Dave,
as from your words, you are in for a major modification to the house, which will certainly be nice to have, but does it add to the value of the house? A future buyer may not honor the effort and the $$$ you put into the project.
Just a thought.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Tinplate Toddleryou are in for a major modification to the house, which will certainly be nice to have, but does it add to the value of the house? A future buyer may not honor the effort and the $$$ you put into the project.
Hi Ulrich:
I couldn't give a rodent's rear end about what the renovation will do to the house value. We are not doing it as an investment and we are not doing it for the next owner. We are doing it for ourselves so we can get more enjoyment out of the house, and we will enjoy it! Actually, I suspect it will enhance the value of the house. I'm pretty certain that it will not devalue the house. We are having the work done professionally. In fact, I think that because they are so small the existing tiny rooms would negatively affect the price for sure. The kitchen and the dining room are both 10' x 12'. We will have one room that is 20 1/2' (removing the wall will give us another 6") x 12'. That will look much more spacious.
We could spend the money on things like travelling, but my back makes walking or standing very uncomfortable. I can't see why I would want to spend huge $ only to end up flat on my back in a hotel someplace when I can do it for free right here at home and enjoy the new kitchen to boot.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
it´s perfectly OK if Dianne and you do that just for your own good. I always loved big kitchens, which served as the family room in the glorious past, because they were the only room heated in Winter. Unfortunately, houses here sport kitchens which are more of a dining car pantry than a kitchen!
hon30critterbut my back makes walking or standing very uncomfortable. I can't see why I would want to spend huge $ only to end up flat on my back in a hotel someplace when I can do it for free right here at home and enjoy the new kitchen to bootSmile, Wink & Grin.
Yup - that could be me as well! My back is killing me these days, but there is nothing that can be done about it! Jeffrey used to say it is screaming insults at him ...
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
So what´s for supper today?
We will be having Zwiebelkuchen (German for "onion cake"), a specialty at home in the southwestern region of Germany and neigboring Alsace in France!
Wash it down with a nice glass of Edelzwicker - a rather dry white wine from Alsace!
Bon appetite!
Sure is great to have some of our köstliche Küche back, Ulrich!
I was having a difficult time enticing the folks to try the green olive, cheese, celery gelatin "salad".
Wunderbar!
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanI was having a difficult time enticing the folks to try the green olive, cheese, celery gelatin "salad".
I decided to simply ignore it, as I have a strong dislike for any non-sweet jelly things. I remember having to eat something like that and it just refused to stay with me.
OTOH, this will put a big smile into my face
It´s a banana-jello cake, served with a good helping of nice & thick custard - yummy!
Good morning .....
Ulrich .... The "onion cake" photo looks like it is quiche..... Looks good ..(Again, I am happy to see you back here.) ... I'll be praying for you and Petra.... I am glad you have your friend, Claus. The next layout looks like it will be a fun one.
Ed and Ulrich .... I'll just say "No" to the Jello stuff... Thanks .. Jello is not my favorote .
Dave .... The proposed home improvement project sounds like a good idea. Of course, it costs money like everything else, but as they say, "your can't take it with you". ... So keep us informed as the project moves ahead.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning,
It appears a bunch stopped by while I was dealing with the crud.
Day 5 of the Crud, I appear to be on the down hill side of the crud now.
Those anti cough/snots pills work wonders. I have much more energy today. I will do more resting and reading today.
I could use a mess of greasy hasbrowns.
Ulrich, welcome back. Jello was something my mother gave me when I was sick.
Saw the new version of Murder on the Orient Express. An insane moustache and a new subplot to conform with current standards of social justice. I found myself wondering if all of the scenes were computer generated train shots. The train didn't just get stuck in the snow, the engine was derailed by an avalanche. Judy Dench, Derek Jacobi, Johnny Depp and William Dafoe.
The original version was 1974, I thought it was much earlier. Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Richard Widmark, Sean Connery, Anthony Perkins and Vannessa Redgrave. I'll have to find that one to watch.
My details associates roundhouse project has stalled. There are 3 different sized roof supports that go from left to right. The destructions say to install two of the longest ones in the 1st partition of the RH. That would make the round house a square house, or at least rectangular. The overhead plan clarifies things a bit, though how I stabilize it as I glue the stalls together is not obvious.
There is also a cutout on the roof peak that becomes an elevated roof vent. There is prescious little surface area to glue the sides of this to the roof top. I may skip the vent all together.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Heartland Division CB&QThe "onion cake" photo looks like it is quiche.
The difference is not really a big one. Zwiebelkuchen has (quite) a few more onions than Quiche Lorraine, but, as with all recipes, there are at least a dozen different way of preparing it.
