Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and Rick and Steven a RBF
Work Front I have had and better days but I was sure glad when the day was over.
Track Fiddler Good looking 69 Mach 1. What make a 351 windsor a boss 351? Bigger heads? While I have heard about them, never seen one. What year where they used, 1970 or 1971? Far as the FE 390 being your favorite engine, why? In my days a stock HP 390 was road kill waiting to happen even when my 68 Road Runner had the stock 383 Road Runner engine. Real small valves in the 390.
I sort of wish I kept my 1968 Cobra Mustang with the Medium Riser 427. When I got out of the Army I had my 68 Road Runner (I had installed a 63 426 Maxie Wedge) or the 68 Mustang. For resale the 68 Cobra would have been the one. 1 of 50 made I think. But the 68 Road Runner would kick it's Caboose from 0 to 80. After that, well I never found top in Cobra.
Train Front Sucks Rail Spike! Going to have to get the Big Hook out for both lines.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Thanks for your support. Tonight I will not smoke. I really mean that. Again thanks for your support.
I do believe I would have started smoking tonight if it wouldn't have been for the support of good people helping me. Thanks
Well, over the past month I've done time in clinics, the ICU, doctors' offices and labs. They all ask if I smoke, and I'm happy to say "No." . Don't do it. If you do, stop it. Most of my aunts and uncles smoked, and few made it to 70.
On a brighter note, my first car was a 1968 Triumph Spitfire.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyOn a brighter note, my first car was a 1968 Triumph Spitfire.
Had a couple of those in my neighbourhood as a kid and loved the way they sounded.
Both were owned by two Spitfire pilots that fought in the battle of Britain. They would get together and tell us kids stories of the horrors they faced starting in 1939. They both smoked by the way and who could blame them. They both died in their early seventies of smoking-related diseases.
These are from the "Old Time Trains" site. Vancouver Drake Street Roundhouse Stories.
Track Fiddler, my friend was a heavy smoker and only had a tough time quitting when he got bored or had idle hands. His solution was phoning me to go for a run. Soon he just started walking and running on his own every time the smoking urge hit. He got into tremendous shape while he quit and never looked back. The worst was in the evenings, a brisk walk took the urge away and let him go to sleep much quicker. The agony of a good workout takes the mind off smoking.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Track fiddlerI haven't smoked for 6 weeks
Excellent!
Track fiddler it's getting way harder. A living hell.
Only because your telling it to yourself!
Track fiddlerMaybe I should just go back to smoking.
I can´t believe what I am reading here!Stop thinking that nonsense and start to think positive - such as how much you save by not smoking and what that money can buy you! If you spend $6 a day in smokes, that´s $2,190 a year! Add that to your MRRing budget!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Thanks for that Alrich
Still haven't had a smoke. Still hard as hell. I do appreciate all the help of the forum members here.
And you... Thank You
Thank you so much it really does help
As hard as it is I haven't had a smoke
Betcha there are lots of great memories associated with that car.
My first car was an Austin Mini with a 'Cooper Conversion', i.e. twin SU carbs. No muffler, just a straight pipe with a big flared tip. It was fun but it didn't last long. At the time I had no mechanical skills what so ever and I couldn't afford to pay someone to make all the repairs it needed.
After that I bought an MGB which I did learn to repair thanks to the patience of a British car mechanic who was a close friend of my older brother. I tuned the engine according to the factory high performance tuning manual, installed heavy duty sway bars and an extra leaf in the rear springs, oversize Michelin XAS tires on Ford Mustang four bolt rims, and of course no muffler. Actually there was what appeared to be a muffler but it was just a muffler body with the exhaust pipe going straight through it. Every time I cringe these days when some kid goes by with a loud exhaust I have to stop and remind myself that I probably offended more than my share of people in my youth too.
Doubt that I could even get into a 'B' today! Maybe with the top off.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I haven't had a smoke for 6 weeks and I am proud of that
Evening Crew,
A special hello to Wisconsin Terry, Herringchoker and V8-Vega.
where are you ????
I have been reading the forum the odd time but haven't posted in a long while.
