Good evening all.
Just had to say....
CONGRATULATIONS STEVE!!!!!!!!
Busy today, and tomorrow, so I will stop back later.
Hope all are well, and all have a good 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.
Steven Otte As of today, I have been at Model Railroader for 10 years! Treats are on me.
As of today, I have been at Model Railroader for 10 years! Treats are on me.
Good Evening Gang,
I see a few of you still sitting hear bending the rail.
Congratulations Br. Otte..But you are just beginning.
This is what a finished resume looks like from mypoint of view.
4 years on the transports
35 years with Greyhound
another two years trucking
4 years tour bus driver
15 years security Guard.
Now for sure on the 5th of September I will be officially at the end of my job rope.
I will not be saying YES to any other offers ((I don't think))
I need to get some ZZZzzzsss, so for tonight I bid you all a great night sleep and sweet singing rails in you dreams.
Johnboy out..................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Early morning diners,
Heartland Division CB&Q Angel ... Sounds like you have fun plans for your layout using Sculpamold.
Angel ... Sounds like you have fun plans for your layout using Sculpamold.
It will be. I also forgot that I need glue so I can build that bridge kit first. So I can determine how much to take out or leave in.
Steven- Impressive milestone in the model railroading business.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
up831 It's not that common anymore for people to stay at the same job for 10 years or more
Yeah, I don’t know? I was told recently that now-a-days, only spending seven years in the same career is normal, but then I guess I’ve never been normal. Besides it’s not the length of time in a job, (though it is pretty darn important during times of high unemployment), it should be enjoyable and or satisfying, and as I surprisingly observed driving taxis for a brief time some years ago, there were actually a lot of unhappy folk!!! I’d be foolish to say that my final(??) choice of occupation has always been a barrel of laughs all the time, but it ain’t been too bad.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning all.
Just a quick stop by to mention a few things.
Ken - Hope Sue' s procedure goes well.
Trains - To update the boxcar issue - I have ruled out trucks and wheelsets. I took known good trucks/wheelsets (off a car with zero derailment issues) and placed them onto boxcar in question. It still derails.
The known good car received the trucks/wheelsets from the boxcar. (Without adjustments) It still has zero issues.
I will test some more tonight after w*^k.
Mornin' everyone!
Sun is trying to shine today in the Finger Lakes Region, and I have shook off all the dark clouds around here for the moment at least..... Zoe, I need another refil of the Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast coffee please!
Just got off the phone with my denist's office. Made an appointment for next week to start the crown work on the tooth. Happy to say everything is good this morning from the root canal. No pain or tenderness at all.
Ray, I’m not sure as what to say, except she must have been a very nice classy lady.
Bear, She was!!! Basically a Type A personality but sometimes very quiet and even shy (until she knew you). The biggest thing that wreaked havac in the family was the fact that I always appeared to be the well known and successful person (I am type A as well....). I was a well liked Musician and music teacher, leader in several groups in the community, and well known around the area. Drove her nuts! She wanted to be the one who was in charge all the time, and I learned to do my best to let her be (she kept the checkbooks in her purse, for instance. Both her's and "our's). Near the end of her life, I think she finally figured out that she was also well known, liked, and considered important in the community as well! Made our life much better...... Congrats on the 27 years of marriage! May you have many, many more!
Should go out and mow lawn, but I have to start a wash and then make it to Canandaigua for a reunion committee meeting by 2:30...
[edit] Ken, forgot to tell you I will keep Sue (and you) in my prayers for a successful surgery and a quick and "uneventful" recovery!
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!
Heartland Division CB&Q Steven ... Congratulations on your 10 years at MR. You are an asset not only to MR but to the entire hobby. .... Thank you for the yummy treats.
Steven ... Congratulations on your 10 years at MR. You are an asset not only to MR but to the entire hobby. .... Thank you for the yummy treats.
Couldn't have said it better, myself. Thanks, Steve.
Good afternoon.
Bear .... Thank you for the yummy kiwi and strawberry dessert. 27 years is a wonderful accomplishment.
Ray ... I sometimes think of you and try to imagine how things are for you having lost your wife when she was so young. Most likely, back then your kids were children and you had a big responsiblilty raising them. Based on some of the things you say, I think you did a good job. I sometimes wonder how it has been as you attend family gatherings without your lovely wife. Your grandkids don't know their grandmother, and that is sad. You have much cause for sorrow, but you persevere. You are active in church and in your community. Apparently, you don't expect any pity from your friends. Ray, I wish I could meet you in person, but this forum will have to suffice. I bet your wife is saving a place for you in Heaven.
