Becks was on sale at Publix this week, buy-one-get-one-free. Help yourself.
I talked to my baby daughter for a while today.
She bought a new car, but she would not tell me what it is. I asked her to send me a picture. In the picture she sent, the car is barely visible, but I think the part of the roof I can see looks like a black Ford Mustang-GT.
Nothing else going on, I hope everyone is doing well. Best wishes to all who need them.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning all. A sunny start to the day.
Doctors and check-ups. At one time I used to be worried seeing a Doctor as I was born with a tiny hole in the heart. My heartbeat 'skips a beat' and at times mimics a heart attack.
About six years ago I visited our Doctor for a repeat prescription. The Receptionist said 'Because of my age the Doctor wanted to see me.' It wasn't my regular Doctor, but young, new one to the Practice. Out came the stethoscope and as soon as it touched my heart area I knew what She was thinking.
A few minutes with the 'scope and off she went next door. (My regular Doctor's room.) The conversation
"It's alright. He has an irregular heartbeat."
"But it is a heart attack."
"His heart does do that. Does he look okay?"
"Yes, but his heart is missing beats."
" If you feel that way then send him to hospital."
Four days eating hospital food, having tests etc. then given a prescription and sent home. The prescription was what I wanted four days earlier.
At least I had a thorough check-up. My heart still skips a beat and at times mimics a heart attack.
Coffee time with some coffee cake.
Thoughts & 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
Black coffee please.
Still reasonably warm, even on our rain day the other day. Temps hovering in the upper 40's, low 50's at times for our extended early Sping teaser.
I finally decided what I'm going to do to finish my viaduct bridge that's been on the back burner. The styrene sheet I need was either unavailable on the web or they wanted a minimum order of $50. I went to the hobby shop near my house and they ordered me one package. I'm a platinum member so I think my buddy John there likes to keep me happy.
It will be nice to have one of the custom bridges of the eight completed in its entirety. The other five of the eight need to be painted now, before they can be reinstalled in place of the masonite temps.
Going for an early Spring walk at a big Nature Reserve with Judy today as soon as I drive her into work this morning so she can get the forms for her new medical insurance filled out. The new owners of the hotel are making all the gals switch to a less par insurance company. So nice how some employers show how much they appreciate thier workers
That un-equal beat heart murmur situation runs on my Dad's side of the family as well David. I do hope your medication is working for you and keeping you well. I may be having to make plans for that one some time in the future, ...Yikes
That sounds like a possible sweet ride your youngest Daughter may have bought Kevin. I hope she didn't get the one with, both the blue and red key option. Dads don't need any thing extra to worry about.
Looking forward to the fresh air on our walk later this morning as it's out of city limits a bit. I like the pine flavored air.
Have a great day gentelmen
TF
Sorry about including the Hell Gate bridge in NYC with the Philly photos. There was no caption on the picture so I just assumed the picture was taken in Philadelphia.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good Morning All,
57F (13C) this morning with blue skies after a rain last night. I'll have a regular to go please - a bit too early tho I like Becks. Thanks Kevin, if there is one left when I get home, I'm in. Haven't heard from Ken lately or did I miss him? Still waiting on the title search for the new house so nothing doing there. I am scheduled to get my second shot the 27th so I'm looking forward to that.
Just think TF if you'd become a roofer you could be the fiddler on the roof.I'll look forward to seeing the viaduct later. Are all the bridges to be the same? When they built the Merritt Parkway here in Connecticut, they made all the bridges different to each other on purpose. They have held up well over the decades but apparently some of the more art deco ones are a brute to fix with all the fancy embellishments.
Speaking of bridges David, it turns out the Hell Gate bridge was the basis for design of the Tyne bridge in England. Funny that. There was a large entry on Wiki that I read last night. Here's the link. linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge
Time to pick up tools and get after it. Ciao, J.R.
maxmanIf you look up "ugly" in the dictionary, this picture appears. Are you sure that this is not photoshopped?
Hi maxman,
In 1956, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ordered a custom-built, six-car train set they named the Roger Williams, based on the RDC design. It consisted of two single-ended cab units and four intermediate cars to make a complete train. The units were fitted with third-rail shoes, electric traction motors, and associated gear for operation into Grand Central Terminal, though this was short-lived.[citation needed] In the New Haven's later years, the set was broken up, and used with regular New Haven RDCs, and by Amtrak into the 1980s.[23]
Hobby lobby stopped 40% coupon Feb 28th
GMTRacing Just think TF if you'd become a roofer you could be the fiddler on the roof.I'll look forward to seeing the viaduct later. Are all the bridges to be the same? When they built the Merritt Parkway here in Connecticut, they made all the bridges different to each other on purpose. They have held up well over the decades but apparently some of the more art deco ones are a brute to fix with all the fancy embellishments.
