Sir Madog Good Afternoon! No room to build a layout? Look at this!
Good Afternoon!
No room to build a layout?
Look at this!
Oh dear, I guess MRRing really has gone into the crapper!
Let me guess? the RVRR? The Rim Valley RR? Would that be the Copper Tubing Express? The Cast Iron Pipeline Regular? The Flushing Central? The Flushing Meadows Line? The Round River Line? Circ-U-Lation Line? The Tid-Y-Bowl Express? I guess this guy likes roundy-rounders RRs and Not point-to-point layouts!
Went to an interview and all but checking with my references will mean I am going to be a Hotel Front Desk Clerk, second shift. Naturally, my references were not home/work yesterday!
Other than that, I have slpt a lot..had an intense migraine preceeding a nasty storm yesterday adn last night, so had to sleep off the medication i take for it.
Workign second shift keeps my days free for my Appts and nights so i can still sleep!
ok, thats my real big news.
Prayers for all in need...
let you know later today how it turns out>...
BREAKFAST IS ON ME! I GOT TIPPY TOP IT looks like...
-G .
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.
ATSF Guy .... The SD75m's do look good. The one thing I did not like about the BNSSF merger was the demise of the Warbonnet paint scheme. Best paint scheme ever in my opinion.
Galaxy ... How about Potty Pacific Railway ? Everything comes out in the end.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, just a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Organic Dark Roast coffee this morning. Hopefully that will keep my R&GV RR Mug filled for a while....
Sugar was 174 this morning... Blasted Easter Candy everyone insists on giving me! Hate to see what my A1c is going to be a couple weeks from now. I've also spent way to much time sitting here at the computer getting all the overdue items finished thyat I had to do.
Major bunch of Thunderboomers went overhead last night. Sky was lit up almost cnstantley for an hour or so. It wash a major gullywasher too dropping about 1.1" of rain. About the time it settled down, I ventured out to put out the trash and recycling for pickup today. Good thing I did as the truck came by about the time I got up this morning. Water was pouring down the entire width of Bennett St. down to the catch basin right on the corner. Haven't been down cellar yet, but I can almost guarrantee I have a wet beasement....
Galaxy, good luck on the job! Hope that works out for you.
Hmmmmmm??? How about the "Flushing and Saddle Rock RR"?
Catch you all later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Morning diners,
Sorry I missed your video Ulrich. I liked the push pull on that little tanker.
Galaxy- I hope you get the night shift at the hotel.
ATSFGuy- Easier say than done about getting TTX Maxi cars. Unless you have some but a lot.
I have problems getting Maxi stack well cars and containers modeling my modern era.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Well, it´s nearly supper time over here, so I´ll just go for a , please!
Got my aching back scanned, but won´t find out until early next week, if there is a remedy for it. I guess I will be in for some physio-therapeutical things, but no surgery.
I was in and out of the place within 30 minutes and already back home by 9am, so it was more or less a regular day. The weather has been quite unkind to us today, lots of and , which is a shame!
The railroad around the rim has turned into quite a conversation piece! Some Brit built is (who else would do such a thing?) and appropriately named it "Flushing Meadows". There is more to it - the water tank in that wooden casing contains a underground mining operation and loading facilities on top of the tank. Nicely done, but I hate to have to lug a porcelaine toilet bowl weighing half a ton from train show to train show without a forklift truck!
Been playing with "Heidi" just a little today. She had a bit of a hitch crossing the unpowered frog of my one and only switch, so I thought I´d have to "juice up the dead frog", but I don´t have to! All I need is to install a spring pressing the switch blades gently to the stock rails and that´ll do the trick. For the time being, I have fastened the throw bar with a little nail until I get a
installing a DPDT switch as a lever.
Have a great day!
Lunch time !
Hello all. Been a busy morning at w**k. Production meeting, inspections, scheduling, problem solving etc...
Hobby front - Yesterday I brought home a pick up load of #57 stone for the driveway to the hobby barn and guess what !? It started pouring down while I unloaded the stone. I looked like a drowned rat when I finally finished unloading the truck !
Ulrich - You keep amazing me. Round tuit ! I havent seen one of those in years : ) . How many views do you average on your You tube videos ? I know you have one more than you did a little bit ago ! You do a really nice job on them !
Howmus - B&D used to be the only electric tradesman tool worth buying. They used to make this wonderful 3/8 drill with a 1/2 chuck. The housing was like any 3/8 drill but the motor and the chuck could handle drilling or boring up to anything that you could fit in that 1/2" chuck. It was so powerful that one had to be careful not to hold it to tight. If the bit hung up it could break your wrist ! I still have the drill and it still runs !
