Today I had an unexpected encounter with a car while on my bike ride. I was doing 18-20 MPH when the driver passed me and made a right turn in front of me. My left had took the brunt of the impact, smashing her right tail light. Nothing is broken (besides her tail light) but I am already stiffening up--I can't wait to see how sore I will be by tomorrow. She was late for work (even later after the accident) and wasn't paying attention.
Richard
Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please, and for Ken and everyone who wants one.
Ray: The only eastern wine I've ever tried was a Taylor way back when. It was a white, but I don't remember the variety. I also now know that there's a big wine growing region between Buffalo and Cleveland, but I've not tried any of those either. I prefer Sonoma and Central Coast Pinot Noirs, particularly Russian River. I've not had a bad Russian River yet. There are also some very good Willamette Valley Pinots, even rivaling the Napa and Sonoma varieties. Eastern Washington state also has some very good wines, particularly the Rattlesnake Hills region at Zillah, WA. As for Boone's Farm, it is what it is. In the price point, which when I had it back in the early 70s, it was a buck a bottle. Wine? It's a bit of a stretch to use wine and Boone's Farm in the same sentence, but compared to other offerings in the same price point, it's a deal! And, like I said, it didn't taste that bad.
Ken And GMT: When I could drink beer, I used to prefer medium to full bodied Amber ales, malty not hoppy. Hence I really liked Bass Ale and Newcastle was an acceptable substitute. But, I have to say my favorite beer was the old Olympia out of Tumwater, WA. They were acquired by Miller Back in the early 80s, I think. Miller changed the recipe and they eventually closed the brewery down. Shame! It was a really good brew and inexpensive. As far as consumer acceptance, Oly was kind of in between Bud and Coors, and Lucky Lager from the Bay Area. Perhaps it was on a par with Lone Star or PBR. I don't know.
Brent: That's a very nice layout. Spacious, too! I would think it requires a lot of time to work on it.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Afternoon Diners,
Mr. B- I thought the divorce was going to be easy. That it was being spilt evenly.
Brent- Enjoyed the layout pictures and video.
Henry- Sorry about your wife, having cancer. But congrats on the turntable!
Galaxy- Take it easy.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Mr. B ... good to see you and good to hear the GF supports your hobby. i have heard of relationships where that is not the case and that is not good. Our hobby is part of who we are. I did not know you were thinking of relocating in Delaware. Best wishes to you and GF .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Yes, Galaxy, I am still around. I am still in divorce hell, but one day that will end. Right now I'm in Delaware with the GF, looking at real estate options. So, I've only got my tablet computer and posting is awkward.
In our new home, there will be a train room. Unlike the wife, my girlfriend fully supports my hobby, which is very encouraging.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning ..... Coffee and an apple turnover, please.
Rob .... Good to see you here again. Feel free to post more ofteen.
Henry ... Prayers and best wishes for your wife with cancer and to you with cardiomyopathy. I can relate to your condition somewhat because I too have cardiomyopathy. (I just call it heart failure becasue I know I can spell that correctly. LOL)
Everybody: .... Happy Model Railroading
Eveing Diners
Flo, Ed, Gary, Brent, Galaxey, Ulrich, Jan, Angelob, UP 831. Inch, Rob and I will have a cold please and give Ray that bottle of Strawberry Hill! Yea you do like it! (taking Nancy lessons)
Brent Thanks for the photos! I will see if I can pices togather a idea from them.
Ray Guess I am more a cheap beer guy and have not had Strawberry Hill for 30 plus years. Guess I may start looking for some for the heck of it. But like I said, I was never a wine lover.
Rob Great seeing you in the dinner!
Work Front Thank Goodness it was a slow day. Only had 2 customers but stayed busy 1/2 the day doing Nancy's Do's and catching up what I would have done if Nancy had not been in my store.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Chamomile tea, please.
Still working on finishing farm projects, but actually getting pretty close to done with the major stuff. Next year I WILL finally be able to make time for some model railroading.
Hope everyone is doing well these days.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Galaxy, I am sorry to hear you may be in the same straits as Ulrich, for different reasons. Good luck with your cardioversion.
