Good Morning
Foggy and cloudy with a bit of sun sprinkled through the day here. High expected of 45.
Galaxy: Hope the move goes well.
Garry: I would like to know where Ulrich is off to now...hope he is not back in hospital...
Got a do nothing, see nobody, and buy nothing day today...so I will be in the basement with my empire.
Have a good day everyone!!
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/
Another bike ride today, and it looks like the weather will hold for tomorrow, too. So much better than going to the gym and spending time on a treadmill.
I'm almost over this stupid cold. I'm still sleeping a lot. I think it's taking a while to get back into my exercise routine so I feel better and have more energy.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a refill for my dark roast coffee, please.
Got up and made it to church this morning. Got to sit with my granddaughters and family. Music was excellent today.... Actually the whole service was excellent. After the service they had the "Hanging of the Greens!" Huh? No, I don't know what they did to deserve that. I didn't stick around with the mob......
I have been given an assignment as a member of the Acoustics Committee of the church to research hearing assist devices for our parishioners who, like me, are hard of hearing. Looking for the type that work with T-cell on hearing aids. We already have a member who will donate the system!
Today would be a good day for a bike ride here, Mr. B. Currently 47°F under fair skies. Should make a few kWh today, for a change....
I am about to disapear to the train room and install more rivets!!! Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
BroadwayLion Uncle_Bob Well, I got nailed again. I must be related to Ray! I checked my MC account before bed to make sure a payment was received, and saw a charge I didn't know about. Turns out, some jackhole is running around Amman, Jordan, with my credit card number. Luckily, only 1 of 5 charges went through, and that one is being removed, too, but this is insane! This is like the 4th time I've had this happen in the last 12-18 months. This time, it was on an almighty chip-equipped card that I don't use a lot. Just very frustrating. Now, to try to wind back down so I can sleep. Later. As a vendor, I can tell you that I do not need your card to put charges on it. I only need to know your card number, the expiration date, and your zip code, and I can enter that information on my terminal and it will show up as a telephone order. So the chip does not protect you from that. What the chip will do is eliminate the need for someone in the store to touch your credit card. And even that is not really true, since you will hand your card to a waitress or some such, who will run it and bring it back to you. Do you eat at any Jordanian restraunats? Pay cash in the restraunts, and sea if that helps. ROAR
Uncle_Bob Well, I got nailed again. I must be related to Ray! I checked my MC account before bed to make sure a payment was received, and saw a charge I didn't know about. Turns out, some jackhole is running around Amman, Jordan, with my credit card number. Luckily, only 1 of 5 charges went through, and that one is being removed, too, but this is insane! This is like the 4th time I've had this happen in the last 12-18 months. This time, it was on an almighty chip-equipped card that I don't use a lot. Just very frustrating. Now, to try to wind back down so I can sleep. Later.
Well, I got nailed again. I must be related to Ray! I checked my MC account before bed to make sure a payment was received, and saw a charge I didn't know about. Turns out, some jackhole is running around Amman, Jordan, with my credit card number. Luckily, only 1 of 5 charges went through, and that one is being removed, too, but this is insane! This is like the 4th time I've had this happen in the last 12-18 months. This time, it was on an almighty chip-equipped card that I don't use a lot. Just very frustrating.
Now, to try to wind back down so I can sleep. Later.
As a vendor, I can tell you that I do not need your card to put charges on it. I only need to know your card number, the expiration date, and your zip code, and I can enter that information on my terminal and it will show up as a telephone order. So the chip does not protect you from that.
What the chip will do is eliminate the need for someone in the store to touch your credit card. And even that is not really true, since you will hand your card to a waitress or some such, who will run it and bring it back to you.
Do you eat at any Jordanian restraunats? Pay cash in the restraunts, and sea if that helps.
ROAR
Afternoon Diners,
I decorated the Christmas tree yesterday, and finished all the downloads on the PS4 that took a month and half to do. My brother had to get a bigger memory to store games. Which erased (if you remember) Batman Arkham Knight at 100% complete so I could get Vicki Vale.
Since the Christmas rush of mail is coming in my packages are coming in at 4 days late.
EDIT: I checked my package right now it has taken an unexpected detour in salt lake city.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
And here I thought that "Murphy" was a branch line in western North Carolina that has become a tourist railroad.
