Good evening Diners: Very quick drop-in tonight.
Garry, was it you who had the everlasting volley ball game? I’ve found the photo of the frisbee that was in mid air "for ever" on my Campbell River layout. (It’s got a red edge, and centre circle, about 8 o’clock from the top player’s right foot)
Also, Jeff, a rusted hulk in somewhat worse shape than your 0-6-0 from the same layout.
Bed time, it’s been a long day. God Bless and Goodnight. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort, and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Hello everyone......
Taking a break from company. We had birthday cake. Celebrating Shelley's birthday with some family members.
Yes, der, that was my vollyball game. Neat frisby picture! In fact, it's the best frisby picture posted today. If you look at the crane thread, you can see a CN engine being rescued. It will not suffer the fate of the stemaer in your second photo.
Neal, I'm relatively new to the forum, but have been in the hobby for several decades. I was, indeed, saddened by your news. Your post expressing your appreciation for your good years was inspiring. Yes, plase keep us informed of the appointment. Praying for you.
Best wishes to everybody. You, too, Pearl, and also Maggie.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning ! from Indiana.
04-24-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin, just some coffee please Zoe
Suppose to have an ok day for awhile again, then the rain an storms DICK was talking bout are suppose to move in tonight, through Thursday, forecasting at least 2" before ending.
DICK,,, got the tiller running then the throttle cable broke, still havn't got the garden tilled.
NEAL,, sorry to hear the news, but don't give it all up yet. Things might go better than the docs think with prayer and we'll be doing our part.
No MRRing the last few days, to many other things needed doing and grandkids to help. We got another dog [wasn't my idea] a 3 month old [rotwiller, chow, and lab mix pup. He already stands knee high, I figure on breaking him to harness. Best get moving kids are here.
inch
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good Morning! I see Bill's dropped off our daily donuts, so Zoe, I'll have a cup of JR regular and one of the chocolate long john ones, please.
Neal, sorry to hear about your news, but as Inch said, we'll be praying for you, and hang in there. The doctors may have some treatments to knock that stuff down for you, and the final outcome is still in the Great Physician's care.
Dick, I think the Weather Channel's forecast doesn't sound quite like our local guys' - they're saying slight risk of strong storms. And yesterday we didn't even see any more rain than a very brief sprinkle that didn't even wet the driveways noticeably. Lately, we've been seeing the heavier rain or storms have been west and south of us. So Paul and Trent might have more occasion to watch out, based on that. Of course, sure, the weather can change.
I better get going for now - have that 'w' thing to do today. Everyone have a good one today!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Well, it's morning again.
Sun is up, and so am I.
inch53 wrote: Suppose to have an ok day for awhile again, then the rain an storms DICK was talking bout are suppose to move in tonight, through Thursday, forecasting at least 2" before ending.
It's real nice out this morning, but, like you inch, I hear storms are probable tonight. We'll see how that pans out I guess.
Matter of fact, the next couple of days could be kinda wet.
Weekend looks nice though.
As far as today goes, I'm just workin'. Since I work at the phone company, I've gotta make the telephones ring, ya know.
What about you folks?
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 4/24/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 77°FHumidity: 83%Dew Point: 66°F So Far TodayHigh: 72°FLow: 71°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 20mph S Today High: 78 Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
I'll have French toast today.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Hey guys.
Weather here is
High of 65.
5mph wind out of the North. SUNNY!!
not much going on.
Colby
CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!!