Ricky ... The boxcar is quite a mystery. Now, I wonder if the car weight is out of center.
JohnBoy ... A bus photo for you ...
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Another SLOW day here in the forum I guess. Janie, I could use a slice of the stuff "Bear" brought in to go along with a cup of decaf please.
Garry, Thank you for your kind words! I do appreciate them.... I do consider you one of my closest on-line friends here at the forum and would love to meet you in person someday. Who knows, maybe that could happen. I would sure like to see your modeling work on your layout!
My wife and I were married for 21 years 3 months to the day. We were parents at 19, BTW. I was a sophmore at Eastman School and she had to drop out of the community college she went to when she ended up getting Mononucleosis. We had dated my senior year of high school (she was a junior in high school). I broke up with her when I was a Freshman in college and we started going together again the next year. I would only say things started happening very fast and we got married that April... First son showed up that October.... (Grin) Second son was born three years later (I was in my second year of teaching). She died just 2 months after our youngest son graduated from High School (She was able to attend Graduation wearing a mask to protect her as she had just gotten into remission and had little immunity). Oldest son was working on his Associates Degree in Fish and Wildlife. I went in a matter of weeks from a family of four to just me.... I loved to cook, did most of the cooking at home and just continued to cook the same meals, but ate it all myself! Gained 90lbs. in less than 2 years. Dated a lot, but at 320+ lbs. I never was able to catch anyone whom I wanted to be with...
One of the things that weighed very heavily on my mind in the first months after she died was whether I would be welcome at her families gatherings. I really enjoyed her family. My MIL made it very clear that I would always be "Family" to them and so I probably have spent more time at their gatherings than in my own birth family.... I consider myself to be a very lucky man in many ways. As I quoted (Robert Frost) the other day, "Life Goes On!" Now that I have gotten the weight back in control, I have threatened to shave off the beard, and 1. Find out what is underneath it, and 2. start chasing women again.... As if anyone that I would want, would want me. I have been told by ladies that I was dating way back when that I am too fussy. My reply was, yes I am, and you notice I am dating you!
OK, back to some odds and ends around here. Thanks for listening to my wanderings...
Evening Diners
Flo, Gary, Ed, Inch, Jan, Brent and I will have a , is UP831 still paying? Leave a stein outside for Ulrich as well.
Work Front Well, it stunk with $400.00 in sales but it was a sweat paycheck! Like the old days when I enjoyed paying bills! Did I really say that?
Thank's for all the good wishes for Sue this Friday! I am sure she will do just fine! But, if by chances it is her time I would miss her.
But in a week or so after, there will be a 30 yard dumpster in my driveway! While I would still miss her, her junk on the other hand goes in the dumpster! Sure be nice to be able to walk with out tripping on something.
Sad Stereo Day. One of me beloved Dalquest DQ-10 speaker smoke unit went off! It was right before I left to go to work. I was watching U-Tube and happened to look up and saw smoke pouring out of the Right Speaker! Got it shut down but it was still working fine. I have owned them for 34 years and they where around 3 years old when I bought them! Used I payed $1600.00 for the pair!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning ...
Ken ... Sorry your favorite speaking failed. I would never pay that much money for a speaker though.
Bear ... Thanks for telling us about Mrs. Bear and your cub.
Ray .... You are welcome. Of course, it would be good if we finally met.
....
We will be busy with house guests over the next few days. As I have been saying, we are located in the path of the total solar eclipse happening this coming Monday. Just about everybody we know here will have house guests. I heard one house will have as many as 30 to 40 people. We have 8 coming. Officials predict our county will have about 50,000 visitors ( county population is only 14,000) . It may be too much for some of the country roads. Some businesses will not be open including banks. Hotels are charging extremely high rates. We have stocked up on food, and we are ready to hunker down with visiting family members until they leave Tuesday.
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Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, Dom Perignon for everyone (I've actually never had it). For the beer guys, their pleasure, (yes, Ken I'm still buying....this time), and sparkling juice for those who prefer that. Thank you. And Brunhilda, you and all the other girls can have a glass, including Vinnie!
Everyone: MOH and I have been blessed with a granddaughter. My first grandchild. If she will be anything like her parents, she will be an achiever. It will be up to grandpa to introduce her to trains.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831Everyone: MOH and I have been blessed with a granddaughter.
