Evening Diners,
Excellent clip Brent. I didn't see that episode of Batman. And I thought I saw almose every episode of season one and two.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Evening All! Flo (or whoever's handy) could I get a ham, pineapple and bacon pizza? Medium is just fine. I would also like a orange/chocolate float. (In case someone doesn't remember, that's orange soda over chocolate ice cream.) Thank you so much!
Hobby Front: Ended up adding to the hobby stuff a little more than I wanted to. Got a couple of the new Atlas Ford F-100 HO scale pickups. I decided not to go completely crazy with them as a rural community like mine wouldn't have a bunch of new pickups. I will eventually need to find some mid to late 60s pickups to go along with the early 70s ones that I just purchased. According to tracking, I will get the 3 way turnout tomorrow (the most expensive piece of trackwork I have ever puchased), the flextrack and the cork will be here Monday.
Grog for them whot's old enough to drink---special edition for Ken--
NWP/SWP I believe Lion's , Lion, is really a Tiger---part of a monastic security system, goes back to Romulius and Remius, also used as character actors in Hollywood movies, they keep the plot moving along.
herrinchoker
I hate to reawaken the walmart haters union but I must add to my previous post the Clinton "neighborhood market" also put a "Trabonas Market" out of business after over 50 years of business. That's all folks!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good morning from the soggy West Coast.
Well after dealing with incompetence for nearly three weeks on our flooding problem, I have taken it all into my own hands and a solution is on the horizon. The idiot people that insisted I had a drainage pit that needed redoing were put in their place when I went to City hall to confirm that I was hooked up to the storm sewer. The City arrived within minutes of our call and will need to go down five metres to fix their pipe in the middle of the road, big job. There is something to be said about being engaged in what is going on. I let slip as I was feeling so lousy.
Hats off to all you people that rescue animals. They can make ideal companions. My wifes Vet hospital had the contract with the city to act as the animal impound as the City was not large enough to have a stand alone one. It was near the border crossing and when people tried to cross (in both directions) without proper vaccination records for their pets, some would just drive back down the road and throw the animal out of the vehicle and return and cross the border sans pet. It is sickening seeing so little compassion being shown towards what is supposed to be a member of their family. Why do they have pets in the first place. They would end up at my wife's hospital and get the thorough going over and treated when necessary.
I think Galaxy should get one of these to get down to the train room.
My in-laws were all set to move because of the stairs and when I wrote down the real cost of doing so, they thought the chair lift was a bargain.
We figure our move with commissions, property purchase tax, movers, lawyers and other expenses will cost us about $150,000.00. You really need to think of how much moving will cost before you jump in and do it.
ROR, Once a month we get two or three coach loads of Americans coming up on what is called "the drug tour". They roll into the local mall just over the border and the walk-in Doctors office is waiting for them all, they then go next door to the Safeway pharmacy and get their prescriptions filled, get back on the coach and go back to Seattle or Portland or wherever the drug tour was launched from. Try mailorder drugs from Canada, you may find them cheaper. I am on real good terms with the Pharmacist at Safeway and he took my Airmiles card once and used it for all the purchases. The rules have since been amended. He did say it was all above board to do so.
Well best go check on the temporary pumps as the rain is falling.
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."
Angelo, Higgedly Piggedly Backs, their ugliness detracts, so placed to the rear we still find them dear, especially facing the tracks...
Thats a little quote from am article that was in the IIRC October 2001 issue MR it was about tenament housing and how they were much like a mullet, business in the front, party in the rear, because of the extensive and random additions on the backs of these buildings.
Lion, do you actually have real lions as pets???!!!
Heartland Division CB&Q BroadwayLion Can't tell from here if the white or black cats are male or female, but the middle one is definately a female. And I can see that from here! ROAR Lion ... Actually the cat on the back of the chair (Tori) is not black; she is brown. In most photos however, she looks so dark it is easy to mistake the color as black. Here is a better photo. Note the flat face also.