Historic gas station buildings rescued by Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad
Contact: Chris Small, Trackmaster, MNGRR Home 839-6164; cell 749-1490 MNGRR, 58 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101-4842
Who: MNGRR Volunteers and Erv Bickford, Bickford Transportation, Yarmouth What: Move historic transportation structures When: 10 am, Tuesday, April 24 Where: 1585 Outer Congress at Frost Street Why: Collaboration between MNGRR and historic building officers of City of Portland How: Bickford’s antique Landall hauler Probably everyone who knows Portland knows the old derelict gas station on Outer Congress St. at the corner of Frost St. But how many know that part of the building—taller than the rest and joined on to the main building—is almost certainly an old crossing keeper's shanty originating from the Mountain Division line, maybe even from the predecessor Portland & Ogdensburg RR? Apparently, City of Portland historic buildings officers knew and are eager to see one or both buildings preserved. Enter the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad. The MNGRR has been given approval to have the buildings for possible use as a station at the PortCo platform, or possibly at Hancock or Cutter St., wherever is most suitable. Another chance to save a bit of Maine RR History. Volunteers will assemble at the RR Tuesday morning as planned and leave for the site at 9.30 or as soon after as possible. Erv Bickford, Bickford Transportation of Yarmouth, says we can easily save them both; the gas station itself has a lot of history too, and would make a perfect station shelter/ticket office for the future, when and if MNGRR gets more track! Bickford will be bringing his "Landall" to move the buildings. The derelict site has been bought for redevelopment, and the new owner is sympathetic to the shanty being saved. It is 8' x 8' square by about 10' high at the point of the roof. Bickford and the Portland historic building officers all consider the gas station itself historic as well. A photocopy of the shanty as it was, dated 1924, shows it in use, with workers standing around it. The picture was most likely taken from the Frost St. crossing, from where it would have been carried up to the gas station site just a few yards. It shows the building to have a simple pitched roof, clad in clapboards. Now it is clad in some siding that has hopefully preserved the original boards. Outer examination shows the line of the original pitched roof; The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, is an indoor-outdoor museum on the Portland waterfront celebrating Maine’s industrial history and technology primarily through its working two-foot gauge railroad. Run mainly by volunteers, it depends on membership, donations and income from its train rides for its preservation, restoration and operations. For more information, call (207) 828-0814 and check its website, www.mngrr.org.
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gear-jammer wrote: Mark, Did the loco come today? They sure have been stringing us all along.Sue
Mark, Did the loco come today? They sure have been stringing us all along.
Sue
Not yet. I keep saying its scheduled for wednesday AKA tommorow.
I hope it comes early :P
Mark
Good morning folks!
How about some cinnamon toast and a hot coffee Chloe! Thanks!
I see you all have been very busy with your railroads and such. Oh and I even missed Ed's couple of appearances too!
Put down more cork roadbed on the layout, about 30' of the stuff. Even got the nerve to add some to the swing gate too! Next step is to lay some track!
Worked in the garden all day on Earth Day! We planted a heap of new herb plants including basil, cinnamon basil, purple basil, lemon thyme, thyme, juniper thyme, lemon mint, spearmint, oregano, Cuban oregano, marjoram, curry, lemon grass, cilantro, flat parsley, and curly parsley. I also transplanted 10 tomato plant seedlings into larger pots. Then Monique and I marked out an area for a new patio that I am going to build with pavers that will surround one of the flower beds in the front yard.
Dick, yep, dry air here! And BTW, we are about 120 miles from the ocean. Funny too, Sunday afternoon the relative humidity reading from the back deck was 8%. Now they have fire warnings up all over the area, don't burn your leaves or vegetation today! Now this old bayou boy is used to 90 to 100% relative humidity, so with the lack of moisture in the air my skin feels like a sheet of sand paper again.
Jerry, yep squirrel and rabbit are plentiful in these parts. The rabbits hop along the road and in front of the house just about every morning and night. And the squirrels try their best to steal a few bits of bird seed from the feeders...
Garry, Derby Pie, eh! Sounds like a plan to me! Also seems similar to a chocolate bourbon pecan pie that I make for the holidays every year. Wow! Pork chops sound good too!
And Happy Birthday to Shelley!
Paul, warp speed Internet now might also require one of those reverse thrusters too for when the PC and keyboard gets too hot!
Jim, thanks for making the desserts again! Hot fudge sundae too! Your story about the apartment reminds me of why I will never live in one again.
Der John, that interchange sure looks great! And tourism dollars sure do helps with the local economy don't it!
