MisterBeasley Galaxy, when I read your post about using a cane for your shoulder exercises, the first image that came into my mind was Fred Astaire in a straw hat and tap dancing shoes. Perhaps Ginger Rogers can come over and help with your routine. Yes, Angelo, going with DCC is the right move
Galaxy, when I read your post about using a cane for your shoulder exercises, the first image that came into my mind was Fred Astaire in a straw hat and tap dancing shoes. Perhaps Ginger Rogers can come over and help with your routine.
Yes, Angelo, going with DCC is the right move
Mr. B: I use a cane as when my back gives out, I have something to lean on. {although it can also be my L knee or either hip that gets "wanky"}> SO NO Freddy And Ginger! I can't dance either!
Mr. Angelo: I AGREE wiht Mr. B. I have a very small layout, and can only run two trains, but I thinK DCC IS a real boon!
well, FIL has plans for helping us, but I am not at liberty to say what... That, and we are on a "good" path ourselves, that -is -if we can overcome our stubborn obstacles-, will benefit us greatly. That was good news to get today, but we have some heavy legwork to do on Monday.
PLus two appts: the cardiologist, and the PT. in the A of M, and the heavy legwork in the afternoon.
We are planning a summer vaction jaunt to the B&O RR MUSEUM in BAltimore this summer {MOH LOVES steam trains as much as I}- ANyone been there and have tips for us? Nothing much going on the weekend of the July 11th. ANYBODY HAVE IDEAS? MOH also wants to go to DC to visit museums etc. too.
July 12 th is our anniversary, so it will be a vacation/special day {finally romantic? or are we out of romance at our ages?}
so we shall see what we shall see, when we shall see it.
Have a restfull night!
-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.
Lasagna, please.
The Fox Valley Hiawatha train has long been on my want list. However, after reading about some folks experiences with them (loco wobble and cars coupler issues), not so sure I want to risk it. Anyone know if the company has done anything about these problems with the new upcoming run?
Been working on farm stuff all day. Will be in the corner booth chowing down.
Cheers! Rob
Did my earlier post disappear, or did I just forget to post my post?
It's sunny here now, but I had to drive to the train show in snow and slush. Nothing serious, but, well, enough is enough. As always, I had some success and some stuff I couldn't find. The show was very crowded with attendees, but there seemed to be fewer vendors of interest. The latest thing seems to be drones, helicopters and wind-up trains that run around on the floor. As if we didn't have enough trouble keeping from stepping on toddlers. Of course, I found a Milwaukee boxcar I didn't have, so that went in my bag. I got an old Life-Like tanker I'm going to turn into a MOW water car, and on the way out I found it. One of those things you're only going to find at a train show. A genuine Athearn pickle car for $8. How's that, huh?
Ray, I've got Moose Mills on my layout. It's just a 2-sided background building I put in a corner, made from DPM modules.
Yes, Angelo, going with DCC is the right move.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Evening Diners,
Well I heard my brother is not keeping his job soon and he will be fired this coming fall. It's been a good year for him at least he has experienced now and find another job quickly.
I had company walking Murrey yesterday another dog "pitbull" . He showed up and followed us thru the entire walk. Most dogs follow us for a short bit and walk away but this one stayed. I called animal control and they picked him up.
Train News: I pre-ordered Conrail B23-7 and GP38-2 in DCC now I need to buy a DCC system. I hope I'm making the right move.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Need a coffee refill, please & thank you.
***Ray, thanks for the info. Excellent use of that. Although no ceiling tiles, I do still have plenty of other left over building materials to make use of on the new layout.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I could use a refill on my dark roast coffee, please...
Cederstrand***Ray, is that rock work carved out of the foam? Looks excellent!
