The '69 Mustang still has a while before it becomes roadworthy, that said as soon as I have my license my business will start and I will have money to throw that way, as soon as it's roadworthy I'm going to invest my money in a '69 Fastback (AKA "Sportsroof") that's my dream car, a 69 fastback with a 460 supercharged, (I know it's not stock), but the coupe has a special place in my heart being that I bought it with my own money and such, I don't think I'd ever part with it. The Coupe will get a 302 automatic which is stock for it, funny thing is when I bought it I wanted a blue mustang, well it's OE color is Bullitt green, well for some reason now I'm starting to like green a bit more!
Layout news, no word from my uncle on when the paperwork will be drawn up, not sure if this is a ploy of some sort or what, we're giving him some time though.
The 13th I start music lessons again, going to work on Beyond the Sea.
Also in August Mr. Henry (he works maintenance at one of the hotels, nicest man you'll ever meet) he has decided to retire due to back trouble, I'll be taking his position as parking lot, pool maintenance, painting, and other general tasks to help fund my business venture.
Top of page, drinks on me pals!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Eveing Diners
Flo, I see Steven is buying, ahh can he pay for my ? Ok, I will buy a round for the gang and give Rick a RBF.
Packer Congrats on getting out of school and getting a job!
Steven If you get a 69 Mustang, stay away from Big Blocks unless you know a lot of 4 letter words! I had a 68 Cobra Mustang with a 427 Medium Riser in it. When I bought the car the 427 was out of it. After I rebulit I tried to install the engine with the HP Exhaust manafolds on the engine.They caught on the frame rails and the motor would not go in. OK, pulled the exhaust manafolds and got the motor installed to the trans! When to install the exhauset manafolids bolts (3" to 4" long) and they would clear the fire wall?
Had to pull the heads, bolt the exhaust manafolds to the heads and install as a unit! Found out later that how Ford did it, great if I knew that I would have saved 2 days. Luckly being in the Army I knew a bunch of 4 letter words so I never ran out.
Next problem? Ok it is running and I broke it in. Wanted to pull the spark plugs to check if it was running lean or rich. Had to undo the driver side motor mount and jack up the motot to get to the driver side plugs!
Train Question Randy (Rinker) posted that my Lake Merritt and Centerfann PRR coarches where 10-1-2 Sleepers. What the heck is a 10-1-2 sleeper?
Trains are running great, so later. Ken
I hate Rust
KEN
10 Section - 1 Drawing Room - 2 Compartment sleepers
I am surprised, in this day and age of vandalism, that they actually transport planes on trains. I've not seen cars like that ones that follow the planes. Any ideas?
This is Skokomish WA
https://youtu.be/daAtGeey2-A
Unable to get the video link icon to work.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Evening, Folks!
The last couple of days have been quite hot again, so no sleep and no energy for just about anything for this fellow here.
I did manage to assemble a kit. Now Talheim The Tinplate Town has a church! A couple of trees and trhe scene will look quite pleasing!
I am now looking for a fountain to grace the town square! Or a memorial, something like Emperor Bill II.
Sawyer - good to see you here again!
Jimmy - congrats on the new job!
Henry - here us your video:
I hope and pray to catch some sleep in the coming night. This is no fun!
TTFN!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good afternoon diners.
Chloe - I will take a cheeseburger with fries and a RBF please. Thanks.
Jimmy - Congrats!
Steven NWP - Drivers-ed is a worthwhile thing to take. They do cover some situations that will indeed come up.
My drivers-ed course, you could not write on the test papers, but put the numbers on another sheet and then wrote your answer next to it.
Funny question I had on my drivers-ed final was this: Your car stalls on the tracks, and there is no train coming. Do you run (a) - away from the train, or (b) - towards the train?
My answer? I circled the question (Not permitted!) and put on my answer sheet, "I would (C), get out, and push the car off the tracks." I then put "If there was a train, run towards it."
I almost put "With a camera", but I didn't.
Ken - Why does Ford seem to do silly things on their cars? On mine, the oil filter sits in a awesome location - Right above the exhaust headers! So, for the next month after an oil change, all you smell is burning oil! Whichever "genius" thought that location was a good idea, should be forced to railfan a little used line for 24hrs straight!
Guess it could be worse though. My friend had to take her car (not a Ford) in to the dealer, simply because it needed a battery. She couldn't find it. Come to find out, it sits inside the rear wheel well, opposite side from the fuel tank fill spout!
(EDIT) - I had to fix a typo (who is Al anyways?) and say hi to Ulrich and Henry.
