How has this virus affected me?
Other than that, not much has changed - e.g NOT watching the news (if you want to call it that) or TV. Both are a waste of time.
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
rrinkerThe only problem with Star Trek - there seem to be no trains in the 24th century.
I might be remembering it wrong, but I thought they rode a train in San Francisco in Star Trek 5, or maybe the end of Star Trek 4.
There are very few scenes on Earth in Star Trek.
Anyway, I think the best Sci-Fi train was the one in Solo.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Another day, another positive case in the township. Now up to 5.
It looks like the non-sound DC guys and the in-general sound haters will now have something else about the virus that they can complain about. The headline in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning was:
"AREA BRACES FOR A TSUNAMI"
I luckily am not in the city where most all of it is. If they actually had halfway decent internet, we could all go visit my GF's parents, there is only 1 case in all of Venago country. Or go camping up in Sullivan, none there.
But I need internet to work, so all of it is out. I'll just sit tight here and work on my layout and watch Star Trek. And stay out of the city (Reading). I have little desire to ever go there anyway, really just for concerts and those have all been postponed until November.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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SeeYou190 I might be remembering it wrong, but I thought they rode a train in San Francisco in Star Trek 5, or maybe the end of Star Trek 4. -Kevin
If you’re a StarTrek fan, maybe you can get Kirk and Scott to help get rid of the multiplying virus. They should have experience because they managed to get rid of all the Tribbles.
AttuvianI think that was the one about the whales, Kevin. They were on the bus.
I was thinking of a different scene when they were commuting to Starfleet Headquarters.
AttuvianA punker and his boom box got shut down. Priceless!
Hey, I used to be that punker, not cool. Punker-abuse is a sensitive subject and a serious social problem.
maxmanIf you’re a StarTrek fan, maybe you can get Kirk and Scott to help get rid of the multiplying virus. They should have experience because they managed to get rid of all the Tribbles.
Just tell McCoy we need the cure in twenty minutes. He'll say he can't do it, but he will do it.
Due to being stuck indoors and told not to do any decorating or jobs round the house - by her indoors (can you believe that?) I've had a good weekend working on my MRR
I got the first section of the Baseboards penninsular built, that forms Carroll Avenue Yard (Michigan City) This allowed me to set-out more Turnouts and start positioning the Diamonds & T/O's around CA Station. This immediately prompted a bit of redesigning and re-instating the connection from the Loco-shed to the Yard - as per prototype. The Atlas C83 #536 24" Radius Curves I obtained have been very useful for helping set things out.
Also had more time to watch MRVP. I like Beer and the Line and the Cassette-Wood Box Storage method that David Popp used makes me think I can solve my lack of Storage / Fiddle Yard facilities.
Fed up of my excercise bike, running on the spot or Jumping-Jacks (Side-Straddle Hop) in the back garden, especially when a Train goes by and the few passengers get a laugh. Paul
"It's the South Shore Line, Jim - but not as we know it".
Life goes on just different. The thing my wife and I both miss the most are the grandkids. Lots of FaceTime but they are only 2 miles away.
Wisconsin has "Safer at Home" mandated but we have basically been in since the 8th. I have run out of styrene but my LHS, 5 miles up the road in Madison will do curbside. Looking forward to that drive tomorrow.
Be safe
TomO
Guess I'm in a bit of a different situation- being an OTR driver that pulls a reefer between Iowa and the PNW, I have been running my hind end off.
The biggest inconvenience has been the inability to get a decent meal. Fast food joints are open, but one can't live on that.
I do find it perplexing to see the amount of NY'ers driving west through MT and WA, and Cali folks heading east through SD.
A side note- the wife was in the hospital last week for COPD exasperation, and tested for the virus, and thankfully was negative (we live in WA).
Any way, all stay safe-
Kev
SeeYou190 Attuvian A punker and his boom box got shut down. Priceless! Hey, I used to be that punker, not cool. Punker-abuse is a sensitive subject and a serious social problem. -Kevin
A punker and his boom box got shut down. Priceless!
Attuvian SeeYou190 Attuvian A punker and his boom box got shut down. Priceless! Hey, I used to be that punker, not cool. Punker-abuse is a sensitive subject and a serious social problem. -Kevin Oops, no offense intended. Man, do I now wish I had even that much hair! John
If the hair was red he'd look like Beaker on Sesame Street.
I lost my primary care doctor, who I've been seeing regularly for 23 years.
He's nearing 80, and he sent out letters to all his patients last week that he's retiring in April. Probably figured that now was a good a time to close up the office and enjoy what time he has left...
I have to pick up my medical records from his office this coming week. I'm wondering if he's able to suggest any other younger primary care docs out there. Otherwise it may be hard to find one now willing to take on new patients...
OldEnginemanOtherwise it may be hard to find one now willing to take on new patients...
