Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could sure use a cup of decaf this evening!
Been a very busy day here.... Had to print a few copies of my sister's next trip to the very far early next year so she can get all her Visa's in order for the countries she will be in. Had to post a bunch more donations to the MLK Scholarship fund and take the checks to a bank in Canandaigua when I took the printouts to my sister. She doesn't have a printer as it wouldn't fit with her decor, and she besides, she doesn't know how to use one.....
Did some cleaning up around the house, and actaully got to put more decals.... on the bridge (This time on the tops and bottoms of the girder itself). Was about to post a couple times and the site was runninging s l o w..........
Garry, I think the easiest way to post a photo from photobucket is to click on the IMG choice under "share your photo" at Photobucket, and simply paste it here. For me on the Mac that is "command v". eliminates one step and seems to always work....
Have a great night everyone!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening Diners,
Early in the year me and my dad fixed our cabinet but now the shelf gave way, and completely crooked. So I removed all the glassware. The shelf is bare except for plastic cups holding the top shelf. My mom said we might fix the whole kitchen next year after paying off all the credit card bills.
Train News: After 10 days of traveling and a detour into Salt Lake City I received my insulated boxcars in a plastic envelope instead of a box! The pieces of plastic lids were broken except one. It makes me upset on the packaging change.
My Amtrak ACS-64 lefted today so I hope it doesn't take long for delivery.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
GM, Men!
Well, I didn't do much other than get teh house "fit for company who knows we jsut moved/moving in"......in other words I took the paining supplies to basemnet, and other stuff too. I forgeot to bring over the used boxes to reload here at the trailer as we still have schtuff to move. i will bring more schhtuff over but not so much as I am moving slow myself {body}and careful today. Is 40-some degrees, and raining here, high will be 46 today. will clear out according to weather 1 on my cell phone.
Today's word:
-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.
Good Morning
Had a decent nights sleep for once...a few hours..tops. reason? Dang chemotherapy left me with insomnia ...
Have some sun and cloud coming today. High of 50 forecast.
Got some runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff to do today...gonna be a busy day...
Catch you all laters!!
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/
Good morning all. This is the stone Como Roundhouse foreground model on my HOn3 C&S narrow gauge layout. It is an old Model Masterpieces kit and it just about 75 % complete. The machine shop and its overhead belt drive system need to be installed in the first stall on the left; I'm just waiting on the parts form Scale Structures Ltd. and Rio Grande models. The motorized turntable in the foreground is up and running and as soon as the slip rings arrive it will be complete. I weathered the top of the pit last night, but when I took this shot it was still "a work in progress, so please forgive its current appearance.
I'll catch-up on the conversations when I return from my Dr.'s appt. Until then - enjoy =D.
Good morning .... Coffee and a donut please !
DSPP .... Wow ! .... That roundhouse is impressive!... I hope you decide to show it off in Weekend Photo Fun which normally begins on Friday.
Barry ... Sorry to hear about your issues with chemo.... Take care.
Still busy with Other Stuff here....... However, the January issue of MR has an article on building white-metal kits. It inspired me to assemble some I have had with my unbuilt kit supply for a long time.
I made this road grader, and completed it last night. It is a kit by Woodland Scenics. Another Woodland Scenics kit, a bulldozer, is now on the work bench to be my next little project.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hey guys a couple of you may remeber me but for the most part I don't know you guys anymore. I'm mainly a O scale collector/seller/buyer but with that said I came in to some lower grade HO items and was wondering if anybody would be interested in them for the cost of shipping ( in the spirt of Jeffery I sent him some stuff a couple of times) anyway anybody use some lower end HO cars and engines? You can contact me thru the forum.
Bill
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Bill (RT) .... It is always good to see you. Please visit he Diner anytime. Hope you are doing well.
Good Morning,
Our balmy weather is in the process of ending as it is snowing lightly from a front that is moving through. The temp is supposed to drop from 32F to a more normal 15F.
Yesterday was an eventful one for me. I went in to get a prostate biopsy done in the early morning. It went ok but not painless as suggested. I went to get up and felt dizzy but then it got a lot worse and I litterly passed out, low BP, pulse, etc. the procedure was being done in a clinic near a hopsital so the urologist called the paramedics who came and took me to ER. It took me about 6 hours resting in the ER until I felt ok to go home. They did the usual tests but found nothing. The doc said I likely had a vegal nerve reaction to the biopsy. Actually 2 docs came to the same diognosis. I feel fine now after a good nights sleep but it sure knocked the stuffing out of me.
