Good Morning All,
Just a regular coffee to go please ladies. DIL went berry picking so I have a bag of fresh blueberries. Yum.
Finishing up the cars today for the hill climb this weekend. Got my steering racks done, one delivered, one to ship. Triumph TR4A project we inherited when I bought out another shop nearly finished. Just trying to juggle multiple balls so we can keep all the projects going.
Ray- Your FIL sounds like he was quite the character. If he was building aircraft did he have formal training or did he just teach himself? You could do that as while back and still get a certificate for the resulting plane.
Still no progress on the layout though I'm getting closer. I'm hoping after October when things start to slow down I'll be able to block out some time. Of course last year we ended up running 11 race weekends in Australia and New Zealand from October to March (with time off here and there for good behaviour) so that shot the off season. Mind you I'm not complaining, the seven weeks in New Zealand were awesome starting about 100km south of Auckland and ending in Invercargill on South Island. We wanted to ride more trains, but the travel (6 weeks in a row) in New Zealand precluded much of that. When we got to South Island the main line was still out as a result of the earthquake that wrecked much of Christchurch and the run from Christchurch across the Southern Alps was closed due to fires burning out a couple of bridge approaches, so we ran the Dunedin Railway scenic tour further south. That was spectacular. If I sort out photos and get an account back up and running, I can share some.
Time to get back out the door and pick up tools.
CUL (as in "See You Later), J.R.
Good evening .
Ray ... I'm glad you like the idea. It might be fun for you . Your family history is interesting .
Ken .. actually I am not much of a drinker. I never feel a compelling desire to have any alcohol. I sometimes go several weeks without any. If I do, it is one beer or one glass of wine. I very seldom have any hard liquor. I have absolutely no tolerance for other people who drink excessively. That said, the Diner's beer is good. Thank you.
Der John emailed me with a new email address he is using. He says he is not able to log in to the MR Forum, and he thinks the change of email address relates to that problem.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' Folks!
Chloe, Just need dessert (Strawberry Rhubarb Pie a' la mode) and a cup of decaf for the moment...
angelob6660Ray- Going to the museum was very fun, specially seeing the airplane that your grandfather built.
The builder was my Son's grandfather.... My FIL. But thanks!
Heartland Division CB&Q Ray .... A Ford powered air camper. That is unique. You should make a model of one for your layout. ....
Ray .... A Ford powered air camper. That is unique. You should make a model of one for your layout. ....
You know Garry, that is a great idea. Here is a photo of my Father in Law's Pietenpol Air Camper he built. Complete with the first Ford Conversion he built to power it. The plans for the plane came with the Ford Model A engine being the power for it. Someone in the family may still have saved those plans, I hope!
His personal favorite of the planes he built was a Bi-Plane. I believe that one ended up being bought by a farmer to use for crop dusting in Florida way back when. My FiL, Barney was a definate character, and I was honored to be his only SiL (out of 3) who he would associate with. I was the only one who got invited down cellar or out to the small barn to have him show off his current projects.
Hope you all have a great night out there! Be blessed and -
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Gary, Ed, Inch, Brent, Jan, Ulrich, Galaxy and I will have a please. What, it is on Brent's tap? In that case your best Wine that does not have a screw off Cap!
Gary For some reason I did not think you drink? Guess I was wrong and you will never be dry again as long as there is a Cuda Ken in the dinner!
Brent Seems you have rasied a good son! While I know he is thinking with his head about not going after a movie carrer. I am sure bet he is wondering what if he could makes it big time on film.
Wife car is fixed! It was just a dead battery! I could have saved my self $75.00 if I had used my battery charger and started the car! What fooled me was the headlights where still bright. Here I have a 60 amp charger that would have started it like that!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Afternoon Diners,
Ray- Going to the museum was very fun, specially seeing the airplane that your grandfather built.
Ken- Thanks, that was very interesting information.
After that recent purchase of the BM hoppers (extra one). I would look back to the idea I had a last year or so. To let Conrail to be main interest and have a interchange with the Guilford Rail System.