Apprarently "Leo" means Lion in Portuguese. My son, who married a fine woman who grew up in Brazil speaking Portugeuese, practices that Brazilian fighting form known as Corporea (sp?). It is sort of a Brazilian foot-fighing. The folks from Brazil in that group gave him the nick-name "Leo" for his tendency to lay low and not attract attention, but then strike suddenly. When he named his second son Leonard - calling him "Leo" - and with Leonard being my grandfather's name as well as my and my son's middle name, I was quite honored. Little Leo is quite a beast, by the way - always hungry.
** always enjoy your posts ** and there IS a New York City subway car in western North Carolina, by the way.
Bill
My brother lives in North Carolina... In Washington by the coast, My parents (both 92) have been in assisted living in Pennsylvania, but have (been) moved to North Carolina to be closer to my brother. So it looks like next summer's vacation will be to NC rather than to PA. Still gotta make a trip ut to the city though.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Evening.
Seems a little quiet around here lately.
Quiet do nothing day here as well, ran some trains around getting for another operating session on Tuesday.
Chloe, I'll have the 160oz prime rib special with poutine on the side as well as a barrel of RBF please. There, that oughta wake Garry up...
Evening guys
well I got bit by the bug again, I am in the mood to work on the layout. After taking a break in September to play mostly table top sports games and table hockey ( which im still playing and working on painting players ) And for the last couple days have been wanting to work on some projects. So today I cleaned up the sports games in there season boxes and placed them on a old card table. I will be leaving the hockey game up as the wife like to play too. I cleaned that up and gave the layout a tidying up before cleaning the workshop up. I also gave the track a good cleaning also. just been reading through the latest mr and great model railroads. I have some unbuilt kits that I'd like to get toonat some point this week also. I have enough weatheringto keep me going years,lol
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer please.
Work Front Finally a normal slow Sunday, only 3 customers the whole day. While I am not happy with it being slow, I wanted Jerry to see what he has gotton him self into. (I am sure he was told he could make $50,000.00 a year like I was) He did make a little progress today learn in the paper work. Still no where up to speed, but better than yesterday!
Sad Work Store Story Had a guy come in that Father is in a Assessed Living Home, he has to sleep in a hosptial style bed. (power base) They bought a used one for $800.00 but the Father hates the mattress, it is hard as a rock. Customer said He will only spend up to $200.00 for the needed mattress! I gutted a cheap Twin Extra Long menory foam mattress (I would not buy it, well for a dog bed I would) to $225.00 and he did buy it. Parting words where "he will only need it for a year or 2". I just hope my daughter thinks higher than he does of his father.
Have another Pre-approved credit card offer! Think I will take them up on it, wife just broke a tooth and I don't want to max out the other credit card. I all was Pre-approved for a $35,000.00 car loan through Captial One! To bad there is no way I can swing a car payment. Sues car is on its last leg! Uses a quart of oil about every 300 miles.
See you all later, Ken
I hate Rust
I have an 8.5' x 25' train room, in which boxes of engines and cars sit while I dither about the HO end of the room. Part of this is because the electrical panel is in the designated HO area, and part is because of family obligations. Also, it doesn't help that I can't decide what to do -- the planned interchange of ACL and CG, or a small part of the Elmira Branch of the PRR, which is where my grandfather worked until he died 44 years ago. The good thing about the PRR is, I already have one BLI and 2 Sunset I1sa's. The bad thing is, I'd have to buy PRR steam, which would cause my wife to kill and or divorce me, and there'd be no no need for the Southeastern stuff I bought 10-15 years ago. (Dad rode the ACL as a young Marine, and I lived in GA for awhile, so that's the attraction.) I also don't know if the Sunsets can be set up for DCC, nor do I know how well they'd run with the BLI engine on straight DC. Too many moving parts with this stuff (figuratively and literally), and not enough time to think things through between work and family and the infernal limited runs on everything. I guess we'll see what happens. Night all.
December 7:
The quotes and word of the day.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes.
-Juliette Binoche
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
-Kim Hubbard
Jackleg (noun) \JACK-let\
1a: a characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonest, or lack of professional standards
1b: lacking skill or training : amateur
2: designed as a temporary expedient: makeshift
Good Early morning.
