RideOnRoad Sir Madog Taking the risk of being identified as a complete fool, but can someone please tell me what "Mopar" stands for?. . . MOtor PARts. It was/is the brand for Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth genuine parts.
Sir Madog Taking the risk of being identified as a complete fool, but can someone please tell me what "Mopar" stands for?. . .
MOtor PARts. It was/is the brand for Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth genuine parts.
Thanks, Richard!
I assume these were genuine performance parts, not regular spares.
Howdy....
Figured I would pop my head in the door before someone sends the cavelry after me..... Oh, Chloe, I do have tine for a quick cup of hot chocolate please...
Been busier than a cat trying to cover poop on a marble floor all week so far. We are just over a week away from the MLK annual march, service, dinner, and Art and Poetry contest here in town. I seem to be the go to guy for most everything and this year since my church is the host for the celebration, I am doing some double duty. Anyone want to come and run sound for the service for me??? You need to know how to use a Soundcraft Pro board, BTW. Neat piece of equipment but does have a learning curve if you don't know Live Sound well.
Ricky, will keep you and yours in my prayers for the loss of your Uncle!
I was supposed to be going over to the Handicapped Troop Meeting tonight, but they have cancelled out as there is not enough Adults available to have the meeting (probably few Scouts as well). So I can spend some time catching up with stuff tonight. Maybe even do some w*rk on the large bridge Abutmaent I am putting togther when I am down cellar for something else and have a couple minutes to do another row of stones...
YGW, couple days back you asked about wind and water electric generation.... Wind Turbines are not allowed inside the city here so that is out... Wouldn't mind having a small wind generator though. A lot of farms and homes in the country are getting them. Southern Tier of NY, the wind farms help the farmers a lot as they can still till and use the fields the turbines are in and they get good rent from the companies that put them up. For many it helps them just stay even..... If I lived next to a creek that flowed all year, small water turbines are also neat! If I lived in "Milo Mills" which I have loosely modeled on the layout, I would consider getting one. However, all the power I use either comes from the roof of my house or is purchased from 100% renewable green sources (Clean Choice Energy). Basically comes from local Solar, Wind, and non-invasive hydro power. By next year Geneva, NY will be producing more (100% green) Power than is used here in the city.......
Hope everyone has a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ricky My sympathies
Ulrich You are surprisingly well versed in Americana. Muscle car parts aren't everyone's thing.
YGW The Photo Book I don't know, Shutterfly Snapfish and Mixbooks all do it. They get pretty expensive when you start adding pages. Mixbooks says printing time is 2 days!
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal on the rocks, SS and I will have a please.
hon30critterI love the rear profile shot! It just says "muscle car"!
Dave see the wet spot on the pavement? I dropped the hammer a tad and had gas getting pass the gas cap. I had a big old on my faces.
Rich A 383 in a GTX? GTX's only came with 440's or 426 Hemi's. Bet you are glad you hung on to your SS. By the way, is it the 325, 350 or 375 Hp 396? I remember when I was around 23 or so and all my friends where selling of the Hp cars. I was told by many "Ken, you have a family now so it is time to sell your Road Runner". At my 20th High School reunion same guys where crying about the car's they sold. I just grinned and said "You want to take a ride in my Road Runner? It is in the parking lot!" They all looked like they where going to be sick.
Rick Sorry for your family lost. Good luck with the Spiff as well.
ROR You are right about the term MOPAR. Are you a car person as well?
Ed I have ATF in the pin point oiler, a tip from Jeffery. With the PCM Y6b I lubed the motor and worm gear with ATF. Then I used Hob-E-Lube gear lube gear and then some White Lithium Grease into the worm tower.
I have a NYC PK 1000 F unit that I could not get the rear truck bearing to remain quite! Finally I used the White Lithium Grease and not a squeak after that! I will add I coated the cam and lifers with it when I started the 68 Road Runner after letting her sit for 10 years, good stuff!
Train Front Seems the PCM Y6b has Lok 3.0, did a decoder reset and I now have CV's for the sound! While I am not total happy with the Y6b sound level I can now hear the CB&Q F's.
Ed speaking of CBQ's I love them! Still messing with the Mighty B&O F7's but have not gotten them back on the rails yet. But I will, you can count on that!
One of the best things you have done for me so far Ed? I did not know I could chave CV's on the fly with decoder pro.