My plan changed with Guilford to CSX but I still like the idea with both. I can't model the formation of CSX difficult to find freight cars that survived without pictures and there not modeled. Plus it's hard to please myself when I'm looking at locomotives and I cannot buy them because they have a nose headlight.
Getting the GRS will be a little easier. I only need 2 for interchange service.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good afternoon all.
I brought BBQ ham for sandwiches to add to the pot-luck food.
Janie - A plate for the leftovers and a RBF please.
Ken - Some days, yes. Some days no. Yesterday we had 3 the whole day. Today we have 5, but all small stuff. (Under $100 each sale.) Yesterday we did way better sales wise. Monday there was a whole 2, with under $50 in total sales the whole day...
YGW - You must be busy! Haven't seen you in for a few.
Steve - Why did it seem like poor cousin Mitch got left out?
W*^k - Slow today... Nuff said.
Weather - Warmer and more humid today. Sunny though.
Trains - Fired up my track cleaning train last night, and had all kinds of grief. First, one loco in the consist wouldn't come online, then for some reason the replacement loco in the consist kept pushing the CMX tank off the rails... Found it had a coupler issue. So I moved on to replacement loco 3, a Genesis unit, and found that it had decided to blow lights while sitting for a while... Finally got the regular consist unit to cooperate, and turned a few laps.
How did so much go wrong while sitting unpowered? Must be them there gremlins... Too bad they look so darn cute and furry, otherwise I would kick them out!
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
Good morning from just North of the forty-ninth on the left coast of North America.
We are getting a bit of an on shore flow, as the direction that our weather systems are coming from gets back to normal. The blue sky is trying real hard to peep through all the smoke and the breathing has become noticeably easier and I don't even have issues in that department so I bet a lot of asthma sufferers and others are breathing more than just a sigh of relief.
Ken, those beers went down real easy last night, after my take it easy day, turned into a gettin a lot done day. We are starting to get rid of a lot of stuff in anticipation of moving overseas (to Vancouver Island) in two years. I took a ton of styrofoam to the recycle depot, in fact, it filled the back of the P/U truck up. The recycle guy had a disgruntled look on his face when I arrived. We have a styrofoam manufacturer not too far away, I should have probably have taken it there instead. The bags the recycle guy uses for this stuff are huge (car size). I helped him bag it all, so that made him a little happier.
Ed, I see you also use plastic buckets for forms. I used them to make valve chambers for underground septic piping. The concrete went on the outside of the bucket of course. Nice work on the transformer cars by the way. I have set up with the new photo sharing site, so hopefully, I can get back to posting pics soon.
Angelo, how many pieces of rolling stock and loco's do you have? Too bad you don't live in the neighbourhood, as I would enjoy a helping hand on the layout.
I am starting to wonder how much time I should allow for dismantling of the layout in case that is what must be done at moving time. Maybe Mr. Beasley can give us a running commentary of that unpleasant task, seeing he is going through that now.
Ray, cool pic's of the museum. I always wondered how they got on those high wheel bikes, I will see if there is a You-Tube video on it later.
Steven, the kid made me Mac and Cheese for lunch yesterday, I haven't had that in years, so it went down pretty good. We still have lots of ribs left over from Monday so I think they will be for lunch today.
Speaking of the kid, he wrote us a big fat check yesterday for his University tuition and for his cell phone bill for the next three years of the contract. We said he didn't need to, but he insisted. He told us he really appreciated the fact we sent him to a private school for 13 years as it made a huge difference to his education, and he would pay as much as he could towards University. So between all his scholarships, and him making a killing in the movie biz over the last year, we have $27000.00 we don't need to spend. We will leave it in the bank for my daughter as she wants to go to Medical school. I tell ya, starting an education fund 19 years ago was the right thing to do. I couldn't imagine trying to come up with the funds out of the blue for that kind of money.