That could well be true. My doc sold his practice to the hospital and when they decided he wasn't seeing enough patients per hour, they fired him with just 2 weeks notice, and he had a lot of patients.
The also prohibited him from writing a letter to his patients.
80 years old....my aunt told me when her gynecologist retired, you probably should find a new doctor every 40 years
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I've had 2 of my doctors retire in the 5 years. My primary, and my cardiologist. I found a great primary, who is in her 40's, so I'm safe there, as I'm 70, and I have yet to settle on a new cardiologist, but I have a letter from the former, giving me referals. My next follow up is in 5 months.
I also found a great reumatologist, also a woman, in her 40's.
I've had two doctors tell me, in a discrete way, that they are fed up with the constant demands of the big health care providers in the state.
One them went to NC., and loves it.
Yep, here we are, late night coffee clutch, talkin'bout our doctors. Oh wait! coffee clutchin is for the diner!
Mike.
My You Tube
I watched the I Heart Radio Concert For America tonight. This was a coronavirus event.
Everybody was performing from their homes, some with their bands over the internet.
The Backstreet Boys were very good, surprisingly good. Nick Carter has not aged a bit, but AJ is looking like an old man!
Tim McGraw did not do very good. He was stradling his diving board over his pool, I think trying to look sexy. He looked awful and would have sounded much better if he stood up by a microphone.
I was impressed by how good Camilla Cabello was. She sounded a lot like Amy Winehouse to me. What a beautiful voice.
Billie Eilish's performance started out very weak, but ended well.
Overall, I am very glad I decided to watch it.
PECO has announced that they will be closing for at least three weeks. Nothing shipping nor will orders be taken. Everything is on hold, and nothing will ship until they re-open.
I am starting into my third week of isolation, doing what little telework I can do. Maybe I can start into that stack of model railroad magazines I have. Or finish that trestle bridge I am working on. Plus spend some time designing my layout.
Maybe when they start back up, they will get the Code 70 turnouts out the door - that's what keeps me from doing anything but my mainline for now.
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rrinker As for Star Trek - I'm not so sure I totally agree with that article. I've only seen the pilot of Picard, so I'm not sure all of what happens (and I don't want to know until I see it for myself), but this claimed utopia vision of the Trek universe is sometimes I think wishful thinking and perhaps Roddenberry getting a little senile in his old age.
As for Star Trek - I'm not so sure I totally agree with that article. I've only seen the pilot of Picard, so I'm not sure all of what happens (and I don't want to know until I see it for myself), but this claimed utopia vision of the Trek universe is sometimes I think wishful thinking and perhaps Roddenberry getting a little senile in his old age.
If your assumtion is utopia, I then I can see why you would disagree. I didn't see the article refer to the Gene R Star Treks as utopian. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen ST:TOS and ST:TNG described that way. Now what I have seen many times is the term "optimistic". The newest Star Trek series, Picard, had a pessimistic tone in contrast.
DS9 didn't begin until 2 years after Roddenberry had passed away. It's been a long time since I watched through DS9 but it did get much better after the first year or two with some big story arcs is what I recall. I wish Next Gen had done more of that.
If you want to see some good TOS style Trek - on YouTube there is Start Trek Continues.
I first came across it about eight or so years ago, the sets faithfully recreated in Ticonderoga NY in an old car dealer ship. Either my computer or internet wasn't up to snuff so I couldn't watch the episodes very well. I later tried and did watch a few but for me, while it was cool, the people didn't look right so couldn't get into it. A different actor stepped into the Kirk role and I thought he made a better Kirk than the other guy. But ultimately I think I would have enjoyed it more if they created their own constelation class star ship and crew in the same universe and time and do their own stories.
Anyway, I don't happen to share Gene Roddenberry's views of the future but I have enjoy the optimistic nature of the earlier series. There is so much negativity in our world it's nice to have a chance to escape from it when watchin a TV show and forget about it for a little while. The Picard series with it's overal negative theme regarding the Federation and other things (no spoilers) was kind of a downer in a very downer time.
As far as trains go, there is a XStar Trek connection via Majel Barret, Gene Roddenberry's wife:
The Southern Pacific Railroad used her voice talent[citation needed] contained inside Harmon Electronics (of Grain Valley, MO) track-side defect detector devices, used in various locations west of the Mississippi River. When a defect is identified on the passing train, the system responds with her[citation needed] recorded voice announcing the defect location information to the train crew over the radio. In railroad forums and railroad radio monitoring groups, she was and is still referred to as the "SP Lady". However, with the implementation of newer hotbox detector technology, finding her voice today on working detectors is very rare. The hotbox detectors that had her[citation needed] voice installed in them were not upgradeable to the newer digital signaling requirements, and finding parts for them was difficult. Today, her[citation needed] voice is found on smaller regional railroads, usually only at dragging equipment locations, such as in California at milepost 24.6 on the Metrolink Lancaster line (under the I-5 and I-210 interchange in Sylmar), and in Oregon on the Portland & Western at milepost 746.5, near Lake Oswego. These voiced detectors remain because the lines were once owned by Southern Pacific, and because only two unchanging recorded messages are used, compared to the dynamic changing library used in hotbox detectors. The only major railroad that still uses her[citation needed] voice today is Union Pacific.
