Good evening all !
Finally the sun has decided to shine in Virginia again. Usually I do not get depressed by dreary weather but the past week and half or rains and clouds was starting to get to me.
Train front - I think the company who has agreed to haul in the fill material is FINALLY moving in the right direction. They are making a site visit today. I have requested Friday and Saturday haul in. Say a prayer this happens if you are the praying type.
Ulrich - Shewww that was a close call ! I am gald it is working out. Lets hope the cooling pad doesnt go on the blink now. How is Petra doing ?
Ricky W - I would also suggest calling venders, former customers, Look at online sites that rate the company or their products, google there name and see what comes up.....
Ken - If and when this company fails what is plan B?
ROR - LOL !! That has happened to you too !!! I done that a time or two
Angel - "think small, ideas huge" In my world that statement goes like this " Big plans small pocket book " or as some of my blue collar friends say "beer budget champagne taste "
B Bill - The guy hung upside down ??? How much height did he need to pick up ? I am glad some people want to be police offers. I for one never want to be one. Generally speaking you are having to deal with people who dont want you around, dont like you and or they are at a very low place in their lives. God bless you for doing that job and THANK YOU ! Phew not for me !
History qoute:
As to my Title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable, the issue of the War must Settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.
Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty to them.
This place looks deserted today!
Maybe I can lure a few folks to join me by showing a video of a drone flight over a breathtaking Japanese N scale layout?
For those who have been to Japan - it´s really amazing how the builder has captured the atmosphere of this country!
Well, I´ll be slowly making my way to the hay. I am not feeling well. My right side is acting up and shows some of the effects of that stroke I had some time ago. Best is to go to bed, try to catch some sleep and forget about it.
Edit: I just passed the 9,000 mark in my post count - gee whiz!
Evening Diners,
yougottawanta Angel - "think small, ideas huge" In my world that statement goes like this " Big plans small pocket book " or as some of my blue collar friends say "beer budget champagne taste "
I have those same problems as well. Most of these ideas and plannings are just talk.
I have one or two that is actually working.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
I have spent the whole day in bed, I got some sort of resp crud. I think it is a flu. No stomach issues though.
I got up about lunch and up again now. Atleast I am hungry and can eat.
just lots of tissues and snorting.
I feel like I have a fever and when I check I do not......
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I will have some chilli cheese fries.....
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a Crown Royal with a chaser.
In a better mood than I thought I would be in today. Did the math and with this check and what is left in the checking account I have $12.15 to live on for the week! I was thinking I would need to take around $200.00 out of savings to make the payment. So from my point a view it is a win.
New Garage Door. Well it will be new to me. One of the customers I had from work (that bought) install garage doors, his name is Big Mike. He has a used door I can buy for $100.00 and will install for $250.00. For $350.00 I can have a garage door that I can open again! My old wood door, well it has a few small holes in it and I cannot lift the dang thing anymore. Well, more afraid to! If it fell apart train layout would be junk! OK, it is junk but it works! Only thing I don't like is there are no windows. Big Mike is looking into the cost to have some installed.
YGW I have 2 plan B's.
1 I will take early retirment at 62. I will be 61 2-24-17 so I have about 18 months to go. Yes, I will still need to work but it will take a lot of pressuer off me.
2 Get the heck out of this Titanic of a company! I fell like Captain Smith and Gillgan is my first mate.
Rick If I cannot believe in what I am selling I won't show it.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Moe I have that. I'm on day 5 and except for coughing, doing much better.
There is a guy on Youtube "Bad Lip Reading" that has a hysterical video on the Inauguration. Since it's all FAKE lip reading, I don't see it has a political side to it one way or the other so it shouldn't agitate Cousin Vinnie https://youtu.be/gneBUA39mnI
Got some primer on my tank kit. It's a dark primer, I may leave it at that and just add weathering
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good evening, everybody !
We returned from AZ, and we had a great visit with our youngest daughter and her husband. While we were there, they had maybe 1/2" of the 5" of annual rainfall they get there. So the weather was less than ideal. Each morning, a large flock of morning doves was loud.
Speaking of colds, several passengers on the plane obviously had colds, and I hope we don't get it.
Looks like you Diners were busy, and I have much to catch up on. I'll get back with you tomorrow.
Cheers
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning, everybody!
