Happy Birthday, Galaxy! I just had a half-birthday myself. I guess I should have eaten half a cake.
Train show! A co-worker mentioned that he saw a "train show" sign out by where he lives. I looked up the web site of the club that runs one out there, and sure enough, October 5th there will be a show. It's the first of the fall season, so it's been a while and I'm already psyched to go.
I'm feeling much better on the half-dose of that Metformin stuff. Yesterday I was tired, but I earned that by playing hockey Tuesday night. We had a poor turnout of skaters, and that's always hard on us goalies because the defense suffers. This morning I'm fully recovered. Last night, I even had the energy to prepare veal parmesan, tortellini with pesto and green beans. Ciao!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
galaxyYou can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. George Burns
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
Happy Birthday Galaxy
Up ealry as its going to be a long day at work today. I start at 9am and go to 7:30pm. Maybe with any luck it will be somewhat quiet and go by quick. Not much I can do before I go in so might just play around on the computer for a bit. I will drop by tonight sometime guys
Have a great day guys
Happy Birthday Mr. G. May your days be pain free.
Best wishes,Phil
AS noted above, ...It's My Birthday, got my car fixed, a new bumper... {cheers to the little guy in the commerical for that one}
I am older today than I was yesterday, ...I've aged a year since then... {cheers to Rod Stewart for that one}
I am wiser today than I was yesterday {which means we are ALL in trouble!}
to me, to me, dear me, to me!
The is one me! Have a piece!
Quotable Quotes:
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
-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.
Sir Madog Good Morning! The nnice weather has ended - it´s back to our usual dull and gray days of Fall. - Galaxy and all the best wishes for many happy moons to come! May a few of your dreams come true! Petra made this for you: A typical German Marmorkuchen (marble cake)!
Good Morning!
The nnice weather has ended - it´s back to our usual dull and gray days of Fall.
- Galaxy and all the best wishes for many happy moons to come! May a few of your dreams come true! Petra made this for you:
A typical German Marmorkuchen (marble cake)!
Aw, shucks, for lil' ol' me?
Thank YOU Ulrich and Petra!
-G
The nice weather has ended - it´s back to our usual dull and gray days of Fall.
No plans for the day. I may be doing some searching for the ultimate layout idea!
Have a happy day!
Eveing Dinners
Flo, Beer please.
Been visting everyday but just have not felt like posting.
CPAP Well I did get it, it seemed to help alot first and second night. Thrid night was OK and last night was awfull.
See you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Looks like upper 80's tomorrow.Here's what can happen when you leave that faucet dripping!
Evening guys,
Beautiflu fall day here today, warm and sunny but the night is cool. I was up early today to return the heart monitor. I dont meet with the speaclist until December though. The nurse told me though that if there was a problme I would be notified by the end of the day.
I spent the day outside cutting the grass and removing lawn decorations before the leaves start falling. Its sad to realise that winter is slowly creeping towards us, especially after last winter as its just didnt let up with snow and cold.
With any luck we can get a couple more weeks of really nice temps. Only problem is the nice days are falling on work days and rainy ones are falling on days when im home,lol
The upside of winter is no yardwork or having to cut a dozen lawns so I get more free time to myself. At the moment I dont know what I will be doing MR wise as I dont have any projects lined up as I usually do. I might even take the winter off and just play Strat O Matic in my free time.
Do you guys ever feel like you just need to step back from the trains for a period of time?
Winding up to be a cool day here. Went over to my fathers place to do some laundry this morning and found that he and my step mother are home for a few days. My van was almost out of gas so I asked him if I could borrow his credit card to get gas. He said it came at a price. I had to have breakfast with them. No problem there. Got 15.01 gallons for $48.617. Seems high, but jeez, Look what he's driving! It gets 6mpg to my vans 10mpg!Got the laundry done. The nurse showed up and took care of the dressing on my foot. Paperwork to restart use of the wound vac was restarted today. There was no bleeding, even with torn edges the wound is already starting to heal good. Nothing else accomplished today.
