Yawn.
It's a beautiful day, upper 70s with bright sunshine and low humidity. I'm still a bit wasted but recovering from hockey last night. We were short on skaters, which always makes the game kind of ragged and keeps the goalies busy.
Yay. They finally posted the August schedule for music at the bar.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
ULRICH - Thankyou for adding Bill North to the R I P list.
Flip
Hello allQuick update on my father: We had a bit of a scare. He was complaining of chest pains and they sent him to cardio. It turns out his broken ribs is creating the pain. We think they will be moving him to an acute care therapy center later this week. Its gonna be a long haul. My father continues to amaze me. His pain level is betweem 8 and 9 out of 10 all the time and yet he still jokes with the staff. They broke the mold after God made him.
gmpullman - Well Hello glad you are in the diner ! Welcome ! Did you see teh lay off coming ? Thanks for the steak and eggs one of my favorite breakfast
Ulrich - Not only are you an incredible modeler you have great stories to go with the models - Nice !
JaBear - Isnt that amazing you made it into the MRR introduction ! Great going !
Mr. B - Carol the corolla ? LOL ! Love it
FRRYKid - Hawaiian omelet ? Pinapple in an omelet ? HHhmmmm? May have to give that a try one day.
RickyW - LOL Cappuccino ? Were you flying around buzzing through projects ?
Brent - Can you take a kit and work on it while you wait ? Two seconds of film for 8 hours of work ? No wonder movies are so expensive to make. Our motto is measure twice cut once, install. Boom bang done, time is money dont waste it !
Angel - What is the gate made of ?
Jeremy - LOL My wife refuses to let me do laundry. Once I washed a bunch of whites. Unkown to me there was something red in the bunch and when the whites came out tHEy were now pink ! so I have been banned from doing laundry !
Terry - Are you a builder ?
Ken - RT = Rusty trash !? Ouch ! I think I may be able to send your remaining coal cars this weekend. Have you built any of the ones I sent already ?
Garry - Nice bag ! I bet that will make Ken jealous !
Henry - It amazes me how fame and fortune twist people and they forget "the rock from which they were carved" Hollywood makes a lot of people nuts.
CN Charlie - What kind of skylight is it ? I may have some suggestions on how to fix it.
Reinhard - How are you havent heard from you in awhile
Lion, DER, Galaxy, ZStripe, Howmus, Flip ( love the emails : ) ) Jim......Howdy
TTYL or Oooroo
YGW
I nearly forgot to post a short video of my layout I made yesterday!
Things have changed a lot since - there is more "foreground" to the layout giving it a much greater depth!
It´s too dark to take pictures without a flash now, so you will have to wait until tomorrow to see the transformation achieved by today´s w*rk!
Good morning all, cool and wet this morning out here on the West Coast.
Tomorrow is the first day of this movie thingie. They will not tell us where or when until tonight, apparently last minute notification is normal for security reasons. I just hope it isn't too early. I think they are filming the end of the movie first by the sound of it.
Henry, I don't think the kids will let this go to their heads. They were really "take it or leave it" about the whole thing. They will be back to school in the fall, that being said we did have a conversation as to how many days in September they may miss from school, it won't be many. They will not have time for any more of this kind of activity once school starts.
As far as the dogs go, we don't do any of that movie/TV stuff anymore, it all got old very fast. They were in a couple of those Air bud type movies as extras, as well as Homeward Bound. Commercials for McDonalds, Mattel toys, Littlest Petshop and some adds for U.S. pet food chains. We rarely see any of the commercials they're in as they are for the U.S. market and not shown here.
Those Coon Hounds are cool. I had a hound when I was a kid. She was almost eighteen when she died.
My wife was the Vet for the local Wildlife rescue for years. That had some interesting moments I'll tell ya. She got an injured beaver in once, that had a big bite out of its tail. That thing would wonder around the Hospital just like one of the cats. He would sneak up and chomp your ankle if you didn't say Hi to him when he approached. It was usually a gentle chomp.
Charlie we have Golden Retrievers. My Sister flies all over the World as an all breed judge and I met my wife through her. I have very little to do with any of that show or breeding stuff as it just doesn't interest me in the least. I have my interest, the wife has hers and we respect and help out each other if needed. My wife shows the dogs but has nothing to do with the politics of it all and won't even engage in the conversations.
