Good Evening
We had a wonderful session tonight...no broake and howe guys showed up!! 6 of us were there and not one incident occured. It appears that my track laying skills are beginning to come together.
to those who are ill or have family illnesses
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/
Evening Dinners
Flo, please.
Work Front Well the good news is I kicked Jerry Caboose today in sales. (Yes Galaxy I have read your qutes of the day about not trying to beat other people and be better than them) Score, Jerry $692.00 Ken $2586.00!
yougottawanta! How is YOH doing ? Is the bone healing any ?
YGW Have no clue, they would not let me bring home a X-Ray machine?
Ulrich Good to see your post!
Galaxy Hope the A1C comes out good!
I am beat, so later.
Ken
What started this Sickness called Model Railroading!
I hate Rust
Hello all
Very busy day. Electrician came by and fixed some elect in the house. Finished painting the built in shelving in the study. Now I have to patch the holesparky made. In the newly painted study so I guess i need to leave the paint out a little longer ...
In regards to the Richard galaxy thing I think some of the misunderstanding may be on my part.
Initially when Galaxy and I PM each other about helping Kelly I did suggest to Galaxy that some could send it through the church and by doing so they could get a tax deduction. I susggested Galaxy send the names with the amount and a tax deduction form at the end of the year would be sent out. - Galaxy has NO INTENTION of making any gain for himself.
Richard offered to put it in the post. I said I was okay with that too. Richard was not trying to start anything.
Both Galaxy and Richard boths hearts and intentions are welling meaning and the main goal is to help somone in need. As my Pastor used to say "keep the Mian thing the Main thing". The goal like Galaxy said is to help someone who is in desperate straights. While my wife was ill with terminial cancer I can tell you many peopel helped using different formats to help to us. Anyway it came in it always had a HUGE impact on me and restored my faith, encouraged me to take the next step to survive one more day. Back then it was so bad that I kept a journal and each day had a title all of its own because it was so tough. So please keep the main thing the main thing and focus on helping SIL and her two boys and use which ever method you feel comfortable. I truct both Richard and galaxy. I know my SIL will be overwhelmed.
BO Cylinder - why did you invite Broake and How ? You know they mess everything up !
Mister B. What are you twisting to fix the problem ?
V8 - LOL What? I am so confused by that you wanted to post you know what but it is against the policy...That sounded like an old Vaudeville skit ???
Galaxy - Glad you are home ! That was pretty funny about your electrician. I guess he isnt the brightest light bulb in the bunch !
Henry - Thank you that was very good. Does the jig work well ? How are you handling the trucks ?
Garry - Howdy - See my comments above about Richards help. He actually asked in a PM.
ULRICH !! So glad to see you. I have been worried for you and have been lift up for you !
Ken - you really love you bank ! How is YOH doing ? Is the bone healing any ?
Howmus - Did you get scalped ? Looks like you have a bit less hair there ! I can relate about the snow plows and covering the mailboxes and driveways after one has just cleaned it out ! 4WDs as a friend of mine said - just get you stuck a little deeper in !
Richard - I appreciate your helping my SIL. Thank you for having a compassionate heart
Galaxy - I am sorry if this has caused you some heart burn. Please forgive me it is not Richards fault he really did ask and I dint think it would up set anyone. Again i am very sorry it was not a statement of trust. I trust you expressly.
Well my grandson is here and he wants to run my wifes N scale 060.
TTYL
YGW
Good Afternoon.
Now I have to have our new kitteh get up here and cuddle up between my arms. Therefore chicken wing stylee is my keyboard position here...lol!!
We had a few spicules of sun today but not much else.
Have been in the basement the last little while getting ready for an operations session tonight. Hopefully Broake & Howe will leave me alone.
Yay, I fixed it.
I had a short in one of my accessory lighting buses. Fortunately, it's a fused line so I didn't destroy anything but fuses. I popped a few before I could isolate it enough to run that subsection of the bus on a 9-volt battery and clip leads.
I've got a number of Walthers "platform lights" in my tannery scene. One of these developed an intermittent short. I'm not thrilled with the quality control on these, but usually when they go flaky they just don't work. I "fixed" the problem by just twisting it around a bit, but that's probably not going to be a permanent solution.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Since they did the cholescystectomy onn me some 17 years ago, I have ALWAYS been hypOglycemic.
I am now checking for hypERglycemic.
Sugar was fair at 139 this mornign before breakfast, now afterwards is 349, an average of 244 for the day.
