Howdeee!
Gosh, this place is empty today! Over 9 hours of twiddlin´ thumbs for the girls!
Well, I guess it is one of those days today. I am not really feeling up to much myself. Just ran the lil´ train down the line a couple of times and try to film it.
That´s all the model railroading I can get for a while. It´s not much, but sure it is still fun!
Janie, I´ll stay here at the RC and wait for some folks to come by.
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have the Reuben Sandwitch for lunch today. I could use a cup of decaf to go along with that as well....
Sun is out today here in the Finger Lakes and the temperature is currently 60°F with a high of 66°F this afternoon. Nicest day this year around these parts. Water is still pouring into the basement and I'm sure will continue for several more days. I did a little on the layout earlier when I went down to start the siphon. Put Scenic Cement on the "rocks" in the gorge on Keuka Creek to fix the color. I will later start adding bushes and other plant life over in there to finish that small section. I am quickly approaching the time when I am going to have to figure out which next thing has to get done next.
Galaxy, Sheesh! The Other Half tries to do something nice for you and you have a fit..... What I think you should have done is: say thank you, have a small slice, and then dispose of the rest when the Other Half is not there. A little bit of something like that won't blow the diet. Eating the whole thing and then looking for more is what blows the diet!
I think everyone must be outside enjoying the fine day! I think I will go join them... Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Aftenoon guys
Just a awesome day out today. I spent 4 hours outside this morning cleaning the lawn and it was great to be outside doing yardwork. The only thing that made it a bad day is I have a sore throat, dont know what from just very sore. I was just coming in to grab lunch and go back out but dont really feel like it now. I am going to my parents tonight for pork chops and baked potatoes and then might work on the railroad tonight. At the moment I am painting some utility poles.
Good Afternoon Diners,
Fl, I'll have my usual giant cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.
I just got back from the DuPage County train show. Hadn't been there in years. I picked up a couple of us decorated U-30C shells for a very nominal fee. The plan is to try to upgrade one with details for either UP or SP, and if that goes well, then I can do the second one with a successive number. If I screw the first one up, then I still have the second one to hopefully detail correctly.
while I was there, I was taking a look at N scale stuff to see how that would be when I start on Ulrich's track plan. (I bet you thought I forgot about it.) I think it will be fun.
I also picked up a used SD40T-2 tunnel snoot That already had some details on it. I want to try to add more details ala Bob Zenk, if anyone remembers that article. It ran ok, so I went for it. I'm still looking for another short nose, though.
the last thing I picked up is a BB PFE reefer. It was in a yellow box, might be original, but I kinda doubt it.
The weather is nice right now. I think it's in the 60s. Our lilac bush has already started to leaf.
I hope everyone is OK and safe.
edit: I was mistaken, the shells are U-33C not U-30C as previously reported. The PFE reefer is original. The doors open, there was no weight included, and the trucks have to be assembled, but with the old rubber inserts, not truck springs. Back in the late 50s, Athearn car weights were sold separately. Boy, does this kit take me back. had to have sat on a shelf untouched for decades. Paid $3 for it. That's almost double the original $1.69 price on the box. Kinda neat, huh!
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Ulrich, That little loco pulls like a trooper. Sure glad you have something running there to get the juices flowing. Loved the sound track as well.. My kind of tunes.
Do I see a build of some structures coming on to place on that loop for now?
Johnboy out......................and keep on smiling
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
howmus Galaxy, Sheesh! The Other Half tries to do something nice for you and you have a fit..... What I think you should have done is: say thank you, have a small slice, and then dispose of the rest when the Other Half is not there. A little bit of something like that won't blow the diet. Eating the whole thing and then looking for more is what blows the diet!