Today I will take it easy and likely do a little work on the RR. Probably won't go to Tai Chi tonight as that involves a lot of twisting and I don't want to agrivate anything after the biopsy.
John(der) I have 133/4 and 12" radius curves on my N scale door layout. It is a twice round over and under. I do run some passenger cars and while they don't look great on the tighter curves, they are ok to me on the wider one. The door is 32" wide by the way.
RT, nice to see you back and yes, I do remember you. Seems to me you worked at a VA hospital. How is the O scale?
Well time to do something.
CN Charlie
I'm retired now as my PTSD got to the point I can't deal with more than one or two folks at a time. So I was becoming over come with the amount of folks I was dealing with. I've moved to a real small town and love it. ( about the size and it reminds me of Mayberry from Andy Griffith show) To goto store wife has to be with me which is great as she can't get to the store without me as she has never driven so were a matched pair now.
O gauge well acourding to my wife it's going to well lol I buy and sell a lot and repair for something to do don't really make any thing doing it it's more something to keep me busy.
Morn... Ah... Afternoon folks!
Chloe, nothing for me right now. I just got home from an early lunch with my son at Water Street Cafe.
Today we got the little trailer inspected so I can get it reregistered for next year. The trailer has been sitting at my son's house for the last two or three months since he hauled the old steel shed parts to his house. It still has some of the steel sheets in it that he will take over to a place in Waterloo to recycle (and make a few ¢ on) hopefully soon. All that they check on a light trailer is the lights, tire tread, and that the hitch is proper... No problems, so we went out for an early lunch when it got done.
Wow! Charlie, that must have been scary for you. Glad you are OK! Hope the biopsy comes back negative.
It is 53°F under mostly sunny skies here in the Finger Lakes Region today. I need to start packing materials for the RIT Train Show this weekend. Not sure what I will be working on at our Modelers Corner this weekend. One of the Gentlemen who is supposed to be there just sent me an email saying there was a death in his wife's family early today, so he may not be able to be there... I was hopeing he could critique the Girder Bridge while he was there. It is his plans I am using to build it, more or less.
Need to get going and get several things done in the next hour or so... Catch you all later!
Good Afternoon Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.
Wow! We're 10 days into the month and this is the first I've stopped in. Where does the time go. Obviously, I've been busy. Work is starting to slow down for awhile. I think folks are not going to Mae a major purchase like a kitchen from now to the holidays. I'm sure they've got too many other things going on.
I really have nothing to report on MRR wise. Last Sunday, a group from our church went to the Halocaust museum in Skokie. It was the second time we'd been there and we'd also been to the one in DC. No matter how one slices it, it is sobering. Then we went for Mexican food.
Saw law the posts with the roundhouse and the road grader. Excellent work gentlemen.
YGW: hope you're ok.
I hope everyone is OK, safe and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
except moviing some schtuff this AM, I am taking it a bit easy. I also moved all but the generator {HEAVY HEAVY @ 450#!}out of the garage so I tryt o fit the minivan in it. There is 2" of clearance nose-forward inot it on either side of the morrors! SO I want to try backing it in nad see if it fits. It hsould, the garge is 20' deep.Also wnatt o see what tool box{es} I can leave in there with the van in there.
The cat is beginning to think me a a stranger, he actually bit me when I went to pet him! Now he is trying to ake up to me once he "realized" who his Pop-Pop was, especially when the treats came out!
Dunno, the elcetrician was in today hes a "friend of the {our self-made group}family' so good rates for about 13 things to do.
mny back was easing today,b ut then it spasms on me and I get a jolt of pain.
To whomever had the prostate biopsy: My father is about a 30 yr prostate cancer survivor....let me emphsize that: SURVIVOR! His father died of complications form it at age 92. I have had benign problems since age 25, and am now about my father's age when it occured in him {mid fifties}.Hope your results are negative as RAY said.
well, best DO somethign..pack some of my MANY CDs for instance.....nah..a day off is what I need. yet I will pack some things to go over in the mininvan as I won;t go back "empty handed".....I guess....nah day of rest. MOH has the weekend off, and thought aobut moving more, but we will see have to see if train nut frined is avaiable..his bearings are going in his ROUGE so probably won't drive ti all the way here from Conklin. We'd have to go get him THERE. some 1/2 hour - 45 min drive away.
dunno, a day of rest is tempting...tempting...
Evening Dinners
Flo, wake up! I like a please.
Son-in-law and Yard Wars. Shawn was going to come over Friday and help me with the yard mess. My daughter told her Mom (Wife) he could not come over because "He has to pound the payment to find a job!"
