Good Morning
Sunshine this morning with increasing dullness in the afternoon.
I am just resting dem 'ol' bones today...I managed to clean my trainroom!! Now, watch...it will get messy by tonight....
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 morning gang, coffee and some milk.
Ulrich this video is for you from yesterday's trainshow.
There was also a Japanese Railroad group. In 'merical these days we aren't supposed to profile, but they all looked like white guys to me.
You guys misunderstood my post about layout height. It's going to hard for me to lay track and such at 47" because that is where my shoulder starts to give out and it becomes tiring quickly. However you did make me reconsider and for now the legs are spared the chop say.
Der you need to decide if it's color or colour.
Brother Lion sorry you have joined the sick bay crowd. There are too many of us there. These guys might have you beat on benchwork simplicity for their subway:
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Afternoon!
It´s been a slow day here. I have just been playing with my trains and made a short video of my refurbished Furka-Oberalp Railway boxcab electric circling the track.
I hope my magic Japanese saw will arrive tomorrow, so I can do some patching jobs before attacking the remaining bigger foam jobs.
I am worried about Galaxy! I assume they took him back into the hospital which he shouldn´t have left at all before being all well!
My money is on the Panthers, but my heart is with Peyton.
Super Bowl is great and it starts after my work today. I love it.
Johnboy out................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes (Birkett Mills mix would be great), some real NYS Maple Syrup (You got that back in stock I hope), a couple sausage links, and a very large pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee to keep me awake for the day. Thank you Ma'am...
Today....... the.. SUN!!! is supposed to shine! All day long they are predicting. Shadows can be seen all over the place and the little wheel down cellar next to the Inverter should be spinning pretty good. Yesterday was pretty good. The solar panels produced 8.12kWh with only a couple sunny patches during the day. It was the second best day so far this year. In a couple more months they will be kicking out 3 times that much on a regular basis.
Brother Elias, I don't know... Those Wild Horses can have a lethal kick I hear... I do know who is going to win the "Stupid Bowl" this year! the team that scores the most points..... I won't be watching it this year as my son has to w*rk today. I don't even want to hear the Star Spangled Banner to start the game. Last year that was the high point of the evening!!!
Catch you all later! Hey Galaxy!... You out there???
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning Dinners
Flo, big please
Boy the dinner is hopping this month! I was going to post last night but by the time I read all the post I was beat!
Work Yesterday Not real busy but was OK. Jerry got a caboose chewing from Paul for doing again what he was told not to do few days before. I really don't think he will ever get with the program.
Well, I have some Honey Do's to do before work.
Ken
I hate Rust
Broncos? Panthers?
I think the Panthers will eat up the ponies.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I just need a refil for my decaf at the moment....
Charlie, I was thinking about Rob a couple days ago. It has been a long time since he was here! Do hope he is OK.
I got to spend some time in the train room today between feeding my sister's cats and a few other things that had to get done. Did make a bit more progress I think... This was where it ended up yesterday:
This is this evening... Got the other stone wall glued in place and everything adjusted so the bridge should fit perfectly and a bit of the scenery started...
Hope everyone have a great night! Wonder what happened to Galaxy?
Good Evening,
My reference to Yorkshire Gold was the brand of a particularly nice tea, not the 'bubbly stuff' so I'm not surprised you were surprised I wanted a few HobNobs with it.
Der, What's wrong with Newcastle Brown? I used to like it but then again I haven't had any for quite some time. I'm not much of a beer drinker but prefer the darker stuff. Keith's IPA isn't bad though.
Nice to see some new faces in the diner. Sure wish a few of the old regulars would put in an appearance. We haven't heard from Rob in quite some time. I hope is just busy on the farm.
Nearly time for East Enders, so I will say Good Night.
CN Charlie
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a glass of your finest Pinot Noir, please. (Expectations are minimal for "fine" wine here)
Chris: Welcome to the diner. Here's my two cents worth. I started posting in the diner just a little over a year ago. I live in the Chicago area, but am not indigenous to the region. I've been to London and Frankfurt many years ago, and lived in LA for ten years. I started in HO in 1959 and have been in and out ever since.
i think you'll find that as you continue to post, you'll probably be able to relate to a few of the guys more than others, but that's natural, and they're all a good bunch of guys each with a unique story to tell. Each with different experiences and virtues. Yet, I've never met any of them.
YGW: Haven't seen you post for awhile, are you OK?