Speaking of the kid and his movie stuff, he doesn't think he will be getting more work this Summer as there is a bit of a hiatus right now. For the better-paying jobs, he would have had to have all his costume fittings done by now. The phone is ringing lot's, however, he is informing them he won't be here at the end of August. They are already talking to him about next April if he comes home for the summer. He may work at the Parliament buildings through the Summer though. He is starting to rethink that as the movie pay is pretty high and it would really boost his standard of living while at school, plus he wouldn't be paying room and board in Ottawa over the Summer. He has heard rumours that the next Star Trek movie may start shooting much earlier than expected and he really wants to work on that, so there are lots of variables in play.
The courses he is taking are very hard to get in to and it is a small group that is enrolled. They have already formed a facebook group and can't wait to meet each other. He has some good friendships going already.
Well time for an hour on the Guitar, then, ribs for lunch and then I have to take Mr. Moviestar to the plastic surgeon to get five stitches out of his face. It isn't even hockey season.
Ken can leave his wallet in his pants today as the Beer and Pinacolodas are all on me. Even Garry's.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
JOHN- ( j w ) Now both addresses DON'T work. What now ???
Phil
Morning, all. If it seems quiet in here this morning, that's at the request of Chloe and Zoe, who went to their family reunion last night and are feeling the aftereffects this morning. (Still, a little hangover is worth it to be able to see uncles Ray and Jay, grandparents Ken and Jen, aunts Billie, Millie, and Tillie, and cousins Sara, Kara, Tara, Lara, Dara, Amara, and Mitch.) That also explains why today's special is potluck leftovers. Dig in.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Good morning .... I'll have a pecan roll and a coffee please.
Ray .... A Ford powered air camper. That is unique. You should make a model of one for your layout. .... Nice to meet your son of Chicago. I grew up there.
FRRY ... The sand tower sounds like a good project.
Ken .... I think I'll razz you because you never include me in your beer party.
MLC .... I did not yet make the trip to Paducah. Now it will likely be a couple of days after the eclipse when I go there. .
.....
I have another diversion. We bought the boat yesterday. ...
My friends and I repaired the wiring on my truck which was damaged when a tire failed on I-24 a couple of weeks ago. It was more challenging than any of us envisioned when we started. Next, the fender needs repairs, and I'll have a pro do that.
Hum, is any one home?
Flo, guess we have the same customer base, I all so only had 1 new coustomer today.
Anyway Flo, Ed, Inch, Jan, Bent, Angelob6660 and I will have a please.
angelob6660Is selling mattresses really boring, I'm surprised you don't get more customers.
Angelo Mattress store are seldom over ran with customer. Only one time did I feel over weldem when I was with Mattress Gaint. I have for gotten the holiday but Jim and I where the #2 store in the company with $35,000.00 in sales in 1 day! Each of us had around 20 + customers in 8 hours! I had $18,000.00 in sales that day and made $1900.00!
But, that is far from being normal. Even when I was making good money in this bussines 14 people in one day was busy for 2 people. Most good sales take around a hour to get the deal done.
Far as getting bored? That depends on the person and what they like to do. I sometimes take engines or rolling stock to work to work on. Plus I love to read! I have read 198 books in the last 4 years while at work so I am seldom bored out of my mind. Most of my life my jobs have been very fast pace and I was on my feet 11 hours a day. So I do enjoy the slower and quite pase of selling mattress. The 20 years I ran body shops, the racket would make most people lose there mind! Hum Wonder if that is what happen to mine?
Ed I must say you are a master!
howmus One of those large brownies with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream I think.
One of those large brownies with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream I think.
One of those sounds good to me as well, but would you also put some raspberry sauce on it? Thank you so much.
Hobby Front: Decided to bring a few pieces of the (long-delayed) sanding tower from a hopper car home to be painted. One of the pieces needed to be painted before it is installed as I won't be able to access it to paint it once it's installed. Also brought the squares that will be the concrete bases. (I don't like painting on the layout as it is quite dusty. Additionally, I don't keep any bottled paints or brushes there either.) They will go back next week and hopefully another step on the tower will be done.
