BigDaddyI vote for a dark blue blazer, and gray or black pants
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Classic look and appropriate... two votes.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I vote for a dark blue blazer, and gray or black pants. I think I only owned one suit in my entire life, and daddy owned a clothing store.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
The suit is by no means cheap, it was a very nice material, I need a suit for prom, a friend's wedding, and my sisters wedding, the prom I'm going to is actually a homeschoolers prom, so yeah, ya only live once!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
BigDaddyGetting towed there is like a Harley rider getting his bike shipped to Sturgis, while he takes the plane.
That is what every Harley rider I know does. They do ride to Bike Week in Daytona.
gmpullmanI hope everyone is doing well this weekend. It is cold, rainy and snowy here in NE Ohio area. I've been spending time with my model railroad hobby
I am doing fine, thanks.
NWP SWP found a perfect suit at Jos. A. Bank, on sale for under 300, trouble is the sale ends tomorrow
That is way too much money to spend on a cheap suit. You situation does not justify this kind of expense, especially since you are going to your prom solo. $300.00 is way too much to spend on a second rate suit that you will only wear a couple of times.
I have two good suits, then I have usually around 4-8 rotational suits of the Jos Banks/Mens Wearhouse variety. Paying more that $200.00 for an off-prime suit is not necessary. Shop around. Everything is always on sale in those stores.
Why are you going to prom the year after you graduated? Seriously, you are a working man with bills now, high school is over. I think it would be more appropriate just to go to an adult singles dance or hipster-speed-dating. Your chances will be much better at one of these places. The women are there to meet adult men, not hang with kids and remember the last four years.
Prom is a ceremony about becoming an adult and saying goodbye. How many people will you know there anyway? Weren't you home schooled? Are you trying to make up for all the social experiences you missed in a traditional high school in one night? That won't work.
Will the memory wall mean anything to you? Do you care who is king & queen? When the faculty addresses the crowd will you share any of the memories?
I don't understand.
Hey guys,
Yes Ed I considered layaway, they didn't have it though so I asked them to hold the suit till next week, hopefully they'll have another sale.
I'm guessing beer isn't like whiskey, wine and such and doesn't get better with age right?
Didn't Budweiser do a prohibition recipe a while back?
Anyways, I'm at church now, when I get home I'm going to try to make some more progress on that coal gon, I won't be able to mount the trucks till Tuesday I've gotta get some longer screws, it appears they'll clear everything with a small shim, the top of the side frames usually hit on the underframe of the car, a shim prevents this and the truck sits level (the truck will sit angled if its hitting).
Well I'll be back later!
Mish Mosh is what my grandfather called this breakfast: bacon, soft boiled egg and cottage cheese.
Installed wipers on non conductive side of the turntable. It was originally designed to transfer track power through the bearings that were used for bogie wheels. For reasons unknown, the bearing did not conduct to the axle.
Did some more weathering, installed it and nothing. Checked the the output, (using just a dc controller because there was no connection to anything else.) Eventurally found one of the wires to the pit rail had broken. Soldered a new one without causing major damage and it works.
Happy St Patricks Day. There is a real Guinness Brewery in Baltimore and they were on the boob tube this morning advertising their party day today. They will be offering some specially brewed beers featuring their oldest recipies ....dating back to the 1960's ????? I have clothes older than that.
NWP SWP...trouble is the sale ends tomorrow and I don't get paid till the end of the week.
Ask them if they will make a lay-away for you. Any respectable sales person would probably allow that and, in most cases, there is no extra fee, and no nasty interest.
Years ago it was a popular option and most stores honored it. Can't hurt to call and ask.
Good Luck, Ed
Thanks for the words of wisdom and advice guys.
Brother Lion, I needed a smartphone that would be reliable and something I can use for a few years before replacing, my phone is also my computer, I use it for just about everything I can and use the computer at work if I cant do it on my phone.
I'm sending in an application to the Mariott in Baton Rouge, they're hiring part time front desk, finally got all the paperwork from HR at the Y, I filled it out and returned it the same day I got it from them, I'll be a front desk attendant, which is a nice job.
Went suit shopping again, found a perfect suit at Jos. A. Bank, on sale for under 300, trouble is the sale ends tomorrow and I don't get paid till the end of the week.
Finally got after that big coal gon I kitbashed, heres what I'm doing,
I took the entire underframe off the gon, I then spliced a 89 foot TOFC flat down to 76 foot, I'm going to file an angle onto the bottom ends of the vertical braces like the original underframes had and then glue it onto the TOFC flat, hopefully that'll give it the beefy look I was aiming for and itll run the layout alright.
Tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day, my Irish heritage is being a 5th generation descedent of Irish immigrants that arrived in this country some time around 1920.
Well off to bed, night all!