Der: just a thought on you track plan. At the corner of the "L" if you put a hill or some view blocker there, when the trains come around the curve they would make an "entrance" as it were, and proceed down that straight track through the yard.
a question for everyone. If I want to add an avatar, what is the procedure? What are the parameters? Do I need to make like a thumbnail or what?
Hello to everyone.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evening Diners,
Well I got sick this afternoon after taking a walk at 72 degrees, but it felt like 83 degrees in the heat. I believe the temperature on my keychain. You don't believe how hot it is between 10-3 o'clock.
I decided to pick a pre drawn track plan, I believe it was called the Aberdeen and Rockfish. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/115287.aspx the second track plan on top. I might change a few things for my liking.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
der5997What you have to do is use a photoediting program (my fav is Picture Manager in MS Office, it’s simple and effective for what I do) and Resize your original to something better for use on the Web. Office’s Picture Manager offers is Web Image Large which I find ideal for posting here. Upload only the resized image to Photobucket, and presto – problem solved. I see Chris and Ray have said the same, I’ve maybe added the software suggestion.
I use Photoshop, but that is because I used to be in the recording Business back when and I did the entire process including the artwork for the CDs.... Yes, I reduce the size from the full resolution of my Digital Rebel down to 900 x 600 pixels at 72dpi before I upload the files to Photobucket. I wouldn't ever use photobucket for anything but a place to dump stuff I want to show in places like this or for relatives to browse on the "puter" or dumb phone where you don't need nor want a decent image size/quality... LOL When I print I use the full res ones on my computer (4272 x 2848 pixels at 712 dpi)!
Flo, my glass is getting empty - another drop of dutch courage please!
As to got some GREAT info from people much more experienced than me. So It was a surprise to see this post. I guess people who have been here for years "GET IT" - I don't - so please enlighten me instead of asking did I read the original post. I would like to join in on the conversation - but cannot until someone lets me know what its all really about. We may josh around a bit, since there isn’t anything here for which you would be pulled up in other Forum threads for being OFF TOPIC Cambus nailed it – and BTW, We dont have diners in the UK only greasy spoon cafes. you won’t find “the spoon” chained to the counter as in the roadside “caffs” of my youth in the UK! Vinnie wouldn’t stoop so low! You have to realize that I have no railroad background –…and neither do I which is why I keep coming back here. There are NO dumb questions, and the Diner Denizens have many years of model railway experience and expertise they are only too willing to share. Now I am on the SPOT - are those Profriteroles or am I missing the point completely as usual? Pretty much, but don’t go asking for them by that name unless you are really into blank stares! Those ones were labeled in the store as Cream Puffs. Okay maybe not Guiness but that's Irish. – give me a Mackeson over a Guinness any day of the week – A lot of people here at the Diner seem to know one another pretty well - so I gotta ask do you guys actually go meet each other in person or do you just get to know one another by meeting here? I’ve only ever met one (Trolley Rob from the old Coffee Shop – and we still email and Facebook. All the rest are cyberfriends…)
got some GREAT info from people much more experienced than me. So It was a surprise to see this post. I guess people who have been here for years "GET IT" - I don't - so please enlighten me instead of asking did I read the original post. I would like to join in on the conversation - but cannot until someone lets me know what its all really about.
We dont have diners in the UK only greasy spoon cafes.
You have to realize that I have no railroad background –
Now I am on the SPOT - are those Profriteroles or am I missing the point completely as usual?
Okay maybe not Guiness but that's Irish.
A lot of people here at the Diner seem to know one another pretty well - so I gotta ask do you guys actually go meet each other in person or do you just get to know one another by meeting here?
Guess what did not arrive in today´s mail? My magic Japanese saw! I am really angry, as I paid a few bucks extra for speedy delivery. I´ll be claiming this money back!
John in Nova Scotia is about the guy living the closest to my place - just a little over 3,000 miles, with a lot of water in between
Put legs on my first bit of bench work at at 47" to the top of the foam, it is great for my neck and back, but it's not going to work with my shredded rotator cuff. Better to discover this now, than later.
Der John .... Those deserts look good !
except that the photo was so big you could only view it by moving the mouse around.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hey MrMick! You obviously haven't had the coffee in this place... It don't get much stronger.......
