Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Over All Work Was Boring, unless you count the things Jerry does. Best News is Year Inventory has maybe 1 hour worth of work left then It Is Done! Bad New is with it being MLK Day Monday, I am stuck with Jerry again!
Trains are fun right? Well, not to night!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken Evening Dinners Flo, Beer Please. Over All Work Was Boring, unless you count the things Jerry does. Best News is Year Inventory has maybe 1 hour worth of work left then It Is Done! Bad New is with it being MLK Day Monday, I am stuck with Jerry again! Trains are fun right? Well, not to night! Later, Ken
I must say I really dig that old picture. The photo has held up really well overtime, and however it got digitized, that turned out really well too.
Good evening all,
Flo, beer me please
I've worked 4-days in a row now, and only have to more before my day off on Wednesday. I'm kind of looking forward to work tomorrow, because I'll likely be by myself most of the time, and serious holiday pay (1.5x regular pay).
This weekend has gone well. Not only did I have a pretty good day at work, but got to spend quality time with my mother and sisters, by going to a lovely restaurant downtown and played a fun game called "Unspeakable Words" a spelling game with a lot of HP. Lovecraft influence. http://www.amazon.com/Playroom-Entertainment-26100-Unspeakable-Words/dp/B000UC8BPE I lost out early on, but still had fun playing.
I got all of my Red Caboose Pennsy REA X29 kits done a few days ago. Each one took about 6-hours. I'm looking forward to acquiring many more and getting them done too. Yesterday, a pair of A-Line low-side "Hobbytote" boxes arrived. I spent a bit of time getting them together, including using some hot glue and tape in some places. As well as a several plastic bags to keep things in place. I'd been distraught with the price, but thought it's worthwhile to have durable carrying cases when going from home to club or anywhere else I'll be running trains. The carrying cases will be way nicer to use over the original boxes.
I'm so happy I got back into this hobby, it's been a great way to pass this time during the winter months.
Evening Diners,
It's been a while, I didn't want to runt about Kato's Southwest Limited on baggage cars on being wrong.
I hope you feel better soon Galaxy
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GM, MEN!
well, I am STILL drowning in my own fluids. Pumped in hte next tot he last day of antibiotic, the steroids, and the guaifenisen, and the other med she gave me.
We STILl ahve a ton of stuff to move yet, and time is running out!
Snow is to be 6" tuesday, hopefully i get some stuff moved,,,, slowly but surely. MOH works today, and train nut friend i don't know how hes doing, he swears we can move stuff all week. If hes not up to it, dunno,
YGW: RE: SNOW here. WE are used to it, have giant plow trucks to move it around, HUGE "snow blowers" and use front end loaders and dump trucks to haul it off to low lands to melt into the river. And we have sometimes to try to find places to put it..literally! WE have had enough snow that if fell all at once, would be stacked to the roof eaves OR HIGHER!!! WE have dealt with it all our lives here, so no biggie. Whe I was a kid, it took about 12" of snow to close the schools. During the oil embargo in the 70s we often were sent into school, coats to remain ON, for 10 minute classes, just to turn around and go home,ONLY because it was too cold to heat the schools...but snow? nah...out at 5 am to start removal, for work and school....nowadays they think 3" is too much! THey used to put chains on the tires of the school buses to get us around these mountainous hills surrounding us here in the Susquehanna valley of NY. If the busses had trouble with the hills, THEN we MIGHT close the schools....WE calll you guys "down there" "weather wusses" as you see a snow flake and panic. It gets worse the further south one goes....so its NOT just you guys! Dont forget we have people Like Mr. Beasley here who actually relish in delight to strap on two waxed boards to their feet, and aim themselves for a hill and then slip slide their way all the way DOWNHILL at high rates of speed for a thrill! We build snow forts, snowmen {and women} and pile it where we can. We are expecting 6" onTuesday here, but no biggy. Not yet time to break out the snow blower...IF we even had one! for the snow blower to come out we need at least 8-10"! otherwise not worth firing it up. This year we have been VERY lucky...little to no snow...so far. We also do STRANGE things...like NOT wash our FILTHY cars from Dec to April, even