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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.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Keg Of Please and the Soap Box
Fellow working stiffs, why do we work hard, do what we are asked, show up to work on time and try to do our job's as best as we can? Yep, I am getting saddled with Dave The Dumb again! Part that really chaps by caboose is Paul the GM does not have the Boiler's to tell Dave The Dumb he is not the Manager, what a wimp. What Paul is going to tell Dave The Dumb is I am incharge of operations and Dave is incharge of sales?
I have to change my days off (Which I liked) so Dave is only there by him self two days. (Not counting the voices he hears in his head) "That way I can control the damage" was the way it was put to me!
YGW You missed read, I love the way the 1969 Dodge Daytona looks! It is the Plymouth Super Bird that I don't really like the looks of, in fact not crazy about the 1970 Road Runner (Sorry Todd) that it based on. Still a good looking car, but the 1968, 1969 and 1970 Chargers where the best looking car Mother Mopar made IMO.
Matt, soory it took me so long.
Latter Ken
I hate Rust
Chamomile tea, please and thank you.
***Ulrich, thanks for taking care of Johnboys question and posting a pic.
Where is the Diner heading to next?
Cheers! Rob
Well,
good bad or indifferent, I just ordered a dell laptop for $364.
They keep throwing fire sales at me and this time it came with a 30% discount {only if you noticed and put in the coupon code} and free shipping.
NOW I suppose i'd best go to best buy and get me one of them fancy wireless routers.
Now we CAN take it with us, however, A family friend {liek family anyway} told us he took his personal laptop on vacation with him to a prestigious place {one we cannot affrod} adn when he tried to access it wirelessly he caught a virus instantaneously. SO nOW I question whether any hotel's system is "secure" enoggh. He has a boss hwo maintains hs home computers so he can do his work remotely form the office, and he siad if yo wnat me to work on vacaiton you'll serviec this computer too, otherwise whne i am off work i am totally off work. SO hsi boss got it fixed for him. Sweet. This family friend USED to be aboss of mine, who maintained the computer I used at home too, but sicne this is the first computer we have NOT provided by him it has been nothing but a pain.
I got the laptop so we have a] a backup to this crappy desktop and B] so that maybe we can each be on it at the same time, and so C] we coudl take it with us on vacation.
After family's prob with his laptop on vaction, i am not sure it is so smart to take with us, may need a 3rd laptop to take JUST to be surfe one is workign and not virus ladden, as htis one might still be... you'all will remember we had to reinstll the OS as this one crapped before.
SO I jsut belw another $364. Wait til MOH hears....
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I would like a glass of your finest Sonoma or Central Coast Pinot Noir, but I'll take whatever you have.
Galaxy: The only time I was in Baltimore was in 96, so the memory is a little fuzzy. But, the B&O Museum is I'm guessing not even a mile from the stadium. They have a rather impressive display both indoors and out. Indoors they have the real Stevenson's Rocket and a couple of other very early trains. There's also a GP-7 or9, I forget which, looking very pristine in her 1st generation paint job. Outside there is a 2-6-6-6 Allegheny with some other locos. And there's an HO layout inside. And of course, the obligatory gift shop. Don't know if you'd be interested, but somewhere on the road along the Patomac between Harpers Ferry and Sharpsburg, there is a track with u shaped rails and the each rail is set on individual stones. I don't remember exactly where it is, but I do remember seeing it.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evening guys
a warm day here today, little cloudy out and a chance of rain but that's ok. I received my copy of the Canadian trackside guide today so will be reading it the next couple nights. I have a three day weekend so will get yard work done and work on the railroad a bit. With the nice weather here and also cutting grass for a dozen people mixed with work free time is limited. I always have a pad of paper though I keep notes on what I want to do.
up831 Yesterday, the White Sox and the Orioles played a game to a deliberately empty stadium. The stadium is called Camden Yard, I think because it was built on the site of a B&O yard right downtown near the harbor. If I remember correctly, the B&O Museum is fairly close by. Hopefully, some B&O modelers can shed more light on it.
Yesterday, the White Sox and the Orioles played a game to a deliberately empty stadium. The stadium is called Camden Yard, I think because it was built on the site of a B&O yard right downtown near the harbor. If I remember correctly, the B&O Museum is fairly close by. Hopefully, some B&O modelers can shed more light on it.
Actually we are headed to Baltimore and DC this summer the weekend of July 12th {our anniversary-if we don't kill each other first}.
