Ugh. The wife scheduled some guys to power wash the house and decks today, so at 0745 they started with a compressor. It's annoyingly loud. I left for the bagel shop and spent the first hour there.
As it's dark and gloomy out, there will be no pleasant bike rides today. I may do some decals. I've got an appointment with the periodontist at 11, which will be far more pleasant than listening to the compressor.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
It has been over three weeks since the accident and it still hurts to swallow and the voice is not what it used to be. I know it was a significant injury, but I am tired of the recovery. I just want to get back to normal. I have decided I need to practice patience so I think I will do a little ballasting today.
Richard
Good Afternoon!
It is a real nice day today - lots of sunshine and quite warm. Enough for me - I don´t need more than what we have right now.
Much to my dismay my flat screen monitor decided to quit the service after only 12 years (grin). Now I have to get used to looking at the built-in screen of my notebook, which is less than half the size. Thank goodness I´ve got my new beepers, without them I would not be able to read a thing on the screen.
Flo, I´d like to have a "coup dame blanche" - that´s vanilla icecream topped with chocolate sauce, please and thanks!
CUL!
mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of the Organic Heritage Flake Granola cereal and a cup (maybe three) of Seneca Lake Blend Dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug please....
As Barry would say, "Dark and Gloomy" outside the window here in the Finger Lakes today. Currently 53°F with a high of 60°F, maybe, later this afternoon. Barry, I can just visualize you trying to type with Spring in your arms... IIRC Spring is a little girl? Last night while looking for something else, I came across some photos of my boys when they were just little kittens. This is my little sweetie Blackie back when he was just a couple months old. Might have weighed around 2 maybe 3 lbs. at the time. I think you can see why I told my Dad I would take the little guy. He was my Dad's favorite of the litter! Photo was taken on my Dad's back enclosed porch he used for storage.
I will be driving to Rochester this afternoon to pick up copies of the registration forms that have been turned in for the Convention. I am helping the registrar get the communications done (finally!) He has been up to his armpits in alligators this Winter/Spring so I told him I will get that part done and he can concentrate on the financial stuff and getting bag stuffers to be handed out at registration.
The contractor hasn't shown up yet today. I know he wants to do the outside work and the weather is not co-operating... He may be in later and get some more done on the inside stuff. I want to have him help me move the old wood stove out to the back porch at some point.
Ulrich, sorry to hear the old monitor bit the dust! Glad you can at least now see the laptop well enough to stop by!
I see Galaxy hasn't been in today. Hope the rain didn't cause flooding down his way. I know that it often takes out the power substation in his area. So... I will post a quote for today:
"Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet!" - anonymous
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 SUNNY SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Jim, CONGRATS to your granddaughter.
***Richard, that would be frustrating. And good luck with the ballasting.
***Ray, like the old pic of Blackie.
Caught the edge of a severe thunderstorm here early this morning. Haven't walked the farm yet to check on everything. Sunny out now.
Need to paint and finish up a new base for a utility sink. It never has drained well, so I'm raising it up a few inches, which should solve the problem.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! Rob
Hey all
Jeremy - that just stinks. Especially with a lot of LHS closing. It is so nice to go someplace and actually hold the product before purchase. This year it appears the Green berg train show has added a second train show back into the line up : ) !
Richard - hope you heal quicker. Recovery time seems to last twice as long as regular time.
Ulrich - That moniter didnt owe you thing !!! 12 years wow
Mr. Beasly - WHAT I CANNOT HEAR YOU OVER THE COMPRESSOR WHAT DID YOU SAY ?
Garry - I hate those stinking wire shelves and think they should be banished to hardware purgatory
Larry - Good afternoon !
Jim - Congrats on grand daughter and her dance competitions
Ken - I thought you should have started looking for another job long ago. What is keeping you in that place ?
Well folks good news. We will be moving to our new ( to us new ) home on the 1st. After we get all set up in the new place I can start the N&W YGW railoroad empire. Already have a room all picked out !!! We have had our answered. The loan is all set up. Power ready to switch over. We have purchased a used Kubato diesal 4 wheel drive tractor with finish mower, bush hog, trailer and plow for $2500 ! This is to mow the fields. It seems like all is ready to go and falling into place like a well run RR . It has been amazingly simple and easy. Very surprised by teh smoothness of it all. I guess that is what do for you.
To all those not feeling well with hurt backs, shoulders and whatever else ails you here is a for you.
TTYL
YGW
yougottawantaMr. Beasly - WHAT I CANNOT HEAR YOU OVER THE COMPRESSOR WHAT DID YOU SAY ?
WHAT????
Hey Everyone,
I feel disappointed, I called three different post offices and none of them wants to help. I was hoping to find the package that went off radar two weeks ago, but they brush it to tell me to contract the company that I ordered from.
I believe I told you guys Saturday I was going to call on Monday to track down my missing NYC double door boxcar. Anyway my brother was right. They want to help you with some things but not everything. So I contacted the company and see what's going to happen.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
This is a link to "File a claim" on the USPS.com web site:
https://www.usps.com/help/claims.htm
You will need the tracking number.