My wife retired at fifty from being a Vet, though she tried, there is no such thing as being part time when you are gifted as her. The number of times the phone would ring in the middle of the night with some police dog or other animal requiring her surgical skills was never ending. Of course I would get the 0300HRS "lets go" punch in the arm. I became a pretty good anesthesiologist and surgical assistant.
It was tough going to work after being up all night sometimes, but it was exhaustion with a satisfaction chaser if the results were good.
We are going to try and fit in the new Star Trek movie today. We tried yesterday and just never made it.
Have a good day all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special this morning. Over easy on tne eaggs, please, bacon, homefries, and a double order that wonderful sour dough bread toast. Oh bring over the jar of strawberry preserves as well. I'll finish off with a couple of this pecan rolls that Garry broght in to go with a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee. What, yes, I'll skip lunch today........
Already been sitting at the computer for a couple hours today. Been reading emails, answering emails, reading more emailsd answering my emails..... looks like we finally have most of the ducks in a row on the petition thingie. I do have to write a formal request letter to the Region we want to move into. I will get that done today, get it Oked by my ogther officers, and hopefully get it signed by the end of the week by all of us. Then we wait to see what happens................................
Yesterday the mailman brought me a box from Walther's. I ordered a large quantity of WS Foliage from them as my LHS only has about 2 of each color in stock at any given time. I clean them out and then have to wait for a couple weeks for them to get 2 more in. I usually order from Caboose Hobbies, but as you know they are moving soon and I found they are already sold out of the colors I need. So today will be beack to w*rk on the scenery. I am now out of HO scale 1" x 4" stock and so can't finish the fencing. I ordered more direct from Kappler, but that will be two to three weeks before they send them. I'll check with the LHS when I am out and around later today.
OK... Time to hit the shower and get busy with whatever today brings! Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning .... I brought pecan rolls for everybody .... Perhaps that will attract more posts here this morning.
Ulrich .... It is always fun for me to recieve packages in the mail no matter how small. You did not waste time with installing the street lamps evidently. Good luck with the trees.
FR RY .... Sounds like you are ready for a big project.
Yesterday, I was doing other stuff, and so I have no model railroading to report.
Have a great Wednesday !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Yoohoo? Anybody around?
Good Afternoon!
It´s a slow day for me - the weather has turned into a strange mixture of humidity, heat and cold at the same time, making me feel like something a dog would reject.
The postman brought a little parcel containg two street lights to be placed around the station building (done that) and the lat batch of trees. I have run out of that smelly spray paint Petra wouldn´t let me use indoors, so I took a generous blob of white glue, some leftover brown paint, water and a brush, "smeared" that mixture onto the trees and gave them a good dusting of WS Blended Turf. They look just the same! Had I known this before I could have saved spray painting them before sprinkling the WS stuff onto them! Now the are propped up on a piece of leftover Styrofoam board, waiiting to dry before they get planted onto the layout.
That´s all from my side - have a good one!
Another one of those days at work. (Of course, it didn't help that today was my Monday.)
Got all the hardware I needed for the expansion: 1/2# of drywall screws; a torx bit (not in the original plan, but needed for the heads of the screws. I was used to phillips head screws.); 8 carriage bolts, flat washers and wing nuts and a 1' long piece of 3' wide aluminum window screen. The screen is for the river that will cross the section.
Evening Diners,
I'm glad that the day is almost over. My sister came home today with the dog by the door. The plan was to take both dogs to the park to see if they get along. Unfortunately that wasn't the plan since her phone didn't work. Getting the two dogs together was a disaster.
... talk to later got to show my brother the killing job preview.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good evening,all. Cloe, a piece of raspberry pie and vanilla ice cream and a cup of Red Rose tea would be great.
CN Charlie, we had a humdinger of a storm 500 miles northwest of you Saturday night. Lots of intense lightening, extremely heavy rain and high wind. We got over 4 inches of rain in about thirty minutes. One of the strongest storms I have experienced anywhere. We were without cable tv and internet service for two days after the storm.
The weather has finally cleared up after three days of rain. The mosquitoes are now going full force with all the wet weather. Last summer was almost bugless. This year the bugs seem to have the upper hand.
Enjoyed watching the MRVP NMRA Convention report from Mr. Leonne.
Have a good hump day tomorrow.
Jim
Good Evening,
A dark roast coffee and a couple of Tim Tams please.
