BEER BARN

[MisterBeasley]

JB: when it comes to huntin being a kid has its advantages. since im only 13 i dont need a huntin license. in louisiana you arent required to get one until 16

Cool.  Does that mean anyone can hunt 13-year-olds in Louisiana?

Seriously, are there any restrictions on the types of firearms / bows that you can use?

[SqueakyWheels]

Cute car, Jeffrey! Funny how it is an official type of vehicle with a modified engine, and it even has the scoop and a spoiler. It kind of reminds me of one of those hot-wheels cars, but yours is full scale.

I too am on disability, but mine is because I am a mental case. Friends and neighbors just love some of the whacky things I do. Kramer on Seinfeld has me beat though.

Mister Beasley:

I miss my Father's Oldsmobile, though I don't miss carburetion. Fuel injection was the way to go,and they should have done it years ago. The technology for mechanical injection had been around forever. Then as technology and headaches persisted, converted over to electrically controlled systems.

Last night I had a few Red Dog beers, while watching the trains go 'round and 'round on my teeny HO layout. I got fed up with the decapod derailing all the time in reverse, and in a fit of rage, snatched the thing up in my bear paw, and boy what damage. Well, it could have been worse. Off to the loco shop it goes- maybe I will just pour glue all over it; won't have to worry about derailments any longer, ha ha.

[Train Master]

JB: when it comes to huntin being a kid has its advantages. since im only 13 i dont need a huntin license. in louisiana you arent required to get one until 16

[MisterBeasley]

Why am I constantly having to rescue this thread from page 2?

Hey, it's 'cause forum activity is picking up, and there's more action at the top.  The weather is driving us back indoors, and we're sick and tired of hearing political ads for Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum, neither of whom have any interest in the state of America's railroads.  Or maybe it's because we're down at the workbench scratch-building or, even better, standing in front of the layout with throttle in hand, running trains.

The lights on top of your cruise missile are a dead giveaway.  For a true stealth car, I remember a Car and Driver article about the Plymouth Police Pursuit Special, a car you could actually go to your dealer and order, minus the lights, fancy radios and gun rack, of course.  Yeah, it was not your father's Oldsmobile.

It doesn't compare to their road test of an early Shelby Cobra, though, where the author noted that he was passing the aircraft which were taking off on the adjacent runway.

[colvinbackshop]

Page two again Jeff....But I'm home now and I'll buy a round for the group, will give the latest report and get us back to page one....Again! At least for a little while... 

After the BIG end of the Jr. High season meet last Sat., I had taken off to Whispering Wings for an over night. It's the deer hunting, season opener here in MN. this past weekend and depending on the "zone" you hunt in, it will run for the next week...or two. I haven't / didn't go hunting becuse of all the demands and commitments I have with the swim teams...But, I did make it out to WW for an overnight and the better part of a day getting my dose of camaraderie with the guys, only seeing a few of these folks once a year at deer camp. One fellow, I've hunted with for over thirty years...And two others have been "on and off" for at least twenty! As you may imagine....We all know each other (perhaps way too) well. No matter, it was a great time....Realizing good friends, good food, good drink and being able to share it all with one another! It was well worth the effort, and I had a real good visit with the boys for a bit over 24 hrs.

More later, when I have some NRG....I'll get the complete report out, but right now I'm running on MT and really feel like I need to hit the hay.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Why am I constantly having to rescue this thread from page 2?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good, cause he'll be along in about an hour.

I didn't feel good at work today, so I took the rest of the day off. I have a physical therapy appointment in Pineville tomorrow so I go back to work Thursday. I hope I'm feeling better then.

[MisterBeasley]

I'll probably be covered with sawdust again today.

Man, isn't that a good feeling?  When you've been tarred and feathered with chain-saw exhaust or cutting oil, sawdust, splinters and wood chips?  That's when you know you've done an honest day's work.  When you still get a whiff of it when you sneeze two days later.  Sure makes that first frosty cold one go down easy.  Don't worry, there's a couple of Cokes buried in the cooler for Trainmaster, too.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good explanation. Totally correct.