BroadwayLion Can't tell from here if the white or black cats are male or female, but the middle one is definately a female. And I can see that from here! ROAR
Can't tell from here if the white or black cats are male or female, but the middle one is definately a female. And I can see that from here!
ROAR
Lion ... Actually the cat on the back of the chair (Tori) is not black; she is brown. In most photos however, she looks so dark it is easy to mistake the color as black.
Here is a better photo. Note the flat face also.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
morning diners,
Popped in to say hi and be safe.
I model HO unless someone changed scale designations without telling me!
Ed- Thanks for the photo, I don't think she's happy doing that chore.
Steven- What is a Higgledy Piggledy back house? It's probably not a British TV show.
I finally caught up showing Brooklyn Nine-Nine finishing the last 4 episodes. Unfortunately I'm still behind on Supergirl. I normally don't have time watching a 40 minute episode.
Good evening ....
Ray .... Thanks for commenting about the cat. She is a small one at 7 pounds.
Steven NWP SWP ... It sounds like you want to fit a lot of model railroading on a 4X8 layout. Are you modeling in N scale?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Thought I'd stop in again and say hello... I'll have a big slice of pumpkin bread and a big glass of cold milk to wash it down!
Modeling front, nothing to report other than I am still not 100% on a 4x8 but I'm pretty settled on it I will post a thread about the build when I get closer to starting the layout which will probably be in February when I get a job. I tried this summer and everyone needs a 17 or 18 year old not a 16 year old... I applied at O'Reillys Auto Parts, Mary Lee Donuts, Home Depot, Walgreens, CVS, and Tractor Supply Company... TSC was the most promising because I spoke to the manager who said to come back when I'm 17 and he'll give me a shot.
gmpullmanYou want fresh lard? Check this out...
Thats a blast from the past. Mom and step dad rendered it after butchering a hog. Mom used it for frying and pie crust, along with everything she baked.
Mike.
My You Tube
Hello, folks—
I hope you are all doing well.
Just stopped by to drop this photo off to Ken:
cudakenEd Can you post the wiring photo of the BLI F7a handy? I was sure I saved it but could not find it in my photos. I think I have the motor wire in the speaker scocket?
IMG_7823_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope that's the one you were looking for. Since Photobucket messed every thing up, my photo collection is in disarray, to say the least. I'm not very good at organizing things and I have 32,000 photos in Flickr that I'm trying to sort through
The refugee cat, Otis (not Opie, as I first thought. His paws were cold when he filled out the registration card and I thought he signed O p i e. He corrected me) will be going to the vet tomorrow for his "fix" and shots. Then Saturday morning he can join his other five friends in the house. He will be glad to be in a warm setting, to be sure!
Well, I'm off to take a few Kodaks for the Weekend Photo Fun thread. Pretty chilly around these parts. 10°F (-12C) glad I have pretty decent heat in the layout room
Angelobob:
You want fresh lard? Check this out...
http://www.shorpy.com/node/22742?size=_original#caption
Yummm...
Thoughts and prayers to those in need, still for the folks suffering the effects of the California fires!
Thanks for the Ken & Jim!
I'll check back with you good people later...
Regards, Ed
Mike I know you. You are the waterfalls guy from a long way back. Very impressive waterfalls I may add.
My brother-in-law does country. He is working on some ZZ Top though.
Track Fiddler
PS Just let me know when you want to go to that home out on the range. We know a lot of nice girls out there.
You know that one
Track fiddlerTomorrow I have a half a day to finish up work. After that we are off traveling up to Wausau Wisconsin to see my brother in law that once had a band when he was young.
Sounds like a great week end! What type or genre of music does your BIL play?
On our way to the north woods of WI., after we get through Wausau, is when we feel we are "up north". Our place is west of Minocqua.
Have a fun and safe long weekend!
Mike
Evening diners
I will have the Canadian walleye fillet.