I am really only back into model railroading for a couple years and I look at my wish list and wonder, "Does it make any sense to buy that or build this at my age" well not so much my age, as my health.
My wife sees the oncologist on Friday. She has breast cancer and one positive node. We all "know" we are going to die one day, but it really doesn't mean anything until you get a potentially fatal diagnosis. I had a near miss a couple years ago with cardiomyopathy so we both can imagine that only one of us will be here.
On a more positive note, I have been watch a Custom Model Railroad turntable on Ebay for a month. It was listed as a CMT turntable and the price/shipping gradually dropped. I was hoping for an even lower price but someone bid on it for $200 and free shipping. For the reasons listed above, I reluctantly bid $215 and won it for 202.50.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin' folks!
Janie, I'll have the grilled Pork Rib Special, baked potato, a trip to the salad bar, and a glass of Blueberry Bounty Mead to wash it down with. Thank you Ma'am!
Hey G! Good to see you in here. Have you thought about putting in a chair lift to the basement? That would give you easy access to down there, and no stairs to climb or descend. One of my members put one in and will definately need it now as he is recovering from a stroke!
Boone's Farm rot gut! My wife actually liked that garbage way back when. I took about two sips from the glass she poured for me and poured the rest down the sink. Then got out the Southern Comfort to get the bad taste out of my mouth! Here is what a Bar Reviewer has to say about Boone's Farm crap: "Boone's Farm just feels superfluous in the modern era of cheap and easy ways to get wasted in a cornfield. Strawberry Hill: This sneaky ---------- looks inoffensively pale pink and smells mild enough, but it tastes overwhelmingly of Welch's strawberry soda, with a sleazy little edge that whispers, "Dude, don't worry, (rest of sentence would get me banned I think!)" I much prefer the excellent local Finger Lakes small estate wines that have been winning double golds in international competition. And I'm not talikng about an old Hammondsport winery that got bought by a low life billionaire that now ships in Clownafornia grape juce by the tank car load but has all of 10% grapes locally grown so he can claim it is Finger Lakes Wine. I don't buy that crap anymore either....... (No offence to some quite drinkable wines produced out in the west.)
I drove to Canandaigua today to buy a new suit of clothes for Sunday Go to Meeting occassions. There is a store there I have patronized since I was in High School that has always spent a lot of time fitting you and altering clothes to be the best. Not any more.... The lady in the store seemed to be very unhappy that I disturbed whatever she was doing.... She also stated quite flattly that they had nothing in the store that would fit me.... They could take measurements and have a special one made for me, but didn't have a catalog showing cloth to choose from... Canandaigua just lost another customer today.... That was the last store in the snobbish city that would spend my money in... So now I will check out some stores near Waterloo, NY I mean, she lost a $400 plus sale. I should go online and give the place a 1 rating for not being helpful and being just plain nasty.
Hope you all have a great evening! Stay warm and safe.....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Howdy ...
We are gradually getting back to normal after a very busy 10 day period.
I spent a little time on the layout today. Ran some trains. Corrected a problem with some track where trains would sometimes derail. ... Getting ready to install the wood truss bridge which means first doing the scenery that will be beneath it.
I hope each of you are doing well.
Hey guys
RAY...
Another night at the 'tel. Im hoping for a slow night as my heart isn't exactly cooperating. Its rather errratic now. Making me exhausted and tired. Midnight is 7 hours away, hope I can make it, hate going home sick. I only have tonight and wednesday before CARDIOVERSION on Friday. Hopefully that will return my heart to normal. I'm not liking the way t's been feeling this last week.
MR.B. where are you? have you completed a move yet? Are you lurking?
Smoking...I quit for 10 years, but the stress of the relationship, buying hte house, maintaining the house and going back to work, has caused me to start again. I know, it doesn't help my current heart situation....but its a definite crutch. WE are working on quitting, and the ROYAL WE doesn't want to, if you get me.
