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Today's word:
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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.
Great- Chest pains-Hospital....
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...
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blownout cylinder Great- Chest pains-Hospital....
I am more than just worried! Barry - !
Good Afternoon!
A bright and sunny, but cold day. Not up to anything today - for whatever reason, I feel miserable. Nothing physical, though, just bad spirits and the feeling I am wasting whatever life I have left.
I´ll be staying in the back booth for a while.
Good morning!
And it is. OK, we had snow followed by freezing rain, but the hard freeze is over and it should get up to the mid 50s today. When I got up this morning I found the kitchen sink drained of all the standing water that had been there since Saturday when the drain pipe froze. That was a big relief. I was not looking forward to the task of climbing into the crawl space to thaw that pipe with a hair dryer. I'll have to explore the situation at some time to see if there's anything I can do to keep it from happening again, though.
Never thought I'd be happy just to be able to wash dishes.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hi guys
havent been in for a while. A few weeks ago my grandpa found out he had cancer, it was in his lungs,liver and right hip. There was nothing the doctors could do. He made the choice to spend the remaining time he had at home.
last Thursday morning he passed away. We have his funeral today at 11:30. We got a decent amount of snow last night too which will make it ticky. The funeral home is about 5 minutes from here which is good. I will check back in tonight
jeremy
Mornin'.....
Today has been cancelled due to Stuff!!!
Barry, keeping you in my constant prayers! Hope all goes well at the hospital...
Jeremy, My prayers for you and your family on your Grandfather's passing.....
As I said earlier today has been cancelled or at least closed here in the Finger Lakes Region. Here in Geneva we have a good coating of ice on everything and when I got up it was sn*wing hard. Now it has turned to freezing drizzel/rain and will be turning back to Snow and stuff later this afternoon. Got in touch with my SIL in Canandaigua (they have it worse than I do. Right on the edge of changeover from snow to rain). Her driveway got plowed out early this morning but she says, "No way am I driving in this anywhere!" She got in touch with our Nephew who lives all of two blockes away from my sister's house. Actually she got in touch with his wife as he was still in bed sleeping. He is a Professor at the local Community College and was up grading papers last night until 3AM. (Everyone forgets stuff like that when they talk about how easy teachers have it. 55 to 60 hour weeks are very common.) He will get to go feed and play with the boys at my sister's house today. He knows where the key is hidden and what to do, so all will be well.
Zoe, just need another pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee for my R&GV RR Mug please. I'll be in the back trying to cheer up Ulrich.
The city about an hour ago finally got a truck over on my street to plow and salt the street. Dumped about a foot and a half of heavy, icy, wet sn*w crap in the driveway. I will go out when it changes back to snow and try to dig out the end enough to get the PiP out if I have to.... Will take it very easy! This crap is what my little electric sn*wblower can't do much with.
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!
howmus* HAZARDS... HEAVY SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS... SNOW ACCUMULATING 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT... 6 TO 12 INCHES TUESDAY... LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 9 TO 18 INCHES OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTIES. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY SOUTH AND EAST OF ROCHESTER WHERE MORE RAIN... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALL ON TUESDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH. * WINDS... SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * VISIBILITIES... AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.
33 Degrees and Sunny in Richardton North Dakota
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
DER - LOL Composting an inspector ! I guess a comma or period would have helped clarify that staement. There have been a few inspectors I would like to compost !
Ken yea you can send Jerrys resume to : idiotinspectors@Rus.com.
Mr. B we used to put a 100 watt bulb near pipe that froze a lot. Once we did that we didnt have any more frozen pipes. If the pipes are exposed there is "heat tape" that can also be used.
Barry - for you hope it checks out okay
Ulrich - Why in the world do you feel so gloomy ? Do you know the impact you have on this group of guys ? I so look forward to your post, pray for you and Petra, love your seeing your progress...getting on MRR and seeing you here is one of teh highlites of my day ! You are not waste my friend ! I enjoyed animation video and was delighted by your "run by"
Henry - love the eagle post, awsome steam picture
Garry - so glad it was only a broken mirror. Could have been much worse.
