Evenin' folks!
Janie, I could use a cup of decaf at the moment to help me wind down before bedtime...
BigDaddySomebody mentioned last month about surgery on their eyebrows to help their vision. Wouldn't a barber be better or is it a King Kong thing going on? Big Smile
Funny..... That was me I think. The surgery is actually on the eyelids themselves which are now touching the eyelashes and restricting vision. The eyebrow thingy is to shorten by the use of ultrasound the muscle just above the eyebrow to help pull the eyelid back in position. It, along with the surgery, should correct the vision problem. If it doesn't get corrected, I will be within a few more years unable to see without holding up the eyelid......... I called back the lady that called yesterday (didn't see it until after hours) to make the appointment for the actual surgery. That will happen later in March. The eyebrow procedure will then be in April, I guess.
cudakenAll I walked with where rail spike at track connectors!
Huh? Ken, I'm sorry, but that makes no sense what so ever!???? I have no idea what you were trying to say?
Spent most of the day doing stuff for the MLK Committee. Close to having everything finished and under control. Meeting next Monday I have to be ready for.
Quote for today: "A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain." - Robert Frost
Have a great night and stay warm!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
*A Stranger Comes Through the Door
Hola, mi amigos! Can't say I've been around here... Just wanted to stop by before I head south!
I got a train show tomorrow. I intend on snagging an Accurail kit or two. I only got $25
My week has been pretty uneventful. The weather in California has been pretty odd, at least to me. I got to talk to my great uncle (almost 80 and still going strong), so that was nice!
I always love Fridays. Time to sit back, maybe listen to a little Stevie Ray, and do my daily search for F Unit prototype pictures!
NWP SWPThe J class is a nice locomotive I'm curious what the T-1 would've looked like sans streamlining...
BLW_T1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Baldwin Photo: 1942
Hope that helps, Ed
Cool photo! I was speaking of without the shark nose either...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
howmusJanie, I could use a cup of decaf at the moment to help me wind down before bedtime... BigDaddy Somebody mentioned last month about surgery on their eyebrows to help their vision. Wouldn't a barber be better or is it a King Kong thing going on? Big Smile Funny.....Whistling That was me I think. The surgery is actually on the eyelids themselves which are now touching the eyelashes and restricting vision. The eyebrow thingy is to shorten by the use of ultrasound the muscle just above the eyebrow to help pull the eyelid back in position. It, along with the surgery, should correct the vision problem. If it doesn't get corrected, I will be within a few more years unable to see without holding up the eyelid......... I called back the lady that called yesterday (didn't see it until after hours) to make the appointment for the actual surgery. That will happen later in March. The eyebrow procedure will then be in April, I guess.
Wife had it done last sumer. Seems like it's pretty common. Vision IS better.
Mike
EDIT: I guess I don't know how to "quote post" right.
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ricktrains4824 the south of me location is about 50 minutes from my home, compared to the 70 minutes where the owner is looking at moving to
Hi again Ricky:
Whether it's 50 minutes or 70 minutes, it will still be an expensive commute.
Let's do some math assuming the following:
- you work 5 days per week for 50 weeks = 250 days
- you drive for 140 minutes (2.33 hrs) each day (70 x 2)
- average speed is 50 mph x 2.33 hours = 116.5 miles round trip
- 250 round trips x 116.5 = 29,125 miles for work alone
- at $0.50 per mile for all costs of ownership and operation x 29,125 miles = $14,562.50
- if you work 2000 hours per year the cost to drive to work is $7.28/hr. ($14,562.50 divided by 2000 hours).
Take $7.28 per hour off of whatever wage you will be making, and then decide whether what's left is worth it.
The above example makes lots of assumptions, and of course you will never totally eliminate the cost of getting to work (that is until you retire!).
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
mbinsewiEDIT: I guess I don't know how to "quote post" right.
Just hold down the left mouse button and skim it over the text you want to quote to highlight it in blue, then click "Add quote to your post"
Should work, but sometimes it doesn't.
Good Luck, Ed
Thanks Ed, I was trying to do a post within a post quote, or a quote to a post, including the original post, with a quote included. Wow, did I explaine that right??
Mike.
Good morning everybody ...... Coffee and a bear claw, please.
Mike .... For some reason your posts do not have a reply button as others do. Not sure why your posts are like that. ...