WIne, I only have like 2 or 3 glasses a year, Like White Zinfindel and Blush wines, also Pino Grigio. Boones farm strawberry hill, well, havent had that since I tired it as a teen to get drunk, and its so low in alcohol it didn't do the trick. Tastes great, filling if you drink enough of it, lol.
The plumber comes wednesday to install the washer hookup in the kitch, and the electrician to move the dryer hookup on tuesday. That way we can order the washer adn dryer on tuesday for delivery the following week. Then, I won't have to trail the stairs to the basement to do laundry anymore.....
speaking of the steep stairs, that may mean I WON"T set up any trains down there.....I may hae to give up and quit the hobby. Not even room for an under the tree layout. Might go to z scale adn do a coffee table layuout...but so expensive!
If thats the case, I may have to sell off my HO trains.....
Ok heart, settle down......
later dudes.
Have a great one
-G
-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 sunny morning from the West Coast, it is 10c and a good day to start on the Christmas lights.
Steven, hope you had a good break and mais ois on the Turkey dish, merci.
Wife is still painting and my greatest fears are coming true. She is heading in the direction of the front entrance hall that is open some 6 metres to the second-floor ceiling, I may have to get involved yet. I am not as young as the last time we did it, so it could be interesting.
Ken, I managed to get new pics on the computer by E-Mailing them to myself so here they are with a brief description.
First off my yard will never make it into the "Better Logistics of Railyards" magazine. The whole thing is meant to be a Rocky Mountain pusher station with the ladder tracks meant to be parking for locomotives more than anything. I can justify having lots of loco's and not many rail cars this way.
You can see a balloon track around the roundhouse that lets me turn bigger steam loco's that won't fit on the turntable, plus I can also turn my passenger trains for return trips. The balloon track serves as a yard lead and I build my trains on the two A/D tracks at the far end. Not textbook but what to do with a small space.
If you look at the turntable/roundhouse, the foam they are on can be easily lifted out and moved into my office to be worked on as a whole, you can see the seam of where it sits into the other foam. Also when I move I can lift it out and keep it whole and place it into a new layout easy peasy. The bench in the foreground is 6' x 18'.
In this pic, the hole in the middle will be a pond for the grazing cattle. I will place brush around the shore to hide the crack. I saved the piece of foam as it fits perfectly back in the hole.
Here you can see the T/O just this side of where the tracks cross. By switching the train immediately to the inside loop it goes back up the grade without having to go around first. I can then run a train around the outside loop as long as I watch for possible "train interaction" where the tracks cross. By getting the speed settings right they will run all day without meeting. The two tracks on the inside are the A/D tracks.
My office rearranged with my brand new Costco shelves on the left.
Well better get going on the Christmas lights.
A good day to all, stay safe.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I'm back from Thanksgiving vacation! I ate so much while I was gone, we're going to have to get the springs checked on the Diner car.
Today's special is turkey casserole. Likely tomorrow's and the day after's, too. Dig in!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Hi Guys!
"When Winter comes...!
As the first snow of the season is about to come to my neck of the woods, here is a video of steam trains plowing through deep snow!
Enjoy!
Hobby Front: Got a lot of little things done recently. Got the nose on the 45 a little further along. (Got another shim glued in. Cut the hole a little too deep for the detail part. Hopefully it is filled in enough. PLan is to work on that engine later today.) Got some paint on the SD40-2. (Ended up having to repaint the green as I ended up removing paint when I tried to remove the number and the excesssive amounts of CA that someone had used.) Got the new decal sheets sprayed. (Boxcar and SW 1200 lettering. No matter what the age of the sheets, I always put an coat of a decal sealer on them, especially when stripes are involved. If I don't, it seems like stripes always break up. The boxcar won't get any further until probably April or so as I need paint and it's too cold to mail order from far away and I can't get it locally.)
howmus Yep I'm just a grumpy old Phart, I guess.
Yep I'm just a grumpy old Phart, I guess.
Happy Birthday to an "Old Phart" from another Old Phart.
All the best to you Ray, thinking back over the year, you have had a real Dandy.
Also a great big Howdy to J.R. and Fergie. I sure have missed you fellas.
