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Two Bay of Fundy winter hikes this morning. Felt like spring though, light jacket, and no hat and mitts required. First hike at Sommerville, Nova Scotia near the mouth of the Avon River. There is an outcrop containing beautiful crystals of gypsum, known as selenite. Gathered several nice samples.
Productive day so far. Cleared out another small corner of the basement and set up three ovals for train testing and maintenance. Two tracks are digital the third analogue.
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Kevin: Looks like a pretty good design. Let me guess, you didn't have a lazy Susan cabinet put in, but opted for 2 blind corner cabinets instead. Looks good!
(Edit): Ooops, I just looked at it again. It looks like there's a lazy Susan cabinet in the refrigerator wall corner. Ok, so one lazy Susan and one blind corner.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Eveing Diners
Flo give the Gange a and Duke as well and Steven and Rick a Coke and of course leave a Stein outside for Ulrich!
Work was slow and Nancy did not lie about a thing! I think she learned I will call her on it when she does.
Gary There is no way right now I would think about a lawsuit aginst the company! To many friends and folks I know depened on there job to do that! Plus how would I prove it anyway? Plus, well I am a little flatterd.
Steven Good looking kit. With my eye sight I would never see the window sill up side down.
Train Front, found a long lost freind. Last year I posted I found a lot of crude in a Diamond going from K-10 Mining sction to the main layout. Had some Diesels stalling in the diamond. Cleaned that mess up and forgot about.
Little before it, I placed my BLI Pen M1a on the RIP track. Cannot remember if it was stalling or derailing> Pretty sure it was derailing. With the luck I have had with the BLI Hudson with ATF on the rails and a few in me I gave her a try!
She stalled 3 times till the ATF got the wheels coated and ran fine bob trail! Tonight I lashed up the 3 passanger cars the Hudons had been dragging and all it could pull. Not a problem. Stared adding passngers cars and I am up to 9 and pretty sure it will take a few more!
Just Great Here I thoght I had Steam out of my veins and I getting hooked again!
Ed Good looking B&O steamer!
BBQ is done and so am I.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Kevin:
I like the kitchen design. It looks like you will have a reasonable amount of cupboard space given the size of the room. Did you do the design yourself?
When I was in our kitchen tonight it occurred to me that our "new" kitchen is nine years old! I still think of it as new though, and I still love all the improvements that we made over the original design. Things like pot drawers and the lazy susan really make the kitchen nicer to use.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi Steven:
You did a nice job on the building!
For your next building you might want to try to install some interior details like floors, and maybe put displays in the storefront windows. Store interior images are available on the web. You can get wall paper patterns and carpet or linoleum images too. Curtains and blinds can be made from coloured paper.
Interior lighting is not too difficult if you can solder and it really makes the buildings "pop", especially if you have divided the interior into separate rooms. Just remember to paint the insides of the exterior walls with anything that will stop the light from leaking through the walls and window frames.
Evenin diners,
Tomorrow is my Birthday! I'll be 17 yes 17! A mere year from adulthood! (<NOW THAT'S A SCARY PROPOSITION RIGHT THERE)
Speaking of slow Internet I am having the opposite problem! (If it could be called a problem) see I have 6 GB of 4G LTE data every month towards the end of the month I run out and my speeds become like Dial Up so things like watching YouTube videos are practically impossible, well yesterday I noticed that my webpage load speed was comparable to when I first renew my service so I tried a few YouTube videos and they all loaded faster than at the beginning of the month! I checked my data usage and I'm out of data so I'm a bit confused! Perhaps I should keep my mouth shut!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Evenin' folks!
Just popping in to say hi and get a cup of decaf if I could, Janie...
I have spent the day photographing students Art work from the MLK Contest and getting evertything ready to take back to the schools Monday morning if I get myself up and around early enough. Monday I have an afternoon appointment with the Eye Surgeon. She will be evaluating to see about getting the Eyelid job done. Most likely it will be done at some point when she is at this office. I will then head to Victor, NY to pick up the other new suit I bought (the one that was tailor made for me).
A week or so ago I posted a url of photos of the Portage Bridge being removed in Letchworth St. Park. Somebody commented that they hate the new concrete bridges that they use to replace old RR bridges. Well, I think you might like the new one they are putting up. If anything it gives a better view of the falls and fits the look of the park perfectly. Here is some info about it.
http://www.americanbridge.net/wp-content/uploads/ABConnections_Winter17_1008-Web.pdf
Have a great one!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Nice work SeeYou. Love the upside down wall story Batman. I'm too embarrassed to tell my model train mishap stories.
FINALLY!
