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Elliot´s Trackside Diner - June 2014 Edition

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Posted by Fouled Anchor on Friday, June 27, 2014 10:11 AM

Ulrich, I have to save this thread! I have been looking and looking for a single engine shed kit, but do not like anything I have found, so I had made up my mind to scratch build one, and then along comes your beautiful single engine shed. I hope you do not mind if I use your pictures as a guideline for buiding mine. I have not ever scratchbuilt, and can only hope my results are a fraction of yours. Actually, I need two.

 

Below is my 7th attempt on my layout.

 

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Posted by chochowillie on Friday, June 27, 2014 10:08 AM

galaxy
I pulled up behind a pickup wiating to turn left across the very busy 45MPH road on the way there, and BAM! some idiot kid REAR ENDED ME IN THE CABOOSE! Probably on his dang phone texting and NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO the stopped vehicles in front of him@!!!!!

Yup, I feel for you Galaxy. As you may recall, the same thing happened to me two weeks ago. Cars still in the body shop and won't get it back till next week sometime. Of course the sun is shining and I don't have my convertable.

Nothing like an accident to ruin not just one day but several.

Feeling for you Galaxy

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, June 27, 2014 9:08 AM

Good morning ...

Galaxy.... Sorry to hear about the collision If you have pain resulting from the crash, you definitely should see your doctor and probably get X-rays. 

Ulrich ... You're a talented model railroader, and I like your engine house. 

It's kind of hectic here. We have company coming later today for a few days visit. We're not ready for them. We just returned from our trip. 

I'm happy about my photo published in August MR. The editors did a great job as usual. 

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Posted by TMarsh on Friday, June 27, 2014 8:13 AM
Good Morning!!!
 
Coffee and eggs benedict please. Thanks.
 
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
 
I use the word processor that comes with the computer (in this case Word) to type my posts. It has spell check and grammer stuff, then I copy and paste. As you can tell, I ignore most of what it underlinesWhistling Laugh.
 
I must be lucky. I’ve not had any issues with credit cards. They did ask me to change my password one time for their web site, but other than that, nothing. Hmm I think they sent a new card once awhile ago as a precautionary measure, but I never had any strange charges. I use it most everywhere and online as well. I also use my debit card more than I used too, but where I DON’T use it at, is at small stores or places I’m not familiar with. They seem to have the least effective security. Probably due to costs. I know what the restaurant where I w*rk uses, the same thing most Mom and Pop’s use, the cheapest system they can buy from some salesperson who drops by and convinces them they can save money over the whatever system they already use. Not knocking the small businesses, but it’s a fact of life that it’s not just the Walmarts that are hurting them. The expenses from all over are hurting them and they try to save money where they can while still trying to provide a quality service and eek out a living. The rest may turn to be political and even though non-partisan (one’s as bad as another), I’ll end it here.
 
Ken- If it makes you feel any better, they have proven that eating late at night or soon before bed makes you gain weight, is a myth. It does not contribute to weight gain. Acid Reflux… oh you betchaIck!. As well as a few other issues, but weight gain no. Your body does slow down as you sleep, but there are only so many “make you fat” things in food and it doesn’t matter how long it takes to digest, the amount is the same. It’s what and how much you eat and…believe it or not, HOW you eat. Actually, you can eat the same volume of food in a day as you do now but spread it over 4,5 even 6 smaller meals and you will probably most likely lose some weight. Now, change what you eat and lose more.
 
G- Glad you’re OK.
 
Welp, Brenda needs picked up at the Shifty dealership in Springfield for the notorious ignition key issue with the company Cobalt car that GM says is bad and can cause accidents, but won’t repair unless it causes problems AND the problems with it have to have progressed farther than they have on this particular one, like…., the car hasn’t shut off on it’s own while driving yetIndifferent. Comforting. It takes some wrangling and fiddling to get it to turn to the on/start position, but that’s not enough for them to want to fix it. A phone call from her and a threat seems to have motivated them to fix it anyway.  
 