Fergie, glad to hear the bumpy waves finally ended. Makes it hard to cook too, when the seas are high like that! I worked on a research vessel in the North Atlantic near NS many moons ago and I can remember trying to keep from cutting my hand off one day when the waves/seas were 12-15'. We rocked back and forth for about 24 hours.
Luc, looks like the great grand baby is growing up fast! Hope Gloria is feeling better too!
Jeff, nice work on the retired and rusted locomotive scene!
Great to see you back in the Diner Ed! And now Chloe and Flo are having a hard time negotiating the walk-in cooler with all that fresh juice and oranges stocked up on those pallets. The trip sounds like it was a hit, going to check out your Train Board post soon! Oh, and you are on the road again in a few weeks? Good deal! Just remember to stock up on some of those hard to find culinary ingredients while you are back in the states.
J.R. looking forward to more pics of the dig and all those artifacts too!
Neal, glad to see you again in the diner, but sorry to hear about the prognosis with the cancer. Thoughts and prayers for you there my friend!
Colby, great news that they are trying to save that old building.
So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
So, fajitas or ribs....ribs or fajitas..... how about both!!!!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
SilverSpike wrote: So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
Pretty much.....yeah!
So, the real question is.....how hungry am I?
Hmmmmmm........
I think fajitas sound good!
SilverSpike wrote:So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
Hey Ryan, we've been covering for you while you were out - it's only fair that you get your turn, right?
Mmm, I think I'll have the ribs special, Zoe. Yum, thanks, Ryan!
Colby, sounds like the MNGRR is a pretty active bunch there.
Hang in there, Hoople - tomorrow's coming! I'm waiting on some items (for my computers) to come in tomorrow, too.
Blessings on lunch,
Good afternoon on this bright sunny day here in NE, 65F and RH of 42%. We had many forest fires yesterday with the very strong winds and very low humidity. The worst one was north of us by three towns, and they called in our equipment as well as many surrounding towns. It was caused by the GUILFORD RR ( Now PanAM ). There is a running battle going on between the GRR and the mayor of Fitchburg where the fires always are. The RR does not take responsibility for their causing the fires, and don't even have the courtesy to return calls. Bad relations with GUILFORD RR and always has been ever since they took over the former B&M.
RYAN: Thank you for lunch..... I was broke, we are on limited income of course, so SS check has not come in yet. That is the biggest herb garden I have ever heard of for a family garden, you are really doing an A1 job !! As for dry skin, I know just what you are going through. I am outside a lot, and on days when it is very dry, I get dry skin on areas of my face. It is very important to drink lots of fluids in dry weather to prevent this problem.
COLBY: That is very interesting about that old building. I have rode on the Mountain Div RR many times, now operated by the Conway Scenic RR. This RR ran from Portland to Ogdensburg, New York way back in the 1880's. In fact, all the granite mileage markers along the tracks through Crawford Notch all are marked "P65, P66, P67, etc." which is the distance from Portland, Maine.
MARK: I just received an email from DUKE, he LOVES the Consolidation, it is running quite well....at least until it left the tracks on DUKE's unfinished line...tsk, tsk. but the warranty should cover the damage.
JIM: In Denver right now it is 38F, and in Missouri it is in the 80's. That is a major contrast and "will" spawn Tornados. Guess what kind of weather is headed your way??? Keep an eye on the sky!!!!
MIKE: At least it started Mike, the cable is a cheap fix. I go tomorrow to my repair shop to see if he has the spring that I think is causing my trouble. If that doesn't fix it, I have to take the whole doggone thing over to his shop.
TIFN
Howdy All....Another sunny pleasant day here but just a little cooler posta be a couple of inches of rain headed our way....I'll have a steak sandwich,onion rings and a strawbeery shake Please Thank you..Make sure that gets on Ryans bill...Didn't get in yesterday spend most of day outside went to library and store on power chair...Got another DPM building from Ebay Road Kill cafe...decided I'm going to try body mouting a couple of cars with M/Ts and see how they do on my small layout...
Neal...Our thoughts and prayers are with you...