I won't see my GP until Firday, he will have to redo the A1C and determine if I AM diabetic, or if the solumedrol steroids is temporarily causing sugar highs.
This part, the high sugar idea, is all NEW to me. I am hoping it is jus the steroids too.
Trian n ut frined is coming to help move schtuff. I am to supervise, NOT to lift a finger, but he is way late.....
-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.
Heartland Division CB&Q Galaxy ... Richard asked you a question, and I did not see an answer from you. I'm afraid that post you made hurt some feelings. Hope you feel better soon.
Galaxy ... Richard asked you a question, and I did not see an answer from you. I'm afraid that post you made hurt some feelings. Hope you feel better soon.
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Garry, I made a public statement tho apply to all.
IF he WISHES, he can PM me to discuss any Private Matters he has.
End of story.
YGW Someone in another thread told me about this jig to deal with Athearn posts in the coupler pocket sorry it's sideways, photobucket won't let me edit anything on 2 different computers. Here is the before. and afterThe coupler pocket is deep enough, unlike an old Walthers [edit] kit that already has the hole but is a couple 0.01's too thin 'A' to attach the coupler box without binding.This is one of the cars with the clip on trucks. I put a piece of red sprue in a drill and filled it round to fit the hole and then ACC's it. Then drilled a 2-56 and tapped a hole. Prior to knowing about the Athearn jig, I cut the coupler pocket off and glued a KD plate to the car test fitting prior with NOS roundhouse trucks and a KD guage to make sure I didn't need to shim the coupler box. Some car weights extend to the very end of the car. I drill, saw or grind an opening for the coupler and truck screws. I want to try my hand at some heavy weathering. The green car is an old Reading block letters on a yellow background. Maybe someone makes it now, maybe not buy I have a stash of #5 Kd's and trucks on hand so why not?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good morning everybody.
Ulrich ... Good to hear from you. Lothar seems to be a very good friend, and it is nice of him to work on your layout. Only two weeks more. That's good.
As I said yesterday, this afternoon is a model train get together here.
Happy Model Rairloading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Afternoon!
Two down, one more to go! By Saturday next week, I´ll be home again!
Sorry for not dropping by more often in the past week - I just don´t have those $ 5 minimum charge (includes that mug of coffee) it takes to link me up.
I will be just glad to be home, this place is worse than a jail. I hardly see any improvement. OK, I have lost a few pounds of weight due to the bad food, not due to the exercises, and the distance I can walk without needing to rest has increased, but that´s about all. Actually, I feel rather awkward in this place - I am homesick and I miss Petra!
Barry and Galaxy - I am sorry to hear about your health issues. for a speedy recovery.
Petra told me that my friend Lothar has debugged the electrics of my layout, so I´ll be able to run a train again when I am home. Boy, do I look forward to that!
CU next week and have a great weekend!
Morning
I have pumped in the steroids, the antibiotics, the pain meds. Goodie.
Today's word:
Today's quotes:
An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. -Henri Matisse, artist (31 Dec 1869-1954)
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
I will contiunue to drown in my own fluid until it gets gone or overtakes me. My GP is still out on vacaation, but I see him on FRi for follow up. His nurse callled t get me in sooner, but I'd have to see the NP who SHOUD have sent me to the hospital firsts. If I have more trouble or get worse again I will go back to the hospital. They were the last ones to treat me and should not have sent me home with a bad cough still in my lungs. I cannot get teh fluid up and OUT of my lungs, it just rattles around down there.
It is NICE to be home, but when one is not ready to be there, it is distressing, I see a TON of things htat need doing and indeed we have more things to do at the traier to get the final stuff moved over here, but I am not supposed to lift a finger? Yeah right. This weekedn will be near the 40s f and then it turns cold again, and It will not be good on my lungs to be in the cold air. Train nut friend who came and sat with me in the hiospital even when I was fading in and out of fevered consciousness and incoherent, stayed silently by to watch over me. That was very nice of him, and of his wife to send him. As soon as I called and said I was being checked in she said "GO to him" without question! She is a nurse,and aware of the danger I was in.
TO all others who had hospital episodes of heart, health and such, hope you are faring at least as good as I. I DO wish Ulrich could buy another cuppajoe, but that woudl mean him leaving the facility and probably not allowed! I'd like an update on him too.