It's funny you should mention that one J.R. I was the "Fiddler on the Roof" for a few short extended times.
Roof jobs are darn good money. After bad storms came through, we would switch gears and temporarily go into the roofing business. It's getting the bundles up on the roof and moving them off the peak during the job that'll break your back and wear you out.
I always paid the extra fee with the delivery service to have the shingles conveyored or boomed up to the peak of the roof to stack them. Then Scott and I would keep our nose to the grindstone while we had a kid up on the peak pitching us shingles so we could just keep moving along Like the Wind.
We would start early in the morning while it was cool and go, go, go until it got hot. Then we would knock off and take couch naps and get up in the evening after it cooled off a bit and go, go, go until dark. Or until a neighbor started yelling at us There always seemed to be a neighbor yelling at us later in the evening, popping out of his air-conditioned house for a moment
Yes, ...I consider Bridges fine pieces of Art I can appreciate how they are all different. One could almost consider me a "Bridge Hugger" as I feel all the fancy ones should be renovated and restored, preserving their architectual beauty and more importantly thier History
Post Hog!
I just had to come back and post the rest of the story instead of a P.S. It's kind of ironic and kind of neat.
There was this house near my Mom's house that had this brass "Fiddler on the Roof" ornament that was quite unique. My Mom was a realtor at the time and for quite a few years she would buy houses that I would renovate and then we would sell them and split the profits.
On this particular roof, Scott was sick so Judy helped me pitching shingles down from the peak. This lady walking by asked if we were going to put the Fiddler back on the roof after we were done. She was very disappointed when we told her that the owner had taken it with him. That Fiddler had been up there for many, many years. I don't know where that Fiddler ornament ever ended up or I would drive to see it again if it wasn't too far away.
Track fiddlerThat sounds like a possible sweet ride your youngest Daughter may have bought Kevin. I hope she didn't get the one with, both the blue and red key option. Dads don't need any thing extra to worry about.
I don't have anything to worry about.
The Mustang we gave her when she graduated high school had a "teen key" that limited accelleration and top speed. When she was 22 or 23 we visited her in Orlando, and we noticed she had the teen key on her keyring. She had no idea she was driving the car derated for 5 years!
She drives like me. Right lane, posted speed limit.
My oldest daughter was the only one we had problems with. We gave her the Grand Marquis when she graduated, and she had three speeding tickets in a year.
Daughter's and Cars. Before my daughter married and had a family she drove a gold colored BMW Z4. Heads would turn as they saw the car and she knew it. (Her blonde hair helped as well.)
One day I was working late. My car was in the local garage having some work done on it. My daughter came to pick me up. The conversations by others was priceless.
Butter Chicken with Coriander Rice. A Toffee Yoghurt Surprise to follow.
It's 5 O-Clock on a Friday
The regular crowd shuffles in
Mike's over there painting mountain sides
Kevin's customizing box cars again
Sing us a song You're a Railroad Man
Sing us a song tonight
We're all in the mood for Great Northern
Southern Pacific is working alright
La De De De La La La
La De De La
There always is time for the layout
That makes a little less time for the wife
If I could complete this crossover wiring
We just might be running locomotives tonight
We're all in the mood for the layout
The DCC is working all right
Hey! Where did everybody go? I thought the food was good in here.
Hello, Hello! I think there's an echo.
Huh, ...I guess everyone went to bed early on a Friday night
I hope my Friday Night song didn't offend anyone tonight.
I including a few admired Forum members in the song. Next week or Saturday I was going to include a few more.
Maybe that was a bad idea. It was all in fun and I thought the members included would feel appreciated.
I did notice it got quiet around here after. If I did offend anyone I do apologize as it was not my intent.
TF -
I'll bail you out. I liked your song, and that you added diner patrons to it. That's real class.
Wonderin' if guys have been out BBQin'. Or maybe their ladies frowned when they began to walk toward the diner right after din. Bad move, guys. Especially if you didn't each much.
I came in for desert. A dish of pears just didn't cut the mustard. Hey, look at all the goodies that ain't yet been taken!
