Late Lunch !
Alvie - That is not to bad what is the average income there ? The rents here range from $1400/Mo out in the country for a small sgl family. Closer to Washington DC a one bedroom condo can be $3000+ a month. Average income depending where you live ranges from 50k a year to 90k a year.
Steve - Thanks But I like meat lovers on thin crust pizza
Garry - Howmus had the last sticky bun maybe Lion will bring some more.
TTYL
YGW
Wahoo! I can move my head! I still don't have full range-of-motion (maybe 60-70%), but it it is much better than last Wednesday when I couldn't move it at all. There is still some pain/discomfort, but it is manageable. I was even able to get a complete night's sleep last night for the first time in a week. I am still on the cortisone as an anti-inflamitory and a muscle relaxant. There seems to be a medicine battle raging inside of me as the cortisone want to keep me awake, and the muscle relaxant wants me to go to sleep. On Friday I was watching a webcast for w*%k at the home office and the next thing I knew, the screen was blank and the phone was silent--the webcast had been over for thirty minutes. Oops. I will need to discontinue the muscle relaxant by tomorrow morning. I am heading to Dallas tomorrow evening and the last thing I need is to fall asleep at the gate and miss my flight.
This coming Sunday I am participating in my third "studio recital" as a piano student. I am playing the Aria from the Bach Goldberg Variations, and "The Hours," by Philip Glass. It is always a bit of a hoot to play in these recitals. I am old enough to be the grandfather of nearly everyone else on the program. Last time one girl was so small she had to be helped up onto the piano bench. Always entertaining.
Richard
Afternoon Diners,
Flo- I'll have that deep dish pizza. Make my ingredients pepperoni and sausage, please. At least I don't have to wait over an hour like Chicago.
yougottawanta Angel - Shop Hop ? What is the event for ? To buy quilt parts ? I wouldnt have thought quilts would be a west coast thing.
Angel - Shop Hop ? What is the event for ? To buy quilt parts ? I wouldnt have thought quilts would be a west coast thing.
To both of those questions are Yes. I believe quilts are nationwide not being limited to any state. It's also very popular around the east coast also.
RideOnRoad- I'm glad your neck/head is feeling a little better.
If the Cubs are going to win the world series against the Indians, I'll be very surprised. And then the curse will be over, that will be a shame.
Train Update: While I was writing a list of things I needed for the layout. I realized it was getting expensive. I didn't think a door size layout will be so much.
I normally buy freight cars and locomotives. Not realizing on the whole portion.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Hello Railfans!
Top of the day to ya! Just stopping in to say howdy. But keep your distance, please. I will have you know i have a cold (thank you John Q. Public!). 80 degrees outside and I have a freaking cold!
Ever feel like your a pair of brown shoes living in a tuxedo world????
Imma mosey on over to the "quaranteen booth" and sit a spell. Yall speak up a bit, my ears are all closed up too.
Flo, Ill have one of those nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, aching, coughing, stuffy-head, fever, so you can rest medicine type of meals.
Douglas
Good evening all.
Zoe, Cleveland style BBQ chicken (Wet BBQ, with a spicy mustard based BBQ sauce.), a slice of that warm apple pie, with a scoop of ice cream, and a ice water please. Thanks.
Steven - Thanks, but I will pass on the Chitown pizza, now, if you were doing NW Ohio style BBQ, well, then I might take you up on that offer.
Weather - Cool and wet, but it is still not as cold as it could be around my area this time of the year. (Could be cold enough to have that four-letter word fluffy stuff by now, but haven't gotten any yet.)
W**k - Lost my job today, the DM is cleaning house, axe fell on me, possibly someone else as well. Not really anything I could do, it was just a no-win situation that had occurred, and no one could come off a winner given the issues. I lost a job, they lost a good employee with zero customer complaints against him, with zero write-ups on his file, and who would work whenever and doing whatever needed done.
Oh well.
Less stress, at least until bills come due. Have a possible new job lined up, the manager liked me, so we shall see. Not rushing yet, but am actively looking now. (So, again, no, not panicking at this time.)
Only one I feel bad for, is the poor store manager, who was left high & dry as they say. And, last I heard, I may not be the only one gone.
Wrong time of year to pull this in retail.... That's why I feel bad for the store manager.
Seeing as it was a catch-22 situation, I could fight it, via arbitration agreement, but I really don't know if I want to do that.