After figuring out what I needed, I broke down and got the weights I was looking at ordered. I even decided to order for a couple of cars I don't even have yet! (I will be getting them eventually so why not.) A few cars won't be getting them as I can't get the cars apart to insert the new weights. (On that point a certain manufacturers cabooses are almost impossible to get back apart once they are together unless preparations were made when they were put together in the first place. They are very good except for that point.)
Knock, knock...... Ah...... Hmmmmmm. The lights are on but nobodies here! Oh hi Janie! Where is everyone? Slow day today, huh?
Well, I could use a cup of decaf for the moment. And.... One of those large brownies with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream I think.
I got alot of odds and ends done today like, mowing the lawn, doing laundry so I can have something to wear tomorrow, and changing out the bed sheets as Manét decided to throw up on the bed early this morning! (hack, hack, haaaaaaaack!!!!) Good thing I like that little guy. Got the grocery shopping done and drove over to the Mennonite Farm Store for some supplies. They now have muskmellons in, so I got one that will last me about 6 days... Biiiiiigggg!
How about I share some photos of the Museum Tour yesterday?
This is my son from Chicago standing by an old High Wheel Bicycle...
For you Harley fans out there, this is where it all began back in the early 1900's (1922 Evans):
Oh! The piece of equipment we came to see! This was made and donated by my FIL. My son wanted to see his Grandfather's work. He was just a toddler when "Barney" was doing this conversion:
It is a Model A Ford engine that he converted to power a Pietenpol Air Camper. The engine had to be made so it could run upside down and in most any other position and still get gas and have proper lubrication in it. I remember watching him work on it and showing me what went into it. Oh, the propeller on it was made by my FIL as well. By hand! He told me it should never run as it is very much out of balance. Here is the old sign (not used anymore) that was placed on the motor.
Close up:
And here is what I really wanted to see! The caboose is a Bath and Hammondsport RR and the Alice Chalmer B is the same as the second farm tractor I ever drove. I was 5 years old at the time, and it really was more tractor than I could handle even thouth it was 10HP less than the Ford 8N.... Had a very strong spring on the clutch. I could push it down but couldn't control it when I let it in. The Ford you just stood up and the clutch went down..... Easy to let the clutch in as well because you were standing up and just pushed down on the steering wheel. Easy to control for a, at that time, 4 year old kid to drive....... I got an early start running equipment!
Have a great one!
Morning diners,
Ken- Is selling mattresses really boring, I'm surprised you don't get more customers.
Ed- That is an impressive signs for the transformer. I forgot those signs (and similar) when I look at old photos.
Good morning, Diners. .... I'll have coffee and a donut please.
Ed ... The big tender and the transformers on depressed flat cars are impressive models. Also, I saw your beautiful nigh scene photo in "Show Me Something" thread. Outstanding ! .. .... And you still have time for outside jobs, Amazing.
JR.... You seem busy with your racing activities, and I am interested in hearing all you say about it. I suppose by now you have been back to normal after that fire a few years ago. Have you been able to get a new layout started ?
Today will be another busy day here. ...
Happy Model Railroading
A regular to go please Zoe and two eggs over medium with home fries and sausages please. Another busy day in store in the shop. Finishing up for Mt Equinox and todays actual jobs are steering racks that have backed up in the pipeline while we thrashed on other stuff for Monterey.
Ed, that is some gorgeous modeling. The transformers hit close to home as Pittsfield is north of us and the finished product often rolled through Danbury on their way to the docks for shipment or to their destinations elsewhere south of here. The plant is closed now and the legacy cleanup of the PCBs in the Housatonic River is ongoing. Going fly fishing with my Dad and Uncle in the old days we'd go north or far south of Pittsfield because there was a thick coating of foam on the river downstream of the plant. We just didn't really know any better back then. Same went for Danbury with all the hat factories which all discharged into the Still River which in turn fed into the Housatonic in New Milford.
Well enough of that - time to pick up tools. See y'all later, J.R.
Helloooo... (add echo)
Anybody home?
