Mornin' everyone,
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast baggel with egg, bacon, and cheese. A pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast is in order as well.
Sept. 11, 2001 I was at my father's house as the carpet layers were there and my father had suffered a major heart attack two days before. The TV wasn't on as the living room was completely torn up. One of the men working on the rug got a call on his cell phone and immediately turned white as a ghost! I quickly got the TV up and running. That pretty much took care of installing the carpet... They came back the next morning but needed to be with their families right then! I stayed with my mom who had dementia and was convinced it was just a television thing and nothing was really going on. I spent a few hours on the phone with my son's and my sister.... It was not a fun day for anyone in the family. My father came home from the hospital the next day.... He had found out at the hospital. My prayers still go out to everyone whose lives were so torn apart that day!
Have to make a potato salad this afternoon to take to the R&GV RR Museum picnic tomorrow. Hope to complete filling the aquarium with water today as well.
Catch you later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I am flying home today on September 11th. The airport seems less crowded that on a normal Friday morning. Let's hope that means the flight will not be full.
Ken: I have a mattress question for you. My mother used to always tell us, "Don't sit on the corner of the mattress. You will break it." Any truth to the counsel?
Richard
G-Man (somehow I like that) - when Petra and I moved in together, she asked me what was in those many boxes I brought with me. The boxes contained color slides of trains, but I told her these were pics of my loved ones before I met her.
One day I caught her sitting on the floor amidst those color slides, complaining she just found pictures of trains. Well, I thought that was funny, so I started to laugh - I shouldn´t have...
My Swiss friend gave me a hint how to get rid of those glue marks - just put a small piece of wet cotton ball on it and let it soak for a while - that should take care of it. Let´s see whether it works!
Good morning everybody.
YGW ... Hope all is going very well for you this morning and the procedure did the job.
Galaxy .... Howdy
Ulrich .. 70% off retail ! ... I love deals like that.
................
Remembering 9/11/2001 Shelley and I were in Halifax, NS, Canada on 9/11. We spent the day watching the horrors on TV in the hotel. .... We flew there 2 days earlier via American Airlines with a flight change in Boston. Scary to think some of the terrorists walked in the same airport in Boston only two days later ...... About 50 trans-Atalntic flights were diverted to Halifax which filled up the airport. ..... The people in Nova Scotia were very good to all of the stranded foreigners making sure they had food and housing. ... Finding a way home was problematic. Renting a car one-way home would have cost about $3000. Some people were forming groups to charter buses and we considered getting on one to Chicago. ..... Eventually, I contacted Via Rail, and booked tickets on three trains (Halifax to Montreal; Montreal to Toronto; Toronto to Windsor. ) We planned to ride a taxi cab across the river from Windsor to Detroit. We planned to spend one night in a hotel in Toronto. .... The trip to Montreal was overnight and took over 20 hours. Called "The Ocean", the train had all Budd equipment which was nicely refurbished. We had a room in a sleeping car coupled just ahead of the dome/observation car.... The train to Toronto departed only an hour after the Ocean arrived. It too was all refurbished Budd equipment. .... When we got to the Toronto hotel (The Royal York, adjacent to Union Station) we turned on the TV to see what was happening. We learned the border crossings into Detroit we taking over 10 hours, and decided to cancel the train reservation to Windsor. .... We spent two nights at the hotel, and rode Amtrak's "International " which goes to Chicago. It crosses the border in a railroad tunnel at Port Huron, MI. I wrongly assumed the train would have no delays crossing the border. However, In Sarnia, across the river from Port Huron, the train stopped and all passengers boarded buses to cross the border. The buses would take passengers to the train which waited for us in Port Huron. It took a few hours to go through immigration and customs while crossing the border. .... Of course, the train was several hours late departing Port Huron. We rode as far as Flint, MI. We rented a car in Flint and drove it to Nashville, TN where our car had been parked at the airport. Below are photos I took while riding in the dome/observation car of the "Ocean"
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ulrich: locos are aminteained, but not necessaarily brand spanking new and shiney, so your smudge shouldn't be amiss, in fact I had to look twice to find it and you said where it was!
