Hi,all.
18 and clouds.
Found out yesterday a buddy and his wife died from gunshots at home on their ranch in Kansas. Hard to get any info. Maybe Cape Jim knows more? Southeast Kansas.Been getting updates from the Sherriff office but slowly. Sucks.
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
a) The political climate in my state makes Bernie look like a conservative
b) One day the 2nd floor master bedroom will be inaccessible
c) I had to put my mother in assisted living last year and I don’t want to leave my wife and kids with the crap she had squirreled away in her house.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hello all
Very busy day. I am not very computer savy and I have recieved a new to me computer at work with wndows ten. It is very different from my pre windows 7 puter. I think the next few weeks computer wise is going to be very difficult ! I think I will keep the ancient machine close by it will work in a pinch.
Johnboy - Sounds like a good day to do RIP !
Galaxy - I am glad they are setting you FREE !
Howmus - Are you getting a ddrraaaawwwwlllll ? I would think that everyone up north would own nothing but 4 drives because of the weather. It sounds like a bunch have 2 wheel drives ? Why would anyone want two wheel drives with the amount of snow you receive ?
Angel - what a shame I was looking forward to seeing your new items
Fiery turbo - SPROG III What is that ?
Mr. B. - WHAT ! Electric fireplace ? What in tarnation is THAT !
V8 - I am impressed that you knew who Don Garlis is. I assumed that mostly folks here in the south east where racing is huge would only know that
Bid Daddy - That is strange thing with your dog. What does your wife do differnt that you dont do ?
BO Cylinder - Glad you are okay know. Geez that was close one ! Here goes a for you and hope that doesnt happen again !!
Garry, Inch, Lion, Der, Ulrich - Hello !
CN Charlie and Howmus - you are going to love this ! Last night we had some snow flurries around here. Just enough to cover the grass one snow flake deep. GUESS WHAT ? The schols and Gov. called a TWO HOUR DELAY this morning !!!
TTYL
YGW
Hi Ya All,
Just sitting here at work, very slow day, so am reading the forums.
Fairly mild here today and lightly snowing.. We got about two inches of the white stuff last night. It is supposed to get much colder over the week-end, so hang in there CN.Charlie, you might want to get that new TV hooked up as I don't think you'll be wanting to go anywhere. Also Blind Bruce and Seamonster, You might want to dig out your long woolies as you will most likely need them.
Been doing a bit of Rip Track work lately, tune ups and couplers with a few new metal wheels on some cars. Added a bit of weight to a couple that were causing the odd problem. The Elevated station is lit and in place now just to do some landscaping and other structures below it. Some of which I have built and some I will build over the next while.
I have everything ready for my air brush. a dedicated compressor with new control and filter, the only thing lacking is a spray booth. Been looking at some you tube videos about making one.. Not sure if that is the route to go.I have a few days off after today other than putting in 3 hours on Sat. night. so maybe I'll get to the train room if the honey doos don't get to me first.
Hope all the patients are improving, Galaxy, Ulrich, Kelly and others, our prayers are continuing for you speedy recovery.
Br. Elias, I hope you had as good a trip as it could be under the circumstances.
Well, I going to have to start my rounds soon so I had better get off the Puter and look the part.
Hope you all have a good week end and that you can stay smiling,
See ya later Gators,
Johnboy out..............
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good Afternoon,
A sunny -7F right now is Winterpeg. At least the wind is very light.
Galaxy, sure hope you get better soon.
Ran a train for a while last night, the Mike on a mixed.
Well tomorrow at 7:30 I find out the results of the prostate biopsy I had last month. I hope it turns out ok.
Just about time for Bondi Vet, so I think I will brew a coffee and sit down to that. We are watching the little TV in the bedroom as I haven't finished hooking up the new TV. The stand was delivered yesterday afternoon.
CN Charlie
Well I guess tomorrow is "d" day...discharge day.
They will pack me off with about 6 scripts for antibiotics and steroids anyway.
Follow up with my Dr eyc.I just hope I am ready to go!!!
Argh
-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.
Yes RAY I agree...nice to see it busy in here!
Now durntall...I now have a fungal infection too!!!
The iv unit popped so it had to come out.
They are thinking of sending me home tomorrow but with the additional infection I don't know
I will miss David Bowie too, always liked him music too. But people come and go. Sigh.
I wish Ulrich could buy another cuppajoe to update us.
Well we will see what happens next
Afternoon folks....
