Michael wrote - Wish me luck. I'm doing a sleep study Monday night, my doc thinks I may have sleep apnea - FIRST OF ALL - Welcome to the post !!! Glad to have ya hear. The sleep apena thing is very important to find out about. I gound out that if you have it it leads to heart issues ( makes the walls of the heart thicker ) weight gain, your metabolism slows down ... I have a severe case and getting ready to get the machine.
Lion - Does Lion roar or snore in their sleep ? My better half says I roar !
Garry - howdy !
Vega - still raining there ?
Ken - My friend give up the smokes please ! I have lost several family menbers to smoke related health issues - not a nice way to go my friend.
GUESS WHAT !!!???? I have a freind who works at the RR here and Guess what he is bringing to me next Wednesday ??? Real railroad sign and lights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe it! This is like early Christmas !! Yahooooo
Hello Ulrich (hope you are doing okay today ) , Galaxy ( the right house will come ) Johnboy, Dennis...............
TTYL
YGW
Good Evening Folks!
I am beat and although it is quite early I´ll be heading for the hay in a few moments. What happened?
Welp, I got a call from my former comrade in arms of my political campaign, telling me he´ll be with me in less than hour, then head together to our DIY place to buy all the lumber I need for that little layout and start building the benchwork. Which we did. I didn´to much more than lending a helping hand now and then, but I am still beat! It was fun doing that together! The "table" is not yet finished, but the main things are done. It still needs sanding and painting and when that´s done, it will look like a piece of furniture!
Good to have friends like Claus (without the Santa)!
Bama! GOOD to see you again!
If you can leave a face print, can't you also make a word print?
Good for you Ulrich!
Meeting the RE agent shortly to sign the new contract on 228 torrence Ave.
-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.
Howdy ..
Bama.... Good to see you.... I hope your family is doing well.
Richard ... Soon we will be experiencing AZ weather. We waited for summer to pass for this trip.
Galaxy .... Don't you have a birthday soon? ... I forget the daye.
YGW ... Sounds like a nice RR present for you.
Ulrich ... Glad you are about to builld the layout... Speaking of politcal campaigns, our state governor election is early in November. I met one of the candidates today.
Michael ... I hopre the sleep study goes well.
Lion .... There may be other times in life when also it is best to keep the mouth closed. ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Oh, I'm not worried about the sleep study... I know several people who have been through it. I guess I'm mostly worried that they WON'T find sleep apnea and it's back to the drawing board.
Disclaimer: This post may contain humor, sarcasm, and/or flatulence.
Michael Mornard
Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!
Evening Dinners
Flo, please and one for Bayfeild as well.
Bayfeild Push for a home test! When I had my first sleep test it was at a local clinc, and the mattress was hard as a Rock! I was in deep sleep for a whole 5 minutes! No wonder all the test showed was I sorned some. After I started using my VA Benafits, I got a home study and then got my CPAP.
YGW Sorry I had to hang up so soon, it was my boss calling. Was asking me about something Drunk Dave did, guess I am his keeper now. Hope we can talk again Friday.
Credit Score, guess it is getting better. I just got a preapproved refinance loan offer on the house. Loan is for $7.22 per thousand owed on the house for 15 years. That would make my payment $519.84 a month plus all the other stuff tacked on. Payment would be about the same as the one I have with BoS that is a 30 year loan. Letter all so states I have $71,802 in equaty (spell check). Well, not in the shape it is in. Be nice to pay to have if fixed up so I can sale it.
See you all latter.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening Diners late night,
I just won a slightly used Kato SD80MAC Conrail 4123. I been looking for this particle locomotive for 4 years, and I found at a very good price $67.15 with shipping.
I tried to order 4 BLMA trailer train 89' flatcars (1970s version). Some guy before me ordered and clearned out their stock. Leaving one item category left. Old lessons die hard, buy them before their sold out.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy .... Don't you have a birthday soon? ... I forget the daye.
Yup, Friday the 25th! so get all your presents in the mail already! {LOL}
Ken: might behoove you to take soome time and re-condition your property! If that 72K means you have more than 20% in equity, then be SURE you are no longer paying for PMI, Private Mortgage Insurance. YOU ight have to pay for another rating and valuation,but It might behoove you to look into it!