I know Ray, I said in my posting that that was NOT the way to say "thank you", but it came out. I ate 1/2 a donut this week from "free bread"{and goodies} day, THAT was to be the extent to my 'sweetness" for the week, See if I eat too much of a sweet, I am on a sugar roller coaster, as my sugar will DROP from "normal", to about 35, {near to barely functional}, then I have to fight to raise it again to normal. so its NOt just a diet issue, while I was feeding on anything and everything, I constantly had something sweet or high in [bad] carbs to keep it back up t o normal. Dieting takes that away, and EVENTUALLY SLOWLY my sugar should rise to normal on its own. TO me, a "slice of pie" is now actually a 1" sliver, and only once a week at MOST! I did say it was wrong way to say thank you to MOH and MOH, and MOH said well eat only what you want. RAy: if it makes you feel any better, tonight we each had a 1" sliver of the cake, 2 TBls. of ice cream drizzled in DARK chocolate Hersey's syrup as desert!
I MAY look a bit different to you all! MOH is a hair coloring freak, and I have resisted doing my gray beard. WHy? fisrt, I can't be bothered. Second, 'Just for Men' doesn't make a RED beard Coloring! thats right, my beard was always BRIGHT RED! i did NOT want to dye it and have the gray take it in one color and be blotchy with the gray taking it another color! So I said I'd wait til it was all gray,and try to match my light brown hair{with a wide natural blonde streak down the middle of the back!- That IS for what's left of my hair!}. Well, the time has come. My luck, it didn't take the first time I did it solo, following the destrucitions exactly. I don't exactly know if it was a "primer" for the second coating MOH put on, but the second time it took! I DON"T think it "makes me look 10 years younger" though...and it WILL take getting used to {instead of red or gray}. Now I have to trim it. NOW MOH says I have to color my hair, as the temples are grayer than I think or see in the mirror.
MOH worked the morning shift at the grocery store.
I roasted a Boneless lamb..DELICIOUS! Couldn't have been better. Was 'low N slow' at 275 degrees for 2.5 hours. Just right. Now paired with a chunk of Drunken {Seriously Sharp} Cheddar Cheese [with whiskey in it], Even better!Since we only "snacked on it" we won't have formal dinner, but there is enough for second dinner.
well, that was my day, how was yours?
later
-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.
Evening Dinners
Flo, a please
If I had wantd to do yard work (Yeck) it would have been a great day! Selling mattress on the other hand, it sucked caboose! That covers work.
up831 I found out later that there had been an Ef4 tornado several miles south at Rochelle, IL at about that time.
UP 831 Long time ago I was driving from Mayville IL to one of my shops in Eveansville Ind down Highway 64. Nasty weather and I started seeing people pull off under over passes. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a Tornado! I know you should not try to out run one, but I was driving my 69 Charger R/T and just had way to much time in her to let her get trashed.
Road was clear and straight and I had a Big Block and 2.76 gears and I dropped the hammer. At 90 MPH the Tornado stop gaining ground, took her up to 110 MPH and it started fading away. Road in front of me was clear of cars at the time or I would not have pushed it! On the way home the next day I saw up rooted trees and parts of car all over the places.
Was it the best idea I ever had, no. Would I do it again, if everything was the same and I was in the Charger, yes. With the 2.76 rear gears top end with the stock 440 top end was around 140 MPH +. Not sure what the top end of a Tornado is but I had a head start.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
V8Vega Do any of you ever run your laptops batteries completely dead?
Do any of you ever run your laptops batteries completely dead?
No, but I have run my smart phone dead, more than once. Funny that after that the charge doesn't seem to "hold" as long?
I've also left in on charger for MORE than the required time to charge {like overnight} and Then it seems to act weird too.
But. even that changes with a few "normal Charges".
I don't know how long a battery in one is supposed to last, but I'd venture to say I've scared a few lives out of it!
I DO think it is bad to charge em up when they are above 50%, though, and I wait till then,UNLESS i am to be out all day and need to carry a full charge.
just my worth.
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have my usual gigante cup of coffee and boo coo cream, please.
Wow! Nine hours and Galaxy has not posted early in the morning. He must be tired.
Had a good time at the train show yesterday. There was a lot of Lionel and other tinplate. Is that the thrust of he hobby today?