Ulrich - Hope you can get some sleep tonight.
Planes on a train - A few years back, BNSF sent a few 737 fuselages into the river as result of a derailment. Boeing scrapped them due to the damage.
Here is a link to a news report with pictures of the aftermath.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-derailment-idUSKBN0FA0QD20140706
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
Good evening diners,
Drivers ed is now mandatory in the state of Louisiana, for all ages.
One of the ladies (luckily she works in the office) is not a happy camper, and does not like teenagers. One of the students who has a sleep issue, fell asleep two more times today, so he's going home.
Blue Oval may not be the most convenient maintenance wise, but I love them anyways.
NWP SWP well my uncle cut the power to the house so it's been sitting for 9 months empty, well it's falling apart and needs to be rebuilt, so he has finally decided to give it up and put it in my dad's name, we're going to gut it and renovate it to be my house,
Steven,
It has been my experience that "Renovating " a mobile home will cost you more money / time than the home is worth. ( I have delt with a few in my time on planet Earth.)
A better solution would be to sell / scrap the mobile home , and find a good used one to move into it's place. ( I have had a few moved ) the last one I moved myself . NOT RECOMMENDED ! I pulled this 4 axle monster with my Dodge 2500 pick-up for 15 miles . I nearly Killed everybody on the road ! ( All this to save the $600 the mover wanted for the job.) My Wife had the "Easy job", she drove our other pick-up with big Oversize Load signs on it. Warning the other driver's on the road that an IDIOT was headed toward's them ! ( I went ahead and paid to have the "Other half" moved)
Good used mobile home's can be found for around $5000. I got our last one , a double wide, for $1500. ( they were friend's , so I got it for less than they were asking for it. ) But I had to pay a guy $4500 to bulldoze the land for a spot to put it.
I'm no expert , but if you have any question's about it, I'm happy to share my "little knowledge" with you.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Afternoon Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a please and give Rick and Steven what they like.
Rick Ford is not the only company then or now bulit things stupid! I think it was a 1979 Firebird you had to pull the right side fender to install a new blower motor? Far as the battery in the bumper, that sounds like Chrysler. Newer Caddillac's you have to take the front bumber off to change a turn single bulb? Well Ford beat them to that one! 1994 Ford Probe you had to do the samething.
Credit Front Seems my credit score went up 9 points! In the last 3 months I have lowered my CC deibt by $600.00. Anytime I use any card I pay it back the same day plus I add a dollar over to what I spent. Works great with my Citi Bank card, I get 1% of what I spend and 1% for every payment. Cash back has covered the intrest for the last six months.
Train Front I have 2 possible problems with the PRR M1a making the turnout to the passanger station.
1 After the #6 turnout the curve does not look smooth. Looks like the lead driver is not just right. Not off the rail but not in the center.
2 The open 4.5 turnout does not have a switch machine holding the blades open. For my diesels not a problem.
Trains are running great so later, Ken
My Dad always said that it should be a requirement that car designers first work for two years as a mechanic.
I thought today we could take a small field trip from Flagstaff to Sunset Crater. Sunset Crater is located in the Sunset Crater Volcanic National Monument, about 20 northwest of Flagstaff. Not to worry, Sunset Crater is a dormant/extinct volcano last erupting in approximately 1085 AD. The Sunset Crater eruption produced a blanket of ash and lapilli covering an area of more than 810 square miles and forced the temporary abandonment of settlements of the local Sinagua people. (More on the Sinagua people when we make our next stop at the Wupatki National Monument.) There was a brief scare in 2015 when satellite images seemed to show steam escaping in the area, but further investigation showed the plume was the result of a forest fire. You used to be able to hike to the summit of the crater, but the trail was closed in 1973 due to the damaged cause by the human foot traffic. Enjoy the cooler mountain temperatures--the high in Flagstaff today was only 80F.
Richard
Good Morning Everyone!
Brunhilda, make that really strong coffee in an IV bag for me, please. I did not catch much sleep last night either, so I am "walking on my gums", as we say in my country.
I did a bit of railfanning earlier on, catching the morning train at sunrise as it is waiting to leave Talheim (The Tinplate Town) for Schopfheim and Schaffhausen.
The scene will vastly improve when I have "planted" a few more trees, which are on order! There is only one more structure to be added - a memorial on the town square:
I think, old Bismarck will make a fine statue on the layout!
Have a good one!
Hello Railfans!
