Good evening diners.
Zoe - A nice cup of hot cocoa please. Thanks.
Ulrich - I hope you are ok.
Little Timmy - My condolences as well.
Ken - $1200 on gutters does seem a bit steep, unless you have one big house.
Weather - Went from -20, to 60, now back down to 20. All in 10 days. Yikes.
W*^k - Found a j*b much closer to home (commute 35 minutes one way now, new will be 5 minutes.) that I will be starting on the 20th. I will be losing the commission checks, but will not be losing anything hourly, and will be getting a full 40 hours a week. I will be going from selling appliances and tractors (snowblowers right now) with a side of printing, to delivering auto parts with a side of ringing gasoline purchases.
However, the current boss'es are not exactly the happiest. (Not really angry, just not exactly thrilled.)
At my printing j*b, the other girl also coincidentally turned in her two-weeks notice the same day I did, (we did not know eachother was doing it until after.) so now that department will be way short handed. (Only department lead left.)
My other j*b I act as assistant manager, running the place when the boss is off. There are 3 other guys there, but none of them are "in charge" guys. (One is a lot like Jerry that Ken has to put up with!) So, the boss will be having to w*^k more hours for a while.
But, I had to do what was right for me, and in this case, getting the same hourly rate, but 30 minutes (one way) closer was it.
Trains - I'm currently assembling another rail car kit (an old Walthers coil car kit) as well as making a rail tie load for a gon.
On the tie load, I will have a false floor (balsa) with the ties (close to scale sized [read "just a bit bigger than true scale"] real wood) glued to the false floor. (Removable load, as the false floor is narrow, allowing the load to be tipped and pulled out.)
Would you all stain the ties before assembly, or after gluing the load together?
I will be using a dark walnut/ebony wood stain mixture, for that "new tie" look.
I almost think that assembled would be easier, as I could then brush it on, but am concearned there may be issues with "glue spots" where the stain will not penetrate.
(I tried homemade dye on a few loose ones, made from rubbing alcohol and dark brown acrylic paint, but that didn't color enough.)
If the stain is not such a good idea, I could brush paint the load with thinned acrylic's for a better look.
I think I will be trying some more tests (color wise) tomorrow while checking out the new NASCAR schemes during Qualifying and the exhibition "Clash at Daytona" race.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
EDIT - Looks like drinks and eats are on me, so everyone dig in!
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 ....
Little Timmy .... Very sad to hear about your mother. Prayers and condolences to you and your family.
CN Charlie .... Prayers continue for your friend.
Ulrich .... I'm very concerned about you. Prayers for you.
Ricky .... You have a lot of news. Best wishes as you start a new job.
Ken ... I hope all goes well with repairs of your fascia and gutters.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
ricktrains4824Would you all stain the ties before assembly, or after gluing the load together?
ricktrains4824I almost think that assembled would be easier, as I could then brush it on, but am concearned there may be issues with "glue spots" where the stain will not penetrate.
I was going to say , stain first, then glue. that way you avoid "spot's " where the stain won't get through the glue.
But, you had the answer already.
ricktrains4824Little Timmy - My condolences as well.
Thank you. I really didn't want to post my problem's on the forum, but several people ( on several forum's ) were worried about me. Since I dont have everybody's E-mail address's, I just went ahead and "threw" it out there.
It was just easyer to let everybody know with one post, than with having to send out multiple PM's , or E-mail's.
( I type with 2 finger's , so it would have taken day's to respond to everybody...)
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Little Timmy, my condolances to you and your family for your loss
Little Timmy( I type with 2 finger's , so it would have taken day's to respond to everybody...)
No need to reply.
Kindest regards, Craig the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
ricktrains4824Would you all stain the ties before assembly, or after gluing the load together? I will be using a dark walnut/ebony wood stain mixture, for that "new tie" look. I almost think that assembled would be easier, as I could then brush it on, but am concearned there may be issues with "glue spots" where the stain will not penetrate. (I tried homemade dye on a few loose ones, made from rubbing alcohol and dark brown acrylic paint, but that didn't color enough.) If the stain is not such a good idea, I could brush paint the load with thinned acrylic's for a better look.