Good Evening All,
Waiting for the internet to come back on as we just lost power. I will go ahead and finish this as the whole thing reloads (may take 5 minues). I was watching the end of the Sebring 12 hours which goes to 11pm so I'm not stressing. No trains today as I had chores to do so I can host the VSCCA board meeting tomorrow at the shop.
Ken, thanks, I'll have another Pinot Noir. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger on taxes. All the changes moved everything around and lots of people are not finding what they expected when filing.
Feed is back up, Catch y'all later. J.R.
Afternoon Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please and JR a good glass of red wine. Plus leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
Been MIA for a few days. Thursday the little blue wheel went around and a round. Friday after I paid bills and checked due dates and CC balances I just did not feel like posting.
Steven As you know you now have a credit score. I am sure you have heard of Credit Karma. Here is a link if by chances you have not.
https://www.creditkarma.com/
While the information sometimes lag a few months it will give you a idea where you stand credit wise. 35% of your credit score is your payment history. I am proud to say mine is 100%. Keep credit utlizaion below 30% of your avaiable credit. That is another 35% of your credit score. I am proud of my daughter, she has only used 3% of her credit limt off $85000.00. At age 16 I gave her own American Express card. My self, well stuff happens (thanks mainly becuse of my wife) and I am at 60.03%.
Yes I track it daily. I used a excel sheet on all my ceditors balances, spent daily, paid daily, checking account balance and intrest charges.
Income taxes are done. First time in my life I owe the Fed's. It was sort of my wife's Market Places Health insurances fault. When we estimated my income in 2017 for the coming 2018 year I failed to include my SS I would recevive after March 2018. Luckily I have been having a extra $23.00 weekly with held so I only owe around $200.00 to the Feds.
And here I was hopping to pay off a small balances of a high intrest loan with the refund.
Trains are running well.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good day, Folks!
How about our weekly Fox Movietone Newsreel? In 1927 the Hudsons were brand new! Watch the engineer ham it up at 6:40!
I hope everyone is doing well this weekend. It is cold, rainy and snowy here in NE Ohio area. I've been spending time with my model railroad hobby, of course
Best wishes to all,
Regards, Ed
The trip to PA could be a money maker if it were a rail fan trip and the fuel and water issues could be solved. Getting towed there is like a Harley rider getting his bike shipped to Sturgis, while he takes the plane.
I did not get any of the Kalmbach spam. When I first joined I got Sky and Telescope emails and there was no way to unsubscribe because I was a non subscriber. It took a phone call or email and I unsubscribed from everything. Life must be good if your biggest issue requires you to start threads compaining about spam.
I think NS and CSX own all the trackage except for some of the northeast corridor. Bet NS won't have any issue moving one of their heritage units. If no Amtrak equipment is involved, they shouldn't have any complaint. I do know it took a literal act of congress to get our two 44 tonners moved from Groton to Danbury. Once our congressperson got involved, all the no's turned to yes. J.R.
BigDaddy Uncle_Bob I just booked tickets for the N&W 611 excursion in Strasburg. Interesting, are they going to tow it to PA? An article in the Roanoke Times mentioned the Amtrak ban on private excursions.
Uncle_Bob I just booked tickets for the N&W 611 excursion in Strasburg.
Interesting, are they going to tow it to PA? An article in the Roanoke Times mentioned the Amtrak ban on private excursions.
I received mine. I didn't really give it any thought, I just hit the unsubscribe button.
I will have a small pile of bananas if you will please..... I think I might be short on potassium or something.
TF
Yep, I gottem too, no biggy. Looks like Tom was busy this am stomping out fires!
If he stops in, set'em up with whatever he wants on me!
Back finially subsiding, maybe I'll make down to the lay out yet. Sunny day here in SE WI, getting back into a good mood! I'm not cranky by nature, ya know. You believe me right? Don't ya?
Mike.
My You Tube
Good afternoon, everyone!
Yeah, I got Kalmbach emails last night, too. I'll just chalk it up to some bug.
It sure beats the robo-calls I get from CVS. And, if I don't answer, I get a voice mail that says "CVS Pharmacy.". That's it. No info.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
bowl of cornflakes here.
Not much going on, much better weather than the other day.
I was in the Transportation Museum in North Carolina last year when 611 was getting shopped. That was amazing.
Yay! I just booked tickets for the N&W 611 excursion in Strasburg. I Would be liked to do the hostler tour, but getting me out of bed at 4 AM is problematic, at best. The photo shoots were interesting, too, but the money tree isn't that full, plus I'm not a professional photographer. Too bad none of the PRR engines at the Railroad Museum of Pennsyltucky are operational, but oh well.
BigDaddyPop quiz, what do you notice about the lower tracks?
The lower tracks belong to the Baltamore Trolley Museum, there are wires there, and one of the cars is resting on their sub-station. And yes, Baltomore traction is/was wide gague.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Better: Get a good job that comes with a company provided cell phone, then you never have a cell phone bill.