Broadway Lion - Sorry to hear that you were not able to get to the subways. But it's good news indeed that your brothers & you were able to get so much accomplished in what I think is a very short time. You can all relax a little now just knowing that there are others around to keep an eye on them. In addition, think how lucky you were to spend even more time in Pennsylvania than you planned.
My PRR Russell Snow Plow did arrive on Monday. It's very nicely detailed with factory installed grab irons etc. The 1 thing I wish they had done was to actually install a working headlight. The dealer was quick in shipping & it arrived in excellent condition. I've been lucky in getting things on-line, & having them arrive in perfect condition. Looking at it though, I noticed how low the front is to tracks. I'll try it later on my test oval, but I think trackwork would need to be pretty good for this rascal.
Well, the above comment is true except for one item I received last week. I had bought the wife a couple of pieces of Dept 56 Halloween Village for Christmas, & 1 of the items was broken. A small dab of super glue & it's almost impossible to tell it has damage.
Been waiting for 2 days now for the furnace repairman to call me back & set up an appointment for a service call. Turned the furnace on Monday morning because it was around 50 degrees in the house, and the induction motor was squealing like a stepped on cat. I've this same problem with the furnace before. As for not receiving a call back, that's pretty unusal for this company. I think there's just been a breakdown in communications somewhere along the line. If I don't hear from them by lunch tomorrow, I'll call again.
Also have to go out tomorrow morning and get my photo driver's license renewed. Sometimes that involves quite a wait, & other times your in & out. Never know how that will go.
Hope everyone stays safe have plenty of good days...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Well, Finally found the property!
i was looking in our township, our county. I forgot it is on the other side of the line, in the next town and county!
One town/county is in our front yard and one town/county is in our backyard. The property in question is on that side of the line.
The property is mostly level, half cleared in front, and wooded in back, 2.7 acres, $23K, current taxes at $363/year.Can't post a link, It times out without entering an "Account #" by creating one.
Problem IS, that town has proplem in allowing manufactured housiong, so thta might preclude us moving our trailer there for now, then building {??} later.
I will have to petition the local construction builders and renovator's corp about building a small stick ranch on foundation {raised above teh water table as it is high water tabel here} and the costs of connecting the city services {water, sewer, nat gas, elec} from street back into the property. Probably some 200' foot worth, maybe longer.
We, or at least I, have a few small house plans perfect for us in mind, that are small, but not tiny, about 800 sq ft.
We have 930 sq ft now, and wish we had STORAGE SPACE is all!
Now, just WHERE to get such money!
well off to dinner. Beef tips in gravy over noodles and green beans.
later
EDIT: Just talked to FIL, he sounds better, what happened was he was drifted off to sleep and the cat woke him up and he couldn't talk straight, so he called 911, affraid of a stroke, as failure to speak correctly is one sign. SO off he went. they did all kinds of tests and THINK he was just allergic to something, and to "take this med for 3 days". Still doesn't sound right to me..that explanation that is form the Dr.s. We may have to keep a vigil watch on him.
Good afternoon..
I hope everybody is planning to attend Galaxy's Marble Cake Day tommorow. I just love marbles!
My little 1/87 vehcles project is moving along. I completed 3 1949 Mercury's and 1950 1 US Mail truck. curently, I am working on 2 1956 Ford Hardtops. I have others to assemble. .... The mail truck is dark green. How many people here recall the Post Office fleet of trucks were painted dark green?
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
howmus Jeffrey, hope that foot of yours gets healed up soon! So your neighbor is getting some more back yard firewood today? Glad to hear the tree is down and no longer presents a danger to the trailer.
Well,
Went to Wally world to get some things we needed. MOH needed some new shoes, a new light jacket {and trusted me to get them}, a new small heater for the bath, bath matt, sheet set of fuzzy to replace torn ones the cat clawed, etc. Added up to over $200. Will have to carefully watch the food budget to cut back the expenses for the next month to pay off this month. Good thing I get cash back on all this stuff!
Went and did the CU and Bank banking. The bank banking is free so we keep it. It is closer to our house than the CU by about 5-7 Miles too. I should open a savings account there to put money into and not take out. But they barely pay any interest, so the CU has all savings, even if only we own it temporarily.