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tstage How has this virus affected me? I wash my hands a little more than I have in the past (but I'm NOT a germaphobe) We don't eat out as much I work at home (but still occasionally go into the office) Other than that, not much has changed - e.g NOT watching the news (if you want to call it that) or TV. Both are a waste of time.
I know what you mean. I think today is March 97th. Time's fun when you are having flies.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
richg1998 I too like tstage's summary,,,,I think though that we are all fortunate to have our model RRing as a diversion during these restrictive times...Hang in there tstage How has this virus affected me? I wash my hands a little more than I have in the past (but I'm NOT a germaphobe) We don't eat out as much I work at home (but still occasionally go into the office) Other than that, not much has changed - e.g NOT watching the news (if you want to call it that) or TV. Both are a waste of time. I know what you mean. I think today is March 97th. Time's fun when you are having flies. Rich
I too like tstage's summary,,,,I think though that we are all fortunate to have our model RRing as a diversion during these restrictive times...Hang in there
My neighbors behind me are practically living in their swimming pool.
Suddenly that seems like a great thing to have right now. The kids are occupied and having fun. We are on our fifth straight day of record-breaking heat today. They are making the best of it.
I have my trains and home rennovation projects, so I am 100% OK right now. Truly blessed and lucky considering the situation.
Everybody else in the neighborhood seems miserable. Spending this much time with their spouses and kids seems to be causing friction now.
Neighbors diagonal across the street have been fighting a lot for the past few days. The couples walking dogs are gettig tense also. Not sure how much of that is the heat... it is HOT!
We hit 95 a couple of days ago. Only supposed to get to 93 today. That will still break the record for today. There has not been a cloud in the sky for more than a week. The sun is punishing us.
Street surface temperature yesterday was 145 degrees. The poor doggies feet are in pain.
Still too cold to swim here, and anyway I need a leak repaired on my pool which I do not have the menas to get to. So I may not be swimming this year again (last year is because I was away for work nearly the entire summer). Doubt pool companies are considered "essential". Oh well. It's cool in the basement, even when it's 98 outside. And if I spend 0 on the pool this year, it won;t double my costs next year. Lower electric, no pump running. No water top offs. Chemical costs are the least of my worries, never costs me much to keep it going and clean. More train money I guess, depending on what stock I can find and who's still making stuff.
The virus has become a major disruption to every aspect of my life.
The details of which I have no interest in publishing on the interweb.
But I will remain strong and positive, because that is what I do.
I have purposely limited my postings in this thread, and on the forum in general, as I see no benefit in complaining about any of it.
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRALThe virus has become a major disruption to every aspect of my life. The details of which I have no interest in publishing on the interweb.
I can only imagine. Please stay OK.
We hit this one very well, and incredibly lucky.
Both my wife and I are retired/not working. My oldest daughter and her husband retired/not working. My middle daughter can work from home. My youngest and her fiance are very comfortable and can weather this storm.
Sheldon: My oldest daughter and her husband sold their roofing company in Orlando about six months ago. They moved to Illinois and bought a 1905 Queen Anne house in a small town just south of the Wisconsin border to live a dream. After they finish restoring the house, they plan to start a new business doing exactly what you are.
How interesting is that?
SeeYou190 ATLANTIC CENTRAL The virus has become a major disruption to every aspect of my life. The details of which I have no interest in publishing on the interweb. I can only imagine. Please stay OK. We hit this one very well, and incredibly lucky. Both my wife and I are retired/not working. My oldest daughter and her husband retired/not working. My middle daughter can work from home. My youngest and her fiance are very comfortable and can weather this storm. Sheldon: My oldest daughter and her husband sold their roofing company in Orlando about six months ago. They moved to Illinois and bought a 1905 Queen Anne house in a small town just south of the Wisconsin border to live a dream. After they finish restoring the house, they plan to start a new business doing exactly what you are. How interesting is that? -Kevin
ATLANTIC CENTRAL The virus has become a major disruption to every aspect of my life. The details of which I have no interest in publishing on the interweb.
That is interesting, hope they do well.
SeeYou190 They moved to Illinois and bought a 1905 Queen Anne house in a small town just south of the Wisconsin border to live a dream. After they finish restoring the house, they plan to start a new business doing exactly what you are. How interesting is that? -Kevin
They moved to Illinois and bought a 1905 Queen Anne house in a small town just south of the Wisconsin border to live a dream. After they finish restoring the house, they plan to start a new business doing exactly what you are.
Any where near Galena, IL? Lots of historical homes around there.
- Douglas