when coated with a 1/2" layer of dust from the salt and road treatments. reason? frozen doors and locks. SO only on bright sunny days will you find the car washes full of cars awaiting to get the salt off. Otherwise, yous takes yer chances with frozen vehicles! SO...us "snowbirds" DEAL with it. You should try to come up here nad have fun with it. Snow is a dirty word, but it is not something we can't deal with. There is HOPE in March for the snow to go, but Mother Nature usually always has one last snow storm in March to taunt us with before spring gets here. The dirty snow piles at intersections {sometimes you cannot see around them} and the dirty piles 15 foot high in the parking lots tell the tale of winter and cast a gray palor over all. The trees are bare from about Nov 15 to spring in APril/May. They look dejected and also cast the gray palor. Only come warmer spring air to start the 'greening o' the trees" does it start to look hopeful for summer...that usually hapens in MAY. Even in June some trees are once again blooming. THE Lehigh Valley area of Pa has a mountian tunnel in it that on our N side has deadness all around, yet on the other side of the S of the tunnel has greeeness showing through-usually witht he sun shining. When the Cherry blossoms bloom in Washington DC, our trees are still DEAD DEAD DEAD. I don't even look for spring until mid-may so I am not disappointed. I used to wear my winter coat to school in JUne in the morning and tie it around my waist on the way home, becasue it is still COLD inthe A of M in June! We used to have to learn to drive rear wheel drive vehicles, but front drives help a LOT in the snow....NO, 4 wheel or all wheel drive is NOT a necessity for the most part.....I'd like to get another one, but my front wheel drive minvan serves me well. Then comes the "muddy season" when the snow melts and turns the ground to mushy mess unless paved somehow....AH,lovely northern territories...and our friends in Canada may have it worse..but snow is part of life here....
well, on to other things...
-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.
Today's word:
Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.- Jerry Rice, football player
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
Good Morning
We are now sitting aat our high now. All of 11F...not so cccold as last year though, which is a good thing.
I am having to do some honey buy things today and get some honey do things done as well. I then might have some time for myself later on...
Well, off to do this...make it a great day!!!
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I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Barry - it´s a lot warmer here at -6°C!
Good Afternoon!
I am done with today´s chores, so I decide to sneak out of this place after a sumptuous lunch consisting of steamed veggies and potatoes, accompanied by a rather miniscule slice of cooked beef. Galaxy - this is what they call a cardio diet here, not those greaseburgers they served you in your horesepiddle.
I am pondering to get a slice of "Apfelkuchen" with my coffee, but that pushes the price up by another $ 4. If I do that, I´ll be left with just a few bucks until the end of my term here.
We had a light snowfall last night, but not more than just a dusting. It´s a clear day, with lots of fresh air, so I enjoyed the short walk to the cafe.
Take care, Everyone!
blownout cylinderWe are now sitting aat our high now. All of 11F...not so cccold as last year though, which is a good thing.
- 9 'grees of fairy height here, but the wind is only 5 mph so things should be OK. Nowhere to go today, so that is where I went. The Morrow is supposed to be 31 'grees and sunny, which is good, since I must drive to Bismarck.
Hmmm.... I have MONEY in this pocket, maybe I should swing by Hobby Lobby, of course an auto parts store would do will too since I need a fuse block for da layout.
ROAR
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Sir Madog I am done with today´s chores, so I decide to sneak out of this place after a sumptuous lunch consisting of steamed veggies and potatoes, accompanied by a rather miniscule slice of cooked beef. Galaxy - this is what they call a cardio diet here, not those greaseburgers they served you in your horesepiddle. Take care, Everyone!
Ulrich: I snuck the swiss burger by them, got it only once, and it was anything but greasy! Made of lean ground chuck.It was more like cardboard on a shingle. I also got all the steamed veggies and steamed pots I wanted! and the garden salad, and the regualr salad, and etc etc. They DO make an effort to have a tastey menu, but, the cardio diet has its faults here too.