FIL:Had an allergic reaction to something he's taking yesterday and spent most of the night in the hospital, WITHOUT notifying us! MOH did the routine "call me every morning" routine and FIL said so. MOH wanted me to call periodically today to see how hes doing. I called I got "grumble grumble you woke me up. grumble grumble can't talk" and that was it. MOH just came home and said "at least he's responding". I told MOH YOU make the calls form now on.
I know how dangerous med allergies can be. I spent a registered 6.5 minutes clinically dead after once to sulfa drugs for me. a few years later, while in therapy and unkonwn to me the new antibiotic I was taking was also sulfa, and it started happening again. Luckily this time I got the horse-piddle {thanks, TODD} in time. 7 minutes is "danger zone" for brains. Of course once i "came back", the EMT's face was upside down {to me} I was staring at {which I thought was odd, why wasn't his face upright liek a normal person?} and he asked me "are you back with us?". I had NO idea what he meant. They asked me a bunch of "stupid" questions. I got my name and b-day right. BUt it was 1993 and they asked me who was President. I said "Jimmy Carter". They asked me what year it was, I said "1987". They asked "what High School I went to" and I said I couldn't tell them. The asked me what state I was in. I said Michigan{where I was born} instead of NY. They asked me what country I was in. I couldn't think of or get any of the names it's known by out of my head or mouth. I asked why they were asking me all these dumb questions. They siad I must be "fairly OK", then. I now have a list of about 10 meds I am allergic to, or that "disagree with me". That call it "adverse reactions" now...
ULrich:before you invest any money in to that project, are you SURE it will give you "any joy"? You said you didn't much care for straight line short track lines with nohting to do but back and forth, if I recall correctly?
There is a property, kinda hidden, with just a driveway's access to the main road {wide about 3 cars} nearby they rest of the property is deep in behind the other short depth road properties. MOH wanted me to look it up. I already had that in mind as I saw the sigm up as I drove by on my way home, too. BUT it is NOT listed on the agent's site yet, so will have to wait or call later. It is 2 acreas, private back there, nearly landlocked, except the deceptive driveway. The former owners wanted to put in a appartment building in there, but the town wanted 2 access/departure roads. The only way to get that was to get the house on the corner, which is on two lots tied together to give up a right of way to the deep property. She was the one who told us that, and she said she flat out refused, nor would she sell off any part of her meager property to them. Now her house is listed as "pre-foreclosure" on one agent's site. SO she must be in trouble paying for it too. It's basement flooded by 4 feet, as did many around here. MOH would dearly loved to have that hidden property and have our trialer moved there. I said we'd get a whole NEW trailer then, instead. We could could put up a cheap pole barn and insulate/heat it to build layouts in!!! Ah, well, they probably want a pretty penny for it. Don't know yet. well, septic and electric/gas line runs are not cheap either.
WEll, MOH is home between clients, so I will go join for a short nap!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, could I get a refill on my dark roast coffee?
Just got home from the Podiatrist's office. The new inserts for my shoes came in. I now have two pairs of inserts so I won't have to keep changing them every time I want to use a different pair of shoes. Very comfortable, I might add.
Jeffrey, hope that foot of yours gets healed up soon! So your neighbor is getting some more back yard firewood today? Glad to hear the tree is down and no longer presents a danger to the trailer.
Gotta make the Jello for tomorrow today....
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!
Good morning. Temp: 70°, humidity: 74%. High: 85°. Cloudy. East winds 5 to 10 mph.Tree #2 (two hit by lightning recently) is being dealt with at this time. It was roped in the same manner as the last one. Tied the rope to the trailer ball on my van and at the signal pulled it over like it was nothing. It's now being cut up.Just waiting on my Home Health nurse to call. I'm being put back on the wound vac. Reason? The surgical incision from the recent foot operation tore open and the doc believes it's the easiest way to get it to heal. Meanwhile I'm keeping the wound cleaned and wrapped.No other plans for today.