The night was pretty bad for me. For whatever reason, I got all panicky and started to hyperventilate and fainted. Petra called the paramedics, who got me back somehow. Apparently there is no physical reason, just reacting to the threatening circumstances we live in. I hope today will be a better day.
The morning video is about a steam train in rural Japan - enjoy this short film of a well made video of an amazing N scale layout!
Ulrich:
Sorry to hear about you having such a bad night. Not fun!
How is Petra doing? Does she have a date for her surgery?
Take care,
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterHow is Petra doing? Does she have a date for her surgery?
Thanks for asking, Dave! She is doing fine - for the moment. She has a doctor´s appointment next week, at which we´ll probably find out the when and where of her surgery.
In any case, the timing of all what´s to come is not really good, with me being in the sick bay as well.
Sir MadogShe is doing fine - for the moment.
I'm glad to hear that she is not in pain. When my back went bad from an infection in my spine in 2008 I had to wait 10 months for the infection to subside before they could do the fusion. In fact, the infection did a lot more damage before it was brought under control. The pain was incredible. I was on Hydromorphone (Morphine) for the entire time. Not fun for me or Dianne, but the hallucinations were interesting .
Wish her well please! And you hang in there too!!
hon30critterI was on Hydromorphone (Morphine) for the entire time. Not fun for me or Dianne, but the hallucinations were interesting
Been there, done that! The best part were the withdrawal symptoms when they took me off that stuff. I spent my days on the sofa, covered with all the woolen blankets we could get hold on, trembling and shivering. That was no fun at all!
Giving up smoking was a walk in the park compared to that!
Sir MadogBeen there, done that! The best part were the withdrawal symptoms when they took me off that stuff. I spent my days on the sofa, covered with all the woolen blankets we could get hold on, trembling and shivering. That was no fun at all!
I was very lucky in that regard. Amazingly I only had a couple of days of the shakes and chills and feeling faint. Why that was after the length of time I had been on the painkillers I do not know, but I'm not complaining!
What scares me a bit now is that my back pain is slowly getting worse. It is now pretty much constant if I am standing or walking, and recently sitting in the car has caused problems too. Previously that was one of the few places where I was comfortable. I am resisting going back on the painkillers. I may see what medical marijuana can do for me at some point. A good friend has been using if for severe knee and foot pain and he says it works quite well. I may become a dope fiend!
Cheers Ulrich!
hon30critterWhat scares me a bit now is that my back pain is slowly getting worse. It is now pretty much constant if I am standing or walking, and recently sitting in the car has caused problems too.
We share that as well, Dave! I owe to my size and weight, 6´5" and 245 lbs. don´t do your spine a lot of good. Add to that a nasty car accident some 40 years ago and you´ll understand the issue. I am not taking any pain killers - yet.
Sir MadogI owe to my size and weight, 6´5" and 245 lbs. don´t do your spine a lot of good.
I'm 6' 2" (in the morning at least). I'm so used to looking straight at or more usually down at people that when I meet someone as tall as you are I find it a bit disconcerting. At 245 lbs. you are doing well. I'm a little over 310 lbs. and I am very heavy boned. When my spinal fusion was done the surgeons said my bones were so dense that they could barely drive the screws in. Even then, they didn't get them in all the way. The excess fat is mostly in my gut. My arms and legs are relatively fat free. My doctor has mentioned to me several times that my back would benefit if I were to lose weight, but alas I lack the resolve. I like good food and good liquor too much! My bad!
hon30critterI like good food and good liquor too much!
Leave out the liquor and I am with you - third time around!
Petra is just too good a cook for me not to enjoy eating - just as much as she likes cooking! I know I should also lose weight - to the tune of 50 pounds - to ease of the burden on my heart, literally speaking, but I doubt this is going to happen in my lifetime.
Just woke up from a nap on the sofa. I am not feeling refreshed - au contraire Isay (if I were French). Now I need coffee in an IV bag to get me going. And, Chloe, I don´t mind if you throw in a slice of that apple crumble pie, thank you!
And now, for some entertainment, the early afternoon Japanese N scale layout video:
I have to admit confess that I start to like those Japanese layouts. I should bring my mini-modular layout back into life ...
Good morning ...
I'll have oatmeal and OJ please. (You guys reminded me I need to lose weight.)
I am still catching up on non-mrr stuff, but hope to be back to the model railroad this weekend.
