Howdy ...
Ed .... The UP Dining Car manual look interesting... I have a copy of a book with recipes for dining cars of various railroads. I have tried some of them, and the results were very good. I did have to adjust quantities because we don't normlly feed 50 to 100 people. ... LOL ... Also, I look at the photos in the book of the famous name trains of the pre-Amtrak era and feel sad. The USA had the best passenger trains in the world in the 1950's. Today's young people do not know what they are missing.
MoeLarryCurley ... If you get to Classic Trains, you may tell Bill I said hello.
Speaking of Bill. He sometimes calls his business "Classic Trains and Ferraris" ... In the photo below he visited the three model railroad layouts here at the lake a few years ago in his Ferrari. .... (From left to right .... Bill, myself, Dan, Gus) ... Each of the three of us has a house on the lake with a model train layout.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
hon30critter We get calls every few days from a supposed duct cleaning service. Its been happening literally for years. We are now past the point of cursing into the phone. What we do is start to ask questions about things like the company address and phone number, what type of equipment they are using, are they insured etc. etc. They get totally flustered because they can't answer the questions since I don't think they actually exist. Its fun getting them to hang up on us for a change! Makes the calls much less annoying. One of these days I'm going to play them along to see if they will ask for a credit card number over the phone. I suspect that's what they are after. Dave
We get calls every few days from a supposed duct cleaning service. Its been happening literally for years. We are now past the point of cursing into the phone. What we do is start to ask questions about things like the company address and phone number, what type of equipment they are using, are they insured etc. etc. They get totally flustered because they can't answer the questions since I don't think they actually exist. Its fun getting them to hang up on us for a change! Makes the calls much less annoying. One of these days I'm going to play them along to see if they will ask for a credit card number over the phone. I suspect that's what they are after.
Dave
If I do not see a name on the call screen, like my kids etc, the call never gets answered. If it is important leave a message, otherwise you are out of luck.
Flo just coffee. The railroad recipe with eggs and shells just put me off eggs today.
The NRA museum is on the bucket list. The 90 minute drive for me around D.C. is the deal breaker. The passing lane on the Beltway is populated with the slowest cars on they road. There are 5 museums in Cody, WY Winchester, Native American, Buffalo Bill, Western Art and Natural History. You need at least 2 days
Duct cleaning. These trolls calling are getting worse. They call 6 days a week now from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. They can spoof any name and number they want, even my own. I read yesterday that India bustex a small group of the IRS scammers. 9 guys making $150,000 each. Having just turned 65, I am bombarded by Medicare insurance sales people, or identity theives, not sure which. Medicare forbids cold calls but that doesn't do any more than the DNC (do not call for out world members) list.
The local news said that BG&E was going to send 150 trucks to Florida but their power company said don't bother the damage isn't that bad. Then the national news says there are 1 million people without power???
On the trainfront, I have track layed on the long end of a 2 piece module L-shape. I'm considering just making it a straight run. There's nothing on the short leg of the L, it's not even attached yet. I can't figure out how to add 5' to the left on SCARM. It only wants to give me 4' of space.
Speaking of Wyoming, my friend in Jackson reports 3" of snow on Tuesday. Webcam http://www.alltravelcams.com/jackson_hole_wyoming/teton_village.php
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Morning all,
Back from a short few days off from work. Things have finally calmed down.
spent yest evening changing spark plugs and wires on the wife's car. Realized I had not chnaged plugs for 150K! ( it was running fine why bother). well the plugs had rusted to the head. I had to spray some pent oil in the plug wells, they popped right out afther that. I was lucky I did not strip the threads out.
Garry: I have not been to Classic trains yet I was told he moved across the highway next to Hank Bros. I will have to go check it out.
Be safe all.
Ed:
Interesting to see the recipies. They sound good. I noted the reference under the black bean soup to the original chef at The Coach House in New York. Whoever wrote the manual was at least trying to engage the cooks on board the trains.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Gary:
Ya think?!?
I'd like to meet Anna Liljeberg in a dark alley!
Evening Diners,
Flo- I'll have a chocolate ice cream sundae.
Charlie isn't scared of desert frogs. Sadly he doesn't know that their poisonous when eaten. I wished dogs were a little smarter when you tell them no, carried them away, and stop that. Don't worry he didn't eat it, he just chased it a few yards in the back.