John
Okay then.
I guess I'm all good here John
Yeah, but you oughtta be alert, TF. Too much hog in the diner and Flo might BBQ you!
Nah!
I'm that one pig that don't taste good, ...Or don't have good taste, I don't know which one yet
If anyone doesn't have a T-shirt like this, I suggest you get one!
You should see the looks I get! walking down the Avenue
I don't think the people that read the shirt decipher a model railroad. They give me a look like they wonder if I own a railroad or plenty of stock and I give-em a wink
Meanwhile I do have my Milwaukee Road hat on
T-shirts can be fun
Loved the song TF, thought of adding a verse or two of my own.
Been too busy getting the underlay down as the tile guys show up Monday.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I walked around the neighborhood for a while today.
The house they started just five weeks ago is really moving along.
Right across the street from that house, an older house was torn down, and they are grading it for a new house. No foundation yet, and it is already for sale!
It looks like a house three lots away from mine is going to be torn down soon. The power lines to it are disconnected and the city was there today removing the sewer connection.
This has all the ear-marks of 2007!
Now I know I'm in the clear Brent. Love the Canadian Mountie standing by CP 2816.
Reminded me of a story to tell.
When I was a Kid we would go to Nestor Falls Canada to fish Lake of the Woods every year. My dad was a retired Marine Sergeant and a tough-looking guy. I don't know what his deal was but he always wore his Marine Sergeant hat with a black and red checkered Lumberjack flannel when we went fishing up there.
It worked out well when he found the hot spot fishing hole on the lake and everyone would wave but stayed away. For a while it worked. Maybe that's why he wore that attire fishing up in Canada
P.S. I've always loved setting tile but never really liked laying the Dura Rock underneath it. We all like different things though. The foundation is the whole job I hope you show pictures of your beautiful tile job when it's done
TF, 15 sheets of plywood = 1920 screws At 64 that's a lot of screwing, good thing I'm in tiptop shape.
Wow, Brent. Watch your post get outta hand in a hurry, with sly allusions by the bushelful. Hope the kids have gone to bed . . .
Yeah you are!
1920 Yikes!
I hope you have the 18-20 volt lithium Makita or Milwaukee impact driver as a screw gun! I departed with my big clunky DeWalt and got the Milwaukee about 6 years ago as my wrist thanked me and my carpal-tunnel went away.
No substitute when there's that many screws to drive
My 18v Mastercraft packed it in halfway through so I bought a new 20v one that was on sale for half price. The old one lasted so long it didn't owe me anything.
Okay fellow model railroading nutcases, where shall we take the Diner next? Who else made dining cars in significant numbers (or passenger cars - I'm sure people ate in them too). I'm willing to do the research and post the photos, but I'm getting in over my head here because of my lack of knowledge of real railroading history. You get to recommend where we go!
Cheers!!
I do remember jobs through the years when one of my tools crapped its pants halfway through. I've been a firm believer in buying the best tools available for about the last 20 years and won't bat an eye paying for them. But I must admit they do not exist anymore.
Today's Milwaukee outcasted to be manufactured in a foreign country is by no way shape or form near the quality of the Milwaukee's that were made in Milwaukee Wisconsin years ago. They're better than anything else that's out there, just like Makita but nothing like they used to be.
Great talking to you Brent. I'm hitting the rack. Sleep well my friend
I didn't even see your post while I was posting mine Dave. Fellow nutcases Yeah I am
I don't know either. I just learned from you my Silver Streak stainless steel passenger set cars proto typically were manufactured by Budd.
I'm still learning here and would not be a good advisor. But I do thank you Dave for being such a good Host this month
Rack Time for me. You sleep well tonight too Dave
hon30critterWhere shall we take the Diner next? Who else made dining cars in significant numbers (or passenger cars - I'm sure people ate in them too). I'm willing to do the research and post the photos, but I'm getting in over my head here because of my lack of knowledge of real railroading history.
Dave,
Let me start with a disclaimer, because I do not know how true this is.
I was told that the MILWAUKEE ROAD built the distinctive train sets for the Hiawatha passenger trains in their own shops.
If that is true, it might be a fascinating place to visit.
hon30critterOkay fellow model railroading nutcases, where shall we take the Diner next?
Well, Dave, you certainly have offered up a lot of reading on the manufacturing process and I have been soaking it in. We could always hop over the pond and visit some foreign carmakers. Where ever we get to I'll be reading and viewing.