MOH says "I am jealous!!!" {MOH is more into european locos/trains as growing up every other summer there in Germany you may remember!}
A new love? won't Petra be jealous?
hmmm....
a boy and his toy!
-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.
Some more pics of my new love:
Unfortunately, I had a trace of glue on my fingers when I touched the loco - the result of which you can see in the right part of the loco. OK, not nice, but I just pretend I don´t see it! Maybe some light weathering will take car of it.
Ulrich has a new toy to play with, I see.
GM, Men!
We wish YGW good luck with his heart re-starting aventure.. If it is any consolation, my heart was re-started after anaphalactic shock {allergic reaction,in my case to medication} resulting my death. It was "fine" for me. So I wish you the best of luck...
so, I have the psychiatrist today...and then some business to attend to after I see my father...
so That will be my day..
I'd best get to breakfast...and start my day
My loco has arrived!
OK, there is more than just one of the isolators broken off, but that´s hardly noticable. It runs like a charm and is a hefty puller:
At 70% off the normal retail price it was a worthwhile buy!
We will never forget
9/11/2001
- a day which will live forever in infamy, just as 12/7/1941
Ken: i think she mis-spoke. I think she was trying to say never put anything that is cooked but has blood coming out into the fridge. The blood may darken and not show upand thusly one caould eat somehting undercooked!, but you are right: sounds funny as we put raw meat in, but the "blood" is mostly the red food coloring! I have a friend who has trouble eating meat that starts out "bloody", so rarely will eat {cooked} beef. He also wont eat anything with bones in it! So no chicken unless de-boned like nuggets. to each his own. I hate to tell him pasta started out as raw egg! DOn't be hard on her, the pork SHOULD be cooked to170F nad should not be bloody. Nuke it isn't always a good way to cook things. especially raw things as there is no guarantee the raw food will cook in a microwave properly. all most all microwavable things are precooked. SO..sometimes it pays to listen to the little woman!
YGW: I know you are busy, but perhaps now is the time for you to slow down a bit,. good luck tomorrow! I know what it is like when my heart is not beating properly but mine is controlled with medication for now...
Ulrich: Being naughty is good ONLY if it "feels good"!!! Good you have a way to enjoy the hobby still.
Now if only WE could get it ironed out to GET a MMRING space with a house over it... I'd be happy WHEN I can afford to buy the stuff for the layout..foam over open grid for me...around the walls with two doors in place... or maybe a single 8x10 will work..anything larger than my 3.5x5.1 HO layout!!
House frint:we put in "best offer tomorrow and say final answer iS... There are over 1700 homes on the market here and growing every day. AS the pre-war and war babies die off the hosues become avaialble....some areas we DON't wat to live in, others we may choose, IF we can find the right deal...not really a lot of boom in building here...YGW woudl be out of a job.. unless he remodeled...
Well I stupidly installed win 10 last night on the laptop. It stalled earlier and Microsoft people were no help. TThey immediately wanted me to "jsut take out the battery pack.." well in order to do thta I have to remove 9 screws fromt eh back I said...he siad no, just remove the battery pack... doesnt work there muct be some other way? the connection {after taking 40 mins to get on the phone} cut out conveniently...so I called DEll, much more helpful after a hour wait, adn now the computer is runing their software to "Fix it". but the guy is supposed ot call back in about a min or two nad computer is stuck on the fix program!! At least dell is more helpful!!! AND seems to know a LOT aobut win 10. Maybe it was a mistake to take the free upgrade...
dunno, that is about it form here at lake woe-be-upon-us.
Howdy ..
We returned home late last night from Michigan, and it's been busy catching up on stuff so far today. ... Trip was very nice with the celebrations etc. ... We spent an afternoon on a boat in Lake St. Claire. .. Spent a day in Frankenmuth, the German tourist town between Flint and Saginaw. .... Weather was great except for the days we drove to and from MI.... On the way to MI, i saw perhaps the largest lighting bolt I have ever seen in Dayton, OH. I guess it was five miles long as it extended from a cloud west of town to a tall building downtown ... Then last evening, we drove through a heavy downpour about 50 miles west of Elizabethtown, KY. We almost ran into a guy driving at about 15 mph in a traffic lane. We were only going about 35 mph ourselves at the time. It was so dark, and we could barely see ahead of our headlights. ..