Not much model railroading to report because of doing other stuff.
Have a nice Saturday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I don't get whats up with that,Gary, Brent has said the same thing. I see everybodies reply button. I don't know what to say?
When this forum was going through a lot of crazy changes, maybe 2 yrs. ago? I had lots of problems, but everything seems fine now.
I use the lastest and greatest Fire Fox, on a computer with Windows 7 Professional.
I'll log out, and log back in with IE., and come back, and post a message, and see if that makes a difference.
OK, I have signed out of MR., closed the browser, emptied the cache, and logged back in with IE. Not sure what version it is, it's either 7 or 8.
Can you see the reply button?
EDIT: I can see it, but I've always been able to, no matter what browser I use.
Hey Mike,
Can't see the button, can't reply. I'm using my cellphone. The right side of your posts (about 10% of the screen I'd say) gets cut off. But only on my cellphone. On my laptop I can see your entire post. So, for cellphone posts I have to guess a few fill-in words here and there.
I thought the problem was on my end, but only yours and a few others have this issue. Still, not really a problem.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Thanks Robert, maybe that's whats going on, maybe just a cell phone thing. I would imagine there is a huge bunch of people in here that use their cell phones for posting.
Good morning from the dry but dreary West Coast.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Afternoin gang, been busy at work, time for someone to cook for ME! #restaurant life
Heartland Division CB&Q Good morning everybody ...... Coffee and a bear claw, please. Mike .... For some reason your posts do not have a reply button as others do. Not sure why your posts are like that. ... Not much model railroading to report because of doing other stuff. Have a nice Saturday.
Something in Mike's signature or something is causing his posts to extend past the edge of the world, ah, past the edge of the post. This is pushing his quote button out into netherspace as well.
Pennsy huh? I should go get the link to a steam excursion I pit together. Made some open air cars out of Spectrum Cosches. Not fun, beczuse the window glass and the roof are all one giant piece, so you cant snip the glass lest you crack the roof too. But it was a fun train to build and run
Rick; good luck with the work thing. Whatever will happen will happen. Mom is going through something similar.
-Morgan
Good afternoon, chaps! I'll take a water, please!
The Jet Clipper I got a train show tomorrow. I intend on snagging an Accurail kit or two. I only got $25
Well, I just got back from said show...
35 bucks! I GOT IT FOR 35!
Before everyone starts saying 'but what happened to the kits?', I couldn't find any. Oh well, guess I'll order them!
Time to find paint for the interior!
Evenin' Folks!
Been trying to get all the info together for my Treasurers Report for an MLK Committee meeting Monday evening. This involves a report for two seperate (tecnicality) committees as one is the actual MLK Committee and the other (same people) is the MLK Scholarship Committee. The last one is a part of FLACE (Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment) which is the 501c3 entity we work through for the MLK Scholarsips. Funds have to be entirely seperate and reported differently.... We have had another banner year and the 2017/2018 scholarship drive has just reached the $10,000 mark with some large gifts that should come in over the next few months as well. Last year we raised over $20,000 so that would be the goal for this year.
mbinsewiWife had it done last sumer. Seems like it's pretty common. Vision IS better. Mike
Thanks Mike! My sister had one eye done for "cosmetic" reasons a few years ago... She thinks I should obviously go to the same surgeon she did because he is the very best anywhere.... Uh, that surgeon isn't with the group anymore, so I got the young lady who now does the surgeries and is considered world class, if I believe my regular eye doc. And my sister is very happy I am getting this done because I will look far more handsome for the ladies............ She then thinks I must get the skin under my neck surgically fixed so that women will just ooooh and aaaah over me. She saw a program on the stupid channel about it (basically a talk show that was advertising the procedure that day....). I have told her many times that any woman that would reject me because I have a small flap of skin (from the weight loss I guess) under my chin is simply not a woman I want to roll over and say good morning to..... I am far more concerned with what MLK once said about education, "Intelligence plus Character"! 'nuff about that.
Did get to spend a few minutes in the train room working on some scenery foundation. Was down there washing the sheets on the bed. Last night Manét got coughing and threw up on the sheets and the floor..... Poor old kitty.... I think he is doing well on the cancer treatment, so I can forgive him getting sick on the bed.
Well, supper is almost done, so I will check in later I think.