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The kitchen design has been finalized and the cabinets are ordered. They should be here in 5-6 weeks.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
NWP SWP Here it is! The fire escape was the hardest part...
Here it is! The fire escape was the hardest part...
Great progress Steven.
I was building a relatively expensive craftsman kit a bit larger than the one you are doing about 12 years ago, and my kids came in to see me. I had the glue on and after they left put the wall up. It was upside down and I didn't notice until it was way too late to change as the glue was dry and a few days had passed. No one has ever noticed and even I forget about it as it only shows up in photo's, not to the naked eye unless you look closely.
I don't post pic's of that one. Distractions can cause all sorts of disasters. I intend to build a neighbouring building to butt up against my upside down wall at some point.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
NWP SWP I started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down!
I started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down!
This is exactly what everyone has been talking about.
You've made some progress.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
JOHNBOY Being of sound mind and body is kind of relative so to speak,if you know what I mean.
GARRY And hear I thought I was keeping the noise down.
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
BigDaddyAll my father's friends, most of my uncles and most of the Hollwood stars of the 50's were combat veterans.
Both of my Grandfathers and my Father-In-Law were combat veterans from WW2.
My Father-In-Law was the belly turret gunner in a B-17 crew.
Of the three of them, I only knew one grandfather, and he never told any stories.
I never had my tail bone fracture treated. Not sure what they could do with that approach except push on it. It still hurts 40 years later.
Love the old planes, though I am not a flier. A naval aviator owned a local bar and he had a Stearman, he kept a local airport. He's gotten old and sold the bar and I haven't seen his plane flying around.
I tried to do some chain sawing as the weather warmed up. The newly fixed chain saw wasn't fixed so well and died.
I got to fly in a B17 a couple years ago. That was pretty cool. Pretty noisy in the back with the open side windows. I would not want to go to war in one though.
All my father's friends, most of my uncles and most of the Hollwood stars of the 50's were combat veterans. Some probably did some amazing stuff and most of them cheated death. They told very few stories, that I ever heard. I wish I could go back in time and ask more questions.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
NWP SWPI started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down! Oh well,
Good to hear you are building and learning. Can you post pictures?
Good morning from a gross soggy West Coast. Slush is falling from the sky.
Bear! A ride in a Harvard, some guys have all the luck. We have a few still flying around here along with a bunch of other old Warbirds. You can pay big bucks and go dogfighting in them. Being rural the dogfights often take place over the house and I just lay in my lounger with a beer and take it all in.
There is a local company that has taken up making a variety of WWI airplanes for sale. It started with a big contract for the movie industry. They fly over all the time nice and low, sometimes more than one all in formation. Flat out at 80MPH just never seems right in this day and age.
Somebody mention broken bones? I have lost count of how many I have had. It's called livin in my world. I broke my tailbone once, you think a prostate exam is bad, they used the same route to fix the tailbone.
I had a bad hiking injury once on a Saturday, I did not think much of it and when it wasn't getting better by Wednesday I went to the Doc who sent me right to the Hospital where I found out I had two big bones broken. One on the top of the foot and the other on the side. I went back to work as soon as I got my cast on and pulled up to a loaded plane in my "Government of Canada" truck and hopped out with my shiny new crutches. Apparently, more than one passenger on the plane was so incensed that they contacted their Members of Parliament saying I should not be made to work in that condition. I didn't think it was a big deal. I was told not to come back for six weeks and when I complained that I didn't want to use up my sick time and I was able to perform my duties, they never charged me. I went up the coast to my friends' house that is right on the ocean and went out fishing on his 28' boat every day, usually by myself because he had to work. I had some nice chats with some Orca that seemed to enjoy my company as well. I had to tell them not to rub their noses on the boat as it wasn't mine.
Speaking of hockey injuries, we had the kids in a tournament once and it was competitive, to say the least. If you get cut, you are not allowed back on the ice until you stop leaking. We were stitching kids up like crazy so they could get back out there. One kid even put two stitches in his own wrist with granny knots and got the flow to stop.
We have full medical facilities at the arena and when the game is over they go get the job done properly. They are only allowed to go an hour without having proper stitches put in. Thems the rules. Most injuries occur in towards the end of the game so it works out.
Lots of visitors coming to see the pups today and a big crowd in for dinner. Wife is still feeling it from the flu three weeks ago, so it is chef boy "R" Brent to the rescue. But first, it is to Safeway to pick up the Prime Rib.
I am fooling myself thinking I'll see the trainroom today, life is perfect though.
All the best to all.
bjdukert Garry I doze off every now and then but I do sit back here and watch what is going on. Best to all on sick call and those recovering Duke
Garry I doze off every now and then but I do sit back here and watch what is going on.