Garry - EEEEEWWW I would not be picking up that engine after a rim shot I am with you I think the war bonnet paint scheme is really great.
ATSF - Nice engine photos. Glad you could get back in ! Is that two engines back to back ?
Herrinchoker - I dont know if you can or want to share those photos but it would really be neat to see them.
Ricky - Some of the Kitchen aid appliances are well bit such as the dual feed range ( gas and electric ), Hoods. We are having a LOT of issues with the side by side frig. The bottom freezer drawer does not shut evenly and then it build up with frost with no way to capture the frost when one thaws it out. And as stated before the service is miserable. Here the link to the subdivision that I am in charge of if you want to look at it http://www.liveatelevenoaks.com/
Ken - You have avalid point the replacement cost is always way more than the cost to buy. There is demo cost, protection of existing structure, storage etc...
Steve - I would not want to be near those hoppers when they rolled into town ! That would be like followng a farmers "honey wagon" down the road
Alvie - Sound like you have a busy day off ! Packed with lots of fun stuff to do !
Angel - Glad you are feeling a bit better. Did eating make you feel any better ?
History qoute of the day:
We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.
A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.
There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.
Good Morning,
I guess it is Good Afternoon for many of you but I still have 10 minutes of morning left so I better use it wisely.
A beautiful day here with sun and a temp of about 60F. We plan on taking Robbie for a walk this afternoon but that is the extent of the agenda.
Last night we went to a Gilbert and Sullivan production, our first. It was quite enjoyable but I don't think it will make a G&S fan of me.
On Wednesday we had our first Birding and Breakfast outing. We saw 39 different species which is a good result for an hour and a half.
I'm still contemplating buying a new pair of binocs but will wait to see if a friend will buy the pair I have now. If so I will have accumulate the cost of the new pair.
Nothing new on the RR front. I have opened the box on a Red Caboose reefer kit but other than read the directions, no other progress to date.
We are still looking at a return to Africa next year but not sure if it will happen yet. I can't believe how much costs have gone up since last year. Sure glad we went then as we couldn't afford that trip now.
Well I had better get moving here,
CN Charlie
Sir Madog The railroad around the rim has turned into quite a conversation piece! Some Brit built is (who else would do such a thing?) and appropriately named it "Flushing Meadows". There is more to it - the water tank in that wooden casing contains a underground mining operation and loading facilities on top of the tank. Nicely done, but I hate to have to lug a porcelaine toilet bowl weighing half a ton from train show to train show without a forklift truck!
I guess I got it right when I called it "The Flushing Meadows Line"...I was also thinking it could be called the "Sitz & Spinz RR"!!
I will go later to find out about the j-o-b. It will be my first earnest paycheck in some odd years. The only problem I see is he wanted to check my references...guess who weren't available yesterday? all three! One I know the manager can get ahold of today and the other two are MIA. But I know a personal way to get ahold of them, and can try that when the manager is available. I will dress up agian in person to esee the manager. Hoep he doesn't rate me on my typing! Darn fingers don't work right since I died. Guess certain language function brain cells died then too.
well, then If the rain stays stopped, I ahve 8 bags of rocks for the greenhouse to remove from my van to start that project tomorrwo when train mut frined comes over.
Busy bee I am, now for my aching back....
That is quite a project YGW. Of course I had to check it out!
The current Google Earth view, which I'm sure is not actually current , shows a lot of construction activity.
I guess you do have your hands full!
Mike.
My You Tube
CNCharlieWe are still looking at a return to Africa next year but not sure if it will happen yet
I recall reading that you had plans on visiting Kenia. Kenia is currently experiencing an increase in terrorist activities and also sees tribal unrest. The German Foreign Ministry has issued a number of warnings concerning travels to Kenia.
Mike wrote " I guess you do have your hands full!" Yes I am VERY BUSY - My day generally starts around 6am and sometimes ends at 9pm. But we have some great venders who have worked for us and have been hand selected who make the job easier because they know what we expect, used to the flow of the paperwork, POs etc...Know what I expect etc... When we have a new crew it can be painful for a while
Thanks for the Thumbs up : )
BiDaddy - I replied to your PM...
YGW
Afternoon Diners,
yougottawanta Angel - Glad you are feeling a bit better. Did eating make you feel any better ?
A feel better today than I felt yesterday. I ate some but trying to not to overdo it. I did drink a lot of water.