Thought I would put in my two cents worth tonight on this last subject that has been discussed.
Track Fiddler, good for you if you have been off the smokes for that long. I have seen how tough it could be from many years ago, seeing my Father go cold turkey after smoking two packs a day for over 50 years. He did make it over 70 to 72, but it truly did him in. So when your friend tells you his buddy lived ten years after he quit, keep in mind if he had stayed smoking he probably would have only made it five years,or less.
My own story is that I have never smoked in my life, but I did drive for Greyhound for 35 years. the first 24 years of my career there, our coaches were NOT NON smoking, then I drove another 11 years after they were non smoking. 13 years after that I was diagnosed with 4th stage tongue and throat cancer and the experts said to me that I must have been a smoker, when I told them I han't been and the rest of my story they said it would have definately come from the second hand smoke I had been in for all those years. I am now Cancer free but I suffer with the collateral damage from the cure. The radiation burnt my esophagus closed and now I cannot eat or drink through the mouth. Everything must get into me through a stomach tube. I am reasonably healthy for a 77 year old but it is no fun when you don't taste anything and by the time you get it ready to go down the tube it all looks the same. A little consolation is I can know the differance by smell. You have received good advise by others here tonight and know that I am right with them on this. Thanks to Garry, Mr. B , Ulrich and also NWP-SWP.
Mr. Beasley, I remember those Triump Spitfires well, they were pretty popular up here back in their day. I had lots of rides in them but never owned one. Would like to have one now and I bet you would too. Two weeks ago we got back from spending a week in Laurel, Montana, and will be going back at least three times more before Christmas, to do some house and pet sitting for my Son and his wife, I always think of you when we are there. We see some neat things in the BNSF yards along with Montana Rail there. I really like seeing those fusalages coming thru going to Seattle to the Boing Plant. I understand that they come from Either St. Louis or Tulsa. Maybe someone here can clue us in ???
Brent, That is an amazing looking property and the sales lady isn't bad either. Which room will you snag for the trains ? Just so many magnificent views from all those rooms. I, however will be staying here in Saskatchewan as we want to remain close to my Wife's sisters and I have two Sons here and one in Montana just 8 hours away. AND i DON'T WANT TO START A LAYOUT OVER AGAIN AT THIS POINT.
Hope your Wife has had a good year with her Goldens, we loved the pictures you showed of them and also hearing of all the things your Kids are into. Keep it up.
Been quite busy here between medical appointment and rebuilding some walls on two travel trailers also shopping for a gently used Class "B" Motorhome. WE bought an older Pleasure Way that looks like it just rolled out of the showroom except for one small scrape on the back corner above the taillight. We have been looking out for one for about three years now and had just about made up our minds that to get what we were looking for we would have to go to Alberta or B.C. but, finally one showed up here just what we were looking for and bought it late one night a few weeks back. It wouldn't have stayed on the market over the next day, so we had to jump if we wanted it and YUP, it was the one.
So as you can see there hasn't been time for much rr this summer with that and the yard work which seems to get heavier for me each year.
I have ordered some goodies from Cooch, M.B. Kline, and others also visited Jim's Junction in Billings and got some more that came home with me and I haven't had time to get the stuff out of the boxes yet.
Garry, Glad to see the new bridge got in on your lake and have you spent much time on the water this year? I was sad to hear about Cape Jim. He and I corresponded every now and then. I would have liked to meet him, he seemed like quite a character (in a very nice way)
All for now Gang, I'll leave Chloe a note and a tip for her to give you all breakfast on me tomorrow. ( Hope you all like ENSURE. HaHaHa, just kidding)
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My late condolenses to all those who have lost loved ones recently.
Night all
Johnboy out....and Cody too (not Grivno) my Dog................. and off to dreamland
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Track fiddlerI haven't had a smoke for 6 weeks and I am proud of that
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That is such happy news. I hope you are "over the hump" now and it will be easy from now on.
In a few months you will feel so much better, I sure did.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
FIRST CAR:
My very first car was a 1956 Chevrolet that I never got running.
Then I had this 1966 Mercury S-55 with a 428 when I was 16! What fun!