Chris - is the water tower scratch or kit ?
Johnboy, Mr. B.- oh "block heaters" that is amzing that if you dont have someting of that nature that you cannot start the vehicle until the weather is much improved. How does anyone do conmstruction in that weather ?
Phil - Bowser - I do not have any Bowsers. Are they good , medium qaulity, trouble some ??? I assume they are better qaulity ?
SIL - Kelly update - It is about as bad as it can get. Apparently there are five areas in the brain that control decision making. Of those five Kelly has severe ( non working ) brain damage in three areas. This leads to some incredibly bad decision making. Her parents have taking over the care of her two boys. She is unable to make responsible decisions. Her boys need as much prayer as she does. What she really needs is a spiritual reawakening. It is so heart breaking to watch the travesty caused by the the thugs who did this to her and family.
YGW
Cuda Ken; your thought about "cuda time" hits home, it made me chuckle. You should trade mark it and make t shirts...
It has been sunny and mid 70's here for the last week; nice! Both of my kids are in college up north; and have become experts at jump starting cars. My daughter is the designated jumper for her teammates (she has a 4 wheel drive and a portable battery booster).
Right before Christmas my 54 year old sister was diagnosed with breast cancer; that was quite the shock and kind of put a damper on things. She is going through chemo now; and at some point I will take off a day or two to spend with her as she undergoes treatment.
Not much on the train front; picked up four Accurail Santa Fe covered hoppers in a grey scheme, with blue letters last week. I was surprised at how nicely the car is painted/printed; sharp microprinting of lots of little stuff.
Tin Can wrote "Right before Christmas my 54 year old sister was diagnosed with breast cancer; that was quite the shock and kind of put a damper on things. She is going through chemo now; and at some point I will take off a day or two to spend with her as she undergoes treatment."
First let me say I a sorry for your sister. Even hearing the word cancer can be upseting and devastating at the same time. Please let me offer you some encouragment.
While my wife was going through cancer treatment she was able to get into NIH ( National Institute of Health ) which is a Goverement sponsored study hospital. One of the doctors informed us there, that " breast cancer is 100% curable" I agree with his statement. It is a matter of getting to the right doctor with the right treatments. I would encourage you to get her int a study hospital like NIH if you can. Her chances of survival go way up if you can get her into one. Here the way it works is you have to be referred by your local doctor. You mau have to ask him to get her inyto a study which will treat her along side of the care they give.
Good luck and here is a for her and your family.
That was quick!! Transferred to a private room in CCU and all wired up with all kinds of things. Oh, lovely... 2 IV's in as well.
Oh...something as well... as I transferred from those newfangled EMS beds my right shin caught the lower shelf that their monitor sits on...now am sporting a goose egg/ bruise as well, lol!!!!!
Oh...my room is equipped with WiFi as well....yay!!!!!!
Ken::: Anytime is Cuda Time!!!!!
Hi Gang,
I'm at work here and for the next two as well.
Ulrich, so sorry to hear that you are blue. I second what YGW said and that is I look forward to your posts and progress all the time. You are a real craftsman. Take the time and read the Quotes that Galaxy put in today. and believe them.
YGW. When they are building in this real cold weather they usually hoard the building right in with a wooden framework and heavy tarps and propane heaters inside. but for home builders it really has to get quite cold before it shuts them down.
Garry, Sorry to hear about the owheh on the Avalanch.. *** happens.
YGW. prayers are continuing for Kelly and the boys. What has happened with the perpatraitors ? Did they get them ? Sure hope so.
Barry, Sorry to hear they have you back under survalance again, hope you break out soon, but not before you get everything in proper order. No chasing nurses even if they have big hamburgers. Lol.
Very nice day here today, feels like spring. Not as warm as Br. Elias has, but pretty close. The driveway is melted off (ice build up) and all the cross country ski trails other than on the lake are done, not enough snow left.
Well, back to work, will check back from home this evening.
Later Gators.
