Drinks are on you. People are crazier than they used to be.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
wow we just had a high speed chase pass in front of the house. About 10 cop cars doing 90. armed suspect was throwing money out the window later in the persuit. don't know if they got him or not.
Mr B I hope that works. I had AF after my heart valve replacement and am probably at higher risk for it to return. There used to be a procedure to put a basket type device in the heart to trap blood clots, but I can't find that on a google search so they must not do it any more.
When I was a resident, they used to tie off the left atrial appendage to prevent blood clots if AF was a problem later. I asked my surgeon about that and he looked at me like I had 2 heads, so I guess that didn't work either.
Ed, that dashboard looks familiar. If I had one, it must have broken in short order, because I don't remember it very well.
Speaking of broken, my grandmother's mantle clock, with beautiful Westminster chimes, has met it's end. We have spent lots of money keeping this thing running. Today I noticed it was stopped. I wound it, it has 3 key holes. The first was still fairly tight. A bad sign, as it is usually the one that runs out first. The next hole caused the minute hand to fall to 6 o'clock, where the key was. When I took the key out, the hand spun like a propeller.
It's ironic that I am a Nascar fan and the prize for the race this weekend was a Grandfather clock.
Turkey? I am sure Ulrich could tell us more about Turkey than any of us gringos know. I didn't like the newest Murder On the Orient Express. The PBS and older versions were better.
Spent a BLI DCC Steam loco worth on Toby the wonder dog with the bad GI tract. In human medicine, labs, doctors, hospitals charge a fortune and hope that insurance will pay some of it. In veternary medicine, they demand the fortune, up front.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
More good news. The ablation procedure to get my heart out of atrial fibrillation and back to normal rhythm is scheduled for November 15. I should feel better and stronger after that.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Heartland Division CB&Q Everybody ... Who has suggestions for November Diner location?
Everybody ... Who has suggestions for November Diner location?
November... Thanksgiving... Turkey... Istanbul?
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Miami Beach!
Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy. Everybody ... Who has suggestions for November Diner location?
Howdy.
Always liked Euclid Beach (and now that the Metroparks owns it, hear it's super nice again).
Right down the street from Collinwood Yard too.
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
Der John ..... I have been wondering where you were. Glad you reconnected to the forum.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello folks, MR has finally let me log in again. So,
Got my window unit A/Cs out of the upstairs before it turns supercold.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Mornin' folks,
Just got back from Home Depot, had to get some 1x4s for a tin roof were putting up, some being 100!
I've got a busy day again today, between construction, my voice lesson, and getting my truck inspected, I'm going to be running all day!
And yes Mr. Otte, I dodged a bullet, BIG TIME!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Uncle_Bob Nice cats, guys. The Mrs and I lost our furry daughter about 10 days ago. We're still recovering from that. The pics help, especially little gray cats. Thanks. Last, as a good Jaw-juh fan, I have to say "It's great to be a Gator hater!".
Nice cats, guys. The Mrs and I lost our furry daughter about 10 days ago. We're still recovering from that. The pics help, especially little gray cats. Thanks.
Last, as a good Jaw-juh fan, I have to say "It's great to be a Gator hater!".
Uncle_Bob, I'm sorry for your loss. We lost our eldest, a big brown tabby named Pixel, earlier this year. We just last month adopted a sprightly kitten who's his spitting image. We named her Missabe for the DM&IR, and she's bringing us a lot of joy.
(But if you want help getting back into the website, watch what you say about your moderator's alma mater. )
gmpullman Good Evening — How many lucky kids had one of these to play with? Dashboard_50s by Edmund, on Flickr Geez, I seem to remember seeing one, was it Kenner? Maybe one of my "better-off" friends had one. Or did I see one in the window of Halle's Department Store? Sure would be a fun toy! [I did a Google and found it was made by the "Deluxe Reading" Playmobile Co.]
Good Evening —
How many lucky kids had one of these to play with?
Dashboard_50s by Edmund, on Flickr
Geez, I seem to remember seeing one, was it Kenner? Maybe one of my "better-off" friends had one. Or did I see one in the window of Halle's Department Store?
Sure would be a fun toy! [I did a Google and found it was made by the "Deluxe Reading" Playmobile Co.]
GMPullman, wow, that's definitely from the days before airbags. Or Ralph Nader, I'm guessing. Lots of nice narrow metal edges ready to meet your forehead in a crash. (Yes, I know it's a toy; I'm talking about the car it's modeled after.)
NWP_SWP, wow, you dodged a bullet there, son.
Track Fiddler, yes, we all know what the phrase means, but let's keep the language clean, before Vinny has do demonstrate where the phrase came from.
Anyway, who's hungry for bagels and lox? I know I am.
Nice, rainy and chilly night. Great weather to do some fun modeling things...
Sorry to hear your M1 is giving you fits, Ken. So far I've been lucky with Broadway Limited gears. Had a pair of PRR I1s that had split axle gears and they sent me two replacements.