MOH is into trains as well {preferring N scale European}, so it is USUALLY no probelm to go to a train thing for vacation.
Then MOH wnats to go to DC to the Smithsonian {I am NOT looking forward to all the walkign we will invariably do, but I have a cane w/a seat.}
SO I will get to see what is at teh B&O museum.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, please offer guidance!
WEll, I need to see about dinner. It will be a freeeze-dried heat in bag thing they designed for astronauts that you boil 2 cups water for 2.5 servings. The shlef life is 12 years.
We are trying them out so we HAVE Something food wise on hand for flooding. WE also have small heat-cube stoves which can also burn small sticks on which to heat the water IF the mini propane cannister run out! Its not really a prepper thing, IT IS a neccessity as anything NOT in a can at flood time ALL GOES bad. I had JUST packed I mean PACKED BOTH The freezers with a years suppply of meat when the local price chopper chain had it on super fire sale prices cause beef wasnt' selling back then, adn I threw out aobut $800 of meat from the freezers, 2.5 garbage cans full!AND NO, the dry ice they give you at the firestation {if you can get to it} WON"t HOLD a freezer full of frozen meat!
WARM DAY HERE! sunny bright, warm! FINALLY!!! only 8 months waiting for one!
I guess I get to close/reopen the dinner tonight. SHould be fun. Not a problem.
Ah well, MOH should be home early tonight and I expect another fight. WOn't say why, but i do.
we start therapy/marriage counseling the 11th at 6 pm if we don't kill each other before then.
MAKE IT A RESTFUL night...WIsh I could get some rest...er ah SLEEP finally havent' since we changed the clocks... typical but I usually have adjusted by now.
yougottawantaUlrich - fur lined winter tires ? What is that ?
The boots I wear during Winter have a fur lining, so I assume the Winter tires have that as well
I am knacked - the short HD list I got this morning turned into a full-fledged Spring cleaning job. While Petra was doing the curtains, I cleaned all the windows, the top of the kitchen, washed the floor and vacuumed the carpets. Our flat is not really big, but I am not yet up to my old strength. Will head for bed soon!
CU tomorrow!
OK, back from the periodontist, minus the tooth. I've got a couple of prescriptions, plus a quart of hand-packed "medicinal" ice cream, because I should not eat warm food or chewy food for a day or so. I chose black raspberry because it has no nuts or chips in it.
I think I'll go wire up the last 2 of the phototransistors. The gates seem to be working well now, and this will give me coverage for the one main track that's missing it.
I salvaged the gold crown from the old tooth, so I'll take that to a "We Buy Gold" shop and recover a few dollars for it. Not quite the tooth fairy, but this is the real world.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Derek, Johnboy - That was my first thughts too. Then there are other distracted driving activities like - kids, reaching for something in the car and vearing out of the lane, falling asleep, health issues ( like having aheart attack while driving etc...
Garry - which method was used to clean the wheels ?
Rob - !!! Steam videos if I bring popcorn can I watch too ?
Ray - Good contractors are hard to find ! You are lucky if you have one you can trust ! Let me tell you how STUPID the new regulations are. The houses are so tight the gas furnace will not run because of teh lack of oxyegn ( duuu real problem dont you think !) so you know what the solution was of the political folks ! CUT AN 8" HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE "ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSE" to allow enough "fresh air" in so the people have air to breathe and the furnace will run!!!!!!!!!!!! STUPID !!! We spent tens of thousands to seal a house up and the CUT a HOLE in it !
Here is an interesting experiment - take a zip lock bag and put a piece of new carpet, or piece of drywall with paint or wood with sealer and stain and leave it zipped inside for twenty four hours. Tell me what you find ? Then ask yourself this question. If the house is sealed up and no fresh air is getting exchanged am I breathing this ?
Ulrich - fur lined winter tires ? What is that ?
Galaxy - Nu Well so ...Wow didnt know about this one either !
Mr. B - dental implant yikes. In the procees now from an old construction injury. NOT FUN !
Well went to the saw bones and guess what sprained and fracture. Now in a brace for a long time right before I have to move Have most of the YGW packed.
TTYL
YGW
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of organic granola with some fresh blueberries and a pot of Seneca Lake Roast dark roast coffee to keep my R&GV RR mug filled for a while.
