I can remember my school days alright. I was a mentally retarded child. I also had and still suffer from, ADHD, dyslexia, partial paralysis from spinal meningitis and a very rare hearing impairment in that the order of words and sounds gets changed. Imagine when you heard something, the third syllable or third sound came before the second. Confusing, eh? This impairment is so rare that there are only about 500 cases worldwide. In many cases, mine included, it has a pattern. Patterns can be used to formulate way to get around the condition and minimize it. I was taught to lip read at the age of 4 and after that to take what I heard and reorder it so that it was something recognizable, sort of like translating another language. Now, here's the rub. If you hear words scrambled, you pronounce them scrambled. I had to be taught not to do that but instead to pronounce them in a manner that others could recognize. Would you consider that a disability? It has caused me constant grief over the years, especially when I'm tired or not paying attention to what I'm saying to someone and they hear something incomprehensible. And you thought YOU had it hard growing up.
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New guy here. I'd post in the coffee shop, only i don't drink that stuff. 21 years old, ice hockey (goalie obviously) player, foot long green mohawk, majoring in electrical engineering. trains is the last thing people expect me to be into, but I've thought they were cool for as long as I can remember. Trying to get back into this awesome hobby now that I've got the space for it. I'm planning on building a layout from Building a HO Layout with Personality by Olsen. I had the book as a kid, though I seemed to have misplaced it when I moved. Lost along with the other HO stuff I had. I guess I have to buy that again. This isn't the first layout I've built. I had a 4x8 figure 8 layout, from a circus train starter set (I think by Life Like), when I was around 12. We had no room to setup a permanent installation, so my dad put it on hinges so it could fold up towards the wall (my dad wasn't into trains, but he'd help me setup my gear). It wasn't the sturdiest setup, but it allowed me to have fun.
So, hi!
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
One cold one Joe, a tall dark one, maybe a nice malty porter with a twist of lime please...And, I said I'd buy tonight, so set um up for whoever is here!
Jeffrey, You sure seem to have risen above all the impairments (in judging from you writing and modeling) Good for you! I hope David gets the drift of all of what you have had to go through and what I had to say about enjoying his school years too.
Not much going on here...It's too late to go work in the Trainroom (I've done that, it just never seems to work out as I've lost most all my patience by this hour of the day. But the winter storm is blowing up! The temp. isn't too bad and we don't have any snow yet, but the wind just keeps getting stronger and stronger.
Welcome aboard goalie! Glad you are getting back into the hobby! Oh...And welcome to the Beer Barn too.
Speaking of the Beer Barn....We haven't heard from the owner for a while again. Squeaky, are you on vacation again? Hope that all is rigt on your slice these days!
I'll take something with a European flavor to it. Yes, that will do nicely.
Got a Dr's appointment to go to this morning so I'll also be taking David (Trainmaster) to school today. And tonight, I have to lug a carload of kids all over town for Halloween trick or treating. I'll be hauling a pirate (David), a ghost, a skeleton, a princess and something that looks like Darth Vader. I'll be going dressed as the driver. lol. A carload of screaming kids, I'm really looking forward to it, like root canal surgery!
A TALL (or would that be bottomless) coffee this morning please, Joe.
Well, Dave! You've been busy! Sounds as though you were really pumpin' the projects. Regarding the height gauge thing...I can identify. I have more then once spent an hour or better trying to get the trains (my tethered throttle operates as the "command station" in my old Big Boy system) to run...only to find I didn't have the throttle in the "right" mode. First question on the "fire-up chart" these days is; "Main Throttle Power On; Yes-No?"
Anyway...Wish I had some time for the Trainroom, but once again today I need to follow up with the "chainsaw / firewood" project I started yesterday. It's cold today, but still no snow...So, I'd better get after that firewood before the snow.
Good to hear from you Sqeaky...I was a wondering?
Later
CH: We have that kind of curfew here too. Not only that, anybody who is a known pedifile has to have a sign in front of their home announcing it as a warning.
Dave: I did one that ranks right up there with yours. I was converting an Athearn PA2 to get it ready for a decoder installation. I isolated the motor from the frame, soldered feed wires to the contact strips on the motors (right now they're connected directly to the wheel pickups but will be cut and wired into a decoder), and reassembled everything. I put the locomotive on the track and put power to it and nothing happened. After going over all my steps I discovered that I hadn't soldered the motor feed wires to the pickups. I felt like such a dunce!
Colvin: I use a Bachmann EZ Command system for my DCC. I was having fun operating one day, playing with sound functions and whatnot and I decided to bring another locomotive out onto the mainline. I pressed the address button for the other loco, move the throttle control a little bit and a doesn't move. I looked down at the command unit and saw that I had left it locked in function mode, so it was impossible to call up another unit. While I was looking at that, the train that was currently running ran through an open switch and ran headon into a work train. What a mess! Note: When planning to movce another locomotive, return the controller to operations mode and keep an eye on your other trains.
Jeffrey:
Wish you luck. My dad went through the whole thing about two years ago. He's fine now.
Glad your Halloween went well. Thanks for getting everyone home safe and sound.