I'll have one of those Jack Daniel's, no ice. While the Trainmaster heads off for his boring day at a school desk I prepare for my day at the wood shop. I'll probably be covered with sawdust again today.

[Train Master]

PS; What is a Safety Officer? Is this a private security company or an auxiliary police force?

 

in this case its a fire dept safety officer. he makes sure all safety regulations are being followed at fire and disaster scens and see to the safe operation of the depts vehicles and equipment. thats the way it was explained to me. as i understand it you dont want to get him mad at you cause he can make sure you dont advance in the dept

i want to join but im only 13 so all i can do at this time is study the equipment so when i can join i know how to use everythin they have

[tommyr]

Hi There;

   I think a double Jack Daniels on the rocks would would hit the spot.

And setumup for anybody that's so inclined.

  A month ago I picked up 6 Empire Builder coaches at a train show. I also got a good deal on a powered F7 A&B. The owner had installed body mounted Kadees. Took the train to the club & disaster- thecars fell over on their side on the helix. Went back home & installed long shank Kadees & added 4 oz. to each car. They did'nt fall off track but uncoupled on curves. So I just finished con verting them back to truck mounted couplers with stryene strips. Am going to club tomorrow. Hope they work now. I have shimmed all the couplers so they are all same hight. I don't know the radius of all the curves as all the members who built it are either dead or moved away.

Tom

PS; What is a Safety Officer? Is this a private security company or an auxiliary police force?

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

TA462: 1994 Buick Century with a 3100 bored over to a 3300, race quality pistons and rods, 6 independant injectors each equivalent to a 2 barrel carb, high permance cam, superlift hydralic lifters and an electrically driven turbocharger. I had NOS on it at one time but decided I didn't need it. It has been rated at 380 hp on a dynometer and can go from 0 to 65 in 6.3 seconds. I haven't had it to the floor and still went over 110 mph on a test run. The biggest problem I have at that speed is the front end floats as the Century was not designed to be a racer. To give you an idea of the compression ratio, the starter is the size of a large orange juice can and pulls over 200 amps to turn the engine over. The battery is a 950 amp powerhouse rated at 800 CCA. I have taken on and dusted off the Mustang GT from a standing start. I like deceptive fast cars and you have to admit, you don't expect a Century to act like a Road Runner.

I am not pulling your chain on this. This vehicle exists. I drive it every day.

 

[MisterBeasley]

Well, a groggy good morning to y'all.  Just coffee.  I was stoked up for the Pats-Indy game last night, and stayed up late watching.  Do you suppose they'd trade us Marvin Harrison for a couple of our generic wideouts?  Maybe if we threw in a Bill Belichick high-fashion sweatshirt to sweeten the deal?  Oh, well, I suppose we can say, "If Brady had any receivers, we coulda won that one."

On the bright side, I've got my 0-6-0 running around the loop in either direction without leaving the track to go pick daisies in the pink styro-meadow.  That was a prime goal for the weekend.  Got some scenery down, too, and I finally installed the electromagnetic uncoupler on the main line.  (If you plan to use one of these, install it before you glue down the track.  It can be done from underneath, but it's sure a lot easier from the top.  Guess which way I did it.)  Also, it takes a lot of juice, more than my ancient power-pack can supply.  I found a wall-wart in the closet that works just fine, though.

Friday night the family room slash layout room was turned into a teenage wasteland for a sleepover, so I prepared by grabbing tools, parts and not-ready-for-prime-time rolling stock and taking them down to the basement workshop.  Now, I've got Kadees on a couple of old horny hooker boxcars, and I jacked up a caboose so its couplers match up with the rest of them.  I painted, mortared and weathered the walls of the Model Power "Annie's Antiques" structure, and made up some creosote-dipped railroad tie retaining walls around the oil tanks at Burns Fuels.