Thank You Rob. Nope the rock work at Keuka Creek is made from broken up pieces of ceiling tile. I went over to a local lumber yard and got a few 1' x1' tiles that were already broken (I had to pay a greatly reduced price for them, but some places will give them to you). Just break them up, cut to size, and stack them. Glued in place with white glue. Paint them with Kilz or some other sealing paint, then paint them with a rock color. The original ones that are in place were done several years ago and have faded some. They were also lighter than I now know they should be (I have learned a few things over the years...). You can see a real limestone rock sitting at the base of the rocks in the top picture. That is the color I will ultimately try to match. The rock cut for the "Creek" is supposed to be mostly shale which is the rock type at that spot in the "prototype". Since I will be using Woodland Scenics paint, I will cover the entire area with a dilute solution of Scenic Cement to fix the color and then put the "plant life" in place followed by a spray of the Scenic Cement. That's a trick I learned from Clark Cooning, MMR at a Region Convention a couple years ago.
As Barry would say, Dull here today. Currently 38°F outside and sprinkly rain. High is supposed to be 48°F later this afternoon. I have a luncheon for a friend of mine early this afternoon (President of the local MLK Committee) who is being installed this weekend as the Pastor of a church here in town, and then the annual Boy Scout District Dinner to attend this evening. I seldom go to the District Dinner as I really find it kinda tedious, but I will be presenting a major District Award to another friend of mine tonight. I recieved the award last year but wasn't there to formally get it. Several Higher Ups in the District and Council tried in vain to get me to go but failed. I was out visiting one of my units all day at Camp and felt (still do) that was more important. Frankly I was honored when the award was presented to me at the following District Committee meeting. It is a rotating award that the last recipient gets to choose who it goes to next. The award is for special work and help out at the Boy Scout Camp.
I have to go see what I have clean to wear to all the dignified, out amongst them activities of the day... 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!
Italian roast coffee in a Hiawatha mug, please.
***Ray, is that rock work carved out of the foam? Looks excellent!
Worker didn't show, although he usually has a legit reason. I'll jusy chip away at the stuff I can do alone. Might even cut the first two sheets of plywood for the new layout.
Have a great day all.
Today's word:
Hello? Are we still open?
Oh hi, Flo. I'll just have a coffee and a breakfast bagel please...
Today will be the start of back to winter...winds from the north upwards of 30mph will drop temperatures from 44F to 30F this afternoon to the high single digits tonight...le sigh
Got up early this morning as we are hosting an open house here...so got all kindsa cooking and prep work to get to....be talking to you during the day.....
Have a good'un!!!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me at the moment...
The Plumber called and came over. The toilet water inlet hook up has been fixed. He just put on a new hose from the water supply to the tank. I could have done that myself, but it only took him couple minutes and it would have taken me at least an hour and I know I would be feeling it by now... He will come back next week and put in a new sink faucet and plug the hole in the cast iron pipe down cellar. The cast iron goes all the way up to the roof and could be a real monster to get out of there with the amount of weight so he's hoping he can patch the one section that is leaking...
I also figured out that there is most likely no insulation at all in the ceiling of my living room.... I took a tape measure and probed up into the hole that we enlarged a couple days ago and there was no insulation above it and the tape measure went in one foot. That should be about the right length to reach the underlayment of the main roof where the hole is. When they made the porch into a living space, they simply put lightweight sheetrock right on top of the plywood that was used when it was a side porch.
I have been doing some track and scenery work on the layout. This is an area where I put in a creek modeling some of the deep cuts that bring streams into the Finger Lakes several years ago. This one is called Keuka Creek (based on the Keuka Lake Outlet that goes from Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake, south of where I live).
The return loop at this end of the layout will be a small crossroads called Milo Mills. It is based on, ah...., Milo Mills... Yep!
Not much to look at yet... Give me time!
Hope you all have a pleasent night. My prayers for all those in need!
Good Evening,
A not so balmy 20F here going down to 3 tonight but at least the snow is gone and there isn't any in the forecast. The ice is going out on the river that is near us which is fairly early.
Galaxy, glad to hear you are on the mend.
YGW, my horsepiddle stay really wasn't too bad. When they decided I was to get ready for the colonoscopy the next day, they set up my 'clean-out' starting at mid-night. A gallon of not very good tasting stuff to drink doesn't go down well at that time and I was hooked up to a drip, so thankfully they put a commode beside the bed. I sure didn't sleep much that night!
Thanks for all the well wishes.
