yougottawantaUlrich - Nice ! Glad you got a new computer !
Well, actually not so nice. There is a tremendous hole in the piggy bank that I don´t know how to cover and I have spent hours to get a few vital thinks up and running. One should write down account names and passwords somewhere, shouldn´t one?
Slowly, real slowly I am getting a handle on that computer thing. It will still take some time to get fully functional again, but I will call it quits for the day and just relax.
Ulrich´s Train Movie Theater will be open to the paying public from tomorrow onwards!
Morning all
Another hot day ! Yuck - do not like summer and its humidity.
Garry - Glad you made it back safe !
Ulrich - Nice ! Glad you got a new computer !
JaBear - LOL ! Manly stuff only ! I bet John Wayne didnt eat sweet porridge or Oatmeal ! He probably ate Steak and eggs for breakfast with hot sauce !
Ed - Your mom fed you Purina dog food ? 40 chickens ! Thats not a killing that is a slaughter, time to get a gun or call animal control.
Dave - Hear hear - I agree NO PORRIDGE EITHER !
ken - That is a good thing changing teh way you eat. If it were not for MOH changing my eating habits I probably wouldnt be here !
Howmus 0 I didnt know that. Our division meets on a prescribed date 4 times a year. I thought was set by the NMRA. I do not see why they couldnt meet at other times. We follow the script you all follow, clinics/s[pecial speakers, model judging, layout visits.
Angel - That guy is lucky !!! He should be dead.
ROR - Oh It would seem to me that a sales person would need to be both. Good luck with the new prospect.
Herrinchoker - How did your sister like the DR Trimmer ? Wow five miles ? One will never run out of string with that much on hand !
Henry - : ) Thanks for saving money for me ! Those DR are expensive.
History qoute of the day:
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
Howdy ... I'll have coffee and a pecan roll please.
Are you guys still talking about oatmeal?.... It must be a cereal serial.
We were in Nashville, TN yesterday. Visited with Shelley's family members.
Galaxy ... Sounds like all is going well with the new job. Yay !
Ulrich .... New computer ? Seems like thye are no longer user friendly.
Ed .... Your mortar looks good.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning, Y'all:
You haven't heard form me {was I even missed?} because of the new j-o-b.
I am use to getting yup around 3 am, nad going to bed at 8 pm, Now I WORK 4-midnight and don't get to sleep until 1 am, but by 5 am, the cat, MOH, the shower noises or something wakes me. The first work week: ours runs wed-tues, I worked mon and tues, the second week I logged 40 hours, the third week I logged 40 hours, and now I am logging my 24 hours, about all I can handle. I work about every other day, with Sun-mon off in a row. I was getting very exhausted, but in the end here, am finally adjusting to my new schedule, I usually get a nap before work which helps. It is hard being disabled, carrrying a cane around adn doing some of the "chores" I have to do. Like collectring heavy wet towels from the pool area to the laundry room...nto bad for up to 4 towels, but more and I have to make a couple trips. Refilling soda "machine" is a chore as I can only carry 3 bottles at a time formthe stock room.
Overall, I am enjoying it, though some names that are hard to pronounce or spell, they just hand me their ID! We had a "famous" name appear the other day, and though we suspected it WASN't the famous person of the name, we were "betting" {more like hoping} it Was! But alas, it WASN'T, of course...who would use thier FAMOUS name when travellign incgnito, and our hotel is NOT the hotel *stars* are usually put up in in this town.
I enjoy the interaction with persons, and the comraderie of coworkers, though I mostly work alone. I still have yet to master teh art of the third party billing correctly {expedia, hotels.com, booking.com, etc} they are a pain in the tukkus! You have about 18 steps in 3 phases to do it to get it out of the thrid party's system adn into ours. ALSO; if you CHANGE yhour reservation, want to extend it, or add to it, or wnat a reciept for your stay, YOU MUST go through The third party again!!!! WE WON'T {CAn'T} do it...you have to HOPE we have rooms availabler if you wnat to esxtend your stay, adn you might havet o change rooms to add nights through 3rd party billing! BEST ADVICE; book DIRECTLY with or through the hotel's reservations booking site{s}! That goes for ANY htoel you wish to stay at. I cna't tell you the name of my hotel, verboten! I cna't "advertise it".