I think i can manage to take down hte 2 foot christmas tree now, hte box is here and it shoudl be easy..simply slide it hooked nad loaded into the box, add hte other christmas stuff to the box and put er away for the year. Then the real work begins, putting out the boxes of stuff that WAS on the consol table we used as the base for the tree....That I can do I think. Maybe a few of hte dishes to. then bed rest.
I have to get a new Oxygen "T" connector for my O2 machine to CPAP machine, I struggled last night without O2 as the hospital broke the T connector and gave me a new one. THe new one won;t hold hte old tubing I have here, so it slips off, Taping doesn't do much as it is under pressure enough t o force the hose off the T. I will ahve to wait til Monday ot plead with Lincare or Lourdes HEalth to get a new one I thought about taking the tubing frm the ospital, but didnt as I didnt wnat to bring more germs home from the hospital. Al I ahve is a nasal cannula, but it doesn't work with CPAP.I CAN substitue about 5 hours of O2 from the emergency tank of O2 but that would leave me without o2 backup. and it won;t feed into the CPAP, more imprtant to have the CPAP now instead of hte O2 I guess. WHY cant I ever have everything go right once, just once?
Make someone days brighter, if they are in the hospital, go visit! Even our electrician came to visit me when I was in the hospital {he was due to work at our house that nihgt}, but was worried aobut "catching it"...I had to explain he couldn't "catch" my pneumonia, he'd have to go and acquire his own!!!!
well, here i sit surrounded by boxes-o-schtuff I cannot be allowed to touch.
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer Please
Work was OK, not great but not bad. My days off, Jerry had a normal Wednesday and Thursday, $125 for both day!
Year end inventory is so close to being done I can taste it! Only thing left to count is Water Bed Parts and Mattress and Pillows! Pillows will be a bite, many of them I have no clue to what they are! Heck, they have been there longer than me!
Closing on the new house loan Wednesday the 20th. Funny that BoS can do a new loan (People are making commission) so fast. Yet it took 3 long years to get the loan modified and I had to hire a lawyer yet!
Well, the is done so later.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, kinda chilly in here tonight.... Oh, Heat was out for a while. Well, can I get a cup of hot decaf, I can, Thanks!
Got the local paper tonight and...... I find that the info for an article I sent to them about the MLK Service and events on Monday made the top of the Front Page!!! Dr. Cecilia Golden who is the Executive Director of Education for the Hillside Family of Agencies will be our featured speaker. She is considered to be one of the top educators in the state of New York and has made a real difference with her leadership over the years. She is also my DIL's boss.... DIL thinks very, very highly of her. (DIL teaches English at The Hillside Center in Romulus, NY.) We could have a packed house at the Large Episcopal Church it is being held in this year....
I have been busy getting materials together for the Judging tomorrow morning and running a few errands. Got my haircut too. All of them....
We probably be in after all the judging and stuff gets done tomorrow. Prayers for all in need, and there are quite a few I think! Seems to be a bit of tension and angst......
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
RideOnRoad Galaxy, Just checking. Are you calling me out for offering an alternative means of contributing?
Galaxy,
Just checking. Are you calling me out for offering an alternative means of contributing?
Richard ... I doubt anyone doubts your very good intentions . I'm glad YGW's church is taking donations for Kelly too
Galaxy. I read your post twice and it is not clear what point you are trying to make. In any case, I hope you keep getting better with your illness
Barry ... (Blownout). I hope you don't have any repeats of blacking out. Hope your heart condition is okay for a long time. ... I know what you mean about breaking small drill bits
Model Railroad stuff. Train friends in this area are getting together tomorrow afternoon . It should fun
Richard
Now we are getting rained on...and 44 out right now...mmmmm
Having some garden salad with raspberry vinaigerette dressing and some water.
Got the survival groceries done and a few other things from the LHS as well. Included were 5 #85 drill bits...and with my luck I will break them just by putting them into my pinvise...
Galaxie,
I may be overly dense, but I did't read anything into any comments that would in any way cast doubt on your intent to be of help in this or past situations. If there are some with questions, I'm afraid it's in large part due to "help where help is needed" no longer being an overriding factor over "deductability". I have 100% confidence that my donation is going exactly where it was indicated, and urge others that are able, to contribute likewise. SIL will surely appreciate the care, concern, and love shown her by YGW's "train buds".
Gary
I have to say something that will probably bring ire from our esteemed leader.
I have in the past suggested that we help those who needed help, desperately, coming down to dangerous helath reasons if we did not. It was never questioned how it was handled, and many stepped up to the plate.