Quiet times in the Diner. Thanks for the ribs,Steven! Tender and meaty and the sauce was just right
I trust the folks are doing well, here. At least I hope everyone is well.
Old Mister Wilson supervised a concrete j*b I had today. Mrs. Pullman let me use her Kushlan mixer so it wasn't too bad on the back and shoulders!
IMG_9681_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
We are pouring footers for an addition to the deck. I'm going to try my luck at Trex composite decking. Just another Summer project—one of MANY!
Wilson did a fine job of rodent control and counting the empty Redimix bags.
I still had time to get to a few Model Railroad projects, too.
I painted and lettered a brass PRR "Coast-To-Coast tender that was rebuilt as an auxiliary water tender. Turned out pretty well, to my satisfaction, anyway.
IMG_9705_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
Along with the tender, I printed some signs and did some blocking on a pair of transformer loads on these depressed-center flats.
I like the way some shippers used to put signs like these on some of the special loads that used to ship by rail.
IMG_9716_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9718_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_9723_fix_web by Edmund, on Flickr
I still have to make some steel-rod bracing then we're good-to-go!
Enjoy your day, Folks! Prayers to all who may be in need...
Regards, Ed
Good evening. It was a busy day here.
Good to see everybody who posted sine my post yesterday. ... Ken, Herrinchoker , JR , FRRY , Angel , Ricky, and Brent.
Steven ... Sorry I was late for the ribs, but thanks. They were for Ray, but he did not show up.
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent, Inch and I will have a with a side of Rib's. Give Rick a Rootbeer Float as well.
It was a Good and sort of bad day today. Reason I say sort of bad day is I had my wife's car picked to be reparied. I was thinking "heck how hard can it be to install a starter on a car with out headers!" But then, I thought to my self "Ken, what if the problem is a relay or something I know nothing about?" So I dropped of the Key at Bob's on the way to work.
Work Front was the good part! While it was Sloooooow with only 2 customers like last Monday one was a good one! She was looking for a full sizes mattress for a guest room. All so stated she did not want to spend a lot. This normally means $300.00 from most customers, not this one! She spent $900.00 and bought a good spiff bed and I made a extra $105.00 in spiff just like last Monday.
Rick How many customers are coming in your store? Bet it is more than 2 a day.
Ulrich Hope all is well with you and Petera!
Ken
As I had hoped, I managed to get the futon fixed. As seems to always to happen, more pieces were damaged than I though. With some swaping and such, I was able to get everything back together. It took a lot longer than I though, but any repair always seems to that.
I did find that with this new frame, there were a lot of improvements from the frame on the old one. Won't go into them but they should make this new one much better.
It's been a slow couple of days. Not much to talk about.
I found out I preordered two Boston and Maine hoppers, luckily it was two different numbers. I didn't know I ordered two hoppers.
Recently I purchased two BLMA green pipe loads for my flatcars. And a template to make own loads since I got 8 straws from Burger King. When I received them they came in plain bubble wrap, when the seller say new/unopened I was expecting a box or something. I would need a container or something to hold it so it wouldn't be broken.
Zoe - It must be the day for Ribs... That's what I'm cooking for dinner tonight! Guess I will have to taste test the ones from Steve & Brent as well. See who makes the better ones out of the three of us...
Steve & Brent - Are those ribs available in an all you can eat version?
Tom - I had seen about the CSX derailment on our local news up here, they made quite the mess!
Howmus - At least now I know I'm not the only one with "out of scale" spider issues...
Ken - You certainly had a much busier day than me... I sold a miter saw... That's it!
W*^k - Slow... Hoping that a customer comes back, as they were looking a both a fridge, freezer, and a stove. Be nice to get that for a sale.
Weather - Comfortable weather right now, wouldn't mind if it stayed this way for a while.
Hope all are well, and all have a good day!
EDIT - Looks like everyone's ribs are on me, as I have the top of the page. Dig in everyone!
Good morning from the smokey, can't see very far West Coast of America (the Canadian part)
WE ARE SAVED!