WEll, on the subject of OATMEAL: I like CHOCLATE OATMEAL!!! A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, Quaker instnat oatmeal had a chocolate flavor,but didn't make it long, and our area USED to be a "test market" area, we'd get products to try that no one elsewere got, it was discontinued, which is odd as it sold like HOTCAKES, {lol}! SO: if you wnat to try it: add 3 hershey's mini choco bars to your morning regular Quaker Old Fashioned Oats {I prefer has more "nutrional value" than the rolled "Quick oats", and only take 120 seconds to mirical wave} oatmeal,and sugar if you desire {or in my diabetic case, the sugar free choco bars and Stevia} adn microwave as usual. I AGREE,STEVEN: oatmeal should be thick adn "concrete-likey" NOT Thinly veiled "gruel" as noted!!!!!!!!!
Well, i have to call SS, so I'd best get to my {Voila!} choclate oatameal for breaking my fast!
MR B: sent you a PM!
See ya all on the rebound!
-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.
Good Afternoon!
Back on track, with a new computer, that is.
I now have to cope with the pitfalls of Win10, but I must have been doing something right, as I am connected to my home Wifi, have access to my emails, can write letters, but not yet print them.
There are a few more things I have to install to be back into business, but the main things are up and running again - what a relief!
I´ll keep the old computer to see whether my son will be able to save the data stored on it. I have a few backups tucked away somewhere, so all is not lost.
Janie, coffee please, and do we have a slice of that cake left - you know the one I brought along yesterday? Thank you.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Oh, I agree, Dave, that there are MANY better choices for breakfast, but there are those occasions, maybe it was the Ralston Purina my mother fed me when I was a wee tyke, that the oatmeal plays a role in my memory bank. Certainly not a steady diet of the stuff!
I'd like to find the closing scene when the gang goes to the fancy restaurant and they eagerly await their fine meal only to find out it is—
M U S H !
Yum Yum eat 'em up!
Ed
gmpullmanOatmeal: I like mine thick and not too over-cooked. Lately I have enjoyed a dollop of Brer Rabbit Molasses in it! Yum... Only on cold, rainy days, though. I have tried the expensive steel-cut oatmeal and I don't much care for it. NO instant, either.
Porridge! YUK! I had my share of yukky, sticky, scummy, mushy porridge when I was a kid! Talk about being abused as a child!! No matter how much brown sugar, or molasses, or even maple syrup was applied they could never hide the reality of what was underneath! Of course it didn't help when you doddled over eating the stuff because it simply got even more yukky, sticky and scummy the longer it sat in the bowl. My Aunt Mary prided herself on how great her porridge was. I forgive her for that!
Ed, no disrespect eh! Each to his own, but if you want to feed me breakfast please make it eggs over easy on toast, or French Toast, or an omelet, or even just some fruit, but please - no porridge!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
herrinchokerI have not recieved your post yet
That´s strange - I sent the email following your call and did not get a error message.
Than the document is lost - what a pity!
Que sera,sera!
YGW,
My sister had a DR string trimmer, I used 250 pound test mono leaders that I had for tuna fishing, cut to length, worked as well. It is also made in heavier pound tests if the 250 is not strong enough. It comes in spools up to five miles long.
herrinchoker
Ulrich,
I have not recieved your post yet, as soon as I do I will send it back to you. Enjoyed the narrow gauge RR in Spain, the engine made in England in 1857, and still being used was interesting. Quite a difference in the yard conditions between Spain and other parts of Europe, as well as the rail lines. I noticed one engine was being fired on what apppeared to be square blocks of coal ? or perhaps peat ?
Jan
Hello, Diners
Just stopping in before I head back to Drawing Room A to turn in. All the space was sold in the Roomettes so the Pullman Conductor let me occupy the Drawing Room for the same fare!
Oatmeal: I like mine thick and not too over-cooked. Lately I have enjoyed a dollop of Brer Rabbit Molasses in it! Yum... Only on cold, rainy days, though. I have tried the expensive steel-cut oatmeal and I don't much care for it. NO instant, either.
FOX: We have been visited by three fox lately. It is never good news here. 40 chickens and six ducks killed. Lord help me if they get any of the cats!
Steven: I appreciate all you do to keep the forum "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise" Your reply in that DCC thread was very diplomatic. I'm sure there are times when you walk away from the computer shaking your head in wonder
Ken: I hope you get your meds and BP squared away. Also, hoping for the best for Sparkie! Thanks for the BEVERAGE!
Cell Phone: I just dug out my old receipt to be sure. I have had T-Mobile pay-as-you-go since 2009. Using the SAME phone and battery! Last year I bought $25. worth of minutes and as a loyal customer they keep adding minutes. As long as I maintain my account, I'm a "legacy" customer, I can maintain my pricing and usage. No complaints here!