[Train Master]

page 3! you guys are in serious trouble when the beer barn has to depend on a 13 year old brat to keep it from becoming a forgotten relic

first time i ever drive a car and it had to be one with a hi-performance turbo engine. that old thing took off like a jet when touched the pedal, way it sounds maybe it has one. it whistles

[jeffrey-wimberly]

When we were in Alexandria yesterday, David wondered what it was like to drive a car with a high performance engine. So I went to one of the old dept stores that's been closed for several years and we changed places. The first time he hit the gas, the car jumped forward about 20 yards, going from 0 to 30 in no time. Scared the he** out of him. He wasted no time hitting the brake. After that we made 2 circuits of the parking lot, never getting over 20 mph. Now he can't wait to get a license. I told him that back when I was about his age, I could have gotten a license at the age of 12. The world sure has changed in 34 years. Now the age is 16.

[mikesmowers]

Morning all. coffee here Joe,   Haven't been around in a while, been doing a little wiring an the layout, I am still not happy with the way the lights are turning out.The voltage on the PC power supply is only 11.4 volts and the street lights are a little dim so I purchased a 12 volt, 1500 ma power supply yesterday from Radio Shack and  will wire the street lights to it. As for the building lights they work fine on the PC power supply, although I did have to add some resistors to some of them.
   What have you all been up to this week? Hope I feel beter this next week, Last Tuesday I felt like I would have to get better to die. LOL..    Have fun in all you do.    Mike

[jeffrey-wimberly]

A trifle early for a beer, but I'll try a glass of the homemade rose.  Thanks, Tommy.  Hmm, nice nose...

Maybe that's one of the reasons I'm so happy that I'm single.

Well, yeah, sometimes I feel that way, too.  But then I remember seeing my little girl climb on the schoolbus to go to Kindergarten, or skiing down her first black diamond with her, or reading her well-phrased second-grade composition about the Log Flume ride, or even putting her in the drivers seat and letting her practice in the parking lot.

Gotta go.  My little girl needs some Midol now.

Those are definately times to be savored Mr B.

[MisterBeasley]

A trifle early for a beer, but I'll try a glass of the homemade rose.  Thanks, Tommy.  Hmm, nice nose...

Maybe that's one of the reasons I'm so happy that I'm single.

Well, yeah, sometimes I feel that way, too.  But then I remember seeing my little girl climb on the schoolbus to go to Kindergarten, or skiing down her first black diamond with her, or reading her well-phrased second-grade composition about the Log Flume ride, or even putting her in the drivers seat and letting her practice in the parking lot.

Gotta go.  My little girl needs some Midol now.

[tommyr]

Hi There;

Just enjoying a couple of glasses of my homemade Rose'. Put a bottle on the bar for any of you gents who might want to try some wine from the Wine Capitol Of Canada. Tomorrow I will be starting 20 gallons of wine.

10 gallons- Gala

5gallons - riseling

5 gallons- plum

 You are all invited for tasting in Feb.

 

[tomikawaTT]

Top o' the Evening to you, each and every one.  Busch for me, Joe - and freshen up what the others are drinking.

After all the pulling and hauling, I finally got the first permanent track down on the new layout - a pre-laid four track section of staging yard I've been using as a display shelf.  Once things get a bit more finished it'll be the parking lot for local freights in Down staging, and nobody will see it unless they unscrew the fascia in front of it.  Progress!  It's wonderful.

OTOH, that's six sections of flex in place, about 1/35th of the eventual total - not to mention turnouts by the ton, all of which will be hand-laid.  Good thing I like tracklaying.

Gotta love the finish to today's Busch race.  Running out of fuel right at the finish line...

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - when NASCAR isn't running)

[Ibeamlicker]

WoW page three,well barkeep keep my tab open for anyone who pops in.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Just seeing what's going on here today. Me and the young Mr. Parks (Trainmaster) are pulling out for Alexandria.

See y'all later.

[GUB]

Well Good Morning Everyone

I'll have a coffee, just cream and a couple pieces of toast and maybe a small glass of juice this morning, Mango if you have it.

I think I have recovered enough from Curling Thursday night to get some work done in the Master Bedroom today. I will at the very minimum finish the trim on the doors and windows. Only landed on my butt twice while curling. Not bad, my goal is to actually stay on my feet next Thursday.

Work remains stressfull as usual. But then again this is the weekend and THERE SHALL BE NO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WORK! Sorry for shouting. Tomorrow a group of us is bowling for the Children's Hospital. Not sure how much our group has raised. We are dressing up like Chefs. Not too much of a stretch cause I got the pants, jacket and the hat.

