Morning all
Flo can I get cup of french roast coffee with a bit of cream and artificial sweetner
Cats - I bought a compressor and aurguns too this past year. I picked up some Tyco junk for a few bucks and practiced on those.
BO - cylinder once you go into surgery is there anyone we can contact to get word on how it went ?
Ulrich - I subscribed last night to the you tube BLM video. There is some amazing work going on over there across the pond.
TTYL
YGW
GM MEN!
Here I sit fat dumb and still contemplating life:
Here are today's quotes on life:
All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography. -Federico Fellini, film director, and writer (20 Jan 1920-1993)
Life is a lively process of becoming.
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.
I am an artist... I am here to live out loud.
we shall see what we shall see when we shall see it.
-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.
blownout cylinder YGW: Vascular bypass, I think. The bottom part of my heart seems to have occlusion issues. Which is different from blockage.
YGW: Vascular bypass, I think. The bottom part of my heart seems to have occlusion issues. Which is different from blockage.
Best of luck to you and special thoughts and prayers for you.
Barry Good luck on Friday. I was in for 4 days after my valve job. I have to say it was not as painful as when the bone docs sawed on me, except for coughing, but they do give you better pain meds.
Cats You will love your compressor tank. I think I like painting the best, because you see results quicker than most things in the hobby.
YGW I could say that about women, don't let me send you down the road to ruin.Ulrich You amaze me: $150 for car insurance and you can quote Hannibal Smith. Rain again today, you would be quite at home in here at least until August when you can fry eggs on the sidewalk.
Galaxy, stop thinking and do something fun, drive down to the RR tracks or go to Broadcastify.com and listen to the train chatter.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Forgot, today's stupid human trick. Note the cop lets him do it without turning on the sirien.
Good Morning.
It is kinda wet outside, all we are getting here is about ..5" of rain here. North and East of here...el yuck!!!
Today, a few visitors showing up and a few flowers showed up here from a "secret admirer" I have no idear who this might be....
Henry: Hilarious video!!! Still not very nice to see happen but there are times...
Thanks for all the guys...my wife much appreciates them, as myself!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good Afternoon!
It´s been a busy day so far! The postman rang twice - but it wasn´t Jack Nicholson, just our regular postman, delivering a huge parcel with hardly anything in it. Just a few small bottle of paint and a bag of fir trees of the bottle brush type, which I will rework a little to look better.
I spent 5 hours painting the bridge, which taxed my patience quite a bit. Petra learned a few new choice words today!
Well, here is the result:
Barry - keeping a candle lit for you
Henry - in Germany, the car insurance rates depend on the type of car and your personal claims record. The car we drive is in the cheapest category and I have a record of 42 years without any insurance claim. Not that I was never involved in an accident, but I never caused one - so far (knock on wood). August can be quite hot here as well, which is hard to survive w/o air conditioning.
Galaxy - sounds as if your tarin nut friend needs a stronger medicin than a meeting once a month in the church!
Well, the afternoon train needs to be cleared now - CUL, folks!
Howdy .
Barry Blownout ... Continuing
Ulrich ... Bridge looks great. Just don't translate the choice words to English, and Vinnie won't be upset.
Henry .... That video is quite remarkable. How could the truck driver not see and hear the train ?
Galaxy .... As Henry says find fun things to do. Watch trains or soemthing else enjoyable.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mor..... Uh.... Hmmmm... Ahem! Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have an English Muffin with Cherry Preserves, a Bannana, and my Cherrybundy Lite for lunch today. That you Ma'am! Oh, I be in the back by the stove drying out.
Rain! Today there is RAIN here in the Finger Lakes Region. Ov er to the West of here it will produce some icy patches, but rioght here in geneva, just wet, and more wet. Currently 37°F, so it gets to be a cold wet if you venture outside which I did this morning....
Managed to get drive over to the fieldhouse and put in a mile + this morning. Did 6 laps of the indoor track. I now want to cut the time down by about 5 minutes and then head for 2 miles in increments.
Last night we set some new limits for the MLK Scholarship for this year. We increased the amount of the scholarship as we had a great year fund raising. I updated the forms and am just waiting to hear from the high School to find out how many of the forms I should print and take over to them.