 

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, June 27, 2014 8:09 AM

Good morning. It's 71° with 100% humidity. There's a significant chance of showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 85° and will feel like 93°.


Just waiting for the nurse to call so I can the wound vac dressing changed. This one has given no problems. I hope it's replacement works equally well. Other than that I have no plans other than going back to bed and getting rest. The neck and back pain isn't as bad as yesterday but it's still letting me know it doesn't think much of the weather. Be back later.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, June 27, 2014 7:45 AM

Ulrich: The engine house is looking great!

Galaxy: If that new pain persists you should get it checked out.

 

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Posted by Jimmy_Braum on Friday, June 27, 2014 7:24 AM

Morning all.  I hope you all are having good days.  Not much for me today, work and Possibly trying to see if I can get the Reading unit leading a local here today.  It's about 8:30AM, and it is already in the 60's or so, its going to be a real scorcher today.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, June 27, 2014 6:40 AM

A happy Friday to you all.  It looks like we're getting another perfect weekend here in New England.  It's so nice even the weathermen have been able to get it right.

galaxy, you may be entitled to some compensation for your pain and suffering.  Now that you're on a first-name basis with the kid's insurance claims agent, let him know that you are in some pain.  The last time I had a claim like this, a lawyer friend told me to take the medical bills and multiply them by 2 or 3.  The claims agent will be happy to give you that much to avoid a lawsuit.

My appointment went well.  The back roads proved to be about what I'd expected - not much faster, but certainly more pleasant and I was moving all the time.  The blood sugar has come down dramatically, which was the whole idea.  Perhaps most important was the quick check of my shoulder which I hurt at the end of ski season.  It still bothers me some, but he did a quick check.  He says I just need to do more range-of-motion exercises, but yeah, shoulders take forever.  I was afraid I would need surgery, which would end my hockey career, but that is no longer a worry.

Weed Whacker Weekend, either cutting some tall grass or just getting frustrated trying to start the old thing.  It hasn't run in years.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, June 27, 2014 4:18 AM

morning! I finally got some sleep!

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!

Today is Friday,

June 27th, 2014!

Healing thoughts for

those who need them,

including ME!

Often mis-quoted Quotable Quote:

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. -Pearl S. Buck, Nobelist novelist (1892-1973) 

NOTE TO ALL: I may be MIA for a couple of days, I will try from the road to stay in touch, but don't count on it, I haven't totally been educated on how to use the Ellipsis Tablet!

so, see ya!

Maybe!

Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 27, 2014 1:21 AM

Good Morning!

The sun is up - nice to start the day when the sun is shining. Unfortunatelya not for long. We are under a thunderstorm warning early afternoon. I just hope it won´t be as bad as a couple of weeks ago.

I got up early, just as they sun rose. That´s 3.45am in my neck of the woods. After enjoying a hot mug load of coffee, I started w*rk on the engine house, mainly adding to the roof structure. I think it is coming along nicely!

I also added a little stove to the annex - Maine winters can be quite cold, so I am told Whistling

hon30critter
Are you going to make the roof panels removable?

Dave - I am afraid that will not be possible. There will be no roof panels, but individually laid out shingles, which I will make from that sheet of veneer. I need more than 1,300 of them Surprise

Come to think of it, once the engine house is completed, it will consist of more than 2,500 parts - incredible!Half of that will be the shingles ...

Galaxy - I am sorry to hear about your accident! Good that you escaped (mostly) unhurt - all other things can be settled with money (of which we don´t have any).

Well, I got to get ready for the day - there is a short HD list awaiting my attention!

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, June 27, 2014 12:12 AM

Ulrich:

Looks great!

Are you going to make the roof panels removable? I hope so. There is too much nice detail inside to hide it.

Dave

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 11:51 PM

kbkchooch

 

Galaxy, Doesn't your neck hurt,,,a little?? Sound like it was a hard enough impact that you should at least be stiff and sore',,,hope you are OK

 

 

Nope, my neck desn't hurt, and the headache has fully subsided.