Quote for today: "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mbinsewi,
The reason your posts look different is the long links in your signature.
It causes the individual post to scroll outside of visible bounds on mobile devices.
Once I get on my laptop I'll format the links for you with the forum code and paste them in here so you can fix it.
Edit to add: To the other folks on mobile devices, when it happens rotate your screen sideways and view the forum in "landscape" mode versus "portrait".
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Mike, about 1/2 of the word "reply" shows. I hit that and things work
NWP SWPCool photo! I was speaking of without the shark nose either...
Requires a little imagination, but...
http://www.altoonaworks.info/graphics/drawing_t1.jpg
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
NWP SWP Cool photo! I was speaking of without the shark nose either... Requires a little imagination, but... http://www.altoonaworks.info/graphics/drawing_t1.jpg
NWP SWP Cool photo! I was speaking of without the shark nose either...
Actually, Steven and his young friends have a chance to ride behind a T1... For most of us here — well
https://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/
T1_ES by Edmund, on Flickr
T1_fe by Edmund, on Flickr
BLW Photo
Regards, Ed
Ray your eyebrow procedure was developed along after I left the plastic surgery practice. My guys routinely over corrected the eyelids so they didn't quite close. I guess over time, they do close, but I don't know how long that takes.
Went to Timonium today. I almost bought a Ma & Pa DCC ready 4-6-0 with a Lenz decoder. The latest Bachmann, DCC ready locos, with the same roadname have a different model number. I wasn't sure what the difference would be. The price was right $79, even if I put in a loksound, but I wasn't sure why Bachmann would change the model number unless their were hoops I would have to jump over with the earlier version. I regret not buying it though.
There was a good crowd. 3 dealers were advertising that this was their last show. Kind of sad. There was also a lot of....looking for a word that will pass Vinnie's scrutiny, ...schlock. Christmas decorations, model planes, coins, Christmassy ceramic homes, that your grandmother might have had on the side table during the season 40 years ago.
There was more Ambroid, Westfield (sp?) and Fine Scale Models than I have seen before. FSM went out of business, I believe, but there were no bargins there.
Afterwards, I went to Modeltrainstuff, because their turnouts and Atlas flextrack were cheaper than anything at the show. They used to have 3 retail rooms and last time I was there they were closing one of those for their Internet biz. Well they closed 2. The entire retail store is maybe 20x50' !
The good thing about going to a retail store is to find things you didn't know you needed. That's not going to happen anymore, so it isn't worth the drive, to me.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
GraniteRailroader Edit to add: To the other folks on mobile devices, when it happens rotate your screen sideways and view the forum in "landscape" mode versus "portrait".
Hey Granite
No, that doesn't work either. Rotating to landscape gets a little more text, but not all of it. Rotating for some other posters gets all of it (Brent Batman, for example), but not for Mike's. I hope your fix helps fix it.
ROBERT PETRICK GraniteRailroader Edit to add: To the other folks on mobile devices, when it happens rotate your screen sideways and view the forum in "landscape" mode versus "portrait". Hey Granite No, that doesn't work either. Rotating to landscape gets a little more text, but not all of it. Rotating for some other posters gets all of it (Brent Batman, for example), but not for Mike's. I hope your fix helps fix it. Robert
For my phone, I've disabled (or enabled depending on how you look at it) the zoom / anti-zoom limits for the browser.
It allows me to scroll and zoom the content without following the sites CSS (formatting) to the "T".
Evening Diners
Flo, give the gang a and Rick and Steven what they would like. Yes, leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
howmus cudaken All I walked out with where rail spike at track connectors! Huh? Ken, I'm sorry, but that makes no sense what so ever!???? I have no idea what you were trying to say?
Ray Hum think it was Muscle Memory, or may a few to many ? I corrected the post and I was trying to type All I walked out with where rail spike and track connectors!
Work Front Cannot believe I am saying this but I am getting use to working with Nancy? She can sell, and she did not lie today? Had a good day with $4114.00 in sales and I maybe made a extra $110.00 in spiffs. Did sale something for delivery next week that we cannot get for 2 weeks?
M1a Front It can pull 10 passanger cars! It has to work at it, but it can pull them at a little higher speed. Around speed step 15 but not bad with ATF being on the rails.
Steven Sorry I am slower than Ed when it comes to packing, but you will get the package.