See you all Friday, Ken
I hate Rust
Sir MadogEd - I live close to Altona, which is a part of Hamburg. I wonder if Altoona is a name sake of Altona, which means "all to near". Altona used to be Danish until 1854 and for the people in Hamburg, this was too close to them - hence the name.
Ulrich, from Wikipedia...
One explanation of the city's name is that the word "Altoona" is a derivative of the Latin word altus, meaning "high".
This explanation is contradicted by Pennsylvania Place Names. Although Altoona, in Blair Country, is popularly known as "the Mountain City", its name has no direct or indirect etymological relation to the Latin adjective altus, signifying "elevated, lofty." Two very different explanations of the origin of this name are current. The one which seems to be most natural and reasonable runs as follows: "The locomotive engineer who ran the first train into Altoona in 1851 was Robert Steele, who died several years ago, aged nearly ninety years. He was then the oldest continuous resident of the city. He was much respected, and had long been one of the private pensioners of Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Steele is authority for the statement that Colonel Beverly Mayer, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, who, as a civil engineer of what was then the Pennsylvania Central Railway, had laid out the tracks in the yards of the newly projected city, named the place Altoona after the city of Altona in Danish Holstein, which became part of Germany in 1864. The German Altona, which is today a district of Hamburg, lies on the right bank of the Elbe, immediately west of Hamburg city center, and is an important railway and manufacturing centre with a population of nearly 200,000. The etymological derivation of the name Altona is not known with certainty, but widely believed to be Low German all to na, meaning "all too near" (sc. Hamburg).
Interesting. And in reality, Altoona is situated mostly in a valley, the "High Ground" being the summit of the Alleghenies at Gallitzen, just west of Altoona and Horseshoe Curve.
Hey, Ken!
Glad you're having FUN!
I have heard good things about ATF and as far as Lithium, I think I have some "Lubriplate" around here somewhere. That stuff used to be like Magic-Lube. How about Marvel Mystery Oil, remember that? Top oil, how many kids know about that stuff today?
I used to use JMRI to make changes "on-the-main" all the time, but one day—there may have been involved— I somehow changed a bunch of engine addresses to 6200, the number on my PRR Turbine!
To this day I can not figure out what I did. Only SOME of the decoders got changed. Like an ABBA set of F7s with the same decoder in them, sitting on the same track, only 3 out of the 4 got changed!? With JMRI it was very simple to put the affected engines on the programming track and click, write full sheet!
SO, I have still been nervous about programming on the main... I'll get back to it again soon, it is nearly impossible to do speed matching without programming on main.
Thanks for the Cocktail, Ken! I'll be back later, I'm going to chop a chunk of drywall out of the corner of the layout room wall
Take Care, Everybody... Ed
Good evening ...
With help from friends, I spent the day replacing a water heater. It took a long time to find a suitable replacemnt water heater which is a propane, 50 gallon heater with power vent. That type is scarce. ... The new heater had the pipes postitioned differntly coming out the top than the old heater. Also, the electric blower was a different size and shape which was positioned differently than the old one. So the hot and cold pipes needed relocating as the the exhaust vent. ....
Not much to report with the model railroad.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Ricky,
Condolences to you and your family over the loss of your Uncle.
herrinchoker
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a glass of your best red wine, please.
Ricky, condolences on the loss of your uncle.
Ulrich: I looked it up. Altona is very close to the Reeperbahn where the Beatles got their first breaks. But one question, how did that region change from Danish to German territory?
YGW: How is the train barn going? Hope there's none of the typical construction malfunctions. Are you getting excited to start on that layout?
its cold here right now, but supposed to warm up some next week. No immediate forecast of snow.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Evening
It is a frosty one out there right now with a windchill of -36C. Mind you that is better than this morning when it was -43.
Didn't do much today, then again I won't be doing much for the next month but at least I am headed slowly in the right direction.
Ken, I enjoy the pictures of your Road Runner. I never owned a performance car myself but had friends who did. A good friend from school is now restoring a '65 vette that he has owned for 40 years so it seems owning such cars for a long time isn't unusual. The longest I owned anything was a sailboat that I had for 25 years.
Keep warm,
CN Charlie
up831Ulrich: I looked it up. Altona is very close to the Reeperbahn where the Beatles got their first breaks. But one question, how did that region change from Danish to German territory?
Quite simple - by war! The Duchy of Holstein, to which Altona belonged, was entrusted to the Danish throne, with the people not even speaking Danish. The duchy became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, following the short, but bloody Prussian-Danish war of 1864. Those were the days ...
Good Morning!