Tomorrow I have a half a day to finish up work. After that we are off traveling up to Wausau Wisconsin to see my brother in law that once had a band when he was young.
He reformed his band and now plays with some guys musically talented from his town.
What started as a hobby is getting a little bit big for my brother-in-law's want to do list but he's hanging in there and rolling with it.
Yes it's getting a little big. He is playing in a big Club that provides the sound system. He comes there and just Plugs & Plays the bands instruments.
We will go up there for a three day weekend. He's playing two nights. It should be a lot of fun. Hotel, Cab back to the hotel, all safe, fun fun fun!
Regards Track Fiddler
PS My brother-in-law plays the steel guitar
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, I could use a cup of hot decaf for the moment, please....
cudakenGalaxy I knew the chair lift would not be cheap. Surely there a Do It Your Self Kit some where. I checked Lowes and did not see one. Does not seem it would be that hard to install except going up and down the stairs to install it.
I just looked up the cost around the Rochester area and on Google.... Lets see a "used" one can be gotten for as little as $1,100, uninstalled. New ones, installed, run around $5,000 or so. Don't forget you have to have the wiring for it installed by an electrician to be code, and I know I sure wouldn't want to tackle a project like that without a few other people helping on the job.... Still, it would be what I would try to get done if I thought I couldn't get up and down the cellar steps the do laundry and play with trains. I hope G can figure out a way to get something like that put in.
Garry, very pretty kittie with the pug face! Yeah in the first photo you put up, I thought she was a black kittie too.
Manet started on his prednisone treatment today. It is an interdermal gel that I rub in his ear (switch ears every day) in the morning. He gets a larger dose for the first 14 days and then half that for the next 14 days. Then it is cut down to the smaller dose once every two days for 21 days. My late wife was on prednisone for Graft vs Host disease after her bone marrow transplant. She died of the Graft vs Host disease after being cured of the cancer...... Hope that Manet tolerates the treatment and can get months or even a year or so more out of his life. He seemed to be fine today with it, and Blackie didn't try to clean his ear.... LOL
Been working on getting my Christmas Cards done. I will be getting one more photo to insert in the card tomorrow when I am out at my son's house with the grandaughters. Then I can finish printing everhthing and get them signed and mailed...
Have a great night, and stay warm (is all of about 14°F here)!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
cudaken Eveing Diners Flo, Ed, Gary, UP831, Inch, Brent, Jan and Dean, Galaxy, Angelob, JaBear and I will have a please and give Young Steven and Rick a RBF. Leave a bottle of good wine outside for Ulrich.
Eveing Diners
Flo, Ed, Gary, UP831, Inch, Brent, Jan and Dean, Galaxy, Angelob, JaBear and I will have a please and give Young Steven and Rick a RBF. Leave a bottle of good wine outside for Ulrich.
What am I? Chopped liver? If the offer is extended, I would like a RBF as well. (I do stop by frequently. I just don't post all the time.)
Hobby Front: I have a bunch of things on order. (Reworking the yard area yet again.) Three sheets of cork, the afore mentioned 3 way turnout, 3 pieces of flex track and a Walthers car shop. The rework will probably not occur until 2018 as all the pieces will not arrive until after Monday and I don't think I want to be working on the railroad on Christmas. I might, however, do some work on the walls and windows of the car shop while it is at home.
Galaxy I knew the chair lift would not be cheap. Surely there a Do It Your Self Kit some where. I checked Lowes and did not see one. Does not seem it would be that hard to install except going up and down the stairs to install it.
Ed Can you post the wiring photo of the BLI F7a handy? I was sure I saved it but could not find it in my photos. I think I have the motor wire in the speaker scocket? Just cannot make out the small print!
Later Ken
I hate Rust
Afternoon diners, barkeep I'll take a big orange drink with some sweet cream in it!
Well on the railroading front I have decided to build a 4x8 layout featuring mountainous terrain, lots of trestles, a few industries, and a couple higgedly piggedly backs as company housing... don't expect much now but in a few months I'll have better finances to spend on that sort of project. I'll be getting a job at TSC after my birthday... bye for now!
Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, with a plate of scrambled eggs and hash browns, please. Been craving hash browns for a week. Give Ken and everyone else a . They all probably could use one, with the holiday shopping and all.
Been working this warehouse job nights. Mon and Tues I worked this sorting station where hundreds of boxes come down the conveyor ramp and smash into hundreds of boxes already on the conveyor, and they all have to be sorted A or B depending on the side on conveyor. Well at my age, I can do it, but I can't keep up with it. Just too much volume at that cluster point overtaxing the capacity of the conveyor. With my background in interior design and industrial engineering, I could design several solutions that would be much more efficient, but it's funny about corporations. They are quite content to just throw a couple of warm bodies to handle the problem for less cost than trying to fix or avoid a problem through effective planning, never seeing the long range potential of a correct solution. Oh well, they didnt hire me to solve a problem.
One thing I found fascinating in the Dec or Jan issue of MR was the article about assembling an old Ambroid "One of 5000" kit. I had no idea that there are products that can restore life to old decals. Now, if there was a way to copy old decal sheets so one could build several of the same car. What a boon that could be.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
About two weeks after halloween I went to a "Fall Art Crawl" in Zachary and I was walking down the street when a girl about my age exclaimed "Hey its the ceiling fan dude" now before I go on I will give you the back story... for halloween my brother (13) and I (16) went trick or treating something we haven't done in years well I had watched the hit show </scorpion> the night before and one of the characters (Toby) wore a sign that read "I love ceilings!" On it his costume was a "ceiling fan" so I made myself a similar sign and called it good, we'll about the third or fourth house we went to the entire family was in the driveway and they had a lemonade stand type setup giving out candy well the teenage daughter saw my sign and broke out laughing having got the pun... Well fast forward two or three weeks and I'm walking on a side street WITHOUT the sign and the girl yells out recognizing me as the "ceiling fan" I kindly yelled back "yes, I love ceilings!" The End
P.S. the I love ceilings is even more hilarious because of the fact that I stand at a towering 6' 2.5" and I'm still growing... night all!
Steven- I had a similar story with an old guy in his 60s working at the candy store near the mall. He saw my DC Justice League shirt that had the green lantern, with flash, batman and superman. He told me that he's favorite hero was green lantern. We talked about him and enjoyed the conversation. Some shirts are more talkative than others. I never get people that talk about trains. I had a guy who made conversation over a Reese's Peanut Butter cup shirt.
I thought it would be a good idea to make fresh homemade tortillas for breakfast. I took out the lard and mixed the ingredients and made 29 balls. Half way thru rolling the balls into discs I wished I had a tortilla press. Unfortunately I ignored the smell of the lard and since the sun was in my eyes in the kitchen I couldn't tell it wasn't white. I had to throw the finished batch into the trash. Because you would have a nasty taste in your mouth.
Howdy folks, thought I'd stop in and say hello...
I just remembered a story I'd like to share with you all... a few months ago I was walking into Home Depot and was doing some returns well I happened to have my "Tehachapi: Southern Pacific, Santa Fe" shirt on well the returns lady who was in her sixties looked at me and asked "What do you know about Tehachapi?" I responded that I am a model railroader and my favorite railroad is the SP... she proceeded to ask if I was familiar with the white cross on the hill inside the loop and the story behind it, I said yes she then told me that her now passed husband was one of the men the cross was placed for... I'm not quite sure what I said after that but now I make sure everytime I go in Home Depot I say hello to her... By the way I live in Louisiana.
Well that's all for now.
cudaken Eveing Diners Flo, Gary, Ed, JaBear, Inch, Jan & Dean, Bent, Angelob, Galaxy and I will have a please. Give a Coke to Steven and Rick. And leave a bottle of Wine out side for Ulrich. Galaxy Good to see you in the dinner again! I still look into a lift chair for the basment and not give up on trains! Later, Ken
Flo, Gary, Ed, JaBear, Inch, Jan & Dean, Bent, Angelob, Galaxy and I will have a please. Give a Coke to Steven and Rick. And leave a bottle of Wine out side for Ulrich.