BBQ is done, so later
Ken
I hate Rust
You should be able to copy and paste the following into your signature to fix the "Reply" button issue, as well as how your posts appear to go off the page:
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Evening diners,
Ken it's fine I look forward to getting your package...
Ed, that's true I will have a chance to ride the T-1 (if it doesn't wreck when they go for the speed record)
Good evening all.
Chloe - I will take a RBF please.
Dave (hon30) - That's kinda why I do not want to travel quite that far for w*^k. All the wear and tear on the vehicle, plus the extra time for traveling back and forth. My time traveling between home/w*^k/home is worth something as well.
Weather - Snowing again.
Erie PA snow record - Getting VERY close to breaking it. (Under 5" now.) Forcast calls for 3-6" by tomorrow evening.
W*^k - You would think that people never went to a store closing sale... Griping that prices are too high (we have a single tractor that, normally is priced 3600, on sale for just under 1200 simply because it has a loose muffler that makes it a bit noisier than others..... Although most items are in the 30-50% off range), and that a few items are scratched/dented.... They have only been sitting on the salesfloor for 5+ months people... And, you are getting anywhere from 30% or more off. If that is not enough off for a scratch, don't buy it, as the next 30 people in line are more than willing to pay that for this. So don't be griping at me about it.
And, yes, we are busy, so that means you just might need to wait your turn, so if you complain that "this is taking too long, no wonder you are closing", don't be so surprised when I get irritated and that I just ignore you and go on with a different customer, even if you were here first. (We had 3 out of 4 store employees, and all 3 that were present, all on the salesfloor at the time!) Respect is a two way street here folks.
I just would like to know where all these customers that never set foot in the store before now have been shopping.... If we had this many people even just looking before, let alone buying, I think we would be staying, even with the much higher monthly rent. (We out-sold our Black Friday 4 day sale between the last two days, by several grand!)
Ok, enough of my ranting.....
Superbowl weekend - We normally do not get to wear "sports apparel" at the store, but are having fun with it closing. I wore one of my Packers Jersey's over a hoodie today, so I could be inside, or outside, loading items, without stopping for a coat every 5 minutes. (Although, it was the wrong player for the hoodie under jersey trick... ) I just might do the same thing tomorrow if I get called in, as I have two more jersey's available, although one fits much better than the other one. (I wore a different jersey yesterday, but minus the hoodie under it, only a tshirt and that didn't keep me quite as warm.)
Job Search 2018 - Have a possible lead after putting out some feelers. We shall see.
I have my current supervisor as a reference, plus a couple of former supervisors have agreed to be called for references if I need it.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
ricktrains4824W*^k - You would think that people never went to a store closing sale... Griping that prices are too high (we have a single tractor that, normally is priced 3600, on sale for just under 1200 simply because it has a loose muffler that makes it a bit noisier than others..... Although most items are in the 30-50% off range), and that a few items are scratched/dented.... They have only been sitting on the salesfloor for 5+ months people... And, you are getting anywhere from 30% or more off. If that is not enough off for a scratch, don't buy it, as the next 30 people in line are more than willing to pay that for this. So don't be griping at me about it. And, yes, we are busy, so that means you just might need to wait your turn, so if you complain that "this is taking too long, no wonder you are closing", don't be so surprised when I get irritated and that I just ignore you and go on with a different customer, even if you were here first. (We had 3 out of 4 store employees, and all 3 that were present, all on the salesfloor at the time!) Respect is a two way street here folks.
Me thinks your closing sale has attracted some vultures! Not suprising. At least you are not pulling the stunt that Sears Canada did when they were closing their stores. They jacked the prices up on a whole bunch of stuff so they could claim bigger discounts. The Competition Bureau is investigating (so what - what are they going to do? Fine a bankrupt company?) I don't think Sears fooled very many people. As a former employee I was disgusted!
ricktrains4824I have my current supervisor as a reference, plus a couple of former supervisors have agreed to be called for references if I need it.
This may sound a bit callous, but you might want to find out what your references are actually saying about you. It is not unknown for supervisors to make negative (i.e. judgemental) comments about a former employee. You don't want them waxing loquacuious about their opinions of your weaknesses. All you need to do is ask them what they would say if they are contacted. If they won't tell you, or they suggest that they will not give you a fully positive recommendation, then don't use them as a reference. Hopefully that won't be the case.