In Photobucket click on the thumbnail to open the larger image of the photo you want place here. Then in the upper right hand corner of that page find "Share this Photo". Under that there is a list of possible ways to share. Click on IMG you will quickly see it will say "copied" for just a second. Then come here and paste the resulting thingie where you want the photo to be on the page. For me that is "Command V" (I use a Mac but it is similar on the Pee Cee.) Like this:
[ IMG ]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h259/slow_rr/SLOW_RR_III/SLOW_RR%20IV/LrgGirderStonework06w_zpsvg7mb683.jpg[ /IMG ]
I added a space before and after the [ and ] where it says IMG so you can see what it looks like on the reply page. When you Submit your reply, the image should be resized to fit on the page. At least it is for me... Like this
Hope that will work for you.
You can use the restrain image size if you are using the insert photo tool in the editor. If you use something like 500 X 375 in the dimensions box it should post okay.
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...
I be looking for some help here: I am trying to post a photo that I have stored in my new phoyobucket account. I followed the directions listed by Mr.Otte above, and reached the point where I pasted the photo into the post successfully: except that the photo was so big you could only view it by moving the mouse around. I logged out ( did not post it), saw that the photo must be about 1000 x 1000 : how do I do that? I assume if I save it as a smal image it will be a small image when I paste it.
I may also need sosmething stronger than a cuppa joe.
Betty, I would like some tea and scones please -with clotted cream and strawberry jam.
CN Charlie - not sure about the yokshire gold and hobnobs although I know what they are :-)
My wife (a southern gal born and bred here in the US) spent about 18 months in England with me and got a fettish for UK stuff like Tetley Tea and Digestives (she event tried Jammy Dodgers). We now have to order stuff online to get her the Tea and digestives but she also likes Jelly Babies, Curly Wurlys, Flake Bars, Caramel Bars and lots of other stuff you cannot find here.
Its really cool to watch her in a restaurant or fast food joint asking for hot water to make tea with (she event brings her own tea bags). I've seen the brits in Orlando on holiday (vacation) order "hot tea" and they get a cup of warm water and a liptons tea bag. The looks on their faces is priceless.
Its kinda weird as I will make a pot of coffee in the morning and she will drink english tea all day. She owns about 50 english tea pots - so we are talking about a serious devotion here not a passing phase.
Anyhoo, I like this Diner - you can chat about all kinds of stuff.
With my health the way it is right now travel would be a bit dicy for me. But I do see a pretty closeknit group here. And that is the next best thing
LOCO_GUYA lot of people here at the Diner seem to know one another pretty well - so I gotta ask do you guys actually go meet each other in person or do you just get to know one another by meeting here?
In my case, meeting you folks (which I dearly would like to) would be quite difficult. John in Nova Scotia is about the guy living the closest to my place - just a little over 3,000 miles, with a lot of water in between ...
Seriously, some of us come here for a number of years now, sharing the good and the bad bits of our lives, but with very few exceptions, we have never actually met.
Good Afternoon,
Chloe, I'd like a cuppa Yorkshire Gold and a couple of HobNobs. I'm sure the Brits in here can relate.
We are having a heat wave here with a high of 32F but it is cloudy. Must be all that hot air Chris is sending up from the Gulf. Welcome to the diner by the way from someone north of the border or The Great White North as we sometimes call it. It actually is white from November until April.
Well nothing to report on the RR front. I have run trains on the HO layout a little but not much. I have a Hog pulling a short freight in the counter clockwise direction which is opposite to normal. Sometimes I think I might be a little like the first Westie we had who would only run around in a clockwise direction.
I've been enjoying the wonders of computer technology this week(not). I spent a couple of hours on the phone with Sony trying to find out why the WiFi hookup for the TV doesn't work and why the TV stopped recieving a signal. After unplugging it a couple of times the picture came back as normal. Go figure. I think I will wait a bit before I try that again. I also managed to get the new tablet I bought hook up to our router. I had forgotten the network password but luckily I bought the router from the service provider and they were able to give it to me.
We went out to dinner with friends last night to a Spanish restaurant and really enjoyed it. Some people think Spanish food is like Mexican but it isn't at all. I don't care much for Mexican food but really like Spanish.
We are heading out later today to have dinner at friends who are cooking a huge turkey they didn't use at Christmas. Dinner is always early at their house which is ok with us.
Well Robbie just rang his bell so he wants outside.
Garry,
To add a bit more about myself (i.e. where I live) is Purvis Mississippi. It's a really podunk little town with a railroad that runs right across main street. I sometimes go down to the railroad crossing and watch the Amtrak passenger train whizz by in the morning. Apart from that, nothing happens here except the odd freight train and occasionally we get to see wood products loaded on to a center beam flatbed railcar. As the siding is right in the middle of town with no fences or barriers you can go up to the flatbed and see the wheels, bed and couplers up close. Which was actually quite interesting for me.