Wow, Zoe! The place is busy today.... Nice to see. I just need another pot of Dark Roast coffee for the moment. I'll order lunch in a bit.
I'm busy getting all the odds and ends done that need to get done for the MLK March and Service next Monday. Art and Poetry entries get picked up from the schools today and we will sort them by age group and give them to a group of judges. Each judge chooses 3 entries from the pile they have and then on Saturday, all the judges decide on first, second, and third for each catagory and age group. Then I will get to print out certificates for each student, permission to use slips, and put the prize money into envelopes for each one.
YGW The Prius does quite well driving in snow as far as I can see. In ECO (Economy) Mode it has a very soft touch on the accelerator letting me give just enough power to do the job without loosing traction. It is better than the pick-up trucks (2 wheel drive) were but no where as good as the old VW Bugs were..... Certainly not as good as a Foe wheeeeelllll Draaaahve getting started, but like most cars it has 4 wheel braking so stopping is just as good as them other thingies..... Too much power is more of a problem on snow (and ice) than too little power. The trick is too not spin a wheel. Learned that 60 years ago on the farm!
Galaxy, you and my cats.... Hairball city in here!
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!
Morning diners,
If your talking about the BLI E8 YGW. I don't have a digital camera and a photobucket to load it up.
I decided to make templates of coaches for G.N.O. Railway business executive train with colored pencils. I only did two. One looks like CSX and the other one the Chesapeake and Ohio upside down.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
It's sunny and 15 here in wonderful Libertyville and/or North Chicago.
Havin' another Starbucks pod from my office Keurig in my chipped Chessie System mug. It's alright, I have a fancier setup at home with a burr grinder and everything.
I'm still missing David Bowie today, it seems strange to have world without him. He was an inspiration to me in highschool, where I was picked on a lot. He made it okay to be a wierdo. I'll also miss anticipation of the next David Bowie release.
I've been doing the rest of my decoder installs, and just got a SPROG III controller for my layout. It's pretty terrific and very responsive compared to the old Roco unit. I've got a big oval tacked down on semi-loose foam board on the layout. It does okay, and I run it at slow speeds.
My roommate announced his leaving at the end of February, so I'll be getting his room for trains :) I can't go too nuts this year, or sadly on any vacations, because the woman and I are planning to get a house next year hopefully.
It's funny you mention sushi, I've been making that at home the last couple of nights. It gets easier every time you do it. I started with california rolls. I still haven't got it right but at least my lady is enjoying it.
What I was shocked at was how much sushi you can get out of a $1.79 package of crab meat, an avacado, one cucumber, and 2 cups of rice. We were both full when only about half of that was made into rolls. The trick is having a good work surface and good knives.
Julian
Modeling Pre-WP merger UP (1974-81)
Good morning! (Is it still morning? I lose track of time.)
Got the wife's stupid electric fireplace mostly assembled yesterday. Tuesday was hockey night, so I take a nap in the afternoon and play at night. Of course, she wanted it assembled immediately, so she first started telling me how to do it (she knows nothing of these things) so I figured, OK, she knows everything, so she can do it. Anyway, she broke a bunch of small parts, which is why it's only "mostly assembled" after I took over.
Galaxy, I know what you mean about hanging you upsided down like a bat. The funny thing is that it might work. Most of my coughs are actually head colds, nasal things that make me cough because all the goo drips down the back of my throat. I sometimes lie on my stomach with my head between two pillows, face down, so that the mucus doesn't drip on my throat and the cough stops right away. Once I know that it's not a lung thing at all, I go with Benadryl, Zyrtec or Claratin to dry up my nose.
It was cold last night. Our daughter spends a few nights with us each week because she's going to school. I moved my car outside and let her have the garage so she'd have a warm car when she leaves in the pre-dawn darkness.
We all went out for sushi last night. We got the giant "Sushi Boat for Three" which we almost finished. Annie will take the leftovers to school today for lunch. I suggested that she take a pair of chopsticks with her, but she reminded me, "Dad, I'm going to acupuncture school. Our lunchroom has more chopsticks than forks."
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Up early as wife had a doctors appointment. Walked the dog, no #2 he will only do it for wifey. Had another fist fight with Adobe Flash. Stupid flash video ad on Broadcastify rail scanner consumed 1GB of memory.