Might just be better off elsewhere at this point....
As I said though, oh well. It will work out, one way or another.
Trains - Well, I now have more modeling time! That will allow me time to finish a few projects, using what I have on hand already. Going to see what I can get done.
Baseball - Yes, as you can probably tell, I am rooting for a different team than Steven is. (Based on our respective "unrelated" food orders.)
Well, hope all are well, and everyone have a good day!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Steven ... Thanks for the Chicago style pizza. .... So much for eating healthy.... I had too much ! ... I like deep dish pizza.
I would love to see the Cubs win the World Series after all of the disappointing seasons they had when I was young and went to their games.
I keep getting interrupted when I think I have time to work on the layout. However, I did find time to begin a scenery project today.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Yes, Douglas, I'm old enough to remember George Gobel on the Tonight Show with Bob Hope and I think Jimmy Stewart. It generated huge laughter from the audience, but not nearly as much as Ed Ames and his tomahawk.
Gary
PM RailfanEver feel like your a pair of brown shoes living in a tuxedo world????
Ray - I did know about the depth of Seneca Lake. Some years back, we took a boat ride out of Watkins Glen. It was very informative as well as scenic. Quite a bit about the salt mining, etc. Learned a lot.
We haven't been up to Fox Run Winery for a couple of years. In fact we haven't been visiting many of the wineries at all. We just go to about 3 or 4 and get certain wines we like from each. It's a quick shopping trip. Some day we may spend 2 nights which would give us time to do more, including visiting you. I'd like that. The pavilion in the photo is at Glenora Winery & Inn.
Tomorrow will be a busy day. I usually do the laundry on Tuesday, but I will also clean the windows in this old house, and there are a lot of them. I try to do them in the spring & the fall. Not really a job I like, but at least with tilt-in windows, it's a lot easier than it use to be.
Ricky - Sorry to hear about your job loss. Hopefully, that old saying "When one door closes, another opens" will apply to you soon.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Rick sorry about your losing your job.
I have to say that Ken's and your posts regarding w**k have made me so glad I never pursued a career in retail.
CG
Gary - The tomahawk episode was priceless! Only the Great Carsoni could have that happen on his show, even if by chance odds.
I missed the original airing and had to see it on a rerun. Just as well, I woulda never believed it had I seen it with my own eyes.
I really miss Johnny!
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a and if the Buick Guy shows up give him one as well.
Rick Man that sucks! What reason did the DM use? Personally I would fight it, make them regreat it! What the heck are they going to do, fire you again? One company fired and rehired me 3 times. 4 th time they asked me to come back I told them something I cannot post here!
Buick Guy and others. A month ago my daughter and SIL gave my wife a Tablet and installed a wires less router and all was fine. Now twices I have lost the internet but the modem lights says it should be working! Have my wife start up her tablet and I am back on line? My cable hooks to the router, then to my computer, is the router timing out so I lose the internet?
Rick I am turly sorry. I read all of your post and it makes me feel bad.
Ken
I hate Rust
Ricky sorry you lost your job. I hope something comes along for you soon.
Richard Glad you are feeling better.
Sulfer powder, perhaps you meant smokeless power. It is not interchangeable with black powder, so it's a good thing no one got hurt.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Flo, could I get my standard order of breaded mushrooms w/ blue cheese dressing? Thank you so much.
Hobby Front: Got the rain gutters applied to the new engine house (one of the parts on order that came in on Saturday) and also got the brick color applied to the building (and the gutters). The base will need to have the paint touched up with concrete. Roof and awning paint (Humbrol Polished Steel Metalcote) should be here Thursday according to tracking. (I had to order a couple of other jars of paint anyway and one more wasn't that much more.) Once the roofs and the awnings are painted then the windows, doors and braces will be attached. (Also ordered a piece of Atlas concrete tie flextrack for use in the building. Code 83 but I do have transition joiners that I can use. Trying to lessen the headache of building in ground track like would have been in an engine house.)
Haven't been in for awhile now
sorry to read about your father in law mr b. Not much going on here, the fall colours are nice and temps have been cool but not a lot of leaves have fallen yet. Still not much on the train front from me. The free time I get I I have been playing strat o matic.
Henry:
BigDaddySulfer powder, perhaps you meant smokeless power. It is not interchangeable with black powder, so it's a good thing no one got hurt.