I spent some time playing around with the 8 string bass and a few weird effect pedals tonight. Hence why I am up at silly o'clock
Foggy and cold right now going to a high of 45 later in...in the sunshine.... hopefully.
Oh...last week our little Spring passed away in his sleep. This left us down in the dump for awhile. But...next weekend we are getting a little black kitteh from the rescue agency across the town here. She will be 8 weeks old then.
Well wishes and good vibes from our house to those in need.
Condolances on Spring. Condolances in advance about the upholstery that your new kitty will tear up for you! : )
A black cat eh, those are suppose to bring good luck, as long as you feed them, give them water and empty the box as required.
As for my cat. she justs sits in her cat house where it is warm and waits for the food to appear. But if she thinks I am going up that ladder again, she has another thing comming!
Dec 7th
Ken
Good morning ...
America will never forget 12/7.
Ken ... Thanks for posting the photos.
Barry .... Sorry to hear about "Spring" .... Rescue cats make good pets. We have three rescue cats now.
I'll have only coffee. Barry and Lion ate all the food.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Murphy is a LION. Him was sent to me by one of the posters on our forum. Him also included several spools of 18 ga stranded wire!
The leopard in the background is Leopold Leonard von Leopard III., esq.
The painting on the wall is of me done by my father, I am sitting in a recess in the cliff. Dad called it the Monk on the Mountain.
Cats, Trains... Coments... Welsome Here!
RAOR
As this is an off-topic thread, I'll be appending it to the Diner. LION will keep the non-railroad posts of him in that thread, please.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Off topic? Murphy was said to be carrying several spools of 18 ga stranded wire, clearly layout related. I would be more interested in where him got it from? Him must be up to no good carrying around stranded wire when him no have a layout.
Alton Junction
Frank wrote "Don't put it off, whatever You do."
Thanks for the prayers all and keep them coming. Found thE lump on Wednesday, Thursday I was at my General Practitioner and Friday I had a mamogram and ultrsound test. Will not know the official report until some time this week but the ladies who performed the test said they dont think it is cancer. They do not see any blood vessels growing to it and when they performed the ultra sound it "didnt cast a shadow". Apperently cancer cast a shadow.
Also keep my sister in law in prayer something went really wrong last week and there seems to be some foul play to have taken place. Her car was vandalised, her town homes was gutted by fire and she is in ICU with burns, broken rib, brain bleed, broken wrist, right eye swollen shut. She is heavily sedated and no one seems to know what happened. I have heard and read ( news TV and articles ) that she was pulled from the building, specalation that she jumped ???? The news is all confusing. The police and fire are investigating...She is on a ventillator and has a tube in her for food and water. Doesnt look good at all. Her Mom is asking for Physical healing along with Spirtual healing. She was hanging with the wrong crowd.
TTYL
YGW
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee and a couple of the sour cream Glazed doughnuts tokeep my blood sugar up where it isn't suppoesed to be.....
Dec. 7th.! A day which will live in Infamey! Also means that the Beautiful old Budliners from the NYC Empire State Express are now exactly 74 years old! They they are in service still at the museum. We use them every so often for an excursion trip on the LA&L that runs right by the museum on the old Erie tracks.
Photo taken in Lakeville, NY a couple years back on a very dark rainy day. The excursion that year went from Lakeville to the R&GV RR museum in Rush, NY and back. Last year it went from Lakeville to Mortimer junction in Rochester and back (unfortunately I was working crew and didn't get any photos of the much larger train that day).
Here she was at the museum and you can see the whole train (half on each side.. Since that time the other coaches have been put back into service as well).
Motive power for the day are also "antique" but considerably newer than the cars... (ALCO Century Units)
YGW, will keep your SIL in my prayers!
Have a good one!
Let us never forget the Day of Infamy.
WEll, we had 5 of us to move on Sat and a freind helped me load about another 10% of our stuff Sunday.{and I foudn MORE HO train stuff stacshed! Never realized I had so much!}
The thing is it was only him nad I as MOH had to work, and DID/was able to help in the offloading. But afweter trying to make semblance of order int he house SUnday nite I was making a sandwich for dinner and litterally had tears rolling down my cheeks I was in so much pain form my back!