New ties are pretty dark. The natural colour of the wood doesn't show at all. I would assemble them first and then paint them with a very dark brown paint (Testors 'Rubber' comes to mind) and then dry brush them with pure black.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Little Timmy,
Condolences to you and your family for your loss---herrinchoker
Little Timmy, condolances on your mom. I should have stopped my mom from driving earlier than I did. Somebody finally convinced Prince Phillip to give up driving.
Charlie, prayers for your sis's husband.
Ulrich, we are assuming the hospital has kept you for a few days.
Bear here us the promised grab rail work. Still in need of paint, some touch up and the roof, so I can install ladders and more grab rails.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Afternoon,
Little Timmy, sorry to hear about your Mum.
My mother gave up driving when she was 85 and she probably should have done so earlier. She was very hard of hearing and didn't seem to make the necessary adjustments for that fact. Also she tended to drive a little too agressively at times, certainly not the slow, little old lady.
We or perhaps just myself will likely be going down to Fargo in the next few days to be with 'Sis'. She doesn't have anyone with her and I think is having a tough time. However the weather doesn't look like it will co-operate until Wednesday. If my wife comes too we will have to take Robbie and I just don't like travelling with him when it is so cold from the perspective of what do we do if the car gets stuck, quits, etc. Bad enough with just us but a dog really complcates things. My wife doesn't want me to go by myself. I don't mind but she wasn't very happy all the times I left her alone when I was working and did a lot of travelling.
I am also dealing with another problem but will perhaps tell you later.
Hope your day is going well,
CN Charlie
IT IS SO HOT!
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We touched 90 degrees today! Summer is here.
The ice cream man just came by, and he is doing a great business.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Little TimmyThree day's later, she was driving her company car and pulled out in front of a Semi. The semi, was doing 65 MPH. She was killed instantly. Her funeral was on , what would have been, her 70th Birthday Jan 17.
LION feels your pain. My parents kept driving well into their 80s. We finly got the doctor to tell them no more dirving. Mom saays to him "Will you make house calls?" to which the doctor replied "For you, yes, absolutely." Mom and Dad were among his first clients when he opened his practice.
But we could not let them stay at home. Mom was beginning to serve undercooked food, and stuff like that. We got them into assisted living.
BUT *I* AM 70... I still drive and am as good as ever at it. I expect to be able to drive well into my 80s.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
No Ice Cream Man here!
March 1980, Donner Pass. The San Francisco Zephyr with an SP helper. Three bloody noses!
San Francisco Zephyr_Donner by Edmund, on Flickr
Quite a few folks struggling with some burdensome issues here. I hope everything settles down for you good people and you find some peace in your lives.
You are in my thoughts,
Regards, Ed
Good Evening, Crew!
Little Timmy, I'm sorry to read about your mom and that tragic accident. Keep in mind that we're all with you during this really hard time in your life.
I started putting broken detail parts back on my rolling stock and began with two Erie cabooses, one wood and one steel. I finally ran out of CA glue and was working with two-part epoxy. The epoxy isn't really a good substitute for me because it forms a little blob on the end of the straight pin that I use for application. That was a bit messy, but nothing that I'd consider a big mistake. I much prefer using CA with the spray accelerator when I'm working with small parts that need to be positioned and held in place with tweezers. There's a hobby shop here in town and I'll stop by there during the week. It's mostly a plane/car/war game/supplies type of place, but I'm sure it will be a good source for wood, styrene, glue, wire, etc.
Ya know, it's interesting to see my earlier rolling stock builds and look at the finer details. My modeling standards have changed and now I expect more out of what I do. When I saw a poor coupler choice and installation on the wood caboose, I couldn't help but to ask myself, "What was I thinking?"
Have a great night, everyone!
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and a please.
Tim Sorry to hear about the untimely passing of your mother. When it is my time to go I rather pass the way she did than lying in a hospital bed just waiting for the time. Hope you did not take any offense by that comment.