Galaxy Good to see you in the dinner again! I still look into a lift chair for the basment and not give up on trains!
Later, Ken
Ken FIL had two put in his house. They cost about $3k-$5k installed. I don't have that money now.
Our budget is like yours. My OH has two part time jobs to get a full time's worth out of a week, I have my SSDI and a parttime job {allowed}. We barely make ends meet. This month is going to be hard as MY and I were out of work sick for a week. Thats a BIG loss for us.
I need tires and new glasses firsst.
Thanks for the thought.
Thas why my father paid to have a new washer adn dryer adn hookups put in the kitchen so I don't have to navigate those steps to do laundry anymore.
-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.
Day Off at Work Front? Yep I was at the store at 8:00 AM and it kicked my butt. Of corse the Electrician did not show up till 8:50 AM, go figuer. Jerry the was told to be there at 10:00 AM. He got there at 10:30 AM then I blew the fire trap!
JaBear Thanks for the link, I missed that one in 2011.
Train Front Have the replacment chassis feild stripped and ready for the guts of the Mighty Split B&O F7a. With some luck I will have it ready for it's decoder install yet to night. All so added some PRR cars to the CSX GE AC 6000 and it run well!
Heartland Division CB&Q Speaking of cats, this is what we call "The Trio". All are neutered females. . ... Sassy has 100% white fur, and was acaquired from a cat rescue place in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tabi has long, thick, mostly gray fur, and was rescued in Paducah, Kentucky. Tori has a flat face and has mostly brown fur. She was rescued in Clarksville, Tennessee .
Speaking of cats, this is what we call "The Trio". All are neutered females. . ... Sassy has 100% white fur, and was acaquired from a cat rescue place in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tabi has long, thick, mostly gray fur, and was rescued in Paducah, Kentucky. Tori has a flat face and has mostly brown fur. She was rescued in Clarksville, Tennessee .
Hi Guys,
At work Again. Slow night only a dozen Ck/ins.
Cats..we have a 19 year old long haired orange furry boy, who is my little furry buddy. he is 19 years old, not a mistype. When he goes, My OH has said well get a little dog, but I've said no more pets. Alls they do on you is die, whether sooner or later.
Ulrich: I hope you are still reading at least. No one meant ot offend you and everyone here knows YOU arte NOT the Nazis. Even my dear departed German MIL was A Hilter's Youth, she had no choice. But she didn't kill anyone and was even bombed out more than once, and had to scrounge for food during the war. SHe was born in 1927. No body equates you with Hitler! SO come back adn enjoy our diner's hospitality!
Well, we had a miserable mornign.It was snowy and blowing and a whole 11 degrees F. Windchill below zero. A typical February NY day! No snow plows, because we here didn't get the required 3" to bring out the plows. I have to get new tires soon, I guess I bite teh proverbial bullet and buy some.
Need new glasses too, I can barely read the computer at work, and thats "required reading"! Guess I got to bite the bullet on that too.
Health...well I still have a nasty cold. It was a week off for me, i was contaghious for 4 days. It seems to be hanging on, though. All the coughing I did casued a Hernia, so Jan *th I go under the knife to fix it via surgery. ANother week off. Goody.
Well, thats about all for now.
The washer came bbut not the dryer. There is a connector kit that needs to be with it, but it wasn't ordered so they can stack. They are in the kitchen, no more navigating steep stairs to teh basement.
Trying to decide what to do with my trains. I might just sell them and abandon the hobby. The only option is the bonus room, but it is our dining room as we don't have one and not even have enough space in the kitchen for eat in table. Its only a 750 sft house. Plus the 12x12 bonus room. I don't know what to do.
WEll, have a great night y'all.