Uncle_Bob The Mrs and I lost our furry daughter about 10 days ago. We're still recovering from that.
I sure understand how you feel, Uncle Bob. Like many here we have had our share of heartache at the loss of a cherished pet.
Well, time for a sip of brandy and then head down stairs.
We wrap-up October this week! My how time flies —
Cheers, Ed
Eveing Diners
Sniff, Sniff, ah Flo you need to clean the litter box it stinks in here.
Good Day Bad Day.
Good Part With going back too work Monday I finally got my Wife to walk Sparkie! She kept saying she could not walking him! Finally with this being last day off it forced her to. She had no problems getting in or out of the house! I feel better about going back to work now. If we did not have Sparkie I would have been back to work 2 weeks ago.
Bad Part Got the PRR M1a button up, back on the RIP track or trash can. Ok, I knew there are 2 towel gears and I gambled it was the easy one to get to (I replaced onces all ready) and lost. What really has me steamed is I now have no headlight!
Not sure if I want to try to repair again. Might be the time to pull the trigger on a Heavy Pacific?
Have to get up early to take wife to therapy before work then see what kind of mess I am walking into.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Evening folks!
Here's the open house photos.
http://imgur.com/a/iLBJZNe
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
All these cat pictures are making me cat-atonic.........
Got a customer radio finished last night. a 1947 Firestone console.
Mr B that will be a big relief.
Went to Timonium today. It was as empty as a spring train show. Bought a Wow sound decoder for my Bachmann 4-4-0
Talked to a guy who makes limited runs of custom freight cars. He thinks his 1/4 million dollar worth of tooling is lost. The factory that shut down owes creditors more than a million dollars and the government isn't letting anything leave the factory until someone pays. He thinks some companies are going out of business because of it. A company he did not name has $10 million in tooling sitting in the factory.
Hopefully my divorce will be finalized this week and I can have access to MY money again so I can get a house. My girlfriend got an offer on her townhouse last week, so we could be moving pretty soon.
That means I can start putting my layout together again!
Goodmorning,
(To the cops, ohh, goodmorning to my upstairs neighbor, to the kids at 42, anyone who lent me a favor)
Sorry that's a song.
Well I'm heading to the club for the open house.
Good morning .........
Ed ... I like the NYC advertising. It was great before Am-Trash when the railroads operated their own passenger trains and promoted them to the public.
Dan ... That is a funny cat pun .
Uncle Bob ... Good to see you in the Diner again, but sad you lost your cat.
We rescued each of our three cats from a different state.
"The Trio" : ..... Sassy (all white from OH) .... Tabi (mostly gray from KY) .... Tori (dark brown with lighter brown mixed in )
Morning everyone!
Looks like there was a small cat-astrophy in here last night.
(Okay that's enough bad puns).
Man, I forgot how "set in our ways" people can get - the response over in electronics and DCC was definitely not what I expected.
Good Sunday Morning!
First Call by Edmund, on Flickr
An early Sunday dinner on board the Central...
Diner by Edmund, on Flickr
Enjoy the day!
Regards, Ed
Here's a story
I had a customer named Phil and he was a retired doctor Okay you get the rest Dr Phil
Phil always had me do stuff around his house remodeling projects whatever
Rastus was his cat
Rastus loved me and Phil knew it
Phil slept during the day Rastus kept me busy
God I loved that cat, because that cat loved me
Everything I did that cat was always there I swear to God that cat smiled at me more than once
Anyway I could tell you more stories about the time I was laying tile on the counter tops and Rastus came over and started playing scoochie scoochie with me
Let's just leave it at that I miss Dr Phil and I miss Rastus
Honestly I'm not a man of cats I'm a man of many dogs I said goodbye to each and every one of them through life
I do feel your pain
I haven't been around because I keep getting locked out of the website. I feel like saying, "Jeez, guys, was my enthusiasm for the cover story about Elmira THAT annoying?!?" (BTW, he built a really nice model railroad, but to be a nitpicker, some of the names were misspelled on the map - - Steele Memorial Library and Seeley Creek, for two). The article has me rethinking plans I had for a layout built around either Binghamton or Owego. I'm thinking maybe I should do the Erie line through the middle of Elmira, which would allow me to include trackage rights by PRR, LV, and (starting in 1958) DL&W. The Erie viaducts through town are easy thanks to Rix Products. The only problem (besides time and money) is that building the Erie depot could be hard because the kit that best enables you to kitbash the depot seems to be discontinued.
TF that last cat is MY CAT, Mr. Walter, or Walt for short. He's the same color black, with some rust brown on his back and sides, and grey on his belly, and yellow eyes. He's a little bigger though.
Me and Junior came up with it, Nate (the "cause" of the derailment) will hopefully be there tomorrow, that's what we do at the club, were always razzing each other.
Also it's what happens when I get bored and Junior has been working with the Testors glue...
JUST KIDDING!
And no I haven't gone to bed yet.