My back, however, lower back {where I already have problems}, feels like I have pulled every muscle in it ! Hence the reason I am up at 12:45am my time, and I never did comfy easily at going to bed at 9:15pm-usual time, I eventually drifted off.

I DID call my agent last night and told him that my back was agravated, but at that time, It was also 3 hours past my evening back pain med time/take and so was it new pain or just old pain? He said if I have to see someone, and I will go to the walkin tomorrow, i/we have to get authorization from his insurance company!

BUt, this is new pain, feels like every muscle back there has been pulled or strained. DIferent from the regular get-injections-pain. That is more set in with the bones, this appears to be all muscular.

I don't know what they can do for me, I already take a muscle relaxer and a strong pain med.

Geeked

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Posted by kbkchooch on Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:24 PM

Hiya gang!

Getting ready to turn in. Tomorrow is my last day with KIA. Chevy dealer nearby wanted me bad, so I'm going there! best part is I will have my weekends back! Yahoo!!

Ulrich,,,That engine house looks amazing!

Galaxy, Doesn't your neck hurt,,,a little?? Sound like it was a hard enough impact that you should at least be stiff and sore',,,hope you are OK

TTFN!

 

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:10 PM

 Eveing Dinners and Accident Victms!

 Flo, Beer Pleases.

 Work Front, well it could have been a wose day! Worked with a sales person named Cary. I use to talk with him on the phone when I was bored. Working with him in person on the other hand. Whistling Lets just say he is a chatter box and hardly shuts up.

 Galaxy, well at lest you are OK and you got a rental you can live with.

 War Ships From WWII. I have been on a few, Sub USS Bow Fin, Battle Ship USS North Carolina, sevral destoyers and mine sweepers who's names I have forgotton. U Boat 505. All so been on the USS Constitution, old Iron Sides.

 Work Out Front Pushed my self just a tad tonight and I feel it some. Not in a bad way, but the old Muscles are starting to wonder what I am up to?Hmm Need to dig around for some more plates and fix the bench press. No working out this Friday, because I will be working in the yard! Bang Head

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:04 PM

Looks like the storms have petered out for now. Radar still shows a lot of nasty stuff offshore heading this way but it might not be here til after midnight.

Well I didn't get much accomplished today. I watch a few movies, sat through a few power failures that only lasted a few minutes each. The humidity here is ridiculous. It has to be experienced to be believed. It's pegged at 100%. It's 69 in here and I'm sweating!

I made it a point to call my father earlier. He was on his way from Hammond with a new 2014 RV. My stepmother was in close behind in her car. I suggested to him that he find a place to ride out the storms until the weather cleared enough that he could proceed safely. It's not wise to be driving something bigger than many billboards when high winds are blowing across the roads.

Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow provided the weather doesn't bring down the power lines.



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Posted by JeremyB on Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:44 PM

Hi Guys,

Weird day today as it was sunny but poured rain for most of the day ( and is right now also ). We have had alot of rain this week as I have only been out once on the bike. I was able to get grass cut the other day. I picked up a new dewalt bit set today. I start the ne job on July 7th ( Jeff's Birthday also ) and am excited and a little nervouse also. Great thing is that it is right around the corber from my house, maybe a 3 minute drive or 10 minute walk. I plan on walking most days to save gas and burn some extra calories.

I cant belive that we are at the end of June as kids last day is tomorrow so Im sure they are excited. Unfortunatley the summer always flys by, We in the northeast had a bad winter so am hoping for a hot July,August and September. My spring-summer model railroading hiatus ( as each year ) will go a few more weeks until I start to put pen to paper as what projects I want to do in the Fall and winter and what supplies I will need to do them. So far I only have weathering freight cars on that list but weathering them will take months if not years to fully complete. But as long as we have nice weather days off work will mean bike rides and enjoying the summer. Nothing better then a cup of coffee on the back deck in the morning flipping through a MR.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:06 PM

well,

AS KEN would say, I had a CABOOSE day!