Just like two years ago Bear is sending us a plane load of New Zealand's best firefighters to help tackle the 126 raging fires in the Province. Firefighters have been pouring in from many different countries. I sure hope the smoke clears by the time the eclipse happens or all we will see is the dark. Right now all you can see is roughly where the Sun should be as the smoke is so thick.
I spent Thursday and Friday spray painting the textured ceiling in our kitchen/family room which is about 960 SQFT. I bought a spray painting rig for $137.00 on Ebay that was highly rated and it did an amazing job. I first had to remove all the recessed fluorescent lights and patch all the approximately 2' x 4' holes in the ceiling. You can't even tell they were ever there, so I am happy as blending textured surfaces so you can't see them is tricky. I still have to cut the holes for all the pot lights, I hope I don't screw up and ruin my perfect ceiling.
Today is B.C. day and is a holiday, we are celebrating with a big crowd over for RIBS! We won't be having a bonfire afterwards as there are plenty already going thank you very much. It will be nice to have some room in the fridge again as the ribs are taking up a lot of space. I'm not sure how many people are coming, but they are all welcome. I will be leaving my monster compressor in the middle of the kitchen just to irritate my MIL. She always questions how we can have people over when the house is such a mess. She gets the usual answer from us and that is, "those that matter won't care and those that care don't matter".
Went for a killer long walk through the forest yesterday with my favourite dog. He is twelve and I think a few miles will be his limit as he had a tough time making it, although it could have just been the smoke slowing him down. We didn't go as far as we would have in the past. I have a good selection of Golden Retrievers to choose from for a backup should I need one.
I think it will be a "small job's" day today as I am still recovering from doing the ceiling, my shoulder is killing me and I think a trip to the surgeon is in order as he keeps me going with repairs. A shoulder replacement may be necessary this time though. If I see him in October he will book me for early November and that should fit a quieter time in the year for recovery purposes.
Ulrich, you are allowed to get mad and take a break from the forum, we all do from time to time. However, if our tour of Germany doesn't continue soon, I will be wanting a full refund!
Howmus wants ribs? Howmus gets ribs. Howmany ribs?
A regular and a blueberry muffin toasted with butter please Zoe.
Rules is rules but I hope Ulrich reconsiders and returns.
Shipped 8 cars to Monterey Saturday for the big race meeting out there next weekend and the week after. I have my hillclimb at Mt Equinox this weekend with two Lotus 7's for my son and I (my lotus 18 is still in bits after the shunt at Albert Park in March).
I had yesterday planned for a day off but though I didn't go to the shop, I spent the day wrestling with the washing machine as it went Tango Uniform Saturday night. After that was done I did watch the Watkins Glen NASCAR race. They get boring when they degenerate into a mileage contest at the end. Anyway, no layout time as I ran out of ambition. Did clean the hobby bench a bit in looking for missing tools for the washer repair.
Der, If you're handlaying directly on foam, how about latex caulk or white glue to hold the ties and then the contact cement for the rail followed by whatever you use for spikes like the prototype ? Power routing always escapes me but if you gap between the rails and frog and power route the frog would that do?
We have lots of diesels here at the shop. We now use an additive (I use Wynns but there are lots of others) to keep the pumps and injectors lubed as the fuel without sulpher tends to destroy everything otherwise. Found out the hard way when the KW lost the lift pump and the debris took out the rest of the system. It's not cheap and fixing it was beyond what we could do here. I think a tin of additive every fill up is cheap insurance.
Time to finish up the coffee and head back into the shop. CUL, J.R.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Evening All!
Hobby Front: Now I have two projects on my plate. I have the drop end gon waiting for decals. (Will be ordered Wednesday night.) I also got the hopper car on Saturday. In looking at the picture online, I thought that the car could be used as is for the decals. (Yes I have decaled on an unpainted car before. It just takes more decal solution.) Unfortunately, the color doesn't quite look right, so I'm on the hunt for the right color paint. I will also need to get the decals. (Also to be ordered Wednesday night.) Seriously thinking about getting a weight upgrade kit for it. I have quite a few of my cars that have weight kits from this company. Of course, the only problem is that shipping is way more than the one kit. I may have to breakdown and buy a few more kits to make it worthwhile. Tuesday's plan is to check some cars and see if I can put some of the other weight kits this company makes in them.