Congratulations, UP Jim!
...and thanks for the fine Champagne (I've never sipped Dom Perignon either )
Today I planted a Maple tree. We can watch them both and see how quickly they grow!
IMG_6101_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_6105_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers to all you good folks!
Ed
congrats UP on the granddaughter.
Ed I notice the leaves are starting to turn on you new maple. Fall is coming.
UP Jim ... That is fantastic news! Yep, your job is to introduce her to trains !
Ed .... How long before it produces maple syrup ?
John Boy .... I'm glad you liked the photo.
MLC ... I believe my trip to Paducah will be in the middle of the week after visitors go home following the eclipse.
Heartland Division CB&QEd .... How long before it produces maple syrup ?
Right around my 125th birthday! Pancakes for everybody!
I'm not getting the hammock out of storage anytime soon, either!
Regards, Ed
Flo, Ed, Gary, Inch, Brent, Jan and I will have a Crown Royal on the rocks please. All so leave one outside for Ulrich.
Maytag Repairman Front, yep another sloooooooow day with only one customer.
Heartland Division CB&Q I would never pay that much money for a speaker though.
Gary I understand why you feel that way, but you are not a Audiophile but I am and that was cheap! I was looking at speakers that where $2500, $3500 and $5000 a set and the DQ-10's sounded better to me.
Think of it this way, you make a new none train friend and you tell them your got a great deal on some BLI CB&Q F7A B A's with DCC and sound for only $250.00! Most none train folks would think you where nuts! $250.00 for a toy train engine?
Another way to look at it I have owned them for 34 years. They have cost me .94 cents a week in that time and I used them all most every day!
Neither myself or my wife are forward to tomorrow. I have to get up at 6:00 AM? When I was in the auto body busy, that normal. I now get up at 7:30 AM, so 6:00 AM seems like 4:30 AM to me!
Wish us luck! Ken
up831 MOH and I have been blessed with a granddaughter.
Congratulations Jim!
My son and his girlfriend are already talking "when" they have kids - they're not even married yet (although in today's world I guess that's no big deal. Wouldn't bother me!).
up831 Dom Perignon for everyone
Cheers!!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
gmpullmanToday I planted a Maple tree.
I'm glad you have the equipment to handle a tree that size. Good luck with it!
ricktrains4824 Trains - To update the boxcar issue - I have ruled out trucks and wheelsets. I took known good trucks/wheelsets (off a car with zero derailment issues) and placed them onto boxcar in question. It still derails.
Heartland Division CB&Q Ricky ... The boxcar is quite a mystery. Now, I wonder if the car weight is out of center.
The weight is what I was thinking. If the weight is out of center, turning the car around should cause the car to derail on the other side. If the car were underweight, heavier cars would "pinch" the lighter car. Putting the light car to the end of the train solves the "pinch." The prototype does the same thing.
up831 Everyone: MOH and I have been blessed with a granddaughter. My first grandchild. If she will be anything like her parents, she will be an achiever. It will be up to grandpa to introduce her to trains.
And I imagine she will be "well loved" too?
Hey diners,
UP831- Congrats on having a granddaughter!
Ed- Are you really 125 years old?
Ken- Good luck.
I was really upset yesterday but I decided to wait about my complaint. I bought 4 of those new 1970s ex-BLMA flatcars. By looking at the flatcars the pedals on the flatcars weren't installed. They're user installed pieces in which they got lazy.
For some reason I decided to search Norfolk Southern coal trains. I do know I still need locomotives, but only found one and bethgon coalporters.
I find disturbing news Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern are laying off employees due to economic growth. It was bad enough to see hundreds of unused locomotives in sidings because of it.
angelob6660Ed- Are you really 125 years old?
Ha! Most days I sure feel like it.
Dave, that tractor has more than earned it's keep around here It is also my primary piece of s**w removal equipment.
I have some trees around here that I planted almost forty years ago. They are around fifty feet tall I survey the wooded areas of the property and find a specimen for transplant. I love trees!
Oh, and the orange-looking leaves are actually reflecting the red brake lights of the tractor
Have a great day, folks...
Prayers to those in need and especially for you, Sue and Ken!
Good morning.