In firefox, goto Tools/Page Info/Permissions to permanently block flash on a page.
cudaken: Swamp Rat is not one of mine
galaxy: disturbing visuals
cudaken Afternoon Dinners Flo, Beer Please. Sue's Dr Visit. No good news there! Her nomal Dr had a Sports Dr look at here X-Rays. Seems the bone she fractured is a slow healing bone if it heals at all, 85% chances it will not heal. If it heals, it will take 8 to 10 weeks. They took new X-Rays and there is no changes after 2 weeks. If we can get the Insurances company let her get the Surgery done right away it will heal in about the same time frame. I am afraid they will want to see if it heals on it's own first. Doctor all so wants her to get a Knee Scooter. Pretty much a tall scooter that you rest your knee on, you can steer it and it has brakes as well. I see nothing good come from this! My wife and mechanical things do not get a long at all! I see her either busting her caboose or running over Sparkie The Rocket Dog with it. Insurances will not pay for it either! Seems I have to rent it for $100.00 a month. While it counts toward the dectuable it is a $100.00 a month I do not have to spare. Later, Ken
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Sue's Dr Visit. No good news there! Her nomal Dr had a Sports Dr look at here X-Rays. Seems the bone she fractured is a slow healing bone if it heals at all, 85% chances it will not heal. If it heals, it will take 8 to 10 weeks. They took new X-Rays and there is no changes after 2 weeks.
If we can get the Insurances company let her get the Surgery done right away it will heal in about the same time frame. I am afraid they will want to see if it heals on it's own first.
Doctor all so wants her to get a Knee Scooter. Pretty much a tall scooter that you rest your knee on, you can steer it and it has brakes as well. I see nothing good come from this! My wife and mechanical things do not get a long at all! I see her either busting her caboose or running over Sparkie The Rocket Dog with it.
Insurances will not pay for it either! Seems I have to rent it for $100.00 a month. While it counts toward the dectuable it is a $100.00 a month I do not have to spare.
Later, Ken
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Morning Dinners
Flo, Coffee please.
Been a busy morning so far.
1 Washed the dishes and put them up
2 Folded laundery
3 Walked and feed Sparkie The Rocket Dog
4 Feed Sue
5 Did a load of laundery
6 Folded that load
7 Started another load of laundery
All of that before 8:30 AM.
Still a ton of stuff to do yet.
Galaxy Have they ordered a A1C test?
Big Daddy. Do you by chance have a car called the Swamp Rat?
Well, time to fold more laundery.
Ken
I hate Rust
Wow, Barry ! ! ! ! ........ Sorry to hear about that. (I have been there done that but not in the sink) Keep us informed.
Galaxy ..... Have faith prayers will be answerred.
We're not of to a good start. Lion's Dad passed away. YGW's SIL has a long road to recover from injuries late last year.
I suppose nobody here won the jackpot last night either.
The Chapel Car is still coupled to the diner for those who wish to use it.
I hope others are doing much better and have time for model railroading.
Ray ... Most of the truck's trips are without a trailer, but sometimes it has a heavy trailer such as if I rent a Bobcat to work on our property. I don't need that much power for pulling the boat trailer. Anyhow, a heavy duty vehicle has other advanatges. I'm not wearing it out for sure. I have not had any mechanical problems since we got it alost 14 years ago.
YGW .... Good morning .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning all
Galaxy here is another for you that you heal quickly and get out faster !
Angel - Where are the pictures of the latest additions ? Lets see them
Howmus - shewww I thought Vinney was coming after you ! You know that guy is like a powder keg sometimes . Myu father used to say a VW Bug was one of the best things in snow. Disregarding ice how does the PiP do in just snow ? That is very fasinating about the way it heats ! I share your frustration about drivers and the big truck comment .
BigDaddy - HELLO - Welcome to this thread ! How are you replace the horn hook couples interested in your method
Ken - can you find a used one on Craigslist or ebay ?
Garry - those things arent measured in miles per gallon. They measure gallons per mile ! Probably pass everything except a gas station
V8 - Man that was nice of the clerk to do that for you.
Ulrich - I hope all is well.
Lion - where are you are ? Have we offended you in some manner ?
Gotta run ttyl
Good Morning
Just got out from pris--I mean, hospital--whew that was close.
My heart took a dumper and I collapsed into my bathroom sink...so, now I am sporting a wonderful collection of bruises for my viewing pleasure.
Galaxy: I just read your about your misadventure...I was coughing up pieces of my lung but from a different reason...I also had my lungs filled with fluid...which caused my heart to take a dumper. for you. Take care!!