Dennis, I'm using the Black and Decker cordless tools. I have never had a problem with them (Trimmer, Chain Saw, and small rototiller). Mine are 18 volt ones. The new ones have a lot more power I hear (40v Lithium). http://www.blackanddecker.com/en-us/products/lawn-and-garden WORX electric tools are also top shelf! https://www.worx.com/en-US/Grass-Trimmers.aspx You will want to spring for an extra battery so you don't have to wait for it to recharge if you need more power.
Well.... Deep subject! As of mid afternoon yesterday the Solar Panels exceeded last years output for April... I should end up with at least 30 more kWh than last April by the end of today. That is very good as I am way behind for the first quarter of the year... February I got nothing.
I will be spending most of the day doing more odds and ends for the Convention, then have a Troop meeting to attend tonight (Commissioner visit). If the Contractor gets the outside siding back up today, I will finish the lawn later this afternoon. Yesterday my new HP Officejet 7110 wide format printer arrived. the Epson wide format did what all Epson printers evidently do and decided to clog from me not using it all the time. The Canon printer can easily be taken apart and cleaned with hot water to unclog it if the regular computer methods don't do the trick. Not so with the Epson! Those are almost impossible to take apart and remove the print head and even if you do they are impossible to clean so they say. So I went back to a HP wide Format. The one I had for about 15 years with the business I gave to a local Black Church that needed it about 4 years ago. They are still using it I hear...
Once again a nice sunny day here in the Finger Lakes so far today. Currently 65°F with a high of 68°F this afternoon. I have the fan in the bedroom window and the kitchen window cracked open to let some cool air in the house.
Have a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning. Today, I am saying goodbye to another tooth. It's got to be demolished to make way for an interstellar bypass, or perhaps a dental implant, but I'm not going to panic. Its last bite will be bacon. I owe it that much.
Another gloomy, cool day here. It's currently 49, and might get up to 60. Tomorrow will be even cooler, but I'm hoping they're right about bike-riding weather for the weekend.
I had a model railroading dream last night. I was living in an old apartment of mine, and I met a neighbor and invited him to look at my trains. (The trains didn't really appear until my current house, FYI.) Before I knew it, the room was crowded with modelers, all wanting to run their own trains that they'd brought. I had to explain that most of the engines were DC, and I ran DCC. One guy had even brought N-scale trains and a few feet of his own track. It was chaotic, but pleasant in its own way.
UP831, I read that the no-fans game was completed in just over 2 hours. With MLB games regularly dragging out twice that long, we wondered why it is about having fans in the stadium that makes the games take so long.
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have my usual extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Just getting in a brief note before heading off to work.
Well, got to to work.
i hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Good Morning!
April is waving good bye to us with typical April weather - it´ll be a wet day today. I have a short HD list to w*rk down in the morning and then most likely will play with my make-shift layout. I am pondering to make it a little more permanent to stop the track from wandering by sticking it to the door with double-sided tape. would be to build some cardboard mock-ups for buildings.
Johnboy - that´s a BR 98:
It´s an 0-4-0 tank engine built by the Royal Bavarian State Railway before WW I, designed for the use on short branch lines. They did not require a fireman, as they were equipped with some sort of semi-automatic firebox feeder.
BR stands for "Baureihe", simply meaning "class". In the Deutsche Reichsbahn classification, 98 stands for branchline loco, built before standardisation.
Have a good one, you all!
Rob,
What is a BR 98 Loco. Please give this old man more details.
and BTW Matt, I too welcome you to the Diner. This is a great bunch of Fellas here, I'm sure you will feel at home after a couple of postings. Zoe, treat our new member to a double RBF, Please.
Johnboy out..............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Chamomile tea, please.
***Matt, welcome to the Diner.
The tiny little BR 98 loco arrived today. It's an interesting and detailed looking little steamer. Will give it a test run before the week is out. Really curious to hear how it sounds in person.
Not much else to report on. Since it's the end of the month, I'll just remain aboard for the move to the next location.
Good evening diners, Dennis, you do have to wonder how people have wrecks on straight highways. Johnboy is probably right. Years ago I was headed from Toronto to Belville on a six lane highway when I came up to a van that was on its top headed in the direction of traffic flow with no other wrecked cars around. Always wondered how they got the van to flip over.
I junked the second turnout frog assembly and started over. This one looks like it will work and gauge out with no problems. Depending on the hockey game it will either get finished tonight or tomorrow. Go Redwings.
Jim
Here is another "tiny house" for people like us:
http://tinyhousetalk.com/the-caboose-400-sq-ft-wheelhaus-cabin/
Have a great nights rest {I wish i could}
I can think of another answer, equipment failures. Tire blowout in a pickup at even min hiway speed can cause a rollover.