I'll catch up with your posts later. I hope each of you is doing well.
Happy Model Railroading.
Hey all
Ken - Humm never criticize your wife after all she had the good sense to say yes to you - at least that is the sign my Mom hung in our home over where my Dad sits . Nice pictures always enjoy the ones you post.
Johnboy - 10000 !!! Oh my that will take a while to check !
Ulrich - Man you have been bad !
Bob - hope your brother does better here is for him.
Garry, Mr. B., Lion Howdy............ !!
Galaxy wrote - Wonder how YGW is hanging in there with his not-so-good news {won't use the word "bad" right now}
Well tomorrow is the DAY - I go into the hospital to see if they can SHOCK my heart back into rhythm. Kind of worried. At least I wasnt until they asked for do not revive paper work !! Geez
On a more positive note I have had the great oppurtunity to purchase a pile of N&W pieces. I just bought a Broadway limitied 2664, Brass Heislar ( spelling ? ), two packages of Athearn N&W hoppers, two packages of broadway limited N&W coal hoppers, two dbl action spray rigs, old timey compressor, brass N&W caboose, J #610 Bachman spectrum. Bought them all for less than 50 cents on the dollar. Nice haul...Also this week end I drew up my plans for my hobby room to be built seperate from the house. So between doctors, work, home repairs, mowing, holiday guest and just being a hubby and Dad havent had much time for anything else.
SO say a prayer for me tomorrow at 9:15 am eastern time ( thats when they will puut me under ) and hopefully God willing I will see you all on this side of tomorrow.
TTYL
YGW
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, please
I have been pretty mush worth less today. Been very tire today and my right elbow and back has been hurting a tad. Spent a lot of the day laying in bed playing with Sparkie The Rocket Dog. He all wise ready for some loving, I still find hard to believe he was in a rescue when we found him.
Ulrich You need to be naughty onces in a while. I was thinking about being naughty today and stop by K-10 Model Train and look a some new engines. Like I need anymore. But with feeling yuckie I did not go.
God My Wife Is Paranoid! I bought a 9 pound Pork Butt and we just cooked it in the Turkey Roaster. After cutting it in half the section with the bone has some blood come out. She wanted to Nuke it (this will be my half) and I told her No! So here is where the fight came in.
She told me "In ILL Resturant training class we where told never to put anything with blood coming out of it in the Refrigertor!" Hum, That is what made me mad, she just makes things up! OK, so we cannot but raw meat in the Refrigertor?
By the way, I did not want to eat the Pork rare, I know that is a no no. I can nuke the pork as I go so it is done. But there is no way to un nuke it.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
last mountain & eastern hoggerI'm not into European rolling stock and power, but that is a fine looking Loco you have purchased.
Johnboy - it´s a cute little boxcab electric. The prototype was built in the late 1950´s and all of the 7 locos made are still in service - after more than 50 years! It´s not a fast one, top speed is "only" 50mph, but a fairly strong puller (tractive effort is a touch over 48,000 lbs.). Remember, this is narrow gauge!
The loco will be with me by Saturday , ready to receive a thorough testing on that loop of track.
The other loco I have is actually quite noisy. The noise did not go away after I cleaned it and carefully greased and lubed it. It´s not the gears making the noise, but the motor! It´s still the old 3-pole armature Bemo used over 10 years ago, so it´s bound to have a gnarling sound when controlled by a PWM controller.
Doesn´t that sound as if I knew what I am talking about ?
I addressed the issue in a Swiss narrow gauge forum and I got the appropriate answer from a forum member who lives in my town! Looks like I´ll be adding in new friend to my life!
I like that!
G'd Morning Crew,
It's a beautiful looking day here, although it got very cool last night. Some points further north had their first frost. But it is supposed to warm up again now for a few weeks.
I did get an E-mail from the wife yesterday and she is having a great time in G.B. and will be leaving there for France tomorrow. (and she does miss me.) She didn't want to take her I-phone or laptop so she had to borrow something to send me a text.