I haven't had much time for the forum as I volunteered to help my next-door neighbor with some excavating work for his back patio/pool area. Well, it has turned into a two-week, five or six hour a day w**k project I'm looking forward to a rainy day so I can get some time off! I'm glad to be able to help out, though and they are great neighbors.
Train front: A few decoder installs on some older Kato and Life-Like Proto engines. Got the masking and painting done on the Post Office Annex.
I'm trying a new method of doing brick mortar. First I spray the surface with "wet water" then brush on very small amounts of thinned tan latex paint.
So far, I like the results. I tried a little "speckle" effect with the airbrush on the concrete parts, too. It is very subtle. It looks magnified in these photos.
I pray you all have a good day today.
Regards, Ed
yougottawanta FRRYKid - I looked into buying one of the DR walk behinds but I found two problems. The most important one is the cost of the replacement string. Home Despot is supposed to carry it but they do not and the online stores wanted $90 ! for the string. Did you find string elsewhere cheaper ?
FRRYKid - I looked into buying one of the DR walk behinds but I found two problems. The most important one is the cost of the replacement string. Home Despot is supposed to carry it but they do not and the online stores wanted $90 ! for the string. Did you find string elsewhere cheaper ?
We haven't quite gotten to the point of needing new strings as of yet. A set of strings came with when it was purchased and we are still using that set. I will have to start doing some research.
Hobby Front: Got the caboose I was hoping to get (yet another Athearn Wide Vision in BN paint). It will be renumbered to become another caboose that I need. The reason I got it as cheap as I did is that it is missing brakewheels but I do have a set of brakewheels from a damaged caboose of mine that I will use. I also used the brake system parts from that caboose to fix another caboose. As of a result of getting the caboose at a better deal, I was able to also get another caboose that I would be needing. (A Bachmann cupola caboose that is needed to replicate a NE-12 Chicago, Bulington & Qunicy or "Q" waycar.) I will need to wait to get the decal sets that I need to complete both of them. I will need a "Q" decal set and I will need yet another BN decal set in order to get enough numbers to complete the BN caboose. (Not a major problem. I might buy a couple more as I plan on 3 more WV BN cabooses in addition to the one that I purchased today.)
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Tin Can, Yannis and I will have a please.
tin canMy son is now a Purdue graduate.
Tin Can I just so happen to be running Monon Black and Gold F unit as I miss spell! Being a train guy I am sure you know the connection betten Prude and Monon Black and Gold livery colors.
YGW It was sort of a low blood sugar attack. Yes my body thinks the blood surgar is low and for me it propley was.
VA Blood Test Results. Had my A1C test 3 months ago! Not a single letter or phone call! 3 months later when I was due to have it tested again was when I learned the results?
A1C came in at a very high 8.1. I had fell in to the trap of eating what my wife buys and she does not want any more of. Plus I started buying sweats, becuse she wanted them but not all of them. I am changing my eating habits and getting a refresher corse from a dietician.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Mr. B,
I had that happen too with an older monitor. Now I use a BP monitor made by a company called Omron. It was recommended by my GP and the readings from it match the GP's numbers very closely. The price wasn't much different from other brands.
Just a little aside on my BP. A few months ago I stopped drinking diet Coke. I was a bit of a junkie, i.e. multiple cans per day. Thanks to the meds my blood pressure was under control when I was pouring the stuff back by the gallon, but now that I have stopped the pop (soda to you guys in the US) my BP has dropped to the point where I get dizzy sometimes when I stand up. When I was at the blood donor clinic last week my BP was 104/59. My normal BP when I go to make a donation is usually quite high, almost to the point where they would kick me out if it was any higher. I will have to go back to the GP to get my meds adjusted. Mind you, I'm not complaining!
Good Morning, Folks!
Still quite early and the night wasn´t so good. I woke up after a couple of hours, just like I usually do these days, thanks to the meds. Couldn´t go back to sleep, so I switched on my computer, only to find out it had died silenty on me. Windows7 cannot be persuaded to start anymore, no matter what trick I try. I guess it´s time to say "sayonara" to it and get a new on! Must be a cheap one as the money has to come out of the remnants of my MRR budget.
Petra´s computer will be next in line for replacement. Like mine, it´s a hand me down and is starting to make funny noises.