CH
Jeff, glad you're feeling well enough to haul goblins around all night. I was a bit sad over the last couple of years when Halloween had lost its magic for my teenager, but tonight the bunch of them, dressed I guess as trashy rock stars or something, went out and descended on the neighborhood where "all the kids go." Fortunately, that wasn't my neighborhood. We typically get nobody, being on a busier street well out of town, so we've gotten into the habit of just leaving the lights out so we don't get stuck with bags of unwanted candy. (Now, when I was a bachelor, I'd buy candy that I liked, knowing that if the kids didn't get it, well, at least I could eat it. My wife buys "bargain" candy, and then tells me not to let her eat it all.)
The spirits took our hockey players tonight, afraid of chainsaw-wielding goalies, I guess. We only had 10 skaters for the 2 teams, and the hour before us was cancelled completely. But, a bad night of hockey still beats a good day at work, which I didn't have either, thanks to hours of useless meetings, and some unscheduled but necessary computer maintenance on the system I wanted to get some work done on.
Tomorrow, the wife gets on Jet Blue and flies to Florida to spend some time with her parents, so I'm Mr. Mom, but that will still hopefully give me an abundance of layout time. And maybe I'll get to watch the Pats beat the Colts. I hope I hope I hope.
Set up the house Joe...And as for me, I'm thinking that a brew, or two, with a bit of Mr.T. will do me just fine!
Jeffrey, hang in there! Regarding the Doc's not knowing what's what...Have you had a PSA test? And or a biopsey? Either one or both should certinally rule out any cancer, if that's what they may be thinking! No matter, stay positive! We're pulling you here in the woods.
Nothing going on here, just turning into a pumpkin after a long day hauling firewood, conducting a meeting regarding ubion matters, coaching and pulling my shift as the CPO at our pool. Same stuff...Different day! Got to get out to the Trainroom soon and have a little fun!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Good morning...Thought I'd stop in for a "warm-up". Joe I'll take a coffee and a double of Blackberry Brandy!
I've been working outside this morning and we're just not used to the colder temps. yet! It's about 22 F and the wind is a bit stiff too. I'm thinking that the coffee and brandy will do the trick though. Then, it's back outside. Doing a little mechanic work on the wood splitter this AM.
Jeffrey, good thing they drew blood yesterday...Being Halloween and all, my guess is that it was a good day for such goings on! Ha!
Mr. Beasley, aren't teenage girls fun??!!?? Mine is 14 and on the days I don't want to send her to the moon...I really love her. Actually, she is really a good kid, but boy, those mood swings and a short temper can be hard on me. I personally think that most of the trouble regarding her "short fuse" is having too much to do, as she is in EVERYTHING. She dances, ballet, tap, modern & hip-hop, with the Reif Company (she has the lead in the Nutcracker, dancing the part of Clara this go-round) plays violin with the Itasca Orchestra, sings with the varsity choir, swims on the girls team and still needs to do homework and hang out with friends! Way Too Much!
No, I don't wonder where got those genes...But I'm cutting back!
BTW, GUB and Mr. B...I sent out an email regarding the "Dinning Car" thing regarding recipes. Haven't heard from you two yet...Just wondering?
Gotta' head back out into the cold and clean and reinstall a carburetor.
Just got the report from the doctors office. My tests came back clean. No evidence of cancer in my system. They said just continue taking the medicine they have me on. So what I have is just a moderately enlarged prostate gland. It's a relief to know that.
It's raining here now, a sprinkle really. We're supposed to be having a 40% chance of thunderstorms today.
I'll drink to that. You will too, by the way. What's your pleasure? Harpoon IPA for me.
Sorry, I'm on the forums most every day, but I don't check my home e-mail all that often.
And yeah, teenage girls are fun but trying. Your daughter sounds exactly like mine. Field hockey and evening Driver Ed classes just ended abruptly, and now we have a brief reprieve before Ski Team starts up, and then shortly after that we'll have many weekends tied up on the slopes. (Not that I'm complaining - the family sport is great fun for all of us, even though we all ski at different levels, and I'm no longer the Alpha skier of the bunch.) Still, it's better to have them doing something like this than hanging out with the wrong crowd and getting into trouble.
Gawd... back on page 2? I don't think so. I'll have a scotch and maybe you can leave the bottle just this once. The good news is the Dr. thinks i have a very good chance of living a long life. But no guarantees. I do however, have to change my diet, loose 61 pounds, stop snaking, cut out drinking, well maybe cut down and some how reduce the stress in my life. But other than that things are good.
Haven't been here in a while so maybe I should do some back reading and continue this later. So pardon me while I get caught up.
Will chack back later.
GUB
colvinbackshop wrote: BTW, GUB and Mr. B...I sent out an email regarding the "Dinning Car" thing regarding recipes. Haven't heard from you two yet...Just wondering?
JB Haven't forgot. I have been out of town for the past few days checking out some jobs were doing, well actually one huge project. I will find your email and send you mine. I like the idea. I just have to find it. I know it's here somewhere. Now... where did I put it.... No it's not there.... I know it is here somewhere. Oh well ... as soon as I find it I will get back to you.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Just got the report from the doctors office. My tests came back clean. No evidence of cancer in my system. They said just continue taking the medicine they have me on. So what I have is just a moderately enlarged prostate gland. It's a relief to know that.
Jeffrey - glad to hear the good news. I came back from the doctors as well yesterday. Unfortunately she could not tell wether or no my prostrate was enlarged. ThePSA text and the blood work all came back clean, but she wants to be sure so I have to be checked out by a Urologist just to be sure. Refer to my first post today and you will see what else I have to do. But I am glad that your tests came back clean.