Johnboy out....................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good evening all from a very, very soggy West Coast.
First off, to Ray! A forum member I admire for all the community work he does, and for just lookin so good sans beard. Drinks, (probably nightcaps) for you easterners are on me tonight. I come in late so it won't cost me so much.
Did a really good very mountainous 20KM on the recumbent bike this morning, the last couple of months have kicked the crap out of me in the Arthritis department, my blood pressure was up to 135/88, it is usually around 110/70 when I am fit. So I loaded up on the pain pills and got to it and feel great for doing so, both physically and mentally.
For me, movies are fantasies that help me to escape for a couple of hours, I have yet to see one that resembles reality. No one would go see them if they came across like documentaries.
We did go see "Wonder" last weekend as it is the first movie the kids signed up for and we saw them both. #1 son is way off in the distance and daughter is front and centre just as she said. First (and only) movie she did she spent three days chit chatting with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson between takes. They shot it back in July 2016.
cudakenBrent You said it has about 200 feet of main line, that does not count passing spurs and spurs correct?
Ken, this video from 2011 gives a better look at the track plan. Yes, the 200' is not including the sidings and spurs. I took pics, but the computer won't take them anymore. I will dig up some older ones tomorrow and post them.
I can run separate tracks sort of. At the beginning of the video, you can see aT/O just past the crossover where the train can be diverted to the inner loop and go back up the grade without going around once. If I do this I can run a train around the outside loop, however, there is the possibility of them meeting at that crossover, though it hasn't happened yet. I usually just have a shorty running the loop when I do that. Maybe a 4-4-0 work train.
More tomorrow, time to go watch something spooky on the tube, that's about all I can handle at the moment.
All the best to all.
J.R. - It's good to see you back here. I've missed your updates on your racing endeavors. So how did the season go for you?
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Flo, Ed, Gary, Inch, Angelob, Brent, Jan, Ulrich, Galaxy, Ray The Birthday Boy and I will have a please.
Weekend Wok Front With Nancy (owner's wife The Ding Bat). It was slooooow this weekend and thank goodnes! I am praying she will loes intrest in helping me! I am guessing she has lost me $225.00 in spiffs in the last two weekends! Yea, her gross is higher, but profit margin is straight in the trioliet bowl! She does not understand higher Dollar amount does not mean higher profit?
Brent You said it has about 200 feet of main line, that does not count passing spurs and spurs correct? My main line is only around 90 feet. Your 15' x 24' is close to the sizes of my garage. With your Mac getting ready to take a dirt nap is there anyway you could post a over head view of the layout? Just like a idea of the over all main line. Can the layout out be ran as two seprate lines?
While I have enjoyed my layout for 10 years, it maybe time to start over. Many short comings but a lot of pluses.
Train Front Giving the Mighty CB&Q F7's a much needed rest. Been running them for all most 11 months now. Time to crack them open and do some lubing. Running the Bachmann Sound Vaule F7 a's and they are dragging the CB&Q's 35 car train with no problem. Not like the Mighty CB&Q F7's was hurting pulling the same train. Been playing with the Bachmann CV's getting the sound more the way I like i Yea I like the BLI F units better but I bet it is unkely I can buy a pair of BLI F Units New In The Box With Sound for $180.00 plus shipping.
Later Ken
Good Evening All, a Newcastle and some chips would do me a treat just now.
Happy Birthday Ray. Beat me by a couple of years and four days. No shaving for J.R. though.Good to see Fergie came by as well.
Now that race season(s) is winding down and we're not extending it by going to Australia or New Zealand, I've been able to spend some time on the layout. Been struggling with the 90' turntable kit and roundhouse I got some years ago. I think once I get it done I'll be happy even if it doesn't work at all. The yard area is done with 2" foam over plywood. It shouldn't have been so hard to make a round hole in foam but by the time I got done the hole was oversize enough that the flange wasn't enough to keep the pit stable. With the plywood underneath it wasn't possible to use a hot wire so I used my foam knife which even with care tears extra material. I finally used my trammel bar to score a proper sized hole in a sheet of styrene and secured that over my home made grand canyon and then started the fun of aligning the tracks on and off the turntable. Today was spent gluing the tracks onto the roundhouse foundation (the short roundhouse of course) and prepping the floor for paint. With luck once it is all assembled the motor will still turn the bridge and the bridge will still have continuity to the main bus and I'll be able to get things lined up enough to run a locomotive on. Next is figuring out how to wire the whole mess for DCC. Do i get to use a dpdt momentary center off switch or what? These questions and more next time. At least I finally have some time to play with trains. Cheers, J.R.