Herrinchoker - do you still have that file with that German text I sent you the other day? It would be great if you could sent it back to me. I had not yet made a safety copy of it and all that work will be lost with my old computer. Mental note - store vital data not only on the hard disc and copy it daily to your yet to be bought external drive!
No Ulrich´s Train Movie Theater today - we are closed for repairs!
Steve: What you are describing as thin oatmeal I would call gruel (sp)? We were at a hotel in Indianapolis this weekend; hotel breakfast included good, thick oatmeal. My wife and daughter eat the waffles; leaves more oatmeal for me.
Ken: Glad your dog is doing better. We put our Weim down exactly 6 months ago today, and I still miss him dearly.
Train front: Nothing done because of travel. We did drive through Dallas, and we were close to Discount Model Trains, but I couldn't think of anything I really needed. We did get to eat at Campisis; one of the best Italian restaurants in the DFW area.
My son is now a Purdue graduate. Civil engineering. He is living in Fayetteville, AR, trying to get into grad school. He is interning this summer with their civil engineering department as a research assistant; they will doing work in Oklahoma on a drinking water project. Pay isn't great, but it will pay the bills.
My daughter heads to Savannah, GA on Friday, to begin a 10 week internship with a national construction company. She is excited, but nervous. I think she'll do just fine. She will begin her last year of volleyball and school at WCU in August. How time flies.
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I will have a slice of the cake Ulrich brought in.... Oh and a cup of decaf as well, please.
Have about an hour before I head out to start setting up things for the MLK Scholarship Dinner tonight. I sure hope I remembered everything. Have the laptop packed, camera, complete with extra batteries for the flash unit, all the certificates and the plaque for the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges (and his wife), Programs and signs to be put up, and have my best black suit, blue shirt and my Coyote Necklace on.
The Coyote Necklace was a gift several years ago from my sister in Canandaigua. She purchased it at a festival at Ganondagan (Seneca site) Festival from a couple who are friends of mine from teaching at our old Outdoor Ed Program. She asked Tania, a Mohawk Person, what would be proper for me and she grinned and showed her the necklace. The Totem of the Coyote is a bit of a paradox, but embodies being a comedian and a trickster, but one of great wisdom who will, if you learn from him, pass it on to others.... When I looked it up, I was quite honored that Tania knew who I am and that it has to do with teaching.....
yougottawantaHowmus - ???I thought the NMRA met the same time across the country. Are you all on a different schedule ?
Nope! Divisions and Regions all create their own program based on needs and ability to serve their members. For instance, my Division generally will have four major Meets (programs) during the year. For us that is usually a whole day of activities that include Clinics, Contests, and afternoon layouts to visit. The Division to the East of us mostly has an evening program most months at a members layout. That usually includes a clinic, model contest, and time with the members layout. Very different MO.
My quote for the day (The coyote is here):
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" - Mahatma Gandhi
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon Diners,
yougottawanta Angel wrote " He ran his motorcycle into it." - Oh my gosh ! Usually vehicles do not fair well when running into brick walls ! How fast was the moron going when he hit it ? Did he survive ? He had to be going fast to punch a hole in the wall ! Geezz !!!
Angel wrote " He ran his motorcycle into it." - Oh my gosh ! Usually vehicles do not fair well when running into brick walls ! How fast was the moron going when he hit it ? Did he survive ? He had to be going fast to punch a hole in the wall ! Geezz !!!
He walked away from it I don't think he has any injuries. If he did we didn't talk after that. The only thing that I know that has broken was the orange reflective light on the back.
The bike was still in working condition and he drove around. But recently I haven't heard it for a while.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
yougottawanta. . .ROR - What ? Farmer ? Hunter ? What is rule 55 ? . . .
There are two types of salesmen, the hunter and the farmer. The farmer is the one that cultivates customer relationships and grows their install base. The hunter is the guy that is looking for new prospects, specializing in make cold calls, being a bit off a pest, and driving new leads. It takes a unique personality to be a hunter, and I ain't one.
As for the "Rule of 55," it is an IRS regulation that allows an individual to start to make penalty-free withdrawals from a 401(k) before they are 59 1/2. The requirements are that they were at least 55 when they retired and they are making withdrawals from the 401(k) of the employer from which they retired at age 55+.
Things are looking good for the new job. I have a second interview on Monday.
Richard
Top of the page! Well I'm saving YGW money so he can buy.