Well, MY back is absolutely killing me, wondering if the coughing cuased a leak in the spinal fluid? each throbbing throb reminds me. I will see if hte eds for my back work, I HAVE been off most since they refused to give me more thna one controlled substance inthe hospital..its not a matter of cost but one of "should you really have them"?. YES, in some cases, DUH! MY DOCTOR prescribed them to me! He knows me best, the ER and room NP only see a snap shot nad since the GPs are no longer allowed in hte hospitalm the hospital DRs don;t get hte picture!
ah well, Have to try to move some stuff todya, we are running out of time...
later
19 F and blowing pretty good. Got maybe 1 mm of snow yeasterday. At least it's sunny.
Ulrich I scare regular doctors. Even the cardiologists aren't sure what to do with me other than repeating a cardiac cath.
Galaxy if they didn't do a spinal tap this admission it's not a leak. Coughing aggravates disc pain though
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddyYesterday my coreg drove my heart rate into the low 40's and my BP in the 80's bleah. Dr. Jenny and I are going to have a discussion about this Tuesday. Hopefully she doesn't want to plug me into a pacemaker.
Are you taking Atenolol or other beta-blocker for blood pressure? That might be the cause of your excessively low heart rate. I was on that for a short time and the doctor almost wouldn't perform a colonoscopy because my heart rate was 39. The inability to get up to even a normal heart rate left me feeling tired and weak all the time, so I spoke to my doctor and we changed the medication to Losartan, which seems to be fine with me.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Burrrrr hello all
Cat - does sound like you had a good day !
Galaxy - LOL - winter wusses ? I think the panioc folks show about the snow I believe I have to agree with that statement about us sourthern folks ! My sister lived in Mississippi a number of years ago. They had a bit of snow and they had to shut the state down because they didnt own any snow removal equipment !!!
Ken - Cograts on getting the inventory completed
Howmus - I cant sing to save my life ! But I admire people who can sing. Sounds pretty impressive !
Lion - glad to see you back in Jeffries. We missed you. Hope all is going as well as can be expected with the losses you have faced.
Ulrich - Sure hope freedom day comes sooner than later
Henry, BO Cylinder, GARRY, Jeremy ( havent seen you in a while ) Angel.....Howdy and hope all is well in your neck of the woods !
TTYL
YGW
Well...we are seeing sun/whiteout/ sun/whiteout...about 7" fell here. And more on the way.
More stuff to do here. Catch you later!!!
Hello folks: A late afternoon coffee would be good about now - I've been playing around with this SCARM program and editing buildings - odd expression, but that's what one does! So, here's what a bunch of cloned office towers looks like thrown down at the "Out-in-the-open" end loop area of the proposed layout.
yougottawantaDer - That was me/ Is that a Y at the lower end ? Will you install a round house ? Will there be buisnesses along the way that need PU and delivery ? What type of manufactures ? Soley freight ? Passenger svc ?
Is that a Y? - not quite, but electrically I have a stationary controller ready to handle any polarity issues. It's more of an interchange access track from the diagonal "interchange road" onto "my" as yet unnamed RR = the rest of the layout.
Will i install a roundhouse - No, but I do have an Atlas N turntable from the last layout which I may shoehorn in to give loco directional changes if needed.
I'd probably just use one track this time. I need to see what space is required.
There will be industries (the Timesaver has that in mind) and service will be both passenger and freight. What type of industries yet to be determined - and passenger includes a Budd RDC as well as a mix of light and heavywheigh coaches. Locos are as old as a TRainmaster and 2xGP15s to GP 38 - so era could, at a stretch be now...
Have to go - egg and chips are about to be prepared. (and yes, there will be veggies.) LOL
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
DER:
Makes me want to break out some trains! but alas, I must wait, first we have to get all the stuff moved here that needs to come here. Then we need to get it all settleed, ghten maybe I cna play....
With all 3 of us beign sick, I a not sure we will get stuff done as far as getting done moving. MOH is napping mw, but upon awakening I have a surprise! we are going over to move stuff! MOH wnated a nap first, but I insist we move at least one van load of crap over here today, We are running out of time.
I totally forgot it was Martin Luther King Jr Day or I like to call it Civil Rights Day. If you remember a few years ago it was renamed for two years and they changed it back. Too bad I don't remember the two years.
I hate to buy something over the internet when a holiday rolls along and gets struck over a two day weekend.
Good Evening
Did all kindsa gotta buys and gotta do's this morning/afternoon.