~I went to wally world, all fine

~I went to my fathers, all fine

~went to the psychiatrist ALL NOT FINE!! I pulled up behind a pickup wiating to turn left across the very busy 45MPH road on the way there, and BAM! some idiot kid REAR ENDED ME IN THE CABOOSE! Probably on his dang phone texting and NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO the stopped vehicles in front of him@!!!!!

The bumer was so damaged and hanging off the vehicle that even with duck tape and a bungee cord, it wasn't drivable, so had to get it towed to the KIA dealer repair center. Dunno the damage yet!

Went directly to my agent, about 5 miles back down the same road. He said with it being the kids fault, we should get a rental car from his insurnace. OH,...The kid got ticketed for "following to close", and his father who showed up is none to happy according to the Sheriffs officer who came when I called 911. However NY is a no-fault state. BUT I pointed out to my agent that I cannot have just ANY OLD muchkin rent-a-wreck!!! I am handicapped and get around with a cane and need a vehicle I can get in/out of and the Hyundai Elantra MOH has is NOT QUITE IT. I need a MINIVAN. LIKE I DRIVE! There IS a reason I dirve one!

I am getting ahead of myself, AFter the insurance agent, We wen t to the collision center where the guy there hooked me up with Enterprise Rent a wreck, who had a Jeep Compass {a bigger one of their line fortuatntely as one model's door is about only 18 inches or 2 feet wide, I need WIDER the better and the higher the better {Within reason, NO 6" lifted kits for me}. NOW , MIND YOU ENTERPRISE told ME when I called they had NO CARS AVAILABLE? AND NO MINIVANS OR SUVS AT ALL, BUT collision man calls and they have one??????

SO, I got smart and called his insurance company WHILE AT Enterprise to ask if it was covered, and they apparently had to call the collision center to see "if you can drive it the way it is, there by mitigating the rental necessity". SO after he called me back, saying NO it was NOT drivable the way it is, and they had to authorize a rental, he chatted witht the rental agent who VERIFIED i was INDEED  handicapped and getting around with a cane, {DUH! who makes such up?} and needed an SUV, as they had no minivans.

So it SHOULD be completely covered! we shall see! With the AUThorizstion for the SUV Up-charge! and NO getting around it, I HAVE TO HAVE a vehicle, as MOH drives around for work in The ELantra, so I cannot just drop MOH off to work and have it for the day.

I will get $125 of the $135 {$10 in taxes} of the TOWING charge back from MY insurance as we have towing, and I thought we had rental just in case, but not, so I added it for the $37 it will cost, I may drop it later, but that could be cheap compaired to rental costs!

I had an intense headache right away, but thought due to the STRESS at the time, and it has subsided. Now, though, my back has some pian. but it was late to get my second dose of regular med so is it that or new injury? MY agent said if I go to see someone, we need to get a claim auth from his insurance.

The kids father owned the car, and his name is an odd one, the same as one guy I graduated high school with, wonder if him? We were not what you would call "buddies" in H.S.

~ SO far, I think things have goon smoothly? I go the Kia towed to the garage, COVERED, got aproval for the rental and got the approval for an upgrade to SUV COVERED, and the parts should not be hard to get so says the collision repair guy we will see!

~ I WAS going to load up stuff in to the van this AM before I left for my fathers, good thing I did NOT.

~ For the fact that we are HIGHLY covered {I thought we had rental coverage too?? BUt NOT} for both liability AND for Underinsured/Uninsured highly covered, I should not be out much, I HOPE.

~ AND my back may just be stressd a bit, maybe pulled  a muscle.

~ now I don't know how many of you believe such things, But I thought I just HAD to glance at my rearview mirror just before he hit and saw the front of his hood bow down and KNEW he was gonnna hit me, so I was LUCKY  I didn't get jammed into the pickup in front of me!!!!!! i had a just-in-time premonition.