Closing in on lunchtime, so this will be just a short stop for me! Icy cold, but sunny weather again. I´d wish I could go for a walk, but I have sprained my knee and can hardly move around.
CUL, Folks!
cudaken. . .ROR You are right about the term MOPAR. Are you a car person as well?. . .
No, far from it. I my first car was a '67 Dodge Dart (with a 318) and I used to dabble with car stuff but never got into. These days I pay people to change my oil.
Richard
Good morning everybody. ... I'll hve hot coffee and very warm oatmeal, please.
CN Charlie ... I don't think I could get used to living in your climate. You are talking about very frigid weather. ... Here it is now 16 F and that is way too cold for me.
Ed .... I'll have to be careful with programming on the main after reading your story. I always just use the DCC controller to do that.
Ken .... Several days ago, I read your comment about P2K E-units being "paper weights".... What was that about? ... I have several P2K E-units which I have used for many years, and they still run quite well.
News from the Heartland Division..... My CB&Q 4-8-2 now has a Tsunami sound decoder installed. It is hauling my train of Walthers Burlington heavyweight passenger cars.
Yesterday would have been my father's 99th birthday.
Good morning, Diners! I'm still feeling a bit blah. I've had a nasty cold for a few days and I'm not sleeping well, but it's slowly getting better. I woke up this morning to a light snowfall. No more than an inch, if that, but it's going to be cold for a while so it will stay around, and I'll have to shovel the walks. Quite different from the last few years, when we've had feet of snow on the ground, and brutal cold which seemed to go on for months. The ground was bare until this mini-storm.
I've got a question. There's a thread over on the DCC and Electronics forum by someone who is having issues with his MTH locomotives. It's gotten a couple of "sympathy" responses, but nothing useful since that's such a niche market to most of us. Does anyone have a suggestion for another forum where he might be able to get some more help? I hate to see a thread go by with no responses, but sometimes the best we can do is suggest someplace better to go for answers.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hey all
Been a crazy busy day at w**k. Men and equipment all over the place ! President and VP out getting in my hair too !
Train front : Nothing today accept planning and making some structural changes. Changing from a triple 2x12 header to 2 - LVLs over the garage doors. Scheduled carpenter start, slab prep. and pour.
Mr. B - Cant that guy contact MTH for a problem like that ?
Garry - I had to replace a HWH at my old house I think that thing cost me around $1200 ! It was propane also. What did the one you replace cost ?
Ulrich - Hope the knee is better. Duchy of Holstein ??? Really ? We have a LOT of milk cows in this area that are "holsteins" I wonder if there is a connection there ?
CN Charlie - How is the first full day of "freedom going "? What is the temp there with out wind chill ? Geez how does anyone function in those temps ?!
UP831 - The Hobby barn is s - l - o - w - l - y making progress. I hope to be framing by the 19th ??
Ed - Why would you program on the main ? Why not on a seperate track ?
Ken - Nice to see you enjoying the MRRing. I remember a while back when you were down in spirit and planned on tearing down the RR.
Henry - WOW - Didnt know
Howmus - I have been think about some energy generating methods for instance - what if one could put a generater on each axle of a vehicle ? Or since water has been used to generate water what if some one came up with a system to use the flow of the "brown water" in the house piping ? Or a series of wind devices on the ridge of a roof ? Thereare all kinds of ways one could generate power from their own vehicles or from their own house !
Rob - Italian & Apache ??? Hmmm ?? So is that a coffee mug shiskedabob by arrows ?
Richard/Ken - What exacty does MOPAR stand for ?
Lion - What is a "power chair" ? I have visions of some Tim the tool man contraption
Rich - Heck I remember when gas was cheaper than a $1 a gallon. I was so upset when it went to a dollar. I thought how in the world am I going to be able to afford that !
History qoute :
“Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.” ― John Jay, The Federalist Papers
“The wise and the good never form the majority of any large society and it seldom happens that their measures are uniformly adopted.... [All that wise and good men can do is] to persevere in doing their duty to their country and leave the consequences to him who made men only; neither elated by success, however great, nor discouraged by disappointments however frequent or mortifying.” ― John Jay
My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.
Robert E. Lee
TTYL
YGW
Garry - When you mentioned that your Dad would be 99, it invoked a lot of great memories. My Dad would have been 107 this coming May. The scary part is that I still remember him as a young man. I also regret not talking to him about a lot of things I should have. I would really like to know more about his early years. Memories sure come as a mixed package, don't they?