I tranfsfered to the big regualr bed last night as it is finally atthe house {MOH sleeping on the couch here}. But had no bedding extcept the rollaway bedding for it,. Was nice btu fitfull sleep within a half hour of being uprgiht again, I was in pain. Taking a break athe old house to get a few things liek tghe bedding and do some washing. There is a mess of schtuuff we left behind. I will try to help MOH get it ready for garbage/recycle day.
The cat is confused, miffed angry and doesn't know what teh heck is going on. I said we should soon take him over, but MOH wants to wait til last minute.
we are turning the trailer {minus appliances} over to the park, but it will take some doing to get it ready to "leave" still. We are turning it over to the park-easiest thing to do-they want to be involved if we sell it to anyone and we don't want their noses in the deal!!! so we weren't going to sell it for much anyway....but beats scrap prices, though that could bring in a lot. dunno
well, tghe washer is one, and I;d best get a packin'
later
don;t know when I be on next.
-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.
Hello Folks: My Profile tells me that what I thought was "quite a while" turns out to be "since November 2012". That would be since I last was in the Trackside Diner. Elliot's then - Jeff's now; and an appropriate choice - I'm still awed by his skills and endurance!
Anyway, why I'm dropping in is to give the glad tidings that, not only has my lady wife given me a MR subscription, but also has urged me to "do another layout"! So, despite worse eyesight than 3 years ago, and fewer funds, I do have some Normal Scale gear in storage; and room in the basement to give it a whirl. This time, definitely continuous running; probably double tracked main, and if I can control myself, a MORE SIMPLE track plan! Wish me luck! Suggestions for sources of track plans appreciated.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Afternoon,
A sunny 4C here which is far above normal. So nice, in fact, that we are about to go out and take Robbie for a walk. It is quite slippery on the streets though as there is a lot of ice.
John(der), nice to see you back! How are things in Pictou? Glad to hear you are about to start another layout. I am slowly working on my little N scale door layout.
Barry, sorry to hear about your little Spring. It is always tough when they go.
Well better get a move on as the sun will be setting soon, and I don't want to walk the dog in the dark.
CN Charlie
Der John (der5997) ... ! ! ! .... Good to see you back. .... Glad you still have your train stuff packed. .... I'm sure you can put together another great layout.
Ray ... Thanks for the museum train photos. Alcos and Budd passenger cars ! Gotta love them !
YGW.... Your SIL had a terrible ordeal evidently. Prayers for her.... Also prayers for your situation.
DerJohn, Long time no sea, You maritimer you.
It is good to hear from you, we always wonder and mention those MIAs.
A lot of us Ol' Pharts are still here and keeping out of the way of our better halves.
There has been alot of great modelling gone on here in the last while, don't know if you have been peeking through the windows or not, but when you get a chance to look around you will be amazed.
Glad to hear your wife in encouraging you, it is great for both mind and spirit. It has certainly helped me recover from the big C. as in cancer not coronary.
Don't be a stranger, and keep us posted on your progress. We are always glad to get a look as well, if you are so inclined.
It's a little early, but TOPS of the season to you and your wife. We are looking forward to a nice Christmas here with some sons coming home. We have already been to a couple of Christmas pageants and have some of our decorations up. The tree is up and lights placed on it but is yet to be decorated.
Ray, Loved those Alcos, but the Western Pacific didn't have any that I know of.
Ken, Glad work is a little better now, but why don't they let you, the store manager, do the hire for the store?.
YGW, How are you feeling today?, hope each day is getting better for you.
BARRY, So very sorry to hear about little Spring, how old was he again ? And what is the name of your band ? I didn't know you were coming out this way this fall.
Still working in my mind about getting those station tracks concreted in (like in street running, but not on the street) It is getting set in my mind how I want to approach this. I know, I know, I always seem to give so much thought to things that it seems I waste a lot of time. But when I do get to it, I think it goes faster as I have pondered over all the issues that could come up.
Prayers and blessing to all who stand in need.
Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a refil for my decaf please...
Well.... Deep Subject! At a few minutes to noon today, I went down cellar to the train rooms and turned on the lights and the heat with the hope I would get down there right after lunch to work on the rivet decals some more. I then sat down at the computer and found the Superintendent's Secretary at the local schools had replied to my email asking for updates on the emails of the Principals and their secretaries so I could get materials out to the buildings for the MLK Art and Poetry Contest....
