, tested it with favorable results and put it back in service.Everything else worthy of note was reported earlier.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Evenin' folks!
Ahhhhhh...... Oh! Janie, I need a cup of decaf to relax me, please!
Been a busy day here... Went shopping. Bought some foam board to make a couple of signs for the Pack, bought a small American Flag to use for the opening ceremony for the Pack/den meeting, then went grocery shopping and over to the Mennonite farm stand. They are now in business for the season, so I bought a berry pie and a dozen farm fresh eggs. Got one load of clothes done (washed and dried) and started another load. Made one of my famous potato salads for the MLK Committee picnic tomorrow night. Finally, printed out a bunch of materials to use at the Den Meeting for the Pack on Wednesday.
I am bushed! Back hurts and I can barely keep my eyes open so I will be heading out to bed as soon as I clean the Kitty Litter Box and shut lights down cellar.
See in the morning! Prayers for all of you that are in need of them!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Eveing Dinners
Flo, Pleases
Going to the Lawyer Tuesday to sign the BoS Stuff. While I hate to do it, I really don't feel I have a choices. (Boy I miss Spell Check) As pointed out by a few folks here and my daughter there is not much out there to rent for $600.00 a month which is what I would fell comatable with. Plus the kicker I only have made a extra $150.00 this month in spiffs but had $451.00 in car repairs, Vet bills, and Sue's dental bill's.
Working Out Front After working 10 hours and having a 45 minuter drive home little hard to make one self go lift weigths. But I Did!
Long Term Goals pretty modest compair to where I use to be.
Military Press Seated 60 pounds 3 sets 10 reps each
Bench Press 150 pounds 3 sets 10 reps each. Use to bench 225 3 sets 10 reps each and 315 Max.
Curles 75 pounds 3 sets 10 reps each. Use to do Precher Culers 125 pound 3 sets 10 reps each and Max was 175.
Wrist Curles 60 pound 3 sets 10 reps each. Maxed one time with 125 but darn near broke a wrist, hut for 2 weeks.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
morning coffee in the diner...
Quotable Quotes: {One for RAY}
A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh, writer (1906-2001)
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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.
OK, it's Tuesday. It's going to be hotter today, and unfortunately, tonight as well. I've got to get that old AC replaced. I've had the new one in the garage for almost a year now, but it doesn't fit the same opening, so some carpentry will be involved. We've got a guy who does stuff like that, but he's not returning our calls. I'll have to find someone else. Or maybe I'll just try it myself.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hi Guys
Had a big rainstorm yesterday and wasnt able to cut the peoples grass I do so that will be today. I have a busy one ahead of me. I am going to cut grass from about 9:30 or so until 12:00. I then have to get cleaned up for a doctors apointment at 2:00pm and then have to go over for that job interview at 3:15. I have already this morning cleaned the workshop slash bike maintenance area cleaned up ( will post a pic later tonight ) and renewed model railroader for another year. Well I better grab something to eat and get going. Wish me luck at the interview fellas.
Good morning. It's 76° with 96% humidity. The high will be 92°. Cloudy with a fair chance of showers and thunderstorms. with Looks like we'll be having thunderboomers all week. Hope I don't have to morph into a duck.Nothing in particular planned for today. I'll be watching some movies and playing some computer games as usual. Something else will likely present itself.
Good Afternoon!
I am home again. Petra took me home from the hospital and served a nice lunch to me! How I hate hospital food! Feels good to be back!
I had a miniature bleeding in my brain, which fortunately did not do much harm and could be resoved with meds instead of surgery. Those meds still make me feel drowsy and weak and I am not up to much.
The layout is still up and will remain so until we have found a way not only to improve our housing situation, but also our life. This will take a few years, but at least we have now a common goal. I will continue to work on the layout, mainly building structures. I hope to get back to that engine house soon. There are lots of pre-fabricated parts awaiting assembly !
Thanks to Glaxy for conveying my message to you. It was the wrong one, but that does not matter. I wanted him to say that I am missing you all very much and also a thank you for your thoughts and wishes.
Hope to see you soon - I am heading for bed to get some rest.
Great to see you back Ulrich!
Ulrich....happy to hear you are home and on the mend! We'll continue to keep you in our prayers
Karl
NCE über alles!
Mornin' everyone!
Ulrich! So good to have you back here. I have been praying for you. Started even before we got your message from Galaxy. Glad the Docs were able to help you quickly and prevent any lasting injury. Stay on the mend, my friend!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of granola cereal with blueberries and a pot of dark roast coffee to keep my R&GV RR mug filled for a while.