I know its been months since Ive been in here, I do hope everyone is doin fine. I sure hope the Pepsi still comes in a frozen pilsner, aye Flo? Sans ice por favor.
For my part, the last 6 months or so has been a total bummer. Both cheeks worth, if I may be so cheeky. Ive lost a gloves worth of family members. Another dog gone job change (and not for the better!). Imstill in a place i had no plan to be in. And if that dont top it all, unbeknownst to me, it seems its my houses turn to host the annual bee/bird population for the entire town.
Now I ask ya, do you really think Dangerfield has anything on me? What really grinds my rubber gears is it took me two minutes to remember how to post a post. Errr, start one rather.
Some folks say ' ya ever have one of them days?'. Around here its lifes instead of days. I tell ya, if the lotto wasnt already rigged against me (and I know its true cuz I NEVER win!) if I did win, I bet my ticket would read I owe them millions!
Amongst the doom and gloom has been a few shiny spots. One of those being.... remember a year ago I mentioned my buddy and boss got himself one of them thar 3d printin deee-vices? Well, now that hes on his 3rd one (yeah, hes a geek, no hes not into trains [dork!]), before he can get another, HIS boss (the wife) said he must rid himself of one, and buy her a new XMas tree.
It wasnt very looooonnngg at all before that first one was sitting purty over at my house. And with a year of tuning and practically replacing 50% of it (yep!), it can produce some nice things. After he went through all that, I wish I had time to mess with it.
On the hobby front: things havent changed. I could set up a small layout but I dont for fear things here could change over night. In lieu of that, and because I still like to collect, I have added a couple cars or locos here and there, but sparcely just to keep my spirits up.
I even tried to get a PM brass loco. I figured whats a caboose without a loco to pull it, right? Alas, my bid was ' juuuusssst a bit outside '. I swear, I could be the only polar bear in a grizzly bear ensemble.
Railfanning: I actually caught myself honking back at a train blowing for a crossing. The road was parallel to the tracks!
The only trains i get to see are through glass. Not that of a camera lense mind you but my window as i mutter on to work and back. Now its not the local trainmasters fault for not running as many trains as I would like, theres just no way he could know I dont have a layout.
Well, thats about it folks. You can see it isnt 'always sunny in Canton'. Unless your talkin weather. Im not kidding, this place could be a beach if it werent for the fact its mountains. So I havent had much time to amble by. Hope yall are well!
Yall take care now!
Douglas
Hello gang!
I must be too ugly or something! Dianne and I consistently receive lousy service at restaurants (not the Diner of course). Last night we decided to go out for wings. We chose St. Louis Bar and Grill in Bradford. When we walked in the door we were quickly greeted by a friendly young lady and shown to a table on the patio as we had requested. She said our server would be with us "shortly". Fifteen minutes later we were still waiting for our server to come to our table. The place was not busy, and to make matters worse, the person who was apparently serving on the patio had sauntered by us no less than four times without even acknowledging our presence. When I say "sauntered", I mean "sauntered"! If she was in first gear she had to be slipping the clutch. We decided to leave and in doing so we had to walk right past her. She looked at us as though to ask "what's your problem?".
So, we went to another grill, where we got prompt courteous service right up until it was time for the bill. We sat for 15 more minutes after we were done and the plates had been cleared while the dear little blonde server waited on everyone around us but us. I had to stop her and ask for the bill. Then it took another five minutes or so for her to show up with it.
I tip generously when service is decent. I don't tip when it is not.
Like I said, I'm probably too ugly to expect decent service every time.
Thanks for letting me vent!
Dave
P.S. In fairness to our local Wimpy's restaurant which we visit frequently, the service and the food is always excellent. I guess they're used to my appearance!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Dave - how about changing your After Shave?
Honestly, instead of using that manly fragrance of Old Kerosene, use baby oil and you will get more attention from young girls than your wife will allow you to!
Good morning ...... Coffee and a pecan roll, please.
Douglas .... Long time no see ! .... Thanks for the update. .. Eventful, apapremtly. ... Life is a like a roller coaster. Sometimes it goes up. Sometimes it goes down.... However, it keeps moving forward ...
Dave .... Poor service is annoying for sure.
Ulrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ...
Model railroad ..... I posted photos of the Empire Builder cars I worked on this week in Weekend Photo Fun ...
Also, I changed some more light fixtures in the train room from flourescent to LED. I'm mostly done with that project with only four remaining.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&QUlrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ...
Garry - baby oil acts as a kind of pheromone to women. Tests have proven that women feel a lot more attracted to men smelling like babies than to those with that virile, rugged outdoor smell!