Good Afternoon!
Janie, coffee and a slice of that chocolate cake, please.
I fired up my CAD program this morning to sketch a first idea for a rack and pinion railway, following the Schafbergbahn (sheep´s mountain railway) prototype.
The layout would consist of three modules, one depicting the station in St.Wolfgang/Austria, with its loco handling facilities, one "somewhere along the line", and the third one the mountain top station. The money I get for my On30 layout would more or less cover all the track and turnouts I need, plus a loco and car set. That stuff is quite expensive, but somehow cute. I guess Petra would love it ...
There are a couple of issues with the benchwork, though. The transitions in the grade have to be really smooth. So far I have no clue how to build the modules. I need to think about it.
Friday is the big day - I´ll be off to that Fremo narrow gauge convention. That should also generate new ideas ...
Good morning! Beautiful day in the neighborhood in New England.
I just checked online and the telephone booths I ordered from Walthers through my LHS are back in stock. This has been a running joke between me an Gerry at Maine Trains. Just a small detail part I saw in the Walthers flyer a few months go, but they've been out of stock ever since. I don't even need them right now - just thought I would put them somewhere, perhaps when I build the scenery for part of my layout that doesn't even have benchwork yet. I guess now I'll have to get started painting that figure to turn him into Superman.
The doctor told me all was well, all my blood tests came back healthy, and he wants to cut my Metformin dosage in half. So far, so good. I felt a lot better at hockey last night, and I'm not dragging this morning like I have for months.
Morning Guys
Actually have today and tomorrow off. I should be able to get some stuff knocked out. I plan to replace the long grabs on my 2 Kato F40s with wire (once I find my stash), weather a few cars, and work on my backlog of kits. I'm out of Kadees, and I will order some when I order that C636 (whenever they show up at MBKlien).
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.
Today I will get some errands run, since i spent 2 days waiting on the plumber. Grocery store, CU, Bank, etc. My check comes in today so I have to move some funds around for safe keeping until needed.
YGW: Yeah the bill's estimate for replacing the kitchen drain pipe WITH heat tape is $1,301. The extra heat tape replacement on the supply line form the ground ot inside the trailer needs replacing too, so another $100 for that. It is 5 years old and got a workout last winter! AT LEAST they DO heat tapes! Some plumbers WON't work on trailers, and most REFUSE to put on heat tapes citing "responsibility of it catches fire"...if it is put on right, it should NOT catch fire! SInce I have had bad previous luck with certain Plumbing/heating contractors, I WON'T use them again anyway, so it narrows my scope. OH, and DON'T FORGET: I live in NY, which, along with Hawaii and California, Is one of the top three most expensive states to live in!
Jeremy B: Yeah the biggest pain I found wearing one is that with a heart monitor is what to do with it while you sleep so it doesn't come undone!
LION:GOOD to see you popping in!!!! At least your parents are SAFE now, or at least safer{??} Than htey were before. Its a hard decision and my father has already said eh'd go to a home before h'd ask or want me to care ffor him in the necessary manner he might need. His mind is still sound at 80, and he is in relatively good health, so I see him going for another 12 years or so, he says "I sure hope not, I'm bored". He rarely goes out in the winter nowadays. and Doesn't drive after dark. SO he IS making some smart decisions,all though last year he was climbing a tree to cut some branches out, and then said he thought afterwords "how long would it take for someone to ffind him if I fell out of the tree, and I can hear the EMT guy now : 'you're nto supposed to be climbing tees at your age, Mr. X' ". MY FIL is the one we worry about at 86 he is not in the best health.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. -Horace Walpole, novelist and essayist (1717-1797)
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
WEll, I should strat geting ready and get in teh shower, time to turn up the heat a smidgeon.
I am up early today, for no other reason than having difficulties to get a proper rest at night.
No real plans for the day, other than waiting for the mail to bring me that warm coat I ordered a few days ago. The old one is pretty much worn out - Petra wouldn´t let me go outside wearing it.
YGW - that little loco is in HO scale and runs on a special HOn3 track. It has a real rack and pinion drive and can climb grades up to 25%.