I opened a post about AAR railroad codes on two trains.
Plus I'm with Ed on buying trains. And you're right Gary that is Spam.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
WeighmasterGuess I'll just ignore it and spam it out.
OR go ahead and get the 1.5MM check and divide it up amongst the present Diner attendees? I have a Paypal account, just forward MY share.
Yeah, right. Approved by the United Nations? Not the World Bank or the Federal Reserve!
I promise, I'll only use the money on TRAINS!
Ed
I received an email tonight from an Anna Liljeberg stating:
TRANSACTION APPROVED
Your transaction of $1,500,000.00 has been approved by UN in their ongoing p...
Gee, Willikers, this is awesome. I sure wish I could remember when I applied for this bunch of money! Maybe I should open the email to get the amazing details?? You don't think it could be a scam of some sort? Guess I'll just ignore it and spam it out.
Gary
Hello, Fellow Diners...
Just stepped in for a quick appetizer— perhaps some watermelon rinds wrapped in bacon! One of the favorites that were served in private cars. Maybe a Long Island (Railroad) Iced tea? Thanks, Chloe
Ken, that water bill includes a charge for sewer, too? Seems ironic that you have to pay for beer, then pay again to flush the toilet! 'Ya just can't win!
YGW, that museum sounds like fun. Not long ago I watched some documentaries featuring great inventors. (The Men Who Built America?) The episode on Colt and Winchester featured some scenes with Ashley Hlebinsky from the Cody Museum of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. That might be worth a visit! Miss Hlebinsky held my attention quite well.
https://centerofthewest.org/
Creepy clowns have been in several news stories here in NE Ohio, too. In one very recent case two sixth grade girls were going through neighborhoods late at night. Police were called and finally located them. Can you imagine the risks that this kind of behavior is creating? Apparently the impetus for much of this activity (and that Pokemon stuff) is to create a buzz on "social media"
So...
I'm thinking of hatching a plan!
Since this is the diner and we have recently been visited by Chef Ryan, I wondered if it would be acceptable to share a few recipes and dining car information from a book that I have in my collection. It was given to me by a retired Pennsylvania Railroad chef, Big Daddy Perry, whom I worked with on a private car back in the 1970s.
If it doesn't violate any forum etiquette and you folks would enjoy seeing a few railroad recipes, I thought I'd post one or two each week. Any comments, suggestions or criticisms welcome.
I enjoy reading about the presentation and all of the regulations that accompany the same.
Here is the introduction:
And seeing that most of the Northern Hemisphere is entering cooler weather I picked a recipe for black bean soup as a starter.
IF this turns out to be a dud... let me know! Otherwise, if it's OK with everyone, I'll post a few more for the diner patrons to try at home.
Railroad Front::
Hulett #4 progresses, slowly.
I have been vexed by my DCC "Power Shield" breakers that refuse to reset once they trip. I have researched options and the solution was supposed to be to add a N-C switch between jumper 3 & 4 which makes it a manual reset. Well, that doesn't seem to have any effect.
What I'm doing tonight is dividing some of the power districts into smaller chunks so that there are fewer sound engines and lighted cars in any one district.
Hopefully, that will make resets a little more reliable.
Thoughts and prayers to all, especially anyone in the potential danger of the Hurricane Matthew! Great to hear from you again, Galaxy!
Regards, Ed
Heartland Division CB&Q Thought for the day. When attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler.
Thought for the day.
When attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler.
So I just got done reading a "creepy clown" news story on Reuters and I come here a get this.
Evening all
Glad to see so many regulars here : ) took the day off. Finally got the barn with train room submitted to the county should have a permit ( I hope ) in two weeks. Then I will set up excavation and start pouring concrete ftgs and walls. It will be 50'+ x 24'. With the train room 24'x 24'.
Took my son to the NRA museum in Fairfax Va. It was a great visit ! It was free, I got to see Annie Oakley guns, a black powder gun that came over on the Mayflower, John Waynes movie guns he used in Rio Lobo, Stage coach and so much more. We had a great time together.
Will TTYL
YGW
Afternoon Diners
Flo, I will have a and give Ed one if he makes it in.