When I got home from the hardware store to pick up some more lightbulbs I discovered that I had a package waiting for me...my Musicians Friend order came through!!! So what did the dingbat get into this time? Building up my second Eurorack Modular synthesizer...using various different modules...heeheehee
Well, I am getting all my goodies into my recording studio then going to run some trains around...
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, I'll have a piece of Sweet Potato Pie and a cup of decaf to complete the celebration today of the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
March, service, and dinner all went very well here in Geneva, NY. The speaker who is the Executive Director of Education for the Hilside Children's Center of the Hillside Family of Agencies was wonderful and gave a powerful call to action. She is the SIL of the president of the MLK Committee here in Geneva. I told him after the service, "Too bad she is already married!" He grin and nodded his head in agreement... Her outlook on human rights and mine are identicle and she is very easy on the eyes.... She is my DIL's boss basically. I took a few hundred photos of most everything going on today.
I am completely worn out as I was on my feet all day. Tomorrow I will be sending the list of Art and Poetry Winners to each of the School Secretaries to have them check names (spelling) for me. We still have two 2nd. graders who we only know by a first name... One of them didn't give us a phone # to contact them about winning a prize...
Galaxy, hope you can everything at least moved from the trailer on time, even if it means it just gets dumped somewhere for the present at the new house.....
I am waiting to get a box from a small company to be able to get back to work on the Girder Bridge. The box will contain plaster rock strips for the supports in the middle of the bridge... In the mean time there is a lot of other things for me to busy myself with.
Quote for tonight... "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Theodore Parker
Have a great night!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening. Oh, brrr, its cold tonight. When I took my daily walk, this afternoon, my feet actually got cold which rarely happens. Think I may need some new alpaca socks as the old ones are getting a little thread bare.
Time to head to the basement an glue down a section of roadbed.
My granddaughter made the newspaper as she sang a duet with a friend at the middle school / high school musical program this weekend. She also performed her dance solo at one the area nursing homes which was also covered in the local paper. Very proud of her for her artist talents.
Galaxy, hope your lung problems clear up soon.
Uhlrich, glad to see you will be heading home this coming Friday.
Hope everyone had a good MLK holiday and remembered his Dream.
Jim
Ulrich - Did that engineer actually turn his head or is that some trick of FX ? Have you ever been there and actually viewed the layout ?
BO Cylinder - Sounds like a good "Gotta" kinda day !
V8 - Really that get panicky about rain ? Why ?
Der - That is a pretty nice job there. Will your pasengers train have a station or stations ? Service terminial for the cars and engine to be cleaned serviced etc...?
Galaxy - How does it feel to be home ?
Howmus - I have mixed feelings about MLK day. On one hand I recoginze that there was a need to lift up African Americans from the pkace they were/are. But I also abhor the instutionalized rascism of MLK day. I also think the day misses the mark of what Dr. Martin Luther King was really about. He was first and formost a Pastor. A Pastor by occupation is a man of God doing Gods work. What is Gods work ? Tending to the souls of people to make sure they have an eternity in the hereafter ( heaven ) if that is not a huge part of MLK day then I think Dr. King would be turning over in his grave. It is eqaul to going into a burning house and straightening pictures. What good has ultimately been performed in the long view ? Sadly I do not hear or see anyone taklking about that. MLK day misses the mark of what Kings ultimate goal was. The salvation of souls. Not just making life better here for the brief period we are here. After all this life is but a spec in eternity. Which is more important ?
Good Evening Diners,
Been awhile!
Brunhilda, I'll have a Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Don't have much to report. Work has been busy. That's a good thing. Weather is cold, but that's normal for this time of year.
YGW: I understand what you are saying. However, it isn't limited to MLK day. I had a physics teacher often say that when a politician gets an idea, he usually gets it wrong! Lotta truth to that.
Ken: Love that B&O pic.
Hi to everyone.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Flo, please.
Folks in Kingsdown (my HO Town) will be frezzing there cabooses off tonight! It will be 5 degrees and not a single B&O coal train can make it around the track? The B&O SD 7 and 9 train keep lossing there cars and the B&O GP 30 coal cars are falling over Laugh In Style for no reason I have found yet? Model Trains Are Fun Right?
Work Front Good news is the Year End Inventory is put to bed!!!!!!!!!!!