Decided to do that right then, so lunch ended up an hour later... Then, I was just about to head down there when my son called. Granddaughter #1 got sick at school, and since he had to go to work, could I have him drop off the kid to my house for a couple hours. I said, "Absolutely, glad to help". She had a stomach ache at school, but was feeling good enough to play Wii for an hour or so. I was working on an updated list of the emails for the NMRA Division as I needed to get an email out to those who hadn't signed the petition yet. Found there were a lot of updating needing to get done. DIL arrived to pick up granddaughter about 3:45. By the time I dealt with the email to members and several other emails that required an answer it was time to start supper. It is now 7:45 and I still haven't gone down to the train rooms again! Need to answer a question from the Principal of the local Catholic School about the art and poetry contest, and then I AM going to go swear at the rivets for a while!
Glad some of you enjoyed the Alcos and Budliners I put up this morning. The LA&L now uses 3 Alco Centuries when they pull the cars. Usually due to the fact it is usually early spring or late fall when we do an excursion and they have one 2% grade on the line. One unit can easily pull the train, but if there are leaves on the rails they want to have the locos with lots of sand for extra braking. They are beautiful old locomotives. One thing they are very aware of is the railfans that crowd along the ROW when we have the cars out on the mainline. I am always found in one of the cars as a "Trainman" aka Assist. Conductor/car host. You know, the guy who comes along and punches your ticket... I realized a couple times ago that we were riding on the old Erie tracks in NYC Coaches, and I was punching their tickets with an old LV ticket punch. What is interesting about that is we were on our way to Mortimer Junction! OK.... Look it up! Hmmm... Hard to find actually, so Ill tell ya. Mortimer Junction is where the LV and the Erie interchanged with the NYC just outside of Rochester, NY... The RIT Campus is located on some of the old Junction Property.
Catch you all later!
Good Evening
Welm...it stayed foggy all day today and never even got past 34F out here. Tomorrow the guessers have some sun for us....maybe.
Did some gotta buy stuff then went to my LHS to see what they had around there...ended up picking up a whack of Cornerstone Ethenol Plant and modular building kits...
Came home and seen our neighbour...ended up yapping for about 2 hours...outside...
YGW: Good vibes your SIL's way...hope things work out for her.
Der5997...hey!! Nice to see you back!!!
Ray: loved those ALCO shots as well as the passenger cars.
Johnboy: Spring passed away in his 20th year. As for the band...it is called Ex Nihil (out of nothing-roughly translated )
Ulrich: Where are you?
Galaxy: Try to get some rest for your back...
Chloe, I'll have the 25lb eye of round steak with all the fixin's as well as a 20quart container of poutine and 5 SRP's as well as a 10 gallon RBF please...there, that oughta get some reaction...
Janie, I could use another refill on the decaf, please.
Busy day here, that is for sure.... I finally got down to the train rooms and got to putting decals of rivets in place. Had several cut to size and soaking in distilled water. I was putting the first of them in place, when the phone rang.. I got up and looked. It was my sister, so I just let it ring. Finished up those decals and then shut down the heat and lights and came upstairs to call her back. No answer.... Called every 10 minutes or so for over an hour. No answer. She has a recording machine so I wasn't sure why that didn't cut in. I was about ready to panic and call the Canandaigua police to check out her house. Finally she answered. Found out she was trying to find some information about an adress in the family for her Christmas/Holiday cards. She had been on the phone all that time with my DIL. She also has the call holding crap on her phone where your phone beeps and your supposed to say, "Oh! I have another call! Can you hold while I see if they are more important than you???" Hate that and so does she so niether of us changes to whom ever else is calling. I figure they should get an old fashioned busy signal and can call back later, but if I set the phone top do that, then I don't get caller ID. Dumb, stupid technology!
Barry, I was going to send my condolences earlier about Spring. Somehow it didn't make it into what I typed. He/she lived a long life for a kittie! I hope my boys will make it to 20... But, who knows with the diabettes....
Prayers for all in need!
December 8:
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
-John Keats
Land really is the best art.
-Andy Warhol
Communism is like one big phone company.
-Lenny Bruce
Adamantine (adjective) \ad-uh-MAN-teen\
1: made of or having the quality of adamant
2: rigidly firm: unyielding
3: resembling the diamond in hardness or luster