Thanks for correcting me. I'm relating the story second hand and I don't know anything about gunpowder. Suffice it to say that they were using the wrong powder and they could have been hurt.
The Snider Enfield hasn't been fired since, and the breech block has been locked closed. Probably a good thing as it's possible that using the smokeless powder may have weakened the structure of the gun.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Goooood Morning all
Have some Waffle House waffles I have imported.
Off call! Now I can get back to other things like fixing the whistling toilet valve.
on the world series front, this will be a tough one for me as I like both the Cubs and The Indians.
Spent the evening building a new filter capacitor bank for a 1928 Atwater Kent radio for a customer.
Worked some over the past few weeks on wiring for the O scale layout at the museum here in town.
Good morning all.
Flo - The blue-plate breakfast special, those waffles that Moelarrycurly4 brought in. And a tall OJ please, thanks. What's that? JaBear is buying? Oh, Thanks!
JaBear - Thanks! Yes, they were not doing things quite right. I do have a interview scheduled for this afternoon nearby, with a manager who wanted me right away, so we shall see how it goes. Appreciate the breakfast!
CudaKen - DM used the excuse that I had yelled at a idiot truck driver (last week....) who had made a threat to my safety, and then rudely hung up the phone on the idiot drivers boss. So, for my lack of respect, I was being let go. Now, the driver, had threatened me, and, he then was an idiot at the next two stores. (Sounds like the idiot driver was the problem here. 3 stores, 3 managers, all commented that this driver was acting like a huge idiot and was very disrespectful and trying to be intimidating in his actions and language....) DM said I should have just walked away from the driver, leaving him, and an open back room, unattended. (Bad idea, and against company rules!) And that I should have called in a complaint about the jerk. (Drivers boss.... Yep. This was a great scenario alright!) When the idiot drivers boss was on the phone, (for said complaint about said threat he made) he began yelling at me for holding up their delivery schedule. (Like I was the one who was wrong here!) I hung up the phone on him, as their delivery schedule is not my concearn, and I would not engage with him over it. DM said that I am not permitted to hang up on the drivers boss, as that is disrespectful, as is yelling at the driver. (But, I am allowed to walk away from them in person? Kinda like hanging up the phone on them, isn't it?????) Yet, when I called my DM that day for his assistance, he refused to answer the phone, leaving me to deal with both of the idiots myself.
This company has a mandatory arbitration clause, I might just use it, though I am unsure if I want to... Just put me back in the whole big mess all over again if I won the arbitration. Not sure if it is worth it.
W**k - Interview this afternoon, and the manager already wanted me, before the interview was even scheduled. Funny thing is, it is right next door to my old job! (They had placed a help wanted sign up yesterday, so I left my old job, walked in there and applied.) We shall see what they offer, and go from there.
Weather - Still cool, highs near 50, cloudy and breezy. Not bad considering the fact that it could be much cooler, and much whiter, out there right now.
Trains - Working on the SD40-2, will have it lighted, and up and running by tomorrow evening if all goes well.
Hope all are well, and everyone enjoy the day!
Good morning ..
Ricky ... Sorry about the loss of the job. Good luck next door. It may be just what you want, and you may be just who they want.
Several days ago, my neighbor had an accident. His property has a steep incline into the lake with a grassy area above it. While mowing with his fancy John Deere tractor, he got to close to the edge. He and his tractor rolled over rocks and into the lake. He is still in the hospital. He always had a drink in his hand while operating his tractor, and that may have something to do with it.
Good afternoon all.
Flo, a RBF, and a round of them for all. What's that? Why, to celebrate! Interview went great, I start first thing Monday morning.
W**k - Starting new job, still in retail, first thing Monday morning. I will switch from selling clothes to tools and appliances. And, pay will be close to what I was making as an assistant manager while being only a salesman here. Add in commission and I could be making more money now than before. With less stress.
So, all is good.
Hope everyone is well, and everyone has a great day!
Ricky, great news
YGW you passed the test, here's a pic for you from today's Baltimore Sun, I think it's just an old stock pic to show the tunnel they are going to lower the tracks to accomodate double stack.
Afternoon all.
Garry That does not sound like fun going into the lake.
Hello all
Been another another interesting day. Surprisingly busy. Thought it was going to be slow. Non stop phone calls, several inspections, meetings with HO ....But all in all a good day at w**k if those two words can go together. w**k and good that is.