Ed..Sounds like we'll have a good supply of OJ..Great your getting Sox on the tube down south of the border..got any plans to get going on the layout? Sounds like your gonna be pretty tied up traveling...
Luc...Beautiful Grand Baby!!
Jeff..Another great modeling job on Loco! hows roads coming along?
You all have a good'in....Jerry
Diners: Maybe I’ll get a chance to catch up on things a bit while I enjoy a cup of Janie’s best Earl Grey tea.
JR: I’d leave the switch in the road, unless you’ve got lots of siding room. The mock up building looks really good, what are you using for the walls?
Antonio: back. Glad you found your way to the door. Hope you can stay a spell.
Jeff & Sue:
Since Antonio's buying, I'm eating. I'll have the steak and lobster.
Ryan:
And tourism dollars sure do helps with the local economy don't it!
Garry: The canyon walls in the rusted wreck photo are made from dried sheet pulp from the pulp mill in Campbell River, B.C. It was my first layout with scenery, and I thought that an ‘instant’ papier maché would be best for the landforms. Worked OK until was time to plant trees. Take my word for it folks, it wasn’t an easy task.
Neal: I’m saddened by your news. Many have said “Don’t give up the ship”, and I’d echo that. My prayers are with you.
New castings are drying, and as I my regular Tuesday meeting is cancelled, I should make some progress tonight.
TTFN.
Evening,,,, the kids are gone and the wife left me again, so think I'll have a t-bone [rare], seetw taters and a salad Cloe, and a barley pop too
Got this in my Email roday
RETARDED GRANDPARENTS(this was actually reported by a teacher)After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spenttheir holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa.They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded andthey moved to Florida.
Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to looklike grass.
They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because theydon't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must havegot it fixed because it is all okay now .They do exercises there, but they don't do them very well.There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and downwith hats on.At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sittingin it. He watches all day so nobody can escape.Sometimes they sneak out. They go cruising in their golf carts.Nobody there cooks, they just eat out, And they eat the same thing every night -- early birds.Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house.The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot luck
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment .He says I should work hard so I ca n be retarded someday too.When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house.Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.
There's a story behind this, this makes it real funny for me
One of our grandsons was in pre-school a few years ago and after I retired, I'd take him to school some times, and I always took him inside. One day a different teacher was there and after I left, she ask him who brought him today, so Herman said " thats just grandpa." She ask " well does does grandpa doing for a living"? Herman said" oh nothing now, he's retared."
And with that it's back to chores, I'll try n check in laters
Can I be retarded?
Oh wait.....maybe I already am!
grayfox1119 wrote: MARK: I just received an email from DUKE, he LOVES the Consolidation, it is running quite well....at least until it left the tracks on DUKE's unfinished line...tsk, tsk. but the warranty should cover the damage.
pcarrell wrote: Can I be retarded? Oh wait.....maybe I already am!
Humm, gonna have to do some thinkin on that PC.
Just check the radar, got rain headed this way
inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote: Can I be retarded? Oh wait.....maybe I already am! Humm, gonna have to do some thinkin on that PC.
Super Stumper of the day, huh?
Good Evening, Chloe - a cup of coffee
and one of those hot fudge sundaes, please.
Thank you!
Jeff wrote: Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco.
Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco.
So Jeff, did you order it through Walthers, off eBay, or where? I might want to use that technique myself!
Mike, that was a funny one - makes me want to be able to be 'retarded'. Of course, if I did that now, Dick's SS check might be a few pennies smaller than usual.
Oh, Dick, I hear what you say, but I've been watching the radar sweeps lately (see:)
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/63701?clip=989®ion=null&collection=localwxforecast&presname=Cape%20Girardeau,%20MO%20Forecast&name=index_large_animated&day=1
and the storms are either tracking up Hwy. 44 (northwest of us here) or else they've been losing steam before they get to our part of Missouri. Besides, I couldn't see anything in the sky tonight - it's dark out! I do have the local TV station on, and they'll run a warning across the bottom of the screen if there's a warning for our counties in this area. Besides, I trust the One in charge of the weather even more than the warnings (which can miss sometimes).