Well... I think I should get moving here. Lots to do. Will check back later this afternoon and perhaps have a drink or two. BBFN.

GUB

[TheK4Kid]

Yes it is! Printed right by the fuel cap, but these were young kids!
We should have stayed and watched, but have stopped there many times before with no problems.
Won't happen again!
Guess we should have stood and waited until they drove the fuel truck up.
They have different trucks for avgas and jet fuel, but s--t happens!

Well I'm pretty proud of my nieces, both are grown and have good jobs.
Theyy did help do a lot of work down in the shop.
Between their Dad and I and their Grandpa , they both know how to run about every kind of power tool, saws, drill presses, lathes, and are very knowledgeable in all kinds of hand tools.
They can do electrical, plumbing,carpentry, etc, not bad for two young ladies that both hold bachelors degrees in separate fields of endeavor!
The oldest one married a good guy, but he didn't have but basic knowledge of a hammer and screw driver, she has taught him a lot!
She's real good on a wood lathe and built a real nice rocking chair awhile aback!
Turned all the legs and arm rest supports on the lathe.
And she can even cook up a storm too, she's a great chef!
But then she got that from her mother, my sister.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Isn't the information about what fuel the plane is designed for listed by the fueling cap?

[TheK4Kid]

Good deal Colvin!
Yes, sometime they can get some crap in the gas, or stuff that accumulated on the interior of the tank over time, just comes loose and creates havoc!
Recently I went flying with a friend. We were over in Illinois, and went to lunch and had the plane fuled while we ate.
came back and was going to just hop in and go, but we smelled something odd.
I said Jim, I smell kresone!!!
So do I.
Being a high wing airplane with a Lycoming 235 horsepower inline opposed 6 cylinder, it burns 100 octane leaded  avgas.
We checked the drain sumps on the bottom of the wing tanks.
Out came a stream of Jet A.(kerosene)
Probably would have died before we got off the ground.
But the airport shop had to drain and clean the tanks and entire fuel system.
Considering this shop got $75 an hour for labor, and they spent almost 8 hours correcting the problem plus  30 plus gallons of wasted jet A, and another tank of 100 low lead which was free plus the labor was free, it was a costly mistake, but not nearly as costly as it could have been.
We stayed and supervised, then filled her back up with 100 octane and ran it for a half hour on the ground before we were satisfied!
Got home real late that night, but alive!!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I know the feeling. I helped raise my older sister's two kids. My nephew is 24 and living in Houston at the moment. He goes whereever the work is. My neice is 20 and attending college to become a radiologist. Where does the time go?

[TheK4Kid]

Hi Jeffrey,
There is something to being said about being single.
As I look back and compare myself to my buddies, I still have my house and all my toys! LOL!
I helped raise two wonderful nieces, but they are out on their own now, one having made me a great Uncle earlier this year.
Now instaed of 1,000 questions about my trains having to be answered as I used to baby sit for them, and  when can I play with it Uncle Ed?
Hey Uncle Ed, how fast will it go before it crashes?, and hey Uncle Ed, can we blow the bridge up and make it crash like Gomez did on the "Addams Family"????
Instead there is usually a neat piece of new equipment for the layout at Christmas time from two sweet nieces.

[colvinbackshop]

Thanks for the brew Jeff...And the next one is on me, Joe.

All is right here in the northwoods, I'm home early, had a bite to eat and I'm having a Summit ESB. Something new for their 20th anniversary. It's an "Extra Special Bitter Ale" and has a great "hoppy" bite to it.

No work in the Trainroom today...I worked on the splitter and then did some paneling of the library. Tomorrow it's off to the Iron Range Conference Championship swimming and diving meet....Where our grils will dominate! Don't mean to brag, but they are really primed and ready! We've got a great team this year, with a lot of tallent! They have worked hard through out the season and have tappered well (Double the powder and shorten the fuse!) so now it's time to let the horses run! 

Gotta' get to bed...Have to be on the road by 0700 and that's with a big breakfast under our belts first.

Remember, the next one's on me Joe.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

This was on page 2 again. Time to move it back up.