Bayfield: they will probably find it, if they have concern, they are probably right, No big deal if they do, was what we were explaining, unless your insurance won't pay for the machine! I use the whole nose-covering mask not the nasal pillows. Don't be afraid to find hte "rihgt mask} for you!
YGW: great for you! now you can decorate the walls of YOUR house. Whats that you say? Oh, its NOT "Your house", it's hte little woman's? I see..well get HER permsision to hang in the train room!
well, I cna't sleep now that the contract has been signed. APparently it is part of divorce, so may jsut tke the offeR. ALSO our agent come up with comparable SOLDS in the area/school district it is in. SO they support the price we offer. Not hoping to go much higher, and won't as only one other house had about the same {smaller} SF, and it sold at $4,900 below asking and had no grarage, no newer kit and appliance. so we think our price at $7,900 below is not so bad. we will include the comparables if they counter...Here's HOPING!
well, time shortly for "second sleep"....
later, sleep well for those hwo cna sleep...
Good morning.
I'll have an apple turnover with a coffee please.
Where is everybody ?
Galaxy .... I'll try to post a b'day greetings on the 25th... Can't be sure because we will be busy with travel in the next couple of weeks.
I posted the grain elevator in WPF again.... I weathered it to look like a rusty old building.
Good Afternoon, Folks!
We are enjoying "calm autumn weather" - that´s the name the weather guessers have assigned to the cloudy, gray and humid weather we have had the past days.
My friend sent some pics of our yesterday´s joint venture:
There is not a single nail or screw in the joints! We used biscuit joiners and milling the slots for them was quite a job! The whole thing is surprisingly strong! Next week will see a lot of sanding, followed by sanding and again sanding, coloring and wax-type finishing. I´d like to have a furniture style finish of it.
Galaxy - did I miss something? Have you bought the house? Or do I have to continue keeping my fingers crossed for your house hunt?
Mornin' everyone!
I'm here! Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Heritage Flakes Organic™ cereal, skim milk, and a handful of fresh bluseberries to go along with a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee this morning.
Manét still has a urinary tract infection going on, so I have to take him over for another antibiotic shot late this morning. Not sure if she will check his sugar level while I am there or not. He has decided that he does not like his insulin injections.
Ulrich, the new "furniture" is looking good! I am eager to see it when finished and ready for the layout.
Galaxy, I assume you have put in an offer for the house you last showed us. Good luck with it!
Last night was the picnic for a troop I am the commissioner for. I arrived at the site where meetings are held a half hour early just to see if i could help with anything. i got there to find the Scoutmaster furiously fiddling with a dead grill that is at the site. (It is there for teachers and class parties and us to to use when needed....) So after another 15 minutes, I asked if anyone was coming with a pickup truck and offered my grill for them to use. He finally said, no, but how about if we go over to your house (I live a block away) and cook the hamburgers and hot dogs there? So I now have a grill needing some major cleaning at my house.... Turns out the picnic was poorly attended. Not a great start to their year. They may be losing a few Scouts due to one who is going to college, and several others who have reached the age where other things are on their mind, so recruitement is a major item for them (This is the Handicapped unit).
Probably little time for trains today.... but that is becomeing the usual around here.
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!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Sir Madog Galaxy - did I miss something? Have you bought the house? Or do I have to continue keeping my fingers crossed for your house hunt?
We put in an OFFER on hte house, if they accept then yes,we will have bought it. But we expect a counter offer. We have two ways of backing up our offer. One is to show ohter comparabel houses in the township that have sold at $4-6K less than asking price.
howmus Galaxy, I assume you have put in an offer for the house you last showed us. Good luck with it!
YES, RAY... It is the cute little 2 Br with the extra 3 season{soon to be 4 season} room attached to it. I ay jsut set up a 4x8 HO in the 3 season room! Not much, but bigger than my currnet 3.5'x5.1' layout! If I set it up out there, I won't have to go down stairs. Though we think maybe we will finish the basment by buying just 3 2x4s and a sheet of drywall a square or two of the 2'x2' basement pre-made flooring stuff with honeycomb bottom so themoisture or any wnater will travvel under it to the sump, per 2-week pay period or per month! its the slow method but a nice square dry basement is a nice place to put it! When I get so I cannot navigate the stairs, it will be OK to just stay upstairs...or we willl have improved it enough to sell it....and trade to a alarger upstaris...