Douglas - Sorry you are feeling bad. Hope you get better soon.
Angel - What style quilts ? Do they follow a Western or American Indian style ?
Richard - What happened to your neck ?
Garry - Drinking and driving never go well together. Even on a lawn mower. I know of a guy who was given a DUI on a riding mower !
Ricky - Good luck finding a new job
MoeLarry - Whistling toilet ? What ? What is it whistling Dixie ? Yankee doodle ?
Bear - Oh. I would bet money that that decision has cost them money. But I am glad there is a USS ship there to help celebrate.
Dave - That is a wise choice. That is how my grandfathers father died. A gun exploded in his face
Jeremy - Hello glad you dropped in. Hope all is well in your life.
FRRYKid - Have any pictures ?
Tom - Is that N&W part of the heritage fleet ?
Ken - How is your daughter doing ? Is your foot healing ?
Henry, CG, Howmus , Lion ... Hey !
Todays qoutes :
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics,in religion, in philosphy, as a couse for withdrawing from a friend.
Thomas Jefferson
I think the difference is very great. An external tax is a duty laid on commodities imported; that duty is added to the first cost, and other charges on the commodity, and when it is offered to sale, makes a part of the price. If the people do not like it at that price, they refuse it; they are not obliged to pay it. But an internal tax is forced from the people without their consent, if not laid by their own representatives. The Stamp Act says, we shall have no commerce, make no exchange of property with each other, neither purchase nor grant, nor recover debts; we shall neither marry nor make our wills, unless we pay such sums, and thus it is intended to extort our money from us, or ruin us by the consequences of refusing to pay for it.
Benjamin Franklin
yougottawanta Angel - What style quilts ? Do they follow a Western or American Indian style ?
I don't really follow a style. I believe some people do follow that particular Indian style.
My Union Pacific branch layout will be put on hold again. I realized this morning with preorders coming next month I'll not have enough money.
Don't worry, the project will resume sometime next year.
When I redone this layout planning I should have realized the final outcome. Instead of trying to quickly buy other items to build it.
I problem that shouldn't had happened. This is what happens when you lose focus on other things.
yougottawanta. . .Richard - What happened to your neck ? . . .
Not really sure. It was a little stiff for a couple of days, then last Wednesday, WHAM, it wouldn't move. Doctor said something (activity, position, etc.) had caused some inflamation and prescribed the course of cortisone. I cannot wait to be done with it. It just makes me feel cr@ppy and I am not much fun to be around. Family is being patient, waiting for the real Richard to return.
Happy Tuesday night,
Ricky, sorry to hear you got fired from your old job, but glad to hear you got a new one. Hope it works out.
Rideonroad. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
YGW, median household income is about 56k. I used to live in Northern Virginia, in Culpepper county. I moved to Lancaster about 11-years ago.
I sent email to Broadway Limited about valve gear assemblies for one of my K4s. Here's hoping I'll get it back on track. Pun intended.
I'm debating on buying TCS Wow decoders and converring my other BLI steamers over from the P2 and P3 decoders they have now. I don't mind nixing the smoke units.
Alvie
Flo, I will have a and if Ed shows up give him one as well.
Rick I am very happy for you! Far as why they canned you, well that you could have won! If you did not like the old job, well I would not have fought it. Hum, selling tools and appliances. Is it Sears Hardware?
YGW My daughter goes under the knife Nov 11 th. She will be off work for 2 months and will not be with us for Thanks Giving for the first time ever. She will be on a liquid diet for how long I do not know.
Feet Front Still hit and miss. While hammer toe ulcer is gone, big blister that turned into calluis is gone yesterday night I found a new blister on the left big toe! I hope Hanger Clinic can get these new shoes right! They are causing more problems than the old shoes that I am wearing right now.
Work Front Got out late due to a later customer. It was a good sale at $1000.00 but I made more from the over time.
Ed Did we make you mad? Or just bored with the Dinner? Thank you for your answers on the main page!
Trains are running well and I am out of things to type.
YGW/HON30/BEAR
Oil canning,(think of an old metal quart oil can that has been crushed on one side) is caused by running a heavy fiberglass boat at high speed from the top of one wave, to the top of the next. Over time the fore'n'aft hull stiffners will crack, allowing the hull to cave in,such as it were. If not repaired by refastening the stringers, the glass in the hull will break, with the obvious results.