Derek
V8Vega And the freeway is backed up for a long way. Why would someone get in a wreck on a straight freeway?
And the freeway is backed up for a long way. Why would someone get in a wreck on a straight freeway?
And the answer is >>> One word>>>> "Texting"
YWRR19 Good evening all, Just wanted to throw a quick post out here. My name is Matt and I am just starting to get back into the model railroading hobby. I never lost interest, but it got put on hold for a few years because I was so pre-occuppied with my job. I have finally got settled back in far northern California where I grew up, and now with a regular M-F job with daylight hours. I'm starting to turn my attention back to the hobby I've always loved again. I've been a member of the Rogue Valley Model RR Club in Medford, Oregon for several years and they have been a large insipiration in my modeling. I'm glad to be back so I can participate again. I feel like since I've fallen behind a bit on all the advancements and products that have been made over the past few years, so I've been playing catch up! I hope to chat with you guys some more and browse the forums as well. Take care all!
Good evening all,
Just wanted to throw a quick post out here. My name is Matt and I am just starting to get back into the model railroading hobby. I never lost interest, but it got put on hold for a few years because I was so pre-occuppied with my job. I have finally got settled back in far northern California where I grew up, and now with a regular M-F job with daylight hours. I'm starting to turn my attention back to the hobby I've always loved again. I've been a member of the Rogue Valley Model RR Club in Medford, Oregon for several years and they have been a large insipiration in my modeling. I'm glad to be back so I can participate again. I feel like since I've fallen behind a bit on all the advancements and products that have been made over the past few years, so I've been playing catch up! I hope to chat with you guys some more and browse the forums as well. Take care all!
I am a LION. I run the largest subway layout in the state of North Dakota. Drop in and see what I have done. My speciality is building a big layout on (half) a shoe string.
Ask me some questions and I'll make up some answers just for you.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
yougottawanta Ken - depends on if one is buying a house made between 1990 and 2013. Thise are the best years for the new house. Houses built after 2015 are dangerous ! The political crowd has gotten involved and done something VERY STUPID - They have made the new houses so tight in the name of energy efficency that they no longer "breath" people buying these new homes will shortlt be getting sick because their house is polluting/killing them. Very bad folks. Without getting to polical but the current bunch in office will be responsible for massive amounts of "folks" as he like to say getting very ill. Just plain STUPID. TTYL YGW
Ken - depends on if one is buying a house made between 1990 and 2013. Thise are the best years for the new house. Houses built after 2015 are dangerous ! The political crowd has gotten involved and done something VERY STUPID - They have made the new houses so tight in the name of energy efficency that they no longer "breath" people buying these new homes will shortlt be getting sick because their house is polluting/killing them. Very bad folks. Without getting to polical but the current bunch in office will be responsible for massive amounts of "folks" as he like to say getting very ill. Just plain STUPID.
YGW>>
This situation has been dealt with for years now.
I built (had built to my standards) our home in 1981. It was one of the first energy effiecent houses in the province. R40 in the ceiling, R32 walls, air lock at the front door, triple g;azed windows, energy effiencent furnace that I have further upgraded about 5 years ago, Thermal storage, the house is completely "Bagged" (sealed)with a heavy poly vapour barrier and everything chaulked at joins and gaps. The air is looked after by an Air to Air heat exchanger, which I have further upgraded as well.
Everything works well, the air is safe and healthy. The technology has been around for years and has got better the last few. If I were to do it again, I would build in an area where I had more room and would go Geo-Thermal for heat rather than natural gas.
Johnboy out..................
Good Afternoon!
It´s been a rather boring day today. The only thrilling event was that I had the tires changed today. The fur-lined winter tires are now in storage. It cost me $ 77 to get that done - an expense I´d like to have avoided by doing it myself, but I am to weak to do this type of work ( and lug the tires up to our attic). Gas mileage will improve a little through that move, but not enough to recover a notable amount of that money - at least not with what we drive these days.
We had "Bratkartoffeln mit Speck und Spiegelei" for lunch, that´s home fries, with bits of bacon and fried eggs. Well, it was a try, but it didn´t do me good. My stomach started yelling at me, refused the load and begged for a gallon of chamomilla tea. I guess I´ll have to wait for some more time to be able to cope with regular food. That sucks!
Matt - a big from the other side of the Big Pond! Flo, supper for that chap´s on me!
Have a great one!