Duke .... I knew it ! No secrets however. Snoring gave you away.
Ken ... I suggest you keep an acurate log if you think there will be a lawsuit.
Ed ... Nice loco. I did not know B&O had any green locos. ...
Angel ... I think you aid you were going to be gone for a wek or two, and that is what you mean by break. Anyhow, I hope all is okay.
Old School .... Looks like you had fun with Legos. Also, fun back when you played hockey.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Here I am flanked by my two younger brothers in 1964. My dad used to make a small skating rink in the backyard every winter. Check out our cool helmets.
angelob6660 Afternoon Diners, I been popping in and out in the forums. But I haven't found anything to talk about. Since my break I lost interest in talking every day.
Afternoon Diners,
I been popping in and out in the forums. But I haven't found anything to talk about. Since my break I lost interest in talking every day.
I broke my jaw twice playing hockey in Ontario and Northern Alberta about 45 years ago. Didn't stop me from talking. What did you break?
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Finished off Uncle Luke's farm last night. Here he is with Bessie the cow and Jessica's horse Troy.
Little TimmyJaBear: Is that a picture of a SJN Texan ?
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.” —Douglas Adams
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Just a little catch-up before I turn in, Fellas...
I'll have that Crown Royal that Ken got me and the beer chaser from Jim! Thanks, boys!
I hope your luck gets better with the Layout, Ken. I was thinking about your BLI Hudson and I dusted off one of mine just to stretch her legs. It has been sitting in the roundhouse for four years since I ran it last! She took right off and walked away with eleven various passenger cars
Just for fun I got the B&O "President Adams" P7, USRA Pacific out for a run. THAT really surprised me. 45 freight cars up a 1½ % grade! I had forgotten what a hauler that engine was, and a passenger engine to boot!
She's not big on details, but just take a look at the striping job Broadway did —
B&O_P7 by Edmund, on Flickr
Tire rims, cylinder chest, every spoke on the drivers... more than I'd want to try with decals
B&O_P7_f by Edmund, on Flickr
As I recall this was a "closeout" from TrainWorld. (Maybe because it has the wrong engine number?)
I'm glad to hear that tragedy was averted, Brent. Young folks are under a lot of pressure and some don't have the emotional "tools" to handle it. I hope she gets the support she needs
Net Neutrality will not begin to "phase in" until after the new rules are written into the Federal Record and that mak be months in the future, then there will be the lawsuits and appeal process so that will add more delays to the onset. It will be gradual when it does come.
I believe many of the slowdowns are attributable to hacking and security measures. Flickr has been down sporadically all the past two weeks with Yahoo puting up an apologetic banner when the service is down.
I hope you keep your seat harness on when the canopy is open, Bear!
Thanks for mentioning some of that history, Garry. I do remember seeing photos of the headstones of some of the Titanic victims.
You sure have had some good luck with your vehivles, MoeLarry and, Oh Boy! What a close call Timmy, Slayer Of Trucks! I'm reminded of some of those "Truck Fails" I sometimes find on YouTube. Ouch!
Tonight I had a couple of friends visit and we ran trains for a few hours. Knock on Wooden Nickels, everything ran like a champ! A fun time was had by all
Have a great Weekend, prayers to those in need——
Regards, Ed
BigDaddyEver since I can remember, we passed a limestone quarry that you could just barely see from a highway. I would be a spectacular model subject Modeltrainstuff is probably visible from the drone.
My family used to own a quartzite quarry at Sheguiandah on the Manitoulin Island. The quarry itself was nothing spectacular. In fact it was quite small. However right next to it was a debris pile that dated back thousands of years. The site had been used starting about 9,000 years ago (yes, you read that right) by the indigenous people who moved into the area as the last ice age ended. They made arrow points, spear points and tools from the quartzite outcropping. The piles of scraps from the point making process are several feet deep. The current owner has fenced the whole thing off to prevent scavenging so fortunately the site is being preserved. You can't visit without his permission and he only extends that to legitimate researchers. Sorry Old School, but unless you have scientific accreditation you can't go there.
Goodnight diners,
I started that building kit... got to the second wall before realizing that the windows had an up and down end! So some are upside down! Oh well, I finished all four walls including the store front and glued it all to the base, and glued the roof on, tomorrow I will glue the chimney and fire escape on once they're put together...
Hello Duke,
It certainly has been a while since I've seen your name here.
Hope you are well in mind and body. And that the winter hasn't got you down.
A belated Happy New Years to you and yours.. Have a great year.
Johnboy out..................
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)