Today is the MLK Committee end of season picnic out at the local Yacht Club. The forecast for today is: "Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. A few storms may be severe. High 86F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%." I have already sent an email to a couple of the principal players in the Picnic plans to see what contingency plans we might have in place.... Just in case! Right now it is 72°F and overcast. May get a couple hours of sunshine early this afternoon before conditions deteriorate. I have all knids of stuff to keep me busy today anyway...
Catch you all later!
cudaken Going to the Lawyer Tuesday to sign the BoS Stuff. While I hate to do it, I really don't feel I have a choices. (Boy I miss Spell Check) As pointed out by a few folks here and my daughter there is not much out there to rent for $600.00 a month which is what I would fell comatable with. Plus the kicker I only have made a extra $150.00 this month in spiffs but had $451.00 in car repairs, Vet bills, and Sue's dental bill's.
Ken, Welcome to the club! And we don't get no "spiffs"!!!
You got off EASY! My last repair bill was $735 and I am STILL paying on it 5months later {no interest on their brand credit card if paid in 6 months!} {But interest accures each month and all comes DUE at the end of the 6 months if you don't pay it off at 28.99%!!}
Today I was informed at a simple oilchange that the boot on the right transaxle is leaking so a new 1/2 shaft transaxle is in order SOON, but not immeditately! Yeah right! the sooner the better to replace that and I need a radiator flush...that bill will be $678!
SO as soon as the first repair bill is paid off, I'd best recharge the card up to the next repair, don't need a 1/2 shaft ungreased on me!
Second, Ken, WE PAy $350 a month for LOT RENT. About 1/2 what you'll pay for a MORTGAGE...GUESS which I'd rather have? A Mortgage cause at least we'd OWN a HOUSE ON LAND, not a trailer on someone else's land! If we didn't Own the trailer paid for already, we'd pay about as much as you!!! {one bill for mortgage on the trailer and one rent bill together} And STILL not own any land!
Third, KEn,The last vet bill was $230 {the previous vet bill was $530 and included the cremation} , the last dental bill was $750 {we are responsible for 40% of that or $300!!!} AND I see the dentist again tomorrow!, AND it cost us out of pocket $1000 so far to find out MOH has a bone disease, in the last month, and we will Have NEW bills acruing on that front as MOH sees a speciailist soon!!! Oh, and the Cat needs to go BACK to the Vet for shots and be shaved to get rid of Knots we cannot get out!
MOH works TWO jobs, are you working two jobs?
Seems your expenses are cheaper than ours!
SO, Join the club!
and we don't get no extra money "Spiffs"!!!!
On other notes:
Well, went and spent about $75 at the Aldi grocery store, cheaper than the other one, but you don't get gas points at Aldi, so its a trade off. Have $0.70 off next per gallon fillup meaning I'll pay about $3 a gallon for up to 20 gallons so I am waiting til tank is empty naturally!
Spent more than I bargained for naturally. But had to get some extra stuff for our trip on Friday! taking extra as our friend who is going with us is short on funds, so he will have ham sandwhichs{take in parts, ham, cheese, mayo, mustard, bread, don't forget knife!} and fruit bars to supplement his food money, and we will have "just in case". We have an electric cooler we take. Also got a couple of cases of spring water extra to take on the trip. Yes I said electric cooler! It plugs in to cig lihgter or wall adaptor, uses NO ice and keeps things nicely cold. Need to plug in the night before and run all night to bring down temp, but works very well, and use only cold things in it. Can't use in the car if needs to sit in the car as it will drain the battery! And it takes forever to cool down a warm item! costs little apparently to run too. wil transfer to hotel room outlet when we get there.
Well, need to go over the extra stuff in the suit cases for the trip!
later
Ulrich, glad you are back and recovering without surgery. Everyone missed you here. Good luck to you and Petra with life/housing goals.
Best wishes
Steve
Life is tough, but it's tougher if your'e stupid.
Sir Madog Thanks to Glaxy for conveying my message to you. It was the wrong one, but that does not matter. I wanted him to say that I am missing you all very much and also a thank you for your thoughts and wishes.
But I DID include that line! I just wasn't sure which "sentence" you wanted passed along so i sent both!
Glad you are home safe and now all is better! Or at least some better!
And I knew you'd work out the layout problems!