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Afternoon Folks!
Chloe, just a refill for my decaf would be great!
Just thought I would add to the Altus discussion. The lower Female voice part "Alto" also comes from the Latin Altus meaning high! On what we are not sure....... Of course I am a Bass myself, meaning Debauched or a kind of Fish. Hmmmmm. Depends on how you pronounce it I think. Better than being a "Bargain Counter Tenor" anyway!
Had lunch with my Son today. His old FORD had to be inspected which also means he had to get a couple of crunching bearings, squeeling brake pads and such repaired so it will pass. He is not one to get those kind of little annoyances fixed until he has to or something falls off the car..... Will be heading back over to his house for supper tonight. He is smoking a pork loin today and will be making pulled pork BBQ for supper tonight. Yum!
I have been answering a bunch of emails on STUFF needing to get done before the all the MLK Festivities next weekend.... We'll git 'er done!
Sun is shining today here in the Finger Lakes so the 1/4" of white stuff that we got last night is melted off the panels. It is about 20°F outside at the moment.
Have a good one!
howmus. . .Of course I am a Bass myself, meaning Debauched or a kind of Fish. . .
I, myself, am a tenor, which means I sing ten-or-twelve notes off.
YGW,
Regarding your question about my grades, History 17 was taken for Pass/No Pass. I got a Pass which means those units are awarded to my transcript.
My Networking Class (Computer Maintenance Technology 230) was taken for a standard letter grade (ABCDF) I got an A which means those units are added to my records as well.
Either way, I still passed both classes.
yougottawantaLion - What is a "power chair" ? I have visions of some Tim the tool man contraption
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Lion is all set to go to Walmart to stock up on junk food for the Abbey
Hot Chocolate, please.
***YGW, no real thought went into my choice beyond my preference for Italian Roast coffee. And the Apache Railway reminds me of the desert, which I have fond memories of. BTW, I always enjoyed, "Home Improvement", too. Fun show!
Weather guessers are saying 3-5" of snow here. So far, only sleet building up. Wish my railroad was usable right now, as this would be a nice opportunity to run trains.
Cheers! Rob
YGW ... This was $1200 plus tax. ... That made it a do it yourself project because there was no money left for a plumber.... It took all day for the three of us. The new one had its electric blower postioned differently and a different shape compared to the old one. ... Had to rearrange the cold water pipe, the hot water pipe, and the exahust pipe. ... The power vent water heater was hard to locate.
Rob .... You were talking about eye surgery. I hope you had it done at a place with a good reputation. ...
Evenin'Folks!
Janie, just a refill fo the decaf to warm me up, please.... Still full from supper over at my son's house. Pulled pork was delicious! Finished off with a fresh baked slice of cake my DIL made for dessert....
Currently 16°F outside on its way down to about 12°F overnight. Coldest weather we have had so far this winter. Today was quite sunny so the cold din't really bother me when I was outside, but coming home from dinner I couldn't wait for the seat and the steering wheel to get warm! The car thermometer said it was 15° so I thought the ICE would fire up to help provide cabin heat but it was just on the edge so I made it home on electric only. The car had gotten comfortable by the time I was about 2/3rds the way home which wasn't bad.
YGW said: "Howmus - I have been think about some energy generating methods for instance - what if one could put a generater on each axle of a vehicle ? Or since water has been used to generate water what if some one came up with a system to use the flow of the "brown water" in the house piping ? Or a series of wind devices on the ridge of a roof ? Thereare all kinds of ways one could generate power from their own vehicles or from their own house !"
OK.... LOL! Well.... Deep subject.... Some of these are interesting to say the least, but I wouldn't want to use 3kWh of fuel to generate 1 kWh of fuel, myself. To generate electricity on the axels of a car while you are driving is what it would amount to as the generators would cause major drag (kind of like driving with your brakes on...) Basically on the Diesel Electric Locomotive that is what Dynamic Braking is all about. The electric motors on the axel become generators and the forward motion is turned into electricity which in most lines here in America is run through resistors which turns it into heat energy that is blown off into the air... In many countries that have electrified lines the electricity is just put into the RR Grid and reused for another train. In one of the French RR's in the Alps they claim to achieve 94% efficiency from the power by doing that. In other words the electricity generated by braking going down the mountain is used to run another train up the mountain with only a 6% loss. That is phenominal! Both the PiP and the Volt (actually all Hybred Vehicles) also do the same thing as the diesels but instead of wasting the braking power generated, it is used to charge the battery for later use. In the PiP, braking going down the hill by the Museum would give me about .7 mile of electric increase. I could go about 2/3rds of the way back up the hill when I left using that electricity from braking.