I have been as low as being homeless, sleeping on generous friend's couches and eating at the food kitchens and food pantries' food handouts. NO one, in my family would help out and i was in seriuos medical needs too. Many of you know I am now on, nad have been on, SSDI, based on my past earnings records. I see value in giving when i can, even when it hurts. I believe in it. I even empty the bank account of all remianing $$ at the end of the month when our bills are paid! I NEVER wait for a "tax deduction"! AND, YES THe GOvernment DOES grant them!
I feel VERY FORTUNATE to be where I am today, where I CAN give back. I find, that when I give to the universe, it often gives back to me, often when I least expect it and most need it!
It seems some here, have questioned my efforts, and seek ONLY to get a "tax advantage" for a donation, or a route by which to bypass any funds going "anywhere they may not be adequately redistributed" to the "proper party". As though I have an interest in skimming some off. It can be done any number of ways, and 100% of all sent my way to be forwarded.....I remind you all....at a time when NO OTHER ORGANIZATION stepped up to collect funds of any kind beyond christmas presents and clothing......a reminder...I WAS THE ONLY AND FIRST ONE TO SUGGEST We {OR SOMEONE} do something....and that my integrity should be questioned, or that a donation be only instituted "if one can get a proper tax deduction" is ridiculous!!!!
What happened ot good old "CARING FOR FELLOW MANKIND"?
There are SO MANY "GO FUND ME" sites made up by sheisters, theives and scammers out there, that I would GLADLY send off to a member of a tight group such as ours, who steps forward to take the burden of doing so for someone of us, that i felt I could trust to NOT be telling a tall tale just to get the almighty $$ sent their way.
I mean seriously...
THINK about it.
If all you want is a tax deduciton, or DON'T trust someone here {ME}, then DON'T DONATE. SIMPLE.
sheesh.
FOr those who HAVE: rest assured 100%% will go{actually more as I am including MY additional funds too} i will structure it so your donations will be counted, and you WILL {or should} get a tax deduction notice...just to ease your minds.
I don't know how it will apply to the canadian donors.
Thank you every one who CARES without stipulations to donate to someone hwo should never have been battered, beaten, set fire too and lost everything. YOU all have HEARTS, apparently some here DON'T, or have strings attached.
sheesh
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I would like a huge cup of hot chocolate to sweeten and warm me up....
galaxyWell, I am home now.
"Welcome Home Mr. DuAuberg!" -G. F. Händel to the Tenor Soloist in one of the early performances of "The Messiah". The Tenor loved to improvise in the common style of the day and completely lost his place in the music but managed to find the correct last pitch on the final chord. Händel's announcement was done in a very loud stage whisper. Glad you broke out of the Horsepiddle and hope getting a bit more rest will get you feeling better quickly.
YGW, on your question about 4 wheel drive (aka: AWD included), really not any advantage 99% of the time to having one around here unless you are: 1. in a business like plowing driveways, 2. do a lot of off road playing with vehicle, 3. live way out in the boonies on a back country road that isn't taken care of, 4. are a Farmer who needs them for working on the land, or 5. just like to act the big shot out on the road when everything is officially closed from the weather. (Yeee Haaa! hey everybody, watch this!) Frankly in bad weather you see more AWD vehicles stuck in the ditch because they become overly confident of what they think the vehicle can do. What they can't do is stop any better than a 2 wheel drive regular car or truck. You will find significantly more AWD where the Lake Effect is constant. In those areas they are worth the extra costs of owning one. Around here we have something called "Snow Plows". They are big old dump trucks, with huge front plows and wing plows and carry tons of salt they spread in the road. They appear to have two major functions around here. Function #1 is to move the snow out of the roadways. Function #2 is to dump it into peoples driveways that they just dug out (by hand or with snowblowers...) Here is an example of #2 at my house:
Somewhere under that is my mailbox that I had just dug out.......
I have been getting a lot of stuff ready for the judging of the Art and Poetry Contest at Trinity Episcopal (the Host Church for the MLK Service and Dinner this year) tomorrow.
Catch you all later!
Well, I am home now.
Many, including the nurse's aides, and nurse don't think so, but probably my insurance has run out for that stay, too.
still have a bad cough and the fungual infection, that is why I do n't think I should be home.
We still have some moving to do, but I am sworn to just observes nad direct train nut friend and MOH to do things, NOT to do anyhting!
well, got a friend {NYC trian friend texting me, so I'll cut short..
-g
(Following is being posted with the blessing of YGW.)
