Had an odd morning this morning (Tuesday). Mom managed to scramble the screen on the desktop of the Windows 8 computer that she & Dad have out at the ranch. (No one can seem to figure out how she managed to do it. She can do FB somewhat, play games, and buy books and music. Other than that, she is computer-illiterate.) Had to go out real quick to fix the problem before I went to work. Managed to solve the problem in about ten minutes or so. (Mom had me walk her thought the proccess again so that she could write it down so that she can fix it herself the next time she does it.) Of course in the process Dad wanted me to fix the icons on the screen. After a minor translation error (he first said rows and then after I moved the icons into rows he then said he wanted them in columns () ), took care of that. Positive, however, got to opportunity to put a few new items on the layout and to check on how the river had dried. I found a few spots where I will need to put some additional covering as the screen is still exposed. (For Sunday.) And Mom bought me lunch. New blender and construction adhesive picked up when I got off work.
Mentioning Labor Day weekend Sunday, it will be the last Sunday I will be modeling for a few weeks. The following two Sundays I will be occupied with other items (Railroad-related but not on the layout). It's also getting close to the point where it could get too cold to do work on the layout itself. (Might finally get a few non-layout projects done.)
Good Day All!
Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then it was another hot day yesterday so,under the coolness of the A/C I got some track down on the new Slate Creek and the siding for Margo Polymers Corporation I need to build a between the rails unloading grate for coverhoppers(plastic pellets) and a unloading area for tank cars (plasticizer).
Have a good'un!
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Howdy ...
No layout progress to report.
This morning, I had 3 teeth extracted. The doctor wanted to put me to sleep, but I asked to have a local anesthetic instead. .It is rough doing it that way, but it is $500 less expensive. Now, I'm sore.
No steaks for me for a while ..... Have a nice day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin'........... Ah??? Hmmm.... Guess it is now lunch time plus. Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a refill of my dark roast coffee please... Thank you Ma'am!
It's a lovely day here in the Finger Lakes today! As in, been raining all morning. Nice easy soaking rain. What we have been missing for several months now. probably too little, too late to help the farmers, but still great to see oputside.
Garry, OUCH!!! Hope you get rid of the soreness quickly. I have never had more than one extracted at a time, except for the removal of the "wisdom" teeth. That was a really bad experience. Had a "Dry Socket" and had to do my Spring concert at School two days after the surgery (Wednesday evening)! Didn't think I was going to get through that! Took the rest of the week off sick.
Still putting stuff away from the party last Saturday. May actually do some Model Railroading this afternoon.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon Diners,
Nothing much waiting for packages.
Ed- Are those cabooses going to be repainted into prototypical colors or a fictional railroad.
Garry- Having three teeth out, are you getting a bridge? Make sure to eat plenty of ice cream.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good Afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Just a friendly note to say I'm still alive and kicking.
Missed the train show a few weeks ago. Wanted to go and pickup something i didnt last time. Probably all gone now.
Oh well, another day. At least I still have another day.
Not going to pretend I know any of the conversations going on.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is ok and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, 2 cold ones in the B&O F7 mugs for Ed and I. If the Buck Guy shows up give him one as well.
Pretty beat today. Took Sue to get one of her knees injected with a Gel that will help with her knee pain. Luckly it was cooler today, the car we are using does not have working A/C.
Stopped at Harbour Freight to buy a mider saw. (spell check) They had one that I thought would do the job I need to do for $89.99 and I had a 20% off coupon. Then I found out that none of them came with Blades, and the Blades where $32.00? So I did not buy one, guess I am back to cutting the pickets the hard way.
Computer Help Please. Guess I just forgot how to use MS Paint, or should I say how to find it? I had used it at one time when I was playing with layout ideas.
But for life of me, I have no clue how did it? I was able to save the Decoder Pro CV's for the F7's, but could not turn them to a JPG?
B&O Front.
Played with the sound settings of the F7's. Getting the sound more to the way I like it. Need to read up on the CV's on the sound more so I can progam while they are running. One of the engines (think it is the B unit) sounds like it has a ghost bell ring, or like some one is beating on a thick metal plate with a hammer. Not very loud and not distracting! Just there and I wonder why it is there?