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/
Well guys
I am thoroughly depressed.
I have spent literally the last 21 of the last 24 hours coughing or trying to cough up a lung or two. The crap in there is anything you NOT moving out for love nor money nor love of money!
We have tried everything. I have ciughed up maybe two lugies all day/ night. I slept nsught for coughing. I will NOT be going home today as I am still drowning in my own fluid.
The only thing we haven't tried is hAnging ms upside down and i may strongly suggest it!!!!!!
I am physically exhausted, emotionally drained and totally corrupted I think too!
I definitely have lost and regained dignity...thT goes with the territory. Everybody wants all your clothes off you naturally then give you the skimpiest thing for abig fat man to TRY to wear to " cover up' lol. I don't have a problem there folks, let s keep it chest level?!!
Grr
So here I sit another drool day in my still life.
Wonder how Ulrich is fairing.??
Oh goodie a lugies just finally came up maybe there is hope
I should be planning a track plan,!??
But itd be only be scraps of scribblrvin napkins here.
I know what I want continuous loops all around the 6 x8 or 8 x10 with center pit. It should have a fiddle yard on one side, a business district on the other ( long sides) and a engine facility on one end to play fiddle service store and rotate engines when not in use. A nic country farm in the other short end . tall order, I know!!!?
Well I lay down to try to sleep till breakfast comes along and not cough all the way til then!!!?
Gotta get that crap up really?
A
Evening Diners,
Galaxy - I hope your blood sugar goes back to normal soon.
Garry - It's a very good freight car. It matches the rest of the fleet without being super detailed.I do have a E8 Amtrak set from them and the locomotive has bent and paint chipping off the brass hand rails on both units. The real reason I don't buy super detailed locomotives.
YGW - We'll see later tonight if it's worth anything.
All other news I'm praying for you guys.
Train News: I bought two trailers a Burlington Northern Expeditor and a Southern Pacific Golden Pig both for $27 dollars
Ray, they think and I hope it's just the steroids ( salumedrol) if you look it up in web MD it tells of such risings if blood sugar butalso states it can cause diabetes too.
My immune system is so low that anything can sneak in and take over!
I am desperate ly hoping sugar will return to normal after stopping thesalumedrol steroids.
Well have a great night.
I have seen y'all struggling with diabetes and don't want it!!!
Evenin' folks....
Nothing for me right now Janie, I just had some left over fried chicken and half a baked Acorn Squash with butter and brown sugar for supper to go along with the pot of decaf I brewed...
Garry, you probably don't want to know your gas milage is with that beast! On the other hand one thing you are not supposed to do with any Prius is tow a trailer. There is a hitch made for it and I know of people who have towed light trailers even with the PiP. There is something in the manual about voiding the warranty......... The car has plenty of power to pull a light trailer, but something about the specific unibody construction that they worry about. Back when I was pulling a 2 ton trailer, I had the Dakota to do it.... I bought the Yaris after doing some measuring with the seats down to make sure I could carry evertything I needed to do recordings on location in the back of it. Even that was a whole lot better on gas than the Dakota. Ya gotta match the vehicle to the job!
Galaxy, if you are becoming diabettic that would possibly explain why your immune system is letting you catch some things.... Something to keep a watch on, my friend. I will wait until you are well and back home to send out something to you.
BigDaddy, welcome aboard the diner car. Feel free to tell us more about who you are and what you do with Model Railroading. You will find us to be a friendly bunch. Just stay off the forbidden topics (Religous views, politics, name calling, and such). In the back of the diner is where "Vinny" the bouncer resides. You don't want to have a "friendly" conversation with Vinny! He is known to bend crowbars with his bare hands and enforces the rules quite firmly!!! "What Vinny?" "Oh nothing, just having a nice conversation with the new guy...." "No. No! Didn't call you for anything.... Ah, I said my ears are "tinny" tonight, that's all...." (Whew.....)
I stopped at the local Tire and Repair shop here in town while making the rounds today and got an estimate on 4 new Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires for the PiP. They were spot on for the price I figured they would be after checking online. They will get put on next Tuesday. Also stopped at the vet to get a prescription for syringes for Blackie for his insulin, picked them up at the pharmosy, and then to the Credit Union to get cash to pay the band for the MLK Service next Monday. Also picked up a few more pictures of dead presidents for myself while I was there.
Big Daddy Henry.