YGW found this trimmer cord @ Amazon https://www.amazon.com/DR-196601-Premium-Trimmer-Cord/dp/B06XTTK2ZR/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495042017&sr=8-2&keywords=175+mil+trimmer+cord
Steve Flame wars, that should have been an easy one. He managed to alienate just about everyone in record time. Maybe they removed his posts from that "other" forum, because I looked but didn't find any. It was clear he was not missed by anyone.
Waiting on alcohol to strip the paint off my resin gondola. I may put it in the ultrasound to speed things along, or get some fresher alcohol.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Ulrich
If they make a non alchol versian please slice me a piece ! That cake sure looks good !
TTYL
YGW
yougottawanta FRRYKid - You have a DR Mower ? How do you like ? Do you have the attachment that goes on the back of tractor ?
FRRYKid - You have a DR Mower ? How do you like ? Do you have the attachment that goes on the back of tractor ?
This is a walk behind mower not the kind that goes on a tractor. It is an interesting animal and the weeds in spots are proving to be a challenge.
yougottawantais it okay to have cake for breakfast ?
If you want to have a "happy" start into the day, well then certainly yes! That cake is loaded with Kirschwasser.
Coffee and Donuts on me. If you want Oatmeal I will even pony up on that. Just will not partake.
Lion - Glad you are back ! Also Gald you were not in the trailer park too !
Ulrich - Yummy is it okay to have cake for breakfast ?
Ken - Did you have low sugar ? Are you oaky now ?
Steve - Morning, Hope you dont have any flame wars to put out today.
Howmus - ???I thought the NMRA met the same time across the country. Are you all on a different schedule ? Howmus your qoute goes along with another theme of servanthood. The theme being if you are to be first then you must be last...
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
All James Madison
Gotta git back to w**k
LION is in Wsconsin for some computer training... firewalls ewe know.
Rice Lake, some tornados touched down near here last night, took out a moble home park. My but those things have an affinity for tornados. At least one death, sorry to say, whole trailer park flattened, so many homeless in tghe rain.
Nine hour drive from western ND, will go back home on Friday.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Flo, coffee in an IV bag, please and I wouldn´t mind a slice of that Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte with it.
Unfortunately, goodies like it are off the list for me these days! I had a bad night, with the pain keeping me from sleeping and no other pain med in the house than Ibuprofen, which is off the list as well.
Today´s video feature in Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre is
The Hills Are Alive
not with the sound of music, but the sound of steam echoing from the mountains of Tyrolia/Austria!
The video takes us to Jenbach, a small a municipality in the district of Schwaz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Jenbach is situated on the mainline between Innsbruck and Kufstein at the border to Germany. Jenbach is also home to two narrow gauge lines, the Achensee Railway and the Zillertal Railway.
The Achensee Railway (German: Achenseebahn) is a 6.78 kilometres (4.21 mi) long metre gauge railway running between Jenbach and Seespitz on Lake Achensee in Tyrol (Austria). Within its length it rises some 440 metres (1,444 ft) in height, with the steeper sections using the Riggenbach rack system. It is Europe's oldest cog railway which is still steam operated.
The Zillertal Railway or Zillertalbahn is a 760 mm (2 ft 5 15⁄16 in) gauge independent railway running along the valley of the river Ziller (Zillertal) from Jenbach to Mayrhofen within the Tyrol area of Austria and is nearly 32 km long. The Zillertal Railway is a modern rail carrier on narrow tracks, but also runs steam specials on a regular schedule.
Enjoy!
Oatmeal is best thick, like putty, does a excellent job sealing the joints on the still.
A lot of stuff to comment on I see. (That's what I get for not stoping in lately.)
Cell Phone: I have a pre-paid smart phone. I use it more as a music player than I do a phone. (The only reason I have the smart phone is that the site where I get my weather alerts switched from communicating by SMS [text message] to MMS [which required the smart phone.)
Cutting grass: The last two weeks I have been using the ranch's new DR mower/trimmer to get the weeds in the yard cut. I think it will probably another two before I get everything trimmed. The section left is not small and the grass is quite thick.
Hobby Front: Got two more cars taken to the layout. Very simple redos. Changing the number on one caboose to its BN number (posted earlier this month.) and the second is a NP 60' boxcar updated with the ACI label and changing the reweigh date to match a prototype. Another fairly simple job. Also brought a "Q" waycar home to change its number to its BN number. Hopefully that should be a quick process. If everything goes right, I should have yet another caboose for my growing collectioon. Another one that will end up being renumbered.
cudaken Mr B could you post a link please?
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/
You have to save the file, close the browser, go to your downloads and run the file. It takes a couple of minutes to install. Then you have to restart your computer.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.