A had a little upset in my stomach when I had sausage for breakfast. It might have been to early. I been taking it easy. What happened really traumatized me.
"Good Evening, Gentlemen, Welcome to XXX Inns and Suites, My name is Galaxy, How may I be of service today?"
Or Maybe
"Good Evening Gentlemen, Welcome To XXX Inns and Suites, Would like you to stay in one of our regular rooms, or one of our fabulously redecorated suites this evening?" "Will that be one evening or all weekend?"
Gotta practice my "Hotel-ese"...I start on Monday at 3 PM!!!
In other words, when I went in to see the manager, he said he liked my persistence and despite not being able to reach my references, he was going to hire me anyway! He siad!
So now I have a new headache on my hands...LOL...
The smae gentleman I work for owns three hotels, so If I want extra hours beyond hte part time there, i can all the extra up to 40 hours at teh other hotels also....I think...lets start part time, shall we?
So I am a happy camper this evening!
Just spetn $507 wiht a discount on two new suits and a new sportcoat and a couple pair of dress pants for my new J-O-B. It's required wear.....I only have ONE that fits me....now thta I've lost the weight...
have a GREAt evning folks....I'm on my own for dinner, MOH is workign dinner tonight.
I can’t comment for other ffolkes in the Commonwealth, der5997,you’re more than welcome to put in your two bobs worth, but the big change to cooking was with the “discovery” of Chinese cuisine in the late 70s. IMO they taught us how to cook vegetables, not only properly but that they also tasted yum! So on that basis, I’d be prepared to put up “traditional” British Roast Beef, with roast spuds, parsnip, pumpkin, kumera, Yorkshire Puddings, steamed green peas, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, with gravy made from the dripping, and Hot English mustard, against any other dish!!
Tropical Cyclone Cook … However, it was a week earlier that the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Debbie…
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
yougottawanta Garry - EEEEEWWW I would not be picking up that engine after a rim shot I am with you I think the war bonnet paint scheme is really great.
YGW ... Hopefully the trains don't pile up. They might be wiped out.
Galaxy ... Congrats on the job. You will do an outstanding job.
Bear.... Your memory is remarkably if you recall a volcano errupting 230,000 years ago.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Tom, Jan and I will have a please and give Rick a Root Beer Float.
Work was real strange today. Got my first customer at 6:05 PM and I had two sales from the guys. Last customer came in at 7:30 PM and I got out half a hour late but they all so bought.
Jan No reason to thank me on the ATF tip! I was just trying to sucker someone to try it besides me! I am glad it is working for you as well. I am going to give it another week before I do the whole layout. You lost me on the Blue Flame thing I will add.
Rick Where besides a Air Port or Drag strip do you buy Real Gas?
YGW Guess laction is everything when it comes to housing. In my neck of the woods a $500,000 home would be around 5000 sq feet.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2-Eastway-Ct_Maryville_IL_62062_M71524-88115
Galaxy I hope you enjoy working again. What is your weight down to? I would guess working a Front Desk means standing a lot, hope they have stools you can sit on.
Health Feet Front. Found a new Black Callus on my right foot great toe this morning. I know what that means, I have a bleeding wound under the skin again. Here I have only cut the grass one time and I have a whole summer a head of me. Not counting all the other things I need to do like finshing the fences, cleaning the gutters, dead wooding tress and the list goes on and on.
Later Ken
I hate Rust
Ken, your question to Rick about real gas, a Road Ranger truck stop, here in East Troy, WI. sells regular gas, no ethanol. It's about $0.20 more. There is a web site that list ethanol free stations across the country, I'd have to search for it to find it again, but it's out there.
It's the best for small engines. I fix, rebuild, and sell garden tractors as a summer hobby, and that's all I use.
Ken,
Brought the still on line last month----200 proof. So far have sent one neighbor home on his hands and knees.
Burning wood, and dealing with the ash in the house precipatated trying the ATF, I can re-create Pompeii by using the vacuum on the exhaust mode, and hit one end of the layout. Most of it will disappear in a grey cloud. It does facilitate in realistic weathering however.
herrinchoker
You can also get ethanol free at most marinas.
Good Morning All!
Ken: I can sit in the office when the front deck is not busy..that will be a welcome relief to standing all the time. If there are no chcek ins or outs, I can't imagine they'd expect one to stand there looking dorky all night. I will ahve to man the occasional phone, but I can do thta in the office... KEn: do you have diabetic-made-for-your-feet-custom shoes? I had some made and i don';t have foot problems yet and they made a world of difference in my support! If not, you should see about having them made., if you pay cash they are onlylike $85. I had slipeers {my around the house wear} ad sandles made {sumemr outting wear} made the slippers were $50, the sandles I think $65 & 75 {two pair, one enclosed one open}
I'm gonna give it my vbest shot!