For those of you still wishing to help with YouGottaWanta's Sister-in-Law, here is a direct way to contribute. The church taking contributions is the Battlefield Baptist Church. If you go to their website, battlefieldbaptist.org, click on the "Give" link, then scroll to the bottom and click on the "Give My Offering" button, you will be taken to the online donation page. Click on the "Quick Give" link, enter the amount, and select the "Other" fund/category. In the "Additional Information" field, enter "A gift for Kelly." As YGW stated, all of the contribution will be used to help Kelly's family. Also, using this method you will receive an email receipt for your contribution which can be used for documenting your charitable contribution on your taxes.
If you would prefer to send a check directly to the church, their contact information is on the "Contact" page and again you would annotate that it is "A gift for Kelly." Hope this helps.
Good Morning
We are having another dull dull dull dull day here. Posta get to 44 later on...in the rain.
Getting some survival food for the weekend so I can hunker down and stay out of the bitter cold on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday....
Anyhow....make it a great day!!!
YGW: The set was X-853 with the 2-6-4.
Mr. B wrote - "It's just a piece of furniture with an insert that simulates a fireplace. It's got a pair of 40-watt bulbs" and this - "But the wife loves the fool thing." You know I knid of agree with you BUT at least in YOH is happy then that is probably some of the best money spent this season ! There is an ld saying "it is better to dwell in the wilderness than under the roof of an angry women" LOTS of truth to THAT !
Galaxy - I LOL at fungus amungus that is a good one. Glad you are going home.
Ken - Maybe you can rig a boiler to that scooter, throw in some coal, laydown some track ( with a stop at the sink ) and YOH would be all set up for Operations ?
BOCylinder - Are you excited about getting your old Lionel back ? Which one is it ?
Terry - Here is a for the family of your friends and yourself. Very sorry to hear about this.
Henry - Can you post some of photos of your progress on the changes ?
Gotta run The Mucho grande Heffy is coming out today to meet with myself and my boss the VP. First time in the entire time I have been emplyoed here. Hope it goes well. Not sure what to expect.
GM men!
Well today I go home
I guess.
Feel so so. Will be happy to go but still have a nasty congestion. So i go with a stint of pneumonia, a hint of STREP and a fungus amungus.
It will be hours yet, but I ready to go I guess. Let me go before I change my mind..
Have a great day y'all.
Alan rickman David Bowie, so many dying fairly young. Sigh
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yougottawantaMr. B. - WHAT ! Electric fireplace ? What in tarnation is THAT !
To me, a useless waste of money. But the wife loves the fool thing. It's just a piece of furniture with an insert that simulates a fireplace. It's got a pair of 40-watt bulbs and some rotating stuff, I'd guess, that makes it look like there's a fire in there. The effect isn't bad, for what it is. It's also got a space heater so it can seem real. The good news is that at least it doesn't need a chimney, just 120 volts and hopefully not too many amps. (It should be OK, but you never know what else is on a circuit.)
Flo, Beer Please.
Boy I am beat. Had 4 hours of running today to get the needed things done or payed for.
Picked up the Death Scooter! Sue moves faster on the cane!
Train Front Picked up the needed Atlas Switch Machine and had just strated to get it ready to wire! Then I heared Sue calling my name. Never got it done.
First Atlas Engine! Picked it up at K-10 Model Trains. B&O GP-38 with DCC. While pre-owned it seemed New In The Box, DC jumper was still installed, grap irons and pilot still in there bags. Read the CV's andI have question?
Seems there is no CV 5 (top speed) or CV 6 (Mide Range) so how do you speed match it? Was using Decoder Pro to read the CV's. Instursction sheet said the address was set at the last to numbers of the engine, in this case 4811 so address was 11. Changed it to 48 and tried to run it. Only thing I could control was the lights?
I will take it apart Friday (If I Have Time) and try spinning the motor over. I have no ideas how old it is. If that does not work, any other ideas?
Inch 53 I will check with the VFW, thank you for the idea.
Later, Ken
Monon at K-10 Model Trains
Terry in Wisonsin ..... That is terrible news about your friend and his wife. I liek your photo .
Good Evening.
Went for a mall walk this afternoon and found I can walk for a long distance...around the mall 4 times!! Now, to keep that going.
My sister told me that she still has my original Lionel set from way back when I was about 7 years old. And my trainset will be back home with me on Monday...
I also found I have two whole photoboxes of old photos I took from the train station in Woodstock and from the footbridge...from around the same time period. Things are coming back to roost here.
Henry!!!