So it still, as KEN would say , sucks caboose! I haven't had an accident since 1990! ANd that one wasn't my fault either!

~ now watch, though they say NO, my rates will GO UP! Though they should get all from the other guys insurance, at least THEY HAD INSURANCE!

I go for a lie down now.... my head still hurts! Well its about bed time anyway!

Geeked

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Posted by chochowillie on Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:41 PM

Just checked the radar here and it's showing pretty much what Jeffrey is describing. It was nice till about 2 then it all started to go downhill. 

Sure quiet round the diner today, but then it is summer with a long weekend comming up for you folks south of the border as well as those of us in Canada Eh....

Take MOH to her sisters tomorrow so I'll be on the road there and back. About a 325 miles return trip. Maybe depending how I feel, I'll spend tomorow night there and come home Sat. As someone else mentioned a few days ago, I don't seem to do the "long haul" very well any more.

Well, best shut down and wathch the storm rolling in.

Best wishes to all.

Dennis

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:47 PM

Had to shut down earlier due to a savage line of thunderboomers coming through. Right now there's a lull so I came online to the weather radar. It doesn't look good. There's a whole bunch of severe weather moving my way from Beaumont and it looks to be strung out at least forty miles. At the rate it's moving I'll be ducking it in just a little while. The weather alert I'm seeing is posted below. Looks like it's gonna get real here.

AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED ALINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KROTZSPRINGS TO EUNICE TO RAGLEY TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALL TOSARATOGA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...OLD SALEM...KOUNTZE...WASHINGTON...BANCROFT...HARMONY AND MAMOU.

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:36 AM

WEll

We did a lot of stuff for packing last night. We are going the Celtic Festival at teh Renaissance Farie at the winery in Lancaster, PA.

FIL will be sure to look after the house several times a day {= he is being snoopy and nosey}, so the cat will be looked after, who will do just fine without us for a few days.

Picked up a 5 cupper at Wally WOrld, runing a vinegar rinse through it now. They may well provide coffee at the breakfast "buffet" but it is usually lame, and late {6 am} for us you know i am up EARLY! ANd IF they provide one in the room, well lets just say we have seen more than one show where what they do is use the SAME cloth to: clean the tub, toilet, sink and the ice bucket and coffee maker and glass glasses if they are provided!

I also take along a bunch of baggies and ziplocks as the dirtiest thing in a hotel room??? The TV remote control! {by scientific testing} so we dump it into a ziplock bag, and all good hotel chains provide baggies for the ice bucket. Second dirtiest thing? The telephone! we expect not to use it! But just in case I have baggies and zioppers and a small box of trash bags for wet stuff for instance.

Usually we are good at packing for the right amount but I think we both are taking too much this time,b ut with Monday off form work, we my just dilly-dally another day on sunday somewhere.

Tonight gotta "charge up" the electric cooler and let it run/cool down. Then load it up tomorrow morning! Well take things like ham. cheese, bread, mayo,mustard, breakfast sandwhiches, etc to have along for the ride. Extras as we are budgeted to eat out and I prefer that, but this is just in case, and our firned has limited fundage to go so he has the options, plus we have "snacks".

I know one place we will be sure to eat at is RED ROBBIN burgers!!! They are DELICIOUS! and right cross the street form the hotel. They have built u\p quite a bit on the Linclon Hiway in Lancaster, PA. Google earth doesn't show the whole thing and has inserted still photos here and there to reflect the new built-ups, they have yet to do a "new travel the route" video. There is also an Applebee's next door to the hotel, and we enjoy their food too. DOwn the road is Friendly's or Perkin's for breaking fast, IF we need it!.

Since we WILL be there, we WILL drop by Strasburg RR and the RR museum of PA too. I WILL have to keep my hands tied  and my Credit card in my wallet, though, as they have a fabulous LHS on the grounds at Strasburg, and one down the road too!!!!!!! We can watch them shuffel the steamers for free. May take some pics again. I know share them,,well maybe!

well, I have to see the psychiatrist today! he will hopefully start me on a new anit-manic med to keep down treh manic symptons I have been having of late!