Galaxy Glad you made it in! I am am impressed by what you have got done. Both on the house and other matters. Maybe you and YOH should join a club.
Day Off While I felt a tad better today, I still wasted it. Got my shoes re-fitted by a young lady. Boy she was cute! To bad I am 60 and married. If I was single and in my 20's or 30's again, well lets just say I would be busy right now!
Did some other running, dumped the trash, paid the water bill and bought beer.
K-10 Model Trains. Picked up anothet pack of PK 2000 wheels and Kadee #5 couplers. I did leave the B&O E-7 PK 2000 behind. But till I get some engines off the RIP Track why buy more? On the other hand, the PK 2000 Santa Fe F3 A B with sound is still calling me even now! Only $329.00! Did I just post only $329.00? I remember when I swore I never spend over $65.00 on a engine.
Late Ken
I hate Rust
Afternoon Diners,
cudaken angelob6660 I finally tested my CR 8-40CW #6060. She ran very well and fast on DCC on knob 4. How come locomotives power has to be cracked up at 4 -6 speed just to get it rolling. Angelob6660 If it is a sound DCC engine it takes that much power to get the sound decoder going. If it is none sound you can fiddle with the CV's. (think you can with sound decoders as well) CV 2 is one of the CV's that will help. That is the starting voltage. There is all so a Kick Start CV. (pumps just a small burst to get the motor going) I don't recall that CV but I am sure there is help here at the site.
angelob6660 I finally tested my CR 8-40CW #6060. She ran very well and fast on DCC on knob 4. How come locomotives power has to be cracked up at 4 -6 speed just to get it rolling.
Angelob6660 If it is a sound DCC engine it takes that much power to get the sound decoder going. If it is none sound you can fiddle with the CV's. (think you can with sound decoders as well) CV 2 is one of the CV's that will help. That is the starting voltage. There is all so a Kick Start CV. (pumps just a small burst to get the motor going) I don't recall that CV but I am sure there is help here at the site.
No, it's not a sound equipped locomotive. I haven't touched the CVs yet, but I tried renumbering them in which gives me an error.
Hey Galaxy, it's nice to hear from you. Too bad about your relationship, and medical status.
Back when I was in business and going through a lot of ink and toner in my printers (both ink-jet and laser), I started getting refilled and remanufactured ones at about 1/3 the best price I could find anywhere else here.
I am not associated with the place in any way except being a very satisfied customer for many years. Only printer that their cartridges haven't worked perfectly in was an HP that somehow knew they weren't from HP and kept telling every time I printed a page that they aren't original ones from HP and to use them would end my warranty on the printer because, you know they weren't making $$$$ on them! Needless to say I no longer use anything from HP and never will again!!! I use Canon Printers now and still do a lot of printing for various groups. No where near what I did in the music business, but....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Howdy... ...
We definately are postponing the FL trip. Airline will let us use the money for later flights without assessing penalties. If flight is cancelled, we will get a full refund.
Alvie... I hope you are safe in FL.
Ink jet printers, of course, need new cartridges when ink has been depleted. The price for a set of them may be higher than the price for a new printer. I don't like that.
Lion ... Good idea to use just black & white printers to save costs.
Have a great day.
Morning all (at least in my time zone). Flo, could I get an omlette with chicken and pepperjack cheese with some wheat toast? Thank you so much.
Got one for my friends. What would be the best method for replicating the weatherin shown on the flat car shown here? My best guess would be a 2 to 3 parts grimy black paint to 10 parts oily black. Just enough to dirty up the car, but not enought to completely obscure the lettering. I don't trust myself with chalks or anything like that. I am much better with paints.
If someone has any better ideas, feel free to contribute.
Mornin........ Ah..... hmmmm. Ahem! Afternoon folks!
Ah Zoe, I see you are still here so can I get the $2 Special still? Oh, that's right, breakfast served 24 hours a day in here. Forgot about that. Well, over easy on the eggs, bacon, homefries, and a double order... What? Yes, the sour dough bread toasted. How did you know? Oh, don't forget the.... My Seneca Lake Blend Organic, Fair Traded, Dark Roast coffee is already made. You're good!
Steven Otte and afterward you spray it with Dullcote, it should work fine.
Steven!
