Looks like my early Christmas present has at least made it to Canada. I just got my RDC! Now this, my cup runneth over.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Break out the Glenfiddich Brent! Rum and Cokes, or the Red!
Looks like you be playing Choo-Choo for a while
TF
Ed: Phoebe is an adorable cat.
Wow, it is 2:00 AM already. I am still wide awake. I slept until noon today.
The contractor called and said they will be here December 1st to install the sliding doors and window... we will see... I have heard this before.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Sum trainz...
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning all.
Ed. A gorgeous looking cat with a lovely name.
Now the jobs around the house are done, hopefully I can 'lock myself in the train room'.
It is Halloumi Cheese with Peppers and Sweetcorn Tacos with a Chipotle Mayo for dinner tonite.
Thoughts and Peace to All who require.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning
Thanks for some more train vids Bear
Wouldn't you know it? I ran out of 261 C-channel on my last bent last night. The hobby store 2 miles away is out too. They have a sister store up in Little Canada but I don't want to drive an hour and a half round trip for a piece of plastic. The hobby store in Saint Paul is in a little rough of a neighborhood for my liking these days. I'll have to wait till they come in next week.
Back out to Erv's again today. By the time they got my rims and tires pulled and we went back to pick them up it was dusk, so were putting them on today.
Have a good day all
Track fiddlerThanks for some more train vids Bear
Yes, thank you Bear. You have done a wnoderful job with all the contributions this month.
Track fiddler I ran out of 261 C-channel on my last bent last night.
I am going to need to make a final bulk purchase of evergreen plastic. It is just becoming too much of a pain to find these small items when needed.
Next time I go hobby-shopping, I am going to buy lots of plastic strip, and all the HO scale lumber I can get.
We're sitting here waiting for the contractor to bring the new cabinets. Kind of par for the course, he said he would be here two hours ago.
York1 John
York1We're sitting here waiting for the contractor to bring the new cabinets. Kind of par for the course, he said he would be here two hours ago.
My new kitchen cabinets and appliances were delivered several weeks before the contractor showed up to install them. They took up all the room in the garage, and it was such an inconvenience.
SeeYou190 York1 We're sitting here waiting for the contractor to bring the new cabinets. Kind of par for the course, he said he would be here two hours ago.
York1 We're sitting here waiting for the contractor to bring the new cabinets. Kind of par for the course, he said he would be here two hours ago.
Hey Kevin and John-
I hesitate to bring this up because it might appear to be spiking the football and doing the ickey shuffle . . .
The guy from the window and door shop came out yesterday and fixed my window. The job didn't take very long at all: half hour to assess the situation, remove the ragged shards still stuck in the wood frame, remove the moldings, scrape off the old caulk, and take a few measurements; half hour to buzz back to the shop (I live in a dinky little town) and cut out a new piece of glass; and half hour to install the new pane, reinstall the moldings, and apply new caulk. Piece of cake.
The real take away from this adventure is that a Wyoming window was repaired and replaced in the same week it was broken. Almost unheard of.
. . . status quo ante rumpitur.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Thanks for the videos Ja Bear. The single lane bridges were always a hoot. I can imagine how the multi mode must work with all the tourists many of whom didn't have a clue what the difference was between the red and black arrows and had obviously never been on anything bigger or faster than a bicycle. The trackage on the industrial spur looked as bad as anything we have here off the main lines.
Cheers, J.R.
ROBERT PETRICKThe guy from the window and door shop came out yesterday and fixed my window.
My house was built in '77. The windows are aluminum-framed sliders with two-layer thermopane on the outside and a single layer of glass inside.
Around 1995 several of the thremopane windows fogged up as they are prone to do. One of the guys in the model RR club I belonged to owned a glass shop. He contracted out the making of the thermopanes but he said give him dimensions and he would get the glazing made up at his cost.
I turned in an order for about 20 replacement panels of double-pane glass, vacuum sealed and filled with argon. The biggest one was 47" high by 54" wide. IT cost me a whopping $55! The total for the whole glass order, with new gasketing came to just under $300. I was doing a happy dance. Can you imagine the markup if I had a window shop do this?
All I had to do was remove 8 pan head phillips screws to remove the old glass, wrap the new gasket around the new glass and reassemble the sash. Including cleaning and all it took about an hour for each window (2 sash).
It pays to be handy
Thanks for all the comments on Phoebe Snow. She's already outside making her rounds and checking out her new territory. The other three are keeping an eye on her.
Shades of PRR Streamlining!
GVR, Putorino, New Zealand, 1995 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
GVR, Wairoa, New Zealand, 1995 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
The cabinets are here, the countertop will come next.