Now, using "brown Water" to generate electricity could be hardly considered "Clean" power now could it??? LOL
Actually, who knows what new ideas will be forthcoming. We live in interesting times for technology. I just hope that we will continue to find ways to be more and more efficient in our use and generation of power.
BroadwayLion
I guess the name was already taken, but I would have called that an "electric chair."
Moment of slinces for the one's shoot in Fld.
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal and SS Rich and I will have a
Work Front It was cold in the store, 58 degrees when I got in side. 2 furances out of 4 are dead. So far no one can find the old out of date parts.
Heartland Division CB&QSeveral days ago, I read your comment about P2K E-units being "paper weights".... What was that about? ... I have several P2K E-units which I have used for many years, and they still run quite well.
Gary The PK 2000 E-8 in question has a POS QSI decoder that will not move! Makes all the sounds, engine ramps up, lights work and horn blows! It seems stuck between shut down and wake up! Even a hard reset does not work!
Hot Water Heater With A Blower? Does it have a GMC 6-71 Blower on it? (Bet Tim The Tool Man Taylors Does) What does the blower do besides blow? My water heater is gas and has no blower?
ROR 67 Dart, any idea what a rust free 318 Dart is worth today? I seen a 68 AZ Rust Free Dart Quater Panel fetch $1800.00. 69 Charger Rust Free Quater Panel bring $2900.00!
YGW My main bench looks like it was built by a 10 year old! When it comes to me and wood and I am all thumbs! Main problem is the layout started as a HO slot car track. I was using scrap wood from old pallets and did not take in account the garage floor grade so water would drain out! But HO Slot Cars don't care! HO trains do!
Worst ploblem? Three sides are against walls and is 43" wide. Hard to make good curve laying on your stomach!
Good evening all.
Zoe -Mexican Hot cocoa please. Thanks.
RideOnRoad howmus . . .Of course I am a Bass myself, meaning Debauched or a kind of Fish. . . I, myself, am a tenor, which means I sing ten-or-twelve notes off.
howmus . . .Of course I am a Bass myself, meaning Debauched or a kind of Fish. . .
ROR - ten-or-twelve notes off.... Higher, or lower?
Well, I guess that is better than the other kind of tenor - The kind that should only sing ten-or-twelve miles away!
Myself, I sing solo - so lo(w) you can't hear me!
Sorry all, I just couldn't resist it!
Weather - Well, it's cold... And I mean cold! Right now, as I type this, it is -5F, before wind-chill. YIKES!
At least most of the snow stayed along the lakeshore area, so it (mostly) missed me! They were forecasting 8-12"+, with the bullseye for the 12"+ right over my area, but, while I got around 8", the I-90 area between Erie PA and the NY state line near North East PA (the town, not physically Northeastern PA) got 20"!
W**k - Well, had a so-so day. One issue of the day, we had a customer with a certain item, that needed to be exchanged. Trouble is, we were OOS. (Out Of Stock.) Next store nearby was also OOS. As was the next one after that distance wise... And so I checked online, hoping we could order the item and exchange it that way.... And they were also OOS. So, I called my district manager, (who just took over my store yesterday mind you) and asked if we could change to a different, but similar, item. (Different price point, hense the needing permission.) He did grant it. Next, we had to figure out how to get the item, as he is several miles away... Over an hours drive in good weather, let alone snowy conditions! Well, after about 45 minutes of figuring everything out, it was agreed on how we would handle everything. (Next weekend was agreed upon.) Then our truck came....
Yep, you guessed right, there was that item on the truck. (2 of them actually!) So.... Now we (meaning me) had to call said customer back and find out if we could change how it was being handled... Mr. Customer started laughing when I told him what we found on the truck... So, it all worked out, but still.... Someone could have been nice and said we were getting one on the truck!