After saying I hadn't been doing anything with the RR, I went downstairs and ran trains for a while. I had the Light Mountain hauling a passenger train, the 'Inter-City Express'. The whistle in the MRC decoder is really very good. It has a distinct whail about it. Not much else is though.
I also threw a coulple of Robbies toys for him. He likes to chase, shake and bring them back to you for a repeat-- over and over again. He has another new toy 'Angel' --at least that is the name we gave it. He learned the name in about 2 minutes so now you just have to ask him 'Where is Angel' and he will fetch it. He now has over 120 toys and he knows the names of them all. If you don't get the name right he won't retrieve it. The lady who runs the pet store we go to thinks we should put him on Youtube. I think he is testing us, not the other way around.
Well just about time for a little TV. He likes watching it especially Border Security. He likes the sniffer dogs on that show. Now it has gone to his head as you just have to say 'Border Security' and he runs to the door ready to chase the squirrels.
CN Charlie
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, a butterscotch Sudae and a cup of decaf would be great right now....
I have been multitasking all day... Running around putting out fires.... Getting things fixed... All those kinds of stuff...
Yesterday morning I put my hearing aids in right after I changed the wax screens in them (should have been done Sunday Morning, but I forgot). Things sounded funny right away... Like nothing could be heard in my right ear. Took out the battery and replaced it figuring it had a dead battery. Nope, no change. Funny, I could turn the Left ear up and down though from the right one. So I called the hearing place and made an appointment for early this afternoon. The service guy took the aid to check it out... Now I'm figuring this was gonna end up being a "send to the Factory for major repair" type thing and had resigned myself to wearing a behind the ear thingie with a foam earpiece for the next couple of weeks (hate that). He comes back in in less than 5 minutes and says, "Your all set"! He just had to clean out the ear wax that had gotten through the screen and completely pluged the aid. So that is taken care of (they are still under a maintinance plan so no charge...).
Staring to clean up more of the house for the old Fine and Practicle Arts Dept. get together at my house the end of the month. Looked up some addresses and such to contact all the old "Partners in crime". Tried again to contact one of the MLK Schoalrship winners who has applied to us for the first half of his money. He didn't let me know where he wants the check sent... Rather important since it could go to one of three places. Only email I have for him is his college one, and he might not be using it yet. Tried calling him a couple times and got a strange teen type music and stuff answer that told me to leave a message.... I did the second time I called. He hasn't gotten back to me yet. He's probably out playing Pokemon Go or something.
Just spent some time sending emails to the President of the Region my Division is trying to leave and the President of the Region we are trying to join. Niether one of them has gotten back to me either.
Doing the second load of wash right now and spent a few minutes of quality time and got a bit more fencing done on the layout.
OK, Back at the wash and layout for a while!
Afternoon diners
Flo, Beer plaese and one for Ed if he shows up. OK, one for the Buick Guy if he can get his Grand National to start.
VA Front Meet my new Dr and while I can not spell his name it sounds like Shake. I am guessing he is 1st genataion American. Looks like he is from the middle east but I can understand him just fine so I am happy.
Train Front I have been using Jeffery tip on using ATF to lube my engines motors. Seem's I am oiling them a lot, so maybe not a great idea after all. Next time I get to K-10 Model Trains I think I am going to pick up a bottle of Labelle 108 oil.
TV Front My 69 Charger R/T (Rusted / Trash) was on TV for Gate Way Drag Strip. I need to see if I can find a still I have of the TV commerical.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
This is a Facebook link, sorry I can't find a non FB link for the video on Carolina Coonhound Rescue
https://www.facebook.com/lowcountrydog/videos/10153905017259952/
No MR content, but coonhounds are just so cute and considered so discardable in some parts of this country.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Afternoon,
A lovely sunny day here which is nice after the rain yesterday. We had several thunderstorms, one of which could be called severe with high winds and heavy rain. Luckily there wasn't any damage but the skylight still leaks so my fix wasn't 100% but at least it was an improvement. I'll be back up on the roof tomorrow.
Nothing new on the RR front but then again I don't do a lot in the summer.
We were supposed to go birding with our friends tomorrow but that has been postponed as my wife isn't feeling well.
Brent, what breed of dogs do you have? There has been a Westie or two in our house for over 30 years. The current one isn't to a show standard but he is one of the smartest dogs I have ever encountered. We have good friends who breed and show Keeshonds. Our best friends used to show and breed Westies but haven't done so for about 15 years. They found it was getting too expensive and too political for a small breeder especially in the US where they live.