Train nut frined is comign over, he has bad back also, and I will lte him do the more heavy lifting. He has implanted TENS liek unit he can turn on for relief. I don't.
Well, best get ready for his arrival...
later dudes...
Good morning ...
Herrinchoker..... 200 proof ! .... No wonder a neighbor went home on hands and knees. Wow.
Galaxy ... I know you will do well. Of course, dealing with the public takes a lot of patience at times, but you can handle it.
One of my current non-model-railroad tasks is getting rid of chipmunks. We are using a trap. We release the critters on the other side of the lake in Land Between the Lakes where they can live happily ever after (unless a hungry preditor sees them).
Reminds me. Does anyone recall a classic Disney cartoon with Donald Duck, his outdoor model railroad, and Chip & dale (the chipmunks) ?
Wow - what a day! We are "enjoying" an all-season waether - within less than half an hour from snow to hail to ra*n to thunderstorm to sunshine! No fun spending time outside the house!
I worked down a small HD list this morning, mainly the weekend grocery run and a load of laundry. With Petra on the road to complete recovery, we can now slowly go back to the normal sharing of household duties
Anybody being able to access Photobucket? I have been trying since this morning, but all I get is an error message from them, asking me to retry it. That try ends up somewhere in the nirvana of the Internet, but does not give me access to my picture account. I think, Photobucket wants us to sign on to the pay site, but I won´t let them blackmail me into opening an account I have to pay for!
Heartland Division CB&QDoes anyone recall a classic Disney cartoon with Donald Duck, his outdoor model railroad, and Chip & dale (the chipmunks) ?
I certainly do and I just love it!
Enjoy!
Galaxy - Congratulations on the new job!
Some more - just because I am in the mood for it!
... and one of my favorites!
Photobucket won't even load for me. I'm switching to imgur.com. It's also free and so far no popup ads. It's a rainy day, I think I'll join Toby upstairs.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
It is starting to heat up quickly in the mornings. I left for my ride at 6:45 and the temperature was 65. I got home at 9:00 and it was 80. We are supposed top out at 95 today, and thus begins our seven months of summer.
I have my new glasses. I ended up getting a pair of "office lenses," progressive lenses with a small patch on the bottom for close up, a big patch in the middle for the computer screen (about 24" distant), and a small patch at the top for moderate distance (up to about 8'). It took a little geting used to but I like them. Before them I had single focus lenses for just the computer.
Finally, Fidelity, the company where my 401(k) lives, has a tool to tell you how prepared you are for retirement. I plugged in some reasonable values for my retirement expenses and a retirement age of 62 (I am 57 now). It ran "250 simulations," whatever than means, and came with a rating. The range is from 0 to 150 and my score was "150+". I guess I am in pretty good shape.
Richard
Ken - yes location has a lot do with cost. I suspect our labor rates and material cost are way higher. Also we have granite and standard even in the laundry room, most have Elevators, 120 + recess lights, slate patio and deck standard ( decking has hidden fasteners and maintenance free rails ), level 3 cabinets standard, Kitchen aid appliance, two zone gas heat, 16" floor joist, custom trim, solid doors ( vs hollow core )...These house are built top knotch and have very high end finishes.... another reason for the high cost.
ROR - is it hard to see below with that type of glasses ?
Henry - Toby is lucky. If MOH caught one off our dogs doing that we would be minus a dog. She hates to even have them sleep on the bedroom floor much less the bed !
Ulrich - have you ever watched or read Johnny cashes story ? Did you know early on that he and Elvis and some other musicians traveled to shows together ?
Garry - why are you trying to get rid of chip and Dale ?
Herrinchoker - 200 proof ! That's not a drink that is rocket fuel !
JaBear - that is very interesting ! Thanks for sharing. Lake Ritoria is beautiful. Was it created by a meteor strike ?
Angel - how are you feeling today ?
Ed - how are you doing today ?
Jeremy - haven't seen you in a while ?
Lion - must be out on the prowl ?
TTYL
yougottawantaEd - how are you doing today ?
Thanks for asking, YGW! Doing fine, fit-as-a-fiddle! Wonder where that phrase comes from?
Thanks, too, for everyone's kind words regarding Cicero. It is sure great to have this community of friends!