This guy has a small custom wood shop and built the cabinets there. He was late with some family medical issues. Lesson: don't get too upset about something minor like several hours.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
Well the ash hit the fan tonight! Wife pushed the wrong button and I told her what I thouht about her Hoarding!
Pretty much told her it is betwen her junk or me. There is not a sngle chair or couch in this house I can sit on! There has been 5 laundry baskets in the laundry room for 4 years! She has filled all of the cloest with her clothes, and the back bedroom! Rubber Made beens all though house with her junk.
Told her "that is the rason I have not gotten a loan to fix the floor or roof, I don't know if I want to live here any longer! If we move the junk stays here! So oneway or a nother it is gone !"
All so told her "Ask Sharon I spoke with her about this a few months , I am not kidding!"
Sue keeps bring up my tran stuff. My train stuff is only in the garage. I hope K-10 Model Traind opens back up so I can give the extra stuff to him. But I will throw away my train junk.
Told her "I am not going to die living in this mess!"
Trains are running great and time to take Dirk out for his last pee.
Later, Ken and Dirk says "Mommy has a lot of junk daddy, me pee's on it Woof, Woof!"
I hate Rust
gmpullmanShades of PRR Streamlining!
Evening diners
Well I got my new wheels on my truck today and I got to say I'm really happy that my buddy found them because they look great. What a steal at 450 bucks.
I must say I'm getting to the age where a Friday night or a Saturday doesn't feel much different then any other day anymore. It's like the Magic and the thrill of the weekend has kind of faded through recent years.
I have to admit though, I almost felt like a young Kid with the excitement of new rims and tires on my truck today. It almost felt like the first time I got some back in the day. Maybe cuz I did the body work and spruced up my work truck this spring and made it look nice again.
I hope your contractor shows up one of these days Kevin. How discouraging he keeps putting you off. I got to tell you my name is John and I'm always Johnny-on-the-spot when I tell people I will show up to do their job. I just don't understand that kind of unprofessionalism in some of these contractors bad practices. I hope John's guy showed up today.
Well I might yet drive up to Little Canada tomorrow to get my 261 C channel. I only have the 3-hour football game to watch. Other than that I'd really like to finish up my bents. It's going to be another sunshiny day so a nice drive tomorrow might be the thing to do.
P.S. Thanks for doing such a great job being our host of The Diner this month Bear. You've outdone yourself so far and I really appreciate it!
Make it a great evening guys!
Good evening, everyone. It is cold and misting out. We didn't get any snow, so that is good news.
Ken, I wish I could give you advice, but I don't know what I would do. About all I can say is to take care of yourself.
Bear, thanks for all your photos and videos. Like I said some days ago, at my age I'm pretty sure I won't be getting to NZ, so it's great to see all the images of your beautiful country and the railroads.
TF, retirement did that to me. One day is the same as any other. There's no such thing as a weekend anymore. Or, better yet, every day is part of a weekend.
Track fiddlerI'm getting to the age where a Friday night or a Saturday doesn't feel much different then any other day anymore.
The only way I know it is Friday or Saturday is because the neighbors make more noise on the weekends. Other than that, for me, it is all the same now.
Ken: Sorry for all your troubles. My wife and I have too much stuff, but we are thinning it out room by room.
Everybody have a Three Olives Triple Shot Espresso Vodka and Cream on ice. Better than a White Russian.
My uncle was the last engine driver in New Zealand who went through the old NZR steam engine school. He retired from New Zealand Railways back in the 90s I believe.
Good evening all.
Spent all-day helping the electrician pull cable. It is a good thing I got a huge panel put in when I had the power bumped to 200 amps. I booked the electrician 3 weeks ago and he showed up at 0800hrs, exactly on time and worked his butt off. I have a lot of holes to fix tomorrow.
The restoration company left the place spotless when they left Friday, could not be happier.
Were livin like the Beverly Hillbillies these days.
My son felt sorry for me and came home with some high-end stuff. Note the name on the bottle. It is actually really good for cheapo wine.
Bear, I have really enjoyed the videos and pics this month. I liked the volcano pics. I did a very long all-day hike at Mount Cook when I was there, that was a good day.
Ken, sorry to hear about your wife and her hoarding problems. Therapy can really help with issues like that. Maybe start by doing some reading on some reputable mental health sites and go from there.
All our appliances are at the store waiting for our call to deliver them. We did not want to risk not getting them as there are shortages due to so many people renovating because they can't do anything else with their money with this covid thing going on. The store is happy to hold them for as long as we need.