I'm just unpacking a couple of 10,000 gal. tank cars from Walthers. They had them on sale for $18.00 and compared to what others are charging for their tanks this was a steal. Great looking cars, different numbers with Cities Service logos, very good weight as well. Metals wheels and it looks like Kaydee couplers. Got to get them down to the LM&E and see how they run. (after checking wheel gauge and coupler height. These were some of the items I had sent to my Son's place in Montana, picked them up last week on our short visit there.
Do have to make a bank run today and then just some tiding up around here. The Better half will be home later Tuesday afternoon after flying all day from Paris. So she should be out of it for a day or two with Jet-lag.
RAY, glad you got that aquarium in place. That is a big one. They are indeed a lot of work. Had one for a few years but did not feel I was getting the enjoyment out of it compared to the work and expence... so I sold it off.
GARRY, Hope you are having a great celebration of all those important dates with your Family and do have a safe trip.
ULRICH, I am so glad you haven't given up on modelling. Looking forward to your build. Just go slow and enjoy the journey, after all that is what it is all about, it's not the destination. I'm not into European rolling stock and power, but that is a fine looking Loco you have purchased. You know that you need this in your life. It is good for you both mentally and physically, just take it easy. Also take a suggestion from Br. Elias, and notice how much can be done by recycling and not full out purchasing. That in itself can be fun.. HOW CAN I USE THIS.... or WHAT CAN I GET TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS ? Just be laided back in your approach (I know that is hard for you) But, DO IT.
Hope all is well with those Diners who are usually here, but have been missing for a few days due to health reasons. Hope they get them looked after quickly and efficiently and get back in here in short order. Prayers to all.
V-8 Vega, hope you are enjoying that new little set of wheeels and that those neighbors don't decide to take the wheels off of it.
Galaxy, the fingers are crossed for you and that house. Hope you hear positivily, soon.
TERRY, It sounds like you have had a very busy summer, what with all the construction and visits from your Family. Great Times.......
Well, I had better get some things happening around here. I'm off today and tomorrow and then work for three. Eye appointment at the hospital Eye Clinic on Tuesday Morning and then pick up my Wife later that afternoon.
Will check back in later, maybe there will be others that show up here before that.
Johnboy out...................Later Gators
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy eggs, bacon, homefries, and a double order of the sour dough toast please. Oh, I will need a large pot of the usual coffee I get as well...
Dark and gray outside today here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Currently 69°F outside with a high only in the mid 70's. No rain in the forcast. Galaxy may get some down in the Southern Teir though.
Yesterday I got the 100 gal. aquarium about 1/3rd filled. Seems to be holding water..... Hopefully I will get almost filled today. I can then get the filter going and the heaters up and running. Next week I shall buy a few fish and some large plants to see how they do. may get some more done on the bridge I am building for the layout as well today. Got down there to bring up the cleaned and dry comforter for my bed yesterday and went over and started at the project for a few minutes to run what I need to do next through my mind a few times, but that was all.
Just about desserted in here the last couple days. Hope business picks up soon!
Catch you all later!
Good Afternoon!
I am late again this morning, but - believe or not - I was busy this morning! I started to make the drawings for the benchwork that friend of mine will be building form me and I got so indulged into that task, that I forgot the world around me. The drawings and the bill of material are ready and the cost calculated. The benchwork as planned will run up to about $ 100 and that´s going to eat up the rest of my birthday money, after having puchased that loco.
All I need for a start are a few lengths of cork roadbed and two pieces of curved track. And maybe a switch motorb but I am undecided which one to get.
Seems as if I am slowly getting back into the business of MRRing!
Galaxy - house hunting can be fun, but also a drag. YOH is right, after looking at a number of houses they all start to look alike. That happened to us as well and the way to get out of that rut was to design our house by ourselves and have it built to spec by a contractor - not a cheap way though! Keeping my fingers crossed that you will find the right place!
CU later!
Good morning everyone....
Flo, scramble hard with a side of bacon and decaf please.