Bandit fishing is using a heavy weight on the bottom of the fishing line, with ten or so hooks placed above, dropped to the bottom, and as the boat drifts along the weight is bounced off the bottom, (sometimes not) the line is fastened to a reel powered by a hydraulic motor, or is fastened to an electric motor to retrieve the line. It is a easier way to fish than using a traul having 250+hooks on it. Setting a traul is dangerous as the boat is moving, and the baited hooks must be flipped out of the basket they are stored in. Because the main line of the traul is anchored to the bottom should you get caught by one of the hooks going over the stern of the boat the options open are very few to the person who is snagged. We always kept a VERY sharp knife on our chest that could be grabbed with either hand. At best you might have ten seconds to cut the leader, ground line, or the offending body part free. Or drown.
Bear.
The last FFG I worked on was The Sullivans, named after the brothers ( five I think ) that were all serving on one destroyer, and were killed when the ship went down, early 1944?. This caused a change in the War Department not consolidating members of one family in one unit.
The Snyder was a rifle of .577 cal. adopted by the British Army in 1866, and saw service until 1901. It fired a "paper-patch bullet" from a necked cartridge. The base of the bullet had waxed paper wrap where the cartridge was crimped. At that time it was replaced by the Martini-Henry rifle. The Snyder was used by some of the colonial armies until the early 1930s. (India)
The .577 cal. is very close to the bore of a 20ga. shotgun.
Black powder can be smokeless--sulpher is what causes the smoke. Leave out the sulpher, and the only thing showing is a light fog. If the Snyder was not loaded with true smokeless (nitro-cellulose base) it might have been loaded with black powder-less sulpher.
The formula for this is as follows:
Legened
KNO3----saltpeter
C7H4O----char-coal
S---------sulpher
K2S-----potassiumsulfide (responsible for the white smoke)
K2CO3---potash
CO----carbon monoxide
CO2---carbon dioxide
N2----nitrogen
the formula for black powder with sulpher is :
4KNO3+C7H4O+2S------2K2S+4CO2+3CO+2H2O+2N2
without:
6KNO3+C7H4O-------3K2CO3+CO2+6CO+2H2O+2N2
Or put in another way:
100 parts saltpeter+18 parts coal+16 parts sulpher= standard black powder.
100 parts saltpeter+24 parts coal==smokeless black powder.
When I make black powder all my measurements are by VOLUME----
The downside is the number of miss-fires in my flintlock, with my caplock this is not a problem. The addition of sulpher decreases the flash point of the powder making ignitiion easier. I went so far as to make a mini-grinder out of rock maple. cut a grove with a router, and took 4F black priming powder, added a quantity of sulfer, ground for a period of time in an attempt to create a "hotter"charge for the flash pan to ignite the sulferless black I had as the main charge. Didn't work.
All of my BP guns are reproduction, not original. I have a 1847 Colt Walker, were it original, and in the condition it is in, the value would be North of $800.000.00.
Finally turned cold, front came through and we have had two days of high wind, 42 in the daytime, it has now dropped to 33F, 00:04 hrs. 10/26/16 Kiss the flowers good-by tonight. Got hit yesterday with the dreaded HD List. Got the garden, flower beds, crops (squash mostly, some tomatoes) ready for the next seige. Worked on the wood pile some, will do more tomorrow after I throw some more tar on the roof over the deck, have a leak that I have been chasing for two years now.
My nephew sent me a thumb drove of all the pictures he took when he hiked the AT this summer. The boy has a good eye for photography, many of his picts. are really stunning. ( I liked the ones of the rattlesnakes and the copperheads--lunch on the go as it were. I asked why he did not clean, wrap around his hiking staff-roast-and then "Pick-N-Eat" while he walked, skins make nice hat bands as well.)
Dog is sitting by my chair groaning, and looking at the stairs, bed time!!!
More later, prayers for those in need.
herrinchoker
No-----no train today.
herrinchoker:
Interesting information about the various gun powders. Thanks
YGW:
Your grandfather's premature death was truly unfortunate. Both my grandfathers died early. One died from pneumonia at 58. That was entirely preventable but he refused to go to the hospital until it was too late. The other died from syphilis, which was entirely preventable if had he managed to keep certain parts of his anatomy in his pants. Both were decorated WWI vets so I am still proud of them.