Well just about time to get some supper going.
Chloe I'll have the soft crab slider and hush puppies. Are you sure that Hawaiian thing isn't made with Spam instead of ham?
Brent exciting news but I hope only your dogs stay in Hollywood. A number of my relatives have been touched by Hollywood. The actors and the actesses tend to be self absorbed and if they achieve success they become jerks. They have not been good spouses or parents. Dick Clark was a neighbor and not one of those. My aunt once asked him straight out, "Dick how come you are not like the rest of those (fill in the blank) in Hollywood" Anne he said; "it's because I never forget, it's just a business."
Steven Otte Batman, that's very exciting! When the movie comes out, you'll have to let us know if their footage makes the final cut so we'll know to look for them!
Batman, that's very exciting! When the movie comes out, you'll have to let us know if their footage makes the final cut so we'll know to look for them!
Thanks, Steven. It will be interesting to see how it all turns out. My daughter wasn't keen when she got the call as she was going to have to cancel a lot of things. Then they told her the name of the movie and she said yes. She read the book twice it was so good.
This is the movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543472/
Our dogs have been in a number of TV commercials in the past. One of them was hours of shots being taken on a sound stage, the final result was a two-second scene in the finished product. We were discussing the movies and commercials the dogs have been in and figure that for every whole day you spend on a set, probably gets you a five-second clip.
Ulrich, Switzerland is a great place to be. I took that rail trip from Zurich to Venice where you go past that church three times as you go higher and higher.
I have lots of fond memories of the times I spent there. I use to go and spend time with this beautiful Swiss girl I had met in New Zealand. Oh to be young again.
A very cool day here today with a couple of thunder boomers passing by. We only get those maybe twice a year.
Spent three hours in the trainroom this morning. Started two trains going around the layout while I puttered away. It is so nice when you go to the layout after a long spell of not running trains and turn it on and have everything runs to perfection. That doesn't always happen.
Only 3 posts so far - certainly a quiet day in here!
Thanks, for reminding me about Bill North - I´ll add his name to the list on the RIP track!
This afternoon, I wanted to run my other loco, the one in my avatar (all others have been sold to finance the annual car service), but it really wouldn´t run the way it should. I checked the track and it was spotlessly clean, so there was no reason for the loco to misbehave. Well, I should have checked the wheels of her! Not really full of gunk, but just enough to lose contact now and then. Problem is now solved ...
When I opened the August Diner, I forget to mention where we are for the month. I thought it would be nice to spend this month in Switzerland, which is, and you all now that, nothing short of a giant layout for Him to play with. This months also marks the 50th anniversary of my short cab ride from Fiesch to Lax along what was then the Furka Oberalp Railway, now merged with the Zermatt Railway to form the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway. It was a surprise gift my Dad had arranged for my 10th birthday.
I´d like to share a video with you, showing a ride with the Glacier Express, my favorite train ever. I may have posted it earlier, but we have some new members here who may be interested to see where my love for Swiss narrow gauge trains comes from.
Enjoy!
You left out BILL NORTH . See July 13 - page 9.
FLIP
Good morning .... What's this !.... Cinnamom Pecan Coffee Cake ! .... Yum..... (I bet if Barry was still with us, he would have eaten it all. ) .... I'll have a slice with hazelnut coffee, please.
Terry .... I've have not had goood luck when I tried posting videos here. If I try again, I'll try Ed's suggestuin.
Ed ... I like the looks of Walthers Capital Limited. That is one of the trains I rode in the pre-Amtrak era. I recall riding in the dome car on a westbound train after departing Washington, DC. I remember the spotlights shining on the scenerey, but the sun, of course, provides better lighting. I also recall awakening in the middle of the night in Pittsburgh.
Ulrich ... I like the photoshopped picture.
Speaking of B&O ...... I still use this travel bag which I purchased at the B&O museum gifts shop many years ago. .... It commemorates B&O's 170th anniversary.
Lunchtime!
That cinnamon pecan coffee cake Ed brought with him is smelling awfully tempting! I think I´ll go for a slice of it and some coffee, Edna, dear!
You don´t know Edna? Edna is sitting in for Brunhilda, who is off on a vacation in Iceland.
After waiting 3 long nights and days poised on that bridge, Urs Zurbriggen, the photographer, finally succeeded to get that surprise shoot of the newlyweds leaving the church. It must have been quite a ceremony, or could it just have been he took down the wrong date?