Dunno, lets not go putting the cart before the horse,as we DO expect a counter simpy because tehy generally DON'T accept the first offer, thinking you have more money to spend.
The ectrical has all been updated with new wiring and grounded plugs, with GFCIs wheree needed. A few more outlets may be nice, but not urgent... ANd the vented light inthe bath is a good thing, too. The kithcen cabinets have been updated, but nice not the real expensive stuff...
so overall a nice little house.......
we will see what we will see when we see it.
Bama ... It was good to hear about your kids doing so well and growing up so fast ! ... You deserve to feel proud of them.
Galaxy .... Good luck with thouse purchase.
Ken ... You might like this Monon passenger train in Indianapolis
Garry - sent you a PM!
Galaxy wrote - YGW: great for you! now you can decorate the walls of YOUR house. Whats that you say? Oh, its NOT "Your house", it's hte little woman's? I see..well get HER permsision to hang in the train room! --- Yea she already it very CLEAR - that there is no WAY that that stuff is coming in the house !
Howmus - Say it isnt so - "little time for trains" oh that is awful !
Ulrich - what is that you are buuilding ?
ANGELOB - That is a shame that you missed the BLMA trailers.
Garry - YEA BOY that is a nice present !!!!
Bama - Howdy !
Ken If okay I will call on the way home from my work.
Oddest thing happened yesterday- on fleabay and bid on some N7W hoppers and I placed my max. bid and BAM ! I was outbid before the thing posted ! So I though lets give it another shot and BAM! out bid again ! So I thought I will try just one more time and BANGG!!! OUT BID AGAIN. What the heck how can that be ???Anyone got an answer for me ?
Hi YGW,
This is how that happens >>> Someone else has put in a maximum bid that is quite a bit higher than what yours is. Each time you bid it takes his up to just above your bid, not to his Maximum. If you kept going you would eventually out bid him, but chance are you don't want to pay that much. Whereas he has decided that he wants them no matter what it costs, but rather than just paying the buy it now price, if there is one, he just makes his bid high enough to scare others off and hopefully get the goods for under the buy it now price. You can do the same thing if you are so inclined.
Tell us more about the goodies your friend is bringing you and Pix if possible.
Johnboy out...
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Sir Madog Garry - sent you a PM!
Ulrich ... JohnBoy has tried doing that too. .. I do not receive any PM's even though my settings allow conversations from all users.
Technology drives me crazy.
Hi Garry, when I try and send you a PM, up in the address square where your name comes up it always has a little red X ahead of your name.
My question to you there was what Forum were you talking about being across the Street ?
Johnboy out............for now
last mountain & eastern hogger Hi Garry, when I try and send you a PM, up in the address square where your name comes up it always has a little red X ahead of your name. My question to you there was what Forum were you talking about being across the Street ? Johnboy out............for now
JohnBoy .... It is modelrailroadforums.com ... They have a coffee shop thread near the bottom of the main page listing threads.
I was at the hospital today for my pre-op visit and, funny thing, I saw all of these nurses walking around with doctor's stethoscopes around their necks.
(Hopefully a pop-culture reference doesn't violate any rules.)
Richard
Garry - I keep receiving spam emails from your email address - seems as if your email account has been compromised.
Well, We ARE in negotiations!!!
The sellers HAVE come down as they realize for the size that teh asking price is really a bit high. We are still about $2k apart on what we THINK we'd like ot pay and what they THINK they'd like to get. SInce it is apparently so close, now if we can maybe split the difference.
APparenlty they wnat/need to sell quickly.
Dunno, We are not paying any $74,900 for it, that is for sure.
So, we shall see.
BUt it looks promising.
dunno!
Keep you fingers nad toes crossed we get it, it will be a SIZAEBLE BASMENT for a layout! an "L" haped double 4x8 in a corner is what I am thinking!At least for starters... Dont want to push it..MOH wants a 4x8 N scale too...
we will see,
later
Evening all, glad to be back on the diner.
First off, I'm still working at the grocery store (saving my pennies for someday, but moma Leone hasnt left a note in my room). It's been kinda stressful dealing with some people. Second, I lost a friend in the past couple months to her death, and I'm still kind of hurting. Third, my grandmother is suffering from severe dementia, and its starting to get to me and my mother. I'm just hoping for a good day Anymore with her.
