I'm glad the snow is going to miss me Mike cuz I won't miss snow. Johns backyard with the neat little shed I'm sure looks better than my front yard when the snow is gone but there's a definite Improvement here.
Before..... Easter Sunday
After.....Today
Definitely an improvement I think if it wasn't so city-ish, I miss up north but it's only two and a half hours away to Superior National Forest
P.S. And now I think I will put some Gordon Lightfoot on the Denon, I think it's that time of the day.
TF
More from the Post Hog! I hold that honor proudly.
mbinsewiJohn, that a neat little shed!
Thanks, Mike! A few years ago our garage was so full of my wife's junk it was hard to open the car doors.
I built the shed to hold all the junk.
Now the shed is full. And the garage is full again.
York1 John
York1I think I may be too old -- those weren't around when I was younger, and by the time it got popular, I did not know anyone who was a player. Risk was the big game for us in college.
When I was a kid, tin soldiers came form Japan and used Lead paint.
--> That explains a lot! : )
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BroadwayLionWhen I was a kid, tin soldiers came form Japan and used Lead paint.
Add to that we were all breathing car exhaust from leaded gasoline.
We also played with mercury when a thermometer broke, melted lead for fishing weights, and rode in cars with steel dashboards and no seatbelts!
Lion, I think the soldiers were lead too. I seem to remember they were kind of heavy. I can't remember what the radio station was talking about when they said "Let's Get the Led Out"
Where in the world is this ??
Interesting bit of trackwork far right.
It's "Down Under", City of Wagga Wagga. The caption of the picture gives it away.
Mike.
My You Tube
BroadwayLion Interesting bit of trackwork far right.
Yes,...The tracks came out of a turn out unseen under the bottom right of the picture just before the other turn out and rode out the appropriate easement before they could properly tuck back in.
P.S. I just realized I enjoy track trivia
That would be interesting on a dating site. I enjoy walks in the park, candlelit dinners and track trivia
York1Will they have to break up the concrete to move the drains? Gets expensive.
Yes, they will need to cut into the slab. Pretty routine work around here, we need to cut into our foundation slabs for everything it seems.
MisterBeasleyWhen my daughter was about 4, we experienced a clogged toilet.
Yup, little girls are darned good at clogging toilets. All three of mine stopped it up at least once.
Steven OtteDoes anybody else here remember playing D&D or other RPGs as a youngster? Or still do?
Yes, and I still do. I have also become very involved in campaign-based wargaming, which adds a little role playing to the activity.
AD&D was dropped from the Historical Miniature Gaming Society's conventions three or four years ago. That was kind of a bummer for me. If nothing else was working out, I could always go take over an NPC in one of the AD&D scenarios.
York1I think Kevin is the big game player in the Diner.
That would be me, but there are a few others.
The people I "play" with might tell you I am not a player at all. I tend to enjoy the beer-drinking and pretzel-eating aspects of game playing a bit more than the more serious players.
I am an obsesive figure painter.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190
Wow Kevin, I could be wrong but it seems like you may be moving those floor drains quite a distance away from where they are now. In Minnesota they don't have main drains in exterior walls through foundations but then again we have hard frost up here and Florida doesn't.
The only reason I would assume you're moving the drains far away is they would need to dig down deeper for the connection of the main drain to achieve the quarter inch per foot slope before you get to them.
Sounds expensive.
It's really hard for me to hold my tongue right now after Judy had the TV on for a while.
I would just be repeating myself from a month and a half ago anyway.
"All the world indeed a stage, we are merely players"
The ulterior motive has been achieved obviously. It's interesting the sudden shift and the quick aftermath Band-Aids being put on as soon as the puppet show has shifted.
It's nice to know we can all go back to our normal lifes soon and let go of our synthetically created, over exaggerated fears as everyone tries to pick up the pieces.
We all hung in there tough though, didn't We
SeeYou190Yup, little girls are darned good at clogging toilets. All three of mine stopped it up at least once.