As far as getting girls with a car... well the fact that I was in Tennessee when I was 18 with a Florida license plate did more for me than the car the plate was on. I even added a Florida plate to the front (and a Playboy badge on the grille) to get the point across!
Ah... to be young.
Well maybe just help from you tonight I will not smoke. Tomorrow I will not smoke. At this point just one day at a time. Tomorrow I will not smoke. My wife's going out for a smoke. I am not going out with her. I am one of the stronger ones. I think I got this.
NWP SWPThe reason I like the Datsun is proportions, its on the smaller side so I won't be likely to hit things with it, it's sporty but cheaper, technically a classic and a Nissan (and everyone knows Nissans will run forever when looked after)
Nothing runs forever unless it is constantly being properly repaired. You are talking about buying a car that is almost 40 years old. Anthing built in the 1980s by anybody was not top-notch when it left the assembly line. It would be another 20 years before wonderful cars were built again.
You can have any mechanic you like look it over ten times, and all you will get is a best guess at the very best. He can't know the condition of the small end rod bushings, cylinder cross-hatch, oil pump gears, distributor drive teeth, spider gear axles, CV joint spline wear, or 1,000 other critical things.
For safety's sake alone, you should not consider a car more than 10-15 years old. Anti-lock brakes, traction control, air bags, energy absorbing crumple zones, rollover protection, etc. were all just pipe-dreams in 1980.
Sure, a sexy Z car sounds like fun, but a 10 year old Altima will do much better for you if you have you heart set on Nissan.
The car, err truck, I'm now looking at is because I realized I don't do so well in lower riding automobiles in cities, why well combined with the low height of a car and the high height of my head I can't see traffic lights until I almost run them, and then when I stop I have to crane my neck over the wheel to see the lights! So until I'm more experienced a truck is a better idea, that way I see the lights more easily.
I think a Bronco might be better, I have experience servicing 90s F-Series so I can handle all the maintenance. Only things I might do down the road is replace the 4x4 with a two wheel drive front end (I just don't need it, until of course I do!) Nevermind then.
I'll probably swap in a 90s F-Series 460 into it sometime down the road, (I love 460s they're my favorite for their sheer size) and possibly very far, FAR down the road swapping the stock SRW rear end for a DRW "Dually" rear end and slapping a pair of "dually" fenders on the sides, I don't need the extra two tires for towing capacity, but to get the power from the 460 (which will likely be supercharged at some point) down the the pavement, besides it would look mean.
I could get one of those new "Z-Cars" Nissan made a few years back if I wanted to but again insurance and height.
Anyways back to trains, I'm still on a budget to start the next Super Gondola kit bash it'll be a few more weeks though.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good God Last Mountain
You definitely gave me the last bit of encouragement I needed.
I don't know what else to say but thank you.
So that is exactly what I say.
Thank you
And a special thanks to every ones encouragement tonight
Track fiddlerAnd a special thanks to every ones encouragement tonight
That´s what friends are for!
Steven - when deciding on a car, key in the fact, that in the 1980s and 1990s cars were not made to last as long as they do now. There is nothing wrong in buying an old car, providing that you have the time, the funds, the skills and the proper place and tools to work on it. Not to forget a certain love for grimy, oily hands!
Back to trains!
In an attempt to soothe my shattered nerves, I had put in a bid on a locomotive that has been high up on my "me wants"-list. The bid was very low and I had no hopes of actually winning the auction. The bid was only about a third of what seemed to be the average price for it, but for some reason, I won the auction!
Now I am a proud owner of a 32 year old Marklin model of a Deutsche Reichsbahn (pre 1930s) class E 91 C´+ C´ articulated boxcab electric, which served until 1975, the final years as a yard goat in Munich freiight yard.
The loco was NIB and needed a good cleaning and lubricating to get running, but after that was done she is a beauty to watch running on my layout train set.
The cost? A weeks ration of cigarettes, if you smoke a pack a day!
Hey Ulrich!
Nice score!! It looks great on your layout!
I disagree with calling your setup a "train set". Train sets are in boxes. Layouts are what you make with them when you set them up!