I'll have coffee and panckaes. Must I wait until Ed is 125 for maple syrup? ... LOL
First, Jim, congratulations! And thank you for the sparkling cider for us tea-totalers. I hope they live close enough to visit often (but not too often. ).
last mountain & eastern hoggerROR> I sure hope it has cooled off some for you, that was some pretty wicked heat you were having. I don't like the coldest part of the winters here, but, I can take them better that that kind of heat.
It has cooled off a little, but the best thing is a respite from the humidity. We are back to the dry air that makes the heat more tolerable and allows the temperatures in the morning to drop more drastically. One thing about the heat vs. the cold, we don't have to shovel sunshine.
Richard
Good morning from the cool, cloudy Eastern side of the Pacific Ocean, just above the 49th.
It seems I have a lot of catching up to do. First off Ken, here is hoping all goes well for Sue's procedure today. I have known a few people that have received stents and it has given them renewed energy and improved overall health as their activity picked up as a result of feeling better.
Cograt's to Steven on ten years. Were they ten long years or ten short years? You can tell by how much grey hair you have.
I worked in logistics for the Federal Government for 36 years and loved every minute of it. Even though I was at the bottom of the ladder, I made a point to get involved in the decision-making process by offering positive solutions and ideas to management and often found myself talking to Senators and upper-level managers and attending meetings of various importance. I felt my contributions had made a huge difference in the way things were done and found that very rewarding.
Ed, on our property we are constantly beating back the maples as they breed like rabbits. You have a beautiful piece of property there, I bet you don't leave home much.
Jim, cograt's to you as well. Grandpa eh! Well, we know where the train money will now go. You will spoil her rotten I am sure.
I am 60 and my kids are 18 and 15, so I don't see grandkids in my future as my kids are so career focused, however you never know. One thing about having kids late in life for me was, I was better off financially so was able to not have to worry about money the way younger families do. The trade off is having less energy for them, however, I still did the hockey coaching and all those other thing parents get involved in.
Ray, I have enjoyed reading about your life, it is like reading a novel that leaves a smile on your face. So much good stuff happening even though you have had some real heartbreak along the way. People tell me I should write about my adventures. I am more than happy with all the things I have done in my life. I did what I wanted to do and not what others thought I should do. Things have been pretty much perfect for me. Getting my bucket list completed before settling down was a good decision.
I got all the pot lights up in the kitchen/family room, as expected it took longer than I thought and being the fussy sort I had to make several trips into the attic to ensure the wire routing and fastening was to code. That way there will be no surprises from an inspector when it comes time to sell. Knowing people that had to correct a lot of things because they didn't do it right the first time makes me a wiser home improvement slave.
I think I may take the kid to the par 3 golf course today, we have a couple of beautiful ones close by where most of the holes are in the 150 to 220 YD range. He leaves in 13 days for Ottawa and it is starting to hit home.
All the best to all for a good Friday.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Gary, Inch, Brent, Jan and I will have a Royal Crown on the rocks and leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
Good News and a little bad news today.
Good News Sue did not need a stent and excpet for a little plage on a vavle everythings looks good! Needs to see the heart Dr for what we hope is for one last time.
Tad bad news, I don't get to rent a 30 yard dumpster to get rid of all the junk!
I am very glad things are looking good for her heart wise. Now if she will just let them fix her knee so she can walk well again. Funny, while I know she is 66 years old, I cannot really think of her as being 66. Maybe because that would make me 61?
Did enjoy seeing my daughter today.
Well my coupler is dragging in the dirt. Later a happy cudaken.
Ken, good news about Sue. I hope she sees renewed vigor and understands that getting her knee fixed will be good for her.
My father-in-law got his hip replaced at 85 so he could get back on the tennis court, and he did.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Evening,
Another beautiful day here with sun and a temp of 28C. We went out for lunch at our favourite patio. The lunch was great as usual so we had a very nice time. I had a Cajun chicken sandwich and my wife had prawns.
Ken, great news about Sue! You do have my sympathy about stuff. My wife has enough clothes in this house to stock a small shop. All the closets are bursting which means she has 5 closets with her stuff and I have one. She really needs to get rid of the clothes she no longer wears and I have to say she did make a start in the spring.
Up early tomorrow as in 4:45 so we can be out the door by 6. The birding spot is about a 45 minute drive north of the city. At least it will be a warm day and it is a good thing it is early as they are predicting a high of 33C or about 90.
Ed, you sure have a lovely property.
Well soon time for a early night for me.
CN Charlie