Galaxy!, good to see you sir. You sure do have a busy life and lots of "stuff" to deal with. I was worrying that you had completely departed the diner. Glad you stopped in!
Sun is busy shining today here in the Finger Lakes region. Doesn't look like Matthew will trek inland to be any problem here (Last one that did was Agnes back in '72! That one made a real mess in the Southern Tier where I was living at the time!). One of the earlier models for Matthew showed it coming inland and heading for where I live. My sister, in Florida is right in the danger area though, so say a prayer for her and her family down there please.
Don't think I mentioned that September did break the Solar Panels record for September by about 15kWh and it now looks very good that this year will be the best for production I have had yet. Of course I have used way more electric this year with the air conditioner running 24 hours a day most of the time due to the horribly hot and dry summer we had. The lawn is now making up for lost time! Had .75" of rain in the last 2 weeks. Beans, peppers, and fall snow peas are growing like mad right now in the garden....
Have a great day out there, and those in Matthew's Path, stay safe!!!
Steven OtteAnd BigDaddy, making sure you never see such a post is part of my job.
And as President of the World Model Railroad Insomnia Society, it's my job to see it first
I've printed decals on the color laser printer here at work, but as a high-volume commercial unit, it's probably out of the range of most hobbyists. Walthers, VitaCal, Testor, and others make decal paper that will work on almost any inkjet printer. But for finely detailed work, I would take my documents to a Kinko's or Office Depot or the like to be printed on their laser printers. As long as they treat the decal paper like heavy glossy photo paper, and afterward you spray it with Dullcote, it should work fine.
Pro tip: If you'd like to print directly on clear material for business window signs, be sure you use acetate made specifically for use in laser printers, NOT clear styrene. Don't ask me how I know.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
PRINTERS...
Any inkjet is expensive to operate, and we have pretty much banned them from our network, and I will not support the one or two that are left.
Our standard printer is a black and white laser printer. If someone wants color they can send their work down to the big xerox color machine in the basement.
If somebody needs color in their office, they will have to get permission from the Abbot. We now have a Xerox Phaser color laser in the pottery shop. (another building over with no tunnel connecting them. So the Abbot gave him permission. I'll order a B&W printer on my own hook, but not color.
I do not buy stuff in the stores. I inspect them at Tiger Direct, Newegg, etc, I read the specs, download manuals etc. before I make a decission. I also compare the cost of the supplies (toner).
Typicaly I use Lexmark B&W equipment and Xerox Color Equipment.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Re: Ulrich... It's not appropriate for me to publicly discuss other users' administrative matters, but I can tell you he's not banned.
And BigDaddy, making sure you never see such a post is part of my job.
Jimmy rejection is part of the process. If it didn't work for her, she was doing you a favor. Keep looking, there is someone out there for you.
Galaxy welcome back. You carpentry accomplishments are as prodigous as your future surgery schedule. In case no one warned you, rehab after shoulder surgery is tough, much tougher than ACL reconstruction.
No judgement from me on your domestic situation other than this....if the marriage lasts long enough, the judge may award the OH lifetime alimony. It happened to me, but fortunately the OH got remarried. I have a friend who also pays lifetime alimony and though he is burned out by work, he can't afford to retire and pay his ex $60K a year. Before they were married she was an OR nurse in the open heart room. She could easily make $90K but instead she is a waitress in a diner like this one.
I never saw a post from Ulrich that merited banishment. He too has more than his share of medical problems and financial problems.
last mountain & eastern hogger:
Why not start a thread asking about printer recommendations? I think a lot more people would see it there rather than here in the diner. That's what the forums are for!
My HP printer has ceased to do photos properly so I'm likely going to be replacing it soon. The subject would be of great interest to me too.
Morning all. Oreo cheesecake for breakfast sounds wonderful
I've got an epson printer/scanner/fax. It does the job of printing LEGIBLE WONDERFUL DECALS, but man it eats ink like crazy. I've heard good things about canon printers. Hope that helps you logger.
I donf like to talk about it much online( or to many but my closest friends), but the thing that has been going on in my life that has been keeping me from posting here has been well- a string of stuff going on my life that has been beating me down.
Work has been stress inducing, you know how that goes when they keep burning through employees and can barely find anyone to take their spot. then the ones who do a no call no show.