Funny, I had been in HO like forever, I'm looking at N because of space, but kind of wish I modeled S because of size. Go figure.
Ken: What was that layout you posted? Is it your new project?
Well, got to get to work. Hope folks start posting today.
Good morning diners,
Yesterday was Murray's adopted birthday he turned 4. The weather was very nice during the entire day of being completely covered by gray clouds. I played with him 3 times and walked 4 times.
I hand feed yesterday so he starve for his teeth cleaning today at 7:00a.m. I'm going to walk him to his appointment at PetsMart it's only a 50 minute walk. This way he goes potty. I got to leave in another half hour.
I forgot what day I went to Lowe's but they didn't have the foam insulation board. They got the tear/thorn fluffy stuff that not good for model railroading. Since I'm dropping off the dog at PetsMart there's a Home Depot 5 building before or after it. Any way I'm going to check if there's pink foam. If not I'm basically screwed. I estimated that I need at least 5 sheets since the website says it sales 1/2".
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
up831 Wow! Nine hours and Galaxy has not posted early in the morning. He must be tired.
Nope, I just posted right before you did.
I DID sleep "well", but was still up at 5am-fairly early, however MOH was up a bit before me, and hogged the 'puter, so I could not post my morning greeting!
Things to do, places to go, people to meet...
{or is that things to meet, places to do, and people to go?}
Good Morninig
Sunny this morning but....a risk of those t'underin'boomers later on...high of 69F expected...bring out the swim wear!!!
Got stuff to do as well as places to go and people to see today...so...better go and do dis!!!
CYABYE!!!!!!!!
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/
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes... Huh? Yes the mix from The Birket Mills in Penn Yan would be excellent! http://www.thebirkettmills.com/ My son worked there for a while when he was between Fish and Wildlife type jobs way back when. Oh don't forget to put on a pot of Marrakesh Express dark roast coffee for me. It may be a long morning here at the computer...
Sun is peeking out every now and again here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Currently 57°F outside and is rumored to get up to 78°F this afternoon!!! The water in the basement has slowed considerably. Haden't overflowed yet when I went down a few minutes ago. I did start up the siphon to clear out what had accumulkated behind the step going up outside. Hopefully things should dry up over the next few days.
Looks like today will be another busy day of putting out fires for the convention. Have already dealt with 3 emails with questions or information I needed to act on "yesterday" (so to speak). Blackie the cat has a vet appt. this afternoon to get his blood sugar checked. The contractor is here and it sounds like they are continuing to put insulation up on the ceiling.
I best get moving.... Catch you all later!
I finally got back home walking Murray to his dental cleaning. We left the house at 6:05a.m. I believe and got there at 6:47a.m.
After dropping him off I went to Home Depot to see if they had foam insulation board and they had. There was no way I was going walk home with a 4x8 sheet. Feeling a little disappointed not finding the right wood for layout building. When it gets closer to really building it, I'm probably going to ask a guy.
On my way back I saw two lanes filled with cars talk about traffic since the freeway is right next to it.(1/4 mile) I don't know where all these cars come from. Mostly our mornings don't look like that.
Well I give my brother his bill for his dog when he wakes up.
That was morning within 2 hours. Now I have to prepare dinner, Stuffed Shells with Sausage and homemade rolls.
well, well, well!
AS RAY said: in the high 70s! wow!!!
Went to El Doctoro, to have him evaluate me for going back to work part time. I NEED something to do besides being couped up in here doing housework! He did his part. Now for Mental Health to do their part tomorrow. Then we wait and wiat. Got a script from him, expensive one so I will have to call around.
El Doctoro gave me the name of a therapist for marriage counselling. I laso called 3 this mornign, naturally getting a machine for voice message. Left that and they called back naturally while i was gone.
Picked up a script, they could not find it. And could not find it and could not find it. The pharmacist assured them it was there. It was eventually found in the very back of the shelf.
well, nto a very busy diner today, i see, wonder how Ulrich is doing?
Maybe I have dominated the conversation too much?
Good afternoon.