Cheers!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear - I feel honored to have become a target of your unique sense of humor!
Track Fiddler, one day at a time. The first 2 weeks are supposed to be the hardest. Maybe this would be helpful. https://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/features/surviving-without-smoke#1
I never smoked, my father smoked 3 packs a day. I hated to hear him cough every morning. He did not die from cigarettes, a lymphoma killed him. Most of my friends have been non smokers, but of two former colleagues that are now in their 70's one is a lung cancer survivor, the other throat cancer. They both have COPD.
5" of rain yesterday and more coming later today.
Ed posted a link to a PRR film in the trainphone thread, and now I am stuck watching one PRR youtube video after another.
Just saw the Nascar inspection, live. They measure the cars with lasers. It looks like something from an early 1970's light show.
https://youtu.be/0s6IaTvSf2Y
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Track fiddler Good God Last Mountain You definitely gave me the last bit of encouragement I needed. I don't know what else to say but thank you. So that is exactly what I say. Thank you And a special thanks to every ones encouragement tonight
Track Fiddler .... You are welcome. We Diners care. Feel free to talk again if needed.
Bear ..... That was very funny, and your humor is appreciated.
Ulrich .... I like your layout with the electric locomotives. It looks like much fun.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning All! Flo (or however's handy), could I get a roast beef omlette with a side of blue cheese dressing, some wheat toast, and some OJ? Thank you so much.
Hobby Front: Not that I needed it but I bought myself yet another boxcar that should be here tomorrow. Yesterday, I also bought myself a C-clamp for putting the new layout together and well as two quarts of paint for attaching the ground cover. (Normally one would buy a gallon rather than two quarts, but the quarts were on sale for $1 a quart. Two quarts are really more than I think I need but for a buck I could justify getting the extra quart.) The color I had them mixed to ended up being a little darker than I thought but it should be nice for using to attach some earth color ground cover.
If everything goes right, I should get the lake section worked on tomorrow as well. It probably wouldn't come home until next week as the scenery repair is too messy to do it in town and it will need time to dry. (Outside shot it might come home Friday depending on what I feel like after the concert and if use of the vehicle needed can be arranged.)
Again I just wanted to say I appreciated the support last night I think it's the only thing that got me through. The thing that's so hard about quitting to be honest, I don't even really want to.
They found an aneurysm in my brain about 2 years ago that has been monitored and knock on wood has not changed or gotten any larger. It is my belief I was born with it. It's nothing new and people have them and don't even realize it, but that is beside the point once you know you have one.
My doctor who has a wonderful sense of humor told me high blood pressure from smoking is not an aneurysms friend. He said I'd hate to burst your bubble but you will if you don't quit smoking.... How do you argue with that.
Bear I like your sense of humor too. Alrich I see the green electric locomotive that looks like an alligator. The thing is unique and cool looking, we don't have anything like that over here in the states.
Thanks again all.
TF no one wanted to operate on your aneurysm? It must be some place hard to get to. I enjoyed giving anesthesia for those operations because it was quite challenging. All my outcomes were good.
Not happy with my rock painting. However too light is an easy fix.
Good Evening!
Another hot day in the land of the insane! Too hot for me to feel comfortable, so it´s been a day I didn´t get anything accomplished, other than running my trains on what Dave wants me to call a layout, while I still thing it is a train set. With a small screwdriver, the whole set can be dismantled and packed up in boxes in 30 minutes...
Time for some insight on European Crocodology!
The one and only true Crocodile is the Swiss Federal Railway class Ce 6/8 or Be 6/8. It looks like this:
The Austrian Federal Railway copied the design and came up with this loco, which was actually never called a crocodile.
Germany actually never had an engine nicknamed "crocodile", but an unknown model railroader coined the phrase "German Crocodile" for the Deutsche Reichsbahn (later Deutsche Bundesbahn class E 94 electric.
That´s the one you see on my layout.
Railroaders dubbed this class of engine "Eisenschwein", which translates into iron pig.
Both The Austrian and the Swiss Crocs were built in the early 1920s, while the DR class E 94 was introduced in 1940.