Mornin' folks!
I've been sitting in the back without much to say (that I can really say on here.....)
Tinplate ToddlerHonestly, instead of using that manly fragrance of Old Kerosene, use baby oil and you will get more attention from young girls than your wife will allow you to!
George Burns always suggested: "Be sure to wear a good cologne, a nice aftershave lotion, and a strong underarm deodorant. And it might be a good idea to wear some clothes, too."
Also: "Dress simply. If you wear a dinner jacket, don't wear anything else on it ... like lunch or dinner."
And, of course: "Take care not to wear stripes that are out of sync with your wrinkles."
I gotta get my shower and head over for a 3 mile walk this morning.... Oh Yeah I now have lost another 2 pounds and weigh in at 216!!! That is 19 lbs less than I weighed when my wife died..... Had the last of the two treatments to raise my eyebrows (part of the eyelid surgery thing) yesterday. The old classmate of mine that I was very surprised to see working at the place was not there. Asked the lady who did the proceedure if my classmate was off yesterday. She said yes, so I told her that the lady was the cutest and most adorable little redhead in Canandaigua back then. The lady nodded her head and told me, "She still is!" So I told her to say hi for me, and then gave her a "Railpass" card I have in my wallet with an invite for the classmate to send me an email if she wants. I shall see what transpires (I know the lady is widowed and is supposedly divorced from her second husband).
Gotta get moving! My fitbit is yelling at me! LOL
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Tinplate Toddler Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ... Garry - baby oil acts as a kind of pheromone to women. Tests have proven that women feel a lot more attracted to men smelling like babies than to those with that virile, rugged outdoor smell!
Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ...
I don't generally go to model railroad forums to get advice about the babes (nor for sartorial advice), but this kinda makes sense.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
hon30critterSo, we went to another grill, where we got prompt courteous service right up until it was time for the bill. We sat for 15 more minutes after we were done and the plates had been cleared while the dear little blonde server waited on everyone around us but us.
I don't consider that poor service. She probably thought that you were on a date, and most times folks like to sit for awhile, let the food settle, and have a conversation. That's normally the point where the guy hits on the girl. If you were in a hurry you could have asked the waitress for the bill as she was clearing the table.
Or, alternately, the waitress liked the smell or kerosene, thought you were cute, and was waiting for your wife to go to the head so that she could get your name and number.
ROBERT PETRICK Tinplate Toddler Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ... Garry - baby oil acts as a kind of pheromone to women. Tests have proven that women feel a lot more attracted to men smelling like babies than to those with that virile, rugged outdoor smell! I don't generally go to model railroad forums to get advice about the babes (nor for sartorial advice), but this kinda makes sense. Robert
Tinplate Toddler
Heartland Division CB&Q Ulrich .... Baby oil ?.... Really? ... Garry - baby oil acts as a kind of pheromone to women. Tests have proven that women feel a lot more attracted to men smelling like babies than to those with that virile, rugged outdoor smell!
Most of us are in an age where these things matter less than the ability of our dear 6-axle Diesel to negotiate that one and only tight curve on our layout.
Catching a waitresses attention, however, is a serious issue and justifies nearly any method with a chance of success!
Afternoon Diners,
We replace our water heater yesterday. Cleaning up the water and taking stuff and junk out back to dry. It corroded from the inside making a hole on the outside draining water from the side. My mom noticed it yesterday morning at 2 in the morning doing laundry.
We got a new one. Most of the stuff is back, but it will take a while.
I got two things that we're doing but I'll wait until it's done to tell you.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Afternoon diners,
Survived day three of Drivers Ed, tomorrow is the test!
Well I'm catching up on stuff so I'll be back in a bit.
Afternoon diners
Flo, give the gang and the Buick Guy a and Rick and Steven what they like.
VA Health Care. Good and Bad News.
Good News I lost 4 pounds and 5 oz from this last Febuary. So that is 30 pounds in the last year.
Bad News? I was sent to the wrong clinic! I need to be seen by the Leg Ulicer Clinic not the Diesbitic Foot Care Nurse! Her job is to keep ulicers away, not fix them when you have them! Plus they cannot find the X-Rays that Anderson Hospital sent them! I cannot be seen by Leg Ulicer Clinic till they have the X-Rays for some reason.
Besides getting my weight checked I got blood work done and dropped off a new glasses frame for new lenes so not a total lost day.
Later, Ken
Evenin' folks!