My friend Claus (that´s the who helped me build the benchwork) did a little bit of photoshopping with one of the pictures I sent him the other day.
TTFN - I am getting ready for an after-lunch snooze!
cudakenYep Ed, I have B&O Fever pretty bad!
Hi, Ken! Glad to finally step into the Diner! The aromas have been tempting me for years. The Pecan Cinnamon coffee cake is quickly becoming my favorite...
I'm still on a B&O kick myself. Last week MB Klein featured some Genesis F7s in the simplified blue scheme that they "found" in the warehouse! So an A-B set is on the way to me if they didn't get washed down the Patapsco River in that flood!
Got a pair of Rapido FAs in the works, too!
Well, now that you mention it, the Capitol Limited is sitting on the main right now, too! Yep, got that B&O blues... and that aint' bad!
Check in later...
Oh, and thanks for the suds
Ed
Evening Dinners
Flo, I will have a please and get Ed One as well.
Ed, great to see you hit the dinner! Your tap is on mine everytime you are here!
Boy, today did not work out as I planed!
Work Front It has been slow on Mondays for about the last 3 months. Maybe 2 to 4 customers. So today I took my B&O GP 7 to work so I could install the decoder! Well, it was slow but every nut job with in 15 miles came in today! At one point I felt like I was in a 1950's Citcom Radio Show going on, all that was missing was Jack Benny and Rodchester to join in. Two black ladies (in there 70's) and there 4 year old grand daughter came in.
At first I was frusted, could not get them to really understand anything I was telling them. Fun part was listening them explaining it to each other what I had said. I had a big smile on my face most of the time. Kept calling me Mr Ken. I all most wished I could have recorded it. I was glad after a hour and half they left. Said they be back and I think they will be.
Had a few customer of Jerry the so I could fix his errors. One told me "He is nice, but does not seem all there." I held a straight face for a few mintues till she told all of the things that she thought was odd. Then I finally when we have noticed.
Ray If your town needs so rain get the town to buy me a plane ticket and I will take a few day's off up there. seems to follow me on my days off.
Terry Man, your engines can pull! I seen HO Slot Cars go straight up, but never trains! Must have traction tires and frog snot on the wheels! Great looking layout I will add! Pretty steep grade at the start!
Ulrich So are you keeping the current layout? It sure looks good!
YGW How is your dad doing? I was hoping to see you post today.
I am off Tuesday and off to the VA Hosptial to meet my new Dr. Just hope I can understand the man, or woman. Pretty sure they where not born in the states. I am fine with that, as long as I can understand the Doctor.
Yep Ed, I have B&O Fever pretty bad!
saronaterry How do I get the video to come up, in size, instead of just the link? Like Ulrich does? Terry
How do I get the video to come up, in size, instead of just the link? Like Ulrich does?
Terry
Terry,
The little film-clip icon in the tool bar, right one in the middle group, should work for you.
Copy the YouTube URL, open the "film" icon in M-R forum reply then paste the YouTube URL on the source line. You don't have to enter any other lines.
Hit "Enter" immediately after and that should bring the bar cursor below the frame so you can continue to enter text.
And that should take care of it.
A gray box will appear in your reply pane but when you post your reply the video should appear with a play arrow.
I see where Lionel got the idea for "Magne-Traction!" Nice video!
For some reason, the "full screen" mode is disabled in the YouTube toolbar when linked from this site but if you click on the next icon to the left, "Watch On YouTube" the video will come up in the larger screens from their site.
[edit] added screenshots
Thanks for the warm welcome and birthday wishes, Folks!
Regards, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Good Monday evening, All!
Hot and muggy. Seems to be the re-occurring forecast here lately.
We'll be starting to form footings on the second house tommorrow. Trades are roughing in first one.
Here is an updated video of the layout. Sorry for the first few seconds....
https://youtu.be/fsC-V_RnWXM
Evening guys
nice night out tonight
had a big family dinner yesterday that my mom has every summer. It's nice to see all the family together. Didn't do much today at all. Did some laundry and played some strat baseball
My dad is coming home late at night from his "working" vacation. Packing up things at Jackie's apartment and traveling back home. She might be home tomorrow since their driving separately.
We're getting our gate replaced later this week around the weekend. The past two weeks the gate broke in two parts, then last week it broke in three parts. We basically have nothing to hold it up expect old junk. Plus it doesn't help when rains and heavy winds blowing it down.