Zoe, I'll have a shjort stack of bluberry pancakes with real NYS Maple syrup, a couple sausage lin ks, and a large pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Organic coffee to start the day...
Pssst!.... Who's the new face down at the end of the counter???
Galaxy, I don't doubt the Hawaiian's have more than one word for Lava. The Inuit have something like 11 different words for what we call snow....
YGW, you are right sir! Oh, I forgot to say yesterday you are right about the sealing up a house so tight that it becomes dangerous from polutted air. Actually several environmental groups oppose the sealing up of a house that much for the very reason you cited. My house when using the wood stove required me to crack open the window next to the stove to let fresh air in for ventilaion. I was getting CO building up inside from time to time and was feeling tired all the time.... Hmmm. And my house was built in the 1950's. It has had a lot of things like new double pane windows and the new siding, etc. Everyone should make sure they have a working Carbon Monoxide warning unit! I may put in a heat exchanger now just... well just because. All new homes should have them. BTW, this contractor is a real class act. He has fast become thee guy to call for contractor work. I had him out in the wood fence a couple years ago.
Just got the info I have waiting for to finish the article for the paper! Catch you later...
Italian roast coffee in a SOGGY SOUTHERN mug, please.
Nothing worth reporting on. Much needed day off from working on farm projects. Watching some steam vids today.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
MisterBeasley My current license in Massachusetts has my picture with glasses, and I am required to wear them when driving. I have no idea how they deal with contacts, but I don't wear those.
My current license in Massachusetts has my picture with glasses, and I am required to wear them when driving. I have no idea how they deal with contacts, but I don't wear those.
Mr. Beasley: ... "... but Officer, I have contacts."
Officer: ... "I don't care who you know, I'm still giving you a ticket.".
YGW ... The streetcar trucks had picked up dirt particles in the gears. Also, the electrical contact wipers were bending back out of postion. Wheels needed cleaning. It was bad enough so they would not run anymore. Now, they run like new.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Matt - Welcome aboard. Have a cup of Joe on me.
Ray - There is always more than one "way to skin a cat " (no offense intended Lion) to use the old saying. I just find it interesting the way the same thing can be performed with the same end result.
Ken - Really you dont like thE looks of the Daytona charger ? Thats amazing. I think it is one of the better looking cars ever produced. What car do you think is the best looking ever produced ?
Ulrich - You had me ROTF with your comment about riding like a tank. Didnt see that coming
Garry - Howdy ! What had to be performed on your street cars to get them running ?
Galaxy - aa ? Now I have a new word for scrabble ! Who would have thunk that was a word !
UP831 - I just dont get the media. Half the time they are way out there on what they believe, get most of the facts wrong and think way to highly of themselves.
JaBear - That is interesting with the price break downs. The price seperations closely mirror the states, Except for copper. Copper has become so expensive here that contractors will not honor a qoute over 30 days. Sometimes less.
Today go to the saw bones to get my wing checked out, Eating a lot of over the counter meds to deal with the pain. I believe the wing is fractured again. Last night I almost finsihed packing up the YGW RR rolling stock and engines. PHEW. I forgot how much stuff I had squirreled away ! I havent counted but I think there is about 25 or thirty boxes of that stuff. Now I have to do the landscape, buildings, track etc... Gotta work faster and longer settlement is in two days !
Good morning diners, It is a nice sunny morning in SE Ohio. It has started to finally warm back up to more normal spring temperatures this morning.
Mr. Beasley, your comments about driving a standard transmission remind me of my first real driving leasons with my father. I learned to drive a 24 ft straight truck with a four speed floor shifter. The very first time I pulled away from the shoulder onto the highway, the shifter lever came off in my hand. My father literally went berserk as we were headed from Iowa to Idaho to pick up a breeding bull. The cup which holds the shifting lever had come unscrewed down to the mounting. It was a very easy fix but ended the driving leason for the day. The next day I got another crack at learning the art of motoring. Owned nothing but manual transmissions for many years. First automatic was a Buick Regal in the mid-80s. I still have a 78 Z28 Camero with a 4 speed in storage.
I installed the second no. 5 turnout Sunday afternoon, went back with the NMRA gauge and realized that the geometry was incorrect and pulled out about 25 spikes and removed the frog and associated rails to try again this afternoon. It appears that I pinched down the throat of the turnout a little so the stock rail has to be respiked to start with. Lying loose with the rolly holders in place the turnout at least looks correct now.
Hope everyone has a good hump day.