Cheers.
Jello all !!
Train front - Trucking company stopped by yesterday to review access. He agrees with my estimate that I need approximately 15 loads of fill. I have requested Friday or Saturday haul in. Hope he can find fill material.
Work has evened out. Finall delivered the last house, New model is open, Preconstruction meeting out of the way, rest is on cruise control with some tweaking.
Garry - Glad to be home ? Here you can have my Oatmeal - YUCK - I think the two bravest people in the world was the first two guys to eat raw oysters or slimy Oatmeal - yuck !
Ulrich - What do you like about the the Japanese layouts ? They are very well done. Maybe if you get back into modeling that will help the panic attacks ? I am with you on the coffee and IV bag, Here lets have a and sit and talk about pleasant things like what we like about modeling. Congrats on passing teh 9000 mark : )
Dave - Ouch ! Where the screws are not run in all the way can you feel that ? Does it hurt ?
MoeLarry - When I get that sick I take EmergC 1000 and Cold Eze (SP?) . Knocks the flu/cold out in very short order.
Ken - Good price on the new to you door. Install is a bit high just for install. Does that include removal and haul off of old door ? What about the opener ?
Angel - I think many of us have that problem !
History qoute :
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.
The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation.
Good Morning,
Something light please Chloe, just toast and a coffee I think. I get hungry but don't have a very big appetite since my surgery. Just as well as I'm not getting much exercise either.
Dave, my wife has back problems too. She had a herniated disc about 25 years ago and since then her back gives her major problems from time to time. She has done a lot of research and excess weight especially in the stomach area can really amplify any problems. She finds that even 5-10 lbs. too much can make a difference. By the way she is fairly tall at 5'10". We belong to a gym that specializes in medical rehabilitation and that really helps even just walking on the track. I will start a class next Monday for prostate cancer survivors. They have nurses on staff at all times and have 'crash carts' for any emergencies. Needless to say the cars we have bought since her problem have all been based on what she finds comfortable. So far that has only been a Volvo. They do have fabulous seats.
I got out one of the Red Caboose kits I thought I might put together but realize they are too involved to do at the breakfast counter. I need a space to put things aside where I can just leave them so I'll just have to wait until I can get down to my workbench. That should only be another couple of weeks.
Yesterday my wife went out shopping with a friend and afterwards they picked up some sushi for lunch. That sure was a nice treat. The last 2 times we got it from a place that is farther away but sure worth the extra drive as it is really fine sushi. The place has been there a long time but we just didn't go there.
Nothing planned for today. I'm starting to get cabin fever.
CN Charlie
angelob6660 Thanks Beach Bill. I was thinking of something small with two locomotives and less than 20 cars. The track plan I was thinking of using is Deer Mountain and change a few things.
Thanks Beach Bill. I was thinking of something small with two locomotives and less than 20 cars. The track plan I was thinking of using is Deer Mountain and change a few things.
angelob6660: Sent you a PM about C&O steam possibilities in N scale.
Bill
Afternoon Folks
Flo, Ed will have Crown Royal and I will have a please.
VA Visit. Meet my new Doctor and I like him so far. From the Far East, maybe Japain? Could understand him just fine. Only thing he told me that I had not heard before is I have early signs of Kidney problems. I was in and out in a hour which is pretty darn quick by VA standerds.
Got a Goosh Dang Parking Ticket while I was at the VA and I am PO'ed! St Louis installed a parking meter system where there are Poles then one central meter. It was cold, and I needed to hit the head so I was in a hurry, might have done something wrong. Dumped in $3.00 in change, said I was good till 3:59 and I was out at 2:40 and there was a parking ticket on my car! Saw another Vet dropping coins in the meter and he got a receipt, I didn't? Maybe I need to hit the head to much and missed something? I did call the number on the ticket to report a metter error. We all know how that went, never spoke to a live person! With it being only a $15.00 fine, not worth fighting.
Ulrich that Petra is doing well and the cooling pad is doing the trick.
Rob Are you ever going to post any picture's of your layout?
SS Rich Do you like the new Company or is it just the same old stuff?
YGW Do you still need me to post the photos for you? I saw you where able to post some. Photo Bucket bogges my main computer down badly.