Today we finished out taxes. I don't do them any longer and don't mind that either. I had to pay a little but not as much as expected so it was a nice suprise.
Well time for a little telie,
CN Charlie
Sorry about your birthday Richard.
Galaxy keep working with the arm exercises. I had different arm exercises but they nevered worked for me because it was nerve damage.
Train News: When I got my Atlas Amtrak N Scale automobiles yesterday I noticed that the paint on the vehicle was extremely tiny and didn't notice it until the second look. That very surprised me but I still like it.
MisterBeasley Galaxy, one of the best PT home exercises I got was to use a broomstick, grasp it in both hands and use the good arm to push the healing arm up and away from my body. That way, I did the range-of-motion thing on the surgically-repaired arm without having to stress the still-healing muscles on top of the shoulder. When I tore my rotator cuff, I knew who I wanted to do the job. I played hockey with a couple of orthopedic surgeons who had the reputation of getting their patients back in the game. On my first night back in goal, one of them suited up and shot pucks at that shoulder for half the night. He couldn't beat me, and realize that they'd done a good job.
Galaxy, one of the best PT home exercises I got was to use a broomstick, grasp it in both hands and use the good arm to push the healing arm up and away from my body. That way, I did the range-of-motion thing on the surgically-repaired arm without having to stress the still-healing muscles on top of the shoulder.
When I tore my rotator cuff, I knew who I wanted to do the job. I played hockey with a couple of orthopedic surgeons who had the reputation of getting their patients back in the game. On my first night back in goal, one of them suited up and shot pucks at that shoulder for half the night. He couldn't beat me, and realize that they'd done a good job.
Yeah, I have a bunch of such excersizes like that only I use my cane instead of a broom handle!
Tx
Good Evening
Things are getting warmer here....we actually got to 55F and sunny all day!! There will, however, be a change, as winter returns here...le sigh.
Got a few things to catch up on so I'se be doing this....have a good one!!
Cederstrand ***YGW, thanks for the coffee. Ankle continues to heal reasonably well, shoulder has a long way to go. Sometimes I just can't do everything that needs doing with one arm. Cheers! Rob
***YGW, thanks for the coffee. Ankle continues to heal reasonably well, shoulder has a long way to go. Sometimes I just can't do everything that needs doing with one arm.
I know what you mean, my left shoulder/arm is tired of carrying the load for both,, now not so bad, but as the right one heals the left must still do all the lifting...
GOod luck, I have a candle lit just for you!
The House Dinner Special, please.
After reesting yesterday, have been most productive today. Should have a helper (hired hand) tomorrow, so more progress will be made. Outside of the farm work, I'll have him help me move the sofa out of the train room and into the storage room under the sunporch.
Hope everyone is doing well.
what an exhausitng dayh!
The denitist for MOH,
Then to the credit union {both of them} {yes we are greedy, not really one is very close and the other is far away,and we were gonna change "stores" so to speak, but deicided the far away has higher interest rates for small money {which we have} and the close one for large money {which we hope to have}, so why not keep both? Once a member, always a member! AND then there is the bank about 5 miles from home, real close, with free checking-last in the land..we'll keep for that purpsoe and for things like WIRING Ulrich his funding!
Then to Staples to get wipes for the cell phones.
Then to the Verizon store to pick up goodies we bought at last weeks class for the hands free operation of the cell phone - a visor clip and a seperate speaker for tunes....
Then to Freindly's to eat,
Then to the grocery store for scones and clotted cream, Irish whiskey cheddar, and ice cream...rum raisin!
Then home and to pay some bills.
MR. B: oh they always give hoemework,and excep for lifting which the surgeon doesn't want now, I will do all I can to get it back stronger and better than it was...
I missed a !! SO happy belated one!!! {i forgot who?} Richared ride on road....
YGW: i don't know yet, just had the MRI on it.. surgery hopefully won't be until the right is STRONG, and won't be during the heat of summer. SO if need be I'll suffer until fall.
CN charlie is on the "list"- Not that list, the healing list!