There are more reptiles roaming the tracks, but these are mainly found on Swiss narrow gauge lines.
So much for the idea of working on the lake tomorrow. It has been nixed. I think I try to do some more work on the layout here in town. I will just have to make a few guesses as to how to lay cork and track.
Good afternoon.
BigDaddy TF no one wanted to operate on your aneurysm? It must be some place hard to get to. I enjoyed giving anesthesia for those operations because it was quite challenging. All my outcomes were good. Not happy with my rock painting. However too light is an easy fix.
Henry .... Your insights regarding medical issues are appreciated .... I am not sure what your are saying about rock painting. I use thin washes of various colors of acrylic paint starting with lighter colors and ending up with the darkest color. I let each layer dry thoroughly before applying the next layer. ....
TF .... It is good to hear you made a good decision not to smoke last night. You may be sparing your family members of heartaches later in their lives. Imagine being a family member if you suffer in the final days of your life because of fatal lung disease. Suppose a doctor tells them it is time to decide if life support should be removed. That day will haunt them for the rest of their lives. ... I will pray for you.
John Boy .... I was running out of time when I posted this morning. I would like to acknowledge your comment. ... Yes, Cape Jim was a good man, and I enjoyed meeting him. I also enjoyed meeting Inch who also was good. .... The bridge project here at the lakes needed two huge bridges costing $300 million each. The one on the other lake was completed last year. The one on our lake is nearly completed and two of its four lanes are open for traffic. Meanwhile, the connecting highway is being built into a modern four lane highway to replace a narrow two lane highway. One casualty of the project was the bait shop where we used to get bait shop pizza. It was torn down over a year ago....... We do go on our boat from time to time. Sometimes we go to a marina for a hamburger. ....
Ulrich .... Thank you for explaining crocs to us with the photos to illustrate.
Bear .... I'm looking for ward to your next humorous post.
Afternoon folks,
Well apparently someone somewhere thought my Sundays needed some livening up so a dozen or so assorted members of my extended family are at my grandma's for an impromptu family reunion, so yeah.
Henry they all wanted to operate on my aneurysm.......... I said NO...
Nobody's going into my head!
They couldn't get a simple knee surgery straight 30 years ago, and now I'm limping around like an idiot
What do I have left to make me think they can go into my head and get things right.... Things aren't right upstairs in my head anyway
I will just roll the dice. I had my younger prime time. Memories are the only thing I will take with me.
I'll just switch into glide and see how long my earned Karma takes me. If my little bubble bursts somewhere along the way... oh well. I've already thought ahead and worked things out for that too.
Track fiddlerthey all wanted to operate on my aneurysm
That restores my confidence that I know surgeons. I'm sure they told you the odds if it ruptures, so I will mind my own business.
Just found out that one of the obstetricians I worked with passed away. She leaned over an upstairs deck railing at her home to water plants and the railing was rotten and she fell and broke both arms and her neck. 15 months later, after being a quadraplegic, she passed. If you remember when Regan got shot, one of the surgeons said "Mr President, we are all Republicans", that was her husband.
What I was going to say, before I found out that bit of news, was the Iphone inexplicably downloaded a podcast I hadn't subscribed to in a while. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. The title is Supernova in the East. He starts with the surrender of a Japanese soldier in the 1970's in the Phillipines. That soldier only one of a couple in the 70's, more in the 60's and even more in the 50's.
Steven did you know about this? Some of us remember it as news of the day. That didn't happen with any other combatant country, in the history of the world. He didn't believe the newspapers of the time that they left for him, because he reasoned the only way there would be any Japanese left, was if they won the war.
Carlin goes into Japanese sociology of the 1800's and how they transformed from a feudal society with guys in ponytails and swords, to an imperial country that could defeat Russia in two naval battles pre WW1. In 10 years they made an amazing transformation, to keep from being swallowed up by other imperial countries of the 19th century. I haven't actually finished the whole podcast, but I find the history fascinating.
In my US education, the Russo Japanese war, was no more that 10 minutes. Then there was Pearl Harbor, Bataan, and the atomic bomb. I learned more from 20 Seconds over Toykyo, and the Seven Samari.