Johnboy out..............................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Holy moley Blowout, can't we go a week without someone in the hospital? Going in was the right thing to do though. Since you got admited I guess they figured you weren't faking it.
My snow pic yesterday was the Durango & Silverton. The eagle decided sitting in freezing rain wasn't her thing. She'll be back.
Took mom to the nurse practioner. I really don't think importing medical care workers from third world countries works out well either country.
Went to a LHS. I guess model cars and military are bigger than model railroad. They a limited selection of Atlas track, more Bachmann and seven different racks of various model paints. Not one identified railroad color. I had to settle for Ford Engine Blue for my PNRR colors.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good gravy!! Did I clobber my shin!! It is swollen out like a baseball and is all Technicolor!!! I got told they'll have to get my shin into a compressed bandages.
Sheesh... I am an accident!!
Brunhilda, I'd like a a big glass of beer like the have in Hofbrauhaus - Ulrich what is the real term or name.
Anyhoo, Lots of you northern folk have posted about the cold weather - but here in Mississippi we are getting sub-zero temps too. I had to cover the outside faucets in case of a freeze (which we had a lot of this past month) - unheard of in these parts.
If we can deal with it in the swamps of mississippi - you can too :-)
FYI, if we got a foot of snow tomorrow - we would be having a snowman party. Only seen snow here twice in 14 years. :-((
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
How's life? I am still contemplating life....
G'd Morning All,
Not much action in here this morning. Probably won't hear from the Gang on the east coast and north east today at all, they will all be busy digging out. Probably the boys from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes will be busy as well.
WOW, some parts of Virginia got 50 - 60 cms, while we here on the prairies today have +6 temps. (go figure). I hear via the grapevine that Br. Elias has dug out his bathing suit and will start on his summer TAN today.
Hope all goes well for you that are battling the elements, and illnesses.
Prayers and blessings for all.
Johnboy out.............................till later
Flo, I need a triple mocha cappuccino blast please (whatever that is).So I am reading the new "classic trains " magazine and see a photo of an E7A with a caption of "cab-booster set" which I assume is the E7B units behind it - is that correct. Never heard of a "cab-booster set".
Thanks Flo, this triple mocha cappuccino blast looks like black coffee in a cup. But it tastes like coffee and its good.
Morning all.
Flo can I have a BLT, with a side of scrapple, some of those fried apple pies and grits with lots of butter, salt and pepper. Biscuit ? Yes please with butter and apple butter. Hmm make that two biscuits I want one with strawberry jam too.
Yes I heard Barry is in the horspital so I decided I would eat some good food for him since I know he ismt getting any. Especially if he is in the heart unit. Yucky food there ! If that is what one dare calls it.
Barry here is another for you.
Johnboy - Most of the foul weather stuff we had has melted away. In fact we have had some flooding. The perps who tried to kill my SIL the last I heard were in jail, while the police perform a homocide investigation. That must be crazy expensive to build a shell a with tarps and plastic then install propane heat. Heck a 100lb bottle of propane hear cost around $100 and we go through one or two a day in some of these units. Fortunately we only have to do this occassionaly.
V8 - Have you looked outside of your area ? Have you tried on line after market sites ?
Henry - LHS just dont cary much train stuff anymore. They cannot compete with online outfits.
Jeremy - hope to see you back in here soon.
Garry - here is a traveling for you.
Lion - Meow - Roar !
UP831 - How are you.
Galaxy - good morning...
TTYL
Mornin' everypne!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup and coupl sausage links, and a large pot of Café Justo Organic, Fair Traded roasted by the growers coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug filled for a bit...
Huh? Oh, yes, knowing the things I like, my DIL got me a coupl p[opunds of the Café Justo Coffee for Christmas. Good Stuff and sold through my church....
Last night the City of Geneva was kind enough to clear the street of sn*w again and left another very large pile of ICE at the end of my driveway. I got up an hour early figuring I would have to get my garden spade out to chip away at it and try to get out. Took my morning shower, came back out and someone has plowed the end of the driveway for me just enough that I can get the car out! I still have to get the rest of the driveway done, but that should not be a problem.