Any one here ever get a Home Equity Loan? Was it a pain or fairly easy? I guessing I need around $25,000.00 for all of the repairs some that I have not talked about. The $25000.00 loan would all so pay off a loan I have that payments are $71.00 a month and should beable to get cheaper Insirances for the house by $41.58 a month.
Had Freezing rain today, I never left the property. Even the grass was slick!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
cudakenAny one here ever get a Home Equity Loan?
We had a revolving line of home equity credit for a while after Hurricane Charley to make sure we could get everything fixed. At the time (2008) I was flush with income and the economy was strong, so the loan was easy.
We paid off the house about 8 months ago. Then I got another primary mortgage, again just to be sure that we can finish the remodel, and this was a huge pain. The interest rate is very low, but we had to basically buy the house from ourselves and the process took forever and was cumbersome.
I think getting a line of equity credit would have been easier, but more expensive.
Good Evening All
Timmy - I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. Just a lot bad going on here in the diner just now. I am going Friday for the services for one of my competitors. He died last Monday at 45 - heart attack. A real shocker.
My mom stopped driving around age 60 when she flunked an eye test and the physician contacted the Mounties who cancelled her license. My MIL we stopped around 75 because she wasn't competent enough behind the wheel and had had a couple of minor incidents. On the other hand I am 70 and still driving a racing car and some of my customers raced up into their 80s. Not as quickly as they had done but respectably none the less.
Ken we've had a couple of home equity loans over time here. The only thing to keep in mind is the balloon payment required at the end of the loan term.
Hope we hear from Ulrich soon and he's ok. Chow, J.R.
Double post...
Plese refer to the post below .
cudakenTim Sorry to hear about the untimely passing of your mother. When it is my time to go I rather pass the way she did than lying in a hospital bed just waiting for the time. Hope you did not take any offense by that comment.
No offense taken at all. My Sister talked with the responding Officer, and he said " Your Mother probably never knew what hit her". So, in a way, I'm glad she didnt suffer.
She should have taken the hint with the first accident, and turned over her key's. I often found myself "Hitting the passenger side brake's " , when I rode with her.
I havent seen my mother , in over 10 year's ( we live 2000 mile's apart) but I had just talked to her the week before all this. And I have come to this realazation.....
Tell your loved one's you love them, every chance you get ! There are so many thing's out there that can happen, that it may be your last chance to tell them.
cudakenWhen it is my time to go I rather pass the way she did than lying in a hospital bed just waiting for the time.
P.S. I plan on being a "Pain in the behind" old man in a nursing home......
Wonder how hard it will be chasing nurse's.... when I'm using a walker ....
Hey guys,
Yesterday I went to Hammond to go to pulla part with my buddy Jr. I was looking for a GT40 intake off an Explorer but the only one at the lot had its intake pulled already, I would've gone to another yard but they all were closed, so we just hung out and went to the Crescent City Model RR Club.
All I got from the JY was the fresh air intake duct off a Inline 6 F-150.
So I went from this,
To this,
much better location for drawing 8n cool air!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Custom crafting engineering structures and I saw a M on it. Must be MicroTrains
TF
Good Morning All,
Just a regular this morning please. Steven, that looks better. The only caution is if you encounter high water, those intakes tend to fill the engine with water and stop the motor. No high speed through the deep stuff even if it is great fun. We had a big puddle that formed in front of our old shop and when a Mustang GT attemped to plow through the water it stopped dead for just that reason. We went to help and ultimately had to pull the spark plugs to get the motor to turn over at all. It still wouldn't restart - probably jumped the cam drive. Sort of like the result of those famous last words "Hey watch this". Chow, J.R.
Good morning ....
Henry.... The caboose grab orons look great.
Ed .... The 1980 Amtrak train photo is a good one.
We plan to make another trip to Nashville today to see my ailing mother in law.