UP831 ... Your mentioned the DuPage County train show. I grew up in that county next to the CB&Q.
Ulrich ... I like the tiny train.
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I am paying for my vocal weekend. My voice is weaker, and my throat is hurting. I guess I need to do a better job of listening to the doctor.
Richard
Evenin' folks!
Janie, decaf........ just a cup of decaf..... Thanks!
Ahhhhhhhh.... Long day. Spent most of here at the computer handling a bunch of questions about the convention, most of which I had no idea of the answer, so writing emails to other people whom I hope will know. Took Blackie to the vet for his blodd sugar check. it was 159 (late afternoon). Vet loofed at the reading and got very excited... she said "WOW! that is womderful for this time of day.... In fact it is just a bit lower than we woiuld ideally like, but....." She also had to write a paper prescription for more syringes for him. I took Blackie back home and went down to the Pharmacy. He filled the RX. and I headed home. When I gort home I opened the new box of needles and.... they are twice the size (in capacity) of the ones I have now. I imagine they can be used, but it will be harder to give Blackie the exact dose... I will take one of the old ones and one of the new ones down to the pharmosy tomorrow and ask. The RX sticker on the box reads exactly the same as the one on the old box. He may have just given me the wrong size.... I dunno?
High today was 80°F!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice!
The flooding in the basement appears to be coming to an end. I will start the siphon right before bed tonight and see what is going on tomorrow. On the Rebuild, much progress got done today. The rest of the old sheetrock got taken off the North wall and the place cleaned up. Then the insulation was put in. The contractor also removed the old North door and replaced it with new. that is done aqnd locked for the night. The new sheetrock will be installed tomorrow, both wall and ceiling. By then he hopes to have the go ahead from the insurance company to remove the siding and replace the partical board used with new plywood. Then the facia boards will be replaced and the siding put back up. Lucky I have the leftover panels down cellar saved from when the siding was installed about a decade ago. Here is a shot I took today for insurance purposes:
RideOnRoad...... Shhhh! Save your voice, will ya!
Catch you later!
Good evening all! I'm back from the last ski weekend of the season. There's still a significant amount of snow, but with bright blue skies and temperatures in the 60s, it was very hard to ski and we only lasted a few hours each day.
It looks like we'll have temperatures in the 60s for a while, so I will be on my bicycle this week. This will be fun. Finally, I can choose to ride when I want and not be confined to weekends and the high-traffic and high-temperature hours after work.
We finally started watching all those TV shows we've recorded over the last few months while Penny's been in Florida. Nothing quite like those shieldmaidens on Vikings.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Flo, please.
Pretty muched discussed with life today! No real reason, well besides how my life is going lately.
angelob6660After dropping him off I went to Home Depot to see if they had foam insulation board and they had.
Angelob Little savings tip. When buy insulation foam, see if you can find some that are damaged. Ask for the deparment head and ask for a dicount! Contractors will normally past the damaged sections up. I usually save 75% on the damaged sections. I think the last 2" 4X8 cost me like $7.00 or so. But I was cutting it up anyway so what the heck.
UP 831 That was a old idea I was playing with but will not be the next layout. If life ($) ever turns around this is the layout I would like to build.
Evenin' once again...
Janie a refill on the decaf would be nice...
Ken, I like the track plan.
Angelob, and other tip is to talk to some local contractors. They aften will break a sheet or two and simply throw it in the dumpster.... Might get it free even...
Even though I have been quite busy with other things, I did get to do a bit more scenery on the layout at Keuka Creek. Couple quick photos:
An overview...
Time to get to bed... Prayers for all in need!
Goodevening diners, Another nice spring day in SE Ohio, however, it is raining a little right now. The basement dried out enough to go back to work on the layout. Spiked down my first scratched built turnout tonight and the metal wheel test truck runs through the frog both directions without derailing. Glued down the ties for the second turnout for the wye under construction.
I will probably pay for working in the basement with 70% relative humidity as it will no doubt bother my allergy problem.