Other Things: Tomorrow is the remake the bed day. I've been too tired after work to do it otherwise. It should be quite interesting.
I will have four fingers of Glenfeeder's please--one ice cube only---
Ken-
$150 for a starter is a shocker----I just lost my booster pump for the injector rack, of course when that happens the injector pump burns out as it is lubricated by the diesel fuel---so replace booster pump and injector pump----are you sitting down?
$3200.00----kiss one of the CDs goodby. At least I don't have one of the 59 series blocks made in Brazil that have defective castings.
Cleared second growth on the west side of the house today, mostly oak, some pine, had reached 20 feet or so. Only consolation is I will not have to do it again, won't live that long, and if I do, I will be so feeble won't be able to, another 20 years will put me so close to 100-not woth talking about. I will leave the stuff lay where it fell and let the leaves suck the moisture out of the trunks, and work it up late October, or early November to burn this winter. I still have just over a cord of oak to work up I cut two years ago. I did good--only dropped one tree onto the living room roof, just a small top-no damage.
Bought a 14 foot fiberglass boat that has a 5 foot beam from a on-line auction held for a local marina that went under. One thing to run rough shod over the employees, but when you do that to customers they have a propensity to go elsewhere. I paid 23.00 for it. Easier to take inland to use for trout and salmon fishing than dragging a 52 foot commercial rig. Taking down the antenna and mast on a commercial boat to fit under the overpass is a pain.
Trains--
Have harvested some elk horn moss, and after it dries a bit more I am going to dip it in thinned brown latex paint, let it dry, and then dust it with ground foam to represent greengrowth. I have a large bald ledge behind the house covered with the moss so thought, why not? Given the clinker piles a look-over as well, if I grind up the burned clinkers it should make a reasonable facsimile for ballast. I will take some pictures when I figure out how to us the new camera I bought. This one, like the last, is not impervious to salt water--HOWEVER-the one I bought for Miss Daisey is suitable for everyday use underwater. She can now take all the dog pictures she wants down at the cove. :)
Got tagged with a large bag of cucumbers, forgot to lock the doors when I had Miss Daisey's car at the shop when I was working on the truck--at least it wasn't zuchinni squash, I do like, and make, bread and butter pickles.
Miss Daisey made some applesauce muffins yesterday, instead of applesauce she used spiced applebutter in it's stead--came out quite good.
Getting dark under the kitchen table, time to hit the rack---best wishes for all, prayers for those in need.
herrinchoker
Evening Diners!
Flo, Jan, Brent, Ed, Inch, Brass Buick Guy and my self will have a
Man I am beat, work was busy! Guess the Liguid Sunshine brought in the customers! Had $3404.00 in sales and made around around $60.00 extra in spiffs. Had some fun with a few customers, they where picking on me, so I started picking back. Then we started having some fun with each other.
Ulrich I hope you rethink about not coming back to the dinner! For goodnes sake you where a great Monitorenter so I am sure you know the rules way better than I. If you don't come back, well I hope you have other friends on other sites that like you as much as we did.
Galaxy Hope all is good with you and the other half.
Todd Miss seeing your mug in the dinner as well.
We have way to many MIA's in the dinner and the Military
Tom ... Good to see you. Glad to hear about your busy Saturday. ... Looking at your photo, I would say red locomotives look better than black locomotives. Ditto for blue, yellow, orange, green, or anything but black. I wish NS selected another color than black. ... CONGRATULATIONS to your family regarding your new great niece ! ... I hope you enjoyed the ball game.
Not much to report here. We were in Bowling Green yesterday. ... I'm running trains on the layout. ... We're getting ready for out of town guests coming in about a week and a half. .... Thunder and lightning outside right now.
I did not hear about the CSX derailmnt your mentioned.
Happy Model Railroaidng, everybody !