Fourth, i suffered a major heartbreak recently and my trains and this forum have gotten me through it, so I want to thank you all. Thank you for being here and distraction from the non digital world.
Well tonight has me taking part of my club's operating session. Have a good evening all.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have the corned beef and cabbage dinner tonight... A nice cold lemonade would go with that perfectly.
Galaxy, That sounds good on the house. If you get it and want to have a layout down cellar, you could do what the Asst. Superintendent of my NMRA Division and a few others have done. Put in a chair lift to the cellar. Being handicapped you might even qualify for help on the expense.
I took Manét to the vet this morning. His blood sugar is better (350ish) but still not where we want it so he will get an increased dose starting tomorrow morning. I will not be here all day, but the vet assured me there shouldn't be a problem with it. He will be getting half again more. He also got another dose of the long acting antibiotic. So between the urine test and the injection, I am another $80 poorer. Lucky I love the little guy! The vet assured me that he will make it through all this.
I got home and loaded all the stuff in the car to take to the Recycling day at the landfill tomorrow on my way to the museum. Then I was asked to write a letter to the BSA Council Executive concerning my (Hearsay) knowledge of a major problem at a campout last weekend of one of my units..... As a Mandatory Reporter (BSA and New York State Law) I didn't have much choice as I was told about this by 4 adults from another unit. It may mean we will lose the unit (which we were on the brink of anyway as they only currently have 3 youth members). One of the youth in the unit will be pulled out by the parents so the unit would not be able to recharter in a couple months anyway.... I work very hard to help these units be successful and then they go and do some very stupid (and possibly) illegal stunts! The adults in charge will likely be removed from the BSA.
So.... I had an interesting day so far! Later.
Flo, Beer Please.
Work Front Well the two first customers where good ones and I had $3100.00 in sales. After that, the normal I want junk customers.
Galaxy Good luck on the house, just be carfull for what you wish for. If I had it to do all over, I may have rented.
Far as Re Fi the house. Going to talk to my Bank and see what if anything they can do for me. Seems Big Brother (feds) have to see a net gain now for the owner before a person can RE Fi there house? I was told by a coutmer (he was a broker) that more than likely the Fed's won't let me Re Fi the house.
Just got Pre-Approved for a VISA Card. Never heard of the bank, it is called Credit One and they made there logo look's like Captial One. Other thing that struck me odd was I have to respound by 9/23/15 and I just got the offer? Not in a hurry on this one, something stinks.
Jimmy Soory to hear about the bad times and lost of the friend! Glad the hobby is helping you not to dwell on things as much.
Gary Thank you for the Monon Pictuer! I love Monon!
YGW Soory you did not have time to call.
Later Ken
Ulrich ... So far, you are the only one to report eamil spam. I just changed the email password , and that should take of it....
Ken .... Glad you liked the Monon photo.
Jimmy ... Sort of know what you mean. I have had periods when there would be multiple problems and heartaches all at the same time. I work on trains in my "sanity breaks" to tune out all of the bad stuff. It is also a good idea to take problems to the Lord.
Ray ... Sorry to hear about the problems at the BSA campout.
Happy Model Railroading everybody.
cudaken Galaxy Good luck on the house, just be carfull for what you wish for. If I had it to do all over, I may have rented. Far as Re Fi the house. Going to talk to my Bank and see what if anything they can do for me. Seems Big Brother (feds) have to see a net gain now for the owner before a person can RE Fi there house? I was told by a coutmer (he was a broker) that more than likely the Fed's won't let me Re Fi the house. Later Ken
Ken: Noted. However, remeber we have had a trial run on the "owning a house thing"...we OWN the trailer,but rent the lot. SO ALONG with the trailer comes house-type maintenance. One reason for going to a house is that the trailer is becoing a mney pit and isn't worth anything. we will "fire-sale" it for around $4k, $5k with a washer and dryer...It sholud go fast hopefully We will only be able to care for it for bout 6 months after we buy/get inot the new house..
Second, YEah, they want homeowners to have equity ina house for re-fi. sAme as buying, they want to see equity in the house!
Well, if we DO reach a deal, we still have finanacing to go tthrough yet, taht may hold up the works, as we will be close.
s we will see...