I've also been burned quite recently in the battle called "love". I was seriously talking to a girl for a few months, and we were perfect for each other. It had gotten to being unofficially dating. We went out for the first time in the real world, and I thought it went well enough. We went out for coffee and we're together for about 3-4 hours just enjoying each other's company. Well the next day when I tried to set up another date, she sent me an email basically saying "I don't think it's gonn work between us, I'm sorry. I had fun, but it was just too awkward". its been a few weeks, but I still hurt from that badly. to just sum it up, it was another hit for someone who hasn't been blessed in the romance department.
Health- besides the asthma, I can't complain besides a couple panic attacks.
The only thing that's been keeping me sane, has been model railroading and my MR club. Plus I got "commissioned" to do a paint project for a buddy- former SD45 (SD40-3) for the short line Allegheny Valley railroad, more decals custom printed at home. Btw, MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE MEASURE EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU PRINT! I found that out the hard way
im looking to finally start learning to solder( friend ordered a bunch of stuff for me to start learning, i just need to pay him back when it all comes in from China). thisll be fun.
ive been watching the hurricane as well- I just hope everyone in the path of the storm will have secured their house the best possible, and evacuated- with pets if they have them.
hope everyone as a nice day.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Just a question tonight fellas, I'm trying to save some frustration in deciding what I should replace my old HP. printer copier with.
It has gotten quite tired and I would like to replace it with one that I could print some decals on. I know there has been alot of talk here over the years but didn't seem to be much of a concensus on the subjet.
Could some of you make a suggestion to me what brand and possible model I should be looking at. Hopefully not to fancy, but one that will do the job fairly well in printing, copying and decal making. I don't want to start another thread on the subject, just need a few informed answers.
I await your informed replies.
Great to see that Galaxy is still on top of the grass as well. I would go absolutley nuts if I had his problems.
Galaxy, Ulrich, I believe got banned for a short while but he isn't now. He is just on a bit of a health sabbitical. You have remained in our thoughts and prayers, hope those health issues really improve for you. Then you can handle the rest more appropriately.
Moonboy, you are right, the weather here right now is really shi__y. quite chilly, right around freezing and snow freezing rain for several days now and forcast to continue into the week-end. Glad you got out of the North when you did. How good/bad was the rice harvest this year?
Garry, did you cancel your Florida trip on account of the storm? Hope Alvie is OK.
Will try to get back in on the week-end, while at work.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Hi galaxy!
Welcome back! We missed you!
I wish I had a magic wand to cure all your health issues. Hang in there!
Also, I hope things work out in your favour relationship wise.
Howdy/
It looks like a reunion for people who have been absent for a while Good to see everybody.
Galaxy ... You are missed... That's a long post with various thnngs happening in your life. I'll read it more carefully in the morning. ... Ulrich is taking a break from the forum but not banned,
Ulrich... If you see this, I hope you are okay,
Alvie is in Florida with the storm. I hope he is okay. Bad timing,
We might postpone our trip to FL.
Hi, Guys!
I am sure some of you have missed me, others were thankful I was gone for a while.
First, condolences and prayers to all who needed/need them. SOme have had some trying times, I guess.
I have only briefly skimmed the notes when possible, but have really had no time to write anything. I have been busy, especially with medical stuff, mostly, nad when not having days filled with MULTIPLE medical Appts. I ahve been working on the house.
Brief updates:
medical:
this has NOT been my year! after spending 15 weeks trying to get over pneumonia, then having the neck surgery, then in the car accident, then MULTIPLE xrays {about 150} and SEVERAL MRIs {about 20} and PT for the accident {once for neck, once for shoulder, twice now for the back due soley to the accident}; I have more surgery coming up onthe 26th of this month {that will slow me down} for the non-injured shoulder; surgery in Dec for the knee {torn ACL and Torn MCL ligaments} MAYBE; It is definite, I am now diabetic {A1C @ 7.5}; check in nad appts for BARIATRIC surgery {who knows what when, we are exploring options here and in SYracuse}; htings are a bit haywire with the urologist {no cancer yet, , just BPH< kidney problems, and other issues}....I have literally had medical appts all day long EVERY BUSINESS day from as early as 6:30 am until as late as 7:30 pm. Of course, as many of you know, that can mean some hurry up nad wait time too. I mean literraly I have spent ALL DAY, EVERY BUSINESS day in the hospital or doctors office!!!!! This month isn't over, has only 31 dAYs, nad I already have had or have coming up 32 medical appts, including surgery!