Shawn quite his job he had for 4 years so he could live with my daughter after they got married. Shawn had been a live in care-taker of a 22 year old man with speical needs. (Longer story there, my daughter was to live there as well, but after they got married parnets of the man said NO she could not live there)
Sharyon and my wife seems to think he is milking being out of work! (My wife would know, she never would get off her cabosse to work full time) What neither one gets is Most Men Self-Esteem is based on there ability to support there family. I remember when I was out of work for 6 months, I felt lower than snake poop! I am sure Shawn is feeling the same way.
I am sorry, but the day of walking store to store dropping of resumes is pretty much dead. My wife nagged me into doing it, and I dropped off 20 resumes and never got a call.
I am sure one of the reasons Shawn likes helping me is because he can see the furit of his labor. Plus he feels useful and has something to do. (he has all ready re-roofed there garage)
I am all so sure she is afraid he will get the Model Railroad bug again! Heck, I have got suffenct supplies he can have to where he would not have to spend a dime for a year! I still have around 20 engines that are still DC.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening everyone,
Spent the early part of the day helping get the Christmas decor up. We got a tree, put all the ornaments and lights on. That's seriously one of my favorite things to do during this time of year.
Decided to check out, and then join, a local club here. I ran my BLI K4s and it ran really well, smoke-unit output seemed good (as good as they can be), and though I enjoyed the sounds, I also liked just watching it run with the sounds turned off. I'm going to run it at the club's open house this weekend. The consist so far is just an R50b and a B60b (both Walthers) but I'll be expanding on that soon.
Wishing everyone here a good rest of the night.
Today near 50 here, not bad for Dec 11.....posta B 60 on SUnday! MOH had a long talk with the man upstairs {can I say that?} about Warm nice no snow weather until after we moved. It seems to be working!
Hmm.I see Ulrich hasn't been in? Is he miffed at us? At least I have an excuse...i am moving....
cudaken I am sure one of the reasons Shawn likes helping me is because he can see the furit of his labor. Plus he feels useful and has something to do. (he has all ready re-roofed there garage) I am all so sure she is afraid he will get the Model Railroad bug again! Heck, I have got suffenct supplies he can have to where he would not have to spend a dime for a year! I still have around 20 engines that are still DC.
Ken: I found I have "too much" {is there such a thing???} of train stuff too.....I foudn I have some of multiple of the smae structures..not intentionally..accidentally bought a structure I already had again...and in one case again...even on my planned 8'x8' I cannot get them all in!!!
Problen IS...I don't know WHERE I am going to put my "empire",,,,,WHere we have laid out the basement {finishing it off to USE} doesn't leave much room for an 8x8...Ah I know over by the radon system and some under the stairs..MaYBE..
well,
DO a good deed nad MAKE SOMEONE SMILE!
hello all
Dont have much time. Yesterday went well. 3.5 hour walk on the house and the HO only came up with three items. Now we have two units going for final inspections - promises to be an event, stressful day....Hope to pop back in later and have a cup of Joe and sit and chat while.
TTYL
YGW
Sunny and 47 out right now...going up to 55 later on.
Had some friends show up to run some choo choos and had 3 things go to the ground. Not the literal grround, just the ground..ie..layout ground. One did take out a diner and a feedmill though.
Garry: Yep. Chemo does do some weird things to me. Oh well.
Chloe, I'll just have a coffee please...i'll be at the window booth watching the switching out there.
Good morning
Bill (RT) ... Sad to hear about your PTSD being so difficult.
Today, I'll work on the little bulldozer kit when not doing other stuff.
Where's Ulrich ?
Just a quick chug-by this Friday morning. The temperature should rise a few more degrees in another hour or two, so it will be back to tight black shorts and pedaling my behind all over town on the mountain bike. They put down the stone dust on the old Billerica & Bedford line that is my riding trail. I don't know if that's the end of the upgrade, but they did a fine job and it should hold us for a few years. I liked it better before, when the trail was a bit narrower and trail-like, but realistically the trail would close in and become a bit overgrown if they didn't take a grader to it now and then and refresh the stone dust topping.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy eggs, Bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast this morning. Oh, yes, a lrage pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast would be in order to keep my R&GV RR Mug full for a while.
Sun is trying to shine outside here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS today. Currently 56°F close to the predicted high and way too warm for this time of year. I have never mowed the lawn the week before Christmas here before. May have to this year.....