Ken, that is a pretty neat track plan.
Time for some zzzz's
Jim
cudaken Pretty muched discussed with life today! No real reason, well besides how my life is going later.
Pretty muched discussed with life today! No real reason, well besides how my life is going later.
Hmmm....YOU'RE disgusted with life? ANd how your life is going? Try mine...
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
BUT, maybe at least mine may be Looking up? You can only go UP^^ when you are at the bottom!
I will contact the counselor the Dr recommended.
So much for one night's proper sleep and being off the insomnia train!
I am up now after just 1.5 hours of fitful sleep!
Ride on ROad: often times Drs. DO know what they are talking about, sometimes WE know our bodies better than they do, and the Drs don't listen to us, but in your case, I'd listen to the Dr and SHUT UP!
{just think of Johnboy who can't even swallow anything he puts in to his mouth!}
Morning Folks!
Well, I received my verdict. Two out of three labs say benign. There is also a spot in my throat which will require attention. I may follow Johnboy.
No, I am not a happy camper these days.
Running a train helps to get my mind of what may come.
No, Janie, nothing for me this morning, not even coffee. A little later, maybe...
Sir Madog Well, I received my verdict. Two out of three labs say benign. There is also a spot in my throat which will require attention. I may follow Johnboy. No, I am not a happy camper these days.
Ulrich: Sorry to hear of your troubles. At least my recent medical ones were solved easily by surgery {well at least the right shoulder, the left on may not recuperate so fast or well}.
Once, when I was in the ER for pneumonia, they were trying to get an IV started. They could not find a good usable vein to get the IV started in. After STABBING my muscles 5 times, MOH went off on the nurse who was administering it. The Dr came by, and MOH left so as to not get thrown out. The nurse said MOH was shouting at her to stop and she 'couldn't do her work'. I said "I am the patient, and I am telling you to STOP." {they have 3 chances or you can refuse}.
The Dr asked if she could try. I said "OK, but if you stab me too, I will call a halt to it" She HAD NO success either! she said to me "you need new veins, do yourself a favor and go down to 7/11 {a convenience store/gas station chain here} and buy yourself some new veins!" SO, ULRICH, Do yourself a favor and go buy a new body!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy eggsw, bacon, home fries, and a double order of the sourdough toast (that stuff is goooooooood!). Please put on a 20 cup pot of Marrakesh Expressw dark roast for me too. Ah.... Yes, mu FGLK mug would do nicely.
Already been out getting some things corrected. Took the box of syringes over to the vet to see what she thought... She took one look and said, "No way should you use those!" She brought out the ones they use and it is even smaller than the ones I have been using. She said the 50 unit (1/2CC) ones are OK if I feel comfortable with them but not the 100 unit (1CC) ones he gave me. Even showed my what she wrote and she had written it for the .30CC ones. Also gave an opned bag she right there. Went to the Pharmacy and the owner said, you know I thought they might not work for right after you left yesterday. He gave me those as they are considerably cheaper than the smaller ones. He replaced them at no cost to me. He also has a box of the ones the Vet recomends that have been sitting on the shelf since he bought the store a few years ago. Those he will use to do the next refill and will give them to me at his cost.
Ulrich, glad the results came back as benign! Hope the 3rd place just has gotten back yet and that will be benign as well. Hopefully the spot in the throat will be able to be removed with no trouble for you. Keep a positive outlook my friend! I know it is tough, but......
Lots of pounding going on out in the living room at the moment.... May be putting up drywall.
Lots and lots of STUFF to get done done today. best get going on it!
Good morning, all. May you feel well-rested. I am looking forward to warmer weather after this long and cold winter. The skis, boots and poles are secure in their locker until next season, most of the snow is gone from my yard, and I'm giving some thought to re-taping the handlebars on my bicycle. But, well, no rush.
Now that the wife is back from Florida, she was talking about "getting back on a program." I hope not. The whole idea of retirement is to step off the treadmill, not climb back on and crank it up. She's already filling up the schedule with appointments and dinner plans.