Been in touch with my SIL and she will take cat duty at my sister's so I can clean out the driveway completely and run some errands here that I need to get done. I'll be going up tomorrow and will skip the Museum Meeting in Rochester tomorrow night. I need to get ready for the High Level Meeting for Scouts being held at my house Friday Evening anyway.
Galaxy, good to see you back putting up quotes again. Hope that means you are feeling better!
Afternoon!
A bright and sunny day again, with the daytime high just a notch below freezing. Actually, this is my kind of Winter weather and it should cheer me up, but it does not at the moment. Like Galaxy, I am contemplating life. One of the reasons for me to take a look at my life is ongoing health issues, the other one are political and economical reasons, but I won´t be going into any detail here . only as much that it is about time to pack up and leave, which I can´t.
I am trying to keep my sanity, which gets more and more difficult. W*rking on the layout or just running a train helps me get my mind off the rough situation we are in - but for only a few moments.
Today I thought giving the creation of rock faces a try was a good idea - just to see how they come out or whether I have to go down a different route to achieve my goal.
As my digital camera is giving up its ghost, I made a short video of what I did today.
I am not sure whether I should be happy with it.
I´ll be moving to the back booth - sulking
YGW- It"s BOWSER .And yes, quality is high.
bowser@bowser-trains.com
Phil
Ken:
Check your messages/conversations. I think I can help you with your LL GP7.
howmus Galaxy, good to see you back putting up quotes again. Hope that means you are feeling better! Catch you all later! 73
No.
Just going through the motions while I contemplate life....
Digging out, Johnboy? Not here in Massachusetts. Yesterday it was 55 degrees and raining, and today it's about 40 with sunny skies. What snow we had (a few inches total over 2 or 3 brief storms) is mostly washed away, and is hiding in shaded spaces or plow piles. Roads and driveways are not only bare but dry, and the roof on the house is almost completely clear as well. The long-range forecast has no cold weather and no significant snow through the end of the month. I'm contemplating a bike ride for the weekend. Last year at this time, it was too cold to go skiing.
Had a good evening of Tuesday Night Hockey last night. We had a good crowd of guys.
Good morning diners,
Ulrich- I like the rocks.
I received my Atlas Conrail hoppers yesterday and noticed some differences. The new ones has a darker paint and has a somewhat logo in the middle of the hopper. The old ones has a lighter brown, and doesn't have that logo.
http://www.atlastrainman.com/Images/NFreight/n90ton/0715/50002373.jpg
The new one.
http://www.atlasrr.com/Images/NFreightCars/n90tonhoppers/81505/32774.jpg
The old one.
http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/Images/CR-490490-Class-H1C
The prototype car.
I hope you enjoy it.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good Afternoon!!
After a morning of tests and vampire pokings I am getting a lunch of Irish Stew with rye rolls with a pear and banana. And t'is good!!!
Oh, and the nurses just look real good.
Tomorrow is when I get a couple of MRI's done. One for my brain and the other for my heart.
Think I will take it easy this afternoon.
YGW: they did a massive overhaul of the meal thing here. It is apparently contracted to some catering agency here.
Angelo: good going on that!!!
Have a good day!!
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, Beer Please.
Pretty beat after the running I did today. Did make time to work in the backyard a little. Then I started the running.
Tin Can I will check the PM Thursday. If it is how to fix the cracked center gears of a Proto engine, heck I think I fixed all of them on my Proto Monon fleet. I did open the engine and every gear is cracked. Leaning toward a refund right now.
YGW Need to know if you are still intrested in the N&W coal cars. PM me your cell phone number and post here at the dinner that you have PM me. I will call you while I am at K-10 Model Trains. If you want them, I will hold them for you with my Credit Card.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Ulrich, I second Angelo's comment: the rock formation that you added looks nice! And I enjoyed watching your video with the added sounds - also very nice. Good Job.
I am afraid that adding scenery to what I have is going to be my downfall. We will see, as I have just started .