This is about the first break I've had to even check the computer, and I have 4,500 emails arcross 3 screennames to wade through. IF i have been on, its been late or early morning {we get up around 3 am...} to order stuff for the house.Thank goodness banking/credit unioning can be done by phone.
GARDEN:
The garden did well, but not as large a harvest as I was hoping, but it has been a drought summer here, If RAY hasn't told y'all. Yup, drought and long hot dry days. Watering every night. Now is the time to dig up spent plants and prep the beds for winter. I got a bale of hay for the strawberries. Carrots are still growing, red ones, purple ones and yellow ones and orange ones of course.about to harvest them iF i have time. I have apple trees to be planted, but need to get the big older tress out of the way.One is a 5 apple apple tree, will produce 5 varities. My cherry tree and peach tree got cancelled due, they say, to "crop failure". My fruit salad tree {grows peaches, nectarines, plums, and two other fruits.} they sent did nothing, and now they claim it is NOT for my zone, and now they only graft ti for 3 fruits.. GRR.
HOUSE:
The bonus room is FINALLY FINISHED {lots of nights spennt fixing it.} Itr WAS formerly an open porch. They enclosed it befroer we came along with two walls{insulated, two because one is against the garage, and the other is against the kitchen}. That was it. SO, I: sealed the concrete floor with DRY LOC, painted with floor paint, then went whole hog and found a room sized remenant for wall to wall comfort with a commercial rug @ only a whole $110 for a 12' x 12' room; finished hte ceiling with 9 almost 4'x4' panels {hte room is not quite 12x12}, then I put up moldings, three kinds nad medallions att the interesectiosn to give it a "coffered" ceiling look.....; last ear we added the electric heat strip, and use a now infared space heater {cheaper to run} to heat the room , so now a year round room. I have about 35-40 torpical pants in there, my faves, and some dwarf fruit bearing trees , if they will ever grow big enough to produce, though the new lemon tree is doing well, IF it will survive, we will have fresh lemons come december. I have dwarf banan plant, dwarf orange{two kinds}, dwarf pomegranate, dwarf lemon trees. I have indoor herbs growing too, and will try to have year round strawberries from some plants and the ever-bearing varietiy.
We finished off hte bathroom, and got many strong sturdy shelving uinits for organinzing the basement.
We built two sheds, one 8x8' Rubbermaid ROughneck vinyl one, and a smaller "gardening shed" 2x5' rubbermaid roughneck sheds. Next year we wil get a 8x15' vinyl coated steel shed to put on the other side of the back of the yard.
put in 30 privacy bushes on either side of the back yard, and boxed them in with landscape timbers and mulched them. I got a chipper and a chain saw to cover getting rid of branches. The largetr branches will be cut and saved for kindling in the chiminea, if I get around to ordering it.
Put up a canvas gazebo, nad used plastic landscape tiles for flooring inside nad to make a patio outside teh bonus room {the former patio}.in two yuears we will put in a wood gazebo.
I was lucky enough to order a 6'x8' walkin polycarbonate over aluminium framed green house, so it will go up nest year when we have a concrete patio poured,and will have a vestibule built to bridge the bonus room and the greenhouse.It was CHEAP as a close out end of season non-seller. Wonder why? all it needs to be more stable for year round use is extra clips to hold the panels in place. You cna order those. I also bought wood teak floor pannels for it, so water wont be underfoot all the time. I will have it plumbed for water to use after freezing point, OR will heat tape it.