B&O Sprung Truck Coal Cars. Got end of the sprung truck fairly free wheeling with the PK 2000 wheels! Went to the other end, side frame fell off! Guess it is time to ask for help on the main page!
Time to fiddle with some more coal cars.
Ken
I hate Rust
Heartland Division CB&Q This morning, I had 3 teeth extracted. The doctor wanted to put me to sleep, but I asked to have a local anesthetic instead. .It is rough doing it that way, but it is $500 less expensive. Now, I'm sore. No steaks for me for a while .....
No steaks for me for a while .....
Hi Garry, I feel for you, and hope the healing is quick.
When they were getting me ready for the radiation for my tongue and throat Cancer, they insisted that I have the rest of my teeth out. which were nine (9) on the bottom. They all came out in about forty minutes with only a local. I must give him a thumbs up though, as it went really smooth and I really dislike Dentists.
Johnboy out..............and not quite gumming it as I still have my full top dentures
Must do something about the bottoms one of these days , but there is no rush as I have no reason to chew anyway, everything goes through the tube. and Br. Elias, that's not an English subway either..........
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good afternoon Diners!
Zoe, I think a quick, healthy, snack is in order. How about a plate of French fries smothered in gravy, Poutine style, and a Diet Coke! Gotta watch those calories, you know.
Angelo, Here's what I have in mind for the bay window. As delivered (first lot anyway).
http://original.trainlife.com/articles/126/modeling-a-new-york-central-bay-window-steel-caboose
Scroll down to photos. The other one will be similar. It is a later rebuild of the 19xxx series caboose with plywood sides added.
http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/images/nyc-19008.jpg
Ken, glad you are getting somewhere with the BLI QSI decoders. Usually I'll mute the bell on my B units since a) they didn't have bells anyway and b) no matter how accurate the timing is in the chip, they get out of synch and sound goofy.
The horn I might leave active just to give it a little more "presence" and a slight echo effect. IMHO, the QSI horns sounded pretty good.
Not much else to report. Mrs. Pullman is gathering entries to take to the Great Geauga County Fair (Ohio's Oldest 1823) She likes to enter craft items and produce. She usually comes home with a fist-full of ribbons.
Two years ago she mentioned that there was a category for railroad memorabilia and did I have anything I wanted to contribute. I gave it a little thought and came up with a New York Central conductor's cap, ticket punch, some NYC tickets and envelope and a Pullman car diagram with names filled in.
It got "Best Of Show" in that category! I told Mrs. Pullman it was just beginners' luck and she got a Best of Show the following year... so everyone was happy!
A few passing showers has provided us with .71" of rain finally. Maybe I can get to the train room early tonight!
Hope I didn't get any gravy on my tie, should have used a bib!
Check in later, Ed
For Garry and others who might not be able to chew, the soup of the day is Flo's famous Chicken & Dumplings.
Mmm, mmm, good!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
LION is home from vacation, pictures may appear next month : )
LION took AMTK from MOT to CHI to WAS to RMT
Stayed with my brother in Washington (NC). We burried father on Monday, much of the family was there.
I drove out to Cape Hatteras, saw the light house, but did not go up. It is 12 stories of twisty stairs, and I have enough troubble just getting up two flighs to the train room.
I also drove down to Willmington to see the battleship North Carolina. A nice preservation job, self guided tour through most of the thing. Not at all like the aircraft carriers I was stationed on. Looked very small to me, crew accommodations were primative, the gun turrets took up most of the space inside of the ship.
Came home with time to spend in Washington, saw the Metro, yawn, you seen one Metro station, you have seen them all, if you have seen one metro train, then you have seen them all. Inspite of the heat and humidity, I did walk around the White House, and had a tour of Congress. Was melted by the time I got onto another AMTK train to CHI.
In Chicago, I did spend some time on the CTA and did get many pictures, and did make it back to Onion Station for my connection with the Empire Builder. What a relief to get off in North Dakota with its civilized weather.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Afternoon,
Feeling a little tired today as we were up at 5 a.m. to get ready for the first fall 'Birding and Breakfast' at the nearby nature reserve. Only saw 24 species but we did see 2 firsts for us.