Well Mr. Beasley I filed a claim with the USPS but it saying "can't be claimed because of insurance was not available."
Oh well life goes on.
Hope everyone is well.....trying to keep plugging and doing better!
Had to go to the VA today and I'm doing great She said for a guy going on 73 this year, but She wants me to have another Colonoscopy, (yuck) will be my fourth, so I know the routine, but I hear it is easier for the prep. now.
Then took a walk over to the ECC building, (Exstended Care Center)where I was a volunteer for three yrs. sad to say....some guy's I knew are gone now, but some were still there and I made ther'e day.....I brought my Boxer with me....You are allowed to bring dogs there, I have a slight advantage, cause I'm still considered a volunteer. Anyway everyone had a ball, including ''Spooky'' being a clown, as usual. So now we are both tired. Walking, gets to me lately, my calfs.
Take Care!
Frank
Sir MadogMuch to my dismay my flat screen monitor decided to quit the service after only 12 years (grin). Now I have to get used to looking at the built-in screen of my notebook, which is less than half the size. Thank goodness I´ve got my new beepers, without them I would not be able to read a thing on the screen.
LCD monitors that old were backlighted with flourscent lights. Usually the gremlin is the capacitors on that power supply. You can pry open the screen and see which capacitors are bulged at the top. Those are the ones you replace, and it *might* work again. Some that I have fixed worked for several more years, some only a few months and I gave up on them.
Newer LCD monitors have LED backlighting, they are thinner, run much cooler and have fewer parts to die on you. They are cheap enough, but replacing the capacitiors is just a matter of a few cents.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
yougottawantaGarry - I hate those stinking wire shelves and think they should be banished to hardware purgatory
In may places they are required so that fire sprinklers can reach all of the shelves.
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/
blownout cylinder
Ithought something was orff...
That dog looks like he had it as well!!!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning all!
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then its windy and rather chilly this morning.
Gerry,Once the weather warms my arthritis will ease up until fall-change of seasons..
Yesterday I changed out couplers on my new Atlas/Trainman Family Line cabooses and painted the wheel faces a rusty color-I use rail brown for that.Looks odd to see C&O Magor cabooses painted up in Family Lines but,they are good looking cabooses.I can live with that until somebody produces a correct SCL caboose in plastic..
I shall have a cup and look over da forum.
Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra gigante cup of coffee with boo coo cream, please.
Cats and dogs and bears, oh my!
Hey, where's Galaxy? Hope everything is OK.
Nothing exciting to report train wise. Things are kind of routine right now. Weather has cooled off a bit, but at least it's not that below zero stuff.
Ken: If you are that discouraged by your work, may I submit that it might be time to start considering other options. Dunno, but I have been there and when one starts getting dissatisfied with their work, a bad attitude will set in towards it, and once that happens, it's just a matter of time..... Hope that's not the case.
well, have to go to work myself.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. EDIT: Chloe, looks like the eats and drinks are on me. Please see that the diners get what they want. Even a dog biscuit and a bowl of water for the mutt. Cheers, the Bear.
What do BEARS eat?
Berries of course.
And any thing else they please.
Us LIONS gofor the Wildebeest!
Good Chilly Morning
We are heading back a few weeks weather-wise here...today will feature rain, wind, a bit of sun...but a high of 46F. Tomorrow? How does a rain/s**w mix sound? High of only 40F expected tomorrow...le sigh.
Going to visit a few places today to pick up some groceries and start on my new RR addition...
Chloe, I'll have a 50lb breakfast bagel, a coupla gallons of OJ and a 50 cup urn of boot coffee...might as well start the day off on the right foot...
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a large bowl of Nature's Path Organic Smart Bran Cereal with some blueberries and a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee to start the day.
The sun is out for the moment here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS, but most a wet chilly and damp day out there. Currently 48°F out there with a perported high of 59°F maybe.....
Todays item keeping me from doing any work on my model railroad will be to make out reciepts for the people coming to Mortimer Junction, gather all the other items and write a nice email to the people who have signed up and send them out. Hopefully I can get to everyone via email with all this as there is only one person coming who doesn't have nor like computers... His layout operates on DC as you might have guessed... He will be at the home of my Asst. Superintendent this Friday so I'll have him print and hand deliver the items then.
I noticed yesterday that my asperagus has started to come up. I will save it for my son and my sister, as I have to be very careful eating the stuff these days. Gout is no fun!
In Galaxy's absence, here is todays quote, "Lord grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the friends to post my bail when I finally snap!" - anonymous
Best get busy! Later...
Good morning. Gray and dreary again, with a 40% chance of rain. The same for tomorrow, but then we get some partly cloudy. Still in the 50s for another week. I'm going to have to dress warmer if I want to go for a bike ride again anytime soon.
Dennis, I had a connection that would routinely get lost about once a month. I googled around and found that the wireless router had a known problem with stored IP addresses, and needed to be power cycled once a month. I ended up just getting a better router.