Here is a short video of it.
Have a good one!
Good evening. It's 67° with 70% humidity. Mostly clear. Looks like 80's tomorrow.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Good afternoon. It's 79° with 42% humidity. The high should be 82°. Doc visit this morning was good. No changes in my condition. Blood sugar was alarmingly low. 64. They wouldn't let me out of there until it came up. So I had somebody go next door (Fox's Pizza Den) and get me a Coke. That did it. I tested at 98 and I was out of there. Got home and cooked up a pasta dish for lunch. Little while ago I cooked up a rice dish with broccoli and cheddar. So dinner is waiting on me.Van ran good today. No problems. Still no word from my nephew. He can't seem to bring himself to admit that he was wrong and his 'backward' redneck uncle was right. Plans are still in place to convert the choke to full manual operation this winter.I have no further plans for today.Funny thing this morning. An old man who can no longer drive drove his lawn mower to the docs office. His family is supposed to be helping out but today none of them could be bothered. I know how he feels. Been there myself. I spoke with his brother about the dangerous position this put his brother in but I fear it all went in one ear and out the other.
Garry - yes three years is a long time. It felt like 20. I agree on the DUI. I have lost five family members to drunk drivers. I have zero patience for that sort of buisness. I have also been hit by a drunk driver. Fortunately I was driving a 68 Charger and he went down the drivers side and peeled open the side from the rear wheel to the bumper. Good thing the shoulder was wide. I ran completely off the rod to avoid a head on. Totaled my beloved Charger BUT no scratchedes on me. I will join you on your soap box anytime you get up there ! LOL ROTHF "heavy on the marbles " in the cake !
Ulrich - which scale would the mtn engine be in ? That would be pretty neat. You could also add one of those trolleys that go up and down over it too !
Jeremy - those monitors stink sorry you have to wear one. Hope you get a good report back.
Lion - been there with my grndfather. It was hertbreaking , it is one of the few times I have seen my father cry.
Galaxy !!! Does THAT plumber have a gun ? Those prices are highway robbery ! Heck here in Va we can install a WHOLE HOUSE for with three full baths and a 1/2 bath for 6k. Heck that work shouldnt be over a few hundred dollars. I would encourage you to get some more prices !!!
Kieth - just dive in. How do you eat an elephant ? One bite at a time. Pick a spot and start wiring.
Howmus - Roto rooter ? Oh geez sounds like that will be a BAD day !
Well gotta get back to w**k
TTYL
YGW
Lion - be happy that your parents made the move into assisted living. My dad fell last year, which put him in a wheelchair, so my parents had to move into care. My mom did not accept this, making the last weeks my dad had hell on earth. Yup, it was hell for him, and the only way he had to get out of it was to pass away.
I am still searching for ideas for a layout. Most things don´t turn out due to space reasons. As it looks, the only option I have is to have a train shuttling back and forth. If that proves to be true, why not make a virtue out of this limitation and build a mountain cog railway?
Ferro Train of Austria offers a set, including a little 0-4-2 steamer, a car and some track. A cute little model of the Schafberg cog railway. I´ll be putting something on paper based on this idea...
Morning guys
Got the heart monitor put on this morning. I have to go back tomorrow first thing to have it taken off. Its a little annoying but not too bad. I have to go to my family docotor later on today and then might just come home and play a little strat hockey.
I should take a pic of the little cozy area I created for myself to play board games.
Garry- I understood and just went along with it.
Lion- You have to understand the feeling of losing independance.
Flip
Lion, you've done well. We could never get my in-laws to move to assisted living, and now they are virtual prisoners in their second-floor condo with no elevator. But y'know, they wouldn't leave if they could. At this point (97 and 93) I think that moving would be such a disruption that it would hasten their end.
The doctor told me to cut my Metformin dose in half. He was concerned about some possible rare side-effects, so I got to fill a cup and a couple of more blood tubes, but all the tests came back normal. Still, the stuff makes me feel crummy, and he thinks it's just too much of what he still thinks is a good thing.