The wife is finally getting her new kitchen and there will not be the usual 20 for Christmas dinner, just the four of us this year. It should make next year more enjoyable after missing a year. We always have a busy social calendar over Christmas and it is all cancelled this year. I can't imagine the thought of losing someone just because we got together for Christmas dinner.
ED, the new cat is cute. Wish we could have a cat but both the wife and I are really allergic to them.
Jimmy, good to hear from you, haven't seen you much on FB either lately. How is the bike riding going?
Time for part three of "The Crown" and then the rack so I can get up and patch drywall all day. The best part is it will all be behind where the cabinets go so perfection is not required. I have to keep reminding myself of that though.
All the best to all.
Hi Bear,
Thanks for all the great videos and pictures! You live in an incredibly beautiful country with a wonderful history. My niece and her husband lived and taught in NZ for three years. They loved every minute of it.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Meanwhile, here in Lee County, Florida (yesterday):
He never dropped his cigar!
"Gunner is now a little hesitant getting near the water", Yeah, I'll bet he is!
The Florida Wildlife Federation has cameras literally everywhere.
cudaken Well the ash hit the fan tonight! Wife pushed the wrong button and I told her what I thouht about her Hoarding! Pretty much told her it is betwen her junk or me. There is not a sngle chair or couch in this house I can sit on! There has been 5 laundry baskets in the laundry room for 4 years! She has filled all of the cloest with her clothes, and the back bedroom! Rubber Made beens all though house with her junk.
Hi Ken,
I can appreciate that you are in a tough situation. My parents kept everything they ever owned, and while they managed to keep the main living areas in their house fairly free of clutter, the basement and attic, and my mom's sewing room were disasters!! When they moved out of the house, we took 17 large trailer loads of junk to the dump. My mother was furious that we were throwing away all of this 'good' stuff but there was very little worth salvaging.
There are people who specialize in dealing with issues like hoarding. They will come in and gently persuade the hoarder to part with most of their 'precious' belongings. There will be a cost involved of course, but that cost will most certainly be less than the cost of moving out and establishing a second residence, and much cheaper than the cost of a divorce.
It may be time for a little bit of 'tough love' Ken. That's easy to say but really hard to do.
I really hope that you can work things out.
Italian roast coffee and a bowl of bean soup, please.
Expecting one last parcel with extra power connectors for our dueling HO layouts.
Have a fantstic day all. Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Good morning, everybody.
It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is only a few days away. I'm still not up to par after that long lasting upper respiratory infection. Hoping to be okay by Thursday.
I have not touched the model railroad in a month because of all of that.
Railroad news. ...... I heard the Rocky Mountaineer will have an operation in the US next summer. It will be on the former Rio Grande in CO and UT. My wife and I have been on that train in western Canada., and it is very nice.
Everybody ..... Have a nice day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Sunday morning.
Not much going on here. I'm going to work on the layout church's cemetery today.
We are having family get together Thursday. My youngest daughter is having a another baby in December, and she says that if we are getting together, absolutely everybody has to quarantine for two weeks before. Seeing the grandchildren is worth it.
So we have another week of not getting out.
At one time in my life, I would have considered quarantine life to be great. No where to go, no work to do -- what could be better? Now that it is forced onto us, I'm finding it's not so attractive anymore.
Hope everyone can stay healthy and in good spirits.
I love the lazy relaxing Sunday ones. I was flipping through channels over coffee this morning and came across the Flintstones. I liked that one when I was a Kid. It was the classic episode where Rock Roll got laryngitis from accidentally eating dodo bird eggs. Fred looked just like him and had to go on stage and perform In Bedrock Twist Twist . I had to stop and watch, I got a kick out of that one Back in the Day I think everyone has a few classic cartoons they remember.
Well normally we'd be having our big Sunday morning brunch at 11:00. Judy's still not able to eat much from getting her tooth yanked so it looks like just scrambled eggs and shredded cheddar this morning.
Have a great Sunday all
P.S. I hope you're feeling better for Thanksgiving Garry
Congratulations on your upcoming Grandchild John
Dueling layouts sound interesting! Hopefully not like The Adams Family one Hopefully your parcel comes soon Rob
hon30critterMy parents kept everything they ever owned
Good afternoon all. Well Plan A 'went out the window'. Dawn took a tumble and fell rather awkwardly. Being disabled hasn't helped. Paramedics arrived and gave her a thorough check-over. Fortunately all is well apart from a graze on her leg. She is okay now and 'larger than life'.
Needlessly, the running of trains has stopped for the moment.
English fish and chips with mushy peas (comfort food) for dinner tonite.
Stay Safe.