Anyhoo back to the Diner...
That post by blownout cylinder about the optivisor just made my day. I found it hillarious and hauntingly familiar.
Someone beat this ADMX with an ugly stick....ouch!!
Someone mentioned a senior's moment? Well, guess what happened now? I just spent the last half an hour looking for my optivisor...and found it...on my head
A familiar face - oh, it´s you, Todd! Good to see you!
So, Petra´s happy - no dust, no dirt, no mess = no fuss!
Goooood Morning!!!!
Nothing for me thanks, just stopped in to say howdy.
Not much going on here, all are well. Been in the train room a couple times, but ended up just shaking my head. I still need a couple four sheets of drywall before I can continue.
Sorry haven't read any posts so I hope all are well. Wife is itching to go to thhis giant garage sale they call it at the convention center in Springfield. It's not really a giant garage sale, though it started out that way years ago, as much as a giant flea market for vendors of cheap stuff. But you know what they say about a happy wife. Happy wife.......and I will live.
Well, I've been in here for all of about 5 minutes and she's stuck her head in twice so.....
Ya'll have a great day now ya hear!!!!!
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Lion go far to Fargo.
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Ray .... It's been a long time since I've been up in that part of the country, but wish I could some day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone! Good to see the place busy....
Zoe, I'll have a short stack of buckwheat pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup... What? You only have Vermont Maple Syrup in stock? That's OK I hear that most of the Vermont Stuff came from NYS Trees anyway... Personally I buy the syrup made on a farm about 3 miles down the road from my house. Oh I need a couple sausgae links, and a pot of Senca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee for my FGLK RR mug. Please and Thank You Ma'am!
Garry, any time you find yourself way up North in the Finger Lakes Region, let me know. I would love to meet you and give you a tour of the SLO&W. Little by Little the Girder Bridge Project is getting done... Here is what it looked like last night:
Lion, hope the Vet appointment went well and you didn't claw or bite the vet like one of my sister's cats does!
Good to chat with all of you.... But, I need to get on with the day and get a whole bunch of STUFF done. My sister's cats are among the Stuff needing to do. I hope they haven't destroyed anything else in the house.
Later!
LION is home. Him went to Fargo with one of the monks for a Doctor's Appointment. It is rather serious when the best doctors at this end of the state send you to the other end of the state, but that is how it is. At least I got a juicy, red, rare, tender lump of ribeye steak out of the deal. (Don't tell the Abbot, he thinks we stopped at McDonalds.)
Aslo got to stop at the zoo, I saw Ramu (my favorite Tiger) and his main squeese Veemila. Doesn't matter how many visitors are in the zoo, Ramu will follow me from one end of the enclosure to the other. Cats have an afinity for each other, you know.
I have (at least) four computers on my workbench that need service, after that, I can head on up to the train room and hibernate up there.
Good morning ..... I'll have coffee and an apple turnover please.
Wow... Glad to see so many people participating in the diner.
First of all, Galaxy we Diners continue to be concerned about you.
Barry (Blownout Cyl) ... I was tarting to wonder where you were. I hope you continue to get well.
YGW ... Starting to wonder where you are.
Chris ..... !!! ..... Glad to see you particpating here. Sounds like you are leading a full life. I saw you are now in the USA, but I did not see where. Maybe you said, but I missed it. ....... My wife and I are retired on a lake in western KY. I was born in Texas and lived in various states including IL where I grew up. Most of my years of employment were in Michigan, and that includes some years with the railroad there. We have five adult kids scattered around the country with spouses and children. .. I model the Burlington Route (CB&Q) because I could see their train from my house a I grew up in IL. My layout period is 1962, but I'm not too strict about that. .
Ulrich ... That vacuum cleaner experience sounds like some of my senior moments.
Ken ... Your C&O RS2 apparently is a keeper. I bet you will have a lot of fun with it.
Ray ... Looks like you are on the home stretch with your bridge project. That's the kind of stuff I wish I could see in person.
Frank ... Good to see you. I still appreciate your help decideing what tractor to use for my livestock trailer.
Cambus ... Good to see you. What is new on your side of the pond?
Henry ... Glad you got started with the layout benchwork. 47" should be good.
Model railroading .... Currently, I'm trying to debug old problems. Some of my trains are sensitive to imperfections in the track, and I am making corrections to either the track or the lcomotives and cars. ..