You won't believe this. .... My wife's sister and her husband (our brother in law) are helping with my mother-in-law becaue they live near her. They are taking care of her house and other stuff. As part of that, BIL was driving MIL's car yesterday morning. He left the car running while he went in a convenience store at the gas station where he had just filled the car with gasoline. ... Then, MIL's car was stolen. .... Dumb to leave the car running.... He came out and saw two guys in a car parked next to where MIL's car had been parked. He asked if they saw what happended... Of course, they denied seeing anything suspicious because they were part of the theft as recorded with security cameras. The car they were in was also stolen car. .... Unbelievable.
Glad you like the photo, Garry
Heartland Division CB&QDumb to leave the car running....
Sure is! Around here that sometimes happens with a child or two in the back seat!
One of the tin-knockers I used to w**k with left his truck running while he was putting air in one of the tires. Right in front of his face the wheel started turning.
Sure 'nuff. Somebody jumped in and drove off with his truck and probably 2-3 thousand worth of sheet metal tools while he stood there with the hose in his hand.
Bold moves! I never leave the vehicle unless the keys are in my pocket. Still, there's those car-jackings, too.
Sometimes you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Quiet day here.
I hope everyone is doing well — Regards, Ed
Cars have become so hard to steal that around here the local Sheriff reports that over 75% of car thefts are because the thief has the key.
The cars are sometimes left running, stolen after a purse-snatching, or the house is broken into to get the car keys.
Just checking in, still somwhat under the weather. All this rain does not help. we have 2 out sick at work today.
Little Timmy, you have our sympathies on your loss.
I worry about my father-in-law's driving sometimes. I won't say how old he is, because he's probably younger than most here.
Ulrich, get well soon.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steven OtteI worry about my father-in-law's driving sometimes. I won't say how old he is, because he's probably younger than most here.
When the time comes to stop driving, that time comes. Abbot Brian (before he passed away) was having trouble with tremors in his hand linked to a brain tumor. Doctor told him mo more driving. I was there with him at the time, so he just looked at me and shrugged. I or someone else drove him to all of his appointments after this. He was fine with that.
Good afternoon from the always balmy West Coast. It is -2c and snowing. We had 60cm (two feet) yesterday and are expecting another 30cm overnight. My Daffodils are out of the ground by 6" and are now buried.
We haven't had more than a dusting of snow in years, this is a rare sight. It's what I get for all the gloating I have been doing.
I am sure sorry to hear about your Mom Timmy, I think Moms are the tough one to lose for most of us. My MIL should not be driving at all, she is 82 and her cognitive abilities are way down. Apart from my wife, her family is somewhat dysfunctional and tend to ignore issues that need to be dealt with.
Ricky, congrats on a shorter commute, the $ you will be saving on that will feel like a big raise.
Ken, do they have such a thing as a "homeowners line of credit" in the U.S. That is the cheapest way to borrow money up here in Canada. Usually, it is a preset amount at the same rate as a mortgage. I have only used it twice in my life but they just gave it to us without us asking for it. Most people I know that own homes have it.
I am hoping Ulrich is just having another stay in Hospital, he has had lengthy ones before and then one day popped back into the diner. It is too bad we don't know what hospital he is at so we could phone and possibly get a report.
My wife has just informed me I had better clean off the roof of the dog run. With another 30cm coming it could be put to the test. I don't feel like rebuilding it.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
'evenin' Folks
One for the LION:
Brooklyn_Bridge-Subway by Edmund, on Flickr
A little 1910 Photoshop magic here. Mind the gap and MIND that third rail!
Have a pleasant evening, Folks.
My best to you all... Ed
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Thanks for all of the advices about need home repair loan. I will also speak wilh some friends about it.
Rick Glad you got a closer job!
Howdy fellas,
Timmy I forgot to say, my sincere condolences to you and your family.
Well I've got another problem with my truck, when I was driving home 3rd gear stopped working, the engine would just free rev, so I started bumpshifting between 2nd and OD to stay out of 3rd, when I got to a light and went to start off again 1st and 2nd would only work if I shifted down and bumpshift up from there so no gears in the "D" setting work. I checked the ATF fluid level and it had fluid I even added a quart but no good.
So I'm once again carless.