So, I'd best get my butt off her nad moving! Lots more to do afore tomorrow!

Geeked

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:18 AM

Galaxy - thanks for the kudos! Guess who is one happy scratchbuilder?

The engine house will get some light weathering, using the powdered pigments I have. The red will see a little fading, and the bottom part will get some green and brown to resemble decaying wood.

It sure has paid off to do sub-assemblies.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:12 AM

Sir Madog

 

 

Ulrich! GREAT JOB!Thumbs Up

Lookin' fine!Yeah

Looks great! Wow

LOVE the color! That was the right choice!Yes

Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:06 AM

Afternoon, Folks!

Flo, coffee - lots of it, and a slicce of that chocolate cake, please.

Made a quantum leap with building the engine house today. Not only are all the walls up, but the roof structure is taking shape as well.

This is the state when I left for lunch:

After a 30 minute nap, I build the smokestack and steam vents. Now, the engine house is getting where I want it to be:

That´s enough for the day, I will now try to get some rest, maybe I´ll watch an old movie on the tube.

Jeff - take care!

CUL!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, June 26, 2014 8:08 AM

Good morning. It's 71° with 100% humidity. The high will be 85° and there's a significant chance of showers and thunderstorms.


Excuse me if I'm not very talkative today. Looks like it's gonna be wet here. I'm not going to be doing much. My right knee feels OK this morning but my neck and back are letting me know they don't like the weather. Looks like another bed day for me.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:58 AM

Good morning!  The hot, humid air from yesterday is giving way to somewhat better stuff here in New England, but taking it's time about it.  Ran the AC all last night, and I still wasn't comfortable.  Hopefully we can get by with just fans tonight.

Ulrich, good to see your pictures again.  The engine house is coming along nicely.

I've got another follow-up with the doctor this afternoon.  These latest meds are supposed to make me feel better, not worse, but it's hard to set up a "controlled experiment" because of other factors like pollen and heat, both of which will make me feel like home made dung, regardless of what pills I'm taking.  Well, I can amuse myself with finding alternate routes to dodge the traffic to and from the doctor's office.  They may not take any less time, but I'd rather be driving than sitting in a long line of cars.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:23 AM

Good Morning Folks!

Another ra*ny day. Good that I don´t have any business outside!

I woke up quite early this morning and started to put the walls of the engine house together. Surprisingly, all of them fitted nicely, without any major adjustments. The engine house is now a lot more than just two walls - it looks like a real building sans a roof.

I am quite pleased with the result of my first scratchbuilding attempt.

Next will be the roof structure - I might have that one up by tonight!

Herrinchoker - The USS Laffey was victim of a kamikaze attack if I remember correctly. She survived despite being badly damaged by four bombs, six kamikaze crashes, and strafing fire that killed 32 and wounded 71. I saw that on TV the other night.

Well, I am going to give Petra a helping hand before I continue w*rk on the engine house!

Have a good one!

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:50 AM

morning coffee in the diner...

GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!

Today is Thursday,

June 26th, 2014!

Healing energies, thoughts, prayers

go out to those in need

quotable 

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell, writer (1903-1950) 

 

They tell this of Julius Caesar, 
That he put some ice in a freezer, 
Observing to Brutus, 
"We'll chill it to suit us!' 
Now, he was a funny old geezer.
 

 

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!

Geeked

-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.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:45 AM

V8Vega

There are 275,000 teachers in Calif. Their union spent 4.7 million in the 2010 governors race and another $290,000 to elect lawmakers, I don't have to tell you what party.

 

Congrats on the E-bay win!