JIM MOON: OUr taxes were done a long time ago, My father used to wait to do his, but now he got 'em done early this year and feels better! when he does them early, he gets a refund,seems like, when he waits, he owes!
well, have a quiet evening I gotta go pay those bills.
Goodevening diners, Think I would rather have teeth filled than do Federal income taxes. At least they are done for another year. I could have been laying more ties this afternoon.
My better half and I tried out a new eatery for lunch that opened this past Monday. Nice to see people who seem to have their act together serve good food for reasonable cost. Had a pulled pork sandwich with yummy home made slaw on top.
Ken, good luck on your new job position. I am sure you will be able to get things in order fairly soon.
Jim
Heartland Division CB&QRichard ... Day old brithday cake? ... Are you hinting it was your b'day? ... If so, I hope it was good.
T'was my birthday and t'was a good day. I am now old enough to order from the back page of the Denny's menu. Still a few more years before I can become a full-time hobbyist.
Richard
CN Charlie ... Sounds like you had a rough time. Glad you are okay.
Richard ... Day old brithday cake? ... Are you hinting it was your b'day? ... If so, I hope it was good.
Ken ... A big congratulations about your being store manager. You will do well!
YGW ... Thanks for the steak.
I hope JohnBoy is okay.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Spring? It's 20 degrees out and kind of gloomy and cloudy with a uniform gray sky.
YGW, I'd rather eat my own cooking, most of the time. I'm the better chef anyway, although Penny can put decent food on the table if she wants to. But, she is the kind of person who would have a slab of white fish, brown rice and some bitter, oily vegetables 7 days a week, while I like variety and a more zesty selection of meats and sides.
And now for the three little words that make me a happy man: Train Show Tomorrow! Yes, it's the spring edition of the Greenberg Train Show. I'll be on the lookout for billboards and telephone poles to hide and mount the phototransistors and infrared LEDs for the grade crossings. Then, Sunday it's off to Maine for a few days of skiing. I won't be back until next Friday.
Galaxy, be attentive to you physical therapist, and even ask for exercises you can do at home. I think that was the key to recovery for my shoulder. If you just let it go and don't keep working on range-of-motion, you won't break up the internal scar tissue and you'll end up with limitations on what you can do with it.
I put together one of my crossing gates, the Tortoise on its remote mount plate, the remote actuator and the thin push-pull "speedometer cables" that link the mechanical parts. I adjusted that range-of-motion, and now it's time to start putting it together on (and mostly under) the layout.
And Ken, congratulations (or is it condolences?) on your promotion!
Richard - Stop ! Put down the old stale birthday cake. Here is a fresh hot slice of hot apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream : ) Enjoy.
Galaxy - When is your next shoulder surgery ?
CN Charlie - ER - Wow I am glad to see you are out and hopefully none the worse for the wear. I bet you didnt get any rest while in there did you ? Thaey pock and prod you all hours of teh night !
Rob - How are your injuries coming along ? Here have a cup of Joe with N&W coal dust on me.
Blown out - hurray for no incindents on the MRR.
Mr. B - youve been eating your own cooking for that long ? I bet you will be glad when YOH returns ?
Cuda - I wondered what had been keeping you for so long. Now I know. I am not sure whether to congratulate you or offer my sympathies ! I have been a manager for twenty or thirty years. At times it is really nice because of the great people you get to meet and then it is awful because of deadlines, dealing with the budgets ( yuck ) , Half crazy inspectors ( they are inspectors becasue they cant cut it in the field - like a rent a cop vs. a real police officer ) then there are those hired to do a job and think you are crazy because you expect them to work. I have had knives puled on me, life threatened, some have attempted to burn down our homes ( crazy tree huggers ) sabotage our equipment, vandalize, theft ( just this week someone stole the gutters right of the model !!!) etc... Thus my congrats/sympathy statement.
Good luck with the plumbing. Have the whole house water shut off, have some extra towels and look the fixture up on line BEFORE you take it apart. Sometimes it is a flattened rubber gasket inside that goes bad. MAKE SURE if it is the shower controls that you note how it comes out and where it is situated. If you put it back in wrong you may have to much cold or to much hot
Well today is the BIG day. Final inspection on the first model. Model furniture being delivered Monday.