Now that I didn't know, only having boys and poorly flushing toilet in my house I thought it was a guy thing.
The offer on our house, was a low ball offer. They want us to pay 1/2 of closing cost, which in our area, seem to be 5.5% and while we priced it realizing he carpeting would need to be replaced and the wood floor would need to be refinished, they wanted us to pay for that too. We counter offered, but I think they will walk.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Why, ...NO .... I have no idea what your talking about .....
Why, no ..... I have NEVER painted Hundred's of little figure's to represent my "adventure's"
OK ...... maybe I did ....... for a few year's .... 1981 - to - 1987.
We would sit in our basement for 3 or 4 day's straight and play NON_STOP !!! The only food we would eat was Nachos , hotdog's and soda pop . ( we took break's every 8 hour's to walk down the block to the 7-11 for "re-fueling".)
When you said "THACO" I didnt even have to read the rest of your post.
I KNEW right away !
EDIT: I believe I still have a box of 25 or so unpainted figure's in my shop.......
( their under a box of un-assembled Athern SD-9's.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please Ed a Crown Royal and Dirk half a dog treat.
OK folks are you done making fun of me for being Dyslexic? Kind of got PO'ed but all so found humorous.
Think it is time for a Lawn Tractor. My feet and leg's are not what they use to be. Plus Dirk is starting to cause me ankel and feet problems. Any input on this Troy Bulit?
thttps://www.homedepot.com/p/Troy-Bilt-Bronco-42-in-19-HP-Briggs-Stratton-Automatic-Drive-Gas-Riding-Lawn-Tractor-with-Mow-in-Reverse-Bronco-42/307458207
Roof Front. Got a estimate today for $10,000 not counting needed plywood. If 20% need to be replaced it would add $900.00 to the total. If I replace all of the plywood a extra $5000.00. In my budget plan I was factoring it to be $15000.00.
Saturday I get the Floor Joist Estimate. If it is with in $12000.00 range I sould be able
Later, missing spelling Ken and Dirk say's fooW, fooW.
I hate Rust
That Dragon paint job is Bad As* Timmy..... I had a few and wish I still had mine. I don't remember if they looked as good as that though.
Track fiddlerThat Dragon paint job is Bad As* Timmy.....
Thank's !
I "had" 24 of em....all about 5 inches high. And one about 9 inches high with a wingspan of a foot !
But, I had too many friend's back then.... and now their all long gone, exept for the one I have the picture of... ( My wife DEMANDED that I build one for her, so that's now on her shelf of nik-nak's. )
Track fiddlerOrk socks
Orc socks or Ork socks, that makes a huge difference! Dungeons and Dragons does not involve Orks, but I guess you could work them into a GURPS scenario!
Nerd out!
York1My little town has never really closed up, except for restaurants.
We really never closed up either, except for the restaurants and schools. Pretty much everything else is open, but not very busy.
Track fiddler I think the soldiers were lead too.
Most metal gaming figures are made of lead-free alloys now that are mostly tin. There are no safety rules against selling figures made of lead. About 15 years ago when tin prices spiked up high, many manufacturers went back to using lead and just raised the recommended age level to 18+. The use of lead went away again a few years ago.
Most new gaming figures are made of plastic now.
cudakenGot a estimate today for $10,000 not counting needed plywood.
Heavens that is high! My category 5 roof was only about $7,000.00 around 15 years ago. Maybe it is not that high.
Little Timmy I believe I still have a box of 25 or so unpainted figure's in my shop.......
I think I have 250 unpainted just counting the Orks! I probably have 2,500 unpainted in total!
SeeYou190 Track fiddler Ork socks Orc socks or Ork socks, that makes a huge difference! Dungeons and Dragons does not involve Orks, but I guess you could work them into a GURPS scenario! Nerd out!
Track fiddler Ork socks
God Kevin, that was 45 years ago, can you cut me a little slack here. It was imaginative and the room stunk like nasty troll socks for a week
If I'm ever elected Dungeon Master in Florida because I made a contribution to your Club I joined......You will have known I was there
P.S. As always, I was just kidding Kevin. I seen you had a bad day in the other thread and by no means would wish to make it worst.