Say is any of Steve's Tuna Cassarole left? I actually like the stuff. It was the only dish that was edible when I was in first year university staying in residence. Gosh that was 50 years ago this fall. Yikes where does the time go.
Not much on the agenda for the rest of the day. Think we might just flop in front of the TV tonight. Perhaps running trains would be a good idea too. I was running a BLI light mike a few weeks ago and then just stopped it on the mainline. Started it up a couple of days ago and the chuff sound had disappeared. I had to do a re-set and then adjust all the CVs again. It is working again. I like the loco as it runs very well and just crawls on speed step 1.
CN Charlie
Steven .... I would love to eat it.... Thanks.... I could not eat all day.
V8 .... You have a valid point about anesthisia being dangeorus. Also, if a patient has a problem it is best to be in a hospital instead of in the oral surgeon's office.
good night, everbody...
Hello Railfans!
Flo - fetch me up a bowl of those dumplins, darlin. Put me a reservation in for seconds!
Vinnie - Only thing wrong with that picture was the bowl was too small. You folks must eat purty good in the MR cafeteria. Cant wait to see yalls dessert tray!
Ken - I try to get here as often as I can. Meanwhile, drink this whilest i tells ya where to be findin the paint program.
The straight path to it is "C:\Windows\System32\" and look for filename "MSPaint.Exe".
Or, you could just call one evening and I can talk you through it in about one minute.
The following picture is a layout i did with Atlas software, snapshot the finished layout, pasted into paint, and decorated it. Nothing grandios, but effective.
Douglas
Heartland Division CB&Q This morning, I had 3 teeth extracted. The doctor wanted to put me to sleep, but I asked to have a local anesthetic instead.
This morning, I had 3 teeth extracted. The doctor wanted to put me to sleep, but I asked to have a local anesthetic instead.
I remember when I had to have a tooth pulled. Let's just say I learned a new definition for dentist. D-E-N-T-I-S-T = T-O-R-T-U-R-E. (Caps intended as is done when something is being spelled. I think the oral surgeon waited too long to pull the tooth. The novacaine started to wear off. I have a fairly fast metabolism.) After I had the tooth pulled, I ended up going to work. My store manager wanted me to help throw freight from the truck later that afternoon. I told her that I just had a tooth pulled earlier that day. She responded that I didn't have to worry about it. (She was surprised that had even had come to work.) A few days after the tooth was pulled, I had to call the office of the surgeon back and ask them to please send down a script for a little stronger pain killer as what they suggested non-prescription wasn't helping.
Hobby Front: Got the bridge pieces for the access road to the new engine house and got the grooves filled in so that the bridge deck looks like concrete. I will end up using an image from an MR back issue for installing the support for the bridge. (February 09. The article on modeling water. Side note: Until a few weeks ago I didn't even realize that the engine on the cover is a GP30 even though I had even looking at prototype pics of that engine for quite a while.)
Ed:
The cabeese look yummy! Well you did say they looked like chocolate!
Seriously they are both really nice models.
So you have had some projects kicking around for years eh? We should start a club!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Pumpkin Flax Organic Granola with fresh blueberries and a large pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast Coffee for my R&GV RR mug please.
FRRYKidA few days after the tooth was pulled, I had to call the office of the surgeon back and ask them to please send down a script for a little stronger pain killer as what they suggested non-prescription wasn't helping.
Sounds like it might have been a Wisdon tooth? The Bi-cuspid I had pulled back several years ago now I didn't feel at all and needed no pain killers as it healed. Had a Dry socket with one of the Wisdom Teeth..... Don't ask! Hope it heals up without any more problem.
Already did a day's w*rk here for the MLK Committee... Several students just got to college and want their scholarship $$$ to pay bills. Also working on items for the Boy Scout Training coming up for the Handicapped unit.
Currently 71°F outside and will be going down to 53°F overnight. Hoping the extreem heat we have had for the last 2 and a half months is coming to an end. Looking outside, I should mow the lawn again as it has sprung to life after the rain yesterday (quarter of an inch...). Only good thing is the ragweed appears to be almost non-existant this year with the drought.....
Hope all of you have a great day!
It was not a wisdom tooth and it was an upper tooth anyway. It is one of the regular molars. The other thing that didn't help was I was told that my teeth have a tripod root system.
Richard