Ed, is there any Ant-Vires on the note book? Slowly getting the hang of it. Very happy to have it! The Bessmer's seem to like it much better on the A line with the CB&Q's for some reason. Wheels are staying cleaner for some reason.
In a gadda da vida
Ken
Good evening all!! Flo, I'll have a large mug of hi-octane and two boston creams please and thank you...............
YGW......I have no love for the current crop of NASCAR drivers, which makes watching the races on Sunday afternoons more like a snoozefest!! I made it a point to do local Saturday night, grass roots racing a few years ago. Hopefully I can get out to some local dirt tracks this spring with my little ones.
Cuda Ken............Friday will be a full week at the new shop. Not as clean or organized as my old one but so far seems to be a good bunch of dudes in my department. Medical parts can get a bit tricky when trying to hold tolerances like +/- .0002 inch. Some machines do it better than others, but it takes time to learn the different machines, controls and programs. Sure makes for a quick day though!!
I didn't really get a chance to check in on the HVBL this week. Just a quick fly by to make sure there was no flooding in the basement. I have a leaky roof on my garage that was covered up by a tarp. This past week we had some serious wind and rain and the tarp took flight, the garage flooded out and I lost my temporary hobby station and most of my cardboard templates and other home made goodies for detailing. I don't even want to talk about my camaro. That's going to need some serious cleaning come springtime. If it isn't one thing it's another...
Rich
Best gets rounds, thoughts for those in need n hope ya’ll has a gooden
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yougottawantaDave - Ouch ! Where the screws are not run in all the way can you feel that ? Does it hurt ?
Hi YGW:
The screw heads are sticking up a little bit above the surface of the titanium rods that hold my bones in position. They should be flush. The screws themselves don't cause pain but the whole area aches when I stand or walk. The surgeon, who was a petite lady, had to ask her pro-football sized assistant surgeon to drive the screws. He had to straddle my back to get enough downward force to drive the screws. He drove the screws as far in as he could before the risk of the screwdriver slipping outwayed the benefits or potential problems from having the screw heads sticking up a bit. The bone eventually filled the small gaps between the vertebra and the rods.
That was one extreme that they ran into during the surgery. The other thing that they had to contend with was damaged nerves. The bone had healed improperly from the infection and there were bulges of excess bone material. Those bulges had stretched some of the nerves coming out of my spine to the point where the nerve sheaths had split open leaving the raw nerve exposed. They had to stitch the nerve sheaths back together without hitting the nerves themselves! The nerves are tiny! The fact that I am walking and standing at all is a small miracle. Cudos to the surgeons for their skills!!!
I count my blessings!!
V8VegaI lost my balance and skinned up my forhead some and my nose.
Dennis:
At least nothing got broken!
SS Express YGW......I have no love for the current crop of NASCAR drivers, which makes watching the races on Sunday afternoons more like a snoozefest!!
YGW......I have no love for the current crop of NASCAR drivers, which makes watching the races on Sunday afternoons more like a snoozefest!!
I presume you have seen the new format that the Monster Energy series will be running this year. I think that should make it a little more interesting.
Good Morning!
The night was as bad as the previous one. I just called my doc for an appointment and will be off to see him in a few moments.
yougottawantaUlrich - What do you like about the the Japanese layouts ?
The key players in the Japanese model railroading market, Kato and Tomix, both have an ingenious system for building nice layouts without the need of many tools or skills. Japanese people have very little space to live in, so many layouts are just temporary set-ups on a table or even the floor. Everything just "clicks" together, even the wiring and structures. With the exception of track, all other stuff you need for a layout, including locos and cars, are much cheaper than the US or German counterparts. So if you are into model railroading in a tight space and a tight budget, going down that route could be a good choice.
6 years ago, I already built a mini-modular layout, Japanese style - you can read about it here:
Confessions of a Mediocre Model Railroader
Good morning!
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning !
Dennis ... Sorry to hear about your mishap.
Bill T ...Cheers.
Ulrich ... I remember your previous Japanese Railway layout, and I liked it.
Dave ... I also have metal pieces in my spine. It was a long time ago now that a drunk driver broke my back.
I'm hoping to get back to working on the layout this weekend. Model rairloading is better than anything on TV.
Good morning all (except for some it's later than that!) Just dropped in to say Hi! and Ulrich, please check your PMs.
I'll get back in with a layout update after the current project is a bit further on.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.