It was an interesting day with my younger brother in Keene, TX yesterday. He has spells where you don't know who you're talking to; him or someone else. I took him to get his scripts, make sure his trailer was alright as he complained about the A/C leaking (condensation), took him grocery shopping and talked to the neighbor to keep a closer eye on him. I'm glad I'm a lot closer that I was so I'm able to help when I can.
I'm thinking about looking at some new phones today, and putting some new sheeting on the patio where it's leaking...2 sheets should fix the problem.
Have a great Thursday folks....
Bob Berger, C.O.O. N-ovation & Northwestern R.R. My patio layout....SEE IT HERE
There's no place like ~/ ;)
Looking at houses from other areas this morning and TRYING to check flood maps, after '05, '06, '11 floods, a 100 yr and a 500 yr supposedly flood, so DON'T KNOW!
houses are starting to look alike to MOH.
The net may be a detriment as the agents tell you to go peruse the net then come to them...used to be agents showed you houses in your range, but with 1700 onthe market in a population area of only 160K...
dunno, don't expect our final offer will be taken...
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Tonight has been a pain in the caboose! Dave has a customer that called 15 minutes before closing, I helped as much as I could. Took for ever it seems to get home tonight. Had to go to the bank for the company and caught about half of the stop lights on the way home.
Day's off, boy I have a lot of running.
1 Get Sparkie Dog Food
2 Dump trash
3 Go to bank (if my check gets here.)
4 Cut front and rear yard.
5 Take wife to shop and save to buy food.
6 Get tire installed on one of the cars.
7 Get oil changed in the car I am driving.
Heck, there is more, just to beat to remember.
Ken
Hmm, I see ULRICH was a naughty boy, over here that would get one a spanking! at least he has the where-with-all to be naughty!
We have been perusing other houses in and aroud the Big city, well our wanna-be house is in the surrounding area...so more around the Big CIty with the BIG CITY as the address. We'll peruse more tomorrow. Friday we put in our "final offer" on hte cute little one we like we like a few streets over. That is the house detail.
Nothing else, MOH took muscle relaxer and off to beddy-poos. so dinner is self only.
later
Naughty, naughty Ulrich! And good for you!!!
Time to batton down the hatches here I guess. A very strong thunderstorm appears to be heading staight towards Geneva, although the Severe warning does nit include Geneva, the mapp shows some really nasty stuff coming right towards us! Already sprinkling outside. I have unplugged the PiP and put the downspout back on (didn't put it back after I mowed last time), and will shut down the computer for about a hour and a half I think...
I know I am naughty, but I just could not resist buying this beauty off the fleabay:
For € 89,90 minus a special discount of € 15 a steal!
One of the insulators is broken off, but will be supplied. The seller enjoys a good reputation, so I hope I am fine with this one!
Good morning! It's going to be another hot one. I had a good hockey game last night. I was really in the game mentally and felt good physically from the start. We won easily, even after some personnel adjustments were made halfway through because the game was a rout. This morning, though, I'm very tired.
Tomorrow morning is the next step in my dental implant. That's not going to be fun at all.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Heritage Flakes Organic Cereal and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee to start the day. Oh yes, use my R&GV RR Mug.
Ulrich, that is great news about the track and your friend who will built the benchwork for you! Yep, what you need is a hobby, Sir! I look forward to seeing progress.
Galaxy, hope your shoulder is doing better (both of them actually).
It is already 83°F here in the Finger Lakes Region with a high around 85° later in the afternoon. Still no sign of any rain.... garden is very stressed, so late afternoon I will haul a few more buckets of water out to help the plants. Still no word from the plumber. Decent plumbers are not plentiful around here and this guy is supposed to be one of the best. Emergencies always come beofre non-emergencies and he also works for the town over where my son lives, so his business is part time. Only thing that really needs to get done is the outside faucet...
Guy across the street stopped in last evening to check on how Manét is doing. He just lost one of his 4 kitties... He now thinks diabetes could have been one reason the old cat died. He is using about half the amount of water that he was before the cat died. Manét came right over to see him and even Blackie stopped to say hello while he was here. He thinks Manét is much better than he was a few days ago when he stopped by.