Evening Diners,
Ed- I have seen Silver Streak. I do like it is ridiculous and funny. I don't believe it going to be that serious. I also saw the original Silver Streak. I could have wrote half that movie for being realistic.
Ray- Happy Birthday!
I like the sequel to that movie Grumpier Old Men.
I went into the garage to get out the Christmas lights and ornaments. So I decided to decorated the tree. Each year I test the lights to see if they worked. Last year I lost a set of lights. Now this time I lost the other set of lights. I have a pair of color and clear lights and use them together. And now I don't have any. I will probably go sometime this week.
howmusLast movies I actually liked were the "Grumpy Old Men" comedies....
That´s a liking we share!
Happy Birthday to you, Ray!
Happy Birthday Ray & best wishes for the coming year...
angelob6660 It was going to be my favorite movie. After watching it three times. I found mistakes and some scenes were over the top.
For more fun, and even more mistakes, watch Silver Streak.
Jill Clayburgh helps to distract from the plot holes.
Ray!
Hollywood = fantasy world
Model Railroad = fantasy world
That's how I see it any way. Both are purely for entertainment.
Have Fun!
Ed
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, just a cup of decaf. I'm heading over to my son's house soon for my Birthday Party... Yep gained another year today... Now 71 years young. Only good thing is another lady at church (a retired minister) told me that I look much younger without the beard.....
Unstoppable.... Complete piece of Hollywood rubish! While based on a "Real" incident, what they did with it had very little to do with what actually happened. The train company was in control of everything in it's path the entire time. No schoolbus full of little kids, no famous actor running along the top of the cars (even he can't jump into the wind at 70 mph from car to car.....), no other horrible made up stuff that was real. The train never went over 40 mph as well..... I have read the Legal document about the incident that had all the stuff in it about what really happened. Just another piece of garbage from hollywood. kinda like the movie "The Train" That one again was based on a real incident but the train never actually left the paris yard! There was a whole lot of "lost" paperwork again and again, that prevented the train from ever leaving for Germany. Just another reason why I don't watch TV or go to the movies. Last movies I actually liked were the "Grumpy Old Men" comedies....
Dark and gloomy again here in the Finger Lakes. Going to be the worst month for electric I have had for a November I think.
It's been busy for me for a while.
A lot houses now are decorated in lights and Christmas air balloon characters. Hopefully I will start tomorrow.
I watched Unstoppable. It was going to be my favorite movie. After watching it three times. I found mistakes and some scenes were over the top. I loved it but I got tired of the rotating camera scenes, just to much.
Good morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Wow! Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill wine. Haven't seen or heard that in a lot of years. It is/was an apple based wine that didn't have a bad taste. The price point made it accessbile to young and poor man back in the day. It was the focus of many a date back in those thrilling days of yesteryear.
MOH and I were invited to Thanksgiving with my DIL's family. 30 plus people, food galore, and a family touch football game tradition that could involve any and everyone. Had a very good time. There was a sweet potato casserole that had cranberries in it. That's a combination that sounds dreadful, but was quite tasty.
MOH is off the phone with sister, need to run.
Good morning. Coffee and a donut please .
we are still busy. I hope to be back on a regular schedule by the end of today.
I remember seeing the unstoppable movie. I rarely waste time with movies, but saw it. I would prefer watching trains on You Tube . ... or better yet watching real trains in person.
Fergie. nice seeing you here again. You may be the best to ask this question . Why do ships have crows nests instead of gulls nests.
Cheers
Unstoppable, missed that one, and yet here is a piece on Youtube