Like I said before, if she doesn't like THAT hobby, tell her you'll take up "drinking and cavorting with quesitonable women"!
good to see healing enegies worked!
You will still be on the "list".
Welcome back, Ulrich! Freut mich sehr! Being hospitalized is never enjoyable, but I'm glad to hear that they found the problem and can treat it. I had shoulder surgery about 20 years ago, and do you know what I remember most about the whole thing? The bad hospital food! How can they mess up macaroni and cheese?
ULRICH, Our Man,
So glad you are back home. I think we had all speculated that you were in the "Horsepital"
Glad you didn't have to go under the knife.
Be patient with each other, life is too short to be annoyed and fedup with your situation. Appreciate what you have and make the most of it. And remember LOVE conquers all.
This last year has been very unpleasant and still is for some things, but I can't imagine going through it with out my "Angel" Wife. It would have been Hell.
Looking forward to your regular postings, they are always interesting and informative.
I consider you a Buddy, in deed.
Johnboy out................................Day off today. Yeahaaaaeeeee
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Done cutting grass, wow is it warm out. I had a shower and will be getting ready to head back out the door at 1:20pm. Hopefully will be back by 4:00 or so.
Good to see you back Ulrich and that surgery wasnt required.
kbkchooch Ulrich....happy to hear you are home and on the mend! We'll continue to keep you in our prayers ULRICH- Welcome back. Did miss you and your pike pictures. Prayers and Blessings, Phil
Docotrs went well so did the job interview. I will start on July 7, working there and doing my lawn cutting should be good for me. I started doing 2 peoples lawns back in May and they told others about it and now Im up to 8 people. I guess Im good at it,lol or cheap
ULRICH,
No need to say more.
Take Care!
Frank
JeremyBDocotrs went well so did the job interview. I will start on July 7, working there and doing my lawn cutting should be good for me.
It's a nice 75° here even with the humidity at 93%. Rain chance is 50/50 and tomorrow is looking like more.Had a little problem with the wound vac today. It developed a small leak and it didn't take long for it to become a problem child. I checked everywhere on the dressing for a leak but couldn't find it. So I worked my way up the line and found the leak was where the vacuum line joined to ,the collection tank. I put a little super glue on the spot and the problem child became an angel again. For the past hour it's only gurgled a few times and that's exactly what it's supposed to do. It only has to last til the nurse comes tomorrow. In other news my father bought a new RV this morning. He and my step mother are on their way to southeast Louisiana to pick it up.Nothing much else happened today. I watched a few movies, played some games, got my butt kicked in the 1981 version of Castle Wolfenstien and generally had some fun.That's all for today, see y'all tomorrow.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning Gang!
What a feeling to wake up in the morning in your own bed!
I had more than my share of stays in hospitals in the last couple of years, I promise I won´t be going there anymore
We have a some sunshine this morning - nice for a change. The past few weeks have been dull and gray and way too cold for the time of the year.
No real plans for the day. If I feel strong enough, I will do some w*rk on the engine house.
Have a good one!
Ulrich!
Good to see you back. You had me worried for a bit there.
I am glad that you and Petra have a plan.
I am also glad to hear that you hate hospital food. That just proves that you are normal!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
SO...Jeffrey has a Birthin' day coming up?
You mean he is suddenly getting oldER?
Perhaps more wisER?
We'll have to see about throwing a party!
Who should we invite?
Ulrich: There are three hospitals around here, each serving up "gourmet food" ala Restaruant style! You can take the daily dose{regular menu offering}, OR order ala carte! For a month, it seems the do run the daily dose for the week, and when I was in recently for pneumonia for 2.5 weeks, they "recycled the daily dose" on me each week, so I ordered alternative ala carte style for the remainder! Came out well! I guess you can also, within limits, order ala carte what you would like, If they can make it for you, they will. Also, you can pretty much, within limits order anything anytime you are hungry, not necessarily just at meal time. Of course it depends on if you have food limitaitons.
Good clean limericks are getting harder and harder to find, so lets try something different:
What will we do with the drunken sailor??? Take a Listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw
"Money", noun. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. -Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914)
galaxyUlrich: There are three hospitals around here, each serving up "gourmet food" ala Restaurant style!
Galaxy - hospital food must be bad - otherwise people would not want to leave
The food in our hospital is really bad. No taste, no spices, just something to fill the belly. I have to admit that I am spoiled rotten with Petra being such an excellent cook. Today, we will have Lasagne - sumptious!