Afternoon.....
BroadwayLion Comme to North Dakota, It is 32 degrees and we have three inches of snsow.
Well, here in the Finger Lakes, last Tuesday it 89°F Today it is 50°F........ Could have the first frost Friday Night Hmmmmmm...... Followed by 70° weather a couple days later. Must be due to "Ill-educated Children" LOL! (Very surprised that that was allowed to stand here at the Forum back a week or so ago, and as a teacher I took offence!).
I am busy multitasking as usual to get ready for having about 16 former colleuages of mine here for a "faculty" meeting on Saturday. Looking forward to seeing them again.
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
We had a very warm September here with Temperatures in the mid 90’s F. It is still in the 90’s but will finally cool off this weekend.
In middle September , it was hot enough to bake our lasagna in the rural mailbox . ..
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning from a soggy 14c West Coast and that means train time after I burn off 1200 calories.
howmusMust be due to "Ill-educated Children" LOL! (Very surprised that that was allowed to stand here at the Forum back a week or so ago, and as a teacher I took offense!).
I am very impressed with the large numbers of kids that come through my house and their knowledge and education. Mostly how they view the world and the respect and care they have for each other, it was different when I was a kid. The next couple of generations have a big job ahead of them but like the two generations before me that had to go on a major war footing twice, they'll get'er done as soon as they get to lead. My kids left me behind when in grade three the school issued them their first laptop and started teaching them coding.
Jimmy, nice guitars. Is there a drummer in the diner? I see a band in the offing. We could call it Forumer.
Ed, I never understood the "three way" label either. I have fixed issues for people, mostly in new construction where a light or bathroom fan has stopped working. You tell them because it is new construction, it is likely a wire has come loose either at the light, switch or panel. I just tell them to check those three places. They are clueless and won't make the effort and these are people my age, you know the educated ones!
Well, time to hit the bike for my high, I am ten times more productive after a workout, I am down seven pounds since Sunday so I get to be a pig for a couple of days. I see a bottle of fine red in my future, that's about 900 calories.
May drop in later.
All the best to all.
909 did not come home yesterday. Her pilot was a big-time dog lover.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Hey guys from New York...
kilroy was here...
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Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
My father told me that a three way switch was called that because of the three positions: Both switches up, both switches down, and one switch up and one down.
Since then, I heard another theory that in the early days of wiring, there were always three wires running between the switches, so they were called three way.
Depending on where the hot wire enters the setup, the wiring can confound people who don't do this for a living.
York1 John
York1Depending on where the hot wire enters the setup, the wiring can confound people who don't do this for a living
Yep, it sure threw me for a loop when I first came across it. Reading two pages of my "Big Boys Book For Being A Home Handyman" and I became a know-it-all.
I love my kids. #1 son just deposited $410.00 into our bank account to pay his credit card bill for the month. We gave our kids credit cards when my daughter was 12 and my son was 14. They were going places like Toronto with the school for competitions as well as other places and we wanted them to always have access to money in case something came up unexpectedly and they needed to get a flight home or something. They also used it to buy things they needed for school or if they had to go to the dentist or something. Not once have they ever abused it and since my son started paying his own bills, he has never been late sending us the money for his own expenses he has put on the card. The only reason he is still using our card as he gets the best Airmiles deal as well as a host of other insurance and other benefits. He flys back and forth to Ottawa 4-6 times a year and it is almost all paid for with Airmiles.
Carry on.
Afternoon Diners
Prayers for the folks souls that lost there life in the B-17G crash. All so hate to hear of another Flying Fortress.
Flo, give the gang and I a and Dirk Pip a dog treat.
Ed thanks for noticing I have been MIA. There has been a couple of reasons.
1 Dirk Pip has been keeping me busy! He is a very demanding master? Some how that has gotten turned around? When I had to worked that day then having to walk him a quarter mile to get him to take a dump after work is madding. Then I have to love on him, then give him a Blue Buffalo Treat eats up my time after work. The walking part after work is a pain, but I have nether regreted getting him.
2 I don't feel like anyone is reading my post of late. Sure cannot blame them either! I all so skip alot of the main content of many post. Besides how many stupid Nancy and Jerry complanits can a reader stomach anyway?