Busy day at work today - would've thought it was a Monday or a full moon! My supervisor (the clinical director) asked me about doing outpatient therapy with clients again one or two days a week. (I think they're hiring one of our interns for covering crisis and some outpatient therapy) She's picked up the outpatient work pretty good so far, so hopefully she'll catch onto crisis work just as quickly. It'll be good having another person to help with crisis. I'm supposed to let my supervisor know in the next few days. The (former) intern won't start until next month (or June). I still will have the paperwork to catch up that I have from my crisis work (ever the paperwork...).
Well, better get gone - hoping to get a full night's sleep tonight so I'll be ready for on-call tomorrow night.
How's everyone doing tonight? Take care of yourselves and I'll see you in the morning.
Blessings,
Evening Gang: We had to spend some time in the basement tonight. There was a funnel south of us going NW. It missed us and may not have actually touched the ground. The storm is now well NE and out of our area. They are reporting more funnel clouds but no confirmed tornadoes on the ground. It started raining about 9 this morning and has been on and off since. There has been some very heavy rains and the last time I looked we had 2 inches. That was about 4 hours ago so I expect we have close to 4 by now. Our pond was almost overflow full when we got the mail at 5pm. I think that they still haven't said the drought is over. I know that the lakes are full for the first time in a couple of years.
Despite the rain today I didn't get to do any MRRing. I spent most of the day reading. some on MRRing but most on the development of the U.S Navy's battleships. It's interesting how they were designed and all the politics that occured. Everyone had there fingers in the pot. It's amassing that we got sevicably ships. Well a couple of times we didn't.
I got retarded in Febuary and I'm working harder now. I guess that's why I'm retarded. I don't know any better.
I'm going to head for bed. Prayers for Neal.
Good Night All
Good Evening All,
I blew off coffee in the other (non virtual) diner because I was just beat. Did get the hydraulic line back on the museum dump truck but didn't bring the correct wrench to remove the fill plug so back again tomorrow . Spent the evening fitting and weathering the back shop and putting in cinders around the display layout roundhouse - also forgot the camera.
Neal - that's not good news but we all hope for better news for you later or at lest a second opinion. we'll add you to our prayers. Feel free to drop in whenever you wish. there's nearly always someone in here mooching food off someone elses' credit card. I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
Did get some more done on the urban/factory area as far as the skeleton of the second building. I remember growing up in Bridgeport and riding by Remington Arms which seemed to go on forever. Many of the buildings are long gone now, but that's the look I'm trying for. The factory on the right is a kit bashed combo of two or three City Classic Smallman St warehouses, and the building on the left is from a couple of Korbers' Acme Nut and Bolt.
Here is the front wall of the Korber kits on the work table. It's all modular so you can make it whatever shape and size you wish as with the Smallman St. bldg. Bought both sets on sale from Walthers and Valley Model Trains. I wish my LHS stocked more of this stuff, I'd do more business there sale or not.
Inch - loved the retarded story. Maybe someday I'll get to join those exalted ranks.
Paul - Glad to hear that the funnels gave you a miss. I'll never forget standing in our barracks in Pensacola watching the other identical (abandoned) barracks across the runway get splintered by a funnel. Of course we Yankees stood and watched because we didn't know any better.
Time to check on the back of my eyelids. CUL, J.R.
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff wrote: Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco. So Jeff, did you order it through Walthers, off eBay, or where? I might want to use that technique myself!
Last call for coffee guys......it is dark and thick as mud, I think "someone" forgot to change the stocking .
PAUL: Glad to hear that ponds and lakes are full, at least you will have water this summer unless things get very dry again. Also, happy to hear no touchdowns.
JIM: I would still keep the weather alert radio handy....nightime storms are the worst, everyone is asleep when tornados hit.
GMTRacing wrote: I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
Hey! You said you'd keep that under your hat if I let you use it once in a while!
04-25-07