Great News? I beat Jerry for the last 3 days like the Cubs!
Jerry (Cubs) $1300.00 in 3 days.
Ken (Redbirds) $6250.00
Sue Health Still not good, the Death Scooter is killing her knee (needs to be replaced) as I thought it would. She is wearing her speical boot to keep the foot stable, but still walks with the cane which she should not do! I do understand why, but she should not. We see the Surgeon Wednesday after this.
Barley and Hops Train is running just fine! While the Folks In Kingsdown will be cold, they will be happy!
Ken
WOW!
They are dropping like flies! David Bowie, Glen Frey of hte Eagles, {only67}..he was battling what Iam...pneumonia...and seccumbed to it and a few other things.
I STILl feel like I am drowning in my own fluid, but the NPs thinkthey know best.
Took my meds, nad the guaifenisen, the steroids nad antibiotics...but still cannot breath well.
Still have hte agging cough.
It is a whole 9 degrees F here, -7 with the windchill,nad expecting snow;some up to 5 ".
well, I will go back to bed and try to sleep more, as it si only 2:30 so I will save my usual mornign greeting til then.
OH is thinking of taking me back to the ER. I am NOT breathing healthily. I ma congested again. I will relent easily if we go.
GOt friends lined up for some help on Sat to move stuff maybe wecan get final push done if I am not laid up again.
oh, to breathe freely
Galaxy: hope things get better soonish!!!!
Beeping ccold out here. All of 8F here and with the wind...even cccolder. Oh, and dull dull dull.
Going to be resting my back today as it is at war with me now.
Make it a great day!!!
How often does your auto repair shop make you really happy? I've had a persistent resonant vibration in the front end of my car for some time now. It only shows up when I hit 65, which isn't all that often now that I don't drive to work anymore. But, I may be driving north to go skiing in this car every once in a while, and that's 3 hours on the highway. So, even though they haven't been able to find the problem in a couple of earlier visits, I decided to give them one more chance. I told them they needed to take the car out on the highway and get it up to speed. They said they'd have to charge for the time, but I said it was fine if it helped find the problem.
The mechanic had the answer within 30 seconds of high-speed driving. I have a couple of slightly bent rims. They switched them to the back of the car and the problem was solved.
Yeah, I'll need a new set of rims, but we agreed it's OK to wait until summer so I don't have to drive my new rims during the upcoming pothole season.
Good evening all. Brisk 11 degrees here with -4 degrees wind chill factor. Burr. I know, to you all up north this is probably summer weather but to us "snow wusses" as Galaxy so APPLY applied to us southerns, it is dang cold !
Howmus - I hope I didnt offend you. I think I may have. I think it is a good thing you do.
Mr. B - How did the rims get bent ?Pot holes ?
V8 - I knew you were kidding. I understood but it does help as the song goes "it never rains in southern California..." it certainly does help to understand the humor when one understands the geography.
BO Cylinder - LOL Soonish ? Where can I find that in Websters ?
Galaxy - I hope like BO Cyl. stated so eloquintly I too hope you get better "soonish" here is another lifted up for you. Lets make sure you are not one of those checking out like flies !
Ken - Did I see Norfolk and Western on the side of that loco ? Is that one yours ? Nice ! I love your way with words too like "death scooter", Barley and Hops...LOL
UP831 - HELLO it is so nice to see you here again !
Jeremy - are you okay ? Anyone know how to reach him ?
Hello to all of the rest of the "folks" Garry, Henry, Lion, Angel, Johnboy...
[Vinnie was here]
yougottawantaMr. B - How did the rims get bent ?Pot holes ?
I assume so. Until last year, this was my daughter's car. It's a 1999 Toyota Corolla, back when they made them to run forever. It only had 60,000 miles on it when we bought it in 2007, and it's got 132,000 now.
Potholes are a nightmare here. I have to drive through another town's roads to get anywhere, and their concept of maintenance is a joke.
I figure that if I can keep this car running on $1200-1500 of repair dollars a year, it's still cheaper than getting a new car. When it gets higher than that, it's time to trade "Carol" in for a newer model, but I don't drive all that much anymore, and she's got a garage now so hopefully she's still got a few more good years.