I drove to the Tropical Fish Emporium in Auburn yesterday afternoon to buy new gravel, new heaters, and other supplies for the 100 Gallon Aquarium. The owners are about the same age as I am and the place opened back in the mid 1970's. Talking with the owner it is likely that he sold some of the Angelfish I used to breed and wholesale out to a guy in Pine City, NY back then. Small world.... The owner was a Biology Teacher and is the best of the best as a place to buy Tropical Fish. I spent an hour or so rinsing the 100lbs. of gravel I got for the aquarium and getting that into the tank. I'll be starting to fill the tank today. The wife of the owner suggests that with an old tank I fill it with warm water to help the sealant soften a bit. I don't want a major leak out there.........
Looks like the Fall meet will be a go.... Finally! Just waiting on one more of the officers to get back to me.
Have a great day!
I am late today - Petra had to take me to the ER this morning to get my heart checked. Good news is, trhat it is as fine as it can be under the circumstances, bad news is that this is not really good enough
I really have to get my mind set on other things, and today may have been the first couple of steps in the right direction.
On the way back from the ER we stopped at our local post office to pick up the delivery of track my Swiss friend had sent. Took a while to get here as it was held up at customs.
The second step is that my former comrade in arms from my political campaign in 2013 has a fully equipped wood working shop and volunteered to build the cabinet and the benchwork for the layout for me. He´ll be coming over to our palce tomorrow or Friday to discuss how I want to have it done - isn´t that great? No way I could ever do that myself, given the limitations I have.
Happiness is....
Flo, a large coffee to go please; making a quick day trip to Ft. Worth area to see my brother. He didn't sound well when I talked to him yesterday. It's going to be a 4 hour ride one way...
Have a great hump day, no matter what's going on in your world....
Hmm, no one in in 8 hours? not even our morning greeting from Ulrich?
{ I feel...mm never mind I won't say it so it won't come true}
No YGW? he must be super busy building homes.
I will say GM, MEN!
Flo, please and give Dave a as well.
The Saga Of Drunk Dave And Nancy Continues. Yep, Nancy is trying to find away of keeping Dave's job, I swear either they are lovers or Dave is her love child!
She does not want Dave working a lone so he won't at work. Hum Nancy, that did not work Saturday so well? So she want's to come to my store on my days off so Dave won't be a lone. At 73 years old I bet that 70 mile round trip she will get tired of that fast!
I did tell Nancy I think we lost around $1500 to $2000 in sales because he was drunk, that got her attention! One thing Nancy loves more that Dave is her $$$$$$$$. I heard Marv yelling at her to get of the phone in the back ground so she hung up.
What kind of company did I join?
Sir Madog Just sayin´ hello to everyone! I have not been feeling well all day long, could hardly keep my eyes open. That old ticker refused to work properly today, but with a shot of nitro spray that was corrected. The downside of this is that I need a day (or sometimes even two) to get back on track. It´s 8.30pm here , but I´ll be heading for the hay soon! CU tomorrow!
Just sayin´ hello to everyone!
I have not been feeling well all day long, could hardly keep my eyes open. That old ticker refused to work properly today, but with a shot of nitro spray that was corrected. The downside of this is that I need a day (or sometimes even two) to get back on track.
It´s 8.30pm here , but I´ll be heading for the hay soon!
CU tomorrow!
We know that routine and compared to you MOH is healthy as a horse, and I am doing OK. We needed 2 days to recoup from the outing on Saturday on the train!
If/when we travel anywhere again, we need to allow for 2 days on/2 days off for doing stuff.
Shoulder Surgery is delayed for now. For 2 reasosn: first the Right shoulder has been giving me grief for nearly 3 months now since my last visit. And so I got a "shot in the arm" on the R. Secondly the L shoulder is doing OK since I get the shots for it. So he wants to delay or skip the L surgery if injections can help it. Now, to get the right side to cooperate.
No new word on the MRRing space with BRs over it.
Wonder how YGW is hanging in there with his not-so-good news {won't use the word "bad" right now}
Dead pig, some eggs & flour {pasta} and scraps of vegetation for dinner...