About two hours ago, I thought the snow had stopped. I scooped the front porch and the driveway.
I went out a little while ago, and it is covered again, and still snowing.
I think I'm having trouble because several days ago, it was such a nice spring day.
John,... what did you scoop with?
That sounds like a John Deere!
I never had a scoop for my driveway before I downsized
Lion wrote: "Interesting bit of trackwork far right..."
That's a split-rail derail, which protects against cars rolling out onto the track that's next to the one the train is on.
Straight to the point Ken.
How many squares is your roof, is there more than one layer that needs to be torn off? and how many squares of damaged plywood has to be replaced with OSB.
You probably know this but a square is a 10 x 10 foot area.
After being in the business for 30+ years I can definitely help you with what you should expect to pay for the replacement of your roof.
Thank you Oldengineman, I learned somthing, and did a search. Here's an article in Ask Trains, May, 2016:
https://trn.trains.com/railroads/abcs-of-railroading/2018/09/track-derails
So here is what happened today that made my day so bad...
I was moving things around in the garage. My Axian boxes that some train cars are in needed to be moved to the workbench. My paint booth was in between.
I went to lift a box over the paint booth, and the ceiling fan hit my hand.
I dropped the box with 16 freight cars in it six feet to the concrete floor. Seven train cars were destroyed, and six more were badly damaged.
Among the destruction were two boxcars built from limited-run resin kits. All of these cars were deocrated with custom decals that cannot be replaced. Among the badly damaged cars is a Precision Scale brass 12,000 gallon tank car.
I am completely out of sorts right now.
Good Morning!
The day started with a lot of sunshine, but our little herd of deer didn´t show up - yet!
Kevin - I am sorry to hear about your mishap. And I thought my day was bad!I hope you will be able to repair at least the more valuable or dear items!
We will have to not only shelf our plans to move to Denmark, but give them up. The lockdown is putting every aspect of our life into limbo, as our little world is falling apart. I wish I knew a place where Petra and I could live those 10, may 15 years I have in peace and quiet, not having to worry about getting assaulted, mugged, robbed or even jailed for my thoughts.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
And now, for something completely different, a "barn find" of another kind!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Tinplate Toddler I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Oh not quite yet Ulrich!
This thing is coming to a screeching halt soon and very soon I say.
You will be surprised how soon.
I remember a day about a month-and-a-half ago when this sham all started.
It was you that said things are not all cracked up to be with this world flu thing.
It was you that said there is an alternative motive to this world of BS going on right now.
You basically said that in more words than none.
Sometimes I think I was the only one that understood you back then.
I said welcome aboard.
We have a few things to do around here, like knocking the cobwebs down.
Then we will need to brush the wool away from people's eyes so they can see again.
There's a broom in the corner. If you wouldn't mind, would you help me sweep away the years of deceit.
I have a broom too and would be happy to help you.
Nobody understood that five weeks ago. I bet they do now.
An understandable riddle comes clear, doesn't it.
This crap is coming to an end soon. They realize if they take it too far things will erupt and become like the movie Mad Max with Mel Gibson and I'm sure they wouldn't want that.
Say hi to Petra for me, would you.
John
TF- it is much easier to keep your eyes closed and pretend the world to be OK, than to keep them wide open and see behind the curtain, let alone understand. Most people in the world go the easy way and that´s why people like Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao and numerous others throughout the history of mankind had the chance to rise to power. I always find it fascinating how resistant people are to the lessons of history.
I get that and it's sad Ulrich but you will see this thing coming to a screeching halt soon.
CP_Canadien by Edmund, on Flickr
SeeYou190I am completely out of sorts right now.
I commiserate with you on your misfortune, Kevin. Sometimes things seem to burden us and we can't explain away the feeling of loss. I hope you weren't physically hurt at least.
Cheers, Ed