TOP OF THE PAGE AGAIN! Too early for drinks.
I am going to have a bowl of oats for breakfast, not anything to talk about, but feel free to join me.
Good Morning All,
A regular and some scrambled with bacon please Chloe.
Either the forum or my 'puter is acting up this morning. We shall see
Got my booster and second AR planted in the control drawer last night. Still haven't run the bus and drops for the service yard but we'll get there. Funny how the time flies on the layout. What I thought would be a half hour turned into four but I got it sorted. Also need to find out what I did with my 1" standoffs for the second AR board. Maybe I need to do a tidy up after all.
Steven, good advice you're getting. Bottom line is you need to understand what the people who hold the paper on your phone consider an on time payment. We get customers who pay by check and then have to wait a week or more to access the payment as the bank won't release it to us. I guess you have to reread all the fine print in that contract. Hopefully the new job will mean more steady cash flow and you can better plan things. Good luck at the prom. You never know.
Doing more trailer stuff today as it is already in the 40's and the rains have held off this morning. Catch y'all later, J.R.
I remember the beginning of this Saga way back when.... You were in the planning of getting this super fancy phone Steven. More than one person told you to reconsider going into debt over something you don't need..... I was one of those people
Don't get me wrong buddy. We've all been down your road before. One day you'll learn the more important things to put your money down on, through life's journey. It's no fun getting strangled to death by the powers-that-be.
I'm hopeful you'll get it sooner than later, before things get too far out of hand. I've been down that road before too
Be good Steven. TF
Dave, thanks for the advice, I know that the first two fees are on me, I made an agreement with the company to pay said fees on a set date, even though I paid the fees on the agreed date they added another fee on top of the other two, that's where the problem is.
So again I was late on two payments, got two late fees, was told to pay the fees by a certain date which I did, they then added another fee into the account even though I paid the first two fees in full before the date they set, so I messed up twice AND paid for said mess up.
I now know to pay the bill with the first paycheck of the month, by the 14th.
Anyways, my condolences to those affected by the horrible attack in NZ.
NWP SWPThe problem isn't that I cannot afford the payment the problem was I didn't know the due date and paid late. Just to clarify this isn't my phone contract I use a prepaid plan for that this is the loan for the device itself. My problem isn't with the first two fees, I paid late and so I got a fee but when I paid the fees on the date they told be to they added another late fee theres the problem.
Hi Steven,
With respect, I don't think you are getting the picture. The problem is not that 'they' added another late fee when they shouldn't have. That is a totally minor issue.
It sounds to me like you don't think you have done anything wrong when you say "I didn't know when the payments were due...". That is not correct. It says to the people who make the decisions on who gets credit that 'this guy can't keep track of his payments'. That means that they will likely have to chase you down in the future and that costs them money. What is worse is that you say you had the money to pay the bills on time.
I'm sorry to say it, but I think you are being a bit naive about this. I suggest you go to your bank, sit down with a loan officer and ask them to explain how to get a good credit rating. If you won't take our word that you are on the verge of potentially messing up your future, maybe you will believe them.
I'm not trying to be nasty Steven. I'm trying to help. This stuff should be taught in school.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi Bear,
Sad news. My condolences to you and your countrymen.
We Canadians tend to be naive about these things only happening in other countries too. Unfortunately that's just not true.
Take care,
Good evening all.
First, condolences to those affected in CC.
Also, belated condolences to those I failed to mention it too the past sevral days. (I've been buzzing by on the express track too much!)
Zoe - A RBF please. Thanks.
Trainshow - Anyone going to the Kirkland Ohio show this weekend? I will be there tomorrow in a blue NS hoodie and a ball cap. (NS as well possibly? Or some other rail related one.) I will not be there Sunday as I have a prior engagement that day.
W*^k - The new job is going good. He is trying to get me more used to the way the store runs, but most of my time has been in the delivery vehicle(s) running stuff around. I have picked up on a few things, but not where I expect to be yet. (Deliveries are going well though.)
Weather - Cooler today with some rain and wind. Big change after hitting 75F yesterday!
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.
Sorry Bear, I should have extended my sympathies and prayers on my previous post. The world is full of nut cases. It's easy to say we have less respect for life, these days, but when you think of just about every war I know of, life has had little value.
Yes there is a "commuter" rail line below the train wreck. One of the cars fell on the power house that supplies the car barn. That little white square is the roof.
An employee gave an explanation of how power is converted, that I didn't understand. He also said that they used to stop short of the overpass, because "things fell off trains" Where one of the cars landed is where they stopped, so they are going to rethink that.
In the car barn, the second car from the right is a PCC, I think, there was a better view earlier.
The "commuter track" is Baltimore streetcar gauge: 5' - 4.5"