It just looks odd to see my optional screen name used here not in direct reference to me!!
I will have to be careful if you stick around!
Well sugar at dinner was 256, slightly lower but not so much a
So another 6 units of insulin.
I do hope I am NOT now diabetic.like Mr b. I will have to hop a bike toride or something.
I was going to checkout a local 24 hour gymto workout at 3 am,when not so many peeps around better hop to it. I guess. 35$ amonth.unlimited usage.
Dunt know.
Well maybe I should skip my night time snacks sandwiches.
Well sleep well, see you all tomorrow.
Hey Galaxy. Hope you get out of jail soon. I'm not so big any more after heart surgery. The only time I lost weight and kept it off. More like Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, curmudgeonly kind of guy.
On the model railroad front I continue to play with SCARM but am not coming up with any ideas worth sharing. I'm trying to design a 2x6-8 portable layout that will eventually be part of a layout that will permit continuous running, but not fill up an entire room. Meanwhile the Adobe Flash on this site has been locking up my computer. I've never had the best of luck with Flash but today even Ctl Alt Del wouldn't work.
Meanwhile I am rehabing my non working Kadees and eliminating all the horn hook couplers forever. Reading up on DCC and waiting for slightly warmer weather so I can test out my repaired airbursh and work on some weathering.
Well 262 this morning and 262 after breakfast. Mixed results. It didn't go up due to eating, but still should have come down more so I had insulin shot at lunch...
Lunch was a bit tough beef and gravy with boiled red skinned taters,Mac & cheese, vanilla banana cream parfait. Coffee and tea.
Trying to nap now but do many interruptions.
Well welcome to big Daddy.. In some around these parts I am known as big Daddy... Short and fat big Daddy.. Maybe why my sugar so high...
Lol
Slow cars, of all makes, expoxy themselves into the left lane of the DC beltway. The fastest lane is the the right lane or the one next to it.
Good morning ...
Ray .... I suppose I'm at the other end of the spectrum with vehicle fuel economy. My Chevy Avalance has the GM Big Block 8.2 L V8. I have no trouble pulling trailers when I need to. I never calculate the MPG.
Model Railroading ... Currently, I have a little project. Assmbling another Jordan kit for baggage wagons. I have made one of these kist before. Two wagons are in each kit.
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee for my R&GV RR Mug. Bring over a couple sour cream glazed donuts to dunk as well, Please.
According to the Weather People it is mostly clouidy outside. So far here at my house the sun has been shining all morning. Hope it continues to do that all day... Currently 19°F with a high around 21°F this afternoon. May get a few sn*w showers, but nothing serious...
[color-red]Galaxy[/color], hope you are recovering from the infections well and get to go home soon! Glad the horspiddle food is palitable... My biggest problem with it (whenever i have been visiting anyone at meal time) is that it is now always served on trash! Personally i try not to eat anything served to me on "Trash".....
YGW... LOL you have some very "loaded" questions there, but I will try to answer them honestly!
yougottawantaPiP how does it drive in the snow ?
yougottawantaDoes the extreme cold cause the battery to drain quicker ?
yougottawantaWith out a full time engine how does it generate heat to thaw ice off of the windshield and keep the occupants from truning into popsickles ?
yougottawantaLast question Pruis owners around here have a very BAD RAP for getting in the passing lane and staying there which blocks through traffic from moving on. Why is that Prius drivers do that ?
Have a good one out there!
Johnboy...out... Sir!
Got your mail!
Thanks for your continued support and generosity
Well, train nut is here chat later
Is here
Geez where did everybody go ? Lion ? Jeremy ? Rideonroad ? ....Do I smell bad or something ? I take a shower at least once a month !
Galaxy - 363 is pretty bad. Hope they get that under control pretty quickly. I laughed out loud at your comment about Rays PiP proud pappa. Hope you get home soon.
Howmus - PiP how does it drive in the snow ? Does the extreme cold cause the battery to drain quicker ? With out a full time engine how does it generate heat to thaw ice off of the windshield and keep the occupants from truning into popsickles ? Last question Pruis owners around here have a very BAD RAP for getting in the passing lane and staying there which blocks through traffic from moving on. I often imagine ways to attach fork lift tongs on the front of my vehicle to flip them out of the way when stuck behind one. I understand driving slower in bad weather that is a given. But middle of the day , in the 80s and sunshine...? Why is that Prius drivers do that ?
Garry - Hello.
Der - I replied to your email.