I am packing stuff for the RIT Train Show this weekend in Rochester at..... ah.... RIT. yep! At RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology). They put on a great train show with something there for everybody, lots of vendors, and many displays. If you come to it, stop by the Lakeshores Division, NMRA tables and say hi! I am bringing the Girder Bridge and plan to add the rest of the needed rivets tomorrow. I will be putting the first coat of black paint on the bottom today. Need to leave the top unpainted to put the rivets on there. Hoping to get some questions answered on the supports I need to create for the bridge there. There will be two MMRs working the table this weekend as well so they should be able to easily advise me.
Have to answer a bunch of emails that have arrived ion the inbox and then paint the bridge... later!
After working on the wiring under my new layout extension, I have a much greater appreciation for the effort required to paint the Sistine Chapel. My arms need a break after just a few minutes.
Richard
Afternnon Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Still down in the dumps. Over cast, fog and just a bad day. Shawn was not allowed to come over and play today. That with over things that I am depressed about I decided to crawl into a beer can tonight.
Car Front It is not looking good for my wifes Town Car. I typed about it needing exhaust work, sounds like a garbage truck. Whole exhaust would be around $350.00 from the cat back. But, it is worst than just exhaust pipes. Converter should have a flange that the exhaust bolts to, well that is what rusted away. So add say $250.00 for the conventer, then add $350.00 that is $600.00 on a car if the engine was in good shape would be worth maybe $1200.00.
But, the engine is not in good shape! Wife all wise bought the cheapest gas she could buy. She all so did not hear the detanation, that pretty much killed the pistons rings. It burns a quart of oil every 350 miles? Not good! To make matter worse, it is lossing coolnet internally! While it some what held pressuer, it was losing a little.
galaxyKen: I found I have "too much" {is there such a thing???} of train stuff too....
Galaxy In my case, yes! After I packed up around 150 rolling stock few years back it is easier to run the layout. I still have around 120 cars on the layout, and it is pretty good sizes layout at around 175 Sq foot.
I am worried again about Ulrich! I don't remember him being mad when Steve dropped by to keep us in line.
GM, MEN!
Today will be a "lazy day"....we will still pack here and unpack there, but will take it easy. Goingt o take my CDs and minstereo over so I cna listen to my fav CDs. That will get tem packed out of the tall bookcase they are in. Usullay play them on the DVD/CD player. But the ministereo {used to be called a BOOM BOX} will do for now though you have to play the whole CD as it won't play selected songs/channels anymore. They don't really make them like htis anymore.
Today's Quotes:
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? -Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1918-2008)
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
Morning Dinners
Flo, big please.
Went to sleep last night around 7:30 PM. Wife woke me up at 8:15 PM, it was the Alarm Company from work! Seems Jerry set the alarm off when he left? (after you enter the alarm code you have 1 mintue to get out and lock the door) After having a few beers, I should not drive so I had them send the polices to check on Jerry and the store. Never heard back from the Polices so I guess everthing was OK?
At this point I rather work with Drunk Dave than Jerry. Not that I want them to bring back Dave.
Train Front Have you ever remerbred a engine being a better puller than it is? I broke out my Blue Line GE AC 6000. I wrote a review of it when I first got it. While I said it was a good puller I did state it was not as good as a PK 2000 E-6. Last night it could hardly pull 23 cars with out some help. I used a Bachmann GP 40 as a helper. Guess my idea of a good puller has changed in the last 6 years.
G'mornin' to you all.
In retirement, I've taken to searching out local music venues. There are a few around here that offer small-group music with no cover charge. I end up talking with the musicians as often as not, as the crowds are small and the bands are friendly. Last night, I tried out a new place. It was a coffee shop and evening wine bar, so I had a change from my usual diet of beer.
Dull here...we had our day of sun now we are back to dull. High of 53 forecast.
Got some basic buy stuff to do and such. Might get a chance to see what is in at my FLHS as well.
Have a good day!!
Good morning ......
Barry ... I remember days like that when we lived in Michigan. The one sunny day of the month was what I called the changing of the clouds.
Ken ... I can't figure out why the company chooses schmucks to work with you. There are many good people looking for jobs, and the company could do much better if the yemployed one of them to work with you.
Does anyone have model railroad projects this weekend? ... We are still busy with a lot of other stuff, but I am finding time to build another white-metal castings kit.
Good Afternoon..
Chloe, can I get rawcaffeine in an IV bag please...definitely need it today...
Well, our afternoon coffee klatch just finished up here...a bunch of us usually go to our local diner to see what is up...then I went to my FLHS and bought me a brass Challenger.
I like me my brass HO locomotives for the railroad club here...heeheehee
Have some stuff to do here...
Garry: I told Audrey about the changing of the clouds...her mother used to say the same thing.