And then we had the problem one.... "Dave", as a certain radio commercial likes to say... (Same disclosure as said radio commercial - "We are only using the name "Dave" as it is a common name. So, if your name really is Dave, Please do not write us to say that you were offended, as that would be a very "Dave" move, Dave." ) Anyways, "Dave" Called the store (for about the one-billionth time) about a item that is not to his liking... Trouble is, my boss (the store manager), her boss (the store owner), and his boss, the DM (District Manager) as well as the manufacturer, all said that there was nothing that we (again, meaning me.... Good grief, I must have a mouse pocket tonight!) could (or would) be doing about it. (The tools "smell funny"......... Who sniff tests their tools anyways?!? )
Well, during the 100-billion phone calls, it started out as one item, then it became another, then another, and so-on... (Yep, that is a "Dave" move alright!) By the time he called today, we were on our 6th or 7th different item! (I actually have lost count... It is somewhere around 6-7 though....)
The owner was there for this today, so, he called our new DM, (old DM was the one involved prior during the other trillion phone calls) and explained the situation, including the now one-zillion phone calls, and the new DM said that, just to get "Dave" to leave us alone, we can exchange, but as a one-time-only deal.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind taking care of a customer... Even if they really are named Dave.
But, what do we do when (not if, but when) the replacements have the same problem? (NO! I am absolutely not giving them the sniff test first!) Go through another gazillion phone calls? (Just like the proverbial fish story, the number is getting bigger! )
I think, This is one time where "Dave" just needs to be informed to leave us alone, not us acquiescing (ooh.... This is how you can tell I'm irritated..... I'm breaking out the big words... It means, to give in reluctantly too someone or something) too what he wants done... I've done retail for a long time, and "Dave" just doesn't go away once he wins like this... He keeps coming back even more....
Is it just me, or does this whole thing seem really wacko? (I promise, I am not making this up!)
Just bugs me that people like "Dave" will wear you down like that until you give-up, just to get him (or her) to shut-up.
Well, I suppose, the hot cocoa is gone, so, I should get going. Have to go to the funeral for my uncle tomorrow, then to w**k again. (Just so long as "Dave" doesn't show up, at either place!)
Good night all. Hope all are well, and enjoy the weekend!
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.
ricktrains4824And then we had the problem one.... "Dave", as a certain radio commercial likes to say... (Same disclosure as said radio commercial - "We are only using the name "Dave" as it is a common name. So, if your name really is Dave, Please do not write us to say that you were offended, as that would be a very "Dave" move, Dave." )
Hey Ricky! I resemble that! (At least in so far as my name IS Dave). I promise you that I am a nice guy! I hate people who try to take unfair advantage of warranties or good will, and believe me I know all about what you are speaking of. I spent almost all of my career in retail so I have run up against too many 'Daves' to remember.
Boy am I glad that I am retired!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Morning all (given it is just after midnight as I post this). Ms. Flo could I get my standard late night snack? Thank you so much.
As I had feared, the fan on my laptop has finally completely quit working. I have a gaming pad on order (5 fans in the unit. One large one in the middle and four smaller ones at the corners.) Hopefully that is powerful enough to compensate for the dead fan. As a temp solution, I have an old clip fan that was purchased, ironically enough, for my first laptop when its fan quit. It is powerful enough even on low setting that my hand gets cold typing!
Hobby Front: Hope to get a couple of the many projects on the list worked on this weekend. The two primary ones are the engine house and the SD45. We shall see how far I get.
Edit: Top of page. I guess food's on me.
Good morning, coffee and a chocolate donut please Flo.
Flurries in the mid Atlantic and cold and cloudy.Frrykid, I once replaced the monitor cable in my HP laptop. It was entirely doable with a part from HP and directions on the web. Processors don't like to get too hot.
Had lunch with some former colleagues. Our hospital just got permission for open heart surgery. Currently they ship 350 patients a year somewhere else. If they ship you via helicopter, it's not covered by insurance and $9,000 to $20,000. If you wreck your car, the state will fly you for free from the accident site to Shock Trauma. Somebody has their charges wrong.
Good morning ...... At 7F here, I think today is a day to stay indoors.
Ken ... Evidently, the decoder should be sent to QSI for repair. ... I use the MRC "drop in" sound decoder for E-8's, and I am happy with it. Of course, it reuires work to install it. It does not simply drop in.
Dave .... You resemble that, eh .... Actually, I use my middle name, but my first name is David. I do sometimes answer to my first name when people use it not knowing that. .... Henry .... Your last paragraph makes one wonder how decision-makers make their choices.
Ricky .... Regarding OOS... I would think the company would know what is on the truck before it arrives and is unloaded.... When I tried to get the new water heater all of the plumbing supply places were OOS It was frustrating. I began looking before Christmas, and finally was able to buy one this week.
FRRY ... Glad you have MRR projects to do.
I think I will work on trains today....