Tinplate ToddlerGarry - baby oil acts as a kind of pheromone to women. Tests have proven that women feel a lot more attracted to men smelling like babies than to those with that virile, rugged outdoor smell!
Tinplate ToddlerMost of us are in an age where these things matter less than the ability of our dear 6-axle Diesel to negotiate that one and only tight curve on our layout.
Hmmmmm.... Maybe I'll try that. LOL Whatever I'm doing isn't leading to any success yet...... But Ulrich, I can tell you I am not at all interested in any Diseasal type thingy negotiating any curves on my layout! It be 1925 down there. LOL (Saturday, August 15 at 2:00 PM....)
Garden is up for the most part. That is both the seeds I planted and the weeds that grow there all by themselves.... Evidentally one of the starlings hanging around my house discovered a new Bald Face Hornet's nest at the back of my house. It was competely torn apart with most of it on the ground and no hornets hanging around. That I don't mind at all!!!
(Edit) Oh, Ken, that's great on the weight loss!!! Keep up the good work.
Need to get out my guitar out and toughen up my fingers a bit I guess.
Hello diners,
Fragrance subject, personally I use Old Spice deodorant and if called for pomade for hair styling.
Talked to a girl in class, she's a Classical Cellist which made interesting conversation being that I'm a singer, I don't have the best knowledge of classical but can hold my own, I know the basic composers and some of their work.
I think she comes from a really refined family, why? Well in addition to her love of classical music she had Van Gough's Starry Night on her thermos. I of course commented on it since I recognized the painting.
At least I didn't end up like this guy.
AHH, BACH!
I do have a appreciation for classical, I'm currently brushing up on it to be well equipped for tomorrow's conversations.
Well I might stop in again in a while.
I have 6 tomatos. If they turn red by 4th of July, you are doing well around here. The plants are tall and gangly from all the rain.
Every now an then I walk in the locker room at the gym and the smell of colgne almost sends me into an asthma attack. And there will be nobody there! The smell is still lingering from someone who left several minutes ago.
I used to love the complexity of classical music. The local radio station changed format and I don't listen to it much at all.
Just saw a funny commercial The car insurance guy is pretending to be a cell phone lost, under the car seat.
Beware of Mayhem, like him...
Bzzzztt......Bzzzztt.....
Anyone remember those Discover Card commercials, with "Peggy"!
I have a garden with five types of tomato plants, I've gotten one Roma so far, I think next year I will make the garden bigger. It's a raised bed, I might just go for the in ground one next year. I would like to have a good variety of tomatoes and peppers and at least two plants of each if I had a inground garden.
I just weighed myself, I've lost 10 pounds! I'm 230 from 240! I haven't changed my diet, so I guess my no McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, ecetera, ecetera... ahd no soda of any kind has finally paid off!
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I can only offer this up to the crowd.
My wife has insisted I wear women's Secret Baby Powder scented deoderant for 25 plus years.
My three daughters HATED boys that smelled like Axe, Old Spice, Brut, etc.
They LOVED boys that smelled like fruit or baby powder.
Maybe there is something to this.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Olfactory stimulus is the strongest trigger for memory.
So reasoning behind girls liking guys that smell of baby powder, simple 1 baby powder is used on? Babies, so when the female of the species smells this it brings a comforting feeling because that smell is linked to their infant years and the comfort their mother provided. 2 who has babies? Girls, so they link that smell to babies and it triggers their motherly instincts. 3 in Kevins case, perhaps the fact that some guys smelled of baby powder reminded them of you.
The first is a bit more on point....
I have never used cologne, just don't feel the purpose, waste of time and money, anyways as long as you don't smell of say cow manure, your ahead of the ball game!
(Edit, I do however think if you have a more pungent odor put out by your body, perhaps it is something to consider! just remember by the time you smell it everyone else does too!)
I dabble in the ideas of psychology, and try to be a comedian, but I won't quit my day job, now for music? You bet your last dollar!
OK no more dime store psychoanalysis from a guy with no serious education in the field!
Well its getting late I better get to sleep to get up early tomorrow!
Evening Diners,
Steven- I remember those old Peggy credit card commercials. You made me feel old.
I watched a YouTube video three or four years ago. In which two girls discussed men and women products that smells good on men. At the end they said buy women products to get females.
My hobby store sold out of the green transit bus. So I got a blue one instead, if it doesn't work out for the town I'll turn it into my G.N.O. Railway passenger bus.
*if this feel rushed. It's my second time. The first one got deleted by website by submitting.