Train Front Finally after a week got the layout up and running! Between Dirk Pip and a lot of stupid stuff that has happened on the layout it has sat for around 5 days. I have been enjoying it for a hour now.
Got to walk Dirk Pip for a dump, so later.
None smoking Ken.
I hate Rust
cudakenI don't feel like anyone is reading my post of late.
Hi Ken,
I'm still reading your posts!! I find them to be very entertaining. You are very open and honest.
I like hearing about Dirk Pip. (Our dog was exactly the opposite - he would only poop in our backyard).
You should write a book about your co-workers! It would probably be very funny (I know their antics are not fun for you). Every time you write about them it makes me feel so glad to be retired. I'll bet you can hardly wait.
Your knowledge of cars is great too.
Keep it up!!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
BATMAN York1 Depending on where the hot wire enters the setup, the wiring can confound people who don't do this for a living Yep, it sure threw me for a loop when I first came across it. Reading two pages of my "Big Boys Book For Being A Home Handyman" and I became a know-it-all.
York1 Depending on where the hot wire enters the setup, the wiring can confound people who don't do this for a living Yep, it sure threw me for a loop when I first came across it.
Reading two pages of my "Big Boys Book For Being A Home Handyman" and I became a know-it-all.
Just got back from the little electrical job. Didn't take too long to sort out. It was an intermittant "flicker" and it seemed like it was the upstairs switch causing the problem. Condo was built in 1998 and when I removed the cover from the switch about a half-cup of drywall dust came out. Seems like it took 21 years for the dust to migrate into the contacts and cause arcing.
Me, forever curious, will bust the switch apart later for a look-see
Add a double pole switch to the pair of SPDT three ways and you get a four way?
I don't care for those "push-in" quick wire types of devices, which this switch was. I used a good, back-wire, screw clamp type. I don't mind paying a little extra for the secure connection.
Cheers, Ed
cudaken2 I don't feel like anyone is reading my post of late. Sure cannot blame them either! I all so skip alot of the main content of many post. Besides how many stupid Nancy and Jerry complanits can a reader stomach anyway?
Ken, not true of me. I find your posts some of the most entertaining on this forum. Also, your job reports are funny. I did not work with someone like that, so I find your posts interesting.
I have missed your sense of humor the past several days.
We are dog-sitting a neighbor's dog. Daisy, our dog, is not real thrilled that we have someone else in the house. She is not openly hostile, but she looks forlorn whenever we pay attention to the interloper. Since our kids are no longer living here, our entire lives revolve around Daisy.
Ken yeah I read your posts. I don't know what anyone can say about Nancy and Jerry.
One of the biggest jerks I ever worked with, was actually quite smart and he could get to the root of the problem in just a few words. He would say "The world if full of holes" Well....maybe that's not quite what he said.
uh oh I hear Vinnie coming for me.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Ken, I enjoy reading your daily report so, please continue. Besides we can't afford to lose another dog guy as there are too many cat people in here.
Ed, I know what you mean about spending more for better quality, We remodeled two of our bathrooms which meant three new sinks. They came with plastic drainpipes and it didn't take long before one of them broke at the lever for the plug. The wife went to Home Depot and called saying the plastic ones were $6.00 and the copper ones were $30.00. I told her to bring three of the copper ones home and I changed all three of them out to avoid another flood.
Hey guys. Its a week old video , but tyis happened last night
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1191436251045811&id=100005383428403&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i
Progress has happened, the mainline, runaround and sidings are now laid down and took its first train.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Jimmy_BraumHey guys. Its a week old video , but tyis happened last night
Well, I was interested. But when I saw that I'd need to look at it via Facebook, I decided that I had better things to do.
Jimmy_BraumHey guys. Its a week old video , but tyis happened last night https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1191436251045811&id=100005383428403&sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=i
Facebook is a place where you find out your friends and relatives have amazing political opinions.
It is not hard to upload a youtube video.
For non facebookians, it is a loco running on a under construction layout that stops just in time before a boxcar.
Let's try try again. The YouTube app on my phone was not letting me upload, so fb was my last resort. Ad the description says, its the first train running in my yard under construction.
Lookin' good Jimmy!
Hey guys,
I'm in New York for my half sisters wedding, got here yesterday, I drove everything but 154 miles, so my share was 1,203 miles.
What incident here on the forum are you guys referring to?