We won't win any prizes from RAY,a retired teacher, I am sure, but:

Here, teachers in my district are crying in their coffee saying they haven't had a contract or raise in 2 years. ANd thusly they have recieved a "0%" raise! They think they deserve a RAISE every year! Automatically!! {so we often really don't feel sorry for the teachers not getting one}

It also costs about $21k/per student per year to "educate" our young people in our local school district. The room/board/tuition/book allowances and Meal plan package for the local UNIVERSITY {highly respected, multi-curricula school and adding a legal school to its 'repertoire' for lawyers,known as value university} is only a cost of $18,700 per student per year! THAT seems "wrong" when a full college costs less than to educate a high-schooler or elementary schooler? 

Teachers ARE wonderfull! DOn't get me wrong!

But we are tired of the teachers crying "poverty" here.

Oh, our school district was found by the state auditors to be "hoarding money" that the state auditors said should have gone to reduce school system debt {and it was in the many millions of dollars they were hoarding}, not just a few. I understand a "prudent reserve", but not 10 of millions of dollars, unless they are going to build a new building! {they aren't}This year they passed a budget with only the slightest of increase, they would not have gotten it to pass had they INCREASED like they do every year, with that extra funds stash fiasco. That didn't help the district any this year's budget. I don't run them, just have to live with them. And the students do need educating.

Hmm i guess I SoapBox a bit.

No vinnie, i am done!

Geeked

-G .

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 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.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, June 26, 2014 1:14 AM

Gidday All, sounds like you North American guys could do with a couple of ice cold jugs of homemade lemonade and mint, whereas I’ll be quite happy with a hot chocolate in front of the fire.
 
 

Cheers, the Bear.

 

Hey, Hey! Don't complain! For many of us here it was a LONG BAD Brutally COLD winter while YOU basked in the sunshine!

FOr some of us we never saw anything above 10F {negative something in C}, FOr others we never saw anything above 0F {way well below freezing}for streatches of weeks or months on end.

We, here, at my house,  had a CONSTANT battle and lots of water/energy wasted dripping faucets so they would not freeze on us! ANd they would run for weeks at a time, day and night, because it was so cold!

Not looking forward to that again. 

They blamed on el nino, well, El nina follows, and can be meaner! So this coming winter could rival last one!

Trust me Jabear, while this summer is going by so fast, we will be drinking hot cocao and sitting by the fire next Jnauary wishing it was in the temps you will be having then!

Geeked

-G .

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 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.

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Posted by herrinchoker on Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:56 AM

Tom,

Enjoyed photo of the ships. The Laffey-DD 724 was built by Bath Iron Works, and is the last surviving Sumner Class of Destroyers. She replaced DD-459, also named Laffey, that was sunk in 42 at the battle of Guadalcanal.

DD-724 shelled German positions at Utah Beach and at one point grounded out broadside to the beach, and engaged all her main guns, as well as the 20 & 40 MM anti-aircraft batteries, leaving only when all the ammunition had been fired.

She moved to the Pacific, and during the battle for Okaniwa was assigned radar picket duty to give warning of Jap air attacks. During a mass Kamakazi attack she downed twenty six aircraft. In the process she was hit six times by Kamakazi aircraft, and suffered three bomb hits aft, jamming the rudder 23 degrees to port. The attack was broken up by a flight of F4U fighters, giving the crew the ability to concentrate on fire fighting.

Emergency repairs took just over a month, and she returned to the West Coast shipyards to remind the workers that Germany may have surrendered, but there was still fighting in the Pacific.

The Laffey was called the  "ship that wouldn't die", and much credit was given to the construction by BIW. Sailors have long said, "Bath built is best built", and even today there is a pride within the work force that carries over to the new construction.  I worked there as an inside machinist during the FFG program, and at one point there were nine FFG's tied up along the the outfitting pier as we were building them faster than the Navy could train crews to run them. The yard ended up building working engine rooms and machinery spaces and sending them by barge to Great Lakes
Training Facility to give the new crews a leg up on operations.

During the war BIW was launching a destroyer every seventeen days, and sending one down the Kennebec every twenty three. During that time BIW built more tonnage than the Japanese Navy had at the start of the war. It was good to see a photo of her again.

herrinchoker

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