Plan to spend a couple hours down cellar doing some odds and ends on the layout this afternoon. Have a District Committee Meeting for Scouts tonight.
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!
galaxy - check your messages.
Still feels like morning. I played hockey last night and definitely slept late today. Big yummy breakfast.
Watched that collision video and breathed a big sigh of relief when the guy was OK.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Henry wrote "YGW I could say that about women, don't let me send you down the road to ruin." LOL Henry I think that could be said about a lot of things of this world. Dont worry not going down the road to ruin anymore I have a MUCH better replacement. There was aguy who lived nearby and he had family that left him over a million dollars. He hooked up with some fluzzy who he married and then she left him and what the lawyers didnt take she took. Amazingly enough someone else dies and left him another million. Guess what he did the same thing with teh same results. Unbelieveable ! Went through two million dollars in three years !
How did that driver escapre getting killed ? Unbelievable
Ulrich - very nice. I cant wait to see the church finsihed. Is the water really that color where the photo was taken ?
BO Cylinder - better watch out for those secret admirers. YOH may take of your heart problem !
Galaxy, Garry, UP831, Lion, Der ( where are you ) and all of the rest of the gang Howdy
My meeting with the City officials and the assistant proffesor got a bit warm. He didnt like being told that the property belonged to us and he didnt and the City didnt have a say in how it was used. I sent a very strong message to everyone this morning. I had construction fence installed with no trespassing signs and construction cones along the street so that everyone including the city understood we were staking out our property and where the boundries lay. He went away with out getting what he wanted for the first time in a while.
yougottawantaIs the water really that color where the photo was taken ?
The Vispa river usually carries a lot of sediment, giving it a milky, grey-greenish hue. The comments from a Swiss model railroading forum state that I must have come close to the real thing with it.
Sir Madog yougottawanta Is the water really that color where the photo was taken ? The Vispa river usually carries a lot of sediment, giving it a milky, grey-greenish hue. The comments from a Swiss model railroading forum state that I must have come close to the real thing with it.
yougottawanta Is the water really that color where the photo was taken ?
I think you have hit the colour just right. IIRC when I was there that river had a tone exactly like that.
YGW: MOH kinda thinks it may be a couple of nurses. Remember the spontaneous jam a few of us had here with the bluegrass style? Well, it did garner some attention ... BTW.....the nurses up here are young and....not bad looking...
KKKEEEEEERRRRRRRRWWWAAAANNNGG!!!!!
See the pretty birdies...
WWWAAAANNNGGGCCHHUUUNNG!!!!
Oh pretty stars!!
Barry - a man can never be too old or too ill...
Thanks for the kudos on the bridge & river scene. Following a prototype scene certainly is challenging, as it leaves little room for an, say, interpretation of the lay of the land. My aim is to capture the atmosphere of the location, but certainly not every detail. Things would be different if I could go there with a camera and a tape measure ... I just have to rely on pics, which mostly sho the view I preesent in my oictures. I have found one shot from the other side - now I have to make some changes to the scene
Slowly heading for the hay - a good night to all!
Evening Dinners
Flo, Please and pices of Brithday Cake. What, no one remembred it was my ?
I was not dreaming of a White Birthday, but that is what I got. While only 33 degress it was blizzard conditions when I woke up today. Which was bad, at time 30 MPH plus. It was a wet snow so no driffiting and road crews where ready for a change.
Wife decided I wanted Chinese Food so she made me go buy some. I would rather saved the $20.00 toward a Decoder.
Train Front Cleared my Proto 2000 SD 30's from the RIP track. Need to work on the LED in 6943, looks like they have a green house in the cab. All so cleared 2 Tyco Old Dutch Hoppers and a few other cars from RIP track. You can never have to many Old Dutch Hoppers if you ask me!
Ulrich
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
BO Cylinder wrote "Oh pretty stars!! " Oh my gosh I laughed SO HARD when I read this Hey take a look in the mirror this is kinda what you look like now except the bruise era is bigger Geez you gotta duck !!! those frying pans !!