TTYL
YGW
PS - Garry here is a T-Bone steak, stuffed bake potato, blooming onion and a nice tall glass of ice tea for ya.
Mornin'..................
Welcome to the local season of Still (expletive Delected) Winter, here in the Finger Lakes. To celebrate the change in seasons here it is SN*WING! The ancients around the wold would say this is Mid Spring as the equinox and Solsatc marked the middle of the season not the begining.
Zoe, I need some hot oatmeal with raisons and brown sugar and a large pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Organic, Fair Traded Coffee for my FGLK Mug... Thank You Ma'am!
I am waiting for a call from the Plumber.... He was supposed to get back to me last night and didn't. If he hasn't called by lunch time I will call him.
Speaking of repetitive stuff.... Galaxy, Ahhhhh. You already said that.... Several times....??? You OK?
Ken, glad to hear you are now the Manager of the store. Hopefully that will be a boon to you paying your bills!
I'll go back to watching the white STUFF pile up, outside!
I have been lurking in the back of the cafe, waiting for the Ulrich updates. I am looking forward to hearing when you get your new look on life.
As for me, I'll just take a slice of that day old birthday cake.
Today's Spring like word:
Wrote her murders so twisty.That who dun ‘em we’d never knowIf it wasn’t for Hercule Poirot.
Yoko OnoWas famous? Oh, no.Until she took up sinnin’With John Lennon.
Dame Agatha ChristieWrote her murders so twisty.That who dun ‘em we’d never knowIf it wasn’t for Hercule Poirot.
angelob6660 Good Evening Diners, I been wishing you luck Galaxy about your surgery and recovery.
Good Evening Diners,
I been wishing you luck Galaxy about your surgery and recovery.
Aw, shucks, for lil' 'ol'e me?
Thank you!
I like the picture Ken. I been wishing you luck Galaxy about your surgery and recovery.
It's been a cloudy down here and rained twice within three days.
I bought a new dish rack the old one was breaking and tearing apart like brittle. I'm still considering the color, black the old one was white. It was really hard to find the exact one we bought years ago. Luckily Target has them.
Train News: I'm thinking about pre-ordering 2 Atlas B23-7 Conrail in DCC and probably two GP38-2 Conrail Quality in DCC. Since my GP35 didn't come equipped. Would it be nice start your train set with DCC than DC?
I'm little confused about starting my Conrail layout before starting Union Pacific and BNSF. Both layouts are still half finished but not completely done buying...
Ken: Congrats on becoming store manager!
Well, had the MRI for the L shoulder tonight...we'll see what it shows.
GOt PT all lined up for the R shoulder for the next 2 weeks.
Saw the Mental Health Counselor/therapist. Yep, I signed forms to continue And to comply with treatment, so they still say I am "certified" and "paper carrying" member of the "crazy club"...MOH actually met the Psychiatrist today too, MOH wants to know "what kind of happy pills is he on" as the Dr, is ALWAYS smiling and laughing! And I mean laughing and giggling, and I mean ALWAYS... I'd like some of what he takes too!
Well, have a restfull night everybody!
Evening Dinners
Flo, a and some help lifting it to my mouth.
Boy I am tired, been working all day CLEANING UP MY STORE! Yep, I am now the store Manager, not Dave the pack rat / idot that I was working for. I do feel sorry for Dave, he is a good guy, but I am just plain sick of cleaning up after him. Myself and others are worried about him, a few of us think he may have had a very small storke or something in that line. He is lost for words when trying to explain things, or uses the wrong words. Repeats him self over and over again and cannot remember things.
YRW Hope you stop by Friday. I am going to try to replaces a wall mounted shower faucet washer thing to stop it from dripping. I rather be doing the pluming on a Blown Big Block Mopar than a shower.
Big Train Wreck on the layout and just to beat to get out the big hook. Set of trucks came off a passanger car, remaing cars where ram by a fast freight train. It cars where went on to the other main line and was ram by another fast freight!
Latter, Ken
I hate Rust