YGW'S Hobby Barn
WEEKEND UPDATE!
Recent progress on the Hobby Barn!
Here is the final product. The work bench has been framed with 2x4 @ 16" oc, 3/4" plywood installed on the top of the framing.
The work bench/shelf runs the entire length of the back wall. Which is 26' long.
I would rather have been installing siding but the weather just didn't cooperate !
Well it's time for Ibuprofen and some dry clothes.
See You Later! YGW
Photos submitted by YGW and posted by GMPullman.
...and there you have it!
I'll stop in later, myself
Regards, Ed
Flo, Ed and I will have a Crown Royal on the Rock and give Jan some gas to drink.
Galaxy Yes I have diabetic shoes, mine cost about $520.00 a pair. While I have good blood flow in my feet, the feet keep changing and that cause problems.
Mike (I think it was Mike) I will do a search for real gas in my area.
Jan, Moonshine? That was what I was thinking when you posted about the Blue Flame but surly not. My ruel of thumb is if it will Burn, I won't drink it! I have broke that rule a few times, but never again.
Work Front Mix bag of nuts. Sales where OK with $2112.00 and may have made $105.00 in spiff. What got me sort of up set was when I spoke with Marvin (owner) today. Long story made short I don't have the $2500.00 deductible to have the hail damage repaired on the house. Some how that came up and he was very kind and said "I will call Monday and have a $2500.00 check cut for you"! So he does care for the people that work for him! Then he asked " Can you pay me back $200.00 a week?"
Come on Marvin, if I could save $200.00 a week I have the needed $2500.00! So far this year I have only be able to save $25.00 a week and it has been hard! I really know now He has no clue how little he pays us! It was a kind but out of touch offer. Still a kind offer!
Good evening all.
Zoe - A RBF please. Thanks. What's that? Oh, thanks Ken!
Ken - Thanks for the RBF! Around my area, ethanol free gas is sold at a few different stations, a bit higher than "standard" gas prices. (.80 cents or so more per gallon, in NWPA anyway.) Where I work, just at the bottom of the hill, less than 1/2 mile away, is a place that sells car parts, and sells fuel. He carries only "regular" fuel (87 octane grade), with the 10% or so ethanol, high octane ethanol free (pure) gas (91 octane minimum, lots get sold to the local dirt track boys and girls, as well as small engine use), and off road diesel. So, we reccommend our customers to him, then there is a fuel dealership just across the NY state line that carries everything from LPG to fuel-oil, including gasoline (ethanol and non-ethanol) and diesel of all kinds, a Shell station just up the road from where I live (next town north of work in PA), and west of us is a fuel dealership that does everything the dealer in NY does. Our store also carries it, by the can, in straight fuel, and pre-mixed for 2 cycle engines, in both 40:1 and 50:1 mixes, but that is very pricey. (More than double the price per gallon if bought at the station!) East of work, near the refinery, is another station that carries ethanol-free fuel, but that is close to a 30 minute drive.
YGW - Woo-eey those are some nice homes! A bit too pricey for my likes though... The house my family is looking at is coming in at around 100K... So one less "0" and "," than those ones! We do sell more LG fridges than Kitchenaid ones, maybe that is a good thing from what you are finding. The GE Slate fridge we have has got to be the heaviest of the bunch weight wise (coming in at around 525lbs, empty!), but we haven't sold a lot of that one yet. (Fully stocked, it would definitely have a "floor-breaking" possibility in some homes!) Yes, that one is a beast to try to move! (Easily out-weighs two of us together who try to move it!)
Galaxy - Congrats on the new job! I too agree with part-time first, just to get used to it, and then "playing by ear" from there.
Photobucket issues - (Ulrich, I think...) I am unable to get in at all as well, so "the game is afoot" as the saying goes. (Sherlock anybody?)
Weather - NWS confirmed a EF0 tornado did in fact touch down nearby (way too many photgraphs and cell phone vids to deny it!) on Thursday night. (They did miss it though, it was the 911 call center that issued the warning. After the thing was on the ground! I myself was keeping a very close watch on that storm, and was thinking there should have been a tornado warning issued as it was near me, about 15-20 minutes before the tornado actually hit, as that storm had clouds trying to qualify for the NASCAR race!) It is now cooler and calmer though! Minor damage, and zero injuries from the storm, which is good news!
W**k - Decent sales day today, hit a $20 spiff in one sale alone, with a decent commission on top of that. Our grand reopening sale is next weekend, and we should have some very good deals on items. (Including a riding lawn tractor for under $1K!)
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
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.