Afternoon Folks!
We continue to enjoy balmy Spring weather - most unusual for this region, whre the main weather condition throughout the year is "Schietwedder"!
Janie, as supper time is approaching here, I´ll just settle for a mug of dark roast, served in my SWOK mug, please!
Dennis - I´ve had that problem a number of times. In most cases it helped to just switch off the modem (router) and switch it on after about 5 minutes. Only recently I had a bigger problem - luckily, our provider sent a technician who could fix the issue (at no charge!).
Lion - ever tried wildeebeest biltong? I´s like a beef jerky, with a slightly () stronger taste to it!
Ray - I always start the day with a bowl of whole grain cereal (the Muesli type) and a mug o´ coffee! Takes me all the way through to lunch without feeling hungry.
Found a nice video in the web - worth watching!
"A Dutchman´s Welsh Narrow Gauge Layout"
Have fun!
JaBear - funny story for you. My wife (deceased now ) when were were freshly married and had two youg ones running around had a home in the country. During one summer some black bears come wondering through the yard. My wife ( stay at home mom ) called me in a panic and asked what she should do. I told here not to let the kids out because they might become lunch for mr. bear. I said it in a joking way. She didnt see any humor at all in it and hung up and when I got home she wouldnt talk to me for a few hours
Lion - Really wire shelves for fire code
Blown Out - 50LB Bagel !!!
Howmus - LOL ! Post Bail ? Oh my gosh I laughed so hard at that. THANKS.
Mr. Beasly - WHAT ? NO THINK YOU I DONT NEED ANY BACHMANN ENGINES. tHEY RUN AS LOUD AS THAT COMPRESSOR. HOW MUCH LONGER BEFORE THEY TURN THAT THING OFF ?? WHAT ? NO NO I DO NOT WANT TO GOLF...
What´s up with Galaxy? Has anybody heard from him? His absence leaves me worried!
V8VegaSo I unplug the modum and the router and wait a minute and plug in the modum, wait another minute plug in the router and pray literally that it works. The second time I did this it worked. If that fails I’m at a complete loss as to what to do.
Yes, you need to do this. You need an IP address that is issued by the router or other connection that you are connected to. Change router, you need a new IP address. A home router will get a new IP number from your ISP from time to time, and then, your device needs a new IP number too.
Thanks for that wonderful video Ulrich. I wanted to model something similar like that. Unfortunately I would need to buy the rest of the friends (Thomas in HO). I very did like it.
Ulrich
Is he on other forums that anyone knows of ? I am getting worried too. Does anyone have a way to contact him ?
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer please.
Cut the grass for the first time this year. I hate cutting the grass for some reason? Front yard only took a half hour. Last winter I did run all the gas out of the mower and it has started smelling like varnish. Luckly I had added some Marvel Mystery to what gas was left in the tank. Mower started on the first pull today.
yougottawantaKen - I thought you should have started looking for another job long ago. What is keeping you in that place ?
YGW That is a complex question.
1 Health, where you in the dinner when the last job sent me to the Hospital? Because I could no sit on my 8 to 12 hour shifts I got a foot ulcer and should not stand more than 3 hours a day. With this job, well now that most of the Dave Mess Cleaning is over I am only on my feet maybe 2 to 4 hours a day if that.
2 I am still sharp enough to realizes I am not as sharp as I was say 10 years ago. I use to run 8 states, now I am happy I remember by way to work! Well I am not that bad, Dave? More than likely that is ture.
3 I am 59 now, in the job market that is old. 20 years ago when I was hiring managers for my shop's I would really wonder about hiring them if some one that age came in. But, that was a very demanding job. Only 2 out of 10 managers lasted a year, it was very hard. I would bet a 35 year old manager will fell the same way about me.
4 I like the job because I feel like I am helping people.
5 It is 10 miles from my home.
6 There is no one looking over my shoulder. If I feel like working hard, I will. If I feel like sitting on my caboose unless I have a customer I can!
I do see the writting on the wall, time to start sending out resume again.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a decaf for me right now...
I spent another day mostly sitting here at the computer getting some stuff done for the convention. I did run a couple of errands downtown this afternoon. A sub-contractor was here doing some work on the wallboard in the living room... Not sure what exactly they were doing as I didn't go out to see. Did a very little bit of stuff on gthe layout. All of about 15 minutes worth. I am waiting for some items from Caboose Hobbioes to arrive in the next few days. Until then I am at a standstill on the bridge I am building.
We got about a half inch of rain last night and this morning. Enough to start water seeping into the basement again... Started the siphon twice today. By the end of the week I will be doing what Ken was doing earlier today... Don't have to worry about stale gas in mine... Electric doesn't smell bad either.... LOL The batteries have been plugged in all winter so hopefully I will just get out the mower and mow. Probably should sharpen the blade, but I will wait until I have some time to do that.
Another good quote for you.... "Even duct tape can't fix stupid ........ but it can muffle the sound!" – anonymous
Have a great night! Prayers for all in need! I do wonder where "G" is?