More to be found here!
Henry - from what I have seen, the new movie is a far cry from the 1974 original. I stopped watching it after a few minutes only. It´s too gimmicky for my taste. Maybe it is a sign of old age, but Hollywood is not what ist used to be - when they still had directors not relying on computers and actors who could act.
Tinplate Toddler OTOH, this will put a big smile into my face It´s a banana-jello cake, served with a good helping of nice & thick custard - yummy!
Leave out the jello and I could go for it as well. Bananas and custard . . . maybe add a pastry shell or something. What would we call such a thing? Banana cream pie, perhaps?
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Morning diners ,
Welcome back Ulrich. It's been several months since I been back to the diner as well.
Do you know where I can find some HOe /009 narrow gauge equipment. I started planning a Thomas and friends Skarloey Railway. I bought some Bachmann box vans and a gondola just need more slate wagons. When I do get bored with the Thomas engines I can switch with real engines, reusing the same cars.
I'm having a hard time finding a good layout design.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
angelob6660Do you know where I can find some HOe /009 narrow gauge equipment.
Bachmann is right now releasing a few OO9 scale 4-6-0 T ex WW I War Department steam locos in various guises - like this one still in business at the Ashover Light Railway in the UK
Heljan of Denmark markets a 2-6-2 T steam engine from the former Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.
Peco has a matching set of coaches.
Hattons, Antics Online, and Rails of Sheffield (just to name a few) are prepared to do business with US customers.
UK OO9 scale NG model railroading is pretty much in the hands of small cottage type businesses, odffering RTR models as well as kits. Two outstanding places to look for locos and cars are
Fourdees
and
Narrow Planet
Just click on the names for further information.
Aside from these, there is still Minitrains with a range of products suited to either HOe or OO9.
Mind you, all of the above products are not made and sold in large quantitities, so don´t be shocked when you see the prices they are asking.
I hope this is helpful!
Hey Ulrich, it was good information. I'm still learning on the narrow gauge range. It's very hard for me to learn new things, but a enjoyable process. Looking at locomotives and rolling stock that has been sold out and figuring out what three locomotives I want. 2-1 steam with diesel or all steam. Depending if I want the same engine or get different varieties.
Probably in June I'll buy some Peco slate wagons and a brown box van from Hattons. I named the town to be Knightley or Corfield.
angelob6660Hey Ulrich, it was good information
More information in a PM to you!
Ulrich! Welcome back my friend!
My house has sold, and I have about another six weeks here before I must be packed up and gone. I've arranged with PODS, a company that does moving and storage, for a container that will hold my layout and pretty much everything else for a while. My girlfriend and I are planning to move to Delaware as soon as her house sells too and both of our divorces are done with. Then, we can buy a new home together and be done with our old lives.
Yes, she very much approves of the trains.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Tinplate Toddler angelob6660 Hey Ulrich, it was good information More information in a PM to you!
angelob6660 Hey Ulrich, it was good information
I answered your PM.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang a and I will have a with a Big Hook! Give Steven and Rick what they like.
Work Front Had 5 customers all weekend and did not sell a dang thing?
PRR Coach Wars! Again I was this close to making it around they layout 3 times! Then the dinning car just flipped on it side around a 20" turn? Got it rerailed and gave it another try. PRR M1a dropped the whole train and the PRR Coach where rammed by a Sante Fe F7's passanegrs train at speed. Have yet to talk with the First Responder for the body count.
Ed Thanks for the heads up on the BLI P70 coaches.
Anyone here like The Beatles? Found the Tribute Band Fab Four on U-Tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rHiDArtjuM
Well the Big Hook is here and it is Taco Night, so later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evening diners, I'll take a Arnold Palmer, the AriZona kind.
Air in the house is on the fritz, so it's windows and window units for tonight.
Well not much going on I'll linger for while.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Top of the evening to all. It was a cool wet one and I was a complete slug all day.
I was doing some railfanning and I just could not get a camera to focus on the train as it went by. Do not watch if you just had dinner.
All the best to all for a great week!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Heartland Division CB&Q Ed .... Nice looking locomtoive in your photo in spite of the "Oooops" .. It could be worse ....
Ed .... Nice looking locomtoive in your photo in spite of the "Oooops" ..
It could be worse ....
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Garry: If I remember correctly, this picture was taken at LA's Union Station, but I don't know when. It's been long enough since I was in downtown LA that I don't remember if this is along the Hollywood Fwy or not. I'm kinda thinking it is, but I'm just not sure. I'd have to check a map And see what runs immediately South of the station.