Later!
NWP SWP Hey guys, I'm in New York for my half sisters wedding, got here yesterday, I drove everything but 154 miles, so my share was 1,203 miles. What incident here on the forum are you guys referring to? Later!
Steven, no one has officially explained it as far as I know, but this forum site was offline the entire weekend. I think it went off sometime Friday evening, and didn't come back online until Monday morning.
A coincidence -- we're dogsitting for our neighbors who are in New York City for their son's wedding.
Good Morning!
The sunny days are over and we are back to our normal weather at this time of the year, which means temperatures around 40F, lots of wind and quite wet.
Ken - I read every single one of your posts and while I might not responding, I´d miss them if you don´t post. Seeing you posts is just like meeting an old acquaintance, with whom you don´t need words to communicate.
Steven - Kilroy was a phenomenom during my youth, something like the early form of the urban spray can artists to express their urge to mess up the city. You coud see Kilroy wherever you´d cast your eyes. I hope he is not back again!
Today´s video of New Zealand trains features "Steam in the Manawatu Gorge". Enjoy!
A rather quirky feature is (or was?) the "Middlemarch Love Train". Middlemarch is a hamlet of sheep, cattle and lonely farmers. The train, established in 2001, leaves the southern city of Dunedin for a party to introduce the bachelorettes to rural bachelors. Social change during the past 50 years has seen more New Zealand women migrate to cities for education and careers, and men now account for 80 percent of the population in some remote areas.
See this video about this unique train, narration in German with English subtitles.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good morning, everyone. I'll have eggs, bacon, sausage, and black coffee, please.
We are cool, 54°, cloudy, with rain likely this morning. Rain at this time of year slows down the harvest, but very few people ever complain about rain.
We continue to dogsit the neighbor's dog. A visiting dog sure changes life's daily routines.
The CN Illinois Central is building a new bridge near New Orleans. The Bonnet Carre Spillway is a flood control structure that diverts the Mississippi River, upriver from New Orleans, into Lake Ponchartrain. The new 11,000 foot concrete bridge replaces a wooden trestle. A friend sent a picture taken from I-10:
Have a good day, everyone.
Good morning ...
Ken (and others) .... I read your posts and thanks for sharing. I don't always comment on them however. ......
Ken .... How did you think of that name for the new dog?
Ulrich .... Thanks for the videos
The LION always reads your posts. Him not respond too often.
I bought a mattress a few years ago... I think I voided the waranty. : )
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Tinplate ToddlerKilroy was a phenomenom during my youth.......... I hope he is not back again!
Hello, fellows, I'm baaaaccck
Very few people actually know how that Kilroy craze was started. The origin of "Kilroy was here" goes back to the days of WWII. At one of the country's most prolific shipyards in Quincy worked James J. Kilroy — a rivet inspector who, like everyone in his trade, was paid by the number of rivets he checked and recorded his day's work on the machinery itself with a chalk mark. To avoid having his marks erased and moved by unscrupulous workers continuing his line of rivets, Kilroy began inscribing "Kilroy Was Here" on the machinery, historians say.
James Kilroy must be over 100 years of age now, but he sure is a well travelled man!
I have a pair of old Tyco hoppers with the Kilroy image on the side as part of the original paint job. It's the only graffiti on my rolling stock.
Our older cat poops in her box, as she should, but then avoids the box until it's cleaned out, so I keep watch and clean the box based on that cue. Fortunately, it's only a once a day thing.
Ken, I too enjoy your posts. Keep 'em coming. I too have had idiot co-workers that made my job harder, demanding pets, lawn chores and the like.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Does anyone know how to change the place you're from below your avatar picture?
Also, if you accidentally hit the Subscribe button for a thread, how do you unsubscribe?
MisterBeasleyDoes anyone know how to change the place you're from below your avatar picture?
Click on "Manage Profile" - you will find a box named "About" and in there, a box with "Location". Enter your new location and click on "Save Profile"
Was this Lion on the way home from New York?
MisterBeasley. . .Also, if you accidentally hit the Subscribe button for a thread, how do you unsubscribe?
It seems to me there is a link in the subscribed email, but I could be wrong. It has been a while since I last accidentally subscribe to topic, and I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast let alone what I did a couple of months ago.
Richard