RELATIONSHIP:
For those of you have solid, loving, "perfect" marriages, skip this part, those, who can tolerate "other" relationship status-es, can read on. I have agreed to wait a year before filing for divorce. MOH {My Other Half} thinks it will chnange my mind, nad MOH HAS been better as FAR AS I CAN TELL, aobut "things", shall we say? BUt I have reached the point where I DON'T CAR ANYMORE. 16 years together or not, I am ready to cut my losses and RUN. I DO have, nad HAVE HAD for a while, now, another significant Other, which actually is with MOH's blessing {"at least you have that as an outlet"} as MOH has firmly declared "I DON'T WNAT TO {uh, ahem } HAVE RELATIONS with you anymore". That ends THAT inour relationship, nad I have no love any longer for MOH, so I DON'T Want to stay in a loveless, {uh, ahem} "non interpersonal" relationship {to keep it clean} MARRIAGE. That is why I have someon{s} on the side. I am "playing the field" as it were, but have had a steady significant. other {SO} now for about a year. WITH MOH's approval. This SO is a NYC person, is involved in the city with an OH, who also knows aobut us,nad so I see this SO every other month when this SO leaves the city. SO, LIKE MR. B, I have "other interests", shall we say. Those who condemn US, need to hjave walked the years we have spent in our present marriages to understand. MOH has been unfaithful and cheating since 2005, got caught in a very bad way in 2006, and it has been downhill since. I thought MOH woudl "go sow some wild oats" and come home to roost. NOT THE CASE. SO, 1.5 years ago, I put up dating profiles, WITH MOH's BLESSING, nad that is how I found my OTHER {NYC} SO. I have a semi-local SO also, who right now is bogged down with heavy OT at work, so I don't see much of at the moment, but WAS seeing as well as MY NYC SO. I have made some friends with otheres, who knows where it will lead. I have changed the profiles from "open relationship" to "seeking new LTR {Long Term Relationship}. MY NYC SO was to come up for my birhtday {the 25th of last month}, but came down with resiratory infection, so I will see the end of this month, befroe my surgery. When we are together, it is *magic*, when apart, we text and send text pics all the time, every day, multiple times a day. If my SO wasn't such a CITY person, AND I sucha COUNTRY person,and neither of us had the OH's we do, we MIHGT be together.....permenantly. SO THAT is where the marriage stands.IF , and thats a BIG IF I stay, it will be for CONVENIENCE only. MOH has dropped out of marriage counseling all together., and has stopped going to my mental health therapist witrh me, and when tried again, left the room saying "everyhting is my fault", and walked out, running aweay, like MOH does ALL THe time. MOH CLAIMS "I want this marriage to work", BUT two things: first MOH LEFT THE marriage YEARS AGO, and second, MOH wants TO MAKE NO CHANGES in behavior, and wants to "continue as we were, I thought we had a good thing"......UH NO. NO. NO. WE DIDN't...MOH HAD agreat thing, haveing cake and eating it too, so MOH THOUGHT> until I refused to put up wiht it anymore. Now those of you reading, amy since since i have MY 'concubines" too, I am no better than MOH, true, MAYBE< but I didn't start cheating, sneaking aroudn and LYING about it 11 years ago. I optioned MY things, here with teh understanding of "open relationship" MOH decided on wanting, BUT ONLY so MOH could cheat, MOH NEVER THOUGHT it would work TWO WAYS, ONCE I put up my profiles actively seeking "other options", especially WHEN I GET MORE contacts than MOH does now. Hee HEe. MOH wnated "open relationship" staus as blanket permission to go [ou know hwat] otheres, BUT NOT FOR ME TO DO IT TOO. HA! Needless, to say, if we boht have othere interests, it doens't make much sense to save whatgever it is we have left. AS I siad, IF i stay, ti will be cfor CONVENIENCE and maybe COMFORT. 16 years have wastged the better years of my life. i will never get tehm back, and SHOULD have left MOH in 2006 when MOH got caught.
NOTICE: I ALWAYS refer to MOH as "My Other Half", NOT "MY Better Half", as even wihtout the cheating and other SOs, NEIHTER ONE OF US IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER/.
well that aobut updates you.
TRAINS:
I found and organized the boxes of trians and trian stuff.Aobut 30 of them of all sizes. They are now organized on shelves, ready to be accessed when I get teh time nad inclination to start a new layout. That is hte most I have done wiht tehm since we moved.!
Hope all is well wiht y'all, and those who experienced losses heal, and those with medical problems heal as well.
DOn't knwo when I will next be on.
Oh...I think I read... CAN someone tell me {nicely} did ULRICH really get banned? I COULD ask him directly if I searched for his direct email addy. Or called him. BUt first I thought I'd check here.Of course he could hacve emailed me, it might ber in those thousands of emails I ahve to wade through.
have a great day {or night}
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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.