Ken: Who doesn't like the Beatles? I know there's a few, but most of us do. They were somewhat responsible for getting a lot of us into bands and playing music, although for me it was the Beach Boys and surf music that got me into playing the guitar and bass. The Beatles showed us that anyone can do it, but as it goes, not everyone can.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
I had a great weekend!
.
Saturday I judged the engine module portion of the Transit Technicians Road-E-O in Daytona beach
I woke up this morning in the hotel room in Daytona Beach to this view:.
Nothing beats having the sunrise come into your hotel room over the Atlantic Ocean welcoming you to a new day.
We drove to Orlando to take the daughters out to lunch. We found out there was a gathering at Church Street Station today in Orlando to try to break the Guiness Record for the largest group performing the Macarena! So we all piled into the Impala and went down and joined in.
I am going to watch the news on WESH tonight and see if we broke a record. I could be in the Guiness Book of World Records (well, not named), how cool is that? I wonder if I will be able to see us in the crowd.
Hey Macarena!
I hope everyone had great weekends too.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
up831Garry: If I remember correctly, this picture was taken at LA's Union Station, but I don't know when.
I recall looking up the details some time ago... (clearer photo here:)
http://framework.latimes.com/2011/11/14/santa-fe-locomotive-goes-through-wall/
January 25, 1948: Locomotive #19L, leading the Super Chief, loses brakes at Los Angeles' Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT). The train crashes through a steel bumper post and a concrete wall and stops with a third of the locomotive 20 feet above Aliso Street. No injuries, but the engineer loses his job.
From Wikipedia, above.
LAUPT by Edmund, on Flickr
Aaah, yes, the Beatles. I saw them at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on August 14, 1966. Tickets were $12.50! Years later went back to the same place and saw Sir Paul Mc Cartney with my sons. Great entertainment, great memories
CMS_lakefront2 by Edmund, on Flickr
The recent documentary "Eight Days A Week" was excellent! I bought the DVD
Hope everyone had a fun weekend! Again, glad to see Ulrich back
Ulrich,
Welcome back-----
herrinchoker
Good Morning, Folks!
April 30th - the day before St. Walpurgia´s Night, when all witches assemble on top of the Brocken Mountain to "dance with the devil". I have asked Petra, whether her broom is ready for the flight up to the mountain, but she prefers to take the train this time!
She will be gone till the crack of dawn on May 1st, which leaves me plenty of time to watch steam videos!
Right in time for this event, the weather has changed to being wet & windy, which makes me a little moody - but a buying mood! I think I should spend a small amount on buying another engine, but I am yet undecided which one.
It is either this one
or this one
Either one can be had for a reasonable amount of money. Right now I tend towards the latter one.
Any idea where the Diner will be next month? If no one objects, I´d like to move the Diner this time to a surprise location, but only if that is OK with you guys!
Tinplate ToddlerIf no one objects, I´d like to move the Diner this time to a surprise location, but only if that is OK with you guys!
It would be an honor to have you select the new location, Ulrich! You have my vote
It came to me in a dream...
Yard_scene by Edmund, on Flickr
Railroader's Heaven!
Happy Monday, everyone,
Ed
hon30critterSo, what am I ranting about? The costs of course. They seem to have gone nuts since we did the kitchen in 2009.
My kitchen ended up costing $22,000.00 to complete. That does not include backspalsh which is not in yet.
They are coming today to fix the opening for the stove, then I can finish it.
I will be glad to move onto easier, and less expensive projects.
Good morning ..... Our last day in the Deep South. I'll have grits with eggs, country ham, and bisquits, please. ...
Kudos to Steven NWP SWP for starting this thread in recent months. Ulrich asked first for starting the May thread, and it is fine with me if he takes a turn.
Ulrich .... I prefer the red locomotive too.
Last day in the South, I'll post some pictures.
Here is a publicity picture of the City of Miami in the 1940's .. The train traveled via Illinois Central to Birmingham, AL. Next it was on the Central of Georgia to Jacksonville, FL. For there, it was on the FEC to Miami. Some of the train's cars went on an ACL train to Tampa.
IC also ran trains from Chicago to New Orleans ... The Panama Limited and the City of New Orelans.
The color scheme was changed to IC's brown and orange colors.
Later, the color scheme was simplified, and the broad yellow stripes were removed.
The last photo shows the City of Miami in Illinois. The lead E-unit is owned by Central of Georgia, and i painted in IC colors. IC and C of G pooled locomotives for the City of Miami.
I road on the City of Miami between Chicago and Florida in the early 1960's.
You have my vote for the move--enjoyed the video of the mountain dance