Good night Ulrich. You are such an encouregment to us. Performing such great modeling despite health issues and income limitations
Ken I sent you a PM.
Well gotta get ready for church. Tonight we finish a series that I am calling "cromagnum man aint my daddy" its on evolution vs. creationism. And the truth behind the the scientist claims. I will give some specific detail in a PM if anyone is interested. But the bottom line is they arent your daddy.
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Happy Birthday, Ken! Hope you have fun today. Is this your layout? Nice trees & nice Santa Fe engine!
KEN: OLD MAN!
Mr B: see reply to PM! Thanks!
Still contemplating life....
BO Cylinder: Thoughts of quick, painless healing and prayers going your way...
Happy Birthday Cuda Ken,
You do know that you now are an official member of the Ol' Pharts of the Diner Club, don't you ?
May you have many more to get those decoders sorted out and sell a few more mattresses.
Best Wishes,
Johnboy.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
YGW: Yep, what would the world be without fun?
Well, we did a little miniconcert of a sorts here. It looked as if the whole dang CCU was the audience!!
After that it was a quiet evening...since that is the case...I'm going off to
Good night BO Cylinder
Ken - we must have posted at the same time ! Happy Birthday you young whipper snapper you. Hey don't let all of these people call you old !!! Moses lived to be a few hundred years old !!!!! Heck you are just a pup compared to him !
Good night all
Ken
Happy Birthday
Good Morning!
Must have been a rather frosty night - everything around us is nicely iced up. Looks kind of pretty, but sends me shivers down my back.
last mountain & eastern hoggerHappy Birthday Cuda Ken, You do know that you now are an official member of the Ol' Pharts of the Diner Club, don't you ?
I knew I blew! I marked this day in my calendar, which is right in front of my nose!
A belated , Ken - with all the works!
Johnboy - I have a little less than 6 months to join Ken (and quite a number of others) in this club.
I will dig down deep into the orcus of my MRR stuff to see, whether I still have some flat white paint left, allowing me to start on the chapel. I´d love to finish that scene as it is my favorite photo spot on the layout.
I´ll be back later!
GM, MEN!
HEre I sit, FAT, DUMB, and contempating life.
Train nut friend is a teatotaler. Well, he was. Last night, for example, while his wifey was at work, i called to see if he'd like to join us for dinner. He said not really, it was raining, misty, foggy and wet. And Besides, he was on his 3rd glass of wine! This is an alarming new habit he has. That is VERY UNCO {see below}. SO I am worried. The once a month meeting is NOT good enough. He also complained that he gets angry when we talk about Christian, but guess who brings up the subject?????
SO I sit here FAT DUMB and contemplating his life too. Christian was his onkly child nad lets face ti he is a bit beyond child bearing years, and wifey is fixed due to a hysterectomy, and the terrible two's would be terrible on them even IF they could.
Today's word{s}:
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.
Just stopping in for a moment before going to work.
MOH is visiting her sister so I'm batching it for a few days. Last night I treated myself to Kung Pao Chicken. Tasty! Sorry Lion, they don't make Kung Pao Wildebeest.
Galaxy: this quote is just for you.
Life, I love you, all is groovy.
- 59th Street Bridge song. -Simon and Garfunkel
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
KEN!!!
Good morning.
Another dull day here with snow and wind.
More flowers showed up here. Mmmmm.
Anyhow, they are prepping me for the operation tomorrow...
So...make it a great day!!!
Afternoon, Folks!
I thougt dropping by and spend some time with Barry is a good idea. Flo, make that coffee and cherry crumble pie for the two of us, please.
Barry - will keep you in my tomorrow!
Galaxy - I have a hunch that train nut friend´s depression is pulling you down as well. That´s not good and does not help either one of you. Train nut friend needs professional help/counselling to help him cope with his son´s death.
I tackled what I think was the most difficult job in building my layout - painting the chapel! It´s not yet finished - there are a few spots which need to be touched-up and the bell needs to be painted in the correct color, but basically, the job is done!
Given my bad eyes and shaky hands I am actually proud of my achievement.
Now off to planting some more trees!